| Fritz 10 now shipping,
TWIC Theory 25 now out Winawer French, New books, 2007 catalogue now
available. |
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| Kramnik - Deep Fritz. Game one drawn notes
now up. Game two Kramnik blunders to a mate in one in a way he wouldn't have
against any human opponent. Game 3 drawn without much incident. |
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| Capablanca Memorial |
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| Remco Heite Chess Tournament. Van Wely
wins with 4.5/5. |
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| National Chess Congress |
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| Commonwealth Championship |
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| Corus Wijk aan Zee and Linares. David
Navara in to replace Alexander Morozevich in Wijk. |
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| Iberoamerican Championship |
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| Bundesliga Season
2006-7 |
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New John Watson chess book and software
reviews likely in late December.
Most recent reviews: 17th February
2006.
#73 The Best on Disc, and More
Recommendations
#72 Favorites Part 2 and
Recommended Products
#71 Favorites, Part
1
Past
Reviews
John Watson's most ambitious effort,
"Mastering
the Openings, Volume 1" is now available, with Volume 2 to follow in a few
months. His recent co-authored book "How to Succeed in the Queen Pawn Openings"
can be found at http://www.trafford.com/. Other of Watson's
award-winning books include "Chess Strategy in Action",
"Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy",
and "Play the French, 3rd Edition".
John reports that TWIC is a constant Web companion. |
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TWIC Theory Service and Promotions
TWIC
Theory
TWIC Theory is an electronic monthly magazine with high
quality articles delivered in PGN and PDF format on the 25th of every month.
You can still get the back issues.
Number 26 November IM Andrew Martin on the mainline
King's Indian-Korchnoi's 9 a4!? : 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 e4 d6 5 Nf3 0-0
6 Be2 e5 7 0-0 Nc6 8 d5 Ne7 9 a4!?
Details:
http://www.chesscenter.com/twictheory/
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New TWIC Beta site
We're working on a new
format for the TWIC site. You can view the Beta site at:
http://twic.chesscorp.com/infoglueDeliverLive/ |
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Vladimir Kramnik vs. Deep Fritz Match
Game one press conference with Kramnik and Fritz operator
Mathias Feist.
Gm1 Kramnik, Vladimir - DEEP FRITZ 1/2 E03 Catalan
Gm2 DEEP FRITZ - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 D20 QGA
Gm3 Kramnik, Vladimir -
DEEP FRITZ 1/2 E03 Catalan
Updates throughout the afternoon for game
three. Games in PGN and
Kramnik - Deep Fritz Match Bonne 2006 -
Viewer
Notes on the games by IM Malcolm Pein
Vladimir Kramnik vs Deep Fritz Game 3.
Notes by IM Malcolm Pein.
Vladimir Kramnik vs Deep Fritz Game 2.
Notes by IM Malcolm Pein.
Vladimir Kramnik vs Deep Fritz Game 1.
Notes by IM Malcolm Pein.
Vladimir Kramnik plays the ChessBase
computer program Deep Fritz in a 6 game match 25th November - 5th December 2006
in the German’s Art and Exhibition Hall in Bonne. Kramnik stands to win a
prize of $1 Million US for a win in the match doubling his starting fee.
Asked how he estimates his chances, Kramnik reacted cautiously: "Fritz
examines millions of moves per second. It is extraordinarily difficult to play
against such a calculating monster. Right from the start you are walking on a
very narrow ridge, and you know that any inattentiveness will be your downfall.
It is a scientific experiment and I will have to fight very hard for my
chance."
The WCC is being organized by Universal Event Promotion
(UEP), in cooperation with the Art and Exhibition Hall.
Schedule: Game
1: Saturday 25.11.2006 14h (UK time) Game 2: Monday 27.11.2006 14h Game 3:
Wednesday 29.11.2006 14h Game 4: Friday 01.12.2006 14h Game 5: Sunday
03.12.2006 14h Game 6: Tuesday 05.12.2006 14h
Time rate: 40 moves in 2
hours followed by 16 moves/ hour.
