THE WEEK IN CHESS 562 15th August 2005 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) Chess Classic Mainz
3) American Continental Championship
4) Smith & Williamson British Chess Championships
5) First Saturday August
6) Montreal International
7) 9th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament
8) Grundfos Young Masters
9) Icelandic Championship
10) 15th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival
11) Stork Young Masters
12) Olomouc Chess Summer
13) 27th Oberwart Open
14) Liepajas rokade
15) Petrovskaya Ladya Peterhof
16) IM Charleroi
17) Creon Open
18) Warmia & Mazury Chess Festival
19) Polish Junior Team Championships
20) 10th Bradley Open
21) Mark Dvoretsky at the London Chess Centre
22) Forthcoming Events and Links


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1) Introduction

My thanks to Gerhard Kenk, Hartmut Metz, Barth Plomp, Marc Hanset, George Mirijanian, Thomas Henrich, Miklos Orso, Casper Dahl Rasmussen, Hans Groffen, Laszlo Nagy, Argiris Kotsis, Emmanuel Variniac, Jan Mazuch, Fabrice Wantiez, Harald Fietz, Manfred Brod, Igor Glek, Wojtek Bartelski and everyone else who helped with the issue.

Viswanathan Anand returned to chess with a win against Alexander Grischuk in the 5th Chess Classic Mainz tournament. Anand's 5-3 win was set up with his 2-0 win on the first day. Grischuk hit back in the latter half of the match but it wasn't enough.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Chess Classic Mainz

The Chess Classic Mainz took place August 9th-14th 2005. Viswanathan Anand beat challenger Alexander Grischuk 5-3 to take the Mainz title.

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

Grischuk, Alexander  -  Anand, Viswanathan   0-1   40  E12  Queens Indian Petrosian
Anand, Viswanathan   -  Grischuk, Alexander  1-0   38  B90  Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Anand, Viswanathan   -  Grischuk, Alexander  1/2   24  B90  Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Grischuk, Alexander  -  Anand, Viswanathan   0-1   42  E12  Queens Indian Petrosian
Grischuk, Alexander  -  Anand, Viswanathan   1/2   22  E12  Queens Indian Petrosian
Anand, Viswanathan   -  Grischuk, Alexander  0-1   49  B50  Sicilian Defence
Anand, Viswanathan   -  Grischuk, Alexander  1-0   47  B90  Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Grischuk, Alexander  -  Anand, Viswanathan   1-0   45  B12  Caro Kann Advanced

CCM5 Rapid Match Mainz GER (GER), 11-14 viii 2005
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                                   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8 
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Anand, Viswanathan  g  IND 2788    1   1   =   1   =   0   1   0   5.0  2815
Grischuk, Alexander g  RUS 2720    0   0   =   0   =   1   0   1   3.0  2701
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In the Chess960, Peter Svidler (Russia) beat Zoltan Almasi (Hungary) 5-3. 
Results (Svidler first): 
Gm1 1-0 Gm2 1/2 Gm3 1/2 Gm4 1/2 Gm5 1/2 Gm6 1-0 Gm7 1/2 Gm8 1/2. 
[Non-standard format means that the games quite hard to display without 
specialist software. The can be viewed at the official site]

Round 1 (August 9, 2005)

Korchnoi, Viktor    -  Karpov, Anatoly     0-1   63  E15  Queens Indian
Spassky, Boris V    -  Unzicker, Wolfgang  1/2   31  C49  Four Knights Metger

Round 2 (August 9, 2005)

Karpov, Anatoly     -  Unzicker, Wolfgang  1/2   43  E39  Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Korchnoi, Viktor    -  Spassky, Boris V    1-0   48  D20  QGA

Round 3 (August 9, 2005)

Spassky, Boris V    -  Karpov, Anatoly     1/2   25  B17  Caro Kann
Unzicker, Wolfgang  -  Korchnoi, Viktor    0-1   57  E32  Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2

Round 4 (August 10, 2005)

Karpov, Anatoly     -  Korchnoi, Viktor    1/2   42  A15  English counter King's Fianchetto
Unzicker, Wolfgang  -  Spassky, Boris V    1/2   18  D58  Queens Gambit Tartakover

Round 5 (August 10, 2005)

Spassky, Boris V    -  Korchnoi, Viktor    1-0   43  B80  Sicilian Scheveningen
Unzicker, Wolfgang  -  Karpov, Anatoly     1/2   36  E32  Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2

Round 6 (August 10, 2005)

Karpov, Anatoly     -  Spassky, Boris V    1/2   27  D55  Queens Gambit Old Lasker Variation
Korchnoi, Viktor    -  Unzicker, Wolfgang  1-0   32  D37  QGD 5.Bf4


Unzicker 80 Mainz GER (GER), 9-10 viii 2005cat. XIII (2567)
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                                  1  2  3  4 
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1 Karpov, Anatoly     g RUS 2672 ** 1= == ==  3.5  2589
2 Korchnoi, Viktor    g SUI 2615 0= ** 10 11  3.5  2608
3 Spassky, Boris V    g FRA 2548 == 01 ** ==  3.0  2573
4 Unzicker, Wolfgang  g GER 2433 == 00 == **  2.0  2486
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Chess Classic Mainz 2005 (CCM5)
Chess Classic

12. ORDIX Open Leading Final Round 11 Standings:                                        
Rang  Teilnehmer                Titel TWZ  S R  V  Punkte PktSum MiBuch
  1.  Radjabov,Teimour           GM   2682 9 1  1     9,5   59,5   69,5
  2.  Aronian,Levon              GM   2724 8 2  1     9,0   60,5   70,0
  3.  Morozevich,Alexander       GM   2728 8 2  1     9,0   59,5   70,0
  4.  Dreev,Alexey               GM   2698 7 4  0     9,0   58,5   71,0
  5.  Grischuk,Alexander         GM   2720 8 2  1     9,0   57,5   67,0
  6.  Harikrishna,Pentela        GM   2645 9 0  2     9,0   56,0   69,0
  7.  Sargissian,Gabriel         GM   2620 7 4  0     9,0   53,5   64,0
  8.  Naiditsch,Arkadij          GM   2644 8 1  2     8,5   57,0   67,5
  9.  Shirov,Alexey              GM   2705 7 3  1     8,5   55,0   67,0
 10.  Glek,Igor                  GM   2575 7 3  1     8,5   54,5   66,0
 11.  Sokolov,Ivan               GM   2717 8 1  2     8,5   52,5   65,0
 12.  Bacrot,Etienne             GM   2729 7 3  1     8,5   52,0   63,5
 13.  Khenkin,Igor               GM   2610 8 1  2     8,5   51,5   64,5
 14.  David,Alberto              GM   2579 7 3  1     8,5   51,5   64,5
 15.  Gyimesi,Zoltan             GM   2628 8 1  2     8,5   50,5   61,5
 16.  Krasenkov,Michal           GM   2663 7 2  2     8,0   55,0   69,0
 17.  Zvaginsev,Vadim            GM   2659 7 2  2     8,0   55,0   65,5
 18.  Buhmann,Rainer                  2549 7 2  2     8,0   54,0   67,0
 19.  Tregubov,Pavel             GM   2607 7 2  2     8,0   53,5   66,5
 20.  Gagunashvili,Merab         GM   2540 7 2  2     8,0   53,5   64,0
 20.  Vogt,Lothar                GM   2484 7 2  2     8,0   53,5   64,0
 22.  Hickl,Jörg                 GM   2537 7 2  2     8,0   53,0   67,0
 23.  Kritz,Leonid               GM   2544 7 2  2     8,0   52,5   66,5
 24.  Nisipeanu,Liviu-Dieter     GM   2681 5 6  0     8,0   52,5   64,5
 25.  Kolev,Atanas               GM   2523 8 0  3     8,0   51,0   66,5
 26.  Lalic,Bogdan               GM   2543 5 6  0     8,0   51,0   64,0
 27.  Sprenger,Jan Michael       IM   2508 6 4  1     8,0   51,0   62,0
 28.  Mchedlishvili,Mikhail      GM   2549 6 4  1     8,0   50,5   63,0
 28.  Ruck,Robert                GM   2546 6 4  1     8,0   50,5   63,0
 30.  Siebrecht,Sebastian        IM   2487 7 2  2     8,0   50,5   62,0
 31.  Seel,Christian             IM   2492 7 2  2     8,0   50,0   61,0
 32.  Graf,Alexander             GM   2605 7 2  2     8,0   49,5   62,5
 33.  Portisch,Lajos             GM   2536 6 4  1     8,0   49,5   60,0
 34.  Vaganjan,Rafael Agred      GM   2645 7 2  2     8,0   48,5   61,0
 35.  Khurtsidze,Nino            IM   2449 6 4  1     8,0   48,5   58,0
 36.  Ginsburg,Gennadij          IM   2513 8 0  3     8,0   48,0   62,0
 37.  Döttling,Fabian            GM   2542 7 2  2     8,0   48,0   61,0
 38.  Kuklin,Valentin                 2300 7 2  2     8,0   47,5   61,0
 39.  Cmilyte,Viktorija          WGM  2466 7 2  2     8,0   47,5   56,0
 40.  Berelovich,Aleksandar      GM   2571 7 2  2     8,0   47,0   60,0
 41.  Reefschläger,Helmut,Dr.    IM   2314 8 0  3     8,0   44,0   58,0
 42.  Joksic,Sinisa              IM   2282 8 0  3     8,0   44,0   54,5
 43.  Dautov,Rustem              GM   2595 6 3  2     7,5   52,0   66,0
 44.  Kosteniuk,Alexandra        GM   2516 6 3  2     7,5   51,0   65,5
 45.  Korotkevych,Stanislav           2355 7 1  3     7,5   50,5   65,0
 46.  Tischbierek,Raj            GM   2466 5 5  1     7,5   50,0   65,5
 47.  Chuchelov,Vladimir         GM   2562 6 3  2     7,5   50,0   63,5
 48.  Jussupow,Artur             GM   2595 6 3  2     7,5   50,0   63,0
 49.  Polzin,Rainer              IM   2514 7 1  3     7,5   49,5   65,0
 50.  Ovsejevitsch,Sergej        GM   2525 6 3  2     7,5   49,5   65,0
 51.  Levin,Felix                GM   2501 6 3  2     7,5   49,0   62,0
 52.  Andersson,Ulf              GM   2584 5 5  1     7,5   49,0   62,0
 53.  Chiburdanidze,Maia         GM   2509 6 3  2     7,5   49,0   61,5
 54.  Shchekachev,Andrei         GM   2570 7 1  3     7,5   48,5   62,0
 55.  Hort,Vlastimil             GM   2510 6 3  2     7,5   48,5   61,5
 56.  Kekelidze,Michail          GM   2477 7 1  3     7,5   47,5   61,5
 57.  Zysk,Robert                IM   2460 7 1  3     7,5   47,5   59,0
 58.  Lobron,Eric                GM   2509 7 1  3     7,5   47,5   58,5
 59.  Klundt,Klaus               IM   2382 7 1  3     7,5   46,5   61,5
 60.  Boidman,Yuri               IM   2431 7 1  3     7,5   46,5   54,5
 61.  Reich,Thomas               IM   2374 7 1  3     7,5   46,0   61,0
 62.  Uhlmann,Wolfgang           GM   2400 7 1  3     7,5   46,0   58,5
 63.  Zupe,Miran                 IM   2386 5 5  1     7,5   44,0   54,0
 64.  Hort,Alex                       2156 7 1  3     7,5   43,5   58,0
 65.  Schumacher,Gottfried            2204 6 3  2     7,5   41,0   49,5
 66.  Postojev,Alexander              2256 7 1  3     7,5   39,5   53,0
544 players

