THE WEEK IN CHESS 666 13th August 2007 by Mark Crowther
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5th Gyorgy Marx Memorial 66 games
5th Staunton Memorial 36 games
94th British Championships 170 games
HZ Open Vlissingen 299 games
Arctic Chess Challenge 274 games
Euro Chess Tournament 84 games
XVII Pobla de Lillet Open 77 games
13th Chambery Open 106 games
Pays de Charleroi 45 games
Scandinavian Chess Tournament 227 games
US Open 298 games
Villarobledo Rapid 35 games
First Saturday August 112 games
Volodarskij Spring Festival 120 games
Kavala Open 180 games
Festival Sibir Shakhmatnaya 110 games
Tsiolkovsky Memorial 232 games
Lugansk Summer 66 games
33rd Sitges Open 90 games
Sun Pawn Festival 813 games
2nd Edmonton International 45 games
KRK Mediterranean Golden Island 45 games
Italian U20 and Women's Ch 205 games
Liepajas Rokade Rapid 13 games
Norwegian Championship 89 games
12th Creon Open 210 games
Davos Open 44 games
Cali Continental Correction 1 game
4092 games
My thanks to Rafael Llanos, Harry Schaack, Efstratios Grivas, Horacio
Nelson Alvarez Villar, Sinisa Joksic, Videki Sandor, Miklos Orso, Steve
Giddins, Peter Boel, Arvydas Baltrunas, Lennarth Eriksson, Hans Groffen, Vlad
Rekhson, Harry Schaack, Adolivio Capece, Végh Endre, Arvind Aaron, Remco
Hekhuis, David Clayton, Thomas Henrich, John Saunders, Gerhard Bertagnolli,
Valery Maes, Alex Brunetti, Koos Bloemsma, Chris Ross, Emmanuel Variniac, Diego
Garces, Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam, Nigel Freeman, Aben Rudy, Eduard Piacun,
Michael Atkins, Igor Glek, Antonio Castello and everyone else who helped with
the issue.
Its not often you get to use the word Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia
(thanks Peter Doggers!) so I thought I would mention that I don't suffer from
it at the start of this 666th issue. What I do suffer from is far too much
chess during the summer. So after another long day here's another bumper issue
of games from the big festivals along with some nice stuff from the Gyorgy Marx
and Staunton Memorials and the British Championships.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The 5th Gyorgy Marx Memorial takes place in Paks, Hungary 4th-15th
August 2007. Pentala Harikrishna leads the main tournament. Attila Groszpeter
has already won the category IX side event.
Official site: http://www.ase.hu/marxgy/2007/index_eng.html
V Gyorgy Marx Mem Paks HUN (HUN), 5-15 viii 2007cat. XIV (2582)
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1 Harikrishna, P g IND 2664 ** =. =1 01 == 1. 5.0 2665
2 Balogh, Csaba g HUN 2568 =. ** 1= 0. 1= 01 4.5 2624
3 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2610 =0 0= ** 1. 1. 1= 4.5 2622
4 Acs, Peter g HUN 2530 10 1. 0. ** 0= 11 4.5 2636
5 Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2597 == 0= 0. 1= ** =. 3.5 2539
6 Hou Yifan wg CHN 2523 0. 10 0= 00 =. ** 2.0 2391
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Round 1 (August 5, 2007)
Balogh, Csaba - Berkes, Ferenc 1-0 31 C66 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Acs, Peter - Harikrishna, P 1-0 45 E31 Nimzo Indian Leningrad
Hou Yifan - Korchnoi, Viktor 0-1 45 C80 Ruy Lopez Open
Round 2 (August 6, 2007)
Korchnoi, Viktor - Harikrishna, P 1/2 42 D10 Slav Defence
Berkes, Ferenc - Acs, Peter 1-0 54 D15 Slav Defence
Hou Yifan - Balogh, Csaba 1-0 32 B83 Sicilian Scheveningen
Round 3 (August 7, 2007)
Harikrishna, P - Berkes, Ferenc 1/2 58 D87 Gruenfeld Botvinnik
Balogh, Csaba - Korchnoi, Viktor 1-0 52 C81 Ruy Lopez Open Keres Variation
Acs, Peter - Hou Yifan 1-0 50 E58 Nimzo Indian
Round 4 (August 8, 2007)
Harikrishna, P - Balogh, Csaba 1/2 28 E17 Queens Indian
Acs, Peter - Korchnoi, Viktor 0-1 40 E13 Queens Indian 5.Bg5
Berkes, Ferenc - Hou Yifan 1/2 44 E58 Nimzo Indian
Round 5 (August 9, 2007)
Balogh, Csaba - Acs, Peter 0-1 54 C91 Ruy Lopez
Korchnoi, Viktor - Berkes, Ferenc 1-0 59 A16 English Opening
Hou Yifan - Harikrishna, P 0-1 50 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Round 6 (August 11, 2007)
Harikrishna, P - Acs, Peter 1-0 39 E04 Catalan
Korchnoi, Viktor - Hou Yifan 1/2 68 E05 Catalan
Berkes, Ferenc - Balogh, Csaba 1/2 71 E25 Nimzo Indian Saemisch
Round 7 (August 12, 2007)
Harikrishna, P - Korchnoi, Viktor 1-0 43 D27 QGA
Balogh, Csaba - Hou Yifan 1-0 40 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Acs, Peter - Berkes, Ferenc 1/2 59 D97 Gruenfeld Russian
Round 8 (August 13, 2007)
Korchnoi, Viktor - Balogh, Csaba 1/2 35 E39 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Berkes, Ferenc - Harikrishna, P 1/2 27 D17 Slav Defence
Hou Yifan - Acs, Peter 0-1 53 B69 Sicilian Rauzer
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GM Paks HUN (HUN), 5-13 viii 2007 cat. IX (2474)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Groszpeter, Attila g HUN 2522 * = 1 = 0 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2688
2. Nevednichy, Vladislav g ROM 2523 = * = = = 1 = 1 = 1 6.0 2593
3. Szabo, Krisztian1 m HUN 2482 0 = * 1 = 1 1 1 = = 6.0 2598
4. Papp, Gabor m HUN 2474 = = 0 * = = 1 1 = 1 5.5 2554
5. Yu Shaoteng g CHN 2524 1 = = = * = 0 0 1 1 5.0 2511
6. Flumbort, Andras m HUN 2509 0 0 0 = = * 1 = 1 = 4.0 2427
7. Sachdev, Tania wg IND 2393 0 = 0 0 1 0 * = = 1 3.5 2403
8. Pataki, Gyozo HUN 2382 0 0 0 0 1 = = * = = 3.0 2359
9. Grunberg, Mihai-Lucian m ROM 2472 0 = = = 0 0 = = * 0 2.5 2308
10. Smerdon, David m AUS 2461 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 = 1 * 2.5 2309
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The 5th Staunton Memorial sees six Dutch and six English players
compete in a single round robin event. 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
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5th Staunton Mem London ENG (ENG), 7-18 viii 2007 cat. XIII (2557)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2680 * = = . = 1 . . 1 1 . . 4.5 2769
2. Adams, Michael g ENG 2724 = * . = 1 . = . . 1 . 1 4.5 2742
3. Sokolov, Ivan NED g NED 2666 = . * 1 = 1 . . 0 = . . 3.5 2600
4. Wells, Peter K g ENG 2517 . = 0 * . . = 1 = . 1 . 3.5 2630
5. Smeets, Jan g NED 2538 = 0 = . * . . = 1 . 1 . 3.5 2644
6. Werle, Jan g NED 2552 0 . 0 . . * = 1 . 1 . 1 3.5 2628
7. L'Ami, Erwin g NED 2598 . = . = . = * = . . = = 3.0 2538
8. Jones, Gawain C B g ENG 2526 . . . 0 = 0 = * . . 1 1 3.0 2519
9. McNab, Colin A g SCO 2416 0 . 1 = 0 . . . * 0 . = 2.0 2435
10. Timman, Jan H g NED 2560 0 0 = . . 0 . . 1 * = . 2.0 2466
11. Speelman, Jon S g ENG 2511 . . . 0 0 . = 0 . = * = 1.5 2330
12. Houska, Jovanka m ENG 2401 . 0 . . . 0 = 0 = . = * 1.5 2361
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Round 1 (August 7, 2007)
Adams, Michael - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 21 B85 Sicilian Scheveningen
L'Ami, Erwin - Wells, Peter K 1/2 18 D39 QGD Ragozin
Jones, Gawain C B - Smeets, Jan 1/2 45 B10 Caro Kann
McNab, Colin A - Sokolov, Ivan NED 1-0 43 A07 Barcza System
Speelman, Jon S - Timman, Jan H 1/2 33 E13 Queens Indian 5.Bg5
Houska, Jovanka - Werle, Jan 0-1 46 B46 Sicilian Paulsen
Round 2 (August 8, 2007)
Van Wely, Loek - McNab, Colin A 1-0 31 E94 King's Indian Classical
Wells, Peter K - Jones, Gawain C B 1-0 27 E92 King's Indian Classical
Smeets, Jan - Speelman, Jon S 1-0 51 C10 French Rubinstein
Werle, Jan - Sokolov, Ivan NED 0-1 35 D10 Slav Defence
Timman, Jan H - Adams, Michael 0-1 42 E19 Queens Indian
Houska, Jovanka - L'Ami, Erwin 1/2 57 C86 Ruy Lopez Worrall Attack
Round 3 (August 9, 2007)
Adams, Michael - Smeets, Jan 1-0 47 C83 Ruy Lopez Open
Sokolov, Ivan NED - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 36 D48 Queens Gambit Meran
L'Ami, Erwin - Werle, Jan 1/2 19 A80 Dutch
Jones, Gawain C B - Houska, Jovanka 1-0 50 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
McNab, Colin A - Timman, Jan H 0-1 42 A26 English Sicilian Attack
Speelman, Jon S - Wells, Peter K 0-1 34 A19 English Opening
Round 4 (August 10, 2007)
Wells, Peter K - Adams, Michael 1/2 17 E55 Nimzo Indian
Smeets, Jan - McNab, Colin A 1-0 40 B42 Sicilian Paulsen
Werle, Jan - Van Wely, Loek 0-1 61 D47 Queens Gambit Meran
L'Ami, Erwin - Jones, Gawain C B 1/2 51 A49 King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Timman, Jan H - Sokolov, Ivan NED 1/2 16 C68 Ruy Lopez Exchange
Houska, Jovanka - Speelman, Jon S 1/2 25 C07 French Tarrasch
Round 5 (August 11, 2007)
Van Wely, Loek - Timman, Jan H 1-0 57 E15 Queens Indian
Adams, Michael - Houska, Jovanka 1-0 33 B10 Caro Kann
Sokolov, Ivan NED - Smeets, Jan 1/2 78 D48 Queens Gambit Meran
Jones, Gawain C B - Werle, Jan 0-1 49 B23 Sicilian Closed
McNab, Colin A - Wells, Peter K 1/2 28 A07 Barcza System
Speelman, Jon S - L'Ami, Erwin 1/2 22 D94 Gruenfeld Closed
Round 6 (August 12, 2007)
Wells, Peter K - Sokolov, Ivan NED 0-1 33 D15 Slav Defence
Smeets, Jan - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 53 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Werle, Jan - Timman, Jan H 1-0 55 A29 English Four Knights
L'Ami, Erwin - Adams, Michael 1/2 28 E15 Queens Indian
Jones, Gawain C B - Speelman, Jon S 1-0 49 C07 French Tarrasch
Houska, Jovanka - McNab, Colin A 1/2 15 B08 Pirc Defence
The 94th Championships of The British Isles Organised by the English
Chess Federation took place Sunday 29th July - Saturday 11th August - Great
Yarmouth College, Great Yarmouth. Jacob Aagaard took the title with a final
round win over Glenn Flear with black.
