The International Chess Festival Nakhchivan Open 2014, dedicated to the memory of Heydar Aliyev, is scheduled to take place from 4th to 12th May at the Nakhchivan Chess Center in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan.
The Festival is organized by the Azerbaijan Youth & Sport Ministry, Azerbaijan Chess Federation and Nakhchivan AR Chess Federation.
Last year the winner was the late GM Igor Kurnosov.
The players will be seeded in Tournament A if rated above 2250 FIDE (For Women above 2100 FIDE), while the lower rated players will compete in Tournament B. Both groups will be played over nine rounds of Swiss system.
There will also be Tournament C for U12 juniors.
Top prizes in the Tournament A are: 10,000$ + cup/ 5000$/ 3000$/ 2000$/ 1500$/ 1200$/ 1000$ etc. There are 30 regular and many special prizes.
Participants (top seeds):
1 GM Korobov Anton UKR 2696
2 GM Khismatullin Denis RUS 2682
3 GM Mamedov Rauf AZE 2660
4 GM Safarli Eltaj AZE 2656
5 GM Shimanov Aleksandr RUS 2636
6 GM Smirnov Pavel RUS 2626
7 GM Guseinov Gadir AZE 2621
8 GM Korneev Oleg ESP 2618
9 GM Pantsulaia Levan GEO 2573
10 GM Gagunashvili Merab GEO 2560
11 GM Savchenko Boris RUS 2559
12 GM Mirzoev Azer AZE 2553
13 GM Shanava Konstantine GEO 2551
14 IM Nigalidze Gaioz GEO 2536
15 GM Paichadze Luka GEO 2535
16 GM Abasov Nijat AZE 2516
17 GM Rasulov Vugar AZE 2512
18 GM Gasanov Eldar UKR 2504
19 GM Zhukova Natalia UKR 2459
20 IM Mammadov Zaur AZE 2453
21 IM Dastan Muhammed Batuhan TUR 2439
22 IM Sanal Vahap TUR 2435
23 IM Rzayev Bahruz AZE 2432
24 GM Guliev Sarhan AZE 2415
25 IM Aghayev Nijat AZE 2407
Strong one.
Not too strong. Nakamura is not playing.