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 €180 per person in a shared room and €260 single.

The cost for others is €262.50 and €360 respectively.

Those wishing to extend their stay may do so at a cost of €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.

Email Eamon Casey

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: http://www.marinehotel.ie/

TripAdvisor website has more information at:

http://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.

 


 


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