PeteCasso wrote:
Day off at Linares, fourth round here, see Dominguez v Bologan, and
the
games of the two schuk's in this tournament, Grischuk v Rublevski and

Sadvakasov v Onischuk.

What does 'schuk' mean in a Russian name?

Maybe it means nothing in Russian?! "chuk" is a common ending
syllable for Ukrainian surnames. Indeed, when you see a name end in
"chuk" it is probably a good indicator that the person in question is
NOT Russian, at least in terms of ethnicity. From the information
below, "chuk" means "son of". [So, Grischuk would mean son of Gris",
perhaps?]
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http://userweb.ccomm.com/sfpayer/DB/...yn%20Items.htm

RUTHENIAN/UKRAINIAN SURNAMES
Earliest surnames were taken from birds, animals and occupations. There
are 4 main types of Ruthenian/Ukrainian surnames: those taken from (1)
first names, (2) place names, (3) occupations and/or social status, and
(4) personal characteristics. Names written in Cyrillic alphabet cannot
be directly translated into Polish or English; therefore, these are
only approximations.

-ak, -chak, -chuk, and -uk, with the most popular being -enko, -chuk
and -uk. All mean "son of." They are used with Christian names,
surnames, and occupational names. For example, "Petrenko" is the "son
of Petro (Peter)." Peter's wife would be known as "Petrykha," and a
matronymic surname would be "Petryshyn," "son of Peter's wife."


"PeteCasso" wrote in message
. ..
Worth replaying from the third round are Dreev v Vaganian and
Rublevski v
Sadvakasov

http://www.admoil.ru/chess2005/flash/tfd.htm


"PeteCasso" wrote in message
.. .
That was from the second round. The first round games can be
viewed here,
see particularly Bacrot v Grishuk

http://www.chessbase.de/2005/pojkovsky/runde1.htm


"PeteCasso" wrote in message
.. .
I almost wrote Karpov Memorial, but he still lives. But great
games there
too in an 10 player category 18 tournament, almost like Linares,
see
particularly Grischuk v Dreev.

http://www.admoil.ru/chess2005/flash/tfd.htm