Tournament rules

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The Llobregat Open Chess Tournament is an open tournament authorized and approved by the Federació Catalana d’Escacs, valid for INTERNATIONAL ELO and OBTAINING INTERNATIONAL TITLE RULES to be held between November 30 and December 8, 2023.

The fourth edition will be held in the city of Sant Boi de Llobregat, located in the Baix Llobregat region of Barcelona. The tournament has been selected by FIDE, in its project to support International Open Tournaments and will be valid for the FIDE circuit qualifier for the 2024 World Cup.

It will be organized by the editor of El Llobregat, Xavier Pérez Llorca, and has the Argentine International Master Marcelo Panelo as tournament director.

Our third edition has been considered by the Spanish Chess Federation (FEDA) and the Superior Sports Council as the Best tournament in SpainWe have obtained an average of 2374 FIDE ELO points and have awarded 24 norms (10 GM, 9 IM and 5-WIM) since our beginnings. Elo is the measure that establishes the strength of a chess player.

Game room

Can Massallera Municipal Multifunctional Center, Carrer Mallorca, 30, 08830 Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona.

Dates and Schedules

ROUND DAY DATE TIME
1
Thursday
30/11/2023
16:00 CET
2
Friday
01/12/2023
16:00 CET
3
Saturday
02/12/2023
16:00 CET
4
Sunday
03/12/2023
16:00 CET
5
Monday
04/12/2023
16:00 CET
6
Tuesday
05/12/2023
16:00 CET
7
Wednesday
06/12/2023
16:00 CET
8
Thursday
07/12/2023
16:00 CET
9
Friday
08/12/2023
10:00 CET
Awards Ceremony
Friday
08/12/2023
17:00 CET

Game system

Swiss System to 9 rounds. The pairings will be made by means of the Swiss Manager program, being the main referee responsible for them.

Pace of play

90 minutes for the whole game plus 30 seconds increment from move 1.

Waiting time

The tolerance time is set at 1 hour.

Registrations and registrations

Through the payment platform enabled on this page.

The Organization of elllobregat Open Chess Tnmt. reserves the right of admission and may reject any application it deems appropriate.

Registration fees

  • General: 70 ¤ (60 ¤ if paid before 1/09/2023)
  • U-16 players: 20 €.

Methods of payment

The Organization of elllobregat Open Chess Tnmt reserves the right of admission, and may reject any application for registration that it deems appropriate.

Ties

The tie-breakers will be valid both for classification purposes and for the awarding of trophies and cash prizes. Therefore, neither trophies nor cash prizes will be divisible among players who would have tied on points.

The tie-breaking system for Open B will be as follows and in the following order:

  1. Buchholz FIDE minus the worst result. (37) (0,1,N S,0,N)
  2. Buchholz FIDE total. (37) (0,0,N S,0,N)
  3. Sonnenborg Berger. (52) (0,0,N S,0,N)
  4. Particular Result (11)
  5. Average recursive performance of rivals (55) (0,0,1000)

For the purpose of calculating the Buchholz systems, the “virtual opponent” will be applied in unplayed games.

Awards

General awards

POSITION QUANTITY
1
500 €
2
400 €
3
300 €
4
250 €
5
200 €

Awards by category

VETERAN +65
300 €
200 €
FEMALE
300 €
200 €
VETERAN +50
300 €
200 €

How to get to Sant Boi from Barcelona

The journey time from Plaza de España to Sant Boi is 18 minutes and the line is Ferrocarriles de la Generalitat. The arcade is located 600 meters (5 minutes walking distance from Sant Boi station.

How to get to Sant Boi from Barcelona

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