2nd London Chess Classic 2010

 

Olympia Conference Centre, Kensington, London

 

 

Mozilla 3.5.5 and

Chrome compatible

 

 

 

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Classic Rules

 

Format: 8 players and all play all. Seven rounds.

 

Category: The event is currently Category 19 and 2700+ but quite close to 2725.

 

Rules: Classical time control like Linares. 40/2, 20/1, g/15'+30". Sofia Rules.

 

Prize fund: 145,000 Euros before tax. An increase of 25,000 Euros.

 

6 main prizes: 1st 50000 Euros, 2nd 25000 Euros, 3rd 15000 Euros, 4th 10000 Euros, 5th 10000 Euros, 6th 8000 Euros

Total: 118,000 Euros.

 

7 x Daily Best Game prizes of 1,000 Euros = 7,000 Euros. These will be voted on by the public.

 

A winners’ pool of 20,000 Euros for each game won. At the end of the tournament we will count the number of wins and establish the prize for each win. Each win will be of equal value. For example if there are twenty decisive games then the prize will be 1000 Euros per win.

 

Prize fund breakdown

118,000 + 7,000 + 20,000 = 145,000 Euros.

 

 

 

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