THE WEEK IN CHESS 652 7th May 2007 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) Kramnik - Aronian Rapid Match
3) Russian Team Championships
4) Baku Chess Festival
5) Ostravsky Konik
6) 9th Dubai Open
7) XX Benidorm Open
8) Mexico City
9) Kallithea Khalkidiki
10) San Sebastian Open
11) Pobeskydi Chess Festival
12) Lugano Open
13) Italian Team Championship
14) Forthcoming Events and Links

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Games section

Kramnik - Aronian Rapid Match     6 games
Russian Team Championships      486 games
Baku Chess Festival             110 games
Ostravsky Konik                   6 games
9th Dubai Open                   62 games
XX Benidorm Open                 10 games
Mexico City                      75 games
Kallithea Khalkidiki             50 games
San Sebastian Open              508 games
Pobeskydi Chess Festival        310 games
Italian Team Championship        31 games
1660 games

1) Introduction

My thanks to Doru Ionescu, Dario Mione, Tomas Dvorak, Mikel Larreategi, Miklos Orso, Maxim Dlugy, Efstratios Grivas, Dimitris Skyrianoglou, Aggelos Tzermiadianos, Adolivio Capece, Matthias Karkowski, Evgeny Tkachev, Vlad Rekhson and everyone else who helped with the issue.

Well if Kramnik had a good rapid result last week, this one wasn't so good. He went straight from his match against world number 8 Peter Leko to take on Levon Aronian in Yerevan. After a great start with a nice win in a Ruy Lopez Marshall Kramnik then lost three games in a row from which he couldn't recover as the final two games were drawn. If anything the Russian Team Championship was an even bigger event with many of the world's best playing. Also of interest is the Baku Chess Festival with a smattering of top players including Nigel Short, Vadim Milov and Loek Van Wely. Lots of good stuff.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Kramnik - Aronian Rapid Match

World Champion Vladimir Kramnik played World Cup Holder Levon Aronian in a rapid match May 4th-6th, 2007 in Yerevan, Armenia. Two games were played each day. The time control was 25 minutes for the whole game with an increment of 10 seconds per move. The match was organised by the Armenian Chess Federation. Levon Aronian won the match 4-2 after winning both games on the second day.

Official site: http://www.aroniankramnik2007.am/

Kramnik, Vladimir  -  Aronian, Levon     1-0   45  C89  Ruy Lopez Marshall
Aronian, Levon     -  Kramnik, Vladimir  1-0   76  D17  Slav Defence
Kramnik, Vladimir  -  Aronian, Levon     0-1   77  A30  English Symmetrical
Aronian, Levon     -  Kramnik, Vladimir  1-0   43  D45  Anti-Meran Variations
Kramnik, Vladimir  -  Aronian, Levon     1/2   47  A60  Modern Benoni
Aronian, Levon     -  Kramnik, Vladimir  1/2   55  D12  Slav Defence

Rapid Match Yerevan ARM (ARM), 4-6 v 2007
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                                 1   2   3   4   5   6 
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Aronian, Levon    g  ARM 2759    0   1   1   1   =   =   4.0  2897
Kramnik, Vladimir g  RUS 2772    1   0   0   0   =   =   2.0  2634
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3) Russian Team Championships

The Russian Team Championships takes place in the Hotel Dagomys Sochi 1st-12th May 2007. Many stars are playing including Ivanchuk, Morozevich, Shirov, Grischuk, Karjakin, Volkov, Harikrishna, Jobava, Eljanov, Kiril Georgiev, Radjabov, Alekseev, Gelfand, Jakovenko, Khalifman, Karpov, Korchnoi etc etc. There are the main men's and women's leagues along with the Russian Higher League.

Official sites: http://russiachess.org/online/ - PGN http://russiachess.org/online/rtc2007.pgn and http://www.chessliga.ru

Round 5 Standings: 
 1. Tomsk-400     – 10 (19½)
 2. Ural          – 9  (18½)
 3. Ekonomist     – 7  (17)
 4. Junost Moskvy – 7  (16½)
 5. Elara         – 6  (15½)
 6. TPS           – 3  (14½)
 7. Ladja         – 3  (14)
 8. South Ural    – 3  (12½)
 9. Shatar        – 2  (12)
10. Politekhnik   – 0  (9½)

4) Baku Chess Festival

The Baku Chess Festival takes place April 30th – May 12th 2007. Nigel Short is the top seed.

Official site: http://www.chessclub.az/kubok2/index.htm

Leading Round 4 Standings: 
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2nd President's Cup Baku AZE (AZE), 3-11 v 2007
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Rank Seed     Name                            Fed FIDE  Score TB1  TB2 TB3
1    20   GM  Zubarev, Alexander              UKR 2511  4     9.5  5.5 5.5
2    2    GM  Milov, Vadim                    SUI 2675  4     9.5  4.5 4.5
3    14   GM  Mamedov, Nidjat                 AZE 2547  3.5   11   5.5 5.5
4    9    GM  Malakhatko, Vadim               BEL 2598  3.5   10.5 5.5 5.5
5    1    GM  Short, Nigel D                  ENG 2691  3.5   10   5   5  
6    15   GM  Savchenko, Stanislav            UKR 2545  3.5   9.5  5   5  
7    17   GM  Shengelia, Davit                GEO 2523  3.5   9    4   4  
8    11   GM  Guseinov, Gadir                 AZE 2586  3.5   8.5  4.5 4.5
9    6    GM  Balogh, Csaba                   HUN 2617  3     11.5 5.5 5.5
10   8    GM  Gelashvili, Tamaz               GEO 2605  3     11   6   6  
11   12   GM  Mamedov, Rauf                   AZE 2584  3     11   5.5 5.5
12   7    GM  Fedorov, Alexei                 BLR 2611  3     11   5   5  
13   29   IM  Sulashvili, Malkhaz             GEO 2439  3     10.5 5.5 5.5
14   3    GM  Van Wely, Loek                  NED 2674  3     10.5 5   5  
15   19   GM  Zinchenko, Yaroslav             UKR 2513  3     10   5.5 5.5
16   5    GM  Sadvakasov, Darmen              KAZ 2618  3     10   5   5  
17   31   GM  Andreev, Eduard                 UKR 2433  3     10   5   5  
18   32   IM  Sanikidze, Tornike              GEO 2426  3     10   5   5  
19   10   GM  Burmakin, Vladimir              RUS 2593  3     9.5  5   5  
20   35       Paichadze, Luka                 GEO 2392  3     9.5  4   4  
21   13   GM  Rustemov, Alexander             RUS 2557  3     9    5   5  
22   51   WIM Khotenashvili, Bela             GEO 2301  3     9    5   5  
23   26   IM  Guliev, Logman                  AZE 2466  3     9    4.5 4.5
24   62       Mammadov, Ayaz                  AZE 2225  3     8.5  5   5  
25   16   GM  Shanava, Konstantine            GEO 2532  3     8.5  4   4  
26   21   GM  Babaev, Rashad                  AZE 2510  3     8    4   4  
27   22   IM  Abbasov, Farid                  AZE 2509  3     8    4   4  
28   45       Davidov, Samir                  AZE 2326  3     8    4   4  
29   50   FM  Bregadze, Levan                 GEO 2302  3     8    4   4  
30   52       Bayramov, Vugar                 AZE 2298  3     8    3.5 3.5
31   37       Durarbeyli, Vasif               AZE 2368  3     8    3   3  
32   36       Zarkua, Davit                   GEO 2390  3     7.5  3.5 3.5
33   49       Laciner, Kerem                  TUR 2304  3     7    4   4  
34   73   WIM Gavasheli, Ana                  GEO 2175  3     7    3.5 3.5
35   24   IM  Gasanov, Eldar                  UKR 2486  3     6.5  3.5 3.5
36   38   WGM Mamedjarova, Zeinab             AZE 2354  3     6.5  3.5 3.5
37   18   GM  Miezis, Normunds                LAT 2521  3     6    3.5 3.5
38   34       Morchiashvili, Bachana          GEO 2396  2.5   10   6   6  
39   4    GM  Naiditsch, Arkadij              GER 2654  2.5   10   5   5  
40   23   GM  Aroshidze, Levan                GEO 2500  2.5   9.5  4.5 4.5
41   39   FM  Gassanov, Assif                 AZE 2353  2.5   9.5  4.5 4.5
42   33   WGM Melia, Salome                   GEO 2396  2.5   9    4.5 4.5
43   42   WGM Zozulia, Anna                   BEL 2344  2.5   9    4.5 4.5
44   46   WIM Batsiashvili, Nino              GEO 2317  2.5   9    4.5 4.5
45   79       Isgandarova, Khayala            AZE 2155  2.5   9    4.5 4.5
46   47   WGM Velikhanli, Firuza              AZE 2310  2.5   8.5  4.5 4.5
47   58       Akhmedov, Fariz                 AZE 2265  2.5   8.5  4.5 4.5
48   65       Husseinov, Shahin               AZE 2209  2.5   8.5  4.5 4.5
49   41       Chigladze, Iveri                GEO 2346  2.5   8    4.5 4.5
50   25   IM  Magalashvili, Davit             GEO 2474  2.5   8    4   4  
51   56       Lomsadze, Davit                 GEO 2268  2.5   8    4   4  
52   57   WFM Guramishvili, Sopiko            GEO 2267  2.5   8    3   3  
53   70   WIM Shukurova, Meihriban            AZE 2193  2.5   7.5  3.5 3.5
54   85       Allahverdiev, Elchin            AZE 2124  2.5   7.5  3.5 3.5
55   43   WGM Kadimova, Ilaha                 AZE 2339  2.5   7.5  3   3  
56   48       Agayev, Nidjat                  AZE 2306  2.5   7.5  3   3  
57   53   WGM Mamedjarova, Turkan             AZE 2293  2.5   7.5  3   3  
58   61       Badalov, Samir                  AZE 2245  2.5   7    3   3  
147 players

