The Elite Hotels Open is taking place from 13-15th February, 2015, in Vaxjo, a city in Sweden.
The event is an 8-round Swiss open with tempo of play 15′ + 5″ for the first 4 rounds and 90′ + 30″ for the second half of the tournament.
174 players from 14 different countries take part in the event, including 10 GMs, 7 IMs, 1 WIM and 1 FMs.
Top seed is German Olympic player, and Webster University Senior GM Georg Meier (2641).
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