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04.11.2007
European Team Chess Championships 2007
Round 7. France – Russia 1.5-2.5 (Bacrot – Svidler 1/2, Morozevich – Tkachiev 1-0, Fressinet – Grischuk 1/2, Jakovenko – Vachier-Lagrave 1/2), Armenia – Slovenia 2.5-1.5, Ukraine – Azerbaijan 1.5-2.5, Poland – Spain 2-2, Israel – Norway 3-1. Leading standings: RUS 14(20.5), ARM 11(17), SLO 10(17), ISR 10(16.5), AZE 10(16), BUL, HUN, POL, UKR, FRA and ESP 9. Women: Russia – Georgia 2.5-1.5 (Kosteniuk – Chiburdanidze 1/2, Javakhishvili – T.Kosintseva 1/2, N.Kosintseva – Khurtsidze 1/2, Lomineishvili – Korbut 0-1), Ukraine – Poland 1-3, Armenia – Bulgaria 3-1, Netherlands – Slovenia 2.5-1.5. Leading standings: POL 12(20), RUS 12(19.5), NED 10(16.5), ARM 10(16.5), GEO, UKR and HUN 9. Top pairings of round 8. Men: ESP – RUS, AZE – ARM, SLO – ISR, UKR – POL, HUN – BUL, CZE – FRA. Women: RUS – NED, POL – ARM, GEO – HUN, FRA – UKR.
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04.11.2007
'Liga de Campeones', Vitoria
Round 3: Karpov – Ponomariov 0-1, Kasimdzhanov – Polgar 0-1, Nisipeanu – Topalov 1/2. Standings: Ponomariov and Topalov 2.5, Polgar 1.5, Nisipeanu 1, Karpov 0.5, Kasimdzhanov 0. Roung 4 will be played on November 6th.
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04.11.2007
'Autumn Petersburg' chess festival
Leading standings after round 9: WIM T.Molchanova 6/8, WFM E.Akatova and WIM V.Kirillova 5.5/8, WGM K.Matseyko UKR 5.5/9. Open tournament: IM A.Eliseev 7/8, M.Khuseinkhodzhaev TJK 6.5, IMs S.Sivokho, V.Orlov, FM A.Utkin and A.Goganov 6.
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04.11.2007
Russian Cup for men
Finale of the Russian Cup starts tomorrow in Serpukhov, Moscow region, with 48 players, 19 of them 2600+. Top seeds are: Vladimir Malakhov 2690, Konstantin Landa 2678, Vadim Zvjaginsev 2674, Evgeny Bareev 2653, Sergey Volkov 2648. Three GMs of St. Petersburg will participate: Konstantin Sakaev 2634 (the last-year winner), Vasily Yemelin 2564 and Marat Makarov 2518. The event is a KO with two-game matches and rapid chess and blitz tie-breaks. 16 strongest players will start in the second round.
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03.11.2007
'Liga de Campeones', Vitoria
Round 2: Ponomariov – Nisipeanu 1/2, Topalov – Kasimdzhanov 1-0, Polgar – Karpov 1/2. Standings: Topalov 2, Ponomariov 1.5, Nisipeanu, Polgar and Karpov 0.5, Kasimdzhanov 0.
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03.11.2007
European Team Chess Championships 2007
Round 6. Russia – Israel 3-1 (Svidler – Sutovsky 1-0, Avrukh – Morozevich 1/2, Alekseev – Roiz 1/2, Rodshtein – Jakovenko 0-1), Slovenia – Azerbaijan 2.5-1.5, Czech Republic – Ukraine 1.5-2.5, Hungary – Armenia 1.5-2.5, France – Bulgaria 2.5-1.5. Leading standings: RUS 12(18), SLO 10(15.5), UKR 9(15), FRA 9(14.5), ARM 9(14.5), POL, ISR, AZE and ESP 8. Women: Georgia – Poland 2-2 (all draws), Slovenia – Russia 0.5-3.5 (Muzychuk – Kosteniuk 1/2, T.Kosintseva – Krivec 1-0, Srebrnic – Kovalevskaya 0-1, Korbut – Rozic 1-0), Hungary – Ukraine 1-3. Leading standings: RUS 10(17), POL 10(17), UKR 9(16.5), GEO 9(16.5), BUL, NED, SLO and ARM 8. Top pairings of round 7: Men: FRA – RUS, ARM – SLO, UKR – AZE, POL – ESP, ISR – NOR. Women: RUS – GEO, UKR – POL, ARM – BUL, NED – SLO.
