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September, 2007:

Updated September 23, 2007

Geller Memorial 
September 7 - 16, 2007

Odessa, Ukraine
107 players.  1.  Zubov, Alexander 7.0/9;  Chess femmes who played and their final standings:  28.  Zhukova, Natalia 5.5;  34.  Semenova, Irina 5.0;  38.  Vasilevich, Tatjana 5.0;  41.  Zdebskaja, Natalia 5.0;  54.  Arutyunova, Diana 4.5;  58.  Andrenko, Irina 4.5;  61.  Goreskul, Alyona 4.5 ;  63.  Chernikova, Svetlana 4.5;  65.  Sulejmanova, Ava 4.0;  75.  Aganesova, Evgeniya 4.0;  80.  Petrova, Lyudmila 4.0;  86.  Kovaleva, Marianna 3.5;  91.  Ivanenko, Olga 3.0;  92.  Goroshkova, Liudmila 3.0.

2nd Baku International Women Chess Tournament 
September 3 - 12, 2007
 
Baku, AZE
Final standings: 
 

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2nd Women's Baku AZE (AZE), 4-12 ix 2007               cat. VII (2410)
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                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Socko, Monika          m POL 2479  * = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1  7.0  2621 
 2. Stefanova, Antoaneta   g BUL 2481  = * = = 1 = = 1 1 1  6.5  2567 
 3. Javakhishvili, Lela    m GEO 2460  = = * = 1 1 0 = 1 1  6.0  2529 
 4. Cramling, Pia          g SWE 2533  = = = * = = 1 0 1 1  5.5  2475 
 5. Lahno, Kateryna        m UKR 2450  0 0 0 = * = 1 1 1 1  5.0  2448 
 6. Cmilyte, Viktorija     m LTU 2467  = = 0 = = * 0 1 = =  4.0  2360 
 7. Velikhanli, Firuza    wg AZE 2283  0 = 1 0 0 1 * 0 = 1  4.0  2380 
 8. Milliet, Sophie       wg FRA 2414  0 0 = 1 0 0 1 * = 1  4.0  2366 
 9. Kadimova, Ilaha       wg AZE 2316  0 0 0 0 0 = = = * 0  1.5  2147 
10. Umudova, Nargiz       wm AZE 2213  0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 *  1.5  2158 
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Zeynab Mammadyarova boycotted Baku chess tournament
[ 07 Sep 2007 17:40 ]
" I refused to attend the second internationals women tournament in Baku", Azerbaijan
 national chess team member Zeynab Mammadyarova told APA-Sport. She did not attend the
 women's tournament because of her sister Turkan Mammadyarova. "I did not know that my
 name was among the tournament participants. Ilaha Kadimova and Nargiz Umudova were among
 the participants. I protested against Nargiz as my sister Turkan is stronger than Nargiz
 in rating and has more experience. But the organizers did not accept my protests and I
 decided not to attend. Strong chess players should be invited to the tournament in Baku. 
This is the reason for low results of Azerbaijani representatives". /APA-Sport/

UK - China Match 
September 3 - 9, 2007 
As part of the Liverpool Chess International celebrations, teams of British and Chinese players faced off and the British players were, with few exceptions, outclassed.  Young Hou Yifan played on the "Men's" team for China and took some lumps, but it's great experience for her and will test her true mettle.  The final score was China 28/England 20.  Here are the teams and their scores:

Final Round 6 Standings: 
UK-CHN Match Liverpool (ENG), 4-9 ix 2007 
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Chinese Men 
1 Wang Hao g CHN 2624 4.0 2722 
2 Zhang Pengxiang g CHN 2649 4.0 2722 
3 Wang Yue g CHN 2696 4.0 2722 
4 Ni Hua g CHN 2681 4.0 2722 
5 Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2685 3.5 2654 
6 Hou Yifan wg CHN 2523 2.5 2540 
22.0 

Chinese Women 
1 Ding Yixin wf CHN 2278 3.5 2466 
2 Shen Yang wg CHN 2439 2.5 2352 6.0
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 28.0 
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UK Men 
1 Adams, Michael g ENG 2724 3.5 2700 
2 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2683 3.0 2643 
3 Jones, Gawain C B m ENG 2526 2.5 2586 
4 Howell, David W L g ENG 2519 2.0 2518 
5 Pert, Nicholas g ENG 2536 1.5 2450 
6 Rowson, Jonathan g SCO 2599 1.5 2450 
14.0 

UK Women 
1 Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan m GEO 2418 4.0 
2483 2 Houska, Jovanka m ENG 2401 2.0 2233 
6.0 
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20.0 
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Women Player Final Standings:  1 Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan m GEO 2418, 4.0; 7 Ding Yixin wf CHN 2278, 3.5;  11 Shen Yang wg CHN 2439, 2.5;  12 Hou Yifan wg CHN 2523, 2.5;  14 Houska, Jovanka m ENG 2401, 2.0.

