THE WEEK IN CHESS 619 18th September 2006 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) European Union Individual Championships
3) Kramnik and Topalov Re-unification match
4) Carlsen vs Agdestein Norwegian playoff match
5) 14th Bora Kostic Memorial
6) 7th Lausanne Young Masters
7) 3rd Szeged Cup
8) First Saturday September
9) 4NCL
10) Spanish Team Championship
11) Mitropa Cup
12) US Chess League
13) LGA Premium Cup
14) 5th Memorial Georgiev-Kesarovski
15) VII Tarragona Open
16) World Senior Championship
17) Triest Open
18) France vs China
19) Bucharest Open
20) Grand Slam Association
21) Forthcoming Events and Links

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Games section

European Union Individual Championships  172 games
14th Bora Kostic Memorial                 25 games
7th Lausanne Young Masters                90 games
3rd Szeged Cup                           126 games
First Saturday September                  89 games
4NCL                                      48 games
Spanish Team Championship                 60 games
Mitropa Cup                              270 games
US Chess League                           20 games
LGA Premium Cup                          192 games
5th Memorial Georgiev-Kesarovski         398 games
VII Tarragona Open                        90 games
World Senior Championship                203 games
Triest Open                               19 games
France vs China                            6 games
1808 games

1) Introduction

My thanks to Gérard Demuydt, Ole Valaker, Laszlo Nagy, Petar Stajic, John Saunders, Andrea Malfagia, David Clayton, Steve Giddins and everyone else who helped with the issue.

Nigel Short took clear first place in the European Union Individual Championships after he was the only winner amongst the leaders going into the final round. This week sees the start of the Vladimir Kramnik against Veselin Topalov match which will produce a definitive single world champion in chess for the first time since 1993. Veselin Topalov is world number one and Vladimir Kramnik's form has returned after a period of illness, its very tough to predict a winner. Should be an exciting contest.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) European Union Individual Championships

The European Union Individual Chess Championships took place at the Liverpool World Museum 6th-15th September 2006. Nigel Short took clear first place with 7.5/10 half a point clear of 8 players on 7 points. Short was the only winner amongst the leaders going into the final round beating Mark Hebden.

Official site: http://www.liverpoolchessinternational.co.uk/

FINAL TABLE

                              Nat Ti FIDE  
Pos Player                    lty tl Rtng     A   B  C     D     E     F   TB 	
  1 Short, Nigel D........... ENG g  2676     7½ 10  7½  2490  7.38  0.12  44½	
	

  2 Sulskis, Sarunas......... LTU g  2514     7  10  7   2429  6.06  0.94  42 	
  3 McShane, Luke J.......... ENG g  2614     7  10  7   2469  6.91  0.09  41½	
  4 Gordon, Stephen J........ ENG m  2443     7  10  7   2501  4.22  2.78  40½	
  5 Jones, Gawain CB......... ENG m  2416     7  10  7   2415  4.91  2.09  38½	
  6 Galego, Luis............. POR g  2528     7  10  7   2381  6.83  0.17  37½	
  7 Gormally, Daniel W....... ENG g  2513     7  10  7   2391  6.54  0.46  37½	
  8 Bischoff, Klaus.......... GER g  2533     7  10  7   2366  7.13 -0.13  36 	
  9 Van Der Weide, Karel..... NED g  2446     7  10  7   2364  5.98  1.02  35½	
	

 10 Williams, Simon K........ ENG m  2473     6½ 10  6½  2460  5.11  1.39  42 	
 11 Hebden, Mark L........... ENG g  2532     6½ 10  6½  2403  6.65 -0.15  37½	
 12 Ciuksyte, Dagne.......... LTU m  2440     6½ 10  6½  2348  6.08  0.42  35½	
 13 Luther, Thomas........... GER g  2589     6½  9  5½  2362  7.00 -1.50  35 	
 14 Conquest, Stuart C....... ENG g  2534     6½ 10  6½  2369  7.08 -0.58  34 	
 15 Rudd, Jack............... ENG f  2328     6½  9  5½  2357  4.15  1.35  32½	
	

 16 Pert, Nicholas........... ENG g  2503     6  10  6   2461  5.51  0.49  37 	
 17 Brandenburg, Daan........ NED    2392     6  10  6   2380  5.05  0.95  36 	
 18 Miezis, Normunds......... LAT g  2527     6  10  6   2389  6.77 -0.77  36 	
 19 Haslinger, Stewart G..... ENG m  2423     6  10  6   2422  4.94  1.06  35 	
 20 Gyimesi, Zoltan.......... HUN g  2616     6  10  6   2378  7.90 -1.90  34½	
 21 Hanley, Craig A.......... ENG m  2419     6  10  6   2318  6.26 -0.26  33½	
 22 McNab, Colin A........... SCO g  2433     6  10  6   2377  5.69  0.31  33½	
 23 Medvegy, Zoltan.......... HUN g  2518     6  10  6   2320  7.44 -1.44  32½	
 24 Pritchett, Craig W....... SCO m  2289     6   9  5   2390  3.32  1.68  32 	
 25 Swinkels, Robin.......... NED    2286     6   8  4   2438  2.49  1.51  31½	
 26 Karttunen, Mika.......... FIN m  2422     6  10  6   2340  5.98  0.02  31 	
 27 White, Michael JR........ ENG    2239     6   8  4   2303  3.36  0.64  30 	
 28 Wallace, Paul A.......... IRL    2242     6   7  4½  2279  3.19  1.31  27 	
	

 29 Sarakauskas, Gediminas... LTU m  2414     5½ 10  5½  2417  4.87  0.63  35½	
 30 Lund, D Brett............ ENG    2249     5½  8  3½  2383  2.73  0.77  30½	
 31 Radovanovic, Jovica......     f  2366     5½ 10  5½  2325  5.47  0.03  30½	
 32 Knott, Simon JB.......... ENG m  2387     5½  9  4½  2309  5.37 -0.87  30 	
 33 Sarakauskiene, Zivile.... LTU wm 2158     5½  8  3½  2249  3.08  0.42  28½	
 34 Bennett, Patrick J....... WLS    2128     5½  6  2   2303  1.70  0.30  25 	
	

 35 Dgebuadze, Alexandre..... BEL g  2527     5  10  5   2387  6.80 -1.80  34½	
 36 Devereux, Maxim L........ ENG f  2377     5  10  5   2444  4.06  0.94  33½	
 37 Carleton, John J......... ENG    2294     5  10  5   2304  4.91  0.09  29½	
 38 Quillan, Gary............ ENG    2344     5   9  5   2257  5.55 -0.55  29 	
 39 Redmond, John............ IRL             5  10  5   2226   --   2226  29 	
 40 Blackburn, Jonathan LB... WLS    2207     5   8  3   2309  3.02 -0.02  28 	
 41 Britton, Richard L....... ENG f  2288     5   9  4   2278  4.66 -0.66  28 	
 42 Taylor, Martin R......... ENG f  2332     5  10  5   2283  5.63 -0.63  28 	
 43 Eggleston, David J....... ENG    2232     5   7  2½  2424  1.80  0.70  27½	
 44 Grant, Jonathan.......... SCO    2251     5  10  5   2291  4.46  0.54  27½	
 45 Trevelyan, John.......... WLS    2243     5   9  4½  2199  5.02 -0.52  27 	
 46 Lauterbach, Ingrid....... ENG wm 2120     5   8  3   2284  2.45  0.55  26½	
 47 Armstrong, William G..... ENG    1955     5   7  2   2237  1.11  0.89  24 	
 48 Armstrong, Malcolm J..... ENG    2111     5   5  2   2260  1.64  0.36  23 	
 49 Dunn, Andrew............. ENG c  2199     5   4  1½  2035  2.82 -1.32  23 	
	

