THE WEEK IN CHESS 586 30th January 2006 by Mark Crowther
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Corus Wijk aan Zee 273 games
Gibtelecom Masters 371 games
Queenstown Chess Classic 35 games
65th Georgian Men's Championship 28 games
Bucharest Winter Cup 37 games
Belgrade Winter Open 368 games
5th Marianske Lazne Chess Festival 132 games
8th Hilton International Chess Festival 175 games
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1517 games
My thanks to Nebojsa Baralic, Jan Mazuch, George Mirijanian, Luiz
Roberto Da Costa Jr, Valery Maes, Frank Berry, Eugeny Atarov, Thomas Heine
Bech, Varlam Vepkhvishvili, Miklos Orso, Mikhail Golubev, Gaguik Oganessian,
Laszlo Nagy, Michiel Abeln, Sinisa Joksic, the many great organisers and
officials 0at the Corus tournament and everyone else who helped with the
issue.
I'd love to talk at length about how wonderful the Wijk aan Zee
tournament was this year but a fairly brutal schedule means I'm running out of
time. Viswanathan Anand and Veselin Topalov both finished on +6 -1 =6 a point
and a half clear of the field. They both said that their rivalry at the top of
the the rating list and also in reality as the best players in the world had
pushed them to their great achievements. Anand in particular said that he'd
prepared really hard for the event in an attempt to catch Topalov who was
clearly last year's best player. They battled throughout and in the final round
Anand caught him by winning his game against Gelfand whilst Topalov couldn't
win with black against Leko. They were not the only players with reason to be
happy. Michael Adams has had a fairly miserable time since the last Corus event
but he started the year well sharing third with Vassily Ivanchuk. Ivanchuk
showed his absolute class, especially in preparation which might have even
taken him to the battle for the lead. An early to Anand through him slightly
out of his stride but he had sufficient advantages to have done much better.
Boris Gelfand got a deserved invite to the event and he finished in a share for
5th with 16 year old Sergey Karjakin. Next year another 16 year old will play
when Magnus Carlsen takes his place in the group, a decision announced at the
closing ceremony. The domination of the older players means their time is not
quite now but it may be fairly soon if they continue. Exciting times.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Corus tournament in Wijk aan Zee took place January 13th-29th 2006.
Veselin Topalov was held by Peter Leko and was caught by Viswanthan Anand after
he defeated Boris Gelfand. In the B Group Alexander Motylev qualified for the
A-Group next year by right after a superior tie-break from Magnus Carlsen.
However at the closing ceremony it was announced that Carlsen too will be
invited. I'm giving the games again because I found a small number of
deviations in the official bulletin from the games I originally put in TWIC
where presumably I jumped the gun (round 3 especially). I'd rather have them
correct in one place.
Official site:http://www.coruschess.com/
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Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), 14-29 i 2006 cat. XIX (2716)
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1. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2792 * = = 1 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 = 0 = 9.0 2850
2. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2801 = * 0 = = 1 = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 9.0 2850
3. Adams, Michael g ENG 2707 = 1 * 1 0 = = = = = = = 1 = 7.5 2773
4. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2729 0 = 0 * = 1 = = 1 = = = 1 1 7.5 2771
5. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2723 0 = 1 = * = = = = = 1 = 0 1 7.0 2744
6. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2660 0 0 = 0 = * = = = = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2749
7. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2669 = = = = = = * = = = 0 = 1 = 6.5 2719
8. Leko, Peter g HUN 2740 0 = = = = = = * = 0 = 1 1 = 6.5 2713
9. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2752 = 0 = 0 = = = = * 0 = 1 1 1 6.5 2713
10. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2647 0 0 = = = = = 1 1 * = = 0 = 6.0 2692
11. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2717 0 0 = = 0 0 1 = = = * = 1 = 5.5 2658
12. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2709 = = = = = 0 = 0 0 = = * 0 = 4.5 2606
13. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2686 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 * = 4.5 2608
14. Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2689 = 0 = 0 0 0 = = 0 = = = = * 4.0 2576
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Round 9 (January 24, 2006)
Anand, Viswanathan - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 42 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1/2 27 C76 Ruy Lopez Modern Steinitz
Gelfand, Boris - Sokolov, Ivan 1-0 31 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Karjakin, Sergey - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 50 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Leko, Peter - Bacrot, Etienne 1/2 49 C42 Petroff's Defence
Aronian, Levon - Tiviakov, Sergei 1/2 52 E09 Catalan
Kamsky, Gata - Adams, Michael 0-1 40 E17 Queens Indian
Round 10 (January 25, 2006)
Topalov, Veselin - Aronian, Levon 1-0 44 E15 Queens Indian
Gelfand, Boris - Karjakin, Sergey 1/2 22 E05 Catalan
Tiviakov, Sergei - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 40 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Van Wely, Loek - Leko, Peter 1-0 47 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Bacrot, Etienne - Kamsky, Gata 1-0 46 B42 Sicilian Paulsen
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 26 E15 Queens Indian
Sokolov, Ivan - Adams, Michael 1/2 33 E14 Queens Indian
Round 11 (January 27, 2006)
Anand, Viswanathan - Tiviakov, Sergei 1/2 50 B01 Centre Counter
Adams, Michael - Bacrot, Etienne 1/2 39 C42 Petroff's Defence
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 62 E20 Nimzo Indian
Karjakin, Sergey - Sokolov, Ivan 1-0 50 C83 Ruy Lopez Open
