The International Chess Open Graz 2015 will take place on 13-20th February 2015 at the beautiful and modern Hotel Spa Novapark in Graz, the second-largest city in Austria.

The event will be split into 3 tournaments: Open A (open to all), Open B (for players rated below 2000) and Open C (for participants rated less than 1700).

The format of the tournaments is 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the games plus 30 seconds increment starting from move one. The tolerance for late arrivals will be 30 minutes.

The organizers provide prize fund in the amount of 6.750 €.

Cash prizes in Open A will be awarded as follows:
Main prizes: 1.400 €/ 750 €/ 500 €/ 350 €/ 250 €/ 150 €/ 100 €/ 50 €
Best woman, Senior and player U18: 100 €/ 50 €
Best Austrian player: 250 €/ 50 €
Best player from the region of Graz: 100 €/ 50 €
Best player in category 2200-2299, 2100-2199, 2000-2099: 100 €/ 50 €

The best player of Graz is also rewarded with the title “Grazer Stadtmeister 2015″.

All participants will receive a tournament package which includes many special concessions and invitations.
Free Social Program for all participants!

Friday, February 13th 2015 from 9:30 p.m.
Get together at Novapark!
Piano evening with sparkling wine and finger food
Saturday, February 14th 2015 from 09:30 p.m.
Invitaton to the Graz Casino!
Explanation of the games with sparkling wine and sandwiches
Monday, February 16th 2015 from 11:00 a.m.
Guided city tour!
Wednesday, February 18th 2015 from 9:00 p.m.
Wine tasting with Styrian winemakers!
More invitations are being planned!

Contacts:
Mag. Andrea Schmidbauer
E-Mail: office@chessgraz.com
Phone: 0043 699 1111 999 1

Official website

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