Batchimeg Tuvshintugs
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Batchimeg Tuvshintugs is a chess
Woman Grandmaster and FIDE Arbiter. She now (2006) lives in Oakland, California
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held March 2–11 in San Diego, California
, defeating three grandmasters and drawing another grandmaster in the first five rounds of the event. The tournament bulletin after round 5 called her result so far a "sensation"; however, she lost her remaining four games, ultimately tying for 27th-30th place out of 32 in her tournament group.
Batchimeg started the tournament rated 2208 by FIDE. In the first round, she defeated Grandmaster
Alexander Fishbein (rated 2519) who ultimately finished fourth in group B (the tournament was a double Swiss). She then lost to Grandmaster Yury Shulman
(2581) in round two. In round three, she defeated Grandmaster Boris Kreiman
(2478); the tournament bulletin reported "Kreiman might not have been taking her seriously as he banged out his moves in record time. At the end of the game Kreiman had used less than 15 minutes on his clock compared to over 90 for 'Chimi,' as her friends call her. Time well spent!" In round 4, she drew well-known GM Boris Gulko (2585) and in round 5, she defeated Grandmaster Julio Becerra
(2556). She lost all her remaining games of the tournament, so her final score was 3.5 points out of 9, placing 27th (out of 32) in Group B on tiebreaks but scoring a norm for the Woman Grandmaster title due to the strong opposition she faced.
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
Woman Grandmaster and FIDE Arbiter. She now (2006) lives in Oakland, California
Oakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
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2006 U.S. Championship
Batchimeg scored several upsets in the 2006 U.S. Chess ChampionshipU.S. Chess Championship
The U.S. Chess Championship is an invitational tournament held to determine the national chess champion of the United States. Since 1936, it has been held under the auspices of the U.S. Chess Federation. Until 1999, the event consisted of a round-robin tournament of varying size...
held March 2–11 in San Diego, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, defeating three grandmasters and drawing another grandmaster in the first five rounds of the event. The tournament bulletin after round 5 called her result so far a "sensation"; however, she lost her remaining four games, ultimately tying for 27th-30th place out of 32 in her tournament group.
Batchimeg started the tournament rated 2208 by FIDE. In the first round, she defeated Grandmaster
International Grandmaster
The title Grandmaster is awarded to strong chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain....
Alexander Fishbein (rated 2519) who ultimately finished fourth in group B (the tournament was a double Swiss). She then lost to Grandmaster Yury Shulman
Yury Shulman
Yuri Shulman is a Belarusian American chess grandmaster. He also goes by the alternate spelling of "Yury Shulman."-Chess career:Shulman started formal chess lessons with coach Tamara Golovey when he was six years old. He went on to study under International Master Albert Kapengut at age 12, and...
(2581) in round two. In round three, she defeated Grandmaster Boris Kreiman
Boris Kreiman
Boris Kreiman is an American Grandmaster of chess. Kreiman a 3rd place winner in a U.S. Chess Championship in Seattle is also a winner of the Frank P. Samford, Jr. Chess Fellowship....
(2478); the tournament bulletin reported "Kreiman might not have been taking her seriously as he banged out his moves in record time. At the end of the game Kreiman had used less than 15 minutes on his clock compared to over 90 for 'Chimi,' as her friends call her. Time well spent!" In round 4, she drew well-known GM Boris Gulko (2585) and in round 5, she defeated Grandmaster Julio Becerra
Julio Becerra
Julio Becerra Rivero is an American International Grandmaster of chess, who lives in Miami, FL. He plays for the Miami Sharks in the U.S. Chess League.Defected to the U.S. in 1999 and was MVP in the U.S. Chess League in 2006....
(2556). She lost all her remaining games of the tournament, so her final score was 3.5 points out of 9, placing 27th (out of 32) in Group B on tiebreaks but scoring a norm for the Woman Grandmaster title due to the strong opposition she faced.
External links
- The chess games of Batchimeg Tuvshintugs
- Blog entry by Mig Greengard about Batchimeg's preparation for and result in the 2006 US championship, with extended reader commentary.