37th Chess Olympiad (2006)

PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games) Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian, Viswanathan Anand, Vladimir Kramnik, Teimour Radjabov, Alexander Morozevich, Sergey Karjakin, Vassily Ivanchuk, Hikaru Nakamura, Alexander Grischuk, Peter Svidler, Gata Kamsky, Vugar Gashimov, Boris Gelfand, Wang Yue, Michael Adams, Alexey Shirov, Pavel Eljanov, Evgeny Bareev, Leinier Dominguez Perez, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Viktor Bologan, Baadur Jobava, Etienne Bacrot, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, David Navara, Alexander Moiseenko, Zoltan Almasi, Andrei Volokitin, Ni Hua, Francisco Vallejo-Pons, Krishnan Sasikiran, Laurent Fressinet, Lazaro Bruzon, Le Quang Liem, Arkadi Naiditsch, Bu Xiangzhi, Loek Van Wely, Ivan Cheparinov, Vladimir Akopian, Nigel Short, Alexander Beliavsky, Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Zahar Efimenko, Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu, Ferenc Berkes, Ivan Sokolov, Pentala Harikrishna, Viktor Laznicka, Emil Sutovsky, Sergei Rublevsky, Ilya Smirin, Alexander Onischuk, Peter Heine Nielsen, Sergei Tiviakov, Gregory Kaidanov, Viktor Korchnoi, Kiril D Georgiev, Mikhail Gurevich, Gabriel Sargissian, Eduardas Rozentalis, Joel Lautier, Wesley So, Timur Gareev, Christian Bauer, Artur Yusupov, Rauf Mamedov, Alexey Aleksandrov, Mateusz Bartel, Zoltan Gyimesi, Csaba Balogh, Surya Shekhar Ganguly, Daniel Fridman, Aleksander Delchev, Boris Avrukh, Gadir Guseinov, Sergei Azarov, Tiger Hillarp Persson, Giorgi Kacheishvili, Ngoc Truongson Nguyen, Bartosz Socko, Giovanni Vescovi, Julio Ernesto Granda-Zuniga, Alexei Fedorov, Andrei Istratescu, Zhong Zhang, Chanda Sandipan, Tomi Nyback, Eduardo Patricio Iturrizaga Bonelli, Alexander (Nenashev) Graf, Alexandr Hilario Takeda dos Santos Fier, Bartlomiej Macieja, Robert Markus, Borki Predojevic, Jan Gustafsson, Viorel Iordachescu, Mircea Parligras, Farrukh Amonatov, Zbynek Hracek, Zhang Pengxiang, Karen Asrian, Andrei Sokolov, Jonathan Speelman, Gilberto Milos, Friso Nijboer, Luka Lenic, Zdenko Kozul, Miguel Illescas Cordoba, Ahmed Adly, Ildar Ibragimov, Rafael Duailibe Leitao, Johann Hjartarson, Smbat Gariginovich Lputian, Valerij Filippov, Vasilios Kotronias, Varuzhan Akobian, Yuniesky Quesada Perez, Suat Atalik, Utut Adianto, Erwin L'Ami, Ehsan Ghaem Maghami, Victor Mikhalevski, Levente Vajda, Fernando Peralta, Dimitrios Mastrovasilis, Ioannis Papaioannou, Levan Pantsulaia, Hichem Hamdouchi, Emanuel Berg, Robert Kempinski, Hristos Banikas, Ruben Felgaer, Tamaz Gelashvili, Alberto David, Dmitry Svetushkin, Artashes Minasian, Neuris Delgado Ramirez, Mark Paragua, Lubomir Ftacnik, Evgeny Agrest, Christopher Lutz, Mihail Marin, Dusko Pavasovic, Yannick Pelletier, Diego Flores, Mark Bluvshtein, Simen Agdestein, Kaido Kulaots, Erik Van Den Doel, Vlastimil Babula plus 751 more players

page 1 of 146; games 1-25 of 3,642  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. W Elliott vs Filippov 0-1 18 2006 37th Chess Olympiad C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 2. Grischuk vs R Kozlov 1-0 59 2006 37th Chess Olympiad B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 3. K Kuderinov vs Morozevich 0-1 56 2006 37th Chess Olympiad B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 4. Bareev vs A Ismagambetov 1-0 53 2006 37th Chess Olympiad E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 5. D Issabayev vs Rublevsky 0-1 57 2006 37th Chess Olympiad D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 6. Efimenko vs M Pribeanu 1-0 23 2006 37th Chess Olympiad B12 Caro-Kann Defense 7. P Dukaczewski vs Karjakin 0-1 31 2006 37th Chess Olympiad B87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5 8. A Volokitin vs V Berlinsky 1-0 45 2006 37th Chess Olympiad C11 French 9. P Aderito vs L E Johannessen 0-1 39 2006 37th Chess Olympiad E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 