The 2015 edition of Basel Chess Festival is taking place on 1-5th January 2015 at Hotel Hilton in Basel, Switzerland.
The Master Section is a 7-round Swiss FIDE tournament with tempo of play 100 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game plus 30 seconds increment starting from move one.
80 players are competing for the first prize in the amount of 2.500 CHF.
Top seed is the winner of the 38th Zurich Christmas Open GM Arkadij Naiditsch, who is looking for another Swiss trophy.
Tournament website/ List of participants
