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News & Events: Year 2006
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- Pamplona Chess Tournament (December 22 - 29 / SPAIN)

* Morozevich (6/7) won the tournament, Jakovenko was second

* Official site

- Lahno vs. Negi Chess Match (December 16 - 25 / INDIA)

* Lahno won all the matches: classical (3.5-2.5), rapid (4-2) & blitz (3.5-2.5)

* Download the games
* Official site

- XIX Carlos Torre Chess Tournament (December 14 - 22 / MEXICO)

* Final: Ivanchuk beat Bruzon in the tiebreak
* Swiss event: Vadim Milov´s (7.5/9) won the Swiss event

* Official site (Spanish)

- Russian Chess Championship (December 3 - 15 / RUSSIA)

* Evgeny Alekseev became Russian Chess Champion

* Chessville coverage
* Download all the games

- First Saturday Chess Tournaments (December / HUNGARY)

* GM section: Zlatko Ilincic & Peter Prohaszka (7.5/13) won the section, Rombaldoni & Prohaszka performed IM-norms
* IM-A Section: Imre Balog performed IM-norm

* Official site

- Polgar vs. Topalov Blindfold Match (December 7-9 / SPAIN)

* Topalov won the match (3.5-2.5)
* Download the games

* Official site

- Kramnik vs. Deep Fritz (November 25 - December 5, GERMANY)

* Deep Fritz won the match (4-2)
* Chessville coverage
* Download all the games

* Official site

- Radjabov vs. Deep Junior (December 3 / Florence, ITALY)

* Deep Junior defeated Teimour Radjabov (1-0, semi-Slav, 45 moves)
* Official site (Italian)

- Capablanca Memorial (November 19-30 / CUBA)

* Vassily Ivanchuk (6.5) won the tournament, Evgeny Bareev (6) finished in 2nd place

* Official site

- Spanish Chess Championship (November 22-30 / SPAIN)

* Paco Vallejo is the new Spanish Chess Champion
* Chessville coverage

* Official site (Spanish)

- FIDE announces dates for the Candidate Matches

* FIDE press release

- Mihail Tal Blitz Cup (November 18 - 19 / RUSSIA)

* Anand won the tournament, Aronian finished 2nd while Radjabov & Svidler shared 3rd-4th place
* Complete results
* Official site

- Liberec Open (November 11 - 18 / CZECH REPUBLIC)

* More information

- Mihail Tal Memorial (November 6 - 16 / RUSSIA)

* Leko, Aronian & Ponomariov share the 1st place
* Chessville coverage
* Download all the games

* Official site

- 1st Saturday Chess Tournaments (November / HUNGARY)

* GM Section: Konstantin Chernyshov won the section, nobody achieved norms this month
* Official site

- Spanish Team Championship Final (November 3 - 4 / SPAIN)

* Official site (Spanish)

- German Bundesliga (October 28-29 // GERMANY)

* Rounds 1-2 results
* Official site (German)

- 7th Cap D´Agde Tournament (October 26 - November 2, FRANCE)

* Final (November 2): Radjabov - Karjakin: 1.5-0.5
* SFs (November 1): Karjakin - Carlsen: 1.5-0.5 // Radjabov - Volokitin: 2-0
* QFs (October 31): Carlsen - Fressinet: 2-0 // Volokitin - Harikrishna: 4-3
* QFs (October 30): Karjakin - Zhao Xue: 2.5-1.5 // Radjabov - Bacrot: 2-0

* Live games

* Results: KO // Qualification
* Download all the games

* Official site

- World Youth Championship (October 18 - 29, GEORGIA)

* Final results
* Official site

- Calvia Chess Festival (October 20 - 28 / SPAIN)

* Friso Nijboer (7.5/9) won the tournament

* Press releases by round (Spanish): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
* Download all the games

* Official site

- Essent Chess Tournament (October 22 - 28 / NETHERLANDS)

* Shakhriyar Mamedyarov & Judit Polgar tie for 1st, Mamedyarov wins by better tiebreak

* Chessville coverage
* Download all the games

* Official site

- Magistral Ciudad de Barcelona (October 19-27 / SPAIN)

* Lenier Dominguez won the tournament with an amazing performance

* Official site

- European Club Cup (October 8 - 14 / Fuegen, AUSTRIA)

* Tomsk-400 won the competition, Ladya Kazan finished in 2nd place while Ural Sverdlovskaya was 3rd