5) Ostravsky Konik

There was a GM and FIDE Open at the Ostrava Festival in the Czech Republic 28th April - 6th May 2007. Michal Krasenkow won the Category XVI GM event with 4.5/6. The Open was won by Vladimir Sergeev ahead on tie-break from Wojciech Przybylski, Stepan Zilka and Klaudiusz Urban all of whom finished on 7/9. There ought to be at least a small number of games from the open event available as they were broadcast but not made available in PGN. The GM group's games are complete.

Official site: http://www.ostravskykonik.cz/

GM Ostrava CZE (CZE), 28 iv-4 v 2007   cat. XVI (2631)
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                                 1  2  3  4 
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1 Krasenkow, Michal  g POL 2661 ** == =1 11  4.5  2814
2 Movsesian, Sergei  g SVK 2642 == ** == 1=  3.5  2684
3 Hracek, Zbynek     g CZE 2613 =0 == ** ==  2.5  2580
4 Laznicka, Viktor   g CZE 2608 00 0= == **  1.5  2445
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FIDE Open Final Round 9 Standings: 
1   IM  Sergeev Vladimir           2449 UKR  7,0  49,5 0   38,5
2   FM  Przybylski Wojciech        2320 POL  7,0  49,0 0   39,5
3   FM  Zilka Stepan               2419 CZE  7,0  48,0 0   38,0
4   IM  Urban Klaudiusz            2464 POL  7,0  47,0 0   37,5
5   IM  Michenka Jozef             2344 CZE  6,5  54,5 0   43,5
6   IM  Maiorov Nikita             2485 BLR  6,5  54,5 0   43,0
7   GM  Manik Mikulas              2438 SVK  6,5  53,5 0   42,5
8   IM  Rasik Vitezslav            2480 CZE  6,5  51,5 0   40,0
9       Kolosowski Mateusz         2248 POL  6,5  47,0 0   37,5
10  FM  Rojicek Vojtech            2308 CZE  6,5  46,5 0   35,5
11  IM  Zakharchenko Arnold        2278 UKR  6,5  42,5 0   35,5
12  GM  Vokac Marek                2482 CZE  6,0  53,5 0   42,0
13  FM  Gumula Daniel              2373 POL  6,0  52,0 0   41,0
14  IM  Simacek Pavel              2495 CZE  6,0  48,5 0   38,0
15  FM  Chudinovskikh Alexander M. 2399 RUS  6,0  48,0 0   37,5
16      Kociscak Jiri              2181 CZE  6,0  46,5 0   35,5
17      Dolezal Radoslav           2425 CZE  6,0  46,0 0   35,5
18  IM  Kantorik Marian            2359 SVK  6,0  45,5 0   35,5
19  IM  Heinzel Olaf               2403 GER  6,0  45,0 0   35,0
20      Krejci Jan                 2193 CZE  6,0  43,0 0   34,0
21      Olsar Jaroslav             2307 CZE  6,0  43,0 0   33,0
22  IM  Talla Vladimir             2432 CZE  5,5  51,0 0   41,5
23  IM  Vesselovsky Serguei        2368 CZE  5,5  49,5 0   39,0
24      Zilinskas Vaidotas         2083 LTU  5,5  49,0 0   38,0
25      Krajina Ales               2199 CZE  5,5  47,5 0   37,5
26  FM  Vyskocil Neklan            2349 CZE  5,5  47,0 0   37,5
27      Jedlicka Ales              2253 CZE  5,5  47,0 0   37,0
28  IM  Kulhanek Tomas             2457 CZE  5,5  46,5 0   36,0
29      Inants Aghasi              2259 ARM  5,5  46,0 0   36,0
30  GM  Likavsky Tomas             2485 SVK  5,5  44,0 0   34,0
31      Potomak Vladimir           2233 CZE  5,5  43,0 0   33,0
32  IM  Sikora-Lerch Jan           2285 CZE  5,5  42,5 0   34,0
33  WFM Leks Hanna                 2175 POL  5,5  42,0 0   32,5
34      Pacher Milan               2234 SVK  5,5  41,5 0   32,0
35      Danes Jaroslav             2196 CZE  5,5  39,0 0   30,5

6) 9th Dubai Open

The 9th Dubai Open took place 22nd-30th April 2007 at the Dubai Chess Club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. At stake was the Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Cup and a total of $45,000 in cash prizes. Levan Pantsulaia leads edged out Gadir Guseinov on tie-break after both players finished on 6.5/9. Games from round 9 plus some additional games from earlier rounds now available.

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

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9th Open Dubai UAE (UAE), 22-30 iv 2007
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1   Pantsulaia Levan              GEO GM  2616  6,5  17753 30,5 0,0 2754
2   Guseinov Gadir                AZE GM  2586  6,5  17347 30,5 0,0 2696
3   Gelashvili Tamaz              GEO GM  2605  6,0  17605 30,5 0,0 2676
4   Sadvakasov Darmen             KAZ GM  2618  6,0  17537 29,5 0,0 2669
5   Megaranto Susanto             INA GM  2530  6,0  17515 28,5 0,0 2656
6   Anastasian Ashot              ARM GM  2552  6,0  17468 28,0 0,0 2650
7   Kotsur Pavel                  KAZ GM  2588  6,0  17465 28,5 0,0 2653
8   Ghaem Maghami Ehsan           IRI GM  2599  6,0  17304 28,5 0,0 2637
9   Mchedlishvili Mikheil         GEO GM  2609  6,0  17142 26,5 0,0 2619
10  Bagheri Amir                  IRI GM  2481  6,0  16851 27,0 0,0 2474
11  Guliev Sarhan                 AZE GM  2486  6,0  16571 24,5 0,0 2535
12  Sturua Zurab                  GEO GM  2513  5,5  17429 27,5 0,0 2592
13  Kotanjian Tigran              ARM GM  2560  5,5  17403 29,0 0,0 2591
14  Koneru Humpy                  IND GM  2575  5,5  16966 26,5 0,0 2537
15  Girinath P D S                IND IM  2378  5,5  16843 25,0 0,0 2500
16  Minasian Artashes             ARM GM  2586  5,5  16260 22,0 0,0 2450
17  Gopal G N                     IND     2455  5,5  15686 23,0 0,0 2355
18  Safarli Eltaj                 AZE IM  2463  5,0  17427 26,0 0,0 2543
19  Alavi Sayed Javad             IRI FM  2485  5,0  17236 27,0 0,0 2508
20  Karavade Eesha                IND WGM 2343  5,0  17043 23,5 0,0 2474
21  Ramesh R B                    IND GM  2471  5,0  16942 25,0 0,0 2474
22  Petrosian Tigran L            ARM GM  2580  5,0  16937 25,5 0,0 2488
23  Toufighi Homayoon             IRI FM  2365  5,0  16908 22,0 0,0 2458
24  Bakre Tejas                   IND GM  2426  5,0  16865 22,0 0,0 2462
25  Al-Modiahki Mohamad           QAT GM  2568  5,0  16833 25,5 0,0 2473
26  Adhiban B                     IND     2368  5,0  16825 23,5 0,0 2451
27  Adly Ahmed                    EGY GM  2503  5,0  16798 25,0 0,0 2467
28  Ehlvest Jaan                  USA GM  2643  5,0  16645 23,5 0,0 2459
29  Kulicov Oleg                  RUS IM  2403  5,0  16643 23,0 0,0 2432
30  Harika Dronavalli             IND WGM 2476  5,0  16630 25,0 0,0 2444
31  Taleb Moussa                  UAE GM  2386  5,0  16540 22,0 0,0 2417
32  Kamble Vikramaditya           IND     2339  5,0  16537 22,0 0,0 2397
33  El Taher Fouad                EGY IM  2488  5,0  16463 25,0 0,0 2412
34  Handoko Edhi                  INA GM  2441  5,0  16373 24,0 0,0 2400
35  Sitanggang Salor              INA IM  2417  5,0  16222 21,0 0,0 2382
36  Chiburdanidze Maia            GEO GM  2510  5,0  16103 21,5 0,0 2380
37  Zhu Chen                      QAT GM  2531  5,0  15959 20,5 0,0 2354
38  Al Sayed Mohamad N            QAT IM  2483  5,0  15916 21,5 0,0 2347
39  Nadig Kruttika                IND WIM 2207  5,0  15892 17,0 0,0 2331
40  Kayumov Sergey                UZB IM  2425  5,0  15828 21,0 0,0 2327
41  Navabi Shirin                 IRI WFM 2070  4,5  17159 23,5 0,0 2479
42  Sundararajan Kidambi          IND IM  2458  4,5  17044 24,0 0,0 2442
43  Othman Moussa                 UAE FM  2318  4,5  16908 21,5 0,0 2374
44  Meenakshi Subbaraman          IND WGM 2338  4,5  16693 21,5 0,0 2383
45  Hilwani Talal                 SYR     2267  4,5  16550 19,5 0,0 2360
46  Golizadeh Asghar              IRI     2311  4,5  16543 20,5 0,0 2286
47  Tolentino Rustum              PHI     2261  4,5  16476 18,5 0,0 2359
48  Sethuraman S P                IND     2332  4,5  16385 21,5 0,0 2324
49  Salem A R Saleh               UAE FM  2193  4,5  16002 17,5 0,0 2296
50  Jasim A.R. Saleh              UAE FM  2292  4,5  15990 19,5 0,0 2278
51  Grover Sahaj                  IND FM  2187  4,5  15743 17,0 0,0 2186
126 players

