THE WEEK IN CHESS 639 5th February 2007 by Mark Crowther
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GibTelecom Chess Festival 341 games
German Bundesliga 160 games
Moscow Open 394 games
Faaborg-Midtfyn Cup 16 games
Finec Festival St. Petersburg 65 games
Kiev Championship 57 games
Serbian Championship Qualification 57 games
First Saturday February 5 games
Dutch League 40 games
12th HIT Open 162 games
Belgian League 48 games
15th Danube Open Aschach 137 games
Kiril Georgiev - CraftyNovus 2 games
chessgames.com Challenge 1 game
1485 games
My thanks to Rainer Polzin, Gerald Schendel, Miklos Orso, Leonid
Galperin, Nebojsa Baralic, Frits Agterdenbos, John Saunders, Dusan Rusjan,
Valery Maes, Bartlomiej Macieja, Eirik T. Gullaksen, Pierluigi Rossi, Harald
Grafenhofer, Svend Novrup and everyone else who helped with the issue.
A lot of chess to enjoy this week. Vladimir Akopian took clear first
place at the GibTelecom Open after winning his final round game. The Bundesliga
was also strong this weekend. The Topalov cheating allegations grind on with,
amongst others, articles in the Guardian by Leonard Barden:
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/chess/story/0,,2001010,00.html
and an intervention by Nigel Short
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/chess/story/0,,2003094,00.html.
I haven't yet come to a firm view on the allegations. On the one hand they
won't go away and come from some normally level headed sources. On the other
I'm particularly puzzled by the idea that this cheating is supposed to be
obvious if you see it, and to have been going on for at least two and a half
years. Yet in this period we haven't seen a protest during play at the point it
was supposed to be happening (which is exactly the moment it has to be brought
up and dealt with), or monitoring of Danailov by seconds or helpers of those
convinced that he was definitely cheating. In addition the recent articles
really don't add to what was widely known, a number of top players think
Topalov is cheating, no actual evidence has emerged although its claimed (not
least in the Barden story) that film does exist of Danailov appearing to
signal. For all these reasons I'm still sceptical that Topalov is receiving
advice during play without being able to dismiss the allegations either, but
then again as in the case of Topalov's accusations against Kramnik its up to
the accusers to come up with evidence to justify what they're saying and I'm
not seeing a whole lot of it. One thing is certain, this is exceptionally
damaging to the professional game and a resolution needs to come very soon.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The GibTelecom Chess Festival took place 23rd January - 1st February
2007. including a 9 round Masters with a rest day. Leading players are: Michael
Adams, Vadim Milov, Kiril Georgiev, Ivan Sokolov, Hikaru Nakamura, Alexander
Areshchenko, Mikhail Gurevich, Kevin Spraggett, Viktor Korchnoi and Emil
Sutovsky. Vladimir Akopian won his final round game against Yuriy Kuzubov to
take clear first place.
Official site: http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/
Leading Final Round 9 Standings
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Gibtelecom Masters Catalan Bay ENG (ENG), 23 i-1 ii 2007
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1 Akopian, Vladimir ARM g 2700 7½ 9 7½ 2472 7.12 0.38
2 Areshchenko, Alexander UKR g 2644 7 9 7 2500 6.19 0.81
3 Nakamura, Hikaru USA g 2651 7 9 7 2468 6.58 0.42
4 Sutovsky, Emil ISR g 2629 7 9 7 2507 5.92 1.08
5 Adams, Michael ENG g 2735 6½ 9 6½ 2559 6.54 -0.04
6 Al-Modiahki, Mohamed QAT g 2556 6½ 9 6½ 2489 5.31 1.19
7 Efimenko, Zahar UKR g 2616 6½ 9 6½ 2568 5.06 1.44
8 Ehlvest, Jaan USA g 2610 6½ 9 6½ 2467 6.22 0.28
9 Gurevich, Mikhail TUR g 2635 6½ 9 6½ 2489 6.17 0.33
10 Kuzubov, Yuriy UKR g 2554 6½ 9 6½ 2531 4.71 1.79
11 Milov, Vadim SUI g 2665 6½ 9 6½ 2487 6.61 -0.11
12 Pavlovic, Milos g 2521 6½ 9 6½ 2363 6.26 0.24
13 Rendle, Thomas ENG m 2366 6½ 9 6½ 2426 3.81 2.69
14 Ris, Robert NED m 2403 6½ 9 6½ 2379 4.66 1.84
15 Roiz, Michael ISR g 2605 6½ 9 6½ 2522 5.43 1.07
16 Sandipan, Chanda IND g 2561 6½ 8 5½ 2422 5.41 0.09
17 Sokolov, Ivan NED g 2652 6½ 9 6½ 2550 5.7 0.80
18 Al Sayed, Mohammed N QAT m 2460 6 9 6 2484 4.16 1.84
19 Epishin, Vladimir RUS g 2561 6 9 6 2475 5.5 0.50
20 Georgiev, Kiril BUL g 2661 6 9 6 2459 6.81 -0.81
21 Greet, Andrew ENG m 2425 6 9 6 2341 5.37 0.63
22 Grooten, Herman NED m 2387 6 9 6 2361 4.78 1.22
23 Houska, Jovanka ENG m 2384 6 9 6 2387 4.46 1.54
24 Jones, Gawain ENG m 2509 6 9 6 2426 5.49 0.51
25 Ramesh, R B IND g 2483 6 9 6 2509 4.2 1.80
26 Sengupta, Deep IND m 2416 6 9 6 2429 4.27 1.73
27 Stefanova, Antoaneta BUL g 2483 6 9 6 2306 6.44 -0.44
28 Sulskis, Sarunas LTU g 2525 6 9 6 2424 5.57 0.43
29 Abergel, Thal FRA m 2475 5½ 9 5½ 2376 5.62 -0.12
30 Bellaiche, Anthony FRA m 2472 5½ 9 5½ 2381 5.5 0.00
31 Bradford, Joseph USA f 2442 5½ 9 5½ 2243 6.67 -1.17
32 Cramling, Pia SWE g 2530 5½ 9 5½ 2442 5.57 -0.07
33 Harika, Dronavalli IND wg 2421 5½ 9 5½ 2394 4.69 0.81
34 Heinis, Vincent FRA 2156 5½ 9 5½ 2266 3.34 2.16
35 Howell, David ENG m 2501 5½ 9 5½ 2357 6.14 -0.64
36 Kaidanov, Gregory USA g 2595 5½ 9 5½ 2439 6.3 -0.80
37 Krush, Irina USA m 2449 5½ 9 5½ 2474 4.17 1.33
38 Lahno, Kateryna UKR m 2456 5½ 9 5½ 2369 5.39 0.11
39 Mohota, Nisha IND wg 2261 5½ 8 4½ 2378 2.83 1.67
40 Revesz, Zoltan HUN 2245 5½ 9 5½ 2313 3.74 1.76
41 Smerdon, David AUS m 2460 5½ 9 5½ 2403 5.15 0.35
42 Spraggett, Kevin CAN g 2633 5½ 9 5½ 2349 7.73 -2.23
43 Tissir, Mohamed MAR m 2482 5½ 9 5½ 2371 5.77 -0.27
44 Tregubov, Pavel RUS g 2613 5½ 9 5½ 2447 6.46 -0.96
45 Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman IND m 2459 5½ 9 5½ 2378 5.39 0.11
46 Wippermann, Till GER m 2427 5½ 9 5½ 2417 4.48 1.02
47 Zhu, Chen QAT g 2518 5½ 8 4½ 2596 3.16 1.34
48 Ansell, Simon ENG m 2393 5 9 5 2319 5.32 -0.32
49 Bellon, Juan ESP g 2442 5 9 5 2377 5.19 -0.19
50 Borvander, Tom SWE 2162 5 9 5 2218 3.94 1.06
51 Carlsson, Pontus SWE m 2492 5 9 5 2348 6.1 -1.10
52 Caruana, Fabiano ITA m 2492 5 9 5 2364 5.98 -0.98
53 Daoudi, Kamal MAR 2129 5 5 4 2213 1.95 2.05
54 Dzagnidze, Nana GEO m 2463 5 9 5 2363 5.67 -0.67
55 Eggleston, David ENG 2284 5 9 5 2243 4.91 0.09
56 Felgaer, Ruben ARG g 2556 5 9 5 2394 6.34 -1.34
57 Greenfeld, Alon ISR g 2556 5 9 5 2435 5.95 -0.95
58 Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor ISL m 2419 5 9 5 2255 6.28 -1.28
59 Ippolito, Dean USA m 2397 5 9 5 2373 4.76 0.24
60 Klinova, Masha ISR m 2330 5 9 5 2328 4.49 0.51
61 Korchnoi, Viktor SUI g 2629 5 9 5 2397 7.13 -2.13
62 Kristjansson, Stefan ISR m 2485 5 9 5 2281 6.75 -1.75
63 Malmdin, Nils-Ake SWE 2231 5 9 5 2223 4.59 0.41
64 Prasanna, Rao IND f 2234 5 9 5 2153 5.41 -0.41
65 Sachdev, Tania IND wg 2380 5 9 5 2369 4.55 0.45
66 Salgado Allaria, Carlos ESP f 2288 5 9 5 2491 2.19 2.81
67 Sarkar, Justin USA m 2405 5 9 5 2317 5.42 -0.42
68 Solomon, Kenny RSA m 2320 5 9 5 2365 3.94 1.06
69 Speelman, Jon ENG g 2533 5 9 5 2410 5.97 -0.97
70 Swinkels, Robin NED 2428 5 9 5 2442 4.26 0.74
71 Wallace, Paul IRL 2274 5 8 4 2252 4.28 -0.28
72 Ward, Chris ENG g 2456 5 9 5 2329 5.94 -0.94
73 Aaberg, Anton SWE 2400 4½ 9 4½ 2287 5.68 -1.18
74 Agdestein, Emil NOR 2116 4½ 8 3½ 2290 2.32 1.18
75 Arakhamia, Ketevan GEO m 2437 4½ 9 4½ 2397 4.92 -0.42
76 Barrenechea Bahamonde, Gu ESP 2191 4½ 9 4½ 2280 3.57 0.93
77 Bellin, Robert ENG m 2381 4½ 9 4½ 2412 4.11 0.39
78 Blikra Vea, Odin NOR 2147 4½ 8 3½ 2226 3.25 0.25
79 Butnorius, Algimantas LTU m 2402 4½ 9 4½ 2408 4.36 0.14
80 Citak, Selim TUR f 2310 4½ 9 4½ 2347 4.01 0.49
81 Compton, Alistair NZL 2093 4½ 9 4½ 2248 2.76 1.74
82 Dekker, Alain RSA 2144 4½ 8 4 2244 3.02 0.98
83 Dittmar, Peter GER f 2357 4½ 9 4½ 2262 5.54 -1.04
84 Dworakowska, Joanna POL m 2376 4½ 8 3½ 2334 4.34 -0.84
85 Edwards, Ray ENG 2131 4½ 8 3½ 2271 2.6 0.90
86 Horton, Colin ENG 4½ 9 4½ 2170 ---- 2170
87 Ly, Moulthun AUS 2307 4½ 9 4½ 2386 3.53 0.97
88 Meenakshi, Subbaraman IND wg 2346 4½ 9 4½ 2155 6.63 -2.13
89 Menon, Shanker ENG 2194 4½ 7 2½ 2151 3.91 -1.41
90 Paehtz, Elisabeth GER m 2451 4½ 8 4½ 2349 4.96 -0.46
91 Richardson, Keith ENG 2250 4½ 8 3½ 2306 3.43 0.07
92 Rogers, Ian AUS g 2522 4½ 9 4½ 2404 5.86 -1.36
93 Ruxton, Keith SCO 2282 4½ 9 4½ 2386 3.3 1.20
94 Schuurman, Petra NED f 2275 4½ 8 4 2168 5.05 -1.05
95 Spence, David ENG 2166 4½ 9 4½ 2194 4.25 0.25
96 Steel, Henry RSA 2175 4½ 9 4½ 2275 3.49 1.01
97 Teran Alvarez, Ismael ESP m 2417 4½ 9 4½ 2359 5.11 -0.61
98 Tscharotschkin, Michael GER 2197 4½ 9 4½ 2282 3.56 0.94
176 players
The 4th weekend of the German Bundesliga took place 3rd-4th February
2007 with the 2nd seeing the final round 7 games completed too so that all the
teams have played the same number of matches.
