Archive for August 8th, 2009

#543 Summer Tourney – Round 9

Saturday, August 8th, 2009
Mark Kernighan took the lead with a win over Max Sherer & Greg Tomkovich’s victory vs. Ian Mangion.

I essayed my 1st-ever Leningrad Dutch, played well & beat Bert Shiffman.

Don Carrelli, Ted Mann & Gordon Agress also won.


Results
  • Tomkovich 1-0 Mangion
  • Sherer 0-1 Kernighan
  • Shiffman 0-1 Moldovan
  • Mazzillo 0-1 Carrelli
  • Mann 1-0 McAuliffe
  • Agress 1-0 Sturniolo
Standings
  • 1. Kernighan 9.0
  • 2. Mangion 8.5
  • 3. Tomkovich 8.0
  • 4. Moldovan 6.5
  • 5. Carrelli 6.0
  • 6. Mann 5.0
  • 7. Sherer 3.5
  • = 8. Pawlowski, Mazzillo, Renna, Cole 2.5
  • = 12. Lewis, Wojcio, Shiffman, Agress, Sokolosky 2.0
  • 17. Sturniolo 1.5
  • 18. Zhu 1.0
  • = 19. Hart, McAuliffe, Kruglyak, Balint, Castillo, Ruales 0.0
Crosstable (finally in standing order!)

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Tromsø 2009 – Socko, Petrov and Robson lead

Saturday, August 8th, 2009

Make no mistake, it is GM Monika Socko, not her top-rated husband Bartosz, who is leading the Arctic Challenge with 6.0/7 and a 2703 performance. No less sensational is that 14-year-old IM Ray Robson is sharing first with a 2679 performance. The action is exciting (”hammer time”) and the landscape lovely in the land of the midnight sun. Big illustrated report by Misha Savinov.

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Bilbao Masters: Topalov out, Aronian in

Saturday, August 8th, 2009

Originally it was bigger, with the winners of six major tournaments invited to participate in the Basque town of Bilbao. A major financial crisis led to the down paring of the event to a four-player double round robin (six rounds) and the prize fund considerably reduced from last year’s total of €400,000. Now one of the participants, Veselin Topalov, has opted out, and is replaced by Levon Aronian. Press release.

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