The Week in Chess 500

THE WEEK IN CHESS 500 June 7th 2004 by Mark Crowther

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Horacio Arevalo, Csaba Jergler, Emil Sutovsky, Martin Mrva, Oliver Kniest, Emil Anka, Mauro Amaral, Vladimir Dvorkovich, Miklos Orso, Leonid Galperin, Eugeny Atarov, Olivier Breisacher, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Dominique Primel, Ching Kim Lye, John Hillery, John Fernandez, George Mirijanian, Sergei Soloviov, Martin Mrva and everyone else who helped with the issue and indeed over the nearly 10 years I have been compiling TWIC.

So finally here I am at issue 500. Compiling this week's issue doesn't really feel that much different to any other week, as the only way you get to landmark numbers such as this, is one at a time. In 10 years we have seen web coverage of all top events and many lesser events become standard, if you wish to follow chess as a sport then the internet is the place to do it. I love many sports and whilst there is clearly an artistic side to chess, I like to see good games, I also like to see good tough competition. The last 10 years has seen a fractured World Championship structure. We will see the FIDE Championships in Tripoli start next week and the Kramnik - Leko match start in September. One way or another there needs to be a single unified structure which I hope won't take another 500 issues to achieve.

I thank everyone who has contributed in even a small way to the magazine. Also to Malcolm Pein and the London Chess Centre without whose sponsorship I wouldn't be lucky enough to be doing this. Here's to another 500 issues.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) 17th Ciudad de Leon 2004

The 17th Ciudad de Leon 2004 was again a knockout event taking place June 3rd-7th 2004 in Leon, Spain. On Friday Peter Svidler beat Paco Vallejo 3.5-0.5. In the other semi-final on Saturday Shirov squeezed past Radjabov after three blitz games. Alexei Shirov continued his good run of form by beating Peter Svidler 3.5-0.5 in the final.

Official site: http://www.advancedchessleon.com and http://www.elajedrezdelfuturo.com

Final 6th June 2004
Svidler, Peter  -  Shirov, Alexei  0-1   13  C02  French Advance
Shirov, Alexei  -  Svidler, Peter  1-0   54  B47  Sicilian Paulsen
Svidler, Peter  -  Shirov, Alexei  1/2   29  B31  Sicilian Rossolimo
Shirov, Alexei  -  Svidler, Peter  1-0   57  B46  Sicilian Paulsen

Rapid KO Final Leon ESP (ESP), 6-6 vi 2004
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Shirov, Alexei g  ESP 2713    1   1   =   1   3.5  3069
Svidler, Peter g  RUS 2733    0   0   =   0   0.5  2391
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Semi-Finals 4th June 2004
Vallejo Pons, Francisco  -  Svidler, Peter           0-1   50  D00  Queen's Pawn Game
Svidler, Peter           -  Vallejo Pons, Francisco  1-0   34  C48  Four Knights Rubinstein
Vallejo Pons, Francisco  -  Svidler, Peter           0-1   19  A45  Trompowsky
Svidler, Peter           -  Vallejo Pons, Francisco  1/2   63  C48  Four Knights Rubinstein

Rapid KO Semi-Final Leon ESP (ESP), 4 vi 2004
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Svidler, Peter          g  RUS 2733    1   1   1   =   3.5  3002
Vallejo Pons, Francisco g  ESP 2666    0   0   0   =   0.5  2411
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Semi-Final 5th June 2004
Shirov, Alexei     -  Radjabov, Teimour  1/2   37  C10  French Rubinstein
Radjabov, Teimour  -  Shirov, Alexei     1-0   42  D15  Slav Defence
Shirov, Alexei     -  Radjabov, Teimour  1-0   52  C11  French Defence
Radjabov, Teimour  -  Shirov, Alexei     1/2   19  D45  Anti-Meran Variations
Shirov, Alexei     -  Radjabov, Teimour  0-1   32  B31  Sicilian Rossolimo
Radjabov, Teimour  -  Shirov, Alexei     0-1   46  D13  Slav Exchange
Radjabov, Teimour  -  Shirov, Alexei     0-1   47  D45  Anti-Meran Variations

Rapid KO Semi-Final Leon ESP (ESP), 5 vi 2004
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                                 1   2   3   4   5   6   7 
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Shirov, Alexei    g  ESP 2713    =   0   1   =   0   1   1   4.0  2720
Radjabov, Teimour g  AZE 2670    =   1   0   =   1   0   0   3.0  2663
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3) FIDE Women's Championship

The FIDE Women's Championships took place in Elista Kalmykia, 21 May - 8 June 2004. Antoaneta Stefanova won the title by beating Ekaterina Kovalevskaya in the four game final 2.5-0.5.

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

Final 3rd-7th June 2004

Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina   - * Stefanova, Antoaneta   0-1 0-1 1/2

Round 5 31st May - 1st June 2004

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

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

4) FIDE Championship in Tripoli

What appears to be the final pairings for the FIDE World Championship in Tripoli have now been published. There are no Israeli players and Americans Boris Gulko, Alexander Shabalov and Alexander Onischuk have all withdrawn. The event takes place 18th June - 13th July 2004.