Rainer Polzin reports: In Berlin very strong grandmasters played a lot
of nice games. David Navara's result was incredible: In November he loses two
games in the Bundesliga in Berlin (against Rabiega and Socko), this weekend he
loses three games in a row: Against Miroshnichenko, Rustemov and Nikolic. The
best combination of the weekend was played by Aronian against McShane, really
great. Porz made only one point this weekend against Mühlheim and they
lost against Katernberg. Baden-Baden (beating the strong team Tegernsee) is
clear first. I think nobody will stop them. It seems that in 2007-2008 the 1.
Bundesliga will be organised by the "Schachbundesliga e.V.". Alle Clubs from 1.
Bundesliga and the German Chessfederation are members of the club.
Official site: http://www.schachbundesliga.de -
Further info: http://www.schach.com and
http://www.schachbund.de
Round 7 2nd February 2007
Venue: Berlin
SC Kreuzberg 5½-2½ SK König Tegel
2 Sargissian,Ga ½ : ½ Rabiega,Rober 1
3 Socko,Bartosz 1 : 0 Stern,Rene 2
4 Luther,Thomas ½ : ½ Muse,Mladen 3
5 Kalinitschew, 1 : 0 Muse,Drazen 4
6 Tischbierek,R ½ : ½ Tomczak,Raine 5
8 Loeffler,Stef 1 : 0 Von Herman,Ul 6
10 Richter,Micha 0 : 1 Sarbok,Torste 7
15 Figura,Atila 1 : 0 Pachow,Joerg 8
Venue: Berlin
SF Berlin 1903 2 - 6 Bindlach-Aktionä
1 Nataf,Igor-Al 0 : 1 Naiditsch,Ark 1
2 Miroshnichenk 1 : 0 Navara,David 2
3 Miezis,Normun 0 : 1 Baklan,Vladim 3
5 Polzin,Rainer 0 : 1 Baramidze,Dav 4
8 Borriss,Marti ½ : ½ Prusikin,Mich 5
9 Poldauf,Dirk 0 : 1 Bischoff,Klau 6
10 Kraemer,Marti 0 : 1 Stohl,Igor Dr 7
11 Schneider,Ilj ½ : ½ Markos,Jan 9
Venue: Berlin
SF Katernberg 4½-3½ SV Mülheim Nord
1 Volokitin,And 1 : 0 Tregubov,Pave 1
2 Motylev,Alexa ½ : ½ Landa,Konstan 2
3 Erenburg,Serg ½ : ½ Golod,Vitali 3
5 Chuchelov,Vla ½ : ½ Fridman,Danie 4
6 Glek,Igor V ½ : ½ Levin,Felix 5
8 Firman,Nazar 0 : 1 Saltaev,Mihai 6
10 Siebrecht,Seb 1 : 0 Hausrath,Dani 7
11 Souleidis,Geo ½ : ½ Schebler,Gerh 8
Venue: Tegernsee
TV Tegernsee 5 - 3 SC Eppingen
1 Bu,Xiangzhi 1 : 0 Gyimesi,Zolta 1
2 Alekseev,Evge 1 : 0 Balogh,Csaba 2
3 Khenkin,Igor ½ : ½ Postny,Evgeny 3
4 Sokolov,Andre ½ : ½ Acs,Peter 4
5 Ribli,Zoltan ½ : ½ Braun,Arik 5
6 Rozentalis,Ed ½ : ½ Meier,Georg 6
7 Bromberger,St 0 : 1 Medvegy,Zolta 7
11 Teske,Henrik 1 : 0 Vogt,Lothar 11
Round 8 3rd February 2007
Venue: Berlin
SC Kreuzberg 5 - 3 Werder Bremen
1 Aronian,Levon 1 : 0 McShane,Luke 1
2 Sargissian,Ga 1 : 0 Efimenko,Zaha 2
3 Socko,Bartosz 0 : 1 Areshchenko,A 3
4 Luther,Thomas ½ : ½ Hracek,Zbynek 4
5 Kalinitschew, ½ : ½ Pelletier,Yan 5
6 Tischbierek,R 1 : 0 Babula,Vlasti 6
7 Volke,Karsten ½ : ½ Fish,Gennadij 8
8 Loeffler,Stef ½ : ½ Knaak,Rainer 10
SK König Tegel 3½-4½ Hamburger SK
1 Rabiega,Rober 0 : 1 Wojtaszek,Rad 1
2 Stern,Rene ½ : ½ Gustafsson,Ja 2
3 Muse,Mladen 1 : 0 Ftacnik,Lubom 3
4 Muse,Drazen ½ : ½ Kempinski,Rob 4
5 Tomczak,Raine ½ : ½ Mueller,Karst 7
6 Von Herman,Ul 1 : 0 Reeh,Oliver 8
7 Sarbok,Torste 0 : 1 Heinemann,Thi 10
8 Pachow,Joerg 0 : 1 Sebastian,Dir 13
Venue: Berlin
SF Berlin 1903 3 - 5 SG Aljechin Soli
1 Nataf,Igor-Al ½ : ½ Jussupow,Artu 1
2 Miroshnichenk ½ : ½ Nikolic,Predr 2
3 Miezis,Normun 0 : 1 Sandipan,Chan 4
6 Thiede,Lars 0 : 1 Naumann,Alexa 5
7 Berndt,Stepha 0 : 1 Hoffmann,Mich 7
8 Borriss,Marti 0 : 1 Ernst,Sipke 10
10 Kraemer,Marti 1 : 0 Zysk,Robert 11
11 Schneider,Ilj 1 : 0 Drabke,Lorenz 13
Bindlach-Aktionä 3½-4½ SV Wattenscheid
1 Naiditsch,Ark 0 : 1 Eljanov,Pavel 1
2 Navara,David 0 : 1 Rustemov,Alex 3
3 Baklan,Vladim ½ : ½ Johannessen,L 4
4 Baramidze,Dav 1 : 0 Bartel,Mateus 5
5 Prusikin,Mich 0 : 1 Czarnota,Pawe 6
6 Bischoff,Klau ½ : ½ Appel,Ralf 7
7 Stohl,Igor Dr ½ : ½ Holzke,Frank 8
9 Markos,Jan 1 : 0 Dinstuhl,Volk 11
Venue: Katernberg
SF Katernberg 5 - 3 SG Köln Porz
1 Volokitin,And ½ : ½ Vaganian,Rafa 1
2 Motylev,Alexa 1 : 0 Lutz,Christop 2
3 Erenburg,Serg 0 : 1 Van Wely,Loek 3
5 Chuchelov,Vla 1 : 0 Timman,Jan H 4
6 Glek,Igor V ½ : ½ Graf,Alexande 5
8 Firman,Nazar 1 : 0 Sakaev,Konsta 7
11 Souleidis,Geo ½ : ½ Korneev,Oleg 8
13 Scholz,Christ ½ : ½ Andersson,Ulf 12
SV Mülheim Nord 3 - 5 SC Remagen
1 Tregubov,Pave 0 : 1 Fedorchuk,Ser 3
2 Landa,Konstan ½ : ½ Bauer,Christi 4
3 Golod,Vitali 0 : 1 Goloshchapov, 5
4 Fridman,Danie 1 : 0 Degraeve,Jean 6
5 Levin,Felix ½ : ½ Popovic,Petar 7
6 Saltaev,Mihai ½ : ½ Bindrich,Falk 8
7 Hausrath,Dani 0 : 1 Grund,Holger 12
10 Kern,Guido ½ : ½ Schulz,Klaus- 14
Venue: Tegernsee
TV Tegernsee 2 - 6 OSC Baden Baden
1 Bu,Xiangzhi 0 : 1 Svidler,Peter 2
2 Alekseev,Evge 0 : 1 Shirov,Alexei 3
3 Khenkin,Igor 0 : 1 Bacrot,Etienn 4
4 Sokolov,Andre ½ : ½ Nisipeanu,Liv 6
5 Ribli,Zoltan ½ : ½ Harikrishna,P 7
6 Rozentalis,Ed 0 : 1 Movsesian,Ser 10
9 Kindermann,St ½ : ½ Dautov,Rustem 12
11 Teske,Henrik ½ : ½ Schlosser,Phi 13
SC Eppingen 4½-3½ SC Bann
1 Gyimesi,Zolta 1 : 0 Laznicka,Vikt 1
2 Balogh,Csaba 0 : 1 Cvek,Robert 3
3 Postny,Evgeny 1 : 0 Jirovsky,Milo 4
4 Acs,Peter ½ : ½ Slobodjan,Rom 5
5 Braun,Arik ½ : ½ Muraniy,Karl- 6
6 Meier,Georg ½ : ½ Lazarev,Vladi 7
7 Medvegy,Zolta ½ : ½ Bunzmann,Dimi 8
8 Mann,Christia ½ : ½ Dolezal,Rados 9
Round 9 4th February 2007
Venue: Berlin
Werder Bremen 6½-1½ SK König Tegel
1 McShane,Luke 0 : 1 Rabiega,Rober 1
2 Efimenko,Zaha 1 : 0 Stern,Rene 2
3 Areshchenko,A 1 : 0 Muse,Mladen 3
4 Hracek,Zbynek 1 : 0 Muse,Drazen 4
5 Pelletier,Yan ½ : ½ Tomczak,Raine 5
6 Babula,Vlasti 1 : 0 Von Herman,Ul 6
8 Fish,Gennadij 1 : 0 Sarbok,Torste 7
10 Knaak,Rainer 1 : 0 Pachow,Joerg 8
Hamburger SK 4 - 4 SC Kreuzberg
1 Wojtaszek,Rad ½ : ½ Sargissian,Ga 2
2 Gustafsson,Ja ½ : ½ Socko,Bartosz 3
3 Ftacnik,Lubom 0 : 1 Luther,Thomas 4
4 Kempinski,Rob 1 : 0 Kalinitschew, 5
7 Mueller,Karst 0 : 1 Tischbierek,R 6
8 Reeh,Oliver ½ : ½ Volke,Karsten 7
10 Heinemann,Thi ½ : ½ Paehtz,Elisab 9
13 Sebastian,Dir 1 : 0 Figura,Atila 15
Venue: Berlin
SG Aljechin Soli 3 - 5 Bindlach-Aktionä
1 Jussupow,Artu 0 : 1 Naiditsch,Ark 1
2 Nikolic,Predr 1 : 0 Navara,David 2
4 Sandipan,Chan 0 : 1 Baklan,Vladim 3
5 Naumann,Alexa ½ : ½ Baramidze,Dav 4
7 Hoffmann,Mich ½ : ½ Prusikin,Mich 5
10 Ernst,Sipke ½ : ½ Bischoff,Klau 6
11 Zysk,Robert 0 : 1 Stohl,Igor Dr 7
14 Schaefer,Mark ½ : ½ Markos,Jan 9
SV Wattenscheid 4½-3½ SF Berlin 1903
1 Eljanov,Pavel 1 : 0 Nataf,Igor-Al 1
3 Rustemov,Alex ½ : ½ Miroshnichenk 2
4 Johannessen,L ½ : ½ Miezis,Normun 3
5 Bartel,Mateus 0 : 1 Polzin,Rainer 5
6 Czarnota,Pawe 0 : 1 Thiede,Lars 6
7 Appel,Ralf 1 : 0 Berndt,Stepha 7
8 Holzke,Frank 1 : 0 Poldauf,Dirk 9
11 Dinstuhl,Volk ½ : ½ Kraemer,Marti 10
Venue: Katernberg
SG Köln Porz 4 - 4 SV Mülheim Nord
1 Vaganian,Rafa ½ : ½ Tregubov,Pave 1
2 Lutz,Christop ½ : ½ Landa,Konstan 2
3 Van Wely,Loek ½ : ½ Golod,Vitali 3
4 Timman,Jan H 1 : 0 Fridman,Danie 4
5 Graf,Alexande ½ : ½ Levin,Felix 5
7 Sakaev,Konsta ½ : ½ Saltaev,Mihai 6
8 Korneev,Oleg 0 : 1 Schebler,Gerh 8
12 Andersson,Ulf ½ : ½ Wegener,Olaf 12
SC Remagen 5 - 3 SF Katernberg
3 Fedorchuk,Ser 0 : 1 Volokitin,And 1
4 Bauer,Christi ½ : ½ Motylev,Alexa 2
5 Goloshchapov, ½ : ½ Erenburg,Serg 3
6 Degraeve,Jean ½ : ½ L'Ami,Erwin 4
7 Popovic,Petar ½ : ½ Chuchelov,Vla 5
8 Bindrich,Falk 1 : 0 Firman,Nazar 8
12 Grund,Holger 1 : 0 Siebrecht,Seb 10
14 Schulz,Klaus- 1 : 0 Thesing,Matth 12
Venue: Tegernsee
OSC Baden Baden 5 - 3 SC Eppingen
2 Svidler,Peter 1 : 0 Balogh,Csaba 2
3 Shirov,Alexei 1 : 0 Postny,Evgeny 3
4 Bacrot,Etienn ½ : ½ Acs,Peter 4
6 Nisipeanu,Liv 0 : 1 Braun,Arik 5
7 Harikrishna,P 1 : 0 Meier,Georg 6
12 Dautov,Rustem ½ : ½ Medvegy,Zolta 7
13 Schlosser,Phi ½ : ½ Mann,Christia 8
14 Doettling,Fab ½ : ½ Vogt,Lothar 11
SC Bann 3½-4½ TV Tegernsee
1 Laznicka,Vikt 0 : 1 Bu,Xiangzhi 1
3 Cvek,Robert ½ : ½ Alekseev,Evge 2
4 Jirovsky,Milo ½ : ½ Khenkin,Igor 3
5 Slobodjan,Rom ½ : ½ Sokolov,Andre 4
6 Muraniy,Karl- 0 : 1 Ribli,Zoltan 5
7 Lazarev,Vladi ½ : ½ Kindermann,St 9
8 Bunzmann,Dimi 1 : 0 Hertneck,Gera 10
9 Dolezal,Rados ½ : ½ Teske,Henrik 11
Tabelle:
1. OSC Baden Baden 9 16 54
2. SC Remagen 9 14 39
3. SG Köln Porz 9 13 43
4. Bindlach-Aktionä 9 13 42½
5. Hamburger SK 9 13 40
6. SC Kreuzberg 9 11 38
7. SG Aljechin Soli 9 10 38
8. SF Katernberg 9 10 35½
9. SV Wattenscheid 9 9 33
10. Werder Bremen 9 8 37
11. SC Eppingen 9 8 31½
12. TV Tegernsee 9 7 33½
13. SV Mülheim Nord 9 5 33
14. SF Berlin 1903 9 4 29
15. SC Bann 9 3 28
16. SK König Tegel 9 0 21
The Moscow Open took place 27th January - 4th February 2007. Evgeny
Najer edged out Vasily Yemelin on tie-break after both finished on 7.5/9.
Official site: http://www.moscowopen2007.ru/main/index.html
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RankName FED Rtg Pts Fide vict BH. Rp
1 Najer Evgeniy GM RUS 2605 7,5 42,0 6 48,5 2803
2 Yemelin Vasily GM RUS 2539 7,5 37,0 6 45,0 2767
3 Svetushkin Dmitry GM MDA 2588 7,0 37,5 5 49,5 2728
4 Malakhov Vladimir GM RUS 2663 7,0 35,5 5 50,5 2786
5 Smirnov Pavel GM RUS 2621 7,0 34,5 6 46,5 2676
6 Vorobiov Evgeny E GM RUS 2563 7,0 33,5 6 44,5 2684
7 Kazhgaleyev Murtas GM KAZ 2579 7,0 33,0 5 45,0 2734
8 Dobrov Vladimir GM RUS 2479 7,0 32,5 6 42,5 2665
9 Aleksandrov Aleksej GM BLR 2601 7,0 31,5 6 41,5 2657
10 Askarov Marat IM RUS 2487 6,5 35,5 5 50,5 2693
11 Riazantsev Alexander GM RUS 2629 6,5 35,5 5 47,5 2657
12 Amonatov Farrukh GM TJK 2559 6,5 35,5 5 46,0 2615
Ulko Jaroslav IM RUS 2460 6,5 35,5 5 46,0 2640
14 Yakovich Yuri GM RUS 2577 6,5 34,5 4 45,5 2632
15 Korotylev Alexey GM RUS 2615 6,5 33,5 4 46,5 2663
16 Zvjaginsev Vadim GM RUS 2658 6,5 33,0 4 46,5 2695
17 Ionov Sergey GM RUS 2522 6,5 32,5 6 43,5 2660
18 Chuprov Dmitry IM RUS 2534 6,5 32,5 5 42,0 2616
19 Lastin Alexander GM RUS 2583 6,5 32,0 5 47,0 2638
20 Bocharov Dmitry GM RUS 2602 6,0 35,0 6 49,5 2623
21 Dreev Alexey GM RUS 2658 6,0 34,0 5 46,5 2615
22 Gareev Timur GM UZB 2551 6,0 34,0 4 45,5 2614
23 Chernyshov Konstantin GM RUS 2556 6,0 33,5 5 44,0 2613
24 Grachev Boris IM RUS 2563 6,0 33,0 5 46,0 2589
25 Novikov Stanislav GM RUS 2535 6,0 33,0 5 44,0 2590
26 Krapivin Alexander IM RUS 2478 6,0 33,0 4 45,5 2631
27 Balashov Yuri S GM RUS 2422 6,0 31,5 4 43,5 2615
28 Burmakin Vladimir GM RUS 2568 6,0 31,5 3 43,0 2582
29 Khismatullin Denis GM RUS 2599 6,0 31,0 5 46,0 2637
30 Deviatkin Andrei IM RUS 2544 6,0 31,0 5 42,5 2546
31 Andreikin Dmitry IM RUS 2509 6,0 31,0 4 44,0 2615
32 Yandemirov Valeri GM RUS 2523 6,0 31,0 4 39,5 2509
33 Zinchenko Yaroslav GM UKR 2507 6,0 30,0 4 42,0 2552
34 Oleksienko Mikhailo GM UKR 2541 6,0 30,0 4 41,0 2556
35 Shipov Sergei GM RUS 2591 6,0 30,0 3 45,5 2550
36 Romanov Evgeny IM RUS 2501 6,0 29,0 5 39,0 2534
37 Sergienko Sergey IM RUS 2467 6,0 29,0 4 45,0 2575
38 Moiseenko Alexander GM UKR 2627 6,0 28,5 5 42,0 2581
39 Iljin Artem IM RUS 2529 6,0 27,5 4 37,0 2500
40 Orlinkov Maxim L IM RUS 2377 6,0 26,0 5 34,0 2366
41 Prokopchuk Evgeny GM RUS 2516 6,0 25,0 6 38,0 2453
245 players
The Faaborg-Midtfyn Cup took place February 2nd-4th 2007. There was a
four players rapid double round robin blindfold event which saw the favourites
Magnus Carlsen and Peter Heine Nielsen finish on 4/6 (Carlsen beat Nielsen in
one of their games). Then the top two met in a final where Carlsen won 2-0. GM
Emanuel Berg edged out Steffen Pedersen in the 3rd-4th playoff. Time rate 25
mins+ 20 secs.
