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Summer Prague Open 2018

5^th International Chess Festival

part of CZECH TOUR 2017/2018 Series

3^rd – 10^th August 2018 Praha, Czech Republic

Place	the Olympik hotel ****, Sokolovska 138, Praha 8
Organizer	AVE-KONTAKT s.r.o.
Festival director	Petr Lausman
Main arbiter	IA Rastislav Diviak (SVK)

Announced tournaments

A) 3^rd – 10^th August 2018: SUMMER PRAGUE OPEN A

open master tournament with IM norm, rating for FIDE and DWZ
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 organizer	others
GM, IM, WGM and WIM	0	0
ELO FIDE >= 2300	21	33,5
ELO FIDE >= 2200	29	41,5
ELO FIDE >= 2100	41,5	54
ELO FIDE >= 1800	54	66,5
ELO FIDE >= 1500	62,5	75
ELO FIDE < 1 500 and without ELO FIDE	83,5	96

discounts on starting fee:

25 % for FM, youth players up to 18 years of age, players over 65 years of age and women

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 30th June 2018 pay extra 8,5 EUR

B) 3^rd – 10^th August 2018: SUMMER PRAGUE OPEN B

open rating tournament with rating for FIDE and DWZ
players with ELO FIDE < 2100 and players without ELO FIDE
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, best woman 500, best senior over 60 years of age 500, best player up to 12 years of age 500, prizes for the best players with ELO FIDE 1700-1849, 1550-1699, 1400-1549, smaller than 1400 and for the best players without ELO FIDE – in each of these categories 500 (10 000 altogether)
material prizes for other players
starting fee in EUR

	players accommodated through the organizer	others
ELO FIDE 1500 - 2099	29	41,5
ELO FIDE < 1 500 and without ELO FIDE	37,5	50

discounts on starting fee:

25 % for FM, youth players up to 18 years of age, players over 65 years of age and women

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 30th June 2018 pay extra 8,5 EUR

C) 4^th August 2018: open tournament in rapid chess

participation of players without age and performance limitations
rating for rapid ELO FIDE
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 WIM	0
youngsters up to 18 years of age, players over 65 and women	3
other players	4

fees for rating of the tournament results for ELO in the amount of 0,5 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.
applications for this tournament are not registered and it is possible to register for it only on the day of launching of the tournament

D) 8^th August 2018: open blitz tournament

participation of players without age and performance limitations
rating for blitz ELO FIDE
Swiss system of 11 rounds, 2 x 3 min. + 2s/move
financial prizes according to the number of participants *
starting fee 2 EUR
fees for rating of the tournament results for ELO in the amount of 0,5 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.
applications for this tournament are not registered and it is possible to register for it only on the day of launching of the tournament

* Payment in EUR possible

Criteria used for ranking and prizes distribution (tournaments A, B, C and D)

1. number of points, 2. Buchholz Cut 1, 3. Buchholz, 4. Sonnenborg-Bergen, 5. the greater number of games played with black. Prizes in tournaments A and B are distributed according to Hort system among such number of players which corresponds to the number of advertised prizes; prizes in tournaments C and D are not divided

Accommodation

The Olympik hotel ****

(the playing hall is situated here)

double rooms, type „standard room“, four-star hotel facilities, price including breakfast and WiFi connection 71 EUR/room and night, if only 1 person occupies the room, 60,5 EUR/room and night is charged
triple rooms, type „standard room“, four-star hotel facilities, price including breakfast and WiFi connection 91,5 EUR/room and night

Board-meals at the Olympik hotel:

lunches per 10 EUR (warm and cold buffet + water)
dinners per 10 EUR (warm and cold buffet + water)

Parking place

The parking place is situated directly next to the Olympik hotel, the price for participants of our festival is 6,5 EUR / day.

Time schedule

Thursday	2nd August	20.00 – 22.00	registration A, B
Friday	3rd August	10.00 – 14.00	registration A, B
Friday	3rd August	16.00	1st round A, B
Saturday	4th August	08.30 - 09.15	registration C
		09.30 - 13.30	1st-7th round C
		16.00	2nd round A, B
Sunday	5th August	09.00	3rd round A, B
Sunday	5th August	16.00	4th round A, B
Monday	6th August	16.00	5th round A, B
Tuesday	7th August	16.00	6th round A, B
Wednesday	8th August	09.15 – 09.45	registration D
		10.00 - 13.00	tournament D
		16.00	7th round A, B
Thursday	9th August	16.00	8th round A, B
Friday	10th August	09.00	9th round A, B
Friday	10th August	15.30	solemn conclusion

Transport connection

The hotel is situated near the city centre (4 metro stations) at a distance of ca. 100 m from the metro station, line B “Invalidovna”

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.

Festivals arranged by AVE-KONTAKT agency within the frame of CZECH TOUR International Chess Festivals 2018/2019 Series

12. - 29. 7. 2018	29th CZECH OPEN (Pardubice)
3. - 10. 8. 2018	5th PRAGUE SUMMER OPEN
11. - 18. 8. 2018	20th OLOMOUC CHESS SUMMER
6. - 15. 9. 2018	17th SUNNY BEACH OPEN (Bulgaria)
22. - 29. 9. 2018	12th HIGHLANDS OPEN (Trebic)
30. 9. - 7. 10. 2018	9th HRADEC KRALOVE OPEN
10. - 17. 11. 2018	8th BRNO OPEN
18. - 24. 11. 2018	10th PILSNER OPEN
26. 12. 2018 – 1. 1. 2019	1st LITOMYSL OPEN
11. - 18. 1. 2019	18th PRAGUE OPEN
19. - 26. 1. 2019	18th MARIENBAD OPEN
23. 2. - 2. 3. 2019	19th LIBEREC OPEN

Prize fund of the whole CZECH TOUR 2018 / 19 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)

Interesting things:

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Contact to the organizer

AVE-KONTAKT s.r.o., Strossova 239, 530 03 Pardubice, Czech Republic
tel. + 420 - 466 535 200
mobile phone + 420 - 608 203 007
e-mail: j.mazuch@avekont.cz

Complete your obligatory applications together with accommodation orders by 30th June 2018 on http://www.czechtour.net/applications/

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.

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