26nd Schwarzacher Chess OPEN

The Open at Schwarzach is the largest tournament in Salzburg
and one of the most important in Austria.

Place:

Hotel Post – Festsaal

A – 5620 Schwarzach i. Pg., Salzburg, AUSTRIA

Date:

Saturday 18th to Sunday 26th of August 2012

Referees:

Gerhard Herndl and Hans Stummer

both FIDE-licensed referees

Organisation:

Gerhard Herndl, Stummer Hans, Huber Josef in teamwork with the local chess club

Committee of honour:

Mag. David Brenner – member of the district government

Andreas Haitzer, major of Schwarzach

Dir. Dr. Franz Karner, president of the ASKΦ Salzburg

Ernst Winkler, chairman of the tourism company Schwarzach - St. Veit

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  1. place
  2. information, entries
  3. mode
  4. entry fee
  5. entry close
  6. schedule
  7. prize money
  8. recreational activities
  9. rooms
  10. parking places

 

Information, registration:

Gerhard Herndl, Almweg 14, A-5400 Hallein

Tel: 0043/6245/8951-24
Fax: 0043/6245/8951-68

E-Mail: g.herndl@jacoby.at

 

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  6. schedule
  7. prize money
  8. recreational activities
  9. rooms
  10. parking places

Mode:

9 rounds CH - system, according to the FIDE rules

Main tournament: no limitation;

B-tournament: Only for players with less than 2000 national Elo points in the Elo list of an EU country;

C-tournament and Youth-Tournament: Only for players with less than 1700 national Elo points in the Elo list of an EU country;

Number of players is limited with 250;

 

Blitz tournament

Conditions of playing:

A- and B- Tournament: Fischer time: 90m for 40 moves, 30m to finish, 30s bonus per move


C-Tournament: 2 h for 40 moves, 1 h to finish.

No invitations, no conditions!

Attendancecheck: Saturday, 18th of August 2012 17:00

The Main tournament is Fide rated.

No smoking in the tournament hall!

Staying away once without excuse means disqualification.

The winners of the prizemoney must pay tax themselves.

The organizer has the right to refuse entries.

The organizer is not resposible for cost of illness.

 

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Entry fee:

GM and IM need not pay entry fee.

Main tournament:

2000 Elo up

€ 55,--

B - tournament:

1700 - 1999 Elo

€ 45,--

C - tournament:

until 1699 Elo

€ 35,--
   

Playing one level higher:

extra

€ 10,--

Reduction for ladies, seniors, juniors and kids
€ 10,-- , not for the Youth - Tournament:

Please do not pay entry fee from abroad but pay it before the beginning of the tournament.

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entry close:

18th of August 2012, for late entries € 15,- extra
Control of presence is one hour before the tournament starts with
the 1st round.

 

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  10. parking places

Schedule:

Saturday, 18. 8.

6:00 p.m.

Sunday to Friday

6:00 p.m.

Saturday, 27. 8.

Sunday, 26. 8.

4:00 p.m.

10.00 a.m.

victory ceremony

4:00 p.m.

 

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  6. schedule
  7. prize money
  8. recreational activities
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Prize fund

all inclusive € 13.665,--

Main-tournament:

by more than 80 players

1. prize

 + 8 nights bed and breakf.

1.800,-- €

2. prize

1.500,-- €

3. prize

1.000,-- €

4. prize

700,-- €

5. prize

550,-- €

6. prize

400,-- €

7. prize

300,-- €

8. prize

200,-- €

9.  - 11. prize

150,-- €

12. - 15. prize

100,-- €
   

 

 

 

 

B-tournament:

by more than 60 players

1. prize

650,-- €

2. prize

500,-- €

3. prize

400,-- €

4. prize

300,-- €

5. prize

200,-- €

6. prize

150,-- €

7. - 10. prize

100,-- €

11. - 12. prize

45,-- €

 

C-tournament:

by more than 40 players

1. prize

200,-- €

2. prize

150,-- €

3. prize

100,-- €

4. - 5. prize

50,-- €

6. – 10. prize

35,-- €

 

Extraprizes for the best ladies, seniors, juniors and kids

 

Maintournament

B-tournament

C-tournament

1. prize

80,-- €

55,-- €

40,-- €

2. prize

60,-- €

45,-- €

30,-- €

The prizes in main-, B- and C- tournament are devided according a system which takes care of the Buchholz difference.

Extra prizes are given:

1 prize with 3 competitiors;
2 prizes with 5competitors

It΄s possible to win more prices!

Staying away from the victory ceremony without reasons means losing the price.

Each player, who comes more than 10 minutes after the regular beginning of the round on his board, loose the game. HeShe shall call the arbitor (+43/664-252-0203), if he/she a special reason.

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Recreational activities:

Blitztournament:
Sunday, 19.8.2012 - 1:30 p.m.

Following activities are offered:

Tennis tournament on clay starting on Monday
Soccer (Germany vs. rest of the world)
Mountain hiking
Table tennis tournament
Bowling
Rafting, swimming, biking, etc.

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  8. recreational activities
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  10. parking places

Rooms:

Rooms can be booked at:

Tourist information Schwarzach – St. Veit,
Bahnhofstraίe 15,
A - 5620 Schwarzach i. Pg. AUSTRIA;
Tel: 0043/6415/7520;
Fax: 0043/6415/7933
e-mail: info@sonnenterrasse.at

Homepage: www.sonnenterrasse.at

Prices for rooms:

bed and breakfast in private housing

€ 20,-- up

bed and breakfast in inns, doublebed room

€ 23,-- up

bed and breakfast in inns, single bed room

€ 28,-- up

bed and breakfast in hotel, ****

€ 55,-- up

The prices are arrangements for staying at least one week.

 

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! PARKING PLACES !

Hospital parking places: (parking fee must be paid)

Parking place at the station: (without parking fee)

It's a walk of five minutes from the car parks to the tournament hall.

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  1. place
  2. information, entries
  3. mode
  4. entry fee
  5. entry close
  6. schedule
  7. prize money
  8. recreational activities
  9. rooms
  10. parking places