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Prague Open 2013

12th International Chess Festival

part of CZECH TOUR 2012/2013 Series

Praha 9th – 16th January 2013, Czech Republic

PlaceTOP HOTEL Praha ****, Blazimska 1781/4, Praha 11
OrganizerAVE-KONTAKT s.r.o.
Festival directorDr. Jan Mazuch
Deputy festival directorPetr Laušman
Main refereeIA Jaroslav Benak

Announced tournaments

A) 9th – 16th January 2013: PRAGUE OPEN A

  • open master tournament with IM norm, rating for FIDE
  • participation of players without age and performance limitations
  • Swiss system of 9 rounds, 2x 1,5 h/40 + 30 min + 30 s/move, waiting time 1 h in case of late arrival
  • financial prizes in CZK*: 15 000, 10 000, 8 000, 6 000, 4 000, 3 000, 2 000, 1 000, 500, 500 (50 000 altogether, from prizes in excess of 10 000 15% tax will be deducted)
  • material prizes for other players, women, seniors over 60 years of age and youngsters up to 16 years of age
  • starting fee in EUR
players accommodated through the organizerother players
GM, IM, WGM and WIM00
ELO FIDE >= 230021,033,5
ELO FIDE >= 220029,542,0
ELO FIDE >= 210042,054,5
ELO FIDE >= 180054,567,0
ELO FIDE < 180062,575,0
without ELO FIDE62,575,0

discounts on starting fee:

  • 25 % for FM, youth players up to 18 years of age, players over 65 years of age and women
  • 10 % at the joint registration of 10 and more players

  • fees for rating of the tournament results for ELO in the amount of 2,5 EUR per player charged according to the economic directive of the Chess Federation of the Czech Republic are not included in the starting fee and will be paid by participants during the registration. The organizer pays these fees for players with GM, IM, WGM and WIM titles
  • players registered after 17th December 2012 pay extra 8,5 EUR

B) 9th – 16th January 2013: PRAGUE OPEN B

  • open rating tournament with rating for FIDE
  • participation of players without age and performance limitations
  • Swiss system of 9 rounds, 2x 1,5 h/40 + 30 min + 30 s/move, waiting time 1 h in case of late arrival
  • financial prizes in CZK*: 2 000, 1 500, 1 000, 700, 500, 300 (6 000 altogether)
  • material prizes for other players, women, seniors over 60 years of age and youngsters up to 16 years of age
  • starting fee in EUR
players accommodated through the organizerother players
players with ELO FIDE29,542,0
without ELO FIDE37,550,5

discounts on starting fee:

  • 25 % for FM, youth players up to 18 years of age, players over 65 years of age and women
  • 10 % at the joint registration of 10 and more players

  • fees for rating of the tournament results for ELO in the amount of 2,5 EUR per player charged according to the economic directive of the Chess Federation of the Czech Republic are not included in the starting fee and will be paid by participants during the registration.
  • players registered after 17th December 2012 pay extra 8,5 EUR

C) 13th January 2013: open tournament in rapid chess

  • participation of players without age and performance limitations
  • Swiss system of 7 rounds, 2 x 10 min + 5s/move.
  • financial prizes in CZK*: 1 500, 1 000, 500
  • material prizes for other players
  • starting fee in EUR
GM, IM, WGM and WIM0,0
youngsters up to 18 years of age, players over 65 and women3,5
other players 4,5

* Payment in EUR possible

Criteria used for ranking and prizes distribution

1. number of points, 2. median Buchholz, 3. Buchholz, 4. number of wins. Prizes are distributed according to Hort system among such number of players which corresponds to the number of advertised prizes

Accommodation

TOP HOTEL Praha ****

(the playing hall is situated here)
  • luxurious double rooms, type „superior room“, four-star + hotel facilities - price including breakfast 112,5 EUR/room and night, if only 1 person occupies the room, 87,5 EUR/room and night is charged
  • luxurious double rooms, type „executive room“, four-star hotel facilities - price including breakfast 100,0 EUR/room and night, if only 1 person occupies the room, 79,5 EUR/room and night is charged
  • double rooms, type „standard room“, three-star hotel facilities - price including breakfast 67,0 EUR/room and night, if only 1 person occupies the room, 50,0 EUR/room and night is charged
  • 3-4-bed rooms, type „tourist room“, one-star hotel facilities - price 14,0 EUR/person and night

