04-01-2018 Invitation 13th open NSVG championship

This championship will be held from Thursday 8th of February (including dinner) untill Sunday afternoon February the 11th 2018, (including Lunch).
Dear chess friends,

We would like to invite you for the 13th Open Chess Championship (O.N.K.) of the Dutch Chess Association for Visual Disabled (N.S.V.G.) 2018. The tournament will take place from Thursday February 8th until Sunday February 11th 2018 in the village of Nunspeet, the Netherlands.

Location:
Hotel De Hoeve van Nunspeet, Elspeterweg 14, 8071 PA Nunspeet.
Phone number of the hotel: +31 (0)341 26 01 06

Time:
Thursday February 8th: registration before 7.30 P.M., first round starts at 8 P.M.
Prizegiving ceremony: Sunday February 11th at 1.30 P.M.
Players and guides staying in the hotel: from Thursday February 8th (including dinner) until Sunday February 11th (including lunch). Make sure you arrive on Thursday between 1 P.M. and 5.30 P.M.

Tournament information:
The tournament will consist of six rounds. Pairings will be made according to the Swiss system. The rounds will be played on Thursday evening, Friday morning and afternoon, Saturday morning and afternoon and Sunday morning. It is possible to take one bye in the first four rounds. The prizegiving ceremony will take place during lunch on Sunday.
There will be two or three groups, based on the number of players and their ratings. The results of group A and B will count for the FIDE rating, the results of group C will only count for the Dutch (KNSB-) rating.
The rate of play in group A is 110 minutes for the whole game. In addition, 10 seconds per move will be added to your time from move 1 on. In group B and C, the rate of play is 2 hours for the whole game without increment.

Prizes:
The total prize fund is € 250.00. Prizes will be given to the winners of groups A, B and C, as well as the winner of the most spectacular game of the tournament and the best member of the NSVG. If prizes overlap, just one prize will be given.

Costs:
Participation costs per person:
Entry fee: € 25.00 (for non-NSVG-members)
Costs for staying in Hotel De Hoeve van Nunspeet are as follows:
For participants:
€ 225.00 per person for a twin room
€ 250.00 per person for a single room

If you choose not to stay in the hotel but nevertheless want to have lunch in the hotel, this is possible for € 7.50 per lunch. Please inform us about this when subscribing for the tournament.

Subscription and payment:
The subscription and payment has to be done before February 1st.
You can send your subscription to sharnandan@gmail.com. Please send us the following information:
Your name:
Your rating (FIDE-rating if you have one, otherwise rating of home country and the federation of the rating):
Your FIDE-ID:
If applicable, your choice of hotel arrangement (twin or single room, and with whom you want to share the room):
Your dietary requirements:
Your contact information (phone number and/or e-mail address):

Payment can be done by transferring the correct amount to IBAN-number NL02INGB0002401122 in the name of NSVG, located in Zeist.
For international transfers, the following information is applicable:
BIC-number: INGBNL2A

Please note:
1.) For transfers from foreign countries, please note that you carry all costs for the transfer. We would like to receive the correct amount, otherwise we will have to settle the costs during the tournament.
2.) The transferred payments are counted as confirmation for your subscription.
3.) For a subscribed participant staying in the hotel who cancels after February 1th, € 20.00 of administrative costs will be counted. For a subscribed participant who does not show up, the administrative costs will be € 80.00.

Other information:
The schedule and tournament rules will be e-mailed to the participants before the start of the tournament, if their e-mail address is known to the NSVG. The tournament details and list of participants will be published on the website of the NSVG, www.nsvg.nl.

If you have any questions or need extra information, you can contact Sergio Harnandan (preferably via e-mail). His contact information is as follows:
E-mail address: sharnandan@gmail.com
Phone number: +31 (0)6 43 98 65 02

In case of emergency during the tournament, you can contact Cor Tesselaar:
Phone number: +31 (0)6 14 02 22 61

Kind regards,
Sergio Harnandan
NSVG Tournament director

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