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Chess around the Globe
THE 34th CHESS OLYMPIAD in Istanbul is certainly the main event of the moment, but there are quite a few other important tournaments, just finished or still in progress. In the men's Olympiad yesterday, the leaders - Germany - lost to Ukraine (1½-2½). Russia lost by the same score to Bulgaria, which is becoming a bit of a habit. Russia lost on the top two boards (Topalov-Khalifman 1-0, Svidler-Kiril Georgiev 0-1), but 17-year old Grischuk won on board 4. After 9 rounds the standing is as follows: 1-2 Armenia and Germany - 25 points 3 Ukraine - 24½ points 4-5 Bulgaria and Russia - 24 points 6-7 Hungary and Romania - 23½ points 8-9 USA and Israel - 22½ points Today the key matches are ArmeniaGermany, Ukraine-Bulgaria, RussiaRomania, Hungary-USA and IsraelDenmark. In the women's Olympiad the standing is: 1 China - 21 points 2 Georgia - 20½ points 3-4 Russia and Netherlands - 18½ points 5 Ukraine - 18 points Today Ukraine plays against China, Georgia against Romania and Russia against Netherlands. There are 5 more rounds to play at the event. You can find Alex Baburin's daily report from Istanbul at www.gmsquare.com, while the official site is at www.istanbulchessolympiad.com
The VIII Chigorin Memorial, dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birth of the great Russian player, is taking place in St. Petersburg now. It is a very strong open - with 50 GMs and 57 IMs among its 235 participants. The Elo favourites are GMs Lastin (2633), Dolmatov (2600), Najer (2590) and Balashov (2590). After five rounds 6 players are sharing the lead on 4½ points: V. Filippov, A. Korotylev, M. Turov, E. Najer, Y. Ulko and R. Scherbakov. This 9-round tournament will finish on the 10th November. For more information please refer to http://www.gmchess.com (site of GM Khalifman) and http://www.totalchess.spb.ru (new site of St. Petersburg Chess Federation). We have heard that a strong closed tournament might take place in St. Petersburg at the end of the year, as a part of Chigorin's anniversary celebrations.
In Bad Wiessee (Germany, near Munich) the 4th Bavarian Masters Open finished recently. It saw a four-way tie between Alexander Nenashev (UZB), Gerard Hertneck (GER), Konstantin Lerner (UKR) and Roland Ekstroem, who scored 7½ out of 9 each. The title of the Bavarian Champion went on a tiebreak to Nenashev, who now lives in Germany. 20 players finished on 7 points. For more information please refer to http://www.schach-amtegernsee.de/oib2000
It seems that matches are becoming increasingly popular nowadays. We have seen quite a few in recent months. For example, Oral - Alexandrov and M. Gurevich - Bologan. A match between two young chess stars took place in France recently. French player Maxime Vachier-Lagrave beat David Howell of England 5½-2½.
France also staged two strong rapid chess tournaments. In the south of France the 4th Cap d'Agde Festival took place between 28th October and 4th November. This tournament, supported by the French Chess Federation, has been running since 1994 and regularly attracts a very strong field. This year it clashed with the Chess Olympiad in Turkey, which made the event a bit weaker than usual. 16 players were divided into 2 groups. The four best players from each group continued using a knockout formula. In the final Mikhail Gurevich of Belgium defeated Anatoly Karpov of Russia 2½-1½, despite losing the first game. Please refer to http://www.asmeg.org/echecs/frame.htm. for more information.
Another strong rapid chess tournament was held in Bastia, Corsica. There, 32 players first played 7 rounds and then 8 qualifiers continued in a knockout. In the final Vishy Anand beat Stefan Djuric 2-0. For more information see http://www.echecs.asso.fr
