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The Anniversary Tournament B
(Open FIDE rating Swiss)

December 29th – January 7th

Updated pairings and results at the TournamentService site.

An open tournament for all players with FIDE-rating up to 2100 or no FIDE rating. The tournament will count for both FIDE-rating and Norwegian rating. It is played over 9 rounds using the FIDE-Swiss system, from December 29th to January 7th. One round per day except at the free day Saturday January 3rd, when it's possible to participate in the Open Norwegian Rapid-chess Championship.
The tournament will be played at the Thon Hotel Gjøvik.

Time limits:

40 moves in 2 hours, then 1 hour to finish the game. (In total 6 hours).

Prizes:

No. 1-4 gets: Euro 600 – 350 – 200 – 150, plus 100 Euro to the best player in each of the rating groups 1750-1999, 1500-1749, 1250 – 1499 and under 1250.

Book prizes etc. for the other ¼ best players in each rating class; master class (rating above 2000), class 1 (1750-1749), class 2 (1500-1749), class 3 (1250-1499), class 4 (1000-1249) and class 5 (rating below 1000).

Starting fee:

40 Euro for players with FIDE-Elo of at least 2000, 70 Euro for players with FIDE-Elo of 1600 - 1999, 85 Euro for all other players. There is a discount of 15 Euro for juniors born 1988 or later, a discount of 30 Euro for those born in 1995 or later.

Rating calculated after the tournament: