13th – 19th JULY 2004
TALLINN, ESTONIA
Sponsored and supported by Government
Of Estonia, City of Tallinn, Nordic Council,
Estonian Cultural Foundation, Nordea Bank,
Tolaram-Group, Estonian Chess Federation,
and held at SAS Radisson Hotel and Tallinn
Chess House
STAR RAPID – 4 top grandmasters at SAS
Radisson Hotel, July 13 – 14.
A nine round swiss OPEN competition,
Time limit 1h30+30 sec per move.
Open to all players .
Entry fee 30 EURO.
Main prizes: EURO 1000, 750, 500, 400, 300,
200,
150, 100, 100, 100,
prizes for youth, women, seniors and rating
groups
Schedule:
Wednesday,
July 14
13.00 –
15.00 Registration
16.00 –
20.00 Round 1
Thursday,
July 15
11.00 –
15.00 Round 2
16.00 –
20.00 Round 3
Friday, July
16
11.00 –
15.00 Round 4
16.00 –
20.00 Round 5
Saturday,
July 17
11.00 –
15.00 Round 6
16.00 - 20.00 Round 7
Sunday ,
July 18
No Open
rounds, 100 table match Estonia – Finland
Monday, July
19
11.00 –
15.00 Round 8
16.00 - 20.00 Round 9
21.00
Closing ceremony
Tuesday,
July 20
Transportation
to Jyväskylä – Heart of Finland – Open Finnish Championship.
Registration
and enquiries www.maleliit.ee
Travel: www.estonian-air.ee - very, very
reasonable tickets for regular flights from Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Paris,
London,Berlin and Hamburg to Tallinn, tens of ferry and catamaran connections
from Helsinki and Stockholm.
Hotel
accommodation via Estonian Chess Federation 6-night package with breakfast in
double-room EURO 300 per person, single supplement EURO 100.