Chess Club ŠK Slovan Bratislava

Organizes XIV. International Chess Tournament

OPEN Tatry 2008

Place: Hotel ***Tatranské Zruby, (High Tatras), Slovakia, www.tatry.sk
Railway transport: Poprad, Starý Smokovec, Third station of the Tatra´s electrical railway, line Štrbské Pleso)
Air transport: Airport Poprad-Tatry

Date: 27.9. - 4.10.2008

System: Swiss, 9 rounds, 1½ hours / 30 moves + 1 hours to end (for every player)
cca. 280 participants, min. 15 IM
the results will be sent to FIDE for calculating of rating and norms

Applications: Please send your applications before 31. August 2008 with the entry fee on the address of organizers or bank account. The organizers don’t guarantee participation of players who will apply after this date.

Schedule: Saturday 27.9. 12⁰⁰ - 17⁰⁰ presentations 18⁰⁰ - 23⁰⁰ I. Round
Sunday 28.9. 18⁰⁰ - 23⁰⁰ II. Round
Monday 29.9. 8³⁰ - 13³⁰ III. round 18⁰⁰ - 23⁰⁰ IV. Round
Tuesday - Friday 30.9.-3.10 18⁰⁰ - 23⁰⁰ V-VIII. Rounds
Saturday 4.10. 8³⁰ - 13³⁰ IX. round 14⁰⁰ closing ceremony

Blitz Tournament (Wednesday 9⁰⁰ – 13⁰⁰)

Entry fee:

Entry fee - Includes accommodation, half board and tournament fee	Payment	Reduction I.	Reduction II.	Without acc. and board (only tournament fee)
	€	€	€	€
ELO FIDE ³ 2350	175	160	150	10
ELO FIDE ³ 2200	185	170	160	20
ELO FIDE ³ 2000	195	185	170	30
ELO FIDE < 2000, without FIDE rating	205	190	175	40
Accompanying person	195	180	170	-
Children (from 3 to 10 years)	135	130	120	20

Reduction I. - for accommodated persons, who have been playing this tournament 2-5 times before (information at organizers)

Reduction II. - for accommodated persons, who have been playing this tournament 6 times or more before (information at organizers)

Entry fee includes tournament fee, accommodation and half board

Entry fee includes: - Accommodations in 2-beds rooms. Single bedrooms: plus 50 €.
- Two meals daily (Breakfast and Supper) - from 27.9. Supper to 4.10. Breakfast
- Coffee or soft drinks during each round
- Local accommodation tax 30 Sk/day

Additional Reduction: - Payment to Jun 30th 2008 minus 3 €, payment after Aug 31th 2008 plus 3 €
- Dinner: plus 38,5 €, children (from 3 to 10 years) plus 20 €
- seniors (>=60 years), juniors (<=15 years): minus 30% from tournament fee

Free time: tourism, walk, water cure, massages, sauna, table tennis, tennis, volleyball, aqua-park (15 km)

Prizes: Main tournament - total 101 000 Sk (Slovak Crowns, 1 € ≈ 34 Sk)

I. Place 15 000 Sk + cup, II. 10 000 + cup, III. 8 000 + cup, IV. 6 000, V. 5 000, VI. 4 000, VII. 3 000, VIII-X. à 2 000, XI-XV. à 1 000. Special prizes – total 27 000 Sk. Prizes for women I. 4 000 + cup, II. 2 000, III. 1 000 Sk. Prizes for miscellaneous categories (seniors, juniors, to and over 1850 national rating, members of ŠK Slovan): I. 2 000 + cup, II. 1 200, III. 800 Sk

Blitz tournament - total 6 000 Sk
I. place – 1 500 Sk, II. 1 200, III. 1 000, IV. 700, V. 600, VI. 400, VII.-VIII. à 200, XI.-X. à 100

Contact: Ing. Gustáv Šturc (Russian, Deutsch) or Karol Rückschloss (English, Russian)
Muškátová 8, 821 00 Bratislava Lipová 4, 811 02 Bratislava
tel. +421 (903) 787151, +421 (2) 43334245 tel. +421 (907) 157142, +421 (2) 54417676
e-mail sturc@slovan-bratislava.com e-mail ruckschloss@slovan-bratislava.com

http://www.slovan-bratislava.com (.sk)

Bank: CSOB, Bratislava, Krizna 46, Slovakia, N^o of account: 202689563 / 7500, Name of account: Sachovy klub SK Slovan Bratislava, Swift: CEKO SK BXBRA, BIC: CEKOSKBX, IBAN: SK45 7500 0000 0002 0268 9563