European Team Championship round 5
Posted by Webmaster on 4 August 2005
Day five saw the leaders fighting hard to held Holland to a draw. This made it possible for Israel to level on points with the Frenchmen as the Israeli demolished young Azerbaijani team with a cold-blooded 3.5-0.5 Avrukh beat Guseinov nicely (see below) and Gelfand refuted Radjabov's piece sac. Ukraine won yet another important match defeating Germany 3-1 (see both decisive games in the highlights). Poland-Czech Republic was a no-history 2-2. Armenia hit back from yesterday's loss and ran over Serbia 3.5-0.5 to move into joint 5th. Russia had easy run vs Iceland. The Spanish nightmare lasts: 1.5-2.5 vs Finland. Sweden, the hosts, who did so well in the very beginning lost third consecutive match (vs Georgia today, who apart from Azmai and Jobava sent a pack of juniors) - which is almost impossible to recover from in a system where match points decide. Today's hit is the top clash of the day: Israel - France.
In the women's section Poland moved into the nose beating surprising Romania 3-1. Russia demolished France 3.5-0.5 to move into second position. Chiburdanidze-Stefanowa was a draw, same as Georgia-Bulgaria match. Despite GM Peng's win over WGM Zhukova Ukraine managed to beat Holland. 7th seeded Armenian girls fell down to 18th after third consecutive match loss. The Serbians, seeded 6th, have only won two games so far, both of them in the first round!
Standings
Men: Israel and France - 9; Ukraine and Holland - 8; Armenia, Russia, Czech Republic, Poland, Sweden "B", Romania, Azerbaijan - 7
Women: Poland - 9; Russia and Romania - 8; Bulgaria, Georgia and Ukraine - 7
You can now watch games of men's section's rounds 1-5 online in a well known OlimpBase format!
Please find 15th ETCh info page.
(Please note: history statistics are not available yet. Olympic statistics are used instead)
Watch live games of round 6:
Israel-France and Russia-Holland (men)
Ukraine-Azerbaijan and Armenia-Romania (men)
Sweden "B"-Poland (men) and Hungary-Georgia (women)
Poland-Russia and Ukraine-Romania (women)
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY
Avrukh (ISR, 2652) - Guseinov (AZE, 2585)
Avrukh kept pressure all the time but it started to look promising for Black. Simple Bxf4 leads to a better, although probably drawish, ending for Black. Instead young Gadir greedily took the "a" file pawn 36. ... Nxa4?? of course the easy pin try Ra2 fails because of Nb6 but Black forgot that the Rook first of all protects crucial g8 square! 37. Bc6!+- Ra6 38. Bd5! there is no danger of a pin at "a" file but the Rook cannot go back to a8. Now mate threats are impossible for cheap refutation. 38. ... h6 39. Nh4! Kh7 40. Ng6 resigns. His only choice is whether he wants to be mated at h6 or at h8.
Eljanov (UKR, 2639) - Gustafsson (GER, 2614)
The ending is drawish, but the game is not over yet. Of course after 58 moves both players played under serious time pressure. Black's tactics is simple: check often to push white King away of c5 pawn. Once the task is completed white Knight cannot take on f4 because of Kxc5. So... 58. ... Nc2+ 59. Kc4 Ne3+ 60. Ke4 Nf5+ 61. Kc4 move repetition? 61. ... Ne3+ 62. Ke3 now what? 62. ... Nf5?? 63. Nd4+ resigns. After Knight trade the pawn ending is easily won for White. A real drama!
Karjakin (UKR, 2645) - Kritz (GER, 2544)
The position is complex and both sides have all kinds of attacking chances. White threatens Qd6+ with quick mate and Black threatens Rxc2 and Qxf2. Black is on the move. In what way should he protect d6? Nd4 or f6? 47. ... Nd4? wrong choice! 47. ... f6! was the solution. 48. Qe2 Qxc2 49. Qxc2 Rxc2 50. Rxf6 Na5= now he loses quickly 48. Qe3! Ne6 49. Ne2 Qxc2? there was no hope, but now the execution comes immediately 50. Qe5+ Kb7 51. Qd5+ Kc7 52. Rf6!+- A pseudo active move proved very passive in fact.
Lputian (ARM, 2629) - Ivanisevic (YUG, 2577)
Black's action at Queenside has been blocked and White keeps control over the center and the Kingside. Now he polishes the attack off with a very neat trick 26. e4! the idea of this move is to pull black Bishop away from protecting d7. He may choose not to take the pawn with the Bishop of course in which case he either gets mated in two (fxe4 Qe6+) or falls under mortal attack (Bf4 Bd4 Qc7 Bc5+). 26. ... Bxe4 27. Bxg7!! Rxg7? the game was over, but this loses at once. 27. ... h4 was to lengthen the resistance (in order to prevent Qh4+) 28. Qh4+ Kf7 29. Rd7+ Kg6 30. Rxg7 Kxg7 31. Qg5+ resigns. The real tag game!
Palo (DEN, 2519) - Balogh (HUN, 2537)
The position is even. But just one reckless move is ample for Balogh to conduct decisive attack. 15. Be5? Nd7! 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 accacking Nf3 and indirectly f2 17. Be2 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Qxf2+! 19. Kd2 dxc4-+ It is very dangerous thing to leave unprotected Knight at f3 while "f" file is open for attack.
Kotronias (GRE, 2587) - Kozul (CRO, 2585)
Frankly speaking Black's position seems repulsive. However, so quick and simple way to win the game is hard to be seen at first glance. Kotronias finds it: 21. Nxb5! Rxb5 22. Bxb5 exd4? loses at once, but the choice was small. f6-f5 could help a bit perhaps 23. Qxf6 the Knight is pinned and the Rook is hanging, I wonder what Kozul must have felt here 23. ... Ba6 24. Nxd4 Bxb5 25. Qf7+ Kd8 26. Ke6+ +- A demolition job again by Vasilios.
