Warning, update ! On Friday, we will play at Rodolphe's place, not at the Parc des Bastions

The Geneva Bughouse Gathering 2010

Geneva, Switzerland, August 13-15, 2010

From 4 PM and all the day long: friendly bughouse, sausages and billiards at Rodolphe Francey's place.

From 1 PM on : welcome drinks and friendly bughouse at the Echecs-Club Bois-Gentil.
3 PM : start of the Geneva International Bughouse Tournament.
7 PM : end of the tournament, friendly bughouse.

From 1 PM on and all the day long : outdoor friendly bughouse and bughouse on giant boards at the Parc des Bastions.
3 PM : session of multi-bughouse if enough people are interested.

Friday: At Rodolphe Francey's place, Chemin de Montesquiou 9, Onex (bus 2, bus stop Onex)
Saturday: Echecs-Club Bois-Gentil, c/o Club des Aînés "Les Cèdres", 9 rue du Grand-Pré.
A comfortable indoor place close to the main railway station.
Sunday: Parc des Bastions, entrance by the Place Neuve.
In this classical outdoor meeting place of Geneva chessplayers, there are three big tables, many giant chessboards and ping-pong tables. Of course there will be plenty of classical boards and clocks as well.

In case of continuous rain on Sunday we will play at the Echecs-Club Bois-Gentil (address above).

Date: August 14th, 3 PM
Place: Club des Aînés "les Cèdres", 9, rue du Grand-Pré, Genève.
Entry: free, limited to 20 teams.
Form: 4-fold round robin (depending of the number of participants), with a final between the two first teams. Eventual ties will be decided by a qualification match.
Time control: 3 minutes.
Subscription: teams can (and will) be arranged on the spot.

Attention ! Unfortunately, this year there will be only 4 available places at Rodolphe Francey's place for a free accomodation of the participants from abroad. Following are two addresses for an affordable accomodation.
Geneva Youth Hostel, from CHF 29.- (~€20.-) /day (=dormitory) on, very central place.
Foyer George Williams, CHF 29.- (~€20.-) /day (=single room), minimum stay of 3 days, reservation well in advance probably recommended, close enough to the Parc des Bastions.
Enough chessboards and digital clocks will be provided by Echecs-Club Bois-Gentil
Stuff to make sandwiches and drinks will be at the free disposal of players during the whole gathering.
For subscriptions and/or more details, you can contact Laurent Vilaseca at or at +41 76 407 75 52, or even better use this message board !