The players:
Veselin Topalov Bulgaria ELO 2812
Magnus Carlsen Norway ELO 2770
Vassily Ivanchuk Ukraine ELO 2746
Alexei Shirov Spain ELO 2745
Wang Yue China ELO 2738
Lenier Dominguez Cuba ELO 2721
Double round-robin (all play all with White and Black alternatively)
Time control – 90 minutes for 40 moves + 1 hour to the end of the game.
May 11-24 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Ivanchuk is #18 on the Live list. Not so long ago he was #2 as I recall. Is Chucky getting stale with all his activity?
Those really are not the greatest pictures of some of the best players in the world… I hope they have a better advertisement.
I feel bad for Chucky he has been playing horrible lately. This will be a test for Carlsen can he overtake Topalov?
1st round pairings:
Topalov – Carlsen
Ivanchuk – Shirov
Dominguez – Wang Yue
With this ELO Topalov, I guess, needs to do 60% to increase his Coefficient.