Caruana, Fabiano ITA 2811
Anand, Viswanathan IND 2797
Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 2783
Aronian, Levon ARM 2777
Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2776
Karjakin, Sergey RUS 2760
SCHEDULE
Date: Friday 13 February – Thursday 19 February 2015
Venue: Hotel Savoy Baur en Ville, Festsaal
Rounds: 5 (round robin, classical chess)
Rate of play:
– 40 moves in 120 minutes
– 20 moves in 60 minutes
– Rest of game in 15 minutes with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 61
In case of a draw before move 40, an additional Rapid Game will be played (which does not count for the overall result).
Please take note, that according the the rules of the Zurich Chess Challenge 2015 the winner of a classical game earns 2 points for the Overall Standings, in case of a draw each player earns 1 point and the looser 0 points.
In the rapid games however, the winner earns 1 point, by a draw each player half a point and the looser 0 point.
Schedule
Fri, February 13:
19:00 Opening Ceremony & Blitz
(for official guests only, but live transmission via the Internet)
Sat, February 14:
15:00 Round 1
Sun, February 15:
11:00 Rapid Games Kortchnoi – Uhlmann, round 1+2
15:00 Round 2
Mon, February 16:
11:00 Rapid Games Kortchnoi – Uhlmann, round 3+4
15:00 Round 3
Tue, February 17:
15:00 Round 4
Wed, February 18:
15:00 Round 5
Thu, February 19:
13:00 Rapid Tournament
19:00 Closing Ceremony
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