THE WEEK IN CHESS 525 29th November 2004 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) Russian Championship
3) 2005 Chessmaster US Championships
4) Keres Memorial Rapid
5) Spanish Team Championship
6) Acropolis International Tournament
7) Croatian Championships
8) World Juniors
9) Petrosian Memorial
10) 17th Belgrade Trophy
11) Piestany IM
12) Tuzla Tournament
13) 35th National Chess Congress
14) 4NCL
15) Blitz Russian Federation Open Internet Cup
16) 3rd Russian Cup for Women
17) NorthEast Chess Fall Getaway
18) 5th Pühajärve Rapid
19) Forthcoming Events and Links


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Russian Championship                     20 games
2005 Chessmaster US Championships       128 games
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Spanish Team Championship               101 games
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World Juniors                           254 games
Petrosian Memorial                      169 games
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Piestany IM                              66 games
Tuzla Tournament                         66 games
4NCL                                     96 games
Blitz Russian Federation Internet Cup    46 games
3rd Russian Cup for Women                54 games
1826 games

1) Introduction

My thanks to Argiris Kotsis, Thomas Henrich, Ching Kim Lye, Samir Hadzimustafic, David Avron, Emilie Audoly, Andy McFarland, Mig Greengard, John Henderson, Stéphane Laborde, Arthur Brameld, Marko Siil, Vladica Andrejic, Michael Atkins, George Mirijanian and everyone else who helped with the issue.

Garry Kasparov says he "completed his collection" by winning the Russian Championship in Moscow. He also put an end to a lean period without a tournament win and will keep his number one FIDE rating in January and in fact probably some time longer with this performance. This could be the start of a new phase in Kasparov's career. Kasparov hasn't been able to overpower players he was hitherto expected to beat with opening preparation and precision (his preferred method recently) for some time probably indicating better standards by his opponents in the former and a decline in his own abilities for the latter. However he does have a tremendous understanding of the game and he played a lot messier and unclear positions in Moscow for the first time in a long time and this proved to be very successful. He isn't the only one with these problems, I'd almost forgotten what a sharp player Kramnik could be until he had to throw the kitchen sink at Leko in the final games of his match in Brissago. The pressure is now on Kramnik to show something in Wijk aan Zee and safety first draw in hand play won't do it if he wants to win that event. There is a political battle on, about World Championship titles, legitimacy and who will get to run the event in the future, where achievements over the board are currency and Kasparov has banked quite a bit. If Kasparov gets to be FIDE Champion by beating Kasimdzhanov this will intensify. Kramnik needs to understand that his withdrawal from the Russian event, nomatter how legitimate they were, went down extremely badly with almost every chess fan I've talked to. They're listening to Kasparov's accusations that Kramnik is afraid of Kasparov and doing everything to avoid playing him. In addition they're looking at his tournament record and rating and not being that impressed. Kramnik needs assert his authority over the board, and Wijk is the place he has to do it. Mind you, isn't delivering when you have to what sport is about?

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Russian Championship

The Russian Championship took place November 14th - 27th 2004 in the hotel Russia. The prize fund was $125,000 with $50,000 to the winner (paid in rouble equivalent). The all-play-all event saw Garry Kasparov, Alexander Morozevich, Alexander Grischuk, Peter Svidler, Evgeny Bareev, Alexey Dreev, Vitaly Tseshkovsky, Alexander Motylev, Vladimir Epishin, Artem Timofeev and Alexey Korotylev compete. After a slow start Garry Kasparov dominated the event winning 5 and drawing 5 which will increase his rating. This is his first tournament victory for a couple of years and it was a fine one leaving him 1.5 point clear of Alexander Grischuk. This was obviously a major mission for Kasparov who had never won the Russian title (his own words although he had a couple of shared firsts in the Soviet Championship and hadn't previously played in a Russian only event).

Official site Russian Chess Federation: http://www.russiachess.ru and official live coverage: http://www.russiachess.ru/57russia/ Further coverage: http://www.chesspro.ru/events/rus-ch04.shtml

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57th ch-RUS Moscow RUS (RUS), 15-27 xi 2004            cat. XVIII (2678)
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                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 
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 1. Kasparov, Garry         g RUS 2813  * = 1 = = 1 1 = = 1 1  7.5  2857 
 2. Grischuk, Alexander     g RUS 2704  = * = = 1 = 1 0 = = 1  6.0  2747 
 3. Dreev, Alexey           g RUS 2698  0 = * 1 = 0 = 1 = = 1  5.5  2711 
 4. Morozevich, Alexander   g RUS 2758  = = 0 * 1 = = 1 = = 0  5.0  2669 
 5. Motylev, Alexander      g RUS 2651  = 0 = 0 * 1 = 0 1 = 1  5.0  2680 
 6. Svidler, Peter          g RUS 2735  0 = 1 = 0 * = 1 = 0 1  5.0  2672 
 7. Bareev, Evgeny          g RUS 2715  0 0 = = = = * 1 = = 1  5.0  2674 
 8. Korotylev, Alexey       g RUS 2596  = 1 0 0 1 0 0 * = 1 =  4.5  2650 
 9. Epishin, Vladimir       g RUS 2599  = = = = 0 = = = * = =  4.5  2649 
10. Timofeev, Artyom        g RUS 2611  0 = = = = 1 = 0 = * =  4.5  2648 
11. Tseshkovsky, Vitaly     g RUS 2577  0 0 0 1 0 0 0 = = = *  2.5  2495 
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Round 8 (November 24, 2004)

Kasparov, Garry        -  Svidler, Peter         1-0   57  D10  Slav Defence
Motylev, Alexander     -  Tseshkovsky, Vitaly    1-0   73  B35  Sicilian Defence
Bareev, Evgeny         -  Morozevich, Alexander  1/2   29  E44  Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Korotylev, Alexey      -  Timofeev, Artyom       1-0   47  A13  Reti Opening
Epishin, Vladimir      -  Dreev, Alexey          1/2   33  D12  Slav Defence

Round 9 (November 25, 2004)

Grischuk, Alexander    -  Bareev, Evgeny         1-0   55  B13  Caro Kann Exchange
Morozevich, Alexander  -  Korotylev, Alexey      1-0   64  B56  Sicilian Defence
Svidler, Peter         -  Motylev, Alexander     0-1   38  C80  Ruy Lopez Open
Timofeev, Artyom       -  Kasparov, Garry        0-1   42  B50  Sicilian Defence
Tseshkovsky, Vitaly    -  Epishin, Vladimir      1/2   56  B19  Caro Kann

Round 10 (November 26, 2004)

Kasparov, Garry        -  Morozevich, Alexander  1/2   50  D10  Slav Defence
Dreev, Alexey          -  Tseshkovsky, Vitaly    1-0   39  B07  Pirc Defence
Motylev, Alexander     -  Timofeev, Artyom       1/2   26  B33  Sicilian Sveshnikov
Korotylev, Alexey      -  Grischuk, Alexander    1-0   37  E58  Nimzo Indian
Epishin, Vladimir      -  Svidler, Peter         1/2   30  D97  Gruenfeld Russian

Round 11 (November 27, 2004)

Grischuk, Alexander    -  Kasparov, Garry        1/2   39  B90  Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Morozevich, Alexander  -  Motylev, Alexander     1-0   42  E62  King's Indian 6...Nc6
Svidler, Peter         -  Dreev, Alexey          1-0   37  B61  Sicilian Rauzer
Bareev, Evgeny         -  Korotylev, Alexey      1-0   58  E39  Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Timofeev, Artyom       -  Epishin, Vladimir      1/2   29  B10  Caro Kann

3) 2005 Chessmaster US Championships

The 2005 Chessmaster US Championships takes place November 23rd - December 5th 2004 in San Diego, California. Gata Kamsky finally returns to rated chess and is the top seed but still seems pretty rusty after a number of New York Masters rapid play appearances and so far has three draws and a win. Alexander Stripunsky, Hikaru Nakamura and Sergey Kudrin lead the event.

