THE WEEK IN CHESS 515 20th September 2004 by Mark Crowther
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Lausanne Young Masters 28 games
Israeli Championship 18 games
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ACCOONA French-American Match 2 games
Serbia and Montenegro Teams 570 games
117th New York Masters 5 games
2nd Chiuso GM 37 games
First Saturday September 33 games
Slovenia vs Netherlands Juniors 16 games
Vladimir Open 272 games
4th European Seniors 131 games
Croatian Team Championship 513 games
2nd Saipa Cup 48 games
Iranian Women's Championship 81 games
Pune Corrections 2 games
1888 games
My thanks to Stewart Reuben, Leonid Galperin, Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh,
Roman M. Parparov, Vladica Andrejic, Goran Tomic, Rod McShane, Thomas Henrich,
Don Aldrich, Maurice Ashley, Rolf Behovits, Miklos Orso, Primoz Kokalj, Brent
Kitson, Johan Hut, Gábor Kállai, Mirjana Medic, Ignatius Leong,
Udo Güldner, John Fernandez, Yochanan Afek, Jacques Robrecht and everyone
else who helped with the issue.
I started TWIC 10 years ago on Saturday 17th September 1994. I loved
following chess results and games especially amongst the best players and
started sharing some of the news I got on the internet over 11 years ago. I
started the magazine so I could round up the news weekly rather than posting
daily. Almost immediately the amount of chess news available snowballed and now
a hobby has become my work. I consider myself very lucky and thank all the
people who have helped me over the years. Thanks to the support of Malcolm Pein
and the London Chess Centre this work will continue for the next few years at
least. Finally I'd like to thank TWIC's readers whose encouragement over the
years has made this most rewarding work.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Lausanne Young Masters took place September 15th - 20th 2004 - The
event was a Knockout (although all players continue playing for minor places
after elimination throughout the event to produce a 1-8 ranking). Luke McShane
won the event beating the favourite Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in the final. I'll
round up the playoffs next week.
Players (ages): Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (19), Luke McShane (20), David
Navara (19), Evgeny Alekseev (19), Magnus Carlsen (13), Alexandra Kosteniuk
(20), Kateryna Lahno (15), Séverin Papa (19)
Official site: http://www.lausanneyoungmasters.com/
Round 3 (September 19-20, 2004)
1st-2nd Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - McShane, Luke J 1/2 0-1
3rd-4th Navara, David - Alekseev, Evgeny 1/2 1/2 Playoff
5th-6th Carlsen, Magnus - Lahno, Kateryna 0-1 1-0 Playoff
7th-8th Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Papa, Severin 1/2 0-1
Round 2 (September 17-18, 2004)
Places 1-4
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Alekseev, Evgeny 1-0 1/2
McShane, Luke J - Navara, David 0-1 1-0 Playoff 1/2 1-0
Places 5-8
Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Lahno, Kateryna 0-1 0-1
Carlsen, Magnus - Papa, Severin 1-0 1/2
Round 1 (September 15-16, 2004)
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Papa, Severin 1-0 1-0
McShane, Luke J - Lahno, Kateryna 1-0 1/2
Navara, David - Kosteniuk, Alexandra 1-0 1-0
Alekseev, Evgeny - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 1/2 Playoff 1-0 1/2
The Israeli Championship take place in the Sissy and Sol Mark Chess
Center in Ramat Aviv 19th-29th September 2004. 36 player 9 round Swiss. I
couldn't establish ratings for Simcha Sataev and David Blanky, I've a feeling
the former may be rated under some different spelling.
Official site (Hebrew):
http://www.chess.org.il/ISR2004/news.htm
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ch-ISR Ramat Aviv ISR (ISR), 19-29 ix 2004
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1. Avrukh, Boris g ISR 2600 +27 . . . . . . . . 1.0
2. Erenburg, Sergey g ISR 2533 +26 . . . . . . . . 1.0
3. Gershon, Alik g ISR 2518 +24 . . . . . . . . 1.0
4. Golod, Vitali g ISR 2538 +33 . . . . . . . . 1.0
5. Gruenfeld, Yehuda g ISR 2471 +35 . . . . . . . . 1.0
6. Huzman, Alexander g ISR 2588 +30 . . . . . . . . 1.0
7. Krayz, Alexander m ISR 2424 +28 . . . . . . . . 1.0
8. Lerner, Konstantin Z g UKR 2494 +32 . . . . . . . . 1.0
9. Livshits, Gaby m ISR 2415 +36 . . . . . . . . 1.0
10. Mikhalevski, Victor g ISR 2551 +25 . . . . . . . . 1.0
11. Postny, Evgeny g ISR 2563 +34 . . . . . . . . 1.0
12. Roiz, Michael g ISR 2574 +29 . . . . . . . . 1.0
13. Sidorenko, Ilya ISR 2283 +31 . . . . . . . . 1.0
14. Bykhovsky, Anatoly f ISR 2209 =21 . . . . . . . . 0.5 2430
15. Gerzhoy, Leonid m ISR 2376 =16 . . . . . . . . 0.5 2540
16. Gofshtein, Zvulon g ISR 2540 =15 . . . . . . . . 0.5 2376
17. Kantsler, Boris g ISR 2474 =18 . . . . . . . . 0.5 2326
18. Kaplan, Sasha f ISR 2326 =17 . . . . . . . . 0.5 2474
19. Khmelniker, Ilya ISR 2444 =23 . . . . . . . . 0.5 2000
20. Shevelev, Arkady m ISR 2340 =22 . . . . . . . . 0.5 2518
21. Zilberman, Yaacov g ISR 2430 =14 . . . . . . . . 0.5 2209
22. Zoler, Dan m ISR 2518 =20 . . . . . . . . 0.5 2340
23. Sataev,Simcha ISR ---- =19 . . . . . . . . 0.5 2444
24. Birnboim, Nathan m ISR 2349 - 3 . . . . . . . . 0.0
25. Bitansky, Igor m ISR 2377 -10 . . . . . . . . 0.0
26. Deutsch, Eyal f ISR 2350 - 2 . . . . . . . . 0.0
27. Kantarji, Pinchas f ISR 2414 - 1 . . . . . . . . 0.0
28. Karasik, Evgeni ISR 2174 - 7 . . . . . . . . 0.0
29. Klenburg, Mikhail m UKR 2399 -12 . . . . . . . . 0.0
30. Kudischewitsch, David m RUS 2405 - 6 . . . . . . . . 0.0
31. Porat, Shi f ISR 2431 -13 . . . . . . . . 0.0
32. Rinberg, Alexander ISR 2336 - 8 . . . . . . . . 0.0
33. Rodshtein, Maxim ISR 2372 - 4 . . . . . . . . 0.0
34. Shachar, Ehud f ISR 2394 -11 . . . . . . . . 0.0
35. Zaltz, Dov ISR 2315 - 5 . . . . . . . . 0.0
36. Blanky,David ISR ---- - 9 . . . . . . . . 0.0
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Hungarian and German Select Teams will meet in the Budapest Cup
16th-21st September 2004. The teams met 65 years ago (1939, Karlsbad). The
Scheveningen system event with 6 members of the teams will take place over 6
days. Games start each day at 3 p.m. Germany leads 15-9 after 4 of 6
rounds.