Leko, Peter - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1-0 37 C72 Ruy Lopez Modern Steinitz
Aronian, Levon - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 22 D17 Slav Defence
Kamsky, Gata - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 51 B85 Sicilian Scheveningen
Round 12 (January 28, 2006)
Topalov, Veselin - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 23 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Gelfand, Boris - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 61 E15 Queens Indian
Karjakin, Sergey - Aronian, Levon 1/2 27 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Tiviakov, Sergei - Leko, Peter 1/2 23 C54 Giuoco Piano
Van Wely, Loek - Adams, Michael 1/2 60 E15 Queens Indian
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Kamsky, Gata 0-1 48 D94 Gruenfeld Closed
Sokolov, Ivan - Bacrot, Etienne 1/2 28 D15 Slav Defence
Round 13 (January 29, 2006)
Anand, Viswanathan - Gelfand, Boris 1-0 66 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Adams, Michael - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1/2 27 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Karjakin, Sergey 1-0 64 A28 English Four Knights
Leko, Peter - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 40 B91 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.g3
Aronian, Levon - Sokolov, Ivan 1-0 35 D17 Slav Defence
Bacrot, Etienne - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 91 D46 Semi-Slav Defence
Kamsky, Gata - Tiviakov, Sergei 0-1 43 B01 Centre Counter
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Corus B Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), 14-29 i 2006 cat. XV (2602)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2638 * 1 0 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 = = = 9.0 2740
2. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2625 0 * = = = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 = 1 9.0 2741
3. Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2646 1 = * 0 = 0 = 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2709
4. Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2614 0 = 1 * = 1 = 1 0 0 = 1 1 1 8.0 2688
5. Navara, David g CZE 2660 = = = = * 0 = = = = 1 1 1 = 7.5 2655
6. Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2625 0 = 1 0 1 * = 1 0 = 0 = 1 1 7.0 2629
7. L'Ami, Erwin m NED 2550 = 0 = = = = * 0 = 1 1 = = 1 7.0 2635
8. Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2657 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 * 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2627
9. Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2626 = 0 1 1 = 1 = 0 * = = = = 0 6.5 2600
10. Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA 2633 0 0 0 1 = = 0 = = * = 1 1 = 6.0 2571
11. Koneru, Humpy g IND 2537 0 = 0 = 0 1 0 0 = = * 1 1 1 6.0 2578
12. Smeets, Jan g NED 2550 = 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = 0 0 * 1 1 4.0 2465
13. Stellwagen, Daniel g NED 2573 = = 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 * 1 3.0 2393
14. Lahno, Kateryna m UKR 2500 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 = 0 0 0 * 2.5 2359
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Round 9 (January 24, 2006)
Motylev, Alexander - Vescovi, Giovanni 1-0 69 B40 Sicilian Classical
Carlsen, Magnus - Koneru, Humpy 1/2 55 C42 Petroff's Defence
Almasi, Zoltan - Navara, David 1/2 56 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Cheparinov, Ivan - Naiditsch, Arkadij 1-0 29 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
L'Ami, Erwin - Stellwagen, Daniel 1/2 31 E97 King's Indian Classical
Smeets, Jan - Jobava, Baadur 0-1 49 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Lahno, Kateryna - Beliavsky, Alexander G 1-0 64 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Round 10 (January 25, 2006)
Carlsen, Magnus - Almasi, Zoltan 1/2 46 C91 Ruy Lopez
Navara, David - Motylev, Alexander 1/2 41 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Lahno, Kateryna 1-0 33 C42 Petroff's Defence
Beliavsky, Alexander G - L'Ami, Erwin 1/2 75 D48 Queens Gambit Meran
Vescovi, Giovanni - Cheparinov, Ivan 1/2 29 C48 Four Knights Rubinstein
Koneru, Humpy - Jobava, Baadur 1/2 68 E66 King's Indian Fianchetto
Stellwagen, Daniel - Smeets, Jan 0-1 67 B85 Sicilian Scheveningen
Round 11 (January 27, 2006)
Motylev, Alexander - Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 34 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Almasi, Zoltan - Koneru, Humpy 1-0 40 C42 Petroff's Defence
Jobava, Baadur - Stellwagen, Daniel 1-0 33 E90 King's Indian Classical
Cheparinov, Ivan - Navara, David 1-0 75 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
L'Ami, Erwin - Naiditsch, Arkadij 0-1 48 E20 Nimzo Indian
Smeets, Jan - Beliavsky, Alexander G 1/2 39 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Lahno, Kateryna - Vescovi, Giovanni 1/2 62 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Round 12 (January 28, 2006)
Carlsen, Magnus - Cheparinov, Ivan 1/2 59 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Almasi, Zoltan - Motylev, Alexander 1-0 48 C42 Petroff's Defence
Navara, David - Lahno, Kateryna 1/2 69 D39 QGD Ragozin
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Smeets, Jan 1-0 35 B97 Sicilian Najdorf
Beliavsky, Alexander G - Jobava, Baadur 1-0 38 A77 Benoni
Vescovi, Giovanni - L'Ami, Erwin 0-1 52 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Koneru, Humpy - Stellwagen, Daniel 1-0 47 E67 King's Indian Fianchetto
Round 13 (January 29, 2006)
Motylev, Alexander - Koneru, Humpy 1-0 25 C42 Petroff's Defence
Jobava, Baadur - Naiditsch, Arkadij 1-0 36 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Cheparinov, Ivan - Almasi, Zoltan 1-0 40 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
L'Ami, Erwin - Navara, David 1/2 55 A33 English Symmetrical
Smeets, Jan - Vescovi, Giovanni 0-1 48 C91 Ruy Lopez
Stellwagen, Daniel - Beliavsky, Alexander G 1/2 44 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Lahno, Kateryna - Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 31 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen
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Corus C Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), 14-29 i 2006 cat. IX (2458)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Atalik, Suat g TUR 2618 * = 1 = 1 1 = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 10.5 2696
2. Werle, Jan m NED 2514 = * = = 1 = = 1 1 0 1 1 = 1 9.0 2594
3. Marcelin, Cyril g FRA 2441 0 = * = 1 0 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 9.0 2599
4. Van der Wiel, John g NED 2505 = = = * 1 = = = = = = = 1 1 8.0 2540
5. Li Shilong g CHN 2543 0 0 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 0 1 7.5 2508
6. Visser, Yge m NED 2485 0 = 1 = 0 * = = 0 1 1 0 1 = 6.5 2455
7. Bischoff, Klaus g GER 2560 = = 0 = 0 = * = 1 = = 1 1 0 6.5 2449
8. Van der Weide, Karel g NED 2466 = 0 = = 0 = = * 1 1 = 0 = 1 6.5 2456
9. Jonkman, Harmen g NED 2470 0 0 = = 0 1 0 0 * 1 = = 1 = 5.5 2399
10. Hopman, Pieter NED 2332 0 1 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 * = 1 = 1 5.0 2380
11. Atalik, Ekaterina wg TUR 2399 0 0 0 = = 0 = = = = * = = 1 5.0 2375
12. Adly, Ahmed g EGY 2473 = 0 0 = 0 1 0 1 = 0 = * 0 = 4.5 2346
13. Bensdorp, Marlies wm NED 2230 0 = 0 0 1 0 0 = 0 = = 1 * 0 4.0 2334
14. Afek, Yochanan m ISR 2370 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 = 0 0 = 1 * 3.5 2289
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Round 9 (January 24, 2006)
Marcelin, Cyril - Li Shilong 1-0 62 D20 QGA
Van der Wiel, John - Jonkman, Harmen 1/2 24 C52 Evans Gambit
Visser, Yge - Bischoff, Klaus 1/2 64 C00 French Defence
Van der Weide, Karel - Atalik, Ekaterina 1/2 23 C43 Petroff's Defence
Hopman, Pieter - Atalik, Suat 0-1 28 D10 Slav Defence
Adly, Ahmed - Werle, Jan 0-1 42 E14 Queens Indian
Afek, Yochanan - Bensdorp, Marlies 1-0 34 C02 French Advance
Round 10 (January 25, 2006)
Atalik, Suat - Afek, Yochanan 1-0 30 A58 Volga Gambit
Werle, Jan - Hopman, Pieter 0-1 42 A41 Modern Defence
Marcelin, Cyril - Van der Wiel, John 1/2 12 A45 Trompowsky
Li Shilong - Bischoff, Klaus 1-0 56 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Jonkman, Harmen - Adly, Ahmed 1/2 25 B22 Sicilian Alapin
Atalik, Ekaterina - Visser, Yge 0-1 53 E70 King's Indian Fianchetto
Bensdorp, Marlies - Van der Weide, Karel 1/2 64 A58 Volga Gambit
Round 11 (January 27, 2006)
Van der Wiel, John - Li Shilong 1-0 59 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Visser, Yge - Bensdorp, Marlies 1-0 58 C05 French Tarrasch
Bischoff, Klaus - Atalik, Ekaterina 1/2 16 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Van der Weide, Karel - Atalik, Suat 1/2 27 C43 Petroff's Defence
Hopman, Pieter - Jonkman, Harmen 0-1 58 D20 QGA
Adly, Ahmed - Marcelin, Cyril 0-1 55 D11 Slav Defence
Afek, Yochanan - Werle, Jan 0-1 53 C47 Four Knights
Round 12 (January 28, 2006)
Atalik, Suat - Visser, Yge 1-0 59 E97 King's Indian Classical
Werle, Jan - Van der Weide, Karel 1-0 59 A16 English Opening
Marcelin, Cyril - Hopman, Pieter 1-0 47 B07 Pirc Defence
Van der Wiel, John - Adly, Ahmed 1/2 15 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Li Shilong - Atalik, Ekaterina 1/2 59 A01 Larsen Opening
Jonkman, Harmen - Afek, Yochanan 1/2 57 B22 Sicilian Alapin
Bensdorp, Marlies - Bischoff, Klaus 0-1 26 A54 Old Indian Defence
Round 13 (January 29, 2006)
Visser, Yge - Werle, Jan 1/2 12 C42 Petroff's Defence
Bischoff, Klaus - Atalik, Suat 1/2 18 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Van der Weide, Karel - Jonkman, Harmen 1-0 38 C45 Scotch Game
Hopman, Pieter - Van der Wiel, John 1/2 14 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Atalik, Ekaterina - Bensdorp, Marlies 1/2 19 E05 Catalan
Adly, Ahmed - Li Shilong 0-1 43 A56 Old Indian Defence
Afek, Yochanan - Marcelin, Cyril 0-1 30 E66 King's Indian Fianchetto
The Gibraltar Congress takes place 24th January - 2nd February 2006.
Further details: http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com
Leading Round 6 Standings:
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Gibtelecom Masters Gibraltar ENG, 24 i-2 ii 2006
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1. Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2661 5 6 5 2446 4.62 0.38
2. Georgiev, Kiril g BUL 2645 5 6 5 2460 4.44 0.56
3. Speelman, Jonathan S g ENG 2539 5 6 5 2518 3.18 1.82
4. Aaberg, Anton SWE 2383 4½ 6 4½ 2428 2.64 1.86
5. Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2704 4½ 6 4½ 2522 4.44 0.06
6. Al Sayed, Mohamad N m QAT 2470 4½ 6 4½ 2466 3.06 1.44
7. Al-Modiahki, Mohamad g QAT 2579 4½ 6 4½ 2466 3.90 0.60
8. Arizmendi Martinez, Julen L g ESP 2534 4½ 6 4½ 2466 3.54 0.96
9. Gurevich, Mikhail g TUR 2633 4½ 6 4½ 2491 4.14 0.36
10. Gyimesi, Zoltan g HUN 2602 4½ 6 4½ 2516 3.72 0.78
11. Kobalia, Mikhail g RUS 2654 4½ 6 4½ 2500 4.26 0.24
12. Sandipan, Chanda g IND 2522 4½ 6 4½ 2482 3.36 1.14
13. Volkov, Sergey g RUS 2629 4½ 6 4½ 2411 4.68 -0.18
14. Wells, Peter K g ENG 2501 4½ 5 3½ 2517 2.40 1.10
15. Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan m GEO 2426 4 6 4 2337 3.72 0.28
16. Areshchenko, Alexander g UKR 2670 4 5 3½ 2440 3.95 -0.45
17. Bakre, Tejas g IND 2480 4 6 4 2344 4.08 -0.08
18. Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel g ESP 2415 4 6 4 2318 3.78 0.22
19. Carlsson, Pontus m SWE 2430 4 6 4 2326 3.84 0.16
20. Efimenko, Zahar g UKR 2666 4 5 3½ 2432 3.95 -0.45
21. Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2608 4 6 4 2477 4.08 -0.08
22. Kunte, Abhijit g IND 2551 4 6 4 2410 4.14 -0.14
23. Quillan, Gary ENG 2356 4 6 4 2233 4.02 -0.02
24. Shaw, John m SCO 2432 4 6 4 2238 4.50 -0.50
25. Short, Nigel D g ENG 2676 4 6 4 2461 4.62 -0.62
26. Speck, Nick AUS 2371 4 6 4 2322 3.42 0.58
27. Spraggett, Kevin g CAN 2581 4 6 4 2425 4.26 -0.26
28. Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2499 4 6 4 2523 2.82 1.18
29. Sundararajan, Kidambi m IND 2495 4 6 4 2286 4.62 -0.62
30. Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2624 4 6 4 2421 4.56 -0.56
31. Welling, Gerard m NED 2405 4 6 4 2218 4.44 -0.44
32. Zhu Chen g CHN 2482 4 6 4 2316 4.32 -0.32
127 players
The Queenstown Chess Classic in New Zealand took place 15th-24th
January 2006. Murray Chandler was half a point clear of Ian Rogers and David
Smerdon Also Bob Wade returned to New Zealand for the first time in 56 years
and scored 6/10.
