The review of chess events and sites for November, 2007

Chess Siberia

The review of chess events and sites for November, 2007

by Boris Schipkov

The European Team Chess Championships 2007 took place in Crete (Greece) 28th October - 7th November.
Final standings: 1. Russia - 17; 2. Armenia - 14; 3. Azerbaijan - 13.

R9: Russia-Bulgaria 2.5-1.5, Armenia-Israel 2.5-1.5, France-Azerbaijan 1.5-2.5.
R8: Spain-Russia 2-2, Azerbaijan-Armenia 2-2, Slovenia-Israel 1.5-2.5.
R7: France-Russia 1.5-2.5, Armenia-Slovenia 2.5-1.5, Ukraine-Azerbaijan 1.5-2.5.
R6: Russia-Israel 3-1, Slovenia-Azerbaijan 2.5-1.5, Czech Republic-Ukraine 1.5-2.5.
R5: Azerbaijan-Russia 0.5-3.5, Ukraine-France 2-2, Bulgaria-Czech Republic 2-2.
R4: Russia-Slovenia 3-1, Netherlands-Azerbaijan 1.5-2.5, Hungary-Israel 2-2.
R3: Russia-Czech Republic 2.5-1.5, Azerbaijan-Denmark 2.5-1.5, Netherlands-Serbia 2.5-1.5.
R2: Armenia-Russia 1.5-2.5, Ukraine-Spain 2-2, Bulgaria-Azerbaijan 1.5-2.5.
R1: Russia-Sweden 3.5-0.5, Bosnia-Ukraine 0-4 (default), Azerbaijan-Turkey 4-0.
Women: 1. Russia - 15; 2. Poland - 13 (23.5); 3. Armenia - 13 (21).

Sites: http://www.euroteams2007.org/, and http://chess-results.com/tnr8333

"Chess Champions League" 2007 took place in Vitoria Gasteiz (Spain) 1st-15th November.
1. Topalov, Veselin - 7, 2. Ponomariov, Ruslan - 7.5; 3-4. Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter; Polgar, Judit - 5; 5. Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - 4.5; 6. Karpov, Anatoly - 3.
Games (30, zipped pgn)

Site: http://www.ajedrez-hotelakua.com/clasifadjun

The World Blitz Chess Championship 2007 took place in Moscow 19th-22nd November. 1. Ivanchuk 25.5; 2. Anand 24.5; 3-4. Grischuk, Kamsky 23.5; 5-7. Kramnik, Leko, Rublevsky 21.5.
Preliminaries: 1.Kasimdzhanov; 2-4.Bacrot, Adams, Savchenko.
The advanced chess match Vladimir Kramnik - Viswanathan Anand 1-1, November 23rd.
The Tal Memorial 2007 took place in Moscow (Russia) 9th-19th November.
1. Kramnik, Vladimir - 6.5; 2. Shirov, Alexei - 5; 3-6. Gelfand, Boris; Carlsen, Magnus; Jakovenko, Dmitry; Leko, Peter - 4.5; 7-9. Ivanchuk, Vassily; Kamsky, Gata; Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - 4; 10. Alekseev, Evgeny - 3.5.
Games (45, zipped pgn)

Site: http://russiachess.org/online/

The Championships of the Ukraine 2007 took place in Kharkiv 17th-25th November.
1. Aveskulov, Valeriy - 6.5 from 9; 2-4. Miroshnichenko, Evgenij; Kuzubov, Yuriy; Gasanov, Eldar - 6.
Site: http://ukrchess.org.ua/turnir/ukr07

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