The 11th Philadelphia International will be held from June 24-29, 2017, at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, 1201 Market St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The event will be a single section with 9-rounds of Swiss system and the time control 40/2, SD/30 d10. FIDE title norms are possible.
The total prize fund is $10,000 guaranteed: $3000-1500-1000-700-600-500-400-300-200, top FIDE under 2300 or unrated $1200-600.
Last year GM Axel Bachmann and GM Aleksandr Shimanov shared the first place.
Top rated players are Axel Bachmann (GM) 2653, Yuniesky Quesada Perez (GM) 2624, Peter Prohaszka (GM) 2588, Andrey Stukopin (GM) 2577, Ruifeng Li (GM) 2571, Vladimir Belous (GM) 2567, Julio Becerra (GM) 2556, Gergely Antal (GM) 2524, Mark Paragua (GM) 2520, Oliver Barbosa (GM) 2511 and Holden Hernandez (GM) 2510.
