THE WEEK IN CHESS 554 20th June 2005 by Mark Crowther
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III Marx György Memorial 24 games
Bruzon-Timman Match 4 games
6th European Individual Championship 50 games
European Individual Women's Championship 656 games
St-Peterburg vs Moscow Match 76 games
First Saturday June 51 games
Argentine Chess League 112 games
5th Annual Emory Castle Grand Prix 11 games
XVI Pan American Youth Festival 151 games
Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina 354 games
National Open Las Vegas 122 games
1635 games
My thanks to Leonid Galperin, Yannick Pelletier, Chris Bird, Luis Blasco
de la Cruz, Kaspars Migla, Andy McFarland, Miklos Orso, Sead Bicevic, Janos
Keinráth, Istvan Brindza, Gustavo Albarrán, Petr Pisk, Maurizio
Mascheroni, Thomas Henrich, Carsten Hensel, Frank Quisinsky, George Mirijanian,
Doug Bake and everyone else who helped with the issue.
74 year old Viktor Korchnoi continues to amaze as he leads the category
XV III Marx György Memorial. The standard of his chess for his age must
now exceed anyone including players such as Smyslov and Reshevsky who were
still active. Tomorrow sees the start of the Michael Adams vs Hydra Match. The
backers claim that Hydra now is stronger than Deep Blue was when it defeated
Garry Kasparov in 1997. This match should give some kind of indication. Finally
the strong European Championship is underway. Vassily Ivanchuk is the ELO
favourite for the event. Games from the first two rounds are missing as yet. In
round three games are available and it seems to me Nijboer could have claimed a
draw instead of resigning against Volkov.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The III Marx György Memorial takes place 12th-22nd June 2005 in
Paks, Hungary. Veteran Viktor Korchnoi leads with 5.5/8 in spite of losing in
round 8. He is half a point clear with two rounds to go. There is an open
tournament taking place alongside starting 14th June 2005.
Further details: http://www.ase.hu/marxgy
Round 1 (June 12, 2005)
Sasikiran, Krishnan - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 51 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Sutovsky, Emil - Almasi, Zoltan 1/2 24 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Acs, Peter - Berkes, Ferenc 1/2 43 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Round 2 (June 13, 2005)
Korchnoi, Viktor - Acs, Peter 1-0 38 E75 King's Indian Averbakh
Almasi, Zoltan - Berkes, Ferenc 1-0 42 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Sutovsky, Emil - Sasikiran, Krishnan 1-0 100 C95 Ruy Lopez Breyer
Round 3 (June 14, 2005)
Sasikiran, Krishnan - Almasi, Zoltan 1/2 30 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Berkes, Ferenc - Korchnoi, Viktor 0-1 29 E16 Queens Indian
Acs, Peter - Sutovsky, Emil 1/2 58 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Round 4 (June 15, 2005)
Korchnoi, Viktor - Sutovsky, Emil 1-0 68 A12 Reti Opening
Berkes, Ferenc - Sasikiran, Krishnan 1/2 33 A21 English Opening
Acs, Peter - Almasi, Zoltan 0-1 36 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Round 5 (June 16, 2005)
Almasi, Zoltan - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 42 C54 Giuoco Piano
Sasikiran, Krishnan - Acs, Peter 1/2 42 E93 King's Indian Classical
Sutovsky, Emil - Berkes, Ferenc 1/2 43 B05 Alekhine's Defence
Round 6 (June 18, 2005)
Korchnoi, Viktor - Sasikiran, Krishnan 1/2 91 A30 English Symmetrical
Almasi, Zoltan - Sutovsky, Emil 1-0 39 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Berkes, Ferenc - Acs, Peter 1/2 41 D63 Queens Gambit Main Line with 7.Rc1
Round 7 (June 19, 2005)
Sasikiran, Krishnan - Sutovsky, Emil 1/2 21 A16 English Opening
Berkes, Ferenc - Almasi, Zoltan 1/2 17 A30 English Symmetrical
Acs, Peter - Korchnoi, Viktor 0-1 65 C83 Ruy Lopez Open
Round 8 (June 20, 2005)
Korchnoi, Viktor - Berkes, Ferenc 0-1 48 E02 Catalan
Almasi, Zoltan - Sasikiran, Krishnan 0-1 40 B67 Sicilian Rauzer
Sutovsky, Emil - Acs, Peter 0-1 46 C96 Ruy Lopez
III Marx Gyorgy Paks HUN (HUN), 12-22 vi 2005 cat. XV (2616)
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1 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2619 ** =. == 10 1. 11 5.5 2748
2 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2628 =. ** =0 1= =1 1. 5.0 2719
3 Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2642 == =1 ** =. 0= =. 4.0 2620
4 Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2617 01 0= =. ** =. == 3.5 2563
5 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2665 0. =0 1= =. ** =0 3.0 2516
6 Acs, Peter g HUN 2525 00 0. =. == =1 ** 3.0 2547
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A match between Lazaro Bruzon and Jan Timman took place in
Curaçao 11th-17th June 2005. Timman won the rapid 3.5-0.5. This was
followed by four standard time rate games which Bruzon won 2.5-1.5. Timman won
5-3 over all.
Official site: http://www.curacaochess.com/ - live
coverage on the ChessBase server: http://www.playchess.com/
Rapid Games
11th June 2005
Timman, Jan H - Bruzon, Lazaro 1/2 42 B42 Sicilian Paulsen
Bruzon, Lazaro - Timman, Jan H 0-1 31 A33 English Symmetrical
12th June 2005
Timman, Jan H - Bruzon, Lazaro 1-0 53 B22 Sicilian Alapin
Bruzon, Lazaro - Timman, Jan H 0-1 33 D05 Colle System
13th-17th June 2005
Timman, Jan H - Bruzon, Lazaro 1/2 19 C42 Petroff's Defence
Bruzon, Lazaro - Timman, Jan H 1-0 40 C00 French Defence
Timman, Jan H - Bruzon, Lazaro 1/2 41 B46 Sicilian Paulsen
Bruzon, Lazaro - Timman, Jan H 1/2 54 C19 French Winawer
Match Curacao AHO (AHO), 11-17 vi 2005
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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Timman, Jan H g NED 2607 = 1 1 1 = 0 = = 5.0 2764
Bruzon, Lazaro g CUB 2669 = 0 0 0 = 1 = = 3.0 2520
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The Warsaw Foundation for Chess Development and Sports Club Polonia
Warsaw organise the 6th European Individual Chess Championship which take place
June 17th - July 3rd 2005, in Warsaw - Zegrze Poludniowe. Due to computer
problems a bulletin of games from the first two rounds is yet to emerge but
round 3 seems to be fine.
Official site: http://www.warsawchess.pl
Leading Round 3 Standings:
1 Milov Vadim 2653 3
2 Smirnov Pavel 2624 3
3 Dreev Alexey 2705 3
4 Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2646 3
5 Naiditsch Arkadij 2626 3
6 Krasenkow Michal 2672 3
7 Karjakin Sergey 2635 3
8 Ivanchuk Vassily 2739 2.5
9 Aronian Levon 2693 2.5
10 Pantsulaia Levan 2496 2.5
11 Radjabov Teimour 2673 2.5
12 Babula Vlastimil 2584 2.5
13 Stefansson Hannes 2573 2.5
14 Volkov Sergey 2634 2.5
15 Beliavsky Alexander G 2630 2.5
16 Najer Evgeniy 2615 2.5
17 Asrian Karen 2611 2.5
18 Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter 2670 2.5
19 Kozul Zdenko 2591 2.5
20 Riazantsev Alexander 2608 2.5
21 Winants Luc 2535 2.5
22 Balogh Csaba 2531 2.5
23 Jakovenko Dmitry 2608 2.5
24 Alekseev Evgeny 2597 2.5
25 Guseinov Gadir 2573 2.5
26 Bologan Viktor 2700 2.5
27 Neverov Valeriy 2566 2.5
28 Macieja Bartlomiej 2613 2
29 Popov Valerij 2568 2
30 Kotronias Vasilios 2578 2
31 Sargissian Gabriel 2630 2
32 Tregubov Pavel V 2612 2
33 Fedorov Alexei 2602 2
34 Kritz Leonid 2549 2
35 Pelletier Yannick 2610 2
36 Eljanov Pavel 2641 2
37 Inarkiev Ernesto 2612 2
38 Gagunashvili Merab 2547 2
39 Hulak Krunoslav 2534 2
40 Georgiev Kiril 2666 2
41 Abergel Thal 2456 2
42 Carlsen Magnus 2548 2
43 Gritsak Orest 2537 2
44 Stevic Hrvoje 2514 2
45 Lupulescu Constantin 2546 2
46 Cao Sang 2536 2
47 Lopez Martinez JM 2488 2
48 Minasian Artashes 2597 2
49 Huzman Alexander 2577 2
50 Anastasian Ashot 2574 2
51 Baramidze David 2542 2
52 Parligras Mircea 2560 2
53 Kovacevic Blazimir 2510 2
54 Malakhov Vladimir 2670 2
55 Prusikin Michael 2540 2
56 Rublevsky Sergei 2645 2
57 Kobalia Mikhail 2644 2
58 Timofeev Artyom 2622 2
59 Iordachescu Viorel 2609 2
60 Van Wely Loek 2687 2
61 Cheparinov Ivan 2621 2
62 Efimenko Zahar 2620 2
63 Roiz Michael 2579 2
64 Motylev Alexander 2680 2
65 Fressinet Laurent 2638 2
66 Azarov Sergei 2572 2
67 Khismatullin Denis 2572 2
68 Postny Evgeny 2556 2
69 Bartel Mateusz 2511 2
70 Palac Mladen 2574 2
71 Chuchelov Vladimir 2571 2
72 Aleksandrov Aleksej 2635 2
73 Portisch Lajos 2525 2
74 Mastrovasilis Dimitrios 2562 2
75 Nataf Igor-Alexandre 2559 2
76 Siebrecht Sebastian 2438 2
77 Sakaev Konstantin 2672 2
78 Markowski Tomasz 2560 2
79 Sokolov Ivan 2662 2
80 Lputian Smbat G 2640 2
81 Nyback Tomi 2551 2
82 Tiviakov Sergei 2631 2
83 Kuzubov Yuriy 2558 2
84 Kharlov Andrei 2628 2
85 Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2569 2
86 Jobava Baadur 2637 2
87 Graf Alexander 2632 2
88 Movsesian Sergei 2628 2
89 Izoria Zviad 2602 2
90 Areshchenko Alexander 2595 2
91 Shomoev Anton 2540 2
92 Grigoriants Sergey 2553 2
93 Potkin Vladimir 2552 2
94 Ftacnik Lubomir 2540 2
229 players
The European Individual Women's Chess Championship takes place in
Chisinau, Moldova 10th-25th June 2005. Elena Zaiatz leads with 6.5/8.
Incidently the bulletin for the event is excellent.
