THE WEEK IN CHESS 575 14th November 2005 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) World Team Championship
3) Norwegian Championship Playoff
4) US Chess League
5) First Saturday November
6) São Paulo International
7) Prague Blitz Matches
8) St Petersburg Autumn Open
9) Platja de Muro tournament
10) 25th Anniversary Trophy Madrileña
11) Zonal 2.3
12) Zonal 2.5
13) 5th Rohde Open
14) World Junior Championships
15) Venetian Autumn Chess Open
16) Bundesliga
17) Croatian Championship
18) Belgian Interclubs 2005-2006
19) FIDE African Continental Championship
20) ACP World Championship Statement
21) Forthcoming Events and Links

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Games section

World Team Championship                48 games
Norwegian Championship Playoff          7 games
US Chess League                         8 games
First Saturday November                36 games
São Paulo International                17 games
Prague Blitz Matches                   14 games
St Petersburg Autumn Open             302 games
Platja de Muro tournament              45 games
25th Anniversary Trophy Madrileña      66 games
Zonal 2.3                              66 games
Zonal 2.5                             125 games
5th Rohde Open                        277 games
World Junior Championships            138 games
Venetian Autumn Chess Open            144 games
Croatian Championship                  42 games
Belgian Interclubs 2005-2006           48 games
1383 games

1) Introduction

My thanks to Thomas Henrich, Herman Van Riemsdijk, Miklos Orso, Valery Maes, David Pruess, Greg Shahade, Antonio Rosino, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr., Dominique Primel, Joel Lautier, Hiddo Zuiderweg and everyone else who helped with the issue.

There was a fantastic finish to the World Team Championship. China who had some great results were caught on the line by Russia who looked out of it with two rounds to go. Even going into the last round Russia needed to win 3.5-0.5 which looked impossible. But that was the score they achieved. For some time now I've had the address mdcrowth@btinternet.com, this is about to become my only address. Please check your mailing lists for mdcrowth@netcomuk.co.uk and replace it with the above. The netcomuk address will last only two more weeks.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) World Team Championship

The World Team Championship took place 31st October (arrival) to 11th November (departure) 2005 in Beer-Sheva, Israel. Russia took the title after winning 3.5-0.5 against China in the final round.

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

Final Round 9 Standings
N   Nation       +  -  =  Pts.
1   Russia       8  0  0  22
2   China Men    6  2  0  21.5
3   Armenia      4  1  3  18.5
4   Ukraine      4  3  1  17.5
5   USA          3  3  2  16.5
6   Israel       2  5  1  14.5
7   Georgia      2  5  1  13.5
8   Cuba         1  4  3  13
9   China Women  0  7  1  7

Round 7 8th November 2005

1   China Women  1  -  3   Armenia  
  
Bd      Player             Rat.       Pts.  Pts.     Player              Rat.
1   WGM Zhao, Xue          2478       0  -  1     GM Aronian, Levon      2724
2       Qian, Huang        2398     0.5  -  0.5   GM Vaganian, Rafael A  2614
3   WGM Yu, Wang           2396       0  -  1     GM Lputian, Smbat G    2614
4       Yang, Shen         2326     0.5  -  0.5   GM Anastasian, Ashot   2596
 
  2   China Men  3.5  -  0.5   USA  
 
Bd      Player             Rat.       Pts.  Pts.     Player              Rat.
1    GM Bu, Xiangzhi       2637     0.5  -  0.5   GM Onischuk, Alexander 2628
2    GM Zhang, Pengxiang   2613       1  -  0     GM Kaidanov, Gregory   2614
3    GM Ni, Hua            2603       1  -  0     GM Ibragimov, Ildar    2605
4    GM Zhong, Zhang       2608       1  -  0     GM Novikov, Igor       2589
 
  3   Cuba  2  -  2   Ukraine  
 
Bd      Player             Rat.       Pts.  Pts.     Player              Rat.
1    GM Bruzon, Lazaro     2677       0  -  1     GM Ivanchuk, Vassily   2748
2    GM Dominguez, Lenier  2635     0.5  -  0.5   GM Volokitin, Andrei   2666
3    GM Nogueiras, Jesus   2547       1  -  0     GM Eljanov, Pavel      2663
4    GM Arencibia, Walte   2510     0.5  -  0.5   GM Karjakin, Sergey    2658
 
  4   Israel  1.5  -  2.5   Georgia  
 
Bd      Player             Rat.       Pts.  Pts.     Player              Rat.
1    GM Gelfand, Boris     2717     0.5  -  0.5   GM Azmaiparashvili,Zurab 2658
2    GM Smirin, Ilia       2673     0.5  -  0.5   GM Jobava, Baadur        2601
3    GM Sutovsky, Emil     2654       0  -  1     GM Pantsulaia, Levan     2578
4    GM Avrukh, Boris      2653     0.5  -  0.5   GM Mikheil,Mchedlishvili 2564
 
Round 8 9th November 2005

  1   Ukraine  2.5  -  1.5   Israel  
 
Bd      Player             Rat.       Pts.  Pts.     Player              Rat.
1    GM Ivanchuk, Vassily  2748       1  -  0     GM Gelfand, Boris        2717
2    GM Ponomariov, Ruslan 2704     0.5  -  0.5   GM Avrukh, Boris         2653
3    GM Volokitin, Andrei  2666     0.5  -  0.5   GM Roiz, Michael         2600
4    GM Karjakin, Sergey   2658     0.5  -  0.5   GM Erenburg, Sergey      2582
 
  2   USA  2  -  2   Cuba  
 
Bd      Player             Rat.       Pts.  Pts.     Player              Rat.
1    GM Onischuk,Alexander 2628       1  -  0     GM Bruzon, Lazaro        2677
2    GM Gulko, Boris       2589       0  -  1     GM Dominguez, Lenier     2635
3    GM Kaidanov, Gregory  2614     0.5  -  0.5   GM Nogueiras, Jesus      2547
4    GM Goldin, Alexander  2615     0.5  -  0.5   GM Arencibia, Walter     2510
 
  3   Armenia  2.5  -  1.5   China Men  
 
Bd      Player             Rat.       Pts.  Pts.     Player              Rat.
1    GM Aronian, Levon     2724     0.5  -  0.5   GM Bu, Xiangzhi          2637
2    GM Akopian, Vladimir  2707     0.5  -  0.5   GM Zhang, Pengxiang      2613
3    GM Karen, Asrian      2645       1  -  0     GM Ni, Hua               2603
4    GM Lputian, Smbat G   2614     0.5  -  0.5   GM Zhong, Zhang          2608
 
  4   Russia  3  -  1   China Women  
 
Bd      Player             Rat.       Pts.  Pts.     Player              Rat.
1    GM Grischuk,Alexander 2720       1  -  0    WGM Zhao, Xue             2478
2    GM Morozevich,A       2707       1  -  0        Qian, Huang           2398
3    GM Bareev, Evgeny     2675       1  -  0        Gong, Qian yun        2374
4    GM Rublevsky, Sergei  2652       0  -  1        Yang, Shen            2326
 
Round 9 10th November 2005

  1   Israel  1.5  -  2.5   USA  
 
Bd      Player             Rat.       Pts.  Pts.     Player              Rat.
1    GM Gelfand, Boris     2717     0.5  -  0.5   GM Onischuk, Alexander   2628
2    GM Smirin, Ilia       2673     0.5  -  0.5   GM Gulko, Boris          2589
3    GM Roiz, Michael      2600     0.5  -  0.5   GM Kaidanov, Gregory     2614
4    GM Erenburg, Sergey   2582       0  -  1     GM Ibragimov, Ildar      2605
 
  2   Cuba  2  -  2   Armenia  
 
Bd      Player             Rat.       Pts.  Pts.     Player              Rat.
1    GM Dominguez, Lenier  2635     0.5  -  0.5   GM Aronian, Levon        2724
2    GM Nogueiras, Jesus   2547     0.5  -  0.5   GM Akopian, Vladimir     2707
3    GM Arencibia, Walter  2510     0.5  -  0.5   GM Karen, Asrian         2645
4    GM Quezada, Yuniesky  2505     0.5  -  0.5   GM Lputian, Smbat G      2614
 
  3   China Men  0.5  -  3.5   Russia  
 
Bd      Player             Rat.       Pts.  Pts.     Player              Rat.
1    GM Bu, Xiangzhi       2637     0.5  -  0.5   GM Svidler, Peter        2740
2    GM Zhang, Pengxiang   2613       0  -  1     GM Grischuk, Alexander   2720
3    GM Ni, Hua            2603       0  -  1     GM Morozevich, Alexander 2707
4    GM Zhong, Zhang       2608       0  -  1     GM Bareev, Evgeny        2675
 
  4   Georgia  1.5  -  2.5   Ukraine  
 
Bd      Player             Rat.       Pts.  Pts.     Player              Rat.
1    GM Azmaiparashvili,Z  2658     0.5  -  0.5   GM Ivanchuk, Vassily     2748
2    GM Jobava, Baadur     2601     0.5  -  0.5   GM Ponomariov, Ruslan    2704
3    GM Pantsulaia, Levan  2578     0.5  -  0.5   GM Volokitin, Andrei     2666
4    GM Mchedlishvili,M    2564       0  -  1     GM Karjakin, Sergey      2658

3) Norwegian Championship Playoff

Magnus Carlsen and Simen Agdestein played off for the Norwegian Championship title (they tied in the original event in Sandnes, Norway July 2nd-9th 2005) November 7th-10th 2005 in Oslo. They played two games with a full 7 hour time control, followed by tie break games on the 9th and 10th. Agdestein finally became champion winning the 6th playoff game after holding Carlsen with black in game 5.

