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| XXII Reykjavik
Open The XXII Reykjavik Open took place 6th-14th March 2006. Gabriel Sargissian first amongst five on tie-break who finished on 7/9. Magnus Carlsen defeated by Ahmed Adly in the final round. Games in PGN Leading Final Round 9 Standings: 1-5 Gabriel Sargissian ARM 2603 7 40.0 Ahmed Adly EGY 2473 7 39.5 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov AZE 2709 7 38.0 Igor-Alexander Nataf FRA 2553 7 38.0 Pentala Harikrishna IND 2673 7 35.5 6-9 Magnus Carlsen NOR 2625 6.5 39.5 Ivan Sokolov NED 2689 6.5 36.5 Luis Galego POR 2538 6.5 34.0 Christopher Ward ENG 2475 6.5 33.5 10-15 Aloyzas Kveinys LTU 2517 6 38.0 Hannes Stefansson ISL 2585 6 37.5 Ivan Ivanisevic SCG 2588 6 35.0 Stellan Brynell SWE 2493 6 34.0 Ian Rogers AUS 2547 6 33.5 Jaan Ehlvest EST 2619 6 32.0 16-29 Pavel Tregubov RUS 2556 5.5 42.5 Laurent Fressinet FRA 2625 5.5 42.0 Hichem Hamdouchi MAR 2575 5.5 42.0 Tiger Hillarp Persson SWE 2548 5.5 40.0 Sergey Erenburg ISR 2573 5.5 39.0 Milos Pavlovic SCG 2494 5.5 38.5 Throstur Thorhallsson ISL 2455 5.5 38.5 Simon Williams ENG 2452 5.5 38.5 Henrik Danielsen ISL 2520 5.5 35.5 Evgenij Ermenkov PLE 2462 5.5 35.0 Emil Sutovsky ISR 2624 5.5 34.5 Carlos Matamoros ECU 2510 5.5 34.5 Inna Gaponenko UKR 2437 5.5 31.5 Tullio Marinelli ITA 2391 5.5 29.5 Official site: http://www.skaksamband.com/reykjavikopen2006/ |
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Hungarian Championship
2006 Closing ceremony 2nd placed Csaba Balogh, winner Zoltan Almasi and 3rd place Zoltán Gyimesi with their trophies. Photo © Zsuzsa Veroci. The Hungarian Championship took place in Szekesfehervar, 1st-9th March 2006. Zoltan Almasi took the title by a point after winning in the final round. Games in PGN Final Standings: 1. Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2646 6.5; 2. Gyimesi, Zoltan g HUN 2602 5.5; 3. Balogh, g HUN 2561 5.5; 4. Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2597 5.0; 5. Ruck, Robert g HUN 2540 5.0; 6. Cao, Sang g HUN 2543 5.0; 7. Sax, Gyula g HUN 2539 4.5; 8. Szabo, Krisztian1 m HUN 2447 3.0; 9. Portisch, Lajos g HUN 2533 2.5; 10. Horvath, Adam1 g HUN 2532 2.5; Official site: http://web.t-online.hu/passant/sakkversenyek/ |
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| Polish Championship
2006 The Polish Championship took place in Krakow, 25th February - 9th March 2006. Mateusz Bartel took the title with 8.5/12 a point and a half clear of the field. Games in PGN - Cancelled games of Klaudiusz Urban Final Standings: 1. Bartel, Mateusz g POL 2524 8.5; 2. Socko, Bartosz g POL 2610 7.0; 3. Wojtaszek, Radoslaw g POL 2605 7.0; 4. Bobras, Piotr g POL 2531 7.0; 5. Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2585 7.0; 6. Czarnota, Pawel m POL 2497 6.5; 7. Heberla, Bartlomiej m POL 2487 6.0; 8. Dziuba, Marcin m POL 2491 5.5; 9. Gajewski, Grzegorz m POL 2486 5.5; 10. Markowski, Tomasz g POL 2565 5.5; 11. Kempinski, Robert g POL 2619 5.0; 12. Grabarczyk, Miroslaw g POL 2479 4.0; 13. Warakomski, Tomasz f POL 2430 3.5; Klaudiusz Urban withdrew after 6 rounds and his games and results were cancelled. Official site: http://mzszach.l.pl/online/mpm2006/index.html |
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| January 2006 FIDE Rating
List Garry Kasparov remains World Number One for the last time before being inactive for a year following his retirement. FIDE World Champion Veselin Topalov becomes the third player in history over 2800 after Kasparov and Kramnik. His rating is 2801 and he takes over from Viswanathan Anand as World Number 2 gaining 19 points. FIDE January 2006 Rating List: Top 100 Source: http://www.fide.com. The full list is available for download there. |
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| FIDE Women's World Championship The Women`s World Chess Championship 2006 took place in Ekaterinburg, Russia from 10th-25th March 2006. 64 player knockout. 29 year old Xu Yuhua won the final by beating Alisa Galliamova 2.5-0.5 both her wins came with black. The defending champion from 2004 Antoaneta Stefanova was eliminated in round 2. Games in PGN Final 23rd-25th March 2006 Gm1 Galliamova, Alisa - Xu Yuhua 0-1 64 C10 French Rubinstein Gm2 Xu Yuhua - Galliamova, Alisa 1/2 49 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo Gm3 Galliamova, Alisa - Xu Yuhua 0-1 58 E13 Queens Indian 5.Bg5 Round 5 - Semi-Finals 20th-21st March 2006 1 Cmilyte, Viktorija (LTU) 0.5-1.5 Galliamova, Alisa (RUS) 2 Matveeva, Svetlana (RUS) 0.5-1.5 Xu, Yuhua (CHN) Round 4 18th-19th March 2006 1 Galliamova, Alisa (RUS) 2-0 Khurtsidze, Nino (GEO) 2 Matveeva, Svetlana (RUS) 1.5-0.5 Sebag, Marie (FRA) 3 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina (RUS) 1.5-2.5 Xu, Yuhua (CHN) 4 Chiburdanidze, Maia (GEO) 1.5-2.5 Cmilyte, Viktorija (LTU) Round 3 15th-16th March 2006 1 Galliamova, Alisa (RUS) 2.5-1.5 Radziewicz, Iweta (POL) 2 Sebag, Marie (FRA) 4-2 Qin, Kanying (CHN) 3 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina (RUS) 2.5-1.5 Peng, Zhaoqin (NED) 4 Kosteniuk, Alexandra (RUS) 0.5-1.5 Cmilyte, Viktorija (LTU) 5 Ju, Wenjun (CHN) 2-4 Chiburdanidze, Maia (GEO) 6 Xu, Yuhua (CHN) 1.5-0.5 Kosintseva, Tatiana (RUS) 7 Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman (IND) 0.5-1.5 Matveeva, Svetlana (RUS) 8 Khurtsidze, Nino (GEO) 2-0 Hou, Yifan (CHN) Round 2 13th-14th March 2006 Stefanova, Antoaneta (BUL) 2499 1-3 Radziewicz, Iweta (POL) 2421 Sebag, Marie (FRA) 2415 3-1 Koneru, Humpy (IND) 2537 Cramling, Pia (SWE) 2515 0,5-1,5 Peng, Zhaoqin (NED) 2407 Danielian, Elina (ARM) 2423 0-2 Kosteniuk, Alexandra (RUS) 2514 Chiburdanidze, Maia (GEO) 2511 1,5-0,5 Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan (GEO) 2426 Ushenina, Anna (UKR) 2398 0,5-1,5 Xu, Yuhua (CHN) 2502 Zapata, Karen (PER) 2218 0,5-1,5 Matveeva, Svetlana (RUS) 2428 Khurtsidze, Nino (GEO) 2430 1,5-0,5 Arribas, Maritza (CUB) 2261 Hou, Yifan (CHN) 2269 2-0 Zhukova, Natalia (UKR) 2432 Javakhishvili, Lela (GEO) 2444 1-3 Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman (IND) 2479 Kosintseva, Tatiana (RUS) 2479 1,5-0,5 Krush, Irina (USA) 2447 Dzagnidze, Nana (GEO) 2452 1.5-2.5 Ju, Wenjun (CHN) 2290 Cmilyte, Viktorija (LTU) 2475 4-2 Ruan, Lufei (CHN) 2361 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina (RUS) 2458 1,5-0,5 Kursova, Maria (RUS) 2319 Qin, Kanying (CHN) 2469 2.5-1.5 Houska, Jovanka (ENG) 2355 Lujan, Carolina (ARG) 2346 1-3 Galliamova, Alisa (RUS) 2467 Round 1 11th-12th March 2006. Mezioud, Amina (ALG) 1989 0,5-1,5 Stefanova, Antoaneta (BUL) 2499 Koneru, Humpy (IND) 2537 2-0 Sabure, Tuduetso (BOT) 2072 Basta-Sohair, F. (EGY) 2083 0-2 Cramling, Pia (SWE) 2515 Kosteniuk, Alexandra (RUS) 2514 2-0 Khoudgarian, Natalia (CAN) 2106 Rivera, Ingris (COL) 2128 0,5-1,5 Chiburdanidze, Maia (GEO) 2511 Xu, Yuhua (CHN) 2502 1,5-0,5 Hoang, Xuan Thanh Khiet (VIE) 2196 Zapata, Karen (PER) 2218 1,5-0,5 Lahno, Kateryna (UKR) 2500 Zhu Chen - Arribas, Maritza by default Hou, Yifan (CHN) 2269 1,5-0,5 Kosintseva, Nadezhda (RUS) 2480 Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman (IND) 2479 1,5-0,5 Berezina, Irina (AUS) 2285 Meenakshi, S. (IND) 2289 0-2 Kosintseva, Tatiana (RUS) 2479 Socko, Monika (POL) 2475 0,5-1,5 Ju, Wenjun (CHN) 2290 Pourkashiyan, Atousa (IRI) 2296 0,5-1,5 Cmilyte, Viktorija (LTU) 2475 Zhao, Xue (CHN) 2473 0,5-1,5 Kursova, Maria (RUS) 2319 Aketaeva, Dana (KAZ) 2330 0,5-1,5 Qin, Kanying (CHN) 2469 Galliamova, Alisa (RUS) 2467 1,5-0,5 Purtseladze, Maka (GEO) 2341 Lujan, Carolina (ARG) 2346 1,5-0,5 Dembo, Yelena (GRE) 2461 Skripchenko, Almira (FRA) 2461 0,5-1,5 Houska, Jovanka (ENG) 2355 Pina, Sulennis (CUB) 2358 0,5-1,5 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina (RUS) 2458 Mkrtchian, Lilit (ARM) 2453 1.5-2.5 Ruan, Lufei (CHN) 2361 Ovod, Evgenija (RUS) 2366 2-4 Dzagnidze, Nana (GEO) 2452 Krush, Irina (USA) 2447 2.5-1.5 Amura, Claudia N. (ARG) 2366 Turova, Irina (RUS) 2379 0,5-1,5 Javakhishvili, Lela (GEO) 2444 Zhukova, Natalia (UKR) 2432 3.5-2.5 Shen, Yang (CHN) 2380 Wang, Yu A. (CHN) 2385 1.5-2.5 Khurtsidze, Nino (GEO) 2430 Matveeva, Svetlana (RUS) 2428 2-0 Vasilevich, Irina (RUS) 2386 Ushenina, Anna (UKR) 2398 3-1 Korbut, Ekaterina (RUS) 2427 Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan (GEO) 2426 2.5-1.5 Zielinska, Marta (POL) 2398 Foisor, Cristina Adela (ROM) 2402 1.5-2.5 Danielian, Elina (ARM) 2423 Paehtz, Elisabeth (GER) 2422 2-4 Peng, Zhaoqin (NED) 2407 Sebag, Marie (FRA) 2415 1,5-0,5 Zaiatz, Elena (RUS) 2422 Radziewicz, Iweta (POL) 2421 2-0 Kononenko, Tatiana (UKR) 2417 Official site: http://www.womenchess.com FIDE site details: http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=951 |
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| 66th Armenian Championship The 66th Armenian Championship, a FIDE category 11 tournament, took place March 16th-25th 2006 in Yerevan, Armenia. Artashes Minasian took clear first with 7/9 a point clear of Arman Pashikian. Games in PGN Final Round 9 Standings: 1. Minasian, Artashes g ARM 2574 7.0; 2. Pashikian, Arman m ARM 2472 6.0; 3. Kotanjian, Tigran m ARM 2471 5.5; 4. Anastasian, Ashot g ARM 2602 5.5; 5. Asrian, Karen g ARM 2646 5.5; 6. Petrosian, Tigran L g ARM 2558 4.5; 7. Nalbandian, Tigran g ARM 2524 4.5; 8. Yegiazarian, Arsen g ARM 2531 3.0; 9. Minasian, Ara g ARM 2487 2.0; 10. Kalashian, David ARM 2319 1.5; Official site: http://www.armchess.am |
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| Turkish Championship The Turkish Championship took place in Istanbul 11th-23rd March 2006. Mikhail Gurevich played and won his first Turkish Championship after moving Federations from Belgium with a score of 10.5/13. He was half a point clear of his only top 100 rival in the event Suat Atalik. Both will have lost a number of rating points. Games in PGN Final Round 13 Standings: 1. Gurevich, Mikhail g TUR 2633 10.5; 2. Atalik, Suat g TUR 2618 10.0; 3. Atakisi, Umut m TUR 2441 9.0; 4. Haznedaroglu, Kivanc m TUR 2438 8.5; 5. Can, Emre TUR 2281 8.0; 6. Erdogdu, Mert m TUR 2345 6.5; 7. Erturan, Yakup f TUR 2365 6.5; 8. Yagiz, Yasin Emrah TUR 2209 6.0; 9. Secer, Ata TUR 2229 6.0; 10. Goksel, Doga Cihan TUR 2189 5.5; 11. Kilicaslan, Hasan m TUR 2281 4.0; 12. Erdogan, Hakan f TUR 2259 4.0; 13. Atalik, Ekaterina wg RUS 2399 4.0; 14. Korkmaz, Necmettin TUR 2071 2.5; Official site: http://www.tsf.org.tr/ |
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| La Roche-sur-Yon 2006 The Trophee Universitaire took place in La Roche sur Yon 15th-24th March 2006. The category XII event saw Krishnan Sasikiran finish on 6/9 half a point clear of Christian Bauer who lost an interesting theoretical endgame to Andrei Istratescu (each side had an h-pawn and Istratescu had an extra bishop but of the wrong colour for the queening square, he managed to keep Bauer from reaching the corner to stop the pawn and pick up his opponents h-pawn). It turns out that 78...Kb4? was the blunder and that table bases say that 78...Kd4 still held. Games in PGN Final Round 9 Standings: 1. Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2670 6.0; 2. Bauer, Christian g FRA 2627 5.5; 3. Werle, Jan m NED 2514 5.0; 4. Istratescu, Andrei g ROM 2618 5.0; 5. Dunis, Aurelien m FRA 2534 5.0; 6. Pelletier, Yannick g SUI 2579 5.0; 7. Maze, Sebastien m FRA 2518 4.5; 8. Charbonneau, Pascal m CAN 2496 4.0; 9. Rodriguez Guerrero, Enrique m ESP 2464 3.0; 10. Rombaldoni, Denis f ITA 2292 2.0; Official site: http://www.univ-vendee.com/e-accueil.htm - Games http://www.echecs.asso.fr |
