THE WEEK IN CHESS 626 6th November 2006 by Mark Crowther
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Mikhail Tal Memorial 5 games
7th Cap d’Agde 21 games
Spanish Teams 24 games
US Chess League 20 games
3rd Ajaccio Internationnal Open 53 games
British Rapidplay 72 games
Buenos Aires - Varsovia Match 8 games
26th Dutch Open CC Champ 72 games
First Saturday November 5 games
Chigorin Memorial 101 games
Corrections from last week 3 games
384 games
My thanks to Brent Kitson, Andy McFarland, Peter Svidler, Rolf Behovits,
Vasik Rajlich, dr. Bognár Csaba, Miklos Orso, Richard Palliser, Jeroen
Noomen, V Saravanan, D.Barua, Javier Rodríguez, Leo Battesti, Valery
Maes, Gérard Demuydt and everyone else who helped with the issue.
A quieter week with less chess than in recent issues. The star event is
the Mikhail Tal Memorial in Moscow. Seven of the top 12 in the world are
playing. The bottom rated player is wunderkind Magnus Carlsen playing in his
super tournament. This is a definite step up in class from anything he's played
in before and he was defeated in round one by Boris Gelfand. Should be
interesting stuff.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Mikhail Tal Memorial takes place November 5th-19th 2006 (Starts on
the 6th (opening on the 5th), 3-rest-3-rest-3)
Then there will be two days of blitz qualifiers followed by a 16-player
blitz event - 10 from the main event (maybe not 10 in fact, as it clashes with
the Bundesliga) plus some qualifiers. Prize fund - $100K for the round robin
and $100K for the blitz.
Official site: http://www.russiachess.org/eng
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Tal Memorial Moscow RUS (RUS), 6-16 xi 2006 cat. XX (2727)
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1. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2741 * . . . . . . . . 1 1.0
2. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2733 . * . . . . . 1 . . 1.0
3. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2703 . . * . . . . . 1 . 1.0
4. Leko, Peter g HUN 2741 . . . * . . = . . . 0.5 2750
5. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2728 . . . . * = . . . . 0.5 2720
6. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2720 . . . . = * . . . . 0.5 2728
7. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2750 . . . = . . * . . . 0.5 2741
8. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2698 . 0 . . . . . * . . 0.0
9. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2710 . . 0 . . . . . * . 0.0
10. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2747 0 . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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Round 1 (November 6, 2006)
Aronian, Levon - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 42 D27 QGA
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Grischuk, Alexander 1-0 48 D15 Slav Defence
Shirov, Alexei - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1/2 34 C95 Ruy Lopez Breyer
Svidler, Peter - Leko, Peter 1/2 24 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Carlsen, Magnus - Gelfand, Boris 0-1 38 D17 Slav Defence
The 7th Cap d’Agde tournament takes place 26th October - 2nd
November 2006. The semi-finals saw youth take over with 20 year old Andrei
Volokitin as the veteran, 19 year old Teimour Radjabov, 16 year old Sergey
Karjakin and 15 year old Magnus Carlsen. The winner was Teimour Radjabov who
defeated Volokitin in the semi-final and then won the second game of the final
against Sergey Karjakin (who had eliminated Carlsen). This gave him revenge for
a loss in the group phase of the event.
The time rates were: 25 minutes + 10 seconds a move and if needed blitz
tie-break games at 3 mins + 2 seconds a move.
