THE WEEK IN CHESS 544 11th April 2005 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) XIII Dos Hermanas International
3) Chess Oscar 2004
4) East Bay Chess Club GM
5) Bundesliga Final Weekend
6) Serbia and Montenegro Championship
7) Third Saturday Novi Sad
8) First Saturday April
9) Beer Sheva Rapid
10) 2nd Coventry Chess International
11) 7th United Insurance GM
12) 7th Dubai Open Chess Championship
13) Belgian Teams 2004-05
14) Belgrade Cup 2005
15) French Team championship TOP 16
16) VI Ciudad de Dos Hermanas Internet
17) TWIC Theory
18) Forthcoming Events and Links


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Games section

XIII Dos Hermanas International         131 games
East Bay Chess Club GM                    9 games
Bundesliga Final Weekend                128 games
Serbia and Montenegro Championship       63 games
Third Saturday Novi Sad                  66 games
First Saturday April                     74 games
2nd Coventry Chess International        444 games
7th United Insurance GM                 161 games
7th Dubai Open Chess Championship       274 games
Belgian Teams 2004-05                   124 games
Belgrade Cup 2005                       160 games
French Team championship TOP 16           2 games
VI Ciudad de Dos Hermanas Internet      109 games
1746 games

1) Introduction

My thanks to Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Micah Hughey, Miklos Orso, Misha Klenburg, Sinisa Drazic, Hartmut Metz, Stefan Loeffler, Pelle Larsen, Yannick Pelletier, Haroon Rashid, Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh, Gérard Demuydt, Steve Laios, Alexandre Silvert, Mirza Miralem and everyone else who helped with the issue.

18 year old Teimour Radjabov won the Category 16 Dos Hermanas tournament. He won it with an undefeated +2 score ahead of Zurab Azmaiparashvili and Alexey Dreev. The results of the Chess Oscar revived by Alexander Roshal "64" produced their results for 2004. Not surprisingly Anand won the event as he dominated the year's results, he was ahead of Kasparov, Leko and Kramnik. The Bundesliga had its final weekend but the title wasn't decided and there will be a playoff between Porz and Werder Bremen shortly.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) XIII Dos Hermanas International

The XIII Dos Hermanas International took place April 1st-9th 2005. Teimour Radjabov won the main event with 5.5/9. The game Ivanov - Barrero in group C (3) was a walk over for white. The game Cifuentes - Garcia Luque (9) group B is missing.

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

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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. Radjabov, Teimour          g AZE 2673  * = = = = = 1 = = 1  5.5  2716 
 2. Azmaiparashvili, Zurab     g GEO 2671  = * 1 = = = = = = =  5.0  2679 
 3. Dreev, Alexey              g RUS 2705  = 0 * 1 = = 1 = = =  5.0  2675 
 4. Felgaer, Ruben             g ARG 2593  = = 0 * 1 1 0 = = 1  5.0  2688 
 5. Rustemov, Alexander        g RUS 2573  = = = 0 * = = = 1 1  5.0  2690 
 6. Harikrishna, P             g IND 2646  = = = 0 = * = = = 1  4.5  2639 
 7. Karjakin, Sergey           g UKR 2635  0 = 0 1 = = * 1 = =  4.5  2640 
 8. Dominguez, Lenier          g CUB 2658  = = = = = = 0 * = 0  3.5  2557 
 9. Korneev, Oleg              g RUS 2611  = = = = 0 = = = * 0  3.5  2563 
10. Illescas Cordoba, Miguel   g ESP 2633  0 = = 0 0 0 = 1 1 *  3.5  2560 
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Round 5 (April 5, 2005)

Radjabov, Teimour         -  Karjakin, Sergey          1-0   31  C45  Scotch Game
Azmaiparashvili, Zurab    -  Dreev, Alexey             1-0   46  D12  Slav Defence
Rustemov, Alexander       -  Dominguez, Lenier         1/2   61  D11  Slav Defence
Harikrishna, P            -  Illescas Cordoba, Miguel  1-0   44  D15  Slav Defence
Korneev, Oleg             -  Felgaer, Ruben            1/2   24  B33  Sicilian Sveshnikov

Round 6 (April 6, 2005)

Felgaer, Ruben            -  Azmaiparashvili, Zurab    1/2   71  B11  Caro Kann Two Knights
Rustemov, Alexander       -  Radjabov, Teimour         1/2   34  A36  English Botvinnik
Karjakin, Sergey          -  Harikrishna, P            1/2   84  C97  Ruy Lopez
Dominguez, Lenier         -  Dreev, Alexey             1/2   34  B61  Sicilian Rauzer
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel  -  Korneev, Oleg             1-0   64  D37  Unknown

Round 7 (April 7, 2005)

Radjabov, Teimour         -  Dominguez, Lenier         1/2   28  C42  Petroff's Defence
Azmaiparashvili, Zurab    -  Illescas Cordoba, Miguel  1/2   66  D11  Slav Defence
Dreev, Alexey             -  Felgaer, Ruben            1-0   53  D12  Slav Defence
Harikrishna, P            -  Rustemov, Alexander       1/2   73  D56  Queens Gambit Lasker's Defence
Korneev, Oleg             -  Karjakin, Sergey          1/2   28  B97  Sicilian Najdorf

Round 8 (April 8, 2005)

Radjabov, Teimour         -  Harikrishna, P            1/2   13  C45  Scotch Game
Rustemov, Alexander       -  Korneev, Oleg             1-0   62  A65  Benoni
Karjakin, Sergey          -  Azmaiparashvili, Zurab    1/2   25  B19  Caro Kann
Dominguez, Lenier         -  Felgaer, Ruben            1/2   33  B36  Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel  -  Dreev, Alexey             1/2   25  D47  Queens Gambit Meran

Round 9 (April 9, 2005)

Azmaiparashvili, Zurab    -  Rustemov, Alexander       1/2   15  D12  Slav Defence
Dreev, Alexey             -  Karjakin, Sergey          1-0   42  D27  QGA
Felgaer, Ruben            -  Illescas Cordoba, Miguel  1-0   58  B58  Sicilian Boleslavsky
Harikrishna, P            -  Dominguez, Lenier         1/2   31  A12  Reti Opening
Korneev, Oleg             -  Radjabov, Teimour         1/2   18  B33  Sicilian Sveshnikov

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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. Rodriguez Guerrero, Enrique   m ESP 2449  * = = = 1 = = 1 1 1  6.5  2660 
 2. Cheparinov, Ivan              g BUL 2621  = * = 0 = 1 1 = 1 1  6.0  2600 
 3. Perez Candelario, Manuel      m ESP 2495  = = * 1 = = = = = 1  5.5  2569 
 4. Franco Ocampos, Zenon         g PAR 2519  = 1 0 * = = = = = 1  5.0  2530 
 5. Fernandez Romero, Ernesto     m ESP 2449  0 = = = * = 1 = = =  4.5  2494 
 6. Matamoros Franco, Carlos S    g ECU 2498  = 0 = = = * = = = 1  4.5  2489 
 7. Campora, Daniel H             g ARG 2545  = 0 = = 0 = * = 1 1  4.5  2484 
 8. Cifuentes Parada, Roberto     g ESP 2521  0 = = = = = = * 0 1  4.0  2443 
 9. Teran Alvarez, Ismael         m ESP 2430  0 0 = = = = 0 1 * =  3.5  2417 
10. Garcia Luque, Agustin         m ESP 2376  0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 = *  1.0  2152 
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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. Komljenovic, Davor            g CRO 2477  * = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  8.0  2668 
 2. Kononenko, Tatiana           wg UKR 2416  = * = = = 1 1 = = 1  6.0  2448 
 3. Fernandez Garcia, Jose Luis   g ESP 2468  = = * = = = 1 = 1 1  6.0  2443 
 4. Gutierrez Jimenez, Juan M       ESP 2150  0 = = * = 1 1 = 1 1  6.0  2478 
 5. Razmyslov, Alexander          f UKR 2325  0 = = = * = = = 1 =  4.5  2334 
 6. Ivanov, Jordan                m BUL 2350  0 0 = 0 = * = 1 1 1  4.5  2331 
 7. Escobar Dominguez, Daniel     f ESP 2351  0 0 0 0 = = * 1 1 1  4.0  2288 
 8. Barrero Garcia, Carlos        f ESP 2337  0 = = = = 0 0 * = =  3.0  2207 
 9. Hidalgo Begines, Pablo          ESP 2142  0 = 0 0 0 0 0 = * =  1.5  2081 
10. Garrido Dominguez, Jesus      f ESP 2315  0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = *  1.5  2062 
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It D Dos Hermanas ESP (ESP), 1-9 iv 2005
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                                                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina       wm ESP 2253  * 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 1  7.5  2428 
 2. Belezky, Sasha                 m UKR 2372  0 * = 1 1 1 1 1 1 =  7.0  2361 
 3. Diaz Castro, Sergio              ESP 2252  1 = * 0 0 1 = = 1 1  5.5  2235 
 4. Melero Fidalgo, Juan de Dios     ESP 2207  = 0 1 * = 0 1 = 1 1  5.5  2240 
 5. Romero Garcia, Mariano         f ESP 2171  0 0 1 = * = 1 = = 1  5.0  2207 
 6. Pereira Figueroa, Manuel         ESP 2089  0 0 0 1 = * 1 1 0 1  4.5  2173 
 7. Perez Perez, Manuel              ESP 2048  0 0 = 0 0 0 * 1 1 1  3.5  2097 
 8. Gallardo Fernandez, Cesar        ESP 2162  0 0 = = = 0 0 * = 1  3.0  2040 
 9. Jimenez Romero, Jose Antonio     ESP 2095  0 0 0 0 = 1 0 = * =  2.5  2006 
10. Alanis Honrado,S                 ESP ----  0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 = *  1.0  1832 
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3) Chess Oscar 2004

