President of Moscow Chess Federation Vladimir Palikhata and the Honorary President of Moscow Chess Federation, Rector-founder of RSSU Vasily Zhukov have agreed to hold the RSSU International Chess Cup Moscow Open 2013 from January 31 - February 10, 2013.

The meeting was held last week, in Russian State Social University.

The Rector of RSSU Lidia Fedyakina confirmed that RSSU is ready to host the tournament for the eighth time. The prize fund totals 3 500 000 RUB, FIDE official website reported.