The 6th Rethymno International Chess Tournament is taking place from 12th to 19th July, 2014, at the Municipal House of Culture, in the city of Rethymno on island Crete, Greece.
The event is a 9 round Swiss, valid for FIDE title norms.
The time control will be 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game plus 30 seconds increment starting from move 1.
144 players from 26 different countries will take part in the tournament, including 14 GMs, 15 IMs, 5 FMs, 1 WGM and 2 WFMs. Indian GM Abhijeet Gupta is top seeded.
The main prizes are divided as follows: 1.300 €/ 900 €/ 650 €/ 250 €/ 250 €/ 250 €/ 150 €/ 150 €/ 150 €/ 150 €.
Contacts:
Tsarouha Anelia, Tel.: +30 6974811469
info@rethymnochess.gr;
tsarouxask@cha.forthnet.gr
Official website / LIVE games with analysis
Starting list (top seeds):
1 GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2634
2 GM Svetushkin Dmitry MDA 2557
3 GM Borovikov Vladislav UKR 2556
4 GM Kharitonov Alexandr RUS 2554
5 GM Mirzoev Azer AZE 2554
6 GM David Alberto ITA 2553
7 GM Rychagov Andrey RUS 2543
8 GM Zinchenko Yaroslav UKR 2532
9 GM Pap Misa SRB 2514
10 GM Arzumanian Georgy ARM 2496
11 IM Pakleza Zbigniew POL 2487
12 IM Stopa Jacek POL 2482
13 GM Antic Dejan SRB 2479
14 GM Skembris Spyridon GRE 2473
15 IM Prasanna Raghuram Rao IND 2455
16 GM Petrov Marijan BUL 2438
17 IM Lekic Dusan MNE 2433
18 IM Ahlander Bjorn SWE 2426
19 IM Swapnil S. Dhopade IND 2421
20 IM Narayanan Srinath IND 2419
A very strong tournament.