30th Tournoi International de la Ville de Metz
The 30th Tournoi International de la Ville de Metz is taking place from 14th to 21st April at the gymnase d’Hannoncelles in Metz, France. The organizer is chess club Metz Alekhine.
The tournament format is 9-round Swiss and the players will be divided in two playing Groups – Open A (rated 1900 and above) and Open B (U2000).
The total prize fund is 12,000 EUR, first place is 3000 EUR worth. There are 27 Grandmasters in the field.
Top 30 rated players:
1 GM FELLER Sebastien 2658 FRA
2 GM TUROV Maxim 2645 RUS
3 GM SOLODOVNICHENKO Yuri 2613 UKR
4 GM GUREVICH Mikhail 2611 TUR
5 GM FIER Alexandr 2603 BRA
6 GM MAMEDOV Nidjat 2601 AZE
7 GM VOROBIOV Evgeny E. 2589 RUS
8 GM SUMETS Andrey 2587 UKR
9 GM SHANAVA Konstantine 2586 GEO
10 GM KORNEEV Oleg 2584 RUS
11 GM PERUNOVIC Milos 2582 SRB
12 GM EINGORN Vereslav S 2568 UKR
13 GM MAIOROV Nikita 2558 BLR
14 GM MANOLACHE Marius 2552 ROU
15 GM DGEBUADZE Alexandre 2551 BEL
16 GM CORNETTE Matthieu 2545 FRA
17 GM SANIKIDZE Tornike 2545 GEO
18 GM ROMANISHIN Oleg M 2541 UKR
19 GM MALAKHATKO Vadim 2524 BEL
20 GM MIRZOEV Azer 2523 AZE
21 GM SAVCHENKO Stanislav 2512 UKR
22 GM PAP Misa 2512 SRB
23 IM KOZIAK Vitali 2511 UKR
24 GM MILANOVIC Danilo 2510 SRB
25 GM LIBISZEWSKI Fabien 2509 FRA
26 GM BAKRE Tejas 2509 IND
27 IM VAIBHAV Suri 2494
28 GM MEKHITARIAN Krikor Sevag 2487 BRA
29 GM LALIC Bogdan 2454 CRO
30 IM BERNADSKIY Vitaliy 2439-
Fier will rock the house.