THE WEEK IN CHESS 669 3rd September 2007 by Mark Crowther
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4th China vs Russia Chess Match 30 games
NH Chess Tournament 25 games
Cez Chess Trophy 12 games
60th Russia Championship Higher league 33 games
Rubinstein Memorial 205 games
Serbian Team Championships 282 games
First Saturday September 5 games
Kalamaria Open 82 games
16th VR Bank Open 174 games
Bratto Chess Festival 122 games
IGB 4th Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysia Open 475 games
Epetium Open 121 games
Zonal 3.2 86 games
Sants Open Barcelona 187 games
Dubna Festival 536 games
I.B.C.A. European Individual Championship 7 games
2382 games
My thanks to Evgeny Tkachev, Chris Ross, Miklos Orso, Per Rasmussen,
Bobby Ang, Anton Mihailov, Ching Kim Lye, Pavel Matocha, Doug Bake, Andrzej
Filipowicz, Ivo Knezovic, Jens Goemann, Nigel P B Freeman, Toni Ayza, Adolivio
Capece, Thorbjørn Bromann and everyone else who helped with the issue.
Things seem to be calming down a bit as the summer winds down.
Nevertheless there is a lot of good chess this week. The Chinese Men's narrow
win after three wins in the final round against a good Russian Men's side shows
some development in their chess. They move on to take on a UK side starting
tomorrow. Sergey Karjakin was the top rated player in the NH Scheveningen Youth
vs Experience event and he came through with a good performance to win the
event. FIDE's Ethics Commission reported this week on a range of subjects. I
think it fair to say I'm not a fan of FIDE's current regime but they did come
up with some interesting rulings. Oh and the Russian Chess Championships Higher
League started which will probably produce the best chess of the lot.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The 4th China vs Russia Chess Match took place 18th-31st August 2007 in
Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia. China won the match overall 52.5-47.5 coming back to
win the men's half with three wins in the final round and won the women's half
27-23 (almost entirely due to Elena Tairova's catastrophic 2.5/10, the other
Russian players scored at least 50%).
Round 8 (August 28, 2007)
Tairova, Elena - Huang Qian 0-1 35 D03 Queen's Pawn Game
Shen Yang - Kosintseva, Nadezhda 0-1 62 E15 Queens Indian
Korbut, Ekaterina - Wang Yu A 1/2 64 C42 Petroff's Defence
Ruan Lufei - Kosintseva, Tatiana 1-0 58 B63 Sicilian Rauzer
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina - Zhao Xue 1-0 47 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Wang Hao - Tomashevsky, Evgeny 1-0 79 C55 Two Knights Defence
Alekseev, Evgeny - Bu Xiangzhi 1/2 66 D17 Slav Defence
Zhang Pengxiang - Timofeev, Artyom 1-0 54 A45 Trompowsky
Inarkiev, Ernesto - Wang Yue 1/2 37 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Ni Hua - Jakovenko, Dmitry 0-1 41 B85 Sicilian Scheveningen
Round 9 (August 29, 2007)
Zhao Xue - Korbut, Ekaterina 1/2 50 B36 Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Tairova, Elena - Shen Yang 0-1 36 C91 Ruy Lopez
Wang Yu A - Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina 1/2 30 C27 Vienna Game
Kosintseva, Nadezhda - Ruan Lufei 1/2 74 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Huang Qian - Kosintseva, Tatiana 0-1 51 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Jakovenko, Dmitry - Zhang Pengxiang 0-1 53 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Wang Hao - Alekseev, Evgeny 1/2 21 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Timofeev, Artyom - Ni Hua 1/2 55 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Bu Xiangzhi - Inarkiev, Ernesto 1/2 52 E63 King's Indian 6...Nc6
Tomashevsky, Evgeny - Wang Yue 1/2 14 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Round 10 (August 30, 2007)
Korbut, Ekaterina - Ruan Lufei 1-0 53 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Zhao Xue - Tairova, Elena 1/2 61 A30 English Symmetrical
Kosintseva, Nadezhda - Huang Qian 1/2 43 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Shen Yang - Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina 1/2 43 D41 Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Kosintseva, Tatiana - Wang Yu A 1/2 55 C42 Petroff's Defence
Zhang Pengxiang - Inarkiev, Ernesto 1-0 30 B34 Sicilian Defence
Jakovenko, Dmitry - Wang Hao 1/2 87 C42 Petroff's Defence
Bu Xiangzhi - Tomashevsky, Evgeny 1-0 62 E39 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Alekseev, Evgeny - Ni Hua 1/2 32 C54 Giuoco Piano
Wang Yue - Timofeev, Artyom 1-0 38 D85 Gruenfeld Defence
IV RUS-CHN Match Nizhniy Novgorod RUS (RUS), 20-30 viii 2007
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Russian Men
1 Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2689 7.0 2816
2 Inarkiev, Ernesto g RUS 2663 5.5 2703
3 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2735 5.0 2667
4 Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2654 3.5 2557
5 Timofeev, Artyom g RUS 2650 3.5 2557
24.5
Russian Women
1 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina m RUS 2454 5.5 2469
2 Korbut, Ekaterina wg RUS 2445 5.0 2433
3 Kosintseva, Nadezhda m RUS 2475 5.0 2433
4 Kosintseva, Tatiana m RUS 2502 5.0 2433
5 Tairova, Elena wg RUS 2410 2.5 2240
23.0
47.5
Chinese Men
1 Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2685 5.0 2678
2 Wang Hao g CHN 2624 5.5 2714
3 Wang Yue g CHN 2696 5.5 2714
4 Zhang Pengxiang g CHN 2649 5.0 2678
5 Ni Hua g CHN 2681 4.5 2642
25.5
Chinese Women
1 Ruan Lufei CHN 2433 6.0 2529
2 Zhao Xue wg CHN 2500 5.5 2493
3 Shen Yang wg CHN 2439 5.5 2493
4 Huang Qian wm CHN 2410 5.0 2457
5 Wang Yu A wg CHN 2384 5.0 2457
27.0
52.5
The NH Chess Tournament took 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 was a battle between a team of
'Experience' and a team of 'Rising Stars'. A place in the Amber 2008 tournament
was part of the prize for the top finishing rising star. In the end Youth beat
Experience 26.5-23.5 and Sergey Karjakin finished on 7/10 and secured an
invitation to next years Amber tournament.
