14th International Chess Festival Prague Open 2015
The 14th International Chess Festival Prague Open 2015 is taking place on 9-16th January 2015 in Prague, the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.
The event is organized by AVE-KONTAKT s.r.o. as a part of the Czech Tour 2014/2015 Series and will take place at the Olympik Hotel ****, Sokolovska 138, Praha 8.
The Festival is split into 3 main tournaments:
– Open A – 9-round Swiss Open Master Tournament with prize fund in the amount of 50,000 CZK
– Open B – 9-round Swiss Open Rating Tournament with 10.000 CZK in cash prizes
– Open C – 7-round Open Rapid Tournament, valid for rapid ELO FIDE
Open A consists of 209 players from 37 (!) different countries, including 6 GMs, 19 IMs, 19 FMs, 4 WGMs, 2 WIMs and 2 WFMs. Top seed is Russian GM Alexandre Danin (2565). You can see the full players list below.
Contacts:
AVE-KONTAKT s.r.o., Strossova 239, 530 03 Pardubice, Czech Republic
Tournament Director: IO Jan Mazuch
Tel./Fax + 420 – 466 535 200
Mobile phone + 420 – 608 203 007
E-mail: j.mazuch@avekont.cz
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Open A preliminary list of players (top seeds):
1 GM Danin Alexandre RUS 2565
2 IM Demidov Mikhail RUS 2519
3 GM Nosenko Aleksandr UKR 2506
4 GM Teske Henrik GER 2500
5 GM Andreev Eduard UKR 2458
6 GM Simantsev Mikhail UKR 2432
7 IM Jirka Jiri CZE 2429
8 IM Petrosyan Tigran ARM 2429
9 IM Atalik Ekaterina TUR 2419
10 IM Grishchenko Sergey RUS 2417
11 FM Studnicka Tomas CZE 2413
12 IM Plischki Sebastian GER 2399
13 FM Nilsen Joachim Birger NOR 2398
14 GM Ivanov Mikhail M. RUS 2394
15 Schmidt-Schaeffer Sebastian GER 2393
16 IM Almasi Istvan HUN 2391
17 FM Suran Jan CZE 2384
18 IM Berezjuk Sergej CZE 2379
19 WGM Abdumalik Zhansaya KAZ 2369
20 FM Jovanovic Sasa SRB 2360
21 FM Lokander Martin SWE 2357
22 Rydl Jiri CZE 2354
23 IM Kulhanek Tomas CZE 2341
24 IM Sodoma Jan CZE 2330
25 FM Matyas Marek CZE 2326
26 IM Dukaczewski Piotr POL 2325
27 IM Weinzettl Ernst AUT 2324
28 FM Salomon Johan NOR 2319
29 IM Ganaus Hannes AUT 2312
30 IM Mishuchkov Nikolay RUS 2311
31 WGM Yildiz Betul Cemre TUR 2308
32 FM Stachanczyk Jacek POL 2306
33 WGM Ozturk Kubra TUR 2293
34 WGM Kulkarni Bhakti IND 2292
35 FM Constantinou Peter ENG 2284
36 Burnett Andrew SCO 2274
37 IM Prandstetter Eduard CZE 2271
38 FM Lundin Jan SWE 2271
39 FM Dekic Josip SRB 2270
40 Racz Zoltan HUN 2262
Great chess city.