3) American Continental Championship

The American Continental Championship takes place in Buenos Aires 5th-16th August, 2005.

Official site: http://www.ajedrez.com.ar/

Leading Round 9 Standings: 
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American Continental Buenos Aires ARG (ARG), 6-16 viii 2005
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  1. Bruzon, Lazaro               g  CUB  2662 7.5  52.5  42.75  39.0  2815 +1.56
  2. Milos, Gilberto              g  BRA  2606 7.0  52.5  38.25  36.0  2733 +1.33
  3. Kamsky, Gata                 g  USA  2700 7.0  49.5  37.50  35.5  2715 +0.16
  4. Granda Zuniga, Julio E       g  PER  2601 6.5  53.0  35.75  38.5  2726 +1.46
  5. Onischuk, Alexander          g  USA  2628 6.5  53.0  36.50  37.0  2715 +1.01
  6. Ivanov, Alexander            g  USA  2566 6.5  53.0  36.00  36.0  2662 +1.10
  7. Felgaer, Ruben               g  ARG  2618 6.5  52.5  37.00  35.0  2663 +0.56
  8. Shabalov, Alexander          g  USA  2593 6.5  50.0  34.25  34.5  2642 +0.56
  9. Shulman, Yuri                g  USA  2550 6.5  49.0  34.00  34.0  2645 +1.10
 10. Rodriguez, Andres            g  URU  2523 6.5  48.5  31.75  34.0  2621 +1.19
 11. Vescovi, Giovanni            g  BRA  2640 6.5  52.5  36.50  34.0  2666 +0.29
 12. Dominguez, Lenier            g  CUB  2639 6.5  50.0  35.00  33.5  2618 -0.16
 13. Nogueiras, Jesus             g  CUB  2541 6.5  45.5  31.00  33.5  2587 +0.56
 14. Needleman, Gaston               ARG  2242 6.5  45.5  32.50  28.0  2621 +4.43
 15. Spraggett, Kevin             g  CAN  2592 6.0  51.5  32.00  35.0  2624 +0.33
 16. Ibragimov, Ildar             g  USA  2605 6.0  50.5  31.25  33.5  2617 +0.15
 17. Hernandez, Gilberto          g  MEX  2518 6.0  50.0  31.25  33.0  2589 +0.78
 18. Sunye Neto, Jaime            g  BRA  2530 6.0  48.0  28.75  32.0  2556 +0.24
 19. Cordova, Emilio              f  PER  2422 6.0  48.0  29.50  31.5  2578 +1.86
 20. Akobian, Varuzhan            g  USA  2558 6.0  45.5  27.25  31.5  2570 +0.15
 21. Lima, Darcy                  g  BRA  2535 6.0  47.0  30.00  30.5  2466 -0.75
 22. Labollita, Martin            m  ARG  2383 6.0  48.5  29.50  30.0  2549 +2.04
 23. Alonso, Salvador             m  ARG  2457 6.0  43.0  27.50  29.5  2507 +0.60
 24. Leitao, Rafael               g  BRA  2598 6.0  42.0  27.00  28.0  2484 -1.20
 25. Vera, Reynaldo               g  CUB  2490 6.0  42.5  27.75  27.0  2425 -0.75
 26. Gulko, Boris F               g  USA  2589 5.5  47.5  26.25  31.5  2520 -0.80
 27. Milman, Lev                  f  USA  2459 5.5  49.5  28.25  31.0  2527 +0.82
 28. Sorin, Ariel                 g  ARG  2496 5.5  49.0  26.25  30.0  2525 +0.37
 29. Pierrot, Facundo             m  ARG  2449 5.5  46.5  25.75  30.0  2505 +0.73
 30. Flores, Diego                m  ARG  2513 5.5  46.0  26.25  29.0  2475 -0.44
 31. Zambrana, Oswaldo            m  BOL  2421 5.5  45.5  24.25  29.0  2484 +0.82
 32. Gurevich, Dmitry             g  USA  2515 5.5  44.0  24.50  29.0  2454 -0.71
 33. Arencibia, Walter            g  CUB  2527 5.5  45.0  25.25  29.0  2434 -1.07
 34. Quezada, Yuniesky            m  CUB  2522 5.5  44.0  25.00  28.5  2401 -1.34
 35. Castro, Oscar H              m  COL  2385 5.5  42.5  24.00  28.5  2404 +0.28
 36. Vasquez, Rodrigo             g  CHI  2558 5.5  43.0  24.50  27.5  2437 -1.34
 37. Hungaski, Roberto               USA  2308 5.5  45.5  25.00  26.0  2487 +2.26
 38. Mayorga, Nicolas                ARG  2188 5.5  41.5  24.00  26.0  2457 +3.25
 39. Liascovich, Lucas            f  ARG  2432 5.5  39.5  21.00  26.0  2404 -0.35
 40. Delgado, Neuris              g  CUB  2570 5.5  40.5  24.25  25.0  2404 -1.79
 41. De Dovitiis, Alejo           f  ARG  2345 5.5  35.0  19.25  24.0  2343 +0.01
 42. Bitelmajer, Martin              ARG  2243 5.5  37.0  20.75  23.5  2415 +2.17
 43. Ricardi, Pablo               g  ARG  2551 5.5  40.0  22.50  23.0  2349 -2.06
 44. Tristan, Leonardo               ARG  2225 5.5  38.0  19.00  21.0  2412 +2.35
152 players

4) Smith & Williamson British Chess Championships

The Smith & Williamson British Chess Championships 2005 took place in the Isle of Man, 1st-13th August 2005. Jonathan Rowson retained his title after a short draw in the final round.

