In my chess career one day i really would like to experience the Wijk Aan Zee tournament. As well as the Grandmaster's A, B and C events they also have an amateur's event which anyone can join.
Anyhow this tournament starts today and will be an interesting tournament. Kramnik and Topalov were confirmed entrants but now it seems that Kramnik has pulled out. Very very bad!
The contenders in the Top division are:
GM Veselin Topalov BUL 2801
GM Viswanathan Anand IND 2792
GM Levon Aronian ARM 2752
GM Peter Leko HUN 2740
GM Vassily Ivanchuk UKR 2729
GM Boris Gelfand ISR 2723
GM Etienne Bacrot FRA 2717
GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov AZE
GM Michael Adams ENG 2707
GM Ivan Sokolov NED 2689
GM Gata Kamsky USA 2686
GM Sergey Tiviakov NED 2669
GM Sergey Karjakin UKR 2660
GM Loek van Wely NED 2647
Topalov Has to be the favorite However I would like Anand to win.
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Not a comment really, but FYI, the
'Australian chess federation' link in the sidebar is mangled.
Pat
Thanks Pat!
Link Fixed!
Did you catch the live broadcast at CorusChess this morning? I was up till 3am in the morning watching the Karjakin-Anand match. It was out of this world.
Vishy Anand clearly had home preparation for his game vs young Karjakin and *whooped* his ass with incredible sacrificial play and his depth of calculation. I'm starting to think Karjakin may be playing out of his league.
The Topalov-Kamsky match was painful to watch. Kamsky looked like he had not fully prepared and the Bulgarian won with ease.
-tanc
Thanks Tanc
No i haven't been watchingt the games al that much because i've been busy with one thing or another. Hopefully i will be able to watch some of the second half of the tournament.
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