Liverpool Chess International Open 
September 3 - 9, 2007
 
9 Rounds, 86 players.  

1. Fridman, Daniel g GER 2628, 7.0;  31. Ciuksyte, Dagne m LTU 2426, 5.0; 46. Pass, Deborah J wf ENG 2044, 4.5;  59. Almer, Julia SWE 1932, 4.0;  66. Wilson, Alexandra wf SUI 2066, 3.5;  69. Macgilchrist, Siegrun SCO 1834, 3.5;  84. Bentley,Emma ENG ----, 1.5.
 

XV Albacete International
September 2 - 7, 2007 

9 Rounds, 108 players.
1.  GM Bladimir Burmakin (RUS 2581), 8.0;  33.  Sonia Gil Quilez (ESP 1980), 5.5;  51. Ira Area Campo (ESP 1940), 4.5;  63.  Laura Gonzalez Martinez (ESP 1702), 4.5;  79.  Leticia Pardo Simon (ESP 1799), 3.5;  81.  Ana Hernandez Jimenez (ESP 1867), 3.5;  82.  Pilar Duarte Garcia (ESP 1782), 3.5;  89.  Isabel M. Parreno Madrigal (ESP 1413), 3.5;  98.  Irene De Lamo Arenas (ESP 1475), 2.5;  99.  Aida Tebar Zamora (ESP 1515), 2.5;  101. Cristina Galbaldon Martinez (ESP 1370), 2.5.

First Saturday 
September 1 - 13, 2007

FSGM September Budapest HUN (HUN), 1-11 ix 2007 cat. VIII (2439): won by Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son g VIE 2530 with 8.0/10.  IM Iweta Rajlich (POL 2406) finished in 8th place with 4.5.

XXI Campeonato de Parla 
September 1 - 9, 2007

118 players.  1.  GM Vladimir Epishin (RUS 2587), 7.5/9;  10.  IM Tatiana Kononenko (UKR 2393), 6.0; 13.  Natalia Castejon Caballero (ESP 2060), 6.0;  34.  Maria Cerrato Torrijos (ESP 1811), 5.5;  41.  Maria Rodrigo Yanguas (ESP 1988), 5.0;  52.  Lidia Sanchez Delgado (ESP 2053), 4.5;  91.  Laura Roldan Hernando (ESP 1734), 3.0.

9th International Chess Festival of Trieste 
September 1 - 8, 2007 

1. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2648, 7.0/9;  7. Stock, Lara wm CRO 2297, 5.5;  30. Tonel, Giulia ITA 1934, 3.5.

Peiraikos Open
September 1 - 7, 2007
Peiraias, Greece

87 players, 7 rounds.  The official site is in Greek (I can't read it) and so I wasn't able to go through the entire list of players and check for chess femme results.  These are from the players listed at TWIC:  
1 2 Managadze Nikoloz IM 2433 GEO 6˝;  19 19 Cimina Andra 2011 LAT 4˝;  22 27 Fragaki Maria 1878 GRE 4˝. 
 

29th Annual Southern California Open
September 1 - 3, 2007
LAX Hilton

There were several sections.  57 players participated in the Open, which was won by IM TIMOTHY W TAYLOR (USA 2391), with 5.0/6.  The lone chess femme who participated was Tatev Abrahamyan (USA 2279), who finished in 13th place with 3.5.

African Championships 
August 31 - September 10, 2007
Windhoek, Namibia

The Women´s Section featured 16 players with 1 Woman Grandmaster, 4 Women International Masters and 1 Woman FIDE Master making up the titled players.  Thirteen year old Egyptian sensation WIM Mona Khaled took the honours in the Women´s Section with a score of 8/9. Women's section results:

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ch-Africa Women Windhoek NAM (NAM), 1-9 ix 2007
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1 Mona Khaled WIM EGY 1981 8,0  
2 Solomons Anzel WIM RSA 1865 7,5  
3 Alaa El Din Yosra EGY 0 6,0  
4 Omoragbon Doris NGR 0 5,5  
5 Greef Melissa WIM RSA 2031 5,0  
6 Basta-Sohair F WIM EGY 2075 5,0  
7 Sabure Tuduetso WGM BOT 2042 5,0  
8 Mudongo Boikhutso WFM BOT 1941 4,5  
9 Mbalenhie Cindi RSA 0 4,5  
10 Ezet Roos RSA 0 4,5  
11 Amadasun Rosemary NGR 1913 4,0  
12 Swartz Stephne NAM 0 4,0  
13 Vilhete Vania Fausta MOZ 0 3,0  
14 Swartz Celeste NAM 0 2,5  
15 Jambo Linda MAW 0 2,5  
16 Msiska Royce MAW 0 0,5
 

 


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