The Week in Chess 680

THE WEEK IN CHESS 680 19th November 2007 by Mark Crowther

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Games Section
Tal Memorial	30 games
Liga de Campeones	6 games
SPICE Cup	27 games
Spanish Championship	8 games
Cup Russia	103 games
Indian Women's Championship	42 games
Asian Indoor Games	192 games
US Chess League	4 games
Ukrainian Championship	28 games
Venetian Autumn Chess Congress	132 games
First Saturday November	19 games
8th Liberec Open	173 games
Total	766 gamess

1) Introduction

My thanks to Fred Lucas, Brent Kitson, Frank-Peter Rößler, Antonio Rosino, Alfonso Vilches, Adolivio Capece, Ian Rogers, Miklos Orso, David Llada, Alexei Kovalczuk, Prathamesh Mokal, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Patricia Claros Aguilar and everyone else who helped with the issue.

Another big week of chess. Vladimir Kramnik was a massive winner this week scoring 6.5/9 a point and a half clear of Alexei Shirov and gaining enough rating points to move him close to Viswanathan Anand at the top of the FIDE rating list. Veselin Topalov also had a convincing win at the Liga de Campeones making 7.5/10 another point and a half clear of the field. The tournament must have been a salutary experience for Anatoly Karpov who finished in last place. This week we'll see the World Cup of Blitz in Moscow and then most of the players will go off to the World Cup of chess in Khanty-Mansiysk which will produce a player who will be in the final stages of the World Chess Championships.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Tal Memorial

The Tal Memorial Tournament took place in Moscow 9th-19th November 2007. Vladimir Kramnik was the convincing winner of the event with 6.5/9 a point and a half clear of Alexei Shirov.

Sadly the arbiter Geurt Gijssen slipped and fell in the snow and broke his hip rather severely before round 5. I wish him a speedy recovery but I understand he is at least back in the Netherlands.

Official site: http://www.russiachess.org/

Tal Mem Moscow RUS (RUS), 10-19 xi 2007 cat. XX (2741)
Round 4 (November 13, 2007)
Shirov, Alexei	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	46	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Gelfand, Boris	- Jakovenko, Dmitry	½-½	44	D39	QGD Ragozin
Carlsen, Magnus	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	½-½	22	B09	Pirc Defence
Lékó, Peter	- Alekseev, Evgeny	½-½	31	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Kamsky, Gata	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	20	E48	Nimzo Indian
Round 5 (November 14, 2007)
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Shirov, Alexei	1-0	51	E05	Catalan
Jakovenko, Dmitry	- Lékó, Peter	½-½	61	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	93	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Gelfand, Boris	½-½	29	D47	Queens Gambit Meran
Alekseev, Evgeny	- Kamsky, Gata	½-½	39	D15	Slav Defence
Round 6 (November 16, 2007)
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Alekseev, Evgeny	1-0	31	E00	Catalan
Shirov, Alexei	- Carlsen, Magnus	1-0	34	C80	Ruy Lopez Open
Gelfand, Boris	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	36	D11	Slav Defence
Lékó, Peter	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	½-½	35	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Kamsky, Gata	- Jakovenko, Dmitry	0-1	90	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Round 7 (November 17, 2007)
Carlsen, Magnus	- Gelfand, Boris	½-½	37	A20	English Opening
Jakovenko, Dmitry	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	30	C42	Petroff's Defence
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Lékó, Peter	½-½	21	E15	Queens Indian
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Kamsky, Gata	0-1	41	D15	Slav Defence
Alekseev, Evgeny	- Shirov, Alexei	0-1	47	D78	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Round 8 (November 18, 2007)
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	1-0	42	A40	Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Shirov, Alexei	- Gelfand, Boris	½-½	43	C42	Petroff's Defence
Lékó, Peter	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	30	C68	Ruy Lopez Exchange
Kamsky, Gata	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	34	A34	English Symmetrical
Alekseev, Evgeny	- Jakovenko, Dmitry	½-½	18	D56	Queens Gambit Lasker's Defence
Round 9 (November 19, 2007)
Gelfand, Boris	- Lékó, Peter	½-½	27	E15	Queens Indian
Carlsen, Magnus	- Kamsky, Gata	½-½	37	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Jakovenko, Dmitry	- Shirov, Alexei	½-½	28	C42	Petroff's Defence
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	59	C42	Petroff's Defence
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Alekseev, Evgeny	½-½	16	A04	Dutch System