Official site: http://eiwcc2005.chisinau.md/
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6th ch-EURw Chisinau MDA (MDA), 11-23 vi 2005
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1. Zaiatz, Elena wg RUS 2398 = 74 +129 + 43 = 4 + 51 + 33 = 11 + 8 . . . . 6.5 2585
2. Javakhishvili, Lela wg GEO 2430 + 91 + 88 = 69 + 39 = 14 + 12 = 3 = 10 . . . . 6.0 2578
3. Lahno, Kateryna m UKR 2467 +127 + 29 + 78 = 14 + 48 = 6 = 2 = 5 . . . . 6.0 2582
4. Grabuzova, Tatiana wg RUS 2327 +137 +121 = 32 = 1 = 7 + 39 + 33 = 6 . . . . 6.0 2517
5. Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino m GER 2418 +134 = 51 + 40 = 52 + 80 + 10 = 8 = 3 . . . . 6.0 2564
6. Kosintseva, Nadezhda m RUS 2459 + 87 =126 = 58 + 72 + 53 = 3 + 21 = 4 . . . . 6.0 2545
7. Vasilevich, Tatjana m UKR 2395 =110 +109 + 45 = 51 = 4 = 47 + 42 + 37 . . . . 6.0 2487
8. Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan m GEO 2452 = 60 + 38 = 27 + 77 + 75 + 14 = 5 - 1 . . . . 5.5 2481
9. Kononenko, Tatiana wg UKR 2416 = 73 + 60 + 62 = 46 = 69 + 29 = 30 = 27 . . . . 5.5 2450
10. Dzagnidze, Nana m GEO 2482 +119 - 31 + 54 + 27 + 41 - 5 + 78 = 2 . . . . 5.5 2478
11. Khurtsidze, Nino m GEO 2418 +124 + 59 = 46 = 69 = 50 + 22 = 1 = 15 . . . . 5.5 2477
12. Cmilyte, Viktorija m LTU 2459 + 90 + 61 + 50 - 48 + 21 - 2 + 80 = 17 . . . . 5.5 2513
13. Matveeva, Svetlana wg RUS 2423 + 79 + 92 = 80 = 53 = 30 = 50 + 31 = 20 . . . . 5.5 2475
14. Mkrtchian, Lilit m ARM 2400 +118 +116 + 47 = 3 = 2 - 8 = 40 + 68 . . . . 5.5 2490
15. Collas, Silvia wg FRA 2381 +115 = 42 =123 = 87 = 43 + 64 + 48 = 11 . . . . 5.5 2445
16. Shumiakina, Tatiana wg RUS 2316 +131 +153 = 35 = 17 + 26 = 37 = 28 = 25 . . . . 5.5 2460
17. Dembo, Yelena m GRE 2402 +135 = 62 + 73 = 16 = 70 = 46 + 54 = 12 . . . . 5.5 2405
18. Danielian, Elina m ARM 2415 =123 +104 = 72 + 65 = 22 - 30 + 51 + 50 . . . . 5.5 2441
19. Gaponenko, Inna m UKR 2482 -122 +115 + 95 - 22 + 79 + 70 + 35 = 28 . . . . 5.5 2412
20. Peng Zhaoqin g NED 2392 -101 +120 -124 +105 + 90 + 65 + 32 = 13 . . . . 5.5 2416
21. Lomineishvili, Maia m GEO 2396 = 56 +106 + 71 + 31 - 12 +102 - 6 + 62 . . . . 5.5 2451
22. Houska, Jovanka wg ENG 2334 +150 - 70 +118 + 19 = 18 - 11 +110 + 53 . . . . 5.5 2431
23. Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2355 +138 = 71 = 36 =100 = 49 =118 + 56 + 57 . . . . 5.5 2417
24. Zielinska, Marta wg POL 2419 -107 +113 +103 - 59 +119 + 61 = 46 + 30 . . . . 5.5 2421
25. Slavina, Irina m RUS 2415 =106 - 73 +135 +121 + 92 = 69 + 38 = 16 . . . . 5.5 2382
26. Korbut, Ekaterina wg RUS 2399 - 67 +138 +134 + 90 - 16 = 72 + 59 + 46 . . . . 5.5 2411
27. Zdebskaja, Natalia wg UKR 2344 +149 =142 = 8 - 10 +123 + 97 + 47 = 9 . . . . 5.5 2417
28. Foisor, Cristina Adela m ROM 2406 - 71 +159 +107 +130 = 46 + 59 = 16 = 19 . . . . 5.5 2437
29. Purtseladze, Maka GEO 2311 +147 - 3 =101 + 73 + 87 - 9 +112 + 58 . . . . 5.5 2404
30. Demina, Julia wg RUS 2346 - 76 + 99 + 67 + 84 = 13 + 18 = 9 - 24 . . . . 5.0 2397
31. Kostiuk, Tatiana wm UKR 2313 +132 + 10 = 53 - 21 = 64 + 34 - 13 + 70 . . . . 5.0 2414
32. Paehtz, Elisabeth m GER 2407 +100 + 65 = 4 = 80 = 47 = 42 - 20 + 77 . . . . 5.0 2401
33. Peptan, Corina-Isabela m ROM 2435 + 49 - 47 + 79 + 94 + 52 - 1 - 4 + 88 . . . . 5.0 2406
34. Socko, Monika m POL 2464 + 64 = 40 = 70 =126 = 83 - 31 + 71 + 72 . . . . 5.0 2356
35. Klinova, Masha m ISR 2391 + 84 +130 = 16 = 70 = 59 = 54 - 19 + 90 . . . . 5.0 2354
36. Skripchenko, Almira m FRA 2453 + 95 = 72 = 23 - 47 =122 + 84 = 88 + 83 . . . . 5.0 2382
37. Radziewicz, Iweta m POL 2457 = 38 +143 = 75 + 88 = 78 = 16 + 69 - 7 . . . . 5.0 2379
38. Zakurdjaeva, Irina wg RUS 2260 = 37 - 8 +136 +111 = 61 + 52 - 25 + 80 . . . . 5.0 2458
39. Pokorna, Regina wg SVK 2374 =105 +114 +142 - 2 + 45 - 4 + 74 = 40 . . . . 5.0 2352
40. Kochetkova, Julia wm RUS 2311 +140 = 34 - 5 +145 =100 + 86 = 14 = 39 . . . . 5.0 2424
41. Vajda, Szidonia m HUN 2391 =109 +110 +122 = 42 - 10 = 51 +102 = 44 . . . . 5.0 2387
42. Tsereteli, Tamar wm GEO 2273 +163 = 15 +111 = 41 = 57 = 32 - 7 + 75 . . . . 5.0 2437
43. Hryhorenko, Nataliya wm UKR 2294 +161 = 57 - 1 +128 = 15 = 75 = 55 + 78 . . . . 5.0 2410
44. Molchanova, Tatjana RUS 2315 +148 - 48 - 84 + 99 = 71 +134 +118 = 41 . . . . 5.0 2351
45. Sharevich, Anna wm BLR 2278 +162 =111 - 7 +143 - 39 +135 = 75 + 69 . . . . 5.0 2334
46. Vasilevich, Irina wm RUS 2347 + 98 + 89 = 11 = 9 = 28 = 17 = 24 - 26 . . . . 4.5 2392
47. Velikhanli, Firuza wg AZE 2303 + 97 + 33 - 14 + 36 = 32 = 7 - 27 = 55 . . . . 4.5 2404
48. Kosintseva, Tatiana m RUS 2486 + 93 + 44 = 52 + 12 - 3 = 78 - 15 = 61 . . . . 4.5 2408
49. Ionescu, Irina wg ROM 2252 - 33 +112 + 66 = 58 = 23 - 80 = 52 +105 . . . . 4.5 2361
50. Stepovaia, Tatiana wg RUS 2348 +136 +101 - 12 + 56 = 11 = 13 = 57 - 18 . . . . 4.5 2384
51. Kursova, Maria wm RUS 2300 +160 = 5 + 55 = 7 - 1 = 41 - 18 +118 . . . . 4.5 2378
52. Bojkovic, Natasa wg SCG 2371 +113 +107 = 48 = 5 - 33 - 38 = 49 +100 . . . . 4.5 2357
53. Hagarova, Zuzana m SVK 2386 +128 +103 = 31 = 13 - 6 = 62 + 91 - 22 . . . . 4.5 2357
54. Charochkina, Daria RUS 2183 = 82 + 83 - 10 + 93 +126 = 35 - 17 = 86 . . . . 4.5 2410
55. Jackova, Jana m CZE 2406 =129 + 74 - 51 - 64 +139 + 87 = 43 = 47 . . . . 4.5 2303
56. Srebrnic, Ana wm SLO 2221 = 21 = 81 + 68 - 50 = 77 +122 - 23 +126 . . . . 4.5 2376
57. Sebag, Marie m FRA 2417 +145 = 43 =126 =102 = 42 + 83 = 50 - 23 . . . . 4.5 2344
58. Chelushkina, Irina wg SCG 2369 +159 =122 = 6 = 49 = 62 =100 + 73 - 29 . . . . 4.5 2321
59. Vozovic, Oksana wg UKR 2288 +157 - 11 +132 + 24 = 35 - 28 - 26 +110 . . . . 4.5 2327
60. Calzetta, Monica wg ESP 2254 = 8 - 9 + 98 - 81 +136 - 66 +131 +112 . . . . 4.5 2314
61. Rohonyan, Katerina wg UKR 2309 +133 - 12 =139 +106 = 38 - 24 +103 = 48 . . . . 4.5 2340
62. Gvetadze, Sopio wm GEO 2283 +151 = 17 - 9 +142 = 58 = 53 + 82 - 21 . . . . 4.5 2338
63. Goreskul, Alyona wg UKR 2323 -142 = 98 +110 =104 =129 - 74 +109 +115 . . . . 4.5 2243
64. Guseva, Marina RUS 2264 - 34 =148 +156 + 55 = 31 - 15 = 76 +121 . . . . 4.5 2285
65. Mamedjarova, Zeinab wg AZE 2286 +144 - 32 +117 - 18 +121 - 20 + 89 = 66 . . . . 4.5 2275
66. Moser, Eva m AUT 2422 -103 +155 - 49 =125 +101 + 60 = 77 = 65 . . . . 4.5 2265
67. Burtasova, Anna wm RUS 2223 + 26 - 78 - 30 +163 - 72 +147 = 85 +102 . . . . 4.5 2308
68. Milliet, Sophie wg FRA 2319 -117 +149 - 56 +120 =134 +124 +100 - 14 . . . . 4.5 2266
69. Petrenko, Svetlana m MDA 2348 + 99 + 76 = 2 = 11 = 9 = 25 - 37 - 45 . . . . 4.0 2340
70. Muzychuk, Mariya wf UKR 2059 +108 + 22 = 34 = 35 = 17 - 19 = 72 - 31 . . . . 4.0 2374
71. Dolzhikova, Kateryna UKR 2232 + 28 = 23 - 21 =108 = 44 +116 - 34 = 82 . . . . 4.0 2361
72. Ovod, Evgenija m RUS 2305 +112 = 36 = 18 - 6 + 67 = 26 = 70 - 34 . . . . 4.0 2316
73. Dragomirescu, Angela wm ROM 2241 = 9 + 25 - 17 - 29 +114 +126 - 58 = 81 . . . . 4.0 2347
74. Mamedjarova, Turkan wm AZE 2221 = 1 - 55 = 85 +141 = 88 + 63 - 39 = 92 . . . . 4.0 2287
75. Ciuksyte, Dagne wg LTU 2356 =114 + 96 = 37 +124 - 8 = 43 = 45 - 42 . . . . 4.0 2275
76. Padurariu, Ioana-Smaranda ROM 2153 + 30 - 69 -102 =116 +106 =108 = 64 = 95 . . . . 4.0 2290
77. Bogza, Adina-Maria wg ROM 2297 = 96 =105 + 89 - 8 = 56 +109 = 66 - 32 . . . . 4.0 2262
78. Ushenina, Anna wg UKR 2350 +120 + 67 - 3 +123 = 37 = 48 - 10 - 43 . . . . 4.0 2352
79. Susterman, Anja wg MDA 2250 - 13 + 97 - 33 +117 - 19 + 99 = 86 = 85 . . . . 4.0 2305
80. Zozulia, Anna m UKR 2343 +156 +117 = 13 = 32 - 5 + 49 - 12 - 38 . . . . 4.0 2307
81. Matnadze, Ana wg GEO 2376 =125 = 56 =145 + 60 -102 - 91 +104 = 73 . . . . 4.0 2242
82. Muzychuk, Anna wg SLO 2363 = 54 =125 -100 + 89 =104 +107 - 62 = 71 . . . . 4.0 2224
83. Melnikova, Yana wg RUS 2301 =155 - 54 +114 +101 = 34 - 57 + 84 - 36 . . . . 4.0 2269
84. Rudolf, Anna HUN 2210 - 35 +144 + 44 - 30 + 94 - 36 - 83 +122 . . . . 4.0 2286
85. Olarasu, Gabriela wg ROM 2353 - 89 =136 = 74 +150 =124 =104 = 67 = 79 . . . . 4.0 2207
86. Sedina, Elena m ITA 2422 =104 -123 +153 =122 + 95 - 40 = 79 = 54 . . . . 4.0 2214
87. Chulivska, Vita wm UKR 2262 - 6 +140 +141 = 15 - 29 - 55 =114 +125 . . . . 4.0 2232
88. Nebolsina, Vera wm RUS 2302 +154 - 2 +105 - 37 = 74 +129 = 36 - 33 . . . . 4.0 2307
89. Sarakauskiene, Zivile LTU 2177 + 85 - 46 - 77 - 82 +146 +119 - 65 +130 . . . . 4.0 2278
90. Andriasian, Siranush ARM 2263 - 12 +133 +154 - 26 - 20 +120 + 97 - 35 . . . . 4.0 2247
91. Doluhanova, Evgeniya wm UKR 2251 - 2 -154 +158 =112 +142 + 81 - 53 = 96 . . . . 4.0 2190
92. Malysheva, Polina wm RUS 2301 +146 - 13 =128 +139 - 25 -110 +129 = 74 . . . . 4.0 2244
93. Eidelson, Rakhil wg BLR 2268 - 48 +131 =143 - 54 =125 =138 =128 +135 . . . . 4.0 2192
94. Nill, Jessica wm GER 2290 -153 +150 +125 - 33 - 84 =115 =135 +128 . . . . 4.0 2196
95. Galojan, Lilit wm ARM 2256 - 36 +158 - 19 +137 - 86 =125 +138 = 76 . . . . 4.0 2260
96. Kalinina, Olga UKR 2022 = 77 - 75 -106 -113 +156 +159 +107 = 91 . . . . 4.0 2234
97. Paulet, Iosefina ROM 2051 - 47 - 79 +159 +103 +130 - 27 - 90 +124 . . . . 4.0 2264
98. Yildiz, Betul Cemre wm TUR 2156 - 46 = 63 - 60 =144 +152 -103 +158 +134 . . . . 4.0 2167
99. Van Weersel, Arlette NED 2158 - 69 - 30 +161 - 44 +163 - 79 +144 +123 . . . . 4.0 2179
100. Bensdorp, Marlies wm NED 2232 - 32 +152 + 82 = 23 = 40 = 58 - 68 - 52 . . . . 3.5 2257
101. Alexanian, Nelli RUS 2211 + 20 - 50 = 29 - 83 - 66 -131 +132 +146 . . . . 3.5 2208
102. Schuurman, Petra f NED 2288 -143 +137 + 76 = 57 + 81 - 21 - 41 - 67 . . . . 3.5 2210
103. Makka, Ioulia wm GRE 2250 + 66 - 53 - 24 - 97 +143 + 98 - 61 =114 . . . . 3.5 2191
104. Fakhiridou, Ekaterini wm GRE 2247 = 86 - 18 +148 = 63 = 82 = 85 - 81 =120 . . . . 3.5 2272
105. Partac, Elena wg MDA 2190 = 39 = 77 - 88 - 20 +117 =130 +127 - 49 . . . . 3.5 2241
106. Mirzoeva, Elmira wg RUS 2232 = 25 - 21 + 96 - 61 - 76 =142 +147 =108 . . . . 3.5 2182
107. Laesson, Tuulikki wm EST 2246 + 24 - 52 - 28 =154 +132 - 82 - 96 +142 . . . . 3.5 2186
