King Salman Rapid & Blitz 2017 – Historic Agreement
- Najla Aldahmash | Reem zahid
- Dec 24, 2017
- 1 min read
For the first time in Saudi Arabia! The world's highest IQs and greatest chess players are going to compete in the King Salman World Rapid and Blitz Championships this week December 26-30 in Riyadh, including Magnus Carlsen, Sergey Karjakin and Vassily Ivanchuk. FIDE is pleased to announce that they have reached an agreement with the Organisers that the dress code for the event will be dark blue or black formal suits, with white shirts, either open necked or with a tie, for men and dark blue or black formal trouser suits, with high necked white blouses for women. There will be no need to wear a hijab or abaya during the games, this will be a first for any sporting event in Saudi Arabia.
The total Prize Fund for the event is $2,000,000, with individual prize funds of $750,000 for the Open and $250,000 for the women in both events. This is almost 350% more than the previous event. There will be 30 prizes for each event, with the first prize being $250,000 in the Open Section and $80,000 in the Women’s Section, all new records.
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