The Moscow Open is a huge chess festival featuring over 1500 players across multiple events. The main A Open is a 9-round Swiss Open held in the Russian State Social University in Moscow from 27 January to 4 February 2018. Over 200 players compete for a 500,000 roubles (over $8,000) first prize.
The time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves followed by 30 minutes to the end of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 1.
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Schedule: (UTC)
Round 1 Jan 27, 2018 13:30
Round 2 Jan 28, 2018 13:00
Round 3 Jan 29, 2018 13:00
Round 4 Jan 30, 2018 13:00
Round 5 Jan 31, 2018 13:00
Round 6 Feb 1, 2018 13:00
Round 7 Feb 2, 2018 13:00
Round 8 Feb 3, 2018 13:00
Round 9 Feb 4, 2018 08:00
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