7) XX Benidorm Open

The XX Open Internacional de Ajedrez Villa de Benidorm 2007 Benidorm took place 22nd April - 1st May 2007 (10 rounds). Ibragim Khamrakulov edged out Boris Chatalbashev on tie-break after both finished on 8/10.

Full details: http://www.chessbenidorm.com

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XX Open Benidorm ESP (ESP), 23 iv-1 v 2007
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Rank  SNo      Name                                   Rtg  FED Pts BH.
   1    5 GM   Khamrakulov Ibragim S                  2545 ESP  8  59½
   2    4 GM   Chatalbashev Boris                     2546 BUL  8  58½
   3   12 GM   Movsziszian Karen                      2494 ARM 7½   62
   4    1 GM   Gagunashvili Merab                     2625 GEO 7½   62
   5    6 GM   Jankovic Alojzije                      2541 CRO 7½   59
   6    2 GM   Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel            2563 ESP  7   62
   7   20 GM   Bellon Lopez Juan Manuel               2423 ESP  7  59½
   8   18 GM   Barlov Dragan                          2439 SRB  7   59
   9    7 GM   Narciso Dublan Marc                    2539 ESP  7  58½
  10   14 GM   Radulski Julian                        2485 BUL  7  58½
  11    9 GM   Arizmendi Martinez Julen L             2525 ESP  7   58
  12   19      Swinkels Robin                         2430 NED  7   55
  13   31 IM   Toledano Llinares Juan A               2317 ESP  7   50
  14    3 GM   Strikovic Aleksa                       2563 SRB 6½   61
  15   10 GM   Paunovic Dragan                        2524 SRB 6½  58½
  16   11 GM   Saric Ante                             2496 CRO 6½   58
  17   22 IM   Vassallo Mauricio                      2392 ESP 6½  57½
  18   17 IM   Llanes Hurtado Miguel                  2441 ESP 6½   57
  19   30 IM   Kovacevic Slobodan                     2325 SRB 6½   57
  20    8 GM   Suba Mihai                             2537 ROM 6½  56½
  21   28 FM   Valmaña Canto Jaime                    2338 ESP 6½   56
  22   21 IM   Saldano Horacio                        2422 ESP 6½  55½
  23   34 FM   Eggleston David J                      2301 ENG 6½  54½
  24   32 FM   Lacrosse Marc                          2313 BEL 6½   54
  25   15 GM   Pogorelov Ruslan                       2462 UKR  6  59½
  26   24 IM   Garcia Fernandez Carlos                2377 ESP  6  56½
  27   16 IM   Barria Daniel                          2451 CHI  6   56
  28   35 FM   Fenollar Jorda Manuel                  2287 ESP  6   55
  29   25 FM   Salgado Allaria Carlos                 2363 ESP  6  54½
  30   23 IM   Vehi Bach Victor M                     2377 ESP  6  53½
  31   36      Kuznetsov Kirill                       2242 RUS  6  53½
  32   27 FM   Huerga Leache Mikel                    2344 ESP  6  52½
  33   37      Carrascoso Morales Abel                2215 ESP  6  51½
  34   26 FM   Clement Gomez Jose A                   2357 ESP  6   51
  35   51      Sanchez Barbado Carlos                 2131 ESP  6   51
  36   38      Tscharotschkin Michael                 2211 GER  6   51
  37   29 WIM  Vega Gutierrez Sabrina                 2335 ESP  6  50½
  38   48      Montero Fernandez Oscar                2140 ESP  6   49
  39   40      Fernandez Manrique Agustin             2187 ESP  6   49
  40   43 WFM  Vega Gutierrez Belinda                 2159 ESP  6  48½
  41   44      Moreto Quintana Alex                   2153 ESP  6  48½
  42   64 CM   Garcia Domingo Jose Antonio            2023 ESP  6  47½
  43   42      Maleki Manuel                          2163 FRA  6  47½
  44   33 FM   Garcia Jimenez Francisco J             2309 ESP 5½  51½
  45   50      Garcia Gata Jorge D                    2134 ESP 5½   50
  46   81      Tonus Alex                             1928 ITA 5½   49
  47   62      O`neill Daneyko Jose Antonio           2025 ESP 5½  48½
  48  100      Ruiz Ureta Ernesto                     2173 ESP 5½   48
  49   58      Mataix Arbona Cesar                    2072 ESP 5½  47½
  50   74      Alcaraz Carcel Antonio                 1946 ESP 5½   47
  51   47 CM   Serrano Marhuenda Salvador             2143 ESP 5½   47
  52   67      Ballester Llagaria Luis Eduard         1999 ESP 5½  46½
  53   63      Cabrera Crespo Miguel                  2025 ESP 5½   46
  54   61      Stokes Ivan                            2032 SCO 5½   45
  55   88      Rubio Trigueros Jose Luis              1846 ESP 5½  41½
  56   69      Dominguez Garcia Juan Antonio          1979 ESP 5½   41
  57   57      Pardo Simon David                      2074 ESP  5   51
  58   73      Yañez Acin Gonzalo                     1949 ESP  5   50
  59   52 NM   Ridameya Tatche Jose                   2125 ESP  5  49½
  60   65      Hernandez Rios Ivan                    2009 ESP  5   49
  61   79      Galvan Ruiz Mario                      1937 ESP  5  48½
  62   55      Dura Olmos Gines Raul                  2088 ESP  5   47
  63  110      Molina Cabaleiro Juan Jose             1865 ESP  5   47
  64   70      Gomez Latorre J                        1971 ESP  5   46
  65  101      Vazquez Abad Juan Carlos               1971 ESP  5   46
  66   53      De Anna Franco                         2094 SUI  5  45½
  67   89      Rodriguez Fernandez Cristian           1826 ESP  5   45
  68   71      Garcia Roman Jose Luis Machado         1968 ESP  5  44½
  69   96      Bendayan Claros Aaron                  1713 PER  5   43
  70  102      Plaza Uñac Adolfo                      1949 ESP  5   43
  71  106      Zotes Flecha Luis                      1887 ESP  5   43
  72   56      Alcaraz Ortega Javier                  2077 ESP  5  42½
  73  120      Burlacu Laurentiu                         0 RUM  5  41½
  74   49      Moran Rodriguez Luciano                2139 ESP 4½  55½
  75   91      Rivas Crespo Alexander                 1810 ESP 4½  49½
  76   66      Vieito Soria Luis Maria                2008 ESP 4½  49½
  77  103      Alonso Jimenez Jaime                   1918 ESP 4½   49
  78   78      Navarro Lopez-Menchero Daniel          1938 ESP 4½  48½
  79   80      Ivern Gual Carles                      1935 ESP 4½   47
  80   45      Ruiz Viñals Matias                     2152 ESP 4½   47
  81   46      Megias Ortiz Vicente Manuel            2144 ESP 4½  45½
  82   83      Custard Gasco Daniel                   1919 ESP 4½  44½
  83   82      Cucarella Montell Angels               1922 ESP 4½  44½
  84   75      Arnot Bob                              1946 ESP 4½  43½
  85   54      Marquinez Cabrejas F J                 2092 ESP 4½   43
  86   90      Algaba Traspuesto Jose Antonio         1822 ESP 4½  42½
  87   98      Perez Castellano Susana                1711 ESP 4½   39
  88  129      Groenegres Thomas                         0 GER 4½  34½
  89  111      Guillen Pino Antonio                   1835 ESP  4   49
  90   76      Cruz Lledo Pablo                       1944 ESP  4   48
  91   68      Esquerdo Nogueroles Gaspar             1985 ESP  4  47½
  92   85      Benito Alba Eladio                     1881 ESP  4  46½
  93   92      Pardo Simon Leticia                    1799 ESP  4  45½
  94   87      Blanco Blanco Jesus                    1856 ESP  4   45
  95   97      Kuenitz Klaus                          1713 GER  4   44
  96   86      Diaz Begonte Manuel                    1865 ESP  4  43½
  97   72      Harutyunyan Tigran                     1968 ARM  4  42½
  98  136      Marti Blanes Jose Manuel                  0 ESP  4  42½
  99   99      Vasnani Bhavna                         1501 ESP  4  40½
 100   93      Alberola Reig Francisco                1769 ESP  4  39½
 101   95      Sogues Tena Pilar                      1742 ESP  4  38½
 102  133      Magdaleno Puche Juan Pedro                0 ESP  4   38
 103  119      Cabrera Ramos Javier                   1358 ESP  4   36
 104  117      Folch Fuentes Eva                      1666 ESP  4   36
 105   60      Amoros Moran Jose Joaquin              2039 ESP 3½   49
 106  105      Canalejo Sudon Manuel                  1894 ESP 3½   45
 107  112      Planelles Ortega Emilio                1818 ESP 3½   42
 108  116      Del Amo Delgado Pedro                  1731 ESP 3½   42
 109  107      Raga Alfaro Hector                     1877 ESP 3½  40½
 110  125      Dominguez Almansa Flora                   0 ESP 3½  40½
 111  113      Marco Moucho Jose Angel                1814 ESP 3½   40
 112  137      Meler Plana Jeronimo                      0 ESP 3½  38½
 113  132      Lloret Ramon Carles                       0 ESP 3½   34
 114   84      Ibarrola Arino Ignacio                 1893 ESP  3   43
 115  124      Cheli Gracia Dionisio                     0 ESP  3  41½
 116  138      Mendoza Garrido Pedro                     0 ESP  3   41
 117  108      Escriva Agud Salvador                  1867 ESP  3  40½
 118   94      Butron Cayuelas Manuel                 1748 ESP  3  40½
 119  118      Vidal Gascon Vanessa                   1655 ESP  3   40
 120  121      Capmartin Pola Carlos                     0 ESP  3   40
 121  104      Gonzalez Ruiz Carlota                  1895 ESP  3  37½
 122  122      Cervera Tur Enrique                       0 ESP 2½  32½
 123  128      Galan Gascon Francisco Felipe             0 ESP 2½   31
 124   59      Pinos Rubio Roberto                    2045 ESP  2  45½
 125   13 GM   Komljenovic Davorin                    2485 CRO  2   45
 126  139      Mingot Segrelles Juan                     0 ESP  2  39½
 127  130      Llorens Molina Francisco Jose             0 ESP  2  38½
 128  123      Cheli Gracia Alejandro                    0 ESP  2  37½
 129  131      Lloret Cortes Cristina                    0 ESP  2   35
 130   77      Gomez Manzano Francisco Carlos         1943 ESP 1½   47
 131  141      Serl Salvador Joaquin                     0 ESP  1  47½
 132  126      Evangelio Navarro Jesus                   0 ESP  1  45½
 133  127      Flores Cortes Alberto                     0 ESP  1   45
 134  109      Michel Frederic                        1867 ESP  1   42
 135  114      Valverde Caballero Rafael              1801 ESP  0   46
 136  142      Simonis Yves                              0 ESP  0  45½
 137  134      Mallebrera David                          0 ESP  0   45
 138  115      Casal Martin Jose M.                   1774 ESP  0   45
 139   39 FM   Molina Jorge                           2201 BOL  0   45
       41      Perdiguero Duenas J                    2184 ESP  0   45
      135      Marquez Ortiz Alberto                     0 ESP  0   45
 142  140      Rubio Juan Pablo                          0 ESP  0  39½

