Commemoration of the 60th anniversary of Grupo de Xadrez do Porto
OPORTO INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT
(XII OPEN OF PORTUGAL)
With the special support of OPORTO COUNCIL BOARD and of the PORTUGUESE CHESS FEDERATION
REGULATION
GRUPO DE XADREZ DO PORTO will organize this tournament, which is opened to the participation of every chess player independent of affiliation and/or nationality. The Tournament is specially sponsored by the Counclil Board of Oporto, and is also supported by the Portuguese Chess Federation and Oporto Chess Clubs Association.
The Tournament will take place from 22nd july till 30th July 2000, in the noble room of CLUBE FENIANOS PORTUENSES (Rua do Clube Fenianos Portuenses, right close to Oporto City Hall.
Swiss Tournament in 9 rounds. It will be homologated to FIDE for international Elo rating.
The pairings will be made with PROTOS or Swiss Perfect system.
2 hours/player for finish (no intermediate control)
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1st round : 22/7 - 20h00 |
4th round: 25/7 - 20h00 |
7th round: 28/7 - 20h00 |
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2nd round: 23/7 - 20h00 |
5th round: 26/7 - 20h00 |
8th round: 29/7 - 20h00 |
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3rd round: 24-7 - 20h00 |
6th round: 27/7 - 20h00 |
9th round: 30/7 - 10h00 |
Players mising three rounds will be excluded.
The Tournament Director will be Mr. Álvaro Brandão, presidente of GRUPO DE XADREZ DO PORTO.
A arbiters will be designated by the Arbiter Counsil Board of Asociação de Xadrez do Porto.
When two players are tied with same score, the following criteria apply (by this order):
1 - Buchholz standard without lowest score;
2 – sum of opponent’s Buchholz without lowest score;
3 - número of won games.
Registration to play the Tournament are to be addressed to GRUPO DE XADREZ DO PORTO to the following address:
Rua Passos Manuel, 183 1º Frente
4000-365 PORTO
PORTUGAL
or
P.O.Box 4595 – 4009
PORTO CODEX
PORTUGAL
Or use the following e-mail address: axp@clix.pt
The period for registration ens on the 19th July, 2000 by 6h00 PM.
When registering, the following data should be given for each player: full name, short name, nationality, sex, data of birth, Elo (International and/or national), no. of affiliation in FIDE - if applicable.
Due to logistic reasons, only the 160 first registrations will be considered.
The registration fees are: 3.000 escudos / player > 18 years;
1.500 escudos / player < 18 years
The members of G.X.P. will have a 50% discount.
Players with FIDE titles GM. MI e MF – free.
Omissions wll be resolved by the Tournament Director.
A registration infers full acceptance of the pesent regulation.
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1st Prémio |
250.000 escudos |
+ Trophy |
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2nd Prémio |
150.000 escudos |
+ Trophy |
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3rd Prémio |
120.000 escudos |
+ Trophy |
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4th Prémio |
100.000 escudos |
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5th Prémio |
75.000 escudos |
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6th Prémio |
60.000 escudos |
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7th Prémio |
50.000 escudos |
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8th Prémio |
40.000 escudos |
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9th Prémio |
30.000 escudos |
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10th Prémio |
25.000 escudos |
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11th Prémio |
20.000 escudos |
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12th Prémio |
20.000 escudos |
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13th Prémio |
15.000 escudos |
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14th Prémio |
15.000 escudos |
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15th Prémio |
15.000 escudos |
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16th Prémio |
10.000 escudos |
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17th Prémio |
10.000 escudos |
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18th Prémio |
10.000 escudos |
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19th Prémio |
10.000 escudos |
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20th Prémio |
10.000 escudos |
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1st Portuguese |
30.000 escudos |
+ Trophy |
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1st player of OPorto |
20.000 escudos |
+ Trophy |
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1st Feminin |
10.000 escudos |
+ Trophy |
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1st Young |
10.000 escudos |
+ Trophy |
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1st Veteran |
10.000 escudos |
+ Trophy |
Obs:
The prize money will be given in accordance the classification. There will be no division by players with equal score.
For the attribution of the prize to the 1st young player, will be considered the players under 18 years old at the beginning of the tournament.
The winners of 1st Portuguese, 1st player of Oporto, 1st Feminin, 1st Young and 1st Veteran can not accumulate these prize with the one eventually obtained in the general classification; therefore they should choose the prize that will interest.
The prizes will be given on the 30th July, by 3h00 pm, and the presence of the awarded players is required, otherwise they will be loosing the right to the prizes.