Plan chess holiday in Berlin this October

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011


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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Wanna play KIIT Chess Cup, India and Albena Chess Cup, Bulgaria

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011

Hi everyone,

Calling all Bulgarian fans - The Albena Chess Open 2011 will take place from June 25 - July 3 in the Albena sea resort (near Varna, Bulgaria). It is a 9 round open Swiss tournament with time control 90 minutes for each player plus 30 seconds per move starting from the first move. Albena Chess Open has a prize fund of over 40 000 eur. The first prize in Albena is the impressive 8000 eur, but what is even better for the chess enthusiasts, there are 30 prizes ranging from 1000 to 100 eur for amateur chess players, and 16 prizes ranging from 500 to 100 eur for youngsters. The tournament is a FIDE rated open and is valid for international norms. You can check the official website at http://www.albenachess.com.

On the other hand, if you're looking to play in India this May-June then check out the third KIIT Chess Cup international event in Bhubaneshwar, India from May 28 to June 6 wit a total prize fund of 31000 USD approx, the first prize being 4000 USD. You can drop an email to IM Sekhar Sahu, chief co-ordinator at sekhar_im@yahoo.co.in. 

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