1st International Grandmaster Tournament

The Chess Association of the Lubelski Region is organizing 1st International Grandmaster Tournament which is going to be held in Lublin from 28th of May untill 6th of June, 2009. The tournament is a round robin with 10 grandmasters ranging between 2652 to 2535 ELO, with average ELO of 2614, which makes it category XV event.

Official site / Live games / Information

The tournament is part of the project promoting Lublin as a candidate for the European Capital of Culture 2016 and celebrate the 440th anniversary of Union of Lublin. Live games from the event will be broadcast daily on Chessdom.com and live webcam views from the hall can be seen on the official site. Round 1 begins on May 29th, games will start daily at 15:00 CET.

Participants

GM Grachev, Boris RUS 2652

GM Socko, Bartosz POL 2637

GM Roiz, Michael ISR 2635

GM Wojtaszek, Radoslaw POL 2630

GM Khenkin, Igor GER 2630

GM Zhigalko, Sergei BLR 2622

GM Malakhatko, Vadim BEL 2618

GM Bartel, Mateusz POL 2601

GM Gajewski, Grzegorz POL 2571

GM Dziuba, Marcin POL 2535