Indonesia Chess Open, which has 106 participants, is to start. This following Georgian chess player- Merab Gagunashvili (2584) is among them, he is No.13 seed at this tournament.
In the first round Gagunashvili plays with white pieces, his opponent is No.66 seed IAgusta Laksana (2305) of Indonesia.
Top 5 of favorites of the tournament is the following: Ivan Sokolov (Holland, 2690), Chao Lee (China, 2681), Vladislav Tkachiev (France, 2662), Yangy Yu (China, 2651), Sergey Fedorchuk (Ukraine, 2647).