Day five saw the leaders fighting hard to held Holland to a draw. This made it possible for Israel to level on points with the Frenchmen as the Israeli demolished young Azerbaijani team with a cold-blooded 3.5-0.5 Avrukh beat Guseinov nicely (see below) and Gelfand refuted Radjabov's piece sac. Ukraine won yet another important match defeating Germany 3-1 (see both decisive games in the highlights). Poland-Czech Republic was a no-history 2-2. Armenia hit back from yesterday's loss and ran over Serbia 3.5-0.5 to move into joint 5th. Russia had easy run vs Iceland. The Spanish nightmare lasts: 1.5-2.5 vs Finland. Sweden, the hosts, who did so well in the very beginning lost third consecutive match (vs Georgia today, who apart from Azmai and Jobava sent a pack of juniors) - which is almost impossible to recover from in a system where match points decide. Today's hit is the top clash of the day: Israel - France.In the women's section Poland moved into the nose beating surprising Romania 3-1. Russia demolished France 3.5-0.5 to move into second position. Chiburdanidze-Stefanowa was a draw, same as Georgia-Bulgaria match. Despite GM Peng's win over WGM Zhukova Ukraine managed to beat Holland. 7th seeded Armenian girls fell down to 18th after third consecutive match loss. The Serbians, seeded 6th, have only won two games so far, both of them in the first round!
Standings
Men: Israel and France - 9; Ukraine and Holland - 8; Armenia, Russia, Czech Republic, Poland, Sweden "B", Romania, Azerbaijan - 7
Women: Poland - 9; Russia and Romania - 8; Bulgaria, Georgia and Ukraine - 7
You can now watch games of men's section's rounds 1-5 online in a well known OlimpBase format!
Please find 15th ETCh info page.
(Please note: history statistics are not available yet. Olympic statistics are used instead)
Watch live games of round 6:
Israel-France and Russia-Holland (men)
Ukraine-Azerbaijan and Armenia-Romania (men)
Sweden "B"-Poland (men) and Hungary-Georgia (women)
Poland-Russia and Ukraine-Romania (women)
Avrukh (ISR, 2652) - Guseinov (AZE, 2585)Avrukh kept pressure all the time but it started to look promising for Black. Simple Bxf4 leads to a better, although probably drawish, ending for Black. Instead young Gadir greedily took the "a" file pawn 36. ... Nxa4?? of course the easy pin try Ra2 fails because of Nb6 but Black forgot that the Rook first of all protects crucial g8 square! 37. Bc6!+- Ra6 38. Bd5! there is no danger of a pin at "a" file but the Rook cannot go back to a8. Now mate threats are impossible for cheap refutation. 38. ... h6 39. Nh4! Kh7 40. Ng6 resigns. His only choice is whether he wants to be mated at h6 or at h8.
Eljanov (UKR, 2639) - Gustafsson (GER, 2614)The ending is drawish, but the game is not over yet. Of course after 58 moves both players played under serious time pressure. Black's tactics is simple: check often to push white King away of c5 pawn. Once the task is completed white Knight cannot take on f4 because of Kxc5. So... 58. ... Nc2+ 59. Kc4 Ne3+ 60. Ke4 Nf5+ 61. Kc4 move repetition? 61. ... Ne3+ 62. Ke3 now what? 62. ... Nf5?? 63. Nd4+ resigns. After Knight trade the pawn ending is easily won for White. A real drama!
Karjakin (UKR, 2645) - Kritz (GER, 2544)The position is complex and both sides have all kinds of attacking chances. White threatens Qd6+ with quick mate and Black threatens Rxc2 and Qxf2. Black is on the move. In what way should he protect d6? Nd4 or f6? 47. ... Nd4? wrong choice! 47. ... f6! was the solution. 48. Qe2 Qxc2 49. Qxc2 Rxc2 50. Rxf6 Na5= now he loses quickly 48. Qe3! Ne6 49. Ne2 Qxc2? there was no hope, but now the execution comes immediately 50. Qe5+ Kb7 51. Qd5+ Kc7 52. Rf6!+- A pseudo active move proved very passive in fact.
Lputian (ARM, 2629) - Ivanisevic (YUG, 2577)Black's action at Queenside has been blocked and White keeps control over the center and the Kingside. Now he polishes the attack off with a very neat trick 26. e4! the idea of this move is to pull black Bishop away from protecting d7. He may choose not to take the pawn with the Bishop of course in which case he either gets mated in two (fxe4 Qe6+) or falls under mortal attack (Bf4 Bd4 Qc7 Bc5+). 26. ... Bxe4 27. Bxg7!! Rxg7? the game was over, but this loses at once. 27. ... h4 was to lengthen the resistance (in order to prevent Qh4+) 28. Qh4+ Kf7 29. Rd7+ Kg6 30. Rxg7 Kxg7 31. Qg5+ resigns. The real tag game!
Palo (DEN, 2519) - Balogh (HUN, 2537)The position is even. But just one reckless move is ample for Balogh to conduct decisive attack. 15. Be5? Nd7! 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 accacking Nf3 and indirectly f2 17. Be2 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Qxf2+! 19. Kd2 dxc4-+ It is very dangerous thing to leave unprotected Knight at f3 while "f" file is open for attack.
Kotronias (GRE, 2587) - Kozul (CRO, 2585)Frankly speaking Black's position seems repulsive. However, so quick and simple way to win the game is hard to be seen at first glance. Kotronias finds it: 21. Nxb5! Rxb5 22. Bxb5 exd4? loses at once, but the choice was small. f6-f5 could help a bit perhaps 23. Qxf6 the Knight is pinned and the Rook is hanging, I wonder what Kozul must have felt here 23. ... Ba6 24. Nxd4 Bxb5 25. Qf7+ Kd8 26. Ke6+ +- A demolition job again by Vasilios.
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European Team Championship round 4
Posted by Webmaster on 3 August 2005
In round four France won yet another giant clash. On Tuesday they beat Germany 2,5-1,5 to move into sole lead, and the one to seal their victory was again unstoppable GM Fressinet. Seeds 19, Switzerland, found themselves in the nose suddenly and fought hard only to lose modestly vs Israel. Van Wely's nice win over Akopian (a +2700!) and three draws paved Holland's way to a victory over Armenia. Sweden lost yet another battle and fell down the table. Poland recovered hammering Croatia 3,5-0,5 - the highest result of the day among top teams. Ukraine and Russia, the teams that were doing badly last days, ran over Sweden "C" and Scotland respectively with a steamrolling 4-0. Poor Scotland, yesterday they lost to Ukraine only to find Russia as their next opponents!
