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18.10.2007
Russian Seniors' Championships
Championships of Russia for senior men and women are taking place in Moscow Region. After 6 rounds GM V.Tseshkovsky leads in Men's Higher League (a round robin tournament) on 5/6, GM E.Vasiukov scored 4.5, IM A.Zakharov 4. IM V.Karasev and FM N.Mishuchkov are the leaders in the 1st League (Swiss). In the women section WGMs L.Saunina and E.Fatalibekova have 4.5/6.
more [source: www.chessmoscow.ru]
18.10.2007
IV Calvia Chess Festival
GMs F.Vallejo ESP, M.Mchedlishvili GEO, R.Mamedov AZE, W.Arencibia CUB, V.Mikhalevski ISR, M.Godena ITA and K.Movsziszian ARM, and I.Caspi ISR lead on 3/3. 15 chessplayers scored 2.5 points.
more [source: www.calviafestival.com]
18.10.2007
Blindfold chess World Cup
October 17, round 3: Carlsen – Bu 0-1, Topalov – Harikrishna 1/2, Polgar – Karjakin 1/2. Round 4: Karjakin – Polgar 1-0, Harikrishna – Topalov 1-0, Bu – Carlsen 1/2. Standings: Bu 8; Carlsen, Karjakin and Harikrishna 5; Polgar and Topalov 4.
more [source: www.ajedrezbilbao.com]
17.10.2007
30th anniversary of Saratov Chess Club
From today to October 28th there will be a large tournament program in Saratov devotet to the 30th anniversary of the city chess club (in Russian).
more [source: www.sarinform.ru]
17.10.2007
Blindfold chess World Cup
Round 1: Topalov beat Polgar, Bu beat Karjakin, Harikrishna – Carlsen draw. Round 2: the same opponents exchanged colours. Polgar beat Topalov, Carlsen beat Harikrishna, Karjakin – Bu draw. Standings: Bu and Carlsen 4; Polgar and Topalov 3; Karjakin and Harikrishna 1.
more [source: www.ajedrezbilbao.com]
16.10.2007
11th Essent Chess Tournament
Crown Group, round 3: R.Ponomariov – Sh.Mamedyarov 1/2, Z.Andriasian – L. van Wely 0-1. Standings after the first leg: Mamedyarov 2.5, Ponomariov 2, van Wely 1.5, Andriasian 0. Tomorrow is the day off.
more [source: www.essentchess.nl]
16.10.2007
World Juniors and Girls Chess Championships
GM Ahmed Adly of Egypt beat G.Meier in the last round and won the gold medal on 10/13. The silver medalist is GM Ivan Popov of Russia (9.5). GM Wang Hao of China won the bronze medal on tie-break with GM Dmitry Andreikin RUS (9).
WIM Vera Nebolsina of Russia became the Girl World Champion (10/13), WGM Jolanta Zawadzka of Poland and WGM Salome Melia of Georgia are the sivler and bronze medalists (9.5 both). IM Elena Tairova RUS left fourth with 9 points.
more [source: www.armchess.am]
16.10.2007
Three questions after Mexico
Three questions after Mexico
After the World Championship in Mexico City was over, we asked famous trainers and grandmasters of different generations to answer three questions:
1. Will you please comment on the results of the Mexican tournament?
2. What would you expect of the match Anand – Kramnik?
3. Would you say some words about development of chess in Russia and in the world?
On October 13th we published answers by famous trainers. Today young Russian grandmasters Nikita Vitiugov, Artyom Timofeev and Evgeny Tomashevsky speak on the subject. To be continued.
