The 13th edition of the International Open Ville de Sautron is taking place from October 26th to November 2nd on the Espace Phelippes Beaulieux.
It is a 9-round Swiss open with a time control of 90 minutes for the first 40 moves plus 30 minutes to finish the game and 30 seconds increments per move.
The prizes for the first five places are as follows: 1 600 Euros / 1 100 / 800 / 500.
First seeds are Israeli GM Michael Roiz, Russian GM Vladimir Burmakin, Israeli GM Boris Avrukh and French GM Jean Pierre Le-Roux. A total of 6 grandmasters and 8 international masters are participating.
Participants (top seeds):
1 g ROIZ Michael 2614 F ISR
2 g BURMAKIN Vladimir 2581 F RUS
3 g AVRUKH Boris 2576 F ISR
4 g LE ROUX Jean-Pierre 2571 F FRA
5 LAGARDE Maxime 2523 F FRA
6 m KOZIAK Vitali 2481 F UKR
7 g KASPAROV Sergey 2480 F BLR
8 m BAILET Pierre 2474 F FRA
9 m HAUB Thorsten Michael 2455 F GER
10 g DRASKO Milan 2451 F MNE
Nice city.