THE WEEK IN CHESS 540 14th March 2005 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) Linares 2005
3) Kasparov Announces Retirement
4) Leko Adams Rapid Match
5) Russian Under-20 Championships
6) Mediterranean Flower Tournament
7) Mercantile Bank 31st Bangladesh Championship
8) Belgian Teams 2004-05
9) Finnish Team Championship
10) 37th Belgrade Women's International
11) Torneo Mayor Santiago
12) Sozina 2005
13) Acropolis 2005
14) First Saturday March
15) 2nd Enerpac Match
16) 3rd Badalona International
17) 6th Wellington College International
18) 14th Eastern Class Championships
19) 123rd Varsity Match
20) TWIC Theory
21) Forthcoming Events and Links


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Games section

Linares 2005                                 9 games
Russian Under-20 Championships             132 games
Mediterranean Flower Tournament             40 games
Bangladesh Championship                     57 games
Belgian Teams 2004-05                        8 games
Finnish Team Championship                  352 games
37th Belgrade Women's International         35 games
Torneo Mayor Santiago                      109 games
Sozina 2005                                201 games
Acropolis 2005                             376 games
First Saturday February                    111 games
2nd Enerpac Match                            4 games
3rd Badalona International                  25 games
6th Wellington College International         8 games
123rd Varsity Match                          1 game
1468 games

1) Introduction

My thanks to Haroon Rashid, Kristianus Liem, Miklos Orso, Henri Koskinen, Zsuzsa Veroci, Vladica Andrejic, Jindra Kollerov, Ray Clark, Steve Laios, Alexey Mazurok, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Argiris Kotsis, Jorge Egger, John Saunders, George Mirijanian, Michiel Abeln and everyone else who helped with the issue.

The Linares tournament concluded on Thursday. There was an exciting finish with Vesselin Topalov catching Garry Kasparov's score in the final round (although Kasparov already knew he had won the tournament on tie-break). What followed came as a shock, at least at first. Garry Kasparov announced his retirement from chess. He said he'd planned this for some time and was determined to finish with his performances in the Russian Championship and Linares (although curiously he has since said he didn't prepare that well) proving he was still at the very top. Kasparov cited lack of goals as his reason plus increasing interests away from the board. I'm sure the idea of just playing Linares every year having won there so many times started to look unappealing and he wants to give something else a try. Kasparov's achievements will be well known to anyone who reads this magazine but the quality of his tournament (Karpov has the numbers game wrapped up) victories and the tough matches against Karpov and Anand will make him a legend forever in the game. His loss to Deep Blue made him famous to a wider public, especially in the states. The best ever? Probably, it depends how you measure these things, but by almost every measure, yes.

Kasparov has accused Kramnik of avoiding a rematch, the last target he had. Kasparov couldn't get a stable world title cycle going for the almost 10 years he tried, I don't think its fair to demand an immediate solution from Kramnik who says his aim is for a qualification system that will last. Nothing he's done has departed from that. Kasparov also refused to play in the Dortmund qualifier in 2002, an event he would have been strong favourite to win, even if he didn't like the format, the venue or the fact he had to qualify at all. He had the opportunity to write a rematch clause into the original match contract with Kramnik if he had wanted, he didn't, and to say he did Kramnik a favour by giving him the match is disingenuous, Kasparov needed a credible opponent and given Kramnik's match record at the time, I don't think he expected to lose. Finally if Kasparov's intention had been to retire after regaining the title, I don't think that would have been for the good of the game at all.

Anybody who followed Kasparov was probably going to look pale in comparison, but there is no doubt that the standard of Kramnik's chess is well below Kasparov as champion and indeed well below that which he promised when he first came on the scene. Its not that he's played terribly, just that its all been a bit worthy and cautious. Hopefully he will be able to step out of start to show some of the fire his predecessor had, but not all periods of chess history have been that exciting and we may be going through one of those.

Kasparov plans new books, new projects and most of all he wants to form an effective opposition to Vladimir Putin in Russia. In retrospect, its obvious these things were already taking over his life. Although slightly more active over the board recently, he's been a part time professional for some time. In some ways its been a miracle he's kept his standards and motivation going this long. I expect Kasparov to make headlines and give his political ambitions a real try, but I don't really see him as someone in political power in the long term, and as he himself acknowledges it may not even be possible to oppose Putin in any effective way. So whilst I'm sure he's completely sincere about retirement, I think this is going to end up being a break from chess, a little like Capablanca had between 1930-34, rather than the last we'll see of him. A break would allow him to concentrate on other interests and effectively put a line under his career so far. A return after some time would probably give him the fresh challenge he isn't getting at the moment. Who knows what the chess scene will be like in a few years. We'll have to see, he won't be getting an "I told you so" from me if it happens just relief we haven't seen the last of him because it would be a terrible waste if we don't.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Linares 2005

Garry Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand, Veselin Topalov, Peter Leko, Michael Adams, Francisco Vallejo Pons and Rustam Kasimdzhanov will be the 7 players at this year's event. The event takes place 22nd February - 10th March 2005. Round 1 Wednesday February 23rd 2005. For the first time most if not all the money for the players is in the prizefund instead of in appearance fees. Prizes: 1º 100.000 € ; 2º 75.000 € ; 3º 50.000 € ; 4º 25.000 € ; 5º 20.000 € ; 6º 15.000 € et 7º 12.500 €. Rest days March 1st and 7th 2005.

Garry Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand, Veselin Topalov, Peter Leko, Michael Adams, Francisco Vallejo Pons and Rustam Kasimdzhanov were the 7 players at this year's event. The event took place 22nd February - 10th March 2005. Round 1 Wednesday February 23rd 2005. Rest days March 1st and 7th 2005.

Garry Kasparov took first place on tie-break (most wins with black) from Vesselin Topalov. Both finished on 8/12. Kasparov had a fantastic tournament, recognisably back to his best but the final round loss to Topalov certainly took some of the shine off the victory. Topalov would have won the event using normal tie-breaks like Sonnen-berger as he won their mini-match of two games. Both were ruthless against the struggling Adams, Kasimdzhanov and Vallejo. Viswanathan Anand fell away at the end getting into a lost position against Vallejo and then losing in the final round to Adams. The only undefeated player was Peter Leko but he didn't win any games either and after his win in Wijk aan Zee this was a disappointing result, he almost passed unnoticed like a ghost through the event playing very few games of any interest. He saved a lost position against Topalov in round 4. Michael Adams seemed well prepared for the event but sadly out of form for the most part. He created but didn't exploit a number of chances and would probably have been glad to get out of the event on -1 after a final round win against Anand. Francisco Vallejo Pons has made rating points on the previous occasions he's played in Linares, this year he struggled. Rustam Kasimdzhanov started the event with six straight draws showing the resourcefulness and solidity that took him to the FIDE crown but the stress of being in trouble almost every round caught up with him and he made only two further draws.

The event again showed up the difficulty of getting wins amongst the elite. There were only two decisive results amongst the top four players and one of those, Kasparov's loss in the final round, looked drawn for a long time. Kasparov and Topalov showed how it is possible for stronger players to beat the weaker and struggling players. Kasparov scored 5.5/6 and Topalov 5/6 against the bottom end. Anand and especially Leko didn't create anything like the same level of problems for these same players.

Official sites: http://www.ajedrezenlinares.com/XXII_ciudad_linares.htm and http://www.marca.com/ajedrez/linares05/index.html

Round 12 (March 8, 2005)

Topalov, Veselin         -  Kasimdzhanov, Rustam     1-0   32  D31  Semi-Slav Defence
Anand, Viswanathan       -  Vallejo Pons, Francisco  1/2   67  A30  English Symmetrical
Adams, Michael           -  Kasparov, Garry          0-1   26  B90  Sicilian Najdorf Variation

Round 13 (March 9, 2005)

Kasparov, Garry          -  Anand, Viswanathan       1/2   22  C42  Petroff's Defence
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam     -  Leko, Peter              1/2   24  B31  Sicilian Rossolimo
Vallejo Pons, Francisco  -  Topalov, Veselin         0-1   38  D37  QGD 5.Bf4

Round 14 (March 10, 2005)

Topalov, Veselin         -  Kasparov, Garry          1-0   30  B30  Sicilian Rossolimo
Anand, Viswanathan       -  Adams, Michael           0-1   52  E15  Queens Indian
Leko, Peter              -  Vallejo Pons, Francisco  1/2   67  B32  Sicilian Labourdonnais

XXII SuperGM Linares ESP (ESP), 23 ii-17 iii 2005      cat. XX (2743)
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                                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7 
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1 Kasparov, Garry          g RUS 2804 ** =0 == == 11 11 =1  8.0  2857
2 Topalov, Veselin         g BUL 2757 =1 ** 0= == 1= 11 =1  8.0  2865
3 Anand, Viswanathan       g IND 2786 == 1= ** == =0 == =1  6.5  2764
4 Leko, Peter              g HUN 2749 == == == ** == == ==  6.0  2742
5 Adams, Michael           g ENG 2741 00 0= =1 == ** 1= ==  5.5  2714
6 Vallejo Pons, Francisco  g ESP 2686 00 00 == == 0= ** =1  4.0  2627
7 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam     g UZB 2678 =0 =0 =0 == == =0 **  4.0  2628
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Kasparov won the event on the second tie-break from Topalov. 
Games won were equal, the second tie-break was number of 
wins with black.

3) Kasparov Announces Retirement

Michiel Abeln reported for TWIC on the spot in Linares. After the final round he had a final thing to report, the announcement of Kasparov's retirement.

The big news today was the start of Kasparov’s press conference where he made this announcement.

Linares 2005 was his last professional tournament and today was his last professional game. He might still play some rapid chess, but just for fun. There is nothing more to achieve, he does not see any reunification coming and there no goals left.

Kasparov had planned to make this statement tomorrow at the closing ceremony but after his loss today he wanted the big words out right away.

He wanted to leave in style and not the way he was playing 6 months ago. He wanted to leave in style and prove to himself he plays better than the others. That he has proven here in Linares, today had little to do with level of the other games, he just collapsed under pressure that it was his last game.

Besides that there is nothing left to prove in the chess world, the mess of the last two years also added bit by bit to his decision. Everyone was happy when he was denied a chance to be in the world championship again. He did not hear a voice of support for him, while he still hears support for Ponomariov. After the Prague agreement there were regular disappointments for him and people were putting their own agenda first for their own good and at the expense of him. He does not want to press anyone, just live his own life now. It was a difficult process to come to this decision. He needs reasons to be so determined in his game and he is missing that now. He has not lost his passion for the game, so he will still play some chess for fun and a lot of writing. Besides Predecessors, there will be a new book at the end of the year, "How life imitates chess". This book explains how decision-making in chess can help in daily life decision-making. The book is very important to him and for a broader audience.

He will be back in Linares as a guest of honour. He feels he has been part of a growing community here. The first time here 15 years ago the city ended at the back of the hotel and now it is so much bigger.

