Vladimir Petrov Memorial in Jurmala |
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Tuesday, 24 January 2012 07:17 |
Latvian Chess federation and Grandmaster Alexei Shirov have a pleasure to announce the Vladimir Petrov Memorial. The tournament will be held in Jurmala, Latvia, from Feb. 15 (arrival) to Feb. 20 (departure), 2012.
The aim of the tournament is to pay the tribute to one of the brightest representatives of Latvian Chess ever who tragically died in Soviet camps during the Second World War.
The event will include the following tournaments:
Tournament A: Feb. 16-17 (qualifier) and Feb. 18-19 (final). The final will be held at the Amber Beach Resort in Jaunkemeri. It will feature 8 players: four Super GMs by invitation and the top four from the qualifier. As of now there are four confirmed Super GMs: Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) Alexander Morozevich (Russia) Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbajan) Alexei Shirov who as of Jan 1, 2012 will be representing Latvia.
The time control is 15 minutes plus 6 seconds per move.
The preliminary tournament (9 rounds; Swiss system; time control 15 minutes plus 6 seconds per move) will be held in Jurmala City museum. It is open to all who pay the entry fee.
Participants in the preliminary tournament:
1 GM Grachev Boris RUS 2693 2 GM Azarov Sergei BLR 2667 3 GM Fridman Daniel GER 2660 4 GM Kurnosov Igor RUS 2648 5 GM Landa Konstantin RUS 2645 6 GM Khairullin Ildar RUS 2638 7 GM Fedorchuk Sergey A UKR 2634 8 GM Nyback Tomi FIN 2634 9 GM Khalifman Alexander RUS 2632 10 GM Khenkin Igor GER 2631 11 GM Krasenkow Michal POL 2607 12 GM Svetushkin Dmitry MDA 2598 13 GM Sulskis Sarunas LTU 2595 14 GM Kovalenko Igor UKR 2587 15 GM Kulaots Kaido EST 2581 16 GM Sokolov Andrei FRA 2581 17 GM Perez Candelario Manuel ESP 2572 18 GM Andersson Ulf SWE 2571 19 GM Gleizerov Evgeny RUS 2566 20 GM Miezis Normunds LAT 2544 21 GM Fedoseev Vladimir RUS 2525 22 IM Neiksans Arturs LAT 2524 23 GM Sveshnikov Evgeny LAT 2513 24 IM Fridman Rafael GER 2506 25 GM Solozhenkin Evgeniy RUS 2483 26 GM Starostits Ilmars LAT 2469 27 IM Klyuner Vyacheslav UKR 2428 28 IM Sveshnikov Vladimir LAT 2426 29 IM Berzinsh Roland LAT 2422 30 IM Samolins Vitalijs LAT 2407 31 IM Antoms Guntars LAT 2395 32 FM Lavendelis Egons LAT 2347 33 IM Carlstedt Jonathan GER 2331 34 FM Kantans Toms LAT 2330 35 WGM Rogule Laura LAT 2312 36 WGM Berzina Ilze LAT 2297 37 FM Meskovs Nikita LAT 2293 38 WGM Reizniece-Ozola Dana LAT 2292 39 MK Kalnins Kristaps LAT 2290 40 Mustaps Matiss LAT 2278 41 Klimakovs Sergejs LAT 2268 42 FM Krustkalns Kristaps LAT 2251 43 Kretainis Kristaps LAT 2243 44 WIM Skinke Katrina LAT 2229 45 MK Agafonov Yuri LAT 2223 46 WIM Dolgova Olga RUS 2206 47 Bernotas Arturs LAT 2184 48 Sanz Losada Victoriano ESP 2133 49 MK Mierins Eriks LAT 2109 50 Mihailovs Arturs LAT 1871 51 MK Krums Ilmars LAT 2106 52 Genkin Anatolij GER 0
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