THE WEEK IN CHESS 501 June 14th 2004 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) Armenia vs Rest of the World
3) II György Marx Chess Memorial
4) FIDE Championship in Tripoli
5) First Saturday GM June
6) 1st Asean GM and IM events
7) Bosnian Team Championship
8) 105th New York Masters
9) Arthur Dake Memorial
10) Voronezh Chess Festival
11) 13th Croatian Chess Federation Festival
12) 3rd ACP Blitz
13) Echternach Open
14) Todd Southam Memorial Active
15) Forthcoming Events and Links


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Games section

Armenia vs Rest of the World                  30 games
II György Marx Chess Memorial                 27 games
First Saturday GM June                        73 games
1st Asean GM and IM events                    60 games
Bosnian Team Championship                     62 games
105th New York Masters                         8 games
Arthur Dake Memorial                          40 games
13th Croatian Chess Federation Festival      258 games
3rd ACP Blitz                                643 games
Todd Southam Memorial Active                  36 games
1237 games

1) Introduction

My thanks to Thomas Henrich, John Fernandez, David Cohen, Emil Anka, Miklós Orsó, Kaspars Migla, Dmitry Borisenkov, Eric van Reem, Thomas J. Belke, Andy McFarland, Dominique Primel, Mirjana Medic, Marco Schumacher, John Hillery and everyone else who helped with the issue.

The Armenia vs the Rest of the World has been an interesting event is the preface to a strong summer of chess. The next major event is the FIDE Championships that start in Tripoli on 18th June. Sadly for chess fans one of the favourites Alexander Morozevich has decided at the last minute not to compete. I would like to thank everyone who wrote to me last week congratulating me on my 500th issue, I very much appreciated the E-Mails.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Armenia vs Rest of the World

The 75th anniversary of the birth of the late Armenian world champion Tigran Petrosian is being celebrated with an Armenia v Rest of the World match which will take place in Moscow 10th-16th June 2004. The Rest of the World won the first three days before drawing day 4 and winning day five. The score is 16-14 with one round to go in this Scheveningen event.

Official site: http://www.cigarclan.com/english_main.php with live coverage at: http://www.russiachess.ru/petrosian/online/

Teams - Armenia: Vladimir Akopian, Smbat Lputian and Rafael Vaganian plus 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. Rest of the World: Viswanathan Anand, Michael Adams, Peter Svidler, Loek Van Wely, Etienne Bacrot and Francisco Vallejo Pons.

Round 1 (June 10, 2004)

                    ROW 3.5 - ARM 2.5

Kasparov, Garry         ARM - ROW Van Wely, Loek          1-0 33 A33 English Symmetrical 
Anand, Viswanathan      ROW - ARM Lputian, Smbat G        1-0 61 C18 French Winawer 
Leko, Peter             ARM - ROW Adams, Michael          1/2 24 C87 Ruy Lopez 
Svidler, Peter          ROW - ARM Gelfand, Boris          1-0 52 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation 
Akopian, Vladimir       ARM - ROW Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 32 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin 
Bacrot, Etienne         ROW - ARM Vaganian, Rafael A      1/2 34 C17 French Winawer 

Round 2 (June 11, 2004) 

                       ROW 4- ARM 2

Vallejo Pons, Francisco ROW - ARM Kasparov, Garry         1/2 34 B97 Sicilian Najdorf 
Vaganian, Rafael A      ARM - ROW Anand, Viswanathan      1/2 19 A32 English Symmetrical 
Adams, Michael          ROW - ARM Akopian, Vladimir       1-0 25 C10 French Rubinstein 
Gelfand, Boris          ARM - ROW Van Wely, Loek          1/2 26 A34 English Symmetrical 
Bacrot, Etienne         ROW - ARM Leko, Peter             1/2 27 E20 Nimzo Indian 
Lputian, Smbat G        ARM - ROW Svidler, Peter          0-1 41 D91 Gruenfeld 5.Bg5 

Round 3 (June 12, 2004) 

                    ROW 3.5 - ARM 2.5

Kasparov, Garry         ARM - ROW Bacrot, Etienne         1/2 66 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Svidler, Peter          ROW - ARM Vaganian, Rafael A      1/2 19 C17 French Winawer
Akopian, Vladimir       ARM - ROW Anand, Viswanathan      0-1 45 B48 Sicilian Paulsen
Adams, Michael          ROW - ARM Lputian, Smbat G        1/2 33 C09 French Tarrasch
Gelfand, Boris          ARM - ROW Vallejo Pons, Francisco 0-1 24 E13 Queens Indian 5.Bg5
Van Wely, Loek          ROW - ARM Leko, Peter 0-1 22 E15 Queens Indian

Round 4 (June 13, 2004) 

                    ROW 3.0 - ARM 3.0
Kasparov, Garry         ARM - ROW Adams, Michael          1/2 45 A30 English Symmetrical
Anand, Viswanathan      ROW - ARM Gelfand, Boris          1/2 30 C42 Petroff's Defence
Leko, Peter             ARM - ROW Svidler, Peter          1/2 20 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Vallejo Pons, Francisco ROW - ARM Vaganian, Rafael A      1/2 48 C17 French Winawer
Lputian, Smbat G        ARM - ROW Bacrot, Etienne         0-1 54 D15 Slav Defence
Van Wely, Loek          ROW - ARM Akopian, Vladimir       0-1 65 E15 Queens Indian

Round 5 (June 14, 2004) ROW 2 - ARM 4

Svidler, Peter          ROW - ARM Kasparov, Garry         1/2   58  B31  Sicilian Rossolimo
Leko, Peter             ARM - ROW Anand, Viswanathan      1-0   68  B48  Sicilian Paulsen
Bacrot, Etienne         ROW - ARM Akopian, Vladimir       1/2   20  E21  Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
Lputian, Smbat G        ARM - ROW Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1-0   76  E14  Queens Indian
Adams, Michael          ROW - ARM Gelfand, Boris          1/2   20  B90  Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Vaganian, Rafael A      ARM - ROW Van Wely, Loek          1/2   44  E10  Blumenfeld Counter Gambit

Player scores
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ARM-ROW Match Moscow RUS (RUS), 10-15 vi 2004
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                                          1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Leko, Peter               g HUN 2741  * = . = = 1 . . . . . 1  3.5  2861 
 2. Svidler, Peter            g RUS 2733  = * = . . . = . . 1 1 .  3.5  2858 
 3. Kasparov, Garry           g RUS 2817  . = * = = . . = . . . 1  3.0  2763 
 4. Bacrot, Etienne           g FRA 2675  = . = * . . = . = 1 . .  3.0  2776 
 5. Adams, Michael            g ENG 2731  = . = . * . . . 1 = = .  3.0  2791 
 6. Anand, Viswanathan        g IND 2774  0 . . . . * = . 1 1 = .  3.0  2755 
 7. Vaganian, Rafael A        g ARM 2639  . = . = . = * = . . . =  2.5  2699 
 8. Vallejo Pons, Francisco   g ESP 2666  . . = . . . = * = 0 1 .  2.5  2698 
 9. Akopian, Vladimir         g ARM 2689  . . . = 0 0 . = * . . 1  2.0  2627 
10. Lputian, Smbat G          g ARM 2634  . 0 . 0 = 0 . 1 . * . .  1.5  2566 
11. Gelfand, Boris            g ISR 2714  . 0 . . = = . 0 . . * =  1.5  2562 
12. Van Wely, Loek            g NED 2651  0 . 0 . . . = . 0 . = *  1.0  2480 
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3) II György Marx Chess Memorial

The II György Marx Chess Memorial takes place 5th-15th June 2004. Viktor Korchnoi leads by a point with a round to go. I've corrected the dates from last week.

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

Round 1 (June 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              1/2   17  D13  Slav Exchange

Round 2 (June 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

Round 3 (June 7, 2004)

Berkes, Ferenc          -  Acs, Peter              1/2   46  A25  English Sicilian Attack
Beliavsky, Alexander G  -  Korchnoi, Viktor        0-1   39  E54  Nimzo Indian
Nevednichy, Vladislav   -  Portisch, Lajos         1/2   45  B43  Sicilian Paulsen

Round 4 (June 8, 2004)

Berkes, Ferenc          -  Nevednichy, Vladislav   1-0   62  E62  King's Indian 6...Nc6
Portisch, Lajos         -  Beliavsky, Alexander G  1/2   45  E55  Nimzo Indian
Acs, Peter              -  Korchnoi, Viktor        0-1   61  D27  QGA

Round 5 (June 9, 2004)

Korchnoi, Viktor        -  Portisch, Lajos         1-0   49  E07  Catalan
Beliavsky, Alexander G  -  Berkes, Ferenc          1/2   30  D46  Semi-Slav Defence
Nevednichy, Vladislav   -  Acs, Peter              1-0   40  B88  Sicilian Sozin Attack

Round 6 (June 11, 2004)

Korchnoi, Viktor        -  Berkes, Ferenc          1/2   55  D48  Queens Gambit Meran
Beliavsky, Alexander G  -  Nevednichy, Vladislav   1-0   33  E94  King's Indian Classical
Acs, Peter              -  Portisch, Lajos         1-0   34  B42  Sicilian Paulsen

Round 7 (June 12, 2004)

Berkes, Ferenc          -  Portisch, Lajos         1-0   57  B15  Caro Kann
Beliavsky, Alexander G  -  Acs, Peter              1-0   43  D17  Slav Defence
Nevednichy, Vladislav   -  Korchnoi, Viktor        0-1   61  C08  French Tarrasch

Round 8 (June 13, 2004)

Korchnoi, Viktor        -  Beliavsky, Alexander G  0-1   27  E46  Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Portisch, Lajos         -  Nevednichy, Vladislav   1/2   43  D94  Gruenfeld Closed
Acs, Peter              -  Berkes, Ferenc          0-1   40  A34  English Symmetrical

Round 9 (June 14, 2004)

Korchnoi, Viktor        -  Acs, Peter              1-0   56  E63  King's Indian 6...Nc6
Beliavsky, Alexander G  -  Portisch, Lajos         1-0   43  E04  Catalan
Nevednichy, Vladislav   -  Berkes, Ferenc          1/2   67  B52  Sicilian Rossolimo


II Gyorgy Marx Mem Paks HUN (HUN), 5-15 vi 2004   cat. XIV (2587)
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                                      1  2  3  4  5  6 
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1 Korchnoi, Viktor        g SUI 2579 ** == 10 11 1. 11  7.0  2810
2 Berkes, Ferenc          g HUN 2613 == ** =. 1= =1 =1  6.0  2697
3 Beliavsky, Alexander G  g SLO 2667 01 =. ** 01 =1 =1  5.5  2646
4 Nevednichy, Vladislav   g ROM 2544 00 0= 10 ** == 1.  3.5  2521
5 Portisch, Lajos         g HUN 2573 0. =0 =0 == ** =0  2.5  2425
6 Acs, Peter              g HUN 2548 00 =0 =0 0. =1 **  2.5  2434
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4) FIDE Championship in Tripoli

There will have to be final changes to the "final pairings" as its reported that Alexander Morozevich has decided not to play in Tripoli. 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) * now apparently not playing
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) First Saturday GM June

The First Saturday events take place 5th-17th of June 2004. The main event is 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 1 = 1 =  6.0  2602 
 2. Gonda, Laszlo           f HUN 2397  . * = . = = = 1 1 1 =  5.5  2551 
 3. Farago, Ivan            g HUN 2507  . = * = . = = = 1 = =  4.5  2454 
 4. Seres, Lajos            g HUN 2497  = . = * 1 = . 0 = = =  4.0  2408 
 5. Paschall, William M     m USA 2381  = = . 0 * = = 1 0 . 1  4.0  2423 
 6. Fogarasi, Tibor         g HUN 2465  0 = = = = * . . 1 = =  4.0  2411 
 7. Almasi, Istvan          m HUN 2449  0 = = . = . * = = = =  3.5  2356 
 8. Karatorossian, David    m ARM 2401  0 0 = 1 0 . = * = 1 .  3.5  2378 
 9. Nagle, Sean             f USA 2375  = 0 0 = 1 0 = = * = .  3.5  2349 
10. Muir, Andrew J          m SCO 2335  0 0 = = . = = 0 = * 1  3.5  2352 
11. Szieberth, Adam         m HUN 2370  = = = = 0 = = . . 0 *  3.0  2345 
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FSIM June Budapest HUN (HUN), 5-17 vi 2004                    cat. II (2289)
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                                            1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 
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 1. Jakab, Attila               m HUN 2390  * = = 1 1 = 1 1 . 1 .  6.5  2530 
 2. Werner, Dimo                m GER 2362  = * = = = . = 1 = = .  4.5  2323 
 3. Simonsen, Hans Kristian       FAI 2243  = = * . 0 1 = = = . 1  4.5  2330 
 4. Farago, Sandor              m HUN 2314  0 = . * = = 1 . = = 1  4.5  2353 
 5. Boguszlavszkij, Jevgenyij   m HUN 2276  0 = 1 = * = = 1 . = 0  4.5  2293 
 6. Kahn, Evarth                m HUN 2290  = . 0 = = * = 1 = . =  4.0  2276 
 7. Poulsen, Martin               FAI 2290  0 = = 0 = = * . = = 1  4.0  2262 
 8. Caruana, Fabiano            f USA 2140  0 0 = . 0 0 . * 1 1 1  3.5  2261 
 9. Brustkern, Juergen          f GER 2266  . = = = . = = 0 * 0 =  3.0  2194 
10. Eperjesi, Laszlo            m HUN 2322  0 = . = = . = 0 1 * 0  3.0  2203 
11. Martini, Balazs               HUN 2289  . . 0 0 1 = 0 0 = 1 *  3.0  2180 
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6) 1st Asean GM and IM events

The 1st ASEAN Masters GM and IM Tournaments took place 4th-11th June 2004. The event were Category X and V. The 2nd ASEAN Masters IM Tournament takes place 13th-20th June 2004.

Official site: http://www.asiachesscentre.com/

1st Asean GM Bangkok THA (THA), 4-11 vi 2004          cat. X (2481)
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                                        1  2  3  4  5  6 
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1 Nguyen Anh Dung           g VIE 2535 ** == =1 1= 11 11  8.0  2710
2 Mariano, Nelson           m PHI 2416 == ** == 1= == 11  6.5  2603
3 Villamayor, Buenaventura  g PHI 2469 =0 == ** == == 1=  5.0  2483
4 Zaw Win Lay               g MYA 2475 0= 0= == ** 1= ==  4.5  2446
5 Aung Aung                 m MYA 2524 00 == == 0= ** ==  3.5  2362
6 Aung Thant Zin            f MYA 2466 00 00 0= == == **  2.5  2290
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1st Asean IM Bangkok THA (THA), 4-11 vi 2004     cat. V (2355)
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                                   1  2  3  4  5  6 
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1 Wynn Zaw Htun          MYA 2430 ** == == 11 1= ==  6.5  2450
2 Nay Oo Kyaw Tun      m MYA 2431 == ** == 1= 10 1=  6.0  2411
3 Myo Naing            m MYA 2425 == == ** 10 == 1=  5.5  2377
4 Yeo Min-Yang, Evan   f SIN 2246 00 0= 01 ** 1= 11  5.0  2376
5 Cain, Celestino        PHI 2310 0= 01 == 0= ** ==  4.0  2292
6 Maninang, Rafaelito  m PHI 2288 == 0= 0= 00 == **  3.0  2219
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7) 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 now available.

