Regulations
PDF format)G1 – Open championship of the Czech Republic in rapid chess with rating for ACP TOUR and rapid ELO FIDE
23–24 July 2025
Right of participation: players without age and performance limitations
System of tournament: Swiss system of 9 rounds
Rate of game: 2x 20 min + 10 s / move
Starting fee is given in EUR (payments in CZK and USD possible):
| ELO FIDE >= 2200 | 13 |
| ELO FIDE 2000–2199 | 17 |
| ELO FIDE < 2000 | 25 |
| GM, IM, WGM and WIM | 0 |
Discounts: seniors over 65 years of age and women have 25% discount, these discounts do not refer to additional charge for late registration and are not added up
Fees for rating of the tournament results for rapid ELO charged according to the economic directive of the Chess Federation of the Czech Republic (0.5 EUR for a player) are included in the starting fee.
Late registrations: Those players whose application will be registered after 30th June 2025 will pay additional charge of 4 EUR.
Tournament prize fund (financial prizes in CZK, including prizes for best players of the Czech Republic, payment in EUR possible): 75 000 CZK altogether
| 1. | 15 000,- |
| 2. | 10 000,- |
| 3. | 8 000,- |
| 4. | 6 000,- |
| 5. | 4 000,- |
| 6. | 2 000,- |
| 7. | 1 000,- |
| 8. | 1 000,- |
Special financial prizes (CZK):
- best players with ELO FIDE < 2200: 1 500, 1 000, 500
Criteria used for ranking:
1. number of points
2. Buchholz Cut 1
3. Buchholz
4. Sonnenborn-Berger
5. the greater number of games played with black
prizes are distributed according to Hort system (among such number of players corresponding to number of advertised prizes) in overall ranking
Time schedule of the Tournament:
| Wednesday | 23 July | 14.00 - 17.00 | registration |
| 18.00 - 21.30 | 1st - 3rd round | ||
| Thursday | 24 July | 9.00 - 12.30 | 4th - 6th round |
| 13.30 - 17.00 | 7th - 9th round | ||
| 17.45 - 18.00 | solemn conclusion |
Complete your obligatory applications together with accommodation orders by 30th June 2025 on-line or send them by e-mail to ave-kontakt@outlook.cz.
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.
Place: Registration, solemn conclusion and all games will take place at the IDEON congress centre