Official site: http://www.agdechecs-ccas.com/ and
further details:
Europe
- Echecs
Final 2nd November 2006
Teïmour Radjabov (2729) - Sergey Karjakin (2672) 1.5-0.5
Semi-Finals 1st November 2006:
Sergey Karjakin (2672) - Magnus Carlsen (2698) 1.5-0.5
Teïmour Radjabov (2729) - Andreï Volokitin (2645) 2-0
Quarter Finals:
Monday 30 October
Sergey Karjakin (2672) - Zhao Xue (2467) : 2.5-1.5
Teïmour Radjabov (2729) - Etienne Bacrot (2705) : 2-0
Tuesday 31 October
Magnus Carlsen (2698) - Laurent Fressinet (2640) : 2-0
Andreï Volokitin (2645) - Harikrishna Pentala (2674) 4-3
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GpA Cap d'Agde FRA (FRA), 27-29 x 2006 cat. XIV (2593)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2672 * 1 = 1 = = 1 = 5.0 2740
2. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2729 0 * 1 = 1 = 1 = 4.5 2676
3. Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2640 = 0 * = 1 = 1 1 4.5 2688
4. Harikrishna, P g IND 2674 0 = = * 0 1 1 1 4.0 2631
5. Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2489 = 0 0 1 * 1 = = 3.5 2608
6. Negi, Parimarjan g IND 2538 = = = 0 0 * = 1 3.0 2551
7. Sebag, Marie m FRA 2471 0 0 0 0 = = * 1 2.0 2452
8. Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2534 = = 0 0 = 0 0 * 1.5 2371
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GpB Cap d'Agde FRA (FRA), 27-29 x 2006 cat. XIV (2592)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1. Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2645 * = = = 1 1 1 1 5.5 2814
2. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2698 = * = 1 = = 1 = 4.5 2678
3. Koneru, Humpy g IND 2545 = = * 0 = 1 1 0 3.5 2598
4. Zhao Xue wg CHN 2467 = 0 1 * 0 1 0 1 3.5 2609
5. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2705 0 = = 1 * 0 = 1 3.5 2575
6. Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2668 0 = 0 0 1 * 1 1 3.5 2580
7. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2579 0 0 0 1 = 0 * 1 2.5 2491
8. Skripchenko, Almira m FRA 2427 0 = 1 0 0 0 0 * 1.5 2385
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GpB Tiebreak Cap d'Agde FRA (FRA), 29-29 x 2006cat. XIV (2596)
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1 2 3 4
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1 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2705 ** 1= == 1. 3.5 2712
2 Zhao Xue wg CHN 2467 0= ** 1. 11 3.5 2782
3 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2668 == 0. ** =0 1.5 2444
4 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2545 0. 00 =1 ** 1.5 2446
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The Spanish Team Championship 2006 División of Honor took place
in Olite, 6th-10th September 2006 (Group 1). San Sebastián, 13th-17th
September 2006 (Group 2) and Lugo 3th-4th November 2006 (Final).
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.
Linex-Magic heavily defeated Cuna de Dragones-Ajoblanco heavily in the
final with wins for Ponomariov over Svidler, Shirov over Jakovenko and
Rublevsky over Llanes settling the matter.
Official site: http://www.feda.org/ceclub/ [very clear
and well done in Spanish]
Final Weekend
Final 4th November 2006
CUNA DE DRAGONES-AJOBLANCO 1,5-4,5 LINEX - MAGIC
1 GM Svidler, Peter 2750 0-1 GM Ponomariov, Ruslan 2703
2 GM Jakovenko, Dmitry 2671 0-1 GM Shirov, Alexei 2720
3 GM Pentala, Harikrishna 2674 1/2 GM Karjakin, Sergei 2672
4 GM Timofeev, Artyom 2662 1/2 GM Sargissian, Gabriel 2667
5 IM Llanes, Miguel 2435 0-1 GM Rublevsky, Sergei 2688
6 IM Ibarra, José C. 2451 1/2 IM Perez Candelario, Manuel 2496
3rd-4th Playoff 4th November 2006
INTEL TIENDAS UPI 5-1 REVERTE ALBOX-UNICAJA
1 GM Ivanchuk, Vassily 2741 1/2 GM Dreev, Alexei 2655
2 GM Vallejo, Francisco 2674 1-0 GM Krasenkow, Michal 2647
3 GM Bruzón, Lázaro 2648 1/2 GM Movsesian, Sergei 2637
4 GM Volokitin, Andrei 2645 1-0 GM Rustemov, Alessandre 2552
5 GM Eljanov, Pavel 2658 1-0 GM Comas, Lluis 2495
6 GM Illescas, Miguel 2620 1-0 GM del Río, Gabriel 2492
SEMIFINAL 1 3rd November 2006
CUNA DE DRAGONES-AJOBLANCO 4,5-1,5 INTEL TIENDAS UPI
1 GM Svidler, Peter 2750 1-0 GM Ivanchuk, Vassily 2741
2 GM Jakovenko, Dmitry 2671 1/2 GM Vallejo, Francisco 2674
3 GM Pentala, Harikrishna 2674 1-0 GM Bruzón, Lázaro 2648
4 GM Timofeev, Artyom 2662 1-0 GM Volokitin, Andrei 2645
5 IM Llanes, Miguel 2435 1/2 GM Eljanov, Pavel 2658
6 IM Ibarra, José C. 2451 1/2 GM Illescas, Miguel 2620
SEMIFINAL 2 3rd November 2006
LINEX - MAGIC 3,5-2,5 REVERTE ALBOX-UNICAJA
1 GM Ponomariov, Ruslan 2703 1/2 GM Dreev, Alexei 2655
2 GM Shirov, Alexei 2720 1/2 GM Krasenkow, Michal 2647
3 GM Karjakin, Sergei 2672 1-0 GM Movsesian, Sergei 2637
4 GM Sargissian, Gabriel 2688 1/2 GM Rustemov, Alessandre 2552
5 GM Rublevsky, Sergei 2688 1/2 GM Comas, Lluis 2495
6 GM Perez Candelario, Manuel 2496 1/2 GM del Río, Gabriel 2492
The 10th and final week of the US Chess League took place on 1st
November 2006 on ICC.