Official site: http://www.nhchess2007.nl/
Round 6 (August 28, 2007)
Stellwagen, Daniel - Khalifman, Alexander 0-1 32 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Negi, Parimarjan - Beliavsky, Alexander G 0-1 73 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Cheparinov, Ivan - Jussupow, Artur 1-0 36 C42 Petroff's Defence
Karjakin, Sergey - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 1-0 44 B35 Sicilian Defence
Smeets, Jan - Nikolic, Predrag 1/2 46 C45 Scotch Game
Round 7 (August 29, 2007)
Beliavsky, Alexander G - Smeets, Jan 1/2 36 D44 Anti-Meran Gambit
Nikolic, Predrag - Stellwagen, Daniel 1-0 41 E60 King's Indian without Nc3
Khalifman, Alexander - Cheparinov, Ivan 0-1 74 E97 King's Indian Classical
Jussupow, Artur - Karjakin, Sergey 0-1 43 D05 Colle System
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Negi, Parimarjan 1/2 34 A25 English Sicilian Attack
Round 8 (August 30, 2007)
Smeets, Jan - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 1-0 51 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Negi, Parimarjan - Jussupow, Artur 1/2 21 C73 Ruy Lopez Modern Steinitz
Cheparinov, Ivan - Nikolic, Predrag 0-1 91 C93 Ruy Lopez Smyslov
Karjakin, Sergey - Khalifman, Alexander 1/2 26 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Stellwagen, Daniel - Beliavsky, Alexander G 1/2 44 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Round 9 (August 31, 2007)
Jussupow, Artur - Smeets, Jan 1-0 30 D46 Semi-Slav Defence
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Stellwagen, Daniel 1-0 69 E62 King's Indian 6...Nc6
Nikolic, Predrag - Karjakin, Sergey 1/2 22 D11 Slav Defence
Beliavsky, Alexander G - Cheparinov, Ivan 0-1 52 D46 Semi-Slav Defence
Khalifman, Alexander - Negi, Parimarjan 1/2 30 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Round 10 (September 1, 2007)
Cheparinov, Ivan - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 1/2 66 C10 French Rubinstein
Smeets, Jan - Khalifman, Alexander 1/2 28 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Karjakin, Sergey - Beliavsky, Alexander G 1-0 57 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Negi, Parimarjan - Nikolic, Predrag 1/2 58 C91 Ruy Lopez
Stellwagen, Daniel - Jussupow, Artur 1-0 32 C73 Ruy Lopez Modern Steinitz
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 Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2678 = 9 = 3 = 6 + 4 = 8 + 9 + 3 = 6 = 4 + 8 7.0 2761
2 Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2657 = 3 = 6 = 4 = 8 = 9 + 3 + 6 - 4 + 8 = 9 6.0 2684
3 Jussupow, Artur g GER 2583 = 2 = 1 +10 + 5 + 7 - 2 - 1 =10 + 5 - 7 5.5 2642
4 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2646 - 5 = 7 = 2 - 1 +10 = 5 + 7 + 2 = 1 =10 5.5 2642
5 Smeets, Jan g NED 2538 + 4 = 8 + 9 - 3 = 6 = 4 = 8 + 9 - 3 = 6 5.5 2648
6 Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2632 = 7 = 2 = 1 =10 = 5 + 7 - 2 = 1 =10 = 5 5.0 2606
7 Stellwagen, Daniel g NED 2631 = 6 = 4 + 8 + 9 - 3 - 6 - 4 = 8 - 9 + 3 4.5 2576
8 Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2653 =10 = 5 - 7 = 2 = 1 +10 = 5 = 7 - 2 - 1 4.0 2534
9 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g SRB 2550 = 1 =10 - 5 - 7 = 2 - 1 =10 - 5 + 7 = 2 3.5 2496
10 Negi, Parimarjan g IND 2529 = 8 = 9 - 3 = 6 - 4 - 8 = 9 = 3 = 6 = 4 3.5 2502
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NH Chess Tournament 2007
------------------- Jussupow,Ar 2583 5.5/10
| --------------- Nikolic,Pr 2646 5.5/10
| | ----------- Khalifman,A 2632 5.0/10
| | | ------- Beliavsky,A 2653 4.0/10
| | | | --- Ljubojevic,L 2550 3.5/10
| | | | |
1 Karjakin,Sergey 2678 ½1 1½ ½½ ½1 ½1 7.0/10
2 Cheparinov,I 2657 ½1 ½0 ½1 ½1 ½½ 6.0/10
3 Smeets,J 2538 00 1½ ½½ ½½ 11 5.5/10
4 Stellwagen,D 2631 01 ½0 ½0 1½ 10 4.5/10
5 Negi,P 2529 0½ 0½ ½½ ½0 ½½ 3.5/10
The Cez Chess Trophy saw Nigel Short play David Navara and Jana Jackova
play Jan Timman. Navara won 7-3 over all and 4.5-1.5 in the rapid. Timman won
7.5-2.5 against Jackova and they shared the random games 2-2.
The festival opened on Thursday August 30th and closed on Sunday
September 1st 2007. The first two days normal chess in rapid rate were played
(20 minutes for each game plus 5 seconds for move), third day there were four
games of Fischer´s chess (the starting position of the pieces is
randomised) and fourth day of the festival the grand master Short played a
simultaneous game against 30 VIPs. The festival was organized by the civic
association Prague Chess Society and its main sponsor is the CEZ Group. Among
the other sponsors were 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 was
Šachový týdeník.
Official site: http://www.praguechess.cz/
Short, Nigel D - Navara, David 1/2 52 C91 Ruy Lopez
Navara, David - Short, Nigel D 1/2 59 D35 QGD Exchange
Short, Nigel D - Navara, David 0-1 43 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Navara, David - Short, Nigel D 1-0 42 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Short, Nigel D - Navara, David 0-1 53 C05 French Tarrasch
Navara, David - Short, Nigel D 1/2 34 C15 French Winawer
Cez Trophy Rapid Match Prague CZE (CZE), 30-31 viii 2007
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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Navara, David g CZE 2656 = = 1 1 1 = 4.5 2876
Short, Nigel D g ENG 2683 = = 0 0 0 = 1.5 2463
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Navara then won 2.5 - 1.5 in a Fischer random match to take
the margin to 7-3 for Navara
Timman, Jan H - Jackova, Jana 1-0 41 C68 Ruy Lopez Exchange
Jackova, Jana - Timman, Jan H 0-1 40 B07 Pirc Defence
Timman, Jan H - Jackova, Jana 1/2 50 C69 Ruy Lopez Exchange
Jackova, Jana - Timman, Jan H 0-1 67 B81 Sicilian Keres Attack
Timman, Jan H - Jackova, Jana 1-0 28 E15 Queens Indian
Jackova, Jana - Timman, Jan H 0-1 48 C55 Two Knights Defence
Cez Trophy Rapid Match Prague CZE (CZE), 30-31 viii 2007
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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Timman, Jan H g NED 2560 1 1 = 1 1 1 5.5 2776
Jackova, Jana m CZE 2375 0 0 = 0 0 0 0.5 2159
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Timman and Jackova drew their Fischer random match to take
the margin to 7.5-2.5 for Timman.
The 60th Championship of Russia (Higher league) takes place in
Krasnoyarsk 3rd-11th September 2007.
Official site: http://russiachess.org/ [Live:
http://russiachess.org/online/ -
PGN http://russiachess.org/online/rc2007.pgn]
~Round 1 Standings:
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60th ch-RUS Higher League Krasnoyarsk RUS (RUS), 3-11 ix 2007
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1 GM Malakhov, Vladimir 1.0 RUS M 2676 3302 +0.35 1
2 GM Timofeev, Artyom 1.0 RUS M 2650 3292 +0.37 1
3 GM Sakaev, Konstantin 1.0 RUS M 2634 3286 +0.39 1
4 GM Korotylev, Alexey 1.0 RUS M 2616 3264 +0.38 1
5 GM Dreev, Alexey 1.0 RUS M 2606 3247 +0.37 1
6 GM Amonatov, Farrukh 1.0 TJK M 2598 3233 +0.36 1
7 GM Potkin, Vladimir 1.0 RUS M 2591 0 +0.00 +
8 GM Vorobiov, Evgeny E. 1.0 RUS M 2572 3130 +0.27 1
