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November, 2007:
Updated January 19, 2008:
VI Bali International Chess Festival
(Benidorm) (added January 19, 2008)
November 30 - December 9, 2007
Rapid Chess (6 players): Won by GM Vladimir Malakhov (RUS
2690) with 8.5/12. The lone chess femme who participated, WIM Vera
Nebolsina (RUS 2349), finished in last place with 1.5.
Open (85 players) : Won by GM
Aleksander Delchev (BUL 2613), 9.0/11. Chess femmes who
participated and their standings: (10) WGM Emilia Djingarova (BUL
2296), 7.5; (32) WF Lucia Fidalgo Fernandez (ESP 2065), 6.0; (35)
Tatiana Yastrebova (UKR 2037), 6.0; (39) WGM Tamar Khmiadashvili (GEO
2204), 5.5; (45) WIM Tatjana G. Plachkinovana (BUL 2193), 5.0.
Chigoran
Memorial (added January 19, 2008)
November 29 - December 6, 2007
43 players. The event was won by GM Sergei Movsesian (SVA
2670), with 6.5/9. Chess femmes who participated: (10) WF
Anastasia Bodnaruk (RUS 2331), 5.0; (27) IM Evgenija Ovod (RUS
2386), 4.5; (33) WIM Viktoriya Tarasova (RUS 2277), 4.0; (39) WIM Alina
Kashlinskaya (RUS 2263),2.5.
43rd
American Open (added January 19, 2008)
November 22 - 25, 2007
The Open (38 players) was won by GM Alex Yermolinsky (USA 2573) with
6.0/8. Chess femmes who participated in the Open Section: (31)
Jennifer Acon (USA 1853), 2.0; (34) Pamela F. Ruggiero (USA 1923),
1.5.
"Mediterranean
2013" Open (added January 19, 2008)
Rejika, Croatia
November 25 - December 2, 2007
111 players. Zoran Jovanovic won the event on tie-break with 7/9
ahead of Aleksandar Kovacevic and Boris Chatalbashev. Chess femmes
who participated: (21) WGM Sudakova Irina (RUS 2326), 5.5;
(28) FM Petra Schuurman (NED 2281), 5.5; (46) WFM Margarida
Coimbra (POR) 5.0; (49) WIM Martine Dubois (FRA), 5.0; (54) WIM
Kristina Solic (CRO) 4.5; (73) Dalia Kanceljak (CRO) 4.0; (80) Sonia
Sirletti (ITA) 4.5; (101) Verena Samanic (CRO) 3.0; (107) Silvija
Vulinovic (CRO) 2.0.
2007
World Chess Cup (added December 16, 2007)
November 24 - December 18, 2007
The event started out with 128 players, and ended up with 2 through
a series of knock-out games. The final two players were GM Gata
Kamsky (USA 2714) and GM Alexei Shirov (ESP 2739), with Kamsky winning
their 4 game match, 2.5/1.5. The lone chess femme who played in
this event, WGM Xu Yuhua (CHN 2517), was knocked out in the first round,
losing both of her games against GM Vladimir Malakhov (RUS
2690).
20th
Trophy of Belgrade (added December 16, 2007)
November 22 - 30, 2007
9 Rounds, 226 players. The event was won by GM Zvonko Stanojoski (MKD
2467), with 8.0/9. Here are the final standings of the chess
femmes who participated: (21) WGM Irina Chelushkina (SRB 2351), 6.5;
(78) WFM Marija R. Stojanovic (SRB 2152), 5.0; (129) Barbara Dizdarevic
(SRB 1830), 4.5; (135) WFM Marija Urosevic (SRB 2076), 4.0; (187) Monika
Stojkovska (MKD 1878), 3.0; (200) Mila Zarkovic (SRB 1824), 2.5; (204)
Hana Gostimir (SRB 1656) 2.5; (207) Natalija Zivanovic (SRB unr), 2.5;
(210) Tijana Curic (SRB 1521) 2.5; (224) Sandra Djukic (SRB 2204) 0.
