2009 European Rapid Chess Championship

28th Chess Memorial of Stanisław Gawlikowski
Under the auspices of Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz – the President of the city of Warsaw

General Information of the 9th Amplico Life International Chess Tournament –

European Rapid Chess Championship

1. General Sponsor:

Amplico Life S.A.

2. Organizer:

Warsaw Foundation for Chess Development under the auspices of the European Chess Union.

3. Co-Organizers:

Polish Chess Federation, Torwar Sports Centre, Polonia Warsaw Chess Club.

4. Patronage:

City Office of Warsaw, Marshal Office of the Mazovian Voivodeship, Central District of Warsaw.

5. Technological Partners:

Polkomtel S.A., ATM S.A.

6. Co-operating hotels:

Ibis Stare Miasto Hotel, Etap Hotel

7. Tournament Director:

Maria Macieja
mobile: +48 603391318
Deputy Tournament Director:
Agnieszka Fornal-Urban

e-mail: mariamacieja@o2.pl
e-mail: amplico2009@gmail.com

fax +48-22-8876706

8. Chief Arbiter:

IA Tomasz Delega

9. Website:

www.poloniachess.pl
There will be an on-line transmission of the games.

10. Date and venue:

19th – 20th of December 2009, Torwar Show Hall, 6a Łazienkowska street, Warsaw.

Here are the top 25 seeds:

Nr	Tyt.	Nazwisko Imię		Fed.	Elo
1	GM	Gashimov, Vugar		AZE	2758
2	GM	Ivanchuk, Vassily		UKR	2739
3	GM	Shirov, Alexei		ESP	2719
4	GM	Movsesian, Sergei		SVK	2718
5	GM	Malakhov, Vladimir		RUS	2706
6	GM	Bologan, Viktor		MDA	2692
7	GM	Moiseenko, Alexander		UKR	2677
8	GM	Kurnosov, Igor		RUS	2666
9	GM	Tiviakov, Sergei		NED	2664
10	GM	Krasenkow, Michal		POL	2656
11	GM	Dreev, Alexey		RUS	2655
12	GM	Fridman, Daniel		GER	2649
13	GM	Socko, Bartosz		POL	2643
14	GM	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw		POL	2637
15	GM	Markowski, Tomasz		POL	2629
16	GM	Macieja, Bartlomiej		POL	2627
17	GM	Hracek, Zbynek		CZE	2624
18	GM	Azarov, Sergei		BLR	2622
19	GM	Bartel, Mateusz		POL	2618
20	GM	Aleksandrov, Aleksej		BLR	2617
21	GM	Kempinski, Robert		POL	2617
22	GM	Rozentalis, Eduardas		LTU	2611
23	GM	Zhigalko, Andrey		BLR	2600
24	GM	Miton, Kamil		POL	2586
25	GM	Yemelin, Vasily		RUS	2584

Full list here: http://www.poloniachess.pl/amplico2009/results/list_of_players.html