Official site: http://www.dsu.dk/faaborg-midtfyn-cup/info.htm
Round 1 (January 2, 2007)
Carlsen, Magnus - Nielsen, Peter Heine 1-0 40 C42 Petroff's Defence
Berg, Emanuel - Pedersen, Steffen 1-0 24 B10 Caro Kann
Round 2 (January 2, 2007)
Carlsen, Magnus - Berg, Emanuel 1-0 52 E20 Nimzo Indian
Nielsen, Peter Heine - Pedersen, Steffen 1-0 37 E07 Catalan
Round 3 (January 3, 2007)
Berg, Emanuel - Nielsen, Peter Heine 0-1 45 C47 Four Knights
Pedersen, Steffen - Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 33 A59 Volga Gambit
Round 4 (January 3, 2007)
Carlsen, Magnus - Pedersen, Steffen 1-0 36 B18 Caro Kann
Nielsen, Peter Heine - Berg, Emanuel 1/2 34 A17 English Opening
Round 5 (January 3, 2007)
Berg, Emanuel - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 60 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Pedersen, Steffen - Nielsen, Peter Heine 0-1 23 D24 QGA
Round 6 (January 3, 2007)
Nielsen, Peter Heine - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 31 E18 Queens Indian
Pedersen, Steffen - Berg, Emanuel 1-0 32 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Faaborg Midtfyn Blindfold Cup Faaborg DEN (DEN), 2-3 i 2007cat. XIV (2592)
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1 2 3 4
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1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2690 ** 1= 1= 01 4.0 2683
2 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2651 0= ** 1= 11 4.0 2696
3 Berg, Emanuel g SWE 2586 0= 0= ** 10 2.0 2468
4 Pedersen, Steffen m DEN 2439 10 00 01 ** 2.0 2517
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Final and 3rd-4th playoff
Round 1 (January 4, 2007)
Berg, Emanuel - Pedersen, Steffen 1/2 53 B18 Caro Kann
Nielsen, Peter Heine - Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 43 A56 Old Indian Defence
Round 2 (January 4, 2007)
Pedersen, Steffen - Berg, Emanuel 0-1 30 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Carlsen, Magnus - Nielsen, Peter Heine 1-0 35 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Faaborg Midtfyn Blindfold Cup Final Faaborg DEN (DEN), 4-4 i 2007
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Final
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1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2690 1 1 2.0
2 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2651 0 0 0.0
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3rd-4th
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3 Berg, Emanuel g SWE 2586 = 1 1.5 2632
4 Pedersen, Steffen m DEN 2439 = 0 0.5 2393
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The Finec Festival took place in St. Petersburg 25th January 2007 - 2nd
February 2007. Sergei Mihajlovskij won the main category IX event. Games from
the final round of each event are not yet available.
Official site: http://www.totalchess.spb.ru/
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FINEC GM St Petersburg RUS (RUS), 25 i-2 ii 2007 cat. IX (2464)
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1. Mihajlovskij, Sergei BLR 2451 * 0 = = 1 = 1 1 1 = 6.0 2590
2. Kim, Alexey g KOR 2457 1 * = = = = 1 0 = 1 5.5 2544
3. Tihonov, Jurij g BLR 2501 = = * = 1 = 0 = 1 1 5.5 2540
4. Gorovykh, Eduard f RUS 2381 = = = * = = = 1 0 1 5.0 2516
5. Lanin, Alexsej f RUS 2465 0 = 0 = * = 1 = 1 1 5.0 2507
6. Vysochin, Spartak g UKR 2526 = = = = = * 0 1 = 0 4.0 2414
7. Matlakov, Maxim RUS 2452 0 0 1 = 0 1 * = 1 0 4.0 2422
8. Klimov, Sergey m RUS 2498 0 1 = 0 = 0 = * 0 1 3.5 2380
9. Ivanov, Alexey3 f RUS 2458 0 = 0 1 0 = 0 1 * = 3.5 2384
10. Korbut, Ekaterina wg RUS 2452 = 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 = * 3.0 2340
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FINEC IM St Petersburg RUS (RUS), 25 i-2 ii 2007 cat. III (2318)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
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1. Lintchevski, Daniil m RUS 2449 * = 1 = = = 1 1 0 1 1 7.0 2453
2. Zacurdajev, Mikhail f RUS 2374 = * = = = = 1 0 1 = 1 6.0 2383
3. Sudakova, Irina wg RUS 2381 0 = * 1 1 = = 0 = 1 1 6.0 2383
4. Stupak, Kirill BLR 2361 = = 0 * 1 1 = = 0 1 = 5.5 2349
5. Serov, Maksim RUS 2275 = = 0 0 * 1 1 1 = = = 5.5 2357
6. Shalimov, Valery m UKR 2393 = = = 0 0 * = 1 1 0 1 5.0 2310
7. Melnikov, Dmitry f RUS 2353 0 0 = = 0 = * 1 1 = 1 5.0 2314
8. Kulikov, Evgeny RUS 2260 0 1 1 = 0 0 0 * 1 1 0 4.5 2287
9. Gogin, Ruslan EST 2135 1 0 = 1 = 0 0 0 * 0 1 4.0 2263
10. Zakharchenko, Arnold m UKR 2301 0 = 0 0 = 1 = 0 1 * 0 3.5 2209
11. Merzliakov, Evgeny RUS 2211 0 0 0 = = 0 0 1 0 1 * 3.0 2179
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FINEC WGM St Petersburg RUS (RUS), 25 i-2 ii 2007
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Kirillova, Varvara wf RUS 2216 * = 1 0 = 1 1 1 = 1 6.5 2407
2. Kostiuk, Tatiana wg UKR 2224 = * 0 = 1 = = 1 = = 5.0 2283
3. Golubenko, Valentina wm EST 2261 0 1 * 1 0 = 1 0 1 = 5.0 2279
4. Sirotkina, Nina wm RUS 2284 1 = 0 * 1 0 0 = 1 = 4.5 2233
5. Petrenko, Svetlana m MDA 2319 = 0 1 0 * 1 0 1 = = 4.5 2229
6. Gromova, Iulia RUS 2255 0 = = 1 0 * 1 = 0 1 4.5 2237
7. Lupik, Marina RUS 2209 0 = 0 1 1 0 * = 1 = 4.5 2242
8. Solovjova, Valentina wm RUS 2267 0 0 1 = 0 = = * 1 1 4.5 2235
9. Kuzevanova, Evgenia RUS 2172 = = 0 0 = 1 0 0 * = 3.0 2121
10. Eidelson, Rakhil wg BLR 2181 0 = = = = 0 = 0 = * 3.0 2120
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The Kiev Championship took place 20th-30th January 2007. Vadim Shishkin
won the event with a fine 10/11.