The main aim is preparation for the Olympiad. Teams: Hungary: Berkes
(champion of Hun. 2004), Gyimesi, Ruck, Varga Z, Horvath Cs, Balogh Cs;
Germany: Graf, Dautov, Gustaffson, Lutz, Bischoff, Kritz.
Official and live coverage:
http://members.chello.hu/chesscup/indexa.html
Round 4 of 6 Standings:
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HUN-GER Match Budapest HUN (HUN), 16-21 ix 2004
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1. Gustafsson, Jan g GER 2611 3.0 2774
2. Lutz, Christopher g GER 2596 3.0 2773
3. Kritz, Leonid g GER 2541 2.5 2651
4. Dautov, Rustem g GER 2624 2.5 2667
5. Graf, Alexander g GER 2661 2.0 2599
6. Bischoff, Klaus g GER 2559 2.0 2567
15.0
1. Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2614 2.0 2623
2. Varga, Zoltan g HUN 2592 2.0 2593
3. Ruck, Robert g HUN 2575 1.5 2515
4. Horvath, Csaba1 g HUN 2546 1.5 2496
5. Gyimesi, Zoltan g HUN 2618 1.5 2523
6. Balogh, Csaba m HUN 2513 0.5 2258
9.0
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Irina Krush (Women's World number 19 and top rated US Woman) beat French
Champion Almira Skripchenko (Women's World number 21) 1.5-0.5 in the ACCOONA
French-American Women's Chess Championship on Thursday September 16th, at the
Russian Samovar in Times Square New York. Krush will face Zhu Chen on December
8th for the Accoona Women's Chess Championship title. There were two rapid
games at 25' + 10".
Official sites: http://www.chinacom.com/ -
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1910
Skripchenko, Almira - Krush, Irina 0-1 49 B40 Sicilian Classical
Krush, Irina - Skripchenko, Almira 1/2 79 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Accoona Women's Match New York USA (USA), 16-16 ix 2004
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1 2
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Krush, Irina m USA 2459 1 = 1.5 2646
Skripchenko, Almira m FRA 2453 0 = 0.5 2266
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The Serbia and Montenegro Team Championship took place in Budva
September 8th-19th 2004. My thanks to Vladica Andrejic for the games and
results.
Official site: http://www.scgchess.org/english.html
The 2nd league of Serbia and Montenegro (Federal Montenegro Airlines
leagues), was played in Sutomore, 10th-16th September 2004. The winner,
"Mimoza" - Tivat is promoted to the 1st league.
Official site Montenegro Chess Federation:
http://www.sah.paracin.co.yu/SSCG/index.htm
Final Men's Standings:
1 Elektroprivreda CG (Niksic) 9 29½ 7
2 Partizan "Bora Kecic" (Beograd) 8 28½ 8
3 Jasenica (Smederevska Palanka) 6 27 10
4 BSK Gambit (Beograd) 18 39 1
5 Nis (Nis) 11 30 4
6 Buducnost Vektra (Podgorica) 13 32½ 3
7 Novosadski SK (Novi Sad) 15 35½ 2
8 ZTP (Beograd) 10 29½ 5
9 Radonja Bojovic (Niksic) 8 27 9
10 Radnicki (Kragujevac) 10 29½ 6
11 Sloboda Bohor (Uzice) 2 22 11
Final Women's Standings:
1 Radnicki (Rudovci) 5 15½ 9
2 Nis (Nis) 7 18 7
3 Gosa (Smederevska Palanka) 13 24 3
4 ZTP (Beograd) 11 20 5
5 PTT (Beograd) 1 8 11
6 Internet CG (Podgorica) 18 29 2
7 Jugovic (Kac) 13 21½ 4
8 BAS (Beograd) 20 34 1
9 Srem (Sremska Mitrovica) 7 16½ 8
10 Pozarevacki SK (Pozarevac) 5 13½ 10
11 Rad (Beograd) 10 20 6
Leonid Yudasin, Hikaru Nakamura and Aleks Wojtkiewicz all finished on
3.5/4 in the 117th New York Masters on 15th September 2004.
