THE WEEK IN CHESS 499 31st May 2004 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) XXXIV Bosna Tournament
3) 5th European Individual Chess Championship
4) FIDE Women's Championship
5) 57th Russian Chess Championship Qualifiers
6) Guildford-ADC win the 4NCL
7) 103rd New York Masters
8) 29th Elekes Memorial
9) Alushta Tournament
10) I Quadrangular Andbanc
11) Victorian Masters
12) 7th United Insurance International
13) XII Torneo "Guillermo Garcia" In Memoriam
14) Hostan Open Znojmo
15) French Team Cup
16) Capablanca Memorial
17) Trofeo CBA 2004
18) 2nd Leonine GM
19) ACP Internet Tournaments
20) Mitropa Cup
21) Norwegian Teams
22) 22nd Liechtenstein Open
23) ACP Letter on FIDE Championships
24) Petrosian Memorial Armenia vs ROW
25) Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2004
26) Forthcoming Events and Links


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Games section

XXXIV Bosna Tournament                    15 games
5th European Championship                209 games
FIDE Women's Championship                 80 games
57th Russian Championship Qualifiers     247 games
Guildford-ADC win the 4NCL                96 games
103rd New York Masters                     4 games
29th Elekes Memorial                     132 games
Alushta Tournament                        56 games
Alushta Teams                            168 games
Alushta Women                            242 games
I Quadrangular Andbanc                    36 games
Victorian Masters                         45 games
7th United Insurance International       175 games
Guillermo Garcia Memorial                 54 games
Hostan Open Znojmo                       106 games
French Team Cup                           16 games
Capablanca Memorial                       27 games
Trofeo CBA 2004                            6 games
Norwegian Teams                          120 games
22nd Liechtenstein Open                  249 games
2093 games

1) Introduction

My thanks to Thomas Henrich, Jakub Fuksik, Tibor Fogarasi, Martin Mrva, Haroon Rashid, John Fernandez, Ching Kim Lye, Hassan Khaled, Jan Mazuch, Zenón Franco Ocampos, Leonid Galperin, Andy McFarland, Korpics Zsolt, Arthur Brameld, Joel Lautier, Jose Vilela, Sergei Soloviov, Michael Krumbholz, Aard Daanen, Oscar de la Riva and everyone else who helped with the issue.

Alexei Shirov duly shut out the opposition with a win and two draws in the final three rounds of the Sarajevo tournament to secure his best performance for a number of years. Vassily Ivanchuk might have started the 5th European Championships with a shock loss but class told in the end and he came through to win the event after a tie-break match with Predrag Nikolic.

This is issue 499 and next week will be the 500th. In September I will have done 10 years. I'm amazed.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) XXXIV Bosna Tournament

The XXXIV “Bosna 2004” tournament took place in Sarajevo 18th-27th May 2004. Alexei Shirov completed a fine victory with 7.5/9 a point and a half clear of the field.

Internet coverage: http://www.skbosna.ba/bosna2004/en/stranice/info.htm

Round 7 (May 25, 2004)

Movsesian, Sergei  -  Shirov, Alexei     1/2   39  C45  Scotch Game
Bologan, Viktor    -  Atalik, Suat       1-0   52  C95  Ruy Lopez Breyer
Short, Nigel D     -  Sokolov, Ivan      1/2   47  C51  Evans Gambit
Predojevic, Borki  -  Dizdarevic, Emir   1/2    9  B13  Caro Kann Exchange
Kurajica, Bojan    -  Kozul, Zdenko      1/2   50  B31  Sicilian Rossolimo

Round 8 (May 26, 2004)

Shirov, Alexei     -  Predojevic, Borki  1-0   44  B31  Sicilian Rossolimo
Sokolov, Ivan      -  Kurajica, Bojan    1-0   50  E39  Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Bologan, Viktor    -  Movsesian, Sergei  1/2   27  B51  Sicilian Rossolimo
Dizdarevic, Emir   -  Short, Nigel D     1/2   27  D55  Queens Gambit Old Lasker Variation
Atalik, Suat       -  Kozul, Zdenko      0-1   45  E70  King's Indian Fianchetto

Round 9 (May 27, 2004)

Movsesian, Sergei  -  Atalik, Suat       1/2   16  B80  Sicilian Scheveningen
Kozul, Zdenko      -  Sokolov, Ivan      1/2   40  D10  Slav Defence
Short, Nigel D     -  Shirov, Alexei     1/2   35  B33  Sicilian Sveshnikov
Predojevic, Borki  -  Bologan, Viktor    1/2   34  B46  Sicilian Paulsen
Kurajica, Bojan    -  Dizdarevic, Emir   1/2   13  C10  French Rubinstein

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Bosnia GM Sarajevo BIH (BIH), 18-27 v 2004          cat. XV (2616)
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 1. Shirov, Alexei      g ESP 2713  * = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1  7.5  2878 
 2. Movsesian, Sergei   g SVK 2647  = * = = = = 1 1 = 1  6.0  2737 
 3. Sokolov, Ivan       g NED 2690  = = * 1 = = = = = 1  5.5  2687 
 4. Bologan, Viktor     g MDA 2665  0 = 0 * = 1 1 = 1 1  5.5  2690 
 5. Kozul, Zdenko       g CRO 2627  0 = = = * = = 1 1 =  5.0  2657 
 6. Dizdarevic, Emir    g BIH 2520  0 = = 0 = * = = 1 =  4.0  2583 
 7. Short, Nigel D      g ENG 2712  = 0 = 0 = = * = = =  3.5  2525 
 8. Predojevic, Borki   m BIH 2490  0 0 = = 0 = = * = =  3.0  2504 
 9. Atalik, Suat        g BIH 2554  0 = = 0 0 0 = = * =  2.5  2456 
10. Kurajica, Bojan     g BIH 2540  0 0 0 0 = = = = = *  2.5  2458 
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3) 5th European Individual Chess Championship

The 5th European Individual Chess Championship takes place in Antalya Kemer-Beldibi 14th-31st May 2004. David Navara leads with 6.5/8 in the 13 round event. Vassily Ivanchuk is back in contention after a shock round 1 loss.

Further information: http://www.eurochess.org/eurochamp2004

Official Final Standings after Playoffs
Rk Ti Name                       P  Euros
 1 GM Ivanchuk Vassily           9  8.000 
 2 GM Nikolic Predrag            9  5.000 
 3 GM Aronian Levon              8½ 4.000 
 4 GM Istratescu Andrei          8½ 3.000 
 5 GM Miroshnichenko Evgenij     8½ 2.700 
 6 GM Navara David               8½ 2.500 
 7 GM Gurevich Mikhail           8½ 2.200 
 8 GM Kempinski Robert           8  1.111 
 9 GM Krasenkow Michal           8  1.111 
10 GM Agrest Evgenij             8  1.111 
11 GM Milov Vadim                8  1.111 
12 GM Asrian Karen               8  1.111 
13 GM Sargissian Gabriel         8  1.111 
14 GM Macieja Bartlomiej         8  1.111 
15 GM Gashimov Vugar             8  1.111 
16 GM Naiditsch Arkadij          8  1.111 
17 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar      7½   325 
18 GM Radjabov Teimour           7½   325 
19 GM Guseinov Gadir             7½   225 -100 for ECU 
20 GM Andersson Ulf              7½   325 
21 GM Parligras Mircea           7½   325 
22 GM Stefansson Hannes          7½   325 
23 GM Iljushin Alexei            7½   325 
24 GM Stocek Jiri                7½   325 
72 players

