The 2014 editions of Xtracon Grand Master and Lady Chess are scheduled to be held on 11-18th October 2014 at the Asgård Skole, Norsvey 2 in Køge, a market town and seaport on the coast of Køge Bugt, Denmark.

The Xtracon Grand Master 2014 will be a 9-round Swiss Open with a time control 90′ + 30″.

46 players from 11 different countries (Brazil, Denmark, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden and Ukraine) will take part in the event, including 10 GMs.

Top seed is Ukrainian GM Vladimir Baklan (2655). You can see the full list of participants below.

In the meantime 10 women from 5 different federations (Denmark, France, Kazakhstan, Russia and Sweden) will compete in the traditional Lady Chess round-robin tournament. The preliminary list of players is led by the best female Kazakhstan player 18-year-old WGM Dinara Saduakassova (2409), ranked as World #7 U20.

Xtracon Grand Master 2014 tournament website/ Lady Chess 2014 tournament website

Lady Chess 2014 preliminary list of participants:

1 WGM Dinara Saduakassova Kazakhstan 2409
2 WGM Nino Maisuradze France 2349
3 WIM Ellinor Frisk Sweden 2302
4 WGM Karina Ambartsumova Russia 2278
5 WIM Lidia Tomnikova Russia 2240
6 WFM Sandra de Blecourt Dalsberg Denmark 2140
7 WIM Ilena Krasenkova Russia/ 2067
8 WFM Esmat Susanne Guindy Denmark 2062
9 Miriam Frida Olsen Denmark 1998

Xtracon preliminary list of participants:

1 GM Vladimir Baklan Ukraine 2655
2 GM Michal Krasenkow Poland 2636
3 GM Eduardas Rozentalis Lithuania 2615
4 GM Peter Prohaszka Hungary 2588
5 GM Alexandr Fier Brazil 2579
6 GM Yuri Solodovnichenko Ukraine 2566
7 GM Daniel Semcesen Sweden 2472
8 GM Henrik Danielsen Iceland 2488
9 IM Axel Smith Sweden 2481
10 GM Miroslaw Grabarczyk Poland 2474
11 IM Nikolaj Mikkelsen Denmark 2435
12 IM Christian Kyndel Pedersen Denmark 2418
13 IM Björn Ahlander Sweden 2385
14 GM Carsten Høi Denmark 2399
15 IM Jeroen Bosch Netherlands 2378

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