Official site: http://ukrchess.org.ua/turnir/t113.html
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ch-Kyiv Kyiv UKR (UKR), 20-30 i 2007
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
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1. Shishkin, Vadim UKR m UKR 2474 +17 + 6 + 3 = 2 + 7 + 4 +23 +12 +11 = 5 +13 10.0 2653
2. Pavlov, Sergey UKR 2414 +30 +21 +11 = 1 = 5 + 3 +14 - 4 +16 +10 +12 9.0 2526
3. Kernazhitsky, Leonid m UKR 2345 +13 +36 - 1 +21 +26 - 2 + 7 = 5 + 4 = 6 +11 8.0 2478
4. Golichenko, Ilija UKR 2300 =28 +31 = 8 +14 +10 - 1 = 5 + 2 - 3 +17 = 7 7.0 2379
5. Perun, Sergey m UKR 2357 +15 =23 +25 = 7 = 2 = 8 = 4 = 3 =12 = 1 = 6 6.5 2343
6. Baryshpolets, Andrey UKR 2264 +16 - 1 +12 =10 =18 -23 +33 +14 = 7 = 3 = 5 6.5 2324
7. Solomaha, Andrey UKR 2305 +35 = 8 +20 = 5 - 1 +30 - 3 +17 = 6 =12 = 4 6.5 2312
8. Melnichuk, Mikhail UKR 2223 +39 = 7 = 4 =11 =30 = 5 -17 = 9 +27 =18 +19 6.5 2285
9. Kruglyakov, Pavlo UKR 2289 =20 =26 =30 =13 -14 +36 =21 = 8 =24 +16 +17 6.5 2250
10. Marusenko, Petr m UKR 2330 +37 =25 =23 = 6 - 4 =24 +15 =18 +30 - 2 +21 6.5 2281
11. Matorin, Evgeny m RUS 2274 +22 +18 - 2 = 8 =17 +13 -12 +26 - 1 +15 - 3 6.0 2271
12. Vdovichenko, Vladislav UKR 2069 -23 +15 - 6 +19 +31 +37 +11 - 1 = 5 = 7 - 2 6.0 2292
13. Shumilov, Illya UKR 2175 - 3 =24 +28 = 9 +36 -11 -18 +31 +20 +14 - 1 6.0 2241
14. Malienko, Alexander UKR 2233 -31 +32 +39 - 4 + 9 +18 - 2 - 6 +26 -13 +28 6.0 2223
15. Kovalenko, Vladimir N UKR 2180 - 5 -12 =16 +28 +38 +27 -10 +21 =18 -11 +25 6.0 2221
16. Babiy, Petr UKR 2092 - 6 -17 =15 +39 +25 +29 =26 +24 - 2 - 9 +18 6.0 2213
17. Sidorchuk, Dmitry UKR 2220 - 1 +16 =31 +20 =11 =26 + 8 - 7 +23 - 4 - 9 5.5 2238
18. Manilyk, Andrei UKR 2105 +27 -11 +33 =36 = 6 -14 +13 =10 =15 = 8 -16 5.5 2233
19. Kusnetsov, Igor UKR 2125 =26 =27 -21 -12 +34 +20 -24 =35 +22 +23 - 8 5.5 2167
20. Bidkov, Anton UKR 2132 = 9 +28 - 7 -17 =33 -19 +39 +25 -13 =27 +32 5.5 2194
21. Zhesterev, Anatol UKR 2254 +32 - 2 +19 - 3 -23 +38 = 9 -15 +35 +24 -10 5.5 2190
22. Balanovskij, Valentin UKR 2111 -11 -33 +34 -37 -29 +40 =36 +38 -19 +35 +30 5.5 2124
23. Karnaukh, Anatolij UKR 2253 +12 = 5 =10 -26 +21 + 6 - 1 =30 -17 -19 =27 5.0 2220
24. Bidkova, Viktoria UKR 2017 -36 =13 -27 +34 +35 =10 +19 -16 = 9 -21 =31 5.0 2147
25. Moiseev, Igor UKR 2236 +29 =10 - 5 -30 -16 =28 +32 -20 +33 +26 -15 5.0 2147
26. Moliboga, V RUS 2277 =19 = 9 +37 +23 - 3 =17 =16 -11 -14 -25 +38 5.0 2158
27. Semenova, Lidia K wg UKR 2270 -18 =19 +24 =38 =37 -15 =35 +33 - 8 =20 =23 5.0 2104
28. Gerber, Vladimir UKR 2147 = 4 -20 -13 -15 +40 =25 -31 +39 +29 +30 -14 5.0 2089
29. Musienko, Olexiy UKR 1945 -25 -37 +40 =35 +22 -16 -30 =36 -28 +38 +33 5.0 2102
30. Burdalev, Kirill UKR 2182 - 2 +34 = 9 +25 = 8 - 7 +29 =23 -10 -28 -22 4.5 2147
31. Levchuk,Dmitry UKR ---- +14 - 4 =17 =33 -12 -35 +28 -13 -32 +39 =24 4.5 2088
32. Lebed, Petr UKR 2088 -21 -14 -35 +40 +39 -33 -25 =34 +31 +36 -20 4.5 2082
33. Tchoubar, Vladimir m UKR 2287 . +22 -18 =31 =20 +32 - 6 -27 -25 +34 -29 4.0 2051
34. Docenko, Feodosi J UKR 2087 . -30 -22 -24 -19 +39 +38 =32 =36 -33 +35 4.0 2038
35. Ivchenko, Anatoly UKR 2154 - 7 -38 +32 =29 -24 +31 =27 =19 -21 -22 -34 3.5 1967
36. Ianovsky, Alexander UKR 2240 +24 - 3 =38 =18 -13 - 9 =22 =29 =34 -32 -39 3.5 1963
37. Brozhik, Vasilij UKR 2172 -10 +29 -26 +22 =27 -12 . . . . . 2.5 2110
38. Chistiakov, Anatolij UKR 1901 . +35 =36 =27 -15 -21 -34 -22 =39 -29 -26 2.5 1958
39. Ovcharov,Taras UKR ---- - 8 +40 -14 -16 -32 -34 -20 -28 =38 -31 +36 2.5 1892
40. BYE ---- . -39 -29 -32 -28 -22 . . . . . 0.0
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The Championship of Serbia 2007 Qualifications tournament took place in
Belgrade, 23rd-31st January 2007. Zoran Arsovic and Slavisa Brenjo finished on
6.5/9.
Official site:
http://www.beochess.org.yu/2007/kvalsamp07/kvsamp07.htm
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ch-SER Qualification Belgrade SER (SER), 23-31 i 2007
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1 14 IM Arsovic Zoran 2457 SRB 6½ 39 48 4 36
2 8 IM Brenjo Slavisa 2491 SRB 6½ 37 47½ 4 35½
3 23 Todorovic Jovan 2381 SRB 6 42 53½ 4 32
4 7 IM Tadic Branko 2496 SRB 6 40½ 51½ 3 32½
5 1 GM Vuckovic Bojan 2551 SRB 6 39½ 50½ 3 34
6 2 GM Savic Miodrag R 2533 SRB 6 38 48 4 31
7 6 GM Rajkovic Dusan 2511 SRB 6 35½ 46 5 29½
8 12 IM Pap Misa 2475 SRB 6 34 42½ 5 29½
9 4 IM Lajthajm Borko 2515 SRB 6 30 38 4 25
10 20 WGM Bojkovic Natasa 2397 SRB 5½ 36 45 3 26½
11 10 IM Arsovic Goran 2478 SRB 5½ 32½ 40½ 3 27½
12 5 GM Abramovic Bosko 2513 SRB 5½ 32 41½ 5 26
13 9 GM Drazic Sinisa 2483 SRB 5 34 43½ 3 27
14 15 FM Pavlovic Milos 2448 SRB 5 33 42½ 4 25½
15 16 Nestorovic D Nikola 2424 SRB 5 31½ 39½ 4 24
16 25 IM Brkljaca Ante 2353 SRB 4½ 36 45½ 4 25
17 24 Mihic Bojan 2369 SRB 4½ 34½ 44½ 2 24½
18 33 FM Zivkovic Sava 2313 SRB 4½ 34 44 3 26
19 3 IM Milanovic Danilo 2519 SRB 4½ 33 42½ 3 24½
20 36 Krstic Petar 2280 SRB 4½ 32½ 40½ 3 20½
21 19 IM Govedarica Radovan 2402 SRB 4½ 31 39½ 3 22½
22 18 FM Kojovic Dragan 2408 SRB 4½ 30½ 39 3 24
23 22 IM Nestorovic Dejan 2387 SRB 4½ 30 39½ 3 21
24 17 IM Todorovic Goran N 2418 SRB 4½ 28½ 38 2 22½
25 28 FM Sekulic Dusan 2340 SRB 4½ 26 34 4 18½
26 30 Savicevic Vlatko 2323 SRB 4 31½ 40½ 2 19½
27 29 WGM Chelushkina Irina 2338 SRB 4 29½ 38½ 3 15
28 21 IM Certic Branimir 2388 SRB 4 28½ 37½ 2 20
29 13 GM Tosic Miroslav 2459 SRB 4 27½ 34½ 3 19½
30 11 GM Todorovic Goran M 2475 SRB 3½ 35 45 3 24½
31 39 Bojovic Dusan 2218 SRB 3½ 31 40 3 18
32 37 Sarenac David 2242 SRB 3½ 30 38 2 17½
33 38 Rakic Marija 2241 SRB 3½ 28½ 35 1 17½
34 40 Sarenac Ivan 2190 SRB 3½ 27 34½ 2 17½
35 34 Martic Ivan 2309 SRB 3½ 23½ 31½ 2 9½
36 26 IM Andrijevic Milan 2347 SRB 3 28½ 36½ 1 16½
37 35 FM Radulovic Dusko 2303 SRB 2½ 28½ 37½ 2 13½
38 42 Ravic Nenad 2144 SRB 2½ 23 29 1 10½
39 31 FM Irizanin Radoje 2319 SRB 2 26½ 34½ 0 12½
40 27 Lapcevic Milos 2343 SRB 1 33 41½ 1 8
41 41 Zivkovic D Dejan 2187 SRB 1 27 35 0 6½
42 32 Dimitrijevic Srdjan 2314 SRB ½ 31½ 39½ 0 4½
The First Saturday February GM-IM-FM closed tournaments in Budapest take
place 3rd-15th February 2007.
