PLAYING VENUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS

Versione18/7/2018

The Tournament is held for the eighth year at Città Studi , an excellence structure, built with the goal to respond to the growing need of high-

level teaching. The Città Studi building, following a project by the world

famous architect Gae Aulenti , hosts a University Campus with Degree and Master courses in collaboration with the University of , the

Politecnico of Turin and the University of Eastern ; a Vocational Education Agency ; a Congress Centre and a Specialized Library (which will A.S.D. SCACCHI CLUB host the games) and provides Research Services and Business Consulting. Città under the auspices of Studi and its area of more than 100,000 square metres DI represents one of the most important poles of industrial

culture in . In the

University complex there is and under the auspices of also a bar/cafeteria. COMUNE DI VALLE MOSSO

More information at: www.cittastudi.org .

organizes:

TH 9 INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT

«CITTÀ DI BIELLA »

HOW TO REACH THE VENUE

Coming from the A4 motorway (exit of Carisio or Santhià), or from (via the dual carriageway), take the Biella South Ring Road (Tangenziale Sud ) and th th th drive towards its end. At the roundabout follow signs towards Occhieppo 28 -29 -30 September 2018 Inferiore . Città Studi – The Library Coming from Ivrea (via ), at the beginning of the Biella South Ring Corso G. Pella, 2/b - Biella Road (Tangenziale Sud ) drive towards .

At the first roundabout drive straight ahead, at the second roundabout turn right in Via Ivrea . At the next roundabout turn right again in Corso G. Pella . Prize Fund: € 3.300 Detailed maps are available at www.scacchiclubvallemosso.it . PROGRAMME HELPFUL INFO RULES PRIZES

Pre-registration ¢ At the Tournaments may take part players with the 9th INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT «CITTA’ DI BIELLA» TIME CONTROL 2018 Italian Chess Federation (F.S.I.) card ( tessera Pre-registration is mandatory and will be st th agonistica or tessera junior ). Italian players without OPEN A 1 Place Euro 400,00 and Trophy 9 International Tournament «Città di Biella» possible till Thursday, 27th September 2018 at the card may subscribe it at the playing venue nd Open A – reserved to players with ELO>1900 11:00 pm, both on-line on the pre-registration 2 Place Euro 250,00 through the Scacchi Club Valle Mosso. Foreign rd Open B – – reserved to players with ELO<2000 and ELO>1500 section available on the website 3 Place Euro 150,00 players will be admitted only if in possession of the th Open C – reserved to players with ELO<1600 www.scacchiclubvallemosso.it or sending an 4 Place Euro 130,00 90’ for 40 moves + 15’ to finish and 30’’ added for each move starting from move 1 F.I.N. (FIDE Identification Number). th e-mail to [email protected] . 5 Place Euro 100,00 ¢ The organization reserves the right to admit in 6th Place Euro 90,00 REGISTRATION DEADLINE Pre-registrations must be confirmed at the the Open A and Open B groups of the playing venue no later than 7:00 pm, Friday, 28th International Tournament up to three players (for Rating prizes: ELO from 2100 to 2299 1st Place Euro 90,00 Friday 28th September 2018, 7:00 pm September 2018. each Open) even if they don’t have the prescribed ELO from 2100 to 2299 2nd Place Euro 70,00 rd ROUND SCHEDULE Non pre-registered players will be accepted ELO rating. ELO from 2100 to 2299 3 Place Euro 60,00 ELO lower than 2100 1st Place Euro 90,00 st th until available places remain, with a late entry ¢ The Tournaments will use the Swiss FIDE 1 round: Friday 28 September, 7:30 pm ELO lower than 2100 2nd Place Euro 70,00 nd th fee surcharge of Euro 10.00. system; ties will be resolved using Buchholz Cut1, 2 round: Saturday 29 September, 9:30 am rd rd th Buchholz Total and ARO in this order. ELO lower than 2100 3 Place Euro 60,00 3 round: Saturday 29 September, 3:30 pm ¢ 4th round: Sunday 30 th September, 9:00 am Entry fees ELO rating shall be the one published on OPEN B 1st Place Euro 150,00 and Trophy st 5th round: Sunday 30 th September, 2:30 pm 1 September 2018. nd Euro 50.00 (free for players with ELO>2299) 2 Place Euro 130,00 Prize awarding ceremony follows ¢ Individual rating change and category promotions rd Women: Euro 40.00 3 Place Euro 110,00 shall be made according to F.S.I. and F.I.D.E. rules. th Players Over 60: Euro 40.00 4 Place Euro 90,00 ¢ th TECHNICAL PARTNER Under 16: Euro 30.00 Players arriving later than 60 minutes after the 5 Place Euro 70,00 scheduled start of a session shall lose the game. th 6 Place Euro 70,00

