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Latvian Chess federation and Grandmaster Alexei Shirov have a pleasure to announce the Vladimir Petrov Memorial.
The aim of the tournament is to pay the tribute to one of the brightest representatives of Latvian Chess ever who tragically died in Soviet camps during the Second World War.
The tournament will be supported by the family of Vladimir Petrov among others. The Vladimir Petrov Memorial replaces previously announced but unfortunately canceled the Tal Memorial and the event keeps all the original terms – the schedule, the venue, the prize fund and the invited players.
The tournament will be held in Jurmala, Latvia, from Feb. 15 (arrival) to Feb. 20 (departure), 2012. The exact venues of the separate tournaments have been changed and the festival will be held in two districts of the Jurmala city, namely Jaunkemeri and Majori.
The event will include the following tournaments:
Tournament A: Feb. 16-17 (qualifier) and Feb. 18-19 (final). The final will be held at the Amber Beach Resort in Jaunkemeri. It will feature 8 players: four Super GMs by invitation and the top four from the qualifier. As of now there are four confirmed Super GMs:
Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine)
Alexander Morozevich (Russia)
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbajan)
Alexei Shirov who as of Jan 1, 2012 will be representing Latvia.
The time control is 15 minutes plus 6 seconds per move.
