Hello, dear organizers! Why in tournament "C" there are no two players? Please take there the player from Kyrgyzstan: Tologontegin Semetey, 1990 of a birth, FM, 2320, a member of an Olympic team of Kyrgyzstan. E-mail: gmchessgoldcup@mail.ru

The correct abbreviation for Shirov's residence is ESP, not SPA. ;)

no van wely...

It seems a few players in the A-group switched to another federation overnight ?!

birthyear of Bluvshtein is wrong, should be 1988.

I have a feeling (I could be mistaking) that Shirov was not born in 1987. :)

Thx, let's blame it on my jet lag. Corrected.

Interesting line up but I don't see last year's winner.

D'oh..2009's winner. Silly me.
Giri,Nepomniachi,Lagrave...good line up.

no chucky... :(

No participants from Israel and Hungary (2nd and 3rd place in the Olympiad)!

Looking forward to watching how Nakamura and Hammer will do in this tournament. Is Naka a contender or a pretender?

Naka didn't do so bad last year at Wijk aan Zee.

Where is Caruana?

wow, interesting

impretty sure li chao was born in 1989 not 1983 :)

WOW!!!!

The A group is nice as expected, but the B group will be a bag full of cats!

Lots of strong and competitive players!

My Windows Excel shows an average rating of 2733, but it is still 20th category :)

Same comment. No Karjakin. :(

Actually SPA is also correct.

said to missing so many great players! Ivanchuk, Short, Adams, Van Wely!!

Nakamuea was tied 4th this last time (with some Anand dude, who drew 11 games -- but beat the 2nd and 3rd place finishers) and fully deserves again. Guess +1 is not enough, as Karjakin and Ivanchuk aren't back.

Brawo Radek Wojtaszek - Polska

Finally Maxime Vachier Lagrave is invited to the A tournament...about time!

The way Kramnik, Carlsen, Anand, and Aronian are playing, it is entirely possible that when Corus comes around, it will feature the top 4 players in the world, all of whom will be over 2800. Looking to be one of the biggest clashes in a long time ...

Where is Topa when his friend Vladimir is among the players?

Incredibly strong!
Hope to see Chucky back next time though...

It is good to see Giri in A. A groups is !!!! but no chucky ?!

topalov and dainalov need to grow up. it seems they refuse to participate in any tournament where kramnik is a contestant. the only ones they are hurting are themselves and the chess community. i'm sure kramnik does not mind since he is picking up his appearance fee.

this year is looking great. i always root for volodya, but i don't know how he's going to be feeling by the time this tournament rolls around considering he will be coming off the london classic, and that is immediately preceded by the tal memorial. anand might be an early favorite since he is skipping moscow. le quang liem has my vote for group b. he showed a lot of class at dortmund, and the competition here won't be as stiff.

What wrong?? I just like ladies from Ukrain etc.
I often check: www.ukrainianbrides.com they have fantastic legs.
i don't want to see Bareev legs please!!

Casa is a chess visionalist.
During rescuing he places a ladder against the Rook and during the descent of the Lady he looks under her skirt.
He better watch out the Knight will not kick him, the Bishop will not stab him and the King will not cut off his head wich will roll, with increasing amazement, between the Pawns.

so this means Ivanchuk declined both Corus and Tal Memorial. Sad!!!

The choice of picture for ths report is misleading as it shows carlsen smiling and saying it was easy, but shows anand as worrying. If that is the case why is anand +5 -1 against carlsen? Will carlsen ever beat Anand again?

Peter,

I'm pretty sure that Kramnik has 2780 and not 2760.Also Grischuk has 2760 and not 2749.And last,Radek is a short name for Radoslaw Wojtaszek?If not is Radoslaw,but if is a short form forget about this last sentende.

Always a good post!

Marcos

Almost forgot about it.I'm glad that Nyzhnyk is having a chance on Group C.Hopefully he will be another Giri in this year!

And, please tell me, how about the ladies?? We all want to see some cuties around, no? Alll the briljant sacrifices of the geniusses in the A-group are worth less than a twenty year old eastern europan girl in a mini-skirt, no?
At least for me!!!!!

Hmm.. Chessbase is your home, casa

I wanna replace Giri by Le Quang Liem in Group A. His performance in Dortmund is very impressive.

Giri qualified by winning the B group this year (2010), so there is no way to "replace" him. Le Quang Liem may have competed with Wang Hao and Nepomniachtchi for a spot in the top group, with higher ratings and better Olympiad results deciding the issue. His time will come, he can earn a spot in the top group 2012 like he earned his Dortmund spot by winning the Aeroflot Open.