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09.05.2007
RUSSIA CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS
The results of the Premier league 7th round : Yunost Moskvy – TPS 3.5:2.5, Shatar - Ladya 3:3, Ural - Elara 3:3, Youzhny Ural – Polytekhnik 3:3, Economist-SGSEU - Tomsk-400 2:4. The standings are: Tomsk-400 14, Ural 12, Economist-SGSEU, Elara, Yunost Moskvy – 9 points each, TPS 5, Ladya and Youzhny Ural – 4 points each, Shatar 3, Polytekhnik 1. Both St.Petersburg teams drew their 7th round matches in the Superior league: FINEK against BelGU-OshShK and Chigorin Club against Rosneft from Smolensk. The results of the 1st round in the ladies’ final eight: Ladya - RGSU 2:2, Economist-SGSEU-1- FINEK-1 1:3, ABC – Akademia 2.5:1.5, Petrodom - Youzhny Ural 1.5:2.5. The standings are: Ladya and Youzhny Ural –6 points both, ABC and FINEK-1 – 5 points each, Akademia, Economist-SGSEU-1 - 4 points each, RGSU 2, Petrodom 0. In the ladies’ tournament for the places from 9th to 14th Chigorin Club defeated Polytekhnik 3.5:0.5 and FINEK-2 lost to Izhstal 1:3. The children team of St. Petersburg Chigorin Club won another match against Rus TsFO 3.5:0.5 and is about to become champions. Tomorrow is a day-off in the Premier league.
more [source: www.chessliga.ru]
08.05.2007
M-TEL MASTERS IN SOFIA
Tomorrow the third M-Tel Masters tournament will start in Sofia. This time among the participants are V.Topalov, L.-D. Nisipeanu, G.Kamsky, Sh. Mamedyarov, M. Adams and K.Sasikiran. The opponents will play two rounds according to “Sofia rules” with following time control: 2 hours for 40 moves, 1 hour for 20 moves and half an our for each player until some result is arrived at. The playing days are: from May 10 to May 14 (1st round), from May 16 till May 20 (2nd round). We give you the reference on the tournament site.
more [source: www.mtelmasters.com]
08.05.2007
“The President Cup” in Baku
After 5 rounds the leaders of the open tournament are GMs G.Guseinov(AZE), V.Milov (SUI) and A.Zubarev (UKR) with 4.5 points each. 14 players, N. Short (ENG) among them, trail by half a point.
more [source: www.chessclub.az]
08.05.2007
RUSSIA CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS
The results of the Premier league 6th round : Tomsk-400 – Yunost Moskvy 4:2, Polytekhnik - Economist-SGSEU 1.5:4.5, Elara - Youzhny Ural 4:2, Ladya - Ural 1:5, TPS - Shatar 4:2. The standings are: Tomsk-400 12, Ural 11, Economist-SGSEU 9, Elara 8, Yunost Moskvy 7, TPS 5, Ladya and Youzhny Ural – 3 points each, Shatar 2, Polytekhnik 0. The ladies’ group games are over. The results of round 7 in the Group 1 are: ABC – Debut-DVGU 3:1, Economist-SGSEU-1 – Izhplaneta 2.5:1.5, Polytekhnik – Ladya 3:1. The final standings are: Ladya 11, Economist-SGSEU-1 10, ABC 9, Petrodom 6, Izhplaneta 4, Polytekhnik 2, Debut-DVGU 0. Group 2: FINEK-2 - Economist-SGSEU-2 2:2, Akademia – FINEK-1 2:2, Chigorin Club - Youzhny Ural 0.5:3.5. The final standings are: Akademia 9, FINEK-1and Youzhny Ural – 8 points each, RGSU 7, Economist-SGSEU-2 5, FINEK-2 3, Chigorin Club 2. Eight teams have qualified for the final with following points: Ladya 5, Youzhny Ural, Akademia, Economist-SGSEU-1 - 4 points each, FINEK-1, АВС – both 3, RGSU 1, Petrodom 0. Now the teams from Group 1 will play against the teams from Group 2. In the Children’s championship Chigorin Club team keeps on winning; they defeated “Volga” from Ulyanovsk 4.5:1.5. In men’s Superior league FINEK lost to Moscow “SPASIO” 2.5:3.5, and Chigorin Club defeated Orel with the same score.
more [source: www.chessliga.ru]
07.05.2007
TOPALOV – ARONIAN IS THE BEST GAME OF 2006
After summing up the results of our experts’ voting on the best game of 2006 the winner is the game Topalov – Aronian played in last year’s Wijk aan Zee. Veselin Topalov wins second time in a row – he has played the best game of 2005 against V.Anand in Sofia. In the near future we will publish on our site a full report on determining the “Game of the Year” written by IM Maksim Notkin.
