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Contact From the city centre get on the bus at Bar / restaurant Results/rankings/pairings
The organization committee can be the Westersingel/A-straat stop.
reached at +31(0)654251546 (Jan Colly), There are three busses per hour. Refreshments are available in the Sports After every round, results, rankings,
e-mail : jancolly@gmail.com
The arbiters (for urgent messages in From the Hampshire Hotel at the centre’s restaurant, called the SportsBar. pairings, round reports, games and
case of illness etc.) can be contacted at Radesingel you walk to the Ooster-
+31(0)630489857 (Aart Strik). straat (5 minutes). There you take A nice and friendly prized buffet is photo’s will be available on the
The press officers can be contacted at Citybus 11. Get out at the stop
+31(0)616499637 (Ben Hummel), e-mail: Crematoriumlaan and walk in 5 served here every evening. tournament’s website:
SchaakfestivalGroningen@live.nl minutes to the Sports centre.
The consumption of alcoholic beverages www.schaakstadgroningen.nl.
Bye From the University Guesthouse at
In Open B and Open C a bye (half a the Kleine Kromme Elleboog you is strictly prohibited in the players area, We intend to cover the first 8 games
point) is possible during one of the walk to the A-Kerkhof (3 minutes).
rounds 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 (so including There you take Citybus 11. Leave the while smoking of course is not allowed of the Open A and the two matches
Boxing day). A bye must be requested bus at the stop Crematoriumlaan and
before the start of the tournament (for walk in 5 minutes to the Sports in any part of the building. live on the internet. Games will also
further information check our website). centre.
be projected on screens and monitors
Rate of play From the Hampshire Plaza you
For all groups: 90 minutes for 40 moves, don’t have to worry at all: the organi- in the SportsBar.
followed by an extra 30 minutes to zation offers you free transport in
finish the game, with an increment of 30 our nine-seat bus. The first shift ______________________________________________________________________
seconds per move per player from the leaves at the hotel approximately at
start of the game. 11.45 hrs, the last at 12.30 hrs (for the AFTER CHESS IN CAFÉ ATLANTIS
exact schedule check our website or
Playing venue the signs in the hotel). Vice versa this Chess Café Hooghoudt Atlantis All activities will start at 21.00 hrs –
Sports centre University of Groningen. schedule will start from approxi- (‘playground for the mind’) except for 26th and 27th December,
Adress: Blauwborgje 16, 9747 AC mately 16.30 hrs. The orther traditionally organizes a daily after then we begin at 22.00 hrs.
Groningen. possibility – new this year – is to chess program.
All groups will play in the Struikhal board onto the historical bus, Chess Café Atlantis has moved to a
(turn left after the entrance). You’ll find sponsored by the National new (and larger) location: Gedempte
room to analyse in the nearby Busmuseum in Hoogezand Zuiderdiep 61, 9711 HC Groningen
restaurant. (tel. 050 3645484).
By car: on the Groningen circular Open: every day from 15:00 hrs
How to get there (N370) take the Paddepoel / Zernike (except December 25th).
Public transport: from NS-station exit and follow the signs Zernike Also check www.cafeatlantis.nl.
Groningen take Citybus 11. Leave the (Campus). Then turn first left
bus at the Zernikelaan/Nijenborgh stop (Blauwborgje). The Sports centre is at 21 dec. (Atlantis’s 9th birthday):
(this is 400 meters from the Sports the end of the road. Parking is Aquarius bullet-chess tournament
centre). possible across the road [P2] and
without costs. 22 dec.: Pass-on chess (duo chess)
23 dec.: Hands & Brains (visit:
CHESS FESTIVAL GRONINGEN 2014 7 TOURNAMENT GUIDE www.kennemercombinatie.nl/programm) 8 TOURNAMENT GUIDE
24 dec.: Endgame study simul by IM
Yochanan Afek (www.afekchess.com)
25 dec.: Christmas day, Atlantis closed
26 dec.: Click Chess
27 dec.: Chess with Hans Böhm
28 dec.: Pop and Chess quiz
by GM Dimitri Reinderman
29 dec.: SISSA Christmas Blitz
(www.jsvsissa.nl)
CHESS FESTIVAL GRONINGEN 2014
