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13.10.2006
Vladimir Kramnik is the Champion by all of the versions!
Summary by Vassily Yemelin: Vladimir Kramnik won the Unification match and became a World champion by all of the known versions.
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12.10.2006
WORLD U-20 CHAMPIONSHIP
Having defeated Arman Pashikian (Armenia) in the ninth round game, Nikita Vitiugov shares the first place with Yuriy Kryvoruchko (Ukraine). Both these players managed to score 7 points. Dmitry Frolyanov (Russia), Daniel Stellwagen (Netherlands), Levan Pantsulaia (Georgia) and Zhao Jun (China) have 6.5 out of 9. Tomorrow Nikita plays against Chinese grandmaster Zhao Jun. Having collected 7 points out of 9 rounds, Salome Melia (Georgia) leads the Girls Championship. Elena Tairova has 5.5 points.
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12.10.2006
EUROPEAN CLUB CUP
Having scored 9 out of 10, Russian teams "Ural Sverdlovskaya" and "Ladya Kazan" became the leaders of the championship. Tomorrow they play against each other. Close in table are seven clubs including "Tomsk-400" and "Elara Cheboksary". They collected 8 points. "Mika Yerevan" continues leading the women's section with 9 points out of 10. "Energy-Investi Sakartvelo" is the only rival of the Armenian club. "Finec St. Petersburg" defeated "Southern Ural Cheliabinsk" in the fifth round match. Having collected 6 points, "Finec" shares the third place with three other teams. However, two rounds are yet to come.
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12.10.2006
WAITING FOR THE TIE-BREAKS
The 12th game of the World Championship Match between Vladimir Kramnik and Veselin Topalov ended in a very tense draw on the 48th move. The score is 6:6 and the match is drawn. The tie-break consisted of four rapid games will be tomorrow. The time control is 25 minutes per game and 10 seconds per move starting from the first. In case of an even score two five minutes blitzes will be played. If they don’t define the winner, there will be the tie-break game with 6 minutes given to White and 5 minutes given to Black. In case of a draw Black becomes the champion. The tie-break starts at 3 p.m. Follow live commentary by the grandmaster Vassily Yemelin on our website.
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11.10.2006
WORLD U-20 CHAMPIONSHIP
The eighth round of the Juniors Championship didn’t make changes in the leading group. Yuriy Kryvoruchko leads the tournament with 6.5 points. The Russian Nikita Vitiugov drew against his compatriot Dmitry Frolyanov. Vitiugov, Frolyanov, Pantsulaia (Georgia), Stellwagen (Netherlands) and Pashikian (Armenia) collected 6 points out of 8. Tomorrow Nikita plays against Arman Pashikian. Salome Melia (Georgia) and Sachdev Tania (India) are the leaders of the Girls Championship – 6.5 out of 8. The Russian Elena Tairova has 5 points.
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10.10.2006
DECISIVE BATTLE IS YET TO COME
The eleventh game of the World Championship match Kramnik-Topalov ended in a draw after five hours and 66 moves. The score is now 5.5:5.5. Game 12 will be played on Thursday. If the opponents draw, the match will be continued by the tie-breaks consisted of four rapid games, two blitz games and “sudden death”.
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10.10.2006
EUROPEAN CLUB CUP
Having scored two victories out of two rounds, 14 teams collected 4 points. Five Russian clubs are among them. Unfortunately, "Finec St.Petersburg" was defeated by "Mika Yerevan" in the second round of the women's section – 1.5:2.5.
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10.10.2006
WORLD U-20 CHAMPIONSHIP
Nikita Vitiugov drew against the rating leader Wang Yue (2644) in the 7th round game. Having scored 5.5 points, Russian player shares the second place with Levan Pantsulaia and Dmitry Frolyanov. Having collected 6 points, Yuriy Kryvoruchko (Ukraine) leads the tournament. Vitiugov will play against Frolyanov in the 8th. Bathuyag Mongontuul (Mongolia), Salome Melia (Georgia) and Sachdev Tania (India) are the leaders of the Girls Championship – 5.5 out of 7. Today is a free day.
