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29 Eylül 2007
The Elite Players in the World Coming to Kemer, Antalya
23rd European Club Cup for Men and 12th European Club Cup for Women are going to be held in Limra Hotel, Antalya, Turkey between 2-10 October . Limra Hotel will host the numerous strongest grandmasters including:
Newly crowned world champion Vishwanathan Anand, ex-world champions Rustam Kasımdzhanov and Ruslan Ponamariov, Ukranian genius who going number 2 in the upcoming FIDE rating list Vassily Ivanchuk, contenders of world championship title in Mexico, Peter Svidler, Alexander Morozevich and Alexander Grischuk among with a former contender Gata Kamsky,
Azerbaijani stars Shakriyar Mamedyarov and Teimur Radjabov, and "Mozart of Chess" Magnus Carlsen and Ukraninan prodigy Sergey Karjakin,
and 62 players in the top 100 list of FIDE rating list is going to playing in Antalya. First Turkish GM Suat Atalık is going to be a member of the team Bosna Sarajevo led by Turkish-speaking Vassily Ivanchuk, one of the favourites for the title.
What about the ladies ?
World Champion GM Xu Yuhua, 13-year-old Chinese star WGM Hou Yifan, GM Humpy Koneru a strong candidate for Women's World Championship in the future,
Former world champion and winner of "Linares of women chess" Krasnotourinsk 2007 GM Zhu Chen, former world champion GM Antoaneta Stefanova, Ukranian youngster and former European Champion IM Kateryna Lahno and many other big names. 26 of the top 50 women in FIDE rating list is going to play in European Club Cup.
You can find the details about the organization of the even at the tournament web site. Finalized version of the teams are available on the tournament page which you can reach by clicking the link below.
