The 2nd edition of the Cambridge International Chess Open will be held from Monday 19th February to Saturday 24th February in Cambridge, England.
The event will be played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment for each move. The total prize fund of the event is ยฃ4.425, with ยฃ1.500 reserved for the Winner. 120 players from 22 countries registered for the tournament, and the registrations are now closed as the event has reached the capacity of the venue.
GM Michael Adams (England, 2661), GM Francesco Sonis (Italy, 2577) and GM Sipke Ernst (NED, 2540) headline the field which includes 37 titled players. The complete starting list of players can be found below. Live games can be followed here.
The 2nd Cambridge Chess Open is organized by English Chess Federation, with support by University Arms Hotel, Cambridge and The Chess Trust. Detailed information can be found on the tournament webpage.
The 2nd Cambridge Chess Open – Starting list of players:
No. | Name | FED | Rtg | |
1 | GM | Adams, Michael | ENG | 2673 |
2 | GM | Sonis, Francesco | ITA | 2570 |
3 | GM | Tiviakov, Sergei | NED | 2534 |
4 | GM | Fernandez, Daniel H | ENG | 2526 |
5 | IM | Ghasi, Ameet K | ENG | 2509 |
6 | GM | Gasanov, Eldar | UKR | 2494 |
7 | IM | Royal, Shreyas | ENG | 2483 |
8 | GM | Turner, Matthew J | SCO | 2447 |
9 | IM | Willow, Jonah B | ENG | 2445 |
10 | IM | Wadsworth, Matthew J | ENG | 2444 |
11 | IM | Wachinger, Nikolas | GER | 2432 |
12 | IM | Hanley, Craig A | ENG | 2431 |
13 | IM | Roberson, Peter T | ENG | 2426 |
14 | IM | Haubro, Martin | DEN | 2421 |
15 | GM | Hebden, Mark L | ENG | 2416 |
16 | IM | Pert, Richard G | ENG | 2413 |
17 | FM | Derakhshani, Borna | ENG | 2377 |
18 | IM | Akshat, Khamparia | IND | 2371 |
19 | GM | Wells, Peter K | ENG | 2343 |
20 | FM | York-Weaving, Richard | ENG | 2343 |
21 | IM | Golubovic, Boris | CRO | 2342 |
22 | FM | Gourlay, Iain | SCO | 2301 |
23 | FM | Vardanyan, Aras | LTU | 2299 |
24 | FM | Pozzari, Simone | ITA | 2290 |
25 | FM | Dishman, Stephen | ENG | 2273 |
26 | IM | Bradbury, Neil H | ENG | 2234 |
27 | Shafi, Declan | SCO | 2231 | |
28 | Mcclement, Andrew | SCO | 2221 | |
29 | Gluma, Christian | GER | 2219 | |
30 | FM | Martyn, Rafe | ENG | 2206 |
31 | FM | Karamsetty, Jeevan | USA | 2188 |
32 | FM | Sowray, Peter J | ENG | 2187 |
33 | Santhosh, Abhyuday | IND | 2167 | |
34 | Denderski, Piotr | POL | 2155 | |
35 | Orton, Stephen La | ENG | 2154 | |
36 | Mihalik, Agoston | HUN | 2146 | |
37 | FM | Martin, Lewis | ENG | 2144 |
38 | Fava, Lorenzo | ITA | 2140 | |
39 | CM | Banerjee, Supratit | SCO | 2137 |
40 | Crocker, Philip J | ENG | 2137 | |
41 | Ismail, Mohammed Aayan | ENG | 2111 | |
42 | Waller, Dan | ENG | 2110 | |
43 | Okhai, Shabir | ENG | 2104 | |
44 | Southcott-Moyers, Indy | ENG | 2100 | |
45 | IM | Borsos, Bogdan | UKR | 2094 |
46 | Payne, Matthew J | ENG | 2089 | |