2007
World Youth Championship (added December 16, 2007)
November 17 - 29, 2007
The girls and boys played in segregated events. Here are the top
finishers for the girls:
Under 18 Girls:
| 1 |
1 |
WFM |
GUNINA
Valentina |
2359 |
RUS |
9 |
49 |
2326 |
| 2 |
5 |
WIM |
NEMCOVA
Katerina |
2255 |
CZE |
8½ |
55½ |
2386 |
| 3 |
9 |
WIM |
YILDIZ
Betul Cemre |
2220 |
TUR |
8 |
51 |
2346 |
Under 16 Girls:
| 1 |
11 |
|
TSATSALASHVILI
Keti |
2161 |
GEO |
8½ |
56½ |
2305 |
| 2 |
1 |
WFM |
GIRYA
Olga |
2338 |
RUS |
8½ |
56 |
2300 |
| 3 |
16 |
|
IVANENKO
Olga |
2125 |
UKR |
8½ |
50 |
2202 |
Under 14 Girls:
| 1 |
1 |
WFM |
PAIKIDZE
Nazi |
2292 |
GEO |
9½ |
59 |
2323 |
| 2 |
6 |
WFM |
ARABIDZE
Meri |
2108 |
GEO |
8½ |
49 |
2120 |
| 3 |
27 |
|
GAGARE
Shalmali |
1988 |
IND |
8½ |
48½ |
2095 |
Under 12 Girls:
| 1 |
10 |
|
EFROIMSKI
Marsel |
1911 |
ISR |
9½ |
1867 |
| 2 |
101 |
|
SADUAKASOVA
Dinara |
0 |
KAZ |
9 |
2006 |
| 3 |
65 |
|
GUO
Qi |
0 |
CHN |
8½ |
2115 |
Under 10 Girls:
| 1 |
3 |
|
STYAZHKINA
Anna |
1869 |
RUS |
9½ |
59½ |
1764 |
| 2 |
34 |
|
CHIANG
Sarah |
0 |
USA |
8½ |
56½ |
1654 |
| 3 |
48 |
|
GUO
Yue Fan |
0 |
CHN |
8½ |
55 |
1680 |
Under 8 Girls:
|
19 |
FURTADO
Ivana Maria |
0 |
IND |
9 |
55½ |
1691 |
| 2 |
41 |
MAMMADZADA
Gunay |
0 |
AZE |
8½ |
50 |
1617 |
| 3 |
26 |
HOJATOVA
Aydan |
0 |
AZE |
8½ |
45 |
1640 |
11th
OIBM Bad Wiessee (added December 16, 2007)
November 10 - 18, 2007
(9 Rounds, 40 players) The event was won by GM Nidjat Mamedov (AZE 2565)
with 7.5/9. One chess femme participated, WGM Beata Kadziolka (POL
2301), who finished in 24th place with 6.5.
8th
Liberec Open (added December 16, 2007)
November 10 - 17, 2007
Final Standings (9 Rounds, 118 players): (1) IM Zbigniew Ksiebski
(POL 2400), 7.5; (11) Maya Porat (ISR 2198), 6.0; (21) Lidmila Rutter (CZE
1920), 6.0; (47) Katerina Doktorova (CZE 1381), 5.0; (56) Anna
Strzelczyk (POL 1850), 4.5; (69) Yulia Savinova (RUS 1700), 4.5; (80)
Herta Boskova (CZE 1976), 4.0; (99) Aleksandra Dadello (POL 1700), 3.0;
(100) Nataliya Cernyak (RUS 1700), 3.0; (117) Anna Shitova (RUS 1550),
2.0.
2007
SPICE Cup International Invitational (added November 13,
2007)
November 9 - 16, 2007
Lubbock, Texas
The first international event put together under the auspices of SPICE
(Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence) and Texas Tech University
is held in memory of GM Samuel Reshevsky, This Category X event offers
norm opportunities. One chess femme, IM Irina Krush (USA 2475) is
participating. Susan
Polgar is providing extensive reporting on the event at her blog and
MonRoi is providing live
games and webpage reporting. After five Rounds, Krush is in
7th place (out of 10) with 2.5. Four more rounds to go!