 50 Meijers, Viesturs........ LAT g  2474     4½ 10  4½  2277  7.44 -2.94  31 	
 51 Shaw, John K............. SCO g  2473     4½ 10  4½  2253  7.65 -3.15  29 	
 52 Littlewood, John E....... ENG f  2244     4½  7  1½  2360  2.56 -1.06  27½	
 53 Surtees, Mike J.......... ENG    2182     4½  8  3   2328  2.59  0.41  26½	
 54 Peacock, Malcolm R....... ENG    2079     4½  9  3½  2203  3.13  0.37  25½	
 55 Hardman, Michael J....... ENG    2151     4½  9  3½  2122  4.78 -1.28  25 	
 56 Williamson, Roger G...... ENG    2155     4½  7  2½  2270  2.48  0.02  25 	
 57 Taylor, Edward A......... ENG             4½  9  3½  2152        2072  23½	
 58 McGrane, Stephen......... ENG    2044     4½  8  2½  2139  3.02 -0.52  22 	
 59 Brown, Martin............ ENG             4½  9  3½  2118        2038  21½	
 60 Campbell, Ian............ ENG    2003     4½  4  1½  2130  1.37  0.13  21 	
 61 Gorman, John A........... ENG             4½  8  3   2099        2012  19½	
	

 62 Tebb, David J............ ENG    2231     4   8  2   2350  2.82 -0.82  27 	
 63 Jackson, Oliver.......... ENG    2225     4   9  3½  2248  4.30 -0.80  26 	
 64 Grassie, Duncan.......... SCO    2042     4   7  1   2239  1.83 -0.83  23 	
 65 Hawkins, James N......... ENG    2022     4   6   ½  2230  1.54 -1.04  23 	
 66 Boumphrey, Luke S........ ENG             4   9  3   2111        1986  21 	
 67 Legge, Andrew............ ENG    1717     4   7  1   2064  0.47  0.53  21 	
 68 Van Kemenade, Rudy....... ENG    2039     4   2  0   2361  0.21 -0.21  20½	
 69 Robertson, David J....... ENG             4   7  1½  2138        1908  19 	
 70 Kent, Paul............... ENG             4   7  1   2010        1701  17 	
	

 71 Wilson, Alexandra........ SUI wf 2090     3½  7  2   2259  2.05 -0.05  23½	
 72 Gandolfi, Gianfranco..... ITA    1882     3½  5  0   2170  0.69 -0.69  21 	
 73 Duke, Michael............ SCO    2081     3½  2   ½  2143  0.84 -0.34  19½	
 74 Hulligan, Steve.......... ENG    1821     3½  6  1   2111  0.87  0.13  18½	
 75 MacGilchrist, Siegrun.... SCO    1845     3½  5   ½  2148  0.63 -0.13  18 	
 76 Lee, Steven.............. ENG             3½  5   ½  2041        1675  17½	
 77 Ewart, Brian R........... ENG             3½  6  1   2063        1790  16 	
	

 78 Savory, Richard J........ ECU    2101     3   7  2   2308  1.65  0.35  23 	
 79 Solomon, Graeme R........ ENG             3   6  1   1988        1715  16 	
 80 Soikkeli, Raino.......... FIN             3   4  0   2054        1377  14 	
 81 Weidman, Mark............ ENG             3   5  0   1975        1298  14 	
	

 82 Hughes, Robert C......... ENG             2½  4   ½  2069        1733  11 	
	

 83 Cockerill, Martin........ ENG             2   3  0   1902        1225  10 	
 84 Tanner, Frank............ ENG             2   3  0   1956        1279   7½	
	

 85 Redmond, John............ IRL             0   0  0                   0 	
 86 Taylor, Edward H......... ENG             0   0  0                   0 	

3) Kramnik and Topalov Re-unification match

Vladimir Kramnik and Veselin Topalov to play their 12 game reunification match in Elista 23rd September - 12th October 2006.

Each player will receive 500,000 USD net from FIDE and in addition certain revenues from possible commercial sponsorships. The winner goes to the WCC tournament 2007, the loser has to wait for the next cycle. The games will be played under classical time control (120 minutes for the first 40 moves, 60 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game plus an additional 30 seconds per move starting from move 61). Possible Tiebreak: 4 games of rapid chess (25min+10sec), then 2 blitz games (5min+10sec), then sudden death (6min/5min) with white to win.

Dates: Open Ceremony 21st September 2006, 7.00 p.m. Play on: 23rd, 24th, 26th, 27th, 29th, 30th September, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 8th, 10th and 12th (tie-breaks) October 2006. Closing ceremony 13th October 2006.

Official news about the match: http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=978

4) Carlsen vs Agdestein Norwegian playoff match

Magnus Carlsen and Simen Agdestein play off for the Norwegian title for the second year in a row. There will be a two game match 19th-20 September 2006 (11am start) with a rapid playoff to follow if the match is tied. Simen Agdestein is 7 time champion, Magnus Carlsen is yet to get off the mark.

Official site: http://www.nettavisen.no/sjakk

5) 14th Bora Kostic Memorial

The 14th Bora Kostic Memorial takes place in Vrsac, Serbia, 12th-21st September 2006.

Official site: http://chess.vrsac.com/ including live coverage.

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14th Bora Kostic Mem Vrsac SCG (SCG), 12-21 ix 2006 cat. XIII (2574)
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                                      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Ivanisevic, Ivan      g SCG 2596  * = . 1 . . 1 1 . 1  4.5  2926 
 2. Damljanovic, Branko   g SCG 2625  = * . = . = . 1 . =  3.0  2625 
 3. Macieja, Bartlomiej   g POL 2613  . . * 0 1 . = . = 1  3.0  2610 
 4. Delchev, Aleksander   g BUL 2637  0 = 1 * . = . = . .  2.5  2609 
 5. Markus, Robert        g SCG 2586  . . 0 . * 1 = 0 1 .  2.5  2595 
 6. Spraggett, Kevin      g CAN 2577  . = . = 0 * = . . 1  2.5  2550 
 7. Miladinovic, Igor     g SCG 2584  0 . = . = = * . = .  2.0  2515 
 8. Korneev, Oleg         g RUS 2638  0 0 . = 1 . . * = .  2.0  2529 
 9. Solak, Dragan         g SCG 2564  . . = . 0 . = = * =  2.0  2476 
10. Munizaba, Slobodan    f SCG 2319  0 = 0 . . 0 . . = *  1.0  2355 
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6) 7th Lausanne Young Masters

The 7th Lausanne Young Masters took place in Lausanne 13th-18th September 2006. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave beat Wang Yue of China in a rapid playoff to take the event. Vladimir Tukmakov won the Masters vs Hopefuls event.

Playoff time rates: 1) 2 rapid 25 minute games 2) If tied 2 blitz 5 minute games 3) Armageddon 5 minutes for white 4 minutes for black. Black has draw odds

http://ww2.lausanneyoungmasters.com/lym06/

Round 3 17th-18th Sept 2006

Final

  Yue Wang (2626) - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2577) 0-1 (36 moves) 
  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2577) - Yue Wang (2626) 0-1 (34 moves)

  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2577) - Yue Wang (2626) 1-0 (2x25m)
  Yue Wang (2626) - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2577) 0-1 (2x25m)

3rd-4th place

  Vugar Gashimov (2644) - Alexander Areshchenko (2641) ½-½ (41 moves)
  Alexander Areshchenko (2641) - Vugar Gashimov (2644) ½-½ (27 moves)

  Vugar Gashimov (2644) - Alexander Areshchenko (2641) ½-½ (2x25m)
  Alexander Areshchenko (2641) - Vugar Gashimov (2644) 1-0 (2x25m)

5th-6th place

  Radoslaw Wojtaszek (2622) - Humpy Koneru (2548) 0-1 (37 moves) 
  Humpy Koneru (2548) - Radoslaw Wojtaszek (2622) 0-1 (36 moves)

