Invitation

A Committee for Chess Composition of Chess Federation of Slovenia invites delegates of the Permanent Commission for Chess Composition (PCCC-FIDE), national teams and individual solvers of the 26^th World Chess Solving Championship (WCSC), and all those interested in problem-chess, to attend the 45^th World Congress of Chess Composition (WCCC), which will be held in Portoroz, Slovenia, from Saturday 31^st of August to 7^th of September, 2002 in the Resort & Conference Center Bernardin.

Bernardin lies at the Adriatic coast halfway between the modern seaside resort of Portoroz and medieval town of Piran (within walking distance to both of them). The first world congress of chess composition took place in 1958 in Piran.

The hotel complex is named after the 15^th century monastery church, the bell tower of which still stands at the centre of Bernardin. Guests have a choice of accommodations and prices depending on whether they decide to stay in the Grand Hotel Emona with the convention centre, in the Hotel Histrion with the Laguna Bernardin water park, or in the Hotel Vile Park. The hotel complex offers a total of 767 rooms.

Grand Hotel Emona *****
Superior room	1/1	90
	1/2	65
Standard room	1/1	77
	1/2	55
Hotel Histrion ****
	1/1	68
	1/2	51
	Seaside view	+ 4
	Air Condition	+10/room
Hotel Vile Park /*
Superior room	1/1	56
	1/2	40
Standard room	1/1	42
	1/2	26

These prices stay the same one week before and after the congress for the congress participants only.

Tourist tax and VAT included.
Children up to 12 years old with two adults in room 30% discount.
Children up to 3 years old free (5 EUR for childbed).

All rooms in Grand Hotel Emona have seaside view, balcony, air-condition, TV SAT, telephone and mini-bar. Majority of rooms in Grand Hotel Emona are renovated. These rooms are called "Superior rooms". A limited number of not yet renovated rooms are marked as "Standard rooms".

All rooms in Hotel Histrion are renovated and have balcony, TV SAT, telephone and mini-bar. Half of them have seaside view, the other half marina view. One floor renovated this year is equipped with air-condition.

Majority of rooms in Hotel Vile Park are renovated and have TV SAT and telephone. These rooms are called "Superior rooms". A very limited number of not yet renovated rooms are marked as "Standard rooms".

Prices include breakfast, dinner, excursion, banquet, free access to water park and all hotel facilities as well as all regular congress activities (attendance at the PCCC sessions, competing in solving and composing tournaments, final bulletin, etc). All payments should be made at the hotel receptions in cash or by any of mayor credit cards. Organisers office will operate in Grand Hotel Emona where all materials will be distributed to participants.

During the week all usual activities will be organised (open solving tournament, quick composing tourney, solving show, mini-lectures, etc).

Marko Klasinc, Nusdorferjeva 5, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
e-mail: marko.klasinc@guest.arnes.si
tel. +386 1 524 5675

Please indicate the date of arrival / departure, hotel and type of your room. After July 1^st we cannot guarantee that all types of rooms are still available.

The organising committee will do our best to offer you a nice and enjoyable week in one of the best congress and tourist resorts in Slovenia. At the same time we wish you the best possible results in any of chess problem competitions.

We are looking forward to seeing you in Portoroz. On behalf of the organising committee,
Marko Klasinc Ljubljana, March 18^th, 2002