100 Tournament Series 2018

General Regulations

1. Organisers The series will be held by the Estonian Chess Federation (EML) in cooperation with member clubs, sponsors and chess activists. 2. Competitions In total, 41 events will be included. 1 13.01.- 14.01. 27th Memorial ESS Kalev /EML 2 27.01.- 27.01. "Vinni Blitz" Rapid Tournament Vinni Rakvere MK 3 16.02.-17.02 Paul Keres 102nd Anniversary Cup Narva SK Maletäht 4 11.03.-11.03. "Nipernaadi" Rapid Tournament Võnnu Võnnu SK 5 7.04.- 7.04. "Kristiine Open 2018" Tallinn Kristiine LOV / EML 6*** 18.04.- 18.04. Venevere Youth Tournament Venevere Venevere HKS 7 21.04.- 21.04. 19th Lembit Oll Memorial Tallinn EML 8 22.04.- 22.04. Kohtla-Järve Lembit Oll Memorial Tournament Kohtla-Järve SK Diagonaal 9*** 12.05.-12.05. Laagri School Open Championships Laagri Laagri Hobby School 10 12.05.-12.05. "Põlva Spring“ Rapid Tournament Põlva Põlva MKK 11 26.05.-26.05. 8th Paul Keres Street Tournament Tallinn Jüri Ratas 12 27.05.- 27.05. Keila Rapid Tournament Keila Keila MK 13 01.06.-03.06 Tõrva-Helme Chess Tournament Tõrva Valgamaa MK Helme 14*** 02.06.-03.06. National Youth Series 8th stage Kääriku Tallinna MK/Tartu Kalev 15 09.06.-09.06. Jakob Kiik Memorial Rakvere Rakvere Chess Club 16 10.06.- 10.06. Tartu Summer Chess Festival (rapid tournament) Tartu SK Tartu Kalev 17 17.06.-17.06. Paul Keres 102 "Open Nõmme" rapid tournament Nõmme Nõmme P.Keres MK 18*** 28.06.-30.06 39th Saaremaa Youth Open Championships Kuressaare Saaremaa MK 19 28.06.- 01.07. 49th Saaremaa Cup Kuressaare Saaremaa MK 20 12.07.-15.07. Pärnu Paul Keres Memorial Tournament Pärnu Pärnu MK 21*** 13.07.-15.07. Paul Kerese Memorial Youth Tournament Pärnu Pärnumaa MK 22 04.08.-04.08. Karksi Knight Rapid Tournament Karksi-Nuia Karksi VV 23*** 11.08.-12.08. Pärnumaa MK Youth Open Championships Kilingi-Nõmme Pärnumaa MK 24 25.08.-25.08. Haapsalu White Lady Rapid Tournament Haapsalu Haapsalu KJK 25*** 25.08.-25.08. Rae Sports School Open Championships Rae vald Rae Sports School 26 28.09.- 30.09 Gunnar Uusi Memorial Tartu SK Tartu Kalev 27 5.10.- 7.10. Ida-Virumaa Open Championships Kohtla-Järve MK Valge Ratsu 28*** 6.10.- 7.10. Ida-Virumaa Youth Open Championships Kohtla-Järve MK Valge Ratsu 29*** 20.10.- 20.10. 17th H. Hanssoo Memorial for youth players Paide Järva NMK 30 22.10.-23.10. TTK UAS Open Rapid and Blitz Championships Tallinn TTK UAS. 31 3.11.- 3.11. AVRO-38 Memorial (rapid tournament) Tartu SK Tartu Kalev 32 17.11.-17.11. Kohtla-Järve SS Kalev Open Championships Kohtla-Järve SK Valge Ratsu 33 18.11.- 18.11. MSL Jõud Open Rapid Chess Championships Kuimetsa Raplamaa SL 34*** 18.11.- 18.11. MSL Jõud Youth Rapid Chess Championships Kuimetsa Raplamaa SL 35 24.11.- 24.11. X Saku Rapid Tournament – H. Tomson Memorial Saku Saku MK/ EML 36*** 25.11.- 25.11. Jüri Randviir Memorial Tallinn SK Reval-Sport 37 1.12.- 1.12. Estonian Rapid Championships Tallinn EML 38 2.12.- 2.12. 20th Pilistvere Christmas Tournament Pilistvere 39*** 8.12.-9.12. Tallinn Youth Chess Championships Tallinn Tallinna MK 40 15.12.-15.12. Kiviõli Open Chess Championships Kiviõli MK Lootus 41 29.12.-29.12 Tallinn Rapid Chess Championships Tallinn Tallinna MK *** youth-only tournaments

3. Prize fund The prize fund of the individual events (in total 41 events) comprises participation fees of the event and sponsor contributions. The overall series prize fund will be 10 000 euros. The overall prizes will be guaranteed by the Estonian Chess Federation in cooperation with the supporters and sponsors of the series. The overall series main prizes will total 7350 euros I place €2000 V place €500 9th place €200

II place €1500 VI place €400 10th place €175

III place €1000 7th place €300 11th place €175

IV place €700 8th place €250 12th place €150

The overall series special prizes will total 2650 euros Women I place €150 Seniors 65+ I place €150