Women's section saw sensational Romania destroying Russia 3-1(Peptan-Kosteniuk 1-0) which is by far the biggest sensation of the event since Russia had no less than 100 ELOs advantage on average at each board! Georgia halved with France (Skripchenko-Chiburdanidze draw) and Poland moved into second position defeating Greece 3-1. Bulgaria shot Croatia (poor Croatia today) dead with a clear 4-0 while Hungary had another bad day barely drawing with Lithuania (no drawn games though!)
Standings
Men: France - 8; Azerbaijan, Israel, Netherlands - 7; Ukraine, Czech Republic, Poland, Sweden "B", Germany - 6
Women: Romania - 8; Poland - 7; Bulgaria, Russia, Georgia - 6
Please don't forget these links:
http://www.goteborgchess2005.se - Championship Official page. Includes results, games, photos, comments and more.
http://schach.wienerzeitung.at/asp/turniereET.asp?tnr=2498&lan=1 - Official results page. Includes detailed results, rankings, statistics.
http://www.chessbase.com - daily reports with results, photos and links, including IM Aagaard's daily audio analyses in the Broadcast room at Playchess (available for guest users as well!)
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY
Fressinet (FRA, 2627) - Graf (GER, 2605)
Series of subtle manoeuvres, so typical for Breyer line in Ruy Lopez led White to obvious positional advantage. White Queen infiltrated sixth rank and black fields are weakened for Black. The final is not very close yet, though 42. Nc6! threatening the Rook and the Knight, which serves as major defender 42. ... Nxc6?? loses at once. Now White conducts quick and effective attack 43. Rxf7! Rxf7 44. Qxg6+ Rg7 45. Qxe8+ Kh7 46. e5+ resigns. Well done again, Laurent!
Van Wely (NED, 2655) - Akopian (ARM, 2705)
The game was decisive as the rest were either drawn or heading towards a draw. Black is squeezed and quite passive, but since d6 is his only weakness he should recover from it, had he only thought about defence... But perhaps Akopian decided to conduct a counter-attack. 23. ... f5? seemingly releases the tension but who says White must take the challenge? Of course gxf6 e.p. Nxf6 works fine for Black, but if White does not take the pawn it becomes clear that now both d6 and e6 became weak pawns. 24. e4! Rf8 of course fxe4 Nxe4 cost Black a pawn, but this move is no better for him 25. exf5 Rxf5 if exf5 then Nd5 wins 26. Ne4 e5 27. Nxd6 Bxd6 28. Rxd6 exf4 29. Rf1 +- White has huge positional advantage and an extra pawn (f4 is dead). He soon converted it into a win.
Wojtaszek (POL, 2591) - Palac (CRO, 2566)
This was really black day for the Croatians. Of 8 games played today they lost 7! Palac's game vs newly created Polish champion was no exception. See the diagram position. White has clear positional advantage but he is two pawns down. This usually leads to a draw... 31. Rxh6+! this is a pseudo sacrifice. Taking a Rook loses immediately after Qxh6+ Kg8 Rh1 with mate (or winning a Queen) 31. ... Kg8 32. Qc7 Rdxd7 33. Qc8+ Bf8?? Simple Rf8 refuted all the threats and led to a drawn enging 34. Rhd6!! resigns. Black Bishop is pinned and cannot take the Rook, and the black Rook cannot leave black Queen unprotected. White wins the Rook...
McShane (ENG, 2625) - Damljanovic (YUG, 2612)
What has considerable advantage (more active pieces and an extra pawn - though doubled) but it is not easy to convert it into a win. However, greediness rarely pays the rent: 32. ... Qxb2?? 33. Rh8+! Kxh8 34. Qh4+ resigns. Rh7 loses after Qxd8+ Kg8 Rg1+ and Kg8 loses after Qxd8+ Kh7 Qh4+ Kg8 Re8#. The d8-h4 diagonal proved crucial here!
In round four France won yet another giant clash. On Tuesday they beat Germany 2,5-1,5 to move into sole lead, and the one to seal their victory was again unstoppable GM Fressinet. Seeds 19, Switzerland, found themselves in the nose suddenly and fought hard only to lose modestly vs Israel. Van Wely's nice win over Akopian (a +2700!) and three draws paved Holland's way to a victory over Armenia. Sweden lost yet another battle and fell down the table. Poland recovered hammering Croatia 3,5-0,5 - the highest result of the day among top teams. Ukraine and Russia, the teams that were doing badly last days, ran over Sweden "C" and Scotland respectively with a steamrolling 4-0. Poor Scotland, yesterday they lost to Ukraine only to find Russia as their next opponents! Women's section saw sensational Romania destroying Russia 3-1(Peptan-Kosteniuk 1-0) which is by far the biggest sensation of the event since Russia had no less than 100 ELOs advantage on average at each board! Georgia halved with France (Skripchenko-Chiburdanidze draw) and Poland moved into second position defeating Greece 3-1. Bulgaria shot Croatia (poor Croatia today) dead with a clear 4-0 while Hungary had another bad day barely drawing with Lithuania (no drawn games though!)
Standings
Men: France - 8; Azerbaijan, Israel, Netherlands - 7; Ukraine, Czech Republic, Poland, Sweden "B", Germany - 6
Women: Romania - 8; Poland - 7; Bulgaria, Russia, Georgia - 6
Please don't forget these links:
http://www.goteborgchess2005.se - Championship Official page. Includes results, games, photos, comments and more.
http://schach.wienerzeitung.at/asp/turniereET.asp?tnr=2498&lan=1 - Official results page. Includes detailed results, rankings, statistics.
http://www.chessbase.com - daily reports with results, photos and links, including IM Aagaard's daily audio analyses in the Broadcast room at Playchess (available for guest users as well!)
Fressinet (FRA, 2627) - Graf (GER, 2605)Series of subtle manoeuvres, so typical for Breyer line in Ruy Lopez led White to obvious positional advantage. White Queen infiltrated sixth rank and black fields are weakened for Black. The final is not very close yet, though 42. Nc6! threatening the Rook and the Knight, which serves as major defender 42. ... Nxc6?? loses at once. Now White conducts quick and effective attack 43. Rxf7! Rxf7 44. Qxg6+ Rg7 45. Qxe8+ Kh7 46. e5+ resigns. Well done again, Laurent!
