Hong Kong International Open Chess Championship 2012 is taking place from 28th September to 2nd October at the Convocation Room of the University of Hong Kong.
The tournament is co-organized by the Faculty of Science, University of Hong Kong, and HKUSU Chess and Board Games Club. The prize fund is sponsored by Rosneft under the patronage of FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.
The tournament will be played according to the Swiss System of 9 rounds. Rate of play will be 2 hours for the first 40 moves and then 30 minutes for the rest of the game. Title norms may be possible depending on the number of titled players. The latest rules and regulations of FIDE shall apply.
Top prize is 1000 EUR. More information on the official website.
University of Hong Kong
Players list:
1 GM ANTONIO Rogelio Jr PHI 2548
2 IM DIMAKILING Oliver PHI 2428
3 IM LLANEZA VEGA Marcos ESP 2428
4 IM ZHOU Yang-Fan ENG 2414
5 IM SENADOR Emmanuel PHI 2367
6 HU Xi CHN 2352
7 GM WONG Meng Kong SIN 2323
8 CM ARJUN Bharat IND 2293
9 BAI Jinshi CHN 2250
10 LI Bo CHN 2237
11 RIVERA Albert PHI 2155
12 XU Jialun CHN 2150
13 MUNIZ PARDINO Alberto ESP 2138
14 TSANG Hon Ki HKG 2084
15 CHONG Chor Yuen HKG 2063
16 VINOD G. IND 2063
17 GROMYKO Ksenia RUS 2007
18 BORIGAS Edgardo HKG 1986
19 CHEN Baining CHN 1984
20 SIGAPPI Muthiah HKG 1963
21 KUAN Julian HKG 1903
22 LAI Robin HKG 1891
23 WANG Yiou CHN 1871
24 LAI Cyrus Ho-Yeung HKG 1860
25 GARCERAN Nieuwenburg David HKG 1854
26 WONG Yee Chit HKG 1843
27 KUAN Ying Fatt HKG 1826
28 LIM Kian Hwa MAS 1824
29 LAW Mark HKG 1786
30 WOLFAARDT Francois RSA 1766
31 LIMBU Chandra Singh HKG 1753
32 MASTERS Christopher HKG 1751
33 CHAN Chi Loon Jake HKG 1737
34 SCOTT Ian HKG 1725
35 WONG Enoch Yat-Long HKG 1725
36 GURUNG Mohan Kumar NEP 1719
37 LIAO Yu Hao CHN 1692
38 LIN Juntong CHN 0
39 CHENG Louis CAN 0
40 WU Raymond HKG 0
41 HU Shengjie CHN 0
42 JI Ming CHN 0
43 BRET Jean-Sebastien HKG 0
44 MAHADEVAN Aravind HKG 0
45 CHEUNG Pak Tuen HKG 0
46 LAM Jeffrey HKG 0
47 SHIN Brian HKG 0
48 AU Ryan HKG 0
49 LAU Joe Yiu-Cho HKG 0
50 Whalley Peter HKG 0
51 YEUNG Ming Him Timothy HKG 0
52 CHING Mason HKG 0
53 CHEN Yu Yu Simon HKG 0
54 WONG Lai Hei Hysan HKG 0
55 YANG Michael HKG 0
56 CHING Marco HKG 0
57 HUI Ching Yuen HKG 0
58 KWOK Chi Fai HKG 0
59 LIN Wai Kit HKG 0
60 TSE Yue Tung HKG 0
61 XU Jiarong Gerald HKG 0
62 KUAN Arthur HKG 0
