THE WEEK IN CHESS 663 23rd July 2007 by Mark Crowther
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40th Biel Chess Festival 5 games
8th Montreal International 15 games
MonRoi International Women's GP 4 games
North Urals Cup 10 games
Banja Luka Tournament 5 games
Czech Open 56 games
IV Continental Cali 612 games
Mazovian Chess Festival 101 games
Ghent Open 79 games
Championnat Invitation du Québec 45 games
Slovakian Championship 134 games
Kowalewo Pomorskie Open 178 games
Perm GM 45 games
Heart of Finland 108 games
Kotov Memorial 78 games
Montenegro Championship 66 games
Middlesex Centenary Scheveningen 81 games
1st Leiden Chess Tournament 59 games
Klatovy Open 457 games
Open Championship of Skopje 156 games
First Saturday July 11 games
Zudov Memorial 29 games
Frank K. Berry US Women's Championship 45 games
1st Kaupthing Open 390 games
XIII Jorge Alvarez Memorial 24 games
Open d'Escacs Barbera del Valles 66 games
Canadian Open 55 games
South African Open 211 games
Lichtenstein Memorial 30 games
3150 games
My thanks to Jan Mazuch, Juan Minaya, Csaba Bognar, Luiz Roberto Da
Costa Jr, Thomas Henrich, Wojciech Bartelski, Alex Brunetti, Leonard Barden,
Norbert Stull, John Donaldson, Anjo Anjewierden, Laszlo Nagy, Peter Doggers,
John Henderson, Simon Spivack, George Mirijanian, Ard van Beek, Edwin Lam,
Zsuzs Veroci, John Saunders, Hugh Brodie, Arthur Kogan, Robin Lindsay, Erno
Kovács, Herman van Riemsdijk, Patricia Claros Aguilar, Mervyn Honner,
Karel Novák, Brian Jones, Chris Bird, Ivan Kocovski and everyone else
who helped with the issue.
Its another week of excellent chess with the Category 17 Biel
tournaments starting with an extremely interesting field including young stars
Magnus Carlsen and Teimour Radjabov along with experienced players such as
Alexander Grischuk and Judit Polgar. The Montreal International is just a
category behind with man of the moment Vassily Ivanchuk competing. Shakhriyar
Mamedyarov scored a perfect 9/9 in a rapid in Pardubice as part of the Czech
Open Festival. But as last week perhaps its the sheer amount of chess being
played that's perhaps its main feature. Also worth noting is Alexei Shirov's
appearance on John Watson's book show on chess.fm on Tuesday.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The 40th Biel Chess Festival takes place 21st July-3rd August 2007. An
excellent field should produce exciting chess.
Official site: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch
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GM Biel SUI (SUI), 23 vii-2 viii 2007 cat. XVIII (2679)
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1. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2710 * . . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
2. Polgar, Judit g HUN 2707 . * . . . . . . . 1 1.0
3. Avrukh, Boris g ISR 2645 . . * . . . = . . . 0.5 2591
4. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2726 . . . * = . . . . . 0.5 2648
5. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2648 . . . = * . . . . . 0.5 2726
6. Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2650 . . . . . * . = . . 0.5 2746
7. Pelletier, Yannick g SUI 2591 . . = . . . * . . . 0.5 2645
8. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2746 . . . . . = . * . . 0.5 2650
9. Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2685 0 . . . . . . . * . 0.0
10. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2680 . 0 . . . . . . . * 0.0
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Round 1 (July 23, 2007)
Carlsen, Magnus - Bu Xiangzhi 1-0 84 D94 Gruenfeld Closed
Grischuk, Alexander - Motylev, Alexander 1/2 41 D18 Slav Defence
Onischuk, Alexander - Radjabov, Teimour 1/2 46 E62 King's Indian 6...Nc6
Pelletier, Yannick - Avrukh, Boris 1/2 26 D94 Gruenfeld Closed
Van Wely, Loek - Polgar, Judit 0-1 40 E17 Queens Indian
The 8th Montreal International takes place 19th-28th July 2007.
Official site:
http://www.fqechecs.qc.ca/index.php?typ=actu&id=1760&categorie
- Blog coverage: http://montrealchessfest2007.blogspot.com/
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8th It Montreal CAN (CAN), 19-28 vii 2007 cat. XVI (2650)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Harikrishna, P g IND 2664 * . = . . . . . 1 1 2.5 2958
2. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2648 . * . . . = . . 1 1 2.5 2973
3. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2718 = . * = . . 1 . . . 2.0 2735
4. Bluvshtein, Mark g CAN 2520 . . = * = . . 1 . . 2.0 2765
5. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2701 . . . = * . = 1 . . 2.0 2682
6. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2762 . = . . . * . = . 1 2.0 2727
7. Miton, Kamil g POL 2648 . . 0 . = . * . 1 . 1.5 2700
8. Charbonneau, Pascal g CAN 2503 . . . 0 0 = . * . . 0.5 2388
9. Short, Nigel D g ENG 2683 0 0 . . . . 0 . * . 0.0
10. Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2656 0 0 . . . 0 . . . * 0.0
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Round 1 (July 19, 2007)
Harikrishna, P - Sutovsky, Emil 1-0 40 D87 Gruenfeld Botvinnik
Tiviakov, Sergei - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 22 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Bluvshtein, Mark - Kamsky, Gata 1/2 44 D94 Gruenfeld Closed
Eljanov, Pavel - Charbonneau, Pascal 1-0 54 A56 Old Indian Defence
Miton, Kamil - Short, Nigel D 1-0 49 E11 Bogo Indian Defence
Round 2 (July 20, 2007)
Kamsky, Gata - Miton, Kamil 1-0 43 D27 QGA
Eljanov, Pavel - Bluvshtein, Mark 1/2 59 A77 Benoni
Charbonneau, Pascal - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 17 C59 Two Knights Defence
Short, Nigel D - Harikrishna, P 0-1 19 C01 French Exchange
Sutovsky, Emil - Tiviakov, Sergei 0-1 49 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 3 (July 22, 2007)
Harikrishna, P - Kamsky, Gata 1/2 15 D15 Slav Defence
Tiviakov, Sergei - Short, Nigel D 1-0 32 C86 Ruy Lopez Worrall Attack
Bluvshtein, Mark - Charbonneau, Pascal 1-0 36 E98 King's Indian Classical
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Sutovsky, Emil 1-0 76 D80 Gruenfeld 4.Bg5
Miton, Kamil - Eljanov, Pavel 1/2 54 E01 Catalan
MonRoi International Women's Chess Grand-Prix sees its finale in an 8
player round robin July 21st-28th in Montreal, Canada.
Details: http://www.monroi.com/GP/
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MonRoi International Women GP (CAN), 22-28 vii 2007 cat. V (2374)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1. Cramling, Pia g SWE 2533 * . . . . . . 1 1.0
2. Houska, Jovanka m ENG 2401 . * . . . . 1 . 1.0
3. Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan m GEO 2418 . . * . = . . . 0.5 2460
4. Foisor, Cristina Adela m ROM 2372 . . . * . = . . 0.5 2479
5. Javakhishvili, Lela m GEO 2460 . . = . * . . . 0.5 2418
6. Krush, Irina m USA 2479 . . . = . * . . 0.5 2372
7. Rajlich, Iweta m POL 2406 . 0 . . . . * . 0.0
8. Roy, Myriam CAN 1925 0 . . . . . . * 0.0
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The North Urals Cup takes place in Krasnoturinsk, Russia 22nd-31st July
2007.
Official site:
http://www.northuralscup.ru/2007/tournamenteng.shtml
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North Urals Cup Krasnoturinsk RUS (RUS), 22-31 vii 2007 cat. X (2479)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Ushenina, Anna m UKR 2502 * = . . 1 . . . . . 1.5 2667
2. Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2481 = * . . . . . . . 1 1.5 2672
3. Zhao Xue wg CHN 2500 . . * . . . . = 1 . 1.5 2669
4. Lahno, Kateryna m UKR 2450 . . . * . = . . . 1 1.5 2682
5. Galliamova, Alisa m RUS 2468 0 . . . * . 1 . . . 1.0 2479
6. Zhu Chen g QAT 2522 . . . = . * . . = . 1.0 2439
7. Muzychuk, Anna wg SLO 2456 . . . . 0 . * 1 . . 1.0 2495
8. Hou Yifan wg CHN 2523 . . = . . . 0 * . . 0.5 2285
9. Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2429 . . 0 . . = . . * . 0.5 2318
10. Paehtz, Elisabeth m GER 2457 . 0 . 0 . . . . . * 0.0
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Round 1 (July 22, 2007)
Ushenina, Anna - Galliamova, Alisa 1-0 31 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Stefanova, Antoaneta - Paehtz, Elisabeth 1-0 67 D23 QGA
Lahno, Kateryna - Zhu Chen 1/2 37 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Hou Yifan - Muzychuk, Anna 0-1 75 B43 Sicilian Paulsen
Pogonina, Natalija - Zhao Xue 0-1 69 B04 Alekhine's Defence
Round 2 (July 23, 2007)
Ushenina, Anna - Stefanova, Antoaneta 1/2 46 D46 Semi-Slav Defence
Zhao Xue - Hou Yifan 1/2 59 E15 Queens Indian
Galliamova, Alisa - Muzychuk, Anna 1-0 86 A81 Dutch Leningrad
Zhu Chen - Pogonina, Natalija 1/2 109 E10 Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Paehtz, Elisabeth - Lahno, Kateryna 0-1 47 B54 Sicilian Rauzer
The Banja Luka Tournament takes place 22nd-30th July 2007.
Official site: http://www.skbanjaluka.com
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8th GM Banja Luka BIH (BIH), 22-30 vii 2007 cat. XI (2508)
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1. Jakovljevic, Vlado m BIH 2440 * . . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
2. Ruck, Robert g HUN 2563 . * . . . . . . . 1 1.0
3. Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2520 . . * . = . . . . . 0.5 2610
4. Ilincic, Zlatko g SRB 2509 . . . * . . . = . . 0.5 2481
5. Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2610 . . = . * . . . . . 0.5 2520
6. Solodovnichenko, Yuri g UKR 2582 . . . . . * = . . . 0.5 2601
7. Stojanovic, Mihajlo m SRB 2601 . . . . . = * . . . 0.5 2582
8. Vukic, Milan g BIH 2481 . . . = . . . * . . 0.5 2509
9. Narancic, Vlado f SRB 2344 0 . . . . . . . * . 0.0
10. Savanovic, Aleksandar m BIH 2432 . 0 . . . . . . . * 0.0
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Round 1 (July 22, 2007)
Ruck, Robert - Savanovic, Aleksandar 1-0 51 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Korchnoi, Viktor - Andersson, Ulf 1/2 20 A17 English Opening
Stojanovic, Mihajlo - Solodovnichenko, Yuri 1/2 17 A30 English Symmetrical
Vukic, Milan - Ilincic, Zlatko 1/2 90 A05 Various
Narancic, Vlado - Jakovljevic, Vlado 0-1 52 A04 Dutch System
Official site: http://www.skbanjaluka.com/
The Czech Open takes place in Pardubice 12th-29th July 2007.
The strongest event was the Synthesia Open - Open Czech Rapid
Championship which took place 18th-19th July 2007. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov won
with 9/9 a point and a half clear of Sergei Movsesian.
This is followed by the main GM Open tournament 20th-28th July 2007.
Official site: http://www.czechopen.net/news/index.php
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Synthesia Rapid Open Pardubice CZE (CZE), 18-19 vii 2007
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1 Mamedyarov Shakhriyar GM AZE 2757 9,0 9,0 54,0 43,0
2 Movsesian Sergei GM SVK 2667 7,5 7,5 56,0 44,0
3 Laznicka Viktor GM CZE 2594 7,0 7,0 57,5 43,5
4 Kononenko Dmitry GM UKR 2501 7,0 7,0 53,5 41,0
5 Zakhartsov Viacheslav GM RUS 2559 7,0 7,0 53,0 41,5
6 Najer Evgeniy GM RUS 2623 7,0 7,0 52,5 39,5
7 Maslak Konstantin IM RUS 2548 7,0 7,0 50,0 40,0
8 Novikov Stanislav GM RUS 2562 7,0 7,0 48,0 37,0
9 Grachev Boris GM RUS 2601 6,5 6,5 55,5 42,0
10 Babula Vlastimil GM CZE 2577 6,5 6,5 54,0 40,5
11 Korobov Anton GM UKR 2530 6,5 6,5 53,0 41,0
12 Stocek Jiri GM CZE 2572 6,5 6,5 51,5 39,0
13 Schlosser Philipp GM GER 2562 6,5 6,5 49,5 38,5
14 Navara David GM CZE 2656 6,5 6,5 49,0 38,0
15 Iskusnykh Sergei GM RUS 2488 6,5 6,5 48,0 36,5
16 Bernasek Jan IM CZE 2517 6,5 6,5 47,5 37,0
17 Votava Jan GM CZE 2547 6,5 6,5 47,5 36,5
18 Pokazanjev Nikolai FM RUS 2443 6,5 6,5 47,0 37,0
19 Ivanov Alexey IM RUS 2421 6,5 6,5 44,5 36,0
20 Vasiukov Evgeni GM RUS 2486 6,5 6,5 43,0 33,5
21 Mamedov Rauf GM AZE 2587 6,0 6,0 58,0 44,0
22 Kryakvin Dmitry IM RUS 2554 6,0 6,0 55,0 42,5
23 Dvoirys Semen GM RUS 2577 6,0 6,0 50,5 39,5
24 Sveshnikov Evgeni GM LAT 2504 6,0 6,0 49,5 38,5
25 Mista Aleksander GM POL 2553 6,0 6,0 49,5 38,5
26 Beinoras Mindaugas LTU 2223 6,0 6,0 48,0 37,0
27 Polak Tomas GM CZE 2544 6,0 6,0 47,5 36,5
28 Zilberman Yaacov GM ISR 2473 6,0 6,0 47,0 36,5
29 Lovkov Roman FM RUS 2435 6,0 6,0 45,5 36,0
30 Jirovsky Milos GM CZE 2482 6,0 6,0 45,5 35,0
31 Cvek Robert GM CZE 2548 6,0 6,0 44,5 36,0
32 Gajewski Grzegorz GM POL 2556 6,0 6,0 44,0 33,5
33 Drugov Pavel FM RUS 2406 6,0 6,0 43,0 33,0
34 Shimanov Alexander IM RUS 2428 6,0 6,0 41,0 32,0
35 Bucinskas Valdas LTU 2311 6,0 6,0 37,0 29,5
204 players
PARDUBICE OPEN
Leading players:
1 VASILIOS KOTRONIAS GRE GM 2612
2 BORIS GRACHEV RUS GM 2601
3 VIKTOR LAZNICKA CZE GM 2594
4 VLADIMIR POTKIN RUS GM 2591
5 RAUF MAMEDOV AZE GM 2587
6 HENRIK TESKE GER GM 2578
7 VLASTIMIL BABULA CZE GM 2577
8 JIRI STOCEK CZE GM 2572
9 EVGENY E. VOROBIOV RUS GM 2572
10 MYKHAILO OLEKSIENKO UKR GM 2567
11 STANISLAV NOVIKOV RUS GM 2562
12 PHILIPP SCHLOSSER GER GM 2562
13 JAN MARKOS SVK GM 2559
14 VIACHESLAV ZAKHARTSOV RUS GM 2559
15 PIOTR BOBRAS POL GM 2558
16 GRZEGORZ GAJEWSKI POL GM 2556
17 DMITRY KRYAKVIN RUS IM 2554
18 ALEKSANDER MISTA POL GM 2553
19 ALEXANDER ZUBOV UKR IM 2552
20 ROBERT CVEK CZE GM 2548
The IV Continental open takes place 10th-20th July, 2007 in Cali,
Colombia. The event was an 11 round Swiss Open. I give all the games again
because of some errors last week.
Juan Minaya of http://ajedrezencolombia.com/ reports:
Five players tied the first place but GM Julio Granda from Peru won the tie
break and the title. Seven players have been qualified for the next World Chess
Cup will be at the end of the year in Rusia: Julio Granda, Alexander Ivanov and
Varuzhan Akobian (USA), Darcy Lima (Brasil) and the Panamerican Young IM
Eduardo Iturrizaga (Venezuela), Matsuura Everaldo (Brasil) and GM Fernando
Peralta (Argentina). The Continental gave these titles: GM for Manuel Leon
Hoyos (Mexico) and IM norms for Jorge Cori (12 years old) and Diamant Andre (16
years old) Brasil. More information at:http://ajedrezencolombia.com/
Official site:
http://www.colombiadeportiva.com/continental.htm
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
1 Granda Zuniga Julio GM PER 2621 8,0 53,0 2670
2 Ivanov Alexander GM USA 2547 8,0 52,0 2642
3 Akobian Varuzhan GM USA 2570 8,0 52,0 2663
4 Lima Darcy GM BRA 2463 8,0 48,5 2626
5 Iturrizaga Eduardo IM VEN 2411 8,0 44,5 2570
6 Vescovi Geovanni GM BRA 2609 7,5 50,5 2634
7 Leon Hoyos Manuel IM MEX 2484 7,5 49,5 2623
8 Cordova Emilio IM PER 2492 7,5 48,5 2568
9 Lafuente Pablo IM ARG 2454 7,5 46,5 2552
10 Felgaer Ruben GM ARG 2559 7,5 46,0 2514
11 Matsuura Everaldo IM BRA 2505 7,5 45,5 2480
12 Peralta Fernando GM ARG 2546 7,5 45,0 2502
13 Gulko Boris GM USA 2576 7,5 43,0 2509
14 Kudrin Sergey GM USA 2543 7,0 49,0 2519
15 Escobar Forero Alder IM COL 2477 7,0 45,0 2466
16 Gurevich Dmitry GM USA 2507 7,0 45,0 2440
17 Zambrana Oswaldo GM BOL 2511 7,0 44,5 2467
18 Ehlvest Jaan GM USA 2629 7,0 44,5 2547
19 Fier Alexander GM BRA 2527 7,0 42,5 2417
20 Ibarra Chami Luis Fernando IM MEX 2386 7,0 41,5 2478
21 Alzate Dario IM COL 2392 7,0 41,0 2417
22 Sequera Jose IM VEN 2432 7,0 36,5 2306
23 Spraggett Kevin GM CAN 2585 6,5 45,0 2484
24 Prasca Raphael IM VEN 2426 6,5 44,5 2449
25 Cori Jorge FM PER 2267 6,5 43,0 2473
26 Barrientos Sergio IM COL 2417 6,5 43,0 2432
27 Mekhitarian Krikor Sevag IM BRA 2420 6,5 43,0 2420
28 Garcia Gildardo GM COL 2435 6,5 42,0 2391
29 Zapata Alonso GM COL 2504 6,5 42,0 2408
30 Uribe Mauricio COL 2354 6,5 41,0 2420
31 Mosquera Miguel IM COL 2414 6,5 40,0 2364
32 Zuluaga Cesar FM COL 2339 6,5 38,5 2351
33 Castro Oscar H IM COL 2390 6,5 35,5 2307
34 Panesso Henry FM COL 2143 6,5 31,5 2338
35 Rodriguez Vila Andres GM URU 2547 6,0 45,0 2457
36 Diamant Andre FM BRA 2394 6,0 42,5 2431
37 Hungaski Robert Andrew IM USA 2399 6,0 40,0 2398
38 Capo Vidal Uriel FM MEX 2370 6,0 38,5 2299
39 Naranjo Sebastian COL 2035 6,0 38,5 2390
40 Renteria Jorge COL 2252 6,0 37,0 2370
41 Mesias Rabindranath CHI 2237 6,0 36,0 2388
42 Condori Edwin PER 2207 6,0 35,5 2348
43 Arenas David IM COL 2081 6,0 35,0 2315
44 Quinones Cesar PER 2268 6,0 34,5 2235
45 Ortiz Nadya Karolina WIM COL 2281 6,0 34,5 2239
46 Gutierrez Jose Antonio IM COL 2283 6,0 34,0 2233
47 Gallego Andres COL 2235 6,0 33,5 2311
48 Ostos Julio IM VEN 2306 6,0 31,5 2370
49 Minaya Juan FM COL 2254 6,0 31,5 2202
50 Ruiz Pablo COL 2247 6,0 31,0 2262
51 Garcia Alvaro COL 2156 6,0 30,0 2303
52 Rios Cristian Camilo COL 2013 6,0 29,0 2251
116 players
The Mazovian Chess Festival takes place in Grodzisk Mazowiecki,
20th-28th July 2007. Includes: VII Miguel Najdorf International Chess
Tournament and VI Mazovian Junior Chess Championship in the Age Groups From 10
to 18 Years old
Official sites: http://www.poloniachess.pl/ -
http://www.szachy.grodzisk.pl/ -
http://www.mzszach.net/
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Najdorf Mem GpA Grodzisk Mazowiecki POL (POL), 20-28 vii 2007
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1 Czarnota, Pawel GM POL 2575 3.0
2 Vovk, Yuri IM UKR 2557 3.0
3 Macieja, Bartlomiej GM POL 2596 3.0
4 Gasanov, Eldar GM UKR 2499 3.0
5 Lagowski, Patryk IM POL 2335 2.5
6 Sulskis, Sarunas GM LTU 2537 2.5
7 Urban, Klaudiusz IM POL 2481 2.5
8 Socko, Monika IM POL 2479 2.5
9 Melkumyan, Hrant IM ARM 2399 2.5
10 Onischuk, Vladimir IM UKR 2506 2.5
11 Szwed, Jacek FM POL 2364 2.0
12 Sergeev, Vladimir GM UKR 2488 2.0
13 Szoen, Dariusz IM POL 2452 2.0
14 Yaremko, Nazar UKR 2351 2.0
15 Cyborowski, Lukasz GM POL 2560 2.0
16 Kuzmicz, Krystian IM POL 2418 2.0
17 Sharapov, Evgeny IM UKR 2437 2.0
18 LlanezaVega, Marcos IM ESP 2438 2.0
19 Malaniuk, Vladimir GM UKR 2522 2.0
20 Olszewski, Michal IM POL 2409 2.0
21 Kukawski, Maciej k POL 2251 2.0
22 Krysztofiak, Marcin m POL 2414 2.0
23 Strzemiecki, Zbigniew FM POL 2306 2.0
24 Brzeski, Maciej m POL 2356 2.0
25 Tokarski, Lukasz I++ POL 2168 2.0
68 players
The 30th Open International Chess Tournament of Ghent took place
14th-18th July 2007. Vyacheslav Ikonnikov edged out Vladimir Baklan on
tie-break after both finished on 8/9.
