THE WEEK IN CHESS 560 1st August 2005 by Mark Crowther
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My thanks to David Cohen, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Thierry Foissez,
Gary Kenworthy, Jon Haskel, Jean Christophe Pirini, Jovan Petronic, Hugo Boss,
Pierre Bourget, Albert Vasse, Roberto Alvarez, Jack Peters, Luis Blasco de la
Cruz, Joan Vivancos Reguero and everyone else who helped with the issue.
The main event is the start of the 15th European Team Championship in
Gothenburg. The event has four top 10 players and many, many in the top 100.
The early rounds saw favourites Russia held by Azerbaijan but they're by far
the strongest team so should still take first place fairly comfortably. Andrei
Volokitin and Boris Gelfand finished on 6/10 in Biel a point clear of the
field.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The 15th European Team Championship takes place July 29th-August 8th
2005 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Round 1 Saturday July 30th 2005. The event sees the
participation of a number of the world's strongest players including top 10ers
Vassily Ivanchuk, Peter Svidler, Etienne Bacrot, and Levon Aronian. The
favourites Russia have already been held to a draw by Azerbaijan.
Selected Teams:
1) Russia (2692): Peter Svidler 2738, Alexey Dreev 2698, Alexander
Motylev 2675 Evgeny Bareev 2688, Artem Timofeev 2661
2) Israel (2659): Boris Gelfand 2724, Emil Sutovsky 2674, Ilia Smirin
2652, Boris Avrukh 2652, Sergey Erenburg 2595.
3) Armenia (2653): Vladimir Akopian 2705, Levon Aronian 2724, Rafael
Vaganian 2614, Smbat Lputian 2629, Ashot Anastasian 2595.
4) France (2652): Etienne Bacrot 2729 Joël Lautier 2672 Laurent
Fressinet 2627 Christian Bauer 2641 Iossif Dorfman 2592
5) Ukraine (2647): Vassily Ivanchuk 2752, Oleksander Moiseyenko 2664,
Sergey Karjakin 2645, Pavlo Eljanov 2639, Yuri Kuzubov 2535
...England (2551): Luke McShane 2625, Jonathan Speelman 2549, Daniel
Gormally 2557, Peter Wells 2529, Nick Pert 2493
Official site: http://www.goteborgchess2005.se/.
With live games, PGN, reports and results. Good site.
Men's Round 2 Standings
Rank Team + = - MP Pts.
1 Sweden 1 2 0 0 4 6½
2 France 2 0 0 4 6
3 Israel 2 0 0 4 6
4 Germany 2 0 0 4 5½
5 Netherlands 2 0 0 4 5½
6 Armenia 1 1 0 3 6
7 Denmark 1 1 0 3 5½
8 Azerbaijan 1 1 0 3 5½
9 Bulgaria 1 1 0 3 5½
10 Switzerland 1 1 0 3 5½
11 Poland 1 1 0 3 5
Greece 1 1 0 3 5
13 Romania 1 1 0 3 5
14 Russia 1 1 0 3 4½
15 Georgia 1 1 0 3 4½
16 Sweden 2 1 0 1 2 5½
17 Croatia 1 0 1 2 5½
18 England 1 0 1 2 5
19 Ukraine 1 0 1 2 4½
20 Czech Republic 1 0 1 2 4
21 Hungary 1 0 1 2 4
22 Serbia and Montenegro 1 0 1 2 4
23 Scotland 1 0 1 2 4
24 Italy 1 0 1 2 4
25 Estonia 1 0 1 2 3½
26 Spain 1 0 1 2 3½
27 Slovenia 1 0 1 2 3
28 Iceland 1 0 1 2 3
29 Lithuania 0 1 1 1 3½
30 Ireland 0 1 1 1 3
Belgium 0 1 1 1 3
32 Sweden 3 0 1 1 1 2
33 Macedonia 0 0 2 0 2½
Finland 0 0 2 0 2½
35 Luxemburg 0 0 2 0 2
36 Austria 0 0 2 0 2
37 Norway 0 0 2 0 2
38 Turkey 0 0 2 0 2
39 Wales 0 0 2 0 ½
40 Cyprus 0 0 2 0 0
Women's Round 2 Standings:
Rank Team + = - MP Pts.
1 Romania 2 0 0 4 7
2 Russia 2 0 0 4 6½
3 Greece 2 0 0 4 6
4 Armenia 2 0 0 4 5½
5 Germany 1 1 0 3 6
6 Georgia 1 1 0 3 5½
7 Bulgaria 1 1 0 3 5½
8 France 1 1 0 3 4½
9 Ukraine 1 1 0 3 4½
10 Poland 1 1 0 3 4½
11 Lithuania 1 0 1 2 5½
12 Netherlands 1 0 1 2 4½
13 Croatia 1 0 1 2 4½
14 Hungary 1 0 1 2 4
15 Sweden 1 1 0 1 2 4
16 Spain 1 0 1 2 4
17 Serbia and Montenegro 1 0 1 2 3½
18 Israel 1 0 1 2 3
19 Turkey 0 1 1 1 3
20 England 0 1 1 1 3
21 Czech Republic 0 0 2 0 3
22 Slovenia 0 0 2 0 2
23 Sweden 2 0 0 2 0 2
24 Iceland 0 0 2 0 1½
25 Austria 0 0 2 0 1
26 Switzerland 0 0 2 0 0
The Biel GM Tournament took place 17th-29th July 2005. Andrei Volokitin
drew in the final round and was caught by Boris Gelfand who beat Hikaru
Nakamura (who lost his final three games). Almira Skripchenko edged out
Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi on tie-break after both made 6.5/10. Mikhail Kobalia
won the MTO Open with 8.5/11. Games from rounds 8-11 of the open are missing.
Further details: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch
Round 9 (July 26, 2005)
Gelfand, Boris - Volokitin, Andrei 1/2 32 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Pelletier, Yannick - Nakamura, Hikaru 1-0 31 E97 King's Indian Classical
Carlsen, Magnus - Bauer, Christian 1/2 60 B27 Sicilian Early Fianchetto
Round 10 (July 27, 2005)
Volokitin, Andrei - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 26 C42 Petroff's Defence
Nakamura, Hikaru - Gelfand, Boris 0-1 39 B96 Sicilian Najdorf
Bauer, Christian - Pelletier, Yannick 1-0 41 E20 Nimzo Indian
GM Biel SUI (SUI), 17-12 vii 2005 cat. XVI (2638)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2671 ** == =1 == == 1= 6.0 2703
2 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2724 == ** == =1 1= == 6.0 2692
3 Pelletier, Yannick g SUI 2603 =0 == ** 01 10 =1 5.0 2644
4 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2660 == =0 10 ** 10 == 4.5 2597
5 Bauer, Christian g FRA 2641 == 0= 01 01 ** == 4.5 2601
6 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2528 0= == =0 == == ** 4.0 2587
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Accentus Ladies Biel SUI (SUI), 17-12 vii 2005 cat. VII (2420)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Skripchenko, Almira m FRA 2437 ** 10 == =1 == 11 6.5 2527
2 Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman m IND 2414 01 ** == 01 11 =1 6.5 2531
3 Gaponenko, Inna m UKR 2439 == == ** 1= 1= 10 6.0 2488
4 Paehtz, Elisabeth m GER 2421 =0 10 0= ** == =1 4.5 2384
5 Sedina, Elena m ITA 2402 == 00 0= == ** 01 3.5 2314
6 Korbut, Ekaterina wg RUS 2409 00 =0 01 =0 10 ** 3.0 2273
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MTO Open Biel SUI (SUI), 18-29 vii 2005
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1. Kobalia, Mikhail g RUS 2614 8.5 56.0
2. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2625 8.0 52.5
3. Tseshkovsky, Vitaly g RUS 2599 7.5 51.5
4. Kritz, Leonid g GER 2544 7.5 50.5
5. Milov, Vadim g SUI 2645 7.5 50.0
6. Golod, Vitali g ISR 2582 7.5 49.0
7. Bocharov, Dmitry g RUS 2574 7.5 48.5
8. Roiz, Michael g ISR 2593 7.5 47.5
9. Pavlovic, Milos g SCG 2471 7.5 47.0
10. Sriram, Jha m IND 2437 7.5 44.0
11. Cvitan, Ognjen g CRO 2491 7.0 46.0
12. Nemet, Ivan g SUI 2353 7.0 45.5
13. Raetsky, Alexander m RUS 2453 7.0 45.0
14. Ulibin, Mikhail g RUS 2529 7.0 44.5
15. Costa, Jean-Luc m SUI 2381 7.0 44.5
16. Wohl, Aleksandar H m AUS 2403 7.0 44.0
17. Sutter, Oliver f SUI 2392 7.0 43.0
18. Klovans, Janis g LAT 2463 7.0 42.5
19. Rukavina, Josip m CRO 2419 7.0 39.5
20. Masserey, Yvan f SUI 2338 7.0 37.0
21. Meijers, Viesturs g LAT 2479 6.5 44.0
22. Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2511 6.5 43.5
23. Dvoirys, Semen I g RUS 2589 6.5 42.5
24. Huss, Andreas m SUI 2329 6.5 41.0
25. Peschlow, Patrick f GER 2318 6.5 39.5
26. Giertz, Niklaus f SUI 2247 6.5 39.5
27. Berczes, David f HUN 2495 6.5 37.0
28. Heedt, Thorsten GER 2175 6.5 35.0
29. Potterat, Marc SUI 2189 6.5 29.5
98 players
The Smith & Williamson British Chess Championships 2005 takes place
in the Isle of Man, 1st-13th August 2005.
