The Fourth Memorial "Yulian Radulski" 2018 is held on 25th November 2018 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES: Chess initiative in mempry of the famous Bulgarian Grandmaster Julian Radulski, funds will be donated to his family.

VENUE AND SHEDULE: The tournament will be held in the "Imperial" hall of the "Imperial" Hotel - Plovdiv, on 25th November 2018 (Sunday).

TOURNAMENT ORGANIZATION: The Fourth Memorial "Yulian Radulski" 2018 is held in 2 sections A and B:

Tournament А – an open tournament

Tournament В – children up to 14 (born after 01.01.2004)

APPLICATIONS:

The tournament fees are:

For А tournament – 30 BGN;

For B tournament – 15 BGN;

seniors 60+  – 15 BGN;

SUSTEM OF PLAY

The tournament A B will be held in 9 rounds following the Swiss system, according to the FIDE tournament rules and FIDE Regulation from 01.01.2018. The playing couples will be determined using the Swiss Manager software.

TIME CONTROL:

The time control is 10 minutes for each player until the end of the game with an increment of 05 (five) seconds before playing each move.

Schedule:

09.00 - 09.30 – Registration

09.45 – Announcing the participants and technical conference

10.00 – I Round 

10.45 – II Round

11.30 – III Round  

12.15 – IV Round

Pause

14.30 – V Round  

15.15 – VI Round

16.00 – VII Round

16.45 – VIII кръг   

17:30 – IX Round

18.30 –  Prize giving ceremony

TIE-BREAK

The ranking of players whose finishing points are equal is determined by:

(а) The result of the games between players in the same group;

(b) Reduced Buchholz-1;

(c) Buchholz;

(d) Number of games won.

ARBITERS:

Main arbiter - Roujka Genova, IA FIDE.

Arbiter Emilia Djingirova, NA.

PRIZES

Tournament A prize fund:

Main ranking:

1st place – 400 BGN + cup

2nd place – 250 BGN. + medal    

3rd place – 150 BGN + medal  

4th place – 70 BGN

5th place – 60 BGN

6th place – 50 BGN

Special awards:

Tournament B prize fund: (children, born after 01.01.2004 г.)

Main ranking:

Special awards:

Children up to 14:

Children up to 10:

Children up to 8:

All participants in tournament B will recieve participation certificate.