9 GM Khismatullin, Denis 1.0 RUS M 2566 3404 +0.64 1
10 GM Novikov, Stanislav 1.0 RUS M 2562 3394 +0.63 1
11 IM Kabanov, Nikolai 1.0 RUS M 2509 3336 +0.63 1
12 GM Rublevsky, Sergei 0.5 RUS M 2679 2567 -0.15 ½
13 GM Zvjaginsev, Vadim 0.5 RUS M 2658 2561 -0.13 ½
14 GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny 0.5 RUS M 2654 2561 -0.13 ½
15 GM Bareev, Evgeny 0.5 RUS M 2653 2559 -0.13 ½
16 GM Motylev, Alexander 0.5 RUS M 2648 2557 -0.12 ½
17 GM Smirnov, Pavel 0.5 RUS M 2636 2554 -0.11 ½
18 GM Kobalia, Mikhail 0.5 RUS M 2634 2554 -0.11 ½
19 GM Najer, Evgeniy 0.5 RUS M 2623 2541 -0.11 ½
20 IM Nepomniachtchi, Ian 0.5 RUS M 2613 2524 -0.12 ½
21 GM Galkin, Alexander 0.5 RUS M 2608 2521 -0.12 ½
22 GM Vitiugov, Nikita 0.5 RUS M 2608 2518 -0.12 ½
23 GM Bocharov, Dmitry 0.5 RUS M 2605 2510 -0.13 ½
24 GM Tregubov, Pavel V. 0.5 RUS M 2599 2500 -0.14 ½
25 GM Yakovich, Yuri 0.5 RUS M 2597 2488 -0.15 ½
26 GM Grigoriants, Sergey 0.5 RUS M 2591 2482 -0.15 ½
27 GM Belov, Vladimir 0.5 RUS M 2590 2451 -0.19 ½
28 GM Lastin, Alexander 0.5 RUS M 2583 2438 -0.19 ½
29 GM Kurnosov, Igor 0.5 RUS M 2579 2434 -0.19 ½
30 IM Lysyj, Igor 0.5 RUS M 2578 2434 -0.19 ½
31 GM Popov, Valerij 0.5 RUS M 2577 2428 -0.20 ½
32 IM Savchenko, Boris 0.5 RUS M 2577 2412 -0.22 ½
33 GM Khairullin, Ildar 0.5 RUS M 2567 2353 -0.27 ½
34 GM Kornev, Alexei 0.5 RUS M 2567 2679 +0.15 ½
35 GM Shomoev, Anton 0.5 RUS M 2561 2658 +0.13 ½
36 GM Turov, Maxim 0.5 RUS M 2561 2654 +0.13 ½
37 GM Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V. 0.5 RUS M 2559 2653 +0.13 ½
38 GM Rychagov, Andrey 0.5 RUS M 2557 2648 +0.12 ½
39 IM Chuprov, Dmitry 0.5 RUS M 2554 2636 +0.11 ½
40 FM Kryakvin, Dmitry 0.5 RUS M 2554 2634 +0.11 ½
41 GM Kiriakov, Petr 0.5 RUS M 2541 2623 +0.11 ½
42 IM Popov, Ivan 0.5 RUS M 2524 2613 +0.12 ½
43 IM Romanov, Evgeny 0.5 RUS M 2521 2608 +0.12 ½
44 GM Makarov, Marat 0.5 RUS M 2518 2608 +0.12 ½
45 FM Nechepurenko, Roman V. 0.5 RUS M 2510 2605 +0.13 ½
46 IM Alavkin, Arseny 0.5 RUS M 2500 2599 +0.14 ½
47 GM Iskusnyh, Sergei 0.5 RUS M 2488 2597 +0.15 ½
48 IM Anisimov, Pavel 0.5 RUS M 2482 2591 +0.15 ½
49 IM Lintchevski, Daniil 0.5 RUS M 2451 2590 +0.19 ½
50 IM Sidorov, Anatoly 0.5 RUS M 2438 2583 +0.19 ½
51 IM Kiselev, Gennady 0.5 RUS M 2434 2579 +0.19 ½
52 IM Kostin, Alexey 0.5 RUS M 2434 2578 +0.19 ½
53 FM Voinov, Alexandr 0.5 RUS M 2428 2577 +0.20 ½
54 FM Petrukhin, Denis 0.5 RUS M 2412 2577 +0.22 ½
55 IM Kremenietsky, Anatoly M. 0.5 RUS M 2353 2567 +0.27 ½
56 GM Landa, Konstantin 0.0 RUS M 2669 1831 -0.64 0
57 GM Volkov, Sergey 0.0 RUS M 2659 1827 -0.63 0
58 GM Grachev, Boris 0.0 RUS M 2601 1774 -0.63 0
59 IM Maletin, Pavel 0.0 RUS M 2567 1941 -0.35 0
60 GM Ovetchkin, Roman 0.0 RUS M 2557 1915 -0.37 0
61 GM Kokarev, Dmitry 0.0 RUS M 2551 1899 -0.39 0
62 IM Panarin, Michail 0.0 RUS M 2529 1881 -0.38 0
63 IM Gavrilov, Alexei 0.0 RUS M 2512 1871 -0.37 0
64 FM Zablotsky, Sergei 0.0 RUS M 2498 1863 -0.36 0
65 IM Chuiko, Alexander 0.0 RUS M 2452 0 +0.00 -
66 FM Keosidi, Konstantin 0.0 RUS M 2409 0 +0.00 -
67 IM Pevzner, Lev 0.0 RUS M 2395 1837 -0.27 0
The 43rd Rubinstein Memorial Festival took place 18th-26th August 2007.
Bartosz Socko won the category XIV on tie-break from Yuriy Kuzubov after both
finished on 5.5/9. Vladimir Malaniuk won the Open A with 8.5/10.
Official site: http://www.rubinstein.64pola.pl/
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Rubinstein Mem Polanica Zdroj POL (POL), 18-26 viii 2007cat. XIV (2582)
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1. Socko, Bartosz g POL 2660 * 1 = 1 = = = = = = 5.5 2653
2. Kuzubov, Yuriy g UKR 2568 0 * 0 1 = 1 = = 1 1 5.5 2663
3. Markowski, Tomasz g POL 2573 = 1 * 0 0 = 1 = = 1 5.0 2626
4. Bartel, Mateusz g POL 2609 0 0 1 * = = = 1 = 1 5.0 2622
5. Andriasian, Zaven g ARM 2540 = = 1 = * 0 = = = = 4.5 2586
6. Laznicka, Viktor g CZE 2594 = 0 = = 1 * = = = = 4.5 2580
7. Gajewski, Grzegorz g POL 2556 = = 0 = = = * = = 1 4.5 2585
8. Atalik, Suat g TUR 2564 = = = 0 = = = * = = 4.0 2541
9. Buhmann, Rainer m GER 2583 = 0 = = = = = = * = 4.0 2539
10. Czarnota, Pawel g POL 2575 = 0 0 0 = = 0 = = * 2.5 2417
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Open A Polanica Zdroj POL (POL), 17-26 viii 2007
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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1. Malaniuk, Vladimir P g UKR 2522 +17 +23 + 4 = 2 + 3 =11 =20 + 5 +14 + 9 8.5 2683
2. Moranda, Wojciech m POL 2492 +10 +26 +16 = 1 = 5 +17 + 4 = 3 +11 = 8 8.0 2613
3. Shishkin, Vadim UKR m UKR 2543 + 6 = 9 + 8 =14 - 1 +15 +11 = 2 + 4 +10 7.5 2553
4. Socko, Monika m POL 2479 +28 +11 - 1 +19 =17 + 5 - 2 +20 - 3 +23 6.5 2470
5. Bulski, Krzysztof f POL 2396 +29 =15 =18 +25 = 2 - 4 +14 - 1 +22 +11 6.5 2407
6. Butkiewicz, Lukasz POL 2269 - 3 -19 +29 = 7 =21 =31 +27 +18 =23 +14 6.0 2343
7. Tomczak, Jacek m POL 2448 +12 -16 -17 = 6 +27 -10 +13 = 8 =21 +19 5.5 2291
8. Piorun, Kacper POL 2359 =21 +30 - 3 =10 -25 +19 =18 = 7 +17 = 2 5.5 2307
9. Lubczynski, Rafal f POL 2368 +19 = 3 -14 -20 +28 +18 =22 =23 +15 - 1 5.5 2336
10. Miroslaw, Michal POL 2255 - 2 +24 =23 = 8 =19 + 7 +26 -11 +20 - 3 5.5 2379
11. Stachowiak, Kamil POL 2301 +32 - 4 +26 +27 +14 = 1 - 3 +10 - 2 - 5 5.5 2397
12. Panas, Pawel POL 2226 - 7 -25 =24 =30 +32 =27 +31 =19 =26 +22 5.5 2226
13. Brzeski, Maciej POL 2356 -15 +29 -19 =28 -22 +30 - 7 +31 +25 +20 5.5 2254
14. Sopur, Lech POL 2389 +22 =27 + 9 = 3 -11 +23 - 5 +17 - 1 - 6 5.0 2333
15. Fistek, Dariusz POL 2167 +13 = 5 =27 =16 =20 - 3 +25 =22 - 9 =24 5.0 2283
16. Wieczorek, Zbigniew POL 2301 +25 + 7 - 2 =15 =23 -22 =19 =26 =18 =21 5.0 2256
17. Bugalski, Michal POL 2267 - 1 +31 + 7 +18 = 4 - 2 =23 -14 - 8 +26 5.0 2359
18. Mucha, Roman POL 2088 =30 +21 = 5 -17 +26 - 9 = 8 - 6 =16 +27 5.0 2270
19. Kocwin, Bartosz POL 2204 - 9 + 6 +13 - 4 =10 - 8 =16 =12 +28 - 7 4.5 2294
20. Maciejewski, Miroslaw f POL 2303 -27 =22 +21 + 9 =15 +25 = 1 - 4 -10 -13 4.5 2242
21. Litwin, Jozef POL 2198 = 8 -18 -20 +24 = 6 -26 +28 =25 = 7 =16 4.5 2220
22. Siembab, Bartosz POL 2210 -14 =20 +30 -23 +13 +16 = 9 =15 - 5 -12 4.5 2260
23. Dobrowolski, Aleksander POL 2338 +31 - 1 =10 +22 =16 -14 =17 = 9 = 6 - 4 4.5 2286
24. Szumilas, Pawel POL 2127 -26 -10 =12 -21 -29 +32 +30 =28 +31 =15 4.5 2164
25. Zysko, Jan POL 2107 -16 +12 +32 - 5 + 8 -20 -15 =21 -13 =29 4.0 2190
26. Przezdziecka, Marta wm POL 2315 +24 - 2 -11 +32 -18 +21 -10 =16 =12 -17 4.0 2163
27. Chlost, Marlena wf POL 2120 +20 =14 =15 -11 - 7 =12 - 6 +29 =32 -18 4.0 2179
28. Czarnota, Dorota wm POL 2243 - 4 -32 +31 =13 - 9 =29 -21 =24 -19 +30 3.5 2123
29. Betkowski, Andrzej POL 2224 - 5 -13 - 6 -31 +24 =28 +32 -27 -30 =25 3.0 2050
30. Krupa, Krzysztof POL 2116 =18 - 8 -22 =12 -31 -13 -24 +32 +29 -28 3.0 2060
31. Kuciel, Wladyslaw POL 2162 -23 -17 -28 +29 +30 = 6 -12 -13 -24 -32 2.5 2033
32. Wcislo, Damian POL 2099 -11 +28 -25 -26 -12 -24 -29 -30 =27 +31 2.5 2001
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The Liverpool Chess International takes place 3rd-9th September 2007.