Van Wely (NED, 2655) - Akopian (ARM, 2705)The game was decisive as the rest were either drawn or heading towards a draw. Black is squeezed and quite passive, but since d6 is his only weakness he should recover from it, had he only thought about defence... But perhaps Akopian decided to conduct a counter-attack. 23. ... f5? seemingly releases the tension but who says White must take the challenge? Of course gxf6 e.p. Nxf6 works fine for Black, but if White does not take the pawn it becomes clear that now both d6 and e6 became weak pawns. 24. e4! Rf8 of course fxe4 Nxe4 cost Black a pawn, but this move is no better for him 25. exf5 Rxf5 if exf5 then Nd5 wins 26. Ne4 e5 27. Nxd6 Bxd6 28. Rxd6 exf4 29. Rf1 +- White has huge positional advantage and an extra pawn (f4 is dead). He soon converted it into a win.
Wojtaszek (POL, 2591) - Palac (CRO, 2566)This was really black day for the Croatians. Of 8 games played today they lost 7! Palac's game vs newly created Polish champion was no exception. See the diagram position. White has clear positional advantage but he is two pawns down. This usually leads to a draw... 31. Rxh6+! this is a pseudo sacrifice. Taking a Rook loses immediately after Qxh6+ Kg8 Rh1 with mate (or winning a Queen) 31. ... Kg8 32. Qc7 Rdxd7 33. Qc8+ Bf8?? Simple Rf8 refuted all the threats and led to a drawn enging 34. Rhd6!! resigns. Black Bishop is pinned and cannot take the Rook, and the black Rook cannot leave black Queen unprotected. White wins the Rook...
McShane (ENG, 2625) - Damljanovic (YUG, 2612)What has considerable advantage (more active pieces and an extra pawn - though doubled) but it is not easy to convert it into a win. However, greediness rarely pays the rent: 32. ... Qxb2?? 33. Rh8+! Kxh8 34. Qh4+ resigns. Rh7 loses after Qxd8+ Kg8 Rg1+ and Kg8 loses after Qxd8+ Kh7 Qh4+ Kg8 Re8#. The d8-h4 diagonal proved crucial here!
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European Team Championship round 3
Posted by Webmaster on 3 August 2005
Round three brought another major sensation as the Russians lost to France! Fressinet sealed French win at board 4 (see below for preview of this excellent game). The host team finally lost a match (3-1 vs Germany) and fell down the table. Israel took four brisk draws vs Netherlands at top table. Armenia beat Georgia 3-1, no suspicions this time (for those who don't understand: please study Calvia Olympiad round 14 results at olimpbase.org). Ukraine defeated 3-1 Scotland and Hungary, perhaps waiting for Judith Polgar too long lost badly to Serbia and Montenegro.
In the women's section Russia beat Greece 3-1 (although Botsari defeated N.Kosintseva) and Romania quite unexpectedly ran over Armenia. Chiburdanidze played excellent game to beat Zhukova of Ukraine and seal Georgia's win 2,5-1,5. Poland took precious win over Germany. An interesting battle between Skripchenko and Stefanowa went on for a draw, same as Bulgaria-France match.
Standings
Men: France and Germany - 6; Azerbaijan, Israel, Holland, Armenia, Switzerland and Romania - 5
Women: Romania and Russia - 6; Poland, Georgia - 5
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY
Dautov (GER, 2595) - Hector (SWE, 2534)
Apparently Black, whose position is quite passive and his pawn structure makes any breakthrough virtually impossible, was afraid of White's attacking chances at the Queenside. This is why he decided to block it with b7-b5. Of course cxb6 e.p. doesn't work well because of possible weakness of b4 pawn. But here comes an unpleasant surprise... 15. Nxb5! cxb5 16. Bxb5 Ne4 this is the point. Black's Knight is his only active piece, but since e4 is white square it controls only black squares that have ample protection. Now White easily dominates the Queenside. 17. Bc6 Rc8 18. b5 Nexc5 the piece must be given away, but there was no other way to clear the threats 19. Rxa7! Kf8 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Rxe7! a finishing move 21. ... Kxe7 22. Bb4 Kd6 23. 0-0 there is no way for Black to release from the pin 23. ... Rxc6 24. bxc6 Rc8 25. Ba3! Rxc6 26. b4 Nd3 27. b5 +- This must have been really frustrating for Hector since the game was totally one-sided and most of Black's moves were forced.
Berg (SWE, 2539) - Graf (GER, 2605)
Another game from Sweden-Germany match. As Berg was watching his teammates losing 1-2 his only chance to save the match was to win this game. The position is quite even, and the draw may be taken at no risk. But White decided to sacrifice a piece or two... 27. Bb2?! the idea is Qxb2 Bxg6 opening file and attacking the Queen. Still after Q takes R the position is hardly better for White. Even worse, Black has better defence 27. ... Bd7! 28. Qg5 Qxb2 29. Bxg6 Qc3 this is the point! Without Bd7 White could well play Bf5 and Nh5. Now it is over, so White sacrifices desperately another piece 30. Bxf7??! Kxf7 31. Nh5 Ne6 the only move, but fairly easy to find 32. Qf5+ Kg8 33. Nf6+ Bxf6 34. exf6 Kf7 35. Rxd5 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Rh8+ -+ This is quite devilish ending. Finally it is White King that falls under mortal attack while the Black monarch stays safe.
Fressinet (FRA, 2627) - Timofeev (RUS, 2661)
Now watch how the Frenchmen beat the Russians. The position doesn't look bad for Black at all. The material is balanced, the King is ready to castle, d5 seems to be controlled well and black pieces seem to do well in general. Now watch how in just a couple of moves Fressinet destroys Black's hopes. A perfect example of positional play in the middlegame. 15. c4! covering the Bishop but also protecting d5. 15. ... Bc6 16. c5! suddenly we find that it is pawn e5 that is major weakness 16. ... dxc5 17. Nxe5 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Rf8 19. Nc3 += the position is clearly better for White, but still not easily won. However the Russian blunders to make his position worse quickly: 19. ... Rc8? 20. Nc4 Rd8 21. Nd6+ Rxd6 22. Rxd6 +- Sometimes too offensive play is not recommended!