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32nd National Chess Championship of Bangladesh The Mercantile Bank 32nd National Chess Championship of Bangladesh 2006, took place 10th-23rd March 2006 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Enamul Hossain took clear first on 12/13! (a 2700+ performance) a point clear of Al-Rakib Abdulla. Games in PGN Final Round 13 Standings: 1. Hossain, Enamul m BAN 2468 12.0; 2. Abdulla, Al-Rakib m BAN 2477 11.0; 3. Reefat, Bin-Sattar m BAN 2478 9.5; 4. Rahman, Ziaur g BAN 2557 9.5; 5. Murshed, Niaz g BAN 2460 8.5; 6. Abu Sufian, Shakil f BAN 2278 7.5; 7. Hasan, Mehdi f BAN 2349 6.5; 8. Haque, Rezaul f BAN 2193 6.0; 9. Ahmed, Sk. Nasir f BAN 2321 5.5; 10. Abdul, Maleq BAN 2233 3.5; 11. Rahman, S. Manfuzur BAN 2273 3.5; 12. Hossain, Delwar BAN 2136 3.0; 13. Hasan Md, Emam BAN 2147 2.5; 14. Hossain, Enayet Mohammed BAN 2110 2.5; |
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Morelia/Linares 2006 Winner Levon Aronian. Photo © Mark Crowther Morelia in Mexico hosted the first half of the traditional Linares super tournament February 18th-26th, 2006. The Linares half took place 3rd-11th March 2006. Levon Aronian took clear first place ahead of Teimour Radjabov (officially second because he won his mini-match against 3rd place Veselin Topalov). Long time leader Peter Leko was relegated to fourth after losing his final two games. Total prize fund 380,000 Euros. Games in PGN- Morelia/Linares 2006 - Viewer Comments by Mark Crowther. Annotations by Malcolm Pein Linares Annotations by Malcolm Pein - Chess Base Archive - PGN Round 14 - Malcolm Pein annotates Leko - Aronian. Final table in Official finishing order Round 13 - notes by Malcolm Pein to V Ivanchuk - F Vallejo Pons Round 12 Round 11 Round 10 - by Malcolm Pein and notes to Vallejo-Bacrot and Leko-Svidler. Round 9 Round 8 Round 7 Round 6 Round 5 - Ivanchuk,V - Topalov,V and Aronian Svidler annotated by Malcolm Pein Round 4 - Topalov,V (2801) - Radjabov,T annotated by Malcolm Pein Round 3. Comments by Malcolm Pein, game notes my Mark Crowther Round 2 - Vallejo Pons,F - Svidler,P annotated by Malcolm Pein Round 1 - Svidler,P (2765) - Topalov,V and Vallejo Pons,F - Leko,P annotated by Malcolm Pein Round 14 (March 11, 2006) Bacrot, Etienne - Radjabov, Teimour 1/2 20 E93 King's Indian Classical Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 30 D39 QGD Ragozin Leko, Peter - Aronian, Levon 0-1 40 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed Svidler, Peter - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 55 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed Final Round 14 Standings: 1. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2752 8.5; 2. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2700 8.0; 3. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2801 8.0; 4. Leko, Peter g HUN 2740 7.5; 5. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2729 6.5; 6. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2765 6.5; 7. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2717 6.0; 8. Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2650 5.0; Official site:http://www.marca.es/ - live: http://linares.soloajedrez.com/. Morelia organisers: http://www.moreliachess.com/eng/. Linares organisers: http://www.ajedrezenlinares.com/XXIII_ciudad_linares.htm Betsson. Final Round up. Linares was an amazing event this year. One punter was set to win Euros 15,000 if Topalov could have pulled off a last round sensation and snatched victory in Linares! The odds moved so much on Topalov that at one point he was quoted at 100/1, four rounds later he was just 2/1. Unfortunately it wasn't to be. However one lucky punter had Euros 500 on Aronian at odds of 10 netting him a tidy profit of Euros 5,000, not a bad little investment! |
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US Championship Alexander Onischuk beat Yury Shulman in the men's final. Anna Zatonskih beat Rusadan Goletiani the women's. Photo © http://www.uschesschampionship.com The U.S. Chess Championship took place in San Diego March 1st-12th, 2006 and was held at its new permanent home at NTC Promenade. There were two groups of 32 players, the winners of each met in a final for the title. The final consisted of two rapid games at time control of 30'+5". Alexander Onischuk beat Yury Shulman in the men's final, almost winning game one and winning the 2nd game with black. Anna Zatonskih defeated Rusadan Goletiani 1.5-0.5 in the women's. Games in PGN Gp A - Games in PGN Gp B Men's Final in PGN - Women's Final Games in PGN Men's Final Alexander Onischuk 1.5-0.5 Yuri Shulman Gm1 Onischuk, Alexander - Shulman, Yuri 1/2 65 D31 Semi-Slav Defence Gm2 Shulman, Yuri - Onischuk, Alexander 0-1 47 D38 QGD Ragozin Women's Final Anna Zatonskih 1.5-0.5 Rusudan Goletiani Gm1 Goletiani, Rusudan - Zatonskih, Anna 0-1 34 A11 Reti Opening Gm2 Zatonskih, Anna - Goletiani, Rusudan 1/2 24 B22 Sicilian Alapin GpA Round 9 Standings: 1 GM Onischuk, Alexander (3) 2686 7.0 36.5 44.0 66.5 2 GM Ibragimov, Ildar (2) 2707 6.5 38.0 46.0 66.0 3 GM Stripunsky, Alexander (7) 2642 6.5 36.0 43.0 64.0 4 GM Nakamura, Hikaru (1) 2774 6.0 35.0 40.0 54.5 5 GM Gurevich, Dmitry (13) 2562 5.5 39.0 47.0 53.0 6 GM Akobian, Varuzhan (4) 2662 5.5 37.5 45.0 52.5 7 IM Fernandez, Daniel (23) 2424 5.5 37.0 44.0 47.0 8 GM Kudrin, Sergey (8) 2627 5.5 35.0 42.0 44.5 9 IM Finegold, Benjamin (5) 2657 5.5 32.5 39.5 49.0 10 IM Friedel, Joshua