XII
Friendly Chess Match: USSR - Yugoslavia (added
November 13, 2007)
November 8 - 9, 2007
Official
website
Per TWIC: Central Chess Club of Moscow, Russia. The USSR won 11-9
by virtue of a 6-4 win on day one, day two was tied. Four chess
femmes participated: Elena Fatalibekova, 1.5 (RUS), Ludmila G.
Zaitseva, 1.0 (RUS), Milunka Lazarevic, 0.5 (YUG), Katarina Blagojevic,
0.5 (YUG).
34th Women's National A Chess
Championship (added December 16, 2007)
November 6 - 13, 2007
Official Website
Final Standings (11 rounds):
| Rank |
S No. |
Name |
|
Rtg |
FED |
Pts |
BH. |
RtgØ |
| 1 |
3 |
WGM |
Tania Sachdev |
2413 |
IND |
8 |
66 |
2262 |
| 2 |
7 |
WIM |
Kiran Manisha Mohanty |
2263 |
IND |
8 |
64½ |
2268 |
| 3 |
9 |
WIM |
Soumya Swaminathan |
2244 |
IND |
8 |
63½ |
2277 |
| 4 |
6 |
WGM |
Swathi Ghate |
2316 |
IND |
7½ |
66 |
2272 |
| 5 |
1 |
IM |
Harika Dronavalli |
2480 |
IND |
7 |
68 |
2284 |
| 6 |
2 |
WGM |
Mohota Nisha |
2416 |
IND |
6½ |
64½ |
2243 |
| 7 |
4 |
WGM |
Karavade Eesha |
2331 |
IND |
6 |
68 |
2244 |
| 8 |
11 |
WFM |
Meera Sai |
2205 |
IND |
6 |
62½ |
2226 |
| 9 |
5 |
WGM |
Ramaswamy Aarthie |
2317 |
IND |
6 |
62 |
2219 |
| 10 |
15 |
|
Priya P |
2129 |
IND |
6 |
61½ |
2224 |
| 11 |
12 |
|
Nimmy A G |
2196 |
IND |
6 |
59½ |
2189 |
| 12 |
14 |
WFM |
Pon N Krithika |
2140 |
IND |
6 |
58½ |
2159 |
| 13 |
10 |
|
Padmini Rout |
2226 |
IND |
6 |
55 |
2209 |
| 14 |
8 |
WIM |
Gomes Mary Ann |
2262 |
IND |
5½ |
66 |
2261 |
| 15 |
25 |
|
Divyasri Ch |
2050 |
IND |
5½ |
52½ |
2145 |
| 16 |
18 |
|
Swati Mohota |
2112 |
IND |
5½ |
49½ |
2085 |
| 17 |
16 |
|
Preethi R |
2125 |
IND |
5½ |
47½ |
2085 |
| 18 |
27 |
|
Athirai S |
2000 |
IND |
5½ |
45 |
1999 |
| 19 |
13 |
|
Amrutha Mokal |
2159 |
IND |
5 |
58½ |
2168 |
| 20 |
17 |
|
Sangeetha M R |
2118 |
IND |
5 |
52½ |
2103 |
| 21 |
22 |
|
Anuprita Patil |
2060 |
IND |
4½ |
56½ |
2102 |
| 22 |
23 |
|
Harini S |
2060 |
IND |
4½ |
54½ |
2119 |
| 23 |
24 |
|
Uthra P |
2055 |
IND |
4½ |
49 |
2091 |
| 24 |
20 |
|
Syed Nabeela Farheen |
2093 |
IND |
4 |
56½ |
2144 |
| 25 |
21 |
WFM |
Pujari Rucha |
2061 |
IND |
4 |
54½ |
2122 |
| 26 |
26 |
WFM |
Dave Dhyani |
2002 |
IND |
4 |
49 |
2017 |
| 27 |
28 |
|
Savetha C H |
1968 |
IND |
3 |
46½ |
1998 |
| 28 |
19 |
|
Baisakhi Das |
2101 |
IND |
1 |
41 |
2090 |
Exciting news from the 34th
Women’s National A Chess Championship (added November 13, 2007)
Kiran Monisha Mohanty earns First WGM Norm
P Priya earns Final WIM Norm
per a report from newindpress.com
dated "November 14, 2007"
IM Dronavalli Harika
Harika won five medals (two gold, two silver and once bronze) at the
Asian Indoor Games. Here's a report on her great success: "Macau
- the biggest moment of my chess career", from the November
7, 2007 Hindu online.
