THE WEEK IN CHESS 511 23rd August 2004 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) Sao Paulo Rapid
3) French Championships
4) Spanish Championship
5) Hungarian Championships
6) Canadian Championship
7) 14th Abu Dhabi Chess Festival
8) 73rd Ukrainian Chess Championship
9) Riga 2004
10) Russia vs. China International Match
11) US Open Championship
12) 113th New York Masters
13) First Saturday August
14) 3rd Davos Open
15) 15th NATO Championship
16) 91st Smith & Williamson British Championships
17) 1st Dato Arthur Tan Malaysia Open
18) Bratto Open
19) Jezero 2004
20) Festival Schneider Bohemia
21) NorthEast Chess Summer Getaway
22) Curacao Chess Festival
23) 30th Stork Tournament
24) Forthcoming Events and Links


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Games section

Sao Paulo Rapid                          16 games
French Championships                     84 games
Spanish Championship                    238 games
Hungarian Championships                  20 games
Canadian Championship                    89 games
14th Abu Dhabi Chess Festival           196 games
Russia vs. China International Match     12 games
US Open Championship                     69 games
113th New York Masters                    5 games
First Saturday August                    14 games
3rd Davos Open                           82 games
15th NATO Championship                  287 games
British Championship                     25 games
1139 games

1) Introduction

My thanks to Herman van Riemsdijk, David Cohen, Andy McFarland, Sinisa Joksic, Jovan Petronic, Abd Hamid Majid, Frank Berry, Gabor Kallai, Dima Tyomkin, Josef Mrkvicka, Adam Raoof, Miklós Orsó, John Fernandez, Ard van Beek, Gerard van Otten, Tom Belke, Albert Vasse, Shivaji, George Mirijanian, Kaspars Migla, Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh, Reimund.Lutzenberger, Jon Levitt and everyone else who helped with the issue.

The main event of the week is the rapid tournament in Sao Paulo as part of the 450th anniversary of the city. Viswanathan Anand is the clear leader with 4.5/6 a point and a half of the field. Anatoly Karpov is pretty much out of the running after a very slow start. Elsewhere the national championships of Spain, France and the Ukraine are in various stages of completion.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Sao Paulo Rapid

The Sao Paulo Rapid takes place 20th-24th August, 2004. This major event is part of celebrations of the 450th Anniversary of Sao Paulo.

Official site: http://www.fpx.com.br/. English: http://www.fpx.com.br/2004/desafio/english.htm

Round 1 (August 20, 2004)

Morovic Fernandez, Ivan  -  Anand, Viswanathan       1/2   24  A21  English Opening
Vescovi, Giovanni        -  Karpov, Anatoly          1-0   22  C10  French Rubinstein
Milos, Gilberto          -  Leitao, Rafael           1-0   41  D94  Gruenfeld Closed

Round 2 (August 20, 2004)

Anand, Viswanathan       -  Vescovi, Giovanni        1-0   48  C66  Ruy Lopez Berlin
Leitao, Rafael           -  Karpov, Anatoly          1-0   45  C42  Petroff's Defence
Milos, Gilberto          -  Morovic Fernandez, Ivan  1/2   20  A11  Reti Opening

Round 3 (August 21, 2004)

Morovic Fernandez, Ivan  -  Leitao, Rafael           1-0   73  A28  English Four Knights
Vescovi, Giovanni        -  Milos, Gilberto          1/2   49  C66  Ruy Lopez Berlin
Karpov, Anatoly          -  Anand, Viswanathan       1/2   23  E34  Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2

Round 4 (August 21, 2004)

Anand, Viswanathan       -  Milos, Gilberto          1-0   23  C66  Ruy Lopez Berlin
Vescovi, Giovanni        -  Leitao, Rafael           1/2   68  B19  Caro Kann
Karpov, Anatoly          -  Morovic Fernandez, Ivan  1/2   17  B52  Sicilian Rossolimo

Round 5 (August 22, 2004)

Morovic Fernandez, Ivan  -  Vescovi, Giovanni        1/2   26  A18  English Opening
Leitao, Rafael           -  Anand, Viswanathan       1/2   29  E15  Queens Indian
Milos, Gilberto          -  Karpov, Anatoly          0-1   42  E15  Queens Indian

Round 6 (August 22, 2004)

Anand, Viswanathan       -  Morovic Fernandez, Ivan  1-0   25  B46  Sicilian Paulsen
Leitao, Rafael           -  Milos, Gilberto          1-0   30  D37  QGD 5.Bf4
Karpov, Anatoly          -  Vescovi, Giovanni        1/2   42  E34  Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2


Rapid Sao Paulo BRA (BRA), 20-24 viii 2004         cat. XVI (2643)
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                                       1  2  3  4  5  6 
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1 Anand, Viswanathan       g IND 2782 ** =1 =. 1. =. 1.  4.5  2801
2 Morovic Fernandez, Ivan  g CHI 2573 =0 ** 1. =. =. =.  3.0  2678
3 Leitao, Rafael           g BRA 2573 =. 0. ** =. 1. 01  3.0  2647
4 Vescovi, Giovanni        g BRA 2648 0. =. =. ** 1= =.  3.0  2648
5 Karpov, Anatoly          g RUS 2682 =. =. 0. 0= ** 1.  2.5  2580
6 Milos, Gilberto          g BRA 2601 0. =. 10 =. 0. **  2.0  2513
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3) French Championships

The French Championships take place in Val d'Isere 16th-26th August 2004.

Official site: http://www.echecs.asso.fr

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ch-FRA Val d'Isere FRA (FRA), 16-26 viii 2004               cat. XIII (2553)
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                                          1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Lautier, Joel             g FRA 2666  * . 1 = = 1 . . 1 . 1 1  6.0  2861 
 2. Dorfman, Josif D          g FRA 2599  . * = = = = . . 1 = 1 .  4.5  2650 
 3. Fressinet, Laurent        g FRA 2637  0 = * = 1 . = = . . . 1  4.0  2609 
 4. Degraeve, Jean-Marc       g FRA 2530  = = = * 0 = = . . 1 . .  3.5  2577 
 5. Vaisser, Anatoly          g FRA 2580  = = 0 1 * = . . . = = .  3.5  2567 
 6. Sokolov, Andrei1          g FRA 2583  0 = . = = * = 1 . = . .  3.5  2554 
 7. Fontaine, Robert          g FRA 2517  . . = = . = * = = . = =  3.5  2545 
 8. Apicella, Manuel          g FRA 2532  . . = . . 0 = * = = = 1  3.5  2533 
 9. Nataf, Igor-Alexandre     g FRA 2553  0 0 . . . . = = * 1 = 1  3.5  2536 
10. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime   f FRA 2458  . = . 0 = = . = 0 * . 1  3.0  2502 
11. Maze, Sebastien           m FRA 2497  0 0 . . = . = = = . * 0  2.0  2404 
12. Le Roux, Jean-Pierre      m FRA 2489  0 . 0 . . . = 0 0 0 1 *  1.5  2321 
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ch-FRA w Val d'Isere FRA (FRA), 16-26 viii 2004
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                                             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Milliet, Sophie            wm FRA 2280  * . = 1 . 1 1 . . = 1 1  6.0  2480 
 2. Skripchenko, Almira         m FRA 2453  . * = . = 1 1 1 = . . 1  5.5  2432 
 3. Collas, Silvia             wg FRA 2344  = = * = . . . 1 . 1 1 1  5.5  2437 
 4. Muller, Anne               wm FRA 2175  0 . = * 1 = 0 . . 1 1 .  4.0  2257 
 5. Wohlers-Armas, Friederike  wm FRA 2178  . = . 0 * 0 = . . 1 1 1  4.0  2237 
 6. Lallemand, Roza            wg FRA 2302  0 0 . = 1 * . 1 1 . 0 .  3.5  2250 
 7. Cochet, Caroline              FRA 2071  0 0 . 1 = . * = 1 . . =  3.5  2229 
 8. Martsynovskaya, Marina     wm FRA 2235  . 0 0 . . 0 = * 1 = . 1  3.0  2173 
 9. Flear, Christine           wm FRA 2257  . = . . . 0 0 0 * 1 0 1  2.5  2093 
10. Congiu, Mathilde              FRA 2105  = . 0 0 0 . . = 0 * 1 .  2.0  2076 
11. Roumegous, Marina          wm FRA 2174  0 . 0 0 0 1 . . 1 0 * .  2.0  2076 
12. Bodenez, Claire               FRA 2031  0 0 0 . 0 . = 0 0 . . *  0.5  1837 
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4) Spanish Championship

The Spanish Championship took place in Seville 13th-21st August 2004. A complex system with group stages, knockout matches, a scheveningen system event for those eliminated in the group stages enabling them to play the players they didn't play in the group stages and a Swiss Open.

Details: http://www.campeonatoajedrez.com/paginas/torneocerrado.htm

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ch-ESP GpA Seville ESP (ESP), 3-17 viii 2004       cat. XI (2506)
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                                           1 2 3 4 5 6 
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1. Illescas Cordoba, Miguel    g ESP 2618  * = = 1 1 =  3.5  2632 
2. Moreno Carnero, Javier      g ESP 2507  = * = = = 1  3.0  2577 
3. Moreno Ruiz, Javier         m ESP 2463  = = * = = 1  3.0  2586 
4. Cifuentes Parada, Roberto   g ESP 2543  0 = = * = 1  2.5  2498 
5. Perez Candelario, Manuel    m ESP 2498  0 = = = * =  2.0  2435 
6. Garcia Luque, Agustin       m ESP 2406  = 0 0 0 = *  1.0  2285 
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ch-ESP GpA Playoff Seville ESP (ESP), 18-18 viii 2004
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                                     1   2 
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Moreno Carnero, Javier g  ESP 2507    =   1   1.5  2656
Moreno Ruiz, Javier    m  ESP 2463    =   0   0.5  2314
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ch-ESP GpB Seville ESP (ESP), 3-17 viii 2004           cat. X (2494)
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                                              1 2 3 4 5 6 
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1. Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel   m ESP 2437  * = 1 = = =  3.0  2577 
2. Fernandez Romero, Ernesto      m ESP 2423  = * = = = 1  3.0  2580 
3. Oms Pallise, Josep             m AND 2518  0 = * = 1 1  3.0  2561 
4. Arizmendi Martinez, Julen L    m ESP 2534  = = = * = =  2.5  2486 
5. De la Riva Aguado, Oscar       m AND 2552  = = 0 = * 1  2.5  2482 
6. Del Rio Angelis, Salvador G    g ESP 2502  = 0 0 = 0 *  1.0  2252 
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ch-ESP GpB Playoff Seville ESP (ESP), 18-18 viii 2004cat. IX (2459)
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                                              1 2 3 
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1. Oms Pallise, Josep             m AND 2518  * 1 1  2.0       
2. Fernandez Romero, Ernesto      m ESP 2423  0 * 1  1.0  
3. Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel   m ESP 2437  0 0 *  0.0       
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ch-ESP Semi-Final Seville ESP (ESP), 18-19 viii 2004cat. XI (2517)
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                                            1  2  3  4 
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1. Moreno Carnero, Javier      g ESP 2507   =  =  0  1  1  3.0
2. Oms Pallise, Josep          m AND 2518   =  =  1  0  0  2.0
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1. Illescas Cordoba, Miguel    g ESP 2618   1  =           1.5  
2. Fernandez Romero, Ernesto   m ESP 2423   0  =           0.5
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ch-ESP Final Seville ESP (ESP), 20-22 viii 2004    cat. XI (2517)
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                                            1  2  3  4  5
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1. Illescas Cordoba, Miguel    g ESP 2618   1  1              2.0 
2. Moreno Carnero, Javier      g ESP 2507   0  0              0.0 
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3rd-4th
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1. Oms Pallise, Josep          m AND 2518   =  =  1  0  1     3.0
2. Fernandez Romero, Ernesto   m ESP 2423   =  =  0  1  0     2.0
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Places 5th-12th
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ch-ESP Cerrado Seville ESP (ESP), 18-21 viii 2004
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                               -----------  Cifuentes Parada,R    2543     2.5/4
                               |  --------  Garcia Luque,A        2406     2.0/4
                               |  |  -----  Moreno Ruiz,J         2463     2.0/4
                               |  |  |  --  Perez Candelario,Man  2498     1.5/4
                               |  |  |  |  
 1 Lopez Martinez,J      2437  0  1  ½  1     2.5/4
 2 Arizmendi Martinez,J  2534  ½  ½  ½  ½     2.0/4
 3 Del Rio Angelis,S     2502  ½  ½  ½  ½     2.0/4
 4 De la Riva Aguado,O   2552  ½  0  ½  ½     1.5/4

