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Chess Classic Mainz 2006The event takes place from August 15 to 20 in the Rheingoldhalle of the Congress Centre, Hilton Hotel in Mainz, Germany. It includes matches and Opens in traditional and Random Chess, with stars like Anand, Aronian, Svidler, Radjabov, Kosteniuk and Pähtz participating. |
View from last year's Classic, with the Open and two matches in progress
Vishy Anand |
Teimour Radjabov |
Aronian vs Svidler in their Chess960 match in Mainz two years ago
Alexandra Kosteniuk vs Elisabeth Pähtz in a traditional rapid
chess match in 2002
Clerical Medical Chess960 World Championship for women, seniors
and juniors
These are eight-game Chess960 (Fischer Random) matches between Elisabeth
Pähtz and Alexandra Kosteniuk (Women); Vastimil Hort and Lajos Portisch
(Seniors) and Pentala Harikrishna and Arkadij Naiditsch (Juniors). Format:
eight rounds, rate of play 20 min/game + 10 sec/move increment.
Schedule: Tuesday, August 15 and Wednesday, August 16, with the
rounds starting at 3:00, 4:15, 5:30 and 6:45 p.m.
5th FiNet Chess960 Open
Rapid Chess960 Open, staged in the same hall as the GM matches.
Format: eleven rounds, 20 min/game + 5 sec/move increment.
Schedule: From 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, August
17 (registration, rounds 1-5) and Friday, August 18 (rounds 6-11, prize
giving).
13th ORDIX Open
Rapid Chess Open, staged in the same hall as the GM matches. Format:
20 min/game + 5 sec/move increment. Schedule: From 10:00
a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 19 (registration, rounds 1-5) and
Sunday, August 20 (rounds 6-11, prize giving).
One of the participants in the simultaneous exhibition is 26-year-old a rock singer Vaile, who is also a budding soap star (in the German series Marienhof). She will play against Levon Aronian, in the Chess960 start position 518, which is the one used in chess for over a millennium now. After the game Vaile will entertain visitors with an "unplugged gig". |
Simultaneous exhibitions
Tuesday, August 15, 3:30 p.m.: 40 board simul given by Vishy Anand, and
Wednesday, August 16, 3:30 p.m. simultaneous Chess960 exhibition on 20
boards (with 20 different starting positions) given by Levon Aronian.
2nd Livingston Chess960 Computer World Championship
This is a computer chess tournament in Chess960 (Fischer Random). Format:
nine rounds, 25 min/game + 5 sec/move increment. Schedule:
From 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 17 (rounds 1-5) and from
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Friday, August 18 (rounds 6-9).
Exihition man vs machine matches
Teimour Radjabov vs the chess program Shredder and Peter Svidler vs the
Chess960 program Spike. The games will be played on Wednesday, August 15
from 10:30 a.m. to 13:30 p.m.
Commentary
Live commentary is by GMs Artur Jussupow, Eric Lobron, Vlastimil Hort,
Rustem Dautov and Fabian Döttling.
Programme overview | |||||||
Date | from | until | live games | Round | Time | View | Download |
Clerical Medical Chess960 World Championships | |||||||
15.08.2006 | 15:00 | 15:40 | 3 | 1. | 20min+5sec | ONLINE | PGN |
15.08.2006 | 16:15 | 16:55 | 3 | 2. | 20min+5sec | ONLINE | PGN |
15.08.2006 | 17:30 | 18:10 | 3 | 3. | 20min+5sec | ONLINE | PGN |
15.08.2006 | 18:45 | 19:25 | 3 | 4. | 20min+5sec | ONLINE | PGN |
16.08.2006 | 15:00 | 15:40 | 3 | 5. | 20min+5sec | ONLINE | PGN |
