Liepājas rokāde - international "open" chess championship, annually held in Liepāja, Latvia. The tournament usually taking place in Liepāja Biedrības nams in August. The first Liepājas rokāde was held in 1994.[1]
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The championship utilizes FIDE rules and uses Swiss pairing system in 13 rounds.[2]
The Liepājas rokāde 2009 was opened on August 6, 2009. The ceremony started from the speech of tournament director Āris Ozoliņš and Vita Hartmane, which read a letter of the Liepāja mayor Uldis Sesks to participants of the tournament. In 2009 there were 147 players from Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Portugal and Czech republic, 7% of whom were women.[3] The open tournament was held on 79 chess tables.
The tournaments judged three referee - Dashkevics, Borisovs and A. Cimiņš.
Overall prize fund - 2410 LVL and cups for the first 3 places. The competition traditionally has a large number of sponsors, including Liepājas Metalurgs and Liepāja City Council, additionally there was participation fee about 10 EUR for the players.