Special feature: Saratov 
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The Governer's cup In Saratov, Russia takes place from the 8th to the 20th of October. A twelve player round robin involving several members of the Saratov team that won the European Club Championship in 2009 and 2010.
Saratov has a population nearing one million and is about 460 miles south-east of Moscow on the Volga river.
The twelve players involved are as follows:
| Seed | Player | Age | Country | Rating | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruslan Ponomariov | 28* | UKR | 2758 | 8 |
| 2 | Alexander Morozevich | 34 | RUS | 2737 | 17 |
| 3 | Peter Leko | 32 | HUN | 2728 | 20 |
| 4= | Nikita Vitiugov | 24 | RUS | 2726 | 21 |
| 4= | Alexander Moiseenko | 31 | UKR | 2726 | 22 |
| 6 | Alexei Shirov | 39 | ESP | 2713 | 31 |
| 7 | Evgeny Tomashevsky | 24 | RUS | 2710 | 36 |
| 8 | Dmitry Andreikin | 21 | RUS | 2705 | 44 |
| 9 | Pavel Eljanov | 28 | UKR | 2683 | 60 |
| 10 | Ni Hua | 28 | CHN | 2670 | 75 |
| 11 | Michael Roiz | 28* | ISR | 2668 | 78 |
| 12 | Evgeny Alekseev | 25 | RUS | 2662 | 85 |
* = including a birthday during the tournament.
More information and live games from the official site:
Games start at
1pm Paris, Madrid
12 noon London
3pm Saratov, Moscow
7am New York
4am Los Angeles
12/10/2011 11:01
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