Live site: http://pub.tv2.no/nettavisen/sjakk/article480889.ece

Agdestein, Simen  -  Carlsen, Magnus   1-0   40  E32  Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Carlsen, Magnus   -  Agdestein, Simen  1-0   32  C80  Ruy Lopez Open

ch-NOR Playoff Oslo NOR (NOR), 7-9 xi 2005
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                                1   2   
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Agdestein, Simen g  NOR 2582    1   0   1.0  2570
Carlsen, Magnus  g  NOR 2570    0   1   1.0  2582
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Carlsen, Magnus   -  Agdestein, Simen  1-0   78  B17  Caro Kann
Agdestein, Simen  -  Carlsen, Magnus   1-0   69  E15  Queens Indian
Agdestein, Simen  -  Carlsen, Magnus   1/2   80  E15  Queens Indian
Carlsen, Magnus   -  Agdestein, Simen  1/2   41  B17  Caro Kann
Carlsen, Magnus   -  Agdestein, Simen  1/2   35  C09  French Tarrasch
Agdestein, Simen  -  Carlsen, Magnus   1-0   49  E15  Queens Indian

ch-NOR Rapid Playoff Oslo NOR (NOR), 9-10 xi 2005
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                                1   2   3   4   5   6 
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Agdestein, Simen g  NOR 2582    0   1   =   =   =   1   3.5  2627
Carlsen, Magnus  g  NOR 2570    1   0   =   =   =   0   2.5  2525
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4) US Chess League

The United States Chess League sees 8 of the strongest cities in the US compete with each other in front of a live Internet audience on ICC.

The event has reached the playoff stage where there were some surprises. New York was playing Baltimore and San Francisco was playing Miami. Both New York and San Francisco had draw odds, meaning they would advance to the finals on a 2-2 tie. Baltimore and Miami won both matches 2.5-1.5 however, and thus advanced to the finals to be held on November 23rd in 2 weeks. So in 2 weeks the Baltimore Kingfishers, led by IM and Canadian Champion Pascal Charbonneau, will face off against the Miami Sharks, led by GM Julio Becerra. News: Greg Shahade.

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

Week 10 2nd November 2005

The Final League Standings

East:
New York      8.0-2.0
Baltimore     6.5-3.5
Boston        4.0-6.0
Philadelphia  3.5-6.5

West:
San Francisco 6.0-4.0
Miami         5.5-4.5
Dallas        3.5-6.5
Carolina      3.0-7.0


Playoffs begin next week

New York plays Baltimore  (NY gets draw odds)
San Francisco plays Miami (SF gets draw odds)

IM Pascal Charbonneau is the 2005 US Chess League MVP.

5) First Saturday November

The November First Saturday GM, IM and FM closed tournaments take place 5th-17th November 2005 in Budapest.

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

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FSGM November Budapest HUN (HUN), 5-17 xi 2005           cat. VII (2408)
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                                    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 
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 1. Szabo, Krisztian1   m HUN 2390  * . 0 1 . = . = . 1 . 1 1  5.0  2549 
 2. Erdos, Viktor       m HUN 2522  . * = = = . . 1 . = . 1 .  4.0  2482 
 3. Murariu, Andrei     m ROM 2441  1 = * . = . 0 . = = . 1 .  4.0  2416 
 4. Turov, Maxim        g RUS 2546  0 = . * = . 1 . = = 1 . .  4.0  2471 
 5. Porat, Ido          f ISR 2328  . = = = * . . = . = . = 1  4.0  2439 
 6. Ilincic, Zlatko     g SCG 2540  = . . . . * 1 = = . = . =  3.5  2469 
 7. Berczes, David      m HUN 2475  . . 1 0 . 0 * = . . 1 . 1  3.5  2513 
 8. Wittmann, Walter    m AUT 2376  = 0 . . = = = * = . 1 . .  3.5  2443 
 9. Seres, Lajos        g HUN 2396  . . = = . = . = * . 0 = =  3.0  2351 
10. Pap, Gyula            HUN 2384  0 = = = = . . . . * . = .  2.5  2325 
11. Radziewicz, Iweta   m POL 2453  . . . 0 . = 0 0 1 . * . =  2.0  2328 
12. Prohaszka, Peter1     HUN 2070  0 0 0 . = . . . = = . * .  1.5  2217 
13. Slavina, Irina      m RUS 2385  0 . . . 0 = 0 . = . = . *  1.5  2237 
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6) São Paulo International

The São Paulo International takes place 10th-18th November 2005. GMs - Giovanni Vescovi, Gilberto Milos Jr, Rafael Leitão, Darcy Lima, Jaime Sunye Neto, Andrés Rodriguez, Luiz Galego IMs - Eduardo Limp, Everaldo Matsuura and Alexandr Fier plays. GM Mecking had personal problems and he was replaced by IM Alexandr Fier in this tournament he will also be replaced by GM Leitao in the World Chess Cup. Some players are still catching up after missing games in the first two rounds because of their prior committments to the Santa Catarina State League.

This is the third strong tournament held in the São Paulo Chess Club (founded in 1902, the oldest of Latin America) in the last two months after the 9th Itaú Cup and the Zone 2.4 tournaments. After two periods as the club's president (2002/2005), Herman Van Riemsdijk leaves on December 31st 2005. The last non regular tournament will be the 1/2 finals of the Brazilian Chess Championship in December.

Official site: http://www.cxsp.com.br

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It Sao Paulo BRA (BRA), 10-18 xi 2005                            cat. XI (2524)
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                                                 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Leitao, Rafael                   g BRA 2586  * = . . . = . . 1 1  3.0  2668 
 2. Rodriguez, Andres                g URU 2479  = * = = . . 1 . . .  2.5  2636 
 3. Galego, Luis                     g POR 2518  . = * . = . . = . 1  2.5  2639 
 4. Milos, Gilberto                  g BRA 2620  . = . * 0 . . . 1 1  2.5  2618 
 5. Vescovi, Giovanni                g BRA 2646  . . = 1 * . 0 = . .  2.0  2527 
 6. Matsuura, Everaldo               m BRA 2453  = . . . . * . 1 . .  1.5  2750 
 7. Fier, Alexander Hilario Takeda   m BRA 2443  . 0 . . 1 . * . . .  1.0  2562 
 8. Lima, Darcy                      g BRA 2529  . . = . = 0 . * . .  1.0  2414 
 9. Limp, Eduardo                    m BRA 2447  0 . . 0 . . . . * =  0.5  2303 
10. Sunye Neto, Jaime                g BRA 2522  0 . 0 0 . . . . = *  0.5  2220 
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7) Prague Blitz Matches

Alexei Shirov beat David Navara and Viktorija Cmylinte beat Jan Jackova in Blitz Matches in Prague 4th November 2005.

Further info: http://www.chess.cz/

Navara, David   -  Shirov, Alexei  0-1   31  D17  Slav Defence
Shirov, Alexei  -  Navara, David   1-0   31  E12  Queens Indian Petrosian
Navara, David   -  Shirov, Alexei  1/2   41  C10  French Rubinstein
Shirov, Alexei  -  Navara, David   1-0   35  C66  Ruy Lopez Berlin
Navara, David   -  Shirov, Alexei  0-1   50  B99  Sicilian Najdorf
Shirov, Alexei  -  Navara, David   1-0   33  C85  Ruy Lopez Steenwijker Defence
Navara, David   -  Shirov, Alexei  1/2   74  A07  Barcza System
Shirov, Alexei  -  Navara, David   1/2   38  B84  Sicilian Scheveningen


Blitz Match Prague CZE (CZE), 4-4 xi 2005
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                              1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8 
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Shirov, Alexei g  ESP 2710    1   1   =   1   1   1   =   =   6.5  2897
Navara, David  g  CZE 2646    0   0   =   0   0   0   =   =   1.5  2459
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Jackova, Jana       -  Cmilyte, Viktorija  0-1   44  B31  Sicilian Rossolimo
Cmilyte, Viktorija  -  Jackova, Jana       1-0   62  E12  Queens Indian Petrosian
Jackova, Jana       -  Cmilyte, Viktorija  1/2   61  B31  Sicilian Rossolimo
Cmilyte, Viktorija  -  Jackova, Jana       0-1   74  E12  Queens Indian Petrosian
Jackova, Jana       -  Cmilyte, Viktorija  1-0   45  B31  Sicilian Rossolimo
Cmilyte, Viktorija  -  Jackova, Jana       1-0   39  E12  Queens Indian Petrosian


Blitz Match w Prague CZE (CZE), 4-4 xi 2005
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                                  1   2   3   4   5   6  
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Cmilyte, Viktorija m  LTU 2480    1   1   =   0   0   1  3.5  2446
Jackova, Jana      m  CZE 2389    0   0   =   1   1   0  2.5  2423
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8) St Petersburg Autumn Open

The St.Petersburg Autumn tournament took place 29th October - 6th November 2005.

Official site: http://www.chigorin.ru/2005/pautumn/

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Autumn Open St Petersburg RUS (RUS), 29 x-6 xi 2005
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 1. Solovjov, Sergey I      m  RUS 2497  7.0  55.0  41.75  36.5  2560 +0.61
 2. Biriukov, Oleg V           RUS 2389  7.0  49.0  37.25  36.5  2550 +1.78
 3. Shinkevich, Vitaly      m  RUS 2491  7.0  44.5  34.25  34.5  2473 -0.20
 4. Kurilov, Viktor            RUS 2291  6.5  49.5  33.25  32.5  2500 +2.54
 5. Lanin, Alexsej          f  RUS 2425  6.5  48.0  34.00  32.5  2451 +0.29
 6. Orlov, Vassily          m  RUS 2437  6.5  48.0  34.75  30.0  2455 +0.20
 7. Znamensky, Vladimir        RUS 2353  6.5  47.5  32.75  33.5  2431 +0.92
 8. Eliseev, Alexei         m  RUS 2425  6.0  50.0  31.50  31.5  2391 -0.39
 9. Karasev, Vladimir I     m  RUS 2383  6.0  49.5  31.50  35.0  2445 +0.69
10. Nikitinyh, Boris           RUS 2259  6.0  49.5  29.25  34.5  2433 +2.13
11. Korniushin, Nikolay     m  RUS 2351  6.0  45.5  28.00  29.0  2327 -0.26
12. Ivanov, Alexey3            RUS 2312  5.5  49.5  28.25  32.5  2394 +1.00
13. Churkin, Vitaly            RUS 2301  5.5  46.0  24.50  31.0  2345 +0.55
14. Utkin, Aleksey          f  RUS 2389  5.5  44.0  24.00  29.0  2328 -0.71
15. Abramov, Valentin       f  RUS 2338  5.5  43.0  21.00  27.5  2305 -0.35
16. Lovkov, Roman           f  RUS 2365  5.5  42.5  23.75  28.0  2265 -1.16
17. Melnikov, Dmitry           RUS 2327  5.5  42.5  23.00  28.0  2317 -0.08
18. Kryschilovskij, Andrej  m  RUS 2391  5.5  39.5  23.25  25.0  2230 -1.70
68 players

9) Platja de Muro tournament

The Platja de Muro tournament took place 10th-16th October 2005. Lars Thiede took clear first.