Official site:
http://home.scarlet.be/~ping6819/opentoer/2007/indexengl.htm
and details also http://www.kgsrl.be/
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Open Ghent BEL (BEL), 14-19 vii 2007
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1 Ikonnikov V. 2558 IGM RUS 8.0 2658 2313
2 Baklan V. 2648 IGM UKR 8.0 2658 2313
3 Dgebuadze A. 2528 IGM BEL 7.5 2586 2313
4 De Jong J.W. 2430 FM NED 7.5 2535 2262
5 Van Haastert E. 2410 IM NED 7.5 2470 2197
6 Vajda S. 2410 WGM HUN 7.5 2448 2175
7 Mohandesi S. 2318 IM BEL 7.0 2396 2180
8 Van der Stricht G. 2430 IM BEL 7.0 2324 2108
9 Nieto E. 2255 BEL 7.0 2321 2105
10 Hugaert A. 2072 BEL 7.0 2309 2093
11 Van Kooten L. 2283 FM NED 7.0 2280 2064
12 Dutreeuw M. 2416 IM BEL 7.0 2278 2062
13 Vajda L. 2547 IGM ROM 6.5 2417 2251
14 Timoshenko G. 2566 IGM UKR 6.5 2388 2222
15 Gregoir C. 2281 FM BEL 6.5 2388 2222
16 Bokros A. 2468 IM HUN 6.5 2374 2208
17 Vanderwaeren S. 2266 FM BEL 6.5 2370 2204
18 Cools G. 2353 FM BEL 6.5 2350 2184
19 Alienkin A. 2407 IM RUS 6.5 2337 2171
20 Van Mechelen J. 2307 FM BEL 6.5 2331 2165
21 Sadkowski D. 2366 FM BEL 6.5 2330 2164
22 Lindam I. 2078 GER 6.5 2306 2140
23 Lacrosse M. 2301 FM BEL 6.5 2299 2133
24 Duijker R. 2225 NED 6.5 2283 2117
25 Snuverink J. 2259 NED 6.5 2271 2105
26 Scheermeijer P. 1916 NED 6.5 2246 2080
27 Goormachtigh J. 2277 FM BEL 6.5 2223 2057
28 Van Der Linden H. 2120 NED 6.5 2129 1963
357 players
The Championnat Invitation du Québec took place 21st-30th July
2007. Sylvain Barbeau won the event with 7/9.
Official site: http://www.fqechecs.qc.ca/
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CIQ Quebec CAN (CAN), 21-30 vi 2007
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Barbeau, Sylvain f CAN 2389 * 1 = = = = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2433
2. Khassanov, Marat f CAN 2302 0 * = = = = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2303
3. Masse, Hugues CAN 2181 = = * = 0 1 = 0 1 1 5.0 2279
4. Ye, Ling Feng CAN 2141 = = = * 1 = = 1 0 0 4.5 2241
5. Voskanyan, Vahagn f CAN 2275 = = 1 0 * 0 0 1 = 1 4.5 2226
6. Voloaca, Mihnea CAN 2228 = = 0 = 1 * 0 = 0 1 4.0 2188
7. Luksza, Arkadiusz CAN 2141 0 0 = = 1 1 * 0 1 0 4.0 2198
8. Fareh, Youness MAR 2187 0 = 1 0 0 = 1 * = 0 3.5 2155
9. Audet-Bouchard, Nicolas CAN 2204 0 0 0 1 = 1 0 = * = 3.5 2154
10. Bolduc, Steve CAN 2262 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 = * 3.5 2147
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The Slovakian Championship took place in Banska Stiavnica, 6th-15th July
2007. Sergei Movsesian won with 7.5/9. Ciprian-Costica Nanu won the open that
took place alongside.
Official site: http://www.livechess.sk/index_lang_en.php
- Results http://schach.wienerzeitung.at/tnr7034.aspx?lan=0
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ch-SVK Banska Stiavnica SLV (SLV), 7-15 vii 2007 cat. IX (2456)
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1. Movsesian, Sergei g SVK 2667 * = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 7.5 2705
2. Markos, Jan m SVK 2559 = * = 1 = = 1 = 1 1 6.5 2610
3. Vavrak, Peter m SVK 2428 = = * = = 0 1 = 1 = 5.0 2502
4. Petrik, Tomas m SVK 2479 0 0 = * 0 = 1 1 1 1 5.0 2496
5. Meszaros, Michal f SVK 2359 0 = = 1 * 1 0 = = 0 4.0 2424
6. Plachetka, Jan g SVK 2412 0 = 1 = 0 * = = = = 4.0 2418
7. Hagarova, Zuzana m SVK 2389 = 0 0 0 1 = * = = 1 4.0 2420
8. Manik, Mikulas g SVK 2457 0 = = 0 = = = * = = 3.5 2376
9. Rigo, Zsolt m SVK 2410 0 0 0 0 = = = = * 1 3.0 2336
10. Pinter, Erik SVK 2402 0 0 = 0 1 = 0 = 0 * 2.5 2296
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Open Banska Stiavnica SVK (SVK), 7-15 vii 2007
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1 Nanu Ciprian-Costica IM ROM 2507 7.5 42.0 41.0 53.5
2 Ardelean George Catalin IM ROM 2482 7.0 41.5 38.5 53.0
3 Bindrich Falko IM GER 2504 7.0 39.5 36.0 52.0
4 Mateuta Gabriel IM ROM 2487 6.5 43.0 36.5 54.5
5 Lipka Juraj IM SVK 2431 6.5 41.0 34.5 52.5
6 Nemeth Miklos FM HUN 2427 6.5 40.0 34.5 51.5
7 Priborsky Jan CZE 2338 6.5 39.5 35.5 50.5
8 Varga David SVK 2257 6.5 37.0 32.0 46.5
9 Macak Stefan SVK 2370 6.5 36.0 33.0 46.5
10 Zpevak Pavel IM CZE 2423 6.0 40.0 34.0 51.0
11 Mikita Jozef SVK 2337 6.0 39.5 35.0 51.0
12 Rachela Milan SVK 2287 6.0 39.5 32.0 50.0
13 Dochev Dimitar IM BUL 2405 6.0 39.0 34.5 49.5
14 Pacher Milan SVK 2255 6.0 38.5 32.0 47.5
15 Dovzik Juri IM UKR 2380 6.0 38.5 30.5 49.5
16 Pcola Pavol IM SVK 2383 6.0 37.5 32.5 48.0
17 Jurcik Marian FM SVK 2367 6.0 37.5 32.0 48.5
18 Petran Peter IM SVK 2346 6.0 37.0 32.5 47.5
19 Kantorik Marian IM SVK 2365 6.0 35.5 31.5 47.5
20 Kukel ml Imre SVK 2296 6.0 35.0 30.5 45.0
21 Borsos Bogdan IM UKR 2341 6.0 34.5 31.0 44.0
22 Splosnov Sergei IM BLR 2359 6.0 34.0 30.5 44.5
23 Kiss Pal IM HUN 2413 6.0 34.0 26.5 43.5
24 Vass Frantisek SVK 2425 6.0 31.5 26.5 40.5
25 Bojda Lubomir SVK 2186 6.0 31.5 26.5 40.5
133 players
The Kowalewo Pomorskie Open took place 4th-13th July 2007. Vadim
Shishkin, Vladimir Malaniuk and Krzysztof Ejsmont finished on 7.5/9.
Official site: http://szachywkowalewie.republika.pl/2007/a/
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Open A Kowalewo Pomorskie POL (POL ), 4-10 vii 2007
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1. Shishkin, Vadim UKR m UKR 2543 7.5 2566
2. Malaniuk, Vladimir P g UKR 2522 7.5 2567
3. Ejsmont, Krzysztof POL 2367 7.5 2571
4. Sharapov, Evgeny m UKR 2437 6.5 2472
5. Grabarczyk, Miroslaw g POL 2482 6.0 2401
6. Smirnov, Aleksander BLR 2247 6.0 2351
7. Budrewicz, Krzysztof POL 2224 5.5 2322
8. Czaus, Piotr POL 1981 5.5 2260
9. Klykow, Lukasz POL 2188 5.0 2250
10. Jaroch, Pawel POL 2136 5.0 2290
11. Robak, Zbigniew POL 2272 5.0 2293
12. Ziolkowski, Dawid POL 2245 5.0 2199
13. Zolnierowicz, Krzysztof m POL 2256 5.0 2198
14. Krajewicz, Pawel POL 1989 5.0 2187
15. Jaroch, Karol POL 2174 5.0 2120
16. Czartoryski, Pawel POL 2066 5.0 2199
17. Lasinskas, Povilas LTU 2183 5.0 2159
40 players
There was a GM tournament in Perm, Russia 12th-20th June 2007. Jurij
Tihonov won the event on tie-break from Yaroslav Zinchenko, both scored
6.5/9.
Further details:
http://www.fide.com/ratings/view_source.phtml?code=8612
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GM Perm RUS (RUS), 12-20 vi 2007 cat. VIII (2428)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Tihonov, Jurij g BLR 2537 * = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 = 6.5 2581
2. Zinchenko, Yaroslav g UKR 2513 = * = = = 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2584
3. Glek, Igor V g GER 2531 = = * = = 1 = = 1 = 5.5 2496
4. Khayrullin, Denis f RUS 2347 0 = = * 0 1 1 = = 1 5.0 2479
5. Shinkevich, Vitaly m RUS 2515 = = = 1 * = = 0 = = 4.5 2418
6. Pisakov, Ilia f RUS 2341 0 0 0 0 = * 1 1 1 1 4.5 2437
7. Varavin, Viktor1 g RUS 2432 = = = 0 = 0 * = 0 1 3.5 2347
8. Terekhin, Anatoly f RUS 2323 0 0 = = 1 0 = * = = 3.5 2359
9. Letov, Alexander f RUS 2333 0 0 0 = = 0 1 = * 1 3.5 2358
10. Gavrjushin, Oleg f KAZ 2407 = 0 = 0 = 0 0 = 0 * 2.0 2210
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The Heart of Finland Open took place in Jyvaskyla 16th-20th July 2007.
Normunds Miezis took clear first with 7.5/9.
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Heart of Finland Jyvaskyla FIN (FIN), 16-20 vii 2007
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1. Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2524 7½ 56½
2. Solozhenkin, Evgeniy g RUS 2492 7 55
3. Kanep, Meelis g EST 2515 7 53½
4. Nyback, Tomi g FIN 2567 7 52
5. Legky, Nikolay A g UKR 2462 7 51
6. Karttunen, Mika m FIN 2447 7 49
7. Agopov, Mikael m FIN 2436 6½ 54½
8. Rantanen, Yrjo A g FIN 2357 6½ 51
9. Kosmo, Santul FIN 2243 6½ 48½
10. Nivala, Tuomas FIN 2195 6½ 47
11. Luukkonen, Tommi FIN 2197 6½ 44½
12. Malakhatko, Vadim g BEL 2596 6 53
13. Tiitta, Sauli FIN 2193 6 50½
14. Niemi, Kalle FIN 2264 6 48½
15. Mertanen, Janne f FIN 2300 6 48
16. Ristoja, Jan f FIN 2285 6 47½
17. Lauk, Ular f EST 2424 6 47
18. Bykov, Alexey RUS 2250 6 47
19. Aijala, Jouko FIN 2108 6 44
20. Salimaki, Janne FIN 2171 6 41
21 Parkkinen, Jyrki FIN 2249 6 41
22 Lauronen Tapio FIN 2003 6 40½
23. Topi-Hulmi, Teemu FIN 2288 6 40½
121 players
The Kotov Memorial took place in Tula 30th June - 8th July 2007.
