Norway, 2 – 9 October 2011 Players list on the bottom
Organizers:
Hans Olav Lahlum and Akademisk Sjakklubb Oslo.
Playing venue:
Thon Hotel Ullevaal Stadion, Address: Sognsveien 77c, Oslo, Norway. A large hotel and conference centre, right next to Norway’s national football stadium in Oslo. The hotel offers excellent facilities to play chess games in the playing hall, as well as for analysis and blitz playing outside the playing hall afterwards.
The playing hotel is a two minute walk from the bus and tube station. It is two minutes tube travel from the Oslo University, and less than ten minutes from the main railway station (Oslo S). Participants coming from other countries and cities in Norway can use a direct bus connection fra Oslo Airport Gardermoen to the hotel door. Shops, restaurants etc can be found within a two minutes walking distance from the hotel.
Groups:
GM-group:
A 9-round Swiss open for all players having the official titles GM, IM, FM, WGM, WIM or WFM from FIDE. Also qualified are other male players with an official FIDE-ELO of at least 2150, and other female players with an official FIDE-ELO of at least 2000. Having had the required ELO on the official FIDE-list at the time of registering for the tournament will be sufficient, even if the player’s ELO drops below on the last list before the tournament. Registration limit is 1 September 2011, but later registrations might be accepted if space etc allows.
A very few players with an ELO below the official demand might be accepted for the GM-group. Players interested in this possibility must send a written application to the organizer at latest 1 September 2011.
The organizer expects in the GM-group about 70-80 players, out of whom 7-8 GMs and 10-15 IMs/WGMs, and with less than 20 % of the participants below 2200. Hence chances for all kind of title norms including GM-norms will be excellent.
ELO-group:
A 9-round FIDE-rated Swiss open for all tournament players. Registration limit is 1 September 2011, but later registrations might be accepted if space etc allows. The organizer expects around 40-50 players out of whom 75-80 % with a FIDE-ELO of 1800-2150, hence it will be an exciting tournament with excellent chances for ELO-norms.
Schedule:
Sunday
2 October
13.00-16.00
Registration
17.30-23.30
Round 1
Monday
3 October
16.30-22.30
Round 2
Tuesday
4 October
10.00-16.00
Round 3
17.30-23.30
Round 4
Wednesday
5 October
16.30-22.30
Round 5
Thursday
6 October
16.30-22.30
Round 6
Friday
7 October
16.30-22.30
Round 7
Saturday
8 October
12.00-18.00
Round 8
18.30-21.00
Blitz tournament
Sunday
9 October
10.00-16.00
Round 9
16.10 (latest)
Prize giving
Players unable to play one particular round of the tournament can get walk-over with half a point for this round. Such a walk-over draw however must be accepted by the organizer before the start of round one, and it can not be accepted for round eight or nine.
Prize Fund:
GM-group
1.
EUR
1500
2.
EUR
1000
3.
EUR
500
4.
EUR
400
5.
EUR
300
6.
EUR
200
7.
EUR
100
Book prizes for remaining players within top 15.
ELO-group
1.
NOK
5000
2.
NOK
3000
3.
NOK
2000
4.
NOK
1000
Book prizes for remaining players within top 10.
Prizes are guaranteed and may be increased and/or extended if the tournament economy allows. Prizes are shared equally in case of equal points, but only in between the given number of money prizes.
GM Sergei TIVIAKOV NED 2647 14.02.73 GM Matthew SADLER ENG 2625 15.05.74 GM Sergey VOLKOV RUS 2614 07.02.74 GM Jon Ludvig HAMMER NOR 2601 02.06.90 GM Kaido KULAOTS EST 2592 28.02.76 GM Vladimir BURMAKIN RUS 2588 06.06.67 GM Sipke ERNST NED 2581 08.01.79 GM Eduardas ROZENTALIS LTU 2575 27.05.63 GM Victor MIKHALEVSKI ISR 2542 12.07.72 GM Nick de FIRMIAN USA 2518 26.07.57 IM Oleg SPIRIN RUS 2493 30.06.83 IM Frode ELSNESS NOR 2491 15.06.73 GM Rune DJURHUUS NOR 2458 25.01.70 IM Frode Olav O. URKEDAL NOR 2447 14.05.93 FM Geir Sune Tallaksen ØSTMOE NOR 2443 14.03.85 IM Tymofey GALINSKY UKR 2441 23.09.75 IM Danny RAZNIKOV ISR 2434 29.03.93 IM Jovanka HOUSKA ENG 2427 10.06.80 WGM Nazi PAIKIDZE GEO 2412 27.10.93 IM Roger MOOR SUI 2402 26.10.76
Nice tournament. Will Magnus play?