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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117th New York Masters Action USA (USA), 14 ix 2004
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1 2 3 4 Total
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1. Yudasin, Leonid g 2687 +17 +14 + 5 = 2 3.5 ($320)
2. Nakamura, Hikaru g 2672 +23 +18 + 6 = 1 3.5 ($320)
3. Wojtkiewicz, Aleks g 2639 + 9 +15 +11 = 4 3.5 ($320)
4. Kamsky, Gata g 2784 +16 = 8 +12 = 3 3.0
5. Rahman, Ziaur g 2559 +10 + 7 - 1 + 8 3.0
6. Fierro, Martha wg 2398 +24 +12 - 2 +17 3.0 ($130)
7. Norowitz, Yaacov 2251 +13 - 5 +15 +16 3.0 ($130)
8. Scekic, Milos m 2511 +20 = 4 +13 - 5 2.5
9. Hess, Robert 2267 - 3 +21 +18 = 2.5
10. Yanayt, Eugene 2260 - 5 +28 +14 =11 2.5
11. Ashe, Brandon 2202 +28 +19 - 3 =10 2.5
12. Ehlvest, Jaan g 2712 +22 - 6 - 4 +19 2.0
13. Mera, Angel f 2412 - 7 +27 - 8 +25 2.0
14. Bonin, Jay m 2356 +21 - 1 -10 +26 2.0
15. Lenderman, Alex f 2335 +26 - 3 - 7 +24 2.0
16. Privman, Boris f 2315 - 4 +20 +24 - 7 2.0
17. Vujatovic, Rajko 2272 - 1 +25 +26 - 6 2.0
18. Hoffmann, Asa f 2360 +25 - 2 - 9 =21 1.5
19. Sarkar, Justin m 2317 =27 -11 +22 -12 1.5
20. Caruana, Fabiano f 2258 - 8 -16 +27 = 1.5
21. Agaian, Sarkis 2061 -14 - 9 + =18 1.5
22. Taylor, Peter 2297 -12 -24 -19 +27 1.0
23. Bohn, Ulrich 2269 - 2 -26 -25 + 1.0
24. Sena, Juan 2230 - 6 +22 -16 -15 1.0
25. Weeramantry, Sunil f 2200 -18 -17 +23 -13 1.0
26. Corbblah, Jonathan 2040 -15 +23 -17 -14 1.0
27. Zenyuk, Iryna 2039 =19 -13 -20 -22 0.5
28. Braylovsky, Gregory 2398 -11 -10 --- --- 0.0
PRIZES
1ST - $ 610
2ND - $ 250
3RD - $ 100
U2400 - $ 200
U2300 - $ 60
The 2nd Chiuso GM took place in Rome 11th-19th September 2004. Andrei
Shchekachev took clear first with 8/9.
Official site:
http://www.arrocco.net/archivio/Petrachiuso0904/griglia.htm
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2nd Chiuso GM Rome ITA (ITA), 11-19 ix 2004 cat. VI (2383)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Shchekachev, Andrei g RUS 2555 * = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2715
2. Miladinovic, Igor g GRE 2630 = * 1 = 1 1 0 1 1 1 7.0 2576
3. Mrdja, Milan m CRO 2432 = 0 * = 1 1 1 = = 1 6.0 2503
4. Djuric, Stefan g SCG 2511 0 = = * = = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2494
5. Collutiis, Duilio f ITA 2387 0 0 0 = * = 1 = 1 1 4.5 2383
6. De Blasio, Massimo ITA 2244 0 0 0 = = * 1 = = = 3.5 2318
7. Vocaturo, Daniele ITA 2221 0 1 0 0 0 0 * 1 0 1 3.0 2276
8. Ferretti, Folco f ITA 2287 0 0 = 0 = = 0 * 1 = 3.0 2269
9. Corvi, Marco f ITA 2323 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 0 * = 2.5 2224
10. Marzano, Carlo ITA 2244 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = = * 1.5 2125
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The First Saturday GM, IM and FM events took place in Budapest 4th-16th
September 2004. Sergey Erenburg won the event with 9/13.
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu
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FSGM September Budapest HUN (HUN), 4-19 ix 2004 cat. VIII (2427)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Erenburg, Sergey g ISR 2533 * 0 = = = 1 1 1 = = 1 1 = 1 9.0 2559
2. Dearing, Eddie SCO 2392 1 * 1 = = 0 0 1 = = 1 = = 1 8.0 2516
3. Nguyen Ngoc Truongson m VIE 2466 = 0 * = = = = 1 = = 1 = 1 1 8.0 2510
4. Seres, Lajos g HUN 2448 = = = * = = 1 = 1 0 = 1 = = 7.5 2482
5. Erdos, Viktor m HUN 2454 = = = = * 0 = = = 1 = = 1 1 7.5 2481
6. Ilincic, Zlatko g SCG 2520 0 1 = = 1 * = 0 = 1 0 1 1 0 7.0 2448
7. Bromberger, Stefan m GER 2440 0 1 = 0 = = * = = = 1 0 1 1 7.0 2454
8. Meszaros, Tamas m HUN 2346 0 0 0 = = 1 = * = = 1 = = 1 6.5 2433
9. Lukin, Andrei M m RUS 2417 = = = 0 = = = = * = = = = = 6.0 2398
10. Paschall, William M m USA 2389 = = = 1 0 0 = = = * 0 = = 1 6.0 2400
11. Sammalvuo, Tapani m FIN 2445 0 0 0 = = 1 0 0 = 1 * 1 1 = 6.0 2396
12. Grafl, Florian m GER 2411 0 = = 0 = 0 1 = = = 0 * = 1 5.5 2371
13. Berczes, David f HUN 2351 = = 0 = 0 0 0 = = = 0 = * = 4.0 2291
14. Malysheva, Polina wf RUS 2364 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 0 = 0 = 0 = * 3.0 2220
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There was a friendly match between the Slovenian National Team and
Netherlands young players. The event took place on September 17th 2004 in
Maribor, Slovenia. A 4 round Scheveningen system with a timerate 20 min+10
seconds per move
Teams: - Slovenia: Alexander Beliavsky, Dusko Pavasovic, Dragen Sermek
in Adrian Mikhalchishin. - Netherlands: Smeets Jan, L'Ami Erwin, Janssen Ruud,
Stellwagen Daniel.
Slovenia won 10-6.