He will spend some time on Russian politics as he believes every decent person has to oppose to the dictator Putin.

The chess world is in big crisis and he does not see any player that can make an impact like Fischer or himself. There are players like Karjakin or Carlsen but it is still too early to say anything for sure about them. The chess world needs some outstanding measures to be taken to get better again. He hopes that his departure will help in this aspect. He has taken his responsibility for his mistakes, unlike others that make up excuses and shift responsibility. He recognizes his failures and maybe because he plays such great games he is not so good at the organization part.

The first time he thought about leaving was after Dubai got cancelled, he felt he did not belong to this chess world anymore. He wanted to leave earlier, but he had accepted Linares already so for example when he wrote the letter during Corus he could not quit yet.

He felt the tournament was over after the nice win over Adams. He had no energy to fight Anand, and with that draw he realized that because of the tie-break he had clinched the trophy already. This may have been the reason for his bad play today. It was very tough to play here anyway, as every game in the second half was the last one. It was like a rocket launch, with a count down to zero. Everyday he was afraid to make a big blunder. Only today did he not think about it, and so it happened today.

He feels his best games ever are against Karpov in 1985, game 20 and in 1987 game 24 and probably the best of all his games, the one against Topalov in Corus. In Linares he thinks he has played 168 games and lost 7 and won a lot more. He enjoys watching the pictures of the previous tournaments in the hotel lobby, seeing himself and Vishy with long black hair back in the old days.

Further info:

ChessBase: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2258

Kasparov retirement interview in the Guardian 14th March 2005: http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0,2763,1436951,00.html

Kasparov interview with Yuri Vasiliev in Sport Express 14th March 2005: http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/kasvas14mar.html

4) Leko Adams Rapid Match

There will be a rapid match between Peter Leko and Michael Adams in Miskolc, in Hungary. The Main Patron of the Match will be the Mayor of the City Of Miskolc Sandor Kali. The match will take place 1st-5th June 2005, 31st arriving, 1st evening the Opening Ceremony and drawing of lots, 2-5 playing days, two games per day 25 minutes + 5 seconds per move.

About the city: http://www.miskolc.hu, or about the County Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen http://www.baz.hu.

News: Zsuzsa Veroci.

5) Russian Under-20 Championships

The Russian Under-20 Championship took plce in Nojabrsk 2nd-12th March 2005. Artyom Timofeev won the boys event and Natalija Pogonina the girls with 8.5/11.

Official site: http://www.russiachess.ru

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ch-RUS u20 Nojabrsk RUS (RUS), 2-12 iii 2005                cat. XI (2521)
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                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Timofeev, Artyom        g RUS 2619  * 1 = = 1 1 = = 1 = 1 1  8.5  2722 
 2. Alekseev, Evgeny        g RUS 2605  0 * 1 1 = 1 1 = = 1 = 1  8.0  2688 
 3. Riazantsev, Alexander   g RUS 2596  = 0 * = = 1 1 = = = = 1  6.5  2578 
 4. Tomashevsky, Evgeny     m RUS 2540  = 0 = * = 1 = 1 = 0 1 =  6.0  2554 
 5. Kurnosov, Igor          g RUS 2538  0 = = = * 0 = = 1 = 1 1  6.0  2555 
 6. Novikov, Stanislav      g RUS 2514  0 0 0 0 1 * 1 = 1 1 = =  5.5  2521 
 7. Iljin, Artem            m RUS 2482  = 0 0 = = 0 * = 1 = 1 1  5.5  2524 
 8. Khairullin, Ildar       m RUS 2507  = = = 0 = = = * = = 0 1  5.0  2485 
 9. Nepomniachtchi, Ian     m RUS 2483  0 = = = 0 0 0 = * 1 1 1  5.0  2488 
10. Andreikin, Dmitry       m RUS 2472  = 0 = 1 = 0 = = 0 * = 0  4.0  2423 
11. Popov, Ivan RUS         m RUS 2476  0 = = 0 0 = 0 1 0 = * =  3.5  2391 
12. Kuznetsov, Viktor2      f RUS 2416  0 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 1 = *  2.5  2319 
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ch-RUS u20g Nojabrsk RUS (RUS), 2-12 iii 2005              cat. II (2289)
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                                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Pogonina, Natalija   wg RUS 2362  * 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 1  8.5  2492 
 2. Guseva, Marina          RUS 2261  1 * 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 = = 1  8.0  2466 
 3. Gunina, Valentina    wf RUS 2342  0 1 * = 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 1  8.0  2458 
 4. Vasilevich, Irina    wm RUS 2292  1 0 = * 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 1  8.0  2463 
 5. Fominykh, Maria      wf RUS 2282  0 0 1 1 * 0 0 1 1 = 1 1  6.5  2354 
 6. Chistiakova, Tamara  wf RUS 2310  0 0 0 = 1 * = = 1 = 1 1  6.0  2322 
 7. Kursova, Maria       wm RUS 2308  0 1 0 0 1 = * = 0 1 = 1  5.5  2286 
 8. Hasanova, Elmira     wm RUS 2265  0 0 = 0 0 = = * = 1 1 1  5.0  2254 
 9. Nazarova, Alexandra  wm RUS 2303  0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = * = 1 =  3.5  2154 
10. Tairova, Elena       wf RUS 2277  0 = 0 0 = = 0 0 = * = =  3.0  2114 
11. Nebolsina, Vera      wm RUS 2284  = = 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = * 1  3.0  2113 
12. Dzhabrailova, Inara     RUS 2176  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 *  1.0  1915 
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6) Mediterranean Flower Tournament

Chess Club DRAGA Rijeka organised the Mediterranean Flower Tournament a WGM event 5th-12th March 2005. Regina Pokorna won the event with 6/59/ News: Eduard Piacun.

Official site: http://sah.posluh.hr/skdraga/cvmed5.htm

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Mediterranean Flower WGM Rijeka CRO (CRO), 5-12 iii 2005
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                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Pokorna, Regina       wg SVK 2374  * = 1 0 1 1 = = 1 1  6.5  2387 
 2. Ionica, Iulia-Ionela  wm ROM 2240  = * = 1 = 0 = 1 1 =  5.5  2316 
 3. Sargac, Rajna         wm CRO 2208  0 = * = = 1 1 = 1 =  5.5  2319 
 4. Medic, Mirjana        wg CRO 2245  1 0 = * = 1 = = = =  5.0  2278 
 5. Bogza, Adina-Maria    wg ROM 2272  0 = = = * 0 = 1 1 1  5.0  2275 
 6. Srebrnic, Ana         wm SLO 2226  0 1 0 0 1 * = = = 1  4.5  2237 
 7. Grabics, Monika       wg HUN 2326  = = 0 = = = * 0 1 1  4.5  2226 
 8. Macek, Vlasta         wm CRO 2214  = 0 = = 0 = 1 * 0 1  4.0  2196 
 9. Pahor, Andrea            CRO 2067  0 0 0 = 0 = 0 1 * =  2.5  2089 
10. Franciskovic, Borka   wf CRO 2193  0 = = = 0 0 0 0 = *  2.0  2021 
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7) Mercantile Bank 31st Bangladesh Championship

The Mercantile Bank 31st Bangladesh National Chess Championship 2005 took place in Dhaka 25th February - 11th March 2005. Ziaur Rahman won the event with an amazing 12/13. News: Haroon I.A. Chief Arbiter.

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31st ch-BAN Dhaka BAN (BAN), 25 ii-10 iii 2005                  cat. II (2299)
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                                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 
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 1. Rahman, Ziaur          g BAN 2523  * 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 12.0  2682 
 2. Reefat, Bin-Sattar     m BAN 2462  0 * = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 = 1  9.5  2460 
 3. Abdulla, Al-Rakib      m BAN 2454  0 = * 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1  9.0  2427 
 4. Murshed, Niaz          g BAN 2479  = = 1 * 0 = 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1  8.5  2394 
 5. Hossain, Enamul        m BAN 2434  0 0 = 1 * = = = 1 1 1 = 1 1  8.5  2398 
 6. Islam, Kh. Aminul      f BAN 2287  0 = 0 = = * 1 = 0 1 1 = = 1  7.0  2328 
 7. Hasan, Mehdi             BAN 2282  0 0 0 1 = 0 * = 1 0 1 1 1 =  6.5  2299 
 8. Abu Sufian, Sakil      f BAN 2270  0 = 0 1 = = = * 0 = 0 = 1 0  5.0  2213 
 9. Rahman, S. Manfuzur      BAN 2210  0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 * 0 1 1 = =  5.0  2218 
10. Haque, Rezaul          f BAN 2175  = 0 0 0 0 0 1 = 1 * 0 0 1 =  4.5  2198 
11. Hasan Md, Emam           BAN 2121  0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 * 0 1 =  4.5  2202 
12. Ahmed, Mainuddin         BAN 2143  0 0 0 0 = = 0 = 0 1 1 * 0 1  4.5  2200 
13. Uten                     BAN 2141  0 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 1 * 1  3.5  2135 
14. Islam, Aminul Polash     BAN 2198  0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 = = = 0 0 *  3.0  2095 
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8) Belgian Teams 2004-05

SK47 Eynatten 1 have become Belgian Teams Champions 2004-5. Eynatten 1 have wrapped up the competition but there are other issues still a stake. News: Steve Laios.

Missing games from round 09 :
match Leuven - Gent (8 games)

Round 10 : 06.03.2005
1.Eynatten 2 - Gent       : 6.5-1.5 (with 2 default)
2.Eynatten 1 - Leuven     : 6.5-1.5
3.Charleroi - Temse 2     : 3.5-4.5
4.Liège - Brugge          : 5.0-3.0
5.Borgerhout - Temse 1    : 4.5-3.5
6.Jean Jaurès  - Rochade  : 1.0-7.0
games next week

Standings after round 10.
Teams      Pts    M.P
  1. SK47.Eynatten 1 : 62.5  10   (qualified for EUR-Cup)
  2. Rochade  Eupen  : 46.0  5.5  (between Rochade - Liège and)
  3. CRE Liège EL    : 45.0  7    (Temse2 for the 2d & 3rd place)
  4. Boey Temse 2    : 44.5  7.5  (for EUR-cup qualification)
  5. SK47.Eynatten 2 : 42.5  6
  6. K Brugge SK     : 40.0  5.5 
  7. K Gent SRL      : 38.0  6
  8. CRE Charleroi   : 38.0  3
  9. Boey Temse  1   : 33.5  2.5
10. Borgerhout       : 32.5  2.5
11. Jean  Jaurès     : 31.0  4
12. LV Leuven        : 26.5  0.5

9) Finnish Team Championship

Henri Koskinen reports: The Finnish Team Championship was decided last weekend. Jyväskylä managed to win by the slightest margin, Matinkylä had egual points and goal-difference but lost because of less individual wins. Jyväskylä's 1st board GM Kaido Kulaots made an impressive 8/9! Turku got bronze and defending champion Gaia had to settle for forth place. 352 games included (8 missing/1 match),

Games, individual results etc. can be found on the website: http://www.shakki.net/pelaaminen/turnaukset/liiga.html

Final results
 1. JyS, Jyväskylä    16  +25 (40-15)
 2. MatSK, Espoo      16  +25 (35-10)
 3. TuTS, Turku       13
 4. Gaia, Helsinki    10
 5. EtVaS, Vantaa      9  +1
 6. JoeSK, Joensuu     9  -7
 7. TaSY, Tampere      6
 8. Taraus, Tampere    4  -13
 9. HSK, Helsinki      4  -19
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10. SalSK, Salo        3

10) 37th Belgrade Women's International

The Belgrade Chess Association organises the traditional 37th Women International Grandmaster "March 8th" Chess Tournament 6th-14th March 2005 in Belgrade.

