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| Matches in Astana There were three matches in Astana, Kazakhstan 18th-20th December 2006. Games 1-2 Fide-Timecontrol, Games 3-4 Rapid (30 min). Shakhriyar Mamedyarov beat Darmen Sadvakasov in the strongest match. Games in PGN 1 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2728 3.5/4 2 Sadvakasov, Darmen g KAZ 2596 0.5/4 1 Andriasian, Zaven m ARM 2463 2.5/4 2 Ismagambetov, An m KAZ 2418 1.5/4 1 Chiburdanidze, Maia g GEO 2504 3.0/4 2 Aketaeva, Dana wm KAZ 2312 1.0/4 Official site: http://chess.ir.kz/ |
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| Hastings 2006-7 The Hastings Congress took place 28th December 2006 - 7 January 2007. Merab Gagunashvili took the Masters title on tie-break from defending champion Valerij Neverov. Games in PGN [Games from Steve Giddins of the Official Website] Leading Final Round 9 Standings: 1. GAGUNASHVILI, Merab 1 7.0 NEVEROV, Valerij 1 7.0 3. IKONNIKOV, Wacheslav -1 6.5 GOFSHTEIN, Zvulon 1 6.5 PAVLOVIC, Milos 1 6.5 PERT, Nicholas -1 6.5 LALIC, Bogdan -1 6.5 CHERNIAEV, Alexander 1 6.5 9. WILLIAMS, Simon 1 6.0 GREET, Andrew -1 6.0 ANSELL, Simon -1 6.0 GROOTEN, Herman -1 6.0 RENDLE, Thomas 1 6.0 KNOTT, Simon 1 6.0 RUDD, Jack 1 6.0 BRISCOE, Christopher 1 6.0 17. HEBDEN, Mark 1 5.5 HASLINGER, Stewart -1 5.5 MCNAB, Colin 1 5.5 JONES, Gawain -1 5.5 WALLACE, John-Paul 1 5.5 PEEK, Marcel -1 5.5 KWIATKOWSKI, Feliks 1 5.5 NARAYANAN, Srinath 1 5.5 MANSSON, James 1 5.5 96 players Official site: http://www.hastingschess.org.uk/ |
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| Rilton Cup 2006-7 The Rilton Cup took place 27th December 2006 - 5th January 2007. Robert Fontaine of France took clear first place with 7.5/9 half a point clear of the field. David Howell made his final GM norm. IM Malcolm Pein reports Official site: http://www.rilton.se/ |
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| Reggio Emilia 2006-7 The 49th edition of the Reggio Emilia Torneo di Capodanno took place December 30 2006 - January 7 2007. 9 rounds at the hotel Astoria Mercure starting 2,30 pm. Time rate: 1h and 40 min x 40 moves then 50 min to end, plus 30 sec starting from the first move. Viorel Iodeachescu won the event with 7/9 half a point clear of Konstantin Landa and Igor Khenkin. Games in PGN Final Round 9 Standings: 1. Iordachescu, Viorel g MDA 2564 7.0; 2. Landa, Konstantin g RUS 2570 6.5; 3. Khenkin, Igor g GER 2620 6.5; 4. Shytaj, Luca m ITA 2441 4.5; 5. Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2542 4.5; 6. Brunello, Sabino f ITA 2460 4.0; 7. Mogranzini, Roberto f ITA 2401 4.0; 8. Rombaldoni, Denis f ITA 2377 3.0; 9. Manca, Federico m ITA 2425 2.5; 10. Borgo, Giulio m ITA 2420 2.5; Official site: http://www.ippogrifoscacchi.it/ |
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| Pamplona Tournament The XVI Pamplona tournaments took place 21st-29th December 2006. A and B tournaments. Alexander Morozevich won the event with 6/7. Games in PGN Round 7 (December 29, 2006) Morozevich, Alexander - Korneev, Oleg 1-0 36 D48 Queens Gambit Meran Shirov, Alexei - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1-0 35 B84 Sicilian Scheveningen Bauer, Christian - Jakovenko, Dmitry 1/2 45 D15 Slav Defence Wojtaszek, Radoslaw - Laznicka, Viktor 1/2 66 D15 Slav Defence Final Round 7 Standings: 1. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2747 6.0; 2. Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2671 5.0; 3. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2720 4.5; 4. Bauer, Christian g FRA 2585 4.0; 5. Wojtaszek, Radoslaw g POL 2630 3.0; 6. Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2620 2.5; 7. Laznicka, Viktor g CZE 2596 2.0; 8. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2657 1.0; Official site: http://www.chesspamplona.com/ |
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Bessel Kok to take over World championship
Cycles Bessel Kok has signed a memorandum of understanding with FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov form a company to take over the world championship cycle after competitions which have already been contracted by Fide have concluded. I believe that will be after Mexico City although its unclear to me whether the new FIDE suggestions for a World Cup every other year are something he is committed to or whether he has a blank sheet as to structure. Ilyumzhinov is on the board of directors along with Bessel and Alexey Orlov. Memorandum of understanding between the Hon Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and Bessel Kok in Prague December 21st 2006 |
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| David Bronstein 1924-2006 David Ionovich Bronstein was born in Bila Tserkva near Kiev, Ukraine February 19th 1924 and died in Minsk 5th December 2006. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bronstein and http://surov.livejournal.com/24856.html confirm the news. Here is my (Mark Crowther) appreciation of David Bronstein: David Bronstein 1924-2006 Malcolm Pein has devoted a lot of his recent chess columns to David Bronstein. Here is a compliation of the columns and notes in PGN. David Bronstein (1924-2006) by IM Malcolm Pein. Link to chesshistory.com: Edward Winter's Chess Notes 4753 on David_Bronstein |
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| Blind World
Duel Veselin Topalov and Judit Polgar played a blindfold rapid match in Bilbao 7th-9th December 2006. Time control: 25 minutes + 10 seconds a move. Topalov won the match 3.5-2.5 although that includes a final game win for Polgar when the match was already lost. IM Malcolm Pein. Chess Thursday December 14th 2006 Games in PGN Official site: http://www.ajedrezbilbao.com/FestivalEN.htm |
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| Russian Chess Super
Final The Russian Championship SuperFinal took place in Moscow 3rd-15th December 2006 (rest days 7th and 12th). Evgeny Alekseev beat Dmitry Jakovenko 1.5-0.5 in a rapid playoff after both tied for first on 7.5/11. Malcolm Pein on the finish of the championships. Games in PGN - Playoff Games in PGN Playoff Gm1 Jakovenko, Dmitry - Alekseev, Evgeny 1/2 50 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation Gm2 Alekseev, Evgeny - Jakovenko, Dmitry 1-0 47 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin Round 11 (December 15, 2006) Jakovenko, Dmitry - Grigoriants, Sergey 1/2 18 B82 Sicilian Scheveningen Alekseev, Evgeny - Nepomniachtchi, Ian 1/2 109 B91 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.g3 Inarkiev, Ernesto - Najer, Evgeniy 1-0 41 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation Svidler, Peter - Vitiugov, Nikita 1/2 36 B48 Sicilian Paulsen Tomashevsky, Evgeny - Khairullin, Ildar 1/2 13 A26 English Sicilian Attack Khismatullin, Denis - Rublevsky, Sergei 1/2 55 A22 English Opening Final Round 11 Standings: 1. Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2671 7.5; 2. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2639 7.5; 3. Inarkiev, Ernesto g RUS 2628 7.0; 4. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2750 6.5; 5. Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2688 5.5; 6. Khairullin, Ildar m RUS 2543 5.5; 7. Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2595 5.5; 8. Grigoriants, Sergey g RUS 2582 5.0; 9. Nepomniachtchi, Ian m RUS 2545 5.0; 10. Khismatullin, Denis g RUS 2583 5.0; 11. Vitiugov, Nikita m RUS 2596 3.5; 12. Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2648 2.5; Official site: http://russiachess.org/content/view/94/: live coverage: http://russiachess.org/online |
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| Torre
Memorial The Torre Memorial took place in Merida 14th-21st December 2006. Vassily Ivanchuk, Sergey Tiviakov and Lázaro Bruzón (it seems that Harikhisna Pentala didn't manage to make it to the event although initially announced) joined the competition at its knockout stage. 13 players qualified from a 6 round swiss which will continue on for the players who miss the knockout stage (and those eliminated in the first round of the KO also rejoined). Vassily Ivanchuk beat Lazaro Bruzon 2.5-1.5 after a playoff in the final. Vadim Milov won the open section with 7.5/9 half a point clear of Yunieski Quezada. Open Games in PGN - Knockout Games in PGN Knockout Section Final 21st December 2006 Ivanchuk,V 2.5- Bruzon,L 1.5 Semi-Final 20th December 2006 Bruzon,L 2.5 - Ehlvest,J 1.5 Ivanchuk,V 1.5 - De la Paz,F 0.5 Quarter Final 19th December 2006 Graf,A 1.0 - Bruzon,L 3.0 Georgiev,Vl 0.5 - Ivanchuk,V 1.5 Ehlvest,J 1.5 - Leon Hoyos,M 0.5 De la Paz,F 3.0 - Tiviakov,S 2.0 1/8th Final 18th December 2006 Gonzalez Zamora,Juan 0.0 - Graf,A 2.0 Zapata,A 0.5 - Bruzon,L 1.5 Quezada,Y 0.0 - Georgiev,Vl 2.0 Perez,Rod 2.0 - Ivanchuk,V 3.0 Milov,V 0.5 - Ehlvest,J 1.5 Martin del Campo,R 0.5 - Leon Hoyos,M 1.5 Nogueiras,J 2.0 - De la Paz,F 3.0 Tiviakov,S 1.5 - Vera,R 0.5 Swiss Qualifiers: GM Milov 5 points, GM Georgiev, GM Ehlvest, MI Roberto Martin del Campo, GM Graf, GM Nogueiras, GM Gonzalez, GM Quezada, MI León Hoyos, MI Rodney Pérez, GM Reynaldo Vera, GM Zapata y GM Frank De la Paz con 4.5 points. Official site: http://www.carlostorre.org.mx |
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Deep Fritz beats Vladimir
Kramnik 4-2 Vladimir Kramnik in action during game 4. Gm1 Kramnik, Vladimir - DEEP FRITZ 1/2 E03 Catalan Gm2 DEEP FRITZ - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 D20 QGA Gm3 Kramnik, Vladimir - DEEP FRITZ 1/2 E03 Catalan Gm4 DEEP FRITZ - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 C43 Petroff's Defence Gm5 Kramnik, Vladimir - DEEP FRITZ 1/2 E51 Nimzo Indian Gm6 DEEP FRITZ - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 B86 Sicilian Sozin Attack Games in PGN and Kramnik - Deep Fritz Match Bonne 2006 - Viewer Notes on the games by IM Malcolm Pein Vladimir Kramnik vs Deep Fritz Game 6. Notes by IM Malcolm Pein. Vladimir Kramnik vs Deep Fritz Game 5. Notes by IM Malcolm Pein. Vladimir Kramnik vs Deep Fritz Game 4. Notes by IM Malcolm Pein. Vladimir Kramnik vs Deep Fritz Game 3. Notes by IM Malcolm Pein. Vladimir Kramnik vs Deep Fritz Game 2. Notes by IM Malcolm Pein. Vladimir Kramnik vs Deep Fritz Game 1. Notes by IM Malcolm Pein. Vladimir Kramnik played the ChessBase computer program Deep Fritz in a 6 game match 25th November - 5th December 2006 in the German’s Art and Exhibition Hall in Bonne. Deep Fritz won 4-2. The WCC was organized by Universal Event Promotion (UEP), in cooperation with the Art and Exhibition Hall. Schedule: Game 1: Saturday 25.11.2006 14h (UK time) Game 2: Monday 27.11.2006 14h Game 3: Wednesday 29.11.2006 14h Game 4: Friday 01.12.2006 14h Game 5: Sunday 03.12.2006 14h Game 6: Tuesday 05.12.2006 14h Time rate: 40 moves in 2 hours followed by 16 moves/ hour. Official site: http://www.rag.de/microsite_chess_com/ |
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| Greek Championships The 56th Greek Men's Championship takes place in Salonica 27th November - 5th of December 2006. The 29th Greek Women's Championship took place 25th November - 3rd December 2006 in Athens. WGMs Anna-Maria Botsari won the event with on tie-break (number of wins) from last year's champion Ekaterini Fakhiridou after both finished on 6/9. Vasilios Kotronias won the men's event. Games in PGN - Women's Games in PGN Final Round 9 Standings: 1. Kotronias, Vasilios g GRE 2587 6.0; 2. Skembris, Spyridon g GRE 2455 5.5; 3. Banikas, Hristos g GRE 2568 5.5; 4. Mastrovasilis, Athanasios g GRE 2533 5.5; 5. Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios g GRE 2562 5.0; 6. Nikolaidis, Ioannis g GRE 2536 5.0; 7. Kapnisis, Spyridon m GRE 2421 4.5; 8. Goritsas, Christos GRE 2289 3.5; 9. Kotrotsos, Vasilios f GRE 2276 3.5; 10. Karayannis, Athanasios m GRE 2361 1.0; Official site: http://www.chessfed.gr/Tournaments/ClosedGreekChamp06/ and http://www.chessfed.gr/Tournaments/ClosedGreekWomenChamp06/ |
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| Radjabov - Deep Junior Game Deep Junior beat Teimour Radjabov in Florence, Italy on December 3rd 2006. Game in PGN Radjabov, Teimour - DEEP JUNIOR 0-1 45 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit Official site: http://www.festivaldellacreativita.it |
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| Kramnik to play in Mexico City? Yury Vasiliev interviewed Kirsan Ilyumzhinov on 13th December 2006. The main news is that World Champion Vladimir Kramnik has agreed to take part in the World Championship tournament in Mexico City (http://www.chessmexico.com/) in September, 2007 in the same format as San Luis (8 player double round robin). Half the participants are already known:Vladimir Kramnik, Vishwanathan Anand, Peter Svidler and Alexander Morozevich. The remaining four players will be established in matches in May 2007 in Elista. In answer to the question as to whether Topalov had challenged Kramnik to a match under FIDE rules he said no such challenge had been received and the next window would only occur only after a period of 6 months after the Mexico city tournament. Original Vasiliev interview in Russian http://www.chesspro.ru/. According to a report by Mig on Chess Ninja "There were extensive negotiations about this going on behind the scenes, not all of them friendly. There will now likely be a new contract signed, perhaps at a public press conference." Mig has now updated this as saying that he understands the negotiations are still ongoing However when the full article appeared in Chess Express http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3556 it seems that Kramnik hasn't really committed himself to playing in Mexico City yet in spite of it surely being the whole points of the reunification to play in an event already in place. All that remains to be seen is a confirmation from Kramnik himself. I received today a message from Silvio Danailov proposing April 12-30th 2007 for a world title match between Topalov and Kramnik. The relevant FIDE regulations suggest say the match would have to finish before March 12th 2007 because it should finish 6 months before Mexico City. The say they're willing to start earlier if they have to follow the regulations to the letter. The regulations say a) that Kramnik is obliged to accept a valid financed challenge, b) it doesn't set an minimum period between issuing the challenge and it taking place (so theoretically a 2700 player who had money and venue set up could organise one next week unless I missed something). But it does say that FIDE have five months to set the match up (which is way outside that date) which will probably be the get out clause. There is of course no chance Kramnik will accept the challenge] If the chances of a match were zero, they're now less than zero. Topalov has at least stopped messing about with innuendo and has directly accused Kramnik and the Russian Government of fixing the match in Elista. Translation of the interview in Spanish daily ABC 14/12/2006 - Original article in Spanish. I find it sad that Topalov appears to be so paranoid but this could also very easily go to court because I really don't think you can go round making such allegations with zero proof. Malcolm Pein's Chess Column 18th December 2006 A Russian article from Istvestia shows that Topalov has already been reported to the ethics commision. According to the article a FIDE advisor Berik Balgabaev (translation?) suggests that Topalov may not have been responsible for the article but instead his manager: http://www.izvestia.ru/sport/article3099681/ (I only have access to a poor electronic translation into English). http://www.veselintopalov.net/ has some links to a Carsten Hensel interview in english (directly) and denies the detailed comments in the ABC interview. |
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| Lahno vs Negi Match There was a lengthy match between Kateryna Lahno and Parimarjan Negi called the Amity Grandmasters Challenge. 18 games in all took place 17th-25th December 2006. The prize pool was Rs. 500000/- (USD 11000). There were six FIDE time control games, six rapid and on the final day six blitz. Kateryna Lahno won all three sections individually and had a final score of 11-7. Games in PGN Gm1 Lahno, Kateryna - Negi, Parimarjan 1/2 37 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2 Gm2 Negi, Parimarjan - Lahno, Kateryna 0-1 45 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence Gm3 Lahno, Kateryna - Negi, Parimarjan 1/2 43 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2 Gm4 Negi, Parimarjan - Lahno, Kateryna 1/2 56 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence Gm5 Lahno, Kateryna - Negi, Parimarjan 1/2 66 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen Gm6 Negi, Parimarjan - Lahno, Kateryna 1/2 39 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence Gm7 Lahno, Kateryna - Negi, Parimarjan 1-0 65 C54 Giuoco Piano Gm8 Negi, Parimarjan - Lahno, Kateryna 0-1 49 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence Gm9 Lahno, Kateryna - Negi, Parimarjan 1-0 46 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen Gm10 Negi, Parimarjan - Lahno, Kateryna 0-1 55 C45 Scotch Game Gm11 Lahno, Kateryna - Negi, Parimarjan 0-1 57 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2 Gm12 Negi, Parimarjan - Lahno, Kateryna 1-0 26 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence Gm13 Negi, Parimarjan - Lahno, Kateryna 0-1 34 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence Gm14 Lahno, Kateryna - Negi, Parimarjan 1/2 65 B32 Sicilian Labourdonnais Gm15 Negi, Parimarjan - Lahno, Kateryna 0-1 27 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence Gm16 Lahno, Kateryna - Negi, Parimarjan 1/2 54 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo Gm17 Negi, Parimarjan - Lahno, Kateryna 1-0 53 B07 Pirc Defence Gm18 Lahno, Kateryna - Negi, Parimarjan 1/2 51 B84 Sicilian Scheveningen The official websites for the event are http://www.amitychessacademy.com, http://www.parimarjannegi.com and http://www.delhichess.com |
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| Tal Memorial The Mikhail Tal Memorial took place November 5th-19th 2006 (Starts on the 6th (opening on the 5th), 3-rest-3-rest-3). Round 9 all the games were drawn. Leko, Ponomariov and Aronian all finished on 5.5/9. Its reported to me that Leko took first on Sonnenborg-Berger tie-break but this isn't totally confirmed. A blitz tournament follows after a break of a day. Then there will be two days of blitz qualifiers followed by a 16-player blitz event - 10 from the main event plus some qualifiers. Prize fund - $100K for the round robin and $100K for the blitz. Time control 5 mins + 2 seconds a move. Double Round Robin. Blitz Tournament Leading Final Standings: Anand won with 23/34, Levon Aronian, 2nd with 21 points. Peter Svidler and Teimour Radjabov shared 3rd-4th places 20.5. Two games per round were recorded using video cameras and should eventually become available. Full Final Standings: 1 Anand, Viswanathan IND 2779 23.0 2 Aronian, Levon ARM 2741 21.0 3 Radjabov, Teimour AZE 2729 20.5 4 Svidler, Peter RUS 2750 20.5 5 Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 2703 19.5 6 Morozevich, Alexander RUS 2747 18.0 7 Grischuk, Alexander RUS 2710 18.0 8 Gelfand, Boris ISR 2733 18.0 9 Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2698 17.5 10 Karpov, Anatoly RUS 2668 17.5 11 Karjakin, Sergey UKR 2672 17.0 12 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE 2728 17.0 13 Polgar, Judit HUN 2710 17.0 14 Leko, Peter HUN 2741 16.5 15 Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS 2671 15.5 16 Bologan, Viktor MDA 2659 10.5 17 Timofeev, Artyom RUS 2662 10.0 18 Jobava, Baadur GEO 2650 9.0 Main Event Games in PGN Commentated Games Tal Memorial Round 7. Notes by IM Malcolm Pein. Tal Memorial Round 6. Notes by IM Malcolm Pein. Tal Memorial Round 5. Notes by IM Malcolm Pein. Tal Memorial Round 4. Notes by IM Malcolm Pein. Tal Memorial Round 3. Notes by IM Malcolm Pein. Tal Memorial Round 2. Notes by IM Malcolm Pein. Tal Memorial Round 1. Notes by IM Malcolm Pein. Round 9 (November 16, 2006) Ponomariov, Ruslan - Leko, Peter 1/2 19 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian Gelfand, Boris - Aronian, Levon 1/2 16 E01 Catalan Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Svidler, Peter 1/2 14 E60 King's Indian without Nc3 Grischuk, Alexander - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 17 D38 QGD Ragozin Morozevich, Alexander - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 26 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall Final Round 9 Standings: 1. Leko, Peter g HUN 2741 5.5; 2. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2703 5.5; 3. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2741 5.5; 4. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2733 5.0; 5. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2728 4.5; 6. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2710 4.5; 7. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2750 4.5; 8. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2720 3.5; 9. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2698 3.5; 10. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2747 3.0; Official site: http://www.russiachess.org/eng |
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| Remco Heite Chess Tournament The Remco Heite Chess Tournament took place over the weekend of 24th-26th November 2006 in Wolvega, Netherlands. The schedule was much like a weekend swiss tournament with five games at a timerate : 1 hour and 45 minutes for 35 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game. However the field was a Category XIV GM event which was won convincingly by Loek van Wely who drew just one game Games in PGN Final Round 5 Standings: 1. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2676 4.5; 2. Jussupow, Artur g GER 2600 3.0; 3. Timman, Jan H g NED 2565 2.5; 4. Huebner, Robert g GER 2612 2.5; 5. Hort, Vlastimil g GER 2501 1.5; 6. Werle, Jan g NED 2551 1.0; Official site: http://www.heiteschaaktoernooi.nl/ also news at: http://www.doggers-schaak.nl/ |