Official site: http://www.chessmallorca.com/torneos_detalle.php?idt=23

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It Platja de Muro ESP (ESP), 10-16 x 2005                     cat. IX (2466)
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                                              1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Thiede, Lars                  m GER 2417  * = 0 = = 1 1 1 1 1  6.5  2637 
 2. Fernandez Romero, Ernesto     m ESP 2442  = * = = = = = = 1 1  5.5  2548 
 3. Mirzoev, Azer                 g AZE 2520  1 = * = = = = = = =  5.0  2503 
 4. Perez, Rodney                 m CUB 2450  = = = * = = = 1 0 =  4.5  2468 
 5. Herraiz Hidalgo, Herminio     m ESP 2478  = = = = * = = = = =  4.5  2464 
 6. Ubilava, Elizbar              g ESP 2525  0 = = = = * 1 0 = 1  4.5  2459 
 7. Rodriguez Guerrero, Enrique   m ESP 2464  0 = = = = 0 * = 1 1  4.5  2466 
 8. Pogorelov, Ruslan             g UKR 2439  0 = = 0 = 1 = * = =  4.0  2426 
 9. Perez Candelario, Manuel      m ESP 2522  0 0 = 1 = = 0 = * =  3.5  2380 
10. Mascaro March, Pedro          f ESP 2405  0 0 = = = 0 0 = = *  2.5  2307 
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10) 25th Anniversary Trophy Madrileña

The 25th Anniversary Trophy of the Federación Madrileña de Ajedrez took place in Madrid 29th October - 5th November 2005. Azer Mirzoev won the event with 7/9.

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

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25th An FMA Madrid ESP (ESP), 29 x-15 xi 2005                   cat. VI (2383)
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                                            1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Mirzoev, Azer               g AZE 2520  * = = = 0 1 = 1 1 = = 1  7.0  2472 
 2. Perez, Rodney               m CUB 2450  = * = 1 = = = = 1 = = =  6.5  2441 
 3. Minzer, Claudio Javier      m ARG 2438  = = * = = = = = = 1 = 1  6.5  2442 
 4. Roa Alonso, Santiago        f ESP 2364  = 0 = * 1 = 0 = 1 = 1 1  6.5  2449 
 5. Martinez Martin, David      f ESP 2379  1 = = 0 * 0 = = = 1 1 1  6.5  2447 
 6. Asis Gargatagli, Hipolit    f ESP 2381  0 = = = 1 * 1 = = 0 = =  5.5  2382 
 7. Almagro Llanas, Pablo       f ESP 2345  = = = 1 = 0 * 0 = 0 1 1  5.5  2385 
 8. Serrano Salvador, Eduardo   f ESP 2348  0 = = = = = 1 * 0 = 1 =  5.5  2385 
 9. Salgado Lopez, Ivan           ESP 2372  0 0 = 0 = = = 1 * = 1 1  5.5  2383 
10. Elissalt Cardenas, Hector   m CUB 2327  = = 0 = 0 1 1 = = * 0 0  4.5  2322 
11. Gallardo Garcia, Andres     f ESP 2360  = = = 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 * =  3.5  2251 
12. Cruz, Alfredo BOL             BOL 2306  0 = 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 1 = *  3.0  2214 
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11) Zonal 2.3

Zonal 2.3 took place in Guayaquil, Ecuador 5th-12th September 2005. The final standings given on the site below don't seem right but the results derived from the games below may also not be correct.

Further info: http://www.marticafierro.com

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zt 2.3 Guayaquil ECU (ECU), 5-12 ix 2005                           cat. VI (2377)
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                                               1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Arencibia, Walter              g CUB 2527  * = 1 = 1 = 1 = = 1 1 1  8.5  2574 
 2. Matamoros Franco, Carlos S     g ECU 2504  = * 0 = 1 1 = 1 = = 1 1  7.5  2498 
 3. Blanco, Alvaro                   MEX 2316  0 1 * = = = = 1 1 = 1 1  7.5  2515 
 4. Mosquera, Miguel               m COL 2442  = = = * 0 = 1 0 1 1 = 1  6.5  2436 
 5. Mieles Palau, Daniel           m ECU 2476  0 0 = 1 * = 1 = = = 1 1  6.5  2432 
 6. Murillo, Alexis                m CRC 2362  = 0 = = = * = = = = = 1  5.5  2378 
 7. Castro, Oscar H                m COL 2385  0 = = 0 0 = * 1 = 1 = 1  5.5  2376 
 8. Fierro Baquero, Martha L       m ECU 2340  = 0 0 1 = = 0 * = = = 1  5.0  2344 
 9. Perez, Luis Manuel             m CUB 2430  = = 0 0 = = = = * 0 1 1  5.0  2336 
10. Hernandez Basante, Francisco   m CRC 2265  0 = = 0 = = 0 = 1 * = =  4.5  2322 
11. Santos Flores, Alberto         m ECU 2344  0 0 0 = 0 = = = 0 = * 1  3.5  2246 
12. Guerrero, Carlos                 ECU 2132  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 *  0.5  1929 
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12) Zonal 2.5

Zonal 2.5 took place in Las Condes Chile 7th-12th November 2005.

Official site: http://www.ajedrez.com.ar/fide/zonal-2.5.htm

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zt 2.5 Las Condes CHI (CHI), 7-12 xi 2005
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  1   Flores, Diego                ARG   108049  2479 im    7       37.0  49.5
  2   Vasquez Schroder, Rodrigo    CHI   3400042 2506 gm    7       36.5  49.5
  3   Giaccio, Alfredo             ARG   101613  2468 im    7       31.5  45.5
  4   Lafuente, Pablo              ARG   108820  2421 im    6       29.0  46.0
  5   Pierrot, Facundo             ARG   103250  2445 im    5.5     32.0  51.0
  6   Labollita, Martin            ARG   104329  2408 im    5.5     27.5  46.0
  7   Rojas Keim, Luis             CHI   3400646 2435 im    5       27.0  44.0
  8   Flores Rios, Mauricio        CHI   3408027 2314 fm    5       26.5  42.5
  9   Diaz Villagran, Robert       CHI   3404056 2250       5       21.5  39.5
 10   Needleman, Alejandro         ARG   100730  2377       4.5     26.0  44.0
 11   Arancibia Guzman, Eduardo    CHI   3400670 2414       4.5     25.5  47.0
 12   Duarte, Leonardo             ARG   110582  2397       4.5     25.0  43.0
 13   Espinoza, Edgar              PAR   3700313 2256 fm    4.5     25.0  42.5
 14   Valdes Escobar, Alvaro       CHI   3405451 2254       4.5     23.0  41.0
 15   Rios Escobar, Adan           CHI   3403645 2259       4.5     20.5  37.0
 16   Vargas Maliqueo, Ivan        CHI   3402002 2213       4.5     17.5  35.0
 17   Torres Bravo, Cristobal      CHI   3405940 2190 fm    4.5     17.5  32.0
 18   Romero Pino, Claudio         CHI   3402517 2226       4       21.0  43.5
 19   Sepulveda Rojas, Jorge       CHI   3404803 2241       4       20.0  38.0
 20   Bartucevic Sanchez, Diego    CHI   3401910 2053       4       19.5  39.5
 21   San Martin Basualto, Epiro   CHI   3402061 2193 .     4       11.5  31.0
 22   Richter Becerra, Hans        CHI   3401022 2144       3.5     17.5  38.0
 23   Silva Villalon, Rodolfo      CHI   3404110 2179       3.5     14.5  32.5
 24   Henriquez Cardenas, Mauricio CHI   3401375 2090       3       15.5  36.5
 25   Avalos Parra, Joao           CHI   3402541 2268 .     3       14.5  31.0
 26   Maturana Sainz, Ignacio      CHI   3403840 2096       2.5     17.0  38.5
 27   Yarur Elsaca, Daniel         CHI                      0.5      4.5  37.0

13) 5th Rohde Open

The 5th Rohde open took place 22th-30th October in Sautron near Nantes. IM Jacov GELLER won the event with 7/9. Unfortunately, he didn't make a GM norm two young french players Pavel GOVCIYAN and Edouard ROMAIN made one IM norm.

Internet coverage: http://www.sautronechecs.fr/

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5th Rohde Open Sautron FRA (FRA), 22-30 x 2005
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  1. Geller, Jakov              m  RUS 2490   7.0  2627
  2. Potkin, Vladimir           g  RUS 2555   7.0  2597
  3. Koziak, Vitali             m  UKR 2480   7.0  2448
  4. Borovikov, Vladislav       g  UKR 2576   6.5  2597
  5. Tirard, Hugo               m  FRA 2435   6.5  2525
  6. Colovic, Aleksandar        m  MKD 2473   6.5  2461
  7. Abergel, Thal              m  FRA 2436   6.5  2442
  8. Kosten, Anthony C          g  FRA 2507   6.5  2520
  9. Prasad, Devaki V           m  IND 2401   6.5  2433
 10. Chatalbashev, Boris        g  BUL 2491   6.5  2416
 11. Makarov, Marat             g  RUS 2511   6.5  2486
 12. Cornette, Matthieu         m  FRA 2418   6.5  2362
177 players

14) World Junior Championships

The World Junior Championships take place in Istanbul 9th-22nd November 2005.

