The International Chess Festival “Mikhail Chigorin Memorial 2013” is set to take place from 4th to 13th October at the Park Hotel in St. Petersburg, Russia.
The Festival will consist of two events: Blitz tournament which will be held on 4th October, and Classic tournament which is a Russian Cup Stage on 5-13th October.
The Blitz tournament will be played over nine double rounds of Swiss system with the time control 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment per move. The prize fund for this event is 200,000 RUB (approx 4,600 EUR).
The Russian Cup Stage will be played over nine rounds of Swiss system. The total prize fund is 1,800,000 RUB (approx 41,200 EUR). The first place is 300,000 RUB worth while the best woman will be awarded with 40,000 RUB.
More information: +7 (921) 441 8 144, spbchessfederation@yahoo.com (Irina Sudakova)
Tournament website
Participants (top seeds):
1 Alekseev Evgeny 2710 RUS 1985 GM 4138147
2 Areshchenko Alexander 2709 UKR 1986 GM 14109530
3 Eljanov Pavel 2706 UKR 1983 GM 14102951
4 Akopian Vladimir 2691 ARM 1971 GM 13300032
5 Zhigalko Sergei 2664 BLR 1989 GM 13502956
6 Zvjaginsev Vadim 2659 RUS 1976 GM 4113403
7 Khismatullin Denis 2653 RUS 1984 GM 4142578
8 Romanov Evgeny 2651 RUS 1988 GM 4148843
9 Demchenko Anton 2649 RUS 1987 GM 4160258
10 Kovalenko Igor 2644 LAT 1988 GM 14117908
11 Sjugirov Sanan 2635 RUS 1993 GM 4189302
12 Andriasian Zaven 2631 ARM 1989 GM 13302000
13 Filippov Anton 2630 UZB 1986 GM 14200988
14 Volkov Sergey 2628 RUS 1974 GM 4122763
15 Korneev Oleg 2625 ESP 1969 GM 4156803
16 Hovhannisyan Robert 2623 ARM 1991 GM 13302507
17 Ponkratov Pavel 2618 RUS 1988 GM 4157800
18 Guseinov Gadir 2616 AZE 1986 GM 13401378
19 Zhigalko Andrey 2615 BLR 1985 GM 13502247
20 Solak Dragan 2615 TUR 1980 GM 916811
21 Kokarev Dmitry 2611 RUS 1982 GM 4132181
22 Aleksandrov Aleksej 2598 BLR 1973 GM 13500139
23 David Alberto 2591 ITA 1970 GM 4000013
24 Burmakin Vladimir 2574 RUS 1967 GM 4105109
25 Al-Modiahki Mohamad 2568 QAT 1974 GM 12100030
Chigorin rocks.