THE WEEK IN CHESS 658 18th June 2007 by Mark Crowther
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Candidates Matches 5 games
Aerosvit tournament in Foros 6 games
Gorenje Valjevo Tournament 30 games
Kings Tournament Bazna Romania 15 games
Dutch Championships 23 games
I Xose Henrique Rodriguez Pena Memorial 25 games
First Saturday June 62 games
2nd Maia Chiburdanidze Cup 20 games
8th United Insurance Dhaka 35 games
Zonal 2.4 12 games
XXV Novi Becej Open 127 games
European Union Championship 168 games
11th Voronezh Festival 285 games
Lina Grumette Memorial Day Classic 22 games
Baile Felix Chess Open 225 games
Limburg Open 356 games
3rd Lodi Tournament 5 games
7th European Seniors 136 games
15th World Computers 66 games
1623 games
My thanks to Varlam Vepkhvishvili, George Mirijanian, Chirila
Radu-Catalin, Fred Lucas, Dario Mione, Mikhail Golubev, Manuel Weeks, Jan Bey,
Ching Kim Lye, Christian Sánchez, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Adolivio
Capece, Serge Archambault, Haroon Rashid, John Donaldson, John Hillery, Goran
Urosevic, Dennis Monokroussos, Dmitry V. Borisenkov, Peter Boel, Miklos Orso,
Jan Mazuch, Denis Vretenar, Jonathan Speelman, Doru Ionescu and everyone else
who helped with the issue.
Its rare to have such a good week as this. First of all Levon Aronian
progressed to Mexico City. Aronian impressed in two tough matches (very tough
for a man who was supposed to be top seed), first of all against Magnus Carlsen
and then against Alexei Shirov both players who wouldn't have looked out of
place in Mexico too. He looks like a serious contender for the world title.
Then the day after Alexander Grischuk, who by all reports plays a lot of
professional poker these days, progressed against Sergei Rublevsky relatively
easily in the playoffs as it turned out. Then there is the Gorenje Valjevo
Tournament where Karpov is joint leader playing his first proper tournament in
some time. Then also the Kings Tournament Bazna Romania a Category XIII event
with some big names from the past. Did I mention the Dutch Championships? We
really can't complain.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The World Candidates Matches took place May 26th - June 14th, 2007 in
Elista, Kalmykia. Each match consisted of six games, and, when necessary,
tie-break rapid games. The line up for Mexico City is Vladimir Kramnik,
Viswanathan Anand, Peter Svidler and Alexander Morozevich who were already
qualified. They are now joined by Peter Leko, Boris Gelfand, Levon Aronian and
Alexander Grischuk to make up an eight player field barring any last minute
decision to include Topalov. Today the Aerosvit tournament in Foros started
today with a number of the candidates and also Peter Svidler.
Official site: http://globalchess.eu/main.php
"Deep Junior" defeated "Deep Fritz" 4-2 in a match alongside the event.
Before the match a $100,000 challenge was made to FIDE, to have Rybka play the
winner of the match. http://rybkachess.com/docs/ChallengeToFIDE.htm
Candidates Matches Round 2
Aronian, Levon - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 41 D20 QGA
Shirov, Alexei - Aronian, Levon 1/2 46 E15 Queens Indian
Aronian, Levon - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 68 D20 QGA
Shirov, Alexei - Aronian, Levon 1/2 83 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Aronian, Levon - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 34 D89 Gruenfeld Alekhine
Shirov, Alexei - Aronian, Levon 1/2 27 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
WCh Candidates Finals Elista RUS (RUS), 6-13 vi 2007
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Aronian, Levon g ARM 2759 1 = = = = = 3.5 2756
Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2699 0 = = = = = 2.5 2702
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Leko, Peter - Bareev, Evgeny 1-0 34 B17 Caro Kann
Bareev, Evgeny - Leko, Peter 1/2 15 D11 Slav Defence
Leko, Peter - Bareev, Evgeny 1-0 41 B17 Caro Kann
Bareev, Evgeny - Leko, Peter 1/2 52 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Leko, Peter - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 19 B19 Caro Kann
WCh Candidates Finals Elista RUS (RUS), 6-13 vi 2007
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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Leko, Peter g HUN 2738 1 = 1 = = . 3.5 2792
Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2643 0 = 0 = = . 1.5 2589
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Grischuk, Alexander - Rublevsky, Sergei 1-0 35 B84 Sicilian Scheveningen
Rublevsky, Sergei - Grischuk, Alexander 1/2 18 C45 Scotch Game
Grischuk, Alexander - Rublevsky, Sergei 1/2 49 B85 Sicilian Scheveningen
Rublevsky, Sergei - Grischuk, Alexander 1-0 66 C45 Scotch Game
Grischuk, Alexander - Rublevsky, Sergei 1/2 18 B85 Sicilian Scheveningen
Rublevsky, Sergei - Grischuk, Alexander 1/2 20 C45 Scotch Game
Rapid Playoff
Rublevsky, Sergei - Grischuk, Alexander 0-1 39 C45 Scotch Game
Grischuk, Alexander - Rublevsky, Sergei 1/2 56 B46 Sicilian Paulsen
Rublevsky, Sergei - Grischuk, Alexander 0-1 38 C45 Scotch Game
WCh Candidates Finals Elista RUS (RUS), 6-13 vi 2007
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Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2717 1 = = 0 = = 1 = 1 . 5.5 2760
Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2680 0 = = 1 = = 0 = 0 . 3.5 2637
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Kamsky, Gata - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 23 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Gelfand, Boris - Kamsky, Gata 1/2 51 D15 Slav Defence
Kamsky, Gata - Gelfand, Boris 0-1 58 D02 Queen's Pawn Game
Gelfand, Boris - Kamsky, Gata 1/2 54 D94 Gruenfeld Closed
Kamsky, Gata - Gelfand, Boris 0-1 53 B52 Sicilian Rossolimo
WCh Candidates Finals Elista RUS (RUS), 6-13 vi 2007
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Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2733 = = 1 = 1 . 3.5 2854
Kamsky, Gata g USA 2705 = = 0 = 0 . 1.5 2584
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3) Aerosvit tournament in Foros
The Aerosvit tournament in Foros takes place 17th-30th June 2007.
Official Site:
http://www.ukrchess.org.ua/aerosvit2007/index_e.htm
Round 1 (June 18, 2007)
Dominguez Perez, Lenier - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 32 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Sasikiran, Krishnan - Onischuk, Alexander 1-0 35 E15 Queens Indian
Shirov, Alexei - Rublevsky, Sergei 1-0 47 D17 Slav Defence
Karjakin, Sergey - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 23 B78 Sicilian Modern Dragon
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter - Jakovenko, Dmitry 1/2 35 D19 Slav Defence
Svidler, Peter - Eljanov, Pavel 1/2 23 E15 Queens Indian
Aerosvit Foros UKR (UKR), 18-29 vi 2007 cat. XVIII (2694)
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1 Dominguez Perez, Lenier g CUB 2678 * . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.0
2 Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2690 . * . . . . . . . 1 . . 1.0
3 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2699 . . * . . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
4 Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2686 . . . * . . . . = . . . 0.5 2736
5 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2729 . . . . * . = . . . . . 0.5 2686
6 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2708 . . . . . * . = . . . . 0.5 2693
7 Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2686 . . . . = . * . . . . . 0.5 2729
8 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROM 2693 . . . . . = . * . . . . 0.5 2708
9 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2736 . . . = . . . . * . . . 0.5 2686
10 Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2663 . 0 . . . . . . . * . . 0.0
11 Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2680 . . 0 . . . . . . . * . 0.0
12 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2674 0 . . . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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The "Gorenje 2007" tournament in Valjevo takes place 13th-21st June
2007. Karpov's return is obviously the main point of interest. A decent
performance should restore him to the top 40, he currently hasn't played enough
games to make the list.
Official site:
http://www.chessdiagonals.com/gorenje/startlist.htm
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Gorenje GM Valjevo SRB (SRB), 13-21 vi 2007 cat. XV (2609)
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1. Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2668 * = = . = = 1 . 1 . 4.0 2735
2. Atalik, Suat g TUR 2584 = * = . . 1 = 1 . = 4.0 2746
3. Ivanisevic, Ivan g SRB 2614 = = * . . = = . 1 1 4.0 2741
4. Roiz, Michael g ISR 2605 . . . * = = = 1 1 = 4.0 2728
5. Damljanovic, Branko g SRB 2585 = . . = * = . = = 1 3.5 2664
6. Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2631 = 0 = = = * . 1 . . 3.0 2607
7. Georgiev, Kiril g BUL 2660 0 = = = . . * 0 . = 2.0 2479
8. Stojanovic, Mihajlo m SRB 2588 . 0 . 0 = 0 1 * = . 2.0 2483
9. Iordachescu, Viorel g MDA 2587 0 . 0 0 = . . = * 1 2.0 2479
10. Pavasovic, Dusko g SLO 2567 . = 0 = 0 . = . 0 * 1.5 2412
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Round 1 (June 13, 2007)
Karpov, Anatoly - Nikolic, Predrag 1/2 75 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Atalik, Suat - Stojanovic, Mihajlo 1-0 35 D35 QGD Exchange
Ivanisevic, Ivan - Pavasovic, Dusko 1-0 71 E04 Catalan
Georgiev, Kiril - Roiz, Michael 1/2 28 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Iordachescu, Viorel - Damljanovic, Branko 1/2 57 B43 Sicilian Paulsen
Round 2 (June 14, 2007)
Karpov, Anatoly - Ivanisevic, Ivan 1/2 19 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Roiz, Michael - Iordachescu, Viorel 1-0 42 A17 English Opening
Nikolic, Predrag - Damljanovic, Branko 1/2 61 A64 Benoni
Stojanovic, Mihajlo - Georgiev, Kiril 1-0 63 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Pavasovic, Dusko - Atalik, Suat 1/2 59 C45 Scotch Game
Round 3 (June 15, 2007)
Atalik, Suat - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 32 E15 Queens Indian
Ivanisevic, Ivan - Nikolic, Predrag 1/2 47 A80 Dutch
Damljanovic, Branko - Roiz, Michael 1/2 21 E11 Bogo Indian Defence
Georgiev, Kiril - Pavasovic, Dusko 1/2 86 E04 Catalan
Iordachescu, Viorel - Stojanovic, Mihajlo 1/2 23 C10 French Rubinstein
Round 4 (June 16, 2007)
Karpov, Anatoly - Georgiev, Kiril 1-0 62 E37 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Ivanisevic, Ivan - Atalik, Suat 1/2 42 D15 Slav Defence
Nikolic, Predrag - Roiz, Michael 1/2 86 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Stojanovic, Mihajlo - Damljanovic, Branko 1/2 14 D75 Gruenfeld 3.g3
Pavasovic, Dusko - Iordachescu, Viorel 0-1 30 B14 Caro Kann Panov
Round 5 (June 17, 2007)
Atalik, Suat - Nikolic, Predrag 1-0 50 A87 Dutch Leningrad
Roiz, Michael - Stojanovic, Mihajlo 1-0 35 C10 French Rubinstein
Damljanovic, Branko - Pavasovic, Dusko 1-0 74 E04 Catalan
Georgiev, Kiril - Ivanisevic, Ivan 1/2 62 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Iordachescu, Viorel - Karpov, Anatoly 0-1 43 C84 Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Round 6 (June 18, 2007)
Karpov, Anatoly - Damljanovic, Branko 1/2 21 E62 King's Indian 6...Nc6
Atalik, Suat - Georgiev, Kiril 1/2 20 A61 Benoni
Ivanisevic, Ivan - Iordachescu, Viorel 1-0 36 D98 Gruenfeld Smyslov
Nikolic, Predrag - Stojanovic, Mihajlo 1-0 57 D52 Queens Gambit Cambridge Springs
Pavasovic, Dusko - Roiz, Michael 1/2 20 C07 French Tarrasch
The Kings Tournament Bazna Romania takes place 15th-27th June 2007. News
from the event's arbiter Chirila Radu-Catalin.
