THE WEEK IN CHESS 668 27th August 2007 by Mark Crowther
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20th Panevezys Open 397 games
VIII Open Tarragona 90 games
61st Open Blitz Moscow Championship 15 games
Chess Classic Mainz 4 games
Olomouc Chess Festival 96 games
Banyoles Chess Festival 90 games
Lebanon Championship 250 games
3957 games
My thanks to Sergey Abramov, Arvydas Baltrunas, Toni Ayza, Anton
Mihailov, Pavel Matocha, Albert Gonzalez, Thorbjorn Bromann, Laszlo Nagy, Alin
Campeanu, Spiros Ilandzis, Charles Kayle, Elie Houlichian, Thomas Henrich,
Adolivio Capece, Lou Caruana, Gerard Demuydt, Chris Ross, David Navara, Gerhard
Schmidt, Efstratios Grivas, George Mirijanian, Primoz Kokalj and everyone else
who helped with the issue.
China and Russia are locked in a very close match with three rounds to
go. Similarly the Youth Team enjoys only a very narrow lead over Experience in
the NH Chess tournament. Amon Simutowe's win in the Euwe Stimulus tournament in
Arnhem must be one of the best achievements by an African player in the history
of the game. Elsewhere the summer festivals keep on coming and bump the issue
up to nearly 4000 games.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The 4th China vs Russia Chess Match takes place 18th-31st August 2007 in
Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia. The match sees a double round Scheveningen format
where the five men from each team play each other twice and the five women do
the same. The match stands at 35.5 to China 34.5 to Russia but it hides the
real story, the Russian men lead 19.5-15.5 against China whilst it is the
Chinese Women who have the big lead in their mini-match 20-15.
Round 1 (August 20, 2007)
Tairova, Elena - Ruan Lufei 1/2 41 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Wang Yu A - Kosintseva, Nadezhda 1/2 34 C07 French Tarrasch
Korbut, Ekaterina - Shen Yang 1/2 36 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Zhao Xue - Kosintseva, Tatiana 1-0 40 E15 Queens Indian
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina - Huang Qian 1/2 46 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Wang Hao - Inarkiev, Ernesto 1/2 60 C99 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Timofeev, Artyom - Bu Xiangzhi 1/2 53 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Zhang Pengxiang - Alekseev, Evgeny 0-1 52 A45 Trompowsky
Jakovenko, Dmitry - Wang Yue 1/2 50 C42 Petroff's Defence
Ni Hua - Tomashevsky, Evgeny 1-0 35 E15 Queens Indian
Round 2 (August 21, 2007)
Huang Qian - Korbut, Ekaterina 1-0 40 D20 QGA
Tairova, Elena - Wang Yu A 0-1 85 C99 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Ruan Lufei - Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina 1/2 35 C87 Ruy Lopez
Kosintseva, Nadezhda - Zhao Xue 0-1 58 C84 Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Shen Yang - Kosintseva, Tatiana 1-0 51 E15 Queens Indian
Tomashevsky, Evgeny - Zhang Pengxiang 1/2 33 A09 Reti Opening
Wang Hao - Timofeev, Artyom 1-0 31 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Inarkiev, Ernesto - Ni Hua 1/2 75 C54 Giuoco Piano
Bu Xiangzhi - Jakovenko, Dmitry 1-0 43 A28 English Four Knights
Alekseev, Evgeny - Wang Yue 1-0 45 D17 Slav Defence
Round 3 (August 22, 2007)
Huang Qian - Tairova, Elena 0-1 29 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Kosintseva, Nadezhda - Shen Yang 1-0 60 C84 Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Wang Yu A - Korbut, Ekaterina 1/2 42 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Kosintseva, Tatiana - Ruan Lufei 1/2 47 C84 Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Zhao Xue - Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina 1-0 46 E15 Queens Indian
Tomashevsky, Evgeny - Wang Hao 1/2 25 A09 Reti Opening
Bu Xiangzhi - Alekseev, Evgeny 1/2 60 A30 English Symmetrical
Timofeev, Artyom - Zhang Pengxiang 0-1 50 C90 Ruy Lopez
Wang Yue - Inarkiev, Ernesto 1/2 81 E62 King's Indian 6...Nc6
Jakovenko, Dmitry - Ni Hua 1/2 32 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 4 (August 23, 2007)
Korbut, Ekaterina - Zhao Xue 1-0 31 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Shen Yang - Tairova, Elena 1-0 61 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina - Wang Yu A 1-0 71 C84 Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Ruan Lufei - Kosintseva, Nadezhda 1-0 52 C45 Scotch Game
Kosintseva, Tatiana - Huang Qian 1-0 45 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Zhang Pengxiang - Jakovenko, Dmitry 1/2 74 B53 Sicilian Hungarian
Alekseev, Evgeny - Wang Hao 1/2 37 D27 QGA
Ni Hua - Timofeev, Artyom 0-1 49 B52 Sicilian Rossolimo
Inarkiev, Ernesto - Bu Xiangzhi 1-0 58 C43 Petroff's Defence
Wang Yue - Tomashevsky, Evgeny 1-0 49 E60 King's Indian without Nc3
Round 5 (August 24, 2007)
Ruan Lufei - Korbut, Ekaterina 1/2 80 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Tairova, Elena - Zhao Xue 0-1 49 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Huang Qian - Kosintseva, Nadezhda 1-0 58 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina - Shen Yang 0-1 46 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Wang Yu A - Kosintseva, Tatiana 1/2 39 B57 Sicilian Sozin Attack
Inarkiev, Ernesto - Zhang Pengxiang 1-0 32 C18 French Winawer
Wang Hao - Jakovenko, Dmitry 1/2 26 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Tomashevsky, Evgeny - Bu Xiangzhi 1/2 54 D94 Gruenfeld Closed
Ni Hua - Alekseev, Evgeny 0-1 44 B52 Sicilian Rossolimo
Timofeev, Artyom - Wang Yue 1/2 27 C42 Petroff's Defence
Round 6 (August 26, 2007)
Ruan Lufei - Tairova, Elena 1-0 39 C18 French Winawer
Kosintseva, Nadezhda - Wang Yu A 1/2 74 C42 Petroff's Defence
Shen Yang - Korbut, Ekaterina 1/2 45 D23 QGA
Kosintseva, Tatiana - Zhao Xue 1/2 77 C84 Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Huang Qian - Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina 0-1 41 E13 Queens Indian 5.Bg5
Inarkiev, Ernesto - Wang Hao 1-0 59 C93 Ruy Lopez Smyslov
Bu Xiangzhi - Timofeev, Artyom 1/2 62 B36 Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Alekseev, Evgeny - Zhang Pengxiang 1-0 17 D25 QGA
Wang Yue - Jakovenko, Dmitry 1/2 24 E20 Nimzo Indian
Tomashevsky, Evgeny - Ni Hua 1/2 22 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Round 7 (August 27, 2007)
Korbut, Ekaterina - Huang Qian 0-1 32 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Wang Yu A - Tairova, Elena 1/2 50 B53 Sicilian Hungarian
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina - Ruan Lufei 1/2 65 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Zhao Xue - Kosintseva, Nadezhda 0-1 42 A31 English Symmetrical
Kosintseva, Tatiana - Shen Yang 1-0 106 C84 Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Zhang Pengxiang - Tomashevsky, Evgeny 0-1 38 C45 Scotch Game
Timofeev, Artyom - Wang Hao 1/2 25 C42 Petroff's Defence
Ni Hua - Inarkiev, Ernesto 1-0 51 C45 Scotch Game
Jakovenko, Dmitry - Bu Xiangzhi 1-0 43 B04 Alekhine's Defence
Wang Yue - Alekseev, Evgeny 1/2 60 E13 Queens Indian 5.Bg5
IV RUS-CHN Match Nizhniy Novgorod RUS (RUS),
20-30 viii 2007
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Russian Men
1 Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2689 5.5 2898
2 Inarkiev, Ernesto g RUS 2663 4.5 2764
3 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2735 3.5 2673
4 Timofeev, Artyom g RUS 2650 3.0 2613
5 Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2654 3.0 2616
19.5
Russian Women
1 Kosintseva, Tatiana m RUS 2502 3.5 2443
2 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina m RUS 2454 3.5 2429
3 Korbut, Ekaterina wg RUS 2445 3.0 2380
4 Kosintseva, Nadezhda m RUS 2475 3.0 2385
5 Tairova, Elena wg RUS 2410 2.0 2268
15.0
Total
34.5
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Chinese Men
1 Wang Yue g CHN 2696 3.5 2687
2 Ni Hua g CHN 2681 3.5 2672
3 Wang Hao g CHN 2624 3.5 2672
4 Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2685 3.0 2632
5 Zhang Pengxiang g CHN 2649 2.0 2518
15.5
Chinese Women
1 Zhao Xue wg CHN 2500 4.5 2568
2 Ruan Lufei CHN 2433 4.5 2552
3 Shen Yang wg CHN 2439 4.0 2511
4 Huang Qian wm CHN 2410 3.5 2455
5 Wang Yu A wg CHN 2384 3.5 2453
20.0
Total
35.5
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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'. A place in the Amber 2008 tournament
is part of the prize for the top finishing rising star. At the half way stage
Youth leads Experience by the narrow margin of 13-12.
Official site: http://www.nhchess2007.nl/
Round 1 (August 22, 2007)
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Karjakin, Sergey 1/2 21 A29 English Four Knights
Nikolic, Predrag - Smeets, Jan 0-1 54 D13 Slav Exchange
Beliavsky, Alexander G - Negi, Parimarjan 1/2 71 D97 Gruenfeld Russian
Khalifman, Alexander - Stellwagen, Daniel 1/2 30 D46 Semi-Slav Defence
Jussupow, Artur - Cheparinov, Ivan 1/2 30 D12 Slav Defence
Round 2 (August 23, 2007)
Cheparinov, Ivan - Khalifman, Alexander 1/2 27 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Karjakin, Sergey - Jussupow, Artur 1/2 38 C83 Ruy Lopez Open
Smeets, Jan - Beliavsky, Alexander G 1/2 41 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Negi, Parimarjan - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 1/2 58 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Stellwagen, Daniel - Nikolic, Predrag 1/2 64 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Round 3 (August 24, 2007)
Jussupow, Artur - Negi, Parimarjan 1-0 41 D00 Queen's Pawn Game
Nikolic, Predrag - Cheparinov, Ivan 1/2 71 A40 Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Smeets, Jan 0-1 97 A12 Reti Opening
Beliavsky, Alexander G - Stellwagen, Daniel 0-1 46 D44 Anti-Meran Gambit
Khalifman, Alexander - Karjakin, Sergey 1/2 16 D23 QGA
Round 4 (August 25, 2007)
Karjakin, Sergey - Nikolic, Predrag 1-0 43 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Negi, Parimarjan - Khalifman, Alexander 1/2 19 B35 Sicilian Defence
Smeets, Jan - Jussupow, Artur 0-1 40 C80 Ruy Lopez Open
Stellwagen, Daniel - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 1-0 24 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Cheparinov, Ivan - Beliavsky, Alexander G 1/2 44 E15 Queens Indian
Round 5 (August 26, 2007)
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Cheparinov, Ivan 1/2 58 E68 King's Indian Fianchetto
Beliavsky, Alexander G - Karjakin, Sergey 1/2 59 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Jussupow, Artur - Stellwagen, Daniel 1-0 46 D47 Queens Gambit Meran
Khalifman, Alexander - Smeets, Jan 1/2 22 B50 Sicilian Defence
Nikolic, Predrag - Negi, Parimarjan 1-0 49 A48 King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
NH Chess Tournament Amsterdam NED (NED), 22 viii-1 ix 2007
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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1 Jussupow, Artur g GER 2583 = 6 = 2 +10 + 4 + 3 . . . . . 4.0 2846
2 Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2678 = 9 = 1 = 5 + 8 = 7 . . . . . 3.0 2684
3 Stellwagen, Daniel g NED 2631 = 5 = 8 + 7 + 9 - 1 . . . . . 3.0 2684
4 Smeets, Jan g NED 2538 + 8 = 7 + 9 - 1 = 5 . . . . . 3.0 2684
5 Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2632 = 3 = 6 = 2 =10 = 4 . . . . . 2.5 2606
6 Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2657 = 1 = 5 = 8 = 7 = 9 . . . . . 2.5 2612
7 Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2653 =10 = 4 - 3 = 6 = 2 . . . . . 2.0 2534
8 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2646 - 4 = 3 = 6 - 2 +10 . . . . . 2.0 2534
9 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g SRB 2550 = 2 =10 - 4 - 3 = 6 . . . . . 1.5 2457
10 Negi, Parimarjan g IND 2529 = 7 = 9 - 1 = 5 - 8 . . . . . 1.5 2463
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NH Chess Tournament 2007
-------------- Jussupow,Ar 2583 4.0/5
| ----------- Khalifman,A 2632 2.5/5
| | -------- Nikolic,Pr 2646 2.0/5
| | | ----- Beliavsky,A 2653 2.0/5
| | | | -- Ljubojevic,L 2550 1.5/5
| | | | |
1 Karjakin,Sergey 2678 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 3.0/5
2 Smeets,J 2538 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 3.0/5
3 Stellwagen,D 2631 0 ½ ½ 1 1 3.0/5
4 Cheparinov,I 2657 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 2.5/5
5 Negi,P 2529 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1.5/5
Youth 13 - Experience 12
The Euwe Stimulans tournament took place in Arnhem, Netherlands
17th-26th August 2007. IM Amon Simutowe won the event with 7.5/9 a point clear
of Dibyendu Barua.