The official site says: New York, Carolina and Dallas join Boston, San
Francisco and Seattle in the playoffs. In what has to be the most unbelievable
turn of events in USCL history, FM Matthew Hoekstra of the Carolina Cobras won
a completely lost king and pawn endgame on time, thus vaulting the Carolina
Cobras into the playoffs and left the Philadelphia Masterminds heartbroken and
on the outside looking in. Philadelphia seemed like a sure lock to make it into
the playoffs after tying New York 2-2, spearheaded by a smooth win by FM Bryan
Smith over 2005 MVP, Pascal Charbonneau. Once Baltimore lost to Boston, the
only thing the Masterminds needed was for Carolina to not defeat Tennessee 4-0,
and that's what they ended up doing. Carolina will go up against New York in
the first round, with New York receiving draw odds. To demonstrate how crazy
this final week was, Baltimore came into the final week in 2nd place in the
East. After the week was over, they were in 5th place. Things were a bit calmer
in the West, as once Dallas drew with Seattle, things were settled and they had
guaranteed themselves a playoff berth while leaving the Miami Sharks out in the
cold. There were high hopes for Miami after last year's Championship
appearance, but this year they just couldn't get things going on the lower
boards. However there was a bright spot to Miami's season as GM Julio Becerra
played fantastically all year and this week he defeated IM Vince McCambridge to
win the 2006 USCL MVP award. Congratulations to Julio, who only lost out on the
2005 award by losing to the same McCambridge in the final week of the season!
News: Greg Shahade.
Official site: http://www.uschessleague.com
WEEK 10 - Wednesday November 1st
1. Philadelphia Masterminds vs New York Knights TIE 2-2
2. Baltimore Kingfishers vs Boston Blitz Boston 2.5-1.5
3. Carolina Cobras vs Tennessee Tempo Carolina 4-0
4. San Francisco Mechanics vs Miami Sharks TIE 2-2
5. Dallas Destiny vs Seattle Sluggers TIE 2-2
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|EASTERN DIVISION|W |L |Points |
+----------------+----+----+-----------+
|# Boston |8.0 |2.0 |25.5 (64%) |
+----------------+----+----+-----------+
|New York |4.5 |5.5 |18.5 (46%) |
+----------------+----+----+-----------+
|Carolina |4.0 |6.0 |19.5 (49%) |
+----------------+----+----+-----------+
|Philadelphia |4.0 |6.0 |19.0 (48%) |
+----------------+----+----+-----------+
|Baltimore |4.0 |6.0 |18.5 (46%) |
+----------------+----+----+-----------+
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|WESTERN DIVISION|W |L |Points |
+----------------+----+----+-----------+
|# San Francisco |8.5 |1.5 |26.0 (65%) |
+----------------+----+----+-----------+
|@ Seattle |7.0 |3.0 |25.5 (64%) |
+----------------+----+----+-----------+
|Dallas |4.5 |5.5 |21.0 (53%) |
+----------------+----+----+-----------+
|Miami |4.0 |6.0 |18.0 (45%) |
+----------------+----+----+-----------+
|Tennessee |1.5 |8.5 |8.5 (21%) |
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The 3rd Ajaccio Internationnal Open rapid tournament took place
30th-31st October 2006. There was a 9 round Swiss followed by a knockout
amongst the top 8 players. The time rate was 10 minutes +3 seconds a move.
Rustam Kasimdzhanov won the open section but was eliminted in the semi-finals
in the knockout phase which was won by Vladimir Malaniuk. The event is part of
the Corsican chess circuit.
