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14.10.2007 St. Petersburg Youth Championships
City championships for elder boys and girls have finished yesterday. New champions are: Artyom Zubritskiy (boys under 18), Anna Shlakich (G18) and WFM Anastasia Sorokina (G16). Our congratulations!
more [source: www.totalchess.spb.ru]

13.10.2007 1st European Championship under 8
38 boys and 23 girls under 8 years of 9 countries (most of them of Georgia) take part in the 1st European U8 Championship that started today in Batumi, Adjaria. The competition will be held in Batumi for the next three years.
more [source: www.eurobatumi2007.ge]

13.10.2007 3rd Arctic Cup for children
The 3rd children's team tournament is being held in Salekhard, Russia, October 8th to 18th. The event is a round robin with 12 teams (5 boards): India, the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Slovakia and 8 teams of Russian regions. Teams of Tyumen and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District lead on 8 of 8 match points after four rounds.
more [source: chesstournaments.ru]

13.10.2007 World Juniors and Girls Chess Championships
Leading standings after round 10: A.Grigoryan ARM, Wang Hao CHN and I.Popov RUS 7.5/10; G.Meier GER, D.Andreikin RUS, A.Adly EGY and A.Gupta IND 7. Girls: D.Harika IND 8.5/10, V.Nebolsina RUS 8, J.Zawadzka POL 7.5, D.Arutyunova UKR and E.Tairova RUS 7.
more [source: www.armchess.am]

13.10.2007 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? Today we publish answers by Honoured Trainers Mark Dvoretsky, Alexander Nikitin, Boris Postovsky and grandmaster Alexander Panchenko. To be continued.
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12.10.2007 11th Essent Chess Tournament
The Essent Open started today in Hoogeveen, GM Evgeny Postny ISR 2598 heading the field of 81. The Crown Group will play its first round on Sunday at 14:00. Pairings: Sh. Mamedyarov – L. van Wely, R.Ponomariov – Z.Andriasian.
more [source: www.essentchess.nl]

12.10.2007 World Juniors and Girls Chess Championships
Leading standings after round 9: Wang Hao CHN and A.Adly EGY 7/9; A.Pashikian ARM, A.Grigoryan ARM, G.Meier GER and I.Popov RUS 6.5. D.Andreikin RUS has 6 points. Girls: V.Nebolsina RUS 8/9, D.Harika IND 7.5, B.Mongontuul MGL, J.Zawadzka POL and S.Melia GEO 6.5. E.Tairova RUS scored 6 points.
more [source: www.armchess.am]

12.10.2007 M.Notkin. Best games of September
Our columnist IM Maxim Notkin presents his collection of best games played in September 2007.
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11.10.2007 World Juniors and Girls Chess Championships
Leading standings after round 8: A.Adly EGY 7/8, G.Meier GER, A.Grigoryan ARM, I.Popov RUS and Wang Hao CHN 6. D.Andreikin RUS scored 5.5 points. Girls: V.Nebolsina RUS 7/8, D.Harika IND 6.5, S.Vega Gutierres ESP, E.Karavade IND and A.Gasik POL 6.
more [source: www.armchess.am]

11.10.2007 International Chess Academy in Tbilisi
The 3rd (after Germany and Singapore) International Chess Academy was opened in the capital of Georgia. Repeated world champion Nona Gaprindashvili and FIDE vice-president Zurab Azmaiparashvili took part in the ceremony. The academy will prepare trainers as well as chessplayers.
more [source: www.newsgeorgia.ru]

11.10.2007 11th Essent Chess Tournament
The event to start tomorrow in Hoogeveen NED includes several competitions: a Crown Group, an Essent Open, an Amateur Tournament and a Youth Tournament. The Crown Group will be a 17th category double round robin with four grandmasters: Sh. Mamedyarov AZE 2752, R.Ponomariov UKR 2705, L. van Wely NED 2680 and Z.Andriasian ARM 2546.
more [source: www.essentchess.nl]

10.10.2007 EXPOSITION CHESS MATCH
On October 11th GMs Nikita Vitiugov (St. Petersburg) 2594 and Sergey Grigoriants (Moscow) 2591 will play a test distance match of so-called exposition chess. Briefly, the rules are as follows: 1) Partners alternatively expose their pieces onto the empty board to arbitrary squares in ranks 1 and 2 (7 and 8 for Black) in the following order: Q, R, R, B, B, N, N; 2) Then they expose pawns to every file in front of their pieces in ranks 2 and 3 (5 and 6), and at last the kings; 3) Then the game itself will begin according to the normal laws of chess. You can watch live games at our site soon after 10:30 Moscow time:
more [source: e3e5.com]

10.10.2007 Photo Report from Turkey #3
Photo Report from Turkey #3 by WGM Tatiana Shumiakina
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10.10.2007 Photo Report from Turkey #2
Photo Report from Turkey #2 by WGM Tatiana Shumiakina
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10.10.2007 World Juniors and Girls Chess Championships
Leading standings after round 7: A.Adly EGY 6/7, V.Lazniczka CZE 5.5, nine players scored 5 including I.Popov RUS. Girls: V.Nebolsina RUS 6.5/7, S.Vega Gutierres ESP 6, D.Harika IND 5.5. October 10 is a day off.
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10.10.2007 Photo Report from Turkey #1
First photo report from Turkey by WGM Tatiana Shumiakina
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10.10.2007 Recommended reading: A Hero of Buryatia
Read about 18-year old Inna Ivakhinova, two times European Girl Champion, the first Buryat who became a woman international master (in Russian).
more [source: pressa.irk.ru]

10.10.2007 In Memory of Paul Keres
A memory board devoted to the great Estonian chessplayer was inaugurated yesterday in his native town Narva. There is a plan to erect a monument to Paul Keres in next two years. See a photo.
more [source: rus.postimees.ee]

09.10.2007 EUROPEAN CLUB CUP 2007
Linex Magic Merida (G.Kamsky USA, M.Adams ENG, S.Rublevsky RUS, G.Sargissian ARM, I.Cheparinov BUL and M.Perez Candelario ESP(!)) won European Cup with 13(28.5). Ural RUS (T.Radjabov, A.Shirov, A.Grischuk, V.Akopian, V.Malakhov, A.Dreev) scored 12(31), Tomsk-400 RUS (A.Morozevich, D.Jakovenko, S.Karjakin, R.Kasimdzhanov, E.Inarkiev, V.Tkachiev, V.Bologan, P.Smirnov) 11(29). Baden-Baden (with P.Svidler) was the 4th, Economist Saratov (with E.Alekseev) is on the 6th place. Women: though Monte-Carlo team (H.Koneru IND, P.Cramling SWE, Zhu Chen QAT, M.Socko POL, A.Skripchenko FRA) lost to AVS 1-3, still it took the 1st place with 11(20). 2nd: AVS Krasnoturinsk (Xu Yuhua, A.Stefanova, S.Matveeva, A.Muzychuk, N.Pogonina) – 11(19); 3rd: MIKA Yerevan (M.Chiburdanidze, E.Danielian, N.Khurtsidze, L.Mkrtchian, L.Aghabekian) – 10(19). 4th and 5th: Southern Ural Cheliabinsk and FINEC St. Petersburg – 10(18); 6th: Economist Saratov 8(17.5).
more [source: euroclub2007.tsf.org.tr]

08.10.2007 World Juniors and Girls Chess Championships
Leading standings after round 6: W.So PHI and A.Adly EGY 5/6, eight players scored 4.5. Girls: V.Nebolsina RUS 6/6, D.Harika IND, S.Vega Gutierres ESP and S.Hoollt GER 5.
more [source: www.armchess.am]

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