  Radoslaw Wojtaszek (2622) - Humpy Koneru (2548)  1-0 (2x25m)
  Humpy Koneru (2548) - Radoslaw Wojtaszek (2622)  0-1 (2x25m)

7th-8th

  Borki Predojevic (2568) - Tatiana Kosintseva (2479) 1-0 (43 moves)
  Tatiana Kosintseva (2479) - Borki Predojevic (2568) 0-1 (32 moves)


Round 2 15th-16th Sept 2006

Gashimov, Vugar           - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime  1.5-2.5
Areshchenko, Alexander    - Wang Yue                   3-4
Predojevic, Borki         - Koneru, Humpy            0.5-1.5
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw       - Kosintseva, Tatiana      1.5-0.5

Round 1 13th-14th Sept 2006

Gashimov, Vugar           - Kosintseva, Tatiana      2.5-1.5
Areshchenko, Alexander    - Koneru, Humpy            3.5-2.5
Wang Yue                  - Predojevic, Borki        3.5-2.5
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw       - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1.5-2.5 

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7th Masters vs Hopefuls Lausanne SUI (SUI), 13-18 ix 2006 cat. VII (2422)
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                                           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Tukmakov, Vladimir B       g UKR 2560  * = 1 = = = 1 = 1 1  6.5  2572 
 2. Michiels, Bart             m BEL 2455  = * 1 = 0 = 1 1 = 1  6.0  2543 
 3. Apicella, Manuel           g FRA 2520  0 0 * 0 = 1 1 1 1 1  5.5  2491 
 4. Kurmann, Oliver            f SUI 2331  = = 1 * = 0 = = 1 =  5.0  2475 
 5. Farago, Ivan               g HUN 2513  = 1 = = * = = = 0 =  4.5  2411 
 6. Olivier, Jean-Christophe   m FRA 2392  = = 0 1 = * 0 1 0 =  4.0  2382 
 7. Zenklusen, Rico            f SUI 2348  0 0 0 = = 1 * = 1 =  4.0  2387 
 8. Burnier, David             f SUI 2320  = 0 0 = = 0 = * 1 =  3.5  2353 
 9. Vuilleumier, Alex          f SUI 2402  0 = 0 0 1 1 0 0 * =  3.0  2299 
10. Gheorghiu, Florin          g ROM 2379  0 0 0 = = = = = = *  3.0  2301 
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7) 3rd Szeged Cup

The 3rd Szeged Cup, Hungarian International Women's Championship took place in Novotel Hotel, had 36 participants from the 6 countries, 9 rounds swiss system. Nino Khurtsidze edged out favourite Anna Muzychuk on tie-break from 7.5/9.

Official site: http://web.t-online.hu/passant/sakkversenyek/szeged/

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3rd Szeged Cup Szeged HUN (HUN), 10-17 ix 2006
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 1. Khurtsidze, Nino          m  GEO 2414  7.5  51.0  40.25  37.0  2414 2541 +1.38
 2. Muzychuk, Anna            wg SLO 2456  7.5  50.0  41.00  37.5  2456 2563 +1.10
 3. Gara, Ticia               wg HUN 2309  7.0  49.0  36.00  34.0  2309 2488 +2.07
 4. Schneider, Veronika       wm HUN 2195  5.5  51.0  28.25  32.5  2195 2395 +2.13
 5. Madl, Ildiko              m  HUN 2375  5.5  50.0  28.00  31.5  2379 2327 -0.43
 6. Toth, Lili                wm HUN 2217  5.5  49.0  26.50  28.0  2217 2386 +1.82
 7. Olarasu, Gabriela         wg ROM 2222  5.5  47.0  25.75  28.0  2222 2280 +0.79
 8. Foisor, Cristina Adela    m  ROM 2393  5.5  46.5  26.25  29.0  2393 2316 -0.73
 9. Gara, Anita               wg HUN 2349  5.5  45.0  26.00  28.0  2349 2241 -1.06
10. Vajda, Szidonia           m  HUN 2396  5.5  44.5  26.00  28.0  2396 2303 -0.92
11. Rudolf, Anna              wm HUN 2249  5.5  44.5  23.50  25.0  2249 2231 -0.08
12. Foisor, Sabina-Francesca  wm ROM 2292  5.0  47.5  23.50  28.5  2292 2351 +0.77
13. Pokorna, Regina           wg SVK 2342  5.0  47.5  23.00  30.0  2342 2269 -0.79
14. Baki, Peterne                HUN 2110  5.0  40.0  18.25  25.0  2110 2169 +0.46
15. Barcsi, Judit                HUN 2051  5.0  34.5  15.00  17.0  2051 2094 +0.29
16. Shadrina, Tatiana         wg RUS 2389  4.5  46.0  20.50  28.0  2389 2221 -1.87
17. Albert, Kornelia             HUN 2120  4.5  43.5  19.00  26.5  2120 2240 +1.10
18. Szonyi, Kata                 HUN 2100  4.5  42.0  18.50  20.0  2100 2087 -0.27
19. Ruszin, Anna                 HUN 2091  4.5  39.0  16.75  22.0  2091 2120 +0.28
20. Medvegy, Judit               HUN 2032  4.5  39.0  15.75  22.5  2032 2083 +0.34
21. Kiss, Judit                  HUN 2118  4.5  37.5  14.00  22.5  2118 2053 -0.74
22. Erdos, Boglarka              HUN 2044  4.5  34.0  13.00  18.0  2044 1935 -0.68
23. Harsanyi, Kinga           wf HUN 2087  4.0  41.0  16.75  21.5  2087 2090 -0.05
24. Medvegyne Balogh, Emese      HUN 2145  4.0  39.5  14.50  23.5  2145 2070 -0.89
25. Kozma, Edit               wf HUN 2086  4.0  39.0  15.50  21.0  2086 2076 -0.30
26. Papp,Petra                   HUN ----  4.0  37.0  15.00  17.5  1791 2032  2032
27. Bartha, Agnes                ROM 1876  4.0  33.5  11.50  15.0  1857 1784 -0.52
28. Bolvary, Tamara              HUN 2104  3.5  38.0  10.75  18.0  2104 1958 -1.61
29. Tanacs, Anna                 HUN 1890  3.5  37.5  12.00  16.0  1890 1922 +0.21
30. Ignacz, Rozsa                HUN 1969  3.5  37.0  11.25  20.0  1998 1993 -0.18
31. Bali, Eszter                 HUN 1958  3.0  31.0   4.75  14.0  1958 1364 -1.62
32. Miseta,Zsuzsanna             HUN ----  3.0  30.5   6.00  14.0  1655 1273  1273
33. Adam,Dora                    HUN ----  3.0  30.5   4.75  10.0  0000 1300  1300
34. Bea,Boglarka                 HUN ----  2.5  32.5   7.00  12.0  1669 1294  1294
35. Valyi,Adel                   HUN ----  1.5  27.5   1.75   4.0  0000 1294  1294
36. Molnar,Rebeka                HUN ----  1.0  25.5   4.75   5.0  0000 1346 0    
37. BYE                              ----  
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8) First Saturday September

The First Saturday tournaments for September took place 2nd-12th September 2006. IM Denes Boros won the GM event with 10/12.

