Next up is a big Russian tournament The Moscow Open which is well covered
by mainstream Russian media, ITAR-TASS press conference devoted to the
international chess festival was overcrowded. Many central and specialized
editions, 4 TV channels sent their journalists.



Reading the English from the official site is often amusing, and includes
this gem;



"Even Bologan didn't join "+2" group. That's not strange: because of small
amount of participants, Grandmasters had to "grab" points from each other,
not from lovers, whose level of playing is lower."


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The international chess festival Moscow Open 2007 takes place January 27 - 4
February 2007 in Moscow.

Players a
There are 3 tournaments: Open A, Tournament B and children's tournament C.
There is Swiss system in 9 rounds in each event. The total prize fund of A
and B tournaments is 1 500 000 rubles (about $50000)

Top participants of Open A: Malakhov,V 2663, Zvjaginsev,V 2658, Dreev,A
2658, Riazantsev,A 2629, Moiseenko,A 2627, Fedorov,A 2624, Smirnov,P 2621,
Korotylev,A 2615, Najer,E 2605, Malakhatko,V 2604, Bocharov,D 2602,
Aleksandrov,A 2601, Belov, V 2600, Khismatullin, D 2599, Shipov,S 2591,
Svetushkin,D 2588, Rychagov,A 2586, Lastin,A 2583, Kornev,A 2582,
Kazhgaleyev,M 2579, Yakovich,Y 2577, Burmakin,V 2568, Vorobiov,E 2563,
Amonatov,F 2559, Chernyshov,K 2556.

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PI

Round 5 leading standings:
1 Najer - 5.0
2-3 Riazantsev, Ulko - 4.5
4-23 Bocharov, Askarov, Svetushkin, Amonatov, Chudinovskikh, Tarlev,
Shaposhnikov, Krapivin, Gareev, Turov, Yemelin, Demchenko, Malakhov, Dreev,
Chernyshov, Lastin, Yakovich, Balashov, Kurenkov, Smirnov - 4.0

Official site: www.moscowopen2007.ru/main/index.html

I'm amazed we don't try this sort of advertising here!

"Even Bologan didn't join "+2" group. That's not strange: because of small
amount of participants, Grandmasters had to "grab" points from each other,
not from lovers, whose level of playing is lower."

"Has making love become boring? Don't get bogged down with ennui - grab
some chess into your life!"

Phil

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