Official site: http://www.bcf.org.uk/events/bc2007/index.html
and http://www.bcfservices.org.uk/livechess/british/2007/
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94th ch-GBR Great Yarmouth ENG (ENG), 30 vii-10 viii 2007
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1. Aagaard, Jacob m SCO 2467 +38 + 6 +33 +40 + 9 = 3 +15 - 4 + 7 - 2 + 8 8.5 2648
2. Gordon, Stephen J m ENG 2487 +49 +23 -20 +26 =40 =14 +35 + 3 = 4 + 1 = 5 8.0 2561
3. Rowson, Jonathan g SCO 2599 +24 - 8 +50 +21 +20 = 1 = 5 - 2 +27 +13 + 9 8.0 2559
4. Haslinger, Stewart G m ENG 2468 +31 - 9 =42 +30 +29 +10 +32 + 1 = 2 - 5 = 6 7.5 2537
5. Kosten, Anthony C g FRA 2508 +16 =14 +51 +56 = 8 = 9 = 3 = 6 =15 + 4 = 2 7.5 2531
6. Hebden, Mark L g ENG 2540 +18 - 1 +65 =24 +16 =11 +26 = 5 = 8 +10 = 4 7.5 2538
7. Howell, David W L g ENG 2519 =21 -20 +57 =28 +50 +42 +11 = 8 - 1 +23 +15 7.5 2454
8. Flear, Glenn C g ENG 2479 +47 + 3 -40 +35 = 5 +13 = 9 = 7 = 6 +22 - 1 7.0 2511
9. Pert, Nicholas g ENG 2536 +35 + 4 +26 +20 - 1 = 5 = 8 +14 =10 =15 - 3 7.0 2550
10. Conquest, Stuart C g ENG 2546 =13 +22 +37 =14 =27 - 4 +29 +40 = 9 - 6 +26 7.0 2426
11. Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan m GEO 2418 =36 =43 +22 +45 =23 = 6 - 7 +33 =12 =16 +25 7.0 2422
12. Bellin, Robert m ENG 2403 =34 =58 +46 =47 =25 =33 +20 =32 =11 =21 +27 7.0 2374
13. Rudd, Jack f ENG 2370 =10 +65 -56 =42 +37 - 8 +41 +51 +32 - 3 +22 7.0 2374
14. Ward, Chris G g ENG 2439 +29 = 5 +43 =10 =32 = 2 +24 - 9 -22 +31 =18 6.5 2443
15. Williams, Simon K m ENG 2480 +45 -26 +48 =29 +55 +27 - 1 +17 = 5 = 9 - 7 6.5 2425
16. Lewis, Andrew P f ENG 2284 - 5 +59 =30 +53 - 6 +19 -40 +20 +42 =11 =17 6.5 2337
17. Ciuksyte, Dagne m LTU 2426 -22 -41 +59 +54 +36 +46 =33 -15 =25 +38 =16 6.5 2305
18. Sowray, Peter J f ENG 2352 - 6 =57 -53 =61 +64 +28 +46 =25 =34 +40 =14 6.5 2279
19. Chapman, Terry P D ENG 2200 +59 -32 -21 =44 +57 -16 +66 -45 +56 +51 +24 6.5 2247
20. Barrett, Stephen J ENG 2219 +57 + 7 + 2 - 9 - 3 =23 -12 -16 +44 =33 +45 6.0 2397
21. Eggleston, David J f ENG 2330 = 7 =54 +19 - 3 -46 +39 -22 +41 +36 =12 =23 6.0 2341
22. Storey, Charles H ENG 2218 +17 -10 -11 +52 -35 +47 +21 +24 +14 - 8 -13 6.0 2409
23. Rendle, Thomas E m ENG 2416 +50 - 2 +52 =25 =11 =20 =27 +43 =31 - 7 =21 6.0 2321
24. Knott, Simon J B m ENG 2374 - 3 +39 +41 = 6 =56 +25 -14 -22 +46 +34 -19 6.0 2308
25. Fowler, Simon A ENG 2204 =64 +53 =36 =23 =12 -24 +50 =18 =17 +32 -11 6.0 2360
26. Buckley, Graeme N m ENG 2379 +55 +15 - 9 - 2 +34 +56 - 6 -27 +43 +29 -10 6.0 2365
27. Briscoe, Chris ENG 2224 =53 +64 +58 =32 =10 -15 =23 +26 - 3 +45 -12 6.0 2387
28. Anderson, John ENG 2207 =61 +63 -32 = 7 -33 -18 =44 +62 +48 +42 =38 6.0 2258
29. White, Michael J R ENG 2246 -14 +68 +60 =15 - 4 +30 -10 =55 +35 -26 +43 6.0 2323
30. Lyell, Mark f ENG 2187 =44 =55 =16 - 4 +60 -29 -57 +66 =47 +50 +49 6.0 2222
31. Mason, Donald J ENG 2251 - 4 =62 =64 =60 =58 =54 +61 +56 =23 -14 +40 6.0 2202
32. Gormally, Daniel W g ENG 2509 =33 +19 +28 =27 =14 +40 - 4 =12 -13 -25 =37 5.5 2270
33. Wu, Li ENG 2314 =32 +42 - 1 =43 +28 =12 =17 -11 =51 =20 =34 5.5 2298
34. Anderton, Matthew N ENG 2229 =12 -51 =63 +48 -26 =61 +54 +35 =18 -24 =33 5.5 2245
35. Lalic, Susan K m ENG 2350 - 9 +48 +44 - 8 +22 +43 - 2 -34 -29 =41 +51 5.5 2260
36. James, Russell A ENG 2238 =11 =52 =25 =51 -17 =55 =48 +63 -21 +59 =41 5.5 2207
37. Talsma,Paul A ENG ---- =52 +61 -10 =41 -13 +49 -51 -42 +57 +47 =32 5.5 2248
38. Posazhennikov, Alex RUS 2247 - 1 -60 =68 +66 +44 =51 -43 +57 +55 -17 =28 5.5 2148
39. McEwan, Ken B SCO 2170 -56 -24 =66 =68 +63 -21 =62 +60 =52 =44 +59 5.5 2078
40. Oswald, Graeme E ENG 2147 +66 +49 + 8 - 1 = 2 -32 +16 -10 =45 -18 -31 5.0 2315
41. Roberson, Peter T ENG 2209 -58 +17 -24 =37 +53 =45 -13 -21 +63 =35 =36 5.0 2196
42. Constantinou, Peter ENG 2173 +68 -33 = 4 =13 +49 - 7 =45 +37 -16 -28 =48 5.0 2224
43. Poobalasingam, Peter S ENG 2133 +60 =11 -14 =33 +47 -35 +38 -23 -26 +55 -29 5.0 2258
44. Griffiths, Ryan Rhys IRL 2046 =30 =46 -35 =19 -38 =62 =28 +54 -20 =39 +61 5.0 2152
45. Snape, Ian L ENG 2255 -15 +67 +54 -11 =51 =41 =42 +19 =40 -27 -20 5.0 2181
46. Hanley, James L ENG 2213 =51 =44 -12 +63 +21 -17 -18 +50 -24 -49 +52 5.0 2205
47. Kwiatkowski, Feliks J ENG 2255 - 8 =56 +61 =12 -43 -22 =59 +53 =30 -37 +60 5.0 2109
48. Spence, David J ENG 2183 +62 -35 -15 -34 =59 +60 =36 =49 -28 +61 =42 5.0 2149
49. Walker, Martin G ENG 2262 - 2 -40 +67 +65 -42 -37 +64 =48 =59 +46 -30 5.0 2122
50. Adams, David M ENG 2234 -23 +66 - 3 +64 - 7 +58 -25 -46 +60 -30 +56 5.0 2162
51. Bonafont, Philip R ENG 2098 =46 +34 - 5 =36 =45 =38 +37 -13 =33 -19 -35 4.5 2200
52. Armstrong, Malcolm J ENG 2126 =37 =36 -23 -22 -62 +68 -63 +58 =39 +54 -46 4.5 2076
53. Smith, Graham M ENG 2129 =27 -25 +18 -16 -41 -66 +65 -47 +62 =56 =69 4.5 2104
54. Tippleston, Charles E ENG 2178 =63 =21 -45 -17 +68 =31 -34 -44 +66 -52 +64 4.5 2089
55. Hodgson, John H ENG 2227 -26 =30 +62 +58 -15 =36 =56 =29 -38 -43 . 4.0 2128
56. Makepeace, Philip J ENG 1978 +39 =47 +13 - 5 =24 -26 =55 -31 -19 =53 -50 4.0 2179
57. Hall, Daniel J ENG 2113 -20 =18 - 7 +62 -19 =59 +30 -38 -37 -60 +67 4.0 2062
58. De Coverly, Roger D ENG 2086 +41 =12 -27 -55 =31 -50 -60 -52 -65 +68 +66 4.0 2060
59. Stokes, Ivan SCO 2055 -19 -16 -17 +67 =48 =57 =47 +61 =49 -36 -39 4.0 2102
60. Foord, Dominic ENG 1950 -43 +38 -29 =31 -30 -48 +58 -39 -50 +57 -47 3.5 2058
61. Zhou, Yang-Fan ENG 2069 =28 -37 -47 =18 +65 =34 -31 -59 +67 -48 -44 3.5 2032
62. Van Kemenade, Rudy ENG 2032 -48 =31 -55 -57 +52 =44 =39 -28 -53 -67 +68 3.5 2003
63. Jain, Akash ENG 2002 =54 -28 =34 -46 -39 +67 +52 -36 -41 -64 =65 3.5 2037
64. Wilson, Alexandra wf SUI 2066 =25 -27 =31 -50 -18 +65 -49 -67 =68 +63 -54 3.5 2043
65. Wise, David ENG 2189 +67 -13 - 6 -49 -61 -64 -53 =68 +58 =66 =63 3.5 2007
66. White, Ernest M ENG 1969 -40 -50 =39 -38 +67 +53 -19 -30 -54 =65 -58 3.0 1990
67. Grigoryan-Lyell, Meri wf ENG 2048 -65 -45 -49 -59 -66 -63 +68 +64 -61 +62 -57 3.0 1917
68. Dossett, Christopher S ENG 2001 -42 -29 =38 =39 -54 -52 -67 =65 =64 -58 -62 2.0 1879
69. Dickson, George ENG 2168 . . . . . . . . . . =53 0.5 2129
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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
The HZ Open took place in Vlissingen 4th-11th August 2007. Fabiano
Caruana who has already made his final GM norm won the event on tie-break from
Sergei Tiviakov, Ralf Appel and Migchiel De Jong on tie-breaks.
Official site: http://www.hztoernooi.nl
Final Round 9 Standings:
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HZ Open Vlissingen NED (NED), 4-11 viii 2007
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1 Caruana, Fabiano IM ITA 2715 7.5 55.5 44.5 2549
2 Tiviakov, Sergei GM NED 2667 7.5 53.5 44.75 2648
3 Appel, Ralf IM GER 2678 7.5 53.5 43.5 2512
4 De Jong, Migchiel FM NED 2522 7.5 51.0 41.25 2286
5 Krasenkow, Michal GM POL 2622 7.0 56.5 42.75 2660
6 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam GM UZB 2609 7.0 56.0 42.25 2683
7 Barua, Dibyendu GM IND 2537 7.0 53.0 38.5 2462
8 Romanishin, Oleg GM UKR 2593 7.0 51.5 39.0 2546
9 D`Costa, Lorin A R FM ENG 2448 7.0 48.0 37.25 2384
10 Sebag, Marie WGM FRA 2604 6.5 57.0 39.25 2491
11 Stellwagen, Daniel GM NED 2545 6.5 55.0 37.5 2631
12 Peralta, Fernando GM ARG 2484 6.5 54.5 37.0 2546
13 Leenhouts, Koen IM NED 2368 6.5 54.0 36.0 2395
14 Delemarre, Jop IM NED 2590 6.5 53.0 35.5 2457
15 Grooten, Herman IM NED 2460 6.5 52.5 36.5 2370
16 Van Riemsdijk, Herman IM BRA 2400 6.5 51.5 35.25 2420
17 Maenhout, Thibaut FM BEL 2292 6.5 48.5 33.25 2302
18 Miedema, Roi NED 2448 6.5 48.5 31.25 2271
19 Meinhardt, Maximilian FM GER 2408 6.5 47.5 32.5 2378
20 Flores, Diego IM ARG 2438 6.0 57.0 36.0 2560
21 Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav GM RUS 2429 6.0 53.5 33.25 2558
22 Van Haastert, Edwin IM NED 2456 6.0 52.5 33.0 2408
23 Doggers, Peter NED 2380 6.0 52.0 32.25 2233
24 Sengupta, Deep IM IND 2320 6.0 50.5 32.0 2435
25 Afek, Yochanan IM ISR 2306 6.0 50.0 31.75 2350
26 Struk, Jerzy POL 2356 6.0 49.5 33.75 2240
27 Sprangers, Remco NED 2286 6.0 48.5 29.5 2191
28 Van Der Heijden, Alan NED 2286 6.0 48.5 29.0 2215
29 Sijpkens, Michiel NED 2211 6.0 48.5 28.5 2174
30 Van Den Berg, Ad NED 2373 6.0 47.5 28.75 2197
31 Dhar-Barua, Saheli WIM IND 2303 6.0 47.5 28.5 2142
32 Van Dooren, Dirk FM NED 2313 6.0 47.0 28.5 2336
33 Weimann, Maximilian GER 2214 6.0 47.0 27.5 2143
34 Lacrosse, Marc FM BEL 2193 6.0 46.5 29.0 2301
35 Piket, Joop NED 2237 6.0 46.0 29.5 2216
36 In't Veld, Daan NED 2176 6.0 46.0 27.5 2161
37 Jap Tjoen San, Linda WIM NED 2060 6.0 44.5 30.0 2199
38 Oosterom, Erik NED 2228 6.0 44.0 26.5 2132
39 Steenbekkers, Franck NED 2157 6.0 43.0 27.75 2228
40 Verduyn, Frederic FM BEL 2235 6.0 43.0 27.25 2210
41 Piasetski, Leon IM CAN 2290 6.0 42.5 25.75 2307
250 players
The Arctic Chess Challenge took 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. Alexander Moiseenko took
clear first place with 7.5/9 half a point clear of three players including
strong pre-event favourite Magnus Carlsen.
