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INFORMACION

OPEN LIBEREC 2004

5th  International Chess Festival OPEN CZECH MOUNTAINS
part of CZECH TOUR 2004/2005 Series
23. - 30.10. 2004, Liberec, Czech Republic

Place of doings: Liberec, the Liberec hotel
Organizer: AVE-KONTAKT  s.r.o.
Festival director: Petr Lausman
Main referee: Otto Gutdeutsch (AUT)
Announced tournaments:

A) OPEN LIBEREC (23.-30.10.)
     - open rating tournament with credit for ELO FIDE
     - participation - players without age and performance limitations
     - Swiss system of 9 rounds, 2 x 1,5h + 30s / move
     - financial prizes in CZK*: 10 000, 7 000, 5 000, 3 000, 2 000, 1 000, 500, best
       women -500, best player up to 16 years of age 500, best player over 60 years of age
       500 (30 000 altogether)
     - material prizes for other players, women, seniors over 60 years of age and
       youngsters up to 16 years of age
     - starting fee:
                                                    1        2
       ------------------------------------------------------------
     - GM, IM, WGM and WIM                          0 EUR    0 EUR
     - FM, WFM and players with ELO FIDE >=  2300  15 EUR   25 EUR
     - other players with ELO FIDE                 25 EUR   35 EUR
     - players without ELO FIDE                    30 EUR   40 EUR
       ------------------------------------------------------------
1) players accommodated through the organizer
2) other players
     - discounts and additional charge:
     - youngsters up to 18 years of age, players over 65 years of age and women have 25%
       discount
     - discount of 20 % on the starting fee at the joint registration of 10 and more
       players
     - players registered after 30.9. 2004 pay extra 8 EUR

B) open tournament in active chess (24.10.)
     - participation - players without age and performance limitations
     - Swiss system of 7 rounds, 2 x 15 min.
     - financial prizes in CZK*: 1 500, 1 000, 500
     - material prizes for other players
     - starting fee:
     - GM, IM, WGM and WIM have free start
     - youngsters up to 18 years of age, players over 65 years of age and women 2 EUR
     - other players 4 EUR

* Payment in EUR or USD possible

Criteria used for ranking and prizes distribution: 1. number of points, 2. Progressive
score, 3. Buchholz, 4. average ELO of rivals, 5. lot, prizes are distributed according to
Hort system among such number of players which corresponds to number of advertised prizes

Accommodation:
     "Kosicka" hostel*(Postovni street, at a distance of 4 km from the playing hall,
     direct connection by tram to the playing hall)
     2-bed rooms, shower, WC and kitchenette on the floor
     price 5 EUR/person and night
     Liberec hotel *** (the playing hall is situated here)
     2-bed rooms with a shower and WC
     price including breakfast 32 EUR/room and night, if only 1 person occupies the room,
     20 EUR/room and night is charged

Board meals: at the Liberec hotel according to your choice

Time schedule:
Saturday  23.10.    10.00 - 14.00  registration A
          16.00     1. round A
Sunday    24.10.    08.00 - 09.00  registration B
                    09.30 - 13.30  1.-7. round B
                    14.00 - 14.15  results announcement B
                    16.00     2. round A
Monday    25.10.    16.00     3. round A
Tuesday   26.10.    10.00     blitz tournament
                    16.00     4. round A
Wednesday 27.10.    16.00     5. round A
Thursday  28.10.    09.00     6. round A
                    16.00     7. round A
Friday    29.10.    16.00     8. round A
Saturday  30.10.    09.00     9. round A
                    14.00     solemn conclusion

Possibility of spending free time: Liberec is a regional city with nearly 100.000
inhabitants situated at the foot of the Jizerske mountains, there are a lot of historical
sights, a botanical garden, ZOO and a modern entertaining centre Babylon with roofed
aquapark, cableway to Jested (1 012m) within reach of public transport

Starting fee and accommodation payments will be collected during the registration in cash
in EUR, CZK or USD or paid by debit or credit cards Eurocard/Master Card, VISA, American
Express, JCB or Diners Club.

Obligatory registrations together with accommodation orders should be sent by 30.9. 2004
to the following address:
     AVE-KONTAKT, Sukova 1556, 530 02 Pardubice, Czech Republic
     phone/fax +420 - 466 535 200
     e-mail: j.mazuch@avekont.cz
     http://www.czechtour.net

Other tournaments organised by AVE-KONTAKT agency within the frame of CZECH TOUR
International Chess Festivals 2004/2005 Series:

15.-23.5.2004  4th OPEN ZNOJMO (FIDE open, Znojemska kralovna ("The Znojmo Queen"),
               Znojemska kralovnicka (The Znojmo Little Queen"), finals of the Cup of the
               Czech Republic of team active chess, individual tournament in active chess)
15.7.-1.8.2004 15th CZECH OPEN - Pardubice (5 FIDE opens, one of them with GM and IM norm,
               European Amateurs Championship, Championship of the Czech Republic of
               4-member team tournament, Championship of the Czech Republic in active
               chess and other disciplines, 14 tournaments altogether)
4.-12.8.2004   7th OLOMOUC CHESS SUMMER (FIDE open, closed GM and IM tournaments, Open
               Seniors Championship of the Czech Republic, open tournament of youngsters)
18.-26.9.2004  1st OPEN HIGHLANDS - Havlickuv Brod (Men Championship of the Czech Republic
               - semifinals,  FIDE open)
14.-21.1.2005  4th OPEN PRAHA (2 FIDE opens, one of them with IM norm)
22.-29.1.2005  4th OPEN MARIANSKE LAZNE (FIDE open and 1-2 closed IM tournaments)


- prize fund of the whole series CZECH TOUR 2004/5 is 25 000 CZK (7000, 5000, 3000, 2000,
  1000, 1000, 500, 500), best seniors from 60 years of age onwards - 2000, 1000, 1000, 500,
  500) prizes can be drawn in the form of bonus at the next year of series only, criteria
  used for ranking: the highest total of points gained in individual tournaments (results
  from tournaments played with rating min. 2 x 1,5h + 30s/move are counted), best place in
  one of included tournaments, lot

- 5% discount on accommodation price and starting fee in 2nd start in the tournament held
  within the frame of this year CZECH TOUR Series, or 10% in 3rd start, 15% in 4th start,
  20% in 5th start, 25% in 6th start and 30% in the 7th start (starts from all tournaments
  for individuals played with rating min. 2 x 1,5h + 30s/move are counted)