1st Annual KW Chess Marathon

1st Annual KW Chess Marathon

Location Kitchener City Hall
Date July 18-19, 2015
Itinerary 7 rounds Quick Rated 25min+10sec + Saturday Blitz Tournament + Sunday Blitz Tournament
Entry Fee $40
Prizes $35/entry overall as follows: Quick 1st $15/entry, 2nd $5/entry, U2000 1st $5/entry, Saturday Blitz 1st $10/entry, Sunday Blitz 1st who did not win a prize gets a free entry to next year's marathon. Any player winning 1st place in all three tournaments will be immortalized.

Schedule
Saturday 
09:00am Registration
10:00am Round 1
11:15am Round 2
01:00pm Round 3
03:00pm Time Odds Blitz Challenge (5 double rounds of time odds: 5 0, 6 0 vs 4 0 if rating difference over 200 points, 7 0 vs 3 0 if rating difference over 400 points, 8 0 vs 2 0 if rating difference over 600 points). Player giving time-odds have choice of clock side in both games.

Sunday
10:00am Round 4
11:15am Round 5
01:00pm Round 6
02:15pm Round 7
04:00pm Blitz Survivor Challenge (Double elimination 6 0 white 5 0 black Armageddon)