G1 - Rapid Chess 1

G1 - Open Championship of the Czech Republic in rapid chess with rating for rapid ELO FIDE and ACP TOUR

17th – 18th July 2013

Right of participation: players without age and performance limitations

System of tournament: Swiss system of 9 rounds

Criteria used for ranking:
1. number of points
2. median Buchholz
3. Buchholz
4. 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 15 min + 10 s / move

Tournament prize fund (financial prizes in CZK, payment in EUR possible): 42.000 CZK altogether

1. 10.000
2. 8.000
3. 6.000
4. 4.000
5. 3.000
6. 2.000
7. 1.500
8.-9. 1.000
10. 500

Special financial prizes:
5 best players from the Czech Republic will obtain 5x 1 000 CZK

Starting fee is given in EUR (payments in CZK and USD possible):

ELO FIDE < 2200 or ELO national 14,5
ELO FIDE >= 2200 10,5
GM,IM,WGM and WIM 0,0

Discounts: young players up to 18 years of age, seniors over 65 years of age and women 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 rapid ELO charged according to the economic directive of the Chess Federation of the Czech Republic (1,5 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.

Late registrations: Those players whose application will be registered after 15th June 2013 will pay additional charge of 2,0 EUR.

Time schedule of the Tournament:

Wednesday 17th July 09.00 - 16.00 registration
Wednesday 17th July 18.00 - 21.30 1st-3rd round
Thursday 18th July 09.00 - 12.30 4th-6th round
Thursday 18th July 13.30 - 17.00 7th-9th round
Thursday 18th July 17.30 - 17.45 presentation of results

Place: Registration, presentation of results and all games will take place at the CEZ Arena