World Amateur 16-22 April 2012

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LawrenceCooper
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World Amateur 16-22 April 2012

Post by LawrenceCooper » Tue Jan 10, 2012 3:45 pm

FIDE World Amateur Chess Championship 2012

Dear chess friends,

We are pleased to announce that the World Amateur Championship 2012 will take place in the 5-star Porto Carras Grand Resort, Greece from 16 April (1st round) to 22 April (9th round), 2012, as a part of the “Porto Carras Games Festival 2012″.

The annual Games Festival is a mass event organised for the 8th consecutive year and it includes a series of tournaments & competitions in prestigious games like chess, bridge, scrabble, strategic games, etc.

The FIDE World Amateur Championship is for the players with a FIDE rating of 2000 and less (FIDE Handbook D.VIII.02) and it offers a guaranteed prize fund of 4,000 euros.

Players with a higher rating can participate in the parallel international open tournament “Alexander the Great 2012″ which will also have an additional prize fund of 4,000 euros.

A separate open tournament for kids under 14 years old (and not a higher rating of 1500) will also be held at the same period, together with a blitz tournament on the last day.

So the chess competitions of the 2012 Games Festival will include tournaments for all the members of a chess family!

Download the official regulations of the event in PDF format.

Further information can also be found on the official website of the festival http://www.gamesfestival.com as well as on our page in Facebook.

The deadline for registrations and bookings is on 12 March 2012.

Best regards and we are looking forward to seeing you in Porto Carras this April!

Theodoros Tsorbatzoglou
for the Organising Committee
Games Festival 2012

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Re: World Amateur 16-22 April 2012

Post by LawrenceCooper » Sat Mar 10, 2012 11:40 am

A reminder that the registration deadline is Monday 12th March 2012

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Re: World Amateur 16-22 April 2012

Post by LawrenceCooper » Thu Mar 15, 2012 4:46 pm

The registration deadline has been extended to March 31st. Please see statement below:

The registrations for the World Amateur Chess Championship, part of the Games Festival 2012, are in progress. One month before the start the Organizing Committee has announced 212 participants in the 3 chess completions, the largest of them being the World Amateur Chess Championships that attracts record interest (141 players from 30 countries until now).

Due to many requests, the O.C. extends the deadline for registration until March 31st.

Visit the official website for more information on the events, registration, and details.

http://www.fide.com/component/content/a ... nship.html

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