Registration
To pre-register for the tournament, send an e-mail to: gbuglyo@hotmail.com Your e-mail should contain your name, country, and whether you intend to take take part in the Blitz tournament as well. Also, if you intend to stay at a university dormitory for accomodation (for more information, see Accomodation), please let me know in your e-mail.
Personal registration will be held on July 15th, Thursday, in the Main Building of the University of Debrecen, from 15:00. Entrance fees are to be paid there in cash.
Entrance fee for ESC/WOSC: 25 Euro (or 7000 HUF)
For Open ESC in Blitz: 5 Euro (or 1400 HUF)
It is allowed to make a late entry in Open ESC in Blitz. Players who enter late in the Blitz tournament will start with 0 points.
It is not possible to enter ESC after round 1.
It is allowed to make a late entry in WOSC in round 2 to 4.
In order to enter WOSC in round 2 personal registration shall be made latest 12.00 Friday July 16th.
In order to enter WOSC in round 3 personal registration shall be made latest 14.30 Friday July 16th.
In order to enter WOSC in round 4 personal registration shall be made latest 17.30 Friday July 16th.
Latecomers are given a starting point of 0 or 1 point depending on rating and on the round of entry according to a system decided made by FESA in year 2000.
Players that participate in round 1 of the ESC/WOSC are divided in three groups of equal size (ranked by Elo) and latecomers are assigned a group (top, middle, bottom) and receive the belowmentioned points on the basis of their rating.
Latecomers assigned in the top group are given 0 points if entering in round 2 and 1 point if entering in round 3 or 4.
Latecomers assigned in the middle group are given 0 points if entering in round 2 and 3 and 1 point if entering in round 4.
Latecomers assigned in the bottom group are given 0 points regardless of round of entry.