In the summer of 2005, Margreet Wevers and Geert van Tongeren (both
coming from and living in The Netherlands) got the idea to do something with
the combination of chess and art. They called this project and the company:
Schaakkunst (schaak=chess and kunst=art). Schaakkunst made contact with several
artists who use the theme chess in their work Schaakkunst organized his first
exhibition in April of 2006. After that there was a fast progress. Meanwhile
they are often present at chess-tournaments with few or many works of
chess-art. Organizations of tournaments are very pleased with this, because
players and visitors can see more than only the combat at the chessboard. For
example: Schaakkunst was present in Hilversum during the Dutch Championship
Chess and they were present at the Corus Chess Tournament in January of 2007.
In the meantime about 14 more artists did join this original initiative. With
the new artists and their chess-art, http://www.schaakkunst.nl became a large
site with many various art-works. Most of the work shown is for sale and can be
found at the (also in English) online shop http://www.chess-art.eu. At this shop one
can find beautiful chess-sets and many smaller articles, like calendars,
artprints, chess-art-wine, etc. All nice things to get or give as a present.
Specially for clubs and company's, Schaakkunst design and produce
chess-notation-booklets, diary's and so on, according the wishes of the
client.
Official site: http://www.euwe-stimulans.nl/
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Euwe Stimulans Arnhem NED (NED), 17-26 viii 2007 cat. VII (2409)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Simutowe, Amon m ZAM 2421 * = 1 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 7.5 2680
2. Barua, Dibyendu g IND 2462 = * 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 6.5 2569
3. Wang Puchen f NZL 2348 0 1 * 1 = 1 0 = 1 1 6.0 2540
4. Gaprindashvili, Nona1 g GEO 2364 0 0 0 * = 1 1 1 1 = 5.0 2457
5. Panno, Oscar g ARG 2457 = 0 = = * = 0 = = 1 4.0 2360
6. Hendriks, Willy m NED 2420 0 1 0 0 = * = = = 1 4.0 2364
7. Muhren, Bianca wg NED 2334 0 0 1 0 1 = * = 0 1 4.0 2374
8. Olafsson, Fridrik g ISL 2452 0 0 = 0 = = = * 1 1 4.0 2361
9. Ziska, Helgi Dam m FAI 2392 = 0 0 0 = = 1 0 * 1 3.5 2331
10. Rothuis, Vincent NED 2441 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 * 0.5 1961
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Round 5 (August 21, 2007)
Simutowe, Amon - Panno, Oscar 1/2 25 C00 French Defence
Barua, Dibyendu - Muhren, Bianca 1-0 73 B49 Sicilian Paulsen
Wang Puchen - Olafsson, Fridrik 1/2 37 B23 Sicilian Closed
Ziska, Helgi Dam - Gaprindashvili, Nona1 0-1 27 B15 Caro Kann
Rothuis, Vincent - Hendriks, Willy 0-1 30 A00 Irregular Openings
Round 6 (August 23, 2007)
Gaprindashvili, Nona1 - Hendriks, Willy 1-0 72 A57 Volga Gambit
Panno, Oscar - Rothuis, Vincent 1-0 33 A25 English Sicilian Attack
Muhren, Bianca - Wang Puchen 1-0 29 C03 French Tarrasch
Olafsson, Fridrik - Simutowe, Amon 0-1 38 A14 Reti Opening
Ziska, Helgi Dam - Barua, Dibyendu 0-1 60 C00 French Defence
Round 7 (August 24, 2007)
Simutowe, Amon - Muhren, Bianca 1-0 78 A28 English Four Knights
Barua, Dibyendu - Gaprindashvili, Nona1 1-0 64 B13 Caro Kann Exchange
Wang Puchen - Ziska, Helgi Dam 1-0 42 E70 King's Indian Fianchetto
Hendriks, Willy - Panno, Oscar 1/2 31 B07 Pirc Defence
Rothuis, Vincent - Olafsson, Fridrik 0-1 26 B06 Modern Defence
Round 8 (August 25, 2007)
Barua, Dibyendu - Wang Puchen 0-1 44 B01 Centre Counter
Gaprindashvili, Nona1 - Panno, Oscar 1/2 23 E20 Nimzo Indian
Muhren, Bianca - Rothuis, Vincent 1-0 42 B14 Caro Kann Panov
Olafsson, Fridrik - Hendriks, Willy 1/2 18 E61 King's Indian Defence
Ziska, Helgi Dam - Simutowe, Amon 1/2 77 B15 Caro Kann
Round 9 (August 26, 2007)
Simutowe, Amon - Barua, Dibyendu 1/2 83 A25 English Sicilian Attack
Wang Puchen - Gaprindashvili, Nona1 1-0 35 A21 English Opening
Panno, Oscar - Olafsson, Fridrik 1/2 15 A13 Reti Opening
Hendriks, Willy - Muhren, Bianca 1/2 96 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Rothuis, Vincent - Ziska, Helgi Dam 0-1 14 A45 Trompowsky
The French Championships took place in Aix-les-Bains 13th-25th August
2007. There was a playoff between Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Vladislav Tkachiev
for the title after both tied on 7.5/11. There were two drawn rapid games (15
min + 5 sec per move) followed by a pair of blitz games both won by Maxime
Vachier-Lagrave who thus took the title.
Official site: http://www.echecs.asso.fr and news also
at: http://www.echecs.com/actualite/dossier.php
Rapid
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1/2 37 A34 English Symmetrical
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - Tkachiev, Vladislav 1/2 26 C68 Ruy Lopez Exchange
Blitz
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - Tkachiev, Vladislav 1-0 46 C68 Ruy Lopez Exchange
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 0-1 35 A29 English Four Knights
ch-FRA Playoff Aix-les-Bains FRA (FRA), 25-25 viii 2007
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1 2 3 4
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Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2595 = = 1 1 3.0 2848
Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 2655 = = 0 0 1.0 2402
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ch-FRA Aix-les-Bains FRA (FRA), 13-25 viii 2007 cat. XIII (2571)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 2655 * 1 = = = = = 1 1 = = 1 7.5 2696
2. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2595 0 * = = 1 = 1 1 1 = = 1 7.5 2702
3. Sokolov, Andrei1 g FRA 2582 = = * = = = 1 = = = 1 1 7.0 2672
4. Dorfman, Josif D g FRA 2584 = = = * 1 = = 0 1 = 1 = 6.5 2635
5. Bauer, Christian g FRA 2626 = 0 = 0 * 1 = = = 1 1 1 6.5 2631
6. Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2646 = = = = 0 * = = = = = 1 5.5 2564
7. Fontaine, Robert g FRA 2567 = 0 0 = = = * 0 = 1 1 1 5.5 2571
8. Degraeve, Jean-Marc g FRA 2520 0 0 = 1 = = 1 * 0 = = = 5.0 2539
9. Vaisser, Anatoly g FRA 2544 0 0 = 0 = = = 1 * 1 = = 5.0 2537
10. Nataf, Igor-Alexandre g FRA 2588 = = = = 0 = 0 = 0 * = = 4.0 2467
11. Renet, Olivier g FRA 2498 = = 0 0 0 = 0 = = = * = 3.5 2444
12. Guidarelli, Laurent m FRA 2450 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 = = = = * 2.5 2371
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The I.B.C.A. European Individual Championship 2007 took place at St
Aiden's College in Durham from 13th to 24th August 2007. Jaroslav Olsar
finished on 8/9 half a point clear of Yuri Meshkov. My thanks to Chris Ross for
the games.
