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These photos were taken on September 13 and 14, 2005, during the Golden Blitz tournament in Moscow, organized by VV Profi, IGP and the ACP.
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| The tournament was held in the Casino Jazztown (Taganskaya Square, Moscow), a very nice venue | The matches were played upstairs, spectators downstairs | The first semi-final was Kosteniuk - Zhu Chen. Alexandra won 2 - 0, a revenge from the final of the World Chess Championship 2001 in Moscow |
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| Very good TV screens showed the games, same as will be on TV | Alexandra just after winning her match against Zhu Chen | Zhu Chen explains to TV why she lost to Alexandra |
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| Almira Skripchenko played Irina Krush in the second semi-final | Spectators downstairs are watching the games | Joel Lautier (ACP) and Sergei Makarychev (NTV) comment the games live |
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| Almira played very well and won her match against Irina Krush from the USA | Spectators Short, Zhu Chen, Pelletier | On the right Svetlana Matveeva and Alexandra Kosteniuk are also watching the game |
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| Amira is playing Irina Krush in the semi-finals | Alexandra is giving an interview to TV | Alexandra and Almira are true friends, they are happy they both won their semi-finals and qualified for the final |
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| In the men's semi-final, Ponomarev is playing Tkachev | Ponomarev played very well and won his match | In the middle game Ponomarev sped up and had a very large time advantage |
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| Vlad Tkachev interviewed downstairs after his match | Alexandra Kosteniuk before her final match | The arbiter Igor Bolotinsky announces the final to be between Almira Skripchenko from France and Alexandra Kosteniuk from Russia |
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| The players shake hands before the game | All the spectators are attentive to what's happening upstairs | Alexandra is confident before the second game as she won the first one convincingly against Almira |
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| In the second game Alexandra played the Petroff opening | Alexandra quickly got a very large advantage both on the board and on the clock | Alexandr Grigorievich Bakh (Russian Chess Federation) is watching the game, rooting for Alexandra |
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| Alexandra is winning the game, the match, and the Cup! | A nice handshake between two friends | The obligatory TV interview |
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| Alexandra is happy to add another trophy to her collection | The finalists Alexandra Kosteniuk and Almira Skripchenko | The finalists Alexandra Kosteniuk and Almira Skripchenko |
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| The finalists Alexandra Kosteniuk and Almira Skripchenko are good friends too | The finalists Alexandra Kosteniuk and Almira Skripchenko are good friends too | Alexandra won the Golden Blitz Cup winning all her games! |
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| The trophy Alexandra won | Alexandra and Alexander Borisovich Roshal', the chief redactor of the chess magazine "64" | The men's final is starting |
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| Evgeny Bareev from Russia is playing Ruslan Ponomarev from the Ukraine | Ruslan played better and faster and won 1.5 -0.5 | The winner of the men's cup: Ruslan Ponomarev |
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| A surprise! The two women finalists challenge the two men finalists to a doubles game for fun! | Alexandra and Almira are good friends and form a perfect doubles team | The doubles game starts (each player must play in turns) |
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| The women get a better position... | ...but the men defend well and so a draw is declared | Joel Lautier from the ACP and Sergei Makarychev from NTV |
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| Marina Makarycheva interviews the two women finalists | The big winners of the Golden Blitz Ruslan Ponomarev and Alexandra Kosteniuk | The big winners of the Golden Blitz Ruslan Ponomarev and Alexandra Kosteniuk |
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| The big winners of the Golden Blitz Ruslan Ponomarev and Alexandra Kosteniuk |
All photos and text by Pufichek, (c) www.kosteniuk.com
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