The Metz International Open took place 19th-27th April 2008. Andrei Shchekachev took clear first with 7/9.
Kevin finished .5 back.
| Pl | Nom | Ti | Fede | Elo | Pts | Tr. | Perf. | Bu. |
| 1 | SHCHEKACHEV Andrei | g | FRA | 2520 | 7 | 41,5 | 2612 | 50 |
| 2 | SAVCHENKO Stanislav | g | UKR | 2560 | 6,5 | 44,5 | 2614 | 53,5 |
| 3 | SPRAGGETT Kevin | g | CAN | 2591 | 6,5 | 43,5 | 2617 | 53 |
| 4 | EPISHIN Vladimir | g | RUS | 2566 | 6,5 | 43,5 | 2605 | 53 |
| 5 | FELLER Sebastien | g | FRA | 2540 | 6,5 | 43 | 2575 | 52 |
| 6 | MARZOLO Cyril | m | FRA | 2476 | 6,5 | 41,5 | 2526 | 51 |
| 7 | WIRIG Anthony | m | FRA | 2477 | 6,5 | 41 | 2564 | 50 |
| 8 | LALIC Bogdan | g | CRO | 2514 | 6,5 | 41 | 2517 | 49,5 |
| 9 | SULAVA Nenad | g | CRO | 2479 | 6,5 | 40,5 | 2532 | 49,5 |
| 10 | DJURIC Stefan | g | SRB | 2460 | 6,5 | 39 | 2464 | 47,5 |
| 89 players | ||||||||
The 31st San Sebastian City Open took place in Donostia 16th-23rd of March 2008. Ivan Salgado Lopez took clear first place with 7.5/9. Kevin finished in a tie for 2-6.
Details: http://www.fgajedrez.org/open/open.htm
| 1 | Salgado Lopez Ivan | IM | ESP | 2459 | 7,5 | 41,0 |
| 2 | Spraggett Kevin | GM | CAN | 2588 | 7,0 | 37,5 |
| 3 | Andres Gonzalez Alberto | IM | ESP | 2436 | 7,0 | 37,5 |
| 4 | San Segundo Carrillo Pablo | GM | ESP | 2542 | 7,0 | 36,5 |
| 5 | Del Rio De Angelis Salvador G | GM | ESP | 2487 | 7,0 | 36,0 |
| 6 | Cifuentes Parada Roberto | GM | ESP | 2520 | 7,0 | 35,5 |
| 125 players | ||||||
The 24th Cappelle La Grande Open took place 16th-23rd February 2008. The winner was GM Vugar Gashimov who scored 7/9 and had the best tie-break ahead of 7 others on 7/9 (Arutinian, Fedorchuk, Kryvoruchko, Chernyshov, Deviatkin, Kotronias and L'Ami). Kevin finshed with 6.
| 24e open international de Cappelle | Cappelle la Grande | FRA | 2008-02-16 | |||||
| Rc | Ro | w | n | change | K | K*chg | ||
| 2402 | 2588 | 6 | 9 | -0.58 | 10 | -5.80 | ||
| Tissir, Mohamed | 2428 | MAR | 0 | 1 | -0.71 | 10 | -7.1 | |
| Peric, Slavisa | 2258 | SRB | 1 | 1 | 0.12 | 10 | 1.2 | |
| Devereaux, Maxim L | 2348 | ENG | 0.5 | 1 | -0.3 | 10 | -3 | |
| Upton, Timothy J | 2247 | SCO | 1 | 1 | 0.12 | 10 | 1.2 | |
| Tomczak, Jacek | 2433 | POL | 1 | 1 | 0.29 | 10 | 2.9 | |
| Zeberski, Jakub | 2398 | POL | 1 | 1 | 0.25 | 10 | 2.5 | |
| Panarin, Mikhail | 2511 | RUS | 0.5 | 1 | -0.11 | 10 | -1.1 | |
| Zubarev, Alexander | 2491 | UKR | 0.5 | 1 | -0.13 | 10 | -1.3 | |
| Lalic, Bogdan | 2507 | CRO | 0.5 | 1 | -0.11 | 10 | -1.1 | |
The XXXIII Abierto Internacional “Ciudad de Sevilla” took place 5th-12th January 2008. Karen Movsziszian took clear first on 7.5/9. (news from TWIC)
Official site: http://www.fsajedrez.com/
| 1 | MOVSZISZIAN Karen | GM | ARM | 2527 | 7½ | 44 | 40½ |
| 2 | KHAMRAKULOV Ibragim S | GM | ESP | 2589 | 7 | 47½ | 38 |
| 3 | SPRAGGETT Kevin | GM | CAN | 2588 | 7 | 45½ | 36½ |
| 4 | MIRZOEV Azer | GM | AZE | 2518 | 7 | 45½ | 36½ |
| 5 | LOPEZ MARTINEZ Josep Manuel | GM | ESP | 2550 | 7 | 44½ | 39 |
| 6 | EPISHIN Vladimir | GM | RUS | 2577 | 7 | 44½ | 37 |
| 7 | PAUNOVIC Dragan | GM | SRB | 2522 | 7 | 44 | 38 |
| 8 | KORNEEV Oleg | GM | RUS | 2645 | 7 | 42½ | 35 |
| 9 | IVANOV Jordan | IM | BUL | 2371 | 7 | 37½ | 32½ |
| 232 players | |||||||
| XXXIII Open Internacional Ciudad de Sevilla | Sevilla | ESP | 2008-01-05 | |||||
| Rc | Ro | w | n | change | K | K*chg | ||
| 2406 | 2588 | 7 | 9 | 0.54 | 10 | 5.40 | ||
| Herrera Ramirez, Daniel | 2238 | ESP | 1 | 1 | 0.11 | 10 | 1.1 | |
| Durao, Joaquim | 2238 | POR | 0.5 | 1 | -0.39 | 10 | -3.9 | |
| Rodriguez Aguilera, Aurelio | 2238 | ESP | 1 | 1 | 0.11 | 10 | 1.1 | |
| Garcia Luque, Agustin | 2387 | ESP | 1 | 1 | 0.24 | 10 | 2.4 | |
| Belezky, Alexander | 2449 | UKR | 1 | 1 | 0.31 | 10 | 3.1 | |
| Paunovic, Dragan | 2522 | SRB | 0.5 | 1 | -0.09 | 10 | -0.9 | |
| Matamoros Franco, Carlos S. | 2529 | ECU | 0.5 | 1 | -0.08 | 10 | -0.8 | |
| Mirzoev, Azer | 2518 | AZE | 0.5 | 1 | -0.1 | 10 | -1 | |
| Aroshidze, Levan | 2535 | GEO | 1 | 1 | 0.43 | 10 | 4.3 | |
This open tournament took place from 27 October - 4 November, 2007. GM Spraggett shared first.
