Report round 3

 


Women
Third win in a row for Nino Khurtsidze and Mika Yeravan. The armenian Team of Maia Chiburdanidse gets a narrow victory against Chess Club Podgorica and has now beaten numbers 1, 3 and 4 of the starting rank list. Nino Khurtsidze wins a decisive game and scores 3 points from 3 games.

A direct duel of the russians favorits brings a 3,5:0,5 for Krasnoturinsk against Cheliabinsk. Only Stefanova draws her game on board one against Kovalevskaya. Petersburg, number 3 of starting list, loses 1:3 against Sakartvelo from Georgia. This is a big disappointment for Cmilyte and her team, because the chance to win title has gone with this second loss. Saratova keeps this chance with a second win against Kristallens Chess Club. Pogonina, Paehtz, Komiagina and Sharevich score 3,5:0,5.

Men
Topfavorit Ural Sverdlovskaya reaches a 3:3 only against Bank King (ARM). Svidler, Shirov and Grischuk draw their games against Asrian, Lputian and Vaganjan. A victory from Malakhov is compensated by the number 6 of Bank King, Tigran Petrosian. However. An advantage of 100 Elo more on each board wasn´t enough to win.

An narrow victory gets Elara Cheboksary (RUS). Werder Bremen (GER) is beaten with 3,5:2,5. Wins of Mamedyarov and Navara are decisive, because the only win for Bremen gets Nyback against Bareev. Of course, this is the sensation of the round, but doesn´t help german team to get a point.

Big disappointment for the team of Vassily Ivanchuk. TPS Saransk loses against Gros Xake Taldea (ESP) 2,5:3,5. Ivanchuk draws with Loek van Wely. Four teams lead with six points now in table: Tomsk-400, Gos Xake Talde, Ladya Kazan (RUS) with Radjabo and Kasimdhhanov and Clichy (FRA) with Nisipeanu, Naidischt and Pelletier.



Beautiful weather in Fuegen


Outside the festival hall you can get interesting chess books


Werner Stubenvoll and Dirk de Ridder (arbiters), Horst Metzing (ECU)
and Otto Borik (Chess Magazin 64)


Siegfried Posch controls live broadcast in internet


Zeljka Malobabic broadcasts for Monroi with new system of digital score-sheets


Some games are shown in festival hall too.


Boris Gelfand


Loek van der Wely


Viktor Korchnoi


Podgorica - Yerevan


Cheliabinsk - Krasnoturinsk


Vera Nebolsina


Cmilyte and team of St. Petersburg


Anna Sharevich and Maria Komiagina...


Elisabeth Paehtz...


and Natalija Pogonina from Saratov


Another day ends in Fuegen.


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