The 22nd Canakkale Troya International Open Chess Tournament is taking place on 11-18th August in Canakkale, a town and seaport in Turkey on the southern (Asian) coast of the Dardanelles.
The event is organized by the Turkish Chess Federation and Canakkale 1915 Chess Club in a 9-round Swiss Open format with a time control 90′ + 30″.
The event consists of 139 players from 15 different countries, including 5 GMs, 6 IMs and 1 WIM. Top seed is Ukrainian GM Andrey Sumets (2622).
The hefty prize fund in the amount of 17.000 TL will be awarded as follows: 2.500 TL/ 1.800 TL/ 1.200 TL/ 1.000 TL/ 800 TL, etc.
Tournament Director: Turgut TUNCA
Telephone : +90 532 325 84 01
e-mail: t_tunca@yahoo.com
Application and Information:
Mesut ÇETİN Tel: +90 542 239 55 66, İrfan ERDEM Tel: +90 506 584 30 44
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Starting list of players (top seeds):
1 GM ANDREY SUMETS UKR 2622
2 GM RASULOV VUGAR AZE 2509
3 IM QUPARADZE GIGA GEO 2491
4 GM HAZNEDAROĞLU KIVANÇ TUR 2471
5 GM GENOV PETAR BUL 2466
6 IM ISKANDAROV MISRATDIN AZE 2397
7 IM SOYLU SUAT TUR 2394
8 IM AGHASIYEV KAMAL AZE 2393
9 GM ODEEV HANDSZAR TKM 2390
10 FM EMİROĞLU CANKUT TUR 2356
This will be fantastic.