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Gibtelecom Masters, 24 January - 2 February 2006Last Edited: Wednesday February 8, 2006 6:33 PMDownload games (all rounds) in PGN format (zipped). Official website: http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/ On the spot reports: John Saunders Rounds 9-10 - 'King Kiril' Dominates Gibraltar
Well, I did promise on the spot reports, didn't I. I'm afraid that the last few days in Gibraltar were too hectic for further reporting, and not helped by some more connectivity problems. Anyway, the answer to the question 'can nothing stop Kiril Georgiev' proved to be an emphatic 'no'. In round nine he played perhaps his most impressive game, sweeping Sergey Volkov from the board. Volkov,S (2629) - Georgiev,K (2645) [E25]
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14...f5!? 15 Be2 Bd7!?
Quite a violent pair of moves from a player who was leading the tournament by half a point and might have been expected to play it safe. To this point in the tournament, Georgiev had played positional chess, but here he shows he is prepared to play more riskily when the circumstances demand.
16 Qxb7 Qa5 17 Bd4 N7c6 18 Qa6 Qd8! 19 exf5
Fritz wants to play 19 Bxe5 Nxe5 20 f4 Ng6 but White would have a few tricky problems to solve in this line.
19...Nxd4 20 cxd4 Qh4+ 21 Kf1 Qxd4 22 Qd6 Qe3 23 Re1
The position after 23 fxe6 Ng4 24 Nh3 Bxe6 25 Re1 is hard to assess. Black certainly has some play for his two pawns.
23 ..Rxf5 24 Ba6 Qxa3 25 Bb7?
Under pressure, White goes wrong. He should try 25 Rxe5 Rxe5 26 Qxe5 Qxa6+ 27 Kf2 when he is still in the game and the position is probably about level.
25 ..Bb5+ 26 Ne2 Raf8! 27 Be4
Black concentrates all his forces against the pawn on f3, the only defender between the white king and oblivion. 27 Qxe6+ Kh8 changes nothing, for instance 28 Be4 Nxf3! 29 Bxf5 Nd4! produces as deadly a collection of pins and forks as I can ever remember seeing.
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27...Nxf3! 28 Bxf5 Rxf5 29 Qxe6+ Rf7 30 Qc8+ Rf8 31 Qe6+ Kh8 32 Qe7
Forcing the rook off the f-file but it doesn't make any difference in the long run.
32...Re8 33 Qxe8+ Bxe8 34 Rd1
White's position is now hopeless. 34 gxf3 Qxf3+ 35 Kg1 Bc6 is the end.
34...Kg8 35 h4 Nd2+ 36 Ke1 Ne4 37 Rh3 Qxc5 38 Nd4 Bh5 0-1
This win left Georgiev a full point clear of the field. But in this case, 'the field' was Emil Sutovsky, who would be many people's choice of a man whom you could rely on for a decisive result if your life depended on it. Emil was only slightly handicapped by having the black pieces; he can attack with either colour. In round nine he had beaten Zoltan Gyimesi with some forceful play culminating in a knight sacrifice on e6, so he was clearly running into good form. Georgiev tried to snuff the life out of the final round game by playing the line against the King's Indian where you exchange on e5 and take the queens off. The remaining pieces were quickly hoovered off, leaving a level king and pawn ending where Georgiev had doubled e-pawns. Sutovsky cleverly offered to undouble them, but at the cost of imbalancing the structure. Georgiev preferred to let a pawn go than risk this imbalance. His judgment once again proved to be faultless and he had no difficulty in keeping Sutovsky at bay thereafter.
Thus Georgiev finished first, a whole point clear of Short and Sutovsky. A magnificent achievement, and yet another success for a Bulgarian player following their world championship, woemn's world championship and world senior championship successes of the last few months. He won £6,000. The two second-placed players received £3,500 each; both could be reasonably pleased with their efforts, though they did not cross swords with too many of their expected rating rivals. Short's only game with a 2600+ player was his win against Korchnoi who was exhausted after his eighth round marathon. We should also mention the trio of women players, world champion Antoaneta Stefanova, ex-champion Zhu Chen and former European women's champion Natalia Zhukova, who tied for the women's prize on 6½. Incidentally, the women's prizes are to increase considerably at next year's Gibtelecom Masters, going up from £1,500 to an impressive £10,000. Perhaps that might entice a Polgar or two to Gibraltar in 2007? The overall prize fund is going up from £30,000 to £65,000, and players of all ratings will have access to substantial prizes.
4th Gibtelecom Chess Festival Gibtelecom Masters Date of congress: 24/01/2006 to 02/02/2006 Nat Ti FIDE R O U N D S Pos Player lty tl Rtng 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 A B C D E F 1 GEORGIEV,Kiril........... BUL g 2645 b64= b92+ w22+ w28+ b26+ b34= w13+ w4+ b10+ w3= 8½ 10 8½ 2538 6.50 2.00 2 SHORT,Nigel.............. ENG g 2676 w36+ b34= w18= b45= w23+ b21= w22+ b12= w15+ b11+ 7½ 10 7½ 2485 7.50 0.00 3 SUTOVSKY,Emil............ ISR g 2624 w24= b87+ w47+ b34- w46+ b22= w33+ b52+ w8+ b1= 7½ 10 7½ 2458 7.20 0.30 4 AKOPIAN,Vladimir......... ARM g 2704 b40+ w26= b20+ w8= b30= w28+ w56+ b1- b25= w29+ 7 10 7 2533 7.30 -0.30 5 ARESHCHENKO,Alex......... UKR g 2670 bye= w86+ b73+ w19= b20= w38= b40+ b34= w18+ w10= 7 9 6½ 2480 6.75 -0.25 6 EFIMENKO,Zahar........... UKR g 2666 bye= w75+ b44+ w26- b68+ w20= b38= w16+ b28= w25+ 7 9 6½ 2457 6.93 -0.43 7 GUREVICH,Mikhail......... TUR g 2629 w46+ b56= w27+ b17+ w34- b47+ w18+ b8= w11= b13= 7 10 7 2531 6.30 0.70 8 GYIMESI,Zoltan........... HUN g 2602 w52+ b16+ w25= b4= w36+ b10= w34+ w7= b3- w28+ 7 10 7 2540 5.90 1.10 9 SHIROV,Alexi............. ESP g 2709 w23= b66+ w62+ b57= w18= b56- w45+ b21= w47+ b34+ 7 10 7 2461 8.10 -1.10 10 VOLKOV,Sergey............ RUS g 2629 b51+ w20- b86+ w53+ b12+ w8= b14+ w26+ w1- b5= 7 10 7 2497 6.80 0.20 11 AL-MODIAHKI,Mohamad...... QAT g 2579 b63+ w38+ b28= w14- b64+ w51+ b25= w30+ b7= w2- 6½ 10 6½ 2512 5.90 0.60 12 BELLON LOPEZ,Juan........ ESP g 2415 w13- b91+ w74+ b84+ w10- b92+ b19+ w2= b29= w14= 6½ 10 6½ 2440 4.70 1.80 13 BOLOGAN,Viktor........... MDA g 2661 b12+ w28- b64+ w59+ b40+ w15+ b1- w25= b26= w7= 6½ 10 6½ 2495 7.20 -0.70 14 KOBALIA,Mikhail.......... RUS g 2654 w55+ b18= w56+ b11+ w15= b24= w10- b36+ w34= b12= 6½ 10 6½ 2501 7.00 -0.50 15 KORCHNOI,Viktor.......... SUI g 2608 b50= b74+ w68+ w25+ b14= b13- w36= w38+ b2- w40+ 6½ 10 6½ 2487 6.60 -0.10 16 PAVLOVIC,Milos........... SCG g 2494 w43+ w8- b75= b54+ w48- b84+ w49+ b6- w45+ b55+ 6½ 10 6½ 2344 7.00 -0.50 17 PELLETIER,Yannick........ SUI g 2579 b37= b79+ w23+ w7- b50- w86+ b51= w59+ b40= w38+ 6½ 10 6½ 2383 7.50 -1.00 18 SANDIPAN,Chanda.......... IND g 2522 b53+ w14= b2= w32+ b9= w50+ b7- w64+ b5- w52+ 6½ 10 6½ 2496 5.40 1.10 19 SPRAGGETT,Kevin.......... CAN g 2581 w31+ b27= w33+ b5= w24- b42+ w12- b96+ w23= b36+ 6½ 10 6½ 2406 7.30 -0.80 20 STEFANOVA,Antoaneta...... BUL g 2499 w49+ b10+ w4- b43+ w5= b6= w52- b42+ w55= b46+ 6½ 10 6½ 2450 5.70 0.80 21 SUNDARARAJAN,Kidambi..... IND m 2495 b32= w73- b95+ w75+ b37+ w2= b31= w9= b52= w54+ 6½ 10 6½ 2336 7.10 -0.60 22 ZHU,Chen................. CHI g 2482 b69= w98+ b1- w87+ b35+ w3= b2- w51= b37+ w26+ 6½ 10 6½ 2382 6.40 0.10 23 ZHUKOVA,Natalia.......... UKR wg 2432 b9= w35+ b17- w78+ b2- w75+ b37= w70+ b19= w63+ 6½ 10 6½ 2377 5.80 0.70 24 AABERG,Anton............. SWE 2383 b3= w58+ b30= w98+ b19+ w14= b26- w29- b69= w61+ 6 10 6 2404 4.70 1.30 25 AL SAYED,Mohamad N....... QAT m 2470 w84+ w29+ b8= b15- w66+ b57+ w11= b13= w4= b6- 6 10 6 2541 4.00 2.00 26 ARIZMENDI MARTINEZ,Julen. ESP g 2534 w39+ b4= w81+ b6+ w1- b48+ w24+ b10- w13= b22- 6 10 6 2495 5.50 0.50 27 CMILYTE,Victorija........ LTU m 2475 b82+ w19= b7- w89= b61+ w31- b87+ w50+ b51= w30= 6 10 6 2351 6.70 -0.70 28 CRAMLING,Pia............. SWE g 2515 w96+ b13+ w11= b1- w45+ b4- w39+ b31+ w6= b8- 6 10 6 2507 5.10 0.90 29 GANGULY,Surya............ IND g 2579 w45+ b25- w65+ b39= w52- b54+ w48+ b24+ w12= b4- 6 10 6 2374 7.60 -1.60 30 KUNTE,Abhijit............ IND g 2551 w48+ b68= w24= b96+ w4= b52= w55+ b11- w46= b27= 6 10 6 2431 6.60 -0.60 31 QUILLAN,Gary............. ENG 2356 b19- w110+ b98- w77+ b89+ b27+ w21= w28- b70= w62+ 6 10 6 2268 6.20 -0.20 32 SCHUURMAN,Petra.......... NED f 2234 w21= b60= w97+ b18- w73= b55- w99+ bye= b98+ w64+ 6 9 5½ 2235 4.50 1.00 33 SHAW,John K.............. SCO m 2432 b70= w77+ b19- w91+ b82= w53+ b3- w37= b39= w69+ 6 10 6 2286 7.00 -1.00 34 SPEELMAN,Jon............. ENG g 2539 b59+ w2= b69+ w3+ b7+ w1= b8- w5= b14= w9- 6 10 6 2574 4.50 1.50 35 AGDESTEIN,Emil........... NOR 2053 114+ b23- w49+ b52= w22- bye= b66+ b46- w42= b84+ 5½ 8 4 2303 1.52 2.48 36 ARAKHAMIA-GRANT,Ketevan.. GEO m 2426 b2- w41+ b61+ w82+ b8- w70+ b15= w14- b43+ w19- 5½ 10 5½ 2409 5.20 0.30 37 ASHTON,Adam.............. ENG 2321 w17= b85+ w57- b60+ w21- b74+ w23= b33= w22- b76+ 5½ 10 5½ 2345 4.70 0.80 38 BAKRE,Tejas.............. IND g 2480 w54+ b11- w60+ b66= w39+ b5= w6= b15- w48+ b17- 5½ 10 5½ 2423 5.80 -0.30 39 BORCHGREVINK,Harald...... NOR 2265 b26- w115+ b103+ w29= b38- w83+ b28- w75+ w33= b47= 5½ 10 5½ 2326 4.20 1.30 40 CARLSSON,Pontus.......... SWE m 2430 w4- b93+ w92+ b42+ w13- b79+ w5- b56+ w17= b15- 5½ 10 5½ 2431 5.00 0.50 41 DUNN,Andrew.............. ENG 2188 b78= b36- w106+ w64- b88+ w44= b85- w67+ b68+ w50= 5½ 9 4½ 2244 3.78 0.72 42 GOKHALE,Anupama.......... IND wm 2198 b68- w104+ b94+ w40- b100+ w19- b89+ w20- b35= w98+ 5½ 9 4½ 2231 4.05 0.45 43 GOMES,Mary Ann........... IND wm 2231 b16- w100+ b99+ w20- b83= w62+ b64- w90+ w36- b74+ 5½ 10 5½ 2213 5.30 0.20 44 GROOTEN,Herman........... NED m 2365 w57= b90+ w6- b65+ w56- b41= w79+ bye= b54- w80+ 5½ 9 5 2292 5.40 -0.40 45 KLINOVA,Masha............ ISR m 2353 b29- w116+ b83+ w2= b28- w73+ b9- w82+ b16- w85+ 5½ 10 5½ 2347 5.10 0.40 46 LAGOWSKI,Patryk.......... POL m 2393 b7- w99= b110+ w63+ b3- w87= b61+ w35+ b30= w20- 5½ 10 5½ 2307 6.20 -0.70 47 MCNAB,Colin.............. SCO g 2456 b81= w103+ b3- w93+ b62+ w7- b63= w53+ b9- w39= 5½ 10 5½ 2334 6.70 -1.20 48 MOHOTA,Nisha............. IND wg 2318 b30- w107+ b72= w103+ b16+ w26- b29- w86+ b38- w73+ 5½ 10 5½ 2306 5.20 0.30 49 NADIG,Kruttika........... IND wm 2237 b20- w105+ b35- w94+ b80= w72+ b16- w92+ b64= w51= 5½ 10 5½ 2209 5.40 0.10 50 PEEK,Marcel.............. NED m 2375 w15= b65= w90+ b62= w17+ b18- w57= b27- w66+ b41= 5½ 10 5½ 2345 5.40 0.10 51 ROY CHOWDHURY,Saptarshi.. IND m 2393 w10- b78+ w76+ b73+ w57= b11- w17= b22= w27= b49= 5½ 10 5½ 2387 5.10 0.40 52 SPECK,Nicholas........... AUS 2371 b8- w95+ b80+ w35= b29+ w30= b20+ w3- w21= b18- 5½ 10 5½ 2407 4.50 1.00 53 SWATHI,Ghate............. IND wg 2244 w18- b111+ w101+ b10- w90+ b33- w65+ b47- w79+ b56= 5½ 10 5½ 2273 4.60 0.90 54 VAN DEN BERSSELAAR,Jeroen NED 2222 b38- w102= b116+ w16- b93+ w29- b73+ w72+ w44+ b21- 5½ 10 5½ 2249 4.60 0.90 55 WELLING,Gerard........... NED m 2405 b14- w71+ b89= w72= b98+ w32+ b30- w85+ b20= w16- 5½ 10 5½ 2295 6.50 -1.00 56 WELLS,Peter.............. ENG g 2501 bye+ w7= b14- w69+ b44+ w9+ b4- w40- b63= w53= 5½ 9 4½ 2480 4.77 -0.27 57 AGREST,Evgenij........... SWE g 2591 b44= w80+ b37+ w9= b51= w25- b50= w63= bye= 5 8 4½ 2404 5.92 -1.42 58 BAENA,Antonia............ ESP 2019 117+ b24- w84- b92- w112+ b76= w74= b80= b93= bye+ 5 7 2 2176 2.03 -0.03 59 BAKKER,Sven.............. NED 2308 w34- b106+ w67+ b13- w79- b71+ w80+ b17- w62- b91+ 5 9 4 2263 5.04 -1.04 60 CANNON,Richard........... ENG 2087 b89+ w32= b38- w37- b110+ w63- b82- w117+ b86+ w70= 5 9 4 2224 2.88 1.12 61 CHICO,Jorge Flores....... ESP 2136 123- b112+ w36- b97+ w27- b94+ w46- b78+ w96+ b24- 5 9 4 2238 3.24 0.76 62 DUNN,Alan................ NZL 2076 126+ w70+ b9- w50= w47- b43- bye= w89+ b59+ b31- 5 8 3½ 2306 1.68 1.82 63 HOUSKA,Jovanka........... ENG m 2355 w11- b122+ w85+ b46- w74= b60+ w47= b57= w56= b23- 5 9 4 2364 4.41 -0.41 64 KOBESE,Watu.............. RSA m 2397 w1= b76+ w13- b41+ w11- b81+ w43+ b18- w49= b32- 5 10 5 2362 5.50 -0.50 65 MOHAMED,Mehdi Aithmido... MAR 2107 109+ w50= b29- w44- b78= w108+ b53- w66- b100+ b120+ 5 9 4 2161 3.78 0.22 66 SISASK,Jesper............ ENG 2196 108+ w9- b71+ w38= b25- w68= w35- b65+ b50- w93+ 5 10 5 2265 4.00 1.00 67 STOCK,Toby............... ENG 2083 104+ w81- b59- w109+ b70- w69- w116+ b41- w115+ b92+ 5 8 3 2125 3.52 -0.52 68 TISSIR,Mohamed........... MAR 2444 w42+ w30= b15- b81+ w6- b66= w92= b84= w41- b90+ 5 10 5 2309 6.80 -1.80 69 TSCHAROTSCHKIN,Michael... GER 2227 w22= b72+ w34- b56- w71= b67+ w90= b76+ w24= b33- 5 10 5 2281 4.20 0.80 70 WALTON,Alan J............ ENG c 2197 w33= b62- w122= b101+ w67+ b36- w78+ b23- w31= b60= 5 9 4½ 2217 4.23 0.27 71 CAFOLLA,Peter............ IRL 2080 122= b55- w66- w102+ b69= w59- b88= w93- b104+ w108+ 4½ 8 3 2115 3.60 -0.60 72 COIMBRA,Margarida........ POR wf 2083 119+ w69- w48= b55= w84= b49- w81+ b54- b92= w75= 4½ 9 3½ 2241 2.61 0.89 73 GILBERT,Jessie LC........ ENG wf 2098 118+ b21+ w5- w51- b32= b45- w54- b101+ w81+ b48- 4½ 9 3½ 2288 2.25 1.25 74 GOODGER,Martyn........... ENG 2135 b88+ w15- b12- w113+ b63= w37- b58= w108= b103+ w43- 4½ 10 4½ 2172 4.50 0.00 75 GROFFEN,Hans............. NED 2185 w97+ b6- w16= b21- w99+ b23- w107+ b39- w83= b72= 4½ 10 4½ 2223 4.50 0.00 76 HUTCHINSON,Norman........ ENG 2118 105+ w64- b51- w100- b113+ w58= b103+ w69- b110+ w37- 4½ 10 4½ 2100 5.30 -0.80 77 OBERS,Frits.............. NED 2080 124+ b33- w96- b31- w107= b115= w120+ b87- w88+ b79= 4½ 9 3½ 2083 4.50 -1.00 78 PANNEKOEK,Willem-Jan..... NED 2083 w41= w51- b115+ b23- w65= w82+ b70- w61- b90= b113+ 4½ 10 4½ 2147 4.10 0.40 79 ROCA,Juan Ocana.......... ESP 2125 113+ w17- bye= bye= b59+ w40- b44- w100+ b53- w77= 4½ 8 3½ 2206 3.12 0.38 80 SCHRAMM,Bernd............ GER 2126 111+ b57- w52- b114+ w49= bye= b59- w58= b108+ b44- 4½ 8 3 2210 3.04 -0.04 81 SMITH,Andrew Phillip..... IRL f 2200 w47= b67+ b26- w68- b91+ w64- b72- w114+ b73- w111+ 4½ 9 3½ 2235 4.05 -0.55 82 SPENCE,David............. ENG 2221 w27- b120+ w114+ b36- w33= b78- w60+ b45- def- w103+ 4½ 8 3½ 2229 3.92 -0.42 83 STRAUB,Peter............. GER 2086 w87- b124+ w45- b111+ w43= b39- w84- b95+ b75= bye= 4½ 8 3 2159 3.20 -0.20 84 THIPSAY,Bagyashree....... IND wm 2219 b25- w119+ b58+ w12- b72= w16- b83+ w68= b85= w35- 4½ 9 3½ 2240 4.23 -0.73 85 VEA,Blikra Odin.......... NOR 2099 102+ w37- b63- w122- b119+ w100+ w41+ b55- w84= b45- 4½ 8 3½ 2182 3.12 0.38 86 VEGA,Osuna Enrique....... ESP c 2192 101+ b5- w10- b99= w116+ b17- w95+ b48- w60- b110+ 4½ 10 4½ 2187 5.10 -0.60 87 EL AMARI,Khaled.......... MAR 2137 b83+ w3- bye= b22- w115+ b46= w27- w77+ 4 7 3½ 2256 2.38 1.12 88 ELAMRI,Leila............. MAR 1921 w74- b123- w104= b118+ w41- b91= w71= bye= b77- bye+ 4 6 1 2129 1.38 -0.38 89 FELLOUSI,Abdelaziz....... MAR 2132 w60- b118+ w55= b27= w31- b122+ w42- b62- w94+ def- 4 7 2 2228 2.59 -0.59 90 FOX,Anthony.............. IRL 2104 100+ w44- b50- w105+ b53- w109+ b69= b43- w78= w68- 4 9 3 2188 3.42 -0.42 91 GIACOPELLI,Vincenzo...... GER 2102 115= w12- b107+ b33- w81- w88= b110= b99+ bye= w59- 4 9 3½ 2098 4.59 -1.09 92 GUERRERO,Carlos.......... ESP 2160 b94+ w1- b40- w58+ b122+ w12- b68= b49- w72= w67- 4 9 3 2247 3.42 -0.42 93 GUSKI,Dietmar............ GER 2106 107= w40- b102+ b47- w54- b95- w105+ b71+ w58= b66- 4 10 4 2087 5.30 -1.30 94 HAMER,Martyn............. ENG 2000 w92- b117+ w42- b49- w114+ w61- b109+ w98- b89- w116+ 4 7 1 2131 2.24 -1.24 95 HELIN,Mikael............. SWE 1970 bye= b52- w21- b115- w118+ w93+ b86- w83- b117= b112+ 4 6 1 2136 1.68 -0.68 96 JAIME MONTALVAN,Luis..... ESP f 2242 b28- w113+ b77+ w30- bye= bye= b98+ w19- b61- def- 4 7 3 2270 3.22 -0.22 97 MATTO,Manuel............. GIB 1954 b75- w126+ b32- w61- b109- w119+ b100- w102= b111= w114+ 4 6 1 2014 2.52 -1.52 98 NIMMY,A George........... IND 2123 120+ b22- w31+ b24- w55- b117+ w96- b94+ w32- b42- 4 9 3 2243 3.06 -0.06 99 AGREST,Inna.............. SWE 2030 106= b46= w43- w86= b75- w105+ b32- w91- bye+ 3½ 7 2 2172 2.17 -0.17 100 ALMER,Julia.............. SWE 1848 w90- b43- w117+ b76+ w42- b85- w97+ b79- w65- bye= 3½ 8 2 2113 1.44 0.56 101 FRANCISCO,Carame Gonzalez ESP 1978 b86- w109+ b53- w70- b117- b102= w104+ w73- b114= w106= 3½ 5 ½ 2100 1.65 -1.15 102 GUERRERO,Fernando Navaro. ESP 1768 w85- b54= w93- b71- b105= w101= bye= b97= def- w126+ 3½ 7 2 2031 1.26 0.74 103 HICKMAN,John............. ENG 2082 112+ b47- w39- b48- w111+ b116= w76- b107+ w74- b82- 3½ 9 2½ 2132 3.87 -1.37 104 HULLIGAN,Steve........... ENG w67- b42- b88= w110= b108- w111= b101- w124+ w71- b115+ 3½ 9 2½ 1987 1821 105 JACOBSEN,Maria Pitz...... NOR 1879 w76- b49- w124+ b90- w102= b99- b93- w106+ w112= bye= 3½ 6 ½ 2059 1.56 -1.06 106 NUNEZ,Millan Gonzalez.... ESP w99= w59- b41- b116- w124+ b107- bye= b105- w120+ b101= 3½ 8 2 2007 1814 107 REPPEN,Ellisiv........... NOR 1851 b93= b48- w91- w108= b77= w106+ b75- w103- b116= bye= 3½ 8 2 2084 1.68 0.32 108 SBIA,Bachir.............. MAR 1989 w66- b114- w118= b107= w104+ b65- w115+ b74= w80- b71- 3½ 7 2 2041 3.01 -1.01 109 SOLOMON,Ajoy............. ENG w65- b101- w120+ b67- w97+ b90- w94- b111- bye= b124+ 3½ 8 2 2004 1811 110 SUURONEN,Petri........... FIN 1931 bye= b31- w46- b104= w60- b112+ w91= b120+ w76- w86- 3½ 7 1½ 2136 1.68 -0.18 111 VILLENA PEREZ,Jorge...... ESP 1915 b80- w53- b126+ w83- b103- b104= bye= w109+ w97= b81- 3½ 6 ½ 2115 1.44 -0.94 112 JAMILA,Yougane........... MAR 103- w61- b113- w126+ b58- w110- b119+ w116= b105= w95- 3 8 1 1981 1659 113 KUENITZ,Klaus............ GER 1901 w79- b96- w112+ b74- w76- b114- w124+ b115- b118+ w78- 3 6 0 2082 1.56 -1.56 114 NAVARRO,Antonio Garcia... ESP b35- w108+ b82- w80- b94- w113+ bye= b81- w101= b97- 3 9 2½ 2047 1881 115 PHILLIPS,Gordon.......... GER 1790 b91= b39- w78- w95+ b87- w77= b108- w113+ b67- w104- 3 9 3 2054 1.62 1.38 116 RAUTANEN,Sari............ FIN 1929 bye= b45- w54- w106+ b86- w103= b67- b112= w107= b94- 3 7 1 2101 1.89 -0.89 117 SLIMANI,Abderezzak....... MAR b58- w94- b100- b120+ w101+ w98- bye= b60- w95= def- 3 8 2½ 1990 1849 118 CASTILLA,Jose Lopez...... ESP b73- w89- b108= w88- b95- b120- w126+ bye= w113- b119= 2½ 7 ½ 1986 1564 119 GILL,William............. IRE w72- b84- w125- b124+ w85- b97- w112- bye= b126= w118= 2½ 5 0 2087 1410 120 AMAYA,Millan Gonzalez.... ESP 1892 b98- w82- b109- w117- b126+ w118+ b77- w110- b106- w65- 2 5 0 2092 1.20 -1.20 121 JAMIESON,Ian............. SCO 2005 b126+ b124+ 2 0 0 122 MCGRANE,Stephen.......... ENG w71= w63- b70= b85+ w92- w89- 2 6 2 2171 2046 123 SCHILLER,Eric............ USA f 2188 b61+ w88+ 2 2 2 2029 1.42 0.58 124 LECHUGO,Francisco Garci.. ESP b77- w83- b105- w119- b106- w126+ b113- b104- w121- w109- 1 5 0 1990 1313 125 SEDGWICK,David........... ENG 2079 b119+ 1 0 0 126 MIHAJLOVA,Diana.......... ENG w62- b97- w111- b112- w120- b124- b118- w121- w119= b102- ½ 6 0 1935 1258