Official site with live coverage: http://www.bcfservices.org.uk/live2005/

                              Nat Ti FIDE  
Pos Player                    lty tl Rtng   A   B  C     D     E     F
  1 ROWSON,Jonathan W........ SCO g  2599   8½ 11  8½ 2391  8.47  0.03

  2 CONQUEST,Stuart.......... ENG g  2503   8  11  8  2376  7.37  0.63
  3 HASLINGER,Stewart G...... ENG m  2412   8  11  8  2339  6.60  1.40

  4 EMMS,John M.............. ENG g  2509   7½ 11  7½ 2314  8.25 -0.75
  5 PERT,Richard............. ENG m  2424   7½ 11  7½ 2320  7.04  0.46

  6 GORDON,Stephen........... ENG f  2390   7  11  7  2382  5.61  1.39
  7 GREET,Andrew N........... ENG f  2425   7  11  7  2343  6.71  0.29

  8 JESSEL,Stephen........... IRL    2285   6½ 11  6½ 2344  4.62  1.88
  9 KNOTT,Simon J B.......... ENG m  2382   6½ 11  6½ 2286  6.93 -0.43
 10 LITTLEWOOD,Paul E........ ENG m  2355   6½ 11  6½ 2361  5.39  1.11
 11 RUDD,Jack................ ENG    2268   6½ 11  6½ 2261  5.61  0.89
 12 WARD,Chris G............. ENG g  2485   6½ 11  6½ 2351  7.48 -0.98

 13 ASHTON,Adam.............. ENG    2294   6  11  6  2300  5.39  0.61
 14 JONES,Gawain C........... ENG m  2442   6  11  6  2348  6.93 -0.93
 15 MASON,Don................ ENG    2265   6  11  6  2283  5.17  0.83
 16 MORRISON,Graham.......... SCO f  2322   6  11  6  2306  5.72  0.28
 17 SOWRAY,Peter J........... ENG f  2364   6  11  6  2276  6.82 -0.82
 18 WHITE,Michael JR......... ENG    2200   6  11  6  2274  4.40  1.60
 19 WILLIAMS,Simon K......... ENG m  2461   6  11  6  2264  8.25 -2.25
 20 WOODWARD,Timothy......... ENG f  2313   6  11  6  2367  4.62  1.38

 21 CUMBERS,Paul............. ENG    2118   5½ 10  4½ 2171  4.30  0.20
 22 HALL,Daniel J............ ENG    2036   5½ 11  5½ 2171  3.52  1.98
 23 HODGSON,John............. ENG    2225   5½ 11  5½ 2192  6.05 -0.55
 24 MITCHELL,Martin.......... SCO    2172   5½ 11  5½ 2238  4.51  0.99
 25 NIXON,Thomas C M......... ENG    2195   5½ 11  5½ 2287  4.07  1.43
 26 RAYNER,Francis........... WLS    2216   5½ 10  4½ 2228  4.80 -0.30
 27 STOREY,Charles........... ENG    2211   5½ 11  5½ 2238  5.06  0.44
 28 THERRIEN,Alex............ ENG    2294   5½ 11  5½ 2254  6.16 -0.66

 29 EGGLESTON,David J........ ENG    2138   5  11  5  2319  2.86  2.14
 30 EGGLESTON,Thomas A....... ENG    2166   5  11  5  2265  3.96  1.04
 31 PYM,Thomas W............. ENG    2099   5  11  5  2170  4.40  0.60
 32 SURTEES,Mike............. ENG    2142   5  11  5  2211  4.40  0.60
 33 TIPPLESTON,Charles E..... ENG c  2203   5  11  5  2234  5.06 -0.06

 34 BONAFONT,Philip.......... ENG    2116   4½ 10  3½ 2155  4.50 -1.00
 35 DE COVERLY,Roger......... ENG    2086   4½ 11  4½ 2138  4.73 -0.23
 36 DIGNAM,Matthew P......... IRL    2194   4½ 11  4½ 2162  5.94 -1.44
 37 FRASER,Joseph............ ENG    1959   4½ 10  4½ 2113  2.90  1.60
 38 POOBALASINGAM,Peter...... ENG    2067   4½ 10  3½ 2136  4.00 -0.50
 39 STONE,Andrew............. ENG    2265   4½ 11  4½ 2216  6.27 -1.77

 40 CHAPLIN,Peter............ ENG    2062   4  10  3  2145  3.90 -0.90
 41 VARNAM,Liam.............. ENG    2088   4  10  3  2124  4.50 -1.50

 42 MCDONNELL,James J........ IRL    2054   3½ 10  2½ 2132  3.90 -1.40
 43 WATERS,Michael........... IRL    2125   3½ 10  3½ 2191  4.10 -0.60

 44 ILETT,Raymond............ ENG    1824   3  11  3  2096        1921

 45 HUMPHREYS,Jerry.......... ENG    2115   2½ 10  2½ 2145  4.60 -2.10
 46 TAYLOR,Geoffrey P........ ENG    2135   2½ 10  1½ 2111  5.30 -3.80

5) First Saturday August

The next First Saturday GM, IM and FM closed tournaments take place 6th-18th of August Budapest.

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

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FSGM August Budapest HUN (HUN), 6-16 viii 2005        cat. VIII (2441)
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                                      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 
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 1. Berczes, David        f HUN 2495  * . . 1 1 = = 1 1 . 1  6.0  2736 
 2. Ilincic, Zlatko       g SCG 2470  . * 1 = . = = = = 1 .  4.5  2543 
 3. Erdos, Viktor         m HUN 2499  . 0 * 1 = = 1 = . 1 .  4.5  2543 
 4. Hoang Thanh Trang     m VIE 2476  0 = 0 * . 1 . 1 = 1 .  4.0  2503 
 5. Fogarasi, Tibor       g HUN 2490  0 . = . * . = = = = 1  3.5  2427 
 6. Seres, Lajos          g HUN 2429  = = = 0 . * . = = = =  3.5  2397 
 7. Meszaros, Tamas       m HUN 2408  = = 0 . = . * = = = =  3.5  2399 
 8. Payen, Arnaud         m FRA 2417  0 = = 0 = = = * . . 1  3.5  2404 
 9. Lapshun, Yury         m USA 2462  0 = . = = = = . * . =  3.0  2389 
10. Bellin, Robert        m ENG 2399  . 0 0 0 = = = . . * =  2.0  2282 
11. Franchini, Gabriele     ITA 2309  0 . . . 0 = = 0 = = *  2.0  2284 
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FSIMA August Budapest HUN (HUN), 6-16 viii 2005           cat. II (2294)
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 1. Hoang Thi Bao Tram  wm VIE 2267  * . . 1 1 = = . 0 1 1 1  6.0  2489 
 2. Petran, Pal          m HUN 2416  . * 0 . 1 1 1 1 . = = 1  6.0  2472 
 3. Laciner, Kerem         TUR 2179  . 1 * . = = 0 = 1 = 1 .  5.0  2411 
 4. Szeberenyi, Adam     m HUN 2396  0 . . * = 1 = 1 = = . =  4.5  2328 
 5. Jakab, Attila        m HUN 2451  0 0 = = * = . . 1 = 1 .  4.0  2290 
 6. Brustkern, Juergen   f GER 2250  = 0 = 0 = * . = 1 . . 1  4.0  2294 
 7. Wiley, Tom E         f ENG 2305  = 0 1 = . . * 0 = . = =  3.5  2226 
 8. Bors, Tamas          f HUN 2290  . 0 = 0 . = 1 * = 1 0 .  3.5  2252 
 9. Hoang Tri              HUN 2207  1 . 0 = 0 0 = = * . . 1  3.5  2243 
10. Boe, Mads            f DEN 2364  0 = = = = . . 0 . * = 1  3.5  2256 
11. Malada, Vinko          CRO 2248  0 = 0 . 0 . = 1 . = * =  3.0  2216 
12. Zucchelli, Massimo     ITA 2152  0 0 . = . 0 = . 0 0 = *  1.5  2055 
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 1. Garrido Dominguez, Jesus   f ESP 2273  * . . 1 = 1 . . 1 1 1  5.5  2643 
 2. Stupavski, Zdenko          f SCG 2337  . * . = . 1 0 . 1 1 1  4.5  2411 
 3. Lengyel, Bela              m HUN 2284  . . * 1 = 0 . = . = 1  3.5  2324 
 4. Kagan, Yosef               f ISR 2290  0 = 0 * 1 . 0 . 1 1 .  3.5  2263 
 5. Werner, Dimo               m GER 2369  = . = 0 * 1 . = . . =  3.0  2265 
 6. David, Vincent             f FRA 2277  0 0 1 . 0 * 1 1 . . .  3.0  2299 
 7. Kende, Gyorgy                HUN 2227  . 1 . 1 . 0 * = 0 = 0  3.0  2197 
 8. Kahn, Evarth               m HUN 2307  . . = . = 0 = * . . 1  2.5  2264 
 9. Balogh, Emese                HUN 2157  0 0 . 0 . . 1 . * = 1  2.5  2191 
10. Radnai, Adam                 HUN 2198  0 0 = 0 . . = . = * .  1.5  2068 
11. Sondermann, Johannes         GER 2164  0 0 0 . = . 1 0 0 . *  1.5  2049 
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FSIMC August Budapest HUN (HUN), 6-16 viii 2005                   cat. II (2279)
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 1. Cuenca Jimenez, Jose          f ESP 2351  * = . . . 1 = 1 . 1 1 1  6.0  2585 
 2. Le Quang Liem                 f VIE 2326  = * . . = . = 1 1 1 . 1  5.5  2499 
 3. Torma, Robert                   HUN 2272  . . * = 1 = . . 1 0 1 1  5.0  2427 
 4. Aguettaz, Maxime              f FRA 2347  . . = * = = . 1 . 1 = 1  5.0  2420 
 5. Vasvari, Tamas                  HUN 2203  . = 0 = * = . 0 . . 1 1  3.5  2289 
 6. Eperjesi, Laszlo              m HUN 2259  0 . = = = * = . = . = .  3.0  2224 
 7. Blodstein, B                    ISR 2249  = = . . . = * 0 = = . =  3.0  2238 
 8. Braghetta, Sergio               ITA 2264  0 0 . 0 1 . 1 * 0 1 . .  3.0  2235 
 9. Karasik, Evgeni                 ISR 2239  . 0 0 . . = = 1 * . = 0  2.5  2173 
10. Farago, Sandor                m HUN 2284  0 0 1 0 . . = 0 . * = .  2.0  2137 
11. Kaposztas, Miklos             m HUN 2260  0 . 0 = 0 = . . = = * .  2.0  2121 
12. Pedersen, Daniel Vesterbaek   f DEN 2296  0 0 0 0 0 . = . 1 . . *  1.5  2053 
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6) Montreal International

The Montreal International took place 3rd-14th August 2005. Victor Mikhalevski won the event with 8/11 undefeated.