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

8) 105th New York Masters

Leonid Yudasin won the 105th New York Masters with a clean 4/4 score on 8th 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. I gave the 104 games again as I forgot to change the dates and edition number in the games.

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

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   1. Yudasin, Leonid       g ISR 2553 + 8 + 5 + 3 + 4   4.0  ($360)
   2. Scekic, Milos         m SCG 2405 +10 - 3 +15 + 8   3.0  ($150)
   3. Shevelev, Danny       f ISR 2310 +13 + 2 - 1 +10   3.0  ($150)
   4. Vovsha, Eli           m ISR 2441 = 9 +11 + 6 - 1   2.5  ($ 70)
   5. Bonin, Jay            m USA 2341 +16 - 1 -10 +15   2.0
   6. Ippolito, Dean        m USA 2381 =15 + 9 - 4 =11   2.0
   7. Benen, Samson         f USA 2303 =12 =15 =11 = 9   2.0
   8. Hoffmann, Asa         f USA 2290 - 1 +16 +12 - 2   2.0
   9. Lenderman, Alex       f USA 2327 = 4 - 6 +14 = 7   2.0
  10. Kis, Bela               HUN 2161 - 2 +13 + 5 - 3   2.0
  11. Rosenberg, Evan         USA 2163 +14 - 4 = 7 = 6   2.0
  12. Zhao, Parker            USA 1992 = 7 =14 - 8 =     1.5
  13. Mohammad-Pour, Darius   USA ---- - 3 -10 +16 =14   1.5
  14. Sarkar, Justin        m USA 2375 -11 =12 - 9 =13   1.0
  15. Appelman, Harris        USA 2188 = 6 = 7 - 2 - 5   1.0
  16. Salman, Joel          f USA 2227 - 5 - 8 -13 =     0.5


PRIZES

1ST   - $ 360
2ND   - $ 200
3RD   - $  70
U2400 - $ 100

9) Arthur Dake Memorial

The 2004 Arthur Dake Memorial IM took place June 5th-13th at US Fiberglass, Inc. offices at 117 NE 5th Street, Suite D,McMinnville, OR 97128, USA. The two GMs dominated the event finishing on 7.5/9. The event was sponsored by US Fiberglass Inc. owned by Clark and Sherry Harmon. There are plans to hold the tournament regularly. News Emil Anka.

Official site: http://www.aboutchess.org/

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 1. Golod, Vitali         g ISR 2552  * = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1  7.5  2569 
 2. Anka, Emil            g HUN 2422  = * = = 1 1 1 1 1 1  7.5  2584 
 3. Roper, David C        f USA 2292  = = * = 0 1 = 0 1 1  5.0  2368 
 4. Andrianov, Nikolai    m RUS 2446  = = = * = = = = = =  4.5  2308 
 5. Raptis, Nick            USA 2262  0 0 1 = * 0 0 1 1 1  4.5  2328 
 6. Zilberstein, Dmitry   f USA 2392  0 0 0 = 1 * 1 1 = 0  4.0  2271 
 7. Stanford, Mike          CAN 2176  0 0 = = 1 0 * = = 1  4.0  2295 
 8. Berry, Jonathan       f CAN 2255  0 0 1 = 0 0 = * = 1  3.5  2249 
 9. Harmon, Clark           USA 2184  0 0 0 = 0 = = = * =  2.5  2171 
10. Van Meter, Lester     f USA 2240  0 0 0 = 0 1 0 0 = *  2.0  2111 
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10) Voronezh Chess Festival

The 8th International Chess Festival Voronezh takes place 10th-21st June 2004. The main master open has 103 participants 10 GMs, 20 IMs, 8 FMs, 1 WGM, 2 WIMs, 3 WFMs. Earlier the Rapid chess tournament on 10th-11th June 2004 saw 117 participants amongst them GM Vladimir Burmakin (2571). No games available so far.

Official site: http://www.relex.ru/~xuser/voronezh_open/

Leading Entries
   1  Burmakin Vladimir         g  RUS 2571
   2  Shaposhnikov Evgeny       g  RUS 2559
   3  Chernyshov Konstantin     g  RUS 2556
   4  Riazantsev Alexander      g  RUS 2556
   5  Popov Valerij             g  RUS 2547
   6  Kurnosov Igor             g  RUS 2543
   7  Zakhartsov Viacheslav     m  RUS 2520
   8  Lutsko Igor               m  BLR 2517
   9  Zakharevich Igor          g  RUS 2515
  10  Rychagov Andrey           m  RUS 2509
  103 players

11) 13th Croatian Chess Federation Festival

The 13th Croatian Chess Federation Festival took place in Rabac 20th-27th June 2004. The event saw various Team Cups. The main Men's event was won by Mravince DC. Smirin and Tkachiev were the strongest players to take part both competing for the winners. My thanks to Mirjana Medic for the news.

