Announcement of the Unicorn Open 2008

arranged by the section chess of the Berlin sports club BSV 63 Chemie Weißensee e.V.

Announcement (pdf-file) for download

Modus: 7 rounds Swiss. The tournament with ELO- and DWZ-evaluation. According to the official FIDE-Rules.

Time: 120 min for 40 moves + 60 min to end.

Timetable:


Wednesday, 30th April 2008
14:00 - 15:30	Registration
16:00 - 22:00	1st round
Thursday, 1st May 2008 (Ascension & Labour Day)
09:00 - 15:00	2nd round
16:00 - 22:00	3rd round
Friday, 2nd May 2008		Blitz (11 rounds)
13:00 - 19:00	4th round	1st price:	150 €
19:30 - 22:00	Blitz	2nd price:	100 €
Saturday, 3rd May 2008		3rd price:	50 €
09:00 - 15:00	5th round	Youth price:	30 €
16:00 - 22:00	6th round
Sunday, 4th May 2008		Entry fee:	5 €
11:00 - 17:00	7th round	For participants of
approx. 17:30	Award ceremony	Unicorn Open: free

Scoring: Reached points, then Buchholz and refined Buchholz. The prices will not be divided.

Price fund 5,000 € (in total 34 prices):
7 rounds - 7 main prices - special bonus for 7 points: 250 €

1st price: 750 €	2nd price: 550 €	3rd price: 400 €
4th price: 300 €	5th price: 250 €	6th price: 200 €	7th price: 150 €

With 2 players with 7 points a rapid chess part (15 min times to reflect) decides on the tournament victory.

Rating prices:

TWZ < 2200:	120 € / 60 € / 30 €
TWZ < 1900:	120 € / 60 € / 30 €
TWZ < 1600:	120 € / 60 € / 30 €

Special prices:

Women price:	120 €
Senior price:	120 € / 60 €
Youth price:	120 € / 60 € / 30 €
Nicest game:	60 €
Chemie price:	60 €
Team price:	160 €

In the team evaluation (a total of 4 players) reaches in each case the best player of a club from the following categories:

TWZ ≥ 2200

TWZ < 2200

TWZ < 1900

TWZ < 1600

Five times 30 € to persons without price.
No double prices. Prices by 170 participants guaranteed.

Information:

On the internet at www.unicorn-open.de you can find the participant list, the draw and the results of the rounds, current standings, games, reports und photos!!

Registration by the 26th of April 2008:

by post with the entry form of the flyer (PDF)

by e-mail to andreas.rehfeldt@gmx.de or

with the online form on our homepage

Late entry fee: 5 €.
Personal registrations at 16th May 2008 from 14:00 to 15:30 - bar payer until 15:00.

Entry fee:

40 €

free for GM, IM, FM and ELO ≥ 2400

25 €: youth (20 years)

30 €: ELO ≥ 2200

Discount of 10 €: for registration and payment of the entry fee from the 1st to the 31st of January 2008.
Bar payers pay an impact of 5 €.

Transfer to:

Account holder: Andreas Rehfeldt
Account number: 610 010 142 2
Bank: Berliner Sparkasse
Bank code: 100 500 00
International Bank Account Number (IBAN): DE81 1005 0000 6100 1014 22
Bank Identifier Code (BIC = SWIFT-Address): BELADEBEXXX
Use: "Unicorn Open 2008" and the name, the club and the birth-year of the participant.

Venue:

Gewerbepark Georg Knorr
Georgsaal
Georg-Knorr-Straße 4
12681 Berlin
(5 min from suburban train station "Marzahn", S7)

Your particulars are only used for the process of tournament.