Olomouc Chess Summer 2018
Olomouc Chess Summer 2018
Olomouc Chess Summer 2018
System:
A, B tournaments – round system of 9 rounds
C, D tournaments – Swiss system of 9 rounds
E tournament – Swiss system of 7 rounds
F tournament - Swiss system of 11 rounds
Accommodation:
The Flora hotel ****/*** (the playing hall is situated here)
double rooms, type „superior“, four-star hotel facilities, WiFi connection
price including breakfast 81,5 EUR/room and night, if only 1 person occupies the room, 64,5
EUR/room and night is charged
double rooms, type „comfort”, three plus-star hotel facilities, WiFi connection
price including breakfast 66,5 EUR/room and night, if only 1 person occupies the room, 48,0
EUR/room and night is charged
Time schedule:
Friday 10th August 16.00 – 19.00 chess afternoon in the Horni square in Olomouc
simultaneous games with IM
20.30 – 22.00 registration A,B,C,D
Saturday 11th August 10.00 – 14.00 registration A,B,C,D
15.00 drawing lots A,B
16.00 1st round A,B,C,D
Sunday 12th August 09.00 2nd round A,B,C,D
16.00 3rd round A,B,C,D
Monday 13th August 16.00 4th round A,B,C,D
Tuesday 14th August 09.15 – 09.45 registration F
09.30 – 13.30 tournament F
16.00 5th round A,B,C,D
Wednesday 15th August 16.00 6th round A,B,C,D
Thursday 16th August 08.30 – 09.15 registration E
09.30 – 13.30 tournament E
16.00 7th round A,B,C,D
Friday 17th August 16.00 8th round A,B,C,D
Saturday 18th August 09.00 9th round A,B,C,D
15.30 solemn conclusion
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 21st 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 10st 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)
Complete your obligatory applications together with accommodation orders by 15th July 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.