The 2013 Politiken Cup will take place from Saturday 27th July to Sunday 4th August at the Konventum Lo-Skolen in Helsingør, Denmark.
The tournament format is 10-round Swiss to be completed over nine days.
Already more than 100 players are signed to take participation, including members of the 2700-club Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and last year winner Ivan Cheparinov.
Prizes in (DKK): 1. 20.000,- 2. 18.000,- 3. 15.000,- 4. 10.000,- 5. 8.000,- 6. 5.000,- 7. 4.000,- 8. 3.000,- 9. – 13. 2.000,- 14. – 20. 1.000,-
Tournament director is IA Lars-Henrik Bech Hansen. More information on the official website.
Participants (top seeds):
1 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2722
2 GM Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2710
3 GM Edouard Romain FRA 2680
4 GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 2649
5 GM Erdos Viktor HUN 2640
6 GM Negi Parimarjan IND 2639
7 GM Erenburg Sergey USA 2615
8 GM Brunello Sabino ITA 2591
9 GM Timman Jan H NED 2579
10 GM Halkias Stelios GRE 2573
11 GM Grandelius Nils SWE 2566
12 GM Hansen Sune Berg DEN 2566
13 GM Bulski Krzysztof POL 2549
14 GM Hector Jonny SWE 2539
15 GM Luther Thomas GER 2535
16 GM Maze Sebastien FRA 2534
17 GM Kunin Vitaly GER 2527
18 GM Schandorff Lars DEN 2513
19 GM Rasmussen Allan Stig DEN 2511
20 GM Danielsen Henrik ISL 2507
21 IM Akshayraj Kore IND 2481
22 GM Portisch Lajos HUN 2479
23 IM Andersen Mads DEN 2470
24 GM Kristiansen Jens DEN 2439
25 IM Argandona Riveiro Inigo ESP 2421
26 Svane Rasmus GER 2420
27 FM Soors Stef BEL 2405
28 FM Carstensen Jacob DEN 2401
29 GM Ernst Thomas SWE 2396
30 FM Aabling-Thomsen Jakob DEN 2341
Very strong tournament.