Ponomariov and Shirov headline the VII Coop Saaremaa Chess Festival in Estonia this May. The rapid tournament kicks off May 23rd in Kuressaare with 11 Swiss rounds on the clock. Twelve minutes plus three seconds per move gives these strong players room for calculation without dragging on endlessly. Pultinevicius and Kozak round out the field. This is solid rapid chess, the kind that separates technique from pure intuition.
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