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November, 2006:
Updated March 3, 2007
Polyarniy
Krug (Polar Circle) Tournament
November 29 - December 7, 2006
Salekhard, Russia
There were 78 players, but only the top 24 were listed at TWIC.
The official website is in Cyrillian alphabet, I was unable to read
it. This event was won by TGM Roman Ovetchkin (RUS 2543) with
7.0/9. Only IM Evgenija Ovod (RUS 2407) finished in the top 24 reported
at TWIC, she placed 14th with 6.0.
Romanian
Women's Championships
November 27 - December 7, 2006
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ch-ROM w Predeal ROM (ROM), 27 xi-7 xii 2006
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1. Padurariu, Ioana-Smaranda ROM 2221 8 59.5 72.5 50.5
2. Marin, Irina Luiza wm ROM 2222 7.5 52.5 64.5 44.0
3. Ionica, Iulia-Ionela wm ROM 2231 7 57.0 69.5 42.5
4. Sterpu, Constanta-Andreea ROM 2056 7 56.5 69.0 41.5
5. Tutulan, Mihaela ROM 2024 7 54.0 66.0 38.0
6. Gheorghe, Corina wm ROM 2265 7 51.5 64.0 38.5
7. Dragomirescu, Angela wm ROM 2237 6.5 58.0 71.0 45.5
8. Craciun, Paula-Iulia ROM 2097 6.5 57.0 69.0 37.5
9. Paulet, Iosefina wm ROM 2167 6.5 55.0 67.5 40.5
10. Motoc, Alina wg ROM 2306 6.5 53.0 65.5 37.0
11. Traistaru, Teodora ROM 2126 6 61.0 71.0 44.5
12. Jicman, Ligia-Letitia wm ROM 2178 6 56.0 68.5 38.5
13. Kovacs, Ondina ROM 1995 6 43.0 50.0 28.5
14. Baciu, Anca-Otilia wf ROM 2111 5.5 54.5 66.5 35.5
15. Sgircea, Silvia-Raluca wf ROM 2136 5.5 47.0 55.5 33.5
16. Ciubara, Vladlena wf ROM 2168 5.5 44.5 52.0 31.5
17. Duca, Delia-Monica ROM 2027 5.5 43.0 51.0 28.5
18. Florea, Dorina ROM 1953 5 50.5 58.0 28.0
19. Anusca, Madalina-Maria ROM 1941 5 48.0 56.0 31.0
20. Adoamnei, Roxana ROM 2030 5 46.0 55.0 28.0
21. Comanescu, Ionela ROM 1942 5 45.0 52.5 26.0
22. Manicuta, Monica ROM 2151 4.5 46.0 54.0 28.0
23. Stoican,Ionica Alexandra ROM ---- 4.5 44.5 52.5 26.0
24. Moldovan,Petruta Alisia ROM ---- 2.5 44.0 50.5 18.5
25. Sonfalean,Maria Laura ROM ---- 1 43.5 51.0 11.0
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Greek
Women's Championships
November 25 - December 3, 2006
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29th ch-GRE w Athens GRE (GRE), 27 xi-5 xii 2006
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Botsari, Anna-Maria wg GRE 2351 * = 0 = = 1 = 1 1 1 6.0 2304
2. Fakhiridou, Ekaterini wm GRE 2285 = * = 1 = = = 1 = 1 6.0 2311
3. Pambalou, Fotini GRE 2177 1 = * = = 0 = 1 = 1 5.5 2278
4. Makropoulou, Marina wg GRE 2313 = = = 1 * = 1 0 = = 5.0 2226
5. Makka, Evanthia GRE 2076 = 0 = * 0 1 1 = = 1 5.0 2253
6. Stiri, Alexandra wm GRE 2252 0 = 1 0 = * = 0 1 1 4.5 2190
7. Papadopoulou, Vera wm GRE 2246 = = = 0 0 = * = 1 1 4.5 2191
8. Makka, Ioulia wm GRE 2204 0 0 0 = 1 1 = * 0 1 4.0 2152
9. Sperdokli, Elli GRE 2111 0 = = = = 0 0 1 * 1 4.0 2163
10. Pavlogianni, Despina GRE 1951 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 * 0.5 1779
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2006
National Chess Congress
November 25 - 27, 2006
Philadelphia, PA USA
(Premier Event, 83 players): (1) GM Hikaru Nakamura (2709), 5.5/6; (13)
WGM Anna Zatonskih (2497), 4.0; (31) WGM Rusudan Goletiani (2407), 3.5;
(45) WFM Ana Izoria (2267), 3.0; (47) WFM Alisa Melekhina (2182), 2.5;
(51) Iryna Zenyuk (2173), 2.5. I apologize if I missed any chess
femmes - I cannot always tell just by a name.