Official site: http://www.crochess.com/turniri/rabac/kup_04/index.htm

Men's Final Ranking

Rank Team                 Gam. + = - Pts.  BH.  
   1 Mravince DC             9 9 0 0 26,0 178,5 
   2 Liburnija Rijeka        9 7 0 2 26,0 178,5 
   3 Pula                    9 7 0 2 24,0 179,0 
   4 Rijeka                  9 5 0 4 22,5 176,0 
   5 Goran Bibinje           9 4 1 4 19,5 176,0 
   6 Goranka-Kenda R.Gora    9 5 0 4 19,0 159,0 
   7 Gjuro Pilar Sl.Brod     9 4 0 5 18,5 171,0 
   8 Dalekovod Zagreb        9 4 1 4 18,0 161,5 
   9 Junior Rijeka           9 4 0 5 16,0 142,0 
  10 Kostrena                9 4 1 4 15,0 138,0 
  11 Sibenik                 9 4 2 3 15,0 136,0 
  12 Vis                     9 3 1 5 14,5 125,5 
  13 Karlobag                9 2 3 4 13,5 131,0 
  14 Maestral Rijeka         9 3 0 6 12,0 121,0 
  15 Uljanik Pula            9 2 1 6 10,5 123,5 

Women's Final Ranking
Rank Team                        Gam. + = - Pts. 
   1 Lucija Kvarner-banka Rijeka    2 2 0 0 4,5  
   2 Goranka-Kenda R.Gora           2 1 0 1 3,0  
   3 Draga Rijeka                   2 0 0 2 1,5  

Junior Final Ranking
 Rank Team          Gam. + = - Pts. 
    1 Draga Rijeka     2 2 0 0 4,5  
    2 Junior Rijeka    2 0 1 1 3,5  
    3 Pula             2 0 1 1 3,0  
 
Kadet Final Ranking
 Rank Team         Gam. + = - Pts. 
    1 Draga Rijeka    2 2 0 0 5,0  
    2 Umag            2 1 0 1 4,0  
    3 Labin           2 0 0 2 0,0  
 
Kadetkinje Final Ranking
 Rank Team                Gam. + = - Pts. 
    1 Pula                   3 2 1 0 5,0  
    2 Ivan Dvoržak           3 0 3 0 3,0  
    3 Novi Marof - Lucija    3 0 2 1 2,0  
    4 Goranka R.Gora         3 0 2 1 2,0  
    5 Labin                  0 0 0 0 0,0

12) 3rd ACP Blitz

The finals of the Third ACP tournament took place on 5th June. 32-year-old GM Konstantin Landa defeated top seed Alexey Dreevto win the event. Peter Heine Nielsen and Sergey Karjakin finished in 3rd. The event took place on the Playchess.com server (Chessbase's server) and sponsored by ChinaCom. My thanks to John Fernandez for collating the material together for me.

Further details: http://www.chessbase.com

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Landa, Konstantin         g RUS 2550    0   =   1   1   2.5
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Dreev, Alexey             g RUS 2689    1   =   =   1   3.0
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Landa, Konstantin         g RUS 2550    =   1   1   .   2.5
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Dreev, Alexey             g RUS 2689    0   1   1   1   3.0
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Nielsen, Peter Heine      g DEN 2628    0   1   1   0   1   3.0
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Karjakin, Sergey          g UKR 2580    1   =   1   .   2.5
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Landa, Konstantin         g RUS 2550    1   =   1   .   2.5
Fressinet, Laurent        g FRA 2638    0   =   0   .   0.5
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  1 Dreev, Alexey             g RUS 2689 **** ==1= ==11 11== 8.5
  2 Najer, Evgeniy            g RUS 2606 ==0= **** 1010 1=01 6.0
  3 Berg, Emanuel             m SWE 2495 ==00 0101 **** 1100 5.0
  4 Bauer, Christian          g FRA 2595 00== 0=10 0011 **** 4.5

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  1 Karjakin, Sergey          g UKR 2580 **** ==1= =101 =11= 8.0
  2 Fressinet, Laurent        g FRA 2638 ==0= **** 011= 00=1 5.5
  3 Baklan, Vladimir          g UKR 2615 =01= 100= **** =011 5.5
  4 Petrosian, Tigran L       m ARM 2539 =00= 11=0 =100 **** 5.0

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  1 Landa, Konstantin         g RUS 2550 **** 1011 11=0 1111 9.5
  2 Macieja, Bartlomiej       g POL 2633 0100 **** 1110 0=11 6.5
  3 Shabalov, Alexander       g USA 2624 00=1 0001 **** 011= 5.0
  4 Gustafsson, Jan           g GER 2579 0000 1=00 100= **** 3.0

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  1 Nielsen, Peter Heine      g DEN 2628 **** =01. 1111 1=0= 7.5
  2 Glek, Igor                g GER 2571 =10. **** 1=01 =101 6.5
  3 Vaisser, Anatoly          g FRA 2573 0000 0=10 **** 11.. 6.5
  4 Kobalia, Mikhail          g RUS 2630 0=1= =010 00.. **** 3.5

