The 18th Voronezh International Chess Festival Alekhine Memorial is taking place from 12th to 21st June, 2014 in the city of Voronezh, Russia.
The Master Open is a 9 round Swiss with a time control 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game plus 30 seconds increment starting from move 1.
134 players will compete for the first prize of 180 000 RUB. The list of participants includes GMs Ivan Popov 2650 (RUS), Vladislav Artemiev 2647 (RUS), Dmitry Kokarev 2628 (RUS), Alexander Khalifman 2617 (RUS), Aleksandr Rakhmanov 2614 (RUS), Artyom Timofeev 2603 (RUS), Dmitry Bocharov 2598 (RUS), Sergey Grigoriants 2595 (RUS), Pavel Ponkratov 2595 (RUS), Alexandre Danin 2594 (RUS)
