The results of the first round are:
Short-Gashimov 1-0
Caruana-Ivanchuk 1/2
Onischuk-Movsesian 1/2
Vallejo-Godena 1-0
The game Morozevich-Navara will be played later on as the Russian didn’t manage to get in time for the 1st round due to bad weather conditions.
2nd round pairings:
Gashimov-Movsesian
Godena-Onischuk
Ivanchuk-Vallejo
Navara-Caruana
Short-Morozevich
Official site: http://www.ippogrifoscacchi.it/tablaGeneral.asp?iTorneoIppogrifo=25
This event has also started today. The top players in the Masters group are GMs Edouard, Istratescu, Howell and Kotronias. More information on this event is on http://www.hastingschess.org.uk
The 53rd “Torneo di Capodanno” starts today! The participants are:
Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR 2754
Movsesian, Sergei SLO 2723
Navara, David CZE 2722
Gashimov, Vugar AZE 2719
Morozevich, Alexander RUS 2715
Caruana, Fabiano ITA 2702
Vallejo Pons, Francisco ESP 2697
Short, Nigel ENG 2690
Onischuk, Alexander USA 2688
Godena, Michele ITA 2548
The rest day is on the 1st of January.
Pairings of the 1st round:
Short Nigel – Gashimov Vugar
Morozevich Alexander – Navara David
Caruana Fabiano – Ivanchuk Vassily
Vallejo Pons Francisco – Godena Michele
Onischuk Alexander – Movsesian Sergei
You can find more news about the event on http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/twic.html or on the official website – http://www.ippogrifoscacchi.it/tablaGeneral.asp?iTorneoIppogrifo=25
So far only GM Berg drew from the top 5, so results are –
GM Najditsch-Astrup 1-0
FM Thompson-GM Sokolov 0-1
GM Macieja-FM Byklum 1-0
Sipila-GM Berg 1/2
GM Volkov-FM Loghdahl 1-0
Unfortunately no games for download were made available on the officilian site yet and few photos are published.
The top pairing of the 2nd round is:
IM Souleidis-GM Naiditsch
GM Sokolov-GM Bellon
Lindberg-GM Macieja
IM Leer-Salvesen-GM Volkov
GM Gleizerov-IM Furhoff
Will keep you posted on photos and games!
The famous Rilton Cup event had started today in Stockholm. The top rated players include – GMs Arkadij Naiditsch 2685, Ivan Sokolov 2642, Bartlomiej Macieja 2636
and Emanuel Berg 2627. The pairing of top 10 boards are:
GM Naiditsch Arkadij-Astrup Kim
FM Thompson Ian D- GM Sokolov Ivan
GM Macieja Bartlomiej-FM Byklum Björnar
Sipila Vilka- GM Berg Emanuel
GM Volkov Sergey -FM Lögdahl Harald
You can view more results on http://www.rilton.se/1011/index.html or on http://chess-results.com/tnr42335.aspx?art=2&rd=1&lan=1&m=-1&wi=1000 .