Special chess exhibition at Bilbao metro stations

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What a beautiful concept for a chess exhibition!

Titled 'Moving pieces' the special exhibition coincides with the Bilbao Chess Grand Slam Masters celebrations. The first leg is taking place in Sao Paulo but come October 6 and the event moves to Bilbao Spain. That's where - from October 6 to 11 - metro commuters can catch this exhibition. The display includes 12 large panels of 2.31 meters by 1.30 meters beginning from the metro station at Indautxu leading to Urquijo and Ercilla.

The exhibition covers the evolution of the tournament since 1999-when it was originally a modest competition organised by a group of chess enthusiasts until 2010, when it became definitely one of the chess events of year worldwide. The exhibition Club Deportivo de Bilbao E4 into the Grand Slam Final in 2008 and strengthen its further expansion and international franchise up to Shanghai in 2010.

In the 36 photographs that make up the exhibition portrayed are the chess match between Veselin Topalov and Judit Polgar, the historic battle between world champion Viswanathan Anand and the first player in the world rankings, Magnus Carlsen (duel that will occur again in this fourth edition), or the visit of legendary former world champion Anatoly Karpov and Boris Spassky and more. 

You can keep track at the official website.

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Bilbao Final Chess Masters 2010 begins tomorrow

Chess News and Chess Trivia Blog (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2010

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Right after the 39th Chess Olympiad, the next big chess action is going to be in Bilbao. You don't have to wait much. It begins tomorrow. Here is the official website of the Bilbao Final Masters Chess, 2010.

The third final of this Grand Slam Masters Chess Series will be played October 9-15. Playing in this year’s final are Viswanathan Anand, current world Champion and ranked number 2; Magnus Carlsen, winner of the Wijk aan Zee, Nanjing and Bazna tournaments and current world number one; Alexei Shirov, best Spanish player and tenth in the world rankings, and Vladimir Kramnik, ranked fifth in the world. Shirov and Kramnik both qualified after placing first and second respectively in the preliminaries held in Shanghai from September 3 to 8.

This year’s Final will be played at Alhondiga Bilbao along with the daily rapid tournament and the Friendship Blitz Team Tournament.

The games will be streamed live at the official website. There is also a facebook page and a twitter account too for fans. Fans can ask questions during the games via twitter and facebook.

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