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| Spanish Championship The LXXI Spanish Championship takes place in León, 22nd-30th November 2006. Knockout Games in PGN - Scheveningen Games in PGN Group A Games in PGN - Group B Games in PGN Final Francisco Vallejo Pons - Salvador Del Rio Angelis 1/2 1-0 Semi-Finals 1. Manuel Perez Candelario - Francisco Vallejo Pons 0-1 1/2 2. Salvador Del Rio Angelis -Juan Mario Gomez Esteban 1-0 1/2 Final Group A Standings: 1. Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2674 3.5; 2. Del Rio Angelis, Salvador G g ESP 2492 3.5; 3. Narciso Dublan, Marc g ESP 2511 3.0; 4. Herraiz Hidalgo, Herminio m ESP 2493 3.0; 5. Rivas Pastor, Manuel g ESP 2511 1.5; 6. Garcia Castro, Pablo f ESP 2390 0.5; Final Group B Standings: 1. Perez Candelario, Manuel m ESP 2496 3.5; 2. Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario g ESP 2486 3.5; 3. Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel m ESP 2508 3.0; 4. Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2620 2.0; 5. Fernandez Garcia, Jose Luis g ESP 2470 1.5; 6. Arizmendi Martinez, Julen L g ESP 2540 1.5; Official site: http://www.campeonatoespanaajedrez2006.com/inicio.htm |
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| Capablanca Memorial The XLI Capablanca Memorial had to move from its normal dates in May due to the Turin Olympiad. This years event took place 19th-30th November 2006 in the hotel Habana Riviera. The top event was a 6 player double round robin with Vassily Ivanchuk, Evgeny Bareev, Kamil Miton, Jesus Nogueiras, Lenier Dominguez and Lazaro Bruzon (starts 21st). Ivanchuk won the event with 6.5/10 half a point clear of Evgeny Bareev recovered from a couple of early losses to take clear second place and gain rating points. Games in PGN Final Round 10 Standings: 1. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2741 6.5; 2. Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2683 6.0; 3. Miton, Kamil g POL 2638 5.0; 4. Dominguez, Lenier g CUB 2655 4.5; 5. Bruzon, Lazaro g CUB 2648 4.0; 6. Nogueiras, Jesus g CUB 2554 4.0; Official site: http://www.inder.co.cu/capablanca/ |
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| 10th Corsica
Masters The 10th Corsica Masters took place on the 4th and 5th of November 2006. The main event was a knockout on the 5th which saw Rustam Kasimdzhanov defeat Viswanathan Anand in the final 1.5-0.5. Games in PGN Official site: http://www.opencorsica.com/bastia2006fr.html |
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| Spanish Team Championship The Spanish Team Championship 2006 División of Honor took place in Olite, 6th-10th September 2006 (Group 1). San Sebastián, 13th-17th September 2006 (Group 2) and Lugo 3th-4th November 2006 (Final). Linex Magic (Ponomariov, Shirov etc) defeated Cuna de Dragones-Ajoblanco (Svidler, Jakovenko etc) in the final 4.5-1.5. Games in PGN - Final Weekend Games Final Weekend Final CUNA DE DRAGONES-AJOBLANCO 1,5-4,5 LINEX - MAGIC 1 gm Svidler, Peter 2750 0-1 gm Ponomariov, Ruslan 2703 2 gm Jakovenko, Dmitry 2671 0-1 gm Shirov, Alexei 2720 3 gm Pentala, Harikrishna 2674 1/2 gm Karjakin, Sergei 2672 4 gm Timofeev, Artyom 2662 1/2 gm Sargissian, Gabriel 2688 5mi Llanes, Miguel 2435 0-1 gm Rublevsky, Sergei 2688 6mi Ibarra, José C. 2451 1/2 mi Perez Candelario, Manuel 2496 3rd-4th Playoff INTEL TIENDAS UPI 5-1 REVERTE ALBOX-UNICAJA 1 gm Ivanchuk, Vassily 2741 1/2 gm Dreev, Alexei 2655 2 gm Vallejo, Francisco 2674 1-0 gm Krasenkow, Michal 2647 3 gm Bruzón, Lázaro 2648 1/2 gm Movsesian, Sergei 2637 4 gm Volokitin, Andrei 2645 1-0 gm Rustemov, Alessandre 2552 5 gm Eljanov, Pavel 2658 1-0 gm Comas, Lluis 2495 6 GM Illescas, Miguel 2620 1-0 gm del Río, Gabriel 2492 SEMIFINAL 1 CUNA DE DRAGONES-AJOBLANCO 4,5-1,5 INTEL TIENDAS UPI 1 gm Svidler, Peter 2750 1-0 gm Ivanchuk, Vassily 2741 2 gm Jakovenko, Dmitry 2671 1/2 gm Vallejo, Francisco 2674 3 gm Pentala, Harikrishna 2674 1-0 gm Bruzón, Lázaro 2648 4 gm Timofeev, Artyom 2662 1-0 gm Volokitin, Andrei 2645 5mi Llanes, Miguel 2435 1/2 gm Eljanov, Pavel 2658 6mi Ibarra, José C. 2451 1/2 GM Illescas, Miguel 2620 SEMIFINAL 2 LINEX - MAGIC 3,5-2,5 REVERTE ALBOX-UNICAJA 1 gm Ponomariov, Ruslan 2703 1/2 gm Dreev, Alexei 2655 2 gm Shirov, Alexei 2720 1/2 gm Krasenkow, Michal 2647 3 gm Karjakin, Sergei 2672 1-0 gm Movsesian, Sergei 2637 4 gm Sargissian, Gabriel 2688 1/2 gm Rustemov, Alessandre 2552 5 gm Rublevsky, Sergei 2688 1/2 gm Comas, Lluis 2495 6 gm Perez Candelario, Manuel 2496 1/2 gm del Río, Gabriel 2492 Group Games Group 1 saw the two favourites Intel Tiendas UPI (Ivanchuk, Radjabov, Vallejo Pons, Bruzon, Volokitin, Eljanov, Illescas Cordoba etc) and Reverté Albox (Dreev, Krasenkow, Rustemov, Movsesian, Sutovsky etc) qualify for the final weekend. Group 2 saw Linex Magic (Aronian, Morozevich, Ponomariov, Shirov, Karjakin, Sargissian, Rublevsky etc) and Ajoblanco Cuna de Dragones (Svidler, Adams, Mamedyarov, Jakovenko, Harikrishna, Timofeev etc) progress to the final weekend. Incidently the Spanish Chess Federation has both a very clear website (below) and sent out a nice press release with each round. Official site: http://www.feda.org/ceclub/ |
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| Cap D'Agde The 7th Cap d’Agde tournament took place 26th October - 2nd November 2006. Teimour Radjabov defeats Sergey Karjakin 1.5-0.5 in the final. Group A Games in PGN - Group B Games in PGN - Group B Tie-Break Games in PGN - Knockout Games in PGN Cap d'Agde. Volokitin- Harikrishna. Notes by IM Malcolm Pein. Finals Teïmour Radjabov (2729) - Sergey Karjakin (2672) 1.5-0.5 Semi-Finals: Sergey Karjakin (2672) - Magnus Carlsen (2698) 1.5-0.5 Teïmour Radjabov (2729) - Andreï Volokitin (2645) 2-0 Quarter Finals: Monday 30 October - Match 1 Sergey Karjakin (2672) - Zhao Xue (2467) : 1-0 Zhao Xue (2467) - Sergey Karjakin (2672) : 1-0 Départages - Match 1 (parties de 3+2) Sergey Karjakin (2672) - Zhao Xue (2467) : 1-0 Zhao Xue (2467) - Sergey Karjakin (2672) : ½-½ Monday 30 October - Match 2 Teïmour Radjabov (2729) - Etienne Bacrot (2705) : 1-0 Etienne Bacrot (2705) - Teïmour Radjabov (2729) : 0-1 Tuesday 31 October - Match 3 Magnus Carlsen (2698) - Laurent Fressinet (2640) : 1-0 Laurent Fressinet (2640) - Magnus Carlsen (2698) : 0-1 Tuesday 31 October - Match 4 Andreï Volokitin (2645) - Harikrishna Pentala (2674) ½-½ Harikrishna Pentala (2674) - Andreï Volokitin (2645) : ½-½ Départages - Match 4 (parties de 3+2) Andreï Volokitin (2645) - Harikrishna Pentala (2674) : 1-0 Harikrishna Pentala (2674) - Andreï Volokitin (2645) : 1-0 Départages 2 - Match 4 (parties de 3+2) Andreï Volokitin (2645) - Harikrishna Pentala (2674) 1-0 Harikrishna Pentala (2674) - Andreï Volokitin (2645) 1-0 Départages 3 - Match 4 (parties de 3+2) Andreï Volokitin (2645) - Harikrishna Pentala (2674) : 1-0 Preliminary Group Stages: Group A Final Standings: 1. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2672 5.0; 2. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2729 4.5; 3. Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2640 4.5; 4. Harikrishna, P g IND 2674 4.0; 5. Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2489 3.5; 6. Negi, Parimarjan g IND 2538 3.0; 7. Sebag, Marie m FRA 2471 2.0; 8. Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2534 1.5; Group B Final Standings: 1. Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2645 5.5; 2. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2698 4.5; 3. Koneru, Humpy g IND 2545 3.5; 4. Zhao Xue wg CHN 2467 3.5; 5. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2705 3.5; 6. Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2668 3.5; 7. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2579 2.5; 8. Skripchenko, Almira m FRA 2427 1.5; Group B Tie-Break:1. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2705 3.5; 2. Zhao Xue wg CHN 2467 3.5; 3. Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2668 1.5; 4. Koneru, Humpy g IND 2545 1.5; Official site: http://www.agdechecs-ccas.com/ and further details: Europe - Echecs |
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| Pune Rapid Knockout A 64 player Knockout Rapid Tournament takes place in Pune, India 30th October - 5th November 2006. Organised by the Poona Club with assistance from the Chess Players Association of India, this is probably the strongest and best ever Prize-money Rapid Tournament ever organised in India (Rs.100,000/- First Prize and a total prize fund of Rs.514,000/-). The participants include GMs S.S.Ganguly, Abhijit Kunte, Deepan Chakravarthy, Pravin Thipsay and DIbyendu Barua, WGMs Tania Sachdev, Swathi Ghate and Eesha Karavade, and scores of IMs and other rated players. Details: http://www.cpai.in - (http://knockout.lci.in/) |
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Essent Chess
Tournament Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Judit Polgar finished on 4.5/6. Photo © Fred Lucas http://www.momentoo.nl The 10th edition of the Essent Chess Tournament took place October 20th-28th 2006. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov edged out a returning Judit Polgar on Sonneborn-Berger tie-break finish on 4.5/6. Veselin Topalov lost to Polgar in the final round and finished with 2 wins 3 losses and only one draw losing more rating points. Games in PGN - Open Games in PGN Link to a video of the games and a few other items: http://www.doggers-schaak.nl/?p=568&lp_lang_view=en Commentary Essent Tournament in Hoogeveen Round 6. Notes by IM Malcolm Pein. Essent Tournament in Hoogeveen Round 5. Notes by IM Malcolm Pein. Essent Tournament in Hoogeveen Round 4. Notes by IM Malcolm Pein. Essent Tournament in Hoogeveen Round 3. Notes by IM Malcolm Pein. Essent Tournament in Hoogeveen Round 2. Notes by IM Malcolm Pein. Essent Tournament in Hoogeveen Round 1. Notes by IM Malcolm Pein. Round 6 (October 28, 2006) Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Sokolov, Ivan 1-0 60 D12 Slav Defence Topalov, Veselin - Polgar, Judit 0-1 56 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2 Final Round 6 Standings: 1. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2728 4.5; 2. Polgar, Judit g HUN 2710 4.5; 3. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2813 2.5; 4. Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2670 0.5; Leading Final Round 9 Standings: 1. Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2632 7.0; 2. Werle, Jan g NED 2551 7.0; 3. Postny, Evgeny g ISR 2609 6.5; 4. Brodsky, Michail g UKR 2566 6.5; 5. Gurevich, Mikhail g TUR 2648 6.5; 6. Goloshchapov, Alexander g UKR 2552 6.5; 7. L'Ami, Erwin g NED 2593 6.0; 8. Smeets, Jan g NED 2525 6.0; 9. Rogers, Ian g AUS 2526 6.0; 10. Ernst, Sipke m NED 2512 6.0; 11. Khairullin, Ildar m RUS 2543 6.0; 12. Van der Wiel, John g NED 2522 6.0; 13. Dvoirys, Semen I g RUS 2553 5.5; 14. Bitalzadeh, Ali NED 2345 5.5; 15. Ibrahimov, Rasul g AZE 2541 5.5; 16. Hort, Vlastimil g GER 2501 5.5; 17. Dambacher, Martijn m NED 2429 5.5; 18. Ris, Robert NED 2367 5.5; 19. Brandenburg, Daan NED 2421 5.5; 20. Pruijssers, Roeland NED 2339 5.5; 21. Hendriks, Willy m NED 2438 5.5; 22. Willemze, Thomas m NED 2384 5.5; 84 players Official site: http://www.essentchess.nl/ |
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| European Club
Cup The European Club Cup 2006 took place 8th-14th October 2006. Tomsk-400 won the men's event, Yerevan the women's. Games in PGN - Men rds 1-7 - Games in PGN - Women rds 1-7 - These are my final word on these files, I've done my best and hopefully resolved the problems between the various versions. Official site: http://www.ecc2006.com |
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| October FIDE Rating
List The October FIDE rating list has been released. FIDE October 2006 Rating List: Top 100 |
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World Championship Match.
