The 5th International Masters Tournament “Douglas Martinez” is taking place from 25 to 30 October 2012 at the Centro Comercial Copacabana Guarenas Municipio Plaza, Venezuela.

The tournament will be played over 9 rounds of Swiss system with the Bilbao scoring (3 points for a win, 1 for a draw). Top prize is 15,000 Bs, which is a little more than 3,000 USD.

Official website

Participants (top 15 seeds):

1. GM Bruzon Batista Lazaro CUB 2717
2. GM Iturrizaga Eduardo VEN 2639
3. GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr RUS 2592
4. GM Papin Vasily RUS 2552
5. GM Alvarez Pedraza Aramis CUB 2526
6. GM Arencibia Rodriguez Walter CUB 2526
7. GM Dobrov Vladimir RUS 2481
8. GM Vera Gonzalez-Quevedo Reynald CUB 2481
9. IM Ortega Amarelle Mariano CUB 2474
10. GM Fargere Francois FRA 2456
11. GM Borges Matos Juan CUB 2453
12. IM Aguero Jimenez Luis Lazaro CUB 2436
13. IM Blanco Ronquillo Humberto L. CUB 2430
14. IM Prasca Sosa Rafael VEN 2422
15. FM Ravelo Gil Eddy CUB 2397

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