REGULATIONS

Chess Tournament of Peace in Zagreb

From the 21st until the 29th of November 2024

Article 1.

Zagreb Chess Federation organizes the Chess Tournament of Peace sponsored by the City of Zagreb;

tournament will be held from the 21st until the 29th of November 2024

Article 2.

The tournament will be held in the hotel Aristos, Cebini Ul. 33, 10000, Buzin.

Article 3.

Participants:

1. Vasyl Ivanchuk GM 2. Fedorchuk, Sergey A. GM 3. Hracek, Zbynek GM

4. Grigoriants, Sergey GM 5. Stević, Hrvoje GM 6. Jovanović, Zoran GM

7. Ibro Šarić GM 8. Zdenko Kožul GM 9. Mladen Palac GM

10. Robert Zelčić GM

Article 4.

The tournament is played under the Round-robin system. Time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30

minutes for the rest of the game + 30 seconds increment for every move starting from the first one.

The tournament is played under the chess rules of FIDE.

Article 5.

The technical meeting and the starting number draw will be held on the 20th of November 2024 at 9:00

pm in the playing hall.

The opening ceremony of the tournament will take place on the 21st November 2024 at 2:00 pm.

Article 6.

The rounds are played each day at 3:00pm, except the last round will be played on 29th of November at

10:00 am.

I round on the 21st of November 2024 at 3:00 pm

II round on the 22nd of November 2024 at 3:00 pm

III round on the 23rd of November 2024 at 3:00 pm

IV round on the 24th of November 2024 at 3:00 pm

V round on the 25th of November 2024 at 3:00 pm

VI round on the 26th of November 2024 at 3:00 pm

VII round on the 27th of November 2024 at 3:00 pm

VIII round on the 28th of November 2024 at 3:00 pm

IX round on the 29th of November 2024 at 10:00 am

The closing ceremony will be held on the 29th of November 2024 30 minutes after finishing last round.

Article 7.

Players may be late 30 minutes at maximum. In the case that they are late more than 30 minutes they will

lose the game without playing. It is not possible to postpone a game.

Article 8.

The arbiters of the tournament are Bandur Josip IA – the main arbiter, and Pavo Matanović NA – operator

on electronic boards.

Article 9.

It is possible to submit an objection in the case if a player is not satisfied with the decision made by an

arbiter within 30 minutes of the start of the conflict.

The objection should be submitted to the main arbiter in written form. The tournament committee will

bring a decision before the start of the next round. The decision of the tournament committee is final and

applicable.

Article 10.

Members of the tournament committee are:

1.

2.

3.

Deputy members of the tournament committee are:

1.

2.

Article 11.

In the case if one more player have an equal number of points the following additional criteria will

determine the leaderboard:

Koya system

Sonneborn – Berger

Direct result

Higher number of wins

Higher number of wins with black pieces

Article 12.

During the game a player is forbidden to have a mobile device or any other electronic device used for

communication. If it is obvious that a player has brought this type of a device in the playing area, he will

momentarily lose the game. The venue is playing hall in the hotel Aristos.

Article 13.

These regulations were accepted during the technical meeting which was led by the tournament arbiter.

The exclusive right to interpret these regulations is held by the organizer in collaboration with the

tournament arbiters.

Organizer:

Zagreb Chess Federation