5th European Championship of Hexagonal Chess

1. Aim of the tournament: to find the fifth European champion.
2. Organizers: Hungarian Hexachess Federation and Mass Sport Association named after Petõfi.
3. Time and place of the tournament: 17-23 August, 1998, Boarding-school (Réti u. 1, Tatabánya).
4. For more information, contact the Hungarian Hexachess Federation by fax 36-1-403-95-98 or email: (email removed contact us for address) l.elender.hu.
5. Tournament system:
   • all play with all (11 rounds), 2 rounds on every day
   • Time limit: 2 ( 2 hours 15 minutes 2 ( 2 hours for the first 40 moves, 15 minutes undoing until flag drops down. It is mandatory to write down the game, except the last 5 minutes.
   • Resolving tie: Berger-Sonneborn.
6. Participants:
   1. Somlai László; Hungary; 4th european champion
   2. Mackowiak, Marek; Poland; 1st place Interzonal Tournament, Tatabánya
   3. Rudolf László; Hungary; 2nd place Interzonal Tournament, Tatabánya
   4. Schenkerik Csaba; Hungary; 3rd place Interzonal Tournament, Tatabánya
   5. Csupor Péter; Hungary; 4th place Interzonal Tournament, Tatabánya
   6. Rozák Bertalan; Hungary; 5th place Interzonal Tournament, Tatabánya
   7. Korcsickij, Szergej; Belorussian; 1st place Interzonal Tournament, Tatabánya
   8. Bogdanovics, Szergej Belorussian; 2nd place Interzonal Tournament, Tatabánya
   9. Bancevics, Szergej Belorussian; 3rd place Interzonal Tournament, Tatabánya
   10. Jemeljasin, Jurij; Russian; 4th place Interzonal Tournament, Tatabánya
   11. Ivanyuk, Mihail; Ukraina; 5th place Interzonal Tournament, Tatabánya
   12. Börcsök László; Hungary; nominated by the country organizing the championship
   13. Hurtony Szabolcs; Hungary; 6th place Interzonal Tournament, Tatabánya
7. Order of games:

   17 August

   18.00- arrival, opening ceremony, drawing lots

   18 August

   8.00-12.30 1st round
   15.30-20.00 2nd round

   19 August

   8.00-12.30 3rd round
   15.30-20.00 4th round

   20 August

   8.00-12.30 5th round
   15.30-20.00 6th round

   21 August

   8.00-12.30 7th round
   15.30-20.00 8th round

   22 August

   8.00-12.30 9th round
   15.30-20.00 10th round

   23 August

   8.00-12.30 11th round
   13.30 Announcement of Results

8. Prizes 1st place - 80,000 Ft (~364 USD); 2nd place - 60,000 Ft; 3rd place - 40,000 Ft; 4th place - 20,000 Ft.