07.05.2007
The tournament in Salou
After 4 rounds the leaders of this Spanish tournament are GMs I.Khamrakulov and K.Spraggett with 4 points each. V.Epishin has 2.5 points.
more [source: www.chessinsalou.com]
07.05.2007
“The President Cup” in Baku
The second “President Cup” dedicated to the memory of Geydar Aliev is held in Baku. In its program there are Open, Children and Senior players’ tournaments. There are 147 participants in the open event including 31 GMs. After 4 rounds the leaders are A.Zubarev and V.Milov with 4 points each. N.Mamedov, V.Malakhatko, N.Short, S. Savchenko, D.Shengelia and G.Guseinov all trail by half a point.
more [source: www.chessclub.az]
07.05.2007
RECOMMENDED READING:"ARONIAN DESERVED WINNING,"- SAYS KRAMNIK
After his match against Levon Aronian World champion Vladimir Kramnik said that “ objectively speaking Aronian deserved to win”. Read the complete text in the reference
more [source: www.regnum.ru]
07.05.2007
RUSSIA CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS
The results of the 5th round : Ural - Shatar 4.5:1.5, Youzhny Ural - Ladya 4:2, Economist-SGSEU - Elara 3:3, Young Moscow - Polytekhnik 4:2, Tomsk - TPS 3.5:2.5. The team standings are as follows: Tomsk 10, Ural 9, Young Moscow and Economist-SGSEU both 7, Elara 6, Ladya, TPS and Youzhny Ural – 3 points each, Shatar 2, Polytekhnik 0. In the Superior league FINEK from St.Petersburg in the 5th round defeated “Polytekhnik” (Kemerovo) 4:2, and Chigorin Club lost to the team from Kamchatka with the same score. On the other hand, the “great-great-great-grandchildren” of Mikhail Ivanovich have no peers in the Children’s championship. They defeated their opponents from Saratov 4.5:1.5.The results of the 6th , penultimate round in the ladies’ Group 1: Debut-DVGU - Economist-SGSEU-1 0:4, Izhplaneta - Polytekhnik 2.5:1.5, Ladya – Petrodom 2.5:1.5. The standings are: Ladya 9 (10), Economist-SGSEU –1 8 (10), АВС 7 (10), Petrodom 6 (12), Izhplaneta 4 (8), Polytekhnik 2 (10), Debut-DVGU 0 (10). The results in the Group 2: Youzhny Ural – RSGU 3:1,FINEK-1 - Chigorin Club 2.5:1.5, Economist-SGSEU-2 – Akademia 1:3. The standings are: Akademia 8 (10), FINEK-1 7 (10), RSGU 7 (12), Youzhny Ural 6 (10), Economist-SGSEU -2 4 (10), and - both 4 (8), FINEK -2 and Chigorin Club 2 (10) each.
more [source: www.russiachess.org]
06.05.2007
MATCH ARONIAN-KRAMNIK
Having drawn the 5th game Levon Aronian ensured the victory in his match against Vladimir Kramnik. The last 6th game also ended in a draw, the final score is 4:2 in favor of Armenian Grandmaster.
more [source: www.aroniankramnik2007.am]
06.05.2007
ARMENIAN "LIVE CHESS"
In order to let Levon Aronian’s spectators who have not made it to the hall of the A.Spendiarov National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater an opportunity to watch the games of his match against Kramnik, an improvized chessboard is lined in front of the building. The pieces are impersonated by the “supporting group” rendering all the moves in a game.
more [source: www.gazeta.ru]
05.05.2007
RUSSIA CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Premier league 4th round results: TPS - Ural 2.5:3.5, Ladya - Economist-SGSEU 2.5:3.5, Shatar –Youzhny Ural 4.5:1.5, Elara – Young Moscow 3:3, Polytekhnik - Tomsk-400 1:5. The team standings are as follows: Tomsk-400 8, Ural 7, Economist-SGSEU 6, Young Moscow and Elara - both 5, Ladya and TPS - both 3, Shatar 2, Youzhny Ural 1, Polytekhnik 0.
In the Superior league FINEK from St.Petersburg drew their match against Economist-SGSEU-2 (3:3), and Chigorin Club lost 1.5:4.5 to Voronezh “Krais-Group”. The 5th round results in the ladies’ Group 1: Petrodom-Izhstal 3:1, Polytekhnik -Debut-DVGU 3:1, Economist-SGSEU -1 - АВС 2:2. The standings are: Ladya 7 (8), АВС 7 (10), Economist-SGSEU –1 6 (8), Petrodom 6 (10), Izhstal 2 (8), Polytekhnik 2 (8), Debut-DVGU 0 (8). The results in the Group 2: RSGU-FINEK-1 0.5:3.5, Chigorin Club - Economist-SGSEU -2 0.5:3.5, Akademia- FINEK -2 2:2. The standings are: RSGU 7 (10), Akademia 6 (8), FINEK-1 5 (8), - Economist-SGSEU -2 and Youzhny Ural - both 4 (8), Chigorin Club 2 (8), FINEK -2 2 (10).