* Team lists: men / women
* Team results: men / women
* Download all the games: men / women

* Official site

- First Saturday Chess Tournaments (October / HUNGARY)

* GM section: U14 European Champion Peter Prohaszka (7/9) won the section and performed GM norm
* No IM norms this month

* Official site

- Kramnik vs. Topalov World Championship Match (September 23 - October 13 // ELISTA)

* Vladimir Kramnik is the new FIDE World Chess Champion

* Chesville coverage
* Download all the games

* Match regulations
* Official site

- Norwegian Chess Championship (September 19-21 / NORWAY)

* Magnus Carlsen won the national title for the 1st time

- European Union Chess Championship (ENGLAND)

* Nigel D. Short is the new European Union Chess Champion

* Official site

- First Saturday Chess Tournaments (September / HUNGARY)

* Denes Boros (10/13) won the GM Section
* Current results
* Official site

- World Blitz Championship (September 7 / ISRAEL)

* Alexander Grischuk is the World Blitz Champion
* Live games

* Official site

- Spitsbergen Chess Festival (September 1 - 4 / NORWAY)

* Svidler, P - Carlsen, M: 1.5 - 0.5
* De Firmian - Agdestein, S: 1-1

* Live games
* Official site / GM Peter Svidler official site

- Leko vs. Karpov Match (August 30 - September 3 / HUNGARY)

* Peter Leko won the match (4.5-3.5)
* Official site

- NH Chess Tournament (August 19-29 / NETHERLANDS)

* "Rising Stars" beat "Experience" (28-22)
* Official site

- Canadian Closed Chess Championships (August 18 - 27 / CANADA)

* IM Igor Zugic is the new Canadian Chess Champion
* Official site

- French Chess Championships (August 14 - 26 / FRANCE)

Vladislav Tkachiev & Almira Skripchenko, champions of France

* More information

- 4th Staunton Memorial (August 14-25/ ENGLAND)

Ivan Sokolov won the tournament

* Official site

- Lichthof Chess Champions Day (August 22 / Zurich)

Kasparov & Karpov tied for 1st

* More information

- Chess Classic Mainz (August 15 - 20 / GERMANY)

* Chessville coverage

* Official site

- First Saturday Chess Tournaments (August / HUNGARY)

* Georg Meier (95/13) won the GM section and performed GM norm, Quang Liem Le also performed GM norm // IM-B Section: Ilja Brener & Sandor Torok performed IM norms / Sarah Hoolt performed WIM norm

* Official site
* Tournament forum

- U.S Chess Open (August 5-13, 8-13, 9-13 / USA)

Yuri Shulman won this year´s edition

* Results & standings

* U.S Chess Federation

- Dortmund Chess Tournament (July 29 - August 6 / GERMANY)

Kramnik & Svidler share the first place

* Chessville coverage
* Download all the games

* Official site

- 39th Biel Chess Festival (July 24 - August 3 / SWITZERLAND)

Alexander Morozevich won the tournament for the 3rd time

* Chessville coverage
* Download all the games

* Official site

- Politiken Cup 2006 (July 22 - 30 / DENMARK)

Vadim Malakhatko won the tournament
* Final standings
* Official site

- 10th Petr Izmailov Memorial (July 11 - 16 / Tomsk, RUSSIA)

Sergey Karjakin won the tournament

* Official site (Russian)

- First Saturday Chess Tournaments (July / HUNGARY)

* Le Quang Liem won the GM Section
* Official site
* Tournament forum

- 35th Greek Chess Team Championships (July 3 - 10 / GREECE)

Kydon Hania won the tournament
* Official site

- 34th Annual World Open (Philadelphia, USA)

Gata Kamsky won the blitz tiebreak after a nine way tie for 1st place

* Final standings

* Official site

- AeroSvit Chess Tournament (June 16 - 29 / UKRAINE)

Sergey Rublevsky won the tournament

* Results
* Official site

- Dutch Chess Championships (June 16 - 29 / NETHERLANDS)

Sergei Tiviakov won the title

* Official site

- Las Vegas Masters Chess Tournament (June 10 - 14 / Las Vegas, USA)

Kritz, Antic & Fontaine tied for first

* Standings
* Official site

- First Saturday Tournaments (June / Budapest)

* Matthieu Cornette & Laszlo Gonda shared the 1st place, no GM norms this month
* Official site

