THE WEEK IN CHESS 494 26th April 2004 by Mark Crowther
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Russian Chess League Finals 150 games
6th Dubai Open 281 games
Polish Championships 14 games
Beer Sheva Rapid 66 games
Nabokov Memorial 18 games
4th CSVN Computer 72 games
Bulgarian Championship 14 games
Lithuanian Championship 27 games
First Saturday April 28 games
New York Masters 4 games
1st Coventry International 188 games
862 games
My thanks to Thomas Henrich, John Fernandez, Rumen Angelov, Theo van der
Storm, Haroonor Rashid, Elie Houlichian, Jerzy Ciruk, Bartlomiej Macieja,
Stellan Brynell, Gaguik Oganessian, Mladen Zelic, Elli Sperdokli, Sami
Hämäläinen, Jonathan Wilson, Jovan Petronic, Dominique Primel
and everyone else who helped with the issue.
It was ten years ago that I first saw Morozevich play when he won the
Lloyds Bank Masters with a tremendous 10/11 score. Although he's had his ups
and downs since then he's still one of those players whose games you turn to
first. This week he's been tearing up the opposition in the Russian Team
Championships with 4 wins and two draws and a 2900 performance. With
potentially two more rounds to go he could be on track to catch Leko as the
World Number 4.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Russian Chess League finals take place in Dagomys 20th-28th April
2004. A number of top players are taking part including Alexander Morozevich,
Alexander Khalifman, Evgeny Bareev, Alexander Grischuk, Boris Gelfand, Vladimir
Malakhov and Vladimir Akopian amongst the players.
Official site: http://www.rcl.aeroflotchess.com/eng/index.htm
including live coverage.
Results
Round 6 - 25th April 2004
Sankt-Petersburg-LTG Tomsk-400-YuKOS 1,5-4,5
Lad'ya-Kazan 1000
Termosteps 3-3
MaksVen Lada 4,5-1,5
Politehnik Debyut-DVGTU 4-2
Sibirskie Afiny - Neftehim Noril'skij Nikel 1-5
Round 5 - 24th April 2004
Syberian Athens - Saint-Petersburg 1:5
Lada - Ladja 2.5:3.5
Termosteps - Tomsk 400 Yukos 3:3
Debut DVGTU - Maxven 2:4
Norilsk
Nickel - Politekhnik 2:4
Round 4 - 23rd April 2004
Sankt-Petersburg-LTG Termosteps 2,5-3,5
Lad'ya-Kazan 1000
Debyut-DVGTU 3-3
Tomsk-400-YuKOS Lada 5-1
MaksVen Noril'skij Nikel
2,5-3,5
Politehnik Sibirskie Afiny - Neftehim 5,5-0,5
Round 3 - 22nd April 2004
Politehnik Sankt-Petersburg-LTG 3-3
Noril'skij Nikel Lad'ya-Kazan
1000 4-2
Debyut-DVGTU Tomsk-400-YuKOS 1-5
Lada Termosteps 1,5-4,5
Sibirskie Afiny - Neftehim MaksVen 1-5
Round 2 - 21st April 2004
Saint-Petersburg - Lada 3.5:2.5
Maxven - Politekhnik 4:2
Ladja - Syberian Athens 5.5:0.5
Tomsk 400
Yukos - Norilsk Nickel 3.5:2.5
Termosteps - Debut DVGTU 3.5:2.5
Round 1 - 20th April 2004
Maxven - Saint-Petersburg 4:2
Politekhnik - Ladja 2:4
Syberian
Athens - Tomsk 400 Yukos 1.5:4.5
Norilsk Nickel - Termosteps 3.5:2.5
Debut DVGTU - Lada 2.5:3.5
Teams: 1) Lad'ya-Kazan' 1000" (ave 2618 - Bareev, Rublevsky, Filippov
etc) 2) Noril'skij Nikel (ave 2660 - Bologan, Dreev, Malakhov, Zvjaginsev,
Onischuk, Galkin, Kobalia, Najer) 3 Tomsk-400-YuKOS (ave 2645 Morozevich,
Akopian, Khalifman etc) 4 Sankt-Petersburg-LTG (Ave 2534 Yemelin etc) 5 MaksVen
- Ekaterinburg - (ave 2659 Grischuk, Aleksandrov, Sakaev, Beliavsky, Vaganian
etc 6 Politehnik Nizhnij Tagil (ave 2554 Lastin, Volokitin etc. 7 Sibirskie
Afiny - Neftehim (Tomsk) (Ave 2384) 8 Lada Tol'yatti - (Ave 2524 Alekseev etc)
9 Debyut-DVGTU (Vladivostok) (Ave 2502 Fominyh etc) 10 Termosteps (Samara) -
(Ave 2593 Gelfand etc)
The 6th Dubai Open takes place 18th-28th April 2004 in Dubai Chess Club.
