Ajedrez/Chess

[Eli]

Ya que se trata de un Español empatado por primer puesto.... si quieres ver la noticia http://www.chessclub.com/mailing/2006/02c/news.html
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NEWS

Corus Tournament 2006

Vallejo Pons and Ponomariov Tie for First at Cuernavaca

GM Francisco Vallejo Pons and GM Ruslan Ponomariov held each other to a 56 move draw in the final round at Cuernavaca and ended the tournament tied for first place. Both players finished the tournament with a final score of 6.5 points. American grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura defeated GM Cheparinov in the final round to take clear third after two straight draws in rounds seven and eight.

Congratulations to GM Vallejo Pons and GM Ponomariov!

Final Standings:
6.5 GM Francisco Vallejo Pons (23 Spain 2650)
6.5 GM Ruslan Ponomariov (22 Ukraine 2723)
6.0 GM Hikaru Nakamura (18 USA 2644)
5.5 GM Lenier Dominguez (22 Cuba 2638)
5.0 GM Lazaro Bruzon (23 Cuba 2650)
4.5 GM Andrei Volokitin (19 Ukraine 2665)
4.0 GM Ivan Cheparinov (19 Bulgaria 2625)
3.5 GM Sergey Karjakin (16 Ukraine 2660)
2.0 IM Manuel Leon Hoyos (16 Mexico 2428)
1.5 GM Ruben Felgaer (24 Argentina 2607)


Download all of the games.

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ICC NEWS
Live Coverage: Ciudad de Linares International Chess Tournament
The ICC will once again be covering the tournament referred to as the "Wimbledon of Chess". The Ciudad de Linares International Chess Tournament (called "Linares" for short) will be taking place February 18th through February 26th, 2006.

Cuernavaca Young Masters
Ciudad de Linares International Chess Tournament

This year the first half of the tournament will be taking place in Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico. The second half of the tournament will be held in Linares, Spain. This year's tournament has a fantastic prize fund of 380,000 Euros.

Tournament details can be found on the ICC and on the Linares official web site.
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