Under 2200 Event (61 players):
(1) Troy Daly (2064), 5.5/6; (5) Elizabeth Vicary (2153), 4.5; (18) Hana
Itkis (2084), 3.5; (26) Jennie S. Liu (1836), 3.0.
Ukranian
Women's Championships
November 24 - December 3, 2006
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75th ch-UKR w Odessa UKR (UKR), 24 xi-6 xii 2006 cat. IV (2332)
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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 2352 * = = = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 = 8.0 2505
2. Ushenina, Anna wg UKR 2430 = * = = = 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 8.0 2498
3. Zdebskaja, Natalia wg UKR 2343 = = * = 1 0 1 1 1 = 1 = 7.5 2464
4. Gaponenko, Inna m UKR 2448 = = = * = 1 = 0 = 1 1 1 7.0 2423
5. Zhukova, Natalia wg UKR 2456 0 = 0 = * = 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2422
6. Muzychuk, Mariya wm UKR 2278 = 0 1 0 = * 0 1 = = = 1 5.5 2336
7. Vasilevich, Tatjana m UKR 2396 0 = 0 = 0 1 * 1 = = 0 1 5.0 2290
8. Kalinina, Olga UKR 2191 0 0 0 1 = 0 0 * = 1 1 1 5.0 2308
9. Arutyunova, Diana wg UKR 2362 = 0 0 = 0 = = = * 0 1 = 4.0 2227
10. Dolzhikova, Kateryna wm UKR 2324 0 0 = 0 0 = = 0 1 * 1 = 4.0
2230
11. Breslavska, Galina wf UKR 2176 0 = 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 0 * 1 3.0
2171
12. Ivanova, Svetlana1 wm UKR 2228 = 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 * 2.0 2079
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14th
GM Solin
November 24 - December 2, 2006
(CRO)
This event was won by GM Vladimir Malakhov (RUS 2682) with 7.0/9.
Here are the final standings for the chess femmes who
participated: 5. Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2489, 5.0; 9.
Mkrtchian, Lilit m ARM 2468, 3.0; and 10. Paehtz, Elisabeth m GER 2449,
2.5.
