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M - Fischerandom Chess

M – Open Championship of the Czech Republic of Fischerandom chess, Vladimir Novak´s memorial tournament

20th July 2010

Right of participation: players without age and performance limitations

Playing rules: The arbiter draws position of pieces before the start of each game and the position is for the given round the same for all players. Detailed rules and system of pieces shuffle can be found at following pages.

System of tournament: Swiss system of 7 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 4 top players)

Rating of tournament: 30 minutes for a game and a player

Tournament prize fund (financial prizes in CZK, payment in EUR or USD possible): 5.000 CZK altogether

1. 2.000
2. 1.500
3. 1.000
4. 500

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

players without GM,IM,WGM and WIM title 6,5
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 are not added up

Late registrations: Those players whose application will be registered after 15th June 2010 will pay additional charge of 2 EUR.

Time schedule of the Tournament:

Tuesday 20th July 08.00 - 09.00 registration
Tuesday 20th July 09.30 - 11.45 1st-2nd round
Tuesday 20th July 12.30 - 18.30 3rd-7th round
Tuesday 20th July 19.00 - 19.15 presentation of results

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