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15th Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International
23 September - 1 October 2006
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Round 7 - 29 September 2006 - Poland versus Russia, USA vs USA
Round 7: Poland vs Russia on the top two boards;
left to right: Volkov, Krasenkow (standing at back), Akopian, Areschenko,
Bartel, Kobalia
John Saunders reports: Today we have Poland vs Russia on the top two boards - half an Olympiad match, in fact. Krasenkow vs Kobalia and Volkov vs Bartel. Another Polish victim is Socko, who didn't put up much of a fight against Areshchenko's Giuoco Pianissimo (do super-GMs still play that? Apparently so). The Russians came out on top: Kobalia beat Krasenkow while Bartel struggled to a draw against Volkov. Akopian beat Neverov in his best style so four players are in the lead tonight (Akopian, Areshchenko, Kobalia and Bartel). Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi continues to make good progress amongst the super-GMs, holding Landa to a careful draw. She now probably needs 1/2 for a GM norm.
There was also an all-US clash between Anna Zatonskih and Alex Shabalov, which went to the Manx Monarch after a hard game. I'm sorry we cannot bring you live play - the wireless access in the hotel doesn't reach as far as the tournament hall. It will also be interesting how Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi fares on board five - she is having a great tournament. One of the early games to finish featured an interesting zugzwang situation at the end. Had Alan Walton played 41 h3 and not 41 h4 against Craig Hanley, he may have forced Black to give ground. But 41 h4? Kg7! left him with no viable moves.
A nice finish for Elisabeth Pähtz. Peter Wells scores a brilliant win over Andrew Ledger. Nearly every one of the moves in his final combination were found by Fritz. Hmm, I thought he was spending rather a long time in the toilet... seriously though, folks, a very nice finish. First time control: only 17 games finished of 41. That is very unusual. Lots of hard chess today. Incidentally, I'm having to help out with time scrambles because David Welch is poorly today. Luckily nothing difficult to cope with, although Neverov left himself only a few seconds for his last three moves before the time control against Akopian. Richard Palliser's win against Subbaraman Meenakshi was quite entertaining.
MEANWHILE, IN ELISTA...
At the moment there is a buzz of conversation in Port Erin about the goings-on in Elista. Given the circumstances, there has been an outbreak of toilet humour (which is of course one of the cornerstones of British culture). Inspired by all the controversy over the rest room facilities at the WC match (erf erf), we think that FIDE should immediately institute a new title to go alongside international director, international organiser, etc: FIDE Toilet Monitor (or FTM for short) which, after the candidate has inspected a sufficient quantity of international plumbing over the course of a number of years, could lead to the exalted title of International Toilet Monitor (ITM). Given the attractive rate of pay on offer for such roles as chairman of appeals committees (they generally earn rather more than grandmasters for rather less effort), perhaps FIDE could decide on a similar remuneration for the important work of an ITM, as this is clearly going to be one of the most important roles in chess in the 21st century. In fact, I would be only too happy to use this opportunity to put my own name forward for such a role on the grounds of my long familiarity with IT and telecommunications equipment, my small stature (making it easy for me to move freely in and out of even the smallest rest room facilities) and the fact that I am a happily married man and unlikely to be suspected of any ulterior motive in spending long periods in such places. If wireless internet connectivity were to be extended to the smallest room in the chess tournament, then it should be quite possible to combine the functions of the ITM and the hitherto lowest status functionary in chess officialdom's hierarchy - the tournament webmaster. Somehow I always knew that that is where my chess career would finally take me...
