The Nakhchivan Chess Tournament at Azerbaijan witnessed a thrilling finish at the top boards. GM Gadir Guseinov (2612) and GM Eltaj Safarali (2640), both of Azerbaijan, won their respective games at the top boards to tie for first place at 7.0/9.
Among the Indians, GM Abhijeet Gupta (2603) settled for a draw to move to 6.0/9. Remarkably, GM Adhiban (2636), despite a bad start, won his final round game to tie for third place with GM Gupta and seven others at 6.0/9.
Check the final rankings here.
The EnterCard Chess tourney starts in Norway from May 10 to 15, 2015. Its a single round robin tourney with 5 rounds (6 players).
The tourney serves as a Qualifer for the 10th spot of the Norway Chess 2015 tourney, which is now part of the Grand Chess tour.
The 6 players in the Qualifier
| Fressinet, Laurent | 2712 |
| Hammer, Jon Ludvig | 2665 |
| Grandelius, Nils | 2623 |
| Hansen, Curt | 2621 |
| Agdestein, Simen | 2620 |
| Tari, Aryan | 2520 |
Schedule
Round 1 : 17: 00 (UTC+2), 20:30 IST
Round 2-5 : 20:00 (UTC+2), 23:30 IST
Official site : http://www.sjakkbloggen.no/chess-qualifier/
The Nakhchivan Chess Tournament in Azerbaijan is headed off to an exciting finish in the last round with five players tied for lead at 6.0/8.
Among the Indians, GM Abhijeet Gupta (2603) is in close contention with 5.5/6. He will be playing one of the leaders GM Levan Pantsulaia (2603) in the final round. GM Adhiban had been staging a remarkable comeback after a bad start with four consecutive wins. He however settled for a draw in the eighth round to stand at 5.0/8.
Check the final round pairings here.
Open Section:
With an easy 4.5-1.5 victory over ‘Yamal’, the Siberian team won the Russian Team Chess Championship 2015 in a dominating fashion as they notched up a perfect score of 14 Match-Points, 3 match-points ahead of its nearest rival ‘University’. The ‘Bronze Horsemen’ team finished a couple of match-points behind ‘University’ to secure the third place in this super-strong team tournament.
Final Rankings: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr171712.aspx?lan=1&art=3&rd=7&wi=821
Women’s Section:
In an interesting turn of events, ‘SDYSSHOR SHSH’, who were leading the pack for most of the time in this tournament, could only finish second as they were held to a surprise 2-2 draw in the last round by ‘Donchanka’ while ‘SHSM – Our Heritage’ grabbed their opportunity as they clinched the title with a convincing 3.5-0.5 victory against ‘University’. Yugra, meanwhile, finished third.
Final Rankings: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr171723.aspx?lan=1&art=63&wi=821
The seemingly unstoppable GM Levan Pantsulaia (2603) of Georgia finally met his match in GM Eltaj Safarli (2640) of Azerbaijan who won their encounter to join Pantsulaia in the lead with 5.0/6.
Indian GM Abhijeet Gupta (2603) is in the race for the top spots with 4.5/6. GM Adhiban (2636) meanwhile is staging a comeback of sorts with his third straight victory to move to 3.5/6.
Check the pairings for Round 7 here.
Open Section:
A convincing 4.5-1.5 victory over ‘Rook’ saw the overnight leader ‘Siberia’ maintain its lead ahead of the last round at the Russian Team Chess Championship 2015.
Meanwhile, team ‘University’ continued its chase for the top spot with a comfortable 4.5-1.5 win over ‘Yamal’ whilst ‘Bronze Horsemen’ is on the 3rd spot going into the final round.
Full Round 6 Results (Team Names in Russian) : http://www.chess-results.com/tnr171712.aspx?lan=1&art=3&rd=6&wi=821
Women’s Section:
The race for the First Place, however, is much more intense in the Women’s section. Although ‘SDYUSSHOR SHSH’ retained its top spot with a nice 3-1 win against ‘Rook’ and a total of 10 match-points, ‘SHSM – Our Heritage’ is right on its heels with 9 Match-Points while a couple more teams are just a point behind ‘SHSM’.