Official site: http://www.braillechess.org.uk
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ch-Euro IBCA Durham (ENG), 14-23 viii 2007
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1. Olsar, Jaroslav CZE 2279 +59 =42 +35 +29 +30 + 2 + 9 = 7 + 6 8.0 2557
2. Meshkov, Yuri A m RUS 2418 +48 +17 + 8 + 7 + 4 - 1 +23 + 5 = 3 7.5 2503
3. Grigorchuk, Sergey UKR 2235 +72 +50 = 5 = 6 =21 +24 +20 +17 = 2 7.0 2445
4. Wassin, Sergej f UKR 2299 +41 +19 +16 +27 - 2 = 6 - 5 +18 + 7 6.5 2361
5. Smirnov, Sergey N RUS 2201 +55 +12 = 3 +24 =10 =20 + 4 - 2 = 8 6.0 2374
6. Crouch, Colin S m ENG 2370 =36 +46 +26 = 3 =22 = 4 +14 +13 - 1 6.0 2288
7. Zsiltzova-Lisenko, Lubov wm UKR 2284 +70 +15 +31 - 2 +27 =23 +10 = 1 - 4 6.0 2338
8. Desanjose Candalija, Eduardo f ESP 2271 +43 +11 - 2 =38 =25 +27 =18 +15 = 5 6.0 2267
9. Berlinsky, Vladimir m RUS 2330 =46 +36 =42 +17 +16 =10 - 1 =12 +25 6.0 2240
10. Gunajew, Rafal POL 2249 +51 +25 +20 =22 = 5 = 9 - 7 +39 =19 6.0 2316
11. Draghici, Gavril ESP 2107 +44 - 8 +69 -23 =35 +34 =24 +28 +30 6.0 2254
12. Schellmann, Frank GER 2141 +65 - 5 =67 =36 =43 +45 +38 = 9 +20 6.0 2230
13. Aguilar Sevilla, Diego ESP 2165 =62 -58 =47 +72 +36 +50 +26 - 6 +27 6.0 2193
14. Ross, Chris N ENG 2133 =58 +62 -29 +67 +33 =22 - 6 +50 +21 6.0 2234
15. Mlacnik, Franc SLO 2128 +75 - 7 +40 -20 +69 +29 +30 - 8 +23 6.0 2304
16. Baloha,Mykhailo UKR ---- +32 +18 - 4 +19 - 9 =26 +54 =23 =17 5.5 2299
17. Chojnowski, Marcin POL 2159 +67 - 2 +61 - 9 +55 +28 +22 - 3 =16 5.5 2192
18. Pribeanu, Dacian f ROM 2228 +57 -16 +70 +43 -20 +42 = 8 - 4 +35 5.5 2196
19. Sakic, Milutin CRO 2163 +76 - 4 +59 -16 +48 =35 +33 =20 =10 5.5 2199
20. Krylov, Sergey m RUS 2409 +37 +21 -10 +15 +18 = 5 - 3 =19 -12 5.0 2216
21. Suder, Ryszard POL 2209 +28 -20 +53 =42 = 3 =25 =35 +29 -14 5.0 2171
22. Zoltek, Tadeusz f POL 2237 +49 =35 +33 =10 = 6 =14 -17 -25 +48 5.0 2143
23. Dukaczewski, Piotr m POL 2339 +63 +39 -27 +11 +49 = 7 - 2 =16 -15 5.0 2129
24. Romanenkov, Aleksandr RUS 2229 +40 =33 +58 - 5 +38 - 3 =11 =35 =26 5.0 2142
25. Pohlers, Juergen GER 2095 +47 -10 =45 +58 = 8 =21 =39 +22 - 9 5.0 2187
26. Wojcieszyn, Zdzislaw POL 2109 =45 +52 - 6 +60 =29 =16 -13 +44 =24 5.0 2135
27. Rosikhin, Igor BLR 2101 +71 +30 +23 - 4 - 7 - 8 +43 +42 -13 5.0 2222
28. Altinok,Selim TUR ---- -21 =37 +63 +31 =42 -17 +48 -11 +50 5.0 2128
29. Gosek, Zenon POL 2068 =73 +66 +14 - 1 =26 -15 +49 -21 +43 5.0 2099
30. Nizam, Rasim m BUL 2244 +61 -27 +41 +50 - 1 +49 -15 +37 -11 5.0 2064
31. Voronin, Alexey RUS 2141 =69 +60 - 7 -28 +58 =43 =44 =34 +56 5.0 2064
32. Kacic-Karlin, Kresimir CRO 2192 -16 +57 -43 +61 -50 +62 -37 +49 +55 5.0 1985
33. Vojan, Istvan HUN 2066 +74 =24 -22 +66 -14 +46 -19 =56 +57 5.0 2128
34. Znuderl,Matej SLO ---- -50 +72 -38 =51 +67 -11 +70 =31 +54 5.0 2097
35. Pirosca, Alexandru ROM 2086 +56 =22 - 1 +45 =11 =19 =21 =24 -18 4.5 2161
36. Stolarczyk, Anna POL 2007 = 6 - 9 +62 =12 -13 +40 =42 =54 =39 4.5 2140
37. Iwancio, Lukasz POL 2009 -20 =28 -60 +40 =44 +69 +32 -30 =38 4.5 2103
38. Eros, Pal HUN 2089 =66 =73 +34 = 8 -24 +60 -12 =55 =37 4.5 2071
39. Bischoff, Hermann GER 2000 +68 -23 +55 -49 =53 +59 =25 -10 =36 4.5 2045
40. Agalarov,Habibulla AZE ---- -24 +74 -15 -37 +52 -36 =58 +61 +63 4.5 2019
41. Garcia Magadan, Ramon ESP 1994 - 4 +76 -30 =44 =73 -66 +68 =47 +60 4.5 2060
42. Migala, Andrzej POL 2102 +64 = 1 = 9 =21 =28 -18 =36 -27 =52 4.0 2085
43. Berggren, Patrik SWE 1913 - 8 +44 +32 -18 =12 =31 -27 +66 -29 4.0 2083
44. Jennen,Herman BEL ---- -11 -43 +57 =41 =37 +63 =31 -26 =51 4.0 1987
45. Holmela,Kari FIN ---- =26 =53 =25 -35 +51 -12 =59 -48 +69 4.0 2004
46. Szurgot, Dominik POL 2005 = 9 - 6 -66 =62 +65 -33 =52 +58 =47 4.0 2042
47. Lapadatu,Teodor ROM ---- -25 =51 =13 -48 =61 =58 +72 =41 =46 4.0 1965
48. Fratini, Mauro ITA 2011 - 2 -67 +64 +47 -19 +57 -28 +45 -22 4.0 2047
49. Berggren, Marcus SWE 1738 -22 +56 +54 +39 -23 -30 -29 -32 +66 4.0 2094
50. Nemes, Gyorgy HUN 2031 +34 - 3 +73 -30 +32 -13 +66 -14 -28 4.0 2064
51. Denes,Jozsef HUN ---- -10 =47 =52 =34 -45 =61 =62 +65 =44 4.0 1962
52. Whittle,Les ENG ---- =53 -26 =51 -59 -40 +64 =46 +67 =42 4.0 1979
53. Muri, Emil SLO 2028 =52 =45 -21 +65 =39 -54 -56 =62 +68 4.0 1997
54. Lilley, Graham ENG 2155 =60 =69 -49 +68 =59 +53 -16 =36 -34 4.0 1927
55. Hilton, Stephen SCO 1992 - 5 +65 -39 +74 -17 =73 +60 =38 -32 4.0 2028
56. Papadopoulos,Christos GRE ---- -35 -49 -68 +75 +72 =70 +53 =33 -31 4.0 1960
57. Altinok,Kerim TUR ---- -18 -32 -44 +71 +74 -48 +73 +59 -33 4.0 2007
58. Gelman,Gennadiy AZE ---- =14 +13 -24 -25 -31 =47 =40 -46 +75 3.5 2005
59. Armstrong, William G ENG 1957 - 1 +64 -19 +52 =54 -39 =45 -57 =62 3.5 1986
60. Demirel,Ismail TUR ---- =54 -31 +37 -26 +68 -38 -55 +70 -41 3.5 1971
61. Fries, Elisabeth GER 1802 -30 +71 -17 -32 =47 =51 +69 -40 =64 3.5 1986
62. Chambers,Colin ENG ---- =13 -14 -36 =46 +75 -32 =51 =53 =59 3.5 1974
63. Ilic, Andreas GER 2000 -23 +68 -28 -69 +64 -44 =67 +73 -40 3.5 1957
64. Konstantinou,Panagiotis GRE ---- -42 -59 -48 +76 -63 -52 +71 +72 =61 3.5 1905
65. Engstrom,Olle SWE ---- -12 -55 +71 -53 -46 =67 +76 -51 +73 3.5 1938
66. Murin,Miroslav SVK ---- =38 -29 +46 -33 =70 +41 -50 -43 -49 3.0 1861
67. Dalschaert,Didier BEL ---- -17 +48 =12 -14 -34 =65 =63 -52 =70 3.0 1921
68. Boer,Jan NED ---- -39 -63 +56 -54 -60 +71 -41 +74 -53 3.0 1894
69. Fexa,Rainer AUT ---- =31 =54 -11 +63 -15 -37 -61 +76 -45 3.0 1913
70. Wikman, Bengt FIN 1971 - 7 +75 -18 =73 =66 =56 -34 -60 =67 3.0 1931
71. Koumtsis,Argiris GRE ---- -27 -61 -65 -57 +76 -68 -64 +75 +74 3.0 1864
72. Aclan,Levent TUR ---- - 3 -34 +75 -13 -56 +74 -47 -64 +76 3.0 1919
73. Spele,Richard SWE ---- =29 =38 -50 =70 =41 =55 -57 -63 -65 2.5 1850
74. Spychala,Jozefa POL ---- -33 -40 +76 -55 -57 -72 +75 -68 -71 2.0 1786
75. Gromme,Freddy SUI ---- -15 -70 -72 -56 -62 =76 -74 -71 -58 0.5 1567
76. Dalle,Natasha BEL ---- -19 -41 -74 -64 -71 =75 -65 -69 -72 0.5 1573
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The Spanish CECLUB Primera Division Norte took place in Sabadell
15th-19th August 2007. S.C.C. de Sabadell and Club d´escacs
Barberá are promoted. The following week the Primera Division Sur took
place in Burguillos 22nd-26th August 2007 C.A. SESTAO NATURGAS ENERGIA and
SERVIGAR BINISSALEM finished in the top two places.
Official site:
http://www.feda.org/ceclub/primeranorte/index.htm
and http://www.feda.org/ceclub/primerasur/index.htm
Final Round 6 Standings Norte:
Rk. SNo Team Games + = - TB1 TB2 TB3
1 1 S.C.C. de Sabadell 6 5 0 1 16,5 10 0
2 3 Club d´escacs Barberá 6 4 2 0 16,0 10 1
3 4 Unio Montcada 6 4 1 1 16,0 9 1
4 2 C.A. Jaime Casas 6 4 1 1 15,0 9 0
5 10 Real Grupo de Cultura Covadonga 6 3 2 1 15,0 8 0
6 6 Stadium Casablanca 6 3 2 1 14,5 8 0
7 9 Barceloneta E.C. 6 4 1 1 14,0 9 0
8 8 GEVA-CEA Andorra 6 2 3 1 13,5 7 0
9 11 R.C. Regatas 6 3 1 2 13,5 7 0
10 16 C.A. Padrón 6 3 2 1 13,0 8 0
11 17 C.A. Orvina 6 3 1 2 13,0 7 0
12 13 CAI Olivar 6 1 3 2 13,0 5 0
13 5 C.A. Ibercaja 6 3 1 2 12,5 7 0
14 7 P. d´escacs Casino Pradro S. de Sitges 6 3 0 3 12,5 6 0
15 21 Club d´escacs Figueres 6 2 1 3 12,5 5 0
16 26 Círculo de las Artes 6 4 0 2 12,0 8 0
17 19 C.A. Batalla de Irún 6 3 0 3 12,0 6 0
18 14 C.A. Universidad de Vigo 6 1 2 3 11,5 4 0
19 12 C.D. Universidade de Santiago 6 2 2 2 11,0 6 1
20 18 Club Tres Peons 6 1 3 2 11,0 5 1
21 31 Iretza Gros Xake Taldea B 6 4 0 2 10,5 8 0
22 22 C.E. Sant Marti 6 3 0 3 10,5 6 2
23 15 C.D.A. San Isidoro 6 2 2 2 10,5 6 0
24 24 Grupo 64 6 2 0 4 10,5 4 0
25 23 Sol Antillas-Tropic-Casa Catalana 6 2 1 3 10,0 5 0
26 20 C.C. Sant Andreu 6 1 2 3 10,0 4 2
27 29 Peña Rey Ardid 6 1 2 3 10,0 4 0
28 25 A.D. San Viator de Vitoria 6 2 0 4 9,0 4 0
29 28 Sociedad Ajedrecística Logroñesa 6 0 2 4 9,0 2 0
30 27 C.A. UNED de Segovia 6 1 1 4 7,5 3 0
31 30 C.A. Gambito - UC 6 1 0 5 6,5 2 0
Final Round 6 Standings Sud
Rk. No.Ini. Equipo P + = - Desemp1 Desemp2 Desemp3
1 1 C.A. SESTAO NATURGAS ENERGIA 6 5 1 0 18,0 11 0
2 2 SERVIGAR BINISSALEM 6 3 3 0 16,0 9 0
3 6 C.A. LAURUS RONDA 6 4 1 1 15,0 9 0
4 4 C.A. OBERENA 6 3 2 1 15,0 8 0
5 3 C.E. LLEIDA 6 4 1 1 14,5 9 0
6 15 C.D.E. ALMAGRO 6 3 1 2 14,5 7 0
7 13 C.A. ALJASUR OLIVARES 6 3 1 2 14,5 7 0
8 5 UNIVERSIDAD DE OVIEDO 6 4 1 1 14,0 9 2
9 10 C.A. TIENDAS UPI "B" 6 4 1 1 14,0 9 0
10 11 C.A. VIRGEN DE ATOCHA 6 3 0 3 13,5 6 0
11 12 C.A. MOTRIL 6 3 0 3 13,0 6 2
12 21 C.A. SHAHMAT 6 3 0 3 13,0 6 0
13 14 C.A. TOTANA 6 3 0 3 13,0 6 0
14 7 C.A. ISLA BONITA 6 2 2 2 12,5 6 2
"CAJACANARIAS"
15 8 C.A. EVA-VALENCIA 6 3 0 3 12,5 6 0
16 9 C.A. AMIGOS DEL RETIRO 6 3 1 2 12,0 7 0
17 20 C.A. CAJAGRANADA 6 1 1 4 11,5 3 0
18 17 LLANERA-ALZIRA "B" 6 3 1 2 11,0 7 0
19 25 C.A. ALEKHINE-ESPARTINAS 6 3 0 3 11,0 6 0
20 24 C.A. MAGIC 6 2 2 2 10,5 6 2
21 16 PENA OROMANA 6 1 2 3 10,5 4 1
22 18 CLUB ESCACS CULLERA 6 1 1 4 10,5 3 1
23 19 C.A. AKFUR COTELEC 6 3 1 2 10,0 7 1
24 22 CLUB D´ESCACS OLIVA 6 1 3 2 10,0 5 1
25 30 PENA BARCELONISTA DE MELILLA 6 2 1 3 10,0 5 1
26 23 C.D.E. AJEDREZ PARQUE SUR 6 1 2 3 10,0 4 1
27 28 C.D.A. LAPUERTA 6 2 1 3 9,5 5 0
28 27 C.A. EL SAUZAL 6 2 0 4 9,0 4 2
29 26 C.A. ALGECIRAS 6 2 0 4 9,0 4 0
30 29 C.A. SOBRE RUEDAS 6 2 0 4 8,5 4 0
31 31 C.A. CIRCULO PACENSE 6 2 0 4 6,0 4 0
The Acropolis International Chess Tournament 2007 took place in Athens,
Greece 14th-22nd August 2007. Ilia Smirin took clear first place with 7/9 half
a point clear of the field.