108. Smokina, Karolina wm MDA 2307 - 70 =156 +109 = 71 -118 = 76 =124 =106 . . . . 3.5 2142
109. Sirotkina, Nina wm RUS 2206 = 41 - 7 -108 +133 +111 - 77 - 63 +143 . . . . 3.5 2221
110. Tsiganova, Monika wm EST 2211 = 7 - 41 - 63 +156 +149 + 92 - 22 - 59 . . . . 3.5 2244
111. Repkova, Eva wg SVK 2392 +139 = 45 - 42 - 38 -109 +144 =123 =113 . . . . 3.5 2154
112. Minina, Veronika RUS 2059 - 72 - 49 +115 = 91 +145 +127 - 29 - 60 . . . . 3.5 2217
113. Khudaverdieva, Afag AZE 2187 - 52 - 24 =133 + 96 -127 +154 =130 =111 . . . . 3.5 2189
114. Stiri, Alexandra GRE 2181 = 75 - 39 - 83 +157 - 73 +133 = 87 =103 . . . . 3.5 2181
115. Ivanova-Skripova, Tatiana RUS 2205 - 15 - 19 -112 +158 +137 = 94 +116 - 63 . . . . 3.5 2209
116. Makropoulou, Marina wg GRE 2285 +152 - 14 -121 = 76 +128 - 71 -115 +141 . . . . 3.5 2075
117. Mar, Karmen wm SLO 2119 + 68 - 80 - 65 - 79 -105 =153 +154 +145 . . . . 3.5 2162
118. Koskoska, Gabriela wm MKD 2230 - 14 +162 - 22 +155 +108 = 23 - 44 - 51 . . . . 3.5 2197
119. Calotescu, Ana-Cristina wm ROM 2268 - 10 -132 +157 +147 - 24 - 89 =137 +149 . . . . 3.5 2140
120. Iodo, Anna wf RUS 2176 - 78 - 20 +160 - 68 +153 - 90 +148 =104 . . . . 3.5 2165
121. Lazo, Xenia MDA 2001 +164 - 4 +116 - 25 - 65 =123 +139 - 64 . . . . 3.5 2246
122. Tarasova, Viktoriya wm RUS 2268 + 19 = 58 - 41 = 86 = 36 - 56 =125 - 84 . . . . 3.0 2255
123. Gheorghe, Corina ROM 2234 = 18 + 86 = 15 - 78 - 27 =121 =111 - 99 . . . . 3.0 2220
124. Czarnota, Dorota wm POL 2244 - 11 +146 + 20 - 75 = 85 - 68 =108 - 97 . . . . 3.0 2192
125. Meshcheriakova, Evgenia wm RUS 2193 = 81 = 82 - 94 = 66 = 93 = 95 =122 - 87 . . . . 3.0 2226
126. Voicu, Carmen wm ROM 2310 +158 = 6 = 57 = 34 - 54 - 73 =134 - 56 . . . . 3.0 2201
127. Szczepkowska, Karina wf POL 2264 - 3 -147 +140 =132 +113 -112 -105 =137 . . . . 3.0 2072
128. Bashkite, Viktoria wm EST 2205 - 53 +151 = 92 - 43 -116 +140 = 93 - 94 . . . . 3.0 2139
129. Lematschko, Tatjana wg SUI 2231 = 55 - 1 =155 +153 = 63 - 88 - 92 =131 . . . . 3.0 2144
130. Ptacnikova, Lenka wg ISL 2277 +141 - 35 +147 - 28 - 97 =105 =113 - 89 . . . . 3.0 2078
131. Seps, Monika wf SUI 2116 - 16 - 93 =162 -135 +141 +101 - 60 =129 . . . . 3.0 2065
132. Topel, Zehra wf TUR 2085 - 31 +119 - 59 =127 -107 =139 -101 +153 . . . . 3.0 2134
133. Grishina, Alexandra wf RUS 2065 - 61 - 90 =113 -109 +151 -114 +150 =138 . . . . 3.0 2082
134. Ionica, Iulia-Ionela wm ROM 2245 - 5 +160 - 26 +146 = 68 - 44 =126 - 98 . . . . 3.0 2160
135. Cherednichenko, Svetlana wm UKR 2230 - 17 =157 - 25 +131 +154 - 45 = 94 - 93 . . . . 3.0 2133
136. Golubenko, Valentina EST 2171 - 50 = 85 - 38 +148 - 60 =143 -141 +161 . . . . 3.0 2052
137. Kuzevanova, Evgenia RUS 2124 - 4 -102 +151 - 95 -115 +161 =119 =127 . . . . 3.0 2103
138. Kalinina, Larisa UKR 2177 - 23 - 26 -146 +161 +155 = 93 - 95 =133 . . . . 3.0 2092
139. Foisor, Sabina-Francesca ROM 2210 -111 +163 = 61 - 92 - 55 =132 -121 +158 . . . . 3.0 2109
140. Andronic, Iulia MDA 2085 - 40 - 87 -127 =151 +162 -128 =153 +157 . . . . 3.0 2005
141. Babei, Angelica MDA 1843 -130 +165 - 87 - 74 -131 +155 +136 -116 . . . . 3.0 2084
142. Lupik, Marina RUS 2123 + 63 = 27 - 39 - 62 - 91 =106 =145 -107 . . . . 2.5 2146
143. Vartic, Irina MDA 1948 +102 - 37 = 93 - 45 -103 =136 =149 -109 . . . . 2.5 2117
144. Foisor, Mihaela-Veronica ROM 1930 - 65 - 84 =149 = 98 +150 -111 - 99 =148 . . . . 2.5 2055
145. Hamelink, Desiree wm NED 2244 - 57 +161 = 81 - 40 -112 =149 =142 -117 . . . . 2.5 2054
146. Cinar Corlulu, Nilufer wm TUR 2037 - 92 -124 +138 -134 - 89 =150 +156 -101 . . . . 2.5 2059
147. Cicariova, Elena MDA 2081 - 29 +127 -130 -119 +159 - 67 -106 =152 . . . . 2.5 2067
148. Coimbra, Margarida wf POR 2098 - 44 = 64 -104 -136 =157 +163 -120 =144 . . . . 2.5 1990
149. Butuc, Maria wf MDA 2147 - 27 - 68 =144 +162 -110 =145 =143 -119 . . . . 2.5 2000
150. Vasilieva, Maria wf MDA 2124 - 22 - 94 +152 - 85 -144 =146 -133 +162 . . . . 2.5 1957
151. Iurascu, Mihaela MDA 1906 - 62 -128 -137 =140 -133 -162 +165 +155 . . . . 2.5 1943
152. Vetrila, Sanda MDA 1911 -116 -100 -150 +165 - 98 -158 +160 =147 . . . . 2.5 1982
153. Cherednichenko, Elena UKR 1969 + 94 - 16 - 86 -129 -120 =117 =140 -132 . . . . 2.0 2022
154. Bulmaga, Irina MDA 2046 - 88 + 91 - 90 =107 -135 -113 -117 =156 . . . . 2.0 2022
155. Harbuz, Daniela wf MDA 2040 = 83 - 66 =129 -118 -138 -141 +162 -151 . . . . 2.0 1929
156. Ankerst, Milka wm SLO 2124 - 80 =108 - 64 -110 - 96 +157 -146 =154 . . . . 2.0 1954
157. Bayrak, Asli wf TUR 1949 - 59 =135 -119 -114 =148 -156 +159 -140 . . . . 2.0 1989
158. Kucherenko, Olena UKR 2079 -126 - 95 - 91 -115 +160 +152 - 98 -139 . . . . 2.0 1972
159. Doibani, Lilia wf MDA 2185 - 58 - 28 - 97 +160 -147 - 96 -157 +165 . . . . 2.0 1920
160. Apanaviciute, Kristina LTU 2028 - 51 -134 -120 -159 -158 +165 -152 +163 . . . . 2.0 1919
161. Talmazan, Olga MDA 2013 - 43 -145 - 99 -138 +165 -137 +163 -136 . . . . 2.0 1953
162. Baciu, Diana MDA 1870 - 45 -118 =131 -149 -140 +151 -155 -150 . . . . 1.5 1864
163. Antoshkiv,Anastasija UKR ---- - 42 -139 +165 - 67 - 99 -148 -161 -160 . . . . 1.0 1803
164. Semenova, Irina wm RUS 2292 -121 . . . . . . . . . . . 0.0
165. BYE ---- . -141 -163 -152 -161 -160 -151 -159 . . . . 0.0
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There was a St.Petersburg vs. Moscow match over 40 boards which took
place 14th-15th May 2005 in St. Petersburg. All games apart from under-10 games
are available. Moscow edged out both days play for a Moscow 43 - St Petersburg
37 victory.
Boards 1-20 men, Boards 21-24 veterans men Board 25s veterans women
Board 26-30 women Board 31 U-10 Board 32 U-12 Board 33 U-14 Board 34 U-16 Board
35 U-18 Board 36 U-10 w Board 37 U-12 w Board 38 U-14 w Board 39 U-16 w Board
40 U-18 w
Further info at:
http://www.chessmoscow.ru/index.php?topicID=135
(Moscow Federation) http://www.totalchess.spb.ru Or
http://chigorin.ru/main.htm (Chigorin
Chess Club).
Round 1 (June 14, 2005)
Moscow 21 - St Petersburg 19
Malakhov, Vladimir MOS - STP Svidler, Peter 1/2 10 A53 Old Indian Defence
Khalifman, Alexander STP - MOS Zvjaginsev, Vadim 1/2 11 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Kobalia, Mikhail MOS - STP Kochyev, Alexander 1-0 60 B40 Sicilian Classical
Lugovoi, Aleksei STP - MOS Belov, Vladimir 0-1 49 A35 English Symmetrical
Jakovenko, Dmitry MOS - STP Ionov, Sergey 1-0
Ivanov, Sergey STP - MOS Riazantsev, Alexander 1/2 46 E54 Nimzo Indian
Grigoriants, Sergey MOS - STP Loginov, Valery A 1-0 36 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Solozhenkin, Evgeniy STP - MOS Glek, Igor V 1/2 10 D73 Gruenfeld 3.g3
Potkin, Vladimir MOS - STP Vitiugov, Nikita 0-1 29 D31 Semi-Slav Defence
Klimov, Sergey STP - MOS Vasiukov, Evgeni 1/2 30 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Kosyrev, Vladimir MOS - STP Anisimov, Pavel 1/2 17 E14 Queens Indian
Novik, Maxim STP - MOS Ulibin, Mikhail 1/2 11 D14 Slav Exchange
Nikolenko, Oleg MOS - STP Sivokho, Sergey 1/2 33 C48 Four Knights Rubinstein
Solovjov, Sergey I STP - MOS Kharitonov, Alexandr 1-0 27 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Deviatkin, Andrei MOS - STP Smirnov, Artem 0-1 60 B70 Sicilian Dragon
Matlakov, Maxim STP - MOS Grachev, Boris 1-0 45 D47 Queens Gambit Meran
Dragomarezkij, Evgeni MOS - STP Yuneev, Alexey 0-1 50 A20 English Opening
Faibisovich, Vadim Z STP - MOS Gabrielian, Artur 1/2
Savchenko, Boris MOS - STP Orlov, Vassily 1/2 33 C56 Two Knights Defence
Silivanov, Sergej STP - MOS Vulfson, Vladimir 1-0 38 B52 Sicilian Rossolimo
Veterans
Shabanov, Yuri MOS - STP Taimanov, Mark E 1/2 12 B23 Sicilian Closed
Karasev, Vladimir I STP - MOS Zaitsev, Igor A 1/2 32 E76 King's Indian Four Pawns
Kremenietsky, Anatoly M MOS - STP Ryzhkov, Yury 1/2 43 D35 QGD Exchange
Khavsky, Sergey V STP - MOS Bukhtin, Vladimir S 1/2 10 C25 Vienna Game
Popivoda, Radmila MOS - STP Mayorova, Lyudmila 1-0 40 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Ladies
Sudakova, Irina STP - MOS Zaitseva, Ludmila G 1/2 51 C06 French Tarrasch
Grabuzova, Tatiana MOS - STP Malysheva, Polina 1-0 45 A01 Larsen Opening
Rakitskaja, Mariya STP - MOS Strutinskaya, Galina N 0-1 37 A43 Old Benoni
Vasilkova, Svetlana MOS - STP Molchanova, Tatjana 1/2 29 B35 Sicilian Defence
Donets, Valentina STP - MOS Dorofeeva, Anna 0-1 49 B19 Caro Kann
Boys
Under-10
Guseinov, Z MOS - STP Matyshin, G 1-0
Under-12
Giri,A STP - MOS Dolbnja,Dmitry 1/2 40 B85 Sicilian Scheveningen
Under-14
Isagov, Elnur MOS - STP Shimanov, Aleksandr 1-0 59 B42 Sicilian Paulsen
Under-16
Gerasimov, Yuri STP - MOS Popov, Ivan RUS 1/2 56 E21 Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
Under-18
Krylov, Mikhail RUS MOS - STP Lanin, Alexsej 0-1 36 A60 Modern Benoni
Girls
Under-10
Sultanich, O STP - MOS Pavlova, AM 0-1
Under-12
Kashlinskaya, Alina MOS - STP Efremova, Daria 1-0 22 D36 QGD Exchange
Under-14
Korchagina, Viktoria STP - MOS Savina, Anastasia 1/2 43 B45 Sicilian Classical
Under-16
Charochkina, Daria MOS - STP Bodnaruk, Anastasia 0-1 25 B55 Sicilian Rauzer
Under-18
Lelekova, Olga STP - MOS Kirsanova, Ekaterina 1-0 35 B11 Caro Kann Two Knights
Round 2 (June 15, 2005)
St Petersburg 18 Moscow 22
Total Moscow 43 - St Petersburg 37
Svidler, Peter STP - MOS Malakhov, Vladimir 1/2 19 B36 Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Zvjaginsev, Vadim MOS - STP Khalifman, Alexander 1/2 12 D27 QGA
Sakaev, Konstantin STP - MOS Kobalia, Mikhail 1/2 42 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Belov, Vladimir MOS - STP Lugovoi, Aleksei 1/2 40 D34 Tarrasch Defence, Main Line
Ionov, Sergey STP - MOS Jakovenko, Dmitry 1/2 22 E15 Queens Indian
Riazantsev, Alexander MOS - STP Ivanov, Sergey 1/2 22 E15 Queens Indian
Loginov, Valery A STP - MOS Grigoriants, Sergey 1-0 39 A11 Reti Opening
