INFORMATION
CHESS TOURNAMENT MAGISTRAL CIUTAT DE BARCELONA – CASINO DE BARCELONA 2010
On Thursday, November 4th at 15.45 the Chess Tournament Magistral Casino de Barcelona 2010 will take start. This year the Tournament is organized by the Catalonian Chess Federation and sponsored by the Casino of Barcelona (Group Peralada), Barcelona City Hall, Catalonian Sports Council and Hotel Icaria of Barcelona.The Venue of the Turnament is the Casino of Barcelona (Marina Avenue, 19-21 ), the dates are from November 4th to12th, 2009, and the games will start at 16.00.The following ten internationally recognized Grandmasters will participate in this Round Robin Tournamet:
1 GM ROMAIN EDOUARD (FRA) 2636
2 GM ROBERT L. HESS (EEUU) 2596
3 GM DANIEL ALSINA (ESP) 2523
4 GM JORDI MAGEM (ESP) 2589
5 GM IVÁN SALGADO (ESP) 2595
6 GM LÁZARO BRUZÓN (CUB) 2679
7 GM JAIME A. CUARTAS (COL) 2526
8 GM ARTUR YUSSUPOV (ALE) 2589
9 GM JOSEP OMS (ESP) 2517
10 GM ERNESTO INARKIEV (RUS) 2671
The Tournament reaches category 14 which makes it the strongest tournament in Catalonia, and one of the strongest in Spain. Also it is included in the ACP Tour, as one of the most important events in the Chess World.
There will be live broadcasting of the tournament offered by the Catalonian Chess Federation website: http://www.directefcde.org/ and by the Internet Chess Club (ICC).For more information please visit the Tournament link at FCE website: http://ciutat-casino.escacs.cat/index.html
There will be more activities besides the Tournament, Grandmaster Josep Oms will give a lecture “How to Discover the Weaknesses of Your Play and Improve It”, and Cuba´s Grandmaster Lázaro Bruzón will offer a Simultaneous Exhibition. The events will be held on Saturdays, November 6th and 13th, respectively. Free entry for everyone.
The tournament hall will be equipped by screens and it will be possible to view the games.
There will be live broadcasting offered by the Catalonian Chess Federation website where it will be possible to follow the games : http://www.directefcde.org/, also ICC will be offering live coverage for the tournament.
Go Hess!