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