Glek, Igor V MOS - STP Solozhenkin, Evgeniy 1/2 13 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Vitiugov, Nikita STP - MOS Potkin, Vladimir 1-0 51 C18 French Winawer
Mukhametov, Eldar MOS - STP Klimov, Sergey 1/2 10 B22 Sicilian Alapin
Anisimov, Pavel STP - MOS Kosyrev, Vladimir 1/2 62 C06 French Tarrasch
Ulibin, Mikhail MOS - STP Novik, Maxim 1/2 20 B14 Caro Kann Panov
Sivokho, Sergey STP - MOS Nikolenko, Oleg 0-1 34 C13 French Classical
Kharitonov, Alexandr MOS - STP Solovjov, Sergey I 1/2 26 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Smirnov, Artem STP - MOS Deviatkin, Andrei 0-1 42 D12 Slav Defence
Grachev, Boris MOS - STP Nikolaev, Nikita 1/2 60 E63 King's Indian 6...Nc6
Rusanov, Michail STP - MOS Dragomarezkij, Evgeni 1/2 61 D00 Queen's Pawn Game
Gabrielian, Artur MOS - STP Petelin, Andrei 1-0 0
Shchukin, Dmitry STP - MOS Savchenko, Boris 0-1 59 E90 King's Indian Classical
Vulfson, Vladimir MOS - STP Silivanov, Sergej 1/2 42 A55 Old Indian Defence
Veterans
Cherepkov, Alexander V STP - MOS Shabanov, Yuri 1/2 24 D10 Slav Defence
Zaitsev, Igor A MOS - STP Karasev, Vladimir I 1-0 39 B43 Sicilian Paulsen
Turikov, Viktor STP - MOS Kremenietsky, Anatoly M 1/2 57 B08 Pirc Defence
Bukhtin, Vladimir S MOS - STP Altshul, Raffael 1/2 56 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Mayorova, Lyudmila STP - MOS Popivoda, Radmila 1/2 10 D00 Queen's Pawn Game
Ladies
Zaitseva, Ludmila G MOS - STP Sudakova, Irina 1/2 10 D02 Queen's Pawn Game
Malysheva, Polina STP - MOS Grabuzova, Tatiana 1/2 46 C08 French Tarrasch
Strutinskaya, Galina N MOS - STP Rakitskaja, Mariya 0-1 40 D38 QGD Ragozin
Molchanova, Tatjana STP - MOS Vasilkova, Svetlana 1-0 28 A08 Barcza System
Dorofeeva, Anna MOS - STP Donets, Valentina 1/2 58 E61 King's Indian Defence
Boys
Under-10
Matyshin, G STP - MOS Guseinov, Z 0-1
Under-12
Dolbnja,Dmitry MOS - STP Smirnov,A 1/2 34 B78 Sicilian Modern Dragon
Under-14
Shimanov, Aleksandr STP - MOS Isagov, Elnur 1-0 30 E91 King's Indian Classical
Under-16
Popov, Ivan RUS MOS - STP Gerasimov, Yuri 1-0 36 C28 Vienna Game
Under-18
Lanin, Alexsej STP - MOS Krylov, Mikhail RUS 1-0 43 B05 Alekhine's Defence
Girls
Under-10
Pavlova, AM MOS - STP Sultanich, O 1-0
Under-12
Efremova, Daria STP - MOS Kashlinskaya, Alina 0-1 37 B25 Sicilian Closed
Under-14
Savina, Anastasia MOS - STP Korchagina, Viktoria 1-0 46 E92 King's Indian Classical
Under-16
Bodnaruk, Anastasia STP - MOS Charochkina, Daria 0-1 35 B23 Sicilian Closed
Under-18
Kirsanova, Ekaterina MOS - STP Lelekova, Olga 1/2 56 E63 King's Indian 6...Nc6
St Petersburg vs Moscow St Petersburg RUS (RUS), 14-15 vi 2005
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1 Kashlinskaya, Alina RUS 2093 +84 +84 2.0 /2
2 Lanin, Alexsej f RUS 2407 +85 +85 2.0 /2
3 Vitiugov, Nikita RUS 2482 +86 +86 2.0 /2
4 Belov, Vladimir g RUS 2617 +73 =73 1.5 /2 2750
5 Dorofeeva, Anna wm RUS 2289 +66 =66 1.5 /2 2392
6 Grabuzova, Tatiana wg RUS 2327 +74 =74 1.5 /2 2494
7 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2608 +68 =68 1.5 /2 2720
8 Lelekova, Olga RUS 2141 +71 =71 1.5 /2 2420
9 Molchanova, Tatjana RUS 2315 =77 +77 1.5 /2 2486
10 Nikolenko, Oleg m RUS 2527 =76 +76 1.5 /2 2668
11 Popivoda, Radmila RUS 2232 +75 =75 1.5 /2 2213
12 Popov, Ivan RUS m RUS 2464 =67 +67 1.5 /2 2495
13 Savina, Anastasia RUS 1984 =72 +72 1.5 /2 2167
14 Silivanov, Sergej f RUS 2368 +78 =78 1.5 /2 2619
15 Solovjov, Sergey I m RUS 2473 +70 =70 1.5 /2 2708
16 Zaitsev, Igor A g RUS 2415 =69 +69 1.5 /2 2589
17 Gabrielian, Artur m RUS 2481 =51 +82 1.5 /2 2620
18 Kobalia, Mikhail g RUS 2644 +81 =53 1.5 /2 2737
19 Savchenko, Boris m RUS 2480 =52 +83 1.5 /2 2581
20 Matlakov, Maxim RUS 2401 +80 . 1.0 /1
21 Yuneev, Alexey m RUS 2427 +79 . 1.0 /1
22 Anisimov, Pavel m RUS 2476 =31 =31 1.0 /2 2542
23 Bodnaruk, Anastasia wf RUS 2198 +24 -24 1.0 /2 2183
24 Charochkina, Daria RUS 2183 -23 +23 1.0 /2 2198
25 Deviatkin, Andrei m RUS 2510 -38 +38 1.0 /2 2413
26 Glek, Igor V g GER 2597 =39 =39 1.0 /2 2490
27 Grigoriants, Sergey g RUS 2553 +32 -32 1.0 /2 2512
28 Isagov, Elnur RUS 2146 +37 -37 1.0 /2 2259
29 Ivanov, Sergey g RUS 2572 =36 =36 1.0 /2 2608
30 Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2658 =45 =45 1.0 /2 2649
31 Kosyrev, Vladimir g RUS 2542 =22 =22 1.0 /2 2476
32 Loginov, Valery A g RUS 2512 -27 +27 1.0 /2 2553
33 Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2670 =42 =42 1.0 /2 2725
34 Novik, Maxim g RUS 2494 =43 =43 1.0 /2 2536
35 Rakitskaja, Mariya RUS 2253 -40 +40 1.0 /2 2322
36 Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2608 =29 =29 1.0 /2 2572
37 Shimanov, Aleksandr RUS 2259 -28 +28 1.0 /2 2146
38 Smirnov, Artem m RUS 2413 +25 -25 1.0 /2 2510
39 Solozhenkin, Evgeniy g RUS 2490 =26 =26 1.0 /2 2597
40 Strutinskaya, Galina N wm RUS 2322 +35 -35 1.0 /2 2253
41 Sudakova, Irina wg RUS 2387 =44 =44 1.0 /2 2352
42 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2725 =33 =33 1.0 /2 2670
43 Ulibin, Mikhail g RUS 2536 =34 =34 1.0 /2 2494
44 Zaitseva, Ludmila G wg RUS 2352 =41 =41 1.0 /2 2387
45 Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2649 =30 =30 1.0 /2 2658
46 Bukhtin, Vladimir S m RUS 2416 =56 =54 1.0 /2 2308
47 Klimov, Sergey m RUS 2490 =61 =57 1.0 /2 2485
48 Kremenietsky, Anatoly M m RUS 2403 =58 =60 1.0 /2 2348
49 Shabanov, Yuri g RUS 2452 =59 =55 1.0 /2 2397
50 Dolbnja,Dmitry RUS ---- =62 =63 1.0 /2 2000
51 Faibisovich, Vadim Z m RUS 2440 =17 . 0.5 /1 2481
52 Orlov, Vassily m RUS 2430 =19 . 0.5 /1 2480
53 Sakaev, Konstantin g RUS 2672 . =18 0.5 /1 2644
54 Altshul, Raffael f RUS 2277 . =46 0.5 /1 2416
55 Cherepkov, Alexander V m RUS 2395 . =49 0.5 /1 2452
56 Khavsky, Sergey V RUS 2339 =46 . 0.5 /1 2416
57 Mukhametov, Eldar m RUS 2475 . =47 0.5 /1 2490
58 Ryzhkov, Yury RUS 2339 =48 . 0.5 /1 2403
59 Taimanov, Mark E g RUS 2399 =49 . 0.5 /1 2452
60 Turikov, Viktor RUS 2358 . =48 0.5 /1 2403
61 Vasiukov, Evgeni g RUS 2495 =47 . 0.5 /1 2490
62 Giri,A RUS ---- =50 . 0.5 /1 2000
63 Smirnov,A RUS ---- . =50 0.5 /1 2000
64 Nikolaev, Nikita RUS 2356 . =80 0.5 /1 2508
65 Rusanov, Michail RUS 2436 . =79 0.5 /1 2481
66 Donets, Valentina wf RUS 2199 - 5 = 5 0.5 /2 2096
67 Gerasimov, Yuri RUS 2302 =12 -12 0.5 /2 2271
68 Ionov, Sergey g RUS 2527 - 7 = 7 0.5 /2 2415
69 Karasev, Vladimir I m RUS 2396 =16 -16 0.5 /2 2222
70 Kharitonov, Alexandr m RUS 2515 -15 =15 0.5 /2 2280
71 Kirsanova, Ekaterina wf RUS 2227 - 8 = 8 0.5 /2 1948
72 Korchagina, Viktoria RUS 1974 =13 -13 0.5 /2 1791
73 Lugovoi, Aleksei g RUS 2557 - 4 = 4 0.5 /2 2424
74 Malysheva, Polina wm RUS 2301 - 6 = 6 0.5 /2 2134
75 Mayorova, Lyudmila RUS 2020 -11 =11 0.5 /2 2039
76 Sivokho, Sergey m RUS 2475 =10 -10 0.5 /2 2334
77 Vasilkova, Svetlana wm RUS 2293 = 9 - 9 0.5 /2 2122
78 Vulfson, Vladimir m RUS 2426 -14 =14 0.5 /2 2175
79 Dragomarezkij, Evgeni m RUS 2481 -21 =65 0.5 /2 2238
80 Grachev, Boris m RUS 2508 -20 =64 0.5 /2 2185
81 Kochyev, Alexander g RUS 2417 -18 . 0.0 /1
82 Petelin, Andrei m RUS 2415 . -17 0.0 /1
83 Shchukin, Dmitry m RUS 2347 . -19 0.0 /1
84 Efremova, Daria RUS 2056 - 1 - 1 0.0 /2
85 Krylov, Mikhail RUS m RUS 2417 - 2 - 2 0.0 /2
86 Potkin, Vladimir g RUS 2552 - 3 - 3 0.0 /2
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The First Saturday June tournaments took place 4th-16th June 2005.
Attila Czebe won the GM event with 6.5/10. Miklos Galyas and Robert Torma
finished on 8/12 in the IM section. Tania Sachdev from India made a WGM norm in
the GM section.
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu
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1. Czebe, Attila g HUN 2473 * = = = = = = 1 = 1 1 6.5 2509
2. Boros, Denes m HUN 2402 = * = = = = 1 = = 1 = 6.0 2478
3. Jakab, Attila m HUN 2448 = = * = = = = = = 1 1 6.0 2473
4. Farago, Ivan g HUN 2476 = = = * = = = = = = 1 5.5 2434
5. Paschall, William M m USA 2400 = = = = * = = = = = 1 5.5 2442
6. Seres, Lajos g HUN 2424 = = = = = * = = = = = 5.0 2404
7. Hoffmann, Michael1 m GER 2476 = 0 = = = = * = = = 1 5.0 2398
8. Sachdev, Tania wm IND 2343 0 = = = = = = * = = 1 5.0 2412
9. Werner, Dimo m GER 2334 = = = = = = = = * 0 0 4.0 2341
10. Stupavski, Zdenko f SCG 2333 0 0 0 = = = = = 1 * = 4.0 2341
11. Karavade, Eesha wm IND 2355 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 = * 2.5 2217
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1. Galyas, Miklos m HUN 2444 * = = = 1 = = = 1 1 = = 1 8.0 2355
2. Torma, Robert HUN 2227 = * = = = = = 1 0 1 1 1 1 8.0 2373
3. Laciner, Kerem TUR 2174 = = * 0 1 1 0 0 = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2347
4. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2262 = = 1 * 0 = = = 0 1 = 1 1 7.0 2302
5. Caruana, Fabiano f USA 2255 0 = 0 1 * 0 1 = 1 0 = 1 1 6.5 2275
6. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2293 = = 0 = 1 * = = 0 1 1 = 0 6.0 2242
7. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2302 = = 1 = 0 = * = = = = 0 1 6.0 2242
8. Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2262 = 0 1 = = = = * 0 = = 1 = 6.0 2245
9. Paridar, Shadi wg IRI 2263 0 1 = 1 0 1 = 1 * 0 0 0 = 5.5 2216
10. Lettieri, Giuseppe ITA 2246 0 0 0 0 1 0 = = 1 * 1 = 1 5.5 2217
11. Brustkern, Juergen f GER 2258 = 0 0 = = 0 = = 1 0 * = = 4.5 2158
12. Katsuhara, Osamu JPN 2106 = 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 1 = = * = 4.5 2171
13. Nazarenus, Olaf GER 2115 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 = = 0 = = * 3.0 2064
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The Argentine Chess League was played with the support of the
Argentina’s Soccer Association (AFA http://www.afa.org.ar/). Although there were
team championships with its name during the past years, this is the first time
they give funding for prizes. They gave more than U$S 5,000 and many masters
were contracted by the clubs to play this year. The main soccer teams in the
country, as Boca Juniors, River Plate and others are participating.