Final Standings:
  1   ILLESCAS CORDOBA, Miguel  ESP   2618 2612 
  2   MORENO CARNERO, Javier    ESP   2507 2506 
  3   OMS PALLISE, Josep        AND   2518 2516 
  4   FERNANDEZ ROMERO, Ernesto ESP   2423 2423 
  5   LOPEZ MARTINEZ, Josep     ESP   2437 2436 5.5      22.00
  6   MORENO RUIZ, Javier       ESP   2463 2461 5    4   21.25
  7   CIFUENTES PARADA, Roberto ESP   2543 2545 5    4   20.50
  8   ARIZMENDI MARTINEZ, Julen ESP   2534 2118 4.5      19.25
  9   DE LA RIVA AGUADO, Oscar  AND   2552 2526 4        17.00
 10   PEREZ CANDELARIO, Manuel  ESP   2498 2503 3.5      14.25
 11   DEL RIO ANGELIS, Gabriel  ESP   2502 2524 3    4   13.25
 12   GARCIA LUQUE, Agustin     ESP   2406 2419 3    5   13.00

5) Hungarian Championships

Hungarian Championships 18th-27th August 2004 Almasi, Gyimesi and Berkes compete: http://members.chello.hu/chesscup/angol/ferfi/ferfi.htm. General website: http://members.chello.hu/chesscup/indexa.html

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54th ch-HUN Budapest HUN (HUN), 19-27 viii 2004  cat. XIII (2569)
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                                   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Berkes, Ferenc     g HUN 2614  * . . . . 1 . . . 1  2.0       
 2. Ruck, Robert       g HUN 2575  . * . . . . 1 . . 1  2.0       
 3. Horvath, Csaba1    g HUN 2546  . . * . . . = . 1 .  1.5  2712 
 4. Gyimesi, Zoltan    g HUN 2618  . . . * = . . . = .  1.0  2542 
 5. Varga, Zoltan      g HUN 2592  . . . = * . . = . .  1.0  2565 
 6. Almasi, Zoltan     g HUN 2644  0 . . . . * . 1 . .  1.0  2563 
 7. Acs, Peter         g HUN 2545  . 0 = . . . * . . .  0.5  2367 
 8. Balogh, Csaba      m HUN 2513  . . . . = 0 . * . .  0.5  2425 
 9. Flumbort, Andras   m HUN 2493  . . 0 = . . . . * .  0.5  2389 
10. Cao, Sang          g HUN 2545  0 0 . . . . . . . *  0.0       
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52nd ch-HUN w Budapest HUN (HUN), 19-27 viii 2004      cat. II (2284)
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                                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Medvegy, Nora        wg HUN 2407  * . . . . 1 . 1 . .  2.0       
 2. Schneider, Veronika     HUN 2212  . * . . . . 1 . 1 .  2.0       
 3. Vajda, Szidonia       m HUN 2355  . . * . . . . . 1 1  2.0       
 4. Gara, Anita          wg HUN 2394  . . . * = . = . . .  1.0  2320 
 5. Lakos, Nikoletta     wg HUN 2350  . . . = * . . = . .  1.0  2289 
 6. Goczo, Melinda       wm HUN 2248  0 . . . . * . . . 1  1.0  2307 
 7. Gara, Ticia          wg HUN 2291  . 0 . = . . * . . .  0.5  2110 
 8. Rudolf, Anna            HUN 2185  0 . . . = . . * . .  0.5  2185 
 9. Ignacz, Maria           HUN 2193  . 0 0 . . . . . * .  0.0       
10. Toth, Lili           wm HUN 2208  . . 0 . . 0 . . . *  0.0       
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6) Canadian Championship

The 77th Canadian & FIDE Zone 2.2 Championship take place August 20th-29th 2004 in Toronto. 69 players from across Canada are competing for $21,000 in prizes. The tournament is organized by the Ontario Chess Association and sponsored by Belzberg Technologies. IMs Charbonneau (the current champion) and Bluvshtein lead with 3/3, ahead of GMs Spraggett, Tyomkin.

Official site: http://www.chessontario.com/2004closed/

Leading Round 3 Standings: 
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ch-CAN Toronto CAN (CAN), 20-29 viii 2004
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 1. Charbonneau, Pascal          m  CAN 2472   3.0  
 2. Bluvshtein, Mark             m  CAN 2462   3.0  
 3. Spraggett, Kevin             g  CAN 2584   2.5  
 4. Tyomkin, Dimitri             g  CAN 2498   2.5  
 5. Zugic, Igor                  m  CAN 2465   2.5  
 6. Ivanov, Igor V               m  USA 2438   2.5  
 7. Quan Zhe                     f  CAN 2324   2.5  
 8. Krnan, Tomas                 f  CAN 2331   2.5  
 9. Milicevic, Goran             f  CAN 2271   2.5  
10. Tipu, Vincent                   CAN 2194   2.5  
11. Dougherty, Michael           f  CAN 2229   2.5  
69 players

7) 14th Abu Dhabi Chess Festival

The 14th Abu Dhabi Chess Festival 2004 takes place 14th-24th August 2004. Round 7 of 9 has been completed with Evgeny Gleizerov, Pavel Kotsur and Ehsan Ghaem Maghami leading on 5.5/7.

Official coverage: http://www.abudhabichess.com.

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14th Open Abu Dhabi UAE (UAE), 14-23 viii 2004
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                                            1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 
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 1. Gleizerov, Evgeny        g  RUS 2539  +49 +13 + 2 = 5 = 7 = 6 + 8  .   .   5.5  2765 
 2. Kotsur, Pavel            g  KAZ 2607  +17 +34 - 1 +14 + 4 = 5 + 6  .   .   5.5  2742 
 3. Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan     g  IRI 2552  =33 +38 +11 =15 +19 + 9 = 5  .   .   5.5  2732 
 4. Bocharov, Dmitry         g  RUS 2569  +45 +14 = 6 = 8 - 2 +20 +18  .   .   5.0  2656 
 5. Anastasian, Ashot        g  ARM 2571  +52 +23 +36 = 1 = 6 = 2 = 3  .   .   5.0  2662 
 6. Kobalia, Mikhail         g  RUS 2618  +37 +22 = 4 + 9 = 5 = 1 - 2  .   .   4.5  2631 
 7. Vladimirov, Evgeny       g  KAZ 2628  =26 +28 =10 +34 = 1 =18 =11  .   .   4.5  2571 
 8. Minasian, Artashes       g  ARM 2584  =38 +25 +33 = 4 =15 +13 - 1  .   .   4.5  2577 
 9. Dzhumaev, Marat          g  UZB 2520  +21 =20 +31 - 6 +23 - 3 +26  .   .   4.5  2578 
10. Hasangatin, Ramil        g  RUS 2485  +44 =15 = 7 =16 =20 =26 +28  .   .   4.5  2574 
11. Ramesh, R.B              g  IND 2484  +42 =31 - 3 +28 +16 =15 = 7  .   .   4.5  2617 
12. Safin, Shukhrat          g  UZB 2466  +53 =19 =15 =17 =32 +39 =21  .   .   4.5  2480 
13. Hakki, Imad              m  SYR 2451  +46 - 1 =17 +47 +31 - 8 +29  .   .   4.5  2494 
14. Mahjoob, Morteza         m  IRI 2461  +51 - 4 +55 - 2 +43 +19 =15  .   .   4.5  2532 
15. Harikrishna, P           g  IND 2609  +40 =10 =12 = 3 = 8 =11 =14  .   .   4.0  2530 
16. Timofeev, Artyom         g  RUS 2611  =28 =26 +30 =10 -11 +37 =25  .   .   4.0  2483 
17. Mamedjarova, Zeinab      wg AZE 2341  - 2 +44 =13 =12 =34 +31 =23  .   .   4.0  2520 
18. Bakre, Tejas             m  IND 2492  =29 =55 +43 =20 +21 = 7 - 4  .   .   4.0  2420 
19. Chernyshov, Konstantin   g  RUS 2585  +39 =12 =20 +26 - 3 -14 +40  .   .   4.0  2473 
20. Gozzoli, Yannick         m  FRA 2429  +54 = 9 =19 =18 =10 - 4 +44  .   .   4.0  2482 
21. Lauridsen, Jesper Morch  f  DEN 2283  - 9 =54 +24 +33 -18 +36 =12  .   .   4.0  2454 
22. Vakhidov, Tahir          m  UZB 2504  +43 - 6 =32 =25 =37 =24 +38  .   .   4.0  2426 
23. Taleb, Moussa            m  UAE 2464  +27 - 5 =37 +45 - 9 +32 =17  .   .   4.0  2429 
24. Hassan, Abdullah         m  UAE 2324  -31 =42 -21 +49 +47 =22 +33  .   .   4.0  2423 
25. Tissir, Mohamed          m  MAR 2416  +56 - 8 =50 =22 =35 +34 =16  .   .   4.0  2530 
26. Kayumov, Sergey          m  UZB 2404  = 7 =16 +35 -19 +50 =10 - 9  .   .   3.5  2562 
27. Mashinskaya, Iulia       wg RUS 2234  -23 =52 =39 +38 =30 =33 =35  .   .   3.5  2404 
28. Haznedaroglu, Kivanc     m  TUR 2395  =16 - 7 +46 -11 +45 +35 -10  .   .   3.5  2460 
29. Sachdev, Tania           wm IND 2240  =18 =50 -34 +55 =36 +30 -13  .   .   3.5  2436 
30. Neelotpal, Das           m  IND 2448  =55 +47 -16 =32 =27 -29 +46  .   .   3.5  2285 
31. Ulibin, Mikhail          g  RUS 2586  +24 =11 - 9 +36 -13 -17 =37  .   .   3.0  2374 
32. Jasim, A.R. Saleh        f  UAE 2289  -35 +41 =22 =30 =12 -23 =36  .   .   3.0  2390 
33. Moradiabadi, Elshan         IRI 2435  = 3 +40 - 8 -21 +52 =27 -24  .   .   3.0  2322 
34. Bistric, Faruk           g  BIH 2488  +48 - 2 +29 - 7 =17 -25 =39  .   .   3.0  2349 
35. Iuldachev, Saidali       g  UZB 2550  +32 -36 -26 +48 =25 -28 =27  .   .   3.0  2297 
36. Sundararajan, Kidambi    m  IND 2452  +41 +35 - 5 -31 =29 -21 =32  .   .   3.0  2338 
37. Raetsky, Alexander       m  RUS 2399  - 6 +48 =23 =50 =22 -16 =31  .   .   3.0  2461 
38. Nezad, Husein Aziz       m  QAT 2312  = 8 - 3 =51 -27 +53 +42 -22  .   .   3.0  2310 
39. Velikhanli, Firuza       wg AZE 2322  -19 =53 =27 =51 +41 -12 =34  .   .   3.0  2292 
40. Mohota, Nisha            wg IND 2331  -15 -33 +44 =53 =51 +43 -19  .   .   3.0  2315 
41. Mohamed, Hossein         f  UAE 2198  -36 -32 +49 =52 -39 +47 =45  .   .   3.0  2270 
42. Pourkashiyan, Atousa     wm IRI 2229  -11 =24 -45 =54 +55 -38 +52  .   .   3.0  2240 
43. Karavade, Eesha          wm IND 2276  -22 +56 -18 +46 -14 -40 +53  .   .   3.0  2271 
44. Paridar, Shadi           wm IRI 2232  -10 -17 -40 +56 +54 +51 -20  .   .   3.0  2236 
45. Ramaswamy, Aarthie       wg IND 2299  - 4 =51 +42 -23 -28 =53 =41  .   .   2.5  2223 
46. Al-Tamimi, Hamad            QAT 2169  -13 +49 -28 -43 =48 +54 -30  .   .   2.5  2218 
47. Bogza, Adina-Maria       wg ROM 2291  =50 -30 +54 -13 -24 -41 +51  .   .   2.5  2230 
48. Tayeb, Suhail               UAE 2240  -34 -37 +56 -35 =46 =52 =49  .   .   2.5  2221 
49. Illijin, Neboisa         m  ROM 2286  - 1 -46 -41 -24 +56 +55 =48  .   .   2.5  2142 
50. Hamdouchi, Hichem        g  MAR 2556  =47 =29 =25 =37 -26  .   .   .   .   2.0  2278 
51. Coleman, James              ENG 2203  -14 =45 =38 =39 =40 -44 -47  .   .   2.0  2163 
52. Saleh, Nabil             f  UAE 2301  - 5 =27 =53 =41 -33 =48 -42  .   .   2.0  2145 
53. Amer, Mohamed               EGY 2220  -12 =39 =52 =40 -38 =45 -43  .   .   2.0  2171 
54. Yahya, Mohamed Saleh        UAE 2145  -20 =21 -47 =42 -44 -46 +57  .   .   2.0  2075 
55. Saleh, Nagueb               UAE 2167  =30 =18 -14 -29 -42 -49 =56  .   .   1.5  2088 
56. Khalil, Ibrahim             UAE 2073  -25 -43 -48 -44 -49 +57 =55  .   .   1.5  2001 
57. BYE                             ----   .   .   .   .   .  -56 -54  .   .   0.0       
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8) 73rd Ukrainian Chess Championship

The 73rd Ukrainian Chess Championship takes place in Kharkiv 23rd August - 2nd September 2004. 32 participants compete in 5 knockout rounds. Almost all of the best Ukrainian players take part in the tournament: Vassily Ivanchuk (2715), Alexander Moiseenko (2640), Andrei Volokitin (2638), Evgenij Miroshnichenko (2615), Pavel Eljanov (2613), Spartak Vysochin (2599), Vereslav Eingorn (2596), Sergey Karjakin (2591), Alexander Goloshchapov (2577), Alexander Areshchenko (2575), etc.

Official website http://www.ukrchess.org.ua

Round  1  24-25.08.2004
 1 Ivanchuk, Vassily       2715 - 32 Shkuran, Daniil      2390
 2 Moiseenko, Alexander    2640 - 31 Tukhaev, Adam        2404
 3 Volokitin, Andrei       2638 - 30 Matjushin, Gennady   2422
 4 Miroshnichenko, Evgenij 2615 - 29 Alexandrova, Olga    2423
 5 Eljanov, Pavel          2613 - 28 Oleksienko, Mikhailo 2424
 6 Vysochin, Spartak       2599 - 27 Kobylkin, Evgeni     2444
 7 Eingorn, Vereslav S     2596 - 26 Shishkin, Vadim      2463
 8 Karjakin, Sergey        2591 - 25 Kuzubov, Yuriy       2467
 9 Goloshchapov, Alexander 2577 - 24 Lahno, Kateryna      2472
10 Areshchenko, Alexander  2575 - 23 Zhukova, Natalia     2475
11 Efimenko, Zahar         2572 - 22 Rogovski, Vladimir   2486
12 Fedorchuk, Sergey A.    2569 - 21 Kovchan, Alexander   2497
13 Korobov, Anton          2565 - 20 Nosenko, Alexander   2506
14 Malakhatko, Vadim       2555 - 19 Drozdovskij, Yuri    2506
15 Malaniuk, Vladimir P    2555 - 18 Kuzmin, Gennadi P    2518
16 Romanishin, Oleg M      2541 -  17 Neverov, Valeriy    2537

9) Riga 2004

The 2nd International chess tournament "Riga 2004" took place 15th– 21st August 2004. For Latvian players it was also the national championship. Edvins Kengis took clear first with 7.5/9.

Official site: http://www.liepajniekiem.lv/?doc=13254

Leading final Round 9 Standings:
 1 Kengis, Edvins      LAT 2563   gm  7.5 
 2 Stefansson, Hannes  ISL 2549   gm  7 
   Rytshagov, Mikhail  EST 2461   gm  7 
   Starostits, Ilmars  LAT 2469   im  7 
 5 Novikov, Stanislav  RUS 2520   im  6.5 
   Lanka, Zigurds      LAT 2446   gm  6.5 
   Kveinys, Aloyzas    LTU 2565   gm  6.5 
   Meijers, Viesturs   LAT 2487   im  6.5 
   Sulskis, Sarunas    LTU 2557   gm  6.5 
10 Fridman, Daniel     LAT 2590   gm  6 
   Lutsko, Igor        BLR 2519   gm  6 
   Sveshnikov, Evgeny  LAT 2508   gm  6 
   Zhuravliov, Valerij LAT 2399   im  6 
   Mihailovs, Jurijs   LAT 2171       6 
   Krivonosov, Oleg    LAT 2455   im  6 
   Neiksans, Arturs    LAT 2440   im  6 
   Berzina, Ilze       LAT 2232   wim 6 
   Berzinsh, Roland    LAT 2455   im  6 
   Alipovs, Anatolijs  LAT 2156       6 
112 players

10) Russia vs. China International Match

The match Russia vs. China The International Match Russia vs. China took place in Moscow M.Botvinnik Central House of Chessplayer9th-16th August 2004. The event was a Scheveningen System for 6 men; 3 women and 3 juniors (2 boys, 1 girl) double round robin. The first match (China, 2001) Russia won 41,5 : 30,5. China won the second 37.5 - 34.5 by virtue of a big win in the final round before which the teams were all square.

Official site: http://www.russiachess.ru/online/ : games http://www.russiachess.ru/mods.php?name=section&oid=679&bid=31&

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RUS-CHN Moscow RUS (CHN), 10-16 viii 2004
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Russia 34.5
 1. Nepomniachtchi, Ian  f  RUS 2476  = 3 +20 +18 = 3 +20 +18  5.0  2633 
 5. Dreev, Alexey        g  RUS 2690  +13 =11 =12 +14 =22 =19  4.0  2729 
 6. Zvjaginsev, Vadim    g  RUS 2650  =19 =14 +22 =12 =11 =13  3.5  2661 
 7. Motylev, Alexander   g  RUS 2658  =12 =19 =14 =11 =13 +22  3.5  2661 
 8. Rublevsky, Sergei    g  RUS 2686  =14 =13 -11 +22 +19 =12  3.5  2661 
10. Zimina, Olga         wg RUS 2430  = 9 = 2 + 4 + 9 - 2 - 4  3.0  2435 
15. Sakaev, Konstantin   g  RUS 2664  =11 =22 =19 =13 +12 -14  3.0  2604 
16. Malakhov, Vladimir   g  RUS 2674  +22 -12 -13 =19 =14 +11  3.0  2604 
17. Andreikin, Dmitry    m  RUS 2449  +20 =18 - 3 +20 =18 - 3  3.0  2360 
21. Pogonina, Natalija   wm RUS 2402  = 2 = 4 - 9 - 2 - 4 - 9  1.0  2162 
23. Zaiatz, Elena        wg RUS 2405  - 4 = 9 - 2 - 4 = 9 - 2  1.0  2162 
24. Malysheva, Polina    wf RUS 2364  -18 - 3 =20 -18 = 3 -20  1.0  2087
China 37.5
 2. Xu Yuhua             wg CHN 2472  =21 =10 +23 +21 +10 +23  5.0  2685 
 3. Zhou Jianchao           CHN 2385  = 1 +24 +17 = 1 =24 +17  4.5  2622 
 4. Zhao Xue             wg CHN 2477  +23 =21 -10 +23 +21 +10  4.5  2605 
 9. Huang Qian           wm CHN 2356  =10 =23 +21 -10 =23 +21  3.5  2469 
11. Wang Yue             f  CHN 2525  =15 = 5 + 8 = 7 = 6 -16  3.0  2670 
12. Bu Xiangzhi          g  CHN 2620  = 7 +16 = 5 = 6 -15 = 8  3.0  2670 
13. Ni Hua               g  CHN 2583  - 5 = 8 +16 =15 = 7 = 6  3.0  2670 
14. Zhang Zhong          g  CHN 2603  = 8 = 6 = 7 - 5 =16 +15  3.0  2670 
18. Wang Hao                CHN 2433  +24 =17 - 1 +24 =17 - 1  3.0  2429 
19. Ye Jiangchuan        g  CHN 2681  = 6 = 7 =15 =16 - 8 = 5  2.5  2613 
20. Shen Yang               CHN 2263  -17 - 1 =24 -17 - 1 +24  1.5  2236 
22. Xu Jun               g  CHN 2617  -16 =15 - 6 - 8 = 5 - 7  1.0  2397 
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Round 6 (August 16, 2004)

Nepomniachtchi, Ian  -  Wang Hao             1-0   42  C07  French Tarrasch
Xu Yuhua             -  Zaiatz, Elena        1-0   67  C67  Ruy Lopez Berlin
Zhou Jianchao        -  Andreikin, Dmitry    1-0   52  E95  King's Indian Classical
Dreev, Alexey        -  Ye Jiangchuan        1/2   14  E84  King's Indian Saemisch
Zvjaginsev, Vadim    -  Ni Hua               1/2   65  B31  Sicilian Rossolimo
Motylev, Alexander   -  Xu Jun               1-0   36  B48  Sicilian Paulsen
Zimina, Olga         -  Zhao Xue             0-1   53  B20  Sicilian Wing Gambit
Wang Yue             -  Malakhov, Vladimir   0-1   73  D46  Semi-Slav Defence
Bu Xiangzhi          -  Rublevsky, Sergei    1/2   23  A07  Barcza System
Zhang Zhong          -  Sakaev, Konstantin   1-0   48  B90  Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Shen Yang            -  Malysheva, Polina    1-0   34  B69  Sicilian Rauzer
Pogonina, Natalija   -  Huang Qian           0-1   81  B92  Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2

11) US Open Championship

The US Open Championship took place in Fort Lauderdale August 7-15, 2004. Seven players tied on 7.5/9. A small selection of games from Frank Berry and ICC.

Official site: http://www.uschess.org/tournaments/2004/usopen/

Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
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US Open Fort Lauderdale USA (USA), 7-15 viii 2004
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 1. Onischuk, Alexander      g  USA 2655  7.5
 2. Vasquez, Rodrigo         g  CHI 2542  7.5
 3. Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander  g  USA 2551  7.5
 4. Ibragimov, Ildar         g  USA 2582  7.5
 5. Matikozian, Andranik     m  ARM 2470  7.5
 6. Gonzalez, Renier         m  USA 2440  7.5
 7. Martinez, Marcel         f  USA 2383  7.5
 8. Nakamura, Hikaru         g  USA 2601  7.0
 9. Kosteniuk, Alexandra     m  RUS 2511  7.0
10. Gurevich, Dmitry         g  USA 2504  7.0
11. Schneider, Dmitry        m  USA 2454  7.0
12. Andrews, Todd D          f  USA 2283  7.0
13. Ginsburg, Mark           m  USA 2364  7.0
14. Kopec, Danny             m  USA 2376  7.0
15. Reznik, Viktor           f  ISR 2286  7.0
16. Lopez, Bruci             f  USA 2400  7.0
17. Zaikov, Oleg                USA 2302  7.0
18. Kleiman, Jake               USA 2238  7.0
19. Norowitz, Yaacov            USA ----  7.0
20. Becerra Rivero, Julio    g  USA 2550  6.5
21. Fedorowicz, John P       g  USA 2520  6.5
22. Browne, Walter S         g  USA 2456  6.5
23. Donaldson, John W        m  USA 2460  6.5
24. Ippolito, Dean           m  USA 2387  6.5
25. La Rota, Fabio           f  COL 2333  6.5
26. Baquero, Luis A             COL 2296  6.5
27. Eisen, Lewis                USA 2242  6.5
28. Castaneda, Nelson        f  USA 2288  6.5
29. Caruana, Fabiano         f  USA 2169  6.5
30. Betaneli, Aleksandr         USA 2228  6.5
31. Esserman, Marc              USA 2270  6.5
32. Santalla, Andres            CUB 2075  6.5
33. Shipman, Walter          m  USA 2223  6.5
34. Diaz, Jorge L               CUB 2129  6.5
35. Moskow, Eric D              USA 2200  6.5
36. Mabe, Chris J               USA ----  6.5
37. Shaw, Tenzing               USA ----  6.5
443 players

12) 113th New York Masters

Joel Benjamin took first above Hikaru Nakamura after an Armageddon blitz game in the in the 113th New York Masters on 17th August 2004. Gata Kamsky also competed again.

The regular rapid event (mostly weekly) organised by IM Greg Shahade and John Fernandez provides regular chances for keen players of 2200 and above to compete against GMs and IMs in New York. See: http://www.newyorkmasters.com/

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   1. Nakamura, Hikaru   g USA 2601 +20 +10 + 6 = 2   3.5  ($400)
   2. Benjamin, Joel     g USA 2566 + 9 +15 + 5 = 1   3.5  ($450)*
   3. Shabalov, Alex     g USA 2605 +12 - 6 +16 +10   3.0  ($ 20)
   4. Yudasin, Leonid    g ISR 2556 +16 = 8 +11 = 7   3.0  ($ 20)
   5. Miton, Kamil       g POL 2597 +13 + 7 - 2 +11   3.0  ($ 20)
   6. Sokolin, Leonid    m USA 2513 +14 + 3 - 1 +13   3.0  ($ 20)
   7. Kamsky, Gata       g USA 2717 +18 - 5 + 8 = 4   2.5
   8. Lapshun, Yury      m USA 2444 +19 = 4 - 7 +18   2.5
   9. Furdzik, Rafal       USA 2261 - 2 +21 +20 =     2.5  ($150)
  10. Vovsha, Eli        m ISR 2436 +17 - 1 +12 - 3   2.0
  11. Bonin, Jay         m USA 2342 +22 +18 - 4 - 5   2.0
  12. Sarkar, Justin     m USA 2408 - 3 +14 -10 +19   2.0
  13. Grasso, David        USA 2173 - 5 +22 +15 - 6   2.0
  14. Lowinger, Daniel     USA ---- - 6 -12 +21 +20   2.0
  15. Hoffmann, Asa      f USA 2272 +21 - 2 -13 =16   1.5
  16. Privman, Boris     f USA 2275 - 4 +19 - 3 =15   1.5
  17. Thaler, Michael      USA 2062 -10 =20 -18 +22   1.5
  18. Figler, Ilye       f USA 2371 - 7 -11 +17 - 8   1.0
  19. Zhao, Parker         USA 1944 - 8 -16 +22 -12   1.0
  20. Greenberg, Roy       USA 2245 - 1 =17 - 9 -14   1.0
  21. Vicary, Elizabeth    USA ---- -15 - 9 -14 ---   0.0
  22. Thomas, Demarcus     USA ---- -11 -13 -19 -17   0.0

PRIZES

1ST   - $ 600
2ND   - $ 200
3RD   - $  80
U2400 - $ 150
*$50 to Benjamin for winning Armageddon game

13) First Saturday August

FS August events took place 7th-19th August 2004. Stefan Kristjansson won the event with 7/10.

Website: http://www.firstsaturday.hu

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FSGM August Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-19 viii 2004           cat. VII (2420)
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                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 
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 1. Kristjansson, Stefan    m ISL 2410  * = = = 1 1 = 1 1 = =  7.0  2570 
 2. Nguyen Ngoc Truongson   m VIE 2466  = * = = = 0 = 1 1 1 1  6.5  2525 
 3. Hoang Thanh Trang       m VIE 2455  = = * = = = 1 = 1 0 1  6.0  2488 
 4. Seres, Lajos            g HUN 2448  = = = * = = = 1 = 1 =  6.0  2489 
 5. Turov, Maxim            g RUS 2536  0 = = = * = 1 = = 1 1  6.0  2480 
 6. Medvegy, Zoltan         g HUN 2456  0 1 = = = * = = = 1 =  5.5  2452 
 7. Paschall, William M     m USA 2389  = = 0 = 0 = * = = = =  4.0  2351 
 8. Manca, Federico         m ITA 2366  0 0 = 0 = = = * = = 1  4.0  2353 
 9. Rupprecht, Andreas      f GER 2329  0 0 0 = = = = = * = 1  4.0  2357 
10. Berczes, David          f HUN 2351  = 0 1 0 0 0 = = = * 0  3.0  2277 
11. Nilssen, John Arni      f FAI 2414  = 0 0 = 0 = = 0 0 1 *  3.0  2271 
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14) 3rd Davos Open

Sinisa Joksic reports: The 3rd Davos Open which took place July 31st - August 8th 2004 surprised players and everybody with the new Congress Center as the venue. Without doubt, it's one of the most beautiful playing rooms for chess. Davos is well-known tourist place, both winter and summer, popular congress and meeting place, varied profession, for sure open door for the chess event. Davos has particular micro-climate very convenient for chess (and all others!). So, it wouldn't be surprising, if become, with the new playing room, attractive for chess competition. Adam Horvath started very well and finished just defending first place. Cherniaev did not want to risk anything. Matthew Turner made few draw at the beginning and could not recuperate. Anyhow "Bucholz" decided the winner. The best Swiss player was Hugentobler. Best Lady Elena Sedina, best senior Horst Zesinger. In tournament were a lot of interesting and good games and players really enjoy time in Davos. As Arbiter I didn't have to work hard . The Blitz tournament won Matthew Turner, second was Vulevic, third Habibi. Next, 4th Davos Open will be from July 30 to August 7, 2005.

Final standing:
 1. Horvath, Adam                g  HUN  2528   7.0  48.5
 2. Cherniaev, Alexander         m  RUS  2500   7.0  45.0
 3. Turner, Matthew              g  ENG  2491   7.0  44.0
 4. Sedina, Elena               wg  ITA  2396   6.5  45.0
 5. Ferguson, Mark               m  ENG  2387   6.0  43.5
 6. Hugentobler, Patrik             SUI  2237   6.0  41.5
 7. Vulevic, Vjekoslav           f  SUI  2266   5.5  47.5
 8. Horvath, Tamas               m  HUN  2452   5.5  46.0
 9. Cebalo, Miso                 g  CRO  2527   5.5  45.5
10. Curien, Nicolas                 SUI  2218   5.5  40.5
11. Habibi, Ali                  m  GER  2269   5.5  40.0
12. Blauert, Joerg               m  GER  2356   5.0  44.5
13. Tiller, Bjorn                m  NOR  2390   5.0  42.5
14. Littlewood, Paul             m  ENG  2396   5.0  41.0
15. Kloster, Josef                  GER  2174   5.0  39.0
16. Erenska-Barlo, Hanna        wg  POL  2237   5.0  39.0
17. Maurer, Fritz                   SUI  2096   5.0  37.5
18. Cavaletto, Massimo              SUI  2182   5.0  37.0
19. Hauser, Robert                  SUI  2094   5.0  36.5
20. Brunner, Werner                 SUI  2205   4.5  42.5
21. Kleibaumhueter, Klaus           GER  2167   4.5  42.5
22. Reust Erika                     SUI  1853   4.5  37.5
23. Stovring, Claus                 DEN  2032   4.5  37.0
24. Maeder, Jean-Claude             SUI         4.5  36.5
25. Arquint, Andri                  SUI  2071   4.5  35.0
26. Zesinger, Horst                 SUI  2073   4.5  35.0
27. Fischer, Lukas                  SUI         4.5  34.5
28. Schweizer, Robert               SUI  2004   4.5  31.0
29. Semakoff, Aleks                 NOR  2215   4.0  40.0
30. Scheidegger, Urs                SUI  2048   4.0  35.5
31. Tcheau, Alain                   SUI         4.0  35.0
32. Cavadini, Sergio                SUI         4.0  31.0
33. Poletti, Fausto                 ITA  2002   3.5  38.0
34. Tillmann, Marc                  SUI  2049   3.5  34.0
35. Barlo, Werner                   GER  1869   3.5  33.5
36. Denzinger, Karl                 SUI         3.5  33.0
37. Bosshard, Rolf                  SUI         3.5  31.5
38. Smith, Brain                    ENG         3.5  31.0
39. Sieber, Wolfgang                SUI  1840   3.0  30.0
40. Low, Steven                     SUI         3.0  28.5
41. Britschgi, Michele              SUI         2.5  31.0
42. Arocha, Carlos                  SUI         2.5  17.0
43. Giacomini, Plinio               SUI  2064   2.5  16.0
44. Gestrich, Wolfgang              GER         1.5  28.5
45  Schrimer, Hans                  SUI         1.5  23.0
46. Samarian, Cornel                GER         1.0  25.5

15) 15th NATO Championship

The 15th NATO Championship took place 8th-14th August 2004. I couldn't find a final official table, below is one derived from the games but I would consider it likely there are at least some errors.

