The Armenian Chess Federation (http://www.armchess.am/) just announced a major rapid chess tournament with $262,000 prize funds. This event will take place from June 8 to 15, 2008 in Yerevan, Armenia.
Here is the list of players:
1. Morozevich Alexander Russia 2774
2. Aronian Levon Armenia 2763
3. Leko Peter Hungary 2741
4. Adams Michael England 2729
5. Gelfand Boris Israel 2723
6. Bu Xiangzhi China 2708
7. Akopian Vladimir Armenia 2673
8. Sargissian Gabriel Armenia 2643
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Cool, thanks for the dates.
That must be a typo. A $262,000 price fund for a rapid tournament? Susan, is this truly correct?