Turnierausschreibung "Irish " Open" Text nur in englischer Sprache verfügbar (von Philip Doyle, Irland) Braille Chess Association of Ireland Silver Jubilee Open Tournament 2010 To celebrate 25 years of the Braille Chess Association of Ireland, this event will take place at the Marine Hotel, Sutton Cross, Dublin, from Friday October 1st to Monday October 4th, 2010. Tournament The Tournament will be a 6 round swiss, open to all visually impaired players and their guides. The rate of play will be all moves in 1 hour and 45 minutes for each player. There will be two sections if numbers allow, a Major section open to players of all strengths and a Minor section confined to players rated below 1400 ELO. Costs of stay in hotel The cost of accommodation for players and guides/partners for three nights including dinner, bed and breakfast is âé¬180 per person in a shared room and âé¬260 single. The cost for others is âé¬ 262.50 and âé¬360 respectively. Those wishing to extend their stay may do so at a cost of âé¬85 per night B&B for both Single & shared rooms, but only if bookings are made through the B.C.A.I. All fees should be paid to the Treasurer, Ernie McElroy, 1 The Village Green, Ratoath, Co. Meath - Telephone: +353 1 8027541. Bank account details will be provided on request to those wishing to pay by credit transfer. The closing date for bookings and payment of fees is 15 August, 2010. Further enquiries may be made to Eamon Casey. Telephone: +353 44 9347997 (home number) E-mail: casbur@eircom.net Time table Day Date Round and Time Miscellaneous Friday October 1st, 2010 Round 1 @ 7.30pm Dinner @ 5.30pm Saturday October 2nd, 2010 Round 2 @ 10.00am Round 3 @ 2.30pm Dinner @ 7.00pm Sunday October 3rd, 2010 Round 4 @ 10.00am Round 5 @ 2.30pm Dinner @ 7.00pm Monday October 4th, 2010 Round 6 @ 9.30am Prize Giving @ 1.30pm General information The Marine hotel, has a leisure centre, and is located 20 minutes drive from Dublin Airport and a similar distance from the City Centre. It is convenient to the DART suburban rail service which connects to the Dunleary ferry port. Address: Marine Hotel, Sutton Cross, Dublin 13 Tel: + 353 1 8390000, Fax: + 353 1 8390442 E-mail: info@marinehotel.ie Web: www.marinehotel.ie/ TripAdvisor website has more information at: www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g186605-d212661-Reviews-Marine_Hotel- An excursion will be organised On the Saturday For those not taking part in the Chess, and musical entertainment the same evening. These are free. Please bring this notice to the attention of all visually impaired Chess players.