THE WEEK IN CHESS 543 4th April 2005 by Mark Crowther
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14th Amber Tournament 36 games
XIII Dos Hermanas International 49 games
East Bay Chess Club GM 21 games
Frydek-Mistek Festival 216 games
French Team championship "TOP 16" 288 games
European Union Championship 571 games
Foxwoods Open 152 games
San Sebastian Open 170 games
Russian Women's Ch 1st League 144 games
Givataim Tournament 15 games
Spring Open Belgrade 329 games
3rd Annual Western Pacific Open 16 games
La Roda Open 173 games
Icelandic Team Championship 265 games
3rd German Internet-championship 427 games
Caissa Kecskemét 45 games
First Saturday April 10 games
Belgian Teams 2004-05 51 games
Croatian Under-20 team championship 84 games
IRT Posadas 28 games
Leko Simul 8 games
Karpov vs Istratescu Match 1 game
3105 games
My thanks to Andy McFarland, Misha Klenburg, Csaba Bognar, Steve Laios,
Gary Suffield, Mikel Larreategi, Miklos Orso, Emmanuel Variniac,
Stéphane Laborde, Paul Spiller, Michael Atkins, Thomas Henrich, Mark
Watkins, Ching Kim Lye, Doru Ionescu, Hartmut Metz, Stellan Brynell and
everyone else who helped with the issue.
Viswanathan Anand started the Amber tournament with 7/7 and although he
didn't quite maintain that he only lost one game on the way to winning all the
standings in the event. This is the 2nd time he has headed all the standings
(the other time was 1997) and he is the only player to do it. The new FIDE
rating list for April was released and perhaps this is a significant moment.
Sergey Karjakin is the first player born in the 1990s to make the list. He is
in Dos Hermanas and has started with 3/4. In addition to these events there has
been an almost never ending supply of games this week as the Easter break has
taken place world wide.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The 14th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament took 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. The total prize fund was
Euros 193,250. Every day, the grandmasters played one rapid game and one
blindfold game of about one hour each. Viswanathan Anand won the blindfold,
rapid and combined events for the second time.
Official site: http://www.alldata.nl/amber
Blindfold
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Round 9 (March 29, 2005)
Leko, Peter - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 43 C12 French MacCutcheon
Morozevich, Alexander - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 57 D31 Semi-Slav Defence
Svidler, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 33 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Gelfand, Boris - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 39 D39 QGD Ragozin
Van Wely, Loek - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 45 A17 English Opening
Bareev, Evgeny - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 0-1 63 E14 Queens Indian
Round 10 (March 30, 2005)
Anand, Viswanathan - Svidler, Peter 1/2 20 B41 Sicilian Paulsen
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 36 C13 French Classical
Topalov, Veselin - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 53 A30 English Symmetrical
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Leko, Peter 0-1 41 C48 Four Knights Rubinstein
Kramnik, Vladimir - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 26 D12 Slav Defence
Shirov, Alexei - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 42 A90 Dutch Classical
Round 11 (March 31, 2005)
Leko, Peter - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 24 C42 Petroff's Defence
Morozevich, Alexander - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 30 A12 Reti Opening
Svidler, Peter - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 47 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Gelfand, Boris - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 19 E15 Queens Indian
Van Wely, Loek - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 42 D16 Slav Lasker/Smyslov
Bareev, Evgeny - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 31 D80 Gruenfeld 4.Bg5
Amber Blindfold Monte Carlo MNC (MNC), 19-31 iii 2005 cat. XX (2726)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2786 * = = 1 1 = = = 1 1 1 = 8.0 2895
2 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2711 = * = = 1 1 = = 0 1 0 = 6.0 2763
3 Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 = = * 0 1 1 0 = = = = 1 6.0 2760
4 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2757 0 = 1 * 0 1 1 = 0 = 1 = 6.0 2759
5 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2686 0 0 0 1 * = 1 = 1 0 1 1 6.0 2766
6 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2741 = 0 0 0 = * = = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2761
7 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2735 = = 1 0 0 = * 1 = = 0 1 5.5 2725
8 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2696 = = = = = = 0 * = = 1 = 5.5 2729
9 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2754 0 1 = 1 0 0 = = * 1 0 1 5.5 2723
10 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2713 0 0 = = 1 0 = = 0 * 1 = 4.5 2662
11 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2679 0 1 = 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 * = 4.0 2628
12 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2709 = = 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 = = * 3.0 2552
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Rapid
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Round 9 (March 29, 2005)
Anand, Viswanathan - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 119 D48 Queens Gambit Meran
Shirov, Alexei - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 52 D17 Slav Defence
Kramnik, Vladimir - Svidler, Peter 0-1 30 B46 Sicilian Paulsen
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Leko, Peter 0-1 58 C86 Ruy Lopez Worrall Attack
Topalov, Veselin - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 50 D17 Slav Defence
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 45 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Round 10 (March 30, 2005)
Morozevich, Alexander - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 44 A36 English Botvinnik
Leko, Peter - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 67 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Svidler, Peter - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 22 C10 French Rubinstein
Bareev, Evgeny - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 38 D23 QGA
Gelfand, Boris - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 44 E21 Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
Van Wely, Loek - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 29 D39 QGD Ragozin
Round 11 (March 31, 2005)
Anand, Viswanathan - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 18 C42 Petroff's Defence
Shirov, Alexei - Leko, Peter 1-0 40 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Kramnik, Vladimir - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 35 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 55 B19 Caro Kann
Topalov, Veselin - Svidler, Peter 1-0 58 A20 English Opening
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 69 E91 King's Indian Classical
Amber Rapid Monte Carlo MNC (MNC), 19-31 iii 2005 cat. XX (2726)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2786 * = 1 = 1 1 = 0 1 = 1 = 7.5 2853
2 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2741 = * = 0 = 1 1 1 1 0 1 = 7.0 2827
3 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2713 0 = * = 1 = = = 0 1 1 1 6.5 2792
4 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2754 = 1 = * = 0 0 = = 1 = 1 6.0 2759
5 Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 0 = 0 = * 1 = 1 1 = = = 6.0 2760
6 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2711 0 0 = 1 0 * 1 = 1 = = 1 6.0 2763
7 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2735 = 0 = 1 = 0 * = 0 1 = 1 5.5 2725
8 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2709 1 0 = = 0 = = * 0 = = 1 5.0 2691
9 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2757 0 0 1 = 0 0 1 1 * = = = 5.0 2687
10 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2696 = 1 0 0 = = 0 = = * = = 4.5 2664
11 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2686 0 0 0 = = = = = = = * 0 3.5 2597
12 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2679 = = 0 0 = 0 0 0 = = 1 * 3.5 2597
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Combined
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Amber Combined Monte Carlo MNC (MNC), 19-31 iii 2005 cat. XX (2726)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2786 ** == =1 =1 1= == 11 11 == 11 =0 1= 15.5 2869
2 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2741 == ** 01 0= 10 =1 01 1= =0 =1 11 1= 13.0 2790
3 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2711 =0 10 ** =0 01 =1 =1 1= == 1= == 01 12.0 2763
4 Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 =0 1= =1 ** == 0= 01 =0 == 1= 11 == 12.0 2760
5 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2754 0= 01 10 == ** =0 1= 1= =1 0= 1= 01 11.5 2737
6 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2735 == =0 =0 1= =1 ** 00 == 11 0= 1= 01 11.0 2725
7 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2757 00 10 =0 10 0= 11 ** =1 == 0= =1 1= 11.0 2723
8 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2713 00 0= 0= =1 0= == =0 ** =1 11 == 11 11.0 2727
9 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2696 == =1 == == =0 00 == =0 ** == == 1= 10.0 2693
10 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2686 00 =0 0= 0= 1= 1= 1= 00 == ** 1= 10 9.5 2680
11 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2709 =1 00 == 00 0= 0= =0 == == 0= ** =1 8.0 2625
12 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2679 0= 0= 10 == 10 10 0= 00 0= 01 =0 ** 7.5 2613
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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)
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It Dos Hermanas ESP (ESP), 1-9 iv 2005 cat. XVI (2640)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2635 * . 1 . = . . . = 1 3.0 2807
2. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2673 . * = = . = . . 1 . 2.5 2745
3. Felgaer, Ruben g ARG 2593 0 = * . 1 . . 1 . . 2.5 2726
4. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2705 . = . * = . = = . . 2.0 2625
5. Rustemov, Alexander g RUS 2573 = . 0 = * . . . 1 . 2.0 2641
6. Azmaiparashvili, Zurab g GEO 2671 . = . . . * = = . = 2.0 2647
7. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2611 . . . = . = * = . = 2.0 2670
8. Harikrishna, P g IND 2646 . . 0 = . = = * . . 1.5 2558
9. Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2633 = 0 . . 0 . . . * 1 1.5 2547
10. Dominguez, Lenier g CUB 2658 0 . . . . = = . 0 * 1.0 2444
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Round 1 (April 1, 2005)
Karjakin, Sergey - Felgaer, Ruben 1-0 84 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Radjabov, Teimour - Azmaiparashvili, Zurab 1/2 25 B10 Caro Kann
Rustemov, Alexander - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 22 D13 Slav Exchange
Harikrishna, P - Korneev, Oleg 1/2 22 A13 Reti Opening
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Dominguez, Lenier 1-0 44 D19 Slav Defence
Round 2 (April 2, 2005)
Felgaer, Ruben - Rustemov, Alexander 1-0 44 C19 French Winawer
Dreev, Alexey - Radjabov, Teimour 1/2 107 A85 Dutch
Azmaiparashvili, Zurab - Harikrishna, P 1/2 31 D39 QGD Ragozin
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Karjakin, Sergey 1/2 35 D20 QGA
Dominguez, Lenier - Korneev, Oleg 1/2 33 C42 Petroff's Defence
Round 3 (April 3, 2005)
Karjakin, Sergey - Dominguez, Lenier 1-0 62 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Radjabov, Teimour - Felgaer, Ruben 1/2 16 D10 Slav Defence
Rustemov, Alexander - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1-0 38 D70 Gruenfeld Defence
Korneev, Oleg - Azmaiparashvili, Zurab 1/2 11 B09 Pirc Defence
Harikrishna, P - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 87 A00 Irregular Openings
Round 4 (April 4, 2005)
Karjakin, Sergey - Rustemov, Alexander 1/2 27 C42 Petroff's Defence
Felgaer, Ruben - Harikrishna, P 1-0 33 C51 Evans Gambit
Dreev, Alexey - Korneev, Oleg 1/2 76 D31 Semi-Slav Defence
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Radjabov, Teimour 0-1 43 A62 Benoni
Dominguez, Lenier - Azmaiparashvili, Zurab 1/2 33 B19 Caro Kann
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It B Dos Hermanas ESP (ESP), 1-9 iv 2005 cat. X (2490)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Franco Ocampos, Zenon g PAR 2519 * . = 1 . . . . . 1 2.5 2748
2. Rodriguez Guerrero, Enrique m ESP 2449 . * . . = . . 1 1 . 2.5 2778
3. Teran Alvarez, Ismael m ESP 2430 = . * . . . . = 1 . 2.0 2621
4. Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2621 0 . . * . . 1 . . 1 2.0 2589
5. Campora, Daniel H g ARG 2545 . = . . * = = . . . 1.5 2480
6. Perez Candelario, Manuel m ESP 2495 . . . . = * = . = . 1.5 2521
7. Matamoros Franco, Carlos S g ECU 2498 . . . 0 = = * . . . 1.0 2428
8. Fernandez Romero, Ernesto m ESP 2449 . 0 = . . . . * . = 1.0 2293
9. Cifuentes Parada, Roberto g ESP 2521 . 0 0 . . = . . * . 0.5 2185
10. Garcia Luque, Agustin m ESP 2376 0 . . 0 . . . = . * 0.5 2256
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It C Dos Hermanas ESP (ESP), 1-9 iv 2005 cat. IV (2333)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Gutierrez Jimenez, Juan M ESP 2150 * . . . = 1 . . . 1 2.5 2545
2. Komljenovic, Davor g CRO 2477 . * . = . . . 1 1 . 2.5 2658
3. Kononenko, Tatiana wg UKR 2416 . . * = . . 1 = . . 2.0 2498
4. Fernandez Garcia, Jose Luis g ESP 2468 . = = * = . . . . . 1.5 2406
5. Razmyslov, Alexander f UKR 2325 = . . = * . = . . . 1.5 2311
6. Escobar Dominguez, Daniel f ESP 2351 0 . . . . * . . = 1 1.5 2214
7. Garrido Dominguez, Jesus f ESP 2315 . . 0 . = . * . . = 1.0 2169
8. Barrero Garcia, Carlos f ESP 2337 . 0 = . . . . * . . 0.5 2253
9. Ivanov, Jordan m BUL 2350 . 0 . . . = . . * . 0.5 2221
10. Hidalgo Begines, Pablo ESP 2142 0 . . . . 0 = . . * 0.5 1999
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Garry Kasparov remained as number one and gained 8 points from his
victory at Linares. Anand's second in Wijk aan Zee was balanced by a
disappointing Linares which left him losing a point. Vesselin Topalov confirms
the feeling that but for the odd weak moment he might actually be the form
player in the world rising 21 points. Peter Leko takes over from Vladimir
Kramnik at number four gaining 14 points from his win in Wijk. Vladimir Kramnik
lost a point at Wijk aan Zee and drops to five. Vassily Ivanchuk rises from
eleven to six gaining 28 points from the Torre Memorial and Aeroflot Open.
Michael Adams played Wijk and Linares losing just 4 points. Judit Polgar gained
4 points at Wijk and returns to the top ten after a years inactivity. Etienne
Bacrot remains at nine but needed to gain the 16 points he did to do so. Peter
Svidler lost 7 points and drops from eight to ten.
Alexander Morozevich drops out of the top ten after losing 24 points.
Gata Kamsky returned at nineteen from a long period of inactivity losing 17
points in his return at the US Championship. Hikaru Nakamura gained 44 points
and rose from ninety-nine to fourty-three in the world mostly from his US
Championship performance. Sergey Karjakin finally makes it into the top 100 at
sixty-four in the world in what no-doubt will be a long stay. Ivan Chaparinov
gained 49 points to enter at 92. Nine players dropped out of the top 100 and
2615 gets you in the list as opposed to 2613.