Official site:
http://www.chessfed.gr/Acropolis2007/default.asp
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Acropolis Open Athens GRE (GRE), 14-22 viii 2007
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1. Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2649 7,0 2531 39,0
2. Georgiev, Kiril g BUL 2663 6,5 2510 34,5
3. Parligras, Mircea g ROM 2542 6,5 2487 34,0
5. Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios g GRE 2541 6,5 2462 32,0
7. Malakhatko, Vadim g BEL 2596 6,5 2446 31,0
6. Banikas, Hristos g GRE 2567 6,5 2439 33,5
4. Svetushkin, Dmitry g MDA 2618 6,5 2438 30,5
8. Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2551 6,0 2493 34,0
14. Halkias, Stelios g GRE 2580 6,0 2472 32,5
9. Gelashvili, Tamaz g GEO 2604 6,0 2463 31,5
13. Esen, Baris m TUR 2441 6,0 2460 32,5
10. Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2596 6,0 2438 30,5
11. Kotronias, Vasilios g GRE 2612 6,0 2424 29,5
12. Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2546 6,0 2423 31,0
15. Mastrovasilis, Athanasios g GRE 2538 6,0 2323 28,0
16. Moutousis, Konstantinos m GRE 2428 5,5 2472 32,0
17. Dzagnidze, Nana m GEO 2404 5,5 2467 29,5
19. Grivas, Efstratios g GRE 2507 5,5 2435 29,5
18. Atakisi, Umut m TUR 2383 5,5 2408 27,0
20. Managadze, Nikoloz m GEO 2433 5,5 2390 27,5
22. Papadopoulos, I GRE 2395 5,5 2371 25,5
21. Zawadzka, Jolanta wg POL 2354 5,5 2341 28,0
23. Karagiannis, Athanasios m GRE 2349 5,5 2293 26,0
82 players
The 1st Serbian League for Men and Women takes place 21st August - 1st
September 2007. Nice games collection available.
Official site:
http://www.serbiachess.net/2007/prvaliga07/prvaliga07.htm
- details reports: http://www.chessdom.com/serbia-league/
The RC Sport Open took place in Ceska Trebova CZE 10th-17th August 2007.
Jan Votava won the event on tie-break from Jiri Stocek, Bartlomiej, Petr Haba,
Piotr Bobras and Petr Martin after all finished on 7/9.
Official site: http://sachy.rcsport.info/
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RC Sport Open Ceska Trebova CZE (CZE), 10-17 viii 2007
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1 Votava Jan GM CZE 2547 7,0 7,0 46,0 57,5
2 Stocek Jiri GM CZE 2572 7,0 7,0 42,5 54,5
3 Heberla Bartlomiej GM POL 2484 7,0 7,0 41,0 52,0
4 Haba Petr GM CZE 2526 7,0 7,0 39,5 51,0
5 Bobras Piotr GM POL 2558 7,0 7,0 37,5 48,5
6 Petr Martin IM CZE 2453 7,0 7,0 35,5 45,5
7 Bernasek Jan IM CZE 2517 6,5 6,5 42,5 53,5
8 Cvek Robert GM CZE 2548 6,5 6,5 40,0 51,5
9 Stryjecki Marek IM POL 2416 6,5 6,5 39,0 50,0
10 Novotny Michal CZE 2219 6,5 6,5 38,0 49,0
11 Krejci Jan FM CZE 2315 6,5 6,5 37,0 48,0
12 Cerveny Petr CZE 2295 6,5 6,5 35,5 46,5
13 Hrabusa Matej SVK 2277 6,0 6,0 40,0 49,0
14 Hagarova Zuzana IM SVK 2389 6,0 6,0 38,0 48,5
15 Spirin Oleg FM RUS 2356 6,0 6,0 37,5 48,5
16 Rojicek Vojtech FM CZE 2354 6,0 6,0 37,5 47,5
17 Vojta Tomas FM CZE 2283 6,0 6,0 37,0 48,0
Molnar Peter FM SVK 2278 6,0 6,0 37,0 48,0
19 Grandelius Nils SWE 2271 6,0 6,0 37,0 47,0
20 Kireev Aleksei IM RUS 2380 6,0 6,0 36,5 47,0
21 Tuma Jiri CZE 2292 6,0 6,0 36,0 46,5
22 Weinzettl Ernst IM AUT 2328 6,0 6,0 33,5 43,5
23 Kulhanek Tomas IM CZE 2428 6,0 6,0 33,0 43,5
24 Sergeev Vladimir GM UKR 2488 5,5 5,5 41,5 52,5
25 Sabol Marian CZE 2285 5,5 5,5 38,0 48,5
26 Tikkanen Hans FM SWE 2365 5,5 5,5 38,0 47,5
27 Simacek Pavel IM CZE 2481 5,5 5,5 37,5 48,5
28 Smith Axel SWE 2271 5,5 5,5 37,5 47,5
29 Plischki Sebastian GER 2397 5,5 5,5 37,5 46,0
30 Manik Mikulas GM SVK 2457 5,5 5,5 36,5 47,0
31 Bylino Oleg FM UKR 2193 5,5 5,5 36,0 46,5
32 Tikovsky Alexandr CZE 2228 5,5 5,5 36,0 46,0
33 Cerveny Martin FM CZE 2304 5,5 5,5 36,0 46,0
34 Nilsson Sebastian SWE 2227 5,5 5,5 36,0 45,5
35 Herejk Petr CZE 2178 5,5 5,5 35,5 44,5
36 Vrana Jan CZE 2271 5,5 5,5 35,5 44,5
37 Priborsky Ivo CZE 2339 5,5 5,5 35,0 45,5
38 Folkova Martina CZE 2195 5,5 5,5 34,0 44,0
39 Jinova Lucie CZE 2089 5,5 5,5 33,5 42,0
40 Kuchynka Lukas CZE 2180 5,5 5,5 33,0 43,0
41 Cedikova Katerina WIM CZE 2178 5,5 5,5 31,5 41,5
42 Valenta Vit CZE 2213 5,5 5,5 28,5 36,5
140 players
The Tula Region Championship took place 3rd-10th August 2007. Maxim
Novikov won the event with 7.5/9.
Official site:
http://forum.fide.com/ratings/view_source.phtml?code=9231
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ch-Tula Tula RUS (RUS), 3-11 viii 2007 cat. VI (2378)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Novikov, Maxim g RUS 2524 * = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 7.5 2635
2. Yagupov, Igor g RUS 2494 = * 0 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 6.5 2531
3. Chuiko, Alexander m RUS 2452 = 1 * 0 = 0 1 1 = 1 5.5 2450
4. Domogaev, Sergey RUS 2360 0 0 1 * = 1 0 1 1 1 5.5 2460
5. Tishin, Petr g RUS 2404 0 0 = = * = 1 1 1 1 5.5 2455
6. Zhavoronkov, Evgeny RUS 2292 0 = 1 0 = * = 0 = 1 4.0 2344
7. Bakutin, Aleksey f RUS 2327 = 0 0 1 0 = * = = 1 4.0 2340
8. Selin, Oleg f RUS 2400 0 = 0 0 0 1 = * 1 1 4.0 2332
9. Aleshin, Nikolay RUS 2254 0 0 = 0 0 = = 0 * 1 2.5 2226
10. Ruchkin, Yuri RUS 2275 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0.0
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The was an IM tournament in Dmitrov RUS 22nd-31st July 2007. Semetey
Tologontegin won the event with 15.5/19.
Official site:
http://forum.fide.com/ratings/view_source.phtml?code=9290
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IMA Dimitrov RUS (RUS), 7-31 vii 2007 cat. I (2274)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Tologontegin, Semetey f KGZ 2320 * 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 = = 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 = 15.5 2533
2. Paveliev, Alexey RUS 2405 1 * = = 1 1 = = = . = 1 = 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 14.0 2486
3. Shalimov, Valery UKR m UKR 2435 0 = * = 1 0 1 1 = = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 14.0 2449
4. Chernobay, Artem RUS 2409 0 = = * = 0 1 = 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 13.0 2399
5. Yaksin, Oleg RUS 2231 0 0 0 = * = = 1 1 1 1 0 1 = 1 1 1 = = 1 12.0 2370
6. Liassota, Evgueni f BLR 2241 0 0 1 1 = * = = 1 = = = 0 1 1 0 = 0 1 1 10.5 2311
7. Romanko-Guseva, Marina wg RUS 2303 0 = 0 0 = = * 0 1 = = = 1 1 = = 1 = 1 1 10.5 2307
8. Vasilkova, Svetlana wm RUS 2331 0 = 0 = 0 = 1 * = = = = 1 = = = 0 1 1 1 10.0 2291
9. Kavalenia, Leonid RUS 2289 0 = = 1 0 0 0 = * = 1 1 = = = 0 1 1 0 1 9.5 2272
10. Kanter, Eduard RUS 2272 = . = 0 0 = = = = * 0 = = = = 1 = = 1 1 9.0 2266
11. Paikidze, Nazi wf GEO 2230 = = 0 = 0 = = = 0 1 * = 1 = = = 1 = 0 = 9.0 2254
12. Puchkov, Andrey BLR 2252 0 0 = 0 1 = = = 0 = = * 0 = = = = 1 = 1 8.5 2238
13. Bezgodova, Svetlana RUS 2266 0 = = 0 0 1 0 0 = = 0 1 * 1 0 0 = 1 1 1 8.5 2237
14. Filatov, Dmitry RUS 2292 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = = = = 0 * 1 1 = = 1 1 8.5 2236
15. Skurygin, Anton m KAZ 2319 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = = = = = 1 0 * = = 1 1 1 8.0 2214
16. Savina, Anastasia RUS 2209 = 0 0 0 0 1 = = 1 0 = = 1 0 = * 0 = 1 0 7.5 2196
17. Grebenshikov, V m KAZ 2307 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 = 0 = = = = 1 * 1 = 1 7.5 2191
18. Shefer, Alexander RUS 2075 0 = 0 = = 1 = 0 0 = = 0 0 = 0 = 0 * 0 = 5.5 2125
19. Rysbayeva, Aigerim wf KAZ 2170 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 0 1 = 0 0 0 0 = 1 * = 5.0 2094
20. Fokin, Stanislav RUS 2114 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 0 = = * 3.0 1997
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Paveliev vs Kanter seems to have been a double default
The Dubna Festival 2007 took place 1st-12th August 2007 in Dubna RUS.
Aleksandr Rakhamanov won the GM event with 7.5/10. Vladislav Nozdrachev won the
IM event with 13 points but the tables given on the FIDE site (scores are just
wrong having far too few points but the crosstable seems to have the right
results) and the official site (in Russian, Dimitrenko's score adds up to 12
but he's given only 11 points) are not exactly clear, these kind of errors
sometimes are an indication of an event that should be examined more closely.
There was also a 14 round open won by Alexei Gorbatov.
