February, 2007:
Updated March 18, 2007
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February, 2007 News
OCF
Winter NAO FIDE Open
February 17 - 19, 2007
Stillwater, Oklahoma (USA)
As far as I know, there is no official website for this event, which had 111 players.
This report is compiled from information from TWIC and the USCF
website. IM Irina Krush, WGM Camila Baginskaite and Nadia Ortiz
tied for 1st-3rd for the women's prize, each earning 5.5/7 and $900.
The event was won by GM Valeriy Aveskulov (UKR 2517), with 6.0/7.
The top chess femmes reported at TWIC were: (2) IM Irina Krush
(USA 2449), 5.5; (7) WIM Nadya Karolina Ortiz (COL 2291), 5.5; (8) WGM
Camilla Baginskaite (USA 2317), 5.5; (11) WF Zorigt Bayaraa (MGL 2151),
5.0; (13) WF Tatev Abrahamyan (USA 2295), 5.0; (15) WF Iryna Zenyuk (USA
2176), 5.0; (17) WF Elizabeth Vicary Elizabeth (USA 2133), 4.5; and (18)
Tatia Vayserberg (USA 2037), 4.5.
There is a report
on this event at the USCF website by WFM Elizabeth Vicary - it's
undated (pet peeve: I don't like reading undated reports, it could be
years old and I might not know it!) Extracted from Vicary's
report:
(Photo,
left: future World Champion: USA's Becky Huang). "The
tournament organizer, Frank Berry, offered any FIDE rated woman free
entry, hotel, transportation from the airport in Tulsa (70 miles!), and
a $500 appearance fee. There was even a separate $4,500 prize fund for
women that exceeded the overall prize fund. This seemed absolutely
incredible to me, and something I would be crazy to turn down.
Apparently, IM Irina Krush, WGM Camilla Baginskaite, WIM Nadia Ortiz,
WIM Batchimeg Tuvshintugs, WIM Alexey Root, WFM Bayaraa Zorigt, WFM
Tatev Abrahamyan, WFM Iryna Zenyuk, WFM Lilia Doibani, WCM Judit Simo,
Tatiana Vayserberg, Vanessa West, Simone Sobel, Becky Huang, Stephanie
Ballom, Sarah Chiang, Courtney Jamison, Stephanie Pitcher, Helen
Jamison, Sylvia Yang, and Alexa Zolman all felt the same way! ...
Gee, this is real cute: "GM
Pascal Charbonneau suggested the conditions policy was a smart
move—'You offer conditions to the women, so they come, and then the
grandmasters come just to see the women!' I asked Frank if he thought
some of the male players had shown up for this reason and he agreed
'Sure, at least, say, 15 of them played out of curiosity.'"
Well, boys will be boys.
Caissa
IM and FM February (I love the name of this event)
February 16 - 24, 2007
Kecskemet, Hungary
Coverage at: http://www.caissachessbooks.com/
(Note: When I was making this report on March 3, 2007, the coverage at
this website was only through 2006).
Next events will be on 21st-29th March, 15th-23rd. April., 21st-29th May
2007
The event was won Zoltan Sarosi with 8.5/10. No IM norms were
earned. Two chess femmes participated in this event: (6)
Manuela Mader, 4.5; and (7) Maya Porat, 4.0.
V
Breizh Masters
February 16 - 24, 2007
(Guingamp, France)
There were separate "men's" and "women's" events
held - no chess femmes participated in the "men's" event.
