| Bad Wiessee Open Friday, 28 October 2011 23:26 |
| The 15th International Bavarian Open Chess Championship is organized by the Municipality of Bad Wiessee and Tourism Tegernsee GmbH and takes place from 29th October to 6th November in Bad Wiessee am Tegernsee, Germany. The tournament will be played over nine rounds of Swiss system. Due to space restrictions, the number of participants is limited to 450. The maximum number is reached and from Wednesday a waiting list is being formed.
The total prize fund is 16500 EUR. First place brings 2500 EUR, 2nd 2000 EUR, 3rd 1500 EUR etc. A number of young chess stars are taking participation, including the reigning World Junior Champion Dariusz Swiercz, Baku Open winner Sergei Zhigalko, Indian stars Parimarjan Negi and Adhiban Baskaran, Ukrainian wonder Illya Nyzhnyk and American on the European tour Aleksandr Lenderman. |
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