Technical Issues:

• 1. RULES:

FIDE Laws of Chess is valid for the tournament maybe gathered from organisation in English, Turkish and Russian.

• 2. APPLICATION:
• i. Open to all Turkish players who have TCF lisence.
• ii. Open for foreign players they may show a valid passport.
• iii. No entry fee for the players over 2300 ELO. Other players pay 20 € entry fee.
• iv. All applications must be sent to following e-mail or by phone may be made to following number This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Phone: +90533 641 78 67

• 3. STATUE:
• i. All result wil be sent to FIDE for ELO and title aims.

• 4. TIE-BREAKS:
• i. Respectively Buchholz-2, Buchholz-1 (weakest result reduced), Sonneborn-Berger, Number of wins. If the tie remains unbroken, decide by lot.
• ii. If a player has got more than one money prize he will be paid the highest one only.
• iii. For cups and medals to top three tie-break will be taken under calculation.
• iv. Money prizes for the same final ranks will be shared.

5.   APPEALS:

      Appeals committee will be declared in Technical Meeting. Any appeal must be accompanied by 50 € and in written form against to Chief Arbiter decision lates after 15 minutes the decision is made. If appeal is accepted by committee money will be returned back, otherwise it will go to TCF Account.

6.   ACCOMMODATION:

All GM, WGM, IM and WIM will be provided free accommodation. Players who has GM title will be provided special conditions by respecting their ELO. TCF is free to accept or refuse any player. To learn conditions each players should communicate by TCF directly sending e-mail to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

7.   TRANSPORTATION:

Players will be responsible with their own transportation expenses. The transportation from the airport to hotels will be provided free of charge by organisers. Sponsors, may pay 30 € to Bulgarian, Georgian, Romenian, Greek, Azerbaijan, Armenian GMs and WGMs, for their travelling inside of Turkey.

8.   SPECIAL SUBJECTS:

• i. Pairings will be done by Swiss Manager Software,
• ii. All results will be declared in hotels and playing venue,
• iii. According to FIDE Laws of Chess, players should not bring their cell phones to Tournament Hall.
• iv. The first ten minutes of each round cameras with flash may be used,
• v. All participants including accompanying persons are assumed that they accept this regulations.
• vi. This regulations in written in English and Turkish, and for the tournament English Version is accepted as default.

9.   PRIZES:

The total 10.200USD will be distributed as prize fund

10.      SCHEDULE: