THE WEEK IN CHESS 528 20th December 2004 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) Tigran Petrosian Memorial Internet Tournament
3) 4th AMPLICO AIG LIFE Tournament
4) 2nd Ashdod Chess Festival
5) NAO Chess Club GM
6) XVII Memorial Carlos Torre Open
7) Nakamura vs Karjakin Match
8) Marshall Chess Club Championship
9) Chiburdanidze Tournament
10) III Pereyra Memorial
11) Bykova Memorial
12) Dallas Tournament
13) Subotica International
14) 42nd National 'A' Chess Championship
15) First Saturday December
16) Singapore International Chess Convention
17) Voronezh Regional Championship
18) Stek Cup
19) 9th Elgoibar Tournament
20) Bundesliga
21) Harry Nelson Pillsbury Memorial
22) Grand Prix d'Echecs
23) V El Sauzal Open
24) Topalov and Ponomariov out of the ACP
25) Bobby Fischer offered Iceland Residency
26) Forthcoming Events and Links


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Games section

Tigran Petrosian Memorial Internet Tournament   24 games
4th AMPLICO AIG LIFE Tournament                 20 games
2nd Ashdod Chess Festival                        3 games
NAO Chess Club GM                               25 games 
XVII Memorial Carlos Torre Open                 61 games
Nakamura vs Karjakin Match                       2 games
Marshall Chess Club Championship                63 games
Chiburdanidze Tournament                        18 games
III Pereyra Memorial                           100 games
Bykova Memorial                                 30 games
Dallas Tournament                                5 games
Subotica International                          42 games
42nd National 'A' Chess Championship           171 games
First Saturday December                         48 games
Singapore International Chess Convention       308 games
Voronezh Regional Championship                  66 games
Stek Cup                                        66 games
9th Elgoibar Tournament                         45 games
Bundesliga                                     128 games
Grand Prix d'Echecs                              1 game
V El Sauzal Open                               174 games
1400 games

1) Introduction

My thanks to Sergey Abramov, Dmitry V. Borisenkov, Einar S. Einarsson, Silvio Danailov, Luiz Roberto, Nigel Freeman, Olivier Breisacher, Vladica Andrejic, Julio Alberto Gonzalez, Einar S. Einarsson, Stéphane Laborde, Andrei Istratescu, Hirokaz Onoda, P.T..Ummer Koya, Albert Silver, George Mirijanian, Chris Fitzgerald, Vasudevan, Agustín Manrique, Askell Karason, Miklos Orso, Daði Jónsson, Laszlo Nagy, Andy McFarland, Christophe Philippe, Luis Salinas, Argiris Kotsis and everyone else who helped with the issue.

There was a lot of chess played this week. The Tigran Petrosian Memorial Internet tournament is one of the most interesting events of recent times. There have been a number of serious events played over the internet but they have been plagued with a number of problems, not least cheating. However the idea of serious chess played with arbiters and proper time limits with the players in different locations (and eliminating the cost of travel) has not been tried enough in my opinion. The 6 round event has produced some interesting chess and should be tried again.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Tigran Petrosian Memorial Internet Tournament

The Tigran Petrosian Memorial Internet Tournament takes place December 18th-23rd with games starting at 12:00 noon in Paris, 14:00 in St. Petersburg. 15:00 in Yerevan and 19:00 in Beijing. Four boards will face-off each day, as in the Olympiad, with each opponent facing his corresponding board representative. Each country will face each of the other three countries two times for a total of six rounds. Fischer time control will be used (1 hour 30 minutes plus 15 minutes added at move 40; 30 second increments are added after every move). The games will be held on ICC, and broadcast live on http://www.petrosian2004.com/

Official site: http://www.petrosian2004.com/chess2004/index.jsp?id=1

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Petrosian Mem Internet ICC INT (INT), 18-23 xii 2004 
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China 7.5
 1. Ni Hua                  g CHN 2611   2.5  2930 
 2. Bu Xiangzhi             g CHN 2615   2.0  2822 
 3. Zhang Zhong             g CHN 2596   1.5  2634 
 4. Wang Yue                f CHN 2536   1.5  2599 
Russia 7.0
 1. Svidler, Peter          g RUS 2735   2.0  2782 
 2. Zvjaginsev, Vadim       g RUS 2650   2.0  2686 
 3. Khalifman, Alexander    g RUS 2669   1.5  2609 
 4. Dreev, Alexey           g RUS 2698   1.5  2628 
France 6.0 
 1. Nataf, Igor-Alexandre   g FRA 2565   2.0  2715 
 2. Bauer, Christian        g FRA 2622   1.5  2625 
 3. Fressinet, Laurent      g FRA 2640   1.5  2647 
 4. Lautier, Joel           g FRA 2682   1.0  2550 
Armenia 3.5
 1. Sargissian, Gabriel     g ARM 2611   1.5  2629 
 2. Aronian, Levon          g ARM 2675   1.0  2552 
 3. Minasian, Artashes      g ARM 2584   0.5  2310 
 4. Lputian, Smbat G        g ARM 2634   0.5  2376 
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Round 1 (December 18, 2004)

China-France 2-2
Bu Xiangzhi            -  Lautier, Joel          1/2   35  D36  QGD Exchange
Fressinet, Laurent     -  Ni Hua                 0-1  105  B51  Sicilian Rossolimo
Zhang Zhong            -  Bauer, Christian       1/2   28  B01  Centre Counter
Nataf, Igor-Alexandre  -  Wang Yue               1-0   41  B33  Sicilian Sveshnikov

Armenia-Russia 2-2
Aronian, Levon         -  Svidler, Peter         1/2   60  A41  Modern Defence
Dreev, Alexey          -  Lputian, Smbat G       1/2   28  D37  QGD 5.Bf4
Sargissian, Gabriel    -  Khalifman, Alexander   1-0   47  D57  Queens Gambit Lasker's Defence
Zvjaginsev, Vadim      -  Minasian, Artashes     1-0   29  A49  King's Indian Defence /c2-c4

Round 2 (December 19, 2004)

China-Russia 2-2 All games agreed drawn after Chinese connection problems to ICC
Bu Xiangzhi            -  Svidler, Peter         1/2   17  E84  King's Indian Saemisch
Dreev, Alexey          -  Ni Hua                 1/2   14  D15  Slav Defence
Zhang Zhong            -  Khalifman, Alexander   1/2   11  C42  Petroff's Defence
Zvjaginsev, Vadim      -  Wang Yue               1/2   13  A11  Reti Opening

France-Armenia 3-1
Bauer, Christian       -  Sargissian, Gabriel    1-0   16  E04  Catalan
Lautier, Joel          -  Aronian, Levon         1/2   40  E54  Nimzo Indian
Minasian, Artashes     -  Nataf, Igor-Alexandre  1/2   67  B20  Sicilian Wing Gambit
Lputian, Smbat G       -  Fressinet, Laurent     0-1   70  D47  Queens Gambit Meran

Round 3 (December 20, 2004)

China-Armenia 3.5-0.5
Ni Hua                 -  Lputian, Smbat G       1-0   51  C18  French Winawer
Aronian, Levon         -  Bu Xiangzhi            0-1   42  D15  Slav Defence
Wang Yue               -  Minasian, Artashes     1-0   46  A46  Queen's Pawn Opening
Sargissian, Gabriel    -  Zhang Zhong            1/2   28  E15  Queens Indian

Russia-France 3-1
Svidler, Peter         -  Lautier, Joel          1-0   46  B31  Sicilian Rossolimo
Fressinet, Laurent     -  Dreev, Alexey          1/2   24  B19  Caro Kann
Khalifman, Alexander   -  Bauer, Christian       1-0   50  B00  Owen or Nimzowitsch Defence
Nataf, Igor-Alexandre  -  Zvjaginsev, Vadim      1/2   20  B35  Sicilian Defence

3) 4th AMPLICO AIG LIFE Tournament

The 4th AMPLICO AIG LIFE Rapid Tournament took place in Warsaw (Poland) played during the 23rd Memorial of Stanislaw Gawlikowski. The tournament was a part of the ACP Tour and took place on Saturday, December 18th, 2003 and Sunday, December 19th, 2004 in the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw. The prize fund was 15.000 USD. There were 8 rounds of a swiss on day 1 from which the leading players qualified for day 2 whilst the rest of the players continued on. On the second day there were group stages from which the top player went through to the semi-finals and the remaining players were assigned groups to establish their finishing positions. Sergei Movsesian defeated Bartosz Socko in the final.

Although there was extensive live coverage of the event it has been their practice not to make these games available after the event. Hopefully this will change this year. A number of games were preserved by ICC and I put these in the PGN section.