The winning team was Ferrocarril Oeste, a team that currently plays
soccer in second division (or first B as it is called in Argentina). Boca
Juniors tied with River Plate for second place but Sonneborg Berger favored it.
A nice attacking game was won by IM Martin Labollita (Ferrocarril Oeste)
against Cuban IM Miguel Andres Mendez (Boca Juniors) in the decisive match of
last round. News: Gustavo Albarrán.
Official site:
http://www.ajedrezsiglo21.com/Noticias/05-AFAmagistral/
Magistral AFA 2005
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 Ferrocarril Oeste **** 01½½ 1½½½ ½1½½ 1½1½ ½0½½ 1011 1111 18.5/28
2 Boca Juniors 10½½ **** ½½½½ ½110 0½1½ 1½½1 ½½½1 0111 17.0/28
3 River Plate 0½½½ ½½½½ **** ½10½ 10½0 1111 1½01 ½111 17.0/28
4 Racing ½0½½ ½001 ½01½ **** 1½01 10½1 1100 ½1½½ 14.5/28
5 San Lorenzo 0½0½ 1½0½ 01½1 0½10 **** ½001 1½11 1½½0 14.0/28
6 Independiente ½1½½ 0½½0 0000 01½0 ½110 **** 010½ ½½11 12.0/28
7 Velez Sarsfield 0100 ½½½0 0½10 0011 0½00 101½ **** ½111 12.5/28
8 Banfield 0000 1000 ½000 ½0½½ 0½½1 ½½00 ½000 **** 6.5/28
The III Open Bajada de la Virgen 2005, took place in the Salones of
Club Nautico, in Santa Cruz de La Palma 13th-19th June 2005.
Kamil Miton of Poland won the event after defeating Branko Dalmjanovic
in a crazy endgame in the final round. Norms: GM Norm Sergei Krivoshey, IM Norm
Pontus Carlsson, Roberto Mogranzini and Adalberto Villavicencio. It was the
most important tournament in Canary Islands in 10 years with 26 GMs 12 IMs 3
FMs 2 WGMs 1 WFM 44 titled players from 21 Countries , 94 Players , 81 had FIDE
Ratings.
Some games are available but not in PGN. Hopefully I will be able to
round them up next week.
Official site: http://www.ajedrezlapalma.com
Leading Final Standings:
1 MITON, Kamil (6) POL 2592 7.0 36.0 42.0 52.5
2 KOLEV, Atanas (19) BUL 2524 2553 6.5 37.0 42.0 53.5
3 DAMLJANOVIC, Branko (7) SCG 2588 2583 6.5 36.5 41.0 52.0
4 FRIDMAN, Daniel (11) LAT 2562 6.5 36.5 40.0 50.0
5 KRIVOSHEY, Sergei (24) UKR 2493 6.5 36.5 40.0 49.5
6 SPASOV, Vasil (15) BUL 2543 6.5 36.5 39.0 49.5
7 AVRUKH, Boris (1) ISR 2642 6.5 32.5 37.5 48.5
8 GLEIZEROV, Evgeny (9) RUS 2572 6.0 33.5 37.0 48.0
9 AGREST, Evgenij (8) SWE 2579 6.0 31.5 38.0 48.5
10 MORENO CARNERO, Javier (22) ESP 2500 2495 6.0 31.5 37.5 48.0
11 PERALTA, Fernando (13) ARG 2556 2551 6.0 31.5 37.0 47.0
12 BERG, Emanuel (18) SWE 2531 6.0 31.0 38.0 49.0
13 KOGAN, Artur (5) ISR 2592 2578 6.0 30.5 37.0 48.0
14 VOTAVA, Jan (21) CZE 2511 6.0 30.0 35.5 46.0
15 KHAMRAKULOV, Ibragim (20) UZB 2514 2507 6.0 30.0 35.5 44.5
16 STEFANOVA, Antoaneta (23) BUL 2495 6.0 30.0 34.0 44.5
17 DELCHEV, Aleksander (2) BUL 2614 6.0 29.5 37.5 48.5
18 MIRZOEV, Azer (14) AZE 2545 5.5 31.0 36.5 46.5
19 ULIBIN, Mikhail (17) RUS 2536 5.5 30.0 35.0 46.0
20 FELGAER ZIEGLER, Ruben (4) ARG 2593 2594 5.5 29.5 36.0 46.5
21 KOHLWEYER, Bernd (31) GER 2429 5.5 29.0 35.0 43.0
22 TISSIR, Mohamed (30) MAR 2442 5.5 28.5 38.5 48.5
23 RODRIGUEZ GUERRERO, Enrique (28) ESP 2449 2436 5.5 28.5 33.0 42.5
24 ROEDER, Mathias (35) GER 2404 5.5 28.0 35.0 44.0
25 MIEZIS, Normunds (10) LAT 2564 5.5 27.5 35.0 45.0
26 SRIRAM, Jha (29) IND 2445 5.5 26.5 34.5 45.0
27 VILLAVICENCIO, Adalberto (41) ESP 2333 2321 5.5 26.5 34.5 44.0
28 VEHI BACH, Victor (33) ESP 2425 2420 5.5 25.5 32.5 40.5
29 STRIKOVIC, Aleksa (27) SCG 2465 2461 5.0 30.5 38.0 47.0
30 VAN DEN DOEL, Erik (12) NED 2558 5.0 30.0 37.5 47.5
31 KURAJICA, Bojan (16) BIH 2539 5.0 30.0 37.0 48.0
32 KHENKIN, Igor (3) GER 2610 5.0 29.5 39.5 49.5
33 JONKMAN, Harmen (32) NED 2428 5.0 27.5 40.0 50.5
34 CARLSSON, Pontus (36) SWE 2401 5.0 27.0 36.5 46.0
35 VIJAYALAKSHMI, Subbaraman (34) IND 2412 5.0 27.0 34.5 43.5
36 FERNANDEZ GARCIA, Jose Luis (26) ESP 2468 2450 5.0 26.5 35.0 46.0
37 MOGRANZINI, Roberto (37) ITA 2363 5.0 26.0 34.5 43.0
38 SANZ ALONSO, Francisco Javier (38) ESP 2361 2365 5.0 26.0 34.0 42.0
39 DJINGAROVA, Emilia (43) BUL 2290 5.0 26.0 32.5 41.0
40 LUJAN, Carolina (40) ARG 2336 5.0 25.0 33.0 42.5
NEBOISA, Illijin (46) ROM 2244 5.0 25.0 33.0 42.5
42 HERNANDO RODRIGO, Jose Maria (39) ESP 2348 2331 5.0 23.0 29.5 37.0
43 GUTIERREZ OLIVARES, Daniel (66) ESP 2082 1986 5.0 22.0 31.0 40.5
94 players
The 5th Annual Emory Castle Grand Prix took place June 10th-12th, 2005.
Julio Becerra Rivero and Anna Zatonskih finished on 4/5. A small number of
games were broadcast on ICC. (http://www.chessclub.com)
Official site: http://www.emorychess.org
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5th Emory Castle Atlanta USA (USA), 10-12 vi 2005
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1. Becerra Rivero, Julio g USA 2552 4.0
2. Zatonskih, Anna wg USA 2435 4.0
3. Shulman, Yuri g USA 2550 3.5
4. Perdomo, Carlos Andres m COL 2351 3.5
5. Serper, Grigory g USA 2546 3.5
6. King, Alexander B USA ---- 3.5
7. Whatley, Andrew Wesley f USA 2294 3.5
8. Bereolos, Peter f USA 2323 3.0
9. Cheng, Xiao USA 2234 3.0
10. Gulamali, Kazim USA ---- 3.0
11. Hyatt,Doug USA ---- 3.0
12. Pohl, Klaus A USA 2254 3.0
13. Dunne, Alex f USA 2222 2.5
28 players
The XVI Pan American Youth Festival took place Balneario Camboriu, Santa
Catarina, Brazil June 11th-18th 2005. I've sorted the games from the Boys and
Girls U18 and Boys U16. Results below. There appears to be an all play all
involving some of the participants that followed the event.
Official site: http://www.interspace.com.br/jardel/index.php
and http://www.fcx.org.br/.
Final Round 9 - U10 Open
1. 1 CORI, JORGE 9.0 46.0 46.00 45.0 2063 - +0.00
2. 8 ARIAS, PABLO 6.0 50.5 30.50 32.5 0000 1386 0
22 HEUNG, CHRISTOPHER 6.0 53.5 30.25 31.0 0000 1386 0
46 YNOJOSA, FELIX 6.0 52.0 31.25 31.0 0000 1386 0
38 SHUMYATSKY, VICTOR 6.0 47.0 30.25 30.5 0000 - 0
32 PEREIRA, FABIAN 6.0 45.0 28.00 30.5 0000 2685 0
12 CORADO, RAFAEL 6.0 45.0 27.75 29.5 0000 - 0
4 ABDALLA, JOSE LUCAS AURELL 6.0 42.0 27.75 28.5 0000 - 0
47 players
Final Round 9 - U10 Girls
1. 1 BOHORQUEZ, MARIA ISABEL 7.5 50.0 40.75 39.5 0000 - 0
2. 4 CASUSOL, CECILIA 6.5 47.0 34.25 34.0 0000 - 0
10 JORQUERA CABELLO, VALENTIN 6.5 47.0 31.75 33.0 0000 - 0
17 ROQUE MAIDANA, ANA 6.5 42.5 26.00 31.5 0000 - 0
5. 15 RODRIGUES, FERNANDA DOS SA 6.0 37.5 22.00 24.0 0000 - 0
6. 9 GIMENEZ, JOHASLYN 5.5 38.5 20.75 26.5 0000 - 0
22 VELASQUEZ, LUISANA 5.5 47.5 21.25 26.5 0000 - 0
8. 11 KUULME, ISRAELLA MORAES 5.0 44.0 18.50 26.0 0000 - 0
23 VERSOSA, KAREN 5.0 40.0 15.75 23.0 0000 - 0
23 players
Final Round 9 - U12 Open
1. 1 IERMITO, SEBASTIAN 8.0 43.5 36.00 42.0 2134 2021 -0.15
2 ROBSON, RAY 8.0 51.0 44.75 39.5 2021 2199 +0.46
3. 7 BAMBINO, MARCELO AUGUSTO 7.0 51.5 37.00 36.0 0000 1885 0
4. 53 YEE, MICHAEL 6.5 46.0 32.75 31.0 0000 - 0
47 TANAKA, CHRISTIAN 6.5 46.5 31.75 28.5 0000 2626 0
6. 12 CAMACHO, SEBASTIAN 6.0 44.5 27.00 29.0 0000 - 0
54 players
Final Round 9 - U12 Girls
1. 19 MORENO, ELIZABETH 7.5 50.0 41.00 42.5 0000 - 0
2. 2 CORI T, DEYSI 7.0 47.5 34.25 36.5 0000 - 0
3. 9 DONATTI, SOFIA 6.0 50.0 30.00 31.5 0000 - 0
3 CAPELO, PAOLA 6.0 47.5 24.75 28.5 0000 - 0
20 PEREIRA, AMANDA MARQUES 6.0 39.5 27.00 26.0 0000 - 0
6. 4 CHUMPITAZ, ANN 5.5 45.5 23.00 31.5 0000 - 0
18 MORALES FLORES, MONSERRAT 5.5 44.0 22.50 28.0 0000 - 0
24 players
Final Round 9 - U14 Open
1. 17 TERRY LUJAN, RENATO 8.5 51.0 47.00 41.5 0000 2461 +2.50
2. 2 CRUZ, CRISTHIAN 8.0 52.5 45.25 41.0 2106 2440 +1.50
3. 1 MAYORGA, NICOLAS 7.0 50.0 33.50 34.0 2188 2269 +0.40
4. 3 MEZA PONCE, JEISON 6.0 50.0 26.50 33.0 2104 1977 -0.50
5 CALDERON, JONATHAN 6.0 44.0 27.00 29.5 2080 2136 +0.20
14 JUKEMURA, LEANDRO 6.0 42.0 27.00 27.0 1893 2055 +0.42
11 CHAVEZ, EDUARDO 6.0 41.0 25.00 26.5 1944 1978 +0.05
30 DE MOURA, PEDRO CAMARGO 6.0 46.5 28.50 26.0 0000 2025 2025
4 ARNOLD, MARC T. 6.0 46.0 29.50 25.5 2093 2138 +0.10
52 players
Final Round 9 - U14 Girls
1. 3 TERAO, JULIANA SAYUMI 7.5 47.5 39.00 37.0 1979 2583 +0.40
2. 11 DROBRZENSKI, JESSICA 7.0 46.5 32.75 35.5 0000 1302 0
3. 16 HAN, INGRID 6.5 49.5 33.50 37.5 0000 1943 0
4. 13 FERNANDEZ, MARIA FLORENCIA 6.0 50.0 31.00 34.5 0000 2130 0
5. 4 JURICH, FLORENCIA 5.5 48.0 24.75 28.0 1906 1862 -0.10
1 ALIAGA FERNANDEZ, INGRID Y 5.5 42.5 29.25 22.0 2130 1906 -0.28
2 HEREDIA, CARLA 5.5 34.5 18.00 22.0 2027 - +0.00
25 players
Final Round 9 - U16 Open
1. 1 BACHMAN, AXEL 8.0 50.5 43.25 40.0 2410 2513 +0.68
2. 5 CORNEJO, MAX 7.5 54.0 43.00 40.0 2229 2441 +2.10
3. 4 LEMOS, DAMIAN 7.0 53.5 40.25 37.0 2235 2358 +1.15
4. 7 ITURRIZAGA, EDUARDO 6.5 52.5 35.75 34.0 2225 2231 +0.08
14 FLORES RIOS, MAURICIO 6.5 53.0 34.00 33.5 2131 2313 +1.52
6. 3 VERA INSFRAN, JORGE 6.0 47.5 29.75 31.5 2238 2177 -0.55
15 VALDES ESCOBAR, ALVARO 6.0 45.5 25.50 31.0 2126 2170 +0.30
2 LOPEZ, HUMBERTO 6.0 47.5 30.50 30.0 2326 2149 -1.53
9. 11 PACHECO, GARRI 5.5 53.5 28.75 33.0 2168 2235 +0.63
57 TORRES, JOSE DANIEL 5.5 44.5 24.25 30.5 0000 2167 +0.50
12 IBARRA CHAMI, LUIS FERNAND 5.5 46.0 26.25 30.0 2152 2136 -0.10
10 FERNANDEZ, FERNANDO 5.5 46.0 23.50 28.0 2186 2094 -0.35
9 CRUZ, JONATHAN 5.5 44.5 23.25 28.0 2200 2003 -1.10
24 GUSTAVO PIZZOCARO GOMEZ 5.5 44.5 24.00 27.5 1981 2129 +1.06
