Liepājas_Rokāde

Liepājas Rokāde

Liepājas Rokāde

Latvian chess tournament

Liepājas Rokāde ("Liepāja Castling") is international "open" chess championship, annually held in Liepāja, Latvia in August. The first Liepājas rokāde was held in 1994, the last in 2018. [1]

List of winners

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Super Tournament is not played in 2009-2012 and 2014.

Liepājas Rokāde 2009

The Liepājas rokāde 2009 was opened on August 6, 2009. The tournament taking place in Liepāja Biedrības nams. The ceremony started from the speech of tournament director Āris Ozoliņš and Vita Hartmane, which read a letter of the Liepāja mayor Uldis Sesks to participants of the tournament. In 2009 there were 147 players from Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Portugal and Czech Republic, 7% of whom were women.[3] The open tournament was held on 79 chess tables. The championship utilizes FIDE rules and uses Swiss pairing system in 13 rounds.[4] The tournaments judged three referee — Dashkevics, Borisovs and A. Cimiņš. Overall prize fund — 2410 LVL and cups for the first 3 places. The competition traditionally has a large number of sponsors, including Liepājas Metalurgs and Liepāja City Council, additionally there was participation fee about 10 EUR for the players. Tournament results:

References

  1. [1]
    Kurzemes Vārds
  2. [2]
    FIDE President at Liepajas Rokade chess festival in Latvia
  3. [3]
    Riga chess federation, news 06.08.2009
  4. [4]
    Liepājas rokāde 2009 booklet
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