- 19th Magistral Ciudad de Leon (June 8 - 12 / León, SPAIN)

                            Anand beat Topalov in the final (2.5-1.5)

* Reports
    - 1st semifinal (Anand - Bruzón)
    - 2nd semifinal (Topalov - Vallejo)
    - Finals: Anand - Topalov

* Official site

- GM Tournament Hockenheim / Willingen (June 1 - 10, GERMANY)

Rainer Buhmann won the tournament

* Results
* Download all the games

* Official site

- 37th Chess Olympiad (May 20 - June 4 / Turin, ITALY)

Armenia won the Olympiad

* Standings & results

* Official site

- 14th Computer Chess Championship (Turin, ITALY)

Junior won the title

* Official site

- Mtel Masters 2006 (May 10 - 21 / Sofia, BULGARIA)

Veselin Topalov won the tournament for the 2nd time

* Chessville coverage
* Download all the games

* Official site

- Bosna Sarajevo 2006 (May 7 - 16 / Sarajevo)

Carlsen, Malakhov & Nisipeanu shared the 1st place (5.5/10)

* Official site

- First Saturday Tournaments (May, Budapest)

Konstantin Chernyshov won the GM Section

* Official site

- Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament (April 28 - May 6 / Malmo, SWEDEN)

Jan Timman (7/9) won the tournament with a superb performance

* Official site

- Van Wely - Carlsen Chess Match (April 28 - May 1 / NETHERLANDS)

Magnus Carlsen won the match in the tie break games

* More information: 1 2

- European Individual Chess Championships (Kusadasi, TURKEY)

Zdenko Kozul & Ekaterina Atalik won the title

* Men Section
* Women Section

- Timman vs. Korchnoi Chess Match (Almemlo, NETHERLANDS)

Final result: 2 - 2

* Official site

- First Saturday Chess Tournaments (Budapest, HUNGARY)

* GM Section: Stefan Kristjansson & Zlatko Ilincic shared the 1st place

* Official site
* Download the games

- Topalov vs. Nisipeanu Chess Match (Bucharest, ROMANIA)

Topalov won 3-1

* Official site

- Amber Rapid & Blindfold Chess Tournament (March 18 - 30 / Monaco)

Morozevich & Anand share the 1st place

* Chessville coverage
* Download all the games

* Official site

- Poikovsky Karpov Chess Tournament (March 18 - 25 / RUSSIA)

Alexei Shirov finished in 1st place

* Download all the games (TWIC)
* Official site (Russian)

- Dos Hermanas Internet Tournament (March 17-25 / ICC)

Fabian Doettling won this strong tournament

* Results

* Internet Chess Club
* Official site

- FIDE Women Chess Championship (March 11 - 26, RUSSIA)

Xu Yuhua became the 11th Women Chess Champion

* Results
* Official site

- First Saturday Chess Tournaments (Budapest, HUNGARY)

* Official site
* Download the games

- U.S. Chess Championship (March 1-12 / San Diego, USA)

Onischuk & Zatonskih won the national title

* Results by round: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
* Final standings
* Download all the games

* Rules and regulations
* Official site

- Linares Chess Tournament (February 18-26 / March 3-11)

Levon Aronian won the tournament for the 1st time in his chess career

* Chessville coverage
* Download all the games

* Official site

- First Saturday Chess Tournaments (February / HUNGARY)

Iweta Radkiewicz won the GM section & completed a GM norm

* Official site

- Aeroflot Chess Open (February 8 - 16, RUSSIA)

Baadur Jobava won this year´s edition
* Official site

- Cuernavaca Young Masters (February 2 - 11 / MEXICO)

Ponomariov & Vallejo shared the 1st place

* Chessville coverage

* Official site (Spanish)

- GibTeleCom Chess Festival (January 24 - Thursday 2 / Gibraltar)

Kiril Georgiev finished clear first (8.5/10)

* Results
* Official site

- Corus Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament (January 13 - 29 / NETHERLANDS)

Topalov & Anand tied for first

* Chessville coverage
* Download all the games

* Official site

- FIDE rating list (January 2006)

Player	ELO rating
Garry Kasparov	2812
Veselin Topalov	2801
Viswanathan Anand	2792
Peter Svidler	2765
Levon Aronian	2752
Vladimir Kramnik	2741
Peter Leko	2740
Vassily Ivanchuk	2729
Boris Gelfand	2723
Ruslan Ponomariov	2723