Monday, 12 September 2011 20:46 |
The 22nd International Gocher Open 2011 is scheduled to take place from 29th September to 2nd October at the Kultur und Kongreßzentrum Kastell in Goch, Germany. The tournament will be played over 7 rounds of Swiss pairing system, with the time control of 90 min + 30 sec for the first 40 moves and then 15 min + 30 sec for the rest of the game. The tournament will use Bilbao scoring system, 3 points for a win, 1 for draw, 0 for loss. Top prizes are 1.000,- € / 700,- € / 450,- € / 250,- € / 150,- €. In addition there will be 18 prizes for the top scorers in various rating groups. The organizers can accept only 150 players due to space limitations, and 137 are already registered. Top rated are GM Andrei Istratescu FRA 2650, GM Sebastien Mazé FRA 2575, GM Normunds Miezis LAT 2534, IM Karl-Heinz Podzielny GER 2470, IM Twan Burg GER 2462 and GM Lev Gutman GER 2450. Tournament website
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