Chess Classic Mainz
, 15th-20th August
The
Chess Classic Mainz
took place 15th-20th August 2006.
The title of the World Champion in chess960 (Fisher-random chess) was played among men: actual Champion
Peter Svidler
(Russia) took on
Levon Aronian
(Armenia), women:
Alexandra Kosteniuk
(Russia) against
Elizabet Paetz
(Germany), seniors:
Vlastimil Hort
(Germany) vs
Laiosh Portish
(Hungary), juniors:
Arkadij Naidich
(Germany) against
Pentala
Harikrishna
(India) and computers.
Viswanathan Anand
played vs
Teimour Radjabov
in the annual rapid match (17th-20th 8 game match).
Final results:
Viswanathan Anand
- Teimour Radjabov 5:3 (1/2, 0-1, 1-0, 1/2, 0-1, 1-0, 1-0, 1-0)
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Peter Svidler -
Levon Aronian
5:3 (0-1, 0-1, 1-0, 1-0, 1-0, 0-1, 0-1, 0-1)
Final results:
Alexandra Kosteniuk
- Elizabet Paetz 5.5:2.5
Vlastimil Hort
- Laiosh Portish 5.5:4.5
Pentala Harikrishna
- Arkadij Naiditsch 4.5:3.5
Etienne Bacrot
won the FiNet Chess960 Open to play for the World Champion title in chess960
next year against Levon Aronian.
Rustam Kasymdzhanov
became the winner of the Ordix-open to play for the World Champion title
in rapid chess next year against Vishvanatan Anand.
Chess program
Shredder
took the Chess960 world computer chess championship title.
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