20 GOIRIZ YAHARI, DAMIAN 5.5 42.0 23.50 26.0 2034 1996 -0.08
33 CORTES, MARTIN 5.5 45.5 23.50 25.5 0000 2162 2162
52 PEREZ, FRANCISCO 5.5 42.5 24.75 24.5 0000 1993 1993
61 players
Final Round 9 - U16 Girls
1. 37 ZAPATA, TALIA 7.0 51.0 35.50 37.0 0000 1984 0
2. 23 KERR, JULIA 6.5 47.5 32.75 33.5 0000 2185 +1.00
31 SANCHEZ, CELSA 6.5 46.0 31.25 33.5 0000 2078 +1.00
8 ANTUNES, PRISCILA LUCAS 6.5 46.5 31.75 31.5 0000 2008 0
5. 5 AMED, STEPHANIE 6.0 52.0 33.50 33.0 1984 - +0.00
30 SAN MARTIN FREIRE, MACAREN 6.0 44.5 27.75 29.0 0000 1774 0
7. 9 BUTTNER, NATALIA 5.5 52.5 31.00 33.0 0000 2160 0
17 ECHEVERRI, YESENIA 5.5 47.5 27.50 30.5 0000 1290 0
18 FELICIANO, VANESSA 5.5 45.0 24.25 29.5 0000 2106 0
25 MEDINA, DIANA 5.5 40.0 20.75 23.5 0000 1804 0
37 players
Final Round 9 - U18 Open
1. 1 FIER, ALEXANDR H. T. S. S. 8.0 51.5 45.25 40.5 2462 2613 +1.16
2. 7 HUNGASKI, ROBERT ANDREW 6.5 49.0 33.00 33.0 2281 2364 +0.79
3. 6 CHOMA, ERNANI FRANCISCO 6.0 49.5 30.00 33.0 2281 2302 +0.22
8 GARCIA, JHOEL 6.0 49.0 29.00 32.5 2221 2340 +1.20
5 DUARTE, LEONARDO 6.0 48.0 29.00 32.0 2298 2343 +0.44
2 CORDOVA, EMILIO 6.0 49.5 30.50 31.0 2384 2348 -0.44
7. 4 SCHNEIDER, IGOR 5.5 45.0 26.00 27.5 2322 2202 -0.96
12 BARRERA MEZA, CARLOS 5.5 42.0 21.50 27.5 2146 2100 -0.38
14 DE PAIVA, PEDRO HENRIQUE 5.5 44.0 25.50 27.5 2118 2284 +1.40
11 CORNEJO P, GUILLERMO 5.5 38.5 22.50 26.5 2161 2258 +0.93
17 RUIZ FIGUEROA, SEBASTIAN 5.5 43.5 23.75 26.0 2082 2037 -0.30
12. 3 DI BERNARDINO, DIEGO 5.0 46.5 22.00 29.5 2354 2215 -1.52
9 BUENO, ALFEU JUNIOR VARELA 5.0 44.5 22.50 29.0 2217 2143 -0.71
18 LIMBERG, ESTACIO VERMELHO 5.0 45.5 20.00 26.0 2071 2133 +0.44
33 RODRIGUEZ, REINALDO 5.0 39.5 18.00 23.0 0000 2147 2147
23 BETANCOURT, PEDRO 5.0 39.0 20.00 21.5 0000 1969 1969
35 players
Final Round 9 - U18 Girls
1. 1 MORALES MENDOZA, LUCIANA 7.5 47.5 38.25 39.5 2152 2243 +0.50
2. 5 VARGAS, GABRIELA 7.0 46.5 36.25 33.0 1998 2340 +1.30
3. 3 STEFFEN VILLANUEVA, RENATT 6.0 47.5 28.00 34.0 2050 2078 +0.20
2 SARQUIS, MARIA BELEN 6.0 50.0 30.50 33.5 2137 2028 -0.60
18 KANZLER, KARINA DANIELA 6.0 49.0 28.50 32.0 0000 1984 1984
6 OTAZO, ANNYD 6.0 46.0 27.50 29.0 1942 1913 -0.11
7. 7 ESPLANA, ESTEFANY 5.5 47.5 25.50 31.5 1913 1710 -0.86
11 ARAUJO, YESMAR 5.5 42.0 22.75 26.5 0000 1942 0
9. 19 KATZ, ALANNA 5.0 41.0 19.50 25.0 0000 1305 0
17 GUARIN, LEDIS XIOMARA 5.0 35.0 15.00 19.0 0000 1321 0
25 players
The Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina took place in the Hotel
Neum, Neum 4th-12th June 2005. This team event was won by Chess Club Bosna,
Sarajevo. Women's Team Championship was won by CC Slavija Daling, I.Sarajevo.
News: Sead Bicevic.
Official website:
http://www.sah.ba/bh/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=170
SK BOSNA,Sarajevo Players:
1. Sokolov, Ivan GM 2662
2. Volokitin, Andrei GM 2679
3. Movsesian, Sergei GM 2628
4. Kozul, Zdenko GM 2591
5. Atalik, Suat GM 2561
6. Predojevic, Borki GM 2549
7. Kurajica, Bojan GM 2539
8. Dizdarevic, Emir GM 2521
Final Standings (Men)
MP Sco MPB
1. SK BOSNA,Sarajevo 18 41 72.0
2. KRAJISKI SK,Banja Luka 13 31.5 77.0
3. SK KISELJAK, Kiseljak 13 28 77.0
4. SK ZELJEZNICAR, Sarajevo 11 28 79.0
5. HSK NAPREDAK, Prozor-Rama 9 28.5 81.0
6. SK PANTERI,Bijeljina 9 27 81.0
7. SK SIROKI BRIJEG,S.Brijeg 7 27 83.0
8. TSK SLOBODA,Tuzla 6 25 84.0
9. SK NAPREDAK, Zenica 3 19.5 87.0
10. SK JEDINSTVO 1954,Brcko 1 14.5 89.0
Final Standings (Women)
MP Sco MPB
1. SK SLAVIJA-DALING,I.Sarajevo 12 16.5 67.5
2. SK OBUDOVAC, Obudovac 11 15 69.0
3. SK DOBOJ,Doboj 9 13.5 70.5
4. SK DVOROVI, Dvorovi 9 13 71.0
5. SK SIROKI BRIJEG, S.Brijeg 5 7 77.0
6. SK KOZARA, Gradiska 3 7 77.0
7. SK PREPOROD, Zenica 4 6.5 77.5
8. SK PO K, Poto ani 3 5.5 78.5
The 9th Chess Festival Voronezh 2005 takes place 10th-21st June
2005.
Official site: http://www.relex.ru/~xuser/voronezh_open/
Leading Round 3 Standings:
1. 20 Chebotarev Oleg 2480 3.0 5.0 3049 +1.05
2. 1 Amonatov Farrukh 2599 2.5 5.0 2694 +0.31
3 Burmakin Vladimir 2552 2.5 3.5 2660 +0.34
4 Shaposhnikov Evgeny 2550 2.5 4.0 2666 +0.37
5 Vorobiov Evgeny E 2550 2.5 5.5 2681 +0.43
10 Zakhartsov Viacheslav V. 2518 2.5 4.5 2634 +0.37
15 Yandemirov Valeri 2503 2.5 3.5 2611 +0.34
18 Geller Jakov 2496 2.5 4.5 2580 +0.25
21 Ulko Jaroslav 2478 2.5 2.5 2560 +0.25
22 Skorchenko Dmitriy 2476 2.5 4.5 2559 +0.25
23 Petrushin Alexander I 2467 2.5 5.0 2618 +0.49
25 Sergienko Sergey 2456 2.5 4.0 2602 +0.49
26 Kurenkov Nikolai 2455 2.5 4.0 2650 +0.67
27 Chuprov Dvitry 2454 2.5 5.0 2549 +0.31
34 Kobylkin Evgeny 2418 2.5 5.0 2697 +1.03
35 Arakelov Ilya 2417 2.5 4.5 2648 +0.82
38 Golovin Leonid 2403 2.5 4.5 2644 +0.88
40 Harutyunyan Gevorg 2392 2.5 4.0 2642 +0.91
19. 6 Brodsky Mikhail 2532 2.0 5.0 2524 -0.04
7 Chernyshov Konstantin 2531 2.0 3.0 2438 -0.34
12 Novikov Stanislav 2512 2.0 4.5 2452 -0.22
16 Alavkin Arseny 2501 2.0 5.5 2464 -0.13
31 Zaitsev Vladimir 2435 2.0 3.0 2377 -0.22
33 Zakharov Alexander 2418 2.0 5.5 2519 +0.41
39 Salinnikov Denis Y 2401 2.0 4.5 2507 +0.41
43 Tarlev Konstantin 2384 2.0 2.5 2397 +0.05
53 Smirnov Alexey 2336 2.0 5.5 2643 +1.22
60 Isakov Andrey 2307 2.0 3.0 2488 +0.74
68 Okun Leonid 2259 2.0 2.5 2438 +0.74
88 players
Chris Bird reports: The 2005 National Open Chess Tournament was won
jointly by GM Dmitry Gurevich, GM Nick De Firmian and GM Dashzeveg Sharavdorj
and IM Ben Finegold, all scoring 5/6. Dmitry Gurevich took the much coveted
Edmondson Cup and title of National Open Champion after a round robin blitz
playoff.
There were also four US Championship qualification spots available and
they went to GM Nick De Firmian, IM Eugene Perelshteyn, IM Renier Gonzalez and
IM Dmitry Scheider.
A big highlight of this year's event was the Polgar Sisters Triplex
simul that took place on the Thursday before the National Open. The Polgar
Sisters collectively took on 81 players and finished with a final score of 64
wins, 11 draws and 6 losses. Susan informed me that this was the first time
they had performed such an event, and despite the fact they were exhausted
after the grueling 4 hours of play, they all thoroughly enjoyed themselves.
In other events that compiled the entire Las Vegas International Chess
Festival, GMs Dmitry Gurevich and Zaruzhan Akobian shared the National Open
Blitz Championship and GM Aleks Wojtkiewicz won the US G/10 Championship that
was held on the following Monday.
Official site: http://www.64.com
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National Open Las Vegas USA (USA), 10-12 vi 2005
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1. De Firmian, Nick E g USA 2549 5.0
2. Finegold, Benjamin m USA 2522 5.0
3. Gurevich, Dmitry g USA 2515 5.0
4. Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg g MGL 2453 5.0
5. Ibragimov, Ildar g USA 2611 4.5
6. Akobian, Varuzhan g USA 2556 4.5
7. Perelshteyn, Eugene m USA 2507 4.5
8. Anka, Emil g HUN 2447 4.5
9. Gonzalez, Renier m USA 2483 4.5
10. Schneider, Dmitry m USA 2466 4.5
11. Kriventsov, Stanislav G m USA 2409 4.5
12. Vigorito, David m USA 2360 4.5
13. Donaldson, John W m USA 2407 4.0
14. Rensch, Daniel f USA 2360 4.0
15. Manukian, Garuch ARM 2293 4.0
16. Ginsburg, Mark m USA 2354 4.0
17. Kretchetov, Alexandre f RUS 2350 4.0
18. Lu Xiaosha wm CHN 2262 4.0
19. Chase, Christopher f USA 2330 4.0
20. Yanayt, Eugene USA 2221 4.0
21. Feinstein, Michael USA ---- 4.0
22. Small, Greg USA 2249 4.0
23. Burgess, Jon L ENG 2196 4.0
24. Sevillano, Enrico m USA 2450 3.5
25. Ivanov, Igor V m USA 2407 3.5
26. Bradford, Joseph M f USA 2449 3.5
27. Zilberstein, Dmitry f USA 2379 3.5
28. Stein, Alex f USA 2362 3.5
29. Falcon Perez, Gustavo MEX 2206 3.5
30. Adamson, Robby f USA 2344 3.5
31. Ho, Matthew USA 2260 3.5
32. Santalla, Andres CUB 2075 3.5
33. Iwamoto, Takashi USA 2279 3.5
34. Wallach, Kenneth USA 2172 3.5
35. Kerman, David J USA 2207 3.5
36. Strenzwilk, Denis USA 2104 3.5
37. Haessel, Dale R USA 2225 3.5
38. Martinez, Leonard USA 2176 3.5
39. Kurosaki, Takashi USA 2073 3.5
40. Maynard, Dewey G USA ---- 3.5
41. Lucia, Robert F USA ---- 3.5
42. Grieve, Peter J USA ---- 3.5
43. Matikozian, Andranik m ARM 2515 3.0
44. Browne, Walter S g USA 2446 3.0
45. De Guzman, Ricardo m PHI 2390 3.0
46. Tate, Emory f USA 2335 3.0
47. Lein, Anatoly g USA 2373 3.0
48. Saidy, Anthony F m USA 2329 3.0
49. Aigner, Michael USA USA 2257 3.0
50. Del Pilar, Reynaldo USA 2306 3.0
107 players
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National Open Blitz Las Vegas USA (USA), 9 vi 2005
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1. Akobian, Varuzhan g USA 2556 12.5
2. Gurevich, Dmitry g USA 2515 12.5
3. Matikozian, Andranik m ARM 2515 10.0
4. Martinez, Leonard USA 2176 9.0
5. Tan, Derek J USA ---- 9.0
6. Falcon Perez, Gustavo MEX 2206 8.5
7. Aigner, Michael USA USA 2257 8.0
8. Rensch, Daniel f USA 2360 7.5
9. La Rota, Fabio f COL 2317 7.5
10. Pashayan, Genrikh ARM 2138 7.5
11. Hassabis, Demis ENG 2249 7.0
29 players
The 19th "Pula Open 2005" in Croatia takes place 19th-26th June
2005.