E (17) 2513 5.0 38.5 47.5 52.5 11 GM Serper, Gregory (12) 2577 5.0 36.5 44.0 42.0 12 FM Stein, Alan R (18) 2486 5.0 36.0 43.5 44.5 13 IM Kraai, Jesse (15) 2540 5.0 36.0 42.5 42.0 14 GM Goldin, Alexander (6) 2642 5.0 35.0 42.5 42.5 15 WGM Goletiani, Rusudan (25) 2393 5.0 33.5 37.0 34.0 16 GM De Firmian, Nick E (11) 2600 4.5 26.5 46.0 43.0 17 GM Benjamin, Joel (9) 2624 4.5 25.0 43.0 42.5 18 IM Schneider, Dmitry (16) 2525 4.5 25.0 42.0 31.5 19 GM Dlugy, Maxim (10) 2604 4.5 24.5 43.5 38.0 20 FM Schneider, Igor (24) 2420 4.5 22.0 35.0 26.0 21 FM Tate,Emory A (20) 2441 4.0 30.5 41.5 32.0 22 IM Florean, Andrei (19) 2479 4.0 27.5 40.0 25.0 23 IM Lenderman, Alex (22) 2427 4.0 24.0 35.0 24.0 24 WFM Ross, Laura R (28) 2238 4.0 20.0 30.5 17.0 25 IM Gonzalez, Renier (14) 2548 3.5 33.5 47.0 35.5 26 FM Bercys, Salvijus (21) 2440 3.5 32.0 44.0 31.5 27 WGM Baginskaite, Camilla (26) 2331 3.5 30.5 43.0 29.5 28 WIM Epstein, Esther (29) 2172 3.5 21.5 33.0 13.5 29 WFM Vicary, Elizabeth (30) 2118 3.5 19.0 29.0 15.0 30 Zenyuk, Iryna (31) 2101 3.0 20.5 29.5 10.5 31 Kleiman, Jake (27) 2318 1.5 22.5 33.0 6.0 32 Cottrell-Finegold, Kelly (32) 1663 0.0 24.0 33.5 0.0 GpB Round 9 Standings: 1 GM Shulman, Yury (9) 2623 6.5 39.5 47.0 63.5 2 GM Kamsky, Gata (1) 2729 6.5 38.5 46.5 65.5 3 GM Christiansen, Larry (7) 2633 6.5 38.0 45.5 64.0 4 GM Fishbein, Alexander (11) 2593 6.0 35.5 43.0 58.5 5 GM Novikov, Igor (6) 2643 5.5 40.5 50.0 58.0 6 GM Shabalov, Alexander (4) 2665 5.0 39.0 48.0 49.0 7 IM Perelshteyn, Eugene (10) 2614 5.0 38.0 46.5 48.5 8 GM Yermolinsky, Alex (12) 2590 5.0 37.5 44.5 46.0 9 GM Ivanov, Alexander (5) 2657 5.0 37.0 46.0 49.5 10 GM Wojtkiewicz,Aleks (14) 2555 5.0 36.0 42.0 41.5 11 GM Kaidanov, Gregory (2) 2722 5.0 35.0 43.0 46.0 12 WGM Zatonskih, Anna (19) 2469 5.0 33.5 41.0 43.5 13 GM Kreiman, Boris (15) 2535 5.0 33.5 40.5 43.5 14 GM Browne, Walter S (17) 2507 5.0 32.0 36.0 31.0 15 GM Gulko, Boris (3) 2678 4.5 24.5 43.5 42.5 16 IM Kriventsov, Stanislav (18) 2491 4.5 24.0 42.5 40.0 17 GM Becerra, Julio (8) 2629 4.5 22.5 41.5 41.0 18 IM Milman, Lev (16) 2528 4.5 22.5 38.0 31.5 19 IM Lugo, Blas (22) 2440 4.5 22.0 39.5 34.0 20 IM Ippolito, Dean J (20) 2464 4.5 22.0 37.0 32.0 21 GM Fedorowicz, John P (13) 2558 4.5 21.5 38.5 38.0 22 FM Muhammad, Stephen (21) 2458 4.5 20.5 36.5 31.5 23 IM Ginsburg, Mark (23) 2425 4.0 29.0 40.5 34.5 24 IM Sarkar, Justin (25) 2399 4.0 26.5 39.0 26.5 25 WFM Abrahamyan, Tatev (26) 2325 4.0 24.0 34.0 21.5 26 IM Vigorito, David E (24) 2422 4.0 23.0 33.0 21.5 27 WIM Tuvshintugs, Batch (27) 2271 3.5 34.5 47.5 35.5 28 Liu, Elliott (28) 2266 3.5 23.5 33.5 18.0 29 Airapetian, Chouch (29) 2162 3.5 23.0 34.5 18.0 30 West, Vanessa A (31) 2034 3.5 21.5 31.0 18.0 31 WFM Itkis,Hana (30) 2149 1.5 23.5 33.0 7.5 32 WCM Christiansen,Nata (32) 1872 0.5 24.0 33.5 1.5 Official site: http://www.uschesschampionship.com |
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| Russian Under-20 Championship The Russian Under-20 Championship took place in Cheboksary 2nd-12th March 2006. Boris Grachev took first place on tie-break from Nikita Vitiugov both made 7/11. Games in PGN - Women's Games in PGN Final Round 11 Standings: 1. Grachev, Boris m RUS 2510 7.0; 2. Vitiugov, Nikita RUS 2573 7.0; 3. Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2586 6.5; 4. Savchenko, Boris m RUS 2569 6.5; 5. Nepomniachtchi, Ian m RUS 2506 6.5; 6. Lysyj, Igor m RUS 2523 6.0; 7. Kharitonov, Alexandr m RUS 2535 5.5; 8. Maletin, Pavel m RUS 2538 5.5; 9. Khairullin, Ildar m RUS 2533 5.0; 10. Geller, Jakov m RUS 2505 4.0; 11. Iljin, Artem m RUS 2510 4.0; 12. Safronov, Andrey G f RUS 2314 2.5; Official site: http://www.aeroflotchess.com/games/online20/results.htm |
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| III GM Tage
Pulvermühle The III GM Tage took place in Pulvermühle 25th February - 5th March 2006. Jan Gustafsson, the winner of the second event in January 2004 is back defending his title. Gustafsson, Jussupow, and Prusikin finished on 6/9. Games in PGN Final Round 9 Standings: 1. Gustafsson, Jan g GER 2614 6.0; 2. Jussupow, Artur g GER 2605 6.0; 3. Prusikin, Michael g GER 2563 6.0; 4. Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2608 4.5; 5. Markos, Jan m SVK 2493 4.5; 6. Baramidze, David g GER 2554 4.5; 7. Braun, Arik m GER 2491 4.0; 8. Atlas, Valeri m AUT 2480 3.5; 9. Bezold, Michael g GER 2534 3.5; 10. Lahno, Kateryna m UKR 2500 2.5; Official site: http://www.pulvermuehle2006.steffans-schachseiten.de/ |
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Cappelle la Grande 2006 The winner Alexander Moiseenko. Photo © Pascal Villalba http://www.notzai.info/ Games in PGN Rd1-9 The Cappelle la Grande tournament took place 18th-25th February 2006. 96 GMs, 9 WGMs included in a total of 559 players. Alexander Moiseenko won the event with 7.5/9. Leading Final Round 9 Standings: 1 Moiseenko Alexander g UKR 2657 7.5 2801 2 Gashimov Vugar g AZE 2625 7.0 2737 3 Goloshchapov Alexander g UKR 2533 7.0 2732 4 Azarov Sergei g BLR 2581 7.0 2717 5 Drozdovskij Yuri g UKR 2509 7.0 2714 6 Grigoriants Sergey g RUS 2550 7.0 2712 7 Sasikiran Krishnan g IND 2670 7.0 2695 8 Burmakin Vladimir g RUS 2519 7.0 2670 9 Szelag Marcin m POL 2468 7.0 2582 10 Firman Nazar m UKR 2468 6.5 2683 11 Yevseev Denis g RUS 2557 6.5 2654 12 Guseinov Gadir g AZE 2607 6.5 2647 13 Baklan Vladimir g UKR 2601 6.5 2641 14 Yagupov Igor g RUS 2534 6.5 2636 15 Riazantsev Alexander g RUS 2594 6.5 2621 16 Kulaots Kaido g EST 2558 6.5 2606 17 Ovetchkin Roman g RUS 2539 6.5 2606 18 Psakhis Lev g ISR 2534 6.5 2599 19 Nijboer Friso g NED 2571 6.5 2596 20 Golod Vitali g ISR 2577 6.5 2594 21 Andreev Eduard g UKR 2470 6.5 2590 22 Spraggett Kevin g CAN 2581 6.5 2590 23 Kveinys Aloyzas g LTU 2517 6.5 2589 24 Vazquez Renier m ESP 2513 6.5 2587 25 Chernyshov Konstantin g RUS 2539 6.5 2585 26 Ionov Sergey g RUS 2527 6.5 2576 27 Kryvoruchko Yuriy m UKR 2513 6.5 2575 28 Hebden Mark g ENG 2514 6.5 2566 29 Ciuksyte Dagne g LTU 2370 6.5 2565 30 Dembo Yelena m GRE 2461 6.5 2564 31 Nalbandian Tigran g ARM 2524 6.5 2541 32 Rozentalis Eduardas g LTU 2582 6.5 2530 33 Kovchan Alexander g UKR 2513 6.5 2529 34 Danielian Elina m ARM 2423 6.5 2523 35 Van Der Weide Karel g NED 2466 6.5 2470 629 players Official site: http://www.cappelle-chess.com/. Further coverage at: http://www.notzai.info - http://www.notzai.info/rubrique11.html |
