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The review of chess events and sites for February, 2007

by Boris Schipkov

The GibTelecom Chess Festival 2007 took place 23rd January - 1st February.
1. Akopian, Vladimir - 7.5/9; 2-4. Areshchenko, Alexander; Nakamura, Hikaru; Sutovsky, Emil - 7.
Site: http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/

The first stage of the French team championship 2007, the TOP 16, took place February 9th-11th in the town of Chalons en Champagne. Two favourite clubs are Paris Chess 15 and Clichy.
Etienne Bacrot (France, 2705 ELO, Paris Chess 15). Photo: www.top16echecs.com Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaidjan, 2754 ELO, Paris Chess 15). Photo: www.top16echecs.com Dmitry Jakovenko (Russie, 2691 ELO, Clichy). Photo: www.top16echecs.com Hotel de Region. Photo: www.top16echecs.com

R1: Clichy-Montpellier 5-0 and Paris Chess 15 - Drancy 6-0.
R2: Clichy-Drancy 5-0, Montpellier-Paris Chess 15 0-4.
R3: Drancy-Montpellier 2-1, Paris Chess 15 - Clichy 1-1.
Games (16, zipped pgn)

Site: http://www.top16echecs.com/

The Czech championship 2007 took place in Praha 5th-16th February.
1-2. Polak, Tomas; Babula, Vlastimil - 7.5/11; 3-5. Votava, Jan; Stocek, Jiri; Vokac, Marek - 7.
Site: http://www.chess.cz/

The Polish Championship 2007 took place in Opole 9th-22nd February.
1. Markowski, Tomasz - 10/13; 2. Socko, Bartosz - 9.5; 3. Bartel, Mateusz - 8.5..
Site: http://www.ozszach.pl/impm2007/index.html

The Aeroflot Open 2007 took place in Moscow 14-22 February. 9 rounds.
1. Alekseev, Evgeny - 7; 2-5. Tomashevsky, Evgeny; Jakovenko, Dmitry; Wang, Yue; Ni, Hua - 6.5; 6-9. Almasi, Zoltan; Jobava, Baadur; Sutovsky, Emil; Volkov, Sergey - 6.
Site: http://www.aeroflotchess.com/

The Novosibirsk Championship 2007 took place 13-22 February in Siberia. 9 rounds, 26 players.
1-2. Grachev, Jury; Novikova, Anna - 6.5; 3-5. Korobkin, Maxim; Kopylov, Alexander; Tuzhik, Artem - 6.
Games (109, zipped pgn)

Site: http://www.nskchess.nm.ru/

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