THE WEEK IN CHESS 591 6th March 2006 by Mark Crowther
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Morelia/Linares 2006 12 games
US Championship 96 games
III GM Tage 45 games
Hungarian Championship 30 games
Russian Under-20 Championships 55 games
Polish Championship 42 games
Hyderabad International 210 games
Bruges Masters 45 games
Bulgarian Championships 84 games
First Saturday March 2 games
Cuban Championship Semi-Finals 90 games
Belgian Interteams 48 games
759 games
My thanks to Zsuzsa Veroci, Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam, Varlam
Vepkhvishvili, Bill Townsend, Thomas Henrich, George Mirijanian, Miklos Orso,
Valery Maes, Andy McFarland, Bognar Csaba, Istvan Brindza, Harald Grafenhofer,
Honza Mazuch, Silvio Danailov, Evgeny Tkachev, Rodolfo Arias Formoso, Adam
Raoof, Pascal Villalba and everyone else who helped with the issue.
Tied for last after six rounds, Veselin Topalov has won his last three
rounds and got himself into a tie for second just a point off the lead with
four rounds to go. Peter Leko is currently leading but hasn't won since round 5
and has black against Topalov in the final round. All of which adds up to a
possibly fantastic finish to the event with at least half the field capable of
taking first.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
Morelia in Mexico hosts the first half of the traditional Linares super
tournament. Their half will take place February 18th-26th, 2006. The Linares
half takes place 3rd-11th March 2006.
Official site:http://www.marca.es/ -
live: http://linares.soloajedrez.com/.
Morelia organisers: http://www.moreliachess.com/eng/
Round 8 (March 3, 2006)
Leko, Peter - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 24 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Topalov, Veselin - Svidler, Peter 1-0 44 D87 Gruenfeld Botvinnik
Radjabov, Teimour - Aronian, Levon 1/2 29 D38 QGD Ragozin
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Bacrot, Etienne 0-1 39 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Round 9 (March 4, 2006)
Aronian, Levon - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 35 E15 Queens Indian
Radjabov, Teimour - Leko, Peter 1/2 80 E15 Queens Indian
Svidler, Peter - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 31 C83 Ruy Lopez Open
Bacrot, Etienne - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 38 D11 Slav Defence
Round 10 (March 5, 2006)
Leko, Peter - Svidler, Peter 1/2 30 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Topalov, Veselin - Aronian, Levon 1-0 76 E20 Nimzo Indian
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Bacrot, Etienne 0-1 33 D24 QGA
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Radjabov, Teimour 0-1 44 E92 King's Indian Classical
XXIII SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP (MEX/ESP), 18 ii-11 iii 2006cat. XX (2732)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1 Leko, Peter g HUN 2740 ** =. =. 1= == 1= 1. =. 6.5 2832
2 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2752 =. ** =0 1= 1. =. 0= 1. 5.5 2769
3 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2801 =. =1 ** 0. 01 0. 1. =1 5.5 2764
4 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2700 0= 0= 1. ** =. =. =1 1. 5.5 2773
5 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2765 == 0. 10 =. ** 1= 0. 1. 5.0 2728
6 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2650 0= =. 1. =. 0= ** =. =0 4.0 2670
7 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2729 0. 1= 0. =0 1. =. ** =0 4.0 2657
8 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2717 =. 0. =0 0. 0. =1 =1 ** 4.0 2659
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The 15th Amber Rapid and Blindfold Chess Tournament, organized by the
Association Max Euwe, will be held at the Fairmont Monte Carlo Hotel in Monaco
from March 18th (first round) - March 30th (last round) 2006. There will be
rest days on March 22nd and 27th. The players are in alphabetical order:
Viswanathan Anand, Levon Aronian, Boris Gelfand, Alexander Grischuk, Vassily
Ivanchuk, Peter Leko, Alexander Morozevich, Peter Heine Nielsen, Peter Svidler,
Veselin Topalov, Francisco Vallejo Pons and Loek Van Wely. Notable absentee is
Vladimir Kramnik who withdrew from the event having not yet recovered from the
treatment for arthritis announced prior to his withdrawal from Wijk aan Zee.
The total prizefund is Euro 216.000.
The website will be active only a few days before the event and has yet
to be announced.
The U.S. Chess Championship takes place in San Diego March 1st-12th,
2006 and will be held at its new permanent home at NTC Promenade. There are two
groups of 32 players, the winners of each will meet in a final for the title.
These matches are of two games of rapid chess, with blitz tiebreaks.
Full details:http://www.uschesschampionship.com
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ch-USA GpA San Diego USA (USA), 2-11 iii 2006
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1. Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2650 +23 +19 +10 . . . . . . 3.0
2. Gurevich, Dmitry g USA 2503 +25 =15 +14 . . . . . . 2.5 2721
3. De Firmian, Nick E g USA 2547 +28 = 6 +15 . . . . . . 2.5 2729
4. Benjamin, Joel g USA 2576 +13 =11 = 6 . . . . . . 2.0 2564
5. Finegold, Benjamin m USA 2563 = 7 +21 =11 . . . . . . 2.0 2591
6. Friedel, Joshua E m USA 2455 +29 = 3 = 4 . . . . . . 2.0 2714
7. Bercys, Salvijus f USA 2358 = 5 +26 =16 . . . . . . 2.0 2644
8. Goldin, Alexander g USA 2598 =26 +24 = 9 . . . . . . 2.0 2546
9. Kraai, Jesse m USA 2443 +31 =14 = 8 . . . . . . 2.0 2566
10. Gonzalez, Renier m USA 2470 +30 +16 - 1 . . . . . . 2.0 2565
11. Schneider, Dmitry m USA 2486 +32 = 4 = 5 . . . . . . 2.0 2467
12. Baginskaite, Camilla wg USA 2299 -14 +31 +29 . . . . . . 2.0 2581
13. Goletiani, Rusudan wg USA 2378 - 4 +32 +24 . . . . . . 2.0 2409
14. Dlugy, Maxim g USA 2531 +12 = 9 - 2 . . . . . . 1.5 2415