16.08.2006 | 16:15 | 16:55 | 3 | 6. | 20min+5sec | ONLINE | PGN |
16.08.2006 | 17:30 | 18:10 | 3 | 7. | 20min+5sec | ONLINE | PGN |
16.08.2006 | 18:45 | 19:25 | 3 | 8. | 20min+5sec | ONLINE | PGN |
16.08.2006 | ? | Tiebreak | 5min+5sec | ONLINE | PGN | ||
Livingston Duelle Mensch-Maschine | |||||||
16.08.2006 | 11:00 | 12:00 | 2 | 1. | 25min+10sec | ONLINE | PGN |
16.08.2006 | 12:30 | 13:30 | 2 | 2. | 25min+10sec | ONLINE | PGN |
Livingston Chess960 Computer-WM | |||||||
17.08.2006 | 10:00 | 11:00 | 8 | 1. | 25min+10sec | ONLINE | PGN |
17.08.2006 | 12:00 | 13:00 | 8 | 2. | 25min+10sec | ONLINE | PGN |
17.08.2006 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 8 | 3. | 25min+10sec | ONLINE | PGN |
17.08.2006 | 16:00 | 17:00 | 8 | 4. | 25min+10sec | ONLINE | PGN |
17.08.2006 | 18:00 | 19:00 | 8 | 5. | 25min+10sec | ONLINE | PGN |
18.08.2006 | 10:30 | 11:30 | 8 | 6. | 25min+10sec | ONLINE | PGN |
18.08.2006 | 12:30 | 13:30 | 8 | 7. | 25min+10sec | ONLINE | PGN |
18.08.2006 | 14:30 | 15:30 | 8 | 8. | 25min+10sec | ONLINE | PGN |
18.08.2006 | 16:30 | 17:30 | 8 | 9. | 25min+10sec | ONLINE | PGN |
FiNet Open Chess960 WM-Qualifikation | |||||||
17.08.2006 | 12:30 | 13:10 | 10 | 1. | 20min+5sec | ONLINE | PGN |
17.08.2006 | 13:40 | 14:20 | 10 | 2. | 20min+5sec | ONLINE | PGN |
17.08.2006 | 14:50 | 15:30 | 10 | 3. | 20min+5sec | ONLINE | PGN |
17.08.2006 | 16:00 | 16:40 | 10 | 4. | 20min+5sec | ONLINE | PGN |
17.08.2006 | 17:10 | 17:50 | 10 | 5. | 20min+5sec | ONLINE | PGN |
18.08.2006 | 10:00 | 10:40 | 10 | 6. | 20min+5sec | ONLINE | PGN |
18.08.2006 | 11:10 | 11:50 | 10 | 7. | 20min+5sec | ONLINE | PGN |
18.08.2006 | 12:20 | 13:00 | 10 | 8. | 20min+5sec | ONLINE | PGN |
18.08.2006 | 14:00 | 14:40 | 10 | 9. | 20min+5sec | ONLINE | PGN |
18.08.2006 | 15:10 | 15:50 | 10 | 10. | 20min+5sec | ONLINE | PGN |
18.08.2006 | 16:20 | 17:00 | 10 | 11. | 20min+5sec | ONLINE | PGN |
GRENKELEASING
Rapid World Championship Clerical Medical Chess960 World Championship |
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17.08.2006 | 18:30 | 19:30 | 2 | 1. | 25min+10sec | ONLINE | PGN |
17.08.2006 | 20:00 | 21:00 | 2 | 2. | 25min+10sec | ONLINE | PGN |
18.08.2006 | 18:30 | 19:30 | 2 | 3. | 25min+10sec | ONLINE | PGN |
18.08.2006 | 20:00 | 21:00 | 2 | 4. | 25min+10sec | ONLINE | PGN |
19.08.2006 | 18:30 | 19:30 | 2 | 5. | 25min+10sec | ONLINE | PGN |
19.08.2006 | 20:00 | 21:00 | 2 | 6. | 25min+10sec | ONLINE | PGN |
20.08.2006 | 18:30 | 19:30 | 2 | 7. | 25min+10sec | ONLINE | PGN |
20.08.2006 | 20:00 | 21:00 | 2 | 8. | 25min+10sec | ONLINE | PGN |
20.08.2006 | ? | Tiebreak | 5min+5sec | ONLINE | PGN | ||
ORDIX Open | |||||||
19.08.2006 | 12:30 | 13:10 | 10 | 1. | 20min+5sec | ONLINE | PGN |
19.08.2006 | 13:40 | 14:20 | 10 | 2. | 20min+5sec | ONLINE | PGN |
19.08.2006 | 14:50 | 15:30 | 10 | 3. | 20min+5sec | ONLINE | PGN |
19.08.2006 | 16:00 | 16:40 | 10 | 4. | 20min+5sec | ONLINE | PGN |
19.08.2006 | 17:10 | 17:50 | 10 | 5. | 20min+5sec | ONLINE | PGN |
20.08.2006 | 10:00 | 10:40 | 10 | 6. | 20min+5sec | ONLINE | PGN |
20.08.2006 | 11:10 | 11:50 | 10 | 7. | 20min+5sec | ONLINE | PGN |
20.08.2006 | 12:20 | 13:00 | 10 | 8. | 20min+5sec | ONLINE | PGN |
20.08.2006 | 14:00 | 14:40 | 10 | 9. | 20min+5sec | ONLINE | PGN |
20.08.2006 | 15:10 | 15:50 | 10 | 10. | 20min+5sec | ONLINE | PGN |
20.08.2006 | 16:20 | 17:00 | 10 | 11. | 20min+5sec | ONLINE | PGN |