Ave-Kontakt Open European Championship of Amateurs European Youth Chess Teams Championship

Czech Open 2010

Back to home page
Home Festival Tournaments C - Rating Open

C - Rating Open

C - Open rating tournament with rating for FIDE

24th July - 1st August 2010

Right of participation:
- players with ELO FIDE < 2200
- players without ELO FIDE or with ELO national >= 1800

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 12 top players)

Rating of tournament: 2x 2 h + 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): 30.000 CZK altogether

1. 10.000
2. 6.000
3. 4.000
4. 3.000
5. 2.000
6. 1.200
7. 1.000
8. 700
9. 600
10. 500
11. 500
12. 500

Special material prizes:
3 best women players, 3 best seniors (born in 1950 and older) and 3 best young players (born in 1994 and younger)

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):

without ELO FIDE, but with ELO national >= 1800 58,5
ELO FIDE < 1800 50,0
ELO FIDE 1800 - 1999 42,0
ELO FIDE 2000 - 2199 33,5

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 117,0 EUR.

Late registrations: Those players whose application will be registered after 15th June 2010 will pay additional charge of 8,5 EUR.

Time schedule of the Tournament:

Thursday 22nd July 10.00 - 22.00 registration (CEZ Arena)
Friday 23rd July 08.00 - 22.00 registration (CEZ Arena)
Saturday 24th July 08.00 - 12.00 registration (CEZ Arena)
Saturday 24th July 15.00 1st round (KD Hrononovicka)
Sunday 25th July 15.00 2nd round (KD Hrononovicka)
Monday 26th July 08.00 3rd round (KD Hrononovicka)
Monday 26th July 16.00 4th round (KD Hrononovicka)
Tuesday 27th July 15.00 5th round (KD Hrononovicka)
Wednesday 28th July 15.00 6th round (KD Hrononovicka)
Thursday 29th July 15.00 7th round (KD Hrononovicka)
Friday 30th July 15.00 8th round (KD Hrononovicka)
Saturday 31st July 15.00 9th round (KD Hrononovicka)
Sunday 1st August 10.00 - 11.30 solemn presentation of results (CEZ Arena)

Place: Registration and solemn presentation of results will take place at the CEZ Arena and all games will be played at the KD Hronovicka community centre