Round: 7 Bd White Result Black --No-- 1 Krasenkow, Mikhal....... 2635 (5) 0 - 1 Kobalia, Mikhail........ 2647 (4½) 6 3 2 Volkov, Sergey.......... 2628 (4½) ½ - ½ Bartel, Mateusz......... 2561 (5) 8 21 3 Akopian, Vladimir....... 2713 (4½) 1 - 0 Neverov, Valeriy........ 2556 (4½) 1 23 4 Areshchenko, Alexander.. 2641 (4½) 1 - 0 Socko, Bartosz.......... 2621 (4½) 4 9 5 Vijayalakshmi, Subbarama 2417 (4½) ½ - ½ Landa, Konstantin....... 2584 (4) 44 17 6 Efimenko, Zahar......... 2632 (4) ½ - ½ Golod, Vitali........... 2576 (4) 7 19 7 Zatonskih, Anna......... 2432 (4) 0 - 1 Shabalov, Alexander..... 2604 (4) 39 11 8 Iordachescu, Viorel..... 2603 (4) ½ - ½ Kuzubov, Yuri........... 2554 (4) 12 25 9 Gormally, Daniel W...... 2513 (4) ½ - ½ Malakhatko, Vadim....... 2594 (4) 30 13 10 Postny, Evgeny.......... 2591 (4) ½ - ½ Bobras, Piotr........... 2535 (4) 14 28 11 Khenkin, Igor........... 2586 (4) 1 - 0 Quillan, Gary........... 2344 (4) 16 62 12 Korneev, Oleg........... 2638 (3½) ½ - ½ Sarakauskas, Gediminas.. 2414 (3½) 5 45 13 Hebden, Mark L.......... 2532 (3½) ½ - ½ Kazhgaleyev, Murtas..... 2606 (3½) 29 10 14 Yakovich, Yuri.......... 2583 (3½) 1 - 0 Peek, Marcel............ 2367 (3½) 18 55 15 Haslinger, Stewart G.... 2423 (3½) 0 - 1 Stocek, Jiri............ 2561 (3½) 40 22 16 Vasilevich, Tatiana..... 2412 (3½) ½ - ½ Kiriakov, Petr.......... 2554 (3½) 47 24 17 Ferguson, Mark.......... 2389 (3½) ½ - ½ Greenfeld, Alon......... 2551 (3½) 51 26 18 Ledger, Andrew J........ 2411 (3) 0 - 1 Wells, Peter K.......... 2480 (3½) 48 33 19 Dworakowska, Joanna..... 2359 (3) ½ - ½ Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav... 2587 (3) 57 15 20 Al Sayed, Mohamad N..... 2492 (3) 0 - 1 Sriram, Jha............. 2408 (3) 32 49 21 Arkell, Keith C......... 2479 (3) ½ - ½ Devereaux, Maxim L...... 2377 (3) 34 53 22 Mohota, Nisha........... 2313 (3) ½ - ½ Williams, Simon K....... 2473 (3) 65 36 23 Paehtz, Elizabeth....... 2456 (3) 1 - 0 Sharma, Dinesh K........ 2358 (3) 37 58 24 Walton, Alan J.......... 2222 (3) 0 - 1 Hanley, Craig A......... 2419 (3) 68 41 25 Cox, John J............. 2418 (3) 1 - 0 Zozulia, Anna........... 2352 (3) 42 59 26 Siebrecht, Sebastian.... 2417 (3) 1 - 0 Szieberth, Adam......... 2328 (3) 43 64 27 Palliser, Richard JD.... 2413 (3) 1 - 0 Meenakshi, Subbaraman... 2310 (3) 46 66 28 Kononenko, Tatiana...... 2387 (3) ½ - ½ Eggleston, David J...... 2232 (2½) 52 67 29 Sahl, Bjarke............ 2364 (2½) 1 - 0 Groffen, Hans........... 2171 (2½) 56 72 30 Mannion, Steve R........ 2346 (2½) 1 - 0 Savory, Richard J....... 2101 (2½) 60 77 31 Ashton, Adam G.......... 2329 (2½) 1 - 0 Majer, Chris E.......... 1991 (2½) 63 87 32 Grant, Alan G........... 2193 (2½) 1 - 0 Fox, Anthony............ 2117 (2) 70 74 33 Lunn, Timothy........... 2079 (2) 0 - 1 Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi 2394 (2) 81 50 34 Hutchinson, Norman A.... 2107 (2) 1 - 0 Spence, David J......... 2205 (2) 75 69 35 Nicholson, John......... 1945 (2) ½ - ½ Collier, David O........ 2175 (2) 90 71 36 Marks, Ian A............ 1944 (2) 0 - 1 Sarakauskiene, Zivile... 2158 (2) 91 73 37 Fairbairn, Stephen...... 2088 (2) ½ - ½ Henderikse, Bert........ 2019 (2) 80 86 38 Zimmerman, Yuri......... 2374 (1½) 1 - 0 De Lagontrie, Jean...... 1974 (1½) 54 88 39 Henrichsen, Jens........ 2106 (1) ½ - ½ Fraser-Mitchell, Jeremy 2077 (1½) 76 82 40 Cafolla, Peter.......... 2062 (1½) 1 - 0 Werner, Gert............ 2069 (1) 85 84 41 Ormsby, Alan............ 1939 (½) 0 - 1 Spanton, Tim R.......... 2075 (1) 93 83 42 Depin, Jean............. 1875* (0) ...... Bye..................... 95 Monarch Assurance Isle of Man Open Venue: Ocean Castle Hotel Port Erin Date: 23 Sep 06 to 01 Oct 06 Timings: First 40 moves in 120 mins. Next 20 moves in 60 mins. 30 mins to completion.
Tournament Director/Organiser: Dennis HemsleyWebmaster: John Saunders
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