The fifth edition of Luc Open is taking place from 28th April to 4th May, 2014 in Lille, the capital of Nord-Pas de Calais region in France.
The event is gathering 177 players from all over the world, including more than 10 Grandmasters. The last-year winner GM Andrey Zhigalko is top seeded.
The system of play will be 9 rounds Swiss Open. The organizers provide prize fund in the amount of 10 000€. 1500€ will be awarded to the winner of the tournament, while the runner-up and the third best player will receive 1200€ and 1100€, respectively.
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List of participants (top seeds):
1 GM ZHIGALKO Andrey 2603 F SenM 0
2 GM BACHMANN Axel 2575 F SenM 0
3 GM ARIZMENDI MARTINEZ Julen Luis 2547 F SenM ALS 0
4 GM CHATALBASHEV Boris 2521 F SenM FRC 0
5 GM MAIOROV Nikita 2520 F SenM 0
6 GM LAGARDE MaxiMe 2514 F JunM IDF 0
7 GM GRETARSSON Hjorvar Steinn 2511 F SenM 0
8 IM KOZIAK Vitali 2507 F SenM IDF 0
9 IM CASTELLANOS RODRIGUE Renier 2488 F SenM DSA 0
10 IM BAILET Pierre 2477 F SenM BRE 0
11 IM SMITH Axel 2473 F SenM LAN 0
12 IM PANCEVSKI Filip 2466 F SenM 0
13 GM SIMANTSEV Mikhail 2459 F SenM 0
14 IM LIE Espen 2456 F SenM 0
15 IM RIFF Jean-Noel 2450 F SenM ALS 0
16 GM JANEV EvGeni 2427 F SenM LYO 0
17 GM NEELOTPAL Das 2427 F SenM 0
18 IM CAMACHO COLLADOS Jose 2393 F SenM LOR 0
19 IM MIEDEMA David 2393 F SenM PIC 0
20 IM LOISEAU Quentin 2388 F JunM IDF 0
21 IM SHIRAZI KaMran 2375 F VetM IDF 0
22 IM PETROSIAN Suren 2370 F SenM LYO 0
23 GM IVANOV Mikhail M 2367 F SenM NPC 0
24 FM CAWDERY Daniel 2362 F SenM 0
25 IM SKOMOROKHIN RoMan 2355 F SenM 0
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Fantastic tournament.
These patzers are no match to Nakamura. He will certainly pulverized these group.