Archive for July 31st, 2008
SPNI standings after 5 rounds no comments
Source: Susan Polgar Blog
Standings 2008 Polgar:
# Name ID Rtng Post St Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 Courtney Jamison 12746751 2046 2054 TX W32 W26 W22 W14 W7 5.0
2 Linda Diaz 12908194 1726 1744 NY D27 W46 W17 W6 W10 4.5
3 Rebekah Liu 12933645 1699 1716 CA W31 W19 D6 D4 W18 4.0
4 Michelle Xue Chen 12918779 1762 1775 MA W45 D23 W9 D3 W16 4.0
5 Ashley Carter 12862296 1877 1872 MI W24 L22 W29 W26 W14 4.0
6 Angel Bohannon 12782586 1700 1697 TX W35 W15 D3 L2 W24 3.5
7 Rita Mirchandani 12864067 1813 1814 FL W36 W28 D21 W8 L1 3.5
8 Alexandra Wiener 12873148 1560 1610 CT W47 W16 W25 L7 D13 3.5
9 Taylor Bailey 12824524 1650 1669 OR W49 D11 L4 W27 W25 3.5
10 Amelia Wheeless 12806981 1711 1712 NC W39 D17 W23 W21 L2 3.5
11 Sylvia S Yang 12909161 1911 1896 TX W30 D9 L14 W23 W21 3.5
12 Nisha Deolalikar 12760636 1726 1707 CA L15 W27 W38 D24 W22 3.5
13 Eve Zhurbinskiy 12878963 1747 1731 NJ W40 L21 W36 W32 D8 3.5
14 Brianna Conley 12821777 1573 1615 OH W51 W18 W11 L1 L5 3.0
15 Melanie Newell 12780447 1198 1374 MS W12 L6 W28 L16 W33 3.0
16 Rheanna English 12807166 1713 1692 TX W38 L8 W42 W15 L4 3.0
17 Michelle Farell 12848136 1506 1519 OK W44 D10 L2 D33 W37 3.0
18 Fiona Lam 12963876 1727 1704 MD W37 L14 W45 W30 L3 3.0
19 Ashbea Oyadomari 13734242 900 1118 HI W20 L3 L33 W40 W32 3.0
20 Leanne Hwa 13956075 1436 1386 WA L19 L35 W47 W41 W34 3.0
21 Rebecca Lelko 12851444 1595 1609 OH W34 W13 D7 L10 L11 2.5
22 Sayaka Foley 12918743 1652 1663 AZ W43 W5 L1 D25 L12 2.5
23 Jamie Olsen-Mills 12715484 1617 1610 UT W50 D4 L10 L11 W42 2.5
24 WCM Claudia Munoz 13481236 1324 1343 TX L5 W43 W34 D12 L6 2.5
25 Janice Chen 12756646 1772 1740 UT W42 W29 L8 D22 L9 2.5
26 Shinan Jin 12888704 1686 1670 PA W41 L1 W37 L5 D30 2.5
27 Joanna Gossell 13093568 1255 1274 MO D2 L12 W44 L9 W43 2.5
28 Sonya Vohra 12902778 1621 1585 IL W48 L7 L15 W35 D29 2.5
29 Elizabeth Oliver 12933425 1322 1341 NE W52 L25 L5 W31 D28 2.5
30 Hannah Hellwig 12860260 1333 1349 AL L11 W49 W46 L18 D26 2.5
31 Sorel Edes 12833199 1098 1186 ME L3 D33 W39 L29 W45 2.5
32 Emily Tallo 13526540 1349 1331 IN L1 W41 W35 L13 L19 2.0
33 Ananya Roy 12921220 1683 1620 GA L46 D31 W19 D17 L15 2.0
34 Annie Wang 13919214 879 990 CA L21 W40 L24 W38 L20 2.0
35 Dhrooti Vyas 12897244 1117 1152 IA L6 W20 L32 L28 W46 2.0
36 Erica Barkell 12772627 1315 1289 ID L7 W48 L13 D43 D39 2.0
37 Mira Ensley-field 12895734 1258 1255 WI L18 W51 L26 W46 L17 2.0
38 Rebecca Deland 13470414 1166 1139 NM L16 W47 L12 L34 W48 2.0
39 Autumn Douthitt 12840938 1154 1131 TN L10 D44 L31 W49 D36 2.0
40 Sarah Garza 13226614 1244 1189 TX L13 L34 W48 L19 W47 2.0
41 Katrina Pritchard 13933202 1008 1024 KS L26 L32 W50 L20 W49 2.0
42 Alexa Lasley 13658407 1141 1162 CO L25 W52 L16 W45 L23 2.0
43 Susan Lynn Brown 12818234 969 986 VA L22 L24 W51 D36 L27 1.5
