The 7th International Chess Tournament, dedicated to the memory of Georgy Agzamov, the first grandmaster of Uzbekistan, will be held in Tashkent from April 13th (arrival) till April 23rd (departure).

The general management of the competition is carried out by the Chess Federation of Uzbekistan (UCF), in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture and Sports of Uzbekistan.

The official hotel of the tournament is “Shodlik Palace”. The playing format is 9-round Swiss.

The UCF will consider all the applications and selectively, upon a compulsory preliminary agreement, accepts 10 Grandmasters on the following conditions:

– Chess players with ELO rating 2650 and above are provided with a full-board single room and return of airfare (1-month, economy class) not exceeding 800 US dollars.


– Chess players with ELO rating 2600-2649 are provided with a full-board single room and return of travel expenses not exceeding 400 US dollars.


– Chess players with ELO rating 2550-2599 are provided with a place in a double room with full-board.

In addition, UCF reserves the right to accept chess players with outstanding achievements and merits on special conditions.

The general prize fund is 20 000 US dollars

1st place – 4 000 US dollars
2nd place – 3 000 US dollars
3rd place – 2 000 US dollars
4th place – 1 500 US dollars
5th place – 1 000 US dollars
6th place – 800 US dollars
7th place – 700 US dollars
8th place – 500 US dollars
9th place – 400 US dollars
10th place – 300 US dollars
11th place – 200 US dollars
12th place – 200 US dollars
Total: 14 600 US dollars

Special prizes:

Women, if not less than 10 participants:

1st place – 1 000 US dollars
2nd place – 500 US dollars
3rd place – 300 US dollars
Total: 1 800 US dollars

Juniors under 20:

1st place – 500 US dollars
2nd place – 300 US dollars
3rd place – 200 US dollars
Total: 1 000 US dollars

Veterans:

1st place – 500 US dollars
2nd place – 300 US dollars
3rd place – 200 US dollars
Total: 1 000 US dollars

Contact details:

Phone: (+998-71) 241-15-44
Fax: (+998-71) 241-35-01


Website: www.uzchess.uz
E-mail: uzchess@sarkor.uz, real_mail@inbox.ru , turdialiev@mail.ru

Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
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