TOURNAMENT RULES
OF 41th INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT
“BOSNA 2011”

ORGANIZER
Chess Club "Bosna" Sarajevo

PATRONAGE
Canton Sarajevo and Government of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

CO- PATRONAGE

Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina and City of Sarajevo

PLACE
Grand hotel“Bristol“Sarajevo

DATE
03 – 12. MAY 2011

PARTICIPATION
The tournament is open to all interested male and female chess players from Bosnia and Herzegovina and abroad

Tournament director:Predrag Nikolić

Chief Arbiter:Jasna Šakotić

REGULATIONS:The duration ofthe tournament is 10 days
Number ofrounds-9
On free day - 07.05.2011 wil be organized "International Championshipin Blitzchess

SYSTEM OF COMPETITION

Swiss system - 9 rounds

Rate for play is 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes with 30 seconds cumulative increment for each move starting from the first move.
Scoring will be, as follows: win = 3 points; draw = 1 point, loss = 0 point

The Tournament will be based on Swiss system in accordance of The FIDE Laws of Chess.

Organizers will provide the chess equipment for tournament participants.

PRIZE FUND
€ 51,000

Totalnumber of prizes:48
Prizes are not cumulative. If participant wins prize on two basis, he will receive main prize

provided it is higher or equal to special.

According to a Bosnian legislation, prize money will be taxed with 10%, tax certificate issued

ENTRY FEE

Entry fee for foreign players

Fooreign players are all the players which are not registered as BiH on FIDE elo list)

EUR 120,00 EUREntry fee includes participation in”International Championship in Blitz chess)

Informationof accommodationandfood: List of hotels/motels at

Application form:Available at

Application form:Applicationswill be acceptedfrom15.01.2011to the or
Deadline for registration: 03.05.2011at 12:00
Pairings will be published 03.05.2011 at 12:30

Opening ceremony ofthe tournament: 03.05.2011at14:00h
Firstround: 03.05.2011at14:30PM

Entry fee and accomodation – payment instructions

Bankinformation for payment in Euro:

PAYMENT:Unicredit Banka DD. Mostar SWIFT:UNCRBA22
IBAN: BA39 3386 9048 6534 7940
FOR FINAL CREDIT OF:Chess club “Bosna”, Sarajevo;Address: Pruščakova 21, 71000 Sarajevo

Special conditions for players:

The organizer can offer special conditions for participation in the tournament to players with ELO higher than 2700.

Players with rating above 2650 are not obliged to pay participation fee.
If they win one of the prizes the fee will be deducted from prize ammount.

Women players with rating over 2400 are not obliged to pay participation fee.

Players under 20 years with rating over 2550 are not obliged to pay participation fee.

Women players under 20 years with rating over 2300 are not obliged to pay participation fee.

All interested players from this category can contact us via e mail adress for additional information.

Information about visas:Information available at or via a e mail adress

Contact:

Chess club”Bosna”

Tel/fax:00 387 33 217 316

E mail:

Detailed tournament rules will be available ASAP

PRIZE FUND

MAIN PRIZES

Amount in EUR
1. / 10.000
2. / 6.000
3. / 4.000
4. / 3.500
5. / 3.000
6. / 2.500
7. / 2.000
8. / 1.800
9. / 1.500
10. / 1.200
11. / 1.000
12. / 900
13. / 800
14. / 700
15. / 650
16. / 600
17. / 550
18. / 500
19. / 450
20. / 400

SPECIAL PRIZES

1.Category bellow and equal to 2.200

Amount in EUR
1. / 600
2. / 400
3. / 300
4. / 250
5. / 200
6. / 150
7. / 120
8. / 100
9. / 100
10. / 100

2. Category bellow and equal to 2.450

Amount in EUR
1. / 1.000
2. / 600
3. / 500
4. / 400
5. / 300
6. / 200
7. / 200
8. / 200
9. / 200
10. / 200

3.Category junior U18

Amount in EUR
1. / 300
2. / 200
3. / 100

3.Category – female

Amount in EUR
1. / 800
2. / 500
3. / 400
4. / 300
5. / 200

„INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN BLITZ CHESS"

Organizer:
Chess club“Bosna“

Date:

07.05.2010 at10:00 AM

Number of rounds:

13

Rate of play:

5 minutes with 2 seconds of cumulative increment per move

Place:
Sarajevo

PARTICIPATION
The tournament is open to all interested male and female chess players from Bosnia and Herzegovina and abroad

PRIZE FUND:

3.000 EUR

Total number of prizes:21

TAXES:

According to a Bosnian legislation, prize money will be taxed with 10%, organizer will pay this tax

Entry fee:20 EUR

50% discount on entry fee - players from BiH ELO list

(Entry fee is only for players which are not participants of main tournament)

PRIZE FUND

MAIN PRIZES

Ammount in EUR
1. / 500
2. / 300
3. / 250
4. / 200
5. / 150
6. / 100
7. / 100

SPECIAL PRIZES

1. Category bellow and equal to 2.200

Ammount in EUR
1. / 100
2. / 80
3. / 60
4. / 40
5. / 20

2. Category bellow and equal to 2.450

Ammount in EUR
1. / 250
2. / 200
3. / 150
4. / 120
5. / 100
6. / 80
7. / 80

3. Category junior U18

Ammount in EUR
1. / 60

4. Category – female

Ammount in EUR
1. / 60

Šahovski klub „Bosna“ • Pruščakova 21 • 71000 Sarajevo • Bosna i Hercegovina

Tel.: +387 (0)33 217 316 • Fax: +387 (0)33 217 316

Brojevi žiroračuna:

Sparkasse Bank 1990490005987663 • UniCredit Bank 3383202250421349 • PBS Banka 1011010000575925