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5th IECC Antalya TUR (TUR), 15-29 v 2004
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                                               1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13 
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 1. Ivanchuk, Vassily          g  UKR 2716  -29 +50 +36 +16 = 3 =37 + 7 +25 = 2 = 4 =12 + 6 = 5  9.0  2707 
 2. Nikolic, Predrag           g  BIH 2648  +58 =20 =27 =39 -25 +34 +35 +37 = 1 = 8 + 9 = 7 + 3  9.0  2698 
 3. Navara, David              g  CZE 2602  +42 +33 +38 +28 = 1 -18 + 8 +26 = 9 = 6 = 7 = 5 - 2  8.5  2708 
 4. Istratescu, Andrei         g  ROM 2587  -46 +57 =30 =41 +21 +32 =17 +10 +18 = 1 - 6 +13 = 7  8.5  2669 
 5. Gurevich, Mikhail          g  BEL 2672  =36 +51 +24 =13 = 9 =26 =37 = 8 +27 =21 +15 = 3 = 1  8.5  2681 
 6. Aronian, Levon             g  GER 2645  =51 +64 +22 =19 + 7 =25 =18 =17 +28 = 3 + 4 - 1 =14  8.5  2690 
 7. Miroshnichenko, Evgenij    g  UKR 2599  =52 +60 +32 =18 - 6 +33 - 1 +38 +39 + 9 = 3 = 2 = 4  8.5  2665 
 8. Kempinski, Robert          g  POL 2586  +50 =23 =29 +20 =17 +24 - 3 = 5 +11 = 2 =21 =12 =15  8.0  2654 
 9. Krasenkow, Michal          g  POL 2609  +44 =25 +23 =10 = 5 =19 +22 +18 = 3 - 7 - 2 =17 +27  8.0  2680 
10. Milov, Vadim               g  SUI 2680  +30 +16 =13 = 9 -26 =39 +48 - 4 =20 =19 +32 =27 +21  8.0  2649 
11. Sargissian, Gabriel        g  ARM 2614  +49 -38 =34 +30 =39 +16 =19 =27 - 8 +20 =17 +23 =12  8.0  2635 
12. Asrian, Karen              g  ARM 2605  =35 +52 -25 +34 =33 =20 +30 =19 =16 +36 = 1 = 8 =11  8.0  2615 
13. Agrest, Evgenij            g  SWE 2601  +62 +48 =10 = 5 -18 =36 =21 =20 +24 =23 +16 - 4 +25  8.0  2643 
14. Macieja, Bartlomiej        g  POL 2633  +56 =32 =20 =38 -22 -30 +43 =41 +34 +39 +25 =21 = 6  8.0  2606 
15. Naiditsch, Arkadij         g  GER 2571  -74 +54 +58 =46 =40 =35 =20 +32 =17 +18 - 5 +28 = 8  8.0  2595 
16. Gashimov, Vugar            g  AZE 2565  +65 -10 +62 - 1 +41 -11 +56 +48 =12 =17 -13 +38 +26  8.0  2629 
17. Radjabov, Teimour          g  AZE 2670  +41 +39 =19 =25 = 8 =27 = 4 = 6 =15 =16 =11 = 9 =22  7.5  2629 
18. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar     g  AZE 2657  +59 =22 +31 = 7 +13 + 3 = 6 - 9 - 4 -15 +48 =25 =19  7.5  2629 
19. Andersson, Ulf             g  SWE 2570  +53 +74 =17 = 6 =28 = 9 =11 =12 =25 =10 =23 =26 =18  7.5  2618 
20. Guseinov, Gadir            g  AZE 2548  +70 = 2 =14 - 8 +59 =12 =15 =13 =10 -11 +45 =29 +34  7.5  2595 
21. Parligras, Mircea          g  ROM 2549  +67 -28 +49 =40 - 4 +47 =13 +42 +26 = 5 = 8 =14 -10  7.5  2596 
22. Stefansson, Hannes         g  ISL 2567  +54 =18 - 6 +56 +14 =28 - 9 -24 +41 =48 =29 +36 =17  7.5  2598 
23. Iljushin, Alexei           g  RUS 2529  +63 = 8 - 9 =35 =47 =42 =46 +30 +37 =13 =19 -11 +39  7.5  2534 
24. Stocek, Jiri               g  CZE 2543  +68 +40 - 5 =27 +46 - 8 =39 +22 -13 =26 -36 +47 +35  7.5  2561 
25. Nyback, Tomi               g  FIN 2545  +71 = 9 +12 =17 + 2 = 6 =26 - 1 =19 +28 -14 =18 -13  7.0  2627 
26. Anastasian, Ashot          g  ARM 2587  =64 =36 +44 +29 +10 = 5 =25 - 3 -21 =24 +35 =19 -16  7.0  2555 
27. Izoria, Zviad              g  GEO 2573  +61 =29 = 2 =24 +31 =17 =28 =11 - 5 =32 +43 =10 - 9  7.0  2594 
28. Jobava, Baadur             g  GEO 2616  +47 +21 +37 - 3 =19 =22 =27 +36 - 6 -25 +31 -15 =33  7.0  2581 
29. Radulski, Julian           m  BUL 2497  + 1 =27 = 8 -26 -35 =46 +67 =59 =42 +52 =22 =20 =32  7.0  2511 
30. Mastrovasilis, Athanasios  m  GRE 2488  -10 +53 = 4 -11 +64 +14 -12 -23 +57 =42 -38 +50 +36  7.0  2514 
31. Cheparinov, Ivan           m  BUL 2555  =60 +35 -18 +42 -27 =56 =59 +46 -36 +38 -28 =41 +58  7.0  2491 
32. Chatalbashev, Boris        g  BUL 2543  +69 =14 - 7 =47 +44 - 4 +45 -15 +59 =27 -10 +57 =29  7.0  2514 
33. Smeets, Jan                m  NED 2531  +72 - 3 +55 =37 =12 - 7 +53 -39 =35 =45 =57 +43 =28  7.0  2461 
34. Nedev, Trajce              g  MKD 2489   .  +61 =11 -12 +62 - 2 +64 =35 -14 =47 +49 +42 -20  6.5  2499 
35. Grunberg, Mihai-Lucian     m  ROM 2401  =12 -31 +65 =23 +29 =15 - 2 =34 =33 +37 -26 +48 -24  6.5  2533 
36. Akesson, Ralf              g  SWE 2476  = 5 =26 - 1 +54 +67 =13 +40 -28 +31 -12 +24 -22 -30  6.5  2543 
37. Minasian, Artashes         g  ARM 2585  +57 +46 -28 =33 +38 = 1 = 5 - 2 -23 -35 =42 +45 =41  6.5  2503 
38. Halkias, Stelios           g  GRE 2541  +55 +11 - 3 =14 -37 =45 +57 - 7 +44 -31 +30 -16 =48  6.5  2496 
39. Hulak, Krunoslav           g  CRO 2550  +66 -17 +74 = 2 =11 =10 =24 +33 - 7 -14 =41 +56 -23  6.5  2525 
40. Markowski, Tomasz          g  POL 2605  +43 -24 +59 =21 =15 -48 -36 -44 =53 =50 =46 +64 +57  6.5  2427 
41. Pashikian, Arman              ARM 2466  -17 =65 +73 = 4 -16 =62 +61 =14 -22 +44 =39 =31 =37  6.5  2474 
42. Erdogdu, Mert              m  TUR 2369  - 3 =72 +70 -31 +55 =23 +44 -21 =29 =30 =37 -34 +56  6.5  2432 
43. Haznedaroglu, Kivanc       m  TUR 2395  -40 -73 -54 +70 +71 =67 -14 +68 +46 +58 -27 -33 +51  6.5  2372 
44. Kristjansson, Stefan       m  ISL 2404  - 9 +68 -26 +71 -32 +74 -42 +40 -38 -41 =61 +54 +55  6.5  2393 
45. Soylu, Suat                f  TUR 2397   .  -55 +66 =53 +72 =38 -32 =51 +67 =33 -20 -37 +61  6.0  2379 
46. Iotov, Valentin               BUL 2342  + 4 -37 +48 =15 -24 =29 =23 -31 -43 =63 =40 +59 =47  6.0  2459 
47. Neubauer, Martin           m  AUT 2418  -28 =71 +60 =32 =23 -21 =62 +53 -48 =34 +59 -24 =46  6.0  2410 
48. Petrosian, Tigran L        m  ARM 2539  +73 -13 -46 +57 +58 +40 -10 -16 +47 =22 -18 -35 =38  6.0  2453 
49. Mazi, Leon                 m  SLO 2417  -11 +69 -21 =55 =53 -57 +50 =54 -52 +67 -34 =63 +62  6.0  2295 
50. Bakalarz, Mieczyslaw       f  LUX 2333  - 8 - 1 -67 +69 -74 +63 -49 =60 +68 =40 +62 -30 +66  6.0  2323 
51. Klinova, Masha             m  ISR 2436  = 6 - 5 =71 -67 =52 +68 =54 =45 =61 -57 +53 =55 -43  5.5  2285 
52. Atakisi, Umut              m  TUR 2344  = 7 -12 -72 +65 =51 -59 =58 +70 +49 -29 -56 =66 =53  5.5  2328 
53. Bayram, Yakup              f  TUR 2292  -19 -30 +63 =45 =49 +58 -33 -47 =40 =64 -51 +69 =52  5.5  2347 
54. Erturan, Yakup                TUR 2273  -22 -15 +43 -36 =63 +72 =51 =49 =58 -62 +65 -44 =64  5.5  2315 
55. Aleskerov, Faik               AZE 2167  -38 +45 -33 =49 -42 -61 +71 =65 +62 =56 =58 =51 -44  5.5  2335 
56. Jonkman, Harmen            g  NED 2421  -14 =70 +64 -22 +61 =31 -16 -57 +65 =55 +52 -39 -42  5.5  2343 
57. Yilmaz, Turhan             m  TUR 2311  -37 - 4 +69 -48 +73 +49 -38 +56 -30 +51 =33 -32 -40  5.5  2405 
58. Van der Stricht, Geert     m  BEL 2450  - 2 +66 -15 +72 -48 -53 =52 +62 =54 -43 =55 +61 -31  5.5  2311 
59. Drabke, Lorenz             m  GER 2453  -18 +67 -40 +74 -20 +52 =31 =29 -32 =61 -47 -46 +68  5.5  2364 
60. Erdogan, Hakan             f  TUR 2252  =31 - 7 -47 -61 -70 +73 -68 =50 -69 +72 =71 +67 +63  5.5  2218 
61. Karadeniz, Emre            f  TUR 2310  -27 -34 =68 +60 -56 +55 -41 +63 =51 =59 =44 -58 -45  5.0  2279 
62. Thorfinnsson, Bjorn        f  ISL 2345  -13 +63 -16 +73 -34 =41 =47 -58 -55 +54 -50 +65 -49  5.0  2270 
63. Ersahin, Bulent               TUR 2070  -23 -62 -53 +66 =54 -50 +69 -61 +70 =46 =64 =49 -60  5.0  2228 
64. Mamedjarova, Zeinab        wg AZE 2343  =26 - 6 -56 +68 -30 +70 -34 -67 +71 =53 =63 -40 =54  5.0  2277 
65. Esen, Baris                   TUR 2262  -16 =41 -35 -52 -68 +66 +74 =55 -56 +69 -54 -62 +72  5.0  2217 
66. Idrizaj, Abedin               GER 2249  -39 -58 -45 -63 -69 -65 +73 +72 +74 =71 +67 =52 -50  5.0  2185 
67. Yeke, Serkan                  TUR 2238  -21 -59 +50 +51 -36 =43 -29 +64 -45 -49 -66 -60 +74  4.5  2277 
68. Demirel, Tolga                TUR 2183  -24 -44 =61 -64 +65 -51 +60 -43 -50 =70 =72 +73 -59  4.5  2212 
69. Mamedjarova, Turkan        wm AZE 2191  -32 -49 -57 -50 +66 =71 -63 =73 +60 -65 +74 -53 =70  4.5  2163 
70. Makoli, Perparim              SCG 2228  -20 =56 -42 -43 +60 -64 +72 -52 -63 =68 -73 =71 =69  4.0  2133 
71. Bente, Bjoern                 GER 2219  -25 =47 =51 -44 -43 =69 -55 +74 -64 =66 =60 =70 -73  4.0  2166 
72. Yildiz, Betul Cemre        wf TUR 2108  -33 =42 +52 -58 -45 -54 -70 -66 +73 -60 =68 +74 -65  4.0  2159 
73. Goksel, Doga Cihan            TUR 2130  -48 +43 -41 -62 -57 -60 -66 =69 -72 -74 +70 -68 +71  3.5  2111 
74. Kose, Serkan                  TUR 2244  +15 -19 -39 -59 +50 -44 -65 -71 -66 +73 -69 -72 -67  3.0  2118 
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4) FIDE Women's Championship

The FIDE Women's Championship take place in Elista Kalmykia, 21 May - 8 June 2004. The top seed Humpy Koneru ahead of Alisa Galliamova and Maia Chiburdanidze.

Official site: http://wwcc2004.fide.com

Round 5 31st May - 1st June 2004

Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina   - Koneru, Humpy             1-0
Stefanova, Antoaneta      - Chiburdanidze, Maia       1/2

Round 4 29th-30th May 2004

Koneru, Humpy           * -   Xu, Yuhua               1-0 1-0
Stefanova, Antoaneta    * -   Dzagnidze, Nana         1-0 0-1 Playoff 1/2 1-0
Chiburdanidze, Maia     * -   Cmilyte, Viktorija      1-0 0-1 Playoff 0-1 1-0 1-0 1/2
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina * -   Kachiani-G., Ketino     0-1 1-0 Playoff 1-0 1/2

Round 3 26th-27th May 2004 

Kosintseva, Tatiana       - * Koneru, Humpy           0-1 1-0 Playoff 0-1 0-1
Lomineishvili, Maia       - * Dzagnidze, Nana         0-1 0-1 
Jackova, Jana             - * Chiburdanidze, Maia     0-1 1/2 
Bojkovic, Natasa          - * Kachiani-G., Ketino     0-1 1/2 
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina * -   Lahno, Kateryna         1-0 0-1 Playoff 1/2 1-0 
Cramling, Pia             - * Cmilyte, Viktorija      1/2 1/2 Playoff 1/2 1/2 0-1 0-1
Zhukova, Natalia          - * Stefanova, Antoaneta    1/2 1/2 Playoff 0-1 1-0 0-1 0-1
Paehtz, Elisabeth         - * Xu, Yuhua               1/2 0-1

Round 2 24th-25th May 2004 

Koneru, Humpy           * -   Peng, Zhaoqin           1-0 1/2 
Lomineishvili, Maia     * -   Galliamova, Alisa       1-0 1-0 
Chiburdanidze, Maia     * -   Sebag, Marie            1-0 1-0 
Bojkovic, Natasa        * -   Matveeva, Svetlana      1/2 1/2 Playoff 1/2 1-0
Lahno, Kateryna         * -   Polovnikova, Ekaterina  1-0 0-1 Playoff 1/2 1/2 1-0 
Mkrtchian, Lilit          - * Cramling, Pia           1/2 0-1 
Stefanova, Antoaneta    * -   Vasilevich, Tatjana     1/2 1/2 Playoff 1/2 1/2 1/2 1-0
Paehtz, Elisabeth       * -   Zhao, Xue               1/2 1/2 Playoff 1/2 1-0
Xu, Yuhua               * -   Danielian, Elina        1-0 1/2 
Kosintseva, Nadezhda      - * Zhukova, Natalia        0-1 1-0 Playoff 1/2 1/2 1/2 0-1
Kosteniuk, Alexandra      - * Cmilyte, Viktorija      0-1 1/2 
Alexandrova, Olga         - * Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina 1/2 0-1 
Krush, Irina              - * Kachiani-G., Ketino     1/2 0-1 
Peptan, Corina-Isabela    - * Jackova, Jana           0-1 1/2 
Dzagnidze, Nana         * -   Radziewicz, Iweta       1-0 1/2 
Hoang, Thanh Trang        - * Kosintseva, Tatiana     1/2 0-1 

5) 57th Russian Chess Championship Qualifiers

There were qualifiers for the 57th Russian Chess Championship took place 20th-31st May in St-Petersburg and Tomsk. Prize fund - $50,000. Its reported that the top three finshers in each event with play in a super final possibly in Moscow in September (possibly later in the year) with Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik, Anatoly Karpov, Peter Svidler, Evgeny Bareev, Alexander Grischuk and Alexander Morozevich with a prize fund $300,000. The organizer of the tournament was the Chess Federation of St. Petersburg and it’s new president Alexey Ustaev, who is at the same time President of Viking Bank. Viking Bank was the main sponsor. Alexei Dreev won the St Petersburg event ahead of Vitaly Tseshkovsky and Vladimir Epishin. The Tomsk standings were obtained from the games so are not confirmed. Alexander Motylev finished with 6.5/9 half a point clear of Artyom Timofeev, Ernesto Inarkiev, Alexey Korotylev, Dmitry Jakovenko and Pavel Smirnov.