For further information on the event: http://www.skpula.hr
Top Entries
1 Atalik Suat g BIH 2561
2 Predojevic Borki g BIH 2549
3 Kveinys Aloyzas g LTU 2539
4 Dizdarevic Emir g BIH 2521
5 Savic Miodrag R. g SCG 2521
6 Sedlak Nikola g SCG 2514
7 Cebalo Miso g CRO 2510
8 Fercec Nenad m CRO 2478
9 Rogic Davor m CRO 2471
10 Jovanovic Zoran m CRO 2429
207 players
George Mirijanian reports: The 16th Vermont Resort Open took place
10th-12th June 2005 at Mount Snow, Vermont, USA. GM Alexander Ivanov of Newton,
Massachusetts, captured first place with a perfect 5-0 score. Tied for 2nd-3rd
place with 3.5-1.5 results were national expert Leonid Tkach, 65, of Amherst,
Massachusetts, and Class A contestant Jake Vogel of Connecticut. The tournament
drew 59 players in 4 sections and was directed by Steven J. Immitt for the
sponsoring Continental Chess Association. Complete crosstables are available at
http://www.chesstour.com/cross.html
GM Vladimir Savon (1940-2005) has died in Kharkiv, Ukraine. His funeral
was on June 1st 2005. No other details available. He won a strong Soviet
Championship in 1971.
One source.
http://www.avlerchess.com/chess-misc/Vladimir_Savon_Has_Died_196435.html
The ACP have release their tour report on 15th June 2005.
The final month of the ACP Tour is on! Things will hardly change at the
very top of the standings, since Vishy Anand seems to have secured his first
place. But the race is still open for the 8th place. It is very likely that the
upcoming European Individual Championship will bring the decision. Even lower
ranked players can make it into the top-8 in case they perform well at one of
the remaining tournaments. Will someone follow Viorel Bologan's example? By
sharing first place in Sarajevo, the Moldavian top-player managed to jump from
9th to 4th! Looking back at his performances this year, we can only state that
this place is well-deserved. An advantage of the ACP Tour compared to the
rating system is that it quite objectively reflects the chess players' form
over the whole season. Sarajevo's other winner Ivan Sokolov has also gained 320
points to appear on 9th place of the standings.
Here is how the top-10 looks:
Top-10 list on June 15th:
1. Anand 1598
2. Leko 1196
3. Gelfand 916
4. Bologan 865
5. Kramnik 839
6. Morozevich 709
7. Bacrot 612
8. Amonatov 600
9. I.Sokolov 591
10. Grischuk 567
In others tournaments rated in the ACP Tour last month, most winners
were non-ACP members. We would like to congratulate Zviad Izoria for his win at
the HB Global Chess Challenge in Minneapolis, as well as Victor Mikhalevsky for
his victory in the open in Lake George! At the third tournament held on
American soil, the Chicago Open, four people finished first: Vadim Milov, Jaan
Ehlvest, Igor Novikov and Petr Kiriakov.
As we mentionned already in our previous report, the organizers of
Sofia declined our invitation to be part of the ACP Tour. In view of its very
high level, this event has nevertheless been counted with a 0,5-rate.
Congratulations to Veselin Topalov for his brilliant performance!
As mentionned earlier, the highlight of the final period will be the
European Championship in Zegrze Poludniowe. But we'll obviously keep an eye on
all other tournaments going on, such as The World Open in Philadelphia, the
open in Voronezh and several rapid events.
Official site: http://www.chess-players.org
Hydra vs Michael Adams Match
Michael Adams will play a six game match against the Hydra Chess
Computer at the Wembley Centre in London, 21st-26th June 2005, for a prize fund
of $150,000 (£80,000).
Hydra vs Michael Adams Press Conference 25th
May 2005 by James Coleman
The programmers claim Hydra is the strongest chess program in the world
and is indeed the "stongest chess entity".Their stated aim is to back this up
in a series of matches, extending their advantage over other computer programs
and proving it also against humans. Hydra is the current International Computer
Chess Champion winning the championship in Paderborn, February 2005. Unlike
most strong programs it runs on specialist parallel computing equipment rather
than PCs and it claims processing power capable of 200 million moves a second.
Since winning in Paderborn they have moved from a 16 to 32-processor version.
The new system will run 5 times faster and according to their website will
contain "even more sophisticated chess knowledge". "The developers expect to
break the 3000 Elo barrier till the end of this year."
The Hydra Project is financed by PAL Computer Systems in Abu Dhabi,
United Arab Emirates. The team that created the program is Dr. Chrilly
Donninger (main programmer for Hydra), Dr. Ulf Lorenz is the parallel computing
expert, Mohammed Nasir Ali is the Project Manager of Hydra, Christopher Lutz
and Talib Mousa are the chess consultants for the program.
The match was launched on May 24th 2005. Michael Adams said "This is an
awesome challenge. I have played nearly 2,000 games in international chess
tournaments, but I’ve never faced an opponent quite like this. I’m
really looking forward to matching wits with the ultimate opponent to prove
that nothing can match the power of human creativity."
Hydra’s Chief Technology Officer and Project Manager, Muhammad
Nasir Ali said, "We have focussed all our attentions on building the
world’s greatest chess computer, a task that has taken four years and
millions of dollars. We’re confident even Mr Adams will have trouble
landing a blow against our silicon champion."
Hydra has yet to lose a game to human opponents except in a recently
played correspondence chess match against correspondence chess GM Arno Nickel.
He won 2-0 against the 16 processor version. - Source:
http://www.chessfriend.com
Official site for the program: http://www.hydrachess.com
Further
info on the programmers aims
PR for the match:
http://www.rainierpr.co.uk/chess
Brno 2005
There are GM, IM and Open tournaments in Brno, Czech Republic 30th June
- 10th July 2005.
Due to withdrawals there are places in the GM event. E-mail -
petr.pisk@centrum.cz Phone - Petr Pisk, +420- 731 465 344 if you are interested
in this or any of the other events.
Information: Internet - http://volny.cz/skduras
6th ASEAN Age Group Championships
The 6th ASEAN Age Group Championships for boys and girls under-8, 10,
12, 14, 16 and 18 was held in Pattaya, Thailand, from 11th-20th June 2005.
ASEAN stands for Association of Southeast Asian Nations. The ASEAN Chess
Confederation was founded on 28 May 2000, Vung Tau, Vietnam. Results and games
available.
Official site: http://www.aseanchess.com/6thasean/main.htm
First Saturday July
The First Saturday July tournament takes place 2nd-14th of July 2005.
If you want to play contact Nagy Laszlo e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net
Phone-fax: (+36)-1-263-28-59 Websites; http://www.firstsaturday.hu and
http://home.hu.inter.net/~firstsat
FSGM IGM CHERNYSHOV, Konstantin (RUS), IGM ILINCIC, Zlatko (SCG), IGM
FOGARASI, Tibor (HUN), BINDRICH, Falko (GER), LUDWIG, David Joseph (USA), IM
BOROS,Denes (HUN), IM DEARING, Eddie (SCO), FM LORSCHEID, Gerd (GER), IM
KRISTJANSSON, Stefan (ISL), IM THORFINSSON, Bragi (ISL), IM MAHJOOB, Morteza
(IRI), IM MANCA, Federico (ITA), IM PASCHALL, William (USA). Reserves: FM
GONDA, L szl¢ (HUN), IM TURZ , Attila (HUN), IM JAKAB, Attila (HUN),
FSIM IM LENGYEL, Bela (HUN), IM FARAGO, Sandor (HUN), IM GALYAS,
Mikl¢s (HUN), IM CHETVERIK, Maxim (RUS), IM PETRAN, Pal (HUN), IM JAKAB,
Attila (HUN), SIMAKOV, Vladislav (RUS), WGM PTACNIKOVA, Lenka (ISL), WGM IGLA,
Bella (ISR), MARTINI, Balazs (HUN), KATSUHARA, Osamu (JPN), IM KAHN, Evarth
(HUN), FM CARUANA, Fabiano (USA), REYHAN, Dogan (TUR).
There are also FM events.
Ticino Chess Festival
The Ticino Chess Festival (Switzerland) took place 17th-19th June 2005.
There is a Rapid tournament sponsored by Hotel Ascona 17th-18th June 2005.
Blitz-Marathon (5 minutes to finish the game) Cureglia (close to Lugano)
sponsored by Raiffeisen Bank and Municipio di Cureglia Sunday 19 June 2005.
Couldn't find games or results.
Official site: http://www.luganoscacchi.ch
US Junior Invitational
The US Junior Invitiational (and also their cadet event) takes place in
Mason, Ohio starting June 12th. No details on the internet.
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)
Official site: http://www.friendshiptournament.com
Peter Leko Official Site
Peter Leko now has a web site. http://www.lekochess.com/
Liepajas rokade
Liepajas rokade, the biggest chess festival in the Baltics takes place
from 11th to 14th of August 2005 in Liepaja Latvia.
English http://www.liepajniekiem.lv/?doc=19684
and Latvian http://www.liepajniekiem.lv/?doc=19681
CC-Calendar
CC-Calendar. Now 8.092 official computer chess tournaments since 1990.
726 games from older official computer chess tournaments up to 1990. Arena
Chess GUI http://www.playwitharena.com Selection:
CC-Calendar New are two computer chess tournaments. CIPS (Italy), chess program
Delfi won 5th International CSVN tournament (Netherland), chess program
Shredder won. AnMon won the 7th French programmers tourney in Massy.
Bratto Open
The 25th International Chess Festival "Conca della Presolana" will
takes place in Bratto (Italy), 20-28 August 2005. The Festival includes:
Tournament A (players with Elo Fide > 1999), Tournament B, Tournament C and
Promotion Tournament (for beginners). Swiss system, 9 rounds. Time control: 100
minutes for 40 moves + 50 minutes; all move played get 30 seconds bonus
(Fischer mode). Prizes: in the tournament A: 1st 1500 Euros, 2nd 1000 Euros,
3rd 700 Euros .. ... 16th-20th 200 Euros.
Info: gpp@hotelmilano.com
Official Internet coverage:
http://www.scaccobratto.com/2005.shtml
Jiraskuv Memorial
The Jiraskuv Memorial takes place 6th-13th August 2005 in Rakovnik
(Czech Republic - 60 km west from Prague).
Further details: http://www.czfree-ra.net/~sachy
Hungarian Tournaments July - December 2005
1. 2nd-14th of July FIRST SATURDAY /FS/ GM-IM-FM round robins, 9 -13
games, norm possibilities, in Budapest, Hungarian Chess Federation, Falk Miksa
Str.10. 2nd floor. Organisation: Nagy Laszlo, FIDE International Chess
Organizer /NL/, E-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net Website:
http://www.firstsaturday.hu Other
website: http://home.hu.inter.net/~firstsat
Phone-fax: (361)-2632859, cellphone: (36)-30-230-1914 From 12:00 a.m. until
midnight - Central European Time - GMT+1 hour
2. 15th -23rd of July, SZOMBATHELY SUMMER Open 9 rounds Swiss,
organizer FM Korpics, e-mail: korpicschess@axelero.hu
3. 24th of July - 1st of August, AGRIA Open /EGER, 100 km North-East
from Budapest/, organizer: Rauch Ferenc, e-mail: rauch@freemail.hu
4. 6th-18th of August, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest org.:NL
5. 21st-31st of August, PAPP BELA memorial GM closed tmt, Torokbalint,
10 km from Budapest, info: Nagy Laszlo, firstsat@hu.inter.net
6 3rd-15th of September FS GM-IM-FM Budapest, org: NL
7. 1st-13th of October, FS GM-IM-FM, Budapest L
8. 5th-17th of November, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest
9. 3rd - 15th of December, FS GM-IM-FM.
15th International Chess Open
15th Trophy Black Sea Seacoast Open in Eforie Nord Romania 20th-30th
June 2005.
Open to all (Tournament A) and Open for girls and boys under 16
(Tournaments B, C and D)
CONTACT: Elena Cristian: Mobil: +40 723 30 91 01 Tel fix/fax: +40 21
745 35 88 E -mail: lili_cristian2000@yahoo.com Chief arbiter: Chirila
Radu-Catalin: E-mail: chirila_raducatalin@yahoo.com
China - France Youth Match
The China-France youth match takes place in Shenzheng, China June 28th -
July 6th 2005.
