Chess South Africa is organizing the 1st Durban Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament to be held in Durban, South Africa from 20 to 29 September 2014.
The event will take place at the International Convention Centre, Durban, concurrently with the FIDE World Youth Chess Championships.
The tournament will be conducted as per FIDE Laws of Chess and FIDE Swiss System with 11 rounds in all.
The total prize fund is 10,500 EUR, with 2100 EUR reserved for the winner.
Web site: http://www.2014wycc.co.za
Participants (top seeds):
1. GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2642
2. GM Adly Ahmed EGY 2597
3. GM Salem A.R. Saleh UAE 2594
4. GM Hansen Eric CAN 2593
5. GM Mareco Sandro ARG 2585
6. GM Brunello Sabino ITA 2552
7. GM Bhat Vinay S. USA 2511
8. GM Rombaldoni Axel ITA 2502
9. GM Popilski Gil ISR 2493
10. GM Grover Sahaj IND 2492
11. GM Barsov Alexei UZB 2486
12. IM Karthikeyan Murali IND 2462
13. GM Bakre Tejas IND 2452
14. GM Solozhenkin Evgeniy RUS 2448
15. GM Bui Vinh VIE 2411
Nice field.