During the entire period of the match
the Art and Exhibition Hall will offer a varied program.
Official site:
http://www.rag.de/microsite_chess_com/
ICC on Wednesday, the third game will see their live audio Chess.fm
service featuring noted chess columnist Mig and GM Joel Benjamin back by
popular demand. You have to be an ICC member but you can try out for free at:
http://www.chessclub.com/tryicc/register/. |
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Capablanca Memorial
The XLI Capablanca
Memorial had to move from its normal dates in May due to the Turin Olympiad.
This years event takes place 19th-30th November 2006 in the hotel Habana
Riviera. The top event is a 6 player double round robin with Vassily Ivanchuk,
Evgeny Bareev, Kamil Miton, Jesus Nogueiras, Lenier Dominguez and Lazaro Bruzon
(starts 21st). (Cuban
article on the event)
Games in
PGN
Round 9 (November 29, 2006)
Ivanchuk, Vassily -
Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 13 C10 French Rubinstein
Bruzon, Lazaro - Dominguez,
Lenier 1/2 22 D27 QGA
Nogueiras, Jesus - Miton, Kamil 1/2 12 E11 Bogo
Indian Defence
Round 9 Standings: 1. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR
2741 6.0; 2. Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2683 5.0; 3. Miton, Kamil g POL 2638 4.5; 4.
Dominguez, Lenier g CUB 2655 4.0; 5. Bruzon, Lazaro g CUB 2648 4.0; 6.
Nogueiras, Jesus g CUB 2554 3.5;
Official site:
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Spanish Championship
The LXXI Spanish
Championship takes place in León, 22nd-30th November 2006.
Knockout Games in PGN - Scheveningen Games in PGN
Group A Games in PGN - Group B
Games in PGN
Final
Francisco Vallejo Pons -
Salvador Del Rio Angelis 1/2 1-0
Semi-Finals
1. Manuel
Perez Candelario - Francisco Vallejo Pons 0-1 1/2
2. Salvador Del
Rio Angelis -Juan Mario Gomez Esteban 1-0 1/2
Final Group A
Standings: 1. Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2674 3.5; 2. Del Rio Angelis,
Salvador G g ESP 2492 3.5; 3. Narciso Dublan, Marc g ESP 2511 3.0; 4. Herraiz
Hidalgo, Herminio m ESP 2493 3.0; 5. Rivas Pastor, Manuel g ESP 2511 1.5; 6.
Garcia Castro, Pablo f ESP 2390 0.5;
Final Group B Standings: 1.
Perez Candelario, Manuel m ESP 2496 3.5; 2. Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario g ESP
2486 3.5; 3. Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel m ESP 2508 3.0; 4. Illescas Cordoba,
Miguel g ESP 2620 2.0; 5. Fernandez Garcia, Jose Luis g ESP 2470 1.5; 6.
Arizmendi Martinez, Julen L g ESP 2540 1.5;
Official site:
http://www.campeonatoespanaajedrez2006.com/inicio.htm |
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Remco Heite Chess Tournament
The Remco
Heite Chess Tournament took place over the weekend of 24th-26th November 2006
in Wolvega, Netherlands. The schedule was much like a weekend swiss tournament
with five games at a timerate : 1 hour and 45 minutes for 35 moves and then 15
minutes for the rest of the game. However the field was a Category XIV GM event
which was won convincingly by Loek van Wely who drew just one game
Games in PGN
Final Round 5 Standings: 1.
Van Wely, Loek g NED 2676 4.5; 2. Jussupow, Artur g GER 2600 3.0; 3. Timman,
Jan H g NED 2565 2.5; 4. Huebner, Robert g GER 2612 2.5; 5. Hort, Vlastimil g
GER 2501 1.5; 6. Werle, Jan g NED 2551 1.0;
Official site:
http://www.heiteschaaktoernooi.nl/
also news at: http://www.doggers-schaak.nl/ |
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36th National Chess Congress
The 36th
National Chess Congress organised and directed by the Continental Chess
Association takes place November 25th-27th 2006 in the Philadelphia Wyndham
Hotal. After 4 rounds, GM Hikaru Nakamura is in clear first with 4-0, followed
by five other GMs at 3.5.