Official site: http://www.opencorsica.com/englishversion.html
details of the format: http://www.opencorsica.com/presentation.html
Knockout Section
Final
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Drozdovskij,Y 0.5
Malaniuk,V 1.5
Semifinal
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Kasimdzhanov,R 0.0
Drozdovskij,Y 2.0
Gritsak,O 0.0
Malaniuk,V 2.0
Quarterfinal
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Kasimdzhanov,R 2.0
Horvath,Ad1 0.0
Drozdovskij,Y 2.5
Sedlak,N 1.5
Golod,V 0.0
Gritsak,O 2.0
Milov,V 0.5
Malaniuk,V 1.5
Open Round 9 Standings:
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3rd Rapid Open Ajaccio FRA (FRA), 30-31 x 2006
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1 Kasimdzhanov Rustam g UZB 2672 7,5 48 2751
2 Sedlak Nikola g SCG 2549 7,5 47,5 2773
3 Malaniuk Vladimir P g UKR 2534 7,5 46,5 2710
4 Horvath Adam g HUN 2495 7,5 46 2688
5 Drozdovskij Yuri g UKR 2561 7,5 46 2685
6 Milov Vadim g SUI 2657 7,5 45,5 2698
7 Gritsak Orest g UKR 2542 7,5 45 2778
8 Golod Vitali g ISR 2582 7,5 43,5 2736
9 Paehtz Elisabeth m GER 2449 7,5 42,5 2616
10 Bareev Evgeny g RUS 2683 7 47 2737
11 Motylev Alexander g RUS 2662 7 46,5 2626
12 Nikolic Predrag g BIH 2626 7 45,5 2634
13 Jussupow Artur g GER 2600 7 45,5 2625
14 Kazhgaleyev Murtas g KAZ 2609 7 45,5 2561
15 Guliyev Namig g AZE 2542 7 45 2524
16 Miroshnichenko Evgenij g UKR 2627 7 44,5 2572
17 Balogh Csaba g HUN 2616 7 44,5 2547
18 Sandipan Chanda g IND 2550 7 44 2620
19 Gagunashvili Merab g GEO 2611 7 43 2571
20 Markowski Tomasz g POL 2561 7 42,5 2571
21 Tregubov Pavel V. g RUS 2596 7 42 2600
22 Djuric Stefan g SCG 2468 7 36,5 2435
23 Meier Georg m GER 2484 6,5 46 2506
24 Drazic Sinisa g SCG 2483 6,5 45 2632
25 Bologan Viktor g MDA 2659 6,5 44,5 2646
26 Almasi Zoltan g HUN 2664 6,5 43,5 2619
27 Smirin Ilia g ISR 2659 6,5 43,5 2568
28 Chernin Alexander g HUN 2587 6,5 43 2532
29 Sokolov Ivan g NED 2670 6,5 42 2565
30 Colin Vincent m FRA 2418 6,5 42 2474
31 Neelotpal Das g IND 2490 6,5 41 2529
32 Orndahl Mats SWE 2188 6,5 40,5 2237
33 Naiditsch Arkadij g GER 2676 6 47,5 2593
34 Sasikiran Krishnan g IND 2675 6 47,5 2580
35 Van Wely Loek g NED 2676 6 47 2536
36 Godard Maxence m FRA 2309 6 45 2388
37 Mensch Etienne m FRA 2312 6 44 2372
38 Zubov Alexander m UKR 2537 6 43,5 2482
39 Kozakov Mikhail g UKR 2456 6 43 2399
40 Klinova Masha m ISR 2330 6 43 2325
41 Coursaget Nicolas f FRA 2323 6 42,5 2310
42 Schacht Holger f GER 2228 6 42 2226
43 Corso Sergio f ITA 2303 6 41,5 2289
44 Demuth Adrien FRA 2168 6 41,5 2172
45 Buchy Daniel FRA 2127 6 41,5 2131
46 Calistri Tristan f FRA 2381 6 41 2481
47 Zude Erik Dr. m GER 2425 6 41 2391
48 Dimitrijevic Dragan ITA 2067 6 41 2071
49 Galli Jean-Christian FRA 2032 6 41 2036
50 Rosier Kevin FRA 2020 6 41 2024
51 Valette Christian FRA 2103 6 40,5 2107
52 Capitaine Adrien FRA 2175 6 40 2179
53 Autran Yann FRA 1997 6 40 2001
54 Orndahl Markus SWE 2026 6 40 1953
55 Have Didier FRA 1932 6 40 1936
56 Ruffin Franck FRA 1750 6 40 1754
57 Canonne Antoine FRA 2060 6 39,5 2064
58 Ferrandi Bernard FRA 1954 6 39 1994
