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Organizer: Chess Academy Club, registered association Venue: Karlínské Spektrum, Karlínské náměstí 7, Praha 8 – Karlín, CZ-186 00, Czech Republic Festival Director: Růžena Pribylová, e-mail: ruzena.pribylova@gmail.com, tel. +420-777 071 192 Website: http://www.chess-academy.cz/psf Chief Arbiter: FA Ladislav Hajšman

Tournament Tournament name Restriction Date

A 8th Karel Opočenský Memorial (GM) ELO FIDE > 2200 10.07. - 18.07.2021 D 2nd František Macek Memorial born 1956 and earl. 10.07. - 18.07.2021

E 16th Golden Prague Open ELO FIDE > 1799 10.07. - 18.07.2021

A 8th Karel Opočenský Memorial (GM) Grandmaster round robin ELO FIDE > 2200 System: grandmaster round robin tournament with 10 players with the possibility of GM and IM norms, the expected average ELO of the tournament at least 2380, rated for ELO FIDE and Czech ELO Rating Lists. Playing time: 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes + 30 seconds for every move made for each player Online transmission: games from the tournament will be transmitted online to the Internet. Financial prices: 4.000 CZK, 2.500 CZK, 1.500 CZK. Entry fee: ELO FIDE > 2501: 3.000 CZK / 118 EUR, 2451-2500: 4.000 CZK / 157 EUR, ELO FIDE 2401 - 2450: 4.500 CZK / 177 EUR, ELO FIDE 2351 - 2400: 5.000 CZK / 197 EUR, ELO FIDE 2301 - 2350: 6.000 CZK / 236 EUR; ELO FIDE min. 2200 - 2300: 9.000 CZK / 353 EUR. The organizer reserves the right to decide on the inclusion of the player in the tournament.

D 2nd František Macek Memorial Senior round robin tournament born 1956 and earl. System: senior round robin tournament for 10 players over 65 years of age (b. 1956 and earlier), rated for ELO FIDE and Czech ELO Rating Lists. Playing time: 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes + 30 seconds for every move made for each player Online transmission: games from the tournament will be transmitted online to the Internet. Financial prices: 1.800 CZK, 1.200 CZK, 800 CZK, 400 CZK. Entry fee: 800 CZK / 32 EUR. Players with GM, IM, WGM, WIM free entry fee. The organizer reserves the right to decide on the inclusion of the player in the tournament.

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E 16th Golden Prague Open FIDE Open Tournament ELO FIDE > 1799

Participants: players registered in the Czech Republic Chess Federation, foreign players registered in FIDE System: open tournament played by the Swiss system for 9 rounds, rated for ELO FIDE and Czech ELO Rating Lists. Playing time: 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes + 30 seconds for every move made for each player

Waiting time: A player who does not appear within the set limit of 60 minutes after the start of the round loses the game by default and will not be paired for the next round. Online transmission: selected games from the tournament will be transmitted online to the Internet. Playing material: provided by the organizer Pairings: Swiss-Manager. The results will be published on the website of the http://chess-results.com/. First three rounds will be paired by an accelerated system (the starting list will be split in half; players from the same half always face each other). Until and including the 4th round, each player can take one day off from the tournament. He shall notify the arbiter of his intention before the pairing. He will not be paired for this round and a draw will be entered in the table. Ranking: 1st number of points, 2nd medium Buchholz without worst result, 3rd higher average ELO of opponents, 4th Buchholz, 5th mutual game, 6th drawing of lots Entry fee:

Group Entry fee players of the Prague Chess Association, The Central Bohemian Regional Chess Association, players accommodated through the organizer and registered until June 30, 2021

- with ELO FIDE 800 CZK / 32 EUR - without ELO FIDE 1.000 CZK / 40 EUR

other players - with ELO FIDE 1.300 CZK / 51 EUR

- without ELO FIDE 1.500 CZK / 59 EUR players born 2003 and later, players born 1956 and earlier -200 CZK / -8 EUR

Late registration after June 30, 2021 +200 CZK / +8 EUR Financial prices:

Ranking 16th Golden Prague Open 1st place 8.000 CZK

2nd place 6.000 CZK 3rd place 3.000 CZK

4th place 2.000 CZK 5th place 1.000 CZK

Best in the categories U-16 – open and girls cups and medals Best in the categories U-12 – open and girls cups and medals

According to Hort system, financial prices are divided into as many players as the prizes are listed. Prices

are guaranteed with a minimum of 40 players participating. With a lower number of participants, the organizer reserves the right to adjust the price fund. If the winner does not take the prize personally at the closing ceremonial, then it will be forfeited in favor of the tournament organizer.