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16.10.2007
IV Calvia Chess Festival
The main event of the festival, a 9-round International Open (October 15-23), started yesterday on Mallorca with 144 participants, 29 GMs. The top seeds are: F.Vallejo Pons 2660 ESP, R.Wojtaszek 2635 POL, M.Mchedlishvili 2631 GEO and B.Damljanovic 2608 SRB.
more [source: www.calviafestival.com]
16.10.2007
Anand visits India
ChessBase.com reports on Viswanathan Anand's arrival to his native country and on the audience given to him and his wife Aruna by the President of India Pratibha Patil.
more [source: chessbase.com]
16.10.2007
In memory of Paul Keres
St. Petersburg youth team won 'Paul Keres Chess Festival' held in Narva, native town of Keres, on October 7th to 13th. The team (5 boys + 5 girls) scored 11 match points of 12.
more [source: www.maleliit.ee]
16.10.2007
Chess is at the eighth place in Russia
Federal Agency on Physical Culture and Sports investigated mass scale of various sports in Russia. All who are attending sports schools, sections and clubs were taken into account, i.e. officially registered sportsmen. It turned out that more than 13,640 thousand people are going in for sports, the most popular being football (1,532 thousand). Chess is at the eighth place – 406 thousand.
more [source: www.allsport.ru]
15.10.2007
11th Essent Chess Tournament
Crown Group, round 2: Sh.Mamedyarov – Z.Andriasian 1-0, L. van Wely – R.Ponomariov 1/2. Standings: Mamedyarov 2, Ponomariov 1.5, van Wely 0.5, Andriasian 0.
more [source: www.essentchess.nl]
15.10.2007
World Juniors and Girls Chess Championships
Leading standings after round 12: I.Popov RUS and A.Adly EGY 9/12; G.Meier GER, Wang Hao CHN and D.Andreikin RUS 8.5; A.Pashikian ARM and E.Romanov RUS 8. Girls: V.Nebolsina RUS 9.5/11; D.Harika IND, B.Mongontuul MGL, J.Zawadzka POL, E.Tairova RUS and S.Melia GEO 8.5. The most important pairs of the last round are: Popov – Andreikin, Adly – Meier; Nebolsina – Tairova. Round 13 will begin at 11:00 local time.
more [source: www.armchess.am]
15.10.2007
Recommended reading: 'Commersant' about Robert Fischer
An article concerning various facts and assumptions of Robert Fischer's life is published today in the St. Petersburg newspaper 'Commersant' (in Russian).
more [source: www.kommersant.ru]
15.10.2007
3rd Arctic Cup for children
Children of Tyumen Region lead on 14/14 match points after 7 rounds. YaNAD team scored 12 MP. Czech Republic, the best of foreign teams, scored 9 MP.
more [source: chesstournaments.ru]
14.10.2007
11th Essent Chess Tournament
Crown Group, round 1: Sh.Mamedyarov – L. van Wely 1-0, R.Ponomariov – Z.Andriasian 1-0.
more [source: www.essentchess.nl]
14.10.2007
World Juniors and Girls Chess Championships
Leading standings after round 11: I.Popov RUS 8.5/11; G.Meier GER, Wang Hao CHN and A.Adly EGY 8; D.Jojua GEO, A.Grigoryan ARM, D.Andreikin RUS and A.Pashikian ARM 7.5. Girls: V.Nebolsina RUS, D.Harika IND and J.Zawadzka POL 8.5/11; B.Mongontuul MGL, S.Melia GEO, D.Arutyunova UKR E.Tairova RUS and P.Priya IND 7.5.
more [source: www.armchess.am]
14.10.2007
Blindfold chess World Cup
The competition will take place in Bilbao, Spain, on October 16th to 20th. It will be a double round robin with six players: 1. V.Topalov BUL 2769, 2. P.Harikrishna IND 2668, 3. Bu Xiangzhi CHN 2692, 4. S.Karjakin UKR 2694, 5. M.Carlsen NOR 2714, 6. J.Polgar HUN 2708. Time control: 25 m + 10 s/move, two games a day. A player will get 3 points for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a losing.
more [source: www.ajedrezbilbao.com]
14.10.2007
Recommended reading: Natalia Zhukova interviewed
Olympic champion WGM Natalia Zhukova tells about women chess in the Ukraine and about herself (in Russian).
more [source: www.reporter.com.ua]
