International Open Women 4. TIE-BREAK - Progress 8. PRIZES (Prize Fund 28 000 GEL, Chess Tournament - The sum of opponents’ ratings, without approximately 16 800 USD) lowest rating. In unplayed games and Maia Chiburdanidze Cup All prizes are chargeable with 12% unrated opponents cases the rating will be according to actual financial considered conditionally as 1400. 04.06-14.06.2009 regulation of Georgia. 5. QUALIFICATION Tbilisi, Chess Palace Rating Rating Seniors Rated event for July 2009 FIDE till 1959 y. (Georgia, 0179 Tbilisi, M.Kostava str. 37a). Rank Lari 1900-2199 un-1899 Rating List with any title norms. --------------------------- 6. ENTRY FEE 1) 5000 700 500 300 R E G U L A T I O N (GEL-Georgian Lari. 1 USD = 1.67 GEL): 2) 4000 500 400 200 g or 2449> Free 3) 3000 300 250 100 1. ORGANIZERS m,wg or 2300–2449: 20 GEL 4) 2500 250 200 - Georgian Chess Federation wm or 2200-2299: 25 GEL 5) 2000 150 150 - Fund of Chess Development wf or 2100-2199: 30 GEL 6) 1500 2000-2099: 35 GEL 7) 1300 1800-1999: 40 GEL 8) 1100 Director Tournament: 1401-1799: 45 GEL Vice President Zurab Mikadze 9) 1000 without rating: 50 GEL 10) 800 Chief Arbiter: International Arbiter 7. TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE 11) 600 Evgeni (Tuga) Melikset-Begi (GEO) Round Date Time 12) 500 00 00 Registr. 4 June 10 –18 13) 300 2. PARTICIPATION 00 30 Registr. 5 June 10 –14 14) 250 The Tournament is open for all 30 Open 5 June 14 15) 150 woman players. Each player must I 5 June 1500 00 To winner will be awarded herself cover all her expenses: II 6 June 15 III 7 June 1500 Maia Chiburdanidze Cup. entry fee, ransportation, IV 8 June 1500 accommodation and board. 00 Prizes will not shared. Each winner V 9 June 15 00 will get her only maximal one prize 3. SYSTEM, RATE OF PLAY VI 10 June 15 VII 11 June 1500 according to final rank, after using FIDE Rules, Swiss in 9 rounds. VIII 12 June 1500 tie-break systems, by the following 90 min for all moves, increment 30 sec. IX 13 June 1100 priority: 13 June 1600 Seniors Will be used Varlam Vepkvishvili’s Close a) Departure 14 June b) unrated and under 1900 Swiss Pairing Program “VARLAM”. c) Rating 1900-2199 1 d) General prize Tbilisi and Batumi airports, or on Georgian International Open Women 9. APPEALS COMMITTEE Chess Tournament Before the start of the tournament, an Appeals Committee will be elected. Maia Chiburdanidze 10. ACCOMMODATION Cup By April FIDE Rating List the first 10 top rated foreigner players with Elo 2450 and more, who will send filled Registration Form N: 1” till 4th April, will be provided with free hotel room with 2-times food. On 6th April to him will be sent Invitation. Players and accompanying persons who need accommodation in Hotel rooms or in private rooms please let us know. 11. REGISTRATION (Registration Forms are attached) Registration Forms to border. the contact person: The Rating Officer, Int.Arbiter, FM Varlam Vepkhvishvili E-mail: [email protected] 04.06-14.06.2009 [email protected] Chess Palace, Tbilisi (995)32-997736 - Fed (995)32-960199 – Res Georgia (995)99-771974 – Mob 12. VISA For representatives of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, also for countries of European Union, Great Britain and USA don' t need VISA. For representatives of all other federations available to receive VISA in 2 .