Eurasian Blitz Cup has $100,000 prizefund

by ChessBase
6/7/2016 – Over the next few weeks, starting tomorrow, there will be two closed elite Rapid and Blitz events in Paris and London as has been announced. However, this is not the only top-notch action to come as the Eurasian Blitz Cup has been announced for June 17-20 in Almaty, Kazakhstan, open to all players rated over 2300 (2200 for women) with 22 rounds and a massive $100 thousand prizefund!

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The competition is officially labeled the Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup of the President of Kazakhstan and promises mouth watering action for the two days it runs. It will be held in Almaty, the largest metropolitan of Kazakhstan.

Evening view of the city of Almaty from the hill of Kok Tobe.
In the rear are the Tian Shan mountains. (photo by Michael Grau)

This leafy city with a backdrop of the snowcapped Zailiysky Alatau has always been among the more appealing Russian creations in Central Asia. Today Almaty’s new rich have expensive suburban apartments, large SUVs, glitzy shopping malls, Western-style coffee lounges, expensive restaurants, dance-till-dawn nightclubs and new ski resorts to help them enjoy life to the full.

A fountain in Almaty (photo by Andrey Moisseyev)

The competition will be held in the luxurious Ritz-Carlton hotel

Players rated 2300 and up for men, and 2200 and up for women are welcome to join, and registration is still open.

A sample of the players and guests who will be present

Players

Rk
Name
Fed
Ti.
Blitz Rtg
1
Ian Nepomniachtchi
RUS
GM
2846
2
Le, Quang Liem
VIE
GM
2805
3
Rauf Mamedov
AZE
GM
2796
4
Boris Gelfand 
ISR
GM
2792
5
Wang Hao
CHN
GM
2784
6
Alexander Grischuk
RUS
GM
2766
7
Dmitry Andreikin
RUS
GM
2759
8
Peter Svidler
RUS
GM
2754
9
Rustam Kasimdzhanov
UZB
GM
2736
10
Gawain Jones
ENG
GM
2734
11
Onischuk Vladimir
UKR
GM
2734
12
Artemiev Vladislav
RUS
GM
2722
13
Alexey Dreev
RUS
GM
2721
14
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
AZE
GM
2714
15
 Savchenko Boris
RUS
GM
2706
16
Hou Yifan
CHN
GM
2704
17
Igor Kovalenko
LAT
GM
2699
18
Ruslan Ponomariov
UKR
GM
2695
19
Saric, Ivan
CRO
GM
2690
20
Francisco Vallejo Pons
ESP
GM
2686

With around 100 players registered so far

Prizes

The prizefund is a very generous $100 thousand, including a huge $30 thousand for first prize, and $20 thousand for second. there are also prizes for categories such as best female, best junior, best senior (50+) and more.

General prizes:
1st place USD 30,000
2nd place USD 20,000
3rd place USD 14,000
4th place USD 7,000
5th place USD 4,000
6th place USD 3,000
7th place USD 2,500
8th place USD 2,000
9th place USD 1,300
10th place USD 800
 
Special prizes:
Women:
1st place USD 2,500
2nd place USD 1,500
3rd place USD 1,000
4th place USD 700
5th place USD 500
 
Juniors under 16 (boys):
1st place USD 1,000
2nd place USD 800
3rd place USD 600
 
Juniors under 16 (girls):
1st place USD 1,000
2nd place USD 800
3rd place USD 600
 
Seniors 50+:
1st place USD 1,000
2nd place USD 800
3rd place USD 600
   
Best Kazakh players
Best male USD 1,000
Best female USD 1,000

Total: USD 100,000

Tournament schedule

Date Event Start time
17.06.2016 Arrival
17.06.2016 Technical meeting 19.00
18.06.2016 Opening ceremony 12.00
18.06.2016 Blitz rounds 1-14 14.00
19.06.2016 Blitz round 15-22 14.00
19.06.2016 Closing ceremony 18.00
20.06.2016 Simul with Gelfand and Jumabayev 11.00
20.06.2016 Departure  

For more information:

E-mail: office@kazchess.kz, kazchessfed@mail.ru
Website: http://kazchess.kz/


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