The Russian Chess Observer "64" (the editor-in-chief - Alexander Roshal) defined the owner of "Oscar" - the international award which is handed over to the best chess player of the last year for the 10th time. 445 chess experts from 75 countries of the world have taken part in the anniversary voting (including 74 grandmasters). They have named the top ten strongest, in their opinion, chess players of 2004. The 1st place in the list was estimated by 13 points, 2nd - 11, 3rd - 9, 4th - 7, 5th - 6, …, 10th - 1 point.

The Indian GM Viswanathan Anand, who achieved 5205 points is the owner of the bronze statuette of "The Fascinated Wanderer". He is the only one mentioned in all the lists, and in 279 lists he is on the first place! And no wonder: " The Tiger from Madras " has a unique collection of the first places at various tournaments in classical and rapid chess. Vishy was certainly a leader of the Indian team at the Olympiad in Spain. In general, his present victory, as well as the previous ones, is undisputed.

This is the second "double" for Anand - he successively became the owner of Oscar in 1997 and 1998. In the newest history of this award only Garry Kasparov achieved the same results (1995-96 and 2001-02). Kasparov and Anand together have received 9 of 10 Oscars from "64". One more was received by Vladimir Kramnik in the year 2000.

Further in the list of "Oscar-2004":
2. Garry Kasparov, the Champion of Russia - 3664 points (60 first places);
3. Peter Leko (Hungary), the finalist of the classical world championship - 3485 (43);
4. Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), classic chess champion of the World - 3344 (37);
5. Rustam Kasimdzhanov (Uzbekistan), FIDE world champion - 2088 (12);
6. Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria), the owner of the third (after Kasparov and Anand) top Elo in the world - 1858 (2);
7. Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine), the European champion and the leader of the Olympic champions from Ukraine - 1398 (7);
8. Michael Adams (England), the finalist of FIDE world championship - 1378 (2);
9. Alexander Morozevich (Russia), the winner of the prestigious tournaments in Monaco and Biel - 1128 (2);
10. Alexander Grischuk, the silver prize-winner of the Russian championship - 868.

In total 69 names, including five women - Women’s World Champion Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria), European Women’s Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia), Judit and Zsuzsa Polgar (Hungary) and Almira Skripchenko (France) are among them.

Let's note, that 2000 chess fans have voted on the site of the World Chess Federation (FIDE).

More detailed results are available in the 4th issue of the "64". Website: http://www.64.ru/

4) East Bay Chess Club GM

The East Bay Chess Club GM tournament took place March 29th - April 6th 2005. Suat Atalik won the event with 7/9.

Official site: http://www.eastbaychess.com/tourney/05/GMXtable.html

Round 8 (April 4, 2005)

Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas  -  Pruess, David            1-0   56  D30  Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Yermolinsky, Alex        -  Atalik, Suat             1/2   39  D41  Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg    -  Stein, Alex              1-0   38  A43  Old Benoni

Round 9 (April 5, 2005)

Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas  -  Stein, Alex              1-0   48  B06  Modern Defence
Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg    -  Yermolinsky, Alex        0-1   37  E15  Queens Indian
Pruess, David            -  Atalik, Suat             0-1   34  C13  French Classical

Round 10 (April 6, 2005)

Atalik, Suat             -  Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg    1-0   22  E92  King's Indian Classical
Yermolinsky, Alex        -  Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas  1/2   44  E11  Bogo Indian Defence
Stein, Alex              -  Pruess, David            1-0   43  A05  Various


East Bay CC GM Berkley USA (USA), 29 iii-6 iv 2005  cat. IX (2461)
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                                       1  2  3  4  5  6 
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1 Atalik, Suat             g BIH 2560 ** == == 11 01 11  7.0  2589
2 Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas  m CAN 2425 == ** == 01 01 11  6.0  2539
3 Yermolinsky, Alex        g USA 2570 == == ** =1 10 10  5.5  2474
4 Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg    g MGL 2453 00 10 =0 ** 11 01  4.5  2426
5 Stein, Alex              f USA 2362 10 10 01 00 ** 01  4.0  2408
6 Pruess, David            f USA 2394 00 00 01 10 10 **  3.0  2325
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5) Bundesliga Final Weekend

The final weekend of the Bundesliga, April 9th-10th 2005 aw three teams in contention for the title. Porz, Baden-Baden and Werder Bremen were all in contention. Werder Bremen won both their matches both narrowly 4,5-3,5. In round 15 leaders Porz and Baden-Baden met and after a tense match Porz won 4.5-3.5. This means that Porz and Werder Bremen will play off for the title in the next couple of weeks.

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

Round 14 9th April 2005

Venue: Hamburg

Hamburger SK         -   SC Kreuzberg         3,5   -   4,5 
Gustafsson, Jan      -   Nisipeanu,LD         0,5   -   0,5
Kempinski, Robert    -   Almasi, Zoltan       0,0   -   1,0
Ftacnik, Lubomir     -   Aronian, Levon       0,5   -   0,5
Wahls, Matthias      -   Maiwald, Jens-Uwe    1,0   -   0,0
Bezold, Michael      -   Kalinitschew,Sergey  0,5   -   0,5
Reeh, Oliver         -   Volke, Karsten       0,0   -   1,0
Heinemann, Thies     -   Tischbierek, Raj     1,0   -   0,0
Sebastian, Dirk      -   Lau, Ralf            0,0   -   1,0

Preetzer TSV         -   SF Neukölln          3,5   -   4,5 
Pedersen, Steffen    -   Brynell, Stellan     0,5   -   0,5
Skytte, Rasmus       -   Polzin, Rainer       0,5   -   0,5
Wisnewski,Christoph  -   Borriss, Martin Dr.  0,5   -   0,5
Junge, Kai           -   Berndt, Stephan      0,5   -   0,5
Willsch, Matthias    -   Thiede, Lars         0,0   -   1,0
Marxen, Peter Dr.    -   Poldauf, Dirk        0,5   -   0,5
Richert, Thomas      -   Rudolf, Henrik       1,0   -   0,0
Kornrumpf,Joach      -   Wendt, Jan-Dietrich  0,0   -   1,0

Venue Solingen

SG Aljechin Solingen -   Erfurter SK          4,5   -   3,5 
Nikolic, Predrag     -   Haba, Petr           0,0   -   1,0
Stellwagen, Daniel   -   Votava, Jan          1,0   -   0,0
Gabriel, Christian   -   Machelett, Heiko     0,5   -   0,5
Naumann, Alexander   -   Casper, Thomas       0,5   -   0,5
Smeets, Jan          -   Brueggemann,Joachim  1,0   -   0,0
Werle, Jan           -   Mueller, Matthias    0,5   -   0,5
Ernst, Sipke         -   Voekler, Bernd       0,5   -   0,5
Zysk, Robert         -   Enders, Peter        0,5   -   0,5