Official site: http://www.tsf.org.tr/worldchess/

Round 6 of 13 Standings
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WJun Instanbul TUR (TUR), 9-15 xi 2005
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Rank SNo.    Name                       Rtg FED Club Pts RtgSum   Ra   Rp 
   1    1 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar     2674 AZE      5½  12473  2472 2873 
   2    4 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw        2606 POL      4½  12496  2473 2666 
   3   15 GM Smeets Jan                2531 NED      4½  12363  2443 2636 
   4    3 GM Gashimov Vugar            2608 AZE      4½  12221  2428 2621 
   5    2 GM Alekseev Evgeny           2632 RUS      4½  12195  2439 2492 
   6   24 IM Romanov Evgeny            2479 RUS      4½  12176  2405 2598 
   7   11 IM Kharitonov Alexandr       2545 RUS      4½  12104  2404 2597 
   8   20 GM Bartel Mateusz            2513 POL      4½  12049  2387 2580 
   9    6 GM Wang Yue                  2585 CHN      4½  11957  2379 2572 
  10   59    Li Chao(B)                2305 CHN       4  12468  2478 2603 
  11   30    Babujian Levon            2429 ARM       4  12465  2445 2570 
  12   34 IM Sanikidze Tornike         2411 GEO       4  12387  2419 2544 
  13   49 FM Glud Jacob Vang           2349 DEN       4  12386  2431 2556 
  14   12 IM L'ami Erwin               2541 NED       4  12349  2444 2569 
  15   26 IM Heberla Bartlomiej        2465 POL       4  12341  2430 2555 
  16   10 GM Predojevic Borki          2558 BIH       4  12287  2434 2559 
  17   17    Wang Hao                  2519 CHN       4  12244  2422 2547 
  18    7 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny        2564 RUS       4  12163  2417 2542 
  19    9 GM Stellwagen Daniel         2561 NED       4  12075  2399 2524 
  20    8 GM Nyback Tomi               2563 FIN       4  12056  2397 2522 
  21   14 IM Zhigalko Andrey           2537 BLR       4  11747  2322 2446 
  22   22 IM Zhigalko Sergei           2490 BLR       4  11645  2314 2439 
  23   13 IM Khairullin Ildar          2537 RUS       4  11636  2327 2331 
  24   18 IM Laznicka Viktor           2517 CZE       4  11605  2315 2440 
  25   23 IM Zinchenko Yaroslav        2485 UKR       4  11600  2311 2436 
  26   39 FM Wei Chenpeng              2390 CHN      3½  12729  2462 2514 
  27   37 IM Poobesh Anand S           2397 IND      3½  12441  2416 2473 
  28   19 IM Mamedov Nidjat            2517 AZE      3½  12338  2434 2491 
  29   16 GM Kurnosov Igor             2523 RUS      3½  12217  2443 2360 
  30   69    Moosavian S Hamed         2263 IRI      3½  12179  2393 2450 
  31   41 IM Esen Baris                2384 TUR      3½  12176  2435 2353 
  32   28 IM Magalashvili Davit        2448 GEO      3½  12151  2393 2450 
  33    5 GM Berkes Ferenc             2596 HUN      3½  12080  2394 2451 
  34   78    Zeynalov Farid            2179 AZE      3½  12036  2387 2445 
  35   61    Kvon Andrey               2293 UZB      3½  11738  2356 2280 
  36   21 GM Moradiabadi Elshan        2497 IRI      3½  11705  2330 2387 
  37   32 IM Rau Hannes                2421 GER      3½  11693  2312 2369 
  38   47    Krivokapic Marko          2361 SCG      3½  11651  2277 2316 
  39   40 FM Sulashvili Malkhaz        2386 GEO      3½  11507  2328 2242 
  40   48    Negi Parimarjan           2352 IND       3  12678  2481 2481 
  41   46 FM Terrieux Kevin            2365 FRA       3  12667  2533 2378 
  42   38    Karakehajov Kalin         2396 BUL       3  12464  2418 2417 
  43   60    Jessel Stephen            2304 IRL       3  12371  2474 2329 
  44   54    Gopal G N                 2327 IND       3  12364  2406 2406 
  45   25 IM Lenic Luka                2476 SLO       3  12298  2419 2419 
  46   88    Khuseinkhodzhaev Muhammad    0 TJK       3  12296  2418 2418 
  47   29 FM Kuderinov Kirill          2432 KAZ       3  12288  2458 2315 
  48   33 IM Cornette Matthieu         2418 FRA       3  12272  2404 2404 
  49   51 FM El Debs Felipe De Cresce  2341 BRA       3  12184  2374 2374 
  50   57    Nava Roderick             2317 PHI       3  11970  2394 2262 
  51   36 IM Sengupta Deep             2400 IND       3  11905  2329 2329 
  52   55    Aleskerov Faik            2321 AZE       3  11782  2356 2230 
  53   31 FM Papin Vasily              2425 RUS       3  11602  2288 2288 
  54   42 IM Livshits Gaby             2381 ISR       3  11550  2310 2192 
  55   44    Wen Yang                  2374 CHN       3  10074  2519 2212 
  56   45 FM Perdomo Leandro           2373 ARG       3   9503  2376 2117 
  57   58 FM Carron Julien             2314 SUI       3   7064  2355 1977 
  58   65    Maenhout Thibaut          2282 BEL      2½  12394  2420 2363 
  59   52 FM Xie George Wendi          2340 AUS      2½  12380  2427 2370 
  60   63 FM Kurmann Oliver            2287 SUI      2½  12363  2473 2270 
  61   56    Macak Stefan              2319 SVK      2½  12259  2386 2329 
  62   70    Pileckis Emilis           2255 LTU      2½  12055  2344 2287 
  63   67    Amanov Mesgen             2273 TKM      2½  12018  2404 2213 
  64   64    Can Emre                  2287 TUR      2½  11898  2326 2269 
  65   53 FM Jojua Davit               2337 GEO      2½  11789  2309 2252 
  66   50    Tikkanen Hans             2343 SWE      2½  11751  2317 2260 
  67   80 IM Stander Heinrich          2128 RSA      2½  11694  2312 2255 
  68   35    Rohit Gogineni            2401 IND      2½  11635  2284 2227 
  69   27 FM Barnaure Vlad-Victor      2454 ROM      2½  11125  2205 2137 
  70   43    Grecescu Gabriel-Andrei   2380 ROM      2½  11117  2223 2063 
  71   91    Tasdelen Deniz Murat         0 TRK      2½  11013  2176 2119 
  72   81    Uzun Fuat                 2070 TUR      2½   9029  2257 1981 
  73   66    Akshat Khamparia          2275 IND       2  12136  2427 2164 
  74   68    Lettieri Giuseppe         2265 ITA       2  12077  2415 2155 
  75   89    Mosetlhe Kgaugelo            0 RSA       2  12036  2390 2265 
  76   75    Yagiz Yasin Emrah         2206 TUR       2  11980  2384 2259 
  77   74    Samakov Nurdin            2209 KGZ       2  11945  2389 2133 
  78   92    Villa Ronald                 0 COL       2  11312  2228 2103 
  79   62 FM Citak Selim               2291 TUR      1½  12102  2362 2169 
  80   72    Shlykov Vitali            2238 EST      1½  12037  2407 2080 
  81   73    Laval Brice               2214 FRA      1½  12026  2405 2078 
  82   79    Tanrikulu Erhan           2151 TUR      1½  11821  2337 2144 
  83   71    Ouakhir Mehdi             2239 MAR      1½  11663  2261 2068 
  84   77    Tulay Berkay              2179 TUR      1½  11647  2296 2103 
  85   87    De Bruyn Leon W              0 RSA      1½  11496  2299 1990 
  86   90    Sarwary Hamidullah           0 AFG      1½  11257  2251 1950 
  87   76    Bekkat Azeddinne          2202 ALG      1½  11006  2201 1908 
  88   82    Cil Hasan Kivanc          2067 TUR      1½   9260  2315 1884 
  89   83    Agdestein Emil            2057 NOR       1  11247  2249 1868 
  90   84    Uesugi Shinsaku           2040 JPN       1  11080  2202 1840 
  91   86    Acuner Emrah              1903 TUR       ½  11336  2183 1828 
  92   85    Lauda Alexandr            2010 MDA       ½  11231  2207 1811 

15) Venetian Autumn Chess Open

131 chessplayers competed in two tournaments during "Autunno Scacchistico Veneziano", organised together, from October 29 to November 1, by "Esteban Canal Chess Club" and by "Carlo Salvioli Chess Club" of Venice. The Master Tournament (Rating > 1900) with 48 players, was clearly won by the Lituanian international master Gediminas Sarakauskas. Open A tournament (Rating < 2000) was won by a fifteen year old Venetian student, Emmanuele Grandesso with 5 of 5, before Marco Gallana (Venice) and Sabrina Reginato (Asolo) with 4,5.

News: Antonio Rosino.