160 players, including 43 GMs, 28 IMs compete for more than $40,000 in prizes.
Players compete for the Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Cup.
GM Pavel Eljanov of Ukraine beat GM Alexei Fedorov of Belarus in the 7th
round to lead with 6/7. Eight players are half a point behind on 5.5 points
including 13-year old Magnus Carlsen of Norway who is on course to become the
World's youngest GM.
Official site is http://www.arabfide.com/dubaiopen2004
Standings Round 7 (of 9)
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6th Open Dubai UAE (UAE), 19-28 iv 2004
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1. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2592 2592 6.0 29.5 2797
2. Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROM 2692 2692 5.5 34.0 2785
3. Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2659 2659 5.5 33.0 2773
4. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2657 2657 5.5 33.0 2757
5. Iordachescu, Viorel g MDA 2627 2627 5.5 29.0 2700
6. Harikrishna, P g IND 2599 2599 5.5 31.0 2721
7. Minasian, Artashes g ARM 2585 2585 5.5 30.5 2717
8. Goloshchapov, Alexander g UKR 2569 2569 5.5 30.5 2726
9. Carlsen, Magnus m NOR 2552 2552 5.5 27.5 2706
10. Vladimirov, Evgeny g KAZ 2621 2621 5.0 30.0 2661
11. Fedorov, Alexei g BLR 2616 2616 5.0 32.0 2671
12. Miroshnichenko, Evgenij g UKR 2599 2599 5.0 30.5 2639
13. Ulibin, Mikhail g RUS 2579 2579 5.0 29.0 2614
14. Kuzmin, Alexey g RUS 2567 2567 5.0 25.5 2512
15. Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2565 2565 5.0 29.5 2667
16. Gagunashvili, Merab g GEO 2562 2562 5.0 31.5 2611
17. Dzhumaev, Marat g UZB 2512 2512 5.0 27.0 2606
18. Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2616 2616 4.5 31.0 2596
19. Ganguly, Surya Shekhar g IND 2582 2582 4.5 31.0 2532
20. Al-Modiahki, Mohamad g QAT 2579 2579 4.5 30.0 2565
21. Izoria, Zviad g GEO 2573 2573 4.5 27.0 2504
22. Korobov, Anton g UKR 2571 2571 4.5 26.0 2474
23. Efimenko, Zahar g UKR 2566 2566 4.5 27.0 2470
24. Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan g IRI 2558 2558 4.5 25.5 2476
25. Mchedlishvili, Mikheil g GEO 2543 2543 4.5 28.0 2505
26. Kruppa, Yuri g UKR 2533 2533 4.5 29.5 2602
27. Sturua, Zurab g GEO 2533 2533 4.5 26.5 2507
28. Dizdar, Goran g CRO 2531 2531 4.5 25.5 2433
29. Vakhidov, Tahir m UZB 2517 2517 4.5 26.5 2458
30. Safin, Shukhrat g UZB 2499 2499 4.5 26.5 2514
31. Mamedov, Rauf m AZE 2494 2494 4.5 29.5 2509
32. Mahjoob, Morteza m IRI 2478 2478 4.5 26.5 2510
33. Belkhodja, Slim g TUN 2449 2449 4.5 25.5 2492
34. Al Sayed, Mohamad N m QAT 2426 2426 4.5 26.5 2496
35. Mariano, Nelson m PHI 2416 2416 4.5 32.5 2618
36. Barnaure, Vlad-Victor f ROM 2398 2398 4.5 25.5 2481
37. Asrian, Karen g ARM 2605 2605 4.0 25.0 2396
38. Gleizerov, Evgeny g RUS 2592 2592 4.0 27.5 2469
39. Anastasian, Ashot g ARM 2587 2587 4.0 27.0 2462
40. Gelashvili, Tamaz g GEO 2542 2542 4.0 31.5 2553
41. Iuldachev, Saidali g UZB 2536 2536 4.0 28.5 2475
42. El Taher, Fouad m EGY 2501 2501 4.0 25.0 2402
43. Ramesh, R.B g IND 2493 2493 4.0 26.5 2396
44. Lahno, Kateryna m UKR 2493 2493 4.0 23.5 2364
45. Villamayor, Buenaventura g PHI 2469 2469 4.0 27.5 2499
46. Mamedov, Nidjat m AZE 2463 2463 4.0 27.0 2441
47. Hakki, Imad m SYR 2451 2451 4.0 25.0 2365
48. Sale, Srdjan m CRO 2437 2437 4.0 27.5 2516
49. Shanava, Konstantine m GEO 2428 2428 4.0 26.0 2463
50. Nadera, Barlo A m PHI 2390 2390 4.0 29.5 2548
51. Hamdani, Rudin f INA 2385 2385 4.0 25.5 2336
52. Wahono, Awam f INA 2379 2379 4.0 25.0 2497
53. El Arousy, Abdul Hameed m EGY 2375 2375 4.0 23.5 2335
54. Shetty, Rahul m IND 2367 2367 4.0 25.0 2439
55. Satyapragyan, Swayangsu m IND 2351 2351 4.0 28.0 2516
56. Bouaziz, Slim g TUN 2345 2345 4.0 24.5 2373
57. Simonsen, Hans Kristian FAI 2243 2243 4.0 22.5 2331
58. Negi, Parimarjan IND 2167 2167 4.0 27.5 2471
59. Sveshnikov, Evgeny g LAT 2535 2535 3.5 24.5 2286
60. Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2530 2530 3.5 23.5 2302
61. Megaranto, Susanto m INA 2458 2458 3.5 30.5 2455
62. Moradiabadi, Elshan IRI 2436 2436 3.5 30.5 2462
138 players
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.
