The 4th HDBank Cup International Open Chess Tournament 2014 is taking place on 10-15th March in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
The 9-round Swiss open will offer $35,000 in prizes. The winner will earn $12,000 and the top woman will claim $3,000.
Winners of the previous two editions, Le Quang Liemand Ni Hua, are top seeded in the field of 80 players from 16 countries.
Participants:
1. GM Le Quang Liem VIE 2709 (member of the Webster U SPICE team)
2. GM Ni Hua CHN 2658
3. GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son VIE 2613
4. GM Zhang Zhong SIN 2600
5. GM Lu Shanglei CHN 2558
6. GM Gomez John Paul PHI 2534
7. GM Dao Thien Hai VIE 2508
8. GM Shyam Sundar M. IND 2507
9. IM Nguyen Duc Hoa VIE 2496
10. IM Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy VIE 2476
11. IM Diu Viacheslav RUS 2474
12. GM Nguyen Anh Dung VIE 2469
13. IM Kuderinov Kirill KAZ 2454
14. WGM Kashlinskaya Alina RUS 2440
15. GM Tu Hoang Thong VIE 2434
16. IM Shyam Nikil P. IND 2431
17. IM Nguyen Van Huy VIE 2414
18. IM Prasanna Raghuram Rao IND 2410
19. IM Wynn Zaw Htun MYA 2408
20. IM Yap Kim Steven PHI 2407
Kuderinov will win.