Kramnik beats Topalov after Rapid playoff Live game in PGN - PGN file - Viewer Completed Playoff Games in PGN - World Championship Match Elista Playoff Games 2006 - Viewer Vladimir Kramnik is the World Chess Champion, he took the title after a tense rapid playoffs. The final score was Kramnik 2½ - Topalov 1½. Topalov was probably on the way to a loss anyway when blundered horrifically to instantly end the final game. The BBC report: "As Topalov resigned in the final game, Kramnik stood up and celebrated his victory by clutching his hands above his head, as his team erupted in joyful cheers. "We are planning to get drunk with my friends today," he said. " Kommersant.com: “I’m really happy that the Crown remains in Russia,” Kramnik said a few minutes after the victory. “I can compare this achievement only to a win over Garry Kasparov. Taking into account the environment that my rivals have created, the victory was a matter of principle for me.” Official site interview: "I am very glad that the crown stays in Russia. Personally for me this achievement is comparable to the victory against Kasparov. There aren’t many three-time world champions in the history, and I hope I will not stop there… Considering the atmosphere around the match and behavior of the opposing team, winning the match was a matter of principle." - "– I feel deeply tired. But of course, Elista will become a memorable place for me – such events do not occur often. It was a very hard test – even harder than I expected – but the winner’s joy outweighs everything negative." FOCUS report:: Topalov: “I’m glad that everything ended. I’m sure that whole Bulgaria supported me. What happened in Elista could have happened everywhere but we were ready. I shouldn’t say I lacked experience from international matches. The rules are the same everywhere. It’s strange that Kramnik’s violation remained unseen but my manager Silvio Danailov will give you more details on the case”, were Topalov’s first words when he landed. Kramnik,V (2743) - Topalov,V (2813) WCh Elista RUS Playoffs (4), 13.10.2006 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Be2 Bb7 9.0-0 Be7 10.e4 b4 11.e5 bxc3 12.exf6 Bxf6 13.bxc3 c5 14.dxc5 Nxc5N Topalov hits Kramnik with a novelty and a very good one too at this time rate. [14...0-0 has been seen before.] 15.Bb5+ Kf8 16.Qxd8+! Kramnik is the best player in the world without queens on. He gets a position he is totally comfortable with. 16...Rxd8 17.Ba3 Rc8 18.Nd4 Be7 19.Rfd1! a6!? The start of a very ambitious plan that Kramnik defuses brilliantly. [19...Ne4! and the game would probably have ended in a draw.] 20.Bf1 Na4?! [20...Ne4 again was probably better.] 21.Rab1! Either Topalov missed this, or more likely missed its power. He has to start to be careful. 21...Be4 22.Rb3! Bxa3 23.Rxa3 Nc5 24.Nb3! Clarifys the advantage 24...Ke7 25.Rd4! Putting the bishop out of commission. 25...Bg6 [25...Nxb3 26.axb3 Bb7] 26.c4 Rc6 27.Nxc5 Rxc5 28.Rxa6 Rb8 29.Rd1! Rb2 30.Ra7+ Kf6 31.Ra1! Before white pushes the a-pawn he stops black jumping behind it with his rook. 31...Rf5 32.f3 Re5 33.Ra3! Another move that reduces black's counter play. 33...Rc2 34.Rb3 Ra5 35.a4 Ke7 36.Rb5 Ra7 37.a5 Kd6 38.a6 Kc7 39.c5 Rc3 40.Raa5 Rc1 41.Rb3 Kc6 42.Rb6+ Kc7 43.Kf2 Rc2+ 44.Ke3 White probably is well on the way to winning this game. 44...Rxc5?? With things going very badly wrong Topalov blunders horrifically to end things instantly. 45.Rb7+ White has won a whole rook. 1-0 Kramnik - Topalov.Carsten Hensel Press Release 10.10.2006 Please take a note of the new TWIC Beta site: http://twic.chesscorp.com/infoglueDeliverLive/ address. We had some server problems during the round one game and I am mirroring the world championship coverage at our Beta site if we crash again. Games in PGN - World Championship Match Elista 2006 - Viewer Game Commentary  Kramnik - Topalov Game Rapid Playoffs. Game 3 Comments by IM Malcolm Pein. Kramnik - Topalov Game Rapid Playoffs. Comments by Mark Crowther. Flash notes by IM Malcolm Pein. Kramnik - Topalov Game Twelve. Comments by Mark Crowther. Flash notes by IM Malcolm Pein. Kramnik - Topalov Game Eleven. Comments by Mark Crowther. Flash notes by IM Malcolm Pein. Kramnik - Topalov Game Ten. Comments by Mark Crowther. Flash notes by IM Malcolm Pein. Kramnik - Topalov Game Nine. Comments by Mark Crowther. Notes by IM Malcolm Pein. Kramnik - Topalov Game Eight. Comments by Mark Crowther. Notes by IM Malcolm Pein. Kramnik - Topalov Game Seven. Comments by Mark Crowther. Notes by IM Malcolm Pein. Kramnik - Topalov Game Six. Comments by Mark Crowther. Notes by IM Malcolm Pein. Kramnik - Topalov Game Four. Comments by Mark Crowther. Notes by IM Malcolm Pein. Kramnik - Topalov Game Three. Comments by Mark Crowther. Notes by IM Malcolm Pein. Kramnik - Topalov Game Two. Comments by Mark Crowther. Notes by IM Malcolm Pein. Kramnik - Topalov Game One. Comments by Mark Crowther. Notes by IM Malcolm Pein. Other commentary Kramnik - Topalov Game Twelve preview, which openings? by Martin Bennedik Malcolm Pein's World Service interview on the match - 2nd October 2006 Kramnik - Topalov.Carsten Hensel Press Release 10.10.2006 Kramnik - Topalov Game eleven preview, which openings? by Martin Bennedik Interview with Veselin Topalov, Trud daily, Saturday, 7 October 2006 Kramnik - Topalov Game ten preview, which openings? by Martin Bennedik Kramnik - Topalov Game nine preview, which openings? by Martin Bennedik Kramnik - Topalov. Peter Svidler and Evgeny Bareev 04.10.2006 Kramnik - Topalov Game eight preview, which openings? by Martin Bennedik Kramnik - Topalov. Carsten Hensel 2nd Press Release 03.10.2006 Kramnik - Topalov Game seven preview, which openings? by Martin Bennedik Geoffrey D. Borg on the situation Bessel Kok on the World Championship crisis. Its probable he will take over the running of subsequent championships after this My Bulgarian is very weak?! but it doesn't take much to interpret this. 3:1 or 3:2 under a picture of Kirsan having lunch with Danailov and Topalov. An official account of the negotiations. Bulgarian Chess Federation Statement Kramnik - Topalov. Carsten Hensel 2nd Press Release 29.09.2006 Kramnik - Topalov Game six preview, which openings? by Martin Bennedik [obviously controversy permitting] Kramnik - Topalov. Carsten Hensel Press Release 29.09.2006 Kramnik - Topalov. Silvio Danailov Press Release 29.09.2006 Link to FIDE.com Result of the Danailov Appeal Kramnik - Topalov Game five preview, which openings? by Martin Bennedik Kramnik - Topalov. Silvio Danailov Press Release 28.09.2006 Kramnik - Topalov Game four preview, which openings? by Martin Bennedik Kramnik - Topalov Game three preview, which openings? by Martin Bennedik Gelfand Letter to FIDE on the World Championship Cycle Kramnik - Topalov Game two preview, which openings? by Martin Bennedik Kramnik - Topalov Game one preview, which openings? by Martin Bennedik World Chess Championship Kramnik - Topalov Elista 2006. Preview by Mark Crowther. - Games between the players in PGN Kramnik and Topalov play their 12 game reunification match between in Elista 23rd Sept - 10th Oct 2006. The opening ceremony was on the 21st September 2006 where it was established that Kramnik will have white in game one. Full coverage here. Play starts at 12pm BST on game days. Each player will receive 500,000 USD net from FIDE and in addition certain revenues from possible commercial sponsorships. The winner goes to the WCC tournament 2007, the loser has to wait for the next cycle. The games will be played under classical time control (120 minutes for the first 40 moves, 60 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game plus an additional 30 seconds per move starting from move 61). Possible Tiebreak: 4 games of rapid chess (25min+10sec), then 2 blitz games (5min+10sec), then sudden death (6min/5min) with white to win. Dates: Open Ceremony 21st September 2006, 7.00 p.m. Play on: 23rd, 24th, 26th, 27th, 29th, September, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 11th and 13th (tie-breaks) October 2006. Closing ceremony 13th October 2006. Official news about the match: http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=978 Official site: http://www.worldchess2006.com/ |
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| Barcelona The Magistral Ciutat de Barcelona-Casino took place 19th-27th October 2006. The Category XIV event was organised by the Catalan Chess Federation. New fide time control, approved in Turin (90' + 30'' + 30' + 30''). Lenier Dominguez won the event with 8/9 and a 2900+ performance from Vassily Ivanchuk on 6.5/9 who was defeated by the winner in the final round. Games in PGN Final Round 9 Standings: 1. Dominguez, Lenier g CUB 2655 8.0; 2. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2741 6.5; 3. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2657 5.5; 4. Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2659 5.0; 5. Peralta, Fernando g ARG 2574 4.0; 6. Narciso Dublan, Marc g ESP 2511 4.0; 7. Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2646 4.0; 8. Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel m ESP 2508 3.5; 9. Timman, Jan H g NED 2565 2.5; 10. Lacasa Diaz, Jose Antonio m ESP 2410 2.0; Official site: http://www.fcde.org/ |
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| Monarch Assurance Isle of
Man The 15th Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International took place 23rd September - 1st October 2006 at the Ocean Castle Hotel, Port Erin, Isle of Man. Alexander Areshchenko ediged out Sergey Volkov on tie-break after both scored 7/9. IM Norms for Gary Quillan and Anna Zatonskih. The tournament was dedicated to the memory of Richard Furness. I give the games again as I made the incredibly irritating error of getting the wrong Sergey Volkov in the PGN section again. Official site: http://www.monarchchess.bcmchess.co.uk/ |