FIDE Top 100 Players April 2005
No. Ja Name t NAT YroB oc03 ja04 ap04 ju04 oc04 ja05 ap05 Gms
1 1 Kasparov, Garry........... g RUS 1963 2830 2831 2817 2817 2813 2804 2812 12
2 2 Anand, Viswanathan........ g IND 1969 2766 2766 2774 2782 2781 2786 2785 25
3 3 Topalov, Veselin.......... g BUL 1975 2735 2735 2737 2737 2757 2757 2778 25
4 5 Leko, Peter............... g HUN 1979 2722 2722 2741 2741 2743 2749 2763 25
5 4 Kramnik, Vladimir......... g RUS 1975 2777 2777 2764 2770 2760 2754 2753 13
6 11 Ivanchuk, Vassily......... g UKR 1969 2710 2716 2716 2715 2705 2711 2739 17
7 7 Adams, Michael............ g ENG 1971 2725 2720 2731 2738 2740 2741 2737 25
8 -- Polgar, Judit (GM) w ..... g HUN 1976 2722 2728 2728 2728 2728 2728 2732 13
9 9 Bacrot, Etienne........... g FRA 1983 2664 2664 2675 2712 2718 2715 2731 18
10 8 Svidler, Peter............ g RUS 1976 2723 2747 2733 2727 2735 2735 2725 22
11 12 Grischuk, Alexander....... g RUS 1983 2732 2719 2719 2705 2704 2710 2724 22
12 6 Morozevich, Alexander..... g RUS 1977 2702 2732 2732 2743 2758 2741 2717 13
13 10 Shirov, Alexei............ g ESP 1972 2737 2736 2713 2725 2726 2713 2714 21
14 16 Gelfand, Boris............ g ISR 1968 2703 2709 2714 2709 2693 2696 2713 22
15 13 Bareev, Evgeny............ g RUS 1966 2739 2714 2711 2715 2715 2709 2709 0
16 14 Dreev, Alexey............. g RUS 1969 2705 2682 2689 2690 2698 2704 2705 19
17 17 Akopian, Vladimir......... g ARM 1971 2684 2693 2689 2692 2692 2693 2703 9
18 22 Bologan, Viktor........... g MDA 1971 2673 2679 2665 2663 2669 2683 2700 18
19 -- Kamsky, Gata.............. g USA 1974 2717 2717 2717 2717 2717 2717 2700 9
20 15 Ponomariov, Ruslan........ g UKR 1983 2718 2722 2722 2722 2710 2700 2695 22
21 21 Aronian, Levon............ g ARM 1982 2649 2648 2645 2671 2675 2684 2693 19
22 23 Van Wely, Loek............ g NED 1972 2654 2617 2651 2680 2681 2679 2687 22
23 37 Motylev, Alexander........ g RUS 1979 2634 2640 2649 2658 2651 2665 2680 9
24 20 Volokitin, Andrei......... g UKR 1986 2594 2594 2600 2638 2652 2685 2679 19
25 24 Lautier, Joel............. g FRA 1973 2666 2676 2680 2666 2682 2678 2678 0
26 18 Vallejo Pons, Francisco... g ESP 1982 2662 2663 2666 2679 2678 2686 2677 12
27 29 Karpov, Anatoly........... g RUS 1951 2693 2682 2682 2682 2682 2674 2674 0
28 28 Short, Nigel D............ g ENG 1965 2701 2702 2712 2684 2687 2674 2673 13
29 36 Radjabov, Teimour......... g AZE 1987 2650 2656 2670 2664 2663 2667 2673 9
30 26 Sakaev, Konstantin........ g RUS 1974 2657 2656 2665 2664 2669 2677 2672 9
31 31 Krasenkow, Michal......... g POL 1963 2597 2609 2609 2632 2676 2672 2672 0
32 39 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab.... g GEO 1960 2693 2678 2679 2679 2672 2662 2671 9
33 25 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam...... g UZB 1979 2668 2652 2652 2640 2650 2678 2670 12
34 38 Malakhov, Vladimir........ g RUS 1980 2696 2700 2695 2674 2664 2664 2670 9
35 30 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter... g ROM 1976 2675 2678 2692 2686 2687 2673 2670 8
36 46 Bruzon, Lazaro............ g CUB 1982 2603 2603 2602 2628 2637 2652 2669 20
37 44 Georgiev, Kiril........... g BUL 1965 2651 2637 2637 2626 2625 2654 2666 15
38 34 Sutovsky, Emil............ g ISR 1977 2646 2666 2661 2679 2697 2669 2665 31
39 33 Moiseenko, Alexander...... g UKR 1980 2618 2623 2631 2640 2653 2669 2665 18
40 19 Sokolov, Ivan............. g NED 1968 2695 2706 2690 2679 2663 2685 2662 13
41 41 Dominguez, Lenier......... g CUB 1983 2607 2605 2612 2629 2645 2661 2658 19
42 40 Khalifman, Alexander...... g RUS 1966 2678 2674 2668 2669 2669 2662 2658 18
43 99 Nakamura, Hikaru.......... g USA 1987 2565 2571 2580 2601 2620 2613 2657 30
44 49 Nielsen, Peter Heine...... g DEN 1973 2626 2638 2628 2652 2663 2648 2653 22
45 35 Milov, Vadim.............. g SUI 1972 2574 2632 2680 2683 2683 2668 2653 13
46 53 Smirin, Ilia.............. g ISR 1968 2670 2670 2675 2671 2673 2644 2649 9
47 45 Zvjaginsev, Vadim......... g RUS 1976 2653 2654 2654 2650 2650 2653 2649 9
48 50 Ye, Jiangchuan............ g CHN 1960 2681 2681 2681 2681 2649 2648 2648 0
49 54 Navara, David............. g CZE 1985 2607 2604 2602 2616 2620 2644 2647 19
50 42 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyaz.... g AZE 1985 2595 2646 2657 2662 2660 2657 2646 29
51 68 Harikrishna, P............ g IND 1986 2570 2582 2599 2609 2612 2632 2646 10
52 48 Rublevsky, Sergei......... g RUS 1974 2672 2655 2671 2686 2649 2650 2645 9
53 65 Kobalia, Mikhail.......... g RUS 1978 2656 2643 2630 2618 2621 2634 2644 17
54 43 Sasikiran, Krishnan....... g IND 1981 2679 2654 2659 2666 2668 2657 2642 30
55 70 Avrukh, Boris............. g ISR 1978 2609 2620 2620 2600 2614 2629 2642 15
56 55 Eljanov, Pavel............ g UKR 1983 2597 2596 2592 2613 2629 2643 2641 17
57 60 Bauer, Christian.......... g FRA 1977 2602 2599 2595 2590 2622 2636 2640 18
58 57 Lputian, Smbat G.......... g ARM 1958 2630 2634 2634 2634 2634 2640 2640 0
59 47 Onischuk, Alexander....... g USA 1975 2661 2652 2652 2655 2653 2652 2638 31
60 77 Ni, Hua................... g CHN 1983 2560 2560 2587 2583 2611 2625 2638 19
61 52 Vescovi, Giovanni......... g BRA 1978 2633 2633 2648 2648 2645 2645 2638 14
62 58 Fressinet, Laurent........ g FRA 1981 2654 2636 2638 2637 2640 2638 2638 0
63 56 Jobava, Baadur............ g GEO 1983 2605 2616 2616 2615 2614 2640 2637 15
64 -- Karjakin, Sergey.......... g UKR 1990 2562 2566 2508 2591 2576 2599 2635 34
65 61 Aleksandrov, Aleksej...... g BLR 1973 2664 2679 2668 2666 2659 2635 2635 0
66 -- Volkov, Sergey............ g RUS 1974 2620 2630 2629 2625 2628 2612 2634 22
67 67 Hansen, Curt.............. g DEN 1964 2616 2635 2635 2635 2633 2633 2633 0
68 66 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel.. g ESP 1965 2602 2616 2623 2618 2626 2633 2633 0
69 82 Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan...... g IRI 1982 2540 2549 2558 2552 2558 2623 2632 46
70 59 Graf, Alexander........... g GER 1962 2646 2629 2656 2661 2646 2637 2632 17
71 32 Vaganian, Rafael A........ g ARM 1951 2623 2623 2639 2642 2640 2670 2631 25
72 76 Tiviakov, Sergei.......... g NED 1973 2601 2600 2593 2601 2617 2627 2631 10
73 69 Seirawan, Yasser.......... g USA 1960 2621 2621 2621 2631 2631 2631 2631 0
74 -- Bu, Xiangzhi.............. g CHN 1985 2606 ---- 2621 2620 2615 2607 2630 20
75 -- Sargissian, Gabriel....... g ARM 1983 2614 2618 2614 2617 2611 2602 2630 19
76 62 Beliavsky, Alexander G.... g SLO 1953 2667 2667 2667 2679 2660 2635 2630 18
77 64 Gurevich, Mikhail......... g BEL 1959 2656 2656 2672 2667 2644 2634 2630 7
78 87 Miroshnichenko, Evgenij... g UKR 1978 2571 2602 2599 2615 2617 2620 2628 19
79 98 Kharlov, Andrei........... g RUS 1968 2591 2607 2593 2604 2613 2614 2628 11
80 78 Movsesian, Sergei......... g SVK 1978 2645 2639 2647 2646 2629 2624 2628 4
81 74 Almasi, Zoltan............ g HUN 1976 2631 2633 2631 2644 2650 2628 2628 0
82 75 Hjartarson, Johann ....... g ISL 1963 2640 2640 2640 2628 2628 2628 2628 0
83 27 Nikolic, Predrag.......... g BIH 1960 2647 2648 2648 2671 2676 2676 2627 22
84 79 Kempinski, Robert......... g POL 1977 2561 2577 2586 2612 2608 2624 2627 18
85 93 Gustafsson, Jan........... g GER 1979 2571 2572 2579 2611 2603 2616 2627 9
86 84 Naiditsch, Arkadij........ g GER 1985 2578 2576 2571 2574 2611 2623 2626 25
87 51 Smirnov, Pavel............ g RUS 1982 2629 2609 2601 2620 2626 2645 2624 18
88 91 Istratescu, Andrei........ g ROM 1975 2595 2590 2587 2603 2611 2617 2624 9
89 80 Huebner, Robert Dr........ g GER 1948 2604 2604 2603 2624 2624 2624 2624 0
90 83 Vladimirov, Evgeny........ g KAZ 1957 2614 2621 2621 2628 2627 2623 2623 0
91 88 Timofeev, Artyom.......... g RUS 1985 2575 2578 2591 2611 2611 2619 2622 15
92 -- Cheparinov, Ivan.......... g BUL 1986 2531 2550 2555 2567 2576 2572 2621 48
93 86 Filippov, Valerij......... g RUS 1975 2630 2609 2639 2627 2632 2621 2621 9
94 -- Efimenko, Zahar........... g UKR 1985 2547 2537 2566 2572 2594 2601 2620 28
95 97 McShane, Luke J........... g ENG 1984 2649 2651 2656 2643 2629 2614 2620 9
96 90 Korchnoi, Viktor.......... g SUI 1931 2580 2569 2579 2568 2601 2617 2619 14
97 -- Belov, Vladimir........... g RUS 1984 2553 2560 2543 2532 2552 2582 2617 21
98 -- Berkes, Ferenc............ g HUN 1985 2616 2602 2613 2614 2630 2610 2617 9
99 92 Sadler, Matthew........... g ENG 1974 2626 2626 2626 2617 2617 2617 2617 0
100 81 Najer, Evgeniy............ g RUS 1977 2608 2602 2606 2608 2624 2624 2615 17
101 73 Goldin, Alexander......... g USA 1965 2629 2616 2611 2624 2620 2628 2615 11
Out of the list
No. Name t NAT ja05 ap05 Gms
63 Sadvakasov, Darmen.............. g KAZ 2635 2605 18
71 Kaidanov, Gregory S............. g USA 2629 2614 23
72 Tregubov, Pavel V............... g RUS 2629 2612 19
85 Ehlvest, Jaan................... g EST 2622 2614 20
89 Macieja, Bartlomiej............. g POL 2618 2613 21
94 Iordachescu, Viorel............. g MDA 2615 2609 18
95 Epishin, Vladimir............... g RUS 2614 2605 50
96 Lutz, Christopher............... g GER 2614 2614 0
100 Kazhgaleyev, Murtas............. g KAZ 2613 2600 18
The East Bay Chess Club GM tournament takes place March 29th - April 6th
2005.
Official site:
http://www.eastbaychess.com/tourney/05/GMXtable.html
Round 1 (March 29, 2005)
Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg - Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas 1-0 72 E17 Queens Indian
Stein, Alex - Atalik, Suat 1-0 57 C19 French Winawer
Pruess, David - Yermolinsky, Alex 0-1 39 B42 Sicilian Paulsen
Round 2 (March 30, 2005)
Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas - Atalik, Suat 1/2 39 C55 Two Knights Defence
Yermolinsky, Alex - Stein, Alex 1-0 38 A17 English Opening
Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg - Pruess, David 0-1 23 A43 Old Benoni
Round 3 (March 31, 2005)
Atalik, Suat - Yermolinsky, Alex 1/2 33 A43 Old Benoni
Stein, Alex - Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg 0-1 57 C19 French Winawer
Pruess, David - Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas 0-1 72 D01 Queen's Pawn Richter/Veresov
Round 4 (April 1, 2005)
Atalik, Suat - Pruess, David 1-0 45 A72 Benoni Main Line/9.Bg5
Yermolinsky, Alex - Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg 1/2 60 E97 King's Indian Classical
Stein, Alex - Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas 1-0 49 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 5 (April 2, 2005)
Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas - Yermolinsky, Alex 1/2 33 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg - Atalik, Suat 0-1 36 D41 Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Pruess, David - Stein, Alex 1-0 51 A13 Reti Opening
Round 6 (April 2, 2005)
Atalik, Suat - Stein, Alex 1-0 23 E20 Nimzo Indian
Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas - Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg 1-0 36 C13 French Classical
Yermolinsky, Alex - Pruess, David 0-1 51 D02 Queen's Pawn Game
Round 7 (April 3, 2005)
Atalik, Suat - Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas 1/2 37 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Stein, Alex - Yermolinsky, Alex 1-0 52 B67 Sicilian Rauzer
Pruess, David - Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg 0-1 42 C13 French Classical
East Bay CC GM Berkley USA (USA), 29 iii-6 iv 2005 cat. IX (2461)
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1 Atalik, Suat g BIH 2560 ** == =. 1. 01 1. 4.5 2529
2 Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas m CAN 2425 == ** =. 01 0. 1. 3.5 2478
3 Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2570 =. =. ** =. 10 10 3.5 2421
4 Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg g MGL 2453 0. 10 =. ** 1. 01 3.5 2447
5 Stein, Alex f USA 2362 10 1. 01 0. ** 0. 3.0 2454
6 Pruess, David f USA 2394 0. 0. 01 10 1. ** 3.0 2434
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The Frydek-Mistek Festival took place in the Czech Republic 24th-28th
March 2005. There were two round robin and one swiss tournament. Antanas
Zapolskis won the Arcimpex Cup with 7/9. Serguei Vesselovsky took first place
from Michal Meszaros on tie break in the Technomont Cup both scored 6.5/9.
Povilas Tvarijonas edged out Marcin Walach on tie-break in the Alpress Cup a 9
round Swiss. Both scored 8/9.
Official site: http://www.chessfm.cz/
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Arcimpex Cup Frydek Mistek CZE (CZE), 24-28 iii 2005 cat. III (2304)
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1. Zapolskis, Antanas m LTU 2341 * = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 = 7.0 2520
2. Dambrauskas, Virginijus m LTU 2307 = * = = = 1 = 1 = 1 6.0 2428
3. Smolen, Jan SVK 2356 = = * 0 1 1 = = 1 = 5.5 2378
4. Ginzburg, Mikhail BLR 2326 0 = 1 * = 1 1 0 = 1 5.5 2381
5. Vavra, Pavel1 m CZE 2390 0 = 0 = * 0 1 = 1 1 4.5 2294
6. Rogule, Laura wm LAT 2281 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 = 1 1 4.5 2306
7. Jurcik, Marian SVK 2314 = = = 0 0 0 * = 1 1 4.0 2260
8. Wiley, Tom E f ENG 2208 0 0 = 1 = = = * 0 = 3.5 2234
9. Matras, Agnieszka wm POL 2279 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 1 * = 2.5 2141
10. Vybiral, Zdenek CZE 2240 = 0 = 0 0 0 0 = = * 2.0 2091
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Technomont Cup Frydek Mistek CZE (CZE), 24-28 iii 2005 cat. III (2304)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Vesselovsky, Serguei m CZE 2400 * = = = 1 1 = = 1 1 6.5 2459
2. Meszaros, Michal f SVK 2347 = * 1 0 1 = = 1 1 1 6.5 2465
3. Bandza, Algirdas m LTU 2383 = 0 * = = = 1 1 = 1 5.5 2375
4. Talla, Vladimir m CZE 2417 = 1 = * 0 = = 1 0 1 5.0 2334
5. Asauskas, Henrikas LTU 2383 0 0 = 1 * 1 1 0 1 = 5.0 2338
6. Karhanek, Pavel CZE 2216 0 = = = 0 * 1 1 1 0 4.5 2314
7. Michalik, Peter SVK 2225 = = 0 = 0 0 * = 1 1 4.0 2270
8. Lahner, Jakub CZE 2241 = 0 0 0 1 0 = * = 1 3.5 2231
9. Toma, Katarzyna wm POL 2224 0 0 = 1 0 0 0 = * 1 3.0 2188
10. Chrz, Pavel CZE 2207 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 0 * 1.5 2042
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Alpress Cup Frydek Mistek CZE (CZE), 24-28 iii 2005
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1. Tvarijonas, Povilas LTU 2100 8.0 52.5 2526
2. Walach, Marcin f POL 2377 8.0 51.5 2472
3. Smistik, Milan CZE 2342 7.5 54.0 2408
4. Stanisz, Patryk POL 2139 6.5 44.5 2249
5. Rojicek, Vojtech CZE 2083 6.0 53.5 2314
6. Lasinskas, Povilas LTU 2219 6.0 48.0 2177
7. Herbold, Manfred GER 2140 6.0 47.5 2168
8. Kozak, Pavel CZE 2185 6.0 45.0 2157
9. Mielke, Sven GER 2115 6.0 43.5 2187
10. Incedi, Ales CZE 2157 6.0 42.5 2119
11. Macicek, Jakub CZE 2093 6.0 39.5 2128
12. Slovak, Petr CZE 2128 5.5 49.5 2157
13. Snorek, Milan CZE 2177 5.5 48.5 2150
14. Kalvaitis, Sigitas LTU 2152 5.5 47.5 2114
15. Stojanas, Justinas LTU 2105 5.5 46.5 2183
16. Vesely, Libor CZE 2070 5.5 44.5 2167
17. Zochowski, Piotr POL 2053 5.5 43.5 2168
18. Trombik, Karel CZE 2254 5.5 42.0 2125
19. Petenyi, Tamas SVK 2037 5.5 40.5 2208
20. Krzyzanowski, Marcin POL 1942 5.5 37.0 2176
72 players
The French Team championship "TOP 16" consisits of two groups. There
will be a final played amongst the winners later in the year. 2 groups GpA in
Noyon (North of France) and GpB Cannes (South of France) played rounds 4-7 31st
March - 3rd April 2005. Players included: Grischuk, Adams, Bacrot and Svidler.