8) Mexico City

The Gran Torneo Internacional "Icaro 2007" Magistral took place in Mexico City 27th April - 1st May 2007. The main event was won by Juan Carlos Gonzalez Zamora who took clear first on 7.5/9 a pint clear of the field.

Official site: http://www.fenamac.org.mx/postnuke/html/

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Rk Name                              NAT Sco  BH   SB    Rating TPR  W-We  PS  
 1 Gonzalez Zamora, Juan Carl    GM  MEX 7.5  51.5 42.75 2537   2671 +1.45 40.5
 2 Perelshteyn, Eugene           GM  USA 6.5  52.5 35.75 2531   2557 +0.44 35.5
 3 Zapata, Alonso                GM  COL 6.5  51.5 35.0  2486   2536 +0.71 34.5
 4 Leon Hoyos, Manuel            IM  MEX 6.5  50.0 33.75 2454   2525 +0.94 34.5
 5 Capo Vidal, Uriel             FM  MEX 6.5  42.5 30.5  2361   2378 +0.26 30.0
 6 Huerta Carballo, Dayron       FM  CUB 6.5  44.5 30.5  2338   2465 +1.53 31.5
 7 Mitkov, Nikola                GM  MKD 6.0  48.5 31.75 2544   2436 -1.02 31.0
 8 Almeida Saenz, Alfonso        IM  MEX 6.0  46.0 29.5  2429   2407 -0.21 31.0
 9 Ibarra Chami, Luis Fernand    IM  MEX 6.0  48.0 30.0  2325   2457 +1.57 29.5
10 Dominguez Aguilar, Guiller    FM  MEX 5.5  51.0 28.5  2387   2437 +0.72 33.0
11 Verduga Zavala, Denis         IM  MEX 5.5  46.0 25.75 2358   2364 +0.10 28.0
12 Estrada Nieto, Julian         IM  MEX 5.5  46.5 25.75 2355   2420 +0.86 31.0
13 Garmendez Gonzalez, Floren    IM  MEX 5.5  42.5 23.25 2311   2311 +0.04 29.5
14 Piña Gonzalez, Jose Antoni    FM  MEX 5.5  44.0 25.25 2277   2316 +0.46 26.0
15 Morales Garcia, Sergio Jos        MEX 5.5  44.5 24.25 2256   2333 +0.91 28.0
16 Sanchez Enriquez, Oscar Ge    NM  MEX 5.5  52.5 30.5  2242   2479 +2.44 31.0
17 Tapie Amione, Pablo Adib      NM  MEX 5.5  42.5 21.0  2173   2310 +1.44 24.5
18 Furio Vidal, Pedro                MEX 5.5  40.0 19.75 2144   2247 +0.97 20.5
19 Alvarez Ramirez, Miguel An        MEX 4.5  44.0 20.0  2139   2296 +1.77 24.0
20 Escobedo Tinajero, Alberto    IM  MEX 5.0  48.0 23.0  2390   2375 -0.15 30.5
21 Alford Phillipe, Jason        FM  MEX 5.0  45.0 23.5  2299   2285 -0.09 26.0
22 Vega Garcia, Jorge Arturo     FM  MEX 5.0  41.5 19.5  2251   2226 -0.36 24.5
23 Ramirez Garcia, Jorge Albe    NM  MEX 5.0  43.5 21.0  2210   2332 +1.28 25.0
24 Garmendez Gonzalez, Carlos    FM  MEX 5.0  40.0 19.0  2200   2302 +1.06 23.5
25 Machin-Rivera, Mark               PUR 5.0  39.0 17.25 2162   2258 +1.02 23.5
26 Rodriguez Vila, Andres        GM  URU 5.5  51.0 29.75 2559   2424 -1.28 31.0
27 Navarro Segura, Roberto       IM  MEX 4.5  42.5 16.5  2236   2263 +0.11 23.5
28 Martin Del Campo C., Jorge    FM  MEX 4.5  38.0 14.0  2231   2187 -0.54 23.0
29 Venegas Ocampo, Pablo Juan    FM  MEX 4.5  41.0 17.25 2225   2227 -0.02 23.5
30 Velazquez Martinez, Josue         MEX 4.5  37.0 16.0  2192   2152 -0.43 21.0
31 Zavalza Ramirez, Ivan J           MEX 4.5  39.0 15.25 2185   2122 -0.69 20.5
32 Floresvillar Gonzalez, Lui        MEX 4.5  44.5 20.5  2182   2291 +1.04 25.5
33 Gonzalez Arroyo, Lenin        NM  MEX 4.5  40.0 17.0  2176   2117 -0.66 21.5
34 Fontaine, Alain                   FRA 4.5  39.0 18.25 2153   2186 +0.32 21.0
35 Baltazar Pineda, Rafael       IM  MEX 4.5  43.5 18.5  2118   2251 +1.58 24.0
36 Vazquez Fernandez, Eduardo    FM  MEX 4.5  36.5 15.25 2100   2168 +0.56 19.5
37 Contreras Medina, Ruben Da    NM  MEX 4.0  38.0 10.25 2164   2130 -0.38 21.5
38 Rivera Rodriguez, Jesus Ca    NM  MEX 4.0  40.5 16.0  2127   2178 +0.64 21.0
39 Almedina, Edgardo                 PUR 4.0  35.5 14.75 0      2149 2149  17.5
40 Mata Gonzalez, Jose Fernan    NM  MEX 3.5  38.0 14.5  2215   2108 -1.08 21.0
41 Hernandez Rojo, Flavio Leo        MEX 3.5  39.0 12.25 2136   2107 -0.33 19.0
42 Caceres Cortes, Julio             CAN 3.5  34.5 9.25  2133   2062 -0.72 19.0
43 Rojas Alarcon, Julian Anto    NM  MEX 3.5  39.0 11.5  2132   2051 -0.80 18.5
44 Pellicer Covarrubias, Dani    NM  MEX 3.5  34.5 8.25  2128   2113 -0.21 17.0
45 Duarte Barahona, Raul Alej        MEX 3.5  34.0 10.75 2110   2136 +0.25 17.5
46 Charpenel Elorduy, Maurici        MEX 3.5  32.5 9.75  2102   2070 -0.40 14.5
47 Ferriz Carrasquedo, Alfons    FM  MEX 3.5  31.5 8.0   2056   2020 -0.37 10.5
48 Vazquez, Raul                     PUR 3.5  33.5 10.25 0      2003 2003  16.5
49 Rivera, Eduardo                   PUR 3.5  31.0 8.75  0      2031 2031  14.0
50 Palma Almendra, Jose Amado        MEX 3.0  39.5 13.75 2214   2066 -1.43 19.5
51 Labrador Magro, Roberto           MEX 3.0  35.0 10.25 2133   2083 -0.41 14.0
52 De Winter Gallegos, Willy     IM  MEX 3.0  32.0 7.75  2118   1876 -1.75 14.0
53 Beltran Medina, Jorge             MEX 3.0  31.0 8.25  2112   2042 -0.83 13.5
54 Pla, Silvio                   FM  ARG 2.5  34.5 10.25 2305   1972 -3.09 15.5
55 Blanco Fernandez, Alvaro      IM  MEX 2.0  37.5 16.5  2361   2078 -1.83 14.5
56 Mercado, Francisco                MEX 2.0  28.0 4.5   2213   1376 -4.48 10.0
57 Prieto, Ernesto                   COL 2.0  34.5 12.25 2175   2161 -0.13 14.5
58 Tavison Garcia, Alioscha          MEX 1.0  31.5 9.0   2124   1463 -0.80 8.5 
59 Delgado Ayala, Francisco          MEX 1.0  36.5 16.0  0      1441 0     8.5 
60 Ezekiel Inalegwu, Akoji           NGR 1.0  29.0 0.25  0      1434 1434  1.0 
61 Martinez Salomon, Ibrahim     FM  MEX 0.5  42.5 21.25 2350   2361 +0.02 4.5 
62 Ramirez Y Meza, Benito        NM  MEX 0.5  40.5 20.25 2106   0    +0.00 4.5 

