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15th Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International
23 September - 1 October 2006
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Round 6 - 28 September 2006 - The Coach Trip
The Coach Party - click on the photo if you want to see a bigger version
John Saunders reports: As is usual at the Monarch Assurance, we were treated to a coach trip round the island for about 2½ hours on the morning of the Thursday round. The weather has held up pretty well this year, though it was windy and rainy on Wednesday. But today was very pleasant. The trip took in Douglas Head, with views over the Isle of Man's capital, then a minute of two at Tynwald (just long enough for me to take the above photo - actually it consists of three photos cunningly linked together to produce a panoramic shot - can you spot the two joins?), then onto Peel, where we very nearly mislaid some Russian grandmasters, then to Glen Maye (to see a very pretty waterfall) and then back to Port Erin. The coach driver did a great job of telling us all the local history and gossip whilst steering his coach round all the hairpin bends and slopes that are a feature of the Manx countryside. For my part, I had to put up with all the jokes about my 2004 calamity when I failed to make the coach trip because I arrived a whole two minutes late. I got to the hotel door at 10.02am to see the back end of the coach disappearing off into the distance. It had left at 10.00am on the button. This year David Sedgwick arrived at 10.05am and the coach waited for him. There is no justice in the world, is there? I suppose that reflects the relative status of arbiter and webmaster respectively.
Left: "Go west, young man!" Dennis Hemsley giving Bjarke
Sahl directions. Middle: The Glen Maye Waterfall. Right: "Grandmaster
overboard!" - Vitaly Golod in some danger of falling from the battlements
of Peel Castle, but saved by Petr Kiriakov. Konstantin Landa looks on.
To the games... Bartel-Krasenkow was a genuine and interesting draw, with the younger player sacrificing the exchange to get a big d-pawn. Shabalov-Areshchenko was another interesting draw, though I've a horrible feeling someone will tell me it has all been seen before. If I had John Nunn's excellent book on the 6 Bg5 Sicilian Najdorf with me, I would be able to look it up, but it's back home. Kobalia-Yakovich was a win for White and gave me a lot of problems trying to decipher the handwriting; but it has now been included in its entirety. I was most impressed to find that Mikhail Kobalia can read his own handwriting (which is more than can be said for Viktor Korchnoi) - many thanks to Mikhail for his help with this.
The Subbaraman sisters had a good day, particularly Vijayalakshmi, who won a complicated game against Kazhgaleyev. She is now only half a point behind the leaders. Elisabeth Paehtz seemed to have a comfortable position but she then drove Postny's king where it wanted to go and blundered. Anna Zatonskih seemed a lot worse against Ikonnikov but he then messed up the defence and was mated by the US women's champion. Second major scalp in a row for Gary Quillan who moves to 4/6. Dave Collier lost to Tatiana Kononenko but Fritz revealed that White missed a big chance with 25 Rf4! which seems to win material.
Round: 6
Bd White Result Black --No--
1 Bartel, Mateusz......... 2561 (4½) ½ - ½ Krasenkow, Mikhal....... 2635 (4½) 21 6
2 Socko, Bartosz.......... 2621 (4) ½ - ½ Akopian, Vladimir....... 2713 (4) 9 1
3 Shabalov, Alexander..... 2604 (3½) ½ - ½ Areshchenko, Alexander.. 2641 (4) 11 4
