The review of chess events and sites for July, 2006

Chess Siberia

The review of chess events and sites for July, 2006

by Boris Schipkov

The World Open 2006 was held in Philadelphia (USA) June 28th-July 4th.
1-9. Kamsky, Gata; Ibragimov, Ildar; Ehlvest, Jaan; Milov, Vadim; Yudasin, Leonid; Ivanov, Alexander; Kacheishvili, Giorgi; Wojtkiewicz, Aleks; Benjamin, Joel - 7/9.
GM Gata Kamsky wins the Tie Break Blitz Game over GM Vadim Milov.
Site: http://www.worldopen.com/

The Swedish Championship 2006 took place in Gothenburg 1st-14th July.
1. Hellsten, Johan - 10/12; 2. Berg, Emanuel - 8; 3. Hector, Jonny - 7; 4-5. Cramling, Pia; Brynell, Stellan - 6.5.
Site: http://www.schacksm.se/

The Norwegian Championship 2006 took place in Moss July 8th-15th.
1-2. Carlsen, Magnus; Agdestein, Simen - 7/9; 3. Ostenstad, Berge - 6.
Site: http://www.nm2006.sjakknet.no/

The Championship of Slovakia 2006 took place in Banska Stiavnica July 8th-16th.
1-2. Petrik, Tomas; Markos, Jan - 6.5/9; 3. Pinter, Erik - 5.5.
Site: http://www.livechess.sk/

The Canadian Open 2006 was held in Kitchener, Ontario July 15th-23rd.
1-2. Walter Arencibia; Abhijit Kunte - 7/9; 3-9. Evgeny Bareev; Alexander Moiseenko; Fidel Corrales; Thomas Roussel-Roozmon; Tomas Krnan; Hans Joachim Hecht; Leonid Gerzhoy - 6.5.
Arencibia beat Bareev in the bishop vs knight endgame in 6th round.
Site: http://www.chessfest.ca/

The Amsterdam Chess Tournament 2006 took place in the Netherlands July 15th-23rd.
1-3. Tiviakov,Sergey; Erenburg,Sergey; Nijboer,Friso - 7/9; 4-6. Halkias,Stelios; Ftacnik,Lubomir; Vazquez Igarza,Renier - 6.5.
Site: http://www.amsterdamchesstournament.nl/

The Czech Open 2006 took place in Pardubice 21st-29th July.
1. Novikov Stanislav - 7.5; 2-8. Oleksienko Mikhailo; Tomashevsky Evgeny; Gajewski Grzegorz; Babula Vlastimil; Potkin Vladimir; Czarnota Pawel; Smikovski Ivan - 7.
Site: http://www.czechopen.net/

The Politiken Cup 2006 took place in Copenhagen (Denmark) 22nd-30th July.
1-3. Malakhatko, Vadim; Short, Nigel; Hector, Jonny - 7.5/9; 4-9. Rasmussen, Allan Stig; Hansen, Curt; Boros, Denes; De Firmian, Nick; Aagaard, Jacob; Degtiarev, Evgeny - 7.
Site: http://www.politikencup.dk/

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