European Union Individual Championships (2006)

PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games) Luke McShane, Nigel Short, Zoltan Gyimesi, Gawain Jones, Thomas Luther, Stuart Conquest, Normunds Miezis, Sarunas Sulskis, Mark Hebden, Daniel Gormally, Zoltan Medvegy, Nicholas Pert, Klaus Bischoff, Alexandre Dgebuadze, Stewart Haslinger, Stephen Gordon, Simon Kim Williams, Luis Galego, Daan Brandenburg, Robin Swinkels, Viesturs Meijers, Karel Van der Weide, John K Shaw, Colin A McNab, David J Eggleston, Mika Karttunen, John Joseph Carleton, Gediminas Sarakauskas, Dagne Ciuksyte, Craig A Hanley, Maxim Devereaux, Gary Quillan, Craig William Pritchett, Simon J B Knott, Jack Rudd, John Eric Littlewood, Jovica Radovanovic, Michael J R White, Martin R Taylor, D Brett Lund, Richard Britton, Jonathan I M Grant, Paul Wallace, David Tebb, John P Redmond, John Trevelyan, Martin Brown, Mike J Surtees, Andrew Dunn, Oliver Jackson, Zivile Sarakauskiene, Ingrid Lauterbach, Roger G Williamson, M Hardman, Patrick J Bennett, Malcolm Armstrong, Jonathan Blackburn, Richard J Savory, Malcolm R Peacock, Duncan Grassie, Alexandra Wilson, M Duke, Rudy Van Kemenade, Edward Taylor, Stephen McGrane, Ian Campbell, James N H Hawkins, Luke Boumphrey, William G Armstrong, David Robertson, Brian R Ewart, Gianfranco Gandolfi, Siegrun Macgilchrist, Steve Hulligan, Andrew Legge, Graeme Solomon, Martin Cockerill, Robert Hughes, Raino Soikkeli, John Gorman, Paul Kent, Frank Tanner, Mark Weidman, Steven Lee

page 1 of 17; games 1-25 of 408  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. S Macgilchrist vs B Ewart ½-½ 39 2006 European Union Individual Championships B30 Sicilian 2. C McNab vs D Eggleston   1-0 20 2006 European Union Individual Championships A13 English 3. D Tebb vs S Haslinger   0-1 68 2006 European Union Individual Championships C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 4. A Legge vs O Jackson   0-1 49 2006 European Union Individual Championships B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 5. D Robertson vs A Dunn ½-½ 58 2006 European Union Individual Championships B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 6. M Surtees vs L Boumphrey 1-0 39 2006 European Union Individual Championships B22 Sicilian, Alapin 7. J Gorman vs Z Sarakauskiene   0-1 35 2006 European Union Individual Championships A06 Reti Opening 8. I Lauterbach vs S Hulligan   1-0 50 2006 European Union Individual Championships A07 King's Indian Attack 9. M Brown vs P Bennett   ½-½ 33 2006 European Union Individual Championships B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 10. M Armstrong vs R Hughes 1-0 27 2006 European Union Individual Championships E14 Queen's Indian 11. P Kent vs R Savory   0-1 36 2006 European Union Individual Championships D53 Queen's Gambit Declined 12. A Wilson vs S McGrane   ½-½ 24 2006 European Union Individual Championships B53 Sicilian 13. G Solomon vs M Peacock   0-1 47 2006 European Union Individual Championships A64 Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8 14. D Grassie vs M Weidman   1-0 43 2006 European Union Individual Championships D00 Queen's Pawn Game 15. M Cockerill vs R Van Kemenade   0-1 25 2006 European Union Individual Championships A48 King's Indian 16. J Hawkins vs F Tanner   1-0 23 2006 European Union Individual Championships B07 Pirc 17. J Redmond vs I Campbell   1-0 35 2006 European Union Individual Championships E30 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad 18. W Armstrong vs R Soikkeli   1-0 38 2006 European Union Individual Championships A40 Queen's Pawn Game 19. M White vs D Ciuksyte   0-1 36 2006 European Union Individual Championships B42 Sicilian, Kan 20. S Gordon vs P Wallace   1-0 37 2006 European Union Individual Championships E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 21. J Littlewood vs K Van der Weide   0-1 38 2006 European Union Individual Championships B22 Sicilian, Alapin 22. Hebden vs M