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Common rules for all tournaments:

Entry fee: paid by bank transfer to one of following accounts: EUR transactions (SEPA payment) - IBAN: CZ42 2010 0000 0021 0200 4853, BIC (SWIFT): FIOBCZPPXXX CZK transactions only - IBAN: CZ30 2010 0000 0020 0098 2576, BIC (SWIFT): FIOBCZPPXXX

Reference = FIDE ID or registration number of the Czech Republic Chess Federation, Name and address of consignee: Chess Academy Club, Karlínské náměstí 7, Praha 8, CZ-186 00 The entry fee includes a fee for the rating of the tournament to ELO FIDE and Czech ELO Rating Lists.

Applications: by e-mail to ruzena.pribylova@gmail.com no later than until June 30, 2021. The application is considered confirmed by the player's entry on the starting list published on the Internet.

GDPR: The participant of the tournaments agrees that the acquired data and results of the tournament for rating to the ELO FIDE and Czech ELO Rating Lists can be published, as well as the games and photos from this tournament on the organizer's website. Consent to the publication of photos can be revoked at any time and the published photos will be removed from the page. Players not registered in the Czech Republic Chess Federation agree to the communication of their year of birth necessary for registration in FIDE.

Festival schedule: Date Time Event

Saturday July 10, 2021 14:00 - 15:00 Registration

15:30 - 15:45 Festival opening ceremony

16:00 - 21:00 1st round

Sunday July 11, 2021 16:00 - 21:00 2nd round

Monday July 12, 2021 16:00 - 21:00 3rd round

Tuesday July 13, 2021 16:00 - 21:00 4th round

Wednesday July 14, 2021 16:00 - 21:00 5th round

Thursday July 15, 2021 16:00 - 21:00 6th round

Friday July 16, 2021 16:00 - 21:00 7th round

Saturday July 17, 2021 16:00 - 21:00 8th round

Sunday July 18, 2021 9:30 - 14:30 9th round

15:00 - 16:00 Festival closing ceremony

The Prague Chess Festival is held with the financial support of the capital city of Prague.

media partner of the festival

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Accommodation: special prices for the Prague Chess Festival provided by EA Hotels EA Hotel Juliš**** approx. 10 min. via public transport system

Address: Václavské náměstí 22, Praha 1 www.hoteljulis.cz

Room rate: single room = 72 EUR, double room = 78 EUR/one night incl. breakfast

EA Hotel Apartments Wenceslas Square**** approx. 10 min. via public transport system Address: Václavské náměstí 36, Praha 1

https://www.wenceslassquareapartments.cz/ Room rate without breakfast: single use studio kitchen counter = 54 EUR, double

studio with kitchen counter = 59 EUR/one night, possibility to add breakfast on spot

for 12 EUR/person

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EA Hotel Royal Esprit**** approx. 5 min via public transport system

Address: Jakubská 5, Praha 1

www.hotelroyalesprit.cz Room rate: single room = 68 EUR, double room = 73 EUR/one night incl. breakfast

EA Hotel Prague Embassy**** approx. 5 min via public transport system Address: Petrská 31, Praha 1

www.hotelembassyprague.cz

Room rate: single room = 59 EUR, double room = 63 EUR/one night incl. breakfast

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EA Hotel Populus*** approx. 20 min via public transport system

Address: U Staré Cihelny, Praha 3

www.hotelpopulus.cz Room rate: single room = 27 EUR, double room = 29 EUR/one night incl. breakfast

