21st Paul Keres Memorial
The Estonian Sports Association Kalev is organizing the 21st Paul Keres Memorial on 6-8th January in Tallinn, Estonia.
The Preliminary 7-round Swiss tournament with the time control 15′+10” was held on Friday and Saturday. Top four finishers qualified for the Main tournament which will be played on Sunday. 86 players competed, full standings bellow.
The Main tournament will be 8-player round robin with the time control 15′+10”. Four players from the Preliminary event will be joined by four invited players: Alexei Shirov, Jaan Ehlvest, Tomi Nyback and Kaido Kulaots.
Last year winner was Alexei Shirov
Paehtz, Yemelin and Dreev were victorious in 2009
Preliminary tournament final standings (top 5):
1 IM Seeman Tarvo EST 2399 – 6
2 GM Fedoseev Vladimir RUS 2525 – 6
3 GM Khalifman Alexander RUS 2632 – 5.5
4 GM Volodin Aleksandr EST 2491 – 5.5
5 GM Shvõrjov Igor EST 2470 – 5.5
6 Gabovits Ilia EST 1882 – 5.5
7 Kovaljov Denis EST 2274 – 5.5
8 Rauk Tõnu EST 2205 – 5.5
Where’s Shirov?