My thanks to Gérard Demuydt.
Coverage: http://www.echecs.asso.fr -
http://www.europe-echecs.com/ and
http://www.noyon-echecs.com
Group A
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Round 4 31st March 2005
Nancy 1 - 5 Paris NAO
g ARONIAN Levon 2684 1 - 0 g GRISCHUK Alex 2710
g NIJBOER Friso 2549 X - X g BACROT Etienn 2715
m MARZOLO Cyril 2428 X - X g NIELSEN Peter 2648
m ROCHA Sergio 2400 0 - 1 g ADAMS Michael 2741
f SPIELMANN Ala 2249 X - X g FRESSINET Lau 2638
SAATDJIAN Thoma 2082 0 - 1 g LAUTIER Joel 2678
FRANC Nathalie 2067 0 - 1 g HAUCHARD Arna 2487
SAATDJIAN Steph 1923 0 - 1 g NATAF Igor-Al 2557
SAATDJIAN Esteb 1670 0 - 1 COCHET Caroline 2086
Noyon 2 - 4 Mulhouse
g NAIDITSCH Ark 2623 1 - 0 g DAUTOV Rustem 2609
g MAGEM BADALS 2485 0 - 1 g SAKAEV Konsta 2677
g MARCELIN Cyri 2464 X - X g SOKOLOV Andre 2582
m ADLA Diego 2485 0 - 1 g GEORGIEV Kiri 2654
f NGUYEN Chi-Mi 2370 1 - 0 g CHUCHELOV Vla 2571
VAN HEIRZEELE D 2230 X - X f RIFF Jean-Noe 2435
f CLERY Nicolas 2327 0 - 1 m BRICARD Emman 2434
PETITPAS Franck 2140 0 - 1 f LERCH Patrice 2329
ASSAD Karine 2051 X - X mf MULLER Anne 2181
Clichy 2 - 5 Bischwiller
g NISIPEANU Liv 2673 X - X g SCHLOSSER Phi 2570
g DAVID Alberto 2573 1 - 0 g GALDUNTS Serg 2489
g PELLETIER Yan 2604 X - X g PINTER Jozsef 2535
g APICELLA Manu 2543 0 - 1 m GOULIEV Namig 2514
g TREGUBOV Pave 2629 0 - 1 f NETZER Jean 2384
g BAGHERI Amir 2500 1 - 0 m MENSCH Etienn 2360
m COLLAS Didier 2418 0 - 1 m WAGNER Claude 2375
gf COLLAS Silvi 2358 0 - 1 gf MILLIET Soph 2309
SANCHEZ Louis 2291 0 - 1 HEINZ Timothee 2198
Montpellier 5 - 1 Reims
g HAMDOUCHI Hic 2555 0 - 1 g ROWSON Jonath 2572
m CHARBONNEAU P 2498 X - X g NEVEDNICHY Vl 2559
g FLEAR Glenn C 2462 X - X g MOTWANI Paul 2543
g PRIE Eric 2439 X - X m VAN DER STRIC 2425
m MAZE Sebastie 2455 1 - 0 MINET Steve 2152
f SARTHOU Gaeta 2398 1 - 0 OUDOT Jean-Bapt 2142
m LIBISZEWSKI F 2415 1 - 0 LAVAL Brice 2163
mf FLEAR Christ 2245 1 - 0 BARNIER Christo 1997
RICBOUR Jeremy 2128 1 - 0 DESANLIS Anne-S 1842
Round 5 1st April 2005
Paris NAO 3 - 1 Clichy
g LAUTIER Joel 2678 0 - 1 g NISIPEANU Liv 2673
g SVIDLER Peter 2735 X - X g APICELLA Manu 2543
g ADAMS Michael 2741 X - X g PELLETIER Yan 2604
g BACROT Etienn 2715 1 - 0 g DAVID Alberto 2573
g GRISCHUK Alex 2710 1 - 0 g TREGUBOV Pave 2629
g FRESSINET Lau 2638 X - X g BAGHERI Amir 2500
g NIELSEN Peter 2648 1 - 0 gf COLLAS Silvi 2358
g NATAF Igor-Al 2557 X - X m COLLAS Didier 2418
COCHET Caroline 2086 X - X SANCHEZ Louis 2291
Mulhouse 1 - 1 Montpellier
g SAKAEV Konsta 2677 X - X g HAMDOUCHI Hic 2555
g GEORGIEV Kiri 2654 X - X m LIBISZEWSKI F 2415
g CHUCHELOV Vla 2571 X - X m KRUSH Irina 2466
g SOKOLOV Andre 2582 X - X g PRIE Eric 2439
g DAUTOV Rustem 2609 X - X m MAZE Sebastie 2455
m BRICARD Emman 2434 1 - 0 f SARTHOU Gaeta 2398
ROSER Kevin 2346 0 - 1 g FLEAR Glenn C 2462
f RIFF Jean-Noe 2435 X - X f LETREGUILLY O 2274
mf MULLER Anne 2181 X - X mf FLEAR Christ 2245
Reims 0 - 4 Noyon
g ROWSON Jonath 2572 X - X g NAIDITSCH Ark 2623
g NEVEDNICHY Vl 2559 X - X m ADLA Diego 2485
g MOTWANI Paul 2543 X - X g MARCELIN Cyri 2464
m VAN DER STRIC 2425 X - X g MAGEM BADALS 2485
LAVAL Brice 2163 0 - 1 f NGUYEN Chi-Mi 2370
OUDOT Jean-Bapt 2142 0 - 1 f CLERY Nicolas 2327
MINET Steve 2152 X - X PETITPAS Franck 2140
BARNIER Christo 1997 0 - 1 VAN HEIRZEELE D 2230
DESANLIS Anne-S 1842 0 - 1 ASSAD Karine 2051
Bischwiller 3 - 5 Nancy
g SCHLOSSER Phi 2570 X - X g ARONIAN Levon 2684
m GOULIEV Namig 2514 1 - 0 g NIJBOER Friso 2549
g PINTER Jozsef 2535 0 - 1 g LANDA Konstan 2574
g GALDUNTS Serg 2489 0 - 1 f NEZAR Mustaph 2375
gf MILLIET Soph 2309 0 - 1 m ROCHA Sergio 2400
m WAGNER Claude 2375 1 - 0 f PHILIPPE Chri 2374
m MENSCH Etienn 2360 0 - 1 m MARZOLO Cyril 2428
f NETZER Jean 2384 0 - 1 f SPIELMANN Ala 2249
HEINZ Timothee 2198 1 - 0 FRANC Nathalie 2067
Round 6 Group A
Montpellier 2 - 4 Paris NAO
g HAMDOUCHI Hic 2555 X - X g ADAMS Michael 2741
m MAZE Sebastie 2455 0 - 1 g SVIDLER Peter 2735
m KRUSH Irina 2466 0 - 1 g NIELSEN Peter 2648
g PRIE Eric 2439 0 - 1 g GRISCHUK Alex 2710
g FLEAR Glenn C 2462 1 - 0 g LAUTIER Joel 2678
m LIBISZEWSKI F 2415 0 - 1 g FRESSINET Lau 2638
f SARTHOU Gaeta 2398 X - X g BACROT Etienn 2715
f LETREGUILLY O 2274 1 - 0 m VACHIER-LAGRA 2488
mf FLEAR Christ 2245 X - X COCHET Caroline 2086
Clichy 3 - 2 Mulhouse
g TREGUBOV Pave 2629 X - X g SAKAEV Konsta 2677
g PELLETIER Yan 2604 X - X g GEORGIEV Kiri 2654
g NISIPEANU Liv 2673 X - X g CHUCHELOV Vla 2571
g CONQUEST Stua 2513 0 - 1 g SOKOLOV Andre 2582
g APICELLA Manu 2543 0 - 1 g DAUTOV Rustem 2609
m COLLAS Didier 2418 X - X m BRICARD Emman 2434
m KOCH Jean-Ren 2431 1 - 0 f RIFF Jean-Noe 2435
gf COLLAS Silvi 2358 1 - 0 f LERCH Patrice 2329
SANCHEZ Louis 2291 1 - 0 mf MULLER Anne 2181
Noyon 2 - 4 Bischwiller
g NAIDITSCH Ark 2623 1 - 0 g SCHLOSSER Phi 2570
g MAGEM BADALS 2485 1 - 0 m GOULIEV Namig 2514
g MARCELIN Cyri 2464 X - X g PINTER Jozsef 2535
m ADLA Diego 2485 0 - 1 g GALDUNTS Serg 2489
f NGUYEN Chi-Mi 2370 0 - 1 m WAGNER Claude 2375
f HOMMELES Theo 2384 X - X f NETZER Jean 2384
f CLERY Nicolas 2327 X - X m MENSCH Etienn 2360
CARTON Camille 2223 0 - 1 gf MILLIET Soph 2309
ASSAD Karine 2051 0 - 1 HEINZ Timothee 2198
Nancy 6 - 0 Reims
g ARONIAN Levon 2684 X - X g ROWSON Jonath 2572
g LANDA Konstan 2574 X - X g NEVEDNICHY Vl 2559
m ROCHA Sergio 2400 X - X g MOTWANI Paul 2543
f NEZAR Mustaph 2375 1 - 0 m VAN DER STRIC 2425
f PHILIPPE Chri 2374 1 - 0 LAVAL Brice 2163
m MARZOLO Cyril 2428 1 - 0 OUDOT Jean-Bapt 2142
f SPIELMANN Ala 2249 1 - 0 DROIT Vincent 2080
SAATDJIAN Thoma 2082 1 - 0 VAROQUIER Romai 1920
FRANC Nathalie 2067 1 - 0 BRAJON Victoria 1130
Round 7 Group A
Paris NAO 7 - 0 Noyon
g BACROT Etienn 2715 1 - 0 g NAIDITSCH Ark 2623
g GRISCHUK Alex 2710 1 - 0 g MAGEM BADALS 2485
g NIELSEN Peter 2648 1 - 0 g MARCELIN Cyri 2464
g LAUTIER Joel 2678 1 - 0 m ADLA Diego 2485
g FRESSINET Lau 2638 1 - 0 f NGUYEN Chi-Mi 2370
g NATAF Igor-Al 2557 1 - 0 f HOMMELES Theo 2384
g HAUCHARD Arna 2487 X - X f CLERY Nicolas 2327
m VACHIER-LAGRA 2488 1 - 0 PETITPAS Franck 2140
COCHET Caroline 2086 X - X ASSAD Karine 2051
Mulhouse 4 - 1 Nancy
g GEORGIEV Kiri 2654 X - X g ARONIAN Levon 2684
g SOKOLOV Andre 2582 X - X g LANDA Konstan 2574
g DAUTOV Rustem 2609 1 - 0 f PHILIPPE Chri 2374
g SAKAEV Konsta 2677 X - X m MARZOLO Cyril 2428
g CHUCHELOV Vla 2571 0 - 1 m ROCHA Sergio 2400
m BRICARD Emman 2434 1 - 0 f NEZAR Mustaph 2375
f RIFF Jean-Noe 2435 X - X f SPIELMANN Ala 2249
ROSER Kevin 2346 1 - 0 FRANC Nathalie 2067
mf MULLER Anne 2181 1 - 0 SAATDJIAN Thoma 2082
Bischwiller 3 - 2 Montpellier
g PINTER Jozsef 2535 0 - 1 m MAZE Sebastie 2455
g GALDUNTS Serg 2489 X - X g HAMDOUCHI Hic 2555
g SCHLOSSER Phi 2570 X - X m KRUSH Irina 2466
m GOULIEV Namig 2514 1 - 0 m LIBISZEWSKI F 2415
f NETZER Jean 2384 1 - 0 f SARTHOU Gaeta 2398
m WAGNER Claude 2375 0 - 1 g PRIE Eric 2439
m MENSCH Etienn 2360 X - X g FLEAR Glenn C 2462
gf MILLIET Soph 2309 1 - 0 f LETREGUILLY O 2274
HEINZ Timothee 2198 X - X mf FLEAR Christ 2245
Reims 0 - 5 Clichy
g ROWSON Jonath 2572 X - X g TREGUBOV Pave 2629
g NEVEDNICHY Vl 2559 X - X g PELLETIER Yan 2604
g MOTWANI Paul 2543 X - X g APICELLA Manu 2543
m VAN DER STRIC 2425 X - X g DAVID Alberto 2573
LAVAL Brice 2163 0 - 1 m KOCH Jean-Ren 2431
OUDOT Jean-Bapt 2142 0 - 1 g CONQUEST Stua 2513
DROIT Vincent 2080 0 - 1 m COLLAS Didier 2418
VAROQUIER Romai 1920 0 - 1 gf COLLAS Silvi 2358
BRAJON Victoria 1130 0 - 1 SANCHEZ Louis 2291
Pl.Team Pts P d. p. c.
1 Paris NAO 21 7 30 35 5
2 Mulhouse 16 7 0 18 18
3 Clichy 15 7 10 22 12
4 Bischwiller 15 7 5 25 20
5 Montpellier 15 7 5 19 14
6 Nancy 12 7 -5 18 23
7 Noyon 11 7 -14 12 26
8 Reims 7 7 -31 4 35
Group B
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Round 4 31st March 2005
Evry 5 - 1 Sautron
g JUSSUPOW Artu 2582 1 - 0 g DGEBUADZE Ale 2547
g DEGRAEVE Jean 2569 X - X m MOLDOVAN Dani 2411
g KOGAN Artur 2592 X - X f BERTHELOT Yan 2323
g HUEBNER Rober 2624 1 - 0 f GERARD Nicola 2329
g RELANGE Eloi 2500 1 - 0 CROUAN Stephane 2229
g HERNANDEZ Gil 2512 X - X EDOUARD Romain 2221
m ABERGEL Thal 2443 1 - 0 DELORME Axel 2206
m BROCHET Phili 2388 0 - 1 LE ROC'H Daniel 1948
m SEBAG Marie 2421 1 - 0 MARCHADOUR Emil 2017
Nice 5 - 0 Vandoeuvre
g NIKOLIC Predr 2676 1 - 0 m WIRIG Anthony 2396
g DELCHEV Aleks 2597 1 - 0 f BECKER Marc 2384
g AGREST Evgeni 2579 1 - 0 BIJAOUI Manuel 2345
g VAISSER Anato 2581 1 - 0 TEMPLIER Nicola 2299
m SHARIF Mehrsh 2463 X - X CAPPON John 2186
g NIKOLAIDIS Io 2520 X - X JEITZ Christian 2119
m DUNIS Aurelie 2462 X - X FELLER Sebastie 2191
m CLAVERIE Chri 2316 X - X ff MARCHADOUR C 2085
mf NICOARA Mali 2242 1 - A SWIERCZ Sandra 1948
Monaco 4 - 1 Gonfreville
g DORFMAN Josif 2603 X - X g BOLOGAN Vikto 2683
g ALMASI Zoltan 2628 X - X g GUSTAFSSON Ja 2616
g MIRALLES Gill 2485 0 - 1 g GUREVICH Mikh 2634
g RENET Olivier 2490 1 - 0 m VALLIN Guilla 2420
g MARCIANO Davi 2522 1 - 0 m ELIET Nicolas 2430
g ROTSTEIN Arka 2528 X - X g RAUSIS Igors 2500
g KOSTEN Anthon 2527 X - X m PAYEN Arnaud 2384
g EFIMOV Igor 2468 1 - 0 MIDOUX Sebastie 2310
gf LALLEMAND Ro 2303 1 - 0 mf GERVAIS Clai 2121
Avignon 3 - 4 Cannes
g MILOV Vadim 2668 X - X g TKACHIEV Vlad 2609
g ROMERO HOLMES 2515 0 - 1 g BAUER Christi 2636
f HINKS-EDWARDS 2383 0 - 1 g KAZHGALEYEV M 2613
m GUIDARELLI La 2438 1 - 0 g FONTAINE Robe 2537
m RAHAL Michael 2431 X - X m GOZZOLI Yanni 2433
GREGOIRE Sylvai 2280 0 - 1 g CHABANON Jean 2431
MEYNARD Thibaul 2242 1 - 0 m SIEBRECHT Seb 2408
m BOUDRE Jean-P 2339 1 - 0 m CORNETTE Matt 2357
GUADALPI Celine 1882 0 - 1 gf LECONTE Mari 2287
Round 5 1st April 2005
Gonfreville 4 - 4 Evry
g BOLOGAN Vikto 2683 1 - 0 g JUSSUPOW Artu 2582
g GUSTAFSSON Ja 2616 0 - 1 g HUEBNER Rober 2624
g GUREVICH Mikh 2634 1 - 0 g KOGAN Artur 2592
m VALLIN Guilla 2420 0 - 1 g DEGRAEVE Jean 2569
m PAYEN Arnaud 2384 X - X g RELANGE Eloi 2500
m BEIKERT Guent 2430 0 - 1 g HERNANDEZ Gil 2512
m ELIET Nicolas 2430 1 - 0 m SEBAG Marie 2421
MIDOUX Sebastie 2310 1 - 0 m ABERGEL Thal 2443
mf GERVAIS Clai 2121 0 - 1 m BERGEZ Luc 2371
Cannes 2 - 4 Nice
g SHIROV Alexei 2713 X - X g NIKOLIC Predr 2676
g MCSHANE Luke 2614 0 - 1 g DELCHEV Aleks 2597
g BAUER Christi 2636 0 - 1 g AGREST Evgeni 2579
g TKACHIEV Vlad 2609 X - X g VAISSER Anato 2581
g KAZHGALEYEV M 2613 1 - 0 m SHARIF Mehrsh 2463
g FONTAINE Robe 2537 0 - 1 g NIKOLAIDIS Io 2520
g CHABANON Jean 2431 X - X m DUNIS Aurelie 2462
m GOZZOLI Yanni 2433 0 - 1 m BUJISHO Benja 2399
gf LECONTE Mari 2287 1 - 0 mf NICOARA Mali 2242
Vandoeuvre 1 - 2 Avignon
g LUTZ Christop 2614 X - X g MILOV Vadim 2668
g BERKES Ferenc 2610 1 - 0 g ROMERO HOLMES 2515
g GLEK Igor V. 2588 X - X m RAHAL Michael 2431
m WIRIG Anthony 2396 X - X f HINKS-EDWARDS 2383
BIJAOUI Manuel 2345 X - X m BOUDRE Jean-P 2339
f BECKER Marc 2384 X - X m GUIDARELLI La 2438
f BRUNNER Nicol 2288 X - X f GUADALPI Davi 2324
TEMPLIER Nicola 2299 0 - 1 MEYNARD Thibaul 2242
ff MARCHADOUR C 2085 0 - 1 GUADALPI Celine 1882
Sautron 1 - 6 Monaco
g DGEBUADZE Ale 2547 X - X g DORFMAN Josif 2603
m MOLDOVAN Dani 2411 X - X g MARCIANO Davi 2522
f BERTHELOT Yan 2323 0 - 1 g KOSTEN Anthon 2527
EDOUARD Romain 2221 1 - 0 g ROTSTEIN Arka 2528
CROUAN Stephane 2229 0 - 1 g RENET Olivier 2490
f GERARD Nicola 2329 A - 1 g EFIMOV Igor 2468
DELORME Axel 2206 0 - 1 g MIRALLES Gill 2485
LE ROC'H Daniel 1948 0 - 1 f VAN HOOLANDT 2238
MARCHADOUR Emil 2017 0 - 1 gf LALLEMAND Ro 2303
Round 6 Group B
Evry 1 - 3 Cannes
g HUEBNER Rober 2624 X - X g MCSHANE Luke 2614
g KOGAN Artur 2592 X - X g SHIROV Alexei 2713
g DEGRAEVE Jean 2569 0 - 1 g BAUER Christi 2636
g RELANGE Eloi 2500 0 - 1 g TKACHIEV Vlad 2609
g JUSSUPOW Artu 2582 X - X g FONTAINE Robe 2537
m SEBAG Marie 2421 0 - 1 g KAZHGALEYEV M 2613
g HERNANDEZ Gil 2512 X - X m GOZZOLI Yanni 2433
m ABERGEL Thal 2443 X - X g ANIC Darko 2465
m BERGEZ Luc 2371 1 - 0 gf LECONTE Mari 2287
Nice 1 - 1 Gonfreville
g DELCHEV Aleks 2597 1 - 0 g GUSTAFSSON Ja 2616
g NIKOLIC Predr 2676 X - X g BOLOGAN Vikto 2683
g NIKOLAIDIS Io 2520 0 - 1 g GUREVICH Mikh 2634
g AGREST Evgeni 2579 X - X m ELIET Nicolas 2430
g VAISSER Anato 2581 X - X g RAUSIS Igors 2500
m SHARIF Mehrsh 2463 X - X m PAYEN Arnaud 2384
m DUNIS Aurelie 2462 X - X m VALLIN Guilla 2420
m BUJISHO Benja 2399 X - X MIDOUX Sebastie 2310
mf NICOARA Mali 2242 X - X mf GERVAIS Clai 2121
Monaco 5 - 1 Vandoeuvre
g ALMASI Zoltan 2628 1 - 0 TEMPLIER Nicola 2299
g MARCIANO Davi 2522 X - X m WIRIG Anthony 2396
g DORFMAN Josif 2603 1 - 0 f BRUNNER Nicol 2288
g MIRALLES Gill 2485 1 - 0 f BECKER Marc 2384
g RENET Olivier 2490 1 - 0 BIJAOUI Manuel 2345
g EFIMOV Igor 2468 X - X CAPPON John 2186
g ROTSTEIN Arka 2528 0 - 1 FELLER Sebastie 2191
g KOSTEN Anthon 2527 1 - 0 ff MARCHADOUR C 2085
gf LALLEMAND Ro 2303 X - X JEITZ Christian 2119
Avignon 6 - 0 Sautron
g MILOV Vadim 2668 1 - 0 g DGEBUADZE Ale 2547
g ROMERO HOLMES 2515 X - X m MOLDOVAN Dani 2411
m RAHAL Michael 2431 1 - 0 f GERARD Nicola 2329
m GUIDARELLI La 2438 1 - 0 f BERTHELOT Yan 2323
f GUADALPI Davi 2324 X - X DELORME Axel 2206
GREGOIRE Sylvai 2280 1 - 0 EDOUARD Romain 2221
m BOUDRE Jean-P 2339 1 - 0 CROUAN Stephane 2229
f HINKS-EDWARDS 2383 1 - 0 LE ROC'H Daniel 1948
GUADALPI Celine 1882 X - X MARCHADOUR Emil 2017
Round 7 Group B
Vandoeuvre 0 - 6 Evry
m WIRIG Anthony 2396 0 - 1 g HUEBNER Rober 2624
f BECKER Marc 2384 0 - 1 g KOGAN Artur 2592
TEMPLIER Nicola 2299 X - X g JUSSUPOW Artu 2582
BIJAOUI Manuel 2345 X - X g RELANGE Eloi 2500
FELLER Sebastie 2191 0 - 1 g HERNANDEZ Gil 2512
CAPPON John 2186 X - X m ABERGEL Thal 2443
f BRUNNER Nicol 2288 0 - 1 m BERGEZ Luc 2371
JEITZ Christian 2119 0 - 1 m SEBAG Marie 2421
ff MARCHADOUR C 2085 0 - 1 m BROCHET Phili 2388
Sautron 0 - 8 Nice
g DGEBUADZE Ale 2547 X - X g DELCHEV Aleks 2597
m MOLDOVAN Dani 2411 0 - 1 g AGREST Evgeni 2579
CROUAN Stephane 2229 0 - 1 g VAISSER Anato 2581
f BERTHELOT Yan 2323 0 - 1 g SULAVA Nenad 2470
DELORME Axel 2206 0 - 1 g NIKOLAIDIS Io 2520
EDOUARD Romain 2221 0 - 1 m SHARIF Mehrsh 2463
MARCHADOUR Emil 2017 0 - 1 m BUJISHO Benja 2399
LE ROC'H Daniel 1948 0 - 1 m CLAVERIE Chri 2316
LABATUT Tifany 1580 0 - 1 mf NICOARA Mali 2242
Cannes 6 - 0 Monaco
g MCSHANE Luke 2614 1 - 0 g ROTSTEIN Arka 2528
g SHIROV Alexei 2713 1 - 0 g ALMASI Zoltan 2628
g KAZHGALEYEV M 2613 1 - 0 g DORFMAN Josif 2603
g FONTAINE Robe 2537 1 - 0 g RENET Olivier 2490
g TKACHIEV Vlad 2609 1 - 0 g EFIMOV Igor 2468
g BAUER Christi 2636 X - X g MIRALLES Gill 2485
g CHABANON Jean 2431 X - X g MARCIANO Davi 2522
g ANIC Darko 2465 1 - 0 g KOSTEN Anthon 2527
gf LECONTE Mari 2287 X - X gf LALLEMAND Ro 2303
Gonfreville 4 - 1 Avignon
g GUREVICH Mikh 2634 X - X g MILOV Vadim 2668
g BOLOGAN Vikto 2683 1 - 0 m RAHAL Michael 2431
m BEIKERT Guent 2430 0 - 1 m GUIDARELLI La 2438
g RAUSIS Igors 2500 X - X g ROMERO HOLMES 2515
m VALLIN Guilla 2420 X - X f HINKS-EDWARDS 2383
m ELIET Nicolas 2430 1 - 0 MEYNARD Thibaul 2242
m PAYEN Arnaud 2384 1 - 0 f GUADALPI Davi 2324
MIDOUX Sebastie 2310 X - X m BOUDRE Jean-P 2339
mf GERVAIS Clai 2121 1 - 0 GUADALPI Celine 1882
Pl. Team Pts p d p. c.
1 Cannes 19 7 22 31 9
2 Nice 18 7 19 25 6
3 Evry 18 7 16 27 11
4 Gonfreville 15 7 8 22 14
5 Monaco 15 7 6 22 16
6 Avignon 11 7 -9 15 24
7 Vandoeuvre 9 7 -23 9 32
8 Sautron 7 7 -39 4 43
The 2005 European Union Championship which was part of the programme of
events celebrating Cork City's status as European Capital of Culture for 2005.
The event took place 21st March - 3rd April 2005 in the Ballroom Suite Gresham
Metropole Hotel MacCurtain Street Cork Ireland. Zoltan Gyimesi won the event
with 8.5/10 on tie-break from Mateusz Bartel who caught his total in the final
round. I give my final version of the entire file as I made some changes to the
results in the earlier rounds.
Website: http://www.corkchess.com
Leading Official Final Standings
Place Name Loc Club Score M-Buch. Rtg Sum
1-2 Zoltan Gyimesi GM 2602 HUNGARY 8.5 53.0 22459
Mateusz Bartel GM 2487 POLAND 8.5 52.0 22281
3-5 Bartosz Socko GM 2591 POLAND 7.5 52.0 0
Roland Berzinsh IM 2454 LATVIA 7.5 49.0 0
Mark Hebden GM 2521 ENGLAND 7.5 47.0 0
6-9 Slavko Cicak GM 2552 SWEDEN 7 53.0 22120
Joel Benjamin GM 2554 USA 7 52.0 22123
Normunds Miezis GM 2547 LATVIA 7 51.0 22121
Alexander Baburin GM 2523 IRELAND 7 48.0 21469
10-21 Klaus Bischoff GM 2555 GERMANY 6.5 52.5 0
Vasilios Kotronias GM 2585 GREECE 6.5 51.0 0
Heikki Kallio GM 2469 FINLAND 6.5 49.5 0
Viktorija Cmilyte IM 2468 LITHUANIA 6.5 49.5 0
Gediminas Sarakauskas IM 2449 LITHUANIA 6.5 48.0 0
Roberto Paramos IM 2391 SPAIN 6.5 48.0 0
Harmen Jonkman GM 2399 HOLLAND 6.5 47.0 0
Raset Ziatdinov IM 2441 USA 6.5 46.5 0
Frerik Janz 2376 GERMANY 6.5 46.5 0
Lorin D'Costa FM 2356 ENGLAND 6.5 45.0 0
Maarten Solleveld IM 2468 HOLLAND 6.5 44.5 0
David Howell IM 2348 ENGLAND 6.5 40.5 0
115 players
Crosstable
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ch-EU Cork IRL (IRL), 22-31 iii 2005
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1. Gyimesi, Zoltan g HUN 2602 + 67 = 16 + 40 + 23 + 9 + 8 + 3 = 2 = 7 + 11 8.5 2753
2. Bartel, Mateusz m POL 2482 + 56 + 29 + 54 = 12 = 3 + 20 + 11 = 1 + 6 + 8 8.5 2730
3. Socko, Bartosz g POL 2591 + 74 + 30 = 23 + 28 = 2 + 12 - 1 = 22 + 25 + 7 7.5 2622
4. Berzinsh, Roland m LAT 2454 + 71 + 36 = 38 + 39 = 6 = 10 - 7 + 34 + 22 + 16 7.5 2557
5. Hebden, Mark g ENG 2521 + 84 + 35 = 22 - 38 + 27 = 43 + 32 = 25 + 24 + 15 7.5 2540
6. Cicak, Slavko g SWE 2552 + 70 + 20 = 14 + 15 = 4 + 17 = 8 = 10 - 2 + 23 7.0 2568
7. Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2547 + 85 + 34 = 37 = 22 = 18 + 40 + 4 + 13 = 1 - 3 7.0 2569
8. Benjamin, Joel g USA 2554 + 66 + 43 + 18 = 13 + 38 - 1 = 6 + 35 + 10 - 2 7.0 2570
9. Baburin, Alexander g IRL 2523 + 50 + 21 = 15 + 44 - 1 - 18 + 65 + 37 = 23 + 29 7.0 2503
10. Kotronias, Vasilios g GRE 2585 + 52 = 40 + 16 = 37 + 13 = 4 + 18 = 6 - 8 = 19 6.5 2532
11. Bischoff, Klaus g GER 2555 + 69 + 33 = 28 + 14 = 12 + 25 - 2 + 17 = 15 - 1 6.5 2521
12. Kallio, Heikki g FIN 2469 + 75 + 27 + 32 = 2 = 11 - 3 = 22 = 40 + 43 = 13 6.5 2512
13. Cmilyte, Viktorija m LTU 2468 + 76 + 31 + 51 = 8 - 10 + 14 + 24 - 7 = 29 = 12 6.5 2498
14. Jonkman, Harmen g NED 2399 + 55 + 58 = 6 - 11 + 45 - 13 + 38 = 26 + 36 = 25 6.5 2458
15. Paramos Dominguez, Roberto m ESP 2391 + 60 + 59 = 9 - 6 = 47 + 36 + 41 + 46 = 11 - 5 6.5 2481
16. Janz, Frerik GER 2376 + 78 = 1 - 10 = 66 + 71 + 47 = 46 + 18 + 26 - 4 6.5 2444
17. Ziatdinov, Raset m USA 2441 + 73 = 45 = 46 + 53 + 26 - 6 + 20 - 11 = 27 + 42 6.5 2466
18. Sarakauskas, Gediminas m LTU 2449 + 92 + 48 - 8 + 54 = 7 + 9 - 10 - 16 + 59 + 40 6.5 2470
19. Solleveld, Maarten m NED 2468 + 72 = 42 - 39 + 64 + 33 - 22 = 27 + 65 + 35 = 10 6.5 2408