Official site: http://pages.infinit.net/archamse/TIM2005.htm

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 1. Mikhalevski, Victor       g ISR 2572  * = = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 1  8.0  2714 
 2. Efimenko, Zahar           g UKR 2643  = * = = 1 = = 0 = 1 1 1  7.0  2635 
 3. Huzman, Alexander         g ISR 2577  = = * = = = = 1 1 0 = 1  6.5  2604 
 4. Kogan, Artur              g ISR 2580  = = = * = = = 1 0 = = 1  6.0  2575 
 5. Tyomkin, Dimitri          g CAN 2467  = 0 = = * = = 0 1 1 = 1  6.0  2585 
 6. Shipov, Sergei            g RUS 2582  0 = = = = * = 1 = 0 1 1  6.0  2575 
 7. Golod, Vitali             g ISR 2582  = = = = = = * = 1 = 0 =  5.5  2539 
 8. Bluvshtein, Mark          g CAN 2525  = 1 0 0 1 0 = * 0 1 = =  5.0  2508 
 9. Krush, Irina              m USA 2452  0 = 0 1 0 = 0 1 * = 1 =  5.0  2514 
10. Charbonneau, Pascal       m CAN 2509  0 0 1 = 0 1 = 0 = * = 1  5.0  2509 
11. Nataf, Igor-Alexandre     g FRA 2583  0 0 = = = 0 1 = 0 = * =  4.0  2436 
12. Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas   m CAN 2439  0 0 0 0 0 0 = = = 0 = *  2.0  2290 
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7) 9th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament

The 9th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament took place in Vlissingen (The Netherlands) August 6th-13th 2005. Friso Nijboer took first place on tie-break he was one of five players on 7.5/9. 2 IM-norms: Maurice Peek and Rene Tiggelman. News: Hans Groffen.

Official site: http://people.zeelandnet.nl/hgroffen/

Final Round 9 Standings:
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  1. Nijboer, Friso             g  NED 2529  7.5  55.0  44.75  39.5  2667 +1.30
  2. Iordachescu, Viorel        g  MDA 2606  7.5  54.5  44.50  39.5  2629 +0.18
  3. Stellwagen, Daniel         g  NED 2533  7.5  53.5  43.75  38.5  2632 +0.90
  4. Megaranto, Susanto         g  INA 2499  7.5  50.5  41.25  38.5  2648 +1.38
  5. L'Ami, Erwin               m  NED 2519  7.5  49.0  40.50  37.5  2550 +0.26
  6. Bofill Mas, Alejandro      m  ESP 2386  7.0  52.5  37.50  36.0  2549 +1.68
  7. Sasikiran, Krishnan        g  IND 2652  7.0  52.0  39.50  38.0  2581 -0.56
  8. Malakhatko, Vadim          g  UKR 2556  7.0  52.0  39.50  36.0  2546 -0.08
  9. Kohlweyer, Bernd           m  GER 2423  7.0  49.0  37.25  34.5  2461 +0.32
 10. Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav      g  RUS 2560  6.5  56.5  38.00  38.5  2580 +0.22
 11. Lacasa Diaz, Jose Antonio  m  ESP 2420  6.5  56.5  37.75  36.5  2481 +0.62
 12. Khmelniker, Ilya              ISR 2447  6.5  55.0  37.75  37.5  2565 +1.26
 13. Henrichs, Thomas           m  GER 2413  6.5  55.0  37.50  36.5  2506 +0.94
 14. Peek, Maurice                 NED 2366  6.5  53.5  35.25  36.5  2484 +1.14
 15. Odendahl, Reiner           f  GER 2376  6.5  52.5  36.50  35.0  2420 +0.47
 16. Romanishin, Oleg M         g  UKR 2570  6.5  52.5  36.00  36.5  2507 -0.58
 17. Afek, Yochanan             m  ISR 2389  6.5  50.0  34.50  35.0  2459 +0.70
 18. Martens, Martin            m  NED 2423  6.5  49.0  35.00  32.0  2318 -0.89
 19. Tiggelman, Rene               NED 2177  6.5  48.0  32.25  33.5  2485 +2.82
 20. Van Leent, Dmitri             NED 2261  6.5  47.5  31.50  33.5  2393 +1.10
 21. Piceu, Tom                 f  BEL 2345  6.5  47.0  31.50  33.0  2422 +0.79
 22. Rodshtein, Maxim              ISR 2459  6.5  46.5  31.75  32.5  2388 -0.66
 23. Brinck-Claussen, Bjorn     m  DEN 2348  6.5  44.0  32.25  31.0  2339 -0.06
 24. Landa, Konstantin          g  RUS 2609  6.0  59.5  37.75  37.5  2535 -0.76
 25. Rahal, Michael             m  ENG 2415  6.0  53.5  34.25  35.0  2366 -0.52
 26. Roeder, Mathias            m  GER 2393  6.0  52.5  32.25  33.5  2414 +0.20
 27. Wegerle, Joerg             f  GER 2421  6.0  51.5  32.75  34.0  2379 -0.44
 28. Rogers, Ian                g  AUS 2569  6.0  51.0  32.00  32.5  2376 -1.72
 29. Volke, Karsten             m  GER 2477  6.0  50.5  32.50  32.5  2414 -0.44
 30. Purnama, Tirta Chandra        INA 2337  6.0  49.0  29.00  33.0  2397 +0.60
 31. Bezemer, Arno              f  NED 2364  6.0  48.5  29.50  32.5  2273 -0.83
 32. Vanderhallen, Nicolas         BEL 2132  6.0  47.5  28.25  29.5  2299 +1.00
 33. Zozulia, Anna              m  UKR 2314  6.0  47.0  29.00  32.0  2361 +0.44
 34. Van der Heijden, Alan         NED ----  6.0  46.5  28.50  29.0  2220  2220
 35. Struk, Jerzy                  POL 2232  6.0  46.5  27.00  31.0  2258 +0.24
 36. Kern, Guido                m  GER 2343  6.0  46.0  29.00  29.5  2239 -1.08
 37. Schlawin, Marlon              GER 2302  6.0  46.0  28.25  31.5  2303 -0.04
 38. Cornelisse, Johnny J.A        NED 2204  6.0  45.5  27.50  29.0  2267 +0.59
 39. Swinkels, Robin               NED 2291  6.0  44.0  27.50  30.0  2145 -1.20
 40. Haak, Eelco                   NED 2200  6.0  43.5  27.25  29.0  2087 -0.75
 41. Oosterom, Erik                NED 2157  6.0  42.0  27.25  28.0  2385 +0.87
 42. Nep, Ron                      NED 2307  6.0  42.0  26.75  29.0  2305 +0.03
 43. Leenhouts, Koen               NED 2403  5.5  53.5  29.25  34.5  2352 -0.54
250 players

8) Grundfos Young Masters

The Grundfos Young Masters takes place 14th-21st August 2005 in the Hotel Scandic in Aarhus, Denmark. Favorites: GM Alexander Areshchenko, Ukraine and GM Kamil Miton, Poland.

Note I gather the games and results below are wrong due to errors on the official site, I will correct them next week.

Official site: http://www.grundfos-www.com/chess/

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 1. Miton, Kamil                 g POL 2589  * . . . . . 1 . 1 .  2.0       
 2. Maze, Sebastien              m FRA 2494  . * = . . . . 1 . .  1.5  2626 
 3. Korobov, Anton               g UKR 2554  . = * . . . . . . 1  1.5  2620 
 4. Palo, Davor                  m DEN 2519  . . . * = . . . 1 .  1.5  2643 
 5. Pedersen, Christian Kyndel   f DEN 2364  . . . = * . . . . 1  1.5  2633 
 6. Kuzubov, Yuriy               m UKR 2535  . . . . . * = = . .  1.0  2469 
 7. Areshchenko, Alexander       g UKR 2625  0 . . . . = * . . .  0.5  2369 
 8. Glud, Jacob Vang             f DEN 2313  . 0 . . . = . * . .  0.5  2321 
 9. Balogh, Csaba                g HUN 2537  0 . . 0 . . . . * .  0.0       
10. Bogner, Sebastian              GER 2361  . . 0 . 0 . . . . *  0.0       
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9) Icelandic Championship

The Icelandic Championship takes place in Reykjavic 11th-21st August 2005.

