Regulations

1.OPEN Karpos 2015 chess tournament is traditional open chess tournament for any interested chess player no mater of the rating, title or category;
in organization by the municipality Karpos, one of the municipalities in the capital city of Republic of Macedonia, Skopje
in collaboration with Chess ClubGambit Asseco SEE. (http://gambit.com.mk )

2. Schedule of the tournament will be from 27.03.2015 (Friday) till 03.04.2015 (Friday), as follows:
March 27 (Friday) Official Opening will be at 16:00 and beginning of first round will be at 17:30
March 28 (Saturday) 2nd round will start at 9:30 and 3rd round will start at 17:30
March 29 (Sunday) 4th round – 17:30
March 30 (Monday) 5th round – 17:30
March 31 (Tuesday) 6th round – 17:30
April 01 (Wednesday) 7th round – 17:30
April 02 (Thursday) 8th round – 17:30
April 03 (Friday) 9th round – 9:30
April 03 (Friday) - Closing Ceremony will be half hour after the finishing of the last round.

3.Registration of players will be possible until 16:00 hours on 27th of March 2015.

4.The Tournament will be played according to the rules of Swiss System in 9 rounds.
Players will have 90 minutes for 40 moves and 30 minutes till the end of the game with 30 sec. for a move, timed from the first move.
Electronic clocks will be used to measure time.

5.Entry fee will be 40 EUR. Players with rating greater than 2451 (2451 rating players are included) will be released for entry fee.
Organizer keeps the right for releasing other players for entry fee (wild card).

6.Players will be ranked according their score (number of points won). In case of a tie, the following extra ratio will apply.
Buchholz -1
Performance
Acceleration

7.Prizes to the total amount of 16,000 EUR will be distributed as follows:
1) 2,500 EUR
2) 1,700 EUR
3) 1,300 EUR
4) 1,000 EUR
5) 800 EUR
6) 700 EUR
7) 600 EUR
8) 500 EUR
9) 400 EUR
10) 400 EUR
11) 300 EUR
12) 300 EUR
13) 200 EUR
14) 200 EUR
15) 200 EUR
16) 200 EUR
17) 150 EUR
18) 150 EUR
19) 100 EUR
20) 100 EUR
Hort system will be used for sharing prizes in case of tie until 10 place (including 10th). Other prices are not divisible.

Special prizes will be granted for best ranked player in categories as follows:

The best ranked women players:
1) 400 EUR
2) 300 EUR
3) 200 EUR

Players till 2450 ( 2450 rating players are included) rating points (total for the category 1750 EUR)
1) 500 EUR
2) 400 EUR
3) 300 EUR
4) 250 EUR
5) 200 EUR
6) 100 EUR

Players till 2200 (2200 rating players are included) rating points
1) 200 EUR
2) 150 EUR
3) 100 EUR

Players till 2000 (2000 rating players are included rating points
1) 200 EUR
2) 150 EUR
3) 100 EUR

The Best ranked Macedonian players:
1) 200 EUR
2) 150 EUR
3) 100 EUR

Special prizes also will be granted to:
The best unrewarded veteran player over 60 years old ( born 1955 and older) - 100 EUR
The best unrewarded player under 18 years old ( born 1997 and younger) - 100 EUR

All Special prizes are not divisible.

8.No player may win more than one prize. Player will win the higher one, and ordered by priority as listed in the regulations.

9. Players must have arrived in the tournament hall no later than 30 minutes after the start of the play.

10.Tournament will be held at the *****Hotel Aleksandar Palace http://www.aleksandarpalace.com.mk/
and special prices for accommodation in this hotel during the tournament will be 90EUR for single room
and 55 EUR per person for double room with breakfast.

11. Recommended Accommodation which is near the playing place will be with prices as follows:
Single room is 40 EUR per person with breakfast
Double room is 25 EUR per person with breakfast
Additionally, meal (lunch or dinner) would be 9 EUR each (it can be arranged latter with hotels)

Recommended hotels are:
Hotel Royal, http://www.a-skopje.com/hotel-royal-skopje
Hotel Imperial, http://www.imperial.com.mk/hotel.htm
Hotel OK , http://www.okhotel.mk/
Hotel Skopje, http://www.hotelskopje.mk

12. Reservations in the hotels mentioned above like others additional recommendations and conditions for accommodation
can be reached on this contact:

Marjan Mitkov
mob tel.: +38975475051
E-mail: marjan.mitkov@gambit.com.mk / zocpoc@hotmail.com
Chess Club Gambit Asseco SEE
Skopje, December 2014