Vladimir Afroveev took clear first with 9/12.
Details:
http://www.fide.com/ratings/view_source.phtml?code=8739
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Kotov Mem Tula RUS (RUS), 30 vi-8 vii 2007 cat. IX (2475)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3
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1. Afromeev, Vladimir f RUS 2628 * = = = 1 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 9.0 2655
2. Castaneda, Georgui m PER 2457 = * = = = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 8.0 2601
3. Kovchan, Alexander g UKR 2527 = = * = = = = = = = = 1 1 7.0 2527
4. Bagirov, Rufat g AZE 2487 = = = * 0 = = = = = 1 1 1 7.0 2531
5. Novikov, Maxim g RUS 2519 0 = = 1 * = = = = = = 1 1 7.0 2528
6. Simantsev, Mikhail m UKR 2430 0 = = = = * = = = 1 = 1 1 7.0 2535
7. Yagupov, Igor g RUS 2494 = = = = = = * = = = 0 1 1 6.5 2502
8. Arzumanian, Georgy m ARM 2487 = 0 = = = = = * = = 1 = 1 6.5 2503
9. Zakharevich, Igor g RUS 2463 = = = = = = = = * = = = = 6.0 2476
10. Kuzin, Anton m RUS 2461 0 = = = = 0 = = = * = = 1 5.5 2447
11. Saulin, Dmitri m RUS 2400 0 0 = 0 = = 1 0 = = * = 1 5.0 2424
12. Domogaev, Sergey RUS 2383 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = = = * 1 3.0 2289
13. Leonov, Mikhail A RUS 2441 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 * 0.5 1977
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The Championship of Montenegro took place 11th-22nd July 2007. Dragisa
Blagojevic won the event with 8.5/11. The women's event is now under way
(20th-28th July http://www.cgsah.org/).
Official site: http://www.cgsah.org/2007/prvcg2007/index.php
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ch-Montenegro Cetinje MNE (MNE), 11-22 vii 2007 cat. VII (2410)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Blagojevic, Dragisa g MNE 2502 * = = 1 1 1 0 1 = 1 1 1 8.5 2613
2. Drasko, Milan g MNE 2552 = * = = = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 8.0 2572
3. Kosic, Dragan g MNE 2501 = = * 0 = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 7.5 2535
4. Djukic, Nikola g MNE 2531 0 = 1 * = = 1 0 = 1 1 1 7.0 2501
5. Pajkovic, Vladimir f MNE 2421 0 = = = * = 1 = 1 = 1 1 7.0 2511
6. Ivanovic, Bozidar g MNE 2426 0 = = = = * 0 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2474
7. Nikac, Predrag MNE 2358 1 0 0 0 0 1 * = 0 0 1 1 4.5 2350
8. Kontic, Djordjije m MNE 2384 0 0 0 1 = 0 = * 1 = 0 1 4.5 2347
9. Podlesnik, Bogdan m MNE 2403 = 0 0 = 0 = 1 0 * = = 1 4.5 2346
10. Nikcevic, Nebojsa g MNE 2456 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 = = * 1 1 4.5 2341
11. Mijovic, Stefan MNE 2234 0 = = 0 0 0 0 1 = 0 * 0 2.5 2215
12. Abramovic, Dragoljub MNE 2157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1.0 2050
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A Middlesex Team (Lalic, Summerscale, Emms, Crouch etc) took on a Young
England side Wu, Eggleston etc in a 9 round Scheveningen event as part of the
Middlesex CCA Centenary. The more experienced Middlesex team won 45.5-35.5.
Detailed coverage:
http://www.middlesexchess.org.uk/middxcentenary.htm
Middlesex vs Young England 2007
-------------------------- Lalic,B 2509 7.5/9
| ----------------------- Cox,JohnJ 2381 7.0/9
| | -------------------- Eames,R 2290 6.5/9
| | | ----------------- Summerscale,A 2493 6.0/9
| | | | -------------- Crouch,C 2370 5.5/9
| | | | | ----------- Ledger,D 2285 4.0/9
| | | | | | -------- McKeown,P 2080 4.0/9
| | | | | | | ----- Winkelmann,E 2162 2.5/9
| | | | | | | | -- Rayner,F 2237 2.5/9
| | | | | | | | |
1 Wu,L 2314 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 6.0/9
2 Eggleston,D 2330 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 5.0/9
3 Constantinou,P 2173 0 0 1 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 5.0/9
4 Kilpatrick,C 2120 0 0 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 0 4.5/9
5 Roberson,P 2209 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 4.0/9
6 Fowler,S 2204 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 3.5/9
7 Hanley,Ja 2213 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 3.0/9
8 Poobalasingam,P 2133 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 2.5/9
9 Bennet,W 2144 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 2.0/9
The 1st Leiden Chess Tournament was organised by
http://www.schakers.info, a Dutch chess
news website that celebrates its 5th anniversary in 2007. The tournament was
sponsored by H.L. Druckerfonds. Erik Van den Doel took clear first on 8/9. No
games from the final round are currently available.
More information and tournament site:
http://www.schakers.info
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1st LCT Leiden NED (NED), 13-22 vii 2007
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1. Van den Doel, Erik g NED 2587 8.0 51.0 43.75 41.0 2659 +0.61
2. Reinderman, Dimitri g NED 2506 7.5 54.0 43.50 38.0 2566 +0.74
3. Van der Wiel, John g NED 2487 7.0 52.0 39.00 35.0 2480 +0.19
4. Van Ketel, Raoul f NED 2323 6.0 53.0 31.75 34.5 2392 +0.88
5. Kleijn, Christov NED 2194 6.0 52.0 29.50 33.0 2318 +1.15
6. Meijer, Dolf NED 2203 6.0 47.0 28.00 32.0 2295 +1.04
7. Miedema, Roi NED 2271 6.0 47.0 25.75 28.5 2223 -0.47
8. Van Rosmalen, Joost NED 2208 6.0 46.5 28.25 30.5 2270 +0.69
9. Nicholson, John G f ENG 2140 6.0 45.0 27.50 30.0 2273 +1.51
10. Drozdowski, Kacper POL 1977 6.0 42.5 26.50 24.5 2291 +3.25
11. Slingerland, Fred f NED 2304 6.0 42.5 24.50 31.0 2264 -0.29
12. Vistisen, Lars DEN 2147 5.5 49.5 29.00 29.0 2218 +0.65
13. Gorter, Yme NED 2063 5.5 45.0 25.00 28.5 2229 +2.01
14. De Graaff, Rag NED 2233 5.5 44.5 25.25 27.5 2150 -0.84
15. Bogaard, Milo NED 2079 5.5 42.5 22.75 28.0 2061 -0.13
16. Coene, Igor NED 2105 5.5 42.5 21.75 28.0 2158 +0.60
68 players
The Klatovy open in the Czech Republic took place 30th June - 8th July
2007. Jan Havlik edged out three others on tie-break to finish first after all
scored 7/9.
Official site: http://www.unileasing.cz/sachy/
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Open A Klatovy CZE (CZE), 30 vi-8 vii 2007
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1. Havlik, Jan CZE 2261 7,0 54,0 0 42,0
2. Stross, Frantisek f CZE 2318 7,0 51,5 0 40,0
3. Lacina, Adolf f CZE 2252 7,0 50,5 0 39,5
4. Smid, Miroslav CZE 2186 7,0 49,5 0 40,0
5. Neuman, Petr m CZE 2414 6,5 54,5 0 43,0
6. Jurek, Josef m CZE 2381 6,5 51,0 0 40,5
7. Plat, Vojtech CZE 2284 6,5 46,0 0 35,5
8. Krejci, Jan2 CZE 2193 6,5 45,5 0 34,5
9. Vorisek, Jaroslav CZE 2267 6,0 51,5 0 41,0
10. Vedral, Oldrich CZE 2262 6,0 49,5 0 38,5
11. Sodoma, Jan CZE 2316 6,0 48,5 0 37,5
102 players
The Open Championship of Skopje took place 30th May - 7th June 2007.
Orce Dancevski won the event with 7/9.
Details: http://chess-results.com/tnr6848.aspx?lan=1
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ch-Skopje Skopje MKD (MKD), 30 v-7 vi 2007
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1. Dancevski, Orce m MKD 2419 7,0 35,0 420,0
2. Dinev, Dejan f MKD 2298 6,5 37,5 417,0
3. Menkinoski, Riste MKD 2283 6,5 35,5 421,0
4. Pancevski, Filip MKD 2303 6,5 32,0 404,5
5. Andonovski, Ljubisa f MKD 2322 6,0 32,5 408,0
6. Glavinac, Goran MKD 2174 6,0 31,0 406,5
7. Mitkov, Marjan m MKD 2401 6,0 29,5 406,0
8. Jankov, Dejan MKD 2201 5,5 28,5 390,5
9. Tairi,Asip MKD ---- 5,5 27,0 368,0
10. Tausanov, Mihail MKD 1758 5,5 20,5 369,5
11. Organdziev, Oliver f MKD 2254 5,0 29,5 410,5
12. Kacakovski, Dimitar f MKD 2203 5,0 29,0 389,5
13. Veleski, Robert MKD 2227 5,0 28,5 390,5
14. Mitrov,Todor MKD ---- 5,0 26,5 376,0
15. Markovski, Velo MKD 2102 5,0 25,0 360,0
16. Bekarovski, Filip MKD 1921 5,0 25,0 358,5
17. Kizov, Vladimir MKD 2197 5,0 22,0 351,5
36 players
The First Saturday tournaments for July took place 7th-17th July 2007.
IM Fabiano Caruana won the main GM event with 7/9 a point and a half clear of
the field and in so doing made his final GM norm at the age of 14 (almost 15).
Vishnuvardhan Arjun won the IMA section.