4 Kobalia, Mikhail........ 2647 (3½) 1 - 0 Yakovich, Yuri.......... 2583 (3½) 3 18
5 Neverov, Valeriy........ 2556 (3½) 1 - 0 Korneev, Oleg........... 2638 (3½) 23 5
6 Greenfeld, Alon......... 2551 (3½) 0 - 1 Volkov, Sergey.......... 2628 (3½) 26 8
7 Kazhgaleyev, Murtas..... 2606 (3½) 0 - 1 Vijayalakshmi, Subbarama 2417 (3½) 10 44
8 Landa, Konstantin....... 2584 (3½) ½ - ½ Iordachescu, Viorel..... 2603 (3½) 17 12
9 Golod, Vitali........... 2576 (3½) ½ - ½ Khenkin, Igor........... 2586 (3½) 19 16
10 Sriram, Jha............. 2408 (3) 0 - 1 Efimenko, Zahar......... 2632 (3) 49 7
11 Malakhatko, Vadim....... 2594 (3) 1 - 0 Cox, John J............. 2418 (3) 13 42
12 Postny, Evgeny.......... 2591 (3) 1 - 0 Paehtz, Elizabeth....... 2456 (3) 14 37
13 Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav... 2587 (3) 0 - 1 Zatonskih, Anna......... 2432 (3) 15 39
14 Kiriakov, Petr.......... 2554 (3) ½ - ½ Haslinger, Stewart G.... 2423 (3) 24 40
15 Kuzubov, Yuri........... 2554 (3) 1 - 0 Palliser, Richard JD.... 2413 (3) 25 46
16 Bobras, Piotr........... 2535 (3) 1 - 0 Ledger, Andrew J........ 2411 (3) 28 48
17 Gormally, Daniel W...... 2513 (3) 1 - 0 Dworakowska, Joanna..... 2359 (3) 30 57
18 Quillan, Gary........... 2344 (3) 1 - 0 Al Sayed, Mohamad N..... 2492 (3) 62 32
19 Wells, Peter K.......... 2480 (3) ½ - ½ Ferguson, Mark.......... 2389 (3) 33 51
20 Vasilevich, Tatiana..... 2412 (3) ½ - ½ Siebrecht, Sebastian.... 2417 (2½) 47 43
21 Stocek, Jiri............ 2561 (2½) 1 - 0 Sahl, Bjarke............ 2364 (2½) 22 56
22 Eggleston, David J...... 2232 (2½) 0 - 1 Hebden, Mark L.......... 2532 (2½) 67 29
23 Hanley, Craig A......... 2419 (2½) ½ - ½ Sharma, Dinesh K........ 2358 (2½) 41 58
24 Sarakauskas, Gediminas.. 2414 (2½) 1 - 0 Grant, Alan G........... 2193 (2½) 45 70
25 Peek, Marcel............ 2367 (2½) 1 - 0 Mannion, Steve R........ 2346 (2½) 55 60
26 Spence, David J......... 2205 (2) 0 - 1 Arkell, Keith C......... 2479 (2) 69 34
27 Williams, Simon K....... 2473 (2) 1 - 0 Hutchinson, Norman A.... 2107 (2) 36 75
28 Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi 2394 (2) 0 - 1 Walton, Alan J.......... 2222 (2) 50 68
29 Collier, David O........ 2175 (2) 0 - 1 Kononenko, Tatiana...... 2387 (2) 71 52
30 Devereaux, Maxim L...... 2377 (2) 1 - 0 Lunn, Timothy........... 2079 (2) 53 81
31 Sarakauskiene, Zivile... 2158 (2) 0 - 1 Zozulia, Anna........... 2352 (2) 73 59
32 Savory, Richard J....... 2101 (2) ½ - ½ Ashton, Adam G.......... 2329 (2) 77 63
33 Szieberth, Adam......... 2328 (2) 1 - 0 Fairbairn, Stephen...... 2088 (2) 64 80
34 Fox, Anthony............ 2117 (2) 0 - 1 Mohota, Nisha........... 2313 (2) 74 65
35 Meenakshi, Subbaraman... 2310 (2) 1 - 0 Zimmerman, Yuri......... 2374 (1½) 66 54
36 Majer, Chris E.......... 1991 (1½) 1 - 0 Cafolla, Peter.......... 2062 (1½) 87 85
37 Groffen, Hans........... 2171 (1½) 1 - 0 Spanton, Tim R.......... 2075 (1) 72 83
38 Marks, Ian A............ 1944 (1) 1 - 0 Henrichsen, Jens........ 2106 (1) 91 76
39 Fraser-Mitchell, Jeremy 2077 (1) ½ - ½ De Lagontrie, Jean...... 1974 (1) 82 88
40 Werner, Gert............ 2069 (1) 0 - 1 Nicholson, John......... 1945 (1) 84 90
41 Henderikse, Bert........ 2019 (1) 1 - 0 Ormsby, Alan............ 1939 (½) 86 93
42 Fabri, Henrik........... 1940 (1) ½ - ½ Bye..................... 92
43 Depin, Jean............. 1875* (0) 0 - 0 Bye..................... 95
Monarch Assurance Isle of Man
Open
Venue: Ocean Castle Hotel Port Erin
Date: 23 Sep 06 to 01 Oct 06
Timings: First 40 moves in 120 mins. Next 20 moves in 60 mins. 30 mins to completion.
Tournament Director/Organiser: Dennis HemsleyWebmaster: John Saunders
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