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Aeroflot Open Anatoly Karpov at the ceremonial opening of the Aeroflot tournament. Photo © Eugeny Atarov. http://www.chesspro.ru The Aeroflot Open took place in Moscow 8th-17 February 2006. The leaders going into the final round were both defeated Pavel Eljanov by Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Kiril Georgiev by Krishnan Sasikiran. Baadur Jobava takes first on tie-break after finishing in a four way tie on 6.5/9. The winner of A1 tournament will be invited to play in Dortmund from 23rd July to 5th August 2006. Games in PGN Rd1-9 Leading Final Round 9 Standings: 1. Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2614 6.5 2. Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2661 6.5 3. Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2670 6.5 4. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2709 6.5 5. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2655 6.0 6. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2542 6.0 7. Petrosian, Tigran L g ARM 2558 6.0 8. Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2704 6.0 9. Georgiev, Kiril g BUL 2645 6.0 10. Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2657 6.0 11. Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2662 6.0 12. Efimenko, Zahar g UKR 2666 5.5 13. Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2652 5.5 14. Fedorov, Alexei g BLR 2608 5.5 15. Asrian, Karen g ARM 2646 5.5 16. Balogh, Csaba g HUN 2561 5.5 17. Yakovich, Yuri g RUS 2551 5.5 18. Sedlak, Nikola g SCG 2518 5.5 19. Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2694 5.5 20. Korotylev, Alexey g RUS 2609 5.5 21. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2634 5.5 22. Izoria, Zviad g GEO 2652 5.5 23. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2638 5.5 etc 92 players are registered for the main A1 Open. Leading players include: Vladimir Akopian Aleksej Aleksandrov, Karen Asrian, Alexander Areshchenko, Viktor Bologan, Bu Xiangxi, Alexey Dreev, Zahar Efimenko, Pavel Eljanov, Kiril Georgiev, Zvaid Izoria, Dmitry Jakovenko, Alexander Khalifman, Vladimir Malakhov, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Alexander Moiseenko, Arkadij Naiditsch, Evgeniy Najer, Konstantin Sakaev and Krishnan Sasikiran. Official site: http://www.aeroflotchess.com/ |
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| Czech Republic Championship The Championship of the Czech Republic took place 7th-17th February 2006 in Brno-hotel Bobycentrum. Viktor Laznicka won with a round to spare. Games in PGN Final Round 11 Standings: 1. Laznicka, Viktor m CZE 2525 8.5; 2. Blatny, Pavel g CZE 2483 6.5; 3. Voloshin, Leonid g CZE 2466 6.0; 4. Cvek, Robert m CZE 2498 6.0; 5. Simacek, Pavel m CZE 2480 5.5; 6. Polak, Tomas g CZE 2485 5.5; 7. Jirovsky, Milos g CZE 2476 5.5; 8. Stocek, Jiri g CZE 2580 5.5; 9. Jansa, Vlastimil g CZE 2521 5.0; 10. Kalod, Radek g CZE 2502 5.0; 11. Bernasek, Jan m CZE 2446 4.5; 12. Konopka, Michal m CZE 2489 2.5; Official site: http://muzi2006.chess.cz/index.php |
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| Cuernavaca Young Masters The Cuernavaca Young Masters took place in Mexico 1st-11th February 2006. Ruslan Ponomariov and Francisco Vallejo Pons finished on 6.5/9. Games in PGN Final Round 9 Standings: 1. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2723 6.5; 2. Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2650 6.5; 3. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2644 6.0; 4. Dominguez, Lenier g CUB 2638 5.5; 5. Bruzon, Lazaro g CUB 2650 5.0; 6. Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2665 4.5; 7. Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2625 4.0; 8. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2660 3.5; 9. Leon Hoyos, Manuel m MEX 2428 2.0; 10. Felgaer, Ruben g ARG 2607 1.5; Official site: http://www.uaem.mx/ajedrez2006/index.html |
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German Championship 2006 Champion Thomas Luther. Photo © Deutscher Schachbund. Games in PGN The German Championship took place in Osterburg 2nd-12th February 2006. Thomas Luther won on tie break from Vitaly Kunin and Artur Jussupow, all scored 6.5/9. Leading Final Round 9 Standings 1. GM Luther,Thomas 2569 6.5 46.0 2. IM Kunin,Vitaly 2462 6.5 48.0 3. GM Jussupow,Artur 2605 6.5 46.0 4. GM Khenkin,Igor 2595 6.0 51.0 5. GM Kritz,Leonid 2561 6.0 47.0 6. IM Meister,Jakov 2493 6.0 45.5 7. IM Henrichs,Thomas 2434 5.5 50.0 8. GM Prusikin,Michael 2563 5.5 44.5 9. GM Tischbierek,Raj 2466 5.5 46.0 10. GM Baramidze,David 2554 5.5 42.5 11. FM Muranyi,Karl-Jasmin 2359 5.5 38.5 12. GM Naumann,Alexander 2532 5.5 47.0 13. GM Gustafsson,Jan 2614 5.0 49.5 14. Köpke,Christian 2274 5.0 46.0 15. GM Graf,Alexander 2604 5.0 47.5 16. Reipsch,Jens 2293 5.0 40.5 46 players Official site: http://www.chess-international.de/ticker/dem2006/index.html |
