28th Chess Memorial of Stanisław Gawlikowski
Under the auspices of Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz – the President of the city of Warsaw

General Information of the 9th Amplico Life International Chess Tournament –

European Rapid Chess Championship

1. General Sponsor:

Amplico Life S.A.

2. Organizer:

Warsaw Foundation for Chess Development under the auspices of the European Chess Union.

3. Co-Organizers:

Polish Chess Federation, Torwar Sports Centre, Polonia Warsaw Chess Club.

4. Patronage:

City Office of Warsaw, Marshal Office of the Mazovian Voivodeship, Central District of Warsaw.

5. Technological Partners:

Polkomtel S.A., ATM S.A.

6. Co-operating hotels:

Ibis Stare Miasto Hotel, Etap Hotel

7. Tournament Director:

Maria Macieja
mobile: +48 603391318
Deputy Tournament Director:
Agnieszka Fornal-Urban

e-mail: mariamacieja@o2.pl
e-mail: amplico2009@gmail.com

fax +48-22-8876706

8. Chief Arbiter:

IA Tomasz Delega

9. Website:

www.poloniachess.pl
There will be an on-line transmission of the games.

10. Date and venue:

19th – 20th of December 2009, Torwar Show Hall, 6a Łazienkowska street, Warsaw.

Here are the top 25 seeds:

Nr Tyt. Nazwisko Imię Fed. Elo
1 GM Gashimov, Vugar AZE 2758
2 GM Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR 2739
3 GM Shirov, Alexei ESP 2719
4 GM Movsesian, Sergei SVK 2718
5 GM Malakhov, Vladimir RUS 2706
6 GM Bologan, Viktor MDA 2692
7 GM Moiseenko, Alexander UKR 2677
8 GM Kurnosov, Igor RUS 2666
9 GM Tiviakov, Sergei NED 2664
10 GM Krasenkow, Michal POL 2656
11 GM Dreev, Alexey RUS 2655
12 GM Fridman, Daniel GER 2649
13 GM Socko, Bartosz POL 2643
14 GM Wojtaszek, Radoslaw POL 2637
15 GM Markowski, Tomasz POL 2629
16 GM Macieja, Bartlomiej POL 2627
17 GM Hracek, Zbynek CZE 2624
18 GM Azarov, Sergei BLR 2622
19 GM Bartel, Mateusz POL 2618
20 GM Aleksandrov, Aleksej BLR 2617
21 GM Kempinski, Robert POL 2617
22 GM Rozentalis, Eduardas LTU 2611
23 GM Zhigalko, Andrey BLR 2600
24 GM Miton, Kamil POL 2586
25 GM Yemelin, Vasily RUS 2584
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