From 11-th to 18-th of June in Podyuga (Arkhangelsk region, Russia) the 7-th European Championship in renju will be held.

Tournament System

EC-7 consists of 3 tournaments: AT (Final), QT (Qualification) and BT (Open).

Each country can be represented in AT according to national quotas.
AT is played by Swiss System in 9 rounds.

Time regulations: 2 hours per each player till the end of the game.

All foreign players (without any exception) are welcome to QT!

5 (!) top players from QT will be qualified to AT. If number of AT players is odd, a player who gets the 6-th place in QT will get a place in AT too.

Persons who do not qualify to AT and all other renju fans will play in BT.

QT is played by Swiss System in 7 rounds.

BT tournament system depends on the number of participants.

Time regulations (both in QT and BT):
1.5 hours per each player till the end of the game.

Time-Table
June 10 � Arrival of QT participants
June 11-13 � QT games (7 rounds)
June 13 � Arrival of AT participants, Opening Ceremony
June 14-18 � AT games (9 rounds), BT games
Lodging Conditions

All participants will stay in "Voskhod" ("Sunrise") summer camp.
Price for lodging is 50 RUR (about 2.5 USD) per 1 night.
Price for meals is 90 RUR (less than 3 USD) per day.

Food stall works in the camp. The nearest shop is situated in 1.5 km
from the camp. Other shops are situated up to 2 km from the camp.
Playing hall is in the Camp Club building.

Also at participants' service are:
* Magnificent pine forest;
* Dwelling houses (4 one-storey blocks);
* Bath-house, sauna, swimming-pool;
* Football, basketball, volleyball, ping-pong, field athletics ( inventory will be put in your disposal);
* Nature, discotheque, mosquitoes,:) still romantic nights.

Transport Routes Trains from Moscow:
Train No.220 Moscow-Kotlas from the Yaroslavsky Railway Station,
departure at 18:21, arrival to Podyuga at 08:10. Ticket in 2-class
carriage costs about 320 RUR (12 USD). It is also possible to come
to Konosha (the nearest railway- junction to Podyuga) with other
trains (No.218 Moscow-Arkhangelsk arrives to Konosha at 8:00, No.42
Moscow-Vorkuta arrives to Konosha at 9:00, both departure in the
evening from the Yaroslavsky Railway Station).

Trains from Saint-Petersburg to Podyuga:
Train No.190 St. Petersburg-Arkhangelsk (to Konosha), departure at
20:40, arrival to Konosha at 12:34. Ticket in 2-class carriage costs
about 400 RUR (15 USD). All participants will be received in Konosha
with a bus.

Please, send your applications to 2 addresses:
renmiv@mail.ru (Irina Metreveli)
spy@mdmspb.com(Pavel Salnikov)

Welcome to Podyuga!

You can also view PDF document with pictures at
http://www.renju.nu/tournaments/EC-7.pdf