Official site: http://www.sah-zveza.si/rez/0409/sloned/
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SLO vs NED Juniors Maribor SLO (SLO), 17-17 ix 2004
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1. Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2679 3.0 2699
2. Mikhalchishin, Adrian g SLO 2527 3.0 2699
3. Sermek, Drazen g SLO 2547 2.5 2601
4. Pavasovic, Dusko g SLO 2592 1.5 2419
10.0
1. Stellwagen, Daniel m NED 2509 2.0 2586
2. Smeets, Jan m NED 2545 1.5 2499
3. Janssen, Ruud m NED 2484 1.5 2499
4. L'Ami, Erwin m NED 2486 1.0 2393
6.0
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The Vladimir Open took place 18th-26th August 2004. Farrukh Amonatov
took clear first on 7.5/9. Games from the final round are missing. My thanks to
Thomas Henrich.
Official site: http://chess.wec.ru/open2004.php
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Open Vladimir RUS (RUS), 18-26 viii 2004
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1. Amonatov, Farrukh g TJK 2569 7.5 52.0
2. Kornev, Alexei RUS 2574 6.5 49.0
3. Glek, Igor V g GER 2578 6.5 47.5
4. Zakharevich, Igor g RUS 2532 6.0 51.5
5. Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2573 6.0 50.0
6. Shaposhnikov, Evgeny g RUS 2563 6.0 48.5
7. Yandemirov, Valeri g RUS 2503 6.0 47.5
8. Gavrilov, Alexei m RUS 2441 6.0 44.5
9. Ziatdinov, Raset m USA 2424 5.5 48.5
10. Vorobiov, Evgeny E g RUS 2534 5.5 47.5
11. Khismatullin, Denis RUS 2556 5.5 47.5
12. Prizant, Jaroslav m RUS 2469 5.5 47.5
13. Kosyrev, Vladimir g RUS 2550 5.5 47.0
14. Rychagov, Andrey m RUS 2512 5.5 47.0
15. Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V m RUS 2521 5.5 46.0
16. Dvalishvili, Pavel S f RUS 2477 5.5 45.5
17. Feoktistov, Alexey A m RUS 2420 5.5 45.5
18. Kiselev, Gennady m RUS 2442 5.5 44.5
19. Kim, Alexey g RUS 2435 5.5 44.0
20. Gorbatov, Alexej m RUS 2407 5.5 44.0
21. Dudukin, Ilya f RUS 2420 5.5 42.5
22. Gabrielian, Artur m RUS 2456 5.5 42.0
23. Kuporosov, Viktor m RUS 2473 5.5 41.0
24. Danin, Alexandre f RUS 2429 5.5 39.5
25. Yevseev, Denis g RUS 2564 5.0 47.0
26. Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav g RUS 2492 5.0 44.0
27. Ivanov, Victor L m RUS 2459 5.0 42.0
28. Tunik, Gennady g RUS 2505 5.0 41.0
29. Lastin, Alexander g RUS 2611 5.0 40.0
68 players
The 4th European Individual Senior Championship took place in Arvier in
the Aosta Valley in Italy) 10th-18th September 2004. Previous Champions: Jakob
Murey 2001 - Vladimir Bukal 2002 - Sinisa Joksic 2003. Mark Tseitlin finished
clear first with 8/9 half a point clear of Vlastimil Jansa who in turn was half
a point clear of Janis Klovans. News: Lanfranco Bombelli.
Official site: http://www.scacchivda.com
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
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ch-Euro Seniors Arvier ITA (ITA), 10-18 ix 2004
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1. Tseitlin, Mark D g ISR 2484 8.0 52.5 2677
2. Jansa, Vlastimil g CZE 2500 7.5 53.0 2583
3. Klovans, Janis g LAT 2456 7.0 53.0 2537
4. Jakobsen, Ole m DEN 2379 6.5 48.0 2380
5. Chernikov, Oleg L g RUS 2412 6.5 46.0 2369
6. Shabanov, Yuri g RUS 2429 6.0 55.0 2471
7. Arnaudov, Petar BUL 2222 6.0 51.0 2400
8. Gruzmann, Boris f RUS 2314 6.0 50.0 2377
9. Hecht, Hans-Joachim g GER 2423 6.0 48.5 2340
10. Bukal, Vladimir m CRO 2397 6.0 48.5 2425
11. Loktiev, Ivan m RUS 2410 6.0 48.0 2361
12. Van den Berg, Ad NED 2286 6.0 48.0 2391
13. Arkhangelsky, Boris m RUS 2376 6.0 47.5 2375
14. Stepak, Yedael f ISR 2302 6.0 47.0 2307
15. Sorokin, Valentin f RUS 2388 6.0 44.5 2285
16. Asmundsson, Ingvar f ISL 2295 5.5 50.5 2336
17. Karl, Hans f SUI 2283 5.5 47.0 2284
18. Ljubarskij, Jurij GER 2338 5.5 46.0 2290
19. Popivoda, Radmila RUS 2234 5.5 45.5 2276
20. Etmans, Maarten D f NED 2213 5.5 44.5 2281
21. Saunina, Ludmila wm RUS 2282 5.5 43.5 2230
22. Zhelesny, Stanislav f RUS 2274 5.5 43.5 2186
23. Kock, Hans-Uwe f GER 2172 5.5 43.0 2155
24. Joksic, Sinisa m SCG 2340 5.0 50.5 2288
25. Hilburt, Leonid GER 2237 5.0 48.0 2234
26. Estrada Martinez, Cesar ESP 2235 5.0 47.5 2234
27. Wagman, Stuart f USA 2139 5.0 45.5 2243
28. Rosino, Antonio f ITA 2277 5.0 45.5 2296
29. Macek, Vlasta wm CRO 2230 5.0 45.5 2179
30. Pipitone, Antonio ITA 2029 5.0 44.5 2235
31. Lein, Marina RUS 2007 5.0 43.5 2214
32. Sorokina, Tamara wm RUS 2154 5.0 41.0 2125
33. Schneiders, A NED 2236 5.0 40.5 2094
34. Rotelli, Pietro ITA 2031 5.0 39.0 2114
35. Ziltener, Werner SUI 2084 5.0 38.5 2125
36. Hallerod, Ralph SWE 2111 5.0 38.5 2129
37. Krasevec, Viktor SLO 2043 5.0 38.5 2153
38. Ofstad, Per NOR 2208 5.0 36.5 2145
83 players
The Croatian Team Championship took place in Rabac 5th-13th September
2004. The 1st League event was won by Mravince DC (Ilia Smirin and Zdenko Kozul
etc) ahead of Zrinjevac Zagreb (Alexei Fedorov etc). Women's and U20 events
took place alongside.