The open started today and the main China - UK match starts on Tuesday.
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.
Official site: http://www.liverpoolchessinternational.co.uk/
The 1st Serbian League for Men and Women took 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/
Final Round 11 Standings Men:
SNo. Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 MP Pts Rank
1 SK SPARTAK 3½ 3 2½ 4½ 3½ 4 3½ 2½ 1½ 1½ 3 12 33 5
2 SK ZTP 2½ 2 3½ 4½ 2½ 2½ 3 3½ 2 3½ 3 10 32½ 8
3 SK BEOGRAD-BEOPUBLIKUM 3 4 4 4½ 3½ 3 5 4 3 3 4½ 18 41½ 1
4 SK RADNICKI 3½ 2½ 2 3½ 2 3 2½ 4 2½ 2 3½ 9 31 9
5 SK AGRONOM 1½ 1½ 1½ 2½ 1½ 1½ 2 4½ 2 2 3½ 4 24 11
6 VALJEVSKI SK-GORENJE 2½ 3½ 2½ 4 4½ 4 4½ 3½ 5½ 3½ 3½ 18 41½ 2
7 SK SLOGA AMIGA 2 3½ 3 3 4½ 2 4 4½ 2½ 2½ 2½ 10 34 7
8 SK PARTIZAN PARTNER INZENJERING 2½ 3 1 3½ 4 1½ 2 3½ 3½ 4 3 12 31½ 6
9 SK RAD 3½ 2½ 2 2 1½ 2½ 1½ 2½ 3 2 2½ 3 25½ 12
10 BSK GAMBIT 4½ 4 3 3½ 4 ½ 3½ 2½ 3 2 3 13 33½ 4
11 NOVOSADSKI SK-DDOR NOVI SAD 4½ 2½ 3 4 4 2½ 3½ 2 4 4 4½ 15 38½ 3
12 SK BORA KOSTIC 3 3 1½ 2½ 2½ 2½ 3½ 3 3½ 3 1½ 8 29½ 10
RankTeam Gam. + = - MP Pts.Res
1 SK BEOGRAD-BEOPUBLIKUM 11 7 4 0 18 41½ 2
2 VALJEVSKI SK-GORENJE 11 9 0 2 18 41½ 0
3 NOVOSADSKI SK-DDOR NOVI SAD 11 7 1 3 15 38½ 0
4 BSK GAMBIT 11 5 3 3 13 33½ 0
5 SK SPARTAK 11 5 2 4 12 33 0
6 SK PARTIZAN PARTNER INZENJERING 11 5 2 4 12 31½ 0
7 SK SLOGA AMIGA 11 4 2 5 10 34 0
8 SK ZTP 11 4 2 5 10 32½ 0
9 SK RADNICKI 11 4 1 6 9 31 0
SK BORA KOSTIC 11 2 4 5 8 29½ 0
11 SK AGRONOM 11 2 0 9 4 24 0
12 SK RAD 11 1 1 9 3 25½ 0
Final Round 11 Standings Women
RankTeam Gam + = - MP Pts.
1 SK RADNICKI 10 9 0 1 18 28½
2 SK BAS 10 6 4 0 16 28
3 SK SPARTAK 10 7 1 2 15 28½
4 SK RAD 10 6 2 2 14 27
5 SK ZTP 10 5 1 4 11 20
6 SK JUGOVIC 10 4 2 4 10 21½
7 SK MPS PROGRES 10 3 3 4 9 17½
8 SK ZLATAR 10 2 4 4 8 16½
9 SK SREM-NOVI DRVNI KOMBINAT 10 2 1 7 5 12½
10 SK NIS 10 1 1 8 3 11½
11 SK BARAJEVO 10 0 1 9 1 8½
SNo. Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 MP Pts Rank
1 SK RADNICKI 3 1½ 2½ 2½ 2½ 4 4 2½ 3½ 2½ 18 28½ 1
2 SK ZTP 1 ½ 3 2 1½ 3 3½ ½ 2½ 2½ 11 20 5
3 SK BAS 2½ 3½ 2 2½ 2 3½ 4 2 4 2 16 28 2
4 SK MPS PROGRES 1½ 1 2 ½ 2 2½ 2½ ½ 3 2 9 17½ 7
5 SK RAD 1½ 2 1½ 3½ 3½ 2 3 2½ 4 3½ 14 27 4
6 SK ZLATAR 1½ 2½ 2 2 ½ 2½ 2 ½ 2 1 8 16½ 8
7 SK BARAJEVO 0 1 ½ 1½ 2 1½ 1 0 1 0 1 8½ 11
8 SK SREM-NOVI DRVNI KOMBINAT 0 ½ 0 1½ 1 2 3 ½ 3 1 5 12½ 9
9 SK SPARTAK 1½ 3½ 2 3½ 1½ 3½ 4 3½ 2½ 3 15 28½ 3
10 SK NIS ½ 1½ 0 1 0 2 3 1 1½ 1 3 11½ 10
11 SK JUGOVIC 1½ 1½ 2 2 ½ 3 4 3 1 3 10 21½ 6
The First Saturday tournaments for September take place 1st-11th
September 2007.
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/
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FSGM September Budapest HUN (HUN), 1-11 ix 2007 cat. VIII (2439)
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1. Bui Vinh m VIE 2466 * . . . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
2. Khakimov, Timur f RUS 2409 . * . . . . . . 1 . . 1.0
3. Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son g VIE 2530 . . * . . . . . . . 1 1.0
4. Berczes, David m HUN 2450 . . . * = . . . . . . 0.5 2519
5. Czebe, Attila g HUN 2519 . . . = * . . . . . . 0.5 2450
6. Wittmann, Walter m AUT 2313 . . . . . * = . . . . 0.5 2486
7. Prohaszka, Peter2 f HUN 2486 . . . . . = * . . . . 0.5 2313
8. Fogarasi, Tibor g HUN 2425 . . . . . . . * . . . 0.0
9. Mihok, Oliver f HUN 2402 . 0 . . . . . . * . . 0.0
10. Pilgaard, Kim m DEN 2427 0 . . . . . . . . * . 0.0
11. Rajlich, Iweta m POL 2406 . . 0 . . . . . . . * 0.0
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The Kalamaria Open took place in Thessaloniki 25th August - 1st
September 2007. Vasilios Kotronias won with 8/9.
