The Cuca International Tournaments 2013 for men and women are taking place on 20th-26th April in Luanda, Angola.
Both are nine rounds Swiss open events with a classical FIDE time control.
The tournament, to be held in one of the Hotel units of the capital, will be attended by representatives of Egypt, Botswana, Portugal, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Canada, Belgium, Cuba, South Africa, France and the host country.
In the male category, the organization will award up to the tenth place, while in the female category, the prize will be extended until the eighth place in the standings.
In the male category, the winner will get 5,000 USD, while the female winner will receive 3,000 USD.
French GM Vladislav Tkachiev is the first seed, followed by Egyptian GM Ahmed Adly and Russian GM Vasily Papin. First seed in the female event is WGM Anna Zozulia.
Last year winner was GM Viktor Bologan
Participants – Male event (top seeds):
1 GM Tkachiev Vladislav FRA 2632
2 GM Adly Ahmed EGY 2594
3 GM Papin Vasily RUS 2562
4 GM Malakhatov Vadim BEL 2552
5 GM Karpatchev Aleksandr RUS 2485
6 IM Gwaze Robert ZIM 2459
7 GM Thal Abergel FRA 2429
8 IM Jere Daniel ZAM 2393
Why is VK there?