Final standings:
1-2. GM Spraggett and FM Kovalyov -7 out of 9
3-4. GM Bellon Lopez and FM Dias Paulo - 6½
5-10. GM Dimitrov, GM Romanishin,Alho, GM Galego, IM Rusev and IM
M.Hoffmann 6, etc
From TWIC:
The IV Calvià Chess Festival took place in Calvià, Mallorca (Spain) 15th-23rd October 2007. Victor Mikhalevski took clear first in the Open with 8/9 a point clear of Kevin Spraggett. Details: http://www.calviafestival.com/
| IV Calvià Chess Festival Open 15th-23rd October 2007 |
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| Rank | SNo. | Name | IRtg | FED | Pts | ||
| 1 | 8 | GM | Mikhalevski Victor | 2584 | ISR | 8 | |
| 2 | 11 | GM | Spraggett Kevin | 2580 | CAN | 7 | |
| 3 | 3 | GM | Mchedlishvili Mikheil | 2631 | GEO | 6½ | |
| 4 | 9 | GM | Kuzubov Yuriy | 2582 | UKR | 6½ | |
| 5 | 6 | GM | Berg Emanuel | 2593 | SWE | 6½ | |
| 6 | 20 | GM | Godena Michele | 2535 | ITA | 6½ | |
| 7 | 2 | GM | Wojtaszek Radoslaw | 2635 | POL | 6½ | |
| 8 | 14 | GM | Arencibia Rodriguez Walter | 2562 | CUB | 6½ | |
| 9 | 38 | IM | Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan | 2432 | GEO | 6½ | |
| 10 | 25 | GM | Heberla Bartlomiej | 2502 | POL | 6½ | |
| 11 | 16 | GM | Strikovic Aleksa | 2551 | SRB | 6½ | |
144 players
The 16th Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International took place 22nd September - 30th September 2007. Mateusz Bartel, Vitali Golod, Zahar Efimenko, Yuri Yakovich, Michael Roiz and Mikhail Kobalia tied on 6.5/9.
Kevin was a half point back with 6.
Official site: http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/monarch2007/index.html
The IV Continental open took place 10th-20th July, 2007 in Cali, Colombia. The event was an 11 round Swiss Open. Seven players have been qualified for the next World Chess Cup
Official site: http://www.colombiadeportiva.com/continental.htm
Leading Final Round 11 Standings: 1 Granda Zuniga Julio GM PER 2621 8,0 53,0 2670 2 Ivanov Alexander GM USA 2547 8,0 52,0 2642 3 Akobian Varuzhan GM USA 2570 8,0 52,0 2663 4 Lima Darcy GM BRA 2463 8,0 48,5 2626 5 Iturrizaga Eduardo IM VEN 2411 8,0 44,5 2570 6 Vescovi Geovanni GM BRA 2609 7,5 50,5 2634 7 Leon Hoyos Manuel IM MEX 2484 7,5 49,5 2623 8 Cordova Emilio IM PER 2492 7,5 48,5 2568 9 Lafuente Pablo IM ARG 2454 7,5 46,5 2552 10 Felgaer Ruben GM ARG 2559 7,5 46,0 2514 11 Matsuura Everaldo IM BRA 2505 7,5 45,5 2480 12 Peralta Fernando GM ARG 2546 7,5 45,0 2502 13 Gulko Boris GM USA 2576 7,5 43,0 2509 14 Kudrin Sergey GM USA 2543 7,0 49,0 2519 15 Escobar Forero Alder IM COL 2477 7,0 45,0 2466 16 Gurevich Dmitry GM USA 2507 7,0 45,0 2440 17 Zambrana Oswaldo GM BOL 2511 7,0 44,5 2467 18 Ehlvest Jaan GM USA 2629 7,0 44,5 2547 19 Fier Alexander GM BRA 2527 7,0 42,5 2417 20 Ibarra Chami Luis Fernando IM MEX 2386 7,0 41,5 2478 21 Alzate Dario IM COL 2392 7,0 41,0 2417 22 Sequera Jose IM VEN 2432 7,0 36,5 2306 23 Spraggett Kevin GM CAN 2585 6,5 45,0 2484 24 Prasca Raphael IM VEN 2426 6,5 44,5 2449 116 players
XXV Andorra International Open
Official site: http://www.escacsandorra.com/ and http://www.feva.ad
Final Round 9 Standings: 1 Rodshtein, Maxim ISR m 7,0 2 Damljanovic, Branko SRB g 7,0 3 Del Rio Angelis, Salvador G. ESP g 7,0 4 Kogan, Artur ISR g 6,5 5 Spraggett, Kevin CAN g 6,5 6 De La Riva Aguado, Oscar AND g 6,5 7 Flores, Diego ARG m 6,5 8 Perez Candelario, Manuel ESP m 6,5 101 players
Official site: http://www.chessinsalou.com/
Final Round 9 Standings: 1 4 GM Khamrakulov Ibragim S 2545 ESP 7½ 48 41 52½ 41 2 2 GM Fedorchuk Sergey A 2603 UKR 7 50½ 43 55 36½ 3 5 GM Hernandez Carmenate Holden 2541 CUB 7 47 39½ 51½ 35½ 4 9 GM Kalinitschew Sergey 2488 GER 7 44 37 48 33½ 5 7 GM Levin Felix 2510 GER 6½ 44½ 37 48 32½ 6 1 GM Spraggett Kevin 2611 CAN 6 50 42½ 53½ 37 65 players
