Regulations
PDF format)I – Open blitz KO tournament
28 July 2025
Right of participation: players without age and performance limitations
System of tournament:
1. Swiss system of 11 rounds rating for blitz ELO FIDE as the qualification, 8 best players will get on, rate of game: 2x 3 min + 2 s / move, criteria: 1. number of points, 2. Buchholz Cut 1, 3. Buchholz, 4. Sonnenborn-Berger, 5. the greater number of games played with black
2. KO system which 8 players will take part, who will be set according to qualification position, two games 2x 3 min + 2 s / move (changes of colours), in case of draw 3rd game will be played (colours will be assigned by drawing lots) with the black time 4 min for a game, the white time 5 min for a game, in case of draw third game the black is winner
a) quarterfinal (4 pairs)
b) semifinal
c) final and match 3rd –4th
Starting fee 7 EUR
Fees for rating of the tournament results for blitz ELO charged according to the economic directive of the Chess Federation of the Czech Republic (0.5 EUR for a player) are included in the starting fee.
Tournament prize fund (financial prizes in CZK, payment in EUR possible): 5 000 CZK altogether
| 1. | 2 000,- |
| 2. | 1 500,- |
| 3. | 1 000,- |
| 4. | 500,- |
Time schedule of the Tournament:
| Monday | 28 July | 8.00 - 8.30 | registration |
| 9.00 - 13.30 | individual rounds | ||
| 14.00 - 14.15 | presentation of results |
Applications for this tournament are not registered and it is possible to register for it only on the day of launching of the tournament.
All foreign players must have an assigned FIDE identification number (abbreviation FIDE ID or FID) at the time of the tournament. If they do not have it, they have to apply their national chess federation for it.
Place: Registration, solemn presentation of results and all games will take place at the IDEON congress centre