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15.05.2006
Vanya Somov Memorial
5 rounds are played in Kirishi. I.Popov is ahead with 4.5/5, Linchevsky and Safarli have 3.5/5.
more [source: www.somovs-memorial.ru]
15.05.2006
Sarajevo
Vladimir Malakhov leads the field in the international tournament in Sarajevo with 5/8, followed by Carlsen and Nisipeanu - both 4.5, Predojevic - 4, Naiditsch and Sasikiran - 3.
more [source: www.skbosna.ba]
15.05.2006
74th St.Petersburg women's championship
In the second round Lupik def. Sudakova, Kirillova def. Gromova, Molchanova def. Soloviova, Korbut drew vs. Stiazhkina and Sirotkina drew vs. Bystryakova. Kirillova and Molchanova have 2/2, Sirotkina is half a poitn behind.
more [source: chigorin.ru]
14.05.2006
74th St.Petersburg women's championship
Grandmasters started the women's championship of the city with a "long castling" - Irina Sudakova lost to Nina Sirotkina, Ekaterina Korbut lost to Varvara Kirillova, and Olga Stiazhkina was defeated by Tatiana Molchanova. Other two games of the event were also decisive: Julia Gromova won against Marina Lupik, and Valentina Soloviova defeated Elena Bystryakova.
more [source: chogorin.ru]
14.05.2006
SAKAEV RESUMES HIS ONLINE
In the 4th round of the supertournament in Sofia, which starts at 15.30 Moscow time, the following games are played: Bacrot-Topalov, Anand-Ponomariov and Kamsky-Svidler. Our site expert Konstantin SAKAEV, who returned from Ekaterinburg, will comment one of the games live.
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12.05.2006
Sarajevo
Three players - Magnus Carlsen, Vladimir Malakhov and Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu - are in the lead in Sarajevo with 3/5. Borki Predojevic has 2.5, Krishnan Sasikiran has 2, and Arkady Naiditsch is on the last place with 1.5. The second half of the tournament is about to start.
more [source: www.skbosna.ba]
12.05.2006
I.Somov Memorial
The fourth tournament Vanya Somov Memorial - Young Stars of the World is underway in Kirishi. The lineup became weaker as compared to the previous year (past winners: Ian Nepomniachtchi, Ildar Khairullin and Sergey Karjakin). After three starting rounds Popov is ahead with 3 points, Linchevsky and Safarli are half a point behind. The competition will run until May 21.
more [source: www.somovs-memorial.ru]
12.05.2006
MTEL MASTERS
In the first round Anand as Black defeated Bacrot, Svidler-Topalov and Ponomariov-Kamsky ended in draws. Today in the second round meet SVIDLER-PONOMARIOV, KAMSKY-BACROT and TOPALOV-ANAND. The games start at 15.30 Moscow time. Our expert grandmaster Konstantin Sakaev flew to Ekaterinburg for celebration of the Ural team, which had won the Russian Club championship. Therefore, grandmaster SERGEY IVANOV will replace him today and tomorrow.
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12.05.2006
Photographic report from Sofia, round 1
Nikita Vitiugov, who serves as special correspondent of the Sport. Day after Day newspaper, sent us a photographic report from the 1st round.
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11.05.2006
Еvgeniya Moiseenko (1921 - 2006)
Arbiter of republican category and active member of St. Petersburg chess society Evgeniya Mitrofanovna Moiseenko passed away in the beginning of March. We condole with her relatives and friends in their great bereavement.
