OÖ Schachverband, ÖSFV & Grandmaster Event Management GmbH

PlusCity, Plus-Kauf-Straße 7, 4061 Pasching/Linz (www.pluscity.at)

Sunday, May 30^th, 2026, 10:00

Start: 11:00, End: around 19:00

transfer to: AT51 1500 0001 7137 9084 / BIC: OBKLAT2L / ÖSFV (Österreichischer Schachförderverein); Purpose of use: Club name (if a club registers more than one team, the teams will be numbered or team name).

Please email your team line-up to lineup@grandprix-chess.com by May 29^th 2027 at the latest. If no other option, the line-up can also be submitted on site.

The number of participants is limited to 125 teams (first come, first served)!

€ 120,– (per team) until and including May 4^th – after May 4^th and for on site registrations (until 10:00) an additonal fee of € 50,– will be charged! 

Package fee for participation in both team championships: € 199,– per team (= € 99,50 per championship) if we receive the fee latest by April 17^th. 

Attention: There‘s no refund on package fees!

All Austrian and international clubs are welcome. Fantasy teams (players from different clubs) and fantasy team names are permitted. For participation in the Austrian Team Championship, please refer to the German version.

1^st Place € 3.000,–
2^nd Place € 2.000,–
3^rd Place € 1.000,–
4^th Place € 750,–
5^th Place € 500,–
6^th Place € 250,–

Best team without players over 2400: 
1^st  Place € 1.000,–
2^nd Place € 600,–
3^rd Place€ 300,–

Best team without players over 2200: 
1^st  Place € 1.000,–
2^nd Place € 600,–
3^rd Place€ 300,–

Best team without players over 2000: 
1^st  Place € 1.000,–
2^nd Place € 600,–
3^rd Place€ 300,–

Best team without players over 1800: 
1^st  Place € 1.000,–
2^nd Place € 600,–
3^rd Place€ 300,–

Best Women Team:
1^st  Place € 1.000,–
2^nd Place € 600,–
3^rd Place€ 300,–

Best Senior Team (all players 50+):
1^st  Place € 1.000,–
2^nd Place € 600,–
3^rd Place€ 300,–

Non-Austrian and Fantasy teams can win all of those money prizes (see above). 

Additional prizes only for Austrian National Champions (both Open & Women):
1^st Place € 700,–
2^nd Place € 400,–
3^rd Place € 200,–

A team consists of four players! Each team composition may contain up to five eligible players. The players must be listed strictly in order of rating (see below), with the highest-rated player listed as No. 1, and so on. This fixed board order must be observed when determining the line-up in each round.The FIDE-Blitz-Rating of May 1^st is relevant – if not available, see below. 

9 rounds Swiss System: 10min + 5sec per player; Ranking: Match Points (MP), Tie-Breaks: 1. GP, 2. EDE (MP), 3. EGGSB, 4. BC, 5. shared place.For the team compositions, team starting rank (sorted by the average rating of all players on a team), and category prizes will be used: 1. FIDE-Rapid-Rating, 2. FIDE-Standard-Rating, 3. Austrian-Standard-Rating. Tournament will be FIDE rated, so every registered player needs to have a FIDE ID before the start!

The best-ranked Austrian Team will receive the title “Austrian Rapid-Team-Champion 2027“. The best-ranked Austrian Female Team will receive the title “Austrian Women Rapid-Team-Champion 2027“.

Both titles require a minimum of three participating teams.