Further information: http://www.queenstownchess.com
Leading Round 9 Standings:
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Queenstown Classic NZL (NZL), 15-24 i 2006
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1. Chandler, Murray G g ENG 2537 8.5
2. Rogers, Ian g AUS 2547 8
3. Smerdon, David m AUS 2421 8
4. Zhao Zong-Yuan m AUS 2461 7.5
5. Sermek, Drazen g SLO 2530 7.5
6. Bjelobrk, Igor NZL 2396 7.5
7. Hecht, Hans-Joachim g GER 2397 7.5
8. Susilodinata, Andrean INA 2254 7.5
9. Lukey, Stephen G f NZL 2279 7.5
10. Civin, Tomas CZE 2410 7.5
11. Ker, Anthony F m NZL 2330 7.5
12. Dougherty, Michael f CAN 2206 7.5
13. Froehlich, Peter m GER 2361 7
14. Lane, Gary W m AUS 2444 7
15. Garbett, Paul Anthony m NZL 2354 7
16. Karolyi, Tibor jr m HUN 2364 7
17. Sutton, Richard J f NZL 2301 7
18. Dive, Russell John m NZL 2359 7
19. Solomon, Stephen J m AUS 2415 6.5
20. Wohl, Aleksandar H m AUS 2452 6.5
21. Nokes, Roger I f NZL 2316 6.5
22. West, Guy m AUS 2356 6.5
23. Wojnar, Maciej NZL 1973 6.5
24. Drummond, Matthew AUS 2235 6.5
25. Van Riemsdijk, Herman C m BRA 2358 6.5
26. Steadman, Michael NZL 2241 6.5
27. Feldman, Vladimir m AUS 2324 6.5
28. Wastney, Scott f NZL 2256 6.5
29. Geveke, Michael f GER 2277 6.5
30. Oliver, Gareth AUS 2092 6.5
31. Wang Puchen NZL 2240 6.5
32. Humphrey, Jonathan f AUS 2254 6.5
33. Smith, Robert W f NZL 2253 6.5
34. Tabatt, Hendrik GER 2183 6.5
35. Hohler, Peter f SUI 2236 6.5
36. Tredinnick, Malcolm Robert AUS 2172 6.5
37. Canfell, Gregory f AUS 2338 6
38. Reilly, Tim f AUS 2299 6
39. Stojic, Dusan AUS 2022 6
40. Berezina, Irina m AUS 2285 6
41. Lakner, Jay AUS 2207 6
42. Croad, Nicolas NZL 2222 6
43. Green, Peter f NZL 2263 6
44. Wade, Robert G m ENG 2171 6
45. Dizdarevic, Mehmedalija BIH 2157 6
46. Song, Raymond AUS 2085 6
47. Spain, Graeme NZL 2202 6
48. Ikeda, Junta AUS 2111 6
49. Mendes da Costa, Alex AUS 2065 6
50. Zworestine, Charles AUS 2110 6
51. Milligan, Helen wf SCO 2045 6
52. Lazarus, Ben AUS 2155 6
53. Perry, Roger NZL NZL 2132 6
54. Baider, Daniel NZL 2079 6
55. Jones, Brian f AUS 2110 6
56. Bleis, Christian GER 2267 6
57. Guthrie, Aaron f AUS 2244 6
58. Hu, Jason AUS 2081 6
59. Armstrong, Malcolm ENG 2129 6
60. Adair, Danny NZL 2007 6
193 players
The 65th Georgian Men's Championship takes place 21st January - 5th
February 2006.
Mikheil Mchedlishvili withdrew after the 1st round and Davit
Magalashvili after the 4th round both because of illness.
65th ch-GEO Tbilisi GEO (GEO), 22 i-5 ii 2006 cat. VIII (2439)
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1 Kacheishvili, Giorgi g GEO 2599 * = . . . . 1 = 1 1 1 . 5.0 / 6 2702
2 Gelashvili, Tamaz g GEO 2575 = * 1 = = . . . . . = 1 4.0 / 6 2600
3 Jobava, Beglar m GEO 2401 . 0 * . . 0 = . 1 1 . 1 4.0 / 7 2439
4 Arutinian, David m GEO 2507 . = . * . = . . . 1 = 1 3.5 / 5 2607
5 Margvelashvili, Giorgi m GEO 2434 . = . . * = . . = = . 1 3.0 / 5 2456
6 Kuparadze, Giga GEO 2381 . . 1 = = * = 0 . . = . 3.0 / 6 2458
7 Sulashvili, Malkhaz f GEO 2376 0 . = . . = * 1 = = . . 3.0 / 6 2411
8 Shanava, Konstantine m GEO 2490 = . . . . 1 0 * 0 = . 1 3.0 / 6 2387
9 Paichadze, Luka GEO 2171 0 . 0 . = . = 1 * = . . 2.5 / 6 2397
10 Sanikidze, Tornike m GEO 2425 0 . 0 0 = . = = = * . . 2.5 / 8 2281
11 Gagunashvili, Merab g GEO 2542 0 = . = . = . . . . * = 2.0 / 5 2414
12 Morchiashvili, Bachana GEO 2370 . 0 0 0 0 . . 0 . . = * 0.5 / 6 2090
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The Winter Cup GM tournament took place in Bucharest, Romania, 14th-26th
of January 2006. Constantin Lupulescu made a huge 10/12 score a point clear of
the field.
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/
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Winter Cup Bucharest ROM (ROM), 14-26 i 2006 cat. VII (2411)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3
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1. Lupulescu, Constantin m ROM 2528 * = = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 10.0 2674
2. Sanduleac, Vasile m MDA 2479 = * 0 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 9.0 2598
3. Murariu, Andrei m ROM 2441 = 1 * 1 = = = 1 = = 1 = 1 8.5 2566
4. Golubev, Mihail g UKR 2517 = = 0 * = = = 0 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2497
5. Badea, Bela g ROM 2492 0 0 = = * = = = = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2461
6. Ionescu, Constantin g ROM 2450 0 = = = = * = = = = 0 1 1 6.0 2407
7. Dumitrache, Dragos-Nicolae m ROM 2476 0 0 = = = = * = = 1 = 1 = 6.0 2405
8. Peptan, Corina-Isabela m ROM 2404 0 = 0 1 = = = * = 0 1 = 1 6.0 2411
9. Ardelean, George Catalin m ROM 2442 = 0 = 0 = = = = * 0 1 1 1 6.0 2408
10. Hamitevici, Vladimir MDA 2284 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 1 1 * = = 1 5.0 2364
11. Chirila, Ioan Cristian f ROM 2376 0 0 0 0 0 1 = 0 0 = * 1 1 4.0 2289
12. Diulger, Alexey m MDA 2294 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 * 1 2.5 2190
13. Osman, Mihai FRA 2161 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 * 0.5 1930
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The Belgrade Winter Open took place 21st-29th January 2006. Momcilo
Nikolic won with 8.5/9. Games from the final round not available.