Official site: http://www.amplicolife.pl/chess

Group Stage Sunday 19th November
Group 1               ELO   1  2  3  4 Score Place 
1 Short Nigel D.      2687 XX 1= =0 11 4.0   2 
2 Fedorchuk Sergey A. 2557 0= XX 00 00 0.5   4 
3 Wojtaszek Radoslaw  2536 =1 11 XX 10 4.5   1 
4 Sergeev Vladimir    2441 00 11 01 xX 3.0   3 
                          
Group 2               ELO   1  2  3  4 Score Place 
1 Beliavsky Alexander 2660 XX =1 0= 11 4.0   2 
2 Jakubiec Artur      2565 =0 XX == 1= 3.0   3 
3 Jaracz Pawel        2531 1= == XX 11 4.5   1 
4 Heberla Bartlomiej  2443 00 0= 00 xX 0.5   4 
                          
Group 3               ELO   1  2  3  4 Score Place 
1 Aleksandrov Aleksej 2659 XX 1= =0 01 3.0   3 
2 Socko Bartosz       2570 0= XX 11 01 3.5   1 
3 Balogh Csaba        2527 =1 00 XX 10 2.5   4 
4 Zhigalko Sergei     2473 10 10 01 xX 3.0   2
                          
Group 4               ELO   1  2  3  4 Score Place 
1 Movsesian Sergei    2629 XX 1= 10 1= 4.0   1 
2 Georgiev Kiril      2625 0= XX 1= 1= 3.5   2 
3 Urban Klaudiusz     2520 01 0= XX 11 3.5   3 
4 Conquest Stuart     2488 0= 0= 00 xX 1.0   4 

Group Winners knockout

 Semi-Final              1 2 S  
 Movsesian Sergei   2629 1 1 2    
 Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2536 0 0 0    
         
 Semi-Final              1 2  T S  
 Socko Bartosz      2570 1 0  1 2  
 Jaracz Pawel       2531 0 1  0 1  

 Final                 1 2 S     Place 
 Movsesian Sergei 2629 1 = 1.5   1 
 Socko Bartosz    2570 0 = 0.5   2 
         
 3rd-4th                 1 2 S   Place  
 Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2536 1 1 2   3 
 Jaracz Pawel       2531 0 0 0   4 
         
All-play-all to decide placings         

5th-8th Place         ELO  1 2 3 4 Score Place 
1 Short Nigel D.      2687 X 1 1 = 2.5   5 
2 Georgiev Kiril      2625 0 X 1 = 1.5   7 
3 Zhigalko Sergei     2473 0 0 X 0 0     8 
4 Beliavsky Alexander 2660 = = 1 x 2     6 

9th-12th Place        ELO  1 2 3 4 Score Place
1 Sergeev Vladimir    2441 X 0 0 0 0     12
2 Jakubiec Artur      2565 1 X 1 0 2     10
3 Urban Klaudiusz     2520 1 0 X 0 1     11
4 Aleksandrov Aleksej 2659 1 1 1 x 3      9

13th-16th             ELO  1 2 3 4 Score Place
1 Balogh Csaba        2527 X 1 0 1 2     14
2 Conquest Stuart     2488 0 X 0 0 0     16
3 Fedorchuk Sergey A. 2557 1 1 X 1 3     13
4 Heberla Bartlomiej  2443 0 1 0 x 1     15
        
Final Standings Swiss

 Place  Name                    Feder Loc Id Rtg  Loc  Score M-Buch. Buch. Wins Progr.

   1    Bologan, Viktor         MDA          2669      10.5     93.5 109.0   10   73.0
  2-4   Sakaev, Konstantin      RUS          2669      10       93.5 110.0    8   70.5
        Bartel, Mateusz         POL          2481      10       92.5 108.5    8   70.5
        Czarnota, Pawel         POL   j16    2416      10       84.0  98.5   10   65.0
 5-10   Jakubowski, Krzysztof   POL          2495      9.5      91.0 108.0    9   71.0
        Starostits, Ilmars      LAT          2460      9.5      90.5 107.0    9   68.5
        Mihalcisin, Adrian      SLO          2512      9.5      89.5 105.5    8   69.5
        Macieja, Bartlomiej     POL          2613      9.5      87.5 102.0    9   66.0
        Tseshkovsky, Vitaly     RUS   s60    2577      9.5      86.5 102.0    9   66.5
        Mista, Aleksander       POL          2487      9.5      84.5 100.0    9   63.0
 11-21  Pakleza, Zbigniew       POL   j18    2412      9        91.0 106.5    8   71.0
        Krasenkow, Michal       POL          2676      9        90.0 106.5    7   64.0
        Markowski, Tomasz       POL          2567      9        90.0 105.0    7   65.5
        Polaczek, Richard       BEL          2426      9        89.0 105.0    7   67.5
        Masternak, Grzegorz     POL          2373      9        89.0 104.5    8   66.0
        Volokitin, Andrei       UKR   j18    2652      9        87.5 103.0    8   64.5
        Malaniuk, Vladimir      UKR          2513      9        86.5 101.5    7   63.0
        Fraczek, Daniel         POL   j18    2276      9        84.0  99.0    9   60.0
        Mickiewicz, Piotr       POL          2316      9        83.5  98.0    8   60.5
        Kuraszkiewicz, Michael  GER          2300      9        80.5  94.0    8   59.5
        Barglowski, Filip       POL          2335      9        79.0  93.0    8   60.5
 22-48  Fedorov, Alexei         BLR          2619      8.5      93.5 108.5    7   69.0
        Krysztofiak, Marcin     POL   j18    2410      8.5      93.0 108.5    6   68.5
        Krivonosov, Oleg        LAT          2461      8.5      91.5 108.5    5   68.5
        Kempinski, Robert       POL          2608      8.5      91.0 107.5    7   65.0
        Zezulkin, Jurij         BLR          2547      8.5      90.5 106.5    7   68.0
        Zhigalko, Andrey        BLR          2515      8.5      90.5 105.5    8   69.0
        Bobras, Piotr           POL          2453      8.5      89.5 106.5    6   65.5
        Lagowski, Patryk        POL          2406      8.5      87.5 103.0    7   64.0
        Deszczynski, Adam       POL          2371      8.5      87.0 103.0    6   61.0
        Petkevich, Jusefs       LAT   s60    2436      8.5      87.0 102.5    8   63.0
        Gdanski, Jacek          POL          2546      8.5      86.5 101.0    6   63.0
        Olszewski, Michal       POL   j16    2339      8.5      84.5 100.0    8   61.5
        Kukawski, Maciej        POL   j16    2115      8.5      84.5  99.0    8   62.0
        Jedryczka, Krystian     POL          2334      8.5      83.5  98.0    8   62.5
        Moranda, Wojciech       POL   j16    2458      8.5      83.5  98.0    7   59.0
        Socko, Monika           POL          2439      8.5      83.0  99.0    5   62.0
        Sopur, Lech             POL          2287      8.5      83.0  97.5    8   61.5
        Kuzmicz, Krystian       POL   j18    2371      8.5      83.0  97.5    7   61.0
        Shkapenko, Pavel        RUS          2362      8.5      82.0  97.0    8   58.5
        Myc, Marcin             POL          2293      8.5      81.0  95.5    8   61.0
        Jedynak, Radoslaw       POL          2415      8.5      80.0  95.0    8   60.0
        Filipenko, Alexander V  RUS          2388      8.5      80.0  95.0    7   59.0
        Zielinska, Marta        POL          2395      8.5      79.0  94.0    8   59.5
        Nurkiewicz, Maciej      POL          2406      8.5      79.0  94.0    8   57.5
        Panczyk, Krzysztof      POL          2342      8.5      79.0  93.5    6   59.5
        Kielczewski, Krzysztof  POL          2185      8.5      77.0  90.5    8   54.5
        Czerwonski, Aleksander  POL          2373      8.5      76.5  90.0    7   58.5
389 players

4) 2nd Ashdod Chess Festival

The 2nd Ashdod Chess Festival took place 9th-15th December 2004. The main event was a Category 16 tournament with Israelis Boris Gelfand, Emil Sutovsky, Ilya Smirin and Boris Avrukh. They were joined by Gregory Kaidanov of the USA and Eduardas Rozentalis from Lithuania. Four players finished on 3/5. Smirin took first place on Berger tie-break having been the only player to defeat someone over 50% (Gelfand who thus finished in 4th). Avrukh and Rozentalis finished in joint 2nd.

Official site: http://www.chess.org.il/Ashdod2004/En/Main.htm

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It Ashdod ISR (ISR), 10-15 xii 2004          cat. XVI (2647)
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                                      1 2 3 4 5 6 
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1. Smirin, Ilia           g ISR 2673  * = = 1 = =  3.0  2714 
2. Avrukh, Boris          g ISR 2614  = * = = = 1  3.0  2725 
3. Rozentalis, Eduardas   g LTU 2595  = = * = 1 =  3.0  2729 
4. Gelfand, Boris         g ISR 2693  0 = = * 1 1  3.0  2710 
5. Kaidanov, Gregory S    g USA 2611  = = 0 0 * =  1.5  2505 
6. Sutovsky, Emil         g ISR 2697  = 0 = 0 = *  1.5  2488 
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Round 5 (December 14, 2004)

Avrukh, Boris         -  Gelfand, Boris        1/2   23  E12  Queens Indian Petrosian
Rozentalis, Eduardas  -  Smirin, Ilia          1/2    8  B07  Pirc Defence
Sutovsky, Emil        -  Kaidanov, Gregory S   1/2   47  C48  Four Knights Rubinstein

5) NAO Chess Club GM

The 4th NAO Chess Club GM event takes place 15th-23rd December 2004.

Official site: http://www.nao-cc.com/naocc/index.html

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4th NAO GM Paris FRA (FRA), 15-23 xii 2004                 cat. X (2482)
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                                          1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime   f FRA 2493  * . = . = . 1 . = 1  3.5  2606 
 2. David, Alberto            g LUX 2573  . * . = . = 1 1 = .  3.5  2633 
 3. Dunis, Aurelien           m FRA 2461  = . * = 1 = . . . =  3.0  2549 
 4. Kazhgaleyev, Murtas       g KAZ 2607  . = = * = . = . 1 .  3.0  2572 
 5. Gouliev, Namig            m AZE 2509  = . 0 = * . . 1 . 1  3.0  2543 
 6. Libiszewski, Fabien       m FRA 2419  . = = . . * = 0 = .  2.0  2414 
 7. Maze, Sebastien           m FRA 2464  0 0 . = . = * . . 1  2.0  2418 
 8. Marzolo, Cyril            m FRA 2437  . 0 . . 0 1 . * 1 0  2.0  2399 
 9. Inkiov, Ventzislav        g BUL 2496  = = . 0 . = . 0 * .  1.5  2356 
10. Goldsztejn, Gildas          FRA 2359  0 . = . 0 . 0 1 . *  1.5  2323 
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6) XVII Memorial Carlos Torre Open

The XVII Memorial Carlos Torre Repetto takes place 13th-21st Decemeber 2004. There was an open phase which qualified players for a knockout phase where they were joined by Vassily Ivanchuk. The open continues. Games from the first 5 rounds of the open only are currently available. Delgado Neuris will meet Vassily Ivanchuk in the final.

Official site: http://www.carlostorre.org.mx/

1/8th Final December 17th
 
No.                1   2   3 4   pts.     1/4 Final December 18th
1   VASSILY        1   1           2                    
    IVANCHUK                            
    G.M. 2705 UKR                         No.               1  2  3  4  pts.
16  JESUS          0   0           0       1  VASSILY       =  =  1  1  3
    NOGUEIRAS                                 IVANCHUK
    G.M. 2546 CUB                             G.M. 2705 UKR                      Semifinal December 19th 2004
8   SERGEI         1   =         1.5       8  SERGEI        =  =  0  0  1 
    TIVIAKOV                                  TIVIAKOV                      
    G.M. 2617 NLD                             G.M. 2617 NLD                       No.              1  2  3  4  pts
9   GILBERTO       0   =         0.5                                              1  VASSILY       1  1         2
    HERNANDEZ                                                                        IVANCHUK
    G.M. 2509 MEX                                                                    G.M. 2705 UKR
4   YUNIESKY       = 1           1.5                                              4  YUNIESKY      0  0         0
    QUEZADA                                                                          QUEZADA
    I.M. 2513 CUB                         No.               1  2   3  4  pts.        I.M. 2513 CUB
13  ARYAN ABREU    = 0           0.5      4   YUNIESKY      =  =   1  1  3
                                              QUEZADA
    I.M. 2436 CUB                             I.M. 2513 CUB
5   HOLDEN         1   =         1.5      5   HOLDEN        =  =   0  0  1
    HERNANDEZ                                 HERNANDEZ
    CAMENATE                                  CAMENATE
    I.M. 2473 CUB                             I.M. 2473 CUB
12  WALTER         0   =         0.5
    ARENCIBA
    G.M. 2516 CUB
2   VADIM MILOV    1   0   1 1     3

    G.M. 2683 SUI                         No.               1   2   3  4  pts.
15  JUAN CARLOS    0   1   0 0     1      2   VADIM MILOV   0   =         0.5
    GONZALEZ
    G.M. 2554 CUB                             G.M. 2683 SUI
7   NEURIS         = 1           1.5      7   NEURIS        1   =         1.5 
    DELGADO                                   DELGADO
    G.M. 2554 CUB                             G.M. 2554 CUB                      No.                1   2  3  4  pts
10  JESPER         = 0           0.5                                              7   NEURIS        =   0        0.5
    NORGAARD                                                                          DELGADO
    F.M. 2435 DEN                                                                     G.M. 2554 CUB
3   ALEXANDER      1   =         1.5                                             10   ALEXANDER     =   1        1.5
    GRAF                                                                              GRAF
    G.M. 2646 GER                         No. Nombre        1   2   3  4  pts.        G.M. 2646 GER
14  ROBERTO        0   =         0.5      10  ALEXANDER     0.5 1         1.5
    MARTIN DEL                                GRAF
    CAMPO
    I.M. 2404 MEX                             G.M. 2646 GER
6   SARUNAS        = = 1 =       2.5      6   SARUNAS       0.5 0         0.5
    SULSKIS                                   SULSKIS
    G.M. 2555 LIT                             G.M. 2555 LIT
11  REYNALDO       = = 0 =       1.5
    VERA
    G.M. 2461 CUBA

7) Nakamura vs Karjakin Match

US Champion Hikaru Nakamura beat Ukrainian Sergey Karjakin 4.5-1.5 in a six-game match against in Mexico 9th-14th December 2004.

Official site: http://www.uaem.mx

Nakamura, Hikaru  -  Karjakin, Sergey  1-0   41  C45  Scotch Game
Karjakin, Sergey  -  Nakamura, Hikaru  0-1   60  B01  Centre Counter
Nakamura, Hikaru  -  Karjakin, Sergey  0-1   39  B53  Sicilian Hungarian
Karjakin, Sergey  -  Nakamura, Hikaru  1/2   59  B90  Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Nakamura, Hikaru  -  Karjakin, Sergey  1-0   55  B23  Sicilian Closed
Karjakin, Sergey  -  Nakamura, Hikaru  0-1   57  B90  Sicilian Najdorf Variation

Match Cuernavaca MEX (MEX), 9-15 xii 2004
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                               1   2   3   4   5   6 
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Nakamura, Hikaru g  USA 2620    1   1   0   =   1   1   4.5  2769
Karjakin, Sergey g  UKR 2576    0   0   1   =   0   0   1.5  2427
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8) Marshall Chess Club Championship

The 2004 Edward Lasker Memorial and 88th Annual Marshall Chess Club Championship took place 11th-19th December 2004. Jaan Ehlvest won the event with 7/9.

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

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ch-Marshall CC New York USA (USA), 11-19 xii 2004
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                                          1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 
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 1. Ehlvest, Jaan          g  EST 2631  +18 +16 = 2 = 3 = 4 +10 + 6 = 5 +11  7.0  2567 
 2. Gonzales, Jayson       m  PHI 2422  + 9 +13 = 1 + 5 - 3 = 4 +10 =12 = 6  6.0  2482 
 3. Stripunsky, Alexander  g  USA 2533  + 7 =10 + 6 = 1 + 2 +12 - 5 - 4 +13  6.0  2485 
 4. Fedorowicz, John P     g  USA 2511  =   =12 = 7 +18 = 1 = 2 =   + 3 + 5  6.0  2464 
 5. Sarkar, Justin         m  USA 2386  +14 =   =   - 2 + 7 +13 + 3 = 1 - 4  5.5  2346 
 6. Shevelev, Danny        f  ISR 2299  +17 +11 - 3 =10 -12 +18 - 1 +13 = 2  5.0  2382 
 7. Treger, Effim             USA 2233  - 3 +19 = 4 = 8 - 5 =11 = 9 +17 +20  5.0  2295 
 8. Bonin, Jay R           m  USA 2342  -11 =14 =   = 7 +17 =16 -13 +19 +10  5.0  2174 
 9. Thaler, Michael           USA 2093  - 2 =15 =14 =20 =   =   = 7 +18 +16  5.0  2186 
10. Hess, Robert L            USA 2214  +19 = 3 =12 = 6 +11 - 1 - 2 +16 - 8  4.5  2359 
11. Sena, Juan                DOM 2200  + 8 - 6 =13 +16 -10 = 7 =18 +14 - 1  4.5  2261 
12. Yudasin, Leonid        g  ISR 2547  =   = 4 =10 =13 + 6 - 3 =16 = 2 =    4.5  2249 
13. Pader,Douglas             USA ----  +15 - 2 =11 =12 +14 - 5 + 8 - 6 - 3  4.0  2267 
14. Frumkin, Edward           USA 2069  - 5 = 8 = 9 +19 -13 =20 +   -11 =17  4.0  2093 
15. Ostrovskiy,Anatoli        USA ----  -13 = 9 =17 =   -16 =   =19 =20 +    4.0  2019 
16. Shapiro, Daniel E      f  USA 2264  +20 - 1 =   -11 +15 = 8 =12 -10 - 9  3.5  2145 
17. Logunov, Ilya             RUS 2205  - 6 =18 =15 +   - 8 -19 +20 - 7 =14  3.5  2058 
18. Privman, Boris         f  USA 2302  - 1 =17 +20 - 4 +   - 6 =11 - 9 =19  3.5  2135 
19. Paciulli,Frank            USA ----  -10 - 7 +   -14 =20 +17 =15 - 8 =18  3.5  2071 
20. Szuper,Paul               USA ----  -16 +   -18 = 9 =19 =14 -17 =15 - 7  3.0  2004 
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9) Chiburdanidze Tournament

The Maia Chiburdanidze tournament took place in Tbilisi, Georgia 3rd-14th December 2004. The whole site is in Georgian which is very tricky to get information from. Nana Dzagnidze won the event with 9/11.

Official site: http://www.georgianchess.ge/maia/maia.htm

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It Chiburdanidze Tblisi GEO (GEO), 3-13 xii 2004            cat. III (2323)
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                                         1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Dzagnidze, Nana        wg GEO 2484  * 0 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  9.0  2570 
 2. Khurtsidze, Nino        m GEO 2399  1 * 1 = = 1 = = = 1 1 1  8.5  2526 
 3. Lomineishvili, Maia     m GEO 2429  = 0 * 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0  6.5  2378 
 4. Khukhashvili, Sopiko   wm GEO 2256  = = 1 * 0 1 = = 0 1 = =  6.0  2364 
 5. Charkhalashvili, Inga  wf GEO 2278  0 = 0 1 * 0 = = 1 1 = 1  6.0  2362 
 6. Gvetadze, Sopio        wm GEO 2324  0 0 0 0 1 * = = 1 = = 1  5.0  2286 
 7. Tsereteli, Tamar          GEO 2292  0 = 0 = = = * 1 0 1 = 0  4.5  2260 
 8. Javakhishvili, Lela    wg GEO 2423  0 = 0 = = = 0 * = 0 1 1  4.5  2248 
 9. Khotenashvili, Bela       GEO 2248  0 = 0 1 0 0 1 = * 0 = 1  4.5  2264 
10. Nikoladze, Sopio       wm GEO 2242  0 0 1 0 0 = 0 1 1 * = 0  4.0  2228 
11. Melia, Salome          wm GEO 2326  0 0 0 = = = = 0 = = * 1  4.0  2220 
12. Mikadze, Miranda       wf GEO 2172  0 0 1 = 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 *  3.5  2203 
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10) III Pereyra Memorial

The III Pereyra Memorial took place in Mendoza, Argentina 11th-17th December 2004. 9 rounds, 90 mins + 30 sec per game event. took place 11th-17th December, in Congress University, Mendoza City, Argentina. GM Carlos García Palermo (ARG 2459) took first on tiebreak of a group of 3 finishing on 7.5/9, with IM José Fernando Cubas (PAR 2376) and GM Johan Hellsten (SWE 2564). Tournament directors: Lic. Daniel Pereyra and Jorge Fernández. Arbiters: IA Blas Mariano Pingas, IA Marcelo Hermida and NA Nicolás Ruiz Peyré. News: Julio Alberto González.

Official site: http://www.inforchess.com/pereyra/04Pereyra04.htm

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 1. Garcia Palermo, Carlos   g  ARG 2459  7.5     42.0  54.0    51.0
 2. Cubas, Jose Fernando     m  PAR 2376  7.5     39.5  53.0    49.5
 3. Hellsten, Johan          m  SWE 2564  7.5     37.0  54.0    50.0
 4. Giardelli, Sergio C      m  ARG 2432  7       37.5  49.5    46.5
 5. Liascovich, Lucas        f  ARG 2415  7       36.0  50.5    46.5
 6. Rosito, Jorge            m  ARG 2403  7       35.5  52.5    47.5
 7. Alonso, Salvador         m  ARG 2467  7       35.0  52.5    48.0
 8. Soppe, Guillermo         m  ARG 2433  6.5     36.0  52.0    49.0
 9. Ricardi, Pablo           g  ARG 2548  6.5     36.0  51.0    49.5
10. Salguero, Francisco         ARG 2281  6.5     36.0  45.5    45.5
11. Needleman, Gaston           ARG 2260  6.5     35.5  49.5    47.5
12. Luconi, Cristian            ARG 2258  6.5     33.5  52.5    48.5
13. Goldwaser, Cristian         ARG 2214  6.5     33.0  50.5    47.0
14. Dolezal, Cristian        f  ARG 2410  6.5     32.0  47.0    43.5
15. Fernandez, Jorge            ARG 2266  6.5     31.5  45.5    42.5
16. Panno, Oscar             g  ARG 2482  6       34.5  50.5    49.5
17. Crosa, Martin            m  URU 2400  6       34.5  49.5    46.0
18. Flores, Diego            m  ARG 2480  6       34.0  50.5    47.0
19. Aguilar, Andres             ARG 2256  6       33.0  51.5    47.0
20. Tristan, Leonardo           ARG 2190  6       33.0  47.5    43.5
21. Duarte, Leonardo            ARG 2243  6       32.0  53.5    49.0
22. Lemos, Damian               ARG 2209  6       32.0  47.5    44.5
23. Herrera, Martin             ARG 2360  6       30.5  43.5    42.5
24. Mamani, Hector              CHI 2177  6       30.0  49.0    45.5
25. Abraham,Miguel              ARG ----  6       30.0  44.5    43.0
26. Bernal, Gustavo             ARG 2174  6       30.0  43.5    40.0
27. Mavrich, Leandro            ARG 2110  6       29.0  48.0    44.5
28. Villegas,David              ARG ----  6       27.5  45.0    42.0
29. Ruiz,Roberto                ARG ----  6       27.5  40.5    37.5
30. Mavrich,Demian              ARG ----  6       25.0  40.0    40.0
31. Van Riemsdijk, Herman C  m  BRA 2423  5.5     34.0  53.5    50.5
148 players

11) Bykova Memorial

The Bykova Memorial took place in Vladimir 7th-18th December 2004. Yelena Dembo won the event on tie-break from Tatianoa Kononenko both scoring 7.5/11.

Official site: http://chess.port33.ru/

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Bykova Mem Vladimir RUS (RUS), 9-18 xii 2004                 cat. III (2314)
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 1. Dembo, Yelena            m GRE 2396  * = 1 0 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 =  7.5  2439 
 2. Kononenko, Tatiana      wg UKR 2305  = * 0 = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 =  7.5  2448 
 3. Shaidullina, Sandugach  wg RUS 2308  0 1 * 1 1 = 1 0 1 = 0 =  6.5  2379 
 4. Shadrina, Tatiana       wg RUS 2401  1 = 0 * = 0 0 1 1 = 1 1  6.5  2371 
 5. Pogonina, Natalija      wg RUS 2385  = = 0 = * 1 = = = 1 = =  6.0  2343 
 6. Komiagina, Maria         m RUS 2312  0 0 = 1 0 * = 1 1 0 1 1  6.0  2350 
 7. Kursova, Maria          wm RUS 2315  = 0 0 1 = = * 0 = = 1 1  5.5  2314 
 8. Velikhanli, Firuza      wg AZE 2322  0 = 1 0 = 0 1 * 0 1 0 1  5.0  2277 
 9. Burtasova, Anna         wm RUS 2273  = 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 * 1 = 1  5.0  2281 
10. Sharevich, Anna         wm BLR 2266  0 0 = = 0 1 = 0 0 * = 1  4.0  2216 
11. Bashkite, Viktoria      wm EST 2206  0 0 1 0 = 0 0 1 = = * 0  3.5  2191 
12. Shukurova, Meihriban    wm AZE 2281  = = = 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 *  3.0  2142 
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12) Dallas Tournament

The University of Texas at Dallas hosted a Category X tournament 7th-15th December 2004. The University of Texas At Dallas is in Richardson Texas, a suburb of Dallas. Dr. Timothy Redman is the International Arbiter for the event. Only a limited number of games available although some may become available later. Igor Novikov and Yuri Shulman both finished on 6.5/9.

Official site: http://chessweb.utdallas.edu/

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UTD GM Dallas USA (USA), 7-16 xii 2004                  cat. X (2481)
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 1. Novikov, Igor A        g USA 2588  * = 0 = 1 1 = 1 1 1  6.5  2634 
 2. Shulman, Yuri          g USA 2549  = * = = 0 1 1 1 1 1  6.5  2639 
 3. Moiseenko, Alexander   g UKR 2653  1 = * = = = 1 0 1 1  6.0  2586 
 4. Ramirez, Alejandro     g CRC 2519  = = = * = = 1 1 = 0  5.0  2519 
 5. Simutowe, Amon         m ZAM 2424  0 1 = = * 1 0 = = 1  5.0  2530 
 6. Mahesh Chandran, P     m IND 2482  0 0 = = 0 * 1 1 1 1  5.0  2523 
 7. Vavrak, Peter          m SVK 2388  = 0 0 0 1 0 * = 1 =  3.5  2411 
 8. Kujovic, Michal          SVK 2360  0 0 1 0 = 0 = * 0 1  3.0  2369 
 9. Schneider, Dmitry      m USA 2453  0 0 0 = = 0 0 1 * =  2.5  2317 
10. Fernandez, Daniel      f USA 2391  0 0 0 1 0 0 = 0 = *  2.0  2270 
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13) Subotica International

The Subotica 2004 International Chess Tournament takes place in Subotica, Serbia and Montenegro, December 10-18th, 2004. It is an 11 Round Robin Event. News: Vladica Andrejic and Brindza Istvan.

Further details SCG Chess Federation site: http://www.scgchess.org

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It Subotica SCG (SCG), 10-18 xii 2004                     cat. III (2319)
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                                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Nadj Hedjesi, Balind     SCG 2337  * = 0 1 = 1 1 = = 1 1 =  7.5  2450 
 2. Kizov, Atanas          f MKD 2355  = * = = = 1 = = 1 = = 1  7.0  2418 
 3. Farkas, Tibor          m SCG 2336  1 = * = = 0 = = 1 = = 1  6.5  2382 
 4. Palkovi, Jozsef        m HUN 2426  0 = = * = = = 1 0 1 1 1  6.5  2374 
 5. Jesenski, Tibor        f SCG 2287  = = = = * = = = = 1 = =  6.0  2358 
 6. Mrkonjic, Nenad        m CRO 2354  0 0 1 = = * = = 1 1 1 0  6.0  2352 
 7. Ardeleanu, Alin        m ROM 2391  0 = = = = = * = 1 0 1 1  6.0  2348 
 8. Arbutina, Sinisa         SCG 2259  = = = 0 = = = * = 1 = 0  5.0  2288 
 9. Vidic, Stevan          f SCG 2267  = 0 0 1 = 0 0 = * = = =  4.0  2222 
10. Dumpor, Atif           f BIH 2382  0 = = 0 0 0 1 0 = * = 1  4.0  2211 
11. Pavlik, Goran            SCG 2166  0 = = 0 = 0 0 = = = * 1  4.0  2231 
12. Marjanusic, Vladimir     SCG 2273  = 0 0 0 = 1 0 1 = 0 0 *  3.5  2190 
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14) 42nd National 'A' Chess Championship

The 42nd National 'A' Chess Championship started December 4th in Visakhapatnam. The 19-player saw defending champion Ganguly retain his title under the Koya System tie-break ahead of Chanda Sanidpan both finished on 12/19. Almost all but a few final round 19 games are available. My thanks to Vasudevan

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ch-IND Visakhapatnam IND (IND), 4-16 xii 2004                                cat. VIII (2445)
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                                            1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 
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 1. Ganguly, Surya Shekhar     g IND 2559  * = = 1 0 = = = 1 = = 1 = = 1 1 1 = 1 12.0  2564 
 2. Sandipan, Chanda           g IND 2543  = * = = = = = = = 1 1 = = 1 = = 1 1 1 12.0  2565 
 3. Kunte, Abhijit             g IND 2550  = = * = = = = = = = 1 = = 1 1 = = 1 = 11.0  2519 
 4. Sundararajan, Kidambi      m IND 2476  0 = = * = 0 = = = = 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 = 1 11.0  2523 
 5. Venkatesh, M.R             m IND 2450  1 = = = * = = = = = = 1 1 0 = 1 0 = 1 10.5  2502 
 6. Koneru, Humpy              g IND 2503  = = = 1 = * 0 = 1 = 1 0 = = = = 1 1 0 10.0  2485 
 7. Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi   m IND 2376  = = = = = 1 * = 1 = = 0 = 1 = 1 0 = = 10.0  2492 
 8. Bakre, Tejas               g IND 2491  = = = = = = = * = = = = = = = = 1 = 1 10.0  2485 
 9. Neelotpal, Das             m IND 2458  0 = = = = 0 0 = * 1 = 1 = = = 1 1 = =  9.5  2465 
10. Roktim, Bandyopadhyay      m IND 2345  = 0 = = = = = = 0 * 1 = = = 1 = = = 1  9.5  2472 
11. Barua, Dibyendu            g IND 2525  = 0 0 0 = 0 = = = 0 * = = 1 = = 1 1 1  8.5  2420 
12. Sriram, Jha                m IND 2431  0 = = = 0 1 1 = 0 = = * 0 = = = = = =  8.0  2403 
13. Suvrajit, Saha               IND 2395  = = = 0 0 = = = = = = 1 * = = 0 0 = 1  8.0  2405 
14. Konguvel, Ponnuswamy       m IND 2403  = 0 0 0 1 = 0 = = = 0 = = * 1 = 1 = =  8.0  2404 
15. Deepan, Chakkravarthy J    m IND 2396  0 = 0 0 = = = = = 0 = = = 0 * 1 = 1 1  8.0  2405 
16. Harika, Dronavalli        wg IND 2391  0 = = = 0 = 0 = 0 = = = 1 = 0 * = = =  7.0  2368 
17. Gupta, Abhijeet            f IND 2412  0 0 = 0 1 0 1 0 0 = 0 = 1 0 = = * = 1  7.0  2367 
18. Prathamesh, Sunil Mokal    m IND 2390  = 0 0 = = 0 = = = = 0 = = = 0 = = * =  6.5  2346 
19. Shetty, Rahul              m IND 2369  0 0 = 0 0 1 = 0 = 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 = *  4.5  2256 
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Official Final Standings:
 1. Surya Sekhar Ganguly       12.0  57500
 2. Sandipan Chanda            12.0  57500
 3. Abhijit Kunte              11.0  30500
 4. Sundararajan Kidambi       11.0  30500
 5. M R Venkatesh              10.5  17000
 6. Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury    10.0  9333
 7. Koneru Humpy               10.0  9333
 8. Tejas Bakre                10.0  9333
 9.  Roktim Bandopadhyay        9.5  5500
10. Neelotpal Das               9.5  5500
11. Dibyendu Barua              8.5  5000
12. Sriram Jha                  8.0  1250
13. Suvrajit Saha               8.0  1250
14. P Konguvel                  8.0  1250
15. Deepan Chakkravarthy        8.0  1250
16. Dronavalli Harika           7.0
17. Abhijeet Gupta              7.0
18. Prathmesh Mokal             6.5
19. Rahul Shetty                4.5

15) First Saturday December

The First Saturday December tournaments took place 4th-17th of December 2004. Nguyen Ngoc Truongson won the event with 8/11 half a point clear of Krisztian Szabo.

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

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FSGM December Budapest HUN (HUN), 4-16 xii 2004            cat. VII (2420)
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                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Nguyen Ngoc Truongson   m VIE 2527  * 1 1 = = = 1 = = 1 = 1  8.0  2584 
 2. Szabo, Krisztian          HUN 2394  0 * = = = = 1 1 1 = 1 1  7.5  2554 
 3. Berczes, David          f HUN 2321  0 = * = = = = 1 1 = 1 =  6.5  2493 
 4. Boros, Denes            m HUN 2414  = = = * = 1 = 0 1 = = =  6.0  2456 
 5. Fogarasi, Tibor         g HUN 2425  = = = = * = = = = = = 1  6.0  2455 
 6. Farago, Ivan            g HUN 2455  = = = 0 = * = 1 = = = 1  6.0  2452 
 7. Ilincic, Zlatko         g SCG 2522  0 0 = = = = * = = 1 1 1  6.0  2446 
 8. Starostits, Ilmars      m LAT 2460  = 0 0 1 = 0 = * 0 1 1 1  5.5  2415 
 9. Paschall, William M     m USA 2394  = 0 0 0 = = = 1 * = 1 0  4.5  2356 
10. Gonda, Laszlo           f HUN 2400  0 = = = = = 0 0 = * 1 =  4.5  2356 
11. Horvath, Andras           HUN 2339  = 0 0 = = = 0 0 0 0 * 1  3.0  2251 
12. Karatorossian, David    m ARM 2384  0 0 = = 0 0 0 0 1 = 0 *  2.5  2211 
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FSIM December Budapest HUN (HUN), 4-16 xii 2004           cat. II (2289)
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 1. Szeberenyi, Adam      m HUN 2366  * = 0 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1  8.5  2492 
 2. Pap, Gyula              HUN 2359  = * = = 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 =  8.0  2457 
 3. Howell, David WL      f ENG 2340  1 = * = 0 1 1 = = 1 = 1  7.5  2417 
 4. Werner, Dimo          m GER 2301  0 = = * = 1 1 = = = = =  6.0  2323 
 5. Brustkern, Juergen    f GER 2236  0 0 1 = * 0 = 1 = = = 1  5.5  2293 
 6. Issakainen, Ari         FIN 2230  = 0 0 0 1 * 0 = 1 = = 1  5.0  2258 
 7. Schneider, Veronika     HUN 2263  0 = 0 0 = 1 * = = = 1 =  5.0  2255 
 8. Zaragatski, Ilja        GER 2334  = 0 = = 0 = = * = 1 0 =  4.5  2219 
 9. Lengyel, Bela         m HUN 2335  0 0 = = = 0 = = * = 1 =  4.5  2219 
10. Eperjesi, Laszlo      m HUN 2283  0 = 0 = = = = 0 = * = =  4.0  2187 
11. Solomons, Deon          RSA 2249  0 0 = = = = 0 1 0 = * =  4.0  2190 
12. Fodor, Tamas jr       f HUN 2169  0 = 0 = 0 0 = = = = = *  3.5  2166 
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16) Singapore International Chess Convention

The Singapore Chess Federation and Asean Chess Academy organise the Singapore International Chess Convention 10th-18th December 2004. The Singapore Masters was won by Susanto Megaranto ahead on tie-break from Mark Paragua both finishing on 7/9. The strongest of the Asian Junior events was the Open Under-14 which was won by clearly by Le Quang Liem who was also by far the strongest player. There were Open Under 14, 12, 10 and 8 events and the same for girls.