Official site: http://www.skaksamband.com/ice05/

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 1. Stefansson, Hannes          g ISL 2579  * . . = . 1 1 1 . . . .  3.5  2593 
 2. Kristjansson, Stefan        m ISL 2459  . * = . . . . . 1 1 . 1  3.5  2636 
 3. Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor      m ISL 2388  . = * = . . . . . = 1 .  2.5  2419 
 4. Sigfusson, Sigurdur         f ISL 2344  = . = * . . . . . 1 = .  2.5  2460 
 5. Thorfinnsson, Bjorn         f ISL 2328  . . . . * 0 = 1 . . . 1  2.5  2341 
 6. Thorsteinsson, Thorsteinn   f ISL 2277  0 . . . 1 * . . . = = .  2.0  2350 
 7. Asgeirsson, Heimir            ISL 2118  0 . . . = . * . 1 . . =  2.0  2366 
 8. Johannesson, Ingvar Thor    f ISL 2291  0 . . . 0 . . * = . 1 .  1.5  2264 
 9. Bergsson, Snorri            f ISL 2259  . 0 . . . . 0 = * . . 1  1.5  2204 
10. Bjarnason, Saevar           m ISL 2255  . 0 = 0 . = . . . * . .  1.0  2174 
11. Steindorsson, Sigurdur P      ISL 2241  . . 0 = . = . 0 . . * .  1.0  2132 
12. Asmundsson, Ingvar          f ISL 2299  . 0 . . 0 . = . 0 . . *  0.5  1969 
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10) 15th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival

The 15th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival takes place 14th to 23rd Aug 2005. Total Prizes about 40,000 $, There are 23 GM, 12 IM, 3 WGM, 5 WIM, 9 FM ..

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

Top 10 players in the Master Event.
 1 Mamedyarov Shakhriyar GM AZE 2646
 2 Aleksandrov Aleksej   GM BLR 2630
 3 Volkov Sergey         GM RUS 2622
 4 Kobalia Mikhail       GM RUS 2614
 5 Fedorov Alexei        GM BLR 2611
 6 Ghaem Maghami Ehsan   GM IRI 2603
 7 Ganguly Surya Shekhar GM IND 2596
 8 Anastasian Ashot      GM ARM 2595
 9 Kotsur Pavel          GM KAZ 2595
10 Guseinov Gadir        GM AZE 2585

11) Stork Young Masters

The Stork Young Masters took place 8th-13th August 2005. Alexander Riazantsev took first place on tie-break.

Official site: http://www.onjk.nl

Official Final Standings
 1  1 Riazantsev, Alexander 2599 6.0 48.5 32.25 2631
 2  7 Zhigalko, Andrey      2526 6.0 46.0 29.25 2605
 3  2 Belov, Vladimir       2596 6.0 45.5 29.75 2639
 4  6 Baramidze, David      2535 6.0 44.0 27.75 2636
 5  5 Smeets, Jan           2537 5.5 40.0 22.25 2486
 6 11 Barnaure, Vlad-Victor 2445 5.0 47.5 24.75 2529
 7  8 Kharitonov, Alexandr  2519 5.0 45.0 25.00 2518
 8  9 Zhigalko, Sergei      2485 5.0 43.0 22.00 2500
 9  4 Lupulescu, Constantin 2542 5.0 41.0 18.75 2508
10 13 Brandenburg, Daan     2371 5.0 40.0 17.75 2482
11 14 Spoelman, Wouter      2365 5.0 39.5 19.75 2478
12  3 Nyback, Tomi          2571 4.5 46.5 22.00 2464
13 19 Motoc, Alina          2270 4.5 36.0 14.25 2416
14 15 Koster, Ramon         2335 4.0 35.0 14.50 2366
15 10 Michiels, Bart        2457 3.5 38.0 12.75 2333
16 17 Michielsen, Joost     2320 3.5 35.5 10.50 2288
17 12 Vasilevich, Irina     2407 3.0 34.5 10.00 2256
18 18 Bitalzadeh, Ali       2317 3.0 34.5  9.75 2243
19 16 Sharevich, Anna       2325 2.5 36.0  7.25 2216
20 20 Bensdorp, Marlies     2225 2.0 34.0  6.25 2152

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 1. Riazantsev, Alexander  g  RUS 2599  = 7 +11 = 4 + 3 = 2 = 6 +10 = 5 = 8  6.0  2631 
 2. Belov, Vladimir        g  RUS 2596  +17 + 3 + 8 =10 = 1 = 4 =12 = 7 = 6  6.0  2639 
 3. Zhigalko, Andrey       m  BLR 2526  +16 - 2 +11 - 1 =12 + 9 = 6 + 4 + 7  6.0  2605 
 4. Baramidze, David       g  GER 2535  +19 =15 = 1 + 5 +10 = 2 = 7 - 3 +12  6.0  2635 
 5. Smeets, Jan            g  NED 2537  =14 = 7 +16 - 4 =15 =11 +19 = 1 +13  5.5  2486 
 6. Kharitonov, Alexandr   m  RUS 2519  =18 = 9 =12 =13 + 8 = 1 = 3 =10 = 2  5.0  2517 
 7. Barnaure, Vlad-Victor  f  ROM 2445  = 1 = 5 = 9 = 8 +13 +15 = 4 = 2 - 3  5.0  2528 
 8. Zhigalko, Sergei       m  BLR 2485  =13 +14 - 2 = 7 - 6 +17 +11 =12 = 1  5.0  2500 
 9. Spoelman, Wouter          NED 2365  =10 = 6 = 7 =15 =11 - 3 +17 =14 +18  5.0  2478 
10. Lupulescu, Constantin  m  ROM 2542  = 9 +18 +15 = 2 - 4 =12 - 1 = 6 +20  5.0  2507 
11. Brandenburg, Daan         NED 2371  +12 - 1 - 3 +20 = 9 = 5 - 8 +19 +16  5.0  2482 
12. Nyback, Tomi           g  FIN 2571  -11 +13 = 6 +14 = 3 =10 = 2 = 8 - 4  4.5  2464 
13. Motoc, Alina           wf ROM 2270  = 8 -12 +19 = 6 - 7 =16 +20 +18 - 5  4.5  2416 
14. Koster, Ramon          f  NED 2335  = 5 - 8 +18 -12 =16 =20 +15 = 9 -17  4.0  2366 
15. Michiels, Bart         m  BEL 2457  +20 = 4 -10 = 9 = 5 - 7 -14 -17 +19  3.5  2332 
16. Michielsen, Joost         NED 2320  - 3 +17 - 5 =19 =14 =13 -18 +20 -11  3.5  2288 
17. Vasilevich, Irina      m  RUS 2407  - 2 -16 =20 =18 -19 - 8 - 9 +15 +14  3.0  2255 
18. Bitalzadeh, Ali           NED 2317  = 6 -10 -14 =17 =20 =19 +16 -13 - 9  3.0  2242 
19. Sharevich, Anna        wm BLR 2325  - 4 =20 -13 =16 +17 =18 - 5 -11 -15  2.5  2216 
20. Bensdorp, Marlies      wm NED 2225  -15 =19 =17 -11 =18 =14 -13 -16 -10  2.0  2151 
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12) 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. took place in Olomouc (Czech Republic) 3rd-11th August 2005. Games from the first seven days only are available.

