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Magnus Carlsen recently announced that he might not play another World Championship match of classical chess. We cannot know for sure if this ‘threat’ will become a reality in the future, but what we do know is that the Norwegian is eager to play at the World Rapid and Blitz Championship starting a day after Christmas in Warsaw.
Master Class Vol.14 - Vasily Smyslov
Smyslov cultivated a clear positional style and even in sharp tactical positions often relied more on his intuition than on concrete calculation of variations. Let our authors introduce you into the world of Vasily Smyslov.
A bit over a week prior to the start of the exhilarating tournament, the players who represent countries belonging to the European Chess Union will get a chance to warm up and fight for a combined prize fund of 41,000 Euros.
The first round of the blitz event will kick off at 10.00 local time (Central European Time) while the rapid evet will start at 9.30 on Saturday and at 10.00 on Sunday.
Both events will be played at the Spodek Sport and Entertainment Centre in Katowice, Poland. Katowice is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in south-west Poland, and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th-most populous city in Poland, while its urban area is the most populous in the country and one of the most populous in the EU.
The following sanitary protocol will be in place during the tournaments:
Local hero Jan-Krzysztof Duda, who qualified to the next edition of the Candidates Tournament by winning this year’s World Cup, will be the highest-rated player in Katowice, although he will only participate in the blitz tournament.
The top seed in the rapid event will be Russian veteran Alexander Motylev. Current European champion Anton Demchenko (Russia) and Igor Kovalenko (Latvia) are the second and third seeds respectively.
Name | Country | Elo | B. | ||
1. | GM | Motylev, Alexander | Russia | 2703 | 1979 |
2. | GM | Demchenko, Anton | Novorossiysk | 2666 | 1987 |
3. | GM | Kovalenko, Igor | Latvia | 2649 | 1988 |
4. | GM | Balog, Imre | Hungary | 2629 | 1991 |
5. | GM | Bernadskiy, Vitaliy | Ukraine | 2616 | 1994 |
6. | GM | Andersen, Mads | Skanderborg Skakklub | 2574 | 1995 |
7. | IM | Laurusas, Tomas | Kaunas GAJA | 2557 | 1996 |
8. | GM | Pultinevicius, Paulius | Marijampole | 2536 | 2001 |
9. | GM | Donchenko, Alexander | Germany | 2535 | 1998 |
10. | GM | Durarbayli, Vasif | Azerbaijan | 2532 | 1992 |
Name | Country | Elo | B. | ||
1. | GM | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | MKS MOS Wieliczka | 2792 | 1998 |
2. | GM | Balog, Imre | Hungary | 2678 | 1991 |
3. | GM | Kovalenko, Igor | Latvia | 2638 | 1988 |
4. | GM | Sumets, Andrey | SF Wirtzfeld | 2619 | 1980 |
5. | GM | Durarbayli, Vasif | Azerbaijan | 2599 | 1992 |
6. | GM | Czarnota, Paweł | UKS Czarny Koń Olkusz | 2540 | 1988 |
7. | GM | Motylev, Alexander | Russia | 2540 | 1979 |
8. | GM | Stefansson, Hannes | Chess Club of Gardabaer | 2532 | 1972 |
9. | GM | Demchenko, Anton | Novorossiysk | 2531 | 1987 |
10. | IM | Laurusas, Tomas | Kaunas GAJA | 2528 | 1996 |
Master Class Vol.2: Mihail Tal
On this DVD Dorian Rogozenco, Mihail Marin, Oliver Reeh and Karsten Müller present the 8. World Chess Champion in video lessons: his openings, his understanding of chess strategy, his artful endgame play, and finally his immortal combinations.