General Regulations
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The International Chess Federation (FIDE)
The Czech Chess Federation
AVE-KONTAKT Pardubice agency
EUROPEAN SENIOR TEAM CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
Categories 50+ and 65+
Prague, the Czech Republic
29th August – 8th September 2021
GENERAL REGULATIONS
1. Invitation
AVE-KONTAKT Pardubice agency (the organizer of Czech Open Pardubice and Czech Tour Chess Festivals Series), the Czech Chess Federation and the European Chess Federation (ECU) have the honour to invite all senior women and men throughout the Europe to participate in the EUROPEAN SENIOR TEAM CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP (categories 50+ and 65+) organised in Prague (the Czech Republic) from 29th August (arrival) to 8th September 2021 (departure)
2. Participation
The European Senior Team Chess Championship is open to all players, regardless of rating and title, who reach their age of 50 and 65 by 31st December 2021 and represent National Chess Federations which are members of FIDE. Teams can register only through their national chess federations. There is no limit in the number of teams per federation (club teams, city teams, regional teams, national teams, etc. may start in the championship, there is no limitation). There is only one limitation – all team players must be members of the same European chess federation (for example CZE).
According to the FIDE tournament rules, the European Championship will be played in four categories: age 50+ and 65+ (Open and women). Women will play in the Open Section and will be awarded separately.
Due to anti-epidemic measures all teams are obliged to be accommodated in one of the official hotels through the organizer.
3. Entry fees and registration
ECU ENTRY FEE:
Each team has to pay the ECU fee in amount of 100 EUR by bank transfer to following account:
Bank: Credit Suisse, Postfach 357, CH – 6301 Zug
Account number: 1835105-42
Holder: European Chess Union
National Bank Code: 4835
BIC: CRESCHZZXXX
IBAN Code: CH3604835183510542000
ORGANIZATION FEE:
Each player has to pay starting (organization) fee 60 EUR, which has to be paid along with the application by bank transfer to following account:
Holder: AVE-KONTAKT, s.r.o.
Account number: 107-1452020277/0100
IBAN: CZ0801000001071452020277
SWIFT: KOMBCZPPXXX
The registration period ends on 15th August 2021 (application deadline), after that the starting fee for a player is 120 EUR.
In addition to the written application, a personal registration before the beginning of the tournament is necessary. This will be done on 29th August at the Don Giovanni hotel between 14.00 and 22.00 and on 30th August between 8.00 and 10.00. Players, who are not registered in this way, cannot be included in the drawing of lots and their entry fees will be forfeited.
Access to playing areas, venues and the hotels will be allowed only to people accredited by the organizer.
4. Deposit on accommodation:
Each team who book accommodation through the organizer, have to pay deposit in the amount of 150 EUR per person together with the whole entry fees payment on the following account:
AVE-KONTAKT, s.r.o.
Account number: 107-1452020277/0100
IBAN: CZ0801000001071452020277
SWIFT: KOMBCZPPXXX
The same amount has to be paid for each accompanying person which accommodation is ordered by the team.
5. Tournament halls
All tournament halls will be situated at the Don Giovanni hotel, Vinohradska 2733/157a, 13000 Praha 3.
6. Accommodation and boarding
Accommodation and boarding will be arranged at the Don Giovanni ****+ hotel:
Vinohradska 2733/157a, 13000 Praha 3
WiFi at hotel rooms and public areas
single room – 70 EUR / room and night with full board
double room – 50 EUR / person and night with full board
triple room – 45 EUR / person and night with full board
single room – 60 EUR / room and night with half board
double room – 40 EUR / person and night with half board
triple room – 35 EUR / person and night with half board
single room – 50 EUR / room and night with breakfast
double room – 30 EUR / person and night with breakfast
triple room – 25 EUR / person and night with breakfast
Municipal fee (city tax) 21 CZK (~0.8 EUR) is charged to each accommodated person, which will be paid on arrival at the reception.
Parking in the underground area of the Don Giovanni hotel for participants of European Championship for special price 250 CZK (10 EUR) /day
7. Tournament schedule
| Sunday | 29th August | arrival | |
| Sunday | 29th August | 14:00 - 22:00 | teams registration |
| Monday | 30th August | 8:00 - 10:00 | teams registration |
| Monday | 30th August | 11:00 | technical meeting, opening ceremony |
| Monday | 30th August | 15:00 | 1st round |
| Tuesday | 31st August | 15:00 | 2nd round |
| Wednesday | 1st September | 15:00 | 3rd round |
| Thursday | 2nd September | 15:00 | 4th round |
| Friday | 3rd September | 15:00 | 5th round |
| Saturday | 4th September | 15:00 | 6th round |
| Sunday | 5th September | 15:00 | 7th round |
| Monday | 6th September | 15:00 | 8th round |
| Tuesday | 7th September | 13:00 | 9th round |
| Tuesday | 7th September | 20:00 | closing ceremony |
| Wednesday | 8th September | departure |
8. Rules and regulations
The FIDE Tournament Rules should be followed.
