The 18th edition of the Vienna Chess Open will take place on 17th – 25th August 2013 at the Vienna Town Hall – Stiege 1, Lichtenfelsgasse 2 – in the Austrian Capital.
The event will be divided in four groups:
Group A: Open to all / 9 rounds CH-system
Group B: rating Elo U2000 / 9 rounds CH-system
Group C: rating Elo U1600 / 9 rounds CH-system
Group D: rating Elo U1600 / 5 rounds CH-system
All tournaments will be evaluated according to FIDE-rules. The time control in the Groups A and B will be 40 moves/ 90 min. Rest 30 min. + 30 sec./move.
The prizes in the main group will be distributed as follows: € 2.000 / € 1.500 / € 1.200 / € 1.000 / € 800, etc.
There will also be prizes for category groups, age groups, ladies, seniors and local players.
The last edition took place on 2011 and was won by GM Marijan Petrov.
The playing venue is the beautiful Vienna Town Hall
Registered players:
| 1 | GM | Shengelia David | AUT | 2529 |
| 2 | GM | Stanec Nikolaus | AUT | 2518 |
| 3 | FM | Georgiadis Nico | SUI | 2390 |
| 4 | FM | Wukits Rene | AUT | 2290 |
| 5 | WIM | Boric Elena | BIH | 2272 |
| 6 | GM | kraidman yair | ISR | 2254 |
| 7 | FM | Nuri Kambez | SUI | 2251 |
| 8 | FM | Namyslo Holger | GER | 2231 |
| 9 | Rabus Berthold | GER | 2195 | |
| 10 | Seyfried Claus | GER | 2189 | |
| 11 | Astengo Corrado | ITA | 2171 | |
| 12 | Möhn Hans | GER | 2167 | |
| 13 | CM | Hrtko Vladimir | SVK | 2166 |
| 14 | Prill Daniel | GER | 2154 | |
| 15 | Arounopoulos Stephan | GER | 2129 | |
| 16 | Freuler Roman | SUI | 2111 | |
| 17 | Collareta Giovanni | ITA | 2104 | |
| 18 | König Dirk | GER | 2084 | |
| 19 | Prill Gerhard | GER | 2056 | |
| 20 | Chernukhin Alexander | RUS | 2049 | |
| 21 | Muhssen Fared Engineer | IRQ | 1977 | |
| 22 | Plauth-Herr Sabine | GER | 1964 | |
| 23 | Fischer Thomas Dr. | GER | 1950 | |
| 24 | Herr Hans-Otto Dr. | GER | 1813 | |
| 25 | Gardini Enrico | ITA | 1806 | |
| 26 | Wichmann Adrian | GER | 1761 | |
| 27 | Gutzelnig Frank-Michael | AUT | 1728 | |
| 28 | Mahlangu Marco Mr | RSA | 0 | |