Official site: http://www.skakistis.gr
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Kalamaria Open Thessaloniki GRE (GRE), 25 viii-1 ix 2007
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1 Kotronias Vasilios GM GRE 2602 8,0 42,5 56,0
2 Gelashvili Tamaz GM GEO 2604 7,5 39,5 58,5
3 Graf Alexander GM GER 2595 7,0 40,0 57,0
4 Chatalbashev Boris GM BUL 2573 7,0 39,0 54,0
5 Parligras Mircea GM ROM 2542 7,0 38,5 56,0
6 Stocek Jiri GM CZE 2572 7,0 37,5 55,0
7 Jedynak Radoslaw GM POL 2540 7,0 37,0 53,5
8 Jakubiec Artur GM POL 2541 7,0 36,5 53,5
9 Zawadzka Jolanta WGM POL 2354 7,0 35,5 48,0
10 Lauridsen Jesper Morch FM DEN 2302 7,0 34,0 49,0
11 Timoshenko Georgy GM UKR 2559 6,5 38,0 57,5
12 Kotanjian Tigran GM ARM 2559 6,5 37,0 55,0
13 Mastrovasilis Dimitrios GM GRE 2541 6,5 37,0 54,0
14 Wojtaszek Radoslaw GM POL 2637 6,5 35,5 55,0
15 Shavtvaladze Nikoloz IM GEO 2386 6,5 35,5 53,5
16 Svetushkin Dmitry GM MDA 2618 6,5 35,5 53,5
17 Sengupta Deep IM IND 2435 6,5 35,5 51,0
18 Moradiabadi Elshan GM IRI 2540 6,5 35,0 52,5
19 Netzer Jean FM FRA 2383 6,5 34,0 49,0
20 Schneider Ilja GER 2435 6,5 34,0 50,5
21 Kantorik Marian IM SVK 2365 6,5 34,0 49,5
22 Stefanov Krasimir IM BUL 2381 6,5 33,5 49,0
23 Aguettaz Maxime FM FRA 2356 6,5 33,5 49,5
24 Papadopoulos I GRE 2395 6,5 33,5 49,5
25 Milanovic Danilo IM SRB 2495 6,0 35,0 54,5
26 Kempinski Robert GM POL 2587 6,0 35,0 54,0
27 Grigorov Grigor IM BUL 2460 6,0 34,5 50,0
28 Wippermann Till IM GER 2423 6,0 34,0 52,0
29 Aginian Nelly WGM ARM 2261 6,0 33,0 49,0
30 Dimitrov Pavel IM BUL 2456 6,0 33,0 50,0
31 Lagopatis Nikolaos GRE 2208 6,0 32,5 51,0
32 Zivic Dragan FM SRB 2307 6,0 32,0 50,0
33 Exizoglou Dimitrios GRE 2224 6,0 31,5 48,0
34 Nikolaou Georgios GRE 2257 6,0 31,5 47,5
35 Rodrigues Emmanuel FRA 2158 6,0 31,5 47,5
36 Zakarian David ARM 2344 6,0 31,0 49,5
37 Franchini Gabriele FM ITA 2244 6,0 31,0 44,0
38 Milovanovic Ninoslav SRB 2204 6,0 30,5 43,5
39 Galopoulos N GRE 2116 6,0 30,0 46,0
40 Tsintsar Zoran GER 2020 6,0 29,0 45,0
41 Sorcinelli Francesco ITA 2157 6,0 28,0 45,5
42 Konstantelias K GRE 1918 6,0 27,0 41,0
43 Sidiropoulos Nikolaos GRE 1685 6,0 25,0 44,0
44 Pokorna Regina WGM SVK 2326 5,5 33,0 52,5
235 players
The 16th VR Bank Schach-Open took place in Apolda, Germany 23th-26th
August with 238 players. Friedemann Brock (no title) won surprisingly with
6,5/7. News: Jens Goemann.
Official site: http://www.schachopen-apolda.de
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16th VR Bank Open Apolda GER (GER), 23-26 viii 2007
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1. Brock, Friedemann GER 2236 6.5 28.0 27.50
2. Kritz, Leonid g GER 2571 6.0 30.5 25.00
3. Gutman, Lev g GER 2408 6.0 30.0 26.00
4. Heimann, Andreas GER 2265 6.0 29.0 26.00
5. Thinius, Marco m GER 2330 6.0 28.5 26.00
6. Troyke, Christian m GER 2386 6.0 28.5 23.75
7. Brueggemann, Joachim f GER 2335 6.0 28.0 26.00
8. Zwahr, Paul GER 2250 5.5 31.0 24.50
9. Hoffmann, Hendrik f GER 2272 5.5 28.0 23.50
10. Kuczynski, Robert g POL 2490 5.5 26.5 22.00
11. Wendling, Hannes GER 2137 5.5 23.0 19.75
12. Rudolf, Sebastian GER 2094 5.0 29.5 22.00
13. Fuchs, Judith GER 2116 5.0 29.5 21.25
14. Huschenbeth, Niclas GER 2306 5.0 29.5 21.00
15. Schwetje, Juergen GER 2214 5.0 29.0 22.00
16. Pokrupa, Marek CZE 2186 5.0 28.5 20.75
17. Wichmann, Cliff f GER 2401 5.0 28.0 20.00
18. Siebarth, Raiko GER 2182 5.0 28.0 19.50
19. Heinemann, Ernst GER 2211 5.0 27.5 20.50
20. Wanzek, Daniel GER 2147 5.0 27.5 19.00
21. Zuther, Torsten GER 2108 5.0 27.0 19.50
22. Riedel, Finn GER 2178 5.0 26.5 18.75
23. Delitzsch, Juergen GER 2242 5.0 26.0 20.75
24. Hoffmann, Paul GER 2309 5.0 26.0 18.25
25. Scheitz, Michael GER 1982 5.0 26.0 18.00
26. Sobolevsky, Leonid m UKR 2316 5.0 25.5 19.75
27. Weber,Dominik GER ---- 5.0 25.0 17.75
28. Osmanodja, Filiz GER 2036 5.0 24.0 17.00
29. Kaphle, Sebastian GER 2041 5.0 23.5 16.00
238 players
The 27th International Chess Festival in Bratto, Italy took place
August 23rd-31st 2007. Vladimir Burmakin edged out Miso Cebalo on tie-break
after both finished on 7/9. The strong favourite Sergei Tiviakov finished half
a point behind, his round 7 missed win against Rolly Martinez in which turned
into a loss cost him dear.
Official site: http://www.scaccobratto.com/ (http://www.scaccobratto.com/sitosm_2007/SMWSite/)
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27th Open Bratto ITA (ITA), 23-31 viii 2007
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1. Burmakin, Vladimir g RUS 2581 7.0 46.5
2. Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2533 7.0 44.5
3. Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2587 6.5 49.0
4. Martinez, Rolly m PHI 2430 6.5 47.0
5. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2648 6.5 46.5
6. Siebrecht, Sebastian m GER 2431 6.5 46.5
7. Aagaard, Jacob m SCO 2467 6.5 46.0
8. David, Alberto g LUX 2529 6.5 43.0
9. Spassov, Liuben g BUL 2383 6.0 47.0
10. Erturan, Yakup f TUR 2389 6.0 47.0
11. Khenkin, Igor g GER 2602 6.0 46.0
12. Bruno, Fabio m ITA 2443 6.0 45.0
13. Horvath, Csaba1 g HUN 2558 6.0 43.0
14. Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2546 6.0 43.0
15. Qendro, Llambi m ALB 2386 6.0 43.0
16. Efimov, Igor g MNC 2426 6.0 42.5
17. Shytaj, Luca m ITA 2451 6.0 41.5
18. Sax, Gyula g HUN 2522 6.0 38.5
19. Dvirnyy, Daniyyl f ITA 2365 6.0 36.5
20. Manca, Federico m ITA 2417 6.0 35.5
120 players
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. My thanks to Bobby Ang for sending a
nicely reworked set of games.