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Moscow open 2006 Anatoly Karpov presents the trophy to Alexander Lastin for winning the Moscow Open. Photo © Eugeny Atarov. http://www.chesspro.ru The Moscow 0pen took place 29 January - 6 February 2006. 9 round swiss with the US system allowing for flexible schedules with the possibility of playing two games a day for two days to make a 7 day schedule. Alexander Lastin took first place on tie-break from Boris Grachev, both finished on 7.5/9. Games in PGN http://www.chessmoscow.ru/index.php?topicID=219 Leading Final Round 9 Standings: 1. Lastin, Alexander 2594 7.5 52.0 2750 +1.56 Grachev, Boris 2509 7.5 48.5 2700 +2.01 3. Rychagov, Andrey 2509 7.0 45.5 2674 +1.78 4. Maslak, Konstantin 2529 6.5 50.0 2631 +1.19 Nikolenko, Oleg 2527 6.5 47.5 2609 +0.92 Najer, Evgeniy 2652 6.5 50.5 2680 +0.29 Smikovski, Ivan 2538 6.5 52.0 2628 +1.10 Czarnota, Pawel 2497 6.5 51.5 2598 +1.19 Kosyrev, Vladimir 2527 6.5 51.0 2657 +1.34 Iskusnyh, Sergei 2510 6.5 44.0 2573 +0.74 Amonatov, Farrukh 2564 6.5 47.5 2601 +0.47 Khismatullin, Denis 2576 6.5 45.0 2600 +0.29 Yandemirov, Valeri 2503 6.5 46.0 2573 +0.83 Novikov, Stanislav 2520 6.5 45.0 2571 +0.56 Chebotarev, Oleg 2494 6.5 48.0 2604 +1.28 Aleksandrov, Aleksej 2653 6.5 49.0 2566 -0.82 Belov, Vladimir 2608 6.5 43.5 2545 -0.58 18. Zontakh, Andrey 2545 6.0 46.0 2527 -0.21 Nechepurenko, Roman V. 2430 6.0 48.0 2585 +1.86 Riazantsev, Alexander 2594 6.0 49.5 2522 -0.76 Grigoriants, Sergey 2550 6.0 45.0 2551 -0.03 Zabotin, Alexander 2418 6.0 40.5 2487 +0.78 Sveshnikov, Evgeny 2503 6.0 47.5 2563 +0.69 Poobesh Anand, S. 2413 6.0 45.5 2493 +0.96 Tarlev, Konstantin 2413 6.0 42.5 2496 +0.96 Prathamesh, Sunil Mokal 2346 6.0 46.5 2537 +2.31 Lysyj, Igor 2523 6.0 44.0 2515 -0.12 Khruschiov, Alexey 2386 6.0 45.5 2555 +2.04 Romanov, Evgeny 2489 6.0 44.0 2501 +0.15 Petrosian, Davit G. 2352 6.0 44.5 2547 +2.40 Slugin, Sergey 2407 6.0 41.0 2486 +0.96 Geller, Jakov 2505 6.0 41.0 2462 -0.48 Deviatkin, Andrei 2528 6.0 42.0 2494 -0.39 Gorbatov, Alexej 2381 6.0 44.0 2489 +1.32 Kuzin, Anton 2368 6.0 39.0 2535 +1.82 225 players |
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| Yasser Seirawan Letter The campaign to elect Bessel Kok and his deputy Ali Nihat Yazicias FIDE President at the Turin FIDE Congress alongside the Olympiad (20th May - 4th June 2006) is in full swing. Letters of support from Federations and individuals have been coming into their website: http://www.rightmove06.org/. In particular there was a recent letter by Yasser Seirawan in Chess Today. Yasser Seirawan on FIDE from Chess Today 3rd February 2006. From my point of view this is the best candidate for FIDE President for many years. But voting in FIDE elections does not proceed in the real world. I've seen Federation support for opposition to sitting FIDE Presidents Campomanes and then Iljumzhinov melt away in the night and these Federations end up supporting these candidates. At the very least we deserve to see the level of support for these candidates reflected in a final vote not some "we are one family" coronation and unanimous election of the next president. Bessel Kok would make a good president, he's highly qualified in all the areas needed. Kirsan Iljumzhinov never had the qualifications to do this job, and was elected in the first place because he had the finances to bail out an organisation made insolvent by Florencio Campomanes. But this support, and I'm by no means convinced as to his motivation, has come at too higher price. I do however fear that if he loses the winning candidate may find some nasty financial surprises. But right now I'd rather see bankruptcy, as I did at the time of his first election. I haven't touched these issues for years because its seemed to me pointless to get worked up about FIDE when change was so unlikely. I'm not optimistic this time either but if Bessel Kok can't get elected president in opposition to Iljumzhinov, no-one can. Further details about Chess Today: http://www.chesstoday.net/ Sample Chess Today Issues Downloads CT-1913.cbv CT-1913.pdf CT-1913.pgn CT-1914.cbv CT-1914.pdf CT-1914.pgn CT-info.doc |
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| Fibertex Cup The Fibertex Cup took place February 3rd-4th 2006 in Aalborg, Denmark. The double-round blindfold event was won by Peter Heine Nielsen a point ahead of Magnus Carlsen. Games in PGN Round 1: GM Magnus Carlsen - GM Peter Heine Nielsen ½-½ GM Lars Schandorff - IM Nicolai V. Pedersen ½-½ Round 2: GM Magnus Carlsen - GM Lars Schandorff 1-0 GM Peter Heine Nielsen - IM Nicolai V. Pedersen 1-0 Round 3: IM Nicolai V. Pedersen - GM Magnus Carlsen 0-1 GM Lars Schandorff - GM Peter Heine Nielsen 0-1 Round 4: GM Peter Heine Nielsen - GM Lars Schandorff ½-½ GM Magnus Carlsen - IM Nicolai V. Pedersen 1-0 Round 5: GM Lars Schandorff - GM Magnus Carlsen - ½-½ IM Nicolai V. Pedersen - GM Peter Heine Nielsen 0-1 Round 6: IM Nicolai V. Pedersen - GM Lars Schandorff 1-0 GM Peter Heine Nielsen - GM Magnus Carlsen 1-0 Final standings: 1: GM Peter Heine Nielsen, 5 2: GM Magnus Carlsen, 4 3-4: GM Lars Schandorff and IM Nicolai V. Pedersen, 1½ Live coverage: http://www.dsu.dk/fibertex/engelsk.htm |