The championship will be played by a 9-rounds Swiss system.
It will be played on 4 chessboards with 1 allowed reserve player (teams can consist of 4 or 5 members).
The time rate is 2x 1,5 h/40 + 30 min + 30 s / move.
Default time for all 9 rounds is 30 minutes.
9. Anti-Cheating guidelines
The FIDE Anti-Cheating guidelines are also valid for the European Senior Team Chess Championship. During the championship random AC inspections are possible.
10. Appeals procedure
A protest against the decision of an Arbiter must be submitted in writing to the Chief Arbiter, within 30 minutes after the end of the game. A protest fee of 200 Euro has to be paid to FIDE and it is refundable if the protest is upheld. The Appeals Committee may also decide to refund the fee if it considers the appeal was not frivolous.
11. Scoring system and criteria used for ranking
- number of match points (win = 2 points, draw 1 point, lost game 0 points)
- the sum of Sonneborn-Berger points, which is calculated as follows: match points of each opponent, excluding the opponent who scored the lowest number of match points, multiplied by the number of board points scored against each opponent respectively. The highest number wins. In case of two or more opponents with this same number of match point the lowest results of multiplication should be excluded
- the number of board points won, the highest number wins
- the sum of the board points of all team’s opponents, the highest number wins
- the sum of the board points of all opponents defeated plus one half of the board points of all the opponents with which a tied result was achieved, the highest number wins
The team with a free lot will obtain 2 match points and 50% of points to the score. If the opponent default the match, the team will obtain 2 match points and 100% of points to the score.
Prizes for teams, which get the same number of match points and game points, are distributed according to the Hort system (among such number of teams which corresponds to the number of advertised prizes).
12. Arbiters and Appeals committee
The names of the Chief Arbiter and the Chairman of Appeals committee will be published till 31st July 2021. Names of other arbiters and members of the Appeals committee will be announced during the technical meeting.
13. Chess equipment
DGT 3000 and DGT XL clocks, DGT electronic boards and STAUNTON standard chess sets.
14. Tournament games
All tournament games will be available on the championship websites estcc2021.net free of charge.
15. Awards and titles
The winning team of the European Senior Team Chess Championship in +50 category receives the title “European Senior Team Champion 2021 in the category +50”
The winning team of the European Senior Team Chess Championship in +65 category receives the title “European Senior Team Champion 2021 in the category +65”
The winning women team of the European Senior Team Chess Championship in the women category +50 receives the title “European Senior Team Champion 2021 in the women category +50”
The winning women team of the European Senior Team Chess Championship in the women category +65 receives the title “European Senior Team Champion 2021 in the women category +65”
16. Prizes (in EUR)
| Prize fund | ESTCC Open | ESTCC Open | ESTCC - women | ESTCC - women |
| Rank | category 50+ | category 65+ | category W50+ | category W65+ |
| 1 | 1 000 | 1 000 | 500 | 500 |
| 2 | 700 | 700 | ||
| 3 | 500 | 500 | ||
| 4 | 300 | 300 |
Valuable material prizes will be prepared for best players on individual chessboards.
Criteria will be specified during the technical meeting.
17. Accompanying activities
Rapid and blitz tournaments
Guided tour of the Prague historical centre
Excursion to the Staropramen brewery
18. Airport transfer
The organizer arranges the transfer from the Vaclav Havel airport in Prague to the Don Giovanni hotel on the arrival day (29th August) and on the departure day (8th September) for 10 EUR/ 1 way for participants and accompanying persons.
19. Communication
Communication is possible in following languages: ENG, GER, RUS, POL, SVK, CZE.
20. Covid19 measures:
Upon arrival to the tournament, all participants, referees and staff (including Czech citizens) must present to the Organising Committee a certificate of full vaccination or a 72h negative PCR test for Covid19.
Players will be obliged to wear respirators in the playing area, which will be able to put off during the game. The valid restrictions of the Ministry of health, National sports agency and ECU will be observed throughout the championship.
21. Applications and information
AVE-KONTAKT s.r.o., Strossova 239, 530 03 Pardubice, the Czech Republic
Tournament director: IO Petr Pisk
Phone: +420 466 535 200, mobile phone +420 608 203 007
E-mail: , official website in English: https://estcc2021.net