Official site: http://www.natochess.org/15thchampionship.html

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15th ch-NATO The Hague NED (NED), 8-14 viii 2004
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                                            1   2   3   4   5   6   7 
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 1. Drabke, Lorenz           m  GER 2428  +64 +17 + 7 +16 = 2 +15 + 6  6.5  2654 
 2. Przedmojski, Rafal          POL 2370  +52 +20 +10 +13 = 1 = 6 = 8  5.5  2477 
 3. Hammond, Andrew JC          ENG 2210  +53 - 4 +24 =11 +44 + 7 +16  5.5  2317 
 4. Kraft, Matthias             GER 2100  +80 + 3 +40 - 5 =13 +31 +17  5.5  2423 
 5. Cooper, Lawrence         m  ENG 2315  +34 +21 =35 + 4 = 6 =17 = 9  5.0  2316 
 6. Csolto, Robert              SVK 2348  +59 +25 +63 +15 = 5 = 2 - 1  5.0  2399 
 7. Bon, Michael                FRA 2163  +32 + 8 - 1 +36 +39 - 3 +47  5.0  2323 
 8. Hole, Oystein            f  NOR 2332  +43 - 7 =11 +64 +63 +27 = 2  5.0  2316 
 9. Nielsen, Rene O             DEN 2202  =65 =71 +43 +58 +35 =16 = 5  5.0  2281 
10. Durik, Peter                SVK 2127  +54 +19 - 2 +23 -15 +30 =25  4.5  2282 
11. L'Henoret, Thierry          FRA 2094  +77 =27 = 8 = 3 +18 =13 =12  4.5  2300 
12. Deleyn, Gunter           f  BEL 2275  +24 -63 =64 =41 +34 +32 =11  4.5  2154 
13. Benedetti, Fabrizio         ITA 2199  +61 +36 +41 - 2 = 4 =11 =24  4.5  2182 
14. Lillevold, Frode            NOR 2097  +76 =28 =29 =22 =23 +33 =15  4.5  2277 
15. Skindzier, Saturnin         POL 2247  +55 +47 +26 - 6 +10 - 1 =14  4.5  2261 
16. Karbowiak, Adam             POL 2256  +49 +58 +39 - 1 +21 = 9 - 3  4.5  2281 
17. Marek, Mariusz              POL 2155  +74 - 1 +42 +38 +28 = 5 - 4  4.5  2252 
18. Bieluszewski, Piotr         POL 2169  -36 +61 +53 =30 -11 +44 +35  4.5  2131 
19. Helbig, Mark                GER 2305  +60 -10 =47 +69 =37 +26 =21  4.5  2184 
20. Moen, Steinar               NOR 2181  +56 - 2 =45 +57 =30 =35 +48  4.5  2182 
21. Indbryn, Tommy              NOR 2129  +38 - 5 +71 +40 -16 +53 =19  4.5  2263 
22. Schott, Guido               GER 2195  +69 -39 +60 =14 -26 +67 +42  4.5  2141 
23. Wantiez, Fabrice            BEL 2207  -26 +66 +52 -10 =14 +64 +39  4.5  2175 
24. Alaslar,Devrim              TUR ----  -12 +70 - 3 +78 +40 +37 =13  4.5  2260 
25. Van Run, Rieke              NED 2133  +79 - 6 =69 =49 +36 +55 =10  4.5  2183 
26. De Waard,Marco                  ----  +23 +33 -15 =29 +22 -19 =27  4.0  2267 
27. Falbo, Sandro               ITA 2204  +57 =11 =30 =67 +41 - 8 =26  4.0  2109 
28. Nill, Oliver                GER 2212  +42 =14 +37 =35 -17 -47 +55  4.0  2142 
29. Nilsson, Erik               DEN 2175  =46 +65 =14 =26 =47 =39 =31  4.0  2122 
30. Olesen,Michael Jacob            ----  =50 +75 =27 =18 =20 -10 +58  4.0  2204 
31. Kovarcik, Thomas            FRA 2222  +45 -35 +59 =63 +67 - 4 =29  4.0  2137 
32. Leblanc,Paul                    ----  - 7 =49 =65 +43 +58 -12 +59  4.0  2159 
33. Victoria, Narciso           USA 2192  +66 -26 +55 -39 +60 -14 +53  4.0  2086 
34. Mottais, Francois           FRA 2062  - 5 -38 +73 +74 -12 +70 +54  4.0  2134 
35. Gooris, Jan                 BEL 2113  +78 +31 = 5 =28 - 9 =20 -18  3.5  2185 
36. Sari,Serdar                     ----  +18 -13 +51 - 7 -25 +52 =37  3.5  2153 
37. Donati, Roberto             ITA 2166  =71 +46 -28 +45 =19 -24 =36  3.5  2073 
38. Horvath,Milos                   ----  -21 +34 +48 -17 -64 =43 +69  3.5  2087 
39. Toll, Alec J                ENG 2091  +82 +22 -16 +33 - 7 =29 -23  3.5  2169 
40. Van Zandwijk, Jan Peter     NED 2256  +67 +48 - 4 -21 -24 +60 =45  3.5  2062 
41. Kilic,Mehmet                    ----  +51 +62 -13 =12 -27 -48 +63  3.5  2178 
42. Ranario,Dan                     ----  -28 +68 -17 =54 +46 +63 -22  3.5  2098 
43. Bellardi, Michel            FRA 2063  - 8 +56 - 9 -32 +72 =38 +66  3.5  2076 
44. Prostler,Andre                  ----  -62 =51 +75 +50 - 3 -18 +64  3.5  2152 
45. Hater,David                     ----  -31 +78 =20 -37 =71 +62 =40  3.5  2145 
46. Van de Walle,Rob                ----  =29 -37 -49 +75 -42 +65 +67  3.5  2082 
47. Cheung, Jan W               NED 2100  +68 -15 =19  ?  =29 +28 - 7  3.0  2183 
48. Capezza, Marco              ITA 2121  +73 -40 -38  ?  +69 +41 -20  3.0  2072 
49. Keough, Robert W            ENG 2080  -16 =32 +46 =25 -53 -54 +72  3.0  2005 
50. Lebel, Patrick              MNC 2151  =30 =72 =57 -44 =66 =61 =56  3.0  1944 
51. Wagenaar, Harm Theo         NED 2130  -41 =44 -36 =76 +68 =66 =61  3.0  1950 
52. Bruns, Michael              GER 2117  - 2 +54 -23 =66 =57 -36 +73  3.0  2027 
53. De Cat,Ben                      ----  - 3 +77 -18 +70 +49 -21 -33  3.0  2061 
54. Vercauteren,Daniel              ----  -10 -52 +80 =42 =74 +49 -34  3.0  2005 
55. Kocur, Marc                 BEL 2013  -15 +76 -33 +72 +59 -25 -28  3.0  2071 
56. Adkins,James                    ----  -20 -43 +77 -60 =65 +75 =50  3.0  2033 
57. Van den Heuvel, Tonnie      NED 1962  -27 +80 =50 -20 =52 -58 +74  3.0  2060 
58. Celen, Gazi                 TUR 2119  +81 -16 +72 - 9 -32 +57 -30  3.0  2010 
59. Daler, Neset                TUR 2068  - 6 +79 -31 +65 -55 +71 -32  3.0  2033 
60. Vea, Odin Blikra            NOR 2057  -19 +81 -22 +56 -33 -40 +77  3.0  2085 
61. Koopmeiners,Karl                ----  -13 -18 -78 +79 +80 =50 =51  3.0  2042 
62. Krainski, Slawomir          POL 2194  +44 -41 -67  ?  +78 -45 =71  2.5  1947 
63. Tommasini, Enzo             ITA 2128  +70 +12 - 6 =31 - 8 -42 -41  2.5  2066 
64. Zengin, Sedat               TUR 2085  - 1 +74 =12 - 8 +38 -23 -44  2.5  2075 
65. Crapulli,Giuseppe               ----  = 9 -29 =32 -59 =56 -46 +79  2.5  1961 
66. Lebrun,Roger                    ----  -33 -23 +68 =52 =50 =51 -43  2.5  2020 
67. Nielsen, Henrik             DEN 2028  -40 +73 +62 =27 -31 -22 -46  2.5  2051 
68. Geerts,Luc                      ----  -47 -42 -66 +73 -51 =74 +80  2.5  1930 
69. Parisse,Denis                   ----  -22 +82 =25 -19 -48 +79 -38  2.5  2005 
70. Adolfssen,Rico                  ----  -63 -24 +82 -53 +76 -34 =75  2.5  1943 
71. Parker,Glen                     ----  =37 = 9 -21  ?  =45 -59 =62  2.0  2001 
72. Morrison,Munroe                 ----  =75 =50 -58 -55 -43 +78 -49  2.0  1921 
73. So,Kam                          ----  -48 -67 -34 -68 +77 +76 -52  2.0  1888 
74. McInnes,Neil                    ----  -17 -64 +81 -34 =54 =68 -57  2.0  1879 
75. Khalil, Vincent             FRA 2129  =72 -30 -44 -46 +81 -56 =70  2.0  1842 
76. Smith,Bryan                     ----  -14 -55 =79 =51 -70 -73 +82  2.0  1876 
77. O'Neill,Steve                   ----  -11 -53 -56 +81 -73 +82 -60  2.0  1863 
78. Stuhr,Finn                      ----  -35 -45 +61 -24 -62 -72 =81  1.5  1813 
79. Charles,Freddy                  ----  -25 -59 =76 -61 +82 -69 -65  1.5  1798 
80. Zilka,Jozef                     ----  - 4 -57 -54 +82 -61 =81 -68  1.5  1778 
81. Shea,Joseph                     ----  -58 -60 -74 -77 -75 =80 =78  1.0  1734 
82. Campeau,Jayson                  ----  -39 -69 -70 -80 -79 -77 -76  0.0       
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16) 91st Smith & Williamson British Championships

The 91st Smith & Williamson British Championships took place 1st - 14th August in the Spa Complex, Scarborough,Yorkshire. Jonathan Rowson dominated throughout and even though a loss to Peter Wells in round 8 put his victory in doubt allowing the field to catch him he was always likely to have an easier run in than his rivals. Rowson became the first Scottish player to win the British Championship since RF Combe in 1946. All games from the final round now available.