9) Kallithea Khalkidiki

Kallithea Khalkidiki (Greece) hosted an international open tournament along side the 3rd World School Chess Championship which were held April 28th-May 5th 2007. Boris Itkis took the open with 7/9. News: Efstratios Grivas.

Details: http://www.chess.gr/tourn/2007/GamesFestival07/

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   1    5 IM  Itkis Boris                   2429 ROM  7   39
   2    3 GM  Ermenkov Evgenij              2500 PLE 6½  37½
   3   11 FM  Asik Josip                    2312 SRB 6½   35
   4    6 IM  Slovineanu Viacheslav         2421 MDA 6½   34
   5    1 GM  Solak Dragan                  2575 SRB 6½   34
   6   13     Ungureanu Vlad                2287 ROM 6½  33½
   7    2 GM  Grivas Efstratios             2510 GRE 6½  32½
   8    7 IM  Maric Alisa                   2395 SRB  6  34½
   9    4 GM  Georgiev Krum                 2494 BUL  6  32½
  10   15     Cawdery Daniel                2255 RSA  6  31½
  11    9 FM  Vragoteris Antonios           2326 GRE  6   31
  12   10     Santrian Ararat               2320 ARM 5½  31½
  13   14 FM  Simanjuntak Sebastian         2275 INA 5½   30
  14   16 FM  Perdek Miroslaw               2229 POL 5½  29½
  15   42     Goosen Anton                     0 RSA 5½   29
  16   19     Kanakaris G                   2216 GRE 5½  28½
  17   20     Dorfanis Ilarion              2183 GRE 5½   28
  18   17     Gochev Mladen                 2222 BUL 5½   28
  19   23     Jevtic Miroljub               2132 SRB 5½  27½
  20   18     Ali Ghazi Mahawi              2220 IRQ 5½  26½
  21   26     Iskos Alexandros              2062 GRE 5½  25½
  22   59     Rukminto S Nugroho               0 INA  5   28
  23   22 WIM Rivera Ingris                 2138 COL  5  26½
  24   25     Kiriakopoulos Antonios        2067 GRE  5   26
  25   46     Klaver Cornelis                  0 RSA  5   24
  26   30 WFM Wiid Daleen                   1933 RSA  5  23½
  27   56     Nikologorskiy Sergey             0 RUS  5   23
65 players

10) San Sebastian Open

The San Sebastian Open took place 1st-8th April 2007. Jakub Czakon won the event on tie-break from Zbigniew Pakleza, Kevin Spraggett, Marijan Petrov and R Vera Gonzalez-Quevedo all of whom scored 7/9. Mikel Larreategi has provided a full file of games from the event. I give all the games again including those including in TWIC 649.

Official site: http://www.fgajedrez.org/open/open.htm

Final Round 9 Standings: 
  1 IM  Czakon Jakub               POL 2482    7 2576
  2 IM  Pakleza Zbigniew           POL 2446    7 2537
  3 GM  Spraggett Kevin            CAN 2631    7 2530
  4 IM  Petrov Marijan             BUL 2472    7 2566
  5 GM  Vera Gonzalez-Quevedo,R    CUB 2481    7 2454
  6 GM  San Segundo Carrillo Pablo ESP 2539  6,5 2497
  7 GM  Tratar Marko               SLO 2476  6,5 2405
  8 IM  Sebenik Matej              SLO 2483  6,5 2458
  9 FM  Gonzalez Menendez Ivan     ESP 2401  6,5 2303
 10 FM  Huesmann Thomas            BEL 2295  6,5 2289
 11 IM  Dobrev Nanko               BUL 2467  6,5 2468
 12 FM  Huerga Leache Mikel        ESP 2344    6 2386
 13 FM  Llaneza Vega Marcos        ESP 2455    6 2430
 14 FM  Gonzalez De La Torre Sant  ESP 2388    6 2338
 15 IM  Jerez Perez Alfonso        ESP 2413    6 2339
 16 IM  Saravanan V                IND 2349    6 2232
 17 IM  Markosian David S          ARM 2352    6 2256
 18 GM  Vul Arkadi Eremeevich      RUS 2324    6 2147
 19     Cabrera Trujillo Jorge     ESP 2334    6 2156
 20 FM  Narayanan Srinath          IND 2280    6 2128
 21 IM  Argandona Rivero Inigo     ESP 2400    6 2245
 22 GM  Fernandez Garcia Jose Luis ESP 2467  5,5 2326
 23 IM  Sakelsek Tadej             SLO 2487  5,5 2428
 24 FM  Andres Gonzalez Ivan       ESP 2372  5,5 2390
 25 GM  Yrjola Jouni               FIN 2384  5,5 2273
 26 FM  Hernandez Elvis            DOM 2283  5,5 2270
 27 WIM Llaneza Vega Patricia      ESP 2249  5,5 2279
123 players

11) Pobeskydi Chess Festival

The "Pobeskydi" chess festival took place in Frydek Mistek in the Czech Republic 5th-9th April 2007. Stepan Zilka, Sebastian Plischki and Jacek Szwed gained IM norms. Katarzyna Toma gained a WGM norm. News: Tomas Dvorak.

