WCF Grand Prix Final starts this week in Rodos Palace

The WCF Grand-Prix Final aka “Rhodes WCF Open 2025” will be held in the 5-star Conference Hotel “Rodos Palace”, on the northern seaside of Rhodes. WCF Grand-Prix Final is going to take place July 10 – July 18 and is the final tournament of the WCF Grand-Prix Series 2024-25. This event is a great opportunity to combine 5-star summer holidays on a famous Greek island together with an open tournament giving the WCF Champion Title and 11,000 euros in prizes for all categories: general standings, women and juniors.

The Prime Minister of China HE Li Qiang is visiting the 5-star hotel Rodos Palace these days, the venue of the upcoming WCF Rodos International Tournament in Greece. WCF organizers said, “We are always honored to co-operate with Rodos Palace, a hotel preferred by famous politicians, celebrities and businesses for many years now.”

Visit the official website of the WCF https://worldchessfestival.com and for more events see the European Chess Calendar

The tournament will be a 9-round Swiss, FIDE rated and open to all players with a FIDE ID number. The time limit for each player is 90 minutes for 40 moves + 15 minutes for the rest of the game + 30 seconds increment for every move played, starting from the 1st move.

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