Official site with live coverage:
http://www.bcfservices.org.uk/live2005/
Round 1 Pairings 1st August 2005
Bd WHITE BLACK
1 ROWSON,Jonathan 2599 (0) - STOREY,Charles 2211 (0) 1 24
2 TIPPLESTON,Charl 2203 (0) - EMMS,John M 2509 (0) 25 2
3 CONQUEST,Stuart 2503 (0) - WHITE,Michael JR 2200 (0) 3 26
4 NIXON,Thomas C M 2195 (0) - WARD,Chris G 2485 (0) 27 4
5 WILLIAMS,Simon K 2461 (0) - DIGNAM,Matthew P 2194 (0) 5 28
6 MITCHELL,Martin 2172 (0) - JONES,Gawain C 2442 (0) 29 6
7 GREET,Andrew N 2425 (0) - EGGLESTON,Thomas 2166 (0) 7 30
8 SURTEES,Mike 2142 (0) - PERT,Richard 2424 (0) 31 8
9 HASLINGER,Stewar 2412 (0) - EGGLESTON,David 2138 (0) 9 32
10 TAYLOR,Geoffrey 2135 (0) - GORDON,Stephen 2390 (0) 33 10
11 KNOTT,Simon J B 2382 (0) - WATERS,Michael 2125 (0) 11 34
12 CUMBERS,Paul 2118 (0) - SOWRAY,Peter J 2364 (0) 35 12
13 LITTLEWOOD,Paul 2355 (0) - BONAFONT,Philip 2116 (0) 13 36
14 HUMPHREYS,Jerry 2115 (0) - MORRISON,Graham 2322 (0) 37 14
15 WOODWARD,Timothy 2313 (0) - PYM,Thomas W 2099 (0) 15 38
16 VARNAM,Liam 2088 (0) - ASHTON,Adam 2294 (0) 39 16
17 THERRIEN,Alex 2294 (0) - DE COVERLY,Roger 2086 (0) 17 40
18 POOBALASINGAM,Pe 2067 (0) - JESSEL,Stephen 2285 (0) 41 18
19 RUDD,Jack 2268 (0) - CHAPLIN,Peter 2062 (0) 19 42
20 MCDONNELL,James 2054 (0) - MASON,Don 2265 (0) 43 20
21 STONE,Andrew 2265 (0) - HALL,Daniel J 2037 (0) 21 44
22 FRASER,Joseph 1959 (0) - HODGSON,John 2225 (0) 45 22
23 RAYNER,Francis 2216 (0) - ILETT,Raymond ---- (0) 23 46
The Mercosur Cup - 100 years of Vicente Lopez County took place in
Olivios July 14th-25th, 2005. The computer program Shredder 9 won both the
Mercosur Cup and ITT events with huge scores, it seemed to have some problems
in the early rounds drawing its only game in the ITT event in the first round
against the player who eventually finished clear last and dropping its only
points in the main event in rounds 2-3. News Roberto Alvarez.
Official site: http://www.ajedrezmartelli.org.ar
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Mercosur Cup Vicente Lopez ARG (ARG), 14-25 vii 2005 cat. VII (2415)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
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1. SHREDDER ---- * 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2753
2. Rodriguez, Andres g URU 2523 0 * 1 = 0 = 1 1 = = 1 6.0 2476
3. Lafuente, Pablo m ARG 2435 1 0 * = = = 1 = 1 = 0 5.5 2449
4. Valerga, Diego m ARG 2499 = = = * = 1 0 1 = = = 5.5 2443
5. Fernandez, Daniel f USA 2406 0 1 = = * 0 = = = = 1 5.0 2416
6. Mieles Palau, Daniel m ECU 2476 0 = = 0 1 * 0 = = 1 = 4.5 2373
7. Alonso, Salvador m ARG 2457 0 0 0 1 = 1 * 0 1 0 1 4.5 2375
8. Garcia Palermo, Carlos g ARG 2467 0 0 = 0 = = 1 * 0 1 1 4.5 2374
9. Slipak, Sergio g ARG 2489 0 = 0 = = = 0 1 * = = 4.0 2336
10. Scarella, Enrique m ARG 2367 0 = = = = 0 1 0 = * 0 3.5 2310
11. Cubas, Jose Fernando m PAR 2451 0 0 1 = 0 = 0 0 = 1 * 3.5 2301
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ITT Vicente Lopez ARG (ARG), 14-25 vii 2005 cat. II (2276)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
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1. SHREDDER ---- * 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 9.5 2774
2. Flores, Diego m ARG 2513 0 * = 0 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 7.0 2401
3. Fusco, Leonardo ARG 2278 0 = * = 1 = = = 1 1 1 6.5 2386
4. Della Morte, Pablo f ARG 2271 0 1 = * = = 0 0 1 1 1 5.5 2313
5. Granara Barreto, Sebastian A f URU 2223 0 0 0 = * = = 1 = 1 1 5.0 2281
6. Valiente, Cristobal m PAR 2328 0 0 = = = * = 1 = 0 1 4.5 2235
7. Paglilla, Carlos m ARG 2386 0 0 = 1 = = * = = = 0 4.0 2193
8. Lopez Gonzalez, Daniel ESP 2225 0 0 = 1 0 0 = * = = 1 4.0 2209
9. Zuriel, Marisa wf ARG 2207 0 = 0 0 = = = = * = 1 4.0 2211
10. De Dovitiis, Alejo f ARG 2345 0 0 0 0 0 1 = = = * 1 3.5 2159
11. Prates, Fabiano BRA 2265 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 * 1.5 1981
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The World Youth Chess Championship 2005 took place in Belfort, France
18th-29th July 2005. Ildar Khairullin won the main Boys under-18 event for
Russia on tie-break from Radoslaw Wojtaskzek of Poland both scored 8.5/11. In
the girls under-18 event Maka Purtseladze of Georgia edged out Bathuyag
Mongontuul of Mongolia and Joanna Majdan of Poland on tie-break all too scoring
8.5/11.
Official site: http://www.belfort-echecs.com and
http://www.echecs.asso.fr/Default.aspx?lg=en
YWCC BU18
Pl Name Elo Fed Pts Cu. Cu. Cu.
1 KHAIRULLIN Ildar m 2538 RUS 8,5 24446
2 WOJTASZEK Radoslaw g 2591 POL 8,5 24136
4 STOPA Jacek 2460 POL 8 24395
3 BLUVSHTEIN Mark g 2525 CAN 8 24352
5 TOMASHEVSKY Evgeny g 2555 RUS 8 24012
6 VITIUGOV Nikita 2519 RUS 7,5 51 50,5 50,5
7 MORANDA Wojciech f 2453 POL 7,5 50,5 49,5 49,5
8 PASHIKIAN Arman m 2442 ARM 7,5 49,5 48,5 48,5
9 ROMANOV Evgeny f 2451 RUS 7,5 47,5 46,5 46,5
10 AMIN Bassem m 2400 EGY 7,5 47 46 46
11 KHUSNUTDINOV Rustam f 2354 KAZ 7,5 45 45 45
12 JONES Gawain C. m 2442 ENG 7 47 46 46
13 RODSHTEIN Maxim 2459 ISR 7 47 46 46
14 PAPP Gabor m 2474 HUN 7 44 43 43
15 VALEANU Eduard-Andrei 2398 ROM 7 43,5 42,5 42,5
16 ALSINA LEAL Daniel 2322 ESP 7 42,5 42,5 42,5
17 MILMAN Lev f 2459 USA 7 42,5 41,5 41,5
18 DEEPAN CHAKKRAVARTHY m 2465 IND 7 41,5 40,5 40,5
19 NETZER Jean f 2378 FRA 7 41 40 40
20 MICHIELSEN Joost 2320 NED 7 40 39 39
21 RAGGER Markus f 2434 AUT 6,5 44,5 43,5 43,5
22 BRAUN Arik m 2475 GER 6,5 43,5 43 43
23 WEN Yang 2327 CHN 6,5 43,5 42,5 42,5
24 SENGUPTA Deep m 2414 IND 6,5 42,5 42 42
25 BRKIC Ante m 2477 CRO 6,5 42,5 41,5 41,5
26 TUKHAEV Adam 2438 UKR 6,5 42 41 41
27 GRIGOROV Grigor 2400 BUL 6,5 41 40 40
28 CIFKA Stanislav 2347 CZE 6,5 39,5 39,5 39,5
29 BOGOSAVLJEVIC Boban 2302 SCG 6,5 37,5 36,5 36,5
30 CUENCA JIMENEZ Jose f 2351 ESP 6,5 36,5 35,5 35,5
31 MIKKELSEN Nikolaj 2246 DEN 6,5 35,5 35,5 35,5
32 GOROVETS Andrey f 2360 BLR 6,5 35,5 35 35
33 ESENOV Annaberdi 2126 TKM 6,5 32,5 32,5 32,5
105 players
YWCC BU16
Pl Name Elo Fed Pts Cu. Cu. Cu.
