THE WEEK IN CHESS 492 12th April 2004 by Mark Crowther
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Timman - Van Wely Match 4 games
Cogas Open 97 games
77th Championship of St Petersburg 55 games
10th WDB Easter Open 78 games
8th Neckar-Open 70 games
Icelandic Championship 17 games
Bangladesh Championship 42 games
1st U21 Los Lllanos de Aridane 45 games
First Saturday April 50 games
Danish Championship 30 games
2nd Annual Western Pacific Open 30 games
50th Mexican Chess Open Championship 29 games
French Top 16 Team Championship 288 games
Canadian Women's Zonal 42 games
Belgian Team Championship Division 2 108 games
3rd Amplico Aig Life International 2 games
987 games
My thanks to Rod McShane, José Mariano Acosta, Miklos Orso, John
Hillery, Haroon Rashid, Stéphane Laborde, Simón Hernández,
Joel Lautier, Steve Laios, Ralph Frisch, David Cohen, Carsten Hensel, Felipe
Ramos Perez, Yannick Pelletier, Moritz Baumgärtel, Franz Jittenmeier,
Francesc Rechi Pérez, Jogvan Naes, Silvio Danailov, Olivier Breisacher,
Carlos Vázquez, Gabor Pali, Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh, Albert Vasse, Thomas
Henrich, Michael Atkins and everyone else who helped with the issue.
The main story of the week are the various moves towards the
reunification of the World Championships. Kramnik and Leko have a press
conference on May 12th publicising their World Championship match in September
and October. FIDE have released their regulations for the World Championship
match in Libya in June-July. The Association of Chess Professionals (ACP) have
urged their members to delay signing the contract until they have provided an
alternative and in their view more acceptable one. This will be a key moment
for the ACP's credibility and the willingness of the top professionals to stick
together with one negotiating voice.
Ruslan Ponomariov an ACP member has asked them to look into his
disqualification by FIDE for similar contract problems. He has largely taken
the fall for the failure of his match against Kasparov to happen largely as a
result of some very strong demands at the start of negotiation, but I
understand the final failure was over very tiny points so one must now ask
serious questions of FIDE also. Ponomariov seems very unlikely to play in
Libya.
What has happened to Ponomariov is a terrible thing. I really wish he
had found a way to play against Kasparov, even under protest. His victory in
the last FIDE World Championships followed by his second place on debut in
Linares marked him out as the in form improving player. I thought it at least
possible, at the rate of improvement he was making two years ago, he could be
world number one now or at least challenging for it. His dispute with FIDE
seems to have completely derailed his career over the last year which is a huge
loss. He hasn't played a classical tournament in over a year and has only rapid
games and 8 games from the European Team Championships since. Nothing since
October 2003. For a young player of 20, of his talent, this could have long
term ramifications as this is the age to make your move. I believe his
treatment by FIDE has been disgraceful but he needs to get over it and start
playing otherwise he'll pay a self-inflicted price in addition to losses due to
the dispute. Results, as many previous players in dispute with FIDE have found,
are the ultimate bargaining chip.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Cogas Energy Match took place 8th-10th April 2004. The 4 game match
was between Jan Timman and Loek Van Wely. Alongside the match was a 6 round
Swiss Grandmaster tournament with a prizefund of several 1000 Euros. The first
two games were rapid games which they tied 1-1. Van Wely beat Timman 2-0 in the
standard time rate games. Alongside was a six round open won by Daniel
Fridman.
The event will be broadcast live at http://www.cogas.nl and
http://www.anjo.demon.nl/cogas2004/index.htm
Rapid
Van Wely, Loek - Timman, Jan H 1-0 69 D54 Queens Gambit
Timman, Jan H - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 62 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Standard Timerate
Van Wely, Loek - Timman, Jan H 1-0 41 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Timman, Jan H - Van Wely, Loek 0-1 47 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Cogas Energie Match Almelo NED (NED), 8-10 iv 2004
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1 2 3 4
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Van Wely, Loek g NED 2617 1 0 1 1 3.0 2771
Timman, Jan H g NED 2578 0 1 0 0 1.0 2424
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Cogas Open Almelo NED (NED), 8-10 iv 2004
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1. Fridman, Daniel g LAT 2592 +27 + 6 +17 + 5 = 3 = 2 5.0 2636
2. Solleveld, Maarten m NED 2484 +30 + 4 = 8 =12 + 7 = 1 4.5 2476
3. Khenkin, Igor g GER 2611 +19 =12 +20 +18 = 1 = 6 4.5 2485
4. Van Tellingen, Frank NED ---- +32 - 2 +21 = 6 +17 +11 4.5 2444
5. Lingnau, Carsten m GER 2427 +16 +18 =11 - 1 +25 = 8 4.0 2459
6. Pliester, Leon m NED 2363 +14 - 1 +32 = 4 +26 = 3 4.0 2365
7. Lahaye, Rick NED 2274 +21 -11 +14 +10 - 2 +25 4.0 2344
8. Hausrath, Daniel m GER 2452 +28 +26 = 2 =11 =15 = 5 4.0 2449
9. Sarink, Edwin NED ---- =29 =22 =24 = +20 +12 4.0 2200
10. Van Eijk, Sander NED 2233 = +31 =15 - 7 +23 +18 4.0 2263
11. Schebler, Gerhard m GER 2480 +23 + 7 = 5 = 8 =12 - 4 3.5 2313
12. Kroeze, Frank M f NED 2384 +13 = 3 +25 = 2 =11 - 9 3.5 2365
13. Krueger, Norbert GER 2159 -12 =19 +28 =20 =14 +21 3.5 2150
14. Konijn, Bart NED ---- - 6 +27 - 7 +22 =13 +26 3.5 2248
15. Hartoch, Rob m NED 2317 =31 +33 =10 = = 8 =16 3.5 2191
16. Van der Veen, Jan NED 2123 - 5 -17 + +32 +24 =15 3.5 2211
17. Lui, Kachun NED 2183 =33 +16 - 1 +19 - 4 =24 3.0 2137
18. Bitalzadeh, Ali NED 2241 +24 - 5 +22 - 3 +30 -10 3.0 2211
19. Galje, Hans NED 2107 - 3 =13 +29 -17 =28 +30 3.0 2158
20. Arp, Frans L NED 2067 = +29 - 3 =13 - 9 +28 3.0 2128
21. Van Vliet, Gert-Jan NED ---- - 7 +23 - 4 = +31 -13 2.5 2015
22. Borst,Filip NED ---- = = 9 -18 -14 =34 +35 2.5 1996
23. Wildschut, Marcel NED ---- -11 -21 =27 +35 -10 +34 2.5 2094
24. Vleeming, Patriek NED ---- -18 + = 9 = -16 =17 2.5 2034
25. Cornelisse, Johnny J.A NED 2118 = +35 -12 +34 - 5 - 7 2.5 2137
26. Spoelman, Wouter NED 2239 +34 - 8 +35 = - 6 -14 2.5 2092
27. Ellenbroek, Ton NED 2113 - 1 -14 =23 -28 + +33 2.5 2041
28. Pietrow, Andrei NED ---- - 8 =34 -13 +27 =19 -20 2.0 2038
29. Koetsier,David NED ---- = 9 -20 -19 = =33 =31 2.0 1904
30. Snuverink, Michiel NED ---- - 2 -32 +31 +33 -18 -19 2.0 2013
31. Dondergoor, Evert-Jan NED ---- =15 -10 -30 + -21 =29 2.0 1966
32. Hovestadt,Leo NED ---- - 4 +30 - 6 -16 -35 + 2.0 1956
33. Burer, Audry NED ---- =17 -15 =34 -30 =29 -27 1.5 1922
34. Lukas, Manfred GER 2082 -26 =28 =33 -25 =22 -23 1.5 1866
35. Langendijk, Andre NED ---- = -25 -26 -23 +32 -22 1.5 1866
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Ruslan Ponomariov has written to the
ACP Board about his view on the FIDE
World Championships. Letter dated 7th April 2004. - Read Open Letter from Ruslan Ponomariov to the ACP
Board. Ponomariov is a member of the ACP and they responded with broad
support a wish to see the documents to the case with a view to possible legal
action, in addition they are advocating their members not signing the contract
and will come up with an alternative. Read ACP Board
reply to Ponomariov and Statement on FIDE Contract. Also FIDE's new page on
the championships. http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=409
The Classical World Chess Championship will be held at the Centro
Dannemann in Brissago, Switzerland September 25th - October 18th, 2004. A total
of 14 games will be played under classical time controls. Vladimir Kramnik is
defending the title he won from Garry Kasparov in 2000 against Hungarian GM
Peter Leko, who qualified at the Dortmund Candidates in 2002.
