Moscow Open 2010
Information from the top chess event of Moscow
Report by Chessdom.com
The Moscow Open 2010 will take place January 30th – February 7th. This year’s edition will be exceptionally strong with GM Rublevsky, GM Motylev, GM Bologan, GM Bu Xiangzhi, GM Vescovi, GM Sasikiran, GM Le Quang Liem, GM Iturrizaga, GM Hou Yifan, GM Sjugirov, GM Shabalov and over 70 other grandmasters from all over the world. Among the strongest international masters is Chessdom.com’s commentator IM Alexander Ipatov, who was commenting live the first 10 rounds of Corus 2010. The Moscow Open festival will see approximately 1226 chess players from 30 countries, divided into A, B, C, D, E1, and F group. Scroll down for the full participants list.
“Moscow Open is the major tournament for the Moscow Chess Federation. And despite a difficult economic situation in the country, we managed to keep the prize fund and budget of the festival at the same level,” commented Vasiliy Zhukov, the president of Moscow Chess Federation, rector of the Russian State Social University, member of the Russian Academy of Science.
The venue will be one more time the Russian State Social University (RSSU), the only state higher educational establishment in Russia which centers on social field. In accordance with the state license, over 100 000 students obtain higher education in 63 disciplines. More than 22 000 of them study in Moscow, the other – in over 50 branches of RSSU that are located in various regions of Russia and abroad.
Onischuk and Pogonina won Moscow Open last yera, while in 2007 winners were Timofeev and Muzychuk.
More about Moscow Open 2010
Official website / Interview with GM Motylev / Interview with Elisabeth Paehtz / Participants
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