Edinburgh Park Standard and Bitz - August 2025

A Scottish Chess Tour Event

Novotel Edinburgh Park - Friday 15th to Sunday 17th August 2025

15 Lochside Avenue, Hermiston Gait Retail Park. EH12 9DJ (see map below)
Sat Nav: **Don't use the post code** Look for 'Novotel Edinburgh Park' or 'Hermiston Gait'.
The hotel is near KFC and Krispy Kreme

Entry Fees and Prizes

There is a discount of £5 if you enter the Standard and the Blitz

The Junior discount (Under 17 on 15th Aug 2025) is £5

Section	Major/Minor FIDE Rated CS Graded	Blitz FIDE Rated
Entry Fee	£40 - (Non CS Mem.: £45)*	£16
1st. Prize	£200	£80
2nd. Prize	£100	£40
Grading Prizes **	£50	£25

* Chess Scotland membership discount of £5 applies only to the Major and Minor if you appear in the current CS membership list, see here.

** Note. For sections with over 15 rated players there will be one rating prize, for over 30 rated players, there will be two rating prizes. There will be an unrated prize in the Minor if there are over 6 unrated players in the section.

All tournaments are played under the rules of Chess Scotland (CS)

Playing Sessions - Major and Minor

Round	Start Time
1	Friday 15th August - 19.30 to 22.30
2	Saturday 16th August - 10.00 to 13.00
Lunch Break
3	Saturday 16th August - 14.00 to 17.00
4	Sunday 17th August - 10.00 to 13.00
Lunch Break
5	Sunday 17th August - 14.00 to 17.00

Playing Sessions - Blitz

Round	Start Time
1 to 5	19.00
6 to 9	20.25

Time Control

Major & Minor - All moves in 80 minutes, with 10 second increments from move 1.
Blitz - All moves in 3 minutes, with 2 second increments from move 1.

Grading/Rating

All tournaments are FIDE rated and FIDE ratings are used for entry and rating prizes. We appreciate there may be some anomalies - we will use gradings/ratings as we deem appropriate.

FIDE Identification Number (FIN)

All players must have a FIDE Identification Number (FIN)*. Chess Scotland can register players who are eligible for a Scotland (SCO) – eligibility rules here. List of registered players here.

The results of the FIDE-rated sections of this event will be submitted to FIDE, the world chess federation. Players in these sections need to be registered with FIDE to allow the results to be submitted.

Information about FIDE registration is available here.

Please read the notes on eligibility at the above link, complete the application form on the Chess Scotland website and send to the Chess Scotland Rating Officer.

*Which must be Licenced. Former FIDE Arena players who have not registered with their national federations may fall into this category. If this is the case, it is generally resolved quite quickly by your national federation. Please enquire if you are unsure of the registration rules before deciding to enter by contacting us using our contact form.

Conditions of Entry

The organisers reserve the right to:

• Juniors must be supervised by a responsible adult when not in the playing hall
• Increase or decrease prize money
• Tiebreaks do not determine monetary prizes
• Transfer entrants between events
• Split or merge events depending on numbers
• Withhold prizes from ungraded players if they play in events below their known strength
• Distribute the prize fund as they deem appropriate
• The organisers reserve the right to refuse entry without assigning a reason
• Take any other measures deemed necessary to ensure the smooth running of the congress
• Spectators, and players who have finished their game, are not allowed in the playing hall and may asked to leave the playing hall.

Refund Policy

Players withdrawing prior to the day of the congress may do so with a refund, less a £5 administration fee.

Photographs

Photographs taken at the event may be used for publicity purposes. Any objection should be notified to the event organiser prior to the event.