Official site: http://www.asiayouth2004.com and detailed results: http://schach.wienerzeitung.at/asp/show.htm?id=4266&lan=1

Crosstable (not official order)
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 1. Megaranto, Susanto       m  INA 2439  +22 +27 - 2 +15 = 5 + 4 = 3 +12 + 9  7.0  2662 
 2. Paragua, Mark            m  PHI 2534  +37 +23 + 1 - 3 +33 + 8 = 5 +14 = 4  7.0  2630 
 3. Wu Wenjin                g  CHN 2531  +28 =20 +10 + 2 = 4 = 9 = 1 +17 = 7  6.5  2604 
 4. Zhang Pengxiang          g  CHN 2519  +18 +16 = 8 =12 = 3 - 1 +25 +13 = 2  6.0  2522 
 5. Yu Shaoteng              m  CHN 2517  -31 +40 +28 +11 = 1 =15 = 2 = 6 +16  6.0  2434 
 6. Shen, Siyuan                CHN 2129  -23 +37 =16 +29 =17 =25 +32 = 5 +14  6.0  2439 
 7. Wang Rui                 m  CHN 2484  +33 =15 =13 +32 - 8 =12 +39 +11 = 3  6.0  2455 
 8. Goh Koon-Jong, Jason     f  SIN 2419  +36 +11 = 4 = 9 + 7 - 2 -14 =20 +27  5.5  2491 
 9. Xu Jun                   g  CHN 2589  +25 =10 +24 = 8 =12 = 3 =13 +15 - 1  5.5  2459 
10. Goh Weiming              f  SIN 2353  +34 = 9 - 3 +30 =13 =32 =15 =27 +24  5.5  2418 
11. Sadorra, Julio Catalino  f  PHI 2300  +44 - 8 +46 - 5 =21 +41 +19 - 7 +26  5.5  2361 
12. Tirto                    f  INA 2388  +19 =31 +20 = 4 = 9 = 7 =17 - 1 =15  5.0  2440 
13. Satyapragyan, Swayangsu  m  IND 2370  =40 +21 = 7 =24 =10 +18 = 9 - 4 =22  5.0  2411 
14. Situru, Nathanael        m  INA 2390  =32 =39 =18 +22 =16 +33 + 8 - 2 - 6  5.0  2328 
15. Mok Tze-Meng             f  MAS 2336  +43 = 7 +31 - 1 +24 = 5 =10 - 9 =12  5.0  2413 
16. Mahmud, Syarif           f  INA 2343  +38 - 4 = 6 +41 =14 =19 =27 +21 - 5  5.0  2348 
17. Irwanto, Sadikin         f  INA 2413  +41 -24 =22 +31 = 6 +28 =12 - 3 =19  5.0  2321 
18. Halay, Taufik            f  INA 2264  - 4 +38 =14 =35 +26 -13 +23 =31 =20  5.0  2381 
19. Gokhale, Anupama         wm IND 2188  -12 -30 +45 +36 +22 =16 -11 +25 =17  5.0  2315 
20. Lim Yee-Weng             f  MAS 2346  +47 = 3 -12 =39 -32 +36 +34 = 8 =18  5.0  2319 
21. El Arousy, Abdul Hameed  m  EGY 2388  +46 -13 -33 +40 =11 =31 +28 -16 +36  5.0  2286 
22. Lubis, Endar Sakti          INA 2249  - 1 +45 =17 -14 -19 +42 +41 +39 =13  5.0  2285 
23. Wong Zi Jing             f  MAS 2349  + 6 - 2 =41 =25 -28 +40 -18 =34 +31  4.5  2253 
24. Visweswaran, K              IND 2297  +42 +17 - 9 =13 -15 -39 +33 +32 -10  4.5  2298 
25. Purnama, Tirta Chandra      INA 2286  - 9 +34 =39 =23 +35 = 6 - 4 -19 +40  4.5  2297 
26. Singh, Gurpreetpal          IND 2341  =29 =32 +36 -33 -18 +35 =31 +30 -11  4.5  2242 
27. Petrenko, Svetlana       wg MDA 2323  +45 - 1 -32 +43 =39 +30 =16 =10 - 8  4.5  2242 
28. Ly Hong Nguyen              VIE 2267  - 3 +47 - 5 +42 +23 -17 -21 =29 +39  4.5  2286 
29. Wen Gehua                   CHN 2071  =26 =35 =40 - 6 -31 =44 +47 =28 +43  4.5  2187 
30. Yeo Min-Yang, Evan       f  SIN 2245   .  +19 =35 -10 +38 -27 +37 -26 =34  4.0  2265 
31. Singh, Rishipal S        f  IND 2259  + 5 =12 -15 -17 +29 =21 =26 =18 -23  4.0  2297 
32. Supriyanto, Tommy           INA 2190  =14 =26 +27 - 7 +20 =10 - 6 -24 =37  4.0  2283 
33. Ramu, K                     IND 2258  - 7 +43 +21 +26 - 2 -14 -24 =40 =38  4.0  2258 
34. Rismanto, Ricky             INA 2169  -10 -25 -43 +37 +42 +38 -20 =23 =30  4.0  2174 
35. Simanjuntak, Sebastian   f  INA 2377  =39 =29 =30 =18 -25 -26 -36 +45 +44  4.0  2136 
36. Panggabean, Hasian          INA 2222  - 8 +44 -26 -19 +45 -20 +35 +43 -21  4.0  2187 
37. Setiawan, A                 INA 2275  - 2 - 6 =38 -34 +43 +46 -30 +47 =32  4.0  2123 
38. Iswana, Achyu               INA 2096  -16 -18 =37 +47 -30 -34 +48 +41 =33  4.0  2166 
39. Purba, Cornelis             INA 2181  =35 =14 =25 =20 =27 +24 - 7 -22 -28  3.5  2255 
40. Negi, V. S                  IND 2175  =13 - 5 =29 -21 +44 -23 +46 =33 -25  3.5  2168 
41. Fadli, Zakaria              MAS 2200  -17 +42 =23 -16 +46 -11 -22 -38 +48  3.5  2114 
42. Khor Yu Keat,Andrew         MAS ----  -24 -41 +48 -28 -34 -22 =45 +46 +47  3.5  2065 
43. Aw Wai Onn                  MAS 2009  -15 -33 +34 -27 -37 +48 +44 -36 -29  3.0  2058 
44. Gagarin,Setiawan            INA ----  -11 -36 +47 =46 -40 =29 -43 +48 -35  3.0  2017 
45. Lin, Ailin                  SIN 2002  -27 -22 -19 +48 -36 -47 =42 -35 =46  2.0  1945 
46. Shaw,Robin                  AUS ----  -21 +48 -11 =44 -41 -37 -40 -42 =45  2.0  1928 
47. Yueh Wei Po                 CHN 2127  -20 -28 -44 -38 +48 +45 -29 -37 -42  2.0  1897 
48. BYE                             ----   .  -46 -42 -45 -47 -43 -38 -44 -41  0.0       
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Asian U14 Singapore SIN (SIN), 11-18 xii 2004
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 1. Le Quang Liem                 f  VIE 2329  8.0  51.0  45.75
 2. Tejdeep, Adabala                 IND 2079  6.5  51.0  34.75
 3. Sai, Srinivas                    IND 2237  6.5  50.5  33.75
 4. Toufighi, Homayoon               IRI 2146  6.5  47.5  30.75
 5. Nguyen Viet Chung                VIE 2045  6.0  50.5  30.00
 6. Kasyan, Aleksandr                UZB 2226  5.5  52.0  30.75
 7. Bao Khoa                         VIE ----  5.5  48.0  26.00
 8. Marco Polo,Rosete                PHI ----  5.5  42.5  24.25
 9. Behrmardi Kalantari,Rostam       IRI ----  5.5  42.0  24.00
10. Ton, That Nhu Tung               VIE 2266  5.5  38.5  21.50
11. Lazarus,Ben                      AUS ----  5.5  38.0  22.50
12. Anas, Nazreen Bakri           f  MAS 2107  5.0  49.5  25.00
13. Lee Wei Cheng                    SIN 2054  5.0  47.0  24.00
14. Tan Shihao, Sean                 SIN 2091  5.0  43.5  20.75
15. Teo Wei Xing                         ----  5.0  41.5  23.75
16. Huang, Justin                    AUS 2060  5.0  41.5  20.75
17. Sankalp, Modwal                  IND 2028  5.0  40.0  20.7
43 players

17) Voronezh Regional Championship

The Voronezh Regional Championship took place 3rd-13th December 2004. Vladimir Belikov won the event clearly with 8.5/11 undefeated. My thanks to Dmitry V. Borisenkov.

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Region Champ Voronezh RUS (RUS), 3-13 xii 2004                cat. V (2368)
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                                         1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Belikov, Vladimir        g RUS 2506  * = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1  8.5  2566 
 2. Chuprikov, Dmitry          RUS 2396  = * = = = = = = 1 1 1 1  7.5  2498 
 3. Sergienko, Sergey        m RUS 2433  = = * = = = = 1 = 1 1 1  7.5  2494 
 4. Rodin, Dmitrij             RUS 2421  = = = * = = 1 0 1 1 0 1  6.5  2427 
 5. Chernyshov, Konstantin   g RUS 2569  0 = = = * 0 1 1 0 1 1 1  6.5  2414 
 6. Provotorov, Ivan         f RUS 2334  = = = = 1 * 1 = = 0 0 1  6.0  2406 
 7. Kostin, Alexey           m RUS 2387  = = = 0 0 0 * 1 = = 1 1  5.5  2365 
 8. Severgin, Valentin         RUS 2229  0 = 0 1 0 = 0 * 1 0 1 1  5.0  2344 
 9. Terentiev, Vitaly G        RUS 2355  0 0 = 0 1 = = 0 * 1 = 1  5.0  2332 
10. Raetsky, Alexander       m RUS 2430  0 0 0 0 0 1 = 1 0 * = =  3.5  2228 
11. Lukovnikov, Alexander      RUS 2351  0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 = = * 0  3.0  2194 
12. Skvortsov,Andrey           RUS ----  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 *  1.5  2092 
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18) Stek Cup

The Stek Cup took place in Tula Russia 16th-27th November 2004. Vladimir Afromeev and Maxim Novikov finished on 9.5/11. News: Sergey Abramov.

