Preview: Chess Classic Mainz 2009

Four and a half months after my post on Chess960 @ CCM9, the biggest chess960 event of the year starts in just a few days. Chess Tigers' home page, Chess Classic Mainz 2009 (CCM9), announces the official dates and venue as 27 July - 2 August 2009, at Rheingoldhalle, Mainz, with three chess960 events scheduled.

• 6th Chess960 Rapid World Championship; 28-30 July 2009; with GMs Aronian, Bologan, Nakamura, and Movsesian. • For an overview of the first five Rapid World Championships (2003-2007), see Chess960 World Championships.
  
  
• CCM9 - FiNet Open (Chess960); 30-31 July 2009; 8th FiNet Open - 'World's biggest Chess960 Rapid Chess Tournament' • The ICC held an online qualification tournament where first prize, expenses paid to the Mainz event, was won by GM Grischuk. For details, see Chess 960 Internet Championship 2009.
  
  
• 5th Livingston Chess960 Computer World Championship; 29-31 July 2009; Participants: Rybka 3 960, Deep Shredder, plus two qualifiers. • The two qualifiers -- Deep Sjeng and Ikarus -- were announced in Deep Sjeng gewinnt Qualifier zur Chess Classic Mainz.

I'll carry the results as soon as I can.