Invitation 2026and registration

Memorial Remy Rippinger
30th Echternach Open

on 20th and 21th June 2026

Venue: the ancient abbey of Echternach

The tournament is rated for FIDE RC ELO.

Rate of play: 9 rounds Swiss System 40 min + 5s

Start: Saturday 10:30 (the participation has to be confirmed until 10:00!)
The prize giving ceremony is on Sunday at 17:30.

Prizes

Main prizes 
1000€  750€  500€  400€  350€  300€  250€  200€  150€  100€
The main prizes are split with the Hort system until the 10th place.

Further money prizes

150€  100€  80€  60€  40€
in the rating group of Remy Rippinger 1400 - 1699

100€  80€  60€  40€
* in the rating groups <1400,  1700 - 1899,  1900 - 2099,  2100 - 2300
* for the best women
* for the best seniors >60 (year of birth 1966 or earlier)
* for the best youth players <18 (year of birth 2008 or later)
* for "LUX"-players at FIDE

Attention: the money prizes cannot be accumulated!

Special prizes
The club with the most adult participants receives 6 bottles of "crémant".
Every other club with at least 10 participants receives 2 bottles of "crémant".
The club with the most youth players receives 6 bottles of local juice.

Informations
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Registration

Condition for participation

The registration for the tournament can only be accepted with a FIDE-ID as the tournament will be rated.
Players without a FIDE-ID must contact their national federation in time to get their ID.

Registration by mail

Please send a mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and indicate for every player you want to register :
1) FIDE-ID
2) Name
3) Club

Payment of the entry fee

Free participation for GM, IM, WGM and WIM.

Entry fee for other players :

• payment by bank transfer until Wednesday June 17th :
  40€ for adults  /  25€ for youth players
• payment by bank transfer after that day or cash payment on the first tournament day :
  50€ for adults  /  35€ for youth players

The entry fee will be refunded if you do not participate.

Account for bank transfers :

When registrating several players, you may transfer the sum of all entry fees.
In this case, please put the number of players and the club in the comment instead of the names.