Official site:
http://www.crochess.com/turniri/rabac/1liga_04/index.htm
Croatian Teams
Rank Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts+ MP
1 Mravince DC * 3,0 3,0 4,0 3,0 4,5 4,5 3,5 3,5 4,5 39,5 15
2 Zrinjevac Zagreb 3,0 * 4,5 3,0 3,0 3,0 3,5 4,0 1,5 3,5 33,0 12
3 Ðakovo-Mlaco Ðakovo 3,0 1,5 * 3,5 3,5 4,5 2,5 3,0 3,0 2,5 30,0 9
4 TKC Split 2,0 3,0 2,5 * 4,0 3,0 3,0 3,5 3,5 2,0 29,5 9
5 Liburnija Rijeka 3,0 3,0 2,5 2,0 * 2,5 3,0 3,0 3,5 4,0 28,5 8
6 Osijek 1,5 3,0 1,5 3,0 3,5 * 3,0 4,0 3,0 3,0 27,5 9
7 Pozega 1,5 2,5 3,5 3,0 3,0 3,0 * 2,5 3,5 3,0 27,5 8
8 Goran Bibinje 2,5 2,0 3,0 2,5 3,0 2,0 3,5 * 3,0 4,0 27,5 7
9 Mladost Zagreb 2,5 4,5 3,0 2,5 2,5 3,0 2,5 3,0 * 3,0 27,5 6
10 Pula 1,5 2,5 3,5 4,0 2,0 3,0 3,0 2,0 3,0 * 26,5 7
Croatian Teams - Women
Rank Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts+ MP
1 Belisæe Metalis * 2,0 1,5 1,5 1,5 3,0 1,0 2,5 2,5 19,5 11
2 Lucija Kvarner banka 1,0 * 2,5 1,5 1,5 2,0 2,0 1,5 2,0 18,0 11
3 Draga Erste bank 1,5 0,5 * 2,0 1,5 2,5 1,0 3,0 1,5 16,5 9
4 Stridon Strigova 1,5 1,5 1,0 * 1,5 1,5 2,0 2,0 2,0 16,0 10
5 Mravince DC 1,5 1,5 1,5 1,5 * 1,0 3,0 2,0 1,5 15,5 9
6 Mladost Zagreb 0,0 1,0 0,5 1,5 2,0 * 2,5 1,0 3,0 14,5 7
7 TKC Split 2,0 1,0 2,0 1,0 0,0 0,5 * 1,5 1,0 11,0 5
8 Polet Busevec 0,5 1,5 0,0 1,0 1,0 2,0 1,5 * 1,5 10,0 5
9 Goranka Kenda 0,5 1,0 1,5 1,0 1,5 0,0 2,0 1,5 * 10,0 5
Croatian Teams - U20
Table/tie-breaks
Rank Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts+ MP
1 Mravince DC * 1,5 3,0 2,0 2,5 2,5 2,5 2,0 3,0 3,0 30,0 17
2 Mladost Zagreb 1,5 * 1,5 2,5 2,0 2,5 2,5 1,5 2,0 2,0 24,0 15
3 Junior Rijeka 0,0 1,5 * 1,5 2,5 2,0 2,0 2,0 3,0 2,0 22,5 14
4 Donji Miholjac 1,0 0,5 1,5 * 2,0 1,5 2,0 2,0 2,0 1,5 18,0 11
5 TKC Split 0,5 1,0 0,5 1,0 * 1,5 1,5 2,0 3,0 3,0 17,0 8
6 PIK Vrbovec 0,5 0,5 1,0 1,5 1,5 * 1,0 2,0 2,0 2,5 15,5 8
7 Slavonac Nasice 0,5 0,5 1,0 1,0 1,5 2,0 * 2,0 1,5 2,0 15,0 8
8 Draga Erste bank 1,0 1,5 1,0 1,0 1,0 1,0 1,0 * 2,0 2,0 13,5 5
9 Goranka Kenda 0,0 1,0 0,0 1,0 0,0 1,0 1,5 1,0 * 2,5 9,0 3
10 Pula 0,0 1,0 1,0 1,5 0,0 0,5 1,0 1,0 0,5 * 6,5 1
The 2nd Saipa Cup takes place in Tehran, Iran 13th-21st September
20004.
Official site: http://www.iranchess.com/indexen.htm
Round 8 Standings:
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2nd Saipa Cup Tehran IRI (IRI), 13-21 ix 2004 cat. X (2486)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Neverov, Valeriy g UKR 2537 * = = = = . . = . 1 1 1 5.5 2620
2. Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan g IRI 2552 = * = = = = 1 . = . . 1 5.0 2590
3. Gleizerov, Evgeny g RUS 2539 = = * . = = = . = 1 1 . 5.0 2572
4. Ulibin, Mikhail g RUS 2586 = = . * 1 = . = . 0 1 1 5.0 2576
5. Agamaliev, Gamil g AZE 2515 = = = 0 * . . 1 1 = . 1 5.0 2594
6. Kotsur, Pavel g KAZ 2607 . = = = . * 1 0 1 . = 1 5.0 2561
7. Mallahi, Amir f IRI 2387 . 0 = . . 0 * 1 = 1 1 = 4.5 2518
8. Iuldachev, Saidali g UZB 2550 = . . = 0 1 0 * = = 1 . 4.0 2481
9. Mahjoob, Morteza m IRI 2461 . = = . 0 0 = = * = = . 3.0 2401
10. Moradiabadi, Elshan IRI 2435 0 . 0 1 = . 0 = = * . = 3.0 2401
11. Roghani, Arash IRI 2324 0 . 0 0 . = 0 0 = . * 1 2.0 2307
12. Ghorbani, Mohsen m IRI 2333 0 0 . 0 0 0 = . . = 0 * 1.0 2170
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Another Autumn tournament took place in Alushta 10th-20th September