Official site: http://wcc2004.fide.com/main.asp

1	Topalov, Veselin (BUL)	-	128	Abulhul, Tarik (LBA)
127	Elarbi, Abobker (LBA)	-	2	Morozevich, Alexander (RUS)
3	Adams, Michael (ENG)	-	126	Asabri, Hussien (LBA)
125	Solomon, Kenneth (RSA)	-	4	Grischuk, Alexander (RUS)
5	Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR)	-	124	Arab, Adlane (ALG)
123	Kadhi, Hameed Mansour Ali (YEM)	-	6	Short, Nigel D. (ENG)
7	Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS)	-	122	Haznedaroglu, Kivanc (TUR)
121	Dableo, Ronald (PHI)	-	8	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter (ROM)
9	Sokolov, Ivan (NED)	-	120	Simutowe, Amon (ZAM)
119	Tissir, Mohamed (MAR)	-	10	Dreev, Alexey (RUS)
11	Akopian, Vladimir (ARM)	-	118	Gonzalez Garcia, Jose (MEX)
117	Garcia Palermo, Carlos (ARG)	-	12	Ye, Jiangchuan (CHN)
13	Milov, Vadim (SUI)	-	116	Neelotpal, Das (IND)
115	Mahjoob, Morteza (IRI)	-	14	Azmaiparashvili, Zurab (GEO)
15	Bacrot, Etienne (FRA)	-	114	Charbonneau, Pascal (CAN)
113	Johansen, Darryl K.(AUS)	-	16	Gurevich, Mikhail (BEL)
17	Rublevsky, Sergei (RUS)	-	112	Adly, Ahmed (EGY)
111	Bartel, Mateusz (POL)	-	18	Radjabov, Teimour (AZE)
19	Aleksandrov, Aleksej (BLR)	-	110	El Gindy, Essam (EGY)
109	Barsov, Alexei (UZB)	-	20	Beliavsky, Alexander G (SLO)
21	Vallejo Pons, Francisco (ESP)	-	108	Vasquez, Rodrigo (CHI)
107	Paragua, Mark (PHI)	-	22	Bologan, Viktor (MDA)
23	Sakaev, Konstantin (RUS)	-	106	Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios (GRE)
105	Kritz, Leonid (GER)	-	24	Sasikiran, Krishnan (IND)
25	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (AZE)	-	104	Neverov, Valeriy (UKR)
103	Barua, Dibyendu (IND)	-	26	Graf, Alexander (GER)
27	Zvjaginsev, Vadim (RUS)	-	102	Lima, Darcy (BRA)
101	Ramirez, Alejandro (CRC)	-	28	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam (UZB)
29	Van Wely, Loek (NED)	-	100	Ivanov, Alexander (USA)
99	Hamdouchi, Hichem (MAR)	-	30	Motylev, Alexander (RUS)
31	Vescovi, Giovanni (BRA)	-	98	Guseinov, Gadir (AZE)
97	Acs, Peter (HUN)	-	32	Nikolic, Predrag (BIH)
33	Movsesian, Sergei (SVK)	-	96	Landa, Konstantin (RUS)
95	Carlsen, Magnus (NOR)	-	34	Aronian, Levon (ARM)
35	Hjartarson, Johann (ISL)	-	94	Kudrin, Sergey (USA))
93	Campora, Daniel H. (ARG)	-	36	Filippov, Valerij (RUS)
37	Vaganian, Rafael A (ARM)	-	92	Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan (IRI)
91	Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander (USA)	-	38	Georgiev, Kiril (MKD)
39	Tkachiev, Vladislav (FRA)	-	90	Shulman, Yuri (USA)
89	Gagunashvili, Merab (GEO)	-	40	Lputian, Smbat G (ARM)
41	Zhang, Zhong (CHN)	-	88	Leitao, Rafael (BRA)
87	Sulskis, Sarunas (LTU)	-	42	Macieja, Bartlomiej (POL)
43	Moiseenko, Alexander (UKR)	-	86	Dolmatov, Sergey (RUS)
85	Al-Modiahki, Mohamad (QAT)	-	44	Almasi, Zoltan (HUN)
45	Kobalia, Mikhail (RUS)	-	84	Karjakin, Sergey (UKR)
83	Nakamura, Hikaru (USA)	-	46	Volkov, Sergey (RUS)
47	Nielsen, Peter Heine (DEN)	-	82	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar (IND)
81	Morovic Fernandez, Ivan (CHI)	-	48	Iordachescu, Viorel (MDA)
49	Kozul, Zdenko (CRO)	-	80	Dao, Thien Hai (VIE)
79	Kotsur, Pavel (KAZ)	-	50	Sadvakasov, Darmen (KAZ)
51	Lastin, Alexander (RUS)	-	78	Kempinski, Robert (POL)
77	Anastasian, Ashot (ARM)	-	52	Bu, Xiangzhi (CHN)
53	Vladimirov, Evgeny (KAZ)	-	76	Ni, Hua (CHN)
75	Adianto, Utut (INA)	-	54	Alekseev, Evgeny (RUS)
55	Jobava, Baadur (GEO)	-	74	Felgaer, Ruben (ARG)
73	Kharlov, Andrei (RUS)	-	56	Dautov, Rustem (GER)
57	Sargissian, Gabriel (ARM)	-	72	Tiviakov, Sergei (NED)
71	Inarkiev, Ernesto (RUS)	-	58	Dominguez, Lenier (CUB)
59	Krasenkow, Michal (POL)	-	70	Milos, Gilberto (BRA)
69	Harikrishna, Pentala (IND)	-	60	Xu, Jun (CHN)
61	Kotronias, Vasilios (CYP)	-	68	Kacheishvili, Giorgi (GEO)
67	Agrest, Evgenij (SWE)	-	62	Asrian, Karen (ARM)
63	Bruzon, Lazaro (CUB)	-	66	Smirnov, Pavel (RUS)
65	Galkin, Alexander (RUS)	-	64	Delchev, Aleksander (BUL)

5) II György Marx Chess Memorial

The II György Marx Chess Memorial takes place 5th-15th June 2004.

Official site: http://marxgyorgychessmem.freeweb.hu/indexa.html

Round 1 (May 5, 2004)

Berkes, Ferenc          -  Korchnoi, Viktor        1/2   24  E54  Nimzo Indian
Nevednichy, Vladislav   -  Beliavsky, Alexander G  1-0   68  C55  Two Knights Defence
Portisch Lajos          -  Acs, Peter              Postponed until June 10th  

Round 2 (May 6, 2004)

Korchnoi, Viktor        -  Nevednichy, Vladislav   1-0   49  E92  King's Indian Classical
Portisch, Lajos         -  Berkes, Ferenc          1/2   32  D11  Slav Defence
Acs, Peter              -  Beliavsky, Alexander G  1/2   52  E27  Nimzo Indian Saemisch

II Gyorgy Marx Mem Paks HUN (HUN), 5-15 v 2004        cat. XIV (2587)
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                                      1  2  3  4  5  6 
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1 Korchnoi, Viktor        g SUI 2579 ** =. 1. .. .. ..  1.5 / 2  2771
2 Berkes, Ferenc          g HUN 2613 =. ** .. =. .. ..  1.0 / 2  2576
3 Nevednichy, Vladislav   g ROM 2544 0. .. ** .. .. 1.  1.0 / 2  2623
4 Portisch, Lajos         g HUN 2573 .. =. .. ** .. ..  0.5 / 1  2613
5 Acs, Peter              g HUN 2548 .. .. .. .. ** =.  0.5 / 1  2667
6 Beliavsky, Alexander G  g SLO 2667 .. .. 0. .. =. **  0.5 / 2  2353
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6) XII Torneo "Guillermo Garcia" In Memoriam

The XII Torneo "Guillermo Garcia" in Memoriam took place in the Hotel Santa Clara Libre, Villa Clara 20th May - 3rd June 2004. Lazaro Bruzon won the top event with 9/11. Frank De la Paz the second event.

