**II FIDE Tournament in Saska Kępa at the TOWARZYSKA café**

Entry fee payable by bank transfer by 21.12 to the following account number:
49 1140 2004 0000 3602 6722 9822
Participants who do not pay the entry fee on time will be removed from the starting list.
In exceptional situations, cash payment on site is allowed.
I. Purpose
* Popularization of chess among the residents of Warsaw and its surroundings
* Sports competition
* Proposal for spending free time
* Increase of FIDE ranking in rapid chess
II. Organizer
UKS TSz Zieloni Zielonka, Towarzyska Café
III. Date and place
Rapid chess tournament for all interested parties
The tournament will take place on December 22 (Sunday) 2024 at 11:00 AM at the Towarzyska Café at Zwycięzców 49/U-1
Verification until 10:45 AM, participants who are late will be paired from the 2nd round.
Publication of pairings for the 1st round at 10:55 AM.
IV. Conditions of participation
All interested parties who register on time with the chief judge of the competition, Dawid Krasiewicz, can participate in the tournaments by:
• Registration form available on the website www.chessmanager.com
• By phone or email: 601-566-307 or dawid.krasiewicz@gmail.com (participant details: first and last name + date of birth + chess category + contact phone number of the registrant).
**For individuals participating in the tournament for the first time, there is a requirement to send a completed form 3.1 **(registration form) to the organizer's email address.
IV. System and pace of play
The tournament will be played in a Swiss system over 9 rounds.
The pace of play is 12 minutes + 3 seconds per move for each player to complete the game.
V. Schedule
Registrations for the tournament will be accepted until 21.12.2024 (Saturday). However, the organizer reserves the right to close registrations earlier in the event of 30 participants registering.
VI. Entry fee
The entry fee for the tournament is 30 PLN until 21.12 (Saturday). After this date, the entry fee increases by 10 PLN.
Entry fee payable by bank transfer by 21.12 to the following account number:
49 1140 2004 0000 3602 6722 9822
In the transfer title, please enter the participant's first and last name. Example: 'Jan Kowalski '
VIII. Order of places
The order of places is determined by:
• total points scored,
• Buchholz 1 score,
• Buchholz score,
• Sonneborn-Berger score,
• progress,
• direct encounter,
• number of wins.
IX. Prizes
1st place - material prize + any pizza at Pizzeria Koleżanka
2nd place - material prize + any pizza at Pizzeria Koleżanka
3rd place - material prize + any pizza at Pizzeria Koleżanka
Attention!
A participant can receive only one prize. To collect the prize, the participant must be present during the tournament closing ceremony.
X. Final arrangements
* Five minutes after the start of the round, an absent player loses the game.
* Players and spectators are completely prohibited from using phones in the playing hall.
* The interpretation of the regulations belongs to the chief judge.
* Participants are responsible for their own insurance during the event.
* By participating in the tournament, the participant agrees to:
a) the recording of their image by the organizers,
b) the use by the organizers of the recorded image in connection with the tournament and transfers to the organizers all rights to use and dispose of the participant's image and recordings (photographic, audiovisual, sound) recorded in connection with the competition without any time or territorial limitations,
c) the processing by the organizers of their personal data contained in the registration for participation in the tournament, necessary for the organization of this tournament and for marketing purposes. Personal data will be stored by the organizers.