2004. IM Roman Ovetchkin won with 11/15. Games to follow.
Further details: http://www.kaissa.com.ua
International Chess Title Tournament Alushta 3 Autumn 2004
1 Ovetchkin, Roman RUS 2475 m 11,0
2 Paragua, Mark PHI 2530 m 10,5
Obukhov, Alexsander RUS 2475 m 10,5
4 Geller, Jakov RUS 2484 m 9,5
Neelotpal, Das IND 2448 m 9,5
6 Vokarev, Sergey RUS 2529 m 8,5
Kuzubov, Yuriy UKR 2467 m 8,5
8 Annageldyev, Orazly TKM 2458 m 7
9 Shtyrenkov, Veniamen RUS 2465 g 6,5
Nikitin, Andrey RUS 2452 g 6,5
11 Khurtsidze, Nino GEO 2391 m 6
Tishin, Dmitry UKR 2372 m 6
13 Ogloblin, Nikolay RUS 2447 m 5,5
14 Alexandrova, Olga UKR 2423 m 5
Hasangatin, Ramil RUS 2485 g 5
16 Pedersen, Christian Kundel DEN 2375 4,5
Rating average = 2454
GM norm = 10,5-11 points IM norm = 7,5 points
The Iranian Women's Championship took place in the Iran Women Champions
Station in Tehran 26th August - 3rd September 2004. 170 Players qualified from
28 States of Iran compete in the primery tournament and 45 players qualifed for
the final. In the final these 45 players plus 5 Iranian Women titled players
competed in one 11 round swiss tournament.
WIM Shadi Paridar, Six time Iran Champion again won the title with 9
points out of 11 games. Shadi, and other three ranked in this event will play
as Iranian National women team in the next Olympiad. News: Mehrdad
Pahlevanzadeh.
Official site is http://www.iranchess.com/indexen.htm
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ch-IRI w Tehran IRI (IRI), 26 viii-3 ix 2004
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1. Paridar, Shadi wm IRI 2232 9.0 70.5
2. Navabi, Shirin wf IRI 2105 8.0 71.0
3. Pourkashiyan, Atousa wm IRI 2229 8.0 70.5
4. Salman, Mahini Mona IRI 2105 8.0 68.5
5. Ghader Pour, Shayesteh wm IRI 2011 7.5 70.5
6. Tajik,S IRI ---- 7.5 58.5
7. Hemmatizadeh, N IRI 1928 7.5 58.0
8. Bayat, Shohreh IRI 2092 7.0 68.5
9. Khachatourian, Yerazik IRI 2063 7.0 59.0
10. Mohammadi,S IRI ---- 6.5 64.
50 players
There are a number of differences between the official
http://www.live.chessindia.org/supergm/
and the game file I gave last week especially in Beliavsky's first three games
however the round 1 versions I have is longer rounds 2 and 3 I give
corrected.
Karpov-Polgar Match
Anatoly Karpov played Susan Polgar September 18th-19th 2004 in
Lindsborg, Kansas in rapid and shuffle chess. I couldn't find a reliable source
for the games.
The official site http://www.kcrcc.org/ksca/T20040918w.php
doesn't seem to be working.
HB Global Chess Challenge
The HB Foundation has posted $500,000 prize fund for the HB Global
Chess Challenge, a Maurice Ashley-led event expects to bring more than 4,000
participants to Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The event takes place May 18th-22nd 2005 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
First place in the Open section has a cash prize of $50,000, and that overall
more than 50 others will receive cash prizes. Many other side events.
Official sites: http://www.hbfoundation.org and
http://www.generationchess.com
Hastings Chess Congress
The Hastings Chess Congress takes place 28th December 2004 to 9 January
2005 and has a new format. The Hastings Premier and Challengers are combined
into one knockout tournament. Let us imagine 120 players enter for the event
which finishes 6th January. Then 60 players go forward from the first round,
with 4 lucky losers. These 64 players play a second round of knockout. The 56
losers play in the Challengers Swiss. The 64 players continue in one game
knockouts until there are 8 players left. These 8 play in the Premier of 2 game
knockouts. All players knocked out will be contracted to play in the Swiss
Challengers, except for the losing finalists.
Players when knocked out will carry forward their score in the standard
play games. Of course White would have been a big advantage. Thus White will
have 65 minutes and Black 95 in which to make all their moves, with the
addition of one minute per move cumulatively from the first. Where games are
drawn, ties will be resolved first by blitz games, failing that an Armageddon
play-off. Players will be able to gain title results from either event. The
event will be part of the Association of Chess Professionals GP.
The weekend tournament takes place 7-9 January.
Full details from Con Power conpowr@aol.com Players seeking conditions
should contact _Stewartreuben@aol.com_
Official site: http://www.hastingschess.org.uk
8th International Open Bayerische Schach Meisterschaft
The 8th International Open Bayerische Schach Meisterschaft takes place
in Bad Wiessee in Tegernsee 30th October - 7th November 2004.
Official site: http://www.oibm-bad-wiessee.de
British Rapidplay
The British Rapidplay Chess Championships take place 13th-14th November
2004 at the North Bridge Leisure Centre, Halifax.
