AeroSvit Foros 2006

AeroSvit 2000 category 18 in Foros/Yalta
17.06.2006 – For those of you suffering withdrawal, after Sofia and Turin, here is a very strong international GM tournament that has crept up on us almost unnoticed. The AeroSvit 2000 in the southern Crimean town of Foros/Yalta is a round robin with players like Ponomariov. Ivanchuk, Grischuk and Shirov. We bring you games, results and pictures.

AeroSvit R2: All games drawn in Foros
18.06.2006 – Round two of the Cat. 18 round robin tournament in Foros/Yalta saw all six games drawn. The shortest was 23 moves (Grischuk vs Areshchenko), the longest a tense 78-move battle between former FIDE world champion Ruslan Ponomariov and his former second Viorel Bologan. And Andrei Volokitin turned twenty. Report, games and pictures.

AeroSvit R4: Three black wins in round four
20.06.2006 – Veteran Vassily Ivanchuk defeated the tournament leader Shakhriyar Mamedyarov to put the Azerbaijani and join him in second place. Grischuk beat Harikrishna and Rublevsky the Romanian Dieter Nisipeanu. Bologan drew his game and remains in the lead. Report.

AeroSvit R3: Mamedyarov, Bologan in the lead
20.06.2006 – After six draws in round two, round three brought four decided games, with wins by Bologan, Mamedyarov, Shirov and Rublevsky. The losses were incurred by Nisipianu, Areshchenko, Karjakin and Ponomariov respectively. Report, games and pictures.

AeroSvit R5: Bologan leads with 4/5
21.06.2006 – After another victory, this one over India's Pentala Harikrishna, Viorel Bologan of Moldova took over the sole lead in the AeroSvit 2000 International Chess Tournament in Ukraine. Sergei Rublevsky defeated Andrei Volokitin to move to striking distance of the leader. We bring you a report, pictures and games.

AeroSvit R6: Rublevsky beats Bologan, takes the lead
23.06.2006 – In round six of the AeroSvit 2000 Super GM Russian GM Sergei Rublevsky, playing black, beat the leading Viorel Bologan of Moldova and went into the lead with 4.5/6 points. Volokitin beat Shirov, Nisipeanu beat Areshchenko, and Harikrishna defeated Mamedyarov. Report, pictures and games.

AeroSvit R7: Rublevsky leads by a full point
25.06.2006 – After the rest day, which was used for a boat trip on the Black Sea, Sergei Rublevsky won his fifth game in a row, and is now leading the field, with 5.5/7, by a full point. Ivanchuk and Bologan are his nearest rivals at 4.5 points. Tail-enders are Karjakin, Ponomariov, Harikrishna and Nisibeanu, all at 2.5. Report, pictures and games.

AeroSvit R9: Grischuk, Shirov, Ponomariov win
26.06.2006 – Rublevsky and Ivanchuk both drew their games and kept their first and second places. Grischuk and Shirov won their games, both moving into the positive performance zone. At the end of the table are three Ukraines – Ponomariov, Volokitin, Karjakin – and India's Harikrishna. Report with performance statistics.

AeroSvit R8: Ivanchuk wins to close on Rublevsky
26.06.2006 – Tournament leader Sergei Rublevsky drew against Shirov, while his closest follower Ivanckuk beat Volokitin with black. Rublevsky still leads, but only by half a point. Bologan, could not defeat Areshenko, Grischuk took his first loss in this tournament, against Nisipeanu, and Ponomariov lost to Mamedyarov to take the last place. Report.

AeroSvit R10: All games drawn
27.06.2006 – Which means that nothing has changes on the table, which has Rublevsky leading by half a point, with one round to go. The shortest game was a 23-mover between Nisipeanu and Karjakin, the longest were Bologan's 78-move save against Grischuk and Shirov's 89-move escape against Areshchenko. Report.

AeroSvit R11: Rublevsky wins, Ivanchuk second
29.06.2006 – The AeroSvit tournament in Foros ended with draws by all top boards, giving Russian GM Sergei Rublevsky undivided first, with 7.5/11 and a 2824 performance. Second was Ukrainian perennial Vassily Ivanchuk, with 7/11 and a 2784 performance. We bring you all results, games and a special report on the Crimean venue.