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  1 Nielsen, Peter Heine      g DEN 2628 ** =1 01 1= 01 11 01 1= 10 11 11 14.5
  2 Baklan, Vladimir          g UKR 2615 =0 ** == 1= == 01 01 11 =1 11 11 14.5
  3 Speelman, Jonathan        g ENG 2569 10 == ** 01 =1 =0 =1 =1 =1 =1 11 13.0
  4 Dreev, Alexey             g RUS 2689 0= 0= 10 ** =0 == 11 11 =1 11 11 13.0
  5 Bartel, Mateusz           m POL 2501 10 == =0 =1 ** =0 10 == 01 11 11 11.5
  6 Golubev, Mikhail          g UKR 2532 00 10 =1 == =1 ** 00 01 11 10 11 11.0
  7 Volokitin, Andrei         g UKR 2600 10 10 =0 00 01 11 ** =0 10 01 11 10.0
  8 Pelletier, Yannick        g SUI 2581 0= 00 =0 00 == 10 =1 ** =1 11 11 10.0
  9 Atarov, Evgeniy             RUS 2138 01 =0 =0 =0 10 00 01 =0 ** == =1  7.5
 10 Lobron, Eric              g GER 2493 00 00 =0 00 00 01 10 00 == ** 11  5.5
 11 Agababean, Naira         wg MDA 2216 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 =0 00 **  0.5

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  1 Vaisser, Anatoly          g FRA 2573 ** 00 10 1= 11 =1 01 =1 11 11 11 14.5
  2 Gustafsson, Jan           g GER 2579 11 ** 10 01 01 10 =1 11 11 10 =1 14.0
  3 Zarnicki, Pablo           g ARG 2521 01 01 ** =1 11 00 1= 11 11 =1 1= 14.0
  4 Fressinet, Laurent        g FRA 2638 0= 10 =0 ** =0 =1 11 11 11 11 11 14.0
  5 Deviatkin, Andrei         m RUS 2502 00 10 00 =1 ** =1 10 =1 01 11 11 11.5
  6 Charbonneau, Pascal       m CAN 2484 =0 01 11 =0 =0 ** 0= 10 00 1= 11  9.5
  7 Avrukh, Boris             g ISR 2620 10 =0 0= 00 01 1= ** 10 0= =1 11  9.5
  8 Shomoev, Anton            g RUS 2487 =0 00 00 00 =0 01 01 ** 11 11 10  8.0
  9 Skripchenko, Almira       m FRA 2456 00 00 00 00 10 11 1= 00 ** =1 1=  7.5
 10 Fernandez, John C           USA 2153 00 01 =0 00 00 0= =0 00 =0 ** 11  5.0
 11 Veroci, Zsuzsa           wg HUN 2315 00 =0 0= 00 00 00 00 01 0= 00 **  2.5

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  2. Gustafsson, Jan       g GER 2579  0 * =     0.5
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  1 Bauer, Christian          g FRA 2595 ** == 1= 1= 11 10 01 1= =1 11 11 15.0
  2 Karjakin, Sergey          g UKR 2580 == ** 11 1= 1= 1= 00 1= 11 11 11 15.0
  3 Macieja, Bartlomiej       g POL 2633 0= 00 ** 01 01 11 11 10 11 11 11 13.5
  4 Lputian, Smbat            g ARM 2634 0= 0= 10 ** 11 10 1= 11 =1 1= =1 13.0
  5 Sasikiran, Krishnan       g IND 2659 00 0= 10 00 ** 11 =1 =1 11 11 11 12.5
  6 Psakhis, Lev              g ISR 2545 01 0= 00 01 00 ** 11 0= 11 11 11 11.0
  7 Fontaine, Robert          g FRA 2525 10 11 00 0= =0 00 ** 01 =0 11 11  9.5
  8 Paehtz, Elisabeth        wg GER 2385 0= 0= 01 00 =0 1= 10 ** =0 11 =1  9.0
  9 Grabuzova, Tatiana       wg RUS 2348 =0 00 00 =0 00 00 =1 =1 ** 00 01  5.0
 10 Vasilevich, Tatjana      wg UKR 2386 00 00 00 =0 00 00 00 00 11 ** 01  3.5
 11 Kiriakov, Petr            g RUS 2586 00 00 00 =0 00 00 00 =0 10 10 **  3.0

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  1 Berg, Emanuel             m SWE 2495 ** 0= 01 11 =1 1= 1= 11 11 =1 01 14.5
  2 Landa, Konstantin         g RUS 2550 1= ** 0= =0 1= 01 11 11 11 =1 11 14.5
  3 Shabalov, Alexander       g USA 2624 10 1= ** 01 =0 1= =1 1= =1 11 11 14.0
  4 Jakovenko, Dmitry         g RUS 2582 00 =1 10 ** =1 =1 0= 10 11 11 11 13.0
  5 Shipov, Sergey            g RUS 2593 =0 0= =1 =0 ** 10 1= 11 11 =1 11 13.0
  6 Mecking, Henrique         g BRA 2555 0= 10 0= =0 01 ** 10 1= 11 11 11 12.0
  7 Lautier, Joel             g FRA 2680 0= 00 =0 1= 0= 01 ** 11 11 11 11 12.0
  8 Polaczek, Richard         m BEL 2426 00 00 0= 01 00 0= 00 ** == =1 11  6.5
  9 Harika, Dronavalli       wm IND 2368 00 00 =0 00 00 00 00 == ** 01 11  4.5
 10 Volkov, Sergey            g RUS 2629 =0 =0 00 00 =0 00 00 =0 10 ** 10  4.0
 11 Hoffman, Paul               USA ---- 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 **  2.0