Kotronias (GRE, 2587) - Radjabov (AZE, 2682)
This is truly unbelievable position. White Rooks took absolute control over open files but pair of Black pawns is on their way to heaven. 42. ... c2!! yes! If White takes the Queen then Black simply recaptures and c2 is unstoppable. White seems to excert pressure but not, it is him who is in deep defence. So, only passive move works here... 43. Qc5 Wc8 the tension at "c" file increases but no one dares to take the first shot! 44. a6 b2 45. Qxc2 Qxb6! of course not Qxc6? Rxc6 Rxc6 Qxb2= 46. Rxc8+ taking a Rook with a tempo but this is still not enough! 46. ... Kg7 47. Qb1 Re7! threatening Re1+ 48. Kh2 Rc7 49. Rxc7 Qxc7+ a check! 50. g3 Qc1 -+ All of the mightiest pieces were facing each other but it was a humble pawn that it was all about in fact!
Round three brought another major sensation as the Russians lost to France! Fressinet sealed French win at board 4 (see below for preview of this excellent game). The host team finally lost a match (3-1 vs Germany) and fell down the table. Israel took four brisk draws vs Netherlands at top table. Armenia beat Georgia 3-1, no suspicions this time (for those who don't understand: please study Calvia Olympiad round 14 results at olimpbase.org). Ukraine defeated 3-1 Scotland and Hungary, perhaps waiting for Judith Polgar too long lost badly to Serbia and Montenegro. In the women's section Russia beat Greece 3-1 (although Botsari defeated N.Kosintseva) and Romania quite unexpectedly ran over Armenia. Chiburdanidze played excellent game to beat Zhukova of Ukraine and seal Georgia's win 2,5-1,5. Poland took precious win over Germany. An interesting battle between Skripchenko and Stefanowa went on for a draw, same as Bulgaria-France match.
Standings
Men: France and Germany - 6; Azerbaijan, Israel, Holland, Armenia, Switzerland and Romania - 5
Women: Romania and Russia - 6; Poland, Georgia - 5
Dautov (GER, 2595) - Hector (SWE, 2534)Apparently Black, whose position is quite passive and his pawn structure makes any breakthrough virtually impossible, was afraid of White's attacking chances at the Queenside. This is why he decided to block it with b7-b5. Of course cxb6 e.p. doesn't work well because of possible weakness of b4 pawn. But here comes an unpleasant surprise... 15. Nxb5! cxb5 16. Bxb5 Ne4 this is the point. Black's Knight is his only active piece, but since e4 is white square it controls only black squares that have ample protection. Now White easily dominates the Queenside. 17. Bc6 Rc8 18. b5 Nexc5 the piece must be given away, but there was no other way to clear the threats 19. Rxa7! Kf8 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Rxe7! a finishing move 21. ... Kxe7 22. Bb4 Kd6 23. 0-0 there is no way for Black to release from the pin 23. ... Rxc6 24. bxc6 Rc8 25. Ba3! Rxc6 26. b4 Nd3 27. b5 +- This must have been really frustrating for Hector since the game was totally one-sided and most of Black's moves were forced.
Berg (SWE, 2539) - Graf (GER, 2605)Another game from Sweden-Germany match. As Berg was watching his teammates losing 1-2 his only chance to save the match was to win this game. The position is quite even, and the draw may be taken at no risk. But White decided to sacrifice a piece or two... 27. Bb2?! the idea is Qxb2 Bxg6 opening file and attacking the Queen. Still after Q takes R the position is hardly better for White. Even worse, Black has better defence 27. ... Bd7! 28. Qg5 Qxb2 29. Bxg6 Qc3 this is the point! Without Bd7 White could well play Bf5 and Nh5. Now it is over, so White sacrifices desperately another piece 30. Bxf7??! Kxf7 31. Nh5 Ne6 the only move, but fairly easy to find 32. Qf5+ Kg8 33. Nf6+ Bxf6 34. exf6 Kf7 35. Rxd5 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Rh8+ -+ This is quite devilish ending. Finally it is White King that falls under mortal attack while the Black monarch stays safe.
Fressinet (FRA, 2627) - Timofeev (RUS, 2661)Now watch how the Frenchmen beat the Russians. The position doesn't look bad for Black at all. The material is balanced, the King is ready to castle, d5 seems to be controlled well and black pieces seem to do well in general. Now watch how in just a couple of moves Fressinet destroys Black's hopes. A perfect example of positional play in the middlegame. 15. c4! covering the Bishop but also protecting d5. 15. ... Bc6 16. c5! suddenly we find that it is pawn e5 that is major weakness 16. ... dxc5 17. Nxe5 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Rf8 19. Nc3 += the position is clearly better for White, but still not easily won. However the Russian blunders to make his position worse quickly: 19. ... Rc8? 20. Nc4 Rd8 21. Nd6+ Rxd6 22. Rxd6 +- Sometimes too offensive play is not recommended!
Kotronias (GRE, 2587) - Radjabov (AZE, 2682)This is truly unbelievable position. White Rooks took absolute control over open files but pair of Black pawns is on their way to heaven. 42. ... c2!! yes! If White takes the Queen then Black simply recaptures and c2 is unstoppable. White seems to excert pressure but not, it is him who is in deep defence. So, only passive move works here... 43. Qc5 Wc8 the tension at "c" file increases but no one dares to take the first shot! 44. a6 b2 45. Qxc2 Qxb6! of course not Qxc6? Rxc6 Rxc6 Qxb2= 46. Rxc8+ taking a Rook with a tempo but this is still not enough! 46. ... Kg7 47. Qb1 Re7! threatening Re1+ 48. Kh2 Rc7 49. Rxc7 Qxc7+ a check! 50. g3 Qc1 -+ All of the mightiest pieces were facing each other but it was a humble pawn that it was all about in fact!
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European Team Championship round 2
Posted by Webmaster on 3 August 2005
As early as in round 2 the top matches are very tight already. Russia halved vs Azerbaijan at top table (all faour games were drawn). Avrukh led Israel to a win over Hungary beating Ruck nicely (see below for the game). Ukraine sensationally lost to Holland as Timman beat Kuzubov , and don't forget that Jan will soon turn 54 while Yury is still a teen (15)! France, led by superb duo Bacrot and Lautier ran over the Czech Republic and Germany beat England. Sweden, the leaders beat Serbia while Armenia hammered Sweden "C" by a ruthless 4-0.
In the women's section Russia beat Serbia, Hungary lost sensationally to Greece 3-1, Armenia beat Holland and the rest of the pairing, including Poland-Georgia and Ukraine-Bulgaria (Stefanova beat Lahno) were drawn.
