The Sommer-Open 2012 will take place on 6-10th August in Baden-Baden, Germany. The Open A is available for all players while Open B is reserved for the players rated U1700 DWZ. On 8th August there will be Chess960 Open.

The playing system is 7 round Swiss, with time control 40 moves/120min + 30 min/rest. The playing venue is Crystal Hall of Chess Center LA8, Lichtentaler Allee 8, D-76530 Baden-Baden, Germany.

With 180 entries the capacity of the playing hall is reached and the registration is closed.

Prize fund: About 4,000 EUR (A-Open approx. 2,500 EUR, B-Open approx. 1,600 EUR)

Dates: Registration 6th August 2012 until 13:30 h
1st round: 6th August 15:00 h
2nd/ 3rd round: 7th August 9:00 h + 15:00 h
4th round: 8th August 9:00 h
Chess960: 8th August 16:00 h
5th / 6th round: 9th August 9:00 h + 15:00 h
7th round: 10th August 9:00 h

Information: www.schachzentrum-baden-baden.de/?p=1715

Open A, players list:

1 GM Buhmann Rainer GER 2571
2 GM Epishin Vladimir RUS 2567
3 GM Vovk Andrey UKR 2543
4 GM Malakhatko Vadim BEL 2530
5 GM Levin Felix GER 2510
6 GM Novik Maxim RUS 2446
7 FM Wagner Dennis GER 2439
8 GM Karpatchev Aleksandr RUS 2431
9 IM Zeller Frank GER 2400
10 IM Roos Daniel FRA 2383
11 IM Fernandez Daniel Howard SIN 2349
12 FM Kunz Konstantin GER 2303

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