I OPEN TOURNAMENT Friends of Aristoteles (CUB)

Game platform: ICCF web server

International open divided into two sections (classification list 2020-4)

         Main Section: For players with a rating higher than 2250, without categories. Players will be grouped in strict order of rating in sections of 11-13 players.

         Promotional Section: For players with a rating of 2250 or less, by category, which may vary by enrollment in a range not greater than 75 points.

Organizer: Cuban Postal Chess Federation (FECAP)

Valid for International Rating and Title Norms: GM, SIM, IM, CCM and CCE according group category.

Time Control: Triple Block (400)

A time of reflection guaranteed of 3 days after the movement 50 it is applied.

This tournament allows claims based on the seven-piece finals basis.

Date of upload to the ICCF web server: October 10 to October 15, 2020.

Official start date: October 30, 2020.

Prizes: Paid by PayPal

– 40 EUROS for the winner of each section in groups 0.

– 30 EUROS for the winner of each section in groups 1 to 3.

– 25 EUROS to the winner of each section in groups 4 to 6.

– 20 EUROS for the winner of each section in groups 7 to 13.

Registration per participant: 10 EUROS (plus PayPal commission) via PayPal (dehm1963@gmail.com)

TO: David E. Hernández Molina (CUB)

TD: IA David E. Hernández Molina (CUB)

 Entries I OPEN TOURNAMENT Friends of Aristoteles

The life essence is: Serve others, do good things and play chess.

Answers to: giraldomr@nauta.cu, dehm1963@gmail.com

List of Players, Updated 09/24/2020 

NR	ID	Country	TITLE	NAME	2020-4	GROUPS
1	516628	USA	IM	Marbourgh, Denny	2471	1
2	690587	CUB	IM	Fernández Martínez, Juan C.	2450	1
3	85280	GER	CCM	Hoppenstein, Michael	2449	1
4	690557	CUB	IM	Pérez López, Alberto	2445	1
5	85063	GER	SIM	Rook, Detlef	2442	1
6	40500	BEL	SIM	Mignon, Frederic	2437	1
7	690507	CUB	SIM	Vertiz Gutierrez, Pedro L.	2436	1
8	810161	WAL	CCM	Sherwood, Russell	2435	2
9	81015	GER	SIM	Schmidt, Theo	2432	1
10	149253	RUS	IM	Ilyin, Pavel Egorovic	2432	1
11	85550	GER	IM	Hameister, Raik	2432	1
12	690023	CUB	SIM	Salcedo Mederos, Pablo	2431	1
13	570027	LUX	IM	Schuller, Jean-Claude	2431	1
14	21387	ARG	IM (FIDE)	Iermito, Sebastián	2424	2
15	360341	NOR	GM	Haugen, Arild	2422	1
16	150996	DEN	IM	Konstantinov, Maksim	2422	1
17	440423	ROU	IM	Lakatos, Stefan	2422	1
18	429151	POL	IM	Szerlak, Andrzej	2418	2
19	440735	ROU	CCM	Ristea, Tudor	2416	1
20	70490	BRA	SIM	Mitsuo Fuzishawa, Richard	2403	1
21	120101	COL	CCM	Bernal Valera, Nelson	2402	1
22	530218	VEN	CCM	Graterol, Servelion	2399	1
23	690501	CUB	CCM	Vila Hernández, Carlos	2389	1
24	420186	POL	SIM	Baranowski, Tadeusz	2388	1
25	161320	ESP	CCM	Cacheiro Martínez, Martin	2388	1
26	160017	ESP	IM	Lanz Calavia, José María	2385	2
27	690485	CUB	CCM	Menéndez Rodríguez, Giraldo	2384	1
28	100503	SUI	CCM	Schmalz, Peter	2384	1
29	85375	GER	CCM	De Hormont, Rene	2382	1
30	241797	ITA	CCM	Brunori, Valerio	2382	2
31	212397	ENG	CCM	McDermott, Frank J.	2381	1
32	510980	USA	IM	Schackel, Corky	2380	1
33	690049	CUB	CCM	Kamanel Zamora, Juan F.	2377	1
34	85537	GER	IM	Jacobs, Rudolf	2368	1
35	81417	GER	CCM	Lukas, Norbert	2366	1
36	620426	SCO	CCM	Cumming, David R.	2363	2
37	360624	NOR	CCE	Fremmegaard, Jens Tore	2357	2
38	240419	ITA	CCM	Marchisotti, Mauro	2356	1
39	910073	LAT	CCM	Gulbis, Harijs	2352	2
40	515471	USA	CCM	Nenneman, Daniel	2351	1
41	690484	CUB	CCM	Fernández Medina, Etienne	2350	1
42	510836	USA	SIM	Millistone, Michael	2345	1
43	212008	ENG	CCM	Williams, Richard	2344	1
44	85203	GER	CCM	Rabler, Arndt	2342	1
45	370906	NED	IM	Lagemaat, Gert	2332	2
46	690561	CUB	CCM	Utrera Zunda, Evelio	2327	1
47	421179	POL	CCM	Woznica, Miroslav	2326	1
48	85521	GER	CCM	Milde, Lars	2325	1
49	82377	GER	SIM	Tieman, Hagen	2321	1
50	530050	VEN	CCM	Guaimare, Carlos Luis	2318	1
51	429136	POL	CCM	Sodomski, Anddrzej	2313	1
52	370273	NED	CCE	Raijmaekers, Cees H. W.	2312	1
53	70981	BRA	SIM	Gonzalez, Bolivar Ribeiro	2307	1
54	160669	ESP	CCM	Alfaro de Hombre, Jose M.	2306	1
55	89488	GER	CCM	Weddel, Lutz	2301	1
56	690538	CUB	CCM	del Toro Montoya, Yovany	2300	1
57	690287	CUB	CCM	Vega Palma, Manuel	2297	1
58	141107	RUS	CCE	Popov, Vladimir Valentinovich	2295	1
59	690184	CUB	CCE	Echenique Hilario, Miguel	2292	1
60	690132	CUB	CCE	Corujedo Hernandez, Rafael	2282	1
61	690001	CUB	CCE	Rangel Garcia, Raul	2281	1
62	517327	USA	CCE	Walton, John	2278	1
63	340284	MEX	CCE	Hernández Martínez, Jerónimo	2277	1
64	240683	ITA	CCE	Sardella, Antonio	2276	1
65	750034	BLR	CCE	Matsukevich, Vladimir Vladimirovich	2275	1
66	84199	GER	CCE	Eckhard, Heide	2263	1
67	90893	CAN	CCE	Villenueve, Robert	2262	1
68	230665	HUN		Csiba, Tibor	2234	2
69	210942	ENG	CCE	Reed, Arthur F.	2232	1
70	82188	GER	CCE	Richter, Wolfgang	2202	1
71	620775	ESC		Buchan, Allan	2198	1
72	100199	SUI		Steinhauser, Viktor	2185	1
73	160739	ESP		Romero Valencia, Fernando	2160	1
74	213011	ENG		Bailey, Matthew W.	2158	1
75	790049	PAN		Carrillo Pujol, Jose	2129	1
76	421319	POL		Babecki, Bogdan	2218	1
77	370844	NED		Velde, Meint van der	2088	1
78	690261	CUB		Azpiri Medina, Luis	2079	1
79	460536	FIN		Lahdenmaki, Leo	2068	1
80	517666	USA		Docevski, Boris	2048	1
81	212273	ENG		Bruce, Robert	2012	1
82	240652	ITA		Sparnacini, Stefano	1983	1
83	83183	GER		Denzin, Michael	1940	2
84	429112	POL		Kaminski, Janus	1928	1
85	90220	CAN		Sladek, Vaclav	1917	1
86	86303	GER		Sorokin, Mikhail	1906	1
87	469015	FIN		Saharinen, Petri	1895	1
88	150509	DEN		Hjorth, Jesper	1839	2
89	941189	UKR		Sazonov, Nicolaj	1811	1
90	690645	CUB		Pérez Jorrin, Ernie Arturo	(1800)	1
91	690641	CUB		González Benítez, Pedro Luis	(1800)	1

