Stars in Spain
9/20/2006 – Where will you find Aronian, Ivanchuk, Svidler, Morozevich, Adams, Shirov, Ponomariov, Karjakin and a galaxy of other top stars all playing together? In the Spanish Team Championship, that's where. The qualification rounds have been held, the favourites have duly qualified, the finals come in November. Results, games and pictures.
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Spanish Team Championship
The 2006 Spanish Team Championship, División de Honor, is being held in three stages:
- Group 1 took place in Olite, from September 6–10 2006;
- Group 2 took place in San Sebastián, from Spetember 13–17, 2006
- The final will be held in Lugo, from November 3–4, 2006.
In Group 1 the favourites Intel Tiendas UPI with Ivanchuk, Radjabov, Vallejo Pons, Bruzon, Volokitin, Eljanov, Illescas Cordoba, and Reverté Albox Unicaja with Dreev, Krasenkow, Rustemov, Movsesian, Sutovsky, qualified for the final.
| Pos. | Club | ||||||
| 1 | Intel - Tiendas UPI | ||||||
| 2 | Reverte Albox - Unicaja | ||||||
| 3 | Escuela Int. Kasparov - Marcote | ||||||
| 4 | C.A. Solvay | ||||||
| 5 | Unio Gracienca D'Escacs - UGA | ||||||
| 6 | Geva - CEA |
- Games in PGN (with unusual orthography)
- Composition of all the teams
- Round by round results, games and pictures
In Group 2 Linex Magic with Aronian, Morozevich, Ponomariov, Shirov, Karjakin, Sargissian, Rublevsky and Ajoblanco Cuna de Dragones with Svidler, Adams, Mamedyarov, Jakovenko, Harikrishna, Timofeev qualified. Gros Xake Taldea with Gelfand, van Wely, Zhang Pengxiang, Smirin and Bauer narrowly missed the final.
| Clas | Equipo | ||||||
| 1 | C.A. Linex Magic | ||||||
| 2 | C.A. Ajoblanco Cuna de Dragones | ||||||
| 3 | Gros Xake Taldea | ||||||
| 4 | C.A. AMD Cofiman | ||||||
| 5 | C.A. Valencia Cuna del Ajedrez Moderno |
Picture Gallery
What a lineup: Karjakin, Shirov, Ponomariov and Aronian playing for Linex
Magic
Boris Gelfand, Israel, playing for Gros Xake Taldea
Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine) playing for Linex...
... next to Alexei Shirov (Latvia/Spain)
Sergey Tiviakov, Holland, playing for AMD Cofiman
Teammate Pia Cramling (Sweden) in AMD Cofiman
Spanish GM Alfonso Romero Holmes, who defeated
Shirov
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar playing for Cuna de Dragones
Santi González commentating for local spectators
Pictures by David Lada
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