[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: Lots of forthcoming events: Sarajevo, Leko-Carlsen, Leon, Pivdenny, and the Tournament of Draws

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
Lots of forthcoming events: Sarajevo, Leko-Carlsen, Leon, Pivdenny, and the Tournament of Draws
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1211547107.shtml


   [1]Sarajevo starts today and stars an interesting and strong field led
   by Alexander Morozevich (2774). It's a double round-robin, and the
   other players are Sergei Movsesian (2695), Lenier Dominguez (2695),
   Ivan Sokolov (2690), Artyom Timofeev (2664) and Borki Predojevic
   (2651).
   Wait a few more days, and you'll have chess events coming out your
   ears. In rapid chess, there's a [2]Leko-Carlsen match from May 28-June
   1 and [3]the event in Leon, Spain from May 29 to June 2. That
   tournament has Anand, Ivanchuk, Shirov and Vallejo - lots of fun.
   You say these players are too young, and you want to see older players
   going at it? No problem: in addition to Sarajevo, there's also the
   [4]4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup in Odessa from May 30 to June 2. That
   has its share of younger players, but old rivals Karpov and Korchnoi
   are both playing, too.
   Finally, if it seems that there's just too much fighting in the chess
   world, fear not: the [5]King's Tournament in Bazna, Romania, is taking
   place again. It runs from May 24-June 4 and is unlikely to see many
   decisive games. Here are the [DEL: culprits :DEL] participants:
   Andersson, Beliavsky, Chiburdanidze, Khalifman, Mecking, Murariu,
   Portisch, Ribli, Andrei Sokolov, Suba, Short and Vaganian. At least
   six of the players tend to be pretty draw-friendly, so while it's nice
   to see so many great names playing together (except local GM Murariu,
   who may someday become a famous player but isn't yet), don't get your
   hopes up for a bloodbath.

References

   1. http://www.skbosna.ba/?jezik=bos&x=47
   2. http://www.lekocarlsen.hu/eng/
   3. http://www.advancedchessleon.com/ingles/inicioI.htm
   4. http://worldcup.pivdenny.com/ru/index.php
   5. http://www.turneulregilor.ro/en/index.php?id_menu=1