Invitation to the 2015 ETCC: Invitation-letter & Regulations
It is our great honour and privilege to welcome all the nations of Europe to the 2015 European Team Chess Championship, which will be played in the legendary chess-capital of the Northern hemisphere, Reykjavík!
The Icelandic Chess Federation under the auspices of theEuropean Chess Union organizes the European Team Chess Championship which will be held from November 12th (day of arrival) until November 22nd 2015 in Reykjavik, Iceland 
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The official venue will be the Reykjavik’s Laugardalshöll arena, which was the playing hall of the Match of Century in 1972, between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky.
Each national federation affiliated with the European Chess Union (ECU) has the right to enter one team of four (4) players and one (1) reserve in the open competition and one team of four (4) female players and one (1) reserve in the women’s competition.
The Championship will be played according to the Swiss System in 9 rounds, with one open section and one section for the women’s teams, The time control will be 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game + 30 second increment for every move played, starting from move one.
The total prize fund is 20.000 EUR, with 5.000 EUR first prize in both sections. The first three teams in both sections will receive trophies and medals.
The national federations are kindly requested to fill the registration from at the website (www.etcc2015.com) as soon as possible. The organizers encourage the teams to do so no later than August 1st 2015, as it is not possible to guarantee the hotel rates after that date.
The final deadline for registration is however September 12th. It is also possible to use the Excel form, which is attached, or can be found at our website. The form can be sent to the e-mail registration@etcc2015.com.
For all the information you can contact Icelandic Chess Federation at info@etcc2015.com