SV Wattenscheid      -   SV Werder Bremen     3,5   -   4,5 
Nielsen,Peter-Heine  -   McShane, Luke James  0,5   -   0,5
Johannessen, LE      -   Hracek, Zbynek       0,5   -   0,5
Handke, Florian      -   Pelletier, Yannick   0,0   -   1,0
Appel, Ralf          -   Babula, Vlastimil    1,0   -   0,0
Holzke, Frank Dr.    -   Nyback, Tomi         0,5   -   0,5
Dinstuhl, Volkmar    -   Fish, Gennadij       0,5   -   0,5
Lemmers, Oscar       -   Schandorff, Lars     0,0   -   1,0
Straeter, Timo       -   Meins, Gerlef        0,5   -   0,5

Venue: Koelln

SG Porz              -   SC Eppingen          6,0   -   2,0 
Adams, Michael       -   Gyimesi, Zoltan      0,5   -   0,5
Lutz, Christopher    -   Medvegy, Zoltan      0,5   -   0,5
Van Wely, Loek       -   Braun, Arik          0,0   -   1,0
Sokolov, Ivan        -   Mann, Christian      1,0   -   0,0
Vaganian, Rafael A   -   Schulze, Ulrich      1,0   -   0,0
Beliavsky,Alexander  -   Miltner, Arndt       1,0   -   0,0
Graf, Alexander      -   Koch, Wolfgang Max   1,0   -   0,0
Gurevich, Mikhail    -   Schneider, Bernd     1,0   -   0,0

SV Hofheim           -   OSC Baden-Baden      1,0   -   7,0 
Savchenko,Stanislav  -   Anand, Viswanathan   0,5   -   0,5
Hickl, Joerg         -   Svidler, Peter       0,5   -   0,5
Ginsburg, Gennadi    -   Shirov, Alexei       0,0   -   1,0
Krivoshey, Sergei    -   Vallejo Pons,F       0,0   -   1,0
Zude, Erik Dr.       -   Movsesian, Sergei    0,0   -   1,0
Brendel, Oliver      -   Krasenkow, Michal    0,0   -   1,0
Burkart, Patrick     -   Dautov, Rustem       0,0   -   1,0
Haubt, Georg         -   Schlosser, Philipp   0,0   -   1,0

Venue: Tegernsee

TV Tegernsee         -   SF Katernberg        5,0   -   3,0 
Khenkin, Igor        -   Chuchelov, Vladimir  0,0   -   1,0
Sokolov, Andrei      -   L'Ami, Erwin         0,5   -   0,5
Bischoff, Klaus      -   Senff, Martin        1,0   -   0,0
Boensch, Uwe         -   Thesing, Matthias    0,5   -   0,5
Kindermann, Stefan   -   Scholz, Christian    0,5   -   0,5
Hertneck, Gerald     -   Souleidis, Georgios  1,0   -   0,0
Stangl, Markus       -   Siebrecht,Sebastian  0,5   -   0,5
Bromberger, Stefan   -   Rosen, Bernd         1,0   -   0,0

Stuttgarter SG       -   SV Mülheim Nord      3,0   -   5,0 
Oral, Tomas          -   Landa, Konstantin    0,0   -   1,0
Sedlak, Nikola       -   Fridman, Daniel      0,0   -   1,0
Reuss, Andreas       -   Schebler, Gerhard    1,0   -   0,0
Vujic, Branimir      -   Lytchak, Alexander   0,5   -   0,5
Lorscheid, Gerhard   -   Wegener, Olaf        0,0   -   1,0
Haas, Wilhelm        -   Sielecki, Christof   0,5   -   0,5
Schmid, Wolfgang     -   Kaid, Almar          0,5   -   0,5
Migl, Dieter         -   Friedrichs, Klaus    0,5   -   0,5

Round 15 10th April 2005

Venue: Hamburg

SC Kreuzberg         -   Preetzer TSV         6,5   -   1,5 
Nisipeanu,LD         -   Pedersen, Steffen    1,0   -   0,0
Almasi, Zoltan       -   Skytte, Rasmus       0,5   -   0,5
Aronian, Levon       -   Wisnewski,Christoph  1,0   -   0,0
Maiwald, Jens-Uwe    -   Junge, Kai           1,0   -   0,0
Kalinitschew,Sergey  -   Willsch, Matthias    0,5   -   0,5
Volke, Karsten       -   Marxen, Peter Dr.    1,0   -   0,0
Tischbierek, Raj     -   Richert, Thomas      1,0   -   0,0
Lau, Ralf            -   Kornrumpf,Joach      0,5   -   0,5

SF Neukölln          -   Hamburger SK         2,0   -   6,0 
Brynell, Stellan     -   Gustafsson, Jan      0,5   -   0,5
Polzin, Rainer       -   Kempinski, Robert    0,0   -   1,0
Borriss, Martin Dr.  -   Ftacnik, Lubomir     0,5   -   0,5
Berndt, Stephan      -   Wahls, Matthias      0,0   -   1,0
Thiede, Lars         -   Bezold, Michael      0,0   -   1,0
Poldauf, Dirk        -   Reeh, Oliver         0,5   -   0,5
Rudolf, Henrik       -   Heinemann, Thies     0,5   -   0,5
Wendt, Jan-Dietrich  -   Sebastian, Dirk      0,0   -   1,0

Venue Solingen

Erfurter SK          -   SV Wattenscheid      3,5   -   4,5 
Haba, Petr           -   Nielsen,Peter-Heine  0,0   -   1,0
Votava, Jan          -   Johannessen, LE      1,0   -   0,0
Machelett, Heiko     -   Handke, Florian      0,5   -   0,5
Casper, Thomas       -   Appel, Ralf          0,0   -   1,0
Brueggemann,Joachim  -   Holzke, Frank Dr.    0,0   -   1,0
Mueller, Matthias    -   Dinstuhl, Volkmar    0,5   -   0,5
Voekler, Bernd       -   Lemmers, Oscar       0,5   -   0,5
Enders, Peter        -   Straeter, Timo       1,0   -   0,0

SV Werder Bremen     -   SG Aljechin Solingen 4,5   -   3,5 
McShane, Luke James  -   Nikolic, Predrag     0,5   -   0,5
Hracek, Zbynek       -   Stellwagen, Daniel   1,0   -   0,0
Pelletier, Yannick   -   Gabriel, Christian   0,5   -   0,5
Babula, Vlastimil    -   Naumann, Alexander   0,5   -   0,5
Nyback, Tomi         -   Smeets, Jan          0,5   -   0,5
Fish, Gennadij       -   Werle, Jan           0,5   -   0,5
Schandorff, Lars     -   Ernst, Sipke         0,5   -   0,5
Meins, Gerlef        -   Zysk, Robert         0,5   -   0,5

Venue: Koelln

SC Eppingen          -   SV Hofheim           2,5   -   5,5 
Gyimesi, Zoltan      -   Savchenko,Stanislav  0,5   -   0,5
Medvegy, Zoltan      -   Hickl, Joerg         0,5   -   0,5
Braun, Arik          -   Ginsburg, Gennadi    0,0   -   1,0
Mann, Christian      -   Krivoshey, Sergei    0,0   -   1,0
Schulze, Ulrich      -   Zude, Arno           0,0   -   1,0
Miltner, Arndt       -   Zude, Erik Dr.       0,5   -   0,5
Koch, Wolfgang Max   -   Buchal, Stephan      0,0   -   1,0
Schneider, Bernd     -   Burkart, Patrick     1,0   -   0,0

OSC Baden-Baden      -   SG Porz              3,5   -   4,5 
Anand, Viswanathan   -   Adams, Michael       0,5   -   0,5
Svidler, Peter       -   Lutz, Christopher    0,5   -   0,5
Shirov, Alexei       -   Van Wely, Loek       1,0   -   0,0
Vallejo Pons, F      -   Sokolov, Ivan        0,0   -   1,0
Movsesian, Sergei    -   Vaganian, Rafael A   0,5   -   0,5
Krasenkow, Michal    -   Beliavsky,Alexander  0,0   -   1,0
Dautov, Rustem       -   Graf, Alexander      0,5   -   0,5
Huebner, Robert Dr.  -   Gurevich, Mikhail    0,5   -   0,5

