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The great novelty for this year's edition 2018 is the return of the Night Lightning Tournament that was very popular among the participants in the 2016 edition, and which will give the opportunity to face world-class players with fans of all levels
The Councilman of Sports of the City of Lorca, Juan Miguel Bayonas, the president of the Chess Club Lorca, José Luis Romero, and the vice president and director of the championship, Juan José Motos, have presented this morning the "VII City of Lorca International Chess Festival 2018 "to be held from December 26 to 30 at the Hotel Jardines de Amaltea de Lorca.
Juan Miguel Bayonas stressed that "one more year will be played in Lorca the traditional Christmas tournament, which will return to the City of the Sun during the last week of the year in the international chess capital." It should be noted that the event is organized by the Chess Club Lorca with the collaboration of the City of Lorca, the Spanish Chess Federation, the Chess Federation of the Region of Murcia and the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia.
The Sports Councilor has indicated that "players may participate without limitation of age, level, or origin, all players with a foreign flag must have a FIDE code before the tournament, and participants with a Spanish flag must have a valid license from the Spanish Chess Federation In terms of the game system will be the Swiss to 9 rounds, the rhythm will be 90 minutes, plus 30 seconds increase per move from the first movement, and the regulation that will be followed will be the laws of Chess of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) of July 2017. ".
Bayonas stressed that "the great novelty for this year's edition 2018 is the return of the Night Lightning Tournament that was very popular among the participants in the 2016 edition, and which will give the opportunity to face world-class players with fans of all the levels, in which both players who are competing in a tournament of the festival, and players who do not, can participate ".
The tournament will be valid for obtaining GM, IM, WGM, WIM and computable standards for ELO FIDE and FEDA, in addition the Chief Referee will send the Official Tournament Report to FEDA and FIDE.
In addition, it includes a Tournament A (Open) valid for obtaining international standards GM, IM, WGM, WIM and computable for ELO FIDE and FEDA, and a B Tournament for fans with ELO less than 2,000.
The inscriptions, which will be open until Tuesday, December 25, have a cost of € 45 for players in general, € 40 for those who belong to the Chess Federation of the Region of Murcia, € 35 for sub 16 category and of the Lorca Chess Club.
Participation will be free for those players with more than 2350 ELO FIDE.
Registration can be done by filling out the form that you will find in https://clubajedrezlorca.com/torneo/ and attaching the proof of deposit or transfer.
The Festival will begin on Wednesday, December 26 at 4:00 pm with the accreditation of all the participants, the first round will begin at 5:00 pm.
On Thursday, the second round will be played in the morning, and the third in the afternoon.
Friday will be the turn of the fourth round, in the morning, and the fifth, afternoon.
For Saturday will be the sixth and seventh round, on Sunday, the eighth and ninth, at the end will be the closing and the awards ceremony.
Among the outstanding players of this seventh edition of the Festival will be the Moldovan Dmitry Svetushkim, Grandmaster 2013, who has achieved 2,605 ELO FIDE points until November of this year.
Cuban player Renier Vázquez Igarza, Olympic player with the Spanish National Team, Grandmaster 2007, and with an accumulated 2,570 ELO FIDE points at December 2018 will also be present. And the Murcian player, native of Totana, José Carlos Ibarra Jerez, Grandmaster 2013, and with 2,570 ELO FIDE points in June 2018.
The prizes will be € 1,500 for the first classified, € 1,000 for the second and € 700 for the third.
As well as trophy for the first three classified.
In addition to other prizes such as € 500 for the fourth place, € 400 for the fifth, € 200 from the sixth to the tenth contestant, and € 150 from the 11th to the 15th.
There will be a special prize of € 50 for the first classified of the Region of Murcia, same amount for the first classified of CA Lorca, as well as for the first classified in veterans, female and prizes by sections.
All interested can get more information on the tournament website: http://clubajedrezlorca.com/torneo/
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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