Participants in the GM-Group

The list of participants is now complete:

GMCurt HansenDenmark2613
GMJohn EmmsEngland2527
GMNick de FirmianUSA2567
GMPeter Heine NielsenDenmark2578
GMBoris GulkoUSA2643
GMPeter SvidlerRussia2689
GMLars Bo HansenDenmark2562
GMMikhail GurevichBelgium2667
GMDennis de VreugtThe Netherlands2511
GMAlexander GrischukRussia2606

FIDE's January 2000 list gave an rating average of 2595! The new July 2000 list has just been published on FIDE's homepage. Six players have lost rating and four have won rating. The average has risen very slightly to 2596, so the 15th North Sea Cup will be a category 14!

Torben Olsson has written some short player profiles. Just click on the name. Please notice, that the text was written before the July Elo list was published.