GM Judit Polgar
Chessbase has a new interview with Judit Polgar: "Interview
by Jose Emilio Gomez of 'El Correo.'" She's aiming
for the top 10 again.
Chess femme Abby Marshall is
headed to Turkey shortly to compete in the World Youth Championships.
The dailypress.com
(November 4, 2007) has an extensive article about Abby's rise in the
ranks of the chess world. All of us at Goddesschess are rooting
for Abby and all the other young Americans who will be representing us
in the championships. Good luck, and may the Chess Goddess smile
upon you with great performances!
Asian Indoor Games
Chess played an important part in the total medal count for
India:
Posted : Sat, 03 Nov 2007 08:43:04 GMT
Macau, Nov 3 - India were edged out by
China in the race for the last gold medal in the chess competition at
the Asian Indoor Games Saturday.
India, who were the favourites for the
gold medal after the twin successes of Krishnan Sasikiran and Koneru
Humpy in the Individual Blitz competition, were however stunned by the
loss to Kazakhstan in the round robin. India
for the first time in the Games also played Tania Sachdev in women and
Arun Prasad for one game in men. Prasad won the only game he played.
With seven rounds being played in the
round robin, India won six including over China. But then India lost to
Kazakhstan 1.5-2.5 and that proved to be costly. Also,
Sasi and Surya Sekhar Ganguly had three draws and Humpy lost two games
and Tania Sachdev lost one, drew one and won two. Dronavalli Harika was
also somewhat off colour as she played three games -- winning two and
losing one.
With both India and China having won
six matches each, the gold medal was decided by game points and India
secured 19.5 compared to China's 20.5, which gave them the gold medal.
Kazakhstan took the bronze medal.
India's total tally from chess was five
gold medals, two silvers and one bronze. In Asian Indoor Games, India's
total tally was nine gold, eight silver and nine bronze.
Top
Performers at the Asian Indoor Games (added December 16, 2007)
The China team won the 9-round Swiss Macau Asian Indoor Games Blitz Team
Championship, with India winning Silver and Kazakhstan the bronze.
Krishnan Sasikiran and Humpy Koneru, both of India, won the men`s
and women`s gold medals, respectively, in the individual blitz
championship consisting of 9-round Swiss qualifications, 4-game
semifinal and 4-game final matches.
