Online Chess $38,000 Prize Blitz Qualifier on Sunday

For all those who could not get through in the previous qualifier of the Online Chess Blitz Grand Prix Open with a whopping prize money of $38,000 last time, the next qualifier is on Sunday, June 24. This super blitz online competition is being organised by the Russian Chess Federation with the ChessOK Playing Zone

You can register for the chess blitz from anywhere in the world. More than $38,000 are being put up as the prize fund. Four qualifying tournaments are being organised on Sundays beginning June 3, 2012. Final and Super Final tournaments will take place August 14-15, 2012. All online blitz chess rounds begin at 16-00 UTC.

Qualifying Tournaments Schedule
1st qualifying tournament – June 3, 2012. 16-00 UTC;
2nd qualifying tournament – June 24, 2012. 16-00 UTC;
3rd qualifying tournament – July 1, 2012. 16-00 UTC;
4th qualifying tournament – July 29, 2012. 16-00 UTC

The Final Tournament (in 4 groups) will be held on the 14th of August, 2012:
I group - 11-00 UTC;
II group - 13-00 UTC;
III group - 15-00 UTC;
IV group - 17-00 UTC.

The Super Final Tournament will be held on the 15th of August, 2012, at 16-00 UTC.

The competition will be held in three stages:1st stage – 4 Swiss-system qualifying tournaments;
2nd stage – Final tournaments. 4 groups of 10 players each. Round-robin system;
3rd stage – Super Final tournament among 8 players. Knockout system.

You can find all the information about this fantastic chess online blitz tournament at this link.

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