Venue: Tegernsee

SF Katernberg        -   Stuttgarter SG       5,5   -   2,5 
Chuchelov, Vladimir  -   Oral, Tomas          0,5   -   0,5
L'Ami, Erwin         -   Sedlak, Nikola       0,5   -   0,5
Senff, Martin        -   Reuss, Andreas       0,5   -   0,5
Thesing, Matthias    -   Vujic, Branimir      1,0   -   0,0
Scholz, Christian    -   Lorscheid, Gerhard   0,5   -   0,5
Souleidis, Georgios  -   Haas, Wilhelm        1,0   -   0,0
Siebrecht,Sebastian  -   Schmid, Wolfgang     1,0   -   0,0
Rosen, Bernd         -   Migl, Dieter         0,5   -   0,5

SV Mülheim Nord      -   TV Tegernsee         2,0   -   6,0 
Landa, Konstantin    -   Khenkin, Igor        0,5   -   0,5
Fridman, Daniel      -   Sokolov, Andrei      0,5   -   0,5
Schebler, Gerhard    -   Bischoff, Klaus      0,5   -   0,5
Lytchak, Alexander   -   Boensch, Uwe         0,0   -   1,0
Wegener, Olaf        -   Kindermann, Stefan   0,0   -   1,0
Sielecki, Christof   -   Hertneck, Gerald     0,5   -   0,5
Kaid, Almar          -   Stangl, Markus       0,0   -   1,0
Friedrichs, Klaus    -   Bromberger, Stefan   0,0   -   1,0

There will be a playoff between Porz and Werder Bremen.

Final Tables
 1. SG Porz            15  81,0  28:2
 2. SV Werder Bremen   15  74,5  28:2
 3. OSC Baden-Baden    15  83,0  26:4
 4. TV Tegernsee       15  75,5  25:5
 5. SC Kreuzberg       15  70,0  17:13
 6. SF Katernberg      15  63,0  17:13
 7. Mülheim Nord       15  62,0  17:13
 8. Hamburger SK       14  65,0  16:14
 9. SV Wattenscheid    15  58,0  13:17
10. SF Neukölln        14  52,5  12:18
11. SC Eppingen        15  52,0  12:18 
12. SG Solingen        15  56,5  11:19
13. SV Hofheim         15  48,0  10:20
14. Erfurter SK	       15  50,5   6:24
15. Preetzer TSV       15  34,5   1:29
16. Stuttgarter SF     15  34,0   1:29

Top Performers
   1. Van den Doel, Erik     SG Porz            7,5        8 93,75
   2. Gurevich, Mikhail      SG Porz           11,0       13 84,62
   3. Ivan Sokolov           SG Porz            7,5        9 83,33
   4. Peter Svidler          OSC Baden-Baden    6,5        8 81,25
   5. Fish, Gennadij         Werder Bremen     11,0       14 78,57
   6. Hertneck, Gerald       TV Tegernsee      10,0       13 76,92
7-10. Viswanathan Anand      OSC Baden-Baden    6,0        8 75,00
7-10. Tomi Nyback            Werder Bremen      9,0       12 75,00
7-10. Fabian Doettling       OSC Baden-Baden    6,0        8 75,00
7-10. Philipp Schlosser      OSC Baden-Baden    7,5       10 75,00

6) Serbia and Montenegro Championship

The 1st National Championship of Serbia and Montenegro takes place in Kopaonik 2nd-15th April 2005. After 9 rounds on the top is GM Milos Perunovic. News: Vladica Andrejic.

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

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1st ch-SCG Kopaonik SCG (SCG), 2-15 iv 2005                     cat. XI (2504)
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                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 
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 1. Perunovic, Milos        g SCG 2549  * = 1 = = 1 1 . = . = = . .  6.0  2638 
 2. Damljanovic, Branko     g SCG 2588  = * . = = = = = = 1 . 1 . .  5.5  2596 
 3. Ivanisevic, Ivan        g SCG 2542  0 . * . = 0 1 = . = 1 . 1 1  5.5  2568 
 4. Djukic, Nikola            SCG 2509  = = . * 0 . . . = = 1 1 1 0  5.0  2541 
 5. Markovic, Miroslav      g SCG 2509  = = = 1 * . . . = . = 0 = 1  5.0  2543 
 6. Pikula, Dejan           g SCG 2485  0 = 1 . . * = = . . = = = 1  5.0  2544 
 7. Antic, Dejan            g SCG 2488  0 = 0 . . = * 1 . = 1 . = 1  5.0  2546 
 8. Kovacevic, Aleksandar   g SCG 2550  . = = . . = 0 * 1 . 0 1 = 1  5.0  2533 
 9. Kosic, Dragan           g SCG 2515  = = . = = . . 0 * = . = = 1  4.5  2506 
10. Vuckovic, Bojan         g SCG 2529  . 0 = = . . = . = * = = 1 =  4.5  2493 
11. Pavlovic, Milos1        g SCG 2475  = . 0 0 = = 0 1 . = * . . 1  4.0  2462 
12. Todorovic, Goran M      g SCG 2511  = 0 . 0 1 = . 0 = = . * = .  3.5  2437 
13. Arsovic, Goran          m SCG 2419  . . 0 0 = = = = = 0 . = * .  3.0  2390 
14. Nadj Hedjesi, Balind      SCG 2392  . . 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 . . *  1.5  2238 
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7) Third Saturday Novi Sad

The Third Saturday chess festival took place in Novi Sad 19th-26th March 2005. 54 players in 3 tournaments. Dragan Kosic and Bogdan Lalic finished on 6/10. Organisers: Sinisa Drazic.

Official site: http://www.drazic.co.yu

Final Standings Group A (Round 10)
    Surname             Elo  Rc   Sco     Rp   We   Chg*10
 1. KOSIC,Dragan       2521 2376  6.0/10 2448  6.90   -9.0
 2. LALIC,Bogdan       2520 2410  6.0/10 2482  6.50   -5.0
 3. DRAZIC,Sinisa      2489 2396  6.5/10 2506  6.30    2.0
 4. ZLATIC,Mihajlo     2451 2404  5.5/10 2440  5.70   -2.0
 5. LAKETIC,Gojko      2430 2400  6.5/10 2510  5.40   11.0
 6. STOJANOVSKI,Dejan  2424 2338  4.5/10 2302  6.20  -17.0
 7. MATULOVIC,Milan    2416 2310  4.5/10 2274  6.40  -19.0
 8. COLOVIC,Aleksandar 2404 2417  6.0/10 2489  4.80   12.0
 9. MICIC,Cedomir      2401 2365  4.5/10 2329  5.50  -10.0
10. KOSANOVIC,Goran    2391 2418  6.0/10 2490  4.60   14.0
11. PILGAARD,Kim       2383 2392  7.0/10 2541  4.90   21.0
12. PAP,Misa           2369 2390  5.0/10 2390  4.70    3.0
13. DUMPOR,Atif        2361 2329  4.0/9  2286  4.86   -8.6
14. SARIC,Sinisa       2351 2383  4.0/9  2340  4.14   -1.4
15. KOSTIC V,Vladimir  2348 2372  5.5/10 2408  4.70    8.0
16. STUPAVSKI,Zdenko   2313 2361  3.0/10 2212  4.30  -13.0
17. WERNER,Dimo        2312 2347  4.5/10 2311  4.50    0.0
18. SPIRIC,Igor        2300 2350  5.0/10 2350  4.30    7.0
19. KOKEZA,Mirko       2292 2318  2.0/8  2125  3.68  -16.8
20. MIHALJ,Miroslav    2287 2382  5.0/10 2382  3.70   13.0
21. LUNDIN,Jan         2274 2366  5.0/10 2366  3.70   13.0
22. FRANCHINI,Gabriele 2269 2333  4.0/9  2290  3.69    3.1
23. BRUNELLO,Sabino    2268 2341  5.5/10 2377  4.00   15.0
24. BARILLARO,Luca     2213 2312  1.5/9  2039  3.24  -17.4

