| 1. International Chess Festival CZECH OPEN 2003: | |
| 10.-27.7. 2003 14th year - Pardubice (Exhibition and social centre IDEON) | |
| 14 open tournaments: A) grand master tournament (possibility to fulfil GM and IM norms, with rating for FIDE) - 9 rounds, B) rating tournament (with rating for FIDE) - 9 rounds, C) performance tournament - 9 rounds, D) amateur tournament - 9 rounds, E) 4-member team tournament (with rating for FIDE), F) 4-member team tournament of youngsters up to 16 years of age, G) active chess tournament, H) blitz marathon, I) blitz chess tournament, J) rating tournament (with rating for FIDE) - 7 rounds, K) problem solving competition, L) bughouse, M) Fischerandom chess and N) super blitz tournament | |
| 2. International Rating Chess Tournaments: | |
| features common for all tournaments: | |
| - locality and playing time have been selected so that participants could plan also a rich non-chess programme with an opportunity to conceive the tournament as family holiday | |
| - open tournaments with rating for FIDE | |
| - 9 rounds by Swiss system, 1 double round, speed 2 x 1,5h + 30s/move | |
| - possibility of participation without age and performance limitation | |
| - possibility of accommodating accompanying persons at total price reduced by 25 EUR compared with that of players | |
| - players without accommodation pay starting fee 35 EUR | |
| - accommodated IM and WIM have 20% discount on total price, non-accommodated do not pay starting fee | |
| - discount of 10 EUR for FM, WFM and players with ELO over 2300 | |
| - discount of 5 EUR for youngsters up to 18 years of age, for players over 65 years of age and women | |
| - discount of 10 % on total price at the common registration of 10 players and more | |
| - prize fund of each tournament 20.000 - 30.000 CZK, material prizes for best seniors | |
| - prize fund of the whole series 25.000 CZK (7000, 5000, 3000, 2000, 1000, 1000, 500, 500), best seniors over 60 years of age - 2000, 1000, 1000, 500, 500) it is possible to draw prizes only in the form of bonus at the next year of series, criteria used for ranking: the highest total of points gained in individual tournaments (from the festival CZECH OPEN the highest point result gained in tournaments A,B,C,D or J is counted, best places in one of included tournaments, lot | |
| - 5% discount on accommodation price and starting fee in 2nd start in the tournament held within the frame of this year, or 10% in 3rd start, 15% in 4th start, 20% in 5th start and 25% in 6th start, on the understanding that participation at the festival CZECH OPEN 2003 is counted as 1 start as long as the player took place in it at least in one of tournaments A,B,C,D or J | |
| 31.7.-7.8. 2003 6th OPEN OLOMOUC (the Sigma Hotel) | |
| - Olomouc is a regional city with more than 100.000 inhabitants with rich possibilities of social and sports self-realization. In the town and its surroundings there is a wide range of tourist attractions: historical centre, Svaty Kopecek Hill, open-air museum, caves, ZOO, castles and chateaux etc. | |
| - tournament is linking up well with Pardubice CZECH OPEN and it is possible to book accommodation in the period between the tournaments | |
| - at the same time also closed tournaments will be played with possibility to fulfil IM norm and open international tournament of youngsters in the category up to 14 years of age and international tournament of seniors from 60 years of age onwards | |
| - basic price of 145 EUR includes accommodation in the newly rebuilt rooms of the Sigma *** hotel, where the playing hall is situated (1 bed and breakfast in a 2-bed room with bathroom and WC/7nights) and starting fee, additional charge for 1-bed room 42 EUR/7 nights | |
| - the lowest price of 60 EUR when accommodated at a hostel* garni (Internat SOU stavebni) in a 2-bed room, bathroom and WC on the same floor, without breakfast, at a distance of 2 km from the playing hall | |
| 20.-27.9. 2003 3rd OPEN ZNOJMO (the Dukla hotel) | |
| - Znojmo is a district town with nearly 40.000 inhabitants, its historical centre is a place of town conservation of historical monuments, situated in the wine-growing region near the national park of Podyji, there are wide opportunities of hiking and cycling, in close neighbourhood there is a lot of castles and chateaux | |
| - basic price of 120 EUR includes accommodation at the Dukla*** hotel, where the playing hall is situated, (1 bed and breakfast in a 2-bed room with accessories/7 nights) and starting fee, additional charge for 1-bed room 25 EUR/7nights | |
| - the lowest price 75 EUR when accommodated at the Dukla hotel in a 2-bed room with accessories on the same floor, without breakfast | |
| 25.10.-1.11. 2003 4th OPEN LIBEREC (the Liberec hotel, formerly Open Czech Mountains) | |
| - Liberec is a regional city with nearly 100.000 inhabitants situated at the foot of the Jizerske mountains, there are a lot of historical sights, botanical gardens, ZOO and a modern entertaining centre Babylon with roofed aquapark, cableway to Jested (1 012m) within the reach of public transport | |
| - basic price of 135 EUR includes accommodation at the Liberec hotel ***, where the playing hall is situated, (1 bed in a 2-bed room with accessories/7 nights, inclusive breakfast) and starting fee, additional charge for 1-bed room 25 EUR/7nights | |
| - the lowest price 60 EUR when accommodated at the hostel "Kosicka" in 2-3 bed room with accessories common for 2-4 rooms without breakfast (500m from the playing hall) | |
| 16.-23.1. 2004 3rd OPEN PRAHA (the Tourist hotel) | |
| - Prague as the capital of the Czech Republic with more than 1.000.000 inhabitants offers a vast range of social and cultural self-realization, the hotel is situated in Prague 5 - Jinonice, the travel to the city centre by local transport takes at the most 30 min., parking in the parking lot is free of charge, in the parking garage 100 CZK/a night, near the hotel there is a roofed swimming pool and billiards centre | |
| - possibility to fulfil IM norms | |
| - basic price of 145 EUR includes accommodation at the Tourist hotel **, where the playing hall is situated, (1 bed and breakfast in 2-bed room with accessories common for 2 rooms/7nights) and starting fee, additional charge for 1-bed room 50 EUR/nights | |
| 24.-31.1. 2004 3rd OPEN MARIANSKE LAZNE (the Evropa hotel) | |
| - Marianske Lazne town belongs to the most beautiful and largest health resorts in the Czech Republic, offering rich social and sports self-realization, near the town there is a ski area with two ski tows and 30 km running routs, transport from the town by cableway, participants can use their free time for the spa therapy, for example ailments of the respiratory system, movement mechanism, nerves, kidneys and urinary tract and urologic problems and female disorders are treated here | |
| - tournament is linking up well with OPEN PRAHA | |
| - at the same time closed tournament with possibility to fulfil IM norms is also played | |
| - basic price 165 EUR includes accommodation at the Evropa** hotel (in the centre of the town), | |
| where the playing hall is situated, (1 bed in a 2-bed room with accessories/7 nights, breakfast) and starting fee, additional charge for 1-bed room 25 EUR/7nights | |
| - the lowest price 70 EUR when accommodated at the Kossuth hotel in a 2-bed room, bathroom and WC on the same floor, without breakfast (500m from the playing hall) | |
| More detailed regulations of individual tournaments and some other information can be found at the organizers address: | |
| AVE-KONTAKT s.r.o., Sukova 1556, 530 02 Pardubice, Czech Republic, | |
| tel./fax + 420 - 466 535 200, | |
| e-mail: j.mazuch@avekont.cz , http://www.proclient.cz/czechtour | |
| http://szachowavistula.pl/vistula/ | |
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