The Lüneburg Chess Festival is taking place on 15th – 23rd July at the 4-Star Hotel Seminar, Soltau Strasse 3, D-21335 Lüneburg, Germany. The large event consists of four strong tournaments.
The Open section is a 7-round Swiss tournament with a time control of 120 minutes for the first 40 moves plus 30 minutes to finish the game, without any increment. Top prizes in euros: 1000/ 600/ 500/ 300/ 200/ 100.
The seniors tournament is reserved for men over 60 years old and women over 50 years old. It is a 9 rounds Swiss open with a time control of 90 minutes for the first 40 moves plus 30 minutes to finish the game, without any increment. Top prizes in euros: 400/ 250/ 150/ 100/ 50.
The GM and IM tournaments are single round robins with ten players each. See full list of participants below.
Participants – Open Section:
1 Boris Chatalbashev GM 2560
2 Igor,Dr. Rausis GM 2532
3 Arghyadip Das IM 2493
4 Aleksandr Karpatchev GM 2484
5 Michael Kopylov IM 2454
6 Nikolas Lubbe M 2451
7 Lev Gutman GM 2451
8 Mikail Ivanov GM 2392
9 Jens Ove Fries-Nielsen IM 2381
10 Banerjee Bitan 2338
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