Czech This Out

AM flying to the Czech Republic today to play in the U2000 tournament of the Summer Prague Open, which also has an unrestricted section and a pair of one-day rapid and blitz events.

There are 298 registered entries from 22 countries in the two longplay tournaments, including four from England and one from Wales.

Most entries (159) are from the home country, followed by 47 from Germany and 12 from Norway.

There are four grandmasters, nine international masters and 29 Fide masters, and more than 40 players who are either under 1500 or unrated.

It would seem, judging by the CzechTour website, that anti-Covid precautions are minimal: "Based on legal measure published by the Ministry of health, arbiters and players are allowed to stay in the playing hall without wearing a mask during the game. In contrary, spectators, accompanying persons and players having finished the game are obliged to wear the mask in the playing hall."

I have played at many CzechTour events, but none in Prague.

More details: http://www.czechtour.net/summer-prague-open/regulations/