The 31st International Chess Open in the Principality of Liechtenstein will take place on 3-11th May, 2013, at the Gemeindesaal Triesen. The tournament will be held under the patronage by S.D. Erbprinz Alois von und zu Liechtenstein.
The prizes in the main Open event will be: 1st – CHF 2’000, 2nd – CHF 1’500, 3rd – CHF 1’200, 4th – CHF 1’000, 5th – CHF 800, 6th – CHF 700, 7th – CHF 600, 8th – CHF 500, 9th – CHF 400, 10th – (until 10th Hort-System) CHF 300, 11th to 20th – (ranking) CHF 200.
Last year winner was Grandmaster Sebastian Bogner.
The prizes in the special Seniors Open (players born in 1953 or earlier) will be: 1st – CHF 800, 2nd – CHF 600, 3rd – CHF 400, 4th – CHF 300, 5th – CHF 200, 6th to 10th – CHF 100
Both groups will be played over 9 rounds of Swiss pairings. Chief Arbiter will be IA Albert Baumberger. More information on the official website.
Castle in Liechtenstein
Players list (Open):
1 GM Malakhatko Vadim BEL 2550
2 GM Gonda Laszlo HUN 2536
3 GM Farago Ivan HUN 2481
4 IM Izsak Gyula HUN 2471
5 GM Sergeev Vladimir UKR 2469
6 GM Vorotnikov Vladislav V RUS 2464
7 GM Van Der Weide Karel NED 2456
8 GM Paehtz Thomas GER 2401
9 IM Zozulia Anna BEL 2351
10 IM Sedina Elena ITA 2349
11 IM Habibi Ali GER 2289
12 FM Moss Robin B W ENG 2289
13 CM Mueller Markus GER 2187
14 IM Peredy Ferenc HUN 2175
15 Herbold Manfred GER 2164
16 Simon Peter GER 2164
17 Maurer Fritz SUI 2142
18 WIM Medunova Vera CZE 2118
19 Raddatz Michael GER 2075
20 Sarmir Milos SVK 2067
21 Bogner Norbert GER 2035
22 Meduna Eduard CZE 2034
23 Vagovsky Jozef SVK 1971
24 Buchaeckert Juergen GER 1960
25 Plieger Josef AUT 1940
26 Halwachs Siegfried AUT 1910
27 Kuhn Michael AUT 1910
28 Zahn Alina GER 1887
29 Verwer Renzo NED 1860
30 Wolfseher Roland SUI 1854
31 Wulff Jens-Peter GER 1825
32 Vlkovic Pavol SVK 1801
33 Hornak Pavol SVK 1753
34 Nachbaur Robert AUT 1742
35 Gerold Alexander AUT 1618
36 Schatz Alexander GER 1557
37 Peter Marc-André SUI 0
