Odessa – Istanbul Cruise Rapid Tournament
A rapid tournament is taking place from August 28 to September 2, 2006 during the Odessa-Istanbul-Odessa Black Sea ship cruise.
The participants are:
Ivanchuk (2734)
Vaganian (2598)
Eingorn (2591)
Tukmakov (2560)
Drozdovsky (2552)
Lerner (2523)
Palatnik (2520)
Savchenko (2508)
Golubev (2467)
Natalia Zhukova (2456)
Nona Gaprindashvili (2375)
Masha Klinova (2346)
Here is the official website in Russian.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
weird bunch of players
Is that a picture of the boat they will play in?
Most of the players are from Odessa, or have Odessan roots, such as Palatchik, or are at least from Ukraine (and at the very least from the south – Vaganian and Gapridashvili). So, actually, it’s a very organic mix of players, even though their ratings are are over the place.
Final results (11 rounds) –
Ivanchuk: 10
Ejngorn: 8
Drozdovskij – 7
Golubev – 6.5
Vaganjan – 5.5
Palatnik – 5.5
Zhukova – 5
Savchenko – 5
Lerner – 4.5
Tukmakov – 4
Gaprindashvili – 3
Klinova -2