Breaking news: Kramnik to skip Super Final
09.11.2004
– The "Super Final" of the 57th Russian Championship begins next week, with Kasparov, Kramnik, Morozevich, Svidler, Bareev, Grischuk, Karpov and six qualifiers from the championships in St. Petersburg and Tomsk. Well, strike Kramnik. We hear that the classical chess world champions won't participate.
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Nigel Davies:
A busy person’s opening system
Players with interests and commitments away from the chess board often find it difficult to compete against those with more study time. Their opponents come to the board armed with the latest theory and can bash out moves well into the middle game. On this DVD Nigel Davies addresses this issue by demonstrating a simple and easy to learn opening system designed for the busy person.
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The "Super Final" of the 57th Russian Championship was originally
supposed to take place in September
2004, but at the request of Kramnik, who cited his match against Leko,
it was moved to November 2004. The Super Final pits the winners of two quailification
championships held earlier this year in St. Petersburg and Tomsk, against the
top Russian players Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik, Alexander Morozevich,
Peter Svidler, Evgeny Bareev, Alexander Grischuk and Anatoly Karpov. They are
joined by the following players:
- Qualifiers from the 57th Ch Russia in St. Petersburg, 21.05 - 30.05.2004:
Alexey Dreev, Vitaly Tseshkovsky, Vladimir Epishin.
- Qualifiers from the 57th Ch Russia in Tomsk (RUS), 23.05 - 31.05.2004:
Alexander Motylev, Artyom Timofeev, Alexey Korotylev.
As we have just learnt from informed sources in Moscow, Vladimir Kramnik has
cancelled his participation. The classical chess world champion sent the organisers
a letter (in French) by his doctor saying that Kramnik had been under too much
stress and would not be able to play in a tournament for two months. The letter
is dated November 3, 2004.
We have no independent verification of this information, but expect more
details on the Super Final soon. We will update this page if more detailed
news is available soon.
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