15. Ibragimov, Ildar g USA 2635 +18 = 2 - 3 . . . . . . 1.5 2488
16. Stripunsky, Alexander g USA 2564 +20 -10 = 7 . . . . . . 1.5 2417
17. Schneider, Igor f USA 2376 =21 =22 =19 . . . . . . 1.5 2557
18. Stein, Alan f USA 2415 -15 +25 =20 . . . . . . 1.5 2412
19. Serper, Grigory g USA 2517 +27 - 1 =17 . . . . . . 1.5 2389
20. Fernandez, Daniel m USA 2423 -16 +30 =18 . . . . . . 1.5 2362
21. Kudrin, Sergey g USA 2554 =17 - 5 +27 . . . . . . 1.5 2360
22. Akobian, Varuzhan g USA 2600 -24 =17 +26 . . . . . . 1.5 2399
23. Florean, Andrei-Costel m ROM 2426 - 1 =27 +28 . . . . . . 1.5 2356
24. Tate, Emory f USA 2391 +22 - 8 -13 . . . . . . 1.0 2400
25. Epstein, Esther wm USA 2178 - 2 -18 +32 . . . . . . 1.0 2143
26. Lenderman, Alex m USA 2431 = 8 - 7 -22 . . . . . . 0.5 2245
27. Ross, Laura R wf USA 2141 -19 =23 -21 . . . . . . 0.5 2226
28. Kleiman, Jake USA 2279 - 3 =29 -23 . . . . . . 0.5 2266
29. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2644 - 6 =28 -12 . . . . . . 0.5 2071
30. Vicary, Elizabeth USA 2107 -10 -20 =31 . . . . . . 0.5 2089
31. Zenyuk, Iryna USA 2194 - 9 -12 =30 . . . . . . 0.5 2010
32. Cottrell, Kelly USA 1887 -11 -13 -25 . . . . . . 0.0
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ch-USA GpB San Diego USA (USA), 2-11 iii 2006
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1. Shulman, Yuri g USA 2581 +27 + 8 = 4 . . . . . . 2.5 2641
2. Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2595 +18 =14 +19 . . . . . . 2.5 2755
3. Ivanov, Alexander g USA 2606 =22 +17 +15 . . . . . . 2.5 2717
4. Novikov, Igor A g USA 2575 +26 +25 = 1 . . . . . . 2.5 2763
5. Christiansen, Larry M g USA 2546 =23 +28 +14 . . . . . . 2.5 2623
6. Becerra Rivero, Julio g USA 2556 +20 =19 = 7 . . . . . . 2.0 2632
7. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2686 +21 =15 = 6 . . . . . . 2.0 2629
8. Tuvshintugs, Batchimeg wf USA 2208 +12 - 1 +25 . . . . . . 2.0 2651
9. Kriventsov, Stanislav G m USA 2449 =13 =10 +24 . . . . . . 2.0 2557
10. Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2554 =24 = 9 +26 . . . . . . 2.0 2458
11. Gulko, Boris F g USA 2585 =17 =22 +23 . . . . . . 2.0 2517
12. Fishbein, Alexander g USA 2519 - 8 +27 +22 . . . . . . 2.0 2427
13. Kaidanov, Gregory S g USA 2603 = 9 =24 =18 . . . . . . 1.5 2334
14. Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander g USA 2554 +30 = 2 - 5 . . . . . . 1.5 2415
15. Perelshteyn, Eugene m USA 2522 +29 = 7 - 3 . . . . . . 1.5 2515
16. Fedorowicz, John P g USA 2493 =28 =23 =20 . . . . . . 1.5 2285
17. Zatonskih, Anna wg USA 2433 =11 - 3 +29 . . . . . . 1.5 2481
18. Ippolito, Dean m USA 2414 - 2 +30 =13 . . . . . . 1.5 2434
19. Milman, Lev f USA 2478 +32 = 6 - 2 . . . . . . 1.5 2384
20. Vigorito, David m USA 2359 - 6 +32 =16 . . . . . . 1.5 2350
21. Browne, Walter S g USA 2434 - 7 =29 +28 . . . . . . 1.5 2356
22. Muhammad, Stephen A f USA 2377 = 3 =11 -12 . . . . . . 1.0 2445
23. Ginsburg, Mark m USA 2367 = 5 =16 -11 . . . . . . 1.0 2416
24. Liu, Elliot USA 2139 =10 =13 - 9 . . . . . . 1.0 2410
25. Kreiman, Boris g USA 2478 +31 - 4 - 8 . . . . . . 1.0 2163
26. Lugo, Blas m USA 2412 - 4 +31 -10 . . . . . . 1.0 2279
27. Sarkar, Justin m USA 2323 - 1 -12 +32 . . . . . . 1.0 2242
28. Airapetian, Chouchanik wf USA 2130 =16 - 5 -21 . . . . . . 0.5 2218
29. Abrahamyan, Tatev wf USA 2254 -15 =21 -17 . . . . . . 0.5 2190
30. Itkis, Hana wf USA 2105 -14 -18 =31 . . . . . . 0.5 2077
31. West, Vanessa A USA 2083 -25 -26 =30 . . . . . . 0.5 2058
32. Christiansen, Natasha USA 2003 -19 -20 -27 . . . . . . 0.0
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The III GM Tage takes place in Pulvermühle 25th February - 5th
April 2006. Jan Gustafsson, the winner of the second event in January 2004
retained the title on tie-break after catching the leader Artur Jussupow in the
final round.
Official site:
http://www.pulvermuehle2006.steffans-schachseiten.de/
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III GM-Tage Pulvermuehle GER (GER), 25 ii-5 iii 2006cat. XII (2544)
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1. Gustafsson, Jan g GER 2614 * = 1 = = 1 = = 1 = 6.0 2661
2. Jussupow, Artur g GER 2605 = * = 1 = = = = 1 1 6.0 2662
3. Prusikin, Michael g GER 2563 0 = * = 1 = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2667
4. Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2608 = 0 = * = 1 = 0 = 1 4.5 2537
5. Markos, Jan m SVK 2493 = = 0 = * = = 1 0 1 4.5 2549
6. Baramidze, David g GER 2554 0 = = 0 = * = = 1 1 4.5 2543
7. Braun, Arik m GER 2491 = = 0 = = = * 1 = 0 4.0 2507
8. Atlas, Valeri m AUT 2480 = = = 1 0 = 0 * 0 = 3.5 2471
9. Bezold, Michael g GER 2534 0 0 0 = 1 0 = 1 * = 3.5 2465
10. Lahno, Kateryna m UKR 2500 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 = = * 2.5 2383
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The Hungarian Championship takes place in Szekesfehervar, 1st-9th March
2006. After six rounds Zoltan Almasi leads on 4.5 points. News: Zsuzsa Veroci.
Official site: http://web.t-online.hu/passant/sakkversenyek/
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56th ch-HUN Szekesfehervar HUN (HUN), 1-9 iii 2006cat. XIII (2554)
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1. Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2646 * . . = = 1 = . 1 1 4.5 2726
2. Balogh, Csaba g HUN 2561 . * = = . = = 1 1 . 4.0 2658
3. Gyimesi, Zoltan g HUN 2602 . = * = = = . . 1 1 4.0 2661
4. Ruck, Robert g HUN 2540 = = = * = = . 1 . . 3.5 2637
5. Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2597 = . = = * = = = . . 3.0 2567
6. Cao, Sang g HUN 2543 0 = = = = * . . . 1 3.0 2579
7. Sax, Gyula g HUN 2539 = = . . = . * = = = 3.0 2552
8. Horvath, Adam1 g HUN 2532 . 0 . 0 = . = * = = 2.0 2411
9. Szabo, Krisztian1 m HUN 2447 0 0 0 . . . = = * 1 2.0 2443
10. Portisch, Lajos g HUN 2533 0 . 0 . . 0 = = 0 * 1.0 2278
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The Russian Under-20 Championship takes place in Cheboksary 2nd-12th
March 2006.