Final Standings Group B (9 Rounds)
    Surname                     T  Elo Fed  Sco  Buch Ws Berger
  1 DRAGOJLOVIC,Andjelko (5)    m 2276 SCG  7.0  45.5  5  34.25
  2 DOVZIK,Juri (1)             m 2414 UKR  7.0  45.5  5  33.00
  3 ANDRIJEVIC,Milan (2)        m 2413 SCG  6.0  47.5  3  29.50
  4 SAVANOVIC,Vuk (17)          . 2026 SCG  5.5  39.5  3  20.50
  5 ROGANOVIC,Milos (10)        . 2206 SCG  5.0  46.5  2  23.75
  6 NOTAROS,Krasoje (4)         f 2279 SCG  5.0  45.0  2  24.25
  7 DIMITRIJEVIC,Slobodan (19)  .      GER  5.0  44.5  3  20.75
  8 CABARKAPA,Spasoje (7)       f 2235 SCG  5.0  44.5  3  20.50
  9 JOSIC,Hrvoje (8)            . 2225 CRO  4.5  43.0  2  20.00
 10 DROBNE,Marjan (15)          . 2103 SLO  4.5  38.5  2  14.00
 11 JOROV,Boris (16)            . 2102 RUS  4.5  38.0  2  16.25
 12 MANOJLOVIC,Sava (14)        . 2127 SCG  4.0  44.0  1  18.50
 13 PAVLIK,Goran (13)           . 2166 SCG  4.0  41.5  1  12.75
 14 RAJIC,Dobrivoj (9)          . 2213 SCG  4.0  39.5  2  14.00
 15 CENGIJA,Vanja (6)           . 2241 SCG  4.0  36.5  2  11.75
 16 LUKIC,Milutin (11)          f 2199 CRO  2.5  27.5  2   6.50
 17 BORBAS,Petar (18)           . 2002 SCG  1.5  32.5  0   5.25
 18 NAVRATIL,Tomislav (12)      . 2178 SCG  1.5  32.5  0   5.00
 19 MUJAGIC,Ramo (3)            f 2338 SCG  0.5   4.5  0   2.00

8) First Saturday April

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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FSGM April Budapest HUN (HUN), 2-14 iv 2005             cat. VII (2404)
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                                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 
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 1. Ilincic, Zlatko        g SCG 2502  * . . . = 1 = . = 1 1  4.5  2597 
 2. Banusz, Tamas          f HUN 2393  . * = = = = . 1 = . 1  4.5  2488 
 3. Werner, Dimo           m GER 2312  . = * = 1 . = 0 . 1 .  3.5  2478 
 4. Fogarasi, Tibor        g HUN 2442  . = = * = = . = . 1 .  3.5  2443 
 5. Neelotpal, Das         m IND 2468  = = 0 = * . = 1 . = .  3.5  2410 
 6. Karatorossian, David   m ARM 2384  0 = . = . * 1 0 . = 1  3.5  2416 
 7. Farago, Ivan           g HUN 2461  = . = . = 0 * . 1 . =  3.0  2398 
 8. Szabo, Krisztian         HUN 2376  . 0 1 = 0 1 . * 0 . .  2.5  2338 
 9. Pap, Gyula               HUN 2371  = = . . . . 0 1 * 0 =  2.5  2355 
10. Wittmann, Walter       m AUT 2386  0 . 0 0 = = . . 1 * =  2.5  2302 
11. Blauert, Joerg         m GER 2354  0 0 . . . 0 = . = = *  1.5  2223 
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FSIM April Budapest HUN (HUN), 2-14 iv 2005                    cat. I (2258)
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                                      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 
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 1. Jakab, Attila        m HUN 2448  * . . = . . . 1 1 = 1 . 1 1  6.0  2540 
 2. Stupavski, Zdenko    f SCG 2333  . * . = . = . . 1 = 1 . 1 1  5.5  2444 
 3. Kahn, Evarth         m HUN 2293  . . * = = . . = . 1 = = 1 .  4.5  2358 
 4. Lengyel, Bela        m HUN 2302  = = = * = . = 1 . . . = . .  4.0  2350 
 5. Farago, Sandor       m HUN 2262  . . = = * = . 0 1 . . = . 1  4.0  2285 
 6. Fodor, Istvan2         HUN 2150  . = . . = * . . = = = . 1 =  4.0  2284 
 7. Khadempour, Farhad     GER 2225  . . . = . . * 1 0 1 0 1 0 .  3.5  2255 
 8. Fodor, Tamas jr      f HUN 2269  0 . = 0 1 . 0 * . = . 1 . .  3.0  2235 
 9. Caruana, Fabiano     f USA 2255  0 0 . . 0 = 1 . * . = . . 1  3.0  2204 
10. Radnai, Adam           HUN 2191  = = 0 . . = 0 = . * . = . .  2.5  2182 
11. Brustkern, Juergen   f GER 2258  0 0 = . . = 1 . = . * . . 0  2.5  2156 
12. Goczo, Melinda      wm HUN 2276  . . = = = . 0 0 . = . * = .  2.5  2152 
13. Cherniack, Alex        USA 2238  0 0 0 . . 0 1 . . . . = * 1  2.5  2159 
14. Katsuhara, Osamu       JPN 2106  0 0 . . 0 = . . 0 . 1 . 0 *  1.5  2047 
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9) Beer Sheva Rapid

The Beer Sheva Rapid took plce 3rd-6th April 2005. Viktor Korchnoi won the event with an impressive 10.5/13. Time rate 25 min/10 sec per move. News: Misha Klenburg.

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Rapid Beer Sheva ISR (ISR), 3-6 iv 2005                      cat. XI (2512)
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                                    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 
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 1. Korchnoi, Viktor    g SUI 2619  * = = 1 0 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 10.5  2755 
 2. Greenfeld, Alon     g ISR 2549  = * = = = = = 1 = = 0 1 1 1  8.0  2596 
 3. Golod, Vitali       g ISR 2586  = = * = = = = = = = 1 = 1 1  8.0  2593 
 4. Dvoirys, Semen I    g RUS 2568  0 = = * 1 = = 0 1 = 1 1 = 1  8.0  2594 
 5. Khmelniker, Ilya      ISR 2458  1 = = 0 * = 1 = = = 0 = 1 1  7.5  2573 
 6. Huzman, Alexander   g ISR 2577  0 = = = = * = = = = 1 1 1 =  7.5  2564 
 7. Vydeslaver, Alik    m ISR 2438  0 = = = 0 = * = 1 1 = = 1 =  7.0  2546 
 8. Roiz, Michael       g ISR 2579  0 0 = 1 = = = * = = 1 = = 1  7.0  2536 
 9. Tyomkin, Dimitri    g CAN 2504  = = = 0 = = 0 = * = = = 1 1  6.5  2512 
10. Avrukh, Boris       g ISR 2642  0 = = = = = 0 = = * 0 1 1 1  6.5  2502 
11. Tseitlin, Mark D    g ISR 2458  0 1 0 0 1 0 = 0 = 1 * = 0 1  5.5  2459 
12. Klenburg, Mikhail   m UKR 2421  0 0 = 0 = 0 = = = 0 = * = 1  4.5  2409 
13. Umarov, Sabir       m UZB 2392  0 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 = * 1  3.5  2346 
14. Pasman, Michael     f ISR 2380  0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 0 0 0 0 0 *  1.0  2121 
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10) 2nd Coventry Chess International

The 2nd Coventry Chess International took place March 24th-28th 2005. Easter weekend. Olesandr Areshchenko won the event with 7.5/9. Games from the final two rounds unavailable.