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11.05.2006
SOFIA, ROUND 1: SVIDLER-TOPALOV, PONOMARIOV-KAMSKY, AND BACROT-ANAND
The seedings procedure that took place yesterday evening brought the following results: 1.Svidler, 2.Ponomariov, 3.Bacrot, 4.Anand, 5.Kamsky, and 6.Topalov. In the first round, which starts at 15.30 Moscow time, meet Svidler-Topalov, Ponomariov-Kamsky and Bacrot-Anand.
more [source: www.mtelmasters06.com]
11.05.2006
Moscow-Petersburg match, May 6th-8th
As we already informed, the 21st match between Moscow and St. petersburg ended in favor of the players from our city, 46-34. We would like now to draw your attention to the photographic report, prepared by Sergey Sorokhtin and generously offered for publication by the St. Petersburg chess federation leadership. Grandmaster Vassily Yemelin is working on the article about this match, which will be published soon.
more [source: e3e5.com]
10.05.2006
Sergey Klimov. Dagomys Cutting, Bologan - Lputian
The analysis of the game Bologan-Lputian turned out to be very interesting and branchy. I decided that it deserves a whole article so that the reader won’t be dazzled because of many diagrams and variations.
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10.05.2006
MOSCOW IS DEFEATED, PETERSBURG WINS 46-34
The match Moscow-Petersburg, which took place in the All-Russian Exhibition Center, unexpectedly ended in a crushing defeat of the host team. Thus, St. Petersburg achieved the 8th win in 21 matches (Moscow has 10 wins, and 3 matches were drawn). Curiously, our city representatives' previous win is dated by December 1960, when Leningrad defeated Moscow 40.5-39.5. 46 years later St. Petersburg scored 46 points versus 34 of the host team. Valery Popov, Nikita Vitiugov, Pavel Anisimov, Roman Lovkov, Alexey Lanin and Alexander Shimanov (all St. Petersburg), and Boris Grachev, Ekaterina Kineva, Elena Fatalibekova and I.Kiseleva (all Moscow) won both of their games. On the second day of the match St. Petersburg men won 13-7 (24.5-15.5 total), women drew 2.5-2.5 (5.5-4.5), veterans lost 1.5-3.5 (3.5-6.5), boys won 4-1 (7.5-2.5) and girls drew 2.5-2.5 (5.5-4.5). Moscow IM Anatoly Bykhovsky participates in the matches wince 1958. Grandmaster Igor Zaitsev and Petersburg Master Vladimir Dommes played for the first time in January, 1960, when Vladimir Mikhailovich took the upper hand, 2-0.
more [source: www.chessmoscow.ru]
08.05.2006
Maxim Notkin. Petrosian and Bareev become the March laureates.
International Master Maxim Notkin concludes the March best games voting.
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08.05.2006
NAO CHESS CLUB WINS THE FRENCH LEAGUE
Madame Ojjeh team won the French chess league for the fourth time in a row. There were two Russians in the team, Petersburger Peter Svidler and Muscovite Alexander Grischuk.
more [source: www.europe-echecs.com]
08.05.2006
THE FIRST DAY: 22.5-17.5 IN FAVOR OF ST.PETERSBURG
The first round of the event ended decisively in St. Petersburg favor: +5! Men won their games 11.5-8.5, women drew 2.5-2.5, veterans lost 2-3, boys won 3.5-1.5, and girls added 3-2. The second round is played tomorrow at 14.00. Support our players!
more [source: www.chessmoscow.ru]
08.05.2006
Sarajevo tournament
A double round-robin starts in Sarajevo today. The participants are Malakhov (Russia), Nisipeanu (Romania), Sasikiran (India), Naiditsch (Germany), Carlsen (Norway), and Predojevic (Bosnia). The competition ends on May 16.
more [source: www.skbosna.ba]
08.05.2006
Timman wins a tournament in Malmoe
Dutchman Jan Timman won an international round-robin tournament in Malmoe, Sweden, with 7/9 score. Swede Persson and Atalik from Turkey were left a full point behind and shared the 2nd spot.
more [source: www.sigeman-chess.com]
08.05.2006
MOSCOW-PETERSBURG MATCH
Before the start of the match between Moscow and St. Petersburg there was a blitz tournament, in which 34 players participated. Alexey Dreev won the event with 7.5/9, Nikolenko and Yevseev shared the 2nd-3rd with 7/9. The first round of the traditional match is played tomorrow.
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