WORLD YOUTH UNDER-16 OLYMPIAD

Sponsored by Agri Municipality.

WORLD YOUTH UNDER-16 OLYMPIAD,

5 - 13 August 2006, Agri Turkey

1.TOURNAMENT:

The Turkish Chess Federation (TCF) will organise the above-mentioned event in Agri,Turkey from 5 August (Arrival) to 13 August Departure). The Championship will be conducted under the auspices of the European Chess Union (ECU) and Federation Internationale Des Echecs (FIDE).

2.PARTICIPATION: The Turkish Chess Federation has the pleasure of inviting your Chess Federation to participate in the World Youth Under-16 Olympiad. Entitled to participate are players who shall not have reached the age of 16, by January 1st 2006, (Date of Birth 1990 and after). TCF will provide free board and lodging for a team of 4 players and the official, free for ten days, for the applications came till 18^thJuly 2006. The reserve shall be charged US$50 per day inclusive of 3 meals. Applications sent after 18th July 2006 will be penalised by 100 USD and all late applications will pay 50USD for accommodation. Each participating person including invited players shall pay 100� organization cost for the event.

3.ACCOMMODATION:

Additional teams from the same Federation will be allowed to participate if they pay the normal registration fee to FIDE plus 100 USD to the organizers on arrival. Members of the extra team and other accompanying persons shall each pay 60 USD per day inclusive of 3 meals. Those who wish to stay in single rooms shall pay 80 USD per day inclusive of 3 meals. Please take under consideration that allparticipants must be stay in official hotels. All participants will stay in Golden Hill Hotel (**** - 4 stars) in Dogubeyazit. Golden Hill is the official hotel and anybody who participates to tournament will not allowed for security reasons to stay somewhere else. Invited players will stay in triple rooms. Number of single rooms is limited and organizers may provide single room for each federation.

4.PRIZES:

Medals (Gold, Silver & Bronze), cups and Certificate Of Achievement for the top 3 teams. Board Prizes in the form of Medals will also be awarded to the respective winners.

5.TOURNAMENT VENUE:

Golden Hill Hotel Dogu Beyazit Agri 4 stars hotel.

6.TOURNAMENT FORMAT:

The tournament shall be run on a 10 Round Swiss. Each match between teams will be conducted over 4 boards.

7.TIME CONTROL:

90 minutes to finish with 30 seconds increment from move 1.

8.PROGRAM:

5 August Arrival

6 AugustOpening Ceremony

Round 16 August

Rounds 25 7-8 August

Free Day9 August

Rounds 69 10-11 August

Round 10 12 August

&Closing Ceremony 12 August

Departure 13 August

9.TRANSFERS:

Each person will pay following transportation costs for bus transportation with regular inter city bus companies:

Istanbul Airport Agri Istanbul : 100 USD per person (intercity bus)

Izmir Airport Agri Izmir: 100 USD per person (intercity bus)

Agri Airport Hotel Agri Airport: 60 USD per person (bus of organizers)

All transportation payments will be made in cash in Bus. All participants will be met on arrival that pays this transportation cost.

TCF does not propose bus transportation from Istanbul or from Izmir, the distance is very long. The best is the airway.

Important:

Turkish airlines fly from Ankara (which maybe connected by Istanbul) directly to Agri.

The bus transportation takes more than 24 hours from Istanbul. Therefore, federations who want to send them kindly asked to make reservations by means of air way more comfortable transportation. Or if you transfer the registration fee and ask an official request to Turkish Chess Federation we may help for your flight reservations.

Check flights on http://www.thy.com.tr

10.VISAS:

Countries that require visas for Turkey are requested to apply for visas at their respective Turkish Republic Embassy. TCF will send invitation to all participants eligible for Tournament.

11.All other details are as per FIDE Handbook D.VI.02 (Regulations for the Children's Olympiad).

12.The Closing datefor Entries is 18 July 2006. Entries received after this date is at the discretion of the organizers and a surcharge of 100 USD will be imposed.13.All kind of payments will be made before the first round starts. The players who did not make their payment will not be taken into pairing. We look forward to your participation in this tournament.

Registration forms are available upon request to our e-mail a_koral@tsf.org.tr

Follow news on www.tsf.org.tr

Contact Numbers:

Phone of Mr.Koral Tournament Director : +90 533 6417867

Federation: +90 312 3097594

Fax: +90 312 3109620

14. Agri

Agri is very famous with the Agri Mountain which is settled on the eastern point of Turkey, 5165 m. City of Agri is the neighbor to Iran, Armenia, Nahcivan (Azerbaijan).

More information about Agri may be gathered from following link:

http://www.kultur.gov.tr/EN/BelgeGoster.aspx?17A16AE30572D3137A2395174CFB32E17CFEB7BBA947A64A

Famous Ishak Pasha Palace

Agri, (Ararat) honor of Turkish Republic…

Turkiye Is Bankasi is the corporate sponsor of Turkish Chess Federation.

More Information about Golden Hill Hotel:

Room Facilities:

Direct dial telephone, music, balcony, minibar, internet connection, satellite tv, cine 5, digiturk, bathtub, wc, hair dryer, telephone in bathroom.

Sports & Recreation

Turkish bath, Finnish bath, sauna, massage, Jacuzzi, fitness center, aerobics, table tennis, billiards, winter sports, extreme sports.

Meeting & Congress

1 meeting room (200 max. capacity). Overhead projector, screen, whiteboard, slide projector, flipchart, projector, barcovision, sound system, microphone, video player, DVD