Websites: http://www.beochess.org.yu (Belgrade Chess Association) http://www.scgchess.org (Serbia and Montenegro Chess Federation)

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37th Women's It Belgrade SCG (SCG), 6-14 iii 2005
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                                            1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Chelushkina, Irina        wg SCG 2369  * . = 1 1 = = 0 1 1  5.5  2362 
 2. Olarasu, Gabriela         wg ROM 2327  . * = = 0 = 1 1 1 1  5.5  2362 
 3. Petrenko, Svetlana         m MDA 2364  = = * 0 1 0 1 1 1 .  5.0  2352 
 4. Dimitrijevic, Aleksandra  wf SCG 2295  0 = 1 * . 1 1 = 0 1  5.0  2342 
 5. Drljevic, Ljilja          wf SCG 2189  0 1 0 . * 1 = 1 1 =  5.0  2342 
 6. Petrovic, Marija          wm SCG 2221  = = 1 0 0 * 0 . 1 1  4.0  2242 
 7. Stojanovic, Marija        wf SCG 2182  = 0 0 0 = 1 * = . 1  3.5  2221 
 8. Semenova, Irina           wm RUS 2303  1 0 0 = 0 . = * 1 0  3.0  2155 
 9. Trujillo Delgado, Dafnae  wf ESP 2173  0 0 0 1 0 0 . 0 * 1  2.0  2071 
10. Rakic, Marija                SCG 2044  0 0 . 0 = 0 0 1 0 *  1.5  2006 
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11) Torneo Mayor Santiago

The "FEDACH" Chess Federation in Chile organised it's Torneo Mayor 14th-24th February 2005. Luis Rojas Keim won with 10/11.

Official site: http://www.ajedrezchileno.cl/index.html

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Mayor de Chile Santiago CHI (CHI), 14-24 ii 2005
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  1   Rojas Keim, Luis            m CHI 2379  10      62.0   10    62.0
  2   Arancibia Guzman, Eduardo     CHI 2364  9       52.5    8    62.0
  3   Avalos Parra, Joao            CHI 2252  8       53.5    6    63.5
  4   Vargas Maliqueo, Ivan         CHI 2214  7.5     48.5    7    57.5
  5   Sepulveda Rojas, Jorge        CHI 2270  7.5     47.0    7    57.5
  6   Diaz Villagran, Robert        CHI 2271  7.5     43.5    7    55.0
  7   Flores Rios, Mauricio         CHI 2067  7.5     40.0    6    54.0
  8   Guerb, Leonid                 RUS 2301  7       50.0    7    63.5
  9   Llorens Sepulveda, Marcelo  f CHI 2418  7       48.0    6    59.5
 10   Valdes Escobar, Alvaro        CHI 2126  7       43.0    7    57.0
 11   Mesias Rojas, Rabindranath    CHI 2208  7       43.0    7    51.5
 12   Rios Escobar, Adan            CHI 2235  7       41.5    6    53.0
 13   Pinto Pinares, Marcelo        CHI 2215  7       39.5    6    52.5
 14   Barbosa Valdes, Manuel        CHI       6.5     46.0    6    60.5
 15   Martinez Sandoval, David      CHI 2077  6.5     36.5    5    49.5
 16   Perez Molina, Robinson      f CHI 2350  6.5     36.0    6    51.5
 17   Ahumada Parra, Cristian       CHI 2005  6.5     35.0    5    53.0
 18   Caceres Vasquez, Sergio       CHI 2179  6       44.5    5    61.5
 19   Poupar Perrand, Aime          FRA 2073  6       41.0    6    53.5
 20   Diaz Fuenzalida, Juan         CHI 2107  6       41.0    5    54.5
 21   Magas Varas, Rodrigo          RUS 2136  6       38.5    4    55.5
 22   Morales Garcia, Hugo          CHI 2155  6       37.0    6    49.5
 23   Troncoso Ortiz, Pedro         CHI 2162  6       37.0    4    56.0
 24   Garcia Cardenas, Pablo        CHI 2109  6       35.0    6    48.0
 25   Tapia Cordova, Rodrigo        CHI 2000  6       34.0    6    46.5
 26   Marin Pincheira, Carlos       CHI 2221  6       33.0    6    48.5
 27   Chandia Galvez, Omar          CHI 2085  6       29.0    6    47.0
 28   Henriquez Wacquez, Arturo     CHI 2141  6       27.5    2    43.0
 29   Torres Bravo, Cristobal     f CHI 2240  5.5     40.0    5    61.0
 30   Romero Pino, Claudio          CHI 2289  5.5     36.5    3    50.0
 31   Romero Araya, Diego           CHI 2144  5.5     27.5    5    47.5
 32   Hernandez Riera, Jose         CHI       5.5     26.0    4    41.0
 33   Baquedano Navarro, John       CHI 1986  5.5     24.0    4    42.5
60 players

12) Sozina 2005

International Chess Open "Sozina 2005" took place in Bar, Serbia and Montenegro March 4-12th 2005. The event was the 6th Open International Chess Championship of Montenegro, Ivan Ivanisevic and Branko Damljanovic finished on 7/9. News: Vladica Andrejic.

Official site: http://www.scgchess.org/sozina/index.html

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  1. Ivanisevic, Ivan        g  SCG 2530  7      53.0    42.0   39.0    5
  2. Damljanovic, Branko     g  SCG 2587  7      53.0    41.5   36.0    5
  3. Fedorchuk, Sergey A     g  UKR 2570  6.5    55.0    43.5   36.0    5
  4. Kizov, Atanas           f  MKD 2360  6.5    50.0    40.0   34.0    4
  5. Mahesh Chandran, P      m  IND 2472  6.5    50.0    38.5   33.5    5
  6. Blagojevic, Dragisa     g  SCG 2537  6.5    49.5    38.5   32.5    4
  7. Perunovic, Milos        g  SCG 2564  6.5    49.5    38.0   33.5    4
  8. Vajda, Levente          g  ROM 2542  6.5    48.5    37.0   34.0    5
  9. Brenjo, Slavisa         m  SCG 2463  6.5    48.0    38.0   33.0    4
 10. Lupulescu, Constantin   m  ROM 2552  6.5    45.5    36.0   32.0    4
 11. Antic, Dejan            g  SCG 2488  6.5    45.0    35.5   32.5    5
 12. Malakhatko, Vadim       g  UKR 2569  6      50.5    40.0   32.0    3
 13. Djukic, Nikola             SCG 2504  6      47.5    37.5   31.5    5
 14. Drasko, Milan           g  SCG 2512  6      46.0    36.5   28.5    4
 15. Lajthajm, Borko         f  SCG 2457  6      45.5    34.5   31.0    5
 16. Ivanovic, Bozidar       g  SCG 2428  6      44.0    35.0   30.0    5
 17. Milanovic, Danilo       m  SCG 2447  6      42.5    32.5   30.0    5
 18. Djukic, Zeljko SCG      m  SCG 2412  6      40.5    31.5   27.5    4
119 players

13) Acropolis 2005

The Greek Chess Federation is hosting the "Acropolis 2005" International Open in Athens (Hotel President) 6th-14th March 2005. Total prizes: over 16.000 Euros. Vugar Gashimov leads with 6/8.