59 Geronimi Pierre-Francois FRA 1873 6 39 1877
60 Tannous Cesar FRA 2020 6 38,5 2018
61 Arbau Eric FRA 1946 6 38,5 1950
62 Battesti Leo FRA 1861 6 38,5 1865
63 Orndahl Carl Johan SWE 1490 6 38,5 1600
64 Guillevic Julien FRA 1870 6 37,5 1874
65 Graziani Virginie FRA 1530 6 37,5 1612
66 Campana Marc-Antoine FRA 1791 6 36,5 1795
67 Roman Sylvian FRA 1430 6 36 1436
68 Battesti Saveriu FRA 1913 6 35,5 1927
69 Le Roux Jean-Pierre m FRA 2494 5,5 44,5 2453
70 Fridman Daniel g LAT 2604 5,5 44 2473
71 Lupu Mircea-Sergiu g FRA 2450 5,5 43,5 2480
72 Gurevich Mikhail g TUR 2648 5,5 43 2462
73 Czebe Attila g HUN 2497 5,5 42,5 2392
74 Humeau Cyril FRA 2142 5,5 41,5 2182
75 Allentin Eric FRA 2043 5,5 40,5 2083
76 Jourde Michel FRA 1833 5,5 40 1873
77 Massoni Michael FRA 2055 5,5 37,5 2095
78 Lechiara Benjamin FRA 1199 5,5 35,5 1850
79 Giovanni Guillaume FRA 1010 5,5 35,5 1254
80 Cesari Stephane FRA 1009 5,5 34,5 1814
81 Canonici Philippe FRA 1099 5,5 33,5 1755
311 Players
The British Rapidplay took place at the North Bridge Leisure
Centre,Halifax, with 11 rounds 4th-5th November 2006. Over 360 entrants took
part. The main OPEN event saw several GMs and IMs compete with GMs Danny
Gormally and Richard Palliser finishing with 8.5/11. In the other sections
there were wins as follows: MAJOR-D.Jameson,9/11
INTERMEDIATE-S.Sathyanandha.9/11./MINOR-C.Davison 10/11...SUNDAY EVENT-Phil
Watson..UNDER11 TRIAL.N.Taylor & C.Yates...Sun-UNDER16..Toby Thurgood
..UNDER 12..Radha Jain SAT U/16...Alex Galliano. News: Brent Kitson Chairman
BRChess.
A number of games are available, my thanks to Dave Clayton and Richard
Palliser. A couple of games were given as Gormally - Merriman I've removed both
for the moment, hopefully I'll be able to identify those games by next
week.
Official site: http://www.british-rapidplay.org.uk/
and live games at: http://www.bcfservices.org.uk/rapid2006/
There was a match between Buenos Aires and Varsovia Polonia in Buenos
Aires 18th-2oth October 2006. The players played two standard time rate games
on the first two days followed by two rapid games on the final day. The result
could not have been closer, the standard time rate game match was drawn 4-4 and
Polonia won the rapid match 4.5-3.5 only by winning the second set of games
3-1. There is a planned rematch in December 2007 according to Bartlomiej
Macieja in Chess Today.
Coverage:
http://www.ajedrezsiglo21.com/Najdorf2006/Najdorf2006.asp,
http://www.poloniachess.pl/ and
http://www.miguelnajdorf.com.ar/
Buenos Aires - Varsovia
Player Gm1 Gm2 Total
1 Felgaer 1 0 1
Socko 0 1 1
2 Flores 0 ½ ½
Macieja 1 ½ 1½
3 Zarnicki ½ ½ 1
Kempinski ½ ½ 1
4 Sorín ½ 1 1½
Olszewski ½ 0 ½
Total Argentina 2 2 4
Polonia 2 2 4
Rapid Games
Player Gm1 Gm2 Total
1 Felgaer ½ 0 ½
Socko ½ 1 1½
2 Flores 1 ½ 1½
Macieja 0 ½ ½
3 Zarnicki 1 ½ 1½
Kempinski 0 ½ ½
4 Sorín 0 0 0
Olszewski 1 1 2
Total Argentina 2½ 1 3½
Polonia 1½ 3 4½
26th Dutch Open Chess Computer Tournament. It was won by Rybka, with the
score of 9 out of 9 games. Several of the world's top programs, like Loop,
Hiarcs, Fruit, Shredder and Gandalf, were present. Reports Jeroen Noomen.