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

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ch-USA San Diego USA (USA), 6 xi-4 xii 2004
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                                           1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 
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 1. Stripunsky, Alexander    g  USA 2533  +39 +35 = 2 +16  .   .   .   .   .   3.5  2836 
 2. Nakamura, Hikaru         g  USA 2620  +50 +28 = 1 +15  .   .   .   .   .   3.5  2809 
 3. Kudrin, Sergey           g  USA 2528  +55 +22 +13 = 4  .   .   .   .   .   3.5  2874 
 4. Novikov, Igor A          g  USA 2588  +34 =19 +27 = 3  .   .   .   .   .   3.0  2703 
 5. Shulman, Yuri            g  USA 2549  +47 =16 =14 +31  .   .   .   .   .   3.0  2610 
 6. Schneider, Dmitry        m  USA 2453  +60 =20 =12 +32  .   .   .   .   .   3.0  2631 
 7. Benjamin, Joel           g  USA 2554  =45 =51 +39 +35  .   .   .   .   .   3.0  2579 
 8. Fishbein, Alexander      g  USA 2505  +31 -13 +51 +30  .   .   .   .   .   3.0  2664 
 9. Serper, Grigory          g  USA 2542  =43 +53 =11 +29  .   .   .   .   .   3.0  2539 
10. Shabalov, Alexander      g  USA 2608  -29 +52 +41 +37  .   .   .   .   .   3.0  2568 
11. Zilberstein, Dmitry      f  USA 2379  =18 +36 = 9 =12  .   .   .   .   .   2.5  2650 
12. Christiansen, Larry M    g  USA 2531  +40 =25 = 6 =11  .   .   .   .   .   2.5  2500 
13. Ibragimov, Ildar         g  USA 2585  +49 + 8 - 3 =23  .   .   .   .   .   2.5  2564 
14. Gulko, Boris F           g  USA 2600  +44 =26 = 5 =21  .   .   .   .   .   2.5  2579 
15. De Firmian, Nick E       g  USA 2550  +24 =29 +46 - 2  .   .   .   .   .   2.5  2575 
16. Kaidanov, Gregory S      g  USA 2611  +58 = 5 +26 - 1  .   .   .   .   .   2.5  2591 
17. Akobian, Varuzhan        g  USA 2571  +41 =46 =37 =28  .   .   .   .   .   2.5  2533 
18. Yermolinsky, Alex        g  USA 2568  =11 =33 +49 =25  .   .   .   .   .   2.5  2506 
19. Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander  g  USA 2539  +56 = 4 =29 =24  .   .   .   .   .   2.5  2516 
20. Kamsky, Gata             g  USA 2717  =33 = 6 =44 +46  .   .   .   .   .   2.5  2525 
21. Perelshteyn, Eugene      m  USA 2505  =53 =43 +40 =14  .   .   .   .   .   2.5  2471 
22. Goldin, Alexander        g  USA 2620  +38 - 3 =34 +44  .   .   .   .   .   2.5  2547 
23. Altounian, Levon         m  USA 2456  =52 +45 =30 =13  .   .   .   .   .   2.5  2544 
24. Lugo, Blas               m  USA 2399  -15 +57 +33 =19  .   .   .   .   .   2.5  2511 
25. Browne, Walter S         g  USA 2455  +62 =12 =32 =18  .   .   .   .   .   2.5  2523 
26. Gurevich, Dmitry         g  USA 2499  +54 =14 -16 +48  .   .   .   .   .   2.5  2519 
27. Becerra Rivero, Julio    g  USA 2537  +59 =30 - 4 +45  .   .   .   .   .   2.5  2558 
28. Lakdawala, Cyrus         m  USA 2422  +64 - 2 +55 =17  .   .   .   .   .   2.5  2516 
29. Zatonskih, Anna          wg USA 2440  +10 =15 =19 - 9  .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2559 
30. Onischuk, Alexander      g  USA 2653  +42 =27 =23 - 8  .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2483 
31. Battsetseg, Tsagaan      wm USA 2243  - 8 +42 +38 - 5  .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2488 
32. Finegold, Benjamin       m  USA 2531  +48 =37 =25 - 6  .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2426 
33. Kraai, Jesse             m  USA 2425  =20 =18 -24 +51  .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2521 
34. Friedel, Joshua E        f  USA 2436  - 4 +59 =22 =36  .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2507 
35. Kriventsov, Stanislav G  m  USA 2414  +57 - 1 +43 - 7  .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2393 
36. Ivanov, Alexander        g  USA 2582  =51 -11 +54 =34  .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2333 
37. Gonzalez, Renier         m  USA 2428  +63 =32 =17 -10  .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2464 
38. Krush, Irina             m  USA 2464  -22 +56 -31 +55  .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2370 
39. Bercys, Salvijus            USA 2356  - 1 +61 - 7 +57  .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2336 
40. Goletiani, Rusudan       wg USA 2336  -12 +60 -21 +58  .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2353 
41. Burnett, Ronald          m  USA 2444  -17 +64 -10 +54  .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2357 
42. Milman, Lev              f  USA 2434  -30 -31 +63 +56  .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2326 
43. La Rota, Fabio           f  COL 2333  = 9 =21 -35 =50  .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2375 
44. Martinez, Marcel         f  USA 2383  -14 +47 =20 -22  .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2451 
45. Adamson, Robby           f  USA 2373  = 7 -23 +53 -27  .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2358 
46. Lapshun, Yury            m  USA 2461  +61 =17 -15 -20  .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2399 
47. Kleiman, Jake               USA 2217  - 5 -44 +60 =49  .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2236 
48. Hoekstra, Matthew        f  USA 2369  -32 =62 +52 -26  .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2238 
49. Lein, Anatoly            g  USA 2387  -13 +63 -18 =47  .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2292 
50. Muhammad, Stephen A      f  USA 2387  - 2 -54 +64 =43  .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2213 
51. Lopez, Bruci             f  USA 2403  =36 = 7 - 8 -33  .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2323 
52. Epstein, Esther          wm USA 2188  =23 -10 -48 =53  .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2224 
53. Hahn, Anna               wm USA 2235  =21 - 9 -45 =52  .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2209 
54. Ross, Laura R            wf USA 2117  -26 +50 -36 -41  .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2285 
55. Shahade, Jennifer        wm USA 2361  - 3 +58 -28 -38  .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2262 
56. Casella, Michael         f  USA 2259  -19 -38 +61 -42  .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2193 
57. Zenyuk, Iryna               USA 2153  -35 -24 +59 -39  .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2158 
58. Enhbat, Tegshsuren       f  USA 2406  -16 -55 +62 -40  .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2154 
59. Abrahamyan, Tatev        wf USA 2238  -27 -34 -57 +62  .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2109 
60. Vayserberg, Tatia           USA 1973  - 6 -40 -47 +64  .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2091 
61. West, Vanessa A             USA 2107  -46 -39 -56 +63  .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2113 
62. Levina, Anna V           wf USA 2082  -25 =48 -58 -59  .   .   .   .   .   0.5  2045 
63. Airapetian, Chouchanik      USA 2149  -37 -49 -42 -61  .   .   .   .   .   0.0       
64. Sagalchik, Olga          wf USA 2132  -28 -41 -50 -60  .   .   .   .   .   0.0       
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4) Keres Memorial Rapid

The Keres Memorial Rapid took place in Tallinn 26th-27th November 2004. The time control was 20 minutes for a game + 10 seconds for every move. Viswanathan Anand won with a perfect 5/5 score.

Official site: http://www.maleliit.ee/arhiiv/2004/keres/

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Keres Mem Rapid Tallinn EST (EST), 26-27 xi 2004cat. XIV (2598)
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                                      1 2 3 4 5 6 
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1. Anand, Viswanathan     g IND 2781  * 1 1 1 1 1  5.0       
2. Khalifman, Alexander   g RUS 2669  0 * = 1 = 1  3.0  2655 
3. Lobron, Eric           g GER 2509  0 = * 0 1 1  2.5  2615 
4. Nyback, Tomi           g FIN 2554  0 0 1 * = 0  1.5  2457 
5. Kulaots, Kaido         g EST 2597  0 = 0 = * =  1.5  2448 
6. Kanep, Meelis          m EST 2475  0 0 0 1 = *  1.5  2473 
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Round 1 (November 26, 2004)

Khalifman, Alexander  -  Lobron, Eric          1/2   15  B30  Sicilian Rossolimo
Nyback, Tomi          -  Anand, Viswanathan    0-1   33  E34  Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Kulaots, Kaido        -  Kanep, Meelis         1/2   19  B52  Sicilian Rossolimo

Round 2 (November 26, 2004)

Anand, Viswanathan    -  Kulaots, Kaido        1-0   55  B80  Sicilian Scheveningen
Khalifman, Alexander  -  Nyback, Tomi          1-0   43  E15  Queens Indian
Lobron, Eric          -  Kanep, Meelis         1-0   41  A90  Dutch Classical

Round 3 (November 27, 2004)

Nyback, Tomi          -  Lobron, Eric          1-0   Missing
Kulaots, Kaido        -  Khalifman, Alexander  1/2   Missing
Kanep, Meelis         -  Anand, Viswanathan    0-1   46  A47  Queen's Indian without c2-c4

Round 4 (November 27, 2004)

Khalifman, Alexander  -  Kanep, Meelis         1-0   14  D06  Queen's Pawn Gambit
Lobron, Eric          -  Anand, Viswanathan    0-1   27  A07  Barcza System
Nyback, Tomi          -  Kulaots, Kaido        1/2   24  D11  Slav Defence

Round 5 (November 27, 2004)

Anand, Viswanathan    -  Khalifman, Alexander  1-0   47  C10  French Rubinstein
Kulaots, Kaido        -  Lobron, Eric          0-1   35  B75  Sicilian Modern Dragon
Kanep, Meelis         -  Nyback, Tomi          1-0   31  B13  Caro Kann Exchange

5) Spanish Team Championship

The Spanish Team Championship top division finals took place Sanxenxo, Pontevedra 18th-26th November 2004. CA Tiendas UPI (Ivan Sokolov, Lautier, Malakhov, Fressinet and Tiviakov) won the event clearly just losing one match to third placed Reverté Albox.

Coverage: http://www.ajedrezmarcote.com and http://www.chess21.com

 1  C. A. Tiendas UPI            **  3   1½  2½  3½  3   3½  2½  3   3      25½  16
 2  C. A. Valencia Cuna Ajedrez  1   **  2½  2½  3½  2   2   3   3   3½     23   14
 3  C. A. Reverté Albox          2½  1½  **  1   2   3   2½  3½  2   2½     20½  12
 4  U. Graciense Escacs          1½  1½  3   **  2½  2   2½  1½  3   1½     19    9
 5  C. A. Magic                   ½   ½  2   1½  **  3   2½  3½  2   1½     17    8
 6  C. A. Caja Insular Canarias  1   2   1   2   1   **  3   2   2   3      17    8
 7  C. A. Marcote                 ½  2   1½  1½  1½  1   **  2½  3   2      15½   6
 8  C. A. Ibercaja               1½  1    ½  2½   ½  2   1½  **  2½  2½     14½   7
 9  C. A. CajaCanarias           1   1   2   1   2   2   1   1½  **  2½     14    5
10  U. E. Foment Martinenc       1    ½  1½  2½  2½  1   2   1½  1½  **     14    5
 

5.1 3  C. A. Marcote              1½ -   10 C. A. Reverté Albox
                                  2½
1   GM Graf Alexander        2646 0 : 1  GM Krasenkow Michal       2676
2   GM Giorgadze Giorgi      2612 1 : 0  GM Romero Holmes Alfonso  2514
3   IM Reinaldo Castineira   2446 ½ : ½  GM Comas Fabrego Lluis    2509
       Roi
4   FM Lariño Nieto David    2307 0 : 1  GM Del Rio Angelis        2491
                                            Salvador G
5.2 4  C. A. Magic                2 - 2  2  C. A. CajaCanarias
1   GM Carlsen Magnus        2581 ½ : ½  GM Korneev Oleg           2583
2   IM Perez Candelario      2474 ½ : ½  GM San Segundo Carrillo   2516
       Manuel                               Pablo
3   IM Khamrakulov Ibragim S 2500 ½ : ½  GM Moreno Carnero Javier  2512
4   IM Carrasco Martinez     2408 ½ : ½  GM Fernandez Garcia Jose  2479
       Juan M                               Luis
5.3 5  U. Gracienca Escacs        1½ -   1  C. A. Ibercaja
                                  2½
1   GM Bologan Viktor        2669 0 : 1  GM Illescas Cordoba       2626
                                            Miguel
2   GM Pelletier Yannick     2589 1 : 0  GM Damljanovic Branko     2578
3   IM Lopez Martinez Josep  2481 0 : 1  IM Glavina Rossi Pablo    2458
       Manuel
4   IM Lacasa Diaz Jose      2431 ½ : ½  IM Baron Rodriguez Jesus  2432
       Antonio
5.4 6  C. A. Valencia Cuna        2 - 2  9  C. A. Caja Insular
       Ajedrez                              Canarias
1   GM Vallejo Pons          2678 0 : 1  GM Gurevich Mikhail       2644
       Francisco
2   GM Nielsen Peter Heine   2663 ½ : ½  GM Chernin Alexander      2584
3   GM Moiseenko Alexander   2653 1 : 0  FM Corral Blanco Juan     2446
                                            Antonio
4   GM Arizmendi Martinez    2531 ½ : ½  IM Garcia Padron Jose     2429
       Julen L
5.5 7  U. E. Foment               1 - 3  8  C. A. Tiendas UPI
       Martinenc
1   GM Marin Mihail          2511 ½ : ½  GM Lautier Joel           2682
2   GM Narciso Dublan Marc   2487 0 : 1  GM Malakhov Vladimir      2664
3   IM Jerez Perez Alfonso   2434 ½ : ½  GM Fressinet Laurent      2640
4   IM Granados Gomez Manuel 2425 0 : 1  GM Tiviakov Sergei        2617


