Backgammon

CZECH OPEN 2013 - 10th International BackgammonTournament

12th-14th July 2013

Organizer: AVE-KONTAKT s.r.o.

Tournament director: Jan Stastna

12th-13th July - Individual tournament
- players without age and performance limitations
- basic part: 7 rounds by Swiss system, matches with doubling cube to 9 points
- best four players continue to semi-finals (11 points) and final (13 points) and 3rd place game (9 points)
- financial prizes 2000, 1500, 1000 and 500 CZK 
- starting fee 8,5 EUR
- discounts on starting fee for players registered by 15th June 2013 at the following amount of:
  youngsters up to 18 years of age and players over 65 years 50%
  other players 25%
- time schedule:

Friday 12th July 15.30 - 17.00 registration
    17.30 - 20.30 1st-3rd rounds
Saturday 13th July 09.00 - 14.00 4th-7th rounds
    14.00 - 15.30 semi-finals
    15.30 - 17.00 final, 3rd place game
    17.30 results announcement

(Time schedule is approximate, playing system could be modified according to the number of participants)

14th July - Doubles Consulting
- teams of 2 players composed of players without age and performance limitations
- K.O system, winning team continues to next round
- matches with doubling cube to 7 points
- two teams play on one board, for each team one player rolls and plays, second one advises him
- the team can consult the play arbitrarily, all actions on board are made by the playing player
- the players can switch the positions of the playing and advising player during the match
- switching is possible only between games, each whole game is played by the same player
- financial prizes: 1st place: 70%, 2nd place: 30% of the prize pool, prizes in CZK
- starting fee 20 EUR for a team
- applications for this tournament are not registered and it is possible to register for it only on the day of launching of the tournament
- time schedule:

Sunday 14th July 08.30 - 09.30 registration
    10.00 - 16.00 tournament
    16.30 results announcement

(Time schedule is approximate, playing system could be modified according to the number of participants)

Place of registration, accommodation, secretariat and playing halls:
CEZ Arena, Sukova trida 1735, Pardubice, connection from the railway station by trolleybus No. 3 and by bus No. 10, 16 and 17 (4th stop)