Official site: http://www.beochess.org.yu/english.htm
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Winter Open Belgrade SCG (SCG), 21-29 i 2006
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1. Nikolic, Momcilo SCG 2246 8.5 52.5 41.5 44.5 8
2. Andrijevic, Milan m SCG 2369 7.5 51.0 39.0 39.5 7
3. Martic, Ivan SCG 2233 7 49.0 37.0 37.0 6
4. Popovic, Dragan B f SCG 2296 6.5 52.0 40.5 34.5 4
5. Irizanin, Radoje SCG 2260 6.5 49.0 37.0 34.0 5
6. Milicevic I, Predrag SCG 2169 6.5 49.0 36.5 31.5 6
7. Milosevic, Zoran SCG 2228 6.5 48.5 38.5 35.0 5
8. Klasan, Vladimir SCG 2202 6.5 46.0 36.5 32.5 6
9. Mihajlovic, Miodrag f SCG 2268 6.5 43.0 34.0 28.0 6
10. Jelisavcic,Srdjan SCG ---- 6.5 38.0 29.0 25.5 6
11. Sarenac, David SCG 2155 6 55.0 42.0 36.0 6
12. Skare, Goran f SCG 2303 6 42.5 33.0 26.5 4
13. Carnic, Dejan SCG 2185 6 42.0 32.5 28.0 6
14. Sarenac, Ivan SCG 2137 6 42.0 32.5 27.5 4
15. Starcevic, Goran f SCG 2179 6 39.5 32.0 29.0 6
93 players
The 5th Open Marianske Lazne International Chess Festival was held in
the Evropa hotel in Marianske Lazne spa (Marienbad), the Czech Republic
21st-29th January 2006. This festival was held within the frame of CZECH TOUR
2005/6 series. Within this festival GM tournament, IM tournament and open FIDE
took place and 168 players from 21 countries. 2 GM norms - Heberla (POL),
Mahjob (IRI) and 3 IM norms - Zvara (CZE), Nilssen (FAI) Plischki (GER) were
fulfiled.
Complete results and chosen games you can find at
http://www.avekont.cz/marianky/#eng.
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GM Marianske Lazne CZE (CZE), 21-29 i 2006 cat. VII (2423)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Heberla, Bartlomiej m POL 2487 * = = 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2628
2. Mahjoob, Morteza m IRI 2419 = * 0 = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2598
3. Simacek, Pavel m CZE 2480 = 1 * = = = 1 = 1 1 = = 7.5 2551
4. Sergeev, Vladimir m UKR 2434 0 = = * 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2555
5. Popchev, Milko g BUL 2432 = 0 = 1 * = 1 = = 1 = = 6.5 2487
6. Malaniuk, Vladimir P g UKR 2532 = = = = = * = = = = 0 1 5.5 2413
7. Neelotpal, Das m IND 2512 = = 0 0 0 = * = = 1 1 1 5.5 2415
8. Voloshin, Leonid g CZE 2466 0 0 = 0 = = = * 0 = 1 1 4.5 2354
9. Petr, Martin m CZE 2416 0 0 0 0 = = = 1 * 0 1 1 4.5 2359
10. Kersten, Uwe f GER 2316 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 * 1 = 3.5 2300
11. Grigorjev, E KAZ 2276 0 0 = 0 = 1 0 0 0 0 * = 2.5 2225
12. Stehno, Pavel CZE 2310 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 0 = = * 2.0 2171
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IM Marianske Lazne CZE (CZE), 21-29 i 2006 cat. III (2321)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Pribyl, Josef m CZE 2426 * = = = = 1 1 = 1 = 1 = 7.5 2444
2. Nilssen, John Arni f FAI 2356 = * = = 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 = 7.5 2450
3. Zvara, Petr CZE 2391 = = * = 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 7.5 2447
4. Plischki, Sebastian GER 2381 = = = * = = 1 0 1 1 1 1 7.5 2448
5. Biolek, Richard m CZE 2454 = 0 0 = * 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 7.0 2410
6. Marholev, Dimitar m BUL 2427 0 1 1 = 0 * 1 0 = 1 1 = 6.5 2375
7. Biolek, Richard jr CZE 2268 0 = 0 0 = 0 * 1 1 1 1 1 6.0 2361
8. Vokoun, Jan CZE 2294 = 0 1 1 0 1 0 * 0 0 0 1 4.5 2258
9. Hamrakulova, Yulduz wf UZB 2187 0 0 0 0 = = 0 1 * = 0 1 3.5 2199
10. Weinwurm, Wolfgang AUT 2206 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = * = 1 3.5 2198
11. Karhanek, Pavel CZE 2261 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 = * 1 3.5 2193
12. Poulsen, Iver DEN 2196 = = 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 * 1.5 2022
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The 2nd Armenian Club Championship finished in Yerevan. Among the
participants were GMs Asrian, Vaganian, Lputian, Anastasian, Art. Minasian, T.
L. Petrosian, Yegiazarian, Nalbandian, WGMs L. Mkrtchian, E.
Danielian, etc. I will round up next week.
Official site: http://www.armchess.am (results,
games).
8th Hilton International Chess Festival in Basle took place 1st-7th
January 2006. 200 players competed in five tournaments. Vadim Malakhatko from
Ukraine won with 5.5/7 Hilton Open, in tie-break (better Buholz). Hilton Open.
News: Sinisa Joksic.
