RSSU Chess in Moscow from Jan 31, 2013

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012

Hi everyone,

Remember the Moscow Chess Cup being renamed as the RSSU International Chess Cup? Our previous Chess Blog news:

Moscow Chess Open begins Jan 27, 2012 with new name! It's time to think about the 2013 event now. At the meeting of the President of Moscow Chess Federation, Vladimir Palikhata, and the Honorary President of Moscow Chess Federation, Rector-founder of RSSU, Vasily Zhukov, it was agreed to hold the RSSU International Chess Cup Moscow Open 2013 from 31 January - 10 February 2013. The meeting was held last Friday, 5 October, in Russian State Social University.

The Rector of RSSU Lidia Fedyakina confirmed that RSSU is ready to host the tournament for the eighth time. The prize fund is 3 500 000 RUB. Contacts: Moscow Chess Federation: (Phone/fax: +7 495 945 75 22 Email: moschess@mail.ru)

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Moscow Chess Open begins Jan 27 with new name!

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012

Hello everyone,

The eighth chess tournament Moscow Open has got a new status and name – now it is RSSU International Chess Cup! RSSU International Chess Cup Moscow Open 2012 will consist of nine individual tournaments:


A - Russian National Cup stage among men (Swiss system, 9 rounds)
B – Russian National Cup stage among women (Swiss system, 9 rounds)
C – RSSU Amateur Chess Cup (Swiss system, 9 rounds)
D – RSSU Student Grandmaster Cup - men (Round robin, 9 rounds)
E - RSSU Student Grandmaster Cup - women (Round robin, 9 rounds)
F – RSSU Student Cup - Tournament G – RSSU School Champions Cup
H – RSSU School Leavers Cup

I – The fifth World Chess Problem Solving Cup

The Number of participants of the competitions will reach the 1500 mark.
The RSSU Cup programme will traditionally include the professional development courses for coaches and arbiters under the auspices of the Russian Chess Federation and FIDE
The Cup will take place in Moscow from January 27 – arrival of the main tournaments’ participants) till February 5. The venue is the Russian State Social University (RSSU).

Among the participants of the men’s tournaments Russians Ernesto Inarkiev, Andreikin Dmitry, Denis Khismatullin, Artyom Timofeev, Valentina Gunina, Mateusz Bartel and Bartosz Socko (Poland), Rey Robson (USA), Yaroslav Zherebukh (Ukraine).

In the women’s tournaments will compete Ekaterina Atalik (Turkey), Batkhuyag Munguntuul (Mongolia), Nazi Paikidze, Nino Batsiashvili (Georgia), Lilit Galojan (Armenia), Rout Padmini (India), Karina Szczepkowska-Horowska (Poland), Alina Anastasia Bodnaruk, Baira Kovanova, Daria Charochkina (RUS), Nastassia Ziaziulkina (Belarus).

The total guaranteed prize fund is 3 210 000 RUB (approximately 100 000 USD).
The official site of the tournament: http://open.moschess.ru/eng/

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