1. Fedorchuk, Sergey A g UKR 2603 7 38 2689 5 2691 2. Sikula, Vaszilij m UKR 2536 7 34,5 2608 6 2608 3. Petkov, Vladimir m BUL 2456 6,5 37 2623 5 2660 4. Eingorn, Vereslav S g UKR 2588 6,5 35,5 2589 4 2579 5. Wirig, Anthony m FRA 2443 6,5 35 2610 4 2648 6. Savchenko, Stanislav g UKR 2545 6,5 35 2591 4 2591 7. Boidman, Yuri m GER 2438 6,5 34 2547 5 2568 8. Shchekachev, Andrei g FRA 2530 6,5 33,5 2541 6 2537 9. Malakhatko, Vadim g BEL 2598 6,5 32,5 2563 5 2552 10. Gladyszev, Oleg m RUS 2485 6,5 32 2489 6 2479 11. Burmakin, Vladimir g RUS 2593 6 34,5 2568 4 2562 12. Gharamian, Tigran m FRA 2471 6 33 2588 3 2617 13. Spraggett, Kevin g CAN 2631 6 32 2541 4 2511 14. Prasad, Devaki V m IND 2413 6 29,5 2389 5 2372 15. Kozhuharov, Spas BUL 2433 6 29 2586 4 2601 16. Kalinitschew, Sergey g GER 2488 6 29 2342 5 2264
101 players
1 IM Czakon Jakub POL 2482 7 2 IM Pakleza Zbigniew POL 2446 7 3 GM Spraggett Kevin CAN 2631 7 4 IM Petrov Marijan BUL 2472 7 5 GM Vera Gonzalez-Quevedo,R CUB 2481 7 6 GM San Segundo Carrillo Pablo ESP 2539 6.5 7 GM Tratar Marko SLO 2476 6.5 8 IM Sebenik Matej SLO 2483 6.5 9 FM Gonzalez Menendez Ivan ESP 2401 6.5 10 FM Huesmann Thomas BEL 2295 6.5 11 IM Dobrev Nanko BUL 2467 6.5
123 players
Website : http://www.cappelle-chess.com/
GM Spraggett finished with 6-3, placing 34-73 of 608 players.
Wang Yue from China won the event with 7/9 on tie-break
| IM | Tomczak, Jacek | 2457 | 1 |
| IM | Rodshtein, Maxim | 2520 | .5 |
| IM | Firman, Nazir | 2481 | 1 |
| GM | Lalic, Bogdan | 2522 | .5 |
| IM | Petrosian, Suren | 2391 | .5 |
| GM | Gutman, Gennadi | 2490 | .5 |
| IM | Moranda, Wojciech | 2468 | .5 |
| IM | Mateo, Roman | 2417 | 1 |
| GM | Andriasian, Zaver | 2508 | .5 |
Official site: http://www.fsajedrez.com/
Final Round 9 Standings XXXII Abierto Internacional "Ciudad de Sevilla" Rnk Name Ti Rtg FED PTOS B-2 1 Van Der Weide, Karel GM 2476 NED 7½ 45½ 2 Campora Sivori, Daniel GM 2510 ARG 7½ 44½ 3 Rizouk, Aimen IM 2455 ALG 7 46 4 Spraggett, Kevin GM 2633 CAN 7 46 5 Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel IM 2550 ESP 7 45 6 Komljenovic, Davor GM 2481 CRO 7 45 7 Pogorelov, Ruslan GM 2441 UKR 7 44 8 Tissir, Mohamed IM 2482 MAR 7 43½ 9 Jimenez Hernandez, Cayetano 2229 ESP 7 39
GM Spraggett enters 2007 with a rating of 2633, 80th in the World ! Only one player ahead of him is older; GM Beliavsky 71st at 2639.
The Calvia Open took place 20th-29th October 2006. Kevin Spraggett ened in a tie for 4th place.
Official site: http://www.calviafestival.com
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: -------------------------------------------------------------- III Open Calvia ESP (ESP), 20-28 x 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2641 7.5 2698 2. Strikovic, Aleksa g SCG 2535 7.0 2724 3. Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2542 7.0 2711 4. Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2674 6.5 2637 5. Conquest, Stuart g ENG 2530 6.5 2651 6. Spraggett, Kevin g CAN 2610 6.5 2648 7. Hamdouchi, Hichem g MAR 2582 6.5 2594 8. Heberla, Bartlomiej g POL 2569 6.5 2531 9. Godena, Michele g ITA 2522 6.5 2568 10. Jones, Gawain C m ENG 2430 6.5 2570 117 players
The 14th Bora Kostic Memorial took place in Vrsac, Serbia, 12th-21st September 2006. GM Spraggett finshed in a tie for third.
Official site: http://chess.vrsac.com/ i
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1. Ivanisevic, Ivan g SCG 2596 * = = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 6.5 2737
2. Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2613 = * 1 = = 1 0 = = 1 5.5 2649
3. Markus, Robert g SCG 2586 = 0 * 1 = = = 1 0 1 5.0 2615
4. Spraggett, Kevin g CAN 2577 = = 0 * = = = 1 = 1 5.0 2616
5. Miladinovic, Igor g SCG 2584 0 = = = * 0 1 = 1 1 5.0 2615
6. Damljanovic, Branko g SCG 2625 = 0 = = 1 * = 0 1 = 4.5 2568
7. Delchev, Aleksander g BUL 2637 0 1 = = 0 = * = = 1 4.5 2566
8. Solak, Dragan g SCG 2564 = = 0 0 = 1 = * = = 4.0 2532
9. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2638 0 = 1 = 0 0 = = * 1 4.0 2523
10. Munizaba, Slobodan f SCG 2319 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 * 1.0 2251
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The VII Open Internacional d'Escacs "Ciutat de Tarragona" took place 19th-27th August 2006. Kevin Spraggett edged out Mircea Parligras to take first place on tie-break both scored 7.5/9.
