Moscow Open 2008

Regulations

of the International Chess Festival

"MOSCOW OPEN 2008"

International open chess festival "Moscow Open 2008" takes place in Moscow on February 2-10, 2008. The venue is Russian State Social University (RSSU), located at building 5, 4, V. Pika street (“Botanicheskiy sad” metro station).

Main organizers of the Festival – Moscow Chess Federation (MCF, www.chessmoscow.ru), Russian State Social University (RSSU, www.rgsu.ru) and Committee of Sports and Entertainment events Committee under the Moscow Government supported by the Physical Culture and Sports Committee of Moscow (Moskomsport, www.mossport.ru), Prefecture of the Northeast district of Moscow, Russian Chess Federation(RCF, www.russiachess.org), Association of Chess Professionals (ACP, www.chess-players.org) and International School Chess Union (ISCU www.iscu-rgsu.ru).

Festival “Moscow Open 2008” consists of 4 tournaments: «Open А», «Tournament В», women Open «С» and children tournament «D». Every tournament is run under Swiss system in 9 rounds. Total guaranteed prize fund is 5 000 000 rubles. Rate: 1 USD – 24,3 RUB on 27.11.2007.

«OPEN A»: open for all players regardless of rating.

The tournament is Russian Cup 2008 (www.russiachess.org ) stage and «ACP-tour » 2007-08 ( www.chess-players.org) stage.

Open “A” prize fund is 3 000 000 rubles.

Major Prizes:

1 prize	500 000
2 prize	350 000
3 prize	250 000
4 prize	200 000
5 prize	180 000
6 prize	160 000
7 prize	140 000
8 prize	120 000
9 prize	100 000
10 prize	80 000
11-12 prizes	60 000
13-15 prizes	50 000
16-17 prizes	40 000
18-20 prizes	30 000
21-25 prizes	20 000
26-30 prizes	10 000

Prizes for FIDE rated players 2300 - 2449:

1 prize	30 000
2 prize	20 000
3 prize	10 000

Prizes for the players with FIDE rating under 2300 and not rated:

1 prize	30 000
2 prize	20 000
3 prize	10 000

Special prizes for the best results:

Among veterans (born in1947 and older):

1 prize	30 000
2 prize	20 000
3 prize	10 000

Within the age category of “Gentlemen” (1948-1967):

1 prize	30 000
2 prize	20 000
3 prize	10 000

Among juniors (1990 and younger):

1 prize	30 000
2 prize	20 000
3 prize	10 000

Among boys (1994 and younger):

1 prize	15 000
2 prize	10 000
3 prize	5 000

Three winners of the A tournament, three winners among veterans, 3 winners among juniors (1990 and younger) and three winners in the boys category (1994 and younger) will be awarded with Memorable Cups.

All the participants will get souvenirs.

«Tournament B»

for the players with the FIDE rating under 2300 and not rated

Tournament “B” prize fund is 1 000 000 rubles.

Main prizes:

1 prize	150 000
2 prize	100 000
3 prize	80 000
4 prize	60 000
5prize	50 000
6 prize	40 000
7 prize	30 000
8 prize	20 000
9-17 prizes	15 000
18-30 prizes	10 000

Prizes for the players FIDE rated under 2000:

1 prize	20 000
2 prize	10 000
3 prize	5 000

Prizes for not FIDE rated players:

1 prize	20 000
2 prize	10 000
3 prize	5 000

Special prizes for the best results:

Among veterans (1947and older):

1 prize	20 000
2 prize	10 000
3 prize	5 000

Within the age category of “Gentlemen” (1948-1967 ):

1 prize	20 000
2 prize	10 000
3 prize	5 000

Among juniors (1990 and younger):

1 prize	20 000
2 prize	10 000
3 prize	5 000

Among boys (1994 and younger):

1 prize	15 000
2 prize	10 000
3 prize	5 000

Three winners of the B tournament and three winners among veteran tournament, 3 winners among juniors (1990 and younger) and three winners in the boys’ category (1994 and younger) will be awarded with Memorable Cups.

All the participants of the tournament will get souvenirs.

“OPEN C” (Women tournament)

It is an open tournament for all women regardless of their rating and age.

“OPEN C” is a stage of Russian Cup 2008 among women.

The C tournament prize fund: 700 000 rubles.

Major prizes (in rubles)

1 prize	150 000
2 prize	100 000
3 prize	70 000
4 prize	50 000
5 prize	40 000
6 prize	30 000
7 prize	20 000
8-16 prizes	10 000

Special prizes for the best results:

Among women-veterans (born 1957 and older):

1 prize	15 000
2 prize	10 000
3 prize	5 000

Among young women (1990 and younger)

1 prize	15 000
2 prize	10 000
3 prize	5 000

Among girls (1994 and younger)

1 prize	15 000
2 prize	10 000
3 prize	5 000

Prizes for women players FIDE rated 1900-2200:

1 prize	15 000
2 prize	10 000
3 prize	5 000

Prizes for women players with FIDE rating under 1900 or not-rated:

1 prize	15 000
2 prize	10 000
3 prize	5 000

Three winners of the tournament, three winners in the category “women-veterans”, three winners among young women (1990 and younger) and three first-prize holders among girls (1994 and younger) will be awarded with Memorable Cups.

