The 1st Open “Old Capital” will take place on 1st – 6th May 2013 at the Hotel Etar in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.
The even will be a 9 round Swiss Open. Time control – 90 min. with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from the 1st move. Valid for FIDE ELO and title norms.
73 players have already registered to participate, including 3 Grandmasters and 12 International Masters. GM Grigor Grigorov is the first seed among them.
Main prizes:6350 BGN
1.) 2 000 BGN
2.) 1 200 BGN
3.) 700 BGN
Participants (top seeds):
| 1 | GM | Grigorov Grigor | BUL | 2510 |
| 2 | GM | Petrov Marijan | BUL | 2505 |
| 3 | GM | Drenchev Petar | BUL | 2490 |
| 4 | IM | Arnaudov G. Petar | BUL | 2489 |
| 5 | FM | Lilov Valeri | BUL | 2434 |
| 6 | IM | Dimitrov Radoslav | BUL | 2420 |
| 7 | IM | Janev Tihomir | BUL | 2412 |
| 8 | IM | Dancevski Orce | MKD | 2388 |
| 9 | IM | Kukov Velislav | BUL | 2387 |
| 10 | FM | Erwich Frank | NED | 2363 |
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
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