Official site: http://www.computerschaak.nl/docc06.html
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26th Open Dutch CCCh Leiden NED (NED), 3-5 xi 2006
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1. RYBKA + 2 +10 + 3 + 5 + 4 + 7 + 9 + 6 + 8 9.0
2. LOOP - 1 +14 +10 + 7 = 3 = 4 + 8 + 5 + 9 7.0
3. HIARCS X MP +14 +15 - 1 + 8 = 2 + 6 = 5 = 4 +10 6.5
4. FRUIT + 7 = 5 = 8 +11 - 1 = 2 +12 = 3 +15 6.0
5. DEEP GANDALF +13 = 4 + 9 - 1 - 6 +10 = 3 - 2 +12 5.0
6. DEEP SJENG =11 - 8 =12 +14 + 5 - 3 + 7 - 1 +16 5.0
7. THE BARON - 4 +16 +15 - 2 +12 - 1 - 6 +14 +13 5.0
8. THE KING = 9 + 6 = 4 - 3 =10 +11 - 2 +13 - 1 4.5
9. ISICHESS MMX = 8 +11 - 5 -12 +13 +14 - 1 +16 - 2 4.5
10. DEEP SHREDDER +12 - 1 - 2 +15 = 8 - 5 +16 +11 - 3 4.5
11. XINIX = 6 - 9 +13 - 4 +16 - 8 +15 -10 +14 4.5
12. ANT -10 =13 = 6 + 9 - 7 +16 - 4 +15 - 5 4.0
13. HERMANN - 5 =12 -11 +16 - 9 +15 +14 - 8 - 7 3.5
14. ZZZZZZ - 3 - 2 +16 - 6 +15 - 9 -13 - 7 -11 2.0
15. JOKER +16 - 3 - 7 -10 -14 -13 -11 -12 - 4 1.0
16. BYE -15 - 7 -14 -13 -11 -12 -10 - 9 - 6 0.0
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The Caissa IM October tournament took place 24-31. October 2006 in
Kecskemet, Hungary. Mr. Sarosi won the tournament with 7 pts. Nobody made IM or
WIM norms, they were set at 7 and 4,5 points. News: dr. Bognár
Csaba.
Next events will be 19th-27th November 2006 and 27 December 2006 - 4
January 2007. Contact Dr. Tamas Erdelyi postmaster@caissa.t-online.hu
Further info: http://www.caissachessbooks.com
Ranking after round 9 of Caissa IM October
No. PNo. Name Score WP SB PS rat. TPR W-We
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1. 9 Sarosi, Zoltan im 7.0 38.0 26.75 36.0 2340 2452 +1.15
2. 4 Farkas, Tibor im 6.0 39.0 23.25 32.5 2296 2362 +0.78
5 Zeberski, Jakub 6.0 39.0 21.75 29.5 2420 2357 -0.66
7 Mihok, Oliver 6.0 39.0 20.25 25.0 2248 2368 +1.41
5. 10 Palkovi, Jozsef im 5.5 39.5 21.00 30.0 2415 2312 -1.16
6. 8 Dostan, Janos fm 5.0 40.0 18.00 23.0 2332 2276 -0.76
7. 3 Mihok, Laszlo fm 4.0 41.0 14.00 22.5 2198 2205 +0.13
6 Kashlinskaya, Alina wf 4.0 41.0 11.75 15.5 2121 2214 +1.12
9. 2 Stoecklin, Carlo 1.0 44.0 2.25 7.0 2003 1905 -0.71
10. 1 Jud, Marc 0.5 44.5 0.50 4.0 2059 1818 -1.66
The First Saturday November tournaments in Budapest including GM-IM-FM
round robins, take place 4th-14th November 2006.
Website: http://www.firstsaturday.hu
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FSGM November Budapest HUN (HUN), 4-14 xi 2006 cat. VII (2405)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Chernyshov, Konstantin g RUS 2558 * . . . . 1 1 . . . 2.0
2. Rajlich, Iweta m POL 2432 . * . = . . . . 1 . 1.5 2562
3. Ilincic, Zlatko g SCG 2451 . . * . . . = 1 . . 1.5 2587
4. Potapov, Pavel m RUS 2406 . = . * = . . . . . 1.0 2428
5. Fogarasi, Tibor g HUN 2425 . . . = * . . = . . 1.0 2410
6. Papp, Gellert HUN 2324 0 . . . . * . . . 1 1.0 2445
7. Paschall, William M m USA 2374 0 . = . . . * . . . 0.5 2311
8. Berczes, David m HUN 2415 . . 0 . = . . * . . 0.5 2245
9. Caposciutti, Maurizio f ITA 2333 . 0 . . . . . . * = 0.5 2189
10. Wittmann, Walter m AUT 2333 . . . . . 0 . . = * 0.5 2135
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The Romanian Team Championships take place 4th-13th November 2006 in
Predeal.
