International Chess Tournament Baku Open 2010
159 players, Gata Kamsky is the top seed
Azerbaijan Youth & Sport Ministry and Azerbaijan Chess Federation are organizing the International Chess Tournament Baku Open 2010, set to take place from 22nd to 31st August at the “Af Hotel”, near Caspian Sea, Novkhani.
The tournament will be played over 9 rounds (Swiss system) with the time control of 90 minutes + 30 sec per move. Total prize fund is 60,000 USD, with 10,000 USD reserved for the winner. 159 players from 14 countries are participating, US champion Gata Kamsky is top seeded.
Games will be live at Chessdom Chessbomb live games platform
Here are the top 20 seeds:
1 GM Kamsky Gata 2713 USA
2 GM Miroshnichenko Evgenij 2686 UKR
3 GM Sutovsky Emil 2665 ISR
4 GM Areshchenko Alexander 2664 UKR
5 GM Mamedov Rauf 2660 AZE
6 GM Smirin Ilia 2646 ISR
7 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej 2642 BLR
8 GM Savchenko Boris 2623 RUS
9 GM Guseinov Gadir 2611 AZE
10 GM Amonatov Farrukh 2608 TJK
11 GM Safarli Eltaj 2603 AZE
12 GM Shanava Konstantine 2556 GEO
13 GM Abbasov Farid 2549 AZE
14 GM Ibrahimov Rasul 2534 AZE
15 GM Jojua Davit 2530 GEO
16 IM Abasov Nijat Azad Oglu 2517 AZE
17 GM Guliyev Namig 2510 AZE
18 GM Durarbeyli Vasif 2501 AZE
19 IM Toufighi Homayoon 2501 IRI
20 GM Zhukova Natalia 2499 UKR
More players here: http://previews.chessdom.com/2010/baku-open
What about the 2700 players from AZ?
Susan all of a sudden U.S. players startin to win Eiiething whats goin on over there,are they studying? I heard them admit that it takes them years to improve, shouldnt it only take a few hours of REAL study? hehe.