Internet coverage: http://www.zagraj.pl/chess/mp2004/index.jsp
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ch-POL Warsaw POL (POL), 24 iv-7 v 2004 cat. XII (2545)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2633 * . . . . . . . . 1 1 . . . 2.0
2. Miton, Kamil g POL 2563 . * . = . . . . . . . 1 . . 1.5 2760
3. Kempinski, Robert g POL 2586 . . * . = . . . . . . . 1 . 1.5 2633
4. Gdanski, Jacek g POL 2529 . = . * . . . . . . . . . 1 1.5 2733
5. Lagowski, Patryk m POL 2425 . . = . * . . . . . . . . 1 1.5 2744
6. Socko, Bartosz g POL 2579 . . . . . * = = . . . . . . 1.0 2535
7. Jakubiec, Artur g POL 2532 . . . . . = * . . . . = . . 1.0 2592
8. Jaracz, Pawel g POL 2539 . . . . . = . * . = . . . . 1.0 2572
9. Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2609 . . . . . . . . * . = . = . 1.0 2473
10. Cyborowski, Lukasz g POL 2565 0 . . . . . . = . * . . . . 0.5 2393
11. Jakubowski, Krzysztof f POL 2492 0 . . . . . . . = . * . . . 0.5 2428
12. Markowski, Tomasz g POL 2605 . 0 . . . . = . . . . * . . 0.5 2354
13. Murdzia, Piotr m POL 2455 . . 0 . . . . . = . . . * . 0.5 2404
14. Mista, Aleksander g POL 2517 . . . 0 0 . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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Beer Sheva chess club in Israel hosted a rapid tournament 18th-21st
April 2004. Time rate 25 minutes + 10 seconds per move. Veteran Viktor Korchnoi
took clear first with 8/11 a point clear of Semen Dvoirys and Sergey Erenburg.
Leader after day 2 Boris Avrukh lost all remaining games by default on days 3
and 4 after withdrawing from the event after the birth of his child. News:
Michael Klenburg.
Live games: http://www.worldchessnetwork.com
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Rapid Beer Sheva ISR (ISR), 18-21 iv 2004 cat. XII (2537)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2579 * 1 1 0 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 8.0 2708
2. Dvoirys, Semen I g RUS 2612 0 * 1 = 1 = = 0 1 = 1 1 7.0 2632
3. Erenburg, Sergey g ISR 2513 0 0 * = 1 = 1 1 1 = = 1 7.0 2641
4. Roiz, Michael g ISR 2563 1 = = * = = 0 = 1 = = 1 6.5 2599
5. Greenfeld, Alon g ISR 2551 1 0 0 = * 1 = 0 0 1 1 1 6.0 2571
6. Huzman, Alexander g ISR 2589 = = = = 0 * 1 0 1 = = = 5.5 2532
7. Vydeslaver, Alik m ISR 2448 0 = 0 1 = 0 * 1 1 = = 0 5.0 2509
8. Tyomkin, Dimitri g CAN 2503 = 1 0 = 1 1 0 * 0 0 = 0 4.5 2475
9. Avrukh, Boris g ISR 2620 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 * 1 1 = 4.5 2464
10. Golod, Vitali g ISR 2552 0 = = = 0 = = 1 0 * = 0 4.0 2433
11. Khmelniker, Ilya ISR 2458 0 0 = = 0 = = = 0 = * 1 4.0 2442
12. Tseitlin, Mark D g ISR 2455 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 1 = 1 0 * 4.0 2442
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The Nabokov Memorial took place in the Avangardis Chess Club in Kiev
12th-21st April 2004. Andrey Solomaha won the event with 7.5/11.