Official site: http://www.clubulregilor.ro/ -
http://www.sahclub.ro/toma/070615live/
was also helpful.
Live: http://www.clubulregilor.ro/live/tfd.htm
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King's Tournament Bazna ROM (ROM), 16-26 vi 2007 cat. XIII (2566)
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1. Vaganian, Rafael A g ARM 2590 * . = . . . . . 1 . 1 2.5 2836
2. Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2624 . * . . . . . . . 1 1 2.0
3. Ribli, Zoltan g HUN 2580 = . * = . = . . . . . 1.5 2607
4. Sokolov, Andrei g FRA 2584 . . = * = . . = . . . 1.5 2542
5. Suba, Mihai g ROM 2537 . . . = * = = . . . . 1.5 2586
6. Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2648 . . = . = * . . = . . 1.5 2554
7. Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2528 . . . . = . * = . . . 1.0 2523
8. Chiburdanidze, Maia g GEO 2510 . . . = . . = * . . . 1.0 2556
9. Timman, Jan H g NED 2545 0 . . . . = . . * = . 1.0 2458
10. Portisch, Lajos g HUN 2512 . 0 . . . . . . = * = 1.0 2453
11. Mecking, Henrique g BRA 2565 0 0 . . . . . . . = * 0.5 2302
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Round 1 (June 16, 2007)
Vaganian, Rafael A - Mecking, Henrique 1-0 57 D78 Gruenfeld 3.g3
Sokolov, Andrei1 - Ribli, Zoltan 1/2 21 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Beliavsky, Alexander G - Timman, Jan H 1/2 62 E18 Queens Indian
Andersson, Ulf - Suba, Mihai 1/2 13 A30 English Symmetrical
Portisch, Lajos - Khalifman, Alexander 0-1 74 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Round 2 (June 17, 2007)
Ribli, Zoltan - Beliavsky, Alexander G 1/2 27 D17 Slav Defence
Suba, Mihai - Sokolov, Andrei1 1/2 28 A29 English Four Knights
Chiburdanidze, Maia - Andersson, Ulf 1/2 22 E11 Bogo Indian Defence
Timman, Jan H - Vaganian, Rafael A 0-1 48 C18 French Winawer
Mecking, Henrique - Portisch, Lajos 1/2 20 A29 English Four Knights
Round 3 (June 18, 2007)
Vaganian, Rafael A - Ribli, Zoltan 1/2 20 E05 Catalan
Khalifman, Alexander - Mecking, Henrique 1-0 62 D18 Slav Defence
Sokolov, Andrei1 - Chiburdanidze, Maia 1/2 83 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Beliavsky, Alexander G - Suba, Mihai 1/2 50 E11 Bogo Indian Defence
Portisch, Lajos - Timman, Jan H 1/2 21 A85 Dutch
The Dutch Championships take place 16th-28th of June in Hilversum,
Holland. Its round-robin with 12 players including Tiviakov, Sokolov, l'Ami,
Stellwagen and Smeets will take part. The Women's championship, which starts on
June 18, features, among others, GM Zhaoqin Peng and WGM Bianca Muhren (a round
robin with 10 players). Wednesday June 20 and Monday June 25 are rest days.
There will also be a strong open in Hilversum during these championships, from
June 20th-28th 2007.
Official site: http://www.schaakbond.nl/nk2007
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ch-NED Hilversum NED (NED), 16-28 vi 2007 cat. XII (2533)
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1. L'Ami, Erwin g NED 2617 * . . . . . = . 1 1 . . 2.5 2739
2. Smeets, Jan g NED 2552 . * . = . = . 1 . . . . 2.0 2701
3. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2606 . . * . . = . = . 1 . . 2.0 2646
4. Sokolov, Ivan NED g NED 2655 . = . * = . . . . . . 1 2.0 2650
5. Stellwagen, Daniel g NED 2600 . . . = * = . . . . . 1 2.0 2705
6. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2663 . = = . = * . . . . . . 1.5 2586
7. Van der Wiel, John g NED 2483 = . . . . . * . = . = . 1.5 2503
8. Hendriks, Willy m NED 2412 . 0 = . . . . * . . 1 . 1.5 2541
9. Spoelman, Wouter m NED 2428 0 . . . . . = . * . . = 1.0 2382
10. Janssen, Ruud m NED 2489 0 . 0 . . . . . . * 1 . 1.0 2438
11. Dambacher, Martijn m NED 2466 . . . . . . = 0 . 0 * . 0.5 2188
12. Bosboom, Manuel m NED 2423 . . . 0 0 . . . = . . * 0.5 2288
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Round 1 (June 16, 2007)
L'Ami, Erwin - Spoelman, Wouter 1-0 39 E01 Catalan
Smeets, Jan - Hendriks, Willy 1-0 51 B36 Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Nijboer, Friso - Janssen, Ruud 1-0 40 C93 Ruy Lopez Smyslov
Sokolov, Ivan NED - Bosboom, Manuel 1-0 32 C41 Philidor's Defence
Stellwagen, Daniel - Tiviakov, Sergei 1/2 30 B77 Sicilian Modern Dragon
Dambacher, Martijn - Van der Wiel, John 1/2 24 E15 Queens Indian
Round 2 (June 17, 2007)
Sokolov, Ivan NED - Stellwagen, Daniel 1/2 53 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Tiviakov, Sergei - Smeets, Jan 1/2 34 B52 Sicilian Rossolimo
Van der Wiel, John - L'Ami, Erwin 1/2 20 C45 Scotch Game
Hendriks, Willy - Nijboer, Friso 1/2 45 C54 Giuoco Piano
Janssen, Ruud - Dambacher, Martijn 1-0 29 D36 QGD Exchange
Bosboom, Manuel - Spoelman, Wouter 1/2 60 A62 Benoni
Round 3 (June 18, 2007)
L'Ami, Erwin - Janssen, Ruud 1-0 35 E18 Queens Indian
Smeets, Jan - Sokolov, Ivan NED 1/2 34 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Nijboer, Friso - Tiviakov, Sergei 1/2 15 B77 Sicilian Modern Dragon
Stellwagen, Daniel - Bosboom, Manuel 1-0 47 B08 Pirc Defence
Spoelman, Wouter - Van der Wiel, John 1/2 59 C91 Ruy Lopez
Dambacher, Martijn - Hendriks, Willy 0-1 40 A43 Old Benoni
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ch-NED w Hilversum NED (NED), 18-28 vi 2007
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1. Bensdorp, Marlies wm NED 2227 * . . . . . . 1 . . 1.0
2. Peng Zhaoqin g NED 2439 . * . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
3. Van Weersel, Arlette NED 2156 . . * . . . . . . 1 1.0
4. Hamelink, Desiree wm NED 2220 . . . * . . = . . . 0.5 2174
5. Middelveld, Martine NED 2019 . . . . * = . . . . 0.5 2311
6. Muhren, Bianca wg NED 2311 . . . . = * . . . . 0.5 2019
7. Van Nies, Pauline NED 2174 . . . = . . * . . . 0.5 2220
8. Bensdorp, Laura NED 2120 0 . . . . . . * . . 0.0
9. Otten, Colleen NED 2038 . 0 . . . . . . * . 0.0
10. Schut, Donna NED 2026 . . 0 . . . . . . * 0.0
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Round 1 (June 18, 2007)
Bensdorp, Marlies - Bensdorp, Laura 1-0 52 A80 Dutch
Peng Zhaoqin - Otten, Colleen 1-0 31 C90 Ruy Lopez
Van Weersel, Arlette - Schut, Donna 1-0 34 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Middelveld, Martine - Muhren, Bianca 1/2 49 D27 QGA
Van Nies, Pauline - Hamelink, Desiree 1/2 15 B43 Sicilian Paulsen
The I Xose Henrique Rodriguez Pena Memorial International took place in
Ourense 7th-15th June 2007.
Official site: http://www.fegaxa.com/
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Xose Enrique Rodriguez Pena Mem Ourense ESP (ESP), 7-15 vi 2007cat. XII (2544)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Graf, Alexander g GER 2620 * 1 = 0 = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2701
2. Guliyev, Namig g AZE 2590 0 * = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2704
3. Strikovic, Aleksa g SRB 2563 = = * = = = 1 0 1 1 5.5 2621
4. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2565 1 0 = * = = = 1 = 1 5.5 2621
5. Oral, Tomas g CZE 2543 = = = = * 1 = = = = 5.0 2587
6. Paunovic, Dragan g SRB 2524 = 0 = = 0 * = 1 = = 4.0 2503
7. Felgaer, Ruben g ARG 2574 0 = 0 = = = * 0 1 = 3.5 2460
8. Larino Nieto, David m ESP 2404 0 0 1 0 = 0 1 * = 0 3.0 2434
9. Nataf, Igor-Alexandre g FRA 2596 0 0 0 = = = 0 = * 1 3.0 2413
10. Salgado Lopez, Ivan m ESP 2461 0 0 0 0 = = = 1 0 * 2.5 2387
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The First Saturday GM-IM-FM closed tournaments took place in Budapest
2nd-14th June 2007. Viktor Erdos made a GM norm, Goh Weiming made an IM norn in
the IMB section and Ervin Toth made a 10 round norm in the IMA section.
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/
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FSGM June Budapest HUN (HUN), 2-14 vi 2007 cat. VIII (2438)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Erdos, Viktor m HUN 2518 * = 1 = 1 = = 1 = 1 = 1 8.0 2606
2. Bluvshtein, Mark g CAN 2520 = * = 1 = 1 = = = 1 1 1 8.0 2606
3. Vajda, Levente g ROM 2549 0 = * = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2603
4. Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas m CAN 2422 = 0 = * = 1 = = 1 = = 1 6.5 2504
5. Varadi, Viktor m HUN 2408 0 = = = * = 1 = = 0 1 1 6.0 2477
6. Berczes, David m HUN 2442 = 0 0 0 = * 1 = = 1 = 1 5.5 2438
7. Kosic, Dragan g MNE 2507 = = = = 0 0 * = 1 0 = 1 5.0 2396
8. Bui Vinh m VIE 2483 0 = 0 = = = = * = = 1 0 4.5 2369
9. Citak, Selim f TUR 2358 = = 0 0 = = 0 = * = = 1 4.5 2380
10. Haznedaroglu, Kivanc m TUR 2440 0 0 0 = 1 0 1 = = * = 0 4.0 2336
11. Paschall, William M m USA 2353 = 0 0 = 0 = = 0 = = * = 3.5 2313
12. Pasalic, Harun BIH 2261 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 = * 2.5 2243
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FSIMA June Budapest HUN (HUN), 2-14 vi 2007 cat. I (2251)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Luch, Michal m POL 2336 * = = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2454
2. Toth, Ervin f HUN 2298 = * 0 = 1 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 8.0 2421
3. Eggleston, David J ENG 2300 = 1 * = 0 = 1 = 0 1 1 1 7.0 2348
4. Doggers, Peter NED 2247 = = = * = 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2353
5. Hardicsay, Peter m HUN 2328 = 0 1 = * = = = = 1 1 1 7.0 2346
6. Johannesson, Ingvar Thor f ISL 2299 0 0 = 1 = * = = = = 1 1 6.0 2282
7. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2324 = 0 0 1 = = * = = = = 1 5.5 2244
8. Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2223 0 = = 0 = = = * = 1 1 = 5.5 2253
9. Corke, Anya wg HKG 2154 0 0 1 0 = = = = * = 1 1 5.5 2259
10. Mayer, Istvan f HUN 2186 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = * = 1 3.0 2081
11. Griffiths, Ryan Rhys IRL 2103 0 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = * = 2.0 2002
12. Salem, Ali Maoloud LBA 2214 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = * 1.0 1871
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FSIMB June Budapest HUN (HUN), 2-14 vi 2007 cat. I (2272)
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1. Goh Weiming f SIN 2375 * 1 = 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2501
2. Galyas, Miklos m HUN 2444 0 * = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 = 7.5 2448
3. Werner, Dimo m GER 2358 = = * = 1 = = = 1 1 1 7.0 2412
4. Kaufman, Raymond f USA 2319 0 0 = * = 1 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2377
5. Gretarsson, Hjorvar Stein ISL 2156 1 0 0 = * = = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2355
6. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2334 = = = 0 = * = = = 1 1 5.5 2302
7. Asabri, Hussien f LBA 2228 0 0 = 0 = = * = = 1 = 4.0 2204
8. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2275 0 0 = = 0 = = * = 0 1 3.5 2161
9. Adams, Nick A USA 2218 0 0 0 0 = = = = * = 1 3.5 2167
10. Csapo, Zoltan f HUN 2162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = * 1 2.5 2090
11. Ruszin, Anna HUN 2125 0 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 * 1.0 1920
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The 2nd Maia Chiburdanidze Cup took place in Tbilisi 6th-14th June 2007.
Prize fund $10,000. Levan Pantsulaia won with 7.5/9. News: Varlam
Vepkhvishvili.
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
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1 2616 Pantsulaia, Levan GEO g 7.5 34.5
2 2346 Chigladze, Iveri GEO 7 38.5
3 2426 Sanikidze, Tornike GEO m 7 36
4 2544 Arutinian, David GEO g 7 33.5
5 2350 Nigalidze, Gaioz GEO 6.5 36
6 2323 Charkhalashvili, Inga GEO wg 6.5 35
7 2399 Lomineishvili, Maia GEO m 6.5 31.5
8 2317 Batsiashvili, Nino GEO wm 6.5 31
9 2399 Kuparadze, Giga GEO 6 37.5
10 2342 Tsereteli, Tamar GEO wg 6 33
11 2442 Jobava, Beglar GEO m 6 33
12 2392 Paichadze, Luka GEO 6 32
13 2302 Bregadze, Levan GEO f 6 28.5
14 2500 Aroshidze, Levan GEO g 6 28
15 2489 Gaprindashvili, Valeriane GEO g 6 27.5
16 2481 Supatashvili, Khvicha GEO m 6 27
17 2478 Bagaturov, Giorgi GEO g 5.5 35.5
18 2443 Kekelidze, Mikheil GEO g 5.5 32
19 2396 Melia, Salome GEO wg 5.5 29
20 2348 Purtseladze, Maka GEO m 5.5 27.5
21 2154 Vakhania, Alexandra GEO 5.5 26.5
22 2268 Lomsadze, Davit GEO 5.5 25.5
23 1918 Anakidze, Nino GEO 5.5 19.5
86 players
The 8th United Insurance and United Leasing Grandmasters Chess
Tournament organized by the Bangladesh Chess Federation took place 27th May -
4th June 2007 at the National Sports Council, 62/3 Purana Paltan Dhaka-1000 in
Bangladesh. Ehsan Ghaem Maghami took clear first with 8/10. My thanks to Haroon
Rashid.
Official site: http://www.bcf-online.org/
Official Final Standings
No. PNo. Name Score Rating TPR W-We
1 1 Ghaem Maghami Ehsan 8.0 2599 2653 0.6
2 6 Reefat Bin Sattar 7.5 2479 2621 1.8
3 3 Nguyen Anh Dung 7.5 2528 2617 1.1
4 4 Abdullah Al Rakib 6.5 2518 2522 0.1
5 12 Ahmed, Sk. Nasir 6.0 2324 2513 2.6
6 5 Hossain, Enamul 6.0 2495 2479 -0.2
7 10 Lodhi, Mahmood 6.0 2374 2465 1.3
8 9 Girinath, P.D.S. 5.5 2378 2454 1.1
9 11 Abu Sufian, Shakil 5.5 2356 2400 0.6
10 13 Lalith, Babu M.R. 5.5 2320 2367 0.7
11 2 Rahman, Ziaur 5.0 2543 2310 -2.9
12 7 Gopal, G.N. 5.0 2455 2385 -1
13 15 Hasan, Mehdi 5.0 2269 2327 0.8
14 14 Islam, Kh. Aminul 4.5 2315 2333 0.3
15 18 Mohammad, Javed 4.5 2267 2267 0
16 19 Abdul, Maleq 4.5 2255 2239 -0.19
17 20 Rahman, Syed Mahfuzur 4.5 2247 2287 0.5
18 21 Minhazuddin, Ahmed 4.5 2225 2279 0.7
19 23 Hossain, Monir 4.5 2208 2198 -0.1
20 24 Haque, Rezaul 4.0 2206 2220 0.2
21 26 Mohammad, Ali 4.0 2200 2203 0
22 16 Rahman, Taibur 3.5 2269 2264 -0.1
23 25 Chatterjee, Debaral 3.5 2205 1999 -2.02
24 8 Murshed, Niaz 3.0 2447 2319 -1.02
25 17 Chowdhury, Sohel 1.5 2267 1964 -3.6
26 22 Gosh, Chanchal Kumar 0.5 2223 2049 -0.58
Cross Table
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1. Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan g IRI 2599 =14 +16 = 4 +11 = 2 + 6 = 3 + 7 + 5 + 9 8.0 2653
2. Reefat, Bin-Sattar g BAN 2479 +18 = 7 + 8 = 3 = 1 = 5 + 4 + 6 = 9 +11 7.5 2621
3. Nguyen Anh Dung g VIE 2528 +22 = 6 +24 = 2 = 5 + 4 = 1 + 9 + 8 = 7 7.5 2616
4. Abdulla, Al-Rakib m BAN 2518 +25 + 9 = 1 = 5 + 7 - 3 - 2 + 8 +14 = 6 6.5 2521
5. Hossain, Enamul m BAN 2495 =16 +21 + 6 = 4 = 3 = 2 - 9 +11 - 1 +13 6.0 2479
6. Lodhi, Mahmood m PAK 2374 +19 = 3 - 5 +20 + 8 - 1 +10 - 2 +15 = 4 6.0 2464
7. Ahmed, Sk. Nasir f BAN 2324 +23 = 2 +12 =14 - 4 +24 =11 - 1 +10 = 3 6.0 2512
8. Abu Sufian, Shakil f BAN 2356 =21 +20 - 2 +16 - 6 +14 +19 - 4 - 3 +12 5.5 2399
9. Girinath, P.D.S m IND 2378 +26 - 4 =22 +21 =14 +12 + 5 - 3 = 2 - 1 5.5 2453
10. Lalith, Babu M.R IND 2320 =20 -24 +26 =12 =11 +15 - 6 +19 - 7 +14 5.5 2367
11. Gopal, G.N IND 2455 +17 =12 =14 - 1 =10 +13 = 7 - 5 +18 - 2 5.0 2384
12. Rahman, Ziaur g BAN 2543 +13 =11 - 7 =10 +22 - 9 =18 =15 +17 - 8 5.0 2309
13. Hasan, Mehdi f BAN 2269 -12 +17 -16 =15 +18 -11 +22 =14 +20 - 5 5.0 2327
14. Islam, Kh. Aminul f BAN 2315 = 1 +15 =11 = 7 = 9 - 8 +17 =13 - 4 -10 4.5 2333
15. Minhazuddin, Ahmed BAN 2225 =24 -14 =23 =13 +20 -10 +21 =12 - 6 =16 4.5 2278
16. Mohammad, Javed BAN 2267 = 5 - 1 +13 - 8 =21 -19 +23 -20 +25 =15 4.5 2267
17. Rahman, Syed Mahfuzur f BAN 2247 -11 -13 +19 +23 -24 +22 -14 =18 -12 +25 4.5 2287
18. Abdul, Maleq BAN 2255 - 2 =23 -20 +26 -13 +25 =12 =17 -11 +21 4.5 2273
19. Hossain, Monir BAN 2208 - 6 -22 -17 +25 +26 +16 - 8 -10 =23 +20 4.5 2236
20. Mohammad, Ali BAN 2200 =10 - 8 +18 - 6 -15 =21 +25 +16 -13 -19 4.0 2202
21. Haque, Rezaul f BAN 2206 = 8 - 5 +25 - 9 =16 =20 -15 +23 =22 -18 4.0 2219
22. Rahman, Taibur f BAN 2269 - 3 +19 = 9 =24 -12 -17 -13 +25 =21 -23 3.5 2219
23. Chatterjee, Debaraj BAN 2205 - 7 =18 =15 -17 -25 +26 -16 -21 =19 +22 3.5 2139
24. Murshed, Niaz g BAN 2447 =15 +10 - 3 =22 +17 - 7 . . . . 3.0 2318
25. Chowdhury, Sohel BAN 2267 - 4 =26 -21 -19 +23 -18 -20 -22 -16 -17 1.5 1963
26. Gosh, Chanchal Kumar BAN 2223 - 9 =25 -10 -18 -19 -23 . . . . 0.5 1871
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Zonal 2.4 takes place in Sao Paulo 16th-22nd June, 2007. Emilio Cordova
of Peru didn't arrive.