Round 9 Bd WHITE Result BLACK PIN 1 VOLKOV,Sergey 2629 (6½) 0 - 1 GEORGIEV,Kiril 2645 (7) 10 8 2 GUREVICH,Mikhail 2629 (6) ½ - ½ AL-MODIAHKI,Moha 2579 (6) 9 16 3 SUTOVSKY,Emil 2624 (6) 1 - 0 GYIMESI,Zoltan 2602 (6) 11 13 4 AL SAYED,Mohamad 2470 (5½) ½ - ½ AKOPIAN,Vladimir 2704 (5½) 31 2 5 SHORT,Nigel 2676 (5½) 1 - 0 KORCHNOI,Viktor 2608 (5½) 3 12 6 ARESHCHENKO,Alex 2670 (5½) 1 - 0 SANDIPAN,Chanda 2522 (5½) 4 22 7 CRAMLING,Pia 2515 (5½) ½ - ½ EFIMENKO,Zahar 2666 (5½) 23 5 8 ARIZMENDI MARTIN 2534 (5½) ½ - ½ BOLOGAN,Viktor 2661 (5½) 21 6 9 KOBALIA,Mikhail 2654 (5½) ½ - ½ SPEELMAN,Jon 2539 (5½) 7 20 10 GANGULY,Surya 2579 (5½) ½ - ½ BELLON LOPEZ,Jua 2415 (5½) 17 38 11 SHIROV,Alexi 2709 (5) 1 - 0 MCNAB,Colin 2456 (5) 1 32 12 SPRAGGETT,Kevin 2581 (5) ½ - ½ ZHUKOVA,Natalia 2432 (5) 15 35 13 CARLSSON,Pontus 2430 (5) ½ - ½ PELLETIER,Yannic 2579 (5) 36 18 14 KUNTE,Abhijit 2551 (5) ½ - ½ LAGOWSKI,Patryk 2393 (5) 19 41 15 STEFANOVA,Antoan 2499 (5) ½ - ½ WELLING,Gerard 2405 (5) 25 39 16 SPECK,Nicholas 2371 (5) ½ - ½ SUNDARARAJAN,Kid 2495 (5) 45 26 17 ROY CHOWDHURY,Sa 2393 (4½) ½ - ½ CMILYTE,Victorij 2475 (5) 42 30 18 HOUSKA,Jovanka 2355 (4½) ½ - ½ WELLS,Peter 2501 (4½) 48 24 19 PAVLOVIC,Milos 2494 (4½) 1 - 0 KLINOVA,Masha 2353 (4½) 27 49 20 ASHTON,Adam 2321 (4½) 0 - 1 ZHU,Chen 2482 (4½) 50 28 21 BAKRE,Tejas 2480 (4½) 1 - 0 MOHOTA,Nisha 2318 (4½) 29 51 22 BORCHGREVINK,Har 2265 (4½) ½ - ½ SHAW,John K. 2432 (4½) 53 34 23 GOMES,Mary Ann 2231 (4½) 0 - 1 ARAKHAMIA-GRANT, 2426 (4½) 59 37 24 KOBESE,Watu 2397 (4½) ½ - ½ NADIG,Kruttika 2237 (4½) 40 57 25 TSCHAROTSCHKIN,M 2227 (4½) ½ - ½ AABERG,Anton 2383 (4½) 60 43 26 VAN DEN BERSSELA 2222 (4½) 1 - 0 GROOTEN,Herman 2365 (4½) 61 46 27 WALTON,Alan J 2197 (4) ½ - ½ QUILLAN,Gary 2356 (4½) 66 47 28 TISSIR,Mohamed 2444 (4) 0 - 1 DUNN,Andrew 2188 (4) 33 69 29 PEEK,Marcel 2375 (4) 1 - 0 SISASK,Jesper 2196 (4) 44 67 30 BAKKER,Sven 2308 (4) 0 - 1 DUNN,Alan 2076 (4) 52 93 31 SWATHI,Ghate 2244 (4) 1 - 0 ROCA,Juan Ocana 2125 (4) 54 76 32 CHICO,Jorge Flor 2136 (4) 1 - 0 JAIME MONTALVAN, 2242 (4) 73 55 33 NIMMY,A George 2123 (4) 0 - 1 SCHUURMAN,Petra 2234 (4) 77 58 34 VEA,Blikra Odin 2099 (4) ½ - ½ THIPSAY,Bagyashr 2219 (4) 83 63 35 AGDESTEIN,Emil 2053 (4) ½ - ½ GOKHALE,Anupama 2198 (4) 94 65 36 GIACOPELLI,Vince 2102 (3½) ½ - ½ Bye 82 BYE 37 GILBERT,Jessie L 2098 (3½) 1 - 0 SMITH,Andrew Phi 2200 (3½) 84 64 38 VEGA,Osuna Enriq 2192 (3½) 0 - 1 CANNON,Richard 2087 (3½) 68 85 39 GROFFEN,Hans 2185 (3½) ½ - ½ STRAUB,Peter 2086 (3½) 70 86 40 GUERRERO,Carlos 2160 (3½) ½ - ½ COIMBRA,Margarid 2083 (3½) 71 87 41 HICKMAN,John 2082 (3½) 0 - 1 GOODGER,Martyn 2135 (3½) 90 74 42 SBIA,Bachir 1989 (3½) 0 - 1 SCHRAMM,Bernd 2126 (3½) 98 75 43 SUURONEN,Petri 1931 (3½) 0 - 1 HUTCHINSON,Norma 2118 (3½) 102 78 44 GUSKI,Dietmar 2106 (3½) ½ - ½ BAENA,Antonia 2019 (3½) 80 96 45 FOX,Anthony 2104 (3½) ½ - ½ PANNEKOEK,Willem 2083 (3) 81 88 46 FELLOUSI,Abdelaz 2132 (3) 1 - 0 HAMER,Martyn 2000 (3) 114 97 47 ALMER,Julia 1848 (3) 0 - 1 MOHAMED,Mehdi Ai 2107 (3) 110 79 48 STOCK,Toby 2083 (3) 1 - 0 PHILLIPS,Gordon 1790 (3) 89 111 49 OBERS,Frits 2080 (3) 1 - 0 ELAMRI,Leila 1921 (3) 92 104 50 VILLENA PEREZ,Jo 1915 (3) ½ - ½ MATTO,Manuel 1954 (2½) 105 101 51 HULLIGAN,Steve (2½) 0 - 1 CAFOLLA,Peter 2080 (2½) 117 91 52 AGREST,Inna 2030 (2½) 1 - 0 Bye 95 BYE 53 NAVARRO,Antonio (2½) ½ - ½ FRANCISCO,Carame 1978 (2½) 122 99 54 SLIMANI,Abderezz (2½) ½ - ½ HELIN,Mikael 1970 (2½) 124 100 55 RAUTANEN,Sari 1929 (2½) ½ - ½ REPPEN,Ellisiv 1851 (2½) 103 109 56 JACOBSEN,Maria P 1879 (2½) ½ - ½ JAMILA,Yougane (2½) 108 118 57 CASTILLA,Jose Lo (2) 0 - 1 KUENITZ,Klaus 1901 (2) 113 106 58 NUNEZ,Millan Gon (2) 1 - 0 AMAYA,Millan Gon 1892 (2) 123 107 59 MIHAJLOVA,Diana (0) ½ - ½ GILL,William (1½) 121 115 60 LECHUGO,Francisc (1) 0 - 1 JAMIESON,Ian 2005 (1) 119 128 61 AGREST,Evgenij 2591 (4½) ½ - ½ Bye 14 BYE 62 SOLOMON,Ajoy (2) ½ - ½ Bye 125 BYE 63 SPENCE,David 2221 (3½) 0 - 1 Bye 62 BYE 64 GUERRERO,Fernand 1768 (2½) 0 - 1 Bye 112 BYE
Firstly, an apology for the late appearance of reports on rounds 7 and 8. I've been having connectivity problems but, thanks to some help from my computer savvy colleague FM Manuel Weeks, I am now back in communication with the world.
Can nothing stop Kiril Georgiev? In round 8, the redoubtable Bulgarian won again, this time defeating 2700+ Vadlimir Akopian. This was not a candidate for the best game prize but it once again showed off Georgiev's refined positional technique to good effect. He now leads on 7/8. In clear second on 7½ is Russian GM Sergey Volkov, who beat Spanish GM Julen Arizmendi, whose creatvity with his pawns did not work as well as in his earlier efforts. Mohamad Al Modiahki and Emil Sutovsky also won to join the group on 6. It is interesting to note that none of the seven players rated over 2650 in this tournament now have a realistic chance of first place. Only the players on 6 and above can hope to reach the likely winning score of 8 or 8½. All six players with 6 or more are rated under 2650, with Qatar GM Mohamad Al Modiahki being the lowest rated at 2579.
Leaders: Georgiev 7/8 and Volkov 6½/8
Round 8 Bd WHITE Result BLACK PIN 1 GEORGIEV,Kiril 2645 (6) 1 - 0 AKOPIAN,Vladimir 2704 (5½) 8 2 2 GYIMESI,Zoltan 2602 (5½) ½ - ½ GUREVICH,Mikhail 2629 (5½) 13 9 3 VOLKOV,Sergey 2629 (5½) 1 - 0 ARIZMENDI MARTIN 2534 (5½) 10 21 4 BELLON LOPEZ,Jua 2415 (5) ½ - ½ SHORT,Nigel 2676 (5) 38 3 5 SPEELMAN,Jon 2539 (5) ½ - ½ ARESHCHENKO,Alex 2670 (5) 20 4 6 BOLOGAN,Viktor 2661 (5) ½ - ½ AL SAYED,Mohamad 2470 (5) 6 31 7 SPECK,Nicholas 2371 (5) 0 - 1 SUTOVSKY,Emil 2624 (5) 45 11 8 AL-MODIAHKI,Moha 2579 (5) 1 - 0 KUNTE,Abhijit 2551 (5) 16 19 9 SUNDARARAJAN,Kid 2495 (4½) ½ - ½ SHIROV,Alexi 2709 (4½) 26 1 10 EFIMENKO,Zahar 2666 (4½) 1 - 0 PAVLOVIC,Milos 2494 (4½) 5 27 11 ARAKHAMIA-GRANT, 2426 (4½) 0 - 1 KOBALIA,Mikhail 2654 (4½) 37 7 12 KORCHNOI,Viktor 2608 (4½) 1 - 0 BAKRE,Tejas 2480 (4½) 12 29 13 AABERG,Anton 2383 (4½) 0 - 1 GANGULY,Surya 2579 (4½) 43 17 14 SANDIPAN,Chanda 2522 (4½) 1 - 0 KOBESE,Watu 2397 (4½) 22 40 15 QUILLAN,Gary 2356 (4½) 0 - 1 CRAMLING,Pia 2515 (4½) 47 23 16 WELLS,Peter 2501 (4½) 0 - 1 CARLSSON,Pontus 2430 (4) 24 36 17 AGREST,Evgenij 2591 (4) ½ - ½ HOUSKA,Jovanka 2355 (4) 14 48 18 JAIME MONTALVAN, 2242 (4) 0 - 1 SPRAGGETT,Kevin 2581 (4) 55 15 19 PELLETIER,Yannic 2579 (4) 1 - 0 BAKKER,Sven 2308 (4) 18 52 20 GOKHALE,Anupama 2198 (4) 0 - 1 STEFANOVA,Antoan 2499 (4) 65 25 21 ZHU,Chen 2482 (4) ½ - ½ ROY CHOWDHURY,Sa 2393 (4) 28 42 22 CMILYTE,Victorij 2475 (4) 1 - 0 PEEK,Marcel 2375 (4) 30 44 23 MCNAB,Colin 2456 (4) 1 - 0 SWATHI,Ghate 2244 (4) 32 54 24 SHAW,John K. 2432 (4) ½ - ½ ASHTON,Adam 2321 (4) 34 50 25 ZHUKOVA,Natalia 2432 (4) 1 - 0 WALTON,Alan J 2197 (4) 35 66 26 WELLING,Gerard 2405 (4) 1 - 0 VEA,Blikra Odin 2099 (4) 39 83 27 LAGOWSKI,Patryk 2393 (4) 1 - 0 AGDESTEIN,Emil 2053 (4) 41 94 28 THIPSAY,Bagyashr 2219 (3½) ½ - ½ TISSIR,Mohamed 2444 (3½) 63 33 29 KLINOVA,Masha 2353 (3½) 1 - 0 SPENCE,David 2221 (3½) 49 62 30 MOHOTA,Nisha 2318 (3½) 1 - 0 VEGA,Osuna Enriq 2192 (3½) 51 68 31 BORCHGREVINK,Har 2265 (3½) 1 - 0 GROFFEN,Hans 2185 (3½) 53 70 32 NADIG,Kruttika 2237 (3½) 1 - 0 GUERRERO,Carlos 2160 (3½) 57 71 33 GOMES,Mary Ann 2231 (3½) 1 - 0 FOX,Anthony 2104 (3½) 59 81 34 HUTCHINSON,Norma 2118 (3½) 0 - 1 TSCHAROTSCHKIN,M 2227 (3½) 78 60 35 VAN DEN BERSSELA 2222 (3½) 1 - 0 COIMBRA,Margarid 2083 (3½) 61 87 36 MOHAMED,Mehdi Ai 2107 (3) 0 - 1 SISASK,Jesper 2196 (3) 79 67 37 DUNN,Andrew 2188 (3) 1 - 0 STOCK,Toby 2083 (3) 69 89 38 EL AMARI,Khaled 2137 (3) 1 - 0 OBERS,Frits 2080 (3) 72 92 39 PANNEKOEK,Willem 2083 (3) 0 - 1 CHICO,Jorge Flor 2136 (3) 88 73 40 GOODGER,Martyn 2135 (3) ½ - ½ SBIA,Bachir 1989 (3) 74 98 41 DUNN,Alan 2076 (3) 1 - 0 FELLOUSI,Abdelaz 2132 (3) 93 114 42 SCHRAMM,Bernd 2126 (3) ½ - ½ BAENA,Antonia 2019 (3) 75 96 43 ROCA,Juan Ocana 2125 (3) 1 - 0 ALMER,Julia 1848 (3) 76 110 44 HAMER,Martyn 2000 (3) 0 - 1 NIMMY,A George 2123 (3) 97 77 45 SMITH,Andrew Phi 2200 (2½) 1 - 0 NAVARRO,Antonio (2½) 64 122 46 CAFOLLA,Peter 2080 (2½) 0 - 1 GUSKI,Dietmar 2106 (2½) 91 80 47 AGREST,Inna 2030 (2½) 0 - 1 GIACOPELLI,Vince 2102 (2½) 95 82 48 FRANCISCO,Carame 1978 (2½) 0 - 1 GILBERT,Jessie L 2098 (2½) 99 84 49 CANNON,Richard 2087 (2½) 1 - 0 SLIMANI,Abderezz (2½) 85 124 50 HELIN,Mikael 1970 (2½) 0 - 1 STRAUB,Peter 2086 (2½) 100 86 51 REPPEN,Ellisiv 1851 (2½) 0 - 1 HICKMAN,John 2082 (2½) 109 90 52 AMAYA,Millan Gon 1892 (2) 0 - 1 SUURONEN,Petri 1931 (2½) 107 102 53 MATTO,Manuel 1954 (2) ½ - ½ GUERRERO,Fernand 1768 (2) 101 112 54 JAMILA,Yougane (2) ½ - ½ RAUTANEN,Sari 1929 (2) 118 103 55 VILLENA PEREZ,Jo 1915 (2) 1 - 0 SOLOMON,Ajoy (2) 105 125 56 PHILLIPS,Gordon 1790 (2) 1 - 0 KUENITZ,Klaus 1901 (2) 111 106 57 JACOBSEN,Maria P 1879 (1½) 1 - 0 NUNEZ,Millan Gon (2) 108 123 58 HULLIGAN,Steve (1½) 1 - 0 LECHUGO,Francisc (1) 117 119 59 MIHAJLOVA,Diana (0) 0 - 1 JAMIESON,Ian 2005 (0) 121 128 60 GROOTEN,Herman 2365 (4) ½ - ½ Bye 46 BYE 61 SCHUURMAN,Petra 2234 (3½) ½ - ½ Bye 58 BYE 62 ELAMRI,Leila 1921 (2½) ½ - ½ Bye 104 BYE 63 CASTILLA,Jose Lo (1½) ½ - ½ Bye 113 BYE 64 GILL,William (1) ½ - ½ Bye 115 BYE
This was a bloodthirsty round which saw off the challenges of a number of the leading players. Viktor Bologan overreached against Kiril Georgiev and was not given a second chance. The Bulgarian thus became joint leader. Any chance of an English winner faded in the Gibraltar sunshine as Jonathan Speelman went down in flames against Zoltan Gyimesi, and Peter Wells fell to Vladimir Akopian. Further down the list, look out for Julen Arizmendi's crisp finish against Anton Aaberg.
