D - Performance Open |
D - Open European Amateurs Championship with ELO FIDE < 2000 with rating for FIDE
23rd July - 31st July 2011
Right of participation:
- players with ELO FIDE < 2000
- players without ELO FIDE or with ELO national >= 1600
European Amateurs Championship: European champions (man and woman) in category ELO FIDE < 2000 will become the best placed players (man and woman) who are members of chess federation belonging to ECU and whose ELO FIDE is smaller than 2000 (it does not depend on their ELO national, efficiency class or possible international title)
System of tournament: Swiss system of 9 rounds
Criteria used for ranking:
1. number of points
2. median Buchholz
3. Buchholz
5. number of wins
prizes are distributed according to Hort system (among 12 top players)
Rating of tournament: 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 or USD possible): 20.000 CZK altogether
| 1. | 5.000 |
| 2. | 4.000 |
| 3. | 3.000 |
| 4. | 2.000 |
| 5. | 1.500 |
| 6. | 1.000 |
| 7. | 800 |
| 8. | 700 |
| 9. | 600 |
| 10. | 500 |
| 11. | 500 |
| 12. | 400 |
Special material prizes:
3 best women players, 3 best seniors (born in 1951 and older) and 3 best young players (born in 1997 and younger)
the best disabled people - 3 men and 3 women
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):
ECU member federations have the right to nominate 1 player and 1 woman player with corresponding ELO without paying starting fee till 15th June 2011
| ELO national 1600 - 1799 | 54,5 |
| ELO FIDE < 2000 or ELO national >= 1800 | 41,0 |
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
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 109,0 EUR.
Late registrations: Those players whose application will be registered after 15th June 2011 will pay additional charge of 9,0 EUR.
Time schedule of the Tournament:
| Thursday | 21st July | 10.00 - 22.00 | registration |
| Friday | 22nd July | 08.00 - 22.00 | registration |
| Saturday | 23rd July | 08.00 - 12.00 | registration |
| Saturday | 23rd July | 15.00 | 1st round |
| Sunday | 24th July | 15.00 | 2nd round |
| Monday | 25th July | 08.00 | 3rd round |
| Monday | 25th July | 16.00 | 4th round |
| Tuesday | 26th July | 15.00 | 5th round |
| Wednesday | 27th July | 15.00 | 6th round |
| Thursday | 28th July | 15.00 | 7th round |
| Friday | 29th July | 15.00 | 8th round |
| Saturday | 30th July | 15.00 | 9th round |
| Sunday | 31st 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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