Details: http://malaysiaopen.net -
http://tcn.sourceforge.net -
http://chess.maribelajar.com -
http://www.gilachess.com
Official Final 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. Sadorra 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
Unofficial Crosstable
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Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Op Kuala Lumpur MAS (MAS), 20-26 viii 2007
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
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1. Li Chao CHN 2320 =46 +60 =20 +42 + 8 +27 =10 + 4 +19 +11 = 3 9.0 2620
2. Wan Yunguo CHN 2386 +69 =38 =15 +49 + 5 = 4 +27 = 3 =11 +19 +12 8.5 2576
3. Rahman, Ziaur g BAN 2522 +50 =39 +23 =30 +47 = 6 +12 = 2 =10 +16 = 1 8.0 2534
4. Wang Rui m CHN 2482 =73 +35 +39 +17 =10 = 2 +26 - 1 +15 = 7 +21 8.0 2519
5. Nguyen Anh Dung g VIE 2537 +55 +22 - 6 +40 - 2 =39 +33 +14 =13 +27 +10 8.0 2527
6. Nadera, Barlo A m PHI 2402 +64 +41 + 5 =26 =27 = 3 =14 -19 +24 +13 = 7 7.5 2532
7. Dao Thien Hai g VIE 2537 +36 - 8 +65 =28 +22 +17 =29 +20 =16 = 4 = 6 7.5 2477
8. Mas, Hafizulhelmi m MAS 2372 +84 + 7 +16 -10 - 1 +37 =30 -12 +51 +25 +27 7.5 2435
9. Sadorra, Julio Catalino f PHI 2421 +54 =52 -38 +46 -28 +34 -13 +55 +20 +22 +19 7.5 2367
10. Li Ruofan wg CHN 2417 +70 +37 +21 + 8 = 4 =19 = 1 =11 = 3 =12 - 5 7.0 2524
11. Zhang Zhong g CHN 2634 +45 =13 +40 =29 +30 +16 =19 =10 = 2 - 1 =15 7.0 2466
12. Irwanto, Sadikin m INA 2456 -51 +25 +56 =44 +33 +13 - 3 + 8 +22 =10 - 2 7.0 2391
13. Bancod, Ronald m PHI 2373 +62 =11 +18 -19 +38 -12 + 9 +31 = 5 - 6 +43 7.0 2475
14. Dimakiling, Oliver m PHI 2500 +65 +24 -26 +31 +20 =29 = 6 - 5 -17 +38 +30 7.0 2431
15. Wang Li CHN 2337 +71 =19 = 2 -34 +57 =31 +21 +26 - 4 +43 =11 7.0 2431
16. Girinath, P.D.S m IND 2440 +48 +28 - 8 +82 +24 -11 +41 +29 = 7 - 3 =18 7.0 2487
17. Ginting, Nasib m INA 2393 +25 =51 +57 - 4 +44 - 7 =39 +72 +14 -18 +29 7.0 2416
18. Adianto, Utut g INA 2583 +32 =20 -13 =57 +82 =28 -22 +54 +40 +17 =16 7.0 2388
19. Zhou Weiqi CHN 2469 +72 =15 +52 +13 +26 =10 =11 + 6 - 1 - 2 - 9 6.5 2437
20. Senador, Emmanuel PHI 2380 +58 =18 = 1 +36 -14 +40 +28 - 7 - 9 =42 +45 6.5 2382
21. Chandler, Murray G g ENG 2540 +56 +47 -10 =22 +23 -26 -15 +53 +33 +28 - 4 6.5 2374
22. Lim Yee-Weng f MAS 2336 +68 - 5 +48 =21 - 7 +50 +18 +30 -12 - 9 +42 6.5 2422
23. Mok Tze-Meng f MAS 2346 =60 +46 - 3 +51 -21 +54 =24 =41 =32 =44 +38 6.5 2265
24. Zhang Jilin wm CHN 2338 +66 -14 +55 +73 -16 +35 =23 =43 - 6 =26 +44 6.5 2326
25. Crowdy, Stephen ENG 2030 -17 -12 +78 -41 +76 +48 =49 +46 +52 - 8 +40 6.5 2312
26. Lane, Gary W m AUS 2412 +61 +44 +14 = 6 -19 +21 - 4 -15 =31 =24 =33 6.0 2385
27. Nouri, Hamed PHI 2426 +34 +33 =30 +38 = 6 - 1 - 2 +56 +29 - 5 - 8 6.0 2337
28. Khairul, Anam INA 2316 +79 -16 +50 = 7 + 9 =18 -20 +44 =43 -21 =35 6.0 2347
29. Bitoon, Richard m PHI 2399 +59 =57 +51 =11 +34 =14 = 7 -16 -27 +41 -17 6.0 2360
30. Nolte, Rolando PHI 2396 +74 +49 =27 = 3 -11 +52 = 8 -22 =41 +31 -14 6.0 2376
31. Anas, Nazreen Bakri f MAS 2230 =35 =53 +67 -14 +61 =15 +47 -13 =26 -30 +51 6.0 2268
32. Kojima, Shinya JPN 2156 -18 +58 +53 -47 -40 +71 +37 =39 =23 -33 +52 6.0 2260
33. Simanjuntak, Sebastian f INA 2271 +77 -27 =54 +60 -12 +46 - 5 +50 -21 +32 =26 6.0 2284
34. Ramnath, Bhuvanesh IND 2080 -27 +77 +41 +15 -29 - 9 -40 -42 +79 +72 +57 6.0 2255
35. Pamungkas,Junaid Jaya INA ---- =31 - 4 +64 =43 +42 -24 -55 +82 =45 +65 =28 6.0 2281
36. Tan Khai Boon MAS 2138 - 7 +84 +43 -20 -52 +75 -44 =63 +64 +54 =41 6.0 2213
37. Tindall, Brett f AUS 2258 +86 -10 -73 +59 +65 - 8 -32 =74 +72 =51 +55 6.0 2184
38. Hakiki,Kaisar Jenius INA ---- +42 = 2 + 9 -27 -13 =45 +57 =40 +39 -14 -23 5.5 2332
39. Legaspi, Rhobel PHI 2316 +76 = 3 - 4 =54 +49 = 5 =17 =32 -38 =55 =46 5.5 2236
40. Liew Chee-Meng, Jimmy m MAS 2309 +81 +43 -11 - 5 +32 -20 +34 =38 -18 +50 -25 5.5 2268
41. Ton That Nhu Tung f VIE 2247 +83 - 6 -34 +25 +73 +47 -16 =23 =30 -29 =36 5.5 2245
42. Wallis, Christopher AUS 2238 -38 +69 +70 - 1 -35 -51 +58 +34 +56 =20 -22 5.5 2125
43. Tirto m INA 2418 +67 -40 -36 =35 +74 +55 +51 =24 =28 -15 -13 5.5 2194
44. Zakaria, Fairin MAS 2225 +78 -26 +74 =12 -17 =72 +36 -28 +53 =23 -24 5.5 2257
45. Nanjo, Ryosuke JPN 2165 -11 =62 -60 +76 +69 =38 -53 +70 =35 +48 -20 5.5 2088
46. Illingworth, Max AUS 2137 = 1 -23 +83 - 9 +63 -33 +62 -25 +75 =57 =39 5.5 2149
47. Shen Siyuan CHN 2337 +75 -21 +72 +32 - 3 -41 -31 =73 -54 +63 +70 5.5 2170
48. Jones, Brian f AUS 2084 -16 +79 -22 =71 =53 -25 =75 +84 +49 -45 +69 5.5 2040
49. Haessler, Carl USA 2167 +63 -30 +85 - 2 -39 +61 =25 -51 -48 +74 +67 5.5 2129
50. Abang, Mohd Reduan MAS 2136 - 3 +76 -28 =75 +60 -22 +84 -33 +69 -40 +66 5.5 2114
51. Moylan, Laura wm AUS 2100 +12 =17 -29 -23 +66 +42 -43 +49 - 8 =37 -31 5.0 2249
52. Hasan, Mehdi f BAN 2280 +80 = 9 -19 =61 +36 -30 -56 +67 -25 +58 -32 5.0 2130
53. Zhang Jing CHN ---- =82 =31 -32 =70 =48 +65 +45 -21 -44 =56 =54 5.0 2146
54. Chong Chor Yuen HKG 2067 - 9 +80 =33 =39 =56 -23 +66 -18 +47 -36 =53 5.0 2184
55. Yeap Eng Cheam MAS 2138 - 5 +68 -24 =69 +62 -43 +35 - 9 +74 =39 -37 5.0 2170
56. Ismail, Ahmad MAS 2149 -21 +75 -12 =74 =54 +64 +52 -27 -42 =53 =59 5.0 2140
57. Lomibao, Sheerie Joy wf PHI 2174 +87 =29 -17 =18 -15 +70 -38 =64 +73 =46 -34 5.0 2159
58. Viswanath, Sandilya B IND 1967 -20 -32 -76 +80 =77 =68 -42 +78 +82 -52 +62 5.0 2100
59. Milligan, Helen wf SCO 2034 -29 +87 -82 -37 =68 -62 +80 =66 =61 +81 =56 5.0 2044
60. Capel, Evan Timothy MAS 1871 =23 - 1 +45 -33 -50 =74 =65 =61 =67 -69 +79 4.5 2047
61. Lee Kim Han, Edward MAS 2045 -26 =78 +62 =52 -31 -49 =76 =60 =59 =64 =73 4.5 2062
62. Schon, Eugene AUS 1963 -13 =45 -61 +83 -55 +59 -46 -75 +68 +73 -58 4.5 2009
63. Thong Yung Cheng MAS 1977 -49 -74 =68 +78 -46 +77 =73 =36 =65 -47 =71 4.5 2039
64. Spiller, Paul NZL 2037 - 6 =83 -35 =68 +79 -56 +71 =57 -36 =61 =65 4.5 1987
65. Bennett, Hilton NZL 2132 -14 +66 - 7 +84 -37 -53 =60 +76 =63 -35 =64 4.5 2025
66. Lee, T H Bryan HKG 1867 -24 -65 +81 =72 -51 +69 -54 =59 =70 +82 -50 4.5 2041
67. Lim Kian Hwa MAS 2062 -43 +81 -31 =86 =75 -82 +68 -52 =60 +76 -49 4.5 2026
68. Morsin,Ahmad MAS ---- -22 -55 =63 =64 =59 =58 -67 =71 -62 +85 +83 4.5 1963
69. Mohan, Raj MAS 1986 - 2 -42 +79 =55 -45 -66 +86 +77 -50 +60 -48 4.5 1992
70. Low Jun Jian MAS 2057 -10 +86 -42 =53 =71 -57 +79 -45 =66 +75 -47 4.5 1986
71. Brockman, Roland AUS 1797 -15 -72 +87 =48 =70 -32 -64 =68 =77 +84 =63 4.5 2000
72. Ruston, Mark R ENG 2116 -19 +71 -47 =66 +86 =44 +82 -17 -37 -34 . 4.0 2091
73. Dotsenko, Viacheslav RUS 2132 = 4 =82 +37 -24 -41 =84 =63 =47 -57 -62 =61 4.0 2077
74. Inoue, Sho JPN 2031 -30 +63 -44 =56 -43 =60 +78 =37 -55 -49 =76 4.0 2068
75. Japeri, Reduan MAS 1831 -47 -56 +80 =50 =67 -36 =48 +62 -46 -70 =77 4.0 1994
76. Fong Wei Chern,Gavin MAS ---- -39 -50 +58 -45 -25 +83 =61 -65 +78 -67 =74 4.0 2003
77. Abang Azwan,Draup MAS ---- -33 -34 -84 +85 =58 -63 +83 -69 =71 =79 =75 4.0 1861
78. Tan, Justin AUS 2281 -44 =61 -25 -63 =83 +85 -74 -58 -76 =80 +81 3.5 1892
79. Taminsyah, Aston INA 1743 -28 -48 -69 +81 -64 +86 -70 +80 -34 =77 -60 3.5 1906
80. Masters,Christopher HKG ---- -52 -54 -75 -58 =85 +81 -59 -79 =83 =78 +86 3.5 1885
81. Marshall,Chris ENG ---- -40 -67 -66 -79 +88 -80 =85 +86 +84 -59 -78 3.5 1889
82. Constance, James ENG 2205 =53 =73 +59 -16 -18 +67 -72 -35 -58 -66 . 3.0 1971
83. Lee Kah Meng,Elgin MAS ---- -41 =64 -46 -62 =78 -76 -77 =85 =80 +86 -68 3.0 1885
84. Balendran, S MAS 1951 - 8 -36 +77 -65 +87 =73 -50 -48 -81 -71 =85 3.0 1896
85. Law,Mark HKG ---- . . -49 -77 =80 -78 =81 =83 =86 -68 =84 2.5 1878
86. Abang, Draup MAS ---- -37 -70 +88 =67 -72 -79 -69 -81 =85 -83 -80 2.0 1758
87. Tan Kok Han SIN ---- -57 -59 -71 +88 -84 . . . . . . 1.0 1751
88. BYE ---- . . -86 -87 -81 . . . . . . 0.0
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The Epetium Open took place in Stobrec, Croatia 18th-25th August 2007.