Official site: http://www.dubnachess.narod.ru/ -
Results also at:
http://www.fide.com/ratings/view_source.phtml?code=9293
and http://www.fide.com/ratings/view_source.phtml?code=9294
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GM Dubna RUS (RUS), 2-12 viii 2007 cat. VII (2413)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
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1. Rakhmanov, Aleksandr m RUS 2489 * 1 0 1 = = 1 = 1 1 1 7.5 2598
2. Romanov, Evgeny m RUS 2521 0 * 1 = = = 1 = 1 1 1 7.0 2551
3. Papin, Vasily m RUS 2415 1 0 * 0 1 = = 1 1 = 1 6.5 2523
4. Andreev, Eduard UKR g UKR 2435 0 = 1 * = = = = = = 1 5.5 2447
5. Nechepurenko, Roman V f RUS 2510 = = 0 = * = = 1 = 1 0 5.0 2403
6. Kupreichik, Viktor D g BLR 2384 = = = = = * = = 0 = 1 5.0 2416
7. Komliakov, Viktor g MDA 2438 0 0 = = = = * = 1 = 1 5.0 2410
8. Lomako, Pavel BLR 2398 = = 0 = 0 = = * 1 = = 4.5 2378
9. Yaksin, Oleg RUS 2231 0 0 0 = = 1 0 0 * 1 1 4.0 2359
10. Chernobay, Artem RUS 2409 0 0 = = 0 = = = 0 * 1 3.5 2303
11. Golubenko, Valentina wm EST 2316 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 = 0 0 * 1.5 2127
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IM Dubna RUS (RUS), 2-12 viii 2007
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1. Nozdrachev, Vladislav RUS 2255 * = = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 . 1 13.0 2500
2. Dmitrenko, Viktor m UKR 2362 = * = 0 1 = = = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 12.0 2394
3. Truskavetsky, Alexandr m UKR 2392 = = * 1 0 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 0 . 11.5 2404
4. Liassota, Evgueni f BLR 2241 = 1 0 * = = 0 = 1 0 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 . 10.5 2364
5. Grebenshikov, V m KAZ 2307 0 0 1 = * 1 1 1 0 = 1 = 1 1 0 1 = . 10.0 2338
6. Ozolin, Maxim f RUS 2406 = = 0 = 0 * 1 0 1 = = = = 1 1 1 1 . 9.5 2302
7. Gunina, Valentina wf RUS 2361 0 = 0 1 0 0 * = = 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 = 1 9.0 2257
8. Gubaydulin, T UZB 2191 = = = = 0 1 = * 0 = 0 = 1 0 1 1 . 1 8.5 2274
9. Bezgodova, Svetlana RUS 2266 0 = 0 0 1 0 = 1 * 0 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 . 8.5 2267
10. Kovtunenko, Alexandr RUS 2293 0 0 0 1 = = 0 = 1 * 1 0 1 = = 1 = . 8.0 2244
11. Savina, Anastasia RUS 2209 0 = = 0 0 = 1 1 0 0 * 1 0 = 1 = 1 0 7.5 2202
12. Rysbayeva, Aigerim wf KAZ 2170 0 0 0 0 = = 1 = = 1 0 * 0 = 1 1 = . 7.0 2209
13. Severiukhina, Zoja wf RUS 2267 = = = 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 1 * 1 0 0 1 1 7.0 2177
14. Rozanov, Pavel B f RUS 2201 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 = = = = 0 * = 0 = 1 5.5 2113
15. Gorbatenko, Kateryna wf UKR 2084 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 = * 0 1 1 5.0 2095
16. Rysbayeva, Nazerke KAZ 2054 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 1 1 1 * . . 4.0 2092
17. Neverov, Ivan RUS 2146 . 0 1 0 = 0 = . 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 . * . 3.5 2098
18. Patsyk, Aleksandr RUS 2184 0 0 . . . . 0 0 . . 1 . 0 0 0 . . * 1.0 1919
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Open Dubna RUS (RUS), 2-12 viii 2007
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1. Gorbatov, Alexej 2381 10.0 123.5 86.50 77.0 2427 +1.00
Konovalov, Nikolay 2431 10.0 121.5 85.00 82.0 2429 +0.20
Lebedev, Alexander 2266 10.0 117.0 80.75 77.0 2438 +3.33
4. Orlinkov, Maxim L. 2388 9.5 116.5 75.75 76.5 2398 +0.32
5. Okrugin, Sergey 2355 9.0 121.0 77.00 77.0 2374 +0.52
Umansky, Vladimir 2343 9.0 119.0 74.25 72.0 2373 +0.71
Arakelov, Ilya 2389 9.0 117.5 72.75 70.0 2358 -0.35
Veliev, Gasan 2241 9.0 116.0 69.50 69.5 2313 +1.51
Barlakov, Arsalan 2253 9.0 112.0 68.75 67.5 2334 +1.68
Volkov, Evgeny 2184 9.0 106.5 65.00 64.5 2303 +2.07
Kolmakov, Pavel 2216 9.0 104.0 63.75 61.0 2243 +0.63
12. Zuzin, Vladimir 2265 8.5 117.5 65.25 69.5 2296 +0.72
Gulkov, Igor A. 2355 8.5 110.5 66.00 65.5 2274 -1.29
Denisov, Sergei 2210 8.5 110.5 63.75 66.5 2277 +1.31
Larina, Marija 2092 8.5 104.0 54.25 55.5 2225 +2.16
Nozdrachev, Leonid 2195 8.5 103.5 58.50 62.0 2217 +0.46
Nasonov, Vadim 2264 8.5 100.5 58.50 58.0 2140 -2.01
Leonidov, Vladimir 2171 8.5 94.5 56.75 53.0 2104 -0.95
19. Dolsonov, Ayusha 2041 8.0 111.0 60.75 61.5 2238 +3.62
Zasypkin, Alexey 2103 8.0 110.0 60.25 65.0 2301 +3.34
Chugunov, Sergey 2315 8.0 106.5 58.50 63.0 2180 -2.21
Burkov, German 2149 8.0 100.5 49.75 61.0 2175 +0.43
Vakhlamov, Igor L. 2028 8.0 100.0 53.75 59.0 2201 +2.66
Zhuravlev, A. 2206 8.0 95.0 50.75 53.0 2081 -2.06
79 players
The Ladozhskoe Leto (Ladoga Summer) took place 5th-13th July 2007 in
Novaya Ladoga RUS. Danniil Shkuran won with 7/9.
http://www.russ-mat.ru/tabl/tabl0001.htm
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1. Shkuran, Daniil m UKR 2420 * 1 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2506
2. Khuseinkhodzhaev, Muhammad TJK 2310 0 * 1 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2465
3. Akatova, Ekaterina wf RUS 2219 1 0 * = 0 = = 1 1 1 5.5 2389
4. Hermanov, Alexander m UKR 2331 = 1 = * = = = 0 = 1 5.0 2339
5. Mishuchkov, Nikolai M f RUS 2358 0 0 1 = * = = = 1 1 5.0 2336
6. Karalkin, Maksim f RUS 2343 = 0 = = = * = 1 = 0 4.0 2252
7. Smirnov, Vladimir S RUS 2251 0 = = = = = * 1 = 0 4.0 2262
8. Sedov, Aleksandr f RUS 2260 0 0 0 1 = 0 0 * = 1 3.0 2179
9. Anjuhin, Alex m RUS 2386 0 0 0 = 0 = = = * 1 3.0 2165
10. Shalaev, Nikolay ISR 2124 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 * 2.0 2099
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The Petrovskaya Ladya Festival took place 4th-20th August 2007, in
Peterhof, RUS. Eduard Gorovykh won the GM event with 7/9.
Official site: http://www.petergofchess.ru (http://www.petergofchess.ru/page132.html
in the sidebar for the tables in Russian)
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1. Gorovykh, Eduard f RUS 2409 * = = = 1 1 = = 1 = 1 7.0 2594
2. Yevseev, Denis g RUS 2515 = * 1 = 1 1 = = = = = 6.5 2544
3. Vysochin, Spartak g UKR 2518 = 0 * 1 = = 1 = = 1 0 5.5 2470
4. Lovkov, Roman f RUS 2435 = = 0 * 0 0 1 = 1 1 1 5.5 2478
5. Matlakov, Maxim RUS 2416 0 0 = 1 * 1 0 = = = 1 5.0 2444
6. Khuseinkhodzhaev, Muhammad TJK 2310 0 0 = 1 0 * = 1 0 1 1 5.0 2455
7. Zagrebelny, Sergey g UZB 2482 = = 0 0 1 = * = 1 = 0 4.5 2401
8. Maslak, Konstantin m RUS 2548 = = = = = 0 = * = = = 4.5 2395
9. Eliseev, Alexei m RUS 2421 0 = = 0 = 1 0 = * = 1 4.5 2407
10. Khruschiov, Alexey m MDA 2454 = = 0 0 = 0 = = = * 1 4.0 2368
11. Kashtanov, Ruslan m RUS 2352 0 = 1 0 0 0 1 = 0 0 * 3.0 2301
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1. Rozum, Ivan RUS 2354 * = = = = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 9.0 2509
2. Levin, Evgeny A f RUS 2421 = * = = 1 0 1 1 1 1 = = 1 8.5 2468
3. Gavrilov, Oleg RUS 2320 = = * = = 0 = 1 1 1 = 1 1 8.0 2444
4. Bets, Anatolij m MDA 2348 = = = * = 1 = 0 = 1 = 1 1 7.5 2411
5. Feofanov, Denis f RUS 2381 = 0 = = * 1 0 = = 1 1 1 = 7.0 2371
6. Eliseev, Alexei m RUS 2421 = 1 1 0 0 * = 1 0 = = = 1 6.5 2339
7. Zhidkov, Valery S m UKR 2353 0 0 = = 1 = * = = = = = 1 6.0 2316
8. Lilov, Valeri BUL 2323 0 0 0 1 = 0 = * 1 0 1 1 0 5.0 2261
9. Kaliberda, Vladimir m UKR 2337 = 0 0 = = 1 = 0 * = = 0 1 5.0 2260
10. Romcovici, Victor m MDA 2232 0 0 0 0 0 = = 1 = * = 1 1 5.0 2269
11. Timofeev, Andrei RUS 2256 0 = = = 0 = = 0 = = * 0 1 4.5 2237
12. Pogosian, Vladimir ARM 2175 0 = 0 0 0 = = 0 1 0 1 * 1 4.5 2244
13. Bocharov, Leonid RUS 2229 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 * 1.5 2004
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Petrovskaya Ladya IM2 Peterhof RUS (RUS), 13-20 viii 2007cat. III (2306)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Zacurdajev, Mikhail f RUS 2384 * = = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 = 8.5 2510
2. Rozum, Ivan RUS 2354 = * = = 1 1 1 = 1 = 1 = 8.0 2477
3. Pogromsky, Mikhail f RUS 2415 = = * = = = 1 1 1 1 1 = 8.0 2471
4. Serov, Maksim RUS 2265 = = = * = = 1 = = 1 0 1 6.5 2375
5. Fedoseev, Vladimir3 RUS 2237 0 0 = = * = = 1 = 1 1 0 5.5 2312
6. Bets, Anatolij m MDA 2348 0 0 = = = * 0 = = 1 = 1 5.0 2266
7. Pogosian, Vladimir ARM 2175 0 0 0 0 = 1 * 1 1 0 1 = 5.0 2282
8. Kaliberda, Vladimir m UKR 2337 = = 0 = 0 = 0 * = = = 1 4.5 2238
9. Romcovici, Victor m MDA 2232 0 0 0 = = = 0 = * 1 = 1 4.5 2248
10. Khakimov, Timur f RUS 2409 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 = 0 * 1 1 4.0 2195
11. Petrenko, Svetlana m MDA 2301 0 0 0 1 0 = 0 = = 0 * 1 3.5 2173
12. Orlov, Oleg RUS 2220 = = = 0 1 0 = 0 0 0 0 * 3.0 2139
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The Kemerovo International took place 6th-13th August 2007 in Kemerovo
RUS. Nikolai Pokazanjev took clear first on 8/11.