Leaders in men's competition: France, Israel, Holland, Germany and Sweden; in women's: Romania, Russia, Armenia, Greece (and poor Swiss girls lost both matches 4-0!).
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY
Avrukh (ISR, 2652) - Ruck (HUN, 2546)
Black chose one of minor lines of Grunfeld of dubious reputation. Indeed, his pieces quickly lost coordination leading to some positional disadvantages and material loses. See how quickly White destroys Black shield. 27. e6! before this move was made, would you guess the black King's position is vital? 27. ... Rxc8 28. exf7+ Qxf7 29. Qxc8+ Kg7 30. Re6! now Black cannot stop white Rook from its way to c7. Rc1 was quickier but easy to refute with Nc5 30. ... Nc5 31. Rc6 Qf8 32. Rc7+ Kg8 33. Qh3! resigns. Mate on h7 can only be avoided at a cost of a Queen. Impressive mobility and coordination of White pieces.
Kortschnoj (SUI, 2615) - Nisipeanu (ROM, 2679)
The legendary veteran Kortschnoj and young Romanian fought hard until the Rook ending emerged from complex middlegame. While Nisipeanu greedily stole all of white Kingside pawns Kortschnoj focused on his "b" file pawn that was finally killed in a suicidal run of black Rook. The ending is drawish, but let us see how it all worked: 38. ... f5 39. Kc6 g5 40. Kc5 perhaps Rd5 was a better choice first! 40. ... Ke5 41. Kc4 Ke4 42. Kc3 h5 43. Kd2 h4 44. Ke2 g4 and white King is where it should be but the chain of black pawns progressed, securing a tie. 45. Ra4 Ke5 46. Ke3 h3 = White can easily take f5 in which case he loses immediately because of "h" pawn promotion. On the other hand black chain of pawns is blocked.
Antoniou (CYP, 2198) - Kozul (CRO, 2585)
GM Kozul must have probably taken his amateur opponent too easy. The game was hard fought but Black's threats at white Kingside must have looked dangerous for White. Antoniou missed a chance of his life. To justify him, the way to win was not obvious. White was winning after 34. Rb6! Kg6 (to avoid pin) 35. Bxe6 Kh7 36. Bxf5+ Kg8 37. Qd5+ Kf8 38. Rg6 or 35. ... Kh5 36. Bf7+ Kg4 37. Rd4+ f4 38. Rg6. Instead he played 33. Rdc7? a3! 34. Bb5?? still 34. Qxa3 Kf8 35. Qc3! Qf6 36. Qxf6 Bxf6 37. Rf7+ was winning 34. ... Ra1!! a thunderstruck! 35. Kb3 axb2 36. Bxe8+ Kf8! resigns. Not every day we see a 2200 player so close to defeating a 2600 GM...
As early as in round 2 the top matches are very tight already. Russia halved vs Azerbaijan at top table (all faour games were drawn). Avrukh led Israel to a win over Hungary beating Ruck nicely (see below for the game). Ukraine sensationally lost to Holland as Timman beat Kuzubov , and don't forget that Jan will soon turn 54 while Yury is still a teen (15)! France, led by superb duo Bacrot and Lautier ran over the Czech Republic and Germany beat England. Sweden, the leaders beat Serbia while Armenia hammered Sweden "C" by a ruthless 4-0. In the women's section Russia beat Serbia, Hungary lost sensationally to Greece 3-1, Armenia beat Holland and the rest of the pairing, including Poland-Georgia and Ukraine-Bulgaria (Stefanova beat Lahno) were drawn.
Leaders in men's competition: France, Israel, Holland, Germany and Sweden; in women's: Romania, Russia, Armenia, Greece (and poor Swiss girls lost both matches 4-0!).
Avrukh (ISR, 2652) - Ruck (HUN, 2546)Black chose one of minor lines of Grunfeld of dubious reputation. Indeed, his pieces quickly lost coordination leading to some positional disadvantages and material loses. See how quickly White destroys Black shield. 27. e6! before this move was made, would you guess the black King's position is vital? 27. ... Rxc8 28. exf7+ Qxf7 29. Qxc8+ Kg7 30. Re6! now Black cannot stop white Rook from its way to c7. Rc1 was quickier but easy to refute with Nc5 30. ... Nc5 31. Rc6 Qf8 32. Rc7+ Kg8 33. Qh3! resigns. Mate on h7 can only be avoided at a cost of a Queen. Impressive mobility and coordination of White pieces.
Kortschnoj (SUI, 2615) - Nisipeanu (ROM, 2679)The legendary veteran Kortschnoj and young Romanian fought hard until the Rook ending emerged from complex middlegame. While Nisipeanu greedily stole all of white Kingside pawns Kortschnoj focused on his "b" file pawn that was finally killed in a suicidal run of black Rook. The ending is drawish, but let us see how it all worked: 38. ... f5 39. Kc6 g5 40. Kc5 perhaps Rd5 was a better choice first! 40. ... Ke5 41. Kc4 Ke4 42. Kc3 h5 43. Kd2 h4 44. Ke2 g4 and white King is where it should be but the chain of black pawns progressed, securing a tie. 45. Ra4 Ke5 46. Ke3 h3 = White can easily take f5 in which case he loses immediately because of "h" pawn promotion. On the other hand black chain of pawns is blocked.
Antoniou (CYP, 2198) - Kozul (CRO, 2585)GM Kozul must have probably taken his amateur opponent too easy. The game was hard fought but Black's threats at white Kingside must have looked dangerous for White. Antoniou missed a chance of his life. To justify him, the way to win was not obvious. White was winning after 34. Rb6! Kg6 (to avoid pin) 35. Bxe6 Kh7 36. Bxf5+ Kg8 37. Qd5+ Kf8 38. Rg6 or 35. ... Kh5 36. Bf7+ Kg4 37. Rd4+ f4 38. Rg6. Instead he played 33. Rdc7? a3! 34. Bb5?? still 34. Qxa3 Kf8 35. Qc3! Qf6 36. Qxf6 Bxf6 37. Rf7+ was winning 34. ... Ra1!! a thunderstruck! 35. Kb3 axb2 36. Bxe8+ Kf8! resigns. Not every day we see a 2200 player so close to defeating a 2600 GM...
