[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: Russian League

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
Russian League
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1207019890.shtml


   I'll quote the [1]Chess Today report, because the field is
   ridiculously strong. The most amazing team is Yuzhny Ural, with Karpov
   and Korchnoi on the same team. It almost seems like an April Fool's
   joke!

     Competitions in the extremely strong Russian Premier league will
     begin in Dagomys, Sochi on 2nd of April 2008. It will be an
     all-play-all tournament with twelve teams.

     Some top players, according to the preliminary lists, are:

     Finek: Svidler, Navara, Zvjagintsev, Movsesian

     SSM Moscow: Onischuk, Krasenkow, Asrian

     Economist1: Alekseev, Ni Hua, Eljanov

     Economist2: Kornev, Dyachkov, Shaposhnikov

     Shatar-Metropol: Bu, Gashimov, Amonatov

     64 Moscow: Gelfand, Rublevsky, Bareev, Harikrishna, Khalifman

     Tomsk 400: Morozevich, Karjakin, Yakovenko, Van Wely

     Yuzhny Ural: Karpov, Korchnoi, Spassky

     Politekhnik: Bocharov, Efimenko, Areshchenko

     TPS-Saransk: Ivanchuk, Volkov, Volokitin

     Ural: Kamsky, Radjabov, Shirov, Grischuk, Akopian

     Spasio-Swiss Moscow: Mamedyarov, Ponomariov, Tkachiev

     There will also be a High League tournament, which will begin on
     3rd of April.

References

   1. http://www.chesstoday.net/