Ivan Krnic won the event with 6/7 on tie-break from Zdenko Plenkovic.
Official site: http://www.crochess.com
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1. Krnic, Ivan CRO 2133 6 23.5 33.0
2. Plenkovic, Zdenko f CRO 2341 6 22.0 31.0
3. Zelic, Mladen f CRO 2288 5.5 20.0 29.0
4. Ivic, Mateo f CRO 2304 5 20.0 28.5
5. Hecko, Dusan SVK 2124 5 19.5 28.0
6. Saric, Branko CRO 1919 5 17.5 23.0
7. Milosavljevic, Jovan CRO 2068 4.5 23.0 32.0
8. Radomilja, Jure CRO 1962 4.5 21.5 29.0
9. Miskovic, Toni CRO 1934 4.5 17.0 24.5
10. Deur, Zrinka CRO 1943 4 20.5 29.5
11. Sunara, Tomislav CRO 1997 4 18.5 27.5
12. Juric Cvitanovic,Alen CRO ---- 4 18.0 23.5
13. Cokaric, Andjelko CRO 1765 4 16.0 22.5
37 players
Surya Shekhar Ganguly qualified for the FIDE World Cup in Siberia in
November. Ganguly finished level on 9/11 with GN Gopal but won a rapid playoff
match 2-0 to qualify. Gopal achieved an 11 game Grandmaster norm and Rohit a 9
GM norm from this event and that should be the 3rd and last norm for both
players.
Official site: http://www.bcf-online.org/. Report:
http://www.cyberchess.co.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=130&Itemid=1
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zt 3.2 Dhaka BAN (BAN), 23-31 viii 2007 cat. VII (2411)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Ganguly, Surya Shekhar g IND 2586 * = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 9.0 2657
2. Gopal, G.N IND 2480 = * 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 9.0 2667
3. Rohit, G IND 2470 = 0 * = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2580
4. Deepan, Chakkravarthy J g IND 2479 0 = = * 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2507
5. Hossain, Enamul m BAN 2485 0 = = 1 * = = = 0 1 1 = 6.0 2440
6. Abdulla, Al-Rakib m BAN 2524 0 0 = 1 = * 0 = 1 = 1 = 5.5 2401
7. Reefat, Bin-Sattar g BAN 2472 = 0 0 0 = 1 * 0 = 1 1 1 5.5 2405
8. Islam, Kh. Aminul f BAN 2371 0 0 0 0 = = 1 * 1 0 1 = 4.5 2349
9. Gillani, Tunveer M.D PAK 2286 0 0 0 0 1 0 = 0 * 1 1 1 4.5 2357
10. Suvrajit, Saha m IND 2405 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 * 1 1 3.5 2278
11. Russell, M.K.A SRI 2220 = = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 1 2.0 2166
12. Shrestha, Keshav NEP 2157 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = 0 0 0 * 1.5 2125
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zt 3.2 w Dhaka BAN (BAN), 23-29 viii 2007
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1 2 3 4 5
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1 Harika, Dronavalli wg IND 2478 ** =1 1= 11 11 7.0 2526
2 Swathi, Ghate wg IND 2317 =0 ** =1 11 11 6.0 2424
3 Sachdev, Tania wg IND 2393 0= =0 ** =1 =1 4.0 2212
4 Hamid, Rani wm BAN 2177 00 00 =0 ** 11 2.5 2125
5 Sharmin, Samiha Shimmi BAN 1876 00 00 =0 00 ** 0.5 1897
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The Sants Open Barcelona took place 24th August - 2nd September 2006.
Friso Nijboer took clear first with 8.5/10 half a point clear of Jose Gonzalez
Garcia.
Further details: http://www.cotxeres.org/open/ -
http://www.ajedreznd.com/
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IX Sants Open Barcelona ESP (ESP), 24 viii-2 ix 2007
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1 Nijboer Friso GM 2568 NED 8½ 53 66 49½
2 Gonzalez Garcia Jose GM 2540 MEX 8 50 62 44
3 Marin Mihail GM 2533 ROM 7½ 51½ 63 43½
4 Narciso Dublan Marc GM 2552 ESP 7½ 47 59½ 43
5 Corrales Jimenez Fidel IM 2499 CUB 7½ 47½ 59 38
6 Alsina Leal Daniel FM 2416 ESP 7½ 55 67½ 46
7 Luther Thomas GM 2529 GER 7½ 49 61½ 43
8 Shengelia Davit GM 2572 GEO 7½ 52½ 66½ 44
9 Salgado Lopez Ivan IM 2456 ESP 7½ 53 64½ 45
10 Feller Sebastien IM 2476 FRA 7½ 54 65½ 47
11 Lapshun Yury IM 2479 USA 7½ 50 62½ 46
12 Cuartas Jaime Alexander IM 2504 COL 7½ 48 61 41½
13 Karlsson Lars GM 2481 SWE 7½ 50 63½ 46
14 Cornette Matthieu IM 2487 FRA 7 44 53½ 36
15 Pinter Jozsef GM 2535 HUN 7 55 66½ 46
16 Akesson Ralf GM 2477 SWE 7 48 59½ 40½
17 Gonzalez Rodriguez Jorge IM 2430 COL 7 47 58½ 40½
18 Gonzalez Vidal Yuri IM 2475 CUB 7 46 56 39½
19 Sulashvili Malkhaz IM 2437 GEO 7 51½ 64½ 43½
20 Sulskis Sarunas GM 2537 LTU 7 53½ 65½ 44½
21 Fluvia Jordi IM 2497 ESP 7 50½ 63 40½
22 Panelo Marcelo IM 2398 ARG 7 50 62 41½
23 Karim Ismael 2366 MAR 7 46½ 59 37
24 Libiszewski Fabien IM 2469 FRA 7 46 56½ 37½
25 Matnadze Ana IM 2409 GEO 7 45 55½ 37
26 Peek Marcel IM 2388 NED 7 43 53½ 38
27 Gullaksen Eirik IM 2404 NOR 7 43 53 39
28 Cabrera Trujillo Jorge FM 2324 ESP 7 42½ 53 36
29 Moskalenko Viktor GM 2560 UKR 6½ 54½ 66½ 43
30 Gonzalez Renier IM 2456 USA 6½ 50½ 62 42
31 Guramishvili Sopiko WFM 2273 GEO 6½ 49½ 61 37
32 Almeida Quintana Omar GM 2501 CUB 6½ 49 60½ 40½
33 Bromberger Stefan IM 2500 GER 6½ 48½ 60½ 42
34 Vilela De Acuna Jose L IM 2346 CUB 6½ 48 58½ 40
35 Degtiarev Evgeny FM 2385 GER 6½ 46½ 59 38½
36 Hernando Rodrigo Julio CM 2371 ESP 6½ 46½ 58½ 40½
37 Mihailovs Jurijs 2317 LAT 6½ 46½ 58½ 37
38 Arias Boo Guillermo CM 2299 ESP 6½ 46 57 38
39 Lorenzo De La Riva Lazaro 2332 ESP 6½ 45 57 38½
40 Eisenbeiser Amadeus FM 2367 GER 6½ 45 56 39
41 Perez Campos Adria CM 2232 ESP 6½ 45 55 36
42 Nesterovsky Alex 2173 ISR 6½ 43½ 53½ 34
43 Saravanan Venkatachalam IM 2355 IND 6½ 43 54½ 37½
44 Vydeslaver Alik IM 2404 ISR 6½ 43 54 37½
45 Cuartas Jorge Humberto 2236 COL 6½ 43 53 35½
46 Ozeren Kemal J 2312 ENG 6½ 42½ 54 36
47 Hernando Rodrigo JM IM 2357 ESP 6½ 42 52½ 38
48 Burgos Figueroa Carlos E IM 2237 ESA 6½ 40½ 50 27
49 Ramoneda Rumi Aitor 2205 ESP 6½ 40 52 32½
50 Munoz Pantoja Miguel IM 2452 PER 6½ 40 49½ 32
51 Markosian David S IM 2343 ARM 6½ 39 49 35
52 Vidarte Morales Arturo IM 2404 ESP 6½ 39 49 28½
312 players
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. I forgot to include the
games from the open last week so I include them now.