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65th Georgian Men's Championship  Winner Giorgi Kacheishvili and a point behind him David Arutinian who beat Tamaz Gelashvili in a play off to make the Georgian Olympiad team. Photos © Mr.Karlo Topuridze. The 65th Georgian Men's Championship took place 21st January - 5th February 2006. The winner was Winner Giorgi Kacheishvili and a point behind him was David Arutinian who beat Tamaz Gelashvili in a play off to make the Georgian Olympiad team. News: Varlam Vepkhvishvili. Games in PGN - Mikheil Mchedlishvili and later Davit Magalashvili withdrew - Playoff Games for 2nd and 3rd Final Round 13 Standings: Kacheishvili, Giorgi g 2599 8.5/11 Arutinian, David m 2507 7.5/11 2nd after tie-break match Gelashvili, Tamaz g 2575 7.5/11 Jobava, Beglar m 2401 7.0/11 Gagunashvili, Merab g 2542 6.5/11 Margvelashvili, Giorgi m 2434 5.5/11 Sulashvili, Malkhaz f 2376 5.0/11 Shanava, Konstantine m 2490 4.5/11 Kuparadze, Giga 2381 4.5/11 Morchiashvili, Bachana 2370 3.5/11 Paichadze, Luka 2171 3.0/11 Sanitize, Tornike m 2425 3.0/11 Georgian Olymapid Team: 1) GM Azmaiparashvili Zurab g 2658 16.03.1960 2) GM Izoria Zviad g 2652 06.01.1984 3) GM Jobava Baadur g 2614 26.11.1983 4) GM Pantsulaia Levan g 2609 26.02.1986 5) GM Kacheishvili Giorgi g 2599 10.02.1977 6) IM Arutinian David m 2507 31.05.1984 |
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Corus, Wijk aan
Zee Anand beat Gelfand to share first place with Topalov. Photo © Mark Crowther The Corus tournament in Wijk aan Zee took place January 13th-29th 2006. Anand and Topalov shared first place. Games in PGN Group A- Corus A Wijk aan Zee 2006 - Viewer Games in PGN Group B Games in PGN Group C Corus Wijk aan Zee 2006 A, B and C Results and Crosstable Brief Comments by Mark Crowther and IM Malcolm Pein Corus, Wijk aan Zee 2006 Round 13. Corus, Wijk aan Zee 2006 Round 12. Corus, Wijk aan Zee 2006 Round 11. Corus, Wijk aan Zee 2006 Round 10. Corus, Wijk aan Zee 2006 Round 9. Corus, Wijk aan Zee 2006 Round 8. Malcolm Pein analyses A Naiditsch - A Motylev (8) Wijk aan Zee Malcolm Pein on Wijk aan Zee Round 8. M Carlsen - E L'Ami Analysed.Corus, Wijk aan Zee 2006 Round 7. Corus, Wijk aan Zee 2006 Round 6. Malcolm Pein analyses M Carlsen - A Beliavsky Wijk aan Zee B (5) Malcolm Pein analyses S Karjakin - E Bacrot Wijk aan Zee (5) Corus, Wijk aan Zee 2006 Round 5. Malcolm Pein analyses L Van Wely - V Topalov (4) Wijk aan Zee Corus, Wijk aan Zee 2006 Round 4. Malcolm Pein analyses V Ivanchuk - V Anand (3) Wijk aan Zee Corus, Wijk aan Zee 2006 Round 3. Malcolm Pein analyses M Adams - V Topalov (2) Wijk aan Zee Corus, Wijk aan Zee 2006 Round 2. (Photos Michiel Abeln) Malcolm Pein analyses V Topalov - G Kamsky (1) Wijk aan Zee Corus, Wijk aan Zee 2006 Round 1. Corus, Wijk aan Zee 2006 Preview. Group A Round 13 (January 29, 2006) Adams, Michael - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1/2 27 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence Ivanchuk, Vassily - Karjakin, Sergey 1-0 64 A28 English Four Knights Leko, Peter - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 40 B91 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.g3 Aronian, Levon - Sokolov, Ivan 1-0 35 D17 Slav Defence Kamsky, Gata - Tiviakov, Sergei 0-1 43 B01 Centre Counter Anand, Viswanathan - Gelfand, Boris 1-0 66 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation Bacrot, Etienne - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 91 D46 Semi-Slav Defence Round 13 Standings: 1. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2792 9.0; 2. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2801 9.0; 3. Adams, Michael g ENG 2707 7.5; 4. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2729 7.5; 5. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2723 7.0; 6. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2660 7.0; 7. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2669 6.5; 8. Leko, Peter g HUN 2740 6.5; 9. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2752 6.5; 10. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2647 6.0; 11. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2717 5.5; 12. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2709 4.5; 13. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2686 4.5; 14. Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2689 4.0; Final Group B Round 13 Standings: 1. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2638 9.0; 2. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2625 9.0; 3. Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2646 8.5; 4. Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2614 8.0; 5. Navara, David g CZE 2660 7.5; 6. Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2625 7.0; 7. L'Ami, Erwin m NED 2550 7.0; 8. Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2657 7.0; 9. Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2626 6.5; 10. Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA 2633 6.0; 11. Koneru, Humpy g IND 2537 6.0; 12. Smeets, Jan g NED 2550 4.0; 13. Stellwagen, Daniel g NED 2573 3.0; 14. Lahno, Kateryna m UKR 2500 2.5; Group C Final Round 13 Standings: 1. Atalik, Suat g TUR 2618 10.5; 2. Werle, Jan m NED 2514 9.0; 3. Marcelin, Cyril g FRA 2441 9.0; 4. Van der Wiel, John g NED 2505 8.0; 5. Li Shilong g CHN 2543 7.5; 6. Visser, Yge m NED 2485 6.5; 7. Bischoff, Klaus g GER 2560 6.5; 8. Van der Weide, Karel g NED 2466 6.5; 9. Jonkman, Harmen g NED 2470 5.5; 10. Hopman, Pieter NED 2332 5.0; 11. Atalik, Ekaterina wg TUR 2399 5.0; 12. Adly, Ahmed g EGY 2473 4.5; 13. Bensdorp, Marlies wm NED 2230 4.0; 14. Afek, Yochanan m ISR 2370 3.5; Official site:http://www.coruschess.com/ |
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Gibtelecom Chess
