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Abstract games festival

CZECH OPEN 2012 - 2nd Abstract games festival

12th-13th and 20th-28th July 2012

Organizers: Hana Kotinova and IGM David Kotin in cooperation with AVE-KONTAKT s.r.o. 

Rules of individual games and other information: http://www.mankala.cz/, http://www.czechopen.net

Program:

A) Free playing, Problem solving cometition, small tournaments 

The most part of the festival will be in the form of „free playing“. This means, that you came, learn the game and play just for fun. Dozens of games will be ready and some problems to solve for fun as well as for a small prize in our Problem solving cometition.  You can find out, what everything is possible to play on chessboard and other boards and maybe you will find something, what will help you on your way to chess GM title.
Organizers will explain the rules of the games to you, or you can learn yourself from our rulebooks, available in few languages.  The many games available are all easy to learn and are referred to as abstract strategic games meaning that all these games consist of 100 percent strategy and tactics and all are perfect information. But we have some very difficult games as well and if you do not leave the teaching session of rules and basic strategy before the end, we give you small prize.

We will run one or more small tournaments every day, using some time of special system, which allows you to join the tournament based on your free time. The players with number of points above given level will get small prize.

Fee: tournaments: Adults 50,- Juniors 25,-, free playing: voluntary

B) OCTI WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

- players without age and performance limitations
- 7 rounds Swiss, 2x 20 min
- starting fee 3,5 EUR
- material prizes

Time schedule:

Tournament A

Friday 13.7. 13.00 – 14.00 Registration
  14.00 – 19.00 1st – 7th round
  19.00 – 19.30 Prize giving ceremony

Tournament B and C

Saturday 21.7. and 28.7. 9.00 – 9.30 Registration
  9.30 – 14.30 1st – 7st round
  14.30 – 15.00 Prize giving ceremony


C) OWARE OPEN

- players without age and performance limitations
- 7 rounds Swiss, 2x 20 min
- starting fee 3,5 EUR
- material prizes

Time schedule:

Friday 20.7. 13.00 – 14.00 Registration
  14.00 – 19.00 1st – 7st round
  19.00 – 19.30 Prize giving ceremony

D) QUINCALA 

- prezentation, open tournament
- Friday 20.7. (all day)
- www.quincala.eu

E) FRISIAN DRAUGHTS

- prezentation, open tournaments
- details and time schedule available at http://www.mankala.cz/

Place of registration, accommodation, secretariat and playing halls:
CEZ Arena, Sukova trida 1775, Pardubice, connection from the railway station by trolleybus No. 3 and by bus No. 10, 16 and 17 (4th stop)