20. D'Costa, Lorin f ENG 2356 + 95 - 6 + 85 + 58 + 34 - 2 - 17 = 39 + 45 + 37 6.5 2413
21. Howell, David WL f ENG 2348 + 99 - 9 + 84 + 59 - 46 - 65 = 52 + 50 + 39 + 41 6.5 2333
22. Quinn, Mark m IRL 2395 + 80 + 68 = 5 = 7 = 24 + 19 = 12 = 3 - 4 = 31 6.0 2469
23. Jones, Gawain C m ENG 2453 + 62 + 53 = 3 - 1 = 35 + 39 = 34 + 42 = 9 - 6 6.0 2451
24. Ledger, Andrew m ENG 2450 + 63 = 39 = 42 + 36 = 22 + 38 - 13 + 45 - 5 = 30 6.0 2388
25. Markos, Jan m SVK 2454 + 82 - 38 + 77 + 42 + 37 - 11 + 43 = 5 - 3 = 14 6.0 2413
26. Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan m GEO 2454 + 90 - 54 + 70 + 31 - 17 + 44 = 29 = 14 - 16 + 53 6.0 2345
27. Heidenfeld, Mark m IRL 2344 + 79 - 12 = 81 + 61 - 5 + 49 = 19 + 68 = 17 = 28 6.0 2343
28. Cech, Pavel m CZE 2407 + 88 + 47 = 11 - 3 - 39 + 52 - 42 + 67 + 38 = 27 6.0 2352
29. Brandenburg, Daan NED 2343 +102 - 2 + 75 = 46 = 41 + 59 = 26 + 32 = 13 - 9 6.0 2411
30. Rendle, Thomas f ENG 2370 + 87 - 3 + 67 = 47 - 51 + 75 = 39 + 58 = 40 = 24 6.0 2316
31. Eisenbeiser, Amadeus f GER 2312 + 83 - 13 + 72 - 26 + 66 = 37 - 40 + 52 + 46 = 22 6.0 2354
32. Medvegy, Nora wg HUN 2388 + 81 + 64 - 12 = 49 = 44 + 68 - 5 - 29 + 73 + 51 6.0 2302
33. Rossi, Carlo m ITA 2367 +101 - 11 + 52 = 51 - 19 + 67 - 45 = 69 + 47 + 59 6.0 2290
34. Roos, Michael m GER 2365 + 93 - 7 + 92 + 68 - 20 + 64 = 23 - 4 = 53 + 56 6.0 2315
35. Molander, Riku f FIN 2353 + 89 - 5 = 57 + 90 = 23 + 92 + 51 - 8 - 19 + 60 6.0 2288
36. Short, Philip M f IRL 2312 + 97 - 4 + 80 - 24 + 85 - 15 + 70 + 64 - 14 + 55 6.0 2272
37. Wippermann, Till f GER 2424 + 61 + 49 = 7 = 10 - 25 = 31 + 48 - 9 + 54 - 20 5.5 2385
38. Grant, Jonathan SCO 2259 +100 + 25 = 4 + 5 - 8 - 24 - 14 + 76 - 28 + 69 5.5 2375
39. Pritchett, Craig W m SCO 2258 +104 = 24 + 19 - 4 + 28 - 23 = 30 = 20 - 21 + 66 5.5 2376
40. Manca, Federico m ITA 2373 + 98 = 10 - 1 + 56 + 48 - 7 + 31 = 12 = 30 - 18 5.5 2400
41. Palliser, Richard m ENG 2402 + 57 - 51 + 62 = 48 = 29 + 53 - 15 = 54 + 49 - 21 5.5 2255
42. Ryan, Joseph f IRL 2328 + 86 = 19 = 24 - 25 = 69 + 74 + 28 - 23 + 48 - 17 5.5 2349
43. Wall, Gavin m IRL 2368 + 94 - 8 = 61 + 76 + 49 = 5 - 25 + 51 - 12 = 44 5.5 2307
44. Astaneh Lopez, Alex IRL 2277 + 91 = 46 + 45 - 9 = 32 - 26 + 66 - 59 + 84 = 43 5.5 2313
45. Upton, Timothy J f SCO 2256 +107 = 17 - 44 + 57 - 14 + 69 + 33 - 24 - 20 + 70 5.5 2283
46. Medvegy, Zoltan g HUN 2467 +115 = 44 = 17 = 29 + 21 = 51 = 16 - 15 - 31 + 67 5.5 2317
47. Schulz, Michael1 GER 2238 +108 - 28 + 55 = 30 = 15 - 16 = 50 + 82 - 33 + 76 5.5 2236
48. McPhillips, Karl IRL 2242 +110 - 18 + 63 = 41 - 40 + 72 - 37 + 71 - 42 + 75 5.5 2242
49. Johansson, Thomas1 SWE 2212 +105 - 37 + 60 = 32 - 43 - 27 + 95 + 89 - 41 + 72 5.5 2231
50. Wilson, Alexandra SUI 2072 - 9 - 95 =100 = 96 +103 + 78 = 47 - 21 + 92 + 65 5.5 2156
51. Hitzler, Philip GER 2178 +112 + 41 - 13 = 33 + 30 = 46 - 35 - 43 + 63 - 32 5.0 2318
52. Balogh, Emese HUN 2111 - 10 + 78 - 33 + 55 + 95 - 28 = 21 - 31 + 82 = 54 5.0 2224
53. Thompson, Ian D f ENG 2256 +103 - 23 + 82 - 17 + 62 - 41 = 71 + 72 = 34 - 26 5.0 2199
54. Rivero Ojeda, Carmelo ESP 2259 +113 + 26 - 2 - 18 = 72 = 71 + 84 = 41 - 37 = 52 5.0 2242
55. O'Donoghue,Dennis J IRL ---- - 14 + 65 - 47 - 52 + 79 - 70 +103 + 85 + 68 - 36 5.0 2152
56. Eisenbeiser, Karlhe GER 2064 - 2 = 91 + 83 - 40 = 78 =101 = 87 + 95 + 58 - 34 5.0 2139
57. Healy,Tom IRL ---- - 41 +105 = 35 - 45 - 67 + 83 = 75 - 66 +103 + 90 5.0 2119
58. Pastres, Roberto ITA 2175 +111 - 14 +108 - 20 - 92 + 76 + 61 - 30 - 56 + 71 5.0 2124
59. Almond, Richard ENG 2149 +109 - 15 +106 - 21 + 81 - 29 + 92 + 44 - 18 - 33 5.0 2217
60. Galligan,Brian IRL ---- - 15 +111 - 49 =106 = 70 +107 - 68 + 74 + 64 - 35 5.0 2146
61. Path,David IRL ---- - 37 +112 = 43 - 27 = 96 + 97 - 58 - 77 + 91 + 84 5.0 2138
62. Young, Mel ENG 1966 - 23 +110 - 41 +103 - 53 = 96 - 67 = 83 + 93 + 87 5.0 2115
63. Aherne,Tony IRL ---- - 24 +109 - 48 +108 - 68 + 98 - 64 + 78 - 51 + 85 5.0 2125
64. MacElligott, Gerard IRL 2145 +116 - 32 + 95 - 19 + 77 - 34 + 63 - 36 - 60 + 88 5.0 2153
65. Lauterbach, Ingrid wm ENG 2182 -106 - 55 + 97 + 80 + 82 + 21 - 9 - 19 = 70 - 50 4.5 2110
66. Eberl, Hans-Christian AUT 2096 - 8 = 94 + 86 = 16 - 31 + 88 - 44 + 57 = 69 - 39 4.5 2152
67. Fox, Anthony IRL 2123 - 1 + 98 - 30 = 81 + 57 - 33 + 62 - 28 + 77 - 46 4.5 2181
68. Joentausta, Hannu FIN 2162 + 96 - 22 + 88 - 34 + 63 - 32 + 60 - 27 - 55 = 73 4.5 2113
69. Ebner, Johann AUT 2103 - 11 = 99 + 87 = 77 = 42 - 45 +101 = 33 = 66 - 38 4.5 2150
70. Laurain, Dominique FRA 2084 - 6 +101 - 26 = 78 = 60 + 55 - 36 + 87 = 65 - 45 4.5 2139
71. O'Driscoll,Kieran IRL ---- - 4 = 97 + 94 + 74 - 16 = 54 = 53 - 48 +102 - 58 4.5 2151
72. Norinkeviciute, Rasa LTU 2032 - 19 + 79 - 31 + 89 = 54 - 48 +106 - 53 + 81 - 49 4.5 2142
73. O'Shea,Kevin IRL ---- - 17 -108 =109 = 83 +102 = 89 = 74 + 79 - 32 = 68 4.5 2078
74. Cafolla, Peter IRL 2116 - 3 = 87 + 99 - 71 + 88 - 42 = 73 - 60 + 95 = 77 4.5 2055
75. Walsh, Paul IRL 2061 - 12 +104 - 29 = 93 + 94 - 30 = 57 = 81 + 98 - 48 4.5 2106
76. Connolly, Suzanne IRL 2052 - 13 = 83 +102 - 43 + 93 - 58 +104 - 38 + 89 - 47 4.5 2114
77. Moran,Stephen IRL ---- =114 +106 - 25 = 69 - 64 = 82 = 85 + 61 - 67 = 74 4.5 2062
78. Boyle,Bernard IRL ---- - 16 - 52 +112 = 70 = 56 - 50 +107 - 63 + 96 = 82 4.5 2031
79. Quinn, Deborah IRL 2036 - 27 - 72 +116 - 82 - 55 +108 + 88 - 73 = 80 + 98 4.5 1998
80. Garcia,Jose Manuel ESP ---- - 22 +116 - 36 - 65 =104 = 86 +111 - 84 = 79 +102 4.5 2063
81. McCarthy,Paddy IRL ---- - 32 + 96 = 27 = 67 - 59 - 84 + 97 = 75 - 72 = 86 4.0 2044
82. Gandolfi, Gianfranco ITA 1967 - 25 +100 - 53 + 79 - 65 = 77 + 96 - 47 - 52 = 78 4.0 2055
83. Casey,Gerry IRL ---- - 31 = 76 - 56 = 73 = 86 - 57 + 94 = 62 - 88 +109 4.0 1967
84. Schulz, Stefanie GER 2070 - 5 + 89 - 21 - 95 +106 + 81 - 54 + 80 - 44 - 61 4.0 2068
85. Bennion, David WLS 2081 - 7 + 93 - 20 +101 - 36 = 87 = 77 - 55 + 99 - 63 4.0 2049
86. Soikkeli,Raino FIN ---- - 42 +103 - 66 - 88 = 83 = 80 = 98 = 93 =104 = 81 4.0 1962
87. Smith,David IRL ---- - 30 = 74 - 69 =102 +108 = 85 = 56 - 70 +106 - 62 4.0 2006
88. Grzymek,David IRL ---- - 28 +107 - 68 + 86 - 74 - 66 - 79 + 97 + 83 - 64 4.0 2024
89. Twomey,Pat IRL ---- - 35 - 84 +105 - 72 +111 = 73 + 90 - 49 - 76 = 99 4.0 1999
90. Ui Laighleis, Gearoidin IRL 1991 - 26 =102 + 91 - 35 = 97 - 95 - 89 +107 +101 - 57 4.0 2008
91. O'Flaherty,Kevin IRL ---- - 44 = 56 - 90 =109 -107 +100 -102 +110 - 61 +106 4.0 1961
92. Harpur,Colin IRL ---- - 18 +113 - 34 +110 + 58 - 35 - 59 =102 - 50 = 94 4.0 2084
93. Loughran,John IRL ---- - 34 - 85 +113 = 75 - 76 -106 +100 = 86 - 62 +110 4.0 1980
94. Alfred,John IRL ---- - 43 = 66 - 71 +100 - 75 -104 - 83 +113 +111 = 92 4.0 1980
95. Murphy,Dara IRL ---- - 20 + 50 - 64 + 84 - 52 + 90 - 49 - 56 - 74 = 97 3.5 2003
96. Lane,Thomas IRL ---- - 68 - 81 +104 = 50 = 61 = 62 - 82 =101 - 78 =103 3.5 1898
97. O'Donovan,Paul IRL ---- - 36 = 71 - 65 + 99 = 90 - 61 - 81 - 88 +108 = 95 3.5 1938
98. Short,Stephen IRL ---- - 40 - 67 -110 +105 +109 - 63 = 86 +104 - 75 - 79 3.5 1949
99. Flynn,Jamie IRL ---- - 21 = 69 - 74 - 97 -100 +105 +112 =106 - 85 = 89 3.5 1954
100. Hackett,Len IRL ---- - 38 - 82 = 50 - 94 + 99 - 91 - 93 =112 =105 +111 3.5 1919
101. Carey,Paul IRL ---- - 33 - 70 +111 - 85 +110 = 56 - 69 = 96 - 90 =104 3.5 1959
102. Osbourne,Sam IRL ---- - 29 = 90 - 76 = 87 - 73 +113 + 91 = 92 - 71 - 80 3.5 1928
103. Mueller, Jan-Hendrik GER 1916 - 53 - 86 +107 - 62 - 50 +109 - 55 +108 - 57 = 96 3.5 1919
104. Hanly,Steven IRL ---- - 39 - 75 - 96 +116 = 80 + 94 - 76 - 98 = 86 =101 3.5 1927
105. Coveney,Maurice IRL ---- - 49 - 57 - 89 - 98 =112 - 99 +116 =111 =100 +113 3.5 1911
106. Benson,Oisin IRL ---- + 65 - 77 - 59 = 60 - 84 + 93 - 72 = 99 - 87 - 91 3.0 1894
107. Gill,William IRL ---- - 45 - 88 -103 +113 + 91 - 60 - 78 - 90 -109 +112 3.0 1867
108. Batt,Wayne IRL ---- - 47 + 73 - 58 - 63 - 87 - 79 +109 -103 - 97 +116 3.0 1887
109. Reilly,Gerard IRL ---- - 59 - 63 = 73 = 91 - 98 -103 -108 +116 +107 - 83 3.0 1857
110. Ahern,Noel IRL ---- - 48 - 62 + 98 - 92 -101 -111 +113 - 91 +116 - 93 3.0 1871
111. Hickey,Tom IRL ---- - 58 - 60 -101 +112 - 89 +110 - 80 =105 - 94 -100 2.5 1824
112. Foran,Barry IRL ---- - 51 - 61 - 78 -111 =105 +116 - 99 =100 =113 -107 2.5 1824
113. Burns,Donal IRL ---- - 54 - 92 - 93 -107 +116 -102 -110 - 94 =112 -105 1.5 1729
114. BYE ---- = 77 . . . . . . . . . 0.5 2000
115. Nicholson, John IRL 2026 - 46 . . . . . . . . . 0.0
116. Gannon,Aonghus IRL ---- - 64 - 80 - 79 -104 -113 -112 -105 -109 -110 -108 0.0
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The Foxwoods Open took place March 23rd-27th 2005. It is one of the five
US Tournaments with a prize fund of $100,000, it is held at the World's largest
casino on the Mashantucket Pequot Reservation in Connecticut. Hikaru Nakamura
won clearly with 7.5/9. Games now available. My thanks to Michael Atkins.
Website: http://www.foxwoodsopen.com - current
details: http://www.chesstour.com/fox05.htm
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
1 GM Hikaru Nakamura 2752 7.5 $8031
2 GM Ildar Ibragimov 2701 7 $3212
3 GM Alexander Ivanov 2610 7 $3212
4 GM Alek Wojtkiewicz 2651 6.5 $446.23
5 GM Ilya Smirin 2812 6.5 $446.23
6 GM Julio Becerra 2622 6.5 $446.23
7 GM Jaan Ehlvest 2697 6.5 $446.23
8 GM Vladimir Georgiev 2542 6.5 $446.23
9 GM Evgeniy Najer 2678 6.5 $446.23
10 GM Alexander Stripunsky 2663 6.5 $446.23
11 GM Yury Shulman 2600 6.5 $446.23
12 GM Varuzhan Akobian 2641 6.5 $446.23
13 GM Nikola Mitkov 2600 6
14 IM Igor Foygel 2490 6
15 IM Ronald Burnett 2444 6 $803
16 IM Dean J Ippolito 2443 6 $803
17 GM Rodrigo Vasquez 2642 6
18 FM Alex Lenderman 2436 6 $803
19 FM Marcel Martinez 2469 6
20 GM Alexander Shabalov 2640 5.5
21 FM Joshua E Friedel 2477 5.5
22 FM Lev Milman 2474 5.5
23 IM Eugene Perelshteyn 2576 5.5
24 FM Zhe Quan 2403 5.5
25 GM Alonso Zapata 2596 5.5
26 FM Boris Privman 2308 5.5
27 IM Danny Kopec 2383 5.5
28 FM Stephen A Muhammad 2398 5
29 FM Igor Schneider 2323 5
30 GM Anatoly Lein 2416 5
31 WGM Rusuda Goletiani 2368 5
32 IM Mikhail Zlotnikov 2358 5
33 IM Joseph H Fang 2351 5
34 FM Ilye Figler 2249 5 $602.25
35 FM Miles F Ardaman 2376 5
36 IM Slavisa Peric 2323 5
37 FM Andrew Karklins 2310 5
38 Raja Panjwani 2242 5 $602.25
39 Daniel Pomerleano 2193 5 $602.25
40 FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat 2453 5
41 GM Sergey Kudrin 2646 5
42 IM William Paschall 2396 5
43 IM David E Vigorito 2377 5
44 Corey B Acor 2208 5 $602.25
45 Salvijus Bercys 2453 5
46 Mackenzie Molner 2325 5
47 IM Mladen Vucic 2436 4.5
48 Shiyam Thavandiran 2275 4.5
49 IM James A Rizzitano 2407 4.5
50 Jake Kleiman 2286 4.5
51 IM Milos Scekic 2497 4.5
52 David M Vest 2133 4.5
53 Jack Stolerman 2280 4.5
54 Alex Cherniack 2274 4.5
55 GM Alexander Goldin 2683 4.5
56 Chikwere G Onyekwere 2358 4.5
57 GM Gildardo Garcia 2523 4.5
58 David Harris 2085 4.5
59 IM Justin Sarkar 2368 4.5
60 Charles R Riordan 2272 4.5
61 Iryna Zenyuk 2068 4.5
62 Alexander Betaneli 2280 4.5
63 Peter Yeh 2103 4.5
64 GM Arthur B Bisguier 2241 4.5
65 Christopher Williams 2049 4.5
121 players
The San Sebastian Open took place 19th-26th March 2005. Kevin Spraggett
took first place on 7.5/9. Games now available.