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

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  1 ARESHCHENKO,Olesandr..... UKR g  2570    7½  9  7½ 2472  5.67  1.83
  2 EFIMENKO,Zahar........... UKR g  2601    7   9  7  2448  6.30  0.70
  3 GEORGIEV,Kiril........... BUL g  2654    7   9  7  2452  6.84  0.16
  4 CONQUEST,Stuart.......... ENG g  2513    6½  9  6½ 2345  6.48  0.02
  5 DWORAKOWSKA,Joanna....... POL m  2395    6½  9  6½ 2396  4.50  2.00
  6 GOURLAY,Iain............. SCO f  2304    6½  9  6½ 2218  5.58  0.92
  7 GREET,Andrew............. ENG f  2389    6½  8  6  2169  6.24 -0.24
  8 HUNT,Adam................ ENG m  2434    6½  9  6½ 2275  6.39  0.11
  9 KIRIAKOV,Petr............ RUS g  2564    6½  8  5½ 2387  5.84 -0.34
 10 STOCEK,Jiri.............. CZE g  2586    6½  9  6½ 2386  6.84 -0.34
 11 TKACHIEV,Vladislav....... FRA g  2609    6½  9  6½ 2469  6.21  0.29
 12 WELLS,Peter.............. ENG g  2519    6½  9  6½ 2260  7.38 -0.88
 13 WILLIAMS,Simon K......... ENG m  2487    6½  9  6½ 2334  6.30  0.20
 14 BERRY,Neil............... SCO f  2260    6   9  6  2268  4.41  1.59
 15 COX,John J............... ENG f  2311    6   9  6  2287  4.77  1.23
 16 DEARING,Eddie............ SCO m  2408    6   8  6  2329  4.88  1.12
 17 GREENFELD,Alon........... ISR g  2549    6   9  6  2418  6.12 -0.12
 18 MARTYN,Rafe.............. ENG f  2281    6   8  5  2332  3.44  1.56
 19 SOWRAY,Peter............. ENG f  2342    6   8  5½ 2235  5.20  0.30
 20 ANSELL,Simon............. ENG m  2408    5½  9  5½ 2201  6.93 -1.43
 21 ASHTON,Adam.............. ENG    2299    5½  9  5½ 2218  5.49  0.01
 22 BATES,Richard............ ENG m  2377    5½  9  5½ 2226  6.30 -0.80
 23 CHERNIAEV,Alexander...... RUS g  2509    5½  8  4½ 2369  5.52 -1.02
 24 CHIPANGA,Takaedza........ ZIM    2189    5½  6  3½ 2245  2.52  0.98
 25 GILBERT,Jessie........... ENG wf 2149    5½  5  2  2316  1.40  0.60
 26 HINKS-EDWARDS,Thomas..... ENG f  2383    5½  7  3½ 2343  3.92 -0.42
 27 HOUSKA,Jovanka........... ENG wg 2325    5½  7  4  2324  3.50  0.50
 28 MASON,Don................ ENG    2255    5½  9  5½ 2296  3.96  1.54
 29 TALBOT,Andrew R.......... ENG    2179    5½  5  2  2286  1.75  0.25
 30 THERRIEN,Alex............ ENG            5½  8  4½ 2379   --   2392
 31 WALTON,Alan J............ ENG c  2181    5½  7  3½ 2344  1.96  1.54
 32 ZUDE,Erik................ GER f  2399    5½  9  5½ 2241  6.39 -0.89
 33 ALI,G S.................. ENG            5   6  3  2090        2090
 34 BENTLEY,John............. ENG    2216    5   8  4  2333  2.72  1.28
 35 BUCKLEY,David............ ENG    2223    5   6  3  2210  3.12 -0.12
 36 BURROWS,Martin........... ENG    2200    5   5  2½ 2128  3.00 -0.50
 37 CHARLESHOUSE,Glenn....... ENG f  2251    5   8  4  2244  4.08 -0.08
 38 CHUKWUKA,Allor........... NGR    2184    5   6  2  2129  3.48 -1.48
 39 DIGNAM,Matthew........... IRL    2149    5   5  1  2368  1.10 -0.10
 40 DOYLE,Richard............ ENG            5   4  1½ 2154        2067
 41 FOWLER,Simon............. ENG    2116    5   7  3  2282  1.96  1.04
 42 GUTHRIE,David W.......... NZL    2170    5   5  1½ 2287  1.70 -0.20
 43 HAGESAETHER,Arne......... NOR    2178    5   5  2  2298  1.70  0.30
 44 HUMPHREYS,Jerry.......... ENG    2100    5   5  1½ 2252  1.50  0.00
 45 LAM,Paul G M............. ENG    2016    5   8  4  2258  1.60  2.40
 46 LAPPAGE,Jonathan......... ENG    2173    5   5  1  2266  1.85 -0.85
 47 LINDNER,Daniel........... GER f  2239    5   7  3½ 2246  3.43  0.07
 48 LITTLEWOOD,Paul E........ ENG m  2368    5   8  5  2238  5.44 -0.44
 49 MANSSON,James............ ENG    2093    5   5  1½ 2298  1.20  0.30
 50 NELSON,Omowale........... JAM    2094    5   5  1½ 2177  1.95 -0.45
 51 RAYNER,Francis........... WLS    2195    5   8  4  2207  3.84  0.16
 52 ROSE,Kenneth T........... ENG            5   4  1½ 2168        2081
 53 WALLACE,Paul............. IRL    2172    5   6  2  2329  1.74  0.26
 54 WU,Li.................... ENG    2247    5   7  3½ 2206  3.92 -0.42
 55 YOUNG,Craig.............. ENG    2102    5   4  1  2302  0.96  0.04
 56 AMATO,Giampiero.......... ITA    2031    4½  4  1  2221  1.00  0.00
 57 BENNET,William........... ENG    2122    4½  2  1  2207  0.76  0.24
 58 BRISCOE,Christopher...... ENG    2169    4½  4  1  2243  1.60 -0.60
 59 BRITTON,Richard.......... ENG f  2309    4½  6  1½ 2167  4.14 -2.64
 60 COX,Tristan.............. ENG    2057    4½  5  1  2200  1.55 -0.55
 61 DAWSON,Alastair.......... SCO            4½  5   ½ 2094        1728
 62 DE COVERLY,Roger D....... ENG    2093    4½  4  0  2244  1.20 -1.20
 63 DUNN,Alan M.............. NZL    2056    4½  6  1½ 2293  1.20  0.30
 64 KARAYIANNIS,Costas....... ENG    2158    4½  3   ½ 2296  0.93 -0.43
 65 MILLER,Naomi K........... ENG w  1988    4½  4  0  2185  1.00 -1.00
 66 PAYNE,Nick............... ENG    2101    4½  3   ½ 2272  0.81 -0.31
 67 PURTON,Ben............... ENG    2085    4½  5  2  2252  1.40  0.60
 68 PYM,Thomas............... ENG    2050    4½  5   ½ 2234  1.30 -0.80
 69 SMITH,Lee................ ENG            4½  4   ½ 2187        1865
 70 STONE,Andrew M........... ENG    2254    4½  8  4½ 2257  4.00  0.50
 71 TAVOULLARIS,Nicholas..... GRE    2149    4½  6  1½ 2355  1.44  0.06
 72 VAN KEMENADE,Rudy........ ENG    2087    4½  5  1  2247  1.45 -0.45
 73 WINFRIDSSON,Ola.......... SWE    2080    4½  6  2½ 2226  1.80  0.70
137 players

11) 7th United Insurance GM

The 7th United Insurance & United Leasing Grandmasters Chess Tournament takes place 4th-14th April 2005 in Dhaka. 11 round Swiss System. Surya Shekhar Ganguly leads with 6/7.

