The 11th edition of Deltalift Open – Inbjudan 2014 will be held from 29th to 31st May, 2014 at the Tylosand Hotel in the city of Halmstad, situated on the Swedish west coast.

The event will be an 8 round Swiss First four rounds will be played with 30 minutes per player plus 12 seconds per move starting from move 1, while the remaining four – with 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for rest of game plus 30 seconds increment starting from move 1.

143 participants, including 6 GMs, 4 IMs and 6 FMs will compete for the first prize of 12 000 SEK.

Top seed is GM Hillarp Persson, while the last-year’s winner GM Emanuel Berg will be defending the title.

Tournament website/ Previous reports: 2013, 2012

List of participants (top seeds):

1 GM Persson Tiger Hillarp SWE 2627
2 GM Hector Jonny SWE 2574
3 GM Berg Emanuel SWE 2573
4 GM Brynell Stellan SWE 2528
5 GM Cramling Pia SWE 2523
6 IM Sjödahl Pontus SWE 2503
7 GM Bellon Juan ESP 2462
8 IM Kantans Toms LAT 2440
9 FM Johansson Linus SWE 2423
10 Welin Mats SWE 2398

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