International Chess Tournament Bosna 2012
The 42nd International Chess Tournament Bosna is scheduled to take place from 5th to 11th May, 2012, at the Hotel Saraj in Sarajevo, BIH.
The players will be divided in two groups – Open A (elo 2200 and higher) and Open B (U2300). Both groups will be played over 9 rounds of Swiss system.
The total prize fund is 19.895 EUR. Open A will offer 15.950 EUR (1st place 4.200 EUR, 2.700, 2.000, 1.500, 1.000, 800 etc), Open B 2.370 EUR (750, 500, 300, 250, 200 etc), women prizes 1.150 EUR and special prizes 425 EUR.
Entry fees are 25 and 30 EUR, players rated above 2450 elo do not pay.
The organizers offer HB double room to players rated 2550-2599 and HB single room to players rated 2600 and higher. Preliminary list bellow.
Preliminary list:
1. GM Postny Evgeny ISR 2662
2. GM Predojevic Borki BIH 2636
3. GM Beliavsky Alexander G SLO 2630
4. GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 2628
5. GM Kozul Zdenko CRO 2602
6. GM Palac Mladen CRO 2593
7. GM Brkic Ante CRO 2587
8. GM Popovic Dusan SRB 2561
9. GM Kovacevic Aleksandar SRB 2557
10. GM Jankovic Alojzije CRO 2553
11. IM Stojanovic Dalibor BIH 2471
12. IM Antipov Mikhail Al RUS 2435
13. IM Kadric Denis BIH 2414
14. WGM Nikolova Adriana BUL 2293
Wow. What a strong field.