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The 2008 Kaupthing Open launches off with the first round today in Differdange, Luxembourg, and goes on until the Saturday, May 17th. A total of 100 players are fighting in the Open A section for the lucrative prize fund of 17.000 Euro. In addition, there are 79 participants in the Open B and 24 in the Open C-Youth. Last year GM Humpy Koneru and GM Hannes Stefansson tied the first place.
Total Prizefund 17 000 Eur
Prize for the A-tournament winner : 3 000 Eur
Special prize for the first woman : 1 500 Eur
Mode : 9 rounds Swiss Chess
A-Open : 90'/40 + 30' + 30'' per move
B-Open U2200 : 90'/40 + 30' KO
C-Youth Open U1600 : 90'/40 + 30' KO
Open A participants:
1 IGM Socko Bartosz PL
POL 2644
2 IGM Istratescu Andrei RO
ROM 2628
3 IGM Bauer Christian FR
FRA 2618
4 IGM Kritz Leonid DE
GER 2609
5 IGM Stefansson Hannes IS
ISL 2583
6 IGM Drozdovskij Yuri RU
UKR 2581
7 IGM Schlosser Philipp DE
GER 2562
8 IM Gharamian Tigran FR
FRA 2554
9 IGM Frolyanov Dmitry RU
RUS 2553
10 IGM Feller Sebastien FR
FRA 2540
11 IGM Stefanova Antoaneta BG
BUL 2538
12 IGM Gupta Abhijeet IN
IND 2521
13 IGM Negi Parimarjan IN
IND 2514
14 IGM Danielsen Henrik IS
ISL 2510
15 IM Edouard Romain FR
FRA 2509
16 IM Hausrath Daniel DE
GER 2505
17 IM Socko Monika PL
POL 2505
18 IGM Ajrapetjan Yuriy UA
UKR 2504
19 IM Henrichs Thomas DE
GER 2497
20 IGM Velicka Petr CZ
CZE 2496
21 IM Sulashvili Malkhaz GE
GEO 2491
22 IGM Siebrecht Sebastian DE
GER 2490
23 IGM Jansa Vlastimil CZ
CZE 2489
24 IM Kristjansson Stefan IS
ISL 2485
25 IM Wirig Anthony FR
FRA 2477
26 IM Marzolo Cyril FR
FRA 2476
27 IM Papadopoulos Ioannis K. GR
GRE 2471
28 IM Haub Thorsten-Michael DE
GER 2467
29 IM Ostrovskiy Andrey RU
UKR 2445
30 IM Dzagnidze Nana GE
GEO 2443
31 IGM Thorhallsson Throstur IS
ISL 2437
32 IM Gunnarsson Jon Viktor IS
ISL 2431
33 IM Dembo Yelena GR
GRE 2429
34 IM Tissir Mohamed MA
MAR 2428
35 IM Faibisovich Vadim Z RU
RUS 2421
36 FM Thorfinnsson Bjorn IS
ISL 2417
37 WGM Sachdev Tania IN
IND 2417
38 FM D`Costa Lorin A R GB
ENG 2410
39 IM Thorfinnsson Bragi IS
ISL 2408
40 FM Nezar Mustafa FR
LUX 2397
41 IM Wang Puchen NZ
NZL 2397
42 FM Delorme Axel FR
FRA 2377
43 WGM Zdebskaja Natalia UA
UKR 2368
44 IM Bakalarz Mietek LU
LUX 2361
45 IM Berend Fred LU
LUX 2350
46 FM Degtiarev Evgeny DE
GER 2350
47 WGM Nebolsina Vera RU
RUS 2345
48 FM Johannesson Ingvar Thor IS
ISL 2344
49 WCM Kadimova Ilaha AZ
AZE 2326
50 FM Vatter Hans-Joachim DE
GER 2325
51 FM Leniart Arkadiusz PL
POL 2324
52 FM Povilas Lasinskas LT
LTU 2307
53 WGM Berend Elvira LU
LUX 2303
54 WIM Rudolf Anna HU
HUN 2302
55 FM Grover Sahaj IN
IND 2300
56 Gretarsson Hjorvar Steinn IS
ISL 2291
57 WFM Gunina Valentina RU
RUS 2285
58 FM Wagener Claude LU
LUX 2275
59 WGM Wagener Anna LU
LUX 2266
60 Olape Bunmi NG
NGR 2263
61 Barthel Ansgar DE
GER 2258
62 FM Brittner Serge LU
LUX 2250
63 Raykhman Alexander DE
GER 2242
64 Raykhman Alexander DE
GER 2242
65 Reymann Cédric FR
FRA 2236
66 Jeitz Christian LU
LUX 2234
67 WIM Schweitzer Viktoriya UA
FRA 2218
68 Prizker Boris DE
GER 2214
69 Andersen Alf Roger NO
NOR 2203
70 FM Valenti Giuseppe IT
ITA 2200
71 Maleki Manuel FR
FRA 2197
72 Thalwitzer David DE
GER 2193
73 Stull Norbert LU
LUX 2185
74 Daubenfeld Gilles LU
LUX 2170
75 Iglesias Joachim FR
FRA 2166
76 Dal Borgo Albin BE
BEL 2164
77 Jaenig Reinhard DE
GER 2162
78 Maes Valeer BE
BEL 2161
79 Maleki Nicolas FR
FRA 2155
80 Resnjanskij Denis DE
GER 2135
81 WFM Vogel Heike DE
GER 2134
82 Wagner Steven LU
LUX 2134
83 Steffenello Leonardo BR
BRA 2127
84 WFM Steil-Antoni Fiona LU
LUX 2125
85 Dirk-Michael Koch DE
GER 2120
86 FM Tudorie Sebastian RO
ROM 2119
87 Korman Maxim DE
GER 2117
88 Linster Philippe LU
LUX 2104
89 Zienkiewicz Alexandre FR
FRA 2070
90 Baskewitsch Pierre LU
LUX 2068
91 Christen Pierre LU
LUX 2053
92 Weidig Tom LU
LUX 2032
93 Risch Michel LU
LUX 2029
94 Weller Manuel DE
GER 2023
95 WFM Bakalarz Grazyna DE
LUX 2006
96 Urbaniak Patrick FR
FRA 2004
97 De Lagontrie Jean FR
FRA 1987
98 Boyarchenko Alex LU
LUX 1964
99 Skopetz Friedrich AT
AUT 1948
100 Boyarchenko Marie LU
LUX 1877
101 Bishop Peter US
LUX 1855
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