International Championship of Slovakia

International Championship of Slovakia
9th to 17th July 2011 in Banská Štiavnica

The International Championship of Slovakia is taking place from 9th to 17th July 2011 in Banská Štiavnica for the second year in succession. The Championship is managed by SSZ, Town and SK Banska Stiavnica, and will be played as Open A and Open B.

In addition, Štiavnica Bughouse Championship is set for 13th July and Štiavnica Blitz Championship set for 14th July.

Chess legends GM Lajos Portisch and GM Lubomír Kaválek will play a blindfold game and host simultaneous exhibition on 16th July. Lajos Portisch is also an great singer and he will perform on Sunday during the tournament’s closing ceremony. Portisch’s performance will also have Valer Hegedüs playing the piano.

98 players are taking part in the Open A tournament. Top rated are GM Gleizerov Evgeny RUS 2590, GM Markos Jan SVK 2585, GM Ftacnik Lubomir SVK 2556, GM Medvegy Zoltan HUN 2527, GM Gonda Laszlo HUN 2512, GM Michalik Peter SVK 2505, GM Petrik Tomas SVK 2505, GM Boros Denes HUN 2502, GM Timoscenko Gennadij SVK 2502 and GM Likavsky Tomas SVK 2494.

Open B has 82 participants. Full lists are bellow. More information on the official website.

International Championship of Slovakia – OPEN A top 10 seeds:

1 GM Gleizerov Evgeny RUS 2590
2 GM Markos Jan SVK 2585
3 GM Ftacnik Lubomir SVK 2556
4 GM Medvegy Zoltan HUN 2527
5 GM Gonda Laszlo HUN 2512
6 GM Michalik Peter SVK 2505
7 GM Petrik Tomas SVK 2505
8 GM Boros Denes HUN 2502
9 GM Timoscenko Gennadij SVK 2502