19th
Trophy of Belgrade
November 22 - 30, 2006
217 players - I got tired just scrolling through the final results
table. Here they are - the winner is a man, the rest are the chess
femmes who participated and their final standings:
| 1 |
10 |
GM |
Stanojoski Zvonko |
2488 |
MKD |
7½ |
| 59 |
44 |
WGM |
Chelushkina Irina |
2353 |
SCG |
5½ |
| 61 |
121 |
|
Vojinovic Jovana |
2115 |
SCG |
5½ |
| 68 |
94 |
WFM |
Drljevic Ljilja |
2199 |
SCG |
5 |
| 75 |
99 |
WFM |
Stojanovic Marija |
2185 |
SCG |
5 |
| 76 |
87 |
|
Rakic Marija |
2209 |
SCG |
5 |
| 89 |
109 |
WFM |
Mijovic Aleksandra |
2152 |
SCG |
5 |
| 115 |
78 |
WIM |
Stojanovic Andjelija |
2250 |
SCG |
4 |
| 126 |
178 |
|
Dizdarevic Barbara |
1788 |
SCG |
4 |
| 134 |
180 |
|
Miladinovic Lena |
1771 |
SCG |
4 |
| 140 |
206 |
|
Radojkovic
Vladica |
1370 |
SCG |
4 |
| 147 |
164 |
|
Markovic
Zivota |
1965 |
SCG |
3½ |
| 160 |
211 |
|
Dizdarevic
Monika |
1350 |
SCG |
3½ |
| 161 |
144 |
WFM |
Stojanovic
Nadezda |
2052 |
SCG |
3½ |
| 163 |
208 |
|
Brankov
Kristina |
1360 |
SCG |
3½ |
| 175 |
131 |
WIM |
Pihajlic
Amalija |
2080 |
SCG |
3 |
| 179 |
205 |
|
Markovic
Tijana |
1370 |
SCG |
3 |
| 185 |
88 |
|
Andrejic
Vladica |
2207 |
SCG |
2½ |
| 190 |
194 |
|
Gostimir
Hana |
1380 |
SCG |
2½ |
| 191 |
214 |
|
Markovic
Tamara |
1350 |
SCG |
2½ |
| 193 |
207 |
|
Rocen
Bojana |
1370 |
SCG |
2½ |
| 202 |
191 |
|
Todorovic
Gruja-Vanja |
1390 |
SCG |
2 |
| 208 |
200 |
|
Curic
Tijana |
1370 |
SCG |
1 |
2006
Spanish Championship
November 22 - 30, 2006
I checked the official website while I was preparing this report (on
February 20, 2007) and all it gave was a list of hotels, maps and such
like - no list of players, no round results, no final cross-table.
This is an official website? Oh well. This report is from
ever-reliable TWIC. There were 2-groups of six players each in the
"championship"? I'm not sure how this worked, but there were
no chess femmes participating, so no report.
I'm not sure what this tournament is
that had 100 players, but it was evidently held in conjunction with the
Championship, and in this event chess femmes participated, so it gets
reported! TWIC has only the top 29 finishers. 1. Moreno
Ruiz, Javier m ESP 2470 7½; 8. Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina wm ESP 2299 6½;
24. Trujillo Delgado, Dafnae wf ESP 2206 5½.
XLI
Capablanca Memorial
November 19 - 30, 2006
Havana, CUB
Open (50 players) final results: 1. Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2530 7½;
36. Marrero, Yaniet wm CUB 2252 4½; 37. Linares Napoles, Oleiny wf CUB
2199 4½; 48. Ordaz Valdes, Lisandra wm CUB 2216 3; 49. Ramon, Vivian wg
CUB 2223 2½; and 50. Hernandez, Tania wm CUB 2201 2½.
Commonwealth
Chess Championship
November 19 - 29, 2006
Mumbai, India
This event (170 players) was won by GM Nigel Short (ENG 2677) with
9.0/10. Here are the women who participated and their final
standings: (13) WGM Harika Dronavalli (IND 2353), 7.0; (19) IM
Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman (IND 2424), 6.5; (25) WGM Karavade Eesha (IND
2321), 6.5; (27) WGM Tania Sachdev (IND 2383), 6.5; (28) WGM Swathi
Ghate (IND 2385), 6.5; (34) WGM Mohota Nisha (IND 2270), 6.0; (39) WGM
Ramaswamy Aarthie (IND 2228), 6.0; (54) WGM Meenakshi Subbaraman (IND
