2nd SCS Chess Cup

2nd SCS Chess Cup
36 Grandmasters and 40 International Masters in India

After providing a historic boost to chess in Orissa last year(June 7 to 14), SCS International Open Grand Master Chess Tournament is back again to carry the momentum to greater heights. The second edition of the tournament, the biggest of its kind in Asia, will be organized by Star Chess School, under the auspices of Orissa Chess Ad-hoc Committee and All India Chess Federation at hotel Swosti Plaza in Bhubaneswar from May 22 to 30, 2010.

The second edition will be bigger, better and more attractive than the first, involving around 400 participants, including 36 Grandmasters and 40 International Masters and a large number of Women Grand Masters from 12 countries, including Russia, Hungary, Germany, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Belarus, KazaKhstan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Bangladesh and India.

The tournament is 11 rounds Swiss event, with time control 90 minutes and increment of 30 secs per move from move 1.

Participants

1 GM Dreev Alexey RUS 2655
2 GM Turov Maxim RUS 2624
3 GM Kovalyov Anton ARG 2615
4 GM Kokarev Dmitry RUS 2612
5 GM Vorobiov Evgeny E RUS 2612
6 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej BLR 2604
7 GM Bocharov Dmitry RUS 2592
8 GM Lafuente Pablo ARG 2587
9 GM Maletin Pavel RUS 2584
10 GM Fier Alexandr BRA 2581
11 GM Hera Imre Jr HUN 2558
12 GM Kravtsiv Martyn UKR 2546
13 GM Luther Thomas GER 2541
14 GM Khusnutdinov Rustam KAZ 2525
15 GM Ismagambetov Anuar KAZ 2524
16 GM Simonian Hrair ARM 2521
17 GM Sundararajan Kidambi IND 2520
18 GM Ovetchkin Roman RUS 2519
19 GM Iuldachev Saidali UZB 2511
20 IM Adhiban B IND 2510
21 GM Sriram Jha IND 2507
22 GM Kasparov Sergey BLR 2504
23 GM Vokarev Sergey RUS 2501

Full list here.