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 (top rated) players:
1. GM Berkes Ferenc HUN 2682
2. GM Georgiev Kiril BUL 2658
3. GM Mastrovasilis Dimitrios GRE 2631
4. GM Markus Robert SRB 2625
5. GM Delchev Aleksander BUL 2622
6. GM Gajewski Grzegorz POL 2616
7. GM Solak Dragan TUR 2613
8. GM Kozul Zdenko CRO 2601
9. GM Pantsulaia Levan GEO 2592
10. GM Damljanovic Branko SRB 2582
11. GM Palac Mladen CRO 2572
12. GM Chatalbashev Boris BUL 2570
13. GM Hera Imre Jr HUN 2558
14. GM Nevednichy Vladislav ROU 2546
15. GM Skoberne Jure SLO 2542
16. GM Neverov Valeriy UKR 2541
17. GM Georgiev Vladimir MKD 2533
18. GM Drazic Sinisa SRB 2530
19. GM Mastrovasilis Athanasios GRE 2510
20. GM Berescu Alin-Mile ROU 2488
21. IM Arnaudov G Petar BUL 2473
22. IM Smith Bryan G USA 2460
23. IM Arsovic Zoran SRB 2441
24. IM Vojinovic Goran SRB 2429
25. IM Arsovic Goran SRB 2422
Nice field. Should be exciting.