One interesting feature of this year's congress has been a fun poker event, sposnored by 32red.com. One familiar face turning up for this was English IM Angus Dunnington, who has joined the exodus from chess to poker. The poker evening was won by Odin Blikra Vea of Morway, who finally saw off the challenge from England's Martyn Hamer. Curiously the Norwegian has also beat the Englishman in both of the Challengers tournaments: a clear case of victimisation.
And you thought this was a chess tournament? Left to right: poker pro
Angus Dunnington,
dealer Stewart Reuben, poker winner Odin Blikra Vea, runner-up Martyn
Hamer
Round 7 Bd WHITE Result BLACK PIN 1 GEORGIEV,Kiril 2645 (5) 1 - 0 BOLOGAN,Viktor 2661 (5) 8 6 2 GYIMESI,Zoltan 2602 (4½) 1 - 0 SPEELMAN,Jon 2539 (5) 13 20 3 AKOPIAN,Vladimir 2704 (4½) 1 - 0 WELLS,Peter 2501 (4½) 2 24 4 KOBALIA,Mikhail 2654 (4½) 0 - 1 VOLKOV,Sergey 2629 (4½) 7 10 5 GUREVICH,Mikhail 2629 (4½) 1 - 0 SANDIPAN,Chanda 2522 (4½) 9 22 6 AL SAYED,Mohamad 2470 (4½) ½ - ½ AL-MODIAHKI,Moha 2579 (4½) 31 16 7 ARIZMENDI MARTIN 2534 (4½) 1 - 0 AABERG,Anton 2383 (4½) 21 43 8 SHORT,Nigel 2676 (4) 1 - 0 ZHU,Chen 2482 (4) 3 28 9 CARLSSON,Pontus 2430 (4) 0 - 1 ARESHCHENKO,Alex 2670 (4) 36 4 10 BAKRE,Tejas 2480 (4) ½ - ½ EFIMENKO,Zahar 2666 (4) 29 5 11 SUTOVSKY,Emil 2624 (4) 1 - 0 SHAW,John K. 2432 (4) 11 34 12 KORCHNOI,Viktor 2608 (4) ½ - ½ ARAKHAMIA-GRANT, 2426 (4) 12 37 13 SPRAGGETT,Kevin 2581 (4) 0 - 1 BELLON LOPEZ,Jua 2415 (4) 15 38 14 KUNTE,Abhijit 2551 (4) 1 - 0 WELLING,Gerard 2405 (4) 19 39 15 STEFANOVA,Antoan 2499 (4) 0 - 1 SPECK,Nicholas 2371 (4) 25 45 16 QUILLAN,Gary 2356 (4) ½ - ½ SUNDARARAJAN,Kid 2495 (4) 47 26 17 SHIROV,Alexi 2709 (3½) 1 - 0 KLINOVA,Masha 2353 (3½) 1 49 18 PEEK,Marcel 2375 (3½) ½ - ½ AGREST,Evgenij 2591 (3½) 44 14 19 GANGULY,Surya 2579 (3½) 1 - 0 MOHOTA,Nisha 2318 (3½) 17 51 20 ROY CHOWDHURY,Sa 2393 (3½) ½ - ½ PELLETIER,Yannic 2579 (3½) 42 18 21 CRAMLING,Pia 2515 (3½) 1 - 0 BORCHGREVINK,Har 2265 (3½) 23 53 22 PAVLOVIC,Milos 2494 (3½) 1 - 0 NADIG,Kruttika 2237 (3½) 27 57 23 HOUSKA,Jovanka 2355 (3½) ½ - ½ MCNAB,Colin 2456 (3½) 48 32 24 ASHTON,Adam 2321 (3½) ½ - ½ ZHUKOVA,Natalia 2432 (3½) 50 35 25 KOBESE,Watu 2397 (3½) 1 - 0 GOMES,Mary Ann 2231 (3½) 40 59 26 EL AMARI,Khaled 2137 (3) 0 - 1 CMILYTE,Victorij 2475 (3) 72 30 27 TISSIR,Mohamed 2444 (3) ½ - ½ GUERRERO,Carlos 2160 (3) 33 71 28 CHICO,Jorge Flor 2136 (3) 0 - 1 LAGOWSKI,Patryk 2393 (3) 73 41 29 GROOTEN,Herman 2365 (3) 1 - 0 ROCA,Juan Ocana 2125 (3) 46 76 30 BAKKER,Sven 2308 (3) 1 - 0 SCHRAMM,Bernd 2126 (3) 52 75 31 SWATHI,Ghate 2244 (3) 1 - 0 MOHAMED,Mehdi Ai 2107 (3) 54 79 32 NIMMY,A George 2123 (3) 0 - 1 JAIME MONTALVAN, 2242 (3) 77 55 33 TSCHAROTSCHKIN,M 2227 (3) ½ - ½ FOX,Anthony 2104 (3) 60 81 34 FELLOUSI,Abdelaz 2132 (3) 0 - 1 GOKHALE,Anupama 2198 (3) 114 65 35 WALTON,Alan J 2197 (3) 1 - 0 PANNEKOEK,Willem 2083 (3) 66 88 36 SISASK,Jesper 2196 (3) 0 - 1 AGDESTEIN,Emil 2053 (3) 67 94 37 VEA,Blikra Odin 2099 (3) 1 - 0 DUNN,Andrew 2188 (3) 83 69 38 SCHUURMAN,Petra 2234 (2½) 1 - 0 AGREST,Inna 2030 (2½) 58 95 39 GILBERT,Jessie L 2098 (2½) 0 - 1 VAN DEN BERSSELA 2222 (2½) 84 61 40 SPENCE,David 2221 (2½) 1 - 0 CANNON,Richard 2087 (2½) 62 85 41 STRAUB,Peter 2086 (2½) 0 - 1 THIPSAY,Bagyashr 2219 (2½) 86 63 42 COIMBRA,Margarid 2083 (2½) 1 - 0 SMITH,Andrew Phi 2200 (2½) 87 64 43 VEGA,Osuna Enriq 2192 (2½) 1 - 0 HELIN,Mikael 1970 (2½) 68 100 44 GROFFEN,Hans 2185 (2½) 1 - 0 REPPEN,Ellisiv 1851 (2½) 70 109 45 BAENA,Antonia 2019 (2½) ½ - ½ GOODGER,Martyn 2135 (2½) 96 74 46 HICKMAN,John 2082 (2½) 0 - 1 HUTCHINSON,Norma 2118 (2½) 90 78 47 SUURONEN,Petri 1931 (2) ½ - ½ GIACOPELLI,Vince 2102 (2) 102 82 48 STOCK,Toby 2083 (2) 1 - 0 RAUTANEN,Sari 1929 (2) 89 103 49 ELAMRI,Leila 1921 (2) ½ - ½ CAFOLLA,Peter 2080 (2) 104 91 50 OBERS,Frits 2080 (2) 1 - 0 AMAYA,Millan Gon 1892 (2) 92 107 51 SOLOMON,Ajoy (2) 0 - 1 HAMER,Martyn 2000 (2) 125 97 52 SBIA,Bachir 1989 (2) 1 - 0 PHILLIPS,Gordon 1790 (2) 98 111 53 ALMER,Julia 1848 (2) 1 - 0 MATTO,Manuel 1954 (2) 110 101 54 GUSKI,Dietmar 2106 (1½) 1 - 0 JACOBSEN,Maria P 1879 (1½) 80 108 55 FRANCISCO,Carame 1978 (1½) 1 - 0 HULLIGAN,Steve (1½) 99 117 56 KUENITZ,Klaus 1901 (1) 1 - 0 LECHUGO,Francisc (1) 106 119 57 GILL,William (1) 0 - 1 JAMILA,Yougane (1) 115 118 58 CASTILLA,Jose Lo (½) 1 - 0 MIHAJLOVA,Diana (0) 113 121 59 DUNN,Alan 2076 (2½) ½ - ½ Bye 93 BYE 60 VILLENA PEREZ,Jo 1915 (1½) ½ - ½ Bye 105 BYE 61 GUERRERO,Fernand 1768 (1½) ½ - ½ Bye 112 BYE 62 NAVARRO,Antonio (2) ½ - ½ Bye 122 BYE 63 NUNEZ,Millan Gon (1½) ½ - ½ Bye 123 BYE 64 SLIMANI,Abderezz (2) ½ - ½ Bye 124 BYE
The top board game between Speelman and Georgiev was drawn fairly quickly today, allowing the two players to be sure of joint first place at the end of the round. Another top board clash between Peter Wells and Alexei Shirov was also over very quickly, but ended in a decisive result. Peter Wells is the author of Winning with the Trompowski but it was soon evident that his opponent had not read the book. Shirov played down a known bad line, which involved "winning" the exchange but at an exorbitant cost. The game diverged from theory (Hodgson-van der Wiel, Amsterdam 1994) when Black played 12...Qc2 but this proved to be even worse than the move played in the game mentioned above. After 13 Qe3, Black realised that his queen was permanently immured in the corner and that there was no way that he could defend his king from a mighty attack down the e-file - so he resigned and vacated the tournament hall. Many people expressed surprise at this gap in the Hispano-Latvian's opening knowledge.
Wells versus Shirov - short and sweet (but not for Alexei)
The battle of the two Viktors ended in a win for the younger one. Bologan built up an impressive spatial advantage and crowned with it an attractive knight for pawn sacrifice. Even so, Viktor the Venerable was not so easily vanquished. It took another equally impressive sacrifice - coincidentally also knight for pawn - to rock him back on his heels. A very impressive game by Bologan, which could rival Efimenko-Arizmendi when it comes to the best game prize.
The three leaders: Kiril Georgiev, Viktor Bologan, Jonathan Speelman
- each has 5/6.
Round 6 Bd WHITE Result BLACK PIN 1 SPEELMAN,Jon 2539 (4½) ½ - ½ GEORGIEV,Kiril 2645 (4½) 20 8 2 BOLOGAN,Viktor 2661 (4) 1 - 0 KORCHNOI,Viktor 2608 (4) 6 12 3 AABERG,Anton 2383 (4) ½ - ½ KOBALIA,Mikhail 2654 (4) 43 7 4 VOLKOV,Sergey 2629 (4) ½ - ½ GYIMESI,Zoltan 2602 (4) 10 13 5 WELLS,Peter 2501 (3½) 1 - 0 SHIROV,Alexi 2709 (3½) 24 1 6 AKOPIAN,Vladimir 2704 (3½) 1 - 0 CRAMLING,Pia 2515 (3½) 2 23 7 SUNDARARAJAN,Kid 2495 (3½) ½ - ½ SHORT,Nigel 2676 (3½) 26 3 8 ARESHCHENKO,Alex 2670 (3½) ½ - ½ BAKRE,Tejas 2480 (3½) 4 29 9 EFIMENKO,Zahar 2666 (3½) ½ - ½ STEFANOVA,Antoan 2499 (3½) 5 25 10 MCNAB,Colin 2456 (3½) 0 - 1 GUREVICH,Mikhail 2629 (3½) 32 9 11 ZHU,Chen 2482 (3½) ½ - ½ SUTOVSKY,Emil 2624 (3½) 28 11 12 AGREST,Evgenij 2591 (3½) 0 - 1 AL SAYED,Mohamad 2470 (3½) 14 31 13 AL-MODIAHKI,Moha 2579 (3½) 1 - 0 ROY CHOWDHURY,Sa 2393 (3½) 16 42 14 SPECK,Nicholas 2371 (3½) ½ - ½ KUNTE,Abhijit 2551 (3½) 45 19 15 MOHOTA,Nisha 2318 (3½) 0 - 1 ARIZMENDI MARTIN 2534 (3½) 51 21 16 SANDIPAN,Chanda 2522 (3½) 1 - 0 PEEK,Marcel 2375 (3½) 22 44 17 GOKHALE,Anupama 2198 (3) 0 - 1 SPRAGGETT,Kevin 2581 (3) 65 15 18 CMILYTE,Victorij 2475 (3) 0 - 1 QUILLAN,Gary 2356 (3) 30 47 19 SHAW,John K. 2432 (3) 1 - 0 SWATHI,Ghate 2244 (3) 34 54 20 ROCA,Juan Ocana 2125 (3) 0 - 1 CARLSSON,Pontus 2430 (3) 76 36 21 ARAKHAMIA-GRANT, 2426 (3) 1 - 0 WALTON,Alan J 2197 (3) 37 66 22 GUERRERO,Carlos 2160 (3) 0 - 1 BELLON LOPEZ,Jua 2415 (3) 71 38 23 WELLING,Gerard 2405 (3) 1 - 0 SCHUURMAN,Petra 2234 (2½) 39 58 24 VAN DEN BERSSELA 2222 (2½) 0 - 1 GANGULY,Surya 2579 (2½) 61 17 25 PELLETIER,Yannic 2579 (2½) 1 - 0 VEGA,Osuna Enriq 2192 (2½) 18 68 26 THIPSAY,Bagyashr 2219 (2½) 0 - 1 PAVLOVIC,Milos 2494 (2½) 63 27 27 SISASK,Jesper 2196 (2½) ½ - ½ TISSIR,Mohamed 2444 (2½) 67 33 28 ZHUKOVA,Natalia 2432 (2½) 1 - 0 GROFFEN,Hans 2185 (2½) 35 70 29 SMITH,Andrew Phi 2200 (2½) 0 - 1 KOBESE,Watu 2397 (2½) 64 40 30 LAGOWSKI,Patryk 2393 (2½) ½ - ½ EL AMARI,Khaled 2137 (2½) 41 72 31 DUNN,Andrew 2188 (2½) ½ - ½ GROOTEN,Herman 2365 (2½) 69 46 32 CANNON,Richard 2087 (2½) 0 - 1 HOUSKA,Jovanka 2355 (2½) 85 48 33 KLINOVA,Masha 2353 (2½) 1 - 0 GILBERT,Jessie L 2098 (2½) 49 84 34 GOODGER,Martyn 2135 (2½) 0 - 1 ASHTON,Adam 2331 (2½) 74 50 35 BORCHGREVINK,Har 2265 (2½) 1 - 0 STRAUB,Peter 2086 (2½) 53 86 36 NADIG,Kruttika 2237 (2½) 1 - 0 COIMBRA,Margarid 2083 (2½) 57 87 37 GOMES,Mary Ann 2231 (2½) 1 - 0 DUNN,Alan 2076 (2½) 59 93 38 PANNEKOEK,Willem 2083 (2) 1 - 0 SPENCE,David 2221 (2½) 88 62 39 CAFOLLA,Peter 2080 (2) 0 - 1 BAKKER,Sven 2308 (2) 91 52 40 STOCK,Toby 2083 (2) 0 - 1 TSCHAROTSCHKIN,M 2227 (2) 89 60 41 HAMER,Martyn 2000 (2) 0 - 1 CHICO,Jorge Flor 2136 (2) 97 73 42 MCGRANE,Stephen (2) 0 - 1 FELLOUSI,Abdelaz 2132 (2) 120 114 43 SLIMANI,Abderezz (2) 0 - 1 NIMMY,A George 2123 (2) 124 77 44 HUTCHINSON,Norma 2118 (2) ½ - ½ BAENA,Antonia 2019 (2) 78 96 45 MOHAMED,Mehdi Ai 2107 (2) 1 - 0 SBIA,Bachir 1989 (2) 79 98 46 FOX,Anthony 2104 (2) 1 - 0 SOLOMON,Ajoy (2) 81 125 47 VEA,Blikra Odin 2099 (2) 1 - 0 ALMER,Julia 1848 (2) 83 110 48 RAUTANEN,Sari 1929 (1½) ½ - ½ HICKMAN,John 2082 (2) 103 90 49 HELIN,Mikael 1970 (1½) 1 - 0 GUSKI,Dietmar 2106 (1½) 100 80 50 GIACOPELLI,Vince 2102 (1½) ½ - ½ ELAMRI,Leila 1921 (1½) 82 104 51 PHILLIPS,Gordon 1790 (1½) ½ - ½ OBERS,Frits 2080 (1½) 111 92 52 AGREST,Inna 2030 (1½) 1 - 0 JACOBSEN,Maria P 1879 (1½) 95 108 53 REPPEN,Ellisiv 1851 (1½) 1 - 0 NUNEZ,Millan Gon (1½) 109 123 54 GUERRERO,Fernand 1768 (1) ½ - ½ FRANCISCO,Carame 1978 (1) 112 99 55 MATTO,Manuel 1954 (1) 1 - 0 GILL,William (1) 101 115 56 JAMILA,Yougane (1) 0 - 1 SUURONEN,Petri 1931 (1) 118 102 57 HULLIGAN,Steve (1) ½ - ½ VILLENA PEREZ,Jo 1915 (1) 117 105 58 NAVARRO,Antonio (1) 1 - 0 KUENITZ,Klaus 1901 (1) 122 106 59 AMAYA,Millan Gon 1892 (1) 1 - 0 CASTILLA,Jose Lo (½) 107 113 60 LECHUGO,Francisc (0) 1 - 0 MIHAJLOVA,Diana (0) 119 121 61 JAIME MONTALVAN, 2242 (2½) ½ - ½ Bye 55 BYE 62 SCHRAMM,Bernd 2126 (2½) ½ - ½ Bye 75 BYE 63 AGDESTEIN,Emil 2053 (2½) ½ - ½ Bye 94 BYE
At last we have a manageable number of leaders, namely two. Jonathan Speelman is less active as a player these days and his rating has gone down considerably in recent years. But he has been in great form here in Gibraltar and beaten two super-grandmasters (Sutovsky and Gurevich) in consecutive rounds. After the game, another English grandmaster (who shall be nameless - but his initials are PW) teased Jonathan when I asked him (JS) for a soundbite: "just say this is the first time he has beaten two super-GMs in a row since 1987!". Jon himself said "how many London buses can come along at the same time?" Apologies to any non-Londoners out there, but this is an oblique reference to a common saying in the English capital that "you wait all day for a bus and then three come along at the same time". This oblique piece of self-deprecation is typical of the affable London grandmaster.
Jon beat Mikhail Gurevich after taking the b2 pawn with his queen early on in the game. But the pawn was not really hot, and not even lukewarm as it turned out. Speelman consolidated his position and went to score a solid win in his best style.
The co-leader is Kiril Georgiev, who is demonstrating a nice line in positional wins with Black. His second round winning strategy against a sub-220 player caught the eye - swap off the queens and then grind them in the endgame. In round five he decided a slow grind was also the right treatment for Spanish GM Julen Arizmendi, who had shown his creative tactical prowess in the previous round. So it was a slow Berlin Defence. The way Georgiev activates the queenside pawns was quietly impressive.
View of the venue - the Caleta Hotel - from the top of the rock of
Gibraltar (photo © 2006 BCM)
But never mind the chess, here is a quick travelogue on the wonderful peninsula of Gibraltar. The venue, the Caleta Hotel, is on the east (Mediterranean) side of Gibraltar, looking out to sea, with views of the Spanish Costa del Sol as well as the more distant port of Ceuta, which is a Spanish enclave set into the land mass of Morocco. Gibraltar is the meeting place of two mighty continents, and has a fascinating history. It is also an interesting place to explore if you enjoy natural history. Millions of migrating birds cross the rock back and forth every year and it is a paradise for birdwatchers. I enjoy birdwatching myself (without being an expert) and enjoyed a few hours yesterday (Saturday) watching the skies with my trusty binoculars. During the course of the day I spotted a peregrine falcon and a very large raptor, which was either an eagle or something like a honey buzzard, hovering and soaring above the rock. I've also seen a number of smaller birds such as black redstarts and stonechats. When you visit this lovely place, don't forget to bring your binoculars.
A Barbary macacque looks out over Gibraltar (photo © 2006 BCM)
Of course, Gibraltar is famous for its apes. They are not strictly speaking apes but monkeys - barbary macacaques to be precise - and about 250 of them live wild on the rock. They are the only wild apes/monkeys living wild on the whole continent, so they say. Having said that, they are not afraid of humans and will approach tourists, especially if they think they might have some food (feeding them is illegal and liable to a hefty fine). Occasionally they venture down from the rock and pay house calls. One player in the tournament discovered that a plastic bag in his bathroom had been stolen and he found a trail of dropped articles which led out to the balcony. The monkey had entered via the balcony (they can shin up walls with no difficulty). Unluckily for the poor simian, the plastic bag it nicked contained only disposible razors - which would have made a most unappetising meal.
Hope I've whetted your appetite for a visit to the Gibtelecom Masters. It's a great tournament, in an excellent hotel, and the weather is certainly a lot better than in freezing Britain right now.
