The 35th Zalakaros Chess Festival is taking place from 27th May to 4th June, 2016, in Zalakaros, a town in Hungary, famous for its thermal bath.
The event is organized by the Hungarian Chess Federation and Zalakaros City Council, under the patronage of Mr. Tamás Seszták, President of the Hungarian Chess Federation, and Mr. Ferenc Novák, Mayor of Zalakaros.
The Festival consists of three tournaments:
– Gyula Sax Memorial, open to players rated above 2300 Elo
– Open B, reserved for players rated below 2400 Elo
– Open C, reserved for players rated below 1800 Elo
All events will be played in 9-round Swiss FIDE format. Venues will be Hotel Karos Spa (Zalakaros, Alma str. 1.) and Móra Ferenc Primary School (Zalakaros, Liget str. 28.).
The total prize fund in Gyula Sax Memorial is 4,500,000 HUF (approximately 14,300 €). Last year winner was GM Igor Kovalenko.
Gyula Sax Memorial preliminary list of participants (top 70):
1. GM Efimenko Zahar UKR 2656
2. GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr RUS 2654
3. GM Ivanisevic Ivan SRB 2646
4. GM Kravtsiv Martyn UKR 2641
5. GM Romanov Evgeny RUS 2641
6. GM Perunovic Milos SRB 2639
7. GM Berkes Ferenc HUN 2636
8. GM Savchenko Boris RUS 2633
9. GM Onischuk Vladimir UKR 2628
10. GM Oleksiyenko Mykhaylo UKR 2622
11. GM Banusz Tamas HUN 2621
12. GM Bok Benjamin NED 2614
13. GM Papp Gabor HUN 2596
14. GM Kunin Vitaly GER 2595
15. GM Prohaszka Peter HUN 2593
16. GM Vajda Levente ROU 2581
17. GM Erdos Viktor HUN 2577
18. GM Medvegy Zoltan HUN 2553
19. GM Szabo Gergely-Andras-Gyula ROU 2548
20. GM Del Rio De Angelis Salvador G ESP 2541
21. GM Maiorov Nikita BLR 2538
22. GM Shyam Sundar M. IND 2530
23. GM Horvath Jozsef HUN 2528
24. IM Svane Rasmus GER 2526
25. IM Miron Lucian-Costin ROU 2524
26. GM Horvath Adam HUN 2515
27. GM Harika Dronavalli IND 2514
28. GM tachi Narayanan IND 2507
29. IM Andersen Mads DEN 2505
30. IM Aczel Gergely HUN 2502
31. IM Deac Bogdan-Daniel ROU 2501
32. GM Mihok Oliver HUN 2498
33. GM Berczes David HUN 2490
34. IM Nemeth Miklos HUN 2482
35. GM Sundararajan Kidambi IND 2469
36. IM Narayanan Srinath IND 2469
37. GM Romanishin Oleg M UKR 2464
38. IM Korpa Bence HUN 2461
39. IM Aryan Chopra IND 2459
40. IM Bagi Mate HUN 2456
41. GM Czebe Attila HUN 2454
42. GM Smith Bryan G USA 2453
43. IM Puranik Abhimanyu IND 2452
44. IM Nomin-Erdene Davaademberel MGL 2448
45. IM Nguyen Piotr POL 2446
46. GM Antic Dejan SRB 2444
47. IM Kreisl Robert AUT 2439
48. IM Nagy Gabor HUN 2439
49. FM Nguyen Thai Dai Van CZE 2438
50. FM Gazik Viktor SVK 2433
51. GM Lalic Bogdan CRO 2431
52. IM Butkiewicz Lukasz POL 2429
53. FM Livaic Leon CRO 2428
54. IM Vertetics Attila HUN 2425
55. IM Kantor Gergely HUN 2424
56. IM Dragnev Valentin AUT 2423
57. IM Almasi Istvan HUN 2422
58. IM Konopka Michal CZE 2418
59. IM Nasuta Grzegorz POL 2413
60. IM Krishna C R G IND 2411
61. IM Karavade Eesha IND 2409
62. IM Meszaros Tamas HUN 2409
63. GM Cebalo Miso CRO 2407
64. FM Csonka Balazs HUN 2400
65. IM Ben Artzi Ido ISR 2399
66. FM Costachi Mihnea ROU 2397
67. GM Farago Ivan HUN 2391
68. IM Del Rey Diego ESP 2388
69. IM Tompa Janos HUN 2384
70. IM Hnydiuk Aleksander POL 2381
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