Wednesday, April 17, 2013

7th Wunsiedel Chess Festival 2013

The 7th Wunsiedel Chess Festival will take place on 9th-12th May at the Fichtelgebirgshalle, Jean-Paul-Straße 1, 95632 Wunsiedel, Germany.

The event will begin on Ascension Day in Germany, which is a holiday, and will be a 7 rounds Swiss open.

Each player will count with 2 hours to make 40 moves + 30 minutes for the rest of the game.
A prize fund of 5.300 € is guaranteed with at least 135 paying participants! The prizes distribution: 1st – 1.000 €; 2nd – 750 €; 3rd – 500 €.

Two strong Latin-american players are currently the best rated registered players: Peruvian GM Julio Granda Zuniga and Argentinian GM Fernando Peralta.

Tournament website

Registered players (top seeds):

1GMGranda Zuniga Julio EPER2634
2GMPeralta FernandoARG2632
3GMChatalbashev BorisBUL2553
4GMMiezis NormundsLAT2552
5GMSulskis SarunasLTU2556
6GMKunin VitalyGER2527
7GMPap MisaSRB2511
8GMDel Rio De Angelis Salvador ESP2485
9GMTischbierek RajGER2442
10GMMaiwald Jens-UweGER2455

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