Further details: http://www.czechtour.net

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 1. Shanava, Konstantine    m GEO 2477  * = . 0 . = 1 1 = 1 1 1  6.5  2615 
 2. Potapov, Alexander1     g RUS 2530  = * = . 0 1 1 1 = = . 1  6.0  2565 
 3. El Taher, Fouad         m EGY 2456  . = * = 1 = = = = 1 1 .  6.0  2584 
 4. Laznicka, Viktor        m CZE 2517  1 . = * 0 = 1 = . 0 1 1  5.5  2515 
 5. Stopa, Jacek              POL 2460  . 1 0 1 * = 0 = 1 . = 0  4.5  2461 
 6. Sundararajan, Kidambi   m IND 2484  = 0 = = = * = . 1 . 0 1  4.5  2463 
 7. Simacek, Pavel          m CZE 2453  0 0 = 0 1 = * = 1 1 . .  4.5  2464 
 8. Kholmov, Ratmir D       g RUS 2430  0 0 = = = . = * . 1 = =  4.0  2407 
 9. Popchev, Milko          g BUL 2476  = = = . 0 0 0 . * 1 = =  3.5  2366 
10. Thinius, Marco          m GER 2354  0 = 0 1 . . 0 0 0 * 1 =  3.0  2335 
11. Neuman, Petr            m CZE 2428  0 . 0 0 = 1 . = = 0 * =  3.0  2322 
12. Cernousek, Lukas          CZE 2375  0 0 . 0 1 0 . = = = = *  3.0  2336 
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 1. Arutinian, David     m GEO 2446  * 1 . = = = = = 1 = 1 .  6.0  2556 
 2. Radulski, Julian     g BUL 2502  0 * 1 1 = 0 = 1 . . 1 =  5.5  2530 
 3. Maslak, Konstantin   m RUS 2501  . 0 * . = = = 1 1 1 = =  5.5  2522 
 4. Prasad, Devaki V     m IND 2359  = 0 . * 0 1 . 0 1 1 = 1  5.0  2483 
 5. Voloshin, Leonid     g CZE 2477  = = = 1 * = = . = 0 = .  4.5  2429 
 6. Gavrilov, Alexei1    m RUS 2464  = 1 = 0 = * 1 0 . 0 . 1  4.5  2454 
 7. Bakre, Tejas         g IND 2467  = = = . = 0 * = 1 . = =  4.5  2452 
 8. Bromberger, Stefan   m GER 2491  = 0 0 1 . 1 = * 0 1 . =  4.5  2436 
 9. Hassan, Abdullah     m UAE 2341  0 . 0 0 = . 0 1 * 1 1 1  4.5  2442 
10. Jirka, Jiri          m CZE 2391  = . 0 0 1 1 . 0 0 * 0 1  3.5  2356 
11. Lagowski, Patryk     m POL 2395  0 0 = = = . = . 0 1 * 0  3.0  2313 
12. Bernasek, Jan        m CZE 2458  . = = 0 . 0 = = 0 0 1 *  3.0  2309 
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 1. Mankeyev, Rauan     f KAZ 2344  * = = 1 = 1 = = . 1 . 1  6.5  2476 
 2. Pisk, Petr          m CZE 2319  = * = = = . = 1 . 1 1 1  6.5  2463 
 3. Malinovsky, Karel     CZE 2309  = = * = = = . . 1 = 1 1  6.0  2429 
 4. Vovk, Andrey        f UKR 2339  0 = = * . = 1 1 1 1 . .  5.5  2461 
 5. Savage, Ben D         ENG 2300  = = = . * 1 1 0 = = 1 .  5.5  2388 
 6. Fingerov, Dmitry    m UKR 2358  0 . = = 0 * = 1 1 . 1 =  5.0  2353 
 7. Salai, Ladislav     m SVK 2378  = = . 0 0 = * = = . 1 1  4.5  2309 
 8. Krupa, Monika      wm POL 2275  = 0 . 0 1 0 = * 1 = = .  4.0  2271 
 9. Pachow, Joerg       f GER 2352  . . 0 0 = 0 = 0 * = 1 =  3.0  2173 
10. Mohamed, Hossein    f UAE 2230  0 0 = 0 = . . = = * 0 =  2.5  2138 
11. Beil, Martin          CZE 2212  . 0 0 . 0 0 0 = 0 1 * 1  2.5  2145 
12. Zeleny, Tomas         CZE 2286  0 0 0 . . = 0 . = = 0 *  1.5  2061 
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Ave-Kontakt Cup IMB Olomouc CZE (CZE), 3-16 viii 2005         cat. III (2302)
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                                           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Vovk, Yuri                 m UKR 2435  * 0 0 1 . . 1 1 1 = 1 1  6.5  2454 
 2. Kraemer, Martin            f GER 2377  1 * = = = 1 = = . . 1 =  6.0  2421 
 3. Petr, Martin                 CZE 2331  1 = * = 1 0 1 . 1 0 1 .  6.0  2460 
 4. Camarena Gimenez, Rufino   f ESP 2374  0 = = * = 1 . = 1 . 1 1  6.0  2424 
 5. Potapov, Pavel               RUS 2285  . = 0 = * = . 1 1 1 = 1  6.0  2412 
 6. Pel, Bonno                 f NED 2310  . 0 1 0 = * 1 1 = 1 = .  5.5  2406 
 7. Jasim, A.R. Saleh          f UAE 2318  0 = 0 . . 0 * = 1 = 1 1  4.5  2294 
 8. Kanovsky, David              CZE 2328  0 = . = 0 0 = * = 1 . 1  4.0  2248 
 9. Ganaus, Hannes             m AUT 2340  0 . 0 0 0 = 0 = * 1 . 1  3.0  2159 
10. Treybal, Dusan             f SVK 2236  = . 1 . 0 0 = 0 0 * 0 =  2.5  2127 
11. Vavra, Pavel1              m CZE 2346  0 0 0 0 = = 0 . . 1 * =  2.5  2124 
12. Plat, Vojtech                CZE 1945  0 = . 0 0 . 0 0 0 = = *  1.5  2064 
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Agentura 64 Cup IMC Olomouc CZE (CZE), 3-16 viii 2005      cat. III (2314)
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                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Krzesaj, Robert           POL 2263  * 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 .  7.5  2609 
 2. Chytilek, Roman         m CZE 2415  1 * = = 0 = = 1 1 1 . .  6.0  2423 
 3. Pitl, Gregory           f GER 2332  = = * = = . = = . 1 1 1  6.0  2467 
 4. Tibensky, Robert        m SVK 2444  0 = = * = . = . 1 = 1 1  5.5  2388 
 5. Aliev, Kerim            m TKM 2325  0 1 = = * 1 . = = = . =  5.0  2353 
 6. Nadig, Kruttika           IND 2198  0 = . . 0 * = = 1 = = 1  4.5  2309 
 7. Groetz, Harald          f AUT 2303  0 = = = . = * 1 0 . = =  4.0  2268 
 8. Jurcik, Marian            SVK 2342  0 0 = . = = 0 * 1 . 0 1  3.5  2214 
 9. Rojicek, Vojtech          CZE 2153  . 0 . 0 = 0 1 0 * 1 = =  3.5  2255 
10. Sluka, Radek              CZE 2329  0 0 0 = = = . . 0 * 1 1  3.5  2229 
11. Jasny, Stanislav        f CZE 2341  0 . 0 0 . = = 1 = 0 * 1  3.5  2218 
12. Abdul, Majeed Mohamad   f UAE 2318  . . 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 0 *  1.5  2034 
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13) 27th Oberwart Open

The 27th Oberwart Open (Austria) took place 9th-17th July 2005. Thomas Luther edged out Suat Atalik on tie-break after both scored 7.5/9.

Official site: http://www.openoberwart.at

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27th Open Oberwart AUT (AUT), 9-17 vii 2005
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 1. Luther, Thomas              g  GER 2540  7½ 53½ 42  44,0
 2. Atalik, Suat                g  BIH 2561  7½ 51½ 39½ 42,7
 3. Bakre, Tejas                g  IND 2467  7  51½ 40½ 38,0
 4. Baumegger, Siegfried        m  AUT 2411  7  48½ 38½ 36,5
 5. Klenburg, Mikhail           m  UKR 2400  7  48½ 38  36,0
 6. Stanec, Nikolaus            g  AUT 2566  6½ 53  41½ 37,0
 7. Sommerbauer, Norbert        m  AUT 2427  6½ 52  40½ 36,2
 8. Ardeleanu, Alin             m  ROM 2389  6½ 52  40½ 34,5
 9. Czebe, Attila               g  HUN 2494  6½ 51½ 39½ 35,0
10. Zawadzki, Stanislaw         m  POL 2396  6½ 49  38½ 31,7
11. Levin, Felix                g  GER 2501  6½ 44½ 35½ 31,7
12. Shengelia, Davit            g  GEO 2525  6  54  42  33,7
13. Wittmann, Walter            m  AUT 2365  6  53  41  33,0
14. Kovacs, Gabor               m  HUN 2449  6  52½ 40½ 33,5
15. Alvir, Aco                  m  AUT 2385  6  51½ 42  32,5
16. Nemeth, Miklos              f  HUN 2365  6  51  40  32,5
17. Weinzettl, Ernst            m  AUT 2347  6  50½ 39½ 31,5
18. Danner, Georg               m  AUT 2408  6  50½ 39  31,5
19. Lendwai, Reinhard           m  AUT 2416  6  50  39½ 32,2
20. Ruck, Robert                g  HUN 2546  6  48½ 38½ 31,2
21. Korotkjevich, Stanislav        UKR 2349  6  48½ 38  31,0
22. Moser, Eva                  m  AUT 2354  6  47½ 36½ 30,0
23. Arwanitakis, Michael           AUT 2276  6  44½ 35½ 27,2
24. Petschar, Kurt              f  AUT 2270  6  44½ 33½ 26,0
25. Scheffknecht, Philipp          AUT 2163  6  44  35½ 28,2
26. Sprotte, Norbert               GER 2265  6  43½ 34  28,2
27. Schwab, Rene                   AUT 2273  6  43  35  24,5
28. Testor, Sebastian              AUT 2199  6  40½ 31½ 25,7
29. Glienke, Manfred            m  GER 2318  5½ 48  37  25,2
166 players

14) Liepajas rokade

Liepajas rokade, the biggest chess festival in the Baltics took place from 11th to 14th of August 2005 in Liepaja Latvia. Loek van Wely won the main all-play-all rapid event. I will round up the games next week.

