[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: Recently Completely Events: Foxwoods and the Doeberl Cup

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
Recently Completely Events: Foxwoods and the Doeberl Cup
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1206417387.shtml


   The [1]Foxwoods Open in Connecticut has finished, and five players
   have tied for first: GMs Shulman, Shabalov, Becerra, A. Ivanov and IM
   Hess. Shulman won a blitz playoff and thus won the title of event
   champion, but the real hero of the event was teenager Robert Hess, who
   achieved a GM norm and then some. (He had already sewn up the norm
   after 7 of 9 rounds!) After wins against an expert and a 2200, Hess
   went on a rampage:
   Round 3: Beat GM Alexander Ivanov
   Round 4: Beat GM Keith Arkell
   Round 5: Drew GM Darven Sadvakasov
   Round 6: Lost to GM Yury Shulman
   Round 7: Beat GM Ildar Ibragimov
   Round 8: Drew GM Mark Paragua
   Round 9: Beat GM Alexander Stripunsky
   Yikes! Congratulations also to Chris Williams and Tegshuren Enkhbat,
   who both made IM norms.
   Congratulations also to American GM Varuzhan Akobian, who won the
   [2]O2C Doeberl Cup in Canberra, Australia, with a 7.5/9 score, a full
   point ahead of his 7 closest pursuers. To get a feel for the
   round-by-round action and to see some entertaining snippets, [3]have a
   look at a series of short (about 3.5 minutes each) videos, mostly by
   retired Australian GM Ian Rogers.
   HT: [4]Chess Today

References

   1. http://www.foxwoodsopen.com/
   2. http://www.doeberlcup.com.au/
   3. http://www.doeberlcup.com.au/2008video.html
   4. http://www.chesstoday.net/