Coming soon: Bonn, Wijk aan Zee and Morelia/Linares

The chess duel Man vs Machine, Vladimir Kramnik vs Deep Fritz, begins next Saturday (November 25) and lasts until December 5th. It is sponsored by the RAG Aktiengesellschaft, one of Europe's largest energy companies. It takes place in the National Art Gallery in Bonn, Germany, together with a major Guggenheime Exposition in the same building. The schedule is as follows:

There will be full live coverage on the Playchess server, as well as on the official site and a number of partner sites. We will keep you updated on the ChessBase news page.

This super-tournament will take place in Wijk aan Zee, Holland, from January 12 to 28, 2007. There are three groups, and the participants of the first two have been announced. In Group A there are nine GMs over 2700, and all the players ranked 1–5 in the world are present.

Group A

In Group B we find Dmitry Jakovenko, Bu Xiangzhi, Gabriel Sargissian, Pavel Eljanov, Friso Nijboer, Erwin L’Ami, Suat Atalik, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Daniel Stellwagen, Jan Werle, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Vladimir Georgiev, Jan Smeets and Tatiana Kosintseva.

• Official web site
• ChessBase report on Wijk aan Zee 2006

Torneo Ciudad de Linares - Morelia 2007

As in the 2006 edition this double round robin tournament is split between Mexico and Spain. The first half will be staged in Morelia from February 16 to 25, 2007, the second half in Linares from March 2 to 11 2007. The participants are:

The prize fund is Euros 100,000 for first place, €75,000 for second, €50,000 for third, followed by €30,000, €20,000, €15,000, €13,000 and €11,000 for the rest. There is no official web site yet, but you will find more details on our Spanish news page. We will report extensively on this tournament from Mexico and Spain, as we did in the 2006 event.