English http://www.liepajniekiem.lv/?doc=19684 and Latvian http://www.liepajniekiem.lv/?doc=19681

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Liepajas Rokade Main Liepaja LAT (LAT), 12-14 viii 2005       cat. XI (2502)
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 1. Van Wely, Loek         g NED 2655 11    66.25
 2. Fridman, Daniel2       g LAT 2566 9.5   56.25
 3. Starostits, Ilmars     m LAT 2474 7.5   48.25
 4. Khalifman, Alexander   g RUS 2653 7.5   45.50
 5. Kengis, Edvins         g LAT 2534 7.5   39.50
 6. Kveinys, Aloizas		     g LTU 2510 7     40.50
 7. Ehlvest, Jaan          g EST 2614 6.5   36.25
 8. Sveshnikov, Evgeny     g LAT 2507 6     34.25
 9. Kulaots, Kaido         g EST 2570 5.5   33.25
10. Neiksans, Arturs       m LAT 2453 5.5   30.75
11. Miezis, Normunds       g LAT 2527 5     31.50
12. Kanep, Meelis          m EST 2491 5     29.75
13. Putka, Verner            LAT 2283 5     26.25
14. Sveshnikov, Vladimir     LAT 2194 2.5   15.75
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15) Petrovskaya Ladya Peterhof

The knockout tournament "Petrovskaya Ladya" took place in Peterhof (near St. Petersburg), 1st-11th of August 2005. There are no games from this rapid knock-out event available yet. Final: Khalifman - Novik 2:0. Alongside there was an IM-tournament won by Valery Popov which does have games.

http://www.petergofchess.ru/knockout.html and http://www.petergofchess.ru/play_pl.html

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Petrovskaya Ladya IM Peterhof RUS (RUS), 1-11 viii 2005           cat. V (2367)
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 1. Popov, Valerij         g RUS 2570  * 1 = = 1 1 1 = = 1 = 1 1 =  10.0  2562 
 2. Nikolaev, Nikita         RUS 2356  0 * = = = = 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 1  8.5  2478 
 3. Zhidkov, Valery S      m UKR 2410  = = * = = = = = = = 1 1 = 1  8.0  2451 
 4. Arzumanian, Georgy     m ARM 2448  = = = * 0 = 1 0 = 1 = 1 1 1  8.0  2448 
 5. Petrenko, Svetlana     m MDA 2307  0 = = 1 * = 1 = = 0 = = 1 1  7.5  2428 
 6. Lintchevski, Daniil      RUS 2332  0 = = = = * 0 = 1 1 = 1 = 1  7.5  2427 
 7. Utkin, Aleksey         f RUS 2382  0 1 = 0 0 1 * 0 = = 1 = 1 1  7.0  2395 
 8. Eliseev, Alexei        m RUS 2439  = 0 = 1 = = 1 * 0 = = 0 = 1  6.5  2361 
 9. Bets, Anatolij         m MDA 2377  = 0 = = = 0 = 1 * 0 = 1 = 1  6.5  2366 
10. Gerasimov, Yuri        f RUS 2298  0 = = 0 1 0 = = 1 * = 0 1 =  6.0  2343 
11. Sudakova, Irina       wg RUS 2360  = 0 0 = = = 0 = = = * 1 = 1  6.0  2338 
12. Doluhanova, Evgeniya  wm UKR 2273  0 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 0 1 0 * = 1  4.5  2264 
13. Kostiuk, Tatiana      wm UKR 2281  0 0 = 0 0 = 0 = = 0 = = * 1  4.0  2232 
14. Rumiantsev, Anton      f RUS 2309  = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 *  1.0  1970 
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16) IM Charleroi

The Pays de Charleroi 2005 IM tournament took place 29th July - 6th July 2005. Kevin Terrieux of France took the event with 6.5/9.

Official site: http://homeusers.brutele.be/oipc/fr/accueil.html

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It Charleroi BEL (BEL), 29 vii-6 viii 2005         cat. IV (2343)
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                                   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Terrieux, Kevin    f FRA 2365  * = 1 = = = 1 1 = 1  6.5  2506 
 2. Kengis, Edvins     g LAT 2534  = * = = 1 = = 1 = 1  6.0  2447 
 3. Brunner, Nicolas   f FRA 2386  0 = * = 1 1 = = 1 =  5.5  2418 
 4. Plachetka, Jan     g SVK 2459  = = = * = = = 0 1 1  5.0  2373 
 5. Cools, Gorik       f BEL 2362  = 0 0 = * 1 0 1 1 1  5.0  2384 
 6. Le Quang, Kim      f BEL 2330  = = 0 = 0 * = 1 1 1  5.0  2387 
 7. Akhayan, Ruben       BEL 2202  0 = = = 1 = * 0 1 0  4.0  2316 
 8. Meessen, Rudolf    f BEL 2314  0 0 = 1 0 0 1 * 0 1  3.5  2266 
 9. Cappon, John         FRA 2216  = = 0 0 0 0 0 1 * =  2.5  2191 
10. Wantiez, Fabrice     BEL 2265  0 0 = 0 0 0 1 0 = *  2.0  2132 
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17) Creon Open

The Creon Open takes place 1st-7th August 2005. Creon is a small town near Bordeaux. 127 players. Marijan Petrov and Alexandre Sulypa finished on 7.5/9.

Official website: http://creonechecs.free.fr/

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10th Open Creon FRA (FRA), 1-7 viii 2005
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 1. Petrov, Marijan                    m  BUL 2406 7,5  46,5  2568
 2. Sulypa, Alexandre                  g  UKR 2465 7,5  46    2564
 3. Ernst, Thomas                      g  SWE 2459 7    47,5  2513
 4. Drenchev, Petar                       BUL 2412 7    47    2471
 5. Boudre, Jean-Pierre                m  FRA 2359 7    40,5  2313
 6. Krivoshey, Sergei                  m  UKR 2500 6,5  44,5  2462
 7. Beudaert, Xavier                   f  FRA 2358 6,5  44,5  2409
 8. Dzhumaev, Marat                    g  UZB 2531 6,5  44    2449
 9. Van Dooren, Dirk                      NED ---- 6,5  43,5  2312
10. Zimmerman, Yuri                    m  RUS 2375 6,5  43    2409
11. Sanchez, Nicolas                      FRA 2149 6,5  42    2269
12. Piankov, Evgenij                   m  UKR 2347 6,5  42    2259
13. Jaureguiberry, Cedric                 FRA 2182 6    42    2159
14. Van de Berkmortel, Theo               NED 2272 6    41,5  2173
15. Rodrigues, Emmanuel                   FRA 2127 6    40,5  2150
16. Smits, Sebastiaan                     NED ---- 6    38,5  2131
17. Sauvadet, Herve                       FRA 2064 6    38,5  2067
18. Grego, Pierre                         FRA 1913 6    37,5  2148
19. Favarel, Antoine                      FRA 1980 6    36,5  2047
20. Pantioukhine, Slava                   FRA 1989 6    36    1988
21. Laurent, Dominique                    FRA 2022 6    34    1945
22. Saucey, Michel                     f  FRA 2336 5,5  41,5  2184
127 players

18) Warmia & Mazury Chess Festival

The Warmia & Mazury Chess Festival Regional Chess Festival took place in Ostróda (Poland) August 6th-12th 2005. Bartlomiej Heberla won the event with 7.5/9.

