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Guernsey International Chess Festival

Festival Information

The 37th Guernsey International Chess Festival will be held on 16-22 October 2011 at the Peninsula Hotel, Guernsey.

The Open Tournament - Sponsored by Intertrust Guernsey

A Seven Round, FIDE rated, Swiss Competition OPEN TO PLAYERS OF ANY GRADE
Players with low ratings will be encouraged by the organisers to enter the Holiday tournament
Time limit: 40 moves in 100 minutes and then 40 minutes to finish with a 30 second increment per move from move 1
ENTRY FEE £40 (includes prize-giving dinner: juniors £30 entry fee)
Main Prizes £1,200 : £600 : £300 : £200 : £150

The Holiday Tournament - Sponsored by the Pennisula Hotel

A Seven Round, Swiss Competition (with a bye possible in any of the first four rounds) OPEN TO PLAYERS GRADED BELOW 1800 Elo (150 ECF)
FIDE rated players with a FIDE rating above 1800 may enter as long as they can demonstrate their national grade is below the required cut-off. This rule is applied at the organisers’ discretion
Time limit: 40 moves in 2 hours and then 1 hour to finish
ENTRY FEE £40 (includes prize-giving dinner: juniors £30 entry fee)
Main Prizes £400 : £200 : £100 : £75

Notes:

1. Rounds 1 - 6 commence at 2.00 pm each day. The final round commences at 9.30 am on Saturday.
2. New ECF grades and ECF / Elo conversion formula are being used. All games will be ECF graded.
3. The default time will continue to be one hour.