Special feature: Unive Tournament in Hoogeveen, Netherlands
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The 15th Unive Tournament 2011 in Hoogeveen, Netherlands is underway. The featured event is a the Crown Group, a four-player double-round robin with Vladimir Kramnik, Anish Giri, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Judit Polgar with an average rating of 2732!
The games use the classical rate of play: 90' (+30")/40, then 30' (+30").
Here are the player's profiles:
| Player | Age | Country | Rating | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vladimir Kramnik | 36 | RUS | 2791 | 4 |
| Anish Giri | 17 | NED | 2722 | 23 |
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 20* | FRA | 2715 | 29 |
| Judit Polgar | 35 | HUN | 2701 | 48 |
Vachier-Lagrave will turn 21 during the tournament.
The schedule:
Polgar, Judit Giri, Anish Giri, Anish Kramnik, Vladimir Polgar, Judit Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime Kramnik, Vladimir Kramnik, Vladimir Giri, Anish Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime Polgar, Judit
The rest day is on Wednesday 19th of October.
There is also the Unive Open, a nine-round Swiss with around 90 players with a minimum rating of 2000, with a prize fund of €7,500, plus Amateur events.
Official site: http://www.univechess.nl
Live games: http://www.univechess.nl/live/live-partijen from 2pm local time.
= 2pm Paris, Madrid
= 1pm London
= 4pm Moscow
= 8am New York
= 5am Los Angeles
17/10/2011 12:06
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