Riga Technical University and Latvian Chess Federation have an honour to announce the second “Riga Technical University Open”, which will take place on August 6-12 at the main building of Riga Technical University located in the heart of Riga – the old town.
The program of the festival will feature two ELO tournaments and a blitz tournament.
The first Riga Technical Open was held in August 2011 and won by GM Alberto David. 138 players from 17 countries participated in the main tournaments, including 8 GMs and 7 IMs.
The guaranteed prize fund for the second edition of the festival is 5250 LVL (7500 EUR). First prize of the tournament A is guaranteed to be 1000 LVL (1410 EUR), special prizes for women, juniors, seniors and rating prizes.
Tournament A
Swiss System, 9 rounds, August 6-12, open for all players. The tournament will have GM, IM, WGM and WIM norms.
At the moment of writing 155 participants from 25 countries have been registered to the Tournament A, including 25 Grandmasters and 16 International Masters. Top 10 of the registered players is the following:
1. GM Fridman Daniel GER 2653
2. GM Turov Maxim RUS 2646
3. GM Ehlvest Jaan USA 2601
4. GM David Alberto LUX 2595
5. GM Romanov Evgeny RUS 2595
6. GM Fier Alexandr BRA 2582
7. GM Shankland Samuel L USA 2581
8. GM Miezis Normunds LAT 2580
9. GM Agdestein Simen NOR 2560
10. GM Markos Jan SVK 2559
11. GM Kulaots Kaido EST 2558
12. GM Lintchevski Daniil RUS 2558
13. GM Neiksans Arturs LAT 2537
14. GM Levin Evgeny A RUS 2512
15. GM Del Rio De Angelis Salvador G ESP 2509
16. GM Rausis Igor CZE 2507
17. GM Kanep Meelis EST 2505
18. GM Starostits Ilmars LAT 2494
19. IM Hansen Torbjorn Ringdal NOR 2469
20. IM Krivonosov Oleg LAT 2466
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