by IA Dominique Dervieux

IM Samy Shoker won the 8th Condom Chess Festival that took place last week in France. IM Shoker managed to take the first position with a final sprint. Most of the competition was led by Fiona Steil-Antoni who also achieved a norm at the event.

Condom Chess Festival standings

1 m SHOKER Samy FRA 7

2 ff STEIL-ANTONI Fiona LUX 6

3 mf GUICHARD Pauline FRA 6

4 ff CONGIU Mathilde FRA 5,5

5 gf MATSEYKO Katerina UKR 5

6 mf ROBLES GARCIA Claudia ESP 4,5

7 gf ARUTYUNOVA Diana UKR 4

8 mf GUTIERREZ CASTILLO Paloma ESP 3

9 ff VIDENOVA Iva BUL 2,5

10 ff BENMESBAH Natacha FRA 1,5

OPEN A Condom 2008 : Results : 1. IM Benjamin Bushijo (FRA), 2. IM Vaszilij Sikula (UKR), 3. IM Vladimir OKHOTNIK (FRA), 7 points, etc.

The 9th Condom Chess festival will take place 11 – 18th July 2009.

from left to right : mf Claudia ROBLES GARCIA, mf Paloma GUTIERREZ CASTILLO, mf Pauline GUICHARD, ff Natacha BENMESBAH, ff Mathilde CONGIU, ff Fiona STEIL-ANTONI, gf Katerina MATSEYKO, gf Diana ARUTYUNOVA, ff Iva VIDENOVA and m Samy SHOKER

Condom chess club : http://www.chess32.tonsite.biz/

Open site : http://zentiltoutou.free.fr/