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Handmade Chess Figures
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 10

01.06.2006 Round 10 was played on Wednesday 31 May at 03.00 p.m. In the Men’s section number 1 Armenia (Aronian, Akopian, Asrian, Sargissian) boosted its position at the top defeating number 2 China (Bu, Zhang Z, Wang, Ni) 2,5-1,5. Akopian won, other games draw. Armenia is on 29 points, second is China with 27 points. Russia (Kramnik, Svidler, Grischuk, Bareev) climbed to third place in the table with 26,5 points (together with Czech Republic) after beating Ukraine (Ivanchuk, Volokitin, Karjakin, Efimenko) 3-1. Svidler and Bareev won, other games draw.
In the Women’s section Ukraine is leading with 23,0. Russia is on 22,5 and third is China with 20,5 points.
The night brought the Barmuda party. Thursday 1 June is the second rest day. There are three more rounds to go.

Setting out for round 10
Setting out for round 10

Bu vs Aronian
Aronian Levon (right) - Bu Xiangzhi

Armenia - China  2,5-1,5
Armenia-China 2½-1½
Aronian Levon - Bu Xiangzhi ½-½, Akopian Vladimir - Zhang Zhong 1-0, Asrian Karen - Wang Yue ½ -½, Sargissian Gabriel - Ni Hua ½ -½

Zhang Zhong
Zhang Zhong from China

France - USA 2-2 with Bacrot-Kamsky 1-0
France - USA 2-2 with Bacrot-Kamsky 1-0

Volokitin and Ivanchuk from Ukraine
Volokitin and Ivanchuk from Ukraine

Hikaru Nakamura from USA
Hikaru Nakamura from USA

David Navara from Czech Republic
David Navara from Czech Republic

no08 Playing hall, the blue zone is
Playing hall, the blue zone is for players, the red zone for public

Watching chess from the bleachers
Watching chess from the bleachers

Indonesia - Netherlands  1-3
Indonesia - Netherlands 1-3

Leinier Dominguez Perez from Cuba
Leinier Dominguez Perez from Cuba

Per Andreasen player board 6 and captain of Danmark
Per Andreasen player board 6 and captain of Danmark

Alexander Baburin from Ireland
Alexander Baburin from Ireland

Viktorija Cmilyte from Lithuania
Viktorija Cmilyte from Lithuania

no15 Ngan Phan-Koshnitsky (AUS) vs Elena Partac (MDA)
Ngan Phan-Koshnitsky (Australia) vs Elena Partac (Moldova)


PICTURE GALLERY
The Bermuda Party


no01 Hiroshima Mon Amour

no02 Nigel Freeman
Nigel Freeman of Bermuda

no03 Birthday
Birthday Nigel Short

no04 Dancefloor

no05 Dancefloor

no06 Dancing

no08 Bar


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)


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