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March, 2007:
Updated April 11, 2007
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38th
Mar del Plata Open
March 31 - April 7, 2007
Official
Website
This event (147 players) was won by GM Andres Rodrigues (URU 2543) with
8.5. The women who participated in this event and their final
standings are: (3) WFM Deisy Cori Tello (PER 2125), 5.5; (65)
Romina Goldwaser (1791), 4.5; (84) WFM Ruth Lovece (2052), 4.0; (88) WFM
Stephanie Amed (2066), 4.0; (97) Karina Navarro (1898) 4.0; (113) Yanina
Olmos (1719), 3.5; (121) Euguenia Alegre (1807), 3.0; and (131) Veronica
Diez (unr) 3.0.
13th
Sander Schloss Open
March 29 - April 1, 2007
Werther, Germany
Georgian GM David Shengelia (ELO 2523) won A-Group (30 players) with
6.0/7. Women who participated in the A Group and their final
standings: (12) Weimann, Maximilia (GER 2184), 4.0; (30)
Burckhardt, Wolfra (GER 2037), 1.5.
Zonal
2.5
March 19 - 26, 2007
San Luis, Argentina
If I'm reading this correctly, the "men's" event was won by
Diego Flores (ARG 2541), with 7.5; and IM Carolina Lujan (ARG 2405)
finished in 16th place with 4.5.
There was a separate event for the
women. Women's Final cross-table:
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zt 2.5 w San Luis ARG (ARG), 19-25 iii 2007
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1. Amura, Claudia N wg ARG 2357 * = 1 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2495
2. Burijovich, Liliana wm ARG 2210 = * = = 1 1 1 1 5.5 2324
3. Maggiolo, Elisa wm ARG 2081 0 = * 1 1 1 1 1 5.5 2342
4. Nejanky, Maisa ARG 2068 0 = 0 * 0 1 1 1 3.5 2114
5. Sarquis, Maria Belen wm ARG 2182 0 0 0 1 * 0 1 1 3.0 2048
6. Colautti, Marcela ARG 1916 0 0 0 0 1 * 0 1 2.0 1978
7. Colombo,Camila URU ---- 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 2.0 1966
8. Quinones, Jeannette CHI 2056 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0.0
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Torneo
Preabierto 2007
March 19 - 26, 2007
This event was won by Jorge Daniel Fernandez (2088), with 6.0.
(10) Ruth Lovece (2075), 4.0; (22) Camila Urresti (1587), 2.0; and (23)
Micaela Calullerovich (1591), 2.0.
Jose
Marca Castenada Memorial
March 19 - 25, 2007
Lima, Peru
The event (52 players) was won by Marco Pacheco (PER 2362) with 6.0.7.
Chess femmes who participated in this event and their final
standings: (4) Ingrid Y
Aliaga Fernandez (2048) 5.0; (31) Karen Zapata (2197), 3.0; (33) Talia
Zapata (2035), 3.0; (4) Natalia Cornejo (unr), 2.5; and (43) Pierina
Rosales (unr), 2.5.
Rector
Cup
March 18 - 27, 2007
Karkhiv, Ukraine
Here is the final cross-table for the women's event:
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Vozovic, Oksana wg UKR 2323 * 1 = = 1 = = = = 1 = 1 7.5 2312
2. Doluhanova, Evgeniya wg UKR 2195 0 * 0 1 1 = 1 = = 1 1 = 7.0
2293
3. Mokhova, Kristina wf RUS 2108 = 1 * 0 = 1 = = 1 = 0 1 6.5 2264
4. Chistiakova, Tamara wf RUS 2308 = 0 1 * = 0 1 0 = 1 1 1 6.5
2246
5. Komiagina, Maria wm RUS 2288 0 0 = = * 1 1 1 1 0 1 0
6.0 2219 6. Breslavskaya, Mariya UKR 1995 = = 0 1 0 * 0 = 1 = = 1 5.5
2209
7. Aketaeva, Dana wm KAZ 2260 = 0 = 0 0 1 * = = = 1 1 5.5 2185
8. Karlovich, Anastazia wg UKR 2265 = = = 1 0 = = * 0 0 1 = 5.0
2149
9. Dvoretska, Olena wm UKR 2164 = = 0 = 0 0 = 1 * 1 = = 5.0 2158
10. Gorbatenko, Kateryna wf UKR 2082 0 0 = 0 1 = = 1 0 * 0 = 4.0
2099
11. Maiko, Alina UKR 2075 = 0 1 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 * = 4.0 2100
12. Nikolaeva, Alexandra1 wf RUS 2238 0 = 0 0 1 0 0 = = = = * 3.5 2054
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Magistral Ruy Lopez
March 16 - 23, 2007
Extremadura, Spain
 
The final cross-table for the "Magistral" event is
below. Neither Stefanova nor Hou had a very good event, but Hou
finished her last game with a win. Both of the women did better in
the Open (see below).
