Chess Festival Groningen

The Chess Festival Groningen offers a generous prize fund for the 2018 edition. The Open A has a total prize fund north of €6000. The tournament winner takes home €1800, while there’s an extra prize for the best scoring woman of €400. The remainder of the prize fund is distributed among the other top finishers and a rating prize. With this prize fund Chess Festival Groningen is among the highest in the Netherlands, which can be seen in the strength of the field of players. Of course this prize fund wouldn’t be possible without our sponsors the University of Groningen, The Municipality Groningen and Hotels.nl.

It’s not just the highest group that offers chances to win some nice prizes. In the Open B (ELO 1600-2100) and Open C (ELO <1701) there’s a total prize fund of at least €2000. While the Compact group, where about 40 players per group battle it out over 5 rounds in between Christmas and New Years, has over €600 per group and €200 for the winner. More information of these and other tournaments can be found in the tournament tabs on our website.

Chess Festival Groningen 2019
Date	Open Tournament A, B, C	4-person Tounament	Compact	Student Tournament	Youth Grand Prix	University Challenge	Commentary	After Chess
21-12-2019	Round 1
22-12-2019	Round 2	Round 1
23-12-2019	Round 3	Round 2		Will follow
24-12-2019	Round 4	Round 3
25-12-2019	Merry Christmas!
26-12-2019	Round 5		Round 1
27-12-2019	Round 6		Round 2
28-12-2019	Round 7		Round 3		Will follow
29-12-2019	Round 8		Round 4
30-12-2019	Round 9		Round 5

21 December	11.00 – 12.00 hrs	Registration
21 December	13.00 – 19.00 hrs	Round 1
22 December	13.00 – 19.00 hrs	Round 2
23 December	13.00 – 19.00 hrs	Round 3
24 December	13.00 – 19.00 hrs	Round 4
25 December		Rest day
26 December	13.00 – 19.00 hrs	Round 5
27 December	13.00 – 19.00 hrs	Round 6
28 December	13.00 – 19.00 hrs	Round 7
29 December	13.00 – 19.00 hrs	Round 8
30 December	11.00 – 17.00 hrs	Round 9
30 December	± 18.00 hrs	Prizegiving ceremony

22 December	11.00 – 12.00 hrs	Registration
22 December	13.00 – 19.00 hrs	Round 1
23 December	13.00 – 19.00 hrs	Round 2
24 December	13.00 – 19.00 hrs	Round 3
	Followed by	prizegiving ceremony

26 December	11.00 – 12.00 hrs	Registration
26 December	13.00 – 19.00 hrs	Ronde 1
27 December	13.00 – 19.00 hrs	Ronde 2
28 December	13.00 – 19.00 hrs	Ronde 3
29 December	13.00 – 19.00 hrs	Ronde 4
30 December	11.00 – 17.00 hrs	Ronde 5
30 December	± 18.00 hrs	Prizegiving ceremony

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