Chess Classic Mainz 2007
6th Chess960 Rapid World Championship
August 14-16 with Anand, Aronian, Kashimdzhanov and Bacrot. Average rating: 2746, Category 20.
GRENKELEASING Rapid World Championship
August 17-19 with Anand, Aronian, Kashimdzhanov and Bacrot. Average rating 2733, Category 20.
Who will be the favorite to win these 2 events?
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
What is the average ELO ?
2746 or 2733 ?
🙂
Cool! This is the first year that V.Anand will compete in the chess960 (FRC) tournament.
The list of elite GM’s who have played in the chess960 tournament is now longer than the list who have not (Kramnik & Topalov being the most conspicuous absentees).
Anand has been dominant in Game/20 chess1. If he is less dominant in Game/20 chess960, that will tell us something about chess skills.
GeneM
CastleLong.com (for chess960)
Bacrot, bien sûr!