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There will three categories: Open A is for players rated above 1999, Open B will be for players rated below 2000 and Open C category will have players rated below 1600. The time control for each category is 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.
Eligibility, Category, Time control and tie-break details
There are single rounds each day from Saturday 27th April to Saturday 4th May. There is only one double round on Tuesday 30th April 2024. Check out the image below for a complete schedule of the tournament and accommodation details.
Tournament schedule and accommodation details
The total prize fund is €50100. The top three prizes in Open A are €10000, €6000 and €4000. For Open B (<2000) it is €1500, €1000 and €700, Open C (<1600) has €1200, €800 and €600. There are 15 main prizes in Open A, while B and C category has ten prizes each. That's not all. There are five prizes for Women in each category A and B, category C has four. Top three prizes will be given in the seven different rating categories: 2300-2399, 2201-2299, 2100-2200, 1900-1999, 1800-1999, 1700-1799 and 1600-1699. There are also four prizes each in Juniors section Under-18 and Veterans over 65. There are 78 prizes in total.
Prize details
Club Hotel Marina Beach - ITI Marina is the location of the tournament.
Club Hotel Marina Beach - ITI Marina is the location of the tournament
Entry is FREE for players rated above 2450. For others it is €100 by 31st March and €130 by 15th April (after agreed by the Organizing Committee). For accommodation details, please see the accommodation section above. Check out the image below for contact, payment details and how to reach information.
Entry fee, contact details, information and how to reach
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Eleven GMs above 2600, 19 players above 2500 have already confirmed their participation in Open A.
GM Sanan Sjugirov (HUN) is the top seed as of now | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
GM Vladimir Fedoseev (SLO)
GM Kirill Shevchenko (ROU) | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour
Highest rated Indian in the field is GM Karthik Venkataraman | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
GM Diptayan Ghosh is the second-highest rated Indian in the mix | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
IM Laura Unuk is the sole titled female player confirmed so far in Open A | Photo: Huawei Slovenia
ChessBase India will be present at the venue to bring you detailed coverage of the entire festival.
| No. | Name | FideID | FED | Rtg | sex | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GM | Sjugirov, Sanan | HUN | 2695 | |||
| 2 | GM | Fedoseev, Vladimir | SLO | 2690 | |||
| 3 | GM | Shevchenko, Kirill | ROU | 2661 | |||
| 4 | GM | Pichot, Alan | ESP | 2644 | |||
| 5 | GM | Murzin, Volodar | FID | 2635 | |||
| 6 | GM | Lagarde, Maxime | FRA | 2631 | |||
| 7 | GM | Chigaev, Maksim | ESP | 2622 | |||
| 8 | GM | Dardha, Daniel | BEL | 2621 | |||
| 9 | GM | Karthik, Venkataraman | IND | 2609 | |||
| 10 | GM | Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo | ESP | 2602 | |||
| 11 | GM | Moroni, Luca Jr | ITA | 2601 | |||
| 12 | GM | Maurizzi, Marc`andria | FRA | 2597 | |||
| 13 | GM | Sonis, Francesco | ITA | 2570 | |||
| 14 | GM | Ghosh, Diptayan | IND | 2562 | |||
| 15 | IM | Gurel, Ediz | TUR | 2560 | |||
| 16 | GM | Lodici, Lorenzo | ITA | 2554 | |||
| 17 | GM | Samunenkov, Ihor | UKR | 2539 | |||
| 18 | IM | Parkhov, Yair | ISR | 2517 | |||
| 19 | GM | Mikhalevski, Victor | ISR | 2512 | |||
| 20 | IM | Royal, Shreyas | ENG | 2483 | |||
| 21 | IM | Rozen, Eytan | ISR | 2481 | |||
| 22 | IM | Sokolovsky, Yahli | ISR | 2471 | |||
| 23 | IM | Bellia, Fabrizio | ITA | 2384 | |||
| 24 | IM | Panda, Sambit | IND | 2377 | |||
| 25 | IM | Unuk, Laura | SLO | 2341 |
| No. | Name | FideID | FED | Rtg | sex | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Davini, Andrea | 2800301 | ITA | 1854 | |||
| 2 | Maida, Federico | 2828010 | ITA | 1829 | |||
| 3 | Sirletti, Sonia | 814210 | ITA | 1824 | w | ||
| 4 | Natoli, Alessia | 21892024 | POL | 1819 | w | ||
| 5 | Ventrice, Lorenzo | 2844783 | ITA | 1782 | |||
| 6 | Petrosino, Germano | 829285 | ITA | 1682 | |||
| 7 | Gagliani, Stefano | 835722 | ITA | 1655 | |||
| 8 | Tacconi, Antonio | 845019 | ITA | 1649 | |||
| 9 | Faldetta, Antonio | 2892060 | ITA | 1618 | |||
| 10 | Maffeis, Federico | 28548744 | ITA | 1475 |
| No. | Name | FideID | FED | Rtg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Margareci, Massimo | ITA | 1544 | |
| 2 | Petrini, Roberto | ITA | 1330 | |
| 3 | Corbo, Giuseppe A. | ITA | 1277 | |
| 4 | Piza Vera, Andres | COL | 1272 | |
| 5 | Zanchini, Domenico Francesco | ITA | 1113 |