There is a press conference on May 12th at Raffles Hotel Vier
Jahreszeiten in Hamburg (Germany) from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Kramnik, Leko, Lautier (President of the ACP) Hans Leusen (President of
Dannemann Brasil) attend.
Issues will include: details of the competition, current questions
about professional chess and the world chess championship, increasing
importance of sponsoring in the chess world, current and future new
opportunities of electronic participation on mayor chess events,
Further details: http://www.centrodannemann.com and
http://www.chess-players.org
The 77th Championship of St Petersburg took place 1st-11th April 2004.
Valery Loginov and Valerij Popov finished on 7/10. I've tried to correct the
game Matlakov-Loginov from round 1 but await official confirmation.
Official site: http://www.ruschess.com
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77th ch-city St Petersburg RUS (RUS), 1-11 iv 2004 cat. X (2485)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
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1. Loginov, Valery A g RUS 2516 * 1 = = 1 = = = = 1 1 7.0 2630
2. Popov, Valerij g RUS 2580 0 * 1 1 1 0 = = 1 1 1 7.0 2624
3. Lugovoi, Aleksei g RUS 2554 = 0 * = 0 1 = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2549
4. Yemelin, Vasily g RUS 2578 = 0 = * = = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2547
5. Solovjov, Sergey I m RUS 2426 0 0 1 = * = = 1 1 1 0 5.5 2526
6. Ionov, Sergey g RUS 2538 = 1 0 = = * = = = = 1 5.5 2515
7. Yevseev, Denis g RUS 2580 = = = = = = * 1 0 = 1 5.5 2511
8. Klimov, Sergey m RUS 2520 = = 0 = 0 = 0 * 1 = 1 4.5 2445
9. Matlakov, Maxim RUS 2346 = 0 = 0 0 = 1 0 * 1 1 4.5 2462
10. Chepukaitis, Genrikh RUS 2413 0 0 0 0 0 = = = 0 * 1 2.5 2298
11. Feofanov, Denis RUS 2281 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 * 1.0 2139
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The 10th WDB Easter Open takes place 7th-12th April 2004. After 8 of 9
rounds Evgeny Shaposhnikov leads with 7.5/8. News: Franz Jittenmeier.
Official site:
http://www.chess-international.de/ticker/borbeck04/index.html
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10th WDB Easter Open Essen GER (GER), 7-12 iv 2004
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1. Shaposhnikov, Evgeny m RUS 2573 7.5 35.5 43.5
2. Koscielski, Janusch f GER 2318 6.5 30.5 43.5
3. Khurtsidze, Nino m GEO 2411 6.5 30.5 43.0
4. Eismont, Igor GER 2311 6.5 28.0 39.0
5. Curic, Drazan CRO 2207 6.0 27.5 42.0
6. Thiel, Thomas f GER 2306 6.0 27.5 38.0
7. Henrichs, Thomas m GER 2427 6.0 27.0 36.0
8. Mueller, Martin GER 2089 6.0 24.5 35.5
9. Becker, Marcel f GER 2299 5.5 30.0 43.5
10. Kummerow, Heiko f GER 2271 5.5 28.5 42.0
11. Rahman, Taibur f BAN 2261 5.5 28.0 39.0
12. Stabolewski, Andreas GER 2198 5.5 26.5 37.5
13. Heimsoth, Holger GER 2151 5.5 26.0 37.5
14. Voge, Andreas GER 2149 5.5 25.5 36.0
15. Rose,Dominik GER ---- 5.5 25.0 37.0
16. Villwock, Martin GER 2185 5.5 23.5 34.0
17. Friedel, Marcus GER 2083 5.5 23.5 33.5
18. Lemli, Thomas GER 2090 5.5 21.5 34.5
127 players
The 8th Neckar-Open takes place 8th – 12th April 2004 in Deizisau,
Germany. Players include: Kasimdzhanov, Epishin, Milov, Pavasovic and Baklan.
Official site: http://www.neckar-open.de
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8th Neckar Open Deizisau GER (GER), 8-12 iv 2004
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1. Kasimdzhanov,Rust GM 2652 UZB 6.5 36.0 218.5
2. Schmaltz,Roland GM 2527 GER 6.5 29.5 202.5
3. Külaots,Kaido GM 2530 EST 6.0 33.0 208.5
4. Burmakin, Vladimi GM 2596 RUS 6.0 32.5 209.0
5. Kasparov,Sergey IM 2486 BLR 5.5 34.5 200.5
6. Baklan,Vladimir GM 2606 UKR 5.5 33.5 203.0
7. Slaby, Jerzy IM 2405 POL 5.5 33.5 195.5
8. Groszpeter, Attil GM 2508 HUN 5.5 33.0 191.0
9. Naiditsch,Arkadij GM 2576 GER 5.5 32.5 195.5
10. Eljanov, Pavel GM 2596 UKR 5.5 32.0 203.0
11. Shengelia,Davit IM 2496 GEO 5.5 32.0 191.5
12. Landa,Konstantin GM 2563 RUS 5.5 31.5 201.5
13. Gelashvili,Tamaz GM 2542 GEO 5.5 31.5 200.5
14. Sax,Gyula GM 2542 HUN 5.5 31.0 203.5
15. Malakhatko, Vadim GM 2543 UKR 5.5 30.5 194.5
16. Postojev,Alexande 2137 GER 5.5 28.0 196.0
17. Gheng,Josef FM 2367 GER 5.5 27.5 189.0
18. Gottschlich,Carst 2338 GER 5.5 27.0 192.5
19. Ragger, Markus FM 2351 AUT 5.5 26.5 200.5
20. Baramidze,David IM 2456 GER 5.5 26.0 185.5
21. Schulz,Karsten FM 2352 GER 5.5 24.0 192.5
319 players
The Icelandic Championship took place in Orkuveitan, Reykjavik April
1st-12th 2004. Hannes Stefansson won the 4 game final by virtue of winning the
first game and drawing the rest.
Official site: http://www.chess.is/ice04/index.html
Round 3 (April 6-7, 2004)
Thorhallsson, Throstur - * Stefansson, Hannes 1/2 1/2 0-1 1/2
Thorfinnsson, Bragi - * Gretarsson, Helgi Ass 1-0 0-1 0-1 0-1
Round 4 (April 8-12, 2004)
Stefansson, Hannes * - Gretarsson, Helgi Ass 1-0 1/2 1/2 1/2
The Singer 30th National Bangladesh Chess Championship took place 28th
March - 10th April in Dhaka, Bangldesh. 14 players participated including 2
GM's, 3 IM's 1 FM.
Ziaur Rahman was the clear winner on 11.5/13, two points clear of
Abdullah al Rakib. Enamul Hossain took 3rd after beating Niaz Murshed 1.5-0.5
in playoff. Reefat Bin Sattar beat Sk.Nasir Ahmed 2/2 to take 5th.
My thanks to Haroonor Rashid for the news.
Internet coverage: http://www.bcs-online.org
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30th ch-BAN Dhaka BAN (BAN), 28 iii-10 iv 2004 cat. II (2298)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Rahman, Ziaur g BAN 2492 * = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11.5 2619
2. Abdulla, Al-Rakib m BAN 2417 = * = 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 = = 0 9.5 2463
3. Hossain, Enamul m BAN 2446 = = * 0 = 1 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 9.0 2427
4. Murshed, Niaz g BAN 2436 0 0 1 * = = 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.0 2428
5. Reefat, Bin-Sattar m BAN 2459 0 0 = = * 1 = 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2395
6. Ahmed, Sk. Nasir f BAN 2280 = 0 0 = 0 * 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 8.5 2409
7. Islam, Aminul Polash BAN 2149 0 0 1 0 = 0 * = = 0 = 1 1 1 6.0 2280
8. Hasan, Mehdi BAN 2224 0 = 0 1 1 0 = * 0 1 = 0 0 1 5.5 2246
9. Mohammad, Javed BAN 2150 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 * 1 0 1 = 1 5.0 2222
10. Hossain, Pollab Sawkat H BAN 2258 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 0 0 * 1 0 = 1 4.5 2191
11. Chatterjee, Devraz BAN 2175 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = 1 0 * 1 1 = 4.5 2197
12. Uddin, Saif BAN 2254 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 * = 1 4.0 2160
13. Abdul, Maleq BAN 2250 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 = = 0 = * = 3.5 2126
14. Alam, Md. Monjur BAN 2182 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = * 2.0 2010
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The 1st International Under-21 international took place at Los Llanos de
Aridane in La Palma, Canary Island, Spain 3rd-9th April 2004. News: Felipe
Ramos Perez.
