International Chess Championship of Slovakia

International Chess Championship of Slovakia
Exhibition events with Hikaru Nakamura and Sergei Movsesian

International Chess Festival under the patronage of Dr. Miroslav Číž will take place from 10th July to 18th July 2010 in Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia. The organisers are Town Banská Štiavnica, Slovak Chess Federation and Chessclub Banská Štiavnica.

The Festival consists of International Chess Championship of Slovakia (in three groups), A.Pituk’s Memorial (Chess solving), Štiavnica Bughouse Championship, Štiavnica Blitz Championship and exhibition events with participation of top U.S. and Slovakian players – Hikaru Nakamura and Sergei Movsesian.

The main A Group of the International Chess Championship of Slovakia will be played over 9 rounds of Swiss system with accelerated pairings. Playing tempo is 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 second bonus, then 30 minutes + 30 seconds for game. The top placed local players will be crowned as Slovakian men and women champions. Total price fund is 6000 EUR.

Exhibition events will include two-games match between GM Hikaru Nakamura (World champion in Chess960) and GM Sergei Movsesian (3rd place in Chess960 World championship) in Fischer Random Chess and two-games blitz match, on 16th July 2010, at the public square in front of Cinema “Akademik”.In addition, the two players will offer a simul on 16th July 2010 at 21:00, and blindfold game with live chessmen on 17th July 2010 at 21:00.

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Here are some of the top seeds:

International Championship of Slovakia – OPEN A:

1 GM Gleizerov Evgeny RUS 2578
2 GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr RUS 2570
3 GM Petrik Tomas SVK 2532
4 GM Talla Vladimir CZE 2505
5 GM Cvek Robert CZE 2495
6 IM Balog Imre HUN 2494
7 IM Jurcik Marian SVK 2487
8 GM Likavsky Tomas SVK 2473
9 IM Vavrak Peter SVK 2462
10 IM Michalik Peter SVK 2455
11 IM Klenburg Mikhail UKR 2449
12 IM Repkova Eva SVK 2434
13 Maslik Miroslav SVK 2412
14 IM Plat Vojtech CZE 2401
15 Smolen Jan SVK 2401

http://previews.chessdom.com/2010/slovakia-international-championship