47 | Brett, Andrew R | ENG | 2085 | |
48 | Pert, Max P | ENG | 2082 | |
49 | Bharat Kumar, Balahari | ENG | 2060 | |
50 | Rushbrooke, Remy | ENG | 2049 | |
51 | Ward, Ieuan C | ENG | 2028 | |
52 | CM | Golubovic, Erik | CRO | 2025 |
53 | Homer, Stephen J | ENG | 2021 | |
54 | CM | Blauhut, Holger | NOR | 2016 |
55 | Davison, Chris | ENG | 2013 | |
56 | WCM | Pert, Nina P | ENG | 2010 |
57 | Mocic, Ivano | CRO | 2008 | |
58 | Hutchinson, Paul A | ENG | 2005 | |
59 | Saine, Zachary | CAN | 2005 | |
60 | Kovalskyi, Roman | UKR | 2004 | |
61 | Underwood, Jonathan Wr | ENG | 1993 | |
62 | Asgarova, Turan | AZE | 1988 | |
63 | Volovich, Julia | ENG | 1983 | |
64 | Woltery, Nicolai | ENG | 1979 | |
65 | WFM | Hagesather, Nina | NOR | 1973 |
66 | Iyengar, Ilya | ENG | 1972 | |
67 | Redman, David J | ENG | 1971 | |
68 | Jermy, Jaden | ENG | 1968 | |
69 | Hutchinson, Norman A | ENG | 1962 | |
70 | Myall, Ivan J | ENG | 1951 | |
71 | Reynolds, D Ian W | ENG | 1951 | |
72 | Smart, Michael R | ENG | 1943 | |
73 | Cole, James | ENG | 1940 | |
74 | Dierssen Garcรฃยญa-Barredo, Guillermo | ESP | 1937 | |
75 | Hanache, Kai | ENG | 1926 | |
76 | Keohane, Benedict A | ENG | 1926 | |
77 | Mata, Adilson | POR | 1924 | |
78 | Gooding, Ian | ENG | 1910 | |
79 | WCM | Sivanandan, Bodhana | ENG | 1898 |
80 | Nawalaniec, Adam | POL | 1896 | |
81 | AGM | Skettos, Nicolas | CYP | 1894 |
82 | AIM | Mclean, Robert | ENG | 1882 |
83 | Simpson, Benjamin K | ENG | 1873 | |
84 | Pichugov, Andrey | ENG | 1867 | |
85 | Samarakoon, Vivash | SRI | 1864 | |
86 | Wheatley, Wilfred | ENG | 1864 | |
87 | Mcmahon, Paul | ENG | 1862 | |
88 | De Coverly, Roger D | ENG | 1852 | |
89 | Lazarus, Simon E | ENG | 1845 | |
90 | Gardiner, Eric D | ENG | 1837 | |
91 | Woods, Yannick | IRL | 1817 | |
92 | Yu, Rock | ENG | 1817 | |
93 | Baguley, John | ENG | 1790 | |
94 | Alderson, John Ka | ENG | 1788 | |
95 | Lenton, Oliver J | ENG | 1787 | |
96 | AIM | Lim, Mark | ENG | 1776 |
97 | Rida, Ruqayyah | ENG | 1770 | |
98 | Gardner, Phillip K | ENG | 1769 | |
99 | Spanton, Tim R | ENG | 1766 | |
100 | Zhang, Junyi | ENG | 1763 | |
101 | Bowers, Francis J | ENG | 1732 | |
102 | O’shea, Colm | ENG | 1729 | |
103 | Sasikumar, Srivathsan | ENG | 1719 | |
104 | Wynarczyk, Raymond | ENG | 1712 | |
105 | Takvorian, Sebouh | ENG | 1705 | |
106 | Maton, Emily | ENG | 1703 | |
107 | Pereslavtsev, Alexandr | ENG | 1696 | |
108 | Gaffney, Samuel | ENG | 1689 | |
109 | AFM | Latypova, Olga L | ENG | 1684 |
110 | Chan, Michelle Ngo Yu | ENG | 1681 | |
111 | Kenning, Paul H | ENG | 1681 | |
112 | Bay-Petersen, Ole | ENG | 1672 | |
113 | Berkley, Stephen W | ENG | 1667 | |
114 | Evans, Ruben Nangalia | ENG | 1647 | |
115 | AFM | Jefremov, Aivar | LAT | 1645 |
116 | Prince, Alan R | ENG | 1641 | |
117 | Chiang, Richard | ENG | 1609 | |
118 | Blauhut, Anna | NOR | 1532 |