Details: http://www.arcticchess.org/engindex.htm
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Arctic Chess Challenge Tromso NOR (NOR), 4-12 viii 2007
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1 Alexander Moiseenko GM 2641 UKR 7.5 2740 (+24)
2 Kjetil A. Lie GM 2536 NOR 7.0 44.0 2675 (+39)
3 Vugar Gashimov GM 2655 AZE 7.0 40.5 2657 (+10)
4 Magnus Carlsen GM 2710 NOR 7.0 38.5 2609 ( -2)
5 Bartlomiej Macieja GM 2596 POL 6.5 43.0 2623 (+15)
6 Simen Agdestein GM 2582 NOR 6.5 41.5 2577 ( +8)
7 Bartosz Socko GM 2660 POL 6.5 39.0 2576 ( -7)
8 Michail Brodsky GM 2595 UKR 6.5 39.0 2510 ( -1)
9 Mikhail Gurevich GM 2633 TUR 6.5 38.5 2520 ( -9)
10 Vladimir Epishin GM 2587 RUS 6.0 41.5 2521 ( -6)
11 Vladimir Burmakin GM 2581 RUS 6.0 40.5 2504 ( -8)
12 Joachim Thomassen 2075 NOR 6.0 39.5 2423 (+150)
13 Victor Mikhalevski GM 2598 ISR 6.0 38.0 2414 (-28)
14 Venkatachalam Saravanan IM 2355 IND 6.0 38.0 2393 (+16)
15 Gunnar Berg Hanssen 2242 NOR 6.0 37.5 2425 (+72)
16 Karsten Larsen FM 2325 DEN 6.0 37.0 2379 (+16)
17 Diego Suarez Pousa FM 2418 ESP 6.0 36.5 2353 ( -6)
18 Heikki M. J. Westerinen GM 2385 FIN 6.0 36.5 2347 ( -1)
19 Eduard Porper IM 2474 ISR 6.0 36.5 2319 (-20)
20 Gediminas Sarakauskas IM 2450 LTU 6.0 35.0 2301 (-24)
21 Lars M Andreassen 2221 NOR 6.0 34.0 2293 (+26)
22 Joanna Dworakowska IM 2320 POL 6.0 33.5 2299 ( -4)
23 Jon Ludvig Hammer IM 2412 NOR 5.5 40.0 2418 ( +9)
24 Espen Lie FM 2404 NOR 5.5 35.5 2368 ( +0)
25 Sondre Waage Tofte 2060 NOR 5.5 35.0 2297 (+126)
26 Lukasz Dworakowski 2334 POL 5.5 33.0 2192 (-27)
27 Øyvind Pedersen 2097 NOR 5.5 32.0 2133 (+19)
28 Anders G Hagen 2012 NOR 5.5 31.0 2240 (+98)
29 Antoaneta Stefanova GM 2481 BUL 5.0 39.5 2333 (-28)
30 Frode Bull Jæger 2096 NOR 5.0 38.0 2294 (+66)
31 Tobias Pettersson 2122 SWE 5.0 36.0 2306 (+64)
32 Zivile Sarakauskiene WIM 2176 LTU 5.0 35.5 2230 (+23)
33 David S. Markosian IM 2343 ARM 5.0 35.0 2207 (-31)
34 Hans Olav Lahlum 2214 NOR 5.0 35.0 2171 ( -4)
35 Jon Kr. Røyset 2223 NOR 5.0 34.0 2259 (+15)
36 Alexander Kulago 2146 RUS 5.0 33.0 2173 (+20)
37 Srinath Narayanan FM 2218 IND 5.0 32.0 2202 ( +2)
38 Torben Søraas 2155 NOR 5.0 31.5 2176 (+12)
39 Simon Pind Jessen 2070 DEN 5.0 31.0 2123 (+25)
40 Johannes Kvisla 2122 NOR 5.0 31.0 2074 (-12)
41 Nick E. De Firmian GM 2540 USA 5.0 30.5 2109 (-51)
42 Matts Unander 2149 SWE 5.0 28.5 1999 (-50)
99 players
The Euro Chess Tournament takes place August 6th-11th 2007 at the
University of Twente, Hengelo. The main event was an invitational tournament.
Igor Lysyj won the event with 6.5/9.
Details: http://www.onjk.nl/
Official Final Standings:
1 1 Lysyj, Igor 2578 GM 6.5 45.5 33.00 2637
2 7 Braun, Arik 2540 IM 6.0 44.5 28.50 2541
3 8 Corrales Jimenez, Fidel 2499 IM 6.0 46.0 28.75 2586
4 3 Iljin, Artem 2569 GM 5.5 47.5 27.25 2528
5 15 Van Oosterom, Chiel 2358 5.5 44.0 24.25 2557
6 4 Kuzubov, Yuriy 2568 GM 5.0 43.0 21.75 2457
7 10 Harika, Dronavalli 2478 IM 5.0 47.0 24.25 2509
8 14 Bogner, Sebastian 2371 IM 5.0 44.5 21.75 2484
9 5 Ernst, Sipke 2555 GM 4.5 38.0 22.00 2482
10 11 Brandenburg, Daan 2433 IM 4.5 47.0 22.00 2482
11 17 Michielsen, Joost 2314 4.5 37.5 16.00 2417
12 18 Burg, Twan 2301 FM 4.0 36.0 14.25 2320
13 19 Broekmeulen, Jasper 2283 4.0 35.5 13.75 2369
14 16 Muhren, Bianca 2334 WGM 3.5 35.5 12.75 2312
15 21 Hoolt, Sarah 2187 WFM 3.5 39.5 14.25 2354
16 12 Pruijssers, Roeland 2427 IM 3.0 37.5 10.00 2232
17 13 Bitalzadeh, Ali 2390 FM 3.0 36.5 11.00 2255
18 20 Van Eijk, Sander 2274 CM 3.0 37.5 11.00 2237
19 6 Meier, Georg 2546 GM 1.5 22.0 10.50 2445
20 9 Leon Hoyos, Manuel 2484 IM 0.5 16.0 3.50 2003
21 2 Savchenko, Boris 2577 GM 0.0 7.5 0.00 1675
Crosstables
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1. Lysyj, Igor g RUS 2578 +17 + 2 + 3 =10 + 4 = 8 = 6 = 5 = 7 6.5 2637
2. Corrales Jimenez, Fidel m CUB 2499 +12 - 1 +11 = 7 =10 + 4 + 8 - 3 + 6 6.0 2586
3. Braun, Arik m GER 2540 +11 +18 - 1 =15 = 6 + 5 = 7 + 2 = 4 6.0 2541
4. Iljin, Artem g RUS 2569 + 7 = 6 =10 + 5 - 1 - 2 +15 + 9 = 3 5.5 2524
5. Van Oosterom, Chiel NED 2358 = 8 +20 = 6 - 4 + 7 - 3 +16 = 1 +10 5.5 2557
6. Harika, Dronavalli wg IND 2478 +16 = 4 = 5 = 8 = 3 +10 = 1 = 7 - 2 5.0 2508
7. Bogner, Sebastian m GER 2371 - 4 +16 +18 = 2 - 5 +13 = 3 = 6 = 1 5.0 2484
8. Kuzubov, Yuriy g UKR 2568 = 5 +13 =19 = 6 +15 = 1 - 2 -10 +14 5.0 2453
9. Ernst, Sipke g NED 2555 . . +12 =11 =14 +17 +10 - 4 =13 4.5 2482
10. Brandenburg, Daan m NED 2433 +15 +19 = 4 = 1 = 2 - 6 - 9 + 8 - 5 4.5 2482
11. Michielsen, Joost NED 2314 - 3 +21 - 2 = 9 =12 -16 +17 =15 +18 4.5 2416
12. Burg, Twan f NED 2301 - 2 =17 - 9 +13 =11 =15 =14 -18 +16 4.0 2319
13. Broekmeulen, Jasper NED 2283 =20 - 8 +17 -12 +16 - 7 =18 =14 = 9 4.0 2368
14. Muhren, Bianca wg NED 2334 -19 -15 -16 +17 = 9 +18 =12 =13 - 8 3.5 2312
15. Hoolt, Sarah wf GER 2187 -10 +14 +20 = 3 - 8 =12 - 4 =11 -17 3.5 2361
16. Van Eijk, Sander NED 2274 - 6 - 7 +14 +18 -13 +11 - 5 -17 -12 3.0 2236
17. Pruijssers, Roeland NED 2427 - 1 =12 -13 -14 =18 - 9 -11 +16 +15 3.0 2232
18. Bitalzadeh, Ali NED 2390 +21 - 3 - 7 -16 =17 -14 =13 +12 -11 3.0 2255
19. Meier, Georg g GER 2546 +14 -10 = 8 . . . . . . 1.5 2445
20. Leon Hoyos, Manuel m MEX 2484 =13 - 5 -15 . . . . . . 0.5 2003
21. Savchenko, Boris m RUS 2577 -18 -11 . . . . . . . 0.0
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The XVII Pobla de Lillet Open took place 2nd-10th August 2007. Artur
Kogan took clear first with 7.5/9.
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1 Kogan Artur GM ISR 2569 7,5 6 48,0 37,5 2622
2 Mirzoev Azer GM AZE 2551 7,0 6 49,0 39,5 2568
3 Movsziszian Karen GM ARM 2534 6,5 5 48,5 35,0 2461
4 Luther Thomas GM GER 2529 6,5 4 49,0 36,5 2548
5 Nikoladze Sopio WIM GEO 2203 6,0 6 47,5 35,0 2406
6 Matnadze Ana IM GEO 2409 6,0 5 47,5 32,0 2384
7 Wohl Aleksandar H IM AUS 2423 6,0 5 45,5 32,0 2336
8 Asis Gargatagli Hipolit IM ESP 2374 6,0 5 44,5 33,0 2326
9 Danelia Mariam WFM GEO 2066 6,0 5 39,5 27,5 2151
10 Tarrago Antoni Maurici ESP 2222 6,0 5 39,5 27,5 2172
11 Moser Eva IM AUT 2424 5,5 5 47,0 31,5 2355
12 Garcia Miracle Joan Josep ESP 2082 5,5 5 41,5 28,0 2197
13 Guramishvili Sopiko WFM GEO 2273 5,5 4 44,0 31,0 2281
14 Lorca Cortada David ESP 2071 5,5 4 40,5 27,0 2075
15 Capellades Subirana Marc ESP 2112 5,5 3 38,5 27,0 2146
61 players
The 13th Chambery Open took place 28th July - 5th August 2007. Dmitry
Stets took clear first with 7/9.
