The 52nd Groningen Chess Festival is taking place from 21-30th December at the Sport Centre Rijksuniversiteit & Hanzehogeschool in Groningen, Netherlands.
The event is a 9-round Swiss with prize fund € 6000.
Top seeded are GM Sergei Tiviakov NED 2677, GM Aleksandr Rakhmanov RUS 2647, GM Qun Ma CHN 2621, GM Zaven Andriasian ARM 2609, GM Alexander Ipatov TUR 2599, GM Daniele Vocaturo ITA 2590, GM Benjamin Bok NED 2572 and GM Sipke Ernst NED 2553.
