The 49th Ilmar Raud Memorial is organized by Viljandi CC Fellin from June 29 to July 5, 2015, at the Viljandi Sports Center, Vaksali 4 (500 meters from the bus station, by the Square of Liberty). in Viljandi, a town in southern Estonia.
The event is played in memorial of Ilmar Raud, member of the Estonian team that scored bronze at the Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires.
The 9-round Swiss FIDE open tournament with tempo of play 90′ X 40 moves + 15′ + 30″ is a part of Kodumasinad series 2015 held by the Estonian Chess Support Organization.
The main prizes will be distributed as follows: € 1.500 + Trophy/ € 1.000 + Trophy/ € 700 + Trophy/ € 400/ € 250/ € 150/ € 100/ € 70. In additional, many category prizes will be awarded.
Last year’s winner GM Aleksej Aleksandrov (2607) from Belarus heads the field of 61 players from 7 different countries, including 8 GMs and 6 IMs.
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List of participants (top seeds):
1 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej BLR 2607
2 GM Neiksans Arturs LAT 2600
3 GM Kulaots Kaido EST 2574
4 GM Ehlvest Jaan USA 2545
5 GM Blomqvist Erik SWE 2509
6 GM Miezis Normunds LAT 2508
7 GM Kveinys Aloyzas LTU 2486
8 IM Meskovs Nikita LAT 2451
9 GM Shvyrjov Igor EST 2433
10 IM Sepp Olav EST 2426
11 IM Seeman Tarvo EST 2414
12 IM Ladva Ottomar EST 2411