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The third tournament in the Playchess Autumn Series 2020 is now approaching. Next Wednesday, November 11, 2020, you can win a 90-minute online training session with Rustam Kazimdzhanov. Take your chance and benefit from the experience of one of the world's best coaches and long-time second of Fabio Caruana. Another innovation: You can also win rating prizes.
Join the fun and register for the tournament on 11.11.2020. Just follow the link and register...
The Benoni is back in business
On top level the Benoni is a rare guest but with this DVD Rustam Kasimdzhanov this might change. New ways and approaches in most lines and countless improvements of official theory will show you how to play this opening at any level with success.
The second tournament in the Autumn Series (last Wednesday, November 4) was won by Felix Meißner who scored 9 points from 9 games! Before the final round he was certain to win the tournament but still gave his best. The Irish IM David Fitzsimmons came in second, with 7.5 points. The other prize winners were Veaceslav Cofmann (6.5), Moawad Elsayed Abdel Hameid and Robert Baskin.
The third tournament in the series comes up with an important novelty: In addition to prizes for the five best players, there will be two prizes in each of three rating groups. The FIDE-Elo or the national ranking (if you do not have a FIDE-Elo) determines your rating group, and this way everyone has a good chance to win a prize.
Mode, date and times, virtual venue
Individual blitz, nine rounds Swiss, 3+2, November 11;
Registration at the latest 19.45 CET.
Round 1: 20.00
Round 2: 20.15
Round 3: 20.30
Round 4: 20.45
Round 5: 21.00
Round 6: 21.15
Round 7: 21.30
Round 8: 21.45
Round 9: 22.00
The tournament will end around 22.20.
The respective round does not start before the specified time, but no later than three minutes after the end of the previous round.
Scoring + Prizes
Points count most, then progressive scoring, and finally Buchholz.
Prizes
Rating prizes
A rating of 2200 or less
Prize: 1 year ChessBase Premium
Prize: 6 months ChessBase Premium
A rating of 2000 or less
Prize: 1 year ChessBase Premium
Prize: 6 months ChessBase Premium
A rating of 1800 or less
Prize: 1 year ChessBase Premium
Prize: 6 months ChessBase Premium
Winning two prizes is not possible. The prize that is won is the one of higher value. First of all the FIDE-Elo is decisive. If none is known the national rating decides. Players without a rating will be counted as players with a rating of 1800 or less.
Registration:
Registration ends on November 11, 19.45. Please register with this link.
Results and standings of the tournaments will be updated continuously on chess-results: chess-results.com/Tnr539358.aspx?lan=0
Venue:
The tournament will be played on playchess.com, in the virtual tournament room "Herbstserie". It can be accessed via the current client (part of the programs ChessBase 14 or 15, Fritz 16 or 17, Komodo 13 oder 14, (free download under http://download.chessbase.com/download/PlayChessV7Setup.exe ), under tournaments "Herbstserie 2020"
and via the webbrowser with the link https://play.chessbase.com/en/play?troom=Herbstserie.
To play in these blitz tournaments you do need a Premium Account.