Official site: http://www.chessfed.gr/acropolis2005/

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Acropolis GM Open Athens GRE (GRE), 6-14 iii 2005
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                                             1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 
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 1. Gashimov, Vugar            g  AZE 2585  =34 +44 +16 + 5 +12 - 2 + 9 = 3  .   6.0  2672 
 2. Avrukh, Boris              g  ISR 2629  +33 =20 =23 +24 = 4 + 1 = 8 = 5  .   5.5  2658 
 3. Rozentalis, Eduardas       g  LTU 2584  +39 + 7 = 5 = 8 = 9 =20 +24 = 1  .   5.5  2638 
 4. Kotronias, Vasilios        g  GRE 2585  +57 +28 =15 =11 = 2 =19 =14 +20  .   5.5  2654 
 5. Hamdouchi, Hichem          g  MAR 2555  +43 +47 = 3 - 1 =30 +18 +22 = 2  .   5.5  2568 
 6. Gershon, Alik              g  ISR 2533  +52 =12 - 8 +36 +23 - 9 +16 +21  .   5.5  2622 
 7. Khetsuriani, Besarion      m  GEO 2361  +60 - 3 +49 =14 -10 +51 +25 +19  .   5.5  2552 
 8. Izoria, Zviad              g  GEO 2607  +35 =14 + 6 = 3 =11 =10 = 2 =17  .   5.0  2614 
 9. Inarkiev, Ernesto          g  RUS 2602  +42 +17 =11 =15 = 3 + 6 - 1 =10  .   5.0  2610 
10. Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios   g  GRE 2580  +37 =32 =12 =23 + 7 = 8 =17 = 9  .   5.0  2557 
11. Gelashvili, Tamaz          g  GEO 2577  +49 +18 = 9 = 4 = 8 =21 =13 =12  .   5.0  2613 
12. Lputian, Smbat G           g  ARM 2640  +26 = 6 =10 +28 - 1 =25 +30 =11  .   5.0  2573 
13. Sokolov, Andrei1           g  FRA 2582  +45 =30 +25 =22 =19 =14 =11 =15  .   5.0  2583 
14. Nikolaidis, Ioannis        g  GRE 2520  +48 = 8 =21 = 7 +43 =13 = 4 =24  .   5.0  2548 
15. Romanishin, Oleg M         g  UKR 2558  +51 +46 = 4 = 9 =21 =22 =19 =13  .   5.0  2590 
16. Managadze, Nikoloz         m  GEO 2430  +59 =22 - 1 =42 +27 +28 - 6 +35  .   5.0  2484 
17. Skembris, Spyridon         g  GRE 2445  +58 - 9 +40 -19 +42 +30 =10 = 8  .   5.0  2526 
18. Kotrotsos, Vasilios           GRE 2310  +54 -11 +37 -21 +47 - 5 +39 +32  .   5.0  2438 
19. Pelletier, Yannick         g  SUI 2604  +36 =23 =20 +17 =13 = 4 =15 - 7  .   4.5  2522 
20. Halkias, Stelios           g  GRE 2533  +38 = 2 =19 +26 =22 = 3 =21 - 4  .   4.5  2554 
21. Socko, Bartosz             g  POL 2591  =40 +29 =14 +18 =15 =11 =20 - 6  .   4.5  2470 
22. Solak, Dragan              g  SCG 2596  +27 =16 +32 =13 =20 =15 - 5 =23  .   4.5  2507 
23. Stefanova, Antoaneta       g  BUL 2491  +55 =19 = 2 =10 - 6 =32 +36 =22  .   4.5  2509 
24. Mastrovasilis, Athanasios  m  GRE 2491  -46 +51 +30 - 2 +26 +29 - 3 =14  .   4.5  2414 
25. Moutousis, Konstantinos    m  GRE 2422  =44 +56 -13 =32 +40 =12 - 7 +43  .   4.5  2373 
26. Hadzimanolis, Antonios     f  GRE 2303  -12 +52 +46 -20 -24 +43 =29 +42  .   4.5  2378 
27. Tzermiadianos, Angelos        GRE 2250  -22 -59 +56 +48 -16 +38 =33 +41  .   4.5  2345 
28. Obodchuk, Andrei           m  RUS 2442  +62 - 4 +34 -12 +36 -16 =42 +40  .   4.5  2398 
29. Koliopoulos, Konstantinos     GRE 2147  =41 -21 =33 +37 +34 -24 =26 =31  .   4.0  2361 
30. Karayannis, Athanasios     m  GRE 2388  +53 =13 -24 +39 = 5 -17 -12 +46  .   4.0  2410 
31. Shahtahtinsky, Alekper     f  GRE 2327  =56 =34 =39 =47 =57 =33 =40 =29  .   4.0  2206 
32. Markidis, Konstantinos        GRE 2318  +61 =10 -22 =25 +49 =23 =35 -18  .   4.0  2379 
33. Tsanas, Athanasios            GRE 2289  - 2 =38 =29 =59 +61 =31 =27 =37  .   4.0  2259 
34. Gogolis, Alexandros           GRE 2243  = 1 =31 -28 =61 -29 =56 +58 +49  .   4.0  2268 
35. Nikolaou, Georgios            GRE 2286  - 8 =48 =44 =51 +56 +57 =32 -16  .   4.0  2287 
36. Skalkotas, Nikolaos        m  GRE 2278  -19 +55 +59 - 6 -28 +49 -23 +44  .   4.0  2350 
37. Delithanasis, Dimitrios       GRE 2239  -10 +61 -18 -29 +46 =41 +47 =33  .   4.0  2267 
38. Georgiadis, Ioannis           GRE 2200  -20 =33 =50 -40 +53 -27 +60 +57  .   4.0  2268 
39. Tsiamis, Konstantinos         GRE 2243  - 3 +60 =31 -30 =59 +58 -18 +51  .   4.0  2286 
40. Goritsas, Christos            GRE 2244  =21 =41 -17 +38 -25 +59 =31 -28  .   3.5  2331 
41. Shavtvaladze, Nikoloz      m  GEO 2407  =29 =40 =57 -43 =45 =37 +52 -27  .   3.5  2180 
42. Ignatiadis, Konstantinos      GRE 2264  - 9 +58 =47 =16 -17 +48 =28 -26  .   3.5  2293 
43. Klokas, Konstantinos          GRE 2216  - 5 =50 +53 +41 -14 -26 +45 -25  .   3.5  2319 
44. Gkogkas, Dimitrios            GRE 2149  =25 - 1 =35 -49 =52 +50 +57 -36  .   3.5  2276 
45. Papadopoulos, I               GRE 2241  -13 =53 =48 =46 =41 =47 -43 +56  .   3.5  2203 
46. Drakopoulos, Anastasios       GRE 2182  +24 -15 -26 =45 -37 +55 =51 -30  .   3.0  2241 
47. Parginos, Vassilios           GRE 2109  +50 - 5 =42 =31 -18 =45 -37 =58  .   3.0  2214 
48. Dorfanis, Ilarion             GRE 2195  -14 =35 =45 -27 +60 -42 =53 =55  .   3.0  2167 
49. Gikas, Basilius               GER 2228  -11 +54 - 7 +44 -32 -36 +59 -34  .   3.0  2188 
50. Sigalas, Frangiskos           GRE 2306  -47 =43 =38 =57 -51 -44 =56 +60  .   3.0  2089 
51. Fragiadakis, Konstantinos     GRE 2218  -15 -24 +62 =35 +50 - 7 =46 -39  .   3.0  2236 
52. Zahilas, Loukas N             GRE 2211  - 6 -26 =60 =54 =44 +61 -41 =53  .   3.0  2151 
53. Koukoufikis, Georgios         GRE 2144  -30 =45 -43 =60 -38 +62 =48 =52  .   3.0  2132 
54. Sideris, Theodoros            GRE 2115  -18 -49 =55 =52 -58 -60 +62 +59  .   3.0  2109 
55. Poteas, Ioannis               GRE 2190  -23 -36 =54 -56 +62 -46 +61 =48  .   3.0  2123 
56. Kokolias, Konstantinos        GRE 2137  =31 -25 -27 +55 -35 =34 =50 -45  .   2.5  2142 
57. Simeonidis, Ioannis           GRE 2243  - 4 +62 =41 =50 =31 -35 -44 -38  .   2.5  2161 
58. Soultatis, Kostas             GRE 2166  -17 -42 -61 +62 +54 -39 -34 =47  .   2.5  2071 
59. Komninos, Nikolaos            GRE 2163  -16 +27 -36 =33 =39 -40 -49 -54  .   2.0  2066 
60. Papargyriou, Anastasios       GRE 2139  - 7 -39 =52 =53 -48 +54 -38 -50  .   2.0  2028 
61. Tziallilas, Kostas            GRE 2119  -32 -37 +58 =34 -33 -52 -55 -62  .   1.5  1976 
62. Kaloskambis, Mihail           GRE 2163  -28 -57 -51 -58 -55 -53 -54 +61  .   1.0  1882 
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                                            1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 
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 1. Socko, Monika             m  POL 2441  + 7 + 6 + 4 =16 = 3 + 5 = 2 +10  .   6.5  2563 
 2. Dembo, Yelena             m  GRE 2395  +24 =18 + 8 = 3 =10 +15 = 1 + 5  .   6.0  2481 
 3. Foisor, Cristina Adela    m  ROM 2411  =17 +11 +20 = 2 = 1 =10 = 7 = 6  .   5.0  2366 
 4. Sedina, Elena             m  ITA 2416  +22 + 5 - 1 =15 = 6 +18 =10 = 7  .   5.0  2368 
 5. Khurtsilava, Inga         wm GEO 2268  +25 - 4 +23 + 8 +16 - 1 +21 - 2  .   5.0  2375 
 6. Fakhiridou, Ekaterini     wm GRE 2260  +29 - 1 =24 +26 = 4 = 9 +16 = 3  .   5.0  2369 
 7. Foisor, Sabina-Francesca     ROM 2229  - 1 +29 =26 +19 =15 +24 = 3 = 4  .   5.0  2376 
 8. Burtasova, Anna           wm RUS 2232  +30 +15 - 2 - 5 +27 =21 =18 +20  .   5.0  2290 
 9. Botsari, Anna-Maria       wg GRE 2307  =13 +12 =10 =18 =20 = 6 =11 =19  .   4.5  2266 
10. Makropoulou, Marina       wg GRE 2237  +32 =16 = 9 +14 = 2 = 3 = 4 - 1  .   4.5  2337 
11. Stiri, Alexandra             GRE 2175  +19 - 3 -15 +28 =14 +17 = 9 =12  .   4.5  2291 
12. Karlovich, Anastazia      wg UKR 2160  =14 - 9 =22 =17 +26 +23 =20 =11  .   4.5  2256 
13. Makka, Evanthia              GRE 2121  = 9 -14 -29 +25 -17 +31 +24 +26  .   4.5  2196 
14. Houska, Jovanka           wg ENG 2325  =12 +13 =18 -10 =11 =19 =22 =21  .   4.0  2227 
15. Kiseleva, Natalia         wg UKR 2286  +26 - 8 +11 = 4 = 7 - 2 =19 =18  .   4.0  2270 
16. Krivec, Jana              wm SLO 2284  +27 =10 +21 = 1 - 5 =20 - 6 =22  .   4.0  2256 
17. Bashkite, Viktoria        wm EST 2196  = 3 =19 -27 =12 +13 -11 =26 +28  .   4.0  2169 
18. Smokina, Karolina         wm MDA 2241  +31 = 2 =14 = 9 =21 - 4 = 8 =15  .   4.0  2286 
19. Trabert, Bettina          wg GER 2357  -11 =17 +25 - 7 +23 =14 =15 = 9  .   4.0  2210 
20. Makka, Ioulia             wm GRE 2239  +28 =21 - 3 +24 = 9 =16 =12 - 8  .   4.0  2229 
21. Milliet, Sophie           wg FRA 2309  +23 =20 -16 +27 =18 = 8 - 5 =14  .   4.0  2223 
22. Sorokina, Anastasia AUS   wm AUS 2223  - 4 =25 =12 -23 +30 +27 =14 =16  .   4.0  2147 
23. Petraki, Maria               GRE 2128  -21 +28 - 5 +22 -19 -12 +30 =27  .   3.5  2093 
24. Partac, Elena             wg MDA 2191  - 2 +31 = 6 -20 +29 - 7 -13 +32  .   3.5  2090 
25. Ikonomopoulou, Maria         GRE 2036  - 5 =22 -19 -13 +32 -28 +31 +30  .   3.5  2015 
26. Stefanidi, Maria-Anna        GRE 2117  -15 +30 = 7 - 6 -12 +29 =17 -13  .   3.0  2042 
27. Grapsa, Georgia              GRE 2074  -16 +32 +17 -21 - 8 -22 =28 =23  .   3.0  2049 
28. Paganoglou, Anastasia        GRE 1944  -20 -23 +32 -11 =31 +25 =27 -17  .   3.0  1993 
29. Gjergji, Rozana              ALB 2030  - 6 - 7 +13 =30 -24 -26 -32 +31  .   2.5  1917 
30. Stefanidi, Maria             GRE 1755  - 8 -26 =31 =29 -22 +32 -23 -25  .   2.0  1877 
31. Iordanidou, Zoi              GRE 2022  -18 -24 =30 =32 =28 -13 -25 -29  .   1.5  1760 
32. Kotronia, Antonia            GRE 1774  -10 -27 -28 =31 -25 -30 +29 -24  .   1.5  1785 
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14) First Saturday March

The First Saturday tournaments included GM, IM and FM events. They take place in Budapest 5th-18th of March 2005.

Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/

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FSGM March Budapest HUN (HUN), 5-17 iii 2005             cat. VII (2412)
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 1. Kallio, Heikki        g FIN 2469  * . . 1 1 = . 1 1 1 . 1  6.5  2831 
 2. Dzhakaev, Dzhakay     m RUS 2486  . * = . . . = 1 1 1 = 1  5.5  2619 
 3. Fogarasi, Tibor       g HUN 2442  . = * . . = . = = 1 = 1  4.5  2507 
 4. Porat, Shi            m ISR 2395  0 . . * = 1 = 0 . 1 1 .  4.0  2437 
 5. Papp, Gabor           m HUN 2477  0 . . = * = = 1 1 0 . .  3.5  2396 
 6. Lagowski, Patryk      m POL 2389  = . = 0 = * = . . 0 1 .  3.0  2357 
 7. Pataki, Gyozo           HUN 2321  . = . = = = * = 0 . . =  3.0  2373 
 8. Berczes, David        f HUN 2313  0 0 = 1 0 . = * . . 1 .  3.0  2371 
 9. Ilincic, Zlatko       g SCG 2502  0 0 = . 0 . 1 . * . = 1  3.0  2371 
10. Greet, Andrew         f ENG 2389  0 0 0 0 1 1 . . . * . =  2.5  2335 
11. Szeberenyi, Adam      m HUN 2357  . = = 0 . 0 . 0 = . * =  2.0  2260 
12. Kuljasevic, Davorin   m CRO 2401  0 0 0 . . . = . 0 = = *  1.5  2193 
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                                             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 
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 1. Wiley, Tom E                f ENG 2208  * 1 . = . . 1 = 1 1 .  5.0  2562 
 2. Gonda, Laszlo               f HUN 2417  0 * . . . 1 1 1 1 . 1  5.0  2538 
 3. Porat, Ido                    ISR 2311  . . * . 1 = . = 1 1 =  4.5  2460 
 4. Farago, Sandor              m HUN 2290  = . . * 0 1 = = = . 1  4.0  2326 
 5. Milenkovic, Mladen          f SCG 2338  . . 0 1 * 0 . = . 1 1  3.5  2316 
 6. Zhang Jilin                wm CHN 2321  . 0 = 0 1 * . . . 1 =  3.0  2289 
 7. Kahn, Evarth                m HUN 2293  0 0 . = . . * = = . 1  2.5  2224 
 8. Brustkern, Juergen          f GER 2251  = 0 = = = . = * . 0 .  2.5  2188 
 9. Boguszlavszkij, Jevgenyij   m HUN 2314  0 0 0 = . . = . * 1 .  2.0  2157 
10. Suranyi, Pal                  HUN 2174  0 . 0 . 0 0 . 1 0 * 1  2.0  2120 
11. Rudolf, Anna                  HUN 2207  . 0 = 0 0 = 0 . . 0 *  1.0  1997 
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                                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 
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 1. Horvath, Andras        f HUN 2330  * . 0 0 . 1 1 . 1 = 1  4.5  2357 
 2. Zakharchenko, Arnold   m UKR 2292  . * . = . = = = = 1 1  4.5  2364 
 3. Mamut, Igor              ISR 2266  1 . * = = = . . . = 1  4.0  2386 
 4. Eperjesi, Laszlo       m HUN 2283  1 = = * 1 . = = 0 . .  4.0  2357 
 5. Martini, Balazs          HUN 2333  . . = 0 * 0 . . 1 1 1  3.5  2305 
 6. Lengyel, Bela          m HUN 2313  0 = = . 1 * 0 = . . 1  3.5  2273 
 7. Dencsi, Tibor            HUN 2300  0 = . = . 1 * = = . .  3.0  2308 
 8. Werner, Dimo           m GER 2312  . = . = . = = * = . .  2.5  2301 
 9. Porat, David             ISR 2319  0 = . 1 0 . = = * . .  2.5  2251 
10. Fodor, Tamas jr        f HUN 2226  = 0 = . 0 . . . . * 1  2.0  2188 
11. Katsuhara, Osamu         JPN 2083  0 0 0 . 0 0 . . . 0 *  0.0       
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15) 2nd Enerpac Match

The 2nd Enerpac Match takes place in Jakarta 12th-16th March 2005. Teenage FIDE Master (WFM) Irene Kharisma of Indonesia takes on Women's Grand Master (WGM) Anya Sun Corke of Hong Kong. Irene, 13, won a silver medal as the second best point winner on board three in last year's Chess Olympia in Calvia, Spain. Corke, now 15, was the youngest woman to attain a WGM title at 14. They will play two rapid and four classical chess games in the match, with the contest opening at 2 p.m. at the Utut Adianto Chess School in Kelapa Gading, East Jakarta. 1st 2 games Rapid chess: 25 minutes. Final 4 games FIDE time rate 90 minutes with 30 second increments for each move. The winner receives US$1,000 and the loser half the amount.

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

Rapid
Corke, Anya     -  Kharisma,Irene  1-0   34  D46  Semi-Slav Defence
Kharisma,Irene  -  Corke, Anya     1-0   22  A24  English Opening

Standard
Corke, Anya     -  Kharisma,Irene  0-1   24  D46  Semi-Slav Defence
Kharisma,Irene  -  Corke, Anya     0-1   58  A10  Dutch, QI and KID Systems

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Corke, Anya    wg HKG 2126    1   0   0   1   .   .   2.0  
Kharisma,Irene    INA ----    0   1   1   0   .   .   2.0  
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16) 3rd Badalona International

The 3rd Badalona International took place 1st-11th March 2005. Viktor Moskalenko and Josep Manuel Lopez Martinez finished on 7/9.

Official site: http://www.directe.fcde.org/badalona05/magistral.htm

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3rd It Badalona ESP (ESP), 1-11 iii 2005                     cat. VIII (2449)
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 1. Moskalenko, Viktor             g UKR 2530  * = = 1 1 = 1 = 1 1  7.0  2660 
 2. Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel   m ESP 2468  = * = = 1 1 = 1 1 1  7.0  2666 
 3. Narciso Dublan, Marc           g ESP 2458  = = * = = = = 1 1 1  6.0  2573 
 4. Fluvia Poyatos, Joan           m ESP 2478  0 = = * 0 = 1 1 = 1  5.0  2488 
 5. Escobar Forero, Alder          m COL 2407  0 0 = 1 * 0 1 1 = 1  5.0  2496 
 6. Kalod, Radek                   g CZE 2505  = 0 = = 1 * 0 0 1 =  4.0  2399 
 7. Fluvia, Jordi                    ESP 2399  0 = = 0 0 1 * = 1 =  4.0  2411 
 8. Barrientos, Sergio             f COL 2432  = 0 0 0 0 1 = * = 0  2.5  2284 
 9. Granados Gomez, Manuel         m ESP 2414  0 0 0 = = 0 0 = * 1  2.5  2286 
10. Belezky, Sasha                 m UKR 2399  0 0 0 0 0 = = 1 0 *  2.0  2234 
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17) 6th Wellington College International

The 6th Wellington College International took place 28th-30th January and 12th-13th February 2005.

The event was held in Wellington College in Crowthorne (established 1853) on the borders of Hampshire, Berkshire and Surrey. This year was the largest so far with 57 players taking part, many of whom had played in previous years. The event was registered with both FIDE and the BCF so players gain grading points with both organisations. The event is unique in the UK as it takes place over two weekends so that players can play 9 weekend games for FIDE and BCF rating points (rate of play is 40 moves in 2 hours with remaining moves in a further 30 minutes). The prizes are around £1000 and include a paid place in the 2005 British Championships, awarded to the highest placed player who has not previously qualified. IM Andrew Martin IM is Director of the event which was sponsored this year by Specsavers.

This years the players included 3 International Masters: Rolands Berzins (Latvia) 2454; Mark Ferguson (Eng.) 2395; and Paul Littlewood (Eng.) 2368. There were also 5 FIDE Masters: Andrew Greet 2389; Thomas Hinks-Edwards 2383; John Cox 2311; Rafe Martyn 2281; and Glen Charleshouse 2251.

At the end of the 1st weekend, Greet FM led with 4.5 out of 5, followed by Cox FM and Littlewood IM on 4, then 8 players on 3.5 including Ferguson IM and Berzins IM. Key games included Berzins IM losing in round 4 to Littlewood IM who lost in turn to Greet FM in round 5.

After a 2 week break, play resumed for the last 4 rounds. Cox FM won against Littlewood IM in round 6, while Hinks-Edwards FM drew with Cox FM in round 8 but lost to Greet FM round 9. Meanwhile, Ferguson IM continued to suffer from too many draws while Berzins IM finished strongly winning against Greet FM in round 8 and Cox FM in round 9. Final results: 1st Greet FM and Berzins IM on 7 points sharing £600 3rd Cox FM on 6.5 points and £100Free place in 2005 British Championships was won by Paul Cooksey on 6 points Most improved FIDE rated player was Thomas Pym on 5.5 points Best unrated player was Paul McIntyre on 5.5 points

Official site: http://www.belinfante.demon.co.uk/juniorchess/WCI.htm

  1 Berzinsh, Roland......... LAT m  2454   7   8  6½  2274  5.92 
  2 Greet, Andrew N.......... ENG f  2389   7   9  7   2290  5.76 
  3 Cox, John J.............. ENG f  2311   6½  8  5½  2238  4.80 
  4 Cooksey, Paul S.......... ENG    2248   6   8  5   2180  4.72 
  5 Ferguson, Mark........... ENG m  2395   6   6  3½  2240  4.26 
  6 Littlewood, Paul......... ENG m  2368   6   9  6   2221  6.30 
  7 Varnam, Liam D........... ENG    2085   6   4  2   2176  1.52 
  8 Chakanyuka, Charles...... ZIM    2086   5½  3  2   2167  1.17 
  9 Hinks-Edwards, Thomas.... ENG f  2383   5½  8  4½  2155  6.32 
 10 McIntyre, Paul........... SCO           5½  7  4   2166       
 11 Pym, Thomas W............ ENG    2050   5½  6  3   2297  1.14 
 12 Roberson, Peter T........ ENG    2117   5½  6  3   2305  1.56 
 13 Bean, Terry J............ ENG    2083   5   5  2   2129  2.20 
 14 Lakhani, Kishan.......... ENG           5   7  3½  2091       
 15 Lindner, Daniel.......... GER    2239   5   5  2½  2310  2.00 
 16 Lucey, Michael........... ENG           5   6  2½  2107       
 17 Martyn, Rafe............. ENG f  2281   5   7  3½  2276  3.57 
 18 Roberts, David L......... ENG    2129   5   2   ½  2068  1.16 
 19 Dunn, Alan............... NZL    2056   4½  5  2   2132  2.00 
 20 Fegan, Chris............. ENG    2133   4½  5   ½  2223  1.90 
 21 Song, Jinwoo............. ENG    1909   4½  1  0   2248  0.12 
 22 Syed, Nayeem............. IND           4½  2   ½             
57 players

18) 14th Eastern Class Championships

George Mirijanian reports: The 14th Eastern Class Championships were held 4th-6th March 2005 in the Host Hotel at Cedar Lake, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA. GM Jaan Ehlvest captured first place with a score of 4-1. Tied for 2nd-5th place with 3.5-1.5 tallies were GM Ildar Ibragimov, GM Alexander Ivanov, GM Gildardo Garcia and FM Joshua Friedel. Deadlocked in 6th-10th place with 3-2 results were FM Paul MacIntyre, FM Braden Bournival, national master Max Enkin, and national experts Melvin Zhang and Matthew Klegon. The Continential Chess Association-sponsored tournament attracted 177 players in seven sections and was directed by Steven Immitt, assisted by Robert Messenger. Complete crosstables are available at http://masschess.org

19) 123rd Varsity Match

John Saunders sent the games and results from the 123rd Varsity match, played 5 March 2005 last week, there is one addition to the games Bilalic-Hodge which saw a time scramble, Bilalic turned down a threefold repetition as his team were 3-4 down and needed him to win to draw the match and retain the trophy. The event was as usual played at the RAC Club, Pall Mall, London. Sponsors were Henry Mutkin and Barry Martin, arbiters Bob Wade and David Sedgwick. The match was opened by the Lord Mayor of London, Michael Savory. Despite being outrated on all eight boards, Cambridge won to take their series lead to 55 wins against Oxford's 50, with 18 matches drawn. The time limit was 40 moves in 2 hours, followed by all the moves in 1 hour.

