The review of chess events and sites for June, 2006

Chess Siberia

The review of chess events and sites for June, 2006

by Boris Schipkov

The 37th Chess Olympiad 2006 took place in Turin (Italia) 20th May - 4th June. 1.Armenia - 36, 2.China - 34, 3.USA - 33, 4.Israel - 33. Women: 1.Ukraine - 29.5, 2.Russia - 28, 3.China - 27.5.
Men's Final Standings. 37th Chess Olympiad, Turin 2006
Russia: Kramnik Vladimir 6.5/9, Svidler Peter 5/9, Grischuk Alexander 7/11, Morozevich Alexander 6/9, Bareev Evgeny 5.5/9, Rublevskiy Sergey 2/5.
Women's Final Standings. 37th Chess Olympiad, Turin 2006
Russia: Kosteniuk Alexandra 6/10, Kosintseva Tatiana 9.5/12, Kosintseva Nadezhda 7.5/10, Kovalevskaya Ekaterina 5/7.
Results of the leading teams. Rounds 1-13, Chess Olympiad 2006

Sites: http://www.chessolympiad-torino2006.org/, http://schach.wienerzeitung.at/tnr3410

GM Tournament Hockenheim (1.-4.6.)/ Willingen 6.-10.6. took place in Germany 1-10.06.2006. 10 players, 9 rounds, ELO 2498 category X.
1.Rainer Buhmann - 6, 2-3.Fabian Doettling, Oleg Romanishin - 5.5; 4.Vyacheslav Ikonnikov - 5; 5-7. Alexander Gasthofer, Georg Meier, Evgeny Tomashevsky; 8.Wouter Spoelman - 4; 9.Arik Braun - 3; 10.Maximilian Meinhardt - 2.5.

Rainer Buhmann. Photo: Alissa Berger Fabian Doettling. Photo: Alissa Berger Evgeny Tomashevsky. Photo: Alissa Berger Vyacheslav Ikonnikov. Photo: Alissa Berger

Web: www.schach.com/hockenheim

The Ciudad de Leon 2006 chess tournament took place 9th-11th June in Spain.
Final: Veselin Topalov - Viswanathan Anand 1.5-2.5 (1/2 Veselin won a pawn; 0-1 Vishy moved his rooks on 7th rank, grabbed pawns; 1/2; 1/2 Anand had an advantage)
Semifinals: Viswanathan Anand - Lazaro Bruzon 4.5-3.5
Veselin Topalov - Paco Vallejo 2.5-1.5 (In 3rd game Veselin had an extra queen, but Francisco could make a draw).

Site: http://www.advancedchessleon.com/

The San Marino International Chess Open 2006 took place in Republic of San Marino June 5th-11th.
1-2. Milov, Vadim; Akobian, Varuzhan - 7.5 from 9; 3. Gagunashvili, Merab - 7; 4-11. Tiviakov, Sergei; Ehlvest, Jaan; Pantsulaia, Levan; Torre, Eugenio; Sulava, Nenad; Epishin, Vladimir; Kuzubov, Yuriy; Ivanisevic, Ivan - 6.5; etc.
Site: http://www.sanmarinoscacchi.sm/

The St. Petersburg Championship 2006 took place in Russia 3rd-13th June. 1-2. Popov, Valerij; Yemelin, Vasily - 8/11; 3-4. Vitiugov, Nikita; Alekseev, Evgeny - 7.5.
The Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2006 took place in Kazan (Russia) June 1st-9th. 1. Askarov, Marat - 7.5/9; 2-3. Bocharov, Dmitry; Khismatullin, Denis - 7.

The National Open 2006 took place in Las Vegas (USA) June 15th-19th.
1-5. Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander; Akobian, Varuzhan; Mitkov, Nikola; Gagunashvili, Merab; Ftacnik, Lubomir - 5/6; 6-12. Mikhalevski, Victor; Golod, Vitali; De Firmian, Nick; Kudrin, Sergey; Kritz, Leonid; Anka, Emil; Browne, Walter - 4.5.
Site: http://www.lvchessfestival.com/

The Aerosvit 2006 tournament took place in Foros, Crimea (Ukraine) June 16th-29th.
1. Rublevsky, Sergei - 7.5; 2. Ivanchuk, Vassily - 7; 3. Bologan, Viorel - 6.5; 4-6. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar; Shirov, Alexei; Grischuk, Alexander - 6; 7-8. Areshchenko, Alexander; Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter - 5; 9-10. Ponomariov, Ruslan; Karjakin, Sergey - 4.5; 11-12. Volokitin, Andrei; Harikrishna, Pentala - 4.
Site: http://www.aerosvit2006.ukrchess.org.ua/

The Dutch Championship 2006 took place in Hilversum, the Netherlands June 17th-29th.
1. Tiviakov, Sergei - 9; 2. Sokolov, Ivan - 7.5; 3-4. Nijboer, Friso; Van Wely, Loek - 7; 5. Stellwagen, Daniel - 6.5; 6-7. Van der Wiel, John; Werle, Jan - 5.5; 8. L'Ami, Erwin - 5; 9. Smeets, Jan - 4.5; 10-11. Timman, Jan; Bosch, Jeroen - 3; 12. Visser, Yge - 2.5.
Site: http://www.schaakbond.nl/

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