Official site: http://www.clubescacstarragona.org
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: 1 5 GM Spraggett Kevin 2577 CAN 7½ 50 2 11 GM Parligras Mircea 2510 ROM 7½ 48 3 1 GM Granda Zuniga Julio E 2634 PER 7 53½ 4 3 GM Fedorchuk Sergey A 2592 UKR 7 51½ 5 4 GM Hamdouchi Hichem 2579 MAR 7 50½ 6 7 GM Timoshenko Georgy 2550 UKR 7 50½ 7 13 GM Movsziszian Karen 2507 ARM 6½ 56 8 12 GM Dzhumaev Marat 2509 UZB 6½ 53½ 9 2 GM Malakhatko Vadim 2594 UKR 6½ 53 10 9 IM Flores Diego 2514 ARG 6½ 53 11 19 IM Carlsson Pontus 2453 SWE 6½ 52½ 12 17 IM Abergel Thal 2477 FRA 6½ 52 13 8 GM Shneider Aleksandr 2535 UKR 6½ 52 14 15 GM Krivoshey Sergei 2500 UKR 6½ 51 15 14 GM Brynell Soto Stellan 2502 SWE 6½ 51 16 6 GM Kogan Artur 2567 ISR 6½ 50½ 17 10 IM Oms Pallise Josep 2511 AND 6½ 49 147 players
(Information courtesy TWIC 618)
The 21st "Ciudad de Villarrobledo" international chess tournament took place 5th-6th August 2006. Viswanathan Anand took first place on tie-break from Ivan Sokolov, Ruslan Ponomariov and Oleg Korneev, all scored 7.5/9. Some games are now available.
Official site: http://www.ajedrezenvillarrobledo.com/, Viewer: http://www.soloajedrez.com/villarrobledo/
Place Name Rtg NAT Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr. Berg. Wins
1 ANAND, Viswanathan 2779 IND 7.5 50.5 54.5 39.0 44.75 6
2 SOKOLOV, Iván 2652 NED 7.5 49.0 54.0 38.0 44.75 6
3 PONOMARIOV, Ruslan 2721 UKR 7.5 45.5 50.0 35.5 41.50 7
4 KORNEEV, Oleg 2638 RUS 7.5 45.0 49.5 37.0 40.75 7
5 MALAKHOV, Vladimir 2691 RUS 7 50.5 54.0 37.5 38.50 6
6 DREEV, Alexey 2666 RUS 7 48.0 53.0 36.5 40.75 6
7 MILOV, Vadim 2620 SUI 7 47.5 52.0 36.0 39.00 6
8 MORENO CARNERO, Javier 2509 ESP 6.5 53.0 56.5 40.5 38.25 6
9 PEREZ RODRIGUEZ, Luis Manuel 2414 CUB 6.5 51.0 54.0 39.0 34.75 5
10 VAN WELY, Loek 2675 NED 6.5 49.5 53.5 38.0 36.00 6
11 CRAMLING, Pia 2521 SWE 6.5 48.5 52.5 34.5 33.25 5
12 IVANISEVIC, Iván 2598 SCG 6.5 47.5 51.0 36.5 34.75 5
13 SPRAGGETT, Kevin 2577 CAN 6.5 46.0 50.0 34.0 35.75 6
14 ZLOTNIK, Boris 2447 RUS 6.5 46.0 49.5 32.5 32.50 6
15 PAUNOVIC, Dragan 2506 SCG 6.5 45.0 49.0 33.5 32.75 6
16 UBILAVA, Elizbar 2521 ESP 6.5 45.0 49.0 33.0 34.25 6
17 LARIÑO NIETO, David 2371 ESP 6.5 45.0 48.0 34.5 32.75 6
162 players
The XXIV International Chess Open of Andorra took place 8th-16th July 2006. Igor Khenkin took clear first place on 7/9 half a point clear of the field. My thanks to Oscar de la Riva for the games.
Official site: http://www.feva.ad
----------------------------------------------------------- XXIV Andorra Open Andorra la Vella AND (AND), 8-16 vii 2006 ----------------------------------------------------------- 1. Khenkin, Igor g GER 2586 7,0 2. Damljanovic, Branko g SCG 2625 6,5 3. Galego, Luis g POR 2528 6,5 4. Peralta, Fernando g ARG 2546 6,5 5. Delchev, Aleksander g BUL 2637 6,5 6. Gupta, Abhijeet m IND 2424 6,5 7. Spraggett, Kevin g CAN 2577 6,5 8. Comas Fabrego, Lluis g ESP 2495 6,5 9. Rodshtein, Maxim m ISR 2494 6,5 88 players
GM Spraggett takes first in Salou on tiebreak ! Kevin has continued his excellent spring campaign with an undefeated 7-2 including a win over top-rated GM Oleg Korneev.
| Round | White | Black | Result |
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1 |
Spraggett, Kevin |
Aalbersberg Kroon, Pere |
1-0 |
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| 2 | FM Aloma Vidal, Robert | Spraggett, Kevin |
0-1 |
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| 3 | Spraggett, Kevin |
WGM Kononenko, Tatiana | 1-0 |
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| 4 | GM Mirzoev, Azer | Spraggett, Kevin |
1/2-1/2 |
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| 5 | Spraggett, Kevin |
IM Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel | 1-0 |
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| 6 | GM Hamdouchi, Hichem | Spraggett, Kevin |
1/2-1/2 |
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| 7 | Spraggett, Kevin |
GM Korneev, Oleg | 1-0 |
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| 8 | IM Caruana, Fabiano | Spraggett, Kevin |
1/2-1/2 |
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| 9 | Spraggett, Kevin |
GM Pogorelov, Ruslan | 1/2-1/2 |
Official site http://www.chessinsalou.com
April 29, 2006
GM Spraggett played in an open in Metz, France.
XXIVEME TOURNOI INTERNATIONAL D’ECHECS
DE LA VILLE DE METZ
He finished with 7 - 2 in a tie for 2-5, .5 behind the winner Postny
The XXIX San Sebastian Open took place 8th-15th April 2006. 3 players got title norms: GM norm for Das Neetlopal (IND) IM norm for Santiago Gonzalez de la Torre (ESP) (3rd norm) IM norm for Ivan Andres Gonzalez (ESP) (1st norm). News and games IA Mikel Larreategi.