Women II place €100 Seniors 65+ II place €100

Women III place €75 Seniors 65+ III place €75

Seniors 80+ I place €100

Youth U18 I place €150 Girls U18 I place €150

Youth U18 II place €100 Girls U18 II place €100

Youth U18 III place €75 Girls U18 III place €75

Youth U16 I place €75 Girls U16 I place €75

Youth U14 I place €75 Girls U14 I place €75

Youth U12 I place €75 Girls U12 I place €75

Youth U10 I place €50 Girls U10 I place €50

Rating under 2000 I place €100 Rating under 1600 I place €100

Rating under 2000 II place €75 Rating under 1400 I place €75

Rating under 1800 I place €100 Unrated player I place €100

Largest rating increase during the Rating under 1800 II place €75 €75 series (rapid chess)**

** Player must have the Estonian rapid chess rating as of 1.01.2018; this prize can be awarded as the second special prize Each participant may be awarded one overall series main prize and one overall series special prize. In case of an equal number of series points, the number of participated events will decide, if that is equal, prizes will be divided equally.

4. Overall Series Points Calculation: 4.1 For each participated tournament, players will receive points (P), which are the sum of tournament points and bonus points. P = TP + BP.

Tournament points are the sum of percentage scores and rank points TP = PS+KP, bonus points are points awarded for participation multiplied by the tournament coefficient BP=K*B, where

P = game points achieved in the tournament, TP = tournament points, TP = PS + KP, PS = percentage score: game points divided by the number rounds, multiplied by 100% (maximum possible value 100) KP = rank points (additional points awarded for the I, II and III places), BP = bonus points for one tournament, BP = KB, K = tournament coefficient; mostly 1, depends on the prize fund of the tournament B = 5 points awarded for participation.

4.2 Tournament coefficient K equals the sum of the number of days played in the tournament (minimum K=1) and prize fund coefficient. • One day tournament K=1, • Two-day tournament K=2 etc • If the prize fund of the tournament is 1500-2499 euros, K will be larger by one (K+1). • If the prize fund of the tournament is 2500-4999 euros, K will be larger by two (K+2). • If the prize fund of the tournament is over 5000 euros, K will be larger by three (K+3).

4.3. Rank points KP. The first place in a tournament will be awarded 15, second place 10 and third place 5 rank points. If tournament tie-breaks are equal, all players who share a place will be awarded the same number of rank points.

4.4 Bonus points B. Participating in a tournament will give 5 bonus points B. Players are eligible if they play at least 50% of the rounds.

5. Eligibility for Overall Series Prizes 5.1 A player has to participate in at least 10 tournaments belonging to the series to be eligible for the overall prizes.

5.2 Youth players have to participate in at least 5 general (open to all players) tournaments of the series, to be eligible for the overall prizes,

5.3 Overall series points are calculated as the sum of the 10 best tournament points TP, to which bonus points BP from all tournaments will be added.

6. Youth tournaments 6.1 Separate calculation rules will apply to the youth tournaments

6.2 If participation is restricted to players under age X, then the percentage score will be multiplied by a coefficient Y=(X- 4)/20 (or P=Y*PS+KP+BP), as follows:

• U18 tournaments: Y = 0.7, • U16 tournaments: Y = 0.6, • U14 tournaments: Y = 0.5, • U12 tournaments: Y = 0.4, • U10 tournaments: Y = 0.3, • An exception will be the H. Hanssoo Memorial which is a U19 tournament, but will be calculated with the coefficient 0.7

6.3 In youth tournaments, 8 rank points will be awarded for the first place, 5 rank points for the second place and 3 rank points for the third place.

7. Information 7.1 The Chief Arbiter of the Estonia 100 chess tournament series will be IA Marek Kolk, who is also responsible for the overall series points calculation. 7.2. Regulations of tournaments belonging to the series will be published in the on-line calendar of the Estonian Chess Federation, and it is recommended that registration will be done via the on-line system 7.3. It is the responsibility of the organizers of a tournament to ensure that the competition takes place at the time indicated in the calendar (the time of the competition can be changed only if there is a substantial reason and if approved by the series organizing committee, who should be notified at least 30 days in advance) 7.4 Logos of supporters and sponsors will be displayed at all competitions belonging to the series, that will be arranged by the Estonian Chess Federation. 7.5 All possible protests will be addressed by the organizing committee (Chief Arbiter Marek Kolk; organizer of the particular competition; and representative of the Estonian Chess Federation, IO Hendrik Olde). 7.6 Rating prize calculation will be based on the player’s Estonian rapid rating as of 1 January 2018, if a player does not have a rapid rating, Estonian standard chess rating as of 1 January 2018 will be used. For foreign participants, eligibility for special prizes will be based on the FIDE rapid rating as of 1 January 2018, if a player does not have a rapid rating, FIDE standard chess rating as of 1 January 2018 will be used. 7.7 The age categories for the overall series will be as follows: seniors 65+ (born 1953 or earlier), seniors 80+ (born 1938 or earlier), youth U18 (born 2000 or later), U16 (born 2002 or later), U14 (born 2004 or later), U12 (born 2006 or later) and U10 (born 2008 or later).

8. Contact information: 8.1 IA Marek Kolk (Chief Arbiter of the series) - [email protected] 8.2. IO Hendrik Olde (Chief Organizer of the series) – [email protected] tel +3725251623; 8.3. General information at the series website- http://www.maleliit.ee/sari2018/