A - Grand Master Open |
A - open grand master tournament with rating for FIDE, part of ACP world series
19th July - 28th July 2013
Right of participation: players with ELO FIDE 2200 min.
System of tournament: Swiss system of 9 rounds
Criteria used for ranking:
1. number of points
2. average ELO of rivals
3. median Buchholz
4. Buchholz
5. number of wins
prizes are distributed according to Hort system (among such number of players corresponding to number of advertised prizes)
Rate of game: 2x 1,5 h/40 + 30 min + 30 s / move
Waiting time in case of late coming is 1 h
Tournament prize fund (financial prizes in CZK, payment in EUR possible, from prizes in excess of 10.000 15% tax will be deducted): 270.000 CZK altogether
| 1. | 75.000 |
| 2. | 50.000 |
| 3. | 30.000 |
| 4. | 20.000 |
| 5. | 10.000 |
| 6. | 8.000 |
| 7. | 7.000 |
| 8. | 6.000 |
| 9. | 5.000 |
| 10. | 4.000 |
| 11. | 3.000 |
| 12. | 2.500 |
| 13.-15. | 2.000 |
| 16.-18. | 1.500 |
| 19.-20. | 1.000 |
Special financial prizes:
3 best women players will be granted 3.000, 2.000, 1.000
3 best seniors (born in 1953 and older) 3.000, 2.000, 1.000
3 best young players (born in 1995 and younger) 3.000, 2.000, 1.000
5 best players from the Czech Republic 5.000, 4.000, 3.000, 2.000, 1.000
the best woman player from the Czech Republic 2.000
the best young player (born in 1995 and younger) from the Czech Republic 2.000
Fusion of special and other prizes is admissible
Notice: prizes are awarded only during solemn presentation of results
Starting fee is given in EUR (payments in CZK and USD possible):
| ELO FIDE 2200 - 2299 | 87,5 |
| ELO FIDE 2300 - 2399 | 75,0 |
| ELO FIDE >= 2400 | 62,5 |
| IM, WIM, WGM | 0,0 |
| IM with ELO FIDE >= 2450, GM | conditions upon agreement |
Discounts: young players up to 18 years of age, seniors over 65 years of age and women players have 25 % discount, these discounts do not refer to additional charge for late registration and are not added up
Fees for rating of the tournament results for ELO charged according to the economic directive of the Chess Federation of the Czech Republic (2,5 EUR for a player) are not included in the starting fee and will be paid by participants during the registration. The organizer pays these fees for players with GM, IM, WGM and WIM titles.
Exceptions: The organizer reserves the right to set a player whose ELO does not meet requirements of that tournament on his own request. The starting fee will be in this case 175,0 EUR.
Late registrations: Those players whose application will be registered after 15th June 2013 will pay additional charge of 12,5 EUR.
Time schedule of the Tournament:
| Thursday | 18th July | 10.00 - 22.00 | registration |
| Friday | 19th July | 08.00 - 12.00 | registration |
| Friday | 19th July | 15.00 | 1st round |
| Saturday | 20th July | 15.00 | 2nd round |
| Sunday | 21st July | 15.00 | 3rd round |
| Monday | 22nd July | 15.00 | 4th round |
| Tuesday | 23rd July | 15.00 | 5th round |
| Wednesday | 24th July | 15.00 | 6th round |
| Thursday | 25th July | 15.00 | 7th round |
| Friday | 26th July | 15.00 | 8th round |
| Saturday | 27th July | 15.00 | 9th round |
| Sunday | 28th July | 10.00 - 11.30 | solemn presentation of results |
Place: Registration, solemn presentation of results and all games will take place at the CEZ Arena
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