The Valašská Bystřice OPEN will take place from September 06 to September 13 in Valašská Bystřice, Czech Republic. It is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with time control of 90 min/ 40 moves + 15 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from the Czech Republic, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded players are Sertbay, Huseyin (2167), IM Milan Babula (2100), Jan Bosák (2055), FM Josef Lys (2054), Martin Tauš (2026), Petr Mohapl (2024), Jakub Zádrapa (2002), Milan Zelenka (1994), Matěj Kopecký (1964), Marian Miklas (1956), Kamil Mikyska (1956), Jaroslav Závodný (1953), Vítězslav Musil (1939), Juraj Listiak (1927), Georgis Vlachopulos (1927). Scroll down for the full participants list.
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Valašská Bystřice OPEN Participants
| No. | Name | FED | Rtg | |
| 1 | Sertbay, Huseyin | TUR | 2167 | |
| 2 | IM | Babula, Milan | CZE | 2100 |
| 3 | Bosák, Jan | CZE | 2055 | |
| 4 | FM | Lys, Josef | CZE | 2054 |
| 5 | Tauš, Martin | CZE | 2026 | |
| 6 | Mohapl, Petr | CZE | 2024 | |
| 7 | Zádrapa, Jakub | CZE | 2002 | |
| 8 | Zelenka, Milan | CZE | 1994 | |
| 9 | Kopecký, Matěj | CZE | 1964 | |
| 10 | Miklas, Marian | SVK | 1956 | |
| 11 | Mikyska, Kamil | CZE | 1956 | |
| 12 | Závodný, Jaroslav | CZE | 1953 | |
| 13 | Musil, Vítězslav | CZE | 1939 | |
| 14 | Listiak, Juraj | SVK | 1927 | |
| 15 | Vlachopulos, Georgis | CZE | 1927 | |
| 16 | Peterka, Josef | CZE | 1918 | |
| 17 | Břoušek, Jiří | CZE | 1908 | |
| 18 | Ilgililer, Bertug | TUR | 1903 | |
| 19 | Pyš, Zbyněk | CZE | 1892 | |
| 20 | Sušeň, Jaroslav | CZE | 1877 | |
| 21 | Fišer, Jiří | CZE | 1869 | |
| 22 | Bříza, Jiří | CZE | 1857 | |
| 23 | Pagáč, Jaroslav | CZE | 1856 | |
| 24 | Foukal, Jiří | CZE | 1811 | |
| 25 | Moczala, Maja | POL | 1804 | |
| 26 | Komínek, Martin | CZE | 1788 | |
| 27 | Gajda, Rostislav | CZE | 1776 | |
| 28 | Irfanoglu, Tamay | TUR | 1775 | |
| 29 | Hurta, Karel | CZE | 1771 | |
| 30 | Příhoda, Josef | CZE | 1768 | |
| 31 | Hlaváček, Pavel | CZE | 1763 | |
| 32 | Smutek, Jiří | CZE | 1755 | |
| 33 | Bouchalová, Květa | CZE | 1754 | |
| 34 | Sazlik, Mucahit | TUR | 1745 | |
| 35 | Urban, Vojtěch Gabriel | CZE | 1744 | |
| 36 | Smutek, Vladimír | CZE | 1743 | |
| 37 | Mocek, Tadeáš | CZE | 1740 | |
| 38 | Sochorová, Valentýna | CZE | 1735 | |
| 39 | Sysr, Pavel | CZE | 1734 | |
| 40 | Bartošek, Ivan | CZE | 1726 | |
| 41 | Horyna, Josef | CZE | 1716 | |
| 42 | Oktavec, Ivan | SVK | 1705 | |
| 43 | Nešpor, Ivan | CZE | 1704 | |
| 44 | Lizúch, Lukáš | CZE | 1693 | |
| 45 | Parák, František | CZE | 1691 | |
| 46 | Kolibik, Jan | SVK | 1686 | |
| 47 | Hromádka, Jaromír | CZE | 1683 | |
| 48 | Pešková, Sára | CZE | 1679 | |
| 49 | Vlachopulos, Elefteris | CZE | 1677 | |
| 50 | Nisztuk, Michal | POL | 1675 | |
| 51 | Rychtecký, Pavel | CZE | 1674 | |
| 52 | Hutyra, Tomáš | CZE | 1666 | |
| 53 | Macháč, Petr | CZE | 1664 | |
| 54 | Gunes, Eylul | TUR | 1662 | |
| 55 | Stodola, Zdeněk | CZE | 1659 | |
| 56 | Diviš, Jan | CZE | 1656 | |
| 57 | Hovad, Václav | CZE | 1655 | |
| 58 | Režný, František | CZE | 1654 | |
| 59 | Bambušek, Vladislav | CZE | 1616 | |
| 60 | Gavenda, Jakub | CZE | 1597 | |
| 61 | Fegan, Buse | TUR | 1588 | |
| 62 | Píštěk, Zdeněk | CZE | 1585 | |
| 63 | Nikitenko, Nikita | CZE | 1583 | |
| 64 | Holiš, Matyáš | CZE | 1562 | |
| 65 | Macků, Lukáš | CZE | 1525 | |
| 66 | Fuksa, Josef | CZE | 1512 | |
| 67 | Hakligil, Aziz | TUR | 1500 | |
| 68 | Líbal, Manfred | CZE | 1497 | |
| 69 | Milfort, Václav | CZE | 1495 | |
| 70 | Klimeš, Martin | CZE | 1483 | |
| 71 | Peška, Radek | CZE | 1481 | |
| 72 | Galia, Šimon | CZE | 1473 | |
| 73 | Pernický, Roman | CZE | 1453 | |
| 74 | Tarielashvili, Kira | CZE | 1427 | |
| 75 | Mattivi, Jaroslav | CZE | 1175 |
