The Golden Prague Festival 2013 is taking place on 23rd-30th June at the Karlínské Spektrum, Karlínské náměstí 7, Praha 8 – Karlín, Czech Republic.
It is organized by the Chess Club Holdia DP Prague and the Chess Academy Club in cooperation with DDM Prague.
The event is divided in six groups, separated by playing strength and age categories, besides a rapid tournament and an IM-norms closed championship.
The main attraction is the A group which will be open for all the players. It will be played under the Swiss system with 9 rounds.
Rate of play: 90 minutes in 40 moves + 30 minutes untill the end of the game + 30 seconds for each move starting from the beginning of the game.
The pairings in the first 2 rounds will be made using the accelerated system.
Prizes: 1st prize 10 000 CZK, 2nd prize 8 000 CZK, 3rd prize 6 000 CZK, 4th prize 4 000 CZK, 5th prize 3 000 CZK, 6th prize 2 000 CZK, 7th prize 1 000 CZK, 8th prize 800 CZK, 9th prize 600 CZK, 10th prize 300 CZK.
Tournament website
Participants – A group (top seeds):
1 GM Sergeev Vladimir UKR 2436
2 FM Kočiščák Jiří CZE 2407
3 GM Meduna Eduard CZE 2397
4 FM Sharashenidze Akaki CZE 2354
5 FM Jüptner Jan CZE 2328
6 IM Přibyl Josef CZE 2318
7 FM Gregor Jiří CZE 2295
8 WGM Ptáčníková Lenka ISL 2255
9 FM Stigar Petter NOR 2255
10 Postupa Pavel CZE 2229
GM norms possible?