Corsica Masters (2006)

PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games) Viswanathan Anand, Viktor Bologan, Etienne Bacrot, Zoltan Almasi, Laurent Fressinet, Alexander Motylev, Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Vadim Milov, Ilya Smirin, Mikhail Gurevich, Csaba Balogh, Pavel Tregubov, Murtas Kazhgaleyev, Alexander Chernin, Vitali Golod, Mikheil Gagunashvili

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 38  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Smirin vs Fressinet   ½-½ 35 2006 Corsica Masters C78 Ruy Lopez 2. Bologan vs C Balogh   1-0 36 2006 Corsica Masters B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 3. Motylev vs M Gagunashvili 0-1 62 2006 Corsica Masters C41 Philidor Defense 4. Bacrot vs Fressinet   ½-½ 34 2006 Corsica Masters D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 5. M Gagunashvili vs M Kazhgaleyev   0-1 46 2006 Corsica Masters D48 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran 6. Kasimdzhanov vs Bologan   ½-½ 61 2006 Corsica Masters E97 King's Indian 7. Anand vs M Gurevich 1-0 44 2006 Corsica Masters C10 French 8. Bologan vs Kasimdzhanov   0-1 66 2006 Corsica Masters C54 Giuoco Piano 9. M Kazhgaleyev vs M Gagunashvili   1-0 37 2006 Corsica Masters A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) 10. M Gurevich vs Anand 0-1 58 2006 Corsica Masters A36 English 11. Bacrot vs Kasimdzhanov 1-0 32 2006 Corsica Masters D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 12. Anand vs M Kazhgaleyev   1-0 62 2006 Corsica Masters C78 Ruy Lopez 13. Kasimdzhanov vs Bacrot   1-0 33 2006 Corsica Masters D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 14. M Kazhgaleyev vs Anand 0-1 22 2006 Corsica Masters D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 15. Kasimdzhanov vs Bacrot   1-0 47 2006 Corsica Masters D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 16. Bacrot vs Kasimdzhanov 0-1 43 2006 Corsica Masters D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 17. Anand vs Kasimdzhanov 0-1 43 2006 Corsica Masters C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 18. Kasimdzhanov vs Anand   ½-½ 49 2006 Corsica Masters D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 19. Kasimdzhanov vs P Tregubov   ½-½ 63 2006 Corsica Masters B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 20. Motylev vs M Gagunashvili   ½-½ 43 2006 Corsica Masters B07 Pirc 21. V Milov vs M Gurevich   0-1 67 2006 Corsica Masters D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 22. Motylev vs M Gagunashvili 0-1 40 2006 Corsica Masters B07 Pirc 23. Z Almasi vs M Kazhgaleyev   ½-½ 35 2006 Corsica Masters C41 Philidor Defense 24. Bacrot vs A Chernin   1-0 47 2006 Corsica Masters D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 25. Anand vs V Golod   1-0 39 2006 Corsica Masters C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 38    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

Nov-19-06    Chess Classics: It would appear that this is blitz or rapid. Does anybody have some more information on this tournament? Regards, CC Nov-19-06    positionalbrilliancy: This event was rapid knockout tournament, check out cb.com's report on it. http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp... Dec-06-06    beenthere240: Black wins 16 of the 38 games. Not too shabby. Dec-26-06    ronaldducalang: Nice games by Kasim in this tournament

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