Invitation - Hasselbacken Chess Open

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HASSELBACKEN
CHESS OPEN
APRIL 30–MAY 8
2016
Stockholms Schacksällskap celebrates its 150 years jubilee with
an open chess tournament at Hotel Scandic Hasselbacken
Hasselbacken Chess Open
in Stockholm, Sweden O April 30–May 8 O 2016
Schedule:9 rounds FIDE-Swiss system.
Time control:40 moves/100 min, then 20 moves/50 min and there-
after the rest of the game in 10 min + 30 sek increment
from move 1.
Rounds: Saturday April 30 Round 1 14:00
NB! Personal registration before 13:00.
Sunday May 1 Round 2 14:00
Monday May 2 Round 3 14:00
NB! Sofia rule is Tuesday May 3 Round 4 14:00
applied: No draw Wednesday May 4 Round 5 14:00
offer is allowed
Thursday May 5 Round 6 14:00 Ascension Day.
before
move
31.
Friday May 6 Round 7 14:00
Saturday May 7 Round 8 14:00
Sunday May 8 Round 9 11:00
Thereafter closure with prize giving ceremony takes place.
Entry fee:Ordinary......................1 200 SEK (approx. 128 Euro)
Juniors
(born 1996 or later).... 1 000 SEK (approx. 107 Euro)
FM...............................1 000 SEK (approx. 107 Euro)
IM...................................500 SEK (approx. 53 Euro)
GM.....................................0 SEK (exactly 0 Euro)
Registration: Please register and pay the entry fee no later
Information
about
accommodation
will be published
here later on.
than April 25, 2016 to our business account with
BIC-code ESSESESS and IBAN number
SE0550000000052401023860. When you register, the
information should contain: n
. ame, address, date of birth, country, Elo rating, e-mail and phone number where you can be reached during the tournament.
Gröna
Lund
Venue:
Scandic Hotel Hasselbacken:
Hazeliusbacken 20,
Stockholm, Sweden
In order to arrive
to the venue:
TRAM: Walk 500 meters from the
Central Station to Sergels torg (Sergel’s
Square) and enter tram no. 7 to station
Gröna Lund. You can pay with Swedish cash
or with card. The trip will take approx. 10
minutes and cost approx. 5 Euro.
TAXI/CAB: There is a taxi/cab station just
outside the Central Station. You can pay with
Swedish cash or with card. The trip will take
approx. 10 minutes and cost approx. 20 Euro.
NB! Be sure to choose cabs from either Taxi
Stockholm, Taxi Kurir or Taxi 020 (yellow);
other cabs might be very expensive!
TOP PRIZES
1st prize
50 000 SEK
2nd prize
25 000 SEK
3rd prize
15 000 SEK
4th prize
12 000 SEK
5th prize
10 000 SEK
6th prize
9 000 SEK
7th prize
9 000 SEK
8th prize
8 000 SEK
9th prize
7 000 SEK
10th prize
7 000 SEK
(approx.)
5 340 Euro
2 670 Euro
1 600 Euro
1 280 Euro
1 070 Euro
960 Euro
960 Euro
850 Euro
750 Euro
750 Euro
RATING PRIZES
Three prizes per rating group are
dished out from approx. player no.
11–15 in groups of 12 players:
1) 4 000 SEK (approx. 425 Euro)
2) 2 000 SEK (approx. 212 Euro)
3) 1 500 SEK (approx. 160 Euro)
Distinction:
1) Medium Buchholz 2) Most
Black games 3) Most wins.
info www.hasselbackenchessopen.com email [email protected]