6.1 10 C. A. Reverté Albox         2½-1½ 8  C. A. Tiendas UPI
1   GM Krasenkow Michal       2676 ½:½   GM Sokolov Ivan           2663
2   GM Nijboer Friso          2567 ½:½   GM Lautier Joel           2682
3   GM Suba Mihai             2516 1-0   GM Malakhov Vladimir      2664
4   GM Comas Fabrego Lluis    2509 ½:½   GM Fressinet Laurent      2640
6.2 9  C. A. Caja Insular          3-1   7  U. E. Foment Martinenc
       Canarias
1   GM Gurevich Mikhail       2644 1-0   GM Marin Mihail           2511
2   GM Chernin Alexander      2584 1-0   GM Narciso Dublan Marc    2487
3   FM Corral Blanco Juan     2446 1-0   IM Jerez Perez Alfonso    2434
       Antonio
4   IM Garcia Padron Jose     2429 0-1   IM Granados Gomez Manuel  2425
6.3 1  C. A. Ibercaja              1-3   6  C. A. Valencia Cuna
                                            Ajedrez
1   GM Illescas Cordoba       2626 ½:½   GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2678
       Miguel
2   GM Damljanovic Branko     2578 ½:½   GM Nielsen Peter Heine    2663
3   IM Glavina Rossi Pablo    2458 0-1   GM Moiseenko Alexander    2653
4   IM Baron Rodriguez Jesus  2432 0-1   GM Gustafsson Jan         2603
6.4 2  C. A. CajaCanarias          1-3   5  U. Gracienca Escacs
1   GM Korneev Oleg           2583 ½:½   GM Bologan Viktor         2669
2   GM San Segundo Carrillo   2516 0-1   GM Pelletier Yannick      2589
       Pablo
3   GM Moreno Carnero Javier  2512 ½:½   IM Lacasa Diaz Jose       2431
                                            Antonio
4   GM Fernandez Garcia Jose  2479 0-1   IM Rahal Michael          2416
       Luis
6.5 3  C. A. Marcote               1½-2½ 4  C. A. Magic
1   GM Graf Alexander         2646 1-0   GM Carlsen Magnus         2581
2   GM Giorgadze Giorgi       2612 ½:½   IM Perez Candelario       2474
                                            Manuel
3   IM Reinaldo Castineira    2446 0-1   IM Khamrakulov Ibragim S  2500
       Roi
4   FM Lariño Nieto David     2307 0-1   IM Carrasco Martinez Juan 2408
                                            M

7.1 4  C. A. Magic                2 - 2  10 C. A. Reverté Albox
1   GM Carlsen Magnus        2581 ½ : ½  GM Krasenkow Michal       2676
2   IM Perez Candelario      2474 1 : 0  GM Nijboer Friso          2567
       Manuel
3   IM Khamrakulov Ibragim S 2500 ½ : ½  GM Suba Mihai             2516
4   IM Carrasco Martinez     2408 0 : 1  GM Romero Holmes Alfonso  2514
       Juan M
7.2 5  U. Graciense Escacs        2½ -   3  C. A. Marcote
                                  1½
1   GM Bologan Viktor        2669 1 : 0  GM Graf Alexander         2646
2   GM Pelletier Yannick     2589 ½ : ½  GM Giorgadze Giorgi       2612
3   IM Lopez Martinez Josep  2481 ½ : ½  GM Franco Ocampos Zenon   2526
       Manuel
4   IM Rahal Michael         2416 ½ : ½  IM Reinaldo Castineira    2446
                                            Roi
7.3 6  C. A. Valencia Cuna        3 - 1  2  C. A. CajaCanarias
       Ajedrez
1   GM Vallejo Pons          2678 1 : 0  GM Korneev Oleg           2583
       Francisco
2   GM Nielsen Peter Heine   2663 ½ : ½  GM San Segundo Carrillo   2516
                                            Pablo
3   GM Moiseenko Alexander   2653 1 : 0  GM Moreno Carnero Javier  2512
4   GM Gustafsson Jan        2603 ½ : ½  GM Fernandez Garcia Jose  2479
                                            Luis
7.4 7  U. E. Foment               1½ -   1  C. A. Ibercaja
       Martinenc                  2½
1   GM Marin Mihail          2511 ½ : ½  GM Illescas Cordoba       2626
                                            Miguel
2   GM Narciso Dublan Marc   2487 0 : 1  GM Damljanovic Branko     2578
3   IM Jerez Perez Alfonso   2434 1 : 0  IM Glavina Rossi Pablo    2458
4   IM Granados Gomez Manuel 2425 0 : 1  IM Baron Rodriguez Jesus  2432
7.5 8  C. A. Tiendas UPI          3 - 1  9  C. A. Caja Insular
                                            Canarias
1   GM Sokolov Ivan          2663 ½ : ½  GM Gurevich Mikhail       2644
2   GM Lautier Joel          2682 ½ : ½  GM Chernin Alexander      2584
3   GM Malakhov Vladimir     2664 1 : 0  FM Corral Blanco Juan     2446
                                            Antonio
4   GM Tiviakov Sergei       2617 1 : 0  IM Garcia Padron Jose     2429
 

8.1 10 C. A. Reverté Albox        3 - 1  9  C. A. Caja Insular
                                            Canarias
1   GM Krasenkow Michal      2676 1 : 0  GM Gurevich Mikhail      2644
2   GM Nijboer Friso         2567 ½ : ½  GM Chernin Alexander     2584
3   GM Suba Mihai            2516 1 : 0  FM Corral Blanco Juan    2446
                                            Antonio
4   GM Del Rio Angelis       2491 ½ : ½  IM Lezcano Jaen Pedro    2391
       Salvador G
8.2 1  C. A. Ibercaja             1½ -   8  C. A. Tiendas UPI
                                  2½
1   GM Illescas Cordoba      2626 ½ : ½  GM Sokolov Ivan          2663
       Miguel
2   GM Damljanovic Branko    2578 1 : 0  GM Lautier Joel          2682
3   IM Glavina Rossi Pablo   2458 0 : 1  GM Fressinet Laurent     2640
4   IM Baron Rodriguez Jesus 2432 0 : 1  GM Tiviakov Sergei       2617
8.3 2  C. A. CajaCanarias         2½ -   7  U. E. Foment
                                  1½        Martinenc
1   GM Korneev Oleg          2583 ½ : ½  GM Marin Mihail          2511
2   GM San Segundo Carrillo  2516 ½ : ½  GM Narciso Dublan Marc   2487
       Pablo
3   GM Moreno Carnero Javier 2512 1 : 0  IM Jerez Perez Alfonso   2434
4   GM Fernandez Garcia Jose 2479 ½ : ½  IM Granados Gomez Manuel 2425
       Luis
8.4 3  C. A. Marcote              2 - 2  6  C. A. Valencia Cuna
                                            Ajedrez
1   GM Graf Alexander        2646 1 : 0  GM Vallejo Pons          2678
                                            Francisco
2   GM Giorgadze Giorgi      2612 0 : 1  GM Moiseenko Alexander   2653
3   GM Franco Ocampos Zenon  2526 ½ : ½  GM Gustafsson Jan        2603
4   IM Reinaldo Castineira   2446 ½ : ½  GM Arizmendi Martinez    2531
       Roi                                  Julen L
8.5 4  C. A. Magic                1½ -   5  U. Graciense Escacs
                                  2½
1   GM Carlsen Magnus        2581 0 : 1  GM Bologan Viktor        2669
2   IM Perez Candelario      2474 ½ : ½  IM Lopez Martinez Josep  2481
       Manuel                               Manuel
3   IM Khamrakulov Ibragim S 2500 ½ : ½  IM Lacasa Diaz Jose      2431
                                            Antonio
4   IM Carrasco Martinez     2408 ½ : ½  IM Rahal Michael         2416
       Juan M
 
9.1 5  U. Graciense Escacs         3 -  10 C. A. Reverté Albox
                                   1
1   GM Bologan Viktor         2669 1 :  GM Suba Mihai             2516
                                   0
2   IM Lopez Martinez Josep   2481 1 :  GM Romero Holmes Alfonso  2514
       Manuel                      0
3   IM Lacasa Diaz Jose       2431 ½ :  GM Comas Fabrego Lluis    2509
       Antonio                     ½
4   IM Rahal Michael          2416 ½ :  GM Del Rio Angelis        2491
                                   ½       Salvador G
9.2 6  C. A. Valencia Cuna         3½ - 4  C. A. Magic
       Ajedrez                     ½
1   GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2678 1 :  GM Carlsen Magnus         2581
                                   0
2   GM Moiseenko Alexander    2653 1 :  IM Perez Candelario       2474
                                   0       Manuel
3   GM Gustafsson Jan         2603 1 :  IM Khamrakulov Ibragim S  2500
                                   0
4   GM Arizmendi Martinez     2531 ½ :  IM Carrasco Martinez Juan 2408
       Julen L                     ½       M
9.3 7  U. E. Foment Martinenc      2 -  3  C. A. Marcote
                                   2
1   GM Marin Mihail           2511 1 :  GM Graf Alexander         2646
                                   0
2   GM Narciso Dublan Marc    2487 ½ :  GM Giorgadze Giorgi       2612
                                   ½
3   IM Jerez Perez Alfonso    2434 ½ :  GM Franco Ocampos Zenon   2526
                                   ½
4   IM Granados Gomez Manuel  2425 0 :  IM Reinaldo Castineira    2446
                                   1       Roi
9.4 8  C. A. Tiendas UPI           3 -  2  C. A. CajaCanarias
                                   1
1   GM Lautier Joel           2682 ½ :  GM Korneev Oleg           2583
                                   ½
2   GM Malakhov Vladimir      2664 ½ :  GM San Segundo Carrillo   2516
                                   ½       Pablo
3   GM Fressinet Laurent      2640 1 :  GM Moreno Carnero Javier  2512
                                   0
4   GM Tiviakov Sergei        2617 1 :  GM Fernandez Garcia Jose  2479
                                   0       Luis
9.5 9  C. A. Caja Insular          2 -  1  C. A. Ibercaja
       Canarias                    2
1   GM Gurevich Mikhail       2644 0 :  GM Illescas Cordoba       2626
                                   1       Miguel
2   GM Chernin Alexander      2584 1 :  GM Damljanovic Branko     2578
                                   0
3   FM Corral Blanco Juan     2446 1 :  IM Glavina Rossi Pablo    2458
       Antonio                     0
4   IM Garcia Padron Jose     2429 0 :  IM Baron Rodriguez Jesus  2432
                                   1

6) Acropolis International Tournament

The Acropolis International Tournament takes place 16th-24th November 2004. GM, IM and WGM sections.