Official site:
http://aeroflotchess.com/games/online20/results.htm
Round 5 Standings:
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U20ch-RUS Cheboksary RUS (RUS), 2-10 iii 2006 cat. XI (2517)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Maletin, Pavel m RUS 2538 * = . . 1 = . . = . 1 . 3.5 2621
2. Grachev, Boris m RUS 2510 = * . . 0 1 . . . = 1 . 3.0 2555
3. Savchenko, Boris m RUS 2569 . . * 0 . . = 1 1 . . = 3.0 2613
4. Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2586 . . 1 * . = . = . 0 = . 2.5 2499
5. Lysyj, Igor m RUS 2523 0 1 . . * = . . = . . = 2.5 2513
6. Nepomniachtchi, Ian m RUS 2506 = 0 . = = * . . . . . 1 2.5 2532
7. Khairullin, Ildar m RUS 2533 . . = . . . * = = 1 0 . 2.5 2500
8. Vitiugov, Nikita RUS 2573 . . 0 = . . = * = 1 . . 2.5 2546
9. Iljin, Artem m RUS 2510 = . 0 . = . = = * . . . 2.0 2475
10. Kharitonov, Alexandr m RUS 2535 . = . 1 . . 0 0 . * . = 2.0 2469
11. Safronov, Andrey G f RUS 2314 0 0 . = . . 1 . . . * = 2.0 2462
12. Geller, Jakov m RUS 2505 . . = . = 0 . . . = = * 2.0 2417
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U20ch-RUS w Cheboksary RUS (RUS), 2-10 iii 2006 cat. III (2302)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Tairova, Elena wm RUS 2294 * = = . 1 . . . 1 . 1 . 4.0 2541
2. Kovanova, Baira RUS 2341 = * 1 . 1 . 0 1 . . . . 3.5 2454
3. Gunina, Valentina wf RUS 2336 = 0 * . = . 1 . . . 1 . 3.0 2381
4. Tomilova, Elena wf RUS 2273 . . . * . . . . = 0 1 1 2.5 2384
5. Malysheva, Polina wm RUS 2294 0 0 = . * 1 . . . 1 . . 2.5 2314
6. Chistiakova, Tamara wf RUS 2326 . . . . 0 * . . 1 1 . . 2.0 2397
7. Fominykh, Maria wf RUS 2332 . 1 0 . . . * . 0 . . 1 2.0 2318
8. Nebolsina, Vera wm RUS 2269 . 0 . . . . . * 1 1 0 . 2.0 2287
9. Sukhareva, Evgeniya RUS 2248 0 . . = . 0 1 0 * . . . 1.5 2149
10. Burtasova, Anna wm RUS 2274 . . . 1 0 0 . 0 . * . . 1.0 2097
11. Ivakhinova, Inna wf RUS 2287 0 . 0 0 . . . 1 . . * . 1.0 2100
12. Guseva, Marina wm RUS 2349 . . . 0 . . 0 . . . . * 0.0
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The Polish Championship takes place in Krakow, 25th February - 9th March
2006. Klaudiusz Urban withdrew after 6 rounds and his games and his results
were cancelled. Mateusz Bartel leads on 6.0/9 ahead of Bartosz Socko on 6.0/10.
Official site: http://mzszach.l.pl/online/mpm2006/index.html
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LXIII ch-POL Krakow POL (POL), 25 ii-9 iii 2006 cat. XII (2531)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3
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1. Bartel, Mateusz g POL 2524 * = = 0 = = 1 1 1 . 1 . . 6.0 2679
2. Socko, Bartosz g POL 2610 = * = = 1 = . = . = = = 1 6.0 2599
3. Czarnota, Pawel m POL 2497 = = * = . 1 = = = . . = 1 5.5 2608
4. Heberla, Bartlomiej m POL 2487 1 = = * . . . = = 0 1 1 = 5.5 2602
5. Wojtaszek, Radoslaw g POL 2605 = 0 . . * 1 = = = 1 . = 1 5.5 2608
6. Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2585 = = 0 . 0 * . = = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2566
7. Bobras, Piotr g POL 2531 0 . = . = . * = 1 0 1 = 1 5.0 2564
8. Kempinski, Robert g POL 2619 0 = = = = = = * = . . = . 4.0 2491
9. Dziuba, Marcin m POL 2491 0 . = = = = 0 = * = 1 . . 4.0 2501
10. Gajewski, Grzegorz m POL 2486 . = . 1 0 0 1 . = * 0 = = 4.0 2488
11. Markowski, Tomasz g POL 2565 0 = . 0 . = 0 . 0 1 * = 1 3.5 2433
12. Grabarczyk, Miroslaw g POL 2479 . = = 0 = 0 = = . = = * 0 3.5 2431
13. Warakomski, Tomasz f POL 2430 . 0 0 = 0 0 0 . . = 0 1 * 2.0 2318
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The ONGC Cup International Grand Masters Open Chess Tournament took
place in Hyderabad, 25th February - 5th March 2006. Surya Shekhar Ganguly
scored 8/10 took first place on tie-break from five other players.
Further details: http://www.ongccuphyd.in/ or at the Chess
Players of India site: http://www.cpai.in/
Leading Final Round 10 Standings:
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1st ONGC Cup Hyderabad IND (IND), 25 ii-5 iii 2006
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1. Ganguly, Surya Shekhar g IND 2579 8 68 55 41½ 2591
2. Deepan, Chakkravarthy J m IND 2428 8 65½ 52½ 39½ 2624
3. Arun Prasad, S m IND 2384 8 63½ 51 38½ 2625
4. Kotsur, Pavel g KAZ 2570 8 62½ 50 37 2597
5. Singh, D.P IND 2395 8 60½ 48½ 36½ 2521
6. Rahman, Ziaur g BAN 2557 8 59½ 47½ 35½ 2488
7. Hossain, Enamul m BAN 2468 7½ 64½ 50½ 37½ 2498
8. Thipsay, Praveen M g IND 2488 7½ 63½ 51 38 2525
9. Murshed, Niaz g BAN 2460 7½ 63½ 51 38 2494
10. Kunte, Abhijit g IND 2551 7½ 62½ 50 38 2492
11. Ramesh, R.B g IND 2491 7½ 62½ 50 37½ 2470
12. Sareen, Vishal m IND 2380 7½ 60½ 49 36½ 2429
13. Rathnakaran, K IND 2408 7½ 58 46½ 34½ 2402
14. Fominyh, Alexander g RUS 2518 7 68 55 41 2490
15. Sahu, Sekhar Chandra m IND 2232 7 65½ 53½ 40½ 2451
16. Reefat, Bin-Sattar m BAN 2478 7 65 52½ 39½ 2464
17. Himanshu, Sharma IND 2411 7 62 48½ 36½ 2428
18. Sundararajan, Kidambi m IND 2495 7 58½ 48½ 36½ 2467
19. Satyapragyan, Swayangsu m IND 2403 7 58½ 47½ 36 2403
20. Abdulla, Al-Rakib m BAN 2477 7 58½ 46½ 35 2396
21. Matta, Vinay Kumar IND 2193 7 57 47½ 36 2299
22. Sriram, Jha m IND 2444 7 56½ 45½ 34 2358
23. Ramakrishna, J f IND 2264 7 55½ 46½ 35 2414
24. Shyam, Nikil P IND 2061 7 53 43 32½ 2270
25. Prasad, Devaki V m IND 2411 6½ 66½ 53½ 40 2409
26. Lahiri, Atanu m IND 2317 6½ 64½ 52½ 39½ 2446
27. Palit, Somak IND 2333 6½ 63 50½ 38½ 2506
28. Sengupta, Deep m IND 2393 6½ 62½ 50 37½ 2412
29. Girinath, P.D.S m IND 2350 6½ 62 49½ 37 2365
30. Megaranto, Susanto g INA 2539 6½ 61½ 49½ 37½ 2432
31. Swathi, Ghate wg IND 2244 6½ 61 49 37 2350
32. Shashikant, Kutwal IND 2297 6½ 60½ 49 36½ 2313
33. Lalith, Babu M.R IND 2277 6½ 60½ 48½ 36½ 2410
34. Ramu, K f IND 2217 6½ 60½ 48½ 36½ 2371
35. Barua, Dibyendu g IND 2464 6½ 60 48½ 36 2337
36. Neelotpal, Das m IND 2512 6½ 60 48 36 2392
37. Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman m IND 2479 6½ 60 47½ 35½ 2298
38. Gupta, Abhijeet m IND 2434 6½ 59 46½ 35 2357
39. Laxman, R.R m IND 2418 6½ 58½ 47½ 35½ 2316
40. Shyam, Sundar M IND 2136 6½ 57 47½ 37½ 2349
41. Roktim, Bandyopadhyay m IND 2383 6½ 57 46½ 35 2311
42. Gokhale, Chandrashekhar m IND 2368 6½ 56½ 44 33 2359
43. Harika, Dronavalli wg IND 2358 6½ 56 44 33 2327
44. Sharma, R. Preetham IND 2356 6½ 55½ 44 33 2263
45. Sanjay, N IND 2363 6½ 55 45 34 2282
46. Abhishek, Das IND 2224 6½ 54½ 43½ 32½ 2298
47. Mishra, Soumyaranjan IND 2264 6½ 54 43 32½ 2282
48. Shetty, Rahul m IND 2350 6½ 53½ 43 32 2258
49. Syed Anwar, Shazuli IND 2293 6½ 53½ 42 31 2245
50. Singh, Gurpreet Pal IND 2276 6½ 53 42 31½ 2236
51. Kamble, Vikramaditya IND 2403 6 65 51½ 38½ 2347
52. Srinivasa Rao, M f IND 2244 6 62½ 51 39 2354
53. Konguvel, Ponnuswamy m IND 2400 6 62½ 51 38½ 2406
54. Meenakshi, S wg IND 2289 6 61 50 38½ 2277
55. Zhumabaev, Rinat f KAZ 2405 6 60 48½ 37 2301
56. Gopal, G.N IND 2353 6 58 47 35 2327
57. Suvrajit, Saha m IND 2394 6 58 46½ 35 2278
58. Saptarshi, Roy IND 2363 6 58 46 34½ 2332
59. Murali Krishnan, B.T IND 2337 6 58 46 34½ 2267
60. Singh, Rishipal S f IND 2304 6 58 46 34 2235
61. Babu, N Sudhakar m IND 2295 6 57½ 46½ 35 2270
62. Anilkumar, O.T IND 2284 6 56 44½ 33½ 2296
63. Hegde, Ravi Gopal m IND 2327 6 55 43½ 31½ 2228
64. Gopal, K.N IND 2220 6 55 43 32 2216
65. Natarajan, C IND 2283 6 54 43 32 2167
66. Chokshi, Manthan J IND 2185 6 54 42½ 32 2137
67. Negi, V. S IND 2149 6 53½ 44½ 34 2199
68. Praveen Kumar, C IND 2239 6 53½ 42½ 32½ 2245
69. Ashwath, R IND 2214 6 53 45 34 2278
70. Prakash, Ram IND 2183 6 53 43½ 32½ 2201
71. Lakshmi, Sahiti P IND 1992 6 52 41½ 31 2182
72. Gunasekaran K. IND 2299 6 50 40 30 2169
73. Tiwari, Arjun IND 2261 6 49 38½ 28½ 2160
74. Mohana Priya J IND 1977 6 48½ 39 29 2194
75. Santanu, Borpatra IND 2057 6 48½ 38½ 28 1993
76. Rajesh V A V IND 2131 6 48 39½ 29½ 2057
77. Singh, Arvinder Preet IND 2078 6 47½ 38 29 2196
78. Iyer Prasanna IND 2192 6 46½ 37½ 28 2030
79. Syed, Nabeela Farheen IND 2061 6 46 36½ 27 2125
80. Prakash, G B m IND 2428 5½ 64 52 39½ 2329
256 players
The Bruges Masters took place 28th February - 3rd March 2005. Vadim
Malakhatko scored a huge 8.5/9 2750 performance in taking first place. Three
games from the final round are missing.
Official site: http://www.brugsemeesters.be/
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Masters Bruges BEL (BEL), 26 ii-3 iii 2006 cat. IV (2331)
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1. Malakhatko, Vadim g UKR 2556 * 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2749
2. Maenhout, Thibaut BEL 2303 0 * = = = 1 1 = 1 1 6.0 2458
3. Zozulia, Anna m UKR 2366 0 = * = 1 1 = = = 1 5.5 2406
4. Leenhouts, Koen m NED 2398 0 = = * 1 = 0 1 = 1 5.0 2366
5. Piceu, Tom f BEL 2345 = = 0 0 * = = 1 1 1 5.0 2371
6. Michiels, Rob BEL 2263 0 0 0 = = * 1 1 1 0 4.0 2295
7. Geirnaert, Steven f BEL 2357 0 0 = 1 = 0 * 0 1 = 3.5 2247
8. Hamelink, Desiree wm NED 2181 0 = = 0 0 0 1 * = 0 2.5 2181
9. Goczo, Melinda wm HUN 2225 0 0 = = 0 0 0 = * 1 2.5 2176
10. Froeyman, Helmut f BEL 2311 0 0 0 0 0 1 = 1 0 * 2.5 2166
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The Bulgarian Championships take place 28th February - 10th March 2006.
Official site: http://www.chessmix.com/bulchamp06/
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70th ch-BUL Svilengrad BUL (BUL), 28 ii-10 iii 2006 cat. VIII (2431)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3
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1. Dimitrov, Vladimir g BUL 2449 * = 1 = = . 1 = = . . 1 . 5.5 2552
2. Iotov, Valentin m BUL 2420 = * 1 1 . . 1 1 = . . 0 . 5.0 2573
3. Karakehajov, Kalin BUL 2429 0 0 * . = = = . . 1 1 . 1 4.5 2475
4. Grigorov, Grigor BUL 2405 = 0 . * = 1 . . . 1 = . = 4.0 2499
5. Rusev, Krasimir BUL 2409 = . = = * 0 . . . 1 = . 1 4.0 2499
6. Nikolov, Momchil BUL 2446 . . = 0 1 * . . = = = . = 3.5 2454
7. Panbukchian, Valentin m BUL 2312 0 0 = . . . * 1 1 0 . 1 . 3.5 2443
8. Petkov, Vladimir m BUL 2512 = 0 . . . . 0 * = = . 1 1 3.5 2421
9. Radulski, Julian g BUL 2515 = = . . . = 0 = * = = . = 3.5 2401
10. Janev, Evgeni g BUL 2494 . . 0 0 0 = 1 = = * . 1 . 3.5 2371
11. Vasilev, Milen m BUL 2451 . . 0 = = = . . = . * = = 3.0 2373
12. Galunov, Todor BUL 2286 0 1 . . . . 0 0 . 0 = * 1 2.5 2342
13. Bojkov, Dejan m BUL 2475 . . 0 = 0 = . 0 = . = 0 * 2.0 2238
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55th ch-BUL w Svilengrad BUL (BUL), 1-10 iii 2006
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Chilingirova, Pavlina wm BUL 2217 * . = . = . = . 1 . 1 1 4.5 2357
2. Genova, Ruzka wm BUL 2218 . * . = = = 1 . . 1 = . 4.0 2271
3. Djingarova, Emilia wg BUL 2346 = . * 1 . . = = 1 . . 0 3.5 2263
4. Savova, Stefka wm BUL 2204 . = 0 * 1 = . . . = 1 . 3.5 2228
5. Andreeva, Plamena BUL 2071 = = . 0 * . . 1 = = . . 3.0 2197
6. Velcheva, Maria wg BUL 2286 . = . = . * 0 = = 1 . . 3.0 2196
7. Raeva, Elitsa BUL 2210 = 0 = . . 1 * . . 0 . 1 3.0 2204
8. Voiska, Margarita wg BUL 2308 . . = . 0 = . * . 1 = = 3.0 2153
9. Jordanova, Svetla BUL 2187 0 . 0 . = = . . * . 1 1 3.0 2181
10. Draganova, Petranka BUL 2049 . 0 . = = 0 1 0 . * . . 2.0 2091
11. Videnova, Iva BUL 2058 0 = . 0 . . . = 0 . * 1 2.0 2082
12. Nikolova, Adriana BUL 2112 0 . 1 . . . 0 = 0 . 0 * 1.5 2028
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The First Saturday tournaments for March are under way. GM, IM and FM
Groups.