Bd WHITE Result BLACK PIN 1 KOBALIA,Mikhail 2654 (3½) ½ - ½ KORCHNOI,Viktor 2608 (3½) 7 12 2 ARIZMENDI MARTIN 2534 (3½) 0 - 1 GEORGIEV,Kiril 2645 (3½) 21 8 3 GUREVICH,Mikhail 2629 (3½) 0 - 1 SPEELMAN,Jon 2539 (3½) 9 20 4 SHIROV,Alexi 2709 (3) ½ - ½ SANDIPAN,Chanda 2522 (3) 1 22 5 KUNTE,Abhijit 2551 (3) ½ - ½ AKOPIAN,Vladimir 2704 (3) 19 2 6 STEFANOVA,Antoan 2499 (3) ½ - ½ ARESHCHENKO,Alex 2670 (3) 25 4 7 CARLSSON,Pontus 2430 (3) 0 - 1 BOLOGAN,Viktor 2661 (3) 36 6 8 BELLON LOPEZ,Jua 2415 (3) 0 - 1 VOLKOV,Sergey 2629 (3) 38 10 9 GYIMESI,Zoltan 2602 (3) 1 - 0 ARAKHAMIA-GRANT, 2426 (3) 13 37 10 ROY CHOWDHURY,Sa 2393 (3) ½ - ½ AGREST,Evgenij 2591 (3) 42 14 11 SPRAGGETT,Kevin 2581 (3) 0 - 1 AABERG,Anton 2383 (3) 15 43 12 SHORT,Nigel 2676 (2½) 1 - 0 ZHUKOVA,Natalia 2432 (2½) 3 35 13 TISSIR,Mohamed 2444 (2½) 0 - 1 EFIMENKO,Zahar 2666 (2½) 33 5 14 SUTOVSKY,Emil 2624 (2½) 1 - 0 LAGOWSKI,Patryk 2393 (2½) 11 41 15 KOBESE,Watu 2397 (2½) 0 - 1 AL-MODIAHKI,Moha 2579 (2½) 40 16 16 GANGULY,Surya 2579 (2½) 0 - 1 SPECK,Nicholas 2371 (2½) 17 45 17 PEEK,Marcel 2375 (2½) 1 - 0 PELLETIER,Yannic 2579 (2½) 44 18 18 CRAMLING,Pia 2515 (2½) 1 - 0 KLINOVA,Masha 2353 (2½) 23 49 19 GROOTEN,Herman 2365 (2½) 0 - 1 WELLS,Peter 2501 (2½) 46 24 20 ASHTON,Adam 2331 (2½) 0 - 1 SUNDARAJAN,Kidam 2495 (2½) 50 26 21 PAVLOVIC,Milos 2494 (2½) 0 - 1 MOHOTA,Nisha 2318 (2½) 27 51 22 AGDESTEIN,Emil 2053 (2½) 0 - 1 ZHU,Chen 2482 (2½) 94 28 23 BAKRE,Tejas 2480 (2½) 1 - 0 BORCHGREVINK,Har 2265 (2½) 29 53 24 AL SAYED,Mohamad 2470 (2½) 1 - 0 SISASK,Jesper 2196 (2½) 31 67 25 DUNN,Alan 2076 (2½) 0 - 1 MCNAB,Colin 2456 (2½) 93 32 26 SPENCE,David 2221 (2) ½ - ½ SHAW,John K. 2432 (2½) 62 34 27 CHICO,Jorge Flor 2136 (2) 0 - 1 CMILYTE,Victorij 2475 (2) 73 30 28 NIMMY,A George 2123 (2) 0 - 1 WELLING,Gerard 2405 (2) 77 39 29 FELLOUSI,Abdelaz 2132 (2) 0 - 1 QUILLAN,Gary 2356 (2) 114 47 30 HOUSKA,Jovanka 2355 (2) ½ - ½ GOODGER,Martyn 2135 (2) 48 74 31 BAKKER,Sven 2308 (2) 0 - 1 ROCA,Juan Ocana 2125 (2) 52 76 32 SWATHI,Ghate 2244 (2) 1 - 0 FOX,Anthony 2104 (2) 54 81 33 SCHRAMM,Bernd 2126 (2) ½ - ½ NADIG,Kruttika 2237 (2) 75 57 34 SCHUURMAN,Petra 2234 (2) ½ - ½ GILBERT,Jessie L 2098 (2) 58 84 35 STRAUB,Peter 2086 (2) ½ - ½ GOMES,Mary Ann 2231 (2) 86 59 36 COIMBRA,Margarid 2083 (2) ½ - ½ THIPSAY,Bagyashr 2219 (2) 87 63 37 ALMER,Julia 1848 (2) 0 - 1 GOKHALE,Anupama 2198 (2) 110 65 38 WALTON,Alan J 2197 (2) 1 - 0 STOCK,Toby 2083 (2) 66 89 39 MCGRANE,Stephen (2) 0 - 1 GUERRERO,Carlos 2160 (2) 120 71 40 TSCHAROTSCHKIN,M 2227 (1½) ½ - ½ CAFOLLA,Peter 2080 (1½) 60 91 41 GUSKI,Dietmar 2106 (1½) 0 - 1 VAN DEN BERSSELA 2222 (1½) 80 61 42 GIACOPELLI,Vince 2102 (1½) 0 - 1 SMITH,Andrew Phi 2200 (1½) 82 64 43 VEGA,Osuna Enriq 2192 (1½) 1 - 0 RAUTANEN,Sari 1929 (1½) 68 103 44 ELAMRI,Leila 1921 (1½) 0 - 1 DUNN,Andrew 2188 (1½) 104 69 45 GROFFEN,Hans 2185 (1½) 1 - 0 AGREST,Inna 2030 (1½) 70 95 46 EL AMARI,Khaled 2137 (1½) 1 - 0 PHILLIPS,Gordon 1790 (1½) 72 111 47 PANNEKOEK,Willem 2083 (1½) ½ - ½ MOHAMED,Mehdi Ai 2107 (1½) 88 79 48 SUURONEN,Petri 1931 (1) 0 - 1 CANNON,Richard 2087 (1½) 102 85 49 KUENITZ,Klaus 1901 (1) 0 - 1 HUTCHINSON,Norma 2118 (1) 106 78 50 GILL,William (1) 0 - 1 VEA,Blikra Odin 2099 (1) 115 83 51 HICKMAN,John 2082 (1) 1 - 0 VILLENA PEREZ,Jo 1915 (1) 90 105 52 OBERS,Frits 2080 (1) ½ - ½ REPPEN,Ellisiv 1851 (1) 92 109 53 BAENA,Antonia 2019 (1) 1 - 0 JAMILA,Yougane (1) 96 118 54 HAMER,Martyn 2000 (1) 1 - 0 NAVARRO,Antonio (1) 97 122 55 SBIA,Bachir 1989 (1) 1 - 0 HULLIGAN,Steve (1) 98 117 56 SLIMANI,Abderezz (1) 1 - 0 FRANCISCO,Carame 1978 (1) 124 99 57 SOLOMON,Ajoy (1) 1 - 0 MATTO,Manuel 1954 (1) 125 101 58 JACOBSEN,Maria P 1879 (1) ½ - ½ GUERRERO,Fernand 1768 (½) 108 112 59 HELIN,Mikael 1970 (½) 1 - 0 CASTILLA,Jose Lo (½) 100 113 60 NUNEZ,Millan Gon (½) 1 - 0 LECHUGO,Francisc (0) 123 119 61 MIHAJLOVA,Diana (0) 0 - 1 AMAYA,Millan Gon 1892 (0) 121 107 62 JAIME MONTALVAN, 2242 (2) ½ - ½ Bye 55 BYE
Another great day's chess in Gibraltar. Don't miss the excellent live broadcasts coming directly from the tournament hall. The moves as they happen, webcam pictures and live commentary from GM Stuart Conquest - and you can put your questions to Stuart directly and see them answered live online! Yesterday we saw a brilliant victory by Spanish GM Julien Luis Arizmendi against Ukrainian GM Zahar Efimenko. Afterwards online visitors were able to enjoy his comments on the game live online. Incidentally Julien speaks English with a perfect American accent and is a superb commentator. This game is unmissable and could well come to be known as the 'Pearl of Gibraltar'. Visit the Official website: http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/
Julien Luis Arizmendi demonstrates his brilliant win against Zahar
Efimenko (photo © 2006 BCM)
Round 4 Bd WHITE Result BLACK PIN 1 AGREST,Evgenij 2591 (2½) ½ - ½ SHIROV,Alexi 2709 (2½) 14 1 2 AKOPIAN,Vladimir 2704 (2½) ½ - ½ GYIMESI,Zoltan 2602 (2½) 2 13 3 ARESHCHENKO,Alex 2670 (2½) ½ - ½ SPRAGGETT,Kevin 2581 (2½) 4 15 4 EFIMENKO,Zahar 2666 (2½) 0 - 1 ARIZMENDI MARTIN 2534 (2½) 5 21 5 AL-MODIAHKI,Moha 2579 (2½) 0 - 1 KOBALIA,Mikhail 2654 (2½) 16 7 6 GEORGIEV,Kiril 2645 (2½) 1 - 0 CRAMLING,Pia 2515 (2½) 8 23 7 PELLETIER,Yannic 2579 (2½) 0 - 1 GUREVICH,Mikhail 2629 (2½) 18 9 8 SPEELMAN,Jon 2539 (2½) 1 - 0 SUTOVSKY,Emil 2624 (2½) 20 11 9 KORCHNOI,Viktor 2608 (2½) 1 - 0 AL SAYED,Mohamad 2470 (2½) 12 31 10 KLINOVA,Masha 2353 (2) ½ - ½ SHORT,Nigel 2676 (2) 49 3 11 BOLOGAN,Viktor 2661 (2) 1 - 0 BAKKER,Sven 2308 (2) 6 52 12 VOLKOV,Sergey 2629 (2) 1 - 0 SWATHI,Ghate 2244 (2) 10 54 13 BORCHGREVINK,Har 2265 (2) ½ - ½ GANGULY,Surya 2579 (2) 53 17 14 JAIME MONTALVAN, 2242 (2) 0 - 1 KUNTE,Abhijit 2551 (2) 55 19 15 SANDIPAN,Chanda 2522 (2) 1 - 0 SCHUURMAN,Petra 2234 (2) 22 58 16 GOMES,Mary Ann 2231 (2) 0 - 1 STEFANOVA,Antoan 2499 (2) 59 25 17 SISASK,Jesper 2196 (2) ½ - ½ BAKRE,Tejas 2480 (2) 67 29 18 GOKHALE,Anupama 2198 (2) 0 - 1 CARLSSON,Pontus 2430 (2) 65 36 19 ARAKHAMIA-GRANT, 2426 (2) 1 - 0 SPENCE,David 2221 (2) 37 62 20 THIPSAY,Bagyashr 2219 (2) 0 - 1 BELLON LOPEZ,Jua 2415 (2) 63 38 21 GILBERT,Jessie L 2098 (2) 0 - 1 ROY CHOWDHURY,Sa 2393 (2) 84 42 22 AABERG,Anton 2383 (2) 1 - 0 NIMMY,A George 2123 (2) 43 77 23 DUNN,Alan 2076 (2) ½ - ½ PEEK,Marcel 2375 (2) 93 44 24 SPECK,Nicholas 2371 (2) ½ - ½ AGDESTEIN,Emil 2053 (2) 45 94 25 LAGOWSKI,Patryk 2393 (1½) 1 - 0 HOUSKA,Jovanka 2355 (2) 41 48 26 WELLS,Peter 2501 (1½) 1 - 0 TSCHAROTSCHKIN,M 2227 (1½) 24 60 27 SUNDARAJAN,Kidam 2495 (1½) 1 - 0 GROFFEN,Hans 2185 (1½) 26 70 28 VAN DEN BERSSELA 2222 (1½) 0 - 1 PAVLOVIC,Milos 2494 (1½) 61 27 29 ZHU,Chen 2482 (1½) 1 - 0 EL AMARI,Khaled 2137 (1½) 28 72 30 CMILYTE,Victorij 2475 (1½) ½ - ½ FELLOUSI,Abdelaz 2132 (1½) 30 114 31 MCNAB,Colin 2456 (1½) 1 - 0 GUSKI,Dietmar 2106 (1½) 32 80 32 SMITH,Andrew Phi 2200 (1½) 0 - 1 TISSIR,Mohamed 2444 (1½) 64 33 33 SHAW,John K. 2432 (1½) 1 - 0 GIACOPELLI,Vince 2102 (1½) 34 82 34 ZHUKOVA,Natalia 2432 (1½) 1 - 0 PANNEKOEK,Willem 2083 (1½) 35 88 35 WELLING,Gerard 2405 (1½) ½ - ½ COIMBRA,Margarid 2083 (1½) 39 87 36 DUNN,Andrew 2188 (1½) 0 - 1 KOBESE,Watu 2397 (1½) 69 40 37 MOHAMED,Mehdi Ai 2107 (1½) 0 - 1 GROOTEN,Herman 2365 (1½) 79 46 38 CANNON,Richard 2087 (1½) 0 - 1 ASHTON,Adam 2331 (1½) 85 50 39 MOHOTA,Nisha 2318 (1½) 1 - 0 HICKMAN,John 2082 (1) 51 90 40 QUILLAN,Gary 2356 (1) 1 - 0 OBERS,Frits 2080 (1) 47 92 41 NADIG,Kruttika 2237 (1) 1 - 0 HAMER,Martyn 2000 (1) 57 97 42 FRANCISCO,Carame 1978 (1) 0 - 1 WALTON,Alan J 2197 (1) 99 66 43 AGREST,Inna 2030 (1) ½ - ½ VEGA,Osuna Enriq 2192 (1) 95 68 44 GUERRERO,Carlos 2160 (1) 1 - 0 BAENA,Antonia 2019 (1) 71 96 45 MATTO,Manuel 1954 (1) 0 - 1 CHICO,Jorge Flor 2136 (1) 101 73 46 GOODGER,Martyn 2135 (1) 1 - 0 KUENITZ,Klaus 1901 (1) 74 106 47 NAVARRO,Antonio (1) 0 - 1 SCHRAMM,Bernd 2126 (1) 122 75 48 HUTCHINSON,Norma 2118 (1) 0 - 1 ALMER,Julia 1848 (1) 78 110 49 FOX,Anthony 2104 (1) 1 - 0 JACOBSEN,Maria P 1879 (1) 81 108 50 VEA,Blikra Odin 2099 (1) 0 - 1 MCGRANE,Stephen (1) 83 120 51 VILLENA PEREZ,Jo 1915 (1) 0 - 1 STRAUB,Peter 2086 (1) 105 86 52 STOCK,Toby 2083 (1) 1 - 0 SOLOMON,Ajoy (1) 89 125 53 CAFOLLA,Peter 2080 (½) 1 - 0 GUERRERO,Fernand 1768 (½) 91 112 54 REPPEN,Ellisiv 1851 (½) ½ - ½ SBIA,Bachir 1989 (½) 109 98 55 PHILLIPS,Gordon 1790 (½) 1 - 0 HELIN,Mikael 1970 (½) 111 100 56 HULLIGAN,Steve (½) ½ - ½ SUURONEN,Petri 1931 (½) 117 102 57 RAUTANEN,Sari 1929 (½) 1 - 0 NUNEZ,Millan Gon (½) 103 123 58 CASTILLA,Jose Lo (½) 0 - 1 ELAMRI,Leila 1921 (½) 113 104 59 AMAYA,Millan Gon 1892 (0) 0 - 1 SLIMANI,Abderezz (0) 107 124 60 LECHUGO,Francisc (0) 0 - 1 GILL,William (0) 119 115 61 JAMILA,Yougane (0) 1 - 0 MIHAJLOVA,Diana (0) 118 121 62 ROCA,Juan Ocana 2125 (1½) ½ - ½ Bye 76 BYE
No surprises today: most of the top players reasserted themselves. Check out Emil Sutovsky's entertaining win against Colin McNab. Adams Ashton missed a difficult chance against GM Evgeny Agrest.
