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

Entry fee payable by bank transfer by 28.12 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 surrounding areas
* 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 29 (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 second round.
Publication of pairings for the first round at 10:55 AM.

IV. Conditions of participation
All interested parties who register on time with the chief referee of the competition, Dawid Krasiewicz, can participate in the tournament by:
• Registration form available on the website www.chessmanager.com
• By phone or email: 601-566-307 or dawid.krasiewicz@gmail.com (participant data: first and last name + date of birth + chess category + contact phone number of the registrant).

For participants entering 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 7 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 28.12.2024 (Saturday). However, the organizer reserves the right to close registrations early in the event of 30 participants registering.

VI. Entry fee
The entry fee for the tournament is 30 PLN until 28.12 (Saturday). After this date, the entry fee increases by 10 PLN.

Entry fee payable by bank transfer by 28.12 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
Note!
A participant can receive only one prize. To collect the prize, the participant must be present during the award ceremony.

X. Final provisions
* Five minutes after the start of the round, an absent player loses the game.
* All players and spectators are completely prohibited from using phones in the playing area.
* The interpretation of the regulations belongs to the chief referee.
* 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.