Open Karposh 2012
Municipality of Karposh and Chess Club Gambit Aseko-See are organizing Open Karposh 2012 from 7th to 14th April in Skopje, FYR Macedonia.
The 9-round Swiss open will feature prize fund of 17500 EUR: 1) 3500 EUR, 2) 2500 EUR, 3) 1500 EUR, 4) 1200 EUR, 5) 1000 EUR, 6) 800 EUR, 7) 700 EUR, 8) 600 EUR etc
Recommended hotels near the playing hall are Royal Hotel, Imperial Hotel and Residence Inn Hotel. The tournament venue will be in the *****Hotel Aleksandar Palace.
A number of strong Grandmasters are lined to take participation in the event. Among them are the last year Karposh winner Robert Markus, Cappelle-la-Grande and Zagreb 2011 winner Grzegorz Gajewski and Turkish champion Dragan Solak.
Pre-registered top 30 players:
1. GM Berkes Ferenc HUN 2682
2. GM Georgiev Kiril BUL 2671
3. GM Ivanisevic Ivan SRB 2645
4. GM Mastrovasilis Dimitrios GRE 2631
5. GM Markus Robert SRB 2625
6. GM Delchev Aleksander BUL 2622
7. GM Kozul Zdenko CRO 2602
8. GM Solak Dragan TUR 2602
9. GM Pantsulaia Levan GEO 2595
10. GM Palac Mladen CRO 2593
11. GM Damljanovic Branko SRB 2582
12. GM Chatalbashev Boris BUL 2570
13. GM Yemelin Vasily RUS 2567
14. GM Nevednichy Vladislav ROU 2562
15. GM Hera Imre Jr HUN 2555
16. GM Neverov Valeriy UKR 2544
17. GM Drazic Sinisa SRB 2536
18. GM Skoberne Jure SLO 2535
19. GM Georgiev Vladimir MKD 2531
20. GM Blagojevic Dragisa MNE 2523
21. GM Savic Miodrag R SRB 2518
22. GM Antic Dejan SRB 2513
23. GM Djukic Nikola MNE 2513
24. GM Mastrovasilis Athanasios GRE 2510
25. GM Todorovic Goran M SRB 2499
26. GM Berescu Alin-Mile ROU 2494
27. GM Likavsky Tomas SVK 2486
28. IM Arnaudov G Petar BUL 2476
29. IM Potapov Pavel RUS 2473
30. IM Pancevski Filip MKD 2470
Nice field. This should be a good tournament.