Regulations

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Q – Open blitz tournament series with rating for blitz ELO FIDE

 

29–31 July 2025

 

Right of participation: players without age and performance limitations

System of tournament: 3 separate tournaments, Swiss system of 11 rounds

Rate of game: 2x 3 min + 2 s / move

Starting fee for each tournament: 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 and a tournament) are included in the starting fee.

Tournament prize fund (financial prizes in CZK, payment in EUR possible): 3 000 CZK altogether

1. 1 500,-
2. 1 000,-
3. 500,-

 

Criteria used for ranking:
1. number of points
2. Buchholz Cut 1
3. Buchholz
4. Sonnenborn-Berger
5. the greater number of games played with black

Time schedule of the tournament:

29 -31 July 9.00 - 9.45 registration
  10.00 - 13.00 1st -11th round
  13.30 - 13.45 presentation of results

 

Applications for these tournaments are not registered and it is possible to register for them 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 submission of the application form. 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