Levon Aronyan to participate in nominative tournament
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Moscow will hold traditional annual chess Tournament dedicated to Grand Master Mikhail Tal on November 4-18. Ten Grand Masters will participate in tournament including Armenian GM Levon Aronyan.
Here is the full list of participants: Viswanathan Anand (India), Levon Aronyan (Armenia), Magnus Carlsen (Norway), Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), Peter Leko (Hungary), Boris Gelfand (Israel), Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine), Alexander Morozevich (Russia), Peter Svidler (Russia), and Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine).
Source: http://www.aysor.am
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Wow, this seems to be the strongest tournament EVER. Which category will it be?
Wow, this seems to be the strongest tournament EVER. Which category will it be?
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I read news a few days ago that Magnus Carlsen is not playing – Kasparov advised against it, but he seems listed.
This has all the strongest players in the world, except the Number 1. I still wonder why.
agree with wonder boy. what is the reason topalov isn’t there? i read he (on this site) he wasn’t invited. is that true or did he decline?
Bobby, according to the “official website” (which google translated for me from Russian) given by an earlier article here, it is a Category 21.
http://russiachess.org/content/view/3900/
But this site is very skimpy. I can find no schedule, regulations, or live coverage link. If anyone knows a site which has this info, I’d appreciate it.
We can at least watch it live on
http://livechess.chessdom.com/site/
Cafestream, I’m pretty sure you’re confusing MC’s withdrawal from the European Team Championships. Kasparov advised him to withdraw from that event because he wanted Carlsen rested for the Tal Mem.