Player Name Country Rating Rank
Veselin Topalov g BUL 2791 1
Vassily Ivanchuk g UKR 2786 3
Levon Aronian g ARM 2757 7
Movsesian Sergei g SVK 2732 13
Peter Svidler g RUS 2727 17
Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2714 26
The total prize fund is 250, 000€, as 80,000€ go for the winner, 2nd 55,000€, 3rd 40,000€, 4th 30,000€, 5th 25,000€ and the last one receives 20,000€.
Round 1 on 2008/12/11 at 15:00-19:00 (8:00 AM CET)
Aronian Levon – Topalov Veselin
Ivanchuk Vassily – Svidler Peter
Movsesian Sergei – Bu Xiangzhi
The time control 90 min for 40 moves + 30 per move increment to the end of the game. The players should not offer draws directly to their opponents. Draw-offers will be allowed only through the Chief-Arbiter in theoretically drawn positions. The Chief-Arbiter is the only authority who can acknowledge the final result of the game in the case.
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Why can’t CCA sponsor an event like this for Nakamura, Onischuk and Kamsky?
go Topa, show them
Aronian – Topalov 1/2
Ivanchuk – Svidler 1/2
Movsesian – Bu 0-1