1 LENDERMAN Alex f 2378 USA 9 50 49 49
2 NEPOMNIACHTCHI Ian m 2502 RUS 8,5 23675
3 VACHIER-LAGRAVE Maxime m 2527 FRA 8,5 23398
4 WARAKOMSKI Tomasz f 2375 POL 8 56 55 55
5 TROFIMOV Sergey 2411 RUS 8 48,5 47,5 47,5
6 SZABO Krisztian m 2422 HUN 8 48 47 47
7 TOMCZAK Jacek 2329 POL 8 46,5 45,5 45,5
8 MONSIEUX Cyril 2206 FRA 8 42 41 41
9 BINDRICH Falko f 2391 GER 7,5 53 52 52
10 GOGINENNI Rohith 2387 IND 7,5 52 51 51
11 NGUYEN Ngoc Truongson g 2554 VIE 7,5 49 48 48
12 BRENER Ilja f 2316 GER 7,5 48 47 47
13 WU Li 2252 ENG 7,5 47,5 46,5 46,5
14 KHARCHENKO Boris 2370 UKR 7,5 46 45 45
15 KALASHIAN David 2292 ARM 7,5 45,5 44,5 44,5
16 STUPAK Kirill 2331 BLR 7,5 45 44 44
17 BRUNELLO Sabino f 2373 ITA 7,5 44,5 43,5 43,5
18 SANIKIDZE Tornike f 2417 GEO 7,5 44 43 43
19 RONCHETTI Niccolo f 2395 ITA 7,5 43 42,5 42,5
20 EDOUARD Romain 2334 FRA 7 48 47 47
21 MINGACHEV Mansur f 2337 RUS 7 47 46 46
22 TOUFIGHI Homayoon 2170 IRI 7 46 45 45
23 OLSZEWSKI Michal f 2399 POL 7 45,5 44,5 44,5
24 KRIVOBORODOV Egor 2390 RUS 7 43,5 43,5 43,5
25 VOLODIN Aleksandr 2159 EST 7 42,5 41,5 41,5
26 LAPCEVIC Milos 2269 SCG 7 42 41 41
27 CASPI Israel 2241 ISR 7 41 40 40
28 BACHMANN Axel f 2410 PAR 7 39 39 39
29 AZALADZE Shota 2358 GEO 7 36 35 35
30 KIRATZOPOULOS Efthimios 2059 GRE 7 35 35 35
31 GALLEGO Andres 2187 COL 7 33 33 33
153 players
YWCC BU14
Pl Name Elo Fed Pts Cu. Cu. Cu.
1 LE Quang Liem f 2326 VIE 9 54 53 53
2 BOYCHEV Mariyan 2240 BUL 8,5 58,5 57,5 57,5
3 MATLAKOV Maxim 2399 RUS 8,5 55,5 54,5 54,5
4 SALGADO LOPEZ Ivan 2340 ESP 8,5 47 46 46
5 HESS Robert L 2278 USA 8 51 50 50
6 ZHAO Nan 2276 CHN 8 49,5 48,5 48,5
7 CHIRILA Ioan Cristian 2350 ROM 8 47 47 47
8 WEI Chenpeng f 2406 CHN 8 46,5 45,5 45,5
9 SANDEEP Y. 2189 IND 7,5 54 53 53
10 PAP Gyula 2384 HUN 7,5 51 50 50
11 ROZUM Ivan 2297 RUS 7,5 50 49 49
12 LENIART Arkadiusz 2269 POL 7,5 48,5 47,5 47,5
13 FELLER Sebastien 2282 FRA 7,5 47,5 47,5 47,5
14 ROGANOVIC Milos 2228 SCG 7,5 47 46 46
15 BENIDZE David 2243 GEO 7,5 46 45 45
16 CORDOVA Emilio f 2422 PER 7,5 45,5 44,5 44,5
17 SHYAM Nikil P. 1962 IND 7,5 38,5 38,5 38,5
18 HUSCHENBETH Niclas 2180 GER 7 48,5 47,5 47,5
19 JU Evan D 2149 USA 7 46 45 45
20 RECUERO GUERRA David 2261 ESP 7 46 45 45
21 LY Moulthun 2117 AUS 7 44,5 43,5 43,5
22 KRUGLYAKOV Pavlo 2242 UKR 7 44,5 43,5 43,5
23 PEREIRA Ruben Miguel Nunes 2239 POR 7 43 42 42
24 SIMONIAN Tigran 1599 ARM 7 40,5 39,5 39,5
25 BOGNER Sebastian 2361 GER 7 40 39 39
26 KANMAZALP Ogulcan 1599 TUR 7 35,5 35,5 35,5
27 UTEGALIEV A 2249 KAZ 6,5 46 45 45
28 TVARIJONAS Povilas 2174 LTU 6,5 46 45 45
29 MARTINOVIC Sasa 2139 CRO 6,5 44,5 44 44
30 ARNOLD Marc T 2087 USA 6,5 44,5 43,5 43,5
31 MAMMADOV Ayaz 2037 AZE 6,5 41,5 40,5 40,5
32 ESPINOSA ARANDA Angel 2108 ESP 6,5 40 40 40
33 RENTSEN Erdenetulga 1599 MGL 6,5 40 39,5 39,5
34 LEHMANN Marco 2103 SUI 6,5 40 39 39
35 NABATY Tamir 2140 ISR 6,5 39 38 38
36 HAWRAMI Dana 2075 ENG 6,5 38,5 37,5 37,5
37 MODWAL Sankalp 2060 IND 6,5 38,5 37,5 37,5
38 DAVIES Noam 1599 CAN 6,5 37,5 36,5 36,5
39 PLATZGUMMER Fabian 2032 AUT 6,5 37 37 37
40 IKEDA Junta 1999 AUS 6,5 35,5 35 35
136 players
YWCC BU12
Pl Name Elo Fed Pts Cu. Cu. Cu.
1 NARAYANAN Srinath 2084 IND 8,5 59 58 58
2 SJUGIROV Sanan f 2358 RUS 8,5 57,5 56,5 56,5
3 TER SAHAKYAN Samvel f 2140 ARM 8,5 52 51 51
4 SO Wesley f 2165 PHI 8,5 50,5 49,5 49,5
5 HOU Yifan ff 2158 CHN 8 53,5 52,5 52,5
6 ROBSON Ray 2021 USA 8 50 49 49
7 IERMITO Sebastian 2134 ARG 8 50 49 49
8 POPILSKI Gil 2120 ISR 8 48,5 48 48
9 NEGI Parimarjan 2376 IND 8 48,5 47,5 47,5
10 ZHAO Parker 2029 USA 8 48 47 47
11 STRZEMIECKI Zbigniew 2195 POL 8 45,5 44,5 44,5
12 RAJESH V A V 2157 IND 7,5 51,5 50,5 50,5
13 SETHURAMAN S.P. 2203 IND 7,5 51 50 50
14 MOHAMMAD Saeed Ishaq f 2120 UAE 7,5 46 45 45
15 RZAYEV Bahruz 1599 AZE 7,5 43,5 43 43
16 CHAN Yi-Ren Daniel 1988 SIN 7,5 41 40 40
17 NYZHNYK Illya 2131 UKR 7 49,5 48,5 48,5
18 ARRIBAS LOPEZ Angel 2140 ESP 7 45,5 45,5 45,5
19 JAVAKHADZE Zurab 2135 GEO 7 45 44 44
20 RAHIMOV Rahmatjon 1599 UZB 7 42 41 41
21 SALEM A.R.Saleh f 2044 UAE 7 40,5 39,5 39,5
22 PAVLIDIS Antonios 1989 GRE 7 40 40 40
23 GRAF Felix 2168 GER 7 39 39 39
24 MESKOVS Nikita 1599 LAT 7 36 36 36
25 COUSTANCE Kevin 1599 FRA 7 35 35 35
26 OSPANOV Nazar 1599 KAZ 6,5 49,5 48,5 48,5
27 MIHOK Oliver 2157 HUN 6,5 47 46 46
28 SWIERCZ Dariusz f 2138 POL 6,5 43,5 42,5 42,5
29 FIRAT Burak 1599 TUR 6,5 41 40 40
30 PRSASANNA Raghuram Rao 2027 IND 6,5 40,5 39,5 39,5
31 CORLATESCU Dragos 1928 ROM 6,5 39,5 39 39
32 BELOUS Vladimir 2218 RUS 6,5 38 37 37
33 ZELBEL Patrick 1927 GER 6,5 38 37 37
34 JIANG Mike 1806 SUI 6,5 36,5 36,5 36,5
35 FEVRE Mathieu 2003 FRA 6,5 34,5 34 34
36 DIONISI Thomas 1989 FRA 6,5 33,5 32,5 32,5
37 WEI Tongzeu 1599 CHN 6,5 32,5 32,5 32,5
125 players
YWCC BU10
Pl Name Elo Fed Pts Cu. Cu. Cu.
1 GROVER Sahaj 1955 IND 9 60,5 59,5 59,5
2 BUKAVSHIN Ivan 2029 RUS 9 55,5 54,5 54,5
3 BAJARANI Ulvi 1599 AZE 8,5 53 52 52
4 FU Xiaoyong 1599 CHN 8,5 46,5 45,5 45,5
5 NARODITSKY Daniel 1599 USA 8 52 51 51
6 YEAP Eng Chiam 1599 MAS 8 50,5 49,5 49,5
7 VAKHIDOV Jakhongir 1599 UZB 8 50 49 49
8 KHOSLA Shiven 1832 IND 8 46 45 45
9 LAURUSAS Tomas 1599 LTU 8 45,5 45 45
10 KRAYUSHKIN Nikita 1599 CAN 7,5 48 47 47
11 CORI Jorge f 2080 PER 7,5 47 46 46
12 SHCHERBINA Yevgeniy 1599 UKR 7,5 46 45 45
13 WARED ALTARBOUSH 1599 SYR 7,5 44 43 43
14 NIKOLOGORSKIY Konstantin 1599 RUS 7 50 49 49
15 DILOYAN Ara 1599 ARM 7 46 45,5 45,5
16 BERADZE Irakli 1599 GEO 7 45,5 44,5 44,5
17 ALCARAZ ORTEGA Javier 1599 ESP 7 45,5 44,5 44,5
18 SANCHEZ IBERN Marc 1914 ESP 7 44 43 43
19 DRAGUN Kamil 1844 POL 7 44 43 43
20 MENESES GONZALEZ Kevin M 1599 ESP 7 44 43 43
21 FERNANDEZ Daniel Howard 1871 SIN 7 43,5 43,5 43,5
22 ABASOV Nijat Azad 2210 AZE 7 41 40 40
23 CABANES Kim 1599 FRA 7 40,5 40 40
24 SRBIS Jurica 1599 CRO 7 40,5 39,5 39,5
25 DASHDORJ Bulgan 1599 MGL 7 36 36 36
26 RAHIMU Sanan 1599 AZE 7 36 35 35
27 GUSEV Nikita 1599 CAN 7 31 31 31
28 TON-THAT Nicolas 1599 FRA 6,5 46,5 45,5 45,5
29 ENG Andre Jerome 1599 SIN 6,5 42,5 41,5 41,5
30 CAO Jiajie 1599 CHN 6,5 42,5 41,5 41,5
31 QU Ziyuan 2242 CHN 6,5 41,5 40,5 40,5
32 OSTOVIC Matija 1599 CRO 6,5 40,5 40,5 40,5
33 MARTINEZ Martin 1599 COL 6,5 40,5 39,5 39,5
34 MONEV Aleksabdar 1599 BUL 6,5 35,5 35 35
35 PALTRINIERI Nicholas 1599 ITA 6,5 31,5 31 31
123 players
YWCC GU18
Pl Name Elo Fed Pts Cu. Cu. Cu.
