THE WEEK IN CHESS 615 21st August 2006 by Mark Crowther
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9th Olomouc Chess Summer 189 games
Acropolis Tournament 435 games
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First Saturday August 97 games
China - Russia Chess Summit 70 games
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Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament 1 game
Chess Classic Mainz Chess960 8 games
1891 games
My thanks to John Saunders, Steve Giddins, Aditi Bland, Sinisa Joksic,
Wiebe Cnossen, Chris Bird, Boris Schipkov, Yin Hao, Xie Jun, Laszlo Nagy, David
Cohen, Hartmut Metz, Miklos Orso, Spiros Ilandzis, Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam, Dave
Clayton, Serge Archambault, Roktim Bandyopadhyay, Virginijus Grabliauskas,
Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh, Gérard Demuydt, George Mirijanian, Gary Suffield
and everyone else who helped with the issue.
A fantastic week's chess. Viswanathan Anand has been the king of the
Frankfurt and now Mainz Chess Classic for years. He had a hard time holding off
his challenger Teimour Radjabov this year however. But in the end his
experience counted and he won the last two games to take the match 5-3. The
Association Max Euwe always seems to put together interesting tournaments. In
addition to the annunal Amber tournament and the one off Polugaevsky Sicilian
tournament they've now come up with the NH Hotels tournament pitting rising
stars against experienced (not to mention almost retired in some cases)
players. I personally was expecting the rising stars to win quite convincingly
but at the moment the teams are inseparable at 7.5 each after three rounds. A
really interesting tournament.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Chess Classic Mainz took place 15th-20th August 2006. Viswanathan
Anand beat Teimour Radjabov 5-3 in the annual rapid match (17th-20th 8 game
match). Peter Svidler was defeated by Levon Aronian in chess960 again this was
settled by two wins on the final day. Rustam Kasimdzhanov won the 13th Ordix
Open. I give the chess960 match at the end of the file, because the castling is
unusual I've had to split the games at the point it takes place.
Official site: http://www.chesstigers.de
Anand, Viswanathan - Radjabov, Teimour 1/2 34 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Radjabov, Teimour - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 46 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Radjabov, Teimour - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 36 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Anand, Viswanathan - Radjabov, Teimour 1/2 50 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Anand, Viswanathan - Radjabov, Teimour 0-1 46 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Radjabov, Teimour - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 46 D11 Slav Defence
Radjabov, Teimour - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 58 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Anand, Viswanathan - Radjabov, Teimour 1-0 57 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
CCM6 Rapid Match Mainz GER (GER), 17-20 viii 2006
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Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2779 = 0 1 = 0 1 1 1 5.0 2823
Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2728 = 1 0 = 1 0 0 0 3.0 2692
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GRENKELEASING + Clerical Medical 2006
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 Aronian,L 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 5.0/8
2 Svidler,P 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3.0/8
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13th Ordix Open Mainz GER (GER), 19-20 viii 2006
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St Player NAT + = - Pts PtS MBuch
1. Kasimdzhanov,Rustam UZB g 2673 8 3 0 9,5 61,5 70,0
2. Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar AZE g 2722 9 1 1 9,5 60,0 71,5
3. Morozevich,Alexander RUS g 2730 8 2 1 9,0 59,0 75,0
4. Harikrishna,Pentela IND g 2682 7 4 0 9,0 57,5 67,5
5. Mchedlishvili,Mikhail GEO g 2572 8 2 1 9,0 56,0 65,5
6. Ruck,Robert HUN g 2537 7 4 0 9,0 56,0 65,5
7. Agrest,Evgenij SWE g 2587 8 2 1 9,0 55,0 63,0
8. Sargissian,Gabriel ARM g 2680 7 3 1 8,5 57,0 70,5
9. Aleksandrov,Alexcey BLR g 2634 8 1 2 8,5 56,5 68,0
10. Gyimesi,Zoltan HUN g 2614 7 3 1 8,5 56,5 66,0
11. Grischuk,Alexander RUS g 2719 7 3 1 8,5 55,5 70,0
12. Volokitin,Andrej RUS g 2677 6 5 0 8,5 55,0 70,5
13. Ginsburg,Gennadij GER m 2503 8 1 2 8,5 54,5 65,5
14. Postny,Evgeny ISR g 2590 7 3 1 8,5 54,0 68,5
15. Bacrot,Etienne FRA g 2708 8 1 2 8,5 52,0 63,0
16. Buhmann,Rainer GER m 2552 7 3 1 8,5 52,0 62,0
17. Tregubov,Pavel RUS g 2580 8 1 2 8,5 51,5 60,5
18. Gofshtein,Leonid ISR g 2520 7 3 1 8,5 51,5 59,0
19. Zhukova,Natalia UKR wg 2443 7 3 1 8,5 50,5 60,5
20. Shirov,Alexey ESP g 2699 8 1 2 8,5 49,5 62,0
21. Bareev,Evgeny RUS g 2701 8 1 2 8,5 49,5 60,5
22. Kritz,Leonid GER g 2578 6 4 1 8,0 54,0 68,5
23. David,Alberto BEL g 2580 8 0 3 8,0 53,0 65,0
24. Erenburg,Sergey ISR g 2560 7 2 2 8,0 53,0 64,0
25. Balogh,Csaba HUN g 2609 6 4 1 8,0 52,5 64,0
26. Erdos,Viktor HUN m 2528 6 4 1 8,0 52,0 68,0
27. Almasi,Zoltan HUN g 2657 7 2 2 8,0 52,0 63,0
28. Golod,Vitali ISR g 2571 7 2 2 8,0 52,0 62,5
29. Kosteniuk,Alexandra RUS g 2540 7 2 2 8,0 51,5 66,0
30. Berelovich,Aleksandar UKR g 2571 6 4 1 8,0 51,5 65,0
31. Polzin,Rainer GER m 2494 7 2 2 8,0 51,5 64,0
32 Gaponenko,Inna UKR wg 2458 6 4 1 8,0 51,5 63,0
33. Lanka,Zigurds LAT g 2510 7 2 2 8,0 51,0 67,0
34. Graf,Alexander GER g 2592 6 4 1 8,0 51,0 64,0
35. Portisch,Lajos HUN g 2512 6 4 1 8,0 51,0 62,5
36. Vescovi,Giovanni BRA g 2619 7 2 2 8,0 50,5 59,5
37. Schaefer,Markus GER m 2358 6 4 1 8,0 49,0 62,5
38. Porper,Eduard ISR m 2477 7 2 2 8,0 48,0 60,0
39. Zude,Erik GER f 2416 7 2 2 8,0 48,0 59,5
40. Cmilyte,Viktorija LTU wm 2470 7 2 2 8,0 48,0 59,0
41. Wippermann,Till GER m 2462 7 2 2 8,0 47,5 62,5
42. Szabo,Krisztian HUN m 2469 8 0 3 8,0 47,0 59,0
43. Gutman,Lev ISR g 2495 7 2 2 8,0 46,0 57,0
44. Peng,Zhao Qin NED wg 2395 8 0 3 8,0 45,0 59,5
45. Leitao,Rafael BRA g 2598 6 3 2 7,5 54,0 66,0
46. Dizdar,Goran CRO g 2541 6 3 2 7,5 54,0 64,0
47. Döttling,Fabian GER g 2550 5 5 1 7,5 53,5 69,5
48. Fridman,Daniel LAT g 2562 7 1 3 7,5 52,5 66,0
49. Pinter,Jozsef HUN g 2532 6 3 2 7,5 52,0 65,0
50. Kunin,Vitaly GER g 2510 6 3 2 7,5 51,5 65,0
51. Halkias,Stelios GRE g 2551 7 1 3 7,5 51,5 62,5
52. Vaganjan,Rafael Agred ARM g 2601 7 1 3 7,5 51,0 61,0
53. Horvath,Adam HUN g 2495 7 1 3 7,5 50,5 64,0
54. Gagunashvili,Merab GEO g 2604 4 7 0 7,5 49,5 63,5
55. Jankovic,Alojzije CRO g 2525 7 1 3 7,5 48,5 60,5
56. Bischoff,Klaus GER g 2528 7 1 3 7,5 48,0 60,5
57. Cvitan,Ognjen CRO g 2527 7 1 3 7,5 48,0 59,0
58. Telljohann,Sven GER m 2427 6 3 2 7,5 48,0 57,5
59. Djuric,Stefan SCG g 2466 7 1 3 7,5 47,0 62,0
60. Kurmann,Oliver SUI f 2297 6 3 2 7,5 46,5 58,5
622 players
The NH Chess Tournament takes place August 19th-29th at the NH Grand
Hotel Krasnapolsky. It's organized by the hotel chain NH Hotels in close
cooperation with the Association Max Euwe from Monaco. It's a Scheveningen team
tournament between a team of 'Experience' and a team of 'Rising Stars'. The
'old hands' are Andersson, Beliavsky, Jussupov, Ljubojevic and Nunn, while the
'Youngsters' are Carlsen, Karjakin, Stellwagen, Smeets and Wang Hao. Obviously
the first question is which team will win, but there are several 'individual'
prizes as well, the most interesting being the one for the youngster with the
best score (provided it's a positive score): he'll be invited to next year's
Amber Rapid and Blindfold Tournament in Monaco.
Another novelty is that apart from the usual live transmission of the
games there will be streaming video coverage from the tournament hall so that
the Internet audience can follow the entire action.
Official site: http://www.nhchess.quinsy.net
NH Hotels Amsterdam NED 2006
-------------- Carlsen,M 2675 2.0/3
| ----------- Smeets,J 2532 1.5/3
| | -------- Stellwagen,D 2575 1.5/3
| | | ----- Karjakin,Sergey 2679 1.5/3
| | | | -- Wang Hao 2610 1.0/3
| | | | |
1 Beliavsky,A 2625 1 0 1 2.0/3
2 Jussupow,Ar 2617 ½ 1 ½ 2.0/3
3 Andersson,U 2542 ½ ½ ½ 1.5/3
4 Ljubojevic,L 2551 ½ 0 ½ 1.0/3
5 Nunn,J 2617 0 ½ ½ 1.0/3
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NH Hotels Amsterdam NED (NED), 19-29 viii 2006 cat. XV (2602)
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1. Jussupow, Artur g GER 2617 2.0 2745
2. Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2625 2.0 2697
3. Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2542 1.5 2595
4. Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g SCG 2551 1.0 2503
5. Nunn, John D.M g ENG 2617 1.0 2529
1. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2675 2.0 2720
2. Stellwagen, Daniel g NED 2575 1.5 2594
3. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2679 1.5 2570
4. Smeets, Jan g NED 2532 1.5 2572
5. Wang Hao g CHN 2610 1.0 2494
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Round 1 (August 19, 2006)
Carlsen, Magnus - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 1/2 35 C11 French Defence
Stellwagen, Daniel - Jussupow, Artur 0-1 37 C18 French Winawer
Karjakin, Sergey - Andersson, Ulf 1/2 39 C10 French Rubinstein
Smeets, Jan - Beliavsky, Alexander G 0-1 35 C91 Ruy Lopez
Wang Hao - Nunn, John D.M 1/2 38 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 2 (August 20, 2006)
Jussupow, Artur - Wang Hao 1/2 19 D15 Slav Defence
Beliavsky, Alexander G - Stellwagen, Daniel 0-1 54 E97 King's Indian Classical
Andersson, Ulf - Smeets, Jan 1/2 70 D14 Slav Exchange
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Karjakin, Sergey 1/2 33 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Nunn, John D.M - Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 78 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 3 (August 21, 2006)
Carlsen, Magnus - Jussupow, Artur 1/2 69 C09 French Tarrasch
Stellwagen, Daniel - Andersson, Ulf 1/2 33 C10 French Rubinstein
Karjakin, Sergey - Nunn, John D.M 1/2 38 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Smeets, Jan - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 1-0 61 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Wang Hao - Beliavsky, Alexander G 0-1 39 C45 Scotch Game
The Montreal Empresa International A and B tournaments took place August
8th-16th, 2006. Pavel Eljanov of the Ukraine won the A event with 6.5/9 half a
point clear of Poland's Kamil Miton. Alexander Huzman of Israel won the B
event.
Official site:
http://www.monroi.com/tournamentgate/MontrealInternational/index.html
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Empresa A Montreal CAN (CAN), 8-16 viii 2006 cat. XV (2613)
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1. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2651 * = = = = 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2774
2. Miton, Kamil g POL 2638 = * = 0 1 1 = = 1 1 6.0 2734
3. Timofeev, Artyom g RUS 2657 = = * = = = 1 = 1 = 5.5 2687
4. Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2607 = 1 = * 1 = 0 = = = 5.0 2656
5. Gulko, Boris F g USA 2570 = 0 = 0 * = = 1 1 = 4.5 2617
6. Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2668 0 0 = = = * = = = 1 4.0 2563
7. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2638 = = 0 1 = = * = 0 0 3.5 2529
8. Mikhalevski, Victor g ISR 2571 0 = = = 0 = = * = = 3.5 2537
9. Charbonneau, Pascal g CAN 2501 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 = * 1 3.5 2544
10. Ibragimov, Ildar g USA 2624 0 0 = = = 0 1 = 0 * 3.0 2486
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Empresa B Montreal CAN (CAN), 8-16 viii 2006 cat. IX (2460)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Huzman, Alexander g ISR 2585 * 1 1 1 = = = = 1 = 6.5 2611
2. Krnan, Tomas m CAN 2399 0 * = 1 1 = = = 1 1 6.0 2591
3. Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2539 0 = * = = 1 1 = = 1 5.5 2530
4. Likavsky, Tomas g SVK 2498 0 0 = * 1 1 0 = 1 1 5.0 2498
5. Mitkov, Nikola g MKD 2563 = 0 = 0 * = 1 1 = = 4.5 2448
6. Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas m CAN 2430 = = 0 0 = * = 1 1 = 4.5 2462
7. Krush, Irina m USA 2436 = = 0 1 0 = * = = 1 4.5 2462
8. Barbeau, Sylvain f CAN 2398 = = = = 0 0 = * 0 1 3.5 2386
9. Lawson, Eric m CAN 2393 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 1 * 1 3.5 2386
10. Noritsyn, Nikolay CAN 2354 = 0 0 0 = = 0 0 0 * 1.5 2198
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4th Staunton Memorial takes place in Simpsons in the Strand 14th-19th
August 2006 and then moves to Wellington College in Crowthorne, Berkshire from
21st-25th August 2006.
Official site:
http://www.howardstaunton.com/hsmt2006/index.shtml
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4th Staunton Mem London/Crowthorne ENG (ENG), 14-25 viii 2006cat. XI (2517)
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1. Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2652 * = . . 1 1 . 1 . . 1 1 5.5 2904
2. Adams, Michael g ENG 2732 = * = = . 1 1 . . . . 1 4.5 2719
3. Timman, Jan H g NED 2594 . = * . . = . . 1 1 1 = 4.5 2697
4. Werle, Jan g NED 2531 . = . * = . . = . 1 1 1 4.5 2700
5. L'Ami, Erwin g NED 2586 0 . . = * = 1 . = . . 1 3.5 2564
6. Visser, Yge m NED 2516 0 0 = . = * . 1 . . . 1 3.0 2579
7. Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea m NED 2389 . 0 . . 0 . * = 1 = 1 . 3.0 2508
8. Levitt, Jonathan g ENG 2431 0 . . = . 0 = * = = . . 2.0 2393
9. Wells, Peter K g ENG 2480 . . 0 . = . 0 = * 1 0 . 2.0 2344
10. Speelman, Jonathan S g ENG 2541 . . 0 0 . . = = 0 * 1 . 2.0 2325
11. Day, Lawrence A m CAN 2278 0 . 0 0 . . 0 . 1 0 * . 1.0 2258
12. Howell, David WL m ENG 2479 0 0 = 0 0 0 . . . . . * 0.5 2200
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Smith & Williamson British Chess Championships 2006 (93rd
Championships of The British Isles) organised by the English Chess Federation
took place Sunday 6th August - Saturday 19th August at the University of Wales
in Swansea. Jonathan Rowson won the title for the third year running as a
result of a fine win against Jonathan Parker with black in the final round of
the event. Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant finished half a point behind, alone in
second place with 8/11 half a point clear of Daniel Gormally, Mark Hebden,
Gawain Jones and Jonathan Parker.
Official site: http://www.bcf.org.uk/events/bc2006/index.html
Live coverage: http://www.bcfservices.org.uk/live2006/
Leading Official Final Round 11 Standings:
1 Rowson, Jonathan W....... SCO g 2579 8½ 11 8½ 2428 7.61 0.89
2 Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan. GEO m 2427 8 11 8 2385 6.07 1.93
3 Gormally, Daniel......... ENG g 2513 7½ 11 7½ 2415 6.88 0.62
4 Hebden, Mark............. ENG g 2532 7½ 11 7½ 2439 6.83 0.67
5 Jones, Gawain C.......... ENG m 2416 7½ 10 7 2360 5.65 1.35
6 Parker, Jonathan F....... ENG g 2509 7½ 11 7½ 2408 6.90 0.60
7 Davies, Nigel R.......... ENG g 2512 7 11 7 2348 7.82 -0.82
8 Haslinger, Stewart G..... ENG m 2423 7 11 7 2415 5.51 1.49
9 Lalic, Bogdan............ CRO g 2488 7 11 7 2377 7.08 -0.08
10 Palliser, Richard JD..... ENG m 2413 7 11 7 2284 7.25 -0.25
11 Pert, Nicholas........... ENG g 2503 7 11 7 2445 6.32 0.68
12 Pert, Richard............ ENG m 2445 7 11 7 2348 6.87 0.13
13 Ward, Chris G............ ENG g 2461 7 11 7 2312 7.55 -0.55
14 Devereaux, Maxim L....... ENG f 2377 6½ 10 5½ 2425 4.33 1.17
15 Gordon, Stephen.......... ENG m 2443 6½ 11 6½ 2385 6.28 0.22
16 Greet, Andrew N.......... ENG m 2431 6½ 11 6½ 2412 5.73 0.77
17 Sowray, Peter J.......... ENG f 2357 6½ 11 6½ 2195 7.71 -1.21
18 Addison, Bret C.......... ENG 2241 6 11 6 2238 5.57 0.43
19 Buckley, Graeme.......... ENG m 2379 6 11 6 2273 6.95 -0.95
20 Cobb, James.............. WLS f 2370 6 11 6 2367 5.50 0.50
21 Houska, Jovanka.......... ENG m 2364 6 11 6 2315 6.17 -0.17
22 Knott, Simon J B......... ENG m 2387 6 10 5 2293 6.17 -1.17
23 Ledger, Dave J........... ENG f 2274 6 11 6 2247 5.85 0.15
24 Roberson, Peter.......... ENG 2122 6 11 6 2360 2.30 3.70
25 Rudd, Jack............... ENG f 2328 6 11 6 2261 6.39 -0.39
26 Taylor, Martin R......... ENG f 2332 6 10 5 2359 4.65 0.35
27 Williams, Simon K........ ENG m 2473 6 11 6 2390 6.67 -0.67
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93rd ch-GBR Swansea WLS (WLS), 7-17 viii 2006
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1. Rowson, Jonathan g SCO 2579 +27 =15 +22 +11 = 3 - 7 =21 +18 + 9 + 5 + 4 8.5 2639
2. Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan m GEO 2427 +41 =44 +30 =10 =18 - 5 +45 +21 = 3 +19 + 7 8.0 2560
3. Hebden, Mark g ENG 2532 +32 +19 +16 +12 = 1 = 9 = 7 - 4 = 2 =11 +14 7.5 2572
4. Parker, Jonathan g ENG 2509 =28 +48 +21 =14 =15 + 6 + 9 + 3 = 5 = 7 - 1 7.5 2537
5. Gormally, Daniel g ENG 2513 =30 +28 =15 +19 =14 + 2 +18 = 7 = 4 - 1 +16 7.5 2547
6. Jones, Gawain C m ENG 2416 +53 +25 =18 - 7 +34 - 4 +20 +10 =14 =63 +15 7.5 2460
7. Pert, Nicholas g ENG 2503 +42 +17 = 9 + 6 = 8 + 1 = 3 = 5 =16 = 4 - 2 7.0 2546
8. Lalic, Bogdan g CRO 2488 +36 =22 =44 +23 = 7 =14 =15 +13 =19 =16 =11 7.0 2479
9. Haslinger, Stewart m ENG 2423 +55 +20 = 7 =18 +10 = 3 - 4 +31 - 1 =14 +24 7.0 2517
10. Davies, Nigel R g ENG 2512 =39 +24 +29 = 2 - 9 =45 +28 - 6 +23 =13 +19 7.0 2450
11. Pert, Richard G m ENG 2445 +35 =40 +39 - 1 =29 +33 -19 +24 +26 = 3 = 8 7.0 2438
12. Ward, Christopher g ENG 2461 +52 =21 +40 - 3 +25 =15 -14 -22 +39 +29 +20 7.0 2413
13. Palliser, Richard m ENG 2413 +56 -29 -20 +51 =28 +36 +24 - 8 +45 =10 +22 7.0 2385
14. Greet, Andrew m ENG 2431 +54 +34 =31 = 4 = 5 = 8 +12 =19 = 6 = 9 - 3 6.5 2477
15. Devereaux, Maxim f ENG 2377 +60 = 1 = 5 +20 = 4 =12 = 8 -16 +32 +18 - 6 6.5 2450
16. Gordon, Stephen J m ENG 2443 +43 +23 - 3 +44 =26 -18 +54 +15 = 7 = 8 - 5 6.5 2450
17. Sowray, Peter J f ENG 2357 +51 - 7 =36 =30 -41 =48 +50 +43 =27 =22 +33 6.5 2257
18. Williams, Simon m ENG 2473 +38 +45 = 6 = 9 = 2 +16 - 5 - 1 +25 -15 =23 6.0 2426
19. Cobb, James f WLS 2370 +49 - 3 +27 - 5 +38 +41 +11 =14 = 8 - 2 -10 6.0 2402
20. Roberson, Peter T ENG 2122 +26 - 9 +13 -15 =23 +25 - 6 =34 +40 +45 -12 6.0 2396
21. Taylor, Martin R f ENG 2332 +59 =12 - 4 =38 +35 +27 = 1 - 2 =22 =26 =34 6.0 2362
22. Houska, Jovanka m ENG 2364 +61 = 8 - 1 -39 =53 +35 +38 +12 =21 =17 -13 6.0 2351
23. Rudd, Jack ENG 2328 +58 -16 +33 - 8 =20 -28 +36 +42 -10 +35 =18 6.0 2296
24. Buckley, Graeme m ENG 2379 =47 -10 +48 +36 =54 +39 -13 -11 +41 +27 - 9 6.0 2309
25. Ledger, David f ENG 2274 +33 - 6 +37 =31 -12 -20 +53 +55 -18 +36 =26 6.0 2282
26. Knott, Simon J.B m ENG 2387 -20 +60 +58 =45 =16 =29 =31 +39 -11 =21 =25 6.0 2302
27. Addison, Bret ENG 2241 - 1 +61 -19 =58 +49 -21 +48 +33 =17 -24 +42 6.0 2274
28. Hodgson, John H ENG 2218 = 4 - 5 =51 +37 =13 +23 -10 =40 =34 =41 =29 5.5 2310
29. Thomas, Nicholas ENG 2299 =50 +13 -10 +46 =11 =26 -39 =41 +47 -12 =28 5.5 2280
30. Eggleston, David ENG 2232 = 5 +56 - 2 =17 =45 -38 =49 -32 +46 +55 =31 5.5 2263
31. Rendle, Thomas m ENG 2390 =48 +47 =14 =25 =39 =54 =26 - 9 =35 =63 =30 5.5 2233
32. Snape, Ian ENG 2241 - 3 =53 =47 =49 =46 =50 +37 +30 -15 -33 +48 5.5 2163
33. Khandelwal, Ankush ENG 1974 -25 +41 -23 +52 +44 -11 =34 -27 +54 +32 -17 5.5 2267
34. Mason, Donald ENG 2266 +62 -14 =46 +50 - 6 =43 =33 =20 =28 =42 =21 5.5 2178
35. Corke, Anya wg HKG 2179 -11 -46 +57 +47 -21 -22 +56 +49 =31 -23 +55 5.5 2224
36. Surtees, Mike ENG 2182 - 8 +59 =17 -24 +58 -13 -23 +50 +48 -25 +49 5.5 2238
37. Moyse, Nigel John WLS 2036 -44 +43 -25 -28 =52 +58 -32 -48 +56 +54 +47 5.5 2181
38. Fowler, Simon ENG 2181 -18 =51 +62 =21 -19 +30 -22 -47 +57 =40 +45 5.5 2235
39. Varley, Peter WLS 2228 =10 +50 -11 +22 =31 -24 +29 -26 -12 =49 =43 5.0 2291
40. Britton, Richard f ENG 2288 +57 =11 -12 -54 =48 +47 =43 =28 -20 =38 =41 5.0 2163
41. Constantinou, Peter ENG 2148 - 2 -33 +59 +55 +17 -19 =42 =29 -24 =28 =40 5.0 2205
42. Tippleston, Charles E ENG 2203 - 7 -49 +56 =53 =50 +46 =41 -23 +52 =34 -27 5.0 2163
43. Ledger, Stephen ENG 2177 -16 -37 =61 +62 +51 =34 =40 -17 =55 =47 =39 5.0 2149
44. Sherwin, James T m USA 2291 +37 = 2 = 8 -16 -33 =53 -55 =46 =51 =50 =52 4.5 2123
45. Ashton, Adam G f ENG 2329 +46 -18 +49 =26 =30 =10 - 2 +54 -13 -20 -38 4.5 2217
46. Chevannes, Sabrina wf ENG 2080 -45 +35 =34 -29 =32 -42 =51 =44 -30 +57 =53 4.5 2144
47. Shaw, Peter ENG 2122 =24 -31 =32 -35 +57 -40 +58 +38 -29 =43 -37 4.5 2141
48. Roberts, David Llewelyn ENG 2126 =31 - 4 -24 +61 =40 =17 -27 +37 -36 +53 -32 4.5 2196
49. Bonafont, Philip ENG 2118 -19 +42 -45 =32 -27 +61 =30 -35 +59 =39 -36 4.5 2145
50. Poobalasingam, Peter ENG 2068 =29 -39 +55 -34 =42 =32 -17 -36 +60 =44 =51 4.5 2144
51. Cannon, Richard James ENG 2102 -17 =38 =28 -13 -43 +62 =46 =56 =44 =52 =50 4.5 2120
52. Bennet, William D ENG 2180 -12 -58 +60 -33 =37 -55 +59 +53 -42 =51 =44 4.5 2063
53. Dilleigh, Steve ENG 2134 - 6 =32 =54 =42 =22 =44 -25 -52 +58 -48 =46 4.0 2117
54. Sugden, John N ENG 2166 -14 +57 =53 +40 =24 =31 -16 -45 -33 -37 =60 4.0 2119
55. Briscoe, Christopher ENG 2137 - 9 =62 -50 -41 +59 +52 +44 -25 =43 -30 -35 4.0 2072
56. Goodger, Martyn ENG 2128 -13 -30 -42 =59 =62 +57 -35 =51 -37 =60 +61 4.0 2011
57. Thomas, Joseff WLS 2029 -40 -54 -35 +60 -47 -56 +61 +62 -38 -46 +59 4.0 2007
58. Hughes, Roy ENG 2071 -23 +52 -26 =27 -36 -37 -47 =60 -53 =61 +62 3.5 2018
59. Dannenberg,James ENG ---- -21 -36 -41 =56 -55 +60 -52 +61 -49 +62 -57 3.5 1986
60. Fraser,Scott ENG ---- -15 -26 -52 -57 =61 -59 =62 =58 -50 =56 =54 2.5 1922
61. Pym, Thomas W ENG 2114 -22 -27 =43 -48 =60 -49 -57 -59 +62 =58 -56 2.5 1898
62. Nicholson, John IRL 1945 -34 =55 -38 -43 =56 -51 =60 -57 -61 -59 -58 1.5 1800
63. BYE ---- . . . . . . . . . =31 . 1.0 2403
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The 9th Olomouc Chess Summer took place 2nd-10th August 2006. Yuriy
Kryvoruchko edged out Konstantin Maslak on tie-break in the main GM event after
both scored 8/11. Games from the final rounds now available.
Official site: http://www.a64.cz/tournaments/olomouc2006/
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1. Kryvoruchko, Yuriy m UKR 2536 * 1 = = 1 = = = 1 1 = 1 8.0 2638
2. Maslak, Konstantin m RUS 2537 0 * = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2638
3. Arutinian, David g GEO 2552 = = * = = = = 1 1 1 = 1 7.5 2594
4. Shanava, Konstantine g GEO 2490 = = = * 1 1 1 1 = = 0 0 6.5 2532
5. Womacka, Mathias m GER 2423 0 = = 0 * = = 1 = 1 = 1 6.0 2509
6. Matamoros Franco, Carlos S g ECU 2544 = = = 0 = * = = = = = 1 5.5 2462
7. Biolek, Richard m CZE 2440 = 0 = 0 = = * = = = 1 1 5.5 2472
8. Cernousek, Lukas m CZE 2418 = 0 0 0 0 = = * 1 = 1 1 5.0 2438
9. Simacek, Pavel m CZE 2500 0 0 0 = = = = 0 * = 1 1 4.5 2401
10. Kraemer, Martin f GER 2434 0 0 0 = 0 = = = = * = 1 4.0 2370
11. Plischki, Sebastian GER 2387 = 0 = 1 = = 0 0 0 = * 0 3.5 2343
12. Jirka, Jiri m CZE 2372 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 2.0 2216
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1. Gavrilov, Alexei1 m RUS 2451 * = 1 = 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.0 2551
2. Kanovsky, David CZE 2368 = * 1 = = 1 = = 1 1 = 1 8.0 2472
3. Swicarz, Maciej POL 2268 0 0 * = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2439
4. Chytilek, Roman m CZE 2392 = = = * = = = 1 1 = = 1 7.0 2396
5. Skjoldborg, Jesper DEN DEN 2290 0 = = = * 1 1 = = = = 0 5.5 2304
6. Garrido Dominguez, Jesus f ESP 2341 1 0 0 = 0 * = 1 = 0 1 = 5.0 2263
7. Ptacnikova, Lenka wg ISL 2193 0 = = = 0 = * = 1 = 0 1 5.0 2276
8. Cifka, Stanislav CZE 2342 0 = 0 0 = 0 = * = 1 1 1 5.0 2263
9. Cuenca Jimenez, Jose f ESP 2417 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = * 1 1 1 4.5 2227
10. Kotan, Ladislav m SVK 2289 0 0 0 = = 1 = 0 0 * 1 = 4.0 2202
11. Kersten, Uwe f GER 2329 0 = 0 = = 0 1 0 0 0 * = 3.0 2125
12. Klecker, Tadeas CZE 1955 0 0 0 0 1 = 0 0 0 = = * 2.5 2123
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1. Krupa, Monika wm POL 2251 * 1 = = 1 = 1 0 = 1 = 1 7.5 2451
2. Tibensky, Robert m SVK 2385 0 * = = = = 1 1 1 1 0 1 7.0 2408
3. Skytte, Rasmus m DEN 2408 = = * = = = = 1 = 1 = = 6.5 2369
4. Camarena Gimenez, Rufino f ESP 2323 = = = * = = 0 = 1 1 = 1 6.5 2377
5. Ramiro Ovejero, Juan Luis f ESP 2323 0 = = = * = 1 0 1 = 1 = 6.0 2348
6. Sluka, Radek CZE 2331 = = = = = * 1 1 = 0 = 0 5.5 2311
7. Mihailovs, Jurijs LAT 2258 0 0 = 1 0 0 * 1 0 1 1 1 5.5 2318
8. Malinovsky, Karel f CZE 2346 1 0 0 = 1 0 0 * = 0 = 1 4.5 2245
9. Jurek, Josef m CZE 2390 = 0 = 0 0 = 1 = * 0 1 = 4.5 2241
10. Stehno, Pavel CZE 2297 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 1 1 * = = 4.5 2249
11. Lubbe, Nicolas GER 2272 = 1 = = 0 = 0 = 0 = * 0 4.0 2214
12. Salama, Omar EGY 2174 0 0 = 0 = 1 0 0 = = 1 * 4.0 2223
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1. Firman, Nazar m UKR 2499 * 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 8.5 2511
2. Zvara, Petr f CZE 2404 1 * 1 0 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2520
3. Litwak, Aleksej GER 2222 = 0 * = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2500
4. Talla, Vladimir m CZE 2426 0 1 = * = = = = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2440
5. Salai, Ladislav m SVK 2370 0 0 = = * = = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2377
6. Picard, Romain f FRA 2357 0 1 0 = = * = = = = 1 1 6.0 2349
7. Tuma, Jiri CZE 2310 0 = = = = = * = 0 1 = = 5.0 2281
8. Biolek, Richard jr CZE 2304 0 0 0 = = = = * 0 1 = 1 4.5 2253
9. Pel, Bonno f NED 2301 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 1 * 1 1 0 4.5 2253
10. Geske, Julian GER 2173 1 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 * 0 1 2.5 2119
11. Gutierrez Castillo, Paloma wm ESP 2201 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 1 * = 2.5 2116
12. Damia, Angelo ITA 2237 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 = * 2.0 2062
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1. Parligras, Cosmin ROM 2232 * 1 = = 1 = 1 = = 1 6.5 2259
2. Bertram, Karsten GER 2107 0 * 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 6.0 2232
3. Musil, Vitezslav CZE 2129 = 0 * 1 1 = 1 = 1 0 5.5 2184
4. Houska, Jiri CZE 2140 = 1 0 * = = = 1 = 1 5.5 2183
5. Lasinskas, Povilas LTU 2124 0 0 0 = * 1 1 1 = 1 5.0 2148
6. Zapletal, Jiri CZE 2138 = 0 = = 0 * = = = 1 4.0 2060
7. Prikryl, Tomas CZE 2072 0 1 0 = 0 = * 0 1 1 4.0 2068
8. Fiala, Jiri CZE 2102 = 0 = 0 0 = 1 * = 1 4.0 2064
9. Salmoiraghi, Angelo ITA 2015 = 0 0 = = = 0 = * 1 3.5 2037
10. Hagesaether, Torill NOR 2013 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 1.0 1766
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1. Zawadzki, Stanislaw m POL 2397 8,0 8,0 52,0 41,5
2. Isonzo, David f ITA 2361 7,5 7,5 53,0 41,5
3. Hasangatin, Ramil g RUS 2491 7,0 7,0 56,5 44,0
4. Zambor, Norbert f SVK 2269 7,0 7,0 54,5 42,0
5. Zakharov, Vasiliy RUS 2064 7,0 7,0 53,0 41,5
6. Zeberski, Jakub POL 2410 7,0 7,0 51,0 40,0
7. Chudinovskikh, Alexander M RUS 2341 7,0 7,0 49,5 39,0
8. Johansson, Jan m SWE 2434 6,5 6,5 55,5 43,0
9. Kireev, Aleksei m RUS 2382 6,5 6,5 55,0 43,0
10. Nester, Ihor m UKR 2417 6,5 6,5 53,0 42,0
11. Hryhorenko, Nataliya wm UKR 2328 6,5 6,5 51,0 40,0
12. Van der Laan, Dinard NED 2268 6,5 6,5 48,5 38,5
13. Karhanek, Pavel CZE 2144 6,5 6,5 48,5 38,5
14. Chulivska, Vita wm UKR 2177 6,5 6,5 48,5 37,5
15. Vrana, Jan CZE 2162 6,5 6,5 44,5 35,0
16. Gromova, Iulia RUS 2210 6,5 6,5 44,5 34,5
17. Stehlik, Jiri CZE 2134 6,5 6,5 43,0 33,0
187 players
The 21st "Acropolis" tournament in Athens took place 13th-21st August
2006. Tamaz Gelashvili had the best tie-break of Fernando Peralta and Levan
Aroshidze all of whom scored 7/9. Salome Melia won the women's event. Final
round games taken from the live coverage, will check against the official
version and add the missing games next week.
Official site: http://www.chessfed.gr/Acropolis2006/
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Acropolis Open Athens GRE (GRE), 13-21 viii 2006
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1. Gelashvili, Tamaz g GEO 2575 7 2492
2. Peralta, Fernando g ARG 2546 7 2461
3. Aroshidze, Levan g GEO 2490 7 2408
4. Georgiev, Vladimir g MKD 2518 6½ 2442
5. Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2555 6½ 2412
6. Svetushkin, Dmitry g MDA 2569 6 2490
7. Mastrovasilis, Athanasios g GRE 2521 6 2445
8. Zhu Chen g QAT 2476 6 2432
9. Kotanjian, Tigran g ARM 2515 6 2421
10. Solak, Dragan g SCG 2564 6 2401
11. Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2605 6 2376
12. Georgiadis, Ioannis GRE 2312 5½ 2540
13. Nikolaidis, Ioannis g GRE 2538 5½ 2444
14. Grivas, Efstratios g GRE 2496 5½ 2411
15. Managadze, Nikoloz m GEO 2444 5½ 2399
16. Sriram, Jha m IND 2408 5½ 2390
17. Al-Modiahki, Mohamad g QAT 2564 5½ 2375
18. Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2520 5½ 2374
19. Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios g GRE 2567 5½ 2357
20. Hakki, Imad m SYR 2447 5½ 2268
68 players
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Acropolis Women's Open Athens GRE (GRE), 13-21 viii 2006
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1. Melia, Salome wg GEO 2381 7 2264
2. Danielian, Elina m ARM 2423 6½ 2284
3. Makropoulou, Marina wg GRE 2297 6 2326
4. Foisor, Sabina-Francesca wm ROM 2292 6 2299
5. Foisor, Cristina Adela m ROM 2393 6 2255
6. Rogule, Laura wg LAT 2342 5½ 2291
7. Krivec, Jana wm SLO 2316 5½ 2230
8. Meenakshi, S1 wg IND 2310 5½ 2228
9. Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman m IND 2417 5½ 2222
10. Burtasova, Anna wm RUS 2311 5 2278
11. Zawadzka, Jolanta wg POL 2378 5 2272
12. Papadopoulou, Vera wm GRE 2217 5 2251
13. Pokorna, Regina wg SVK 2342 5 2237
14. Karlovich, Anastazia wg UKR 2285 5 2228
15. Kononenko, Tatiana wg UKR 2392 5 2214
16. Fakhiridou, Ekaterini wm GRE 2296 5 2187
34 players
The 16th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival took place 12th-21st
August 2006. Vugar Gashimov edged out Ashot Anastasian on tie-break, both
finished on 6.5/9.
Official site: http://www.abudhabichess.com/
Official Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
1 GM Gashimov Vugar AZE 2644 6,5 51,5 0 40,0
2 GM Anastasian Ashot ARM 2566 6,5 49,0 0 38,5
3 GM Potkin Vladimir RUS 2556 6,0 50,0 0 39,0
4 GM Miroshnichenko Evgenij UKR 2616 6,0 47,5 0 38,0
5 GM Kengis Edvins LAT 2539 6,0 47,5 0 38,0
6 GM Grigoriants Sergey RUS 2579 6,0 47,5 0 37,0
7 GM Goloshchapov Alexander UKR 2558 6,0 47,0 0 37,0
8 GM Azarov Sergei BLR 2579 6,0 44,5 0 35,0
9 GM GhaemMaghami Ehsan IRI 2594 6,0 42,5 0 33,0
10 GM Neverov Valeriy UKR 2556 6,0 42,5 0 32,5
11 GM Mamedov Rauf AZE 2561 5,5 50,0 0 39,5
12 GM Ibrahimov Rasul AZE 2528 5,5 49,5 0 39,0
13 GM Fedorov Alexei BLR 2617 5,5 48,5 0 38,5
14 IM Abbasov Farid AZE 2443 5,5 48,0 0 38,0
15 GM Sturua Zurab GEO 2509 5,5 46,5 0 37,0
16 GM Rausis Igors BAN 2510 5,5 46,5 0 37,0
17 IM Allahverdiev Anar AZE 2435 5,5 45,5 0 35,5
18 IM Amin Bassem EGY 2453 5,5 43,5 0 35,0
19 WGM Ushenina Anna UKR 2410 5,5 42,5 0 34,0
20 FM Alavi Sayed Javad IRI 2314 5,5 41,0 0 32,0
64 players
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16th Open Abu Dhabi UAE (UAE), 12-21 viii 2006
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1. Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2644 +23 =15 +19 + 7 =13 + 6 =12 = 3 = 2 6.5 2694
2. Anastasian, Ashot g ARM 2566 +43 =14 +17 =29 = 7 =13 +10 +12 = 1 6.5 2677
3. Potkin, Vladimir g RUS 2556 +28 +18 =29 = 6 =12 +19 =13 = 1 = 4 6.0 2639
4. Miroshnichenko, Evgenij g UKR 2616 =32 +46 =15 +16 =11 = 7 =14 +13 = 3 6.0 2603
5. Goloshchapov, Alexander g UKR 2558 +34 =17 +14 -13 =39 +32 = 7 +19 = 8 6.0 2586
6. Grigoriants, Sergey g RUS 2579 +25 +39 =11 = 3 +29 - 1 =17 +30 = 7 6.0 2604
7. Kengis, Edvins g LAT 2539 +41 +55 +22 - 1 = 2 = 4 = 5 +35 = 6 6.0 2589
8. Azarov, Sergei g BLR 2579 +47 -29 +35 =22 +30 =16 =11 +17 = 5 6.0 2570
9. Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan g IRI 2594 +38 =30 =31 =39 +42 =11 =16 =15 +24 6.0 2571
10. Neverov, Valeriy g UKR 2556 +37 =35 =30 =25 =22 +50 - 2 +39 +14 6.0 2532
11. Ibrahimov, Rasul g AZE 2528 +27 +36 = 6 =12 = 4 = 9 = 8 -14 +23 5.5 2544
12. Mamedov, Rauf g AZE 2561 +20 +42 =16 =11 = 3 +21 = 1 - 2 =15 5.5 2583
13. Fedorov, Alexei g BLR 2617 +53 =31 +50 + 5 = 1 = 2 = 3 - 4 =16 5.5 2600
14. Abbasov, Farid m AZE 2443 +49 = 2 - 5 =34 +27 +25 = 4 +11 -10 5.5 2521
15. Sturua, Zurab g GEO 2509 +59 = 1 = 4 =20 =25 =22 +42 = 9 =12 5.5 2534
16. Rausis, Igors g BAN 2510 +48 +56 =12 - 4 +18 = 8 = 9 =23 =13 5.5 2528
17. Allahverdiev, Anar m AZE 2435 +51 = 5 - 2 +41 =33 +29 = 6 - 8 +32 5.5 2532
18. Ushenina, Anna wg UKR 2410 +63 - 3 +27 =31 -16 +26 =33 =21 +35 5.5 2467
19. Amin, Bassem m EGY 2453 =40 +62 - 1 +35 +26 - 3 +22 - 5 +30 5.5 2476
20. Alavi, Sayed Javad f IRI 2314 -12 +52 +56 =15 -21 =24 +50 =31 +33 5.5 2462
21. Odeev, Handszar g TKM 2492 =46 =32 =28 +47 +20 -12 =39 =18 =22 5.0 2411
22. Darban, Morteza f IRI 2390 +54 +33 - 7 = 8 =10 =15 -19 +46 =21 5.0 2476
23. Lomineishvili, Maia m GEO 2380 - 1 +59 =26 -33 +36 +45 +31 =16 -11 5.0 2452
24. Javakhishvili, Lela m GEO 2418 -36 +48 =41 -26 +49 =20 +37 +27 - 9 5.0 2336
25. Nezad, Husein Aziz m QAT 2320 - 6 +57 +44 =10 =15 -14 -27 +47 +39 5.0 2417
26. Mamedjarova, Turkan wm AZE 2241 -29 +43 =23 +24 -19 -18 +61 =34 +50 5.0 2431
27. Lalith, Babu M.R IND 2297 -11 +45 -18 +62 -14 +43 +25 -24 +42 5.0 2427
28. Pourkashiyan, Atousa wm IRI 2298 - 3 +63 =21 =50 +59 =31 -30 =42 +45 5.0 2426
29. Bakre, Tejas g IND 2454 +26 + 8 = 3 = 2 - 6 -17 -35 =41 +51 4.5 2420
30. Safarli, Eltaj m AZE 2421 +44 = 9 =10 =32 - 8 +37 +28 - 6 -19 4.5 2426
31. Sale, Srdjan m CRO 2438 +58 =13 = 9 =18 =32 =28 -23 =20 =34 4.5 2385
32. Lodhi, Mahmood m PAK 2360 = 4 =21 +55 =30 =31 - 5 +41 =33 -17 4.5 2437
33. Magerramov, Elmar g AZE 2530 +61 -22 =34 +23 =17 =39 =18 =32 -20 4.5 2366
34. Motoc, Alina wg ROM 2309 - 5 +51 =33 =14 =57 -42 +59 =26 =31 4.5 2347
35. Khader, Sami f JOR 2384 +60 =10 - 8 -19 +48 +57 +29 - 7 -18 4.5 2373
36. Al-Sulaiti, Ghanem f QAT 2128 +24 -11 -47 =48 -23 =49 +63 =43 +46 4.5 2306
37. Sethuraman, S.P IND 2290 -10 +60 -39 +55 +51 -30 -24 =50 +53 4.5 2323
38. Amanov, Mesgen TKM 2372 - 9 -44 -57 +64 +62 =40 -46 +59 +52 4.5 2192
39. Jakovljevic, Vlado m SCG 2414 +57 - 6 +37 = 9 = 5 =33 =21 -10 -25 4.0 2405
40. Aswin, Jayaram IND 2221 =19 -50 +58 -42 =53 =38 =45 =51 =41 4.0 2301
41. Samhouri, A JOR 2294 - 7 +64 =24 -17 =47 +44 -32 =29 =40 4.0 2277
42. Taleb, Moussa g UAE 2409 +64 -12 =61 +40 - 9 +34 -15 =28 -27 4.0 2298
43. El Arousy, Abdul Hameed m EGY 2352 - 2 -26 +54 -51 +56 -27 +58 =36 =44 4.0 2149
44. Ibrahim, Ismail UAE UAE 2133 -30 +38 -25 -59 +55 -41 =48 +61 =43 4.0 2255
45. Bistric, Faruk g BIH 2426 -55 -27 +63 =49 +46 -23 =40 +57 -28 4.0 2175
46. Mahmoody, M. Sadegh IRI 2242 =21 - 4 =49 +56 -45 =53 +38 -22 -36 3.5 2257
47. Jasim, A.R. Saleh f UAE 2326 - 8 =49 +36 -21 =41 =59 =51 -25 =54 3.5 2190
48. Schacht, Holger f GER 2254 -16 -24 +52 =36 -35 =58 =44 =54 =49 3.5 2144
49. Nadig, Kruttika wm IND 2226 -14 =47 =46 =45 -24 =36 -52 +60 =48 3.5 2172
50. Kayumov, Sergey m UZB 2435 =62 +40 -13 =28 +61 -10 -20 =37 -26 3.5 2250
51. Salem, A.R. Saleh f UAE 2154 -17 -34 +60 +43 -37 =61 =47 =40 -29 3.5 2216
52. Marwan, Abdulwahab f UAE 2033 . -20 -48 =54 =63 +55 +49 =53 -38 3.5 2113
53. Hassan, Abdullah m UAE 2365 -13 =58 =62 =61 =40 =46 =57 =52 -37 3.5 2157
54. Jumma,Al Mmouhairi UAE ---- -22 -61 -43 =52 =64 =63 +56 =48 =47 3.5 2108
55. Ghader Pour, Shayesteh wm IRI 2152 +45 - 7 -32 -37 -44 -52 +64 =58 +63 3.5 2142
56. Ramnath, Bhuvanesh IND 2024 . -16 -20 -46 -43 =62 -54 +64 +57 3.5 2111
57. Ahmed, Ishaq f UAE 2113 -39 -25 +38 +58 =34 -35 =53 -45 -56 3.0 2186
58. Coleman, James ENG 2188 -31 =53 -40 -57 +60 =48 -43 =55 =59 3.0 2112
59. Qaddara, Aws JOR 2243 -15 -23 +64 +44 -28 =47 -34 -38 =58 3.0 2154
60. Khaled,Ahmed Khouri UAE ---- -35 -37 -51 =63 -58 =64 +62 -49 +61 3.0 2065
61. Himdan, Maher m EGY 2282 -33 +54 =42 =53 -50 =51 -26 -44 -60 2.5 2085
62. Ali, Abdulkhaleq UAE 2155 =50 -19 =53 -27 -38 =56 -60 =63 -64 2.0 2000
63. Khouri, Ibrahim Mohamed f UAE 2035 -18 -28 -45 =60 =52 =54 -36 =62 -55 2.0 1958
64. Abdulla,Almarzuoqi UAE ---- -42 -41 -59 -38 =54 =60 -55 -56 +62 2.0 1963
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The First Saturday tournaments for August took place 5th-15th August
2006. GM, IM and FM events. Georg Meier won the main category VIII GM event
with 9.5/13.
The next FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM closed tournaments will be in Budapest
2nd-14th September 2006. Contact the organizer if you wish to play there, he
has some vacancies: firstsat@hu.inter.net
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/
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1. Meier, Georg m GER 2450 * = 1 = = 0 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 9.5 2606
2. Braun, Arik m GER 2526 = * 1 = 1 1 = = 0 1 = 1 = 1 9.0 2566
3. Le Quang Liem m VIE 2488 0 0 * = = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 9.0 2569
4. Kosic, Dragan g SCG 2506 = = = * = = 1 = = 1 = = 1 1 8.5 2537
5. Rodshtein, Maxim m ISR 2494 = 0 = = * = = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 8.5 2538
6. Lapshun, Yury m USA 2452 1 0 0 = = * 0 = = = = 1 1 1 7.0 2460
7. Ragger, Markus m AUT 2456 0 = = 0 = 1 * 0 1 = = = = 1 6.5 2431
8. Ilincic, Zlatko g SCG 2515 = = 0 = 0 = 1 * = = 0 = = 1 6.0 2397
9. Nemeth, Miklos1 f HUN 2396 0 1 0 = = = 0 = * 0 = 1 = 1 6.0 2406
10. Fogarasi, Tibor g HUN 2435 = 0 = 0 0 = = = 1 * = = = = 5.5 2375
11. Martinovic, Sasa CRO 2367 0 = 0 = 0 = = 1 = = * = 1 0 5.5 2381
12. Leon Hoyos, Manuel m MEX 2436 0 0 0 = = 0 = = 0 = = * 1 1 5.0 2345
13. Lorscheid, Gerhard f GER 2294 0 = 0 0 0 0 = = = = 0 0 * = 3.0 2232
14. Bick, John D f USA 2247 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 = * 2.0 2151
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1. Petran, Pal m HUN 2383 * = = = 1 = = 1 = = 1 = 1 8.0 2415
2. Werner, Dimo m GER 2315 = * = = = = = 1 1 1 = 1 0 7.5 2391
3. Sardy, Peter HUN 2339 = = * = = 0 1 = 1 = = 1 1 7.5 2389
4. Fruebing, Stefan GER 2284 = = = * = = = 0 1 1 1 = = 7.0 2355
5. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2339 0 = = = * 0 1 = 1 1 = 1 = 7.0 2351
6. Borgbjerg, Ejner Tatari DEN 2303 = = 1 = 1 * 0 = = 0 = 0 1 6.0 2297
7. Woodward, Timothy DM f ENG 2352 = = 0 = 0 1 * = = 1 = 0 1 6.0 2293
8. Toth, Lili wm HUN 2217 0 0 = 1 = = = * 0 0 1 = 1 5.5 2275
9. Rudolf, Anna wm HUN 2249 = 0 0 0 0 = = 1 * 0 1 1 1 5.5 2272
10. To Nhat Minh HUN 2234 = 0 = 0 0 1 0 1 1 * 0 1 0 5.0 2245
11. Torma, Robert f HUN 2335 0 = = 0 = = = 0 0 1 * = 1 5.0 2237
12. Rees, Ioan WLS 2241 = 0 0 = 0 1 1 = 0 0 = * 0 4.0 2177
13. Konnyu, Janos HUN 2277 0 1 0 = = 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 * 4.0 2174
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1. Brener, Ilja f GER 2327 * = = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 = 1 9.5 2484
2. Torok, Sandor f HUN 2311 = * = 1 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 0 1 9.0 2448
3. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2307 = = * 1 = = = = 1 = = = 1 7.5 2350
4. Nagy, Bence f HUN 2355 = 0 0 * = 0 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 7.5 2346
5. Mihok, Oliver HUN 2223 0 0 = = * 1 0 = 1 1 = 1 = 6.5 2291
6. Behm, Simon GER 2229 0 0 = 1 0 * 0 1 = = 1 1 = 6.0 2262
7. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2275 = = = 0 1 1 * 0 0 = = 1 0 5.5 2229
8. Hoolt, Sarah wf GER 2122 0 0 = 0 = 0 1 * 0 1 1 1 = 5.5 2242
9. Kaufman, Raymond USA 2274 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 1 * 0 = 1 1 5.0 2201
10. Radnai, Adam HUN 2246 0 = = 0 0 = = 0 1 * 0 = 1 4.5 2174
11. Pirisi, Gabor m HUN 2271 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 = 1 * 1 = 4.5 2171
12. Malada, Vinko CRO 2256 = 1 = = 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 * 1 4.0 2135
13. Natsidis, Christoph GER 2182 0 0 0 0 = = 1 = 0 0 = 0 * 3.0 2073
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The China - Russia Chess Summit saw two double round robin Scheveningen
format events, one for men and one for women, taking place in Ergun, Mongolia
10th-20th August 2006. Russia won the men's event 26.5-23.5 but China got their
revenge in the women's section winning 28-22 which meant that in the combined
standings China beat Russia 51.5-48.5.
News: http://www.chesspro.ru/main/index.html
- http://www.64.ru -
http://www.chesstoday.net
Men: China 23.5 Russia 26.5
Women: China 28.0 Russia 22.0
Both: China 51.5 Russia 48.5
CHN-RUS Chess Summit 2006
------------------- Wang Yue 2626 5.5/10
| --------------- Bu Xiangzhi 2664 5.0/10
| | ----------- Zhang Zhong 2639 4.5/10
| | | ------- Zhang Pengxiang 2622 4.5/10
| | | | --- Ni Hua 2607 4.0/10
| | | | |
1 Jakovenko,D 2667 11 ½1 0½ ½1 10 6.5/10
2 Zvjaginsev,V 2675 ½½ ½½ ½½ 10 1½ 5.5/10
3 Malakhov,V 2690 ½0 ½½ ½1 ½½ ½½ 5.0/10
4 Najer,E 2677 0½ ½0 1½ ½½ 1½ 5.0/10
5 Dreev,A 2666 0½ ½½ ½½ 10 ½½ 4.5/10
CHN-RUS Chess Summit w 2006
------------------- Kosintseva,N 2472 6.5/10
| --------------- Kosintseva,T 2479 5.5/10
| | ----------- Tairova,E 2397 4.0/10
| | | ------- Matveeva,S 2454 3.5/10
| | | | --- Kovalevskaya,E 2463 2.5/10
| | | | |
1 Hou Yifan 2488 ½0 10 ½1 ½1 11 6.5/10
2 Zhao Xue 2456 0½ 01 ½½ 11 1½ 6.0/10
3 Shen Yang 2459 01 ½1 1½ 1½ ½0 6.0/10
4 Huang Qian 2380 ½0 ½½ 1½ 0½ 11 5.5/10
5 Wang Yu A 2390 01 00 0½ ½½ ½1 4.0/10
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CHN-RUS Chess Summit Ergun CHN (CHN), 10-20 viii 2006 cat. XVII (2653)
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1 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2667 6.5 2741
2 Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2675 5.5 2667
3 Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2690 5.0 2631
4 Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2677 5.0 2631
5 Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2666 4.5 2595
26.5
1 Wang Yue g CHN 2626 5.5 2711
2 Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2664 5.0 2675
3 Zhang Zhong g CHN 2639 4.5 2639
4 Zhang Pengxiang g CHN 2622 4.5 2639
5 Ni Hua g CHN 2607 4.0 2603
23.5
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1 Hou Yifan wf CHN 2488 6.5 2563
2 Shen Yang CHN 2459 6.0 2525
3 Zhao Xue wg CHN 2456 6.0 2525
4 Huang Qian wm CHN 2380 5.5 2489
5 Wang Yu A wg CHN 2390 4.0 2381
28.0
1 Kosintseva, Nadezhda m RUS 2472 6.5 2544
2 Kosintseva, Tatiana m RUS 2479 5.5 2470
3 Tairova, Elena wg RUS 2397 4.0 2362
4 Matveeva, Svetlana m RUS 2454 3.5 2324
5 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina m RUS 2463 2.5 2241
22.0
The Swiss Chess Tour Davos Festival 2006 with Viktor Korchnoi playing
the first time in individual senior championship which was won by Borislav
Ivkov. The 5th Davos Open was won by Petar Benkovic.
Sinisa Joksic reports: 73 year old Borislav Ivkov won the 6th European
Championship for seniors. 55 years ago, GM from Belgrade of Serbia, had been
winner of the 1st Junior World Championship (Birmingen 1951). The European
Championship took place in Davos (Switzerland) from 4th-13th August 2006 in
Congress Center, attractive four stars hotel “Sun Star Park Hotel”,
placed on the top of the hill, less than 100 meters from the very center of
Davos, where, mostly players got settled. Ivkov made Bobby Fischer’s score
8 points out of 9 games. He really played very good and was not so far to made
perfect score. The only defeat occurred against Viktor Korchnoi in a time
scramble, missing chances to win the game several times. On his route to
victory he won against Jansa, Cebalo and Tseitlin, after the last round he was
a full point ahead the Tseitlin and Jansa, holders of silver and bronze medals.
GM Jansa commented on Ivkov's play: “You better then 40 years
ago.” Mark Tseitlin (63), last year's winner beat the top seed of the
championship, Viktor Korchnoi in the last round to take second place. Viktor
Korchnoi (76) played too sharply and riskily, to escape drawish variations
prepared by more and less all his opponents. Korchnoi lost to Jansa in a much
better position and to Tseitlin, this time after poor play. Viktor Korchnoi one
the best players in chess never conquer a world or European title. During his
junior or younger period no appropriate championships existed.
The women's championship and golden medal won Valeria Dotan (ISR),
silver Aleksandra Shestoperova (RUS) and bronze Tatyana Fomina.(EST). Davos
Open won IM Petar Benkovic (SCG), second IM Bjorn Tiller (NOR) and third Cesar
Martin Luis (ESP). The organisation was very good. FIDE persistently
(stubbornly) rejects the idea of giving GM title to the winner of European
Championship, who don’t have it. In the meantime gives them to the juniors
and even under 18. Unlucky that proposal does not carry the support of the ECU
either. Carry out what will be if all continent federation asks GM title for
their senior champions. Forget that proposed content the condition of minimum
100 players and 5 GM. Anyhow some of juniors with GM title give up chess …
Official sites: http://www.beochess.ch or
http://yubc.net/~yuchess
Final Round 9 Standings:
Rank Players Tit TWZ NAT Pts MiBuc Buchh
1. Ivkov,Borislav GM 2428 SCG 8.0 41.0 52.5
2. Tseitlin,Mark D GM 2455 ISR 7.0 43.5 55.0
3. Jansa,Vlastimil GM 2482 CZE 7.0 41.5 54.0
4. Khanukov,Boris FM 2357 GER 7.0 39.0 50.0
5. Korchnoi,Viktor GM 2603 SUI 6.5 44.5 55.5
6. Cebalo,Miso GM 2505 CRO 6.5 42.0 54.5
7. Chernikov,Oleg L GM 2422 RUS 6.5 40.0 50.5
8. Uhlmann,Wolfgang GM 2413 GER 6.5 39.5 51.0
9. Hecht,Hans-Joachim GM 2397 GER 6.5 37.5 48.5
10. Gruzmann,Boris FM 2309 RUS 6.5 36.5 47.0
11. Malisov,Boris 2324 ISR 6.0 40.0 52.5
12. Bakhmatov,Eduard FM 2341 GER 6.0 38.5 49.5
13. Klundt,Klaus IM 2380 GER 6.0 38.5 48.5
14. Mazja,Aleksandr G. IM 2320 RUS 6.0 38.0 49.0
15. Arkhangelsky,Boris IM 2395 RUS 6.0 36.5 46.5
16. Vucenovic,Dragomir FM 2294 SUI 6.0 34.0 43.0
17. Semasev,Kim FM 2257 LAT 6.0 31.5 40.5
18. Feller,Joseph 2135 LUX 5.5 41.0 50.0
19. Klovans,Janis GM 2433 LAT 5.5 39.5 51.0
20. Schmid,Wolfgang FM 2222 GER 5.5 38.5 49.0
21. Karl,Hans FM 2246 SUI 5.5 37.0 47.5
22. Stepak,Yedael FM 2280 ISR 5.5 36.5 47.0
23. Loktiev,Ivan IM 2383 RUS 5.5 36.5 46.0
24. Blaushtain,Boris 2136 ISR 5.5 36.5 46.0
25. Seuss,Oswald 2154 AUT 5.5 36.5 45.5
26. Dotan,Valeria WFM 2027 ISR 5.5 36.0 47.0
27. Shestoperov,Aleksej IM 2411 RUS 5.5 36.0 46.0
28. Kaminik,Aleksandar 2226 UKR 5.5 36.0 45.0
29. Lotsov Har-Zahav,Avr 2035 ISR 5.5 35.5 45.5
30. Strauss,Anton 2191 AUT 5.5 34.0 43.5
31. Medvedev,Mikhail 2000 RUS 5.5 34.0 43.0
32. Shestoperova,Aleksan WFM 2163 RUS 5.5 34.0 42.5
33. Kraidman,Yair GM 2291 ISR 5.5 33.0 43.0
33. Elfert,Aleksandr V. IM 2166 RUS 5.5 33.0 43.0
35. Ljubarskij,Jurij 2341 GER 5.5 33.0 41.0
36. Fomina,Tatyana WIM 2220 EST 5.5 32.0 42.0
121 players
Open Final Round 7 Standings:
1. Benkovic,Petar IM 2431 SCG 5.5 27.5 156.0
2. Tiller Bjorn IM 2353 NOR 5.5 27.0 149.0
3. Martin Luis,Cesar 2246 ESP 5.0 27.0 151.0
4. Curien Nicolas 2296 SUI 5.0 27.0 150.0
5. Bebchuk,Leonid 2119 ISR 5.0 25.0 153.5
6. Lematschko,Tatjan WGM 2213 SUI 4.5 26.0 147.5
7. De Andres Gonalon 2123 ESP 4.5 24.5 154.0
8. Bigg,Andrew J. 2265 ENG 4.0 27.0 149.0
9. Bottazzi,Filippo 1697 ITA 4.0 25.0 141.5
10. Tillmann,Marc 1947 SUI 4.0 24.5 139.5
11. Brunner,Werner 2168 SUI 4.0 24.0 146.5
12. Remensberger,Paul 2051 SUI 4.0 22.5 145.0
13. Ivanets,Vladimir FM 2267 RUS 4.0 21.5 143.0
14. Palma,Antonio 1967 ITA 4.0 20.5 128.0
34 players
The Belzberg Invitational Canadian Closed & Zonal Chess
Championships takes place 18th-27th August 2006 in Toronto, Ontario.
Official site:
http://www.chessontario.com/tournaments/BelzbergInvitational-2006.htm
and http://monroi.com/tournamentgate/canadianclosed06/index.html
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1. Krnan, Tomas m CAN 2399 +22 +48 +15 . . . . . . 3.0
2. Hamilton, Robert f CAN 2333 +59 +37 +23 . . . . . . 3.0
3. Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas m CAN 2430 +61 +45 +13 . . . . . . 3.0
4. Gerzhoy, Leonid m ISR 2386 +38 +17 = 9 . . . . . . 2.5 2507
5. Zugic, Igor m CAN 2467 +41 = 8 +12 . . . . . . 2.5 2551
6. Bluvshtein, Mark g CAN 2541 +42 =36 +29 . . . . . . 2.5 2475
7. Charbonneau, Pascal g CAN 2501 +56 =11 +30 . . . . . . 2.5 2460
8. Stevens, Christian CAN f CAN 2314 +65 = 5 +25 . . . . . . 2.5 2500
9. Huber, Gregory f CAN 2245 +64 +46 = 4 . . . . . . 2.5 2407
10. Mikanovic, Goran f CAN 2284 +62 =25 +36 . . . . . . 2.5 2406
11. Plotkin, Victor CAN 2164 +43 = 7 =18 . . . . . . 2.0 2488
12. Ochkoos, Jura f CAN 2305 +31 +32 - 5 . . . . . . 2.0 2436
13. Milicevic, Goran f CAN 2305 +51 +24 - 3 . . . . . . 2.0 2360
14. Ristovic, Nenad f CAN 2293 =27 =19 +50 . . . . . . 2.0 2290
15. Lawson, Eric m CAN 2393 +50 +40 - 1 . . . . . . 2.0 2353
16. Masse, Hugues CAN 2178 =28 =26 +49 . . . . . . 2.0 2383
17. Thavandiran, Shiyam CAN 2264 +39 - 4 +44 . . . . . . 2.0 2269
18. Schleifer, Michael m CAN 2340 +60 =30 =11 . . . . . . 2.0 2326
19. Lipnowski, Samuel CAN 2247 =55 =14 +48 . . . . . . 2.0 2406
20. Urquhart, Ed CAN 2212 =35 =44 +46 . . . . . . 2.0 2146
21. Southam, David CAN 2099 =26 =34 +55 . . . . . . 2.0 2426
22. Kaminski, Victor CAN 2129 - 1 +53 +47 . . . . . . 2.0 2360
23. Jiang, Louie CAN ---- +49 +55 - 2 . . . . . . 2.0 2423
24. Tremblay, Rejean CAN 2139 +58 -13 +45 . . . . . . 2.0 2407
25. Tayar, Jonathan CAN 2214 +34 =10 - 8 . . . . . . 1.5 2317
26. Fiedler, Brian CAN 2226 =21 =16 =27 . . . . . . 1.5 2122
27. Henry, Liam CAN 2090 =14 =28 =26 . . . . . . 1.5 2277
28. Khassanov, Marat f CAN 2314 =16 =27 =42 . . . . . . 1.5 2146
29. Reeve, Jeff CAN 2252 =44 +35 - 6 . . . . . . 1.5 2196
30. Panjwani, Raja CAN 2222 +54 =18 - 7 . . . . . . 1.5 2280
31. Arsenault, Nicolas CAN 2113 -12 +52 =40 . . . . . . 1.5 2144
32. Livshits, Ron m CAN 2355 +52 -12 =41 . . . . . . 1.5 2174
33. Saint-Amand, Paul CAN 2126 -45 +54 =37 . . . . . . 1.5 2152
34. Noritsyn, Nikolay CAN 2354 -25 =21 +60 . . . . . . 1.5 2176
35. Zaczek,Jonathon CAN ---- =20 -29 +56 . . . . . . 1.5 2213
36. Dougherty, Michael f CAN 2186 +63 = 6 -10 . . . . . . 1.5 2278
37. Filipovich, David CAN 2236 +57 - 2 =33 . . . . . . 1.5 2174
38. Haessel, Dale R CAN 2195 - 4 =39 +57 . . . . . . 1.5 2150
39. Hajiyen,Elshad CAN ---- -17 =38 +59 . . . . . . 1.5 2178
40. Buscar, Michael CAN 2127 +66 -15 =31 . . . . . . 1.5 2168
41. Gardner, Robert CAN 2217 - 5 +65 =32 . . . . . . 1.5 2274
42. Peng, David (Yu) CAN 2170 - 6 +63 =28 . . . . . . 1.5 2288
43. Ademi, Sami SCG 2249 -11 =56 +58 . . . . . . 1.5 2220
44. Chung, Kevin CAN 2047 =29 =20 -17 . . . . . . 1.0 2117
45. Predescu, Sebastian CAN CAN 2222 +33 - 3 -24 . . . . . . 1.0 2106
46. Anastasovski, Nikola CAN 2016 +47 - 9 -20 . . . . . . 1.0 2130
47. Bailey, Doug CAN 2308 -46 +51 -22 . . . . . . 1.0 1969
48. Djerkovic, Miladin CAN 2225 +53 - 1 -19 . . . . . . 1.0 2090
49. Lee, Vicente CAN 2236 -23 +64 -16 . . . . . . 1.0 1934
50. Patterson, Roger CAN 2160 -15 +66 -14 . . . . . . 1.0 2103
51. Kret, Ted CAN 2138 -13 -47 +63 . . . . . . 1.0 2082
52. Starr, Sasha CAN ---- -32 -31 +66 . . . . . . 1.0 2031
53. Szalay,Karoly CAN ---- -48 -22 +64 . . . . . . 1.0 1993
54. Hansen,Eric CAN ---- -30 -33 +65 . . . . . . 1.0 1991
55. Findlay, Ian T f CAN 2325 =19 -23 -21 . . . . . . 0.5 1842
56. Bolduc, Steve CAN 2177 - 7 =43 -35 . . . . . . 0.5 1977
57. Belc, Daniela wf CAN 2064 -37 =59 -38 . . . . . . 0.5 1896
58. Divljan, Igor f CAN 2319 -24 =60 -43 . . . . . . 0.5 1928
59. Kagramanov, Dina wf CAN 2076 - 2 =57 -39 . . . . . . 0.5 1859
60. Zubac, Marius CAN 2217 -18 =58 -34 . . . . . . 0.5 2064
61. Kulic, Sasa CAN 2192 - 3 . . . . . . . . 0.0
62. BYE ---- -10 . . . . . . . . 0.0
63. Siddeley, Hugh CAN 2010 -36 -42 -51 . . . . . . 0.0
64. Kenney,Jason CAN ---- - 9 -49 -53 . . . . . . 0.0
65. Lopez Linares,Lizandro CAN ---- - 8 -41 -54 . . . . . . 0.0
66. Belzberg,Sid CAN ---- -40 -50 -52 . . . . . . 0.0
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The Stukkenjagers Weekendtoernooi took place in Tilburg 18th-20th August
2006. Oleg Korneev was declared champion on tie-break from Normunds Miezis,
David Smerdon, Sipke Ernst and Martin Senff all finished on 5/6. My thanks to
Wiebe Cnossen for the games.
Official site: http://www.stukkenjagers.nl/weekend/
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1. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2638 5.0 25.0 20.00 19.5
2. Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2527 5.0 23.5 18.50 19.5
3. Smerdon, David m AUS 2472 5.0 23.0 18.75 17.5
4. Ernst, Sipke m NED 2504 5.0 23.0 18.50 18.0
5. Senff, Martin m GER 2464 5.0 22.5 18.50 17.5
6. Dambacher, Martijn m NED 2425 4.5 24.5 17.25 17.0
7. Afek, Yochanan m ISR 2316 4.5 23.5 16.25 17.0
8. Van Eijk, Sander NED 2195 4.5 22.5 15.75 17.5
9. Van den Berg, Bram NED 2200 4.5 21.5 13.75 16.5
10. Ooms, Andy BEL 2229 4.5 21.0 14.00 15.0
11. Peek, Maurice NED 2375 4.5 20.0 13.75 15.5
12. Van Wessel, Rudy f NED 2313 4.0 23.5 14.25 16.5
13. Ris, Robert NED 2364 4.0 22.5 14.00 15.0
14. Hendriks, Willy m NED 2426 4.0 22.5 13.50 16.5
15. Aubel, Jochem f NED 2269 4.0 21.5 13.00 14.5
16. Both, Erik NED 2286 4.0 21.5 12.50 16.0
17. Burg, Twan NED 2268 4.0 21.5 12.50 15.5
18. De Wit, Michel f NED 2255 4.0 21.0 12.50 15.5
19. Caessens, Rob f NED 2249 4.0 20.5 13.00 14.5
20. Laarhoven, Thijs NED ---- 4.0 20.5 12.00 12.5
21. Van Ginkel, Pieter NED 2188 4.0 20.0 12.00 14.0
22. Haast, Mark NED ---- 4.0 19.0 11.25 14.0
23. Retera, Joost NED 2281 4.0 18.5 11.25 14.5
24. Miedema, Roi NED 2218 4.0 18.5 10.00 13.0
25. Broekmeulen, Jasper NED 2284 4.0 17.5 11.75 14.5
103 players
The Predeal Chess Open took place 12th-18th August 2006. Evgeny
Gleiserov edged out Evgeny Sveshnikov and Mikhail Ulibin on tie-break all
finished on 7/9. Games don't appear to be available.
Official site: http://www.chess-romania.ro.
1-3 Gleizerov, Evgeny 2562 1562 gm RUS 7 42.0
Sveshnikov, Evgeny 2496 1496 gm LAT 7 39.5
Ulibin, Mikhail 2489 1489 gm RUS 7 38.5
4-13 Grigore, George-Gabriel 2472 1491 gm ROM 6.5 43.0
Szabo, Gergely-Andras-Gyula 2465 1423 im ROM 6.5 41.5
Badea, Bela 2508 1491 gm ROM 6.5 40.5
Berescu, Alin 2491 1442 im ROM 6.5 40.5
Nevednichy, Vladislav 2576 1556 gm ROM 6.5 40.0
Lupulescu, Constantin 2566 1565 gm ROM 6.5 40.0
Malaniuk, Vladimir P 2511 1511 gm UKR 6.5 39.5
Vajda, Levente 2524 1524 gm ROM 6.5 37.5
Murariu, Andrei 2516 1474 gm ROM 6.5 37.0
Jianu, Vlad Cristian 2491 1445 im ROM 6.5 36.0
14-27 Sofronie, Iulian 2410 1373 im ROM 6 41.5
Grunberg, Mihai-Lucian 2403 1355 im ROM 6 40.5
Pap, Misa 2409 1409 im SCG 6 39.5
Sanduleac, Vasile 2519 1519 gm MDA 6 38.5
Bonte, Andrei 2191 1142 ROM 6 38.5
Soltanici, Ruslan 2348 1348 im MDA 6 37.5
Inkiov, Ventzislav 2538 1538 gm BUL 6 36.5
Seger, Ruediger 2407 1407 im GER 6 36.5
Doncea, Vladimir 2264 1248 ROM 6 36.5
Barnaure, Vlad-Victor 2426 1394 im ROM 6 35.5
Bogdan, Dan 2434 1429 im ROM 6 35.0
Chirila, Ioan Cristian 2292 1267 fm ROM 6 34.5
Manea, Alexandru 2321 1291 fm ROM 6 34.0
Katov, Luboslav 2226 1226 BUL 6 34.0
174 players
The August Open in Cambre took place 12th-16th August 2006. Dejan Kolar
won the event with 8/9. Games from the final two rounds are missing. News:
Serge Archambault.
Official site:
http://www.tabladeflandes.com/corunha/cambre_2006/cambre_2006.php?r=clasifica
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August Open Cambre ESP (ESP), 12-16 viii 2006
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1. Kolar, Dejan SCG 2196 8 49.5 39.0 42.0 42.00
2. Palencia, Wilson m COL 2329 6.5 52.5 40.5 35.5 35.50
3. Larrosa Vila, Jose f ESP 2263 6.5 49.0 38.5 33.5 33.00
4. Grana Lois, Jorge ESP 2040 6.5 47.0 38.0 35.5 30.25
5. Arias, Manuel ESP 2063 6 48.5 37.0 32.0 28.25
6. Saez Gabikagogeaskoa, Oscar ESP 1987 6 46.5 36.0 29.5 23.00
7. Valera,Jesus VEN ---- 6 46.0 35.0 33.0 19.50
8. Vega Gomez, Francisco B ESP 2061 6 45.5 37.0 32.0 24.25
9. Carril Garcia, Luis ESP 1956 6 43.0 33.0 28.5 26.25
10. Campelo Bermudez, Javier ESP 1880 6 42.0 32.0 27.5 21.50
11. Cantorna Berdullas,Diego ESP ---- 6 41.5 32.0 27.5 24.50
12. Gomez Lopez, Roberto ESP 2165 5.5 50.5 38.0 31.5 27.00
13. Lopez Rodriguez, Walter ESP 2122 5.5 48.0 37.0 29.5 24.75
14. Garcia Munoz Vaquero,Diego ESP ---- 5.5 44.0 33.5 24.5 20.25
49 players
The 5th Knokke Open International Chess Tournament took place 12th-15th
August 2006. Shanin Mohandesi won the event with 6.5/7. No games available.
Internet site -
http://users.telenet.be/schaakknokke/SchaakClubKnokkeTornooiMain.htm
Leading Final Standings:
1 Mohandesi Shanin 2253 6,5/7 23
2 Vanderstricht Geert 2410 6/7 24,5
3 Goormachtigh Johan 2305 5,5/7 23
4 Balje Jan 2165 5,5/7 21,5
5 Lommers Frank 2186 5,5/7 20,5
6 Verduyn Frederick 2231 5/7 23,5
7 Dgebuadze Alexander 2538 5/7 23
8 Daubenfeld Gilles 2170 5/7 22,5
9 Decoster Frederic 2260 5/7 22,5
10 Weber Tom 2295 5/7 21,5
11 Hassler Franck 2222 5/7 21,5
12 Both Erik 2286 5/7 20
13 Atanasiu Nicolae 2026 5/7 20
14 Barbier Wim 2199 4,5/7 22,5
15 Van Den Driessche Jan 2221 4,5/7 22,5
16 Dupont David 2096 4,5/7 21,5
17 Barzeele Raf 2112 4,5/7 20,5
18 Desboeufs Alexander 2028 4,5/7 20,5
19 Faber Hugo 2065 4,5/7 20,5
20 Dekker Bart 2174 4,5/7 20,5
21 Furrer Marc 2184 4,5/7 20
22 Roos Adrian 1897 4,5/7 19,5
23 Danneel Geert 2089 4,5/7 19
24 Mueller H. 1988 4,5/7 18,5
25 Spaens Kjell 1930 4,5/7 17,5
26 Barbier Sigiswald 1893 4,5/7 16
97 players
The 26th International Chess Festival "Conca della Presolana" takes
place in Bratto (Italy), 19th-27th August 2006.
Official Website: http://www.scaccobratto.com/
Open A Round 2 Standings:
1. 1 Epishin, Vladimir 2.0
2 Sax, Gyula 2.0
3 Dervishi, Erald 2.0
6 Drasko, Milan 2.0
8 Groszpeter, Attila 2.0
9 Cebalo, Miso 2.0
10 Efimov, Igor 2.0
11 Shytaj, Luca 2.0
13 Borgo, Giulio 2.0
20 Isonzo, David 2.0
26 Guido, Flavio 2.0
27 Fierro Baquero, Martha L. 2.0
29 Costantini, Roberto 2.0
30 Lucaroni, Massimiliano 2.0
41 Tomba, Ivan 2.0
45 Voltolini, Giuseppe 2.0
17. 4 Komarov, Dimitri 1.5
5 Godena, Michele 1.5
7 Drazic, Sinisa 1.5
14 Piscopo, Pierluigi 1.5
15 Bellia, Fabrizio 1.5
16 Brunello, Sabino 1.5
17 Bruno, Fabio 1.5
19 Grooten, Herman 1.5
21 Vezzosi, Paolo 1.5
22 Mogranzini, Roberto 1.5
23 De Santis, Alessio 1.5
24 Castaldo, Folco 1.5
25 Lanzani, Mario 1.5
28 Mazzilli, Piero 1.5
34 Bentivegna, Francesco 1.5
36 Vancini, Edoardo 1.5
38 Lava, Giovanni 1.5
42 Pantaleoni, Claudio 1.5
43 Schuurman, Petra 1.5
49 Andreolini, Mauro 1.5
50 Sardo, Gabriele 1.5
51 Rombaldoni, Axel 1.5
52 Vivo, Mario 1.5
53 Piantoni, Roberto 1.5
54 Guanciale, Orazio 1.5
55 Frilli, Guido 1.5
61 Gazzarri, Alberto 1.5
123 Johansson, Alexander 1.5
126 players
World Youth Under 16 Chess Olympiad took place in Agri 5th-13th August
2006. The Ukraine won the event with 8 match wins and one loss. Round 2 games
are currently missing, if I get those I will try and put a file of games
together.
Official site: http://under16.tsf.org.tr/
Final Standings:
1 UKRAINE 9 8 0 1 27 193½
2 GEORGIA 9 6 2 1 25 197
3 CHINA (A) 9 6 2 1 23½ 188½
4 HUNGARY 9 5 2 2 23 198
5 UZBEKISTAN 9 5 1 3 22½ 182
6 AZERBAIJAN 9 5 0 4 22 194½
7 IRAN 9 5 0 4 21 191
8 INDIA 9 4 2 3 20½ 187
9 AUSTRALIA 9 5 1 3 20 165½
10 CHINA (B) 9 5 1 3 19½ 152½
11 TURKMENISTAN (A) 9 3 2 4 19½ 133
12 TURKEY (A) 9 5 0 4 19 148
13 REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA 9 4 0 5 18½ 144½
14 SYRIA 9 3 2 4 18½ 136½
15 KAZAKHSTAN 9 4 1 4 18 167
16 TURKEY (B) 9 4 0 5 18 129
17 SWEDEN 9 3 1 5 17½ 171
18 SWITZERLAND 9 4 0 5 17 167
19 TUNISIA 9 4 1 4 17 146½
20 SINGAPORE 9 5 0 4 16½ 161
21 SOUTH KOREA 9 3 0 6 11½ 130½
22 KENYA 9 1 1 7 6½ 137
23 TURKMENISTAN (B) 9 0 2 7 6½ 134½
24 TURKEY (C) 9 0 1 8 4 133
The Hogeschool Zeeland Chess Tournament took place in Vlissingen
5th-12th August 2006. Michal Krasenkow won the event with 8/9 half a point
clear of Vyacheslav Ikonnikov, Erwin L'Ami and Friso Nijboer half a point
behind. I forgot to put in the final standings last week. There is also a
correction to the game Rosmuller,A 0-1 Roktim,B which I did correct after a
short while in the issue last week.
Official site: http://www.hztoernooi.nl/index_en.html
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No. PNo. Name Score WP SB PS rat. TPR W-We
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1. 2 Krasenkow, Michal 8.0 55.5 48.50 40.5 2635 2767 +0.98
2. 5 Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav 7.5 55.5 45.00 40.0 2587 2697 +0.98
6 L'Ami, Erwin 7.5 54.0 44.00 39.5 2586 2673 +0.74
4 Nijboer, Friso 7.5 52.5 43.00 39.5 2598 2633 +0.30
5. 19 Barua, Dibyendu 7.0 56.0 41.75 39.0 2453 2604 +1.60
10 Li, Shilong 7.0 55.5 41.25 37.5 2540 2597 +0.56
12 Van der Wiel, John 7.0 52.0 40.00 36.5 2508 2509 -0.02
9 Stellwagen, Daniel 7.0 50.5 39.00 36.0 2575 2514 -0.46
8 Landa, Konstantin 7.0 50.5 37.00 35.0 2584 2511 -0.56
27 Leenhouts, Koen 7.0 49.5 37.00 35.5 2395 2500 +1.04
20 Garbisu, Unai 7.0 49.0 36.50 34.0 2444 2423 -0.16
12. 14 Negi, Parimarjan 6.5 57.5 39.25 38.0 2480 2574 +0.94
1 Gurevich, Mikhail 6.5 55.0 37.25 36.5 2643 2528 -1.06
7 Erenburg, Sergey 6.5 53.0 35.50 35.5 2585 2499 -0.79
3 Iordachescu, Viorel 6.5 52.5 35.50 36.0 2603 2547 -0.50
13 Henrichs, Thomas 6.5 52.5 34.50 36.0 2491 2497 +0.06
11 Smeets, Jan 6.5 52.0 36.25 35.5 2532 2471 -0.58
36 Ziska, Helgi Dam 6.5 51.0 34.50 34.0 2333 2460 +1.34
21 Pedersen, Steffen 6.5 51.0 33.75 35.5 2436 2453 +0.14
35 Bezemer, Arno 6.5 51.0 33.75 34.0 2346 2481 +1.42
31 Saptarshi, Roy 6.5 50.5 32.75 33.0 2373 2422 +0.46
22 Zambrana, Oswaldo 6.5 45.5 30.75 31.0 2429 2409 -0.17
23. 26 Klenburg, Mikhail 6.0 56.5 35.25 36.5 2403 2504 +1.08
25 Perez, Rodney 6.0 54.0 33.00 35.5 2406 2403 -0.03
23 Roeder, Mathias 6.0 53.5 32.75 34.0 2423 2381 -0.33
33 Grooten, Herman 6.0 53.0 31.00 33.0 2362 2424 +0.60
59 Freeke, Matthieu 6.0 50.5 32.75 31.5 2176 2282 +1.06
24 Kohlweyer, Bernd 6.0 50.5 30.75 32.0 2419 2320 -0.82
39 Swinkels, Robin 6.0 50.0 30.75 32.0 2286 2303 +0.15
28 Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi 6.0 48.0 30.25 32.0 2394 2348 -0.52
42 Vedder, Richard 6.0 48.0 30.25 31.5 2229 2432 +1.30
29 Berg, Klaus 6.0 47.5 29.25 33.0 2393 2360 -0.22
32 Roktim, Bandyopadhyay 6.0 47.5 28.00 31.5 2365 2325 -0.44
47 Navarrete, Sergio 6.0 47.0 28.50 32.0 2210 2220 +0.06
40 Van Leent, Dimitri 6.0 45.5 29.00 30.0 2262 2201 -0.46
37 Afek, Yochanan 6.0 44.5 28.00 29.0 2321 2291 -0.26
34 Schlawin, Marlon 6.0 44.5 26.25 31.5 2349 2284 -0.62
250 players
Traditional match between Lithuania and Latvia on 100 boards (60 men, 20
women, 20 juniors boards) ended with 57:53. The winner is a host country
Lithuania. Last year, 2005, at their home city Liepaja, Latvia also won
54,5:45,5. The match took place on Saturday, August 12 in the second largest
Lithuanian city Kaunas. Lithuanian men won 34:26, women 11:9, junior players
12:8. Next match – in Latvia in 2007. Results of individual boards:
http://www1.omnitel.net/margiris/
Pictures: http://chegis.ten.lt/. Latvian
Chess Federation: http://www.chessfed.lt.
Games even from the top boards are not available.
George Mirijanian reports: The 11th Bradley Open took place August
11th-13th, 2006 at the Hartford/Windsor Marriott Hotel in Windsor, Connecticut,
USA. GM Alexander Stripunsky of New York captured first place with a score of
4.5-0.5. Tied for 2nd-3rd place with 4-1 tallies were GM Leonid Yudasin of New
York and U.S. Chess Federation-rated senior master Jorge Sammour-Hasbun of
Rhode Island. Deadlocked in 4th-7th place with 3.5-1.5 results were GM
Alexander Ivanov of Massachusetts and the following New York state residents:
IM Danny Kopec and national masters Ilye Figler and Dylan McClain. A total of
175 players competed in six sections of the tournament, which was directed by
Steve Immitt of New York for the sponsoring Continental Chess Association. He
was assisted by Robert Messenger of New Hampshire.
Secrets of the July 2006 FIDE Rating List
"Secrets of the July 2006 FIDE Rating List" by Boris Schipkov,
15.08.2006 appears on the website Chess Siberia
http://www.chessib.com/. There are more
than 1000 grandmasters in the World now. Germany leads on the number of players
with rating. The greatest increase in number of players was in France.
Chorley Chess Congress
Chorley Chess Congress takes place bank holiday weekend, Sat 26th to
Monday 28th August 2006. FIDE Open, U160 & U120.
Official site including live coverage:
http://www.chorleychess.org.uk
Kramnik - Deep Junior
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.
Official site: http://www.rag.de/microsite_chess_com/
European Union Individual Chess Championships
The European Union Individual Chess Championships take place at the
Liverpool World Museum 6th-15th September 2006.
Official site: http://www.liverpoolchessinternational.co.uk/
Geller Memorial Open
The 2nd Geller Memorial Open takes place in Odessa, Ukraine from 18th
(day of arrival) - 27th September 2006. Prize fund of the A-Open is 3.475 USD.
Details in Russian: http://www.chess.odessa.ua (more
specifically: http://www.chess.odessa.ua/chess/polojenie.htm
). Email: chess@sadt.od.ua
Sydney International Open 2007
The 2007 Sydney International Open will be held as a 9-round FIDE-rated
Swiss event from 10-14 April 2007. The venue is Parramatta Town Hall, an
historic centre and business hub just 30 minutes by train from Central Sydney
and International Airport. Some conditions are offered to titled players. It is
also possible to play in Australia's largest weekender, the Doeberl Cup, a
7-round FIDE-rated event held in Canberra 6-9 April 2007. An information sheet,
registration form and other details are available at
http://www.chessaustralia.com.au/open.
The organisers are Australian Chess Enterprises. Contact is Brian Jones at
info@chessaustralia.com.au
Republica Argentina Chess Festival
The Republica Argentina Chess Festival 2006 took place July 24th -
August 4th, 2006 in the new building of "Villa Martelli Chess Club". 5 events,
with players of Argentina, Uruguay, Brasil, Paraguay, Chile, Venezuela, USA,
Serbia, Russia. COMP ZAP!Chess won both the main GM event and the ITT Vicente
Lopez tournament aswell. Games from the final two days of the events not
available even after a week.
Details: http://www.ajedrezmartelli.org.ar
or http://www.ajedrezmartelli.org.ar/Magistral/IX/mag06.html
World Blitz Championship
The World Blitz Championship takes place 5th-8th September 2006 in
Rishon Le Zion (Israel). Anand, Polgar, Leko, Svidler, Gelfand, Grischuk....+
Junior compete.
Official site: http://www.fideblitz.com
3rd International Ashdod Open
The 3rd International Ashdod Open takes place 11th-19th September 2006
plus an attempt by Ilya Smirin on September 7th 2006 to set a new simul Guiness
record.
Official site: http://www.ashdodchess.com
Hereford International
The Hereford International chess tournament takes place 29th August -
3rd September 2006. Players: GMs: Nicholas Pert, Peter Wells, Colin McNab, IM:
Gawain Jones, FMs: Maxim Devereaux, James Cobb, Peter Sowray and Iain
Gourlay.
Official site: http://www.deversoft.co.uk/hict/
Hastings Congress
The Hastings Congress takes place 28th December 2006 - 5 January 2007.
9 round master Swiss +many other events including a FIDE Rated open 6-7
January. Details Con Power conpowr@aol.com.
Further details: http://www.hastingschess.org.uk/
GibTelecom Chess Festival
The GibTelecom Chess Festival takes place 23rd January - 1st February
2007. including a 9 round Masters with a rest day. Also two 5 round Swisses for
players under 2200 and two separately for players under 1800. Total prize fund
£71,000, including £9000 awards specifically for females with a
first of £4000; £12000 for players under 2200, where such a player
could win £6000; seniors £2000; junior £1000. So far
Arishchenko, Efimenko, Kuzubov, Milov, Krush, Ganguly, Kunte, Sand ipan,
Bellon, Cramling have accepted invitations. further details Judy Whurr
conf.banq@caletahotel.gi
Further details: http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/
European Rapid Chess Championship
The European Rapid Chess Championship 2006 takes place in Warsaw, Poland
(at the same time the 6th AMPLICO AIG LIFE Tournament played during the 25th
Memorial of Stanislaw Gawlikowski) takes place 16th-17th of December 2006. The
prize fund is 20.000 Euros. The tournament is a part of the ACP Tour. Visit the
Official site for more information, updates are coming soon. Contact details of
Organizers and Chief arbiter.
Tournament Director - Mrs Maria Macieja mobile: + 48 603 391 318 e-mail:
mariamacieja@o2.pl
Official site: http://www.warsawchess.pl/
Instalplast Open
IV International Open ‘Instalplast’ takes place 27th August
–2nd September 2006 in Lviv Region, Ukraine at resort place ‘Sunny
Glade’. 10 round Swiss. Time: 90 minutes per game and 30 seconds for each
move. Prize money provided for a total amount of 5000$ 1st prize: 1500$- 2e
prize: 900$- 3e prize: 500 $ until 15e prize: 40$. The best women: 120$/80$/40$
GM/WGM are provided with free accommodation and meal. IM/WIM – free
accommodation. Last year the event had 157 participants from 6 countries. More
details by e-mail grabinsky@ukr.net
olimpbase
The olimpbase website: http://www.olimpbase.org from April covers
all team events. The latest addition is the European U18 Team Ch. has just
finish in Balatonelle. Also, there is a lot on the history of this interesting
event at my page, including details, games and results of all previous
editions, overall statistics and medal table. See
http://www.olimpbase.org/youth/euro18.html
Swiss Chess Tour Christmas 2006
The "Swiss Chess Tour 2006" will restore "Christmas Tournament" back
after a one year break and four years in Interlaken this time in Bern. The
change is only in the venue in the Hotel "Bern", in the very center of the
city. The 1st International Open Hotel "Bern" December 26th-30th 2006. 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: 2.000 SF, 1.500, 1.000, 700,
500, 400, 300, 250, 200 and 150 SF. The natural prizes till 20th place. 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 20 SF
more, GMs and IMs free. Venue: Hotel "Bern" Blitz tournament, Swiss system, 9
double rounds.Prize are: 300, 200, 150, 2x100, 2x50 CHF. Entry fee 20 CHF
(juniors 5 CHF) Time table for "Bern Open": December 26. The last registration
12.00-13.00. Open ceremony and apero reception from 13.30-14.00. Round 1st
14.00-19.00. December 27. Round 2nd 9.30-14.30 Round 3rd 15.30-20.30 December
28.: Round 4th 14.00-19.00. Blitz Tournament 19.30-22.30. December 29. Round
5th 9.30-14.30. Round 6th 15.30-20.30 December 30. Round 7th 9.30-14.30 Closing
ceremonies 15.00. Special chess rates in Hotel "Bern". More information and
registration: Robert Spoerri tel. +41+62+965-465-40, fax +41+62+965-46-51
E-mail beochess@bluewin.ch
Further information: http://www.beochess.ch/
Brian Jones' Chess Clinic in Malaysia
The Chess Club of the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Secondary School in Klang,
Malaysia will be organizing a half-day chess clinic by FIDE Master Brian Jones
from Sydney, Australia on the 19th of August 2006. To be held at the school's
Library between 1 pm and 5 pm (Malaysian time), the fee for the chess clinic is
Ringgit Malaysia 50 per person.
To obtain more information and to register for the chess clinic, please
contact the Chess Club at the following email address:
starschool_chessclub@yahoo.com
2nd Lviv Chess Open
The Lviv Chess Club and Lviv Chess Federation organises the in Lviv
(Ukraine) the 2nd International Chess Open "The Cup of Lion - 2006" from
20th-26th August 2006. ( 1 prize - 1000 $) Last year the event had 168
participants from 6 countries. The top rated players were Vysochin Spartak (UKR
2573), Kovchan Oleksander ( UKR 2508), Oleksienko Mikhailo (UKR 2487),
Kryvoruchko Yurij (UKR 2476). There were 6 GMs and more than 15 IMs. Contact -
nazar_f@mail333.com
Official page of the tournament -
http://www.chessclub.lviv.ua/
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.
Predeal Chess Open
The Predeal Chess Open takes place 12th-18th August 2006. 9 round
Swiss. Time: 90 minutes per game and 30 seconds for each move from 1st move
Predeal is 150 north of Bucharest. There are good connections by train
and by car. Low cost air travel to Bucharest: www.skyeurope.com, www.myair.com,
www.clubair.com, www.alpieagles.com, www.blueair-web.com
Further info: Andrei Cioara +40 723567218, andrei_nestor@yahoo.com Doru
Ionescu +40 742064336, contact@chess-romania.ro
XI. AVAS OPEN and Leko - Karpov Match
XI. AVAS OPEN 2006 FIDE Group "A" and B Miskolc (Hungary) 25th - 30th
August 2006.
Entry: Tibor Galkó Address: 3780 Edelény, Antal
György út 38. Phone: (+36) 30 44 99 017 E-mail: galko1@freestart.hu
Deadline of Entry: 15th of August 2006 0.00 AM
These opens preceed an eight game match between Peter Leko and Anatoly
Karpov which takes place August 30 - September 3rd 2006.
Further information to appear at: http://www.chess.hu
The 43rd Hull Chess Congress (Yorkshire, England) will take place in the
Student Union Building, University of Hull, over the weekend of November 17-19,
2006. This year's Hull Congress has three sections, Open, Under 150 and Under
100 and the total prize fund for the tournament is 1200 pounds (1st 250, 2nd
100, 3rd 50 each section), with the option of adding additional prizes based on
the number of entries. The entry fee is just 15 pounds if you commit your entry
on or before October 31, 2006 and just 20 pounds after that date. For more
information about the Hull Congress and to download an entry form, please visit
the new Hull & District Chess Association website at
http://www.h-d-c-a.org.uk/ or contact
Mark Ieronimo, Tournament Organizer, at congress@h-d-c-a.org.uk to obtain an
entry form via email.
Satka Tournament
The Satka tournament saw two all-play-all tournaments. Just results seem
to be available. Chess Today reports that Parimarjan Negi became India's
youngest GM at 13 years 142 days.
Tables: http://fgala.boom.ru/tourn/satka06.htm
Spitsbergen Chess Festival
The Spitsbergen Chess Festival takes place September 1st-4th 2006. The
event will include a match between Peter Svidler and Magnus Carlsen.
Official site: http://www.longyear.no/hvaskjer.htm
6th Open Air Blitz des Bastions
The 6th Open Air Blitz des Bastions takes place 12th August 2006. Blitz
3 minutes + 2 secondes/move, cadence Fischer.
Entry: CHF 10.- payable sur place lors de la première ronde CHF
5.- pour les juniors (jusqu'à 20 ans, 1986 et + jeune)
Organisation Club d'Echecs de Genève et restaurant Parc des
Bastions Inscriptions et renseignements au 079 342 62 32 & 022 734 27 54
Email : info-echecs@bluewin.ch.ch
Further details: http://www.ceg.ch
Malaysian Chess Festival 2006
26th ASTRO Merdeka Team Championship # Date: 19-20 August 2006 1st
prize: RM 10,000 3rd Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysia Open # Date: 21-27 August 2006
1st prize: USD 4,000 AmBank Group Berhad Challenge 2006 # Date : 21-27 August
2006 1st prize : RM2000/=
Details: http://tcn.sourceforge.net
6th Emory Castle Grand Prix
The 6th Emory Castle Grand Prix June 16-18 Atlanta, Georgia USA.
Hopefully the games and full table will turn up. Final standings on ICC: 1-5
4.0 Becerra Serper Gulamali Dunne Pohl.
Official site: http://www.emorychess.org/tournament.html
Computer chess tournament calendar
The Computer chess tournament calendar by Frank Quisinsky has been
updated. Frank's Chess Page: http://www.amateurschach.de Frank's
Chess Page, CC-Calendar:
http://www.amateurschach.de/atl4/_calendar.htm
AnMon 5.6 by Christian BARRETEAU won the computer chess tournament in
Massy (France) with 6/6 . This tournament has been organised for many years by
a very strong group of French computer chess engine programmers. Unfortunately,
this year only seven French programs participated. Second place for Pharaon 3.4
by Franck ZIBI with 5/6 and the third place for ChessTiger 2006 Alpha by
Christophe THERON with 4/6. In other words ... AnMon defended its title. The
next computer chess tournament is the Australasian-NCC-ch in Canberra at August
20th, 2006. TOP favorits are Bodo, Trace and Warp.
Hungarian tournaments July-December 2006
1. 1st -13th of July FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM round robins (BERGER),
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. 16th-24th of July Kecskemet, IM tmt, org: Dr.Erdelyi, Tamas, e-mail:
postmaster@caissa.t-online.hu Website: http://www.caissachessbooks.hu Usually
also in the second half of the month IM tmt-s in Kecskemet. 100 km South from
Budapest.
3. 15th-23rd of July, AGRIA Open 9 rounds Swiss, Eger, 100 km North
from Budapest, Org. RAUCH Ferenc, e-mail: rauch@freemail.hu
4.. 20th-27th of July, SZOMBATHELY SUMMER Open 9 rounds Swiss, 300 km
West from Budapest, Org: FM KORPICS, Zsolt, e-mail: korpicschess@axelero.hu
5 5th-17th of August, FIRST SATURDAY, Bp, GM /cat.IX-VII/ - IM-FM
closed, Org: NL.
6. 21st -29th of August, TALENTUM Kupa, Open, Zamárdi , org.
Valis János. E-mail: husi_sc@hu.inter.net
7. 2nd-14th of September FS GM-IM Budapest, org.Nagy
László
8. 15th-23rd of September BUDAPEST AUTUMN - 1st GOLD Kup 9 rounds Swiss
Open, Org: Nagy Laszlo. firstsat@hu.inter.net
9. 7th-19th of October, FS GM-IM, Bp. Org.Nagy László.
10. 4th-16th of November FS GM-IM-FM closed tmt, info NL.
11. Second half of November, TENKES KUPA, Harkány, 250 km South
West from Budapest, Organizer: Mr FULOP, Csaba E-mail: fulopcsa@invitel.hu
12. 2nd-15th of December, FS GM-IM-FM, info NL.
World U-20 Juniors and Girls Championships
World U-20 Juniors and Girls Chess Championships will be held from
October 2 to 17, 2006, in Yerevan, Armenia. Please kindly give an ad about the
event on your famous chess site.
Updates about the event and the relevant materials can be found at
http://www.armchess.am.
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/
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
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
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
Czech Tour 2006/2007
There is new information about the Czech Tour 2006/2007 including:
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
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
Christophe Bouton Chess Blog
Christophe Bouton has started a chess blog in French at:
http://echecs64.blog.20minutes.fr/
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 $1 Million US for a
win in the match doubling his starting fee.
Asked how he estimates his chances, Kramnik reacted cautiously: "Fritz
examines millions of moves per second. It is extraordinarily difficult to play
against such a calculating monster. Right from the start you are walking on a
very narrow ridge, and you know that any inattentiveness will be your downfall.
It is a scientific experiment and I will have to fight very hard for my
chance." The WCC is being organized by Universal Event Promotion (UEP), in
cooperation with the Art and Exhibition Hall.
Schedule: Game 1: Saturday 25.11.2006 16h Game 2: Monday 27.11.2006 16h
Game 3: Wednesday 29.11.2006 16h Game 4: Friday 01.12.2006 16h Game 5: Sunday
03.12.2006 16h Game 6: Tuesday 05.12.2006 16h During the entire period of the
match the Art and Exhibition Hall will offer a varied program.
Information: http://www.bundeskunsthalle.de
Spanish Championship
The Spanish closed and open Championships will be held in León
November 22nd-30th 2006. The Hotel Conde Luna from León will be the
venue and the official hotel of the organization.
Alushta Tournaments
01.02.06 Tournaments in Alushta:
GM Norm: 29.04-9.05, 11.05-21.05, 23.05-1.06, 2.06-12.06, 16.06-26.06,
2.09-12.09, 14.09-24.09, 26.09–6.10,
IM Norm: 29.04-9.05, 11.05-21.05, 23.05-1.06, 2.06-12.06, 16.06-26.06,
2.09-12.09, 14.09-24.09, 26.09–6.10,
Rating tournament: 5.06-13.06, 23.06–27.06
Open tournament (under 16 years) First prize - 200$ 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
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
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