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

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FSGM September Budapest HUN (HUN), 2-12 ix 2006                     cat. VIII (2437)
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                                               1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 
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 1. Boros, Denes                   m HUN 2462  * 1 1 = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 10.0  2708 
 2. Ilincic, Zlatko                g SCG 2515  0 * = = 1 = = = = 1 = 1 1  7.5  2525 
 3. Flumbort, Andras               m HUN 2510  0 = * = 1 = = = = = = 1 1  7.0  2488 
 4. Fogarasi, Tibor                g HUN 2435  = = = * 1 = = = = = = = =  6.5  2466 
 5. Radziewicz, Iweta              m POL 2425  = 0 0 0 * 1 = 1 1 = = 0 1  6.0  2438 
 6. Fodor, Tamas jr                f HUN 2429  0 = = = 0 * = 1 = = 1 1 0  6.0  2438 
 7. Kosic, Dragan                  g SCG 2506  0 = = = = = * = = = = = 1  6.0  2431 
 8. Womacka, Mathias               m GER 2423  0 = = = 0 0 = * 1 = 1 1 =  6.0  2438 
 9. Haznedaroglu, Kivanc           m TUR 2454  = = = = 0 = = 0 * = = 1 0  5.0  2378 
10. Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek   m DEN 2513  0 0 = = = = = = = * = ? =  4.5  2373 
11. Wittmann, Walter               m AUT 2361  0 = = = = 0 = 0 = = * = =  4.5  2356 
12. Meszaros, Tamas                m HUN 2352  = 0 0 = 1 0 = 0 0 ? = * 1  4.0  2336 
13. Papp, Gellert                    HUN 2300  0 0 0 = 0 1 0 = 1 = = 0 *  4.0  2323 
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Meszaros,T vs Pedersen,N was a double default after
a touched piece dispute.

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FSIMA September Budapest HUN (HUN), 2-12 ix 2006        cat. II (2299)
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                                    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Zumsande, Martin    f GER 2404  * 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 =  8.5  2500 
 2. Reiss, Tibor        m HUN 2370  0 * 1 = = 1 = 0 1 1 = 1  7.0  2394 
 3. Boe, Mads           f DEN 2334  = 0 * = = = = = 1 1 1 1  7.0  2397 
 4. Werner, Dimo        m GER 2315  = = = * = = 1 = 0 1 = 1  6.5  2362 
 5. Galyas, Miklos      m HUN 2390  = = = = * = = = 0 1 1 1  6.5  2355 
 6. Citak, Selim        f TUR 2258  0 0 = = = * = = 1 1 0 1  5.5  2302 
 7. Hujbert, Florian      HUN 2262  0 = = 0 = = * = 1 0 1 1  5.5  2302 
 8. Balazs, Gabor         HUN 2277  0 1 = = = = = * 0 0 0 1  4.5  2236 
 9. Keschitz, Gyorgy      HUN 2279  0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 * 0 1 =  4.5  2235 
10. Torok, Sandor       f HUN 2311  = 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 * 1 0  4.5  2232 
11. Strowsky, Yannick     FRA 2141  0 = 0 = 0 1 0 1 0 0 * 0  3.0  2138 
12. Bick, John D        f USA 2247  = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 1 *  3.0  2128 
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FSIMB September Budapest HUN (HUN), 2-11 ix 2006 cat. IV (2335)
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                                    1  2  3  4  5  6 
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1 Richter, Christian    f GER 2442 ** == =1 =1 11 =1  7.5  2507
2 Feige, Manuel           GER 2419 == ** == == 1= =1  6.0  2390
3 Tavoularis, Nicholas    GRE 2230 =0 == ** =1 =0 1=  5.0  2356
4 Kahn, Evarth          m HUN 2307 =0 == =0 ** == ==  4.0  2269
5 Lengyel, Bela         m HUN 2339 00 0= =1 == ** ==  4.0  2262
6 Farago, Sandor        m HUN 2275 =0 =0 0= == == **  3.5  2237
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9) 4NCL

The first weekend of the 4NCL took place in Sunningdale, England 16th-17th September 2006. Defending champions Wood Green lost both their opening matches after losing their sponsorship. Favourites this year look like being Guildford ADC with a challenge from Hilsmark Kingfisher and Slough Sharks. [See http://www.4ncl.co.uk/giddins01.htm and http://www.4ncl.co.uk/giddins02.htm for Steve Giddins' rounds 1-2 reports.]

Official site: http://www.4ncl.co.uk

Division 1 results - Round 1 16th September 2006
RD 1      BRISTOL 1     2262  2½-5½HILSMARK KINGFISHER2415
 1   w Berzinsh, Roland  2445 ½ - ½ Wells, Peter K    2480
 2   b Cobb, Charles     2403 0 - 1 Gormally, Daniel  2513
 3   w Rudd, Jack        2328 ½ - ½ Williams, Simon K 2473
 4   b Beaumont, Chris   2327 0 - 1 Arkell, Keith C   2479
 5   w Buckley, David E  2241 0 - 1 Crouch, Colin     2366
 6   b Collier, David O  2175 0 - 1 Hanley, Craig A   2419
 7   w Easton, Alex      2122 1 - 0 Radovanovic,Jovica2366
 8   b James, Ann-Marie  2052 ½ - ½ Richards, Heather 2225

RD 1        THE ADS      2350 2½-5½ NORTH WEST EAGLES12289
 1   w Chandler, Murray  2540 1 - 0 Dgebuadze,Alex.   2527
 2   b Mestel, Jonathan  2486 0 - 1 Morrison, Graham  2336
 3   w Cernousek, Lukas  2418 0 - 1 Macak, Stefan     2341
 4   b Jirka, Jiri       2372 0 - 1 Hague, Ben        2287
 5   w Richardson, John  2327 0 - 1 Kennaugh, Charles 2279
 6   b Snape, Ian        2241 0 - 1 van der Linden,L  2278
 7   w Anderton, David   2266 1 - 0 Lyell, Mark       2228
 8   b Bellin, Jana (F)  2152 ½ - ½ Milligan, Helen   2037

RD 1      3CS OLDHAM     2259 3 - 5  BARBICAN 4NCL 1  2349
 1   w Davies, Nigel R   2512 ½ - ½ Collinson, Adam   2381
 2   b Gordon, Stephen J 2443 ½ - ½ Devereaux, Maxim  2377
 3   w Ashton, Adam G    2329 1 - 0 Cox, John J       2418
 4   b Bentley, John L   2245 0 - 1 Collins, Sam      2396
 5   w Walton, Alan J    2222 ½ - ½ Knott, Simon      2387
 6   b Adams, Philip J   2145 ½ - ½ Berry, Neil       2334
 7   w Platts, Philip *  1920 0 - 1 D'Costa, Lorin A  2375
 8   b default                0 - 1 Lauterbach,Ingrid 2120

RD 1    GUILDFORD-ADC 2  2338 2 - 6  GUILDFORD-ADC 1  2505
 1   w Howell, David W L 2479 1 - 0 King, Daniel J    2534
 2   b Wallace, John P   2419 0 - 1 Conquest, Stuart  2534
 3   w Buckley, Graeme   2379 0 - 1 Hebden, Mark L    2532
 4   b Povah, Nigel E    2358 ½ - ½ Kosten, Anthony C 2530
 5   w Lalic, Susan (F)  2350 0 - 1 Pert, Nicholas    2503
 6   b Sharpe, Ian       2255 ½ - ½ Plaskett, James   2490
 7   w Granat, Russell G 2257 0 - 1 Cherniaev,Alex.   2473
 8   b Abayasekera,Roger 2208 0 - 1 Ciuksyte, Dagne   2440

RD 1 SOUTH WALES DRAGONS 2246 3½-4½  SLOUGH SHARKS 1  2201
 1   w Cobb, James E     2370 ½ - ½ Jones, Gawain C B 2416
 2   b Cooper, John G    2345 1 - 0 Martyn, Rafe      2288
 3   w Jones, Richard S  2342 0 - 1 Tweedie, Steven   2241
 4   b Trevelyan, John   2243 0 - 1 Williams, Samuel  2245
 5   w Rayner, Francis   2237 1 - 0 Kahar, Krunal     2220
 6   b Zeidler, Sven P   2232 0 - 1 Roberson, Peter T 2122
 7   w James, David J    2216 ½ - ½ Kafka, Graeme     2134
 8   b Smith, Olivia (F) 1980 ½ - ½ Martin, Katie (F) 1939

