15th European Senior Team Championship
20th – 28th July 2013 in Dresden
Organizer
European Chess Union (ECU)
Aligner
ZMDI Schachfestival Dresden e.V.
Tournament hall
RAMADA Hotel Dresden, Wilhelm-Franke-Str. 90, 01219 Dresden
Schedule
Saturday, 2013-07-20 10:00 a.m. captains’ meeting
2:00 p.m. opening ceremony and round 1
Sunday, 2013-07-21 09:30 a.m. round 2
Monday, 2013-07-22 09:30 a.m. round 3
Tuesday, 2013-07-23 09:30 a.m. round 4
Wednesday, 2013-07-24 09:30 a.m. round 5
Thursday, 2013-07-25 09:30 a.m. round 6
Friday, 2013-07-26 09:30 a.m. round 7
Saturday, 2013-07-27 09:30 a.m. round 8
Sunday, 2013-07-28 09:00 a.m. round 9
Closing ceremony short time after the end of round 9
Regulations
Swiss system in 9 rounds with teams of four.
Time: 90 min/40 moves + 30 minutes for the rest of the game + 30 sec for each move from the first move.
The default time at the start of all rounds is 30 minutes.
Participation
The tournament will be an Open one. If teams which consist of only women take part, we will organize for these teams (women teams) a special ranking.
Teams from all ECU federations have the right to participate. They may represent a national federation or any regional structure of a national federation. All players must come from the same federation, however this rule is waived if all the members of the team are unrated.
Each team shall consist of four players, and in addition one reserve player may be nominated. The substitute is only allowed to play board 4.
A provisional naming of the players and the substitute has to be submitted together with the registration of the team. Changes in the team can be made until the captains’ meeting takes place.
Men who have reached the age of 60 and women who have reached the age of 50 by 31st December 2013 are entitled to participate.
Title
The winning team obtains the title “European Senior Team Champion 2013”.
The best placed women team obtains the title “European Women Senior Team Champion 2013”
Prizes
1. prize gold medals and 1200.- €
2. prize silver medals and 900.- €
3. prize bronze medals and 600.- €
4. prize diploma and 500.- €
5. prize diploma and 400.- €
The team with the best difference of performance obtains a special prize in the amount of about 200.- €.
There will be additional prizes for the best players at each board (board 1 – 4 plus reserve player).
If women teams take part in the tournament, there will be the following additional prizes:
1. prize gold medals and 300 €
2. prize silver medals and 200 €
3. prize bronze medals and 100 €
Ranking
The sum of scores of each game in a match is referred to as the board points.
The team which scores more board points in a match than its opponents receives two match points, the opponents receives no match points. In the case a match ends in such a way that the sum of the board points is equal to that of its opponents, each team receives one match point. However, if both teams score 0 board points, both teams will receive zero match points.
The ranking will be made according to match points, the team obtaining the highest number of match points being declared the winner of the competition. In case of equality, B.6.3.2 shall be applied.
The order of teams that finish with the same number of match points shall be determined by application of the following tie-breaking procedures in sequence, proceeding from (a) to (b) to (c) to (d) the extent required:
(a) by 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;
(b) by the number of board points won, the highest number wins;
(c) by the sum of the board points of all team’s opponents, the highest number wins;
(d) by 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.
Individual prizes in team competitions
The players who achieved the best performance rating on their respective boards shall receive gold medals. Silver and bronze medals shall be awarded to the second and third place winners.
For this purpose the players performance score is calculated if the player takes part in at least 70% of the rounds (for basic players) or 50% of the rounds (for reserve players).
The highest performance rating wins. In case of a tie it shall be broken by:
(a) mutual results (if all played each other);
(b) number of games, the highest number wins;
(c) percentage score, the highest number wins;
(d) final ranking of a team, the player in the highest ranked team wins.
For calculating of performance rating the maximum rating difference of two players shall be 400 points. In the case of unplayed games for all calculations the current FIDE Tournament Rules shall be applied.
Entry fee
The entry fee is 40.-€ per named player.
This means a maximum of 200.- € per team. The entry fee shall be paid together with the registration to the following account:
Ostsächsische Sparkasse Dresden, acc. number: 312 007 0105, bank code: 850 503 00,
IBAN: DE 91 8505 0300 3120 070 105, BIC: OSDDDE81
In accordance with the ECU regulations, each team is obliged to make the payment of 100 € for the fee. According to the ECU regulations (Art. B.9.5.1), the entry fee shall be paid by the federations to the ECU before or at the start of the competition. If the entry fee is not paid until the end of round 2, these teams will not be paired in subsequent rounds.
Registration
You can register by informal letter or fax to
ZMDI Schachfestival Dresden e. V., Oskar-Mai-Straße 6, D-01159 Dresden,
Fax: +49 (0)351/4161639, or e-mail to guntram.ledfuss@schachfestival.de.
The following details must be included:
team order with names, surnames, ELO-rating and national rating,
address, telephone number and e-mail address of the team captain,
number and duration of accommodation needed.
End of registration
2013-06-20
The organizers would be glad if you could show your interest earlier (by 2013-03-31).
Accommodation
You get the booked accommodations in RAMADA-HOTEL Dresden (4-star hotel in a good location) for a special chess fare:
double room 8 and more nights B / B 39.- € per person/per day
single room 8 and more nights B / B 59.- €
Additionally, you can book half-board for 16 € per day.
At lunchtime we offer a chess-snack (3 € – 8 €) in the playing area.
The superior-rooms, renovated at the beginning of 2012, are equipped with adjustable air-conditioning, mini-bar, coffee and tea station as well as the gratis utilization of underground car park (if available).
Superior-rooms and studios can be booked only at arrival (in case of availability).
Extra charges superior-room 10.- € per day,
superior-studio as double-room 20.- € per day.
The bill is to be paid on the day of departure at the reception of the hotel.
Social program
The aligner organizes touristic events and events in chess.
On your request they can arrange sightseeing tours of the town and surroundings and visits of cultural events too (for accompanying persons, too).
Information
ZMD Schachfestival Dresden e. V., Oskar-Mai-Straße 6, D-01159 Dresden, fon +49 (0)351 416 16 29, fax: +49 (0)351 416 16 39, e-mail: dirk.jordan@schachfestival.de
Transfer
(a) Airport Dresden – hotel/tournament hall (15km, Taxi/Bus, 20€)
(b) Main station Dresden – hotel/tournament hall (5km, Taxi/Bus, 10€)
(c) A bus shuttle by the organiser is possible
über 2300 ELO haben. Die ersten drei Teams der Wertung stellen auch alle Titelträger mit mehr als 2400 ELO (GM Dydyshko, Viacheslav, 2512; GM Kupreichik, Viktor, 2443; IM Mochalov, Evgeny, 2411, alle Weißrussland; GM Vasiukov, Evgeni, 2461; GM Pushkov, Nikolai, 2396; IM Zhelnin, Vladimir, 2459; GM Chernikov, Oleg, 2406, alle Russland; GM Gofshtein, Leonid, 2460, Israel).