1st ITT Torunament OAV Libertador Simón Bolívar

The 1st ITT Torunament OAV Libertador Simn Bolvar will take place from September 25-30 in the Hall of Conventions of Sambil in Ciudad de San Cristbal, Venezuela.

It will be organized by the Organizacin Ajedrez Vinotinto and will give chances to get GM and IM norms, both for male and female participants.

A total of 10 rounds will be played. The pairings will be created using the Accelerated Swiss System until the 4th round. The time control will be of 90 minutes + 30 seconds per move from move 1.

The tournament will have a prize fund of 270.000 bolvares (approx. 63.000 USD). The first prizes in the main section will be 30.000, 20.000, 10.000 and 5.000 bolvares. There will be category prizes and special prizes for women, senior and unrated players.

This will be one of the most important... [via Chessdom]