THE II INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL “FLORESTA PARK OF THE ” from 31 August to 05 September 2021

Zangla Giuseppe, cell. 3477695966;

Venue for the game: email: [email protected] “Ethnographic Museum of Rural Cambria Natale, cell. 3386000541; Life”, Street Garibaldi Floresta (ME) email: [email protected] Giacobbe Silvana, cell. 3476341821;

email: [email protected]

Zangla Marcello, cell. 330663186;

email: [email protected] PRIZE FUND € 5.300 Valid for Elo FIDE variations and the achievement of International Norms The event consists of 4 tournaments, all with Elo FIDE varation: Open A reserved for players with Elo FIDE ≥1900 Year Partecipants Ranking Open B reserved for players with Elo FIDE 1500-1899 1° FM Santagati Alessandro (Ita) Open C reserved for players with Elo FIDE ≤1700 2020 60 2° CM Pisacane Pietro (Ita) Milone Gaetano (Ita) Open D reserved for players with Elo FIDE <1500 3°

▪Number rounds: OPEN A: 9 rounds; Open B – Open C– Open D: 7 rounds. ▪ Type of match: for all the open Svizzero FIDE. ▪Time for reflection: Open A-B-C: 90’ for 40 moves + 15’ to finish the game + 30” from the first move (90’+15’+30’’ a move). Open D: 90’+30’’ a move. ▪Time tolerance is 30 minutes for all tournaments. ▪Play-off systems: Bucholtz CUT 1, Bucholtz Totale, A.R.O., eventual direct encounter. ▪Admission and membership: Italian or foreign players residing in must be in possession of agonist or juniores FSI Card for year 2021; whoever does not have one can still register during the game. ▪Anticheating: will be applied the regulations FIDE in force. ▪The tournaments are valid for the Elo FIDE varations. The Open A, to which several titled players will be invited, well be valid for the achievement of International Norms. How to reach Floresta ▪Pre-registration: through VeSuS.org or Chess-results.com within 30 August 2021 for Open A, by plane: stopover at airport with the possibility of a free shuttle with route within 1 September 2021 for Open B, C e D. For non pre-registered players there is a surchage of € 10,00. airport Adrano Bronte Randazzo Floresta. ▪The organization reserves the right to make any changes that may be necessary for the successful outcome of the event and to comply with the Covid19 prevention health regulations in force at the time and subject to further updating to ensure its in the car: for those who arrive from or , motorway exit recommended success. The players must have read and fully accepted the contents of the "Guideline Protocol for the contrast and con- tainment of the contagion risks of the Covid-19 virus in the practice of Chess sport" published on the FSI website. (ME), continue towards Sinagra Floresta Game tables with breath-resistant plexiglass dividers. alternatively motorway exit Falcone (ME), continue towards -

Participation fee for pre-registered players within 15 August 2021: Floresta.  OPEN A: € 55,00 per player (free registration fee for GM and IM)  OPEN B, C and D: € 50,00 per player; € 30,00 for Under 16 N.B. The organization expresses the possibility of a free bus/shuttle service, upon notice,

