[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: Tournament updates from here and there

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
Tournament updates from here and there
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1186639072.shtml


   Tournaments are everywhere these days, and the hefty batch events
   mentioned in this [1]post only scratch the surface. Still, it's enough
   to keep a chess fan occupied, so I'll stick to those events and offer
   an update.
   First, there's the [2]British Championship. Aagaard had been running
   away with the event, but lost with White in round 8 to Haslinger. That
   left the two tied, but Aagaard regained the lead with a win over
   Howell, while Haslinger was held to a draw by Gordon. With just two
   rounds to go, Aagaard is an excellent shape: with 7.5/9 he's half a
   point ahead of Haslinger, but a full point and a half ahead of 9 other
   players (including three-time defending champ Rowson).
   In the [3]Arctic Chess Challenge, Macieja, K. Lie and M. Gurevich lead
   with 4.5/5; 6 players are half a point behind; and Carlsen is in the
   group with 3.5, having given up another draw, this time to his
   countryman and erstwhile trainer Agdestein. (Incidentally, it's not
   only GM Kjetil Lie who is doing well in this tournament; FM Espen Lie
   has a creditable 3/5, which includes a victory over GM Mikhalevski.
   This goes to show that Emanuel Lasker was wrong when he wrote that
   lies do not long survive on the chessboard!)
   Then there's the [4]HZ Open in Vlissingen. In a field that includes
   former FIDE world champ Kasimdzhanov, one-time 2700 Krasenkow, former
   candidate Tiviakov and other GMs as well, the clear leader after round
   6 is Fabiano Caruana - with a 6-0 score. Italy, send him back!!
   Finally, Korchnoi lost to Balogh in round 4 of the [5]5th Gyorgy Marx
   Memorial in Paks, Hungary, but bounced back with a win over Acs to
   reclaim a share of the lead (with Balogh).

References

   1. http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1186473762.shtml
   2. http://www.bcfservices.org.uk/livechess/british/2007/
   3. http://www.arcticchess.org/engindex.htm
   4. http://www.hztoernooi.nl/index_en.html
   5. http://www.ase.hu/marxgy/2007/index_eng.html