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F - Team Tournament

F - Open Championship of the Czech Republic of 4-member team tournament with rating for FIDE, Ing. Svatoslav Zahorovsky´s memorial tournament

16.-19.7. 2009

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

System of tournament: Swiss system of 7 rounds, 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. total of points gained on individual chessboards (so called olympic system)
2. Buchholz
3. middle Buchholz
4. Sonnenborn-Berger
5. lot
prizes are distributed according to Hort system (among 5 top teams)

Rating of tournament: 2 x 1,5 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. 8.000
3. 6.000
4. 4.000
5. 2.000

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

starting fee for team 48
team whose list of players has more than one half of players with ELO FIDE 40
team whose list of players has only players with ELO FIDE 32
team whose list of players has only players with GM, IM, WGM and WIM titles or with ELO FIDE >= 2400      0

Late registrations: Those teams whose application will be registered after 15.6. 2009 will pay additional charge of 8 EUR.

Time schedule of the Tournament:

Thursday 16.7. 09.00 - 15.30 - registration
Thursday 16.7. 17.00 - 1. round
Friday   17.7. 10.00 - 2. round
Friday   17.7. 17.00 - 3. round
Saturday 18.7. 10.00 - 4. round
Saturday 18.7. 17.00 - 5. round
Sunday   19.7. 08.00 - 6. round
Sunday   19.7. 14.00 - 7. round
Sunday   19.7. 19.00 - presentation of results
Place: Registration, solemn presentation of results and all games will take place at the CEZ Arena