Coverage at
http://mirror01.iptelecom.net.ua/~chessfed/t019r.html
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2nd Nabokov Mem Kiev UKR (UKR), 12-21 iv 2004 cat. IV (2326)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Solomaha, Andrey UKR 2384 * 1 = = = = 1 0 1 1 = 1 7.5 2453
2. Goreskul, Alyona wm UKR 2244 0 * 1 = = 1 = 1 = = = 1 7.0 2435
3. Galinsky, Timofey m UKR 2416 = 0 * = = 1 = = 1 = 1 1 7.0 2419
4. Pavlov, Sergey2 UKR 2338 = = = * = 1 0 = = 1 1 = 6.5 2389
5. Stopkin, Vladimir RUS 2229 = = = = * = = = 0 = = 1 5.5 2334
6. Moliboga, V RUS 2329 = 0 0 0 = * 1 1 1 0 1 = 5.5 2325
7. Zakharchenko, Arnold m UKR 2362 0 = = 1 = 0 * 1 1 = 0 0 5.0 2286
8. Kochetkov, Vitali BLR 2356 1 0 = = = 0 0 * 0 1 1 = 5.0 2287
9. Onischuk, Vladimir f UKR 2237 0 = 0 = 1 0 0 1 * = = 1 5.0 2298
10. Matorin, Evgeny m RUS 2307 0 = = 0 = 1 = 0 = * = 0 4.0 2225
11. Chokhonelidze, Giorgi m GEO 2339 = = 0 0 = 0 1 0 = = * = 4.0 2222
12. Berezin, Viktor UKR f UKR 2371 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 = 0 1 = * 4.0 2219
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The 4th CSVN Tournament takes place in Leiden (The Netherlands)
23rd-25th April 2004.
The Dutch Computer Chess Association CSVN organised the 4th
International CSVN Tournament 23rd-25th April 2004 in the Denksportcentrum
(Minds Sports Centre) in Leiden, The Netherlands. 16 programs competed. World
Champion Shredder won the event. Last year's winner The King a.k.a ChessMaster
finished in a tie for 5th-6th. 90 minutes per player for the whole game.
Full coverage: http://www.computerschaak.nl
Previous winners:
CSVN Tournament 2001 : 1. Fritz 2. Gambit Tiger
3. Diep
CSVN Tournament 2002 : 1. Fritz 2. Diep 3. Shredder
CSVN
Tournament 2003 : 1. The King 2. Shredder 3. Deep Sjeng
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4th CSVN Computer Leiden NED (NED), 23-25 iv 2004
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1 Shredder 8 46 40
2 Hydra 6½ 48½ 32½
3 Ruffian 6 50 30½
4 Diep 6 48½ 30¾
5 The King 5½ 46½ 23¼
6 Chess Tiger 5½ 46 24
7 Nexus 5 43 18¾
8 IsiChess 5 36½ 13½
9 Tao 5 32½ 10½
10 Deep Sjeng 4½ 42 12¾
11 The Baron 4½ 37½ 11¾
12 Zzzzzz 3 34 5
13 Ant 2½ 35½ 4¾
14 Neurosis 2½ 34 4¼
15 Goldbar 2½ 33 3¾
16 Praetorian 0 34½ 0
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The Bulgarian Championship takes place 24th April - 4th May May in
Sofia. The 68th Men's Championships is a category VIII (2446) round robin. 6
GMs and 4 IMs compete.
Official site: http://www.bul68.chessmix.com/
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68th ch-BUL Sofia BUL (BUL), 24 iv-4 v 2004 cat. VIII (2446)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Cheparinov, Ivan m BUL 2555 * . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 2.0
2. Chatalbashev, Boris g BUL 2543 . * . . = . . . . . 1 . . . 1.5 2636
3. Radulski, Julian m BUL 2497 . . * . . = . . . . . 1 . . 1.5 2632
4. Spasov, Vasil g BUL 2542 . . . * . . . . . = . . . 1 1.5 2546
5. Dimitrov, Vladimir g BUL 2459 . = . . * . . = . . . . . . 1.0 2502
6. Genov, Petar g BUL 2483 . . = . . * . . = . . . . . 1.0 2518
7. Dochev, Dimitar m BUL 2359 . . . . . . * = = . . . . . 1.0 2500
8. Georgiev, Krum g BUL 2461 . . . . = . = * . . . . . . 1.0 2409
9. Kolev, Atanas g BUL 2540 . . . . . = = . * . . . . . 1.0 2421
10. Nikolov, Momchil BUL 2364 . . . = . . . . . * . = . . 1.0 2468
11. Bratanov, Zsivko m BUL 2427 . 0 . . . . . . . . * . 1 . 1.0 2409
12. Rusev, Krasimir BUL 2395 . . 0 . . . . . . = . * . . 0.5 2237
13. Grigorov, Grigor BUL 2275 0 . . . . . . . . . 0 . * . 0.0
14. Iotov, Valentin BUL 2342 0 . . 0 . . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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The Lithuanian Championship take place in Vilnius 23rd April - 3rd May
2004.
