Lehet, hogy későn írom, de a szokásos pardubicei verseny idén július 17-19-ig lesz.
Honlap:
http://www.czechopen.net/en/backgammon/
17th-19th July 2015
Organizer: AVE-KONTAKT s.r.o.
Tournament director: Jan Stastna
17th-18th 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
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best eight players continue to quarter-finals (11 points), semi-finals
(11 points) and final (13 points) + 3rd place game (9 points)
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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 |
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17.30 - 21.00 |
1st-3rd rounds |
| Saturday |
18th July |
09.00 - 14.00 |
4th-7th rounds |
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14.00 - 17.00 |
quarter-finals, semi-finals, final, 3rd place game |
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14.00 - 17.00 |
Speed Gammon |
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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 |
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10.00 - 16.00 |
tournament |
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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)
is Player 2
is Player 1 