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  1 Petrosian, Tigran L       m ARM 2539 ** 0= 11 == =0 11 11 11 1= 11 11 15.5
  2 Kobalia, Mikhail          g RUS 2630 1= ** 10 =0 11 =1 1= 1= 11 1= 11 15.0
  3 Glek, Igor                g GER 2571 00 01 ** 11 10 00 11 11 11 11 1= 13.5
  4 Potkin, Vladimir          g RUS 2540 == =1 00 ** 10 01 0= 11 11 11 11 13.0
  5 Socko, Bartosz            g POL 2579 =1 00 01 01 ** =0 01 11 11 11 00 11.0
  6 Tregubov, Pavel           g RUS 2636 00 =0 11 10 =1 ** == 10 1= 00 11 10.5
  7 Fridman, Daniel           g LAT 2594 00 0= 00 1= 10 == ** 10 10 10 11  9.0
  8 Pogonina, Natalija       wm RUS 2393 00 0= 00 00 00 01 01 ** =0 11 11  7.0
  9 Dimitrijevic, Aleksandra wf SCG 2292 0= 00 00 00 00 0= 01 =1 ** 01 11  6.5
 10 Krush, Irina              m USA 2465 00 0= 00 00 00 11 01 00 10 ** 00  4.5
 11 Gallegos, Carlos          m VEN 2452 00 00 0= 00 11 00 00 00 00 11 **  4.5

13) Echternach Open

The Open of Echternach (Luxembourg) took place June 5th-6th 2004. More than 10 GMs and 350 players in total participated in the 9 round event. GM Leonid Kritz of Germany won with 8/9. Vassily Ivanchuk finished 5th on 7.5/9. Sadly no games seem to be available. News: Marco Schumacher.

Complete results and photos at http://open.desprenger-echternach.lu

Final Round 9 Standings:
 1. Kritz,Leonid        g GER 2534  8.0 41.5 
 2. Kasimdzhanov,Rust   g UZB 2652  8.0 40.0 
 3. Chuchelov,Vladimi   g BEL 2593  7.5 40.0 
 4. Gurevich Mikhail    g BEL 2672  7.5 39.0 
 5. Ivanchuk, Vassily   g UKR 2716  7.5 39.0 
 6. Zude Erik           f GER 2350  7.5 38.5 
 7. Goloshchapov,Alex   g UKR 2569  7.5 38.5 
 8. Delchev, Aleksand   g BUL 2602  7.0 40.5 
 9. Huzman, Alexander   g ISR 2589  7.0 37.0 
10. Dautov Rustem       g GER 2616  7.0 36.0 
11. Khenkin,Igor        g GER 2596  7.0 36.0 
12. Gulbas Cémil        f BEL 2363  7.0 36.0 
13. Sonntag,Hans-Hube   m GER 2383  7.0 36.0 
14. Polaczek,Richard    m BEL 2426  7.0 35.5 
15. Ginsburg Gennadi    m GER 2519  7.0 35.0 
16. Röder,Matthias      m GER 2457  7.0 35.0 
17. Afek Yochanan       m ISR 2338  7.0 35.0 
18. Boidman,Yuri        m GER 2413  6.5 40.5 
19. Gouliev, Namig      m AZE 2449  6.5 38.0 
20. Marzolo Cyrille     m FRA 2409  6.5 37.0 
21. Pähtz,Thomas        g GER 2424  6.5 36.5 
22. Kipper Jens           GER 2340  6.5 36.5 
22. Berend,Elvira      wg LUX 2302  6.5 36.5 
24. Vasilev, Milen      m BUL 2411  6.5 36.5 
25. Morawietz,Dieter      GER 2393  6.5 35.5 
26. Klundt,Klaus        m GER 2349  6.5 35.5 
27. Hendriks Willy      m NED 2393  6.5 35.5 
28. Coenen Norbert      m GER 2409  6.5 35.0 
29. Haub,Thorsten Mic   m GER 2406  6.5 34.5 
30. Berend,Fred         m LUX 2376  6.5 34.5 
31. Maes,Wim Albert A   f BEL 2295  6.5 34.0 
352 players

14) Todd Southam Memorial Active

The Todd Southam Memorial Active was held in Toronto, Canada in memory of the former Canadian Junior Champion (1969-1996).

The team Scheveningen had a team of masters, including three former Canadian junior champions, facing off against a team of top Canadian juniors, led by the current junior champion, Zhe Quan. Some notable results: FMs Quan and Krnan each scored 5.5/6 for the juniors; and there was not one draw in the first five rounds!

