Vladimir Kramnik

At the Champions Rapid, after seven rounds and some seven hours, the former World Champion Kramnik pulled ahead of Anand. Topalov and Ponomariov shared the third place. Local hero Werner Hug of the Schachgesellschaft Zürich showed his skills and tied Karpov and Polgar as seventh.

 

 

 

 

Kongresshaus Zürich, 15 August 2009

"Ladies and Gentlemen, dear chess friends,

half smiling, half sad I say: The games are over! Smiling – because we had a magnificent tournament in a great atmosphere with a lot of exciting games. Sad – because after one week we already have to bid farewell again. Never in the long history of the Zürcher Schachgesellschaft have so many strong players from so many different countries been our guests. I thank you all for coming to our jubilee-tournament and I hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did and will always keep it in good memory. Until the end of our anniversary year we’d like to record the most important and most exciting moments as well as the best games in a small Festschrift. You are kindly invited to contribute and send us your best games or small anecdotes. Our jubilee-homepage will still be available for some time from now, and this is also where you will be informed about when and how the Festschrift can be bought.

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