Official site: http://www.fgajedrez.org/
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
1 GM Conquest Stuart ENG 2505 7.0 38.5 43.5 2624
2 GM Spraggett Kevin CAN 2578 7.0 37.5 41.5 2593
3 GM Prie Eric FRA 2475 7.0 37.5 40.0 2573
4 IM Neelotpal Das IND 2514 7.0 37.0 42.0 2580
5 IM Ivanov Jordan BUL 2364 7.0 34.0 36.0 2387
6 IM Cornette Matthieu FRA 2448 6.5 36.0 41.0 2362
7 IM Ninov Nikolai BUL 2494 6.5 35.5 44.0 2497
8 IM Colovic Aleksandar MKD 2459 6.5 35.5 43.0 2458
9 GM Genov Petar BUL 2465 6.5 34.5 39.5 2365
10 GM Gomez Esteban Juan Mario ESP 2495 6.5 33.5 39.0 2430
11 IM Andres Gonzalez Alberto ESP 2410 6.5 33.5 39.0 2354
12 FM Andres Gonzalez Ivan ESP 2330 6.5 33.5 40.0 2445
13 FM Gonzalez Menendez Ivan ESP 2413 6.5 33.0 39.5 2325
14 FM Argandona Rivero Inigo ESP 2382 6.5 32.5 37.5 2314
15 Moreto Quintana Alex ESP 2133 6.5 27.5 33.0 2041
130 players
The V Dos Hermanas Open took place 30th March - 7th April 2006. Vladimir Burmakin edged out Florian Handke on tie-break after both finished on 7.5/9.
http://www.doshermanas.net/ and http://www.ajedreznd.com/2006/doshermanas.html
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1. Burmakin, Vladimir g RUS 2519 7.5 53.0 41.5 42.0
2. Handke, Florian g GER 2474 7.5 51.0 37.5 40.5
3. Matamoros Franco, Carlos S g ECU 2510 7 52.0 36.5 40.5
4. Neelotpal, Das m IND 2512 7 48.5 35.0 37.5
5. Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2625 6.5 54.5 37.5 42.0
6. Campora, Daniel H g ARG 2541 6.5 53.0 38.0 41.0
7. Dizdar, Goran g CRO 2531 6.5 52.5 35.5 43.0
8. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2649 6.5 52.5 33.0 40.5
9. Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2608 6.5 52.0 37.0 40.5
10. Colovic, Aleksandar m MKD 2459 6.5 51.5 34.5 42.0
11. Spraggett, Kevin g CAN 2581 6.5 50.0 35.5 38.0
12 Garcia Luque, Agustin m ESP 2355 6.5 49.5 33.0 39.0
13. Krivoshey, Sergei m UKR 2553 6.5 49.0 34.5 38.5
14. Zambrana, Osvaldo m BOL 2405 6.5 48.0 33.5 37.0
15. Khamrakulov, Ibragim m UZB 2499 6.5 48.0 33.0 37.5
16. Carlsson, Pontus m SWE 2430 6.5 47.5 32.5 37.0
17. Lalic, Bogdan g CRO 2488 6.5 47.0 35.0 37.5
18. Castellanos, Renier m CHI 2467 6.5 47.0 33.5 36.5
172 players
The Cappelle la Grande tournament took place 18th-25th February 2006. 112 GMs (with 24 WGM) - 80 IMs (with 9 WMI)) - 48 FIDE masters (with 9 women) - 471 FIDE rated players (75%), with 55 women. 624 players (Only 45% french players) from 58 federations. Alexander Moiseenko won the event with 7.5/9. My thanks to David Avron and Pascal Villalba.
Official site: http://www.cappelle-chess.com/. Further coverage at: http://www.notzai.info - http://www.notzai.info/rubrique11.html
------------------------------------------------------------- 22nd Open Cappelle la Grande FRA (FRA), 18-25 ii 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2657 7.5 2801 2. Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2625 7.0 2737 3. Goloshchapov, Alexander g UKR 2533 7.0 2732 4. Azarov, Sergei g BLR 2581 7.0 2717 5. Drozdovskij, Yuri g UKR 2509 7.0 2714 6. Grigoriants, Sergey g RUS 2550 7.0 2712 7. Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2670 7.0 2695 8. Burmakin, Vladimir g RUS 2519 7.0 2670 9. Szelag, Marcin m POL 2468 7.0 2582 10. Firman, Nazar m UKR 2468 6.5 2683 11. Yevseev, Denis g RUS 2557 6.5 2654 12. Guseinov, Gadir g AZE 2607 6.5 2647 13. Baklan, Vladimir g UKR 2601 6.5 2641 14. Yagupov, Igor g RUS 2534 6.5 2636 15. Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2594 6.5 2621 16. Kulaots, Kaido g EST 2558 6.5 2606 17. Ovetchkin, Roman g RUS 2539 6.5 2606 18. Psakhis, Lev g ISR 2534 6.5 2599 19. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2571 6.5 2596 20. Golod, Vitali g ISR 2577 6.5 2594 21. Andreev, Eduard g UKR 2470 6.5 2590 22. Spraggett, Kevin g CAN 2581 6.5 2590 23. Kveinys, Aloyzas g LTU 2517 6.5 2589 24. Vazquez, Renier m ESP 2513 6.5 2587 25. Chernyshov, Konstantin g RUS 2539 6.5 2585 26. Ionov, Sergey g RUS 2527 6.5 2576 27. Kryvoruchko, Yuriy m UKR 2513 6.5 2575 28. Hebden, Mark g ENG 2514 6.5 2566 29. Ciuksyte, Dagne wg LTU 2370 6.5 2565 30. Dembo, Yelena m GRE 2461 6.5 2564 31. Nalbandian, Tigran g ARM 2524 6.5 2541 32. Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2582 6.5 2530 33. Kovchan, Alexander g UKR 2513 6.5 2529 34. Danielian, Oganes g ARM 2518 6.5 2523 35. Van der Weide, Karel g NED 2466 6.5 2470 627 players
The Gibraltar Congress took place 24th January - 2nd February 2006. Kiril Georgiev won with an impressive 8.5/10 a point clear of Nigel Short and Emil Sutovsky. My thanks to John Saunders for the games. I give them again as there are a number of small alterations.
