2018-01-02

3rd Heraklion "Fischer Memorial" GM-norm 2018

The 3rd Heraklion "Fischer Memorial" GM-norm tournament is held from 2-10 January 2018 in Heraklion, Crete, Greece. The tournament is part of the Heraklion IT Grand Prix, which is held for 8th  consecutive year.
The tounament is named ater the American GM Robert James Fischer (1943 – 2008), the eleventh World Chess Champion. The 1st Heraklion GM Norm Tournament 2017 and the 2nd Heraklion GM Norm Tournament 2017  were won by GM Kapnisis Spyridon. The event is a 10-player invitational round-robin.

Time control: the players receive 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes to the end of the game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one.

Official site

Schedule: (UTC)
Round 1    Jan 2, 2018    15:00 
Round 2    Jan 3, 2018    15:00 
Round 3    Jan 4, 2018    15:00 
Round 4    Jan 5, 2018    15:00 
Round 5    Jan 6, 2018    15:00 
Round 6    Jan 7, 2018    15:00 
Round 7    Jan 8, 2018    15:00 
Round 8    Jan 9, 2018    15:00 
Round 9    Jan 10, 2018    12:00

Watch the games of the 3rd Heraklion "Fischer Memorial" GM-norm 2018 with computer analysis LIVE on ChessBomb.

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