GM Jon Ludvig Hammer (t.h.) gikk til topps i Fagernes Chess International
med med 7 av 9 etter remis i siste runde mot GM Andrey Vovk. Han tjente
14 elopoeng etter ratingprestasjonen på 2774. Hammer er dermed uoffisielt
oppe på 2665 og er ny nummer to i Norden.GM Peter Heine Nielsen ligger
på 2655.GM Jan Werle fra Nederland med 6,5 poeng.GM Evgeny Postny
ble nummer 3 med 6 poeng. GM Simen Agdestein hadde sammen poengsum
etter en sterk avslutning med seier mot GM Kaido Kulaots.Simen ble nummer
6.
Drazen Muse wins Äskulap-turnier
IM Drazen Muse (left) won the Äskulap-Turnier in Görlitz. He scored 6 points
in 7 rounds after beating GM Vladimir Sergeev in the final round. IM Lukasz
Butkiewicz and IM Kamil Stachowiak followed on the next places with 5,5
points.
Äskulap-Turnier: Two players lead
IM Drazen Muse (left) from König Tegel Berlin leads the Äskulap-Turnier
with 4,5 points after the 5th round.Here he plays a draw against IM Michal
Luch in the 5th round Friday afternoon.
IM Kamil Stachowiak (right) from Polen also has 4,5 points. He has black
against Muse in the 6th round Saturday morning.
IM Paul Hoffmann (right) from USV TU Dresden has 4 points. In this game
he beats a player from Merseburg.
The 6th round starts Saturday at 8 a.m. (8.00).The 7th and last round will
start tomorrow at 2 p.m. (14.00).
Norrköping: Miezis med i teten
GM Normunds Miezis er med i teten etter første dags spill i Påskturneringen
I Norrköping.Latvieren har vunnet sine tre første partier. I morgen skal det
spilles to nye partier. Turneringen avsluttes mandag.Følg 4.runde live kl.10.
Fortuna Blitz: Karl-Heinz gewinnt
Karl-Heinz Lehmann (links) gewann die März-Ausgabe von dem Blitz
Grand Prix bei Fortuna Leipzig. Auf den Rängen folgten Steven Günther
und Joachim Hollstein. Matthias Gleichmann (rechts) hat die Gesamtführung
übernommen.
Görlitz: Favourites win
FM Thomas Schunk (left) from SG Leipzig won in the 2nd round of the
Âskulap-Turnier. He will have white against a polnish IM in the 3rd round
this afternoon. I beat a player with 2028 and will play black against Ulf
Wallgren (2138) from Sweden in the 3rd round at 3.30 p.m. (15.30).
Görlitz:Äskulap-tournament has started
IM Cliff Wichmann (left) from Nickelhütte Aue had a big advantage in
his 1st round game in Âskulap-Turnier and probably won.
FM Hendrik Hoffmann (above left) from SG Leipzig played attacking chess
and had a winning position against his Young opponent as I left the playing
room.
FM Karsten Schulz (left) from Schwerin Plays many open tournaments in
Germany and he spends another Easter in Görlitz.
I won my game with black against Rainer Kalbass (1848).It was an
English game where I won material in the middlegame.I have white
against Dirk Niese (2028) tomorrow morning.
The 2nd round starts tomorrow at 8.30.Follow the results on the homepage.
Äskulap-tournament starts today
FM Thomas Schunk (left) and Ralf Schnabel (in the middle) will play in
the Äskulap-tournament in Görlitz. 1st round starts today at 5 p.m. (17.00).
The 7th round will be played on Saturday afternoon.