Official site:
http://members.cox.net/tournaments/ncc/index.htm |
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Commonwealth Chess Championship
The
Commonwealth Chess Championship took place in Mumbai November 19th-29th 2006.
Nigel Short won the event with an impressive 9/10. I really hope some games
turn up (this is starting to become a trend, big photo reports, no games, most
shockingly at the recent Tal Memorial blitz, this isn't a good
trend).
Leading Final Round 10 Standings:
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1 |
GM |
Short Nigel D |
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2677 |
ENG |
1965/06/01 |
9 |
63½ |
2432 |
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3 |
GM |
Sandipan Chanda |
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2550 |
IND |
1983/08/13 |
8 |
60½ |
2389 |
| 3 |
13 |
IM |
Venkatesh M R |
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2466 |
IND |
1985/05/20 |
8 |
60 |
2386 |
| 4 |
9 |
GM |
Neelotpal Das |
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2490 |
IND |
1982/04/20 |
7½ |
60 |
2370 |
| 5 |
6 |
GM |
Deepan Chakkravarthy J |
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2501 |
IND |
1987/06/03 |
7½ |
58½ |
2373 |
| 6 |
5 |
GM |
Kunte Abhijit |
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2524 |
IND |
1977/03/03 |
7½ |
57½ |
2337 |
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15 |
IM |
Sundararajan Kidambi |
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2451 |
IND |
1982/12/29 |
7 |
61½ |
2378 |
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2 |
GM |
Ganguly Surya Shekhar |
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2573 |
IND |
1983/02/24 |
7 |
59 |
2388 |
| 9 |
10 |
IM |
Gupta Abhijeet |
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2481 |
IND |
1989/10/16 |
7 |
57½ |
2346 |
| 10 |
26 |
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Gopal G N |
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2397 |
IND |
1989/03/29 |
7 |
57½ |
2316 |
| 11 |
29 |
IM |
Himanshu Sharma |
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2387 |
IND |
1983/09/16 |
7 |
57½ |
2303 |
| 12 |
41 |
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Sethuraman S P |
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2329 |
IND |
1993/02/25 |
7 |
56½ |
2332 |
| 13 |
34 |
WGM |
Harika Dronavalli |
F |
2353 |
IND |
1991/01/12 |
7 |
54½ |
2308 |
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4 |
GM |
Rahman Ziaur |
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2544 |
BAN |
1974/05/01 |
7 |
54½ |
2297 |
| 15 |
22 |
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Saptarshi Roy |
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2417 |
IND |
1986/03/21 |
7 |
53½ |
2269 |
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25 |
IM |
Prakash G B |
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2403 |
IND |
1972/03/15 |
7 |
52½ |
2288 |
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28 |
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Rohit G |
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2393 |
IND |
1989/08/17 |
7 |
48½ |
2229 |
Official site:
http://www.venuschessacademy.in/
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Corus Wijk aan Zee and Linares
The Corus
tournament in Wijk aan Zee takes place 12th-28th January 2007. The fields for
the top two groups have been announced.
A Group: Veselin Topalov,
Viswanathan Anand, Vladimir Kramnik, Peter Svidler, David Navara, Levon
Aronian, Teymour Radjabov, Alexei Shirov, Ruslan Ponomariov, Magnus Carlsen,
Sergey Tiviakov, Loek van Wely, Sergey Karjakin and Alexander
Motylev.
David Navara replaces Alexander Morozevich who withdrew for
personal reasons.
B Group: Dmitry Jakovenko, Bu Xiangzhi, Gabriel
Sargissian, Pavel Eljanov, Friso Nijboer, Erwin L’Ami, Suat Atalik, Maxime
Vachier-Lagrave, Daniel Stellwagen, Jan Werle, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Vladimir
Georgiev, Jan Smeets and Tatiana Kosintseva
Official site:
http://www.coruschess.com
In
addition the line up for the Morelia / Linares tournament (again in Mexico and
Spain) has been announced. The Morelia half takes place 16th-25th February 2007
and Linares 2nd-11th March 2007.
