Altagutta til Boden

Altagutta skal på langtur til helgen. Aksel Brasøy, Odd Erling Mikalsen og
Harald Mikalsen som vi her ser under NM for lokallag på Fagernes høsten
2011, skal delta i Boden Elo fra fredag til søndag.Der får de brynt seg på
IM Emil Hermansson, Anders Öhman, Håkan Holmström og Tomas Yttling.
Det skal bli spennende å følge denne turneringen. 1.runde spilles fredag kl.18.
Jeg kommer med regelmessige rapporter.
http://www.smartaboden.se/sida1.html

Miezis toppratet i Visma Chess Tournament


GM Normunds Miezis (LAT 2543) blir toppratet i GM-gruppen under
Visma Chess Tournament som arrangeres i Växjø 26.-30.juni. De skumleste
konkurrentene til seieren i GM-gruppen blir trolig den svenske GM Jonny
Hector (2512) og den islandske GM Henrik Danielsen (2500).I denne
gruppen finner vi også de svenske IM-ene Erik Blomqvist, IM Daniel
Semsecen, IM Axel Smith og IM Victor Nithander. Dessuten deltar den
danske IM Mads Andersen og den finske IM Vilka Sipila. Et meget hardt
felt der det nok blir spilt mye kampsjakk.

Salov turns 49 today

Valery Salov 1989.jpg
We would like to congratulate grandmaster
Valery Salov with his 49th birthday today.
Salov was one of the strongest players in
the world at the end of the 1980s and the
start of the 1990s.The polishborn became
European junior champion in 1983-84.
He  shared the 1st place  with GM Alexander
Belyavsky in the 1987 USSR Championship
but lost the playoff 0-2.His best result was
in the FIDE World Chess Championship
1996. He qualified for the Candidates and
won his first two matches against Khalifman
and Timman before he lost in the semis to
Gata Kamsky.The world then surpassed
new queen indian duels with the FIDE world
champion Anatoly Karpov.Salov struggled
with healt problems at the end of his career.
He retired from chess in 2000. He also has
a passion for backgammon. That could be
seen during the World Cup tournament in
Skellefteå in 1989 where swedish tv caught
him on his way to the backgammon room!
Go to the link under to play through some
of Salov`s games.
http://www.chessgames.com/player/valery_salov.html
Foto:Wikipedia