Official site:
http://www.decuaj.com/calendario/2004/lapalma/losllanos.htm
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It U21 Los Llanos ESP (ESP), 3-9 iv 2004 cat. II (2278)
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1. Szabo, Gergely-Andras-Gyula m ROM 2403 * = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2536
2. Drozdovskij, Yuri g UKR 2511 = * = = = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2417
3. Seel, Christian f GER 2433 = = * = = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2426
4. Zawadzki, Stanislaw m POL 2426 0 = = * 1 = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2427
5. Gonzalez Marrero, Jacobo ESP 2305 0 = = 0 * 0 1 1 1 1 5.0 2317
6. Raceanu, Valentin ROM 2396 = = = = 1 * 0 0 = = 4.0 2221
7. Castro Acosta, Andres ESP 2119 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 0 1 3.0 2170
8. Trujillo Delgado, Dafnae wf ESP 2166 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 * 1 0 2.0 2069
9. Perez,Marcos Adrian ESP ---- 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 * = 2.0 2088
10. Garcia Rodriguez, Vanessa ESP 2016 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 = * 2.0 2086
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The First Saturday events take place 3rd-15th of April 2004. The main
event is a Category 7 event. There are four groups of different levels. 46
players from 14 countries. Organised by Laszlo Nagy.
Internet coverage: http://www.firstsaturday.hu
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FSGM April Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-15 iv 2004 cat. VII (2417)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Vajda, Levente g ROM 2482 * = = . . = 1 = . . . 1 1 1 6.0 2606
2. Breder, Dennis m GER 2473 = * . 0 1 1 = . 1 . = = . . 5.0 2524
3. Kustar, Sandor m HUN 2351 = . * 1 1 . . . = = 0 = . 1 5.0 2520
4. Paschall, William M m USA 2401 . 1 0 * = 0 = . . 1 . . 1 1 5.0 2502
5. Czebe, Attila g HUN 2487 . 0 0 = * . . 1 . 1 1 . = 1 5.0 2482
6. Blauert, Joerg m GER 2370 = 0 . 1 . * = = = . . = = . 4.0 2444
7. Nguyen Ngoc Truongson f VIE 2436 0 = . = . = * 1 0 . = 1 . . 4.0 2427
8. Vajda, Albert m ROM 2427 = . . . 0 = 0 * . = 1 1 . = 4.0 2414
9. Seres, Lajos g HUN 2496 . 0 = . . = 1 . * = . = = = 4.0 2404
10. Groetz, Harald f AUT 2359 . . = 0 0 . . = = * = . 1 1 4.0 2406
11. Muir, Andrew J m SCO 2303 . = 1 . 0 . = 0 . = * . = = 3.5 2371
12. Horvath, Peter1 m HUN 2464 0 = = . . = 0 0 = . . * 1 . 3.0 2339
13. Pataki, Gyozo HUN 2374 0 . . 0 = = . . = 0 = 0 * . 2.0 2227
14. Jakab, Attila m HUN 2411 0 . 0 0 0 . . = = 0 = . . * 1.5 2162
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The Danish Championships take place April 4th-12th in Koege, Denmark.
The event is a 16 player knockout. At the time of going to press El Kher and
Steffen Pedersen are tied 1-1 in the final. My thanks to Brian Joergensen.
Official site: http://www.skak-dm.dk/2004/
ch-DEN Koge DEN 2004
Final
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El Kher,H 1.0
Pedersen,Stef 1.0
Semifinal
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Fries Nielsen,JO 0.5
El Kher,H 1.5
Pedersen,Stef 1.0
Palo,D 1.0
Quarterfinal
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Pedersen,NV 1.0
Fries Nielsen,JO 1.0
El Kher,H 1.0
Skytte,R 1.0
Sorensen,Ja 0.0
Pedersen,Stef 2.0
Berg,K 0.0
Palo,D 2.0
Round 1
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Pedersen,NV 1.5
Pedersen,Da 0.5
Boe,M 1.0
Fries Nielsen,JO 1.0
El Kher,H 1.0
Fries Nielsen,NJ 1.0
Skytte,R 1.5
Mortensen,E 0.5
Rasmussen,K 0.5
Sorensen,Ja 1.5
Pilgaard,K 0.5
Pedersen,Stef 1.5
Berg,K 2.0
Borbjerggaard,L 0.0
Nilssen,J 1.0
Palo,D 1.0
Players:
1 Palo, Davor m DEN 2505
2 Pedersen, Nicolai V. m DEN 2510
3 Rasmussen, Karsten m DEN 2468
4 Mortensen, Erling m DEN 2450
5 Pedersen, Steffen m DEN 2417
6 El-Kher, Henrik DEN 2404
7 Fries Nielsen, Jens O. m DEN 2425
8 Berg, Klaus m DEN 2436
9 Soerensen, Jan m DEN 2402
10 Fries Nielsen, Niels J DEN 2380
11 Nilssen, John Arni DEN 2426
12 Boe, Mads DEN 2362
13 Borbjerggaard, Lars m DEN 2376
14 Pilgaard, Kim m DEN 2398
15 Skytte, Rasmus m DEN 2401
16 Pedersen, Daniel V. DEN 2366
The 2nd Annual Western Pacific Open, held April 2-4 in Burbank,
California, was won by IM Nikolay Andrianov and Jouaquin Banawa, a young player
from the Philippines, tied with 4½-½. Next at 4-1 were IMs
Melikset Khachiyan, Andranik Matikozyan, Enrico Sevillano and Kong Liang Deng.
The 51-player Open section showed unusual depth, with 1 GM and 11 IMs. Report:
John Hillery.
Official Standings:
http://www.westernchess.com/wpo04/standings.html
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2nd Western Pacific Open Burbank USA (USA), 2-4 iv 2004
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1. Banawa, Jouaquin PHI 2310 4½
2. Andrianov, Nikolai m RUS 2460 4½
3. Khachiyan, Melikset m USA 2431 4
4. Matikozian, Andranik m ARM 2466 4
5. Sevillano, Enrico m USA 2489 4
6. Deng Kong Liang m USA 2425 4
7. Stisis, Yaacov m ISR 2391 3½
8. Van Buskirk, Charles f USA 2292 3½
9. Hermansen, Ron USA 2226 3½
10. De Guzman, Ricardo m PHI 2439 3
54 players
FM Juan Carlos Gonzalez won the 50th Mexican Chess Open Championship.
The tournament took place in León, Guanajuato April 6th-11th 2004. In
second place was Cuban IM Dionisio Aldama both with 7.5 points. Gonzalez is a
Cuban chessplayer who has lived in Mexico for several years and has recently
won the most important Mexican chess tournaments. Last October Gonzalez and the
Mexican GM Gilberto Hernandez, who lives in Spain, played a six game match in
Cuernavaca. Hernandez won the match 4-2.
Official site: http://www.fenamac.com.mx
The final four rounds of the group stage of the French Top 16 Team
Championships concluded in Evry and Montpellier 1st-4th April 2004. The event
will conclude with additional rounds with the top half and bottom half of each
group meeting. Players competing included Luke McShane (a perfect 4/4 score
including a win with black against Ivan Sokolov), Sergey Rublevsky, Alexei
Shirov (just one game a draw), Peter Svidler (2 games a win and a draw), Ivan
Sokolov (2 losses), Michael Adams (3.5/4), Alexander Grischuk (3 draws)
GpA 1. Nao : 21 pts 2. Mulhouse : 16 3. Nice : 16 4. Gonfreville : 16
5. Evry : 13 6. Bischwiller : 13 7. Nancy : 9 8. Strasbourg : 8
GpB 1. Monaco : 19 pts 2. Cannes : 19 3. Clichy : 18 4. Montpellier :
16 5. Orange : 11 6. Vandoeuvre : 10 7. Lille : 10 8. Drancy : 9
News: http://echecs.asso.fr and
http://www.europe-echecs.com
The Faroe Islands Championship took place 3rd-10th April 2004. Martin
Poulsen won with 6.5/9.
Further information: http://www.faroechess.com/kapping/fm2004/
Final Standings:
1. Martin Poulsen FAI 2258 6.5
2. Hans Kristian Simonsen FAI 2201 6
3. Olaf Berg FAI 2224 6
4. IM John Rødgaard FAI 2274 5.5
5. Bogi Ziska FAI 2147 5
6. Carl Eli Nolsøe Samuelsen FAI 2223 4
7. Torkil Nielsen FAI 2093 4
8. Rani Nolsøe FAI 2101 2
9. Jens Kristian Hansen FAI 2182 3
10. Steintór Rasmussen FAI 2096 3
Jean Claude Loubatiere President of French Chess Federation died on
April 8th 2004 at the age of 59.
