[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: Aerosvit: May the Foros be with you...

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
Aerosvit: May the Foros be with you...
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1212635599.shtml


   That's right, chess fans, it's time once more for the Aerosvit
   tournament in Foros, a very strong tournament that should provide some
   high-level chess and the occasion for some low-level puns. But let's
   not get lost in the bad humor yet - we don't want to reach the point
   where we can't see the Foros for the trees.
   So, about the tournament: it's a 12-player round-robin starting this
   Saturday, June 7, and continuing through June 20. Here are the
   players:
   Magnus Carlsen 2765
   Peter Svidler 2746
   Vassily Ivanchuk 2740
   Alexei Shirov 2740
   Sergey Karjakin 2732
   Dmitry Jakovenko 2711
   Evgeny Alekseev 2711
   Pavel Eljanov 2687
   Andrei Volokitin 2684
   Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu 2684
   Loek van Wely 2676
   Alexander Onischuk 2664
   It's a nice blend of elites and the near-elites, of veterans and
   youngsters (and ages in between), and not a blend of fighting players
   and their counterparts. It's certainly an event to look forward to -
   expect Foroscious chess! (I'll stop now.)