Montenegro Chess Festival

2 IM & GM Round Robin Tournaments, 26.02-18.03.2021.

Festival Schedule:

Chess Club "Elektroprivreda" and Montenegro Chess Federation organizing Montenegro Chess Festival from 26th February to 18th March 2021. Festival consists 3 round robin tournaments as follows: 1. IM Round Robin 2021/01 - Niksic 26th February – 4th March 2. IM Round Robin 2021/02 - Niksic 5th March – 11th March 3. GM Round Robin 2021/01 - Podgorica 12th March – 18th March

Organizer will provide chess equipment for all events, games will be broadcast online. Winners of all tournaments receive trophy. You can find Information about tournaments on these links: IM Round Robin 2021/01 - https://chess-results.com/tnr549103.aspx?lan=1 IM Round Robin 2021/02 - https://chess-results.com/tnr549104.aspx?lan=1 GM Round Robin 2021/01 - https://chess-results.com/tnr549105.aspx?lan=1

Health protection measures will be applied according to instructions from Montenegro institutions and will be valid during the tournament duration. Masks are obligatory all the time, safe distance will be provided between the boards. Organizer are allowed to cancel some or all events in the festival if situation with pandemic requests events to be cancelled.

Tournaments Description: Round Robin tournaments are closed tournaments with 10 participants each and will be valid for international chess title norms. Drawing of lots and Technical Meeting for each event will be held at noon on the starting day of each tournament. Minimal guaranteed average rating of opponents on GM tournament is 2380 and 2230 on IM tournament.

Playing schedule: For all three tournaments, double rounds will be played second and third day. IM Round Robin 2021/01 - double rounds 27th and 28th February IM Round Robin 2021/02 - double rounds 6th and 7th March GM Round Robin 2021/01 - double rounds 13th and 14th March

Time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 15 minutes to the end, plus 30 seconds increment for each move starting from the first move.

Entry fee: Depends on players rating and looks like as follows:

GM Round Robin IM Round Robin ELO 2501+ 150 EUR ELO 2401+ 100 EUR ELO 2451 - 2500 200 EUR ELO 2301 - 2400 150 EUR ELO 2401 - 2450 250 EUR ELO 2251 - 2300 200 EUR ELO 2351 - 2400 300 EUR ELO 2201 - 2250 250 EUR ELO 2301 - 2350 350 EUR ELO 2151 - 2200 300 EUR ELO 2201 - 2300 500 EUR ELO 2101 - 2150 350 EUR ELO 2200 and less 600 EUR ELO 2100 and less 400 EUR

Information: For all further information, registration, accommodation questions and reservations, please contact organizers. Participants are not obliged to use accommodation offered by organizer.

Tournament Director Technical Director IM, FIDE Trainer, IO Miljanic Boro IA Vujacic Igor tel, viber, whatsapp: +382 69 541 137 tel, viber, whatsapp: +382 67 237 360 email: [email protected] email: [email protected]