Regulations
PDF format)O – Open pairs tournament in rapid chess
21 July 2025
Right of participation: pairs without age and performance limitations
System of tournament: Swiss system of 7 rounds, before the tournament each pair will assign players for 1st and 2nd chessboard
Rate of game: 2x 10 min + 5 s / move
Starting fee: 9 EUR / pair
Criteria used for ranking:
1. total of points gained on individual chessboards (so called olympic system)
2. Buchholz Cut 1
3. Buchholz
4. Sonnenborn-Berger
5. the greater number of games played with black
Material prizes for all participants
Time schedule of the Tournament:
| Monday | 21 July | 8.30 - 9.30 | registration |
| 10.00 - 14.00 | 1st - 7th round | ||
| 14.30 - 14.45 | presentation of results |
Applications for this tournament are not registered and it is possible to register for it only on the day of launching of the tournament.
Place: Registration, presentation of results and all games will take place at the IDEON congress centre