50th World Congress of Chess Composition
Rhodes, 13-20 October 2007
INVITATION
The Greek Chess Composition Committee and the Chess Club of Koridallos, with
the support of the Greek Chess Federation, have the honour to invite all delegates
of the FIDE Permanent Commission for Chess Composition (PCCC), national teams
and individual solvers, chess composers and all those interested in problem
chess, to attend the 50th World Congress of Chess Composition (WCCC) and 31st
World Chess Solving Championship (WCSC). The Congress will be held from Saturday
13th October (arrival) to Saturday 20th October, 2007 (departure)
at the Olympic Palace hotel in Rhodes, with the WCSC on Tuesday and Wednesday,
16th and 17th of October.
The Olympic Palace hotel is located in Ixia, in the island of Rhodes, just
12 km from the airport of Rhodes and 5 km from the town. Transportation from/to
the airport (or the harbour) and the venue should be arranged by the participants
themselves.
The hotel stands just 50 meters away from the beach of Ialyssos Bay, set in
colourful gardens and it has four swimming pools, including one children’s pool
and one indoor. It comprises 750 beds within 338 spacious guest rooms on 8 floors.
A lot of sporting activities are available (floodlit tennis court, mini-golf,
children’s playground, gym, sauna), there are four bars for evening entertainment,
as well as various shops including a supermarket / newsagent, hair-dressing
salon, rent a car and bike. The surrounding area provides within all amenities,
cafés, restaurants and bars.
The Convention Centre Hall seats 350 persons in theatre style or 250 in classroom,
it is column-free with 4m high ceiling and supported by lots of meeting rooms.
Further information about the resort and conference facilities can be found
in the hotel website: http://www.olympicpalacehotel.com
Accommodation
Prices for the "Olympic Palace" (5 **** hotel) are as follows:
- Single Room: 72 EUR (per person per day, half board, drinks not included)
- Double Room: 59 EUR (per person per day, half board, drinks not included)
- Triple Room: 55 EUR (per person per day, half board, drinks not included)
All rooms have sea and/or garden view, balcony or terrace, shower with WC,
air-conditioning, heating, satellite TV, radio, direct dial phone, mini-bar
and room-safe.
These prices remain the same 3 days before and after the congress for the participants
only.
- Tourist tax and VAT included
- Children from 5 to 12 years old with two adults in the room have 50% discount
- Children up to 4 years old are free (20 EUR for the closing banquet)
Prices include breakfast and dinner, excursion (lunch not included), closing
banquet, free access to hotel facilities, as well as all regular congress activities
(PCCC sessions, participation in the composing and solving competitions, solving
show, mini-lectures, final bulletin, etc). All payments should be made to the
organisers, upon arrival, in cash (EUR).
The participation fee for those not staying in the hotel is 120 EUR and includes
registration, the congress material and participation in the solving and composing
tournaments. Excursion and closing banquet are additional and at the discretion
of participants.
Contact
Please send your application before August 31st 2007 to:
Harry Fougiaxis, Delvinou 4, GR-11363 Athens, Greece
E-mail: harryfou
ath.forthnet.gr
Tel: +30-210-9491442 (09:30 – 17:30, job)
+30-210-8653077 (19:30 – 21:00, home)
Fax: +30-210-9491610 (Asprofos Engineering, c/o H. Fougiaxis)
This invitation and all important information will be also published on the
PCCC official website /1999-2012/index.htm.
The congress programme and further details will be announced in due course
on the WCCC 2007 website, which
is currently under preparation. A separate note will be sent via e-mail, when
the site is ready.
We are looking forward to seeing you in Rhodes!
On behalf of the Organisation Committee
Harry Fougiaxis, Athens, March 21, 2007
Please take note that the due registration date is August 31, although
I think that we could accept late reservations up to September 20. The congress
web pages will be hosted in
the Greek Chess Federation site and I expect it to be ready by early of September.
If you intend to arrange a composing tournament, I would appreciate
to have the announcement as soon as possible. I will try to include them all
in the material that will be distributed to the participants. I think that September
10 is a convenient deadline.
Harry Fougiaxis, July 31, 2007