Partecipation fee for pre-registered players from 16 August 2021: from Catania airport to Floresta on the morning of Tuesday 31 August and Thursday 2 September  OPEN A: € 60,00 per player (free registration fee for GM and IM) 2021, and from Floresta to Catania airport on the morning of Monday 6 September 2021.  OPEN B, C and D: € 55,00 per player; € 35,00 for Under 16 Date and time Open A Open B, C , D OPEN A OPEN B OPEN C OPEN D Tuesday 31 August 2021 Accreditation partecipants _ 1° Place 1° Place 1° Place 1° Place Hour 9:00 - 15:00 Open A € 1.000 + Trophy € 400 + Trophy € 200 + Trophy € 150 + Trophy (deadline for accreditation) 2° Place 2° Place 2° Place 2° Place Tuesday 31-08-2021 1° Round _ € 600* € 250* € 150* € 100* Hour 16:00 3° Place 3° Place 3° Place 3° Place Wednesday 01-09-2021 2° Round _ € 400* € 200* € 100* € 75* Hour 9:00 4° Place 4° Place 4° Place 4° Place Wednesday 01-09-2021 3° Round _ € 300* € 100* € 75* € 50* Hour 16:00 5° Place 5° Place 5° Place 5° Place Thursday 02-09-2021 _ Accreditation partecipants € 200 Book “Le Due Torri” Book “Le Due Torri” Book “Le Due Torri” Hour 9:00 - 15:00 Open B, C , D 1°Elo 2300 – 2399 1° Women 1° Women 1° Women (deadline for accreditation) € 250 Local products Local products Local products Thursday 02-09-2021 4° Round 1° Round 1°Elo 2200 – 2299 1° over 65 1° over 65 1° over 65 Hour 16:00 € 200 Local products Local products Local products Friday 03-09-2021 5° Round 2° Round 2°Elo 2200 – 2299 1° over 50 1° over 50 1° over 50 Hour 9:00 € 150 Local products Local products Local products Friday 03-09-2021 6° Round 3° Round 1°Elo 2000 – 2199 1° under 50 1°under 50 1°under 50 Hour 16:00 € 130 Local products Local products Local products Saturday 04-09-2021 _ 4° Round 2°Elo 2000 – 2199 1°Under 16 Trophy 1°Under 16 Trophy 1°Under 16 Trophy Hour 9:00 € 120 Saturday 04-09-2021 7° Round 5° Round Hour 16:00 3°Elo 2000 – 2199 1°Elo 1600 - 1700 € 100 Local products Sunday 05-09-2021 8° Round 6° Round Hour 9:00 1°Elo 1900 – 2000 Local products Sunday 05-09-2021 9° Round 7° Round Hour 15:00 ▪ Price to the Player with Best Tournament Performance**: Trophy + free registration fee Sunday 05 September Hour 19:00 about: price giving ceremony to Floresta 2022.

The price giving ceremony will be held at 19.00 on 05 September at the gaming  Cup venue. The prizes are indivisible and cannot be combined and are guaranteed to

the players present at the award ceremony, otherwise they will not be awarded. ** Performance= WE-W, variation not multiplied by K. There are also prizes and gadgets in kind and in range. B&B SCALISI GAETANO, Via Umberto I 355 Floresta (ME), tel. 3381621410. "MARZULLO ROOMS" by Marzullo Andrea, tel. 3809062968.

Single room: € 50.00 per person, bed and breakfast; First floor: 2 double bedrooms with shared bathroom. Second floor:

Double room with third bed: € 30.00 per person overnight and before 1 double, third bed and bathroom. Third floor: 1 double, bunk bed and

breakfast, children up to 16 years: € 10.00 per night. kitchen: € 25.00 per person, overnight stay only.

"MAMMA ROSA" of Gurgone Sebastiano, Contrada Paolo Salvatore s.n.c. Floresta

(ME), tel. 3331899146. Single room: € 35.00 per person, bed and breakfast; double "CASA " of Lipari Francesco, tel. 3356234348, distance 80 meters

room with third bed: € 25.00 per person bed and breakfast, children up to 16 years: from the gaming venue. Independent house with double bedroom and bunk

€ 10.00 per night. bed, bathroom and kitchen / living room: € 50.00 total per night.

"HOTEL S. ANNA" of Calabrese Giuseppe, Via Vitt. Emanuele 101 Floresta (ME),

tel. 0941662067, cell. 3339272956. Single room: € 55.00 per person bed and "VILLINO LANDRO", tel. 3289310228, distance 250 meters from

breakfast; double / twin room: € 35.00 per person, bed and breakfast; triple room: the gaming venue. Detached house with double bedroom, kitchen and

€ 85.00 total bed and breakfast; quadruple room: € 25.00 per person, bed and bathroom: € 60.00 total per night. breakfast.

