Announcement of the Unicorn Open 2003

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

Timetable:


Wednesday, 28th May 2003
15:00 - 15:30	Registration
16:00 - 22:00	1st round
Thursday, 29th May 2003 (Ascension)
09:00 - 15:00	2nd round
16:00 - 20:00	3rd round (with hanging games)
Friday, 30th May 2003
09:00 - 11:00	Hanging games of the 3rd round
12:00 - 18:00	4th round
18:30 - 22:00	Blitz (11 rounds)
Saturday, 31st May 2003
09:00 - 15:00	5th round
16:00 - 20:00	6th round (with hanging games)
Sunday, 1st June 2003
09:00 - 11:00	Hanging games of the 6th round
12:00 - 18:00	7th round
approx. 18:30	Award ceremony

Prices:

1st price: 500 €	2nd price: 400 €	3rd price: 300 €
4th price: 200 €	5th price: 100 €	6th price: 50 €

Rating prices:

DWZ < 1900:	100 €
DWZ < 1600:	100 €

Special prices:

5 book prices to persons without price.
Prices by 70 participants guaranteed.

Registration:

By the 15th of May 2003 with the entry form to Jan Kinder, Maratstraße 165, 12683 Berlin.
Late entry fee: 5 €.
Personal registrations at the 28th of May 2003 from 15:00 to 15:30.

Entry fee:

25 €

free for GM, IM, FM and ELO > 2400

15 €: ELO > 2300

20 €: ELO > 2150 or youth (20 years)

Discount of 5 €: for registration and payment of the entry fee from the 1st to the 31st of January 2003.

Transfer to:

Account holder: Jan Kinder
Account number: 962 403 262
Bank: Deutsche Bank 24
Bank code: 100 700 24
Use: "Unicorn Open 2003" and the name of the participant.

Venue:

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

Information:

For questions contact jan.kinder@arcor.de.
Cheap snacks are offered.

Arranged:

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