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04.05.2007
M.Notkin. HEAD-ON AND OFF THE CUSHION
Review of the best games played in March is prepared by our section head IM Maksim Notkin.
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04.05.2007
RUSSIA CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS
Parallel with men’s and ladies’ championships the Russia children club championship is held in Dagomys. 25 teams take part in the competition. In St.Petersburg (M.I.Chigorin Club) and Rostov-upon-Don (“Tikhiy Don”) they took the matter seriously and brought “pro” teams with average ratings above 2220. Both those teams include 3 FIDE masters each. Even the third - numerically speaking - team has an average rating of 2086, and the fifth one does not reach even 2000. Thus it is no surprise that the Elo-favorites have won in the first two rounds. Still the figures do not play chess, but children do. That is why the St.Petersburg team, despite the average ratings’ difference of 300 points, managed to beat “Youzhny Ural” from Cheliabinsk only with the minimal score of 3.5:2.5. V.Sokolova, playing on the girls’ board against the team of her native city, has become one of the two winners in the opponent team. The children will play 9 Swiss System rounds, the last of which will take place on May 10.
more [source: www.chessliga.ru]
04.05.2007
MATCH ARONIAN-KRAMNIK
The correct times of the games' beginning in the rapid chess match Aronian-Kramnik to be held in Yerevan from May 4 till May 6 are 17-00 and 18-45. Here we give a reference to the online translation on the official competition site.
more [source: www.aroniankramnik2007.am]
04.05.2007
GAME IVANCHUK - MOROZEVICH BECOMES THE LAUREATE OF MARCH
IM Maksim Notkin sums up the results of the experts’ voting on the best games of March.
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04.05.2007
RUSSIA CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Premier league 2nd round results: "TPS" - "Youzhny Ural" 3:3, "Ladya" - "Tomsk-400" 2.5:3.5, "Shatar" – “Yunost Moskvy” 2.5:3.5, “Ural” - ""Economist SGSEU" 3.5:2.5, "Elara"- “Polytekhnik” 3.5:2.5. After 2 rounds the leaders are teams from Tomsk and Cheboksary with 4 points each, Ekaterinburg and Moscow teams scored 3 points, Kazan and Saratov – 2 points, Cheliabinsk and Saransk – 1 point each. The teams from Nizhniy Tagil and Uhlan-Ude have no points.
In the Superior league “FINEK” of St.Petersburg routed RSGU from Moscow 5:1 and Chigorin Club did the same with "Debut-DVGU" 4.5:1.5. In the Group 1 of the ladies’ championship the results of the 3rd round are as follows: "Ladya" - "Debut-DVGU" 2.5:1.5, "Petrodom" - "АВС" 1:3, “Polytekhnik” - "Economist SGSEU-1” 1:3. The leading teams are Kazan and Saratov, each having 5 points out of 6, the Krasnoturyinsk team has 4 (6) points. The results of the 3rd round in the Group 2: "Youzhny Ural" - "Economist SGSEU-2" 2:2, “RGSU” – “FINEK-2” 3.5:0.5, Chigorin Club - "Akademia" 1:3. The leaders are teams of Tomsk and Moscow, both having 5 points out of 6, St.Petersburg’s FINEK-1 team has 3 points out of 4.
more [source: www.chessliga.ru]
03.05.2007
MATCH ARONIAN-KRAMNIK
Tomorrow the rapid chess match between World champion Vladimir Kramnik from Russia and World cup holder Levon Aronian from Armenia will start in Yerevan. The time control is 25 minutes for a game plus 10 seconds for every move. From May 4 till May 6 two games will be played each day, the first one beginning at 18-00 and the second one at 19-45. The online translation of the games will be held on the match site.
more [source: www.aroniankramnik2007.am]
03.05.2007
RUSSIA CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Premier league 1st round results: "Elara"-"TPS" 3,5:2,5, "Polytekhnik"-"Ladya" 2:4, "Tomsk-400"-"Shatar" 4:2, "Young Moscow"-"Ural" 3:3, "Economist SGSEU"-"Youzhny Ural" 4:2.
In the Superior league “FINEK” of St.Petersburg defeated “Kamchatka-Dalimpex” 3.5:2.5, and Chigorin Club drew its match against с "Polytekhnik" from Nizhniy Tagil (3:3). In the group 1 of the ladies’ championship "АВС" lost to "Ladya" 1:3, "Debut-DVGU" to "Izhplaneta" 1:3, and "Petrodom" to "Economist SGSEU1" 0.5:3.5. All the matches in the group 2 were drawn (2:2): "Akademia"-RGSU, FINEK-2 - "Youzhny Ural" and "Economist SGSEU2" - FINEK-1.
more [source: chessliga.ru]
02.05.2007
RUSSIA CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS
The results of first matches of the Russia ladies’ club championship are as follows: Group 1 - Izhplaneta (Izhevsk)-АВС (Krasnoturyinsk) 0.5:3.5; Ladya (Kazan)-Economist SGSE-1 (Saratov) 2:2, Petrodom (St.Petersburg)-Polytekhnik (Nizhniy Tagil) 2.5:1.5; Group 2 - FINEK-1-FINEK-2 (both - St.Petersburg) 3:1, Youzhny Ural (Cheliabinsk)-Akademia (Tomsk) 1.5:2.5, RGSU (Moscow)-Chigorin Club (St.Petersburg) 4:0. A win in a match is worth 2 points, a draw – 1 point, and a loss brings nothing. In the Premier league 1st round today the following matches will be played: Elara (Cheboksary)-TPS (Saransk), Polytekhnik (Nizhniy Tagil) - Ladya (Kazan), Tomsk 400 (Tomsk)-Shatar (Ulhan-Ude), Yunost Moskvy (Moscow)-Ural (Ekaterinburg) and Economist SGSEU (Saratov)- Youzhny Ural (Cheliabinsk). In the Premier league 10 teams will play in a round robin event, and in the Superior league 16 teams will play 9 rounds Swiss system tournament.
more [source: chessliga.ru]
02.05.2007
Nikita Vitiugov. "THINKING ALOUD"
GM Nikita Vitiugov who has successfully played in the European championship in Dresden reflects on the problems of this event’s organization. Added to the "Competitions" section.
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01.05.2007
RUSSIA CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS
Due to force majeur circumstances connected with the delay of participators’ arrival at the 2007 Russia team championship it was decided to postpone the 1st round in the Premier league till May 2. The games in the Superior and Children leagues will also start tomorrow. And only for the ladies the holiday is spoilt – they start today in two groups with seven teams in each one. The four best teams from every group will qualify for the final where all the results of the games between those teams will be taken into account. As never before there are many strong teams in this competition: ABC headed by ex-champion of the world A.Stefanova, "Youzhny Ural" (the leader is young Hou Yifan), "FINEK" (V.Cmilyte), "Economist-SGSEU" (Zhao Xue), "Ladya" (A.Galliamova), "Petrodom" (T.Grabuzova)...
more [source: russiachess.org]
01.05.2007
Dubai Open
GMs L.Pantsulaia (GEO), G.Guseinov (AZE), A.Bagheri (IRI) and S. Guliev (AZE), each scoring 7 points out of 9, took top four places in above-mentioned order on the tournament in UAE.
more [source: chess-results.com]