RD 1      WOOD GREEN     2325 3 - 5    BETSSON.COM    2363
 1   w Turner, Matthew J 2489 1 - 0 Ansell, Simon     2391
 2   b Martin, Andrew D  2433 ½ - ½ Pert, Richard G   2445
 3   w Sowray, Peter J   2357 0 - 1 Ledger, Andrew J  2411
 4   b Pein, Malcolm     2400 ½ - ½ Hunt, Harriet (F) 2439
 5   w Tan, Desmond      2334 ½ - ½ Webb, Laurence E  2321
 6   b Tiller, Bjorn     2353 ½ - ½ Duncan,Chris      2311
 7   w Lee, Graham D     2290 0 - 1 Ledger, David J   2274
 8   b Hegarty, Sarah    1943 0 - 1 Eames, Robert G   2311

Division 1 results - Round 2 17th September 2006

RD 2 HILSMARK KINGFISHER 2415 6½-1½    WOOD GREEN     2294
 1   w Gormally, Daniel  2513 ½ - ½ Turner, Matthew J 2489
 2   b Hanley, Craig A   2419 ½ - ½ Pein, Malcolm     2400
 3   w Wells, Peter K    2480 1 - 0 Sowray, Peter J   2357
 4   b Arkell, Keith C   2479 ½ - ½ Tiller, Bjorn     2353
 5   w Williams, Simon K 2473 1 - 0 Tan, Desmond      2334
 6   b Crouch, Colin     2366 1 - 0 Lee, Graham D     2290
 7   w Radovanovic,Jovica2366 1 - 0 Maduekwe, Chiedu  2186
 8   b Richards, Heather 2225 1 - 0 Hegarty, Sarah    1943

RD 2   GUILDFORD-ADC 1   2505 7 - 1 SOUTH WALES DRAGON2246
 1   w Hebden, Mark L    2532 1 - 0 Cobb, James E     2370
 2   b Conquest, Stuart  2534 ½ - ½ Cooper, John G    2345
 3   w Pert, Nicholas    2503 1 - 0 Jones, Richard S  2342
 4   b Kosten, Anthony C 2530 ½ - ½ Trevelyan, John   2243
 5   w King, Daniel J    2534 1 - 0 Rayner, Francis   2237
 6   b Plaskett, James   2490 1 - 0 Zeidler, Sven P   2232
 7   w Cherniaev,Alex    2473 1 - 0 James, David J    2216
 8   b Ciuksyte, Dagne   2440 1 - 0 Smith, Olivia (F) 1980

RD 2    BARBICAN 4NCL 1  2350 4 - 4      THE ADS      2350
 1   w Cox, John J       2418 0 - 1 Chandler, Murray  2540
 2   b Collins, Sam      2396 ½ - ½ Mestel,Jonathan   2486
 3   w Knott, Simon      2387 1 - 0 Cernousek, Lukas  2418
 4   b Berry, Neil       2334 0 - 1 Jirka, Jiri       2372
 5   w D'Costa, Lorin A  2375 1 - 0 Richardson, John  2327
 6   b Devereaux, Maxim  2377 ½ - ½ Snape, Ian        2241
 7   w Ferguson, Mark    2389 ½ - ½ Anderton, David   2266
 8   b Lauterbach,Ingrid 2120 ½ - ½ Bellin, Jana (F)  2152

RD 2      BETSSON.COM    2363 3½-4½     BRISTOL 1     2261
 1   w Ledger, Andrew J  2411 0 - 1 Berzinsh, Roland  2445
 2   b Pert, Richard G   2445 ½ - ½ Cobb, Charles     2403
 3   w Ansell, Simon     2391 0 - 1 Rudd, Jack        2328
 4   b Hunt, Harriet (F) 2439 ½ - ½ Beaumont, Chris   2327
 5   w Ledger, David J   2274 ½ - ½ Buckley, David E  2241
 6   b Duncan, Chris     2311 ½ - ½ Collier, David O  2175
 7   w Webb, Laurence E  2321 ½ - ½ Curtis, John      2118
 8   b Eames, Robert G   2311 1 - 0 James, Ann-Marie  2052

RD 2    SLOUGH SHARKS 1  2199 1 - 7  GUILDFORD-ADC 2  2338
 1   w Jones, Gawain C B 2416 ½ - ½ Howell, David W L 2479
 2   b Martyn, Rafe      2288 0 - 1 Wallace, John P   2419
 3   w Tweedie, Steven   2241 0 - 1 Buckley, Graeme   2379
 4   b Williams, Samuel  2245 ½ - ½ Povah, Nigel E    2358
 5   w Kahar, Krunal     2220 0 - 1 Lalic, Susan (F)  2350
 6   b Armstrong,Malcolm 2111 0 - 1 Sharpe, Ian       2255
 7   w Kafka, Graeme     2134 0 - 1 Granat, Russell G 2257
 8   b Martin, Katie (F) 1939 0 - 1 Abayasekera,Roger 2208

RD 2   NORTH WEST EAGLES 2289 5½-2½    3CS OLDHAM     2259
 1   w Dgebuadze,Alex.   2527 ½ - ½ Davies, Nigel R   2512
 2   b Morrison, Graham  2336 0 - 1 Gordon, Stephen J 2443
 3   w Macak, Stefan     2341 1 - 0 Ashton, Adam G    2329
 4   b Hague, Ben        2287 ½ - ½ Bentley, John L   2245
 5   w Kennaugh, Charles 2279 ½ - ½ Walton, Alan J    2222
 6   b van der Linden,L  2278 1 - 0 Adams, Philip J   2145
 7   w Lyell, Mark       2228 1 - 0 Platts, Philip *  1920
 8   b Milligan, Helen   2037 1 - 0 default
                             

Division 1 table
Team                   +    =    -     Pts
GUILDFORD-ADC 1        2    0    0     4
HILSMARK KINGFISHER 1  2    0    0     4
NORTH WEST EAGLES 1    2    0    0     4
BARBICAN 4NCL 1        1    1    0     3
GUILDFORD-ADC 2        1    0    1     2
BETSSON.COM            1    0    1     2
BRISTOL 1              1    0    1     2
SLOUGH SHARKS 1        1    0    1     2
THE ADS                0    1    1     1
3CS OLDHAM             0    0    2     0
SOUTH WALES DRAGONS 1  0    0    2     0
WOOD GREEN             0    0    2     0
The bottom 3 teams will be relegated to Division 2.

10) Spanish Team Championship

The Spanish Team Championship 2006 División of Honor takes place in Olite, 6th-10th September 2006 (Group 1). San Sebastián, 13th-17th September 2006 (Group 2) and Lugo 3th-4th November 2006 (Final). The first results and games from the first five rounds from Olite are available.

Group 1 saw the two favourites Intel Tiendas UPI (Ivanchuk, Radjabov, Vallejo Pons, Bruzon, Volokitin, Eljanov, Illescas Cordoba etc) and Reverté Albox (Dreev, Krasenkow, Rustemov, Movsesian, Sutovsky etc) qualify for the final weekend.

Group 2 saw Linex Magic (Aronian, Morozevich, Ponomariov, Shirov, Karjakin, Sargissian, Rublevsky etc) and Ajoblanco Cuna de Dragones (Svidler, Adams, Mamedyarov, Jakovenko, Harikrishna, Timofeev etc) progress to the final weekend.

Incidently the Spanish Chess Federation has both a very clear website (below) and sent out a nice press release with each round. Excellently done.

Official site: http://www.feda.org/ceclub/

Group 2
Pts. 
1 C.A. Linex Magic                         16
2 C.A. Ajoblanco Cuna de Dragones          15
3      Gros Xake Taldea                    14,5
4 C.A. AMD Cofiman                          9,5
5 C.A. Valencia Cuna del Ajedrez Moderno    5

11) Mitropa Cup

The traditional Mitropa Cup of this year took place in Brno, Czech Republic from 7th-15th September 2006. Hungary won the men's event and Slovenia the women's.

