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The Millionaire Chess Tournament, organised by Maurice Ashley and Amy Lee, began yesterday, October 9th. It is the first open tournament in chess history with a prize-fund of one million USD. With this record prize-fund the organisers hope to draw more attention to chess, to fascinate people for the game and to make them experience the benefits and joys of chess. However, to enjoy playing in the Millionaire Open each player first had to pay a starting fee of 1.000 USD. More than 500 players were ready to do so. According to their rating they play in different tournaments, and in each of these tournaments one can win a lot of money. The winner of the open will receive no less than 100.000 USD.
The venue of the tournament is the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas
Maurice Ashley explains the tournament
Standings after two rounds
| Rg. | Snr | Name | FED | Elo | Pkt. | Wtg1 | Wtg2 | Wtg3 | |
| 1 | 2 | GM | BU Xiangzhi | CHN | 2710 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | GM | SHANKLAND Samuel L | USA | 2633 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 20 | GM | RAMIREZ Alejandro | USA | 2574 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 24 | GM | BRUNELLO Sabino | ITA | 2552 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 26 | GM | CHIRILA Ioan-Cristian | ROU | 2529 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 28 | IM | STOPA Jacek | POL | 2515 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 37 | IM | XIONG Jeffery | USA | 2470 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 8 | 21 | GM | HOLT Conrad | USA | 2571 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 25 | GM | MARGVELASHVILI Giorgi | GEO | 2540 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 32 | IM | WAN Yunguo | CHN | 2489 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 11 | 4 | GM | YU Yangyi | CHN | 2697 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | GM | LENDERMAN Aleksandr | USA | 2589 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 19 | GM | FELGAER Ruben | ARG | 2577 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 23 | GM | KULAOTS Kaido | EST | 2564 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 15 | 5 | GM | MAMEDOV Rauf | AZE | 2667 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | GM | GHAEM MAGHAMI Ehsan | IRI | 2594 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 17 | 1 | GM | SO Wesley | PHI | 2755 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | GM | GAREEV Timur | USA | 2612 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 16 | GM | SADORRA Julio Catalino | PHI | 2592 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 18 | GM | ZHOU Jianchao | CHN | 2580 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 21 | 27 | GM | MATAMOROS FRANCO Carlos S. | ECU | 2517 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | 49 | IM | ALDAMA DEGURNAY Dionisio | MEX | 2408 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 57 | IM | BRENDEL Oliver | GER | 2359 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 24 | 9 | GM | NAJER Evgeniy | RUS | 2635 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | GM | SHABALOV Alexander | USA | 2499 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 36 | GM | BERCZES David | HUN | 2471 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 40 | IM | DROZDOWSKI Kacper | POL | 2458 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 54 | IM | ARNGRIMSSON Dagur | ISL | 2376 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 29 | 42 | IM | BARTHOLOMEW John | USA | 2446 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 59 | IM | FELECAN Florin | USA | 2355 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 95 | ZYGOURIS Hristos | GRE | 2200 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 32 | 22 | GM | KAIDANOV Gregory S | USA | 2569 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | IM | PAKLEZA Zbigniew | POL | 2509 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 38 | IM | ASHWIN Jayaram | IND | 2468 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 61 | IM | ZULUAGA Cesar | COL | 2344 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 36 | 13 | GM | NARODITSKY Daniel | USA | 2601 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | 7 | GM | AKOBIAN Varuzhan | USA | 2640 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | GM | ROBSON Ray | USA | 2628 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 14 | GM | KACHEISHVILI Giorgi | GEO | 2597 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 40 | 39 | GM | BARCENILLA Rogelio | PHI | 2462 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | 128 | GM | ORTIZ SUAREZ Isan Reynaldo | CUB | 2611 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
... 128 players
LinksThe games are being broadcast live on the official web site and on the chess server Playchess.com. If you are not a member you can download a free Playchess client there and get immediate access. You can also use ChessBase 12 or any of our Fritz compatible chess programs. |
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