Coming Soon: The Petrosian Memorial in Moscow
The Tashir International Chess Tournament, held as a memorial to the late Tigran Petrosian (1929-1984), the 9th world chess champion (1963-1969) and a candidate or better in every cycle from 1953 to 1981, will begin November 3 in Moscow. It will be an eight-player round robin, with the following participants:
- Levon Aronian (2797)
- Alexander Grischuk (2795)
- Vladimir Kramnik (2760)
- Boris Gelfand (2759)
- Peter Leko (2731)
- Ding Liren (2730)
- Alexander Morozevich (2724)
- Ernesto Inarkiev (2672 - his participation is explained here)
It will be interesting to have this tournament running alongside the world championship match, which opens November 7, and it puts paid to the rumors that Kramnik will be assisting Viswanathan Anand - at least as a live second. (I wouldn't rule out the possibility that he has given him some advice and maybe an idea or two.) This is a very strong event, but it could have been even stronger. Where's Fabiano Caruana? What about Hikaru Nakamura, Anish Giri and Sergey Karjakin? Stay tuned....
Reader Comments (3)
It is nice to see Leko and Moro back in an elite event and the guys you've mentioned have been in constant action anyway. Ding and Inarkiev should also shake things up a bit.
"This is a very strong event, but it could have been even stronger. Where's Fabiano Caruana? What about Hikaru Nakamura, Anish Giri and Sergey Karjakin?"
I guess the answer lies in your next post
[DM: You guess? Seriously?]
- they all played in Baku (or - Giri - Hoogeveen), they all play in Tashkent, and good ol' Gelfand might be the only one willing to play three strong events in a row. Besides, I would agree with Jaidepblue - and IMO there are already enough super-strong events striving for the highest possible rating average: Zurich, Norway Chess, Sinquefield Cup, this year also London Classic with Adams as only English player.
Dennis apparently forgot to add the mentioned link
[DM: Argh! I'll fix that in a moment.]
- Inarkiev qualified by winning the Russian Championship semi-final. This was meant as an incentive to fight for first place in the event, rather than just for one of 5 qualifying spots for the 'Superfinal'.
YAY - Moro back in action! I'm also hoping for Grischuk to 'break 28'.
But regarding Inarkiev, which link are you referring to?
[DM: Err, that would be the link I'm about to fill in. :)]