OÖ Schachverband, ÖSFV & Grandmaster Event Management GmbH

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

Thursday, May 29^th, 2025, 13:00

Start: 14:00, End: around 20:00

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)

Registrations via transfer will be accepted until (and including) May 23^rd!

€ 119,– (per team) until and including May 23^rd – after May 23^rd and for on site registrations (until 13:00) an additonal fee of € 50,– will be charged! 

Package price for participation in both team championships: € 180,– per team (= € 90,– per championship) if we receive the fee latest April 30^th. 

Attention: There‘s no refund on package prices!

All Austrian and foreign clubs are welcome! Fantasy-Teams are possible. Name of the team must be equal to the clubs name, all players must be eligible to play in their respective club! Several teams per club are possible!

A team doesn’t have to consist of players exclusively from one club – as long as the team doesn’t want to become “Austrian Champion”. Teams can play with any “Fantasy-Team” and can nevertheless win all money prices.

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 2150 elo:
1^st Place € 1.000,–
2^nd Place € 750,–
3^rd Place € 500,–
4^th Place € 250,–

Best team without players over 1850 elo:
1^st Place € 1.000,–
2^nd Place € 750,–
3^rd Place € 500,–
4^th Place € 250,–

Best women team: € 500,–

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 € 600,–
2^nd Place € 400,–
3^rd Place € 200,–

A team consists of four players! Each team can register up to two substitute players, who are eligible to play whenever needed. The line-up requires the following ranking:

Each person is allowed to have a maximum of 200 Elo more than the team-mate on the next higher board. The FIDE-Blitz-Rating of May 1^st is relevant – if not available, see below.

13 rounds Swiss System: 3min + 2sec per player;
Ranking: Teampoints, Tie-break according to game-points, progressive score and Elo-Performance. We are using 1^st FIDE-Blitz-Elo, 2^nd FIDE-Standard-Elo, 3^rd AUT-Standard-Elo.

Tournament will be FIDE rated!

The best-ranked Austrian Team will receive the title “Austrian Blitz-Team-Champion 2025“.

The best-ranked Austrian Female Team will receive the title “Austrian Women Blitz-Team-Champion 2025“.

Both titles require a minimum of three participating teams.

Michael Stöttinger, ACF President

Kons. IA Günter Mitterhuemer, UACF President

IA Dr. Ivan Syrovy, Chairman FIDE Arbiter Commission