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European Team Championship round 1
Posted by Webmaster on 2 August 2005
Round 1 usually sees the big-wigs playing the minnows and not many matches are the close run. However here, with just 40 teams and most of them being quite strong there are few that will be easy to defeat. Russia, seeded as no. 1, beat Croatia at board one, but only by the smallest possible margin and Motylev lost badly to Palac. Ukraine beat Spain 3-1 despite Karjakin's loss. Armenia, 4th seeds, drew (remember that match points matter!) vs Lithuania in a four tie match. France hammered Estonia by 3,5-0,5 and we saw emmaculate technique that led Bacrot to an instructive engame win vs Kualots. Georgia with Azmaiparashvili and Jobava, the Calvia hero, barely halved vs Sweden "C" (sic!). Sweden "A" were lucky enough to be seeded in 20th which made possible for them to face Cyprus, by far the weakest of all teams (and, remember, Kotronias plays for Greece now) and were the only team to win with a clear 4-0.
In women's sections, where the matches were for the very first time played at 4 boards, all of seeded teams won. Germany took the lead after 4-0 over Switzerland. Russia and Georgia, top seeds, won their matches 3,5-0,5. Poland and Ukraine dropped 1,5 (but no match point!) vs the Czech Republic and Sweden "A" respectively.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY
Motylev (RUS, 2675) - Palac (CRO, 2566)
Motylev conducted brave Queenside attack in a Sicilian Najdorf. The Black refuted the threats but at the cost of a pawn and chain of three free white pawns at the Queenside. The ending looked well for White but suddenly one of black pawns took one or two steps forwards and suddenly faced promotion. In the diagram position 38. Bf1 leads to a draw: 38. ... Nd2+ 39. Kc1 Nxf1 40. Rxf1 g2 41. Rf6+ Kh5 42. Rf5+ Ng5 43. Nf3 Kg4 44. Rxg5+ Kxf3=. Instead White played 38. Ka2? and lost after 38. ... g2 39. Nf3 Ng5 40. Nh4 act of desperation 40. ... g1=Q 41. Nf5+ Kg6 42. Ne7+ Kh6 43. Nf5+ is it a perpetual check? 43. ... Kh5 of course not. White resigned.
Moiseenko (UKR, 2664) - Lopez Martinez (ESP, 2507)
Seemingly position looks well for Black. He infiltrated white King's position and is two pawns ahead. But in fact he is almost lost already because of underdevelopment of his Queenside pieces and almight pair of white Bishops. 17. ... Bf6 in order to prevent Bg5+ 18. Be3! Qxb2 19. Rb1 Qc3 20. Qd5 Nc6 what else could be done here? 21. c5! Be7? loses immediately, but there was no rescue 22. cxd6 resigns.
Perez Candelario (ESP, 2504) - Karjakin (UKR, 2645)
The wunderkind from Ukraine is clearly in trouble. The e6 pawn is permanently weak and coordination between Queenside and Kingside is poor. White has pair of Bishops and good attacking chances. Look in how tricky way Perez converts these positional advantage into a clear win: 22. ... Nxb6 23. b5! Qc8 24. bxa6! the Knight still under attack 24. ... bxa6 25. axb6 Qb7 26. c5! and game over... 26. ... dxc5 27. Rxd8 Bxd8 28. Bxc5 despite the material balance the "b" pawn costs a piece, and in fact it did on White's 39th move. The game was 73 moves long though and an unusual ending RBBvQ took place. 1-0
Kulaots (EST, 2570) - Bacrot (FRA, 2729)
Can Black win this position? He has huge material advantage but because of "bad" Bishop a simple plan of taking ph4 fails. So his primary task is to push white King far from the key corner to pave the way up for black pawn. If took Bactor as much as 41 moves to complete the task! Detailed analysis of this ending is probably a challenge for a few weeks for a team of world's top GMs, so we will not analyse it here. The zugzwang position was: white Kb1; black Kd1 and Bd4; White's move. After forced 120. Ka2 black King simply stole the pawn and Bd4 blocked white King's way info the corned through h1-a8 diagonal.
Olsson (SWE2, 2416) - Babula (CZE, 2604)
The position is complex and both sides have all kinds of attacking chances. 25. ... Rxc3! the only move. Qxd6 loses because of Rxd6 and a pin on Nd7 26. Nxc3? loses immediately. 26. Qxc7 R3xc7 27. Rxd7 Rxc2+ 28.Kd1= was the only choice 26. ... Qxc3 27. e5 perhaps hoping to annihilate black Bishop, but.... 27. ... Nc5? oups! he missed a win in one move, namely Bf8!! Now White stays alive, although not quite fit. 28. Kb1 Nxb3 29. Ka2 Bf8? too late now! Nc1+ Rxc1 Rc4 was decisive 30.Qd3? better Qxb6 30. ... Nc1+ 31. Rxc1 Qxd3 32. cxd3 Rxc1 -+ White resigned soon and the game must be called "a blunder comedy". The zeitnot at both sides is not an excuse.
Round 1 usually sees the big-wigs playing the minnows and not many matches are the close run. However here, with just 40 teams and most of them being quite strong there are few that will be easy to defeat. Russia, seeded as no. 1, beat Croatia at board one, but only by the smallest possible margin and Motylev lost badly to Palac. Ukraine beat Spain 3-1 despite Karjakin's loss. Armenia, 4th seeds, drew (remember that match points matter!) vs Lithuania in a four tie match. France hammered Estonia by 3,5-0,5 and we saw emmaculate technique that led Bacrot to an instructive engame win vs Kualots. Georgia with Azmaiparashvili and Jobava, the Calvia hero, barely halved vs Sweden "C" (sic!). Sweden "A" were lucky enough to be seeded in 20th which made possible for them to face Cyprus, by far the weakest of all teams (and, remember, Kotronias plays for Greece now) and were the only team to win with a clear 4-0.In women's sections, where the matches were for the very first time played at 4 boards, all of seeded teams won. Germany took the lead after 4-0 over Switzerland. Russia and Georgia, top seeds, won their matches 3,5-0,5. Poland and Ukraine dropped 1,5 (but no match point!) vs the Czech Republic and Sweden "A" respectively.
