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FIDE World Blitz Championship 2010
Internet Tournament

 

The Staff Software Needed Tournament Mode
Rules Cheating Control Main Site

Entry Fee and prizes

              A. Entry Fee

Not entry fee will be charged. The tournament is free. You just need to download the software and play.

B. Prizes

The prizes have been donated by Aeroflot (travel to Moscow) and ChessBase GmbH (software).

C. Prizes in the Final, January 30th 2010

Winner: 

The travel costs to Moscow and accommodation for two nights (17th to 19th February 2010) in a single room, plus a trophy

Places 2 and 3

The travel costs to Moscow and accommodation for two nights (17th to 19th February 2010) in a single room

Places 4 to 7

A ChessBase MegaPackage each

 

Places 8 to 11

The ChessBase MegaBase 2010

Places 12 to 15

Fritz 12 – the famous chess playing program and strong analysis tool

Any player who made a least +1 and finished the tournament

 

 12 months premium membership on playchess.com

Any other player who finished the tournament

 

 6 months premium membership on playchess.com

All prizes are available only to players whose names are given in the personal information. It is not possible to transfer any prize to any other player.

There will be numerous "lucky wins" for the players in the preliminaries. All players on the places 11, 21, 31, 41, 51, 61, 71, 81, 91, 101, 111, 121, 131, 141 and 151 will win a lucky prize. However, in order to qualify for a lucky win – in this case 30 days premium membership on playchess.com – you need a valid serial number on playchess.com. You also have to finish the tournament in question and your real name hast to be given in the personal information.