[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: Forthcoming Events: The Amber Rapid and Blindfold Tournament, the FIDE Grand Prix, M-Tel and Anand-Kramnik

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
Forthcoming Events: The Amber Rapid and Blindfold Tournament, the FIDE Grand Prix, M-Tel and Anand-Kramnik
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   In chronological order, the first of the big events is Joop van
   Oosterom's enjoyable [1]rapid and blindfold event, occurring in Nice,
   France, with play starting March 15 (this Saturday) and continuing
   through the 27th. Here's the line-up (with January 2008 ratings):
   Vladimir Kramnik 2799
   Viswanathan Anand 2799
   Veselin Topalov 2780
   Alexander Morozevich 2765
   Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2760
   Peter Leko 2753
   Vassily Ivanchuk 2751
   Levon Aronian 2739
   Boris Gelfand 2737
   Magnus Carlsen 2733
   Sergey Karjakin 2732
   Loek van Wely 2681
   Next, the first of the FIDE Grand Prix tournaments starts on April 20
   in Baku, Azerbaijan; you can see the lineup for that event and all the
   other Grand Prix tournaments for 2008 [2]here.
   Next up, the [3]M-Tel Masters takes place from May 7-18 in Sofia,
   Bulgaria, and will find the following stars duking it out in this
   double round-robin event:
   Veselin Topalov 2780
   Vassily Ivanchuk 2751
   Levon Aronian 2739
   Teimour Radjabov 2735
   Ivan Cheparinov 2713
   Bu Xiangzhi 2691
   Finally, while the players (Viswanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik)
   and venue (Bonn, Germany) remain the same, the dates for the 2008
   [4]world championship match have been slightly changed to accommodate
   sponsors and politicians. It will now start on October 14, continuing
   at most to November 2nd if tiebreaks are needed.
   HT: [5]The Week in Chess

References

   1. http://www.amberchess2008.com/
   2. http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html#news718
   3. http://www.mtelmasters.com/
   4. http://www.uep-worldchess.com/
   5. http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html