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

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ch-GBR Scarborough ENG (ENG), 2-13 viii 2004
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 1. Rowson, Jonathan          g  SCO 2558  +34 +21 +10 =15 +16 + 3 +22 - 2 = 4 +18 = 5  8.5  2634 
 2. Wells, Peter K            g  ENG 2494  =20 +45 + 7 =22 +26 =10 + 3 + 1 =21 = 6 = 4  8.0  2592 
 3. Williams, Simon           m  ENG 2427  +36 + 5 + 4 +13 +15 - 1 - 2 =29 +10 +16 = 8  8.0  2621 
 4. Motwani, Paul             g  SCO 2552  +32 + 9 - 3 +11 =17 +15 -10 +12 = 1 +21 = 2  7.5  2543 
 5. Greet, Andrew                ENG 2310  +58 - 3 =45 +47 + 7 =14 +26 = 6 =16 +10 = 1  7.5  2508 
 6. Emms, John M              g  ENG 2508  +30 -28 =34 =20 +39 =11 +44 = 5 +13 = 2 +10  7.5  2471 
 7. Gwaze, Robert             m  ZIM 2376  +40 = 8 - 2 +59 - 5 -34 +36 +32 +41 +29 +15  7.5  2460 
 8. Hebden, Mark              g  ENG 2559  +38 = 7 =11 +44 -10 =51 +31 =17 = 9 +22 = 3  7.0  2474 
 9. Knott, Simon J.B          m  ENG 2359  +39 - 4 +41 =12 +36 =29 =16 =13 = 8 =14 +21  7.0  2493 
10. Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan  m  GEO 2446  +48 +24 - 1 +25 + 8 = 2 + 4 +21 - 3 - 5 - 6  6.5  2485 
11. Mannion, Stephen R        m  SCO 2333  +57 =22 = 8 - 4 +30 = 6 =15 =14 =12 +26 =17  6.5  2488 
12. Quinn, Mark               m  IRL 2406  +19 +37 =14 = 9 -13 =28 +32 - 4 =11 +33 =25  6.5  2395 
13. Ward, Christopher         g  ENG 2490  +49 +23 +26 - 3 +12 =22 -21 = 9 - 6 +24 =18  6.5  2449 
14. Summerscale, Aaron        g  ENG 2493  +59 +27 =12 =17 =21 = 5 -29 =11 +28 = 9 =16  6.5  2422 
15. Ledger, Andrew            m  ENG 2452  +41 +42 +28 = 1 - 3 - 4 =11 =20 +30 +17 - 7  6.5  2434 
16. Jones, Gawain C              ENG 2453  =45 +43 =25 +30 - 1 +46 = 9 +22 = 5 - 3 =14  6.5  2415 
17. Palliser, Richard         m  ENG 2411  +46 =25 +47 =14 = 4 -21 +34 = 8 +29 -15 =11  6.5  2440 
18. Haslinger, Stewart        m  ENG 2408  =47 =44 -30 =41 +56 =38 +19 +28 +27 - 1 =13  6.5  2381 
19. Radovanovic, Jovica          SCG 2205  -12 =31 =51 =23 +49 =25 -18 +38 =24 +44 +29  6.5  2397 
20. Rendle, Thomas               ENG 2258  = 2 -47 +40 = 6 =31 =24 +39 =15 =26 =28 =22  6.0  2388 
21. Hanley, Craig             f  ENG 2356  +53 - 1 +48 +46 =14 +17 +13 -10 = 2 - 4 - 9  6.0  2438 
22. Gormally, Daniel          m  ENG 2479  +56 =11 +29 = 2 +28 =13 - 1 -16 +44 - 8 =20  6.0  2438 
23. Sowray, Peter J           f  ENG 2349  +33 -13 -39 =19 +41 -32 =47 +40 =35 =36 +42  6.0  2264 
24. Howell, David WL          f  ENG 2334  +52 -10 =33 -36 +47 =20 +35 =27 =19 -13 +39  6.0  2282 
25. Sherwin, James T          m  USA 2303  +61 =17 =16 -10 =59 =19 =27 =33 =39 +37 =12  6.0  2306 
26. Dearing, Eddie               SCO 2392  +60 +35 -13 +39 - 2 =44 - 5 +34 =20 -11 +41  6.0  2323 
27. Tan, Desmond                 ENG 2335  +62 -14 -46 +48 =32 +58 =25 =24 -18 =30 +53  6.0  2299 
28. Gordon, Stephen J            ENG 2338  +55 + 6 -15 +35 -22 =12 +51 -18 -14 =20 =30  5.5  2347 
29. Houska, Jovanka           wg ENG 2375  =43 +50 -22 +49 +58 = 9 +14 = 3 -17 - 7 -19  5.5  2295 
30. Ashton, Adam G               ENG 2270  - 6 +55 +18 -16 -11 =33 +50 +31 -15 =27 =28  5.5  2324 
31. Taylor, Martin R          f  ENG 2331  -37 =19 +60 =33 =20 +36 - 8 -30 +34 =39 =35  5.5  2228 
32. Bigg, Andrew J               ENG 2275  - 4 -33 +54 +37 =27 +23 -12 - 7 +53 =35 =36  5.5  2262 
33. Hutchinson, Norman           ENG 2176  -23 +32 =24 =31 -51 =30 +59 =25 +46 -12 =38  5.5  2304 
34. Rudd, Jack                   ENG 2281  - 1 +53 = 6 -58 +57 + 7 -17 -26 -31 +51 +44  5.5  2324 
35. Sisask, Jesper               ENG 2057  +51 -26 +42 -28 -44 +45 -24 +48 =23 =32 =31  5.5  2313 
36. Lyell, Mark               f  ENG 2217  - 3 =58 +50 +24 - 9 -31 - 7 +52 +51 =23 =32  5.5  2273 
37. Mycroft, Richard             ENG 2110  +31 -12 -44 -32 =48 =49 =45 +43 +58 -25 +46  5.5  2251 
38. Ledger, David             f  ENG 2285  - 8 -39 =52 +62 +40 =18 -46 -19 +47 +54 =33  5.5  2231 
39. Adams, David                 ENG 2180  - 9 +38 +23 -26 - 6 +42 -20 +49 =25 =31 -24  5.0  2295 
40. Briscoe, Christopher         ENG 2157  - 7 =49 -20 +45 -38 =48 +43 -23 +56 -53 +54  5.0  2209 
41. Snape, Ian                   ENG 2228  -15 +54 - 9 =18 -23 +57 +58 +51 - 7 =46 -26  5.0  2252 
42. Lee, Graham D             f  ENG 2316  +54 -15 -35 +53 -46 -39 -48 +60 +45 +49 -23  5.0  2186 
43. Nixon, Thomas CM             ENG 2198  =29 -16 =55 -51 =61 +56 -40 -37 +57 +58 =45  5.0  2166 
44. Muir, Andrew J            m  SCO 2328  =50 =18 +37 - 8 +35 =26 - 6 +46 -22 -19 -34  4.5  2232 
45. Spence, David                ENG 2236  =16 - 2 = 5 -40 +55 -35 =37 =50 -42 +47 =43  4.5  2165 
46. Storey, Charles              ENG 2217  -17 +61 +27 -21 +42 -16 +38 -44 -33 =41 -37  4.5  2207 
47. Walton, Alan J               ENG 2208  =18 +20 -17 - 5 -24 +61 =23 +53 -38 -45 =52  4.5  2199 
48. Burrows, Martin              ENG 2226  -10 +52 -21 -27 =37 =40 +42 -35 -54 +59 =49  4.5  2164 
49. Hutchinson, Paul A           ENG 2216  -13 =40 +62 -29 -19 =37 +54 -39 +50 -42 =48  4.5  2153 
50. Pym, Thomas W                ENG 2059  =44 -29 -36 =55 +53 =59 -30 =45 -49 =52 +58  4.5  2154 
51. Martyn, Rafe                 ENG 2322  -35 =60 =19 +43 +33 = 8 -28 -41 -36 -34 =56  4.0  2143 
52. Kafka, Graeme                SCO 2143  -24 -48 =38 -56 =60 =62 +57 -36 =59 =50 =47  4.0  2108 
53. Gregory, Stephen J           ENG 2180  -21 -34 +61 -42 -50 +55 +56 -47 -32 +40 -27  4.0  2116 
54. Clarke, Thomas               IRL 2132  -42 -41 -32 -61 +62 +60 -49 +55 +48 -38 -40  4.0  2101 
55. Hempson, Peter W             ENG 2172  -28 -30 =43 =50 -45 -53 +61 -54 =60 =57 +62  4.0  2071 
56. Surtees, Mike                ENG 2239  -22 =57 -58 +52 -18 -43 -53 +61 -40 +62 =51  4.0  2098 
57. Almond, Philip               ENG 2131  -11 =56 -59 +60 -34 -41 -52 +62 -43 =55 +61  4.0  2098 
58. Westwood, Richard D          ENG 2030  - 5 =36 +56 +34 -29 -27 -41 +59 -37 -43 -50  3.5  2103 
59. Rayner, Francis              WLS 2252  -14 =62 +57 - 7 =25 =50 -33 -58 =52 -48 =60  3.5  2075 
60. Ledger, Stephen              ENG 2203  -26 =51 -31 -57 =52 -54 +62 -42 =55 =61 =59  3.5  2080 
61. Bryant,Richard               ENG ----  -25 -46 -53 +54 =43 -47 -55 -56 -62 =60 -57  2.0  1932 
62. Smith, Graham M              ENG 2157  -27 =59 -49 -38 -54 =52 -60 -57 +61 -56 -55  2.0  1929 
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17) 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/

Round 4 Standings: 
 1. 3 Ni Hua                     4.0
 2. 1 Ian Rogers                 3.5
    4 Nguyen Anh Dung            3.5
    5 Antonio Rogelio            3.5
    6 Juswanto, Denny            3.5
   10 Nelson Mariano             3.5
   14 Irwanto Sadikin            3.5
   15 Gokhale, Chandrashekhar    3.5
   24 Nguyen Van Huy             3.5
10. 2 Dao Thien Hai              3.0
    7 Alexei Barsov              3.0
    8 Yu, Shaoteng               3.0
    9 Xu Yuhua                   3.0
   12 Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman  3.0
   13 Xu, Yuanyuan               3.0
   17 Dede Lioe                  3.0
   18 Sriram Jha                 3.0
   21 Daly, Colm                 3.0
   26 Mok Tze Meng               3.0
   27 Liew, Chee-Meng-Jimmy      3.0
   29 Lim Yee Weng               3.0
   31 Nicholas Chan              3.0
   32 Zhang, Jilin               3.0
   39 Yeo, Min-Yang Evan         3.0
   46 Tommy Supriyanto         1 3.0
26.11 Susanto Megaranto          2.5
   16 Mas Hafizulhelmi           2.5
   19 Wang Yu                    2.5
111 players

18) Bratto Open

The 24th International Chess Festival "Conca della Presolana" takes place in Bratto (Italy), 20-28 August 2004.

Official site (including live): http://www.scaccobratto.com/2004.shtml

Leading players:
  1  Epishin Vladimir         RUS  GM 2635 
  2  Miladinovic Igor         GRE  GM 2630 
  3  Khenkin Igor             GER  GM 2573 
  4  GODENA Michele           TV   GM 2545 
  5  Sax Gyula                HUN  GM 2535 
  6  Cebalo Miso              CRO  GM 2527 
  7  Maksimenko Andrei        UKR  GM 2524 
  8  BELLINI Fabio            VA   IM 2509 
122 players

19) Jezero 2004

The 10th Jezero international took place in Belgrade 7th-15th August 2004. FM Milos Pavlovic took first place on tie-break from Milan Andrijevic. No games available.

Official site http://www.chessjezerobeograd.com or http://www.chessdiagonals.com

Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
 1  1 FM Pavlovic Milos        2446 SCG 7½ 51½ 47  39½ ½ 
 2  3 IM Andrijevic Milan      2383 SCG 7½ 49  45  37½ ½ 
 3  2 FM Solomunovic Igor      2446 GER 6½ 52  47  39½ 0 
 4 11 FM Dena Branislav        2283 SCG 6½ 49½ 45½ 38  0 
 5 15 FM Cetkovic Bozidar      2237 SCG 6½ 47  43½ 36  0 
 6 10 FM Prelevic Dusko        2287 SCG 6½ 41½ 38½ 33  0 
 7  7 FM Todic Zoran           2303 SCG 6  51½ 47  39½ 0 
 8 22 FM Brujic Bozidar        2200 SCG 6  49  46  38½ 0 
 9  5 FM Skare Goran           2320 SCG 6  48  44  37½ 0 
10 14    Jovanovic Drasko      2240 SCG 6  46½ 42  35½ 0 
11 19    Irizanin Radoje       2226 SCG 6  46  42  36  0 
12 21    Stosic Slobodan       2207 SCG 6  45½ 43  35½ 0 
13  6 FM Djoric Dusan          2316 SCG 6  45½ 42  36  0 
14 12 GM Sahovic Dragutin      2281 SCG 6  43  41  35  0 
15 18    Stankovic Branislav D 2230 SCG 6  42½ 39½ 33  0 
16 32 FM Petrovic Petar        2157 SCG 6  40  37  31  0 
17 40    Andrejic Vladica      2100 SCG 5½ 45½ 43  36½ 0 
18 13 FM Mihajlovic Miodrag    2276 SCG 5½ 44½ 41½ 35  0 
19 17 FM Paulic Branko         2232 SCG 5½ 42  39½ 33  0 
20 67    Golubovic Marko       ---- SCG 5½ 37  34  29  0 
82 players

20) Festival Schneider Bohemia

The 10th international chess tournament "Festival Schneider Bohemia - Pilsen 2004", took place 14th-22nd August 2004 in the sports hall of Streleck stadion Pilsen-Lobzy (Czech Republic). Alin Berescu won the event with 7.5/9. No games available.