The organiser Laszlo Nagy needs a GM player for the 4th-16th of August
Budapest First Saturday tournament. Contact info: E-mail:
firstsat@hu.inter.net. Phone-fax: (+36)-1-263-28-59 Mobile: (+36)-30-230-1914
ICC, SKYPE, YAHOO and MSN messenger nickname: mrfirstsaturday
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/
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FSGM July Budapest HUN (HUN), 7-15 vii 2007 cat. VIII (2428)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Caruana, Fabiano m ITA 2549 * = = = 1 1 1 1 1 = 7.0 2634
2. Ilincic, Zlatko g SRB 2509 = * 1 = = = = 1 = = 5.5 2498
3. Smerdon, David m AUS 2461 = 0 * = 1 = 1 = 0 1 5.0 2467
4. Fruebing, Stefan f GER 2319 = = = * 0 = = = 1 1 5.0 2482
5. Todorovic, Goran M g SRB 2471 0 = 0 1 * = 0 1 1 1 5.0 2465
6. Fogarasi, Tibor g HUN 2425 0 = = = = * = = 1 = 4.5 2428
7. Bui Vinh m VIE 2466 0 = 0 = 1 = * = = 1 4.5 2423
8. Vernay, Clovis f FRA 2381 0 0 = = 0 = = * = 1 3.5 2352
9. Kjartansson, Gudmundur ISL 2306 0 = 1 0 0 0 = = * = 3.0 2316
10. Hammes, Michael f GER 2390 = = 0 0 0 = 0 0 = * 2.0 2211
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FSIMA July Budapest HUN (HUN), 7-19 vii 2007 cat. II (2290)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
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1. Arjun, Vishnuvardhan IND 2325 * 0 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2479
2. Szalanczy, Emil m HUN 2382 1 * 0 1 = = 1 0 = 1 1 6.5 2390
3. Cooke, Eric USA 2213 0 1 * = 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 6.5 2407
4. Vegh, Endre m HUN 2313 = 0 = * = = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2359
5. Magyar, Otto f HUN 2304 = = 0 = * 1 1 = = = = 5.5 2324
6. Hujbert, Florian HUN 2262 = = 1 = 0 * 0 = = 1 1 5.5 2328
7. Tereick, Benjamin f GER 2404 0 0 1 = 0 1 * 1 1 0 0 4.5 2242
8. Petran, Pal m HUN 2369 0 1 0 = = = 0 * = 0 1 4.0 2210
9. Vazirova, Karina wf RUS 2172 0 = 0 0 = = 0 = * 1 = 3.5 2191
10. Dubreuil, Julien FRA 2304 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 1 0 * = 3.0 2139
11. Mayer, Istvan f HUN 2141 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 = = * 2.5 2111
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FSIMB July Budapest HUN (HUN), 7-15 vii 2007 cat. II (2281)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Mathe, Gaspar m HUN 2342 * = 1 = = = = 1 = 1 6.0 2399
2. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2289 = * 1 = = 1 0 = = = 5.0 2323
3. Nagy, Bence f HUN 2318 0 0 * 1 = 0 1 = 1 1 5.0 2319
4. Gauri, Shankar IND 2177 = = 0 * = 1 1 1 0 0 4.5 2292
5. Werner, Dimo m GER 2348 = = = = * 1 = 0 = = 4.5 2273
6. Toth, Lili wm HUN 2218 = 0 1 0 0 * = 1 1 = 4.5 2287
7. Adams, Nick A USA 2218 = 1 0 0 = = * = 1 = 4.5 2287
8. Citak, Selim f TUR 2365 0 = = 0 1 0 = * 1 1 4.5 2271
9. Ravot, Sylvain FRA 2238 = = 0 1 = 0 0 0 * 1 3.5 2205
10. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2296 0 = 0 1 = = = 0 0 * 3.0 2154
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The Zudov Memorial took place in Nizhnij Tagil 6th-17th July 2007.
Sergey Vokarev won the category IX GM event with 8/10. Alexandr Truskavetsky
took the B event with 7.5/10.
Official site: http://chess.ntiustu.ru/Zudov-2007.php
Zudov Mem A Nizhnij Tagil RUS (RUS), 6-16 vii 2007cat. IX (2460)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Vokarev, Sergey m RUS 2466 ** =1 0= 11 11 11 8.0 2699
2 Temirbayev, Serik g KAZ 2484 =0 ** =0 11 =1 11 6.5 2565
3 Maletin, Pavel m RUS 2567 1= =1 ** =0 0= 11 6.0 2511
4 Krutko, Anatoly f RUS 2428 00 00 =1 ** 1= 11 5.0 2466
5 Andreev, Eduard UKR g UKR 2435 00 =0 1= 0= ** == 3.5 2355
6 Ogloblin, Nikolay m RUS 2382 00 00 00 00 == ** 1.0 2110
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Zudov Mem B Nizhnij Tagil RUS (RUS), 6-17 vii 2007 cat. IV (2340)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
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1. Truskavetsky, Alexandr m UKR 2392 * 0 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 1 = 7.5 2527
2. Aliqogin, Jaslan f KAZ 2342 1 * 1 1 0 0 = = 1 1 1 7.0 2488
3. Yuzhakov, Oleg RUS 2266 0 0 * = = 1 1 1 1 1 = 6.5 2457
4. Kaliberda, Vladimir m UKR 2337 = 0 = * = 1 = = 1 1 = 6.0 2412
5. Ivanov, Andrew RUS 2308 0 1 = = * 1 0 1 0 0 1 5.0 2342
6. Dashibalov, Erdem f RUS 2287 0 1 0 0 0 * 1 1 = 0 1 4.5 2309
7. Kharous, Ernest RUS 2373 0 = 0 = 1 0 * = 0 1 = 4.0 2264
8. Pogromsky, Mikhail f RUS 2415 = = 0 = 0 0 = * = = 1 4.0 2260
9. Kuligin, Evgeni RUS 2355 0 0 0 0 1 = 1 = * = = 4.0 2266
10. Shestakov, Dmitry RUS 2335 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 = = * 1 4.0 2268
11. Skurygin, Anton m KAZ 2327 = 0 = = 0 0 = 0 = 0 * 2.5 2148
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The Frank K. Berry 2007 US Women's Championship took place in
Stillwater, Oklahoma, July 16th-20th, 2007. As with the men's event it is
sponsored by Frank K. Berry. Irina Krush took first place alone with 7/9 after
a final round win against Tatev Abrahamyan whilst Katerina Rohonyan was held by
Alisa Melekhina.
Official site: http://www.uswcc2007.com
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ch-USA w Stillwater USA (USA), 16-19 vii 2007 cat. I (2270)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Krush, Irina m USA 2470 * = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2467
2. Rohonyan, Katerina wg USA 2316 = * 1 = = 1 = 1 = 1 6.5 2430
3. Zatonskih, Anna m USA 2462 = 0 * 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2414
4. Tuvshintugs, Batchimeg wm USA 2236 = = 0 * = 1 0 1 1 1 5.5 2353
5. Battsetseg, Tsagaan wm USA 2241 0 = = = * = 1 0 1 1 5.0 2316
6. Baginskaite, Camilla wg USA 2328 = 0 0 0 = * 1 1 0 1 4.0 2220
7. Melekhina, Alisa wf USA 2099 0 = 0 1 0 0 * = 1 1 4.0 2245
8. Abrahamyan, Tatev wf USA 2237 0 0 = 0 1 0 = * 1 = 3.5 2193
9. Vicary, Elizabeth wf USA 2148 0 = 0 0 0 1 0 0 * 1 2.5 2117
10. Airapetian, Chouchanik wf USA 2162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 * 0.5 1837
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The 1st Kaupthing Open was held in Differdange, Luxemburg July 7th-14th
2007. Humpy Koneru edged out Hannes Stefansson on tie-break after both finished
on 7/9. Full file of games now available my thanks to Norbert Stull.
Official site:
http://www.lecavalier.lu/Kaupthing-Open-2007.htm
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Kaupthing Open Differdange LUX (LUX), 7-15 vii 2007
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1. Koneru, Humpy g IND 2572 7.0 36.5 49.5
2. Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2568 7.0 33.0 46.5
3. Erdos, Viktor m HUN 2523 6.5 36.0 50.5
4. Gharamian, Tigran m FRA 2517 6.5 35.0 51.0
5. Kritz, Leonid g GER 2571 6.5 33.0 50.5
6. Steingrimsson, Hedinn m ISL 2470 6.5 32.5 44.0
7. Feller, Sebastien f FRA 2478 6.5 32.0 45.5
8. Velicka, Petr m CZE 2507 6.0 35.0 53.5
9. Hoffmann, Michael1 m GER 2481 6.0 33.5 47.0
10. Siebrecht, Sebastian m GER 2431 6.0 33.0 51.5
11. Bojkov, Dejan m BUL 2520 6.0 32.0 49.0
12. Schlosser, Philipp g GER 2562 6.0 32.0 45.5
13. Meijers, Viesturs g LAT 2483 6.0 31.5 48.5
14. Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2481 6.0 30.0 43.0
15. Valuet, Bertrand FRA 2303 6.0 28.5 39.0
16. Van Dooren, Dirk f NED 2331 6.0 27.0 45.0
17. Henrichs, Thomas m GER 2496 5.5 34.0 53.5
18. Malakhatko, Vadim g BEL 2590 5.5 32.5 52.0
19. Lobzhanidze, Davit m GEO 2470 5.5 30.5 48.5
20. Rohit, G IND 2470 5.5 29.5 45.0
21. Georgiev, Vladimir g MKD 2567 5.5 29.0 46.0
22. Wehmeier, Stefan m GER 2417 5.5 27.0 40.5
23. Michiels, Bart m BEL 2454 5.5 26.5 40.0
24. Jansa, Vlastimil g CZE 2494 5.5 25.5 44.0
25. Iotov, Valentin m BUL 2502 5.5 25.5 39.5
26. Mamedjarova, Zeinab wg AZE 2368 5.5 22.0 34.0
88 players
XIII Memorial Jorge Alvarez took place in El Ejido (Spain) 9th-13th July
2007. Vladimir Baklan won the event with 7/9. Only a few games from the first
couple of rounds seem to be available.
Official site: http://jorgealvarez.clubajedrezejido.com/
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
1 Baklan Vladimir GM 2648 UKR 7 44
2 Timoshenko Georgy GM 2559 UKR 6½ 43½
3 Ibarra Jerez José Carlos IM 2475 ESP 6½ 43
4 Veingold Aleksander IM 2458 EST 6½ 43
5 Movsziszian Karen GM 2534 ARM 6½ 42
6 Lazarev Vladimir GM 2498 RUS 6½ 41½
7 Saldaño Horacio IM 2451 ESP 6½ 39½
8 Guerra Bastida Diego IM 2370 ESP 6 43½
9 Clement Gomez José A. FM 2315 ESP 6 41
10 Huerga Leache Mikel FM 2370 ESP 6 39
11 Barria Zuñiga Daniel IM 2427 CHI 6 38
12 Lariño Nieto David IM 2435 ESP 6 37
13 Garcia Gata Jorge David 2110 ESP 6 37
14 Martin Lozano Alvaro 1848 ESP 6 34½
15 Arboledas Fernandez Antonio A. 2019 ESP 5½ 42½
16 Garcia Rodriguez Victor 2027 ESP 5½ 41
17 Fenollar Jorda Manuel FM 2267 ESP 5½ 40½
18 Weber François 2181 ESP 5½ 39
19 Safranska Anda WGM 2301 LAT 5½ 37
20 Almagro Mazariegos Sebastian 2296 ESP 5½ 37
21 Sanchez Jerez Emilio 2145 ESP 5 38
22 Guadamuro Torrente Anabel WFM 2095 ESP 5 37½
23 Ribas Gomez Diego 2043 ESP 5 37
24 Garrido Fernandez Javier 2063 ESP 5 34½
25 Cara Rodriguez Daniel 2035 ESP 5 34
26 Barranco Del Pino Antonio 1976 ESP 5 33½
27 Amat Sanchez Pedro Antonio 2105 ESP 5 33
28 Ceron Carrion Cesar 1957 ESP 5 32
66 players
The 30th edition of the 'Open d'Escacs Barbera del Valles' took place in
the town of Barbera del Valles, Catalonia, near Barcelona. Rufino Camarena
Gimenez edged out Omar Almeida Quintana on tie-break after both finished on
7/9. Games from the final two rounds are now available.
Official site: http://www.ajedreznd.com/2007/BARBERA.html
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XXX Open Barbera del Valles (ESP), 6-14 vii 2007
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1. Camarena Gimenez, Rufino f ESP 2332 7,0 42,5 51,0 36,5
2. Almeida Quintana, Omar g CUB 2501 7,0 40,5 49,0 36,5
3. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2568 6,5 43,0 53,0 32,5
4. Asis Gargatagli, Hipolit m ESP 2374 6,5 40,5 47,5 33,0
5. Narciso Dublan, Marc g ESP 2552 6,5 39,5 48,0 30,0
6. Gonzalez Vidal, Yuri m CUB 2475 6,5 38,5 47,5 31,0
7. Jankovic, Alojzije g CRO 2536 6,0 42,5 50,5 35,0
8. Jovanic, Ognjen m CRO 2491 6,0 39,5 47,0 33,5
9. Fluvia, Jordi m ESP 2497 6,0 36,0 42,5 28,0
10. Perpinya Rofes, Lluis Maria f ESP 2400 5,5 43,0 51,5 37,0
11. Cuartas, Jaime Alexander m COL 2504 5,5 40,5 48,0 32,0
12. Aloma Vidal, Robert f ESP 2341 5,5 40,0 47,5 30,0
13. Corrales Jimenez, Fidel m CUB 2499 5,5 39,0 45,5 31,0
14. Teske, Henrik g GER 2578 5,5 38,5 47,5 29,5
15. Czakon, Jakub m POL 2505 5,5 38,5 45,0 30,0
16. Vehi Bach, Victor M m ESP 2388 5,5 38,0 47,0 27,5
17. Rojas Keim, Luis CHI 2385 5,5 36,0 42,0 27,5
18. Cuartas, Jorge COL 2236 5,5 31,5 38,5 21,0
19. Pakleza, Zbigniew m POL 2463 5,5 30,5 37,0 26,0
59 players
The 2007 Canadian Open Chess Championship took place 7-15 July 2007 in
Ottawa, the capital of Canada. 10 rounds 100 minutes/game + 1 minute increment
/ move. Bu Xiangzhi won with 8/10. Additional games now available my thanks to
Hugh Brodie.
Event website: http://www.canchess.ca - Event blog:
http://canchess.blogspot.com/ -
Results: http://www.monroi.com/tournamentgate/CanOpen07/results.html
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Canadian Open Ottawa CAN (CAN), 7-15 vii 2007
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1. Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2685 8.0
2. Short, Nigel D g ENG 2683 7.5
3. Miton, Kamil g POL 2648 7.5
4. Sandipan, Chanda g IND 2563 7.5
5. Krnan, Tomas m CAN 2432 7.5
6. Sambuev, Bator g RUS 2482 7.5
7. Milov, Vadim g SUI 2675 7.0
8. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2648 7.0
9. Rychagov, Andrey g RUS 2557 7.0
10. Bluvshtein, Mark g CAN 2520 7.0
11. Kunte, Abhijit g IND 2519 7.0
12. Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2517 7.0
13. Kovalyov, Anton f ARG 2510 7.0
14. Tu Hoang Thong g VIE 2483 7.0
15. De la Paz Perdomo, Frank g CUB 2452 7.0
16. Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas m CAN 2407 7.0
17. Reprintsev, Alexander m UKR 2410 7.0
18. Gerzhoy, Leonid m ISR 2407 7.0
19. Bradford, Joseph M f USA 2406 7.0
20. Rensch, Daniel f USA 2400 7.0
21. Tayar, Jonathan f CAN 2271 7.0
22. Mikhalevski, Victor g ISR 2598 6.5
23. Atalik, Suat g TUR 2564 6.5
24. Shomoev, Anton g RUS 2561 6.5
25. Aveskulov, Valeriy g UKR 2539 6.5
26. Howell, David W L m ENG 2519 6.5
27. Likavsky, Tomas g SVK 2494 6.5
28. O'Donnell, Tom m CAN 2367 6.5
29. Thavandiran, Shiyam f CAN 2269 6.5
30. Vul, Arkadi Eremeevich g RUS 2312 6.5
280 players
The South African Open took place June 29th - 6th July 2007. Kenny
Solomon won the title for the 4th time he scored 9.5/11. Games now
available.
Official site: http://saopen.chesscube.com. Live games
at: http://www.chesscube.com/
Leading Final Standings:
Pos Name Fed Title Rating Score Prize
1 SOLOMON, KT WP 2409 9.5 10,000.00
2 KOBESE, AKW GW m 2424 9.0 5,500.00
3 ZITHA, LL GN 1925 8.5 4,000.00
4 STEEL, HR WP 2270 8.0 1,320.00
5 KLAVER, C GW 2065 8.0 1,320.00
6 DOLE, A WP 2046 8.0 1,320.00
7 MABUSELA, JP GN m 2267 8.0 1,320.00
8 MATHE, LD GN 2030 8.0 1,320.00
9 VAN RENSBURG, RP GW 1998 8.0 1,320.00
10 KROMHOUT, ED EP 2016 8.0 1,320.00
The 29th Copenhagen Open Politiken Cup takes place 21st-29th July 2007.
I will round up the games at the conclusion to the event.
Official site: http://www.politikencup.dk/
Round 3 Standings:
1 GM Lars Schandorff 2521 3.5 5.5 8.25
2 Erik Blomqvist 2313 3.5 5 8.25
3 Torben Sorensen 2375 3.5 4 6.75
4 Sander van Eijk 2274 3 4 5.5
5 Gunnar Berg Hanssen 2242 3 4 5
6 . Alexander Johansson 2028 3 4 4
7 GM Tiger Hillarp-Persson 2568 3 4 4
8 FM Teddy Colemann 2248 3 3.5 4.5
9 Jesper Schultz-Pedersen 2204 3 3.5 4.5
10 Frank Smeele 2173 3 3.5 4.5
11 Eric Brondum 2169 3 3 4.5
12 Gylfi Thorhallsson 2195 3 3 4
13 Omar Salama 2173 3 3 4
14 Niels Norskov Laursen 2186 3 3 4
15 Gudmundur Kjartansson 2306 3 3 3
16 FM Torstein Bae 2364 3 2 7
17 GM Stellan Brynell 2470 3 2 6.5
18 IM Frank Holzke 2489 3 2 6.5
19 GM Gabriel Sargissian 2667 3 2 6.5
20 FM Victor Nithander 2357 3 2 6
21 GM Michal Krasenkow 2660 3 2 6
22 GM Throstur Thorhallsson 2461 3 2 6
23 GM Kjetil A. Lie 2536 3 2 6
24 GM Vladimir Malakhov 2676 3 2 5.5
25 IM Helgi Dam Ziska 2408 3 2 5.5
26 FM Krzysztof Bulski 2396 3 2 5.5
27 GM Peter Heine Nielsen 2637 3 2 5
28 Christian Bleis 2246 3 2 5
29 FM Allan Stig Rasmussen 2450 3 2 5
30 Bo Garner Christensen 2223 3 2 4.5
31 GM Mikhail Ivanov 2455 3 1.5 6
32 GM Nick E. de Firmian 2540 3 1.5 5.5
33 IM Mikkel Antonsen 2406 3 1.5 4.5
34 IM Erik Dr, Zude 2399 3 1.5 4.5
35 GM Emanuel Berg 2580 3 1.5 4.5
36 Jakob Aabling-Thomsen 2242 3 1.5 4.5
37 GM Evgeny Agrest 2541 3 1.5 4.5
38 Joachim Thomassen 2075 2.5 5 5.25
39 Henrik Molvig 2215 2.5 4.5 4.5
40 Jacob Sylvan 2281 2.5 4 4.5
41 Benjamin Arvola 2022 2.5 4 4.25
42 Uffe B. Rasmussen 2136 2.5 4 3.75
43 Jacob Abildlund Brorsen 1818 2.5 4 3.75
44 Andreas Schmied 2054 2.5 4 3.25
45 Jes Jacob West Knudsen 1990 2.5 3.5 3.5
46 Mikael Rolvag 2245 2.5 3.5 3.25
47 Markus Ã-rndahl 2078 2.5 3.5 3
48 Mads Andersen 2070 2.5 3.5 2.5
49 Willem Hensbergen 2076 2.5 3 3.25
50 Sejer Holm 2262 2.5 3 3.25
51 Magnus xAanstad 0 2.5 3 3.25
52 Tero Sihvonen 2056 2.5 3 2.75
53 Tanguy Ringoir 2208 2.5 2.5 6
54 FM Esben Lund 2396 2.5 2.5 5.25
55 GM Michele Godena 2547 2.5 2.5 5.25
56 Conny Holst 2139 2.5 2.5 4.25
57 Frode Urkedal 2235 2.5 2 5.25
58 G. Rohit 2470 2.5 2 4.75
59 IM Viktorija Cmilyte 2467 2.5 2 4.25
60 FM Jake Kleiman 2312 2.5 2 4.25
61 Per Andreasen 2228 2.5 1.5 4.75
62 Andreas Skytte Hagen 2256 2.5 1.5 4
63 IM Rasmus Skytte 2416 2.5 1.5 3.75
64 Peter Nicolai Skovgaard 2256 2.5 1.5 3.75
65 GM Tommy Nyback 2567 2.5 1.5 3.5
66 GM Igor Khenkin 2602 2.5 1.5 3.25
281 players
The Mechanics' Institute hosts 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. I will round up
the games at the conclusion to the event.
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
Latest scores:
GM Team:
John Fedorowicz - 6½/10
Alex Baburin - 5/10
Suat Atalik - 4/5
Alex Yermolinsky - 3/5
Ekaterina Atalik - 3/7
IM Team:
Dmitry Zilberstein 4 ½/10
Vladimir Mezentsev 3½/10
Josh Friedel - 2½/5
David Pruess 2½/6
Alan Stein 2½/6
The 2nd International Open Chess Tournament "Summer Cup 2007" takes
place 21st-29th July 2007,
Official site: http://www.greekchess.com/cup2007
Top 20 Participants
01 IM Bernal Moro Luis Javier 2431 ESP
02 IM Bellia Fabrizio 2405 ITA
03 Sandalakis Angelos 2355 GRE
04 FM Tsilidis Alexandros 2310 GRE
05 Gogolis Alexandros 2289 GRE
06 Ignatiadis Konstantinos 2277 GRE
07 WGM Makropoulou Marina 2266 GRE
08 WIM Stiri Alexandra 2251 GRE
09 FM Pountzas Hrisanthos 2238 GRE
10 Parginos Vassilios 2226 GRE
11 Gamback Bjorn 2219 SWE
12 Tassopoulos Marios 2215 GRE
13 WGM Karlovich Anastazia 2207 UKR
14 Panagiotopoulos Alexandros 2203 GRE
15 Gabaldon Gomez Miguel Angel 2199 ESP
16 Ceballos Hornero Daniel 2195 ESP
17 Lazaridis Stavros 2187 GRE
18 Baekelant Ronny 2183 BEL
19 Karanikolas Dimitrios 2181 GRE
20 Valden Petros 2169 GRE
The Curacao Chess Festival takes place 17th-26th July 2007. Alexander
Shabalov, Jan Gustafsson, Victor Mikhalevski, Joel Benjamin, Jan Werle etc
play.
Official site: http://www.curacaochess.net
The XI Magistral de la República Copa PUMA Mercosur 23rd-30th
July 2007.
Official site: http://www.ajedrezmartelli.org.ar/
The Quebec Open takes place July 20th-28th 2007 in Montreal, Canada.
Players include: Alexander Huzman, Igor Nataf, Viorel Iordachescu , Chanda
Sandipan and Anton Shomoev etc.
Coverage:
http://www.monroi.com/tournamentgate/Quebec07/index.html
- Games collection by Hugh Brodie:
http://chesscanada.no-ip.org/chess/cbv/20002009/2007COQ.pgn
The Asian Youth Championships took place in Tashkent 27th June - 8th
July 2007. Will try and work up the games for next week.