1 PURTSELADZE Maka m 2313 GEO 8,5 22446
2 MONGONTUUL Bathuyag gf 2391 MGL 8,5 22425
3 MAJDAN Joanna ff 2219 POL 8,5 22017
4 MELIA Salome mf 2305 GEO 8 50 49 49
5 ZAWADZKA Jolanta gf 2402 POL 7,5 53 52 52
6 KOVANOVA Baira 2321 RUS 7,5 48,5 47,5 47,5
7 STOJANOVIC Andjelija ff 2162 SCG 7,5 47 46 46
8 HOANG Thi Bao Tram mf 2267 VIE 7,5 46,5 45,5 45,5
9 DAULETOVA Gulmira 2122 KAZ 7,5 45 44 44
10 SZCZEPKOWSKA Karina ff 2245 POL 7,5 44 43,5 43,5
11 GUICHARD Pauline 2103 FRA 7,5 43 43 43
12 RAEVA Elitsa 2191 BUL 7 46,5 45,5 45,5
13 MARKANTONAKI Haritomeni 2115 GRE 7 40 39 39
14 ISGANDAROVA Khayala 2037 AZE 7 35,5 35 35
15 HOOLT Sarah 2127 GER 6,5 42,5 41,5 41,5
16 SAVTCHENKO Viktoria ff 2202 RUS 6,5 42 41 41
17 POURKASHIYAN Atousa mf 2261 IRI 6,5 42 41 41
18 VEGA GUTIERREZ Sabrina mf 2262 ESP 6,5 41,5 40,5 40,5
19 GILBERT Jessie ff 2151 ENG 6,5 40,5 39,5 39,5
20 SOUMYA Swaminathan 2166 IND 6,5 38,5 37,5 37,5
21 SCHNEIDER Veronika mf 2215 HUN 6,5 38,5 37,5 37,5
22 SAVURKO Alexandra ff 2138 BLR 6,5 38 37 37
23 VINUTHNA N. mf 2268 IND 6,5 36,5 36 36
24 MARTIROSYAN Lia 2120 ARM 6,5 36 35 35
25 SMITH Olivia ff 1955 WLS 6,5 35,5 35,5 35,5
26 BOROSOVA Zuzana 2222 SVK 6 44,5 43,5 43,5
27 SARQUIS Maria Belen 2149 ARG 6 40,5 39,5 39,5
28 PINTOR Ariana ff 2081 POR 6 32 31 31
29 IZA ABETE Amaia 1992 ESP 6 30,5 30,5 30,5
30 STEFAN Elisabeta-Elena 2105 ROM 5,5 40,5 39,5 39,5
31 ROSS Laura ff 2118 USA 5,5 39,5 38,5 38,5
32 ITKIS Khana ff 2101 USA 5,5 39 38 38
33 MORALES MENDOZA Luciana mf 2149 PER 5,5 39 38 38
34 CHOISY Mathilde ff 2113 FRA 5,5 37 36 36
35 MAR Karmen mf 2134 SLO 5,5 36,5 35,5 35,5
36 UNTILA Stela 2065 MDA 5,5 34,5 33,5 33,5
37 DE-ROSA Maria ff 2100 ITA 5,5 34 33,5 33,5
38 BOLON Karelle 2064 FRA 5,5 33,5 33,5 33,5
39 ERGASHEVA Sarvinos 1954 UZB 5,5 32,5 32,5 32,5
40 KANZLER Karina Daniela 1599 BRA 5,5 32,5 32,5 32,5
41 GUSSAKOVSKI Jana 2085 GER 5,5 32,5 31,5 31,5
42 BAYARAA Zorigt 2061 MGL 5,5 32 32 32
43 BREKKE Jorunn Marie 1945 NOR 5,5 31,5 31,5 31,5
44 FRANCO Beatriz ff 2054 COL 5,5 31 31 31
45 MEZIOUD Amina 1984 ALG 5,5 31 30,5 30,5
46 SISCHY Monique Sian 1974 RSA 5,5 27,5 27,5 27,5
75 players
YWCC GU16
Pl Name Elo Fed Pts Cu. Cu. Cu.
1 MUZYCHUK Anna gf 2364 SLO 9 59 58 58
2 MIKADZE Miranda ff 2210 GEO 8,5 53 52 52
3 HAMRAKULOVA Yulduz ff 2114 UZB 8,5 52,5 51,5 51,5
4 IGNACZ Maria 2265 HUN 8 54 53 53
5 HARIKA Dronavalli gf 2396 IND 8 50,5 49,5 49,5
6 GUNINA Valentina ff 2394 RUS 8 47 46 46
7 LEKS Hanna 2173 POL 7,5 49 48 48
8 FOISOR Sabina-Francesca 2230 ROM 7,5 44,5 43,5 43,5
9 KOZJUKOVA Olga 1986 LAT 7,5 42 41 41
10 SAHELI Nath 2187 IND 7 50 49 49
11 CORKE Anya gf 2223 HKG 7 50 49 49
12 PELLETIER Katherine ff 2096 USA 7 47 46 46
13 DARBINIAN Nune 2072 ARM 7 46 45 45
14 BENMESBAH Natacha 2127 FRA 7 46 45 45
15 CONGIU Mathilde ff 2046 FRA 7 42,5 41,5 41,5
16 GOMES Mary Ann 2265 IND 7 42 41 41
17 AMED Stephanie 2001 ARG 7 40,5 39,5 39,5
18 STEFANOVA Milena 2022 BUL 7 34 34 34
19 BATZAYA Yanjav 1908 MGL 6,5 44,5 43,5 43,5
20 RYSBAYEVA Nazerke 1599 KAZ 6,5 43 42,5 42,5
21 MERKULOVA Irina 1599 UKR 6,5 42 41 41
22 GAVRILOVA Anastasia 2082 SUI 6,5 40 39 39
23 LAAKE Jasmin 1936 GER 6,5 40 39 39
24 UMUDOVA Nargiz 2121 AZE 6,5 39,5 39,5 39,5
25 ROBLES GARCIA Claudia 2144 ESP 6,5 39,5 38,5 38,5
26 BAPTISTA Ana Filipa 2025 POR 6,5 39,5 38,5 38,5
27 ZHORZHOLIANI Meri 2019 GEO 6,5 37,5 37 37
28 ATNILOV Bela 2153 ISR 6,5 36 35,5 35,5
29 KHUDAYA Iryna 2043 BLR 6,5 36 35 35
30 RAKIC Marija 2057 SCG 6 42 41 41
31 SHMIRINA Evgenija mf 2157 GER 6 41,5 41 41
32 VAN NIES Pauline 2074 NED 6 40,5 39,5 39,5
33 LAURENS Julia 2034 FRA 6 38 37 37
34 HUDDLESTON Heather 2027 AUS 6 37 36,5 36,5
35 FUCHS Judith 1999 GER 6 36,5 36 36
36 MIDDELVELD Martine 1599 NED 6 35 34 34
37 BOLD Sarantungalag 1599 MGL 6 34 33 33
38 STEIL-ANTONI Fiona 1956 LUX 6 33 33 33
39 ALAVI HOUR Homa 1599 IRI 6 29 29 29
40 YILMAZ Ezgi 1866 TUR 6 28 28 28
96 players
YWCC GU14
Pl Name Elo Fed Pts Cu. Cu. Cu.
