Chess Festival Groningen

Two groups of Harmonie Open will take place on 21-30 December in Groningen, Netherlands. Open 'A' with 3.000 Euros as top prize is open for players rated above 2100 FIDE, while all the others will battle in the Open 'B' where the first prize is 1.000 Euros.

Strong delegation from Greece is leading the group of Grandmasters: Hristos Banikas (GRE 2591), Stelios Halkias (GRE 2589), Dimitri Mastrovasilis (GRE 2559), Friso Nijboer (NED 2559), Sipke Ernst (NED 2539), Arkadij Rothstein (GER 2534), Dimitri Reinderman (NED 2510), Shilong Li (CHN 2509), Pavel Skatchkov (RUS 2509) and Ahmed Adly (EGY 2494).


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Essent Chess Tournament 2007

11th Essent Chess Tournament is taking place on 12-20 October in Hoogeveen, Netherlands. The 17th-category Crown group will feature Shakhryar Mamedyarov (AZE 2757), Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR 2706), Loek van Wely (NED 2679) and junior Zaven Andriasyan (ARM 2540). First round is on 14 October.

Essent Open with 7.500 Euros in prizes is already full. 90 players can participate, new entries will be placed on the reserve-list. Amateur tournament will consist of two groups (morning and afternoon) with 80 players each. Afternoon group is full. Youth tournament is also planned.


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Corus 2008

Corus, Group A:

GM Viswanathan Anand IND
GM Vassily Ivanchuk UKR
GM Vladimir Kramnik RUS
GM Veselin Topalov BUL
GM Peter Leko HUN
GM Shakhryar Mamedyarov AZE
GM Teymour Radjabov AZE
GM Levon Aronian ARM
GM Boris Gelfand ISR
GM Michael Adams ENG
GM Magnus Carlsen NOR
GM Judit Polgar HUN
GM Pavel Eljanov UKR
GM Loek Van Wely NED


Tournament website
Chessdom live coverage