ESTCC: Leipzig number 4


FM Manfred Schöneberg (left) won against IM Victor Romcovici (2086)
in the final round of the European Senior Team Chess Championship in
Vienna. His clubmate FM Manfred Böhnisch won against IM Boris M.
Nevednichy (2153).Dr. Friedbert Prüfer also made a draw, so SF Leipzig
won 2,5-1,5 against Moldova and SF Leipzig ended up in a fine 4the Place.
Sankt Petersburg won after a quick 2-2 draw against Russia Women in
the last round.Israel and Russia followed on the next places.

Paleohora Open: Frisk kampsjakk også i dag


Det ble levert mye kampsjakk også under 4.runde av Paleohora Open
søndag.Fem mann deler ledelsen med 4 poeng, blant dem GM Aleksander
Kharitonov som er fast gjest i Paleohora.Hjemmehåpet Nikolas Theodorou
har også full pott etter en sterk seier mot GM Sipke Ernst i 4.runde.
Blant de norske er FM Ørnulf Stubberud og Øystein B.Fossum best med 3
poeng.5.runde spilles kl.17.30 gresk tid, 16.30 norsk tid.

Vienna:Vogt hit back


Grandmaster Lothar Vogt (left) struck back in the European Senior Team
Chess Championship. Vogt beat FM Horst Watzka (2234) as his team
Eppingen won 2,5-1,5 over Steiermarkt.SF Leipzig beat Germany 3-1
in a match where FM Manfred Böhnisch and FM Manfred Schöneberg
drew their games. Matchwinners were Dr.Friedbert Prüfer and Robert
Beltz with wins on the last two Boards.We also mention that Joachim Hollstein
from Fortuna Leipzig played a draw for his team Stiftung BSW-DBAG II,
but his team lost 1,5-2,5.The 7th round will be played today at 10 o`clock
with the match SF Leipzig-England. This match will be shown live.
After 6 rounds St.Petersburg has a clear lead with 11 teampoint. Then
follows Russia and Israel with 9 teampoints. SF Leipzig is in 7th place With
fewer individual points.

Fortuna Leipzig on traning camp


Steffen Hoffmann (left) and his opponent Gunter Handke travelled with
the rest of the chess club Fortuna Leipzig to Papstdorf in the Sächsischen
Schweiz not far away from Dresden and the Czech Republic.Their they
had a training camp before the chess season which starts up With team
matches in September. Before then they stage some Blitz Grand prix-
tournaments. The next will take Tuesday 28.July.Read more on the homepage
where they have published many pictures. You can also check out Pictures
from the summer party which the club had some days ago.