10th Rochefort Chess Tournament
19-25th February 2011, GM Arutinian and GM Solodovnichenko are top seeded
Over 100 players, of which more than 15 titled players, have signed in advance for the 10th Rochefort Open tournament, which is set to take place on 19th-25th February 2011. Next year, the huge Cappelle-la-Grande Open is played one week after Rochefort, so this event could serve a perfect training opportunity.
The organizers have invested big effort to propose an interesting tournament for all-level players. The playing venue is as usual in the Salle Colbert at Congress Palais, in downtown of Rochefort.
The tournament will be played over 9 rounds of Swiss system, with rate of play 90 mins for 40 moves + 30 mins to the end and increment 30 sec from move one. The total prize fund is 7000 EUR.
Players will be separated in two tournaments: Open A for players with rating above 1900 and Open B for players under 2000, the objective being to reduce the rating differences.
List of the top rated players:
GM David Arutinian GEO 2578,
GM Yuri Solodovnichenko UKR 2563,
GM Alexei Barsov UZB 2507,
GM Ventzislav Inkiov BUL 2477,
GM Evgeny Sharapov UKR 2468,
IM Gabriel Battaglini FRA 2446,
GM Vasile Sanduleac MDA 2445,
IM Vincent Colin FRA 2444,
IM Spas Kozhuharov BUL 2440,
IM Vincent David FRA 2424,
IM Xavier Bedouin FRA 2404,
IM Chi-Minh Nguyen FRA 2391 etc.
Information about the tournament is available at www.echiquier-rochefortais.com. Thanks to IA Dominique Dervieux.
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