09-10-2017, 09:37 PM
Hi Andy,
You could play 2 Czech events for £500 if you plan it well, as the Czech Tour runs events in pairs (1st event finishes Saturday, next event begins Sunday). I usually do this if at all possible - time constraints on 'normal working people' might make it impossible for them!
Roughly speaking:
£100 return flights to Prague
£300 accommodation (I always book my own accommodation, although the organisers offer 2 types of accommodation to suit your budget (with reduced entry fee). The cheap one is often quite horrendous in my experience!
Free entry for IM/GM (quite cheap for others too)
£100 for food/drink (Czech is generally cheap)
For 1 event only you obviously save money on hotel/entry fees, so £300 is enough if you don't mind B&B/reasonable cheap hotel. Booking flights off-season to Prague is not so expensive, although I use Berlin a lot for trips to the UK (4 hours/20 euros bus trip from Prague either end)
Travel within Czech is ridiculously cheap and very decent.
I have also just posted a new event courtesy of Tim Wall for next year which I am hoping many of our players will play in. League matches are always available and as Robin said, weekenders are also there, although I know you and some others don't like the 2 games per day FIDE-rated aspect. In Czech, the 9-rounders almost always have one double round, the rest of the rounds being late afternoon single rounds per day.
Hope this helps,
Andy B
You could play 2 Czech events for £500 if you plan it well, as the Czech Tour runs events in pairs (1st event finishes Saturday, next event begins Sunday). I usually do this if at all possible - time constraints on 'normal working people' might make it impossible for them!
Roughly speaking:
£100 return flights to Prague
£300 accommodation (I always book my own accommodation, although the organisers offer 2 types of accommodation to suit your budget (with reduced entry fee). The cheap one is often quite horrendous in my experience!
Free entry for IM/GM (quite cheap for others too)
£100 for food/drink (Czech is generally cheap)
For 1 event only you obviously save money on hotel/entry fees, so £300 is enough if you don't mind B&B/reasonable cheap hotel. Booking flights off-season to Prague is not so expensive, although I use Berlin a lot for trips to the UK (4 hours/20 euros bus trip from Prague either end)
Travel within Czech is ridiculously cheap and very decent.
I have also just posted a new event courtesy of Tim Wall for next year which I am hoping many of our players will play in. League matches are always available and as Robin said, weekenders are also there, although I know you and some others don't like the 2 games per day FIDE-rated aspect. In Czech, the 9-rounders almost always have one double round, the rest of the rounds being late afternoon single rounds per day.
Hope this helps,
Andy B