Official site: http://www.chessfed.gr/acropolis2004/

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Acropolis GM Athens GRE (GRE), 16-24 xi 2004                 cat. X (2486)
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                                            1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Mastrovasilis, Athanasios   m GRE 2502  * = 1 = = 1 = = = 1  6.0  2609 
 2. Vouldis, Angelos            m GRE 2524  = * = = = = 1 = 1 1  6.0  2606 
 3. Kotronias, Vasilios         g GRE 2599  0 = * 1 = = = 1 1 1  6.0  2598 
 4. Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios    g GRE 2574  = = 0 * 1 = 1 = 1 1  6.0  2601 
 5. Schmaltz, Roland            g GER 2528  = = = 0 * 1 = 1 = =  5.0  2524 
 6. Tzermiadianos, Andreas      m GRE 2453  0 = = = 0 * = = 1 =  4.0  2446 
 7. Kapnisis, Spyridon          m GRE 2435  = 0 = 0 = = * = = 1  4.0  2448 
 8. Foisor, Ovidiu Doru         m ROM 2376  = = 0 = 0 = = * = =  3.5  2418 
 9. Shavtvaladze, Nikoloz         GEO 2430  = 0 0 0 = 0 = = * =  2.5  2326 
10. Managadze, Nikoloz          m GEO 2440  0 0 0 0 = = 0 = = *  2.0  2271 
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Acropolis IM Open Athens GRE (GRE), 16-24 xi 2004
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 1      2 GM  Socko Bartosz             2570  POL    7     35
 2      6 GM  Atalik Suat               2541  BIH   6½    35½
 3      5 GM  Parligras Mircea          2559  ROM   6½    34½
 4     10 GM  Gershon Alik              2524  ISR   6½    34½
 5      4 GM  Solak Dragan              2563  SCG   6½    32½
 6      1 GM  Rozentalis Eduardas       2595  LTU    6     34
 7      9 GM  Halkias Stelios           2526  GRE    6     34
 8      8 GM  Nikolaidis Ioannis        2527  GRE    6     33
 9     11 GM  Miezis Normunds           2524  LAT    6     32
10     15 IM  Moutousis Konstantinos    2422  GRE    6     30
11     14 GM  Skembris Spyridon         2446  GRE    6     30
12     17 IM  Khetsuriani Besarion      2346  GEO    6     29
13      7 GM  Fontaine Robert           2531  FRA   5½     33
14     13 GM  Dobrov Vladimir           2487  RUS   5½     33
15      3 GM  Svetushkin Dmitry         2568  MDA   5½     28
16     12 GM  Georgiev Vladimir         2512  MKD   5½    27½
17     19 FM  Shahtahtinsky Alekper     2307  GRE   5½     27
18     49     Georgiadis Ioannis        2129  GRE   5½     21
19     20     Kotrotsos Vasilios        2291  GRE    5     26
20     26     Tzermiadianos Angelos     2233  GRE    5    25½
21     16 IM  Karayannis Athanasios     2364  GRE    5    25½
22     53     Papargyriou Anastasios    2110  GRE    5     24
23     28     Petrakis Ilias            2224  GRE    5     24
24     18 FM  Hadzimanolis Antonios     2314  GRE    5    23½
25     44     Soultatis Kostas          2135  GRE    5     17
26     22     Sigalas Frangiskos        2284  GRE   4½     27
27     21 IM  Skalkotas Nikolaos        2286  GRE   4½    26½
28     60     Stavrianakis Ioannis      2045  GRE   4½     25
29     30     Klokas Konstantinos       2221  GRE   4½     24
30     24     Delithanasis Dimitrios    2268  GRE   4½     23
31     31     Michos Thomas             2219  GRE   4½     23
32     29     Skaperdas Kostantinos     2224  GRE   4½     23
33     59     Sideris Theodoros         2093  GRE   4½    20½
34     38     Kokolias Konstantinos     2172  GRE   4½     19
35     46     Kakkanas Evangelos        2134  GRE   4½    15½
36     23     Simeonidis Ioannis        2281  GRE    4     25
37     55     Angelopoulos Georgios     2104  GRE    4     21
38     45     Gkogkas Dimitrios         2134  GRE    4     20
39     37     Drakopoulos Anastasios    2175  GRE    4    19½
40     40     Kalaitzoglou Panayotis    2155  GRE    4     19
41     56     Soukos Konstantinos       2104  GRE    4     19
42     32     Tassopoulos Marios        2215  GRE    4    17½
43     50     Galanos Dimitrios         2128  GRE    4    16½
44     27     Draci Robert              2229  ALB   3½    20½
45     35     Papadatos Ioannis         2195  GRE   3½    19½
46     34     Valden Petros             2204  GRE   3½     18
47     57     Parginos Vassilios        2097  GRE   3½    17½
48     39     Kaloskambis Mihail        2171  GRE   3½    16½
49     47     Tsimboukidis Anastasios   2132  GRE   3½     13
50     42     Kampitsis Vasilios        2143  GRE   3½    11½
51     51     Kokkalis Vasilios         2116  GRE   3½    11½
52     43     Tziallilas Kostas         2142  GRE   3½     9½
53     36     Poteas Ioannis            2187  GRE    3     18
54     54     Koerant Filipos           2106  GRE   2½     16
55     33     Siamidis Dimitrios        2211  GRE   2½    15½
56     48     Delikanakis Nikolaos      2131  GRE   2½     12
57     41     Koliopoulos Konstantinos  2149  GRE    2     14
58     58     Markopoulos Theodoros     2094  GRE    2     11
59     52     Papoutsakis Mihail        2115  GRE    1     7
60     25 FM  Tsomis Dimitrios          2242  GRE    0     0

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Acropolis WGM Open Athens GRE (GRE), 16-24 xi 2004
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                                             1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 
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 1. Socko, Monika             m  POL 2439  + 4 =14 +10 + 5 + 7 = 3 = 6 - 2 + 9  6.5  2451 
 2. Foisor, Cristina Adela    m  ROM 2436  = 8 +12 +20 = 3 - 4 =10 +13 + 1 + 5  6.5  2424 
 3. Botsari, Anna-Maria       wg GRE 2362  +21 =10 +14 = 2 =12 = 1 = 9 + 7 = 4  6.0  2396 
 4. Krivec, Jana              wm SLO 2214  - 1 +26 +17 + 9 + 2 = 6 + 7 - 5 = 3  6.0  2398 
 5. Trabert, Bettina          wg GER 2331  +17 +13 = 7 - 1 - 6 +21 +12 + 4 - 2  5.5  2334 
 6. Fakhiridou, Ekaterini     wm GRE 2258  +23 =22 =19 =16 + 5 = 4 = 1 =11 =10  5.5  2294 
 7. Makka, Ioulia             wm GRE 2217  +18 +15 = 5 +19 - 1 +12 - 4 - 3 +14  5.5  2327 
 8. Sorokina, Anastasia       wm AUS 2199  = 2 -19 =11 +24 +15 - 9 +20 =14 +17  5.5  2299 
 9. Khurtsilava, Inga         wm GEO 2268  -22 +28 +21 - 4 +16 + 8 = 3 +10 - 1  5.5  2264 
10. Foisor, Sabina-Francesca     ROM 2228  +25 = 3 - 1 =22 +20 = 2 +14 - 9 = 6  5.0  2276 
11. Smokina, Karolina         wm MDA 2267  =26 -20 = 8 -17 +18 +25 +19 = 6 =12  5.0  2151 
12. Papadopoulou, Vera        wm GRE 2227  +28 - 2 +23 +15 = 3 - 7 - 5 +18 =11  5.0  2228 
13. Mietzner, Tina            wm GER 2235  +27 - 5 -16 +23 =21 +22 - 2 =17 +19  5.0  2207 
14. Tetenkina, Irina          wm SWE 2255  +24 = 1 - 3 =20 +22 +17 -10 = 8 - 7  4.5  2191 
15. Burtasova, Anna           wm RUS 2273  +16 - 7 +22 -12 - 8 +23 -17 =24 +21  4.5  2122 
16. Stefanidi, Maria-Anna        GRE 2092  -15 +25 +13 = 6 - 9 -20 -18 +26 +24  4.5  2107 
17. Petraki, Maria               GRE 2108  - 5 +27 - 4 +11 +19 -14 +15 =13 - 8  4.5  2227 
18. Stoumbou, Eleni              GRE 1854  - 7 -23 +28 =26 -11 +27 +16 -12 +25  4.5  2078 
19. Makropoulou, Marina       wg GRE 2270  =20 + 8 = 6 - 7 -17 +24 -11 +23 -13  4.0  2113 
20. Makka, Evanthia              GRE 2087  =19 +11 - 2 =14 -10 +16 - 8 -21 +27  4.0  2168 
21. Karlovich, Anastazia      wg UKR 2155  - 3 +24 - 9 +25 =13 - 5 =26 +20 -15  4.0  2128 
22. Grapsa, Georgia              GRE 2065  + 9 = 6 -15 =10 -14 -13 =25 =27 +28  4.0  2107 
23. Iordanidou, Zoi              GRE 2021  - 6 +18 -12 -13 +28 -15 =27 -19 +26  3.5  2039 
24. Ikonomopoulou, Maria         GRE 2014  -14 -21 +26 - 8 +27 -19 +28 =15 -16  3.5  2053 
25. Foisor, Mihaela-Veronica     ROM 1929  -10 -16 +27 -21 +26 -11 =22 +28 -18  3.5  1988 
26. Baloutsou, Vasiliki          GRE 2045  =11 - 4 -24 =18 -25 +28 =21 -16 -23  2.5  1884 
27. Stefanidi, Maria                 ----  -13 -17 -25 -28 -24 -18 =23 =22 -20  1.0  1673 
28. Nikolaidou, Eleni            GRE 1909  -12 - 9 -18 +27 -23 -26 -24 -25 -22  1.0  1696 
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7) Croatian Championships

The Croatian Championships took place in Zagreb with 12 players (Kozul, Palac, Stevic etc.) 16th-26th November 2004. Mladen Palac led for most of the event to take first by half a point from Nenad Fercec.

Official site: http://www.crochess.com/turniri/zagreb/croch_04/index.htm

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ch-CRO Zagreb CRO (CRO), 16-26 xi 2004                      cat. X (2493)
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                                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Palac, Mladen          g CRO 2543  * 1 1 = 0 1 = = = 1 1 1  8.0  2663 
 2. Fercec, Nenad          m CRO 2477  0 * = 1 = = 1 1 1 = = 1  7.5  2627 
 3. Cebalo, Miso           g CRO 2520  0 = * = 1 = = = 1 1 = =  6.5  2555 
 4. Brkic, Ante            m CRO 2454  = 0 = * = = = 1 0 = 1 1  6.0  2532 
 5. Jovanic, Ognjen        m CRO 2475  1 = 0 = * = = 1 = 0 = =  5.5  2495 
 6. Stevic, Hrvoje         g CRO 2539  0 = = = = * = 1 = = = =  5.5  2489 
 7. Jovanovic, Zoran CRO   m CRO 2446  = 0 = = = = * 0 1 = = =  5.0  2461 
 8. Kozul, Zdenko          g CRO 2640  = 0 = 0 0 0 1 * = = 1 1  5.0  2444 
 9. Jankovic, Alojzije     m CRO 2477  = 0 0 1 = = 0 = * = = =  4.5  2429 
10. Saric, Ante            m CRO 2437  0 = 0 = 1 = = = = * 0 =  4.5  2433 
11. Leventic, Ivan         m CRO 2502  0 = = 0 = = = 0 = 1 * =  4.5  2427 
12. Kuljasevic, Davorin    m CRO 2410  0 0 = 0 = = = 0 = = = *  3.5  2367 
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8) World Juniors

The World Junior Championships take place in the Hotel Casino, Cochin, India on Thursday 18th November - 1st December 2004. 13 Round Swiss. Pentala Harikrishna on 9.5/12 is in poll position for the title having a superior tie-break to his closest rivals Zhao Jun (level with him) and Tigran Petrosian (half a point behind) mostly by virtue of having defeated both of them.

