Reggio Emilia: How Men and Women Play

The participants get ready for their tenth games at Wijk aan Zee and the spectators prepare to watch them playing for the tenth time. And it seems like it's not bothering yet... Soon everything will be illuminated, the tournament reaches its decisive phase. 

The weather was excellent today in Wijk - windless with the sun shining and even warming a bit. 

If you can find any advantages in being a chess player it should be an ability to manage your own “working” schedule. Usually players do not hurry to the “working place” at nine in the morning, but “usually” doesn’t obviously mean “always”.

Emergency in Wijk. All citizens went out into the streets and head to the sea. 

A calm and measured life has been disturbed.

Ladies and gentlmen, I hope all the details of the second round of the Wijk aan Zee Super-GM tournament will be included in today's photo spread.  

To start with, Ekaterina Lahno to your attention. 

Free days are over. At the final part of the festival WIjk gathered numerous journalist. Your correspondent has barely found a place in press centre and continues sharing visual impressions from the event. 

"The play begins!" (с)