Official site: http://www.chess.cz/web/mitropacup2006/cze.html

Men's Event
Rk.     Team                          1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   TB1  TB2
 1      Hungary                       *   2½  2   2   1½  1½  2½  3½  3½  2½   21,5  12
 2      Czech Republic "A"            1½  *   1½  3   2½  2½  2   2   3½  2½   21,0  12
 3      Croatia                       2   2½  *   3   1½  3½  2   1½  2   3    21,0  11
 4      Czech Republic "B"            2   1   1   *   3   2   2½  2   3   3    19,5  11
 5      Germany                       2½  1½  2½  1   *   3   2½  1   1½  4    19,5  10
 6      Slovenia                      2½  1½   ½  2   1   *   2   3   2½  3    18,0  10
 7      Switzerland                   1½  2   2   1½  1½  2   *   2½  1½  3½   18,0  7
 8      France                         ½  2   2½  2   3   1   1½  *   2   2    16,5  8
 9      Italy                          ½   ½  2   1   2½  1½  2½  2   *   1½   14,0  6
10      Slovakia                      1½  1½  1   1   0   1    ½  2   2½  *    11,0  3

Women's Event
l.    Team                           1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   TB1   TB2
1       Slovenia                      *   1½  1   1   2   1½  2   1    ½  1½   12,0  13
2       Germany                       ½   *   1½  1    ½  1½  1   1½  1½  2    11,0  12
3       Croatia                       1   ½   *   2   1½  1    ½  1   1½  1½   10,5  11
4       Romania                       1   1   0   *    ½   ½  2   2   1½  2    10,5  10
5       Czech Republic "A"            0   1½   ½  1½  *   1½  1    ½  1   2     9,5  10
6       Czech Republic "B"            ½    ½  1   1½   ½  *   1   1   1½  1½    9,0   9
7       Slovakia "A"                  0   1   1½  0   1   1   *    ½  1½  1½    8,0   9
8       Slovakia "B"                  1    ½  1   0   1½  1   1½  *   1    ½    8,0   8
9       Czech Republic "C"            1½   ½   ½   ½  1    ½   ½  1   *    ½    6,5   4
10      France                        ½   0    ½  0   0    ½   ½  1½  1½  *     5,0   4

12) US Chess League

The third week of the US Chess League took place on 11th and 13th September 2006 on ICC. News: Greg Shahade.

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

WEEK 3 - Monday September 11th 2006

1. Boston Blitz vs New York Knights                         Boston 3-1

Wednesday September 13th 2006

2. Baltimore Kingfishers vs Carolina Cobras                 Carolina 2.5-1.5
3. Tennessee Tempo vs Miami Sharks                          Miami 3.5-0.5
4. Philadelphia Masterminds vs SF Mechanics                 San Francisco 2.5-1.5
5. Seattle Sluggers vs Dallas Destiny                       Seattle 2.5-1.5


+----------------+----+----+----------+
|EASTERN DIVISION|W   |L   |Points    |
+----------------+----+----+----------+
|Boston          |3.0 |0.0 |8.5 (71%) |
+----------------+----+----+----------+
|Baltimore       |2.0 |1.0 |7.5 (63%) |
+----------------+----+----+----------+
|Carolina        |1.0 |2.0 |5.0 (42%) |
+----------------+----+----+----------+
|New York        |1.0 |2.0 |4.0 (33%) |
+----------------+----+----+----------+
|Philadelphia    |0.0 |3.0 |4.5 (38%) |
+----------------+----+----+----------+
+----------------+----+----+----------+
|WESTERN DIVISION|W   |L   |Points    |
+----------------+----+----+----------+
|Seattle         |3.0 |0.0 |9.5 (79%) |
+----------------+----+----+----------+
|San Francisco   |3.0 |0.0 |8.5 (71%) |
+----------------+----+----+----------+
|Miami           |1.0 |2.0 |5.5 (46%) |
+----------------+----+----+----------+
|Dallas          |0.5 |2.5 |4.5 (38%) |
+----------------+----+----+----------+
|Tennessee       |0.5 |2.5 |2.5 (21%) |
+----------------+----+----+----------+

13) LGA Premium Cup

The LGA Premium Cup took place in Nuernberg 7th-10th September 2006. Jonny Hector edged out Alexander Graf and Daniel Fridman on tie-break after all finished on 6/7.

Official site: http://www.schach.lga.de/

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3rd LGA Premium Cup Nuernberg GER (GER), 7-10 ix 2006
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  1. Hector, Jonny              g  SWE 2508  6.0 34.0
  2. Graf, Alexander            g  GER 2583  6.0 33.5
  3. Fridman, Daniel            g  LAT 2569  6.0 33.5
  4. Brodsky, Michail           g  UKR 2571  5.5 34.0
  5. Ftacnik, Lubomir           g  SVK 2579  5.5 34.0
  6. Kunin, Vitaly              g  GER 2494  5.5 32.5
  7. Wells, Peter K             g  ENG 2480  5.5 32.5
  8. Prusikin, Michael          g  GER 2557  5.5 32.5
  9. Baramidze, David           g  GER 2591  5.5 31.5
 10. Gofshtein, Zvulon          g  ISR 2521  5.5 30.5
 11. Buhmann, Rainer            m  GER 2532  5.5 30.0
 12. Levin, Felix               g  GER 2500  5.5 29.5
 13. Sriram, Jha                m  IND 2408  5.5 28.5
 14. Heidrich, Manfred          f  GER 2405  5.0 32.5
 15. Ginsburg, Gennadij         m  GER 2506  5.0 32.0
 16. Drabke, Lorenz             m  GER 2386  5.0 31.0
 17. Milov, Leonid              m  GER 2482  5.0 30.0
 18. Zaragatski, Ilja              GER 2436  5.0 30.0
 19. Renner, Christoph          m  GER 2424  5.0 30.0
 20. Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman  m  IND 2417  5.0 28.0
 21. Rau, Hannes                m  GER 2387  5.0 28.0
 22. Balinov, Ilija             g  AUT 2454  5.0 28.0
 23. Poldauf, Dirk              m  GER 2433  5.0 27.5
163 players

14) 5th Memorial Georgiev-Kesarovski

The 5th Memorial Georgiev-Kesarovski tournament took place in Sunny Beach, Bulgaria 2nd-10th September 2006. Pavel Dimitrov won the event with 7.5/9.

Official site: http://www.chessmix.com/sunnybeach06/

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 1. Dimitrov, Pavel                 BUL 2293   7.5  42½ 52½  7  2603
 2. Chatalbashev, Boris          g  BUL 2507   7.0  43  55   5  2578
 3. Petrov, Marijan              m  BUL 2430   7.0  37½ 48   6  2455
 4. Karakehajov, Kalin           m  BUL 2451   6.5  43  54½  5  2451
 5. Ermenkov, Evgenij            g  PLE 2462   6.5  40  52½  5  2432
 6. Georgiev, Krum               g  BUL 2485   6.5  38½ 50   5  2478
 7. Bojchev, Marian                 BUL 2325   6.5  38½ 49   5  2466
 8. Velchev, Hristo                 BUL 2302   6.5  36  46½  5  2309
 9. Nikolov, Sasho               m  BUL 2358   6.5  36  46   6  2387
10. Rusev, Krasimir                 BUL 2455   6.5  35½ 47   6  2401
11. Halldorsson, Jon Arni           ISL 2142   6.5  35  45½  5  2406
12. Katov, Luboslav                 BUL 2226   6.5  35  44½  6  2366
13. Schebler, Gerhard            g  GER 2499   6.0  41½ 53½  4  2421
14. Badev, Kiril                    BUL 2340   6.0  40½ 51½  6  2391
15. Todorov, Ognjan              m  BUL 2314   6.0  36  47   6  2309
16. Dimitrov, Radoslav              BUL 2213   6.0  35½ 45   6  2300
17. Ivanov L., Stojan               BUL 2113   6.0  33½ 44½  6  2327
18. Kolas, Tore                     NOR 2169   6.0  30  37   6  2220
19. Andersson, Tommy                SWE 2263   5.5  41  52½  4  2317
20. Manolov, Ivan                m  BUL 2257   5.5  38½ 48   5  2330
21. Panajotov, Janko                BUL 2262   5.5  38  48½  5  2273
22. Velcheva, Maria              wg BUL 2295   5.5  38  48   5  2283
23. Kirov, Dimitar                  BUL 2133   5.5  33  42   5  2291
24. Arnaudov, Petar                 BUL 2189   5.5  32½ 42   5  2218
91 players

15) VII Tarragona Open

The VII Open Internacional d'Escacs "Ciutat de Tarragona" took place 19th-27th August 2006. Kevin Spraggett edged out Mircea Parligras to take first place on tie-break both scored 7.5/9. Ten games per round now available.

