Armenian chess players to participate in Aeroflot Open 2009 tournament
09.02.2009 13:02 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ 26 Armenian chess players, including 2008 Olympic champions Gabriel Sargsyan, Artashes Minasyan and Tigran Petrosyan and republic’s champion Arman Pashikyan will participate in Aeroflot Open 2009 tournament due in Moscow from February 16 to 27.
The prize fund beat the festival record and comprised 180 000 euro.Four open tournaments (А1, А2, В and С) formed according to the participants’ rating will be held in 9 tours (Swedish system).
The prize fund for А1 (rating over 2549) will make 70000 euro; for А2 (rating 2339 – 2549) -36000 euro; for B (rating 2199 – 2400) -19500 euro; for C (rating lower than 2199) – 12000 euro.
Winner of A1 will participate in Dortmund super tournament to be held from July 2 to 12, 2009.
Source: http://www.panarmenian.net
Is Aronian playing?
What is a Swedish System? Never heard of it… 😮