Author Archives: Yelena Dembo

The 10th Weekend Sale

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The weekend is here! As usual, there are quite some offers:

1. Theoretical material on the Trompovsky for US$ 15 (instead of US$ 20).

2. Theoretical material on the Benoni for US$ 20 (instead of US$ 25).

3. Theoretical material on the Sicilian for US$ 30 (instead of US$ 35).

4. Theoretical material on the Russian (Petroff) for US$ 15 (instead of US$ 20).

5. Theoretical material on the Gruenfeld for US$ 25 (instead of US$ 30).

6. 20 games on “Pawn sacrifice for Initiative” for US$ 7 (instead of US$ 10).

7. 20 games on “Isolated pawn” for US$ 7 (instead of US$ 10).

8. 20 games on “Zugzwang” for US$ 7 (instead of US$ 10).

9. 20 games on “Good/bad exchange of pieces” for US$ 7 (instead of US$ 10).

10. 20 games on “Playing on the open file” for US$ 7 (instead of US$ 10).

11. 20 games on “Rook & 4 pawns versus Rook & 3 pawns on one side” for US$ 7 (instead of US$ 10).

12. 20 games on “Rook, minor piece & pawns versus a Rook and larger amount of pawns” for US$ 7 (instead of US$ 10).

13. 20 games on “Rook endgames” for US$ 7 (instead of US$ 10).

14. 20 games on “Pawn endgames” for US$ 7 (instead of US$ 10).

15. 20 games on “Knight endgames” for US$ 7 (instead of US$ 10).

For questions about payment or anything else, please e-mail me at [email protected].

Riga Technical University Open 2014 – Tournament A

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Melkumyan is on 6 out of 6 after beating Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo (2653)!

Results of top 5 boards of the 6th round

1 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2655 5 1 – 0 4½ GM Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo 2653
2 GM Kovalenko Igor 2650 4½ 0 – 1 4½ GM Rapport Richard 2704
3 GM Shirov Alexei 2709 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Kveinys Aloyzas 2527
4 GM Gavrilov Alexei 2505 4 0 – 1 4 GM Goganov Aleksey 2604
5 GM Savchenko Boris 2596 4 1 – 0 4 GM Werle Jan 2511

Top 10 players after 6 rounds

1 GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 2655 6.0 15.5 23.0 3264
2 GM Rapport Richard U18 HUN 2704 5.5 17.0 25.0 2899
3 GM Banusz Tamas HUN 2585 5.0 15.5 22.0 2663
4 GM Goganov Aleksey RUS 2604 5.0 15.0 22.0 2688
5 GM Oparin Grigoriy U18 RUS 2546 5.0 14.5 21.5 2615
6 GM Boruchovsky Avital U18 ISR 2483 5.0 14.0 22.5 2644
7 GM Savchenko Boris RUS 2596 5.0 14.0 21.5 2674
8 GM Popilski Gil ISR 2494 5.0 13.5 19.5 2577
9 GM Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo VEN 2653 4.5 17.0 25.5 2692
10 GM Naroditsky Daniel U20 USA 2587 4.5 16.0 24.5 2652

Some games of the 6th round

Pairings of top 5 boards of the 7th round

1 GM Rapport Richard 2704 5½ – 6 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2655
2 GM Goganov Aleksey 2604 5 – 5 GM Oparin Grigoriy 2546
3 GM Popilski Gil 2494 5 – 5 GM Savchenko Boris 2596
4 GM Boruchovsky Avital 2483 5 – 5 GM Banusz Tamas 2585
5 GM Molner Mackenzie 2509 4½ – 4½ GM Shirov Alexei 2709

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Riga Technical University Open 2014 – Tournament A

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Only one leader remained after 5 rounds – GM Melkumyan of Armenia, who has 5 points.

Results of top 5 boards of the 5th round

1 IM Argandona Riveiro Inigo 2423 4 0 – 1 4 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2655
2 GM Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo 2653 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Kovalenko Igor 2650
3 GM Rapport Richard 2704 3½ 1 – 0 3½ GM Golod Vitali 2574
4 GM Savchenko Boris 2596 3½ ½ – ½ 3½ GM Oparin Grigoriy 2546
5 GM Werle Jan 2511 3½ ½ – ½ 3½ GM Naroditsky Daniel 2587

Top 10 players after 5 rounds

1 GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 2655 5.0 9.5 15.5 3226
2 GM Rapport Richard U18 HUN 2704 4.5 10.5 17.5 2834
3 GM Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo VEN 2653 4.5 10.0 17.0 2833
4 GM Kovalenko Igor LAT 2650 4.5 10.0 16.5 2816
5 GM Naroditsky Daniel U20 USA 2587 4.0 11.0 17.5 2689
6 IM Argandona Riveiro Inigo ESP 2423 4.0 10.0 17.0 2686
7 GM Savchenko Boris RUS 2596 4.0 9.5 16.0 2619
8 GM Molner Mackenzie USA 2509 4.0 9.5 16.0 2612
9 GM Boruchovsky Avital U18 ISR 2483 4.0 9.0 15.5 2572
10 GM Yemelin Vasily RUS 2573 4.0 9.0 15.0 2607

Some games of the 5th round

Pairings of top 5 boards of the 6th round

1 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2655 5 – 4½ GM Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo 2653
2 GM Kovalenko Igor 2650 4½ – 4½ GM Rapport Richard 2704
3 GM Shirov Alexei 2709 4 – 4 GM Kveinys Aloyzas 2527
4 GM Gavrilov Alexei 2505 4 – 4 GM Goganov Aleksey 2604
5 GM Savchenko Boris 2596 4 – 4 GM Werle Jan 2511

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