Vugar Gashimov wins Abu Dhabi

by ChessBase
8/30/2006 – The venue is spectacular, the climate is seething hot, the first prize is US $4000. A total of 20 GMs, 13 IMs and two WGMs found their way to the Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival, which was duly won by one of the top seeds, Vugar Gashimov of Azerbaijan. Big pictorial report.
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The Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival was held from August 12th to 21st 2006.

Abu Dhabi (Arabic أبو ظبي‎, literally "Father of Gazelle") is the largest of the seven United Arab Emirates, with a population is about one million.

The head of the chess federation, Sheikh Sultan Bin Khalifa Al-Nehyan, was recently elected President of the Asian Chess Federation. His appointee as Treasurer, appointed Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh of Iran, sent us this information on the Festival.

In the main section, the Masters Tournament, we counted 20 GMs, 13 IMs and two WGMs. The prizes were: 1st US $4000, 2nd $3000, 3rd $2000, 4th $1500, 5th $1000, 6th to 15th $900-200. The final standings (5.5 points or more) was as follows:

Rk. Title Name Rtg FED Pts.  TB1   TB2 
1
GM
 Gashimov Vugar 2644 AZE
6,5
51,5
40,0
2
GM
 Anastasian Ashot 2566 ARM
6,5
49,0
38,5
3
GM
 Potkin Vladimir 2556 RUS
6,0
50,0
39,0
4
GM
 Miroshnichenko Evgenij 2616 UKR
6,0
47,5
38,0
5
GM
 Kengis Edvins 2539 LAT
6,0
47,5
38,0
6
GM
 Grigoriants Sergey 2579 RUS
6,0
47,5
37,0
7
GM
 Goloshchapov Alexander   2558 UKR
6,0
47,0
37,0
8
GM
 Azarov Sergei 2579 BLR
6,0
44,5
35,0
9
GM
 GhaemMaghami Ehsan 2594 IRI
6,0
42,5
33,0
10
GM
 Neverov Valeriy 2556 UKR
6,0
42,5
32,5
11
GM
 Mamedov Rauf 2561 AZE
5,5
50,0
39,5
12
GM
 Ibrahimov Rasul 2528 AZE
5,5
49,5
39,0
13
GM
 Fedorov Alexei 2617 BLR
5,5
48,5
38,5
14
IM
 Abbasov Farid 2443 AZE
5,5
48,0
38,0
15
GM
 Sturua Zurab 2509 GEO
5,5
46,5
37,0
16
GM
 Rausis Igors 2510 BAN
5,5
46,5
37,0
17
IM
 Allahverdiev Anar 2435 AZE
5,5
45,5
35,5
18
IM
 Amin Bassem 2453 EGY
5,5
43,5
35,0
19
WGM
 Ushenina Anna 2410 UKR
5,5
42,5
34,0
20
FM
 Alavi Sayed Javad 2314 IRI
5,5
41,0
32,0

Picture gallery


The city skyline of Abu Dhabi


The beach front with the Abu Dhabi Intercontinental Hotel


The spectacular playing venue


The winner, GM Vugar Gashimov, 2644, of Azerbaijan


Beaten on tiebreak: co-winner Ashot Anastasian, 2566, Armenia


GM Vladimir Potkin, 2556, RUS, second of Levon Aronian


GM Evgenij Miroshnichenko, 2616, UKR


IM Maia Lomineishvili, 2380, Georgia


WIM Atousa Pourkshiyan, 2298, Iran, made her first WGM norm


WIM Shayesteh Ghader Pour, 2152, Iran


Players in action at the 2006 Chess festival


Some of the foreign women participants


Sitting down for a delicious Arabic meal


An artisan at work


The artisan's wife


Making new friends in the Arab desert


Our friend Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh of Iran, who provided the information for this report

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