1 TAIROVA Elena mf 2232 RUS 9 58,5 57,5 57,5
3 BODNARUK Anastasia ff 2165 RUS 9 55 54 54
2 MUZYCHUK Mariya mf 2113 UKR 9 55 54 54
4 KHARISMA Irine 2010 INA 8,5 51,5 50,5 50,5
5 WINKELMANN Elena 2040 GER 8 50 49 49
6 LE Hoan Tran Chau 1599 VIE 7,5 46,5 45,5 45,5
7 GUADAMURO TORRENTE Ana Isabel 2084 ESP 7,5 46 45 45
8 JUSSUPOW Ekaterina 1992 GER 7,5 37,5 36,5 36,5
9 RAMYA Krishna 2165 IND 7 48 47 47
10 SKINKE Katrina 2100 LAT 7 47,5 46,5 46,5
11 KULON Klaudia ff 2069 POL 7 47 46 46
12 MELEKHINA Alisa ff 2163 USA 7 47 46 46
13 SMITH Hazel ff 2023 CAN 7 45 44 44
14 GENZLING Sylvie 1968 FRA 7 45 44 44
15 RAMIREZ Heimi 1599 COL 7 44 43 43
16 IORDANIDOU Zoi 1992 GRE 7 43,5 43 43
17 PON N. Krithika 2007 IND 7 43,5 43 43
18 GURAMISHVILI Sopiko ff 2104 GEO 7 42 42 42
19 PORAT Maya 1948 ISR 7 38,5 37,5 37,5
20 KRASNODEBSKA Magdalena 1963 POL 7 34,5 34,5 34,5
21 ZAICHENKO Daria 2023 RUS 6,5 45,5 44,5 44,5
22 RYSBAYEVA Algerim 1599 KAZ 6,5 41 40 40
23 UUGANBAYAR Khamsuren 1599 MGL 6,5 40,5 39,5 39,5
24 PARRILLA Medina 1599 USA 6,5 40,5 39,5 39,5
25 DUDAS Eszter 2000 HUN 6,5 40 39 39
26 SAVOLA Laura 1599 FIN 6,5 37,5 37 37
27 BRUNELLO Roberta 1837 ITA 6,5 37 37 37
28 MC VAY Karsten 1599 USA 6,5 35,5 35,5 35,5
29 ERDOS Boglarka 1981 HUN 6,5 35,5 35,5 35,5
30 VALIYEVA Khayala 1599 AZE 6,5 35 35 35
31 VOJINOVIC Jovana 1952 SCG 6 44 43,5 43,5
32 YU Moqi 1599 CHN 6 41 40,5 40,5
33 AGREST Inna 1984 SWE 6 40 39,5 39,5
34 VETRILA Sanda 1924 MDA 6 39 38 38
35 KHOO Selina 2006 ENG 6 38,5 38,5 38,5
36 HEINATZ Maria 1940 SUI 6 38 37 37
37 WANG Qinke 1599 CHN 6 37,5 37 37
38 VINCE Viola 1816 HUN 6 37 36 36
39 MOERNAUT Evelien 1935 BEL 6 37 36 36
40 MANYOKI Anna 1850 HUN 6 35 35 35
41 LAURUSAITE Brigita 1599 LTU 6 35 34 34
42 WIID Daleen ff 1990 RSA 6 30 29 29
43 HOMYAKOVA Katsiaryna 1599 BLR 6 29 28,5 28,5
44 NEWRKLA Katharina 1599 AUT 6 28,5 28,5 28,5
102 players
YWCC GU12
Pl Nom Elo Cat. Fede Pts Cu. Cu. Cu.
1 ARABIDZE Meri 1599 GEO 10 59 58 58
2 PAIKIDZE Nazi ff 2083 GEO 8 56,5 55,5 55,5
3 DANELIA Mariam 1991 GEO 8 51,5 50,5 50,5
4 VO Thi Kim Phung 1599 VIE 8 50 49 49
5 LAKSHMI Sahiti 1984 IND 8 47 47 47
6 SOLOVYOVA Yelyzaveta 1921 UKR 8 47 46 46
7 MITRA Hejazipour 1599 IRI 7,5 46,5 45,5 45,5
8 CHEN Yidi 1599 CHN 7,5 46,5 45,5 45,5
9 SUAREZ CALVO Alexandra 1924 ESP 7,5 46,5 45,5 45,5
10 ENDRESS Anna 1599 GER 7,5 45 45 45
11 PUJARI Rucha 1833 IND 7,5 41,5 41,5 41,5
12 PAVLIDOU Ekaterini 1970 GRE 7,5 41,5 40,5 40,5
13 PETROVA Olga 1599 RUS 7 49 48 48
14 HAAST Anne 1599 NED 7 46 45 45
15 VILCE Andrea 1599 SCG 7 44,5 43,5 43,5
16 MAMMADBAYOVA Farida 1599 AZE 7 42 41 41
17 SHAKRYAN Zozan 1599 ARM 7 42 41 41
18 BULMAGA Irina 2074 MDA 7 41,5 40,5 40,5
19 DINES Sheila 1599 ENG 7 39 38 38
20 TRIFONOVA Sandra 1599 BUL 7 37 36 36
21 CORI T. Deysi ff 2035 PER 6,5 49,5 48,5 48,5
22 SZABO Noemi 1939 HUN 6,5 45 44 44
23 STETSKO Lanita 1599 BLR 6,5 43,5 42,5 42,5
24 LOLICI Iselin 2049 ROM 6,5 43,5 42,5 42,5
25 HAKIMIFARD Ghazal 1599 IRI 6,5 42,5 41,5 41,5
26 SMOLKINA Milana 1732 GER 6,5 41 40 40
27 KARABAYEVA Zhanna 1599 KAZ 6,5 36,5 36,5 36,5
28 ABDALLA Mona Khaled 1599 EGY 6,5 36,5 36 36
29 BOTHA Monique 1599 RSA 6,5 35,5 35 35
30 SOYLEMEZ Cansu 1599 TUR 6,5 35 34 34
31 HUGHES Rhian 1599 SCO 6,5 33 33 33
32 CAPELO Paola 1599 ECU 6 41 41 41
33 MESSINA Roberta 1845 ITA 6 40 39,5 39,5
34 ADAMOWICZ Katarzyna 1885 POL 6 39 38,5 38,5
35 CASTRO Natalia 1599 COL 6 36,5 35,5 35,5
36 QURBONBOYEVA Sarvinoz 1599 UZB 6 35 35 35
37 TJOLSEN Katrine 1599 NOR 6 35 35 35
38 GREEFF Melissa 1599 RSA 6 34 33 33
39 JIMENEZ LUPIANEZ Laura 1599 ESP 6 33,5 33,5 33,5
40 G.SRISHA Gutta 2092 IND 6 32 32 32
99 players
YWCC GU10
Pl Nom Elo Cat. Fede Pts Cu. Cu. Cu.
1 WANG Jue 1599 CHN 9 53 52 52
2 LACH Aleksandra 1822 POL 8,5 56,5 55,5 55,5
3 IWANOW Anna 1854 POL 8,5 55,5 54,5 54,5
4 AFLALO Sophie 1599 FRA 8,5 55,5 54,5 54,5
5 KOTEPALLI Sai Nirupama 1599 IND 8,5 54 53 53
6 KOU Yingya 1599 CHN 8 50,5 49,5 49,5
7 ZIAZIULKINA Nastassia 1949 BLR 8 47 46 46
8 CASUSOL Cecilia 1599 PER 7,5 47,5 46,5 46,5
9 MUCHA Magdalena 1599 POL 7,5 45 44 44
10 FATALIYEVA Ulviyya 1599 AZE 7 48 47 47
11 CHEN Yuxuan 1599 CHN 7 47 46 46
12 GABOYAN Susanna 1599 ARM 7 46 45 45
13 EFROIMSKI Marsel 1599 ISR 7 46 45 45
14 IVEKOVIC Tihana 1599 CRO 7 41 40 40
15 ATABAYVA Gozel 1599 TKM 7 41 40 40
16 BARANTSEVA Alexandra 2089 UKR 7 40,5 40,5 40,5
17 OWENS Megan 1599 WLS 7 40,5 40 40
18 SAIKHANCHIMEG Tsogtsaikman 1599 MGL 7 38 37 37
19 GUO Emma 1599 AUS 7 37,5 37,5 37,5
20 WANG Jiating 1599 CHN 6,5 44,5 44,5 44,5
21 SADUAKASSOVA Dinara 1599 KAZ 6,5 43,5 42,5 42,5
22 UNAPHKSHVILI Nani 1599 GEO 6,5 41 41 41
23 KABAI Zsuzsanna 1599 HUN 6,5 40 39 39
24 ROY Myriam 1599 CAN 6,5 38,5 38,5 38,5
25 MILOTUNOVIC Stefana 1599 SCG 6,5 38 38 38
26 HO En-Huei Danielle 1599 SIN 6,5 37 37 37
27 AGGOUNE Audessa 1599 FRA 6,5 35,5 35 35
28 SASMAZEL Burcu 1599 TUR 6,5 35 34 34
91 players
The Saint Affrique Open took plce 23rd-30th July 2005. The event was won
by Anthony Kosten.
Further details: http://www.echecs.asso.fr
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Open Saint Affrique FRA (FRA), 23-30 vii 2005
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1. Kosten, Anthony C g FRA 2522 8 48,5 58,5 2673
2. Velikov, Petar g BUL 2422 7,5 45 54 2515
3. Degraeve, Jean-Marc g FRA 2546 7,5 42,5 51 2585
4. Georgiev, Krum g BUL 2468 7 45,5 55,5 2519
5. Collas, Didier m FRA 2425 7 45 55 2449
6. Apicella, Manuel g FRA 2553 7 45 54 2512
7. Manouck, Thierry m FRA 2273 7 43,5 51,5 2442
8. Saada, Julien FRA 2257 7 42 50,5 2356
9. Sasu-Ducsoara, Andreea-Teodora wm ROM 2210 7 41,5 51,5 2365
10. Gaudineau, Eric FRA 2338 7 39 46,5 2310
11. Dussol, Pierre f FRA 2261 7 37 45 2225
12. Julian, Stephane FRA 2168 6,5 39,5 49 2207
13. Constantin, David FRA 2090 6,5 38 46 2254
14. San Marco, Bruno f FRA 2239 6,5 38 44,5 2172
15. Meynard, Thibault FRA 2281 6 44,5 54 2299
16. Boudre, Jean-Pierre m FRA 2359 6 44 53,5 2363
17. Todorov, Ognjan m BUL 2335 6 44 52 2266
18. Flear, Glenn C g ENG 2509 6 43,5 52 2367
19. Van Elst, Andreas FRA 2263 6 43 53 2277
20. Leygue, Dominique FRA 2322 6 41,5 51 2298
206 players
The International festival of chess, bridge and games Czech Open 2005
took place 14th-31st July 2005 in Pardubice (Czech Republic). The main Open A
event was won by Andrei Kovalev with 7.5/9 half a point clear of the field.
