The review of chess events and sites for March, 2006

Chess Siberia

The review of chess events and sites for March, 2006

by Boris Schipkov

The Fraenkische Grossmeistertage 2006 took place at Pulvermuehle in Germany 24.02-05.03.2006.
1-3. Jan Gustafsson; Artur Jussupow; Michael Prusikin - 6 from 9; 4-6. Viktor Kortchnoi; Jan Markos; David Baramidze - 4.5.

Kateryna Lahno. Photo: Copyright by www.steffans-schachseiten.de Artur Jussupow vs Viktor Kortchnoi. Photo: Copyright by www.steffans-schachseiten.de

Site: http://www.pulvermuehle2006.steffans-schachseiten.de/

The Polish Championship 2006 took place in Krakow 25th February to 9th March.
1. Bartel, Mateusz - 8.5/12; 2-5. Socko, Bartosz; Wojtaszek, Radoslaw; Bobras, Piotr; Macieja, Bartlomiej - 7.
Site: http://mzszach.l.pl/online/mpm2006/index.html

The Hungarian Championship 2006 took place in Szekesfehervar 1st to 9th March.
1. Almasi, Zoltan - 6.5; 2-3. Gyimesi, Zoltan; Balogh, Csaba - 5.5; 4-6. Berkes, Ferenc; Ruck, Robert; Cao, Sang - 5; 7. Sax, Gyula - 4.5; 8. Szabo, Krisztian - 3; 9-10 Portisch, Lajos; Horvath, Adam - 2.5.
Site: http://web.t-online.hu/passant/sakkversenyek/

The U.S. Chess Championship 2006 took place in San Diego March 2nd-12th.
Final: Alexander Onischuk - Yury Shulman 1.5-0.5
Women Final: Rusa Goletiani - Anna Zatonskih 0.5-1.5
Nakamura Hikaru 6/9, Kamsky Gata 6.5, Ibragimov Ildar 6.5, Gulko Boris 4.5, Goldin Alexander 5, Dlugy Max 4.5, Onischuk Alexander 7.
Site: http://www.uschesschampionship.com/

The Reykjavik Open 2006 took place in Iceland 6th-14th March.
1-5. Gabriel Sargissian; Ahmed Adly; Shakhriyar Mamedyarov; Igor-Alexander Nataf ; Pentala Harikrishna - 7/9; 6-9. Magnus Carlsen; Ivan Sokolov; Luis Galego; Christopher Ward - 6.5.
Site: http://www.skaksamband.com/reykjavikopen2006/

The Linares-Morelia 2006 chess tournament took place in Mexico February 18th to 28th, then in Spain March 3rd to 11th.
Rounds 1-14 Results
1. Levon Aronian - 8.5; 2-3. Veselin Topalov, Teimour Radjabov - 8; 4. Peter Leko - 7.5; 5-6. Vassily Ivanchuk, Peter Svidler - 6.5; 7. Etienne Bacrot - 6; 8. Francisco Vallejo Pons - 5.
Games (56, zipped pgn)

Sites: http://www.moreliachess.com/eng/ and http://www.chessbase.com/

The Poikovsky 2006 tournament took place in Russia March 18th-28th.
1. Shirov, Alexei - 6; 2-5. Ponomariov, Ruslan; Zvjaginsev, Vadim; Dreev, Alexey; Bareev, Evgeny - 5; 6-7 Sokolov, Ivan; Najer, Evgeniy - 4.5; 8. Rublevsky, Sergei - 4; 9. Onischuk, Alexander - 3.5; 10. Bologan, Viktor - 2.5.
Site: http://admoil.ru/chess2006

The Women's World Chess Championship 2006 took place in Ekaterinburg (Russia) March 10th-25th.
Final: Galliamova, Alisa - Xu, Yuhua 0-1 (Endgame), 1/2, 0-1 (Alisa had a clear advantage, an extra pawn, but then she made mistakes). Xu Yuhua is the new Women's World Champion.

Semifinals: Cmilyte, Viktorija - Galliamova, Alisa 1/2 (White had an edge. Perpetual check); 0-1.
Matveeva, Svetlana - Xu, Yuhua 1/2; 0-1.

R4: Galliamova, Alisa - Khurtsidze, Nino 1-0, 1-0. Alisa grabbed a piece.
Matveeva, Svetlana - Sebag, Marie 1/2, 1-0. Svetlana obtained an advantage in the ending.
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina - Xu, Yuhua 1/2, 1/2; 0.5-1.5.
Chiburdanidze, Maia - Cmilyte, Viktorija 1-0 (Black could win with 30...Nh5), 0-1 (Viktorija won two pawns); 0.5-1.5.

R3: Galliamova, Alisa (RUS) - Radziewicz, Iweta (POL) 2.5-1.5
Sebag, Marie (FRA) - Qin, Kanying (CHN) 4-2
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina (RUS) - Peng, Zhaoqin (NED) 2.5-1.5
Kosteniuk, Alexandra (RUS) - Cmilyte, Viktorija (LTU) 0.5-1.5
Ju, Wenjun (CHN) - Chiburdanidze, Maia (GEO) 2-4
Xu, Yuhua (CHN) - Kosintseva, Tatiana (RUS) 1.5-0.5
Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman (IND) - Matveeva, Svetlana (RUS) 0.5-1.5
Khurtsidze, Nino (GEO) - Hou, Yifan (CHN) 2-0.

R2 unexpected results: Stefanova-Radziewicz 1-3, Sebag-Koneru 3-1.
Site: http://www.womenchess.com/

The 15th Amber Rapid and Blindfold Chess Tournament 2006 took place in Monaco March 18th-30th.
1-2. Morozevich, Alexander; Anand, Viswanathan - 14.5/22; 3. Vallejo Pons, Francisco - 12; 4. Grischuk, Alexander - 11.5; 5-6. Topalov, Veselin; Leko, Peter - 11; 7-8. Aronian, Levon; Gelfand, Boris - 10.5; 9. Van Wely, Loek - 10; 10. Svidler, Peter - 9.5; 11. Ivanchuk, Vassily - 9; 12. Nielsen, Peter Heine - 8.
Sites: http://amber.quinsy.net/ , http://www.notzai.info, http://www.monaco-chess-club.com/, http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html

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