Official site: http://www.chessfed.lt/news.php?id=40&Lang=L
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ch-LTU Vilnius LTU (LTU), 23 iv-3 v 2004 cat. VII (2417)
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1. Sarakauskas, Gediminas m LTU 2430 * 1 = . 1 . . . . . = = 3.5 2534
2. Sakalauskas, Vaidas m LTU 2437 0 * . . . 1 = . 1 1 . . 3.5 2585
3. Zagorskis, Darius m LTU 2470 = . * . 1 = . = . . . 1 3.5 2591
4. Zapolskis, Antanas m LTU 2344 . . . * . 0 = 1 = 1 . . 3.0 2532
5. Asauskas, Henrikas LTU 2358 0 . 0 . * . . . 1 . 1 1 3.0 2489
6. Sulskis, Sarunas g LTU 2570 . 0 = 1 . * = = . . . . 2.5 2444
7. Butnorius, Algimantas m LTU 2423 . = . = . = * = . . = . 2.5 2452
8. Kveinys, Aloyzas g LTU 2550 . . = 0 . = = * . 1 . . 2.5 2408
9. Malisauskas, Vidmantas g LTU 2525 . 0 . = 0 . . . * . = 1 2.0 2288
10. Savickas, Airidas LTU 2234 . 0 . 0 . . . 0 . * 1 1 2.0 2327
11. Slapikas, Vytautas m LTU 2361 = . . . 0 . = . = 0 * . 1.5 2245
12. Dambrauskas, Virginijus m LTU 2303 = . 0 . 0 . . . 0 0 . * 0.5 2037
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The Pobeskydi tournament took place 8th-12th April 2004. No games
available.
Further details: http://www.chessfm.cz
15th Pobeskydi IM "Extra" Arcimpex Cup Frydek-Mistek (CZE)
Category 3 (2309)
4th-12th April 2004
1 Cernousek Lukas 2369 CZE * 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 7 26,75
2 IM Klima Lukas 2429 CZE 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6 25,25
3 WIM Toma Katarzyna 2245 POL 0 ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 6 22,75
4 IM Petran Peter 2395 SVK ½ ½ 0 * 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 5½ 20,25
5 FM Holemar David 2362 CZE ½ ½ ½ 1 * 1 0 1 0 ½ 5 23,50
6 Chrz Pavel 2196 CZE 0 ½ ½ 0 0 * 1 0 1 1 4 14,00
7 IM Czerwonski Aleksander 2388 POL 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 * 0 ½ ½ 3½ 16,00
8 WIM Matras Agnieszka 2269 POL 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 1 * 1 0 3½ 13,00
9 WFM Holusova Tana 2164 CZE 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 * 1 2½ 8,75
10 FM Wiley Tom E 2274 ENG 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 * 2 7,75
15th Pobeskydi IM "Extra" Technomont Cup Frydek-Mistek (CZE)
Category 2 (2293)
4th-12th April 2004
1 FM Luch Michal 2333 POL * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 6½ 26,75
2 IM Jurkovic Hrvoje 2430 CRO 0 * 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 6½ 26,00
3 IM Michenka Jozef 2337 CZE ½ 0 * ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 6½ 24,25
4 FM Belunek Vladimir 2288 CZE ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 5 19,25
5 Schwarz Dusan 2265 SVK ½ ½ 0 ½ * 1 1 0 1 0 4½ 20,50
6 Vyskocil Neklan 2339 CZE ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 * 0 1 1 1 4½ 16,50
7 IM Dambrauskas Virginijus 2303 LTU 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 * 1 ½ 1 4 13,75
8 Holeksa Zdenek 2195 CZE 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 * 1 1 3½ 11,00
9 WIM Zawadzka Jolanta 2236 POL ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 * 1 3 12,00
10 Karhanek Pavel 2208 CZE 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 * 1 4,50
15th Pobeskydi Alpress Cup
7th-12th April 2004
1 Szoen Dariusz POL 2345 8 40 49½
2 Kulesza Mateusz POL 2253 7 36 53
3 Wisniewski Adrian f POL 2371 6½ 36 56
4 Slovak Petr CZE 2141 6½ 31 40½
5 Jurcik Marian SVK 2214 6 35 52½
6 Smolen Jan SVK 2273 6 32½ 45½
7 Jurcik Martin SVK 2132 6 31½ 51½
8 Beil Martin CZE 2176 6 31½ 48
9 Lys Josef CZE 2304 6 27 40½
10 Motyka Michal POL 2231 5½ 33 54½
11 Zelenka Milan CZE 2150 5½ 31½ 49½
12 Vesely Martin CZE 2155 5½ 31 44½
13 Bombek Peter SVK 2204 5½ 30 44
14 Bobula Mateusz POL 2099 5½ 28½ 46½
15 Cech Tomas CZE 2194 5½ 27½ 43½
16 Jakubek Peter SVK 2170 5½ 27½ 43
17 Roubalik Jakub CZE 2047 5½ 26½ 41
18 Kozak Pavel CZE 2157 5½ 23 36½
57 players
Lenk International Chess Festival was part of the Swiss Chess Tour
2004. The 16th "Kreuz-Open" took place April 8th-12th 2004 and was won by
Joseph Gallagher after he won the KO section. Games not available.
