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Azerbaijani chess players to compete in Vienna Chess Open 2013

13.08.2013 [16:12]
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Baku, August 13 (AZERTAC). Azerbaijani chess players will test their strength at the 18th Vienna Chess Open to take place on August 17-25 at the Vienna Town Hall - Stiege 1, Lichtenfelsgasse 2 - in the Austrian Capital.

The event will be divided in four groups: Group A: Open to all / 9 rounds CH-system, Group B: rating Elo U2000 / 9 rounds CH-system, Group C: rating Elo U1600 / 9 rounds CH-system, Group D: rating Elo U1600 / 5 rounds CH-system.

Azerbaijani chess players including Namig Guliyev and Hafiz Karimov will compete in Group A, while Rufat Abdullayev in Group B.

All tournaments will be evaluated according to FIDE-rules. The time control in the Groups A and B will be 40 moves/ 90 min. Rest 30 min. + 30 sec./move.

The prizes in the main group will be distributed as follows: € 2.000/ € 1.500/ € 1.200/ € 1.000/ € 800, etc.

There will also be prizes for category groups, age groups, ladies, seniors and local players.

The last edition took place in 2011 and was won by GM Marijan Petrov.

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