Further information: http://www.volny.cz/pmarik/.

Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
 1  IM  Berescu Alin          2404 ROM  7,5 39,0
 2  IM  Cvek Robert           2461 CZE  7,0 40,5
 3  FM  Heinzel Olaf          2402 GER  7,0 38,0
 4  IM  Neuman Petr           2428 CZE  7,0 37,5
 5      Plischki Sebastian    2325 GER  6,5 40,5
 6  WGM Hagarová Zuzana       2330 SVK  6,5 38,5
 7      Simùnek Ales          2200 CZE  6,5 37,0
 8  IM  Grunberg Mihai        2403 ROM  6,5 36,0
 9  IM  Zawadzki Stanislav    2428 POL  6,0 39,5
10      Novák Pavel           2323 CZE  6,0 39,0
11   M  Èernousek Lukás       2378 CZE  6,0 38,5
12  IM  Gajewski Grzegorz     2439 POL  6,0 38,5
13  IM  Sikora-Lerch Jan      2320 CZE  6,0 38,0
14  IM  Juøek Josef           2387 CZE  6,0 36,0
15  WIM Zawadzka Jolanta      2272 POL  6,0 35,5
16  WIM Ionica Iulia          2264 ROM  6,0 32,5
17   M  Fiala Robert          2324 CZE  5,5 42,0
18      Petr Martin           2307 CZE  5,5 37,5
19   M  Studnièka Tomás       2302 CZE  5,5 37,5
20   M  Øehoøek Martin        2300 CZE  5,5 37,5
21      Folk Petr             2245 CZE  5,5 36,5
22      Zelený Tomás          2254 CZE  5,5 36,5
23  FM  Bensch Patrick        2295 GER  5,5 36,0
24      Bujak Michal          2179 CZE  5,5 35,0
25      Jeníèek Emil          2021 CZE  5,5 35,0
26      Franchini Gabriele    2215 ITA  5,5 34,5
27   M  Cífka Stanislav       2302 CZE  5,5 34,0
28  IM  Michálek Jan          2377 CZE  5,5 33,5
29      Koth Stefan           2190 GER  5,5 30,5
30      Reitinger Petr        2090 CZE  5,5 29,5
108 players

21) NorthEast Chess Summer Getaway

George Mirijanian reports: The NorthEast Chess Summer Getaway Tournament took place August 13th-15th, 2004, at the Radisson Hotel in Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA. GMs Alexander Ivanov and Sergey Kudrin tied for first place with scores of 4.5-0.5 after drawing each other in the second round. Runnerup with a 3-2 tally was national master Eugene Yanayt. Severine Wamala organized the event for the sponsoring NorthEast Chess Association. The 103-player, multisectional tourney was directed by Robert Messenger, the top TD in New England. Complete crosstables are available at http://masschess.org

22) Curacao Chess Festival

The Curacao Chess Festival 2004 took place at the Breezes Curacao Resort August 5th - August 14th 2004. Chanda Sandipan took first place on 7.5/9. No games available currently.

Official site: http://www.topschaak.nl/curacaochessfestival2004/curacaotournament2004.htm

Final Round 9 Standings: 
 1 Sandipan, Chanda      IND 2555 7.5 51.0 40.0 37.5
 2 Shabalov, Alexander   USA 2605 7.0 50.5 39.5 38.5
 3 Rohl, Juan            VEN 2401 6.5 50.0 38.5 32.5
 4 Sequera, Jose         VEN 2426 6.0 51.5 40.0 33.0
 5 Prasca, Raphael       VEN 2396 6.0 51.0 39.0 33.5
 6 Shahade, Jennifer     USA 2338 6.0 49.0 38.5 32.0
 7 Goletiani, Rusudan    USA 2334 6.0 47.0 36.0 30.5
 8 Zatonskih, Anna       USA 2445 6.0 46.5 37.0 31.5
 9 Ostos, Julio          VEN 2332 5.0 51.5 40.0 32.0
10 Bick, John            USA 2236 5.0 46.5 36.0 26.5
11 Martinez, Aleidi      VEN 2201 5.0 44.5 36.0 25.0
12 Soto, Oliver          VEN 2288 5.0 44.0 34.5 28.5
13 Gallegos, Carlos      VEN 2452 5.0 42.5 33.0 27.0
14 Vreugdenhil, Frans    NED 2069 5.0 42.0 33.0 26.0
15 Areti, Muralidhar     BAR      5.0 41.0 32.0 23.0
16 Del Castilho, Martyn  BAR      4.5 39.5 31.0 21.5
17 Hernandez, Zaida      VEN 2100 4.5 38.0 30.5 23.5
18 Dekker, Marvin        CUR 2143 4.5 37.5 29.0 21.0
19 Flanders, Cander      CUR      4.5 36.5 28.5 20.5
20 Amori, Michael        USA      4.5 36.0 28.0 19.5
21 Jacobusse, Willem     ARU      4.5 35.5 28.0 19.0
22 Mensing, Fabio        CUR 2123 4.0 42.0 32.5 23.5
23 Paricharak, Shardul   CUR      4.0 39.5 31.5 21.0
24 Van Beek, Ard         NED      4.0 35.0 25.5 16.0
25 Vasquez, Nicolas      CHI      4.0 33.0 25.5 15.0
26 Chang, Martin         CUB 1859 4.0 33.0 25.5 14.0
27 Daniel, Kelvin        BAR 2031 3.5 39.5 29.5 17.0
28 Sagredo, Claudio      CUR      3.5 37.0 29.5 18.0
29 Monk, Glenn           CUR      3.0 32.0 25.5 15.0
30 Silvano, Gianni       CUR      3.0 29.0 23.0 11.0
31 Martis, Valentino     CUR 2019 2.0 34.0 27.0 13.0
32 Zalm, Norman          CUR 1900 2.0 30.5 23.0 9.0
33 Pop, Serapio          CUR      1.5 28.5 22.0 7.5
34 Dos Santos Texeira, J CUR      1.0 31.0 24.0 6.5

23) 30th Stork Tournament

The 30th edition of the Open Dutch Youth Chess Championships, the Stork tournament, was played in the Townhall of Hengelo, the Netherlands 9th-14th August 2004. I gave the games last week.

A couple of extra points from last week. Star player was the World and European Champion U 14, Sergei Zhigalko from Belarus. In both championships he was ahead of players like Magnus Carlsen however it was his elder (by 4 years) brother Andrey Zhigalko who won the event with 7.5/9. Sergei Zhigalko and Koen Leenhouts scored an IM norm, (Sergei's final norm and Koen's first), Bianca Muhren (already a WIM) scored her second WGM norm. Group A went to Daan Brandenbrug, proving his great form from the Dieren Dutch Open Tournament was no coïncidence.

Official site with live coverage: http://www.onjk.nl/

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 1. Zhigalko, Andrey           m BLR 2478  * 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1  7.5  2627 
 2. Sebag, Marie               m FRA 2414  0 * 1 1 = 1 = = 1 1  6.5  2528 
 3. Zhigalko, Sergei           f BLR 2478  = 0 * = 1 = = 1 1 1  6.0  2479 
 4. Leenhouts, Koen              NED 2305  0 0 = * 1 = 1 1 = 1  5.5  2454 
 5. Michiels, Bart             m BEL 2450  = = 0 0 * = 1 1 1 =  5.0  2401 
 6. Muhren, Bianca            wm NED 2282  0 0 = = = * = 1 1 1  5.0  2419 
 7. Papa, Severin              f SUI 2397  = = = 0 0 = * 1 = 1  4.5  2363 
 8. Michielsen, Joost            NED 2285  0 = 0 0 0 0 0 * 1 =  2.0  2156 
 9. Dimitrijevic, Aleksandra  wf SCG 2292  0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 * =  1.5  2102 
10. Bitalzadeh, Ali              NED 2291  0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = *  1.5  2102 
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24) Forthcoming Events and Links

Pune GM

An International Open incorporating India’s first ever Super GM tournament with an average rating of 2630 in the nine round all play all Category 16 tournament will take place at Pune, India from 2nd to 12th September 2004.

Internet coverage: http://www.chessindia.org

 1 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter GM 2686 ROM 
 2 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab  GM 2679 GEO 
 3 Beliavsky, Alexander G  GM 2679 SLO 
 4 Sutovsky, Emil          GM 2679 ISR 
 5 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam    GM 2640 UZB 
 6 Sasikiran, Krishnan     GM 2666 IND 
 7 Harikrishna, P.         GM 2609 IND 
 8 Ganguly, Surya Shekhar  GM 2574 IND 
 9 Sandipan, Chanda        GM 2555 IND 
10 Kunte, Abhijit          GM 2532 IND

ICCF Champions League

The first Regular Season of the ICCF Champions League will start on 1st November, 2004.

The ICCF Champions League is a continuous Email Team Tournament. It is played in seasons and comprises several divisions with promotion and relegation. All games are ICCF rated. Depending on the final number of teams in each League, each player would normally play 10 games.

A Qualification season started in 2002. Teams in that season have been divided into 4 Leagues with "A" being the highest. Top scoring teams will move up a league in the following season and the lowest scoring teams will move down

This season only, there will be a "Fast Track" open to any returning team or new team (see also FAQ 31) who wishes to enter here. The maximum number of Fast Track teams accepted for the 2004-2006 season is 44. If there are more than 44 team requests, only the teams with the highest average ratings will be included in the Fast Track. The rest of the teams will be included as follows: - returning teams will play in the leagues they qualified for, - new teams will play in League D.

Every 4 player team may consist of players from 1 or more countries. A player can play only for one team in a season. Players should be members of an ICCF national federation member. The team must choose a name and a Captain, preferably one familiar with ICCF email rules.

Entries are due by 15 September 2004. Fee for teams entering via National Federations is CHF 40 or equivalent in the national currency, for those entering via the Direct Entry facility (see FAQ) is USD 50 per team. You must include Team name, Captain name, players' names, their countries and their email address with the entry fee. The Team Captain is responsible for collecting the money and sending in the entry form.

A Prize Fund of approximately $5000US will be divided among the top teams in each league, the best new players, and for the best game.

Details in FAQ at: http://tables.iccf.com/email/ChLeague/2004/season1faq.htm Entry from at: http://tables.iccf.com/email/ChLeague/season1form.htm Rules and information about ICCF at http://www.iccf.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.

This year the event has been opened up to any chess players from around the world who are in a military status (active, reserve, retired, national guard, militia, cadet, midshipman, or their national equivalent). The event is also on the World Chess Federation calendar. The organisers would love to see one or more players from the UK show up this year.

Military chess players from all nations of the world are cordially invited. The US Department of State told the organisers that there are no restrictions on whom they may invite. To speed up the visa application process [for those nations who do not have a "reciprocal no visa agreement" with the US], the event is on a special list of approved events at all U. S. consulates and embassies around the world.

The superb venue this year is at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. So far, players from India, Macedonia, Israel, Malaysia and Greece have indicated their intent to participate. There is the hope many other nations will also attend. So far the strongest military player that may compete is GM Efstratios Grivas (ELO 2520) from Greece, who is an instructor at the Hellenic Army Academy in Attica, Greece near Athens.

The entrance fee is free. Registration is via e-mail using the form provided on the website.

