The organizer will provide all information and details on this website. All changes and updates will be communicated online.
On Friday and Saturday the tournament takes place in the open shopping mall PlusCity (www.pluscity.at) and intents to promote chess in public.
On Thursday and Sunday the shopping mall will be closed (restaurants are open, free parking and toilets available).
A large number of spectators and numerous media representatives are expected and the noise level will be significantly higher than usual. All participants declare with their registration that they explicitly accept these conditions. The organizer reserves the right to limit the number of participants.
The results of the participants will be passed on by the organizer to FIDE/ACF as instructed.
Furthermore, personal data may be published on the internet and in other media in order to fulfill the statutory purpose of the ACF to protect, disseminate and promote chess in Austria. This concerns in particular the name, the club, the nationality, and all results. Rights to image and video recordings belong to the organizer. GDPR: see the ACF data protection declaration at www.chess.at
The collection of the entry fee is carried out by and on behalf of the Upper Austrian Chess Association.
For administrative reasons, the collection is carried out in trust through a bank account of Grandmaster Communications GmbH.
The prize money will be paid in cash right after the award ceremony.
In the drawing for the iPhone, a winner will be drawn from all present players on May 10th and May 11th, 2024. If he/she is not present, the process will be repeated until a winner can be determined. This is not subject to legal challenge.
Players may carry a switched off mobile phone with them during the game. It is appreciated that players check their pairings online at www.chess-results.com during breaks. Leaving the board during the game is permitted only after consultation with and permission from an arbiter.
All relevant norms of Austrian law, the house rules of PlusCity, and the tournament and competition regulations of FIDE and the ACF apply. The tournament language is English.