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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Nakchivan Chess Festival in Azerbaijan from May 3

Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2014

Hello everyone,

The International Chess Festival Nakhchivan Open - 2014 held in memory of leader Heydar Aliyev will take place in Azerbaijan at the Nakhchivan Chess Center from May 3 to May 13. 

The Tournament will be held as the Swiss system (9 rounds). The rate of play will be 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting move one. 

The last date for registration of the applications for participating in the tournament is April 20, 2014. 

The tournament is open to players with an elo of 2250 and above though women player with a rating of 2100 and above are eligible to play. 

Prizes: 
1 place - 10000 $ 11 place - 600 $ 21 place - 300 $ 
2 place - 5000 $ 12 place - 500 $ 22 place - 300 $ 
3 place - 3000 $ 13 place - 400 $ 23 place - 200 $ 
4 place - 2000 $ 14 place - 400 $ 24 place - 200 $ 
5 place - 1500 $ 15 place - 400 $ 25 place - 200 $ 
6 place - 1200 $ 16 place - 350 $ 26 place - 150 $ 
7 place - 1000 $ 17 place - 350 $ 27 place - 150 $ 
8 place - 900 $ 18 place - 350 $ 28 place - 150 $ 
9 place - 800 $ 19 place - 300 $ 29 place - 150 $ 
10 place - 700 $ 20 place - 300 $ 30 place - 150 $ 
Prizes for the best 3 (three) players from Azerbaijan: 
1 place - 2000 $ 2 place - 1000 $ 3 place - 500 $ 

Women's prizes: 
1 place - 600 $ Valuable prize for the young player (under 18) who show the best result. 

Tournament B 
This section is for players rated below 2249. 
Prizes 
1 place - 1000 $ 6 place - 100 $ 
2 place - 500 $ 7 place - 100 $ 
3 place - 300 $ 8 place - 100 $ 
4 place - 150 $ 9 place - 75 $ 
5 place - 150 $ 10 place - 50 $ 

Between elo 1750-1999 
Between elo 0-1749 
200 $ 100 $ 
150 $ 75 $ 
100 $ 50 $ 

Prize for the best senior player : 
1 place - 100 $ 

The best players from Nakhchivan 

1 – st place - 300 $ 2 – nd place - 200 $ 3 – rd place - 100 $ 

Tournament C (children) 
Children’s tournament age till 12 years. 
Winners are awarded certificates and prizes. 

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