All the participants of the tournament will get souvenirs.

CHILDREN TOURNAMENT “D” (TOURNAMENT OF SCHOOL CHAMPIONS)

It is an elimination tournament of the European Cup among school champions (Greece, April 28 –May 6, 2008)

Age groups (for boys and girls separately): under7 (born in 2001), under 9 (1999), under11 (1997), under 13 (1995), under15 (1993).

The D tournament prize fund: 300 000 rubles.

The prize fund shall be distributed as follows:

winners in age groups (8 persons in total) will be provided with free accommodation and meals in Greece in accordance with the Regulations of European Cup among school champions;
prize winners in age groups (second and third places, 16 persons in total) will be provided with free plane tickets to Greece for the flight Moscow- Salonika-Moscow for participation in the European Cup among school champions.

Three prize winners of each tournament will be awarded with Memorable Cups; all the participants will get symbolic badges of International School Chess Union.

Time control: 90 minutes per game for each opponent with additional 30 seconds per each move starting from the first one.

The tournament is run according the Swiss system in 9 rounds (round-robin tournaments are possible for younger age groups).

Rounds 1-8 start at 4pm, the last round starts at 11.30 am.

D tournament ends at 4.30pm on February 10, 2008

Starting fee is 500 rubles per participant.

Prize distribution scheme

Each participant is entitled to get only one prize —the major. In case the score is equal, the prizes shall not be divided and the winners shall be determined according to the following extra criteria:

1) «The progress» - the amount of points collected by the participant after each round,

2) Number of wins,

3) the best Buchholz Cut (without taking into account the lowest score of the opponent, for those who took “buy” only all the played games are taken into account).

In case the person wins equal prizes in several categories, the prize will be presented according to the priority of the categories:

Open «А»: 1) Major prizes, 2) in the categories with rating 2300 – 2449, 3) veterans, 4) «gentlemen», 5) juniors, 6) in the category under 2300, 7) boys.

Open «В»: 1) Major prizes, 2) under 2000, 3) not rated, 4) veterans, 5) «gentlemen», 6) juniors, 7) boys.

Open «С» (women tournament): 1) major, 2)in the category with rating of 1900-2200, 3) women-veterans 4) young women 5)girls 6)rated under 1900 and not rated

According to the Russian legislation, all the prizes are subject to taxation. When obtaining the prize, RF citizens should have an insurance pension certificate (copy or original)

CHARACTERISTICS OF OPEN A SYSTEM

In the first four rounds of “A” tournament all the participants play in three groups with three different moduses:

1) А-9: classic (1 hour 45 minutes for each player with additional 30 seconds for each move starting from the first one) – 4 days (February 2-10),

2) A-7: classic with 2 games per day – 2 days (February 4-10),

3) A-6: rapid chess with 30 minutes per game with additional 10 seconds for each move starting from the first one) – 4 games per day (February 5-10).

In the first four rounds all the participants can order (strictly before the drawing of lots of the first round starts) one “buy” (a draw without a game). From the fifth round all the participants play in one group one round per day with a classic control.

“Open A” participants, taking part in first four rounds with a rapid control and those taking a “buy” shall be not able to qualify for Russian Cup.

TOURNAMENT B AND C SYSTEM:

Open “B” and C” tournaments shall be run according to the classic scheme (one game per day) with time control of 1 hour 45 minutes for each player with additional 30 seconds for each move starting from the first one.

Attention: Russian State Social University is a non-smoking area!

APPEALS COMMITTEE

Appeals Committee consists of 3 major and 2 reserve members. Each protest (appeal) shall be submitted to the Chairman of the Appeals Committee (without voting power) within an hour after the end of the round. Protests against drawing of lots shall not be accepted, except for the cases of violation of Swiss system rules (2 participants can not play each other more then once). Every player that submits a protest shall deposit a fee of 3000 rubles. This deposit shall be returned by the Appeals Committee if the protest is satisfied.

CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION

All the expenses of participants (transfer, accommodation, meals and tournament fee) shall be incurred by the home organization or the participants themselves.

“A” Tournament:

Grandmasters FIDE rated above 2625 shall be provided with accommodation and meals from February 1 (evening) till February 11 (morning) for those choosing classic modus (9 days); from February 3 (evening) till February 11 (morning) for those taking part in classic modus (7 days); from February 4 (evening) till February 11 (morning) in case of choosing rapid + classic modus. You are kindly requested to send the application forms till December 15, 2007.