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| World Junior
Championships World U-20 s and Girls Chess Championships took place October 2nd to 17th 2006, in Yerevan, Armenia. Games in PGN - Girls Games in PGN Open Leading Final Round 13 Standings: 1 IM Andriasian, Zaven 2463 ARM 9.5 2 IM Vitiugov, Nikita 2596 RUS 9 3 GM Kryvoruchko, Yuriy 2581 UKR 9 4 GM Pantsulaia, Levan 2596 GEO 9 5 IM Frolyanov, Dmitry 2498 RUS 8.5 6 GM Wang, Yue 2644 CHN 8.5 7 GM Stellwagen, Daniel 2576 NED 8.5 8 Wen, Yang 2416 CHN 8.5 9 GM Wang, Hao 2622 CHN 8.5 10 IM Khairullin, Ildar 2543 RUS 8.5 11 IM Meier, Georg 2484 GER 8.5 12 IM Rodshtein, Maxim 2517 ISR 8.5 13 GM Zhou, Jianchao 2522 CHN 8 14 GM Zhao, Jun 2539 CHN 8 15 IM Howell, David WL 2471 ENG 8 16 FM Brunello, Sabino 2460 ITA 8 83 players Girls 1 WGM Shen, Yang 2468 CHN 9 2 WFM Hou, Yifan 2481 CHN 9 3 WGM Melia, Salome 2395 GEO 9 4 WGM Mongontuul, Bathuyag 2383 MGL 9 5 WGM Karavade, Eesha 2321 IND 8.5 6 WIM Gomes, Mary Ann 2264 IND 8.5 7 WIM Pourkashiyan, Atousa 2330 IRI 8.5 8 WIM Rudolf, Anna 2265 HUN 8.5 9 WGM Harika, Dronavalli 2353 IND 8 10 WGM Tania, Sachdev 2383 IND 8 11 WIM Zhang, Jilin 2292 CHN 8 12 WFM Hamrakulova, Yulduz 2209 UZB 8 13 WGM Tairova, Elena 2415 RUS 8 14 WFM Abrahamyan, Tatev 2292 USA 7.5 15 WGM Hoang, Thi Bao Tram 2345 VIE 7.5 16 WFM Dolgova, Olga 2259 RUS 7.5 57 players Official site: http://www.armchess.am |
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| 4NCL The 4NCL season first weekend took place 16th-17th September 2006, when Divisions 1, 2 & 3 played their first two rounds at Initial Style Conferences, Sunningdale. Next two rounds 11th-12th November 2006. Games in PGN - Rd1-2 Division 1 results - Round 1 16th September 2006 BRISTOL 1 2262 2½-5½ HILSMARK KINGFISHER 2415 THE ADS 2350 2½-5½ NORTH WEST EAGLES1 2289 3CS OLDHAM 2259 3 - 5 BARBICAN 4NCL 1 2349 GUILDFORD-ADC 2 2338 2 - 6 GUILDFORD-ADC 1 2505 SOUTH WALES DRAGONS 2246 3½-4½ SLOUGH SHARKS 1 2201 WOOD GREEN 2325 3 - 5 BETSSON.COM 2363 Division 1 results - Round 2 17th September 2006 HILSMARK KINGFISHER 2415 6½-1½ WOOD GREEN 2294 GUILDFORD-ADC 1 2505 7 - 1 SOUTH WALES DRAGON 2246 BARBICAN 4NCL 1 2350 4 - 4 THE ADS 2350 BETSSON.COM 2363 3½-4½ BRISTOL 1 2261 SLOUGH SHARKS 1 2199 1 - 7 GUILDFORD-ADC 2 2338 NORTH WEST EAGLES 2289 5½-2½ 3CS OLDHAM 2259 Official site: http://www.4ncl.co.uk/ |
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| XI Blind Individual World Chess
Championship The All India Chess Fedederation for the Blind organised the XI individual world chess championship for the blind in Goa 8th-19th October 2006 at the Radisson white sands hotel. The event is held every 4 years. Vladimir Berlinsky won the title for the first time after he beat his rival, former champion and friend Sergey Krylov in the final round to take the title with 7.5/9. The silver medal on tie-break was taken by Cuban Carlos Larduet Despaigne. Lubov Zsiltzova Lisenko took the bronze medal she beat compatriot Sergej Wassin. Chris Ross represented England as the current B.C.A. British champion of the visually impaired. B.C.A. website: http://www.braillechess.org.uk Official site: http://www.aicfb.org with results and games. Coverage in TWIC 623 and 624. |
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Magnus Carlsen wins his first
Norwegian Championship after Playoff Magnus Carlsen is the 2006 Norwegian Championships: © Paul Weaver, Nettavisen Magnus Carlsen defeated Simen Agdestein 3-1 in the Norwegian Championship playoff. After both standard time rate games were drawn, Carlsen won both rapid playoff games to take the title. This is the second year in a row they've had a play off. The match took place 19th-21st September 2006. This is Carlsen's first Norwegian title, Simen Agdestein is a seven time former champion. The playoff became necessary after they tied on 7/9 in the championship tournament in Moss 8th-15th July 2006. Quotes: Magnus Carlsen "I am delighted to win. Especially after I made a mess of things, he told Nettavisen. Simen Agdestein: - It really annoyed me that I wasn't able to settle the match when I had the chance in game 2. Time controls: First two games. 40 in 120, 20 in 60 and then 30 to a finish. Then g/25 rapid games will continue in pairs until the match is decided. Standard Time Rate Games Gm1 Carlsen, Magnus - Agdestein, Simen 1/2 40 D27 QGA Gm2 Agdestein, Simen - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 47 A31 English Symmetrical Rapid Games Gm3 Agdestein, Simen - Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 33 A28 English Four Knights Gm4 Carlsen, Magnus - Agdestein, Simen 1-0 29 C76 Ruy Lopez Modern Steinitz Games in PGN Official site: http://www.nettavisen.no/sjakk |
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European Union Individual
Championships  Venue. Photo © Dave Clayton The European Union Individual Chess Championships took place at the Liverpool World Museum 6th-15th September 2006. Nigel Short took clear first place with 7.5/10 half a point clear of 8 players on 7 points. Short was the only winner amongst the leaders going into the final round beating Mark Hebden. All Games in PGN Reports: Steve Giddins reports are from the Official site Malcolm Pein - World Blitz Malcolm Pein - Round 10 Steve Giddins. Round 10 Report Malcolm Pein - Round 9 Steve Giddins. Round 9 Report Malcolm Pein - Round 8 Steve Giddins. Round 8 Report Malcolm Pein - Round 7 Steve Giddins. Round 7 Report Malcolm Pein - Round 6 Steve Giddins. Round 6 Report Steve Giddins. Round 5 Report Steve Giddins. Round 4 Report plus Malcolm Pein Annotates Steve Giddins. Round 3 Report Steve Giddins. Round 2 Report plus Malcolm Pein Annotates Steve Giddins. Round 1 Report plus Malcolm Pein Annotates Leading Official Final Round 10 Standings: 1 Short, Nigel D ENG g 2676 7½ 2 Sulskis, Sarunas LTU g 2514 7 3 McShane, Luke J ENG g 2614 7 4 Gordon, Stephen J ENG m 2443 7 5 Jones, Gawain CB ENG m 2416 7 6 Galego, Luis POR g 2528 7 7 Gormally, Daniel W ENG g 2513 7 8 Bischoff, Klaus GER g 2533 7 9 Van Der Weide, Karel NED g 2446 7 10 Williams, Simon K ENG m 2473 6½ 11 Hebden, Mark L ENG g 2532 6½ 12 Ciuksyte, Dagne LTU m 2440 6½ 13 Luther, Thomas GER g 2589 6½ 14 Conquest, Stuart C ENG g 2534 6½ 15 Rudd, Jack ENG f 2328 6½ 16 Pert, Nicholas ENG g 2503 6 17 Brandenburg, Daan NED 2392 6 18 Miezis, Normunds LAT g 2527 6 19 Haslinger, Stewart G ENG m 2423 6 20 Gyimesi, Zoltan HUN g 2616 6 21 Hanley, Craig A ENG m 2419 6 22 McNab, Colin A SCO g 2433 6 23 Medvegy, Zoltan HUN g 2518 6 24 Pritchett, Craig W SCO m 2289 6 25 Swinkels, Robin NED 2286 6 26 Karttunen, Mika FIN m 2422 6 27 White, Michael JR ENG 2239 6 28 Wallace, Paul A IRL 2242 6 85 players Official site: http://www.liverpoolchessinternational.co.uk/ |
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| World Blitz
Championship The World Blitz Championship final took place on 7th September 2006 in Rishon Le Zion (Israel). This was a Round Robin Tournament with 16 players. Alexander Grischuk won a final armageddon playoff game (he had white but had to win) against Peter Svidler to take the title after they tied during the all-play-all phase. Detailed final standings and results my thanks to the organisers for the file (only one partial game missing which is a great job for blitz). Final Standings: 1 Grischuk 10.5 72 9 * winner after playoff, inferior tie-break after the all-play-all. 2 Svidler 10.5 72.75 10 3 Radjabov 10 67.25 8 4 Anand 10 64.7 8 5 Polgar 9.5 67 7 6 Gelfand 9.5 63 8 7 Bacrot 8 62.5 6 8 Carlsen 7.5 51.5 5 9 Erenburg 7 46.5 6 10 Sutovsky 7 45.5 4 11 Gaunashvili 7 45 4 12 Roiz 6.5 41.25 5 13 Smirin 6 40.5 2 14 Gurevich 4 29 3 15 Zoler 3.5 24.75 2 16 Lifshitz 3.5 18.75 2 All Games in PGN - Final Playoff Game in PGN Official site: http://www.fideblitz.com |
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| Spitsbergen Chess
Festival The Spitsbergen Chess Festival took place 1st-4th September 2006. Peter Svidler defeated Magnus Carlsen 1.5-0.5 in their match on September 2nd in Longyearbyen, the largest settlement on Spitsbergen. Nick De Firmian plays Simen Agdestein play on Sunday 3rd September 2006 in Barentsburg the second largest settlement on the island. Games in PGN - Carlsen - Svidler Games in PGN Agdestein - De Firmian Official site: http://www.topchess.org/ and http://www.longyear.no/ |
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| Leko - Karpov
Match Peter Leko and Anatoly Karpov played an 8 game rapid match in Miskolc 30th August - 3rd September 2006. Two games per day at 16:00 and 17:30 local time. Time control was 25 mins + 5 seconds a move. Peter Leko won the match 4.5-3.5 courtesy of a terrible blunder at the end of game 3 from Karpov in an otherwise pretty sterile match. Games in PGN Gm1 Leko, Peter - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 28 B19 Caro Kann Gm2 Karpov, Anatoly - Leko, Peter 1/2 30 E35 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2 Gm3 Leko, Peter - Karpov, Anatoly 1-0 51 E15 Queens Indian Gm4 Karpov, Anatoly - Leko, Peter 1/2 37 E37 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2 Gm5 Leko, Peter - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 46 D27 QGA Gm6 Karpov, Anatoly - Leko, Peter 1/2 34 D47 Queens Gambit Meran Gm7 Leko, Peter - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 64 D27 QGA Gm8 Karpov, Anatoly - Leko, Peter 1/2 56 E15 Queens Indian Official site: http://www.lekokarpov.hu/ |
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| 59th Russian Championship 1st
