2019 Open de Portugal
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The Portuguese Chess Federation will hold the Portugal Open from 2-10th February 2019 at the PavilhĂŁo Casal Vistoso in Lisbon.
The tournament will be a 9-round Swiss system, rated for FIDE, and valid for title norms. The tournament is included in the national Classical Chess Circuit.
On 10 February, there will be an (optional) rapid tournament, included in the national Rapid Chess Circuit.
Top prizes are 2500€ / 1600€ / 1000€ / 800€ / 700€ / 600€ / 500€ etc
Currently 132 players from 32 federations are registered to take part in the event. Among them are 15 Grandmasters and 14 International Masters.
Participants (top 40 seeds):
- GM Motylev Alexander RUS 2644
- GM Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo VEN 2637
- GM Petrov Nikita RUS 2585
- GM Xu Xiangyu CHN 2567
- GM David Alberto ITA 2559
- GM Bernadskiy Vitaliy UKR 2550
- GM Jakubowski Krzysztof POL 2516
- GM Stefansson Hannes ISL 2514
- GM Spraggett Kevin Barry CAN 2513
- GM Galego Luis POR 2508
- IM Bilguun Sumiya MGL 2471
- GM Miezis Normunds LAT 2469
- IM Iniyan P IND 2456
- IM Butkiewicz Lukasz POL 2444
- IM Damaso Rui POR 2438
- FM Srinath Rao Sankrantipati Venkata IND 2433
- Mu Ke CHN 2431
- WGM Ni Shiqun CHN 2427
- GM Thorhallsson Throstur ISL 2425
- GM Campora Daniel ARG 2417
- IM Rajesh V A V IND 2410
- IM Kaasen Tor Fredrik NOR 2409
- FM Haug Johannes NOR 2402
- IM Sukandar Irine Kharisma INA 2397
- IM Low Zhen Yu Cyrus SGP 2385
- IM Carrasco Martinez Juan M. ESP 2380
- IM Miedema David NED 2370
- FM Martin Duque Jesus ESP 2365
- IM Rocha Sergio POR 2360
- FM Aguera Naredo Javier ESP 2345
- FM Tryggestad Andreas Garberg NOR 2333
- IM Sergienko Sergey RUS 2331
- FM Pantzar Milton SWE 2331
- WGM Gu Xiaobing CHN 2326
- Fus Jakub POL 2326
- FM Godzwon Iwo POL 2323
- FM Kowalski Igor POL 2312
- IM Ilic Zoran S SRB 2302
- Chinguun Sumiya MGL 2286
- FM Risting Eivind Olav NOR 2281