Bd  Oxford                                  3-5  Cambridge
1w  Luke McShane     (University) 2614  g   1-0  James Vigus      (Clare)     2311 f
2b  Timothy Woodward (New)        2333  f   ½-½  Thomas Nixon     (Sidney)    2195
3w  Merim Bilalic    (Wadham)     2292  f   0-1  David Hodge      (Trinity)   2165
4b  David Shaw       (Worcester)  2197      0-1  Richard Mycroft  (Jesus)     2141 
5w  Kieran Smallbone (New)        2170      0-1  Bernhard Klein   (Downing)   2094
6b  Ezra Lutton      (Jesus)      2135      0-1  Oliver Cooley    (Trinity)   2097
7w  Sophie Tidman    (Queen's)    2127 wf   1-0  Martin Rohrmeier (Darwin)    2000
8b  Mark Gray        (Queen's)    2100      ½-½  Annie Powell     (St John's) 2026

20) TWIC Theory

TWIC Theory is a new electronic magazine with high quality articles delivered in ChessBase, PGN or PDF format. A 3 month subscription costs $15. 3rd subscription article: "The Breyer Lives!" by IM Malcolm Pein

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Mar 22  Crushing the Pirc                                 IM Andrew Martin
Mar 29  Slav 4.e3 Bg4                                     GM Eric Prie
Apr 5   King’s Gambit 3...g5                              IM Bernd Rechsel
Apr 12  Bogo-Indian 4.Bd2                                 GM Bogdan Lalic
Apr 19  Grunfeld                                          GM Glenn Flear
Apr 26  Sicilian O’Kelly Variation                        IM Andrew Martin
May 3   Caro-Kann Advance Variation with 4.Be3, 5.Nd2    WGM Elena Dembo
May 10  Sicilian Sveshnikov                               GM Larry Christiansen
May 17  Alekhine Defence, 4.Nf3                              Igor Khmelnitsky
May 24  Benko Gambit                                      IM Andrew Martin

21) Forthcoming Events and Links

14th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament

The 14th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament will take place at the Monte Carlo Grand Hôtel in Monaco, 19th-31st March 2005 (rest days March 23rd and 28th 2005). Mr. J.J. van Oosterom is the exclusive sponsor of this event which is organised by the Association Max Euwe.

Players: Viswanathan Anand (India), Evgeny Bareev (Russia), Boris Gelfand (Israel), Vassili Ivanchuk (Ukraine), Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), Peter Leko (Hungary), Alexander Morozevich (Russia), Alexei Shirov (Spain), Peter Svidler (Russia), Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria), Francisco Vallejo (Spain) and Loek Van Wely (The Netherlands).

The games will start at 13:30hrs and end at approximately 20:00hrs.

Every day, the grandmasters will play one rapid game and one blindfold game of about one hour each.

The total prize fund is Euros 193,250.

II Calvia Chess Festival

The 2nd Calvià Chess Festival offers a varied programme with tournaments for different categories covering all ages. Takes place October 21st-November 5th 2005.

http://www.calviafestival.com

VII Sants Open

The VII Sants Open in Barcelona takes place 27th August - 4th September 2005.

Further details: http://www.cotxeres.org/open2005 This tournament is part of the Catalan Grand Prix http://www.fcde.org/circuit/oberts.html

Heroes of Chernobyl Memorial

On April, 26th, 1986 there was an explosion at nuclear station in Chernobyl.

International Chess Tournament Memorial Heroes of Chernobyl is devoted to memory of this tragedy.

International Chess GM Tournament Memorial Heroes of Chernobyl takes place Óity a Slavutich (Kiev region, Ukraine) 12st-26th April 2005. Round-robin system, 14 participants.

Official site (Russian): http://chess-ukr.narod.ru/

Karpov vs Istratescu Match

Anatoly Karpov and Andrei Istratescu will play a match in Bucharest 20th-26th March 2005. There will be 4 classical games on 20th, 21st, 22nd, 24th and 4 rapid chess on 25th and 26th.

Official site: http://www.chess-romania.ro/

Prague Chess Holiday

The XV International Chess Holiday 2005 and VIII Professor Jaroslav Pelikán Memorial takes place in Prague. Three dates: 16th-23rd July 2005, 23rd-30th July 2005 and 30th July - 6th August 2005.

http://www.schach-prag.de/

2nd Skelmersdale Rapidplay

The 2nd Skelmersdale Rapidplay takes place Sunday 15th May 2005. 6 round Swiss.

Further details: http://www.skelmersdalechess.org.uk The organiser of the event is John Reid (tel) 01257 462822

XIII Dos Hermanas International

The XIII Dos Hermanas International takes place April 1st-9th 2005.

The Official site for the event will be http://www.doshermanas.net/ (only info on the internet event is there now)

Players: 
Miguel Illescas        ESP 2633
Sergey Karjakin        UKR 2599
Alexander Rustemov     RUS 2598
Teimour Radjabov       AZE 2667
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov  AZE 2657
Oleg Korneev           RUS 2602
Zurab Azmaiparashvili  GEO 2662
Alexey Dreev           GEO 2704
Ruben Felgaer          ARG 2588
Lenier Dominguez       CUB 2661

VI Dos Hermanas Internet

VI Internet Chess Tournament "Ciudad de Dos Hermanas" IM Michael Rahal (EDAMI) reports that the Dos Hermanas City Council and the Municipal Foundation for Sport of Dos Hermanas in conjunction with ICC (http://www.chessclub.com) and EDAMI ( http://www.edami.com) are holding their sixth Internet Chess tournament between the 11th and the 27th of March 2005. The event will take place on ICC and has cash prizes totalling 6.100 Euros (1st: 1.800 euros, 16th 150 euros) as well as other special prizes.

There will be 12 Swiss System qualifiers (one each day) with the winner of each event progressing to the final. They will begin at 2pm server time on every day, except for the tourneys on the 15th, 17th and 21st, which will start at 6pm server time.

You can take part in all of them. Qualifier winners along with the 20 best-scoring players will advance to the knockout finals, which will be played on the 26th and 27th of March. The time control is now shorter, at 5 1 for all rounds.

Last year the event set a participation record: 74 GMs, 5 WGMs, 126 IMs and 8 WIMs took part in a field of 1,627 players from 93 countries. Even if you are not aiming to win a prize, this tournament gives you a chance to meet world class players! Entry is completely FREE. You don't even need to be a paying member of ICC to play.

(GMs Daniel Fridman and Jan Gustaffson took first place ex-aqueo, other prize winners included GMs Georgiev, Sasikiran, Zhang Zhong, Shipov, etc.)

If you wish to participate, the rules, entry forms and the full schedule are at http://www.doshermanas.net/. Make sure to register early; your registration is valid for all qualifiers, but you do not need to play all.

2nd Amsterdam Chess Tournament

The 2nd Amsterdam Chess Tournament takes place 16th-24th July 2005.

Further details: http://home.hccnet.nl/w.haggenburg/act05/eng.html

9th Essent Chess Tournament

The 9th Essent Chess Tournament (Hoogeveen) takes place 21st-29th October 2005.

Last year the event was covered at: http://www.essentchess.nl

1st Queens' Challenge

The first Queen's Challenge will take place 9th-10th March in Besançon. This event is organised by Thise Chess Club in a partnership with Europe Echecs.

Wednesday 9th March 2005 - 17h00 Semi-finals Thursday 10th March 2005 - 14h00 Final

Players; Women: Almira Skripchenko, Zawadzka Jolanta. Men: Robert Fontaine Alexeï Chernuschevich.

Live coverage at the official site: http://www.europe-echecs.com/

Pinamar International Tournaments

Two International Chess Tournaments take place in Pinamar, Buenos Aires, Argentina 8th-18th March 2005.

The I.T.T. Ricardo Lettieri In Memoriam Players: i Cubas, José 2401 Needleman, Alejandro 2400 i Rubinetti, Jorge 2393 f Roca, Alfredo 2366 Mahia, Gustavo 2364 di Berardino, Diego 2358 i Bronstein, Luis 2357 Rodi, Luis 2258 f Peralta, Eduardo 2252 Duarte, Leonardo 2252 f Vera Insfran, Jorge 2247 f Molina, Jorge 2234

The I.R.T. Eduardo Orosco In Memoriam. Players: f Pingas, Blas 2281 Ferrufino, Boris 2225 Samur, Arturo 2164 Tumini, Leandro 2142 Lopez, Daniel 2128 Fiori, Hector 2112 Babo, Miguel 2047 Vera Insfran, Luis 2040 Romero, Fabian 2022 Ravier, Osvaldo unrd Gonzalez Resquin, Diego unrd

Official site: http://www.utopiasdepinamar.com.ar/letti2005/torneo.htm

Computer Chess News

There have been recent computer events. See the Computer Chess Calendar at: http://www.playwitharena.com

21st Bad Woerishofen Open

The 21st Bad Woerishofen Open takes place 3rd-11th March 2005.

http://chessorg.de/bad_woerishofen.htm

Turin Chess Olympiad

The Turin Chess Olympiad takes place May 20th-June 4th 2006. March 5th is the official opening of the internet site for the Olympiad

http://www.chessolympiad-torino2006.org

It was launched by GM Alexandra Kosteniuk. There was a press conference in the afternoon at 4 pm, GM Alexandra Kosteniuk played a simul exhibition against 24 VIP opponents (politics, journalists, managers and so on). It is possible to look at the 4 games of the simul directly.

GM Tournament Kiev-2005

IM Alexey Mazurok sends news of an international chess tournament 1st-15th May 2005 in Kiev.

Round-robin system, 16 participants. Participants rated 2400 and above preferably IMs and MFs are invited to take part in the tournament. Entrance fees: 2400 - 2449 - 200$ 2450 - 2499 - 150$ 2500 - 100$ IGMs will be given a guarantee. Cost of accommodation - 150$ and above.