Further info: http://www.freewebs.com/usafco

Jersey International Chess Festival 2005

The Jersey International Chess Festival takes place 13th-19th February 2005 inclusive. 7 rounds, three sections; OPEN (FIDE rated), MAJOR Under 160 / 1880 ELO and MINOR Under 130 / 1640 ELO. There is a total of £7,000 in prizes and is part of the British Chess Federation Grand Prix.

Details: http://www.geocities.com/adamraoof/jersey.htm

Howard Staunton Memorial

The Howard Staunton Memorial takes place in Simpson's-in-the-Strand in London August 23rd-29th 2004. Players: Jon Speelman, Daniel King, Jonathan Levitt and Jovanka Houska.

Official site: http://www.jlevitt.dircon.co.uk/staunton/

Collado Villalba Open

The Collado Villalba Open takes place 23rd-31st August 2004.

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

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

Alexei Tsvetkov Memorial Correspondence Tournament

GM Alexei Tsvetkov on June 14, 2004 a member of the Chessfriend.com (CFC) correspondence chess server. There is a 128 player Memorial Knockout tournament Timerate 20 + 2 days per move - Leave = 14 days for each round - No entry fees Prizes = 1st prize = 500 Euro + 3 book prizes Startdate = 01. October 2004 All games are played on the CFC server

Participants: The tournament is open for all chessplayers including players of other organizations (IECG, ICCF, IECC, etc.) Precondition is that the player has registered (e.g. with the free single tournament user) at the CFC server (http://www.chessfriend.com) Entries are considered in the order of the entrance.

The advantage of a knockout tournament is, that the players have to play only 2 games in each round. Therefore the players don’t need much time to participate in this tournament.

Details: http://www.chessfriend.com

4th Winterthur Chess Week

The 4th Winterthur Chess Week takes place in Winterthur (Switzerland) October 1st-9th 2004. The main event is a 9-round Open with a total prize money of CHF 10750 (EUR 7000, USD 8400). Other events include an invitational Young Masters tournament and a Youth Open (7 rounds October 4th-8th), as well as two Blitz tournaments. Further details: http://www.chessstore.ch/schachwoche/.

GM Thaler vs The Rest of the World

ChessWorld.net is currently hosting "Rest of the World" matches against GM Thaler, IM Basman, and 'Zsoyd' - an anonymous player who has not yet lost a single game and has broken all Chessworld.net highest rating records. In these voting games the "Rest of the World" (ROW) votes for the moves against the master, and the highest voted move played after five days. The most recent ROW game vs IM Silman has finished in a draw.

You can get in on the game at the online chess site www.chessworld.net - head for Play!..World team games after logging in.

There is also a free to enter upcoming Chess Olympia celebration event in August where you can play for your country. Last years event attracted well over 1400 players from over 150 countries. You can join in the fun by simply logging in, and ticking in the My stuff..My details area that you want to play in the Olympia celebration event.

The up to date position is also available on the TWIC front page.

Russia vs ROW Correspondence

The Russian Chess Federation is celebrating its 10th anniversary and is using this occasion to challenge the rest of the world to a match over 64 boards with 2 games for each and the start is 15.02 2004. Players include Joop van Oosterom

http://www.mychessweb.com/Tables/Internationale/Play/russia-world.htm

Paks Cup

The VIII Paks Cup takes place 21st-31st August 2004. GM-IM Tournaments 23rd-29th August 2004 and also an FM Tournament. One player needed for the GM Group. Contact: Videki Sandor Tel: 0036-75421225, 304012866 email: videkis2001@yahoo.com

GM group 1.Nevednichy 2538 GM ROM, 2. Polak T 2482 GM CZ, 3. Anka GM 2407 4. Toth A IM 2429,5. Videki IM 2409, 6. Paschall W IM USA 2389, 7. Pataki 2390, 8. Simacek 2439 IM CZ 9. Zelic M 2300 CRO Average: 2420

Villeurbanne IM

The Chess club of Villeurbanne (suburbs of Lyon, France) will organize the 3rd edition of The Trophée des Maîtres from September 17th - 25th 2004. This category 4 round-robin (IM norm at 6/9 points) will have 10 participating players (3 IM included) The rate of play is 1hour and 40 minutes + 30sec / moves to play 40 moves followed by 40 minutes + 30 sec / moves to finish the game The registration fee is 150 euros for untitled FIDE players, 100 euros for Fide masters, accomodation is possible for 24 euros per night for a single room, breakfast included. Players who are interested, can join me for more informations at this e-mail adress : thierry.paris@free.fr or phone Thierry Paris : +336 86 99 08 80

Hungarian chess tournaments August-December 2004

List of the chess tournaments in the near future in 2004 in Hungary:

1. 19th-26th of August, Open Swiss, Balatonzamardi /150 km from Budapest West/ Org: Valis Janos, e-mail: husi-sc@hu.inter.net

2. 21st-31st of August, Paks GM-IM-FM round robins, /100 km South from Budapest/, org: IM Videki Sandor, e-mail: videkis2001@yahoo.com

3. 4th-16th of September, FS GM-IM-FM closed events, Budapest org: NL

Organisation: Nagy Laszlo /NL/, e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net Website: http://www.firstsaturday.hu Phone-fax: (361)-2632859, cellphone: (36)-30-230-1914 /From 12:00 a.m. until midnight - Central European Time - GMT+1 hour/

4. 2nd-15th of October, FS GM-IM-FM, Budapest, org.NL

5. 16th-26th of October, Papp Béla memorial GM closed, Torokbalint, /15 km from Budapest/, info: NL

6. 6th-19th of November, FS GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, Org: NL

7. 25th of Nov.-3rd of Dec., Harkany Open Swiss, /250 West from Budapest/, Org: Fulop Csaba, e-mail: fulopcsa@axelero.hu

8. 4th-17th of December, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest, org: NL

World Youth Chess Championships

World Youth Chess Championships for age categories U10 to U18 takes place November 3rd-14th 2004 in Heraklio, Crete, Greece. The venue which is the same as for the WYCC of 2002, is the Creta Maris Conference Hotel

Details: http://www.greekchess.com/wycc2004

2nd Misr Closed 2004

The 2nd Misr Closed 2004 is a Round Robin event taking place 16th-25th August in Egypt (Six Corner Hotel-Ismailia City 100 k.m from Cairo). 11 Rounds 12 Players (6 invited GMs 6 EGY players with average Rating about 2450) average for all 12 2468 at least New Fide Time Control ( 90 Min for all game and 30 Sec. added for every move) , play starts at 6 p.m. daily from 16-25 August, Arrival 15 August , Rest Day 20 August, There will be 2 days ,which play will have 2 Rounds be also at Morning at 10 a.m , departure 26 August. Prizes as follows : 1st till 6th. 700-500-400-300-200-100 US$. Prizes are distributed according to Hort System (between the number of players corresponding to number of advertised prizes).

Invited GMs will be provided with accommodation in a Single Room 4 Star Hotel 15th-26th August 2004 , and 500 US$ as compensation for Air-Tickets 3 players needed between 2470-2530 (I will be in Czech Open from 22 July-1 August ) Our email is ecf@idsc.net.eg and haskh@yahoo.com Hassan Khaled General Director Egyptian Chess Federation

Phone +20-2-3378987 and Mobile:+20-10-5003063; Egyptian Chess Federation : Phone and Fax : +20-2-2604285

Australian Open

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.

There are $18,500AU in prizes with a top prize of $4500. The organisers are looking for any players interested in participating in this event.

Contact George Howard on georgeshoward@hotmail.com for details or queries.

Website: http://www.mtbullerchess.com will have full details of the event shortly.

Frank Quisinsky Chess Calendar

Frank Quisinsky has updated his computer chess calendar. There are 7.773 official computer chess event games since 1990.

CC-Calendar: http://www.playwitharena.com/directory/calendar.htm

Events include: 07th http://rsise.anu.edu.au/~shaun/chess/ Australasian NCC-ch 2004, RedHill, Canberra FICS 20.07.04, Warp (former LambChop) 12th WCCC http://www.cs.biu.ac.il/games/ , Ramat-Gan 04.07.04 - 12.07.04, Junior 04th http://e4e6.com/cips2004/ Campionato Italiano P. Scacchistici, Roma 26.06.04 - 27.06.04, Delfi 06th http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/group/eefrance/ French programmers tournament, Massy 20.06.04, Chess Wizard 04th MASPV http://www.hun-digital.hu/MASPV2004/index_en.html , Budapest 28.05.04 - 30.05.04, Merlin

Open Highlands Chess Festival

The Open Highlands Chess Festival takes place 18th-26th September 2004 in Havlickuv Brod (the Czech Republic).The festival is part of the 4th CZECH TOUR 2004/2005 Series.

Further details: http://www.czechtour.net

8th Open Bavarian Chess Champianship

The 8th Open Bavarian Chess Champianship take place 30th October - 7th November 2004 in Bad Wiessee, Germany.

Full details: http://www.oibm-bad-wiessee.de/

2005 European Union Championship

The 2005 European Union Championship whic his part of the programme of events celebrating Cork City's status as European Capital of Culture for 2005. The event takes place 21st March - 3rd April 2005 in the Ballroom Suite Gresham Metropole Hotel MacCurtain Street Cork Ireland. Prize Fund - 7,750 Euros. A FIDE rated ten round Swiss Open for players registered with FIDE as a player in the European Union or a citizen of a European Union member state 1st prize 2,000 Euros plus numerous place prizes and other awards including a British Championship Qualifying Place.

In addition the 13th Annual Cork Congress takes place 1st-3rd April 2005 with a Prize Fund 5,000 Euros an ICU rated six round Swiss with three rated sections. 1st prize 750 Euros plus numerous place prizes and other awards

Full details, special offers to a limited number of IMs and GMs and entry forms are available from Michael Burniston Tournament Director Ladybird House Glengarriff County Cork Ireland. phone 00 353 27 63113 e mail jemcreations@eircom.net

Website: http://www.corkchess.com

VII Banc Post & Ciuc Premium Tournament

The VII. Banc Post & Ciuc Premium International Chess Tournament takes place in Miercurea Ciuc (Romania), 21-29 August 2004. Event for IM, wIGM, wIM-norms and ELO (11 games).

Entry fee (ELO/EUR): A : Elo 2150-2200 = 120, 2201-2250 = 100, 2251-2300 = 80, 2301-2350 = 60, above 2351 = 40 B : nonrated = 100, below 2051 = 80, 2051-2100 = 60, 2101-2150 = 50, 2151-2200 = 40, above 2201 = 30 C : nonrated = 60, below 1900 = 50, 1901-2000 = 40, 2001-2050 = 30, 2051-2100 = 20, above 2101 = 10 Prizes A,B,C : Total Fund 500 EUR + extra prize

Organizer : IM Sandor BIRO, C.P. 68, R-530300 Miercurea Ciuc-1, Romania, E-mail : caissa@topnet.ro Tel+Fax : (+40)-266-316712, Mobil : (+40)-740-021866

Los Angeles Open

Los Angeles Open. Los Angeles, CA, September 24-26, 2004. 5-SS. $10,000 based on 200 players, $6,000 guaranteed. Top section FIDE rated.

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

IX Cesenatico Open

The IX Open International Chess Tournament takes place in Cesenatico (Italy): 4th-12th September 2004 at Colonia AGIP, Viale Carducci, 181 - Cesenatico (Forli' - Italy). Fax +3954786331 # mobile phone +39335.6615956. Open A 9 rounds Open B 8 rounds site http://www.antiquascom.it/scacchi.htm email info@antiquascom.it organiser

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

New York Masters

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

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