Full Round 6 Results (Team Names in Russian) : http://www.chess-results.com/tnr171723.aspx?lan=1&art=3&rd=6&wi=821
GM Levan Pantsulaia (2603) of Gerogia won his fifth straight game at the Nakhchivan Chess Open 2015 to maintain his sole lead.
Among the Indians, GM Abhijeet Gupta (2603) settled for a draw to move to 3.5/5. After a disastrous start, GM Adhiban (2636) won his second game in a row to move to fifty percent with 2.5/5.
Check the pairings for Round 6.
Open Section:
With a convincing 4-2 victory against overnight co-leaders ‘University’ in Round 5, ‘Siberia’ took up the sole lead after 5 rounds of the Russian Team Chess Championship 2015. GMs Aronian and Jakovenko played a crucial role in Siberia’s victory as they defeated GMs Andreikin and Jobava respectively.
In another clash of two giants, ‘Malachite’ overcame ‘Bronze Horsemen’ 3.5-2.5, thanks to experienced GM Bologan’s decisive win over GM Fedoseev.
Complete Round 5 Results (Team Names in Russian): http://www.chess-results.com/tnr171712.aspx?lan=1&art=3&rd=5&wi=821
Women’s Section:
Team ‘Boavista’ caught up overnight leaders ‘SDYUSSHOR SHSH’ as the former team scored a crucial win against ‘University’ while ‘SDYUSSHOR SHSH’ drew a strong ‘Ugra’ team.
In the ‘Boavista’ vs ‘University’ encounter, IM Vasilevich and WIM Drozdova notched up wins to lead their team to an all-important 3-1 victory. WIM Drozdova has been the star for ‘Boavista’ so far with wins in each of the five rounds and a rating performance of 2920!
Complete Round 5 Results (Team Names in Russian): http://www.chess-results.com/tnr171723.aspx?lan=1&art=3&rd=5&wi=821
GM Levan Pantsulaia (2603) of Georgia has emerged as the sole leader in the A- group of the Nakhchivan Open, 2015 in Azerbaijan. He leads with a score of 4.0/4.
Among the Indians, GM Abhijeet Gupta (2603) drew with GM Etienne Bacrot (2704) to stay in the hunt with 3.0/4. The only other Indian in the field GM B. Adhiban managed to register a victory over lower rated WGM Narmin Kazimova (2259) to reach 1.5/4.
Check the pairings for Round 5.
Open Section:
The 4th round of the Russian Team Chess Championship 2015 proved to be a round of smooth sailing for the winning teams. ‘Siberia’ vs ‘SHSM – Our Heritage’, potentially the toughest match of the day, featured the biggest margin of result in round 4 with the former team easily clinching the match 4.5-1.5. GMs Kramnik, Jakovenko and Kokarev scored the full points for Siberia.
In another clash of the big guns, the ‘University’ team continued it’s fine form with a comfortable 4-2 win against ‘Lada’. GMs Rublevsky and Aleksandrov starred for ‘University’ with wins over GMs Frolyanov and Jakov Geller respectively while the remaining games ended in peace.
After 4 rounds, ‘University’ and ‘Siberia’ lead the table with 8 match-points each. These two teams will lock horns in an all important fixture in round 5.
Complete Round 4 Results (Team Names in Russian) : http://chess-results.com/tnr171712.aspx?lan=1&art=3&rd=4&wi=821
Women’s Section:
In the central match of the day, ‘SDYUSSHOR SHSH’ overcame ‘University’ with a comfortable 3-1 scoreline. IM Bodnaruk and WIM Balaian scored the full points for SDYUSSHOR with victories over FM Pustovoitova and WIM Baraeva respectively.
Another important match – Boavista vs SHSM Our Heritage – witnessed an inspired performance from the former team as they held the rating favorites ‘SHSM’ to a 2-2 draw. It was WIM Drozdova’s upset victory against IM Kashlinskaya that led ‘Boavista’ towards a crucial draw.
After 4 rounds, ‘SDYUSSHOR SHSH’ leads the pack with 7 match-points while ‘Boavista’ is close on the former’s heels with 6 match-points.
Complete Round 4 Results (Team Names in Russian) : http://chess-results.com/tnr171723.aspx?lan=1&art=3&rd=4&wi=821