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Nine way tie for first place!

GM Gata Kamsky

GM Gata Kamsky wins the Tie Break Blitz Game over GM Vadim Milov!!!

See Game Below

GM Vadim Milov

GM Leonid Yudasin

GM Joel Benjamin

GM Giorgi Kacheishvili

GM Aleks Wojtkiewicz

GM Ildar Ibragimov

GM Jaan Ehlvest

GM Alexander Ivanov

Our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Alex Wojtkiewicz on his
untimely death, 10 days after sharing first place
 


Norms achieved at 2006 World Open!


9-IM Norms (!!)
Igor Schneider, Salvijus Bercys, Emory Tate, Bryan Smith, James Critelli, Jake Kleiman,
Nicholas Yap, Moulthun Ly (AUS) and Yoshiharu Habu (JPN).
 

WGM Norm
Batchimeg Tuvshintugs

 

 

PAIRINGS

    

Section Merged Seven-Day Five-Day Four-Day Three-Day
Open 6    7    8    9 1   2   3   4   5 1   2   3   4 1      2 1   2   3   4   5
Under 2200 6    7    8    9 1   2   3   4   5 1   2   3   4 1      2 1   2   3   4   5
Under 2000 6    7    8    9 1   2   3   4   5 1   2   3   4 1      2 1   2   3   4   5
Under 1800 6    7    8    9 1   2   3   4   5 1   2   3   4 1      2 1   2   3   4   5
Under 1600 6    7    8    9 1   2   3   4   5 1   2   3   4 1      2 1   2   3   4   5
Under 1400 6    7    8    9 1   2   3   4   5 1   2   3   4 1      2 1   2   3   4   5
Under 1200 6    7    8    9 1   2   3   4   5 1   2   3   4 1      2 1   2   3   4   5

 

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Kamsky,Gata (2736) - Milov,Vadim (2682) [C10]

34th Annual World Open: Blitz Playoff (1), 04.07.2006

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.c3 c5 8.Ne5 a6 9.Qa4+ Bd7 10.Nxd7 Qxd7 11.Qxd7+ Kxd7 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Be2 Kc7 14.a4 Rad8 15.Bf4+ Bd6 16.Bg5 h6 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Bh5 Rd7 19.g3 Rg8 20.f4 f5 21.Ke2 f6 22.Rad1 Rgd8 23.Rhf1 Bc5 24.Rxd7+ Rxd7 25.b4 Bf8 26.a5 b6 27.Ra1 Diagram

 

27...e5 28.Bg6 exf4 29.gxf4 Rg7 30.Bxf5 Rg2+ 31.Ke3 Rxh2 32.axb6+ Kxb6 33.Bd3 Rh3+ 34.Kd4 Bd6 35.Rxa6+ Kc7 36.Ra7+ Kb6 37.Rf7 Rh4 38.Kd5 Bxf4 39.Rxf6+ Kb7 40.Rf7+ Kb8 41.c4 Be3 42.Be4 Rf4 43.Rh7 Rg4 44.c5 Rg8 45.Kc6 Rf8 46.Kb5 Bd2 47.Bc6 Rf4 48.Kb6 Rf8 49.Ra7 1–0

 

 

 

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