The review of chess events and sites for August, 2006

Chess Siberia

The review of chess events and sites for August, 2006

by Boris Schipkov

The Biel International Festival 2006 took place in Switzerland 22nd July - 4th August.
1. Alexander Morozevich - 7.5/10; 2-3. Magnus Carlsen; Teimour Radjabov - 6; 4-5. Andrei Volokitin; Yannick Pelletier - 4; 6. Lazaro Bruzon - 2.5.
BrainStore-Master Open: 1-4. Socko,Bartosz; Kritz,Leonid; Fressinet,Laurent; Avrukh,Boris - 8/11.
Site: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch/

The Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2006 took place in Germany 29th July - 6th August.
1-2. Vladimir Kramnik, Peter Svidler - 4.5/7; 3-5. Michael Adams; Peter Leko; Boris Gelfand - 4; 6. Arkadij Naiditsch - 3.5; 7. Levon Aronian - 2; 8. Baadur Jobava - 1.5.
R6, R7: Kramnik crushed Jobava in 15 moves, then - Leko in 48.
R5: Boris beat Jobava in 113 moves. Leko beat Aronian in the rook endgame.
R4: Adams had 2 extra pawns and beat Gelfand in 117 moves.
Site: http://dortmund.chessgate.de/

The Hogeschool Zeeland Chess Tournament 2006 took place in Vlissingen 5th-12th August.
1. Krasenkow, Michal - 8/9; 2-4. Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav; L'Ami, Erwin; Nijboer, Friso - 7.5.
Site: http://www.hztoernooi.nl/

The 107th Annual US Open 2006 was held in Chicago August 5th-13th.
1. Shulman, Yuri - 8/9; 2-11. Kaidanov, Gregory; Izoria, Zviad; Shabalov, Alexander; Kacheishvili, Giorgi; Benjamin, Joel; Gurevich, Dmitry; Cordova, Emilio; Fedorowicz, John; Almeida Saenz, Alfonso; Aigner, Michael - 7.5.
Site: http://beta.uschess.org/

University of Whales in Swan Sea
The Smith & Williamson British Chess Championships 2006 took place at the University of Wales in Swansea August 6th-18th. 1. Rowson, Jonathan - 8.5/11; 2. Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan - 8; 3-6. Gormally, Daniel; Hebden, Mark; Jones, Gawain; Parker, Jonathan - 7.5.
Site: http://www.bcfservices.org.uk/live2006

The Chess Classic Mainz 2006 took place in Germany August 15th-20th.
Rapid chess match
Vishy Anand - Teimour Radjabov 5-3; 1/2, 0-1, 1-0, 1/2 (Novosibirsk Sicilian 10...Bg7), 0-1 (Novosibirsk Sicilian B33, 10...Bg7), 1-0 (Slav), 1-0, 1-0 (Sicilian 3.Bb5, hehe).
Games (8, pgn).
Ordix Open 2006, 11 rounds, 622 players
1-2. Kasimdzhanov,Rustam; Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar - 9.5; 3-7. Morozevich,Alexander; Harikrishna,Pentala; Mchedlishvili,Mikhail; Ruck,Robert; Agrest,Evgenij - 9.
Chess 960 Match
Levon Aronian - Peter Svidler 5-3 (1-0, 1-0, 0-1, 0-1, 1-0, 0-1, 1-0, 1-0).
Site: http://www.chesstigers.de/

The Credit Suisse Chess Champions Day on August 22, 2006 in Zurich. Blitz, double round robin, 6 rounds.
1-2. Garry Kasparov, Anatoly Karpov - 4.5; 3. Judit Polgar - 2.5; 4. Viktor Kortschnoi - 0.5.
Site: http://www.chessbase.com/

The French Championships 2006 took place in Besancon, 14th-26th August. Playoff: Tkachiev-Fressinet 1-0, 1/2.
1-2. Tkachiev, Vladislav; Fressinet, Laurent - 7.5; 3. Fontaine, Robert - 7; 4-5. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime; Lautier, Joel - 6; 6-7. Dorfman, Josif; Bauer, Christian - 5.5; 8. Sokolov, Andrei - 5; 9-10. Nataf, Igor-Alexandre; Vaisser, Anatoly - 4.5; 11. Colin, Vincent - 4; 12. Libiszewski, Fabien - 3.
Women: 1. Almira Skripchenko - 10 from 11; 2. Pauline Guichard - 9; 3. Maria Leconte - 8.5.
Site: http://www.echecs.asso.fr/

The Staunton Memorial 2006 took place in Simpsons in the Strand 14th-19th August and in Crowthorne, Berkshire from 21st to 25th August.
1. Sokolov, Ivan - 9/11; 2-3. Timman, Jan; Adams, Michael - 8/5.
Site: http://www.howardstaunton.com/

The Rubinstein Memorial 2006 took place in Polanica Zdroj August 20th-28th.
1-3. Kempinski, Robert; Socko, Bartosz; Kryvoruchko, Yuriy - 6/9.
Site: http://www.rubinstein.64pola.pl/

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