Group 0:

11-13 players

In strict order of Rating:

Category 8 (Ave 2426-2450 and more)

Category 7 (Ave 2401-2425)

Category 6 (Ave 2376-2400)

Category 5 (Ave 2351-2375)

Category 4 (Ave 2326-2350)

Category 3 (Ave 2301-2325)

Category 2 (Ave 2276-2300)

Category 1 (Ave 2251-2275)

Group 1:

11-13 players

Category. L (Ave 2226-2250)

Group 2:

11-13 players

Category. K (Ave 2201-2225)

Group 3:

11-13 players

Category J (Ave 2176-2200)

Group 4:

11-13 players

Category I (Ave 2151-2175)

Group 5:

11-13 players

Category. H (Ave 2126-2150)

Group 6:

11-13 players

Category. G (Ave 2101-2125)

Group 7:

9-11 players

Category. F (Ave 2076-2100)

Group 8:

9-11 players

Category. E (Ave 2051-2075)

Group 9:

9-11 players

Category. D (Ave 2026-2050)

Group 10:

9-11 players

Category. C (Ave 2001-2025)

Group 11:

9-11 players

Category. B (Ave 1976-2000)

Group 12:

9-11 players

Category. A (Ave 1951-1975)

Group 13:

7-9 players

No category (1950 or less)

IMPORTANT NOTES:

1.- NUMBER OF TICKETS PER PLAYER: Each player can purchase a MAXIMUM OF TWO TICKETS. The first ticket will be used for their main tournament by Rating. The Second Entry will be intended for an EXTRA Tournament, mainly to complete a Tournament of the same Classification or, as an exception, to complete a Tournament with a Higher or Lower Ranking than theirs, provided that its inclusion does not change the average Tournament Rating.

2.- REGISTRATION CLOSING: October 5 for major tournaments that are completed with their maximum number of participants.

3.- TOURNAMENTS WILL BE CHARGED TO THE ICCF WEB SERVER: Between October 10 and October 15, the main tournaments that are completed with their maximum of Participants.

4.- REGISTRATION EXTENSION: From October 5, until completing the Maximum or Minimum Participants per Main Tournament or EXTRA, which will be immediately uploaded to the ICCF web server in what is completed.

5.- ORDERING AND STRUCTURING OF TOURNAMENTS: Both in the Main Categories 0 to 13 and in THE EXTRAS 0 to 13 tournaments, the strict order of Rating will be respected. In cases of equal qualification, the title will prevail first and then the highest number of games played.

6.- EXCEPTIONS IN QUALIFICATION: Chess player tickets with a higher or lower rating than required by the Category will be allowed, provided that the final average of its participants maintains the category to which it corresponds, this applies only to tournaments whose registration takes place after October 5, with the purpose to complete the maximum or minimum number of participants for the Main Tournament or EXTRA.

7.- DISPACKS IN FINAL TABLE OF POSITIONS: The order of the final positions will be defined by the largest number of points accumulated.

In case of a tie, the following shall prevail:

a) Number of victories (Baumbach system); 

b) Sonneborn Berger. 

Prizes in money are awarded according to the definition of the tiebreakers set out here.