Stéphane Laborde reports that "Jean Claude was President from
1987 and the number of players grew up from 25,000 to 50,000 players, he also
made great efforts to put the FFE into the French Sport Ministery as with other
sports (which was done in 1999) and developed a great monthly newspaper "Echec
et Mat" to give the Federation a way to communicate with the players."
Further details: http://www.echecs.asso.fr
The Canadian Women's Zonal, FIDE Zone 2.2, took place April 9th-11th
2004. The event was also the 11th Canadian Women's Championships.
David Cohen writes: FIDE Zone 2.2 and CAN Women's Ch Report WFM Dinara
Khaziyeva, 18, of Montreal is the new Canadian Women's Chess Champion. She
scored 5/6 at the 11th Canadian and FIDE Zone 2.2 Women's Chess Championship
held this Weekend in Toronto, topping a field of 15 which included top-ranked
WIM Natalia Khoudgarian, who finished second, and 8-time champion WIM Nava
Starr. WFM Khaziyeva will represent Canada at the next Women's World Ch, as
well as the next Olympiad.
Official site: http://www.psmcd.net/cdnwomens/
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1. Khaziyeva, Dinara wf CAN 2110 +12 = 9 + 3 = 2 + 7 + 4 5.0 2314
2. Khoudgarian, Natalia wm CAN 2100 + 5 = 3 + 4 = 1 + 9 = 7 4.5 2243
3. Benggawan, Amanda wf CAN 2031 +14 = 2 - 1 = 6 +10 + 9 4.0 2167
4. Belc, Daniela wf CAN 2065 + 7 +15 - 2 = 9 +13 - 1 3.5 2115
5. Charbonneau, Anne Marie CAN 2048 - 2 =10 +11 =13 = 6 +12 3.5 2095
6. Kagramanov, Dina CAN 2044 = 8 +11 - 7 = 3 = 5 +14 3.5 2114
7. Smith, Hazel wf CAN 2051 - 4 +12 + 6 +14 - 1 = 2 3.5 2110
8. Starr, Nava wm CAN 2215 = 6 -13 -10 +15 + =11 3.0 2021
9. Barron,Irina CAN ---- +10 = 1 +13 = 4 - 2 - 3 3.0 2065
10. Xia,Angel CAN ---- - 9 = 5 + 8 =12 - 3 +15 3.0 2049
11. Serbanescu,Natasa CAN ---- =13 - 6 - 5 + +14 = 8 3.0 2065
12. Benggawan, Alexandra CAN ---- - 1 - 7 + =10 +15 - 5 2.5 1977
13. Mongeau, Diane wm CAN 2087 =11 + 8 - 9 = 5 - 4 2.0 1993
14. Szucs,Nadia CAN ---- - 3 + +15 - 7 -11 - 6 2.0 1896
15. Laimer, Alice CAN ---- + - 4 -14 - 8 -12 -10 1.0 1773
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The Hotel Olympic in Tehran hosted the Asian Boys and Girls
Championships Under 16 & under 18 2nd-9th April 2004. There were 72
participates from 6 countries Iran, India, Kazakstan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and
Iran.
I will try and round the games up next week. My thanks to Mehrdad
Pahlevanzadeh.
Official site http://www.iranchess.com includes games,
results, pairings and photos.
Asian Chess Championship
Boys & Girls Under 16 & 18
2- 9 April 2004, Tehran, Olympic Hotel
Ranking After Round 9
Boys - Under 16
No. PNo. Name Score WP SB PS rat. TPR W-We
1. 2 Arun Prasad, S. 7.5 47.5 38.50 38.0 2334 2454 +0.90
3 Le, Quang Leim 7.5 44.5 35.75 35.5 2297 2540 +1.76
3. 4 Gopal, G.N. 6.0 45.0 24.75 33.0 2269 2272 +0.00
4. 6 Khamrakulov, Dzhurabek 5.5 49.0 28.00 30.5 2200 2227 +0.22
1 Sengupta, Deep 5.5 45.5 22.25 26.5 2381 2229 -1.20
6. 7 Noroozi, Omid 5.0 48.0 23.25 31.0 2192 2204 +0.10
5 Tofighi, Homayoon 5.0 46.0 20.50 26.0 2228 1953 -1.22
9 Abdollah Zadeh, Arash 5.0 44.0 17.75 25.0 0000 2046 2046
8 Khademi, Mohammad Miran 5.0 33.0 13.75 20.5 2082 1610 -0.48
10. 13 Naderi, Abdollah 4.5 42.5 14.75 22.5 0000 1862 1862
10 Barzigar, Behrang 4.5 41.0 14.25 20.0 0000 2058 2058
14 Pak, Evgeniy 4.5 32.0 10.00 18.0 0000 1614 0
13. 12 Momeni, Ebrahim 4.0 35.0 9.75 19.0 0000 1572 0
16 Shamsi, Mohammad Hassan 4.0 32.0 9.50 16.5 0000 1983 0
15. 15 Sadeh, Shahin 3.5 35.0 9.00 17.0 0000 1490 0
16. 17 Shamsi, Mohammad Hosein 2.5 33.0 3.75 16.0 0000 1499 0
17. 11 Lameie, Hadi 1.5 35.5 2.75 10.0 0000 1980 0
Boys - Under 18
No. PNo. Name Score WP SB PS rat. TPR W-We
1. 1 Fillipov, Anton 7.0 48.5 36.75 37.5 2472 2474 -0.02
2. 2 Gupta, Abhijieet 6.5 44.5 30.00 33.5 2413 2343 -0.52
4 Deepan Chakravathy J. 6.5 47.0 31.25 33.5 2331 2456 +1.34
4. 10 Abhay, T. 6.0 49.5 31.00 31.0 2236 2364 +1.27
9 Nikhilesh, Kumar K. 6.0 49.0 30.25 30.0 2254 2418 +1.80
6. 12 Nasri, A 5.5 44.0 23.25 28.5 2204 2269 +0.52
7. 14 Ahmadinia, E. 5.0 46.0 24.25 27.0 2149 2288 +1.52
5 Alavi, Sayed Javad 5.0 42.5 19.50 25.0 2306 2219 -0.84
23 Salar, Milad 5.0 40.5 20.75 24.5 0000 2226 2226
10. 7 Akbarinia, Syed Arash 4.5 47.5 19.50 26.5 2273 2219 -0.51
3 Hassan, Abdullah 4.5 45.0 20.75 25.5 2361 2160 -1.90
8 Mankeyev, Rauan 4.5 42.5 19.75 24.0 2262 2216 -0.30
11 Soozankar, A.M. 4.5 38.5 17.00 21.0 2218 2163 -0.50
13 Sadeghi, S. 4.5 39.5 15.75 20.0 2168 2118 -0.30
22 Rahmati, Mostafa 4.5 36.0 12.25 17.5 0000 1964 1964
16. 15 Himanshu, Kumar 4.0 39.5 16.75 21.5 2051 2168 +0.75
6 Mamasaliev, Murod 4.0 34.5 14.00 21.0 2287 1880 -1.98
18 AryaNejad, Arman 4.0 33.5 11.00 18.0 0000 1896 0
20 Pouladi, Pouya 4.0 35.0 11.50 17.5 0000 1891 1891
21 Rahimian, Rastin 4.0 34.0 8.75 16.0 0000 1564 1564
21. 24 Shahbakht, Farhood 3.5 39.5 12.25 19.5 0000 2066 2066
22. 16 Abed, Meysam 2.5 35.5 6.00 12.5 0000 2071 0
17 Ahmadzadeh, Shahin 2.5 32.0 5.25 9.0 0000 2091 0
24. 19 Kacheeyan, Amir 0.0 28.0 9.00 0.0 0000 1596 0
Girls - Under 16
No. PNo. Name Score WP SB PS rat. TPR W-We
1. 1 Pourkashian, Atousa 8.0 47.5 39.50 41.0 2220 2387 +1.16
3 Gomes, Marian 8.0 45.5 39.50 38.0 2159 2369 +1.30
3. 2 Nadig, Kruttika 6.0 47.5 29.50 34.0 2160 2277 +0.80
4. 7 Dauletova, Gulmira 5.5 47.5 24.00 28.5 2063 2156 +0.80
5. 18 Zavarmousavi M. 5.0 48.5 23.00 25.5 0000 2083 2083
4 Hamarkulova, Yulduz 5.0 44.0 18.50 25.5 2103 1470 -1.32
7. 16 Teimoori Mandana 4.5 47.0 19.00 24.0 0000 2067 2067
6 Gerorgyan, Irina 4.5 47.5 17.50 23.5 2097 1474 -1.68
10 Hemmatizadeh, N. 4.5 45.0 16.50 21.5 0000 1829 1829
5 Saheli, Nath 4.5 37.5 12.50 20.5 2103 1952 -0.62
11. 11 Luong huyen ngoc 4.0 37.0 12.75 20.5 0000 1852 1852
15 Tajik, Sareh 4.0 30.5 12.50 15.0 0000 1782 0
13. 9 Arnavaei, M. 3.5 37.0 11.00 20.5 0000 1966 1966
14. 17 Turdialiyeva, Tahmina 3.0 32.0 10.00 15.0 0000 1892 0
14 Said Pour, Mona 3.0 33.0 9.25 13.5 0000 1342 0
8 Kim, Irina 3.0 32.5 9.00 12.0 1852 1406 -0.42
17. 12 Rahimi, Tara 2.5 35.5 8.00 15.0 0000 1361 0
13 Saeidirad Zahra 2.5 34.0 8.00 11.5 0000 1894 0
Girls - Under 18
No. PNo. Name Score WP SB PS rat. TPR W-We
