Linex-Magic retains national title
After they recently won the European Club Cup in Kemer, the Spanish top team Linex-Magic also prolonged their status as Spanish national champion this weekend. In Calvia (on the island of Mallorca) they beat Intel - Tiendas UPI in the semis and Cuna de Dragones in the final. This was the same final as last year. Like in Turkey, Linex-Magic's big hero was Ivan Cheparinov.In the final against the team from M?ɬ©rida only one game was decisive and this made Ivan Cheparinov the match winner thanks to his victory over Ibrahim Khamrakulov.The final phase of the Spanish team championship was part of a big chess festival in Calvia. Three years ago the 36th Chess Olympiad generated a lot of attention for the game of chess there on the Mallorca island and this year the sponsors made it possible to organize the fourth festival. It all started two weeks ago with an open amateur tournament and two youth events and on Monday last week a big international open started with players such as Paco Vallejo, Emanuel Berg and Kevin Spraggett. Eventually it was the Israeli GM Victor Mikhalevski who left the tournament as the winner, after an amazing 8 out of 9 (7 out of 7 and then two draws). There was also a veterans tournament (won by Sveshnikov) and daily blitz events. They sure understand chess there in Calvia.Results of the Final Campeonato de Espa?ɬ±a por Equipos: Semi-finals:Linex Magic 3,5-2,5 Tiendas UPI Alexei Shirov 1/2 Vasily Ivanchuk Michael Adams 0-1 Alexander Grischuk Sergei Rublevsky 1-0 Etienne Bacrot Gabriel Sargissian 0-1 Paco Vallejo Iv?ɬ°n Cheparinov 1-0 Sergey Tiviakov M. P?ɬ©rez Candelario 1-0 Enrique Rodr?ɬ?guezIretza - Gros 2-4 Cuna de Dragones
Vadim Milov 1/2 Alexander Jakovenko Alexander Tkachiev 0-1 Evgeny Alekseev Christian Bauer 1-0 Alexander Timofeev Roberto Cifuentes 0-1 Victor Bologan Alberto Andr?ɬ©s 0-1 Ibrahim Khamrakulov ?É??ɬ±igo Argando?ɬ±a 1/2 Miguel LlanesFinal:Cuna de Dragones 2,5-3,5 Linex Magic
Alexander Jakovenko 1/2 Alexei Shirov Evgeny Alekseev 1/2 Michael Adams Alexander Timofeev 1/2 Sergei Rublevsky Victor Bologan 1/2 Gabriel Sargissian Ibrahim Khamrakulov 0-1 Ivan Cheparinov Miguel Llanes 1/2 Manuel P?ɬ©rez Candelario3rd/4th place:
Tiendas UPI 4-2 Iretza - Gros Alexander Grischuk 1/2 Vadim Milov Etienne Bacrot 1/2 Alexander Tkachiev Paco Vallejo 1-0 Christian Bauer Baadur Jobava 1/2 Roberto Cifuentes Sergey Tiviakov 1-0 Alberto Andr?ɬ©s Enrique Rodr?ɬ?guez 1/2 ?É??ɬ±igo Argando?ɬ±a
The final
The winning team, on the photo without Ivanchuk because on Sunday he played for his club Remagen in de Bundesliga (a draw against Navara).
Star player Ivan Cheparinov
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