The

Faroese Chess Federation

2^nd European Small Nations Team Championship

Klaksvík, Faroe Islands

14th ‐21th August2011

 

 

 

The “2^nd European Small Nations Team Championship” will be held in Klaksvík from Sunday 14th  August (arrival) to Monday 22th  August 2011 (departure).

 

 

Countries participating in the event are as follows:

 

• ANDORRA
• CYPRUS
• FAROE ISLANDS
• GUERNSEY
• JERSEY
• LIECHTENSTEIN
• LUXEMBOURG
• MALTA
• MONACO
• SAN MARINO

 

Each team shall consist of four players. One of the players will be also team captain. All teams can have one (1) reserve player.

 

 

 

The expenses of the trip to Klaksvík will be covered by the respective Federations or players.

Transfer from and to airport can be arranged for 30 EUR pr. person by the organizers.

 

 

 

14th August 2011	19.00	Arrival Day
15th August 2011	16.00	Round 1
16th August 2011	10:00 16.00	Round 2 Round 3
17th August 2011	16.00	Round 4
18th August 2011	16.00	Round 5
19th August 2011	10:00 16.00	Round 6 Round 7
20th August 2011	16.00	Round 8
21th August 2011	15.00 21.00	Round 9 Closing Ceremony
22th August 2011		Departure

 

 

 

 

The tournament will be played with a round‐robin system with 10 teams composed of 4 players, and nine rounds. The final positions of the teams shall be established by the number of game points scored by each team.

 

 

90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 15 minutes for the rest of the game with an addition of 30 seconds per move starting from move one.

 

 

Andorra		Cyprus		Faroe Islands
De la Rive Aguado, Oscar		Andreas Georgiou		Ziska, Helgi Dam
Garcia, Raul		Pavlos Constantinou		Nilssen, John Arni
Monell Camarasa, David		Paris Klerides		Rødgaard, John
Jose Queraltó, Daniel		Antonis Antoniou		Nielsen, Rógvi Egilstoft
Rechi Pérez, Francesc		Costas Hadjiyiannis		Nielsen, Høgni Egilstoft
Guernsey		Jersey		Liechtenstein
Hamperl, Fred		Kahn, Tito		Mannhart, Marcel
Rowe, Peter		Tandy, Chris		Kobler, Mario
Hale, Andrew		Mooney, Graham		Guller, Andras
Kirby, Peter		Jouault, Louis		Schaedler, Martin
Smith, David		Fulton, Anthony
Luxembourg		Malta		Monaco
Wiedenkeller, Michael		Pace, Colin		Efimov, Igor
Berend, Fred		Gauci, Joe		Villegas, Pierre
Berend, Elvira		Petterson, Alex		Nelis, Jean Francois
Wagener, Claude		Psaila, Clarence		Van Hoolandt, Patrick
Schartz, Alain				Ribbegren, Karl
San Marino
Volpinari, Danilo
Grassi, Enrico
Maccapani, Massimiliano
Cecchetti, Roberto
Righi, Ezio

 

a. The sum of the match points won.

b. Sonnenborn‐Berger system.

c. The match result between themselves.

 

 

Protests against decisions of the Chief Arbiter or any of his assistants must be submitted in

written form to the Chairman of the Appeals committee within one hour after completion

of the playing session. The protest must be accompanied with the sum of 100 EUR, as a

deposit from the signatory. If the protest is accepted and the decision changed, then the

deposit will be returned back to the claimant. Otherwise money will be transferred to the

Organizing Committee.

 

The Appeals Committee will be selected prior to the first round during the Technical

meeting and will be made up of three persons selected by the majority of the players and

two members of the organization.

 

 

 

 

a. Analyzing is not allowed in the playing hall.

b. During the game the players are not allowed to go to the analyzing room.

c. Players are asked not to bring any mobile phone into the playing hall. If a mobile

phone rings the player will be punished according to Art. 13.4 of the Laws of Chess

by loss of the game.

d. Flash photography may be used only in the first fifteen minutes of the games.

e. We assume that all the players have read the Tournament Regulations and are obliged to obey them.

 

There will be prizes for top three teams and a special prize for best player of each board (single board Prizes).

 

 

The tournament director is Finnbjørn Vang. If necessary you can contact with the phone

+ (298) 22 14 22. E‐mail: snarbjorn@hotmail.com