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Any player who turns 14 at most during 2026 may take part; it is not necessary to be registered with a federation.
MallorcaAmateur Open international chess tournament
Any player who turns 14 at most during 2026 may take part; it is not necessary to be registered with a federation.
The registration fee is €5. Those interested can sign up by filling out the registration form, via WhatsApp at 667 246 104, or by email at info@winterchess.com, providing their full name, email, and phone number.
For organizational reasons and due to a possible limitation of places, registrations will close on October 3, and will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.
The following prizes will be awarded
| General | Under 12 | Under 10 | Under 8 | |||||||
| 1º | trophy | 1º | trophy | 1º | trophy | 1º | trophy | |||
| 2º | trophy | 2º | trophy | 2º | trophy | 2º | trophy | |||
| 3º | trophy | 3º | trophy | 3º | trophy | 3º | trophy | |||
The following tiebreakers will be applied in the order listed below.
1- Head-to-head result
2- Buchholz minus the worst result
3- Total Buchholz
4- Sonneborn-Berger
5- Recursive Performance
The games will be played with 5 minutes for the entire game, plus 3 seconds per move according to the Bronstein system, for each of the players.
If a player wishes, they may request a half-point bye in any of the rounds, except for the last round, where in this case it will be for 0 points.
The matches are scheduled to be played in the following manner, although the schedule is indicative since the matches will begin once the previous round has finished.
| Round 1 | sunday october 2nd | 17:00 h. |
| Round 2 | sunday october 2nd | 17:20 h. |
| Round 3 | sunday october 2nd | 17:40 h. |
| Round 4 | sunday october 2nd | 18:00 h |
| Round 5 | sunday october 2nd | 18:80 h |
| Round 6 | sunday october 2nd | 18:40 h |
| Round 7 | sunday october 2nd | 19:00 h |
The tournament will take place in the halls of the Hotel GPRO Valparaiso Palace & SPA *****, located at 23 Francisco Vidal Sureda Street, Palma de Mallorca; see the location for more details.
For any additional information, you can contact us by email at info@winterchess.com or via WhatsApp at +34 667246104.
Registration for the tournament implies acceptance of these rules. Likewise, the organization reserves the right to change these rules if necessary.
THE ORGANIZATION RESERVES THE RIGHT OF ADMISSION