Further details: http://www.veneziascacchi.org

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Venetian Autumn Chess Open Venice ITA (Italy), 29 x - 1 xi 2005
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 1. im  Sarakauskas, Gediminas  LTU 2437     5.5 of 6
 2. gm  Dervishi, Erald         ALB 2489     5         20.0
 3. fm  Jurkovic, Ante          CRO 2339     5         19.0
 4. gm  Djuric, Stefan          SCG 2460     4,5       22.5
 5. gm  Efimov, Igor            ITA 2403     4,5       19.5
 6. fm  Artigas Isart, Miquel   ESP 2240     4         18.5
 7. im  Rogulj, Branko          CRO 2393     4         18.0
 8.     Mosconi, Oscar Ariel    ITA 2164     4         17.5
 9      Pfeifer, Andreas        FRA 2127     4         17.0
10.     Vianello, Enrico        ITA 2086     4         17.0
11.     Temi, Walter            ITA 2086     4         14.0
12. wfm Sarakauskas, Zivile     LTU 2164     3.5       21.0
13.     Del Monaco, Andrea      ITA 2234     3.5       19.0
14.     Xia, Jie                ITA 2111     3.5       17.5
15.     Gallo, Enrico           ITA 2113     3.5       16.5
16.     Dvirnyy, Daniyyl        ITA 2272     3.5       16.5
17.     Omeri, Silvan           ALB          3.5       16.0
18.     Redo, Giorgio           ITA 2037     3,5       15.0
19.     Rorato, Renzo           ITA 2149     3.5       15.0
20. wfm Ambrosi, Eleonora       ITA 2125     3.5       12.5
21.     Alberti, Andrea         ITA 2179     3.0       18.5
22.     Giuriati, Paolo         ITA 2236     3.0       17.5
23.     Zanin, Dario            ITA 2037     3.0       17.0
24.     Zarpellon, Daniel       ITA 2014     3.0       16.5
25.     Faccia, Sergio          ITA 2004     3.0       14.5
26.     Velluti, Alberto        ITA 2014     3.0       13.0
27.     Rigo, Gianfrancesco     ITA 2028     3.0       13.0
28.     Di Lascio, Savino       ITA 1926     3.0       10.5
29.     Opacic, Alexandar       SCG 2122     3.0       10.0
30.     Roberti, Ignazio        ITA 1937     2.5       18.0
31.     Ventura, Sergio         ITA 2100     2.5       18.0
32.     Pomaro, Stefano         ITA 1919     2.5       16.0
33.     Lorenzini, Adriano      ITA          2.5       14.0
34.     Bonafede, Alessandro    ITA 2147     2.5       12.5
35.     Redo, Stefano           ITA          2.5       12.5
36.     Pietrobon, Fabio        ITA 2166     2.0       19.5
37.     Pastres, Roberto        ITA 2160     2.0       17.5
38.     Bianchi, Andrea         ITA 2160     2.0       16.5
39.     Drezzadore, Dario       ITA 2061     2.0       15.5
40.     Guglielmi, Dante        ITA 2030     2.0       15.0
41.     Zanirato, Stefano       ITA 1947     2.0       13.5
42.     Trangoni, Bruno         ITA          2.0       13.0
43.     Cesaro, Giuliano        ITA          1.5       14.0
44.     Marson, Luca            ITA 1972     1.5       14.0
45.     Fattorelli, Luciano     ITA 2079     1.0       16.5
46.     De Nardi, Riccardo      ITA 1943     1.0       15.5
47.     Tomelleri, Alessio      ITA 1994     1.0       15.5
48.     Marson, Antonio         ITA 1854     1.0       10.0

16) Bundesliga

The second Bundesliga weekend took place 11th-13th November 2005. OSC Baden Baden with Bacrot and Shirov were held 4-4 by TV Tegernsee. The next weekend will take place on 10th-11th December 2005.

Official site: http://www.chessbase.de/bundesliga/

Round 7 11th November 2005

Venue: Bremen

SV Werder Bremen 4½-3½ Hamburger SK    
 2 Efimenko,Zaha ½ : ½ Gustafsson,Ja  1
 3 Areshchenko,A ½ : ½ Ftacnik,Lubom  2
 4 Hracek,Zbynek ½ : ½ Kempinski,Rob  3
 5 Pelletier,Yan ½ : ½ Hansen,Sune B  4
 6 Babula,Vlasti ½ : ½ Heinemann,Thi  8
 8 Fish,Gennadij ½ : ½ Rogozenko,Dor  9
 9 Schandorff,La ½ : ½ Van Delft,Mer 11
11 Skripchenko-L 1 : 0 Sebastian,Dir 13

Venue: Koeln

SG Köln Porz     6½-1½ Godesberger SK  
 2 Lutz,Christop ½ : ½ Kasimdzhanov,  1
 3 Van Wely,Loek 1 : 0 Jenni,Florian  2
 4 Sokolov,Ivan  ½ : ½ Sprenger,Jan-  3
 5 Vaganian,Rafa ½ : ½ Seel,Christia  4
 6 Timman,Jan H  1 : 0 Langheinrich,  6
 7 Graf,Alexande 1 : 0 Grafl,Florian  7
 8 Gurevich,Mikh 1 : 0 Jackelen,Thom  8
 9 Hansen,Curt   1 : 0 Schmidt,Bodo  10

Round 3 12th November 2005

Venue: Tegernsee

TV Tegernsee     5½-2½ SG Kirchheim     
 1 Khenkin,Igor  ½ : ½ Wippermann,Ti  2    
 2 Sokolov,Andre ½ : ½ Bokros,Albert  3    
 3 Ribli,Zoltan  1 : 0 Gschnitzer,Os  4    
 4 Bischoff,Klau ½ : ½ Tompa,Janos    5    
 5 Boensch,Uwe   0 : 1 Beckhuis,Gern  6    
 6 Kindermann,St 1 : 0 Vonthron,Hors  8    
 7 Hertneck,Gera 1 : 0 Zuse,Klaus-Pe 10    
10 Stangl,Markus 1 : 0 Adler,Joel Dr 11   

SC Eppingen      3 - 5 OSC Baden Baden 
 1 Gyimesi,Zolta 0 : 1 Bacrot,Etienn  3
 2 Postny,Evgeny ½ : ½ Shirov,Alexei  4
 3 Acs,Peter     ½ : ½ Vallejo Pons,  5
 4 Braun,Arik    0 : 1 Nielsen,Peter  6
 5 Meier,Georg   1 : 0 Krasenkow,Mic  7
 6 Medvegy,Zolta ½ : ½ Huebner,Rober  9
 9 Miltner,Arndt ½ : ½ Dautov,Rustem 10
15 Meinhardt,Max 0 : 1 Schlosser,Phi 11

Venue: Koeln

SG Köln Porz     4½-3½ SV Wattenscheid  
 2 Lutz,Christop ½ : ½ Sargissian,Ga  2    
 3 Van Wely,Loek ½ : ½ Macieja,Bartl  3    
 4 Sokolov,Ivan  ½ : ½ Rustemov,Alex  4    
 5 Vaganian,Rafa ½ : ½ Holzke,Frank   6    
 7 Graf,Alexande 0 : 1 Handke,Floria  7    
 8 Gurevich,Mikh ½ : ½ Lemmers,Oscar 10    
 9 Hansen,Curt   1 : 0 Straeter,Timo 13    
10 Van den Doel, 1 : 0 Thiel,Thomas  14   

Godesberger SK   3 - 5 SG Aljechin Soli
 1 Kasimdzhanov, ½ : ½ Jussupow,Artu  1
 2 Jenni,Florian 0 : 1 Nikolic,Predr  2
 3 Sprenger,Jan- 0 : 1 Baramidze,Dav  4
 4 Seel,Christia ½ : ½ Naumann,Alexa  6
 6 Langheinrich, 1 : 0 Gabriel,Chris  8
 7 Grafl,Florian 1 : 0 Werle,Jan      9
 8 Jackelen,Thom 0 : 1 Hoffmann,Mich 10
 9 Armbruster,Al 0 : 1 Ernst,Sipke   11
 
 Venue: Bremen
 
SV Werder Bremen 3½-4½ SC Kreuzberg     
 1 McShane,Luke  ½ : ½ Nisipeanu,Liv  2    
 2 Efimenko,Zaha ½ : ½ Almasi,Zoltan  3    
 3 Areshchenko,A 0 : 1 Socko,Bartosz  4    
 4 Hracek,Zbynek ½ : ½ Romanishin,Ol  5    
 5 Pelletier,Yan ½ : ½ Maiwald,Jens-  6    
 6 Babula,Vlasti ½ : ½ Kalinitschew,  7    
 8 Fish,Gennadij ½ : ½ Lau,Ralf       8    
 9 Schandorff,La ½ : ½ Tischbierek,R 10    

Hamburger SK     4½-3½ SFR Neukölln    
 1 Gustafsson,Ja ½ : ½ Nataf,Igor-Al  1
 2 Ftacnik,Lubom ½ : ½ Miroshnichenk  2
 3 Kempinski,Rob 0 : 1 Polzin,Rainer  5
 4 Hansen,Sune B 1 : 0 Berndt,Stepha  6
 7 Reeh,Oliver   1 : 0 Schneider,Ilj  8
 8 Heinemann,Thi ½ : ½ Poldauf,Dirk   9
 9 Rogozenko,Dor ½ : ½ Thiede,Lars   10
11 Van Delft,Mer ½ : ½ Thinius,Marco 11

Venue: Leipzig

SC Leipzig Gohli 1 - 7 SF Katernberg    
 1 Vogt,Lothar   0 : 1 Erenburg,Serg  2    
 2 Voigt,Roland  0 : 1 Kritz,Leonid   3    
 3 Roos,Michael  0 : 1 Glek,Igor V    5    
 5 Zesch,Ludwig  0 : 1 Smagin,Sergey  6    
 6 Schoeneberg,M 0 : 1 Senff,Martin   9    
 7 Quast,Michael 0 : 1 Siebrecht,Seb 10    
 8 Fischer,Johan 0 : 1 Souleidis,Geo 11    
12 Schunk,Thomas 1 : 0 Scholz,Christ 13   

SK Zehlendorf    1 - 7 SV Mülheim Nord 
 1 Richter,Micha 0 : 1 Landa,Konstan  2
 2 Maksimenko,An ½ : ½ Fridman,Danie  4
 3 Werner,Dimo   0 : 1 Levin,Felix    5
 4 Janz,Frerik   0 : 1 Schebler,Gerh  6
 5 Heinig,Wolfra 0 : 1 Saltaev,Mihai  7
 6 Carmeille,Lud 0 : 1 Hausrath,Dani  8
 7 Klimm,Wolf-Di ½ : ½ Lytchak,Alexa  9
 9 Lieb,Harald   0 : 1 Kern,Guido    12

Round 4 13th November 2005

Venue: Tegernsee

SG Kirchheim     2½-5½ SC Eppingen      
 2 Wippermann,Ti ½ : ½ Gyimesi,Zolta  1    
 3 Bokros,Albert ½ : ½ Postny,Evgeny  2    
 4 Gschnitzer,Os 0 : 1 Acs,Peter      3    
 5 Tompa,Janos   0 : 1 Braun,Arik     4    
 6 Beckhuis,Gern ½ : ½ Meier,Georg    5    
 8 Vonthron,Hors 0 : 1 Medvegy,Zolta  6    
 9 Rudolph,Johan ½ : ½ Miltner,Arndt  9    
11 Adler,Joel Dr ½ : ½ Meinhardt,Max 15   
 
