Dear Chess friends,
We are very happy to welcome you to Norway Chess Open 2024! The playing venue like last year will be Clarion Hotel Energy, Stavanger.
Norway Chess Open will include one GM group which is available for players with an ELO of at least 1800 (in the official FIDE lists from February, March, April or May 2024) – plus, one ELO group which is available to all tournament players.
Both groups will see a 9 rounds Swiss tournament. Starting with registration and round 1 on Friday May 24th, finishing off with round 9 and prize giving ceremony on Thursday May 30th.
Our tournament following this will include nine rounds in seven days. Players finding this schedule too hard are welcome to request a walk-over draw for one or two games within the first seven rounds. Note however, that participants in the GM group must play all nine rounds if they want to make title norms possible.
Note: For players eager to play more than 9 rated games in Stavanger, we will this year also offer a shorter rounds Open tournament named Norway Chess Weekend 2024 - starting the day after last round of Norway Chess Open! Norway Chess Weekend will play 5 rated rounds within May 31th to June 2th.
Time limits in Norway Chess Open are the FIDE standard with 90 minutes for 40 moves and then 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30 seconds increment from move 1.
A player still not present in the playing venue after 60 minutes will forfeit the game (unless the arbiters due to extraordinary and known circumstances decides otherwise). A number of games will be transmitted live with a 15 minutes delay.
Tournament schedule
Friday May 24 Registration 14.00–16.00 Round 1 17.30
Saturday May 25 Round 2 10.00 Round 3 17.30
Sunday May 26 Round 4 10.00 Round 5 17.30
Monday May 27 Round 6 16.30
Tuesday May 28 Round 7 16.30
Wednesday May 29 Round 8 16.30
Thursday May 30 Round 9 10.00 Prize giving ASAP after 15.00
Moneyprizes in the GM group are 2500–1500–1000–500–400–300–200–100 Euros. All top prizes are shared in case of equal points. Best woman prizes are 250 Euros for the female player with most points (shared in case of equal points) and 150 Euros for the female player with best ELO performance. Both prizes can be won by the same player, and the ELO prize can only be won by participants playing eight or nine games. Best senior prize is 150 Euros for the senior player with most points (shared in case of equal points).To compete for the best senior prize, a player must be born in 1974 or an earlier year.
Moneyprizes in the ELO Group are 400–250–150 Euros. Best woman prize 100 Euros and best veteran prize 100 Euros. All prizes in the Open group are shared in case of equal points. To compete for the best veteran prizes, a player must be born in 1974 or an earlier year.
Entry fees in the GM group are free for players with a GM, IM or WGM title, and also for other players with an ELO of at least 2400 in the official list of May 2024. Other players with an ELO of 2300–2399 and players with a WIM title will pay 100 Euros, while players with an ELO of 2150-2299 pay 150 Euros and players with an ELO below 2150 pay 200 Euros. Players born 2004 or later will get a 20 Euros junior disount on the entry fee.
Entry fees in the ELO Group are 80 Euros for players born 2004 or later and 100 Euros for all other players. All participants in the Norway Chess Open will get a free ticket to follow the games of the Norway Chess Super Group.
Participants are required to register for the tournament via Turneringsservice, at latest May 15 at 23.00. Later registrations will be accepted only if we still have sufficient space in the playing venue. Entry fees can be paid during the registration Friday May 24, before the pairings of round 1. Following this you are not required to pay anything before arrival.
Playing venue is Clarion Hotel Energy – address: Ishockeyveien 2, 4021 Stavanger.
The playing hotel offers participants and their accompanying persons a strongly discounted price for hotel rooms with breakfast buffet. Cost each night:
Single room – 1190 NOK
Double room – 1390 NOK
(1 Euro is currently about 11,5 NOK, and so the current prices each night are about 103 Euros for a single room or 120 Euros for a double room. Tournament period fra May 24 to May 30 will be six nights.)
Link to booking.com
https://app.mews.com/distributor/54f4c450-38b3-44ea-8ac6-b0a301458726?mewsAvailabilityBlockId=0d66266f-d15a-47db-8cc6-b10d00e9f8bb&mewsStart=2024-05-24&mewsEnd=2024-06-02
To book your room with a discount, please go to the hotel website and use code sjakk24. The discount is valid for rooms between May 23th and June 3th.
We recommend players to reserve hotel rooms as soon as possible and not later than March 31, as room shortage might be a problem the last weeks before the tournament.
Norway Chess Open 2024 is a cooperation between Norway Chess and the local chess clubs in Stavanger. As chief organizer and chief arbiter we have been lucky to get in IA IO, Hans Olav Lahlum, the very well known organizer and arbiter from numerous successful title tournaments at Gausdal, Oslo and Fagernes, during the last 25 years.
Questions related to Norway Chess Open, not answered by this text, can be sent directly to Hans Olav at email hansolahlum@gmail.com
Finally, a few words about possibilities for title holder conditions. Norway Chess Open again in 2024 spends most of our incomes on money prizes. To increase chances for title norms and to make the tournament even more attractive, the organizer will offer conditions for a few selected GMs rated above 2550. In addition to a free entry fee, we will also offer an 1800 NOK hotel bill discount for a limited number of IMs rated above 2350 and a limited number of WGMs rated above 2300. Players wanting to apply for such conditions/discounts should contact the chief organizer directly by email hansolahlum@gmail.com as soon as possible and no later than March 20.
Your participation at the Norway Chess Open will give you free entrance to the Norway Chess tournament!
| Påmeldingsfrist |
For å unngå forhøyet startavgift må påmeldinger være oss i hende innen 2024.05.15. Vi lukker online-påmeldingen 2024.05.15 23:59:00. |
| Startavgift |
0-200 euro, see details above |
| Kontakt |
Hans Olav Lahlum, Epost:hansolahlum(a)gmail.com, Tlf . Arr Stavanger Sjakklubb |
| Overnatting |
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Group GM, Group ELO |
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