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Olympic Capital Young Masters, May 20-27
Participants: GM Ponomariov (UKR, 2673, 11.10.83), GM Bacrot (FRA, 2627, 22.01.83), GM Sasikiran (IND, 2611, 07.01.81), GM Bruzon (CUB, 2589, 02.05.82), GM Bu (CHN, 2558, 10.12.85), GM Radjabov (AZB, 2533, 12.03.87), GM Aronian (ARM, 2528, 06.10.82), IM Ghaem Maghami (IRI, 2500, 11.08.82), IM Volokitin (UKR, 2493, 11.06.86), IM Jenni (SUI, 2471, 24.03.80), WGM Zhao (CHI, 2428, 06.04.85), WGM Kosteniuk (RUS, 2397, 23.04.84).
On Sunday afternoon, the opening ceremony will take place at 3 p.m. in the presence of the President of the IOC Mr Samaranch, the FIDE President Mr Iljumzhinov and the authorities of the city of Lausanne. It will be followed by a simultan played by GM Fressinet (France) and IM Harikrishna (India).
At 4 p.m. live on internet the first round:
Bu - Kosteniuk, Radjabov - Zhao, Aronian - Jenni, Volokitin - Ghaem Maghami.
The Masters Open, May 22-27
Participants: GM Graf, GM Baklan, GM Vladimirov, GM Bauer, GM Tukmakov, GM Adianto, GM Epishin, GM Kotsur and many other grandmasters. Some young talents are also participating such as Harikrishna (India), Drozdovskij (Ukraine), Cheparinov (Bulgaria), Efimenko (Ukraine), Baramidze (Germany), and Korobov (Ukraine).
Olympic Capital General Open, May 24-27
(for players up to 2150 ELO)
All details and live transmission on www.lausanneyoungmasters.com
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The Olympic Capital Young Masters 2001