The Gausdal Classics International Chess Tournament is taking place in Norway from April 8 – 16, 2008. It includes some strong players such as:
1. GM Vasilios KOTRONIAS GRE 2611
2. GM Bartlomiej MACIEJA POL 2599
3. GM Gregory KAIDANOV USA 2596
4. GM Chanda SANDIPAN IND 2585
5. GM Vyacheslav IKONNIKOV RUS 2578
6. GM Geetha Narayanan GOPAL IND 2562
7. GM Kjetil A LIE NOR 2558
8. IM/WGM Irina KRUSH USA 2479
The GM norm is 5.5 points with a tournament average of 2518.
Last year, Magnus Carlsen won with 7.0 / 9 but this year he is only there as a spectator. However, his father Henrik Carlsen plays in the ELO group.
Live games can be seen here.
Special thanks to Martin Thoresen for sending the information to us.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Good to see Kaidanov playing chess again.
My favorite two players in this tournament are GM Kaidanov and IM Krush. Is there a site we can watch these games live?Monroi? ICC? Does anyone know?
Many Thanks,
Tim Harris
What does IM/WGM mean? Still can’t let go of the racist women titles, can you? How did Irina get an invitation to this tournament?? Look at her low rating!!
to anonymous,
Irina was there last year too. She made the 6th spot. 🙂
Eric Moskow is there this year too, even though he is still untitled.
1. Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2690 gm 7.0 2748
2. Krasenkow, Mikal POL 2651 gm 5.5 2608
3. Portisch, Lajos HUN 2512 gm 5.5 2619
4. Rozentalis, Eduardas LIT 2578 gm 5.5 2611
5. Kulaots, Kaido EST 2526 gm 5.0 2580
6. Krush, Irina USA 2449 im 4.5 2546
7. Dreev, Alexei RUS 2658 gm 4.5 2527
8. Lie, Kjetil A NOR 2529 gm 4.0 2494
10. Moskow, Eric USA 2260 1.0 2197