The 53rd Reggio Emilia chess tournament has begun in Reggio Emilia, Italy. This tournament runs from Tuesday December 28th 2010 until Thu January 6th, 2011. Some of the strongest chess players in the World are participating in this year's top section: GM Vassily Ivanchuk, GM Alexander Onischuk, GM Vugar Gashimov, GM Sergei Movsesian, GM Fabiano Caruana, GM David Navara, Alexander Morozevich,Nigel Short and Michele Godena. This is a round-round event consisting of 9 rounds. The official tournament website for this event is: http://www.ippogrifoscacchi.it/tablaGeneral.asp?iTorneoIppogrifo=25
Best wishes to all the players in this tournament. One of the games from round 1, between GM Navara and GM Morozevich had to be postponed until today due to the weather in Europe which prevented Morozevich from making it to Italy on time.