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu
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FSGM February Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-13 ii 2007 cat. VII (2423)
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1. Papp, Gellert HUN 2335 * . . . . . . . . . 1 1.0
2. Pilgaard, Kim m DEN 2412 . * . . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
3. Bodiroga, Predrag m SER 2431 . . * . . = . . . . . 0.5 2362
4. Ilincic, Zlatko g SER 2451 . . . * . . = . . . . 0.5 2497
5. Kosic, Dragan g MNE 2504 . . . . * . . = . . . 0.5 2465
6. Somborski, Nebojsa f SER 2362 . . = . . * . . . . . 0.5 2431
7. Varga, Zoltan g HUN 2497 . . . = . . * . . . . 0.5 2451
8. Szabo, Krisztian1 m HUN 2465 . . . . = . . * . . . 0.5 2504
9. Rajlich, Iweta m POL 2428 . . . . . . . . * . . 0.0
10. Krivokapic, Marko MNE 2342 . 0 . . . . . . . * . 0.0
11. Prohaszka, Peter2 f HUN 2430 0 . . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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The Dutch Team Championship Meesterklasse takes place 23rd October 2006
- 12th May 2006. The fifth round took place on 3rd February 2007. Some games
available.
Links: Dutch Chess Federation: http://www.schaakbond.nl/ - Meesterklasse
Games side bar at: http://www.schakers.info/ - Photo reports
at: http://www.chessvista.com (Specific
reference)
Round 5 3rd Feb 2007
ESGOO - Share Dimension Groningen 2½ - 7½
HSG - HMC Calder 7 - 3
SO Rotterdam - LSG 8 - 2
SMB - Zukertort Amstelveen 5½ - 4½
Homburg Apeldoorn - Utrecht 3½ - 6½
Meesterklasse Mp Bp 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1. HSG 10 34 x . . 7 6½ . 7 . 5½ 8
2. Share Dimension Groningen 9 32 . x . 7 5½ 7½ . . 5 7
3. SO Rotterdam 6 29 . . x . 5 . 4 5 8 7
4. HMC Calder 6 25 3 3 . x . 6½ . . 6 6½
5. Utrecht 5 26 3½ 4½ 5 . x . 6½ 6½ . .
6. ESGOO 5 23½ . 2½ . 3½ . x 5½ 5 7 .
7. Homburg Apeldoorn 4 25 3 . 6 . 3½ 4½ x 8 . .
8. SMB 4 21 . . 5 . 3½ 5 2 x . 5½
9. LSG 1 18½ 4½ 5 2 4 . 3 . . x .
10. Zukertort Amstelveen 0 16 2 3 3 3½ . . . 4½ . x
The 12th HIT Open took place in Nova Gorica, Slovenia 26th January - 1st
February 2007. Ivan Ivanisevic took first place on tie-break from Oleg Korneev
on tie-break, both finished on 6.5/9. News: Dušan Rusjan.
Official site: http://www.sah-zveza.si/rez/0701/hitopen/
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12th HIT Open A Nova Gorica SLO (SLO), 26 i-1 ii 2007
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1. Ivanisevic, Ivan g SER 2602 +28 =16 +24 =10 + 6 = 3 + 4 = 5 = 2 6.5 2663
2. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2606 - 6 =30 +23 +22 =14 +16 + 7 + 3 = 1 6.5 2597
3. Borisek, Jure m SLO 2518 +29 + 5 +17 = 7 = 4 = 1 + 8 - 2 = 6 6.0 2622
4. Godena, Michele g ITA 2530 +23 =12 +18 +17 = 3 =10 - 1 + 9 = 5 6.0 2636
5. Jovanic, Ognjen m CRO 2463 +34 - 3 +29 =15 = 9 +17 +10 = 1 = 4 6.0 2610
6. Sebenik, Matej m SLO 2434 + 2 = 8 =12 +20 - 1 =15 =14 +24 = 3 5.5 2571
7. Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2517 =27 +31 + 9 = 3 =10 = 8 - 2 =15 +18 5.5 2557
8. Doric, Darko f CRO 2474 +25 = 6 =15 =12 +13 = 7 - 3 =14 +19 5.5 2532
9. Kozul, Zdenko g CRO 2616 =11 +21 - 7 =18 = 5 +26 +24 - 4 +14 5.5 2550
10. Markus, Robert g SER 2560 +33 =18 +16 = 1 = 7 = 4 - 5 =12 +21 5.5 2565
11. Skoberne, Jure f SLO 2436 = 9 -20 +30 -14 =19 +27 =13 +22 +15 5.5 2461
12. Sermek, Drazen g SLO 2530 +19 = 4 = 6 = 8 =24 =18 =22 =10 =13 5.0 2495
13. Lenic, Luka m SLO 2517 +32 -17 =20 +19 - 8 =28 =11 +26 =12 5.0 2430
14. Saric, Ante m CRO 2501 =31 =27 =19 +11 = 2 =24 = 6 = 8 - 9 4.5 2431
15. Jovanovic, Zoran CRO g CRO 2557 +22 =24 = 8 = 5 =16 = 6 =18 = 7 -11 4.5 2450
16. Tratar, Marko g SLO 2478 +30 = 1 -10 +27 =15 - 2 =17 =20 =22 4.5 2426
17. Nevednichy, Vladislav g ROM 2567 +26 +13 - 3 - 4 +32 - 5 =16 =18 =23 4.5 2433
18. Popchev, Milko g BUL 2445 +35 =10 - 4 = 9 +20 =12 =15 =17 - 7 4.5 2449
19. Gombac, Jan f SLO 2298 -12 +33 =14 -13 =11 =20 +32 +31 - 8 4.5 2383
20. Miletic, Dean SLO 2139 =21 +11 =13 - 6 -18 =19 +36 =16 =26 4.5 2408
21. Saric, Ivan CRO 2469 =20 - 9 =31 +35 =26 -22 +28 +25 -10 4.5 2319
22. Krivec, Jana wm SLO 2316 -15 +36 =32 - 2 +25 +21 =12 -11 =16 4.5 2418
23. Mestrovic, Zvonimir m SLO 2302 - 4 =25 - 2 +33 -27 =30 +35 +28 =17 4.5 2350
24. Stevic, Hrvoje g CRO 2495 +36 =15 - 1 +28 =12 =14 - 9 - 6 +32 4.5 2458
25. Kokol, Peter SLO 2199 - 8 =23 -26 +30 -22 +35 +29 -21 +36 4.5 2297
26. Martinovic, Sasa f CRO 2378 -17 -29 +25 +31 =21 - 9 +27 -13 =20 4.0 2324
27. Guid, Matej SLO 2278 = 7 =14 =28 -16 +23 -11 -26 +33 =31 4.0 2355
28. Biti, Ozren f CRO 2395 - 1 +35 =27 -24 +29 =13 -21 -23 +34 4.0 2302
29. Srebrnic, Marko SLO 2281 - 3 +26 - 5 =32 -28 +34 -25 =30 +33 4.0 2280
30. Stajner, Samo SLO 2212 -16 = 2 -11 -25 +36 =23 =34 =29 +35 4.0 2255
31. Srebrnic, Ana wg SLO 2245 =14 - 7 =21 -26 =34 +36 +33 -19 =27 4.0 2305
32. Olarasu, Gabriela wg ROM 2274 -13 +34 =22 =29 -17 =33 -19 +36 -24 3.5 2272
33. Jeric, Simon m SLO 2337 -10 -19 +34 -23 +35 =32 -31 -27 -29 2.5 2100
34. Bozinovic, Boban SER 2137 - 5 -32 -33 +36 =31 -29 =30 -35 -28 2.0 2052
35. Varini, Massimo ITA 2027 -18 -28 +36 -21 -33 -25 -23 +34 -30 2.0 2081
36. Bembich, Corrado ITA 2220 -24 -22 -35 -34 -30 -31 -20 -32 -25 0.0
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The 7th round of the Belgian League took place on 28th January 2007. CE
Namur became the new leader of the league by heavily beating the second team of
Bruges. CRELEL had a surprise win against Eynatten 2 the clear ELO favourite.
Another former champion, SK Rochade, also fell back. News: Valery Maes.
Official site: http://users.pandora.be/vmaes/interclub/
Results Round 7 28-01-07
Eynatten 1 - KBSK 1 5 - 3
Eynatten 2 - CRELEL 3,5 - 4,5
CREC - Rochade 5 - 3
Borgerhout - Leuven C. 4 - 4
Temse - KGSRL 5.5 - 2.5
CE Namur - KBSK 2 7,5 - 0,5
Standings after 7 rounds
Rk Team Bdpts Mpts
1. CE Namur 37,5 12
2. CRELEL 37 13
3. Eynatten 2 33,5 10
CREC 33,5 10
5. Eynatten 1 30,5 9
6. SK Rochade 30,5 8
7. Temse 26,5 6
8. KGSRL 25 5
9. KBSK 1 24 4
10. Borgerhout 24 5
11. Leuven Centraal 18,5 2
12. KBSK 2 15,5 0
The 15th Danube Open took place in Aschach 26th-31st December 2006.
Jakub Czakon won the event with 6/7. News Harald Grafenhofer.
Official site: http://www.aschach.at/schach/
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1 Czakon Jakub IM 2486 POL 6 26,0 2699
2 Szoen Dariusz IM 2437 POL 5½ 23,5 2582
3 Wiesinger Robert MK 2231 AUT 5½ 19,5 2337
4 Sakelsek Tadej IM 2468 SLO 5 23,0 2530
5 Balinov Ilia GM 2510 BUL 5 22,5 2539
6 Nikolov Momchil 2448 BUL 5 22,5 2493
7 Pakleza Zbigniew 2429 POL 5 22,5 2484
8 Dovzik Juri IM 2430 UKR 5 22,5 2455
9 Neuman Petr IM 2416 CZE 5 22,0 2504
10 Jurek Josef IM 2359 CZE 5 20,5 2428
11 Pachta Paul 2300 AUT 5 20,0 2387
12 Szuhanek Ranko IM 2455 ROM 5 19,5 2393
13 Cifka Stanislav FM 2341 CZE 5 18,0 2396
14 Mahdy Khaled IM 2372 AUT 4½ 20,0 2363
15 Hrzica Rok 2257 SLO 4½ 19,0 2400
16 Liepold Stefan 2267 GER 4½ 18,5 2332
17 Diermair Andreas FM 2377 AUT 4½ 18,5 2317
18 Knechtel Roland FM 2269 GER 4½ 18,0 2252
19 Dietmayer-Kraeutler Marco MK 2287 AUT 4½ 17,5 2285
20 Priesner Andreas 2268 AUT 4½ 15,5 2184
83 players
Kiril Georgiev beat CraftyNovus in a two game match held on FICS 3rd-4th
November 2007.
