The celebration of the 200th anniversary spared no expense. The weekend of Aug. 22-23 will see Anand, Kramnik, Kasparov, Karpov, Spassky, Korchnoi, Topalov, Ponomariov, Khalifman, J.Polgar, and, well, Swiss veteran Werner Hug giving a 200-player simul and playing in a rapid event. (Garry, Spassky, and Korchnoi aren't playing in the rapid tournament.) Both events are open to the public, so get out your autograph books. It's a shame the winner of one of the most famous tournaments in chess history, Zurich 1953, Vassily Smyslov, won't be there. But the 88-year-old did share some comments on the website, as did a few other players.
But wait, there's more! There is also a Jubilee Open from Aug. 9-15, headlined by Alexander Morozevich. 600 players and nearly 50 GMs have signed up, including 17 of the over-2600 species. Top games will be broadcast live here.
http://www.sgzurich2009-live.ch/ what your view on this tourny?wonder how much it cost to get all these star names in one event?
kasparov returns to chess must have cost a bomb this event!!
kasparov returns to chess must have cost a bomb this event!!
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Re: zurich how many ex world champs playing in this event!!!
but looking at website to join zurich chess club its 150 pounds in membership fees !