Romania, Timisoara, "Adam Müller-Guttenbrunn" House, 10-12 Gh. Lazar st. (near "Piatza 700"),
courtesy of the Democratic Forum of Germans in Banat.

Saturday and Sunday, 5-6 May 2012

Open, EGF "A" class competition, 5 round MacMahon style tournament, 6,5 komi, Japanese rules

Time limit of 60' per player, byo yomi 5' / 15 stones or 3 x 30'' / move

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Schedule

Saturday: I - 10:00; II - 14:00; III - 17:00

Sunday: IV - 09:00; V - 12.00
Awards ceremony: Sunday at 15:00

Attendees must confirm their participation upon check-in, Saturday morning between 09:00 and 09:45.

If you must miss a round, or leave the tournament before the last round, please tell the main referee - Viorel Arsinoaia - as soon as you can, with at least 10 minutes before the round starts. Unannounced absentees that will miss the round, will lose the game on own time expiration.

All players who have an EGF GoR rating are required to enter at a rank consistent with their latest GoR rating. Exceptions to this rule will be allowed only with the explicit approval of the main referee. Players who do not have GoR ratings must enter at a rank approved by the main referee.

General 20 RON, 10 RON for college students, free for high school students

Free for international participants

General Ranking:
I - 600 RON (~137 EUR); II - 400 RON (~90 EUR); III - 300 RON (~69 EUR);
IV - 200 RON (~45 EUR); V - 100 RON (~23 EUR); VI - 100 RON (~23 EUR).

Youth (under 21 yo):
I - 100 RON (~23 EUR); II - 60 RON (~14 EUR); III - 40 RON (~10 EUR).

Children (under 16 yo):
I - 100 RON (~23 EUR); II - 60 RON (~14 EUR); III - 40 RON (~10 EUR).

In case of MSS equality, the prizes in objects will be awarded in the order of SOS and SOSOS criteria,
and money prizes will be cumulated and split in equal amounts between the players with the same score.

The currency in Romania is the Romanian Leu (RON).

The Romanian Leu is divided into 100 bani.

In Romania it's not a common practice to pay for goods
and services in foreign currency.

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BY AIR

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Traian Vuia International Airport (TSR) -  www.aerotim.ro 
The airport is located 10 Km from the city centre. Taxis are readily available outside the arrivals area.
Bus #26 offers service to the city centre.

Airlines with service to Timisoara:

Lufthansa -  www.lufthansa.com 
Direct flights from/to: Munchen

Austrian Airlines -  www.aua.com 
Direct flights from/to: Vienna

CarpatAir -  www.carpatair.com 
Direct flights from/to: Germany (Dusseldorf, Munich, Stuttgart); France (Paris); Greece (Athena); Italy (Ancona, Bari, Bergamo/Milan, Bologna, Florence, Rome/Fiumicino, Venice, Verona, Torino); Republic of Moldova (Chernivtsi, Chisinau); Ukraine (Lvov, Odessa)

WizzAir -  www.wizzair.com 
Direct flights from/to: Germany (Dortmund); United Kingdom (London/Luton); Italy (Milan, Rome/Fiumicino, Venice); France (Paris); Spain (Barcelona, Valencia)

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BY TRAIN

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Timisoara North - main train station
There are daily trains from/to Belgrade (~6h), Budapest (~5h) and Vienna (~9h).

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BY BUS

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Eurolines -  www.eurolines.ro 
Germany, Spain, Italy, France, United Kingdom, Belgium, Netherlands, Portugal, Austria, Greece, Switzerland, Maroc, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Czech Republic, Hungary.

Atlassib -  www.atlassib.ro 
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Greece.

Double T -  www.doublet.ro 
Germany, Switzerland.

Nikolaus Lenau high school dormitory-hotel -  www.nikolaus-lenau.ro 
We booked it in advance for the tournament participants.

Rooms with 6 places: 7 € / person / night

Rooms with 3 places: 15 € / person / night

For reservation, please contact Cristian Bratu:  cris@gotimisoara.net 

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The competition venue is located downtown (the area north of Bega river and south of the railways)