Leading Final Standings:
1. Malakhatko, Vadim GM 2556 UKR 5.5 28.5 160.0
2. Sulava, Nenad GM 2497 CRO 5.5 27.0 164.0
3. Roiz, Michael GM 2599 ISR 5.0 30.5 165.0
4. Vajda, Albert IM 2439 ROM 5.0 29.0 160.5
5. Sokolov, Andrei GM 2632 RUS 5.0 28.5 164.5
6. Vajda, Levente GM 2526 ROM 5.0 28.5 154.5
7. Djuric, Stefan GM 2460 SCG 5.0 27.5 158.0
8. Filipovic, Branko IM 2421 CRO 5.0 27.0 155.0
9. Golod, Vitali GM 2577 ISR 5.0 26.5 156.5
10. Senff, Martin IM 2471 GER 5.0 26.0 155.0
11. Pikula, Dejan GM 2530 SCG 4.5 27.0 158.0
12. Izsak, Gyula IM 2431 HUN 4.5 27.0 150.0
13. Hoffmann, Michael IM 2462 GER 4.5 25.5 149.0
14. Sedina, Elena WGM 2395 ITA 4.5 24.5 144.5
15. Galdunts, Sergey GM 2503 ARM 4.5 23.5 150.5
16. Peredy, Ferenc IM 2343 HUN 4.5 23.5 145.5
17. De Andres, Gonalon 2088 ESP 4.5 22.5 148.5
18. Rukavina, Josip IM 2378 CRO 4.0 27.0 149.0
19. Milosevic, Goran IM 2403 SUI 4.0 26.0 152.0
20. Zozulia, Anna WGM 2366 UKR 4.0 24.5 140.5
21. Kurmann, Oliver FM 2309 SUI 4.0 24.0 145.0
22. Trang, Jean-Pierre 2119 SUI 4.0 23.5 146.0
23. Heimann, Andreas 2197 GER 4.0 22.0 146.0
24. Lurje, Pavel 2158 SUI 4.0 22.0 140.0
25. Bhend, Edwin IM 2271 SUI 4.0 22.0 133.0
26. Altmann, Dominik 2089 SUI 4.0 21.0 135.0
27. Bjarnarson, Oscar 2255 ISL 4.0 21.0 133.5
28. Furrer, Marc 2188 SUI 4.0 20.5 137.5
29. Fiedler, Joerg 2094 SUI 4.0 18.5 129.5
30. Drachsler, Christoph 2278 SUI 4.0 18.0 131.0
64 players
(35. GM Nemet (SUI) 3.5; 50. GM Batyrov (TKM) 2.5 iz 5) Special prizes:
IM Filipovic (best Basle player), WGM Sedina (best woman), IM Rukavina (best
senior), Trang (best junior U-20), Heimann (best school-boy U-16). The other
tournament winners: Ruth Bohre-Moser SUI (Amateur Open), IM Sinisa Joksic SCG
(Senior Tournament), GM Michail Roiz ISR (Blitz Tournament), Nino
Wilkins-Borsani, Kambez Nuri both SUI (Junior Tournament)
Further details: http://www.beochess.ch
The Morelia International Chess Festival which was supposed to be
February 16th-28th, 2006 has been cancelled. Prize Fund - US$158,000.
Further details: http://www.moreliachess.com/eng/
Morelia in Mexico is also supposed to be hosting the first half of the
traditional Linares super tournament its unclear if the cancellation of the
chess festival will have an impact. Their half should place February 18th-26th,
2006. The Linares half will probably finish around 12th March 2006.
Players: Veselin Topalov, Peter Leko , Vassily Ivanchuk , Peter Svidler
, Ettienne Bacrot , Levon Aronian , Francisco Vallejo and one other player yet
to be announced.
The Moscow 0pen takes place 29 January - 6 February 2006. 9 round swiss
(US system: you can play 9 long games or 2 rapid+7 long or 4+5). Strongest
players Alexey Alexandrov, Vladimir Belov, Dmitry Bocharov, Denis Khismatullin,
Ferrukh Amonatov etc.
Official site: http://www.chessmoscow.ru/index.php?topicID=219
The next round sees leaders KSK47-Eynatten 1 encounter second placed
CREC Charleroi. With four rounds to go many teams are still involded in a
fierce battle against relagation. Borgerhout were severely beaten by CRELEL and
with some tough matches coming it seems they are most in danger of joining SK
Deurne in the second division.
Results Round 7 22nd Jan 2006
1. SK Deurne - Boey Temse 3½ - 4½
2. KBSK - CREC 2 - 6
3. Eynatten 1 - KGSRL 6 - 2
4. Eynatten 2 - CE Namur 5 - 3
5. Jean Jaurès - SK Rochade 2½ - 5½
6. CRELEL - Borgerhout 6 - 2
Standings after seven rounds :
1. Eynatten 1 40
2. CREC 36½
3. SK Rochade 33
4. KBSK 30½
5. KGSRL 27
6. Eynatten 2 26½
7. Boey Temse 26
8. CRELEL 26
9. CE Namur 25½
10. Borgerhout 24½
11. Jean Jaurès 23
12. SK Deurne 17½
Oklahoma State Champion FIDE Master Movses Movsisyan and a Wichita,
Kansas high school foreign exchange student from Turkey named Atakan Sirin tied
with 4.5 points from 5 to finish on top of the 35 player January OCF FIDE Open
in Oklahoma City 21-22 January 2006. George Trammell of Oklahoma City finished
alone in 3rd place with 4 points. The 5-SS event drew players from 6 states and
was directed and organized by Alex Relyea with the able assistance of Nita
Patel. My thanks to Frank Berry for this report.
Official site: http://www.OKChess.org
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January OCF OKC FIDE Open, Oklahoma City USA (USA), 21-22 i 2006
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chief TD: Alex Relyea
asst TD: Nita Patel G/120m+10 sec
1-2 Movsisyan, Movses f USA 2301 4.5 from 5.0
1-2 Sirin, Atakan TUR 2055 4.5
3 Trammell, George USA 2075 4.0
4-7 Orton, William R USA 2157 3.5
4-7 Braunlich, Tom USA 2184 3.5
4-7 Carbonell, Ross USA ---- 3.5
4-7 Graham, Shaun USA ---- 3.5
8-15 Socorregut, Roberto CUB ---- 3.0
8-15 Patton, Thomas A. USA 2104 3.0
8-15 Huff, Dan USA ---- 3.0
8-15 Berry, James E. USA 2151 3.0
8-15 Hall, Odell USA ---- 3.0
8-15 Lee, Wellington USA 2060 3.0
8-15 Wawrzaszek, Jason POL ---- 3.0
8-15 Strain, H. Milt USA ---- 3.0
16 Berry, Frank USA 2033 2.5
35 players
Notes: Sirin is a highschool exchange student from Turkey living with Mark Beyer
in Wichita. Socorregut is from Miami, FL doing training at the OKC FAA Center.
JH Williams and J Miller drove up from Abilene, TX. Hall, Socorregut
and Strain each made a FIDE rating norm. Upset prize would probably be awarded
to Fritze for his last round upset over Stepp. Huff from MO and Stepp from Ark
have just recently been trying to play themselves back into shape from long layoffs.
