According to The Week In Chess website @ http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html, there are 2 strong tournaments coming this month. Hobby players like me can take my own sweet time looking at games by those GMs again...
Linares/Morelia 2007
In addition the line up for the Morelia / Linares tournament (again in Mexico and Spain) has been announced. The Morelia half takes place 16th-25th February 2007 and Linares 2nd-11th March 2007.
The field is: Veselin Topalov, Viswanathan Anand, Peter Leko, Peter Svidler, Levon Aronian, Teimour Radjabov, Magnus Carlsen and Alexander Morozevich.
6th Aeroflot Festival
The 6th Aeroflot Festival takes place in Moscow. Day of arrival February 13th, day of departure February 23rd. 2007 In the previous 5 festivals 137 players achieved a FIDE norm. This is this year again possible.
The venue of the festival is the Delta Hotel of the Ismailova Center in Moscow, about 20 minutes from the center of Moscow by Metro.
There are 4 Swiss Tournaments: Tournament A1 for players with a rating over 2549 Tournament A2 for players with a rating over 2399, but lower than 2550 Tournament B for players with a rating over 2199, but lower than 2400 Tournament C for players with a rating lower than 2200 and without a rating. The organising committee allows some players to play in a tournament higher than the rating of the player indicates.
The total prize fund is $ 200.000.
Contacts: aeroflotchess@gmail.com tel/fax: +7 (495) 291-8578 or tel.: +7 (495) 290-6084
All details on regarding entry fee, visa, schedule, prizes are published on the website of the festival: http://www.aeroflotchess.com/
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