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Vienna Chess Open 2013

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.

Official website

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

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