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 2004           cat. VIII (2442)
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                                              1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Bruzon, Lazaro                g CUB 2602  * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1   9.0
 2. Quezada, Yuniesky             m CUB 2478  ½ * ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 ½   8.0
 3. Flores, Diego                 m ARG 2448  0 ½ * 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½   7.0
 4. Arencibia, Walter             g CUB 2505  ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½   6.5
 5. Almeida, Omar                 m CUB 2426  ½ 0 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1   6.0
 6. Borges Mateos, Juan           m CUB 2426  0 1 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1   5.5
 7. Leon Hoyos, Manuel            f MEX 2286  0 0 0 1 ½ ½ * 0 ½ 1 1 1   5.5
 8. Lafuente, Pablo               m ARG 2433  0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 * ½ 1 1 ½   5.0
 9. Otero, Diasmany               m CUB 2399  0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ * 0 ½ 1   4.0
10. Zambrana, Oswaldo             m BOL 2472  0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 * 1 ½   3.5
11. Hernandez, Roman              g CUB 2420  ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 * ½   3.0
12. Rodriguez Guerrero, Enrique   m ESP 2407  0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ *   3.0
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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 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 
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 1. De la Paz, Frank               m CUB 2449  * = 1 1 = = = 1 = = = 1 1  8.5  2606 
 2. Nogueiras, Jesus               g CUB 2482  = * 0 = = 1 1 = = 1 = 1 1  8.0  2571 
 3. Delgado, Neuris                g CUB 2557  0 1 * = = = = = 1 = = 1 1  7.5  2534 
 4. Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel   m ESP 2440  0 = = * = = = = 1 1 = 1 1  7.5  2544 
 5. Soppe, Guillermo               m ARG 2421  = = = = * = = = 1 = = = 1  7.0  2508 
 6. Gonzalez, Yuri                 m CUB 2481  = 0 = = = * = = = = 1 1 1  7.0  2503 
 7. Zugic, Igor                    m CAN 2478  = 0 = = = = * 1 0 1 1 = =  6.5  2475 
 8. Perez, Rodney                  m CUB 2451  0 = = = = = 0 * = = = 1 =  5.5  2419 
 9. Vera, Reynaldo                 g CUB 2444  = = 0 0 0 = 1 = * = 1 0 1  5.5  2420 
10. Abreu, Aryam                   m CUB 2459  = 0 = 0 = = 0 = = * = 1 1  5.5  2419 
11. Arancibia, Eduardo               CHI 2408  = = = = = 0 0 = 0 = * 0 =  4.0  2327 
12. Labollita, Martin              m ARG 2452  0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 1 0 1 * 1  4.0  2323 
13. Esquivel, Luis                   PAN 2314  0 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 0 = 0 *  1.5  2138 
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7) Alushta Summer II

Leonid Galperin sends news of his II Summer tournament in Alushta 22nd May - 2nd June 2004. Farid Abbasov of Azerbaijan and Moussa Taleb both made 11/15.

Official site: http://www.kaissa.com.ua/

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Summer II Alushta UKR (UKR), 22 v-2 vi 2004                       cat. VIII (2432)
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                                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 
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 1. Abbasov, Farid         m AZE 2435  * 1 = 0 1 = 1 1 = = = 1 = 1 1 1 11.0  2607 
 2. Taleb, Moussa          m UAE 2456  0 * = = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11.0  2605 
 3. Babaev, Rashad         m AZE 2413  = = * = 0 = 1 = = 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 10.0  2558 
 4. Kuzubov, Yuriy         m UKR 2475  1 = = * = = = = = = = = = = = 1  8.5  2479 
 5. Obukhov, Alexander     m RUS 2475  0 = 1 = * = = 0 = = 1 1 = 1 = =  8.5  2479 
 6. Zinchenko, Yaroslav      UKR 2352  = = = = = * = = = = = = = = 1 1  8.5  2487 
 7. Hasangatin, Ramil      g RUS 2503  0 0 0 = = = * = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 =  8.5  2477 
 8. Kalugin, Sergei          RUS 2454  0 = = = 1 = = * = = = = 1 = = =  8.0  2451 
 9. Kononenko, Dmitry1     m UKR 2457  = = = = = = 0 = * = = 0 = = 1 1  7.5  2430 
10. Shtyrenkov, Veniamen   g RUS 2449  = 0 1 = = = = = = * = 0 = = = =  7.0  2410 
11. Itkis, Boris           m ROM 2436  = 0 0 = 0 = = = = = * = = = = 1  6.5  2381 
12. Kulicov, Oleg          m RUS 2422  0 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 1 1 = * 1 = = =  6.5  2382 
13. Derjabin, Ilja         m UKR 2391  = 0 0 = = = 0 0 = = = 0 * 1 1 =  6.0  2362 
14. Onoprienko, Vladimir   m RUS 2374  0 0 0 = 0 = 0 = = = = = 0 * = 1  5.0  2311 
15. Tishin, D              m UKR 2372  0 0 0 = = 0 0 = 0 = = = 0 = * =  4.0  2261 
16. Pavlov, Maxim          m UKR 2451  0 0 0 0 = 0 = = 0 = 0 = = 0 = *  3.5  2219 
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8) First Saturday GM June

The First Saturday events take place 5th-17th of June 2004. The main event was a Category 7 event. Organised by Laszlo Nagy.

Internet coverage: http://www.firstsaturday.hu

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FSGM June Budapest HUN (HUN), 5-17 vi 2004               cat. VII (2419)
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                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 
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 1. Nguyen Ngoc Truongson   m VIE 2431  * . . . . = . . . 1 .  1.5  2551 
 2. Almasi, Istvan          m HUN 2449  . * = . = . . . . . .  1.0  2372 
 3. Szieberth, Adam         m HUN 2370  . = * = . . . . . . .  1.0  2423 
 4. Gonda, Laszlo           f HUN 2397  . . = * . . = . . . .  1.0  2417 
 5. Nagle, Sean             f USA 2375  . = . . * . . = . . .  1.0  2425 
 6. Paschall, William M     m USA 2381  = . . . . * . . . . .  0.5  2431 
 7. Fogarasi, Tibor         g HUN 2465  . . . = . . * . . . .  0.5  2397 
 8. Karatorossian, David    m ARM 2401  . . . . = . . * . . .  0.5  2375 
 9. Seres, Lajos            g HUN 2497  . . . . . . . . * = .  0.5  2335 
10. Muir, Andrew J          m SCO 2335  0 . . . . . . . = * .  0.5  2271 
11. Farago, Ivan            g HUN 2507  . . . . . . . . . . *  0.0       
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9) Bosnian Team Championship

The Bosnian Team Championship took place in Neum 29th May - 6th June 2004. 34 GM competed in the event including Alexei Shirov, Nigel Short, Ivan Sokolov, Viktor Bologan (all playing for the clear winners SK BOSNA Sarajevo) and Emil Sutovsky (playing for second placed SK KISELJAK Kiseljak and scoring 5/6 for a performance over 2800). Games from rounds 8 and 9 as yet unavailable.