Coverage: http://www.ruschess.com and http://www.tomskchess.net.ru

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57th ch-RUS Qualifier St Petersburg RUS (RUS), 21-30 v 2004
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 1. Dreev, Alexey          g  RUS 2689  +10 +25 + 2 +16 = 3 = 4 = 6 = 7 = 5  6.5  2766 
 2. Epishin, Vladimir      g  RUS 2610  +22 +12 - 1 + 5 = 4 = 3 = 8 +13 = 6  6.0  2717 
 3. Tseshkovsky, Vitaly    g  RUS 2564  +34 = 7 +20 + 8 = 1 = 2 = 4 = 5 = 9  6.0  2700 
 4. Khalifman, Alexander   g  RUS 2668  =11 = 5 +22 +17 = 2 = 1 = 3 = 6 = 7  5.5  2675 
 5. Ivanov, Sergey         g  RUS 2546  = 6 = 4 +21 - 2 =24 +18 +16 = 3 = 1  5.5  2692 
 6. Zvjaginsev, Vadim      g  RUS 2654  = 5 =11 +30 =13 =12 +20 = 1 = 4 = 2  5.5  2649 
 7. Najer, Evgeniy         g  RUS 2606  +27 = 3 -16 =18 +19 =14 +11 = 1 = 4  5.5  2648 
 8. Sakaev, Konstantin     g  RUS 2665  = 9 =18 +10 - 3 +23 =15 = 2 =14 +21  5.5  2634 
 9. Popov, Valerij         g  RUS 2547  = 8 =13 =23 -12 +30 =11 +26 +17 = 3  5.5  2626 
10. Riazantsev, Alexander  g  RUS 2556  - 1 +34 - 8 =30 +27 =23 +31 =15 +16  5.5  2623 
11. Landa, Konstantin      g  RUS 2550  = 4 = 6 +15 =14 =16 = 9 - 7 =20 +26  5.0  2612 
12. Romanov, Evgeny        f  RUS 2392  +24 - 2 =25 + 9 = 6 =16 =15 =21 =14  5.0  2617 
13. Tregubov, Pavel V      g  RUS 2636  =18 = 9 =19 = 6 +26 =21 =14 - 2 +24  5.0  2588 
14. Andreikin, Dmitry      m  RUS 2418  =23 +32 =17 =11 =20 = 7 =13 = 8 =12  5.0  2619 
15. Yakovich, Yuri         g  RUS 2596  =30 =26 -11 +29 +25 = 8 =12 =10 =17  5.0  2577 
16. Volkov, Sergey1        g  RUS 2629  +29 =20 + 7 - 1 =11 =12 - 5 +19 -10  4.5  2553 
17. Alekseev, Evgeny       g  RUS 2616  =19 +31 =14 - 4 =18 +28 =21 - 9 =15  4.5  2520 
18. Belov, Vladimir        g  RUS 2543  =13 = 8 =32 = 7 =17 - 5 =27 =23 +30  4.5  2580 
19. Ionov, Sergey          g  RUS 2538  =17 =23 =13 =25 - 7 +32 =20 -16 +31  4.5  2581 
20. Shaposhnikov, Evgeny   g  RUS 2559  +33 =16 - 3 +24 =14 - 6 =19 =11 =22  4.5  2493 
21. Yevseev, Denis         g  RUS 2580  =26 =30 - 5 +34 +22 =13 =17 =12 - 8  4.5  2509 
22. Nikolenko, Oleg        m  RUS 2520  - 2 +33 - 4 +31 -21 =24 =23 +27 =20  4.5  2503 
23. Dolmatov, Sergey       g  RUS 2573  =14 =19 = 9 =26 - 8 =10 =22 =18 =25  4.0  2490 
24. Burmakin, Vladimir     g  RUS 2571  -12 +27 =26 -20 = 5 =22 +28 =25 -13  4.0  2458 
25. Kuzmin, Alexey         g  RUS 2567  +28 - 1 =12 =19 -15 -31 +29 =24 =23  4.0  2478 
26. Nepomniachtchi, Ian    f  RUS 2445  =21 =15 =24 =23 -13 +29 - 9 +33 -11  4.0  2467 
27. Loginov, Valery A      g  RUS 2516  - 7 -24 +28 =32 -10 +34 =18 -22 +33  4.0  2402 
28. Danin, Alexandre       f  RUS 2332  -25 =29 -27 +33 +32 -17 -24 =31 +34  4.0  2418 
29. Kurnosov, Igor         g  RUS 2543  -16 =28 =31 -15 +33 -26 -25 +34 +32  4.0  2391 
30. Dobrov, Vladimir       m  RUS 2477  =15 =21 - 6 =10 - 9 -33 +34 +32 -18  3.5  2404 
31. Solovjov, Sergey I     m  RUS 2458  =32 -17 =29 -22 +34 +25 -10 =28 -19  3.5  2426 
32. Gleizerov, Evgeny      g  RUS 2592  =31 -14 =18 =27 -28 -19 +33 -30 -29  2.5  2259 
33. Shapovalenko,Maksim       RUS ----  -20 -22 -34 -28 -29 +30 -32 -26 -27  1.0  2124 
34. Silivanov, Sergej      f  RUS 2291  - 3 -10 +33 -21 -31 -27 -30 -29 -28  1.0  2096 
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57th ch-RUS Qualifier Tomsk RUS (RUS), 23-31 v 2004
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 1. Motylev, Alexander     g  RUS 2649  + 4 =24 =23 = 5 +20 + 3 = 2 = 9 + 7  6.5  2743 
 2. Timofeev, Artyom       g  RUS 2591  +35 + 9 + 5 = 3 =10 = 7 = 1 = 4 = 6  6.0  2702 
 3. Inarkiev, Ernesto      g  RUS 2595  =31 +28 +25 = 2 + 9 - 1 = 7 + 5 = 4  6.0  2682 
 4. Korotylev, Alexey      g  RUS 2565  - 1 +22 +34 + 6 =13 +14 = 5 = 2 = 3  6.0  2692 
 5. Jakovenko, Dmitry      g  RUS 2582  +29 +33 - 2 = 1 +16 +10 = 4 - 3 + 9  6.0  2684 
 6. Smirnov, Pavel         g  RUS 2601  +32 =23 =24 - 4 =12 +19 +27 +13 = 2  6.0  2676 
 7. Rustemov, Alexander    g  RUS 2593  =28 =34 =11 +30 +23 = 2 = 3 + 8 - 1  5.5  2624 
 8. Bocharov, Dmitry       g  RUS 2567  =13 =15 +33 -10 +24 = 9 +20 - 7 +21  5.5  2657 
 9. Khismatullin, Denis       RUS 2537  +16 - 2 +17 +25 - 3 = 8 +10 = 1 - 5  5.0  2646 
10. Filippov, Valerij      g  RUS 2639  =26 =30 +15 + 8 = 2 - 5 - 9 +32 =14  5.0  2603 
11. Kosyrev, Vladimir      g  RUS 2529  =18 =21 = 7 =12 =33 =20 +22 =14 =16  5.0  2601 
12. Sorokin, Maxim         g  RUS 2583  -33 +29 =27 =11 = 6 +23 =13 =16 =17  5.0  2593 
13. Rublevsky, Sergei      g  RUS 2671  = 8 +26 =14 =23 = 4 =15 =12 - 6 +32  5.0  2610 
14. Kharlov, Andrei        g  RUS 2593  +27 =25 =13 =24 +19 - 4 =15 =11 =10  5.0  2597 
15. Belozerov, Andrei      g  RUS 2552  =17 = 8 -10 +35 +21 =13 =14 =18 =20  5.0  2635 
16. Dvoirys, Semen I       g  RUS 2612  - 9 =35 +28 +18 - 5 =22 +24 =12 =11  5.0  2566 
17. Kobalia, Mikhail       g  RUS 2630  =15 =20 - 9 -19 =28 +34 +31 +27 =12  5.0  2539 
18. Galkin, Alexander      g  RUS 2602  =11 =31 =30 -16 =25 +28 =21 =15 =19  4.5  2530 
19. Gajsin, Evgenij           RUS 2404  -23 +32 =20 +17 -14 - 6 =25 +31 =18  4.5  2572 
20. Shariyazdanov, Andrey  g  RUS 2575  =34 =17 =19 +31 - 1 =11 - 8 +30 =15  4.5  2530 
21. Lastin, Alexander      g  RUS 2622  =30 =11 =31 =27 -15 +33 =18 +23 - 8  4.5  2531 
22. Maletin, Pavel         f  RUS 2423  -24 - 4 =29 +36 +30 =16 -11 =25 +33  4.5  2501 
23. Ulibin, Mikhail        g  RUS 2579  +19 = 6 = 1 =13 - 7 -12 +29 -21 =26  4.0  2525 
24. Kornev, Alexei            RUS 2582  +22 = 1 = 6 =14 - 8 =27 -16 =26 =29  4.0  2503 
25. Kiriakov, Petr         g  RUS 2568  +36 =14 - 3 - 9 =18 =29 =19 =22 =27  4.0  2436 
26. Sherbakov, Ruslan      g  RUS 2564  =10 -13 =35 -33 =31 =30 +34 =24 =23  4.0  2487 
27. Khairullin, Ildar      f  RUS 2481  -14 +36 =12 =21 +32 =24 - 6 -17 =25  4.0  2506 
28. Yagupov, Igor          g  RUS 2441  = 7 - 3 -16 =29 =17 -18 +36 =33 +35  4.0  2465 
29. Yudin, Sergei          f  RUS 2425  - 5 -12 =22 =28 +35 =25 -23 +36 =24  4.0  2451 
30. Vorobiov, Evgeny E     g  RUS 2552  =21 =10 =18 - 7 -22 =26 +35 -20 =34  3.5  2459 
31. Yandemirov, Valeri     g  RUS 2494  = 3 =18 =21 -20 =26 =32 -17 -19 +36  3.5  2448 
32. Iskusnyh, Sergei       g  RUS 2507  - 6 -19 +36 +34 -27 =31 +33 -10 -13  3.5  2405 
33. Novikov, Maxim         m  RUS 2426  +12 - 5 - 8 +26 =11 -21 -32 =28 -22  3.0  2410 
34. Frolov, Denis          m  RUS 2401  =20 = 7 - 4 -32 =36 -17 -26 =35 =30  2.5  2353 
35. Loskutov, Oleg         m  RUS 2433  - 2 =16 =26 -15 -29 +36 -30 =34 -28  2.5  2322 
36. Nazarov, Nikolay          RUS 2256  -25 -27 -32 -22 =34 -35 -28 -29 -31  0.5  2019 
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6) Guildford-ADC win the 4NCL

The final two rounds of the British 4NCL over the weekend of 22nd-23rd May 2004. Guildford-ADC 1 won the Division 1 title in an exciting last round match against Wood Green 1. My thanks to Arthur Brameld for the games throughout the season.

