The Cuban Correspondence Chess Federation (FECAP) are pleased to announce an International Open Tournament. Correspondence
chess players from all countries are warmly invited to participate in the „I Chess Masters Open Tournament“
The Tournament will be played in a single phase using 2/26 ICCF rating list with 4 sections:
Section A for players with rating 2400 or higher
TO:Pedro Vertiz Gutiérrez
Section B for players with rating 2300 – 2399
TO: Giraldo Menéndez Rodríguez
Section C for players with rating between 2000 – 2299
TO:Carlos Vila Hernández
Section D for players withrating 1999 or lower
TO: Giraldo Menéndez Rodríguez
The tournament will be played on the ICCF server at triple block time control with an appropriate tournament duration according to the average rating of each group: 350 days event, with 75 days initial bank and 1 day increment for the first 50 moves is used. No guaranteed time will be available after move 50.
The tournament will be rated and valid to obtain the norms for ICCF titles in groups that meet all the conditions required by the ICCF.
Registered players grouped by rating will be allocated to groups of 11, 13 or 15 players in ranking order (from higher to lower), so that all group members have a similar rating.
The number of groups will depend on the number of registrations. Up to 2 registrations will be allowed, with the second registration the player will be paired in the group following the first group.
The start date of the tournament is June 15, 2026.
Registrations
The registrations and the payment of the fees for I Chess Masters Open Tournament 2025 must be done by National Federation or DE system in the server of the ICCF opening the menu Cuba in New Events.
The registration fee is 15 €.
Inscriptions must be received no later than June 1, 2026.
Certificates
This tournament will award certificates to the top 3 in each group. The tiebreaker system will be: 1. Baumbach, 2. Sonnenborn-Berger, 3. the results of the players tied with each other and 4. the highest rating at the start of the tournament.
Prizes
This tournament will award a money prize of 30 € to each group winner depending of a plus score (+ 50 % of the points) After tiebreaks prizes will be adjudicated to the higher rated player at the start of the tournament.
Amici Sumus,
Giraldo Menéndez Rodríguez
FECAP President & ICCF Delegate Cuba
giraldomenendez@gmail.com |