Official site: http://www.cxsp.com.br/
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1. Matsuura, Everaldo m BRA 2502 * . . . = 1 1 . . 2.5 2740
2. Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2579 . * . = 1 . . . 1 2.5 2742
3. Leitao, Rafael g BRA 2603 . . * = . . . 1 1 2.5 2745
4. Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA 2609 . = = * . . . . . 1.0 2591
5. Sunye Neto, Jaime g BRA 2486 = 0 . . * = . . . 1.0 2401
6. Fier, Alexandr g BRA 2499 0 . . . = * . . = 1.0 2308
7. Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag m BRA 2416 0 . . . . . * = . 0.5 2305
8. Zambrana, Oswaldo m BOL 2495 . . 0 . . . = * . 0.5 2316
9. Nina, Miguel Angel f PER 2312 . 0 0 . . = . . * 0.5 2287
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The XXV Novi Becej Open International Chess Tournament took place
9th-17th June 2007. Mihai-Lucian Grunberg took clear first place on 7/9. Games
from the final round missing.
Official site: http://chess-open-novi-becej.org
Final Round 9 Standings:
1 1 Grunberg Mihai-Lucian IM 2442 ROM 7 51 40 35½ 9
2 2 Bodiroga Predrag IM 2430 SRB 6½ 52 40 38 3
3 5 Nestorovic Dejan IM 2384 SRB 6½ 50 38½ 34½ 5
4 7 Andrijevic Milan IM 2334 SRB 6½ 49½ 38½ 33 9
5 3 Popovic Milos T FM 2404 SRB 6 47½ 36½ 31 0
6 16 Popovic Predrag R 2241 SRB 6 47 37 30½ 38
7 14 Radosavljevic Slobodan FM 2247 SRB 6 44½ 35 30 9
8 4 Dragovic Momcilo FM 2392 SRB 6 42 32 25½ -13
9 20 Milosevic Rade 2183 SRB 6 40½ 31 27 16
10 18 Andrejic Vladica 2197 SRB 5½ 48 39½ 30 27
11 10 Vukic Radivoj FM 2271 SRB 5½ 48 37½ 29 7
12 11 Sirotanovic Obrad 2268 SRB 5½ 47½ 36½ 32 7
13 15 Levnajic Pavle FM 2245 SRB 5½ 46½ 35½ 31 9
14 9 Sevo Dusan FM 2279 SRB 5 46½ 35½ 28 -6
15 6 Marholev Dimitar IM 2375 BUL 5 44 34½ 27 -17
16 19 Pantelic Sasa 2187 SRB 5 42 34 27 9
17 29 Kovacic Vlastimir 2099 SRB 5 40½ 32½ 24 0
18 26 Brkic Toma 2119 SRB 5 40 32 22 14
19 31 Nestorovic Lazar 2086 SRB 5 39½ 29½ 22½ 17
20 27 Grkovic Milan 2105 SRB 5 39 31 22 12
The European Union Championship takes place June 15th-24th 2007 in
Arvier (Aosta Valley). The tournament is open to the players of the 27
countries of the European Union, plus 4 countries 'host' (Croacia, Montenegro,
Serbia and Turkey).
Official site: http://www.scacchivda.com
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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1. Borgo, Giulio m ITA 2418 + 92 + 29 + 41 . . . . . . . 3.0
2. Brunello, Sabino m ITA 2454 + 82 + 45 + 33 . . . . . . . 3.0
3. D'Amore, Carlo m ITA 2476 + 78 + 40 + 23 . . . . . . . 3.0
4. Likavsky, Tomas g SVK 2485 + 71 + 28 + 37 . . . . . . . 3.0
5. Rombaldoni, Denis f ITA 2368 + 87 + 42 + 22 . . . . . . . 3.0
6. Sedlak, Nikola g SRB 2575 + 74 + 58 + 24 . . . . . . . 3.0
7. Caruana, Fabiano m ITA 2523 + 54 + 32 = 13 . . . . . . . 2.5 2465
8. Piscopo, Pierluigi m ITA 2392 + 53 + 30 = 15 . . . . . . . 2.5 2500
9. Agrest, Evgenij g SWE 2561 + 79 + 36 = 14 . . . . . . . 2.5 2504
10. Baburin, Alexander g IRL 2545 + 35 = 51 + 56 . . . . . . . 2.5 2408
11. Calzetta, Monica wg ESP 2340 + 76 + 46 = 19 . . . . . . . 2.5 2455
12. Castaldo, Folco f ITA 2330 + 88 + 27 = 17 . . . . . . . 2.5 2440
13. Cocchi, Andrea f ITA 2321 + 75 + 39 = 7 . . . . . . . 2.5 2451
14. Foisor, Cristina Adela m ROM 2384 + 86 + 44 = 9 . . . . . . . 2.5 2484
15. Godena, Michele g ITA 2558 + 80 + 34 = 8 . . . . . . . 2.5 2497
16. Luther, Thomas g GER 2586 + 26 = 52 + 57 . . . . . . . 2.5 2420
17. Okhotnik, Vladimir m FRA 2484 + 93 + 49 = 12 . . . . . . . 2.5 2435
18. Vocaturo, Daniele m ITA 2450 + 81 + 43 = 20 . . . . . . . 2.5 2421
19. Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2491 + 90 + 55 = 11 . . . . . . . 2.5 2452
20. Friedrich, Norbert f GER 2317 + 66 + 61 = 18 . . . . . . . 2.5 2323
21. Sulava, Nenad g CRO 2549 = 62 + 65 + 52 . . . . . . . 2.5 2380
22. Prie, Eric g FRA 2513 + 48 + 47 - 5 . . . . . . . 2.0 2328
23. Daulyte, Deimante wm LTU 2224 + 70 + 25 - 3 . . . . . . . 2.0 2428
24. Moser, Eva m AUT 2405 + 85 + 50 - 6 . . . . . . . 2.0 2355
25. Sulskis, Sarunas g LTU 2528 + 89 - 23 + 51 . . . . . . . 2.0 2286
26. Agrest, Inna SWE 2069 - 16 + 92 + 63 . . . . . . . 2.0 2433
27. Almond, Richard J ENG 2088 + 97 - 12 + 96 . . . . . . . 2.0 2235
28. Bashkite, Viktoria wm EST 2202 + 69 - 4 + 85 . . . . . . . 2.0 2238
29. Calandri, Fausto ITA 2144 + 91 - 1 + 75 . . . . . . . 2.0 2128
30. Diotallevi, Maurizio ITA 2137 + 96 - 8 + 72 . . . . . . . 2.0 2224
31. Foisor, Sabina-Francesca wm ROM 2333 - 60 + 83 + 93 . . . . . . . 2.0 2086
32. Pantaleoni, Claudio ITA 2219 + 95 - 7 + 81 . . . . . . . 2.0 2297
33. Pepino, Enrico ITA 2153 + 64 + 63 - 2 . . . . . . . 2.0 2419
34. Rombaldoni, Axel ITA 2221 + 73 - 15 + 78 . . . . . . . 2.0 2312
35. Tate, Alan SCO 2058 - 10 + 84 + 77 . . . . . . . 2.0 2417
36. Tocchioni, Doriano ITA 2247 + 72 - 9 + 67 . . . . . . . 2.0 2279
37. Vezzosi, Paolo m ITA 2287 + 83 + 67 - 4 . . . . . . . 2.0 2259
38. Agrest, Roman SWE 2161 - 61 +101 + 76 . . . . . . . 2.0 2010
39. Fraser-Mitchell, Jeremy N ENG 2084 +103 - 13 + 61 . . . . . . . 2.0 2157
40. Makka, Ioulia wm GRE 2185 +102 - 3 + 86 . . . . . . . 2.0 2223
41. Sorcinelli, Francesco ITA 2131 +100 + 94 - 1 . . . . . . . 2.0 2232
42. Bonugli, Carlo ITA 2091 +111 - 5 + 68 . . . . . . . 2.0 2191
43. Brauer, Christian GER 2132 +108 - 18 + 88 . . . . . . . 2.0 2252
44. Brigati, Alessandro ITA 2093 +110 - 14 + 73 . . . . . . . 2.0 2253
45. Cazzaniga, Walter ITA 2174 +105 - 2 + 87 . . . . . . . 2.0 2202
46. Dubois, Martine wm FRA 2092 +112 - 11 + 70 . . . . . . . 2.0 2206
47. Maahs, Erich GER 2193 +106 - 22 + 82 . . . . . . . 2.0 2253
48. Norinkeviciute, Rasa wf LTU 2048 - 22 +106 + 94 . . . . . . . 2.0 2376
49. Pace, Colin MLT 2146 +107 - 17 + 60 . . . . . . . 2.0 2270
50. Raineri, Valerio ITA 2123 +109 - 24 + 66 . . . . . . . 2.0 2234