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13th Open Chambery FRA (FRA), 28 viii-5 vii 2007
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1 Stets Dmitry m 2390 UKR 7 51,5 43 2584
2 Horvath Csaba g 2558 HUN 6,5 52,5 42,5 2559
3 Campos Moreno Javier B g 2446 CHI 6,5 48,5 39,5 2450
4 Horvath Jozsef g 2535 HUN 6 53 43 2512
5 Gladyszev Oleg m 2480 RUS 6 51 42 2451
6 Magem Badals Jordi g 2471 ESP 6 50 41,5 2447
7 Brunner Nicolas m 2435 FRA 6 48,5 40 2453
8 Bojkov Dejan m 2520 BUL 6 48 39,5 2421
9 Scholz Christian m 2367 GER 6 48 39,5 2382
10 Safranska Anda gf 2301 LAT 6 47 39,5 2369
11 Estremera Panos Sergio m 2375 ESP 6 45 38 2343
12 Zimmerman Yuri m 2354 RUS 5,5 50,5 41,5 2397
13 Calzetta Monica gf 2278 ESP 5,5 46 38,5 2243
14 Claverie Christophe m 2344 FRA 5,5 45,5 38,5 2236
15 Marzolf Bruno 2254 FRA 5,5 45 38,5 2244
16 Schuermans Robert 2277 BEL 5,5 44 36 2192
17 Vilar Lopez Monica ff 2179 ESP 5,5 42 36 2205
18 Verbaere Philippe 2054 FRA 5,5 40 33 2108
19 Berring Alain 2026 FRA 5,5 34 28,5 2051
66 players
There was a category IX tournament in Charleroi, Belgium 27th July - 4th
August 2007. Tigran Gharamian won the event with 6.5/9 and made a 2nd GM
norm.
Official site: http://www.tipc.be/en/results_f.html
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1. Gharamian, Tigran m FRA 2517 * = = = 1 1 1 = = 1 6.5 2614
2. Georgiev, Vladimir g MKD 2567 = * = = = = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2568
3. Kveinys, Aloyzas g LTU 2537 = = * = = = 1 = = = 5.0 2489
4. Rausis, Igors g BAN 2524 = = = * = = = = = 1 5.0 2490
5. Eliet, Nicolas m FRA 2454 0 = = = * = = 0 1 = 4.0 2412
6. Van der Stricht, Geert m BEL 2430 0 = = = = * 0 1 = = 4.0 2415
7. Vandevoort, Pascal m BEL 2364 0 0 0 = = 1 * 1 = = 4.0 2422
8. Michiels, Bart m BEL 2454 = = = = 1 0 0 * = 0 3.5 2375
9. Laurent, Bruno m BEL 2376 = 0 = = 0 = = = * = 3.5 2384
10. Terrieux, Kevin f FRA 2331 0 0 = 0 = = = 1 = * 3.5 2389
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Scandinavian Chess Tournament Chess festival took place at Täby
Park Hotel, Sweden 4th-11th August 2007. Li Chao of China won the event with
8.5/9. Xie Jun gave a simul.
Details: http://www.scandinavian-chess.se/id.asp?newsID=4
Official site: http://www.scandinavian-chess.se/
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Scandinavian Chess Tournament Taby SWE (SWE), 4-10 viii 2007
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1. Li Chao b CHN 2529 8½ 51½
2. Wang Hao g CHN 2624 8 53½
3. Berg, Emanuel g SWE 2581 7½ 50½
4. Karlsson, Lars g SWE 2493 7 53
5. Astrom, Robert m SWE 2427 7 52
6. Agrest, Evgenij g SWE 2541 7 50
7. Hedman, Erik f SWE 2346 7 47½
8. Akesson, Ralf g SWE 2477 7 46
9. Zhao Xue wg CHN 2500 6½ 50
10. Yu Yangyi CHN 2205 6½ 48½
11. Wang Yu A wg CHN 2384 6½ 48
12. Bator, Robert m SWE 2367 6½ 48
13. Logdahl, Harald SWE 2250 6½ 47½
14. Lindberg, Bosse SWE 2361 6½ 46½
15. Carlsson, Pontus m SWE 2480 6½ 45½
16. Kockum, Anton Frisk SWE 2200 6½ 45½
17. Forsberg, Viktor SWE 2193 6½ 45½
18. Poley, Vladimir m BLR 2326 6½ 44½
19. Vanderhallen, Nicolas BEL 2228 6½ 44½
215 players
The US Open took place in the Crown Plaza Philadelphia-Cherry Hill, NJ
July 28 - August 5th 2007. Boris Gulko won on tie-break. 7 players finished on
7.5/9. My thanks to Michael Atkins for the games.
Official site: http://www.monroi.com/tournamentgate/07USOpen/
- Report: http://beta.uschess.org/frontend/news_7_495.php
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US Open Cherry Hill USA (USA), 28 vii-5 viii 2007
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1 Gulko, Boris (3) 7.5
2 Kudrin, Sergey, Gm (5) 7.5
3 Finegold,Benjamin (4). 7.5
4 Shabalov,Alexande (2). 7.5
5 Rohde, Michael A (7) 7.5
6 Mulyar, Michael A (11) 7.5
7 Del Mundo, Anton P (14). 7.5
8 Nakamura, Hikaru (1) 7
9 Simutowe, Amon (9) 7
10 Lenderman, Alex (8). 7
11 Zlotnikov, Mikhail (15). 7
12 Ippolito, Dean J (10). 7
13 Barnett, Alexander (29). 7
14 Henry, Ronald L (56) 7
15 Marshall, Abby (101) 7
16 May, Andy P (95) 7
17 Brown, Naor E (135). 7
18 Enkhbat, Tegshsuren (16) 7
19 Sarkar, Justin (13). 6.5
20 Zimmer, Ralph P (34) 6.5
21 Lee, Michael (42). 6.5
22 Greanias, Steven D (54). 6.5
23 Calton, Bill J (23). 6.5
24 Sevillano, Enrico M (6). 6.5
25 Balasubramanian, Adithya (62).6.5
26 Molner, Mackenzie (18) 6.5
27 Hirakani,Apri (51) 6.5
28 Williams, Christopher Mic (61)6.5
29 Rouleau, John (26) 6.5
30 Gadjiev, Shahin (57) 6.5
31 Rueda, Libardo (47). 6.5
32 Tan, Derek J (70). 6.5
33 Rinaldo, John (86) 6.5
34 Harper, Warren (27). 6.5
35 Shapiro, Daniel E (21) 6.5
414 pLayers
The Villarobledo Rapid took place 4th-5th August 2007. Ruslan
Ponomariov, Alexey Dreev and Veselin Topalov finished on 7.5/9. Some games in
PGN now available.
Official site: http://www.ajedrezenvillarrobledo.com/
and
Results
Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3
1 GM Ponomariov Ruslan UKR 2706 7,5 50,0 54,5 38,5
2 GM Dreev Alexey RUS 2606 7,5 49,5 54,0 39,0
3 GM Topalov Veselin BUL 2769 7,5 48,5 52,5 38,5
4 GM Sokolov Ivan NED 2666 7,0 52,5 56,0 39,0
5 GM Nikolic Predrag BIH 2646 7,0 48,5 53,0 35,5
6 GM Ivanchuk Vassily UKR 2762 7,0 48,0 52,5 38,5
7 GM Milov Vadim SUI 2678 7,0 46,0 51,5 34,5
8 GM Gofshtein Zvulon ISR 2541 7,0 46,0 50,0 35,0
9 GM Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2657 6,5 52,0 56,0 38,0
10 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil GEO 2624 6,5 49,0 53,5 36,5
11 GM Malakhov Vladimir RUS 2676 6,5 49,0 53,0 38,5
12 IM Giaccio Alfredo ARG 2469 6,5 48,0 51,5 35,5
13 GM Evdokimov Alexander A RUS 2544 6,5 47,0 51,0 36,5
14 GM Shirov Alexei ESP 2735 6,5 46,0 51,0 34,0
15 GM Ubilava Elizbar ESP 2540 6,5 44,0 48,5 34,0
16 GM Cramling Pia SWE 2533 6,5 44,0 48,0 34,0
17 GM Paunovic Dragan SRB 2531 6,5 43,0 46,0 33,5
18 IM Ortiz Suarez Isam CUB 2390 6,5 42,0 46,5 33,0
19 GM Cabrera Alexis COL 2514 6,0 50,5 54,5 34,5
20 IM Ibarra Jerez Jose Carlos ESP 2475 6,0 49,5 54,0 35,0
21 GM Fedorchuk Sergey A UKR 2618 6,0 48,0 51,5 35,0
22 GM Lalic Bogdan CRO 2509 6,0 46,0 50,0 32,0
23 GM Iljushin Alexei RUS 2520 6,0 46,0 49,0 32,0
24 GM Landa Konstantin RUS 2669 6,0 45,5 50,0 32,0
25 IM Castellanos Rodriguez Renier CHI 2471 6,0 45,0 48,5 32,5
26 GM Campora Daniel H ARG 2530 6,0 44,0 46,5 32,0
27 GM Bellon Lopez Juan Manuel ESP 2442 6,0 43,5 47,5 31,0
28 FM Roa Alonso Santiago ESP 2445 6,0 42,5 46,5 29,5
29 IM Vassallo Mauricio ESP 2387 6,0 42,5 46,0 31,5
30 Martinez Lozano Miguel Angel ESP 2203 6,0 42,5 45,5 30,5
31 GM Strikovic Aleksa SRB 2567 6,0 41,5 45,5 31,0
32 GM San Segundo Carrillo Pablo ESP 2537 6,0 41,5 45,5 30,5
33 GM Rodriguez Guerrero Enrique ESP 2447 6,0 41,5 45,5 30,0
169 players
The First Saturday tournaments for August take place 6th-16th August
2007. There are also a couple of corrections from last month.
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/
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FSGM August Budapest HUN (HUN), 6-16 viii 2007 cat. VIII (2444)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
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1. Bui Vinh m VIE 2466 * . 1 . = 1 = . 1 1 1 6.0 2729
2. Vajda, Levente g ROM 2547 . * 0 = = 1 = 1 . = 1 5.0 2525
3. Berczes, David m HUN 2450 0 1 * = 1 . . 1 1 0 . 4.5 2564
4. Fogarasi, Tibor g HUN 2425 . = = * = = = = . . = 3.5 2456
5. Kosic, Dragan g MNE 2501 = = 0 = * . . . = 1 = 3.5 2452
6. Rajlich, Iweta m POL 2406 0 0 . = . * 1 = = . 1 3.5 2450
7. Lorscheid, Gerhard f GER 2309 = = . = . 0 * = 0 1 . 3.0 2399
8. Bromberger, Stefan m GER 2500 . 0 0 = . = = * 1 . = 3.0 2384
9. Papp, Gellert HUN 2425 0 . 0 . = = 1 0 * 0 1 3.0 2348
10. Szabolcsi, Janos m HUN 2376 0 = 1 . 0 . 0 . 1 * 0 2.5 2351
11. Lapshun, Yury m USA 2479 0 0 . = = 0 . = 0 1 * 2.5 2314
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FSIMA August Budapest HUN (HUN), 6-16 viii 2007 cat. II (2287)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
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1. Pitl, Gregory m GER 2387 * . = 1 . = = 1 . = . 4.0 2425
2. Torok, Sandor f HUN 2306 . * . . 0 1 1 0 1 . 1 4.0 2380
3. Radnai, Adam HUN 2252 = . * . 1 0 0 1 = . 1 4.0 2323
4. Turzo, Attila m HUN 2338 0 . . * = 1 1 0 . = 1 4.0 2344
5. Arjun, Vishnuvardhan IND 2325 . 1 0 = * . . . = 1 = 3.5 2321
6. Lang, Torsten f GER 2374 = 0 1 0 . * . . 1 1 0 3.5 2281
7. Kadziolka, Beata wg POL 2287 = 0 1 0 . . * 1 . = . 3.0 2305
8. Strunski, Andreas GER 2203 0 1 0 1 . . 0 * = = . 3.0 2252
9. Izso, Daniel HUN 2200 . 0 = . = 0 . = * . 1 2.5 2209
10. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2347 = . . = 0 0 = = . * . 2.0 2194
11. Mayer, Istvan f HUN 2141 . 0 0 0 = 1 . . 0 . * 1.5 2106
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FSIMB August Budapest HUN (HUN), 6-16 viii 2007 cat. II (2277)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
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1. Muranyi, Karl-Jasmin f GER 2347 * . . . 0 1 1 1 = 1 1 5.5 2486
2. Khairallah, Faisal f LIB 2323 . * = . = . = = 1 1 1 5.0 2408
3. Balog, Marton HUN 2262 . = * . = . = . 1 1 1 4.5 2451
4. Torma, Robert f HUN 2325 . . . * 1 = 0 = = . 1 3.5 2307
5. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2296 1 = = 0 * = . = . = . 3.5 2302
6. Magyar, Otto f HUN 2304 0 . . = = * 1 = = . . 3.0 2276
7. Gauri, Shankar IND 2177 0 = = 1 . 0 * = . . . 2.5 2247
8. Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2264 0 = . = = = = * . . . 2.5 2238
9. Koczo, Kristof HUN 2251 = 0 0 = . = . . * = = 2.5 2192
10. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2289 0 0 0 . = . . . = * 1 2.0 2157
11. Cooke, Eric USA 2213 0 0 0 0 . . . . = 0 * 0.5 1898
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The Volodarskij Spring Festival took place in Volodarskij (RUS), 27th
June - 8th July 2007.
