MITROPA CUP 2016

To the Chess Federations of , Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, , , Slovakia, Slovenia and .

The CZECH CHESS FEDERATION, in cooperation with AVE-KONTAKT s.r.o., has the honour to invite your representatives to the CUP 2016. The tournament will be held in two sections, the open section and the women section.

Venue: The Czech Republic, , hotel Olympik, Sokolovska 138, Prague 8 (http://www.olympik.cz/en/olympik/)

Dates: 18th June – 27th June 2016

Schedule: Arrival 18 June 2016 Technical meeting 18 June 2016, 20:00 Opening ceremony 19 June 2016, 14:00 Rounds 1 – 8 19 – 26 June 2016, 15:00 Round 9 27 June 2016, 09:00 Closing ceremony 27 June 2016, 15:30

Teams: Each team will be composed of 4 players plus one reserve player (for open section), 2 women players plus one reserve woman player (for women section), one of them acts as a team captain.

Time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes to finish the game, with 30 seconds increment for each move from move one.

Tournament Director: Petr Buchnicek, [email protected]

Chief Arbiter: IA Jirina Prokopova

Prizes: The first three teams will be awarded trophies and gold, silver and bronze medals.

Accommodation: Each team (max. 8 persons per country) will be provided with full board accommodation in 4 double rooms at the hotel Olympik ****. Different composition of rooms may be subject to additional charge and is possible according to an agreement with the organizer. Full board accommodation for other people is available: single room - 70 € / room and night double room - 90 € / room and night triple room - 135 € / room and night

Costs: According to the mutual agreement, an organisation fee of 250 € per person has to be paid. The total amount for the participating federation must be transferred by May 31 to the following bank account:

Account number: 107-1452020277/0100 IBAN: CZ08 0100 0001 0714 5202 0277 SWIFT: KOMBCZPPXXX

Address of the bank: Address of the account holder: Komercni banka, a.s. AVE-KONTAKT s.r.o. namesti Republiky 222 Strossova 239 530 78 Pardubice 530 03 Pardubice Czech Republic Czech Republic

Registration: Please confirm the participation of both your teams by March 18. Please send back the enclosed registration form (i.e. specify the team composition) by June 3. Both to be sent to: [email protected]

Information: http://www.chess.cz/mitropa For more information please contact the Tournament Director.

Viktor Novotný Jan Mazuch Petr Buchníček Czech Chess Federation AVE-KONTAKT Tournament Director Executive Board Chairman CEO