The review of chess events and sites for November, 2006

Chess Siberia

The review of chess events and sites for November, 2006

by Boris Schipkov

The Cap d'Agde rapid tournament 2006 took place in France 26th October - 2nd November.
Final: Karjakin, Sergey - Radjabov, Teimour 1/2, 0-1.
Semifinals: Karjakin, Sergey - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2, 1-0.
Volokitin, Andrei - Radjabov, Teimour 0-1, 0-1.
Site: http://www.agdechecs-ccas.com/

The Mikhail Tal Memorial 2006 took place in Moscow (Russia) November 5th-19th. Round Robin, category XX.
1-3. Peter Leko, Ruslan Ponomariov, Levon Aronian - 5.5; 4. Boris Gelfand - 5; 5-7. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov; Alexander Grischuk; Peter Svidler - 4.5; 8-9. Alexei Shirov; Magnus Carlsen - 3.5; 10. Alexander Morozevich - 3.
Games (45, zipped pgn)
Blitz Tal Cup: Anand, Judit Polgar, Karpov.
Final: 1. Vishy Anand - 23/34; 2. Levon Aronian - 21; 3-4. Peter Svidler, Teimour Radjabov - 20.5.

Site: http://www.russiachess.org/eng/

The National Chess Congress 2006 was held in Philadelphia (USA) November 25th-27th.
1. Hikaru Nakamura - 5.5/6; 2-4. Alexander Shabalov, Jaan Ehlvest, Justin Sarkar - 5.
Site: http://members.cox.net/tournaments/ncc

The Capablanca Memorial 2006 took place in Cuba November 19th-30th.
1. Ivanchuk, Vassily - 6.5; 2. Bareev, Evgeny - 6; 3. Miton, Kamil - 5; 4. Dominguez, Lenier - 4.5; 5-6. Bruzon, Lazaro; Arencibia, Walter - 4.
Site: http://www.inder.co.cu/capablanca/

The Spanish Championship 2006 took place in Leon 22nd-30th November.
Final: Francisco Vallejo Pons - Salvador Del Rio Angelis 1/2, 1-0.
Semifinals: Francisco Vallejo Pons - Manuel Perez Candelario 1-0, 1/2.
Mario Gomez Esteban - Salvador Del Rio Angelis 0-1, 1/2.
Site: http://www.campeonatoespanaajedrez2006.com/

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