Snowdrops queened in snowy Marienbad

Snowdrops queened in snowy Marienbad
Tuesday, 30 November 2010 16:03

The chess legends of the 20th century and the rising generation of female players competed in the "Snowdrops and Oldhands - Czech Coal Chess Match 2010" tournament with Sheveningen system.

The event took place from 20 November till 27 November in Marienbad, Czech Republic. The playing venue was Villa Butterfly hotel.

Snowdrops won the match against Oldhands by 18:14. Rounds three and four were decisive, when Snowdrops gained four points advantage. Oldhands had less tournament practice in the recent year so they weren't in optimal chess mood in the start. In the second half of the match they managed to keep up with Snowdrops, this part ending in a draw 8:8.

Both teams were in fighting mode, resulting with many decided games and only ten draws from 32 possible. The best player in the tournament was Humpy Koneru with 6 points from 8, and the best player from Oldhands was Vlastimil Hort (5/8).

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Oldhands win final round, Snowdrops win match

Team results:

	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
Snowdrops	3	1	3,5	2,5	2	2	3	1
Oldhands	1	3	0,5	1,5	2	2	1	3
Total Snowdrops	3	4	7,5	10	12	14	17	18
Total Oldhands	1	4	4,5	6	8	10	11	14

Individual results:

		O1	O2	O3	O4	O1	O2	O3	O4	Total
S1	Humpy Koneru	1	0	1	1/2	1	1/2	1	1	6
S2	Arianne Caoili	1	1/2	0	1	0	0	0	1/2	3
S3	Tereza Olšarová	1	0	1/2	0	1/2	1/2	1	0	3,5
S4	Viktorija Čmilyte	1/2	1/2	1	1	1	1	1/2	0	5,5
		S1	S2	S3	S4	S1	S2	S3	OS4
O1	Wolfgang Uhlmann	0	1	1/2	0	0	0	0	1/2	2
O2	Vlastimil Hort	1/2	1	1/2	0	1	1/2	1	1/2	5
O3	Lájoš Portisch	0	1	0	1/2	0	1	1/2	0	3
O4	Dragoljub Velimirovič	0	1/2	1	1	1/2	0	1	0	4

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Snowdrops beat Oldhands with 1 round to spare

	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII
Snowdrops	3	1	3,5	2,5	2	2	3
Oldhands	1	3	0,5	1,5	2	2	1
Total Snowdrops	3	4	7,5	10	12	14	17
Total Oldhands	1	4	4,5	6	8	10	11

		O1	O2	O3	O4	O1	O2	O3	O4	Total
S1	Humpy Koneru	1	0	1		1	1/2	1	1	5,5
S2	Arianne Caoili	1	1/2		1	0	0	0	1/2	3
S3	Tereza Olsarova	1		1/2	0	1/2	1/2	1	0	3,5
S4	Viktorija Cmilyte		1/2	1	1	1	1	1/2	0	5
		S1	S2	S3	S4	S1	S2	S3	OS4
O1	Wolfgang Uhlmann	0	1	1/2	0	0	0	0		1,5
O2	Vlastimil Hort	1/2	1	1/2	0	1	1/2		1/2	4
O3	Lajos Portisch	0	1	0	1/2	0		1/2	0	2
O4	Dragoljub Velimirovic	0	1/2	1	1		0	1	0	3,5

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