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This event also featured an 9-round Open
(89 players) where the players had to play the Ruy Lopez. That
portion of the event was won by GM Gabriel Sargissian (ARM 2658) with
7.5. 9 19 GM Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL 2483) finished in 9th place
with 6.5; WFM Hou Yifan (CHN 2509) finished in 13th place with
6.0. As you can see, a tough competition! There was only one
other woman who participated in the event: (68) Maria Pilar
Gonzalez Benavides (ESP ---), 3.0.
Russian Under 20 Championships
March 10 - 21, 2007
St. Petersburg, Russia
Wait for final results. In the Under 20 Boys, 7 of 12 players are
rated over 2500. Amazing, just amazing. The ladies' average
rating is 2287.
56th Bulgarian Women's
Championship
March 10 - 20, 2007
(The following historical background information provided by
Correspondent Wayne Mendryk: The town of Pernik is the
capital of the province of Pernik, and in southwestern Bulgaria. (The
population of the city is 86133, and the city is situated 710
metres above sea level) It is the second-largest town in southwestern
Bulgaria (Sofia is the largest). Pernik is situated in the high
Pernik Plain between Vitosha, Lyulin and Golo Burdo Mountains, along the
Strouma River. The town is 30 km to the southwest of Sofia. In the 9th
century the small Slav settlement of ancient history became part of
Danubian Bulgaria. It was named Pernik (Perunik, Perinik) probably at
its establishment. The town was turned into a strategic medieval centre
and the 4.5 m thick fortress walls kept back the Byzantine invasions
towards Sredets (Sofia) and Northwestern Bulgaria. The fortress
withstood seige twice – in 1004 and in 1016. The local boyar Krakra
Pernishki (from Pernik) led the defence. Already under Byzantine
domination the fortress survived a devastating earthquake in the middle
of 11th century. It was restored and expanded and existed till 1189 when
it was destroyed and set to fire by the Serbian joupan Stefan Neman.
Because of the numerous raids of kurdzhalii (Turkish brigands) during
the Ottoman rule Pernik was a small, scattered cattlebreeding village.
It numbered barely 1000 people in 1879. After the liberation the
settlement developed as a mining village. In 1891 Pernik coal mining
region was declared state property (first in Bulgaria) and the village
became main energy centre of developing Bulgaria. The most popular
legend about the origin of the name of Pernik is that it comes from the
name of the ancient Slavic God Perun.
Jan, it was interesting for me to discover that in Slavic mythology, Perun
(with many spelling and pronunciation variants among modern Slavic
languages) is the highest god of the Pantheon and the god of thunder and
lightning. His other attributes were the mountain, oak, eagle,
firmament (In Indo-European languages, this was joined with the
notion of the sky of stone), horses, carts, weapons (the hammer,
axe and arrow), war and fire. He was first associated with weapons made
of stone and later with those of metal. As early as the sixth century,
he was mentioned in De Bello Gothico, a historical source written
by the Byzantine historian Procopius. The etymology of the word reveals
that Perun is strongly correlated with the near-identical Perkunas/Perkons
from Baltic mythology, suggesting the existence of an ancestral
Balto-Slavic deity, which ultimately derives from the Proto-Indo
European thunder god, whose original name has been reconstructed as
"Perkunos." The root The root *perkwu originally
probably meant oak, but in Proto-Slavic this evolved into per -
meaning "to strike, to slay." Similar to Perkunas of Baltic
mythology, Perun was considered to have multiple aspects. In one Baltic
song, it is said there are, in fact, nine versions of Perkunas. Remains
of an ancient shrine to Perun discovered beneath medieval Peryn skete in Novgorod,
consisted of a wide circular platform centred around a statue, encircled
by a trench with eight apses, which contained sacrificial altars
and possibly additional statues."
Wayne, thanks for that fascinating
report. Because of the Indo-European connection, I've no doubt
this god has "brothers" throughout Europe, England and
Scotland and I wouldn't be surprised if he also has connections to one
or more ancient board games that led to to the development of chess.