League The 59th Russian Championship 1st League took place in Tomsk 3rd-11th September 2006. Ernesto Inarkiev won the event with 6.5/9. There were 7 qualification places for the Russian Championships super-final at the end of the year. There were seven players tied for six places and it appears that Nikita Vitiugov edged out Evgeniy Najer on a second Progessive score tie-break after they tied the first. Swiss system, 9 rounds with time control 1 hour 40 minutes on the firsts 40 moves, then 50 minutes on the next 20 moves and 10 minutes till the end of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move. The prize fund was $100 000. Games in PGN Leading Official Final Round 9 Standings : 1 Inarkiev, Ernesto 2625 6,5 2 Khismatullin, Denis 2568 6 3 Tomashevsky, Evgeny 2594 6 4 Nepomniachtchi, Ian 2520 6 5 Grigoriants, Sergey 2579 6 6 Alekseev, Evgeny 2644 6 7 Vitiugov, Nikita 2555 6 8 Najer, Evgeniy 2677 6 9 Dreev, Alexey 2666 5,5 10 Khairullin, Ildar 2538 5,5 11 Landa, Konstantin 2584 5,5 12 Popov, Valerij 2578 5,5 13 Volkov, Sergey 2628 5,5 14 Lastin, Alexander 2613 5,5 58 players Coverage at: http://www.russiachess.ru, http://www.chesspro.ru/main/index.html, http://www.ruschess.com/ and http://www.aeroflotchess.com/games/tomsk/. There are now links to the PGN from the different coverages. Thanks! |
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| Kostic Memorial The 14th Bora Kostic Memorial took place in Vrsac, Serbia, 12th-21st September 2006. Ivan Ivanisevic took clear first place a point clear of Bartlomiej Macieja. Games in PGN Final Standings: 1. Ivanisevic, Ivan g SCG 2596 6.5; 2. Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2613 5.5; 3. Markus, Robert g SCG 2586 5.0; 4. Spraggett, Kevin g CAN 2577 5.0; 5. Miladinovic, Igor g SCG 2584 5.0; 6. Damljanovic, Branko g SCG 2625 4.5; 7. Delchev, Aleksander g BUL 2637 4.5; 8. Solak, Dragan g SCG 2564 4.0; 9. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2638 4.0; 10. Munizaba, Slobodan f SCG 2319 1.0; Official site: http://chess.vrsac.com/ including live coverage. |
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| 7th Lausanne Young Masters The 7th Lausanne Young Masters took place in Lausanne 13th-18th September 2006. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave beat Wang Yue of China in a rapid playoff to take the event. Games in PGN (Rd1 blitz playoff games are missing) Final Standings: 1. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2577) 2. Yue Wang (2626) 3. Alexander Areshchenko (2641) 4. Vugar Gashimov (2644) 5. Radoslaw Wojtaszek (2622) 6. Humpy Koneru (2548) 7. Borki Predojevic (2568) 8. Tatiana Kosintseva (2479) Round 3 (September 17, 2006) Final: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2577) - Yue Wang (2626) 4-2 3rd-4th places: Alexander Areshchenko (2641) - Vugar Gashimov (2644) 2½-1½ 5th-6th places: Radoslaw Wojtaszek (2622) - Humpy Koneru (2548) 4-2 7th-8th places: Borki Predojevic (2568) - Tatiana Kosintseva (2479) 2-0 Round 2 Results Gashimov, Vugar - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1.5-2.5 Areshchenko, Alexander - Wang Yue 3-4 Predojevic, Borki - Koneru, Humpy 0.5-1.5 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw - Kosintseva, Tatiana 1.5-0.5 Round 1 Results: Gashimov, Vugar - Kosintseva, Tatiana 2.5-1.5 Areshchenko, Alexander - Koneru, Humpy 3.5-2.5 Wang Yue - Predojevic, Borki 3.5-2.5 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1.5-2.5 Official site: http://ww2.lausanneyoungmasters.com/lym06/ |
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| 3rd Szeged Cup The 3rd Szeged Cup, Hungarian International Women's Championship take place in Novotel Hotel, has 36 participants from the 6 countries, 9 rounds swiss system. Official site: http://web.t-online.hu/passant/sakkversenyek/szeged/ |
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Odessa-Istanbul Cruise Rapid Closing ceremony of the tournament on the Yuzhnaya Palmyra ship. Photo © Maria Golubeva. A rapid tournament took place 28 August - 2 September 2006 during the Odessa-Istanbul-Odessa Black Sea ship cruise. 12 GMs are participated: Ivanchuk (2734), Vaganian (2598), Eingorn (2591), Tukmakov (2560), Drozdovskij (2552), Lerner (2523), Palatnik (2520), S.Savchenko (2508), Golubev (2467), Zhukova (2456), N.Gaprindashvili (2375), Klinova (2346). Vassily Ivanchuk won the event. Available Games in PGN Final Standings: 1. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2734 10.0; 2. Eingorn, Vereslav S g UKR 2590 8.0; 3. Drozdovskij, Yuri g UKR 2552 7.0; 4. Golubev, Mikhail g UKR 2467 6.5; 5. Vaganian, Rafael A g ARM 2598 5.5; 6. Palatnik, Semon g USA 2478 5.5; 7. Zhukova, Natalia wg UKR 2456 5.0; 8. Savchenko, Stanislav g UKR 2508 5.0; 9. Lerner, Konstantin Z g UKR 2523 4.5; 10. Tukmakov, Vladimir B g UKR 2560 4.0; 11. Gaprindashvili, Nona1 g GEO 2375 3.0; 12. Klinova, Masha m ISR 2346 2.0; Website (in Russian): http://www.chessportal.od.ua |
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NH Chess
Tournament Magnus Carlsen qualifies for next year's Amber tournament by topping the Rising Stars standings. Photo © Fred Lucas http://www.momentoo.nl The NH Chess Tournament took place August 19th-29th at the NH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky. It was organized by the hotel chain NH Hotels in close cooperation with the Association Max Euwe from Monaco. The Scheveningen team tournament was a battle between a team of 'Experience' and a team of 'Rising Stars'. The 'old hands' were Andersson, Beliavsky, Jussupov, Ljubojevic and Nunn, while the 'Youngsters' were Carlsen, Karjakin, Stellwagen, Smeets and Wang Hao. As it turned out all the Rising Stars performed above their rating apart from Karjakin who lost a few points and they won the battle 28-22. Alexander Beliavsky is still an active competetor on the world scene and he scored excellently. Most of the rest don't compete that much these days and John Nunn (See interview at: http://www.doggers-schaak.nl/) in fact went as far as to announce his retirement a few years ago and in the end the 6 point gap was to be expected (and indeed spot on predicted by Mystic Mig). Magnus Carlsen will be invited to next year's Amber Rapid and Blindfold Tournament in Monaco after finishing as the Rising Star's top scorer. Games in PGN Round 10 (August 29, 2006) Beliavsky, Alexander G - Karjakin, Sergey 1/2 10 D20 QGA Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Wang Hao 1/2 16 D18 Slav Defence Andersson, Ulf - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 29 A39 English Symmetrical Nunn, John D.M - Stellwagen, Daniel 1/2 18 B43 Sicilian Paulsen Jussupow, Artur - Smeets, Jan 0-1 46 D47 Queens Gambit Meran Round 10 Standings: 1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2675 6.5 2700 2 Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2679 6.0 2662 3 Wang Hao g CHN 2610 5.5 2626 4 Stellwagen, Daniel g NED 2575 5.0 2590 5 Smeets, Jan g NED 2532 5.0 2590 Rising Stars 28 1 Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2625 6.5 2724 2 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g SCG 2551 4.5 2578 3 Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2542 4.0 2542 4 Jussupow, Artur g GER 2617 3.5 2504 5 Nunn, John D.M g ENG 2617 3.5 2504 Experience 22 Official site: http://nhchess.quinsy.net/ |
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Credit Suisse
Rapid Gary Kasparov. Photo © Fred Lucas http://www.momentoo.nl The Lichthof Chess Champions Day celebrated the 150th Anniversary of Credit Suisse. The event saw Garry Kasparov playing his first chess event since his retirement after the Linares 2005 tournament in Zurich on August 22nd 2006. The event was very much an exhibition with fairly relaxed and noisy conditions whilst the players played blitz (5'+2") in the double round robin tournament. Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov shared first on 4.5/6. Games in PGN [Problems with Karpov - Polgar round 4 Round 1 (August 22, 2006) Kasparov, Garry - Korchnoi, Viktor 1-0 23 E11 Bogo Indian Defence Polgar, Judit - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 43 B14 Caro Kann Panov Round 2 (August 22, 2006) Karpov, Anatoly - Korchnoi, Viktor 1-0 85 E14 Queens Indian Polgar, Judit - Kasparov, Garry 0-1 28 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen Round 3 (August 22, 2006) Kasparov, Garry - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 53 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian Korchnoi, Viktor - Polgar, Judit 0-1 54 E73 King's Indian Averbakh Round 4 (August 22, 2006) * Karpov-Polgar incomplete, and the only game now missing, don't know if Polgar or Karpov can reconstruct it. . Karpov, Anatoly - Polgar, Judit 1-0 E90 King's Indian Classical Korchnoi, Viktor - Kasparov, Garry 1/2 45 D25 QGA Round 5 (August 22, 2006) Kasparov, Garry - Polgar, Judit 1-0 47 E60 King's Indian without Nc3 Korchnoi, Viktor - Karpov, Anatoly 0-1 52 D28 QGA Round 6 (August 22, 2006) Karpov, Anatoly - Kasparov, Garry 1/2 19 D27 QGA Polgar, Judit - Korchnoi, Viktor 1-0 39 C12 French MacCutcheon Final Round 6 Standings: 1. Kasparov, Garry g RUS 2812 4.5; 2. Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2668 4.5; 3. Polgar, Judit g HUN 2710 2.5; 4. Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2600 0.5; Official site - Live coverage: http://www.chessbase.com/ |
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| Staunton