Official site: http://www.beochess.ch
16th Kreuz-Open Lenk
Final Pool
Semi-Final
GM J.Gallagher - IM A.Huss 1-0
GM A.Sokolov - GM F.Jenni 0-1
Final
GM Joseph Gallagher - GM Florian Jenni 1/2 1/2 1/2 1-0
3rd-4th
GM Andrei Sokolov - IM Andreas Huss 1-0
Final Standings:
1. Gallagher Joseph GM 2531 SUI 6.0 29.5
2. Jenni Florian GM 2510 SUI 6.0 27.0
3. Sokolov Andrei GM 2589 FRA 5.0 31.0
4. Huss Andreas IM 2343 SUI 4.0 31.0
Remaining players
5. Vogt Lothar GM GER 2466 5.5 28.0 165.5
6. Jaeggi Dorian SUI 2227 5.5 27.5 157.0
7. Nemet Ivan GM SUI 2361 5.5 26.0 162.0
8. Kurmann Oliver SUI 2299 5.5 26.0 156.0
9. Mauron Pierre SUI 2054 5.0 29.0 157.0
10. Kuemin Simon IM SUI 2376 5.0 28.5 156.5
11. Gheorghiu Florin GM ROM 2408 5.0 28.5 155.0
12. Kolly Jacques SUI 2249 5.0 27.0 162.0
13. Duratti Lindo FRA 2201 5.0 25.5 150.0
14. Zimmermann Peter SUI 2267 5.0 24.5 153.0
15. Habibi Ali IM GER 2282 5.0 22.5 151.0
16. Cochet Jean-Danie SUI 2045 4.5 28.5 158.0
17. Curien Nicolas SUI 2220 4.5 27.0 153.5
18. Kappeler Kaspar SUI 2070 4.5 26.0 158.5
19. Bucher Michael SUI 2174 4.5 26.0 156.0
20. Widmer Simon SUI 2210 4.5 26.0 150.5
21. Rufener Markus SUI 2231 4.5 26.0 150.0
22. Bischoff Peter SUI 2135 4.5 25.0 145.0
23. Sofrigin Alexei FM RUS 2289 4.5 24.5 154.5
24. Leutwyler Mathias SUI 1997 4.5 24.0 146.5
25. Schneuwly Achim SUI 2155 4.5 23.0 149.5
26. Mueller Leo FM NAM 2213 4.5 23.0 143.5
27. Cucchiani Claudio SUI 2064 4.5 22.5 145.5
28. Broennimann Micha SUI 2252 4.5 21.5 142.0
29. Schmid Christoph SUI 2204 4.5 21.0 147.5
115 players
The First Saturday events took place 3rd-15th of April 2004. The main
event was a Category 7 event. Levente Vajda won the event with 8.5/13. The IM
event saw Sandor Farago win and FM Hardarson Robert (ISL,2307) and FM Olaf
Wegener (GER,2405) make IM norms. Games from the IM event are now complete.
News from Miklos Orso and Laszlo Nagy.
Internet coverage: http://www.firstsaturday.hu
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FSIM April Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-15 iv 2004 cat. II (2293)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2314 * = = = 1 = 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 9.5 2466
2. Wegener, Olaf f GER 2405 = * = = 0 1 = 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 9.0 2425
3. Hardarson, Robert f ISL 2307 = = * = 1 = = = = 1 = 1 1 1 9.0 2433
4. Werner, Dimo m GER 2362 = = = * = = 0 = = = 1 1 1 1 8.0 2375
5. Meinhardt, Maximilian GER 2285 0 1 0 = * 0 1 = = 1 = 1 1 1 8.0 2381
6. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2328 = 0 = = 1 * = = = = 0 1 1 1 7.5 2347
7. Nagle, Sean f USA 2375 0 = = 1 0 = * 1 0 1 = 1 = 1 7.5 2344
8. Gerard, Nicolas f FRA 2283 1 0 = = = = 0 * = = = = 1 1 7.0 2323
9. Brustkern, Juergen f GER 2266 = 0 = = = = 1 = * = 0 = = 1 6.5 2295
10. Fodor, Tamas jr f HUN 2183 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 = = * 1 = 1 = 5.5 2244
11. Thorarinsson, Pall A ISL 2278 0 0 = 0 = 1 = = 1 0 * = = 0 5.0 2207
12. Gikas, Basilius GER 2271 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 = = = = * 1 1 4.5 2185
13. Wilke, Werner AUT 2275 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 * 1 2.5 2043
14. Batyte, Daiva LTU 2176 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 * 1.5 1966
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There was a five way tie on 3/4 in the 98th New York Masters on 20th
April 2004. News John Fernandez.