Here's the final cross-table (from TWIC) of the women's event:
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V Breizh Masters Women Guingamp FRA (FRA), 16-24 ii 2007
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Hrabinska, Myroslava wg UKR 2294 * = 0 1 1 = = 1 1 1 6.5 2247
2. Chulivska, Vita wm UKR 2208 = * 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2256
3. Andersson, Christin wm SWE 2225 1 1 * = 0 0 = 1 1 1 6.0 2213
4. Marchadour, Emilie FRA 2079 0 0 = * 1 1 1 = 1 1 6.0 2229
5. Greef, Melissa RSA 1930 0 1 1 0 * 0 1 1 1 1 6.0 2246
6. Benmesbah, Natacha wf FRA 2179 = 0 1 0 1 * 0 1 1 1 5.5 2173
7. Choisy, Mathilde wf FRA 2079 = 0 = 0 0 1 * 1 = 1 4.5 2104
8. Le Diouron, Aurelie FRA 2021 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 * 1 1 2.5 1945
9. Le Bail, Clara FRA 1952 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 * 1 1.5 1846
10. Bismuth, Lea FRA 2056 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0.0
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Magistral
I and II Necochea Tournaments
February 14 - 25, 2007
(Nechocha, Argentina)
There were two all-play-all back-to-back events - whew! Some of
the players switched out, but not this one chess femme: WIM Marisa
Zuriel (ARG 2197). Alas, she didn't do too well, finishing in last
place in both events with 2.5/9 both times. The winner of Magistral I (cat.
III (2325)) was Leonardo Tristan (ARG 2317) with 6.0/9. Magistral
II (cat. II (2294)) was won by IM Jose Fernandez Cubas (PAR 2414), with
7.0/9.
Aeroflot
Open
February 14 - 20, 2007
Correspondent Wayne Mendryk did an opening report on February 14 (see
below). I have the final standings for all the women players on a
separate page here, there
were so many to report! Wayne reports that both Tatiana and
Nadezhdza Kosintseva are law students at Pomar University ( Archangelsk).
None of the ladies who participated in
the A1 Group (ELO higher than 2549, but some of the women got a free
pass because they would not have qualified otherwise) placed in the
money, and one of my favorite players, IM V. Subbaraman (IND 2459),
finished in last place in the A1 Group with 2.0. In the A2 Group (ELO
2400-2549), IM Alisa Galliamova (RUS 2470) won $650 (all prizes in U.S.
dollars) and IM Anna Ushenina won $450. In the B Group (ELO
2199-2399), WGM Zeinab Mamedjarova (AZE 2307) won $700, WGM Julia
Kochetkova (RUS 2332) won $500, and IM Irina Vasilevich (RUS 2353) won
$300. The C Group (below 2200) was won outright by WFM Gulmira
Dauletova (KAZ 2170) for a prize of $3,000!!! Other money winders
in the C Group were WFM Nazi Paikidze (GEO 2167), $450, Amrutha Mokal (IND
2137), $250, Soumya Swaminathan (IND 2140), $200, and WFM Sengeravdan
Otgonjargal (MGL 2154), $200. Congratulations to all of the women
who played in this grand event. I'm not used to seeing so many
women's names on the player lists!
Japfa
Chess Festival
February 7 - 12, 2007 (added March 17, 2007)
There were two six-round matches held, one with female players.
Here are the final results from their games:
Li Ruofan - Sukandar, Irine Kharisma
1-0 45 D46 Semi-Slav Defence
Sukandar, Irine Kharisma - Li Ruofan 0-1 38 C50 Giuoco Piano
Li Ruofan - Sukandar, Irine Kharisma 1-0 48 D52 QGD Cambridge
Springs
Sukandar, Irine Kharisma - Li Ruofan 1/2 24 C54 Giuoco Piano
Li Ruofan - Sukandar, Irine Kharisma 1-0 32 D51 QGD Cambridge
Springs
Sukandar, Irine Kharisma - Li Ruofan 1/2 33 C55 Two Knights Defence
JAPFA Women's Match Jakarta INA (INA),
7-12 ii 2007
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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Li Ruofan wg CHN 2418 1 1 1 = 1 = 5.0 2493
Sukandar, Irine Kharisma wf INA 2220 0 0 0 = 0 = 1.0 2145
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Georgi
Tringov Memorial (added March 18, 2007)
February 5 - 11, 2007
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Official Website
The event (165 players) was won by IM Krasimir Rusev (BUL 2453) with
7.5. Chess femmes who participated and their final results
are: (21) WGM Voiska Margarita 2319 BUL 6.0; (29) Videnova Iva
2175 BUL 6.0; (39) WGM Velcheva Maria 2290 BUL 5.5; (63) Petkova Veneta
1952 BUL 5.0; (65) Vladimirova Maria 1973 BUL 5.0; (74) Trifonova Sandra
1890 BUL 5.0; (75) Doncheva Marinela 2073 BUL 5.0; (105) Galunova Tsveta
1760 BUL 4.0; (113) Harizanova Elitsa 1846 BUL 4.0; (120) Stefanova
Milena 2034 BUL 3.5; (121) Jordanova Svetla 2245 BUL 3.5; (128)
Vasileva Cveta 0 BUL 3.5; (130) Harizanova Marina 1903 BUL 3.5; (140)
Petrova Milena 0 BUL 3.0; (146) Najdenova Jana 0 BUL 3.0; (152) Krasteva
Stefka 0 BUL 2.5; 162 133 Balukova Andrea 0 BUL 1.5; and (164) Mihova
Kaloyana 0 BUL 1.0.
