Offer / Bid to hold a FIDE competition (To be filled in by a national federation)

Event: World Senior Team Championships 50+ & 65+ 2021. Federation: Russian Chess Federation Organizer (name, address, phone, fax, email): Russian Chess Federation, Gogolevsky Blvd. 14, 119019 Moscow, Russia Contact person – IO, Alexander TKACHEV, a.tkachev@ruchess.ru +7 968 732 00 78 City: Sochi. It’s a famous summer and winter resort, hosted Winter Olympic games in 2014, Football World Cup 2018 and many others sports and cultural events. Proposed time schedule: Arrival: 2021- 03 - 11 Departure: 2021- 03 - 22 Financial guarantee: According to the FIDE financial Rules all the financial guarantees will be covered Declaration and / or Government Guarantee if applicable. In case that this event is trusted to us by FIDE, we will send the budget and the necessary guarantee Declaration generally assuring visas to representatives of all federations: For participants with the need of visa we will provide necessary help without delay. Exceptions, if any, and reasons: No Name of Tournament hall: Exhibition center (Hall area: 1530,2 sq.m.) Grand Hotel Zhemchuzhina (3, Tchernomorskaya st, Sochi 354002, Russian Federation) http://www.en.zhem.ru and its distance from accommodation: Tournament hall is located on the Grand Hotel Zhemchuzhina. Convention center hotel takes great conference is the main foyer and lobby. Meeting rooms:

Cinema and concert hall: Hall area: 481,9 sq.m., Capacity: 500;

Morskoy hall: Hall area: 200 sq.m., Capacity: 180-200;

Pod lustroy hall: Hall area: 218,4 sq.m., Capacity: 100;

Orekhovy hall: 248,1 sq.m., Capacity: 100-150;

Yantarny hall: 123 sq.m., Capacity: 100;

Bordovy hall: 81,4 sq.m., Capacity: 40;

Palmovy hall: 38,9 sq.m., Capacity: 38

Limonny hall: 45,7 sq.m., Capacity: 30;

Vereschaginsky hall: 36,8 sq.m., Capacity: 28;

Kayut-compania hall: 101 sq.m., Capacity: 50. Accommodation and meals of participants and for accompanying persons: (give classification of different hotels and meals including room rates and number of persons per room.) Grand Hotel Zhemchuzhina **** Location – 20 m. from the sea in the very heart of Sochi. 70 000 sq.m. of hotel area. All of 928 hotel rooms have private balconies & offer their guests air-conditioning, fridge & safe deposit. Private beach with the capacity of 2000 pax. Outdoor swimming pool (Olympic size – length 50 m.) with heated sea water + 27° C. Meals - all inclusive (breakfast, lunch, dinner). Special meals available for vegetarian or people with special needs. All of Standard rooms feature one room. Total room area 17 sq.m., balcony 4,7 sq.m.

110 €/person in a single room per night;

80 €/person in a double room per night. Travel connections (next airport or railway station): Sochi has an airport and a railway station. Organizer will provide transportation from those to the hotels free of charge Transfer from airport/railway station (distance, vehicle, costs) The bus transfer from Sochi airport (25 km) to the tournament hotel with the return on the departure day is included in the registration fee Is there an organizing fee to be paid: 75 € for all players and accompanying persons Are there: Press facilities: YES Telephones: YES Telefax: YES Internet-connection: YES Costs: NO Internet-coverage of the event: There will be an official web site for the event, with all information about the tournament, including the live-stream and the on-line transmission with analyses. Secretarial Staff (Indicate languages): English, German, Spanish, French and Russian Declaration that all relevant FIDE/ECU standards are met: YES Exceptions: NO Additional arrangements:

Free internet Access in the rooms and lobby of hotel. Free refreshments, water and hot drinks, in the playing hall. Free sightseeing trip on the rest day. Different sport activities for participants, free of charge. Upon request of participants from federations with low budget we can provide a 2*/3* hotel. Press - Publicity: A. Free Internet – telefax for journalists – Special Press Room B. Invitations for journalists C. Internet Coverage D. Live Games (50 Boards) Other special arrangement for publicity: Radio, TV Chanel will broadcast a 1 hour report every day. It will be possible to download reports free of charge on the ftp server in all the countries. Video steaming will be provided in all the playing halls during the game. All games will be broadcasted in the end of playing day. The event is supported by Government and Ministry of Sports. Special Program: There will be a free of charge excursion for the participants organized on the rest day. Parallel Activities: A. Blitz tournament for coaches and accompanying persons, B. Seminar for FIDE Arbiters C. Seminar for FIDE Trainers. Live streaming from the Playing Venue Mr. Mark GLUHOVSKY Executive Director of RCF Signature / Federation seal Date 2019-07-19 All conditions offered are subject to the approval of the FIDE President or his representative.

FIDE EVE BID EVALUTION FORM

Tournament : World Senior Team Championships 2021

Country / City : Italy / Acqui Terme

Proposed dates : 14-25.05.2021

Total Points: Points Remarks

Category 1: Organisation

1.1 Tournament hall 30

1.2 Distance Tournament hall to Hotels 10

1.3 Covered languages 25

1.4 Parallel chess activities 15

Category 2: Hotels

2.1 Quality of hotels 15

2.2 Free internet access in the hotels 10

2.3 Other free offers 5

Category 3: Room rates and transportation rates 15

Category 4: Travel connection 15

Category 5: Press-Promotion

5.1 Organized Press Center 3

5.2 Invitation with free accommodation for some journalists 3

5.3 Live games in internet, depending on the number of

boards

5

5.4 Other special arrangements for publicity 10

Category 6: Circulation of the events

6.1 The bidder (Nat. Federation) organized the same event the

prior year

No

6.2 The bidder (Nat. Federation) organized the same event the

before 2 years

No

Total Points:161

DATE: 18-19.10.2019

INSPECTOR NAME: OZGUR SOLAKOGLU

SIGNATURE

FIDE EVE BID EVALUTION FORM

Tournament : World Senior Team Championships 2021

Country / City : Russia / Sochi

Proposed dates : 11-22.03.2021

Total Points: Points Remarks

Category 1: Organisation

1.1 Tournament hall 30

1.2 Distance Tournament hall to Hotels 30

1.3 Covered languages 25

1.4 Parallel chess activities 15

Category 2: Hotels

2.1 Quality of hotels 15

2.2 Free internet access in the hotels 10

2.3 Other free offers 5

Category 3: Room rates and transportation rates 10

Category 4: Travel connection 20

Category 5: Press-Promotion

5.1 Organized Press Center 3

5.2 Invitation with free accommodation for some journalists 3

5.3 Live games in internet, depending on the number of

boards

5

5.4 Other special arrangements for publicity 10

Category 6: Circulation of the events

6.1 The bidder (Nat. Federation) organized the same event the

prior year

No

6.2 The bidder (Nat. Federation) organized the same event the

before 2 years

No

Total Points: 181

DATE: 14-16.10.2019

INSPECTOR NAME: OZGUR SOLAKOGLU

SIGNATURE