Further details:
http://www.freechess.org/Events/2007/GMGeorgiev-CraftyNovus/index.html
and
http://web1.bhead.co.uk/PublicDownload/4Robert/AshteadChessClub/Web/index.html
Georgiev, Kiril - CRAFTYNOVUS 1/2 55 E68 King's Indian Fianchetto
CRAFTYNOVUS - Georgiev, Kiril 0-1 66 D00 Queen's Pawn Game
FICS Match FICS INT (INT), 3-4 ii 2007
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1 2
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Georgiev, Kiril g BUL 2661 = 1 1.5
CRAFTYNOVUS ---- = 0 0.5
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Arno Nickel played a The World team in the chessgames.com Challenge
August 28, 2006 - January 11, 2007 he was defeated in 41 moves.
The World - Nickel, Arno 1-0 41 B42 Sicilian Paulsen
The Association of Chess Professionals is conducting a survey about draw
offers it started on the 10th of January 2007.
They would like to thank everybody who has already taken part in it. As
the issue is very important, the deadline for sending back the completed survey
has been extended to the 5th of March 2007.
Questions:
1. A draw offer should be: a) allowed at any stage of the game
(current FIDE rules) b) allowed after 30 moves of the game are completed c)
allowed after 40 moves of the game are completed d) allowed after 50 moves of
the game are completed e) not allowed at all (Corsican rule) f) abstain 2. A
draw offer, at the stage where it is allowed, should imply a time penalty in
the case it is rejected: a) yes b) no c) abstain
Just add your name at the bottom.
ACP Members as well as all chess players having the FIDE title of
International Master (IM or WIM) or International Grandmaster (GM or WGM) can
send back the completed survey to the ACP Secretary Bartlomiej Macieja at
gmbartek@gmail.com
ACP members can do it online at:
http://www.chess-players.org/eng/news/viewarticle.html?id=603
Gausdal Classics
Gausdal Classics is played 18-26 April 2007 at the famous high mountain
hotel in Gausdal, Norway. There will be a strong GM round-robin with several
2600+ players, a GM Swiss and an ELO Swiss. All tournaments are 9 rounds. Rate
of play: 2 hours / 40 moves,1 hour / 20 moves and 0.5 hour / rest. Home page:
http://www.bergensjakk.no/gausdal/classics2007/
Contact: hanso.lahlum@c2i.net
8th Individual European Chess Championships (Men/Open + Women)
The 8th Individual European Chess Championships take place 2-16 April,
2007, in the International Congress Center, Dresden (Germany). 11 rounds Swiss
system will be played, 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of
the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one. The
European Championships are open to all players representing the Chess
Federations which comprise the European Chess Union (FIDE zones 1.1 to 1.9)
regardless of their title or rating. There is no limit of participants per
federation; however applications have to be sent by the national federations
only, preferable by internet registration form. The Individual European
Championships 2007 and the Individual Women`s Championship 2007 are
qualification events for the next Chess World Cup or the next World Chess
Championships for Women respectively. According to FIDE’s tournament
regulations and the decision of the ECU Board, 33 players from the men’s
section and 13 players from the women’s section will qualify. The
organizer offers a prize fund of 200,000 Euros. In addition FIDE will
contribute to the prize fund with an amount of 80,000 US Dollars (60,000 for
the open section and 20,000 for the women’s section). FIDE/ECU will deduct
20 % from the total prize fund. The national federations were requested to fill
in and return the Application Form not later than 31th January 2007. The
organizer will accept late registrations after this date subject to an extra
charge. All details regarding schedule, prizes and entry fee are published at
the official site: http://www.dresden2008.de (in German and
English language).
Currently, over 580 registrations have been made by the national
federations at the end of the first application phase - 424 participants in the
Open and 162 in the women´s event.
43 of the 54 ECU federations have registered at least one starter. The
largest group will come from Germany with 148 chess players followed by the
Russian Federation with 88.
The field of participants will be headed by Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (ELO
2754) from Azerbaijan, number 5 of the world ranking and the European Champion
of 2004 Ivanchuk Vassily (ELO 2750) from the Ukraine. Eight ladies out of the
world's TOP 20 will be present in Dresden including Nadezhda Kosintseva (ELO
2496) from Russia and World Champion of 2004 Antoaneta Stefanova (ELO 2483)
from Bulgaria.
You can see all registrated players at the official site: change
language into English, then the links
http://www.dresden2008.de/front_content.php?idcat=183
or http://www.dresden2008.org/anmeldung/registrations.php
Georgi Tringov Memorial
39th Open Championship - Georgi Tringov Memorial, which take place in
Plovdiv, Bulgaria between 05 - 11.02.2007. In the tournament take part 165
players including 9 GM and 11 IM.
The official website of the Open is :http://www.chessmix.com/openplovdiv07/
Alushta Diary 2007
GM Norm events: 23.05 - 1.06, 2.06 - 12.06, 15.06 - 25.06, 2.09 -
12.09, 14.09 - 24.09, 26.09 - 6.10, IM Norm: 23.05 - 1.06, 2.06 - 12.06, 15.06
- 25.06, 2.09 - 12.09, 14.09 - 24.09, 26.09 - 6.10, Rating tournament: 4.06 -
12.06, 22.06 - 27.06, Open tournament (under 16 years) First prize - 200$ 3.06
- 11.06, 13.06 - 21.06, Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Open tournament First prize -
1000$ First prize (woman) - 500$ 28.06 - 6.07, Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Blitz
tournament 7.07, Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Open tournament (rapid chess) 8.07 -
9.07, Alushta Session of school of Gennadi Kuzmin 21.06 - 27.06
Individual and group studying Further information:
http://www.kaissa.com.ua phone +38
(06560)5-05-32, +380505828911 (for Russian speaking) + 44 7717890632 (for
English speaking, call after 18.00) e-mail: info@kaissa.com.ua
Marienbad Chess Festival
The Marienbad Chess Festival took place 19th-29th January 2007. Final
results available but only about half the games so far. Emil Hermansson edged
out Mathias Womacka on tie-break after both finished on 7/11. Games from the
second half of the event still missing.
Official site: http://www.avekont.cz/marianky/eng/
San Cristobal de La Laguna Open
The San Cristobal de La Laguna open tournament takes place 5th- 11th
March 2007 in the Canary Islands - Spain. 9 rounds, 90 minutes + 30 seconds
Details: http://www.lalagunainternacionalajedrez.com/
New England Masters
New England Masters, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, August 13-17, 2007. 9
Round FIDE Swiss with great norm opportunities. Low entry fees and hotel rate,
open to players rated FIDE 2200 or higher. Website:
http://www.newenglandmasters.com.
Email: chris@chesstournamentservices.com.
Pobeskydi Chess Festival
The chess festival "Pobeskydi" takes place 5th-9th April 2007. There
will be 2 round robin tournaments with possibility of GM and IM norm and one
9-round Swiss tournament. Prize found will be about 1500euros. For further
information visit http://www.chessfm.cz
Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess tournament
The Alekhine Chess Club is organising Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess
tournament 25th February - 6th March 2007 at the Gorky Sadan, Kolkata. 80
players, 20-24 GMs, 24 IMs, expected. Highly rated and a few unrated from about
20 countries. The details of our evet is also available at the web site of All
India Chess Federation at :
http://www.indianchessfed.org/prospectus/2007/Internationalgrandmasters004-2007.asp
5th Nancy Festival
Players for 5th international chess festival in Nancy (France) 19th-26th
February 2007 Category 10 Average : 2490 GM-norm : 6/9 gmi
Moradiabadi, Elshan 2569 Iran gmi Sandipan, Chanda 2561 Inde gmi Guliyev, Namig
2545 Azerbaidjan mi Sikula, Vaszilij 2515 Ukraine mi Okhotnik, Vladimir 2486
France mi Abergel, Thal 2475 France mi Marzolo, Cyril 2472 France mi Wirig,
Anthony 2433 France mf Brunner, Nicolas 2426 France mf Nezar, Mustapha 2423
France
Further details:
http://philippechess.free.fr/Festival2007/F07english.html
3rd European Union Individual Chess Championship
The 3rd European Union Individual Chess Championship takes place
in Arvier (Aosta Valley Italy) June 15th - 24th 2007
Details: http://www.scacchivda.com/
7th European Individual Senior Championship
The 7th European Individual Senior Championship takes place 2 - 10 June,
2007, in the Business-Lounge of the Hockenheim circuit (Germany). The
championship is open for all European seniors and senior women. Ladies shall be
born before 1st Jan 1957, gentlemen before 1st Jan 1947. 9 rounds Swiss system,
ELO rated. Time control: 40 moves in 2 hours + 1 hour quick-play finish. All
details regarding schedule, prizes and entry fee are published on the website
of the festival: http://www.euro-seniorchamp.de.vu
Host:Karpov Chess Academy Hockenheim (Karpow-Schachakademie Hockenheim e.V.) -
President Dieter Auer email: karpow@schachakademie-hockenheim.de
6th Aeroflot Festival
The 6th Aeroflot Festival takes place in Moscow. Day of arrival
February 13th, day of departure February 23rd. 2007 In the previous 5 festivals
137 players achieved a FIDE norm. This is this year again possible.
The venue of the festival is the Delta Hotel of the Ismailova Center in
Moscow, about 20 minutes from the center of Moscow by Metro.
There are 4 Swiss Tournaments: Tournament A1 for players with a rating
over 2549 Tournament A2 for players with a rating over 2399, but lower than
2550 Tournament B for players with a rating over 2199, but lower than 2400
Tournament C for players with a rating lower than 2200 and without a rating.
