The review of chess events and sites for January, 2007

Chess Siberia

The review of chess events and sites for January, 2007

by Boris Schipkov

The Hastings Chess Congress took place in England 28th December 2006 - 7th January 2007.
1-2. Gagunashvili, Merab; Neverov, Valerij - 7/9; 3-8. Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav; Gofshtein, Zvulon; Pavlovic, Milos; Pert, Nicholas; Lalic, Bogdan; Cherniaev, Alexander - 6.5.
Site: http://www.hastingschess.org.uk/

The Reggio Emilia tournament took place in Italy December 30th 2006 - January 7th 2007.
1. Iordachescu, Viorel - 7/9; 2-3. Landa, Konstantin; Khenkin, Igor - 6.5.
Site: http://www.ippogrifoscacchi.it/

The ACP World Rapid Cup 2007 took place in Odessa (Ukraine) January 5th-8th.
Final: Peter Leko - Vassily Ivanchuk 2.5-1.5.

Boris Gelfand - Peter Leko 2-3 (In game 1 Peter could win with 25...Rcd8, he checkmated in game 3, but Boris won game 4 in a lost ending; Peter gave rook for knight and two pawns in the sudden death game, advanced his pawns to e2 and f2)
Vassily Ivanchuk - Teimour Radjabov 2-0.

Peter Leko - Sergei Rublevsky 2-0 (Peter sacrificed his bishop)
Alexei Shirov - Boris Gelfand 0.5-1.5
Alexander Morozevich - Teimour Radjabov 0-1 (Alexander had an extra pawn, could win, but gave a rook), 1/2 (King's Indian)
Etienne Bacrot - Vassily Ivanchuk 0.5-1.5

6.01.2007 Pentala Harikrishna - Alexander Morozevich 2-3
Teimour Radjabov - Evgeny Bareev 1.5-0.5
Viorel Bologan - Etienne Bacrot 2-3
Vassily Ivanchuk - Farrukh Amonatov 1-0 (White attacked with 23.f6), 1-0.
5.01.2007 Peter Leko - Ivan Sokolov 1.5-0.5
Sergei Rublevsky - Arkadij Naiditsch 1.5-0.5
Ilia Smirin - Alexei Shirov 0.5-1.5
Boris Gelfand - Hikaru Nakamura 1-0 (Gruenfeld. White grabbed a pawn in the ending), 1-0 (Hikaru had an edge, better was 47.Rb7+ or 47.Kg2, winning).

Site: http://worldcup.pivdenny.com/en/

The Australian Open Chess Championships 2006-7 took place from 28th December 2006 to 9th January 2007 at the Tuggeranong Southern Cross Club in Canberra.
1. Zhao, Zong-Yuan - 9.5/11; 2. Rogers, Ian - 9; 3-4. Bluvshtein, Mark; Johansen, Darryl - 8.5.
Site: http://www.actjcl.org.au/ausopen2006

The 114th New Zealand Championship took place 2nd-12th January in Wanganui.
1. Wang Puchen - 9/11; 2-3. Ker, Anthony; Dive, Russell John - 7.5.
Site: http://www.nzchess.co.nz/

The Ciudad de Sevilla 2007 took place in Spain 7th-15th January.
1-2. Van Der Weide, Karel; Campora Sivori, Daniel - 7.5; 3-9. Rizouk, Aimen; Spraggett, Kevin; Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel; Komljenovic, Davor; Pogorelov, Ruslan; Tissir, Mohamed; Jimenez Hernandez, Cayetano - 7.
Site: http://www.fsajedrez.com/

The German Championship 2007 took place in Bad Koenigshofen January 19th-27th.
1-2. Naiditsch, Arkadij; Buhmann, Rainer; 3-5. Gustafsson, Jan; Henrichs, Thomas; Luther, Thomas - 6.
Site: http://www.schachclub1957.de/

The Corus tournaments 2007 took place in Wijk aan Zee (The Netherlands) January 12th-28th.
1-3. Levon Aronian, Veselin Topalov, Teimour Radjabov - 8.5; 4. Vladimir Kramnik - 8; 5. Viswanathan Anand - 7.5; 6. Peter Svidler - 7; 7-8. David Navara, Sergey Karjakin - 6.5; 9. Ruslan Ponomariov - 6; 10-12. Alexander Motylev, Sergei Tiviakov, Loek van Wely - 5; 13-14. Magnus Carlsen, Alexei Shirov - 4.5.
Games (91, zipped pgn)

R13: Radjabov-Topalov 1/2, Aronian-Tiviakov 1-0 (Black riskily sacrificed his rook), Kramnik-van Wely 1-0 (White attacked on the kingside), Anand-Navara 1/2, Svidler-Karjakin 0-1 (Black attacked on the queenside), Ponomariov-Motylev 1/2, Carlsen-Shirov 1/2 (Two bishops).