OSC Baden Baden  4 - 4 TV Tegernsee    
 3 Bacrot,Etienn ½ : ½ Khenkin,Igor   1
 4 Shirov,Alexei 1 : 0 Sokolov,Andre  2
 5 Vallejo Pons, ½ : ½ Ribli,Zoltan   3
 6 Nielsen,Peter ½ : ½ Bischoff,Klau  4
 7 Krasenkow,Mic ½ : ½ Boensch,Uwe    5
 8 Movsesian,Ser 1 : 0 Kindermann,St  6
10 Dautov,Rustem 0 : 1 Hertneck,Gera  7
11 Schlosser,Phi 0 : 1 Bromberger,St 11

Venue: Koeln

SV Wattenscheid  5½-2½ Godesberger SK   
 2 Sargissian,Ga 0 : 1 Kasimdzhanov,  1    
 3 Macieja,Bartl 1 : 0 Jenni,Florian  2    
 4 Rustemov,Alex 1 : 0 Sprenger,Jan-  3    
 6 Holzke,Frank  1 : 0 Seel,Christia  4    
 7 Handke,Floria 1 : 0 Breder,Dennis  5    
 8 Appel,Ralf    1 : 0 Langheinrich,  6    
10 Lemmers,Oscar ½ : ½ Grafl,Florian  7   
13 Straeter,Timo 0 : 1 Jackelen,Thom  8   

SG Aljechin Soli 4½-3½ SG Köln Porz    
 1 Jussupow,Artu ½ : ½ Lutz,Christop  2
 2 Nikolic,Predr ½ : ½ Van Wely,Loek  3
 4 Baramidze,Dav 1 : 0 Sokolov,Ivan   4
 6 Naumann,Alexa ½ : ½ Vaganian,Rafa  5
 8 Gabriel,Chris 0 : 1 Timman,Jan H   6
 9 Werle,Jan     ½ : ½ Graf,Alexande  7
10 Hoffmann,Mich ½ : ½ Gurevich,Mikh  8
11 Ernst,Sipke   1 : 0 Van den Doel, 10

Venue: Bremen

SC Kreuzberg     4½-3½ Hamburger SK     
 2 Nisipeanu,Liv ½ : ½ Gustafsson,Ja  1    
 3 Almasi,Zoltan 1 : 0 Ftacnik,Lubom  2    
 4 Socko,Bartosz ½ : ½ Kempinski,Rob  3    
 5 Romanishin,Ol ½ : ½ Hansen,Sune B  4    
 6 Maiwald,Jens- 1 : 0 Reeh,Oliver    7    
 7 Kalinitschew, 0 : 1 Heinemann,Thi  8    
 8 Lau,Ralf      ½ : ½ Rogozenko,Dor  9    
10 Tischbierek,R ½ : ½ Van Delft,Mer 11   
 
SFR Neukölln     3 - 5 SV Werder Bremen
 1 Nataf,Igor-Al 0 : 1 Efimenko,Zaha  2
 2 Miroshnichenk ½ : ½ Areshchenko,A  3
 5 Polzin,Rainer 0 : 1 Hracek,Zbynek  4
 6 Berndt,Stepha ½ : ½ Pelletier,Yan  5
 8 Schneider,Ilj 0 : 1 Babula,Vlasti  6
 9 Poldauf,Dirk  1 : 0 Fish,Gennadij  8
10 Thiede,Lars   1 : 0 Schandorff,La  9
11 Thinius,Marco 0 : 1 Skripchenko-L 11

 Venue: Leipzig

SF Katernberg    5½-2½ SK Zehlendorf    
 2 Erenburg,Serg 1 : 0 Richter,Micha  1    
 3 Kritz,Leonid  ½ : ½ Maksimenko,An  2    
 5 Glek,Igor V   ½ : ½ Werner,Dimo    3    
 6 Smagin,Sergey ½ : ½ Janz,Frerik    4    
 9 Senff,Martin  ½ : ½ Heinig,Wolfra  5    
10 Siebrecht,Seb 1 : 0 Carmeille,Lud  6   
11 Souleidis,Geo 1 : 0 Klimm,Wolf-Di  7   
13 Scholz,Christ ½ : ½ Lieb,Harald    9   
 
SV Mülheim Nord  5 - 3 SC Leipzig Gohli
 2 Landa,Konstan ½ : ½ Vogt,Lothar    1
 4 Fridman,Danie 1 : 0 Voigt,Roland   2
 5 Levin,Felix   ½ : ½ Roos,Michael   3
 6 Schebler,Gerh ½ : ½ Zesch,Ludwig   5
 7 Saltaev,Mihai ½ : ½ Quast,Michael  7
 8 Hausrath,Dani 1 : 0 Fischer,Johan  8
 9 Lytchak,Alexa ½ : ½ Hoffmann,Hend  9
12 Kern,Guido    ½ : ½ Schunk,Thomas 12

 
 1. OSC Baden-Baden    5  9  31
 2. TV Tegernsee       5  8  23,5
 3. SC Kreuzberg       5  8  22,5
 4. Werder Bremen      5  8  22
 5. Mülheim Nord       4  7  20,5
 6. SG Porz            5  6  23,5
 7. SF Katernberg      4  6  20,5
 8. SG Solingen        4  6  17,5
 9. SC Eppingen        5  4  18,5
10. SV Wattenscheid    4  4  17
11. SG Kirchheim       5  4  16,5
12. Hamburger SK       5  2  18,5
13. SF Neukölln        5  1  16,5
14. Godesberger SK     5  1  14
15. SC Leipzig-Gohlis  4  0  8
16. SK Zehlendorf      4  0  6

17) Croatian Championship

The Croatian Championship takes place 7th-17th November 2005.

Official site: http://www.crochess.com/turniri/vukovar/ch_05/index.htm

------------------------------------------------------------------------
ch-CRO Vukovar CRO (CRO), 7-17 xi 2005                    cat. XI (2515)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1. Hulak, Krunoslav      g CRO 2507  * = 1 = = . . . = 1 1 .  5.0  2673 
 2. Jankovic, Alojzije    m CRO 2446  = * . 1 . = = = . . 1 1  5.0  2671 
 3. Rogic, Davor          m CRO 2520  0 . * . . = . = 1 1 1 1  5.0  2676 
 4. Sulava, Nenad         g CRO 2493  = 0 . * . = 1 . = = . 1  4.0  2551 
 5. Kozul, Zdenko         g CRO 2576  = . . . * = 0 1 . 1 0 1  4.0  2560 
 6. Stevic, Hrvoje        g CRO 2514  . = = = = * = . = . . =  3.5  2515 
 7. Cebalo, Miso          g CRO 2512  . = . 0 1 = * 0 . . = 1  3.5  2513 
 8. Dizdar, Goran         g CRO 2542  . = = . 0 . 1 * 0 = . =  3.0  2462 
 9. Palac, Mladen         g CRO 2571  = . 0 = . = . 1 * 0 = .  3.0  2461 
10. Jovanic, Ognjen       m CRO 2469  0 . 0 = 0 . . = 1 * 1 .  3.0  2484 
11. Zelcic, Robert        g CRO 2533  0 0 0 . 1 . = . = 0 * .  2.0  2356 
12. Kovacevic, Blazimir   m CRO 2493  . 0 0 0 0 = 0 = . . . *  1.0  2205 
------------------------------------------------------------------------

18) Belgian Interclubs 2005-2006

The 3rd round of the Belgian Interclubs took place on 6th November 2005. News and games Valery Maes.

 Round 3 : 6th November 2005
 1. KGSRL - Borgerhout        4½-  3½
 2. CREC - CE Namur           4 -  4
 3. CRELEL - Rochade          3 -  5 
 4. KBSK - Boey Temse         5 -  3
 5. Eynatten 1 - Deurne      7½ -   ½
 6. Eynatten 2 - Jean Jaurès 4½ -  3½ 
                            
 Round 3 Standings
 1. Eynatten 1          18
 2. KBSK                16½
 3. CREC                16
 4. CE Namur            13
 5. SK Rochade          12½ 
    Borgerhout          12½
 7. KGSRL               12  
    CRELEL              12
 9. Jean Jaurès         9½
10. Boey Temse          9   
11.Eynatten 2           8½
12.  Deurne             4½

19) FIDE African Continental Championship

The FIDE African Continental Championship takes place November 4th-15th 2005 in Lusaka, Zambia. I would have given some games but couldn't find out which Sousa they were referring to in the rating list.

Coverage: http://www.thechessdrum.net/newsbriefs/2005/NB_AfricanCh2.html

Round 8 Standings
 1  BELKHODJA, S            2490      g  TUN    5.5 
 2  FRHAT, A                2306      f  EGY    5.0 
 3  ADLY, A                 2480      g  EGY    5.0 
 4  EL GINDY, E             2524      m  EGY    5.0 
 5  CHUMFWA, S              2303         ZAM    5.0 
 6  LUNGU, N                2265         ZAM    4.5 
 7  ADERITO, P              2288      m  ANG    4.5 
 8  SIMUTOWE, A             2458      m  ZAM    4.5 
 9  DOMINGOS, C             2240         ANG    4.5 
10  KOBESE, AKW             2403      m  RSA    4.5 
11  BOUAH, LJ               2187      c  RSA    4.5 
12  ELGABRY, M              2333      m  EGY    4.0 
13  RIZOUK, A               2499      m  ALG    4.0 
14  EL TAHER, F             2482      m  EGY    4.0 
15  NJOBVU, I               2201         BOT    4.0 
16  MANDIZHA, F             2242      f  ZIM    4.0 
17  MBAMBARA, T             2090         ZAM    4.0 
18  ISMAIL, H               2356         EGY    3.5 
19  SOUSA, S                2214      m  ANG    3.5 
20  AMINI, D                   0         ZIM    3.5 
21  CAWDERY, DJ             2182         RSA    3.5 
22  JERE, D                 2195         ZAM    3.0 
23  SOLOMON, KT             2352      m  RSA    3.0 
24  SIMULUNDU, J               0         ZAM    3.0 
25  VIAGEIRO MATEUS, A         0         MOZ    3.0 
26  ANDRADE, I              2111         MOZ    3.0 
27  KAMOWA, J                  0         MAW    3.0 
28  MISOMALI, YM               0         MAW    3.0 
29  NOTHA, M                   0         BOT    2.5 
30  ALBERTO, M              2123         ANG    2.5 
31  VAN DEN HEEVER, DO      2132         RSA    2.0 
32  CHAMBULE, PL            2192         MOZ    2.0 
33  MASANGO, S              2140         ZIM    2.0 
34  MEYER, M                2162     wm  RSA    2.0 
35  CHIMTHERE, C               0         MAW    1.5 

20) ACP World Championship Statement

ACP Statement concerning the change of rules for the FIDE World Championship cycle

The ACP Board would like to state its position regarding the recent change of rules in the FIDE World Championship cycle. An initial press release by FIDE has caused some confusion concerning the involvement of ACP in this decision. In subsequent open letters posted on the website www.chessbase.com, emanating both from ACP and FIDE representatives, the issue was cleared: ACP was in no way consulted by FIDE before the latter decided on the drastic changes for the upcoming World Championship cycle.

