If you are keen on probably the most popular board game in the world, come join us for the 7th Roman Marian Bugalski Memorial Chess Tournament for the challenge cup of the President of the Bydgoszcz Chamber of Physicians and Dentists. The event will be held on 20-21 May 2017 and is open to physicians, health professionals and students, as well as their families and friends with FIDE rating no higher than 1900.
If you are keen on probably the most popular board game in the world, come join us for the 7th Roman Marian Bugalski Memorial Chess Tournament for the challenge cup of the President of the Bydgoszcz Chamber of Physicians and Dentists. The event will be held on 20-21 May 2017 and is open to physicians, health professionals and students, as well as their families and friends with FIDE rating no higher than 1900.
The tournament commemorates prof. dr hab. Roman Marian Bugalski, a renowned expert in the field of microbiology and a great enthusiast of chess. Prof. Bugalski was connected with Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz from its very beginnings, as a co-founder of the Department of Microbiology and the head of the Department of Microbiology and Nosocomial Infections at the Faculty of Health Sciences of the then Medical University in Bydgoszcz. He was a teacher of future doctors, dentists, nurses and midwifes. Microbiology and chess were his greatest passions.
Tournament details:
Date: 20 May 2017 (8.15 a.m. – 7.00 p.m.) – 21 May 2017 (9.00 a.m. – 4.30 p.m.)
Venue: School Complex No. 9 at 59 Cicha Street in Bydgoszcz
Tournament system: Swiss
Rate of play: 60 minutes per player per game (max. 2 h per round)
Number of rounds: 7
Rules: FIDE Competition Rules
Arbiter: Mariusz Stoppel
Chess notation: obligatory
Prizes: in-kind and cash prizes for winners of first six places
Registration deadline: 15 May 2017
Registration fee: PLN 50
Registration at: mariusz.stopel@gmail.com OR phone no. 600-980-333 (Mr Kazimierz Jurkiewicz) OR through tournament’s website>>