San Sebastian 2009
The Donostia Chess Festival in Donostia-San Sebastian, will take place from 7-16 July.
The showpiece event of the festival is a 10 player round robin competition featuring an interesting mix of players, young and old, with Peter Svidler (pictured) the ratings favourite. Also taking part are Hikaru Nakamura and legendary former world champion Anatoly Karpov.
Play starts at 4:30 pm local time. The official site, with live games is here.
The full line-up is:
| Name | Nat | FIDE | Born |
| Peter Svidler | RUS | 2739 | 1976 |
| Ruslan Ponomariov | UKR | 2727 | 1983 |
| Sergei Movsesian | SVK | 2716 | 1978 |
| Hikaru Nakamura | USA | 2710 | 1987 |
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | FRA | 2703 | 1990 |
| Francisco Vallejo Pons | ESP | 2693 | 1982 |
| Rustam Kasimdzhanov | UZB | 2672 | 1979 |
| Julio E Granda Zuniga | PER | 2647 | 1967 |
| AnatolyKarpov | RUS | 2644 | 1951 |
| Pablo San Segundo Carrillo | ESP | 2570 | 1970 |