B&B "JOSEPHINE GARDEN" by Gimmillaro Basilia, Via Umberto I 100 Floresta "L’EREMO DU ZU’ PAOLO ", Contrada Pozzoleo, 98030 Santa Domenica (ME), tel. 3714649959. Double room with third bed: € 20.00 per person bed and Vittoria (ME), towards Catania 6.5 Km from Floresta (10 minutes), breakfast, children up to 16 years: € 10.00 per night; (some doubles with bathroom tel. 095925170, 3339058058, 360379585, www.leremoduzupaolo.com. outside the room). Double rooms (7 total, of which only two with third and fourth bed): "TRATTORIA LA ROCCA" by Pippo, SS116 98060 direction Ucria (ME), 2.5 Km € 30.00 per person bed and breakfast, children up to 16 years: € 15.00 from Floresta, tel. 0941662228, 3471006558. Double rooms with the possibility of per night; single room € 50.00 per night with breakfast. adding one or two beds: € 35.00 per person bed and breakfast (if two people), €

30.00 per person (if three people), children up to 16 years: € 10.00 per night .

The hermitage du zu 'Paolo is a farmhouse completely immersed in nature, in the midst of hazelnut, oak and chestnut trees, ideal for those who love to wake up with bir- dsong and the sun's rays penetra- ting from the windows among the green leaves of trees. AGRI-HOTEL-RESTAURANT “DA MARIANNA”, Via Libertà 335, 98030 Santa Domenica

Vittoria (ME), towards Catania 13 Km from Floresta (15 minutes), tel. 095925149,

3299544433, 3299544434, e-mail: [email protected].

Double rooms (11 total, of which 7 with third and fourth bed): € 35.00 per person bed and

breakfast, children up to 16 years: € 15.00 per night; single room € 50.00 per night with

breakfast; suite rooms (7 total, see photo): € 70.00 per person bed and breakfast.

It is advisable to book by July 20th to find available rooms.

“TRATTORIA DEL CASALE” di Calabrese Giuseppe, Via Vitt. Emanuele 101 Floresta (ME), tel. 0941662067, cell. 3339272956.

BOTTICELLI BISTRO’ di Amato Angela e-mail: [email protected] tel./fax 0941662305 , cell. 3385489191.

VILLA RIBOT, SS116 Floresta (ME), Tel. 3386560294.

TRATTORIA IL FIENILE, Via Vittorio Emanuele 70 Floresta (ME), Tel. 0941 662313.

TRATTORIA TIPICA DON SANTO, Contrada Favoscuro 2, 98030 Floresta (ME), Tel. 0941 662030.

The organization shows the possibility of managing shuttle excursions, before and during the tournament and with a minimum number of participants, upon reservation.

Walk to the lakes: Trearie, Cartolari, Pisciotto The of Montalbano Elicona

On the Nebrodi Mountains there are some of the most important high altitude wetlands in and Megalithic area, located at 1,240 m asl, in the Argimusco plateau, which is the only example this excursion, in the easternmost area of the Park, between the municipalities of Floresta, of a megalithic site in Sicily, equated by some scholars to the great megalithic structures of and Maniace, will lead us to visit some splendid mirrors of water, set among green pastures and sur- northern Europe and for this reason defined by many as the " Sicilian Stonehenge ". During rounded by dense woods. Once you enter the itinerary of the Dorsale dei Nebrodi in Portella Mitta the path on the dirt road we will encounter numerous quartz sandstone rocks modeled in a (Floresta), you will travel the first part by car, to arrive at the crossroads of Lake Pisciotto and af- curious and suggestive form, better known as the Argimusco . At least nine can be ter having admired it, you will base yourself in P.lla Dagara to start the excursion to feet towards the counted, arranged along a south-west / north-east oriented line. It is assumed that they are splendid lake of Trearie, surrounded to the east by green woods in contrast with white limestone the remains of a prehistoric Neolithic cult site, where the rites of life and death and archa- rocks and to the west by green clearings and pastures. Lake Trearie is a natural body of water e- eo-astronomy were celebrated, where the stars and the cycles of the seasons were studied. xtended by means of a small concrete bridle and is of great naturalistic interest as it is a wintering From the plateau it is also possible to enjoy a breathtaking 360 degree panorama: place for numerous migratory . From here you can easily reach Lake Cartolari, at the foot of the and the , the , the splendid Rocca Novara, Capo Calavà, Milaz- beautiful beech forest of Piano di Palma; despite being of artificial origin, it is perfectly integrated zo and Etna. Easy route of about 1 Km. Distance from Floresta 20 minutes by car. into the surrounding environment, also constituting a reference point for migratory birds. Having completed the circumnavigation of the lake and after stopping in the adjacent well-maintained area of the state-owned forest company, we will immerse ourselves in the suggestive beech forest of Piano di Palma, to rejoin the itinerary of the Dorsale and return, downhill, to the start point. Path length: a- bout 12 Km. Start of the route at 15 min. from Floresta. The organization shows the possibility of managing shuttle excursions, before and during the tournament and with a minimum number of participants, upon reservation.

