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| April 3–15 | Eighth Individual European Championships, Dresden, Germany | |
| April 24–30 | Rapid chess match Kramnik vs Leko, Miskolc, Hungary | |
| May 4–6 | Rapid chess match Kramnik vs Aronian, Yerevan | |
| May 9–20 | Third M-Tel Masters, Sofia, Bulgaria | |
| May 26 – June 14 | FIDE Candidates Tournaments 2007, Elista, Kalmykia | |
| June 23 – July 1 | Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2007, Dortmund, Germany |
The EURO 2007 Championships will be held in Dresden from April 3 (first round) until April 15 (tiebreaks, closing ceremony) 2007. The venue is the International Congress Center, Ostra Ufer 2, 01067 Dresden, Germany. The tournament is an 11 rounds Swiss with a playing time of 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one.
The "Theaterplatz" in the center of Dresden [Photo: Christoph
Münch]
The European Championships are open to all players representing the Chess Federations which comprise the European Chess Union (FIDE zones 1.1 to 1.9) regardless of their title or rating. The total prize fund is 200,000 Euros. In addition FIDE will contribute to the prize fund with an amount of US $80,000 (60,000 for the open section and 20,000 for the women’s section).
Participation in the EURO 2007 is expected to break all records. We will start reporting on the event this weekend, with extensive live coverage on Playchess.com.
Miskolc,
Kramnik vs LekoWe cannot underestimate the excitement generated by this eight-game duel between two leading players in the world of chess, Péter Lékó and the world champion, Vladimir Kramnik. It will take place in the National Theater of Miskolc, Hungary, as the most prestigious event of the year 2007. The arbiter is grandmaster Zsuzsa Veroczi, Head of Communication of the Hungarian Chess Federation.
In 2005 Péter Lékó played the first such rapid match in Miskolc, against Michael Adams of England. Lékó started with three consecutive losses, but he managed to equalize and the two grandmasters finished with a tied score of 4-4.
Last year Lékó’s opponent was the twelfth world champion Anatoli Karpov who, during his carrier is said to have won 166 tournaments, setting a record that is not likely to be broken. The two battled it out in the new shrine of chess, the beautiful National Theater of Miskolc, and the excitement of their games exemplified perfectly why chess fans are so fond of rapid chess. Lékó took the lead by winning the third game and was able to preserve his advantage till the end, gaining a victory of 4.5-3.5.
Now the series will be continued with Peter Lékó taking on the man who wrested the world championship title from Garry Kasparov in 2000. Kramnik defended his title against Lékó in Brissago, Switzerland, in 2004. Last Autumn he won the reunification world championship final against Bulgarian Veselin Topalov by 8.5-7.5 in the tie-break.
We may consider their duel of eight games in Miskolc as the return match for Brissago, although the two grandmasters are going to play rapid games. Kramnik and Lékó first played against each other in the super tournament in Dortmund 1995. Since then they have played another 73 games. Apart from 57 draws Kramnik has the lead by 10-7. At classical time controls the score is 4-4, with 36 draws. Kramnik is one of the best players in the world in rapid chess. At this speed he leads Lékó 6-3, with 21 draws.
| 24.04.2007 | Opening ceremony |
| 25.04.2007 | Rounds 1 + 2 |
| 26.04.2007 | Rounds 3 + 4 |
| 27.04.2007 | Rest day |
| 28.04.2007 | Rounds 5 + 6 |
| 29.04.2007 | Rounds 7 + 8 |
Home page of the event (currently only Hungarian)
Yerevan
gets ready for the Yerevan is getting ready for a six-game rapid chess match between top Armenian GM Levon Aronian, winner of the 2006 World Cup, and world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik. The event will take place from May 4-6. The two will compete for the Prize of Armenian Chess Federation.
The Match Organizing Committee is headed by the President of Armenian Chess Federation, Minister of Defense of Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsian. The match will be held in the Opera House, one of the most prestigious halls in Yerevan. The Match Chief Arbiter will be IA Ashot Vardapetian.
The games may be followed online at the official website of Armenian Chess Federation.
