Announcement of the Unicorn Open 2002

Announcement (pdf-file) for download

The Berlin chess tournament in the sign of the unicorn

A unicorn as a leading figure for a chess tournament? Perhaps because it reminds of a knight in the form? Oh dear, one does not let this hear the far branched Unicorn fan community! Of Peter S. Beagle "the last unicorn" (e.g. see www.unicorndreamland.de) or the advocate who chooses the unicorn as a logo (see www.rakleine.de) primarily sees all of them the symbolic power being inherent in the unicorn because, whether the admirers. The pure, perfect good, justice and moral virtue, strength of the spirit as well as the "incorruptibility" are part of the mythological aspect of the unicorn, suitable idea for a fair chess tournament. Therefore the traditionally declared as ICT-Open - ELO evaluated tournament - makes use of this symbol since 2002 at the new venue.

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 - On two days: hanging games with timeout after 4 hours and a restart on the next morning (look at the timetable).

Timetable:
Wednesday, 8th May 2002
14:00 - 14:30Registration
15:00 - 21:001st round
Thursday, 9th May 2002 (Ascension)
09:00 - 15:002nd round
16:00 - 20:003rd round (with hanging games)
Friday, 10th May 2002
09:00 - 11:00Hanging games of the 3rd round
12:00 - 18:004th round
18:30 - 22:00Blitz (11 rounds)
Saturday, 11th 2002
09:00 - 15:005th round
16:00 - 20:006th round (with hanging games)
Sunday, 12th May 2002
09:00 - 11:00Hanging games of the 6th round
12:00 - 18:007th round
approx. 18:30Award ceremony

Venue:

Gewerbepark Georg Knorr
Zentrale Halle
Georg-Knorr-Straße 4
12681 Berlin
(5 min vom S-Bahnhof Marzahn, S7)

Sketch:

Entry fee:

  • 25 €
  • free for GM, IM, FM and ELO > 2400
  • 15 €: ELO > 2300
  • 20 €: ELO > 2150


    • Registration:

    By post to: Jan Kinder, Maratstraße 165, 12683 Berlin or
    by e-mail to: schach@dius.de or jan.kinder@arcor.de.

    The registration is valid if you transfer the entry fee to following account:
    Account holder: Jan Kinder
    Account number: 962 403 262
    Bank: Deutsche Bank 24
    Bank code: 100 700 24.
    Use: "Unicorn Open 2002" and the name of the participant.

    Prices:

    1st price:   400 € 2nd price:   250 € 3rd price:   150 €
    4th price:   100 € 5th price:      50 € 6th price: book price

    Discount of 10%: for registration and payment of the entry fee from to the 15th of March 2002.

    Arranged:

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

    Information:

    For questions contact by telephone under 030 - 546 84 533 or by e-mail schach@dius.de.