51. Borosova, Zuzana wf SVK 2206 + 84 = 10 - 25 . . . . . . . 1.5 2317
52. Brancaleoni, Maurizio f ITA 2263 +101 = 16 - 21 . . . . . . . 1.5 2350
53. Frank, Albert BEL 1987 - 8 + 91 = 55 . . . . . . . 1.5 2078
54. Majer, Chris E ENG 2036 - 7 + 95 = 58 . . . . . . . 1.5 2250
55. Ocantos, Manuel ARG 2178 + 68 - 19 = 53 . . . . . . . 1.5 2103
56. Beggi, Pierluigi ITA 2141 = 65 + 62 - 10 . . . . . . . 1.5 2201
57. Astengo, Corrado ITA 2110 = 98 + 60 - 16 . . . . . . . 1.5 2179
58. Schaefer, Michael1 GER 2228 + 99 - 6 = 54 . . . . . . . 1.5 2172
59. Pipitone, Antonio ITA 1994 - 63 = 64 + 98 . . . . . . . 1.5 2142
60. Brunello, Roberta ITA 1953 + 31 - 57 - 49 . . . . . . . 1.0 2071
61. Di Cio, Enrico ITA 1776 + 38 - 20 - 39 . . . . . . . 1.0 2062
62. Gorse, Gerard FRA 2058 = 21 - 56 = 69 . . . . . . . 1.0 2059
63. Bruno, Fabio m ITA 2428 + 59 - 33 - 26 . . . . . . . 1.0 1947
64. Scanferla,Paolo ITA ---- - 33 = 59 = 71 . . . . . . . 1.0 1930
65. Pistone,Salvatore ITA ---- = 56 - 21 = 74 . . . . . . . 1.0 2127
66. Brunello, Marina ITA 1924 - 20 + 97 - 50 . . . . . . . 1.0 2021
67. Chierici, Marianna wf ITA 1996 + 77 - 37 - 36 . . . . . . . 1.0 2204
68. Fox, Pierre BEL 1832 - 55 + 90 - 42 . . . . . . . 1.0 1971
69. Mazzetta, Renato ITA 1864 - 28 = 71 = 62 . . . . . . . 1.0 1968
70. Mortola, Alberto ITA 1905 - 23 + 89 - 46 . . . . . . . 1.0 1998
71. Occhipinti, Massimo ITA 2020 - 4 = 69 = 64 . . . . . . . 1.0 1991
72. Testa, Adriano ITA 1907 - 36 + 79 - 30 . . . . . . . 1.0 2023
73. Innocenti,Luca ITA ---- - 34 + 80 - 44 . . . . . . . 1.0 2000
74. Battistella, Stefano ITA 2068 - 6 = 99 = 65 . . . . . . . 1.0 2035
75. Bisignano, Giuseppe ITA 1928 - 13 +103 - 29 . . . . . . . 1.0 2030
76. Bossoni, Mario ITA 1964 - 11 +100 - 38 . . . . . . . 1.0 1884
77. Llaneza Vega, Marcos f ESP 2455 - 67 + 98 - 35 . . . . . . . 1.0 1893
78. Marguerettaz, Davy ITA 2005 - 3 +102 - 34 . . . . . . . 1.0 2053
79. Miatello, Alberto ITA 2062 - 9 - 72 + 99 . . . . . . . 1.0 1999
80. Astengo, Marcello ITA 2061 - 15 - 73 +107 . . . . . . . 1.0 2061
81. Antoniacci, Riccardo ITA 1995 - 18 +108 - 32 . . . . . . . 1.0 2098
82. Campbell, Ian ENG 2008 - 2 +105 - 47 . . . . . . . 1.0 2028
83. Cavatorta, Fosco ITA 1921 - 37 - 31 +109 . . . . . . . 1.0 2081
84. Cavatorta, Ivan ITA 1878 - 51 - 35 +112 . . . . . . . 1.0 1963
85. De Marco, Walter ITA 1992 - 24 +109 - 28 . . . . . . . 1.0 2077
86. Foisor, Mihaela-Veronica ROM 1980 - 14 +110 - 40 . . . . . . . 1.0 2064
87. Frontini, Fabio ITA 1965 - 5 +111 - 45 . . . . . . . 1.0 2055
88. Giacometto, Mario ITA 1931 - 12 +112 - 43 . . . . . . . 1.0 2029
89. Marozzi, Giovanni ITA 2055 - 25 - 70 +105 . . . . . . . 1.0 1956
90. Motzer, Heinrich GER 2021 - 19 - 68 +108 . . . . . . . 1.0 1982
91. Russo, Carmelo ITA 1665 - 29 - 53 +104 . . . . . . . 1.0 1909
92. Stojanovic, Vojislav FRA 1911 - 1 - 26 +110 . . . . . . . 1.0 2037
93. Turturici, Pellegrino ITA 2010 - 17 +107 - 31 . . . . . . . 1.0 2147
94. Zimina, Olga wg ITA 2377 +104 - 41 - 48 . . . . . . . 1.0 1925
95. Cross,Ian ENG ---- - 32 - 54 +111 . . . . . . . 1.0 1960
96. Brachten,Ron NED ---- - 30 +104 - 27 . . . . . . . 1.0 1940
97. Agrest,Anton SWE ---- - 27 - 66 +106 . . . . . . . 1.0 1833
98. Dritsakos,Alessio ITA ---- = 57 - 77 - 59 . . . . . . . 0.5 1913
99. Della-Penna, Vincenzo ITA 1906 - 58 = 74 - 79 . . . . . . . 0.5 1846
100. Bogatto, Mario ITA 1528 - 41 - 76 =101 . . . . . . . 0.5 1731
101. Iacchetti, Giovanni ITA 1917 - 52 - 38 =100 . . . . . . . 0.5 1711
102. Renzini, Lorenzo ITA 1839 - 40 - 78 =103 . . . . . . . 0.5 1790
103. Urano,Marco ITA ---- - 39 - 75 =102 . . . . . . . 0.5 1677
104. Colombrini, Adolfo ITA 1972 - 94 - 96 - 91 . . . . . . . 0.0
105. Garofalo, Sergio ITA 1812 - 45 - 82 - 89 . . . . . . . 0.0
106. Squarci, Franco ITA 1863 - 47 - 48 - 97 . . . . . . . 0.0
107. Varinelli,Sara ITA ---- - 49 - 93 - 80 . . . . . . . 0.0
108. Cornaggia,Ranieri ITA ---- - 43 - 81 - 90 . . . . . . . 0.0
109. Dritsakos,Sonia ITA ---- - 50 - 85 - 83 . . . . . . . 0.0
110. Perrone,Samuel ITA ---- - 44 - 86 - 92 . . . . . . . 0.0
111. Zaccaria,Sonia ITA ---- - 42 - 87 - 95 . . . . . . . 0.0
112. Bellia,Mario ITA ---- - 46 - 88 - 84 . . . . . . . 0.0
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The 11th International Chess Festival Voronezh 2007 takes place
10th-21st June 2007.
Details: http://www.relex.ru/~xuser/voronezh_open
Leading Round 5 Standings:
1. 4 Lastin, Alexander 2590 4.5 19.0
7 Amonatov, Farrukh 2574 4.5 17.0
3. 23 Yandemirov, Valeri 2515 4.0 15.5
16 Smikovski, Ivan 2552 4.0 15.0
3 Burmakin, Vladimir 2593 4.0 15.0
5 Savchenko, Boris 2583 4.0 14.5
20 Kryakvin, Dmitry 2539 4.0 14.5
2 Fedorov, Alexei 2611 4.0 14.0
28 Kabanov, Nikolai 2499 4.0 13.5
8 Azarov, Sergei 2571 4.0 13.5
11. 76 Dmitriev, Igor 2310 3.5 18.0
15 Novikov, Stanislav 2556 3.5 17.5
38 Bryzgalin, Kirill 2475 3.5 15.0
1 Bocharov, Dmitry 2614 3.5 15.0
6 Vorobiov, Evgeny E. 2580 3.5 14.5
17 Shaposhnikov, Evgeny 2550 3.5 14.5
42 Slizhevsky, Alexander 2452 3.5 14.5
25 Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav 2503 3.5 14.0
10 Gleizerov, Evgeny 2570 3.5 13.5
29 Rakhmanov, Aleksandr 2497 3.5 13.5
19 Deviatkin, Andrei 2541 3.5 13.5
35 Gasanov, Eldar 2486 3.5 13.5
12 Chernyshov, Konstantin 2567 3.5 13.0
40 Tarlev, Konstantin 2468 3.5 13.0
62 Moskalenko, Alexander 2371 3.5 13.0
21 Panarin, Michail 2528 3.5 12.5
48 Golovin, Leonid 2431 3.5 12.0
18 Kokarev, Dmitry 2546 3.5 12.0
116 players
The Lina Grumette Memorial Day Classic was held May 26th-28th 2007 at
the LAX Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, saw IM Enrico Sevillano take first place
with a 5-1 score. Next at 4½-1½ were IM Andranik Matikozyan, Joel
Banawa, Alexandre Kretchetov and Leonid Furman. News: John Hillery.
