European Rapid Chess Championships 2007

Results of the European Rapid Championships at Warsaw, Poland:

1 Aleksej Aleksandrov
2 Tomasz Markowski
3 Fernando Peralta
4 Wojciech Moranda
5 Adam Tukhaev
6 Mateusz Bartel
7 Vladimir Malaniuk
8 Hristos Banikas
9 Dimitros Mastrovasilis
10 Wojciech Przybylski
11 Csaba Balogh
12 Artur Jakubiec
13 Aleksander Miśta
14 Namig Guliyev
15 Mikhail Gurevich
16 Aleksander Moiseenko

2007 Groningen Chess

Five players were tied for the first place at the Groningen Chess Festival. Stelios Halkias won the title on tie-break.

The final standings after round 9 in the Harmonie Open A category at Groningen 2007:

1 GM Halkias, Stelios 6.5 GRE
2 GM Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios 6.5 GRE
3 GM Ernst, Sipke 6.5 NED
4 GM Adly, Ahmed 6.5 EGY
5 IM Lobzhanidze, Davit 6.5 GEO
6 GM Banikas, Hristos 6.0 GRE
7 GM Li, Shilong 6.0 CHN
8 IM Hoffmann, Michael 6.0 GER
9 GM Nijboer, Friso 5.5 NED
10 GM Rotstein, Arkadij 5.5 GER
11 IM Swinkels, Robin 5.5 NED
12 IM Pruijssers, Roeland 5.5 NED
13 FM Burg, Twan 5.5 NED
14 GM Reinderman, Dimitri 5.0 NED
15 IM Simutowe, Amon 5.0 ZAM
16 IM Spoelman, Wouter 5.0 NED
17 IM Hendriks, Willy 5.0 NED
18 IM Van Oosterom, Chiel 5.0 NED
19 FM De Jong, Migchiel 5.0 NED
20 FM Clemens, Adrian 5.0 NED

Groningen Chess festival Harmonie Open A section

The 8th round of the A section of the Harmonie open has been completed.

The top ten in this tournament are:

1 Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios 6.0
2 Ernst, Sipke 6.0
3 Li, Shilong 6.0
4 Adly, Ahmed 6.0
5 Banikas, Hristos 5.5
6 Halkias, Stelios 5.5
7 Rotstein, Arkadij 5.5
8 Lobzhanidze, Davit 5.5
9 Hoffmann, Michael 5.5
10 Nijboer, Friso 5.0

Round 4 Groningen Chess Festival

Banikas upset the in-form Li Shilong at the Groningen Chess festival in the fourth round.

Standings after Round 4:

1 GM Banikas, Hristos 3.5 GRE
2 GM Ernst, Sipke 3.5 NED
3 GM Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios 3.0 GRE
4 GM Nijboer, Friso 3.0 NED
5 GM Reinderman, Dimitri 3.0 NED
6 GM Li, Shilong 3.0 CHN
7 GM Adly, Ahmed 3.0 EGY
8 IM Lobzhanidze, Davit 3.0 GEO
9 IM Hoffmann, Michael 3.0 GER
10 IM Simutowe, Amon 3.0 ZAM