Official site: http://www.chessfm.cz

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18th Pobeskydi Radegast Frydek Mistek CZE (CZE), 5-9 iv 2007cat. III (2301)
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 1. Zilka, Stepan          f CZE 2419  * = 1 1 = 1 = 1 = =  6.5  2454 
 2. Talla, Vladimir        m CZE 2432  = * = 1 1 = = 0 = 1  5.5  2366 
 3. Petran, Peter          m SVK 2322  0 = * = = = 1 1 = =  5.0  2341 
 4. Belunek, Vladimir      f CZE 2278  0 0 = * = = 1 1 1 =  5.0  2346 
 5. Jedlicka, Ales           CZE 2253  = 0 = = * 0 = 1 1 =  4.5  2306 
 6. Matras, Agnieszka     wm POL 2228  0 = = = 1 * = 0 = 1  4.5  2309 
 7. Sikora-Lerch, Jan      m CZE 2285  = = 0 0 = = * 1 = 1  4.5  2303 
 8. Motuz, Karol             SVK 2311  0 1 0 0 0 1 0 * 1 1  4.0  2257 
 9. Krzyzanowski, Marcin     POL 2229  = = = 0 0 = = 0 * =  3.0  2184 
10. Bombek, Peter            SVK 2255  = 0 = = = 0 0 0 = *  2.5  2140 
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                                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Szwed, Jacek          f POL 2315  * = = = = = 1 1 1 1  6.5  2477 
 2. Toma, Katarzyna      wm POL 2252  = * 0 = 1 = 1 = 1 1  6.0  2443 
 3. Jurcik, Marian        f SVK 2341  = 1 * = 1 = 1 = = 0  5.5  2388 
 4. Pisk, Petr            m CZE 2361  = = = * = = = = = 1  5.0  2349 
 5. Michenka, Jozef       m CZE 2344  = 0 0 = * = = = 1 1  4.5  2307 
 6. Poloch, Petr          m CZE 2296  = = = = = * = 0 = =  4.0  2270 
 7. Chocenka, Dmitrijus     LTU 2295  0 0 0 = = = * 1 = 1  4.0  2270 
 8. Jasny, Stanislav      f CZE 2378  0 = = = = 1 0 * = 0  3.5  2224 
 9. Kociscak, Jiri          CZE 2181  0 0 = = 0 = = = * =  3.0  2201 
10. Vrana, Frantisek      f CZE 2352  0 0 1 0 0 = 0 1 = *  3.0  2182 
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 1. Plischki, Sebastian               GER 2379  * = = = 1 = = 1 1 1  6.5  2479 
 2. Wiley, Tom E                    f ENG 2343  = * = 1 = 1 = 0 1 =  5.5  2397 
 3. Vesselovsky, Serguei            m CZE 2368  = = * = = = = 1 1 =  5.5  2394 
 4. Szymczak, Zbigniew              m POL 2300  = 0 = * = = = 1 = 1  5.0  2364 
 5. Lahner, Jakub                   f CZE 2312  0 = = = * = = 1 = 1  5.0  2363 
 6. Rojicek, Vojtech                  CZE 2308  = 0 = = = * = = 1 1  5.0  2364 
 7. Klima, Lukas                    m CZE 2416  = = = = = = * = = =  4.5  2309 
 8. Krejci, Jan2                      CZE 2193  0 1 0 0 0 = = * 1 1  4.0  2290 
 9. Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina  wm POL 2324  0 0 0 = = 0 = 0 * 1  2.5  2153 
10. Beinoras, Mindaugas               LTU 2254  0 = = 0 0 0 = 0 0 *  1.5  2054 
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Rk.    Name                FED RtgI Pts. TB1  TB2  TB3
1   FM Gumula Daniel       POL 2373 8,0  53,0 41,0 48,00
2      Dudys Jakub         POL 2127 7,5  52,0 40,5 41,25
3      Bures Jaroslav      CZE 2075 7,0  53,5 41,5 38,00
4      Lasinskas Povilas   LTU 2181 6,5  51,0 38,5 33,25
5      Kuchynka Lukas      CZE 2140 6,5  46,5 37,0 32,75
6      Hrabusa Matej       SVK 2251 6,5  43,5 34,5 29,75
7      Tvarijonas Povilas  LTU 2221 6,0  50,5 38,0 30,25
8      Zickus Simonas      LTU 2265 6,0  48,5 37,5 29,75
9      Sadzikowski Daniel  POL 2118 6,0  48,0 36,5 28,50
10     Pecha Tomas         CZE 2120 6,0  46,5 36,5 29,50
11  FM Jacko Vladimir      SVK 2185 6,0  45,5 34,5 28,75
12     Machlowski Slawomir POL 2164 6,0  44,5 35,5 28,75
13     Konstacky Matej     CZE 2012 6,0  44,5 35,5 27,50
14     Taus Martin         CZE 2082 6,0  42,0 34,5 26,75
15     Hudziak Pawel       POL 2201 5,5  54,0 42,0 30,25
16     Macicek Jakub       CZE 2056 5,5  52,5 41,0 30,50
17     Macicek st. Jan     CZE 2166 5,5  52,0 40,0 29,25
18     Pospisil Evzen      CZE 2109 5,5  48,0 37,5 28,00
19     Karhanek Pavel      CZE 2214 5,5  48,0 37,0 28,50
20     Rychlik Hanna       POL 2040 5,5  48,0 36,5 24,75
21     Jakubek Peter       SVK 2188 5,5  46,5 36,5 26,50
22     Klecker Tadeas      CZE 2047 5,5  46,5 36,5 25,25
23     Slovak Petr         CZE 2085 5,5  45,5 36,0 24,75
24     Bury Rastislav      SVK 2140 5,5  45,5 35,5 25,50
25     Reznicek Marcel     CZE 2148 5,5  45,5 33,5 25,75
26     Ruzicka Ales        CZE 1909 5,5  45,0 35,0 26,50
27     Rohacek Miroslav    SVK 2206 5,5  44,5 34,5 26,50
28     Veres Andrej        SVK 2152 5,5  43,5 33,5 25,00
29     Olsarova Tereza     CZE 1980 5,5  43,0 33,0 24,00
30     Rakay Kvetoslav     SVK 2115 5,5  42,5 33,5 25,50
31     Diviak Rastislav    SVK 1958 5,5  39,5 33,0 21,00
32     Vysoglad Petr       CZE 2092 5,0  48,5 38,5 26,00
33     Stojanas Justinas   LTU 2105 5,0  46,0 37,0 23,00
34     Pagerka Martin      SVK 2001 5,0  46,0 36,0 24,25
35     Daniel Jiri         CZE 2055 5,0  45,5 36,0 22,75
36     Zavadil Michal      CZE 2138 5,0  45,5 35,0 25,00
37     Riman Vaclav        CZE 2039 5,0  43,5 34,5 22,25
38     Stukner Simon       CZE 2107 5,0  43,5 34,0 22,75
39     Straka Josef Jr     SVK 1905 5,0  43,0 34,5 21,50
40     Framberk Jan        CZE 2077 5,0  42,5 33,0 22,00
41     Kracik Martin       CZE 1884 5,0  42,0 32,5 20,50
42     Miculka Petr        CZE 2012 5,0  41,0 32,5 19,75
43     Cibicek Jozef       SVK 1980 5,0  40,0 31,0 19,25
44     Kolasin Jan         CZE 1880 5,0  40,0 31,0 19,00
45     Pavelkova Michaela  CZE 1918 5,0  38,5 28,0 18,25
107 players

12) Lugano Open

The Lugano Open took place 29th April-1st May 2007. There was a four way tie for first. Games should become available.

Further info: http://www.scaccomatto.ch

Leading Final Standings (6 rounds, 80 players) 1-4. Zelcic Robert, Gallagher Joseph G., Sulava Nenad, Godena Michele points 5/6; 5-10. Delchev Aleksander, Stojanovic Mihajlo, Brunello Sabino. Malakhatko Vadim, Kogan Artur, Rogulj Branko 4.5 11-19. Valsecchi Alessio, Habibi Ali, Cherniaev Alexander, Horvath Tamas, Pace Pierdario, Colmenares Aurelio, Meijers Viesturs, Djingarova Emilia, Ambrosini Nicola 4.

13) Italian Team Championship

The Italian Team Championship took place in Palermo, April 20-22 2007. There was a strong field including GM Vallejo-Pons, GM Fontaine, GM Hubner, GM Dervishi, GM Godena, GM Ortega. 10 teams. Marostica, the town of the famous "living game" won their 7th title. News: Adolivio Capece. Games from the final round 5 are now available along with some additional round 4 games and a couple of corrections, my thanks to Dario Mione who point out that Huebner-Dervishi is a game that hasn't been able to be fixed.

Details: http://www.centroscacchi.it (http://www.centroscacchi.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=48&Itemid=45) - http://www.accademiascacchi.it/ and http://www.messaggeroscacchi.it/italia/cis07.html

14) Forthcoming Events and Links

Predeal Chess Festival

The Predeal Chess Festival takes place in Romania August 8th-18th 2007 This will be a very large one, with 5 tournaments, European Women Rapid Chess and blitz Championships, World Amateur Ch, Romanian Open and a children tournament. We expect over 600 participants.

Details; http://www.chess-predeal.com and also on the Romanian Grand Prix and Romanian Chess Federation chess pages, http://www.romaniangp.com and http://www.frsah.ro.

Contact : Doru Ionescu, doru.ionescu@romaniangp.com, +40742064336.

Ikaros Chess Festival

The Ikaros Chess Festival 2007, is 30 years old. The main event of the festival, the International Aegean Open Championship takes place 7th-15th July 2007. It is a 9 round swiss event with prize fund 3000 Euros in total (1st prize 800 Euros, special money prizes for ladies and veterans).

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

Contact: e-mail is: ikaros@chess.gr while to contact us on the phone one can try: +30 6932 478386 or +30 210 5010871 (Mr. Savas Kyriakou) Apart from the International Aegean Open Championship, this year's events include plenty of other side events such as Junior, Ladies, Veteran, blitz, rapid and simultaneous exhibition events, blindfold chess, chess lectures and many others.

Crete Summer Cup

The 2nd International Open Chess Tournament "Summer Cup 2007" takes place 21-29 July 2007, The games will take place in the Hermes Conference Hotel**** on the seaside of Agios Nikolaos in Crete, 60 km east of Heraklion airport. An excellent location on the beach with a panoramic view of the Aegean Sea!

Location: Agios Nikolaos, Crete island (Greece), 21-29 July* 9 rounds, Prize fund: EUR 3100, 1st prize EUR 1000* Website: http://www.greekchess.com/cup2007 Email: cup2007@greekchess.com

V Somov Memorial

The V International Chess Tournament "World’s Youth Stars" dedicated to Vanya Somov’s memory takes place May 14th-28th 2007 in LLC "KINEF" in Kirishi with players from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Germany, India, Ukraine and Russia.

The Tournament Director is Gennady Nesis and the Chief Arbiter is Yakov Zinder, International Arbiter.

In addition the G. Nesis Cup Grandmaster rapid chess tournament, a double round-robin event dated for his 60-anniversary takes place on 21st and 22nd May. including GMs Alexander Khalifman, Konstantin Sakaev, Evgeny Alekseev, Dimitri Komarov, Sergey Yanovsky and Maxim Novik.

Official site: http://www.somovs-memorial.ru

XXV Novi Becej Open

The XXV Novi Becej Open International Chess Tournament takes place 9th-17th June 2007

Details: http://chess-open-novi-becej.org

2nd Edmonton International

The 2nd Edmonton International takes place August 2nd-6th 2007. The tournament will be played in a 10 player round-robin format with regular time controls. The confirmed participants so far are:

1. GM Aveskulov, Valery (2539, Ukraine) 2. IM (GM Elect) Kraai, Jesse (2477, USA) 3. GM Khachiyan, Melikset (2475, USA) 4. IM Bachmann, Axel (2470, Paraguay) 5. IM Donaldson, John (2413, USA) 6. FM Huber, Greg (2211, Canada) 7. Reeve, Jeff (2205, Canada) 8. Li, Zhichao (2143, Hong-Kong)

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

Maxim Dlugy

Former World Junior Champion GM Maxim Dlugy now has a website. http://www.dlugy.com/

MyChess correspondence Chess Server

There is a correspondence chess server designed by Matthias Karkowski at: http://www.mychess.de/

Euro Chess Tournament 2007

The Euro Chess Tournament takes place August 6th-11th 2007 at the University of Twente, Enschede. The Euro Chess Tournament is Europe's largest Open Youth Chess tournament. Over 500 children will battle on the chess board for the 33rd Open Dutch Youth Chess Championship titles. Parallel to the Dutch Open, the University of Twente Young Masters, a 20 player Swiss by invitation GM tournament will be played.

Details: http://www.onjk.nl/

1st Thun Open

The "Swiss Chess Tour 2007" will continue in Thun with the 1st "International Town Hall Open" May 25th-28th 2007. Thun is famous turist place, 20 minutes from Bern by train, located on the lake, with the same name, Thun. The venue is the Hotel-Restorant “City-House” Thun, Open, 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: 1.500 SF, 1.200, 900, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200 and 150 SF. Special prizes for best Lady, senior (1946), junior(1987-90), schoolboy (1991) and 3 best local players. Entry fee 130 SF, FMs and juniors 60 SF, at the door 20 SF more (for everybody enclude GM, IM), GMs and IMs free. Venue: Hotel "City House". Time table: Round 1st 18.00-23.00 May 25th ; Rounds 2/3 09.30-14.30 and 15.00-20.00 April 26th; Round 4/5 9.30-14.30 and 15.00-20.00 May 27th; Rounds 6/7 09.30-14.30 and 15.00-20.00 May 28th; Closing ceremony May 28 at 20.30. Info: Beochess +41+62+965-46-50 (Robert Spoerri) or info@beochess.ch or site http://www.beochess.ch for more details.

Chess Classic Mainz

The Chess Classic Mainz takes place August 13th-19th 2007 at the Rheingoldhalle. Viswanathan Anand, Levon Aronian, Etienne Bacrot and Rustam Kasimdzhanov will play a mixed rapid chess and Chess960 event. These will take place along with the usual mixture of other events.

Official site: http://www.chesstigers.de

Mitropa Cup

The Mitropa Cup takes place in Szeged 8th-16th May 2007.

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

Carlsen - Radjabov Rapid Match

After last years Match of the Legends in May 2006 between Anatoly Karpov and Boris Spassky, the Corsican chess League is now organising the match of the Hopes.

The "Match of the Hopes" takes place on Friday 18th May 2007 in Porto-Vecchio (south of Corsica) between Teimour Radjvabov (Azerbaïdjan) and Magnus Carlsen (Norway). The rate of play is 10 mins + 3 secs increment per move.(If the scores are level, tie-break blitz games shall be played). 300 pupils of the area will attend the event. All details on the site of the Corsican chess League : http://www.corse-echecs.com/porto-vecchio/porto_vecchio2007.html . Games on line at the site of the French Chess Federation http://www.echecs.asso.fr

Hungarian tournaments May - October 2007

The list of the chess tournaments from March - August 2007 in Hungary:

1 5th-17th of May 2007 FIRST SATURDAY Budapest GM-IM-FM, GM-IM-FM round robins (BERGER), 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. 21st -29th of May 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-East from Budapest.

3. 2nd -14th of June, FIRST SATURDAY Budapest GM-IM-FM closed. Org : NL

4. 16th-24th of June, BALATONLELLE Open, GM-IM closed. Org: IM Rigo, e-mail: me-ri@t-online.hu

5. 7th-19th of July FIRST SATURDAY Budapest, GM-IM-FM closed, Org: NL

6. 22nd-29th of July AGRIA Open, Eger, 110 km North-East from Budapest, Org: Rauch Ferenc, e-mail: rauch@freemail.hu http://agriasakk. eurochess.hu

7 . 4th-16th of August FS Bp, GM-IM-FM, org. Nagy L.

8. 18th-26th of August, TALENTUM CUP Open 9 rounds Swiss, near to the Balaton lake, org: VALIS, Janos, e-mail: husi-sc@hu.inter.net

9. 1st-13th of September, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest, org.Nagy L.

10. 17th -25th of September KECSKEMET IM tmt, org. dr.Erdelyi

11. 6th-18th of October, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest, org.Nagy L.

12. 22nd-30th of October KECSKEMET IM - org. dr.Erdelyi

Benidorm International Chess Festival

The VI Benidorm 2007 International Chess Festival takes place 30th November - 9th December 2007 with diverse tournaments

More information and entry, discounts by individual lodging or for groups larger than 15 people, please to contact Patricia Claros Aguilar: 615547567 - 6620 20592 or emails ajedrezenalicante@yahoo.es and ajedrezalicante@hotmail.com.

Details: http://www.ajedrezbali.com/

Candidates Matches and Computer Match

The Candidates Matches will be held May 26th - June 14th, 2007 in Elista, Kalmykia. "Deep Fritz" and "Deep Junior" will have a 6 game match alongside the event.

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

Kramnik - Aronian Rapid Match

World Champion Vladimir Kramnik plays World Cup Holder Levon Aronian in a rapid match May 4th-6th, 2007 in Yerevan, Armenia. Two games will be played each day. The time control will be 25 minutes for the whole game with an increment of 10 seconds per move. The match is organised by the Armenian Chess Federation.

Official site: http://www.aroniankramnik2007.am/

First Saturday May

For the 5th-17th of May First Saturday Budapest GM-IM tournaments there are some vacancies. A chance for GM-IM-norms. Contact Laszlo Nagy E-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net http://www.firstsaturday.hu - http://home.hu.inter.net/~firstsat - http://www.fide.com/official/officials.asp?f=13 Phone-fax: (+36)-1-263-28-59 Mobile: (+36)-30-230-1914

British Chess Problem Society

Brian Stephenson of the British Chess Problem Society has a new website: http://www.bstephen.me.uk/. The site has much info on the Winton Capital British Chess Solving Championship.

Endgame Studies

Alexander Rueb Vereniging voor SchaakEindspelStudie. Endgame studies: http://www.arves.org/

Arctic Chess Challenge

The Arctic Chess Challenge will take place in Tromsø, Norway August 4th-12th 2007. The Open Swiss is a follow up to last year’s Midnight Sun Chess Challenge, won by GM Sergei Shipov ahead of among others Carlsen, Krasenkow and Rozentalis and is the second in a series of events leading up to Tromsø’s bid for the 2014 Chess Olympics

Details: http://www.arcticchess.org/engindex.htm

Bahrain Batelco Championship

The Bahrain Batelco Championship takes place registration 2 to 13 May. A 9 round Swiss with a rest day. There are free tickets available for GMs and IMs from Paris and also accommodation and full board. total prize fund $10,000. Further details Mr Abdughaffar _batelcopen2007@gmail.com_ (mailto:batelcopen2007@gmail.com)

5th Solingen Chess Weeks

The 5th Solingen Chess Weeks will be held at Solingen (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) between June, 1st and June, 10th 2007. 

