Plan chess holiday in Berlin this October

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Hello everyone,


There are great tournaments held round the year and it is great fun to plan a holiday around those events. For all those looking for a Berlin getaway, here's chess news update from Fide on an Open event in Berlin.

Lichtenrader Herbst 2011 in Berlin
Saturday, 01 October 2011 07:11
9 Rounds CH-System (DWZ and ELO evaluation) Open will take place from 8th to 16th October at the Gemeinschaftshaus Lichtenrade in Berlin, Germany.


40 moves in 90 min + 30 min rest of game (+30 sec per move), period of grace: 1 hour


Location:
Gemeinschaftshaus Lichtenrade
Barnetstraße 11, 12305 Berlin


Schedule:
round 1: 2:00 p.m. (registration until 12:45 p.m.)
round 2 – 7: 5:00 p.m.; round 8 and 9: 2:00 p.m.


Prize Funds: 8.000 €
Sponsor: LAWYER ROLAND EXNER
Bornholmer Straße 87, 10439 Berlin, tel.:             0049/30/470 34 364      
1st Prize 1200.- €
2nd Prize 1000.- €
3rd Prize 800.- €
4th Prize 600.- €
5th Prize 400.- €
6th Prize 200.- €
7th Prize 100.- €
8th Prize 60.- €


Rating Prizes
DWZ 1st Prize 2nd Prize 3rd
2100-2299 180 € 150 € 120 €
2000-2099 180 € 150 € 120 €
            1900-1999 150       € 120 € 100 €
            1800-1899 150       € 120 € 100 €
            1700-1799 120       € 100 € 80 €
1600-1699 120 € 100 € 80 €
1400-1599 100 € 80 € 60 €
0001-1399 100 € 80 € 60 €


Organization: K. Pribyl/J. Friedenberger/C. Fuß
tel: 0049/176/ 811 509 33


Email: LiraH@sw-lichtenrade.de
All Regulations can be found on www.sw-Lichtenrade.de


Entry fee:
GM, IM : free; Adults 60 €, Juniors 45 €
incoming entry fee until 31.07.2011 10 € discount
incoming entry fee until 30.09.2011 5 € discount

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