Yyväs-Shakki chess club organizes the 25th Heart of Finland Open Chess Tournament from 13-19th July at the JAMK University of Applied Sciences in Jyväskylä, Finland.
The 9-round Swiss tournament is ELO rated and it is possible to reach FIDE title norms.
Prices in total will be 3 500 €. The first price will be 1 000 €. Also prizes for best woman, best junior prize and ELO-group prizes.
Top seed is last-year’s champion GM Kaido Kulaots.
Participants (top players):
2574 GM Kulaots Kaido EST
2540 GM Horvath Csaba HUN
2513 GM Alekseenko Kirill RUS
2494 IM Moiseenko Vadim RUS
2464 GM Solozhenkin Evgeni RUS
2458 IM Agopov Mikael FIN
2436 IM Sklyarov Dmitry RUS
2414 IM Seeman Tarvo EST
2374 IM Kiik Kalle EST
2370 FM Jacobsen Mikkel Manosri DEN