BdF International Chess Open - Statistics	 	 	 
Contributed by Giorgio Ruggeri Laderchi    
Sept. 23, 2006 at 04:16 PM 
BdF received 782 entries: 134 players will play by post, 180 by email 
and 468 by webserver; 56 players are IM, 18 are SM and 5 are GM.


Entries ordered by Country:

 1 Germany 367
 2 Russia 59
 3 Poland 44
 4 Brasil 27
 5 Romania 20
 6 Switzerland 16
 7 Netherlands 14
 8 Spain 14
 9 Belgium 13
10 Australia 12
11 Bulgaria 11
12 Peru 11
13 Czech Republic 11
14 Italien 11
15 Argentina 8
16 England 8
17 Sweden 8
18 Slovenia 8
19 South Africa 8
20 USA 8
21 Belarus 8
22 Cuba 7
23 Finland 7
24 Latvia 7
25 France 6
26 Hungary 5
27 India 4
28 Israel 4
29 Austria 4
30 Slovakia 4
31 Tunisia 4
32 Turkey 4
33 Chile 3
34 Denmark 3
35 Ukraine 3
36 Algeria 2
37 Costa Rica 2
38 Greece 2
39 Guatemala 2
40 Japan 2
41 Canada 2
42 New Zealand 2
43 Nicaragua 2
44 Philippines 2
45 Scotland 2
46 Wales 2
47 Burkina Faso 1
48 Ecuador 1
49 Estonia 1
50 Ghana 1
51 Colombia 1
52 Croatia 1
53 Lithuania 1
54 Nigeria 1
55 Norway 1
56 Togo 1


Tournament information from Sept. 15, 2006 at 03:08 AM
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Tournament start: 15.11.2006
Entry fee: 5 Euro
Registration: The registration requires two steps:
1. Bank transfer (or PayPal payment) of the entry fee to the BdF (see below for payment details), 
   and
2. E-Mail message to the registration office (see below)

For the bank transfer of the entry fee and the e-mail to the registration office, please include 
the following: 
- Family name
- First name
- ICCF ID Number
- Complete mailing address
- E-mail address
- Registration code

Tournament categories and registration code: The tournament will be played in three tournament 
categories (multiple registrations are possible):
- ICCF Webserver (registration index BdF-WS)
- E-Mail (registration index BdF-EM)
- Postal (registration index BdF-PT)

Time limit:
50 days/10 moves for Webserver and e-mail.
30 days/10 moves for postal groups

Tournament details:
The tournament will be played in three rounds: first, intermediate and final round.
- First round: Each group consists of 7 to 9 players. The winner of each group will be qualified 
  for the intermediate round.
- Intermediate round: Each group consists of 13 to 15 players. The winner will be qualified for 
  the final of the tournament category.
- In all rounds only one game will be played against each opponent. Ties will be decided by the 
  Sonneborn-Berger system.

Prize fund: 
The prize fund is 3000 Euro, which will be divided among the three different methods of play 
(webserver, e-mail and postal).
The minimum amount for each section will be not less than 600 Euro.

Rules: 
The play and tournament rules of the ICCF apply. All games will be ICCF rated. Title norms and 
titles may be awarded if merited.
Tournament leader and registration office: 
Hans Jürgen Isigkeit
Arnold-Zweig-Straße 70 
D - 18435 Stralsund
E-mail: Fernschach.Isigkeit@gmx.de 

Payment information - bank transfer
Commerzbank Uelzen
Account number 5646500
Bank code number 258 400 48
IBAN: DE46 2584 0048 0564 6500 00
BIC: COBADEFFXXX
Payment information - PayPal
bdf-paypal@gmx.de