44 Hannah Whatley 13269020 669 681 SC L17 D39 L27 L50 W52 1.5
45 Georgia Olvera 13227926 1292 1240 TX L4 W50 L18 L42 L31 1.0
46 Morgan Mahowald 12595465 994 1011 MN W33 L2 L30 L37 L35 1.0
47 Kaitlynn Loos 13302437 734 727 SD L8 L38 L20 W52 L40 1.0
48 Catherine Oliver 12933426 719 741 NE L28 L36 L40 W51 L38 1.0
49 Crystal Qian 13469135 924 893 AR L9 L30 W52 L39 L41 1.0
50 Ann Marie Fitch 12980822 893 852 DE L23 L45 L41 W44 L51 1.0
51 Alisha Chawla 13341232 819 798 CA L14 L37 L43 L48 W50 1.0
52 Faith A Munoz 13999788 unr. 284 TX L29 L42 L49 L47 L44 0.0
Source: Susan Polgar Blog
SPNI Final Round Pairings no comments
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Pairings for Round 6. 2008 Polgar: Polgar 2008
Bd Res White Player Name Res Black Player Name
1 Courtney Jamison (2046 : W : 5.0) - Linda Diaz (1726 : W : 4.5)
2 Ashley Carter (1877 : W : 4.0) - Michelle Xue Chen (1762 : B : 4.0)
3 Rebekah Liu (1699 : W : 4.0) - Sylvia S Yang (1911 : B : 3.5)
4 Amelia Wheeless (1711 : B : 3.5) - Rita Mirchandani (1813 : B : 3.5)
5 Eve Zhurbinskiy (1747 : W : 3.5) - Angel Bohannon (1700 : B : 3.5)
6 Nisha Deolalikar (1726 : B : 3.5) - Taylor Bailey (1650 : B : 3.5)
7 Fiona Lam (1727 : B : 3.0) - Alexandra Wiener (1560 : B : 3.5)
8 Rheanna English (1713 : W : 3.0) - Leanne Hwa (1436 : B : 3.0)
9 Brianna Conley (1573 : W : 3.0) - Melanie Newell (1198 : W : 3.0)
10 Ashbea Oyadomari (900 : W : 3.0) - Michelle Farell (1506 : B : 3.0)
11 Janice Chen (1772 : W : 2.5) - Rebecca Lelko (1595 : B : 2.5)
12 Elizabeth Oliver (1322 : W : 2.5) - Shinan Jin (1686 : B : 2.5)
13 Sayaka Foley (1652 : W : 2.5) - WCM Claudia Munoz (1324 : B : 2.5)
14 Hannah Hellwig (1333 : W : 2.5) - Sonya Vohra (1621 : B : 2.5)
15 Jamie Olsen-Mills (1617 : W : 2.5) - Joanna Gossell (1255 : B : 2.5)
16 Mira Ensley-field (1258 : W : 2.0) - Sorel Edes (1098 : B : 2.5)
17 Ananya Roy (1683 : W : 2.0) - Alexa Lasley (1141 : B : 2.0)
18 Autumn Douthitt (1154 : W : 2.0) - Emily Tallo (1349 : B : 2.0)
19 Annie Wang (879 : W : 2.0) - Erica Barkell (1315 : B : 2.0)
20 Katrina Pritchard (1008 : W : 2.0) - Sarah Garza (1244 : B : 2.0)
21 Dhrooti Vyas (1117 : W : 2.0) - Rebecca Deland (1166 : B : 2.0)
22 Hannah Whatley (669 : W : 1.5) - Susan Lynn Brown (969 : W : 1.5)
23 Alisha Chawla (819 : W : 1.0) - Georgia Olvera (1292 : W : 1.0)
24 Ann Marie Fitch (893 : B : 1.0) - Morgan Mahowald (994 : B : 1.0)
25 Kaitlynn Loos (734 : W : 1.0) - Crystal Qian (924 : B : 1.0)
26 Catherine Oliver (719 : W : 1.0) - Faith A Munoz (0 : B : 0.0)
Source: Susan Polgar Blog
Playoff Theory no comments
Source: United States Chess Federation http://main.uschess.org/index2.php?option=com_rss&feed=RSS2.0&no_html=1
Tom Braunlich takes a comprehensive look at various methods to break ties, and includes thoughts from an all-star roster of organizers and players, including GMs Joel Benjamin, Sergey Kudrin and USCL commissioner IM Greg Shahade.