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08.10.2006
WORLD U-20 CHAMPIONSHIP
Having drawn against Levan Pantsulaia, Nikita Vitiugov scored 5 points out of 6 rounds. Tomorrow Nikita plays against Chinese Wang Yue. The Ukrainian grandmaster Yuriy Kryvoruchko is the leader of the Juniors Championship (5.5 out of 6). Bathuyag Mongontuul continues leading in the Girls Championship with 5.5 points.
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08.10.2006
KRAMNIK HAS WON GAME 10!
Vladimir Kramnik has won as White the 10th game of the WCC against Veselin Topalov. The score is now 5:5. Tomorrow is a free day. The 11th game will be played on Tuesday, 11. The Bulgarian will have White.
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08.10.2006
GAME 10 DECIDES A LOT
The 10th game of the WCC match between Veselin Topalov and Vladimir Kramnik is underway in Elista. Follow the link below for the online commentary by grandmaster Vassily Yemelin.
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08.10.2006
VIKTOR KORCHNOI: “IN KRAMNIK'S PLACE I WOULD LEAVE THERE!”
The famous grandmaster Viktor Korchnoi answered the questions of Alexander Kentler devoted to the WCC Kramnik – Topalov. This interview was also published in the newspaper “Sport. Day by day”.
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08.10.2006
WORLD U-20 CHAMPIONSHIP
Nikita Vitiugov drew as Black against Ukrainian Yuriy Kryvoruchko. Both players lead the tournament with 4.5 points out of 5. Daniel Stellwagen (Netherlands), Dmitry Frolyanov (Russia), Wang Hao (China), Anton Filippov (Uzbekistan) and Levan Pantsulaia (Georgia) have 4 points. Tomorrow Vitiugov plays against Pantsulaia in the sixth round game. Bathuyag Mongontuul (4.5 out of 5) is the leader of the Girls Championship. Elena Tairova collected 2.5 points.
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07.10.2006
OUR ANNOUNCEMENT: AN ARTICLE ABOUT VLADIMIR KRAMNIK
We would like to announce IM Barsky’s article devoted to chess career of Vladimir Kramnik to be published on our website next week.
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07.10.2006
TOPALOV HAS WON AGAIN!
Veselin Topalov has defeated his opponent in the 9th game of the WCC. The score is now 5-4 in favor of the Bulgarian player. Tomorrow Vladimir Kramnik will have White in the 10th game of the match. Read the online commentary by Konstantin Sakaev and Vassily Yemelin on our website.
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05.10.2006
World U-20 Championship
Nikita Vitiugov maintains perfect score, having defeated his countryman Nechepurenko in the third round. Grandmasters Krivoruchko (Ukraine) and Stellwagen (Netherlands) also have 3 points. Elena Tairova has 2 points.
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05.10.2006
Photographic report №6
Our correspondent Misha Savinov sent us the sixth photographic report from Elista.
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05.10.2006
TOPALOV EQUALIZES
Veselin Topalov won as Black the 8th game of the WCC against Vladimir Kramnik. The score is now 4-4 with four games to play. Tomorrow is a free day. Read the online commentary of Konstantin Sakaev and Vassily Yemelin on our website.
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05.10.2006
World U-20 Championship
Having defeated the Chinese Wen Yang in the second round of the World U-20 Chess Championship, Nikita Vitiugov collected 2 points. He is among twelve leaders that have 2 points out of 2. Three more Russians (Romanov, Frolyanov and Nechepurenko) are also among the leaders. Tomorrow Vitiugov will play Black against Roman Nechepurenko in the third round game. The Russian Elena Tairova scored 1 point out of 2.
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04.10.2006
E3E5 RECOMMENDS: OPEN LETTER OF PETR SVIDLER AND EVGENY BAREEV
The open letter of grandmasters Petr Svidler and Evgeny Bareev was published on the website of the Russian chess magazine “64 Chess Review”. Follow the link below.
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