1st
Saturday
February 3 - 15, 2007
FSGM February Budapest HUN (HUN), cat. VII (2423) was won by Gellert
Papp (HUN 2335) with 7.5/10. One woman participated in the FSGM
event, IM Iweta Rajlich (POL 2428), who finished in last place with 3.0.
FSIMA February Budapest HUN (HUN), cat.
I (2252) was won by WIM Svetlana Cherednichenko (UKR 2255) with 7.5/10.
Two chess femmes participated in the FSIMB event, which was won by IM
Dimo Werner (GER 2353) with 6.5/10; (4) WIM Lili Toth (HUN 2236), 5.0;
(7) WF Hanna Leks (POL 2172), 4.5.
Ukranian
Under 20 Championships
February 2 - 12, 2007
ch-UKR gU20 Lviv UKR (UKR), 2-12 ii 2007 Final Standings
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Arutyunova, Diana wg UKR 2224 * = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10.0 2460
2. Chulivska, Vita wm UKR 2208 = * 1 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 9.5 2388
3. Dolzhikova, Kateryna wm UKR 2311 = 0 * 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2281
4. Kalinina, Olga UKR 2168 0 0 0 * 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2185
5. Moskalets, Svetlana UKR 2194 0 = 0 1 * 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 6.5 2145
6. Andrenko, Irina UKR 2038 0 0 0 0 0 * 1 1 1 = = 1 5.0 2058
7. Choba, Yulia UKR 1815 0 0 1 0 1 0 * 1 0 0 = 1 4.5 2050
8. Zingailo,Anastasiya UKR ---- 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 * 1 = 1 1 4.5 2033
9. Maiko, Alina UKR 2075 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 0 * 1 1 1 4.5 2026
10. Soloviova, Liza UKR 2110 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 = 0 * 1 0 3.0 1913
11. Kosyachenko,Olga UKR ---- 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 0 0 * 1 2.0 1836
12. Tsirulnik, Anna UKR 1938 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 * 1.0 1720
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Updated 2/14/07 - Happy Valentine's
Day, Darlings!
Here's a news flash update from
correspondent Wayne Mendryk, thanks Wayne!
The Aeroflot Open, one of the
strongest Swiss chess tournaments of the year, begins Wednesday in Moscow.
The tournament director has posted the first round pairings at the
official tournament website (a direct link to them is:
Section A1 (the top section):http://www.aeroflotchess.com/results/01a1.htm
Section A2: http://www.aeroflotchess.com/results/01a2.htm
Section B: http://www.aeroflotchess.com/results/01b.htm
Section C: http://www.aeroflotchess.com/results/01c.htm
)
Here are the names of the Women
participating in the top tournament (tournament A1):
The chess femme on the highest board in
round one is WGM Hou Yifan of China She plays the white pieces on board
35 against GM Nikita Vitlugo of Russia.
On board 38 WGM/IM Nadezhda Kosintseva has black against GM Vladimir
Belov,on board 41 WGM/IM Katheryna Lahno of the Ukraine
plays white against GM Artashes Minasian of Armenia,
WGM Shen Yang of China plays black on board 42 against GM Viktor
Laznicka of RUS. and WGM Dronavalli Harika of India plays black against
GM Tigran Petrosian of Armenia.