Memorial The 4th Staunton Memorial took place in Simpsons in the Strand 14th-19th August 2006 and then moved to Wellington College in Crowthorne, Berkshire from 21st-25th August 2006. Ivan Sokolov took clear first with 9/11 half a point clear of Jan Timman and Michael Adams. Games in PGN Round 11 (August 25, 2006) L'Ami, Erwin - Adams, Michael 1/2 32 E19 Queens Indian Wells, Peter K - Werle, Jan 1-0 40 E20 Nimzo Indian Speelman, Jonathan S - Sokolov, Ivan 0-1 33 D18 Slav Defence Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea - Timman, Jan H 1/2 38 A42 Modern Defence Levitt, Jonathan - Howell, David WL 0-1 38 A40 Unusual Replies to 1.d4 Day, Lawrence A - Visser, Yge 0-1 36 A48 King's Indian Defence /c2-c4 Final Round 11 Standings: 1. Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2652 9.0; 2. Timman, Jan H g NED 2594 8.5; 3. Adams, Michael g ENG 2732 8.5; 4. Werle, Jan g NED 2531 7.0; 5. L'Ami, Erwin g NED 2586 6.5; 6. Wells, Peter K g ENG 2480 5.5; 7. Speelman, Jonathan S g ENG 2541 5.0; 8. Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea m NED 2389 4.5; 9. Visser, Yge m NED 2516 4.0; 10. Howell, David WL m ENG 2479 3.5; 11. Levitt, Jonathan g ENG 2431 3.0; 12. Day, Lawrence A m CAN 2278 1.0; Official site: http://www.howardstaunton.com/hsmt2006/index.shtml |
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| Hereford International The Hereford International chess tournament took place 29th August - 3rd September 2006. Daniel Gormally won the event with 6/9. Games in PGN Final Round 9 Standings: 1. Gormally, Daniel g ENG 2513 6.0; 2. Cobb, James f WLS 2370 5.5; 3. Jones, Gawain C m ENG 2416 5.5; 4. Wells, Peter K g ENG 2480 5.0; 5. Stark, Lars f GER 2419 5.0; 6. McNab, Colin A g SCO 2433 4.0; 7. Gourlay, Iain f SCO 2337 4.0; 8. Sowray, Peter J f ENG 2357 3.5; 9. Palliser, Richard m ENG 2413 3.5; 10. Devereaux, Maxim f ENG 2377 3.0; Official site: http://www.deversoft.co.uk/hict/ |
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| France - China Match France and China played for the Trophée MULTICOMS in Paris 4th-9th September 2006. This is a Scheveningen match with 6 men and 3 women in the teams. There are 20 000 Euros in prizes for the men's section. France edged out China 20-16 in the main men's event. The women's part was a complete mismatch in terms of ELO ratings in favour of the Chinese and so it proved in reality finishing 12.5-5.5. This left the final over all result as China 28.5 France 25.5. Games in PGN (Men) - Games in PGN (Women) [Round 5 has about half the games missing and Wang Yue - Sokolov (6) is incomplete] Final Round 6 Standings: Men 1. Bauer, Christian g FRA 2599 4.0 2705 2. Nataf, Igor-Alexandre g FRA 2592 4.0 2705 3. Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2626 4.0 2705 4. Sokolov, Andrei1 g FRA 2589 3.5 2637 5. Degraeve, Jean-Marc g FRA 2540 2.5 2523 6. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2577 2.0 2455 France Men 20.0 1. Wang Yue g CHN 2626 4.0 2712 2. Zhou Jianchao g CHN 2520 3.5 2644 3. Ye Jiangchuan g CHN 2641 2.5 2530 4. Yu Shaoteng g CHN 2542 2.5 2530 5. Zhang Pengxiang g CHN 2622 2.0 2462 6. Zhao Jun g CHN 2533 1.5 2394 China Men 16.0 Women 1 Leconte, Maria wg FRA 2304 3.5 2524 2 Choisy, Mathilde wf FRA 2145 1.0 2194 3 Guichard, Pauline FRA 2227 1.0 2194 France Women 5.5 1 Hou Yifan wf CHN 2488 5.0 2498 2 Zhao Xue wg CHN 2456 4.0 2350 3 Shen Yang CHN 2459 3.5 2282 China Women 12.5 Total: China 28.5 France 25.5 Coverage at: http://www.echecs.asso.fr/ and http://www.europe-echecs.com/ |
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| Rubinstein
Memorial The Rubinstein Memorial took place in Polanica Zdroj 20th-28th August 2006. The category XIII event saw Robert Kempinski and Bartosz Socko (share first on tie-break above) from Yuriy Kryvoruchko after all finished on 6/9. One of the pre-event favourites Suat Atalik came last. Games in PGN Final Round 9 Standings: 1. Kempinski, Robert g POL 2567 6.0; 1. Socko, Bartosz g POL 2621 6.0; 3. Kryvoruchko, Yuriy m UKR 2536 6.0; 4. Laznicka, Viktor g CZE 2602 5.0; 5. Heberla, Bartlomiej m POL 2551 4.5; 6. Zubarev, Alexander1 g UKR 2518 4.0; 7. Belov, Vladimir g RUS 2598 3.5; 8. Czarnota, Pawel m POL 2547 3.5; 9. Bobras, Piotr g POL 2535 3.5; 10. Atalik, Suat g TUR 2619 3.0; Official site: http://www.rubinstein.64pola.pl/ |
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| French
Championships The 81st French Championships took place in Besançon 14th-26th August 2006.Vladislav Tkachiev defeated Laurent Fressinet in a rapid play off for the title. Games in PGN - Women's Games in PGN - Playoff games in PGN Playoffs (15 min + 10 secs/pm) Tkachiev 1.5 - Fressinet 0.5 - Gm1 Fressinet, Laurent - Tkachiev, Vladislav 1/2 52 C90 Ruy Lopez Gm2 Tkachiev, Vladislav - Fressinet, Laurent 1-0 71 D19 Slav Defence Round 11 Standings: 1. Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 2645 7.5; 2. Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2626 7.5; 3. Fontaine, Robert g FRA 2518 7.0; 4. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2577 6.0; 5. Lautier, Joel g FRA 2675 6.0; 6. Dorfman, Josif D g FRA 2586 5.5; 7. Bauer, Christian g FRA 2599 5.5; 8. Sokolov, Andrei1 g FRA 2589 5.0; 9. Nataf, Igor-Alexandre g FRA 2592 4.5; 10. Vaisser, Anatoly g FRA 2568 4.5; 11. Colin, Vincent m FRA 2415 4.0; 12. Libiszewski, Fabien m FRA 2482 3.0; Coverage: http://www.echecs.asso.fr and http://www.echecs2006-besancon.com/ |
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Chess Classic
Mainz Mainz GRENKELEASING Rapid World Championship. Anand against Radjabov. Photo © http://www.chesstigers.de The Chess Classic Mainz took place 15th-20th August 2006. Viswanathan Anand beat Teimour Radjabov 5-3 in the annual rapid match (17th-20th 8 game match). Peter Svidler was defeated by Levon Aronian in chess960. Games in PGN Gm1 Anand, Viswanathan - Radjabov, Teimour 1/2 34 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov Gm2 Radjabov, Teimour - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 46 D45 Anti-Meran Variations Gm3 Radjabov, Teimour - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 36 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit Gm4 Anand, Viswanathan - Radjabov, Teimour 1/2 50 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov Gm5 Anand, Viswanathan - Radjabov, Teimour 0-1 46 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov Gm6 Radjabov, Teimour - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 46 D11 Slav Defence Gm7 Radjabov, Teimour - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 58 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit Gm8 Anand, Viswanathan - Radjabov, Teimour 1-0 57 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo Official site: http://www.chesstigers.de |
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| Montreal Empresa International The Montreal Empresa International A and B tournaments took place August 8th-16th, 2006. Pavel Eljanov of the Ukraine won the A event with 6.5/9 half a point clear of Poland's Kamil Miton. Alexander Huzman of Israel won the B event. A tournament in PGN - B tournament in PGN Tournament A Final Round 9 Standings: 1. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2651 6.5; 2. Miton, Kamil g POL 2638 6.0; 3. Timofeev, Artyom g RUS 2657 5.5; 4. Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2607 5.0; 5. Gulko, Boris F g USA 2570 4.5; 6. Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2668 4.0; 7. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2638 3.5; 8. Mikhalevski, Victor g ISR 2571 3.5; 9. Charbonneau, Pascal g CAN 2501 3.5; 10. Ibragimov, Ildar g USA 2624 3.0; Tournament B Final Round 9 Standings: 1. Huzman, Alexander g ISR 2585 6.5; 2. Krnan, Tomas m CAN 2399 6.0; 3. Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2539 5.5; 4. Likavsky, Tomas g SVK 2498 5.0; 5. Mitkov, Nikola g MKD 2563 4.5; 6. Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas m CAN 2430 4.5; 7. Krush, Irina m USA 2436 4.5; 8. Barbeau, Sylvain f CAN 2398 3.5; 9. Lawson, Eric m CAN 2393 3.5; 10. Noritsyn, Nikolay CAN 2354 1.5; Official site: http://monroi.com/tournamentgate/MontrealInternational/index.html |
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| 16th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival The 16th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival took place 12th-21st August 2006. Vugar Gashimov edged out Ashot Anastasian on tie-break, both finished on 6.5/9. Games in PGN Leading Final Round 9 Standings: 1 Gashimov Vugar GM AZE 2644 6,5 2 Anastasian Ashot GM ARM 2566 6,5 3 Potkin Vladimir GM RUS 2556 6,0 4 Miroshnichenko Evgenij GM UKR 2616 6,0 5 Kengis Edvins GM LAT 2539 6,0 6 Grigoriants Sergey GM RUS 2579 6,0 7 Goloshchapov Alexander GM UKR 2558 6,0 8 Azarov Sergei GM BLR 2579 6,0 9 GhaemMaghami Ehsan GM IRI 2594 6,0 10 Neverov Valeriy GM UKR 2556 6,0 11 Mamedov Rauf GM AZE 2561 5,5 12 Ibrahimov Rasul GM AZE 2528 5,5 13 Fedorov Alexei GM BLR 2617 5,5 14 Abbasov Farid IM AZE 2443 5,5 15 Sturua Zurab GM GEO 2509 5,5 16 Rausis Igors GM BAN 2510 5,5 17 Allahverdiev Anar IM AZE 2435 5,5 18 Amin Bassem IM EGY 2453 5,5 19 Ushenina Anna WGM UKR 2410 5,5 20 Alavi Sayed Javad FM IRI 2314 5,5 64 players Official site: http://www.abudhabichess.com/ |
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| Acropolis Tournament The 21st "Acropolis" tournament in Athens took place 13th-21st August 2006. Tamaz Gelashvili had the best tie-break of Fernando Peralta and Levan Aroshidze all of whom scored 7/9. Salome Melia won the women's event. Game in PGN - Women's Games in PGN Final Round 9 Standings: 1. Gelashvili, Tamaz g GEO 2575 7 2. Peralta, Fernando g ARG 2546 7 3. Aroshidze, Levan g GEO 2490 7 4. Georgiev, Vladimir g MKD 2518 6½ 5. Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2555 6½ 6. Svetushkin, Dmitry g MDA 2569 6 7. Mastrovasilis, Athanasios g GRE 2521 6 8. Zhu Chen g QAT 2476 6 9. Kotanjian, Tigran g ARM 2515 6 10. Solak, Dragan g SCG 2564 6 11. Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2605 6 12. Georgiadis, Ioannis GRE 2312 5½ 13. Nikolaidis, Ioannis g GRE 2538 5½ 14. Grivas, Efstratios g GRE 2496 5½ 15. Managadze, Nikoloz m GEO 2444 5½ 16. Sriram, Jha m IND 2408 5½ 17. Al-Modiahki, Mohamad g QAT 2564 5½ 18. Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2520 5½ 19. Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios g GRE 2567 5½ 20. Hakki, Imad m SYR 2447 5½ 68 players Official site: http://www.chessfed.gr/Acropolis2006/ |
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| British Championship Smith & Williamson British Chess Championships 2006 (93rd Championships of The British Isles) organised by the English Chess Federation took place Sunday 6th August - Saturday 19th August at the University of Wales in Swansea. Jonathan Rowson won the title for the third year running as a result of a fine win against Jonathan Parker with black in the final round of the event. Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant finished half a point behind, alone in second place with 8/11 half a point clear of Daniel Gormally, Mark Hebden, Gawain Jones and Jonathan Parker. Games in PGN Leading Final Round 11 Standings: 1 Rowson, Jonathan W....... SCO g 2579 8½ 2 Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan. GEO m 2427 8 3 Gormally, Daniel......... ENG g 2513 7½ 4 Hebden, Mark............. ENG g 2532 7½ 5 Jones, Gawain C.......... ENG m 2416 7½ 6 Parker, Jonathan F....... ENG g 2509 7½ 7 Davies, Nigel R.......... ENG g 2512 7 8 Haslinger, Stewart G..... ENG m 2423 7 9 Lalic, Bogdan............ CRO g 2488 7 10 Palliser, Richard JD..... ENG m 2413 7 11 Pert, Nicholas........... ENG g 2503 7 12 Pert, Richard............ ENG m 2445 7 13 Ward, Chris G............ ENG g 2461 7 62 players Official site: http://www.bcf.org.uk/events/bc2006/index.html - Live coverage: http://www.bcfservices.org.uk/live2006/ |
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| China-Russia Chess Summit The China - Russia Chess Summit saw two double round robin Scheveningen format events, one for men and one for women, taking place in Ergun, Mongolia 10th-20th August 2006. Russia won the men's event 26.5-23.5 but China got their revenge in the women's section winning 28-22 which meant that in the combined standings China beat Russia 51.5-48.5. Men's Games in PGN - Women's Games in PGN |
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| Boris Gelfand vs David Navara Boris Gelfand played David Navara in a four game match in Prague 9th-12th August for the Cez Chess Trophy 2006. The match was drawn 2-2. Jana Jackova defeated Vlastimil Hort 2.5-1.5. Gefand - Navara in PGN - Hort - Jackova in PGN Gm1 Navara, David - Gelfand, Boris 0-1 57 E17 Queens Indian Gm2 Gelfand, Boris - Navara, David 0-1 84 A32 English Symmetrical Gm3 Navara, David - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 104 E17 Queens Indian Gm4 Gelfand, Boris - Navara, David 1/2 32 E33 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2 Gm1 Jackova, Jana - Hort, Vlastimil 1-0 61 C16 French Winawer Gm2 Hort, Vlastimil - Jackova, Jana 0-1 53 A29 English Four Knights Gm3 Jackova, Jana - Hort, Vlastimil 1/2 30 B06 Modern Defence Gm4 Hort, Vlastimil - Jackova, Jana 1-0 52 C28 Vienna Game Info: http://www.praguechess.cz/ and live coverage will be at: http://www.promopro.cz/ |
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39th Biel International Festival Alexander Morozevich wins again in Biel. Photo © http://www.bielchessfestival.ch - read an interview with the winner. The 39th Biel International Festival took place 22nd July - 4th August 2006. There were two closed tournaments, one for men, one for ladies. Biel Chess Festival. Alexander Morozevich took a quick draw with black against Teimour Radjabov in the final round to finish on 7.5/10 a point and a half clear of Radjabov. Magnus Carlsen caught Radjabov by beating Lazaro Bruzon in the final round. The winner Morozevich lost both his games against Magnus Carlsen but until he drew the final round game quickly against Radjabov he had won all his other games. Pia Cramling won the women's event also by a point and a half. Bartosz Socko won the BrainStore Masters MTO Open ahead of Leonid Kritz, Laurent Fressinet and Boris Avrukh on tie-break, all scored 8/11. Games in PGN Men - Games in PGN Women - Biel MTO Open Round 10 (August 3, 2006) Carlsen, Magnus - Bruzon, Lazaro 1-0 49 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen Radjabov, Teimour - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 10 D15 Slav Defence Pelletier, Yannick - Volokitin, Andrei 1-0 30 E59 Nimzo Indian Final Round 10 Standings: 1. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2731 7.5; 2. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2675 6.0; 3. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2728 6.0; 4. Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2662 4.0; 5. Pelletier, Yannick g SUI 2583 4.0; 6. Bruzon, Lazaro g CUB 2667 2.5; Final Round 10 Women's Standings: 1. Cramling, Pia g SWE 2521 7.0; 2. Socko, Monika m POL 2464 5.5; 3. Dembo, Yelena m GRE 2465 5.0; 4. Muzychuk, Anna wg SLO 2456 4.5; 5. Skripchenko, Almira m FRA 2421 4.0; 6. Atalik, Ekaterina wg TUR 2377 4.0; Official site: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch - final interview with the winner Morozevich: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch/interview2006.php |
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| 21st "Ciudad de Villarrobledo" The 21st "Ciudad de Villarrobledo" international chess tournament took place 5th-6th August 2006. Viswanathan Anand took first place on tie-break from Ivan Sokolov, Ruslan Ponomariov and Oleg Korneev, all scored 7.5/9. Some games were broadcast live, not all are complete (file below). Games in PGN Official site: http://www.ajedrezenvillarrobledo.com/ |
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Zeeland Chess Tournament Jan Timman lecture at the start of the event. Photo © http://www.hztoernooi.nl/index_en.html The Hogeschool Zeeland Chess Tournament took place in Vlissingen 5th-12th August 2006. Michal Krasenkow won the event with 8/9 half a point clear of Vyacheslav Ikonnikov, Erwin L'Ami and Friso Nijboer half a point behind. Games in PGN Leading Final Round 9 Standings: 1. Krasenkow, Michal 8.0 2. Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav 7.5 L'Ami, Erwin 7.5 Nijboer, Friso 7.5 5. Barua, Dibyendu 7.0 Li, Shilong 7.0 Van der Wiel, John 7.0 Stellwagen, Daniel 7.0 Landa, Konstantin 7.0 Leenhouts, Koen 7.0 Garbisu, Unai 7.0 12. Negi, Parimarjan 6.5 Gurevich, Mikhail 6.5 Erenburg, Sergey 6.5 Iordachescu, Viorel 6.5 Henrichs, Thomas 6.5 Smeets, Jan 6.5 Ziska, Helgi Dam 6.5 Pedersen, Steffen 6.5 Bezemer, Arno 6.5 Saptarshi, Roy 6.5 Zambrana, Oswaldo 6.5 250 players Official site: http://www.hztoernooi.nl/index_en.html |
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Dortmund 2006 Vladimir Kramnik wins on Sonneborn-Berger tie-break. Photo © http://www.chessgate.de/ The Dortmunder Sparkassen Chess Meeting took place 29th July - 6th August 2006. Vladimir Kramnik caught Peter Svidler in the final round, both finished on 4.5/7 with Kramnik taking first on Sonneborn-Berger tie-break. Kramnik defeated Leko in the final round, his second win in a row. World number 3 Levon Aronian had a terrible event finishing with 2/7 after losing to Boris Gelfand in the final round. Games in PGN Malcolm Pein's Biel and Dortmund Commentary Dortmund. Round 3 (Leko - Adams) Dortmund. Round 2 (B Jobava - P Svidler) Dortmund. Round 1 Biel GM. Round 7 (A Morozevich - M Carlsen) Biel GM. Round 2 (M Carlsen - A Morozevich) Biel GM. Round 1 (Y Pelletier – M Carlsen and T Radjabov – A Volokitin) Round 7 (August 6, 2006) Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter 1-0 48 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2 Svidler, Peter - Adams, Michael 1/2 17 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed Gelfand, Boris - Aronian, Levon 1-0 33 E15 Queens Indian Naiditsch, Arkadij - Jobava, Baadur 1-0 40 B19 Caro Kann Final Round 7 Standings: 1. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2743 4.5; 2. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2742 4.5; 3. Adams, Michael g ENG 2732 4.0; 4. Leko, Peter g HUN 2738 4.0; 5. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2729 4.0; 6. Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2664 3.5; 7. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2761 2.0; 8. Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2651 1.5; Official site: http://www.chessgate.de/ possibly more accurately: http://dortmund.chessgate.de/ |
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| 4th Marx György
Memorial The 4th Marx György Memorial took place 28th July - 7th August 2006. Pentala Harikrishna won the event with 6.5/10 a point clear of Zahar Efimenko. Games in PGN Final Round 10 Standings: 1. Harikrishna, P g IND 2682 6.5; 2. Efimenko, Zahar g UKR 2632 5.5; 3. Wang Yue g CHN 2626 5.0; 4. Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2672 5.0; 5. Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2601 4.5; 6. Acs, Peter g HUN 2520 3.5; Official site: http://ase.hu/marxgy and live games: http://www.ase.hu/marxgy/2006/schedule.htm |
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| FIDE Elo List July
2006 Just one rating list after taking top spot in the world after Kasparov's retirement meant that his rating became inactive Veselin Topalov has now exceeded Kasparov's final rating of 2812. He added 9 points after winning the MTel Masters in Sofia. Viswanathan Anand lost a few rating points at that event and a lot at the Olympiad where he managed only 50%. The rise of Levon Aronian the youngest player in the top 10 and the only player born in the 1980s continues as he gained 21 points in the period with his performances inthe Russian Team Championships and the Olympiad. Vladimir Kramnik's return at the Olympiad gained him 14 points and projects him back to number four in the world. Michael Adams returns to the top 10 gaining 1 |
