1. Aims and tasks: Popularization of the sport of chess, raising of sports mastership and qualification of the participants, a tribute to one of the strongest young chess players of Leningrad region - Vanya Somov.
2. Participants: The strongest young chess players, invited according to the special list, confirmed by the Organizing Committee, take part in the tournament.
3. Time and venue: The tournament is staged in Kirishi, Leningrad reion, at the Palace of Culture from 11.05.2012 (arrival) till 24.05.2012 (departure).
4. Governing body: The Organizing Committee is responsible for the overall management of the tournament. The Directorate and the Panel of Arbiters are in charge of direct management.
5. System of the tournament: The tournament is a 12-player, single round-robin event, according to the acting rules of FIDE. Time control is 1 hour and 30 minutes (plus 30 seconds for each move made) until the end of the game for each player using the electronic chess clock. At the tournament there is a normы for fulfillment of International Master grade.
6. Placing: The placing is defined according to the biggest sum of points, accumulated within 11 rounds. If the sum of points is equal the placing is defined as follows: