THE WEEK IN CHESS 603 29th May 2006 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) Chess Olympiad
3) Spassky - Karpov Match
4) Muresul Cup
5) Ukrainian Championships Semi-finals
6) XXIV Metz Open
7) 1st Sofia Open
8) Caissa IM May
9) XIII Russian Club Championship
10) 14th World Computer-Chess Championship
11) Forthcoming Events and Links

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Chess Olympiad Men                     2060 games
Chess Olympiad Women                   1074 games
Spassky - Karpov Match                    2 games
Muresul Cup                              45 games
Ukrainian Championships Semi-finals      51 games
XXIV Metz Open                          494 games
1st Sofia Open                           39 games
Caissa IM May                            30 games
XIII Russian Club Championship          107 games
14th World Computer-Chess Championship   45 games
3947 games

1) Introduction

My thanks to Bognar Csaba, Bogdan Ionescu, Gary Suffield, Pierre Becker, Vladimir Sakotic, Mitko Iliev, Jovan Petronic, Chirila Radu-Catalin, Stewart Reuben, Holger Lieske, Mihajlo Stojanovic and everyone else who helped with the issue.

The Olympiads are a lot of work for me but as a chess fan I really love Olympiads. For those of us of a certain generation that grew up with Bobby Fischer there are the classic Varna, Havana and Siegen Olympiads with the special and unique games he played there (his only game against Botvinnik his loss to Spassky, can you just imagine what that would have been like if the internet had been around?). More recently Kasparov, Kramnik and Topalov have all made individual Olympiads their own. At the half way stage the potential stories are a win for someone other than Russia, Kramnik's return (currently 4/5) and the Magnus Carlsen's 2/2 start. We'll know better by next week. God, I really love this event.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Chess Olympiad

The 37th Chess Olympiad takes place 20th May - 4th June 2006. The event includes the FIDE Chess Congress which will see Bessel Kok challenge Kirsan Ilyumzhinov for the FIDE Presidency.

The FIDE Chess Olympiad has just passed its half way stage. The leaders are 3rd seeds Armenia who have a one point advantage over the favourites Russia. It looks likely it will be a race to the line between these two countries as to who can score most heavily against the rest of the field as the two teams drew their match 2-2 in round 5. Russia lost the lead in round 6 when they lost to the Netherlands 2.5-1.5. The Olympiad used to be one of the jewels in the crown of world chess with all the top players and sometimes saw rare meetings between players otherwise separated by the iron curtain. Its had some ups and downs since then but this year its back almost to its very best. Sadly Veselin Topalov is missing as are Peter Leko, Ruslan Ponomariov and Judit Polgar. But almost everyone else who matters is there and every round has exciting pairings. Individuals who have caught the leadlines include Vladimir Kramnik in his return to chess after illness has scored 4/5 (including a win against Aleksandrov in round 7 where he committed a strange blunder. Aleksandrov calculated 18. ...Kf7 19.Nc5 Bc8 but played 18. ...Bc8 instead and had to resign). Also of interest is Magnus Carlsen in his second Olympiad but his first as top board. He missed the early rounds but has started with two wins including one over Michael Adams. Viswanathan Anand who makes his second successive appearance in the event after a long period of absense started with a win but has since been held to four draws. There is really too much to write about but the first seven rounds of games are in the PGN section. There seem to be some errors but the bulletins don't seem too bad, especially considering the weight of games.

Official site: http://www.chessolympiad-torino2006.org

Live games: http://www1.chessolympiad-torino2006.org:8080/sungam/start.do

Official results page: http://schach.wienerzeitung.at/tnr3410.aspx?art=0&lan=1&flag=30

Chess Photographer Frits Agterdenbos has launched a website of his photos at: http://www.chessvista.com/. He will be at the Turin Olympiad and his photo reports will be available there. Rob Huntington is in Turin and has a new Blog. http://www.allthingshuman.com/

Round 7 Standings Men

Rk. SNo  Team                   Team  Games + = - TB1  TB2   TB3
1   3    Armenia                ARM   7     6 1 0 21.0 122.5 13
2   1    Russia                 RUS   7     5 1 1 20.0 124.0 11
3   18   Cuba                   CUB   7     5 1 1 19.5 113.0 11
4   30   Uzbekistan             UZB   7     4 2 1 19.0 118.5 10
5   4    Ukraine                UKR   7     5 2 0 19.0 116.5 12
6   17   Georgia                GEO   7     6 0 1 19.0 116.0 12
7   20   Czech Republic         CZE   7     5 2 0 19.0 115.0 12
8   8    Netherlands            NED   7     5 1 1 18.5 123.5 11
9   7    USA                    USA   7     6 1 0 18.5 118.5 13
10  14   Germany                GER   7     4 0 3 18.5 115.0 8
11  25   Denmark                DEN   7     5 1 1 18.5 113.0 11
12  31   Sweden                 SWE   7     4 2 1 18.5 112.5 10
13  5    France                 FRA   7     4 3 0 18.5 108.5 11
14  12   China                  CHN   7     4 1 2 18.0 118.5 9
15  10   Bulgaria               BUL   7     4 2 1 18.0 116.5 10
16  19   Belarus                BLR   7     6 0 1 18.0 113.0 12
17  22   Greece                 GRE   7     5 0 2 18.0 113.0 10
18  2    India                  IND   7     4 1 2 18.0 112.5 9
19  35   Philippines            PHI   7     3 3 1 18.0 105.0 9
20  32   Slovenia               SLO   7     4 2 1 17.5 111.0 10
21  26   Brazil                 BRA   7     5 0 2 17.0 116.5 10
22  6    Israel                 ISR   7     4 2 1 17.0 115.0 10
23  11   Spain                  ESP   7     4 2 1 17.0 114.5 10
24  21   Poland                 POL   7     4 0 3 17.0 113.0 8
25  36   Slovakia               SVK   7     5 0 2 17.0 112.0 10
26  24   Norway                 NOR   7     6 0 1 17.0 109.5 12
27  16   Hungary                HUN   7     4 1 2 17.0 109.0 9
28  9    Azerbaijan             AZE   7     4 1 2 17.0 105.0 9
29  37   Vietnam                VIE   7     4 1 2 17.0 102.5 9
30  51   Iran                   IRI   7     3 0 4 16.5 115.5 6
31  33   Serbia & Montenegro    SCG   7     3 1 3 16.5 111.5 7
32  29   Switzerland            SUI   7     3 3 1 16.5 109.5 9
33  28   Croatia                CRO   7     3 2 2 16.5 109.0 8
34  40   Bosnia Herzegovina     BIH   7     4 2 1 16.5 108.0 10
35  66   Peru                   PER   7     3 3 1 16.5 107.0 9
36  49   Scotland               SCO   7     5 0 2 16.5 102.5 10
37  23   Moldova                MDA   7     3 1 3 16.0 111.5 7
38  13   England                ENG   7     3 2 2 16.0 110.5 8
39  38   Argentina              ARG   7     4 0 3 16.0 110.0 8
40  34   Turkey                 TUR   7     3 2 2 16.0 110.0 8
41  45   Indonesia              INA   7     3 2 2 16.0 110.0 8
42  81   Mongolia               MGL   7     5 1 1 16.0 108.0 11
43  64   Paraguay               PAR   7     2 2 3 16.0 107.0 6
44  39   Lithuania              LTU   7     3 3 1 16.0 106.0 9
45  61   Belgium                BEL   7     3 0 4 16.0 98.0  6
46  56   Egypt                  EGY   7     4 1 2 15.5 109.0 9
47  15   Romania                ROM   7     3 1 3 15.5 109.0 7
48  50   Australia              AUS   7     4 0 3 15.5 105.5 8
49  43   Italy A                ITA-A 7     3 0 4 15.5 105.0 6
50  75   Venezuela              VEN   7     4 0 3 15.5 104.0 8
51  57   Turkmenistan           TKM   7     3 1 3 15.5 103.0 7
52  55   Mexico                 MEX   7     3 1 3 15.5 103.0 7
53  44   Bangladesh             BAN   7     3 1 3 15.5 101.0 7
54  52   Qatar                  QAT   7     4 0 3 15.5 99.5  8
55  46   Estonia                EST   7     3 1 3 15.5 99.5  7
56  73   Kazakhstan             KAZ   7     4 0 3 15.5 96.5  8
57  69   Tunisia                TUN   7     3 3 1 15.5 95.5  9
58  60   Chile                  CHI   7     4 0 3 15.5 94.0  8
59  62   Colombia               COL   7     3 1 3 15.0 111.0 7
60  27   Iceland                ISL   7     3 1 3 15.0 110.5 7
61  53   Finland                FIN   7     3 1 3 15.0 108.0 7
62  41   FYROM                  MKD   7     3 3 1 15.0 107.5 9
63  59   Ecuador                ECU   7     4 0 3 15.0 104.5 8
64  70   Italy B                ITA-B 7     3 1 3 15.0 103.0 7
65  58   Albania                ALB   7     4 0 3 15.0 101.0 8
66  47   Canada                 CAN   7     3 0 4 15.0 99.0  6
67  91   Algeria                ALG   7     2 2 3 14.5 110.0 6
68  54   Ireland                IRL   7     3 0 4 14.5 107.0 6
69  74   Morocco                MAR   7     3 1 3 14.5 106.5 7
70  48   Portugal               POR   7     4 0 3 14.5 106.0 8
71  42   Latvia                 LAT   7     3 0 4 14.5 106.0 6
72  83   Malaysia               MAS   7     4 0 3 14.5 103.5 8
73  63   Luxembourg             LUX   7     2 2 3 14.5 101.5 6
74  68   Singapore              SIN   7     2 2 3 14.5 88.5  6
75  106  Tajikistan             TJK   7     2 2 3 14.0 105.5 6
76  95   Nigeria                NGR   7     3 1 3 14.0 98.0  7
77  90   ICSC                   ICSC  7     3 1 3 14.0 95.5  7
78  104  Jamaica                JAM   7     2 2 3 14.0 95.0  6
79  65   Austria                AUT   7     3 1 3 14.0 93.5  7
80  78   IPCA                   IPCA  7     3 2 2 14.0 93.0  8
81  85   UAE                    UAE   7     4 0 3 14.0 93.0  8
82  103  Puerto Rico            PUR   7     2 1 4 14.0 93.0  5
83  80   Faroe Islands          FAI   7     3 0 4 14.0 92.0  6
84  92   Wales                  WLS   7     2 1 4 14.0 92.0  5
85  87   Nicaragua              NCA   7     3 1 3 14.0 91.5  7
86  96   Thailand               THA   7     3 1 3 13.5 101.0 7
87  79   New Zealand            NZL   7     2 0 5 13.5 100.0 4
88  97   Barbados               BAR   7     3 1 3 13.5 99.5  7
89  93   El Salvador            ESA   7     2 1 4 13.5 98.0  5
90  76   IBCA                   IBCA  7     3 0 4 13.5 97.0  6
91  71   Italy C                ITA-C 7     2 2 3 13.5 96.5  6
92  77   Bolivia                BOL   7     2 1 4 13.5 93.5  5
93  72   Costa Rica             CRC   7     2 2 3 13.5 91.5  6
94  105  Trinidad & Tobago      TRI   7     3 2 2 13.5 86.0  8
95  82   Kyrgystan              KGZ   7     4 0 3 13.0 103.0 8
96  86   South Africa           RSA   7     3 1 3 13.0 95.0  7
97  84   Syria                  SYR   7     4 0 3 12.5 98.0  8
98  67   Andorra                AND   7     2 1 4 12.5 95.5  5
99  88   Dominican Republic     DOM   7     3 0 4 12.5 94.0  6
100 112  Malta                  MLT   7     3 1 3 12.5 90.0  7
101 110  Nepal                  NEP   7     3 0 4 12.5 88.0  6
102 128  Libya                  LBA   7     3 0 4 12.5 86.0  6
103 89   Iraq                   IRQ   7     3 1 3 12.0 97.5  7
104 98   Angola                 ANG   7     3 0 4 12.0 96.0  6
105 94   Yemen                  YEM   7     3 0 4 12.0 96.0  6
106 99   Lebanon                LIB   7     3 1 3 12.0 95.0  7
107 115  Hong Kong              HKG   7     2 0 5 12.0 86.5  4
108 100  Uruguay                URU   7     3 0 4 11.5 95.0  6
109 101  Guatemala              GUA   7     3 0 4 11.5 89.5  6
110 108  Panama                 PAN   7     3 0 4 11.5 85.0  6
111 116  Uganda                 UGA   7     2 1 4 11.5 77.5  5
112 129  Zambia                 ZAM   4     4 0 0 11.5 37.5  8
113 126  Bahrain                BRN   7     2 2 3 11.0 85.5  6
114 139  Mozambique             MOZ   7     3 0 4 11.0 85.5  6
115 114  Sri Lanka              SRI   7     2 0 5 11.0 84.0  4
116 118  Liechtenstein          LIE   7     2 2 3 11.0 81.5  6
117 117  Monaco                 MNC   7     2 1 4 11.0 81.0  5
118 121  Japan                  JPN   7     2 0 5 11.0 81.0  4
119 109  Mauritius              MRI   7     3 0 4 11.0 80.0  6
120 111  Palestine              PLE   7     2 1 4 11.0 79.5  5
121 131  Netherlands Antilles   AHO   7     2 1 4 11.0 76.0  5
122 144  Ethiopia               ETH   7     2 1 4 10.5 86.0  5
123 119  Namibia                NAM   7     3 0 4 10.5 84.5  6
124 142  Afghanistan            AFG   7     2 2 3 10.5 78.0  6
125 137  South Korea            KOR   7     3 0 4 10.5 77.0  6
126 134  Guernsey               GCI   7     2 1 4 10.5 76.5  5
127 107  Botswana               BOT   7     2 1 4 10.0 97.0  5
128 102  Brunei Darussalam      BRU   7     3 1 3 10.0 88.5  7
129 130  San Marino             SMR   7     2 0 5 10.0 83.5  4
130 124  Jersey                 JCI   7     2 0 5 10.0 81.5  4
131 132  Sudan                  SUD   7     2 0 5 10.0 80.5  4
132 125  Macau                  MAC   7     1 1 5 10.0 78.5  3
133 147  Haiti                  HAI   7     2 0 5 10.0 71.0  4
134 123  Pakistan               PAK   4     2 0 2 10.0 27.0  4
135 122  Cyprus                 CYP   7     2 0 5 9.5  87.0  4
136 113  Surinam                SUR   7     1 0 6 9.5  81.5  2
137 136  Bermuda                BER   7     2 1 4 9.5  73.5  5
138 120  Honduras               HON   7     1 1 5 9.0  80.5  3
139 145  Chinese Taipei         TPE   7     1 1 5 9.0  75.5  3
140 138  Seychelles             SEY   7     1 1 5 8.5  77.5  3
141 135  British Virgin Islands IVB   7     1 1 5 8.5  70.0  3
142 127  Kenya                  KEN   7     1 2 4 8.0  79.5  4
143 133  Aruba                  ARU   7     0 1 6 8.0  76.0  1
144 140  Papua New Guinea       PNG   7     1 0 6 8.0  72.5  2
145 148  Malawi                 MAL   7     1 1 5 7.5  74.5  3
146 141  Fiji                   FIJ   7     1 0 6 6.5  78.5  2
147 146  Rwanda                 RWA   7     1 1 5 6.0  72.0  3
148 143  Us Virgin Islands      ISV   7     0 0 7 4.0  68.5  0
149 149  Sierra Leone           SIL   0     0 0 0 0.0  0.0   0
150 150  Somalia                SOM   0     0 0 0 0.0  0.0   0

Round 7 Women's Standings:
Rk. SNo  Team                   Team  Games + = - TB1  TB2  TB3
1   1    Russia                 RUS   7     6 0 1 17.5 92.5 12
2   2    Ukraine                UKR   7     7 0 0 16.5 88.5 14
3   5    USA                    USA   7     6 1 0 15.5 90.0 13
4   4    Hungary                HUN   7     5 0 2 15.0 92.0 10
5   3    Georgia                GEO   7     5 2 0 15.0 88.0 12
6   17   Slovenia               SLO   7     4 2 1 14.5 88.0 10
7   10   Bulgaria               BUL   7     5 2 0 14.5 85.0 12
8   6    China                  CHN   7     4 1 2 14.0 93.0 9
9   23   Vietnam                VIE   7     3 2 2 14.0 83.0 8
10  25   Latvia                 LAT   7     5 0 2 14.0 69.0 10
11  11   Romania                ROM   7     5 0 2 13.5 92.0 10
12  9    India                  IND   7     4 2 1 13.5 90.5 10
13  16   Slovakia               SVK   7     5 1 1 13.5 90.0 11
14  8    Germany                GER   7     3 3 1 13.5 86.5 9
15  15   France                 FRA   7     4 0 3 13.5 86.0 8
16  7    Armenia                ARM   7     4 2 1 13.5 84.0 10
17  34   Estonia                EST   7     4 0 3 13.0 88.0 8
18  32   Belarus                BLR   7     3 2 2 13.0 84.0 8
19  26   Cuba                   CUB   7     4 2 1 13.0 78.0 10
20  18   Netherlands            NED   7     4 1 2 13.0 78.0 9
21  12   Poland                 POL   7     5 0 2 12.5 87.5 10
22  20   Israel                 ISR   7     4 1 2 12.5 86.5 9
23  14   Greece                 GRE   7     4 2 1 12.5 85.0 10
24  24   Spain                  ESP   7     4 1 2 12.5 85.0 9
25  27   Ecuador                ECU   7     4 1 2 12.5 80.0 9
26  19   Serbia & Montenegro    SCG   7     3 2 2 12.5 78.5 8
27  28   Argentina              ARG   7     4 2 1 12.5 78.0 10
28  33   Switzerland            SUI   7     3 1 3 12.5 73.0 7
29  13   Lithuania              LTU   7     4 0 3 12.0 89.0 8
30  29   Mongolia               MGL   7     4 0 3 12.0 88.5 8
31  31   Kazakhstan             KAZ   7     4 0 3 12.0 86.0 8
32  21   Italy A                ITA-A 7     3 2 2 12.0 84.0 8
33  43   Turkmenistan           TKM   7     3 0 4 12.0 79.5 6
34  39   Uzbekistan             UZB   7     3 1 3 12.0 74.5 7
35  36   Croatia                CRO   7     3 2 2 11.5 81.5 8
36  68   Indonesia              INA   7     2 3 2 11.5 81.0 7
37  60   Philippines            PHI   7     4 0 3 11.5 78.0 8
38  22   Czech Republic         CZE   7     3 0 4 11.5 77.5 6
39  37   Iran                   IRI   7     2 1 4 11.5 75.0 5
40  30   Moldova                MDA   7     2 3 2 11.5 74.5 7
41  59   Denmark                DEN   7     4 0 3 11.5 73.5 8
42  71   Venezuela              VEN   7     4 1 2 11.0 83.5 9
43  41   Turkey                 TUR   7     3 2 2 11.0 81.0 8
44  38   Australia              AUS   7     4 0 3 11.0 81.0 8
45  35   England                ENG   7     3 1 3 11.0 78.5 7
46  53   Portugal               POR   7     3 2 2 11.0 73.5 8
47  42   Norway                 NOR   7     3 1 3 11.0 71.5 7
48  45   Kyrgyzstan             KGZ   7     4 0 3 11.0 70.5 8
49  40   Sweden                 SWE   7     3 1 3 11.0 69.0 7
50  63   El Salvador            ESA   7     4 0 3 10.5 78.5 8
51  44   Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH   7     3 2 2 10.5 78.5 8
52  57   Bangladesh             BAN   7     3 2 2 10.5 77.0 8
53  51   Canada                 CAN   7     2 1 4 10.5 76.0 5
54  46   Colombia               COL   7     4 0 3 10.5 75.0 8
55  52   Azerbaijan             AZE   7     2 2 3 10.5 71.0 6
56  49   Peru                   PER   7     3 1 3 10.5 70.5 7
57  69   Wales                  WLS   7     3 2 2 10.5 65.5 8
58  58   Malaysia               MAS   7     3 1 3 10.0 79.0 7
59  48   FYROM                  MKD   7     3 0 4 10.0 74.0 6
60  87   Algeria                ALG   7     3 1 3 10.0 68.0 7
61  72   Scotland               SCO   7     3 0 4 10.0 68.0 6
62  80   Jamaica                JAM   7     2 0 5 10.0 65.5 4
63  73   South Africa           RSA   7     4 0 3 10.0 65.0 8
64  47   Mexico                 MEX   7     3 0 4 9.5  81.0 6
65  54   IBCA                   IBCA  7     2 1 4 9.5  73.5 5
66  55   Iceland                ISL   7     3 2 2 9.5  73.0 8
67  75   Luxembourg             LUX   7     2 1 4 9.5  71.5 5
68  70   Italy B                ITA-B 7     3 0 4 9.5  70.0 6
69  77   Iraq                   IRQ   7     3 1 3 9.5  69.5 7
70  50   Finland                FIN   7     2 1 4 9.5  68.0 5
71  65   Albania                ALB   7     2 2 3 9.5  67.0 6
72  86   Nigeria                NGR   7     2 2 3 9.5  67.0 6
73  67   ICSC                   ICSC  7     3 0 4 9.5  64.5 6
74  62   Dominican Republic     DOM   7     2 3 2 9.0  72.5 7
75  56   Austria                AUT   7     2 0 5 9.0  72.5 4
76  61   Brazil                 BRA   7     3 1 3 9.0  70.0 7
77  84   New Zealand            NZL   7     3 0 4 9.0  66.0 6
78  64   IPCA                   IPCA  7     3 0 4 9.0  66.0 6
79  66   Guatemala              GUA   7     2 1 4 9.0  65.0 5
80  74   Puerto Rico            PUR   7     2 2 3 9.0  64.0 6
81  88   Botswana               BOT   7     3 1 3 9.0  62.0 7
82  79   Sri Lanka              SRI   7     2 0 5 8.5  68.5 4
83  83   Tajikistan             TJK   7     3 0 4 8.5  65.5 6
84  101  Panama                 PAN   7     3 0 4 8.5  56.0 6
85  82   Ireland                IRL   7     1 2 4 8.0  66.0 4
86  92   Fiji                   FIJ   7     2 1 4 7.5  61.5 5
87  85   Costa Rica             CRC   7     2 0 5 7.5  61.5 4
88  81   UAE                    UAE   7     2 0 5 7.5  60.0 4
89  89   Japan                  JPN   7     1 2 4 7.5  59.0 4
90  78   Bolivia                BOL   7     2 0 5 7.0  67.5 4
91  98   Malta                  MLT   7     1 3 3 7.0  66.0 5
92  91   Libya                  LBA   7     0 4 3 7.0  52.0 4
93  96   Angola                 ANG   6     1 1 4 7.0  49.0 3
94  106  Surinam                SUR   7     3 0 4 7.0  43.5 6
95  95   Us Virgin Islands      ISV   7     0 2 5 6.5  56.5 2
96  108  Yemen                  YEM   7     3 0 4 6.5  50.0 6
97  100  Netherlands Antilles   AHO   7     2 2 3 6.5  45.5 6
98  94   Trinidad & Tobago      TRI   7     2 1 4 6.0  52.5 5
99  102  Qatar                  QAT   7     2 0 5 6.0  50.5 4
100 97   Chinese Taipei         TPE   7     2 1 4 6.0  49.5 5
101 99   Namibia                NAM   7     2 0 5 5.0  46.0 4
102 90   Kenya                  KEN   7     1 0 6 4.5  48.5 2
103 93   Honduras               HON   6     0 0 6 2.5  42.0 0
104 76   Afghanistan            AFG   1     0 0 1 0.0  14.0 0
105 107  Uganda                 UGA   1     0 0 1 0.0  10.5 0
106 103  Rwanda                 RWA   1     0 0 1 0.0  9.5  0
107 104  Somalia                SOM   0     0 0 0 0.0  0.0  0
108 105  Sudan                  SUD   0     0 0 0 0.0  0.0  0

Leading Top 20 Round by Round results
        Round 1

1   1   Russia                 RUS   0    4    : 0    0    Kazakhstan           KAZ   73
2   74  Morocco                MAR   0    3    : 1    0    India                IND   2
3   3   Armenia                ARM   0    3    : 1    0    Venezuela            VEN   75
4   5   France                 FRA   0    3 ½  : ½    0    Bolivia              BOL   77
5   7   USA                    USA   0    2½   : 1½   0    New Zealand          NZL   79
6   80  Faroe Islands          FAI   0    0    : 4    0    Netherlands          NED   8
7   43  Italy A                ITA-A 0    3½   : ½    0    Monaco               MNC   115
8   9   Azerbaijan             AZE   0    2    : 2    0    Mongolia             MGL   81
9   82  Kyrgystan              KGZ   0    0    : 4    0    Bulgaria             BUL   10
10  11  Spain                  ESP   0    4    : 0    0    Malaysia             MAS   83
11  84  Syria                  SYR   0    ½    : 3½   0    China                CHN   12
12  13  England                ENG   0    3½   : ½    0    UAE                  UAE   85
13  86  South Africa           RSA   0    0    : 4    0    Germany              GER   14
14  15  Romania                ROM   0    4    : 0    0    Nicaragua            NCA   87
15  88  Dominican Republic     DOM   0    ½    : 3½   0    Hungary              HUN   16
16  17  Georgia                GEO   0    4    : 0    0    ICSC                 ICSC  89
17  90  Algeria                ALG   0    1½   : 2½   0    Cuba                 CUB   18
18  19  Belarus                BLR   0    2½   : 1½   0    Wales                WLS   91
19  92  El Salvador            ESA   0    1½   : 2½   0    Czech Republic       CZE   20
20  21  Poland                 POL   0    4    : 0    0    Yemen                YEM   93

        Round 2
1   42  Latvia               LAT   4    0    : 4    4    Russia                 RUS   1
2   8   Netherlands          NED   4    3    : 1    4    Bangladesh             BAN   44
3   10  Bulgaria             BUL   4    2    : 2    4    Indonesia              INA   45
4   46  Estonia              EST   4    1½   : 2½   4    Spain                  ESP   11
5   14  Germany              GER   4    3½   : ½    4    Canada                 CAN   47
6   50  Australia            AUS   4    3    : 1    4    Romania                ROM   15
7   6   Israel               ISR   3½   2½   : 1½   3½   Italy A                ITA-A 43
8   51  Iran                 IRI   4    1½   : 2½   4    Georgia                GEO   17
9   52  Qatar                QAT   4    ½    : 3½   4    Poland                 POL   21
10  22  Greece               GRE   4    3½   : ½    4    Finland                FIN   53
11  54  Ireland              IRL   4    1½   : 2½   4    Denmark                DEN   25
12  59  Chile                CHI   4    1    : 3    4    Iceland                ISL   27
13  28  Croatia              CRO   4    1½   : 2½   4    Colombia               COL   61
14  34  Turkey               TUR   4    3    : 1    4    Albania                ALB   62
15  63  Luxembourg           LUX   4    2    : 2    4    Philippines            PHI   35
16  36  Slovakia             SVK   4    3    : 1    4    Paraguay               PAR   64
17  67  Andorra              AND   4    1    : 3    4    Vietnam                VIE   37
18  68  Singapore            SIN   4    2    : 2    4    Lithuania              LTU   39
19  70  Italy B              ITA-B 4    ½    : 3½   3½   Ukraine                UKR   4
20  40  Bosnia Herzegovina   BIH   3½   2    : 2    3½   France                 FRA   5  

        Round 3
1   1   Russia                 RUS   8    2½   : 1½   7½   Germany              GER   14
2   21  Poland                 POL   7½   1½   : 2½   7½   Greece               GRE   22
3   4   Ukraine                UKR   7    3    : 1    7½   Serbia & Montenegro  SCG   33
4   34  Turkey                 TUR   7    1    : 3    7    Netherlands          NED   8
5   50  Australia              AUS   7    ½    : 3½   7    Uzbekistan           UZB   30
6   27  Iceland                ISL   7    2½   : 1½   7    Vietnam              VIE   37
7   62  Albania                ALB   5    2½   : 1½   5    Italy A              ITA-A 43
8   36  Slovakia               SVK   7    ½    : 3½   7    China                CHN   12
9   11  Spain                  ESP   6½   3    : 1    6½   Argentina            ARG   38
10  3   Armenia                ARM   6½   3    : 1    6½   Denmark              DEN   25
11  17  Georgia                GEO   6½   2½   : 1½   6½   Colombia             COL   61
12  6   Israel                 ISR   6    2    : 2    6½   Peru                 PER   66
13  39  Lithuania              LTU   6    ½    : 3½   6    Bulgaria             BUL   10
14  13  England                ENG   6    2    : 2    6    Indonesia            INA   45
15  24  Norway                 NOR   6    3½   : ½    6    Luxembourg           LUX   63
16  35  Philippines            PHI   6    1½   : 2½   6    USA                  USA   7
17  48  Portugal               POR   6    1    : 3    6    Hungary              HUN   16
18  68  Singapore              SIN   6    ½    : 3½   6    Brazil               BRA   26
19  5   France                 FRA   5½   2½   : 1½   5½   Iran                 IRI   51
20  54  Ireland                IRL   5½   1    : 3    5½   Croatia              CRO   28

        Round 4
1   12  China                  CHN   10½  1    : 3    10½  Russia            RUS   1
2   30  Uzbekistan             UZB   10½  2    : 2    10   Ukraine           UKR   4
3   8   Netherlands            NED   10   3    : 1    10   Greece            GRE   22
4   10  Bulgaria               BUL   9½   2½   : 1½   9½   Brazil            BRA   26
5   3   Armenia                ARM   9½   4    : 0    9½   Norway            NOR   24
6   27  Iceland                ISL   9½   1½   : 2½   9½   Spain             ESP   11
7   43  Italy A                ITA-A 6½   3½   : ½    6½   Singapore         SIN   68
8   14  Germany                GER   9    1½   : 2½   9    Georgia           GEO   17
9   16  Hungary                HUN   9    1½   : 2½   9    India             IND   2
10  7   USA                    USA   8½   3    : 1    9    Poland            POL   21
11  37  Vietnam                VIE   8½   2½   : 1½   8½   Moldova           MDA   23
12  28  Croatia                CRO   8½   2½   : 1½   8½   Egypt             EGY   56
13  33  Serbia & Montenegro    SCG   8½   1½   : 2½   8½   Czech Republic    CZE   20
14  66  Peru                   PER   8½   ½    : 3½   8½   Sweden            SWE   31
15  13  England                ENG   8    1½   : 2½   8    Turkey            TUR   34
16  45  Indonesia              INA   8    1    : 3    8    Israel            ISR   6
17  46  Estonia                EST   8    1    : 3    8    Romania           ROM   15
18  47  Canada                 CAN   8    1½   : 2½   8    Switzerland       SUI   29
19  32  Slovenia               SLO   8    2    : 2    8    France            FRA   5
20  62  Colombia               COL   8    2    : 2    7½   Philippines       PHI   35

        Round 5
1   1   Russia              RUS   13½  2    : 2    13½  Armenia                ARM   3
2   30  Uzbekistan          UZB   12½  2    : 2    13   Netherlands            NED   8
3   11  Spain               ESP   12   2    : 2    12   Sweden                 SWE   31
4   4   Ukraine             UKR   12   2    : 2    12   Bulgaria               BUL   10
5   2   India               IND   11½  2    : 2    11½  China                  CHN   12
6   17  Georgia             GEO   11½  1½   : 2½   11½  USA                    USA   7
7   21  Poland              POL   10   2½   : 1½   10   Italy A                ITA-A 43
8   22  Greece              GRE   11   2½   : 1½   11   Argentina              ARG   38
9   15  Romania             ROM   11   2    : 2    11   Iceland                ISL   27
10  37  Vietnam             VIE   11   1    : 3    11   Iran                   IRI   51
11  6   Israel              ISR   11   2    : 2    11   Denmark                DEN   25
12  20  Czech Republic      CZE   11   2    : 2    11   Croatia                CRO   28
13  26  Brazil              BRA   11   2½   : 1½   11   Cuba                   CUB   18
14  55  Mexico              MEX   10½  1    : 3    10½  Germany                GER   14
15  29  Switzerland         SUI   10½  2    : 2    10½  Hungary                HUN   16
16  34  Turkey              TUR   10½  1½   : 2½   10½  Slovakia               SVK   36
17  62  Colombia            COL   10   ½    : 3½   10½  Belarus                BLR   19
18  33  Serbia & Montenegro SCG   10   3    : 1    10   Belgium                BEL   61
19  49  Scotland            SCO   10   3    : 1    10   Egypt                  EGY   56
20  23  Moldova             MDA   10   1½   : 2½   10   Azerbaijan             AZE   9

        Round 6
1   8   Netherlands            NED  15   2½   : 1½   15½  Russia              RUS   1
2   3   Armenia                ARM  15½  2½   : 1½   14½  Uzbekistan          UZB   30
3   31  Sweden                 SWE  14   2½   : 1½   14   Bulgaria            BUL   10
4   4   Ukraine                UKR  14   2½   : 1½   14   Iran                IRI   51
5   19  Belarus                BLR  14   3    : 1    14   Spain               ESP   11
6   12  China                  CHN  13½  1½   : 2½   14   USA                 USA   7
7   39  Lithuania              LTU  11½  2½   : 1½   11½  Italy A             ITA-A 43
8   22  Greece                 GRE  13½  1½   : 2½   13½  Brazil              BRA   26
9   14  Germany                GER  13½  1    : 3    13½  India               IND   2
10  49  Scotland               SCO  13   1    : 3    13   Georgia             GEO   17
11  25  Denmark                DEN  13   2½   : 1½   13   Croatia             CRO   28
12  36  Slovakia               SVK  13   1    : 3    13   Czech Republic      CZE   20
13  15  Romania                ROM  13   1    : 3    13   Israel              ISR   6
14  27  Iceland                ISL  13   1½   : 2½   13   Indonesia           INA   45
15  29  Switzerland            SUI  12½  2    : 2    13   Serbia & Montenegro SCG   33
16  9   Azerbaijan             AZE  12½  ½    : 3½   12½  Cuba                CUB   18
17  16  Hungary                HUN  12½  3    : 1    12½  Latvia              LAT   42
18  21  Poland                 POL  12½  3½   : ½    12½  Ireland             IRL   54
19  13  England                ENG  12½  2    : 2    12½  Peru                PER   66
20  38  Argentina              ARG  12½  2½   : 1½   12   Turkmenistan        TKM   57

        Round 7
1   8   Netherlands         NED   17½  1    : 3    18   Armenia                ARM  3
2   1   Russia              RUS   17   3    : 1    17   Belarus                BLR  19
3   2   India               IND   16½  1½   : 2½   16½  Ukraine                UKR  4
4   7   USA                 USA   16½  2    : 2    16½  Sweden                 SWE  31
5   26  Brazil              BRA   16   1    : 3    16   Uzbekistan             UZB  30
6   17  Georgia             GEO   16   3    : 1    16   Poland                 POL  21
7   43  Italy A             ITA-A 13   2½   : 1½   13   Portugal               POR  48
8   20  Czech Republic      CZE   16   3    : 1    16   Israel                 ISR  6
9   18  Cuba                CUB   16   3½   : ½    15½  Indonesia              INA  45
10  10  Bulgaria            BUL   15½  2½   : 1½   15½  Hungary                HUN  16
11  51  Iran                IRI   15½  1    : 3    15½  Denmark                DEN  25
12  23  Moldova             MDA   15   1    : 3    15   Greece                 GRE  22
13  11  Spain               ESP   15   2    : 2    15   Vietnam                VIE  37
14  38  Argentina           ARG   15   1    : 3    15   China                  CHN  12
15  33  Serbia & Montenegro SCG   15   1½   : 2½   15   Slovenia               SLO  32
16  62  Colombia            COL   14½  ½    : 3½   15   France                 FRA  5
17  83  Malaysia            MAS   14½  0    : 4    14½  Germany                GER  14
18  35  Philippines         PHI   14½  3½   : ½    14½  Iceland                ISL  27
19  28  Croatia             CRO   14½  2    : 2    14½  Switzerland            SUI  29
20  24  Norway              NOR   14½  2½   : 1½   14½  England                ENG  13   

3) Spassky - Karpov Match

Boris Spassky defeated Anatoly Karpov in the two game "Match des Légendes" on May 26th 2006 in Porto-Vecchio, Corsica. The players haven't played much in recent years, although they did draw their two games at the Unzicker 80 event in Mainz in 2005 (prior to that their last meeting seems to have been 1988 in the GMA World Cup). The time rate was 15 mins + 3 secs in front of 300 children.

Much like Karpov's win against Kasparov in New York in 2002 this is I believe Spassky's first match win against Karpov. Very much after the Lord Mayor's show but still a match win.

Indeed Spassky seems to have only won two games previously against Karpov, the first game of their 1974 Candidates semi-final and the second game of their 1982 TV match in Hamburg. Karpov won both matches in the end.

Official site: http://www.echecs.asso.fr and http://www.corse-echecs.com/Pages/sommaire.htm

Karpov, Anatoly   -  Spassky, Boris V  1/2   62  E11  Bogo Indian Defence
Spassky, Boris V  -  Karpov, Anatoly   1-0   41  B17  Caro Kann

Match des Legendes Porto Vecchio (FRA),26-26 v 2006
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Spassky, Boris V g  FRA 2548    =   1   1.5  2865
Karpov, Anatoly  g  RUS 2672    =   0   0.5  2355
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4) Muresul Cup

The Muresul Cup took place in Arad 20th-26th May 2006. It was the 1st Grandmaster tournament ever played in Arad. GM Ilincic Zlatko won the event together with IM Landenbergue Claude with 6/9. News: Bogdan Ionescu.

Official site: http://www.ajsaharad.ro/

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Muresul Cup Arad ROM (ROM), 20-26 v 2006             cat. VIII (2443)
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 1. Ilincic, Zlatko        g SCG 2536  * = = = = 1 = 1 = 1  6.0  2557 
 2. Landenbergue, Claude   m SUI 2435  = * = = 1 = = = 1 1  6.0  2568 
 3. Berescu, Alin          m ROM 2461  = = * = = 1 1 = 0 1  5.5  2520 
 4. Malaniuk, Vladimir P   g UKR 2539  = = = * 1 = = = = =  5.0  2474 
 5. Ardeleanu, Alin        m ROM 2424  = 0 = 0 * = 1 = 1 1  5.0  2487 
 6. Erdogdu, Mert          m TUR 2375  0 = 0 = = * 1 = 1 1  5.0  2493 
 7. Shishkin, Vadim UKR    m UKR 2541  = = 0 = 0 0 * 1 1 1  4.5  2431 
 8. Kosanovic, Goran A     g SCG 2414  0 = = = = = 0 * 1 =  4.0  2402 
 9. Butunoi, Alexandru     m ROM 2414  = 0 1 = 0 0 0 0 * 1  3.0  2320 
10. Bach, Adrian-Kalman    f ROM 2287  0 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 *  1.0  2108 
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5) Ukrainian Championships Semi-finals

The Ukrainian Championships Semi-finals take place in Alushta 12th-21st May 2006. Dmitry Kononenko won with 7.5/9.

Official site: http://ukrchess.org.ua/turnir/t092.html

Official leading final standings: 
  1.    4  Kononenko, Dmitry           7.5  51.0  41.75  37.5  2472 2630 +1.56
  2.   10  Tarlev, Konstantin          7.0  52.5  40.50  39.0  2419 2602 +2.05
  3.   27  Zherebukh, Yaroslav         6.5  51.5  33.75  35.5  2331 2488 +1.66
        2  Zinchenko, Yaroslav         6.5  50.5  35.50  36.0  2499 2529 +0.38
        6  Sumets, Andrey              6.5  48.5  33.00  32.5  2461 2466 +0.11
       17  Kravtsiv, Martyn            6.5  48.0  32.50  32.0  2379 2454 +0.78
        5  Tukhaev, Adam               6.5  45.5  32.75  30.5  2466 2472 +0.11
        3  Shkuro, Iuri                6.5  44.0  30.25  31.5  2487 2465 -0.26
  9.    1  Zubov, Alexander            6.0  51.0  31.50  34.5  2537 2486 -0.57
       33  Zhornik, Nikolay            6.0  49.5  30.25  29.0  2313 2445 +1.59
       55  Goroshchenko, Dmitry        6.0  49.0  30.00  27.5  2219 2458 +2.52
       23  Boginin, Oleg               6.0  46.5  29.50  32.0  2344 2413 +0.78
       16  Ajrapetjan, Yuriy           6.0  45.5  28.00  30.0  2384 2406 +0.24
        7  Kislinsky, Alexey           6.0  45.0  28.75  29.0  2445 2415 -0.39
        9  Dovzik, Juri                6.0  44.0  28.25  28.0  2425 2378 -0.57
 16.   22  Nesteretz, Anatoliy         5.5  51.5  30.75  33.5  2347 2449 +1.27
       20  Varitski, Igor              5.5  46.0  27.00  28.0  2355 2351 -0.08
       15  Nedilko, Vasily             5.5  44.5  24.50  31.0  2387 2402 +0.19
       13  Alexikov, Alexander         5.5  44.0  26.25  30.0  2404 2377 -0.35
       14  Demkovich, Anatoliy         5.5  44.0  25.25  27.5  2387 2329 -0.71
       26  Fingerov, Dmitry            5.5  43.0  24.00  27.5  2341 2321 -0.26
       28  Pavlov, Maxim               5.5  42.0  25.25  27.5  2329 2201 -1.11
       11  Truskavetsky, Alexandr      5.5  42.0  24.25  27.5  2412 2354 -0.71
       39  Dolzhikova, Kateryna        5.5  41.5  24.75  24.5  2284 2255 -0.22
       97  Shabala, Sergey             5.5  40.5  24.00  23.5  0000 2310 +1.00

Crosstable

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ch-UKR sf Alushta UKR (UKR), 13-21 v 2006
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  1. Kononenko, Dmitry1        m  UKR 2472  + 48 + 10 = 47 +  7 + 32 -  2 + 26 +  4 +  9  7.5  2630 
  2. Tarlev, Konstantin           UKR 2419  + 70 + 39 +  4 = 35 + 27 +  1 =  3 =  9 =  8  7.0  2602 
  3. Zinchenko, Yaroslav       m  UKR 2499  + 37 = 42 + 54 + 15 + 26 = 28 =  2 =  5 =  7  6.5  2528 
  4. Zherebukh, Yaroslav          UKR 2331  + 83 + 29 -  2 + 11 + 33 + 13 + 28 -  1 =  5  6.5  2474 
  5. Sumets, Andrey            m  UKR 2461  - 11 + 81 + 43 + 46 + 39 =  9 + 32 =  3 =  4  6.5  2466 
  6. Tukhaev, Adam             m  UKR 2466  = 78 + 44 + 24 - 16 = 41 + 52 = 10 + 26 + 22  6.5  2472 
  7. Kravtsiv, Martyn             UKR 2379  + 61 = 33 + 49 -  1 = 48 + 11 + 29 + 28 =  3  6.5  2444 
  8. Shkuro, Iuri              m  UKR 2487  = 44 + 78 - 26 + 85 + 51 + 35 = 16 + 17 =  2  6.5  2453 
  9. Zubov, Alexander          m  UKR 2537  + 88 = 27 + 46 + 22 = 16 =  5 + 12 =  2 -  1  6.0  2486 
 10. Zhornik, Nikolay             UKR 2313  + 89 -  1 = 30 + 43 + 19 = 14 =  6 = 15 + 28  6.0  2444 
 11. Goroshchenko, Dmitry         UKR 2219  +  5 = 15 = 12 -  4 + 76 -  7 + 54 + 47 + 31  6.0  2447 
 12. Boginin, Oleg                UKR 2344  + 84 = 49 = 11 + 55 + 20 = 16 -  9 + 37 = 14  6.0  2412 
 13. Kislinsky, Alexey         m  UKR 2445  = 53 + 66 + 42 - 26 + 47 -  4 = 34 + 41 + 16  6.0  2415 
 14. Dovzik, Juri              m  UKR 2425  - 30 + 84 + 71 = 62 = 24 = 10 + 45 + 32 = 12  6.0  2378 
 15. Ajrapetjan, Yuriy         m  UKR 2384  + 94 = 11 + 45 -  3 + 37 - 32 + 48 = 10 + 42  6.0  2406 
 16. Nesteretz, Anatoliy          UKR 2347  + 40 + 55 = 18 +  6 =  9 = 12 =  8 = 22 - 13  5.5  2449 
 17. Varitski, Igor            m  UKR 2355  - 43 + 80 = 58 + 44 + 21 = 41 + 23 -  8 = 18  5.5  2351 
 18. Alexikov, Alexander       m  UKR 2404  + 73 + 64 = 16 - 32 = 62 + 46 = 42 = 24 = 17  5.5  2376 
 19. Demkovich, Anatoliy       m  UKR 2387  + 59 = 45 + 77 - 27 - 10 = 40 + 49 + 46 = 20  5.5  2328 
 20. Pavlov, Maxim             m  UKR 2329  = 86 = 75 + 59 + 40 - 12 = 63 = 25 + 29 = 19  5.5  2197 
 21. Dolzhikova, Kateryna      wm UKR 2284  = 60 = 50 = 29 + 38 - 17 = 30 = 61 + 66 + 53  5.5  2212 
 22. Nedilko, Vasily              UKR 2387  + 71 + 68 = 32 -  9 = 49 + 62 + 41 = 16 -  6  5.5  2401 
 23. Truskavetsky, Alexandr    m  UKR 2412  = 66 + 53 - 27 + 77 = 42 + 33 - 17 + 62 = 24  5.5  2354 
 24. Fingerov, Dmitry          m  UKR 2341  = 75 + 86 -  6 + 58 = 14 = 48 + 63 = 18 = 23  5.5  2321 
 25. Shabala,Sergey               UKR ----  - 49 = 61 = 73 + 71 = 30 + 77 = 20 = 35 + 57  5.5  2310 
 26. Ljukin, Sergei            f  UKR 2343  + 81 = 43 +  8 + 13 -  3 + 27 -  1 -  6 = 33  5.0  2396 
 27. Tishin, D                 m  UKR 2316  + 80 =  9 + 23 + 19 -  2 - 26 = 47 = 40 = 45  5.0  2358 
 28. Shalimov, Valery          m  UKR 2430  + 58 = 54 + 34 + 47 + 35 =  3 -  4 -  7 - 10  5.0  2370 
 29. Ivanov,Dmitry I              UKR ----  + 41 -  4 = 21 + 34 = 31 + 39 -  7 - 20 + 62  5.0  2352 
 30. Borzov, Dmitri               UKR 2181  + 14 - 47 = 10 = 54 = 25 = 21 - 39 + 85 + 65  5.0  2291 
 31. Skliar, Andrey               UKR 2361  = 50 + 60 = 33 = 37 = 29 + 49 = 36 = 42 - 11  5.0  2246 
 32. Ivanov, Andrey A             UKR 2326  + 79 + 98 = 22 + 18 -  1 + 15 -  5 - 14 = 38  5.0  2329 
 33. Goreskul, Alyona          wg UKR 2266  + 76 =  7 = 31 + 63 -  4 - 23 = 50 + 56 = 26  5.0  2251 
 34. Yarmysty, Mikhail            UKR 2273  = 38 + 87 - 28 - 29 + 43 + 67 = 13 = 36 = 35  5.0  2249 
 35. Kozlov, Yriy                 UKR 2323  + 96 + 63 + 51 =  2 - 28 -  8 = 40 = 25 = 34  5.0  2269 
 36. Khaetsky, Roman           m  UKR 2408  + 82 - 46 - 37 + 60 + 59 = 45 = 31 = 34 = 44  5.0  2256 
 37. Luzhinsky, Vitaly            UKR 2231  -  3 + 83 + 36 = 31 - 15 + 69 + 51 - 12 = 39  5.0  2385 
 38. Luzanov,Sergey               UKR ----  = 34 - 77 + 82 - 21 = 70 + 59 + 69 = 39 = 32  5.0  2296 
 39. Shulga, Jury                 UKR 2293  + 90 -  2 + 50 + 75 -  5 - 29 + 30 = 38 = 37  5.0  2189 
 40. Ipatov, Alexander            UKR 2115  - 16 + 99 + 57 - 20 + 68 = 19 = 35 = 27 = 47  5.0  2334 
 41. Seletsky, Grigory            UKR 2283  - 29 + 72 + 98 + 74 =  6 = 17 - 22 - 13 + 67  5.0  2252 
 42. Strelnikov, Sergey           UKR 2319  +100 =  3 - 13 + 70 = 23 + 85 = 18 = 31 - 15  5.0  2345 
 43. Kalinina, Olga               UKR 2128  + 17 = 26 -  5 - 10 - 34 = 90 + 89 + 88 + 64  5.0  2276 
 44. Baryshpolets, Andrey         UKR 2230  =  8 -  6 + 95 - 17 + 79 - 51 + 87 + 60 = 36  5.0  2277 
 45. Sysoenko, Aleksey            UKR 2253  + 99 = 19 - 15 = 87 + 74 = 36 - 14 + 79 = 27  5.0  2261 
 46. Hatchatrian, Souren          UKR 2266  + 95 + 36 -  9 -  5 + 87 - 18 + 85 - 19 + 61  5.0  2303 
 47. Rudak, Vladimir              UKR 2342  + 72 + 30 =  1 - 28 - 13 + 75 = 27 - 11 = 40  4.5  2261 
 48. Odnorozhenko, Evgenyi        UKR 2223  -  1 + 79 + 69 = 51 =  7 = 24 - 15 = 64 = 54  4.5  2328 
 49. Aliferenko, Aleksei          UKR 2251  + 25 = 12 -  7 + 86 = 22 - 31 - 19 = 71 + 83  4.5  2237 
 50. Dobronovsky, Roman           UKR 2135  = 31 = 21 - 39 = 69 = 64 + 88 = 33 = 65 = 52  4.5  2299 
 51. Kucherenko, Daniil           UKR 2353  + 67 + 62 - 35 = 48 -  8 + 44 - 37 - 53 + 82  4.5  2248 
 52. Velitshko, I                 UKR 2293  = 56 = 85 - 75 + 72 + 55 -  6 = 66 = 61 = 50  4.5  2136 
 53. Guivan, Vasily               UKR 2204  = 13 - 23 = 89 - 76 = 56 + 80 + 74 + 51 - 21  4.5  2170 
 54. Kruglyakov, Pavlo            UKR 2300  + 91 = 28 -  3 = 30 = 61 = 66 - 11 + 63 = 48  4.5  2191 
 55. Muhtarov, Leonid             UKR 2136  + 69 - 16 + 64 - 12 - 52 = 68 - 79 + 74 + 78  4.5  2245 
 56. Berezka,Alexandr             UKR ----  = 52 = 65 - 62 - 73 = 53 + 78 + 77 - 33 + 88  4.5  2239 
 57. Golinka, Oleksandr           UKR 2293  - 63 + 93 - 40 = 81 - 67 + 86 + 75 + 58 - 25  4.5  2059 
 58. Varchenko, Grigory           UKR 2183  - 28 +100 = 17 - 24 = 60 + 83 = 64 - 57 + 79  4.5  2207 
 59. Yusupov, Maxim               UKR 2153  - 19 + 90 - 20 + 95 - 36 - 38 = 83 + 87 + 77  4.5  2138 
 60. Bytchek,Vladislav            UKR ----  = 21 - 31 + 66 - 36 = 58 + 70 = 65 - 44 = 68  4.0  2221 
 61. Marchenko, Artem             UKR 2147  -  7 = 25 = 76 + 98 = 54 = 65 = 21 = 52 - 46  4.0  2157 
 62. Trembach, Valeriy            UKR 2255  + 97 - 51 + 56 = 14 = 18 - 22 + 76 - 23 - 29  4.0  2177 
 63. Danilenko, Dmitriy           UKR 1917  + 57 - 35 + 68 - 33 + 88 = 20 - 24 - 54 = 66  4.0  2239 
 64. Molchanov, Nikolay           UKR 2307  + 93 - 18 - 55 = 67 = 50 + 72 = 58 = 48 - 43  4.0  2110 
 65. Viliavin, Roman              UKR 2279  = 85 = 56 - 74 + 80 = 75 = 61 = 60 = 50 - 30  4.0  2020 
 66. Shumilov, Illya              UKR 2168  = 23 - 13 - 60 + 97 + 86 = 54 = 52 - 21 = 63  4.0  2147 
 67. Molchanov, Alexey            UKR 2128  - 51 - 74 +100 = 64 + 57 - 34 = 68 + 70 - 41  4.0  2179 
 68. Brovko, Anton                UKR 2283  + 92 - 22 - 63 + 83 - 40 = 55 = 67 = 82 = 60  4.0  2057 
 69. Stets, Vasilij            m  UKR 2374  - 55 + 96 - 48 = 50 + 82 - 37 - 38 + 81 = 71  4.0  2087 
 70. Tichonov, Jiri               UKR 2180  -  2 = 89 + 91 - 42 = 38 - 60 + 84 - 67 + 85  4.0  2060 
 71. Pervakov, Sergey             UKR 2149  - 22 + 97 - 14 - 25 + 89 - 76 + 98 = 49 = 69  4.0  2117 
 72. Olenichev, Dmitriy           UKR 2101  - 47 - 41 + 93 - 52 + 92 - 64 - 88 + 90 + 89  4.0  2092 
 73. Shkola, V                    UKR 2155  - 18 = 76 = 25 + 56 - 85 = 74 + 81   .    .   3.5  2072 
 74. Kolesov,Evgeny               UKR ----    .  + 67 + 65 - 41 - 45 = 73 - 53 - 55 + 96  3.5  2141 
 75. Kurochkin, Valery            UKR 2078  = 24 = 20 + 52 - 39 = 65 - 47 - 57 - 78 + 92  3.5  2185 
 76. Neschetny,Viktor             UKR ----  - 33 = 73 = 61 + 53 - 11 + 71 - 62 - 77 = 84  3.5  2114 
 77. Grebeniuk, Semen             UKR 2244  = 87 + 38 - 19 - 23 + 81 - 25 - 56 + 76 - 59  3.5  2037 
 78. Shepotilo, Vladislav      m  UKR 2219  =  6 -  8 - 86 = 96 = 80 - 56 +100 + 75 - 55  3.5  2068 
 79. Romanova, Mariya             UKR 2043  - 32 - 48 = 97 + 91 - 44 + 94 + 55 - 45 - 58  3.5  2080 
 80. Shmat, Sergey                UKR 2032  - 27 - 17 + 84 - 65 = 78 - 53 - 93 + 95 + 94  3.5  2095 
 81. Stolpovsky, Sergei           UKR 2105  - 26 -  5 + 90 = 57 - 77 + 96 - 73 - 69 + 93  3.5  2104 
 82. Isak, Yuri                   UKR 2156  - 36 = 91 - 38 + 99 - 69 = 87 + 90 = 68 - 51  3.5  2050 
 83. Kucherenko, Olena            UKR 2064  -  4 - 37 + 92 - 68 + 95 - 58 = 59 + 94 - 49  3.5  2095 
 84. Panchenko, Fedor             UKR 2115  - 12 - 14 - 80 - 92 + 97 + 95 - 70 + 86 = 76  3.5  2035 
 85. Lukinov,Dmitry               UKR ----  = 65 = 52 + 88 -  8 + 73 - 42 - 46 - 30 - 70  3.0  2141 
 86. Makarevich, Vladimir         UKR 2062  = 20 - 24 + 78 - 49 - 66 - 57 + 91 - 84 = 87  3.0  2059 
 87. Smolin,Sergey                UKR ----  = 77 - 34 + 94 = 45 - 46 = 82 - 44 - 59 = 86  3.0  2073 
 88. Kaliuzhny, Andrey            UKR 2238  -  9 + 92 - 85 + 89 - 63 - 50 + 72 - 43 - 56  3.0  1966 
 89. Podolsky, Anton              UKR 2004  - 10 = 70 = 53 - 88 - 71 + 92 - 43 + 98 - 72  3.0  2020 
 90. Didenko, Sergey              UKR 1811  - 39 - 59 - 81 +100 = 94 = 43 - 82 - 72 + 99  3.0  1999 
 91. Dichkovskij, Andrey          UKR 1942  - 54 = 82 - 70 - 79 = 99 = 98 - 86 = 97 +100  3.0  1961 
 92. Chernoukhov,Alexandr         UKR ----  - 68 - 88 - 83 + 84 - 72 - 89 + 97 = 93 - 75  2.5  1925 
 93. Andreev, Volodymyr           UKR 1943  - 64 - 57 - 72 - 94 =100 = 97 + 80 = 92 - 81  2.5  1947 
 94. Savvopulo, Anatolij          UKR 2149  - 15 - 95 - 87 + 93 = 90 - 79 + 96 - 83 - 80  2.5  1869 
 95. Podgorodetsky,Vyacheslav     UKR ----  - 46 + 94 - 44 - 59 - 83 - 84 + 99 - 80 = 98  2.5  1946 
 96. Ljahovetsky, Igor            UKR 2040  - 35 - 69 = 99 = 78 = 98 - 81 - 94 +100 - 74  2.5  1967 
 97. Roschupkin,Volodymyr         UKR ----  - 62 - 71 = 79 - 66 - 84 = 93 - 92 = 91 +101  2.5  1902 
 98. Stetsyuk,Olga                UKR ----  +101 - 32 - 41 - 61 = 96 = 91 - 71 - 89 = 95  2.5  1933 
 99. Sadovski,Nemana              UKR ----  - 45 - 40 = 96 - 82 = 91 -100 - 95 +101 - 90  2.0  1819 
100. Kuchin, Pavel                UKR 2034  - 42 - 58 - 67 - 90 = 93 + 99 - 78 - 96 - 91  1.5  1792 
101. BYE                              ----  - 98   .    .    .    .    .    .  - 99 - 97  0.0       
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6) XXIV Metz Open

The XXIV Metz Open took place in the Complexe Sportif St Symphorie 22nd-30th April 2006. Evgeny Postny took clear first with 7.5/9. News: Pierre Becker of the Metz Alekhine chessclub and the arbiter Jean-Christophe Basaille.

Official site: http://metzalekhine57.free.fr/Index.htm

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XXIV Open Metz FRA (FRA), 22-30 iv 2006
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  1. Postny, Evgeny               g  ISR 2572  7½   39½ 2693  53½
  2. Shchekachev, Andrei          g  RUS 2592  7    39  2669  55½
  3. Spraggett, Kevin             g  CAN 2578  7    37½ 2637  55
  4. Epishin, Vladimir            g  RUS 2565  7    37  2569  54½
  5. Miezis, Normunds             g  LAT 2496  7    36  2514  51
  6. Shirazi, Kamran              m  USA 2405  6½   36½ 2584  52
  7. Meijers, Viesturs            g  LAT 2482  6½   33½ 2500  51
  8. Bruned, Yvain                f  ESP 2325  6½   33½ 2463  51
  9. Del Rio Angelis, Salvador G  g  ESP 2516  6½   33  2442  49½
 10. Draoui, Najib                f  MAR 2369  6    35  2394  55
 11. Wirig, Anthony               m  FRA 2409  6    34½ 2484  53½
 12. Brunner, Nicolas             f  FRA 2407  6    34½ 2479  48½
 13. Karpatchev, Aleksandr        g  RUS 2521  6    34  2526  49½
 14. Bauer, Christian             g  FRA 2638  6    34  2518  55
 15. Haub, Thorsten-Michael       m  GER 2441  6    34  2434  52
 16. Savchenko, Stanislav         g  UKR 2495  6    33½ 2384  49½
 17. Laurent, Bruno               f  BEL 2365  6    31½ 2340  44½
 18. Bednarich, Jan                  ITA 2204  6    30½ 2312  45½
 19. Becker, Martin                  GER 2347  6    30½ 2297  50½
 20. Schweitzer, Viktoriya        wm FRA 2239  6    30  2256  45½
 21. Marchal, Jeremy                 FRA 2083  6    28  2190  42½
 22. Maruejols, Claude               FRA 2035  6    27  2142  43
 23. Bagheri, Amir                g  FRA 2513  5½  32½  2336  50½
 24. Romieux, Sebastien              FRA 2228  5½  30½  2302  45½
 25. Dobias, Richard                 SVK 2246  5½  30½  2230  45½
 26. Struk, Jerzy                    POL 2266  5½  30   2235  47½
 27. Sar, Frederic                   FRA 2114  5½  28   2197  46½
 28. Iglesias, Joachim               FRA 2098  5½  28   2164  42
 29. Nguyen-Huu Hoang                FRA 2066  5½  28   2140  44
 30. Vaillant, Stephane              FRA 2034  5½  24   2050  38½
112 players

7) 1st Sofia Open

The 1st Sofia Open in Bulgarian took place 11th-17th of May 2006 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Games from rounds four and five now available.

Official site: http://www.chessmix.com/opensofia06/

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1st Open Sofia BUL (BUL), 11-17 v 2006
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Rank Name                    FED Pts 
   1 Dimitrov Vladimir       BUL 7,0 
   2 Dimitrov Pavel          BUL 7,0 
   3 Kozhuharov Spas         BUL 7,0 
   4 Grigorov Grigor         BUL 7,0 
   5 Nikolov Momchil         BUL 7,0 
   6 Bratanov Zsivko         BUL 7,0 
   7 Karakehajov Kalin       BUL 7,0 
   8 Filev Georgi            BUL 7,0 
   9 Ivanov Jordan           BUL 6,5 
  10 Rusev Krasimir          BUL 6,5 
  11 Jordanova Svetla        BUL 6,0 
  12 Nikolov Sasho           BUL 6,0 
  13 Stoinev Metodi          BUL 6,0 
  14 Jordanov Nikolay        BUL 6,0 
  15 Dochev Dimitar          BUL 6,0 
  16 Pancevski Filip         MKD 6,0 
  17 Irizanin Radoje         SCG 6,0 
  18 Angelov Angel           BUL 6,0 
  19 Janev Evgeni            BUL 6,0 
  20 Mladenov Ilian          BUL 6,0 
  21 Raev Rostislav          BUL 6,0 
  22 Milchev Nikolay         BUL 6,0 
  23 Ristic Nebojsa          SCG 6,0 
  24 Antonov Vladimir        BUL 6,0 
  25 Spassov Liuben          BUL 6,0 
  26 Dimitrov Radoslav       BUL 6,0  
  137 players

8) Caissa IM May

The Caissa IM May tournament took place 20-25 May 2006 in Kecskemet, Hungary. Mr. Amadeus won the cat. II. event and made his fourth IM norm, with 8.5 pts, the norm was only 7.5. Dr. Tamas Erdelyi postmaster@caissa.t-online.hu Next events in the summer: 18-26 June, 16-24 July and 20-28 August. News: Csaba Bognar IA.

More info: http://www.caissachessbooks.com

Caissa IM May Kecskemet HUN (HUN), 20-25 v 2006  cat. II (2283)
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                                    1  2  3  4  5  6 
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1 Eisenbeiser, Amadeus  f GER 2370 ** == =1 11 11 11  8.5  2562
2 Bogumil, Pavel        m RUS 2280 == ** == == == 11  6.0  2356
3 Sutorikhin, Vladimir  m RUS 2359 =0 == ** == 01 11  5.5  2304
4 Farkas, Tibor         m SCG 2334 00 == == ** == 11  5.0  2273
5 Dostan, Janos         f HUN 2285 00 == 10 == ** ==  4.0  2211
6 Eisenbeiser, Karlhe     GER 2072 00 00 00 00 == **  1.0  1959
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9) XIII Russian Club Championship

The XIII Russian Club Championship and VII Russian Women’s Club Championship took place 19th April - 1st May 2006 in Sochi. 11 rounds. Morozevich, Grischuk, Akopian, Bologan, Volkov, Ivanchuk, Radjabov, Dreev and Ponomariov were amongst the stronger players. Four teams qualify for the European Club Cup. Time control: 100 min. per 40 moves, 50 min. per 20 moves, 10 min + 30 sec. after one move to the rest of the game. Some more games from the final rounds have now turned up.

Official site: http://www.chessliga.ru

10) 14th World Computer-Chess Championship

The 14th World Computer-Chess Championship takes place May 24th - June 1st 2006 in Turin, Italy.

Official site: http://www.cs.unimaas.nl/wccc2006/

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14th WCCC Turin ITA (ITA), 25 v-1 vi 2006
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                          1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11 
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 1. SHREDDER            +11 + 8 + 3 = 2 = 4  .   .   .   .   .   .   4.0
 2. DEEP JUNIOR         +13 + 9 + 7 = 1 = 6  .   .   .   .   .   .   4.0
 3. RAJLICH             +14 + 6 - 1 = 4 + 8  .   .   .   .   .   .   3.5
 4. ZAPPA               = 5 +12 +10 = 3 = 1  .   .   .   .   .   .   3.5
 5. JONNY               = 4 - 7 +16 +10 +14  .   .   .   .   .   .   3.5
 6. DIEP                +17 - 3 +11 +12 = 2  .   .   .   .   .   .   3.5
 7. SPIKE               =10 + 5 - 2 = 8 +12  .   .   .   .   .   .   3.0
 8. CRAFTY              +16 - 1 + 9 = 7 - 3  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.5
 9. IKARUS              +18 - 2 - 8 =13 +11  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.5
10. CHIRON              = 7 +14 - 4 - 5 =13  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0
11. ISICHESS MMX        - 1 +15 - 6 +16 - 9  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0
12. LION++              +15 - 4 +13 - 6 - 7  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0
13. DELFI               - 2 +17 -12 = 9 =10  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0
14. PARSOS              - 3 -10 +18 +15 - 5  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0
15. CHATURANGA          -12 -11 +17 -14 +18  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0
16. URAGANO             - 8 +18 - 5 -11 +17  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0
17. FIBCHESS            - 6 -13 -15 +18 -16  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0
18. ETABETA             - 9 -16 -14 -17 -15  .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0
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11) Forthcoming Events and Links

Lugano tournaments

International Week-end Chess Open Lugano 2006 "ONE WEEKEND IN THE SOUTH PART OF SWITZERLAND" When: Friday, 17 November ' Sunday November Where: Hotel Flora, Via Geretta 16, 6900 Lugano- Paradiso Phone +41 91 994 16 71 Fax: +41 91 994 27 38 E-mail: hotelflora@bluewin.ch Modality: International Tournament. 5 Rounds Swiss System Rate of Play: 36 Moves in 90 Minutes + 30 Minutes K.O. Rating: CH- & FIDE

International Amateurs Chess Open Ascona 2006 Only for Amateurs, Max. 2299 ELO. , 26th December ' Saturday, 30th December 2006 Where: Hotel Ascona, via Collina, 6612 Ascona (Switzerland) Modality: International Chess Tournament. 7 Rounds Swiss System Rate of Play: 40 Moves in 120 Minutes + 60 Minutes K.O. ELO: Not valid for ELO Points (holiday mood!)

Lugano Rapid Chess Marathon Ticino Cureglia 2006 Sunday, 18.06.2006 Where? Parco Rusca (Park & town hall), CH-6944 Cureglia Modality? International Rapid Chess Tournament 24 rounds Swiss System Rate of play? 5 minutes to finish the game Prizes? CHF 600 (€ 400) / 400 (€ 268) / 300 (€ 200) / 200 (€ 133) / 100 (€ 67) CHF 100 (€ 67) Best Ticino player + 9 Special prizes (Full prize amount with 50 players, otherwise % to the number of participants ) Inscriptions? CHF 40 (€ 27) under 20 CHF 20 (€ 14), Sunday: 08.00 - 09.00 Timetable? Sunday 09.15 - 13.00 (15 rounds) 14.30 - 16.30 (9 rounds)

Further details: http://www.luganoscacchi.ch/

European Youth Championship 2006

European Youth Championship 2006 Herceg Novi (Montenegro), September 9 - 20th 2006.

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

Rob Huntington Blog

Well known chess journalist Rob Huntington is in Turin and has a new Blog. http://www.allthingshuman.com/

2nd Assiut Tournament

The 2nd Assiut tournament takes place in Assiut City about 500 km from Cairo in Upper Egypt 16th-25th July 2006. Swiss System 9 Round 90 minutes for every player plus 30 sec. for each move. Further details to follow.

Frits Agterdenbos Photos

Chess Photographer Frits Agterdenbos has launched a website of his photos at: http://www.chessvista.com/. He is at the Turin Olympiad and his photo reports is available there.

FIDE Presidential Election Websites

Both Presidential tickets for the upcoming FIDE Elections in Turin now have websites.

FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov: http://www.chessfidelity.com

Bessel Kok: http://www.rightmove06.org

Olympus Riviera Open Greece

The 1st International Open Chess Tournament "Summer Cup 2006" takes place in Olympus Riviera (90 km south of Thessaloniki in Northern Greece) 22nd-30th July 2006. 9 rounds, Prize fund: EUR 3500, 1st prize EUR 1000 Email: cup2006@greekchess.com

Website: http://www.greekchess.com/cup2006

Ikaros Chess Festival

The Ikaros Chess Festival takes place 8th-22nd July 2006. The Ikaros Chess Festival has been held for the last 28 years on Ikaria island, one of the most picturesque and peaceful aegean islands of Greece.

Main event: "Open Aegean Championship" (12th till 20th of July) as well as plenty of other side events such as Junior, Ladies, Veteran, blitz, rapid and simultaneous exhibition events, blindfold chess, chess lectures and many others.

Details: http://www.chess.gr/ikaros/

Karpov - Spassky Match

There will be a match between Karpov and Spassky on May 26th 2006 in Porto-Vecchio.

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

French Team Championship

The final four rounds of the French Team Top 16 Championship took place 4th-7th May 2006 in Asnières-sur-Seine. NAO Chess Club again won the title three points clear of Monaco who they defeated in the final round. Games from the final two rounds are not yet available (apart from the Monaco - NAO match) if anyone has them I'd be grateful.

Further details: http://www.echecs.asso.fr, http://www.europe-echecs.com/ and http://www.nao-cc.com

Midnight Sun Chess Challenge

The Midnight Sun Chess Challenge takes place in Tromsø, Norway June 24th - July 2nd 2006.

Details: http://www.midnightsunchess.org/english/index.htm

XXIV Andorra Open

The XXIV International Chess Open of Andorra takes place 8th-16th July 2006.

Official site: http://www.feva.ad

12th Annual Bray Rapidplay

The 12th Annual Bray Rapidplay takes place Sunday June 18 2006 Esplanade Hotel Strand Rd Bray 6-round Swiss, rounds 1-2 accelerated Registration 9-10am Rd1 10.15 sharp Time control 25 0 all moves

FIDE Rapidplay rules apply Entry Euros30: Euros25 if prepaid by June 9 Prizes Euros 700 400 250 150 1-2-3-4; grading prizes ?100 each; biggest upset Euros 50 Enquiries Colin Byford - 353-1-2351620h cbyford@esatclear.ie Entries Frank Holohan 12 Rathdown Pk Greystones 353-1-2875368h 353-86-1612506m email frankholohan@eircom.net

Event website: http://www.brayrapidplay.com

6th Open du Parc

The 6th Open du Parc Chess Tournament takes place in the Jeen Chess Club in Paris, France FIDE rated 3rd-5th June 2006 . 1st prize : Euro 760 . 2e prize : Euro 460 . 3e prize : Euro 270 . 4e prize : Euro 150 . 5e prize : Euro 100 and more than 20 other prizes. . Tariff : Euro 32 / Euro 16 (Euro 38 / Euro 19 after 2006-05-24). Phone : 33 (0) 1 46 51 04 34 E-mail : jeen@free.fr

More information and registration form available at http://jeen.online.fr/

39th Biel International Festival

The 39th Biel International Festival takes place 22nd July - 4th August 2006. There are two closed tournaments, one for men, one for ladies.

Players include: Alexander Morozevich who will try to win the event for the 3rd time out of 3 appearances.. Co-winner in 2005, Alexander Volokitin is back. In addition Teimour Radjabov Magnus Carlsen, Yannick Pelletier and Lazaro Bruzon compete. The women's event sees Almira Skripchenko, Ekaterina Atalik, Monika Socko, Yelena Dembo, Anna Muzychuk and Pia Cramling compete.

Official site: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch

2nd Alajuela Open

The 2nd Alajuela international open (Costa Rica) takes place 11th-16th July 2006.

Further details: http://www.alajuela2006.com/

IbeatGarry.com: The Six Degrees of Kasparov

If you've won a game that's appeared in Chessbase Megabase 2005 then find out a series of results which by separation means you beat Garry Kasparov! Fun stuff from Karlheinz Zoechling. I'm not in Megabase but have beaten someone who has a separation of two, giving me a separation of three!

Site: http://ibeatgarry.com/

15th Open International D’Echecs de Martigny

The 15th Open International D’Echecs de Martigny takes place 4th-7th August 2006.

Further detail: http://www.uve-wsb.ch/openmartigny/

IRT Buenos Aires

An IRT (International Rated Tournament) takes place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, organized by FAOGBA (Federación de Ajedrez del Oeste del Gran Buenos Aires) Federation of Chess of the West of Great Buenos Aires. Apr, 19th-May, 20th 2006. 11 players, average ELO 2118 (eight rated players) It takes place in the halls of the Italian Society of the city of Merlo, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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

15th Kavala Open

The 15th Kavala Open takes place 4th-11th August 2006. There is one (traditional) Open Tournament, which is at the same time the Greek Championships. This year they decided to form two groups with very low elo players competing separately, so as not to create great elo differences and discourage high-ranked players from participating (and being paired with a 1400 player, when a game loss, or draw might mean an "elo catastrophy") on a swiss tournament such as this one. This separation of low elos and the bigger ones is done for the first time in Greece, previously all competed in one tournament. The 1st group players will be eligible for Greek Open titles in men's and women's competitions.

Entries must be sent by fax to + 30.2510.226871 or by e-mail : vliog@tee.gr, not later than July 24th and should include full name, ELO Rating, telephone and dates of arrival and departure. Telephone communication : Vassilis Liogkas : +30.2510.622370 and 6977474684

Further info: http://www.chesskavala.gr or http://www.chesskavala.com

5th Knokke Open

The 5th Knokke Open International Chess Tournament  takes place 12th-15th August 2006  The Belgium Chess Club 'Cnoc Is Ier' located at the coast city Knokke Belgium, the tournament accredited by the Flemish Chess Federation exists of 7 rounds 'Swiss system 2 hours K.O'.  

Prize money provided for a total amount of 2275 Euro 1st prize: 750 euro -  2e prize: 375 euro - 3e prize: 200 euro 4e prize: 125 euro -  6e until 13e prize: 25 euro. The best youth player (born after 15 Aug. 1990): 50 euro - Best senior (born before 12 Aug. 1946): 50 euro

The participants who win no money prize will rewarded with a gift prize.  

Tournament participation Before 31 July 2006 one pays 20 euro, afterwards 25 euro. Participation is for nobody free. Maximum 120 players are allowed. Registrations happen in order of recieved payment. Participants must present themselves on the 12 of Augusts between 10 and 12 O'clock.

Register by e-mail sk_knokke@hotmail.com

Further details: http://users.telenet.be/schaakknokke/SchaakClubKnokkeTornooiMain.htm

Dortmunder Sparkassen Chess Meeting

The Dortmunder Sparkassen Chess Meeting takes place 29th July - 6th August 2006. Players: Arkadij Naiditsch, Vladimir Kramnik, Levon Aronian, Peter Svidler, Peter Leko, Boris Gelfand, Michael Adams and Baadur Jobava.

Official site was http://www.chessgate.de/ last year.

Canadian Open

The Canadian Open takes place July 15th-23rd 2006 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.

Further details: http://www.chessfest.ca/can_open.htm

10th Anniversary of correspondencechess.com

correspondencechess.com is celebrating its 10th Anniversary. It has a 10th Anniversary Commemorative Coin: http://www.correspondencechess.com/coin.htm

Home of: Grandmaster V.V. Palciauskas' The World of Correspondence Chess Senior International Master Knudsen's The Correspondence Chess Place The Campbell Report Ralph Marconi's Chess Pages The Canadian Correspondence Chess Association (CCCA) American Postal Chess Tournaments (APCT) The Correspondence Chess Message Board (TCCMB)   and much, much more!

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

15th Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International

15th Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International Dates: 23 September - 1 October 2006 Venue: Ocean Castle Hotel, Port Erin, Isle of Man Total Prize Fund: £17,500

Three sections: (1) Masters (9-round FIDE Rated swiss, ACP registered, GM/IM norms achievable, first prize £3,000) (2) Under 2000 / ECF grade 175 (7 round swiss, starts 25 Sept) (3) Under 1640 / ECF grade 130 (7 round swiss, starts 25 Sept)

Confirmed entries so far include nine 2600+ rated players (Korneev, Efimenko, Kobalia, Krasenkow, Volkov, Socko, Shabalov, Khenkin, Iordachescu, Landa) plus US women's champion Anna Zatonskih, etc.

For entry details, consult the tournament website ( http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/monarch2006/index.html) or contact tournament director Dennis Hemsley, 3 Links Avenue, Port St Mary, Isle of Man IM9 5EY, tel. 44(0)1624 833742, fax 44(0)1624 833583, email chess@manx.net

Dutch Championship

The Dutch Championship takes place in Hilversum 16th June - 2nd July 2006.

Official site: http://www.schaakbond.nl/nieuws/nk2006/

Men's Event
 1.  Ivan Sokolov       Lelystad    2676  GM 
 2.  Sergei Tiviakov    Groningen   2669  GM
 3.  Loek van Wely      Tilburg     2655  GM
 4.  Jan Timman         Amsterdam   2616  GM
 5.  Friso Nijboer      Amsterdam   2584  GM
 6.  Erwin l' Ami       Woerden     2565  GM
 7.  Daniel Stellwagen  Soest       2543  GM
 8.  Jan Smeets         Oegstgeest  2535  GM
 9.  Jan Werle          Groningen   2529  GM - elect
10.  John van der Wiel  Voorschoten 2511  GM
11.  Yge Visser         Groningen   2480  IM
12.  Jeroen Bosch       Nijmegen    2465  IM


Women's Championship
 1.  Zhao Qin Peng        Rotterdam  2395  GM 
 2.  Tea Lanchava         Winschoten 2380  IM
 3.  Petra Schuurman      Eindhoven  2258  FM
 4.  Bianca Muhren        Rosmalen   2253  WIM
 5.  Marlies Bensdorp     Maarssen   2251  WIM
 6.  Linda Jap Tjoen San  Den Haag   2191  WIM  
 7.  Mariska Bertholee-de Mie Haarlem2153  
 8.  Arlette van Weersel  Etten Leur 2148  
 9.  Maartje de Jonge     Utrecht    2136  
10.  Pauline van Nies     Zoetermeer 2107  

Open Internet Chess Blitz Cup 2006

Central Chess Club, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and the Chess Assistant Club invites chess players and chess clubs from your country to take part in the Open Internet chess blitz Cup dedicated to 50 year jubilee of the Central Chess Club (Moscow) for the prizes of FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.

The prize-winning fund of the Cup makes 10 000 USD that will be played off in 10 qualifying tournaments (April 1 - May 3) and 2 final tournaments (May 6 and 10). The closing ceremony and winners rewarding will be made by Kirsan Ilyumzhinov in May during the 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin (Italy).

The Cup tournaments will be held at Chess Assistant playing zone (www.ChessAssistant.com).

E-mail for contacts: info@chessassistantclub.com

Regulations: http://www.chessassistantclub.com/botv_50.html

Christophe Bouton Chess Blog

Christophe Bouton has started a chess blog in French at: http://echecs64.blog.20minutes.fr/

4th Solingen chess weeks

The 4th Solingen chess weeks will be held in Solingen (Germany) June 10th- June 18th. Festival consists of Blitz tournament (June 10th, 22 games (11 rounds with 2 games));

Rapid Tournament (9 rounds, 20 min/game) will take place June 11th.

Main tournaments are two Open from June 15th to 18th; 7 rounds Swiss system 2h/40+ 1h/ Rest; A-tournament is open for all players and Elo-rated. Top prizes 800/500/400 euros

B-tournament is open for all players with a rating below 2000; top prizes 300/200/150 euros

Further information: Andreas Peschel: 0175-5912407; peschel@schachgesellschaft.de

Tournament site: http://www.schachwochen.de

Czech Tour 2006/2007

There is new information about the Czech Tour 2006/2007 including:

CZECH OPEN 2006 17th International Festival of Chess, Bridge and Games European Amateurs Championship in Chess Pardubice 13th-30th July 2006, Czech Republic

2nd WORLD SCHOOL CHESS TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIP Tournaments for school chess teams in categories U12, U14, U16 Pardubice, July 12th-20th, 2006

6th ZNOJMO OPEN (the Dukla hotel and Monastery of Louka) 13th-21st May 2006 .

9th OLOMOUC CHESS SUMMER (the Sigma hotel) 2nd-10th August 2006.

3rd HIGHLANDS OPEN (Havlickuv Brod, the Slunce hotel) 23rd September - 1st October 2006.

7th LIBEREC OPEN (the Liberec hotel) 11th-18th November 2006.

6th PRAGUE OPEN (TOP HOTEL Praha) 11th-18th January 2007.

6th MARIENBAD OPEN (the Evropa hotel) 19th-27th January 2007.

Further details: http://www.czechtour.net or Dr. Jan Mazuch, Director of CZECH OPEN & CZECH TOUR - j.mazuch@avekont.cz

In addition there is the 27th Tournament of Chess Hopes and 17th Pobeskydi Tournament organised by the town of Frydek-Mistek 13th-17th April 2006.

Further details: http://www.chessfm.cz

Computer chess calendar

New updates to the Computer chess calendar with the latest official computer chess tournaments and an updated PGN database. The latest events added:

01. CCT-8 2006, Rybka won
02. IPCCC 2005, Rybka won
03. Dutch-open 2005, Zappa won
04. WCCC, Zappa won
05. Australasian NCC-ch 2005, Bodo won
06. Polish-ch, Gosu won

Next events are: 06th International CSVN Tournament Leiden, 2006-05-05 up to 2006-05-07 14th WCCC Torino, 2006-05-25 up to 2006-06-01 Please note: The information are now again available under the older domain: http://www.amateurschach.de (selection: CC-Calendar).

The *.pgn database with official computer chess tournaments have now 8.673 games and 726 games from older tournaments (time before 1990).

21st North Sea Cup

The Esbjerg Chess Union organises the 21st North Sea Cup July 8th-15th 2006.

Further information and registration: Jens Nielsen, Storegade 66, 6700 Esbjerg, (+45)75123975, e-mail: Jerneif@get2net.dk. Registration not later than Sunday July 2nd.

Further details: http://www.northseacup.dk/nsc2006/2index.htm

30th Blackpool Chess Conference

The 30th Blackpool Chess Conference took place 10th-12th March 2006. Open results Results from the 30th Blackpool Chess Conference, 10-12 March 2006, held at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool, England 1st= on 4.5/5 GM Mark Hebden & John Merriman £550 each 3rd Lawrence Trent 4/5 £200

Official site: http://www.blackpoolchess.org.uk/

Hungarian tournaments April-December 2006

1. 23rd- 31st of March 22nd Budapest SPRING FESTIVAL 9 rounds Swiss Open org.: NL.

2. 1st-14th of April, 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/..

3. 15th-23rd of April Kecskemet, IM tmt, org: Dr.Erdelyi, Tamas, e-mail: postmaster@caissa.t-online.hu Website: www.caissachessbooks.hu Usually also in the second half of the month IM tmt-s in Kecskemet. 100 km South from Budapest.

4. 6th - 18th of May, Budapest, FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, org.NL.

5.. 20th-30th of May, Budapest, ELEKES memorial GM-IM closed tmt, org.IM Zsinka, e-mail: zsinkala@axelero.hu

6. 19th-27th of May, ZALAKAROS Open, 9 rounds Swiss, Info: IM Horvath, Tamas, e-mail: mssz@zalaszam.hu website: www.csutisk.hu

7. 3rd-16th of June, FIRST SATURDAY GM /cat.VII and cat IX together/ - IM-FM closed tournaments, Budapest, Org.NL.

8.. 17th-25th of June, BALATONLELLE Open, GM-IM closed, 130 km West from Budapest, org. IM RIGO, e-mail: me-ri@t-online.hu Website: www.lellechess.tar.hu

9.. 1st-13th of July, FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM closed, Bp. Org.NL,

10. 15th-23rd of July, AGRIA Open 9 rounds Swiss, Eger, 100 km North from Budapest, Org. RAUCH Ferenc, e-mail: rauch@freemail.hu

11.. 24th-30th of July, SZOMBATHELY SUMMER Open 9 rounds Swiss, 300 km West from Budapest, Org: FM KORPICS, Zsolt, e-mail: korpicschess@axelero.hu

13. 5th-17th of August, FIRST SATURDAY, Bp, GM /cat.XII-IX-VII/ - IM-FM closed, Org: NL.

14. 21st -29th of August, TALENTUM Kupa, Open, Zamárdi , org. Valis János. E-mail: husi_sc@hu.inter.net

15. 2nd-14th of September FS GM-IM Budapest, org.Nagy László

16. 7th-19th of October, FS GM-IM, Bp. Org.Nagy László.

17. 4th-16th of November FS GM-IM-FM closed tmt, info NL.

18. Second half of November, TENKES KUPA, Harkány, 250 km South West from Budapest, Organizer: Mr FULOP, Csaba E-mail: fulopcsa@invitel.hu

19. 2nd-15th of December, FS GM-IM-FM, info NL.

6th Znojmo Open

The 6th International Chess Festival Znojmo Open 2006 takes place 13th-21st May 2006 in Znojmo (the Czech Republic). Among others European Women Rapid Chess Championship (the prize fund 5 000 EUR), FIDE open, The Znojmo Little Queen and Open Championship of the Southmoravian chess federation in active chess will be a part of the festival.

Contact: Dr. Jan Mazuch, Director of CZECH OPEN & CZECH TOUR - j.mazuch@avekont.cz

Website for the Czech Tour: http://www.czechopen.net

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

Battle of Senta 1697 Chess Festival

The 10th Anniversary Chess Festival "The Battle of Senta 1697" takes place 21st-30th 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/

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)

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

20th Pula Open 2006

The 20th Pula Open (Croatia) takes place 18th-25th June 2006.

Further details and entry: http://www.skpula.hr/

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.

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

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

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

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

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/

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/

1st ICCF Webchess Open Tournament

The ICCF have announced the 1st WebChess Open Tournament and invites every player worldwide to participate in the event. The event is to be played on the ICCF dedicated Webserver http://www.iccf-webchess.com. This tournament is open to all correspondence chess players worldwide, also for those without any previous ICCF experience. Multiple entries are allowed. The tournament will be played in three stages - preliminaries, semifinal and final.

Details: http://www.iccf-webchess.com/Message.aspx?message=19

Russia vs ROW Correspondence

The Russian Chess Federation is celebrating its 10th anniversary and is using this occasion to challenge the rest of the world to a match over 64 boards with 2 games for each and the start is 15.02 2004. Players include Joop van Oosterom

http://www.mychessweb.com/Tables/Internationale/Play/russia-world.htm

TWIC Messageboard

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