Top women players in Gibraltar: left to right - Viktorija Cmilyte,
Zhu Chen, Pia Cramling, Antoaneta Stefanova, Natalia Zhukova
(photo © 2006 BCM)
Bd WHITE Result BLACK PIN 1 GYIMESI,Zoltan 2602 (2) ½ - ½ AL SAYED,Mohamad 2470 (2) 13 31 2 CRAMLING,Pia 2515 (2) ½ - ½ AL-MODIAHKI,Moha 2579 (2) 23 16 3 STEFANOVA,Antoan 2499 (2) 0 - 1 AKOPIAN,Vladimir 2704 (1½) 25 2 4 GILBERT,Jessie L 2098 (2) 0 - 1 ARESHCHENKO,Alex 2670 (1½) 84 4 5 SHIROV,Alexi 2709 (1½) 1 - 0 DUNN,Alan 2076 (2) 1 93 6 SHORT,Nigel 2676 (1½) ½ - ½ SANDIPAN,Chanda 2522 (1½) 3 22 7 GROOTEN,Herman 2365 (1½) 0 - 1 EFIMENKO,Zahar 2666 (1½) 46 5 8 KOBALIA,Mikhail 2654 (1½) 1 - 0 WELLS,Peter 2501 (1½) 7 24 9 GEORGIEV,Kiril 2645 (1½) 1 - 0 ZHU,Chen 2482 (1½) 8 28 10 GUREVICH,Mikhail 2629 (1½) 1 - 0 CMILYTE,Victorij 2475 (1½) 9 30 11 SUTOVSKY,Emil 2624 (1½) 1 - 0 MCNAB,Colin 2456 (1½) 11 32 12 KORCHNOI,Viktor 2608 (1½) 1 - 0 TISSIR,Mohamed 2444 (1½) 12 33 13 ASHTON,Adam 2331 (1½) 0 - 1 AGREST,Evgenij 2591 (1½) 50 14 14 SPRAGGETT,Kevin 2581 (1½) 1 - 0 SHAW,John K. 2432 (1½) 15 34 15 PELLETIER,Yannic 2579 (1½) 1 - 0 ZHUKOVA,Natalia 2432 (1½) 18 35 16 KUNTE,Abhijit 2551 (1½) ½ - ½ AABERG,Anton 2383 (1½) 19 43 17 TSCHAROTSCHKIN,M 2227 (1½) 0 - 1 SPEELMAN,Jon 2539 (1½) 60 20 18 ARIZMENDI MARTIN 2534 (1½) 1 - 0 SMITH,Andrew Phi 2200 (1½) 21 64 19 KOBESE,Watu 2397 (1½) 0 - 1 BOLOGAN,Viktor 2661 (1) 40 6 20 GANGULY,Surya 2579 (1) 1 - 0 MOHAMED,Mehdi Ai 2107 (1½) 17 79 21 BAKRE,Tejas 2480 (1) 1 - 0 CANNON,Richard 2087 (1½) 29 85 22 VEGA,Osuna Enriq 2192 (1) 0 - 1 VOLKOV,Sergey 2629 (1) 68 10 23 GROFFEN,Hans 2185 (1) ½ - ½ PAVLOVIC,Milos 2494 (1) 70 27 24 CARLSSON,Pontus 2430 (1) 1 - 0 GUERRERO,Carlos 2160 (1) 36 71 25 CHICO,Jorge Flor 2136 (1) 0 - 1 ARAKHAMIA-GRANT, 2426 (1) 73 37 26 BELLON LOPEZ,Jua 2415 (1) 1 - 0 GOODGER,Martyn 2135 (1) 38 74 27 FELLOUSI,Abdelaz 2132 (1) ½ - ½ WELLING,Gerard 2405 (1) 114 39 28 ROY CHOWDHURY,Sa 2393 (1) 1 - 0 HUTCHINSON,Norma 2118 (1) 42 78 29 PEEK,Marcel 2375 (1) 1 - 0 FOX,Anthony 2104 (1) 44 81 30 SCHRAMM,Bernd 2126 (1) 0 - 1 SPECK,Nicholas 2371 (1) 75 45 31 NIMMY,A George 2123 (1) 1 - 0 QUILLAN,Gary 2356 (1) 77 47 32 HOUSKA,Jovanka 2355 (1) 1 - 0 VEA,Blikra Odin 2099 (1) 48 83 33 STRAUB,Peter 2086 (1) 0 - 1 KLINOVA,Masha 2353 (1) 86 49 34 COIMBRA,Margarid 2083 (1) ½ - ½ MOHOTA,Nisha 2318 (1) 87 51 35 BAKKER,Sven 2308 (1) 1 - 0 STOCK,Toby 2083 (1) 52 89 36 HICKMAN,John 2082 (1) 0 - 1 BORCHGREVINK,Har 2265 (1) 90 53 37 SWATHI,Ghate 2244 (1) 1 - 0 FRANCISCO,Carame 1978 (1) 54 99 38 OBERS,Frits 2080 (1) 0 - 1 JAIME MONTALVAN, 2242 (1) 92 55 39 AGDESTEIN,Emil 2053 (1) 1 - 0 NADIG,Kruttika 2237 (1) 94 57 40 SCHUURMAN,Petra 2234 (1) 1 - 0 MATTO,Manuel 1954 (1) 58 101 41 AGREST,Inna 2030 (1) 0 - 1 GOMES,Mary Ann 2231 (1) 95 59 42 SPENCE,David 2221 (1) 1 - 0 NAVARRO,Antonio (1) 62 122 43 BAENA,Antonia 2019 (1) 0 - 1 THIPSAY,Bagyashr 2219 (1) 96 63 44 HAMER,Martyn 2000 (1) 0 - 1 GOKHALE,Anupama 2198 (1) 97 65 45 CAFOLLA,Peter 2080 (½) 0 - 1 SISASK,Jesper 2196 (1) 91 67 46 HELIN,Mikael 1970 (½) 0 - 1 SUNDARAJAN,Kidam 2495 (½) 100 26 47 SUURONEN,Petri 1931 (½) 0 - 1 LAGOWSKI,Patryk 2393 (½) 102 41 48 RAUTANEN,Sari 1929 (½) 0 - 1 VAN DEN BERSSELA 2222 (½) 103 61 49 WALTON,Alan J 2197 (½) ½ - ½ MCGRANE,Stephen (½) 66 120 50 DUNN,Andrew 2188 (½) 1 - 0 NUNEZ,Millan Gon (½) 69 123 51 GUERRERO,Fernand 1768 (½) 0 - 1 GUSKI,Dietmar 2106 (½) 112 80 52 REPPEN,Ellisiv 1851 (½) 0 - 1 GIACOPELLI,Vince 2102 (½) 109 82 53 PHILLIPS,Gordon 1790 (½) 0 - 1 PANNEKOEK,Willem 2083 (½) 111 88 54 SBIA,Bachir 1989 (0) ½ - ½ CASTILLA,Jose Lo (0) 98 113 55 ELAMRI,Leila 1921 (0) ½ - ½ HULLIGAN,Steve (0) 104 117 56 MIHAJLOVA,Diana (0) 0 - 1 VILLENA PEREZ,Jo 1915 (0) 121 105 57 KUENITZ,Klaus 1901 (0) 1 - 0 JAMILA,Yougane (0) 106 118 58 SOLOMON,Ajoy (0) 1 - 0 AMAYA,Millan Gon 1892 (0) 125 107 59 JACOBSEN,Maria P 1879 (0) 1 - 0 LECHUGO,Francisc (0) 108 119 60 ALMER,Julia 1848 (0) 1 - 0 SLIMANI,Abderezz (0) 110 124 61 GILL,William (0) 0 - 1 SEDGWICK,David 2079 (0) 115 127 62 ROCA,Juan Ocana 2125 (1) ½ - ½ Bye 76 BYE 63 EL AMARI,Khaled 2137 (1) ½ - ½ Bye 72 BYE
A remarkably good round for the women players. Pia Cramling beat Viktor Bologan, world champion Antoaneta Stefanova beat Sergey Volkov, and England's Jessie Gilbert beat 2495-rated Kidambi Sundararajan.
Round 2 Bd WHITE Result BLACK PIN 1 AKOPIAN,Vladimir 2704 (1) ½ - ½ ARIZMENDI MARTIN 2534 (1) 2 21 2 SPEELMAN,Jon 2539 (1) ½ - ½ SHORT,Nigel 2676 (1) 20 3 3 BOLOGAN,Viktor 2661 (1) 0 - 1 CRAMLING,Pia 2515 (1) 6 23 4 SANDIPAN,Chanda 2522 (1) ½ - ½ KOBALIA,Mikhail 2654 (1) 22 7 5 WELLS,Peter 2501 (1) ½ - ½ GUREVICH,Mikhail 2629 (1) 24 9 6 VOLKOV,Sergey 2629 (1) 0 - 1 STEFANOVA,Antoan 2499 (1) 10 25 7 PAVLOVIC,Milos 2494 (1) 0 - 1 GYIMESI,Zoltan 2602 (1) 27 13 8 CMILYTE,Victorij 2475 (1) ½ - ½ SPRAGGETT,Kevin 2581 (1) 30 15 9 AL-MODIAHKI,Moha 2579 (1) 1 - 0 BAKRE,Tejas 2480 (1) 16 29 10 AL SAYED,Mohamad 2470 (1) 1 - 0 GANGULY,Surya 2579 (1) 31 17 11 TISSIR,Mohamed 2444 (1) ½ - ½ KUNTE,Abhijit 2551 (1) 33 19 12 SISASK,Jesper 2196 (1) 0 - 1 SHIROV,Alexi 2709 (½) 67 1 13 ARESHCHENKO,Alex 2670 (½) 1 - 0 VEGA,Osuna Enriq 2192 (1) 4 68 14 EFIMENKO,Zahar 2666 (½) 1 - 0 GROFFEN,Hans 2185 (1) 5 70 15 GUERRERO,Carlos 2160 (1) 0 - 1 GEORGIEV,Kiril 2645 (½) 71 8 16 EL AMARI,Khaled 2137 (1) 0 - 1 SUTOVSKY,Emil 2624 (½) 72 11 17 GOODGER,Martyn 2135 (1) 0 - 1 KORCHNOI,Viktor 2608 (½) 74 12 18 AGREST,Evgenij 2591 (½) 1 - 0 SCHRAMM,Bernd 2126 (1) 14 75 19 ROCA,Juan Ocana 2125 (1) 0 - 1 PELLETIER,Yannic 2579 (½) 76 18 20 ZHU,Chen 2482 (½) 1 - 0 NIMMY,A George 2123 (1) 28 77 21 HUTCHINSON,Norma 2118 (1) 0 - 1 KOBESE,Watu 2397 (½) 78 40 22 MOHAMED,Mehdi Ai 2107 (1) ½ - ½ PEEK,Marcel 2375 (½) 79 44 23 FOX,Anthony 2104 (1) 0 - 1 GROOTEN,Herman 2365 (½) 81 46 24 VEA,Blikra Odin 2099 (1) 0 - 1 ASHTON,Adam 2331 (½) 83 50 25 SUNDARAJAN,Kidam 2495 (½) 0 - 1 GILBERT,Jessie L 2098 (1) 26 84 26 CANNON,Richard 2087 (1) ½ - ½ SCHUURMAN,Petra 2234 (½) 85 58 27 COIMBRA,Margarid 2083 (1) 0 - 1 TSCHAROTSCHKIN,M 2227 (½) 87 60 28 STOCK,Toby 2083 (1) 0 - 1 SMITH,Andrew Phi 2200 (½) 89 64 29 MCNAB,Colin 2456 (½) 1 - 0 HICKMAN,John 2082 (1) 32 90 30 SHAW,John K. 2432 (½) 1 - 0 OBERS,Frits 2080 (1) 34 92 31 DUNN,Alan 2076 (1) 1 - 0 WALTON,Alan J 2197 (½) 93 66 32 ZHUKOVA,Natalia 2432 (½) 1 - 0 AGDESTEIN,Emil 2053 (1) 35 94 33 AABERG,Anton 2383 (½) 1 - 0 BAENA,Antonia 2019 (1) 43 96 34 ARAKHAMIA-GRANT, 2426 (0) 1 - 0 DUNN,Andrew 2188 (½) 37 69 35 GUSKI,Dietmar 2106 (½) 0 - 1 CARLSSON,Pontus 2430 (0) 80 36 36 GIACOPELLI,Vince 2102 (½) 0 - 1 BELLON LOPEZ,Jua 2415 (0) 82 38 37 PANNEKOEK,Willem 2083 (½) 0 - 1 ROY CHOWDHURY,Sa 2393 (0) 88 42 38 WELLING,Gerard 2405 (0) 1 - 0 CAFOLLA,Peter 2080 (½) 39 91 39 LAGOWSKI,Patryk 2393 (0) ½ - ½ AGREST,Inna 2030 (½) 41 95 40 SPECK,Nicholas 2371 (0) 1 - 0 HELIN,Mikael 1970 (½) 45 100 41 QUILLAN,Gary 2356 (0) 1 - 0 SUURONEN,Petri 1931 (½) 47 102 42 KLINOVA,Masha 2353 (0) 1 - 0 RAUTANEN,Sari 1929 (½) 49 103 43 MOHOTA,Nisha 2318 (0) 1 - 0 REPPEN,Ellisiv 1851 (½) 51 109 44 BORCHGREVINK,Har 2265 (0) 1 - 0 PHILLIPS,Gordon 1790 (½) 53 111 45 MCGRANE,Stephen (½) 0 - 1 HOUSKA,Jovanka 2355 (0) 120 48 46 NUNEZ,Millan Gon (½) 0 - 1 BAKKER,Sven 2308 (0) 123 52 47 VILLENA PEREZ,Jo 1915 (0) 0 - 1 SWATHI,Ghate 2244 (0) 105 54 48 JAIME MONTALVAN, 2242 (0) 1 - 0 KUENITZ,Klaus 1901 (0) 55 106 49 NADIG,Kruttika 2237 (0) 1 - 0 JACOBSEN,Maria P 1879 (0) 57 108 50 GOMES,Mary Ann 2231 (0) 1 - 0 ALMER,Julia 1848 (0) 59 110 51 VAN DEN BERSSELA 2222 (0) ½ - ½ GUERRERO,Fernand 1768 (0) 61 112 52 AMAYA,Millan Gon 1892 (0) 0 - 1 SPENCE,David 2221 (0) 107 62 53 THIPSAY,Bagyashr 2219 (0) 1 - 0 GILL,William (0) 63 115 54 GOKHALE,Anupama 2198 (0) 1 - 0 HULLIGAN,Steve (0) 65 117 55 JAMILA,Yougane (0) 0 - 1 CHICO,Jorge Flor 2136 (0) 118 73 56 CASTILLA,Jose Lo (0) 0 - 1 FELLOUSI,Abdelaz 2132 (0) 113 114 57 LECHUGO,Francisc (0) 0 - 1 STRAUB,Peter 2086 (0) 119 86 58 SLIMANI,Abderezz (0) 0 - 1 HAMER,Martyn 2000 (0) 124 97 59 NAVARRO,Antonio (0) 1 - 0 SBIA,Bachir 1989 (0) 122 98 60 MATTO,Manuel 1954 (0) 1 - 0 MIHAJLOVA,Diana (0) 101 121 61 FRANCISCO,Carame 1978 (0) 1 - 0 SOLOMON,Ajoy (0) 99 125 62 SCHILLER,Eric 2188 (1) 1 - 0 ELAMRI,Leila 1921 (0) 126 104