Official site with full details: http://www.sah.ba/sah/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=126

Final Standings
  1. SK BOSNA Sarajevo          2617.1  17    37  73.0
     1. Shirov, Alexei     2713  1.5/2
     2. Short, Nigel D.    2712  1.0/2
     3. Sokolov, Ivan      2690  5.5/9
     4. Bologan, Viktor    2665  1.5/2
     5. Movsesian, Sergei  2647  0.5/2
     6. Kozul, Zdenko      2627  6.0/9
     7. Atalik, Suat       2558  4.0/7
     8. Kurajica, Bojan    2528  5.5/7
     9. Dizdarevic, Emir   2528  5.5/7
    10. Predojevic, Borki  2503  6.0/7
  2. SK KISELJAK Kiseljak       2549.1  13    36  77.0
     1. Sutovsky, Emil     2661  5.0/6
     2. Nisipeanu, Liviu-D 2692  3.0/4
     3. Alekseev, Evgeny   2616  1.5/3
     4. Nikolic, Predrag   2648  4.5/5
     5. Fedorov, Alexei    2616  3.0/4
     6. Palac, Mladen      2565  5.5/9
     7. Blagojevic, Dragis 2514  6.0/9
     8. Cabrilo, Goran     2487  6.5/9
     9. Trkulja, Goran     2326  0.5/4
    10. Jokic, Ilija       2366  0.5/1
  3. SK PANTERI Bijeljina       2209.1  11  27.5  79.0
     1. Perunovic, Milos   2557  5.5/9
     2. Markus, Robert     2532  5.0/9
     3. Brenjo, Slavisa    2464  5.0/9
     4. Stojanovic, Dalibo 2437  4.5/9
     5. Vojinovic, Goran   2432  5.5/9
     6. Puric, Nenad       2315  2.0/7
     7. Sekulic, Vlatko    2295  0.0/2
     8. Leka, Zeljko       2059  0.0/0
     9. Gajic, Zivan          0  0.0/0
  4. SK ZELJEZNICAR Sarajevo    2291.9   9  27.5  81.0
     1. Ruck, Robert       2556  2.5/8
     2. Ribli, Zoltan      2595  5.5/8
     3. Bistric, Faruk     2485  5.0/9
     4. Vukic, Milan       2482  4.0/9
     5. Basagic, Zlatko    2369  5.5/9
     6. Rasidovic, Sead    2289  4.0/8
     7. Hodzic, Nihad      2266  0.5/2
     8. Tutic, Resad       2248  0.0/0
     9. Colpa, Husein      2129  0.0/0
    10. Musabegovic, Husei    0  0.5/1
  5. KSK Banja Luka             2225.1   9  23.5  81.0
     1. Ilincic, Zlatko    2538  4.5/9
     2. Lekic, Dusan       2389  1.5/7
     3. Savanovic, Aleksan 2396  4.5/9
     4. Sibarevic, Milenko 2358  1.5/3
     5. Gavric, Miladin    2396  1.5/5
     6. Jakovljevic, Vlado 2426  3.0/8
     7. Milosevic, Goran   2385  4.0/8
     8. Narancic, Vlado    2363  3.0/5
  6. SK NAPREDAK Prozor-Rama    2117.1   8  25.5  82.0
     1. Lalic, Bogdan      2535  4.5/9
     2. Zelcic, Robert     2509  4.0/9
     3. Drasko, Milan      2464  4.0/9
     4. Vucic, Mladen      2413  4.0/9
     5. Zelic, Zdravko     2367  3.5/8
     6. Pasic, Enes        2269  5.0/7
     7. Corovic, Sean      2114  0.5/3
  7. SK SIROKI BRIJEG           2264.8   8  25.5  82.0
     1. Golubovic, Boris   2424  4.5/9
     2. Bilobrk, Franjo    2338  2.0/8
     3. Bogut, Zeljko      2398  4.0/9
     4. Feletar, Darko     2395  3.5/9
     5. Fercec, Nenad      2460  5.0/9
     6. Rade, Miroslav     2403  6.0/9
     7. Galic,  Ivan       2159  0.5/1
     8. Zivkovic, Vjekosla 2398  0.0/0
     9. Cosic, Radoslav    2173  0.0/0
  8. SK NAPREDAK Sarajevo       2204.8   6    24  84.0
     1. Cvitan, Ognjen     2524  4.0/9
     2. Kosic, Dragan      2501  5.0/9
     3. Leventic, Ivan     2485  6.0/9
     4. Goric, Esad        2399  3.0/8
     5. Terzic, Ilijas     2303  4.0/9
     6. Bosnjak, Damir     2326  1.5/5
     7. Galic, Zeljko      2365  0.5/3
     8. Hadzic, Amar       2145  0.0/2
     9. Markovic, Zelimir     0  0.0/0
  9. SK SLAVIJA DALING S.Saraj  2137.0   6  23.5  84.0
     1. Pikula, Dejan      2523  2.0/7
     2. Lazic, Miroljub    2481  5.0/9
     3. Milanovic, Danilo  2428  2.5/8
     4. Filipovic, Branko  2376  4.5/9
     5. Vujadinovic, Goran 2388  3.0/9
     6. Prelevic, Dusko    2328  4.5/9
     7. Mihic, Bojan       2346  2.0/3
 10. SK GLASINAC Sokolac        2313.7   3    20  87.0
     1. Kovacevic, Aleksan 2559  4.0/9
     2. Ivanisevic, Ivan   2550  3.5/9
     3. Savic, Miodrag R.  2529  2.5/9
     4. Runic, Zoran       2392  5.5/9
     5. Benderac, Srdjan   2307  2.5/9
     6. Plakalovic, Predra 2182  1.5/6
     7. Batinic, Predrag   2223  0.5/3
     8. Kosoric, Sasa         0  0.0/0
     9. Jeremic, Veljko    2490  0.0/0
    10. Scekic, Milos      2405  0.0/0

10) Memorial Day Classic

John Hillery reports: First place in the 2004 Lina Grumette Memorial Day Classic, held May 29-31 in Glendale, California, went to IM Enrico Sevillano with a 5-1 score. Tied for second were IMs Melikset Khachiyan, Jack Peters, Andranik Matikozyan, Ricardo de Guzman and Tim Taylor, as well as Lernik Manukian and Alexandre Kretechetov. John Hillery directed. A total of 230 competed in all sections.

Final standings may be found at: http://www.westernchess.com/mdc04/standings.html.

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Memorial Day Classic Glendale USA (USA), 29-31 v 2004
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 1. Sevillano, Enrico      m  USA 2467  5 
 2. Khachiyan, Melikset    m  USA 2468  4½ 
 3. Matikozian, Andranik   m  ARM 2467  4½
 4. De Guzman, Ricardo     m  PHI 2420  4½
 5. Peters, John A         m  USA 2422  4½
 6. Taylor, Timothy        m  USA 2295  4½
 7. Manukian, Lernik          ARM 2261  4½
 8. Kretchetov, Alexandre  f  RUS 2322  4½
 9. Banawa, Jouaquin          PHI 2310  4 
10. Abrahamyan, Tatev      wf USA 2236  4 
11. Garcia,Carlos             USA ----  4 
12. West, Vanessa A           USA 2098  4 
49 players

11) 27th Syre Memorial

The 27th Syre Memorial took place 20th-23rd May in Issy Les Moulineaux (near Paris). 6 rounds. GM Murtas Kazhgaleyev won the event with 5,5/6. My thanks to Dominique Primel.