1. 5 Vinuthna, N. 7.5 46.0 36.75 37.5 2171 2410 +2.34
2. 2 Karavade, Eesha 7.0 46.5 34.00 35.5 2270 2339 +0.64
3. 1 Harika, Dronavalli 6.5 46.5 33.00 36.0 2368 2303 -0.58
4 Hoang, Thi Bao Tram 6.5 41.0 23.50 30.0 2177 2284 +1.07
5. 8 Bayat, Shohre 5.0 40.0 16.00 23.0 2103 2046 -0.46
6. 6 Tuitebaeva, Dinara 4.5 39.0 12.25 22.5 2152 1995 -0.95
10 Kuznetsova, olga 4.5 44.0 16.25 22.0 2024 2111 +0.75
9 Rajadharshini, M. 4.5 39.0 11.75 21.5 2038 1957 -0.45
9. 7 Priya, p. 4.0 44.0 14.75 22.0 2137 2088 -0.40
3 Paridar, Shadi 4.0 36.0 13.25 16.0 2265 2024 -1.96
11. 12 Fallahzadeh, Mahtab 3.5 39.5 9.75 19.5 0000 1996 1996
12. 13 Jahangiri, Sepide 2.5 33.0 5.75 10.5 0000 1719 1719
13. 14 Mahboobi, Shiva 2.0 35.5 7.00 12.0 0000 1872 1872
14. 11 Azadkhanian, Anet 1.0 37.0 2.00 7.0 0000 1450 1450
The XXXV Ciudad de Mar del Plata Internacional Chess Open took place
April 3rd-10th 2004 in the Hurlingham Hotel in front of the Varese beach. The
prize fund was not large enough to attract the leading GMs and IMs. The
official sponsor was the "Estudio Juridico Moccero". Local player IM Jorge
Rosito was second behind the winner IM Pablo Lafuente. News José Mariano
Acosta.
Official Site: http://www.mdpajedrez.cjb.net/
Place Name Feder Rtg Club Score M-Buch. Buch. Berg.
1 Lafuente, Pablo ARG 2433 8 50.0 54.5 48.25
2 Rosito, Jorge ARG 2424 MDP PRIM 7.5 50.5 54.5 44.00
3 Sola, Ruben ARG 2314 7 49.5 54.0 39.50
4 Needleman, Gaston ARG 2224 S18 7 47.5 52.0 38.25
5 Diaz, Nahuel ARG 2406 7 46.0 50.5 36.75
6 Real De Azua, Ernesto E. ARG 2351 7 42.0 46.0 34.75
7 Liascovich, Lucas ARG 2404 6.5 51.5 53.5 36.50
8 Leskovar, Mario ARG 2360 6.5 49.5 52.5 34.00
9 Gomez Baillo, Jorge ARG 2417 6.5 49.5 52.0 34.75
10 Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo URU 2420 6.5 48.0 52.5 35.50
11 Musanti, Diego ARG 2311 6.5 45.5 49.5 32.75
12 Needleman, Alejandro ARG 2420 6.5 40.5 44.0 32.00
164 players
Steve Laios sends a selection of games from Division 2 of the Belgian
Team Championships.
The British Blitz Championship was played on Sunday 11th April 2004 at
Brunel University. The winner was IM Gavin Wall. My thanks to arbiter Rod
McShane for the news.
Full details (no games)
http://www.britishblitz.co.uk/crosstable.htm
Place Name t Loc To
1 Wall, Gavin m 201 16 British Blitz Champion £400
2 Gwaze, Robert m 224 14.5 2nd £200
3-4 Rendle, Thomas 188 14 =3rd £75 U18 Champion
Arkell, Keith g 243 14 =3rd £75
5 Bates, Richard m 211 13.5
6-8 Buckley, Graeme m 202 13
Khaled, Dorbane 195 13
Dignam, Matthew 182 13
9-10 Georghiou, Paul 199 12.5
Basman, Michael m 202 12.5
11-20 Hall, Daniel 137 12 U14 Champion £25
Quinn, Rory 161 12 U170 Grading Prize £10
Poobalasingam, Peter 167 12 U14 Champion £25
Lyell, Mark 184 12
Linford, Charlie 157 12 U170 Grading Prize £10
Knowles, Jeremy 150 12 U170 Grading Prize £10
Lock, Gavin 172 12
Lyell, Meri 170 12 British Blitz Women's Champ £50
Wilkinson, Graham 162 12 U170 Grading Prize £10
Varnam, Liam 142 12 U170 Grading Prize £10
As I reported in TWIC477 and 492 the 3rd Amplico Aig Life International
Chess Tournament which was also the 22nd Memorial of Stanislaw Gawlikowski took
place in Warsaw, December 20th-21st December 2003. Top seed Ivanchuk Vassily
beat Akopian Vladimir 1,5-0,5 in the final of this rapid event. Thomas Henrich
sends two of the missing three games of the Ivanchuk - Aronian Semi-Finals.
Internet coverage:
http://www.pzszach.org.pl/amplico/wyniki.htm
Foxwoods Open
Foxwoods Open started Wednesday 7th April 2004.
Internet coverage will follow at: http://www.foxwoodsopen.com
Sigeman Tournament 2004
The Sigeman Tournament 2004 organised by the Limhamn Chess Club and the
Copenhagen Chess Federation takes place in Malmo and Høje Taastrup April
30th - May 9th 2004.
Players: Alexander Beliavsky, Peter Heine Nielsen, Curt Hansen, Eduardas
Rozentalis, Evgeny Agrest, Magnus Carlsen. Nick De Firmian, Tiger
Hillarp-Persson, Jonny Hector and Jacob Aagaard.
Further information:
http://www.ksu.dk/sigeman/default.asp?id=2
The III Torneo Internacional de Vera or "VII Memorial Pedro Salas
Caparros" takes place in Vera, Almería, Spain, 8th-11th July 2004.
Players
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RI Nombre Tí Fed Elo Edad
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1. Radjabov, Teimour GM AZE 2670 17
2. Vallejo Pons, Francisco GM ESP 2666 21
3. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar GM AZE 2657 19
4. Korchnoi, Viktor GM SUI 2579 73
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Official site: http://www.jaque.tv/noticia9204.htm
36th Chess Olympiad
The 36th Chess Olympiad takes place in Calvià (Majorca),
14th-31st October 2004. There is now a website with lots of information on the
event.
Official site: http://www.36chessolympiad.com
37th Biel International Chess Festival
The 37th Biel International Chess Festival 17th-30th July 2004.
Events include GM tournament (category 17), "Accentus" ladies
Grandmaster tournament, with six of the best juniors of the world and other 10
international events.
Newly designed website: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch in
English, German, French and Russian. With special offers.
XXII Andorra Open
The XXII Andorra International Open takes place 3rd-11th July 2004.
Total prizes: Total: 12.000€ including: 1st 2.500,00 € 2nd
2.000,00 € 3rd. 1.250,00 € 4th. 1.000,00 € 5th 800,00 €
6th. 650,00 € 7th. 500,00 € 8th. 360,00 € 9th. 300,00 €
10th. 250,00 € etc
Further details: http://www.feva.ad
Russian Juniors
The Russia under 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 championships for boys and girls
take place 4th-17th April 2004 in Sochi.
Official site: http://www.russiachess.ru
Polish Championships
The Polish Men's Championship takes place April 24th-May 7th in Warsaw.
The event is a 14 player round-robin. Each round starts at 16:00 (except the
last round, which starts at 13:00). May 2nd is the day-off. The time control is
90 minutes for the whole game with a 30-second increment per move ("FIDE time
control"). The Women's Championship takes place alongside April 26th-May 7th.
