The regulations for the Paul Keres Memorial 2016 Grand Prix have been published and can be found here.
Fast facts:
- Only for players with a FIDE Online Arena membership and existing Online Blitz/Bullet rating.
- Prizes for the winners of each individual tournament as well as the Grand Prix winners.
Paul Keres Memorial 2016 GP Prize winners
GM Slim Belkhodja (TUN) wins 14 months of free FIDE Online Arena membership. As a GM he is entitled of free lifetime membership and will be asked to donate his prize to another member.
FM Dirk Paulsen (GER) wins 7 months of free FIDE Online Arena membership.
Mr. Mario Livaja (SRB) wins 3 months of free FIDE Online Arena membership.
Mr. Jhon Edison Munoz (COL) wins 1 month of free FIDE Online Arena membership.
Mr. Jesus Alberto Coca Cubillos (COL) wins 1 month of free FIDE Online Arena membership.
FM/AGM Csaba Bognar (HUN) wins 1 month of free FIDE Online Arena membership.
Mr. Bao Nghia Dong (VIE) wins 1 month of free FIDE Online Arena membership.
CM Daniel Rodriguea Portela (VEN) wins 1 month of free FIDE Online Arena membership.
Mr. Orest Vovk (UKR) wins 1 month of free FIDE Online Arena membership.
AGM Lubo Blagojevic (BEL) wins 1 month of free FIDE Online Arena membership.
Paul Keres Memorial 2016 GP Statistics
264 players from 67 Federations (including 37 FIDE flag players) participated in the Paul Keres Memorial 2016 GP.
17 players have a higher FIDE title: 3 GM, 1 IM, 8 FM, 3 WFM, 2 CM
90 players have an Arena title: 17 AGM, 40 AIM, 27 AFM, 6 ACM
Paul Keres Memorial 2016 GP Final standings
GM Slim Belkhodja (TUN) is the winner of the Paul Keres Memorial 2016 GP with 36 points in his best 5 tournaments, and 48,5 total points, the same as the 2nd winner FM Dirk Paulsen (GER). Average performance of 5 best tournaments (2331 to 2300) gave the first place to the Tunisian GM.
Mr. Mario Livaja (SRB) came 3rd with 34,5 points in his best 6 tournaments.
The full list of Paul Keres Memorial 2016 GP Final standings can be found here.
Paul Keres Memorial 2016 GP Regulations
The regulations of Paul Keres Memorial 2016 GP are published here.