Internet coverage http://www.dprimel.com/ and http://perso.club-internet.fr/doprimel/memorialsyre04.htm

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 1. Kazhgaleyev, Murtas             g  KAZ 2596 5,5 2717 25,5 2691
 2. Belkhodja, Slim                 g  TUN 2449 5,5 2644 27,0 2646
 3. Hristodorescu, Daniel           f  ROM 2262 5,0 2510 25,0 2510
 4. Glicenstein, Asher                 FRA 2306 5,0 2474 25,5 2474
 5. Daurelle, Herve                    FRA 2197 5,0 2426 22,0 2452
 6. Calistri, Tristan               f  FRA 2325 5,0 2410 24,0 2407
 7. Sanchez, Louis                     FRA 2235 5,0 2397 23,0 2397
 8. Demarre, Jacques                   FRA 2315 5,0 2376 24,0 2367
 9. Peter, Sebastien                   FRA 2227 5,0 2317 23,0 2327
10. Lebrun, Xavier                     FRA 2227 4,5 2288 21,5 2288
11. Le Duin, Thierry                   FRA 2160 4,5 2248 22,5 2248
12. Nguyen Thanh-Tong                  FRA 2229 4,5 2231 21,5 2231
13. Lefranc, Benoit                    FRA 2126 4,5 2221 21,0 2228
14. Lavabre, Fabien                    FRA 2140 4,5 2206 21,5 2210
15. Rabineau, Clement                  FRA 2115 4,5 2177 19,0 2180
16. Hadet, Emmanuel                    FRA 2099 4,5 2164 20,5 2167
214 players

12) 104th New York Masters

Julio Becerra won the 104th New York Masters with a 3.5/4 score on 1st June 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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104th New York Masters Action USA (USA), 1 vi 2004
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                                     1   2   3   4   Total
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   1. Becerra, Julio        g USA 2547 +12 +10 + 4 = 3   3.5  ($400)
   2. Yudasin, Leonid       g ISR 2553 + 5 = 7 = 3 +10   3.0  ($ 85)
   3. Scekic, Milos         m SCG 2405 +11 +16 = 2 = 1   3.0  ($ 85)
   4. Bonin, Jay            m USA 2341 +14 + 8 - 1 +     3.0  ($ 85)
   5. Lenderman, Alex       f USA 2327 - 2 +20 +16 + 9   3.0  ($120)
   6. Vovsha, Eli           m ISR 2441 - 8 +14 =11 +13   2.5
   7. Dubinsky, Roman       f RUS 2309 +15 = 2 = 9 =     2.5
   8. Furdzik, Rafal          USA 2253 + 6 - 4 +17 =     2.5
   9. Sarkar, Justin        m USA 2375 =18 +13 = 7 - 5   2.0
  10. Privman, Boris        f USA 2268 +19 - 1 +15 - 2   2.0
  11. Ross, Laura          wf USA 2099 - 3 +19 = 6 =     2.0
  12. Hess, Robert            USA 2169 - 1 -15 +19 =     1.5
  13. Treger, Yefim           USA 2227 =   - 9 +18 - 6   1.5
  14. Lowinger, Daniel        USA ---- - 4 - 6 +20 =16   1.5
  15. Zhao, Parker            USA 1992 - 7 +12 -10 =     1.5
  16. Zenyuk, Iryna           USA 2168 +17 - 3 - 5 =14   1.5
  17. Klein, Erez           f USA 2292 -16 +18 - 8 ---   1.0
  18. Thaler, Michael         USA 2067 = 9 -17 -13 =     1.0
  19. Fischler, Matthew       USA ---- -10 -11 -12 +20   1.0
  20. Fredericks, Jason       USA ---- --- - 5 -14 -19   0.0

PRIZES

1ST   - $ 400
2ND   - $ 180
3RD   - $  75
U2400 - $ 120

13) 73rd Massachusetts Open

George Mirijanian reports: The 73rd Massachusetts Open (Rufus M. Franklin Memorial Tournament) took place 29th-31st May 2004 at the Royal Plaza Hotel in Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA. GM Alexander Ivanov won the state championship event with a 5-1 score (four wins, two draws). He had previously won the state title tourney in 2003, 2002, 1990 and 1989. He was co-champion (with GM Ilya Gurevich) in 1988. Tying for 2nd-5th place with 4.5-1.5 tallies were IM Joseph Fang, FM Nelson Castaneda, and national masters Avraam Pismennyy and Charles Riordan. Deadlocked in 6th-8th place with 4-2 scores were IM Igor Foygel, IM James Rizzitano and FM Christopher Chase. A total of 123 players competed in four sections of the tournament, which was directed by Robert Messenger with assistance from Stephen Frymer, president of the sponsoring Massachusetts Chess Association. Complete crosstables are available at http://masschess.org

73rd Massachusetts Open
 1 GM Alexander Ivanov        2596 5 
 2    Avraam Pismennyy        2306 4½
 3 IM Joseph H Fang           2319 4½
 4    Charles R Riordan       2277 4½
 5 FM Nelson Castaneda        2322 4½
 6 IM James Rizzitano         2447 4 
 7 IM Igor Foygel             2493 4 
 8 FM Christopher Wayne Chase 2325 4 
 9    Joshua Bakker           2099 3½
10    Patrick R Sciacca       2125 3½
11    Leonid Tkach            2098 3½
12 FM Paul Mac Intyre         2313 3½
13    Jack Stolerman          2268 3½
14 FM John A Curdo            2257 3½
33 players

14) Solingen Chess Weeks

The second edition of the "Solingen chess weeks" was held May 28th and June 5th and consisted of the Open Solingen championship in classical, blitz and rapid chess. The "normal" open saw last years winner and top favourite IM Karl-Heinz Podzielny blundering in a drawn rook ending against the winner of German Senior Grand Prix, Boris Khanukov in the final round. Therefore the 66 years old Khanukov got the title with 6/7 ahead of Fabian Müller and FM Oliver Kniest (5,5). The Blitz championship saw GM Ulf Andersson compete. He finished with +6=9 which was only sufficient to finish 4th with 10,5/15. GM Lev Gutman got the title with 11,5, followed by the Russian Blitz specialists, Michail Saitsev and Andrei Orlov (11). Andrei Orlov won also the rapid tournament (20-minutes-games) due to his better Buchholz ahead of GM Lev Gutman. Both of them scored 6,5/9. The local players IM Bernd Schneider and IM Markus Schäfer showed impressive performances with 6 points and finished on 3rd and 4th place while other top players like GM Arkadij Rotstein, IM Gerlef Meins or IM Karl-Heinz Podzielny did not achieve the top rankings. News: Oliver Kniest.