Round 1 Bd WHITE Result BLACK PIN 1 SHIROV,Alexi 2709 (0) ½ - ½ ZHUKOVA,Natalia 2432 (0) 1 35 2 CARLSSON,Pontus 2430 (0) 0 - 1 AKOPIAN,Vladimir 2704 (0) 36 2 3 SHORT,Nigel 2676 (0) 1 - 0 ARAKHAMIA-GRANT, 2426 (0) 3 37 4 BELLON LOPEZ,Jua 2415 (0) 0 - 1 BOLOGAN,Viktor 2661 (0) 38 6 5 KOBALIA,Mikhail 2654 (0) 1 - 0 WELLING,Gerard 2405 (0) 7 39 6 KOBESE,Watu 2397 (0) ½ - ½ GEORGIEV,Kiril 2645 (0) 40 8 7 GUREVICH,Mikhail 2629 (0) 1 - 0 LAGOWSKI,Patryk 2393 (0) 9 41 8 ROY CHOWDHURY,Sa 2393 (0) 0 - 1 VOLKOV,Sergey 2629 (0) 42 10 9 SUTOVSKY,Emil 2624 (0) ½ - ½ AABERG,Anton 2383 (0) 11 43 10 PEEK,Marcel 2375 (0) ½ - ½ KORCHNOI,Viktor 2608 (0) 44 12 11 GYIMESI,Zoltan 2602 (0) 1 - 0 SPECK,Nicholas 2371 (0) 13 45 12 GROOTEN,Herman 2365 (0) ½ - ½ AGREST,Evgenij 2591 (0) 46 14 13 SPRAGGETT,Kevin 2581 (0) 1 - 0 QUILLAN,Gary 2356 (0) 15 47 14 HOUSKA,Jovanka 2355 (0) 0 - 1 AL-MODIAHKI,Moha 2579 (0) 48 16 15 GANGULY,Surya 2579 (0) 1 - 0 KLINOVA,Masha 2353 (0) 17 49 16 ASHTON,Adam 2331 (0) ½ - ½ PELLETIER,Yannic 2579 (0) 50 18 17 KUNTE,Abhijit 2551 (0) 1 - 0 MOHOTA,Nisha 2318 (0) 19 51 18 BAKKER,Sven 2308 (0) 0 - 1 SPEELMAN,Jon 2539 (0) 52 20 19 ARIZMENDI MARTIN 2534 (0) 1 - 0 BORCHGREVINK,Har 2265 (0) 21 53 20 SWATHI,Ghate 2244 (0) 0 - 1 SANDIPAN,Chanda 2522 (0) 54 22 21 CRAMLING,Pia 2515 (0) 1 - 0 JAIME MONTALVAN, 2242 (0) 23 55 22 WELLS,Peter 2501 (0) 1 - 0 Bye 24 BYE 23 STEFANOVA,Antoan 2499 (0) 1 - 0 NADIG,Kruttika 2237 (0) 25 57 24 SCHUURMAN,Petra 2234 (0) ½ - ½ SUNDARAJAN,Kidam 2495 (0) 58 26 25 PAVLOVIC,Milos 2494 (0) 1 - 0 GOMES,Mary Ann 2231 (0) 27 59 26 TSCHAROTSCHKIN,M 2227 (0) ½ - ½ ZHU,Chen 2482 (0) 60 28 27 BAKRE,Tejas 2480 (0) 1 - 0 VAN DEN BERSSELA 2222 (0) 29 61 28 SPENCE,David 2221 (0) 0 - 1 CMILYTE,Victorij 2475 (0) 62 30 29 AL SAYED,Mohamad 2470 (0) 1 - 0 THIPSAY,Bagyashr 2219 (0) 31 63 30 SMITH,Andrew Phi 2200 (0) ½ - ½ MCNAB,Colin 2456 (0) 64 32 31 TISSIR,Mohamed 2444 (0) 1 - 0 GOKHALE,Anupama 2198 (0) 33 65 32 WALTON,Alan J 2197 (0) ½ - ½ SHAW,John K. 2432 (0) 66 34 33 SBIA,Bachir 1989 (0) 0 - 1 SISASK,Jesper 2196 (0) 98 67 34 VEGA,Osuna Enriq 2192 (0) 1 - 0 FRANCISCO,Carame 1978 (0) 68 99 35 PANNEKOEK,Willem 2083 (0) ½ - ½ DUNN,Andrew 2188 (0) 88 69 36 GROFFEN,Hans 2185 (0) 1 - 0 MATTO,Manuel 1954 (0) 70 101 37 HAMER,Martyn 2000 (0) 0 - 1 GUERRERO,Carlos 2160 (0) 97 71 38 CHICO,Jorge Flor 2136 (0) 0 - 1 SCHILLER,Eric 2188 (0) 73 126 39 ELAMRI,Leila 1921 (0) 0 - 1 GOODGER,Martyn 2135 (0) 104 74 40 SCHRAMM,Bernd 2126 (0) 1 - 0 VILLENA PEREZ,Jo 1915 (0) 75 105 41 KUENITZ,Klaus 1901 (0) 0 - 1 ROCA,Juan Ocana 2125 (0) 106 76 42 NIMMY,A George 2123 (0) 1 - 0 AMAYA,Millan Gon 1892 (0) 77 107 43 JACOBSEN,Maria P 1879 (0) 0 - 1 HUTCHINSON,Norma 2118 (0) 108 78 44 GUSKI,Dietmar 2106 (0) ½ - ½ REPPEN,Ellisiv 1851 (0) 80 109 45 ALMER,Julia 1848 (0) 0 - 1 FOX,Anthony 2104 (0) 110 81 46 GIACOPELLI,Vince 2102 (0) ½ - ½ PHILLIPS,Gordon 1790 (0) 82 111 47 GUERRERO,Fernand 1768 (0) 0 - 1 VEA,Blikra Odin 2099 (0) 112 83 48 GILBERT,Jessie L 2098 (0) 1 - 0 CASTILLA,Jose Lo (0) 84 113 49 FELLOUSI,Abdelaz 2132 (0) 0 - 1 CANNON,Richard 2087 (0) 114 85 50 STRAUB,Peter 2086 (0) 0 - 1 EL AMARI,Khaled 2137 (0) 86 72 51 GILL,William (0) 0 - 1 COIMBRA,Margarid 2083 (0) 115 87 53 HULLIGAN,Steve (0) 0 - 1 STOCK,Toby 2083 (0) 117 89 54 HICKMAN,John 2082 (0) 1 - 0 JAMILA,Yougane (0) 90 118 55 MCGRANE,Stephen (0) ½ - ½ CAFOLLA,Peter 2080 (0) 120 91 56 OBERS,Frits 2080 (0) 1 - 0 LECHUGO,Francisc (0) 92 119 57 MIHAJLOVA,Diana (0) 0 - 1 DUNN,Alan 2076 (0) 121 93 58 AGDESTEIN,Emil 2053 (0) 1 - 0 NAVARRO,Antonio (0) 94 122 59 NUNEZ,Millan Gon (0) ½ - ½ AGREST,Inna 2030 (0) 123 95 60 BAENA,Antonia 2019 (0) 1 - 0 SLIMANI,Abderezz (0) 96 124 61 SOLOMON,Ajoy (0) 0 - 1 MOHAMED,Mehdi Ai 2107 (0) 125 79 62 ARESHCHENKO,Alex 2670 (0) ½ - ½ Bye 4 BYE 63 EFIMENKO,Zahar 2666 (0) ½ - ½ Bye 5 BYE 64 SUURONEN,Petri 1931 (0) ½ - ½ Bye 102 BYE 65 RAUTANEN,Sari 1929 (0) ½ - ½ Bye 103 BYE 66 HELIN,Mikael 1970 (0) ½ - ½ Bye 100 BYE
Round 2 Bd WHITE Result BLACK PIN 1 AKOPIAN,Vladimir 2704 (1) - ARIZMENDI MARTIN 2534 (1) 2 21 2 SPEELMAN,Jon 2539 (1) - SHORT,Nigel 2676 (1) 20 3 3 BOLOGAN,Viktor 2661 (1) - CRAMLING,Pia 2515 (1) 6 23 4 SANDIPAN,Chanda 2522 (1) - KOBALIA,Mikhail 2654 (1) 22 7 5 WELLS,Peter 2501 (1) - GUREVICH,Mikhail 2629 (1) 24 9 6 VOLKOV,Sergey 2629 (1) - STEFANOVA,Antoan 2499 (1) 10 25 7 PAVLOVIC,Milos 2494 (1) - GYIMESI,Zoltan 2602 (1) 27 13 8 CMILYTE,Victorij 2475 (1) - SPRAGGETT,Kevin 2581 (1) 30 15 9 AL-MODIAHKI,Moha 2579 (1) - BAKRE,Tejas 2480 (1) 16 29 10 AL SAYED,Mohamad 2470 (1) - GANGULY,Surya 2579 (1) 31 17 11 TISSIR,Mohamed 2444 (1) - KUNTE,Abhijit 2551 (1) 33 19 12 SISASK,Jesper 2196 (1) - SHIROV,Alexi 2709 (½) 67 1 13 ARESHCHENKO,Alex 2670 (½) - VEGA,Osuna Enriq 2192 (1) 4 68 14 EFIMENKO,Zahar 2666 (½) - GROFFEN,Hans 2185 (1) 5 70 15 GUERRERO,Carlos 2160 (1) - GEORGIEV,Kiril 2645 (½) 71 8 16 EL AMARI,Khaled 2137 (1) - SUTOVSKY,Emil 2624 (½) 72 11 17 GOODGER,Martyn 2135 (1) - KORCHNOI,Viktor 2608 (½) 74 12 18 AGREST,Evgenij 2591 (½) - SCHRAMM,Bernd 2126 (1) 14 75 19 ROCA,Juan Ocana 2125 (1) - PELLETIER,Yannic 2579 (½) 76 18 20 ZHU,Chen 2482 (½) - NIMMY,A George 2123 (1) 28 77 21 HUTCHINSON,Norma 2118 (1) - KOBESE,Watu 2397 (½) 78 40 22 MOHAMED,Mehdi Ai 2107 (1) - PEEK,Marcel 2375 (½) 79 44 23 FOX,Anthony 2104 (1) - GROOTEN,Herman 2365 (½) 81 46 24 VEA,Blikra Odin 2099 (1) - ASHTON,Adam 2331 (½) 83 50 25 SUNDARAJAN,Kidam 2495 (½) - GILBERT,Jessie L 2098 (1) 26 84 26 CANNON,Richard 2087 (1) - SCHUURMAN,Petra 2234 (½) 85 58 27 COIMBRA,Margarid 2083 (1) - TSCHAROTSCHKIN,M 2227 (½) 87 60 28 STOCK,Toby 2083 (1) - SMITH,Andrew Phi 2200 (½) 89 64 29 MCNAB,Colin 2456 (½) - HICKMAN,John 2082 (1) 32 90 30 SHAW,John K. 2432 (½) - OBERS,Frits 2080 (1) 34 92 31 DUNN,Alan 2076 (1) - WALTON,Alan J 2197 (½) 93 66 32 ZHUKOVA,Natalia 2432 (½) - AGDESTEIN,Emil 2053 (1) 35 94 33 AABERG,Anton 2383 (½) - BAENA,Antonia 2019 (1) 43 96 34 ARAKHAMIA-GRANT, 2426 (0) - DUNN,Andrew 2188 (½) 37 69 35 GUSKI,Dietmar 2106 (½) - CARLSSON,Pontus 2430 (0) 80 36 36 GIACOPELLI,Vince 2102 (½) - BELLON LOPEZ,Jua 2415 (0) 82 38 37 PANNEKOEK,Willem 2083 (½) - ROY CHOWDHURY,Sa 2393 (0) 88 42 38 WELLING,Gerard 2405 (0) - CAFOLLA,Peter 2080 (½) 39 91 39 LAGOWSKI,Patryk 2393 (0) - AGREST,Inna 2030 (½) 41 95 40 SPECK,Nicholas 2371 (0) - HELIN,Mikael 1970 (½) 45 100 41 QUILLAN,Gary 2356 (0) - SUURONEN,Petri 1931 (½) 47 102 42 KLINOVA,Masha 2353 (0) - RAUTANEN,Sari 1929 (½) 49 103 43 MOHOTA,Nisha 2318 (0) - REPPEN,Ellisiv 1851 (½) 51 109 44 BORCHGREVINK,Har 2265 (0) - PHILLIPS,Gordon 1790 (½) 53 111 45 MCGRANE,Stephen (½) - HOUSKA,Jovanka 2355 (0) 120 48 46 NUNEZ,Millan Gon (½) - BAKKER,Sven 2308 (0) 123 52 47 VILLENA PEREZ,Jo 1915 (0) - SWATHI,Ghate 2244 (0) 105 54 48 JAIME MONTALVAN, 2242 (0) - KUENITZ,Klaus 1901 (0) 55 106 49 NADIG,Kruttika 2237 (0) - JACOBSEN,Maria P 1879 (0) 57 108 50 GOMES,Mary Ann 2231 (0) - ALMER,Julia 1848 (0) 59 110 51 VAN DEN BERSSELA 2222 (0) - GUERRERO,Fernand 1768 (0) 61 112 52 AMAYA,Millan Gon 1892 (0) - SPENCE,David 2221 (0) 107 62 53 THIPSAY,Bagyashr 2219 (0) - GILL,William (0) 63 115 54 GOKHALE,Anupama 2198 (0) - HULLIGAN,Steve (0) 65 117 55 JAMILA,Yougane (0) - CHICO,Jorge Flor 2136 (0) 118 73 56 CASTILLA,Jose Lo (0) - FELLOUSI,Abdelaz 2132 (0) 113 114 57 LECHUGO,Francisc (0) - STRAUB,Peter 2086 (0) 119 86 58 SLIMANI,Abderezz (0) - HAMER,Martyn 2000 (0) 124 97 59 NAVARRO,Antonio (0) - SBIA,Bachir 1989 (0) 122 98 60 MATTO,Manuel 1954 (0) - MIHAJLOVA,Diana (0) 101 121 61 FRANCISCO,Carame 1978 (0) - SOLOMON,Ajoy (0) 99 125 62 SCHILLER,Eric 2188 (0) - ELAMRI,Leila 1921 (0) 126 104