Motylev (RUS, 2675) - Palac (CRO, 2566)Motylev conducted brave Queenside attack in a Sicilian Najdorf. The Black refuted the threats but at the cost of a pawn and chain of three free white pawns at the Queenside. The ending looked well for White but suddenly one of black pawns took one or two steps forwards and suddenly faced promotion. In the diagram position 38. Bf1 leads to a draw: 38. ... Nd2+ 39. Kc1 Nxf1 40. Rxf1 g2 41. Rf6+ Kh5 42. Rf5+ Ng5 43. Nf3 Kg4 44. Rxg5+ Kxf3=. Instead White played 38. Ka2? and lost after 38. ... g2 39. Nf3 Ng5 40. Nh4 act of desperation 40. ... g1=Q 41. Nf5+ Kg6 42. Ne7+ Kh6 43. Nf5+ is it a perpetual check? 43. ... Kh5 of course not. White resigned.
Moiseenko (UKR, 2664) - Lopez Martinez (ESP, 2507)Seemingly position looks well for Black. He infiltrated white King's position and is two pawns ahead. But in fact he is almost lost already because of underdevelopment of his Queenside pieces and almight pair of white Bishops. 17. ... Bf6 in order to prevent Bg5+ 18. Be3! Qxb2 19. Rb1 Qc3 20. Qd5 Nc6 what else could be done here? 21. c5! Be7? loses immediately, but there was no rescue 22. cxd6 resigns.
Perez Candelario (ESP, 2504) - Karjakin (UKR, 2645)The wunderkind from Ukraine is clearly in trouble. The e6 pawn is permanently weak and coordination between Queenside and Kingside is poor. White has pair of Bishops and good attacking chances. Look in how tricky way Perez converts these positional advantage into a clear win: 22. ... Nxb6 23. b5! Qc8 24. bxa6! the Knight still under attack 24. ... bxa6 25. axb6 Qb7 26. c5! and game over... 26. ... dxc5 27. Rxd8 Bxd8 28. Bxc5 despite the material balance the "b" pawn costs a piece, and in fact it did on White's 39th move. The game was 73 moves long though and an unusual ending RBBvQ took place. 1-0
Kulaots (EST, 2570) - Bacrot (FRA, 2729)Can Black win this position? He has huge material advantage but because of "bad" Bishop a simple plan of taking ph4 fails. So his primary task is to push white King far from the key corner to pave the way up for black pawn. If took Bactor as much as 41 moves to complete the task! Detailed analysis of this ending is probably a challenge for a few weeks for a team of world's top GMs, so we will not analyse it here. The zugzwang position was: white Kb1; black Kd1 and Bd4; White's move. After forced 120. Ka2 black King simply stole the pawn and Bd4 blocked white King's way info the corned through h1-a8 diagonal.
Olsson (SWE2, 2416) - Babula (CZE, 2604)The position is complex and both sides have all kinds of attacking chances. 25. ... Rxc3! the only move. Qxd6 loses because of Rxd6 and a pin on Nd7 26. Nxc3? loses immediately. 26. Qxc7 R3xc7 27. Rxd7 Rxc2+ 28.Kd1= was the only choice 26. ... Qxc3 27. e5 perhaps hoping to annihilate black Bishop, but.... 27. ... Nc5? oups! he missed a win in one move, namely Bf8!! Now White stays alive, although not quite fit. 28. Kb1 Nxb3 29. Ka2 Bf8? too late now! Nc1+ Rxc1 Rc4 was decisive 30.Qd3? better Qxb6 30. ... Nc1+ 31. Rxc1 Qxd3 32. cxd3 Rxc1 -+ White resigned soon and the game must be called "a blunder comedy". The zeitnot at both sides is not an excuse.
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The European Team Championship is on the way!
Posted by Webmaster on 2 August 2005
The European Team Championship celebrates these days its jubillee of 15th edition yet it is as old as 48 years, as the very first edition was held in 1957. It used to be round robin event but since 1989 the overwhelming Swiss Sytsem is in use. Unlike the Olympiads the distance is 9 rounds and the Match Points are major tie-break (which, by the way, dramatically affects the nature of the competition).
38 teams in open event and 25 teams in women's event will apeear in Gothenburg, Sweden, which hosts the 2005 Championship. Among them many world's top players like Ivanchuk, Svidler, Bacrot, Lautier, Akopian, Karjakin, McShane and others. Russia are top seeds with average ELO of 2692 ahead of Israel (2659) and Armenia (2653). Other teams aiming at reaching medal zone are France, Ukraine, Poland, Holland and Sweden (yep!).
We will provide you with daily reports including game overview and highlight preview, so stay tuned! Moreover, within a week we will provide you with a complete history of the European Chess Team Championship (both men and women), with every game, every player and ever result available online one click away from you!
Please don't forget the must links:
http://www.goteborgchess2005.se - Championship Official page. Includes results, games, photos, comments and more.
http://schach.wienerzeitung.at/asp/turniereET.asp?tnr=2498&lan=1 - Official results page. Includes detailed results, rankings, statistics.
http://www.chessbase.com - daily reports with results, photos and links, including IM Aagaard's daily audio analyses in the Broadcast room at Playchess (available for guest users as well!)
The European Team Championship celebrates these days its jubillee of 15th edition yet it is as old as 48 years, as the very first edition was held in 1957. It used to be round robin event but since 1989 the overwhelming Swiss Sytsem is in use. Unlike the Olympiads the distance is 9 rounds and the Match Points are major tie-break (which, by the way, dramatically affects the nature of the competition).38 teams in open event and 25 teams in women's event will apeear in Gothenburg, Sweden, which hosts the 2005 Championship. Among them many world's top players like Ivanchuk, Svidler, Bacrot, Lautier, Akopian, Karjakin, McShane and others. Russia are top seeds with average ELO of 2692 ahead of Israel (2659) and Armenia (2653). Other teams aiming at reaching medal zone are France, Ukraine, Poland, Holland and Sweden (yep!).
We will provide you with daily reports including game overview and highlight preview, so stay tuned! Moreover, within a week we will provide you with a complete history of the European Chess Team Championship (both men and women), with every game, every player and ever result available online one click away from you!
Please don't forget the must links:
http://www.goteborgchess2005.se - Championship Official page. Includes results, games, photos, comments and more.
http://schach.wienerzeitung.at/asp/turniereET.asp?tnr=2498&lan=1 - Official results page. Includes detailed results, rankings, statistics.
http://www.chessbase.com - daily reports with results, photos and links, including IM Aagaard's daily audio analyses in the Broadcast room at Playchess (available for guest users as well!)
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