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O - OPEN PAIRS TOURNAMENT IN ACTIVE CHESS

O – Open pairs tournament in active chess

14.7. 2008

Right of participation: pairs without age and performance limitations

System of tournament: Swiss system of 7 rounds, before the tournament each pair will assign players for 1st and 2nd chessboard

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 6 top pairs)

Rating of the tournament: 15 minutes for a game and a player

Tournament prize fund (financial prizes in CZK, payment in EUR or USD possible): altogether 6.000 CZK
1. 2.000
2. 1.500
3. 1.000
4. 700
5. 500
6. 300

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

a pair of players without GM,IM,WGM or WIM title 8,5
a pair of players out of which one has the title GM,IM,WGM or WIM       4,-
a pair of players out of which both have the title GM,IM,WGM or WIM       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

Late registrations: Those players whose application will be registered after 15.6. 2008 will pay additional charge of 2,- EUR.

Time schedule of the Tournament:

Monday 14.7. 08.00 - 09.30 - registration
Monday 14.7. 10.00 - 14.30 - 1.-7. round
Monday 14.7. 14.30 - 14.45 - presentation of results

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