Karposh Chess Open in Macedonia from April 7

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Hi everyone,

The Municipality of Karposh and Chess Club Gambit Aseko-See are organising Karposh Chess Open 2012 from April 7-14 in Skopje, FYR Macedonia.

The 9-round Swiss open will feature prize fund of 17500 EUR: 1) 3500 EUR, 2) 2500 EUR, 3) 1500 EUR, 4) 1200 EUR, 5) 1000 EUR, 6) 800 EUR, 7) 700 EUR, 8) 600 EUR etc

A number of strong Grandmasters are lined to take participation in the event. Among them are the last year Karposh winner Robert Markus, Cappelle-la-Grande and Zagreb 2011 winner Grzegorz Gajewski and Turkish champion Dragan Solak.

GM Robert Markus

You can find more details at www.chessdom.com.



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