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The 2006 Spanish Team Championship, División de Honor, is being held in three stages:
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 |
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 |
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
