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| Round 4: Ivana Furtado, Round 5:
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| Round 6: Shubham
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One super bumper prize for guessing Indian men and
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2006 at 2 p.m. All prizes relating to the contest
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37th Chess
Olympiad In Progress: Russia starts favourite in both,
men and women in the Chess Olympiad that began at Turin on May
20.India starts as second seed in men and ninth seed in women.
Viswanathan Anand and Koneru Humpy (see pic, left) are leading India in the top
boards. There are 13 rounds. Read Chess Mate's preview:
Anand,
Humpy Highest Rated Star Players In Turin
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| Anand Wins Record Fifth Title At
Wijk aan Zee Anand scored a
brilliant round 13 victory over Boris Gelfand of
Israel to win the Corus Chess Tournament in Wijk
aan Zee for a record fifth time. Anand and Topalov
shared the title with 9/13 and were joint
champions. See
Anand Helped Baden Baden To Win German
Bundeslia Title See
Anand Finished Third In MTel Masters
At Sofia on May 20 See
Anand To Defend His Mainz Title Against
Radjabov (Aze) from Aug 15-20. Also Naiditch v
Harikrishna in Mainz See
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| HAMILTON
RUSSELL TROPHY-MEN
Cuba 2 - India 2
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draws happened yet again. Ganguly had to play carefully
to draw in the ending against Arencibia on the fourth
board. Bruzon held Anand in 42 moves, Sasikiran drew
Dominguez in 26, Nogueiras drew Harikrishna in 43 moves
and Ganguly worked hard for his draw. India are on 24.5
points and tied for the ninth place. We need atleast
another 9 points for a medal and the trend is against
us! China's magic did not work against leaders Armenia.
Armenia beat China 2.5-1.5 with Akopian beating Zhang
Zhong. Placings: 1 Armenia 29, 2 China 27, 3-4 Russia,
Czech Rep 26.5 etc.. Indian
Results At A Glance |
| VERA
MENCHIK CUP-WOMEN |
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| Swati
Ghate gave the fine start winning by threatening to pin
with her bishop. Humpy won a piece to help Indian win
the second match in a row with black. Harika built on
the lead with a breakthrough in the ending to win a
knight. Ninth seed India is in fifth place and plays
white against Romania on Friday. Ukraine rained down its
tenth match victory in as many encounters beating
Georgia 2-1. Ukraine leads with 23/30, Russia 22.5,
China 20.5, Georgia 20, India and others 19.5. | |
