Tashkent-Open-Agzamov-Memorial

The Uzbekistan Chess Federation is holding the international chess tournament 10th Tashkent Open – Memorial of Georgy Agzamov, the first grandmaster of Uzbekistan, from 18-26th April, 2016, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

The official venue of the tournament is hotel “Shodlik Palace”.

The tournament is a 9-round Swiss with the time control 90 min + 30 sec increment from move one. The total prize fund is 20,000 US dollars.

The organization of the competition is carried out by the Uzbekistan Chess Federation, in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture and Sports of Uzbekistan.

Last year winner was GM Vladislav Artemiev

Top regular prizes are 4 000 / 3 000 / 2 000 / 1 500 / 1 000 USD. There are also special prizes for women, juniors under 20, girls under 20 and veterans.

Participants (top seeds):

1 GM Mamedov Rauf AZE 2650
2 GM Petrosian Tigran L. ARM 2611
3 GM Amonatov Farrukh TJK 2602
4 GM Grigoriants Sergey RUS 2590
5 GM Vakhidov Jahongir UZB 2576
6 GM Kazhgaleyev Murtas KAZ 2570
7 GM Dzhumaev Marat UZB 2478
8 GM Papin Vasily RUS 2476
9 GM Barsov Alexei UZB 2444
10 GM Sriram Jha IND 2435

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