The Ukrainian chess players, who have been invited to take part in the tournament: IGM Vysochin,Spartak (2579), IGM Komarov,Dimitri (2541), IGM Malakhatko,Vadim (2569), IM Firman,Nazar (2471), IM Nosenko,Alexander (2509), IM Savinov,Viktor (2482), IM Sergeev,Vladimir (2438), IM Shishkin,Vadim (2488), IM Kislinsky,Alexey (2406). Reserves:IGM Kruppa,Yuri (2553), IGM Kovchan,Alexander (2485), IGM Golubev,Mihail (2517), IGM Goloshchapov,Alexander (2547),IM Eshenko, Vadim (2438), IM Galinsky,Timofey (2416), IM Marusenko, Petr (2320). Attention: Simon Williams & David Howell. There are still 7 places vacant places.

Contact organiser us: 0445750409 Eshenko, Vadim (for Russian speaking), 0445559205 Marusenko, Petr (for English speaking), e-mail pobodo@yandex.ru & escha@list.ru

Official site (Russian): http://chess-ukr.narod.ru/

2nd Coventry Chess International

The 2nd Coventry Chess International March 24th-28th 2005 Easter weekend.

VENUE: Britannia Hotel, Fairfax Street, Cathedral Square, Coventry. CV1 5RP (Opposite Pool Meadow bus station) STATUS: FIDE Rated BCF Grand Prix (Elite Status) and British Championship Qualifier The event has an exceptionally strong Grandmaster and International Master line-up and will provide excellent IM and GM norm opportunities for strong aspiring players Confirmed/expected titled players so far: GMs Kiril Georgiev 2654,Christain Bauer 2635, Igor Khenken 2604,Vladislav Tkachiev 2610, Zahar Efimenko 2601,Kiriakov,Wells, Arkell, Nick Pert, Greenfield, Stuart Conquest,Alexander Cherniaev IMs P.Littlewood,Berzinsh,Cooper, Colovic, Dearing, Gwaze, Simon Williams, Sherwin,Adam Hunt,M.Tissir WGM Jovanka Houska

Prize Fund £7000+ 1st prize £2000 (3000 Euros approx) 2nd prize £1000 (€1500) 3rd prize £ 800 (€1200) 4th prize £ 600 (€900) 5th prize £ 500 (€750) 6th prize £ 400 (€600) 7th prize £ 300 (€450) 8th prize £ 200 (€300) 9th prize £ 100 (€150) Ladies prize £ 400 (€600) Best Game Prize £ 100 (€150) Best FIDE Rating performance using k=10 £100 (€150) Plus grading prizes: Under 2400/225 BCF £100 (€150) Under 2200/200 BCF £100 (€150) Under 2000/175 BCF £100 (€150) Under 2000/175 BCF £100 (€150) Highest unrated player £100 (€150) Highest Placed Coventry & District League Player £100 and Roy Woodcock Trophy for one year Ladies' Prize £400 (€600) Highest Placed Junior Player £100 plus book prize

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

Sofia SuperGM

Spanish newspaper Marca is reporting that a category XXI tournament will take place in Sofia, Bulgaria (May 12th-22nd 2005) mainly organized by Veselin Topalov. Viswanathan Anand, Vladimir Kramnik, Ruslan Ponomariov & Judit Polgar have already confirmed their participation, and it looks like the organisers have invited Garry Kasparov with Peter Leko as a possible replacement.

Report: http://www.marca.com/edicion/noticia/0,2458,596499,00.html

Oslo Easter Chess Festival

The Oslo Easter Chess Festival 2005 takes place 19th-27th March 2005.

The main event is The Open Norwegian Championships 19th-27th March (Swiss tournament with chances for IM norms). The tournament is divided into to groups: Group A (open) and group B (national rating 0-1999). Lists of participants are available at the homepage, and the homepage will be updated once a day at the homepage.

Side events are a cup 19th-23rd March, rapid tournament 24-25 March, blitz tournament 26 March and team blitz tournament 20 March.

Further details: http://folk.uio.no/vahansen

Ratings Article

Jean-Claude Templeur on ratings manipulation: http://www.chessmile.com/articles.php?id=30

Final of the WCBCSC 2004-2005

Brian Stephenson of the British Chess Problem Society reports. The Final of the WCBCSC 2004-2005 took place at Oakham School on Saturday 19th February. It was a resounding success for solving GM and Ex-World Champion Jonathan Mestel, who came ahead of two other ex-world champions. The event was sponsored by Winton Capital Management: http://www.wintoncapital.com/

The full results can be found at my website. Follow this link for the final table: http://www.bstephen.freeuk.com/0405/finaltable.html and this for the problems used: http://www.bstephen.freeuk.com/0405/final_diag.html

British Chess Problem Society: http://www.bstephen.freeuk.com/

7th European Senior Teams

The 7th European Senior Teams takes place in Dresden 18th-25th February 2005. No games available.

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

Evry Tournaments

The 2nd GM and IM tournaments in Evry takes place 21st-27th February 2005. No games available.

Official site: http://www.evry-grandroque.com

Blackpool Open

The Blackpool Open takes place 11th-13th March 2005. GM's Jonathan Rowson & Mark Hebden and IM's Craig Hanley and Richard Pallicer have already entered. Eight games from the Open will be broadcast live on the internet.

With a prize fund of over £8,000 between 6 sections the tournament is expected to attract over 500 players.

On the Friday afternoon, GM Jonathan Rowson will be giving a simultaneous before the congress commences, spaces are still available.

Further information available from http://www.blackpoolchess.org.uk

US Amateur Team East

The US Amateur Team East takes place February 19th-21st 2005 in Parsippany, New Jerey USA

Further info: http://www.uschess.org/tla/yState.php?st=Natl

Swiss Chess Tour Davos Festival 2005

The "Swiss Chess Tour 2005" will continue in Davos with Chess Festival, the first time, besides "Open Davos", will be separate "Senior Open Davos", "Junior Open Davos" and "Summer-night open".

Davos is one of the most popular tourist places in Europe (summer and winter). Last year when all Europe caught by high tropical temperature at Davos was 20-25 degrees Celsius, always with a cupful of mountain wind. Next year, 2006, Davos will host European Individual Senior Championship.

Main event, the 4th "Sunstar Park Hotel Open", July 30th - August 7th 2005. "Sunstar Park Hotel" (4 stars) will be host festival in the new, comfortable "Congress Center". Swiss system, 9 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 6 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 60 minutes till the end). Valid for FIDE titles and FIDE rating. Prize are: 1.500 SF, 1.200, 900, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200 and 150 SF. From 11.- 20. places natural prizes. Special prizes for best Lady, best local player. Entry fee 140 SF, FMs and juniors 70 SF, at the door 10 SF more, GMs and IMs free. Time table: Rounds 1 16.00-22.00 July 30th; Round 2/8 14.00-20.00 July 31st- August 6th; Round 9 10.00-16.00 August 7th.

"Senior Open" July 31st - August 6th, senior 1945, 7 rounds and the games last of 5 hours (40 moves 2 hours and 30 minutes till the end). Valid for FIDE titles and FIDE rating. Prize is: 500/400/300/2x200/2x150 SF. Natural prizes for players with 4 points. Entry fee 70 SF, at the door 10 SF more. Time table 9.30 - 14.30 every day.

"Junior Open", born 1985 and younger. Exactly the same like "Senior Open" except, juniors lodging at "Sunstar Park Hotel" don't pay enter-fee. (Hotel pays for them).

"Summer-night Open", 7 rounds, 45 minutes for game; time-table 21.15-22.45 every day; natural prizes for all players with 4 points; enter fee 10 SF.

Venue: "Sunstar Park Hotel" (4 stars). Closing ceremony August 8th, half-hour after the last game. Unbelievable chess-rates. Info: Beochess +41+34+424-01-06 (Robert Spoerri) or info@beochess.ch

9th Chess Festival Voronezh

The 9th Chess Festival Voronezh 2005 takes place 10th-21st June 2005.

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

18th Ciudad de Leon

The 18th edition of the Ciudad de Leon chess tournament will be held in Leon, Spain June 9th-13th 2005. Players: Viswanathan Anand, Rustam Khasimdanov, Alexei Shirov and Magnus Carlsen. As usual, there will be 2 semi finals (June 10th and 11th) and a final (June 12th) and the venue will be the "Edificio de la Junta de Castilla y León" building. The sponsors are: the Ayuntamiento de León, the Junta de Castilla y León, the Diputación de León, the Universidad de León, Cajaduero and Alsa

The official web will be http://www.advancedchessleon.com and/or http://www.elajedrezdelfuturo.com

10th Stuttgart International Championship

The 10th Stuttgart International Championship takes place in Germany 5th-8th May 2005. Further details; Thomas Clemens e-mail: tc1772@nexgo.de

Further information: http://www.stuttgarter-stadtmeisterschaft.de.

Brno 2005

There are GM, IM and Open tournaments in Brno, Czech Republic 30th June - 10th July 2005.

Information: Internet - http://volny.cz/skduras E-mail - petr.pisk@centrum.cz Phone - Petr Pisk, +420- 731 465 344

Lenk Chess Festival

The "Swiss Chess Tour 2005" will continue in Lenk with the 17th "Kreuz-Open" March 24th-28th 2005. The host will be Hotel Kreuz, "Grande" Open, 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. From 11.- 20. places natural prizes. Special prizes for best Lady, senior (1945), junior(1985-88), schoolboy (1989) 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 "Kreuz".

Time table: Round 1st 18.00-23.00 March 24,; Rounds 2/3 09.30-14.30 and 15.30-20.30 March 25,; Round 4 13.30-18.30 March 26,; Rounds 5/6 09.30-14.30 and 15.30-20.30 March 27,; Round 7 10.00-15.00 March 28. Closing ceremony March 28 at 16.00.

List of players till January 27th ? GMs: Andrei Sokolov (FRA), Joseph Gallagher (SUI), Adam Horvath (HUN), Lothar Vogt (GER), Florin Gheorghiu (ROM); WGM Elvira Berend (LUX), WIM Nellya Vidonyak (GER); IMs: Alexander Raetsky (RUS), Roman Vidonyak (GER), Sandor Videki (HUN), Fred Berend (LUX) etc.

Info: Beochess +41+34+424-01-06 (Robert Spoerri) or info@beochess.ch or site http://www.beochess.ch for more details.

