The historical chess tournament, Tournament of Peace 2022, will take place from 12th – 20th October 2022 in Zagreb, Croatia.
The event will be played in the National and University Library, with 10 world-class grandmasters competing over 9 rounds (round-robin system). The participants are: Santos Latasa Jaime (ESP, 2672), Moussard Jules (FRA, 2670), Shevchenko Kirill (UKR, 2642), Yilmaz Mustafa (TUR, 2634), Kozul Zdenko (CRO, 2582), Livaic Leon (CRO, 2576), Stevic Hrvoje (CRO, 2565), Bosiocic Marin (CRO, 2544), Palac Mladen (CRO, 2516) and Zelcic Robert (CRO, 2495).
Time control of the tournament will be 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes till the end of the game, with 30 seconds increment per each move, starting from the move one.
The event will commence with the first round on Wednesday, 12th of October at 15:00 CEST, and the Opening ceremony of the event will be held shortly before the start of the tournament in the same venue. The Opening ceremony of the event will be attended by the ECU President Mr. Zurab Azmaiparshvili, ECU Vice-President Mr. Alojzije Jankovic, representatives of the City of Zagreb and other distinguished guests and invitees.
All the games will be broadcasted live and can be followed through the official website of the event. The Tournament of Peace 2022 is organized by Croatian Chess Federation, and supported by European Chess Union and FIDE Development Fund.