Official site:
http://forum.fide.com/ratings/view_source.phtml?code=9366
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1. Pokazanjev, Nikolai f RUS 2443 * = = 1 = 0 1 1 1 1 = 1 8.0 2374
2. Klimov, Anton f RUS 2356 = * 1 0 1 1 = 0 = = 1 1 7.0 2309
3. Kljucharev, Sergey RUS 2320 = 0 * 1 = 0 0 1 1 1 = 1 6.5 2275
4. Karayel, Atagun TUR 1963 0 1 0 * 1 1 = 0 = 1 1 0 6.0 2278
5. Malina, Diana wf RUS 2242 = 0 = 0 * 1 1 1 = = 0 = 5.5 2217
6. Sazhinov, Alexander RUS 2270 1 0 1 0 0 * 1 = = 0 = 1 5.5 2214
7. Kornev, Alexander m KAZ 2336 0 = 1 = 0 0 * = = 1 1 = 5.5 2208
8. Karimov, I UZB 2304 0 1 0 1 0 = = * 0 1 = 1 5.5 2211
9. Skurygin, Anton m KAZ 2319 0 = 0 = = = = 1 * = = 1 5.5 2210
10. Mikhailov, Vladimir V RUS 1747 0 = 0 0 = 1 0 0 = * 1 1 4.5 2197
11. Dralov, Vladimir RUS 2196 = 0 = 0 1 = 0 = = 0 * = 4.0 2119
12. Iwasaki, Yudai JPN 2138 0 0 0 1 = 0 = 0 0 0 = * 2.5 2015
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The Independence Cup took place in Kiev, 13th-23rd August 2007. Andrey
Zontakh took clear first with 9/11.
Official site: http://ukrchess.org.ua/
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1. Zontakh, Andrey g UKR 2545 9.0 75.0 59.75 54.5 2588 +0.50
2. Pavlov, Sergey2 UKR 2415 8.0 76.0 54.00 50.0 2476 +0.84
3. Golichenko, Ilija f UKR 2306 8.0 71.5 49.75 44.5 2456 +2.11
4. Dolzhikova, Kateryna wm UKR 2278 7.5 69.5 45.50 47.0 2438 +2.16
5. Matorin, Evgeny m RUS 2259 7.5 69.0 44.25 44.5 2435 +2.69
6. Baryshpolets, Andrey f UKR 2307 7.0 76.5 45.25 49.0 2421 +1.68
7. Nyzhnyk, Illya f UKR 2341 7.0 76.0 45.75 48.0 2429 +1.26
8. Lutsko, Igor g BLR 2418 7.0 72.5 42.25 48.5 2406 -0.18
9. Bykov, Alexey1 RUS 2250 7.0 67.0 42.25 39.0 2362 +1.53
10. Grinev, Valeriy UKR 2242 7.0 66.5 40.50 39.5 2347 +1.46
11. Shabala, Sergey UKR 2255 7.0 66.0 38.75 40.0 2373 +1.62
59 players
The 18th Kochan Memorial took place 5th-13th August 2007 in Koszalin
POL. Sergei Ovsejevitsch took clear first on 7/9.
Official site: http://www.hetman.man.koszalin.pl
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XVIII Kochan Mem Koszalin POL (POL), 5-13 viii 2007
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1. Ovsejevitsch, Sergei g UKR 2568 7.0 2557
2. Malaniuk, Vladimir P g UKR 2522 6.5 2487
3. Shishkin, Vadim UKR m UKR 2543 6.0 2455
4. Kanarek, Marcel POL 2226 6.0 2444
5. Cyborowski, Lukasz g POL 2560 6.0 2397
6. Mickiewicz, Piotr POL 2271 6.0 2414
7. Panocki, Adrian POL 2273 5.5 2261
8. Brzeski, Maciej POL 2356 5.0 2335
9. Wieczorek, Oskar POL 2129 5.0 2408
10. Piorun, Kacper POL 2359 5.0 2192
11. Sochacki, Wojtek FRA 2109 5.0 2195
30 players
The Championship of Gdansk took place 22nd-29th July 2007 in Gdansk POL.
Piotr Brodowski was given first in the table above Mikhail Kozakov and Vitali
Koziak all of whom finished on 7/9, I've no indication if a tie-break was
applied.
Official site: http://szachy.gda.pl/
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ch-Gdansk Gdansk POL (POL), 22-29 vii 2007
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1. Brodowski, Piotr POL 2365 7.0
2. Kozakov, Mikhail g UKR 2423 7.0
3. Koziak, Vitali m UKR 2441 7.0
4. Lubczynski, Rafal f POL 2368 6.5
5. Rybak, Tomasz POL 2262 6.5
6. Bugalski, Michal POL 2267 6.5
7. Rutkowski, Maciej f POL 2406 6.0
8. Dudzinski, Piotr POL 2266 6.0
9. Pioch, Zygmunt POL 2209 6.0
10. Khamitskiy, Sergei BLR 2426 5.5
11. Nester, Ihor m UKR 2354 5.5
12. Cherepov, Alexej BLR 2249 5.5
13. Krawczyk, Andrzej2 POL 2149 5.5
14. Klimaszewski, Dariusz2 POL 2157 5.5
15. Poniewierski, Piotr POL 2046 5.5
16. Kolago, Marcin POL 2350 5.5
17. Cichocki, Adam f POL 2349 5.5
58 players
The Slovenian National Championship for 2007, which were also the 17th
Milan Vidmar Memorial, took place in the modern Chess Centre in Ljubljana,
11th-19th August 2007. Four of the top six players in the FIDE rating list
(except Beliavsky and Mihalcisin) and 4 qualifiers played a round robin
tournament. GM Dusko Pavasovic (4th in this year's European Championship)
easily won the tournament ahead of GM Marko Tratar and IM Matej Sebenik.
Remark: points were counted - 3 for win and 1 for draw (statistics: 1:0 (13),
0:1 (15), 1/2 (17)). Alongside the Slovenian Women's Championship was won by
Vesna Rozic. News: Primoz Kokalj.
Official site: http://www.sah-zveza.si/rez/0708/si07ch/
Official Final Standings:
1. Pavasovic, Dusko g SLO 2584 23.0 17.0
2. Tratar, Marko g SLO 2491 17.0 11.0
3. Sebenik, Matej m SLO 2465 16.0 10.0
4. Borisek, Jure m SLO 2506 14.0 8.0
5. Skoberne, Jure m SLO 2479 14.0 8.0
6. Lenic, Luka m SLO 2538 13.0 7.0
7. Sakelsek, Tadej m SLO 2479 12.0 6.0
8. Barle, Janez m SLO 2400 5.0 1.0
9. Gombac, Jan f SLO 2290 4.0 1.0
10. Jeran, Bostjan SLO 2153 0.0 0.0
Conventional Crosstable
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1. Pavasovic, Dusko g SLO 2584 * = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2773
2. Tratar, Marko g SLO 2491 = * = 1 = = = 1 1 1 6.5 2598
3. Sebenik, Matej m SLO 2465 0 = * = = = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2560
4. Borisek, Jure m SLO 2506 = 0 = * = = = 1 1 1 5.5 2511
5. Skoberne, Jure m SLO 2479 0 = = = * = = 1 1 1 5.5 2514
6. Sakelsek, Tadej m SLO 2479 0 = = = = * = = 1 1 5.0 2477
7. Lenic, Luka m SLO 2538 0 = 0 = = = * 1 1 1 5.0 2470
8. Barle, Janez m SLO 2400 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 * = 1 2.0 2222
9. Gombac, Jan f SLO 2290 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = * 1 1.5 2182
10. Jeran, Bostjan SLO 2153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0.0
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The 20th Panevezys (Lithuania) Open took place 18th-24th August 2007.
Aloyzas Kveinys won the event on tie-break from Airidas Savickas after both
finished on 7/9. WGM Alina Motoc from Romania won the women's event with 7 from
9. Simona Limontaite LTU make WIM norm. Games from the final rounds of the
women's event are missing.
Official site: http://www.chesslyga.lt
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20th Open Panevezys LTU (LTU), 18-24 viii 2007
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1. Kveinys, Aloyzas g LTU 2537 7 49 38 6 34
2. Savickas, Airidas f LTU 2363 7 47 37 5 34
3. Pileckis, Emilis LTU 2326 6½ 52½ 41½ 5 38½
4. Luch, Michal m POL 2362 6½ 50 39½ 4 36½
5. Zickus, Simonas LTU 2223 6½ 48½ 39 4 34
6. Malinin, Yuri m RUS 2374 6½ 48½ 38 5 34
7. Limontas, Martynas f LTU 2287 6 51½ 42 3 34½
8. Labuckas, Aidas m LTU 2291 6 51 41 4 34
9. Beinoras, Mindaugas LTU 2223 6 50 39½ 4 31½
10. Narmontas, Tauras LTU 2227 6 48½ 37½ 5 31½
11. Dambrauskas, Virginijus m LTU 2336 6 48 37½ 4 32
12. Milasevicius, Jonas LTU 2007 6 46½ 37 5 29½
13. Meskovs, Nikita LAT 2036 6 46½ 36½ 4 32
14. Chocenka, Dmitrijus LTU 2298 6 42½ 38 4 32
15. Klimciauskas, Domantas LTU 2162 6 41½ 31½ 5 30
16. Uogele, Anicetas LTU 2172 6 40½ 32½ 5 29½
76 players
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1. Motoc, Alina wg ROM 2289 * = 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2412
2. Sharevich, Anna wg BLR 2305 = * 1 = = 1 = = 1 = 6.0 2315
3. Sarakauskiene, Zivile wm LTU 2176 1 0 * 1 0 0 1 = 1 1 5.5 2284
4. Limontaite, Simona LTU 2140 = = 0 * = = 1 = = 1 5.0 2251
5. Doluhanova, Evgeniya wg UKR 2218 0 = 1 = * 1 0 = 0 1 4.5 2199
6. Warakomska, Anna wf POL 2135 0 0 1 = 0 * 0 1 1 1 4.5 2209
7. Ni, Viktorija wf LAT 2147 0 = 0 0 1 1 * = = = 4.0 2164
8. Martinkus, Rolandas LTU 2297 0 = = = = 0 = * = = 3.5 2111
9. Daulyte, Deimante wm LTU 2216 0 0 0 = 1 0 = = * 0 2.5 2034
10. Narva, Regina R EST 2094 0 = 0 0 0 0 = = 1 * 2.5 2047
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The 8th Tarragona International Chess Open took place 18th-26th August
2007. Armenian Karen Movsziszian won brilliantly after a spectacular
start with 7 wins in a row and a stratospheric performance of 3052!! News:
Albert González.
