The review of chess events and sites for February, 2006

Chess Siberia

The review of chess events and sites for February, 2006

by Boris Schipkov

The Gibtelecom Chess Festival 2006 took place in Gibraltar (Great Britain) January 24th to February 2nd.
1. GEORGIEV,Kiril - 8.5/10; 2-3. SHORT,Nigel; SUTOVSKY,Emil - 7.5; 4-10. AKOPIAN,Vladimir; ARESHCHENKO,Alex; EFIMENKO,Zahar; GUREVICH,Mikhail; GYIMESI,Zoltan; SHIROV,Alex; VOLKOV,Sergey - 7.
Site: http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/

The Cuernavaca Young Masters 2006 took place in Mexico 1st-11th February.
1-2. Ponomariov, Vallejo Pons - 6.5; 3. Nakamura - 6; 4. Dominguez - 5.5; 5. Bruzon - 5; 6. Volokitin - 4.5; 7. Cheparinov - 4; 8. Karjakin - 3.5; 9. Leon Hoyos - 2; 10. Felgaer - 1.5.
Site: http://www.uaem.mx/ajedrez2006/index.html

The German Championship 2006 took place in Osterburg 2-12 February.
1-3. Luther,Thomas; Kunin,Vitaly; Jussupow,Artur - 6.5/9.
Site: http://www.dem2006.schach-lsa.de/

The Aeroflot Open 2006 took place in Moscow 8-17 February.
1-4. Jobava, Baadur; Bologan, Viktor; Sasikiran, Krishnan; Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - 6.5/9; 5-11. Eljanov, Pavel; Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime; Petrosian, Tigran L; Akopian, Vladimir; Georgiev, Kiril; Naiditsch, Arkadij; Jakovenko, Dmitry - 6.

The Cappelle la Grande 2006 took place in France 18th-25th February.
1. Moiseenko, Alexander - 7.5/9; 2-9. Gashimov, Vugar; Goloshchapov, Alexander; Azarov, Sergei; Drozdovskij, Yuri; Grigoriants, Sergey; Sasikiran, Krishnan; Burmakin, Vladimir; Szelag, Marcin - 7.
Site: http://www.cappelle-chess.com/

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