Here is the present cross-table with
one more round to go:
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56th ch-BUL w Pernik BUL (BUL), 11-20 iii 2007
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Voiska, Margarita wg BUL 2319 * . = 1 = 1 1 = 1 = = = 7.0 2313
2. Nikolova, Adriana BUL 2204 . * 1 0 1 = = 0 1 = 1 1 6.5 2274
3. Chilingirova, Pavlina wm BUL 2184 = 0 * 1 = . 1 1 = 0 1 1 6.5
2284
4. Raeva, Elitsa BUL 2207 0 1 0 * = 1 1 = = . 1 1 6.5 2299
5. Genova, Lybka wm BUL 2214 = 0 = = * = . 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2288
6. Jordanova, Svetla BUL 2245 0 = . 0 = * 1 = 1 1 = 0 5.0 2174
7. Videnova, Iva BUL 2175 0 = 0 0 . 0 * 1 = = 1 1 4.5 2142
8. Genova, Ruzka wm BUL 2243 = 1 0 = 0 = 0 * = 1 . 0 4.0 2111
9. Savova, Stefka wm BUL 2189 0 0 = = = 0 = = * 1 = . 4.0 2122
10. Bednikova, Stefi BUL 2068 = = 1 . 0 0 = 0 0 * = 1 4.0 2117
11. Andreeva, Plamena BUL 2090 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 . = = * 1 3.0 2034
12. Stefanova, Milena BUL 2034 = 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 . 0 0 * 2.5 2001
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Ukraine Under 20
Girls' Championship
March 9, 2007
Reported at Armenian Chess that
Armenian WGM Diana Arutyunova gained 10 points of 111 and became Ukraine
U20 girls champion. The tournament was held in Lvov. Okay -
I wonder why an Armenian WGM won a Ukrainian U20 girls'
championship? How did she qualify for participation - by virtue of
being half Armenian or something like that?
23rd
Bad Wörishofen International Open
March 8-16, 2007
Official Website
There were 188 players in the Open event, which was won by GM Bu
Xiangzhi with 8.5/9. Chess femmes who participated and their final
standings: (15) FGM Bettina Trabert, 6.5; (52) FGM Hanna
Erenska-Barlo, 5.0; (167) Heide Salomon, 3.0; (180) Winfried Natterer,
2.5; and (186) Elisabeth Fries, 1.5.
La
Laguna Open
March 5 - 12, 2007
(122 players) The event was won by GM Atanas Kolev (BUL 2502) with
7.0/9 (on tie-break). Chess femmes who participated and their
final standings: (16) IM Inna Gaponenk0 (UKR 2450), 6.0; (22) FM
Jovica Radovanovic (SRB 2327), 6.0; (33) WIM Sabrina Vega Gutierrez (ESP
2297), 5.0; (49) WIM Dafnae Trujillo Delgado (ESP 2225), 5.0; (50) WFM
Belinda VBega Gutierrez (ESP 2172), 5.0; (60) Tamara Pena Hernandez (ESP
1782), 4.5; (64) Dorota Rzepecka (POL 1910), 4.5; (74) Alba Perez Celis
(ESP 1752), 4.0; (77) Yadira Rodriguez Lorenzo (ESP 1933), 4.0; (87)
Silvia Marrero Herrara (ESP 1716), 3.5; (90) Yaiza Rodriguez Garcia (ESP
1524), 3.5; (97) Carolina Damaso Tacoronte (ESP 1947), 3.0; (103) Sandra
Guadalupe Fernandez (ESP NR), 3.0; and (117) Alicia Egea Vandepette (ESP
1683), 1.0.
39th
International Grandmaster Tournament for Women
March 4 - 13, 2007
Reported by Wayne Mendryk on March 13, 2007: "International March 8
Tournaments have now become a tradition in Belgrade , and with the
exception of 1980, 1984. and 2004., they have been held every year.
Almost all the leading women chess players have competed in the March 8
Tournaments including world champions - the legendary Nona
Gaprindashvilli and Maya Chiburdandize and also our best players and
youth and talented players who acquired necessery expiriance for the
future and progress in our chess. After tournaments which are played in
Hestings and Weik An Ze this tournament is with longest tradition in
chess history."
Here's the final cross-table (March 20, 2007):
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39th WGM Belgrade/Lazarevac SRB (SRB), 4-13 iii 2007 cat. I (2254)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Petrenko, Svetlana m MDA 2319 * 1 1 1 = = = = = 1 6.5 2412
2. Rakic, Marija SER 2241 0 * 1 = = 1 = = = 1 5.5 2334
3. Chelushkina, Irina wg SER 2338 0 0 * 1 = = 1 1 = 1 5.5 2324
4. Cherenkova, Kristina wm RUS 2239 0 = 0 * 1 1 = 1 = =
5.0 2298 5. Benderac, Ana wg SER 2303 = = = 0 * = = = 1 1 5.0 2291
6. Vojinovic, Jovana MNE 2151 = 0 = 0 = * 1 1 1 = 5.0 2307
7. Olarasu, Gabriela wg ROM 2274 = = 0 = = 0 * = 1 = 4.0 2208
8. Maksimovic, Suzana wg SER 2271 = = 0 0 = 0 = * = 1 3.5 2171
9. Djukic, Sandra SER 2176 = = = = 0 0 0 = * = 3.0 2137
10. Stojanovic, Andjelija wm SER 2223 0 0 0 = 0 = = 0 = * 2.0 2036
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First
Saturday
March 3 - 13, 2007
The GM event was won by IM Fabiano Caruana (ITA 2492), with 7.5/10 - and
won a GM norm, too. The lone chess femme was IM Hoang Thanh Trang
(HUN 2470) who finished in 2nd place with 7.0.
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