Czech Coal Chess Match 2010 Print
Thursday, 25 November 2010 18:57
The chess legends of the 20th century and the rising generation of female players are currently competing in the "Snowdrops and Oldhands - Czech Coal Chess Match 2010" tournament with Sheveningen system. The event is taking place from 20 November till 27 November in Marienbad, Czech Republic. The playing venue is Villa Butterfly hotel.

"Oldhands" are represented by Lajos Portisch, Vlastimil Hort, Dragoljub Velimirovic and Wolfgang Uhlmann.
Indian Grandmaster Humpy Koneru, Lithuanian Grandmaster Viktoria Cmilyte, Philippines-born Australian chess player Arianne Caoili and the Czech Tereza Olsarova are playing in the team "Snowdrops".

Apart from the main Sheveningen event, Grandmaster David Navara hosted a simul against 20 competitors. Chess-related art exhibition by the German artist Bernd Besser and portraits of famous Grandmasters taken by the photographer Vladimir Jagr are also open for the public.

Live games and more information on the official website


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Marienbad panorama


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(Photos courtesy of Vladimir Jagr)


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Dragoljub Velimirovic and Viktoria Cmilyte playing, Vlastimil Hort observing


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World Blitz Champion Levon Aronian is also in Marienbad


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Humpy Koneru


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Arianne Caoili and Viktoria Cmilyte