Official site: http://www.bcs-online.org/

7th UI&UL GM Dhaka BAN (BAN), 5-14 iv 2005
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 1 Ganguly, Surya Shekhar     g IND 2583  = 4 +19 +15 +11 = 2 + 9 + 5  .   .   .   .   6.0  2732
 2 Fominyh, Alexander         g RUS 2505  +28 +23 + 8 +14 = 1 - 5 = 4  .   .   .   .   5.0  2567
 3 Iuldachev, Saidali         g UZB 2537  =19 + 4 +13 +34 = 5 = 6 = 9  .   .   .   .   5.0  2525
 4 Syed Anwar, Shazuli          IND 2305  = 1 - 3 +25 +16 +22 +11 = 2  .   .   .   .   5.0  2617
 5 Rahman, Ziaur              g BAN 2538  +39 +26 =11 + 7 = 3 + 2 - 1  .   .   .   .   5.0  2612
 6 Hossain, Enamul            m BAN 2453  =35 +43 =18 +20 +14 = 3 = 7  .   .   .   .   5.0  2490
 7 Satyapragyan, Swayangsu    m IND 2401  +42 =34 +35 - 5 +31 +10 = 6  .   .   .   .   5.0  2490
 8 Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman  m IND 2412  +40 +36 - 2 +18 - 9 +30 +14  .   .   .   .   5.0  2494
 9 Reefat, Bin-Sattar         m BAN 2473  +30 +24 -14 +21 + 8 - 1 = 3  .   .   .   .   4.5  2514
10 Safin, Shukhrat            g UZB 2463  +31 -14 =20 +29 +13 - 7 +21  .   .   .   .   4.5  2437
11 Abdulla, Al-Rakib          m BAN 2462  +33 +29 = 5 - 1 +26 - 4 +20  .   .   .   .   4.5  2485
12 Sriram, Jha                m IND 2445  +38 =13 -34 +17 =30 =18 +29  .   .   .   .   4.5  2367
13 Hasan, Mehdi                 BAN 2322  +44 =12 - 3 +36 -10 +35 +18  .   .   .   .   4.5  2443
14 Prathamesh, Sunil Mokal    m IND 2368  +32 +10 + 9 - 2 - 6 +24 - 8  .   .   .   .   4.0  2456
15 Roktim, Bandyopadhyay      m IND 2389  =25 +41 - 1 -30 =17 +33 +31  .   .   .   .   4.0  2324
16 Murshed, Niaz              g BAN 2487  =17 -35 +38 - 4 +36 =19 +30  .   .   .   .   4.0  2305
17 Ram, S. Krishnan             IND 2255  =16 -20 +44 -12 =15 +32 +39  .   .   .   .   4.0  2376
18 Gunasekaran, K               IND 2312  =41 +25 = 6 - 8 +27 =12 -13  .   .   .   .   3.5  2312
19 Ramu, K                      IND 2291  = 3 - 1 =32 +37 =21 =16 =26  .   .   .   .   3.5  2393
20 Islam, Kh. Aminul          f BAN 2312  =43 +17 =10 - 6 +33 =22 -11  .   .   .   .   3.5  2354
21 Akshayraj, Kore              IND 2388  -34 +42 +33 - 9 =19 +28 -10  .   .   .   .   3.5  2304
22 Pogorelov, Ruslan          g UKR 2448  -36 +40 =29 +39 - 4 =20 =24  .   .   .   .   3.5  2290
23 Saptarshi, Roy               IND 2391  +27 - 2 =30 -31 =35 =38 +34  .   .   .   .   3.5  2263
24 Lahiri, Atanu              m IND 2355  +37 - 9 =36 =35 +34 -14 =22  .   .   .   .   3.5  2302
25 Abdul, Maleq                 BAN 2191  =15 -18 - 4 =43 =37 +41 +36  .   .   .   .   3.5  2248
26 Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi   m IND 2397  +45 - 5 =39 +28 -11 =31 =19  .   .   .   .   3.5  2329
27 Nikhilesh, Kumar K         f IND 2199  -23 =28 =40 +45 -18 =39 +35  .   .   .   .   3.5  2275
28 Singh, Rishipal S          f IND 2271  - 2 =27 +43 -26 +45 -21 +38  .   .   .   .   3.5  2297
29 Sangma, Rahul                IND 2311  +46 -11 =22 -10 +44 +34 -12  .   .   .   .   3.5  2319
30 Rahman, S. Manfuzur          BAN 2247  - 9 +37 =23 +15 =12 - 8 -16  .   .   .   .   3.0  2346
31 Chatterjee, Devraz           BAN 2246  -10 =32 +41 +23 - 7 =26 -15  .   .   .   .   3.0  2291
32 Mohammad, Javed              BAN 2186  -14 =31 =19 -33 +43 -17 +37  .   .   .   .   3.0  2198
33 Vinoth, Kumar                IND 2238  -11 +46 -21 +32 -20 -15 +43  .   .   .   .   3.0  2230
34 Haque, Rezaul              f BAN 2188  +21 = 7 +12 - 3 -24 -29 -23  .   .   .   .   2.5  2302
35 Abu Sufian, Sakil          f BAN 2233  = 6 +16 - 7 =24 =23 -13 -27  .   .   .   .   2.5  2270
36 Pg, Mohd Omar Ak Hirawan     BRU 2230  +22 - 8 =24 -13 -16 +44 -25  .   .   .   .   2.5  2238
37 Uten                         BAN 2177  -24 -30 +42 -19 =25 +40 -32  .   .   .   .   2.5  2140
38 Suresh, Kumar T.J            IND 2226  -12 =44 -16 +41 =39 =23 -28  .   .   .   .   2.5  2215
39 Mohota, Nisha             wg IND 2297  - 5 +45 =26 -22 =38 =27 -17  .   .   .   .   2.5  2221
40 Ahmed, Mainuddin             BAN 2222  - 8 -22 =27 -44 +42 -37 +46  .   .   .   .   2.5  2136
41 Hasan Md, Emam               BAN 2162  =18 -15 -31 -38 +46 -25 +45  .   .   .   .   2.5  2130
42 Uddin, Saif                  BAN 2205  - 7 -21 -37 =46 -40 +45 +44  .   .   .   .   2.5  2129
43 Chowdhury, Sohel             BAN 2163  =20 - 6 -28 =25 -32 +46 -33  .   .   .   .   2.0  2086
44 Hossain, Monir               BAN 2170  -13 =38 -17 +40 -29 -36 -42  .   .   .   .   1.5  2023
45 Islam, Aminul Polash         BAN 2203  -26 -39 +46 -27 -28 -42 -41  .   .   .   .   1.0  1918
46 Shamima, Akter Liza          BAN 2061  -29 -33 -45 =42 -41 -43 -40  .   .   .   .   0.5  1792
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12) 7th Dubai Open Chess Championship

The 7th Dubai Open Chess Championship (Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Cup) takes place 3rd-13th April 2005.

Official site: http://www.dubaichess.com/dubaiopen05/

Round 7 Standings:
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7th Open Dubai UAE (UAE), 4-12 iv 2005
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 1 Kacheishvili Giorgi       g GEO  2597  5.5 25.0  2776
 2 Gagunashvili Merab        g GEO  2547  5.5 23.5  2744
 3 Anastasian Ashot          g ARM  2574  5.5 23.0  2685
 4 Zhang Zhong               g CHN  2599  5.5 22.5  2719
 5 Zhang Pengxiang           g CHN  2583  5.5 21.5  2707
 6 Neverov Valeriy           g UKR  2566  5.0 22.0  2635
 7 Motylev Alexander         g RUS  2680  5.0 21.5  2621
 8 Efimenko Zahar            g UKR  2620  5.0 21.5  2653
   Riazantsev Alexander      g RUS  2608  5.0 21.5  2632
10 Gelashvili Tamaz          g GEO  2577  5.0 21.5  2644
11 Iordachescu Viorel        g MDA  2609  5.0 21.5  2666
12 Georgiev Kiril            g BUL  2666  5.0 21.0  2670
   Adly Ahmed                g EGY  2484  5.0 21.0  2643
   Wang Hao                    CHN  2484  5.0 21.0  2632
15 Miroshnichenko Evgenij    g UKR  2628  5.0 21.0  2650
16 Guseinov Gadir            g AZE  2573  5.0 20.5  2626
17 Wang Yue                  g CHN  2576  5.0 19.5  2556
18 Bu Xiangzhi               g CHN  2630  5.0 19.5  2611
19 Sargissian Gabriel        g ARM  2630  5.0 19.0  2581
20 Al-Modiahki Mohamad       g QAT  2569  5.0 19.0  2577
21 Aleksandrov Aleksej       g BLR  2635  4.5 20.5  2596
22 Sturua Zurab              g GEO  2530  4.5 20.5  2580
23 Mamedyarov Shakhriyar     g AZE  2646  4.5 20.0  2608
24 Burmakin Vladimir         g RUS  2552  4.5 20.0  2641
25 Kunte Abhijit             g IND  2561  4.5 20.0  2600
26 Ibrahimov Rasul           m AZE  2511  4.5 19.5  2623
27 Wang Rui                  m CHN  2457  4.5 19.5  2610
28 Kotsur Pavel              g KAZ  2599  4.5 19.0  2517
29 Ghaem Maghami Ehsan       g IRI  2633  4.5 19.0  2548
30 Koneru Humpy              g IND  2508  4.5 19.0  2574
31 Solak Dragan              g SCG  2582  4.5 18.5  2462
32 Ni Hua                    g CHN  2638  4.5 18.5  2560
33 Fedorchuk Sergey A        g UKR  2577  4.5 18.5  2484
34 Navara David              g CZE  2647  4.5 18.0  2548
35 Gupta Abhijeet            f IND  2361  4.5 18.0  2517
36 Sundararajan Kidambi      m IND  2491  4.5 18.0  2510
37 Vladimirov Evgeny         g KAZ  2623  4.5 17.5  2497
38 Gonzales Jayson           m PHI  2474  4.5 17.5  2562
39 Kayumov Sergey            m UZB  2400  4.5 17.0  2499
40 Xu Yuhua                 wg CHN  2478  4.5 17.0  2532
41 Areshchenko Alexander     g UKR  2595  4.5 16.5  2444
   Al Sayed Mohamad N        m QAT  2476  4.5 16.5  2458
150 players   

13) Belgian Teams 2004-05

Eynatten1, Rochade Eupen and Liège qualified for EU Cup Temse 1 and Leuven relegated in division 2. Final division one game plus games from Divisions 2 and 3 in the games section. News Steve Laios.

