The 29th Genève International Chess Open will take place on 26-30th December at the Maison des Associations, Salle Gandhi, 15 Rue des Savoises, CH – 1205 Genève, Switzerland.
The Masters Tournament will be held over 7 rounds and open to players rated above 1800.
Top prizes in the Masters are 1st place 3’000.-, 2nd 2’000.-, 3 rd 1’500.-
Special categories : 1st Woman, 1st Senior, 1st Junior, Elo Categories.
Registration deadline : December 26st 2012 at 2 p.m
1st round : Wednesday 2012-12-26 at 3 p.m – 7th round : Sunday 2012-12-30 at 10 a.m
Top rated players: GM Etienne Bacrot FRA 2703, GM Sebastien Maze FRA 2561, GM Aleksandar Kovacevic SRB 2560, GM Vadim Malakhatko BEL 2550, GM Namig Guliyev AZE 2538, GM Andrei Murariu ROU 2529, GM Fabien Libiszewski FRA 2495, WGM Karina Szczepkowska-Horowska POL 2378, IM Anna Zozulia BEL 2351, WGM Katarzyna Toma POL 2305
General Tournament will be held over 7 rounds and open to the players with an Elo FIDE or FSE lower than 1800.
Top prizes: 1st 800.-, 2nd 600.-, 3rd 400.-
Special categories : 1st Woman, 1st Senior, 1st Junior, Elo Categories
Registration deadline : December 26st 2012 at 2 p.m
at 12 a.m for unrated players and 2 p.m for rated players
1st round : Wednesday 2012-12-26 at 3 p.m – 7 th round : Sunday 2012-12-30 at 10 a.m
Information: http://www.fge-echecs.ch
Phone: + 41 22 321 64 36 or +41 78 600 49 36
Beautiful city.