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ch-City Solingen GER (GER), 28 v-31 vi 2004
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 1. Khanukov, Boris           GER 2342   6.0  2509 
 2. Mueller, Fabian           GER 2179   5.5  2389 
 3. Kniest, Oliver         f  GER 2297   5.5  2356 
 4. Rotstein, Efim         f  GER 2360   5.5  2360 
 5. Podzielny, Karl-Heinz  m  GER 2479   5.0  2286 
 6. Boksinski, Jordan         GER 2068   5.0  2275 
 7. Hubert, Ralf           f  GER 2303   5.0  2245 
 8. Peters, Ortwin            GER 2145   5.0  2200 
 9. Krieg,Nikolaj             GER ----   5.0  2300 
56 players

Rapid Championships

 1. Orlov,Andrei         2386 RUS 7.0 54.5 428.0 
 2. Gutman,Lev        GM 2402 GER 7.0 49.5 428.0 
 3. Schneider, Bernd  IM 2403 GER 6.5 53.5 420.0 
 4. Schäfer, Markus   IM 2328 GER 6.5 49.0 419.5 
 5. Dobrev, Nanko     IM 2420 BUL 6.5 48.5 418.5 
 6. Rotstein, Arkadij GM 2450 GER 6.5 46.0 420.0 
 7. Meins,Gerlef      IM 2459 GER 6.0 49.5 419.5 
 8. Balduan, Markus   FM 2329 GER 6.0 46.5 400.0 
 9. Buscher, Michael     2295 GER 6.0 45.5 414.0 
50 players

Blitz Championships
 1. Gutman,Lev            GM 2402   SC Melle 03   8 7 0 11.5 139.0 1952.0 
 2. Zaitsev, Michail         2517   Turm Bergheim RUS 9 4 2 11.0 136.5 1930.0 
 3. Orlov,Andrei             2386   Gelsenkirchen RUS 9 4 2 11.0 132.5 1897.0 
 4. Andersson,Ulf         GM 2594   SG Porz       SWE 6 9 0 10.5 139.0 1949.0 
 5. Feygin,Michail        IM 2444   Gelsenkirchen UKR 9 3 3 10.5 130.5 1898.5 
 6. Malykin, Vitalij      IM 2291 1 SG Porz       RUS 8 4 3 10.0 133.5 1863.5 
 7. Meins,Gerlef          IM 2459   Werder Bremen GER 6 7 2  9.5 137.5 1925.0 
 8. Daskevics, Vadim         2326 1               LAT 6 7 2  9.5 137.0 1911.5 
 9. Podzielny,Karl-He     IM 2383   Esse          GER 7 4 4  9.0 136.5 1898.5 
10. Schneider, Bernd      IM 2403   SG 1868 Aljec GER 7 4 4  9.0 134.0 1876.5 
11. Fischdick,Gisela     WIM 2164 2 ESG 1851      GER 8 2 5  9.0 114.5 1754.5 
48 players

15) Uruguay Championships

The Uruguay Championships took place 15th-23rd May 2004. The 11 round swiss had a time rate of 100 mins + 30 seconds per move. 32 players. Top seed Bernardo Roselli Mailhe took clear first on 8.5/11 half a point clear of the field. Games from the later rounds now available. My thanks to Horacio Arévalo.

Further information http://nuestroajedrez.ods.org/uruguay/2004-012.htm

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 1. Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo      m  URU 2420  8.5      50.0    58.0    6
 2. Bauza, Alejandro              f  URU 2211  8        50.0    57.5    6
 3. Carvalho, Guillermo              URU 2172  8        46.0    58.5    6
 4. Etcheverz, Ignacio               URU 2105  7.5      46.0    56.5    5
 5. Larrea, Manuel                   URU 2224  7.5      44.5    58.0    5
 6. Izquierdo, Daniel             f  URU 2307  6.5      43.5    55.5    4
 7. Curi, Gabriel                 f  URU 2279  6.5      41.0    56.5    5
 8. Escofet, Jaime                   URU 2190  6        42.5    55.0    3
 9. Granara Barreto, Sebastian A  f  URU 2258  6        38.5    53.5    4
10. Sancristobal,Jose Ricardo        URU ----  6        36.0    53.0    4
11. Arias, Jorge                     URU 2100  6        36.0    50.5    4
12. Almada,Marcelo                   URU ----  6        35.0    45.0    5
13. Gonzalez, Nahuel                 URU 2055  6        32.5    47.5    5
14. Cao, Jorge                       URU 2248  6        32.0    48.0    4
15. Muniz, Rafael                    URU 2233  5.5      40.0    55.5    4
16. Magaldi, Nelson                  URU 2185  5.5      33.5    49.0    4
17. Eoksizian,Sergio                 URU ----  5.5      24.0    38.5    3
18. Braso, Jorge                     URU 2262  5        37.0    53.0    3
19. Cukerman, Salomonovich Diego     URU 2161  5        35.0    48.0    3
20. Corbo,Sixto                      URU ----  5        33.0    52.5    4
21. Miralles,Nicolas                 URU ----  5        30.5    50.0    2
22. Barboza, Mauro                   URU 2142  5        27.5    43.5    4
23. Guerrero, Alvaro                 URU 2120  4.5      34.5    52.5    3
24. Riverol, Jose                    URU 2269  4.5      30.0    49.0    3
25. Fuentes,Jorge                    URU ----  4.5      26.0    47.0    1
26. Bustelo, Tabare                  URU 2098  4.5      24.5    43.5    3
27. Nunez de las Rosa,Matias         URU ----  4.5      23.0    39.5    2
28. Rossel,Eduardo                   URU ----  4.5      22.5    42.0    2
29. Nunez de la Rosa,Maximiliano     URU ----  4        22.5    42.0    1
30. De los Reyes,Mauro               URU ----  4        15.5    40.5    1
31. Saravia,Gumersindo               URU ----  3        20.5    41.0    2
32. Guisande,Fernando                URU ----  0         0.0     9.0    0
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16) Cergy Pontoise Open

The 2nd International Open took place 15th-16th May in Cergy Pontoise near Paris. Andrei Shchekachev won the event. There was also a match between Tregubov and Fressinet, the players explained their moves to the audience during the game.