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/
FSGM March Budapest HUN (HUN), 4-13 iii 2006 cat. IX (2455)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Rojas, Luis m CHI 2423 ** .. .. .. 1. 1. 2.0 / 2
2 Ilincic, Zlatko g SCG 2545 .. ** 1. .. .. .. 1.0 / 1
3 Prohaszka, Peter2 f HUN 2344 .. 0. ** .. .. 1. 1.0 / 2 2478
4 Vajda, Levente g ROM 2526 .. .. .. ** .. .. 0.0 / 0
5 Fogarasi, Tibor g HUN 2481 0. .. .. .. ** .. 0.0 / 1
6 Sendur, Adnan m TUR 2411 0. .. 0. .. .. ** 0.0 / 2
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Cuban championship (classification phase) took place in Santa Clara
5th-13th February 2006. The first 6 qualified for a final in April where Bruzon
and Dominguez are already qualified. Table below derived from the games. Top
six are correct.
Further details:
http://www.inder.co.cu/capablanca/Danilo/Dan26.htm
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ch-CUB sf Santa Clara CUB (CUB), 5-13 ii 2006
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1. Pozo Vera, Sandro f CUB 2369 = 7 +10 = 5 =12 = 4 + 3 = 2 = 6 +13 6.0 2605
2. Quezada, Yuniesky g CUB 2501 +17 =12 + 7 = 3 = 6 + 5 = 1 = 4 = 9 6.0 2601
3. Corrales, Fidel m CUB 2468 +20 + 9 = 6 = 2 = 5 - 1 = 4 +14 + 7 6.0 2608
4. Nogueiras, Jesus g CUB 2554 +10 = 5 =12 = 6 = 1 = 8 = 3 = 2 +15 5.5 2537
5. Vera, Reynaldo g CUB 2497 + 8 = 4 = 1 +14 = 3 - 2 = 7 +12 = 6 5.5 2552
6. Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2532 +16 +15 = 3 = 4 = 2 = 7 =12 = 1 = 5 5.5 2552
7. Hernandez, Holden m CUB 2499 = 1 +13 - 2 +11 +18 = 6 = 5 = 9 - 3 5.0 2483
8. Borges, Yasel f CUB 2362 - 5 =18 =10 =19 +11 = 4 =14 =13 +12 5.0 2473
9. Delgado, Neuris g CUB 2540 =11 - 3 =20 =16 +19 +18 =13 = 7 = 2 5.0 2448
10. Borges Mateos, Juan g CUB 2449 - 4 - 1 = 8 =17 =20 =15 =16 +19 +18 4.5 2390
11. De la Paz, Frank g CUB 2445 = 9 =14 =15 - 7 - 8 +20 =17 =16 +19 4.5 2433
12. Almeida, Omar m CUB 2454 +18 = 2 = 4 = 1 =13 =14 = 6 - 5 - 8 4.0 2394
13. Valdes, Luis E f CUB 2372 =14 - 7 +17 =15 =12 =16 = 9 = 8 - 1 4.0 2403
14. Gonzalez, Yuri m CUB 2511 =13 =11 =19 - 5 +15 =12 = 8 - 3 =17 4.0 2380
15. Gongora, Maikel m CUB 2489 +19 - 6 =11 =13 -14 =10 =18 +20 - 4 4.0 2379
16. Perez, Rodney m CUB 2425 - 6 =19 -18 = 9 =17 =13 =10 =11 =20 3.5 2325
17. Hernandez, Roman g CUB 2371 - 2 =20 -13 =10 =16 =19 =11 =18 =14 3.5 2325
18. Obregon Rivero, Juan CUB 2236 -12 = 8 +16 +20 - 7 - 9 =15 =17 -10 3.5 2357
19. Blanco, Humberto f CUB 2357 -15 =16 =14 = 8 - 9 =17 +20 -10 -11 3.0 2313
20. Pujols, Carlos f CUB 2350 - 3 =17 = 9 -18 =10 -11 -19 -15 =16 2.0 2200
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First Division. Some teams were missing players who competed in the
Bundesliga or in Capelle la Grande and a number were severely beaten. The loss
of Jean Jaurès was extremely painful as they were without boards 1 and
2. News: Valery Maes.
Official site: http://users.pandora.be/vmaes/interclub/
Round 9 results: 19th February 2006
1. KBSK - Borgerhout 3 - 5
2. Eynatten 1 - CRELEL 6 - 2
3. Eynatten 2 - CREC 2½ - 5½
4. SK Deurne - CE Namur 7 - 1
5. Boey Temse - SK Rochade 3 - 5
6. Jean Jaurès - KGSRL 1 - 7
Standings after round 9:
1. Eynatten 1 52½
2. SK Rochade 45
3. CREC 43½
4. KBSK 39
5. KGSRL 37
6. Borgerhout 34½
7. Eynatten 2 34
8. Boey Temse 32
9. CE Namur 30½
10. CRELEL 30½
11. Jean Jaurès 28
12. SK Deurne 25½
The Georgian Championship for Boys-under-18 and Girlsunder-18 took
place in Tbilisi 20th-28th February 2006 9 round Swiss. -Chief Arbiter IA
Evgeni Meliksetbegi and Deputy Chief Arbiter IA Varlam Vepkhvishvili time rate:
90-f+30sec.