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

14) Belgrade Cup 2005

The Belgrade Team Cup took place in Belgrade 5th-9th April, 2005. A 5 round Swiss Team competition with 16 teams. Matches were played on 4 boards. "Radnicki JAT" (GM Rajkovic, GM Raicevic, M Vlahovic, IM Karaklajic, FM Vucinic, FM Nikolic, Lundin, FM Spasojevic) won the Cup. The 1st and 2nd placed teams qualified for the Serbia and Montenegro Cup which will held in May 2005. News: Vladica Andrejic.

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

#  Team                M.P.   B.P.

1. Radnicki JAT         9  -  13.5
2. Planum Turs          8  -  14
3. Postanska Stedionica 7  -  11.5
4. Bratsvo i Jedinstvo  7  -  10.5
5. Beogradski Vodovod   6  -  12
6. Beograd Sigurnost    6  -  10.5
7. MZ Cirilo i Metodije 6  -  9
... (16 Teams)

15) French Team championship TOP 16

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. A couple of corrections to the Group A games. Yannick Pelletier gives his game against Nevednichy in full and Pelle Larsen points out the Peter Heine Nielsen won in round 7 not drew as given last week in the games section.

Coverage: http://www.echecs.asso.fr - http://www.europe-echecs.com/ and http://www.noyon-echecs.com

16) VI Ciudad de Dos Hermanas Internet

German Grand Master Daniel Fridman, with a 2569 FIDE Rating, became the winner of the sixth edition of the Internet Chess Tournament "Ciudad de Dos Hermanas", which was held March 11th-27th on the Internet Chess Club (ICC). Fridman is a regular player in this tournament: last year he also qualified first although tied with GM Jan Gustafsson. On other occasions, he has always qualified for the finals, and therefore he is a specialist in this type of Internet quick game event. News: Michael Rahal. Games now available.

Complete results and games at the Dos Hermanas website: http://www.doshermanas.net

Dos Hermanas Internet KO  2005

Knockout Results

Final
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Fridman,D2 3.5
Bu Xiangzhi 2.5

Semifinal
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Smeets,J 0.5
Fridman,D2 2.5

Bu Xiangzhi 3.0
Volkov,S1 0.0

Quarterfinal
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Smeets,J 2.5
Sakaev,K 0.5

Milanovic,Da 0.5
Fridman,D2 2.5

Bu Xiangzhi 2.5
Sasikiran,K 0.5

Volkov,S1 1.5
Zhao Xue 0.5

Round 2
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Smeets,J 2.5
Bocharov,D 1.5

Agamaliev,G 0.0
Sakaev,K 3.0

Milanovic,Da 2.5
Petrosian,TL 0.5

Fridman,D2 2.5
Nakamura,H 0.5

Guseinov,G 1.0
Bu Xiangzhi 3.0

Nogueiras,J 0.5
Sasikiran,K 2.5

Savchenko,B 1.0
Volkov,S1 3.0

Zhao Xue 2.5
Harikrishna,P 0.5

Round 1
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Smeets,J 2.5
Shipov,S 0.5

Wang Rui 1.0
Bocharov,D 3.0

Agamaliev,G 2.5
Godena,M 1.5

Laxman,R 0.5
Sakaev,K 2.5

Milanovic,Da 3.0
Ni Hua 2.0

Mista,A 0.5
Petrosian,TL 2.5

Mamedov,Rau 1.0
Fridman,D2 3.0

Lie,K 2.0
Guseinov,G 3.0

Panarin,M 0.0
Bu Xiangzhi 3.0

Todorovic,GM 2.0
Nogueiras,J 3.0

Feletar,D 1.0
Sasikiran,K 3.0

Savchenko,B 3.0
Cheparinov,I 0.0

Sundararajan,K 1.5
Volkov,S1 2.5

Zhao Xue 3.0
Zhang Pengxiang 1.0

Stryjecki,M 2.0
Harikrishna,P 3.0

17) TWIC Theory

TWIC Theory is a new electronic magazine with high quality articles delivered in ChessBase, PGN or PDF format. A 3 month subscription costs $15. 6th subscription article: "King’s Gambit 3. ...g5" by IM Bernd Rechsel.

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Apr 12  Bogo-Indian 4.Bd2                              GM Bogdan Lalic
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Apr 26  Sicilian O’Kelly Variation                     IM Andrew Martin
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May 10  Sicilian Sveshnikov                            GM Larry Christiansen
May 17  Alekhine Defence, 4.Nf3                        IM Igor Khmelnitsky
May 24  Benko Gambit                                   IM Andrew Martin

18) Forthcoming Events and Links

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 which takes place on 24th April (contact the organisers at http://www.grandprixdebordeaux.com about the qualifier).

The Show Tournament based on the same model as the Grand Prix d'Echecs d'Aix en Provence. With the games demonstrated on a large screen in the auditorium with new board technology. They're hoping for a big crowd and you can book tickets on the official site.

Previous winners: 2000 Michael Adams 1999 Peter Leko 1998 Alexeï Shirov 1997 Glenn Flear

The event was stopped for 5 years because of complex circumstances from which the ending of the internet Start Up CanalWeb Company who sponsored the 2000 event.

Official Site: http://www.grandprixdebordeaux.com

2nd Porto Carras International Open

The 2nd Porto Carras International Open takes place 22nd-28th April 2005, 9 rounds swiss system and time control 90 minutes plus 30 seconds increment per move. Total prizes: 6.500 EURO. Players will include: Korneev Oleg GM 2611 RUS, Mikhalevski Victor GM 2572 ISR, Miezis Normunds, GM 2564 LAT,

Participants link: http://www.chess.gr/tourn/2005/GamesFestival05/open_participants.html

Live games will be broadcasted by http://www.chess.gr/

At the same time, the 1st World School Championship for school chess champions in categories Under 8, 10, 12, 14, and 16, will be held between 21st - 29th of 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".

Both events are part of Games Festival, a mass international event which is organized for the first time in Greece and takes place 21st-29th April 2005.

Games Festival, besides chess, includes a series of tournaments and competitions of the most prestigious sports such as tennis, golf, billiards, bridge, 5x5 football, and of the most popular table games, like scrabble, play house, etc as well.

For more information visit the official website: http://www.gamesfestival.com or contact info@gamesfestival.com and GrivasEfs@netonline.gr

Gausdal Classics

The Gausdal Classics take place in Norway, 13th - 21st April 2005. The pairings of GM-group A are out. The highlight of the first round will be GM Sergei Tiviakov playing white against Magnus Carlsen. All games from the top group will be broadcast live.

Official site: http://home.online.no/~eirikgu/gausdal2005/

Canadian Open

The Canadian Open takes place July 9th-17th 2005.

GMs Vassily Ivanchuk, Alexander Morozevich and Alexei Shirov have confirmed their participation, as well as Alex Shabalov and some Canadian Grandmasters. Morozevich will give a simul, and Shirov will give a lecture during the event.

The official website is: http://www.edmontonchess.org/CdnOpen2005/

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

Bosna 2005

The "Bosna 2005" will be held in Sarajevo, May 18th-28th 2005. Details as to the composition of the event are as yet undecided.

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/

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/

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

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

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

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

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/

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

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 May 2005 - August 2005

1. 7th-19th of May, FS GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, org.: NL

2. 20th-28th of May, ZALAKAROS Open, 9 rounds Swiss, (250 km West from Budapest), org: IM Horvath, Tamas, phone: +(36)-20-9777003

3. 21st-31st of May, ELEKES Memorial, GM-IM closed, Budapest, org.IM Zsinka, phone: +(36)-20-921-91-97

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

5. 18th-26th of June, BALATONLELLE Open + GM-IM closed, 120 km West from Budapest, organizer: IM Rigo, e-mail: me-ri@axelero.hu

6. 2nd-14th of July, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest, org. NL.

7. 23rd- 31st of July, Agria Open /EGER, 100 km North-East from Budapest/, organizer: Rauch Ferenc, e-mail: rauch@freemail.hu

8. 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