Coverage should be at http://www.zagraj.pl and there is certain to be
a link from the Polish Chess Federation site:
http://www.pzszach.org.pl
Here is the line-up:
1 Macieja, Bartlomiej g 2633
2 Krasenkow, Michal g 2609
3 Markowski, Tomasz g 2605
4 Kempinski, Robert g 2586
5 Socko, Bartosz g 2579
6 Cyborowski, Lukasz g 2565
7 Miton, Kamil g 2563
8 Jaracz, Pawel g 2539
9 Jakubiec, Artur g 2532
10 Gdanski, Jacek g 2529
12 Mista, Aleksander g 2517
16 Jakubowski, Krzysztof f 2492
22 Murdzia, Piotr m 2455
36 Lagowski, Patryk m 2425
Average rating 2545, category 12
Alushta Tournaments
Leonid Galperin the Vice-President of the Chess Federation of the
Ukraine sends news of future events in Alushta.
Official site: http://www.kaissa.com.ua/
1. GM norm events (11-13-15 rounds, circular system, VIII-IX category)
22.05-2.06 5.06-15.06 17.06-27.06 27.08-7.09 10.09-20.09 23.09-3.10
2. IM norm events (11-13 rounds, circular system, II-III category)
22.05-2.06 5.06-15.06 17.06-27.06 27.08-7.09 10.09-20.09 23.09-3.10
3. Festival "Alushta's summer-2004" The tournaments with the GM and IM
norm (11-13 rounds, circular system) 05.06 - 15.06 17.06. - 27.07 Rating
tournament (11-13 rounds, circular system) 17.06-27.06 Open tournament (under
16 years). First prize - 200 $. (9 rounds, swiss system ) 8.06-16.06 Blitz
tournament (9 rounds, swiss system) 28.06 "Rapid chess" (open) (9 rounds, swiss
system) 29.06-30.06 Open tournament (main tournament of festival)(9 rounds,
swiss system) First prize 1000 $. First prize (woman) 500$. 1.07-10.07
Australian Open Championship update
The Australian Open Chess Championships take place December 28th, 2004
to January 9th, 2005. It will be played at Mount Buller, a tourist destination
just a few hours from Melbourne, Australia. The organisers can arrange free
transfer from Melbourne to Mt Buller.
Confirmed entries include:
GM Shabalov, Alex (2636 - USA)
GM Ehlvehst, Jaan (2599 - EST)
GM Mikhalevski, Victor (2568 - ISR)
GM Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander (2564 - USA)
GM Kengis, Edvins (2555 - LAT)
GM Golod, Vitali (2544 - ISR)
GM Kosten, Tony (2507 - FRA)
The organisers are looking for other GM or IM players interested in
participating. Contact cordover@chessworld.com.au for details of conditions for
players.
Prizes for the tournament are $3500, $2500, $1700, $1100, $900 . down to
8th place. There is a good chance the first prize will be increased to $10,000.
Further details: http://www.mindsports.com.au
Paks Tournaments
II. Marx György Memorial Paks, Hungary 5-15 June 2004 with
Portisch, Korchnoi, Beliavsky, Ács, Berkes GM Tournament (10 rounds, 6
invited players) & 5-15 June IM group, 5-11 June FM group, 12-15 June Open
Tournaments
VIII. Paks Cup 21-31 August 2004 GM-IM Tournaments 23-29 August 2004 FM
Tournament
Further information: Videki Sandor Tel: 0036-75421225, 304012866 email:
videkis2001@yahoo.com
17th Ciudad de Leon 2004
The 17th Ciudad de Leon 2004 will again be a knockout event taking
place June 3rd-7th 2004 in Leon, Spain.
Players: Alexei Shirov (Spain), Peter Svidler (Russia), Teimour
Radjabov (Azerbajan) and Francisco Vallejo (Spain).
Official site: http://www.advancedchessleon.com
and http://www.elajedrezdelfuturo.com
Dutch Championships
The Dutch Championships take place June 28th - July 10th 2004.
Further info: http://www.schaakbond.nl/
Essent Dutch Championship
Name Title Qualified
Loek van Wely GM Essent NC 2003
Sergei Tiviakov GM Essent NC 2003
Daniel Stellwagen IM Essent NC 2003
John van der Wiel GM Essent NC 2003
Friso Nijboer GM Dutch Open
Ivan Sokolov GM wildcard
Erik van den Doel GM Semi Finals
Dennis de Vreugt GM Semi Finals
Yge Visser IM Semi Finals
Manuel Bosboom IM Semi Finals
Essent Dutch Championship for Women
Name Title Qualified
Zhaoqin Peng WGM Essent NC
Tea lanchava WGM Essent NC 2003
Petra Schuurman FM Essent NC 2003
Désiree Hamelink WIM Dutch Open
Bianca Muhren Semi Finals
Arlette van Weersel Semi Finals
Golden Cleopatra
The 8th Golden Cleopatra Open 2004 will be held after the Dubai Open
30th April - 9th May 2004 at the Eastern Company Club about 5km from the
Pyramids, Cairo. 10 Round Swiss Sytem Time Control (90 minutes for all the game
+ 30 seconds per move)
Arrival 29th April, Closing Ceremony 9th May 7 p.m. then departure.
Special conditions for limited no. of GMs and IMs over 2400. Note:
Organizers needs only one invited player from each country. Last day for
registering is 24 April 2004 .
E-mail is ecf@idsc.net.eg and haskh@yahoo.com Hassan Khaled General
Director Egyptian Chess Federation
Phone is +20-2-3378987 and Mobile:+20-10-5003063; Eastern Company Club
Fax : +20-2-5620931 Egyptian Chess Federation : Phone and Fax : +20-2-2604285
ACP Inaugural Internet Tournament
The ACP Inaugural Internet Tournament sponsored by ChinaCom and hosted
by playchess.com will take place from April 12th-17th 2004. Players can
register at http://www.chessbase.com/events/acp
. The entry deadline is April 8th. This is the first of many the ACP hope to
organise and they expect a massive participation as they hope to promote the
ACP and attract sponsors for over-the-board tournaments.
ACP site: http://www.chess-players.org
European Individual Championships
The European Individual Championships take place in Antalya/Turkey 14
May (arrival) to 31 May 2004 (departure).
In addition the European Senior Championship takes place Arvier, Aosta
Valley (Italy) from 8th-16th September 2004.
Further info at: http://www.eurochess.org
Uruguay Championships
The Preliminary tournament for the Uruguay Championships are taking
place in Montevideo.
Internet coverage: http://nuestroajedrez.tripod.com
US Championships
The 2004 US Championships will take place November 25th - December 5th
at the Hilton Torrey Pines, La Jolla San Diego, California.
Further details of who has qualified so far and which events make-up
the 2004 cycle can be found at http://www.af4c.org/events.asp.
Further details: http://www.af4c.org
8th Voronezh International Chess Festival
The 8th Voronezh International Chess Festival takes place June 10th-21st
2004.
Internet coverage:
http://www.relex.ru/~xuser/voronezh_open/index_e.htm
Olimp Base
One of the huge reference gaps in online chess literature is a list of
games and results from the Olympiads. There is a new site which is designed to
fill that gap.
Site: http://www.olimpbase.org
Mikhail Golubev Ukraine
Mikhail Golubev chronicled Ukrainian Chess news over a number of years
on his Chess-Sector website. He no longer updates the site but there is an
archive at: http://members.lycos.co.uk/csarchive/.
His personal pages are at: http://www.geocities.com/mikhail_golubev/
Other websites of Ukrainian news: http://www.ukrchess.org.ua,
http://www.chesspage.kiev.ua,
http://www.kaissa.com.ua and
http://www.ladja.com.ua
Monarch Assurance Isle of Man Congress
The Monarch Assurance Isle of Man Congress takes place 25th September -
3rd October 2004. The open has 9 rounds and the 2 subsidiary events 7, the
latter starting on the 27th. A number of very strong grandmasters are likely to
compete as in previous years. Total prize fund £16500. The first World
Senior Team Championship will take place 5th - 12th October also in the same
Ocean Castle Hotel. This is for teams of 4 + one optional reserve. Male players
have to be at least 60 on 1 January 2004 and female players at least 50.
Further details on both events Stewartreuben@aol.com
Canadian Events
A calendar of Canadian events can be found at the Chess Federation of
Canada's web site - http://www.chess.ca -
Listed are the major Canadian events for the summer tourist season in order of
date, with links that can be pasted into a web browser. Please note their FIDE
Zone 2.2 Championships: 11th Canadian Women's Ch - April 9-11 77th Canadian
Closed Ch - August 20-29.
