Drammen:Ragnar tilbake i ringen

Ragnar Knudsen (t.v.) er tilbake i ringen under det åpne NM i hurtigsjakk
i Drammen. I en meget sterk A-klasse har Ragnar 2 av 6 etter første dag.
Han slo Amir Keadana og remiserte OSS-gutta FM Ole Chr.Moen og
Eskil Eskeland Grønn.I 7.runde har Ragnar svart mot svenske Ingvar
Gundersen.Motstander på dette bildet, Odd Erling Mikalsen deltar ikke.
GM Simen Agdestein leder etter første dag med 5,5 av 6. Han møter
GM Einar J.Gausel i 7.runde som pågår nå.

Staufer Open:Normunds started good

GM Normunds Miezis (right) started the big tournament Staufer Open in
Germany with 2 out of 2.In the 2nd round he beat an International Master.
In the 3rd round today he has black against Dirk König.The tournament
favourite GM Rainer Buhmann has also won his first two games.In the 3rd
round Buhmann has white against FM Peter Braun.

Litomysl: Hendryk and Reyk earn Elo

FM Hendrik Hoffmann (right) -here  in play against GM Matthias Womacka
in the Oberliga Ost in January 2014 – made a good tournament in Litomysl
in the Czech Republic. He scored 6 points in 9 rounds after a draw with
white against FM Marian Sabol (CZE 2282) in the last round.Hendrik ended
in 10th place.Reyk Schaefer from SG 1871 Löberitz also made a fine
tournament with 5 Points.His best result was a draw against IM Viktor Ianov
in the 5th round. He came in 22nd place.IM Mikhail Demidov (RUS 2517)
won the tournament with 8,5 points.