Municipality of Karpos and Chess Club Gambit Aseko-See are organizing the 2013 Open Karpos on 9-16th March at the Aleksandar Palace in Skopje.
The Tournament will be played according to the rules of Swiss System in 9 rounds.
The prize fund of 20,000 EUR will be distributed as follows:
1) 4,500 EUR 2) 3,000 EUR 3) 2,000 EUR 4) 1,200 EUR 5) 1,000 EUR 6) 800 EUR 7) 700 EUR 8) 600 EUR 9) 500 EUR 10) 400 EUR 11) 400 EUR 12) 300 EUR 13) 300 EUR 14) 200 EUR 15) 200 EUR 16) 150 EUR
There are also prizes for women, veterans, juniors and elo groups.
Already 43 Grandmasters are signed to take participation (preliminary list bellow).
Recommended accommodation which is near the playing place will be with prices as follows:
– Single room is 31 EUR per person with breakfast
– Double room is 25 EUR per person with breakfast
– Additionally dinner should be 7-10 EUR (it will be arranged latter)
Recommended hotels are Royal Hotel (www.a-skopje.com/hotel-royal-skopje), Imperial Hotel (www.imperial.com.mk/hotel.htm) and Residence Inn Hotel (www.hotelresidenceinn.mk/).
Reservations in the hotels mentioned above and conditions for accommodation can be arranged via:
Marjan Mitkov, mob tel: +38975475051
marjan.mitkov@gambit.com.mk
zoran.stojcevski@gambit.com.mk
Chief-Arbiter is IA Kocovski Ivan (MKD)
Participants:
1. GM Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2709
2. GM Berkes Ferenc HUN 2702
3. GM Iturrizaga Eduardo VEN 2650
4. GM Georgiev Kiril BUL 2643 (defending champion)
5. GM Ivanisevic Ivan SRB 2641
6. GM Sumets Andrey UKR 2638
7. GM Kozul Zdenko CRO 2637
8. GM Safarli Eltaj AZE 2626
9. GM Roiz Michael ISR 2625
10. GM Stevic Hrvoje CRO 2618
11. GM Markus Robert SRB 2617 (Karpos Open winner in 2011)
12. GM Delchev Aleksander BUL 2616
13. GM Mastrovasilis Dimitrios GRE 2616
14. GM Rodshtein Maxim ISR 2616
15. GM Romanov Evgeny RUS 2613
16. GM Salgado Lopez Ivan ESP 2606
17. GM Solak Dragan TUR 2603
18. GM Kovalenko Igor UKR 2586
19. GM Brkic Ante CRO 2581
20. GM Van Kampen Robin NED 2581
21. GM Palac Mladen CRO 2579
22. IM Hansen Eric CAN 2568
23. GM Solodovnichenko Yuri UKR 2567
24. GM Damljanovic Branko SRB 2562
25. GM Kuljasevic Davorin CRO 2557
26. GM Chatalbashev Boris BUL 2552
27. GM Malakhatko Vadim BEL 2550
28. GM Georgiev Vladimir MKD 2547
29. GM Mikhalevski Victor ISR 2543
30. GM Saric Ante CRO 2540
31. GM Djukic Nikola MNE 2538
32. GM Jankovic Alojzije CRO 2538
33. IM Popilski Gil ISR 2518
34. GM Tratar Marko SLO 2517
35. GM Strikovic Aleksa SRB 2501
Strong tournament.