Reservation - contact

Martin Axmann Phone: +420 271 090 838 E-mail: axmann@euroagentur.cz

Map of hotels

LEGEND:

1. Karlínské Spektrum (Venue) 4. EA Hotel Royal Esprit

2. EA Hotel Juliš 5. EA Hotel Embassy

3. EA Hotel Apartments Wenceslas Square 6. EA Hotel Populus

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Hygiene measures in the current status valid as of June 28, 2021: The 16th Prague Chess Festival will be held under strict hygienic conditions. The premises of the Karlín Spectrum allow to create such conditions (spacing between tables, regular disinfection of halls, ventilation, etc.) so that the event can take place and festival participants are protected against infection as much as possible.

The festival is allowed under the conditions of the presence of a maximum of 200 people, provided that all persons present comply with the following MEASURES, which the organizer is obliged to check:

a) person has undergone an RT-PCR test for sars-cov2 virus with negative results no more than 7 days ago;

b) a person has undergone a NEGATIVE ANTIGEN TEST FOR SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen with negative results no more than 72 hours ago;

c) the person has been vaccinated against covid-19 and will provide a national certificate of vaccination, which is a written certificate issued at least in English by an authorised entity operating in the Czech Republic, in another Member State of the European Union or in a State listed in the Communication of the Ministry of Health as a country or part there of a low risk of covid-19

infection, a specimen of which is published in the list of recognised national certificates on the website of the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic, which contains data on the vaccinated person, the type of vaccine administered, the date of administration of the vaccine, the identification of the body that issued the certificate that vaccination has expired:

(i) at least 22 days from the first dose of vaccine in the case of a two-dose SPC schedule, but not more than 90 days, unless a second dose has been administered;

from the first dose of vaccine in the case of a two-dose SPC schedule for at least 22 days, but not more than 9 months if a second dose has been administered;

at least 14 days, but not more than 9 months, from the application of the vaccine dose in the case of a single-dose SPC schedule;

d) the person has undergone a laboratory confirmed covid-19 disease, has expired the isolation period under the current emergency measure of the Ministry of Health and has not passed more than180 days since the first positive POC antigen test for sars-cov-2 or RT-PCR virus antigen test for SARS-CoV-2 virus;

e) the person on the spot undergoes a preventive antigenic test to determine the presence of sars-

cov-2 virus antigen intended for self-testing or authorised by the Ministry of Health for use by a lay person, with negative results;

f) the person has passed a test for the presence of sars-cov-2 virus antigen, which is intended for self-testing or authorised by the Ministry of Health for use by a lay person and provided to the person by his employer, with a negative result, as part of the mandatory staff testing provided by another emergency measure of the Ministry of Health; this is evidenced by a confirmation from the employer or an affidavit; or

g) a person at a school or school facility has passed a test no later than 72 hours ago to

determine the presence of sars-cov-2 virus antigen, which is intended for self-testing or authorised by the Ministry of Health for use by a lay person, with a negative result, this is evidenced by an affidavit or an affidavit by the legal representative of the person or by a certificate of the school If a player fails to comply with at least one of the above measures, he is not allowed to play and loses the game by default.

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The organizers are obliged to register the participants. In order to prevent the possible further spread of the pandemic, viewers are prohibited from entering. Only tournament participants and players under the age of 10 can enter the halls. All participants in the event must be considerate and respect other restrictions:

- immediately use disinfection placed on stands after entering the building

- indoors only with respiratory protective equipment – respirator

- respiratory protective equipment not necessary during the game

- keep spacing and communication to a minimum

- before and after the game, do not shaking hands, greeting your opponent with a nod of the head

- submit the COVID-19 Declaration of Non-Infectiousness before the first round and thereof

repeatedly, depending on the MEASURE, including a copy of the proof of the test carried out

with a negative result, or of the vaccination carried out, or of the confirmed covid-19 disease

Restrictions will be regularly adjusted according to the regulations of the Hygiene Station of the Capital City of Prague or the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic. We believe that we will be able to create a safe environment and the maximum number of players will participate in tournaments.