Internet coverage: http://www.4ncl.co.uk

Division 1 Round 10 22nd May 2004

SLOUGH 1                 2326 4 - 4 GUILDFORD-ADC 1        2502
1 w Shaw, John           2444 ½ - ½ Kosten, Anthony C      2507
2 b McNab, Colin A       2422 0 - 1 Cherniaev, Alexander   2480
3 w Houska, Jovanka (F)  2390 0 - 1 Rowson, Jonathan       2547
4 b Howell, David W L    2332 0 - 1 King, Daniel J         2497
5 w Dearing, Eddie       2378 1 - 0 Conquest, Stuart C     2524
6 b Devereaux, Maxim     2325 1 - 0 Flear, Glenn C         2489
7 w Smith, Andrew P      2202 ½ - ½ Gormally, Daniel W     2471
8 b Purton, Ben J        2114 1 - 0 default   

BARBICAN 4NCL 1          2374 2½-5½ BETSSON.COM 2349 
1 w Parker, Jonathan     2541 ½ - ½ Ledger, Andrew J       2443
2 b Kelly, Brian         2499 0 - 1 Williams, Simon K      2411
3 w Collins, Sam         2392 1 - 0 Pert, Richard G        2424
4 b Collinson, Adam      2391 0 - 1 Hunt, Adam C           2411
5 w Knott, Simon         2361 0 - 1 Duncan, Christopher R  2324
6 b Ferguson, Mark       2381 0 - 1 Ansell, Simon          2371
7 w D'Costa, Lorin A R   2359 1 - 0 Ledger, David J        2289
8 b Bhatia,Kanwal K (F)  2065 0 - 1 Tidman, Sophie (F)     2118

WOOD GREEN 1             2540 6½-1½ BARBICAN 4NCL 2        2313
1 w Adams, Michael       2731 1 - 0 Woodward, Timothy D M  2343
2 b McShane, Luke        2656 1 - 0 Rogers, Jonathan W     2338
3 w Speelman, Jonathan S 2569 ½ - ½ Cox, John J            2321
4 b Lalic, Bogdan        2535 ½ - ½ Shikerov, Stefan       2328
5 w Emms, John M         2508 1 - 0 Taylor, Martin R       2332
6 b Ward, Christopher    2500 ½ - ½ Taylor, Peter          2270
7 w Martin, Andrew D     2429 1 - 0 Mack, Andrew           2262
8 b Hunt, Harriet (F)    2392 1 - 0 default   

WOOD GREEN 2             2391 7 - 1 WARWICKS. SELECT       2192
1 w Littlewood, Paul E   2390 1 - 0 Dighton, Simon         2247
2 b Sowray, Peter J      2360 1 - 0 Mason, Don             2280
3 w Levitt, Jonathan P   2425 1 - 0 Thomas, Nicholas       2263
4 b Arakhamia-Grant,K(F) 2423 1 - 0 James, Russell A       2209
5 w Rechel, Bernd        2420 1 - 0 Wu, Li                 2197
6 b Tiller, Bjorn        2395 0 - 1 Pitcher, John          2185
7 w Tan, Desmond         2332 1 - 0 Baruch, Andrew J D     2106
8 b McDonald, Neil       2380 1 - 0 Chevannes, Sabrina (F) 2052

MICRO MARK. NWE 1        2282 3½-4½ NUMERICA 3CS 1         2279
1 w Hanley, Craig A      2330 ½ - ½ Davies, Nigel R        2512
2 b Crouch, Colin S      2375 ½ - ½ Arkell, Keith C        2507
3 w Quillan, Gary        2308 1 - 0 Juanoobi, Ali          2264
4 b van der Linden,Lukas 2275 0 - 1 Bentley, John L        2218
5 w Littlewood, John E   2307 ½ - ½ James, Dale R          2200
6 b Hughes, Howard R     2212 0 - 1 Ashton, Adam G         2249
7 w Richards,Heather (F) 2211 0 - 1 Shaw, David A          2165
8 b Tebb, David J        2240 1 - 0 Kosteniuk, Oxana (F)   2113

THE ADS 1                2329 5½-2½ RICHMOND               2360
1 w Rogers, Ian          2582 1 - 0 Webb, Laurence E       2337
2 b Chandler, Murray G   2520 1 - 0 Wall, Gavin            2413
3 w Hennigan, Michael T  2444 1 - 0 Van de Griendt, Jan W  2373
4 b Richardson, John R   2293 1 - 0 Cech, Pavel            2395
5 w Lyell, Mark          2254 0 - 1 Quinn, Mark            2400
6 b Snape, Ian           2245 0 - 1 Bates, Richard A       2376
7 w Wheeler, Darren P    2243 ½ - ½ Franklin, Michael J    2224
8 b Wilman, Carey A (F)  2049 1 - 0 default   

Division 1 Round 11 23rd May 2004

NUMERICA 3CS 1           2287 4 - 4 BETSSON.COM            2335
1 w Davies, Nigel R      2512 1 - 0 Williams, Simon K      2411
2 b Arkell, Keith C      2507 ½ - ½ Hunt, Adam C           2411
3 w Juanoobi, Ali        2264 ½ - ½ Ledger, Andrew J       2443
4 b Clarke, Stuart W     2310 0 - 1 Pert, Richard G        2424
5 w Bentley, John L      2218 0 - 1 Ansell, Simon          2371
6 b Ashton, Adam G       2249 ½ - ½ Ledger, David J        2289
7 w Walton, Alan J       2126 1 - 0 Ledger, Stephen C      2211
8 b Kosteniuk, Oxana (F) 2113 ½ - ½ Tidman, Sophie (F)     2118

BARBICAN 4NCL 1          2359 3½-4½ MICRO MARK. NWE 1      2279
1 w Parker, Jonathan     2541 ½ - ½ Hanley, Craig A        2330
2 b Kelly, Brian         2499 ½ - ½ Crouch, Colin S        2375
3 w Webster, Andrew      2417 0 - 1 Quillan, Gary          2308
4 b Knott, Simon         2361 ½ - ½ Kennaugh, Charles W    2290
5 w Woodward, Timothy DM 2343 ½ - ½ Littlewood, John E     2307
6 b Shikerov, Stefan     2328 0 - 1 Tebb, David J          2240
7 w Dishman, Stephen     2317 1 - 0 Richards, Heather (F)  2211
8 b Bhatia, Kanwal K (F) 2065 ½ - ½ Hulmes, David I        2170

RICHMOND                 2360 2½-5½ WOOD GREEN 2           2392
1 w Quinn, Mark          2400 0 - 1 Littlewood, Paul E     2390
2 b Wall, Gavin          2413 1 - 0 Sowray, Peter J        2360
3 w Van de Griendt,Jan W 2373 0 - 1 Levitt, Jonathan P     2425
4 b Cech, Pavel          2395 0 - 1 Arakhamia-Grant, K (F) 2423
5 w Webb, Laurence E     2337 ½ - ½ Martin, Andrew D       2429
6 b Bates, Richard A     2376 ½ - ½ Tiller, Bjorn          2395
7 w Franklin, Michael J  2224 ½ - ½ Tan, Desmond           2332
8 b default                   0 - 1 McDonald, Neil         2380

GUILDFORD-ADC 1          2507 4½-3½ WOOD GREEN 1           2584
1 w Sutovsky, Emil *     2661 1 - 0 Morozevich, Alexander  2732
2 b Rowson, Jonathan     2547 ½ - ½ Adams, Michael         2731
3 w Cherniaev, Alexander 2480 ½ - ½ McShane, Luke          2656
4 b Gallagher, Joseph G  2531 ½ - ½ Emms, John M           2508
5 w Plaskett, James      2483 ½ - ½ Lalic, Bogdan          2535
6 b King, Daniel J       2497 1 - 0 Baburin, Alexander     2548
7 w Conquest, Stuart C   2524 0 - 1 Speelman, Jonathan S   2569
8 b Collas, Silvia (F)   2331 ½ - ½ Hunt, Harriet (F)      2392

WARWICKS. SELECT         2120 1½-6½ SLOUGH 1               2259
1 w Thomas, Nicholas     2263 0 - 1 Shaw, John             2444
2 b Mason, Don           2280 0 - 1 McNab, Colin A         2422
3 w Wu, Li               2197 ½ - ½ Dearing, Eddie         2378
4 b Fishburne, Stewart K 2048 0 - 1 Howell, David W L      2332
5 w Baruch, Andrew J D   2106 ½ - ½ Houska, Jovanka (F)    2390
6 b Hunt, Malcolm A      1992 0 - 1 Devereaux, Maxim       2325
7 w Cooper, David M      1952 ½ - ½ Purton, Ben J          2114
8 b default                   0 - 1 Johnson, Nigel A       1664

BARBICAN 4NCL 2          2359 4 - 4 THE ADS 1              2335
1 w Collins, Sam         2392 0 - 1 Rogers, Ian            2582
2 b Collinson, Adam      2391 0 - 1 Chandler, Murray G     2520
3 w D'Costa, Lorin A R   2359 ½ - ½ Mestel, A Jonathan     2496
4 b Ferguson, Mark       2381 1 - 0 Richardson, John R     2293
5 w Cox, John J          2321 ½ - ½ Lyell, Mark            2254
6 b Taylor, Martin R     2332 1 - 0 Snape, Ian             2245
7 w Rogers, Jonathan W   2338 1 - 0 Wheeler, Darren P      2243
8 b default                   0 - 1 Wilman, Carey A (F)    2049

Division 1 tables

Team  Won  Drawn  Lost  Points  
GUILDFORD-ADC 1    9  1  1  19 

WOOD GREEN 1       8  2  1  18  
BETSSON.COM        7  3  1  17  
WOOD GREEN 2       6  1  4  13  
BARBICAN 4NCL 1    4  3  4  11  
NUMERICA 3CS 1     3  5  3  11  
MICRO MARK. NWE 1  5  1  5  11  
THE ADS 1          4  3  4  11  
RICHMOND           3  1  7  7  

BARBICAN 4NCL 2    2  3  6  7  
SLOUGH 1           1  5  5  6 * 
WARWICKS. SELECT   0  0  11 0

7) 103rd New York Masters

Jaan Ehlvest won the 103rd New York Masters with a 3.5/4 score on 25th May 2004. The regular rapid event provides regular chances for keen players of 2200 and above to compete against GMs and IMs in New York. News John Fernandez.

Website: http://www.newyorkmasters.com/

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   1. Ehlvest, Jaan          g EST 2596 +14 + 7 = 2 + 4   3.5  ($350)
   2. Wojtkiewicz, Aleks     g USA 2559 +11 +18 = 1 = 5   3.0  ($ 65)
   3. Becerra, Julio         g USA 2547 -15 +17 +14 + 7   3.0  ($ 65)
   4. Stripunsky, Alex       g USA 2553 +16 +15 + 6 - 1   3.0  ($ 65)
   5. Lapshun, Yury          m USA 2447 +19 = 6 + 8 = 2   3.0  ($ 65)
   6. Onischuk, Alex         g USA 2652 +13 = 5 - 4 + 9   2.5
   7. Bonin, Jay             m USA 2341 +20 - 1 +15 - 3   2.0
   8. Benen, Samson          f USA 2303 =   +12 - 5 =10   2.0  ($ 22)
   9. Maier, Christian       f GER 2362 -12 +11 +18 - 6   2.0  ($ 22)
  10. Privman, Boris         f USA 2268 -18 =16 +12 = 8   2.0  ($ 22)
  11. Lenderman, Alex        f USA 2327 - 2 - 9 +20 +19   2.0  ($ 22)
  12. Lowinger, Daniel         USA ---- + 9 - 8 -10 +     2.0  ($ 22)
  13. Lunna, Todd              USA 2249 - 6 =19 =17 =15   1.5
  14. Caruana, Fabiano       f USA 2140 - 1 +20 - 3 =     1.5
  15. Cadman, Chuck            USA 2272 + 3 - 4 - 7 =13   1.5
  16. Salman, Joel           f USA 2227 - 4 =10 =19 =17   1.5
  17. Rosenberg, Evan          USA 2163 =   - 3 =13 =16   1.5
  18. Zhao, Parker             USA 1992 +10 - 2 - 9 =     1.5
  19. Hess, Robert             USA 2169 - 5 =13 =16 -11   1.0
  20. Zenyuk, Iryna            USA 2168 - 7 -14 -11 =     0.5

PRIZES

1ST   - $ 350
2ND   - $ 160
3RD   - $ 100
U2400 - $ 110

8) 29th Elekes Memorial

The Elekes Memorial GM and IM tournament took place 15th-25th May 2004 in Budapest. It is the longest running anually organized GM tournament in Hungary. IM Gyula Izsak won the GM event with 8.5/11. FM Herbert Benda the IM event. My thanks to GM Tibor Fogarasi for the news.

