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Eurasian Blitz Cup starts Saturday

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!

Eurasian Blitz Cup has $100,000 prizefund

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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