The 30th International Chess Open in the Principality of Liechtenstein will take place on 11-19th May, 2012, at the Gemeindesaal Triesen. The tournament will be held under the patronage by S.D. Erbprinz Alois von und zu Liechtenstein.
The prizes in the main Open event will be: 1st – CHF 2’000, 2nd – CHF 1’500, 3rd – CHF 1’200, 4th – CHF 1’000, 5th – CHF 800, 6th – CHF 700, 7th – CHF 600, 8th – CHF 500, 9th – CHF 400, 10th – (until 10th Hort-System) CHF 300, 11th to 20th – (ranking) CHF 200.
Last year winner was GM Tomas Likavsky.
The prizes in the special Seniors Open (players born in 1952 or earlier) will be: 1st – CHF 800, 2nd – CHF 600, 3rd – CHF 400, 4th – CHF 300, 5th – CHF 200, 6th to 10th – CHF 100
Both groups will be played over 9 rounds of Swiss pairings. Chief Arbiter will be IA Albert Baumberger. More information on the official website.
Players (top seeds) list (Open):
1 GM Ovsejevitsch Sergei UKR 2572
2 GM Hera Imre Jr HUN 2555
3 GM Dgebuadze Alexandre BEL 2551
4 GM Bogner Sebastian GER 2535
5 GM Sergeev Vladimir UKR 2510
6 GM Rotstein Arkadij GER 2502
7 GM Farago Ivan HUN 2500
8 IM Izsak Gyula HUN 2483
9 GM Van Der Weide Karel NED 2445
10 IM Colovic Aleksandar MKD 2436
11 GM Paehtz Thomas GER 2426
12 IM Froewis Georg AUT 2424
13 IM Kuijf Marinus NED 2418
14 FM Schachinger Mario AUT 2391
15 GM Ivanov Mikhail M RUS 2389
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