French players: Robert Fontaine g 2539, Maxime VachierLagrave g
2525, JeanPierreLe Roux m 2466, Natasha Benmesbah 2113. Chinese players:
Zhao Jun g 2531, Zhao Xue wg 2478, Zhou Jianchao m 2473, Hou Yifan f 2158
Fire on board Trophy 2005
There will be a match between Alexey Shirov and Viktor Korchnoi for the
"Fire on board trophy 2005", 24th-26th June 2005 in Eschweiler Germany.
GM Danny King will the moderator for the internet TV and internet radio
transmissions. The event's program includes, simultaneous exibition games
involving both Shirov and Kortchnoi, exbition entitled "Chess in Art", private
lessons with both grandmasters (internet TV), and, "Highlights from the musical
CHESS. The majorty of this event will be viewal live via internet tv. Fantastic
prizes are available of the top 50 participants in their predict a move
competition (first prize 5.000,00Euros).
Flash Online Game Competition to win a trip to the event.
Official site: http://www.fireonboard.com
28th Ghent Open
The 28th Ghent Open takes place 16th-20th July 2005.
The summer tournament of the Benelux! 9 round Swiss tournament.
Details: http://www.kgsrl.be/
Chess Classic Mainz
The Chess Classic Mainz takes place August 9th-14th 2005.
The field of participants for all top events of the Chess Classic Mainz
(August 9 - 14) is complete. Following his twofold victory in the open
tournament, Alexander Grischuk (Russia) will challenge Viswanathan Anand
(India), serial winner in the Rheingoldhalle, for the world title in rapid
chess. In Chess960, World Champion Peter Svidler (Russia) will meet Zoltan
Almasi (Ungarn). Four legends of chess will get together to celebrate the 80th
birthday of Wolfgang Unzicker. In addition to the Grandmaster from Munich,
Anatoly Karpov (Russia), Viktor Korchnoi (Switzerland) and Boris Spassky
(France) will play.
Official site: http://www.chesstigers.de/
Torch Real Estate Cup China Chess League
The Torch Real Estate Cup China Chess League first phase took place
April 20th-28th 2005 in Jinan. The 2nd phase took place May 8th-14th, 2005 in
Wuxi, Jiangsu and the 3rd phase June 20th-25th, 2005 in Xiapu, Zhejiang. This
was the first league with 19 teams (male and female players). Games from round
7-13 in Wuxi now available.
Further details: http://www.64.net.cn/,
http://ccl.sports.cn/ and
http://www.chende.net
9th Offene Internationale Bayerische Schach Meisterschaft
9th Bayerische International Chess Open, takes place in Bad Wiessee
takes place 29th October - 6th November 2005.
Further details: http://www.oibm-bad-wiessee.de/
15th Heart of Finland Open
The 15th Heart of Finland Open takes place in Jyväskylä, July
18th-24th 2005. The tournament will be a 10 round Swiss system. Tournament is
ELO-rated and there are possibilities to reach FIDE title norms. Venue:
IT-Dynamo, street address Piippukatu 2, Lutakko, Jyväskylä.
Prizes: Total prize fund approximately 7000 EUR, 1st prize 1500 EUR,
lots of rating group prizes.
Registration / Info: Sami Hämäläinen +358 9 791140,
mobile +358 40 5123864, email aurifera@kolumbus.fi
Official website: http://www.shakki.net/turnaukset/hof05/en/
IX Open The "Battle Of Senta 1697"
The IX Open The "Battle Of Senta 1697" takes place 15th-22nd July 2005.
A and B Groups and also Rapid and Blitz tournaments. Senta is in Serbia and
Montenegro.
Details: http://www.scgchess.org/2005/event/0507sen.htm
World Youth Chess Championship
The World Youth Chess Championship 2005 takes place in Belfort, France
18th-29th July 2005.
Official site: http://www.belfort-echecs.com
US Championship
The U.S. Chess Championship returns to San Diego from February 22nd -
March 5th 2006 and will be held at its new permanent home at NTC Promenade.
The tournament will feature a 64-player field, composed of 19 seeded
players (as determined by the October 2005 U.S.C.F Rating List), 43 tournament
qualifiers (two of which being online) and 2 wild cards selected by the AF4C.
The seeded players include the defending U.S. Champion, Hikaru Nakamura;
Women's Champion, Rusudan Goletiani; the 2004 Chess Café.com Grand Prix
winner, Aleks Wojtkiewicz; the 2005 U.S. Junior Champion; the 2005 U.S. Senior
Champion; 8 top-rated Overall players, and 6 top-rated female players from the
rating list. A new, innovative qualifying process will see one spot decided by
the player who - while not qualifying directly- accumulates the highest score
from playing in as many (or all!) of the qualifying tournaments. After each
tournament, the latest placing for this Qualifier Grand Prix will be posted on
the dedicated U.S. Championship website.
Details:http://www.uschesschampionship.com
Obrenovac Open
The Obrenovac Open takes place 22nd-30th November 2005. The event takes
place in Belgrade, Serbia-Montenegro. 9 rounds Swiss, Prize found: 5250 EURO.
First prize: 1000 EURO Info contact: IO Nagy Laszlo, e-mail:
firstsat@hu.inter.net
Lugano International Open
The Lugano International Open takes place 18th-20th November 2005. in
the Hotel Meister, Via San Salvatore 11, 6902 Lugano-Paradiso 6 round Swiss
Schweizer System 36 moves in 90 Mins + 30 Mins for the rest of the game.
Further details: http://luganoscacchi.ch/
Neuhausen Open
The Neuhausen Open took place 26th-29th May 2005.
Details:
http://www.wnet24.de/sc-neuhausen/Open%202005/a-opentabelleframe.html
Euro Chess Tournament and Stork Young Masters
The 2005 Euro Chess Tournament, will be played in Hengelo (Netherlands)
August 8th-13th 2005. The Euro Chess Tournament is organised by the Caïssa
Foundation and the Royal Dutch Chess Federation.
The Euro Chess Tournament includes the 32nd Dutch Open Youth
Championship groups U10, U12, U14, U16 and U20. In the Open we expect in
between 600 and 700 players from all over Europe. The Dutch Open is a perfect
mix of chess for recreation and top level
The second tournament played in the same week is the Stork Young
Masters, a 20 player invitation group which will play 9 rounds Swiss. The
topplayers in the group will be 5 GM's, all under 20 years old. We are still
looking for some players for the Stork Young Masters. Please contact tournament
director Albert Vasse (albert.vasse@home.nl) if you have candidates to
participate.
All information on the tournament is available in English, German,
French and Dutch at http://www.onjk.nl
Enrollment is also through this website.
2nd Samba Cup
The 2nd Samba Cup will take place 14th to 23rd October 2005 in
Skanderborg, Denmark.
A-group will be at least cat. 16. B and C-group will be cats. 8/9 and
3/4 if played. All groups 10 players round-robin. Interested players for any
group are welcome to contact organiser Michael Andersson at
gm@skanderborgskakklub.dk.
Web site is under construction but will be
http://www.skanderborgskakklub.dk/gm2005
17th Cannes Summer International Open
The 17th Cannes Summer International Open takes place July 25th-31st
2005.
Rated FFE and FIDE - Participation of GMI - Tournament A for 2100 or
more - Tournament B for 2000 or less - Players between 2000 et 2100 can choose
their tournament - 9 rounds - Time Control 1 h 40 for 40 moves + 20 min with 30
seconds added by move - Check-in obligatory Monday 25 from 10 h to 14 h -
Special prizes for categories
Further details: http://www.cannes-echecs.org
Politiken Cup 2005
The Politiken Cup part of the Copenhagen Chess Festival and 27th
Copenhagen Open takes place July 16th-24th 2005. Entries include: 1 GM Curt
Hansen 2 GM Viktor Korchnoi 3 GM Petr Kiriakov 4 GM Sune Berg Hansen 5 GM Igor
Kurnosov 6 GM Nick E. de Firmian 7 GM Murray Chandler 8 IM Davor Palo 9 GM
Jonny Hector 10 GM Lars Schandorff 11 GM Arkadi Eremeevich Vul 12 FM Christoph
Wisnewski 13 IM Ole Jakobsen
Details: http://www.politikencup.dk/
Olomouc Chess Summer
8th International Chess Festival Olomouc Chess Summer 2005 which is
part of the 5th International Chess Festivals Series CZECH TOUR 2005/2006. The
event takes place in Olomouc (Czech Republic) 3rd-11th August 2005.
Round-robin GM and IM tournaments, FIDE open, seniors tournament, open
tournament in active chess and blitz tournament are part of the festival.
Further details: http://www.czechtour.net
2nd European Amateur Chess Championship
2nd European Amateurs Championship was transferred to Pardubice (CZE)
and will take place on 20.-31.7. 2005 within the frame of CZECH OPEN 2005
festival. The registration deadline without additional charge is prolonged till
30.6. 2005.
Detailed information at:
http://www.czechopen.net/news/index.php,
other information about the festival at http://www.czechopen.net.
Ikaros Chess Festival
The Ikaros Chess Festival will take place 9th-22nd July 2005. The
Festival has been held for the last 27 years on Ikaria island.
This year's events include the traditional open international
tournament "Open Aegean Championship" (12th-20th July) as well as plenty of
other side events such as Junior, Ladies, Veteran, blitz, rapid and
simultaneous exhibition events, blindfold chess, chess lectures and many
others.
Details: http://www.chess.gr/ikaros/
World Amateur Chess Championship
The World Amateur Chess Championship 2005 takes place in Piestany
(Slovakia), July 31st - August 12th 2005. Playing venue - town Piestany is the
world known spa. Total prize fund is 5000 EUR All players should register
before May 31st 2005.
Further information (regulations, registration form, information about
playing venue) at the official web site: http://www.wacc2005.chess.sk
15th European Team Championship
The 15th European Team Championship takes place July 29th-August 8th
2005 in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Official site: http://www.goteborgchess2005.se/
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
and an update:
http://www.jovanpetronic.com/fidetrainerscommittee2.htm
Biel GM Tournament
The field of the Biel GM Tournament is now known. The event takes place
16th-29th July 2005.
Further info: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch
Biel Grandmaster Tournament 2005:
Boris Gelfand ISR Elo 2713
Andrei Volokitin UKR 2679
Hikaru Nakamura USA 2657
Christian Bauer FRA 2640
Yannick Pelletier SUI 2610
Magnus Carlsen NOR 2548
Category 16, Elo 2641
Dortmund 2005
The Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting takes place 8th-17th July 2005
(rest day 13th) in the Civic Theatre Vladimir Kramnik plays in this event which
is a 10 player all-play-all.
Participants: Vladimir Kramnik, Peter Leko, Veselin Topalov, Peter
Svidler, Michael Adams, Etienne Bacrot, Loek van Wely, Peter Heine Nielsen,
Emil Sutovsky, Arkadij Naiditsch.
Pairings: 1. Round: Fri 08.07. Leko - Van Wely Adams - Topalov Naiditsch
- Sutovsky Kramnik - Svidler Nielsen - Bacrot 2. Round: Sat 09.07. Van Wely -
Bacrot Topalov - Naiditsch Sutovsky - Kramnik Svidler - Nielsen Leko - Adams 3.
Round: Sun 10.07. Adams - Van Wely Kramnik - Topalov Nielsen - Sutovsky Bacrot
- Svidler Naiditsch - Leko 4. Round: Mon 11.07. Van Wely - Svidler Topalov -
Nielsen Sutovsky - Bacrot Leko - Kramnik Adams - Naiditsch 5. Round: Tue 12.07.
Naiditsch - Van Wely Bacrot - Topalov Svidler - Sutovsky Nielsen - Leko Kramnik
- Adams 6. Round: Thur 14.07. Van Wely - Sutovsky Topalov - Svidler Leko -
Bacrot Adams - Nielsen Naiditsch - Kramnik 7. Round: Fri 15.07. Kramnik - Van
Wely Sutovsky - Topalov Svidler - Leko Bacrot - Adams Nielsen - Naiditsch 8.
Round: Sat 16.07. Van Wely - Topalov Leko - Sutovsky Adams - Svidler Naiditsch
- Bacrot Kramnik - Nielsen 9. Round: Sun 17.07. Nielsen - Van Wely Topalov -
Leko Sutovsky - Adams Svidler - Naiditsch Bacrot - Kramnik
In addition is the Sparkassen Open which is divided into two classes:
Open A (Open ELO Tournament) and Open B (Amateur Open). The venue will be the
town hall (Rathaus) of the City of Dortmund at Friedensplatz. Each day play
begins at 11 a.m.. The conditions for the Open Tournaments, with information on
registration, may be found on the internet under
http://www.schachfreunde-brackel.de
as well as on the official organizers’ homepage
http://www.chessgate.de/do2005.
Official site: http://www.chessgate.de/do2005/
4th Condom Open
The 4th Condom open takes place 9th-16th July 2005. (south-west of
France) Prizes found 7000 € - 1st :1100 €.
Possibilities for GM and IM norm. Economical accommodation (boarding school) /
campings / hotels. E-Mail contact: echecs.condom@free.fr
Further details : http://echecs.condom.free.fr
XXIII Open Andorra
The XXIII Andorra Open takes place 9th-17th July 2005.
Official site: http://www.feva.ad/
Instructional Tactics
There is an instructional tactical site at:
http://www.chesstactics.org compiled
by Ward Farnsworth.
Canadian Open
The Canadian Open takes place July 9th-17th 2005.
GMs Vassily Ivanchuk and Alexei Shirov have confirmed their
participation, as well as Alex Shabalov and some Canadian Grandmasters. Shirov
will give a lecture during the event.
The official website is:
http://www.edmontonchess.org/CdnOpen2005/
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
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
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
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
) .
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
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 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
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: 6 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
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.
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.
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
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