Carlsen To Play In Brazil, March 5-9
Sunday, March 2, 2014 at 10:51PM
Dennis Monokroussos in Magnus Carlsen

So reports TWIC; Festival da Uva tournament website here. It's a strange amalgam of time controls, with everything from g/5 to g/60. Looks like it should be a nice and relaxing event for him, while his potential rivals are doing their last bits of preparation for the Candidates' tournament in Khanty-Mansiysk, starting March 13. (In olden days I would have typed "brrr" or some such thing after listing the place name, but as the Arctic has decided to relocate in the American "Midwest" this winter a trip to Siberia might be just the place for a little warm weather.)

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