Stellar lineup at Levitov Chess Week in Amsterdam

Melody Amber style

Ten top players will compete in the Levitov Chess Week, a double-round rapid chess tournament in Amsterdam from 22 to 26 September.

The sponsor of the tournament is Ilya Levitov. Four years ago, in 2019, the first edition of the Levitov Chess Week took place in the Netherlands’ capital at the same venue and with almost the same lineup.

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With the tournament, Ilya Levitov gave himself a present for his 40^th birthday and invited a few top players with whom he is friends.

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The model for his tournament in Amsterdam was the Melody Amber tournament, which Joop Oosterom organised and sponsored from 1992 to 2011 with many top players in Monaco.

The 1^st Levitov Chess Week four years ago was won by Ian Nepomniachtchi, who will be there again this time.

The players

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Anand, Viswanathan
Aronian, Levon
Dubov, Daniil
Gelfand, Boris
Grischuk, Alexander
Kramnik, Vladimir
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
So, Wesley
Svidler, Peter

The venue is Waldorf Astoria Hotel (Herengracht 542, Amsterdam). Spectators are welcome. About 20 to 25 spectators can watch the games in the tournament room at the same time.

The time control is 10 minutes for the game plus 5-second increments per move.

Schedule

September 22-23: Rounds 1 to 9
September 24: Rest day
September 25-26: Rounds 10 to 18

Prize fund: 130,000 Euro

1. Place – 40,000 Euro
2. Place – 20,000 Euro
3. Place – 14,000 Euro
4. Place – 11,000 Euro
5. Place – 10,000 Euro
6. Place – 9,000 Euro
7. Place – 8,000 Euro
8. Place – 7,000 Euro
9. Place – 6,000 Euro
10. Place – 5,000 Euro