The field is: Veselin Topalov,
Viswanathan Anand, Peter Leko, Peter Svidler, Levon Aronian, Teimour Radjabov,
Magnus Carlsen and one of either Alexander Morozevich (it may be that marca has
is right as they are the official site and its Moro), Alexei Shirov or
Francisco Vallejo Pons depending on who you read. (Mexican
Story - or
Marca
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Iberoamerican Championship
The FIBDA
Iberoamerican Championship takes place November 10th-18th 2006 in Huelva,
Spain. New FIDE time control 90min + 30secs/ permove for first 40 + 30 30 to
finish. 4 groups of 6 players + KO with a semifinal and final.
Official
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Bundesliga Season 2006-7
The Bundesliga
chess season in Germany is under way. The second double round takes place
18th-19th November 2006.
Official site:
http://www.schachbundesliga.de/
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Tal Memorial
The Mikhail Tal Memorial took
place November 5th-19th 2006 (Starts on the 6th (opening on the 5th),
3-rest-3-rest-3). Round 9 all the games were drawn. Leko, Ponomariov and
Aronian all finished on 5.5/9. Its reported to me that Leko took first on
Sonnenborg-Berger tie-break but this isn't totally confirmed. A blitz
tournament follows after a break of a day.
Then there will be two days
of blitz qualifiers followed by a 16-player blitz event - 10 from the main
event plus some qualifiers. Prize fund - $100K for the round robin and $100K
for the blitz. Time control 5 mins + 2 seconds a move. Double Round Robin.
Blitz Tournament Leading Final Standings: Anand won with 23/34,
Levon Aronian, 2nd with 21 points. Peter Svidler and Teimour Radjabov shared
3rd-4th places 20.5. Two games per round were recorded using video cameras and
should eventually become available.
Full Final Standings:
1 Anand, Viswanathan IND 2779 23.0
2 Aronian, Levon ARM 2741
21.0
3 Radjabov, Teimour AZE 2729 20.5
4 Svidler, Peter RUS 2750 20.5
5 Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 2703 19.5
6 Morozevich, Alexander RUS 2747
18.0
7 Grischuk, Alexander RUS 2710 18.0
8 Gelfand, Boris ISR 2733
18.0
9 Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2698 17.5
10 Karpov, Anatoly RUS 2668 17.5
11 Karjakin, Sergey UKR 2672 17.0
12 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE 2728
17.0
13 Polgar, Judit HUN 2710 17.0
14 Leko, Peter HUN 2741 16.5
15 Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS 2671 15.5
16 Bologan, Viktor MDA 2659 10.5
17 Timofeev, Artyom RUS 2662 10.0
18 Jobava, Baadur GEO 2650 9.0
Main Event Games in PGN
Commentated
Games
Tal Memorial Round 7.
Notes by IM Malcolm Pein.
Tal
Memorial Round 6. Notes by IM Malcolm Pein.
Tal Memorial Round 5. Notes by IM Malcolm
Pein.
Tal Memorial Round 4. Notes
by IM Malcolm Pein.
Tal Memorial
Round 3. Notes by IM Malcolm Pein.
Tal Memorial Round 2. Notes by IM Malcolm
Pein.
Tal Memorial Round 1. Notes
by IM Malcolm Pein.
Round 9 (November 16, 2006)
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Leko, Peter 1/2 19 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Gelfand, Boris - Aronian, Levon 1/2 16 E01 Catalan
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
- Svidler, Peter 1/2 14 E60 King's Indian without Nc3
Grischuk, Alexander -
Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 17 D38 QGD Ragozin
Morozevich, Alexander - Shirov,
Alexei 1/2 26 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Final Round 9 Standings:
1. Leko, Peter g HUN 2741 5.5; 2. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2703 5.5; 3.
Aronian, Levon g ARM 2741 5.5; 4. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2733 5.0; 5. Mamedyarov,
Shakhriyar g AZE 2728 4.5; 6. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2710 4.5; 7. Svidler,
Peter g RUS 2750 4.5; 8. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2720 3.5; 9. Carlsen, Magnus g
NOR 2698 3.5; 10. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2747 3.0;
Official site:
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Essent Chess Tournament
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
and Judit Polgar finished on 4.5/6. Photo © Fred Lucas
http://www.momentoo.nl
The 10th
edition of the Essent Chess Tournament took place October 20th-28th 2006.