Official site: http://www.fgajedrez.org/
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XXVIII Open San Sebastian ESP (ESP), 19-26 iii 2005
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1 Spraggett Kevin GM 2589 CAN 7½ 40½
2 Dobrev Nanko IM 2399 BUL 7 37½
3 Pogorelov Ruslan GM 2472 UKR 7 36½
4 Prie Eric GM 2439 FRA 6½ 37
5 Neelotpal Das IM 2468 IND 6½ 36½
6 Flear Glenn C GM 2462 ENG 6½ 36½
7 Marholev Dimitar IM 2381 BUL 6½ 35
8 Paunovic Dragan IM 2518 SCG 6½ 35
9 Peralta Fernando GM 2538 ARG 6½ 35
10 Cifuentes Parada Roberto GM 2521 ESP 6½ 34
11 Andres Gonzalez Alberto IM 2430 ESP 6½ 32
12 Martin Alvarez Inigo 2049 ESP 6½ 29
13 Gomez Esteban Juan Mario GM 2474 ESP 6 35
14 Guerra Bastida Diego FM 2390 ESP 6 33
15 Alonso Salvador IM 2459 ARG 6 33
16 Acosta Garcia Alfonso Carlos 2256 ESP 6 33
17 Jakobsen Ole IM 2387 DEN 6 32½
18 Argandona Rivero Inigo FM 2359 ESP 6 32½
19 Vehi Bach Victor M IM 2423 ESP 6 32
20 Gonzalez De La Torre Sant FM 2384 ESP 6 30½
21 Manso Marquez Felix 2091 ESP 6 30
22 Pomes Marcet Juan IM 2374 ESP 5½ 31½
23 Van Hoolandt Patrick FM 2238 MNC 5½ 30½
24 Moriuchi Toshiyuki 2301 JPN 5½ 30
25 Serras Uria Antonio 2220 ESP 5½ 29
26 Angulo Martinez Jon 2117 ESP 5½ 28
27 Mascarell Canet Redo 2122 ESP 5½ 27½
28 Huesmann Thomas FM 2315 BEL 5½ 27½
29 Torres Patrice 2068 FRA 5½ 27
30 Hargues Franck 2079 FRA 5½ 27
31 Gattegno Laurent 2061 FRA 5½ 26½
32 Alcaide Luque Aitor 2058 ESP 5½ 25
113 players
The Russian Women's Championship, 1st League, took place in Samara,
23rd-31st March 2005. The event which is a qualifier for the main women's
championship saw Natakija Pogonina on tie-break.
Coverage http://www.volgachess.ru
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ch-RUS w 1st League Samara RUS (RUS), 23-31 iii 2005
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1. Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2362 + 6 + 5 =16 +12 + 2 = 4 =13 =11 = 3 6.5 2503
2. Korbut, Ekaterina wg RUS 2417 =14 + 8 +13 + 4 - 1 =15 +16 = 5 +12 6.5 2498
3. Zaiatz, Elena wg RUS 2401 -11 =26 =14 + 6 +23 +10 = 4 +13 = 1 6.0 2412
4. Gunina, Valentina wf RUS 2342 +26 =11 +22 - 2 +21 = 1 = 3 + 8 = 5 6.0 2439
5. Kochetkova, Julia wm RUS 2303 +31 - 1 - 7 +26 +20 + 9 +12 = 2 = 4 6.0 2434
6. Tomilova, Elena RUS 2263 - 1 +31 =17 - 3 +22 +24 =20 +15 +13 6.0 2437
7. Guseva, Marina RUS 2261 +10 -16 + 5 =20 - 8 +21 -11 +25 +18 5.5 2407
8. Ubiennykh, Ekaterina wm RUS 2327 =19 - 2 +29 +22 + 7 -13 +15 - 4 +11 5.5 2372
9. Sterliagova, Tatiana wf RUS 2282 -12 +30 +28 +25 =15 - 5 =14 =10 +17 5.5 2365
10. Stepovaia, Tatiana wg RUS 2348 - 7 +32 =11 =17 +30 - 3 +24 = 9 +16 5.5 2342
11. Fominykh, Maria wf RUS 2282 + 3 = 4 =10 -13 +17 =14 + 7 = 1 - 8 5.0 2372
12. Shadrina, Tatiana wg RUS 2396 + 9 +17 +15 - 1 =13 =16 - 5 +14 - 2 5.0 2368
13. Melnikova, Yana wm RUS 2322 +23 +28 - 2 +11 =12 + 8 = 1 - 3 - 6 5.0 2341
14. Vasilevich, Irina wm RUS 2292 = 2 -24 = 3 +28 +25 =11 = 9 -12 +21 5.0 2354
15. Grabuzova, Tatiana wg RUS 2332 +29 +21 -12 +16 = 9 = 2 - 8 - 6 +22 5.0 2344
16. Komiagina, Maria m RUS 2312 +32 + 7 = 1 -15 +24 =12 - 2 =17 -10 4.5 2316
17. Chistiakova, Tamara wf RUS 2310 +30 -12 = 6 =10 -11 +29 +25 =16 - 9 4.5 2287
18. Semenova, Irina wm RUS 2303 -28 +23 -21 -30 =29 +32 +19 +20 - 7 4.5 2196
19. Lomakina, Galja wm RUS 2196 = 8 -25 -20 -29 +32 +27 -18 +30 +28 4.5 2256
20. Mashinskaya, Iulia wg RUS 2420 =24 -22 +19 = 7 - 5 +26 = 6 -18 =23 4.0 2210
21. Bronnikova, Elizaveta wf RUS 2234 +27 -15 +18 =24 - 4 - 7 =22 +26 -14 4.0 2254
22. Malysheva, Polina wf RUS 2283 =25 +20 - 4 - 8 - 6 +23 =21 +29 -15 4.0 2255
23. Grunina, Nina wf RUS 2157 -13 -18 +31 +27 - 3 -22 =26 +24 =20 4.0 2254
24. Molchanova, Tatjana RUS 2297 =20 +14 =25 =21 -16 - 6 -10 -23 +29 3.5 2213
25. Slavina, Irina m RUS 2415 =22 +19 =24 - 9 -14 +30 -17 - 7 =27 3.5 2182
26. Rakitskaja, Mariya RUS 2220 - 4 = 3 =27 - 5 +31 -20 =23 -21 +32 3.5 2187
27. Demina, Julia wg RUS 2346 -21 =29 =26 -23 =28 -19 =32 +31 =25 3.5 2110
28. Yakovich, Yuliya wf RUS 2083 +18 -13 - 9 -14 =27 -31 +30 +32 -19 3.5 2146
29. Shulakova, Svetlana RUS 2198 -15 =27 - 8 +19 =18 -17 +31 -22 -24 3.0 2150
30. Vazirova, Karina wf RUS 2092 -17 - 9 +32 +18 -10 -25 -28 -19 =31 2.5 2072
31. Semenova, Inna RUS 2084 - 5 - 6 -23 +32 -26 +28 -29 -27 =30 2.5 2032
32. Strelnikova, Elena wf RUS 2124 -16 -10 -30 -31 -19 -18 =27 -28 -26 0.5 1776
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There was a GM tournament in Givataim, Israel 20th-30th March 2005. The
event is called the Ettinger Tournament in Memory of the parents of Givataim
Israel. Konstantin Lerner, Avigdor Bykhovsky and Eyal Deutsch finished on
5.5/9. News: Leonid (Zvulon) Gofshtein.
Further details: http://web-site-www.gofshtein.cjb.net/
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1. Lerner, Konstantin Z g UKR 2523 * = 1 0 = = 1 = = 1 5.5 2453
2. Bykhovsky, Avigdor g RUS 2451 = * = = = 1 = = = 1 5.5 2461
3. Deutsch, Eyal f ISR 2341 0 = * 1 = = = = 1 1 5.5 2474
4. Haimovich, Tal f ISR 2382 1 = 0 * = 0 = 1 1 = 5.0 2432
5. Tyomkin, Dimitri g CAN 2512 = = = = * = = = = 1 5.0 2418
6. Kaplan, Sasha f ISR 2346 = 0 = 1 = * 0 1 = 1 5.0 2436
7. Gerzhoy, Leonid m ISR 2381 0 = = = = 1 * 0 = 1 4.5 2389
8. Kaganskiy, Gleb f RUS 2297 = = = 0 = 0 1 * = 1 4.5 2399
9. Khmelniker, Ilya ISR 2458 = = 0 0 = = = = * 1 4.0 2338
10. Volman, Horacio ISR 2197 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 * 0.5 1966
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The Spring Open 2005 takes place March 25th to April 3rd 2005 in
Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro. News: Vladica Andrejic.
Internet Coverage: http://www.beochess.org.yu (Belgrade
Chess Association) http://www.scgchess.org (SCG Chess
Federation)
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1. Nestorovic, Dejan m SCG 2402 7.5 52.0 40.5 40.0 6
2. Jovicic, Radosav SCG 2246 7 51.0 39.5 36.5 5
3. Dimitrijevic, Srdjan SCG 2260 7 45.5 34.5 32.5 6
4. Nestorovic, D. Nikola SCG 2328 7 45.0 35.5 32.0 6
5. Mihajlovic, Miodrag f SCG 2247 6.5 52.0 40.0 35.0 5
6. Stamatovic, Aleksandar SCG 2169 6.5 50.5 40.5 34.0 5
7. Skare, Goran f SCG 2314 6.5 49.5 39.0 34.5 4
8. Paulic, Branko f SCG 2233 6.5 47.5 37.5 33.0 5
9. Krstic, Relja SCG 2231 6.5 47.5 37.0 32.5 6
10. Starcevic, Goran f SCG 2184 6 45.0 35.5 32.0 5
11. Nikolic, Milos SCG 2177 6 44.5 33.5 27.5 5
12. Bantic, Mihail SCG 2119 6 43.5 35.0 29.0 6
13. Brujic, Bozidar f SCG 2221 5.5 54.5 43.5 34.0 4
14. Pucarevic, Milenko f SCG 2289 5.5 51.5 40.0 32.5 5
15. Lazarevic, Zoran V SCG 2162 5.5 50.0 38.5 29.5 5
16. Todic, Zoran f SCG 2314 5.5 48.5 38.0 29.0 5
17. Klasan, Vladimir SCG 2157 5.5 42.0 32.5 25.5 3
18. Golubovic,Marko SCG ---- 5.5 38.5 30.5 23.0 5
19. Kordic, Nikola SCG 2110 5.5 38.0 29.0 27.0 5
77 players
The 3rd Annual Western Pacific Open, held March 25-27 in Burbank,
California, saw GMs Alex Yermolinsky and Suat Atalik tie for first with 4.5-.5.
Yermolinsky defeated IM Andranik Matikozyan and Atalik IM Enrico Sevillano,
before the two leaders drew in the final round. A total of 199 players
competed. John Hillery directed for Western Chess.
Full standings may be found at http://www.westernchess.com.
Rod McShane Reports: Next weekend's final two matches of the 2004/5
Bundesliga season will see the closest finish for several seasons. With the
leader board as follows three teams retain hopes of winning:
Table 2004-5 Round 13 Standings
1. OSC Baden-Baden 13 72,5 24:2
2. SG Porz 13 70,5 24:2
3. SV Werder Bremen 13 65,5 24:2
In fact the two favourites throughout the season have been SG Porz, who
can field Adams, Lutz, van Wely, Sokolov, Vaganian and Beliavsky on top boards,
and OSC Baden-Baden who have Anand, Svidler, Shirov and Vallejo. At top
strength both teams can turn out full teams rated above 2600. The two teams
face each other in Sunday's final match.
The present champions Porz might have been expected to retain their
title, but for their shock defeat last month by SV Werder Bremen. The match
went 6-2 in favour of Bremen with not a single win for Porz. In fact, Bremen
having developed the knack of winning their matches by small margins, often
4,5-3,5 or 5-3 with few defeats. In recent seasons they have complemented their
lineup of experienced gms such as Hracek, Babula, Schandorff, Pelletier and
Knaak, with astute recruitment of younger players hungry for wins. Efimenko,
McShane and Nyback are now all regulars for the team.
For Bremen, the best hope must be that they can win their last two
matches against Wattenscheid and Solingen while Baden-Baden and Porz draw in
which case they would win the league. Should two of the leading three teams
have equal match points on Sunday evening under Bundesliga rules there will be
a play-off for the title.
In recent seasons there has been much debate about the future direction
of the league, but this season it has been as strong as ever and it remains the
strongest in Europe. Cost remains the biggest obstacle to fielding strong
teams, particularly with 15 matches to play in the first division. Shortly
before the commencement of the 2003/4 season Lübeck, who had won the three
previous seasons in a row, pulled out without any notice, leaving just 15
teams. This was the second occasion this had happened in the last five years,
and it adds to teams' expenses as it means there are always two teams having to
travel to play just one match on a weekend.
The La Roda Open in Spain took place 23rd-27th March 2005. Oleg Korneev
won the event with 7.5/9.