Official site: http://www.british-rapidplay.org.uk/
Singapore International Chess Convention
The Singapore Chess Federation and Asean Chess Academy organise the
Singapore International Chess Convention 11th-17th December 2004. The events
include: 1) Asian Youth Championships 2) Singapore Masters and Challengers
International Open 3) Seminar for Coaches 4) Arbiters Training Seminar.
Official site: http://www.singaporechess.org.sg/
16th Leuven Open
Chessclub Desperado Leuven organises its 16th Open International
Tournament of Leuven, Belgium. It will take place from Thursday November 11th
until Sunday November 14th 2004. The Open Tournament consists out of 7 rounds,
Swiss pairing system, 2hours/40moves + 15' QPF. Prizemoney adds up to more than
EUR 5.000, including several large ratingprizes! Further info:
http://turn.to/desperado
Essent tournament in Hoogeveen
The Essent tournament in Hoogeveen takes place 17th-23rd October 2004.
The includes an open tournament and a double Round Robin.
Judit Polgar is missing having played every year since 1997 after the
birth of a son in August. The event takes place at the same time as the
Olympiad so for the first time the World Junior Champion is also missing. This
year the two juniors are Magnus Carlsen (13) and Daniel Stellwagen (17) facing
the experienced Ivan Sokolov and Nigel Short (the latter two will go on to play
the final rounds of the Olympiad after the event concludes). Daniel Stellwagen
made his final GM-norm in August in Vlissingen (Holland), after previous norms
in Corus 2004 (Wijk aan Zee) and the Dutch Championship 2004.
Official site: http://www.essentchess.nl/
German Bundesliga
The German Bundesliga starts on 13th November 2004.
Official site: http://www.schachbundesliga.com
IX Cesenatico Open
The IX Open International Chess Tournament took place in Cesenatico
(Italy): 4th-12th September 2004. Hopefully results and games will become
available.
Official site: http://www.antiquascom.it/scacchi.htm
Bilbao International Chess Festival
The Bilbao International Chess Festival takes place 6th-12th October
2004.
Events include the 1st People vs Computers World Chess Team
Championship VI Open International "Memorial Pedro Zabala" and the II Open of
Problems. 300 players from 30 countrys from the five continents are expected to
play.
In the computer event Ruslan Ponomariov, Véselin Topalov and
Sergey Karjakin will face throughout four days Junior, Fritz and Hydra.
Further details: http://www.ajedrezbilbao.com/
4th Rhode International Open
The 4th Rhode International Open will take place 23rd-31st October 2004
in Sautron (near Nantes). 9 rounds - time rate Fischer 40 moves/1h40 +
30sec/move + 40min + 30sec/move Accelerated Swiss paring A total amount of 13
600 Euros for the prizes, including 2 200 Euros for the winner. Special
conditions for I.M and I.G.M
Internet coverage: http://www.sautronechecs.fr/
Swiss Chess Tour 2004
The "Swiss Chess Tour 2004" will finish in Interlaken, one of the most
attractive tourist towns in Switzerland. The 4th "Casino Open" December
26th-30th 2004. Swiss system, 7 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 5
hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 30 minutes till the end). Prize are: 1.500 SF,
1.200, 900, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200 and 150 SF. The natural prizes till
20th place. Special prizes for best Lady, senior (1944), junior (1984-87),
schoolboy (1988) and best local player. Entry fee 130 SF, FMs and juniors 60
SF, at the door 10 SF more, GMs and IMs free. Venue: Hotel "Chalet Oberland"
New event - Blitz tournament, Swiss system, 9 double rounds. Time table for
"Chalet Oberland-Open Interlaken": December 26. The last registration
11.00-12.15. Open ceremony and apero reception from 12.15-12.30. Round 1st
14.00-19.00. December 27. Round 2nd 9.30-14.30 Round 3rd 15.30-20.30 December
28.: Round 4th 14.00-19.00. December 29. Round 5th 9.30-14.30. Round 6th
15.30-20.30 December 30. Round 7th 10.00-15.00 Closing ceremonies 15.30.
Special chess rates in Hotel "Charlet Oberland". Main sponsor "RAPP" company.
More information and registration: Robert Spoerri tel. +41+34+424-01-06, fax
+41+34+424-01-07 E-mail info@beochess.ch or Ervin Tellenbach tel.
+41+79+311-23-53 or Hotel "Charlet Oberland" tel. +41+33+827-87-87.
Further information: http://www.beochess.ch/
Swiss Chess Tour 2005
The Swiss Chess Tour starts in Basle in the New Year (1.-8.1.2005.).
New event is European ITAG Masters & Rapid Championship will be 1-2.1.2005.
11 Round, 30 minutes each, guarantee prizes. Prizes:
2500/2000/1500/1000/800/700/600/500/ 2x400/2x300/4x250/4x200 CHF; Special
prizes: 400/300/200 CHF for Ladys, seniors (1945), juniors (1985 and younger),
amateur under 2200 (FIDE or national), under 1800. Enter fee 30.00 CHF Hilton
Open (2-8.1.2005.) 7 Rounds, 6 hours (2 hours for 40 moves + 60 minutes for
complete the game. Prizes: 2000/1500/1200/800/600/500/2x400/2x300/5x200 CHF.
Special prizes 200 CHF for best Lady, Senior (1945), junior (1985-88),
schoolboy (1989). Enter fee: 130 CHF (FM and juniors 60 CHF) GM & IM free.
At the door 10 CHF. Basle amateur (2-8.1.2005.) 7 Rounds, 4 hours (90 minutes
30 moves + 30 minutes to complete the game). Players under 1900 rating (FIDE or
national). Enter fee: 10 CHF (juniors 50 CHF). At the door 10 CHF. Prizes:
500/400/2x300/2x200/4x150 CHF. Basle juniors (2.1.2005.) 7 Rounds, 15 minutes
for the game. Juniors 1985 and younger. Enter fee 5 CHF. Natural prizes for all
players. NSV Senior Open (1-4.1.2005.) 7 Rounds, 4 hours (90 minutes for 30
moves + 30 minutes for complete the game) Seniors 1945. Prizes: 400/300/200 CHF
+ natural prizes. Enter fee: 60 CHF. At the door 10 CHF. ITAG - Tele-Rapid
(3-5.1.2005.) European Rapid Champion, Andrei Sokolov, last year winner and two
others. 15 minutes for the game. All games will be on TV Tele-Basel in live.
