Chess Train 2015 – Prize Fund

Ski jumpers on the Chess Train

[03.10.2015 00:00:00] - Next week and already for the fifth time, the Chess Train will depart on its journey; a train unique not only because of its whole concept, a smart combination of chess and travelling, but also because of its prize fund.

And what can you win? The prize fund includes not only the nice sum of CZK 40,000 for the open rapid chess tournament, but also many interesting and valuable material prizes. This means for example Kilometre Banks for free travelling on board of Czech Railways trains, a one-year EURO magazine subscription, ChessBase DVDs (including the current Mega Database of games, the latest Opening Encyclopaedia, or the best chess software of today Komodo 9), vouchers for weekend stays at 4* hotels in Prague and Karlovy Vary, Varta head lamp, Varta high capacity charger, chess books from the ŠachInfo Publishing House and Prague Chess Society, and Bohemian crystal whiskey tumblers.

Besides announcing individual results according to the ranking and rating prizes, the Chess Train will offer two additional special prizes. The first one will be for the best team (players can register as parts of a team as well), which will receive a voucher for 6 persons for a weekend stay at a hotel (Czech Inn Hotels) in Harrachov in the Krkonoše mountains.

The second special prize will go to the biggest “jumper” of the tournament; that is to the player, who will achieve the biggest positive difference between his or her performance in the tournament (ELO performance) and his or her current ELO rating. This player will receive the superb Sporten Glider 5 downhill skis.


The patron of the “biggest jumper of the tournament” competition is grandmaster Martin Petr, who won the Chess Train 2012 tournament with an outstanding and virtually unrepeatable result of 13 points in 13 games.

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