Open Karposh 2012
Municipality of Karposh and Chess Club Gambit Aseko-See are organizing Open Karposh 2012 from 7th to 14th April in Skopje, FYR Macedonia.
The 9-round Swiss open will feature prize fund of 17500 EUR: 1) 3500 EUR, 2) 2500 EUR, 3) 1500 EUR, 4) 1200 EUR, 5) 1000 EUR, 6) 800 EUR, 7) 700 EUR, 8) 600 EUR etc
The organizers are recommending accommodation is Hotel Brams which is near the playing hall (not specified as of yet).
A number of strong Grandmasters are lined to take participation in the event. Among them are the last year Karposh winner Robert Markus, Cappelle-la-Grande and Zagreb 2011 winner Grzegorz Gajewski and Turkish champion Dragan Solak.
Pre-registered players (top seeds):
1. GM Berkes Ferenc HUN 2682
2. GM Georgiev Kiril BUL 2671
3. GM Ivanisevic Ivan SRB 2645
4. GM Mastrovasilis Dimitrios GRE 2631
5. GM Markus Robert SRB 2625
6. GM Delchev Aleksander BUL 2622
7. GM Kozul Zdenko CRO 2602
8. GM Solak Dragan TUR 2602
9. GM Pantsulaia Levan GEO 2595
10. GM Palac Mladen CRO 2593
11. GM Damljanovic Branko SRB 2582
12. GM Chatalbashev Boris BUL 2570
13. GM Yemelin Vasily RUS 2567
14. GM Nevednichy Vladislav ROU 2562
15. GM Hera Imre Jr HUN 2555
16. GM Neverov Valeriy UKR 2544
17. GM Drazic Sinisa SRB 2536
18. GM Skoberne Jure SLO 2535
19. GM Georgiev Vladimir MKD 2531
20. GM Blagojevic Dragisa MNE 2523
21. GM Savic Miodrag R SRB 2518
22. GM Antic Dejan SRB 2513
23. GM Djukic Nikola MNE 2513
24. GM Mastrovasilis Athanasios GRE 2510
25. GM Berescu Alin-Mile ROU 2494
Nice tournament.