Marinello Lakes Nature Reserve ETNA Nord: Piano Provenzana

The Laghetti di Marinello oriented nature reserve is a protected natural area located in the municipa- Piano Provenzana is a ski resort located on the northern slope of Etna, also known as lity of Patti, in the . The reserve occupies over 400 hectares and was established in Etna Nord, at an altitude of 1,810 meters above sea level. in the territory of the mu- 1998. Located under the promontory of the Sanctuary of Tindari, the Marinello lagoon area is subjected nicipality of Linguaglossa. Unlike the ski resort located on the southern side of Etna to many morphological variations of the territory which, by modifying the coast, create brackish lakes on (Etna Sud), centered around the Sapienza Refuge and dominated by a landscape almost the coast. The transport on the coast of sand and gravel is due to the deepening of the seabed, due to the free of vegetation and dominated by lava stone (separated by the immense Bove val- action, in this case, of the Tyrrhenian Sea. The origins of the Marinello lakes can be traced back to 1877, ley), the Piano Provenzana station Linguaglossa is immersed in a large pine forest and after the "election" of the Hydrographic Institute of the Navy, which claimed the non-existence of the has the appearance of an alpine landscape with the addition of the view of the Ionian sand formation that was already present. On the facing walls there are several caves. Among the species sea to the east and the to the north and the lunar landscape of the of ichthyofauna reported in the reserve, the macrocephalus goby (Millerigobius macrocephalus) deserves a 2002 lava flows. In fact this ski resort, equipped with four tracks, it was hit by the mention. Other fish species present are the eel, the silverside capoccione, the gray mullet, the black goby, 2002 eruptions of the Punta Lucia crater and, as happened for southern Etna, it was the small goby, the peacock blenny and the pipefish, to which are added, in marine salinity environments, necessary to reconstruct the damaged structures. The station has slopes for skiing, the conger eel, the sea bass and murmurs it. The lakes rest in the shadow of the promontory of the San- cross-country skiing, ski touring and snowboarding. There are two slalom slopes served ctuary of Tindari which watches from above. In addition, the sanctuary is the place to which the intere- by two ski lifts, cross-country skiing tracks and other winter sports. One of the slopes, sting legend that revolves around the reserve is connected. In fact, this is a destination for pilgrimages of before it was damaged by the eruption, was F.I.S. for slalom and giant slalom and the the faithful who ask for help from the Black Madonna. According to legend, a woman lost her son in the Italian Cup F.I.S. 2001. The ski resort is served by 4 ski lifts, 3 ski lifts, 1 quad chair- water while he was worshiping the Madonna of Tindari. The latter, to help her retrieve the baby from the lift, all of modern generation and various souvenir shops. Distance from Floresta: 1 waves, miraculously made the sea withdraw. The presence of the lakes would be proof of this. Distance hour and 10 minutes by car (about 60 km). from Floresta: 1 hour and 30 minutes by car.