This came as a surprise, since previous meetings between ACP and FIDE in May and July had gone well and done much to bridge the differences between the two organizations over key issues. Time may have been short to implement changes before the start of the World Cup in Khanty-Mansiisk in late November if those were deemed absolutely necessary, but there was definitely enough of it to organize a meeting between FIDE and ACP. Given the importance of the matter, it is a great pity FIDE only took into consideration the opinion of the eight participants in San Luis.

Our position on the new rules is the following:

Their implementation is affecting players from San Luis, without them having been able to adapt their play to the new rules, since these were decided after the event was finished. Ending such an important event with a different set of rules than the one at the start is contrary to basic sports principles. Had they known beforehand that fourth place in San Luis meant direct qualification to the next World Championship final event, players who finished on places 5 to 8 might have employed a different tournament strategy. The fact that, according to FIDE, all participants from San Luis agreed to the changes, does not alter the nature of the problem.

There used to be a long-standing tradition that the World Champion had some privileges, and was most often seeded directly to the final match, as happened between 1948 and 1993. Should a final tournament, instead of a match, decide the world title, it would appear normal that the World Champion be seeded to the event directly. Granting the same privilege to players who finished second to fourth in San Luis is much more debatable. Considering that no qualifier was organized and only the Elo rating average was used in determining the participants of San Luis (with the exception of former World Champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov), other top players with similarly high ratings may not see this rule as very fair, since half of the spots for the final event are already taken, and this event will only take place in two years’ time. On a personal note, I should add that an argument for a final tournament, rather than a match, was to introduce more dynamism in the world cycle, but having half the players already seeded so long in advance defeats that purpose.

Dropping the entire tradition of final matches for the title of World Champion is a decision with far-reaching consequences. What has made chess popular in the mainstream media are the great duels of the past, the Fischer-Spassky, Karpov-Kortchnoi and Kasparov-Karpov showdowns have brought chess in the limelight. The San Luis tournament was successful from the purely technical point of view, with an abundance of fascinating chess games, however its media impact worldwide was clearly lower than previous head-to-head matches. Certainly, opinions may differ on this complex topic, but once again, such a decision should be weighed carefully beforehand and not taken with such haste. Ending an almost 120 year-long tradition (even previous FIDE knock-out world championships featured a final match) will have strong effects on the media popularity of chess, and it is highly unclear whether these will be beneficial to chess in the long run.

In conclusion, ACP still acknowledges the efforts of FIDE to take into account some of our recommendations (such as adding rest days for tie-breaks in the World Cup or dropping the Last Chance tournament). Let us hope that the unilateral decision by FIDE to change rules for the World Championship, without consulting the ACP, will not prove a major setback in an otherwise constructive cooperation since May 2005.

Joel Lautier
ACP President
Paris, 9th of November 2005

21) Forthcoming Events and Links

Russian Championship Superfinal

The Russian Championship Superfinal features Vladimir Kramnik, Alexander Grischuk, Alexei Dreev, Alexander Morozevich and Peter Svidler plus 7 qualifiers from Kazan. Arrival and drawing of lots 18th December 2005, 1st round 19th December 2005, last round 30th December. One rest day.

Harmonie Chess Tournament

The Harmonie Chess Tournament takes place in Groningen, 23rd-30th December 2005. No players listed yet.

Official site: http://www.so-on.org/kerst2005/2005eng.html

Villa de Bilbao

II Festival Internacional de Ajedrez Villa de Bilbao takes place 19th-23rd November 2005.

Man-Machine event. Players: Ruslan Ponomariov, Rustam Kasimdzhanov and Alexander Khalifman. Machines: Junior, Fritz and Hydra.

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

Hyderabad Open

Due to unavoidable circumstances, the International Open Tournament to be conducted by Chess Players Association of India at Hyderabad, India during December 2005 is postponed. There will be a fresh date (most likely in February 2006 after the Aeroflot Open).

Further details: http://www.cpai.in

East Bay Chess Club Fide Swiss

East Bay Chess Club Fide Swiss A 9 round swiss, Dec 17-23, 2005 for fide ratings and norms. Prizes $US 900-700-500-400, plus appearance fees to the first three GMs to register. Information is available at http://www.eastbaychess.com/tourney/05/fideswiss.html, or email tournaments@eastbaychess.com with questions or to register.

Gibraltar Congress 2006

The Gibraltar Congress takes place 24th January - 2nd February 2006. Contact Stewart Reuben for more details: Stewartreuben@aol.com

Further details: http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com

55th Greek Championship

The 55th Greek Championship take place 16th-24th November 2005 in Kalamata, a town 250km from Athens. The tournament is a 10 player round-robin with 10 players (7 GMs). The GM norm is at 6/9 and the IM norm 4/9 Current champion is GM Banikas who has won the Greek championship five times in a row.

Official site: http://www.chessfed.gr (only in Greek). Live coverage planned.

Players
 1. Banikas Hristos           GM 2566
 2. Kapnisis Spyridon         IM 2427
 3. Mastrovasilis Dimitrios   GM 2570
 4. Souleidis Georgios        IM 2421
 5. Skembris Spyridon         GM 2461
 6. Nikolaidis Ioannis        GM 2521
 7. Halkias Stelios           GM 2540
 8. Kotrotsos Vasilios        FM 2323
 9. Mastrovasilis Athanasios  GM 2496
10. Kotronias Vasilios        GM 2626

BCF Rapid Play

The British Rapidplay Chess Championship takes place in Halifax 12th-13th November 2005.

Live coverage: http://www.bcfservices.org.uk/rapid2005/

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 at some point.

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

17th Leuven Open

Chessclub Desperado Leuven organises its 17th Open International Tournament of Leuven, Belgium. It will take place from Thursday November 10th until Sunday November 13th 2005. The Open Tournament consists out of 7 rounds, Swiss pairing system, 2hours/40moves + 15' QPF. Prizemoney adds up to more than EUR 4.500, including several large ratingprizes!

Further info: http://turn.to/desperado

5th Amplico AIG Life

The 24th Chess Memorial of Stanislaw Gawlikowski takes place in Warsaw, 16th-18th December 2005 in the Olympic Centre Wybrzeze Gdynskie street 4.

Warsaw International Blitz Championship (16th of December) 5th Amplico AIG Life International Chess Tournament - European Rapid Championship 2005 (17th -18th of December)

Further details: http://www.pzszach.org.pl/

Deep Junior vs Almira Skripchenko Exhibition

Deep Junior will play Almira Skripchenko Deep Junior will play Almira Skripchenko in an exhibition game. in the resort of Madonna di Campiglio, Italy November 30th 2005 14:00 local in the Golf Hotel. The exhibition is part of the Intetain conference featuring intelligent technologies for entertainment. Almira will have the white pieces and the game will be conducted under normal time controls. The following day (Dec. 1st) Almira will make a presentation titled "In the mind of the grandmaster" and will conduct a simultaneous exhibition versus a selected group of the conference attendees.

Further details and registration: http://www.intetain.org as well as http://chess.itc.it/irst/Renderer.aspx?targetID=1347

Wellington College International

FIDE rated, qualifying event for British Champs and part of the BCF Grand Prix. The event takes place over 2 weekends

Friday 27th January to Sunday 29th January 2006 and Saturday 11th to Sunday 12th February 2006

£1,000+ prize fund including a paid place in 2006 British Championships

Venue: Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berkshire RG45 7PU (35 miles south west of London)

Tournament Director: IM Andrew Martin. Chief Controller: Neville Belinfante (BCF Arbiter)

Entries, requests for accommodation lists, travel details, detailed map and other enquiries should be addressed to :

Ray Clark High Cedars, 17 Oak End Way, Gerrards Cross, Bucks, SL9 8DA England

Tel. (44) (0)7802 306210 (Mon.-Fri. daytime) or Tel. (44) (0)1753 883300 (other times)

E-mail rayclark.mc@tiscali.co.uk or rclark@thehackettgroup.com

Hungarian Events November 2005 - August 2006

1. 5th-18th of November 2005 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. 17th-25th of November, Harkány Tenkes cup Open, 250 km South West from Budapest, org:Fulop Csaba, mobile: +(36)-30-9276900

3. 19th-29th of November, IM-FM, KECSKEMET,

4. 3rd-16th of December, FS GM-IM-FM, Budapest, (Two GM groups - a cat.VI.-VII and a cat.IX - X.!!!) Org: NL.

5. 27th of December 2005 - 4th of January 2006 IM-FM, Kecskemet,

6. 6th-14th of January 2006, Budapest, TAPOLCA Open, Org. Paréj József, info: Nagy László, firstsat@hu.inter.net

7 4th-17th of February, FIRST SATURDAY GM (cat.VII and cat.IX/) -IM-FM Budapest

8. 4th-17th of March FS GM-IM-FM, Org.NL.

9. 23rd- 31st of March SPRING FESTIVAL 9 rounds Swiss Open Budapest, org.: NL.