There are 8 women playing in Tournament
A2,18 playing in Tournament B, and 25 playing in The Tournament C. Games
for round one can be viewed live at: http://www.aeroflotchess.com/games/index.htm
(in Flash and Java).
In other chess news. The First
Saturday February tournaments are being played Budapest
from Feb 3-15. Their are GM and two IM sections sections where players
can gain norms if they score enough points. In the IM section
tournament, WIM Svetlana Cherednichenko of the Ukraine
(2255) is participating and after 7 rounds of play she has 5 points
(second place). In the second IM tournament, WIM Lili Toth of Hungary
(2236) is playing as is WFM Hana Leks of Poland
(2172). I believe I read somewhere online that Lili Toth is a Law
Student. After 8 rounds of play in the second IM tournament, 4.5 points,
and is tied for third place (the leader has 5.5 points).
Japfa Chess Festival
The Japfa Chess Festival took place in Jakara Indonesia.
There were two 6 game matches taking place 7th-12th February 2007. In
one of the matches Chinese WGM Li Ruofan defeated WGM Irine Kharisma
Sukandar of Indonesia
by a score of 5-1. The official tournament website for this event is: : http://id.indochess.com/
JAPFA Women's Match Jakarta
INA (INA), 7-12 ii 2007
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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Li Ruofan wg CHN 2418 1 1 1 = 1 = 5.0 2493
Sukandar, Irine Kharisma wf INA 2220 0 0 0 = 0 = 1.0 2145
Mark Crowther received the report of
this next tournament very late:
Czech Christmas Litomysl
The Czech Christmas tournament took place in Litomysl 26th December
2006 - 1st January 2007.
WIM Katarzyna Toma of Poland
(2268), finished in 12th place (after tie-breaks) with 6 points.
WIM Monica Krupa of Poland
finished in 17th place with 5.5 points.
Georgi Tringov Memorial
The 39th Open Championship - Georgi Tringov Memorial, took place in Plovdiv,
Bulgaria 5th-11th February 2007. Krasimir Rusev won the event
with a score of 7.5/9. WGM Margarita Voiska of Bulgaria
finished with 6 points (in a large group of players). With her tiebreak
she ended up in 21st place overall. WGM Maria Velcheva of Bulgaria
ended the event with a score of 5.5 points (39th place overall after
tie-breaks).
The
Georgian Women's Championship
February 2 - 10, 2007
The tournament is long over but this is the only cross-table reported at
TWIC as of March 5, 2007:
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64th ch-GEO w Tbilisi GEO (GEO), 2-10 iii 2007 cat. V (2366)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Lomineishvili, Maia m GEO 2399 * . . . 1 = . 1 . . . . 2.5 2664
2. Khukhashvili, Sopiko wg GEO 2320 . * . = . 1 . . . . . 1 2.5
2647
3. Charkhalashvili, Inga wg GEO 2316 . . * = . . . . 1 . . 1 2.5
2654
4. Gvetadze, Sopio wg GEO 2416 . = = * . . 1 . . . . . 2.0 2419
5. Dzagnidze, Nana m GEO 2463 0 . . . * . . 1 . 1 . . 2.0 2511
6. Melia, Salome wg GEO 2400 = 0 . . . * . . . . = . 1.0 2226
7. Mikadze, Miranda wf GEO 2248 . . . 0 . . * . = = . . 1.0 2304
8. Batsiashvili, Nino wm GEO 2310 0 . . . 0 . . * . . 1 . 1.0 2273
9. Javakhishvili, Lela m GEO 2421 . . 0 . . . = . * = . . 1.0 2213
10. Khurtsidze, Nino m GEO 2451 . . . . 0 . = . = * . . 1.0 2252
11. Tsereteli, Tamar wg GEO 2334 . . . . . = . 0 . . * = 1.0 2214
12. Purtseladze, Maka m GEO 2308 . 0 0 . . . . . . . = * 0.5 2050
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