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

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Stek Cup Tula RUS (RUS), 16-27 xi 2004                    cat. IV (2348)
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                                      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Afromeev, Vladimir    f RUS 2547  * = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1  9.5  2638 
 2. Novikov, Maxim        m RUS 2498  = * = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  9.5  2642 
 3. Yagupov, Igor         g RUS 2509  = = * = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1  9.0  2594 
 4. Zaitsev, Alexander2     RUS 2329  0 = = * = = 1 1 1 1 1 1  8.0  2524 
 5. Shestakov, Sergei       RUS 2342  0 0 0 = * = 1 1 = = 1 1  6.0  2384 
 6. Poletov, Vladimir       RUS 2371  = 0 0 = = * 0 = 1 1 1 1  6.0  2381 
 7. Khanov, Vjacheslav      RUS 2216  0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 1 1 1 1  6.0  2395 
 8. Zhavoronkov, Evgeny     RUS 2279  0 0 = 0 0 = 0 * = 1 1 1  4.5  2288 
 9. Biriukov, Ilja          RUS 2256  0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = * = 1 1  3.5  2222 
10. Kozlov, Mikhail P       RUS 2282  0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 = * 1 1  3.0  2178 
11. Sushkov, Alexey         RUS 2275  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * =  0.5  1884 
12. Gorbunov, Oleg          RUS 2266  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = *  0.5  1884 
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19) 9th Elgoibar Tournament

The 9th Torneo Magistral de Elgoibar (Spain) took place 11th-18th December 2004. Ivan Cheparinov won the event with 7/9 half a point clear of Ruben Felgaer who had the consolation of beating the winner. My thanks to Luiz Roberto.

Official site: http://www.xake.net/

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IX It Elgoibar ESP (ESP), 11-19 xii 2004                          cat. X (2480)
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                                                 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Cheparinov, Ivan                 m BUL 2576  * 0 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1  7.0  2689 
 2. Felgaer, Ruben                   g ARG 2569  1 * = 1 = = 0 1 1 1  6.5  2636 
 3. Mirzoev, Azer                    g AZE 2513  = = * 1 = = = = = 1  5.5  2556 
 4. Flear, Glenn C                   g ENG 2457  = 0 0 * 1 1 1 = = 1  5.5  2562 
 5. Perez Candelario, Manuel         m ESP 2474  0 = = 0 * = = 1 1 1  5.0  2523 
 6. Herraiz Hidalgo, Herminio        m ESP 2474  0 = = 0 = * 1 = = 1  4.5  2480 
 7. Ivanov, Jordan                   m BUL 2395  0 1 = 0 = 0 * = = 1  4.0  2446 
 8. Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario        m ESP 2475  0 0 = = 0 = = * 1 1  4.0  2437 
 9. Saldano, Horacio                 m ARG 2482  0 0 = = 0 = = 0 * =  2.5  2313 
10. Gonzalez de la Torre, Santiago   f ESP 2384  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = *  0.5  2046 
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20) Bundesliga

The 5th and 6th Rounds of the Bundesliga took place 11th-12th December 2004. Games now available.

Official site: http://www.schachbundesliga.de/

 Round 6 Table (Round 7 also almost complete)
 1. SG Porz          7 38,0 14:0 
 2. SC Baden-Oos     7 37,5 14:0
 3. TV Tegernsee     7 35,0 12:2 
 4. SV Werder Bremen 7 34,0 12:2 
 5. Mülheim Nord     6 28,0  9:3 
 6. SC Kreuzberg     7 35,0  8:6 
 7. Hamburger SK     7 31,0  8:6 
 8. SF Katernberg    6 27,0  8:4 
 9. SC Eppingen      7 22,0  6:8
10. SV Wattenscheid  7 26,0  5:9
11. SF Neukölln      7 23,5  4:10
12. SV Hofheim       7 20,5  4:10
13. Erfurter SK      7 25,0  3:11
14. SG Solingen      7 24,5  3:11
15. Stuttgarter SF   7 18,0  0:14
16. Preetzer TSV     7 15,0  0:14

21) Harry Nelson Pillsbury Memorial

George Mirijanian reports: The Harry Nelson Pillsbury Memorial tournament took place 11th-12th December 2004 at the University of Massachusetts-Boston, located in Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA. Tied for 1st-3rd place with 3-1 scores were GM Alexander Ivanov, IM Igor Foygel and FM Braden Bournival, the last of whom upset Ivanov in the first round. FM John Curdo captured 4th place with a 2.5-1.5 tally. A total of 38 players competed in the five-section tourney, which was directed by Robert Messenger and sponsored by the Massachusetts Chess Association. Complete crosstables are available at http://masschess.org

22) Grand Prix d'Echecs

The Grand Prix d'Echecs in d'Aix en Provence tournament took place 8th-11th December. Anatoly Karpov won the event by defeating Andrei Istratescu in the final. Murtas Kazhgaleyev took 3rd place after beating Joel Lautier in a playoff. The game Karpov 1/2 Flear may not be fully correct but Istratescu 1/2 Karpov is now complete and correct.

Round 1 Day 1: Kosteniuk 0-2 Kazhgaleyev, Lautier 2-0 Gouliev.
Round 1 Day 2 Karpov 1.5-0.5 Flear and Istratescu 2-0 Stefanova
Round 2: Istratescu 1.5-0.5 Lautier and Karpov 1.5-0.5 Kazgaleyev
3rd-4th Place Kazhgaleyev 3-2 Lautier
Final Karpov 1.5-0.5 Istratescu

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

23) V El Sauzal Open

The "V Torneo Internacional de El Sauzal" (Tenerife, Spain) saw more than 40 titled players competed 6th-7th November 2004. The winner was GM Emir Dizdarevic from Bosnia. News: Agustín Manrique.

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

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V Open Sauzal ESP (ESP), 6-7 xi 2004
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  1   Dizdarevic, Emir                    BIH   2538 gm  8      57.5   42.0    45.5
  2   Kurajica, Bojan                     BIH   2541 gm  7.5    57.0   39.0    44.5
  3   Malakhatko, Vadim                   UKR   2571 gm  7.5    55.0   39.5    42.5
  4   Moreno Carnero, Javier              ESP   2512 gm  7.5    54.5   38.5    42.5
  5   Strikovic, Aleksa                   SCG   2470 gm  7.5    50.5   38.5    39.0
  6   Gaponenko, Inna                     UKR   2445 im  7      56.5   39.0    45.5
  7   Moskalenko, Viktor                  UKR   2551 gm  7      54.0   35.5    42.0
  8   Damljanovic, Branko                 SCG   2578 gm  7      53.5   37.5    41.5
  9   Meijers, Viesturs                   LET   2465 im  7      53.0   37.5    41.5
 10   Cifuentes, Roberto                  CHI   2540 gm  7      51.0   34.0    39.0
 11   Epishin, Vladimir                   RUS   2599 gm  7      50.0   36.5    41.0
 12   Krivoshey, Sergei                   UKR   2499 im  7      50.0   35.0    39.0
 13   Perez Rodriguez, Luis Manuel        CUB   2430 im  7      47.0   35.0    36.5
 14   Korneev, Oleg                       RUS   2583 gm  6.5    54.0   36.0    42.0
 15   Kalod, Radek                        CZE   2492 im  6.5    53.5   37.0    41.5
 16   Perez Garcia, Rodney                CUB   2422 im  6.5    50.0   35.0    40.0
 17   Milov, Leonid                       UKR   2470 im  6.5    50.0   34.0    38.5
 18   Lalic, Bogdan                       ENG   2515 gm  6.5    48.5   37.5    40.5
 19   Todorcevic, Miodrag                 SCG   2476 gm  6.5    48.5   35.0    40.0
 20   Vidarte Morales, Arturo             PER   2375 im  6.5    47.5   33.5    39.5
 21   Fernandez Manrique, Agustin         ESP   2136     6.5    44.5   32.5    35.0
 22   Rodriguez Guerrero, Enrique         ESP   2433 im  6      56.0   37.0    45.5
 23   Hernandez, Gilberto                 MEX   2509 gm  6      54.0   36.5    43.5
 24   Zlotnik, Boris                      RUS   2424 im  6      54.0   34.0    42.0
 25   Diaz Leon, Richard Josue            VEN   2245     6      52.5   33.0    41.0
 26   Movsziszian, Karen                  ARM   2512 gm  6      51.5   34.0    40.5
 27   Zozulia, Anna                       UKR   2412 wgm 6      51.0   35.0    41.0
 28   Mirzoev, Azer                       AZB   2513 gm  6      50.5   36.0    43.5
 29   Gonzalez Rodriguez, Jorge           COL   2354 im  6      50.0   33.0    39.5
 30   Cabrera, Alexis                     COL   2502 gm  6      47.0   34.0    40.0
 31   De La Cruz Sanchez, Gustavo         ESP   2281     6      47.0   29.5    35.5
 32   Cabrera Trujillo, Jorge Juan        ESP   2009     6      46.0   30.0    36.5
 33   Perera Gonzalez, Pablo              ESP   2211     6      45.5   32.5    37.0
 34   Zambrana, Osvaldo                   BOL   2473 im  6      44.5   32.0    37.5
 35   Medal Paves, Jose Maria             ESP   2095     6      44.5   29.0    33.0
 36   Sanz Alonso, Francisco Javi         ESP   2361 im  6      44.0   30.0    34.5
 37   Rios Parra, Alejandro               COL   2283 im  6      41.5   32.0    35.0
 38   Garcia Rodriguez, Dario             ESP   2156     6      41.5   28.5    33.5
 39   Pinto Henriquez, Rodrigo            ESP   2251     6      41.0   32.0    34.5
 40   Hernandez Izquierdo, Albert         ESP   2081     6      40.0   26.0    33.0
 41   Lopez Pereyra, Antonio              ESP   2140     6      39.5   30.0    33.5
220 players

