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Nordic Open 2013
Posted By: Henrik Bukkjaer In Response To: Nordic Open 2013 (Stick)
Date: Tuesday, 12 March 2013, at 11:32 p.m.
Stick, this is unfortunately so true.... For the same reason I tried to get a little hype going about a week ago here:
http://www.bgonline.org/forums/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=138563#138563
The beginners tournament, the "masters" tournament and the ladies tournament will all be freerolls with great prices.
Beginners will of course be targeted mainly at local Danes, but if there are any spouses (or kids or whatever) that are normally non-playing or true beginners, they can give it a go! 1st price is flight+hotel+entry to World Champs, but also a lot of free entries to Nordic Open, and lots of other stuff is on the line here.
Gronbech has promised on the Danish forum, that if the field reaches 200 players for the beginners freeroll, there will be free beer during the anniversary party the same evening (with live music performed by IM Mads Peter Andersen and his band).
The masters freeroll (for current giants, DBgF GMs and former Nordic Open and World Champions) are for free Championship entry and I think also free hotel for the entire easter - around $2000 value).
I don't know the details of the ladies tournament, except that it will also be a freeroll.
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The speed tournament will be bigger and better organized this year, with dialy qualifying heats and a final on Monday - all with fixed times in the program.
I think DK vs. World will be a very exciting event too, even though the organizer and the captains have maintained radio-silence so far. The choice of captains this year are players that really represent the "modern" face of backgammon, and who are really really strong players themselves.
Julie also describes match recording as a focus area, and I can tell you that this is really something Gronbech has focus on his year. He wants to highlight the matches played by the current and former world greats, he want to record as much action as at all possible, and he wants to share all of this with the players, the spectators and the distant kibitzers (through web streaming).
If some players bring their own equipment we might be able to catch it all! I know the organizers are preparing a lot of recording equipment, and even toying around with some ideas and solutions not seen before (I'm not sure if it turns out useable yet, so won't go into details). In the VIP section mentioned, there will be power plugs at all tables, etc.
I've heard rumors of almost 100 tournament boards being provided and setup this year, it will really look cool for the big events.
The jackpots will range from $10 - $650 in entry fee, some will be limited to certain flights/ratings.
Julie nailed it when she said: "Nordic Open 2013 is going to be something special this year".
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