Official site: http://www.frsah.ro/
As reported last week the 14th Chigorin Memorial took place in
St-Petersburg 23rd-30th October 2006. Dmitry Bocharov won the event with 7/9.
Games from the final round of the A event still not available. Rounds 8 of the
A and 9 of the B event are however.
Official site: http://www.totalchess.spb.ru
I misnamed Ashwin Jayaram's game against Panjwani from the World Youth
Championships, Valery Maes issued a correction to the game Ringoir -
Vanderhallen and I was waiting for a correct version of Korneev - Bologan when
I first released the magazine. These corrections may already appear in the
issue you downloaded.
Illescas on Chess FM
This week's guest on the internet radio show "Chess and Books with Fred
Wilson" will be World Champion Vladimir Kramnik's second during his recent
controversial match against Veselin Topalov in Elista, Kalmykia. The show is on
Tuesday 7th November 2006. Non ICC members can sign up for a free one week's
trial of the ICC and listen to the show to find out what Illescas says.
The show runs from 8:00 to 10:00 PM (EST) every Tuesday evening. As
always, there will be replays of the show almost immediately afterwards for our
chess enthusiasts on the West Coast & elsewhere, and often there will be
several replays the following day. You can access it at the following website:
http://www.chess.fm, ONLY IF YOU ARE AN ICC
MEMBER. However, if you visit chessclub.com you can sign up for a one week FREE
trial membership, listen to the show that week, and access all the other good
stuff on Chess.fm while you're at it.
10th A.V.Momot Memorial
The 10th A.V.Momot Memorial takes place November 11th-12th 2006 in
Kramatorsk (Ukraine).
Participants: GMs Eljanov (2658), Areshchenko (2640), Efimenko (2612),
Brodsky (2566), Kuzubov (2559), Lahno (2459), Andreev (2459) etc.
Official site: http://www.chess.krm.dn.ua/memor.htm
Hungarian tournaments November 2006 - March 2007
The list of the chess tournaments from November 2006 until March 2007
in Hungary:
1. 4th-17th of November 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. 18th-26th of November, 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.. 16th-24th of of November, TENKES KUPA - OPEN, Harkány, 250
km South West from Budapest, (First prize: 400 000 Ft) Organizer: Mr FULOP,
Csaba E-mail: fulopcsa@invitel.hu. http://www.baranyasakk.hu
4. 2nd.-15th of December, FIRST SATURDAY Budapest GM-IM events, org: NL
5. 5th-13th of January 2007 - EVADNYITO (SEASON STARTING) Open, First
prize: 100 000 Ft (1 EURO = 258 Ft now) Prize found: 300 000 Ft. Budapest, org:
Marti György, more info: Nagy Laszlo, firstsat@hu.inter.net
6. 3rd-16th of February 2007 FIRST SATURDAY Budapest GM-IM-FM, Info: NL
7. 3rd-16th of March FS Budapest, GM-IM-FM, info NL.
8. 16th-24th of March Budapest Spring Festival Open, (Prize found
promised 1 million HUF), organizer: Pali Gabor, other info NL.
ACP Rapid Cup in Odessa
The Association of Chess Professionals
http://www.chess-players.org/eng/index.html
have announced their first major event. The 1st ACP World Rapid Cup is set to
take place in Odessa in the Ukraine 4th-8th January 2007. The event will be
sponsored by the Bank Pivdennyi based in Odessa. The venue will be the Hotel
Londonskaya. The tournament organisers are the Bank Pivdennyi and the
Association of Chess Professionals. The total prize fund will amount to 136,000
US Dollars. 16 grandmasters will participate in this Knock-Out tournament. The
time control will be 20 minutes for the whole game with an increment of 5
seconds per move.
Thus, following players will be officially invited: Vladimir Kramnik
(world champion, Russia), Viswanathan Anand (world champion in rapid chess,
India), Alexander Morozevich (Russia), Levon Aronian (winner of the 2005 World
Cup and Olympic Champion, Armenia), Peter Leko (Hungary), Boris Gelfand
(Israel), Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan), Alexei Shirov (Spain), Sergey
Rublevsky (Russia), Evgeny Bareev (Russia), Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany),
Penteala Harikrishna (India), Ivan Sokolov (The Netherlands), Viorel Bologan
(Moldova).
All these 14 players belong to the elite of modern chess, while 6 of
them are currently ranked in the Top Ten of the rating list. They are also
members of the Association of Chess Professionals. As Viswanathan Anand and
Viorel Bologan finished in the top eight of both ACP Tours, two places in the
First ACP World Rapid Cup remain vacant. The Bank Pivdennyi and the ACP will
soon decide in common to whom they will award these “Wild Cards”.