Internet coverage: http://www.organisechecs.com/

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Rapid Open Cergy Pontoise (FRA), 15-16 v 2004
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 1. Shchekachev, Andrei      g  RUS 2570  28 2791
 2. Sebag, Marie             m  FRA 2398  27 2732
 3. David, Alberto           g  LUX 2580  27 2643
 4. Kazhgaleyev, Murtas      g  KAZ 2596  27 2623
 5. Korneev, Oleg            g  RUS 2573  26 2667
 6. Abergel, Thal            m  FRA 2433  25 2641
 7. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime  f  FRA 2434  25 2554
 8. Pham Minh Hoang          m  VIE 2436  25 2488
 9. Okhotnik, Vladimir       m  UKR 2453  25 2486
10. Komljenovic, Davor       g  CRO 2454  24 2562
11. Fressinet, Laurent       g  FRA 2638  24 2535
12. Sanchez, Joseph          f  PHI 2453  24 2478
13. Apicella, Manuel         g  FRA 2539  24 2470
14. Manouck, Thierry         m  FRA 2289  24 2448
15. Shirazi, Kamran          m  USA 2426  24 2430
16. Marcelin, Cyril          g  FRA 2466  24 2416
17. Gouliev, Namig           m  AZE 2449  24 2385
18. Cossin, Sebastien           FRA 2392  24 2357
19. Boudiba, Mahfoud         m  FRA 2354  24 2354
20. Toulzac, Pierre-Yves     f  FRA 2320  24 2342
21. Daurelle, Herve             FRA 2197  24 2340
22. Belkhodja, Slim          g  TUN 2449  23 2547
23. Epishin, Vladimir        g  RUS 2610  23 2511
24. Bagheri, Amir            g  IRI 2506  23 2502
25. Lalic, Bogdan            g  ENG 2535  23 2373
26. Draoui, Najib               MAR 2286  22 2534
27. Tregubov, Pavel V        g  RUS 2636  22 2405
28. Elbilia, Jacques         f  MAR 2293  22 2388
29. Michiels, Bart           m  BEL 2425  22 2368
30. Murey Jacob              g  FRA 2475  22 2359
365 players
3 points for a win

Fressinet, Laurent  -  Tregubov, Pavel V   0-1   47  B30  Sicilian Rossolimo
Tregubov, Pavel V   -  Fressinet, Laurent  0-1   29  E60  King's Indian without Nc3
Fressinet, Laurent  -  Tregubov, Pavel V   1/2   71  B30  Sicilian Rossolimo
Tregubov, Pavel V   -  Fressinet, Laurent  0-1   51  D45  Anti-Meran Variations

Rapid Match Cergy Pontoise FRA (FRA), 15-15 v 2004
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                                 1   2   3   4 
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Fressinet, Laurent g  FRA 2638    0   1   =   1   2.5  2731
Tregubov, Pavel V  g  RUS 2636    1   0   =   0   1.5  2551
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17) Mitropa Cup

The Mitropa Cup team tournament took place in Zemplinska Sirava (Slovakia) 29th May to 6th June 2004. There were 10 European teams (Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland). There were 2 leading teams before last round Slovakia and Croatia. In the last round Croatia defeated Switzerland 3:1, Slovakia defeated Czech republic "only" 2.5:1.5. Thus winner of Mitropa 2004 become team of Croatia. Another interesting match in the last round was Slovenia against Germany. It was match for 3rd place. Slovenia won 2.5:1.5. News Martin Mrva.

Official site: http://www.mitropa.chess.sk/ with full details and photos.

Final standings (after round 9)
 1.Croatia        22.5
 2.Slovakia       22
 3.Slovenia       20.5
 4.Germany        19
 5.Hungary        18
 6.Czech republic 17.5
 7.Switzerland    17
 8.Austria        16.5
 9.France         14.5
10.Italy          12.5


Best players (by percentage result):
 1.Saric A.      CRO 6   / 8 75%
 2.Borisek J.    SLO 6.5 / 9 72%
 3.Mrva M.       SVK 5.5 / 8 69%
 4.Man¡k M.      SVK 6   / 9 67%
 5.Horvath A.    HUN 6   / 9 67%
 6.Kuljasevic D. CRO 6   / 9 67%
 7.Sakelsek T.   SLO 6   / 9 67%
 8.Babula V.     CZE 4.5 / 7 64%
 9.Moser E.      AUT 5   / 8 63%
10.Balogh C.     HUN 5   / 8 63%
.....

Best players by rating performance
 1.Borisek J.    SLO 2607 (6.5 / 9)
 2.Man¡k M.      SVK 2603 (6   / 9)
 3.Babula V.     CZE 2594 (4.5 / 7)
 4.Mrva M.       SVK 2580 (5.5 / 8)
 5.Moser E.      AUT 2574 (5   / 8)
 6.Horvath A.    HUN 2563 (6   / 9)
 7.Saric A.      CRO 2561 (6   / 8)
 8.Kuljasevic D. CRO 2536 (6   / 9)
 9.Jankovic A.   CRO 2535 (5   / 9)
10.Arlandi E.    ITA 2529 (4.5 / 8)

18) Arthur Dake Memorial

The 2004 Arthur Dake Memorial IM takes place June 5th-13th at US Fiberglass, Inc. offices at 117 NE 5th Street, Suite D,McMinnville, OR 97128, USA. New Emil Anka.

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                                      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Golod, Vitali         g ISR 2552  * . . . . . . . 1 .  1.0       
 2. Van Meter, Lester     f USA 2240  . * . . . . . . . 1  1.0       
 3. Andrianov, Nikolai    m RUS 2446  . . * . = . . . . .  0.5  2255 
 4. Anka, Emil            g HUN 2422  . . . * . . = . . .  0.5  2292 
 5. Berry, Jonathan       f CAN 2255  . . = . * . . . . .  0.5  2446 
 6. Harmon, Clark           USA 2184  . . . . . * . = . .  0.5  2176 
 7. Roper, David C        f USA 2292  . . . = . . * . . .  0.5  2422 
 8. Stanford, Mike          CAN 2176  . . . . . = . * . .  0.5  2184 
 9. Raptis, Nick            USA 2262  0 . . . . . . . * .  0.0       
10. Zilberstein, Dmitry   f USA 2392  . 0 . . . . . . . *  0.0       
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19) Biel SuperGM

The Biel Grandmaster Tournament takes place July 19th-29th 2004. The field is extremely impressive with last year's stunning winner Alexander Morozevich being joined by FIDE Champion Ruslan Ponomariov. Along with Bacrot, Sasikiran, McShane and Pelletier the event should be at least Category 17. Ten different competitions will be held during 2004 Festival.

Official site: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch

Biel Grandmaster Tournament (July 19th-29th 2004)
Ti Name                   NAT  Age  Ap Rat  Ap Rank
GM Alexander Morozevich   RUS   27 yo 2732  nr 7
GM Ruslan Ponomariov      UKR   20 yo 2722, nr 10
GM Etienne Bacrot         FRA   21 yo 2675, nr 27
GM Krishnan Sasikiran     IND   23 yo 2659, nr 39
GM Luke McShane           ENG   20 yo 2656, nr 42
GM Yannick Pelletier      SUI   27 yo 2581

20) Professional World Chess Ranking

The Professional World Chess Ranking for players rated 2500 and higher for June 1st 2004 has been released. Below is the top 50. Produced by Ken Thomson, San Jose and calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Moscow.