Devereaux   ½-½ 90 2006 European Union Individual Championships D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 23. S Knott vs K Bischoff   ½-½ 23 2006 European Union Individual Championships D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 24. Conquest vs D Brandenburg   1-0 87 2006 European Union Individual Championships E70 King's Indian 25. Sarakauskas vs T Luther   1-0 53 2006 European Union Individual Championships C07 French, Tarrasch  page 1 of 17; games 1-25 of 408    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 6 OF 6 ·  Later Kibitzing> Sep-15-06    AdrianP: That was pretty brutal. I guess Williams had it coming to him with 1. ...f5?! 2. ...h6? 3. ...g5? 4. ...Rh7? ! Sep-15-06    tino72: I expect Williams was hoping for the following: L Breivik vs S Williams, 2005 A quick check through the openings explorer showed over 50 games up to 3...g5. Not sure whether 4.e4 has been played before, but it looks pretty obvious. (4...Nf6 5.e5, etc). Easy to say that with hindsight, of course.... Sep-15-06    KingG: <AdrianP: That was pretty brutal. I guess Williams had it coming to him with 1. ...f5?! 2. ...h6? 3. ...g5? 4. ...Rh7? !> In his book, 'Play the Classical Dutch', Williams recommends, 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 g5 4.e4<This is White's sharpest reply> 4...Nf6<This is Black's only good move, and creates a strange position>. Seems odd to call 4...Nf6 the only good move, and then play 4...Rh7. Of course, 4...Nf6 may have been busted since then, i haven't checked. Sep-15-06    chrisowen: Gormally crushing the dutch, awesome Sep-15-06    mack: Aha, Gormally proves what we've known all along - that Bg5 is by far and away the best weapon against the Dutch. Williams' ...g5 was plain suicidal, though. Short isn't messing around this afternoon, either - Fried Liver Attack vs. Hebden. There's bloody murder all over Liverpool. For a change. Sep-15-06    mack: Sorry, meant to say that I thought we were HEADING for a Fried Liver. Sep-15-06    PhilFeeley: It looks like Short is in a bit of trouble now: After Hebden's 37...f3 click for larger view Sep-15-06    PhilFeeley: All of the games look really interesting this round. What a great tournament! I'll bet the draw ratio is way down, too. Sep-15-06    mack: Nosher's up two pawns now - who thinks it will be enough? Sep-15-06    PhilFeeley: Short has managed to wiggle out of it somehow. Great work! Sep-15-06    zerathul: there will be a sort of tie break if some players share the first place ? Sep-15-06    cicero1974: <zerathul: there will be a sort of tie break if some players share the first place ?> No, I'm sure they won't bother. It's only a friendly game after all. Sep-15-06    Youjoin: Short won! Sep-15-06    Tomlinsky: Short wins in the end. Sep-15-06    AdrianP: It will only be a share of first if McShane's game is decisive. Sep-15-06    Tomlinsky: I meant he won his game. I had 1000 chessbucks on that :) Sep-15-06    jamesmaskell: YES!!!!! Ive made a profit on this tournament on Short. Please McShane, bring me more Chessbucks! <preparing to go to Beer page> Sep-15-06    gmgomes: what happened to McShane´s Game? is the feed down? Sep-15-06    Tomlinsky: The feed seemed to drop a fair bit today. McShane's game was drawn. Sep-15-06    double06: McShane drew - Short wins clear first. Sep-15-06    jamesmaskell: Oh well...made enough money on Short to finish +7 I think...good! Sep-15-06    BIDMONFA: European Union Individual Championships (2006) Champion - Nigel D. Short Final standings http://www.bidmonfa.com/informacio_... _ Sep-15-06    IMlday: Go Nigel! :) Sep-15-06    technical draw: I bet all my chessbucks on Hebden, but I came up Short. Sep-15-06    doremi: long live short! Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 6) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 6 OF 6 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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