Snowdrops beat Oldhands in Czech Coal Chess 18-14

Chess news and chess trivia blog (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2010

Vlastimil Hort and Wolfgang Ulhmann

Hi Everybody,

Hope you've been enjoying the traditional Czech Coal Chess Match in Marianske Lazne this year between 'Snowdrops' (Humpy Koneru, Viktorija Cmilyte, Arianne Caoili and Tereza Olsarova) defeated the 'Old Hands' (Vlastimil Hort, Lajos Portisch, Wolfgang Uhlmann and Dragoljub Velimirovic) with a score of 18-14.

The traditional Czech Coal Chess Match is a double-round Scheveningen match between chess legends (”Old Hands”) and young female talents (”Snowdrops”). It was held from November 20-27 at the Villa Butterfly Hotel in Marianske Lazne (the former Marienbad), Czech Republic.

The rate of play was 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes and 30 seconds increment to finish the game. The tournament was organized by the Prague Chess Society.

The Snow Drops beat the Old Hands 18-14. As expected, Humpy Koneru scored the maximum of 6 out of 8. She only lost 1.5-0.5 to Vlastimil Hort who scored the maximum among the Old Hands with 5 out of 8.

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Snowdrops lead 14-10 against Oldhands in Czech Coal Chess

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Chess in the snow: Mariánské Lázne

Hello Everyone,

The Snowdrops are doing a nice chess job in the beautiful city of Mariánské Lázne where it is snowing nicely. They are ahead of the veterans (Oldhands) by 14-10 after six rounds.

The Snowdrops vs Oldhands Czech Coal Match 2010 is being held from November 20-27. The (rising generation girls) of Snowdrops are Indian grandmaster Humpy Koneru, currently the world second highest rated female player, the Lithuanian grandmaster Viktorija Cmilyte, the Philippine born Australian WIM Arianne Caoili and the Czech WIM Tereza Olsarova. The 20th century chess legends are Lájoš Portisch, Vlastimil Hort, Dragoljub Velimirovic and Wolfgang Uhlmann.

The games start each day at 3 p.m. in the Villa Butterfly Hotel in Marienbad. The rate of play is 90 minutes for 40 moves, 30 minutes for the rest, with an increament of 30 seconds per move.

Team results

	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8
Snowdrops	3	1	3.5	2.5	2.0	2.0
Oldhands	1	3	0.5	1.5	2.0	2.0
Total Snowdrops	3	4	7.5	10	12	14
Total Oldhands	1	4	4.5	6	8	10

Individual results

		O1	O2	O3	O4	O1	O2	O3	O4	Total
S1	Humpy Koneru	1	0	1		1	1/2		1	4.5
S2	Arianne Caoili	1	1/2		1	0	0	0		2.5
S3	Tereza Olsarova	1		1/2	0	1/2		1	0	3.0
S4	Viktorija Cmilyte		1/2	1	1	1		1/2	0	4.0
		S1	S2	S3	S4	S1	S2	S3	OS4
O1	Wolfgang Uhlmann	0	1		0	0	0	0		1.0
O2	Vlastimil Hort	1/2		1/2	1	1	1/2		1/2	4.0
O3	Lajos Portisch		1	0	1/2	0		1/2	0	2.0
O4	Dragoljub Velimirovic	0		1	1		0	1	0	3.0

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Snowdrops lead against Veterans 7.5 to 4.5 after three rounds at Czech Coal Chess

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Gutsy gal - Koneru Humpy

Find great photos of the talented grandmaster at www.chesspics.com

Hi Everyone,

Here's more news from the quaintly-named Snowdrops versus Veterans Coal Chess Match being held in Marianske Lazne in Czechoslovakia.

As tradition goes, once a year, a team of female chess players faces a team of chess legends of the 20th century. They are represented by Portisch, Hort, Velimirovic and Uhlman, while the ladies are Humpy, Cmilyte, Caoili and Olsarova. The two teams were tied after two rounds but the Veterans lost the third.

By the way, 'Snowdrops' refers to winter blossom Galanthus that flowers between January and April and heralds the coming of Spring and not snowflakes!

Round 2 results

1. Vlastimil Hort-Koneru Humpy 1/2-1/2

2. Wolfgang Uhlmann-Arianne Caoili 1-0

3.

Dragoljub Velimirovic-

Tereza Olsarova 1-0

4. Lajos Portisch-Viktorija Cmilyte 1/2-1/2

Round 3 results

1. Humpy Koneru-Lajos Portisch 1-0

2. Arianne Caoili-Dragoljub Velimirovic 1-0

3. Tereza Olsarova-Wolfgang Uhlmann 1-0

4. Viktorija Cmilyte-Vlastimil Hort 1/2-1/2

You can find an excellent report at www.chessbase.com. Read the previous chessblog.com report here on the event and first round.

Team results

	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8
Snowdrops	3	1	3.5
Oldhands	1	3	0.5
Total Snowdrops	3	4	7.5
Total Oldhands	1	4	4.5

Individual results

		O1	O2	O3	O4	O1	O2	O3	O4	Total
S1	Humpy Koneru	1		1			1/2			2.5
S2	Arianne Caoili		1/2		1	0				1.5
S3	Tereza Olsarova	1		1/2					0	1.5
S4	Viktorija Cmilyte		1/2		1			1/2		2.0
		S1	S2	S3	S4	S1	S2	S3	OS4
O1	Wolfgang Uhlmann		1			0		0		1
O2	Vlastimil Hort	1/2					1/2		1/2	1.5
O3	Lajos Portisch				1/2	0		1/2		1
O4	Dragoljub Velimirovic			1			0		0	1

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