The 137th MGU Open 2015 is scheduled to take place from 28th February to 1st March, 2015, at Chess Club MGU, in Sofia, capital and largest city of Bulgaria.
The event is organized in honor of the World champion for women Hou Yifan (born 27th February, 1994, in Xinghua, Jiangsu, China).
The event will be organized by FA Dimitar Iliev under the auspices of the University of mining and geology “St Ivan Rilski” Sofia, Chess Club “An Pasan” and “Zora” Trading Company in a 6-round Swiss FIDE format, open to all players rated below 2200 and it will be valid for FIDE and national rating.
The tempo of play is 60′ + 30″.
Contacts:
FA Dimitar Iliev
Tel.: +359 888 955 542
E-mail: mitkoiliev@gmail.com
Tournament schedule:
Saturday, 28tht February, 2015
10:30 – 10:45
10:45 Technical meeting
11:00 – 14:00 Round 1
14:01-17:01 Round 2
17:02 – 20:02 Round 3
Sunday, 1st March, 2015
11:00 – 14:00 Round 4
14:01 – 17:01 Round 5
17:02 – 20:02 Round 6
20:05 Closing ceremony and blitz tournament
Official website/ Previous editions: Goran Krastev dominant in 136th MGU Open 2015/ Yane Gelemerov tops 135th MGU Open Sofia 2015/ Boil Banov claims 134th MGU Open Sofia/ Ognyan Zahariev tops 133rd MGU Open 2015/ Martin Mitev wins 132nd MGU Open 2015/ Vladimir Petrov tops 131st MGU Open 2015; Petar Orev tops 130th MGU Open 2015; 129th MGU Open with brand new sponsor, Martin Metev takes the trophy; Goran Krastev wins 128th MGU Open 2014; Dobrotich Andreev claims 111th MGU Open 2014
Preliminary list of players:
1 IM Orev Petar BUL 2115
2 Krastev Goran BUL 2072
3 NM Gelemerov Yane BUL 2051
4 Hristov Hristo Mitov BUL 2046
5 Metev Martin BUL 2004
6 Bozilov Dragan SRB 1951
7 NM Andreev Dobrotich BUL 1945
8 Mladenov Andrey BUL 1843
9 Punchev Ivan BUL 1840
10 Stoyanov Stefan BUL 1832
11 Koleva Aleksandrina BUL 1807
12 Ivanov Oleg BUL 1792
13 Tsyntsarski Boyko Dr. BUL 1737
14 Iliev Alexandar BUL 1735
15 Kosturkov Krasimir BUL 1700
16 Green Moria BUL 1689
17 Petrov Anton BUL 1625
18 Georgiev Nikolay BUL 1606
19 Grabcheva Natalia BUL 1545
20 Tenev Bogdan BUL 1332
21 Borisov Ivan BUL 0
22 Neycheva Monika Vladimirova USA 0
23 Stathopoulos Fotios GRE 0