Organizer: David Cohen Tournament Director: Vladimir Dobrich Sponsors: Chess Federation of Canada, Greater Toronto Chess League

Todd Southam Memorial Toronto, CAN 2004.06.13
Active (Game/30) Team Scheveningen

                               1   2   3   4   5   6  
T

Masters

 1 Allan, Denis   CAN FM       +7  +12 -11 +10 -9  =8  3.5
 2 Bailey, Doug   CAN          +8  -7  -12 -11 +10 =9  2.5
 3 Day, Lawrence  CAN IM       -9  +8  +7  -12 -11 +10 3.0
 4 Krupnov, Maxim RUS          +10 -9  -8  +7  +12 =11 3.5
 5 Miller, Evgeni CAN          -11 +10 -9  +8  +7  +12 4.0
 6 Puri, Vinod    CAN FM       -0  -11 +10 -9  +8  =7  2.5
13 Henry, Liam    CAN          -12 -0  -0  -0  -0  -0  0.0

TOTAL: 19

Juniors

 7 Peng, David         CAN     -1  +2  -3  -4  -5  =6 1.5
 8 Thavandiran, Shiyam CAN     -2  -3  +4  -5  -6  =1 1.5
 9 Krnan, Tomas        CAN FM  +3  +4  +5  +6  +1  =2 5.5
10 Smith, Hazel        CAN WFM -4  -5  -6  -1  -2  -3 0.0
11 Quan, Zhe           CAN FM  +5  +6  +1  +2  +3  =4 5.5
12 Noritsyn, Nikolay   CAN     +13  -1  +2  +3  -4 -5 3.0

TOTAL: 17

15) Forthcoming Events and Links

Chess Classic Mainz

Chess Classic Mainz will be held in the Rheingoldhalle in Mainz 4th-8th August 2004. The main match this year is an eight game rapid clash between Indian superstar Vishy Anand and one of the most succesfull players of 2004, Alexei Shirov. At the same time, Peter Svidler will try to defend his WNCA Chess 960 world title in an eight games match against Levon Aronian, winner of the Chess960 Open last year. On August 4 Svidler and Shirov will play a Chess 960 and classical chess simul, but several other exhibitions are planned, e.g. the first man against machine Chess960 match with the Dutch chess program The Baron. On August 5 and 6 hundreds of professionals and amateurs meet in the third FiNet-Chess960 Open and on August 7 and 8 the 11the Ordix Open will be held, in which at least 500 players are expected to play. The joint price fund for both Open tournaments is €35.000. News Eric van Reem.

More information can be found on http://www.chesstigers.de

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

Amsterdam Chess Tournament

The Amsterdam Chess Tournament ACT takes place 17th-25th July 2004. Main event is a 9 round swiss with Ivan Sokolov, Van Wely, Jan Timman etc.

Further details: http://home.hccnet.nl/w.haggenburg/act04/

Group A 59 Entries so far. Top entries
Sokolov,I                      Oegstgeest             2690  GM 
Wely,LFAM van                  Tilburg                2651  GM 
Nikolic,P                      Bosnie                 2648  GM 
Tregubov,PV                    Rusland                2636  GM 
Krasenkow,M                    Polen                  2609  GM 
Doel,E van den                 Leiden                 2599  GM 
Ganguly,SS                     India                  2582  GM 
Nijboer,F                      Amsterdam              2578  GM 
Timman,JH                      Amsterdam              2576  GM 
Gagunashvili,M                 Georgie                2562  GM 
Sandipan,C                     India                  2561  GM 
Acs,P                          Hongarije              2548  GM 
Pavlovic,M                     Servie & Montenegro    2545  GM 
Smeets,J                       Oegstgeest             2531  IM 
Bagheri,A                      Iran                   2506  GM 

Riga 2004

The 2nd International chess tournament "Riga 2004" takes place 15th– 21st August 2004. For Latvian players it also will be the national championship.

Details: http://www.liepajniekiem.lv/?doc=13254 and in Latvian http://www.liepajniekiem.lv/?doc=13253

26th Annual Southern California Open

26th Annual Southern California Open. Burbank, CA, September 3-6, 2004. 6-SS. $20,000 based on 300 players, $10,000 guaranteed. Top section FIDE rated. Further details: http://www.westernchess.com

45th US Armed Forces Open

The 2004 (45th annual) US Armed Forces Open (USAFO) Chess Tournament will be held from Saturday October 9 to Monday (Columbus Day) October 11, 2004 at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD. The event is free and open to all active, reserve, guard and cadet/ROTC, and retired military service members. UK players can also compete.

Further details: http://home.earthlink.net/~eschlich/

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 

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

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

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.

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
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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

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

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 June-August 2004

1. 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/,

2. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 3rd-16th of July, Org: Nagy Laszlo,

3. 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

4. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 7th-19th of August 2004, org: NL.

5. 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

6. TALENTUM CUP Open 19th-27th of Aug. BALATONZAMARDI /200 km West from Budapest/, organizer: MR VALIS, Janos e-mail: husi-sc@hu.inter.net

7. 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/

New York Masters

Regular competition for players in New York Rated 2200 and above.

Further details: http://www.newyorkmasters.com/