Alta:Steinar i tet


Steinar Arild (t.h.) er i teten i Høstturneringen i Alta SK etter at han
tok en sterk svartseier mot Ingrid Greibrokk.Han må dog dele ledelsen
med Robin Pedersen som tok seg av Asmo Luostarinen i denne
runden. Vi merker oss at Karl-Johan Rist tok sin første seier ved
å nedlegge Sofie Kristine Ratama.Det skal spilles ti runder før en
vinner er kåret.

Kotronias og Zumsande leder


GM Vassilios Kotronias (øverst t.h.) er i delt ledelse i den danske
GM-turneringen  Chess House Aarhus Festuge GM. Den greske
GM har vunnet tre partier og spilt en remis.Kotronias har gått
seirende ut av en duell med den danske GM Boris Chatalbashev.
Den tyske IM Martin Zumsande jakter GM-napp og starten med
3,5 av 4 har vært bra. Han har blant annet også slått Chatalbashev,
Følg 5.runde live i dag fra kl.17.Turneringen avsluttes med 9.runde
søndag.
 

Kengis is back!

Bilderesultat for edvins kengis
The Latvian veteran
GM Edvins Kengis is
back in Latvian chess
life. Yesterday he beat
FM Arturs Bernotas in
a fine positional game
where his pieces Invaded
on the 7th rank.
This was the 7th round
of the Latvian team
championship
this season.
Kengis and his Club
Riga Tehniska universitäte
beat Riga Saha skola with
GM Arturs Neiksans on
top board with 3,5-1,5.
Kengis`team lead with
8 points Ahead of Ventspils
and Termo Eko who also
have 8 team points.
Play through the games
from the weekend here.
Click on the names of
the players on top and you
will see all the available
games this weekend.
the last four rounds,
round 8 til 11 will be played
on 15.-16.December.
Photo:Wikipedia

Nationalliga A:Genf leads


GM Yuri Kryvoruchko (right)  beat GM Christian Bauer on top board
as Genf beat SG Zürich 5-3 in a top Meeting in the 7th round of the
Nationalliga A. The Leipziger GM Lothar Vogt drew against the
earlier World Championship candidate GM Andrei Sokolov on the
4th board.As leaders Winterthur was destroyed 1-7 against Riehen,
Genf leads with 12 points, just half a game point ahead of Riehen
before the final doble round 27.-28.October in Lausanne.There we
will see the top meetings in the 8th round between Winterhur and
gend and SG Zürich-Riehen. In the 9th round we have Genf-Riehen
and Winterthur-SG Zürich. A very exciting final is to be expected.