2347), 5.5; (58) F Meera Sai (IND 2171), 5.5; (59) WFM Bhakti Kulkarni (IND
2062), 5.5; (65) F Kiran Monisha Mohanty (IND 2154), 5.5; (68) Soumya
Swaminathan (IND 2154), 5.5; (74) WIM Gomes Mary Ann (IND 2264), 5.5;
(76) Pon N Krithika (IND 2031), 5.5; (77) Padmini Rout (IND 2188), 5.0;
(99) Kanuri Tejaswi (IND 2017), 4.5; (101) Amrutha Mokal (IND 2128),
4.5; (102) Lakshmi Sahiti P (IND 2136), 4.5; (104) WIM Thipsay
Bagyashree Sathe (IND 2218), 4.5; (106) Rajadharshini M (IND 2086), 4.5;
(109) Divyasri Ch (IND 2010), 4.5; (112) Pjuari Rucha (IND 1953), 4.5;
(113) Greef Melissa (RSA 1948), 4.5; (117) Sathya Priya S V (IND 1937),
4.5; (118) Methmali Y (SRI 1985), 4.5; (124) Uthra P (IND 2028), 4.0;
(135) Sahajasri (IND 1936), 3.5 (how can a player have only one name?);
(142) Chaitanya V (IND 1930), 3.5; (145) Priya Sandhya P (IND 2045),
3.5; (146) Sahari J (IND 1775), 3.5; (147) Shetye Sidhhali (IND 1932),
3.5; (148) WCM (what is a WCM, I'm wondering if this should be WGM)
Wijesuriya G V (SRI 1957), 3.5; (150) Akhila J (IND unr), 3.5; (155)
Padmaja S L (IND 1809), 3.0; (157) Dharanisree R (IND unr), 3.0; (159)
Ashwini U (IND unr), 2.5; (160) Isha Bhave (IND unr), 2.5; (162) Aparna
Raja (IND 2031), 2.5; (164) Chandni K (IND unr), 2.0; (165) Supriya
Samak (IND unr), 1.0; and (170) Saheli Nath (IND 2172), 0.0.
IV
Russian Cup for Women
November 8 - 19, 2006
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IV Final Russian Cup Women Moscow RUS (RUS), 8-19 xi 2006
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Severiukhina, Zoja wf RUS 2203 * 0 = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2463
2. Vasilevich, Irina m RUS 2321 1 * = 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 7.5 2374
3. Fominykh, Maria wf RUS 2308 = = * 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 0 = 7.0 2345
4. Zdebskaja, Natalia wg UKR 2343 0 1 0 * 1 1 1 = = 1 0 1 7.0 2341
5. Sukhareva, Evgeniya RUS 2238 = 1 1 0 * 0 0 0 1 = 1 1 6.0 2285
6. Komiagina, Maria wm RUS 2326 = 0 = 0 1 * 0 = 1 1 = 1 6.0 2277
7. Solovjova, Valentina wm RUS 2298 0 0 0 0 1 1 * 0 1 1 1 0 5.0 2208
8. Prudnikova, Ekaterina wf RUS 2166 0 0 0 = 1 = 1 * 0 0 1 0 4.0 2154
9. Lupik, Marina RUS 2224 0 1 0 = 0 0 0 1 * = = = 4.0 2148
10. Shlakich, Anna RUS 2105 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 = * 1 1 4.0 2159
11. Kirillova, Varvara wf RUS 2244 0 0 1 1 0 = 0 0 = 0 * = 3.5 2115
12. Dushenok, Anna wm RUS 2206 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 1 = 0 = * 3.5 2119
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RGSU
Tournament
November 6 - 14, 2006
RGSU GM Moscow RUS (RUS), cat. VIII (2437) was won by Konovalov, Nikolay
m RUS 2443 with 9.0/12. Three chess femmes participated in this
part of the event: 7. Tairova, Elena wg RUS 2415, 6.5; 8.
Mongontuul, Bathuyag wg MGL 2383, 5.5; and 12. Nebolsina, Vera wm RUS
2349, 4.0.
RGSU Masters Moscow RUS (RUS), cat. III
(2310) was won by Tonoian, Armen f RUS 2400 with 9.0/12. Here are
the final standings of the chess femmes who participated: 8. Girya,
Olga wf RUS 2240, 6.0; 11. Cherenkova, Kristina wm RUS 2238, 3.5; 12.
Bodnaruk, Anastasia wf RUS 2255, 3.5; and 13. Drozdova, Dina RUS 2145,
2.0.