24) Topalov and Ponomariov out of the ACP

In an open letter to the ACP Board and signed by Ruslan Ponomariov, Veselin Topalov and Silvio Danailov they state "we disagree with the politics and most of the decisions of the ACP Board. Having in mind this, we declare that with this letter we cancel officially our membership in ACP". There is no specific explanation of why this announcement came about but they are significant losses to the membership.

ACP site: http://www.chess-players.org

25) Bobby Fischer offered Iceland Residency

Einar S Einarsson International Affairs Liaison for the Icelandic Chess Federation says they are quite concerned about the fate of former world chess champion Bobby Fischer and have formed a special, the The RJF Committee Iceland in support for his freedom from his detention in Japan. Members of this committee include GM Fridrik Olafsson, former Fide president, and G. Thorarinsson, chief organizer of the Fischer – Spassky match in 1972, Lilja Grétarsdóttir president of ICF and more.

Fischer appeared on Icelandic TV: http://www.visir.is/?PageID=34 Click on 13.12.04 and "Island í dag" (or directly )

On December 15th Bobby Fischer was granted a residence permit in Iceland. The Icelandic Authorities announced that Bobby Fischer is welcomed to Iceland and that Mr. David Oddsson foreign minister has decided at his request to grant him a residence visa. When this news broke 5 members of Bobby Fischers support group were at the Japanese Embassy in Reykjavik, protesting and appealing for his uncondtional relese from detention in Tokyo. Yesterday they visited the US Embassy and today there in an open letter to the US Ambassador in the main newspaper with very sharp criticism and points.

The Icelandic Government granted the request of the Icelandic Chess Federation on humanitarian grounds. The Icelandic ambassador in Japan has been authorised to negotiate with Japanese authoritities on Fischer's release and his move to Iceland.

Further details: http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/16/fischer.japan.reut/

Open Letter which Mr. G. Sverrisson wrote on behalf of the RJF Committee Iceland http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/fischerlet.html

Now Iceland´s foreign minister Mr. David Oddsson, who authorised Bobby Fischers residence visa in Iceland is in complex negotiations with US and Japanese Authorities but the icelanders hope that Fischer will be in Iceland in a couple of weeks.

26) Forthcoming Events and Links

Linares 2005

Confirmed players are Gary Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand, Veselin Topalov, Peter Leko, Michael Adams, they will be joined by either Alexei Shirov or Francisco Vallejo Pons as Spanish representatives and Vladimir Kramnik if he accepts his inviation. The event takes place 24th February - 13th March 2005. [story Marca 27.10.2004 - http://www.marca.com/edicion/noticia/0,2458,552742,00.html] If anyone has more up to date listing than less please let me know.

Last year Marca had the official website: http://www.marca.com/linares/

Bermuda Tournament

The Bermuda Invitational will be held 30th January - 9th February 2005 with the traditional Open following - 10th Feb: Opening Party and Blitz; 11th to 13th, 5 round Open followed by Closing Party. The Invitational will be the strongest yet - Dominguez, Gelfand, Harikrishna, Macieja, Vescovi & Volokitin (exp. 2656 Elo) and several of the invitees have confirmed that they will play in the Open.

Further details: http://www.bermuda.bm/chess

38th Biel International Chess Festival

38th Biel International Chess Festival Dates: 16th-29th July 2005 with, in particular: - the Grandmaster tournament (17th-27th July 2005) - the Accentus Ladies Tournament 17th-27th July 2005) - the active chess tournament (16th and 17th July 2005) - the Master Open (18th-29th July 2005, last round in the morning) - the General Open (20th-29th July 2005, last round in the morning) - the Blitz tournament (23th July 2005)

Further details: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch

3rd Nancy International Festival

The 3rd Nancy (France) International Festival sees several round-robins tournaments (9 rounds / fischer 2 hours per players + 30 sec) by elo which take place 14th-20th February 2005.

Group A will be category 10 with : Bauer 2622 Istratescu 2611 Nijboer 2567 Tirard 2461 Marzolo 2437 Rocha 2431 Wirig 2408 Nezar 2375 Philippe 2371. (one im more than 2520 elo non-FRA-code can contact philippe.chr@free.fr).

Details in french/english/german on http://echiquier.nanceien.free.fr/festival.html

Events in India in 2005

5th Asian Individual Championship

The 5th Asian Individual Chess Championship 2005 takes place in Cochin, Total Prize Fund : US$33000 Arrival : 13/01/2005 Closing : 23/01/2005 Organiser : P.T. Ummer Koya , koya@chessindia.org ; aicf@chessindia.org Website: http://www.chessindia.org

Commonwealth Championships

The Commonwealth Chess Championships for Men, Women, Boys & Girls incorporating An International Open Chess Tournament TOtal Prize Fund: US$12000 ARRIVAL : 27/02/2005 CLOSING : 09/03/2005 Organiser : Rajastan State Chess Association Contact : aicf@chessindia.org ; slharsh2000@yahoo.co.uk Website: http://www.chessindia.org

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister's International Open

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister's International Open Chess Tournament, Raipur Total Prize Fund : Us$12000 Arrival : 10/03/2005 Closing : 20/03/2005 Organiser : Hotel Babylon, Vip Road, Raipur, India. Contact : aicf@chessindia.org ; vkrathi_aicf@rediffmail.com Website : Website: http://www.chessindia.org

Barcelona Open

GM Ivan Cheparinov won the Open Internacional Ciutat de Barcelona. No games.

Official site: http://www.ajedreznd.com/2004/ciutatgran.html

Linsborg FIDE Norm tournament

Mikhail Korenman, is holding a Linsborg, KS. FIDE Norm tournament, Dec 17th-22nd 2004 and a follow up Knockout (with many GM's, IM's FM's) Dec 23rd-25th 2005. Then the Pan Am games in Wichita. December 27th-30th 2004. The top six boards will be shown at: http://www.ruschess.com/cbp/1.html

Blitz Russian Federation Open Internet Cup

The Blitz Russian Federation Open Internet Cup Superfinal starts on December 28, 2004 at the Chess Assistant Club playing zone http://www.ChessAssistantClub.com. Many top chess players all over the world will participate. All the games of the tournament will be presented with online commentary

Hamarat Challenge Match

The ICCF World Champion Tunc Hamarat (AUT) who has never lost a single game with White, has challenged the "Rest of the World" to a friendly 2-game match. He will have White in both games. The games (one will start with 1.e4 and one with 1.d4) will be played on the ICCF Webserver and started on 10th February 2005 with the rule "10 moves/70 days".

The players on the "Rest of the World" team will vote on each move. The move receiving the most votes will be selected. Should 2 or more moves receive the same number of votes, the "Rest of the World" will be given 2 more voting days to decide between the tied moves. Participation in this event is open to all players who pay an entry fee of 5 EUR or $7.00 US dollars via their National CC Federation or the ICCF Direct Entry (DE) option. All fees collected will be transferred to the ICCF Development Fund. The money will be used primarily for development and system support of the ICCF WebChess Server. It will be possible to join the "Rest of the World" team at any stage of the game.

The games may be seen "live" by all players and other observers at http://www.iccf-webchess.com

Each player who voted for the selected move will receive 1 point per move. The player(s) with the most points at the end of the games will receive an ICCF Gold Book. The list of all entrants will be published on the ICCF webpage.

Asian Women's Championship

The Asian Women's Championships took place in the Lebanon.

Leading Final Standings: 1-Wang Yu (6.5) 2-S Meenakshi (6) 3-Ju Wenjun (6) 4-S Vijayalakshmi (6) 5-Shen Yang (5.5) 6-Tania Sachdev (5.5) 7-Z Jilin (5.5) 8-Eesha Karavade (5.5). PTI

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

Zone 3.1

Zone 3.1 Individual Championship for Men & Women 2004 takes place in Beirut - Lebanon, December 13th- 22nd 2004.

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

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) :The 1st prize is :3000 euros The 2nd prize is 1500 euros and 3 to 10: 1000 euros. Registration by templeurjcs@club-internet.fr

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

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

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

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/

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

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

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

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

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/

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/