General Information

The main event of the 84^th Noteboom tournament (21-23 February 2025) will be the Weekend Open Tournament played in three groups:

• Group A: for players with ELO > 1950
• Group B: for players with ELO > 1750 and < 2000
• Group C: for players with ELO < 1800

A ‘bye’ (skip the round) can be requested in round 1 or 2 and you will be rewarded with a ½ point. There are fields on the entry form for this purpose.

The results of this tournament will count for national (Dutch) ratings only, not FIDE.

Like previous years, we will also organize a 4-player round-robin tournament. This tournament is played during rounds 1, 3 and 6 of the main event. Only senior players (>20 years old) can register for these round robins. Byes are not possible and players will be paired based on ELO rating. We will try to avoid pairings of club members as much as possible.

Rate of Play
100 minutes for the whole game plus 10 seconds per move starting from move 1.

The FIDE rules taking effect from 1 January 2023 apply with the following additions/exceptions:

•  The ‘Default time’ (art. 6.7.1) is 60 minutes. Players may arrive up to 60 minutes late; after > 60 minutes, the game is lost by default.
• Electronic (communication) devices (art. 11.3.2): having a mobile device with you during the game is not allowed; devices such as this may be stored in the playing area but only in a bag or coat. All electronic devices must be switched off during play. Any player violating this rule will forfeit their game.
• An appeal against a referee decision (art. 11.10) needs to be made immediatly after the game has ended.

Indeling
The first three rounds are paired on rating. Subsequent rounds are paired on Buchholz and Sonneborn-Berger.
Pairing of the round-robin tournament is done according to the standard Berger table R1: 1-4, 2-3 R2: 1-2, 4-3 R3: 3-1, 2-4.  Pairingnumbers will be asigned randomly.

Tournament Schedule

Friday February 21	Registration	17:30		19:00
	Opening ceremony	19:15
	Round 1 Open and round-robin	19:30	–	23:30
Saturday February 17	Round 2 Open	9:00	–	13:00
	Round 3 Open and round 2 round-robin	14:00	–	18:00
	Round 4 Open	19:30	–	23:30
Sunday February 18	Round 5 Open	9:00	–	13:00
	Round 6 Open and round 3 round-robin	14:00	–	18:00
	Prize-giving ceremony	ca.18:30	–	19:00

Main prizes

	Group A	Group B	Group C	Round-robin
1e	€ 1.200	€ 600,-	€ 400,-	Trophy

There will be 4 main prizes for the Open groups, the height of those depends on the amount of participants
If players are tied for any of the 1st to 4th places, the prize money will be shared.

Additional prizes

Best youth / Best female player / Rating prize 100,- in A-group
Best youth / Best female player / Rating prize 80,- in B-group

Best youth / Best female player / Rating prize 60,- in C-group
Family prize 80,-
Clubprize
The exact amount of additonal prizes will be published before the start of round 4.
Additional prizes will not be shared. If two or more players finish on the same number of points, the final ranking will be determined by the Buchholz score, then the Sonneborn-Berger score, then by drawing lots. Prizemoney will be payed, iff possible, via the same bankaccount from which the entry fee was payed.

Registration and entry fees
You can register for one of the tournaments by filling in and submitting the appropriate registration form. After submitting your entry, you will recieve an email with information on how to pay the entry fee.
The entry fee is € 35 for the “Open” and € 25 for the 4-player groups.

Special conditions apply to the following categories of players:
(W)IM : € 10 discount from entry fee
(W)GM: exempt from entry fee

Questions or suggestions
If you have any questions or suggestions please contact tournament director Rudy van Wessel.