Cseh Open 2015

Lehet, hogy későn írom, de a szokásos pardubicei verseny idén július 17-19-ig lesz.
Honlap: http://www.czechopen.net/en/backgammon/

17^th-19^th July 2015

Organizer: AVE-KONTAKT s.r.o.

Tournament director: Jan Stastna

17^th-18^th July - Individual tournament
- players without age and performance limitations
- basic part: 7 rounds by Swiss system, matches with doubling cube to 9 points
- tie-breaks: 1. minor score, 2. Buchholz, 3. mutual match
- best eight players continue to quarter-finals (11 points), semi-finals (11 points) and final (13 points) + 3rd place game (9 points)
- matches will be played with chess clocks: player has 12 seconds per move + total reserve of 2 minutes per point of the match length (9-point matches 18 minutes, 11-point 22 minutes, 13-point 26 minutes)
- entry fee: 500 CZK or 20 EUR
- financial prizes: 5000, 3000, 2000 and 1000 CZK (guaranteed)
- optional bet into side pool: 500 CZK – side pool will be divided 70% - 30% between two best placed
  participating players
- discounts on starting fee for players registered by 15th June 2015 at the following amount of:
  youngsters up to 18 years of age and players over 65 years 50%
  other players 25%
  (not related to side pool)
- time schedule:

Friday	17th July	16.00 - 17.00	registration
		17.30 - 21.00	1st-3rd rounds
Saturday	18th July	09.00 - 14.00	4th-7th rounds
		14.00 - 17.00	quarter-finals, semi-finals, final, 3rd place game
		14.00 - 17.00	Speed Gammon
		17.30	results announcement

(Time schedule is approximate, playing system could be modified according to the number of participants)

18th July – Speed Gammon
- new feature for players not advancing to quarterfinals in the main tournament
- starts after end of basic part of the Individual tournament
- 5-point matches with clocks: 10 second per move + time reserve 2 minutes for the whole match
- K.O. system for 16 players, re-buys possible in case of elimination
- entry fee: 250 CZK or 10 EUR – will be collected on place during the tournament
- prizes: 100% entry fees returned – winner 2000 CZK, finalist 1000 CZK, semi-finalists 500 CZK
- in case of high interest tournament can be widened to 32 players (with doubled prizes)

19th July - Doubles Consulting
- teams of 2 players composed of players without age and performance limitations
- matches with doubling cube to 7 points
- Swiss system – number of rounds dependent on number of teams
- tie-breaks: 1. minor score, 2. Buchholz, 3. mutual match
- matches will be played with chess clocks: 12 seconds per move + total reserve of 14 minutes
- two teams play on one board, for each team one player rolls and plays, second one advises him
- team can consult the play arbitrarily, all actions on board are made by the playing player
- players can switch the positions of the playing and advising player during the match
- switching is possible only between games, each whole game is played by the same player
- financial prizes: 1st place: 70%, 2nd place: 30% of the prize pool, prizes in CZK
- entry fee: 500 CZK or  20 EUR for a team
- applications for this tournament are not registered and it is possible to register for it only on the day
  of launching of the tournament
- time schedule:

Sunday	19th July	09.30 - 10.00	registration
		10.00 - 16.00	tournament
		16.30	results announcement

(Time schedule is approximate, playing system could be modified according to the number of participants)

Place of registration, accommodation, secretariat and playing halls:
Tipsport arena, Sukova trida 1735, Pardubice, connection from the railway station by trolleybus No. 3 and by bus No. 10, 16 and 17 (4^th stop)