2nd Schoenenwerd Open in Switzerland
The 2nd Schoenenwerd Weekend CHessOpen is set tot ake place from 10th to 12th February at the Hotel Storchen, Oltnerstrasse 16, CH-5012 Schönenwerd, Switzerland.
The tournament will be played over 5 rounds of Swiss pairings with the time control of 100 min + 30 sec increment for the whole game.
The prizes will be distributed as follows: CHF 1200,00; 1000,00; 800,00; 600,00; 500,00; 400,00; 300,00; 250,00; 200,00; 150,00; <2000 ELO: CHF 200,00
Besides the top seeded Grandmasters Evgeny Romanov and Vladimir Sergeev, there is also a group of strong Brazilian players led by GM Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian.
The 1st Schoenenwerd Open was held in October 2011.
Players list (top seeds):
1 GM Romanov Evgeny RUS 2628
2 GM Sergeev Vladimir UKR 2510
3 GM Mekhitarian Krikor Sevag BRA 2487
4 IM Barbosa Evandro Amorim BRA 2416
5 IM Molina Roberto Junio Brito BRA 2415
NOt bad money.