The 7th Wunsiedel Chess Festival will take place on 9th-12th May at the Fichtelgebirgshalle, Jean-Paul-Straße 1, 95632 Wunsiedel, Germany.
The event will begin on Ascension Day in Germany, which is a holiday, and will be a 7 rounds Swiss open.
Each player will count with 2 hours to make 40 moves + 30 minutes for the rest of the game.
A prize fund of 5.300 € is guaranteed with at least 135 paying participants! The prizes distribution: 1st – 1.000 €; 2nd – 750 €; 3rd – 500 €.
Two strong Latin-american players are currently the best rated registered players: Peruvian GM Julio Granda Zuniga and Argentinian GM Fernando Peralta.
Registered players (top seeds):
| 1 | GM | Granda Zuniga Julio E | PER | 2634 |
| 2 | GM | Peralta Fernando | ARG | 2632 |
| 3 | GM | Chatalbashev Boris | BUL | 2553 |
| 4 | GM | Miezis Normunds | LAT | 2552 |
| 5 | GM | Sulskis Sarunas | LTU | 2556 |
| 6 | GM | Kunin Vitaly | GER | 2527 |
| 7 | GM | Pap Misa | SRB | 2511 |
| 8 | GM | Del Rio De Angelis Salvador | ESP | 2485 |
| 9 | GM | Tischbierek Raj | GER | 2442 |
| 10 | GM | Maiwald Jens-Uwe | GER | 2455 |
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