Challenger for World Chess Champion: Candidates Matches begin May 4
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Hello everyone,


Get ready. May 4 is here. The Candidates Matches 2011 will be held in the the modern hotel, shopping, and leisure complex of Korston in Kazan.


The playing area will be the ‘Balnii’ hall, a 1225 square meters uniform open space, with quality light facilities. The opening ceremony will be held here on May 4 at 19:00 local time. 
Korston
Korston
Korston

Pairings


  • Topalov – Kamsky 
  • Kramnik – Radjabov
  • Aronian – Grischuk
  • Gelfand – Mamedyarov
See you tomorrow! We’ll have fun with such strong chess this May.

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