BaZ Lighting Chess (8.1.2005. from 19.00 to 22.00) 9 Rounds, 5 minutes. Enter
fee: 20 CHF (juniors 5 CHF). Prizes 300/200/150/2x100/2x50 CHF natural prizes
for everybody 50% and more points. ITAG Simultan (9.1.2005.) with European
Rapid Champion 2005
More information and registration: Robert Spoerri tel.
+41+34+424-01-06, fax +41+34+424-01-07 E-mail info@beochess.ch Further
information: http://www.beochess.ch
Hungarian chess tournaments October 2004-April 2005
1. 2nd-15th of October FIRST SATURDAY /FS/ GM-IM-FM round robins, 9-13
games, norm possibilities, in Budapest, Hungarian Chess Federation, Falk Miksa
Str.10. 2nd floor.
Organisation: Nagy Laszlo /NL/, e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net Website:
http://www.firstsaturday.hu Other
website: http://home.hu.inter.net/~firstsat
Phone-fax: (361)-2632859, cellphone: (36)-30-230-1914 /From 12:00 a.m.
until midnight - Central European Time - GMT+1 hour/
2. 16th-26th of October, "Papp Béla memorial" GM closed,
Törökbálint, /15 km from Budapest/, info: NL
3. 6th-18th of November, FS GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, Org: NL
4. 25th of Nov.-3rd of Dec., Harkány Open Swiss, /250 West from
Budapest/, Org: Fulop Csaba, e-mail: fulopcsa@axelero.hu
5. 4th-17th of December, FS GM-IM-FM, Budapest, org: NL
6. 7th-15th of January 2005, "TAPOLCA" Open, 9 rounds Swiss, Budapest,
organizer: Paréj József, home, calling from abroad:
+(36-87-321-950
7. 5th-18th of February 2005, FS GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, Org.NL.
8. 5th-18th of March 2005, FS GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, Org. : NL,
9. 18th- 26th of March, "SPRING FESTIVAL" 9 rounds Swiss Open,
Budapest, Org.: NL
10. 2nd-15th of April , FS GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, Org: NL:
Kramnik and Kasparov Websites
Kramnik's official website has become active:
http://www.kramnik.com/ in time for his
World Championship match in September / October. Garry Kasparov also has a
newish website in part promoting his book ‘My Great Predecessors’ at:
http://www.chesschamps.com
3rd Parsvnath International Open
The 3rd Parsvnath International Open Chess Tournament takes place in
New Delhi, 2nd-11th January 2005. Prizes : Total Cash Prizes: Rs.600,000/-
Further details: http://www.delhichess.com/
Monarch Assurance Isle of Man Masters
The Monarch Assurance Isle of Man Masters takes place 25th September -
3rd October 2004. The first World Senior Team Championships is being run back
to back with the above event from 5-12 October 2004. So far here are confirmed
entries from Australia, Germany, India, Israel, South Africa, Switzerland and
5-6 teams from the British Isles. 7 GMs have signed up to take part in this 8
round Swiss, including Viktor Korchnoi of Switzerland. Stewart Reuben
Entries for the Masters includes: Vadim Milov, Ilya Smirin, Alexander
Moiseenko, Viorel Iordachescu, Sergei Volkov, Vassilios Kotronias, Zhong Zhang,
Evgeny Agrest, Hikaru Nakamura, Vladimir Baklan, Kaido Kulaots, Dusko
Pavasovic, Ian Rogers, Viktor Korchnoi, Jonathan Rowson, Hicham Hamdouchi, Petr
Kiriakov, Jon Speelman, Ehsan Ghaem Maghami, Murray Chandler, Milos Pavlovic,
Peter Wells, Stuart Conquest, RB Ramesh, Almira Skripchenko, Ketevan Arakhamia,
Colin McNab, Ruofan Li, Jovanka Houska, David Howell, Yochanan Afek and Aarthie
Ramswammy are amongst the players.
Further details: http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/monarch2004
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
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
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
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
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
Los Angeles Open
Los Angeles Open. Los Angeles, CA, September 24-26, 2004. 5-SS. $10,000
based on 200 players, $6,000 guaranteed. Top section FIDE rated.
Further details: http://www.westernchess.com
2nd Riva del Garda International Open
2nd Riva del Garda International Open Chess Tournament takes place
26th-30th December 2004. Open A >1700 - Open B <1800 – Seniores 7
Rounds - 2h x 40 + 1/2h quick play finish Info: tel. +39 0464 576657 - fax:+39
0464 521222 astoria@rivadelgarda.com
Further details; http://www.relaxhotels.com/Scacchi/
Olomouc Chess Summer
7th International Chess Festival Olomouc Chess Summer 2004 takes place
in Olomouc (Czech Republic) on 4-12.8. 2004. Round-robin GM and IM tournaments,
Open Championship of the Olomouc region (FIDE open), Open Seniors Championship
of the Czech Republic, Open Championship of the Olomouc region forYoungsters up
to 15 years of age and open tournament in active chess are part of the
festival.
Detailed information http://www.czechtour.net
Petrosian Memorial
A tournament celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the birth of the 9th
World Champion Tigran Petrosian will be held in Yerevan (Armenia), November
18-30, 2004.
The programme of the Petrosian Memorial includes two events:
a) Open Tournament - November 18-27, Swiss System, 9 rounds, Prize Fund
US$ 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
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
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
New York Masters
Regular competition for players in New York Rated 2200 and above.
Further details: http://www.newyorkmasters.com/
