24th Pula Open Chess Tournament

Wednesday, 09 June 2010 16:12

The 24th Pula Open chess tournament is taking place on 19-26th June at the hotel "Histria", under management of the Croatian Chess Federation and local Chess Club "Pula". The competition will be held over nine rounds of Swiss system and with time control of 90 min + 30 sec increment. Already more than 230 players have registered to take participation and among them are nine Grandmasters. Borki Predojevic from BIH is top-seeded, followed by the Argentinian GM Ruben Felgaer. Former World Champion Boris Spassky will be special guest of the tournament. The prize fund of 11.000 EUR will be distributed within many rating and age categories. Top rated players: GM Predojevic Borki BIH 2628 GM Felgaer Ruben ARG 2585 IM Kuljasevic Davorin CRO 2539 GM Zelcic Robert CRO 2538 GM Cvitan Ognjen CRO 2534 GM Drazic Sinisa SRB 2531 IM Martinovic Sasa CRO 2515 GM Fercec Nenad CRO 2492 GM Likavsky Tomas SVK 2473 IM Kovacevic Blazimir CRO 2471 GM Shalnev Nikolai GER 2450 Official website