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98th New York Masters Action USA (USA), 20 iv 2004
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1 2 3 4 Total
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1. Yudasin, Leonid g ISR 2553 +18 - 4 + 8 + 7 3.0 ($140)
2. Becerra, Julio g USA 2547 = +13 +14 = 4 3.0 ($140)
3. Stripunsky, Alexander g USA 2553 - 5 +16 +13 + 9 3.0 ($140)
4. Klein, Erez f USA 2292 +17 + 1 = 5 = 2 3.0 ($140)
5. Figler, Ilye f USA 2327 + 3 + 7 = 4 = 3.0 ($140)
6. Privman, Boris f USA 2268 =16 +15 = 9 =10 2.5
7. Scekic, Milos m SCG 2405 +12 - 5 +17 - 1 2.0
8. Bonin, Jay m USA 2341 -13 +12 - 1 +15 2.0
9. Sarkar, Justin m USA 2375 =14 +11 = 6 - 3 2.0
10. Hoffmann, Asa f USA 2290 =15 -14 +16 = 6 2.0
11. Fierro, Martha wg ECU 2327 = - 9 -15 +17 1.5
12. Furdzik, Rafal USA 2253 - 7 - 8 +18 = 1.5
13. Pelekhaty, Aleksander USA ---- + 8 - 2 - 3 = 1.5
14. Appelman, Harris USA 2188 = 9 +10 - 2 --- 1.5
15. Patay, Travis USA ---- =10 - 6 +11 - 8 1.5
16. Zenyuk, Iryna USA 2168 = 6 - 3 -10 +18 1.5
17. Fredericks, Jason USA ---- - 4 +18 - 7 -11 1.0
18. Norowitz, Yaacov USA ---- - 1 -17 -12 -16 0.0
PRIZES
1ST - $340
2ND - $180
3RD - $ 80
U2400 - $100
The 1st Beirut International open chess Tournament ended on 10th April
2004 Tigran L. Petrossian (IM, 2539) won the event with 8/9 (7 wins, 2 draws).
I only have games from a couple of rounds, hopefully I'll be able to round up
the file of games.
1st Beirut Open
1. Petrosian Tigran L. 2539 8.0 55.0
2. Tratar Marko 2452 7.0 54.5
3. Hakki Imad 2451 6.5 54.5
Videki Sandor 2415 6.5 50.5
Ermenkov Evgenij 2449 6.5 50.0
Raes A 2215 6.5 45.0
7. Sebenik Matej 2440 6.0 50.5
Najjar Ahmad 2344 6.0 50.0
Khairallah Faisal 2288 6.0 50.5
Shamieh Jamal 0000 6.0 50.5
Kassis Antoine 2224 6.0 48.5
Mouradian Knarik 2102 6.0 47.0
Eid Fadi 2390 6.0 48.0
Assaf Mansour 2281 6.0 46.0
Kadrash H. 2132 6.0 42.5
72 players
The 1st Coventry International Chess Congress took place 16th-18th
April 2004. The event attracted 100 entries from 11 countries, including 3 GMS
and 6 IMs. Roland Berzinsh, Colin Crouch and Mark Hebden finished on 4.5/5.
Official site: http://www.coventrychess.org.uk
Leading Final Standings:
1 Berzinsh,Roland.......... LAT m 2456 4½
2 Crouch,Colin............. ENG m 2375 4½
3 Hebden,Mark.............. ENG g 2544 4½
4 Arkell,Keith............. ENG g 2507 4
5 Gourlay,Iain............. SCO 2275 4
6 Greet,Andrew............. ENG 2319 4
7 Jones,Richard S.......... WLS 2274 4
8 Littlewood,Paul.......... ENG m 2390 4
9 Rowson,Jonathan.......... SCO g 2547 4
10 Sherwin,James T.......... USA m 2309 4
11 Wall,Gavin............... IRL m 2413 4
12 Ashton,Adam.............. ENG 2249 3½
13 Baker,Christopher........ ENG m 2369 3½
14 Burrows,Martin........... ENG 2242 3½
15 Horton,Justin............ ENG 2056 3½
16 Howell,David............. ENG f 2332 3½
17 Lam,Paul................. ENG 1973 3½
18 Mansson,James............ ENG 2085 3½
19 Walton,Alan.............. ENG c 2126 3½
98 players
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. Calvià is hoping to become a huge chess town with regular events
for tourists. There will be many events alongside the Olympiad.