Further details: http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com
Official Final Round 10 Standings: 1 GEORGIEV,Kiril........... BUL g 2645 8½ 2538 6.50 2.00 2 SHORT,Nigel.............. ENG g 2676 7½ 2485 7.50 0.00 3 SUTOVSKY,Emil............ ISR g 2624 7½ 2458 7.20 0.30 4 AKOPIAN,Vladimir......... ARM g 2704 7 2533 7.30 -0.30 5 ARESHCHENKO,Alex......... UKR g 2670 7 2480 6.75 -0.25 6 EFIMENKO,Zahar........... UKR g 2666 7 2457 6.93 -0.43 7 GUREVICH,Mikhail......... TUR g 2629 7 2531 6.30 0.70 8 GYIMESI,Zoltan........... HUN g 2602 7 2540 5.90 1.10 9 SHIROV,Alexi............. ESP g 2709 7 2461 8.10 -1.10 10 VOLKOV,Sergey............ RUS g 2629 7 2497 6.80 0.20 11 AL-MODIAHKI,Mohamad...... QAT g 2579 6½ 2512 5.90 0.60 12 BELLON LOPEZ,Juan........ ESP g 2415 6½ 2440 4.70 1.80 13 BOLOGAN,Viktor........... MDA g 2661 6½ 2495 7.20 -0.70 14 KOBALIA,Mikhail.......... RUS g 2654 6½ 2501 7.00 -0.50 15 KORCHNOI,Viktor.......... SUI g 2608 6½ 2487 6.60 -0.10 16 PAVLOVIC,Milos........... SCG g 2494 6½ 2344 7.00 -0.50 17 PELLETIER,Yannick........ SUI g 2579 6½ 2383 7.50 -1.00 18 SANDIPAN,Chanda.......... IND g 2522 6½ 2496 5.40 1.10 19 SPRAGGETT,Kevin.......... CAN g 2581 6½ 2406 7.30 -0.80 20 STEFANOVA,Antoaneta...... BUL g 2499 6½ 2450 5.70 0.80 21 SUNDARARAJAN,Kidambi..... IND m 2495 6½ 2336 7.10 -0.60 22 ZHU,Chen................. CHI g 2482 6½ 2382 6.40 0.10 23 ZHUKOVA,Natalia.......... UKR wg 2432 6½ 2377 5.80 0.70126 players
January 15, 2006
GM Spraggett with 7.5 - 1.5 tied for 1-3 with Cámpora and Paunovic in the Ciudad de Sevilla
Full results and photos at http://www.fsajedrez.com/
GM Spraggett played in an open in Metz, France.
XXIII EME TOURNOI INTERNATIONAL D’ECHECS
DE LA VILLE DE METZ
He finished with 7 - 2 in a tie for 2-6, .5 behind the winner Mikhail Gurevich.
| Round | White | Black | Result |
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1 |
VIGNALE Stephane |
Spraggett, Kevin |
0-1 |
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| 2 | Spraggett, Kevin | JULIAN Stephane |
1-0 |
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| 3 | COLLAS Silvia |
Spraggett, Kevin | 0-1 |
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| 4 | Spraggett, Kevin | COLLAS Didier |
1-0 |
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| 5 | CHEPARINOV Ivan |
Spraggett, Kevin | 1-0 |
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| 6 | Spraggett, Kevin | SHCHEKACHEV Andrei |
1-0 |
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| 7 | DZIUBA Marcin |
Spraggett, Kevin | 1/2-1/2 |
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| 8 | Spraggett, Kevin | DJURIC Stefan |
1-0 |
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| 9 | SULAVA Nenad |
Spraggett, Kevin | 1/2-1/2 |
GM Spraggett topped the field at the XXVIII Open Internacional Ciudad de San Sebastian with 7.5 points from 9 games. He played to a last-round draw with IM Nanko Dobrev of Bulgaria.
The 21st Cappelle la Grande Open took place 12th-19th February 2005.
| Round | White | Black | Result |
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1 |
Spraggett, Kevin |
Spoelman |
1/2-1/2 |
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| 2 | Bentivegna | Spraggett, Kevin |
0-1 |
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| 3 | Spraggett, Kevin |
IM Abergal | 1-0 |
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| 4 | IM Szelag | Spraggett, Kevin |
1/2-1/2 |
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| 5 | Spraggett, Kevin |
Moranda | 1-0 |
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| 6 | GM Klovans | Spraggett, Kevin |
1/2-1/2 |
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| 7 | Spraggett, Kevin |
GM Kuczynski | 1-0 |
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| 8 | Spraggett, Kevin | IM Oleksienko |
1/2-1/2 |
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| 9 | GM Shneider |
Spraggett, Kevin | 1/2-1/2 |
Kevin scored 6.5-2.5. 590 players competed.
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: 1. Shengelia David IM GEO 2482 7.5 2707 2. Brodsky Michail GM UKR 2515 7.5 2685 3. Bagheri Amir GM IRI 2500 7.0 2697 4. Gormally Daniel IM ENG 2472 7.0 2671 5. Oleksienko Mikhailo IM UKR 2469 7.0 2648 6. Hebden Mark GM ENG 2521 7.0 2635 7. Czarnota Pawel IM POL 2432 6.5 2637 8. Kveinys Aloyzas GM LTU 2518 6.5 2626 9. Delchev Aleksander GM BUL 2597 6.5 2624 10. Burmakin Vladimir GM RUS 2554 6.5 2614 11. Bobras Piotr IM POL 2481 6.5 2613 12. Socko Monika IM POL 2441 6.5 2610 13. Baklan Vladimir GM UKR 2578 6.5 2605 14. Spraggett Kevin GM CAN 2589 6.5 2603
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photo from Gibtelecom Masters site
GM Spraggett lost in rd 9 to Alexei Shirov (2713), but defeated GM Sasikiran (2657) in rd 8 and drew with GM Dreev (2704) in rd 10 at the Gibtelecom Masters International 2005
The Gibtele.com Masters International took place 25th January - 3rd February 2005. There was a five way tie for first place.