10. 1st-14rth of April, FS cat.VII, IX, XII GM events, IM and FM closed tournaments, Budapest, org.NL.

11. 14th-22nd of April, BUDAPEST Open, 9 rounds Swiss, organizer: IM Rigo, e-mail: me-ri@t-online.hu

12. 6th-18th of May, Budapest, FS GM-IM-FM, org.NL.

13. 20th-30th of May, Budapest, ELEKES memorial GM-IM closed tmt, org.IM Zsinka, e-mail: zsinkala@axelero.hu

14. 3rd-16th of June, FIRST SATURDAY GM /cat.VII and cat IX together/ - IM-FM closed tournaments, Budapest, Org.NL.

15. 17th-25th of June, BALATONLELLE Open, GM-IM closed, org. IM RIGO, e-mail: me-ri@t-online-hu

16. 1st-13th of July, FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM closed, Bp. Org.NL,

17. 15th-23rd of July, AGRIA Open 9 rounds Swiss, Eger, 100 km North from Budapest, Org. RAUCH Ferenc, e-mail: rauch@freemail.hu

18. 24th-30th of July, SZOMBATHELY SUMMER Open 9 rounds Swiss, 300 km West from Budapest, Org: FM KORPICS, Zsolt, e-mail: korpicschess@axelero.hu

19. 5th-17th of August, FIRST SATURDAY, Bp, GM /cat.XII-IX-VII/ - IM-FM closed, Org: NL.

US Championship

The U.S. Chess Championship returns to San Diego from March 1st-12th, 2006 (note the new dates) 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 top seeded players are: 1 Gregory Kaidanov; 2 Gata Kamsky; 3 Alexander Onischuk; 4 Boris Gulko 5 Ildar Ibraigimov; 6 Alexander Shabalov; 7 Varuzhan Akobian; and 8 Igor Novikov. In the women's: 1 Susan Polgar; 2 Anna Zatonskih; 3 Irina Krush; 4 Camilla Baginskaite; 5 Tatev Abrahamyan; and 6 Jennifer Shahade.

Full details:http://www.uschesschampionship.com

Corus Wijk aan Zee 2006

The field for the Corus tournament in Wijk aan Zee has been finalised. The event takes place January 13th-29th 2006.

Players: 1 (2) Viswanathan Anand IND 2788 2 (3) Veselin Topalov BUL 2782 3 (4) Peter Leko HUN 2751 4 (5) Vassily Ivanchuk UKR 2748 5 (7) Vladimir Kramnik RUS 2739 6 (9) Etienne Bacrot FRA 2725 7 (10) Levon Aronian ARM 2724 8 (12) Michael Adams ENG 2718 9 (13) Boris Gelfand ISR 2717 10 (20) Sergey Tiviakov NED 2700 11 (21) Ivan Sokolov NED 2696 12 (23) Gata Kamsky USA 2690 13 (44) Sergey Karjakin UKR 2658 14 (55) Loek van Wely NED 2648. October world ranking in brackets.

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

Linares 2006

Limited information on the Linares tournament this year. I understand it may be a split event between Linares in Spain and an as yet unannounced place in Mexico. Approximate dates 12th Feb - 12th March 2006. Possible lineup: Veselin Topalov (not yet confirmed), Peter Leko, Vassily Ivanchuk, Peter Svidler, Etienne Bacrot, Paco Vallejo and two more possibly including Viswanathan Anand. 8 players. All news yet to be officially confirmed.

Iranian Super League

The second Season of the Iranian Super League starts from 3rd October 2005. News: Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh.

Further details: http://schach.wienerzeitung.at/asp/turniere.asp?tnr=2350&lan=1 and http://www.iranchess.com/indexen.htm

Czech Chess Christmas 2005

Czech Chess Christmas 2005 Litomysl (CZE) 26.12.2005-1.1.2006 7th christmas chess FIDE tournament, swiss system of 9 round, rate of game 2 x 1,5h + 30s/move, prize fund 75.000 CZK (1st prize 20.000 CZK = 680 EUR), special conditions for IM, WGM and GM, New Year’s Eve programme. Contact: Agentura 64, Jaroslav Fuksik, 783 73 Grygov 337, mobil: 608 364 664, e-mail: a64@proclient.cz, web: http://www.a64.cz

Penang International Open

Penang International Open Chess Tournament 2005 is a FIDE-rated, open chess tournament open to all players. It will be held at the tropical island of Penang, Malaysia. The tournament is organized by the Penang Chess Association. Dates: 7th-11th December 2005.

Details: http://www.pca.bayanbaru.com/PgOpen/

Seagaard ChessReviews

Soren Sogaard has announced that his site Seagaard ChessReviews will be updated after receiving a lot of positive e-mails, "I decided to try to keep running the site. I also got two new reviewers, and the well known danish IM Steffen Pedersen reviews his first book." He'll see if he can keep it going another 6 months.

Website: http://seagaard.dk/review

Hastings Chess Congress 2005-6

The Hastings Chess Congress takes place 28th December 2005 to 6th January 2006, with a weekend tournament on 7th-8th January 2006.

Further details from Con Power conpowr@aol.com and http://www.hastingschess.org.uk/

Singapore News

Singapore Masters & Challengers International Open Tournaments

The Singapore Masters & Challengers International Open Tournaments takes place 25th-31st December 2005. Swiss System; FIDE-rated and titled; Rate of play will be 90 minutes for the whole game with 30 seconds increment for every move starting from the first move. 4. Prize Fund : US$ 18,000 Singapore Masters International Open (US$16,000): For players rated 1801 and above 1st 4000; 2nd 3000; 3rd 2000; 4th 1200; 5th 1000; 6th 800; 7th 600; 8th 400; 9th to 12th 350; 13th to 20th 200 each

Further details: singchess@pacific.net.sg and ignatiusleong@pacific.net.sg

Seminars for Arbiters and Trainers in Singapore

Seminars for Arbiters and Trainers will be held in Singapore in conjunction with the Singapore I nternational Chess Convention from 18th-24th December 2005.

Downloads:

http://www.fide.com/news/download/ArbSem05_SIN.doc

http://www.fide.com/news/download/TrainSem05_SIN.doc

The registration forms should be sent back not later than 15 November 2005 to: Singapore Chess Federation, 51 Bishan Street 13, #02-01A, Singapore, International Games Centre, Singapore 579799. or by fax to: (65) 6352 9691, (65) 6358 1483 or by e-mail to singchess@pacific.net.sg, ignatiusleong@pacific.net.sg

Asian Schools Chess Festival 2005

Asian Schools Chess Festival 2005 in Singapore, Singapore International Chess Convention The Singapore Chess Federation has the honour of inviting all Asian National Chess Federations affiliated to FIDE to participate in the 2005 Asian Schools Chess Festival (under-9, under-11, under -13, under -15) in Singapore from 17th December (arrival) to 25th December (departure).

Official Site: http://www.singaporechess.org.sg

World Amateur Open Championship Cancelled

Due to the Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita that recently hit the Gulf Coast area, the World Amateur Open Chess Tournament that was to be held Oct. 7-9, 2005, in Kissimmee, Florida, has been cancelled.

Cajun Chess Web Site will be back soon: http://www.cajunchess.com/

26th International Bethune Open

The 26th International Bethune Open takes place in the room Olof Palme, Commercial centre La Rotonde, Bethune, France (Pas-de-Calais) December 26th-30th 2005. This year the tournament will have 9 rounds instead of 7. The tournament is divided in 2 tournaments: - Tournament A for players whose Elo rating is above or equal to 1600, 1st price : 1500 euros - Tournament B for players strictly below 1800 and not FIDE, 1st price : 300 euros, Fischer pace 1h30+30s KO for each game in both tournaments. At least 5500 euros of prices (7300 euros given in 2004), prices for Elo categories in both tournaments. Entry fee : 40 euros (adults), 20 euros (youngsters under 20), free for IM, GM and FIDE Masters. Special conditions for IM and GM. Contact info: E-mail: open@bethunechess.com

Further details: http://www.bethunechess.com

Grand Prix d’échecs d’Aix en Provence

The Grand Prix d’échecs d’Aix en Provence takes place 15th-18th December 2005. Magnus Carlsen and Laurent Fressinet will compete.

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

Mezezers International Open 2006

The Mezezers International Open 2006 (110 km from Riga Latvia) takes place 1st-6th July 2005.

Details; http://www.mezezers.viss.lv

Jovan Petronic Website

Jovan Petronic has a new website with some news on it.

http://www.jovanpetronic.com/chessnews.htm

GM against the World - Olympiads of Chess, Turin 2006

Sergio Mariotti is the first Grand Master to take on the world from the official Turin Olympiad website starting on 29th September 2005. Just Register on the Olympiad website and wait to receive your password by email. Then Enter the game in PlayArea/play on line

Further details: http://www.chessolympiad-torino2006.org

World Inter-Varsity Chess Championship

The Rakan Muda Gacc World Inter-Varsity Chess Championship takes place at the Second Residential College University Of Malaya 50603 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. i. All teams are expected to arrive in Malaysia not later than 6 Dec 2005 and expected to depart earliest on 14 Dec 2005.Participation in GACC World Inter-Varsity Chess Championship is open to all BONA FIDE representatives from universities and colleges. GACC will be conducted as an individual Swiss event. The accumulated results of the best 4(four) individuals from the same university (which is inclusive of at least one female player) will be accumulated for the team results. This format is to encourage more female players to participate. Each University or Institute can send two teams if they wish to.

Contact details: TEL: 03-7957 1706 . FAX: 03-7957 1608 E-MAIL: gacc_10@yahoo.com

Official site: http://tcn.sourceforge.net

New RSS Chess Website

Chess Samizdat is a new portal which offers free syndicated chess content to the world via JS and RSS feed.

http://www.correspondencechess.com/samizdat/

Scanno Italy

SCANNO (ITALY) GM-IM closed tournaments, 7th-13th of November, Scanno, 50 km West from Pescara, info: IO Nagy Laszlo - e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net

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

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

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.

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/

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 ) .

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/

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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