Official site: http://www.clubescacstarragona.org/
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VIII Open Tarragona ESP (ESP), 18-26 viii 2007
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Rk. Nombre FED FIDE Pts. Desemp1Desemp3 Rp
1 Movsziszian Karen GM ARM 2534 8,0 43,0 51,0 2752
2 Delchev Aleksander GM BUL 2591 7,5 39,0 51,0 2615
3 Brynell Stellan GM SWE 2470 7,0 36,5 48,0 2498
4 Kogan Artur GM ISR 2569 7,0 36,5 50,5 2539
5 Gozzoli Yannick IM FRA 2470 7,0 36,0 47,0 2473
6 Carlsson Pontus IM SWE 2487 6,5 37,0 48,5 2424
7 Gladyszev Oleg IM RUS 2480 6,5 37,0 48,0 2454
8 Marzolo Cyril IM FRA 2491 6,5 36,5 48,5 2446
9 Kosten Anthony C GM FRA 2508 6,5 36,0 50,0 2481
10 Peralta Fernando GM ARG 2546 6,5 36,0 51,0 2503
11 Oratovsky Michael GM ISR 2525 6,5 35,0 47,0 2400
12 Munoz Pantoja Miguel IM PER 2452 6,5 34,5 47,0 2418
13 Bellon Lopez Juan Manuel GM ESP 2442 6,5 33,5 43,0 2302
14 Djingarova Emilia WGM BUL 2266 6,5 32,5 45,5 2333
15 Sandu Mihaela WIM ROU 2271 6,0 33,5 46,0 2327
16 Perpinya Rofes Lluis Maria FM ESP 2400 6,0 33,0 47,5 2323
17 Ramiro Ovejero Juan Luis FM ESP 2329 6,0 33,0 47,0 2323
18 Peric Slavisa IM SRB 2266 6,0 31,5 45,5 2289
19 Farran Martos Josep cm ESP 2185 6,0 30,5 45,0 2271
20 Fernandez Alonso Miquel A ESP 2167 6,0 29,5 40,5 2210
21 Accensi Estrada Miguel Angel ESP 2152 6,0 29,0 39,0 2179
22 Del Rio Angelis Salvador G GM ESP 2506 5,5 33,5 47,5 2300
23 Fernandez Fuentes Fco J cm ESP 2158 5,5 32,5 48,0 2313
24 Guadalpi David FM FRA 2337 5,5 32,5 45,5 2261
25 Fernandez Cazorla Antonio FM ESP 2223 5,5 32,0 45,5 2257
26 Chueca Forcen Alberto ESP 2189 5,5 31,0 43,0 2281
27 Avila Jimenez Javier cm ESP 2259 5,5 31,0 45,0 2260
28 Valls Marti Artur ESP 2116 5,5 30,5 44,0 2279
29 Pros Heras Jordi cm ESP 2123 5,5 29,0 42,0 2288
30 Del Monaco Andrea ITA 2275 5,5 28,5 44,5 2154
31 Duran Vallverdu Juan ESP 2015 5,5 28,0 41,0 2137
32 Regue Farran Enric ESP 2052 5,5 27,5 40,5 2210
33 Garcia Espelta Josep ESP 2004 5,5 27,5 41,5 2061
34 Burillo Rodriguez Carlos ESP 2037 5,5 27,5 38,0 2089
35 Carraminana Lopez Luis Antonio ESP 2039 5,5 27,0 40,5 2201
36 Margalef Guell Jordi ESP 2001 5,5 27,0 40,0 2276
37 Delorme Laurie FRA 2040 5,5 26,5 38,0 2108
38 Muntane Rodrigo Josep Maria ESP 1936 5,5 25,5 40,0 2110
141 players
Moscow hosted the 61st Open Blitz Moscow Championship 14 GMs and
6 IMs competed. The winner was Alexander Grishuk who scored 17/19. Evgeny
Bareev took second place, while Vladimir Malakhov took third. Both chess
players scored 14 points, but Bareev had the better tie-break. News: Sergey
Abramov.
Further details: http://www.chessok.com/
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61st Open ch-Moscow Blitz Moscow RUS (RUS),
26-26 viii 2007
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1. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2726 17.0
2. Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2653 14,0
3. Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2676 14,0
4. Nepomniachtchi, Ian m RUS 2613 13,0
5. Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2623 11,5
6. Korotylev, Alexey g RUS 2616 11,5
7. Savchenko, Boris m RUS 2577 11,0
8. Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2658 10,5
9. Dvalishvili, Pavel S f RUS 2472 10,5
10. Drobrov, Vladimir g RUS 2504 10,0
11. Grachev,Boris g RUS 2601 10,0
12. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2606 9.5
13. Amonatov, Farrukh g TJK 2598 8.5
14 Balashov, Yuri S g RUS 2471 8.0
15. Ulko, Jaroslav m RUS 2482 6.5
16. Mozharov, Mikhail RUS 2424 6.5
17. Vasiukov, Evgeni g RUS 2486 6.0
18. Papin, Vasily m RUS 2415 6.0
19. Vlassov, Nikolai m RUS 2471 4.5
20. Voevodin,Vladimir RUS ---- 2.5
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The Chess Classic Mainz took place August 13th-19th 2007 at the
Rheingoldhalle in Mainz. Viswanathan Anand beat Levon Aronian in the final (and
also won the preliminary) section of the 12th Grenkeleasing Rapid World
Championship. Etienne Bacrot and Rustam Kasimdzhanov shared 3rd place after
drawing their match. David Navara won the 14th Ordix Open on tie-break he had a
point lead going into the final round but lost his only game to Sasikiran but
still won the event. There were numerous chess960 events with Aronian beating
Anand in a blitz tie-break to take the world title.
David Navara's remaining games from the Ordix Open are now available, my
thanks to him for them.
Official site: http://www.chesstigers.de
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.
Games from the open now available.
Internet coverage (results, games, photos) - http://www.a64.cz
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Open Olomouc CZE (CZE), 2-9 viii 2007
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1 Skalski Michal FM 2330 POL 8,0 51,5
2 Johansson Jan IM 2441 SWE 7,5 55,5
3 Szoen Dariusz IM 2452 POL 7,0 57,0
4 Cerveny Petr 2295 CZE 7,0 51,5
5 Aguettaz Maxime FM 2356 FRA 7,0 51,5
6 Pacher Milan 2255 SVK 7,0 48,5
7 Sikora-Lerch Jan IM 2280 CZE 7,0 48,0
8 Schulz Joern 2278 GER 7,0 47,5
9 Jurcik Marian FM 2367 SVK 6,5 54,5
10 Kutynec Vladimir IM 2319 RUS 6,5 48,5
11 Dauth Benjamin FM 2321 GER 6,5 47,5
12 Van-Der-Laan Dinard 2240 NED 6,5 47,0
13 Kucera Sen. Petr FM 2258 CZE 6,5 47,0
14 Sodikov Ilyas 0 KAZ 6,5 43,0
175 players
The Banyoles International chess festival takes place 16th - 24th August
2007. The main interest was the participation of Nigel Short who is over 100
ELO stronger than the next best player but illness forced his withdrawal after
6 rounds IM Renier Gonzalez made his 3rd and final GM norm. Levan Aroshidze
took first place on tie-break from Viktor Moskalenko, Renier Gonzalez, Mihail
Marin and Jose Gonzalez Garcia who all scored 7/9.
Official site: http://www.escacsbanyoles.com/
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X Open Banyoles ESP (ESP), 16-24 viii 2007
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1 Aroshidze Levan GM GEO 2470 7,0 42,0 37,5
2 Moskalenko Viktor GM UKR 2560 7,0 40,0 35,0
3 Gonzalez Renier IM USA 2456 7,0 39,5 37,5
4 Marin Mihail GM ROM 2533 7,0 39,5 34,5
5 Gonzalez Garcia Jose GM MEX 2540 7,0 37,0 35,0
6 Sengupta Deep IM IND 2435 6,5 42,5 38,5
7 Fluvia Jordi IM ESP 2497 6,5 39,5 36,0
8 Feller Sebastien IM FRA 2476 6,5 39,5 35,5
9 Campos Moreno Javier B GM CHI 2482 6,5 37,5 33,5
10 Aloma Vidal Robert FM ESP 2341 6,5 37,0 32,0
11 Matnadze Ana IM GEO 2409 6,5 35,0 30,5
12 Gavilan Diaz Mario ESP 2269 6,5 32,5 29,0
13 Ashwin Jayaram IND 2399 6,0 39,5 34,0
14 Lapshun Yury IM USA 2479 6,0 36,0 30,5
15 Fluvia Poyatos Joan IM ESP 2480 6,0 35,5 31,0
16 Lillo Ferrer J M ESP 2191 6,0 31,0 28,0
17 Shengelia Davit GM GEO 2572 5,5 41,5 33,0
18 Sowray Peter J FM ENG 2352 5,5 39,5 31,5
19 Mohota Nisha WGM IND 2332 5,5 39,5 31,0
20 Kuipers Stefan NED 2245 5,5 38,0 31,0
21 Piasetski Leon IM CAN 2307 5,5 37,5 29,5
22 Allaert Dimitri BEL 2013 5,5 37,5 28,0
23 Picard Romain FM FRA 2309 5,5 37,0 29,5
24 Van Eijk Sander CM NED 2274 5,5 36,5 30,5
25 Giffard Nicolas IM FRA 2381 5,5 35,5 31,0
26 Alonso Rosell Alvar ESP 2285 5,5 35,0 29,0
27 Eggleston David J FM ENG 2330 5,5 34,5 29,0
28 Priyadharshan K FM IND 2248 5,5 34,5 28,0
29 Debray Christopher FM FRA 2333 5,5 34,5 28,0
30 Coursaget Nicolas FM FRA 2333 5,5 33,5 29,0
31 Guramishvili Sopiko WFM GEO 2273 5,5 33,5 28,0
32 Van Kampen Robin NED 2165 5,5 33,0 27,0
33 Op Den Kelder Joram NED 2247 5,5 32,5 26,5
34 Fabre Massana Miquel ESP 2159 5,5 32,5 26,5
35 Barbero Senidic Alejandro URU 2163 5,5 32,0 25,5
36 Danelia Mariam WFM GEO 2066 5,5 32,0 22,0
37 Cuadras Avellana Jorge FM ESP 2348 5,5 29,0 26,0
38 Barrenechea Bahamonde Gustavo ESP 2220 5,5 29,0 23,0
132 players
The Championships of the Lebanon took place in Beirut 25th July - 3rd
August 2007. Ahmad Najjar won the event iwth 8/9. Games now available. 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
The Baltic Sea Cup (Bornholm, Denmark) took place July 30th - August 5th
2007. Reynaldo Vera and Allan Stig Rasmussen finished on 7.5/9. I'm hoping a
proper file of games emerges otherwise I got some games from only a few
rounds.
Details: http://www.bornholms-skakklub.dk/balticseacup07/
Baltic Sea Cup July 30th - August 5th 2007
Standing
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No Name Fed ELO Nat # Points
1 - 2 GM Reynaldo Vera Gonzalez-Quevedo 2479 7½
1 - 2 FM Allan Stig Rasmussen 2450 2451 7½
3 - 5 GM Igor Khenkin 2602 7
3 - 5 GM Eduardas Rozentalis 2551 7
3 - 5 GM Jonny Hector 2550 2550 7
6 - 9 GM Vadim Malakhatko 2596 6½
6 - 9 GM Sune Berg Hansen 2574 2580 6½
6 - 9 GM Tiger Hillarp-Persson 2568 2568 6½
6 - 9 IM Thorbjørn Bromann 2413 2414 6½
10 - 20 GM Boris Savchenko 2577 6
10 - 20 GM Sergey Kasparov 2500 6
10 - 20 IM Kim Pilgaard 2448 2453 6
10 - 20 IM Jens Kristiansen 2436 2439 6
10 - 20 IM Jacob Vang Glud 2435 2434 6
10 - 20 GM Carsten Høi 2422 2427 6
10 - 20 Esben Lund 2396 2408 6
10 - 20 Ashwin Jayaram 2399 6
10 - 20 FM Jorge Cabrera Trujillo 2324 6
10 - 20 FM Jake Kleiman 2312 6
10 - 20 Andreas Skytte Hagen 2256 2278 6
21 - 32 GM Alexander Stripunsky 2589 5½
21 - 32 Martin Matthiesen 2363 2353 5½
21 - 32 WGM Anna Zozulia 2332 5½
21 - 32 IM Bjørn Brinck-Claussen 2324 2300 5½
21 - 32 FM Jacob Carstensen 2304 2293 5½
21 - 32 FM Tobias Hirneise 2293 5½
21 - 32 FM Teddy Coleman 2239 5½
21 - 32 FM Ove Weiss Hartvig 2232 2210 5½
21 - 32 Andreas Wiwe 2187 2152 5½
21 - 32 Parker Zhao 2180 5½
21 - 32 Morten Kock Møller 2178 2141 5½
21 - 32 CM Andreas Arnold Schmitz 2081 5½
118 players
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 Fierro
Baquero Martha WGM Zimina Olga
Official site: http://www.scaccobratto.com/ (http://www.scaccobratto.com/sitosm_2007/SMWSite/)
Leading Round 5 of 9 Standings:
1 Jaracz, Pawel GM 2495 POL 4.0 10.0 10.0 3073 +1.23
2 Tiviakov, Sergei GM 2648 NED 3.5 10.5 9.0 2727 +0.25
3 Epishin, Vladimir GM 2587 RUS 3.5 11.0 9.25 2716 +0.48
4 Dervishi, Erald GM 2553 ALB 3.5 9.5 8.25 2673 +0.44
5 Aagaard, Jacob IM 2467 SCO 3.5 9.5 7.75 2684 +0.93
6 Hunt, Adam C IM 2461 ENG 3.5 9.0 7.75 2564 +0.41
7 Spassov, Liuben GM 2383 BUL 3.5 8.5 7.0 2656 +1.29
8 Burmakin, Vladimir GM 2581 RUS 3.0 9.5 6.5 2537 -0.17
9 Horvath, Csaba GM 2558 HUN 3.0 7.5 5.5 2479 -0.28
10 Godena, Michele GM 2547 ITA 3.0 11.0 8.0 2547 +0.04
11 Cebalo, Miso GM 2533 CRO 3.0 9.5 6.5 2535 +0.06
12 David, Alberto GM 2529 LUX 3.0 8.0 5.25 2479 -0.18
13 Hoffmann, Michael IM 2481 GER 3.0 9.5 6.75 2515 +0.22
14 Bagaturov, Giorgi GM 2474 GEO 3.0 7.5 5.5 2434 -0.14
15 Shytaj, Luca IM 2451 ITA 3.0 8.0 6.0 2415 -0.11
16 Bruno, Fabio IM 2443 ITA 3.0 10.0 6.0 2499 +0.34
17 Siebrecht, Sebastian IM 2431 GER 3.0 10.5 7.25 2569 +0.78
18 Martinez, Rolly IM 2428 PHI 3.0 8.5 5.0 2494 +0.38
19 Efimov, Igor GM 2426 MNC 3.0 9.0 5.0 2464 +0.26
20 Borgo, Giulio IM 2421 ITA 3.0 9.0 6.0 2540 +0.68
21 Drabke, Lorenz IM 2416 GER 3.0 8.5 5.5 2493 +0.51
22 Mogranzini, Roberto IM 2411 ITA 3.0 9.0 5.5 2487 +0.52
23 Erturan, Yakup FM 2389 TUR 3.0 9.0 6.25 2558 +0.92
24 Qendro, Llambi IM 2386 ALB 3.0 7.5 4.0 2406 +0.21
25 Wall, Gavin IM 2328 IRL 3.0 7.0 4.0 2475 +0.81
The IGB 4th Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysia Open Chess Championship took place
in the Cititel Mid Valley Hotel, Kuala Lumpur 19th-27th August 2007. 11 Rounds
Swiss. The event was won by Li Chao. Games to follow later.
