Corus Madness

Corus Chess Festival is about to start. I hope Gata Kamsky will make a great result. WorldChessNetwork will broadcast games every day at 9am est (3pm cet) with live audio commentary provided by some of the leading site pros. GM Alex Finkel is scheduled for Saturday and GM Victor Mikhalevski for Sunday.


Round one pairings:
L. van Wely - I. Sokolov
S. Mamedyarov - E. Bacrot
S. Tiviakov - M. Adams
V. Topalov - G. Kamsky
B. Gelfand - P. Leko
S. Karjakin - V. Anand
L. Aronian - V. Ivanchuk


From the opening ceremony (photos are made by Carla Huppeldepup)

Sleepy Ivanchuk

"Reporter" Karjakin