The Chess Mind

By Dennis Monokroussos.
This is a blog for chess fans by a chess fan, one who loves the beauty of the game and wants to share it with those who are like-minded.
Yet the chess mind is not only a chess mind, and other topics, such as philosophy, may appear from time to time. All material copyrighted.
Russian League

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.

Posted by Dennis Monokroussos on Monday March 31, 2008 at 11:18pm
Robin:
"Yuzhny Ural: Karpov, Korchnoi, Spassky"

Yes, this does look like an April Fool team!:)
4.1.2008 9:56am

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