Detailed press release:
http://www.chess-players.org/eng/news/viewarticle.html?id=573
66th Italian Championship
The 66th Italian Championship takes place 21st November - 4th December
2006. The tournament will consist of 11 players in a round robin at Hotel
Impero in Cremona. Games will be played on DGT boards, and viewable live at the
Italian Chess Federation web site.
Official tournament information:
http://federscacchi.it/doc/notcom/d20060902032222_bando_66.pdf
Official federation site: http://www.federscacchi.it/
Rilton Cup
The Rilton Cup takes place 27th December 2006 - 5th January 2007.
Details and entry.
Official site: http://www.rilton.se/
Czech Chess Christmas 2006
Czech Chess Christmas 2006 Litomysl (CZE) 26.12.2006-1.1.2007 8th
christmas chess FIDE tournament, swiss system of 9 round, rate of game 2 x 1,5h
+ 30s/move, prize fund 61.000 CZK (1st prize 20.000 CZK = 680 EUR), special
conditions for IM, WGM and GM, New Year’s Eve programme. Contact:
Proclient s.r.o., Jaroslav Fuksik, Svedska 3, 772 00 Olomouc, mobil: 608 364
664, e-mail: a64@proclient.cz, web: http://www.a64.cz
Fischer on the Radio
Bobby Fischer appeared on the Icelandic private radio station Utvarp
Saga on October 16th 2006, He discussed his public despute with UBS, Chess in
the past and present, and Interntional affairs, even the North Korea crises.
50 minute interview. It may become available at:
http://www.utvarpsaga.is/ is the radio
station, (MP3 at: http://www.deep-chess.de/)
3rd Singapore International Chess Convention
The 3rd Singapore International Chess Convention 2006 incorporates the
1. 2nd Asian Schools 17 to 24 December 2nd Asian Schools Entry Form for
Singapore Only 2. Seminar for Coaches 18 to 24 December 3. Arbiters Training
Seminar 19 to 24 December 4. Masters & Challengers Open 26 to 31 December
Masters & Challengers Open.
Details of all events at: http://www.singaporechess.org.sg/
Obrenovac 2006
International Open Championship of Belgrade "Obrenovac 2006" Obrenovac,
22-30.11.2006. Prizes : EUR 5,250.00
Contact information: BELGRADE CHESS INFORMATION 11000 Belgrade,
Deligradska 27/III, Serbia and Montenegro Tel/Fax; +381-11 -656 846 E-mail:
beochess@eunet.yu
Details: http://www.beochess.org.yu
XLI Capablanca Memorial
The XLI Capablanca Memorial had to move from its normal dates in May
due to the Turin Olympiad. This years event takes place 19th-30th November 2006
in the hotel Habana Riviera.
As usual there will be a number of events, the elite for players rated
over 2600 and an 11 round swiss with 22 players etc
For details and entry by 3rd November 2006 contact: anayar@inder.co.cu
or baby@inder.co.cu or baby@23yb.uci.cu
27th Bethune International Open
The Bethune chess club is preparing his 27th International Open, Hall
Olof Palme, Commercial centre La Rotonde, Bethune, France (Pas-de-Calais) from
December 26 to 30. 9 rounds The tournament is divided in 2 tournaments: -
Tournament A for players whose Elo rating is above or equal to 1600, 1st price
: 1500 euros - Tournament B for players strictly below 1800 and not FIDE, 1st
price : 300 euros, Fischer pace 1h30+30s KO for each game in both tournaments.
At least 5500 euros of prices, prices for Elo categories in both tournaments.
Inscription fee : 40 euros (adults), 20 euros (youngsters under 20), free for
IM, GM and FIDE Masters. Conditions for IM and GM and special conditions for
GM>2600, contact us at open@bethunechess.com For more information visit:
http://www.bethunechess.com
Corus Invitations
in a press release on September 19th 2006 on their website the Corus,
Wijk aan Zee organisers announced the first players for the event in January
2007. The top three in the world Veselin Topalov, Viswanathan Anand and Levon
Aronian will all play. It was already known that Alexander Motylev qualified
from the B group last year and that Magnus Carlsen who officially lost out on
tie-break to him would also be invited.
Official site: http://www.coruschess.com/article.php?s=n115
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/
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.
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/
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
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/
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/
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.
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.
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/
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/
Christophe Bouton Chess Blog
Christophe Bouton has started a chess blog in French at:
http://echecs64.blog.20minutes.fr/
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