Information for the media
The third M-Tel Masters starts on May 9Six players of the world’s chess elite to compete for the title in Sofia (March 27, 2007) Six of the strongest GM’s of the world will compete for the title in the tournament M-Tel Masters 2007, which starts on May 9 in Sofia. The Bulgarian fans of the ancient game will be able to watch live No. 1 in the world rank list Veselin Topalov (Elo 2783), the European Champion for 2005 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu from Romania (Elo 2689), the youth World Champion Shakriyar Mamedyarov from Azerbaijan (Elo 2754). The other participants are the former World Vice-Champions Gata Kamsky from USA (Elo 2705) and Michael Adams from England (Elo 2735), as well as the young Indian talent Krishnan Sasikiran (Elo 2700). "Along with the experienced fighters this year we invited the promising talents Mamedyarov and Sasikiran. We hope this will make the competition a spectacular one," shared the director of the tournament Silvio Danailov – the average Elo of the participants is 2727, the competition is FIDE 20th category”. The tournament will take place from May 9 till May 20, 2007, and his patron for the third year in a row will be the President of the Republic of Bulgaria Georgi Parvanov. The six chess players will play in Sofia Hall of the luxury five-star Grand Hotel Sofia. According to the rules there will be two rounds with seven-hour control. This way each participant will play two games against each of the rest in exchanged colors. In case of a draw in the end a tie-break will be played to determine the winner. Like in the previous two editions of M-Tel Masters the rule about the draws will be valid that was introduced exactly in Sofia. According to it the players do not have the right to agree a draw. This can allow only the chief arbiter of the tournament. In the rest day of the competition the 19th World Champion Veselin Topalov, who won the previous two editions of M-Tel Masters, will give a simul in the garden in front of the National Theatre. This year the chess lovers again will be able to take part in the game Play like Topalov that runs on the official web site of the tournament – www.mtelmasters.com. Special guest of this year’s edition of the competition will be the winner of the game last year – the Italian Alex Brunetti, who guessed 209 moves of the Bulgarian GM for the ten rounds of the competition. For further information: Zhivko Ginchev, +359 888705579, ginchev@gmail.com Dimitar Naydenov, +359 887462873, press@mtelmasters.com |
| Wednesday | May 09 | 09.00 UTC | Press conference, Opening, Party |
| Thursday | May 10 | 11.30 UTC | Round 1 |
| Friday | May 11 | 11.30 UTC | Round 2 |
| Saturday | May 12 | 11.30 UTC | Round 3 |
| Sunday | May 13 | 11.30 UTC | Round 4 |
| Monday | May 14 | 11.30 UTC | Round 5 |
| Tuesday | May 15 | Rest Day | |
| Wednesday | May 16 | 11.30 UTC | Round 6 |
| Thursday | May 17 | 11.30 UTC | Round 7 |
| Friday | May 18 | 11.30 UTC | Round 8 |
| Saturday | May 19 | 11.30 UTC | Round 9 |
| Sunday | May 20 | 10.30 UTC | Round 10 |
| 16.00 UTC | Tiebreaks, Closing, Party |
A total of 16 players meet to play a series of matches and fill four places in the 2007 World Championship in Mexico City. The entire qualification will take place in Elista, Kalmykia. The prize fund is US $40,000 per match, most of the money coming from a personal fund of FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. The initial pairings are:
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Announcement of the Candidates Matches
Dortmund
Sparkassen The Chess Meeting starts on June 23 in the State Theatre in Dortmund, Germany. Eight grandmasters are participating in this prestigious round robin event, which will achieve a category of 19 or 20. Five of the eight participants are in the top ten in the world. This includes world champion Vladimir Kramnik, who will defend his victory in last year's Chess Meeting. Also in the field is the world's number two (from April number one) ranking player Vishy Anand, who won the event in 2004.
The other participants are world number four ranking grandmaster Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, 21, of Azerbaijan; Peter Leko of Hungary, ranked number six in the world; GM Boris Gelfand of Israel, number ten in the world. In addition we have German Champion Arkadij Naiditsch, who won the event in 2005 at the age of 19; Magnus Carlsen, the 16-year-old prodigy from Norway; and the winner of the Aeroflot Open Evgeny Alekseev.