Complete standings are available at
http://www.westernchess.com/mdc07/standings.html
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Memorial Day Classic Los Angeles USA (USA), 26-28 v 2007
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1. Sevillano, Enrico m USA 2493 5
2. Matikozian, Andranik m ARM 2469 4½
3. Banawa, Joel Cholo USA 2310 4½
4. Kretchetov, Alexandre f RUS 2299 4½
5. Furman, Leonid USA 2128 4½
6 Serpik, Ilia V USA 2262 4
7. Hermansen, Ron USA 2229 4
8. Khachiyan, Melikset g USA 2475 3½
9. Peters, John A m USA 2423 3½
10 Abrahamyan, Tatev wf USA 2268 3½
11 Bryant, John Daniel USA 2167 3½
12. Small, Greg USA 2256 3½
13. Moussa, Alaa-Eddine PLE 2223 3½
14 Stein, Jeremy A USA 2135 3½
15. Kitagami, Show USA 2122 3½
16 Lau, Robert USA 2023 3½
43 players
The Baile Felix Chess Open, took place in Felix Spa, Romania 25th-31st
May 2007. The event was part of the Romanian Grand Prix and ten players
finished on 6.5/9 with Mihai-Lucian Grunberg taking first place on
tie-break.
Official site: http://www.romaniangp.com
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XXII Felix Cup Felix Spa ROM (ROM), 25-31 v 2007
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1. Grunberg, Mihai-Lucian m ROM 2442 6½ 52½
2. Nemeth, Francisc m ROM 2430 6½ 52½
3. Berescu, Alin g ROM 2514 6½ 51½
4. Mateuta, Gabriel m ROM 2467 6½ 51
5. Szabo, Gergely-Andras-Gyula m ROM 2512 6½ 51
6. Kozhuharov, Spas BUL 2433 6½ 50½
7. Vajda, Albert m ROM 2459 6½ 50½
8. Murariu, Andrei g ROM 2498 6½ 49
9. Manolache, Marius m ROM 2504 6½ 48
10. Berczes, Csaba m HUN 2411 6½ 48
11. Grecescu, Gabriel-Andrei ROM 2348 6 51
12. Nanu, Ciprian-Costica m ROM 2509 6 50
13. Szabo, Attila1 f ROM 2381 6 46½
14. Dinic, Dragan f SRB 2341 6 45
15. Tatarus,Daniel Cosmin ROM ---- 6 44½
16. Nemes, Silviu ROM 2134 6 41½
17. Varadi, Viktor m HUN 2408 5½ 50½
18. Cioara, Andrei Nestor m ROM 2426 5½ 50
19. Sanduleac, Vasile g MDA 2449 5½ 49½
20. Olarasu, Gabriela wg ROM 2274 5½ 49½
21. Hegedus, Iuliu f ROM 2320 5½ 47½
22. Bonte, Andrei ROM 2305 5½ 47½
23. Butunoi, Alexandru m ROM 2420 5½ 45
24. Jevtic, Sasa SRB 2154 5½ 45
25. Miron, Lucian-Costin f ROM 2375 5½ 43
26. Bulmaga, Irina wf MDA 2149 5½ 42
27. Milosevic, Aleksandar SRB 2286 5 45
28. Ristic, Nebojsa SRB 2336 5 45
29. Samu, Sorin-Mihai ROM 2223 5 44
30. Videnova, Iva BUL 2203 5 44
31. Turlea, Constantin ROM 1975 5 43½
32. Chiru, Ioan-Calin ROM 2115 5 43½
33. Bucur, Stefan ROM 2096 5 41
34. Csilcser, Laszlo ROM 2080 5 39½
35. Fugulyan, Grigore ROM 2048 5 37½
36. Horvath, Lajos Ludovic ROM 2114 5 34½
85 players
The inaugural Limburg open was contested by 196 players broken into two
divisions, the top one being FIDE rated. The winner was German GM Leonid Kritz
on 6/7. The title of Limburg champion went to IM Martijn Dambacher. It was a
strong, hard fought event with GM's L'Ami, Nijboer, Berg, Rogers, Korneev and
Schebler also participating. The organizers hope to make this an annual event
in Maastricht.
Further details can be found at http://www.limburgopen.nl
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1. Kritz, Leonid g GER 2593 6.0 34.0 28.5 2726 +0.99
2. Berg, Emanuel g SWE 2574 5.5 34.0 25.75 2647 +0.68
3. Schebler, Gerhard g GER 2530 5.5 31.5 23.75 2594 +0.64
4. Rogers, Ian g AUS 2526 5.5 29.5 22.5 2576 +0.69
5. Luch, Michal m POL 2336 5.5 26.0 18.5 2509 +1.53
6. Dambacher, Martijn m NED 2466 5.0 34.0 23.0 2525 +0.65
7. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2565 5.0 32.0 21.5 2531 -0.10
8. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2606 5.0 29.5 19.75 2518 -0.58
9. Dobrev, Nanko m BUL 2467 5.0 29.0 19.25 2374 -0.54
10. L'Ami, Erwin g NED 2617 5.0 28.5 19.0 2463 -0.99
11. Swinkels, Robin NED 2422 5.0 28.5 18.75 2433 +0.27
12. Steffens, Olaf f GER 2258 5.0 27.0 18.5 2284 +0.31
13. Vandevoort, Pascal m BEL 2385 5.0 27.0 18.0 2396 +0.36
14. Geuss, Paul GER 2138 5.0 26.5 18.5 2378 +2.23
15. Willemze, Thomas m NED 2398 4.5 32.0 19.25 2375 -0.12
16. Wemmers, Xander f NED 2415 4.5 31.5 18.25 2459 +0.52
17. Butkiewicz, Lukasz POL 2252 4.5 30.5 18.75 2298 +0.43
18. Moors, Hans GER 2280 4.5 29.5 16.75 2262 -0.11
19. Peek, Maurice NED 2365 4.5 29.5 16.0 2435 +0.72
20. Dek, Lennart NED 2196 4.5 28.5 16.5 2299 +1.06
21. Driessens, Patrick NED 2276 4.5 28.0 16.25 2301 +0.25
22. Larmuseau, Maarten BEL 2020 4.5 27.0 14.75 2259 +1.81
23. Nijs, Nils BEL 1986 4.5 26.5 15.75 2284 +2.64
24. Bus, Tom NED 2230 4.5 26.0 14.25 2276 +0.48
25. Laarhoven, Thijs NED 2107 4.5 25.5 15.75 2262 +1.26
26. Van den Berg, Bram NED 2196 4.5 22.5 12.25 2222 +0.29
27. Van Beek, Alexander f NED 2386 4.0 30.5 16.5 2290 -0.57
108 players
Dutch GM Jan Werle took first place in Lodi (Italy), where the third
International chess festival was held June 8th-10th 2007. Werle scored 4.5
points out of 5 in the main group, winning on tie break over Ukrainian GM and
Elo-favourite Sergey Fedorchuk; eight players finished on 4: Croatian GM Mladen
Palac, Belgian GM Vadim Malakhatko, Slovakian WGM Regina Pokorna, Filipino IM
Roland Salvador, Italian IM Sabino Brunello, Croatian GM Robert Zelcic,
Bulgarian GM Aleksander Delchev and Serbian GM Mirlojub Lazic. Almost 200
players competed (4 groups).
Ukrainian GM Sergey Karjakin and Rombaldoni "chess family" (father
Andrea and sons Denis, Axel and Brian) gave a "simul under the stars" in the
beautiful San Francesco square on Saturday evening (June 9). Karjakin won 28
games with two draws (against young candidate master Andrea Stella from Crema
and Polish Jan Marini); Rombaldoni's family won almost all games (more than 30,
since some opponents played more than one game), with only one loss by Axel and
one draw by Denis. Photo gallery of the simul exhibition on
http://www.messaggeroscacchi.it/images/Lodi2007/index.html.
Only one game per round is available. News Dario Mione.
Details: http://www.lenuvole.org/
Leading Final Round 5 Standings;
1 5 GM Werle Jan 2556 NED 4.5 12.50 15.00 4 13.50 2307.20
2 1 GM Fedorchuk Sergey A. 2603 UKR 4.5 12.50 14.50 4 12.75 2366.60
3 4 GM Palac Mladen 2568 CRO 4.0 14.00 16.00 3 12.25 2350.80
4 3 GM Malakhatko Vadim 2598 BEL 4.0 13.00 14.50 3 11.50 2322.60
5 21 wg Pokorna Regina 2343 SVK 4.0 12.50 13.50 4 9.50 2218.00
6 12 IM Salvador Roland 2452 PHI 4.0 12.00 14.50 4 11.00 2225.20
7 11 IM BRUNELLO Sabino 2454 ITA 4.0 12.00 14.00 3 10.75 2249.40
8 6 GM Zelcic Robert 2554 CRO 4.0 11.50 14.00 4 11.50 2235.00
9 2 GM Delchev Aleksander 2600 BUL 4.0 11.50 13.50 4 10.00 2295.20
10 13 GM Lazic Miroljub 2450 SRB 4.0 11.50 13.00 3 9.75 2172.40
11 19 IM Mrdja Milan 2367 CRO 3.5 14.50 15.50 3 9.00 2361.40
12 16 IM Dragojlovic Andjelko 2412 SRB 3.5 14.00 16.00 3 9.50 2293.60
13 14 IM Martinez Rolly 2422 PHI 3.5 14.00 15.50 3 9.25 2361.00
14 9 GM Naumkin Igor 2497 RUS 3.5 13.50 16.00 2 8.25 2335.00
15 20 IM Zozulia Anna 2344 BEL 3.5 13.50 15.00 3 9.50 2344.80
16 34 -M ROMBALDONI Axel 2221 ITA 3.5 12.50 14.50 3 9.00 2297.60
17 15 IM BORGO Giulio 2418 ITA 3.5 12.50 14.00 3 8.75 2260.00
18 18 FM ROMBALDONI Denis 2368 ITA 3.5 11.00 12.50 3 7.50 2220.80
19 24 FM GENOCCHIO Daniele 2327 ITA 3.0 15.00 17.00 2 8.75 2399.20
20 35 -M DAMIA Angelo 2212 ITA 3.0 13.00 14.50 3 7.00 2225.40
21 38 -M GIRETTI-KANEV Jasen 2184 ITA 3.0 13.00 14.00 2 6.50 2258.00
22 44 CM GALASSI Federico 2142 ITA 3.0 12.50 14.00 3 6.00 2337.20
23 17 FM SIBILIO Mario 2383 ITA 3.0 12.00 14.00 2 7.00 2261.40
24 31 FM SCIORTINO Massimo 2254 ITA 3.0 12.00 13.50 3 5.50 2221.00
25 10 IM Okhotnik Vladimir 2484 FRA 3.0 11.50 13.00 3 6.50 2176.00
26 8 GM Czebe Attila 2500 HUN 3.0 10.50 12.50 2 6.75 2192.80
27 33 -M ROMBALDONI Andrea 2235 ITA 3.0 9.00 10.00 3 4.50 2090.20
76 players
The 7th European Individual Senior Championship took place 2nd-10th
June, 2007, in the Business-Lounge of the Hockenheim circuit (Germany). Nukhim
Rashkovsky edged out Algiman Butnorius on tie-break after both finished on
7.5/9. Games from lower boards in the final round now available.
