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ROUND 1   07.07.2007

 

 

GM Humpy Koneru  -  Jan Bednarich

 

 

Ewgenija Korman

 

 

WGM Turkan Mamedjarova

 

 

Hjorvar S Gretarsson    Viesturs Meijers          Gilles Daubenfeld                                                                                    

 

GM Humpy Koneru

 

Daniel Sorm

 

                                                    GM Antoaneta Stefanova     Manfred Herbold            IM Anthony Wirig

 

 

Steven Wagner

 

 

GM Vadim Malakhatko

 

Felix Graf  -  GM Leonid Kritz

 

 

 

 

GM Antoaneta Stefanova           Manfred Herbold                          IM Anthony Wirig                                        

 

 

 

GM Antoaneta Stefanova           Manfred Herbold                          IM Anthony Wirig                                        

 

 

 

IM Inna Gaponenko

 

 

 

 

 

Fred Berend                                        Veronika Preiss                 

 

 

 

Felix Graf  -  GM Leonid Kritz

 

 

 

                                           Maxim Korman                  WGM Zeinab Mamedjarova

FM Mustapha Nezar                                                           -                                                              Rudi Mauquoi

 

Michael Hoffmann

 

 

WGM Anna Wagener  -  GM Vadim Malakhatko

 

 

                                        IM Inna Gaponenko                                                                       Alexandre Ristic

 

Wenke Henrichs

 

 

WFM Grazyna Bakalarz                                              -                                       Ewgenija Korman

 

 

 

 

IM Mietek Bakalarz

 

 

Mietek Bakalarz    Pierre Christen                                 

Maxim Korman                                                                Yuriy Ajrapetjan                                               

                         Mustapha Nezar                                                                 Rudi Mauquoi

 

 

 

Marc Mertens

 

 

GM Vlastimil Jansa                   Patrick Zelbel                                     GM Gerhard Schebler        Marc Mertens

 

 

Alex Zienkiewicz                         WGM Elvira Berend                                            Philippe Linster

 


 

ROUND 2   08.07.2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WGM Anna Wagener                                 WFM Fiona Steil-Antoni        

 

WGM Anna Wagener

 

 WFM Fiona Steil-Antoni

 

GM Vlastimil Jansa

 

 

                                      IM H Steingrimsson                   G Rohit         Manuel Weller                           Davit Lobzhanidze

 

 

                                  GM Antoaneta Stefanova              IM Sébastien Feller                                                       Claude Wagener

 

 

GM Humpy Koneru

 

 

WGM Turkan Mamedjarova                            GM Gerhard Schebler

 

IM Sébastien Feller

 

 

 

 

 

GM Philip Schlosser

 

 

 

GM Vlastimil Jansa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

ROUND 3   08.07.2007

 

 

 

 

 

                   IM Anthony Wirig                                  -                               FM Hans-Joachim Vatter

 

                                                                 Maxim Korman                            WGM Zeinab Mamedjarova

 

GM Davit Lobzhanidze

 

Gilles Daubenfeld

 

 

                                                          IM Yuriy Ajrapetjan       GM Philip Schlosser             FM Mustapha Nezar

 

 

IM Tigran Gharamian

 

 

 GM Vladimir Georgiev               IM Inna Gaponenko                                                                        

 

 

 

                                                                WFM Fiona Steil-Antoni             Joachim Musholt

 

 

 

                                                                 WFM Fiona Steil-Antoni             Joachim Musholt

 

Joachim Musholt                                                                                                                                                             

Niek Oud                                                   -                                               Peter Bishop

 

 

WGM Turkan Mamedjarova

 

 

IM Inna Gaponenko

 

Patrick Zelbel                          -                         Mietek Bakalarz                                                              

                                                                                                                                      IM Fred Berend      Gilles Daubenfeld

Peter Bishop

 

 

Maria Nikolaeva                                           Hicham Fadil                                                             

 

 

 

                     Elvira Berend                      Hjorvar Gretarsson    IM Mietek Bakalarz               IM Fred Berend   Gilles Daubenfeld

 

 

 

Maria Nikolaeva                                                                     Hicham Fadil

 

 

Niek Oud                                WFM Fiona Steil-Antoni             Joachim Musholt                             Peter Bishop

 

 

 

                                 WGM Elvira Berend        Manfred Herbold    Patrick Zelbel     IM Stefan Wehmeier   Fred Berend

 

           Elvira Berend                Hjorvar Gretarsson    IM Mietek Bakalarz      IM Fred Berend   Gilles Daubenfeld

 

 

                                                                       

                       FM Snorri Bergsson    FM Serge Brittner    Maxim Korman

 

                      WGM Karolina Smokina                                      -                                       WGM Zeinab Mamedjarova,

 

 

 

 

 

IM Mietek Bakalarz        IM Fred Berend

 

 

WGM Karolina Smokina                                 -                            WGM Zeinab Mamedjarova,

 

 

 


 

 

 

ROUND 4   09.07.2007

 

IM Davit Lobzhanidze

 

GM Viesturs Meijers

 

 

IM Anthony Wirig

 

WGM Antoaneta Stefanova

 

WGM Inna Gaponenko

 

GM Vadim Malakhatko  -  IM Anthony Wirig

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FM Mustapha Nézar

 

 

G Rohit

 

IM Tigran Gharamian

 

GM Vlastimil Jansa

 