| Round | White | Black | Result |
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1 |
Spraggett, Kevin |
IM Mortazavi |
1-0 |
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| 2 | Howell | Spraggett, Kevin |
0-1 |
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| 3 | GM Aronian |
Spraggett, Kevin | 1-0 |
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| 4 | Spraggett, Kevin | GM Bellon |
1/2-1/2 |
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| 5 | Radovanovic |
Spraggett, Kevin | 0-1 |
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| 6 | Spraggett, Kevin | GM McNabb |
1/2-1/2 |
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| 7 | IM Al Sayed |
Spraggett, Kevin | 0-1 |
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| 8 | Spraggett, Kevin | GM Sasikiran |
1-0 |
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| 9 | GM Shirov |
Spraggett, Kevin | 1-0 |
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| 10 | Spraggett, Kevin | GM Dreev | 1/2-1/2 |
Nat Ti FIDE R O U N D S Pos Player lty tl Rtng 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 A B C D E F 1 ARONIAN,Lev.............. ARM g 2684 w45+ b13+ w15+ b10= w3= b9= w8+ b5= w7= b30+ 7½ 10 7½ 2577 6.50 1.00 2 EFIMENKO,Zahar........... UKR g 2601 w40+ b28+ w16= b12= w68+ b5= w3+ b10= w9+ b8= 7½ 10 7½ 2569 5.40 2.10 3 GEORGIEV,Kiril........... BUL g 2654 b36+ w38+ b6+ w11= b1= w4= b2- w14+ b29+ w13+ 7½ 10 7½ 2547 6.50 1.00 4 SHIROV,Alexei............ ESP g 2713 w32= b91+ w21= b45+ w13+ b3= w10= b16+ w15+ b5= 7½ 10 7½ 2533 7.40 0.10 5 SUTOVSKY,Emil............ ISR g 2669 b35= w22= b52+ w18+ b7+ w2= b11+ w1= b6+ w4= 7½ 10 7½ 2543 6.70 0.80 6 ARESHCHENKO,Alexander.... UKR g 2570 w88+ b18+ w3- b44= w96= b40+ w46+ b19+ w5- w31+ 7 10 7 2491 6.10 0.90 7 GORMALLY,Daniel.......... ENG m 2472 w67+ w9= b31= b58+ w5- w50+ b30+ w12+ b1= b10= 7 10 7 2542 4.00 3.00 8 KOTRONIAS,Vasilios....... GRE g 2585 b29+ w33+ b11- w36+ b17= w35+ b1- w88+ b28+ w2= 7 10 7 2490 6.30 0.70 9 NAKAMURA,Hikaru.......... USA g 2613 w43+ b7= w19+ b23= w21+ w1= b12= w38+ b2- w26+ 7 10 7 2535 6.10 0.90 10 SARGISSIAN,Gabriel....... ARM g 2602 b70+ w17+ b50+ w1= b11= w31+ b4= w2= b34= w7= 7 10 7 2549 5.70 1.30 11 AVRUKH,Boris............. ISR g 2629 w44+ b20+ w8+ b3= w10= b12= w5- b32+ w13- b46+ 6½ 10 6½ 2556 6.00 0.50 12 DREEV,Alexey............. RUS g 2704 b14+ w34= b26+ w2= b22+ w11= w9= b7- w20+ b15= 6½ 10 6½ 2543 7.10 -0.60 13 ERENBURG,Sergey.......... ISR g 2551 b64+ w1- b91+ w29+ b4- w63= b59+ w52+ b11+ b3- 6½ 10 6½ 2460 6.20 0.30 14 MCNAB,Colin.............. SCO g 2440 w12- b62+ w60+ b37= w67+ b15= w27= b3- w39+ b53+ 6½ 10 6½ 2440 5.00 1.50 15 SPRAGGETT,Kevin.......... CAN g 2589 w96+ b46+ b1- w53= b51+ w14= b17+ w31+ b4- w12= 6½ 10 6½ 2524 5.90 0.60 16 WELLS,Peter.............. ENG g 2519 w25+ w31= b2= b42= w49+ b46= w41+ w4- b36= w34+ 6½ 10 6½ 2483 5.50
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GM Spraggett won the 2004 Abe Yanofsky Memorial in Winnipeg that concluded September 4, 2004 with a score of 5.5- .5, drawing with GM Tyomkin.
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GM Spraggett was upset in the last rd of the 2004 Canadian Closed that ended July 18, 2004
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GM Spraggett ties for second in the 2004 Canadian Open that ended July 18, 2004
scoring 7.5 - 2.5 losing only to GM Moiseenko
GM Spraggett entered the tournament with a FIDE rating of 2584.
June 25 - 30 , 2004
. GM Kevin Spraggett won the tournament with 7 points out of 9 rounds. Korneev and Peralta with 6½ shared 2nd and 3rd places.
| Round | White | Black | Result |
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1 |
Antonio CANTERO NAVARRO |
Spraggett, Kevin |
0-1 |
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| 2 | Spraggett, Kevin | Ruslan POGORELOV |
1-0 |
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| 3 | Alfredo GIACCIO |
Spraggett, Kevin | 0-1 |
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| 4 | Spraggett, Kevin | Branco DAMLJANOVIC |
1/2-1/2 |
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| 5 | Atanas KOLEV |
Spraggett, Kevin | 0-1 |
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| 6 | Spraggett, Kevin | Aleksandr VEINGOLD |
1/2-1/2 |
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| 7 | Oleg KORNEEV |
Spraggett, Kevin | 1/2-1/2 |
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| 8 | Spraggett, Kevin | Fernando PERALTA |
1-0 |
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| 9 | Pawel JARACZ |
Spraggett, Kevin | 1/2-1/2 |
April 3 - 9, 2004
See the last Round game with enhanced interactive features
| Round | White | Black | Result |
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1 |
Spraggett, Kevin |
Tung Siu Hung |
1-0 |
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| 2 | Sande Edreira Jose Antonio | Spraggett, Kevin |
0-1 |
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| 3 | Spraggett, Kevin |
Castellanos Renier | 1-0 |
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| 4 | Cifuentes Parada Roberto | Spraggett, Kevin |
1/2-1/2 |
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| 5 | Spraggett, Kevin |
Veingold Aleksandr | 0-1 |
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| 6 | Vehi Bach Victor M | Spraggett, Kevin |
0-1 |
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| 7 | Spraggett, Kevin |
Paunovic Dragan | 1-0 |
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| 8 | Cheparinov Ivan | Spraggett, Kevin |
1/2-1/2 |
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| 9 | Spraggett, Kevin |
Conquest Stuart | 1-0 |
Spraggett finished on 6- 3 at Cappelle de Grande, one point behind the winner on tie-break, Najer, who only lost to Spraggett.