Board-meals

  • at the TOP HOTEL Praha, starting with dinner on 9th January and ending with lunch on 16th January
  • lunches (warm and cold buffet) 52,5 EUR/ a week
  • dinners (warm and cold buffet) 52,5 EUR/ a week

Time schedule

Tuesday 8th January 20.00 – 22.00 registration A,B
Wednesday 9th January 10.00 – 14.00 registration A,B
16.00 1st round A,B
Thursday 10th January 16.00 2nd round A,B
Friday 11th January 16.00 3rd round A,B
Saturday 12th January 09.00 4th round A,B
16.00 5th round A,B
Sunday 13th January 08.30 – 09.15 registration C
09.30 – 13.30 1st-7th round C
16.00 6th round A,B
Monday 14th January 16.00 7th round A,B
Tuesday 15th January 10.00 blitz tournament
16.00 8th round A,B
Wednesday 16th January 09.00 9th round A,B
15.30 solemn conclusion

Transport connection

It takes abt. 20 minutes to get the hotel from the city centre by public transport: from the metro station line C “Chodov” take bus No. 115 to the bus stop “Mestsky archiv” which is situated right in front of the hotel.

It takes abt. 10 minutes from the city centre by car: the D1 highway – exit “Sporilov, Chodov” – turn right at the first crossroads – go straight on at the second crossroads, turn left at the third crossroads – turn right after 50 m – the main road leads to the hotel.

Starting fee and accommodation payments

will be collected during the registration in cash in EUR (at the amount given in these regulations), CZK (in the rate 24:1 compared to prices given in these regulations) or USD or by debit and credit cards: Eurocard/Master Card, Maestro, VISA, VISA Electron, JCB or Diners Club.

Obligatory registrations together with accommodation orders should be sent by 17th December 2012 to the following address:

(Registration for the tournament in rapid chess and blitz tournament will be accepted only on the day of the launching of the given tournament.)

AVE-KONTAKT, Sukova 1556, 530 02 Pardubice, Czech Republic
phone/fax + 420 - 466 535 200
mobile phone + 420 - 608 203 007
e-mail: j.mazuch@avekont.cz
http://www.czechtour.net
 

Interesting things:

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Festivals arranged by AVE-KONTAKT agency within the frame of CZECH TOUR International Chess Festivals 2012/2013 Series

12.-19.5. 2012 3rd HRADEC KRALOVE OPEN
12.-29.7. 2012 23rd CZECH OPEN (Pardubice)
1.-9.8. 2012 15th OLOMOUC CHESS SUMMER
1.-9.9. 2012 11th SUNNY BEACH OPEN (Sunny Beach, Bulgaria)
20.-27.10. 2012 13th LIBEREC OPEN
10.-17.11. 2012 3rd BRNO OPEN
18.-24.11. 2012 4th PILSEN OPEN
9.-16.1. 2013 12th PRAGUE OPEN
18.-26.1. 2013 12th MARIENBAD OPEN
9.-16.2. 2013 4th NOVY BOR OPEN
  • Prize fund of the whole CZECH TOUR 2012/13 Series is 25 000 CZK (7 000, 5 000, 4 000, 3 000, 2 000, 1 000, 1 000, 1 000, 500, 500), prizes can be obtained in the form of bonus in the next year of series only, criteria used for ranking: the highest total of points gained in individual tournaments (7 best results from all tournaments for individuals played with rating min. 2 x 1,5h + 30s/move are counted), best place in one of included tournaments, lot
  • Discount on starting fee and accommodation price - 5% discount in 2nd start in the tournament held within the frame of this year CZECH TOUR Series, or 10% in 3rd start, 15% in 4th start etc. (only starts from all tournaments for individuals played with rating min. 2 x 1,5h + 30s/move except for Sunny Beach Open are counted)

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