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Nearly 300 players to compete in Nakhchivan Open-2014 chess festival
Baku, May 2 (AZERTAC). Nearly 300 players will participate in the International Chess Festival Nakhchivan Open 2014 commemorating Azerbaijani national leader Heydar Aliyev to be held in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan, from May 4-12.
The tournament will bring together chess players from Spain, Georgia, Turkey, India, Moldova, Latvia, Iran, Russia, Afghanistan, Ukraine, and Azerbaijan.
The players will be seeded in Tournament A if rated above 2250 FIDE (For Women above 2100 FIDE), while the lower rated players will compete in Tournament B. Both groups will be played over nine rounds of Swiss system.
There will also be Tournament C for U12 juniors.
Top prizes in the Tournament A are: 10,000$ + cup/ 5000$/ 3000$/ 2000$/ 1500$/ 1200$/ 1000$ etc. There are 30 regular and many special prizes.
The official sponsor of the tournament is “YapiKrediBank”.