Details;
http://www.fide.com/ratings/view_source.phtml?code=8966
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
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1. Khruschiov, Alexey m MDA 2453 * 1 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 13.5 2657
2. Shpagin, Vlas RUS 2123 0 * 1 = = 1 = 1 0 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 11.0 2488
3. Tomilin, Artjom f RUS 2365 0 0 * 1 = 1 = 1 = 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 10.0 2422
4. Klyashtorny, Vladislav f RUS 2364 = = 0 * 1 = 0 1 1 = 1 = 0 1 1 1 9.5 2392
5. Makogonov, Igor m RUS 2379 = = = 0 * = = = 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 9.5 2391
6. Nikolenko, Sergei f RUS 2349 0 0 0 = = * 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.0 2370
7. Sviridonov, Sergei f RUS 2358 0 = = 1 = 1 * = = = = 0 = = 1 1 8.5 2347
8. Arakeljan, Alexandr ARM 2338 0 0 0 0 = 1 = * = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 8.5 2348
9. Boiko, Vladimir UKR 2308 0 1 = 0 0 0 = = * 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 8.0 2321
10. Malinichev, Konstanti UZB 2290 0 0 1 = = 0 = 0 1 * 0 0 1 1 1 1 7.5 2302
11. Zargarian, Ruben ARM 2302 0 0 = 0 = 0 = = 0 1 * 1 1 1 = 1 7.5 2301
12. Kuznetsov, Sergei Lvovich m RUS 2396 = 0 0 = = 0 1 0 0 1 0 * = 1 = 1 6.5 2245
13. Nikolaenko, Vitaliy f RUS 2188 0 0 0 1 0 0 = = = 0 0 = * 1 1 = 5.5 2213
14. Kravchenja, Anastasija wf BLR 2042 0 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 1 1 3.0 2078
15. Zorin, Andrei RUS RUS 2292 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 0 * 1 2.0 1979
16. Korjakin, Boris RUS 2274 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 * 0.5 1765
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The Kavala Open took place in Kavala (GRE), 4th-12th August 2007. Ivan
Ivanisevic defeated Vasilios Kotronias in the final round to take first place
with 7.5/9. Final standings below are unofficial.
Official site: http://www.chesskavala.gr/
Unofficial Final Standings:
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Open Kavala GRE (GRE), 5-12 viii 2007
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1. Ivanisevic, Ivan g SRB 2595 7.5 2745
2. Kotronias, Vasilios g GRE 2612 7.0 2714
3. Gelashvili, Tamaz g GEO 2604 6.5 2644
4. Halkias, Stelios g GRE 2580 6.5 2646
5. Banikas, Hristos g GRE 2567 6.5 2636
6. Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios g GRE 2541 6.5 2578
7. Oleksienko, Mikhailo g UKR 2567 6.5 2580
8. Milanovic, Danilo m SRB 2495 6.5 2543
139 players
The Festival Sibir Shakhmatnaya took place in Novosibirsk (RUS),
20th-29th July 2007. Alexander Karpov won the A tournament with 7/9. As I
explain below the final official crosstable contains an unfixable error so I
don't know the full correct table.
Official site: http://nskchess.nm.ru/
(incorrection score table for the A event
http://nskchess.nm.ru/tournaments/chesssib-07/chesssib-07-a.doc)
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1. Karpov, Alexander m UZB 2304 * 1 1 = 1 = 1 0 = = 1 7.0 2493
2. Kaiyrbekov, Rustam KAZ 2293 0 * 0 = = = 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2455
3. Vekshenkov, Nikolai m RUS 2422 0 1 * = 0 1 1 ? 1 = 1 6.0 2454
4. Voinov, Alexandr f RUS 2428 = = = * = = 0 = = 1 1 5.5 2368
5. Petrukhin, Denis f RUS 2412 0 = 1 = * = 0 = 1 1 0 5.0 2333
6. Kopylov, Alexander RUS 2344 = = 0 = = * = = = = 1 5.0 2340
7. Kagirov, R UZB 2317 0 0 0 1 1 = * = 1 0 1 5.0 2343
8. Verzhansky, Alexander f RUS 2361 1 0 ? = = = = * = = = 4.5 2329
9. Tuzhik, Artem f RUS 2353 = 0 0 = 0 = 0 = * 1 1 4.0 2267
10. Novikova, Anna wm RUS 2268 = 0 = 0 0 = 1 = 0 * 0 3.0 2199
11. Aketaeva, Dana wm KAZ 2248 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 = 0 1 * 2.5 2157
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* There is one result that is missing. Vekshenkov - Verzhansky (2)
is incomplete in the game file and also in the final official crosstable
two incompatible results are given for the two players. (its always
bad news if a crosstable has an odd number of half points in the
players final scores)
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Siberia B Novosibirsk RUS (RUS), 20-29 vii 2007
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1. Kharashuta, Ekaterina wf RUS 2211 * 1 = 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 8.5 2426
2. Malyshev, Vasilij m RUS 2367 0 * = = 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2224
3. Permiakov, Vladimir m RUS 2336 = = * 1 0 = = = 1 1 = 6.0 2189
4. Botvinkov, Anton f RUS 2221 0 = 0 * = = 1 1 1 = 1 6.0 2201
5. Giljazitdinov, Eduard KGZ 2086 0 1 1 = * 1 = = 0 1 0 5.5 2178
6. Danilyuk, Olga KAZ 2075 0 = = = 0 * = 1 1 = 1 5.5 2179
7. Shakirov, Alexander KAZ 1950 1 0 = 0 = = * 1 0 1 0 4.5 2120
8. Zaichenko, Daria RUS 2030 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 * 1 1 1 4.0 2076
9. Dolgusheva, Izabella RUS 2050 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 * 0 1 3.0 1997
10. Tashimova, Nadiya wf KAZ 2094 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 1 * 1 3.0 1993
11. Pakhomova, Ekaterina wf RUS 2094 0 0 = 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 * 2.5 1949
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The Tsiolkovsky Memorial took place in Kaluga (RUS), 3rd-12th August
2007. Farrukh Amonatov took clear first with 7/9. Games from the final round
not yet available.
Official site: http://www.obninskchess.ru/kaluga07/
Final Round 9 Standings:
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1. Amonatov, Farrukh 2598 7.0 53.5 2600 -0.02
2. Korobkov, Piotr 2423 6.5 55.0 2534 +1.28
Dvalishvili, Pavel S. 2472 6.5 51.5 2543 +0.83
Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav 2506 6.5 50.0 2536 +0.38
Tarasov, Igor 2337 6.5 46.5 2438 +1.19
Nachev, Stanislav 2424 6.5 46.0 2511 +1.01
7. Yandemirov, Valeri 2504 6.0 48.5 2453 -0.57
Shabanov, Yuri 2431 6.0 48.0 2405 -0.30
Gorshkov Yury 2244 6.0 45.0 2490 +2.60
Vlasov, Andrey 2262 6.0 42.5 2479 +2.24
Potapov, Alexey 2280 6.0 42.0 2411 +1.42
Dmitriev, Igor 2310 6.0 39.5 2344 +0.36
13.Zhelnin Vladimir 2433 5.5 48.0 2372 -0.71
Ditiatev, Sergey 2325 5.5 46.0 2374 +0.58
Tologontegin, Semetey 2320 5.5 46.0 2376 +0.66
Kozlov Vladimi N. 2345 5.5 45.0 2354 +0.10
60 players
The Lugansk Summer took place in Lugansk (UKR) 1st-8th July 2007 (Games
show August (1.8.-8.8.) but July seems more likely)
Details:
http://www.fide.com/ratings/view_source.phtml?code=8960
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Summer GM Lugansk UKR (UKR), 1-8 vii 2007 cat. VII (2408)
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1. Kiselev, Vitaliy m RUS 2509 * = 1 = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 9.0 2661
2. Pilavov, G g UKR 2567 = * = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2604
3. Skorchenko, Dmitriy m RUS 2460 0 = * 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2614
4. Bryzgalin, Kirill m RUS 2482 = = 0 * 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2612
5. Pushkov, Nikolai g RUS 2513 = = = 0 * = 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2531
6. Vysochin, Spartak g UKR 2518 0 = = = = * = 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2531
7. Soshnikov, Mikhail UKR 2265 = 0 0 0 0 = * 1 1 1 1 1 6.0 2457
8. Gutsko, Nikolai BLR 2183 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 * = = 1 1 3.5 2295
9. Kostromin, Mikhail ISR 2409 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = * = 1 1 3.0 2233
10. Tkachenko, Georgiy m UKR 2318 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = * = 1 2.5 2205
11. Kobylkin, Evgeni f UKR 2374 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = * = 1.0 2028
12. Blednov, Stanislav f UKR 2301 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = * 0.5 1948
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The 33rd Sitges Open took place 18th-26th July 2007. Viktor Moskalenko
won the event on tie-break from Zbigniew Pakleza and Vladimir Burmakin all of
whom finished on 7.5/9.
Official site: http://www.casinoprado.cat/
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33rd Open Sitges ESP (ESP), 18-26 vii 2007
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1 Moskalenko, Viktor GM 2560 UKR 7½ 41½ 2662
2 Pakleza, Zbigniew IM 2463 POL 7½ 38½ 2565
3 Burmakin, Vladimir GM 2581 RUS 7½ 37½ 2551
4 Barsov, Alexei GM 2517 UZB 7 37 2556
5 Tjiam, Dharma 2357 NED 7 36½ 2485
6 Perez Mitjans, Orelvis FM 2412 CUB 7 36 2471
7 Grigore, George-Gabriel GM 2534 ROM 6½ 39 2515
8 Movsziszian, Karen GM 2534 ARM 6½ 36½ 2474
9 Cuartas, Jaime Alexander IM 2504 COL 6½ 36 2426
10 Cuijpers, Frans Andre IM 2484 NED 6½ 36 2438
11 Fernandez Aguado, Enrique FM 2365 ESP 6½ 35½ 2399
12 Czakon, Jakub IM 2505 POL 6½ 35 2421
13 Vidarte Morales, Arturo IM 2404 ESP 6½ 35 2435
14 Rojas Kein, Luis IM 2385 CHI 6½ 35 2426
15 De Haan, Eric FM 2325 NED 6½ 33½ 2387
16 Corrales Jimenez, Fidel IM 2499 CUB 6 35½ 2398
17 Jerez Perez, Alfonso IM 2397 ESP 6 35 2366
18 Priyadharshan, K FM 2248 IND 6 33 2357
19 Wustefeld, Carl 2258 NED 6 33 2335
20 Beltran Rueda, Santiago FM 2423 ESP 6 33 2325
21 Retera, Joost 2280 NED 6 32½ 2346
22 Cuartas, Jorge Humberto 2236 COL 6 32 2336
23 Galje, Hans 2137 NED 6 31 2209
24 Buchenau, Frank FM 2324 GER 6 30½ 2390
25 Vigo Allepuz, David 2141 ESP 6 29 2199
26 Castañer Halster, Xavier CM 2171 ESP 6 29 2174
27 Chueca Forcen, Alberto 2189 ESP 6 29 2207
28 Martin Grillo, Ruben 2203 ESP 6 29 2227
161 players
The Sun Pawn Festival took place in Ilichevsk 20th-31st July 2007.
Vladislav Zernyshkin won the A tournament with 7.5/10.
Further details:
http://www.fide.com/ratings/view_source.phtml?code=9172,
http://www.fide.com/ratings/view_source.phtml?code=9173
and http://www.fide.com/ratings/view_source.phtml?code=9174
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Sun Pawn A Ilichevsk UKR (UKR), 20-31 vii 2007
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1. Zernyshkin, Vladislav RUS 2159 * = 1 0 = = 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2446
2. Pavlov, Sergey UKR 2415 = * 0 1 = 1 = = 1 1 1 7.0 2377
3. Kashlinskaya, Alina wf RUS 2201 0 1 * 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 6.0 2321
4. Arutyunova, Diana wg UKR 2255 1 0 0 * = = = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2316
5. Ogleznev, Alexandr MDA 2280 = = 0 = * = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2313
6. Rakhmangulov, Andrei m UKR 2304 = 0 1 = = * = = 1 = = 5.5 2275
7. Kozel, Roman m UKR 2399 0 = 0 = = = * 1 1 = 1 5.5 2265
8. Kagramanianz, Vartan m ARM 2256 0 = 1 0 = = 0 * = = 1 4.5 2208
9. Efremova, Yulia wm UKR 2101 0 0 1 = 0 0 0 = * 0 1 3.0 2110
10. Shtembuliak,Evgeny UKR ---- 0 0 0 0 0 = = = 1 * 0 2.5 2076
11. Garifulin, Alexander UKR 2328 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 * 1.5 1941
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Sun Pawn B Ilichevsk UKR (UKR), 20-31 vii 2007
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1. Kachur, Alexander f UKR 2284 * = 1 1 = = 1 1 1 1 = 8.0 2480
2. Bogdanovich, Stanislav UKR 2217 = * 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2439
3. Khakimov, Timur f RUS 2409 0 1 * = 1 = = 1 = 1 1 7.0 2376
4. Kalinin, Oleg m UKR 2350 0 0 = * 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 7.0 2382
5. Martemianov, Iaroslav MDA 2333 = 1 0 0 * 0 1 1 = 1 1 6.0 2307
6. Vavric, Pavel MDA 2201 = 0 = 0 1 * 0 0 1 1 1 5.0 2248
7. Baranov, Jury UKR 2206 0 0 = 0 0 1 * 1 1 0 0 3.5 2137
8. Romcovici, Victor m MDA 2232 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 * 0 1 1 3.5 2135
9. Zatorsky, Danylo UKR 2195 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 1 * 0 1 3.0 2099
10. Troshohenko, Pavel UKR 2186 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 * 1 3.0 2100
11. Kigel, Dmytro f UKR 2071 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 * 1.5 1965
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Sun Pawn Open Ilichevsk UKR (UKR), 20-31 vii 2007
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1. Smirnov, Igor UKR m UKR 2423 9.0 2503
2. Gritsenko, Nikolai UKR 2352 8.5 2425
3. Zavgorodniy, Sergiy m UKR 2422 8.5 2428
4. Peskov, Alexsey m UKR 2381 8.0 2369
5. Fingerov, Dmitry m UKR 2330 8.0 2350
6. Agafii, Victor f MDA 2329 8.0 2268
7. Golovlev, Nikolay UKR 2321 8.0 2233
8. Nyzhnyk, Illya f UKR 2341 8.0 2313
128 players
The 2nd Edmonton International took place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
August 2nd-6th 2007. It was won by the former Armenian and now Californian GM
Melikset Khachiyan, with an impressive score of 7.5/9 This event gave IM norm
opportunities, however unlike last year no one was able to achieve the 6/9
score which was required for the norm. The best Albertan players were: Zhichao
(Leaf) Li and FM Greg Huber with 3.5/9 each and some upsets against the top
players. News: Vlad Rekhson.
You can find an interesting video about the event at:
http://www.albertachess.org
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2nd It Edmonton CAN (CAN), 2-6 viii 2007 cat. IV (2346)
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1. Khachiyan, Melikset g USA 2490 * 1 = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 7.5 2603
2. Kraai, Jesse m USA 2525 0 * = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2492
3. Donaldson, John W m USA 2413 = = * 1 = = 1 = = 1 6.0 2463
4. Aveskulov, Valeriy g UKR 2539 = = 0 * 1 0 = 1 1 1 5.5 2404
5. Bachmann, Axel m PAR 2466 0 0 = 0 * 1 1 1 1 1 5.5 2413
6. Huber, Gregory f CAN 2211 0 0 = 1 0 * = = = = 3.5 2281
7. Li Zhichao HKG 2143 0 = 0 = 0 = * 1 = = 3.5 2288
8. Yanayt, Eugene f USA 2335 = 0 = 0 0 = 0 * = 1 3.0 2222
9. Haessel, Dale R CAN 2136 0 0 = 0 0 = = = * 0 2.0 2149
10. Reeve, Jeff CAN 2205 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 1 * 2.0 2142
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The KRK - Mediterranean Golden Island tournament took place 5th-11th
August 2007 was a women's GM tournament which saw Nino Maisuradze edge out
Alina Kashlinshaya on tie-break after both finished on 7.9. News: Eduard
Piacun.
Official site: http://sah.posluh.hr/skdraga/krk07.htm
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KRK WGM Dobrinj CRO (CRO), 5-11 viii 2007
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1. Maisuradze, Nino wm GEO 2231 * 1 1 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 7.0 2424
2. Kashlinskaya, Alina wf RUS 2201 0 * = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2428
3. Voicu, Carmen wg ROM 2335 0 = * = = = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2318
4. Ionica, Iulia-Ionela wm ROM 2261 1 0 = * = = = 1 = 1 5.5 2281
5. Srebrnic, Ana wg SLO 2276 = 0 = = * = = 1 1 1 5.5 2279
6. Kostiuk, Tatiana wg UKR 2241 0 = = = = * = 0 = 1 4.0 2160
7. Franciskovic, Borka wf CRO 2273 = 0 0 = = = * = 1 0 3.5 2120
8. Kruljac, Petra CRO 2054 0 0 0 0 0 1 = * 1 = 3.0 2099
9. Solic, Kristina wm CRO 2154 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 * 1 2.0 1993
10. Berke, Ana CRO 2047 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = 0 * 1.5 1952
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The Italian Chess Championship for Woman and for Men's U20 took place in
Fiuggi 18th-26th July 2007. Fiammetta Panella edged out Maria De Rosa on
tie-break after both finished on 7.5/9. Niccolo Ronchetti edged out Denis
Rombaldoni and Sabino Brunello after all finished on 7/9 in the U20
championships. News: Gerhard Bertagnolli.
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1. Panella, Fiammetta ITA 1968 + 8 + 2 = 4 +10 + 5 = 3 - 6 + 7 + 9 7.0 2146
2. De Rosa, Maria wf ITA 2085 + 7 - 1 - 3 + 9 + 4 + 6 +10 + 5 +11 7.0 2148
3. Chierici, Marianna wf ITA 2004 + 9 =11 + 2 = 4 + 7 = 1 - 5 +12 + 6 6.5 2142
4. Arnetta, Marianna ITA 2032 + 5 + 6 = 1 = 3 - 2 = 8 +12 +11 = 7 6.0 2097
5. Tonel, Giulia ITA 1934 - 4 + 9 + 8 + 6 - 1 =10 + 3 - 2 +12 5.5 2015
6. Brunello, Roberta ITA 1957 +10 - 4 +11 - 5 +12 - 2 + 1 + 8 - 3 5.0 1991
7. Brunello, Marina ITA 1945 - 2 + 8 -10 +11 - 3 +12 + 9 - 1 = 4 4.5 1940
8. Messina, Roberta ITA 1859 - 1 - 7 - 5 +12 = 9 = 4 +11 - 6 +10 4.0 1885
9. Di Cerbo, Giulia ITA 1863 - 3 - 5 +12 - 2 = 8 +11 - 7 +10 - 1 3.5 1858
10. Palmitessa, Irene ITA 1655 - 6 +12 + 7 - 1 =11 = 5 - 2 - 9 - 8 3.0 1831
11. Ravazzolo,Gaia ITA ---- +12 = 3 - 6 - 7 =10 - 9 - 8 - 4 - 2 2.0 1713
12. BYE ---- -11 -10 - 9 - 8 - 6 - 7 - 4 - 3 - 5 0.0
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1. Ronchetti, Niccolo f ITA 2410 7.0 47.0 5.0
2. Rombaldoni, Denis f ITA 2383 7.0 47.0 4.5
3. Brunello, Sabino m ITA 2475 7.0 46.0
4. Lettieri, Giuseppe f ITA 2293 6.0 45.5
5. Dvirnyy, Daniyyl f ITA 2365 5.5 46.5
6. Navarro, Stefano ITA 2242 5.5 45.5
7. Frilli, Guido ITA 2168 5.5 43.0
8. Valsecchi, Alessio ITA 2175 5.5 41.5
9. Rombaldoni, Axel ITA 2269 5.0 44.5
10. Fossati, Remigio ITA 2193 5.0 44.0
11. Bove, Alessandro ITA 2173 5.0 41.0
12. Locci, Damiano ITA 2025 5.0 40.5
13. Stella, Andrea ITA 2114 5.0 37.5
14. Sellitti, Federico ITA 2171 5.0 37.0
15. Santagati, Alessandro ITA 2141 5.0 36.0
16. Lombardo, Michele ITA 2002 5.0 33.5
17. Caprio, Guido ITA 1961 5.0 30.5
18. Pesce, Gabriele ITA 2000 4.5 36.0
34 players
The Liepajas Rokade Rapid took place in Liepaja (LAT) 2nd-5th August
2007. Arkadij Naiditsch and Kiril Georgiev finished on 9.5/13.
Official site: http://www.latchess.lv
Liepajas Rokade Super Liepaja LAT (LAT), 2-5 viii 2007 cat. XI (2506)
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1 Naiditsch, Arkadij GM GER 2652 # ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 9.5
2 Georgiev, Kiril GM BUL 2663 ½ # ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 9.5
3 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab GM GEO 2606 0 ½ # ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 9
4 Sveshnikov, Evgeny GM LAT 2504 0 1 ½ # 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 8
5 Miezis, Normunds GM LAT 2524 ½ 0 ½ 1 # ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 1 8
6 Malisauskas, Vidmantas GM LTU 2495 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ # ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 7.5
7 Khalifman, Alexander GM RUS 2632 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ # ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 7
8 Luckans, Arnolds FM LAT 2469 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ # ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 5.5
9 Kulaots, Kaido GM EST 2547 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ # ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5.5
10 Jegorovas, Aleksandras LTU 2290 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ # ½ ½ ½ ½ 5
11 Ehlvest, Jaan GM USA 2629 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ # ½ ½ ½ 5
12 Savickas, Airidas FM LTU 2363 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ # ½ ½ 4.5
13 Lavendelis, Egons LAT 2235 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ # ½ 4
14 Reimanis, Ritvars LAT 2147 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ # 3
The Norwegian Championship took place in Hamar 7th-14th July 2007. There
was a two way tie for first between Espen Lie and Geir Tallaksen, there will be
a playoff.
Official site: http://www.nm2007.hedmarksjakk.net/
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ch-NOR Hamar NOR (NOR), 7-14 vii 2007
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1. Lie, Espen f NOR 2404 =17 +16 = 4 = 3 + 7 = 2 =12 + 6 +13 6.5 2539
2. Tallaksen, Geir S f NOR 2404 +21 = 6 =12 +14 + 4 = 1 + 5 - 3 +16 6.5 2555
3. Lie, Kjetil A g NOR 2536 - 7 +10 +18 = 1 =12 + 6 = 4 + 2 = 5 6.0 2481
4. Dannevig, Oystein f NOR 2331 +15 + 7 = 1 + 6 - 2 - 5 = 3 +12 - 8 5.0 2457
5. Gronn, Alte NOR 2310 =12 + 8 - 6 =13 + 9 + 4 - 2 = 7 = 3 5.0 2440
6. Djurhuus, Rune g NOR 2456 + 9 = 2 + 5 - 4 +18 - 3 = 7 - 1 +12 5.0 2403
7. Hole, Oystein m NOR 2400 + 3 - 4 +17 =12 - 1 =13 = 6 = 5 +15 5.0 2416
8. Ostenstad, Berge g NOR 2491 =16 - 5 +11 = 9 +14 -12 =10 =13 + 4 5.0 2405
9. Hansen, Torbjorn Ringdal f NOR 2336 - 6 +19 =13 = 8 - 5 =17 =15 +18 +14 5.0 2428
10. Sahl, Bjarke m DEN 2381 =14 - 3 +16 -18 =15 +21 = 8 =17 +19 5.0 2438
11. Fyllingen, Roy Harald m NOR 2407 =13 -12 - 8 +21 =19 =15 . +20 +17 4.5 2358
12. Adnoy, Hallvard V NOR 2289 = 5 +11 = 2 = 7 = 3 + 8 = 1 - 4 - 6 4.5 2415
13. Ekeberg, Carl Fredrik f NOR 2331 =11 =14 = 9 = 5 =17 = 7 =16 = 8 - 1 4.0 2345
14. Gausel, Einar g NOR 2529 =10 =13 +15 - 2 - 8 =19 +18 =16 - 9 4.0 2333
15. Elsness, Frode m NOR 2442 - 4 +21 -14 =17 =10 =11 = 9 +19 - 7 4.0 2330
16. Stokke, Kjetil f NOR 2352 = 8 - 1 -10 =19 +21 +18 =13 =14 - 2 4.0 2344
17. Forsaa, Espen NOR 2264 = 1 =18 - 7 =15 =13 = 9 =19 =10 -11 3.5 2292
18. Urkedal, Frode NOR 2235 +19 =17 - 3 +10 - 6 -16 -14 - 9 +20 3.5 2282
19. Hammer, Jon Ludvig f NOR 2412 -18 - 9 +21 =16 =11 =14 =17 -15 -10 3.0 2235
20. BYE ---- . . . . . . . -11 -18 0.0
21. Aulin-Jansson, Joran f NOR 2297 - 2 -15 -19 -11 -16 -10 . . . 0.0
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The 12th Creon Open (Creon is near Bordeaux) took place 20th July - 5th
August 2007. 136 players competed and IM Vladimir Okhotnik won with 7,5/9.