Official site: http://mistagerling.4me.pl/

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Warmia & Mazury Chess Festival Ostróda POL (POL) 6-12 viii 2005
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 1  Heberla, Bartlomiej (3)      POL   2447    im    7.5     41.5  53.0   39.5
 2  Walach, Marcin (5)           POL   2367    fm    7       41.5  53.5   39.5
 3  Jakubowski, Krzysztof (1)    POL   2483    im    7       40.0  52.0   34.5
 4  Kolago, Marcin (6)           POL   2297          7       34.5  44.0   33.0
 5  Stryjecki, Marek (4)         POL   2418    im    6.5     39.5  51.0   35.0
 6  Wlodarczyk, Oskar (7)        POL   2271          6.5     36.0  44.5   28.5
 7  Sygulski, Pawel (18)         POL   2133          6       42.0  53.0   33.0
 8  Mista, Aleksander (2)        POL   2474    gm    6       40.5  52.0   36.0
 9  Krzyzanowski, Marcin (29)    POL   2005          6       34.5  45.0   27.0
 10 Jadanowski, Lukasz (27)      POL   2033          6       29.5  39.5   25.5
 11 Kubicki, Marek (13)          POL   2188    .     5.5     36.5  47.5   29.0
 12 Betkowski, Andrzej (10)      POL   2217          5.5     35.5  47.0   30.0
 13 Caba, Tomasz (11)            POL   2212          5.5     35.0  46.0   31.5
 14 Worek, Joanna (8)            POL   2263    wfm   5.5     33.0  43.5   25.5
 15 Baturo, Tomasz (37)          POL   1960          5.5     30.5  39.0   23.0
 16 Czartoryski, Pawel (28)      POL   2009          5.5     29.5  38.0   24.5
 17 Budrewicz, Krzysztof (16)    POL   2161          5       34.5  44.0   30.0
 18 Zbrzezny, Aleksander (23)    POL   2050          5       33.5  41.0   25.0
 19 Smola, Michal (32)           POL   1984          5       32.5  43.0   24.5
 20 Jozwik, Rafal (14)           POL   2188          5       32.5  42.0   27.5
 21 Kuzniecow, Genadiy (49)      POL                 5       28.0  36.0   20.5
 22 Kupczyk, Edyta (19)          POL   2123          4.5     33.5  43.5   24.0
 23 Cieslukowska, Katarzyna (36) POL   1961          4.5     33.5  43.5   23.5
 24 Szczepaniec, Stanislaw (21)  POL   2100          4.5     33.5  43.0   25.5
 25 Major, Boguslaw (46)         POL   1810          4.5     33.5  42.0   20.5
 26 Jackowska, Aleksandra (34)   POL   1980          4.5     32.5  42.5   22.0
 27 Chabiniec, Jan (15)          UKR   2177          4.5     31.5  41.5   25.5
 28 Jaroch, Pawel (17)           POL   2158          4.5     31.0  40.5   23.0
 29 Matuszczyk, Przemyslaw (38)  POL   1952          4.5     31.0  38.5   22.0
 30 Krajewicz, Pawel (30)        POL   1993          4.5     30.5  40.5   23.0
 31 Obiedzinski, Pawel (26)      POL   2035          4.5     30.0  39.5   22.5
 32 Jaroch, Karol (22)           POL   2073          4.5     30.0  38.0   26.5
 33 Hajnrych, Jakub (41)         POL   1935          4.5     29.5  38.5   20.5
 34 Szymanowska, Lena (33)       POL   1982          4.5     28.5  37.5   19.0
 35 Kucypera, Malgorzata (25)    POL   2039          4.5     27.5  36.5   23.0
 36 Dahm, Mikolaj (24)           POL   2045          4.5     26.5  34.5   21.0
 37 Palacz, Tomasz (39)          POL   1951          4       35.5  45.0   23.0
 38 Amiragov, Dmitry (12)        RUS   2203          4       35.0  45.5   27.0
 39 Wydornik, Robert (59)        POL                 4       31.5  40.5   20.0
 40 Smolka, Marcin (57)          POL                 4       29.5  38.5   16.5
 41 Kaminska, Paulina (31)       POL   1989          4       29.0  37.5   17.0
 42 Matras, Agnieszka (9)        POL   2238    wim   4       28.0  39.5   20.0
 43 Zarebski, Cezary (20)        POL   2105          4       24.0  32.5   17.5
 44 Milewski, Henryk (55)        POL                 3.5     33.5  43.5   21.0
 45 Bokiej, Przemyslaw (50)      POL                 3.5     30.5  39.0   18.0
 46 Jadanowska, Beata (45)       POL   1834          3.5     29.5  37.5   17.0
 47 Wesolowski, Edgar (58)       POL                 3.5     29.5  36.5   17.0
 48 Baumann, Dariusz (56)        POL                 3.5     29.0  36.0   14.5
 49 Kotermanska, Anna (43)       POL   1913          3.5     27.0  34.5   16.0
 50 Andrzejewski, Szymon (40)    POL   1940          3.5     21.5  29.5   13.0
 51 Przybylowicz, Kazimierz (42) POL   1935          3       27.5  34.5   14.0
 52 Golinski, Damian (44)        POL   1859          3       27.0  33.5   15.5
 53 Stepien, Piotr (53)          POL                 3       26.0  32.5   10.0
 54 Jadanowski, Pawel (54)       POL                 3       25.5  32.5   12.0
 55 Drozdowski, Kacper (47)      POL   1775          3       25.0  32.5   12.5
 56 Grzesiak, Filip (52)         POL                 2.5     29.5  38.5   17.0
 57 Puczylowski, Marcin (35)     POL   1971          2.5     25.0  33.5   14.5
 58 Michalak, Robert (48)        POL                 2.5     24.5  32.0   10.0
 59 Baran, Dawid (51)            POL                 2       23.5  30.5    8.5

19) Polish Junior Team Championships

The Polish Junior Team Championships - 1st league took place 5th-13th July 2005 in Koszalin.

Official site: http://www.hetman.man.koszalin.pl/

team=6 players = 2b18 + 2b14 + 1g18 + 1g14

  1 Ksz JUVENA-HANCZA Suwalki             21 45,0
  2 PTSz Plock                            15 40,0
  3 ASSz MIEDZ Legnica                    15 40,5
  4 MKSzRybnik                            14 35,0
  5 Ksz STILON Gorzów Wlkp.               12 34,5
  6 KS APATOR Torun                       12 32,0
  7 KS POLONIA-TRADETRANS Warszawa        11 35,5
  8 UKS EL-TUR SP-3 Bogatynia             10 31,0
  9 AKSz HETMAN-POLITECHNIKA KOSZALINSKA   9 30,5
 10 JKSz-MCKiS Jaworzno                    6 27,5
 11 KS POCZTOWIEC Poznan                   6 25,5
 12 KS START Katowice                      1 19,0

20) 10th Bradley Open

George Mirijanian reports: The 10th Bradley Open took place 12th-14th August 2005 at the Sheraton Hotel at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, USA. GM Alexander Stripunsky of New York won the Open section with a score of 4-1. Runners-up with 3.5-1.5 tallies were national masters Igor Yeliseyev of New Jersey and Max Enkin of Massachusetts as well as expert Louis Ranger of Canada and Class A participant Jake Vogel of Connecticut. The tournament drew 131 players in six sections and was directed by Steve Immitt and Robert Messenger for the sponsoring Continental Chess Association.

21) Mark Dvoretsky at the London Chess Centre

Mark Dvoretsky is lecturing at the London Chess Centre on the 23rd of August 2005. Book signing from 4pm and lecture at 6pm. You can reserve your place by clicking here: http://www.chesscenter.com/markdvoretsky2005.html

22) Forthcoming Events and Links

Moscow Open 2006

The International Chess Festival "Moscow Open 2006" takes place in Moscow, Russia, 29.01 (31.01, 01.02) - 06.02. 2006. A stage of the Moscow Grand Prix 2006 (http://www.chessmoscow.ru), Russia Cup 2006 (http://www.russiachess.ru) and the ACP Tour 2005-2006 (http://www.chess-players.org)

Contacts: e-mail: mcf06@bk.ru Mr. Igor Glek (IGM, ACP Board Member): igorglek@hotmail.com, phone/fax: +49-2013162843, +7-0953883328. Mr. Alexander Zlochevsky (IGM, Coach of the Moscow Chess Team): zloch@rambler.ru, phone/fax: +7-095-3650757

Further details: http://www.chessmoscow.ru

European Team Championship

In addition to Olympiad history there is now European Team Championship history (1957-2005) available at: http://www.olimpbase.org

14th Kavala Open

The 14th Kavala Open Tournament takes place in the Foyer of Kavala Prefecture Amphitheatre 12th-19th August 2005.

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

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

Alajuela International

Alajuela International Chess Tournament in Costa Rica took place 23rd-28th July 2005. Varuzhan Akobian took clear first with 8/9. A full bulletin should become available.

Official site: http://www.alajuela2005.com/

  1.    3  Akobian, Varuzhan          2558  8.0  55.5  
  2.   11  Murillo, Alexis            2362  7.5  47.0  
  3.    5  Ramirez, Alejandro         2483  7.0  55.0  
        8  Leyva, Hector              2402  7.0  53.0  
        9  Juarez, Carlos             2391  7.0  52.5  
        7  Perez, Luis Manuel         2430  7.0  50.5  
       31  Chavez, Ricardo            2148  7.0  48.5  
  8.   12  Valdes, Leonardo           2362  6.5  49.5  
        2  Delgado, Neuris            2570  6.5  55.0  
       18  Urbina, Ricardo            2254  6.5  55.5  
        6  Mittelman, Gur             2431  6.5  54.0  
        4  Zapata, Alonso             2509  6.5  52.0  
       13  Estrada, Julian            2348  6.5  49.5  
       10  Blanco Fernandez Alvaro    2381  6.5  47.0  
       17  Hernandez, Francisco       2265  6.5  47.5  
       20  Lorenzana, Wilson          2249  6.5  50.0  
177 players

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/

58th Quebec Open Championship

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.

Games and results: http://www.fqechecs.qc.ca/

#  Name                      Tot 
1  Vahagn Voskanyan          2277 6.5 
2  Jean Hebert               2405 6.5 
3  Antoine Berube            2168 6.5 
4  Simon Gravel              2287 6.5 
5  Thanh Nha Duong           2360 6.0 
6  Sebastian Predescu        2234 6.0 
7  Matt Noble                2368 6.0 
8  Steve Bolduc              2206 6.0 
9  Omid Malek                2021 6.0 
45 player

Odessa Open - Geller Memorial

Odessa Open - Geller Memorial Two open tournaments will take place in Odessa, Ukraine from 15 - 24 September 2005. The prize fund of A-Open will be 3475 USD (1st prize 1000 USD). The prize fund of B-Open will will be 525 USD.

Details in Russian are available at: http://www.chesspage.kiev.ua Contact with organisers: lvv@sky.od.ua, nik@sadt.od.ua

Winton Capital British Chess Solving Championship

Winton Capital British Chess Solving Championship, 2005-2006 The starter round of this competition has now finished and the solution to the starter problem, and other details, is available at the website: http://www.bstephen.freeuk.com/0506/bcsc.html

World Youth Chess Championship

The World Youth Chess Championship 2005 took place in Belfort, France 18th-29th July 2005. There have been strong criticisms of the conditions for the players during the event.

Aviv Friedman - USA Team - http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/aviv05.html - also at - http://www.bcfservices.org.uk/wy2005/rnd11.htm and http://members3.boardhost.com/ScotChess/msg/27096.html

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

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

Houston Open - Cajun Chess Events

A number of events are planned in the coming weeks in the Houston, Charlotte and Orlando areas.

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/

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

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/

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

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.

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

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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