R12: Topalov-Kramnik 1/2, Motylev-Radjabov 0-1 (The KID, unbeatable), van Wely-Svidler 1-0 (Loek quickly won in the Gruenfeld), Shirov-Aronian 1/2, Tiviakov-Anand 1/2, Karjakin-Carlsen 1/2, Navara-Ponomariov 1-0 (David had an edge, 34...Kg6 is bad).

R11: Kramnik-Radjabov 1/2 (Again the King's Indian), Svidler-Topalov 1-0 (Peter made few mistakes, but then Veselin did the errors 33...Rc5 and 35...f5. Correct was 33...Rc2+ with advantage or 35...Rb5. White had a better rook endgame, could fight for victory), Navara-Motylev 1/2 (Black won a pawn, an interesting blow), Ponomariov-Tiviakov 1/2, Anand-Shirov 1/2, Aronian-Karjakin 1-0 (White attacked the king in the ending), Carlsen-van Wely 1/2 (Black had an edge, rook+pawn vs rook+bishop).

R10: Motylev-Kramnik 1/2, Karjakin-Anand 0-1 (Sergey sacrificed his queen), Radjabov-Svidler 1/2, Shirov-Ponomariov 1/2, Tiviakov-Navara 1/2, Topalov-Carlsen 1-0 (The gift 15...Nxc5, better was 15...Re8), van Wely-Aronian 1/2 (Loek won a piece, but made a mistake 38.Rh5?).

R9: Anand-van Wely 1-0, Aronian-Topalov 1/2, Carlsen-Radjabov 1/2, Navara-Shirov 0-1 (Alexei grabbed a pawn with 23...Nxe4), Ponomariov-Karjakin 1-0 (Ruslan attacked the king), Svidler-Kramnik 1/2.

R8: Kramnik-Carlsen 1/2, Radjabov-Aronian 0-1, Topalov-Anand 1-0 (Bishop+knight vs rook+2 pawns), Motylev-Svidler 0-1 (Peter attacked with a knight sacrifice), Karjakin-Navara 1-0 (Black could win), van Wely-Ponomariov 1/2, Shirov-Tiviakov 1/2 (Alexei had a clear edge due to the exchange).

R7: Anand-Radjabov 1/2, Aronian-Kramnik 1/2, Carlsen-Svidler 0-1, Navara-van Wely 1-0, Ponomariov-Topalov 0-1 (Veselin gathered pawns), Shirov-Motylev 1/2, Tiviakov-Karjakin 1/2.

R6: Kramnik-Anand 1-0 (Vladimir grabbed a pawn in the ending), van Wely-Tiviakov 1/2, Topalov-Navara 1/2, Karjakin-Shirov 1-0, Motylev-Carlsen 1/2, Radjabov-Ponomariov 1/2, Svidler-Aronian 1/2.

R5: Navara-Radjabov 0-1 (A sharp fight. David sacrificed his knight, but Teimour checkmated. Better was 28.Rbd1), Anand-Svidler 1-0 (Vishy won quickly), Aronian-Carlsen 1/2, Karjakin-Motylev 1/2, Ponomariov-Kramnik 1/2, Shirov-van Wely 0-1, Tiviakov-Topalov 1/2.

R4: Topalov-Shirov 1-0, Radjabov-Tiviakov 1-0, Carlsen-Anand 1/2, van Wely-Karjakin 1/2, Svidler-Ponomariov 1/2, Kramnik-Navara 1/2.

R3: Anand-Aronian 1/2 (A theoretical duel, Marshall Ruy Lopez), Karjakin-Topalov 1/2 (Sergey obtained a clear edge), Navara-Svidler 1/2, Ponomariov-Carlsen 1-0 (Queen vs rook+bishop), Shirov-Radjabov 0-1 (Black attacked in the KID, won the exchange), Tiviakov-Kramnik 1/2.

R2: Kramnik-Shirov 1-0 (Fork), Topalov-van Wely 1-0, Motylev-Anand 0-1 (Alexander could make a draw by 28.Rxg7+), Aronian-Ponomariov 1-0, Svidler-Tiviakov 1-0, Carlsen-Navara 0-1, Radjabov-Karjakin 1/2.

R1: van Wely-Radjabov 0-1 (Teimour grabbed the b4-pawn in the King's Indian), Topalov-Motylev 1/2 (Black got good counterplay).

Site: http://www.coruschess.com/

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