more [source: www.russiachess.org]
05.05.2007
KRAMNIK ABOUT TODAY’S GAMES AGAINST ARONIAN
World champion Vladimir Kramnik thinks that today has not been his day, and if the opponents were to play five games he would have lost them all. His principal task for tomorrow is to win with White in the 5th game.
more [source: newsarmenia.ru]
05.05.2007
MATCH ARONIAN-KRAMNIK
Levon Aronian won the third and forth games of his match against Vladimir Kramnik. The Armenian chessplayer leads 3:1. Tomorrow the last two games will be played. Aronian needs only one draw to win the match.
more [source: www.aroniankramnik2007.am]
05.05.2007
RUSSIA CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS
Having defeated in the 4th round their principal rival “Tikhiy Don” from Rostov 4:2 the team of St.Petersburg “Chigorin Club” scored 8 points out of 8. The victory was brought by the girls – V. Korchagina and M.Butuc both won their games while all the boys drew unanimously.
more [source: www.chessliga.ru]
05.05.2007
A.A.LILIENTAHL IS 96 TODAY!
Andre Arnoldovich Lilientahl – an outstanding Grandmaster, one of the strongest chessplayers of the world in the first half of ХХth century – is 96 today. Our congratulations and wishes of good health! We give the reference to the autobiographical memoirs of the world chess patriarch that have been written 4 years ago. We have found this article in the Web and it seems interesting to us, even if the translation is not edited; in particular there are mistakes in the spelling of some well-known persons’ names.
more [source: lit.lib.ru]
05.05.2007
The tournament in Ostrava
In Ostrava (Czech Republic) a traditional (since 1993) chess festival is coming to the end. In the two-round tournament of four GMs of FIDE 16th category the winner was M.Krasenkow with 4.5 points out of 6. S.Movsesian scored a point less, Z.Hracek – two points less, and V.Laznicka has 1.5 points.
more [source: www.ostravskykonik.cz]
05.05.2007
ALISA GALLIAMOVA INVITES CHILDREN TO HER TOURNAMENT
On May 19 in Kazan on the premises of the Central Sports Olympic Reserve Chess School for Children and Youth named after R.G.Nezhmetdinov there will be held the 11th rapid chess (15 minutes for a game for every player) tournament for school teams. These tournaments are traditionally organized by Vice-champion of the World WGM Alisa Galliamova. In every team’s lineup there are 4 boys and 1 girl, who must study at the same general educational institution. You can see the details from the Statutes given in the reference.
more [source: tatchess.narod.ru]
05.05.2007
RUSSIA CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS
The results of the 3rd round: "Tomsk-400" - "Elara" 3.5:2.5, "Yunost Moskvy" - "Ladya" 3:3, "Economist-SGSEU" - "Shatar" 4:2, "Youzhny Ural" - "Ural" 2:4, "Polytekhnik" - "TPS" 2:4. The standings are: "Tomsk-400" 6, "Ural" 5, "Elara", "Yunost Moskvy" and "Economist-SGSEU" – 4 points each, "Ladya" and "TPS" – 3 points each, "Youzhny Ural" 1, "Polytekhnik" and "Shatar" - 0. In the Superior league FINEK won the third match, this time beating “Perspektiva” from Lipetsk 3.5:2.5. “Chigorin Club” lost to "Economist-SGSEU-2", that has the second (after FINEK) rating in the league, 2.5:3.5. Tomorrow St.Petersburg economists play against their Saratov colleagues. The results of the 4th round in the Group 1 of the ladies’ championship: "АВС"-"Polytekhnik" 3:1, "Debut-DVGU"-"Petrodom" 0.5:3.5, "Izhplaneta"-"Ladya" 1.5:2.5. The leaders are "Ladya" with 7 points out of 8, "АВС" 6 out of 8, "Economist-SGSEU-1" 5 out of 6 and "Petrodom" 4 out of 8. In the Group 2 the results are as follows: "FINEK-2"-"Chigorin Club" 1.5:2.5, "conomist-SGSEU 2"-"RGSU" 1.5:2.5, "FINEK-1” - "Youzhny Ural" 1:3. The leaders are RGSU 7 out of 8, "Akademik" 5 out of 6, "Youzhny Ural" 4 out of 8 and "FINEK-1" 3 out of 6. In the children’s championship the “Chigorin Club” team scored a lopsided victory against “Rosneft” from Smolensk (5:1) and tomorrow faces its principal rivals “Tikhiy Don” from Rostov.
more [source: www.russiachess.org]
05.05.2007
MATCH ARONIAN-KRAMNIK
In the first two rounds both opponents won their games playing as White. Kramnik won the first game, and Aronian – the second. The score of the match is 1:1. Tomorrow the 3rd and the 4th games will be played.
more [source: www.aroniankramnik2007.am]