Official site: http://www.36chessolympiad.com
5th European Individual Chess Championship
The 5th European Individual Chess Championship takes place in Antalya
Kemer-Beldibi 14th-31st May 2004.
Further information: http://www.eurochess.org/eurochamp2004
Petrosian Memorial
A tournament celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the birth of the 9th
World Champion Tigran Petrosian will be held in Yerevan (Armenia), November
18-30, 2004.
The programme of the Petrosian Memorial includes two events:
a) Open Tournament - November 18-27, Swiss System, 9 rounds, Prize Fund
US$ 35.000
b) European Rapid Chess Championship - November 28-30, Swiss System, 11
rounds, Prize Fund 10.000 Euro
Further information: http://www.armchess.am or by contacting the
organisers at armchess@arminco.com
7th United Insurance International
The 7th United Insurance International Masters Chess Tournament is an
11 round Swiss taking place in Dhaka 6th-15th May 2004. Total Prize Money: US
$2000
Open for players with 2150+ FIDE Rating Facilities: Free food and
Accommodation to Foreign players rated over 2150. US $100 will be given to
IM’s and US $250 to GM’s as appearance money. Contact Syed Shujauddin
Ahmed General Secretary Bangladesh Chess Federation Fax + Phone: 88 (02)
7169336 E-mail: bcf@bdonline.com
27th Syre Memorial
The 27th Syre Memorial takes place 20th-23rd May in Issy Les Moulineaux
(near Paris). 6 rounds.
Internet coverage http://www.dprimel.com/ and
http://perso.club-internet.fr/doprimel/memorialsyre04.htm
Ivan Cvitanovic Memorial
The 9th "Ivan Cvitanovic Memorial" takes place in Split (Croatia)
1st-9th May 2004.
Official site:
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/mladen18/mic04/index.html
14th Heart of Finland Open
The 14th Heart of Finland Open takes place in Jyväskylä, July
21-25, 2004.
9 rounds Swiss. ELO-rated with the possibility of title norms. Venue:
IT-Dynamo, street address Piippukatu 2, Lutakko, Jyväskylä. Timerate
2 hours / 40 moves + 1 hour to finish
Entry fees: GMs/IMs no entry fee (early registration required), FM/U20
50 EUR, ELO-rated players 70 EUR, others 90 EUR.
Prizes: Total prize fund approximately 7000 EUR, lots of rating group
prizes.
Further information: Sami Hämäläinen +358 9 3238840,
mobile +358 40 5123864, email aurifera@kolumbus.fi
Etienne Bacrot vs Ivan Sokolov
Etienne Bacrot plays Ivan Sokolov in Albert, France 27th April - 2nd May
2004.
Information: http://www.europe-echecs.com
Arthur Dake Memorial
The 2004 Arthur Dake Memorial IM will be held June 5th-13th at US
Fiberglass, Inc. offices at 117 NE 5th Street, Suite D,McMinnville, OR 97128,
USA.
It will be a 10 player round robin and a FIDE rated CAT II to CAT IV
event. For more info contact please Clark Harmon charmon@solarprism.com or GM
Emil Anka emilanka@freemail.hu
Czech Open 2004
The 15th International Festival of Chess, Bridge and Games and the
European Amateurs Championship in Chess takes place in Pardubice, Czech
Republic 15th July - 1st August 2004. There are a large number of different
events.
More details: http://www.czechopen.net
You can read about the Czech Tour 2004/2005 4th International Chess
Festivals Series details: http://www.czechtour.net
Open de Sants
The VI International Chess Open de Sants, Hostafrancs & La Bordeta
Barcelona takes place 28th August - 5th September 2004.
Information: http://www.secretariat.org/open/Ingles.htm
2nd Savaria IM Tournament
The 2nd Savaria IM Tournament takes place 3rd-11th May 2004.
(Szombathely, Hungary).
The organisers are looking for two players from abroad (FM or without
title) Information: Korpics Zsolt korpicschess@axelero.hu
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.sigeman-chess.com
VII Memorial Pedro Salas Caparros
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
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
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
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 the FIDE
Zone 2.2 Championships 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
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
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.
Shirov's Website
Alexei Shirov has a 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 May-August 2004
1. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 1st-13th of May,
2. 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
3. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 5th-17th of June, Budapest, org.Nagy L.
4. 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/,
5. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 3rd-16th of July, Org: Nagy Laszlo,
6. 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
7. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 7th-19th of August 2004, org: NL.
8. 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
9. TALENTUM CUP Open 19th-27th of Aug. BALATONZAMARDI /200 km West from
Budapest/, organizer: MR VALIS, Janos e-mail: husi-sc@hu.inter.net
10. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 4th-16th of September, Org: NL.
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.
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/
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/