News: Emmanuel Variniac.
Official site: http://creonechecs.free.fr/
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12th Open Creon FRA (FRA), 30 vii-5 viii 2007
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1 Okhotnik Vladimir m FRA 2468 7,5 45,5 2574
2 Prie Eric g FRA 2518 7 47,5 2572
3 Gozzoli Yannick m FRA 2470 7 45,5 2514
4 Critelli James M f USA 2262 7 45,5 2408
5 Sanduleac Vasile g MDA 2431 7 43,5 2499
6 Karpatchev Aleksandr g RUS 2466 7 41 2556
7 Delorme Axel FRA 2317 6,5 43 2285
8 Mullon Jean-Baptiste f FRA 2333 6,5 42,5 2272
9 Saucey Michel f FRA 2347 6,5 41 2314
10 Inkiov Ventzislav g BUL 2503 6,5 40,5 2357
11 Ramaswamy Aarthie gf IND 2281 6 44 2296
12 Nguyen Chi-Minh f FRA 2377 6 43 2342
13 Swati Mohota IND 2121 6 43 2244
14 Mohota Nisha gf IND 2332 6 42 2301
15 Severens Lars NED 2209 6 41,5 2265
16 Delorme Laurie FRA 2040 6 40,5 2188
17 Rodier David FRA 2137 6 40 2173
18 Gabard Alexandre FRA 2024 6 39,5 2175
19 Meera Sai ff IND 2191 6 38,5 2159
20 Metras Dominique FRA 2079 6 38 2095
21 Morley Stephen FRA 1847 6 33 1997
136 players
The Davos Open was a 7 rounds swiss which took place August 6th-12th
2007 with 35 players from 10 nations. GM Metthew Turner from London led until
round 5. In Round 6 Turner lost against Hungarian IM Gonda and unexpectedly IM
Bjorn Tiller from Norway took the lead, half point ahead a group of 5 players.
However Tiller had such a bad Buholz score and after drawing in the final round
he only took third prize. The tournament was won GM Imre Hera ahead of Laszlo
Gonda both from Hungary. Best Lady was WFM Aleksandra Mijovic, best senior and
best player from Switzerland was FM Hans Karl and best junior IM Gonda.
Hospitality of Hotel "Sunstar" made wonderful tournament and the players
enjoyed. Next, 7th Davos will be from August 9th to 17th, 2008 with two
tournaments, traditional Davos Open and European Senior Championship. In
attachment there are 44 games from tournament. (without short draws). News:
Sinisa Joksic.
Final Round 7 Standings:
Rk Players Ti NAT FIDE S Buchh BuSumm
1. Hera,Imre GM HUN 2526 5.5 27.5 159.5
2. Gonda,Laszlo IM HUN 2485 5.5 27.0 161.5
3. Tiller Bjorn IM NOR 2382 5.5 24.0 152.0
4. Erdos,Viktor IM HUN 2523 5.0 29.0 160.0
5. Turner,Matthew J GM ENG 2483 4.5 29.5 156.5
6. Benkovic,Petar IM SRB 2465 4.5 28.5 161.5
7. Mijovic,Aleksandr WFM MNE 2163 4.5 26.0 148.0
8. Milovic,Jovan MNE 2262 4.5 25.5 155.5
9. Bojkovic,Natasa WGM SRB 2423 4.5 25.0 157.5
10. Karl,Hans FM SUI 2270 4.5 25.0 145.5
11. Peredy,Ferenc IM HUN 2283 4.5 24.5 145.5
12. Brunner,Werner SUI 2180 4.5 23.0 140.0
13. Rumpf,Thomas GER 2210 3.5 26.5 144.5
14. Kerpe,Andreas GER 1955 3.5 23.5 145.5
15. Krpan,Karlo CRO 2142 3.5 23.5 142.0
16. Curien,Nicolas SUI 2254 3.5 23.5 141.5
17. Arocha,Carlos SUI 1973 3.5 23.0 141.0
18. Fatzer,Ernst SUI 2120 3.5 22.5 141.0
19. Frenkel,Alexander GER 1800 3.5 22.0 140.0
20. Aklin,Heinz SUI 1794 3.5 22.0 138.5
21. Frenkel.Maxim GER 1372 3.5 20.5 131.5
22. Schuler,Erwin SUI 1819 3.5 20.0 131.5
23. Haldi,Peter SUI 2028 3.0 23.0 138.0
24. Maurer,Fritz SUI 2151 3.0 22.0 143.0
25. Schmuki,Roman SUI 2061 3.0 21.0 135.5
26. Businger,Paul SUI 2176 3.0 19.0 128.0
27. Sieber,Wolfgang SUI 1873 3.0 19.0 127.0
28. Salzer,Robert SUI 1791 3.0 17.0 125.0
29. Cramatte,Jacques SUI 1766 3.0 17.0 124.0
30. Steiert,Roland GER 1708 2.5 21.5 131.0
31. Smith Brian GBR 1812 2.5 20.0 119.5
32. Meyer,Karlheinz GER 1732 2.0 21.0 130.5
33. Kalkman de Koster NED 1362 2.0 18.5 117.5
34. Andreyeva,Anna RUS 1536 2.0 17.5 124.5
35. Britschgi-Zwimpfe SUI 1778 1.5 18.0 121.5
The World Youth Under-16 Olympiad took place in Singapore 4th-12th
August 2007.
Arvind Aaron reports that second seed India beat top seeds Hungary
3.5-0.5 in the fifth round and went on to win the World Youth Chess Olympiad in
a very close contest on August 11th. India scored 28/40 for gold, Hungary 27.5
(silver), Philippines 25.5 (bronze), Uzbekistan 24.5...34 teams.
Games so far are in a document format and the final two rounds haven't
appeared. I will probably attempt to convert them next week.
Info: http://www.singaporechess.org.sg/
and http://www.intchessasia.com/site/index.htm
The 13th Montecatini Terme took place 28th July - 5th August 2007.
Miroljub Lazic and Daniele Vocaturo finished on 7/9. As far as I could see
there are no games available.
Official site: http://www.cssurya.it/
Final Round 9 Standings:
1 Lazic, Miroljub 2465 7.0 50.0
2 Vocaturo, Daniele 2459 7.0 45.5
3 Efimov, Igor 2433 6.5 50.5
4 Shytaj, Luca 2451 6.5 50.5
5 Sulava, Nenad 2544 6.5 48.5
6 Di Caro, Calogero 2366 6.5 48.0
7 Manca, Federico 2417 6.5 45.5
8 Rombaldoni, Axel 2269 6.5 43.0
9 Vezzosi, Paolo 2302 6.5 41.5
10 Salvador, Roland 2461 6.0 48.5
11 Mogranzini, Roberto 2411 6.0 47.5
12 Stromboli, Ettore 2233 6.0 46.5
13 Isonzo, David 2356 6.0 46.0
14 Pucher, Sebastien 2238 6.0 41.5
15 Collutiis, Duilio 2405 6.0 41.5
16 Stromboli, Carlo 2229 6.0 39.5
17 Pepino, Enrico 2153 6.0 39.0
18 Rinaldi, Francesco 2181 6.0 38.0
19 Wagman, Stuart 2122 6.0 33.0
103 players
The 10th International Chess Festival Olomouc Chess Summer took 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. The main Valoz Cup was won by Emre Can. No
games currently available.
Internet coverage (results, games, photos) - http://www.a64.cz
Final Standings Valoz Cup
Rk. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts. TB1 TB2
1 IM Can Emre 2411 TUR * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 8,0 41,50 0,0
2 FM Malinovsky Karel 2334 CZE ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 6,5 33,25 0,0
3 IM Ismagambetov Anuar 2479 KAZ 0 ½ * 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 6,5 32,75 0,0
4 GM Vorobiov Evgeny E 2572 RUS ½ 0 0 * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6,5 31,25 0,0
5 IM Bernasek Jan 2517 CZE 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 6,5 30,50 0,0
6 GM Sulypa Alexandre 2478 UKR ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 6,0 31,75 0,0
7 Grandelius Nils 2271 SWE ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ * ½ 1 1 1 0 5,5 29,50 0,0
8 WGM Zawadzka Jolanta 2354 POL ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 0 ½ 5,0 28,75 0,0
9 IM Maslak Konstantin 2548 RUS 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * 0 1 1 5,0 24,00 0,0
10 GM Ibrayev Nurlan 2468 KAZ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 * ½ 1 5,0 23,75 0,0
11 Zeberski Jakub 2437 POL ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ * ½ 3,5 18,75 0,0
12 WGM Rogule Laura 2316 LAT 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ * 2,0 9,75 0,0
The Romgaz Open took place in Eforie Nord 3rd-10th August 2007. Andrei
Murariu won the event with 7/9. There really isn't a game file worth speaking
of.
Official site: http://www.clubulregilor.ro/
Final Round 9 Standings:
1 Murariu Andrei GM 2511 7 39 38.75 37
2 Chirila Ioan Cristian FM 2345 6½ 40 33.00 35
3 Badea Bela GM 2488 6½ 39½ 35.25 35½
4 Nanu Ciprian-Costica IM 2507 6½ 39 33.75 34½
5 Grigore George-Gabriel GM 2534 6 39½ 33.00 30½
6 Lupulescu Constantin GM 2574 6 39½ 30.00 32
7 Berescu Alin GM 2511 6 38½ 30.75 31½
8 Mateuta Gabriel IM 2487 6 38 30.25 32½
9 Suba Mihai GM 2525 6 35½ 28.25 29½
10 Anton Teodor 2212 6 34½ 24.25 28½
11 Grecescu Gabriel-Andrei 2383 5½ 39 28.50 32½
12 Manescu Tiberiu FM 2292 5½ 37 25.25 30
13 Valeanu Eduard-Andrei 2354 5½ 36½ 25.75 30
14 Filip Lucian 2400 5½ 36½ 25.75 29
15 Voiteanu Gabriel 2248 5½ 36½ 24.50 28½
16 Bonte Andrei 2325 5½ 36 27.00 29½
17 Pasarelu Dan FM 0 5½ 31½ 23.50 25½
18 Spulber Cicirone FM 2326 5½ 31½ 23.25 24
19 Barzanu Iulian 2249 5½ 31½ 21.50 26½
53 players
Another correction to a game from the Cali Continental in July.
Gibtelecom Chess Festival 2008
The 6th edition of Gibraltar's Gibtelecom Chess Festival will be held
from 22nd-31st January 2008 at the Caleta Hotel, one of Gibraltar's best
hotels. In previous years players of the quality of Alexei Shirov, Michael
Adams and Nigel Short have played in the Masters section. Usually the Masters
field includes at least 30 grandmasters. In 2008 the first prize in the Masters
has gone up to £12,000 and the tournament is so strong at the top that it
even offers a £2,000 prize for the best score by a player rated under
2600 (we think that might be unique worldwide) as well as the same amount for
other rating categories down to sub-2200. There is also big money to be won in
the Under 2250 (£1,500 first prize) and Under 1850 (£1,000 first
prize) events. Even the relatively light-hearted evening events (which cost
nothing to enter) have a combined prize fund of £1,200.
Full details and entry form:
http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/
I.B.C.A. European Individual Championship 2007
The I.B.C.A. European Individual Championship 2007 takes place at St
Aiden's College in Durham from 13th to 24th August 2007.
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.
Official site: http://www.braillechess.org.uk
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'.