IM Sebastian Siebrecht

 

GM Viesturs Meijers  -  WGM Humpy Koneru

 

GM Leonid Kritz

 

 

 

 

 

GM Leonid Kritz

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

ROUND 5   10.07.2007

 

 

IM Thomas Henrichs

 

 

WGM Antoaneta Stefanova

 

 

WGM Turkan Mamedjarova

 

 

                                                                                               GM Vlastimil Jansa

 

 

 

 

 

Inna Gaponenko                     Sebastian Siebrecht                                                                 Niles Penzel

 

 

 

Photo : Gaston Freymann

 

Photo : Gaston Freymann

 

 

 

The man behind the camera : Vijay Kumar

 

 

 

 

e-library materialized : Albin Dal Borgo's  Chess Shop En Passant

 

Gaston Freymann                                                                         Boyarchenko Marie    Anna Wagner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GM Leonid Kritz

 

 

IM Davit Lobzhanidze

 

 

 

IM Fred Berend

 

 


 

 

 

 

ROUND 6   11.07.2007

 

 

GM Antoaneta Stefanova

 

IM Bart Michiels                   IM Stefan Wehmeier

 

IM Anthony Wirig     GM Antoanete Stefanova                                                                                    

                                                                                                                       IM Hedinn Steingrimsson

 

GM Humpy Koneru

 

WGM Karolina Smokina

                                                                                                        IM Anna Zozulia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

             Philippe Linster                             WGM Elvira Berend                                    WIM Viktoria Schweitzer

 

WGM Karolina Smokina

 

FM Snorri Bergsson  -  GM Hannes Stefansson

 

 

 

Maxim Korman

 

 

 

Fiona Steil-Antoni             Norbert Stull                                                                 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steven Wagner

 

 

GM Leonid Kritz

 

IM VIktor Erdos

 

Philippe Linster                                           WGM Elvira Berend

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

ROUND 7   12.07.2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

G Rohit       -      FM Snorri Bergsson

 

GM Hannes Stefansson

 

 

 

                                                IM Tigran Gharamian            GM Vladimir Georgiev

 

WFM Grazyna Bakalarz               -            Wenke Henrichs

 

 

 

Marc Mertens   Runar Berg   Alex Zienkiewicz   Viktoria Schweitzer                                               Steven Wagner

 

Marc Mertens                                   Runar Berg               Alex Zienkiewicz               Viktoria Schweitzer

 

IM Viktor Erdos      -     GM Nenad Sulava

 

                                                          IM Inna Gaponenko                Daniel Sorm                                  G Rohit

 

 

IM Michael Hoffmann               -              IM Thomas Henrichs

 

 

                                                        IM Fred Berend   FM Dirk Van Dooren   IM Valentin Iotov    Reinhard Jaenig     Bertrand Valuet                          

 

 

Philippe Pinheiro                                        -                                         Marc Clement

 

 

Ansgar Barthel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IM Dejan Bojkov                       -                        GM Antoaneta Stefanova                                       

 

Turkan Mamedjarova

 

Zeinab Mamedjarova

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

ROUND 8   13.07.2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wenke Henrichs                                             -                                            Maria Nikolaeva

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

ROUND 9   14.07.2007

 

 

some nice portraits shot by Vijay Kumar :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

PRIZEGIVING   14.07.2007

 

 

 

Jean-Paul Goerens, Robert Traversini, Claude Meisch, Humpy Koneru, Alexandre Simon, Antoaneta Stefanova, Zeinab Mamedjarova, Turkan Mamedjarova, Hannes Stefansson, Viktor Erdos, Claude Birtz

 

 

Photo Gaston Freymann

 

Photo Gaston Freymann

 

Photo Gaston Freymann

 

Photo Gaston Freymann

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Women Prizes :  1st GM Stefanova Antoaneta    2nd WGM Mamedjarova Zeinab    3rd WGM Mamedjarova Turkan  

 

 

 

    Open A Standings :    1st GM Koneru Humpy      2nd GM Stefansson Hannes      3rd IM Erdos Viktor

 

 

 


 

 

 

PICTURES FROM THE OPENING CEREMONY

ON FRIDAY 6TH

 AT THE CASTLE OF DIFFERDANGE

 

 

Jean-Paul Goerens, President of the Cercle d'Echecs Le Cavalier Differdange

 

Magnus Gudmundsson, Executive Officer Kaupthing Bank

 

 

Dr. Ekkehard F. Stiller, Dean of the Miami University Dolibois European Center

 

 

Michèle Goerens, artist    and Jean-Paul Goerens, president

 

 

 

 

traditional indian dance performed by Roshni Gianchandani

 

 

modern indian dance by Anjali and Monika

 

 

Roshni and her second performance

 

 

 

Claude Meisch, Mayor of Differdange  thanks the dansers for their performance and offers them a present

 

Humpy Koneru                                                                                  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIP - Simultaneous presentation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Romain Placidi  - draw against Humpy                                                                      

 

the artist Michèle Goerens  and her  artwork "Brettbezüge" , a graphic presentation of a famous game of Paul Morphy

 

Zeinab, Marie and Turkan

 

                     Michael Hoffmann                              Leonid Kritz       Antoaneta Stefanova

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

CHESS THEME EXHIBITION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Brettbezüge"   by Michèle Goerens 

 

the artist Michèle Goerens interviewed by a Wort journalist

 

 


 

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