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Handmade Chess Figures
Jan de Jong was in Wijk aan Zee to show and sell his handmade chess figures. Interested? You can contact him via email.
Chess Olympiad Round 1

22.05.2006 Round 1 was played on Sunday 21 May at 03.00 p.m. in the Olympic Oval. In the Men’s section 146 teams are participating, while in the Women’s section there are 106 teams. Resulting from the usual pairings system the first round saw a lot of giants – dwarfs encounters, for the most part ending in a maximum win for the giants, meaning 4-0 in the men’s section and 3-0 in the women’s section. And it is no surprise, as in every Chess Olympiad, that in round 1 there are surprises. Top seeded Russia (1st round with Grischuk, Morozevich, Bareev and Rublevsky) defeated Kazakhstan 4-0. Second seeded India lost to Morocco scoring only 1 point: 3-1. Ukraine dropped half a point because Ivanchuk was not able to beat IBCA world champion (blind people) Sergey Krylov. In the Women’s section top seeded Russia (1st round with Kosteniuk and the Kosintseva sisters) scored a 3-0 victory over Portugal, while second seeded Ukraine spoiled half a point.

Olympic flag

playing hall
Playing hall in the Olympic Oval

playing hall 2

kazakhstan - russia
Kazakhstan playing Russia with Rublevsky, Breev, Morozevich and Grischuk

russian women
Russian women team with Nadezhda & Tatiana Kosintstseva and Alexandra Kosteniuk (from left to right)

Tukmakov, Karjakin
Ukrainian captain Tukmakov (left) watching Karjakin

Krylov - Ivanchuk
IBCA world champion Sergey Krylov drew Vassily Ivanchuk

volokitin
Andrei Volokitin from Ukraine


grischuk
Alexander Grischuk of Russia

morozevich
Alexander Morozevich of Russia

NL - Faroe
Netherlands - Faroe Islands 4-0

Asrian en Lputian
Armenians Smbat Lputian and Karen Asrian facing Venuzuela

Ahmad Hamad
Ahmad Hamad from Syria

india - morocco
India - Morocco. First board Harikrishna - Hamdouchi ended in a draw

Dutch women
Dutch women team (at left) with lion mascotte, playing Italia B. Zhaoqin Peng, Tea Lanchava and Bianca Muhren scored 3-0

Peng met Schrijvers
Zhaoqin Peng from The Netherlands is happy being sponsored by Adviesbureau Schrijvers

Jana Krivec
5 times Slovenian champion, Jana Krivec

Kosteniuk
Alexandra Kosteniuk from Russia, a nice target for photographers



Calendar
13.01.12-29.01.12
Tata Steel Chess
(Wijk aan Zee)


24.01.12-02.02.12
Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2012

28.01.12-05.02.12
Moscow Open

31.01.31
Schaaksimultaan Karjakin, Giri & Tiviakov, Den Haag

04.02.12-05.02.12
Schachbundesliga R8+9

06.02.12-17.02.12
Aeroflot Open 2012
Moscow


16.02.12-19.02.12
Vladimir Petrov Memorial
Jurmala (Latvia)


17.02.12-19.02.12
Bunratty Chess Festival, Ireland

17.02.12-19.02.12
Daniël Noteboom Weekend Tournament, Leiden (Netherlands)

17.02.12-22.02.12
ACP Women Cup 2012
Tbilisi (Georgia)


18.02.12-19.02.12
Västgöta Open
Skara (Sweden)


03.03.12
Open Dutch Blitzchess Championship, Dordrecht (Netherlands)

03.03.12-10.03.12
Cappelle-la-Grande 2012

06.03.12-13.03.12
Reykjavik Open 2012

19.03.12-01.04.12
European Individual Chess Championship, Plovdiv (Bulgaria)

04.04.12-08.04.12
Philadelphia Open
Pennsylvania (US)


06.04.12-08.04.12
OGD Prinsenstad Weekend Tournament
Delft (Netherlands)


07.06.12-10.06.12
Rheinland-Pfalz-Open, Germany

04.07.12-08.07.12
40th World Open, Pennsylvania (US)

14.07.12-22.07.12
Science Park Amsterdam Chess Tournament (Netherlands)

11.01.13-27.01.13
Tata Steel Chess 2013
(Wijk aan Zee)


Links
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