The Tblisi Spring tournament has now started in Tbilisi. The event takes
place 5th-11th March 2006. 9 round Swiss. Chief Arbiter - IM Akaki
Shalamberidze Deputy Chief Arbiter IA Varlam Vepkhvishvili. Time rate:
90-f+30sec
Final Boys under-18 standings
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Rank N Fed Tit Rating Name Total Tie-Break Colors
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1) 2 GEO IM 2430 F Sanikidze, Tornike 7.5 41 bwbwbwbwb
2) 12 GEO 2171 F Paichadze, Luka 7.5 37.5 bwbwwbbww
3) 3 GEO FM 2375 F Jojua, Davit 7 36 wbwbwbwbw
4) 5 GEO FM 2263 F Benidze, Davit 6.5 33.5 wbwbwwbbw
5) 9 GEO 2197 F Nigalidze, Gaioz 6 34.5 wbwbwbwwb
6) 21 GEO 2046 F Lortkipanidze, Nodar 6 28 wbwbwbwbw
7) 1 GEO IM 2434 F Margvelashvili, Giorgi 5.5 32.5 wbwbwbwbb
8) 6 GEO 2249 F Bregadze, Levan 5.5 31 bwbwbwbwb
9) 10 GEO 2188 F Urushadze, Davit 5.5 30 bwbbwwbbw
10) 4 GEO 2363 F Azaladze, Shota 5.5 29.5 bwbwbwbwb
11) 14 GEO 2161 F Patsia, Zviad 5.5 29 bwbwbbwwb
12) 13 GEO 2167 F Maisuradze, Gega 5.5 29 wbwbwbbwb
13) 22 GEO 2037 F Davarashvili, Nodar 5.5 27 bwbwbwwbw
14) 11 GEO 2183 F Chitadze, Romeo 5 29.5 wbwbwbwbw
15) 18 GEO 2066 F Amirkhanashvili, Archil 5 27.5 bwbwbwbwb
16) 16 GEO 2129 F Javakhadze, Zurab 5 26.5 bwbwbwbbw
17) 25 GEO 2014 F Beraia, Levan 5 26 bwbwbwb w
18) 23 GEO 2020 F Khazhalia, Simon 5 24 wbwwbbwbw
19) 27 GEO 2001 F Lagiashvili, Elguja 5 23.5 bwwbbwbwb
20) 32 GEO 1970 F Merabishvili, Alexandre 5 21.5 wbwbbwwbw
21) 17 GEO 2079 F Gugulashvili, Tamaz 5 21.5 wbwbwbwbw
22) 8 GEO 2219 F Lomsadze, Davit 4.5 28.5 bwbwbwbwb
23) 7 GEO 2236 F Tevdorashvili, Vakhtang 4.5 26 wbwbwbwb
24) 39 GEO 1956eF Nemsadze, Beka 4.5 24 bwbwbwbwb
25) 36 GEO 2143eF Beradze, Irakli 4.5 23 wbwbwbwbw
26) 20 GEO 2052 F Kvaratskhelia, Dimitri 4.5 22 bwwbwbwbw
27) 34 GEO 1888 F Pantsulaia, Tornike 4.5 21.5 wbwbbwbwb
28) 19 GEO 2057 F Shinjiashvili, Vladimer 4.5 21.5 wbwbwbwbw
29) 26 GEO 2008 F Volkov, Nika 4.5 21 wbwbwbwbw
30) 35 GEO 1868 F Samniashvili, Davit 4.5 19.5 bwbwbwbwb
31) 28 GEO 1997 F Janiashvili, Irakli 4.5 19 wbwbwbwbb
32) 15 GEO 2137 F Khizanashvili, Vakhtang 4 23 wbwbwbw b
33) 48 GEO Nozadze, Giorgi 4 19.5 wb wbwbwb
34) 37 GEO 2094eF Benidze, Gigla 4 13.5 bwbbwwbww
35) 33 GEO 1955 F Ervandian, Andro 3.5 19 bwbwbwbwb
36) 49 GEO Tedoshvili, Dimitri 3.5 18 wbwwbbww
37) 44 GEO Gorduladze, Giorgi 3.5 17.5 wbwbwbwbw
38) 31 GEO 1974 F Morchiladze, Vakhtang 3.5 17 bwbwbwbwb
39) 24 GEO 2015 F Tsereteli, Kakhaber 3.5 16 bwbwbwbwb
40) 42 GEO 1770eF Khurtsidze, Tornike 3.5 15.5 wbbww bwb
41) 29 GEO 1990 F Nikolashvili, Giorgi N 3.5 15 bwbwbwbw
42) 43 GEO Baramashvili, Zurab 3.5 14.5 bwbwbwbww
43) 38 GEO 1999eF Gabunia, Tornike 3.5 14.5 wbwwbw bb
44) 41 GEO 1814eF Kosashvili, Otar 3.5 14.5 bwbwb wbw
45) 40 GEO 1886eF Ebralidze, Alexandre 3.5 12 wbwwbbw b
46) 30 GEO 1974 F Gojiashvili, Giorgi 2.5 15 wbwbwbwb
47) 46 GEO Kardenakhishvili, Mikheil 2.5 8.5 wbb wbwwb
48) 47 GEO Maridashvili, Giorgi 2 14 b wbwbwbw
49) 45 GEO Jinchveladze, Teimuraz 1.5 5.5 bwbb wbw
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Final Girls under-18 standings
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Rank N Fed Tit Rating Name Total Tie-Break Colors
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1) 1 GEO 2316 F Khotenashvili, Bela 7 33.5 wbwbwbwwb
2) 4 GEO WFM 2121 F Paikidze, Nazi 6.5 33 bwbwbwbbw
3) 13 GEO 2002 F Khutsidze, Sopo 6.5 32.5 wbwbwwbwb
4) 10 GEO 2037 F Zhorzholiani, Meri 6.5 29.5 bwbwbwbwb
5) 7 GEO 2101 F Meskhi, Teona 6 32 wbwbwbwbw
6) 11 GEO 2033 F Gurchumalidze, Teona 6 28 wbwbwbwbw
7) 2 GEO WFM 2222 F Mikadze, Miranda 5.5 34.5 bwbwbwbwb
8) 8 GEO 2071 F Bokuchava, Madona 5.5 34 bwwbwbwbw
9) 12 GEO 2026 F Khazhomia, Salome 5.5 32 bwbbwwbbw
10) 5 GEO 2108 F Tsatsalashvili, Keti 5.5 27.5 wbwbwbwbw
11) 3 GEO WFM 2142 F Guramishvili, Sopiko 5.5 23.5 wbwbbwbwb
12) 6 GEO WFM 2103 F Arabidze, Meri 5 28.5 bwbwwbwbb
13) 18 GEO 1978 F Danelia, Mariam 5 28.5 bwbbwwbwb
14) 33 GEO Kekelidze, Nino 5 23.5 bwbwbwwbb
15) 15 GEO 1992 F Kalandadze, Nino 5 22.5 wbwbwbwbw
16) 16 GEO 1986 F Mzhavia, Kristine 5 22 bwbwbwbwb
17) 29 GEO 1865 F Makhatadze, Nazi 5 19 bwbwbwb w
18) 22 GEO 1949 F Merabishvili, Neli 4.5 18.5 wbwbwbbwb
19) 20 GEO 1960 F Zarkua, Elisabed 4.5 15 wbwbwbbwb
20) 14 GEO 1996 F Ugulava, Lela 4 25.5 bwbwbwbwb
21) 21 GEO 1954 F Siradze, Salome 4 25 bbwwbwbwb
22) 17 GEO 1985 F Beridze, Tinatin 4 23.5 wbwwbbwbw
23) 23 GEO 1948 F Baiadze, Mariam 4 20 bwbwbwbww
24) 26 GEO 1919 F Jalabadze, Natia 4 20 wbwbwbbww
25) 9 GEO 2046 F Gabaidze, Marika 4 19.5 wbwbwbwbw
26) 27 GEO 1914 F Samniashvili, Tamar 4 18 bwbwbbwwb
27) 24 GEO 1944 F Anakidze, Nino 4 17 wbwbwbwb
28) 25 GEO WFM 1943 F Topuridze, Ana 4 15 bwbwbbwwb
29) 34 GEO Rizhamadze, Patman 3.5 23.5 wbbwbwwbw
30) 30 GEO 1775eF Unapkoshvili, Nani 3.5 15 wbwbwwbbw
31) 19 GEO 1966 F Butskhrikidze, Ana 3 19.5 bwbwbww
32) 28 GEO 1891 F Khazhomia, Anuki 3 15 wbwwbbwbw
33) 32 GEO Goglidze, Eka 3 12.5 wbwbwwbwb
34) 35 GEO Samurkasovi, Mariam 2.5 12 bwbwbwbbw
35) 36 GEO Sulamanidze, Mariam 2 8.5 wwbbwbwbw
36) 31 GEO Geldiashvili, Irma 0.5 3 bwbwbbwwb
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Tblisi Spring Round 3 Standings:
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Rank N Fed Tit Rating Name Total Tie-Break Colors
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1) 7 GEO 2167 F Mgeladze, Tamaz 3 6 wbw
2) 12 GEO 2066 F Amirkhanashvili, Archil 2.5 4.5 wbb
3) 8 GEO 2161 F Patsia, Zviad 2 5 bwb
4) 1 GEO NM 2367 F Makharadze, Jambul 2 3.5 wbw
5) 4 GEO 2258 F Jamagidze, Mikheil 2 3.5 bwb
6) 5 GEO 2197 F Nigalidze, Gaioz 1.5 4 wbw
7) 14 GEO 1957 F Tsaboshvili, Lasha 1.5 4 wwb
8) 2 GEO 2346 F Chigladze, Iveri 1.5 3.5 bwb
9) 3 GEO 2322 F Gelazonia, Parmen 1.5 3.5 wbw
10) 6 GEO 2188 F Urushadze, Davit 1.5 2.5 bwb
11) 11 GEO 2079 F Gugulashvili, Tamaz 1.5 2.5 bww
12) 10 GEO 2090 F Khelaia, Giorgi 1 2 wbw
13) 13 GEO 2015 F Tsereteli, Kakhaber 1 1 bwb
14) 15 GEO 1814eF Kosashvili, Otar 1 1 bbw
15) 9 GEO 2101 F Meskhi, Teona 0.5 1.5 bwb
16) 16 GEO Maridashvili, Giorgi 0 0 wbw
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The Caissa IM February tournament was a cat. II double round robin
tournament in Kecskemet. The norm was 7,5 points, nobody achieved. Attila Jakab
won the event with 7/10. News: Csaba Bognar.
Caissa IM February
1 3 Jakab, Attila 2412 IM HUN 7
2 1 Farkas, Tibor 2334 IM SCG 6
3 4 Hardarson, Robert 2369 FM ISL 5.5
6 Erdelyi, Tamas 2260 IM HUN 5.5
5 2 Andersen, Alf R. 2239 NOR 5
6 5 Toth, Sarolta 2065 HUN 1
George Mirijanian reports: The 15th Eastern Class Championships took
place on 3rd-5th March 2006 at the Host Hotel at Cedar Lake in Sturbridge,
Massachusetts, USA. Two U.S. Chess Federation-rated experts, Ilya Krasik of
Acton, Massachusetts, and James Critelli of Danbury, Connecticut, tied for
1st-2nd place in the top section with 4.5-0.5 scores and attained master
ratings as a result of their performance. USCF-rated expert Sylvester Smarty of
Broadview Heights, Ohio, finished as runner-up with a 3.5-1.5 tally. The
tournament drew 138 players in six sections and was directed by Steve Immitt
and Robert Messenger for the sponsoring Continental Chess Association. Complete
crosstables are available at http://masschess.org
There were two tickets for the FIDE Elections in Turin in June after the
deadline passed on March 2nd 2005.
Further details: http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=960
I. Presidential ticket of the current FIDE President Mr. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov:
1. President - Mr. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov (RUSSIA)
2. Deputy President - Mr. Georgios Makropoulos (GREECE)
3. Vice President - Mr. Lewis Ncube (ZAMBIA)
4. General Secretary - Mr. Ignatius Leong (SINGAPORE)
5. Treasurer - Mr. Nigel Freeman (BERMUDA)
II. Presidential ticket of Mr. Bessel Kok:
1. President - Mr. Bessel Kok (NETHERLANDS)
2. Deputy President - Mr. Ali Nihat Yazici (TURKEY)
3. Vice President - Mr. Julio Ingolotti (PARAGUAY)
4. General Secretary - Mr. Panupand Vijjuprabha (THAILAND)
5. Treasurer - Mr. Geoffrey Borg (MALTA)
FIDE have investigated the Kali Cup 2004 supposedly held in
Mindzentkalla. Their Ethics Commission investigated a complaint by the German
Chess Federation and have handed out bans. There are one-year suspensions from
tournament play beginning March 1, 2006: IM Vadim Eschenko (Ukraine) IM Timofey
Galinsky (Ukraine) GM Mato Damjanovic (Croatia) GM Attila Czebe (Hungary). The
main beneficiary of the event was IM Miroslav Shvarts who supposed made a final
GM norm, he was handed a 2.5 year suspension from tournament play beginning
March 1, 2006. In addition the arbiters IM Lajos Istvan and IM Gyorgy Fazekas
were handed 2.5 year suspensions.
Further details:
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2954
Free "How good is your chess" articles in German
For German Readers The excellent series "How good is your chess",
written by the english Grandmaster Daniel King, appears also in the german
language as "Test & Training". You can download a free sample in the
section "Training" at http://www.schach-magazin.de
Vladimir Kramnik vs. Deep Fritz Match Announced
Vladimir Kramnik will play the ChessBase computer program Deep Fritz in
a 6 game match 25th November - 5th December 2006 in the German’s Art and
Exhibition Hall in Bonne. Kramnik stands to win a prize of $1 Million US for a
win in the match doubling his starting fee.
Asked how he estimates his chances, Kramnik reacted cautiously: "Fritz
examines millions of moves per second. It is extraordinarily difficult to play
against such a calculating monster. Right from the start you are walking on a
very narrow ridge, and you know that any inattentiveness will be your downfall.
It is a scientific experiment and I will have to fight very hard for my
chance." The WCC is being organized by Universal Event Promotion (UEP), in
cooperation with the Art and Exhibition Hall.
Schedule: Game 1: Saturday 25.11.2006 16h Game 2: Monday 27.11.2006 16h
Game 3: Wednesday 29.11.2006 16h Game 4: Friday 01.12.2006 16h Game 5: Sunday
03.12.2006 16h Game 6: Tuesday 05.12.2006 16h During the entire period of the
match the Art and Exhibition Hall will offer a varied program.
Information: http://www.bundeskunsthalle.de
Memorialul Pius Brinzeu
The Memorial Pius Brinzeu Open takes place in Timisoara, 18th-26th March
2006.