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov edged out a returning Judit Polgar on Sonneborn-Berger
tie-break finish on 4.5/6. Veselin Topalov lost to Polgar in the final round
and finished with 2 wins 3 losses and only one draw losing more rating
points.
Games in PGN -
Open Games in PGN
Link to a video of the
games and a few other items:
http://www.doggers-schaak.nl/?p=568&lp_lang_view=en
Commentary
Essent Tournament in Hoogeveen Round 6.
Notes by IM Malcolm Pein.
Essent
Tournament in Hoogeveen Round 5. Notes by IM Malcolm Pein.
Essent Tournament in Hoogeveen Round 4.
Notes by IM Malcolm Pein.
Essent
Tournament in Hoogeveen Round 3. Notes by IM Malcolm Pein.
Essent Tournament in Hoogeveen Round 2.
Notes by IM Malcolm Pein.
Essent
Tournament in Hoogeveen Round 1. Notes by IM Malcolm Pein.
Round
6 (October 28, 2006)
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Sokolov, Ivan 1-0 60
D12 Slav Defence
Topalov, Veselin - Polgar, Judit 0-1 56 E32 Nimzo Indian
4.Qc2
Final Round 6 Standings: 1. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE
2728 4.5; 2. Polgar, Judit g HUN 2710 4.5; 3. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2813 2.5;
4. Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2670 0.5;
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
1. Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2632 7.0; 2. Werle, Jan g NED 2551 7.0; 3.
Postny, Evgeny g ISR 2609 6.5; 4. Brodsky, Michail g UKR 2566 6.5; 5. Gurevich,
Mikhail g TUR 2648 6.5; 6. Goloshchapov, Alexander g UKR 2552 6.5; 7. L'Ami,
Erwin g NED 2593 6.0; 8. Smeets, Jan g NED 2525 6.0; 9. Rogers, Ian g AUS 2526
6.0; 10. Ernst, Sipke m NED 2512 6.0; 11. Khairullin, Ildar m RUS 2543 6.0; 12.
Van der Wiel, John g NED 2522 6.0; 13. Dvoirys, Semen I g RUS 2553 5.5; 14.
Bitalzadeh, Ali NED 2345 5.5; 15. Ibrahimov, Rasul g AZE 2541 5.5; 16. Hort,
Vlastimil g GER 2501 5.5; 17. Dambacher, Martijn m NED 2429 5.5; 18. Ris,
Robert NED 2367 5.5; 19. Brandenburg, Daan NED 2421 5.5; 20. Pruijssers,
Roeland NED 2339 5.5; 21. Hendriks, Willy m NED 2438 5.5; 22. Willemze, Thomas
m NED 2384 5.5; 84 players
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European Club Cup
The European Club Cup 2006
took place 8th-14th October 2006. Tomsk-400 won the men's event, Yerevan the
women's.
Games in PGN - Men rds 1-7 -
Games in PGN - Women rds 1-7 - These are my final word
on these files, I've done my best and hopefully resolved the problems between
the various versions.
Official site: http://www.ecc2006.com |
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October FIDE Rating List
The October FIDE
rating list has been released.
FIDE October 2006
Rating List: Top 100 |
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10th Corsica Masters
The 10th Corsica
Masters took place on the 4th and 5th of November 2006. The main event was a
knockout on the 5th which saw Rustam Kasimdzhanov defeat Viswanathan Anand in
the final 1.5-0.5.
Games in
PGN
Official site:
http://www.opencorsica.com/bastia2006fr.html |
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