I'll quote the 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.
Yes, this does look like an April Fool team!:)