9th “FISCHER MEMORIAL”, 9th “CAPABLANCA MEMORIAL”,  4th “TAL MEMORIAL”

GM & IM NORM HERAKLION TOURNAMENT, 1‐9/11/2023

Organizer: Leon Candia Chess Club, Novelty KOIN.S.EP.
Co-Organizers: Administration of Crete, Municipality of Heraklion.
Tournament Mode: 3 Round Robin tournaments with 10 participants each, with possibility of achieving GM or IM norm. Two GM NORM Tournaments and one IM NORM Tournament.
Tournament Venue: Atrion Hotel, 9 Chronaki Street, Center of Heraklion, Crete – Greece

Entry Fees

GM NORM TOURNAMENT

Rating

Entry Fee

-2200

700€

2201-2250

650€

2251-2300

550€

2301-2350

500€

2351-2400

450€

2401-2450

400€

2451-2500

350€

+2500

250€

IM NORM TOURNAMENT

Rating

Entry Fee

-2051

700€

2051-2100

600€

2101-2150

550€

2151-2200

500€

2201-2250

450€

2251-2300

400€

2301-2350

350€

2351-2400

300€

+2400

200€

 The entry fee is calculated according to the current rating published on the date of your confirmation.

Book your place by the 1st of September 2023 and get 20% off from your entry fee!

 Your confirmation is considered valid only after the deposit of the correspondent entry fee appears at the following bank account:

 Piraeus Bank, IBAN: GR96 0172 7510 0057 5109 1778 649
Account Holder: Leon Candia Chess Club
SWIFT-BIC CODE: PIRBGRAA
25th August str., No 39, Heraklion 712 02

ACCOMMODATION:

 The entry fee does not include accommodation.
Please check an Internet booking site to find a room in hotels that suit your needs or contact the organizers who have arranged different type of accommodation for a limited quantity of rooms. These are the accommodation options provided by organizers in the official hotel:

Prices Per Room for 8 nights (Check in 1/11/23 Check out 9/11/23)

Hotel

Price for

single room

for 8 nights with breakfast and all taxes included

Price for double room for 8 nights with breakfast and all taxes included

Price for triple room for 8 nights with breakfast and all taxes included

Price for family room for 8 nights with breakfastand all taxes included

*** Atrion Hotel

360€

440€

520€

560€

For invited grandmasters the accommodation and appearance fee are offered upon an agreement.

TRANSFER: the organizers will provide free transportation to the official hotel for all foreign players.

 SCHEDULE 

Deadline of entry fee deposit

Friday, 20-10-2023

 

Publish of the pairings per round

Friday, 20-10-2023

19.00

Opening Ceremony

Wednesday, 1-11-2023

16.30

Round 1

Wednesday, 1-11-2023

17.00

Round 2

Thursday, 2-11-2023

17.00

Round 3

Friday, 3-11-2023

17.00

Round 4

Saturday, 4-11-2023

17.00

Round 5

Sunday, 5-11-2023

17.00

Round 6

Monday, 6-11-2023

17.00

Round 7

Tuesday, 7-11-2023

17.00

Round 8

Wednesday, 8-11-2023

17.00

Round 9

Thursday, 9-11-2023

14.00

Closing Ceremony

Thursday, 9‐11‐2023

20.00

TIME CONTROL: 90 min for 40 moves + 30min till the end of the game & 30sec per move from move one. Recording of moves is obligatory for the entire duration of the game. Default time is 30 minutes; players arriving later will be forfeited.

 TIEBREAKS: 1. Direct Encounter 2. Sonneborn-Berger system 3. Koya System 4. Number of wins

 APPEALS may be submitted no later than 10 minutes after the end of the round. A three-member Appeals Committee will be responsible for examining the appeal. Members of the AC related to the players involved will be exempted. The composition of the AC will be determined before the start of the tournament by the Chief Arbiter.
The appeal fee is set at 100€ and must be delivered to either the Tournament Director or the Chief Arbiter. Should the appeal be upheld, the fee shall be returned to the appellant; otherwise it is withheld by the organizers.

 ANTICHEATING: During the game it is forbidden the appearance and use of cell phones and any other electronic devices inside the playing venue and the playing hall.

 TRAVEL INFORMATION: Hotel Atrion is located in the center of Heraklion city and just 3 km away from Heraklion Airport Nikos Kazantzakis and 1km away from the port of Heraklion. The Heraklion Airport is a short, five-kilometer drive from the city center of Heraklion. There are more than 10 flights per day from Athens to Heraklion. Prices and schedule for ferries from Athens to Heraklion are available here: https://www.letsferry.gr/en/

 Atrion Hotel is located in the very center of Heraklion City, the “metropolitan” city of Crete. The beautiful Cretan Sea is 150 meters away from Atrion Hotel! In a distance of less than a kilometer away there are plenty of exceptional awarded restaurants, some of them specified in particular type of food.

Distances from Atrion Hotel to:

Knossos Palace: 4km
Archeological Museum: 1,4km
Historical Museum: 0,1km
National History Museum: 0,4km
Lions square Heraklion: 0,4km
Liberty Square Heraklion: 0,6km

 INFORMATION: cretanchesstour@gmail.com or Tournament director FIDE IO Klokas Konstantinos: klokas@heraklionchess.com +30 6937880733