The 'Experience' team consists of Alexander Beliavsky (Slovenia), Artur
Jussupow (Germany), Alexander Khalifman (Russia), Ljubomir Ljubojevic (Serbia)
and Predrag Nikolic (Bosnia).
The 'Rising Stars' team consists of Ivan Cheparinov (Bulgaria), Sergey
Karjakin (Ukraine), Parimarjan Negi (India), Jan Smeets (The Netherlands) and
Daniel Stellwagen (The Netherlands). A place in the Amber 2008 tournament is
part of the prize for the top finishing rising star.
Official site: http://www.nhchess2007.nl/
Euwe Stimulus Arnhem
The Euwe Stimulus tournament takes place in Arnhem, Netherlands
17th-26th August 2007.
Players: GMs Barua, Panno, Fridrik Olafsson and Gaprindashvili, IMs
Simutowe, Willy Hendriks, Ziska and Puchen Wang, WGM Bianca Muhren and
17-year-old Dutch talent Vincent Rothuis.
Official site: http://www.euwe-stimulans.nl/
Alexandra Kosteniuk Killer Chess Tips
Alexandra Kosteniuk has a free video podcast Killer Chess Tips which is
available at the link below on RSS feed or Itunes.
Official site: http://www.chesskillertips.com
Callao Open Peru
There is an Open Chess Tournament in Callao, Peru. GM Julio Granda lost
in the first round. Lots of leading chess players are taking part in this Open
: GM Felgaer (ARG), GM Fier(BRA), GM Rodriguez (URU), MI Cordova (PER), and so
on.
Official site: http://www.festivalcallao.com/
Panevezys Open and WGM events
Panevezys city in Lithuania hosts an open tournament 18th-24th August
2007. Alongside is a WGM event 20th-26th August 2007.
Official site: http://www.chesslyga.lt/
Open Event Top 10 players
1. Kveinys, Aloyzas LTU 2537 gm
2. Batyrov, Sapar TKM 2471 gm
3. Sakalauskas, Vaidas LTU 2403 im
4. Malinin, Yuri RUS 2374 im
5. Savickas, Airidas LTU 2363 fm
6. Luch, Michal POL 2362 im
7. Dambrauskas, Virginijus LTU 2336 im
8. Pileckis, Emilis LTU 2326
9. Chocenka, Dmitrijus LTU 2298
10. Labuckas, Aidas LTU 2291 im
WGM event Players
Anna Sharevich BLR 2305 WGM
Alina Motoc ROM 2289 WGM
Evgenyia Doluhanova UKR 2218 WGM
Deimante Daulyte LTU 2216 WIM
Zivile Sarakauskiene LTU 2176 WIM
Viktorija Ni LAT 2147 WFM
Anna Warakomska POL 2135 WFM
Limontaite Simona LTU 2140
Acropolis 2007
The Acropolis International Chess Tournament 2007 Athens, Greece takes
place 14th-22nd August 2007.
Leading players: 1 GM Georgiev, Kiril BUL 2663 2 GM Smirin, Ilia ISR
2649 3 GM Svetushkin, Dmitry MDA 2618 4 GM Gelashvili, Tamaz GEO 2604 5 GM
Kotronias, Vasilios GRE 2602 6 GM Macieja, Bartlomiej POL 2596 7 GM Malakhatko,
Vadim BEL 2596 8 GM Graf, Alexander GER 2595 9 GM Chatalbashev, Boris BUL 2573
10 GM Banikas, Hristos GRE 2567 11 GM Rozentalis, Eduardas LTU 2551 12 GM
Romanishin, Oleg M UKR 2546
Official site:
http://www.chessfed.gr/Acropolis2007/default.asp
Abkhazia Open
The IV Int. Chess Festival "Abkhazia Open" takes place 3rd-12th August
2007 in the resort of Sukhum on the Black Sea.
There are 322 participants from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan
and Israel: 171 players with FIDE-Rating, under them 8 GMs and 20 IMs. During
the ceremony of festival's opening the Director of the Festival, President of
Abkhazian Chess Federation Mr.Konstantin Tuzhba has asked one minute of silence
for the memory of GM Maxim Sorokin who was a highest rated player by last
edition of the festival in 2006. On free day 8th August blitz tournament in
memory of him. Blitz tournament "Maxim Sorokin Memorial" will take part on free
day 8th August. Ex-World Champion Anatoly Karpov which name chess school in
Sukhum called sent his greetings letter to the participants of the festival.
There are games but only in Russian in document format.
Further info: http://www.chess-events.org and
http://www.abkhaziachess.ru
Bratto 2007
The 27th International Chess Festival in Bratto, Italy takes place
August 23rd-31st 2007. There will be about 20 GMs including GM Tiviakov S. GM
Cebalo M. GM Godena M. GM Epishin V. GM David A. GM Khenkin I. WGM Sebag Marie
WGM Fierro Baquero Martha WGM Zimina Olga
Official site: http://www.scaccobratto.com/
Third Saturday September
The Third Saturday September events take place 15th-23rd Sept 2007.
Norms fide GM , IM, FM sections 9-11 rounds fide tempo Novi Sad, Serbia, 1 hour
from Belgrade airport accomodation across organiser, 100 m from tourn hall in
centre of Novi Sad org. GM Drazic Sinisa mail: sinisadrazic@sbb.co.yu or
thirdsaturday2002@yahoo.com http://www.drazic.co.yu ++381 (0)64 124 9741
mobil ++381 (0)21 450 714 home
Lebanon Championships
The Championships of the Lebanon took place in Beirut 25th July - 3rd
August 2007. Ahmad Najjar won the event iwth 8/9. I will round up the games
next week. News: Elie Houlichian.
Official site: http://www.lebchess.org/
1 FM Najjar Ahmad 2334 LIB 8 41½ 34
2 WIM Mouradian Knarik 2164 LIB 7½ 39½ 35
3 Maasarani Mahmoud 2143 LIB 6½ 36½ 36
4 Sakr Nassim 2121 LIB 6½ 35 37
5 Nader Elias 2086 LIB 6½ 35 38
6 Atwi Ali 2138 LIB 6½ 28½ 39
7 Mikati Hani 0 LIB 6½ 27 40
8 Kassis Antoine 2219 LIB 6 34 41
9 Chahine Abdallah 2053 LIB 6 32 42
10 ElJawish Amr 0 LIB 6 30 43
11 Mrad Charif 2028 LIB 6 29 44
12 Issa Khalil 0 LIB 6 26 45
13 Nassar Marwan 2137 LIB 5½ 32½ 46
14 Moudallal Tarek 1838 LIB 5½ 31½ 47
15 Ramadan Wissam 0 LIB 5½ 23 48
16 Oknayan Razmik 0 LIB 5½ 20½ 49
65 players
4th China vs Russia Chess Match
The 4th China vs Russia Chess Match takes place 18th-31st August 2007 in
Moscow, Russia.
This annually tranditional Match takes place before UK v China in
Liverpool, a UK-China summit chess match, from 4-9 September 2007. THE 4TH
CHINA VS RUSSIA CHESS MATCH
The Yuang Chinese team: GM Wang Yue (age 20) 2696, GM Bu Xiangzhi (age
22) 2685, GM Ni Hua (age 24) 2681, GM Zhang Pengxiang (age 27) 2649, GM Wang
Hao (age 18) 2623. Women: WGM Zhao Xue (age 22) 2500, WGM Shen Yang(age 18)
2439, Ruan Lufei (age 20) 2433, WM Huang Qian (age 21) 2410, WGM Wang Yu A (age
25) 2384.
The Yuang Russian team: GM Jakovenko, Dmitry (age 24) 2735, GM Alekseev,
Evgenyg (age 22) 2689, GM Inarkiev, Ernesto (age 22) 2663, GM Tomashevsky,
Evgeny (age 20) 2654, GM Timofeev, Artyom (age 22 ) 2650. Women: IM Kosintseva,
Tatiana (age 21) 2502, IM Kosintseva, Nadezhda (age 22) 2475, IM Kovalevskaya,
Ekaterina (age 33) 2454, IM Tairova, Elena (age 16) 2410, WGM Korbut, Ekaterina
(age 22) 2445.
Liverpool Chess Internaional
The Liverpool Chess International takes place 3rd-9th September 2007.
In addition there is a China - UK match.
China ( GM Wang Yue (age 20) 2696 GM Bu Xiangzhi (age 22) 2685
GM Ni Hua (age 24) 2681 GM Zhang Pengxiang (age 27) 2649 GM Wang Hao (age 18)
2619 WGM Hou Yifan (age 13) 2523 WGM Shen Yang(age 18) 2439 WFM Ding Yixin (age
16) 2278) vs
UK ( GM Michael Adams (age 34) 2724 GM Nigel Short (age 42) 2683
GM Jonathan Rowson (age 30) 2599 GM Nick Pert (age 26) 2536 GM Gawain Jones
(age 18) 2526 GM David Howell (age 16) 2519 IM Keti Arakahamia-Grant (age 39)
2419 IM Jovanka Houska (age 27) 2401) Match.
Alongside is an open tournament same dates. 9 round swiss £10,000
in prizes. Entry on the official site below or
http://www.liverpoolchessinternational.co.uk/open_entryform_2007.htm
Official site: http://www.liverpoolchessinternational.co.uk/
ECU Website down + European Youth ch U8
1 Website of the European Chess Union (ECU) Due to a hard drive crash on
the server of ECU's provider, the ECU website (www.eurochess.org) is down. The
ECU webmaster and a rescue team are trying to recover as much data as possible.
2 Deadline for European Youth ch U8 The European open youth chess championship
U8 will take place in Batumi, Georgia (October 12-23, 2007). The deadline for
registration is August 12, 2007. The invitation and regulations have been
published by the English Chess Federation for instance:
http://www.englishchess.org.uk/organisation/fide/ecu-letter/eculetter_eu-youth_may07.doc
11th Mind Sports Olympiad
11th Mind Sports Olympiad Potters Bar: 17th - 27th August 2007
Official site: http://www.msoworld.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.
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
Baltic Sea Cup
The Baltic Sea Cup (Bornholm, Denmark) took place July 30th - August 5th
2007. The website wasn't working when I tried to collect the results and
games.
Details: http://www.bornholms-skakklub.dk/balticseacup07/
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
Books on chess.fm with John Watson
Regular TWIC contributer John Watson has a book radio show on chess.fm
on Tuesdays. Tuesday 24th July his guest was Alexei Shirov, this week, July
31st, Malcolm Pein. Joel Benjamin this week. You can catch the show by signing
up for ICC trial membership. Link: http://www.chessclub.com/chessfm/
ICC Competition with visit to Mexico City World Championship as
prize
Mexico 2007 ICC Qualifiers August 4th-9th 2007. Starting August 4, and
running until August 12, you will have a chance to win a trip to be a VIP guest
at the World Championships in Mexico City. Now, after the huge record-breaking
success of our Mainz qualifier, there comes another bigger and better qualifier
- and exclusive ONLY for full ICC members. The package for the overall winner
includes: $1500 USD (to be paid out only on arrival in Mexico) to cover your
airfares and other expenses. Also included in the package is 4 nights (13-17
Sept.) at a top hotel in Mexico City, plus VIP tickets for the World
Championships, and free entry into the "Copa Internacional de la Cd. De Mexico"
Open.
Details: http://www.chessclub.com/
Acropolis 2007
The international tournament "Acropolis 2007" takes place August
14th-22nd 2007 at the hotel President (43 Kifisias Ave.) in Athens. This is the
22nd year that the tournament with the longest history compared to any other
international tournament in Greece is organized.
Official site in English
http://www.chessfed.gr/Acropolis2007/press1.asp
The participants list so far has 18 GMs with Kiril Georgiev being No1
http://www.chessfed.gr/Acropolis2007/participants.asp.
There will be live transmision on the net Acropolis 2007 is part of the
tournaments of the Association of Chess Professionals
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
Liga de Campeones
The Liga de Campeones (Jesus de la fuente memorial) takes place 1st-15th
November 2007 in Vitoria Gasteiz. Alongside is a tournament of champions with:
Veselin Topalov, Anatoli Karpov, Ruslan Ponomariov, Alexander Khalifman, Rustam
Kasimdzhanov and Judit Polgar.
Website http://www.ajedrez-hotelakua.com/
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David
Llada's Blog
Alex Brunetti's TotoScacco Site
Alex Brunetti's TotoScacco Site allows predictions for current chess
tournaments. http://e4e6.com/toto
Highlands Open
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/.
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.
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
"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
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
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
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/
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/
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/
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
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
