Karpov playing classical chess again!
Our friends from www.chessdom.com has just informed us that Karpov will be participating in a classical time control category 15 event for the first time in 4 years!
Here is what has been posted on the chessdom website:
One of the first local organizations to cooperate with Gorenje is Serbia’s top chess club VSK “Sveti Nikolaj”. Agile chess management has quickly prepared no less than 15th category tournament with former World Champion Anatoly Karpov leading the field! This will be Karpov’s first round robin tournament with classical time control since Essent 2003.
Other high rated contenders are the always tough Bulgarian GM Kiril Georgiev (ELO 2653), the perspective Israeli GM Michael Roiz (ELO 2616), and the former Dutch champion Predrag Nikolic from Bosnia. BIH is currently removed from FIDE list, probably because of the debt, but we hope their ratings will be back on time for the Gorenje tournament.
Three players, all of them members of the VSK “Sveti Nikolaj”, will represent Serbia: GM Ivan Ivanisevic (ELO 2614), GM Branko Damljanovic (ELO 2585) and GM-elect Mihajlo Stojanovic (ELO 2588). The participants list is concluded with the very active GM Suat Atalik (ELO 2584) of Turkey, the Slovenian representive GM Dusko Pavasovic (ELO 2567) and another VSK member – GM Viorel Iordachescu (ELO 2587) from Moldova.
ChessDom.com will be the official media partner of Gorenje 2007. We will provide extensive coverage of the games and the atmosphere around the tournament. The games will be held on June 13th-21st, stay tuned for updates.
Wow.
This is sure to be a treat for chess fans, no matter what his results may be.
The Gorenje event has a nice line-up of players!
It is great to have the chance to watch Karpov play classical chess once again. Our younger players should take the time out to watch this rare occasion as they may not have had the chance to do this before.
I’ve always been curious about what “category n” event means…could someone explain please?
Karpov is/was one of the greatest in defending complicated positions. I think due to politics and behind the scenes manuevering during his matches with Kasparov, many lost sight of that fact that he is one of the greatest chessplayers of all time, certainly ranking up there with the greats, Botvinnik (ironically), Petrosian and Smyslov. I will greatly look forward to watching him in action again and playing over the games.
Karpov will demolish the field. He is still the king of chess
http://www.vsk.org.yu/live/round1/tfd.htm
Live now!!!
Karpov-Nikolic 23. …
well perhaps not the toughest field that karpov has faced …
This is great news! Congratulations Susan!
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I love wolvies comments. To me, Karpov was a modern day Capablanca but more aggressive style while Kasparov was a modern day Alekhine while Fischer and Spassky were all combined as they could handle any kind of style or position equally well just as Lasker did!