Official site: http://ajsahtimis.ro/
Listed players:
1. Nevednichy Vladislav GM ROM 2581 1969
2. Malaniuk Vladimyr GM UKR 2532 1957
3. Chatalbashev Boris GM BUL 2494 1974
4. Bogdan Dan IM ROM 2441 1972
5. Berescu Alin IM ROM 2433 1980
6. Grunberg Mihai IM ROM 2416 1976
7. Grecescu Gabriel CM ROM 2386 1986
8. Colin Vincent IM FRA 2374 1980
9. Bylino Oleg FM UKR 2316 1939
10. Bach Adrian FM ROM 2287 1961
11. Dragomirescu Calin FM ROM 2259 1963
12. Dragomirescu Angela WIM ROM 2255 1973
13. Petrisor Adrian ROM 2078 1992
14. Dragomirescu Robin ROM 2066 1993
15. Craciun Paula ROM 2014 1989
16. Chirita Marius ROM 1987 1982
17. Miu Paul Vlad ROM 1986 1993
18. Clitan Zaharia ROM 1973 1987
19. Lolici Iselin ROM 1945 1993
XXII Reykjavik Open
XXII Reykjavik Open takes place 6th-14th March 2006.
Further details: http://www.skaksamband.com/reykjavikopen2006/
MTel Masters Sofia
The Mtel Masters takes place in Sofia 9th (opening ceremony) - 21st
(closing) May 2006. Players: Veselin Topalov, Viswanathan Anand, Peter Svidler,
Etienne Bacrot, Gata Kamsky and Ruslan Ponomariov.
Website: http://www.mtelmasters06.com/
Battle of Senta 1697 Chess Festival
The 10th Anniversary Chess Festival "The Battle of Senta 1697" takes
place 21st30th July 2006. Events: A Main tournament, B tournament,
rapid-transit ( ,, Blitz ,, ) tournament, rapid-transit tournament,
children’s rapid-transit tournament, women’s rapid-transit tournament
Information, registration for tournaments and private accommodation
bookings at Seles Ambrus, 27 Fruskogorska street, 24400 Senta Serbia-Montenegro
. Telephone number : +381-24-813-251 or mob. +381-63-8-754-713, E-mail :
kajari@sksyu.net , szelescs@sabotronic.co.yu, novaklaslo@ptt.yu,
brindzai@stcable.co.yu.
Further details: http://www.chess-senta.org.yu/
Politiken Cup
The Copenhagen Chess Festival, including the Politiken Cup will take
place 22nd-30th July 2006. Nigel Short has already agreed to participate.
Further details: http://www.politikencup.dk/
3rd South Wales International
The 3rd South Wales International Chess Tournament takes place 8-13 July
2006.
Official site: http://www.southwaleschess.co.uk/SWI/
RC Sport Open 2006
The 1st RC Sport Open takes place 29th April - 6th May 2006 in
Ústí nad Orlicí (Czech republic).
Further details: http://sachy.rcsport.info
Brno Chess Festival
The Brno Chess Festival takes place in the Czech Republic, 30th June -
9th July 2006.
Events: A. Grandmasters close tournament 30.6.-9.7.2006 SKANSKA BRNO
2006 B. 2 masters close tournament 30.6.-9.7.2006 DS BRNO 2006 and ZS BRNO 2006
C. Open tournament FIDE 1.7.-9.7.2006 OPEN DURAS BVK FIDE D. Open tournament
national 1.7.-9.7.2006 OPEN DURAS BVK national E. Open blitz tournament
8.7.2006 Memorial Vaclav Felix F. Simultaneous games 5.7.2006
Further details: http://www.skduras.wz.cz/indexe.htm
World Youth Under 16 Chess Olympiad
The World Youth Under 16 Chess Olympiad takes place in 5th-13th August
2006 in Dogubeyazit, Agri Turkey.
Official site: http://www.tsf.org.tr
Andrew Martin Chess Academy
The Official web site for the Andrew Martin Chess Academy goes live on
Wednesday, March 1st featuring A Game Annotation Service A personal on-line
tuition and coaching service A regular newsletter A Series of (real OTB)
tournaments for Children under 14 years.
Official site: http://www.andrewmartinchessacademy.com/
(http://www.andrewmartinchessacademy.com/main.php)
Aarhus GM
There is a GM-tournament cat. X-XI in Aarhus, Denmark, August 5th-13th
2006 with a special event on August 4. The players will consist of 5 women vs.
5 men and women with ELO > 2460 are welcome to contact Soren Sogaard
(soren@seagaard.dk) for further information. There will also be an
IM-tournament, cat. V (5 women vs. 5 men).
XIX edition of the Ciudad de León
The XIX edition of the Ciudad de León chess tournament takes
place 8th-12th June 2006 at the Junta de Castilla y León building in
León, Spain.
Players: Veselin Topalov, Viswanathan Anand, Paco Vallejo and
Lázaro Bruzón.
There will be 2 semi finals (June 9th and June 10th) and a final (June
11th)
Official sites: http://www.advancedchessleon.com
and/or http://www.elajedrezdelfuturo.com
Spanish Championship
The Spanish closed and open Championships will be held in León
November 22nd-30th 2006. The Hotel Conde Luna from León will be the
venue and the official hotel of the organization.
2nd San Marino Open
The 2nd San Marino International Chess Open takes place in the Republic
of San Marino June 5th-11th 2006, at the end of the Turin World Chess Olympiad.
Prize fund € 40.000, 1st prize € 10.000. For any related information
visit the internet website http://www.sanmarinoscacchi.sm
For further info: info@sanmarinoscacchi.sm
Las Vegas Masters
Las Vegas Masters Chess Tournament June 10th-14th, 2006
School House Chess Center, Las Vegas, USA FIDE rated, 9 round Swiss,
open to players rated FIDE 2200 and higher. $3,800 prize fund, free entry to
GMs and non-US IMs.
Website: http://www.clarkcountychessclub.com/masters/.
Info: Chris Bird, (702)575-0635, chris@clarkcountychessclub.com.
National Open
National Open Chess Tournament June 16th-18th, 2006
Riviera Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, USA 6 round Swiss, 8 sections:
Open, U2200, U2000, U1800, U1600, U1400, U1200 and Unrated. Estimated $100,000
total prize fund! Free entry to GMs. Side events include Susan Polgar World
Championship for Girls and National Open Blitz Championship.
Website: http://www.lvchessfestival.com
Alushta Tournaments
01.02.06 Tournaments in Alushta:
GM Norm: 29.04-9.05, 11.05-21.05, 23.05-1.06, 2.06-12.06, 16.06-26.06,
2.09-12.09, 14.09-24.09, 26.09–6.10,
IM Norm: 29.04-9.05, 11.05-21.05, 23.05-1.06, 2.06-12.06, 16.06-26.06,
2.09-12.09, 14.09-24.09, 26.09–6.10,
Rating tournament: 5.06-13.06, 23.06–27.06
Open tournament (under 16 years) First prize - 200$ 14.06-22.06, Swiss 9
rounds.
Open tournament First prize - 1000$ First prize (woman)- 500$:
28.06-6.07, Swiss 9 rounds. Open tournament (rapid chess) 7.07–8.07, Swiss
9 rounds. Blitz tournament 9.07. Session of school of Gennadi Kuzmin
23.06–27.06. Individual and group studying.
Further information: http://www.kaissa.com.ua phone +38
(06560)5-05-32, +380505828911 (for Russian speaking) + 38 050 669-26-04 (for
English speaking) e-mail: info@kaissa.com.ua
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
20th Pula Open 2006
The 20th Pula Open (Croatia) takes place 18th-25th June 2006.
Further details and entry: http://www.skpula.hr/
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
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
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
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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