The 1st International Open Amic Hotels 2015 is going to take place from 22-29th March, 2015 in at Hotel Amic Horizonto, in the Spanish city of Palma de Mallorca.

The event is a 9-round Swiss tournament, valid for FEDA and FIDE rating and norms.

The main prizes will be awarded as follows: 1,000 € + Trophy/ 600 € + Trophy/ 500 € + Trophy/ 300 €/ 200 €/ 120 €/ 100 €/ 100 €/ 100 €/ 100 €.

Ukrainian GM Sergey Fedorchuk (2650) heads the field of 96 players from 19 different countries, including 10 GMs and 14 IMs.

Tournament website/ LIVE games with analysis

Preliminary top list of players (top seeds):

1 Fedorchuk, Sergey A. g 2650 2668 2612 UKR
2 Kovchan, Alexander g 2576 0 0 UKR
3 Stopa, Jacek m 2544 2508 2499 POL
4 Del Rio De Angelis, Salvador G. g 2519 2516 0 ESP
5 Hasangatin, Ramil g 2501 2476 0 RUS
6 Teske, Henrik g 2476 2493 2455 GER
7 Czakon, Jakub m 2475 2532 0 POL
8 Smirnov, Artem m 2456 2452 2242 RUS
9 Starostits, Ilmars g 2453 2466 2426 LAT
10 Plaskett, H James g 2445 2527 2463 ENG

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