Arctic Chess Challenge (2007)

PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games) Magnus Carlsen, Vugar Gashimov, Alexander Moiseenko, Mikhail Gurevich, Vladimir Epishin, Bartosz Socko, Bartlomiej Macieja, Jon Ludvig Hammer, Nick DeFirmian, Victor Mikhalevski, Vladimir Burmakin, Simen Agdestein, Michail Brodsky, Kjetil A Lie, Antoaneta Stefanova, Edward Porper, David S Markosian, Espen Lie, Diego Suarez Pousa, Srinath Narayanan, Gediminas Sarakauskas, Joanna Dworakowska, Venkatachalam Saravanan, Heikki M J Westerinen, Joachim Thomassen, Nicolai Getz, Benjamin Arvola, Lukasz Dworakowski, Espen Forsaa, Karsten Larsen, Ornulf Stubberud, Alexander Kulago, Katarzyna Toma, Pal Royset, Even Thingstad, Hans Olav Lahlum, Jon Kristian Royset, Gunnar Berg Hanssen, Lars Andreassen, Johannes Luangtep Kvisla, Anders Gjerdrum Hagen, Trond Romsdal, Peter Flermoen, Zivile Sarakauskiene, Sondre Waage Tofte, Tobias Pettersson, Torben Soraas, Frode Bull Jaeger, Matts Unander, Espen Haugstad, Leif Andreassen, Oyvind Pedersen, Simon Pind Jessen, Erlend Mikalsen, Henrik Carlsen, Anders Thingstad, Fredrik Aunan Lindsoe, Sigmund Reppen, Sverre Johan Karlsen, Svein Harald Johnsen, Brede Hagen, Aksel Brasoy, Oystein Aagedal Skage, Ingar Edvardsen, Frank Remman, Rune Vik Hansen, Cristina Filgueira Fernandez, Paul Johan Jensen, Robert Bergersen, Maria Pitz Jacobsen, Line Jin Jorgensen, Ida Lahlum, Elise Forsa, Odd Kjetil Selnes, Jon Fredrik Baekhol Asvang, Roald Storslett, Oivind Jakobsen, Cecylia Goslawska, Rune Madsen, Ingrid Oen Carlsen, Gjoran Jakobsen, Vegard Stensen, Tormod Thingstad, Daniel Adolfsson, Paul Ivar Johansen, Frank Eggerud, Malin Floer, Eirik Norbakken, Alf Goran Jakobsen, Roy Brokvam, Kjell Johannessen, Runar Torkilseng, Frank Prohl, Tore Narvoy, Leif Norholm Jensen, Bartosz Goslawski, Erik Degerstedt, Johnny Karl Pedersen, Anders Nordli Samuelsen

page 1 of 16; games 1-25 of 400  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. E Mikalsen vs L Andreassen 1-0 26 2007 Arctic Chess Challenge B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 2. G Berg Hanssen vs V Mikhalevski   0-1 32 2007 Arctic Chess Challenge D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5 3. T Pettersson vs K Toma   1-0 41 2007 Arctic Chess Challenge A15 English 4. Carlsen vs H Carlsen 1-0 37 2007 Arctic Chess Challenge D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 5. E Lie vs O Stubberud   ½-½ 46 2007 Arctic Chess Challenge A45 Queen's Pawn Game 6. S Narayanan vs A Stefanova   0-1 39 2007 Arctic Chess Challenge C53 Giuoco Piano 7. V Saravanan vs L Andreassen   1-0 56 2007 Arctic Chess Challenge A14 English 8. J Dworakowska vs O Pedersen   1-0 37 2007 Arctic Chess Challenge A58 Benko Gambit 9. T Soraas vs Sarakauskas   ½-½ 31 2007 Arctic Chess Challenge C55 Two Knights Defense 10. D Suarez Pousa vs J L Hammer   0-1 24 2007 Arctic Chess Challenge B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 11. V Burmakin vs B Socko   ½-½ 34 2007 Arctic Chess Challenge A45 Queen's Pawn Game 12. Epishin vs J Thomassen   1-0 24 2007 Arctic Chess Challenge D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 13. R Storslett vs O Jakobsen   0-1 55 2007 Arctic Chess Challenge A46 Queen's Pawn Game 14. L Jensen vs M Floer 1-0 14 2007 Arctic Chess Challenge A03 Bird's Opening 15. F Eggerud vs P Johansen   1-0 33 2007 Arctic Chess Challenge B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 16. B Goslawski vs E Norbakken   ½-½ 37 2007 Arctic Chess Challenge C00 French Defense 17. M Gurevich vs K Lie 0-1 38 2007 Arctic Chess Challenge A65 Benoni, 6.e4 18. Macieja vs A Moiseenko 0-1 55 2007 Arctic Chess Challenge B30 Sicilian 19. V Gashimov vs S Agdestein   ½-½ 64 2007 Arctic Chess Challenge C60 Ruy Lopez 20. F Jaeger vs M Brodsky ½-½ 42 2007 Arctic Chess Challenge E36 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 21. S Jessen vs K Larsen   0-1 35 2007 Arctic Chess Challenge E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto 22. B Hagen vs P Royset   1-0 51 2007 Arctic Chess Challenge B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 23. E Forsaa vs P Flermoen   ½-½ 59 2007 Arctic Chess Challenge C07 French, Tarrasch 24. J Asvang vs F Lindsoe   0-1 19 2007 Arctic Chess Challenge B57 Sicilian 25. O Jakobsen vs D Adolfsson   0-1 25 2007 Arctic Chess Challenge A04 Reti Opening  page 1 of 16; games 1-25 of 400    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