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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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 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. There are some additional games now available.
Official site: http://www.braillechess.org.uk
The Baltic Sea Cup (Bornholm, Denmark) took place July 30th - August 5th
2007. Reynaldo Vera and Allan Stig Rasmussen finished on 7.5/9. A games file is
on its way from the organisers.
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 Vladimir Open took place 14th-24th August 2007. Ivan Popov took
clear first with 8/10. No games available unless someone knows different.
Official site: http://www.vladchess.ru
The FIDE Ethics Commission reported on a few issues. Its going to be
interesting to see how this process might develop in the future.
The documents are large and the judgements, especially in the case of
Topalov and Danailov, long, and ones I can't possibly do justice to. You should
read the originals here: http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=1440
Nigel Short was charged over an interview to the Indian journalist Vijay
Tagore, published on 30th January 2007 by the newspaper “DNA”, in
which he was charged to have defamed Mr. Zurab Azmaiparashvili and Mr. Georgios
Makropoulos, damaging their honour and reputation. He was essentially
exonerated as just expressing a point of view but was sanctioned with a minor
warning for using the word “dunderhead” which I think one can safely
say he will take on the chin once he stops laughing. This case really ought not
to have been brought.
Most serious were the allegations against Veselin Topalov and his
manager Silvio Danailov basically accusing Kramnik of cheating during the world
championships.
“World Championship in Elista, Mr. Veselin Topalov, Mr. Silvio
Danailov” (Complaint of Mr. Carsten Hensel and Mr. Vladimir Kramnik)
concerning the following facts
- Mr. Veselin Topalov: - During the World Championship held in
Elista from 21st September to 13th October 2006, to have accused Mr. Vladimir
Kramnik of cheating, presenting this accusation not only to the competent FIDE
organs but even to the medias, giving interviews and press conferences, writing
and verbalising opinions about the facts, personally and by his manager Silvio
Danailov, well aware that this accusation was not supported by 1 Case N. 4/2006
FIDE Ethics Commission evidence, thus aiming at affecting Mr. Kramnik’s
psychological state, in order to obtain an illegitimate advantage. - Giving
various and different interviews to many journalists in the months following
the World Championship in Elista, and in particular giving an interview to Mr.
Federico Marin Bellon, published on the Spanish ABC platform on 18th December
2006, to have defamed Mr. Vladimir Kramnik, the organisers of the World
Championship in Elista, the FIDE and his President Mr. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov,
damaging their honour and reputation, saying that “…había
amenazas. En principio anónimas, pero cerraron el aeropuerto. Es
fácil hablar desde aquí, pero cuando uno está en Rusia te
planteas cómo salir. … La suerte es que no estaba implicado
ningún profesional y los que le decían las jugadas eran
aficionados o del KGB. … El Kremlin nunca reconocerá que
envenenó al espía ruso, lo que parece obvio, ni Kramnik que hizo
trampas. … (¿Llegó a sentir miedo físico?) Sí,
y creo que no volveré allí. … (¿Qué opina del
presidente de la FIDE, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov?) Es un hombre de negocios, que
simplemente necesita tener a un ruso campeón. No es nada personal.
Tenía la orden. … (¿Cree que Kramnik siguió haciendo
trampas después de destaparse el escándalo?) Personalmente, creo
que sí y que el nuevo método fue mejor. ...
(¿También en el desempate?) Ahí tenían un sistema
que no fallaba. En la cuarta partida, incluso cuando ya me tenía ganado,
Kramnik hizo una jugada que sólo se le ocurre a una máquina.
Luego, tenía derecho a un día de descanso, pero ni enfermo lo
pidió. Si te van a pasar las jugadas, mejor jugar cuanto antes. Pero lo
hicieron mejor que la chapuza de los cables. … -Si esto sigue así,
con la tecnología de los rusos, Kramnik va a ser invencible en un
match”, and using other defaming and damaging words. Facts that could
constitute a violation of par. 2.2.4, 2.2.5, 2.2.9, 2.2.10, 2.2.11 of the FIDE
Code of Ethics.
- Mr. Silvio Danailov: - Acting as manager of Mr. Veselin
Topalov, during the World Championship held in Elista from 21st September to
13th October 2006, to have accused Mr. Vladimir Kramnik of cheating, presenting
this accusation not only to the competent FIDE organs but even to the medias,
giving interviews and press conferences, writing and verbalising opinions about
the facts, well aware that this accusation was not supported by evidence, thus
aiming at affecting Mr. Kramnik’s psychological state, in order to obtain
an illegitimate advantage for Mr. Topalov. - Giving various and different
interviews to many journalists in the months following the World Championship
in Elista, to have defamed Mr. Vladimir Kramnik, the organisers 2 Case N.
4/2006 FIDE Ethics Commission of the World Championship in Elista, the FIDE and
his President Mr. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, damaging their honour and reputation.
Facts that could constitute a violation of par. 2.2.4, 2.2.5, 2.2.9, 2.2.10,
2.2.11 of the FIDE Code of Ethics.
Essentially both were found guilty and Topalov faces a year ban from
chess and a fine if he repeats the offence.
In another complaint “Mr. Jackie Ngubeni” (Complaint of Mr.
Arthur Kogan) concerning the following facts - Acting as organiser of chess
tournaments and chess events in South Africa, to have invited Mr. Arthur Kogan
to participate to a tournament in South Africa in the period from 23rd
September to 6th October 2006, offering him the payment of travel and
accommodation expenses and an appearance fee of $ 1.110,00, and, after the
cancellation of the tournament, to have invited Mr. Kogan to lecture in South
Africa the same period acting as a chess trainer, but then refusing both to pay
to Mr. Kogan the appearance fee and what promised for his work and to
compensate him for the travel expenses. Essentially with a three year ban
Arthur Kogan's complaint was upheld.
Another complaint was against Moroccan officials accused of falsifying
events. Most of the accusations were upheld and arbiters were banned. It is
good that this is being looked into. I've had doubts expressed to me over a
number of events that have appeared in TWIC not least a recent "appearence" by
Vladimir Afromeev the only non-GM in the top 100 in the world.
Dimitrije Bjelica received a slap on the wrist for writing e-mails to
officials and papers critical of Ali Nihat Yazici.
John Watson's Book Show
Regular TWIC contributer John Watson has a book radio show on chess.fm
on Tuesdays. This week IM Greg Shahade appears. You can catch the show by
signing up for ICC trial membership. Link:
http://www.chessclub.com/chessfm/
Czech Coal Carlsbad Chess Tournament
The Czech Coal Carlsbad Chess Tournament takes place 7th-15th September
2007.
Players: Alexei Shirov, Ruslan Ponomariov Vladimir Akopian, Viktor
Korchnoi, Jan Timman, David Navara, Sergej Movsesian and Viktor
Láznicka.
Details: http://www.praguechess.cz/kvenglish.htm.
Official site: http://www.praguechess.cz/
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/
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
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
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/
XXXVII Rilton Cup
XXXVII Rilton Cup takes place 27th December 2007 – 5th January 2008
in 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