Canadian Schedule 2004:
http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~bw998/schedule.html
19th North Sea Cup
North Sea Cup, Esbjerg, Denmark. After 18 round-robins the Esbjerg Chess
Union has decided to change the format of their renowned North Sea Cup. The
organizers have always felt indebted to the participants of the amateur section
who year after year have made the NSC a little chess festival. So now any chess
devotee is offered the ( at least theoretical) possibility of facing even a GM
- the NSC transforms at least for one year into the Open format.
The 19th North Sea Cup will be played July 3-10 2004, 9 rounds Swiss
(two rounds on the 4th), the three top prizes DKK 15.000 - DKK 10.000 - DKK
5.000. The first 4 GMs who sign up will be offered free accommodation. Last
entry June 27. Entry fee DKK 200, GM-IM-WGM and WIM for free. More info: Brian
Isaksen brisak@esenet.dk
Further info: http://www.northseacup.dk
3rd Condom Chess Open
3rd Condom Chess Open 2004 (south-west of France)
The tournament takes place 10-17 july 2004 9 rounds swiss system 40
moves/2h + 1h KO FIDE homogation total prize : 8000 â?¬ - 1st 1200
â?¬ E-Mail: echecs.condom@free.fr
Further details: http://echecs.condom.free.fr
Zhukova vs "All Sport" and "Chess in Ukraine"
Natalia Zhukova takes on the newspaper "All Sport" and the web-site
"Chess in Ukraine". Voting seems to be via E-Mail.
Moves so far: Zhukova vs. "All Sport" and "Chess in Ukraine" 1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.0-0-0 Bd7 9.f3 Be7
10.h4 b5 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Ne2 0-0 13.Nd4 Rc8 14.g4 Bb7 15.Be3 Qc7 16.h5
continues.
Further details: http://www.chesspage.kiev.ua/
Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2004
Dortmund has changed its format to that used by the event when it acted
as a Candidates tournament in 2002. There will be preliminary groups followed
by semifinal and final matches.
The event takes place in the Dortmund Theatre 22nd July - 1st August
2004.
Players not yet announced by the organisers but they're expecting the
event to be very strong.
Pula Open 2004
The Pula Open 2004 takes place 19th-26th June 2004 in Pula, Croatia.
Further details: http://skpula.hr
1st Coventry International
The 1st Coventry International takes place April 16th-18th 2004 at King
Henry VIII School, Coventry. FIDE Rated BCF Grand Prix (Elite Status). PRIZE
FUND: £1300+ 1st Prize=£500 2nd Prize=£200 3rd
Prize=£100 Tournament Director: Mark Hogarth. Chief Controller: John
Robinson (FIDE Arbiter) Controller: Roy Woodcock
This event allows players to improve/obtain their international FIDE
rating without taking a week off from studies/work. It is anticipated that
several GMs and IMs will take part. Entry fees: GM, IM, WGM, WIM FREE (If
before 5th April 2004) FM & WFM £16 (If before 5th April 2004)
Non-Titled Players £24. A late entry fee of £5 will be charged on
entries post marked after 12th April 2004
Further info: Mark Hogarth mark.hogarth@btinternet.com or Roy Woodcock
chessroy@tinyworld.co.uk
Pobeskydi Tournament
The Pobeskydi tournament takes place 8th-12th April 2004. It has two
parts, firstly closed IM, WGM and WIM tournaments, secondly a FIDE open.
Further details: http://www.chessfm.cz
1st Riviera del Corallo Open
1st 'Riviera del Corallo' International open tournament in Alghero
(Sardegna- Italy) takes place 8th-12th April 7 round Swiss.
Further details: http://www.algherovacanze.com
Brno Events
The Duras Chess Club in Brno is organising Closed GM and IM events and
the Duras international open 3rd-11th July 2004.
Details: http://www.volny.cz/skduras/indexe.htm
TWIC Messageboard
With the Linares tournament about to start it seems a good time to
launch a new discussion forum. Vote on your prediction of the winner of
Linares. The TWIC message board. You need to register to post and vote.
Address: http://www.chesscenter.com/messageboard
Oslo Easter Chess Festival 2004
The Oslo Easter Chess Festival 2004 takes place 3rd-11th April 2004.
The main events are The Open Norwegian Championships 3rd-11th April
(Swiss tournament with chances for IM norms) and Oslo Young Masters 3rd-9th
April (international junior tournament).
Side events are rapid tournament 8th-9th April, blitz tournament 10th
April and team blitz tournament 4th April.
Further details:
http://home.online.no/~vichan/paske04/eng/indexa.html
Or contact: Victor Hansen email victorh@online.no, phone 0047 957 99
891.
Czech Tour 2004-2005
4th International Chess Festivals Series
15.-23.5. 2004 4th OPEN ZNOJMO (FIDE open, Open Women Championship of
the Czech Republic in active chess ?Znojemska kralovna ? The Znojmo Queen?,
tournament for girls up to 14 years of age, active chess tournament)
15.7.-1.8. 2004 15th CZECH OPEN ? Pardubice (5 FIDE opens, one of them
with GM and IM norm, Open European Amateurs Championship, Open Championship of
the Czech Republic of 4-member team tournament, in active chess, blitz
tournament, bughouse and Fischerandom chess, 14 tournaments altogether)
4.-12.8. 2004 7th OLOMOUC CHESS SUMMER (FIDE open, closed GM and IM
tournaments, Open Seniors Championship of the Czech Republic, open tournament
of youngsters)
18.-26.9. 2004 1st OPEN HIGHLANDS ? Havlickuv Brod (Men Championship of
the Czech Republic - semifinals, FIDE open)
23.-30.10. 2004 5th OPEN LIBEREC (FIDE open)
14.-21.1. 2005 4th OPEN PRAHA (2 FIDE opens, one of them with IM norm)
22.-30.1. 2005 4th OPEN MARIANSKE LAZNE (FIDE open and 1-2 closed IM
tournaments)
More details e-mail: j.mazuch@avekont.cz and
http:/www.czechtour.net
3rd Saturday Tournament
A 3rd Saturday Tournament will take place in Novi Sad, 20th-27th March
2004. Improved Elo ratings, IM and maybe GM norms (depending on interest), Semi
Open. More info in few days on www.drazic.co.yu. Venue NSK, the oldest club in
all of the former Yugoslavia, center of Novi Sad, Serbia, no visa needed now
for European and USA citizens.
CFC Cup
Correspondence Chess server of Chessfriend.com has a new free
competition. The CFC Cup 2004 allows interested players to test the server
without entry fees by playing a real tournament where ELO and titles are
available.
More details: http://www.chessfriend.com
IM Silman vs The Rest of the World
IM Silman vs The Rest of the World ChessWorld.net hosting a "Rest of
the World" match against IM Jeremy Silman. This is a voting game where the
"Rest of the World" (ROW) votes for the moves against Silman, and the highest
voted move played after five days. Kasparov played a ROW game a few years back.
IM Jeremy Silman is the author of the one chess book that everyone raves about,
How to ReAssess Your Chess.
The match has inspired the largest ROW team ever at ChessWorld, well
over 300 players at last count. IM Silman opened the game with 1. d4 and the
voting is underway. You can get in on the game at
http://www.chessworld.net - head for
Play!..World team games after logging in.
The up to date position is also available on the TWIC front page.
Lenk Chess Festival
Lenk International Chess Festival is a Swiss Chess Tour event 2004. The
16th "Kreuz-Open" takes place April 8th-12th 2004.
The Hosts will be the Hotel "Kreuz", "Grande" Open, Swiss system, 7
rounds and the games will last a maximum of 5 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and
30 minutes till the end).
Prize are: 1.500 SF, 1.200, 900, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200 and 150
SF. From 11.- 20. places natural prizes. Special prizes for best Lady, senior
(1944), junior(1984-87), schoolboy (1988) and best local player. Entry fee 130
SF, FMs and juniors 60 SF, at the door 10 SF more, GMs and IMs free.
Time table: Round 1st 18.30-22.30 April 8,; Rounds 2/3 09.30-14.30 and
15.30-20.30 April 9,; Round 4 13.30-18.30 April 10,; Rounds 5/6 09.30-14.30 and
15.30-20.30 April 11,; Round 7 10.00-15.00 April 12. Closing ceremony April 12
at 16.00.
Info: Beochess +41+34+424-01-06 (Robert Spoerri) or info@beochess.ch or
site http://www.beochess.ch for more
details.
5th Annual MILLENNIUM CHESS FESTIVAL
APRIL 2 - 4, 2004 (the weekend before Foxwoods!) is the date for the
next Millennium Chess Festival. Come play chess on the beach!...
PRIZES: $18,000 in 5 sections. Open Section prizes are guaranteed --
$2500-1200-800-600-400-300-200 U2400/Unr: $500-200 U2200: $500-200 Upset Prize:
$150. Class Sections have large prize funds based on 55 per section.