Festival Leader Kiril Georgiev held second placed Emil Sutovsky in the final round to win the event. Photo © Bill O'Rourke.  The Gibraltar Congress took place 24th January - 2nd February 2006. Kiril Georgiev won with an impressive 8.5/10 a point clear of Nigel Short and Emil Sutovsky. Official site: http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com Games in PGN Leading Final Round 10 Standings: 1 GEORGIEV,Kiril BUL g 2645 8½ 2 SHORT,Nigel ENG g 2676 7½ 3 SUTOVSKY,Emil ISR g 2624 7½ 4 AKOPIAN,Vladimir ARM g 2704 7 5 ARESHCHENKO,Alex UKR g 2670 7 6 EFIMENKO,Zahar UKR g 2666 7 7 GUREVICH,Mikhail TUR g 2629 7 8 GYIMESI,Zoltan HUN g 2602 7 9 SHIROV,Alexi ESP g 2709 7 10 VOLKOV,Sergey RUS g 2629 7 11 AL-MODIAHKI,Mohamad QAT g 2579 6½ 12 BELLON LOPEZ,Juan ESP g 2415 6½ 13 BOLOGAN,Viktor MDA g 2661 6½ 14 KOBALIA,Mikhail RUS g 2654 6½ 15 KORCHNOI,Viktor SUI g 2608 6½ 16 PAVLOVIC,Milos SCG g 2494 6½ 17 PELLETIER,Yannick SUI g 2579 6½ 18 SANDIPAN,Chanda IND g 2522 6½ 19 SPRAGGETT,Kevin CAN g 2581 6½ 20 STEFANOVA,Antoaneta BUL g 2499 6½ 21 SUNDARARAJAN,Kidambi IND m 2495 6½ 22 ZHU,Chen CHI g 2482 6½ 23 ZHUKOVA,Natalia UKR wg 2432 6½ 24 AABERG,Anton SWE 2383 6 25 AL SAYED,Mohamad N QAT m 2470 6 26 ARIZMENDI MARTINEZ,Julen ESP g 2534 6 27 CMILYTE,Victorija LTU m 2475 6 28 CRAMLING,Pia SWE g 2515 6 29 GANGULY,Surya IND g 2579 6 30 KUNTE,Abhijit IND g 2551 6 31 QUILLAN,Gary ENG 2356 6 32 SCHUURMAN,Petra NED f 2234 6 33 SHAW,John K SCO m 2432 6 34 SPEELMAN,Jon ENG g 2539 6 |
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| Queenstown Chess
Classic The Queenstown Chess Classic in New Zealand took place 15th-24th January 2006. Murray Chandler was half a point clear of Ian Rogers and David Smerdon Also Bob Wade returned to New Zealand for the first time in 56 years and scored 6/10. Official site: http://badbishop.com/queenstownchess/index.html |
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| Keres Memorial
Rapid The Keres Memorial Rapid took place in Tallinn, Estonia 6th-9th January 2006. Games in PGN and Women's Games in PGN (Rounds 1-3) Final Round 9 Standings: 1. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2748 7.0; 2. Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2672 7.0; 3. Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2670 7.0; 4. Berg, Emanuel g SWE 2540 5.5; 5. Kosyrev, Vladimir g RUS 2530 4.5; 6. Vitiugov, Nikita RUS 2538 4.5; 7. Yemelin, Vasily g RUS 2529 4.0; 8. Liiva, Riho m EST 2411 3.5; 9. Agrest, Evgenij g SWE 2571 1.5; 10. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2710 0.5; Further details: http://www.maleliit.ee/turniirid/arhiiv/2006/kalev/index.php?act=10⟨=eng, http://www.moldesjakk.net and Live Coverage: http://www.kabeliit.ee/HTML/1/tfd.htm Malcolm Pein Annotates Malcolm Pein analyses E Agrest - N Vitiugov Keres Mem. Rapid Tallinn (9) Malcolm Pein analyses V.Ivanchuk - V.Kosyrev Keres Mem Rapid Tallinn (3) Malcolm Pein analyses V Yemelin - A Karpov Keres Memorial Rapid (3) Tallinn |
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| FIDE Candidates
Pairings FIDE have released their Candidates Pairings for their next World Championship Cycle. The matches will be some time this year at a time and place as yet unspecified. 1. L. Aronian - M. Carlsen 2. P. Leko - M. Gurevich 3. R. Ponomariov - S. Rublevsky 4. B. Gelfand - R. Kasimjanov 5. E. Bacrot - G. Kamsky 6. A. Grischuk - V. Malakhov 7. J. Polgar - E. Bareev 8. A. Shirov - M. Adams Source: http://www.fide.com. |
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Moscow Superblitz
tournament Photo © http://www.chesspro.ru/blitz/blitz05.shtml Moscow Superblitz tournament was held on the 6th January 2006 held in one of the best hotels in Moscow called Baltschug Kempinsky. The event was organised by the ChessPro.ru site. Final Standings: 1-2. Grischuk and Morozevich - 15/22; 3. Svidler - 14; 4-5. Tkachev and Korotylev - 12.5; 6. Dreev - 11.5; 7-8. Shipov and Kobalia - 10; 9. Jakovenko - 9; 10-11. Grachev and Savchenko - 8.5; 12. Malakhov - 5.5. Tie-break for 1-2 place: Grischuk - Morozevich 1.5:0.5 Official site: http://www.chesspro.ru/blitz/blitz05.shtml |
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| Reggio Emilia The Reggio Emilia international tournament took place December 29th 2005 to January 6th 2006 in Hotel Astoria Mercure. Konstantin Landa won the event with 7/9 a point clear of Denis Yevseev. Games in PGN Final Round 9 Standings: 1. Landa, Konstantin g RUS 2600 7.0; 2. Yevseev, Denis g RUS 2554 6.0; 3. Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2512 5.5; 4. Vocaturo, Daniele f ITA 2364 5.0; 5. Piscopo, Pierluigi f ITA 2399 4.5; 6. Fercec, Nenad m CRO 2512 4.5; 7. Kotronias, Vasilios g GRE 2626 4.0; 8. Zimina, Olga wg RUS 2397 4.0; 9. Ronchetti, Niccolo' f ITA 2402 3.5; 10. Franchini, Gabriele f ITA 2315 1.0; Official site: http://www.ippogrifoscacchi.it/ |
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| Rilton Cup The Rilton Cup took place 27th December 2005 - 5th January 2006. Eduardas Rozentalis took first on tie-break from four others, all finishing with 7/9. Games in PGN Leading Final Standings: 1 Rozentalis, Eduardas LTU 2585 gm 7 2 Ivanov, Sergey RUS 2538 gm 7 3 Nybäck, Tomi FIN 2563 gm 7 4 Postny, Evgeny ISR 2571 gm 7 5 Miezis, Normunds LAT 2469 gm 7 6 Karlsson, Lars SWE 2501 gm 6.5 7 Johannessen, Leif Erlend NOR 2564 gm 6.5 8 Berg, Emanuel SWE 2540 gm 6.5 9 Cicak, Slavko SWE 2496 gm 6.5 10 Nouro, Mikael FIN 2349 im 6.5 11 Brynell, Stellan SWE 2496 gm 6.5 12 Fontaine, Robert FRA 2507 gm 6 13 Rodshtein, Maxim ISR 2457 im 6 14 Kurnosov, Igor RUS 2523 gm 6 15 Iordachescu, Viorel MDA 2583 gm 6 16 Khmelniker, Ilya ISR 2430 im 6 17 Cramling, Pia SWE 2492 gm 6 18 Jaracz, Pavel POL 2492 gm 6 19 Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel ESP 2401 gm 6 20 Bérczes, Csaba HUN 2389 fm 6 21 Van Beek, Alexander NED 2334 fm 6 22 Bérczes, David HUN 2475 im 6 23 Åkesson, Ralf SWE 2486 gm 6 24 Kolbus, Dietmar GER 2413 im 6 Official site: http://www.stockholmschack.nu/rilton/rc_index.htm |
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