Eurasian Blitz Cup starts Saturday

by ChessBase
6/17/2016 – The "Eurasian Blitz Cup" in Almaty, Kazakhstan's largest city, might well be one of the strongest blitz tournament ever. Players such as Alexander Grischuk, Peter Svidler, Boris Gelfand, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Hou Yifan and many others will play 22 rounds Swiss for a prize-fund of USD 100.000. The tournament begins on Saturday!

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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

A sample of the players and guests who will be present:

The top of the players, who have 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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