Official site: http://www.euro-seniorchamp.de.vu
- http://www.schach.com/hockenheim
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1. Rashkovsky,Nukhim GM 2496 RUS 6 3 0 7.5 42.0 54.0
2. Butnorius,Algiman IM 2402 LTU 6 3 0 7.5 40.0 50.0
3. Murey,Jacob GM 2433 ISR 6 2 1 7.0 44.0 56.5
4. Jansa,Vlastimil GM 2499 CZE 6 2 1 7.0 42.0 54.0
5. Farago,Ivan GM 2501 HUN 6 2 1 7.0 41.5 53.5
6. Uhlmann,Wolfgang GM 2419 GER 6 2 1 7.0 37.5 47.0
7. Klovans,Janis GM 2441 LAT 5 3 1 6.5 43.0 54.5
8. Khanukov,Boris FM 2358 GER 5 3 1 6.5 41.5 53.5
9. Donchenko,Anatoly IM 2374 GER 4 5 0 6.5 39.5 51.0
10. Tseitlin,Mark D GM 2491 ISR 5 3 1 6.5 38.5 49.5
11. Gutman,Lev GM 2444 GER 5 3 1 6.5 37.5 48.0
12. Kremenietsky,Anat IM 2353 RUS 6 1 2 6.5 36.0 47.0
13. Ivanets,Vladimir FM 2261 RUS 6 1 2 6.5 34.0 44.0
14. Rotstein,Efim FM 2371 GER 5 2 2 6.0 41.0 52.5
15. Pushkov,Nikolai GM 2522 RUS 6 0 3 6.0 38.5 50.5
16. Fradkin,Boris IM 2465 RUS 5 2 2 6.0 38.5 49.5
17. Rosen,Willy FM 2279 GER 5 2 2 6.0 38.0 49.5
18. Gruzmann,Boris FM 2309 RUS 5 2 2 6.0 38.0 49.0
19. Ljubarskij,Jurij FM 2301 GER 5 2 2 6.0 38.0 48.5
20. Van Den Berg,Ad 2204 NED 5 2 2 6.0 37.0 47.0
21. Arkhangelsky,Bori IM 2355 RUS 3 6 0 6.0 36.0 47.0
22. Schippan,Bernd 2266 GER 5 2 2 6.0 36.0 46.0
23. Fatalibekova,Elen WGM 2273 RUS 5 2 2 6.0 35.0 46.5
24. Rosino,Antonio FM 2275 ITA 6 0 3 6.0 33.5 44.5
25. Chernikov,Oleg L GM 2405 RUS 5 2 2 6.0 33.5 44.0
26. Karl,Hans FM 2251 SUI 3 6 0 6.0 33.5 42.0
27. Fomina,Tatyana WIM 2231 EST 6 0 3 6.0 32.5 42.0
28. Jadrijevic,Ante 2213 CRO 6 0 3 6.0 32.5 41.5
29. Onoprienko,Vladim IM 2342 RUS 5 2 2 6.0 31.5 40.0
30. Khazankin,Moisei 2112 UKR 6 0 3 6.0 31.0 41.5
31. Bogorads,Mihails 2245 GER 5 2 2 6.0 31.0 41.5
32. Neese,Hans-Joachi 2287 GER 5 1 3 5.5 40.5 52.0
33. Hvenekilde,Jorgen 2221 DEN 5 1 3 5.5 39.0 48.0
34. Sorensen,Bent 2258 DEN 5 1 3 5.5 38.0 48.5
35. Fischer,Gerd 2175 GER 4 3 2 5.5 37.0 47.0
36. Erenska-Barlo,Han WGM 2246 POL 4 3 2 5.5 36.0 46.5
37. Estrada Martinez, 2208 ESP 4 3 2 5.5 34.5 44.5
38. Kaminik,Aleksanda 2314 ISR 4 3 2 5.5 34.0 44.0
39. Mueller,Waldemar 2115 GER 4 3 2 5.5 31.0 41.0
158 players
The 15th World Computer Chess Championship took place in Amsterdam,
Netherlands, June 11th-18th 2007. Rybka won with 10/11.
Official site: http://amsterdam2007.icga.org/ and
http://www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr/icga/tournament.php?id=173
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15th WCCC Amsterdam NED (NED), 11-18 vi 2007
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. RYBKA USA * = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10.0
2. ZAPPA TUR = * 1 = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 9.0
3. LOOP GER = 0 * 0 = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 7.5
4. SHREDDER GER 0 = 1 * 0 = = 1 = 1 1 1 7.0
5. GRIDCHESS GER 0 0 = 1 * = 1 = 1 = 1 1 7.0
6. DEEP SJENG BEL 0 = 0 = = * = = 1 = 1 1 6.0
7. JONNY GER 0 = 0 = 0 = * 1 0 = 1 1 5.0
8. DIEP NED 0 0 0 0 = = 0 * 1 = 1 1 4.5
9. THE BARON NED 0 0 = = 0 0 1 0 * 1 0 1 4.0
10. ISICHESS GER 0 0 0 0 = = = = 0 * = 1 3.5
11. THE KING NED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = * 1 2.5
12. MICRO MAX NED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0.0
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The 5th Solingen Chess Weeks took place in Solingen (North
Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) June 1st-10th 2007. Thomas Henrichs and Felix
Levin finished on 5.5/7. No games available.
Official site: http://www.schachwochen.de/
Open A Final Round 7 Standings:
1. Henrichs, Thomas IM 2512 GER 5.5 33.0 201.0
2. Levin, Felix GM 2510 GER 5.5 31.5 205.5
3. Siebrecht, Sebast IM 2464 GER 5.0 31.0 199.0
4. Schebler, Gerhard GM 2530 GER 5.0 29.0 192.5
5. Wigger, Jochen 2275 GER 5.0 28.5 184.5
6. Naumann, Alexande GM 2543 GER 5.0 27.0 185.5
7. Mainka, Romuald GM 2501 GER 4.5 32.0 199.0
8. Trella, Thomas 2234 GER 4.5 29.5 196.0
9. Krieg, Nikolaj 2256 GER 4.5 28.0 186.5
10. Schleining, Zoya WGM 2366 GER 4.5 28.0 182.5
11. Rezasade, Amir 2189 GER 4.5 26.5 183.0
12. Mladenov, Svetlin 2308 BUL 4.0 28.0 183.0
13. Huettemann, Ralf 1998 GER 4.0 28.0 180.0
14. Michalczak, Thoma FM 2325 GER 4.0 26.5 177.5
15. Leiber, Bernard 2190 GER 4.0 26.0 181.0
16. Savchenko, Aleksi 2101 GER 4.0 25.0 170.5
42 players
The IV Sanxenxo Sanxenxo (Pontevedra) Open takes place 16th-24th June
2007.
Official site:
http://www.ajedrezmarcote.com/2007/4sansenxo/open_sanxenxo_2007.php
Leading players:
1 GM Gashimov Vugar 2644 0 AZE
2 GM Graf Alexander 2620 0 GER
3 GM Giorgadze Giorgi 2610 2608 GEO
4 GM Malakhatko Vadim 2598 0 BEL
5 GM Ramesh R B 2471 0 IND
6 GM De La Villa Garcia Jesus M 2457 2463 ESP
7 IM Reinaldo Castineira Roi 2452 2448 ESP
8 IM Caselas Cabanas Jacobo 2423 2406 ESP
9 IM Wippermann Till 2422 0 GER
10 FM Vila Gazquez Xavier 2415 2465 ESP
11 IM Larino Nieto David 2404 2392 ESP
George Mirijanian reports: The 12th Bradley Open took place 15th-17th
June 2007 at the Hartford/Windsor Marriott Hotel in Windsor, Connecticut, USA.
GM Alexander Ivanov, 51, of Newton, Massachusetts captured first place with a
score of 4.5-0.5. Finishing in second place with a 4-1 tally was GM Mark
Paragua, 23, of the Philippines, who drew Ivanov in the third round. Tied for
3rd-4th place with 3.5-1.5 results were national master Igor Yeliseyev of New
Jersey and U.S. Chess Federation-rated expert Andres Castaneda of Connecticut.
The tournament drew 156 players in six sections and was directed by William
Goichberg for the sponsoring Continental Chess Association. Complete
crosstables are available at: http://masschess.org
Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup
The Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup will take place in Odessa, Ukraine from
4th-6th July 2007.
Ten grandmasters will take part in the event which is a rapid
all-play-all. The time control: 20 minutes for entire game + 10 seconds
increment after each move.
