Ciudad de Pamplona chess round 7

Francisco Vallejo Pons won the Cuidad de Pamplona chess event. In a rather short tournament, he edged ahead of Wang Yue and Jobava Baadur by half a point to win the title.

Beliavsky and Movsesian were winners today over Rodshtein and Khamrakulov respectively. Vallejo Pons vs Wange Yue, the very strong pairing was drawn.

Results of Round 7:

GM BELIAVSKY, Alexander G 2646 1 - 0 GM RODSHTEIN, Maxim 2615
GM SARGISSIAN, Gabriel 2673 ½ - ½ GM JOBAVA, Baadur 2644
GM MOVSESIAN, Sergei 2670 1 - 0 GM KHAMRAKULOV, Ibragim S 2604
GM VALLEJO PONS, Francisco 2660 ½ - ½ GM WANG, Yue 2703

Final Standings after Round 7

Vallejo Pons - 4.5
Wang Yue, Jobava Baadur - 4
Beliavsky, Movsesian - 3.5
Rodshtein, Sargissian - 3
Khamrakulov - 2.5

Pamplona chess Round 6

Six rounds of the Pamplona chess tournament have been completed. The leaders are:

1. Vallejo Pons, Francisco 4
2. Jobava, Baadur 3½
3. Wang Yue 3½
4. Khamrakulov, Ibragim 3½
5. Rodshtein, Maxim 3
6. Movsesian, Sergei 2½
7. Beliavsky, Alexander 2½
8. Sargissian, Gabriel 1½

Ciudad De Pamplona Round 4

Vallejo Pons continues to lead after the fourth round of the Pamplona chess tournament 2007.

Standings after Round 4.

1. Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2660 3
2. Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2646 2½
3. Wang Yue g CHN 2703 2
4. Movsesian, Sergei g SVK 2670 2
5. Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2644 2
6. Rodshtein, Maxim m ISR 2615 2
7. Khamrakulov, Ibragim S g ESP 2604 1½
8. Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2673 1

Ciudad de Pamplona Chess - Vallejo Pons in the lead

Francisco Vallejo Pons of Spain is in the lead after 3 rounds of the Ciudad de Pamplona chess tournament. He was held to a draw by the experienced Beliavsky. Khamrakulov was the lone winner today. He beat young Maxim Rodshtein. The other two games were drawn.

Top seed Wang Yue was held to a draw, the third straight time. He has been fairly active this year and it remains to be seen if he can whip himself into action soon. The local players are stealing the thunder for now.

Round 3 on 2007/12/24

GM KHAMRAKULOV, Ibragim S 2604 1 - 0 GM RODSHTEIN, Maxim 2615
GM JOBAVA, Baadur 2644 ½ - ½ GM WANG, Yue 2703
GM BELIAVSKY, Alexander G 2646 ½ - ½ GM VALLEJO PONS, Francisco 2660
GM SARGISSIAN, Gabriel 2673 ½ - ½ GM MOVSESIAN, Sergei 2670

Merry Christmas break on 2007 12/25

CIUDAD DE PAMPLONA - MAGISTRAL
Ranking after round 3

1 GM VALLEJO PONS, Francisco 2660 ESP 2½
2 GM BELIAVSKY, Alexander G 2646 SLO 2
3 GM KHAMRAKULOV, Ibragim S 2604 ESP 2
4 GM WANG, Yue 2703 CHN 1½
5 GM MOVSESIAN, Sergei 2670 SVK 1½
6 GM RODSHTEIN, Maxim 2615 ISR 1½
7 GM JOBAVA, Baadur 2644 GEO 1
8 GM SARGISSIAN, Gabriel 2673 ARM ½

Round 4 Pairings to be played on 2007/12/26

GM RODSHTEIN, Maxim 2615 - GM MOVSESIAN, Sergei 2670
GM VALLEJO PONS, Francisco 2660 - GM SARGISSIAN, Gabriel 2673
GM WANG, Yue 2703 - GM BELIAVSKY, Alexander G 2646
GM KHAMRAKULOV, Ibragim S 2604 - GM JOBAVA, Baadur 2644

Ciudad de Pamplona Round 2

The young but strong Maxim Rodshtein of Israel beat a very strong Gabriel Sargissian in the second round of the Ciudad de Pamplona tournament. Local hero Francisco Vallejo also won over Jobava Baadur.

Vallejo Pons forced Baadur to resign after 69 moves when the Georgian was a clear piece down in a slightly complicated end game where Baadur made several seriuos mistakes to lose a knight for almost nothing.

The Rodshtein vs Sargissian game was a roller coaster. Rodshtein capitalized on a faulty simplification effort by Sargissian and later won an exchange. But he could not capitalize on it. But Sargissian gave the young Israeli another chance by making inaccurate moves and resigned the game again an exchange down.

The other two games were drawn fairly early out of the opening in 21 and 30 moves.

Results of Round 2 on 2007/12/2

GM RODSHTEIN, Maxim 2615 1 - 0 GM SARGISSIAN, Gabriel 2673
GM MOVSESIAN, Sergei 2670 ½ - ½ GM BELIAVSKY, Alexander G 2646
GM VALLEJO PONS, Francisco 2660 1 - 0 GM JOBAVA, Baadur 2644
GM WANG, Yue 2703 ½ - ½ GM KHAMRAKULOV, Ibragim S 2604

CIUDAD DE PAMPLONA - Round 1 and Round 2 Pairings

The first round of the CIUDAD DE PAMPLONA tournament started with a well-deserved win for veteran Alexander Beliavsky against Gabriel Sargissian. Beliavsky capitalized on an early advantage to prevail against Sargissian. The other winner was local favorite Francisco Vallejo Pons against the last seed, Ibragim Khamrakulov. Top seed Wang Yue of China was held to a draw by promising Maxim Rodshtein of Israel.

CIUDAD DE PAMPLONA - MAGISTRAL Round 1 on 2007/12/22

SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg

1 GM WANG, Yue 2703 ½ - ½ GM RODSHTEIN, Maxim 2615
2 GM KHAMRAKULOV, Ibragim S 2604 0 - 1 GM VALLEJO PONS, Francisco 2660
3 GM JOBAVA, Baadur 2644 ½ - ½ GM MOVSESIAN, Sergei 2670
4 GM BELIAVSKY, Alexander G 2646 1 - 0 GM SARGISSIAN, Gabriel 2673

Round 2 Pairings 2007/12/23

GM RODSHTEIN, Maxim 2615 - GM SARGISSIAN, Gabriel 2673
GM MOVSESIAN, Sergei 2670 - GM BELIAVSKY, Alexander G 2646
GM VALLEJO PONS, Francisco 2660 - GM JOBAVA, Baadur
GM WANG, Yue 2703 - GM KHAMRAKULOV, Ibragim S 2604