Internet coverage: http://www.czechopen.net
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Open A Pardubice CZE (CZE), 22-30 vii 2005
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1. Kovalev, Andrei g BLR 2548 7.5 2427 50.0
2. Potkin, Vladimir g RUS 2534 7.0 2446 50.0
3. Azarov, Sergei g BLR 2582 7.0 2440 48.5
4. Kharitonov, Alexandr m RUS 2519 7.0 2419 48.5
5. Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2614 7.0 2411 48.0
6. Henrichs, Thomas m GER 2413 6.5 2443 52.5
7. Shalimov, Valery m UKR 2426 6.5 2436 50.5
8. Oleksienko, Mikhailo m UKR 2487 6.5 2431 49.5
9. Zubarev, Alexander g UKR 2521 6.5 2427 47.5
10. Fridman, Daniel g LAT 2566 6.5 2421 46.5
11. Sandipan, Chanda g IND 2560 6.5 2413 43.0
12. Grachev, Boris m RUS 2503 6.5 2403 49.0
13. Sundararajan, Kidambi m IND 2484 6.5 2399 46.0
14. Gutman, Gennadi g UKR 2508 6.5 2398 50.5
15. Zhigalko, Andrey m BLR 2526 6.5 2398 43.5
16. Comas Fabrego, Lluis g ESP 2513 6.5 2395 45.0
17. Anisimov, Pavel m RUS 2492 6.5 2390 47.5
18. Petrik, Tomas m SVK 2451 6.5 2389 45.5
19. Kabanov, Nikolai m RUS 2508 6.5 2383 44.0
20. Szoen, Dariusz f POL 2459 6.5 2356 43.0
21. Visser, Yge m NED 2480 6.5 2356 41.5
22. Kryvoruchko, Yuriy m UKR 2476 6.5 2355 47.5
332 players
The 17th annual Southern California Championship was held on two
weekends in July in Century City, part of Los Angeles. Three players, all
former champions, tied for first place and will count as co-champions for 2005.
However, Andranik Matikozyan won the first place cup donated by Halo
Industries, an aerospace manufacturing company located in Huntington Beach,
California.
The tournament may have been the strongest round robin yet for the
Southern California Chess Federation. Part of the attraction was the increased
prize fund, thanks to donations from local chess fans. Next year we hope to
attract our two local grandmasters, Varuzhan Akobian and Boris Kreiman! News:
Jack Peters.
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1. Matikozian, Andranik m ARM 2527 * = = 1 = = 1 1 5.0 2474
2. Lakdawala, Cyrus m USA 2428 = * = = 1 = 1 1 5.0 2488
3. Khachiyan, Melikset m USA 2494 = = * = = 1 1 1 5.0 2479
4. Peters, John A m USA 2430 0 = = * 0 1 1 1 4.0 2380
5. Bruno,Ron USA ---- = 0 = 1 * = = = 3.5 2391
6. Sevillano, Enrico m USA 2450 = = 0 0 = * = 1 3.0 2277
7. Moussa, Alaa-Eddine PLE 2236 0 0 0 0 = = * 1 2.0 2199
8. Clawitter, Craig USA 2176 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 * 0.5 1944
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Alajuela International Chess Tournament in Costa Rica took place
23rd-28th July 2005. Varuzhan Akobian took clear first with 8/9. A full
bulletin is not available.
Official site: http://www.alajuela2005.com/
1. 3 Akobian, Varuzhan 2558 8.0 55.5 48.75 42.0 2672 +0.76
2. 11 Murillo, Alexis 2362 7.5 47.0 39.00 36.5 2401 +0.34
3. 5 Ramirez, Alejandro 2483 7.0 55.0 42.25 38.0 2433 -0.40
8 Leyva, Hector 2402 7.0 53.0 38.25 37.5 2341 -0.46
9 Juarez, Carlos 2391 7.0 52.5 39.00 36.5 2396 +0.08
7 Perez, Luis Manuel 2430 7.0 50.5 37.00 36.0 2427 +0.00
31 Chavez, Ricardo 2148 7.0 48.5 37.00 35.5 2482 +2.64
8. 12 Valdes, Leonardo 2362 6.5 49.5 32.25 37.0 2340 -0.19
2 Delgado, Neuris 2570 6.5 55.0 37.00 37.0 2465 -0.97
18 Urbina, Ricardo 2254 6.5 55.5 38.00 37.0 2491 +2.26
6 Mittelman, Gur 2431 6.5 54.0 36.50 37.0 2398 -0.34
4 Zapata, Alonso 2509 6.5 52.0 35.50 36.0 2400 -0.98
13 Estrada, Julian 2348 6.5 49.5 34.50 35.5 2377 +0.30
10 Blanco Fernandez Alvaro 2381 6.5 47.0 30.75 34.0 2294 -0.75
17 Hernandez, Francisco 2265 6.5 47.5 31.75 34.0 2271 +0.05
20 Lorenzana, Wilson 2249 6.5 50.0 33.50 33.0 2280 +0.20
17. 15 Guillen, Jose Antonio 2274 6.0 47.5 28.50 34.5 2246 -0.24
82 Bennet David 0000 6.0 53.0 34.25 32.5 2322 +1.00
48 Valdes, Rances 2057 6.0 49.5 30.75 32.5 2287 +1.74
14 Arias, Lenmys 2280 6.0 50.0 29.00 32.0 2088 -1.30
16 Burgos, Carlos 2270 6.0 46.5 28.50 32.0 2117 -1.05
23 Sanchez, Jorge 2186 6.0 44.0 27.50 31.5 2367 +0.46
21 Bermudez, Sergio 2223 6.0 48.0 29.25 31.5 2280 +0.40
19 Moncayo, Evelyn 2253 6.0 45.5 27.25 31.5 2142 -0.62
1 Mikhalevski, Victor 2572 6.0 48.5 29.50 31.0 2199 -2.51
149 Ruiz, Sebastian 0000 6.0 48.0 31.25 30.5 2211 +1.00
22 Salazar Pablo 2197 6.0 45.0 28.75 30.5 2274 +0.38
157 Tapia, Gustavo 0000 6.0 46.0 31.00 28.5 2164 +0.50
26 Figueroa, Marco A. 2170 6.0 48.0 29.50 28.0 2216 +0.12
113 Jaramillo, Eduardo Alonso 0000 6.0 39.0 22.50 23.0 2118 2118
177 players
IM Jean Hébert was the joint winner of the 58th Quebec Open
Championship with 6.5/9, with Antoine Berube, Simon Gravel, and FM Vahagn
Voskanyan. The tournament is usually Canada's largest open event, although this
year its 195 players ranked it just behind the Canadian Open for attendance.
Hopefully I can round up all the games next week. Round 9 even after conversion
to English is currently unusable.