“C” Tournament (women):

Hotel and meals shall be provided for Grandmasters FIDE rated above 2475 from February 1 (evening) till February 11 (morning). You are kindly requested to send the application forms till December 15, 2007.

STARTING FEE

for those registered (that filled in the form and paid a tournament fee) before January 15, 2008

“OPEN A”

“Open A” (fee amount depends on FIDE rating as of the payment date)	For the participants, who choose all the games with classic control		For the participants, who choose rapid control in rounds 1-4
		Veterans, Juniors		Veterans, Juniors
GM 2600 and over	No fee	No fee	500	500
GM 2450 – 2599	1000	1000	1 500	1 500
GM under 2450, IМ 2450 and over	1 500	1 500	2 000	2 000
IМ 2300- 2449, with no title (IM/GM) 2450 and over	2 000	1 500	2 500	2 000
With no title (IM/GM), 2300-2449	2 500	2 000	3 000	2 500
FIDE rated 2150- 2299	3 500	3 500	4 000	4 000
With FIDE rating under 2150 and not FIDE rating	4 000	4 000	4 500	4 500

TOURNAMENT В

		Veterans Juniors

FIDE rated participants	2500	1500
Not FIDE rated participants	3000	2000

OPEN C (women tournament)

		Veterans Juniors
GM 2400 and over	No fee	No fee
GM under 2400 and participants rated 2350-2400	500	500
IM under2349 and participants rated 2250-2349	1000	1000
Participants rated 2150-2249	1500	1000
Participants rated under 2150	2000	1000
Not rated participants	2000	1500

The registration of participants shall be over on January 15, 2008. The organizing committee shall be entitled to refuse to register participants after January 15, 2008. For the participants that get the registration confirmation (admission to the tournament) after January 15, 2008, the tournament fee shall be increased by 1000 rubles.

In order to register for “A”, “B”, “C” tournaments, it is necessary to:

fill in the on-line application form on the Festival web site www.moscowchessopen.ru or
To fill in the application form in MCF office located at the address: Building 2, house11, B.Dmitrovka street or
To send the application form to MCF via fax: +7(495)694-65-91
pay a tournament fee via bank transfer within one working day after the application form completion.

All the fees are accepted according to the FIDE rating as of the day of payment.

Foreign participants shall effect a tournament payment in rubles on February 1 and 2 (till 12pm) in RSSU in accordance with the time of tournament entry form sending.

In order to register for “D” tournament, it is necessary to:

upload the application form on the website www.moscowchessopen.ru (or from the website www.iscu-rgsu.ru) and send it via email to International School Chess Union (iscu@mail.ru) or via fax: 8 495 169 97 90, 8 495 425 61 96;
to pay a tournament fee within one working days after the application form completion. Tournament fee (in rubles) shall be transferred in cashless payment to the bank account of Moscow Chess Federation (see above).
registration shall be held on February 1 in the tournament hall of RSSU (third building, room 300) at 10am-7pm.

VISA

In connection with New Year holidays, you are kindly requested to begin to make a visa application to Russia in December. In order to make a visa, you are to make a copy of your passport and to fill in the form (download from the website) and send it by email: moscowopen@gmail.com

Accommodation

“Baikal” hotel is located within three minute walking distance from the chess venue, Accommodation cost (per person/per night, in rubles): single room (in a block) – 1750-2000 rubles;

Double room in a block – 950-1100 rubles;

Triple room in a block – 700-800 rubles;

Single room – 2600 rubles; double room – 1700 rubles.

When checking-in, a booking fee will be charged in amount of 25% of room daily rate.

There is a possibility of price change from January 1, 2008

Official website of “Baikal” hotel – http://www.hotel-baikal.ru

“Ostankino” hotel (29, Botanicheskaya street), 20-minute driving distance.

Accommodation cost (per person/per night, in rubles):

Double room “economy” – 950 rubles

Double room “standard” – 1350 rubles

Single room “economy” – 1900 rubles

Single room “standard” – 2700 rubles

Breakfast is included.

Official website of “Ostankino” hotel – http://www.otel-ostankino.ru

“Tourist” hotel is located within three minute walking distance from the chess venue.

Accommodation cost (per person/per night, in rubles):

Single room “economy’ – 2350 rubles, double room “economy” – 1250 rubles;

Single room “standard”– 31500 rubles, double room “standard” -1650 rubles;

Single room “renovated”- 3750 rubles, double room “renovated” -1950 rubles.

Breakfast is included.

Official website of “Tourist” hotel - http://www.hotelturist.com

If you have any further questions on booking of hotels, please contact Irina Vladimirovna

+7-916-190-91-95

Rate: 1 USD – 24,30 RUB on 27.11.2007.

Accommodation applications shall be submitted till January 15.

CONTACTS:

A.B. Zlochevsky— Technical Director of the Festival

Tel/fax: +7 (495) 694-65-91, Е-mail: moscowopen@gmail.com

For more details see our web site: www.moscowchessopen.ru