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 1. Izsak, Gyula              m HUN 2456  * = = = 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 1  8.5  2612 
 2. Medvegy, Zoltan           g HUN 2455  = * = = = = = 1 = = 0 1  6.0  2437 
 3. Galyas, Miklos            m HUN 2441  = = * = = = = = = = = 1  6.0  2438 
 4. Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas   f CAN 2454  = = = * 0 = = 1 0 = 1 1  6.0  2437 
 5. Medvegy, Nora            wg HUN 2367  0 = = 1 * 0 = 1 1 = = 0  5.5  2409 
 6. Danner, Georg             m AUT 2393  0 = = = 1 * 1 0 = = = =  5.5  2406 
 7. Fogarasi, Tibor           g HUN 2465  = = = = = 0 * 0 1 = = 1  5.5  2400 
 8. Cernousek, Lukas            CZE 2369  0 0 = 0 0 1 1 * 1 = = 1  5.5  2409 
 9. Paschall, William M       m USA 2381  = = = 1 0 = 0 0 * = = 1  5.0  2371 
10. Anka, Emil                g HUN 2422  0 = = = = = = = = * = =  5.0  2368 
11. Nagle, Sean               f USA 2375  0 1 = 0 = = = = = = * 0  4.5  2343 
12. Poulsen, Martin             FAI 2290  0 0 0 0 1 = 0 0 0 = 1 *  3.0  2241 
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 1. Benda, Herbert            f AUT 2283  * = 1 = 1 1 = = = 1 1 =  8.0  2470 
 2. Petran, Pal               m HUN 2386  = * 1 = 0 = 1 = = 1 1 1  7.5  2419 
 3. Werner, Dimo              m GER 2362  0 0 * = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1  7.5  2421 
 4. Boros, Denes              f HUN 2408  = = = * 0 = 0 1 1 = 1 1  6.5  2349 
 5. Simonsen, Hans Kristian     FAI 2243  0 1 = 1 * = 0 = = = = 1  6.0  2335 
 6. Orso, Miklos              m HUN 2350  0 = = = = * 1 = 1 = = =  6.0  2325 
 7. Wendt, Jan-Dietrich         GER 2304  = 0 0 1 1 0 * 1 = 0 = 1  5.5  2294 
 8. Klimm, Wolf-Dietrich        GER 2278  = = 0 0 = = 0 * 1 1 = =  5.0  2260 
 9. Berube, Richard           f CAN 2193  = = 0 0 = 0 = 0 * = = 1  4.0  2202 
10. Lorincz, Istvan           f HUN 2337  0 0 0 = = = 1 0 = * = =  4.0  2189 
11. Bulthaupt, Freerk           GER 2210  0 0 0 0 = = = = = = * 0  3.0  2127 
12. Harmon, Clark               USA 2184  = 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 1 *  3.0  2129 
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9) Alushta Tournament

The Alushta International Chess Title Tournament took place 13th-22nd May 2004. Moussa Taleb and Igor Svirjov finished on 10.5/14 in the double round robin event. Alongside was the Ukrainian Team Championships which took place 15th-20th May. Also the Ukrainian Women's Championships whose results I gave last week. My thanks to Leonid Galperin.

Internet coverage: http://www.kaissa.com.ua

Summer I Alushta UKR (UKR), 13-22 v 2004              cat. VIII (2442)
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1 Taleb, Moussa         m UAE 2456 ** 1= == == == 11 11 11  10.5  2633
2 Svirjov, Igor         m EST 2450 0= ** == 1= 11 11 11 1=  10.5  2634
3 Rausis, Igors         g BAN 2484 == == ** == == == =1 1=   8.0  2486
4 Shtyrenkov, Veniamen  g RUS 2449 == 0= == ** 01 == == 10   6.5  2412
5 Kalygin, Sergey V     g RUS 2436 == 00 == 10 ** == == =1   6.5  2414
6 Pavlov, Maxim         m UKR 2451 00 00 == == == ** == ==   5.0  2339
7 Kulicov, Oleg         m RUS 2422 00 00 =0 == == == ** 1=   5.0  2343
8 Derjabin, Ilja        m UKR 2391 00 0= 0= 01 =0 == 0= **   4.0  2291
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Ukrainian Team Championships
1 "Law Academy"          Kharkiv       11 (30½)
2 "Donbass"              Lugansk       11 (29½)
3 "Universitet"          Lviv          11 (28½)
4 "Momot’s Chess Club"   Kramatorsk    11 (27½)
5 "Bavaria"              Kharkiv region 6 (19½)
6 "Universitet"          Simferopol     4 (19) 
7 "Avangard"             Kyiv           2 ( 7) 
8 "Peshka"               Lozova         0 ( 5) 

10) I Quadrangular Andbanc

Oscar de la Riva sends news of the "I Quadrangular Andbanc" organised by the Andorra Chess Federation with teams from Andorra, Luxemburg, Catalonia and Euskadi.

Details: http://www.feva.ad

I Quadrangular Andbanc - 29th-30th May 2004 
                 1   2   3   4   Tot  Clas. 
1   CATALUNYA   XXX 4.5 3.5 4.0 12.0 1st
2   LUXEMBURG   1.5 XXX 2.0 2.0  5.5 4th 
3   EUSKADI     2.5 4.0 XXX 2.5  9.0 3rd 
4   ANDORRA     2.0 4.0 3.5 XXX  9.5 2nd 

RESULTATS INDIVIDUALS:

Ronda 1 

CATALUNYA 4 - 2 ANDORRA 
1 Romero, A      2531 0 - 1 De la Riva, O  2556 
2 Narciso, M     2505 0 - 1 Oms, J         2503 
3 Magem, J       2504 1 - 0 Simonet, M     2297 
4 Granados, M    2396 1 - 0 Garcia, R      2244 
5 Fluvià, Jordi  2326 1 - 0 Monell, D      2233 
6 Alsina, D      2242 1 - 0 Ribera, J      2140 

  LUXEMBURG 2 - 4 EUSKADI 
1 Brittner, S    2258 1 - 0 Gallego, F     2377 
2 Wagener, C     2213 0 - 1 González, S    2351 
3 Mossong, H     2179 0 - 1 Argandoña, I   2346 
4 Daubenfeld, G  2151 0 - 1 Muñoz, I       2251 
5 Jeitz, C       2140 0 - 1 Fernández, G   2228 
6 Schartz, A     2120 1 - 0 Olaizola, L    2212 

Ronda 2 

ANDORRA 3½- 2½  EUSKADI 
1 De la Riva, O  2556 ½ - ½ Gallego, F     2377 
2 Oms, J         2503 0 - 1 González, S    2351 
3 Simonet, M     2297 1 - 0 Argandoña, I   2346 
4 Gallego, R     2267 ½ - ½ Muñoz, I       2251 
5 Garcia, R      2244 ½ - ½ Fernández, G   2228 
6 Monell, D      2233 1 - 0 Olaizola, L    2212 

  CATALUNYA 4½ - 1½ LUXEMBURG 
1 Romero, A      2531 ½ - ½ Brittner, S    2258 
2 Narciso, M     2505 ½ - ½ Wagener, C     2213 
3 Magem, J       2504 1 - 0 Mossong, H     2179 
4 Granados, M    2396 1 - 0 Daubenfeld, G  2151 
5 Fluvià, Jordi  2326 1 - 0 Jeitz, C       2140 
6 Alsina, D      2242 ½ - ½ Schartz, A     2120 

Ronda 3 

LUXEMBURG 4 - 2 ANDORRA 
1 Brittner, S    2258 0 - 1 De la Riva, O  2556 
2 Wagener, C     2213 ½ - ½ Oms, J         2503 
3 Mossong, H     2179 0 - 1 Simonet, M     2297 
4 Daubenfeld, G  2151 1 - 0 Garcia, R      2244 
5 Jeitz, C       2140 0 - 1 Monell, D      2233 
6 Schartz, A     2120 ½ - ½ Ribera, J      2140 

EUSKADI 2 - 4 CATALUNYA 
1 Gallego, F     2377 ½ - ½ Romero, A      2531 
2 González, S    2351 0 - 1 Narciso, M     2505 
3 Argandoña, I   2346 1 - 0 Magem, J       2504 
4 Muñoz, I       2251 1 - 0 Granados, M    2396 
5 Fernández, G   2228 0 - 1 Fluvià, Jordi  2326 
6 Olaizola, L    2212 0 - 1 Alsina, D      2242 

11) Victorian Masters

The Victorian Masters took place 23rd April - 1st May 2004. Stephen Solomon won the event with 7.5/9. My thanks to Ching Kim Lye for sending the news.

Further coverage: http://www.auschess.org.au/bulletins/acfb262.htm

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 1. Solomon, Stephen J     m AUS 2404  * = 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1  7.5  2564 
 2. Canfell, Gregory       f AUS 2329  = * = 1 1 0 0 1 = 1  5.5  2379 
 3. Froehlich, Peter       m GER 2397  0 = * = = 1 = = 1 1  5.5  2372 
 4. Lukey, Stephen G       f NZL 2281  1 0 = * 0 1 = 1 0 1  5.0  2347 
 5. West, Guy              m AUS 2362  0 0 = 1 * 1 = = = 1  5.0  2338 
 6. Lim Yee-Weng           f MAS 2319  0 1 0 0 0 * 1 1 1 1  5.0  2343 
 7. Wang, Puchen             NZL 2246  0 1 = = = 0 * 0 = 1  4.0  2265 
 8. Levi, Eddy             f AUS 2290  0 0 = 0 = 0 1 * 1 =  3.5  2223 
 9. Tindall, Brett         f AUS 2286  0 = 0 1 = 0 = 0 * =  3.0  2179 
10. Krstic, Slobodan AUS     AUS 2111  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = *  1.0  1972 
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12) 7th United Insurance International

The 7th United Insurance International Masters Chess Tournament was 11 round Swiss which took place in Dhaka 6th-15th May 2004. Ziaur Rahman won the event with 9.5/11 a point and a half clear of Al-Rakib Abdulla. The games required a bit of work to match the table and the fear is always that I may have introduced some additional errors to get things to match. My thanks to Haroon Rashid for the results and games.

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7th United Insurance Dhaka BAN (BAN), 7-15 v 2004
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 1. Rahman, Ziaur             g  BAN 2493  +20 + 6 +16 + 9 = 2 + 4 + 3 + 8 +11 = 7 = 5  9.5  2663 
 2. Abdulla, Al-Rakib         m  BAN 2422  +29 + 3 = 8 +11 = 1 + 9 +16 = 6 = 4 = 5 = 7  8.0  2533 
 3. Ahmed, Sk. Nasir          f  BAN 2297  +30 - 2 +18 -14 +17 + 7 - 1 +12 +10 + 9 = 4  7.5  2455 
 4. Hossain, Enamul           m  BAN 2436  +25 +10 - 9 + 8 + 6 - 1 =14 = 5 = 2 +22 = 3  7.0  2439 
 5. Singh, Gurpreetpal           IND 2352  -17 +22 +13 -10 =18 +25 +24 = 4 + 6 = 2 = 1  7.0  2405 
 6. Suvrajit, Saha               IND 2301  +27 - 1 +19 + 7 - 4 +14 +10 = 2 - 5 = 8 +16  7.0  2454 
 7. Sharma, Dinesh K          m  IND 2369  -18 +32 +25 - 6 +11 - 3 +22 + 9 +13 = 1 = 2  7.0  2390 
 8. Roktim, Bandyopadhyay     m  IND 2359  +22 +17 = 2 - 4 =10 +12 = 9 - 1 +19 = 6 =14  6.5  2395 
 9. Saptarshi, Roy               IND 2356  +31 +24 + 4 - 1 +12 - 2 = 8 - 7 +15 - 3 +10  6.5  2383 
10. Visweswaran, K               IND 2299  +23 - 4 +24 + 5 = 8 =16 - 6 +18 - 3 +11 - 9  6.0  2343 
11. Abu Sufian, Sakil         f  BAN 2325  +28 +26 =12 - 2 - 7 +15 =13 +14 - 1 -10 +17  6.0  2307 
12. Dutta, Sayantan              IND 2316  =21 +15 =11 +20 - 9 - 8 +25 - 3 =16 +19 =13  6.0  2317 
13. Islam, Kh. Aminul         f  BAN 2292  =32 +21 - 5 =15 =24 +18 =11 +16 - 7 =14 =12  6.0  2289 
14. Das, Arghyadip               IND 2350  -24 +31 +29 + 3 =16 - 6 = 4 -11 +20 =13 = 8  6.0  2338 
15. Thapa, Krishna               NEP 2126  =   -12 +32 =13 =20 -11 +26 =25 - 9 +18 +22  6.0  2236 
16. Lodhi, Mahmood            m  PAK 2406  +19 +18 - 1 +17 =14 =10 - 2 -13 =12 +27 - 6  5.5  2299 
17. Hossain, Monir               BAN 2186  + 5 - 8 +21 -16 - 3 =26 -18 +29 +25 +20 -11  5.5  2261 
18. Hasan, Mehdi                 BAN 2243  + 7 -16 - 3 +19 = 5 -13 +17 -10 =27 -15 +28  5.0  2227 
19. Abdul, Maleq                 BAN 2243  -16 +23 - 6 -18 +31 +21 =20 +24 - 8 -12 =26  5.0  2193 
20. Hossain, Pollab Sawkat H     BAN 2275  - 1 +28 +26 -12 =15 -24 =19 +21 -14 -17 +32  5.0  2159 
21. Monir, Arman                 BAN 2163  =12 -13 -17 +23 =30 -19 +28 -20 -26 +32 +24  5.0  2126 
22. Chatterjee, Devraz           BAN 2229  - 8 - 5 +27 -25 +29 +30 - 7 +23 +24 - 4 -15  5.0  2207 
23. Ali, Md. Imran               BAN 2126  -10 -19 =31 -21 +32 =29 +30 -22 =28 =26 +    5.0  2105 
24. Haque, Rezaul             f  BAN 2181  +14 - 9 -10 +28 =13 +20 - 5 -19 -22 +31 -21  4.5  2202 
25. Uddin, Saif                  BAN 2254  - 4 +27 - 7 +22 +26 - 5 -12 =15 -17 -28 +33  4.5  2143 
26. Sankalp, Modwal              IND 1953  +33 -11 -20 +29 -25 =17 -15 -27 +21 =23 =19  4.5  2125 
27. Mohammad, Javed              BAN 2149  - 6 -25 -22 -30 =28 +31 +32 +26 =18 -16  .   4.0  2108 
28. Hamid, Rani               wm BAN 2179  -11 -20 =30 -24 =27 +32 -21 =31 =23 +25 -18  4.0  2076 
29. Gosh, Chanchal Kumar         BAN 2246  - 2 +30 -14 -26 -22 =23 +   -17  .   .   .   2.5  2027 
30. Sultana, Zakia2           wf BAN 2081  - 3 -29 =28 +27 =21 -22 -23 =32 -31  .   .   2.5  2006 
31. Islam, Aminul Polash         BAN 2205  - 9 -14 =23 =32 -19 -27  .  =28 +30 -24  .   2.5  2014 
32. Grower, Sahaj                IND 1957  =13 - 7 -15 =31 -23 -28 -27 =30 +   -21 -20  2.5  1967 
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13) XII Torneo "Guillermo Garcia" In Memoriam

The XII Torneo "Guillermo Garcia" In Memoriam takes place in the Hotel Santa Clara Libre, Villa Clara 20th May - 3rd June 2004.

