The 6th Paleohora Open Chess Tournament is set to take place on 19-26th July at the Municipality of Kandanos – Selino Community Centre, in Paleohora, Crete, Greece.
The tournament is organized by the Municipality of Kandanos – Selino and Chania Chess Academy, with support from the Region of Crete and Greek Chess Federation.
The 9-round Swiss event is providing possibility to win FIDE title norms. Total prize fund is 7000 EUR.
Tournament directors are Papadimitrakis Ioannis and Naoum Giorgos, chief arbiter is Logothetis Sotiris.
Last year winner was GM Andrey Rychagov
Pre-registered players (top seeds):
1. GM Zhigalko Andrey BLR 2617
2. GM Baklan Vladimir UKR 2613
3. GM Banikas Hristos GRE 2609
4. GM Svetushkin Dmitry MDA 2605
5. GM David Alberto ITA 2597
6. GM Borovikov Vladislav UKR 2564
7. GM Rychagov Andrey RUS 2561
8. GM Zubarev Alexander UKR 2559
9. GM Kharitonov Alexandr RUS 2546
10. GM Zinchenko Yaroslav UKR 2536
11. GM Maiorov Nikita BLR 2529
12. GM Gopal G.N. IND 2522
13. GM Tukhaev Adam UKR 2520
14. GM Popilski Gil ISR 2515
15. IM Colovic Aleksandar MKD 2490
16. GM Pap Misa SRB 2489
17. GM Baron Tal ISR 2467
18. GM Skembris Spyridon GRE 2458
19. GM Kapnisis Spyridon GRE 2451
20. IM Georgiadis Ioannis GRE 2449
21. GM Polzin Rainer GER 2446
22. IM Lekic Dusan MNE 2430
23. Markidis Konstantinos GRE 2376
24. Krishna C.R.G. IND 2339
25. IM Vuilleumier Alexandre SUI 2321
Great event.
Dates may be rectified as 19th to 26th July 2013 instead of “June” in the main post.