Biel Wraps as Sochi Kicks Off no comments
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Biel wrapped up with Alekseev taking a playoff against Dominguez while Onsichuk drew Carlsen, keeping him out of the winner’s circle. Gata Kamsky started the Sochi Grand Prix using accurate defense in the Caro to draw against Peter Svidler.
Alekseev defeats Dominguez in playoff no comments
Source: Susan Polgar Blog
After winning the last round’s game to catch Dominguez, GM Alekseev continued his fine streak by winning the playoff by the score of 2.5-1.5 to capture the Biel title.
Congratulations to Evgeny!
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SPNI Round 5 no comments
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This is a crucial round. Only one player has a perfect 4-0 score and 3 players with 3.5 points are trying to catch up.
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Bulgarian wins World Championship no comments
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Chess: Bulgaria’s Veselin Georgiev becomes world champion
31 July 2008 22:17 FOCUS News Agency
Zurich. Veselin Georgiev of Bulgaria is world chess champion for people with impaired hearing, Chessdom.bg announced.Georgiev won the title at the world championship in Switzerland without a single loss. The Bulgarian chess player finished 9,5/11, 8 victories and 3 draws. This is Georgiev’s latest title. He won the highest chess title in 2000 and 2004 in Poland and Germany respectively. Georgiev is also gold-medal winner at many European championships and open tournaments.
Source: FOCUS News
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SPNI Round 5 no comments
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This is a crucial round. Only one player has a perfect 4-0 score and 3 players with 3.5 points are trying to catch up.
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Dominguez, Alekseev tie for 1st in Biel no comments
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While Dominguez lost, Alekseev won to tie for first in Biel. Carlsen could not crack through against Onischuk and had to settle for 3rd place, 1/2 point behind Dominguez and Alekseev.
1. Dominguez Perez, Leinier g CUB 2708 6½
2. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2708 6½
3. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2775 6
4. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2691 5½
5. Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2670 4
6. Pelletier, Yannick g SUI 2569 1½
GM Alekseev (2708) - GM Pelletier (2569) [D81]
31.07.2008 / Biel - Final Round
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bg7 6.e4 0–0 7.Be2 a6 8.Be3 b5 9.Qb3 Bb7 10.f3 Nfd7 11.Nh3 Nc6 12.Rd1 Nb6 13.d5 Na5 14.Qc2 Nac4 15.Bxc4 Nxc4 16.Bc5 Re8 17.0–0 Qc8 18.b3 Nd6 19.Nf4 c6 20.Kh1 Be5 21.Nfe2 Qc7 22.dxc6 Bxc6 23.Bd4 Bxd4 24.Rxd4 Rac8 25.Qd2 Red8 26.Rd1 Nb7 27.Qe3 Rxd4 28.Nxd4 Rd8 29.h4 b4 30.Nxc6 Rxd1+ 31.Nxd1 Qxc6 32.Qd4 Qc2 33.Kh2 Nd6 34.Ne3 Qf2 35.Nf5 Qxd4 36.Nxd4 Nb5 37.Nc6 a5 38.Nxe7+ Kf8 39.Nc6 Nc3 40.Nxa5 Nxa2 41.Kg3 Ke7 42.Kf4 Kd6 43.Kg5 White wins 1–0
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Stunning ending in Biel no comments
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Bacrot after a horrendous start had an amazing second half. He defeated tournament leader Dominguez in the final round and prevented him from winning clear first.
GM Bacrot (2691) - GM Dominguez (2708) [D27]
31.07.2008 / Biel - Final Round
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 a6 6.0–0 c5 7.Bb3 cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6 9.Nc3 Be7 10.Bg5 0–0 11.Qd2 Na5 12.Bc2 b5 13.Rad1 b4 14.Qd3 g6 15.d5 exd5 16.Nxd5 Qxd5 17.Qxd5 Nxd5 18.Rxd5 Bxg5 19.Nxg5 Nb7 20.Rd4 h6 21.Nf3 a5 22.Be4 Rb8 23.Rc1 Be6 24.h4 Bxa2 25.Ne5 Be6 26.Rc7 Nd8 27.Ra7 Rb5 28.Nd7 Bxd7 29.Rdxd7 Kg7 30.Ra6 Kg8 31.Bd5 Kg7 32.g4 Re8 33.Kf1 Rc5 34.Ra8 Rc1+ 35.Kg2 Rc2 36.Bxf7 White wins 1–0
Source: Susan Polgar Blog