Zurich Chess Challenge – 2015

by Murilo 13/02/2015

written by Murilo 13/02/2015

Dear chess friend,Fabiano Caruana, Viswanathan Anand, Vladimir Kramnik, Levon Aronian, Hikaru Nakamura and Sergey Karjakin are the all-star cast for the Zurich Chess Challenge, a tournament that runs from 13-19 February. The main event begins at 15:00 (CET) on Saturday 14 February and will be broadcast live on chess24, with the dream team of GM Jan Gustafsson and IM Lawrence Trent returning. They’ll be helped out in the English commentary by GM Ilja Zaragatski, while commentary will also be available in German and Russian.The action kicks off sooner, though, with a blitz tournament following the opening ceremony at 19:30 (CET) on Friday 13 February. The results of that five-round event will determine which three players have an extra game with White in the main tournament. The blitz tournament will also, of course, belive on chess24!

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