Aug-13-07    Karpova: Congratulations to Moiseenko for winning with 7.5 points! Magnus, Gashimov and Lie follow with 7 points. <Tabanus>, did you enjoy the tournament? Aug-13-07    dabearsrock1010: magnus has to lose some rating points after this. Aug-13-07    EeEk: He lost 0,2 rating points. Aug-13-07    percyblakeney: Ratings are not to be too trusted here, for example Gunnar Berg Hanssen is 2242 but given as 2481 in all but one of his games. Karsten Larsen is given as 2580 except in the first round, where his actual 2325 rating is given. deFirmian isn't 2637 but 2540, and so on. Aug-13-07    pawnofdoom: Those ratings in the viewable games are not their current ratings, but their highest achieved ratings, I think Aug-13-07    percyblakeney: <Those ratings in the viewable games are not their current ratings, but their highest achieved ratings, I think> It seems to be that way in some cases. That is strange in itself since what matters is the rating now, and sometimes the numbers are hard to comprehend, as in A Stefanova vs G Berg Hanssen, 2007 Stefanova (current rating 2481, higest rating 2560), is given as 2520, and Hanssen (current rating 2242, highest rating 2489), is given as 2481... Aug-13-07    laskereshevsky: not the life's best tournament x the GM Nick DeFirmian.... Aug-14-07    nhat8121: he loses rating points by winning 4 games and tied 3? Aug-14-07    Karpova: <nhat8121> whom are you talking about - Carlsen? Carlsen won 5 games and drew 4 (not all games are in the database) http://www.arcticchess.org/engindex... Aug-14-07    lazerus: Why is this tourney called the artic chess challenge? Aug-14-07    Calli: Well, its being held here: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Troms... What else could you call it? ;-> Aug-14-07    lazerus: Thanks for the link Calli, cleared up any room for confusion Aug-16-07    nhat8121: So, Carlsen loses points in this tourney? Aug-17-07    contra: "Attic chess challenge" would have been better in my opinion. Aug-19-07    EeEk: Magnus lost 0,2 points. Aug-19-07    pawnofdoom: Has anyone seen Moiseenko's games? He got white int he first 3, then black 4 times in a row for the next games, and ended the tournament with 2 whites. Weird Aug-19-07    nescio: <pawnofdoom> In fact Moiseenko had a remarkable normal schedule: White in rounds 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9, Black in rounds 2, 4, 6, and 8. Aug-20-07    pawnofdoom: Oops, i read off the crosstable games, and assumed they were in the order of the rounds, and in the order Moiseenko's games were displayed, they did show him with so many consecutive colors, but <nescio> is right Dec-17-09    GrahamClayton: I am surprised that the Scandinavian Defence was not played in a tournament named after the Arctic!

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