Round 6
The European Championship is an 11-round Swiss open. The time control is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes until the end of the game, with 30-second increments per move from the start of the game.
A total of 375 players have registered to participate, with Bogdan-Daniel Deac, Alexey Sarana and Jorden van Foreest starting as the top seeds.
The organisers are offering a total prize pool of €100,000, with €20,000 going to the tournament winner. Perhaps even more important for the top players is the chance to qualify for the next FIDE World Cup. The top 20 players get a ticket for the FIDE knockout tournament, in which three players can win a ticket for the Candidates Tournament.
Schedule
- Rounds 1-6: March 15-20
- Rest day: March 21
- Rounds 7-11*: March 21-25
* The final round starts one hour earlier than usual
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