Games and results: http://www.fqechecs.qc.ca/
# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Tot
1 Vahagn Voskanyan 64056 2277 +16 +41 +10 +20 =2 =5 =6 =7 =3 6.5
2 Jean Hebert 10495 2405 +24 =3 +15 +6 =1 =20 +10 =5 =7 6.5
3 Antoine Berube 71818 2168 +19 =2 -5 +9 +16 =10 +11 +20 =1 6.5
4 Simon Gravel 11340 2287 H--- +43 +37 =13 H--- H--- +24 =6 +5 6.5
5 Thanh Nha Duong 70424 2360 =28 +14 +3 +32 =7 =1 +20 =2 -4 6.0
6 Sebastian Predescu 38463 2234 +30 +11 =13 -2 +24 +32 =1 =4 =9 6.0
7 Matt Noble 16233 2368 +29 =37 =17 +11 =5 =14 +12 =1 =2 6.0
8 Steve Bolduc 40443 2206 +39 -13 =16 +23 -26 +34 =14 +24 +15 6.0
9 Omid Malek 72156 2021 =15 -24 +44 -3 +23 +37 +32 +10 =6 6.0
10 Arkadiusz Luksza 45044 2173 +27 +33 -1 +28 +12 =3 -2 -9 +21 5.5
11 Olivier Tessier-Desrosiers 58026 2136 +25 -6 +40 -7 +28 +13 -3 =16 +12 5.5
12 Louis Robichaud 26864 2158 +35 +18 -20 +21 -10 +26 -7 +13 -11 5.0
13 Nicolas Audet-Bouchard 30611 2128 +44 +8 =6 =4 -20 -11 +22 -12 +25 5.0
14 Arkadiy M. Gilman 79075 2115 H--- -5 +35 +38 +25 =7 =8 U--- =18 5.0
15 Matthew Rosen 10607 2191 =9 +34 -2 -16 +31 +27 +26 H--- -8 5.0
16 Thierry Libersan 21835 2065 -1 +36 =8 +15 -3 +17 =25 =11 =23 5.0
17 Rejean Tremblay 11057 2223 +26 =32 =7 -24 H--- -16 +30 =19 +27 5.0
18 Hugues Masse 88885 2264 +23 -12 -32 -30 +40 =39 +33 +26 =14 5.0
19 Daniel Trahan 48003 1999 -3 +29 -21 -22 +41 =43 +28 =17 +24 5.0
20 Jonathan Mcdonough 50365 2192 +38 +22 +12 -1 +13 =2 -5 -3 U--- 4.5
21 Dmitri Feoktistov 62256 2234 H--- =28 +19 -12 =22 -24 +38 +25 -10 4.5
22 Lautaro Fernandez 16503 2120 +42 -20 -25 +19 =21 =33 -13 +32 =28 4.5
23 Ling Feng Ye 81393 2051 -18 =35 +31 -8 -9 +40 =34 +33 =16 4.5
24 Alain Roy 18472 2117 -2 +9 +33 +17 -6 +21 -4 -8 -19 4.0
25 Jean-Michel Rivest 73091 1921 -11 +39 +22 H--- -14 +29 =16 -21 -13 4.0
26 Nicolas Arsenault 75936 2048 -17 =31 B--- +37 +8 -12 -15 -18 =29 4.0
27 Charlie Gacogne 34391 2003 -10 =42 +43 +41 -32 -15 =37 +36 -17 4.0
28 Kishor Ramaswamy 11002 2079 =5 =21 +41 -10 -11 =30 -19 +31 =22 4.0
29 Paul Saint-Amand 39442 2109 -7 -19 +39 =40 +38 -25 =31 =34 =26 4.0
30 Claude Carrier 78851 2049 -6 -40 +36 +18 -37 =28 -17 =38 +42 4.0
31 Mathieu Cloutier 45977 1950 -32 =26 -23 +44 -15 +41 =29 -28 +39 4.0
32 Martial Larochelle 45832 2140 +31 =17 +18 -5 +27 -6 -9 -22 U--- 3.5
33 Sammy Yao 30475 1862 B--- -10 -24 +43 H--- =22 -18 -23 =40 3.5
34 Alain Wilkin 54011 1948 H--- -15 H--- +35 H--- -8 =23 =29 U--- 3.5
35 Alain Trottier 61031 1972 -12 =23 -14 -34 +44 -38 +40 =39 =36 3.5
36 Yuanling Yuan 93543 1995 -37 -16 -30 B--- -39 +44 +43 -27 =35 3.5
37 Marius Nicula 79716 2163 +36 =7 -4 -26 +30 -9 =27 U--- U--- 3.0
38 Cortes Julio Caceres 86793 2023 -20 =44 +42 -14 -29 +35 -21 =30 -41 3.0
39 Martin Malette 69941 2043 -8 -25 -29 +42 +36 =18 U--- =35 -31 3.0
40 Cedric Malveau 12712 1970 -41 +30 -11 =29 -18 -23 -35 +42 =33 3.0
41 Dale Haukenfrers 2150 +40 -1 -28 -27 -19 -31 -42 +45 +38 3.0
42 Pierre Jodoin 11891 1761 -22 =27 -38 -39 -43 B--- +41 -40 -30 2.5
43 Francois Robidas 97097 2125 H--- -4 -27 -33 +42 =19 -36 U--- U--- 2.0
44 Paul Rouleau 79918 1919 -13 =38 -9 -31 -35 -36 U--- U--- U--- 0.5
45 Hugues Leclair 71627 1744 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- -41 U--- 0.0
The 4th annual Guelph Pro-Am International takes place July 27-August 1,
2005.
Round 8 of 9 Standings:
1 GM Sergei Shipov 2580 6.0
2 FM Tomas Krnan 2372 6.0
3 GM Abhijit Kunte 2561 5.5
4 IM Igor Zugic 2474 5.5
5 GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly 2596 5.0
6 GM Artur Kogan 2580 5.0
7 IM Ronald Burnett 2433 5.0
8 WGM Svetlana Matveeva 2419 5.0
9 GM Igor Ivanov 2407 5.0
10 FM Zhe Quan 2382 5.0
11 FM Christian Stevens 2319 5.0
12 Nikolay Noritsyn 2262 5.0
13 FM Igor Divljan 2313 4.5
14 Raymond Kaufman 2271 4.5
15 Yuri Aronov 2220 4.5
16 Eddie Urquhart 2166 4.5
17 FM Goran Mikanovic 2282 4.0
18 Dale Haessel 2226 4.0
19 Michael Buscar 2101 4.0
20 FM Robert Hamilton 2341 3.5
21 FM Jura Ochkoos 2275 3.5
22 FM Michael Dougherty 2233 3.5
23 David Filipovich 2218 3.5
24 Marc Cazelais 2203 3.5
25 Shiyam Thavandiran 2191 3.5
26 Jonathan Tayar 2160 3.5
27 David [Yu] Peng 2136 3.5
28 Sasa Kulic 2133 3.5
29 Victor Plotkin 2192 3.0
30 Roger Patterson 2179 3.0
31 Ted Kret 2151 2.5
32 Matan Prilletensky 2103 2.5
33 Raja Panjwani 2163 2.0
34 Liam Henry 2115 2.0
35 Sebastian Predescu 2235 1.5
The 17th Cannes Summer International Open took place July 25th-31st
2005. Jean-Pierre Le Roux won the event with 8/9. Couldn't find any games.
Further details: http://www.cannes-echecs.org
Final Round 9 Standings:
1 LE ROUX Jean-Pierre m 2468 FRA 8 44 53 2745 2743
2 SEDLAK Nikola g 2518 SCG 7,5 44,5 52 2659 2657
3 LIBISZEWSKI Fabien m 2413 FRA 7 42 51 2549 2547
4 MAKSIMENKO Andrei g 2505 UKR 6,5 45,5 55 2519 2507
5 GUADALPI David f 2300 FRA 6,5 39,5 47,5 2455 2448
6 DUNIS Aurelien m 2485 FRA 6 44 53 2504 2501
7 MARCELIN Cyril g 2481 FRA 6 43,5 53,5 2471 2468
8 COSSIN Sebastien f 2391 FRA 6 42,5 51,5 2455 2452
9 CHABANON Jean-Luc g 2426 FRA 6 41 48,5 2413 2417
10 LECONTE Maria gf 2296 FRA 6 40,5 48,5 2428 2440
11 MARZOLO Cyril m 2388 FRA 6 40 48 2434 2431
12 AMIGUES Emmanuel f 2317 FRA 6 40 44,5 2422 2419
13 GORBATOV Alexej m 2418 RUS 6 39,5 45,5 2419 2416
14 PHILIPPE Christophe m 2411 FRA 6 39 48,5 2396 2393
15 ZIGANGIROVA Sofya mf 2296 KAZ 6 37,5 44 2372 2369
16 BUJISHO Benjamin m 2389 FRA 6 36 43,5 2355 2352
17 ASENDORF Joachim 2310 GER 6 36 41 2431 2431
89 players
FIDE World Championship
The FIDE Championship takes place September 27th - October 16th 2005 at
Potrero de los Funes, San Luis (Argentina). Players: Rustam Kasimdzhanov,
Michael Adams, Peter Leko, Vishy Anand, Veselin Topalov, Alexander Morozevich,
Peter Svidler, and Judit Polgar. Official site:
http://www.wccsanluis.net/home.asp?lang=en
Polgar Record Attempt
Grandmaster Susan Polgar will make a Guinness Book of World Records
World attempt on Monday 1st August 2005. She is trying to play the greatest
number of chess games simultaneously. Organiser: Joel Channing and Channing
Corporation Location: The Gardens Mall, 3101 PGA Blvd. Palm Beach Gardens,
Florida 33410 Date: Monday, August 1, 2005 Start Time: 10 AM.
Further details: http://www.susanpolgar.com/
American Continental Championship
The American Continental Championship takes place in Buenos Aires
5th-16th August, 2005.
http://www.ajedrez.com.ar/fide/continental05/cont05.htm
Leading Players
KAMSKY, Gata (Ofic.) GM 2700 USA
BRUZON BATISTA, Lázaro (Of.) GM 2662 CUB
VESCOVI, Geovanni (Ofic.) GM 2640 BRA
DOMINGUEZ PEREZ, Leinier GM 2639 CUB
ONISCHUK, Alexander (Oficial)GM 2628 USA
FELGAER, Rubén GM 2618 ARG
MILOS, Gilberto (Ofic.) GM 2606 BRA
IBRAGIMOV, Ildar GM 2605 USA
GRANDA, Julio (Ofic.) GM 2601 PER
LEITAO, Rafael GM 2598 BRA
SHABALOV, Alexander GM 2593 USA
SPRAGGETT, Kevin GM 2592 CAN
DELGADO RAMIREZ, Neuris GM 2570 CUB
IVANOV, Alexander GM 2566 USA
KUDRIN, Sergey (Ofic.) GM 2559 USA
AKOBIAN, Varuzhan (Ofic.) GM 2558 USA
GMs 2560+ August 3rd Montreal
Two GMs have made last minute withdrawals from the Montreal
Invitational. The organsers Andre Langlois, seeks 2 GMs higher than 2560 who
don't require a visa to Canada, the tournament is a 12 player round robin which
will hopefully stay in category 13 as planned/ dates: August 3-14; Organizer:
Andre Lanlois, lanand@videotron.ca
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. Players can still enter this event.
