3rd ACP World Rapid Cup
by Mikhail Golubev
The 3rd ACP World Rapid Cup will be organised by the Pivdenny Bank in Odessa, Ukraine 22nd-24th May 2009. The venue will be the Odessa National Academy of Law.
As usual, it will be a KO tournament with 16 participants. There will be two-game matches at all stages, prior to the final. In the final, four games will be played. The time control will be 20 minutes per game with an increment of 5 seconds per move.
In accordance with the rules of the Association of Chess Professionals (www.chess-players.org), 13 of 16 spots are given to the players who qualified from the ACP Tour 2007/08.
The field of 16 players is now announced:
GM Dmitry Jakovenko RUS 2753
GM Alexander Grischuk RUS 2748
GM Sergei Movsesian SVK 2747
GM Boris Gelfand ISR 2733
GM Vugar Gashimov AZE 2730
GM Etienne Bacrot FRA 2728
GM Peter Svidler RUS 2726
GM Arkadij Naiditsch GER 2700
GM Pavel Eljanov UKR 2693
GM Alexander Moiseenko UKR 2690
GM Zahar Efimenko UKR 2682
GM Evgeniy Najer RUS 2669
GM Anatoly Karpov RUS 2644
GM Pavel Tregubov RUS 2628
GM Mikhail Gurevich TUR 2613
GM Yuri Drozdovskij UKR 2603
GM Viktor Korchnoi has been invited as a commentator for the spectators.
Schedule of rounds:
22 May: 1/8 final matches from 12:00; 14:30; 17:00; 19:30
23 May: 1/4 final matches from 12:00; 14:30
23 May: 1/2 final matches from 18:00
24 May: Final from 12:00
The local time is GMT +3.
The prize fund is USD $57,000. The winner receives USD $10,000. There will be a special prize, named after the Odessa IM Mikhail Podgaets who passed away on 14 May 2009.
A transmission of games will be organised at the official tournament website, worldcup.pivdenny.com
Media contact: Mikhail Golubev, gmi@europe.com
Source: ChessToday.net
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