The review of chess events and sites for May, 2006

The review of chess events and sites for May, 2006

by Boris Schipkov

The Mtel Masters 2006 took place in Sofia (Bulgaria) May 10th-21st.
1. Veselin Topalov - 6.5; 2. Gata Kamsky - 6; 3. Viswanathan Anand - 5.5; 4. Peter Svidler - 5; 5-6. Etienne Bacrot, Ruslan Ponomariov - 3.5.

Veselin Topalov, Peter Svidler. Cartoons: Chavdar Nikolov Gata Kamsky, Etienne Bacrot. Cartoons: Chavdar Nikolov Viswanathan Anand, Ruslan Ponomariov. Cartoons: Chavdar Nikolov

Veselin Topalov, Peter Svidler. Gata Kamsky, Etienne Bacrot. Viswanathan Anand, Ruslan Ponomariov. Cartoons: Chavdar Nikolov.
R10: Topalov-Bacrot 1-0, Svidler-Kamsky 1/2, Ponomariov-Anand 1/2.
R9: Kamsky-Topalov 0-1 (Veselin attacked), Anand-Svidler 1/2, Bacrot-Ponomariov 1/2.
R8: Topalov-Ponomariov 1-0 (Ruslan had an edge, but made a mistake. Better was 29...f6), Svidler-Bacrot 1/2, Kamsky-Anand 1/2.
R7: Anand-Topalov 0-1 (Veselin sacrificed a pawn), Bacrot-Kamsky 1/2, Ponomariov-Svidler 1-0 (Ruslan had a small edge).
R6: Topalov-Svidler 0-1, Kamsky-Ponomariov 1-0 (Gata attacked), Anand-Bacrot 1/2.
R5: Topalov-Kamsky 1-0 (Veselin sacrificed the exchange), Ponomariov-Bacrot 1/2, Svidler-Anand 1/2.
R4: Anand-Ponomariov 1-0 (Unclear ending), Kamsky-Svidler 1-0 (Gata grabbed a pawn, attacked), Bacrot-Topalov 1/2 (Calm Nimzo).
R3: Ponomariov-Topalov 1/2, Bacrot-Svidler 1/2, Anand-Kamsky 0-1 (Endgame).
R2: Topalov-Anand 0-1, Kamsky-Bacrot 1-0 (Rook vs knight), Svidler-Ponomariov 1-0.
R1: Svidler-Topalov 1/2, Ponomariov-Kamsky 1/2, Bacrot-Anand 0-1 (2 rooks vs queen).

Peter Svidler, Veselin Topalov and the Brazilian writer Paolo Coelho. Photo: mtelmasters06.

Games (30, zipped pgn)

The Dubai 2006 Open Chess Championship took place 22nd April - 2nd May.
1-3. Fedorchuk, Sergey; Sargissian, Gabriel; Petrosian, Tigran L - 7 out of 9.

The Sigeman 2006 Chess tournament took place in Malmo 28th April – 6th May.
1. Timman, Jan - 7 from 9; 2-3. Hillarp Persson, Tiger; Atalik, Suat - 6.
Site: http://www.sigeman-chess.com/

The Argentinean Championship 2006 took place in Buenos Aires April 26th - May 6th.
1. Peralta, Fernando - 8 from 10; 2-3. Felgaer, Ruben; Flores, Diego - 7.
Site: http://www.ajedrez.com.ar/camparg/superior06/final-sup06.htm

The Festival Santista de Xadrez 2006 took place in Santos (Brasil) 29th April - 7th May.
1. Leitao, Rafael - 6.5 from 9; 2. Mekhitarian, Krikor - 5.5; 3-5. Milos, Gilberto; Coelho, Luis; Lafuente, Pablo - 5.
Site: http://www.fpx.com.br/

Bosna 2006 took place in Sarajevo May 7th-16th.
1-3. Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter; Carlsen, Magnus; Malakhov, Vladimir - 5.5; 4. Predojevic, Borki - 5; 5. Sasikiran, Krishnan - 4.5; 6. Naiditsch, Arkadij - 4.
Site: http://www.skbosna.ba/

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