GENERAL INFORMATION

General Information

1. General Outline

The Petrosian Memorial Open will be held from November 18 (arrival day) to November 27, 2004, in Yerevan, Armenia.

The Petrosian Memorial Open is part of the ACP Tour 2004-2005.

2. Tournament System

The tournament is held by Swiss system, 9 rounds.

November 18		Arrival
November 19	12:00	Opening and Pairing
	16:00	Round 1
November 20	16:00	Round 2
November 21	16:00	Round 3
November 22	16:00	Round 4
November 23	16:00	Round 5
November 24	16:00	Round 6
November 25	16:00	Round 7
November 26	16:00	Round 8
November 27	11:00	Round 9
	19:00	Closing

The tournament is held in accordance with FIDE regulations, by Fisher time control: 90 minutes for the whole game plus 30 seconds per move.

3. Board and Lodging

The participants will be offered to stay at the Erebuni Hotel.

Erebuni Hotel charge per day:

Double room	US$ 17 (with breakfast)
	US$ 27 (full board)

Single room	US$ 25 (with breakfast)
	US$ 35 (full board)

The participants can also choose the Congress Hotel for accommodation.

Congress Hotel charge per day:

Double room US$ 53 (with breakfast)

Single room US$ 77 (with breakfast)

4. Entry Fee

Rated above 2550                            no entry fee
Rated 2451-2550                            US$   50
Rated 2351-2450                            US$   70
Rated 2201-2350                            US$   80
Rated up to 2200 and not rated        US$ 100

For chess players under 18 a discount of 50% of the amount will be provided.

5. Prizes

The Prize Fund is US$ 35.000 including:

1^st Place                     5.000
2^nd Place                    4.000
3^rd Place                     3.000
4^th Place                     2.400
5^th Place                     2.200
6^th Place                     2.000
7^th Place                     1.800
8^th Place                     1.600
9^th Place                     1.400
10^th Place                     1.200
11^th Place                     1.000
12^th Place                        800
13^th Place                        600
14^th Place                        400
15^th Place                        400

16^th Place                        400
17^th Place                        400
18^th Place                        400
19^th Place                        400
20^th Place                        400
21^st Place                        300
22^nd Place                       300
23^rdPlace                         300
24^th Place                        300
25^th Place                        300
26^th Place                        300
27^th Place                        300
28^th Place                        300
29^th Place                        300
30^th Place                        300

Special prizes:

Women
1st Prize                            500
2nd Prize                           400
3rd Prize                            200

Juniors
1st Prize                            500
2nd Prize                           400
3rd Prize                            200

Total US$ 35.000

Each participant can be awarded one prize only by his/her choice.

6. Application

Chess players are requested to kindly confirm their participation by fax or email not later than November 8, 2004.

The hotel and type of room preferred must be stated in the application form.

7. Entry Visa

In case of necessity the participants will get their Armenian entry visas upon arrival at the Yerevan airport. US$ 30 are due for the visa.

For receiving an invitation letter necessary for the visa the participants must contact the Organizing Committee in advance and not later than November 8, 2004.

8. Local Transportation

Each participant will be charged US$ 10 for the transportation from the airport to the hotel and back.

Please note that when departing from the Yerevan airport, each passenger must pay an air tax of 10.000 Armenian drams (equivalent to approximately US$ 18 by the exchange rate of May 5, 2004).

9. Payments

All payments can be made before the commence of the tournament in US$ in cash or advance remittance to the following bank account:

Armimpexbank
Account 1570002699420101
Armenian Chess Federation

Those chess players who have not made all due payments before the opening of the tournament, will not be allowed for participation.

10. Organizing Committee

The Chairman of the Governmental Organizing Committee of Tigran Petrosian Memorial events is Mr. Serzh Sargsian, President of Armenian Chess Federation, Minister of Defense of Republic of Armenia.

The Secretary of the Governmental Organizing Committee is Mr. Gaguik Oganessian, General Secretary of Armenian Chess Federation, President of FIDE European Zone 1.5.

Tel.: (374)1-554923, (374)1-570758
Fax: (374)1-570758, (374)1-272418
E-mail: armchess@arminco.com, armchess@armpac.com
Website: www.armchess.am