The review of chess events and sites for September, 2006

Chess Siberia

The review of chess events and sites for September, 2006

by Boris Schipkov

The rapid chess match Peter Leko vs Anatoly Karpov took place in Miskolc (Hungary), 30th August - 3rd September 2006.
Leko - Karpov 4.5-3.5 [1/2, 1/2, 1-0 (20...Bf6 is bad, better is 20...Bg5 Topalov-Anand, San Luis 2005), 1/2, 1/2 (Peter won a pawn, perpetual check), 1/2, 1/2, 1/2].
Games (8, pgn)

Site: http://www.lekokarpov.hu/

The World Blitz Championship 2006 took place in Rishon Le Zion (Israel) 7th September.
Playoff Game: Grischuk, Alexander - Svidler, Peter 1-0.
1. Svidler, Peter; Grischuk, Alexander - 10.5/15; 3-4. Radjabov, Teimour; Anand, Viswanathan - 10; 5-6. Polgar, Judit; Gelfand, Boris - 9.5.
Site: http://www.fideblitz.com/

The Russian Championship 2006 semi-final (the major league) took place in Tomsk, September 3rd-11th. Swiss system, 9 rounds.
Final Standings. Russian Championship 2006, the major league
1. Inarkiev - 6.5; 2-8. Khismatullin, Tomashevsky, Nepomniachtchi, Grigoriants, Alekseev, Vitiugov, Najer - 6.
Games (261, zipped pgn)
R9: Inarkiev-Tomashevsky 1/2, Khismatullin-Vitiugov 1/2 (A quick draw).
R8: Malakhov-Inarkiev 0-1 (White had weaknesses), Vitiugov-Tomashevsky 1/2, Khismatullin-Dreev 1-0 (White grabbed the exchange), Landa-Timofeev 1/2 (Perpetual check).
R7: Timofeev-Malakhov 0-1 (White sacrificed a piece), Dreev-Inarkiev 1/2, Tomashevsky-Khismatullin 1-0, Vitiugov-Motylev 1-0.
R6: Inarkiev-Timofeev 1/2 (White won a pawn), Motylev-Grigoriants 1/2, Khismatullin-Alekseev 1-0 (Denis pushed the c-pawn), Kobalia-Vitiugov 1/2.
R5: Inarkiev-Khismatullin 1-0 (Ernesto grabbed the exchange), Vitiugov-Malakhov 1/2, Timofeev-Smirnov 1-0 (White won quickly), Tomashevsky-Khalifman 1/2 (GM draw).
R4: Khismatullin-Timofeev 1/2, Smirnov-Tomashevsky 1/2, Popov-Dreev 1/2.
R3: Grigoriants-Khismatullin 0-1, Timofeev-Bocharov 1-0, Vitiugov-Khalifman 1/2, Chernyshov-Smirnov 0-1, Shaposhnikov-Landa 1/2.
R2: Kobalia-Khismatullin 0-1, Smirnov-Shaposhnikov 1/2, Lysyj-Tomashevsky 1/2, Popov-Chernyshov 1/2, Bocharov-Nepomniachtchi 1/2, Khalifman-Anisimov 1-0.
R1: Maletin-Malakhov 1/2, Chernyshov-Motylev 1-0, Timofeev-Kosteniuk 1/2, Kharitonov-Smirnov 0-1, Shabanov-Bocharov 0-1.
Site: http://www.russiachess.ru/

The European Union Individual Chess Championships 2006 took place in Liverpool (England) 6th-15th September. 1. Short, Nigel - 7.5; 2-9. Sulskis, Sarunas; McShane, Luke; Gordon, Stephen; Jones, Gawain; Galego, Luis; Gormally, Daniel; Bischoff, Klaus; Van Der Weide, Karel - 7/10.
Site: http://www.liverpoolchessinternational.co.uk/

The Norwegian Championship 2006 playoff took place in Oslo September 19th-21st.
Carlsen, Magnus - Agdestein, Simen 1/2, 1/2; rapid 2-0.
Site: http://www.nettavisen.no/sjakk

The World Senior Championship 2006 took place in Valle d'Aosta (Italy) September 11th-22nd. 11 rounds.
1. Korchnoi, Viktor - 9; 2. Jansa, Vlastimil - 8.5; 3-5. Spassov, Liuben; Bukal, Vladimir; Donchenko, Anatoly - 8.
Site: http://www.scacchivda.com/

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