George Mirijanian reports: The NorthEast Chess Winter Getaway tournament
took place on 27th-29th January 2006 at the Radisson Hotel in Marlborough,
Massachusetts, USA. GM Larry Christiansen of Cambridge, Mass., captured first
place with a score of 4.5-0.5. GM Nick deFirmian of New York was clear second
with a 4-1 tally, playing to a quick draw with Christiansen in the final round.
Tied for 3rd-5th place with 3.5-1.5 results were GM Alexander Ivanov of Newton,
Mass. (who lost to Christiansen), GM Sergey Kudrin of Stamford, Connecticut,
and IM Igor Foygel of Brookline, Mass. Among those finishing out of the prize
money was IM Joshua Friedel of Goffstown, New Hampshire, who tallied 3-2. The
tournament drew 93 players in four sections and was organized by Severine
Wamala of Lowell, Mass., for the sponsoring NorthEast Chess Association. U.S.
Chess Federation-certified senior director Kenneth Robert Ballou of Framingham,
Mass., directed. Complete crosstables are available at
http://masschess.org
MTel Cup Sofia
The field for the Mtel Cup in Sofia 9th (opening ceremony) - 21st
(closing) May 2006 has almost been finalised. Veselin Topalov, Viswanathan
Anand, Peter Svidler, Etienne Bacrot, Gata Kamsky are confirmed and Levon
Aronian is a possible for the final place. Website to be announced later.
Cuernavaca Young Masters
The Cuernavaca Young Masters takes place in Mexico 1st-11th February
2006. Players: Ruslan Ponomariov, Andrei Volokitin, Sergey Karjakin, Francisco
Vallejo Pons, Lazaro Bruzon, Hikaru Nakamura, Lenier Dominguez, Ivan
Cheparinov, Ruben Felgaer and Manuel Leon Hoyes.
Official site: http://www.uaem.mx/ajedrez2006/index.html
Aeroflot Open
The International Chess Open Festival "Aeroflot Open 2006" will be held
in Moscow from 7 February (the day of arrival) to 17 February 2006 (the day of
departure). The official hotel and tournament venue is hotel "Gamma" belonging
to the Tourist Complex "Ismailovo".
Official site: http://www.aeroflotchess.com/
European Blitz Championship
The 20th International Games Festival includes the EUROPEAN BLITZ
Championship 18th-19th February 2006. At the Palais des Festivals - Salon
Méditerranée. Time Control : 5 minutes per player. 36 round Swiss
System. Open to all players that are members in an ECU country or playing under
the code of an ECU member (license is not necessary) Entry fee : 15 Euros
(including IMs and GMs)
20,000 Euros in prizes with 1st Pool A 4500 Euros and 1st Pool B 300
Euros.
Further Information: info@cannes-echecs.org - ( 04.93.39.41.39
http://www.cannes-echecs.org)
XXII Reykjavik Open
XXII Reykjavik Open takes place 6th-14th March 2006.
Further details: http://www.skaksamband.com/reykjavikopen2006/
Fibertex Cup
The Fibertex Cup takes place February 3rd-4th 2006 in Aalborg, Denmark.
It will be a double-round blindfold event and the players are: GM Magnus
Carlsen, Norway, GM Peter Heine Nielsen, Denmark, GM Lars Schandorff, Denmark
and IM Nicolai V. Pedersen, Denmark.
More information on the website, which will feature live internet
coverage at http://www.dsu.dk/fibertex/engelsk.htm
Lenk International Chess Festival
The "Swiss Chess Tour 2006" will continue in Lenk with the 18th
"Kreuz-Open" April 13th-17th 2006.
The venue is the Hotel Kreuz, Grande Open, Swiss system, 7 rounds and
the games will last a maximum of 5 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 30 minutes
till the end). 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,
senior (1945), junior(1986-89), schoolboy (1990) and best local player. Entry
fee 130 SF, FMs and juniors 60 SF, at the door 10 SF more, GMs and IMs free.
New: teams competition, with 4 members; 3 prizes: 4x100/4x75/4x50 SF; entry fee
10 SF. Venue: Hotel "Kreuz". Time table: Round 1st 18.00-23.00 April 13,;
Rounds 2/3 09.30-14.30 and 15.30-20.30 April 14,; Round 4 13.30-18.30 April
15,; Rounds 5/6 09.30-14.30 and 15.30-20.30 April 16,; Round 7 9.30-14.30 April
17. Closing ceremony April 17 at 16.00.
Info: Beochess +41+62+965-46-50 (Robert Spoerri) or info@beochess.ch or
site http://www.beochess.ch for more
details.
VIII Rector Cup
The VIII Rector Cup takes place 27th March - 7th April 2006. There are
GM events for men and women. The events take place in the National law academy
of Ukraine & Chess club in Kharkov 12 participants in each tournament,
round robin, 11 rounds, 90 minutes for each player to finish the game with
extra 30 seconds for each move from the start (Fischer system)
Further info:
+38(057) 704-38-12 Chess club - Law academy
+38(067) 562-00-07 mobile Karlovich Anastasiya
+38(050) 353-37-22 mobile
Kovchan Alexander
e-mail: nlau@mail.ru
Bermuda International Open 2006
The Bermuda International Open takes place February 10th-12th 2006.
Sadly the invitational has had to be cancelled due to venue problems.
Further details: http://www.bermuda.bm/chess/
Fajr tournaments
The Iran Chess Federation will organize following Fajr tournaments in
Iran Chess Palace in Tehran: - 4th Fajr Youth Open under 10, 12 & 14, 19-24
January 2006 with 3200$ Prize Money. - 14th Fajr Open, 24-30 January 2006 with
12000$ Prize Money.
You can find more information and regulation on
http://www.iranchess.com/indexen.htm
20th Pula Open 2006
The 20th Pula Open (Croatia) takes place 18th-25th June 2006.
Further details and entry: http://www.skpula.hr/
4th Nancy Chess Festival
4th international chess festival in Nancy (east of France - 300 kms
from Paris) from 20th-26th February 2006.