DECLARATION OF COVID-19 NON-INFUSORATION I, the undersigned ____________________________________________ living ________________________________________________________, e-mail ____________________________ represented by a legal representative (players under the age of 18, complete according to the facts): _______________________________________________________________ I am not currently diagnosed with COVID-19 positive and meet at least one of the following MEASURES:

a) RT-PCR test for SARS-CoV2 virus with negative result no more than 7 days ago

b) POC test for SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen with negative result no more than 72 hours ago

c) covid-19 vaccinations, supported by a national certificate of vaccination d) confirmed covid-19 disease and no more than 180 days have passed since the first positive POC

antigen test for SARS-CoV-2 or RT-PCR virus antigen test for SARS-CoV-2 virus

e) preventive antigenic test to determine the presence of SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen with negative results

f) test for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen with negative results as part of mandatory staff testing no more than 72 hours ago

g) test for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen with negative results at school or school equipment no more than 72 hours ago

I undertake to inform the management of the Prague Chess Festival without delay in changing the above statements.

Prague, ________________________ ____________________________________________________ signature of the player (for 18 years of the representative)

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Festival Hall of Fame: Karel Opočenský Memorial (GM, IM)

Season Year 1st place 2nd place 3rd place 9 2013 Epameinondas Kourousis FM Jakub Tuma IM Pierluigi Piscopo

10 2014 FM Juraj Druska FM Jan Šuráň IM Sebastian Plischki 11 2015 IM Radoslav Doležal Sh. Nubairshah Mohammad IM Pavel Čech

12 2016 IM Pavel Vávra Antenaina Rakotomaharo Fy IM Artur Frolov 13 2017 IM Vojtěch Plát Matej Hrabuša FM Josef Havelka

14 2018 IM Artur Frolov GM Vladimir Sergeev Daniel Kožúšek 15 2019 IM Jakub Půlpán FM Kirill Burdalev FM Samir Sahidi

František Zíta Memorial (IM)

Season Year 1st place 2nd place 3rd place

13 2017 Prithu Gupta FM Kirill Burdalev FM Jan Vokoun 15 2019 WIM Elena Semenova Evgueny Fedorov Filip Nový

Habeas Corpus (IM)

Season Year 1st place 2nd place 3rd place

4 2008 GM Eduard Meduna IM Josef Přibyl Martin Vaculík Karel Průcha Memorial

Season Year 1st place 2nd place 3rd place 13 2017 IM Pál Kiss IM Alexander Chudinovskikh Paul MacDonald

František Macek Memorial

Season Year 1st place 2nd place 3rd place

15 2019 IM Josef Přibyl Vladislav Obůrka Václav Portych Golden Prague Open

Season Year 1st place 2nd place 3rd place 1 2005 GM Marek Vokáč GM Eduard Meduna GM Leon Vološin

2 2006 Jan Jüptner IM Ivan Hausner GM Eduard Meduna 3 2007 FM Tomáš Studnička IM Ivan Hausner IM Pavel Vávra

4 2008 IM Vítězslav Rašík GM Eduard Meduna IM Jiří Nun 5 2009 IM Pavel Freisler Jiří Gregor IM Vítězslav Rašík

6 2010 IM Vítězslav Rašík Zdeněk Hába IM Pavel Freisler 7 2011 GM Eduard Meduna IM Pavel Vávra FM Jan Jüptner

8 2012 GM Eduard Meduna FM Svatopluk Svoboda IM Josef Přibyl 9 2013 FM Jiří Kočiščák GM Vladimir Sergeev WGM Lenka Ptáčníková

10 2014 Pavel Postupa Jr. Zdeněk Hába FM Miloslav Netušil 11 2015 IM Tomáš Kulhánek FM Jakub Půlpán FM David Vichnar

12 2016 FM David Vichnar FM Ondřej Matras IM Tomáš Kulhánek

13 2017 Zdeněk Hába Arsenij Anaškin Filip Nový 14 2018 FM Jiří Gregor IM Josef Přibyl Vojtěch Drábek

15 2019 Dimitrios Bellos Sim Jia Ru Jáchym Němec

Prague, July 1st, 2021 Růžena Přibylová