TIGRAN PETROSIAN MEMORIAL: ONLINE TOURNAMENT R E G U L A T I O N

Chess Academy of Armenia in cooperation with Aktyubinsk Regional Chess Federation is organizing Tigran Petrosian Memorial: Online Chess Tournament.

The tournament will be held on October 11 at 14:00 PM /CET time/, at 18:00 /Nur- Sultan time/, at 16:00 / time/, which will take place on the site www.lichess.org . You can apply by following this link. Participation: Participants must have at least second chess category. Rules and regulations: The tournament will be held in 13-round Swiss system in accordance with FIDE Laws of Chess. All other regulations apply as per FIDE Handbook. Time control is 3 minutes for the whole game with 1 seconds increment starting from move one. Tiebreak: In case of equal points, the prizes will be determined on the website of the Swiss tournament on www.lichess.org. Prizes: Total prize fund is $2500. All prizes are in US dollars. No player can receive more than one prize.

I II III IV V VI-X XI-XV

Main 300 200 150 100 80 60 50

Women 100 70 50

Seniors 100 50 /55+/

TIGRAN PETROSIAN MEMORIAL: ONLINE CHESS TOURNAMENT

Special prizes:

Among Juniors best result Under-18 – $80 best result Under-16 – $70 best result Under-14 – $60 best result Under-12 – $50 best result Under-10 – $40 best result Under- 8 – $20

Among Aktyubinsk Region best result among Seniors /55+/ of the Aktyubinsk Region - $50 best result among participants of the Aktyubinsk Region - $50 best result among Juniors /Under-18/ of the Aktyubinsk Region - $50 best result among Juniors /Under-12/ of the Aktyubinsk Region - $50 best result among Girls /Under-18/ of the Aktyubinsk Region - $50

Lucky Awards: 29, 63, 69, 91 places that will be announced at the end of the tournament by Lichess. Each of these players will be paid $20.

111, 222, 333, 444, 555 places that will be announced at the end of the tournament by Lichess. Each of these players will be paid $20. ATTENTION! Here are the mandatory conditions for participation: • The organizer has the right to remove from the tournament the participant who is suspected of unfair play, • Prizes will be awarded seven days after the tournament, only after checking the played games to avoid awarding prizes to computer-aided participants. • The prize winners from Kazakhstan will be awarded in national currency at the rate of the day.

Registration: The registration deadline is 6 PM October 8, 2020.