Internet coverage: http://www.inder.co.cu/capablanca/Cuba/Guille04.htm

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XII Guillermo Garcia Prem I Santa Clara CUB (CUB), 20 v-3 vi 2004cat. VIII (2442)
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 1. Bruzon, Lazaro                g CUB 2602  * . . . 1 1 . . . 1 . 1  4.0       
 2. Borges Mateos, Juan           m CUB 2426  . * . . = = . 1 = 1 . .  3.5  2567 
 3. Arencibia, Walter             g CUB 2505  . . * 1 0 . . = 1 = . .  3.0  2482 
 4. Lafuente, Pablo               m ARG 2433  . . 0 * 1 1 . 0 = = . .  3.0  2432 
 5. Leon Hoyos, Manuel            f MEX 2286  0 = 1 0 * . = . . . 1 .  3.0  2468 
 6. Zambrana, Oswaldo             m BOL 2472  0 = . 0 . * = . . . 1 1  3.0  2451 
 7. Almeida, Omar                 m CUB 2426  . . . . = = * . . . = 1  2.5  2489 
 8. Quezada, Yuniesky             m CUB 2478  . 0 = 1 . . . * = = . .  2.5  2443 
 9. Flores, Diego                 m ARG 2448  . = 0 = . . . = * . . .  1.5  2373 
10. Rodriguez Guerrero, Enrique   m ESP 2407  0 0 = = . . . = . * . .  1.5  2339 
11. Hernandez, Roman              g CUB 2420  . . . . 0 0 = . . . * =  1.0  2202 
12. Otero, Diasmany               m CUB 2399  0 . . . . 0 0 . . . = *  0.5  2158 
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XII Guillermo Garcia Prem II Santa Clara CUB (CUB), 20 v-3 vi 2004 cat. VIII (2449)
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 1. De la Paz, Frank               m CUB 2449  * = 1 . 1 . = . 1 . . . 1  5.0  2726 
 2. Zugic, Igor                    m CAN 2478  = * . . . 1 . . = 1 0 1 .  4.0  2568 
 3. Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel   m ESP 2440  0 . * . . 1 . = . = 1 = .  3.5  2505 
 4. Soppe, Guillermo               m ARG 2421  . . . * = . = = . = . . 1  3.0  2529 
 5. Delgado, Neuris                g CUB 2557  0 . . = * = 1 = . = . . .  3.0  2457 
 6. Abreu, Aryam                   m CUB 2459  . 0 0 . = * . . 1 . . = 1  3.0  2441 
 7. Nogueiras, Jesus               g CUB 2482  = . . = 0 . * 1 . = . . .  2.5  2471 
 8. Gonzalez, Yuri                 m CUB 2481  . . = = = . 0 * . . . . 1  2.5  2442 
 9. Labollita, Martin              m ARG 2452  0 = . . . 0 . . * . 1 1 .  2.5  2447 
10. Perez, Rodney                  m CUB 2451  . 0 = = = . = . . * . . =  2.5  2391 
11. Vera, Reynaldo                 g CUB 2444  . 1 0 . . . . . 0 . * . 1  2.0  2421 
12. Arancibia, Eduardo               CHI 2408  . 0 = . . = . . 0 . . * .  1.0  2264 
13. Esquivel, Luis                   PAN 2314  0 . . 0 . 0 . 0 . = 0 . *  0.5  2049 
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14) Hostan Open Znojmo

The Hostan Open Znojmo took place 15th-23rd May 2004. Marek Vokac won with 7.5/9.

Further coverage: http://www.avekont.cz/znojmo/

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Hostan Open Znojmo CZE (CZE), 15-23 v 2004
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 1. Vokac, Marek          g  CZE 2462  7½ 39  51  2273 
 2. Heinzel, Olaf         f  GER 2358  6½ 34½ 54  2256 
 3. Jasny, Stanislav      f  CZE 2249  6½ 33½ 52½ 2237 
 4. Zawadzka, Jolanta     wm POL 2236  6½ 32½ 48  2171 
 5. Blazkova, Petra       wm CZE 2226  6½ 32  49  2166 
 6. Jedlicka, Ales           CZE 2323  6½ 31½ 47½ 2224 
 7. Vymazal, Bronislav       CZE 2103  6½ 29  43½ 2093 
 8. Meins, Gerlef         m  GER 2456  6  34½ 51½ 2284 
 9. Trichkov, Vasil       m  CZE 2325  6  31½ 46½ 2171 
10. Karhanek, Pavel          CZE 2208  6  31  42  2134 
11. Karlik, Vladimir      f  CZE 2315  6  30½ 49  2176 
12. Stross, Frantisek        CZE 2244  6  30  47½ 2154 
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15) French Team Cup

The Quarter and Semi-Finals of the French Cup took place over the weekend of the 22nd-23rd May 2004. Sadly the most important game Kramnik vs Malakhov appears to be incomplete. The Final takes place on June 19th 2004.

Further details: http://www.nao-cc.com/naocc/index.html and http://www.clichy-echecs.org/

1/4 Final 22nd May 2004
NAO vs LYON OLYMPIQUE 3.5-1.5
J.LAUTIER 2680 vs C.VERNAY 2125 1-0
L.FRESSINET 2638 vs Y.BENITAH 2126 1-0
I.NATAF 2535 vs J.DUBREUIL 2201 1/2
E.BACROT 2675 vs S.RAVOT 2250 1-0

1/2 Final 23rd May 2004
NAO vs MONACO 2.5-1.5

V.KRAMNIK 2764 - V.MALAKHOV 2695 1-0
E.BACROT 2675 - I.DORFMAN 2602 1/2
J.LAUTIER 2680 - Z.ALMASI 2631 1/2
L.FRESSINET 2638 - G.MIRALLES 2456 1/2

1/2 Final 23rd May 
ECHIQUIER NICOIS — CLICHY 2-2
(Clichy won on board 2 and so go
through)
1. Nenad Sulava — Alberto David 1/2-1/2
2. Benjamin Bujisho — Christian Bauer 0-1
3. Anatoly Vaisser — Manuel Apicella 1/2-1/2
4. Marc Leski — Jean-Marc Degraeve 1-0

16) Capablanca Memorial

The Capablanca Memorial took place 5th-19th May in Havana. There were four main events including a Category 13 elite tournament which was won by Lenier Dominguez. Final round games now available. My thanks to Jose Vilela.

Internet coverage: http://www.inder.co.cu/capablanca/

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Capablanca Mem Elite Havana CUB (CUB), 6-19 v 2004          cat. XIII (2552)
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 1. Dominguez, Lenier         g CUB 2612  * 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 1  9.0  2808 
 2. Bruzon, Lazaro            g CUB 2602  1 * = 1 = 1 = = = 1 1 1  8.5  2758 
 3. Delgado, Neuris           g CUB 2557  = = * = = = = 1 = 1 = =  6.5  2616 
 4. Felgaer, Ruben            g ARG 2592  0 0 = * 1 1 = = 1 0 1 1  6.5  2613 
 5. Arencibia, Walter         g CUB 2505  0 = = 0 * = = = 1 1 1 1  6.5  2621 
 6. Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav     g RUS 2556  0 0 = 0 = * 1 1 = 1 1 0  5.5  2552 
 7. Morovic Fernandez, Ivan   g CHI 2583  0 = = = = 0 * 0 1 0 1 1  5.0  2513 
 8. Gonzalez, Yuri            m CUB 2481  0 = 0 = = 0 1 * 0 1 = =  4.5  2493 
 9. Luther, Thomas            g GER 2577  0 = = 0 0 = 0 1 * 1 = =  4.5  2485 
10. Ramirez, Alejandro        g CRC 2542  = 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 * = 1  4.0  2451 
11. Quezada, Yuniesky         m CUB 2478  0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = = = * 1  3.0  2384 
12. Maiwald, Jens-Uwe         g GER 2543  0 0 = 0 0 1 0 = = 0 0 *  2.5  2342 
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Capablanca Mem Premier I Havana CUB (CUB), 6-19 v 2004               cat. VIII (2428)
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 1. Slobodjan, Roman               g GER 2516  * = = = = = 0 1 = = 1 1 = 1  8.0  2508 
 2. Garcia Martinez, Silvino       g CUB 2355  = * = = 0 = 1 1 = = 1 = = =  7.5  2490 
 3. Gonzalez Garcia, Jose          m MEX 2443  = = * = = = = 0 = 1 1 1 = 0  7.0  2455 
 4. Vera, Reynaldo                 g CUB 2444  = = = * = = 1 = = 1 0 = = =  7.0  2455 
 5. Bluvshtein, Mark               m CAN 2463  = 1 = = * = = = 0 = = 0 1 1  7.0  2454 
 6. Perez, Rodney                  m CUB 2451  = = = = = * = = 1 = 0 = = 1  7.0  2455 
 7. Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel   m ESP 2440  1 0 = 0 = = * = 1 = 1 = 0 =  6.5  2426 
 8. Prasca, Raphael                m VEN 2362  0 0 1 = = = = * = = = 1 1 0  6.5  2432 
 9. Otero, Diasmany                m CUB 2399  = = = = 1 0 0 = * = 0 1 = 1  6.5  2430 
10. Hernandez, Holden              m CUB 2426  = = 0 0 = = = = = * 1 0 1 1  6.5  2428 
11. Lafuente, Pablo                m ARG 2433  0 0 0 1 = 1 0 = 1 0 * 1 1 =  6.5  2427 
12. Gongora, Maikel                m CUB 2422  0 = 0 = 1 = = 0 0 1 0 * = 1  5.5  2371 
13. Perez, Luis Manuel             m CUB 2438  = = = = 0 = 1 0 = 0 0 = * =  5.0  2340 
14. Gomez, Felix                   m CUB 2398  0 = 1 = 0 0 = 1 0 0 = 0 = *  4.5  2320 
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Capablanca Mem Premier II Havana CUB (CUB), 6-19 v 2004              cat. VIII (2439)
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 1. Nogueiras, Jesus              g CUB 2482  * = = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 1  10.0  2646 
 2. Borges Mateos, Juan           m CUB 2426  = * 0 = 1 = = = 1 0 1 1 1 =  8.0  2526 
 3. Zambrana, Oswaldo             m BOL 2472  = 1 * 0 0 = = = = = 1 1 1 1  8.0  2523 
 4. Almeida, Omar                 m CUB 2426  = = 1 * = 1 = 0 0 1 = = = =  7.0  2468 
 5. Rohl, Juan                    m VEN 2388  = 0 1 = * 1 0 = = = = = = =  6.5  2442 
 6. De la Paz, Frank              m CUB 2449  = = = 0 0 * = 0 = 1 1 = = 1  6.5  2438 
 7. Pecorelli Garcia, Humberto    m CUB 2420  0 = = = 1 = * 1 0 = = = = =  6.5  2440 
 8. Rodriguez Guerrero, Enrique   m ESP 2407  0 = = 1 = 1 0 * 1 = 0 0 = =  6.0  2412 
 9. Zugic, Igor                   m CAN 2478  0 0 = 1 = = 1 0 * 1 = 0 = =  6.0  2406 
10. Borriss, Martin               m GER 2441  0 1 = 0 = 0 = = 0 * 0 1 1 1  6.0  2409 
11. Kallio, Heikki                g FIN 2484  0 0 0 = = 0 = 1 = 1 * = = 1  6.0  2406 
12. Abreu, Aryam                  m CUB 2459  = 0 0 = = = = 1 1 0 = * 0 =  5.5  2380 
13. Perea, Osmany                 f CUB 2392  0 0 0 = = = = = = 0 = 1 * =  5.0  2355 
14. Hernandez, Roman              g CUB 2420  0 = 0 = = 0 = = = 0 0 = = *  4.0  2299 
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Capablanca Mem Mixto Havana CUB (CUB), 6-19 v 2004                  cat. I (2270)
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 1. Pina, Sulennis             wg CUB 2317  * 1 = = = = = = 1 1 1 = 1  8.5  2424 
 2. Frois, Antonio              m POR 2340  0 * = = 1 = 0 = 1 = 1 1 1  7.5  2359 
 3. Pazos Gambarrotti, Plinio   m ECU 2353  = = * 1 = = = = 0 0 1 1 1  7.0  2320 
 4. Arribas, Maritza           wg CUB 2327  = = 0 * = 0 = 1 = 1 1 = 1  7.0  2322 
 5. Mascaro March, Pedro        f ESP 2309  = 0 = = * 1 = 0 = = 1 1 1  7.0  2324 
 6. Ramon, Vivian              wg CUB 2206  = = = 1 0 * = 0 1 = 0 1 1  6.5  2304 
 7. Santa Torres, Juan          m PUR 2241  = 1 = = = = * 0 1 = = = 0  6.0  2272 
 8. Marrero, Yaniet            wm CUB 2271  = = = 0 1 1 1 * 0 0 = = =  6.0  2270 
 9. Groffen, Hans                 NED 2207  0 0 1 = = 0 0 1 * 1 1 = 0  5.5  2246 
10. Ordaz Valdes, Lisandra     wf CUB 2199  0 = 1 0 = = = 1 0 * 0 = 0  4.5  2189 
11. Lucena, Lincoln               BRA 2180  0 0 0 0 0 1 = = 0 1 * 1 =  4.5  2190 
12. Esquivel, Luis                PAN 2314  = 0 0 = 0 0 = = = = 0 * 1  4.0  2141 
13. Hernandez, Tania           wm CUB 2251  0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = 1 1 = 0 *  4.0  2147 
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17) Trofeo CBA 2004

