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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
Arctic Chess Challenge Tournament

Alexander Moiseenko7.5/9(+7 -1 =1)[games]
Kjetil A Lie7/9(+6 -1 =2)[games]
Vugar Gashimov7/9(+5 -0 =4)[games]
Magnus Carlsen7/9(+5 -0 =4)[games]
Bartlomiej Macieja6.5/9(+5 -1 =3)[games]
Simen Agdestein6.5/9(+4 -0 =5)[games]
Bartosz Socko6.5/9(+6 -2 =1)[games]
Michail Brodsky6.5/9(+4 -0 =5)[games]
Mikhail Gurevich6.5/9(+6 -2 =1)[games]
Vladimir Epishin6/9(+4 -1 =4)[games]
Vladimir Burmakin6/9(+4 -1 =4)[games]
Joachim Thomassen6/9(+6 -3 =0)[games]
Victor Mikhalevski6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
Venkatachalam Saravanan6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
Gunnar Berg Hanssen6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
Karsten Larsen6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
Diego Suarez Pousa6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
Heikki Westerinen6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
Edward Porper6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
Gediminas Sarakauskas6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
Lars Andreassen6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
Joanna Dworakowska6/9(+6 -3 =0)[games]
Jon Ludvig Hammer5.5/9(+5 -3 =1)[games]
Espen Lie5.5/9(+5 -3 =1)[games]
Sondre Waage Tofte5.5/9(+5 -3 =1)[games]
Lukasz Dworakowski5.5/9(+5 -3 =1)[games]
Oyvind Pedersen5.5/9(+4 -2 =3)[games]
Anders Gjerdrum Hagen5.5/9(+4 -2 =3)[games]
Antoaneta Stefanova5/9(+5 -4 =0)[games]
Frode Bull Jaeger5/9(+4 -3 =2)[games]
Tobias Pettersson5/9(+4 -3 =2)[games]
Zivile Sarakauskiene5/9(+5 -4 =0)[games]
* (99 players total; 67 players not shown. Click here for longer list.)

 page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 168  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. M Brodsky vs I Edvardsen  1-0272007Arctic Chess ChallengeA89 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6
2. Mikhalevski vs A Brasoy  1-0272007Arctic Chess ChallengeA90 Dutch
3. S Agdestein vs R Vik-Hansen  1-0252007Arctic Chess ChallengeE80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation
4. A Moiseenko vs A G Hagen  1-0402007Arctic Chess ChallengeE21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights
5. Westerinen vs E Degerstedt  1-0362007Arctic Chess ChallengeB40 Sicilian
6. B Socko vs E Haugstad  1-0362007Arctic Chess ChallengeC68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange
7. A Stefanova vs P Jensen  1-0352007Arctic Chess ChallengeA80 Dutch
8. D Markosian vs S Johnsen  1-0292007Arctic Chess ChallengeA13 English
9. L Andreassen vs O Selnes  1-0272007Arctic Chess ChallengeA80 Dutch
10. J L Hammer vs M P Jacobsen  1-0432007Arctic Chess ChallengeC55 Two Knights Defense
11. P Royset vs F Eggerud  1-0372007Arctic Chess ChallengeC11 French
12. K Toma vs R Torkilseng  1-0722007Arctic Chess ChallengeC13 French
13. G Sarakauskas vs D Adolfsson  1-0282007Arctic Chess ChallengeE62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
14. H Carlsen vs E Norbakken 1-0392007Arctic Chess ChallengeD02 Queen's Pawn Game
15. M Unander vs J K Pedersen  1-0242007Arctic Chess ChallengeC41 Philidor Defense
16. K Larsen vs J Asvang  1-0372007Arctic Chess ChallengeB51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
17. J Thomassen vs A G Jakobsen 1-0242007Arctic Chess ChallengeE70 King's Indian
18. J Kvisla vs G Jakobsen  1-0342007Arctic Chess ChallengeB23 Sicilian, Closed
19. O A Stubberud vs A N Samuelsen  1-0322007Arctic Chess ChallengeC92 Ruy Lopez, Closed
20. S Karlsen vs S Jessen 1-0182007Arctic Chess ChallengeD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
21. O Pedersen vs V Stensen  1-0162007Arctic Chess ChallengeB22 Sicilian, Alapin
22. Z Sarakauskiene vs O Jakobsen  1-0422007Arctic Chess ChallengeC07 French, Tarrasch
23. H Lahlum vs F Prohl  1-0382007Arctic Chess ChallengeA80 Dutch
24. N Getz vs P Johansen  1-0342007Arctic Chess ChallengeB16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation
25. R Vik-Hansen vs M Unander  1-0292007Arctic Chess ChallengeB43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
 page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 168  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
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
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: I am surprised that the Scandinavian Defence was not played in a tournament named after the Arctic!

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