i.The organizers are FIDE, Global Chess BV, WCCC, Türkiye İş Bankası and Turkish Chess Federation.
ii.Main sponsor of the Tournament is Türkiye İş Bankası - ‘Isbank'.
2.SYSTEMANDRATE OF PLAY
i.The tournament will be played using the Round Robin System with 11 rounds.
ii.The rate of play will be 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an addition of 30 seconds per move starting from move one.
3.RANKING AND TIE BREAK SYSTEM
i.The final ranking order of the players is determined by the number of points scored.
ii.Iftwo or more players tie for first place, the tie to decide the awarding of the trophies will be broken (in descending order) by:
a.Direct Encounter,
b.Sonneborn-Berger(with real points),
c.Score Koya System.
iii.The players in the same point groups will share money prizes and GP points.
4.APPEALS AND APPEALS COMMITTEE
i.All protests must be submitted in writing to the Appeals Committee not more than two hours after the relevant playing session, or the particular infringement complained against.
ii.Chairman of the Appeals Committee is FIDE Dep. Pr. Mr. Georgios Makropoulos. For the other 2 spots, two players and two reserves will be chosen during the Players' meeting.
iii.Please refer for details to general Grand Prix Regulations in the Appendix A (Article 14.)
5.VENUE and TRANSPORTATION:
Official hotel of the event is Grand Cevahir Hotel, Şişli -İstanbul
Is Bank Ikız Kuleler 4.Levent -Isbank Art Gallery 1. floor.
Before every round there will be a shuttle service from Hotel to Venue. Schedule of the shuttle services will be announced due in time.
6.SCHEDULE
The İş Bankası Atatürk FIDE International Women Grand Prix Tournament will start on the 05th of March 2009 (arrival) and will finish on 20th March 2009 (departure).
Date
Time
Activity
Location
5 March
10:30
Arrival
Hotel Lobby
6 March
10:30
14:00
Technical Meeting
Opening Ceremony
Hotel
41st Floor
7 March
15:00
1st Round
Tournament Hall
8 March
15:00
2nd Round
Tournament Hall
9 March
15:00
3rd Round
Tournament Hall
10 March
15:00
4th Round
Tournament Hall
11 March
Free Day
12 March
15:00
5th Round
Tournament Hall
13 March
15:00
6th Round
Tournament Hall
14 March
15:00
7th Round
Tournament Hall
15 March
Free Day
Tournament Hall
16 March
15:00
8th Round
Tournament Hall
17 March
15:00
9th Round
Tournament Hall
18 March
15:00
10th Round
Tournament Hall
19 March
11:00
17:00
11th Round
Closing Ceremony
Tournament Hall
41st Floor
7.PRIZE FUND
The total Prize Fund for the İş Bankası - Atatürk International Women Masters Chess Tournament will be Euros €60,000, to be awarded as follows:
1
€6,500
7
€3,000
2
€4,750
8
€2,750
3
€4,000
9
€2,500
4
€3,750
10
€2,250
5
€3,500
11
€2,000
6
€3,250
12
€1,750
FIDE Contributions€10,000
Accumulated Prize Fund €10,000
All prizes are tax exempted in Turkey. National tax occurs in players' origin country is their responsibility. The top three players shall also be awarded with trophies.
8.ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS
i.Article 10.2 of the Laws of Chess is not valid.
ii.Analyzing is not allowed in the playing hall.
iii.Flashes may be used only in the first fifteen minutes of the games.
iv.In case of pre-arranged games both players will be penalized.
v.We assume that all the players have read these Technical Regulations and the general Grand Prix Regulations in the Appendix A, and are obliged to obey them.