The participants are: Teimour RADJABOV (Azerbaijan), Vassily IVANCHUK
(Lviv, Ukraine), Alexander GRISCHUK (Russia), Boris GELFAND (Israel), Etienne
BACROT (France), Alexei SHIROV (Spain), Ilia SMIRIN (Israel), Viktor KORCHNOI
(Switzerland), Yuri DROZDOVSKIJ (Odessa, Ukraine) and Vladimir TUKMAKOV
(Odessa, Ukraine).
The event is organised by the PIVDENNY BANK, Ukrainian Chess
Federation, Association of Chess Professionals (ACP) and the Charity Fund
VICTOR.
Official site: http://www.worldcup.pivdenny.com
8th Montreal International
The 8th Montreal International takes place 19th-28th July 2007.
Players: Vassily Ivanchuk, Gata Kamsky, Nigel Short, Pavel Eljanov,
Sergei Tiviakov, Emil Sutovsky, Kamil Miton, Pentala Harikrishna, Mark
Bluvshtein and Pascal Charbonneau.
Official site:
http://www.fqechecs.qc.ca/index.php?typ=actu&id=1760&categorie
1st Leiden Chess Tournament
The 1st Leiden Chess Tournament is being organised by
http://www.schakers.info, a Dutch chess news website that celebrates its 5th
anniversary in 2007. The tournament is sponsored by H.L. Druckerfonds.
The tournament will take place in the Leiden Denksportcentrum, July
13th-July 22nd 2007. It is a 9 round Swiss
Registration by e-mail: redactie@schakers.info
More information and tournament site:
http://www.schakers.info info (banner
LCT2007)
2nd Konig Memorial
The Mechanics' Institute will be holding the 2nd Konig Memorial July
10th-25th 2007 on the Schevingen system - double round robin between the two
teams. The time control is 40/75 + SD/15 all with 30 seconds added per move.
GM Team GM Baburin ( Ireland) GM S.Atalik (Turkey) GM Yermolinsky
( USA) GM Fedorowicz ( USA) IM E.Atalik ( Turkey)
IM Team IM Pruess ( USA) IM Stein (USA) IM Zilberstein (USA) IM
Friedel (USA) IM Mezentsev (USA)
Daily coverage at: http://www.chessclub.org
XX Belgrade International Open
The XX International Open Championship of Belgrade "OBRENOVAC 2007"
takes place 22nd-30th November 2007.
Prizes : EUR 5,600.00 The championship will be played in 9 rounds
according to the FIDE Swiss System (computer pairing). Rate of play is 40 moves
for 2 hours and 30 minutes til the end of game.
Contact information: BELGRADE CHESS INFORMATION 11000 Belgrade,
Deligradska 27/III, Serbia Tel/Fax; +381-11 -2656 846 E-mail: beochess@eunet.yu
Further details: http://www.beochess.org.yu
Olomouc and Highlands Opens Czech Republic
10th International Chess Festival Olomouc Chess Summer 2007, which
takea place in the city of Olomouc on 1st-9th August 2007. Closed GM and IM
tournaments, closed FIDE tournament, FIDE open, seniors tournament, active
chess and blitz tournament are part of the festival. More detailed information
should be found at
http://www.czechtour.net/olomouc-chess-summer/regulations/.
Downloadable regulations in English, German, Russian and Polish are available
at the address http://www.czechtour.net/olomouc-chess-summer/.
4th International Chess Festival Highlands Open 2007, which will take
place in the town of Zdar nad Sazavou on 22nd-30th September 2007. Final
qualification for the Men and Women Championship of the Czech Republic, FIDE
open, active chess and blitz tournament are part of the festival. More detailed
information should be found at
http://www.czechtour.net/highlands-open/regulations/
. Downloadable regulations in English, German, Russian and Polish are available
at the address http://www.czechtour.net/highlands-open/.
Both events are held within the frame of 7th International Chess
Festivals CZECH TOUR 2007/2008 Series. More detailed information about the
series, which is taking place in 8 towns of the Czech Republic, should be found
at http://www.czechtour.net/regulations/.
Downloadable regulations in English, German, Russian and Polish are available
at the address http://www.czechtour.net/news/.
Pula Open
The Pula Open takes place in Pula, Croatia, 23rd-30th June 2007 at the
beautiful and famous tourist resort "Punta Verudela" in congress hall of hotel
Histria.
Preliminary list of entires had 210 players from 26 countries: AUS,
AUT, BEL, BIH, BUL, CRC, CRO, CZE, DEN, ENG, FRA, GER, HUN, IRL, ITA, LTU, NED,
NOR, POL, POR, RUS, SLO, SRB, SUI, SVK, SWE. There are 63 titled players - 13
GM, 1 WGM, 25 IM, 2 WIM, 17 FM, 5 WFM. 180 players are FIDE rated. You can
directly contact and the director of chess tournament Mr.Vretenar Denis -
pulaopen@globalnet.hr
All information about tournament: http://www.skpula.hr, results
http://chess-results.com/Tnr6753.aspx?lan=1,
information about the city of Pula http://www.pulainfo.hr/en/.
IGB 4th Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysia Open
The IGB 4th Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysia Open Chess Championship takes
place in the Cititel Mid Valley Hotel, Kuala Lumpur 19th-27th August 2007. 11
Rounds Swiss, 1st Prize USD4000, Info: aham@pc.jaring.my
Details:
http://chess.maribelajar.com/2007/06/08/datmo-4-details/
or
http://www.gilachess.com/2007/06/09/4th-igb-dato-arthur-tan-malaysian-open-2007/
GM Amir Bagheri's Website and Match
GM Amir Bagheri's Website: http://amirbagheri.freehostia.com/
Amir Bagheri (Iran, rating 2481) will play a 2-game match vs. members of
the ICCF Forum. The games (one with White and one with Black pieces) will be
played on the ICCF Webserver and are intended to start on June 20th 2007, with
the reflection time rule "10 moves/100 days".
http://www.iccf-webchess.com
6th La Fere Open
The 6th La Fere Open International Chess Tournament will take place
7th-13th July 2007 in Picardie (North of France).
Official site: http://laferect.free.fr/
5th Staunton Memorial
The 5th Staunton Memorial sees six Dutch and six English players
compete in a single round robin event. The players are: Holland: Loek Van Wely
2674; Jan Timman 2545; Jan Smeets 2552; Jan Werle 2556; Ivan Sokolov (last
years winner) 2663; Erwin L’Ami 2617; England: Michael Adams 2734; Jon
Speelman 2518; Peter Wells 2499; Colin McNab 2418; Gawain Jones 2524; Jovanka
Houska 2404. Play begins on August 7th and ends on August 18th. The event is,
as last year, supported by the Dutch chess enthusiast Jan Mol.
Official site: http://howardstaunton.com/index.shtml
British Chess Championships
The 94th Championships of The British Isles Organised by the English
Chess Federation Sunday 29th July - Saturday 11th August - Great Yarmouth
College, Great Yarmouth
Official site: http://www.bcf.org.uk/events/bc2007/index.html
John Watson Books Show
John Watson has a program on chess.fm on books, this week it features FM
Graham Burgess, Editorial Director of Gambit Publishing.
Details: http://www.chessclub.com/chessfm/
Ghent Open
The 30th Open International Chess Tournament of Ghent takes place
14th-18th July 2007.
Official site:
http://home.scarlet.be/~ping6819/opentoer/2007/indexengl.htm
World Youth Chess Championships
The World Youth Chess Championships take place 17th-29th November 2007
in Antalya.
Official site: http://wycc2007.tsf.org.tr/
IV Calvià Chess Festival
The IV Calvià Chess Festival takes place in Calvià,
Mallorca (Spain) 6th-24th October 2006. Event including an International,
Blitz, Senior, Amateur & Under-16 tournaments.
Details: http://www.calviafestival.com
Czech Open 2007
The 18th Czech Open takes place in Pardubice 12th-29th July 2007.
Alongside will take place the World School Chess Teams Championship, European
Chess Solving Championship and European Amateurs Championship in Chess
Details: http://www.czechopen.net/index.php
John Watson Book Reviews on chess.fm
TWIC contributer John Watson can be heard on chess.fm reviewing books
every week on a Tuesday. Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam the editor of New in Chess will
be John Watson's guest on the show on May 22nd 2007. This show will be made
available for 7-days ONDemand for members.
http://www.chessclub.com/chessfm/
ICC has announced it taken over World Chess Network, from Master Games
International, and Chess Live, from GamesParlor. The two services will be
merged together to form a new service, separate from ICC, to be called World
Chess Live.
Details: http://www.chessclub.com/tryicc/wcl.html
Anand interview
There is a new interview with Anand on the website:
http://latestchess.com/
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.
12th Pannonia Cup
The 12th Pannonia Cup takes place in Balatonalmádi (Hungary)
1st-05th August 2007. Group A: International Open for FIDE ratings (without age
limit) Group B:International Open for FIDE ratings for players rated under 2000
(without age limit). U18 Players’ results will be evaluated separately.
Details: http://fancsyimi.fw.hu
Entry and contact for further information: Address: Fáncsy Imre:
8222. Balatonalmádi, Gábor Áron u. 15.; HUNGARY E-mail:
almadikupa@freemail.hu
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 on the island of Ikaria in Greece. 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). Special conditions are offered to GMs/IMs/WGMs/WIMs. A package
including entry fee, accomodation (in double room, no meals or food expenses
included) and ferry tickets (C class, from Piraeus, the port of Athens to
Ikaria, and back) is offered at a reduced price (compared to normal price).
Details: http://www.chess.gr/ikaros
Contact: e-mail is: ikaros@chess.gr or 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
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
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/
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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.
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
World Open, Philadelphia
USA, June 28 - July 4
Montreal Chess Festival Finale, July 21-28
Further details: http://www.monroi.com/GP
Politiken Cup
The 29th Copenhagen Open Politiken Cup takes place 21st-29th July 2007.
Official site: http://www.politikencup.dk/
Pierre Barthélémy Chess Blog
Pierre Barthélémy Chess Blog in French:
http://echecs-info.blogspot.com
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