The organising committee allows some players to play in a tournament higher
than the rating of the player indicates.
The total prize fund is $ 200.000.
Contacts: aeroflotchess@gmail.com tel/fax: +7 (495) 291-8578 or tel.:
+7 (495) 290-6084
All details on regarding entry fee, visa, schedule, prizes are
published on the website of the festival:
http://www.aeroflotchess.com/
Offene Internationale Stuttgarter Stadtmeisterschaft 2007
The Offene Internationale Stuttgarter Stadtmeisterschaft 2007, takes
place 17.5. - 20.5.2007, in Gerlingen, South-Germany. 7 Rounds, Swiss System,
A/B-tournament, over 7000 € prizes.
Details: http://www.stuttgarter-stadtmeisterschaft.de
30th San Sebastian Open
The 30th San Sebastian International Chess Open takes place 1st to 8th
of April 2007. Rate of Play: 90 minutes + 30 sec/move
Contact Phone: +34 943474604 +34 943396149 Email: xake@fgajedrez.org
Further details: http://www.fgajedrez.org
Banyoles Chess Festival 2007
The Banyoles Chess Festival includes two tournaments: The Rapid-Chess
Tournament is on 15th of August. And from the 16th until 24th of August is held
the International Chess Tournament. Here, you will find more information about
them: 3rd. "Lluís Muratet" Rapid-Chess Tournament This will be played
the 15th of August of 2007. Rapid-Chess (20 minutes or 15min+5"). 9 Rounds.
Prizes: 1st. 800 €; Prize fund: 2.000 €. (Valid for Catalan Chess
Circuit) 10th Banyoles International Chess Tournament From 16th until 24th of
August of 2007. Swiss System. 9 Rounds. 105 minutes + 30 seconds/movement.
Prizes: 1st. 2.000 € (4.000 € if the winner achieves 9 points); Prize
fund: 8.000 €. (Valid for the Catalan Chess Circuit). Nigel Short has
announced his participation.
Official site: http://www.escacsbanyoles.com/
Battle of Senta tournament
The 11th International Chess Festival "The Battle of Senta 1697" takes
place 20th-30th July 2007 in Senta (the Vojvodina / Serbia).
Details: http://www.chess-senta.org.yu
Linares/Morelia 2007
In addition the line up for the Morelia / Linares tournament (again in
Mexico and Spain) has been announced. The Morelia half takes place 16th-25th
February 2007 and Linares 2nd-11th March 2007.
The field is: Veselin Topalov, Viswanathan Anand, Peter Leko, Peter
Svidler, Levon Aronian, Teimour Radjabov, Magnus Carlsen and Alexander
Morozevich.
Monroi Grand Prix for Women
Women in chess are being recognized by a Grand-Prix series of
international chess events. The events will be broadcast live using the MonRoi
system. “The world’s best women chess players have the opportunity to
qualify in some of the top tournaments in the world. We invite you to follow
live games, pictorial and video reports! Join us in Gibraltar, Cannes, Zagreb,
Dresden, Liechtenstein, St. Petersburg and Philadelphia and Montreal!”
said Brana Giancristofaro, Founder & CEO of MonRoi Inc. The Grand-Prix
Finale will be held in Montreal, Canada July 21-28, 2007. Qualifiers will be
selected on the basis of top performance and will compete for Finale prizes!
The Grand-Prix starts on January 23rd, 2007, in Gibraltar! Qualifying events
are the following:
GibTelecom, Gibraltar, January 23 - February 1
Cannes Open, FRA,
February 18-25
Zagreb Open, CRO, March 17-25
ECU Individual, Dresden
GER, April 2-15
Liechtenstein Open, May 11-19
White Nights, St.
Petersburg RUS, June 16-24
World Open, Philadelphia USA, June 28 - July
4
Montreal Chess Festival Finale, July 21-28
Further details: http://www.monroi.com/GP
Sydney International Open
SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL OPEN (10/04/2007-14/04/2007) - Australia's
strongest Open tournament ever held.
More information at http://www.chessaustralia.com.au/open
or contact info@chessaustralia.com.au
Novi Sad Chess
Novi Sad will host the 2009 Europian National Team Championship. In the
run up to that the Championship of Novi Sad takes place 18th-25th March 2007.
Further detail: http://www.drazic.co.yu
Dutch Team Championship
The Dutch Team Championship Meesterklasse takes place 23rd October 2006
- 12th May 2006. The fourth round took place on December 16th 2006.
Dutch Chess Federation: http://www.schaakbond.nl/ - Meesterklasse
Games side bar at: http://www.schakers.info/ - Photo reports
at: http://www.chessvista.com
Politiken Cup
The 29th Copenhagen Open Politiken Cup takes place 21st-29th July 2007.
Official site: http://www.politikencup.dk/
Coulsdon Christmas International
The Coulsdon Christmas International takes place 11th-15th December
2006. The organisers need 2 titled and 1 non-titled players for the 10 player
all-play-all event for IM norms. In addition, we there are 3 spaces in their
Challengers' event. If interested contact Scott Freeman chess@ccfworld.com
Details:
http://www.ccfworld.com/Chess/Results/2006-12-15_International.htm
Hungarian tournaments January - May 2007
The list of the chess tournaments from January - May 2007 in Hungary:
1. 27th of December until 4th of January, Kecskemet, IM Berger tmt,
org: Dr.Erdelyi, Tamas, e-mail: postmaster@caissa.t-online.hu Website:
www.caissachessbooks.hu Usually also in the second half of the month IM tmt-s
in Kecskemet. 100 km South from Budapest.
2. 5th-13th of January 2007 - EVADNYITO (SEASON STARTING) Open, First
prize: brutto 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
http://www.firstsaturday.hu
3. 3rd-16th of February 2007 FIRST SATURDAY Budapest GM-IM-FM, 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/..
4. 3rd-16th of March FS Budapest, GM-IM-FM, org: NL.
5. 16th-24th of March Budapest Spring Festival 9 round Swiss Open, org:
Nagy L. www.firstsaturday.hu
6. 25th of March - 7th of April, GM closed tournament in SIKONDA,
South-West 250 km from Budapest, org: Mr.Gruenwald, mobile phone:
+36-30-9971005
7. 7th-20th of April, FS GM-IM-FM, Budapest, org: NL
8. 21st of April - 1st of May GM tmt minimal cat.9. Planned /2451-2475
Elo range/, Org: NL,
9. 5th-18th of May, GM-IM-FM Budapest, org NL,
10. 19th-29th of May, ELEKES MEMORIAL, GM-IM closed, Org: IM Zsinka,
e-mail: zsinkala@t-online.hu
Prague Open 2007
PRAGUE OPEN 2007 (11.-18.1. 2007 - 2 FIDE opens, one of them with a
possibility to fulfill IM norm, active chess and blitz tournament, more
information at the address http://www.czechtour.net/praha/index.php
Marienbad Open 2007
MARIENBAD OPEN 2007 Marienbad is the second largest spa town in the
Czech Republic, 19.-27.1. 2007 - closed GM tournament, closed IM tournament,
FIDE open, active chess and blitz tournament,
http://www.czechtour.net/marlazne/index.php
Swiss Chess Tour 2007
The Swiss Chess Tour 2007 starts in Basle in the New Year
(1.-7.1.2007.). Venue of Chess Festival for 9th time is Hotel Hilton in Basle.
Hilton Open (1-7.1.2007.) 7 Rounds, 6 hours (2 hours for 40 moves + 60
minutes for complete the game.) Prizes:
2000/1500/1200/800/600/500/2x400/2x300/5x200 CHF. Special prizes 200 CHF for
best Lady, Senior (1947), junior (1987-90), schoolboy (1991). Enter fee: 140
CHF (FM and juniors 70 CHF) GM & IM free. At the door 20 CHF.
Players so far for Basle: GM Ulf Andersson (SWE), GM Borislav Ivkov
(SCG), GM Andrei Sokolov (FRA), GM Miso Cebalo (CRO), GM Igor Rausis (BAN), GM
Nenad Sulava (CRO), GM Stefan Djuric (SCG), IM Martin Senff (GER), IM Simon
Kuemin (SUI) etc.
Basle amateur (1-7.1.2007.) 7 Rounds, 4 hours (90 minutes 30 moves + 30
minutes to complete the game). Players under 1900 rating (FIDE or national).
Enter fee: 120 CHF (juniors 60 CHF). At the door 20 CHF. Prizes:
500/400/2x300/2x200/4x150 CHF.
Basle juniors (2.1.2007.) 7 Rounds, 15 minutes for the game. Juniors
1987 and younger. Enter fee 5 CHF. Natural prizes for all players.
Basel Lighting Chess (6.1.2007. from 14.00 to 16.00) 9 Rounds, 5
minutes. Enter fee: 20 CHF (juniors 5 CHF). Prizes 300/200/150/2x100/2x50 CHF
natural prizes for everybody 50% and more points.
More information and registration: Robert Spoerri tel. +41+62+9654-650,
fax +41+62+9654-651 E-mail info@beochess.ch Further information:
http://www.beochess.ch or
http://yubc.net/~yuchess
Austrian Team Championship
The first three rounds of the Austrian Team Championship took place in
Graz 3rd-5th November 2006.
Schedule: R 01-03: 03.11.-05.11.2006, Graz (Hotel Novapark) R 04-07:
18.01.-21.01.2007, Leoben (Gösserbräu) R 08-11: 08.03.-11.03.2007,
Mattersburg
Official site: http://www.chess.at/staatsligen/stl_a.htm
Slovenian Chess Centre
The Slovenian Chess Federation opened a centre on the 21st October 2006.
Official site: http://www.sah-zveza.si/news/0610/sahdom/
Pierre Barthélémy Chess Blog
Pierre Barthélémy Chess Blog in French:
http://echecs-info.blogspot.com
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/
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
Czech Tour 2006-7
There is new information about the Czech Tour 2006/2007 including:
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
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
