Balaton Nemzetközi Chess Festival

The 29th Balaton Nemzetközi Chess Festival is set to take place from 18th to 26th October at the Assembly Hall of Major’s Office, 8380 Hévíz, Hungary.

The Festival consists of 9-round Open tournament, Grandmaster round robin tournament and International master round robin tournament.

Hévíz is one of the most important resorts of health tourism in Hungary. The focal point of the spa is the unique thermal lake with its peat bottom and 4,4 hectares of surface area, the largest such lake in the world.

Tournament website

Players list (Open tournament):

1 GM Chernyshov Konstantin RUS 2559
2 GM Vajda Levente ROU 2557
3 GM Banusz Tamas HUN 2552
4 GM Sergeev Vladimir UKR 2526
5 GM Czebe Attila HUN 2513
6 GM Janev Evgeni BUL 2511
7 GM Pap Gyula HUN 2492
8 GM Farago Ivan HUN 2488
9 GM Cebalo Miso CRO 2478
10 GM Varga Zoltan HUN 2474
11 GM Inkiov Ventzislav BUL 2465
12 IM Tissir Mohamed MAR 2454
13 IM Bokros Albert HUN 2452
14 IM Sipos Istvan HUN 2452
15 IM Hunt Adam C ENG 2437

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