Impressie of the FiNet Chess960 Tournament

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So much is happening here in the Congress Center in Mainz that the journalists can barely keep up with the pace of events. In the morning the games of the big open rapid tournaments start and quite quickly, thanks to the Gr?ɬºndlichkeit amongst the arbiters, the rounds are being played after each other. Though yesterday there was a small delay, and therefore just ten minutes after the fifth round the four top GM's appeared on the stage already to entertain the audience for the rest of the evening. The amount of video material I now have is probably too big to publish all, but I'll just try to pick the best parts. For now an impression of the open Chess960 tournament which was won by Bologan.

They don't only like ABBA here in Mainz, but also Queen. Well, ChessVibes has to join them then.

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