 1 Kasparov,Garry            13.04.1963  RUS  2764 -22 137 
 2 Anand,Viswanathan         11.12.1969  IND  2729  16 157 
 3 Kramnik,Vladimir          25.06.1975  RUS  2704 -26 134 
 4 Morozevich,Alexander      18.07.1977  RUS  2698  21 174 
 5 Topalov,Veselin           15.03.1975  BUL  2694 - 5 158 
 6 Leko,Peter                08.09.1979  HUN  2690  19 146 
 7 Polgar,Judit              23.07.1976  HUN  2690   0 161 
 8 Svidler,Peter             17.06.1976  RUS  2680 -21 136 
 9 Shirov,Alexei             04.07.1972  ESP  2674 -13 155 
10 Adams,Michael             17.11.1971  ENG  2673  14 137 
11 Ponomariov,Ruslan         11.10.1983  UKR  2669   0 171 
12 Gelfand,Boris             24.06.1968  ISR  2665  10 145 
13 Grischuk,Alexander        31.10.1983  RUS  2660 - 5 151 
14 Azmaiparashvili,Zurab     16.03.1960  GEO  2655   0 151 
15 Ivanchuk,Vassily          18.03.1969  UKR  2653 - 1 158 
16 Bareev,Evgeny             21.11.1966  RUS  2651 - 5 182 
17 Nisipeanu,Liviu-Dieter    01.08.1976  ROM  2643  23 138 
18 Sokolov,Ivan              13.06.1968  NED  2638 -21 152 
19 Short,Nigel D             01.06.1965  ENG  2636 - 8 153 
20 Sutovsky,Emil             19.09.1977  ISR  2635  15 183 
21 Akopian,Vladimir          07.12.1971  ARM  2634   7 168 
22 Dreev,Alexey              30.01.1969  RUS  2628  26 146 
23 Ye Jiangchuan             20.11.1960  CHN  2627   0 162 
24 Rublevsky,Sergei          15.10.1974  RUS  2623  37 171 
25 Vallejo Pons,Francisco    21.08.1982  ESP  2622   5 151 
26 Bacrot,Etienne            22.01.1983  FRA  2622  11 160 
27 Beliavsky,Alexander G     17.12.1953  SLO  2621   6 160 
28 Karpov,Anatoli            23.05.1951  RUS  2620   0 137 
29 Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar     12.04.1985  AZE  2620  17 159 
30 Gurevich,Mikhail          22.02.1959  BEL  2619   7 148 
31 Radjabov,Teimour          12.03.1987  AZE  2618   2 147 
32 Aronian,Levon             06.10.1982  ARM  2617   5 153 
33 Lautier,Joel              12.04.1973  FRA  2613 - 6 159 
34 Graf-Nenashev,Alexander   25.08.1962  GER  2613  14 175 
35 Malakhov,Vladimir         27.11.1980  RUS  2612 -56 170 
36 Aleksandrov,Aleksej       11.05.1973  BLR  2610   7 153 
37 Van Wely,Loek             07.10.1972  NED  2608  47 169 
38 Nikolic,Predrag           11.09.1960  BIH  2604   1 169 
39 Motylev,Alexander         17.06.1979  RUS  2604  33 191 
40 Bologan,Viorel            14.12.1971  MDA  2604 - 1 203 
41 Sakaev,Konstantin         13.04.1974  RUS  2600 - 3 163 
42 Khalifman,Alexander       18.01.1966  RUS  2599 - 5 124 
43 McShane,Luke James        07.01.1984  ENG  2599 -38 213 
44 Georgiev,Kiril            28.11.1965  BUL  2598   2 159 
45 Nielsen,Peter-Heine       24.05.1973  DEN  2597   0 168 
46 Onischuk,Alexander        03.09.1975  USA  2597  12 184 
47 Sasikiran,Krishnan        07.01.1981  IND  2595  10 171 
48 Hansen,Curt               18.09.1964  DEN  2589   0 161 
49 Vescovi,Giovanni          14.06.1978  BRA  2589  17 186 
50 Movsesian,Sergei          03.11.1978  SVK  2588   9 163

21) Forthcoming Events and Links

The Brain Versus Beauty Clash of the Titans

The United States Chess Federation (USCF) have organised a six-game Brain versus Beauty - Clash of The Titans match between Anatoly Karpov and Susan Polgar.

They will play Rapid, Blitz and Advanced Chess. The event starts on Saturday, September 18, 2004, with a Chess Parade in downtown Lindsborg, Kansas. The match will take place in Bethany College Theater on September 18-19. 2 Rapid games - time control of 20 minutes with 5 seconds delay, 2 Blitz games - time control of 5 minutes with 3 seconds delay and 2 Advanced Chess - time control of 25 minutes with 5 seconds increments. The United States Chess Federation (USCF) has officially sanctioned the match. The Karpov - Polgar match is supported by the State of Kansas and the city of Lindsborg.

Brazil Norm Events

There are 2 IM-norm and 1 GM-norm events in Brazil.

Further details: http://www.comunic.com.br/xadrez/ and http://www.osasco.sp.gov.br/xadrez.asp

Comunic VI June 15th-21st 2004

g Neuris Delgado 2557    
g Andrés Rodriguez 2556  
  Alejandro Needleman 242
f Daniel Fernandez 2317  
f M. V. Santos 2305      
  Àlvaro Aranha 2287     
f Valery Frenklakh 2280  
m Yaniet Marrero 2271    
  Wagner Madeira 2263    
f Juliano Resende 2261   

Comunic VII June 24th-30th 2004

g Neuris Delgado 2557 
g Andrés Rodriguez 2556 
  Alejandro Needleman  2420 
f Édson Tsuboi 2388 
  C. A. Sega 2323 
f Daniel Fernandez 2317 
f Valery Frenklakh 2280 
m Yaniet Marrero 2271 
f Bolívar Gonzalez 2268 
f André Diamant 2227 

Osasco 2004 Memorial França Garcia July 1st-8th

g Neuris Delgado  2557 
g Andrés Rodríguez 2556 
g Darcy Lima 2542 
m Eugene Perelshteyn 2500 
m Everaldo Matsuura 2473 
m Osvaldo Zambrana 2472 
m Dmitry Schneider 2454 
m Jefferson Pelikian 2407 
f Antonio Carlos Resende 2368 
  Wagner Madeira 2263

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.

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

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

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

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
-----------------------------------------------
RI    Nombre                 Tí Fed  Elo   Edad
-----------------------------------------------
 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

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/