FIDE Trainers Committee

IM Jovan Petronic. Chairman, FIDE Computer & Internet Chess Committee has written about the FIDE Trainers Committee. Link to his article below. In 1998 FIDE formed a powerful Committee comprising of leading chess trainers around the chess globe. Accordingly, it was named the FIDE Trainers Committee, and below, I will try to summarize the immense useful information for the readers, current major chess training activities and appeals of the Committee, etc. The number of certified FIDE Trainers has grown and they are now (in alphabetical order) - none other than: Alburt Lev (USA), Asanov Bolat (Kazahstan), Azmaiparashvili Zurab (Georgia), Boensch Uwe (Germany), Beliavsky Alexandr (Slovenia), Chernin Alexandr (Hungary), Dorfman Iossif (France), Dvoretsky Mark (Russia), Gelfer Israel (Israel), Georgadze Tamaz (Georgia), Gulko Boris (USA), Illescas Miguel (Spain), Kuzmin Alexey (Katar), Khodarkovsky Michael (USA), Leong Ignatius (Singapore), Mikhalcishin Adrian (Slovenia), Marjanovic Slavoljub (Serbia & Montenegro), Mohr Georg (Slovenia), Nikitin Alexandr (Russia), Petrosjan Arshak (Armenia), Polgar Zsuzsa (USA), Postovsky Boris (USA), Psakhis Lev (Israel), Razuvaev Yuri (Russia), Seirawan Yasser (USA), Sosonko Genna (Netherlands), Schmidt Wlodzimerz (Poland), Tukmakov Vladimir (Ukraine), Ubilava Elizbar (Georgia), Vladimirov Evgeny (Kazahstan), Zapata Alonso (Columbia) and Xie Yun (China).

Read the article: http://www.jovanpetronic.com/fidetrainerscommittee.htm

19th Pula Open

The 19th "Pula Open 2005" in Croatia takes place 19th-26th June 2005.

For further information on the event: http://www.skpula.hr. Contact Denis Vretenar by e-mail: pulaopen@globalnet.hr.

International Chess Festival Varna

The Varna (Bulgaria) International Chess Festival takes place 10th-17th April 2005. Contact: Boris Hristov Tel’052 64 28 77, fax: 052 574 940; GSM: 088 60 25 403 e-mail: seahorse@abv.abv.bg

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

European Individual Women's Chess Championship

The European Individual Women's Chess Championship takes place in Chisinau, Moldova 10th-25th June 2005. Organisers Chess Federation of Moldova Sciusev Street, 111 2004, Chisinau Tel.: 00373-22-565451 Fax.: 00373-22-565451 or 210707 E-Mail: fskrip@company.md

Details on http://www.eurochess.org.

Official site for the event: http://eiwcc2005.chisinau.md/

Azura Chess Open

The Azura Chess Open International Rapid Chess Tournament also Belgian Rapid Chess Championship 2005 Brussels Rapid Chess Championship 2005 takes place Saturday-Sunday 23rd-24th April 2005 (11 rounds ~ 25 minutes games) Tournament for players with more than 2000 elo.

Playing venue: Palais du Midi rue van der Weyden 3 1000 Brussels Entry fee : IGM and IM free Others 25 euro Junior 15 euro

Registration: Registration only by e-mail. No registration at the venue. bennyasman@skynet.be Send payment to 210-0937331-72 with your name and elo rating as message

Details: http://www.creb.be/

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. There is an extension to the discount period for signing up for the event.

Official sites: http://www.hbfoundation.org and http://www.generationchess.com

16th Pobeskydi Tournament

The 16th Pobeskydi Chess Tournament takes place 24th-28th March 2005 in Frydek-Mistek, Czech Republic. There will be at least two tournaments. Round-robin with possibility to achieve IM and WGM norm and FIDE Open.

For futher details: http://www.chessfm.cz

7th United Insurance GM Rescheduled due to Tsunami

The 7th United Insurance & United Leasing Grandmasters Chess Tournament has been rescheduled (due to the Tsunami) and now takes place 4th-14th April 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. 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

12th Echternach International Open

The 12th Echternach International Open takes place 25th-26th June 2005. Seniors should also note the following dates: 2nd Open (rapid chess) for young seniors (aged 50 and above) 13th-14th August 2005. 5th Open-seniors (aged 60 and above) 15th-21st August 2005.

Further info: http://www.desprenger-echternach.lu/

Novi Sad Open A

The Novi Sad Open A (semi-closed for IMs and GMs) takes place 19th-26th March 2005.

Further info: http://www.drazic.co.yu or more specifically http://www.drazic.co.yu/t_2005_03_19-26_info.html

 1  gm Lalic Bogdan         ENG     
 2  gm Kosanovic Goran      SCG     
 3  gm Drazic Sinisa        SCG     
 4  gm Fontaine Robert      FRA     
 5  gm Lazic Miroljub 	     SCG
 6  gm Savic M .R.          SCG     
 7  im Colovic A.           MAC     
 8     Franchini Gabriele   ITA     
 9     Barilaro Luca        ITA     
10  im Pilgaard Kim         DEN     
11     Lundin Jan           SWE     
12  fm Kokeza Mirko         SCG     
13  fm Guadalpi D.          FRA     
14  fm Stupavski Z.         SCG     
15  im Popovic D.           SCG     
16  fm Juergen Brustkern    GER     
17  im Pap Misa             SCG     
18  im Marzolo Cyril        FRA     
19     Craig Young          ENG     
20  im Tratar M.            SLO     
21  im Sebenik  M.          SLO     
22  fm Dumpor A             BIH     
23  gm Kovacevic A.         SCG     
24  im Laketic Gojko        SCG     
25  im Kostic Vlada         SCG     
7 places left

Alushta Diary 2005

Leonid Galperin sends a calendar of planned events in Alushta, Ukraine 2005.

GM Norm events: 12.05 - 22.05 24.05 - 4.06 17.06-27.06. 1.09-11.09 25.09-5.10 7.10-17.10 IM Norm events 12.05 - 22.05 24.05 -4.06 17.06-27.06. 1.09-11.09 25.09-5.10 7.10-17.10 Rating tournament 5.06 - 13.06 Open tournament (under 16 years) First prize - 200 $ 14.06 - 22.06 Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Blitz tournament 28.06 12.09 Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Open tournament (rapid chess) 29 - 30.06 13-14.09 Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Open tournament First prize 1000 $ First prize (woman) 500$ 2.07-10.07 15.09-23.09 Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Session of school of Gennadi Kuzmin 5.06-14.06 25.09-4.10 Alushta Individual and group studying

Further information: http://www.kaissa.com.ua phone +38 (06560)5-05-32 (for Russian speaking) + 38 050 669-26-04 (for English speaking) e-mail: info@kaissa.com.ua

5th Chess Grand Prix of Bordeaux

The 5th Chess Grand Prix of Bordeaux takes place 28th April - 1st May 2005. In addition the 2nd Chess Grand Prix in d'Aix en Provence takes place in December 2005.

Details: http://www.grandprixdeparis.com/BA2005.html

Harald Malmgren 100 years Correspondence

31st Dec 2004 saw the start of the first Grandmaster tournament on the ICCF Webserver. The tournament is the "Harald Malmgren 100 years". The occasion is to commemorate the 100:d birthday of Harald Malmgren, Tierp in Sweden. Malmgren was runner up after Cecil Purdy in ICCF's first World Championship and earned his GM title in the event. Malmgren passed away in 1957. In his career he was also second in IFSB Championship 1939 and won the Swedish CC Championship in 1942. Malmgren was a true chess enthusiast and issued a book in 1953 "Mina bästa partier" (My best games) with only CC games he had played.

There are 13 participants and you will be able to follow the results on http://www.schack.se/SSKK/palview/res/malmgren.htm and as soon as about 10 moves are made in every game, SSKK will open a page for "live" games. That is games according to the ICCF CoC regulations for live games. The Category of the event is 10 which means that all norms are available.The tournament has two sponsors, Schackakademin and Svenska Schackbutiken AB.

The players are: IM Jan Bennborn, Sweden, IM Sture Olsson, Sweden, IM Rune Bergquist, Norway, IM Ervin Liebert, Estonia, IM Taisto Koskela, Finland, IM Leif Åhman, Sweden, SIM Jón A Pálsson, Iceland, SIM Josef Mrkvicka, Czech Rep, GM Matthias Rüfenacht; Switzerland, IM Gary S Benson, Australia, SIM John Pugh, England, Phillippe Chopin, France and Mads Smith Hansen, Denmark. The withdrawing ICCF President keeps playing CC and starts this event on his very last day in office.

Tomas Carnstam, Jonas Dahlgren, Robert Ericsson, Sebastian Nilsson and Per Söderberg wedish Correspondence Chess Federation (SSKK) Board members.

Games Festival Chalkidiki Greece

The Games Festival is is organised for the first time in Greece and takes place from 21st-29th of April 2005 at the Porto - Carras Grand Resort, in Chalkidiki in Greece.

Tennis, chess, golf, biliards, bridge, famous athletes, world champions will be present in Porto Carras. The festival includes a series of tournaments, competitions, seminars and exhibitions in sports and the most popular entertaining games.

The chess events are the 2nd International Open Chess Tournament "Porto Carras 2005" and the 1st World School Chess Championship. More specifically, the Open Tournament will be held 22nd-28th April 2005 at the Porto Carras Grand Rresort with open participation, 9 rounds swiss system and time control 90 minutes plus 30 seconds increment per move, according to the official announcement of the Greek Chess Club "A.M.O. Galaxias". Total prizes: 6.500 EURO. For more information visit http://www.gamesfestival.com or contact info@gamesfestival.com & GrivasEfs@netonline.gr

The 1st World School Championship for school chess champions in categories Under 8, 10, 12, 14, and 16, will be held 21st-29th April 2005 at the Porto Carras Grand Resort. Organizers of this great event are the World Chess Federation (FIDE), the International School Chess Union, the Greek Chess Federation, the Chess Club "Galaxias" of Thessaloniki and the Hotel Complex of "Porto Carras Grand Resort".

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

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. The event has been postponed until 21st-31st March 2005 due to the recent Tsunami disaster. 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

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.

Hungarian chess tournaments March 2005 - August 2005

1. 5th-18th of March 2005, FS GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, Org. : NL,

2. 18th- 26th of March, "SPRING FESTIVAL" 9 rounds Swiss Open, Budapest, Org.: NL

3. 2nd-15th of April , FS GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, Org: NL:

4. 7th-19th of May, FS GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, org.: NL

5. 20th-28th of May, ZALAKAROS Open, 9 rounds Swiss, (250 km West from Budapest), org: IM Horvath, Tamas, phone: +(36)-20-9777003

7. 21st-31st of May, ELEKES Memorial, GM-IM closed, Budapest, org.IM Zsinka, phone: +(36)-20-921-91-97

7. 4th-16th of June, FS GM-IM-FM, Budapest, Org: NL

8. 18th-26th of June, BALATONLELLE Open + GM-IM closed, 120 km West from Budapest, organizer: IM Rigo, e-mail: me-ri@axelero.hu

9. 2nd-14th of July, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest, org. NL.

10. 23rd- 31st of July, Agria Open /EGER, 100 km North-East from Budapest/, organizer: Rauch Ferenc, e-mail: rauch@freemail.hu

11. 6th-18th of August, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest org.:NL

Kings Head Rapidplay

The 29th Kings Head Rapidplay will take place on Saturday 12th 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

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

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

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