The Trofeo CBA took place in Milan 14th-24th May 2004. Sinisa Drazic won with 8/11.

Official coverage: http://www.italiascacchistica.com/cba_2004/

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 1. Drazic, Sinisa          g SCG 2476  * = = 1 = 1 = = = 1 1 1  8.0  2422 
 2. Lanzani, Mario          m ITA 2360  = * = 1 = = = = 1 1 = 1  7.5  2390 
 3. Castaldo, Folco         f ITA 2329  = = * 1 1 = = = = = = =  6.5  2325 
 4. Rombaldoni, Denis         ITA 2158  0 0 0 * = = 1 = 1 1 1 1  6.5  2341 
 5. Valenti, Giuseppe       f ITA 2292  = = 0 = * = 0 1 1 = 1 0  5.5  2263 
 6. Astengo, Corrado          ITA 2129  0 = = = = * = 1 = 0 = 1  5.5  2278 
 7. Qendro, Llambi          f ALB 2366  = = = 0 1 = * = 0 = = =  5.0  2221 
 8. Dragojlovic, Andjelko   m SCG 2340  = = = = 0 0 = * = = = 1  5.0  2223 
 9. Bertazzo, Giorgio         SUI 2141  = 0 = 0 0 = 1 = * = = =  4.5  2212 
10. Van Hoolandt, Patrick   f MNC 2237  0 0 = 0 = 1 = = = * 0 1  4.5  2203 
11. Mariano, Elia             ITA 2198  0 = = 0 0 = = = = 1 * 0  4.0  2170 
12. Ricci, Marco              ITA 2169  0 0 = 0 1 0 = 0 = 0 1 *  3.5  2142 
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18) 2nd Leonine GM

The 2nd Leonine GM took place in Dhaka 18th-28th May 2004. Nguyen Anh Dung led with 8/10 a point clear of Abdullah Al Rakib. Final results next week.

19) ACP Internet Tournaments

The 3rd ACP Blitz Tournament will take place on playchess.com. Details: http://www.chessbase.com/events/acp/acp03.htm Sponsored by ChinaCom and ChessBase, the prize fund will amount to US $6,200 with US $1,800 to the winner. 5 preliminary tournaments take place May 31st to June 3rd, and a final event on June 5th.

20) Mitropa Cup

The Mitropa Cup team tournament takes place in Zemplinska Sirava (Slovakia) 29th May 6th June 2004. There are 10 European teams (Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland).

The strongest team has Hungary (GM Zoltan Varga 2564, GM Adam Horvath 2517, IM Csaba Balogh 2468, IM Gergely Antal 2495, IM Viktor Erdos 2473). Another top players are GM Vlastimil Babula (CZE 2584), GM Adrian Mikhalschishin (SLO 2527).

Official site: http://www.mitropa.chess.sk/

21) Norwegian Teams

The Norwegian Teams took place in May 19th-23rd 2004. Games are available but I couldn't find a final table.

Internet coverage: http://home.online.no/~trichaev/sjakk/tsf/turneringer/lagnm2004/lagnm2004.html

22) 22nd Liechtenstein Open

The 22nd Liechtenstein Open took place 14th-22nd May in the Gemeindesaal in Triesen.

Official site: http://www1.supra.net/schach

Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
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22nd LIE-Open Triesen LIE (LIE), 14-22 v 2004
----------------------------------------------------
 1. Porper, Eduard           m  ISR 2447  7.0  2599
 2. Kritz, Leonid            g  GER 2534  7.0  2569
 3. Malakhatko, Vadim        g  UKR 2540  7.0  2585
 4. Rotstein, Arkadij        g  GER 2517  7.0  2486
 5. Pribyl, Josef            m  CZE 2384  6.5  2497
 6. Berescu, Alin            m  ROM 2400  6.5  2437
 7. Van der Weide, Karel     m  NED 2460  6.5  2474
 8. Sarakauskas, Gediminas   m  LTU 2430  6.5  2426
 9. Kveinys, Aloyzas         g  LTU 2550  6.5  2457
10. Kohlweyer, Bernd         m  GER 2406  6.5  2373
11. Bosiocic, Marin             CRO 2285  6.0  2374
12. Papa, Severin            f  SUI 2405  6.0  2417
13. Mannion, Stephen R       m  SCO 2328  6.0  2346
14. Baramidze, David         m  GER 2461  6.0  2402
15. Saric, Ivan                 CRO 2177  6.0  2363
16. Ferrari, Josef              AUT 2242  6.0  2401
17. Muir, Andrew J           m  SCO 2335  6.0  2318
18. Dittmar, Peter           f  GER 2353  6.0  2330
19. Habibi, Ali              m  GER 2282  6.0  2310
20. Mijatovic, Vladimir         CRO 2129  6.0  2225
21. Vucic, Mladen            m  USA 2413  6.0  2297
121 players

23) ACP Letter on FIDE Championships

The ACP http://www.chess-players.org have released an open letter addresses to FIDE about the arrangments for the World Championships in Libya. The FIDE site (http://www.fide.com) claims that Boris Gulko has withdrawn from the championship (Gulko made it clear in his open letter than he thought his participation in Libya impossible).

ACP Letter

Dear Mr President,

The next FIDE World Chess Championship (WCC), to be held in Tripoli (Libya), between the 18th of June and the 13th of July 2004, is due to start soon and yet, many pressing questions remain unanswered.

To begin with, although the deadline for reserve players to submit their undertakings has elapsed on the 5th of May 2004, no announcement has been made by FIDE regarding the final list of participants. Three weeks after the deadline and less than a month prior to the event, you will appreciate that such an announcement is long overdue.

Secondly, the qualified players holding an Israeli passport, some of them representing a different country than Israel, are clearly concerned that they will not be allowed to enter Libya and will, as a result, simply be excluded from the World Championship.

Despite assurances from the FIDE Secretariat that visas will be granted to all participants, several facts have recently cast serious doubts on this claim.

1) On the 6th of May 2004, Associated Press have quoted Mr Mohammed Gadhafi, the President of the Libyan Olympic Committee, who also heads the Organizing Committee of the FIDE WCC, as denying that Israeli participants would be allowed inside Libya. The wording of the statement was very strong and left no doubt as to its meaning: the Israeli players are not welcome in Libya.

2) Upon inquiry at the Libyan embassy in Paris, it has been confirmed that a person applying for an entry visa to Libya should not have “an Israeli visa or a trace of passage on Israeli territory” in his or her passport, let alone have an Israeli passport. This necessarily implies that visas would be granted in exceptional conditions for the sole purpose of the FIDE World Championship, however, at this point in time, Libyan consular authorities do not seem to be aware of such exceptional measures.

3) For unclear reasons, the participants of the WCC will not be able to obtain their visas at any of the Libyan embassies in various parts of the world, but only upon arrival at the Tripoli airport. This effectively compels the Israeli participants to travel to an Arab country without possessing a visa, a most unpleasant condition given the tense geopolitical situation in the Middle East.

4) The Israeli Chess Federation has been informed by FIDE that only Israeli participants would be granted a Libyan visa, whereas accompanying persons holding the same passport, such as trainers or close relatives, will be denied entrance to Libya. This fact alone contradicts all rules of fair and equal treatment to all participants of a major sports event, it is certainly in breach with FIDE’s Code of Ethics.

As the President of FIDE, an international sports federation affiliated to the IOC, it is your duty to ensure that qualified competitors from all origins are given equal access to the World Chess Championship. In view of the abovementioned difficulties, the choice of staging the most important event on the FIDE calendar in Libya is a poor one. Despite numerous open letters and press releases emanating from several national federations (namely those from the United States, Russia and Israel) and WCC participants themselves (namely the American player Boris Gulko), FIDE has consistently refused to consider reinstating Malta as a secondary venue.

In the present circumstances, the Association of Chess Professionals (ACP) demands that FIDE provide written evidence from the Libyan authorities, unambiguously stating that Israeli players will be granted a visa upon their arrival in Tripoli. In view of the problems that have arisen since the publication of the official invitation from the Libyan Olympic Committee, general formulas whereby the Libyan government “will pleasantly provide entry visas to all qualified participants” is no longer explicit enough. Unless that document is produced shortly, it is very unlikely that Israeli players will agree on a hazardous journey to Libya and therefore, they will be forced to renounce their participation in the WCC. At present, the assumption prevails in the chess world that this is precisely the way FIDE hopes this embarrassing problem will be settled. Such an outcome, however, would greatly tarnish the reputation of FIDE among other sports federations and would effectively render FIDE’s acclaimed motto “Gens Una Sumus” totally meaningless.

It is our sincere hope that you, Mr President, will use your power to remedy this situation and will not allow the exclusion of the Israeli players from the World Chess Championship. Sincerely,

Joel Lautier President of the ACP Paris, 26th of May 2004]

24) Petrosian Memorial Armenia vs ROW

There is a fabulous celebration planned in Moscow in early June to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the birth of the late Armenian world champion Tigran Petrosian. The 'Armenia v Rest of the World' match will take place in Moscow and it is planned to be a six-player team tournament where each player faces all the members of the opposing team.

The Armenian team will consist of three Armenians; Vladimir Akopian, Smbat Lputian and Rafael Vaganian and three players with Armenian connections; Garry Kasparov whose mother is Armenian, Peter Leko whose wife is Armenian and Boris Gelfand who is most famous pupil to study under Tigran Petrosian. The rest of the World team has yet to be confirmed but is likely to be Vishy Anand, Michael Adams Peter Svidler, Loek Van Wely, Etienne Bacrot, and Paco Vallejo. The event should run from 10th-16th June 2004. News Malcolm Pein.

25) Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2004

The Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting takes place in the Dortmund Theatre 22nd July - 1st August 2004. The event consists of Preliminary Group Stages followed by a knockout much as it was for the Candidates event in 2002. The Preliminary double round robin sees each player play 6 games. The two winners from each group will advance to the semifinals. The winners will play the final match, the losers will play the match for the 3rd place. Number 3 and number 4 in each preliminary group will play for the places 5 to 8.

