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2/6/2021 – The Salamanca Chess Festival is taking place on 2-6 February at the Colegio Mayor de Fonseca, a historical edifice founded over five centuries ago, in 1519. The main event is an 8-player rapid tournament including an equal number of male and female representatives — Veselin Topalov, David Antón, Alexei Shirov, Eduardo Iturrizaga, Elisabeth Paehtz, Almira Skripchenko, Nurgyul Salimova and Sabrina Vega. The action kicks off at 16.00 CET

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Day 4

The organizers of the Salamanca Chess Festival stuck to their guns and decided to green-light the third edition of the festival despite the corona-related difficulties.

In the main event, four male and four female representatives are playing a single round-robin tournament with a time control of 40 minutes for the game with 5-second increments per move. Two rounds per day will be played from Wednesday until Saturday, except on Friday when a single round has been scheduled.

Previous reports: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3

Pairings - Round 6

Paehtz, E. vs Salimova, N.
Topalov, V. vs Anton, D.
Skripchenko, A. vs Iturrizaga, E.
Vega, S. vs Shirov, A.

Pairings - Round 7

Shirov, A. vs Paehtz, E.
Iturrizaga, E. vs Vega, S.
Anton, D. vs Skripchenko, A.
Salimovs, N. vs Topalov, V.

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