Summer Prague Open 2020
7th International Chess Festival
part of CZECH TOUR 2020 / 2021 Series
8th – 15th August 2020 Praha, the Czech Republic
Place | the Olympik hotel ****, Sokolovska 138, Praha 8 |
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Organizer | AVE-KONTAKT s.r.o. |
Festival director | Michal Horacek |
Main arbiter | IA Rastislav Diviak (SVK) |
Announced tournaments
A) 8th – 15th August 2020: 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, 2 000, 1 000, 1 000, best woman 1 000, best senior 60+ 1 000, best youngster U16 1 000 (50 000 CZK altogether, from prizes in excess of 10 000 15% tax will be deducted)
- material prizes for other players
- starting fee in EUR
players accommodated through the organizer | others | |
GM, IM, WGM and WIM | 0 | 0 |
ELO FIDE >= 2200 | 32 | 52 |
ELO FIDE >= 2000 | 40 | 60 |
ELO FIDE >= 1800 | 52 | 72 |
ELO FIDE >= 1500 | 60 | 80 |
ELO FIDE < 1 500 and without ELO FIDE | 80 | 100 |
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 26th July 2020 pay extra 8 EUR
B) 8th – 15th August 2020: SUMMER PRAGUE OPEN B
- open rating tournament with rating for FIDE and DWZ
- players with ELO FIDE < 2000 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, 1 000, 500, 500, best woman 500, best senior 60+ 500, best youngster U12 500, best player with ELO FIDE 1650-1799, 1500-1649, 1300-1499, and < 1300 500 (10 000 altogether)
- material prizes for other players
- starting fee in EUR
players accommodated through the organizer | others | |
ELO FIDE 1500 - 1999 | 32 | 52 |
ELO FIDE < 1 500 and without ELO FIDE | 40 | 60 |
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 26th July 2020 pay extra 8 EUR
C) 11th August 2020: 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
- 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 in advance and it is possible to register for it only on the day of launching of the tournament
youngsters up to 18 years of age, players over 65 and women | 5 |
other players | 6,5 |
D) 13th August 2020: 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 3,5 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 in advance 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. 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 Congress hotel ****
(the playing hall is situated here)- double rooms, type „standard room“, four-star hotel facilities, price including breakfast and WiFi connection 50 EUR/room and night, if only 1 person occupies the room, 42 EUR/room and night is charged
- triple rooms, type „standard room“, four-star hotel facilities, price including breakfast and WiFi connection 68 EUR/room and night
- 1 600 CZK – worth of the voucher from the capital city of Prague for selected theaters, museums, monuments, etc. for accommodated players and accompanying persons
Parking place
- The parking place is situated directly next to the Olympik hotel, the price for participants of our festival is 6 EUR / day.
Time schedule
Friday | 7th August | 18:00 - 20:00 | Registration A, B |
Saturday | 8th August | 10:00 - 14:00 | Registration A, B |
16:00 | 1st round A, B | ||
Sunday | 9th August | 9:00 | 2nd round A, B |
16:00 | 3rd round A, B | ||
Monday | 10th August | 16:00 | 4th round A, B |
Tuesday | 11th August | 8:30 - 9:15 | Registration C |
9:30 - 13:30 | Tournament C | ||
16:00 | 5th round A, B | ||
Wednesday | 12th August | 16:00 | 6th round A, B |
Thursday | 13th August | 9:15 - 9:45 | Registration D |
10:00 - 13:00 | Tournament D | ||
16:00 | 7th round A, B | ||
Friday | 14th August | 16:00 | 8th round A, B |
Saturday | 15th August | 9:00 | 9th round A, B |
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 25:1 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.
Interesting things:
http://www.facebook.com/czechtouren
Contact to the organizer
AVE-KONTAKT s.r.o., Strossova 239, 530 03 Pardubice, Czech Republictel. + 420 - 466 535 200
mobile phone + 420 - 608 203 007
e-mail: ave-kontakt@outlook.cz or j.mazuch@avekont.cz
Complete your obligatory applications together with accommodation orders by 26th July 2020 on
http://www.czechtour.net/applications/ or by e-mail
By participating in the tournament, the player gives the organizer the right to take photos and videos with his person and to use them.
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.