Official site: http://www.worldjunior.chessindia.org/index.asp

Standing after Round 12 of 13
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XLIII WJun Kochin IND (IND), 20-30 xi 2004
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 1. Harikrishna, P             g  IND 2612  9½  30111
 2. Zhao Jun                      CHN 2511  9½  29709
 3. Petrosian, Tigran L        g  ARM 2539  9   30001
 4. Alekseev, Evgeny           g  RUS 2604  8   29925
 5. Berkes, Ferenc             g  HUN 2630  8   29569
 6. Wojtaszek, Radoslaw        m  POL 2536  8   29462
 7. Drozdovskij, Yuri          g  UKR 2510  8   29455
 8. Moradiabadi, Elshan        m  IRI 2445  8   28609
 9. Jianu, Vlad-Cristian       m  ROM 2444  7½  29477
10. Sengupta, Deep                IND 2359  7½  29423
11. Koneru, Humpy              g  IND 2503  7½  29399
12. Quezada, Yuniesky          m  CUB 2513  7½  29387
13. L'Ami, Erwin               m  NED 2516  7½  29031
14. Bartel, Mateusz            m  POL 2481  7½  28744
15. Iljin, Artem               m  RUS 2522  7½  28322
16. Quan Zhe                   f  CAN 2345  7   29754
17. Deepan, Chakkravarthy J    m  IND 2396  7   29247
18. Paragua, Mark              m  PHI 2534  7   28936
19. Tikkanen, Hans                SWE 2338  7   28915
20. Sai, Srinivas                 IND 2237  7   28397
21. Nadj Hedjesi, Balind          SCG 2337  7   28317
22. Smeets, Jan                g  NED 2515  7   28309
23. Gupta, Abhijeet            f  IND 2412  7   28005
24. Gareev, Timur              g  UZB 2525  6½  28888
25. Das, Arghyadip                IND 2353  6½  28746
26. Barbosa, Oliver PHI           PHI 2311  6½  28714
27. Poobesh Anand, S           m  IND 2367  6½  28450
28. Rohit, G                      IND 2281  6½  28279
29. Hasan, Mehdi                  BAN 2251  6½  28156
30. D'Costa, Lorin             f  ENG 2358  6½  28008
31. Lafuente, Pablo            m  ARG 2473  6½  27622
32. Perdomo, Leandro           f  ARG 2312  6   29020
33. Smerdon, David             m  AUS 2425  6   28645
34. Olsson, Linus                 SWE 2289  6   28151
35. Venkatesh, M.R             m  IND 2450  6   28006
36. Grigorov, Grigor              BUL 2321  6   27839
37. Mandiza, Farai             f  ZIM 2200  6   27479
38. Sandeep, Y                    IND 2138  6   27327
39. Vaidya, C.N                   IND 2184  6   27158
40. Arun, Karthik R               IND 2152  6   27095
41. Ashwath, R                    IND 2124  6   26906
42. Tallaksen, Geir S          f  NOR 2343  5½  28231
43. Cifka, Stanislav              CZE 2310  5½  27731
44. Patwardhan, Omkar             IND 2212  5½  27253
45. Jaiswal, Puneet               IND 2212  5½  27238
46. Karthikeyan, P                IND 2131  5½  27095
47. Johannes, Mayedi Mabusela  m  RSA 2316  5½  26902
48. Buchicchio, Giampaolo         ITA 2315  5½  26676
49. Soumitra, Majumdar            IND 2148  5½  26620
50. Navin, Kanna T.U              IND 2058  5½  26412
51. Tiwari, Arjun                 IND 2319  5½  25735
52. Braschi, Giancarlo            ITA 2172  5½  25343
53. Gopal, G.N                    IND 2278  5   27394
54. Bhatti, Ranveersingh          IND 2195  5   27334
55. Cereijo, Nicolas              ARG 2120  5   26932
56. Mihailidis, Anastacios        GRE 2278  5   26829
57. Louw, Daniel Johannes         RSA 2187  5   24777
58. Nanjo, Ryosuke                JPN 2154  5   24564
59. Tomba, Ivan                   ITA 2235  5   24112
60. Aswin, Jayaram                IND 2160  4½  27646
61. Artels, Lieven                BEL 2084  4½  27175
62. Swaraj, Palit                 IND 2172  4½  27131
63. Nitin, S                      IND 2119  4½  24651
64. Raghuram, Balaji C.V          IND 2043  4½  24388
65. Phadke, Sohan                 IND 2125  4½  24202
66. Ruijgrok, Dennis              NED 2255  4   26871
67. Mishra, Soumyaranjan          IND 2299  4   24658
68. Soon, Wai Cheong              MAS 2048  4   24515
69. Venkat, Sundaram              IND 2152  4   24247
70. Prasanna, K                   IND 2096  3½  24050
71. Phanikanth, J.S.S             IND 1985  1½  23933
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Women's Standing after Round 11 of 13

Rank SNo.     Name              Rtg  FED Pts ratØ
1    2    WGM Paehtz Elisabeth  2398 GER 8½  2280
2    1    WGM Korbut Ekaterina  2400 RUS 8½  2220
3    6    WIM Eesha Karavade    2307 IND 7½  2258
4    4    WGM Ushenina Anna     2370 UKR 7½  2256
5    7        Zhang Jilin       2287 CHN 7½  2240
6    12       Majdan Joanna     2219 POL 7   2238
7    20       Saheli Nath       2130 IND 6½  2268
8    18   WFM Siti Zulaikha     2162 MAS 6½  2252
9    10   WFM Vinuthna N.       2229 IND 6½  2244
10   16       Nadig Kruttika    2182 IND 6½  2213
11   9    WIM Sachdev Tania     2256 IND 6½  2197
12   13   WIM Bensdorp Marties  2214 NED 6½  2144
13   17   WFM Perez R. Jennifer 2162 CUB 6½  2077
14   5    WFM Motoc Alina       2359 ROM 6   2207
15   34       Delphin C.        1998 IND 6   2134
16   25       Sivasankari P.    2112 IND 6   2111
17   11   WIM Aketayeva Dana    2223 KAZ 5½  2203
     28       Kavitha J.E.      2088 IND 5½  2203
19   27       Ramya Krishna I.  2096 IND 5½  2165
20   8    WIM Gutsko Anastasiya 2272 UKR 5½  2147
21   15       Van Weersel,A     2184 NED 5½  2137
22   29       Iswarya Shobana,L 2082 IND 5½  2105
23   24       Sandhya N.        2113 IND 5½  2014
24   23       Raghavi N.        2117 IND 5   2209
25   33   WIM Ghader Pour Sh.   2025 IRI 5   2183
26   21   WFM Gutierrez Paloma  2119 ESP 5   2152
27   26       Koneru Chandra,H  2107 IND 5   2141
28   30       Anuprita Patil    2081 IND 5   2109
29   36       Meenu Rajendran   1979 IND 4½  2170
30   31       Nimmy George      2063 IND 4½  2147
31   22       Hodova Lucie      2118 CZE 4   2140
32   19   WFM Mijovic,Aleksand. 2152 SCG 4   2106
33   14       Stiri Alexandra   2201 GRE 4   2088
34   38       Colautti Marcela  1600 ARG 4   2079
35   35       Brekke Jorunn     1988 NOR 4   2029
36   37       Matta Francesca   1857 ITA 3½  2047
37   32   WFM Elappen Jenine    2031 RSA 3   2048
38   3    WGM Dronavalli Harika 2391 IND 0   0

9) Petrosian Memorial

A tournament celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the birth of the 9th World Champion Tigran Petrosian took place in Yerevan (Armenia), November 18-30, 2004. There Open Tournament took place November 18th-27th 2004, Swiss System, 9 rounds, Prize Fund US$ 35.000. Pavel Smirnov won the event with 7.5/9 half a point clear of Vassily Ivanchuk.

The event is followed by the European Rapid Chess Championship which takes place November 28-30 2004, Swiss System, 11 rounds, Prize Fund 10.000 Euro

Official site: http://www.armchess.am

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Petrosian Mem Open Yerevan ARM (ARM), 18-27 xi 2004
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 1. Smirnov, Pavel           g  RUS 2626  7,5  46    
 2. Ivanchuk, Vassily        g  UKR 2705  7,0  55   
 3. Asrian, Karen            g  ARM 2591  6,5  51   
 4. Izoria, Zviad            g  GEO 2600  6,5  50,5  2452
 5. Sargissian, Gabriel      g  ARM 2611  6,5  50,5  2359
 6. Areshchenko, Alexander   g  UKR 2580  6,5  50   
 7. Minasian, Artashes       g  ARM 2584  6,5  49,5   
 8. Sulskis, Sarunas         g  LTU 2555  6,5  48   
 9. Anastasian, Ashot        g  ARM 2579  6,5  47,5   
10. Frolyanov, Dmitry        m  RUS 2486  6,5  47    2415
11. Iljushin, Alexei         g  RUS 2534  6,5  47    2387
12. Nalbandian, Tigran       g  ARM 2504  6,5  45   
13. Evdokimov, Alexander A   m  RUS 2455  6,0  49,5  2424
14. Shanava, Konstantine     m  GEO 2456  6,0  49,5  2410
15. Yegiazarian, Arsen       g  ARM 2519  6,0  49   
16. Mchedlishvili, Mikheil   g  GEO 2504  6,0  47,5  2334
17. Makarov, Marat           g  RUS 2525  6,0  47,5  2318
18. Galstian, Beniamin          ARM 2386  6,0  46,5   
19. Kotanjian, Tigran        m  ARM 2472  6,0  45,5   
20. Hayrapetian, Arman          ARM 2333  6,0  43,5   
21. Danielian, Elina         m  ARM 2437  6,0  43   
22. Pantsulaia, Levan        m  GEO 2490  6,0  42    2270
23. Aginian, Nelly           wm ARM 2310  6,0  42    2666
24. Lomineishvili, Maia      m  GEO 2429  6,0  40,5   
25. Nadanian, Ashot          m  ARM 2392  6,0  40   
26. Magalashvili, Davit      f  GEO 2389  5,5  51   
27. Pashikian, Arman         m  ARM 2473  5,5  49   
28. Rukhaia, Kartlos            GEO 2342  5,5  48   
29. Khurtsidze, Nino         m  GEO 2399  5,5  47,5   
30. Petrosian, Tigran A2        ARM 2321  5,5  46,5   
31. Harutjunyan, Gevorg         ARM 2366  5,5  46   
32. Sanikidze, Tornike       f  GEO 2364  5,5  45,5   
33. Margvelashvili, Giorgi   f  GEO 2349  5,5  44   
34. Minasian, Ara            g  ARM 2524  5,5  43   
35. Bagaturov, Giorgi        g  GEO 2451  5,5  40    2261
36. Andriasian, Zaven           ARM 2366  5,5  40    2186
37. Zarkua, Davit               GEO 2352  5,5  40    2172
38. Grigoryan, Avetik           ARM 2227  5,5  37   
128 players

10) 17th Belgrade Trophy

17th BELGRADE TROPHY (or International Belgrade Open Chess Championship) takes place at Obrenovac (near Belgrade), Serbia and Montenegro, 22nd-30th of November 2004. Prize fund is 5250 euros (1st Place 1000 euros). The promoter of 17th Belgrade Trophy is 10th World Chess Champion, Boris Spassky who was in Belgrade until November 24th. News: Vladica Andrejic.

