[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: Forthcoming Events: International Edition - Dortmund starts next weekend

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
Forthcoming Events: International Edition - Dortmund starts next weekend
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1214059241.shtml


   Ex-world champion Vladimir Kramnik hasn't played in the current rating
   period, but will re-emerge next weekend in the [1]Sparkassen Chess
   Meeting in Dortmund, Germany, a tournament in which he has had
   incredible success. Here are the participants:
   Kramnik RUS 2788
   Mamedyarov AZE 2752
   Leko HUN 2741
   Ivanchuk UKR 2740
   van Wely NED 2676
   Nepomniachtchi RUS 2634
   Naiditsch GER 2623
   Gustafsson GER 2603
   It's a very strong event (especially with Ivanchuk's [2]"live" rating
   of 2790.8, making him the de facto top seed) but it's a little weaker
   than some of the annual super-tournaments thanks to their qualifiers &
   locals policy. Each year the winner of the Aeroflot Open is
   automatically invited (and once that qualifier - Viorel Bologan -
   won), along with a German entrant or two (and likewse, the local
   "tourist" has had the bad manners to forget his place and win the
   whole thing, as Naiditsch did a few years ago). Nevertheless, the
   presence of a mixed field of supertournament regulars along with
   strong but not elite GMs getting a big break usually keeps the
   tournament livelier than it would be if it were a Linares clone.
   Play starts Saturday or Sunday (events are typically given as running
   from date X through Y, but usually date X is reserved for various
   opening ceremonies, drawing lots, etc., with actual play starting on
   day X + 1), and we'll follow the event closely on this blog.

References

   1. http://www.sparkassen-chess-meeting.de/
   2. http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1214001336.shtml