Official site: http://www.clubescacstarragona.org

Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
 1  5 GM Spraggett Kevin        2577 CAN  7½ 50
 2 11 GM Parligras Mircea       2510 ROM  7½ 48
 3  1 GM Granda Zuniga Julio E  2634 PER  7 53½
 4  3 GM Fedorchuk Sergey A     2592 UKR  7 51½
 5  4 GM Hamdouchi Hichem       2579 MAR  7 50½
 6  7 GM Timoshenko Georgy      2550 UKR  7 50½
 7 13 GM Movsziszian Karen      2507 ARM  6½ 56
 8 12 GM Dzhumaev Marat         2509 UZB  6½ 53½
 9  2 GM Malakhatko Vadim       2594 UKR  6½ 53
10  9 IM Flores Diego           2514 ARG  6½ 53
11 19 IM Carlsson Pontus        2453 SWE  6½ 52½
12 17 IM Abergel Thal           2477 FRA  6½ 52
13  8 GM Shneider Aleksandr     2535 UKR  6½ 52
14 15 GM Krivoshey Sergei       2500 UKR  6½ 51
15 14 GM Brynell Soto Stellan   2502 SWE  6½ 51
16  6 GM Kogan Artur            2567 ISR  6½ 50½
17 10 IM Oms Pallise Josep      2511 AND  6½ 49
18 16 GM Gruenfeld Yehuda       2478 ISR  6 53½
19 18 IM Munoz Pantoja Miguel   2473 PER  6 50½
20 21 IM Vilela Jose Luis       2355 CUB  6 48
147 players

16) World Senior Championship

The World Senior Championship takes place in Arvier (Valle d’Aosta, Italy) Victor Korchnoi leads with 5.5/6.

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

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XVI WSen Arvier ITA (ITA), 11-22 ix 2006
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 1. Korchnoi, Viktor        g  SUI 2600  5,5    24      2371    5,5    0,84
 2. Vasiukov, Evgeni        g  RUS 2505  5      21,5    2261    5      0,27
 3. Donchenko, Anatoly G    m  GER 2405  5      19,5    2209    5      0,56
 4. Cebalo, Miso            g  CRO 2505  4,5    26      2349    4,5    0,36
 5. Jansa, Vlastimil        g  CZE 2482  4,5    24      2270    4,5   -0,04
 6. Klovans, Janis          g  LAT 2433  4,5    23,5    2352    4,5    0,93
 7. Plachetka, Jan          g  SVK 2427  4,5    23,5    2307    4,5    0,62
 8. Bukal, Vladimir         m  CRO 2414  4,5    21,5    2247    4,5    0,25
 9. Arkhangelsky, Boris     m  RUS 2395  4,5    21      2179    4,5   -0,14
10. Zakharov, Alexander I   m  RUS 2395  4,5    22      2211    4,5    0,16
11. Spassov, Liuben         g  BUL 2387  4,5    22,5    2224    4,5    0,35
12. Jakobsen, Ole           m  DEN 2387  4,5    19,5    2165    4,5   -0,16
13. Klundt, Klaus           m  GER 2380  4,5    24      2306    4,5    0,99
14. Sorokin, Valentin       f  RUS 2337  4,5    20      2209    4,5    0,63
15. Boey, Josef             m  BEL 2277  4,5    19,5    2210    4,5    1   
16. Chernikov, Oleg L       g  RUS 2422  4      22,5    2219    3     -0,78
17. Loktiev, Ivan           m  RUS 2383  4      20,5    2162    4     -0,66
18. Karasev, Vladimir I     m  RUS 2379  4      23,5    2250    4      0,07
19. Westerinen, Heikki M.J  g  FIN 2378  4      19      2210    4     -0,24
20. Tatai, Stefano          m  ITA 2361  4      22,5    2215    4     -0,08
21. Ljubarskij, Jurij          GER 2341  4      19      2114    4     -0,69
22. Piankov, Evgenij        m  UKR 2324  4      18      2134    4     -0,39
23. Altshul, Raffael        f  RUS 2291  4      21      2248    4      0,72
24. Karl, Hans              f  SUI 2240  4      22,5    2235    3      0,46
25. Kristiansen, Erling     f  NOR 2236  4      20      2177    4      0,56
26. Keserovic, Milan           SCG 2230  4      17      2077    4     -0,11
27. Kaminik, Aleksandar        UKR 2226  4      18      2167    4      0,53
28. Malmdin, Nils-Ake          SWE 2218  4      19,5    2168    4      1,19
29. Johnsen, Gunnar            NOR 2215  4      20,5    2179    4      0,71
30. Nordstrom, Felix        f  SWE 2178  4      19,5    2191    4      1,11
31. Veselsky, Jozef            SVK 2169  4      18      2079    4      0,38
32. Etmans, Maarten D       f  NED 2159  4      21      2334    3      1,63
33. Siegmund, Rainer           GER 2154  4      21      2363    3      1,83
34. Gutzeit, Avraham           ISR 2079  4      22      2222    3      1,46
124 players

17) Triest Open

Triest Open took place 2nd-9th September 2006. Igor Efimov won the event with 7/9. Games from the final round are now available.

Official site: http://www.sst1904.com

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Open A Trieste ITA (ITA), 2-12 ix 2006
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 1. Efimov, Igor        g  ITA 2439  7.0
 2. Korneev, Oleg       g  RUS 2638  6.5
 3. Pavasovic, Dusko    g  SLO 2564  6.5
 4. Stocek, Jiri        g  CZE 2561  6.5
 5. Mazi, Leon          m  SLO 2350  6.5
 6. Burmakin, Vladimir  g  RUS 2558  6.0
 7. Brunello, Sabino    f  ITA 2391  6.0
 8. Dzhumaev, Marat     g  UZB 2509  5.5
 9. Bosiocic, Marko        CRO 2104  5.5
10. Tratar, Marko       g  SLO 2503  5.0
11. Rombaldoni, Denis   f  ITA 2348  5.0
12. Ramesa, Davor          CRO 2249  5.0
13. Koster, Willem S       NED 2202  5.0
14. Van der Plas, Rob      NED 2198  5.0
15. Znidarcic, Andrej      SLO 2193  5.0
16. Spaan, Nathanel        NED 2185  5.0
17. Rombaldoni, Axel       ITA 2169  5.0
18. Veber, Bojan           SLO 2138  5.0
19. Vitri, Sergio          ITA 2105  5.0
20. Cadelli, Luciano       ITA 2088  5.0
21. Cozzarin, Davide       ITA 2062  5.0
22. Pregarac, Valter       SLO 2058  5.0
23. Bevilacqua, Andrea     ITA 2054  5.0
44 players

18) France vs China

France and China played for the Trophée MULTICOMS in Paris 4th-9th September 2006. This is a Scheveningen match with 6 men and 3 women in the teams. There are 20 000 Euros in prizes for the men's section. France edged out China 20-16 in the main men's event. The women's part was a complete mismatch in terms of ELO ratings in favour of the Chinese and so it proved in reality finishing 12.5-5.5. This left the final over all result as China 28.5 France 25.5. Remaing missing games now available.

