| Rapid tour (series of rapid tournaments) in cities and towns of the Moravian-Silesian Region (4th January - 26th April 2025) | |||
| • | Rapid tour - a series of seven rapid tournaments in and around Ostrava held annually in the spring before the start of the chess festival Ostravsky konik. A combination of well-attended and smaller tournaments, where the unifying element is the easy accessibility from Ostrava, reinforced by a unique chess bus ensuring the transportation of participants from Ostrava to the tournament venue and back. (4th January - 26th April 2025) | ||
| System of game: | 7 tournaments, swiss system, 9 rounds, 2 × 13 mins + 2 secs for move | ||
| Attendance: | without restrictions | ||
| Prize fund: | Bílovec (32.000 CZK), Ostrava-Hrabůvka (13.000 CZK), Rychvald (9.100 CZK), Petřvald (10.300 CZK), Havířov (10.600 CZK), Šenov (11.600 CZK), Bohuslavice (27.800 CZK) the best players in the individual categories of the entire rapid tour will win a free entry fee to the FIDE Open tournaments of the chess festival Ostravsky konik!!! | ||
| Entry fees: | 100 - 200 CZK, for some tournaments with the possibility of discounts | ||
| Time schedule: | Bílovec (4.1.), Ostrava-Hrabůvka (25.1.), Rychvald (15.2.), Petřvald (15.3.), Havířov (29.3.), Šenov (12.4.), Bohuslavice (26.4.) | ||
| More information: | see www.rapidtour.cz | ||
| Simultaneous tour (series of simultaneous game sessions) in cities and towns of the Moravian-Silesian Region (1st April - 8th May 2025) | |||
| • | Simultaneous tour - a unique promotional event, when the chess master will play a simultaneous production against local chess players or interested members of the public in several places in the Moravian-Silesian region. (1st April - 8th May 2025) | ||
| System of game: | without a time limit | ||
| Attendance: | without restrictions | ||
| Prize fund: | each winner will get for himself a discount on the entry fee for the FIDE Open tournaments of the chess festival Ostravsky konik!!! | ||
| Entry fees: | free of charge | ||
| Time schedule: | in preparation... | ||
| More information: | see Simultaneous tour | ||
| The main program of the festival in Ostrava, at the Černá louka exhibition center (10th - 18th May 2025) | |||
| • | FIDE Opens "A", "B" and "C" - FIDE-rated open tournaments (10th - 18th May 2025) | ||
| System of game: | swiss system, 9 rounds, 90 mins for 40 moves + 30 mins till the end + 30 secs for move criteria used for ranking: number of points, middle Buchholz, Buchholz, progress, average ELO of competitors waiting time is 60 minutes top games will be streamed on the Internet and live commented | ||
| Attendance: | FIDE Open "A": players with FIDE rating > 1900, exceptions: max 20% with FIDE rating <= 1900 FIDE Open "B": players with FIDE rating < 2000 FIDE Open "C": players with FIDE rating < 1700 | ||
| Prize fund: | FIDE Open "A": 90.000 CZK, reward for the winners (1-2-3): 30.000 CZK - 20.000 CZK - 10.000 CZK FIDE Open "B": 40.000 CZK, reward for the winners (1-2-3): 10.000 CZK - 7.000 CZK - 5.000 CZK FIDE Open "C": 40.000 CZK, reward for the winners (1-2-3): 10.000 CZK - 7.000 CZK - 5.000 CZK | ||
| Entry fees: | 1.000 CZK, with the possibility of various discounts (timely payment, team, junior, senior, female, handicapped, rapid tour, simultaneous tour) | ||
| Time schedule: | 10th - 17th May 2025 daily at 16h, 18th May 2025 at 10h | ||
| • | Chess pub quiz - a quiz with questions from a chess environment (11th May 2025) | ||
| System of game: | will be specified soon | ||
| Attendance: | without restrictions | ||
| Prize fund: | 700 CZK in vouchers for the chess bar, reward for the winners (1-2-3): 400 CZK - 200 CZK - 100 CZK | ||
| Entry fees: | free of charge | ||
| Time schedule: | Sunday 11th May 2025, start at 20h, finish c. at 22:30 | ||
| • | Fischer Random chess tournament - random draw of starting position (12th May 2025) | ||
| System of game: | swiss system, 7 rounds (or another according to the number of participants), 3 minutes preparation, then 2 × 5 mins + 3 secs for move | ||
| Attendance: | without restrictions | ||
| Prize fund: | 700 CZK in vouchers for the chess bar, reward for the winners (1-2-3): 400 CZK - 200 CZK - 100 CZK | ||
| Entry fees: | free of charge | ||
| Time schedule: | Monday 12th May 2025, start at 20h, finish c. at 22:30 | ||
| • | Bughouse tournament - variant without dropping checkmate from hand (13th May 2025) | ||
| System of game: | swiss system, 7 rounds, with revenge + play-off (or another according to the number of participants), 2 × 5 mins in revenge the lost team will change boards it is not allowed to drop checkmate from hand, the pawn on the last row is lost | ||
| Attendance: | without restrictions | ||
| Prize fund: | 2.000 CZK, reward for the winners (1-2-3): 1.000 CZK - 500 CZK - 500 CZK | ||
| Entry fees: | 100 CZK for a team | ||
| Time schedule: | Tuesday 13th May 2025, start at 21h, finish c. at 23:00 | ||
| • | Tournament in retro chess by dictation - historical variant of blitz chess (14th May 2025) | ||
| System of game: | swiss system, 9 rounds (or another according to the number of participants), 5 seconds per move (according to dictation "white now", "black now"), position estimate after 10 minutes of play | ||
| Attendance: | without restrictions | ||
| Prize fund: | 700 CZK in vouchers for the chess bar, reward for the winners (1-2-3): 400 CZK - 200 CZK - 100 CZK | ||
| Entry fees: | free of charge | ||
| Time schedule: | Wednesday 14th May 2025, start at 20h, finish c. at 22:00 | ||
| • | Championship of schoolchildren in rapid (15th May 2025) | ||
| System of game: | 3 tournaments divided by age (1st-2nd grade and younger, 3rd-5th grade, 6th-9th grade), swiss system, 7 rounds, 2 x 15 mins | ||
| Attendance: | only pupil of ostravian kindergartens, elementary schools or secondary schools (first level) | ||
| Prize fund: | material prizes in each category for the best 3 boys and the best 3 girls, in the total amount of approx. 9.000 CZK | ||
| Entry fees: | free of charge | ||
| Time schedule: | Thursday 15th May 2025, start at 8:30, finish c. at 13:00 | ||
| More information: | see www.ostravskykonicek.cz | ||
| • | Blitz tournament - FIDE-blitz-rated open tournament (16th May 2025) |  | |
| in memory of IM Lukáš Klíma (*4.10.1977 – †11.7.2024) | |||
| System of game: | swiss system, 11 rounds, 2 x 5 min. criteria used for ranking: number of points, middle Buchholz, Buchholz, progress, average ELO of competitors | ||
| Attendance: | without restrictions | ||
| Prize fund: | 8.000 CZK, reward for the winners (1-2-3): 2.000 CZK - 1.500 CZK - 1.000 CZK | ||
| Entry fees: | 100 CZK | ||
| Time schedule: | Friday 16th May 2025, start at 21h, finish c. at 24:00 | ||
| Place of games: | Pavilon A, Vystaviste Cerna louka Cerna louka 3235, Ostrava, Czech Republic | |
