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R - 4-member team blitz tournament

R - Open 4-member team blitz tournament

29th July 2011

Right of participation: 4-member teams with max. of 2 substitutes composed of players without age and performance limitations

System of tournament: round robin system with 20 and less teams, 2 qualifying groups + finals with more than 20 teams; teams are set according to average ELO of the first 4 players presented on the list, the team bears the name of the chess club which has more than half players as members or federation whose members are all players, on the list may be max. 6 players who have been arranged according to their approximate efficiency, if a substitute starts, individual chessboards are shifted. It is not permitted to change or complete the list during the contest.

Criteria used for ranking:
 1. number of the match points (win = 2 points, draw 1 point, defeat 0 points)
2. number of game points (score)
3. sum of the board points of all team's opponents
4. sum of the board points of all opponents defeated plus one half of the board points of all the opponents with which a tied result was achieved
5. sum of the board points of all the team's opponents, excluding the opponent who scored the highest number of board points and the opponent who scored the lowest number of board points

By the unpaired lot a team will obtain 2 match points and 50% of points to the score. If an opponent does not come out, a team will obtain 2 match points and 100% of points to the score.

Prizes for teams, which have the same number of match and game points, are distributed according to Hort system (among 3 top teams)

Rating of the tournament: 5 minutes for a game and a player

Tournament prize fund (financial prizes in CZK, payment in EUR or USD possible): 3.000 CZK altogether

1. 1.500
2. 1.000
3. 500

Starting fee 9,0 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 of the Tournament:

Friday 29th July 08.30 - 09.00 registration
Friday 29th July 09.30 - 13.00 tournament
Friday 29th July 13.30 - 13.45 presentation of results

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