First
Saturday
November 4 - 14, 2006
The GM Event, cat. VII (2405), was won by GM Konstantin Chernyshov (RUS
2558), with 7.0/9. The lone chess femme in this portion of the
event, 6. IM Iweta Rajlich (POL 2432), finished in 6th place with
4.5. The IM Event, was won by IM Bela Lengyel (HUN 2326), with
7.5/9. WF Karina Vazirova (RUS 2122), finished in 7th place with
4.5.
10th
Corsica Masters Open (report date March 3, 2007)
November 4 - 5, 2006
Whoa! Another giant Open, 311 players. It took me forever
darlings, to parse through the cross table and get these results for
you. Here they are!
The Masters Open was won by GM Rustam
Kasimdzhanov (UZB 2672), with 7.5/9. Chess femmes who participated and
their final standings: (9) IM Elisabeth Paehtz (GER 2449), 7.5;
(40) IM Masha Klinova (don't they mean Klimova?) (ISR 2330), 6.0; (65)
Virginie Graziani (FRA 1530), 6.0 (a fantastic result for this chess
femme); (101) Alicia Stubbe (FRA 1550), 5.0; (111) Lauren Guidicelli (FRA
1140), 5.0 - if this is a chess femme, this is another great result; I'm
not sure this is a woman, but in the USA Lauren is a female name; (123)
Clara Poletti (FRA 1010), 5.0; (130) Leo Comiti (FRA 1009), 5.0; (135)
Helene Mattys (FRA 1009), 4.5; (139) Marie Guillemart (FRA 1010), 4.5;
(140) Elena Berti (FRA 1080), 4.5; (167) Lia Ruffie (FRA 1009), 4.0;
(169) Claudia Santoni (FRA 1099), 4.0; (170) Lina Lognos (FRA 1040),
4.0; (171) Elisa Boulle (FRA 1009), 4.0; (173) Melanie Hamici (FRA
1199), 4.0; (181) Pauline Vauthier (FRA 1009), 4.0; (186) Charlotte
Morgado (FRA 1009), 4.0; (187) Elsa Bartoli (FRA 1099), 4.0; (191) Julie
Luciani (FRA 1099), 4.0; (192) Serena Bartoli (FRA 1099), 4.0; (193)
Stephanie Lanfranchi (FRA 1009), 4.0; (195) Sandrine Costa (FRA 1099),
4.0; (197) Ghjulianu Poggioli (FRA 1009), 4.0; (198) Caroline Egloff (FRA
1099), 4.0; (200) Anna Orizoli (FRA 1009), 3.5; (201) Sheherazade El
Fetthoui (FRA 1099), 3.5; (202) Carla Sciocca (FRA 1099), 3.5; (203)
Nathalie Campos Veloso (FRA 1099), 3.5; (208) Celine Pagano (FRA 1099),
3.5; (211) Lea Cobos (FRA 1009), 3.5; (213) Meghan Dessens (FRA 1099),
3.0; (214) Julie Luciani (FRA 1099), 3.0; (218) Elise Defrance (FRA
1099), 3.0; (220) Ange Marie Cuttolli (FRA 1199), 3.0; (222) Amalia
Lardies (FRA 1099), 3.0; (224) Sarah Barbolosi (FRA 1009), 3.0; (230)
Celia Abou-Zeid (FRA 1099), 3.0; (232) Iseult Gars (FRA 1099), 3.0;
(234) Maeva Marquent (FRA 1099), 3.0; (235) Stella Alegre (FRA 1009),
3.0; (236) Coralie Pagano (FRA 1099), 3.0; (239) Chloe Taverni (FRA
1009), 3.0; (240) Radia Absi (FRA 1099), 3.0; (247) Dominique Piani (FRA
1099), 2.5; (248) Moufida Hemissi (FRA 1099), 2.5; (251) Mariam El Khiri
(FRA 1099), 2.5; (252) Gabrielle Laurent (FRA 1009), 2.5; (253) Sara
