Regulations
PDF format)F – Open 4-member team tournament of youngsters up to 16 years of age
25 July 2025
Right of participation: 4-member teams with max. of 2 substitutes composed of players born in 2009 and younger without performance limitations
Rate of game: 2x 15 min + 5 s / move
Starting fee for team: 17 EUR
Material prizes for all participants
System of tournament: Swiss system of 7 rounds, teams are set according to average ELO of the first 4 players presented on the list, the team bears the name of the chess club which has more than half players as members or federation whose members are all players, on the list may be max. 6 players who have been arranged according to their approximate efficiency, if a substitute starts, individual chessboards are shifted. It is not permitted to change or complete the list during the contest.
Criteria used for ranking:
1. number of the match points (win = 2 points, draw 1 point, defeat 0 points)
2. number of game points (score)
3. sum of the board points of all team's opponents
4. sum of the board points of all opponents defeated plus one half of the board points of all the opponents with which a tied result was achieved
5. sum of the board points of all the team's opponents, excluding the opponent who scored the highest number of board points and the opponent who scored the lowest number of board points
By the unpaired lot a team will obtain 2 match points and 50% of points to the score. If an opponent does not come out, a team will obtain 2 match points and 100% of points to the score.
Time schedule of the Tournament:
| Friday | 25 July | 9.00–9.30 | registration |
| 10.00–12.45 | 1st - 3rd round | ||
| 13.30–16.30 | 4th - 7th round | ||
| 17.00 | presentation of results |
Applications for this tournament are not registered and it is possible to register for it only on the day of launching of the tournament
Place: Registration, presentation of results and all games will take place at the congress centre IDEON