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03.11.2007
'Autumn Petersburg' chess festival
Leading standings after round 8: WIM T.Molchanova 5.5/7, WFM E.Akatova 5/7, WGM K.Matseyko UKR 5/8, WIM V.Kirillova 4.5/7. Open tournament: IM A.Eliseev 6.5/7, M.Khuseinkhodzhaev TJK 6, IM V.Orlov and FM A.Utkin 5.5.
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02.11.2007
'Liga de Campeones', Vitoria
Round 1: J.Polgar – R.Ponomariov 0-1, A.Karpov – V.Topalov 0-1. Round 2 pairings: Ponomariov – Nisipeanu, Topalov – Kasimdzhanov, Polgar – Karpov.
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02.11.2007
'Liga de Campeones', Vitoria
Pairings of the 1st round: J.Polgar – R.Ponomariov, A.Karpov – V.Topalov. Unfortunately, Alexander Khalifman has been hospitalized in St. Petersburg and could not take part in the tournament. At the last moment he has been substituted by European Champion 2005 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu of Romania. His round 1 game against R.Kasimdzhanov will be played on a day off. Watch the games online since 16:00 at http://www.ajedrez-hotelakua.com/partidasonline.php
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02.11.2007
'Autumn Petersburg' chess festival
Leading standings after round 7: WIM T.Molchanova 5.5/7, WFM E.Akatova 4.5/6, WGM K.Matseyko UKR 4.5/7, WIM V.Kirillova scored 4/6. There is a new leader in the open tournament: IM Alexei Eliseev 5.5/6.
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02.11.2007
M.Notkin. Gentlemen, make your mistakes!
International master Maxim Notkin comments some games of his September
collection.
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01.11.2007
European Team Chess Championships 2007
Round 5. Azerbaijan – Russia 0.5-3.5 (Mamedyarov – Svidler 0-1, Morozevich – Radjabov 1-0, Gashimov – Grischuk 1/2, Alekseev – Guseinov 1-0), Ukraine – France 2-2 (Ivanchuk – Bacrot 0-1, Tkachiev – Karjakin 0-1), Bulgaria – Czech Republic 2-2, Israel – Netherlands 2.5-1.5, Sweden – Slovenia 1.5-2.5. Leading standings: RUS 10(15), SLO 8(13), ISR 8(12.5) AZE 8(12), BUL HUN, UKR, CZE, FRA and ARM 7. Round 6 top pairings: RUS – ISR, SLO – AZE, CZE – UKR, HUN – ARM, FRA – BUL. Women results: Poland – Russia 2-2 (Socko – Kosteniuk 1/2, T.Kosintseva – Rajlich 0-1, Zawadzka – N.Kosintseva 1/2, Korbut – Przezdziecka 1-0), Hungary – Slovenia 1.5-2.5, Georgia – Greece-1 3-1, Ukraine – Lithuania 3-1. Leading standings: POL 9(15), GEO 8(14.5), RUS 8(13.5), SLO 8(13), HUN 7(14), UKR 7(13.5). Round 6 top pairings: GEO – POL, SLO – RUS, HUN – UKR. November 2 is the day off.
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01.11.2007
'Autumn Petersburg' chess festival
The festival is taking place in St. Petersburg on October 27th – November 5th. After 6 rounds of the WGM round robin tournament (11 players) there are two leaders: WIM Tatjana Molchanova and WFM Ekaterina Akatova 4.5/6. WIM V.Kirillova scored 3.5/5, WGM K.Matseyko UKR 3.5/6. IM Sergey Sivokho leads alone in the open tournament on 5/5.
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01.11.2007
'Liga de Campeones', Vitoria
A double round robin tournament 'Champions League' will take place in Vitoria, Spain, November 1st to 15th. All the six participants are former world champions: Anatoly Karpov RUS 2670, Rustam Kasimdzhanov UZB 2690, Alexander Khalifman RUS 2643, Judit Polgar HUN 2708, Ruslan Ponomariov UKR 2705 and Veselin Topalov BUL 2769. Time control: 120 m + 30 s/move. The first round will begin at 16:00, November 2.
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