Dozens of Famous GMs Plan to Play in the Chigorin Memeorial in St. Petersburg

Время публикации: 19.10.2012 19:10 | Последнее обновление: 19.10.2012 23:14

Another strong competition will take place in St. Petersburg from October 27th till November 4th. The North capital will host Chigorin Memorial - the Russian Cup stage among men. This will be a 9 round Swiss competition; at the moment 280 players confirmed participation, 75 of them are GMs (including WGMs). Here are just some of the players who are going to participate: Alexei Shirov, Alexander Areschenko, Zoltan Almasi, Vladimir Akopian, Nikita Vitiugov, Evgeny Alekseev, Pavel Eljanov, Krishnan Sasikiran, Vadim Zvjagintsev, Vladimir Potkin.

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