Official site: http://www.uzchess.uz/ - Games:
http://www.uzchess.uz/Bases/Asian/asian.html
- Background: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3995
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
Leading players:
1 GM Savic Miodrag R 2514 SRB
2 GM Lajthajm Borko 2511 SRB
3 IM Pap Misa 2493 SRB
4 IM Galyas Miklos 2486 HUN
5 IM Brenjo Slavisa 2485 SRB
6 IM Arsovic Goran 2470 SRB
7 IM Arsovic Zoran 2451 SRB
8 IM Pavlovic Milos 2438 SRB
9 GM Tosic Miroslav 2437 SRB
10 IM Ardeleanu Alin 2416 ROM
11 IM Matsenko Sergei 2406 RUS
12 IM Miljkovic Miroslav 2405 SRB
13 IM Ostojic Nikola 2404 SRB
14 FM Solomunovic Igor 2396 GER
15 GM Kostic Vladimir G 2395 SRB
World Computer Rapid Chess Championships took place on ICC 21st-22nd
July 2007. 14 rounds.
Official site: http://www.taccl.org/2007Presidents.html
Final Standings:
Name Score #g
1 Rybka (2821) 13.0 14
2 Hiarcs8x (2812) 12.0 14
3 IkarusX (2717) 10.0 14
4 Erdo (3035) 10.0 13
5 DIEP (2572) 9.5 14
6 TerraPi (2609) 8.5 14
7 Frenzee (2653) 8.0 14
8 Ktulu (2755) 8.0 14
9 Rascal (2561) 8.0 14
10 thebaron (2631) 8.0 14
11 ArasanX (2566) 8.0 14
12 DirtyX (2000) 8.0 13
13 QuarkX (2580) 7.5 14
14 crafty (2583) 7.5 14
15 Weid (2587) 7.5 14
16 BertaX (2338) 7.5 14
17 Mediocre (2316) 7.5 14
18 PetirX (2529) 7.0 14
19 Symbolic (2434) 7.0 13
20 NowX (2482) 7.0 14
21 HfC (2308) 7.0 14
22 DeltomateX (2378) 7.0 14
23 LearningLemming(2635) 6.5 14
24 danasah (2340) 6.5 14
25 Tinker (2422) 6.5 14
26 Horizon-x (2298) 6.5 14
27 DeuteriumChess (2000) 6.5 13
28 Neurosis (2298) 6.5 14
29 parrotC (2336) 6.5 14
30 JokerX (2118) 6.0 13
31 Telepath (2366) 6.0 14
32 BirdEng (2168) 6.0 14
33 microMaX (2000) 6.0 14
34 HomerX (2381) 5.5 11
35 Buzz (2829) 5.5 14
36 Clarabit (2304) 5.0 14
37 Timea (2220) 5.0 14
38 Matilde (2284) 2.5 14
39 roce (2264) 2.5 13
40 Vicki (2017) 1.5 14
41 NoonianChess (2249) 0.0 1
The Inautomarket Open in Minsk (BLR), took place 10th-18th July 2007.
Andrey Zhigalko took first place on tie-break from Dmitry Bocharov both
finished on 7.5/9. Games from rounds 6-9 not yet available.
Details: http://www.chess-events.org/inavtomarket-open_2007
and http://www.chess.by
Final Round 9 Standings:
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Inautomarket Open Minsk BLR (BLR), 10-18 vii 2007
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1. 11 Zhigalko, Andrey 7.5 54.0 43.75 40.0 2529 2724 +2.01
3 Bocharov, Dmitry 7.5 54.0 44.50 38.0 2605 2724 +1.11
3. 6 Khismatullin, Denis 7.0 55.0 40.25 39.0 2566 2684 +1.24
1 Miroshnichenko, Evgenij 7.0 52.5 40.50 36.0 2671 2668 -0.02
13 Vysochin, Spartak 7.0 50.5 38.75 35.0 2518 2591 +0.70
7 Zhigalko, Sergei 7.0 47.5 36.25 34.0 2560 2579 +0.16
7. 30 Gubajdullin, Alexei 6.5 54.0 35.75 37.0 2420 2642 +2.72
18 Zablotsky, Sergei 6.5 51.5 35.00 35.5 2498 2588 +1.10
36 Romanenko, Vladimir 6.5 50.5 34.25 34.5 2402 2617 +2.63
2 Aleksandrov, Aleksej 6.5 47.5 33.50 31.0 2605 2504 -0.90
19 Mihajlovskij, Sergei 6.5 45.5 31.50 32.0 2491 2487 +0.02
22 Akhmetov, Artiom 6.5 41.0 28.25 31.5 2468 2495 +0.29
13. 4 Kurnosov, Igor 6.0 53.0 32.25 36.0 2579 2601 +0.24
20 Maiorov, Nikita 6.0 52.0 31.00 35.5 2487 2535 +0.51
5 Dydyshko, Viacheslav 6.0 51.5 33.75 33.0 2572 2488 -0.93
48 Kolesnik, Eduard 6.0 51.5 31.25 31.5 2368 2508 +1.68
24 Podolchenko, Evgeniy 6.0 50.5 30.00 32.5 2458 2507 +0.60
14 Yevseev, Denis 6.0 48.5 31.00 32.0 2515 2485 -0.39
9 Shaposhnikov, Evgeny 6.0 48.0 32.00 29.0 2558 2426 -1.38
17 Dzhakaev, Dzhakay 6.0 47.5 30.00 32.0 2498 2507 +0.06
31 Lutsko, Igor 6.0 47.0 28.50 30.0 2418 2472 +0.60
52 Aguettaz, Maxime 6.0 46.5 28.50 31.0 2356 2504 +1.77
10 Tihonov, Jurij 6.0 46.0 29.00 30.5 2542 2489 -0.57
38 Kochetkov, German 6.0 46.0 28.00 31.5 2396 2502 +1.23
55 Pankov, German 6.0 45.5 27.75 30.0 2346 2455 +1.32
25 Tunik, Gennady 6.0 45.5 27.00 31.0 2450 2448 -0.03
60 Frolochkin, Vladimir 6.0 44.5 25.50 30.0 2303 2426 +1.32
51 Gorovets, Andrey 6.0 43.0 27.00 27.0 2364 2364 -0.03
32 Ostrovskiy, Andrey 6.0 43.0 24.50 31.0 2417 2483 +0.78
27 Alexikov, Alexander 6.0 43.0 27.00 29.0 2432 2418 -0.21
46 Stupak, Kirill 6.0 41.5 27.25 25.5 2377 2348 -0.39
28 Khamitskiy, Sergei 6.0 35.0 22.25 26.5 2426 2344 -0.93
165 players
The 29th Oberwart Open took place 7th-15th July 2007. Imre Hera took
first place on tie-break from four others, all scoring 7/9. No games appear to
be available.
Official site: http://www.openoberwart.at/
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
1 Hera Imre Jr GM HUN 2526 7,0 54,5 43,0 41,00
2 Balinov Ilia GM AUT 2499 7,0 52,0 40,0 39,50
3 Jedynak Radoslaw GM POL 2540 7,0 51,5 40,5 39,50
4 Brkic Ante GM CRO 2558 7,0 50,5 39,5 38,50
5 Gajewski Grzegorz GM POL 2556 7,0 49,0 37,5 37,00
6 Rabiega Robert GM GER 2532 7,0 48,0 38,5 35,50
7 Dziuba Marcin IM POL 2536 6,5 53,0 41,5 37,25
8 Kovalev Andrei GM BLR 2529 6,5 53,0 41,5 36,00
9 Klenburg Mikhail IM UKR 2387 6,5 51,5 41,5 35,25
10 Kovacs Gabor IM HUN 2478 6,5 51,0 40,5 35,25
11 Czebe Attila GM HUN 2519 6,5 50,5 39,5 35,00
12 Ghaem Maghami Ehsan GM IRI 2610 6,5 50,5 39,0 36,25
13 Danner Georg IM AUT 2426 6,5 48,0 37,5 33,50
14 Ermenkov Evgenij GM PLE 2499 6,5 47,0 36,5 32,25
15 Stanec Nikolaus GM AUT 2504 6,5 44,0 34,0 31,00
16 Papp Gabor IM HUN 2474 6,0 53,0 42,0 33,75
17 Khmelniker Ilya IM ISR 2427 6,0 52,5 41,5 32,75
18 Ernst Thomas GM SWE 2434 6,0 52,5 41,0 33,00
19 Saric Ante GM CRO 2499 6,0 52,0 41,0 32,50
20 Jakubiec Artur GM POL 2541 6,0 51,5 40,5 32,25
21 Timoscenko Gennadij GM SVK 2492 6,0 51,0 39,5 32,00
22 Faibisovich Vadim Z IM RUS 2412 6,0 50,5 39,0 30,75
23 Shengelia Davit GM GEO 2572 6,0 50,0 39,5 32,25
24 Ragger Markus IM AUT 2529 6,0 50,0 39,5 31,50
25 Lehner Oliver IM AUT 2411 6,0 48,5 38,0 29,00
26 Zilberman Yaacov GM ISR 2473 6,0 48,5 37,0 29,25
27 Weinzettl Ernst IM AUT 2328 6,0 47,5 38,5 28,25
28 Cvitan Ognjen GM CRO 2529 6,0 47,5 37,0 30,75
29 Gofshtein Zvulon GM ISR 2541 6,0 46,0 36,0 28,75
30 Mahdi Khaled IM AUT 2385 6,0 46,0 35,5 29,25
184 players
The Caissa IM July cat. I. tournament took place 15th-20th July 2007 in
Kecskemet, Hungary. Mr. Kjartansson won the tournament with 7,5 pts, ahead of
an other islander player, Mr. Arngrimsson. They made an IM norm too.
More info: http://www.caissachessbooks.com Dr.
Tamas Erdelyi postmaster@caissa.t-online.hu Next events will be on 23-31 July,
20-28 August.
George Mirijanian reports: The 57th New Hampshire Open took place on
July 14th-15th, 2007 at the Comfort Inn in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA. IM
Joseph Fang and FM Braden Bournival of Nashua and Manchester, N.H. respectively
shared the state championship title by tying for first place with out-of-state
resident IM David Vigorito of Andover, Massachusetts. All three tallied 3-1.
Runners-up with scores of 2.5-1.5 were FM William Kelleher of Watertown, Mass.,
and national expert Sherif Khater of Nashua, N.H. The main event drew 51
players in three sections and was directed by Robert Messenger, assisted by
John Elmore, for the sponsoring New Hampshire Chess Association (NHCA).
Complete crosstables are available at: http://masschess.org
The Elkana Chess Club in Israel is a closed 10 player category 8
tournament as part of the Judge Lictenstein Memorial chess Festival July
15th-26th in Israel. Konstantin Lerner leads with 5/7.
Alex Brunetti's TotoScacco Site
Alex Brunetti's TotoScacco Site allows predictions for current chess
tournaments. http://e4e6.com/toto
olimpbase
Its always worth mentioning Wojciech Bartelski's excellent
http://www.olimpbase.org which covers
not only Olympiads but all team chess.
New events: European U18 Team Championship has recently finished in
Subotica, Serbia. http://www.olimpbase.org/2007eb/2007in.html
(boys' results) and http://www.olimpbase.org/2007eg/2007in.html
(girls' results)
The 9th All-Africa Games took place in Algiers, Algeria 11th-23rd July
There were 13 men's team in a four board round robin (rate of play was Active
Chess 25+10). No games available. See details:
http://www.olimpbase.org/2007f/2007in.html
ChessVibes
Another great site. Latest is
http://www.chessvibes.com/?p=1071&lp_lang_view=en
is an interview with ACP President Pavel Tregubov.