10. K Lie vs E Campos 1-0 67 2006 37th Chess Olympiad A15 English 11. C Domingos vs E J Gausel 0-1 57 2006 37th Chess Olympiad A56 Benoni Defense 12. R Djurhuus vs A Sousa   0-1 41 2006 37th Chess Olympiad E70 King's Indian 13. Ganguly vs J Elbilia ½-½ 26 2006 37th Chess Olympiad C41 Philidor Defense 14. K Asrian vs R Prasca Sosa 0-1 35 2006 37th Chess Olympiad C03 French, Tarrasch 15. G Sargissian vs O Soto Paez 1-0 47 2006 37th Chess Olympiad E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights 16. A Hernandez vs A Minasian   0-1 30 2006 37th Chess Olympiad B06 Robatsch 17. Lautier vs O Zambrana 1-0 21 2006 37th Chess Olympiad D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 18. M Vachier-Lagrave vs J Cueto Chajtur ½-½ 64 2006 37th Chess Olympiad C41 Philidor Defense 19. A Obodchuk vs Sutovsky   0-1 28 2006 37th Chess Olympiad D85 Grunfeld 20. B Avrukh vs S Mikheev 1-0 37 2006 37th Chess Olympiad A40 Queen's Pawn Game 21. P Garbett vs I Ibragimov ½-½ 37 2006 37th Chess Olympiad C17 French, Winawer, Advance 22. R J Dive vs Akobian   ½-½ 57 2006 37th Chess Olympiad A18 English, Mikenas-Carls 23. J A Nilssen vs Tiviakov 0-1 45 2006 37th Chess Olympiad E20 Nimzo-Indian 24. Nijboer vs M Poulsen 1-0 18 2006 37th Chess Olympiad B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 25. J Rodgaard vs Van Den Doel   0-1 60 2006 37th Chess Olympiad A28 English  page 1 of 146; games 1-25 of 3,642    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 3 OF 176 ·  Later Kibitzing> May-19-06    chessmoron: 21st <jperr75108>. May-19-06    chessmoron: <all> Predict your top 3 players and top 3 teams who will be leading for each round (a total of 14 rounds) on my chessforum Rules: 1) each of your correct picks is 3 points (3 points for the top 3 players as well as top 3 teams) 2) If you got all 3 correct, a 10 pt score will be added. 3) Please be honest (Don't change your mind if you already have post your predictions) 4) Predictions must be posted before the games start For each round, I will post the standings/results of the participants. May-19-06    orio24: When is the 1st round and what are the pairings? May-19-06    chessmoron: May 21st...pairing not announce it. May-19-06    cotdt: 1. USA 2. Russia 3. China May-19-06    IMlday: I rushed around all day, got up at 5 AM, was all packed and ready to go to the airport when I double checked the ticket and saw it was for tomorrow. As a player (13 Olympiads) I was never nervous, but as a Captain my stomach was in a spectacular knot and I puked both breakfast and lunch. Canada is ranked about 45th with GMs Spraggett, Lesiege and Tiomkin all sitting out. Still we have a fine, young team and may produce some surprises. A hidden asset is noted theoretician Lev Psakhis as an opening preparation coach. Torino/Turin held the the IOC Winter games followed by the Paralymics and a World Youth Musicians convention which produced a 'prodigy orchestra' to play an original composition by Ennio Morricone for the opening ceremony of the Olympiad. (I love modern orchestral music). Clearly the Italians are putting their hearts into it. With 139 countries the logistical problems are enormous, but so is the Olympic Village and the 'Oval' site, a 5-minute walk away, which was used for speed skating in the Winter Games and is about the side of 2 soccer fields. May-19-06    Gypsy: <IMlday> Go Team Lawrence! Good luck to Canada and let us know things are going between the rounds... May-19-06    blyndwulf: 1.Russia 2.Ukraine 3.Armenia I think Aronian has something to prove. No offense to Anand and the rest of the gang, although it would be interesting to see the play of Sandipan May-20-06    An Englishman: Good Evening: Two surprising details of the chess olympiad. 1. Somalia has a team. All ex-pats, perhaps? 