page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 28  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. G Sargissian vs Yifan Hou   1-0 56 2007 Ruy Lopez Festival E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights 2. Ponomariov vs I Sokolov 1-0 31 2007 Ruy Lopez Festival D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 3. Sasikiran vs Granda-Zuniga   ½-½ 50 2007 Ruy Lopez Festival E36 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 4. M Perez Candelario vs A Stefanova   1-0 48 2007 Ruy Lopez Festival C78 Ruy Lopez 5. A Stefanova vs G Sargissian 0-1 63 2007 Ruy Lopez Festival E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 6. Granda-Zuniga vs Yifan Hou   ½-½ 39 2007 Ruy Lopez Festival E37 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 7. I Sokolov vs M Perez Candelario   0-1 42 2007 Ruy Lopez Festival D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 8. Sasikiran vs Ponomariov   ½-½ 40 2007 Ruy Lopez Festival A17 English 9. Yifan Hou vs A Stefanova 0-1 55 2007 Ruy Lopez Festival C78 Ruy Lopez 10. G Sargissian vs I Sokolov ½-½ 64 2007 Ruy Lopez Festival D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 11. Ponomariov vs Granda-Zuniga 0-1 78 2007 Ruy Lopez Festival C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 12. M Perez Candelario vs Sasikiran   ½-½ 47 2007 Ruy Lopez Festival B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 13. Sasikiran vs G Sargissian 0-1 39 2007 Ruy Lopez Festival C88 Ruy Lopez 14. Granda-Zuniga vs A Stefanova   ½-½ 40 2007 Ruy Lopez Festival D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 15. I Sokolov vs Yifan Hou   1-0 64 2007 Ruy Lopez Festival E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System 16. Ponomariov vs M Perez Candelario   1-0 36 2007 Ruy Lopez Festival D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 17. A Stefanova vs I Sokolov 0-1 47 2007 Ruy Lopez Festival A45 Queen's Pawn Game 18. G Sargissian vs Ponomariov 1-0 39 2007 Ruy Lopez Festival D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 19. M Perez Candelario vs Granda-Zuniga   ½-½ 26 2007 Ruy Lopez Festival B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation 20. Yifan Hou vs Sasikiran   ½-½ 56 2007 Ruy Lopez Festival C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer 21. Sasikiran vs A Stefanova   ½-½ 72 2007 Ruy Lopez Festival D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 22. Granda-Zuniga vs I Sokolov   1-0 42 2007 Ruy Lopez Festival A09 Reti Opening 23. Ponomariov vs Yifan Hou 1-0 43 2007 Ruy Lopez Festival E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 24. M Perez Candelario vs G Sargissian 0-1 73 2007 Ruy Lopez Festival C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall 25. I Sokolov vs Sasikiran   1-0 58 2007 Ruy Lopez Festival D92 Grunfeld, 5.Bf4  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 28    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

Mar-22-07    Timex: Sasikiran is blowing it Mar-22-07    argishti: hoollyyy crap! sarkissian has no loss! omg, his rating will climb! Mar-22-07    WannaBe: How horrible... Ruy Lopez festival, and they DARE to open other openings?!?!?! =) Mar-22-07    MyriadChoices: I'm really happy to see Granda-Zuniga playing amongst big names like Sokolov and Pono. Mar-23-07    BishopofBlunder: <WannaBe: How horrible... Ruy Lopez festival, and they DARE to open other openings?!?!?! =)> no kidding! The absolute nerve! I once played in the Berlin Open and one of my opponents opened with 1.d4!!! I was apalled! Mar-23-07    Troglodyte: Armenia is pumping out chess geniuses like there's no tomorow. Mar-23-07    eyalbd: It is strange that I see openings other than the Lopez :-) In such a festival I would require all games to start after 3. b5 . The player with the white pieces starts the clock and then black moves 3. ..a6 or other moves Mar-23-07    Timex: <eyalbd:In such a festival I would require all games to start after 3. b5 . The player with the white pieces starts the clock and then black moves 3. ..a6 or other moves> People would get more time to think and people like Bobby Fisher would own Mar-23-07    capablancakarpov: The link to see the 7h round live, with an interesting Sargissian-Granda http://ruylopez.juntaextremadura.ne... Click on Ver Partida. Mar-23-07    ArmeniaNL: congratulation for Sargissian for wining this tournament!!!!!!!!!! Mar-23-07    Timex: Yes indeed!! Mar-23-07    BIDMONFA: Ruy Lopez Festival (2007) Champion - GABRIEL SARGISSIAN Sub-Champion - JULIO E. GRANDA http://www.bidmonfa.com/informacio_... _ Mar-23-07    elLocoEvans: oops outstanding performance that of Sargissian! Mar-26-07    ChessNe1: Yifan Hou, and anyone else should take a break between tournaments. Mar-27-07    ahmadov: What happened to Sasi? I did not expect him to perform so poorly... Mar-27-07    refutor: <in such a festival i would require all games to start after 3.Bb5> there was a concurrent open tournament that required everyone to play the ruy lopez Mar-28-07    Inf: how many ELO points will Granda gain? anyone knows? :) Mar-28-07    Bobak Zahmat: Well Sargissian well the Ruy Lopez twice, both games won. Mar-30-07    Petrosian63: Wow pure ownage. Mar-30-07    DIEGOGG: <Inf: how many ELO points will Granda gain? anyone knows? :)> An interesting link about this tournament, and for information about chess in Extremadura (Spain), the natal region of Ruy Lopez (born in Segura de Leon and priest in Zafra) is: http://chessmagic.juntaextremadura.... (in spanish) Also includes an interview with Julio Granda. Mar-30-07    nikolajewitsch: <Inf> About 25 I guess. Mar-30-07    gmgomes: Who knows how was Sargissianīs reting performance here? Mar-30-07    Timex: Lots of the top players flunked here. Sasi must have been exhausted from Aeroflot, etc. and Sokolov too. Pono failed in Corus and therefore, failed here too. Mar-30-07    Sydro: 3021 performance rating by Sargissian.

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