The 3rd Panama Chess Open is starting today at 19h local at the Salón Corotu, Hotel Central Park in Ciudad de Panamá.
The tournament will be played over nine rounds of Swiss system with accelerated pairings and continues until 5th November.
The total prize fund is $10,000. Top prizes are $2500-1500-1000-500-400-300-200-100.
The additional events include lectures, seminars, simultaneous exhibitions and blitz tournament with $1000 in prizes.
Last year winner GM Eric Hansen will not defend the title because he is currently playing in Magistral Ciudad de Barcelona.
The tournament is organized by Jose Carrillo Pujol and chief arbiter is Barbara Lopez Chavez.
Participants (top seeds):
1 GM Bruzon Batista Lazaro CUB 2699
2 GM Tiviakov Sergei NED 2665
3 GM Ortiz Suarez Isan Reynaldo CUB 2610
4 GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr RUS 2603
5 GM Ipatov Alexander TUR 2601
6 GM Cori Jorge PER 2587
7 IM Obregon Rivero Juan Carlos CUB 2536
8 GM Gonzalez Vidal Yuri CUB 2523
9 GM Bacallao Alonso Yusnel CUB 2519
10 IM Otero Acosta Diasmany CUB 2516
11 IM Gomez Garrido Camilo Ernesto CUB 2504
12 IM Hevia Alejano Carlos Antonio CUB 2498
13 GM Alvarez Pedraza Aramis CUB 2490
14 IM Jimenez Fraga Pedro Alejandro CUB 2461
15 IM Delgado Ramos Hector CUB 2460
16 IM Escobar Forero Alder COL 2455
17 IM Gonzalez Bernal CRC 2454
18 GM Vera Gonzalez-Quevedo Reynald CUB 2446
19 IM Ynojosa Felix Jose VEN 2439
20 WGM Cori T. Deysi PER 2433
21 IM Gomez Ledo Roberto Carlos CUB 2426
22 IM Prasca Sosa Rafael VEN 2419
23 FM Ruiz Sanchez Orlen CUB 2409
24 IM Juarez Flores Carlos A. GUA 2407
25 IM Ruiz C Joshua D COL 2400
Good money.