Details: http://malaysiaopen.net -
http://tcn.sourceforge.net -
http://chess.maribelajar.com -
http://www.gilachess.com
Final Round 11 Standings:
1 Li Chao 2529 CHN 9 72
2 Wan, Yunguo 2386 CHN 8½ 73
3 GM Ziaur Rahman 2522 BAN 8 75
4 IM Wang, Rui 2482 CHN 8 74
5 GM Nguyen, Anh Dung 2537 VIE 8 71½
6 IM Barlo A Nadera 2402 PHI 7½ 72½
7 GM Dao, Thien Hai 2537 VIE 7½ 72½
8 IM Mas, Hafizulhelmi 2372 MAS 7½ 70
9 IM Julio Catalinco C. 2421 PHI 7½ 64½
10 WGM Li, Ruofan 2417 SIN 7 78
11 GM Zhang, Zhong 2634 SIN 7 75
12 IM Irwanto Sadikin 2456 INA 7 72½
13 IM Bancod, Ronald 2373 PHI 7 72
14 IM Girinath, P.D.S. 2440 IND 7 70½
15 IM Oliver Dimakiling 2500 PHI 7 69½
16 Wang, Li 2337 CHN 7 69½
17 IM Ginting, Nasib 2393 INA 7 67½
18 GM Adianto, Utut 2583 INA 7 65½
19 Zhou, Weiqi 2469 CHN 6½ 76
20 Senador, Emmanuel 2380 PHI 6½ 71½
21 FM Lim, Yee-Weng 2336 MAS 6½ 70½
22 GM Chandler, Murray 2540 ENG 6½ 68½
23 WGM Zhang, Jilin 2338 CHN 6½ 64
24 FM Mok, Tze-Meng 2346 MAS 6½ 63½
25 Crowdy, Stephen C 2030 ENG 6½ 61½
87 players
George Mirijanian reports: The combined 19th Vermont Resort Open and
2007 Vermont State Championship took place on August 17th-19th at the Grand
Summit Resort in Mount Snow, Vermont, USA. GM Alexander Ivanov of Newton,
Massachusetts, posted a perfect score of 5-0 to finish first. Runners-up with
3.5-1.5 tallies were U.S. Chess Federation-rated experts Michael Ellenbogen and
Richard Tuhrim, both of New York. The 2007 Vermont state championship title was
won by resident Haizhou Xu, a USCF-rated Class A player who scored 3-2. The
tournament drew 53 players in three sections and was directed by Steve Immitt
for the sponsoring Continental Chess Association.
Complete crosstables are available at http://masschess.org
Cez Chess Trophy
The Cez Chess Trophy sees Nigel Short play David Navara and Jana Jackova
play Jan Timman.
The festival opens on Thursday August 30th and closes on Sunday
September 1st 2007. The first two days normal chess in rapid rate will be
played (20 minutes for each game plus 5 seconds for move), third day there will
be four games of Fischer´s chess (the starting position of the pieces is
randomised) and fourth day of the festival the grand master Short will play the
simultaneous game against 30 VIPs. The tickets can be bought at the reception
of the hotel Best Western Kampa – Stará zbrojnice and in the shop
of the society HSH Computers in the department store Kotva (Namesti Republiky
square, Prague 1) or it is possible to book them on the e-mail address
prazska.sachova@gmail.com. The price of the ticket is 40 crowns per day
(students and pensioners 20 crowns). The festival is organized by the civic
association Prague Chess Society and its main sponsor is the C(EZ Group. Among
the other sponsors are CzechTourism, C(SOB, law office Weil, Gotshal &
Manges, EuroAgentur Hotels & Travel, Best Western Hotel Kampa,
Dopravní stavby Brno, Bessel Kok a Global Chess. The medial partner is
Šachový týdeník.
Official site: http://www.praguechess.cz/
Sants Open Barcelona
The Sants Open Barcelona takes place 24th August - 2nd September 2006.
480 players from 40 countrys 14 GM and 28 MI Live coverage 10 boards 20 games
availables each round.
Further details: http://www.cotxeres.org/open/ -
http://www.ajedreznd.com/
Trieste Chess Festival
The 9th International Chess Festival of Trieste will take place in
Trieste (Italy) the 1st-8th of September, 2007. Prize Fund: 10,000 €
Tournament A (9 rounds, players with ELO FIDE or Italian greater than 1799),
Tournament B (9 rounds, players with ELO FIDE or Italian less than 2100), and a
blitz tournament on the evening of Tuesday, September 4th. GM (elect) Fabiano
Caruana will perform the closing simultaneous exhibition.
Website: http://www.sst1904.com/pagine/index.html
First Saturday Budapest September
First Saturday Budapest, Hungary, GM-IM-FM chess tournaments, 1st-13th
of September
Some vacancies for the chessplayers yet, first comes-first served.
Possibilities to make GM-IM-norms, rising and reaching ELO ratings...
Contact data: N a g y , L a s z l o, International chess organizer,
member of the FIDE Organizers' Committee E-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net
http://www.firstsaturday.hu -
http://home.hu.inter.net/~firstsat
- http://www.fide.com/official/officials.asp?f=13
- Phone-fax: (+36)-1-263-28-59 Mobile: (+36)-30-230-1914
Vados IM & Rating Tournaments
Vados IM & Rating Tournaments - 12 players, round robin for IM norm
and for international ELO take place 20th and 28th September 2007.
More info - http://www.vados.ro/next_turneu_en.php
Contact Alin Campeanu - tel. +40-722-613128, email:sahclubvados@yahoo.com,
alincampeanu@yahoo.com
10th European Senior Team-Championship
10th European Senior Team-Championship take place 11th-19th February
2008 in RAMADA-Hotel in Dresden.
Further info contact: ZMD Schachfestival Dresden e.V.,
Oskar-Mai-Straße 6, D-01159 Dresden, Fon +49 (0)351 416 16 29, Fax: +49
(0)351 416 16 39 Dr. Gerhard Schmidt, Hepkestraße 131, D-01277 Dresden,
Fon +49 (0)351 251 34 20, E-Mail: gerhard.schmidt@schachfestival.de
83rd Hastings International Congress
The Celebration 83rd Hastings International Congress takes place 28
December 2007 to 6 January 2008. This includes a 10 round Master Swiss, and an
open FIDE Rated tournament 5-6 January. Celebrating what? The lives of the many
people who have died within the past four years, who have so enriched the chess
scene with their work. Full details http://www.hastingschess.org.uk/
Contact: Con Power conpowr@aol.com
Entries so far include:
Vugar Gashimov GM AZE 2655
Vadim Malakhatko GM BEL 2596
Nidjat Mamedov GM AZE 2548
Stuart Conquest GM ENG 2546
Mark Hebden GM ENG 2540
Nicholas Pert GM ENG 2536
Gawain Jones GM ENG 2526
David Howell GM ENG 2519
Glenn Flear GM ENG 2479
Stewart Haslinger GME ENG 2468
Anna Zozulia IM/WGM BEL 2332
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/
Books on chess.fm with John Watson
Regular TWIC contributer John Watson has a book radio show on chess.fm
on Tuesdays. On Tuesday 20th August 2007 his guest is the great Dutch
journalist Hans Ree. You can catch the show by signing up for ICC trial
membership. Link: http://www.chessclub.com/chessfm/
European Team Chess Championships
The European Team Chess Championships (ETCC) takes place 27th October -
7th November 2007 in the luxurious Creta Maris Conference Hotel in Crete,
Greece.
Official site: http://www.euroteams2007.org
XXXVII Rilton Cup
XXXVII Rilton Cup 2007-12-27 – 2008-01-05 Mälarsalen.
Münchenbryggeriet, Torkel Knutssonsgatan 2, Stockholm, SWEDEN Stockholm
Chess Federation welcomes all chess players to the 37th Rilton Cup. This
year’s tournament, with a prize fund of more than SEK 200 000 (about 22
000 euro) will be played in three groups: Rilton Cup, Rilton Elo and Rilton
Open (Rilton Open is only open for Nordic players with a rating lower than
national 1800). Rilton Cup and Rilton ELO is Elo registrated Rilton Cup and
Rilton Elo plays 9 rounds Fide Swiss. The first round starts at 13:00 on the
27th of December and the following rounds start at 11:00 every day until the
5th of January. The 1st of January (New Year’s Day) is free. Send your
entry by mail, fax or e-mail, not later than the 17th of December to Stockholm
Chess Federation, attention “Rilton Cup”. Mobile telephones or
computers are not allowed in the playing hall. Rilton Cup Open for players with
an Elo rating or national rating >= 2200. Reflection time: 40 moves in two
hours, 20 moves in one hour and 30 minutes for the rest of the game.
Entry fees: 800 SEK, 400 for FM, 300 for players born 1987 or later. IGM
and IM free. Prizes (SEK): 1st 20 000 2nd 16 000 3rd 12 000 4th 10 000 5th 8
000 6th 6 000 7:th 5 000 8th 4 000 9th 3 000 10th 3 000 10th 3 000 Rating
prizes: 3 000, 2 000 and 1000 (not for GMs and IMs). Prizemoney is not divided.
Rilton Elo Open for all players with a n Elo rating or national rating up to
2199. Reflection time: 40 moves in two hours, then one hour for the rest of the
game. Entry fees: 600 SEK, 400 for FM, 300 for players born 1987 or later.
Prizes (SEK): 1st 8 000 2nd 5000 3rd 3 000 4th 2 000 5th 1 000 6th 500 Rating
prizes: 3 000, 2 000 and 1000 Prizemoney is not divided.
Stockholms Schackförbund Hornsgatan 82 118 21 Stockholm Tel: 08-669
36 54 Mobil: 073-613 19 73 Fax: 08-669 64 44 Spellokal: 08-668 21 35 (under
turneringen) E-mail:stockholms.schackfrbund@telia.com
Further details: http://www.stockholmschack.nu
Benidorm Chess Festival
The VI Festival Internacional de Ajedrez de Benidorm 2007 takes place
30th November - 9th December 2007.
Further details: http://www.ajedrezbali.com and
http://www.eventosdeajedrez.com
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
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
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
Liverpool Chess International
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.
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
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
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.
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