HOTEL: Ramada Plaza Beach Oceanfront Hotel, Virginia Beach, USA. COMPS:
GM, WGM, and IM Comps are available.
Our popular GM "Dinner/Exhbition" Match again scheduled for Saturday
Night. (Details soon.)
WEBSITE: http://www.geocities.com/millenniumchessfestival/
QUESTIONS: eschlich@aol.com
Shirov's New Website
Alexei Shirov has a new webpage which includes an online school project
(together with GM Alfonso Romero and IM Javier Sanz both from Spain) and a
personal page within. The address is http://www.shirovonline.com, at the
moment everything is in Spanish although the English version should follow
soon.
IX Cesenatico International Open
The IX Cesenatico International Chess Open takes place in Cesenatico
(Italy) 4th-12th September 2004.Open A 9 rounds. Open B 8 rounds.
Organiser Jean Christophe Pirini email info@antiquascom.it Fax
+39547681217 # mobile phone +39335.6615956.
Further details: http://www.antiquascom.it/scacchi.htm
Hungarian chess tournaments April-August 2004
1. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 3rd-16th of April, org.NL.
2. SAVARIA-IM-2 closed, Szombathely, 19th-29th of April, org: Korpics
Zsolt;
3. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 1st-13th of May,
4. ELEKES memorial, Budapest GM-IM round robin, 15th-25th of May,
organizer: IM Zsinka, Laszlo, +(36)-20-9219197 e-mail: zsinkala@axelero.hu or:
zsinka@budapest.hu
5. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 5th-17th of June, Budapest, org.Nagy L.
6. BALATON OPEN and GM-IM closed about 20th-30th of June, org: IM Rigo,
e-mail: me-ri@axelero.hu /150 km West from Budapest/,
7. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 3rd-16th of July, Org: Nagy Laszlo,
8. Open EGER 9 rounds Swiss, 17th-25th of July /100 km North-East from
Budapest/ and GM-IM closed tmt, organizer: Rauch Ferenc, cell phone:
+(36)-30-326-3692, e-mail: rauch@freemail.hu, other organizer: Vajda, Albert
Sr. e-mail: avajda@udv.topnet.ro More info: Nagy Laszlo, e-mail:
firstsat@hu.inter.net
9. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 7th-19th of August 2004, org: NL.
10. Cat.XI. GM-closed, 10 participants, Budapest, 18th-27th of Aug.
Org: PALI, Gabor, e-mail: gaborpali@freemail.hu Mobile: +/36/-20-470-50-37
11. TALENTUM CUP Open 19th-27th of Aug. BALATONZAMARDI /200 km West
from Budapest/, organizer: MR VALIS, Janos e-mail: husi-sc@hu.inter.net
12. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 4th-16th of September, Org: NL.
2nd Annual Western Pacific Open
2nd Annual Western Pacific Open. Burbank, CA, April 2-4, 2004. 5-SS.
$10,000 based on 200 players, $6000 guaranteed. Top section FIDE rated.
Further details: http://www.westernchess.com
Lina Grumette Memorial Day Classic
The Lina Grumette Memorial Day Classic 2004. Glendale, CA, May 29-31,
2004. 6-SS. $20,000 based on 300 players, $10,000 guaranteed. Top section FIDE
rated.
Further details: http://www.westernchess.com
65th Square Website
There is a new Turkish website: http://www.65thsquare.org (note the change
of address). I have given an interview to the webmaster Alper Efe Ataman.
Swiss Chess Tour 2004
The Swiss Chess Tour starts in Basle in the New Year (1.-4.1.2004.).
The 6th Hilton Open features with Vlastimil Hort, Yannick Pelletier, Andrei
Sokolov and Florian Jenni. They will play each other, one game on classic time
control and the other in rapid. Timetable of the 6th Hilton Open: 1.1.2004.
registration 10.00-12.00; 1.01.2004. Blitz open 21.00-23.00; 9 rounds, 5
minutes. 1.-4.1.2004. Fujitcu Siemens – Junior’s Open; 7 rounds, 4
hours. 1.-4.1.2004. Hilton Open; 7 rounds, 5 hours (40 moves-120 minutes, 30
minutes till the end.) 1.-4.1.2004. Baloise Open; 7 rounds, 4 hours (30
moves-90 minutes, 30 minutes till the and.) 1.-4.1.2004. Senior Open; same as
Baloise Open. 1.-2.1.2004. ITAG Tele-Rapid; with Hort, Pelletier, Sokolov,
Jenni; 15 minutes per game. 1.-4.1.2004. ITAG Masters (Hort, Pelletier,
Sokolov, Jenni); classic time control, 6 hours. 2.1.2004. Fujitsu Siemens
PC-Challenge (men&computer) 20.00-22.00. 4.1.2004. Closing ceremony
16.30-17.00.
Prizes: Hilton Open: 2000/1500/1200/800/600/500/2x400/2x300/2x200 Fr.
Special prizes (200 Fr. each): Best Lady, Senior (1944), Basler, Junior
(1984-87), Pupil (1988). Entry fee: 130 Fr. (FM & Juniors) GM & IM
free. At the door 10 Fr. Baloise Open: 500/400/2x300/2x200/4x150 Fr. Entry fee:
110 Fr. (Juniors 50 Fr.) At the door 10. Senior Open: 400/300/200 Fr. + natural
prizes Entry fee: 60 Fr. At the door 10 Fr. Fujitsu Siemens-Junior Open:
400/300/200 + natural prizes for all participants. Entry fee: 50 Fr. At the
door 10 Fr. Blitz Open: 300/200/150/2x100/2x50 Fr. Entry fee: 20 Fr. (Junior 5
Fr.) Venue Hotel Hilton Basle. More information and registration: Robert
Spoerri tel. +41+34+424-01-06, fax +41+34+424-01-07 E-mail info@beochess.ch
Further information: http://www.beochess.ch
33rd International Rapid Chess Tournament Herford
Herford, 19th-20th June 2004 33rd International Rapid Chess Tournament
2004. Grand-Prix of Sparkasse Herford. Qualification tournament for the German
Rapid Championships. 11 Rounds. Guaranteed Prize fund: € 1.500. 1st Prize
€ 500.-, Info:
http://www.schach.com/herford/turnier/2004/herford2004ausschreibung.htm
Homepage: http://www.schach.com/herford/
Western Canadian Open
The Western Canadian Open takes place July 9th-18th, 2004. The FIDE
rated event is organised by the British Columbia Chess Federation.
Further details: http://www.chessbc.com
Narender Nath Memorial Chess Tournament
The 3rd Annual Narender Nath Memorial Chess Tournament commemorating a
man who died in the World Trade Center on September 11th 2001 is underway. The
event raises money for charity.
Details: http://www.nathchesstournament.com/
28th Kings Head Rapidplay
The 28th Kings Head Rapidplay will take place on Saturday 13 March
2004,
6-round Swiss rapidplay (30 minutes), prize fund £650, entry fee
£17
Further info: http://www.khcc.org.uk
Chess Exhibition in Cleveland Ohio
The Worlds of Chess Champions exhibition contains items including
Egyptian chess pieces, commemorative stamps, autographed material, rare books
and original manuscripts.
The event is in Cleveland OH. The Cleveland Public Library’s John
G. White Chess and Checkers Collection is currently exhibiting an installation
titled, Worlds of Chess Champions. This temporary exhibition is located in the
third floor exhibition hall of the Main Building, 325 Superior Ave., N.E. The
Library exhibition is free and open to the public. Paid parking is available on
Rockwell, one block north of Superior Ave.
Worlds of Chess Champions puts chess into context through the lives of
chess experts, authors, and champions. This exhibition sets the historical
stage of chess champions from the 19th Century to the present. To illustrate
the context of chess in the world, the earliest items displayed feature chess
pieces from Egypt dating back to 1300 B.C. Other early items on display from
the John G. White Chess and Checkers Collection include original manuscripts
from the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. Other rare and interesting items
include a death mask photograph of an early 19th-century player, commemorative
chess stamps, hand-written letters by and about world-famous chess champions,
autographed material, and published books by chess champions.
Some of the materials in Worlds of Chess Champions have never before
been exhibited. The John G. White Chess and Checkers Collection is the
world’s largest and most comprehensive chess collection. The collection
contains chess sets and pieces as well as material related to chess. Many
stamps commemorating chess champions are in the exhibition. Newspaper and
magazine clippings, chess championship programs, score sheets from games, and
other rare items will be on display through June 12, 2004.
New York Masters
Regular competition for players in New York Rated 2200 and above.
Further details: http://www.newyorkmasters.com/
