S. Novikov wins the 2006 Czech Open

2006 Czech Open – International Festival of Chess

The Festival is under the auspices of the president of the Czech Republic Vaclav Klaus, the manager of the Pardubice region Michal Rabas and the Pardubice city manager and senator Jiri Stritesky. Here is the official website.

Final Standings:

1 GM NOVIKOV, STANISLAV 2513 RUS 7.5

2-8 GM OLEKSIENKO, MIKHAILO 2497 UKR, GM TOMASHEVSKY, EVGENY 2594 RUS, IM GAJEWSKI, GRZEGORZ 2504 POL, GM BABULA, VLASTIMIL 2571 CZE, GM POTKIN, VLADIMIR 2556 RUS, IM CZARNOTA PAWEL 2547 POL, IM SMIKOVSKI IVAN 2543 RUS 7.0