The main events of the chess festival are the two opens between June, 7th and 10th., both 7 rounds swiss, 2h/40+1h/all.  The A-open is an Elo tournament open for all players; the top prizes are 800/500/400 euros. IM and GM are free of entry fee.  The B-open is for players rated below 2000 DWZ (national rating) only; the top prizes are 300/200/150 euros.      Additionaly there will be a blitz tournament on June, 1st (15 rounds swiss, 5 min/game) and a rapid tournament on June, 2nd (9 rounds swiss, 20 min/game). 

Further information: Andreas Peschel: +49 (0)175 591.24.07; anrope@hotmail.com 

Complete informations also on the tournament site: http://www.schachwochen.de/

Lugano tournaments

There are two tournaments in Lugano. One at the end of April http://www.scaccomatto.ch/. The other at the end of November http://www.chessevent.ch/

Novi Sad Championship

Novi Sad will host the 2009 European National Team Championship. In the run up to that the Championship of Novi Sad took place 18th-25th March 2007. Dusan Rajkovic won the event on tie-break from Miroljub Lazic after both finished on 6.5/9. I'm hoping for a better games file before I try and publish the games.

Further details: http://www.drazic.co.yu

Mediterranean 2013" Open Rijeka Croatia

The "Mediterranean 2013" Open chess tournament takes place in Rijeka Croatia, 25 November - 2 December 2007

System of play: Swiss / 9 rounds. Tempo of play: 90 minutes per player + 30 extra seconds for each move played starting with the first. The tournament will be registered with FIDE in order to assign the rating and title norms.

Prizes Awards fund: about 10 000 Euros. 1st award - 12 000,00 kunas 2nd award - 8 000,00 kunas 3rd award - 6 000,00 kunas

WEB: http://www.mediteran2013.com/en/default.asp

e-mail: club@sah-rijeka.hr

8th Montreal International

The 8th Montreal International takes place July 19th - 28th 2007. Nigel Short, Sergei Tiviakov, Pavel Eljanov, Pentala Harikrishna, Vadim Milov, Kamil Miton, Mark Bluvshtein and Pascal Charbonneau are signed up to play.

Details: http://fqechecs.qc.ca/index.php?typ=actu&id=1760&categorie=1

MTel Masters

The MTel Masters take place in Sofia 9th-20th May 2007. The field for the ten round, double round robin event, is Veselin Topalov, Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Gata Kamsky, Michael Adams and Krishnan Sasikiran. Tiebreak games will be played to decide the winner in the case of a tie. The Sofia draw Rule will be strictly applied. The players will not be allowed to offer draws, the decision as to whether the game is sterile is taken by the Chief-Arbiter.

40th Biel Chess Festival

The 40th Biel Chess Festival takes place 21st July - 3rd August 2007.

Players include Judit Polgar, Alexander Morozevich and Magnus Carlsen

Further details and entry for the many events at: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch

Uzhgorod-Open

Uzhgorod-Open, Spring 2007 2007, May, 24 - May, 27 City: Uzhgorod Country: Ukraine Organizer: Chess Federation of Uzhgorod (President - IM Bogdan Borsos) Tel: +380503179153, +380503723900 Email:  chessfeduzh@rambler.ru Address: Ukraine, Uzhgorod, Hotel "Svitanok", Koshitska st. 20

Further details: http://chessfeduzh.narod.ru

8th United Insurance and United Leasing GM Chess Tournament

The 8th United Insurance and United Leasing Grandmasters Chess Tournament shall be organized by the Bangladesh Chess Federation from 6th to 14th May 2007 at the National Sports Council, 62/3 Purana Paltan Dhaka-1000 in Bangladesh. The tournament shall be an 11-round Swiss System. Download the tournament brochure. Invited players must send their confirmation to participate in the event on or before 20th April 2007 to Jamilur Rahman General Secretary Fax + Phone: 88 (02) 7169336 E-mail: bcf@bdonline.com Mobile: +88 0191418214, +88 0152415241

http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=1296 has the full brochure.

RC Sport Open

The RC Sport Open takes place 10th-17th August 2007 in Ceská Trebová (Czech republic). Total prize fund is 122 000 CZK (4 000 Euro).

Details: http://sachy.rcsport.info

Canadian Open

The 2007 Canadian Open Chess Championship is a 10-round, one-section Swiss that takes place 7-15 July 2007 in Ottawa, the capital of Canada. 120 minutes/game + 30sec. increment/move. Projected prize fund of $20,000 CDN based on 200 entrants. Free entry to GMs, WGMs and IMs. Entry fee for all others, $125 CDN until May 31, 2007, $150 CDN thereafter. Players must be members of the Chess Federation of Canada. A tournament membership is available for $10 CDN, and a one-year membership for foreign players is $50 CDN. The venue is the Ottawa Marriott (www.ottawamarriott.com), offering rates of $89/night CDN for single and double occupancy.

Online reservations may be made at the website: http://cwp.marriott.com/yowmc/chess/ Confirmed GMs so far: GM Nigel Short, GM Vadim Milov, GM Suat Atalik, GM Alex Yermolinsky, GM Mark Bluvshtein. More GMs will be announced at the event blog: http://cocycc.blogspot.com

Event website: http://www.canchess.ca

7th Znojmo Open

The 7th Znojmo Open takes place 5th-6th May 2007 at the Monastery of Louka, Znojmo, the Czech Republic

Details: http://czechtour.net/znojmo/index.php

Chess festival BRNO 2007

Chess festival BRNO 2007 takes place 29th June - 8th July 2007. GM, IM and Open events.

Details: http://www.skduras.wz.cz/indexe.htm

ICC and FICS client for mobile phones

Mats Luthman has written a program that connects to ICC and FICS, compatable with many modern mobile phones. I've been looking for something like this for a while for watching live tournaments if I'm out and about. Its a nice free solution, you can also play but I haven't tried that.

Website: http://www.luthman.nu/Mobi/Mobi.html

5th Brussels International Chess Festival

5th Brussels International Chess Festival (11 rounds - 25 minutes) Open to all rated and unrated players-no club membership requested Saturday 5 May - Sunday 6 May 2007

Details: http://www.creb.be/

5th PAL/CSS Freestyle Chess Tournament

$16,000 Freestyle tournament starts on March 2nd 23.02.2007 The Fifth PAL/CSS Freestyle Chess Tournament begins on March 2nd on the Playchess server. The main tournament is an eight-round Swiss, with time controls of 60 min + 15 sec per game. You probably know that in Freestyle any kind of assistance is allowed: computers, friends, books, anything. The starting fee is 10 Euro. GMs and IMs are free

Details and entry: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3693

11th Voronezh Festival

The 11th International Chess Festival Voronezh 2007 takes place 10th-21th June 2007.

Details: http://www.relex.ru/~xuser/voronezh_open

XXV Andorra International Open

The XXV International Chess Open of Andorra takes place 30th June - 8th July 2007. Tournament Hall: Hotel Sant Gothard - Erts (La Massana) ANDORRA Prizes: 10.000 Euros / 1st. Prize: 2.100 Euros All the prizes are tax-free Valid for the Catalan Chess circuit Entries: 35Euros /sub16 20 Euros - Elo +2350 free

For entries and information contact: openandorra@andorra.ad FEVA - Tel/Fax: 00.376.867846 Oscar de la Riva: 00.376.839899 (21:00 a 23:30)

Details: http://www.feva.ad

Dortmunder Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2007

The Sparkassen Chess Meeting takes place 23rd June - 1st July 2007 in the Dortmund Civic Theatre.

Eight players will compete in a single round robin: Viswanathan Anand, Magnus Carlsen, Boris Gelfand, Vladimir Kramnik, Peter Leko, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Arkadij Naiditsch and the winner of the Aeroflot Open 2007 in Moscow (Evgeny Alekseev).

There will be open A and B events alongside.

Pula Open 2007

The "Pula Open 2007" takes place in Pula, Croatia, 23rd-30th June 2007, in the hotel Histria.

All further information at: http://www.skpula.hr , or contact the tournament director at : pulaopen@globalnet.hr

25th International Chess Championship of the Elba Island

25th International Chess Championship of the Elba Island , a wonderful place for a holiday two groups; first prize Open A (elo from 1800 up) 1.000 euro. official venue Lacona, May 6th-13th 2007 - good opportunities for room and apartments in Lacona Hotel and Residence. There will be somo GM to get norms.

Further details: http://www.tuscanhotels.it/cms.asp?IDPg=10

VI Benidorm Festival

The VI Benidorm Festival takes place 30th November - 9th December 2007.

Further details: http://www.ajedrezalicante.com/menu.htm

Baltic Sea Cup

The Baltic Sea Cup (Bornholm, Denmark) takes place July 30th - August 5th 2007.

Details: http://www.bornholms-skakklub.dk/balticseacup07/

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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/

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