The 1st International Chess Open Casino Graz 2014 is set to take place from 14th to 21st February at the Casino Graz and Joanneum Quarter in Graz, Austria.
The tournament will be held in two groups: Open A for all players and Open B for players rated under 2000. Both groups will be played over 9 rounds of Swiss system.
The total prize fund is 6,750 EUR. The top prize in Open A is 1400 EUR and in Open B 450 EUR.
The social events include Get Together reception, City Tour and Player’s Night. Tournament website.
Participants Open A (top seeds):
1. GM Li Chao b CHN 2697
2. GM Istratescu Andrei FRA 2671
3. GM Ragger Markus AUT 2646
4. GM Negi Parimarjan IND 2633
5. GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 2589
6. GM Kozul Zdenko CRO 2588
7. GM Bachmann Axel PAR 2577
8. GM Felgaer Ruben ARG 2569
9. GM Sedlak Nikola SRB 2561
10. GM Popovic Dusan SRB 2553
11. GM Can Emre TUR 2520
12. GM Mikhalchishin Adrian Mgr SLO 2520
13. IM Schreiner Peter AUT 2487
14. IM Barbosa Evandro Amorim BRA 2459
15. IM Diermair Andreas AUT 2459
16. IM Rajpara Ankit IND 2455
17. IM Santiago Yago De Moura BRA 2451
18. IM Froewis Georg AUT 2437
19. GM Haznedaroglu Kivanc TUR 2437
20. IM Pötz Florian AUT 2425
Fantastic.