No open, but 10 different Round-Robin closed tournaments for 10 players
each (9 rounds in 7 days : 2 hours + 30seconds per player). One master group
for IM norms (completed : No more invitation for titled players), and several
others groups arranged by Elo between 1000 and 2300, to obtain or to improve
your FIDE Elo. Prizes : 200?-120?-80? in each group. + a simul against a master
just before the prizegiving ceremony on sunday + a big blitz tournament on
friday evening + one kids rapid tournament on wednesday afternoon ... Entry fee
: 50? / under 20 : 25? / minus 10% for 4 players from the same club or just
coming together. Please contact me before february 10th. Final payment possible
for non-french players on the first day BEFORE 1pm. Please be on time, no entry
at round 2 ! Contact by e-mail : philippe.chr@free.fr
All details in english here :
http://philippechess.free.fr/4festivalEngGer.html
All results from last year with photos here :
http://philippechess.free.fr/3eFestival2005.htm
GM against the World - Olympiads of Chess, Turin 2006
The second GM against the World game on the Olympiad site will be GM
Misho Cebalo (Croatia) and he it start on Monday, January 9th. 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
Lodi International Chess Festival
The 2nd Festival Scacchistico Internazionale "Città di Lodi"
takes place in Lodi, Italy, 5th-11th June 2006. Prize fund Euros20.000,00.
Further details: http://www.lenuvole.org/ or
scacchi@lenuvole.org
US Championship Dates Change
The U.S. Chess Championship returns to San Diego from March 2nd-12th,
2006 and will be held at its new permanent home at NTC Promenade. The event has
been pushed back a day so that players can compete in the Morelia Chess
Festival. Further details: http://www.moreliachess.com/eng/
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
14th Donau Open
The 14th Donau Open took place 26th-31st December 2005. I couldn't get
the official site: http://www.aschach.info/schach/english.htm
to work correctly.
Asian Youth Championships
The Asian Youth Championships took place in New Delhi December 7th-14th
2005.
Games, Results, photos are available at
http://www.delhichess.com.
Free ICCF Server Offer
ICCF has announced an end-of-year gift to everyone around the World: a
free 2-game match on their dedicated ICCF WebChess server.
The offer is open to anyone Just fill a form with your personal
information (name and surname, nationality, e-mail address), and they will pair
you in a free 2-game match with someone else from around the World.
You can find the form on the ICCF WebChess server. Just go to
http://www.iccf-webchess.com/ . In
the main page, you click on "New Events". Then click on "Enter" in the line
with the offer to participate in a Friendly 2-game match. Fill with your
personal information and click "OK" when you're done.
The time rate will be 10 moves in 40 days, and the games will be
unrated, so your ELO (if you have one) will not change with the result.
The deadline for entries is December 31, 2005. We will be starting
matches throughout December and the last batch will be online in early January.
Davos Festival 2006
Swiss Chess Tour Davos Festival 2006 with Viktor Korchnoi playing the
first time in individual senior championship
The "Swiss Chess Tour 2006" will continue in Davos with Chess Summer
Festival from August 5-13, 2006. Main event will be the 6th European Individual
Senior Championship. The second tournament will be 5. Davos Open. The first
time Davos host an official event. Just to remind, Davos is one of the most
popular tourist places in Europe (summer and winter), with specific micro
clime, unique in the world.
6th European Individual Senior Championship, August 7th to 13th 2006.
"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 rating: FIDE, Swiss (SSB) and German (DWZ). Seniors: men born 1945 and
earlier; women born 1955 and earlier. Prize (men):
2.500/1.700/1.000/700/600/500/2x400/2x300 SF. 3 group rating prize (200/150/100
SF). Women: 400/300/3x200 SF; Entry fee 70 SF; at the door 10 SF more. Time
table: Rounds 1 15.00-21.00 August 5th; Round 2/8 9.30-15.30 August 6th-12th;
Round 9 9.30-15.30 August 13th.
5th Davos Open, 7 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 6 hours
(40 moves for 2 hours and 60 minutes till the end). Prize are: 1.500 SF, 1.200,
900, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200 and 150 SF. Natural prizes for 4 and more
points. Special prizes for best Lady, best local player. Entry fee 140 SF, FMs
and juniors 70 SF, GMs and IMs free; juniors lodging at Sunstar Park Hotel
free; at the door 10 SF more. Time table: Rounds 1 15.00-21.00 August 6th;
Round 2/7 16.00-22.00 August 7th-12th. Venue: "Sunstar Park Hotel" Congress
Center. Closing ceremony August 13th, 4 p.m. Unbelievable chess-rates. Info
Beochess: +41+62+9654-650 (Robert Spoerri) beochess@bluewin.ch or
http://www.beochess.ch or
http://yubc.net/~yuchess
ISCU Grand Prix
ISCU Grand Prix International tournaments for school chess champions in
categories U9, U11, U13, U15
The International School Chess Union and The Russian Chess Federation
have the honour of inviting National Chess Federations, School Sports
Associations and school chess champions to participate in the ISCU Grand Prix
organised in Moscow, Russia from 25th of January (Arrival) to 7th of February
(Departure) 2006.
Further details: E-mail: scca@online.ru, iscu@mail.ru
Swiss Chess Tour 2006
The Swiss Chess Tour 2006 starts in Basle in the New Year
(1.-7.1.2005.). Venue of Chess Festival for 8th time is Hotel Hilton in Basle.
Hilton Open (1-7.1.2006.) 7 Rounds, 6 hours (2 hours for 40 moves + 60
minutes for complete the game.) Prizes:
2000/1500/1200/800/600/500/2x400/2x300/5x200 CHF. Special prizes 200 CHF for
best Lady, Senior (1946), junior (1986-89), schoolboy (1990). Enter fee: 140
CHF (FM and juniors 70 CHF) GM & IM free. At the door 20 CHF. Basle amateur
(1-7.1.2006.) 7 Rounds, 4 hours (90 minutes 30 moves + 30 minutes to complete
the game). Players under 1900 rating (FIDE or national). Enter fee: 120 CHF
(juniors 60 CHF). At the door 20 CHF. Prizes: 500/400/2x300/2x200/4x150 CHF.
Basle juniors (2.1.2006.) 7 Rounds, 15 minutes for the game. Juniors 1986 and
younger. Enter fee 5 CHF. Natural prizes for all players.
NSV Senior Open (1-7.1.2006.) 7 Rounds, 4 hours (90 minutes for 30 moves
+ 30 minutes for complete the game) Seniors 1945. Prizes: 400/300/200 CHF +
natural prizes. Enter fee: 70 CHF. At the door 20 CHF. Basel Lighting Chess
(1.1.2006. from 14.00 to 16.00) 9 Rounds, 5 minutes. Enter fee: 20 CHF (juniors
5 CHF). Prizes 300/200/150/2x100/2x50 CHF natural prizes for everybody 50% and
more points.
More information and registration: Robert Spoerri tel. +41+62+9654-650,
fax +41+62+9654-651 E-mail info@beochess.ch Further information:
http://www.beochess.ch or
http://yubc.net/~yuchess
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
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/
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.
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
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
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/
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
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/
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.
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.
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
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