Official site: http://www.cplaroda.com/ajedrez/
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XXXXII Open La Roda ESP (ESP), 23-27 iii 2005
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Ptos. Br. Bt. Pro. Son. Vic
1. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2602 7.5 49.0 54.5 39.5 44.75 6
2. Delchev, Aleksander g BUL 2597 7 50.5 55.0 37.0 41.00 5
3. Spasov, Vasil g BUL 2543 7 49.5 54.0 36.0 40.75 5
4. Strikovic, Aleksa g SCG 2458 7 47.5 52.0 36.5 38.75 6
5. Ubilava, Elizbar g GEO 2513 7 47.5 51.5 37.0 39.25 5
6. Janev, Evgeni g BUL 2441 7 47.0 50.5 37.0 36.25 5
7. Kolev, Atanas g BUL 2524 6.5 49.0 53.5 35.0 37.75 4
8. De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M g ESP 2470 6.5 48.0 51.0 36.0 33.50 4
9. Suba, Mihai g ROM 2529 6.5 47.0 51.5 33.5 37.00 5
10. Saldano, Horacio m ARG 2482 6.5 47.0 50.0 35.5 34.00 5
11. Ibarra Jerez, Jose Carlos m ESP 2434 6.5 45.5 49.5 34.0 33.25 5
12. Minzer, Claudio Javier m ARG 2423 6.5 45.5 49.5 34.0 32.25 6
13. Baron Rodriguez, Jesus m ESP 2422 6.5 45.5 49.5 33.5 32.75 6
14. Javakhishvili, Lela wg GEO 2456 6.5 45.0 48.5 34.0 33.50 5
15. Belezky, Sasha m UKR 2399 6.5 43.5 46.5 31.5 31.50 6
16. Barria, Daniel m CHI 2349 6.5 40.0 42.0 31.0 27.25 6
17. Mirzoev, Azer g AZE 2529 6 48.5 52.5 34.5 33.25 5
18. Svetushkin, Dmitry g MDA 2530 6 47.0 51.0 33.0 30.50 6
19. Spassov, Liuben g BUL 2382 6 46.5 49.5 33.0 29.75 5
20. Matnadze, Ana wg GEO 2376 6 44.0 48.0 32.0 28.50 5
21. Vitor, Antonio f POR 2343 6 42.5 47.0 29.5 29.50 5
22. Granero Roca, Antonio m ESP 2348 6 42.5 46.5 30.0 28.00 5
23. Guerrero Olmos, Sergio ESP 2222 6 41.0 43.5 27.0 26.75 5
24. Camarena Gimenez, Rufino f ESP 2376 6 40.5 44.0 31.0 27.00 6
25. Fernandez Gil, Marco Antonio ESP 2264 5.5 49.5 53.0 33.0 26.50 4
26. Movsziszian, Karen g ARM 2455 5.5 48.0 51.5 34.0 27.75 4
27. Del Rio Angelis, Salvador G g ESP 2502 5.5 47.5 52.0 33.5 28.25 5
28. Kononenko, Tatiana wg UKR 2374 5.5 45.5 50.0 31.5 28.75 4
29. Antoli Royo, Joaquin Miguel ESP 2238 5.5 45.5 48.5 31.5 26.75 5
30. Cruz Ravina, Francisco Javier f ESP 2325 5.5 44.5 48.5 30.0 23.25 5
31. Komljenovic, Davor g CRO 2492 5.5 44.0 48.0 31.0 28.75 4
32. Cano Sanchez, Josue f ESP 2242 5.5 43.0 46.5 30.0 26.25 4
33. Llobel Cortell, Enrique m ESP 2416 5.5 43.0 46.5 29.0 26.25 4
34. Larino Nieto, David f ESP 2315 5.5 42.0 45.5 29.5 25.25 4
35. Kovacevic, Slobodan m SCG 2358 5.5 41.5 45.0 30.0 25.00 4
36. Vaya Gomez, Alejandro ESP 2140 5.5 41.5 44.5 29.5 25.25 5
37. Garcia Fernandez, Carlos m ESP 2356 5.5 41.0 44.5 29.0 25.25 4
38. Hernandez, Ivan PER PER 2298 5.5 40.5 44.0 29.5 26.25 3
39. Jimenez Martinez, Jose Vicente ESP 2051 5.5 40.0 41.5 26.5 23.50 3
40. Aymerich Rosell, Pablo ESP 2145 5.5 39.5 43.0 26.5 23.25 5
41. Avila Jimenez, Javier ESP 2228 5.5 39.5 43.0 25.0 23.00 5
42. Sande Edreira, Jose Antonio f ESP 2303 5.5 39.0 42.5 28.0 21.75 4
43. Gonzalez Berruga, Ana Isabel ESP 1979 5.5 38.0 41.0 25.5 23.25 5
44. Zamarbide Inarrea, Borja ESP 2155 5.5 38.0 41.0 25.0 23.50 3
45. Garcia Mendoza, Francisco ESP 2041 5.5 36.0 37.0 24.5 17.25 5
155 players
Gunnar Bjornsson reports: Hellir Chess Club is the current Icelandic
Team Champion after a convincing victory in the national championship which
ended on 4th and 5th of March when final three rounds were played. The
championship started in October last year, when the first four rounds were
played. At that point Reykjavík Chess Club had a 4 point lead on Hellir
Chess Club and seemed to be heading towards an easy victory.
The critical round of the event was the 5th round when Reykjavík
Chess Club lost to Vestmannaeyjar Chess Club, 2,5-5,5 while its only real
competitor for the first place, Hellir Chess Club, beat Akureyri Chess Club,
6-2. Thereby Reykjavík Chess Club?s lead of 4 points suddenly shrunk to
only half a point. The two top teams met in the following round where Hellir
scored an overwhelming victory, 6,5-1,5 and in the end won the championship
with a comfortable 6 point lead on second placed Reykjavík Chess Club.
Vestmanneyjar Chess Club took 3rd place. Crosstables:
http://www.skaksamband.com/islfel05.xls
Final standings:
1. Hellir Chess Club - a-team 43 pts. of 56
2. Reykjavík Chess Club - a-team 37 pts.
3. Vestmannaeyjar Chess Club 36,5 pts.
4. Akureyri Chess Club 31,5 pts.
5. Hellir Chess Club - b-team 24,5 pts.
6. Gardabaer Chess Club 19 pts.
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7. Reykjavík Chess Club - b-team 17 pts
8. Akureyri Chess Club - b-team 15,5 pts.
2nd Divison
1. Haukar Chess Club 33 pts. of 42
2. Selfoss Chess Club 23 pts.
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3. Bolungarvík Chess Club 21 pts.
The team of Hellir Chess Club:
1. GM Hannes Stefansson 5,5 pts. of 7
2. GM Jon L. Arnason 3,5 pts. of 5
3. GM Helgi Gretarsson 2,0 pts. of 5
4. IM Stefan Kristjansson 6,0 pts. of 7
5. FM Sigurbjorn Bjornsson 5,5 pts. of 7
6. FM Bjorn Thorfinsson 5,5 pts. of 7
7. FM Ingvar Thor Johannesson 5,0 pts. of 7
8. FM Sigurdur Dadi Sigfusson 7,0 pts. of 7!!!
9. FM Andri Gretarsson 2,5 pts. of 3
10. FM Thorsteinn Thorsteinsson 0,5 pts. of 1
The 3rd German Internet-championship was played 2nd-3rd April 2005. On
Saturday the Candidates Tournament (a qualifier) took place and on Sunday the
Final with a group stage (4 * 4) and a KO-stage with 8 players. Saturday time
rate: 5+0 Blitz. Sunday: 5+1 Blitz. The entire prize fund was € 3,000.
News: Holger Lieske.
Further details:
http://www.chessbase.com/playchess/playchessnews2.asp?id=3788
3rd German InChShip - Candidates Tourna blitz 2005
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1 Fridman,Daniel 2826 12.0
2 Krivoshey,Sergei 2468 10.5
3 Haba,Petr 2532 10.0
4 Berelovich,Aleksandar 2513 9.5
5 Buchenau,Frank 2397 9.0 116.00
6 Rodewis,Thomas 2610 9.0 113.00
7 Drabke,Lorenz Maximilian 2415 9.0 105.50
8 Gramlich,Sebastian 2322 8.5 128.00
9 Brener,Ilja 2401 8.5 123.50
10 Muse,Drazen 2568 8.5 122.50
11 Kostic,Vladimir 2527 8.5 122.00
12 Womacka,Mathias 2404 8.5 110.00
13 Wornath,Kai Rudolf 2388 8.5 94.00
14 Renner,Christoph 2566 8.0 123.00 1671.00
15 Seel,Christian 2642 8.0 123.00 1661.00
16 Buscher,Michael 2388 8.0 118.50
17 Reich,Thomas 2628 8.0 112.50
18 Feuerstack,Aljoscha 2373 8.0 101.50
19 Zumsande,Martin 2415 7.5 121.00
20 Vuckovic,Aleksandar 2534 7.5 115.00
21 Huch,Reiner 2492 7.5 111.50
22 Kopylov,Mihail 2317 7.5 103.00
23 Polaczek,Richard 2363 7.5 100.00
24 Heyken,Enno 2209 7.0 105.50
25 Peschlow,Patrick 2408 7.0 100.00
26 Zimmermann,Julian 2389 7.0 99.00
27 Margoline,Boris 2560 7.0 93.00
28 Schoeneberg,Manfred 2248 7.0 86.00
29 Koepke,Christian 2259 6.5 103.00
30 Buchenthal,Dieter 2299 6.5 92.50
31 Kretschmann,Thomas 2122 6.5 91.00
32 Zwahr,Paul 2337 6.5 86.00
33 Lentrodt,Thomas 2117 6.0 99.50
34 Rachut,Steffen 1841 6.0 76.50
35 Boettcher,Christian 2217 5.5 81.50
36 Hoffmann,Lukas 2195 5.5 79.50
37 Gaede,Derek 2276 5.0 89.00
38 Junge,Kai 2504 5.0 88.00
39 Heinzel,Olaf 2143 5.0 85.50
40 Schmidt,Harald 2403 5.0 72.00
41 Phildius,Bernhard 2644 5.0 71.00
42 Enzmann,Steffen 2256 4.5
43 Schunk,Thomas 2291 3.5
44 Ottmann,Martin 2199 3.0
45 Heimann,Andreas 2044 1.5
Tables Final Stages Sunday 3rd April 2005
3rd ch-GER Internet Blitz GpA 2005
1 2 3 4
1 Movsesian,S 2624 -90 **** ½½1½ 1110 111½ 9.0/12
2 Krivoshey,S 2487 +55 ½½0½ **** 1110 1111 8.5/12
3 Gramlich,S 2064 +406 0001 0001 **** 1011 5.0/12
4 Umansky,M 2477 -423 000½ 0000 0100 **** 1.5/12
Average elo: 2413 <=> Category: 7
gm = 9.12 m = 6.72
3rd ch-GER Internet Blitz GpB 2005
1 2 3 4
1 Fridman,D2 2569 +141 **** 1½1½ 111½ 11++ 10.5/12
2 Drabke,L 2456 +39 0½0½ **** 1½01 +111 7.5/12
3 Buscher,M 2305 +16 000½ 0½10 **** ++++ 6.0/12
4 Haba,P 2525 -310 00-- -000 ---- **** 0
Petra Haba's score was cancelled due to
connection problems
Average elo: 2463 <=> Category: 9
gm = 8.40 m = 6.00
3rd ch-GER Internet Blitz GpC 2005
1 2 3 4
1 Bischoff,K 2555 +108 **** 11½½ 1101 11½1 9.5/12
2 Bezold,M 2532 -34 00½½ **** 1110 1101 7.0/12
3 Buchenau,F 2345 +67 0010 0001 **** ½011 4.5/12
4 Muse,D 2418 -131 00½0 0010 ½100 **** 3.0/12
Average elo: 2462 <=> Category: 9
gm = 8.40 m = 6.00
3rd ch-GER Internet Blitz GpD 2005
1 2 3 4
1 Naumann,A 2538 +13 **** ½10½ 1111 1100 8.0/12
2 Berelovich,A 2542 -23 ½01½ **** 1½10 1011 7.5/12
3 Richter,Ch 2387 +35 0000 0½01 **** ½111 5.0/12
4 Rodewis,T 2364 -29 0011 0100 ½000 **** 3.5/12
Average elo: 2457 <=> Category: 9
gm = 8.40 m = 6.00
3rd ch-GER Internet Blitz KO 2005
Final
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Fridman,D2 3.0
Naumann,A 0.0
Semifinal
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Movsesian,S 1.0
Fridman,D2 3.0
Bischoff,K 1.0
Naumann,A 3.0
Quarterfinal
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Movsesian,S 3.0
Drabke,L 0.0
Fridman,D2 2.5
Bezold,M 0.5
Bischoff,K 2.5
Krivoshey,S 1.5
Naumann,A 3.0
Berelovich,A 0.0
The Caissa Kecskemét IM tournament took place 20th-28th March
2005. Attila Jakab won the event with 7.5/9. FM Harald Groetz, made an IM norm
with 7/9. News: Bognar Csaba. My thanks especially for his work on the
games.
The next events will be 16th-25th April 2005 and 19th-28th June 2005.
Contact Dr. Tamas Erdelyi, Email: caissa@axelero.hu Website:
http://www.caissachessbooks.com.
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1. Jakab, Attila m HUN 2439 * 1 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2473
2. Groetz, Harald f AUT 2299 0 * = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2436
3. Sutorikhin, Vladimir m RUS 2364 0 = * = 1 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2375
4. Kragelj, Igor f SLO 2243 = 0 = * = = = = 1 1 5.0 2265
5. Zakharchenko, Arnold m UKR 2292 = 0 0 = * = = 1 1 1 5.0 2260
6. Brustkern, Juergen f GER 2251 = = 0 = = * = = = 1 4.5 2221
7. Keresztes, Richard HUN 2222 0 0 0 = = = * 1 = 1 4.0 2182
8. Csvila,Gabor HUN ---- 0 0 = = 0 = 0 * = 1 3.0 2124
9. Amberger, Dieter AUT 2100 0 0 0 0 0 = = = * = 2.0 2018
10. Donko, Matyas f HUN 2037 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = * 0.5 1801
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The First Saturday tournaments included GM, IM and FM events. They take
place in Budapest 2nd-12th April 2005.
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/
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1. Pap, Gyula HUN 2371 * = . . . 1 . . . . . 1.5 2577
2. Banusz, Tamas f HUN 2393 = * . . . . . . . 1 . 1.5 2555
3. Ilincic, Zlatko g SCG 2502 . . * . . . = . . . 1 1.5 2616
4. Werner, Dimo m GER 2312 . . . * . . . . 1 . . 1.0
5. Fogarasi, Tibor g HUN 2442 . . . . * . . = = . . 1.0 2426
6. Szabo, Krisztian HUN 2376 0 . . . . * . 1 . . . 1.0 2377
7. Farago, Ivan g HUN 2461 . . = . . . * . . . . 0.5 2502
8. Karatorossian, David m ARM 2384 . . . . = 0 . * . . . 0.5 2216
9. Neelotpal, Das m IND 2468 . . . 0 = . . . * . . 0.5 2184
10. Blauert, Joerg m GER 2354 . 0 . . . . . . . * = 0.5 2196
11. Wittmann, Walter m AUT 2386 . . 0 . . . . . . = * 0.5 2235
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Eynatten1, Rochade Eupen and Liège qualified for EU Cup Temse 1
and Leuven relegated in division 2. News Steve Laios.
Round 11 : 20.03.05
1.Temse 1 - Eynatten 2 : 2.0 - 6.0
2.Temse 2 - Borgerhout : 2.5 - 5.5
3.Rochade - Charleroi : 8.0 - 0.0
4.Brugge - Jean Jaurès : 3.0 - 5.0
5.Leuven - Liège : 3.5 - 4.5
6.Gent - Eynatten 1 : 1.5 - 6.5 (6/8 games)
Rd 11 - games : 46
Rd 07 - games : 5 (missing games from round 07)
TCh2-BEL 2004-05 - games : 120
TCh3-BEL 2004-05 - games : 4
Total games : 175
Final Standings after round 11.
Teams Pts M.P
1. SK47.Eynatten 1 : 69.0 11 * (*qualified)
2. Rochade Eupen : 54.0 6.5 * ( *for )
3. CRE Liège EL : 49.5 8 * ( *EU Cup )
4. SK47 Eynatten 2 : 48.5 7
5. Boey Temse 2 : 47.0 7.5
6. K Brugge SK : 43.0 5.5
7. K Gent SRL : 39.5 6
8. Borgerhout : 38.0 3.5
9. CRE Charleroi : 38.0 3
10. Jean Jaurès : 36.5 5
11. Boey Temse 1 : 35.5 2.5 (relegated)
12. LV Leuven : 26.5 0.5 (relegated)
Winners of the Divisions 2 : the competition start 10.10.2004
Division 2A : Deurne
Division 2B : Ludisan
Sv. Filip i Jakov near Sibenik Croatia saw the Croatian Under-20 team
championship take place 28th March 3rd April 2005. News: Mirjana Medic. Junior
Rijeka won the event by a board point.
Official site:
http://www.crochess.com/turniri/sibenik/jun_05/index.htm
Rk Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pts. MP
1 Junior Rijeka ### 2,0 2,5 3,5 2,5 4,0 4,0 18,5 11
2 Mravince DC 2,0 ### 2,5 4,0 2,5 3,5 3,0 17,5 11
3 Mladost Zagreb 1,5 1,5 ### 2,5 3,5 4,0 4,0 17,0 8
4 Draga Rijeka 0,5 0,0 1,5 ### 3,0 3,0 3,0 11,0 6
5 PIK Vrbovec 1,5 1,5 0,5 1,0 ### 2,5 4,0 11,0 4
6 TKC - Split 0,0 0,5 0,0 1,0 1,5 ### 3,0 6,0 2
7 Stridon Štrigova 0,0 1,0 0,0 1,0 0,0 1,0 ### 3,0 0
A rating tournament took place in Posadas, Misiones Argentina 17th -
20th March 2005.
