The 27th International Open Tournament Pula 2013 is set to take place on 8th – 15th June at the Hotel “Park Plaza Histria” in Pula, Croatia.
The event will be a 9 rounds Swiss open with a time control of 90 minutes for the whole game plus 30 seconds increments from the first move.
The prize fund amounts to 11.000 Euros, to be distributed as follows: 1.400 EUR / 1.000 EUR / 700 EUR / 600 EUR / 500 EUR, etc.
There will also be prizes for rating categories, best International Master, best FIDE Master, best lady and best veteran player.
So far, 117 players are registered to participate. Croatian GMs Marin Bosiocic, Robert Zelcic and Ognjen Jovanic are the first seeds.
Registered players (top seeds):
1 GM Bosiocic Marin CRO 2559
2 GM Zelcic Robert CRO 2543
3 GM Jovanic Ognjen CRO 2535
4 GM Romero Holmes Alfonso ESP 2522
5 GM Fercec Nenad CRO 2502
6 GM Tratar Marko SLO 2498
7 GM Sulava Nenad CRO 2484
8 GM Drazic Sinisa SRB 2468
9 IM Franic Milan CRO 2404
10 IM Ledger Andrew J ENG 2402
11 IM Zelbel Patrick GER 2397
12 GM Okhotnik Vladimir FRA 2391
13 IM Jelen Igor SLO 2376
14 GM Yrjola Jouni FIN 2366
15 FM Schnider Gert AUT 2347
Not a bad field.