Latvian Chess Federation and Grandmaster Alexei Shirov have the pleasure to announce the 2013 Vladimir Petrov Memorial, which will be held on 15-17 February at the Jurmala City museum in Jurmala, Latvia.
The aim of the tournament is to pay tribute to one of the brightest representatives of Latvian Chess ever who tragically died in Soviet camps during the Second World War.
The event will be supported by the family of Vladimir Petrov among others. The competition will be held in two groups A and B.
The biggest attraction of the festival is the participation of the World Elite members such are Vassily Ivanchuk, Vladimir Malakhov and the current European champion in rapid chess Alexei Dreev.
A lot of the strongest players of their respective countries will also take part, including the Latvian leader Alexei Shirov, who won the Aivars Gipslis Memorial on previous weekend.
Tournament A is 14-round Swiss with the time control 15 minutes for each player plus 6 seconds increment for each move. First round on 15th of February 2013 at 17.00 hours, last round on 17th of February at 12.00 hours.
The prize fund is 10200 Lats.
1. 1800 Ls 2. 1500 Ls 3. 1200 Ls 4. 1000 Ls 5. 800 Ls 6. 600 Ls 7. 400 Ls 8. 300 Ls 9. 250 Ls 10. 200 Ls 11. 160 Ls 12. 120 Ls 13-14. 100 Ls 15-17. 90 Ls 18-20. 80 Ls 21-23. 70 Ls
Prizes for best Latvian players: 1. 200 Ls 2.120 Ls 3.100 Ls 4. 80 Ls
Additional prizes in different categories: veterans (born in1953 or older), women, juniors (born in 1993 or younger) players with the rating of 2401-2500, players with rating 2201-2400, players with rating below 2201.
Last year winner was GM Alexander Morozevich.
Tournament B is reserved for players rated below 2201. The playing format is 11-round Swiss with the time control 12 min 4 sec. Games will be played on February 15-16. The prize fund will be 70% of all entry fees.
The Blitz Tournament will be held Feb. 17 at 16:30 in the Amber Beach resort (Jaunkemeri). The time control is 4 minutes plus 3 seconds for each move starting with the first move; 9 rounds.
Prize fund: 900 Lats.
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Participants:
1 GM Dreev Aleksey RUS 2785
2 GM Malakhov Vladimir RUS 2730
3 GM Shirov Alexei LAT 2728
4 GM Ivanchuk Vassily UKR 2714
5 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 2710
6 GM Grachev Boris RUS 2691
7 GM Kurnosov Igor RUS 2679
8 GM Alekseev Evgeny RUS 2672
9 GM Zhigalko Sergei BLR 2656
10 GM Krasenkow Michal POL 2642
11 GM Kovalenko Igor UKR 2635
12 GM Peralta Fernando ARG 2632
13 GM Nyback Tomi FIN 2631
14 GM Fedoseev Vladimir RUS 2628
15 GM Khalifman Alexander RUS 2615
16 GM Romanov Evgeny RUS 2603
17 GM Fier Alexandr BRA 2601
18 GM Agrest Evgenij SWE 2599
19 GM Sandipan Chanda IND 2590
20 GM Kulaots Kaido EST 2575
21 GM Sulskis Sarunas LTU 2572
22 GM Neiksans Arturs LAT 2571
23 GM Gleizerov Evgeny RUS 2570
24 GM Sveshnikov Evgeny LAT 2566
25 IM Belous Vladimir RUS 2557
26 GM Ehlvest Jaan USA 2541
27 IM Stukopin Andrey RUS 2541
28 GM Luther Thomas GER 2540
29 GM Maiorov Nikita BLR 2539
30 GM Yevseev Denis RUS 2528
31 IM Antipov Mikhail Al. RUS 2523
32 GM Ulibin Mikhail RUS 2520
Nice field.