Coverage at: http://www.echecs.asso.fr/ and http://www.europe-echecs.com/

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MULTICOMS FRA-CHN Match Paris FRA (FRA), 4-9 ix 2006
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Men
 1. Bauer, Christian          g FRA 2599   4.0  2705 
 2. Nataf, Igor-Alexandre     g FRA 2592   4.0  2705  
 3. Fressinet, Laurent        g FRA 2626   4.0  2705  
 4. Sokolov, Andrei1          g FRA 2589   3.5  2637  
 5. Degraeve, Jean-Marc       g FRA 2540   2.5  2523  
 6. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime   g FRA 2577   2.0  2455  
 France Men                               20.0 
 1. Wang Yue                  g CHN 2626   4.0  2712  
 2. Zhou Jianchao             g CHN 2520   3.5  2644  
 3. Ye Jiangchuan             g CHN 2641   2.5  2530  
 4. Yu Shaoteng               g CHN 2542   2.5  2530  
 5. Zhang Pengxiang           g CHN 2622   2.0  2462  
 6. Zhao Jun                  g CHN 2533   1.5  2394  
 China Men                                16.0 
Women
1 Leconte, Maria             wg FRA 2304   3.5  2524 
2 Choisy, Mathilde           wf FRA 2145   1.0  2194 
3 Guichard, Pauline             FRA 2227   1.0  2194 
 France Women                              5.5 
1 Hou Yifan                  wf CHN 2488   5.0  2498 
2 Zhao Xue                   wg CHN 2456   4.0  2350 
3 Shen Yang                     CHN 2459   3.5  2282 
 China Women                              12.5 
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19) Bucharest Open

The Bucharest Open took place 4th-11th September 2006. Lucian Filip won the event on tie-break from Dorian Rogozenko and Ciprian Costica Nanu all finished on 7/9. No games appear to be available.

Official site: http://www.chess-romania.ro/

Leading Final Round 9 Standings: 
  1   Filip, Lucian              ROM   2355 7        41.5  52.5 40.00   37.0
  2   Rogozenko, Dorian          ROM   2524 7        41.0  52.0 40.00   34.0
  3   Nanu, Ciprian Costica      ROM   2457 7        41.0  52.0 38.25   39.5
  4   Mateuta, Gabriel           ROM   2470 6.5      40.5  52.0 37.00   36.5
  5   Malaniuk, Vladimir P       UKR   2511 6.5      38.5  49.5 34.50   33.5
  6   Vajda, Levente             ROM   2524 6.5      38.5  49.0 33.00   33.0
  7   Ionescu, Constantin        ROM   2427 6.5      33.5  44.5 32.50   31.0
  8   Lupulescu, Constantin      ROM   2566 6        40.5  51.5 30.50   33.0
  9   Murariu, Andrei            ROM   2516 6        40.0  50.5 32.00   34.5
 10   Dumitrache, Dragos         ROM   2451 6        40.0  50.5 31.00   33.0
 11   Itkis, Boris               ROM   2453 6        37.0  48.5 31.25   32.5
 12   Shishkin, Vadim            UKR   2529 6        37.0  48.0 29.75   32.0
 13   Georgescu, Tiberiu         ROM   2182 6        36.0  46.0 28.75   30.5
 14   Szabo, Gergely Andras      ROM   2465 6        35.0  45.0 29.50   32.0
 15   Barnaure, Vlad Victor      ROM   2426 6        35.0  45.0 26.50   30.5
 16   Grunberg, Mihai lucian     ROM   2403 6        34.0  44.5 28.00   30.5
 17   Nemeth, Francisc           ROM   2458 6        34.0  43.5 28.00   28.5
 18   Soltanici, Ruslan          MDA   2348 6        33.0  43.5 22.50   29.0
 19   Tugui, Adrian              ROM   2346 5.5      41.0  51.5 29.50   31.5
 20   Sanduleac, Vasile          MDA   2519 5.5      40.0  52.0 29.75   31.0
 21   Thesing, Matthias          GER   2401 5.5      36.5  47.5 27.00   29.0
 22   Jianu, Vlad Cristian       ROM   2491 5.5      35.5  46.0 26.00   31.0
 23   Nevednichy, Boris          MDA   2274 5.5      33.5  44.0 19.25   27.0
 24   Manicuta, Monica           ROM   2151 5.5      32.5  41.5 23.50   27.0
 25   Perciun, Dan               MDA   2202 5.5      31.5  41.5 22.25   26.5
 26   Achirei, Daniel Laurentiu  ROM   2075 5.5      31.5  41.0 23.75   24.0
89 players

20) Grand Slam Association

The Corus Website has a commentary column by Gert Ligterink in Dutch which comments on the Grand Slam Association. It doesn't seem as advanced as some of the reports from Spain suggested last week.

http://www.coruschess.com/article.php?s=c94 A Babel fish translation gives this as the final para: "Provisionally I wait. Corus-toernooidirecteur Jeroen van den Berg mount insured that definite appointments still no me have been made. The committee stands plan kind compared with the Grand Slam, but it is on its hoede. It will never permit that it is fiddled to the autonomy of the tournament. I had not differently expected."

Early details: http://www.chessninja.com/dailydirt/2006/09/chess_grand_slam.htm

21) Forthcoming Events and Links

European Youth Championship 2006

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

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

First Saturday October

FIRST SATURDAY Budapest GM-IM-FM round robins, 7th-19th October 2006. There are some vacancies. E-mail Laszlo Nagy if interested at: firstsat@hu.inter.net

Website: http://www.firstsaturday.hu

Hastings Congress

The Hastings Congress takes place 28th December 2006 - 7 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/

3rd IGB Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysia Open

The 3rd IGB Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysia Open Chess Championship took place 21st-27th August 2006. Total prizes:USD$ 18,000 (RM 68,000). Dao Thien Hai won the event with 8/11 on tie break from four others on that score. Games may become available.

Official site: http://malaysiaopen.net/

17th NATO Championship

7th NATO CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP took place at Wellington College, Berkshire (UK) 21st-25th August 2006 after the Stauton Memorial. Results and games not yet available.

Official site: http://www.natochess.org/

Hungarian tournaments September-December 2006

1. 2nd-14th September FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM round robins (BERGER- ROUND ROBIN), 9-13 games, GM-IM norm possibilities in Budapest, venue: 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 September Kecskemet, IM Berger 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 September BUDAPEST AUTUMN - 1st GOLD CROWN Kup, 9 rounds Swiss Open, Org: Nagy Laszlo. firstsat@hu.inter.net Website: www.firstsaturday.hu

4.. 7th-19th of October, FS GM-IM, Budapest Org: .Nagy Laszlo,

5. 14th-22nd of October, 9 round Swiss Open tmt HÉVÍZ - 150 km West from Budapest, org: IM RIGO, Janos, website: www.lellechess.tar.hu

6. 4th-16th of November FS GM-IM-FM closed tmt, Budapest, info Nagy Laszlo.

7.. 16th-24th of of November, TENKES KUPA - OPEN, Harkány, 250 km South West from Budapest, Organizer: Mr FULOP, Csaba E-mail: fulopcsa@invitel.hu

8 2nd-15th of December, FS GM-IM-FM, Budapest, info Nagy Laszlo.

Hull Congress

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.

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.

Kramnik - Deep Fritz

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/

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 10th-14th 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

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

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/

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

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.

World U-20 Juniors and Girls Championships

World U-20 s 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/

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

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