The 18th Voronezh International Chess Festival Alekhine Memorial is taking place from 10th to 21st June, 2014 at the Voronezh Chess Club, in the city of Voronezh, Russia.
The Festival is split into 6 tournaments:
Chess 960 (Fischer Chess) on 10th June – 7 round Swiss with a time control 15′ + 3” and a first prize of 10 000 RUB;
Rapid Tournament on 11th June – 9 round Swiss rapid with a time control 15′ + 2”. The winner of this group will be awarded 20 000 RUB;
Blitz Tournament on 17th June – 11 round Swiss Blitz with a time control 3′ + 2” and a top prize of 10 000 RUB;
Master Open from 12th to 21st June – a 9 round Swiss with a time control 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game plus 30 seconds increment starting from move 1. This Section is open to all players, rated over 2199 and it is a Stage of ACP Tour 2014 and Russian Cup 2014. The winner will be granted 180 000 RUB;
FIDE Open from 12th to 20th June – 9 round Swiss open to all players rated below 2201. The time control will be 90 minutes per player plus 30 seconds per move starting from move 1. First prize is 25 000 EU;
“Sail of Hope” from 13th to 19th June – 7 round Swiss tournament for people with disabilities. It will be played at the “Sail of Hope” center with a time control 75 minutes per player plus 30 seconds increment. The best player will receive 10 000 RUB.
Tournament Director: GM, IA, IO Alexander Raetsky
Tel.: +7-473-2541863
e-mail: alexraetsky@hotmail.com
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Master Open starting list (top seeds):
1 Popov, Ivan 2650 GM Russia
2 Artemiev, Vladislav 2647 GM Russia
3 Kokarev, Dmitry 2628 GM Russia
4 Khalifman, Alexander 2617 GM Russia
5 Rakhmanov, Aleksandr 2614 GM Russia
6 Timofeev, Artyom 2603 GM Russia
7 Bocharov, Dmitry 2598 GM Russia
8 Grigoriants, Sergey 2595 GM Russia
9 Ponkratov, Pavel 2595 GM Russia
10 Danin, Alexandre 2594 GM Russia
11 Kryakvin, Dmitry 2581 GM Russia
12 Kunin, Vitaly 2575 GM Germany
13 Fedorov, Alexei 2574 GM Belarus
14 Shariyazdanov, Andrey 2568 GM Russia
15 Kharitonov, Alexandr 2558 GM Russia
16 Brodsky, Michail 2556 GM Ukraine
17 Mozharov, Mikhail 2552 GM Russia
18 Shaposhnikov, Evgeny 2550 GM Russia
19 Tukhaev, Adam 2547 GM Ukraine
20 Rozum, Ivan 2544 IM Russia
21 Yevseev, Denis 2535 GM Russia
22 Zontakh, Andrey 2533 GM Ukraine
23 Batchuluun, Tsegmed 2521 GM Mongolia
24 Lastin, Alexander 2518 GM Russia
25 Prizant, Jaroslav 2516 IM Russia
26 Leon Hoyos, Manuel 2515 GM Mexico
27 Demidov, Mikhail 2512 IM Russia
28 Nozdrachev, Vladislav 2498 IM Russia
29 Chigaev, Maksim 2496 IM Russia
30 Nosenko, Alexander 2492 GM Ukraine
Very strong.