2. The huge jump in strength of the women (in some cases, girls). As recently as fifteen years ago, when I stopped playing, a strong female player was still something of an oddity. I mean, most chessplayers would be very surprised if they saw a woman rated 2000 in a tournament. May-20-06    ARMENIA: 1.Russia 2.Armenia 3.Ukraine Soviet Union domination of chess will continue. God Bless Armenia May-20-06    martinshortsays: <blyndwulf> Vladimir Kramnik is a supremely condident being. Like an Eagle-Person or a cyborg, he doesn't need to play the 3rd or 4th board to get wins to feel good about himself. He wakes up every morning feeling supreme about himself and his abilities to take on the entire world. The man has no notion of what it even means to feel good about his wins. he's a cyborg, an artistic machine programmed to revolutionize the game as we know it by god. It's disgusting really, that god would do such a thing as to leave us mortals in the cold to wonder our fate while Kramnik has his supreme confidence and understanding of the game as he imbibes in his wine and dances about with his glass in revelry. The one thing i can assure you is that Kramnik doesn't need to elevate his confidence in the slightest. May-20-06    radu stancu: <IMlday: I rushed around all day, got up at 5 AM, was all packed and ready to go to the airport when I double checked the ticket and saw it was for tomorrow.> Well, it's better than finding out it was for yesterday. ;) Good luck to your team! May-20-06    alefromitaly: <IMlday> Morricone once played 15'/10' against Judit Polgar... (http://xoomer.virgilio.it/bombelli/...) ...and he's rearranging "Jailhouse Rock" as anthem for our next season's soccer championship... ^_^ May-20-06    Open Defence: <The huge jump in strength of the women (in some cases, girls)> I firmly believe that if more women take up the game we will see an overall rise in strength of women players.. May-20-06    blyndwulf: <martinshortsays> Point taken. I too am a Kramnik fan and I am curious as to how Kramnik plays in this Olympiad. I hope he demolishes everyone who goes against him. May-20-06    othomile: somebody pliz inform me, when are these games starting? May-20-06    Dionyseus: <othomile> tomorrow May-20-06    Priyadharshan: india has a good chance because it has a dhoni of indian chess named dp.singh May-20-06    FrenchFrog: Will the Mtel players join their national teams in Italy? May-20-06    DCP23: OK, so the question is who will get the 2nd place. Worthy candidates include Armenia, Ukraine, India, perhaps USA -- though USA is probably more of a 3rd-place contender. May-20-06    EmperorAtahualpa: When are the countries going to vote for the new FIDE president? May-20-06    Da Rose: vai kotov May-20-06    Zebra: Wow, Korchnoi still going strong on board 1 for Switzerland - at 75. May-20-06    DRRJ48: I never could get the time of the tournaments correct (a bit of early senility????) Can someone tell me what timje they start in New York time??? Much appreciated May-20-06    PhilFeeley: According to the official website, the event starts in 10 and a half hours local time. Since it's 2:30 pm my time (west coast) that puts it at 12:30am tomorrow, which makes it about 3:30am for you guys on the east coast (sorry about that!). Also from the website, they give the odds. I don't know who made these, but here's the interesting list: Team Winner, odds Russia, 1.5 India, 6.8 Armenia, 10 Ukraine, 12 France, 16 Israel, 16 USA, 16 Netherlands, 20 Bulgaria, 25 Spain, 25 China, 30 England, 50 Azerbaijan, 50 Croatia, 50 Cuba, 50 Czech Republic, 50 Denmark, 100 Hungary, 100 Poland, 100 Sweden, 100 Georgia, 100 Germany, 50 Romania, 60 So for my choices, I'll go with Russia - first, Armenia - second and India - third, although Ukraine is only 2 points behind, so third is a toss up. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 176) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 3 OF 176 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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