| 2nd Asian Indoor
Games Classical Chess Top Scorers |
| No. |
|
|
Name |
Rtg |
Team |
Pts. |
Games |
% |
Bo. |
| 1 |
CHN |
GM |
Ni Hua |
2641 |
China |
5,5 |
6 |
91,7 |
2 |
| 2 |
CHN |
WGM |
Hou Yifan |
2502 |
China |
5,5 |
6 |
91,7 |
4 |
| 3 |
QAT |
GM |
Zhu Chen |
2531 |
Qatar |
5,0 |
6 |
83,3 |
3 |
| 4 |
MAS |
WIM |
Siti Zulaikha |
2210 |
Malaysia |
5,0 |
6 |
83,3 |
3 |
| 5 |
IND |
IM |
Harika Dronavalli |
2480 |
India |
5,0 |
6 |
83,3 |
4 |
| 6 |
KAZ |
GM |
Kazhgaleyev Murtas |
2588 |
Kazakhstan |
4,5 |
6 |
75,0 |
1 |
| 7 |
MAS |
IM |
Mas Hafizulhelmi |
2372 |
Malaysia |
4,5 |
6 |
75,0 |
1 |
| 8 |
MGL |
|
Gundavaa Bayarsaihan |
2274 |
Mongolia |
4,5 |
6 |
75,0 |
2 |
| 9 |
VIE |
WGM |
Nguyen Thi Thanh An |
2324 |
Vietnam |
4,5 |
6 |
75,0 |
3 |
| 10 |
IND |
GM |
Koneru Humpy |
2606 |
India |
4,5 |
6 |
75,0 |
3 |
| 11 |
VIE |
WIM |
Le Kieu Thien Kim |
2292 |
Vietnam |
4,5 |
6 |
75,0 |
4 |
| 12 |
SIN |
GM |
Wu Shaobin |
2449 |
Singapore |
4,0 |
5 |
80,0 |
2 |
| 13 |
TPE |
|
Chen I Chen |
1728 |
Chinese Taipei |
4,0 |
5 |
80,0 |
4 |
| 14 |
CHN |
GM |
Bu Xiangzhi |
2692 |
China |
4,0 |
6 |
66,7 |
1 |
| 15 |
IRI |
GM |
Ghaemmaghami Ehsan |
2591 |
Iran |
4,0 |
6 |
66,7 |
1 |
| 16 |
MGL |
|
Batchuluun Cegmed |
2426 |
Mongolia |
4,0 |
6 |
66,7 |
1 |
| 17 |
VIE |
GM |
Le Quang Liem |
2534 |
Vietnam |
4,0 |
6 |
66,7 |
2 |
| 18 |
INA |
GM |
Megaranto Susanto |
2569 |
Indonesia |
4,0 |
6 |
66,7 |
2 |
| 19 |
INA |
WIM |
Sukandar Irine Kharisma |
2275 |
Indonesia |
4,0 |
6 |
66,7 |
3 |
| 20 |
KAZ |
WIM |
Dauletova Gulmira |
2240 |
Kazakhstan |
4,0 |
6 |
66,7 |
4 |
| 21 |
IRI |
WIM |
Ghader Pour Shayesteh |
2173 |
Iran |
4,0 |
6 |
66,7 |
4 |
| 22 |
MGL |
|
Yanjiv Batzaya |
2038 |
Mongolia |
4,0 |
6 |
66,7 |
4 |
2007
Elwood Chess Championship (added November 13, 2007)
November 3 - 6, 2007
(Australia)
86 players. The event was won by Australian GM Darryl K. Johansen
(2446) with 6.0. Chess femmes who participated in this
event: 43. Szuveges, Narelle S (1854)
3.5; 55. Yu, Sally (1717) 3.0; 70. Dalton, Laurie (1301)
2.5; 73. Galve, Carmella Ysubel (PHI 1500)
2.0. Liga
de Campeones ("Tournament of Champions")
(added November 13, 2007)
November 1 - 15, 2007
6 player, 10 rounds, 2nd-4th, 6th-7th, 9th-11th and 13th-14th Nov 2007
Judit Polgar, as the highest rated female player ever, is one of the
"Champions" playing in this invitational that is raising funds
for a hospital in Mbuji-Mayi, the Congo. Tomorrow is the last
round of play. Here are the standings after Round 9:
| 1 |
5 |
GM |
TOPALOV Veselin |
2769 |
BUL |
6 |
| 2 |
6 |
GM |
PONOMARIOV Ruslan |
2705 |
UKR |
5½ |
| 3 |
1 |
GM |
POLGAR Judit |
2708 |
HUN |
5 |
| 4 |
4 |
GM |
NISIPEANU Liviu-Dieter |
2668 |
ROU |
4½ |
| 5 |
3 |
GM |
KASIMDZHANOV Rustam |
2690 |
UZB |
3½ |
| 6 |
2 |
GM |
KARPOV Anatoly |
2670 |
RUS |
2½ |
|
