Friday, 15 August 2025

Annual Treat

AM making final preparations for flying to Prague tomorrow, from where I will be traveling to Olomouc, which is hosting the CzechTour's summer festival.
There are at least seven tournaments - the exact number depends on entries to round-robin norm events.
I have entered the Czech 65+ championship, which is open to foreigners, and has 106 entries, including four from England.
There are nine mostly-16:00 rounds over eight days, and the time control, although not specified in the regulations, is almost certainly 40 moves in 90 minutes, with 30 minutes to finish and a 30-second increment throughout
Overall there are 275 entries, including four grandmasters and 11 international masters, from 28 countries.
The venue hotel is centrally located and has long-since banished the ideals of communist non-service

2 comments:

  1. The weather seems to be good there,its not so hot except for one day.(29) Good luck!

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    1. Typical - I've paid extra for a room with aircon, only for the weather to behave itself!

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