Elbaz (FRA 1009), 2.5; (254) Julie Cuttoli (FRA 1009), 2.5; (255) Elodie
Morelli (FRA 1099), 2.5; (256) Eloise Le Reste (FRA 1009), 2.5; (257)
Safae Mrini (FRA 1099), 2.0; (262) Aissa Lourkisti (FRA 1099), 2.0;
(265) Marina Gary (FRA 1009), 2.0; (266) Wahiba Aouina (FRA 1099), 2.0;
(267) Clementine Cocheril (FRA 1009), 2.0; (268), Vanina Ferrandi (FRA
1099), 2.0; (269) Audrey Costa (FRA 1099), 2.0; (270) Fiona Leonzi (FRA
1009), 2.0; (274) Laura Millerliri (FRA 1199), 2.0; (277) Nora Bourhim
(MAR 1099), 1.5; (282) Julie Cocheril (FRA 1009), 1.5; (287) Chjara
Cipriani (FRA 1009),1.5; (288) Alexandra Velardi (FRA 1009), 1.5; (289)
Ghjulia Castola (FRA 1009), 1.5; (291) Carla Maisani (FRA 1099), 1.0;
(292) Carla Bernardini (FRA 1009), 1.0; (294) Laetitia Feracci (FRA
1009), 1.0; (295) Annabelle Coti (FRA 1009), 1.0; (299) Charlotte
Chcheril (FRA 1009), 1.0; (302) Alicia Angeletti (FRA 1009), 1.0; (303)
Fiona Trapani (FRA 1009), 0.5; (304) Gaelle Bailly (FRA 1009), 0.5;
(305) Aydda Ouammou (FRA 1099), 0.0; (309) Marina Labourdette (FRA
1099), 0.0; (310) Laure Finelli Sandolo (FRA 1009), 0.0; and (311)
Mathilde Luciani (FRA 1009), 0.0.
VII
International Rapidplay
November 4 - 5, 2006
El Sausal - Tenerife, Spain
The large event (247 players) was won by GM Kamil Miton (POL 2638) with
8.0/9. Here are the women who participated in this event, and their
final standings: (19) Fierro Baquero, Martha L m ECU 2339 6.5; (23) Vega
Gutierrez, Sabrina wm ESP 2299 6.5; (32) VEGA GUTIÉRREZ, Belinda ESP
2184, 6.0; (38) TRUJILLO DELGADO, Dafnae ESP 2206, 6.0; (51) RODRIGUEZ
LORENZO, Yadira ESP 1936, 5.5; (64) YASTREBOVA, Tatiana UKR 2099, 5.5;
(72) SANJUÁN MORIGOSA, Isaura ESP 2030, 5.0; (74) DAMASO TACORONTE,
Carolina ESP 1947, 5.0; (78) MAJUL MARTINEZ, Isolina COL 2095, 5.0; (81)
GARCÍA RODRÍGUEZ, Vanessa ESP 1997, 5.0; (88) PEÑA HERNANDEZ, Tamara
ESP 1782, 5.0; (134) PÉREZ CELIS, Alba ESP 1748, 4.0; (151) MORALES
HENGMITH, Chantal ESP 1231, 4.0; (154) ALEMÁN CABRERA, Silvia ESP 1292,
4.0; (161) EGEA VANDEPETTE, Alicia ESP 1717, 3.5; (165) RODRÍGUEZ GARCÍA,
Yaiza ESP unr, 3.5; (169) GARCIA RODRIGUEZ, Sara ESP unr, 3.0; (183)
FUNDORA QUINTELA, Sofia CUB unr, 3.0; (190) GUADALUPE FERNANDEZ, Sandra
ESP unr, 3.0; (210) MEDINA GARCIA, Ana Josefina ESP unr, 2.0; (230) GONZÁLEZ,
Davinia ESP unr, 0.0; (238) PEREZ PEREZ, Laura ESP unr, 0.0.
11/05/06 (Report date February 19,
2007)
From the All
India Chess Federation:
A girl winning a men's event is rare.
Nimmy George of Kerala won the 1st Ramasamy Gounder Memorial FIDE Rating
Chess Tournament at Karun in Tamil Nadu on May 10. Only last month this
girl from a chess playing family completed her maiden Woman
International Master norm in the National Women's A Chess Championship
at Visakhapatnam.