¢ Players are forbidden to introduce in the playing Rating prizes: ELO from 1800 to 1899 1st Place Euro 70,00 Hotel venue electronic devices not specifically ELO from 1800 to 1899 2nd Place Euro 60,00 Special rates for the Tournament at: approved by the arbiters. However, such devices ELO from 1800 to 1899 3rd Place Euro 50,00 can be introduced in the playing venue provided st HOTEL EUROPA that they are completely switched off and that ELO from 1700 to 1799 1 Place Euro 70,00 nd Corso Europa, 7/d they are stored in a player’s bag following the ELO from 1700 to 1799 2 Place Euro 60,00 rd 13900 Biella - Tel. 015.8497120 arbiters indications. ELO from 1700 to 1799 3 Place Euro 50,00 HALL OF FAME st Internet: www.hoteleuropa-bi.com ¢ Smoking is forbidden at the playing venue. ELO lower than 1700 1 Place Euro 70,00 ELO lower than 1700 2nd Place Euro 60,00 ¢ The Tournaments are directed by federal arbiters: HOTEL AGATA rd INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT «CITTA’ DI BIELLA» their decisions will be final. ELO lower than 1700 3 Place Euro 50,00 2010 IM Paolo Vezzosi Strada Fornace, 6/a ¢ The organization reserves the right to modify OPEN C 1st Place Euro 100,00 and Trophy 13900 Biella - Tel. 015.405017 2011 Open A GM Sabino Brunello these rules, should it deem necessary to do so in 2nd Place Euro 80,00 Open B Vincenzo Montilli Internet: www.hotelagata.it order to get the best outcome of the event. rd 3 Place Euro 70,00 2012 Open A IM Duilio Collutiis More info available ¢ The registration at the Tournaments shall imply 4th Place Euro 60,00 Open B Raffaele Riboldi on the Tournament Internet site. the acceptance of these Brochure and shall 5th Place Euro 60,00 2013 Open A FM Toms Kantans authorize personal data and game results to be Rating prizes: ELO lower than 1500 1st Place Euro 60,00 Open B Paolo Drago published on the F.S.I. website and on the Scacchi nd Open C Francesco Giusti Restaurant Club Valle Mosso website, where photographic ELO lower than 1500 2 Place Euro 50,00 rd 2014 Open A GM Igors Rausis At the playing venue a restaurant service will be reports of the Tournaments could be published as ELO lower than 1500 3 Place Euro 50,00 th Open B Francesco Claudio Agnello available. well. For players aged under 18 the consent is ELO lower than 1500 4 Place Euro 50,00

Open C Giancarlo Puricelli automatically given by their parents. st Junior prizes Under 16 1 Place Cup 2015 Open A GM Igor Naumkin Info ¢ This is an unofficial translation of the Rules of the Under 14 1st Place Cup Open B Lorenzo Pedoni Tournament written in Italian language: in case Under 12 1st Place Cup Open C Mikael Kassighian www.scacchiclubvallemosso.it of discrepancy the Italian version shall prevail. st (mail [email protected]) Under 10 1 Place Cup 2016 Open A GM Oleg Korneev Under 8 1st Place Cup Open B Dario Borghi Open C Simone Pozzari Prizes may not be shared nor cumulated and will be given 2017 Open A GM Sergey Ivanov only to the players attending the prize awarding ceremony. Open B Alessandro Favaro Junior prizes are reserved to players with Italian NC Category. Open C Christian Quagliotti

UNDER 16 TOURNAMENT 2010 «P.H.B. Trophy» Andrea Brignone 2011 «Fondazione C.R. Biella Trophy» Stefano Bozio Madè 2012 «Fondazione C.R. Biella Trophy» Alessandro Villa 2013 «Fondazione C.R. Biella Trophy» Anastasia Buffa 2014 «Fondazione C.R. Biella Trophy» Giacomo Grosso 2015 «Fondazione C.R. Biella Trophy» Matteo Gatti 2016 «Fondazione C.R. Biella Trophy» Simone Giraffi 2017 «Città Studi Trophy» Stefano Bertola