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Mar092013
A New Super-Tournament: The Alekhine Memorial
Saturday, March 9, 2013 at 7:40PM
There have been various Alekhine Memorials over the years (most famously in 1971, co-won by the young Anatoly Karpov and Leonid Stein), but this is the first one that's a super-tournament in the contemporary sense. It will take place from April 21 to May 1 in two locations, opening in Paris, France and concluding in St. Petersburg, Russia. As far as I know, that too is a first for an Alekhine Memorial, but it makes a certain sense as Alexander Alekhine lived in both countries (though in his case he started in Russia and went to France). Here is the participant list:
- Viswanathan Anand
- Vladimir Kramnik (who is Russian but lives in France!)
- Levon Aronian
- Peter Svidler
- Boris Gelfand (so far, the list includes the world champion and half the candidates)
- Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
- Laurent Fressinet
- Michael Adams
- Nikita Vitiugov
- Ding Liren
(HT: Chess Today)
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