Shirov on chess.fm with John Watson
Regular TWIC contributer John Watson has a book radio show on chess.fm
on Tuesdays. This week on Tuesday 24th July his guest is Alexei Shirov. You can
catch the show by signing up for ICC trial membership. Link:
http://www.chessclub.com/chessfm/
Al Jazeera meets Kirzan Ilyumzhinov
There is a two Part Documentary on YouTube Al Jazeera meets Kirzan
Ilyumzhinov: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqrsmLxkt3Y
and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCmHi50Mve0
Gary Lane in Malaysia
The Chess Club of Sekolah Tengku Ampuan Rahimah, Klang (Malasia) will be
hosting a chess workshop by Australian Chess Player of the Year 2004,
International Master (IM) Gary Lane. The chess workshop, entitled "Improve your
chess with IM Gary Lane 2007", will be held on the 18th of August 2007
(Saturday), from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the school library.
Tarragona open
The Tarragona open takes place 18th-26th August 2007. Time rate 90
minutes + 30 seconds a move. The registration deadline is 16th August. In order
to register, the players must call to Mr Francesc Xavier Farran. phone number:
877022621 mobile: 650084822 e-mail: jooe@eresmas.com or donlatino@hotmail.com
Details: http://www.clubescacstarragona.org/
VI Benidorm Festival
The VI Festival Internacional de Ajedrez de Benidorm 2007 takes
place 30th November - 9th December 2007.
Further details: http://www.ajedrezbali.com -
http://www.eventosdeajedrez.com
Three GM events in Hungary and Serbia
THREE GM-IM norm tournaments in a row in Eastern Europe in
Sept-Oct...(Hungary and Serbia)
1. 1st-13th of September GM-IM-FM closed tournaments, First Saturday -
Budapest, Hungary, org: Nagy Laszlo, e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net
2. 15th-23rd of September GM-IM tmt, Third Saturday - Novi Sad, Serbia,
org: IGM drazic, e-mail: sdrazic@eunet.yu (the Serbian city Novi is for 6 hours
by train South from Budapest),
3. 6th-19th of October, GM-IM-FM, First Saturday - Budapest, org.: Nagy
Laszlo
The City of Dublin Championships
The City of Dublin Championships takes place 31st August, 1st and 2nd
September 2007.
Details: http://www.geocities.com/phibsborochess/
Sydney International Open 2008
The 2008 Sydney International Open takes place at Parramatta Town Hall
25th-29th March 2008. Free accommodation and modest conditions are offered to
GMs. All enquiries to the Tournament Organiser, FM Brian Jones, at
info@chessaustralia.com.au
Details: http://www.chessaustralia.com.au/
Geller Memorial, Odessa
The Efim Geller Chess Memorial will take place in Odessa, Ukraine from
September 7th (day of arrival) - September 16th, 2007.
Venue: Sanatorium Belaya Akaziya (Franzuzsky Boulevard 15, Odessa). The
Geller Memorial organisers are: the Pivdenny Bank, the Physical Culture and
Sports Department of the Odessa municipal government, the Odessa Region Chess
Federation, the Union of Chess and Checkers Clubs of the Odessa Region.
The prize fund of the Open A (9 rounds Swiss) is 28740 UAH (approx.
5745 USD; 1 Ukrainian Hryvnia/UAH = approx 0.2 USD), with ten prizes and
additional prizes. The first prize is 8000 UAH (approx. 1600 USD). Sixteen top
players by ELO will be provided the full-board accomodation by the organisers.
The entry fee depending on ELO varies from 250 UAH (for players without ELO) to
50 UAH (for players with ELO higher than 2300). There is a 50% discount for:
veterans, women and U-20 players (with exceptions of those players who does not
have an ELO rating). The entry is free for GMs/IMs with the ELO rating higher
than 2400 and for WGMs/WIMs with ELO higher than 2200. The time control in the
Open A (for each player) is 1 hour 30 minutes for the game + 30 seconds
increment after each move.
Two other 9 round Swiss tournaments are: Open B with a time rate 2
hours per game (prize fund 4100 UAH; eight main prizes with the first prize of
700 UAH; entry fee 25 UAH) where players who have the first category or higher
have the right to participate, and children's Open C with a time rate 2 hours
per game, this tournament is for players of the age of 16 years and younger
(prize fund 2100 UAH, including prizes for Girls, U-12 and U-10 players, entry
fee 15 UAH).
Each player in any of three tournaments can get only one prize. Prizes
will not be shared: places for the players who score the same number of points
will be determined accordingly to the tournament regulations.
Registration of players will take place in the children's chess school
(Kanatnaya Street 95, Odessa) on September 7, 2007 from 10 a.m till 5 p.m. The
opening ceremony will take place in the Sanatorium Belaya Akaziya on September
8, 2007 at 3 p.m. A confirmation of the participation until August 15, 2007 is
necessary for all participants. More detailed information in Russian is
available at: http://www.chess.odessa.ua. The coverage
of the Geller Memorial will be provided at
http://worldcup.pivdenny.com. The
contact address of the organisers is chess@te.net.ua
Scandinavian Chess Tournament
Scandinavian Chess Tournament proudly presents The peoples chess
festival 2007 at Täby Park Hotel, Sweden 4th-11th August 2007. Prizes: 1-3
prize new cars (applies only for swedish census registred players since
November 2006 ) 47 prizes in swedish krona (4. prize 15 000, 5.prize 10 000,
6.prize 5 000, 7.prize 2 200, 8.prize 2 150, 9.prize 2 100, 10. prize 2 050 and
so on until last prize 50 sek. Additional 50 prizes worth 500 Sek each. Only
one and the best player representing his country (except swedish) can win a
prize, but several players from the same country can participate in the
tournament.
Details: http://www.scandinavian-chess.se/id.asp?newsID=4
NH Chess Tournament
The NH Chess Tournament takes place 22nd August - 1st September 2007 in
the NH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky in Amsterdam organised by the Association Max
Euwe in Monaco. The Scheveningen team tournament is a battle between a team of
'Experience' and a team of 'Rising Stars'.
'Experience' Alexander Beliavsky (SLO), Artur Jussupow (GER), Alexander
Khalifman (RUS), Ljubomir Ljubojevic (SRB) en Predrag Nikolic (BIH).
'Rising Stars' Ivan Cheparinov (BUL), Sergey Karjakin (UKR), Parimarjan
Negi (IND), Jan Smeets (NED) en Daniel Stellwagen (NED). A place in the Amber
2008 tournament is part of the prize for the top finishing rising star.
Official site closer to the time is likely to be
http://nhchess.quinsy.net/ which at
the moment only has info on the last Amber tournament.
6th Davos Open
The "Swiss Chess Tour 2007" will continue in Davos with 6th Chess
Summer Open from August 6th-12th, 2007. Switzerland is the famous tourist
country particular popular is tremendous Davos. 6th Davos Open, 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. Natural prizes for 5 and more points. Special prizes. Entry fee 130
SF, FMs and juniors 60 SF, GMs and IMs free; juniors lodging at Sunstar Park
Hotel free; at the door 20 SF more. Time table: Rounds 1 18.00-23.00 August
6th; Round 2/6 15.00-20.00 August 7th-11 th; Round 7 9.30-14.30 August 12th.
Venue: "Sunstar Park Hotel" Congress Center. Closing ceremony August 12th, 3
p.m. Unbelievable chess-rates.
Info Beochess: +41+62+9654-650 (Robert Spoerri) beochess@bluewin.ch or
http://www.beochess.ch or
http://yubc.net/~yuchess
3rd Chess Summer in Bern
The "Swiss Chess Tour 2007" continues with the "Chess Summer"
tournament in Bern which takes place July 28th - August 5th 2007. Venue: Hotel
"Bern" in the center of the Swiss capital. Main event is "Int. Bern Open
Championship". 9 rounds; 2 hours for 40 moves + 60 minutes till the end. All
rounds from 16.30 to 22.30 except last round from 12.00 to 18.00. Enter fee:
140 CHF; juniors 1987 and younger and FM 70 CHF; GM&IM free. Ten money
prizes 10: 2000 CHF/1.500/1.000/700... The players who like to play late,
during night, will get a chance with the "Bern Summer Night Open" July 29th -
August 4th 2007. 7 rounds; 90 minutes for 30 moves + 30 minutes till the end.
Games start daily at 19.00 to 23.00. Enter fee: 110 CHF; juniors 55 CHF. Six
money prizes: 500/400/300/250/200/150 CHF. Special offer to juniors. Those who
register before July 9th will not pay an entry fee!
Info Beochess: +41+62+9654-650 (Robert Spoerri) beochess@bluewin.ch or
http://www.beochess.ch or
http://yubc.net/~yuchess
"Acropolis" 2007
The "Acropolis" 2007 tournament takes place 14th-22nd August 2007 at the
President Hotel, Kifissias 43,Athens.
The official annoucement is at:
http://www.chessfed.gr/declarations/declarations141.htm
European Blind Individual Championship
The Braille Chess Association host the European Blind Individual
Championship in Durham August 14th-23rd 2007. Play starting at 1.45 pm. except
Monday (a rest day) and final day (11 am start) ) IM Colin Crouch is the main
British contender and six others including Graham Lilley and Chris Ross will
play.
It is hoped that the top four boards will be shown live on the net at:
http://www.braillechess.org.uk
V Transcarpathian Rapid
The V Transcarpathian Rapidtournament "Chess Decyk" takes place
September, 15th-16th 2007 City: Uzhgorod Country: Ukraine Time control: Rapid:
20' - 20' Number of rounds: 9 System: Swiss Prize fund: 4000 UAH Remarks:
Welcome to the age-old town above the river Uzh with more than 1000-year’s
history!!!
Organizer: Chess Federation of Uzhgorod (President - IM Bogdan Borsos)
Tel: +380503179153, +380503723900 E-mail: chessfeduzh@rambler.ru Address:
Ukraine, Uzhgorod, Hotel "Svitanok", Koshitska st. 30
Further details: http://chessfeduzh.narod.ru
Hungarian tournaments July - December 2007
List of the chess tournaments from July - December 2007 in Hungary:
1. 7th - 19th of July 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 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 July KECSKEMET, IM Berger tmt, org: Dr.Erdelyi,
Tamas, e-mail: postmaster@caissa.t-online.hu Website:
http://www.caissachessbooks.hu
Usually also in the second half of the month IM tmt-s in Kecskemet. 100 km
South-East from Budapest.
3. 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
4 . 4th-16th of August FS Budapest, GM-IM-FM, org. Nagy L.
5. 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
6. 1st-13th of September, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest, org.Nagy L.
7. 17th -25th of September KECSKEMET IM tmt, org. dr.Erdelyi
8. 6th-18th of October, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest, org.Nagy L.
9. 22nd-30th of October KECSKEMET IM - org. dr.Erdelyi
10. 3rd-15th of November, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest, org.:NL
11. 15th-23rd of November, XXXI. TENKES CUP, 9 round Swiss Open,
Harkany, 300 km South-West from Budapest, org: Mr.FULOP, Csaba, e-mail:
fulopcsa@invitel.hu Website:
http://www.baranyasakk.hu/index.php?cat=naptar&id=3&age=0&vid=15⟨=hu&det=12
12. 1st-13th of December, FS GM-IM-FM, Budapest, org.NL
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/.
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
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/
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
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
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/
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
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 tournament November
There is a Lugano tournament at the end of November 2007. Details:
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
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
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
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/
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