Two sites coverage this event Belgrade Chess Federation (http://www.beochess.org.yu) Serbia and Montenegro Chess Federation (http://www.scgchess.org)

Round 7 (of 9) Standings
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17th Belgrade Trophy Obrenovac SCG (SCG), 22-30 xi 2004
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   1    Andonov, Bogomil         BUL   2331 im    6      30.0 
 2-12   Savic, Miodrag R.        SCG   2503 gm    5.5    34.5 
        Predojevic, Borki        BIH   2509 im    5.5    33.0 
        Rmus, Anto               SCG   2359       5.5    32.5 
        Djukic, Nikola           SCG   2462 im    5.5    32.0 
        Stojanovic, Mihajlo      SCG   2504 im    5.5    32.0 
        Ardelean, George Catalin ROM   2461 im    5.5    32.0 
        Tosic, Miroslav          SCG   2489 gm    5.5    30.5 
        Vukanovic, Sasa          SCG   2343 im    5.5    30.0 
        Tadic, Branko            SCG   2474 im    5.5    29.5 
        Pavlovic, Milos          SCG   2454 fm    5.5    27.0 
        Mateuta, Gabriel         ROM   2472 im    5.5    26.5 
 13-26  Arsovic, Zoran           SCG   2453 im    5      33.0 
        Lajthajm, Borko          SCG   2466 fm    5      32.5 
        Guidarelli, Laurent      FRA   2422 im    5      31.5 
        Brenjo, Slavisa          SCG   2476 im    5      31.0 
        Popovic, Dusan           SCG   2447 im    5      30.5 
        Abramovic, Bosko         SCG   2471 gm    5      30.5 
        Milanovic, Danilo        SCG   2434 im    5      29.5 
        Nestorovic, Dejan        SCG   2416 im    5      29.0 
        Pushkov, Nikolai         RUS   2434 gm    5      29.0 
        Nestorovic, D. Nikola    SCG   2239       5      29.0 
        Raetsky, Alexander       RUS   2430 im    5      28.5 
        Dancevski, Orce          MKD   2437 im    5      28.0 
        Todorovic, Goran M       SCG   2540 gm    5      27.5 
        Abergel, Thal            FRA   2428 im    5      27.0 
 27-53  Marcetic, Nikola         SCG   2401       4.5    33.0 
        Prelevic, Dusko          SCG   2289 fm    4.5    33.0 
        Nanu, Ciprian-Costica    ROM   2459 im    4.5    32.0 
        Stojanovic, Dalibor      SCG   2442 fm    4.5    31.0 
        Vojinovic, Goran         SCG   2447 im    4.5    30.5 
        Rajkovic, Dusan          SCG   2430 gm    4.5    30.0 
        Skare, Goran             SCG   2312 fm    4.5    29.0 
        Milanovic, Slavisa       SCG   2324       4.5    29.0 
        Irizanin, Radoje         SCG   2240       4.5    29.0 
        Stanojoski, Zvonko       MKD   2506 gm    4.5    29.0 
        Andrijevic, Milan        SCG   2402 im    4.5    28.0 
        Cvetkovic, Srdjan        SCG   2433 im    4.5    28.0 
        Radovanovic, Dusan       SCG   2370       4.5    27.5 
        Raicevic, Vladimir       SCG   2461 gm    4.5    27.5 
        Grigore, Nicolae Petre   ROM   2354 im    4.5    26.5 
        Arsovic, Goran           SCG   2414 im    4.5    26.5 
        Popovic, Aleksandar M.   SCG   2268       4.5    26.5 
        Todorovic, Jovan         SCG   2408       4.5    26.0 
        Dumpor, Atif             BIH   2382 fm    4.5    26.0 
        Kizov, Atanas            MKD   2355 fm    4.5    26.0 
        Ilic, Zoran              MKD   2294 fm    4.5    25.5 
        Kiroski, Toni            MKD   2377 im    4.5    25.5 
        Perunovic, Miodrag       SCG   2366 im    4.5    25.0 
        Simic, Zeljko            SCG   2179       4.5    24.5 
        Jovanovic, Zoran         SCG   2389 fm    4.5    24.0 
        Pavlovic, Dragoljub      SCG   2252       4.5    23.5 
        Cornette, Matthieu       FRA   2373 im    4.5    22.5 
        189 players

11) Piestany IM

The Piestany IM tournament (Slovakia) took place 17th-26th November 2004 and was won by Martin Mrva.

Further details: http://www.slovan-bratislava.com/Turnaje/04Piestany/04PiestIM.htm

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It Piestany SVK (SVK), 17-26 xi 2004                     cat. V (2356)
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                                    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Mrva, Martin        m SVK 2507  * = = = 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1  8.5  2553 
 2. Hasangatin, Ramil   g RUS 2474  = * = = = 0 1 1 1 1 = =  7.0  2447 
 3. Pribyl, Josef       m CZE 2400  = = * = = = = 1 = = 1 =  6.5  2417 
 4. Lanc, Alois         m SVK 2410  = = = * 0 1 = = 1 = 1 =  6.5  2416 
 5. Smolen, Jan           SVK 2334  0 = = 1 * 0 0 1 1 = = 1  6.0  2394 
 6. Pinter, Erik          SVK 2375  0 1 = 0 1 * = 0 = 1 = =  5.5  2354 
 7. Meszaros, Michal    f SVK 2322  0 0 = = 1 = * 1 0 1 0 1  5.5  2359 
 8. Pel, Bonno          f NED 2312  0 0 0 = 0 1 0 * 1 1 1 =  5.0  2324 
 9. Kotan, Ladislav     m SVK 2332  0 0 = 0 0 = 1 0 * = 1 1  4.5  2293 
10. Lyanguzov, Oleg     f RUS 2326  1 0 = = = 0 0 0 = * 0 1  4.0  2257 
11. Schwarz, Dusan        SVK 2271  0 = 0 0 = = 1 0 0 1 * =  4.0  2262 
12. Volodin, Viktor     m RUS 2212  0 = = = 0 = 0 = 0 0 = *  3.0  2194 
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12) Tuzla Tournament

The Tuzla 2004 category III tournament was won by Trumic Enes who also made his first IM norm with 8/11. News: Samir Hadzimustafic.

Further details: http://www.sah.ba/bh/index.php

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10th It Tuzla BIH (BIH), 19-25 xi 2004                   cat. III (2320)
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                                      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Trumic, Enes            BIH 2248  * 1 = 0 = 1 1 1 = = 1 1  8.0  2501 
 2. Nurkic, Sahbaz        m BIH 2385  0 * 0 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1  8.0  2489 
 3. Marinkovic, Slavisa   m SCG 2434  = 1 * = = = = = = 1 = 1  7.0  2411 
 4. Avdic, Adnan            BIH 2261  1 0 = * = 0 = 0 1 1 1 1  6.5  2390 
 5. Majeric, Zoran        f CRO 2408  = = = = * = = = = 0 1 1  6.0  2347 
 6. Mrkonjic, Nenad       m CRO 2354  0 0 = 1 = * = 1 = = = 1  6.0  2352 
 7. Tomic, Bosko            BIH 2284  0 = = = = = * = 0 1 = 1  5.5  2323 
 8. Budimir, Boris        f BIH 2240  0 0 = 1 = 0 = * = 1 = 1  5.5  2327 
 9. Mujic, Hamza          f BIH 2326  = 0 = 0 = = 1 = * = = =  5.0  2283 
10. Rosic, Slavko1        f SCG 2293  = 0 0 0 1 = 0 0 = * = 1  4.0  2220 
11. Sprecic, Mustafa      f BIH 2375  0 0 = 0 0 = = = = = * 1  4.0  2212 
12. Dugonjic, Dragan        SCG 2231  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 *  0.5  1858 
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13) 35th National Chess Congress

The 35th National Chess Congress took place November 26th-28th at the Adams Mark Hotel, Philadelphia. Jaan Ehlvest and Leonid Yudasin topped the field with 5/6. The event was weaker than in recent years due to its coincidence with the US Championships. I will round the games up next week.

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

Final Round 6 Standings:
 1 Jaan Ehlvest          2709 EST  5
 2 Leonid G Yudasin      2691 ISR  5
 3 Petr Kiriakov         2629 RUS  4½
 4 Pascal Charbonneau    2517 CAN  4½
 5 Michael A Rohde       2496 USA  4½
 6 Daniel Fernandez      2380 USA  4½
 7 Igor Schneider        2317 USA  4½
 8 Thomas J Bartell      2304 USA  4½
 9 Alex Lenderman        2283 USA  4½
10 Ryan G Thurlow        2058 USA  4½
11 Ilye Figler           2386 USA  4
12 Edward W Formanek     2335 USA  4
13 Max Enkin             2148 USA  4
14 Milos Scekic          2513 USA  3½
15 Peter Vavrak          2487 SVK  3½
16 Jay R Bonin           2380 USA  3½
17 Bryan G Smith         2344 USA  3½
18 Mackenzie Molner      2300 USA  3½
19 Dylan Mc Clain        2284 USA  3½
20 Daniel E Shapiro      2274 USA  3½
21 A J Steigman          2262 USA  3½
22 James E Lewis         2253 USA  3½
23 Michael S Katz        2251 USA  3½
24 Boris Privman         2245 USA  3½
25 Peter Minear          2144 USA  3½

14) 4NCL

The first two rounds of the 4NCL took place November 20th-21st 2004, at the West Bromwich Moat House. I gave a breakdown of results last week. Games now available my thanks to Arthur Brameld.

Official site: http://www.4ncl.co.uk/

15) Blitz Russian Federation Open Internet Cup

The final tournament of Blitz Russian Federation Open Internet Cup 2004 has been held in the game zone of Chess Assistant Club on November 25. Prize fund amount - 1400 USD. 53 players took part in the competition - 28 players qualified from the preliminary tournaments and 25 grandmasters. All the games of the tournament together with cross-table are available on the official site of tournament http://www.ChessAssistantClub.com. A selection of games appears in TWIC. My thanks to Sergey Abramov.

