Now that the Sochi Grand Prix has ended, 2 big events are about to start.
First is the Tal Memorial. It will take place in Moscow from August 17-31, 2008. The incredibly strong field include Kramnik, Morozevich, Alekseev, Ivanchuk, Shirov, Kamsky, Ponomariov, Mamedyarov, Leko and Gelfand.
Here is the official website: http://www.russiachess.org/
The next event is the NH Chess Tournament. It will take place from August 20-30, 2008 at the NH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky in the centre of Amsterdam.
The Experience team includes: Bareev (Russia, 2655), Kortchnoi (Switzerland, 2602), Jussupow (Germany, 2587), Agdestein (Norway, 2583) and Ljubojevic (Serbia, 2555).
The Rising Stars team includes Wang Yue (China, 2704), Cheparinov (Bulgaria, 2687), Caruana (Italy, 2630), Stellwagen (The Netherlands, 2616) and Erwin l’Ami (The Netherlands, 2610).
The official website is: http://www.nhchess.com/
Kramnik will regain his #1 ranking at the Tal Memorial.
Silly comment, Anon 10:25.
I would’nt call the field ‘incredibly strong’ (unless in in relation to the fields in previous Tal Memorials).
There are too many top players missing – Anand, Carlsen, Topalov, Aronian, Radjabov.
So I would just say ‘very strong’; No. 3 in strength for this year.
I would reserve the term ‘incredible’ for events like Corus.
Should be very interesting event.
Go go Leko!!!!
Draw Leko Draw
Draw Leko Draw