Meanwhile, in Zürich, Switzerland it is started the 6th Zürich Chess Challenge, dedicated to the memory of Viktor Lvovich Kortschnoi, died on June of last year. The eight participants are (in alphabetical order): Viswanathan Anand, Boris Abramovich Gelfand, Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik, Hikaru Nakamura, Ian Aleksandrovich Nepomniachtchi, Grigoriy Alekseevich Oparin, Yannick Pelletier, and Pyotr Veniaminovich Svidler.
The main sponsor Oleg Skvortsov, who yesterday played a shining exhibition game with Anand, armed himself with the presence of guests of honour such as 12th World Chess Champion Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov (pictured above left) and FIDE President Kirsan Nikolayevich Ilyumzhinov (pictured above right), thus giving substance to his aim for moving FIDE headquarters from Athens to Zürich. Photo credit: Rustam Kalimullin. |
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