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RusFed Internet Blitz Cup ChessAssistantClub INT (INT), 25-25 xi 2004
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 1 Panarin, Michail       m  RUS 2482  10,0  94,0  68,5  
 2 Volkov, Sergey1        g  RUS 2628  10,0  93,5  76,0  
 3 Turov, Maxim           g  RUS 2543   9,5  99,0  69,0  
 4 Shipov, Sergei         g  RUS 2588   9,0  93,5  62,5  
 5 Savchenko, Boris (     m  RUS 2484   8,5 100,0  54,5  
 6 Maslak, Konstantin     m  RUS 2473   8,5  97,0  59,5  
 7 Rustemov, Alexander    g  RUS 2602   8,5  71,0  51,5  
 8 Grebionkin, Vladimir   m  RUS 2421   8,0  96,0  59,5  
 9 Shaposhnikov, Evgeny   g  RUS 2578   8,0  93,0  57,5  
10 Belov, Vladimir        g  RUS 2552   8,0  91,0  56,5  
11 Poluljahov, Aleksandr  g  RUS 2504   8,0  90,0  49,0  
12 Kharlov, Andrei        g  RUS 2613   8,0  89,5  58,0  
13 Kurnosov, Igor         g  RUS 2533   8,0  85,0  49,0  
53 players

16) 3rd Russian Cup for Women

The 3rd Russian Cup for Women took place in Voronezh 13th-24th November 2004. Anna Dushenok won the event. Rounds 8 and 9 games are missing.

Further coverage at: http://www.relex.ru/~xuser/chessfed/womencup3.htm

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3rd Cup Russia Wom Final Voronezh RUS (RUS), 13-24 xi 2004     cat. II (2279)
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                                           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Dushenok, Anna              RUS 2238  * 0 0 1 1 1 = = 1 1 1 1  8.0  2457 
 2. Pogonina, Natalija       wg RUS 2385  1 * = 1 = = = 1 0 1 0 1  7.0  2370 
 3. Ubiennykh, Ekaterina     wm RUS 2324  1 = * 0 0 = 1 1 = 0 1 1  6.5  2339 
 4. Semenova, Irina          wm RUS 2287  0 0 1 * 1 = = = 1 = 1 =  6.5  2342 
 5. Shaidullina, Sandugach   wg RUS 2308  0 = 1 0 * = = 1 = = = 1  6.0  2311 
 6. Shumiakina, Tatiana      wg RUS 2324  0 = = = = * = = 1 = 0 1  5.5  2274 
 7. Meshcheriakova, Evgenia  wm RUS 2233  = = 0 = = = * 0 1 = = 1  5.5  2282 
 8. Kirillova, Varvara       wf RUS 2262  = 0 0 = 0 = 1 * = = 1 1  5.5  2280 
 9. Kochetkova, Julia        wm RUS 2311  0 1 = 0 = 0 0 = * 1 1 1  5.5  2275 
10. Guseva, Olga                RUS 2232  0 0 1 = = = = = 0 * = 0  4.0  2180 
11. Eidelson, Rakhil         wg BLR 2268  0 1 0 0 = 1 = 0 0 = * 0  3.5  2146 
12. Verevotchkina, Elena     wf RUS 2170  0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 *  2.5  2077 
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17) NorthEast Chess Fall Getaway

George Mirijanian reports: The NorthEast Chess Fall Getaway tournament took place 19th-21st November 2004 at the Radisson Hotel in Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA. GM Ildar Ibragimov of Connecticut captured first place with a score of 4-1. Runners-up with 3.5-1.5 tallies were IM Igor Foygel and national expert Joshua Bakker, both of Massachusetts. A total of 89 players competed in the four-section tourney, directed by Robert Messenger of New Hampshire and organized by Severine Wamala of Massachusetts for the sponsoring NorthEast Chess Association. Complete crosstables are available at http://masschess.org

18) 5th Pühajärve Rapid

The Pühajärve 5th rapid tournament took place November 19th-21st, 2004). The competition was a handicap system, Between different groups of players there was a time difference. For example players from Group A played against players from group B 12min vs 18min, against group C 9 vs 21 etc.

 1. Riho LIIVA B          2401  ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 24.5 I 
 2. Meelis KANEP B        2475 ½  ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 24   II 
 3. Alexander KHALIFMAN A 2669 ½ ½  ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 23   III-IV 
 4. Kaido KÜLAOTS A       2597 ½ 0 ½  ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 23   III-IV 
 5. Olav SEPP B           2455 ½ ½ ½ ½  ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 22   5. 
 6. Kalle KIIK B          2432 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½  ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 21.5 6. 
 7. Edvins KENGIS A       2543 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½  ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 21   7.-8. 
 8. Olev SCHULTS C             ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ ½  0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 21   7.-8. 
 9. Priit LEITO B         2357 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1  0 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 20   9.-10. 
10. Eric LOBRON A         2509 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1  1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 20   9.-10. 
11. Aloyzas KVEINYS A     2531 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0  1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 17.5 11. 
12. Taivo JÄNES D              0 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0  0 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 16.5 12. 
13. Aris OZOLINS C             0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1  ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 16   13.-15. 
14. Margus SÖÖT C              0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½  0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 16   13.-15. 
15. Aleksander VEINGOLD B 2473 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 1  1 0 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 16   13.-15. 
16. Tarvo SEEMAN B        2421 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 0  ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 15.5 16. 
17. Timo PORRASMAA D           0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½  0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 ½ 13.5 17. 
18. Igor RÕTOV C               0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1  1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 12.5 18. 
19. Brait LELUMEES C           0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 0  ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12   19.-20. 
20. Marko SIIL D               0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½  ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 12   19.-20. 
21. Raul REBANE D              0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½  1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 10.5 21. 
22. Kaspar KAUGIJA E           0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 0  0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 9.5  22. 
23. Henri KÄSPER D             0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 1  0 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 9    23.-24. 
24. Ants PÕLDOJA D             0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1  1 ½ 1 1 1 1 9    23.-24. 
25. Hendrek KELDER D           0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 0  0 ½ ½ 0 1 7.5  25. 
26. Aleksander ATONEN E        0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 1  0 1 1 1 7    26. 
27. Ivo JURNO E                0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 1  1 1 1 6.5  27. 
28. Jüri TUULIK E              0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 0  ½ ½ 3.5  28. 
29. Ülo TUULIK E               0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½  1 3    29. 
30. Arturs AVOTINS E           0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0  2    30.

19) Forthcoming Events and Links

21st Cappelle la Grande Open

21st INTERNATIONAL CHESS OPEN - CAPPELLE LA GRANDE - FRANCE 12th-19th February 2005. 9 Round Accelerated Swiss System Tournament, registered with FIDE Rate of play : 2 hours for 40 moves followed by a one hour quickplay finish. Playing hall : COMPLEXE SPORTIF ROGER GOUVART IGM's INVITATIONS - Possibility of norms. Prizes (minimum 600 players) : 15000 EUROS - 1st prize : 1500 EUROS Rating, Junior, Women's and Veterans' Prizes. Entry fee : adults : 45 euros - Juniors and veterans : 22,50 euros. Registration by templeurjcs@club-internet.fr

Further details: http://www.cappelle-chess.com

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.asiayouth2004.com

Grand Prix d'Echecs 2004

The Grand Prix d'Echecs 2004 takes place 8th-11th December 2004 in Aix-en-Provence. Players: Anatoly Karpov, Joel Lautier, Anna Kosteniuk and Antoaneta Stefanova + 4 qualifiers (qualifying tournament on 28th November).

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

Gibtele.com Masters International

The Gibtele.com Masters International takes place 25th January - 3rd February 2005. Many sections for different strengths of player.

Full details: http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com

First Saturday December

The First Saturday December tournaments take place 4th-17th of December 2004. 10-14 participants. There are GM, IM and FM events and some vacancies. Contact Laszlo Nagy e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net if interested.

Website: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/

GM Event: IGM ILINCIC, Zlatko (SCG, 2522) IGM FOGARASI, Tibor (HUN, 2425) IGM FARAGO, Ivan (HUN, 2455) IM BOROS, Denes (HUN, 2414) IM SZABO, Krisztian (HUN, 2394) IM PASCHALL, William (USA, 2394) IM NGUYEN, Ngoc Truongson (VIE, 2527) FM ISSA, Rafat (SYR, 2389) FM GONDA, Laszlo (HUN, 2400) FM BÉRCZES, Dávid (HUN, 2321) IM STAROSTITS, Ilmars (LAT, 2460) IM CZARNOTA, Pawel (POL, 2416) The ELO average now is 2426. But of course can be changed, according to the last minute communications. Min 10, max 14 players. Min.2381 ELO average, according to the new FIDE rules. Reserves: FM ALIKHANOV, Felix (RUS, 2390) FM LORSCHEID, Gerd (GER) IM TOUZANE, Olivier (FRA) IM TURZÓ, Attila (HUN)

IM Event: IM LENGYEL, Béla (HUN, 2335) IM EPERJESI, László (HUN, 2283) IM WERNER, Dimo (GER, 2301) FM BRUSTKERN, Juergen (GER, 2236) FM FODOR, Tamás (HUN, 2169) FM HOWELL, David (ENG, 2340) SOLOMONS, Deon (RSA, 2249) HORVÁTH, András (HUN, 2339) ZARAGATSKI, Ilja (GER, 2334) PAP, Gyula (HUN, 2359) ISSAKAINEN, Ari (FIN, 2230) IM SZEBERENYI, Adam (HUN, 2366) FM VOGEL, Jaap (NLD, 2255) SCHNEIDER, Veronika (HUN, 2262) Min 10, max 14 players. Min.2231 ELO average. Reserves: IM KAHN, Evarth (HUN) FM BÉRCZES, Dávid (HUN) FM LORSCHEID, Gerd (GER) IM TOUZANE, Olivier (FRA) IM TURZÓ, Attila (HUN)

Hastings Chess Congress

Entries so far include: Barsov, Cherniaev, Efimenko, C Flear, Kiriakov, Hebden, Kotronias, Lalic, McNab, Mirzoeva, Pavlovic, N Pert, B Socko, M Socko, S Williams, The Hastings Chess Congress takes place 28 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 6 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 finalist. Players when knocked out will carry forward their score in the standard play games. Of course White would have been a big advantage. There was an error earlier. The games will be played with White having 70 minutes and Black 90 in which to make the first 40 moves. Then each player will receive an extra 20 minutes for all the moves. There will be an 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 and the BCF GP. The weekend tournament takes place 7-9 January. Full details from Con Power _conpowr@aol.com_ (mailto:conpowr@aol.com) Players seeking conditions should contact _Stewartreuben@aol.com_ (mailto:Stewartreuben@aol.com) website

Official site: http://www.hastingschess.org.uk

International Chess Tournament for Women

International Chess Tournament for Women of the City Of Hyeres (South of France) 26th-30th December 2004.

