R E G U L A T I O N S
of Vilnius II International Children and Youth Chess Festival BALTIJOS KELIAS (THE BALTIC WAY)
for the Prizes of the International Chess School
Organizer: Public establishment “Tarptautinis informacijos sklaidos centras”
Purpose of the festival: Competitions shall be held in order to:
- to promote chess sport among schoolchildren;
- to foster schoolchildren’s occupation, interest in logic games;
- to educate intellect, tenacity and responsibility for decisions;
- to develop the excellence of children and youth in chess-playing.
Time and venue: Rapid Chess tournaments will be held in Vilnius at the VILNIAUS ROTUŠĖ, Didžioji g. 31, on 25-26 March 2017
Opening of the tournament at 11.30 a.m. on March 25 will be attended by the World‘s 13th chess champion, founder of the KASPAROV CHESS FOUNDATION, Garry Kasparov.
System of the festival, paticipants and time control: three separate tournaments shall be held for children and youth in the following age groups:
A Group: under 14 years BG14 (born in 2003 and later),
B Group: under 12 years BG12 (born in 2005 and later),
C Group: under 10 years BG10 (born in 2007 and later),
D Group: under 8 years BG08 (born in 2009 and later).
The tournament‘s shall be played according to Swiss system in 9 rounds,
Time control – 25 min. for participant to finish a game, with increment of 10 sec.
after each move.
First round will be started at 12:00 in 25 of March, and 6 games will be played on this day,
7th round started on March 26th at 10:00.
FIDE Rapid Chess rules shall apply, results of tournamets shall be presented for rating calculations.
Entry fee: 10 Eur for participant.
Young chess players from various cities and countries are welcome to participate.
Awards for winners and prizemen: participants, who take 1-3 places in each age group (among boys and girls) shall be awarded with medals, diplomas and valuable prizes; winners shall be awarded with cups.
Registration in advance: we kindly ask you to register until 18 March, 2017 via the following e-mail adresses: balticwaychess2017@gmail.com
specifying participant’s name, surname, date of birth, FIDE ID code, Rpd rating
(if applicable), and e-mail address.
Arrival to the tournament on March 25, 2017 until 11:00 a.m.
Recommendations for accommodation in Vilnius: the proposal will be sent additionally until February 15, 2017.
Chief Arbiter of the Festival – IA Gintautas Plungė (Šiauliai),
Secretary of the Festival – FA Vaidas Radzickas (Vilnius).
Organizators of Festival:
Ivan Tyutrin, Rišardas Fichmanas, Vidmantas Zaura
Tel.: +370 614 82756
Approved by:
Public establishment “Tarptautinis informacijos sklaidos centras”
Director Alena Tyutrina
Vilnius, 2017.01.18.