Official site: http://www.chessgate.de Venue: http://www.schachfreunde-brackel.de/

Schedule

Round 1 Thursday July 22nd 14.00

Group 1 Anand vs. Naiditsch; Svidler vs. Rublevsky
Group 2 Kramnik vs. Karjakin; Leko vs. Bologan 

Round 2 Friday   July 23rd 14.00

Group 1 Naiditsch vs. Rublevsky; Anand vs. Svidler  
Group 2 Kramnik vs. Leko;  Karjakin vs. Bologan

Round 3 Saturday July 24th 14.00 

Group 1 Rublevsky vs. Anand; Svidler vs. Naiditsch         
Group 2 Leko vs. Karjakin; Bologan vs. Kramnik 

Round 4 Sunday July 25th 14.00 

Group 1 Naiditsch vs. Anand; Rublevsky vs. Svidler
Group 2 Karjakin vs. Kramnik; Bologan vs. Leko 

Round 5 Monday July 26th 14.00 

Group 1 Naiditsch vs. Svidler; Anand vs. Rublevsky
Group 2 Karjakin vs. Leko; Kramnik vs. Bologan 

Round 6 (and tie break) Tuesday July 27 14.00 

Group 1 Svidler vs. Anand; Rublevsky vs. Naiditsch
Group 2 Bologan vs. Karjakin; Leko vs. Kramnik

Rest Day Wednesday July 28 

Semifinal game 1 Thursday July  29 14.00 
Semifinal game 2 (and tie break) Friday July 30 14.00 

Final game 1 Saturday July  31 14.00  
Final game 2 (and tie break) Sunday August  1 11.30

26) Forthcoming Events and Links

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

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

Politiken Cup 2004

The Politiken Cup takes place 24th of July - 1st of August 2004. There are 10 rounds in 9 days. Luke McShane, Alexander Beliavsky, Magnus Carlsen, Curt Hansen, Peter Heine Nielsen. The elo average of the top ten is 2610+. This year it is played on Hotel Quality in Høje Taastrup, 15 minutes from Copenhagen central station. Speciel Prices availible at the hotel.

Information: http://www.politikencup.dk/

68th Costa Rican National Championships

68th Costa Rican National Championships is in two stages. The first stage (18th-31st May 2004) is a 9 round swiss event that will qualify 9 players to the second and final stage (July 2004) that will be a 14 player round robin that will decide the 2004 Costa Rican Champion. In the first stage there are two IM's: IM Alexis Murillo and IM Francisco Hernandez. In the second stage they are already classified: IM Leonardo Valdes, IM Bernal González, IM Sergio Minero, FM William Charpentier and FM Juan Leon Jimenez.

Internet coverage is in http://www.tablerotico.com

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 791140, mobile +358 40 5123864, email aurifera@kolumbus.fi

Website: http://www.shakki.net/turnaukset/hof04/indexe.html

First Saturday June

The next First Saturday tournament will take place 5th-17th June 2004. There are vacancies for those who wish to play in the GM and IM events. Contact Laszlo Nagy e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net

Further details: http://www.firstsaturday.hu

Potential Players FSGM June
IGM SERES, Lajos (HUN, 2497), 
IGM FOGARASI, Tibor (HUN, 2465),  
IGM FARAGÓ, Ivan (HUN, 2507), 
 IM PASCHALL, William (USA, 2381), 
 FM NAGLE, Sean (USA, 2375), 
 IM NEUBAUER, Martin (AUT, 2418), 
 IM ALMÁSI, István (HUN, 2449), 
 IM KADHI, Hameed Mansour Ali (YEM, 2379), 
 IM MUIR, Andrew (SCO, 2335), 
 IM SZIEBERTH, Ádám (HUN, 2370), 
 IM NGUYEN, Ngoc Truongson (VIE, 2431),  
 IM KARATOROSSIAN, David (ARM, 2401) 

Potential players FSIM June 
 IM EPERJESI, László (HUN, 2322), 
 IM WERNER, Dimo (GER, 2362), 
 IM FARAGÓ, Sándor (HUN, 2314), 
 IM TURZÓ, Attila (HUN, 2349), 
 FM CARUANA, Fabiano (USA, 2140), 
 FM BRUSTKERN, Juergen (GER, 2266), 
 FM BÉRCZES, Dávid (HUN, 2293), 
 FM BÉRCZES, Csaba (HUN, 2340), 
    SISATTO, Olli (FIN, 2159), 
    SIMONSEN, Hans Kristian (FAI, 2243), 
    POULSEN, Martin (FAI, 2290), 
 IM MOZES, Ervin (ROM, 2328), 
    PORAT, Ido (ISR, 2261).

European Youth Team Championships

European Youth Team Championships and European Youth Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships takes place 9th-21st July 2004 in Belgrad.

Further information: http://www.scgchess.org

I Catalonian Circuit Grand Prix

The Catalonia Chess Federation are organising the I Catalonian Circuit Grand Prix. 24 Tournaments are included in this competition. All rules are available at http://www.fcde.net/circuit/oberts.html The circuit starts June 6th and finishes September 16th 2004.

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

PWPW S.A. CHESS CUP

The International Women’s Tournament PWPW S.A. Chess Cup takes place June 18th-22nd in Warsaw. Venue: Hotel Courtyard by Marriott in Warsaw. The event is organised by the Polish Chess Federation and is sponsored Polska Wytwornia Papierow Wartosciowych S.A. The event is a six player double round robin. The rapid event has a time rate of 25 minutes + 10 seconds per move. All games will be played in the afternoon and transmitted on-line., website to be announced.

The prize fund is equal to 8500 US$ in total and all the 6 participating players will receive financial prizes.

1. Stefanowa, Antoaneta      g  BUL 2490  
2. Kosteniuk, Alexandra      m  RUS 2469 
3. Radziewicz, Iweta         m  POL 2444   
4. Zielinska, Marta          wg POL 2411  
5. Socko, Monika             m  POL 2408   
6. Dworakowska, Joanna       m  POL 2395  

91st British Chess Championships

The 91st Smith & Williamson British Championships take place 1st - 14th August in the Spa Complex, Scarborough,Yorkshire. Michael Adams will be competing.

Details: http://www.bcf.org.uk/events/bcf2004/index.html

13th Monarch Assurance Open

The 13th Monarch Assurance tournament takes place in the Isle of Man 25th September - 3rd October 2004.

Leading confirmed entries include: Ilya Smirin 2675 Israel Luke McShane 2661 England unless playing for England in Majorca Zhong Zhang 2633 China Vladimir Baklan 2615 Ukraine Vassilios Kotronias 2607 Cyprus Evgeny Agrest 2601 Sweden Kaido Kulaots 2600 Estonia Ian Rogers 2587 Australia Hikaru Nakamura 2580 USA Jon Speelman 2569 England Viktor Korchnoi 2568 Switzerland Ehsan Ghaem Maghami 2558 Iran Hicham Hamdouchi 2544 Morocco Mark Hebden 2544 England Stuart Conquest 2524 England Murray Chandler 2520 England Peter Wells 2507 England

Official site: http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/monarch2004/index.html

Ikaros Chess Festival 2004

The traditional Ikaros Chess Festival takes place 13th-20th July 2004.

Full details: http://www.chess.gr/ikaros/

1st Dato Arthur Tan Malaysia Open

The 1st Dato Arthur Tan Malaysia Open Chess Championship takes place in Kuala Lumpur August 21st-31st 2004.

Further details: http://tcn.sourceforge.net/ specifically http://tcn.sourceforge.net/atmalaysianopen.html

24th Merdeka Team Chess Championship 2004

The 24th Merdeka Team Chess Championship 2004 takes place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 27th-29th August 2004. This is followed by a Rapid Chess Open (Time Control: 25 Minutes + 10 Seconds increment from move 1) takes place 29th-31st August 2004.

Further details: http://tcn.sourceforge.net/ specifically http://tcn.sourceforge.net/merdeka2004.html

2nd Riva del Garda International Open

2nd Riva del Garda International Open Chess Tournament takes place 26th-30th December 2004. Open A >1700 - Open B <1800 – Seniores 7 Rounds - 2h x 40 + 1/2h quick play finish Info: tel. +39 0464 576657 - fax:+39 0464 521222 astoria@rivadelgarda.com

Further details; http://www.relaxhotels.com/Scacchi/

Olomouc Chess Summer

7th International Chess Festival Olomouc Chess Summer 2004 takes place in Olomouc (Czech Republic) on 4-12.8. 2004. Round-robin GM and IM tournaments, Open Championship of the Olomouc region (FIDE open), Open Seniors Championship of the Czech Republic, Open Championship of the Olomouc region forYoungsters up to 15 years of age and open tournament in active chess are part of the festival.

Detailed information http://www.czechtour.net

Festival Schneider Bohemia

The 10th international chess tournament "Festival Schneider Bohemia - Pilsen 2004", which takes place 14th-22nd August 2004 in the sports hall of Streleck stadion Pilsen-Lobzy (Czech Republic). The main tournament is the OPEN international tournament ( the 1st prize is 20.000 CZK, total prize fund 81.000 CZK - ca 2500 Euro ). Further information: http://www.volny.cz/pmarik/.

3rd Open Rabat Championship

3rd Open Rabat Championship 2004 takes place June 25th - July 2nd 2004.

Players such as Hamdouchi and Tissir compete.

Details :http://www.fusechecs.fr.fm

10th Mahaala Open 2004

The 10th Mahaala Open takes place 19th-28th July 2004. The event is open to all and takes place in Mahaala City about 120 km from Cairo.

Organized by Misr Spinning & Weaving Company at Mahaala City. FIDE Rated - Swiss Sytem 9 Rounds Time Control ( 90 Min for all game and 30 Sec. Added for every move).. Prizes as follows : 1st till 10th. 175-150-125-100-75-50-50-50-50-50 US$. Prizes are distributed according to Hort System between the number of players corresponding to number of advertised prizes). Players who wants to participate will pay 175 US$ for all beriod full accommodation and Full Board in Double Bedroom Room 3 Star Hotel . That include : Free transportation inside Egypt , including from and to Airport; Free Tourist tours; Free entry fee . No special conditions .

Also will follow another FIDE rated tournament in Mansoura City ( 40 km from Mahaala ) from 31 July till 9 Augst 2004 , its details will be declared later

Badalona Open

The XXX International Chess Open "Ciutat de Badalona" takes place 2nd-10th August, 2004. Prizes over 6000 euros sponsored by the Generalitat de Catalunya and the Catalan Chess Federation.

Further details: http://www.iespana.es/cesantjosep/open2004/xxxopen.htm

VI Friendship Tournament in Cartak

The VI Friendship Tournament takes place in Cartak, Czech Republic. 19th-27th June 2004. Events: GM, IM and FIDE Open tournaments.

Contact Richard Biolek biolci@volny.cz

Further info: http://www.proclient.cz/a64/tournaments/

Winnipeg Canada

6 Icelandic grandmasters have confirmed they will play in Winnipeg, Canada, to play in a unique event. It's all part of a festival to celebrate 60 years of the Icelandic Republic and 100 years of home rule for the former Danish colony. Members of the Icelandic national theatre group, along with other cultural ambassadors, also plan to be in Manitoba for the celebrations.

The tournament will be held June 18-19 at the University of Winnipeg. The eight-round Swiss will be organized as a Game/30 event, with three rounds on Friday night and the remaining five on Saturday.

The GMs are: Johann Hjartarson, Margeir Petursson, Helgi Olafsson, Jon L. Arnason, Helgi Ass Gretarsson and Throstur Thorhallsson. Chess legend and former FIDE president Fridrik Olafsson is also considering attending.

Entry fee is $40 for adults and $20 for juniors and seniors. No CFC required, as it is unrated. You can enter June 18 from 6-6:30 p.m. at the U of W, with the first round beginning at 7 p.m. Or get a $5 reduction by entering in advance and mailing $35 ($15 for junior/senior) to tournament director Waldemar Schulz, 198 Donwood Drive, Winnipeg, R2G 0W1.

Kasparov visit to Brazil

Garry Kasparov visits Campinas August 23rd and Belo Horizonte August 24 2004 to give a lecture "Strategy of the Future".

http://www.gestaodofuturo.com.br/english/

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

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

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

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 
-----------------------------------------------

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

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

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/

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

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.

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/