The second tournament played in the same week is the Stork Young
Masters, a 20 player invitation group which is a 9 rounds Swiss. Prize fund in
Euros: 1 2,000 2 1,000 3 750 4 500 5 400 6 350 7 300 8 250 9 200 10 150 11
100
All information on the tournament is available in English, German,
French and Dutch at http://www.onjk.nl
Players: Stork Group
Riazantsev Alexander g RUS 2599
Belov Vladimir g RUS 2596
Nybaeck Tomi g FIN 2571
Lupulescu Constantin m ROM 2542
Smeets Jan g NED 2537
Baramidze David g GER 2535
Zhigalko Andrey m BLR 2526
Kharitonov Alexander m RUS 2519
Zhigalko Sergei m BLR 2485
Michiels Bart m BEL 2457
Barnaure Vlad-Victor f ROM 2445
Vasilevich Irina wm RUS 2407
Brandenburg Daan NED 2371
Spoelman Wouter NED 2365
Koster Ramon f NED 2335
Sharevich Anna wm BLR 2325
Michielsen Joost NED 2320
Bitalzadeh Ali NED 2317
Motoc Alina wf ROM 2270
Bensdorp Marlies wm NED 2225
Nice Open
The 12th Summer International Chess Open of Nice (French Riviera) takes
place in the enchanting 4 stars Grand Hotel Aston, August 1st-6th 2005. 6.500
Euros of prizes (1.600 for 1st). Players can enjoy the beach, go sightseeing in
the oldest part of the city (..), 5mn walking from tournament. That's the
reason why most of the rounds start at 5 p.m. Vladislav Tkachiev (g, FRA,
2625), Andrei Maksimenko (g, UKR, 2505), Sebastian Siebrecht (m, GER, 2487),
Mirojlub Lazic (g, SCG, 2485), Joseph Sanchez (m, PHI, 2452), Dimitar Marholev
(m, BUL, 2423), Alexei Gorbatov (m, RUS, 2418), Bjarte Leer-Salvesen (f, NOR,
2374), Milan Mrdja (m, CRO, 2352), Jordan Ivanov (m, BUL, 2347), Ognjan Todorov
(m, BUL, 2335), Armen Tonoian (f, RUS, 2321), Andjelko Dragojlovic (m, SCG,
2320), Maurizio Brancaleoni (f, ITA, 2314) and others will play. Some
reprensatives of the french talented young IM will be attending this open:
Aurélien Dunis (m, FRA, 2485), Fabien Libiszewski (m, FRA, 2413),
Benjamin Bujisho (m, FRA, 2389)...
Official site: http://www.echiquier-nicois.org
Coral Springs IM
Jon Haskel is running an IM Norm Round Robin in Coral Springs, Florida
on September 17, 18, 19, 24 and 25. There will be 1 round on the 19th and 2
rounds on each of the other days. The time control will be 90 minutes with a 30
second increment. He needs 3 players from foreign federations. Contact: Jon
Haskel jon@bocachess.com
10th Cesenatico International
The 10th Cesenatico International Chess Tournament takes place 3rd-11th
September 2005.
Further info: http://www.antiquascom.it
Magistral Ciutat d'Igualada
The Magistral Ciutat d'Igualada takes place 16th-21st August 2005.
Double round robin with Andrei Volokitin, Viktor Korchnoi, Alexander Beliavsky
and Luke McShane. Pairings: Aug 16: Volokitin - Korchnoi / Beliavsky -McShane
Aug 17: McShane - Volokitin / Korchnoi - Beliavsky Aug 18: Volokitin -
Beliavsky / McShane - Korchnoi Aug 19: Volokitin - McShane / Beliavsky -
Korchnoi Aug 20: Korchnoi - Volokitin / McShane - Beliavsky Aug 21: Beliavsky -
Volokitin / Korchnoi - McShane.
Official site: http://www.escacsateneu.net/
Houston Open - Cajun Chess Events
A number of events are planned in the coming weeks in the Houston,
Charlotte and Orlando areas.
Houston Open - July 29-31, 2005:
http://www.cajunchess.com/tourns/tournament7.shtml
Charlotte Open - August 26-28:
http://www.cajunchess.com/tourns/tournament10.shtml
World Amateur Open Championship - October 7-9, 2005:
http://www.cajunchess.com/tourns/tournament13.shtml
Cajun Chess Web Site: http://www.cajunchess.com/
49th Spanish Teams Honours Division
The top division of the Spanish Team Championships take place in
Mérida, 23rd-28th August and 9th-11th September 2005.
Official site:
http://chessmagic.juntaextremadura.net/modules/news/
Denker Memorial
The Chess4Less Denker Memorial takes place at the Florida Atlantic
University, Boca Raton, Florida, July 9, 10, 11, 16 & 17. Live coverage of
some of the game son ICC. http://www.chessclub.com. Hopefully I'll be
able to round things up next week.
World Open
The World Open took place June 30th - July 4th 2005 in Philadelphia. GM
Kamil Miton beat Magesh Panchanathan in a blitz playoff to take the title after
both finished on 7.5/9. The website advises not archiving the games until
they've finished the game file which will hopefully be by next week but I'm
starting to worry its not going to happen.
Official site: http://www.worldopen.com
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.
Official site: http://www.schach-prag.de/
9th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament
The 9th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament takes place in Vlissingen (The
Netherlands) August 6th-13th 2005. The 9 round Swiss will see 250 participants
competing. 33 Titleholders will be present among which 10 GMs. They are: 2004
winner Krishnan Sasikiran (India, 2652), Konstantin Landa (Russia, 2609),
Viorel Iordachescu (Moldova, 2606), Oleg Romanishin (Ukraine, 2570), Ian Rogers
(Australia, 2569), Vyacheslav Ikonnikov (Russia, 2560), Vadim Malakhatko
(Ukraine, 2556), Daniel Stellwagen (Netherlands, 2533), Friso Nijboer
(Netherlands, 2529) and Susanto Megaranto (Indonesia, 2499). On August 5 GM
Sasikiran will give a simul in the Grand Hotel Arion in Vlissingen.
Official site: http://people.zeelandnet.nl/hgroffen/
2nd Varna Chess Festival
The 2nd International Chess Festival Varna, takes place September
7th-15th 2005. Further details: Mr. Boris Hristov 5 Konstantin Fotinov St.,
Varna 9002 "Seahorse" National Children's Chess Federation Tel: +359/52/642
877; Fax: +359/52/574 940; Mobile: +359/88/6025 403 e-mail: seahorse@abv.bg
First Saturday August
The next First Saturday GM, IM and FM closed tournaments take place
6th-18th of August Budapest. Some vacancies, first comes-first served. One GM,
2-3 IM and 2-3 FM sections planned. Contact: Nagy Laszlo FIDE International
Chess Organizer e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net
http://www.firstsaturday.hu or
http://home.hu.inter.net/~firstsat
Phone-fax: (+36)-1-263-28-59 Mobile: (+36)-30-230-1914
Lausanne Young Masters
The 6th Edition of the Lausanne Young Masters 2005 with 8 of the best
under-20 players in the world will be held September 14th-19th, 2005, at the
Casino de Montbenon in Lausanne Players: Pentala Harikrishna Hikaru Nakamura,
Andrei Volokitin, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Magnus Carlsen, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Nana Dzagnidze and Elisabeth Paehtz.
Alongside will be an Invitational Event "Maîtres contres Espoirs"
including Vladimir Tukmakov and Florin Gheorghiu (Romania) will play several
young Swiss talents.
Also a General Open, total prize money CHF 14'500.-, CHF 3'000.- for
the winner, will be held at the same location from September 16th-19th, 2005. 7
rounds,
Information: René Kesselring, phone ++41 21 701 38 63 and ++41
79 342 44 15 Email: rkesselring@bluewin.ch
Internet http://www.lausanneyoungmasters.com
Brno Fair Trade Chess Festival
The Fair Trade Chess Festival 2005 in Brno has 2 closed GM groups, 1
closed IM group, open A (FIDE), open B (national) 28th August - 7th September
2005. Contact: IM Petr Pisk -GM and IM groups (petr.pisk@centrum.cz) or go to
the website below.
Further details: http://volny.cz/skduras
Malaysian Chess Federation Calendar
The Malaysian Chess Federation has a calendar at:
http://tcn.sourceforge.net. The event includes: the 2nd Arthur Tan Malaysian
Open takes place 19th-26th August 2005, - Open Swiss with Prize Fund of US$
15,000 27 Aug - 1 Sep Merdeka Team Chess Championship 2005 - Team event Prize
Fund US$ 10,000 2 - 12 Sept Zone 3.3 (East Asia Zone) Championship. Contact:
Hamid Majid email: aham@pc.jaring.my
Official site: http://tcn.sourceforge.net
Senior World Championship
The Senior Chess World Championship takes place 27th September - 10th
October 2005 in the Lignano Sabbiadoro, Udine, Italy, just one hour car far
away from Venice.
The tournament is open to both men and women, and is an 11 round Swiss.
Time rate: 40 moves in 90 minutes, then 15 minutes until the end of the game.
with a 30 second increment from move 1.
Official site: http://www.vacanzesport.com
3rd Abe Yanofsky Memorial
The 3rd Abe Yanofsky Memorial takes place 3rd-5th September 2005. The
event takes place in Winnipeg Canada. The tournament is a six-round open Swiss,
FIDE-rated, over the Labour Day weekend. Entry fee by July 15th 2005: $80 Cdn.
Russian GM Sergey Shipov and Canadian GM Mark Bluvshtein have confirmed
their participation in the Abe Yanofsky Memorial.
This year's tournament will have 50 per cent more in prizes than 2004,
with $6,000 guaranteed, including class prizes.
Further details: http://www.chessmanitoba.com
Iranian Team Championship
The Iran Super League (Ligue 84) the 12 club team event started on 30th
May 2005. The Double round robin sees 6 GMs, 12 IMs and a total of 28 titled
players participate.
Official site: http://www.iranchess.com/indexen.htm
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.
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/
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/
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/
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
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
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
Instructional Tactics
There is an instructional tactical site at:
http://www.chesstactics.org compiled
by Ward Farnsworth.
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
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
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
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.
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
TWIC Messageboard
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