It is a season of triumph for Kerala players. Only a day before
K.Ratnakaran had won the Karwar FIDE Rating Tournament in Karnataka.
Nimmy George of Aluva, Kerala had won some age group events and
represented India in the World and Asian Age Group events. She scored
9.5 points from eleven rounds. Her father George John is a national
arbiter and her sisters also played good chess.
Several prominent players took part and were part of this 240-player
field. M.B.Muralidharan of Kerala finished second with nine points.
Players from six states took part in this 72,800 Rupees prize fund
event. Nimmy George cashed Rs.15,000. Chief arbiter R.Anantharam of
Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu said the first edition of this event was organised
by the Karur District Chess Association at a spacious and well equipped
Kongu Kalyana Mandapam in Karur.
Final placings: 1 Nimmy George (Ker) 9.5, 2-4 M.B.Muralidharan (Ker),
B.T.Muralikrishnan (Rly), R.Balasubramanian (ICF) 9 each, 5
K.Chakravarti (TN), 8.5, 6-13 D.Prabhaharan (TN), S.C.Subramanian (Rly),
M.Paramasivam (TN), P.Phoobalan (TN), K.Gopalakrishnan (TN),
N.Vigneswaran (TN), R.K.Ranjith (TN), M.V.Lakshmi Narayanan (TN) 8 each,
14-20 S.Venkat Sundaram (TN), G.S.Sreejith (Ker), R.A.Pradeep Kumar
(TN), K.V.Ven Prakash (TN), K.Narayanan (TN), P.Maheswaran (TN),
N.Surendran (TN) 7.5 each.
February 5, 2007:
Chess Femme Fatale Arianne Caoili is
back in the news. If only she would put this much effort and
energy into her chessplaying, sigh. She is either participating or was participating
in a "Dancing with the Stars" competition in Australia, and
was accused of having a professional dance background, labeled a
"fake" by one of the judges. There are lots of articles
about this on the internet. Here's the story
from the Herald Sun:
Chess siren won't move
Nui Te Koha
November 26, 2006 12:00am
PROVOCATIVE prancer Arianne Caoili denies claims she lied
about her dance past.
"I don't feel guilty and I've done nothing wrong," chess
champion Caoili, 19, said. Caoili said her triumph as a Dancing with the Stars finalist
was ruined by accusations she is a trained dancer.
Stars judge Todd McKenney does not believe Caoili's amateur status
and branded her a fake. Caoili's mother, Annette, told a Brisbane newspaper her daughter
excelled in classical ballet at the Academy of London. Yesterday, Arianne Caoili denied all charges.
"I am not responsible for what my mother says. I am only
responsible for what I say," Caoili declared. Caoili said she took "grade one tiny tot ballet" and salsa
les sons "with old people, learning how to move". She denied studying at the London Academy.
"I am a professional chess player. I have travelled 10 months a
year since I was eight," Caoili said. "Where did I find time for a professional ballet career? I don't
think so."
Caoili and dance partner, Carmelo Pizzino, were "depressed"
by McKenney's charges and media fallout. "It's been so hard to cope with," she said. "The joy
of being in the grand final is non-existent. "We need to get back our joy, find our inspiration and start
dancing. Given the limited time we have, it's going to be difficult.
"When you feel the people may have doubts about you, that
dampens any inspiration.
"But I have enough self-worth to know who I am and know these
allegations are completely wrong.".
In Europe, Caoili has been described as the Anna Kournikova of chess.
"That's absurd," Caoili said. "Firstly, I can actually
play chess. Secondly, there are so many beautiful girls in chess."
Caoili made news six months ago after her saucy moves in a European
nightclub sparked a fight between rival chess champions. "I was dancing unprovocatively," she said yesterday.
"People claimed it was sexy salsa. It was actually a pub song
and we were jumping around."
Caoili's grand final dance-off against footballer Anthony Koutoufides
airs on Channel 7 on Tuesday.
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