| Round | White | Black | Result |
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1 |
2433 SIMUTOWE |
Spraggett, Kevin |
0-1 |
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| 2 | Spraggett, Kevin | 2602 NAJER |
1-0 |
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| 3 | Spraggett, Kevin |
2574 SOROKIN | 1/2-1/2 |
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| 4 | 2556 SOCKO | Spraggett, Kevin |
1-0 |
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| 5 | Spraggett, Kevin |
2445 MURDZIA | 1/2-1/2 |
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| 6 | 2360 BRUSTMAN | Spraggett, Kevin |
0-1 |
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| 7 | Spraggett, Kevin |
2388 MCNAB | 1-0 |
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| 8 | 2473 BREDER | Spraggett, Kevin |
1/2-1/2 |
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| 9 | Spraggett, Kevin |
2451 LIBISZEWSKI | 1/2-1/2 |
Finishing in 32nd place on tie-break scoring an excellent 5.5 -3.5 against opponents averaging 2585 ELO (despite having the blacks pieces 5 times) !
| Round | White | Black | Result |
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1 |
Maletin, Pavel |
Spraggett, Kevin |
1/2-1/2 |
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| 2 | Spraggett, Kevin | Abergel, Thal |
1-0 |
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| 3 | Alekseev, Evgeny |
Spraggett, Kevin | 1/2-1/2 |
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| 4 | Spraggett, Kevin | Vescovi, Giovanni |
1-0 |
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| 5 | Lastin, Alexander |
Spraggett, Kevin | 1-0 |
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| 6 | Spraggett, Kevin | Eljanov, Pavel |
1-0 |
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| 7 | Khenkin, Igor |
Spraggett, Kevin | 1-0 |
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| 8 | Spraggett, Kevin | Gulko, Boris F |
1-0 |
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| 9 | Sargissian, Gabriel |
Spraggett, Kevin | 1/2-1/2 |
Games to follow, but for now enjoy Lubomir Kavalek's analysis in the Washington Post for Spraggett-Vescovi.
The Week in Chess reported that GM Spraggett won the Big Open in Seville !
The XXIX Seville Open took place 9th-17th January 2004. Kevin Spraggett took first place on tie-break from Daniel Campora and Vladimir Epishin.
Internet coverage: http://www.fsajedrez.com/
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XXIX Open Seville ESP (ESP), 9-17 i 2004
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1. Spraggett, Kevin g CAN 2536 7.5 54.5 40.5 42.5
2. Campora, Daniel H g ARG 2503 7.5 53.5 39.0 42.5
3. Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2633 7.5 52.0 37.5 41.5
4. Matamoros Franco, Carlos S g ECU 2490 7 53.0 38.0 41.0
5. Franco Ocampos, Zenon g PAR 2524 7 51.0 35.5 39.5
6. Paunovic, Dragan m SCG 2517 7 50.5 38.0 40.0
7. Garcia Luque, Agustin m ESP 2413 7 50.0 35.0 38.5
8. Saldano, Horacio m ARG 2424 7 48.0 34.5 38.0
9. Teske, Henrik g GER 2526 7 47.0 35.0 37.0
10. Khamrakulov, Ibragim S m UZB 2452 6.5 54.5 38.0 43.5
11. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2566 6.5 54.5 37.0 43.0
12. Van der Weide, Karel m NED 2436 6.5 54.0 35.0 42.5
13. Veingold, Aleksandr m EST 2478 6.5 52.5 36.0 40.5
14. Cheparinov, Ivan m BUL 2550 6.5 52.0 34.5 41.5
15. Speck, Nick AUS 2381 6.5 51.0 33.0 40.0
16. Strikovic, Aleksa g SCG 2524 6.5 50.5 35.5 39.5
etc.
220 players
Part 2 of GM Spraggett's expanded article on Efim Geller !
Kevin played in the Prof. Vieira de Carvalho Memorial - a FIDE Category IX 23rd-30th June 2003
The Week in Chess Reports:
I Maia Masters - also the Prof. Vieira de Carvalho Memorial - a FIDE Category IX took place 23rd-30th June 2003. GMs Karen Movsziszian, Kevin Spragett and Michael Oratovsky all finished on 6/9.
Internet coverage: http://planeta.clix.pt/axp/jogos/maia03.htm (games) http://planeta.clix.pt/axp/ext_amacrianca0203_1.htm (Results)
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I Carvalho Mem Masters Maia POR (POR), 23-30 vi 2003 cat. IX (2464)
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1. Movsziszian, Karen g ARM 2468 * 1 = = = = = 1 1 = 6.0 2589
2. Spraggett, Kevin g CAN 2526 0 * 1 1 1 = 1 0 = 1 6.0 2582
3. Oratovsky, Michael g ISR 2587 = 0 * = = = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2575
4. Damaso, Rui m POR 2423 = 0 = * = 1 = 1 = 1 5.5 2549
5. Galego, Luis g POR 2506 = 0 = = * 1 = = 1 = 5.0 2502
6. Rocha, Sergio m POR 2364 = = = 0 0 * = 1 = = 4.0 2432
7. Vassallo, Mauricio m ESP 2440 = 0 0 = = = * = = = 3.5 2387
8. Fernando, Diogo m POR 2438 0 1 0 0 = 0 = * = 1 3.5 2387
9. Santos, Carlos P m POR 2414 0 = 0 = 0 = = = * 1 3.5 2390
10. Fernandes, Antonio g POR 2478 = 0 0 0 = = = 0 0 * 2.0 2242
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