[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: Other Events, Ongoing and Forthcoming

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
Other Events, Ongoing and Forthcoming
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1210733742.shtml


   [1]I've already mentioned the [2]Pivdenny Tournament which starts May
   30 in Odessa, Ukraine, but there are other events on the calendar that
   have gone as yet unmentioned.
   First, one that has already started, but is in need of a website: the
   Capablanca Memorial in Havana, Cuba. Usual suspects Lazaro Bruzon and
   Lenier Dominguez, the two strongest players in that country, are both
   playing, but the field includes other strong players like newly
   crowned European champion [3]Sergei Tiviakov. There doesn't seem to be
   a tournament website for some reason, but [4]Chess Today reports that
   [5]this site has picked up the slack.
   Another ongoing event is a strong open tournament in Baku - the
   [6]President's Cup. Notable names include Loek van Wely, Viktor
   Korchnoi, Jan Timman, Alexander Beliavsky, Ivan Sokolov, Vadim Milov,
   Evgeny Najer and Arkadij Naiditsch. (HT for this one and the next one
   too are again to Chess Today.)
   Finally, the former (and future?) world champion, Vladimir Kramnik,
   faces off in an 8-game rapid match against Czech star David Navara
   starting tomorrow (today for many of you - Wednesday). The [7]Cez
   Chess Trophy event takes place in Prague from the 14th to the 18th;
   I'm guessing they'll play two games a day with the 16th as a rest day.
   Lots of chess, but don't look for me to cover all of it; I'll be
   playing in the [8]11th North American FIDE Invitational starting this
   upcoming Saturday and running through Friday.

References

   1. http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1210309221.shtml
   2. http://worldcup.pivdenny.com/ru/index.php
   3. http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1209778015.shtml
   4. http://www.chesstoday.net/
   5. http://www.ajedrezactual.com/capablanca0508.html
   6. http://www.chessclub.az/kubok3/index.htm
   7. http://www.praguechess.cz/
   8. http://nachess.org/