Official site: http://www.ajedrezposadas.com.ar
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IRT Posadas ARG (ARG), 17-20 iii 2005
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1. Ledesma, Hugo ARG 2115 * 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2456
2. Alvarez, Miguel ARG 2132 0 * 1 = 1 1 1 1 5.5 2262
3. Reta, Miguel ARG 2149 = 0 * = = 1 1 1 4.5 2131
4. Rueda Zieniewicz,Romina ARG ---- 0 = = * 1 0 = = 3.0 2000
5. Carlino, Esteban ARG 1960 0 0 = 0 * 1 = = 2.5 1954
6. Crotti,Lucas ARG ---- 0 0 0 1 0 * = 1 2.5 1948
7. Cornejo,Walter ARG ---- 0 0 0 = = = * = 2.0 1892
8. Garcia,Carlos ARG ---- 0 0 0 = = 0 = * 1.5 1820
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The "Peter Leko against Great French schools" simul was organised by
Ernst & Young company and played at the "Sénat" in Paris on the 3rd
April 2005. Vladimir Kramnik jumped in and, for the greatest pleasure of the
audience, joined Jean-Claude Moingt, President of the French Chess Federation
in the commentary room.
Further details: http://www.organisechecs.com/
Leko, Peter - INPG ENSIMAG 1/2 31 C16 French Winawer
Leko, Peter - EPU Nice 1/2 40 C96 Ruy Lopez
Leko, Peter - ENSAM 1-0 38 C12 French MacCutcheon
Leko, Peter - ESCP HEC X 1/2 47 B70 Sicilian Dragon
Leko, Peter - HEC 1-0 58 C14 French Classical
Leko, Peter - IEP1 1-0 33 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Leko, Peter - Polytechnique 1-0 65 B82 Sicilian Scheveningen
Leko, Peter - Centrale Paris 1-0 49 B01 Centre Counter
Anatoly Karpov and Andrei Istratescu played a match in Bucharest
20th-26th March 2005. There were 4 classical games on 20th, 21st, 22nd, 24th
March 2005, Karpov winning 2.5-1.5. 4 rapid chess games on 25th and 26th March
saw Karpov win 3.5-0.5. Karpov won overall 6-2. The 7th game is now
corrected.
Official site: http://www.chess-romania.ro/
Standard Timerate
Istratescu, Andrei - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 34 D57 Queens Gambit Lasker's Defence
Karpov, Anatoly - Istratescu, Andrei 1-0 49 E15 Queens Indian
Istratescu, Andrei - Karpov, Anatoly 1-0 74 C42 Petroff's Defence
Karpov, Anatoly - Istratescu, Andrei 1-0 64 E15 Queens Indian
Rapid
Istratescu, Andrei - Karpov, Anatoly 0-1 37 C29 Vienna Game
Karpov, Anatoly - Istratescu, Andrei 1-0 40 A40 Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Istratescu, Andrei - Karpov, Anatoly 0-1 28 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Karpov, Anatoly - Istratescu, Andrei 1/2 54 E90 King's Indian Classical
Match Bucharest ROM (ROM), 20-26 iii 2005
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2674 = 1 0 1 1 1 1 = 6.0 2810
Istratescu, Andrei g ROM 2617 = 0 1 0 0 0 0 = 2.0 2481
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The annual Dos Hermanas tournament was played on ICC for the sixth
time. Like every year, the qualifiers brought intense competition amongst
top-rated world class players, but also the chance for everyone to meet those
stars under tournament conditions.
This year, we recorded 1,303 players from 79 countries actually
participating. Of those, 61 were Grandmasters, 10 Women Grandmasters, 110
International Masters and 8 Women International Masters.
Only 32 could qualify for the finals. 22 of the Grandmasters made it,
and met 9 International Masters and one Woman Grandmaster last weekend.
Here are the results:
1st (1800 Euro): GM Daniel Fridman (Germany)
2nd (900 Euro): GM Bu Xiangzhi (China)
3rd-4th (600 Euro each): GM Jan Smeets (Netherlands)
GM Sergey Volkov (Russia)
5th-8th (250 Euro each): GM Konstantin Sakaev (Russia)
IM Danilo Milanovic (Serbia)
GM Krishnan Sasikiran (India)
WGM Zhao Xue (China)
9th-16th (150 Euro each): GM Dmitry Bocharov (Russia)
GM Tigran L. Petrosian (Armenia)
GM Gamil Agamaliev (Azerbaijan)
GM Hikaru Nakamura (USA)
GM Gadir Guseinov (Azerbaijan)
GM Jesus Nogueiras Santiago (Cuba)
GM P. Harikrishna (India)
IM Boris Savchenko (Russia)
The first six non GM/IM players winning a 6-month extension prize on
ICC were: Tourney-player, NITOMESTRE, cordes, dsc, akibael and lucreciom.
Six 6-month extension prizes were raffled between all participants. The
winners are: jorgeearroyo, d-jarl, GreatDersu, toro5, sixty4 and
nightcontroller.
Congratulations to all prize winners! You can take a look at detailed
results or download PGN files with all games played in the tournament in the
results section on http://www.doshermanas.net or at
http://www.chessclub.com/resources/event/doshermanas2005/
ICC would like to thank the Dos Hermanas City Council, the Municipal
Foundation for Sport of Dos Hermanas and EDAMI (Miguel Illescas Chess School)
for their generous sponsorship and support.
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13th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament
For the third year in a row, the Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament is
co-arranged by the Malmo-based Limhamn Chess Club and the Copenhagen Chess
Federation. The first five rounds will be played at the classical Hipp Theater
in the center of Malmo, and the tournament will be concluded with four rounds
in Copenhagen (at Quality Hotel in Hoje Taastrup).
Players: Hikaru Nakamura, Curt Hansen, Krishnan Sasikiran, Jan Timman,
Kaido Kulaots, Davor Palo, Tiger Hillarp-Persson, Jonny Hector, Sune
Berg-Hansen and Emil Hermanssont.
Program: Round 1 April 15 14.00-21.00 (Malmø) Round 2 April 16
14.00-21.00 (Malmø) Round 3 April 17 14.00-21.00 (Malmø) Round 4
April 18 14.00-21.00 (Malmø) Round 5 April 19 14.00-21.00 (Malmø)
Round 6 April 21 14.00-21.00 (Høje Taastrup) Round 7 April 22
14.00-21.00 (Høje Taastrup) Round 8 April 23 14.00-21.00 (Høje
Taastrup) Round 9 April 24 14.00-21.00 (Høje Taastrup)
Official site: http://www.ksu.dk/sigeman/
Chess Classic Mainz
The Chess Classic Mainz takes place August 9th-14th 2005.
For the first time the event will last six days. The extension of the
event is a tribute to Wolfgang Unzicker. The Grandmaster from Munich will turn
80 on June 26 and will be honoured with a Gala-Tournament from August 9 to 10.
From August 11 to 14, two additional events will be at the center of attention
in the Rheingoldhalle: the Gerling Match for the world championship in Chess960
and especially the GrenkeLeasing Match, in which Viswanathan Anand will defend
his title as the best rapid chess player in the world. His final opponent has
yet to be decided by organiser Hans-Walter Schmitt. There will be the Ordix
Open and various events and simuls alongside.
The Unzicker Gala 80" on August 9 and 10 sees legendary players will
get together. In addition to Wolfgang Unzicker, who was probably the
world’s strongest amateur player in the fifties, Victor Korchnoi and Boris
Spassky will participate.
Official site: http://www.chesstigers.de/
2nd Coventry Chess International
The 2nd Coventry Chess International takes place March 24th-28th 2005.
Easter weekend. Details next week.
Further details: http://www.coventrychess.org.uk/
7th Dubai Open Chess Champonship
The 7th Dubai Open Chess Champonship (Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Al
Maktoum Cup) takes place 3rd-13th April 2005.
Official site: http://www.arabfide.com or more specifically
http://www.dubaichess.com/dubaiopen05/onlinegames.htm
5th "Grand Prix d'Echecs de Bordeaux"
The 5th "Grand Prix d'Echecs de Bordeaux" takes place 28th April - 1st
May with Anatoly Karpov, Laurent Fressinet + 6 qualified players from a
qualifying tournament the 24th April (contacts on
http://www.grandprixdebordeaux.com).
The Show Tournament based on the same model as the Grand Prix d'Echecs
d'Aix en Provence.
Previous winners: 2000 Mickael Adams 1999 Peter Leko 1998 Alexeï
Shirov 1997 Glenn Flear
The event was stopped for 5 years because of complex circumtances from
which the ending of the internet Start Up CanalWeb Company who sponsored the
2000 event.
Official Site: http://www.grandprixdebordeaux.com
6th European Individual Chess Championship
The Warsaw Foundation for Chess Development and Sports Club Polonia
Warsaw organise the 6th European Individual Chess Championship to be held from
June 17th - July 3rd 2005, in Warsaw - Zegrze Poludniowe.
Official site: http://www.warsawchess.pl (under
construction)
Queenstown Chess Classic 2006
The Queenstown Chess Classic 2006 takes place on the South Island of
New Zealand January 15th-24th 2006 followed by the NZ Rapid and Blitz
Championship on Jan 25th & 26th. This event is being sponsored by NZ GM
Murray Chandler and promises to be NZ's largest ever Open International event.
The total prize fund is in excess of NZD $35,000. It is endorsed by the NZ
Chess Federation and will incorporate the NZ Championship. Entries so far
include GM's Chandler, Rogers and Hecht.
Further information: http://www.queenstownchess.com
Galati Chess Open
The Galati Chess Open, the first of the Romanian Chess Grand Prix, will
start on April 16th. The amount of prizes is 5000 Euro, first prize is 1300
Euro. Contact: Mircea Dumitriu
Tel: +40 788 239 963 E-mail: mirceadumitriu@zappmobile.ro
Further info: http://www.chess-romania.ro
Mtel Masters
"Mobiltel" and "Kaissa Chess Management" (the agency of Silvio
Danailov, manager of Veselin Topalov) have organised a tournament May
11th-22nd, 2005 in Sofia, Bulgaria. The event is a part of the celebration of
the tenth anniversary of the biggest Bulgarian mobile operator(http://www.mobiltel.bg)
Players: Viswanathan Anand (India), Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria),
Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine), Michael Adams (England)
and Judit Polgar (Hungary).
The Category 20 event will be a double round robin with a 7 hour time
control. There will be a winner of the event as there will be a playoff in the
case of a tie.
One unusual rule is that draw by mutual agreement between the players
is forbidden. The players won't be allowed to offer a draw or speak to their
opponent. The player can claim the draw only via Arbiter in 3 cases: A)
Perpetual check B) Triple repetition C) A theoretically drawn position. Only
the Arbiter can confirm the result of the game. The Arbiters will be advised by
Zurab Azmaiparashvili on this. Arbiters: Chief Arbiter: Joaquin Espejo
(Spain),Deputy arbiters: Boris Postovski (USA),Panaqiotis Nikolopoulos
(Greece).
The venue is the five-star luxury Grand Hotel Sofia (http://www.grandhotelsofia.bg) and
there will be an opening ceremony there. During the rest day Grand Master
Veselin Topalov will give a simul to chess fans at the garden in front of the
National Theatre.
Official site: http://www.mtelmasters.com
20th North Sea Cup
The 20th North Sea Cup takes place in Esbjerg, Denmark, 2nd-9th July
2005. 9 Swiss Open, time control: 40 moves 2 H + ½ H rest Prize fund:
DKK 65000,- = 8800 Euro
The organiser is Jens Nielsen Tel: 0045 75123975 Email:
Jerneif@get2net.dk. Fax: 0045 75123975 Address: Storegade 66, 6700 Esbjerg
Chief Arbiter: IA Lars Lindhard Deputy Arbiter: Aksel Hansen, Kim Schmidt,
Karsten Jakobsen
Official site: http://www.northseacup.dk
2nd European Amateur Chess Championship
2nd European Amateur Chess Championship will be held in Herceg Novi
(Montenegro, Serbia and Montenegro) from May 25th to June 3rd, 2005. Tournament
is open to all players representing ECU Chess Federations, and whose on the
FIDE rating list of April 1st, 2005 will have rating 2200 and lower, like as
player whose don’t have FIDE rating. Total prizes fund of the Championship
will be 10.000 EUR The official site of the event is
http://www.scgchess.org/amateur/index.html
GM Tournament Kiev-2005
The GM tournament scheduled for May will now take place in September due
to its clash with the Eurovision Song contest.
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.
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/
1st Queens' Challenge
The first Queen's Challenge will took place 9th-10th March in
Besançon. This event was 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/ more
specifically
http://europe-echecs.com/article.php?art=20050310143735347
Kasparov on his retirement
Kasparov's website: http://www.chesschamps.com gives a diary
entry on the reasons for his retirement:
http://www.chesschamps.com/diary07.html
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.
Friendship Tournament in Cartak CZE
The Friendship Tournament in Cartak CZE takes place 18th-26th June 2005.
7th international chess festival A) round-robin grandmaster tournament (10-12
players) B) round-robin master tournament (10-12 players) C) open FIDE (swiss
system of 9 round) Contact: Richard Biolek, phone: (+420)581209407, e-mail:
biolci@volny.cz,
Official site: http://www.friendshiptournament.com
Znojmo Open 2005
Znojmo Open 2005, the 5th International Chess Festival part of CZECH
TOUR 2005/2006 Series 14th-22nd May 2005, Znojmo, Czech Republic.
Further details: http://www.czechtour.net
2nd European Amateur Chess Championship
2nd European Amateur Chess Championship will be held in Herceg Novi
(Montenegro, Serbia and Montenegro) from May 25th to June 3rd, 2005. Tournament
is open to all players representing ECU Chess Federations, and whose on the
FIDE rating list of April 1st, 2005 has a rating of 2200 and lower, such as
player those who don’t have a FIDE rating. Total prizes fund of the
Championship will be 10.000 EUR The official site of the event is
http://www.scgchess.org/amateur/index.html
Correspondence Chess - Romanian Chess Federation - 80 Years
Therer will be a CC tournament "Romanian Chess Federation - 80 Years"?
which will be one of the strongest CC events of the year 2005 with 4 ICCF-GMs
and 4 ICCF-SIMs among the 13 participants.
Every 2-3 months there will be reports on the tournament wrote by GM
Dorian Rogozenko, IM Mihai Ghinda, IM Mircea Pavlov, IM Constantin Lupulescu
and FM Marius Ceteras including comments around the games in progress (this is
something new in CC).
A promo pdf booklet of the event is available in Romanian chess pages
www.romanianchess.org , in the section dedicated to this event
http://www.romanianchess.org/rcf80
The booklet contains the introduction of the players, their best games and a
short history of the Romanian correspondence chess. Short link for download the
promo booklet (archived pdf file)
http://www.romanianchess.org/rcf80/rcf80.zip
The tournament will be played at ICCF webserver (
http://www.iccf-webchess.com/EventCrossTable.aspx?id=278
) .
Las Vegas International Chess Festival
The Las Vegas International Chess Festival comprises of the following
events:
June 9th, Polgar Sisters Tandem Simul! For the first time in over 10
years the Polgar sisters, Susan, Judit and Sofia will give a tandem simul.
June 9th, National Open Blitz Championship 7 double rounds, seeded
Swiss format tournament.
June 10th, Breakfast with the Polgar Sisters
June 10th-12th, National Open Tournament $55,000 guaranteed prize fund!
First place, $5000. 6 round, seeded Swiss format. 8 different sections. US
Championship Qualifier.
June 13th, US Game/10 Championship $5,000 guaranteed prize fund. 7
round, seeded Swiss format.
June 13th-18th, US Senior Championship Open to US residents/citizens
born before 6/13/1955. 6 round, seeded Swiss format, one round a day and this
is also a US Championship Qualifier.
June 13th-18th, US "Under 50" Championship Open to US
residents/citizens born on or after 6/13/1955. 6 round, seeded Swiss format,
one round a day.
You can find out more information about all the above events, along
with online entry at http://www.64.com
Azura Chess Open
The Azura Chess Open takes place in Bruxelles 23rd-24th April 2005.
Players include Ivan Sokolov, Vladimir Epishin, Ulf Andersson, Daniel Fridman,
Vladimir Baklan, Konstantin Landa etc.
Official site: http://www.creb.be/.
Further details: http://www.europe-echecs.com/
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/
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
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
Computer Chess News
There have been recent computer events. See the Computer Chess Calendar
at: http://www.playwitharena.com
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.
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/
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
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
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