Further details: http://www.latourhyeroise.com e-mail: bernard.ramazzotti@wanadoo.fr

Hungarian chess tournaments December 2004 - August 2005

1. 25th of Nov.-3rd of Dec., HARKANY, Open Swiss, /250 West from Budapest/, Org: Fulop Csaba, e-mail: fulopcsa@axelero.hu Phone: +(36)- 30-9276900

2. 4th-17th of December, 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, FIDE International Chess Organizer /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/

3. 7th-15th of January 2005, "TAPOLCA" Open, 9 rounds Swiss, Budapest, organizer: Paréj József, home, calling from abroad: +(36)-87-321-950, E-mail for info: firstsat@hu.inter.net

4. 5th-18th of February 2005, FS GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, Org.NL.

5. 5th-18th of March 2005, FS GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, Org. : NL,

6. 18th- 26th of March, "SPRING FESTIVAL" 9 rounds Swiss Open, Budapest, Org.: NL

7. 2nd-15th of April , FS GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, Org: NL:

8. 7th-19th of May, FS GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, org.: NL

9. 20th-28th of May, ZALAKAROS Open, 9 rounds Swiss, (250 km West from Budapest), org: IM Horvath, Tamas, phone: +(36)-20-9777003

10. 21st-31st of May, ELEKES Memorial, GM-IM closed, Budapest, org.IM Zsinka, phone: +(36)-20-921-91-97

11. 4th-16th of June, FS GM-IM-FM, Budapest, Org: NL

12. 18th-26th of June, BALATONLELLE Open + GM-IM closed, 120 km West from Budapest, organizer: IM Rigo, e-mail: me-ri@axelero.hu

13. 2nd-14th of July, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest, org. NL.

14. 23rd- 31st of July, Agria Open /EGER, 100 km North-East from Budapest/, organizer: Rauch Ferenc, e-mail: rauch@freemail.hu

15. 6th-18th of August, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest org.:NL

Dutch Open Blitzchess Championship

The Dutch Open Blitzchess Championship takes place on February 5th 2005 in the Mercure Hotel Dordrecht, The Netherlands. 17 double rounds with 5 minutes per player per game, Swiss system in one group. Prizefund Euro 8.500. First Euro 1.750, Second Euro 1.250, third Euro 1.000. Also several grading prizes. Contact: info@blitzchess.nl

Further details: http://www.blitzchess.nl

8th Afro-Asian Correspondence Championship

All players from Africa and Asia (including Japan , Hong-Kong, Singapore, New Zealand , Australia, Turkey, ...) may apply for the 8th Afro-Asian Correspondence championship (Zonal Championship) . The preliminary stage will start on 15.01.2005 and will be played by ICCF webserver .There is no entry fees required .The number of sections will depend upon the entries number . The application should be sent to : msamraoui@iccf.com not late than 31.12.2004. (supplied by the ICCF zonal director Med Samraoui)

ICCF website is http://www.iccf.com and for ICCFwebchess http://www.iccf-webchess.com

25th Bethune Chess Open

TThe Bethune chess club is celebrating its 25th International Open, venue Olof Palme, Commercial centre La Rotonde, Bethune, France (Pas-de-Calais) 26th-30th December 2004. 7 rounds, the tournament is divided in 2 tournaments : - Tournament A for players whose Elo rating is above or equal to 1600, 1st price : 1500 euros, Fischer pace 1h40+30s/move/40moves then 40min+30s/move to finish the game. - Tournament B for players strictly below 1800, 1st price : 300 euros, pace : 40 moves in 2 hours then 1 hour KO. Minimum 5500 euros of prices (8300 euros given in 2003), prices for Elo categories in both tournaments. Inscription fee : 40 euros (adults), 20 euros (youngsters under 20), free for IM, GM and FIDE Masters. Special conditions for IM and GM, contact the organisers at open@bethunechess.com

Further info: http://www.bethunechess.com

Chess Today 4th Anniversary

Chess Today was 4 on 7th November. Sample: http://www.chesstoday.net/sample_issues.html

Prague Exhibition Matches

There will be exhibition matches Alexei Shirov vs. David Navara and Jan Timman vs Kaido Kulaots in Prague 3rd-4th December 2004. Last year Victor Korchnoi played David Navara.

Live coverage: http://www.promopro.cz/

Iranian Chess

http://www.rokhdarrokh.com launched on 6th September 2004. This website contains articles, news, etc in Persian and English on Iranian Chess.

Czech Tour 2004-2005

4th International Chess Festivals Series

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

7th United Insurance GM

The 7th United Insurance & United Leasing Grandmasters Chess Tournament takes place 2nd-13th February 2005 in the Conference-Room of the National Sports Council 62/3 Purana Paltan Dhaka-1000. Organised by the Bangladesh Chess Federation. 11 round Swiss System with around 40. Total Prize Money US $5000.00 Accommodation & Food : Free for all GM’s & IM’s, only accommodation 2350+ Appearance Money : GM 2500+ US $ 500.00, Some pocket money will given to IM’s Last Date of Entries on or before 5th January to Contact: Syed Shujauddin Ahmed, General Secretary Bangladesh Chess Federation, 2nd Floor, 62/3 Purana Paltan, Dhaka-1000, Fax + Phone: 88 (02) 7169336 , E-mail: bcf@bdonline.com

2nd Ashdod Chess Festival

The 2nd Ashdod Chess Festival takes place 9th-15th December 2004. The Israel International Open Chess Tournament 2004 Prize fund: 70,000 NIS (1$ = 4.5NIS) Organizing Committee: IM Inon Boim, IA Abraham Dorner, Yehuda Frankel, Ori Einhorn, Miki Rozenberg, NA Moshe Slav, GM Dimitry Tyomkin, Benni Hezkia. Format: 9 rounds, Swiss System. The tournament is open to ELO rated players and provides norms possibilities. The inclusion of a number of unrated players will be considered individually. Time limit: 90 min. per game + 30 sec. increment per move. Venue: The sport hall, Makif Zayin School, Haatzmaut St., Ashdod.

Contact The Israel Chess Federation: Tel 972-52-3363731, Fax 972-3-6437630. Additional Information and Conditions for International Players: GM Dima Tyomkin dimatyomkin@hotmail.com

Frank Quisinsky Chess Calendar

Frank Quisinsky has updated his computer chess calendar. Recent events include: Dutch-Open 2004, Diep won France-ch 2004, ChessTiger won Polish-ch 2004, Rzeznik won Australasian NCC-ch 2004, Warp won

Address: http://www.playwitharena.com the CC-Calendar is a selection of Arena Chess GUI webpage

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

Rilton Cup 2004-5

The Rilton Cup takes place 27th December 2004 – 5th January 2005. 22,000 in Euros worth of prizes.

Official site: http://www.stockholmschack.nu/

Cairnhill Chess Festival 2004

The Cairnhill Chess Festival 2004 take place 4th-12th of December 2004 in Singapore. This year's events include the 22nd Cairnhill International Open Chess Championship ‘The Cairnhill’s Cup’ as well as other side events such as Blitz and Rapidplay tournaments.

Website: http://openchess.netfirms.com/

Drammen Chess Festival

The Drammen Chess Festival took place 27th December 2004 - 5th January 2005. Participants include: GM Alexei Shirov ESP 2726 GM Aleksander Khalifman RUS 2669 GM Peter Heine Nielsen DEN 2663 GM Viktor Kortchnoi SUI 2601 GM Simen Agdestein NOR 2589 GM Magnus Carlsen NOR 2581 GM Leif E. Johannessen NOR 2519 GM Antoaneta Stefanova BUL 2523.

Details: http://www.buskerudsjakk.org

Czech Chess Christmas

Czech Chess Christmas 2004 Litomysl (CZE) 26.12.2004-2.1.2005 6th christmas chess FIDE tournament, swiss system of 9 round, rate of game 2 x 1,5h + 30s/move, prize fund 75.000 CZK (1st prize 20.000 CZK = 640 EUR), special conditions for IM, WGM and GM, New Year’s Eve programme. Contact: Agentura 64, Jaroslav Fuksik, 783 73 Grygov 337, tel. +420 585 393 327, fax: +420 585 222 977, mobil: +420 608 364 664, e-mail: a64@proclient.cz, web: http://www.proclient.cz/a64

The Staunton Society Website

The Staunton Society Website is up and running. It features varied material on Staunton, the Staunton Society, the Memorial tournaments, and links to other Staunton related sites.

Site: http://www.howardstaunton.com/

Kings Head Rapidplay

The 29th Kings Head Rapidplay will take place on Saturday 12 March 2005, 6-round Swiss rapidplay (30 minutes), prize fund £650, entry fee £17 > The Porchester Hall Porchester Road Bayswater London W2

Contact: Colin Mackenzie 9 Allan Way Acton London W3 0PW 020 8992 1949 colin.mackenzie@atosorigin.com

Further details: http://www.khcc.org.uk

Miroslav Radojcic Book

Miroslav ("Miro") Radojcic who died in 2000 was one of Yugoslavia's most renowned political journalists for their paper Politika. During the 1960s he worked out of the UN in New York as Politika's foreign correspondent to the US, and later in the 1970s he was assigned the same post for London. But he was also a popular figure in the chess arena, both as a player (he was a Yugoslav National Master) and writer on chess, including a long- running column in the American magazine Chess Review titled,

Bruce Monson bamonson@pcisys.net is writing a book with Yugoslav author Dimitry Bjelica on a book commemorating Radojcic's life and hopes that people who knew Miro will read about this effort on TWIC and contact him with information they may have about him, particularly unusual or funny stories, witty quotes, or other interesting anecdotes.

All those who have something to offer will receive mention in the credits, and those who have substantive material to offer (e.g., extended or multiple narrative accounts, scans of photos and other Radojcic-related memorabilia, etc.) will receive a free copy of the book.

1st ICCF Webchess Open Tournament

The ICCF have announced the 1st WebChess Open Tournament and invites every player worldwide to participate in the event. The event is to be played on the ICCF dedicated Webserver http://www.iccf-webchess.com. This tournament is open to all correspondence chess players worldwide, also for those without any previous ICCF experience. Multiple entries are allowed. The tournament will be played in three stages - preliminaries, semifinal and final.

Details: http://www.iccf-webchess.com/Message.aspx?message=19

Technology for the disabled and Chess

Duif Calvin especially known for being the webmaster of the USCF website for many years writes about chess and disabled life.

Article: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1934

4th AMPLICO AIG LIFE Tournament

The 4th AMPLICO AIG LIFE Rapid Tournament takes place in Warsaw (Poland) played during the 23rd Memorial of Stanislaw Gawlikowski. The tournament is a part of the ACP Tour and will take place on Saturday, December 18th, 2003 and Sunday, December 19th, 2004 in the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw. The prize fund is 15.000 USD. There is a lot of special prizes (for best women, seniors, juniors in different age, players in many rating groups). Among participants we expect many super stars, led by Vassily Ivanchuk.

Further details: http://www.amplicolife.pl/chess or an e-mail to the Tournament Director: Maria Macieja janmac@mg.gov.pl or kspolonia@poczta.pop.pl

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

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

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/

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

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

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.

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

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

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

New York Masters

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

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