The world chess player number 1, Russian Garry
Kasparov (FIDE rating in January - 2847) and the world champion on classical chess, Vladimir
Kramnik (Russia, 2807) will participate at the same competition for the first time after the match, held at the Moscow Columnar hall in the autumn of 2001. Besides them, the world FIDE champion Ruslan
Ponomariov (Ukraine, 2734), Viswanathan
Anand (India, 2753), the competitor of Kramnik at the semifinal match of the unifying FIDE cycle, the winner of the selective tournament "Einshtein-group", Peter
Leko (Hungary, 2736), Spaniard Fransisco
Vallejo (2629) and the youthful Azerbaijan grandmaster Teimour
Radjabov (2624), made his debut at the most prestigious world chess tournament, will play at the super tournament of the XXth category.
"Linares-2003" will be started on February 22 and finished on March, 9. This tournament will be held in two rounds, "SE" correspondent, Yury Vasiliev, informs.
Information on the site: http://www.sport-express.ru/art.shtml?61204
