Gjoevik 2009 - Aker Chess Challenge
Gjoevik chess club celebrated its 100 year anniversary in 2008.
Back in 1983 the 75-year anniversary was celebrated with a top level event which included former World Champion Boris Spasskji,and it represented a break through for Simen Agdestein, 16 at the time.
The main organiser back in '83 was the same Øystein Brekke as today. For the younger organiser and arbiter (and historian and writer) Hans O. Lahlum, the '83 tournament maybe served as a key stimuli to take up chess.
The municipality of Gjøvik is actively hosting sports events these days, and later this winter the national cross country skiing championship as well as indoor climbing championship will be held at Gjøvik.
On Thursday, after the initial 2 rounds of the Aker Chess Challenge, the second mayor of Gjøvik hosted a visit to the great ice hockey stadium located in an enormous rock cavern excavated for the 1994 Olympics (at Lillehammer) followed by a gourmet dinner at the Brusveen mansion (owned by Mustad Industries).
Afterwards the players received a nice glass vase from the municipality.
Having started well with a win against Lie and a draw with black against Svidler, Magnus lost round 3 as white against Nakamura. Despite another win against Lie, Magnus is in a must win position today as he most probably needs 1,5 points against Svidler and Nakamura to advance to the final. Svidler has 3/4 followed by Magnus and Nakamura at 2.5.
In the main Open tournament 8 players share the lead with 4/5 while there are several Norwegian players at 3.5 and 3 points.
Henrik Carlsen,
Lommedalen, January 4th 2009
Back in 1983 the 75-year anniversary was celebrated with a top level event which included former World Champion Boris Spasskji,and it represented a break through for Simen Agdestein, 16 at the time.
The main organiser back in '83 was the same Øystein Brekke as today. For the younger organiser and arbiter (and historian and writer) Hans O. Lahlum, the '83 tournament maybe served as a key stimuli to take up chess.
The municipality of Gjøvik is actively hosting sports events these days, and later this winter the national cross country skiing championship as well as indoor climbing championship will be held at Gjøvik.
On Thursday, after the initial 2 rounds of the Aker Chess Challenge, the second mayor of Gjøvik hosted a visit to the great ice hockey stadium located in an enormous rock cavern excavated for the 1994 Olympics (at Lillehammer) followed by a gourmet dinner at the Brusveen mansion (owned by Mustad Industries).
Afterwards the players received a nice glass vase from the municipality.
Having started well with a win against Lie and a draw with black against Svidler, Magnus lost round 3 as white against Nakamura. Despite another win against Lie, Magnus is in a must win position today as he most probably needs 1,5 points against Svidler and Nakamura to advance to the final. Svidler has 3/4 followed by Magnus and Nakamura at 2.5.
In the main Open tournament 8 players share the lead with 4/5 while there are several Norwegian players at 3.5 and 3 points.
Henrik Carlsen,
Lommedalen, January 4th 2009
Comments:
Posted by: Christian Moura
Fine performance by Magnus today - well done on winning both games and making it to the finals.
Best of luck today against Svidler.
Best of luck today against Svidler.
Posted by: Rolfo
Magnus lå vel an til storeslem her, og måtte nøye seg med nesten. I denne sammenheng ligner sjakkspillet på andre idretter hvor først over målstreken vinner uansett
passeringer underveis :)
Håper han er revansjelysten for dyster som kommer senere ..
passeringer underveis :)
Håper han er revansjelysten for dyster som kommer senere ..
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