Tal Mem Moscow RUS (RUS), 10-19 xi 2007 cat. XX (2741)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2785	*	1	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	6½	2901
2.	Shirov, Alexei	g	ESP	2739	0	*	½	1	½	0	½	1	½	1	5	2784
3.	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2736	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	4½	2741
4.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2714	½	0	½	*	1	½	½	½	½	½	4½	2743
5.	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2710	½	½	½	0	*	½	½	1	½	½	4½	2744
6.	Lékó, Peter	g	HUN	2755	0	1	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	4½	2739
7.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2787	½	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	0	½	4	2692
8.	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2714	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	*	1	½	4	2700
9.	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2752	0	½	½	½	½	½	1	0	*	½	4	2696
10.	Alekseev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2716	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	*	3½	2663

3) FIDE World Cup Blitz

The Preliminaries for the FIDE World Cup Blitz take place 19th-20th November 2007 with a strong field. I'm told Anand and Karpov are playing in the main event along with most of the Tal Memorial field and Svidler on 21st-22nd November 2007 but details and confirmation of this on the official site is either hidden or completely missing. Its also up in the air whether we're going to get any games.

Official site: http://www.russiachess.org/

World Cup Blitz Qualifier Standings after 4 double rounds
1	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	2690	7,0
2	Ponomariov, Ruslan	2705	6,5
3	Rublevsky, Sergei	2676	6,5
4	Bareev, Evgeny	2653	6,0
5	Bacrot, Etienne	2695	6,0
6	Adams, Michael	2729	6,0
7	Tkachiev, Vladislav	2661	6,0
8	Savchenko, Boris	2583	5,5
9	Lahno, Kateryna	2459	5,5
10	Movsesian, Sergei	2670	5,5
11	Fressinet, Laurent	2654	5,5
12	Gritsak, Orest	2524	5,0
13	Volkov, Sergey	2648	5,0
14	Dreev, Alexey	2607	5,0
15	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	2660	5,0
16	Georgiev, Kiril	2649	5,0
17	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	2611	4,5
18	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	2668	4,5
19	Amonatov, Farrukh	2637	4,5
20	Moiseenko, Alexander	2646	4,5
21	Zvjaginsev, Vadim	2674	4,5
22	Deviatkin, Andrei	2555	4,5
23	Van Wely, Loek	2679	4,5
24	Pelletier, Yannick	2609	4,5
25	Smirin, Ilia	2639	4,5
26	Krasenkow, Michal	2668	4,5
27	Korotylev, Alexey	2600	4,0
27	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	2515	4,0
29	Kazhgaleyev, Murtas	2588	4,0
30	Fedorov, Alexei	2612	4,0
31	Wang, Yue	2703	4,0
32	Onischuk, Alexander	2674	4,0
33	Poluljahov, Aleksandr	2505	4,0
34	Almasi, Zoltan	2691	4,0
35	Malakhov, Vladimir	2690	4,0
36	Naiditsch, Arkadij	2639	4,0
37	Kobalia, Mikhail	2631	4,0
38	Tukmakov, Vladimir B	2551	4,0
39	Huzman, Alexander	2602	4,0
40	Iljin, Artem	2565	4,0

4) Liga de Campeones

The "Chess Champions League" (Jesus de Lafuente memorial) took place 1st-15th November 2007 in Vitoria Gasteiz. Veselin Topalov was the convincing winner with 7/10 a point and a half clear of Ruslan Ponomariov.

Website http://www.ajedrez-hotelakua.com/ - David Llada's Blog

Chess Champions League Vitoria Gasteiz ESP (ESP), 2-14 xi 2007 cat. XIX (2702)
					1		2		3		4		5		6
1.	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2769	*	*	½	1	½	1	0	1	1	½	1	½	7	2837
2.	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2705	½	0	*	*	½	½	1	1	½	0	1	½	5½	2737
3.	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	g	ROU	2668	½	0	½	½	*	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	5	2708
4.	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2708	1	0	0	0	½	½	*	*	1	½	½	1	5	2700
5.	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	g	UZB	2690	0	½	½	1	½	0	0	½	*	*	½	1	4½	2668
6.	Karpov, Anatoly	g	RUS	2670	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	0	½	0	*	*	3	2559

Chess Champions League Results
Round 10 (November 14, 2007)
Ponomariov, Ruslan	- Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	0-1	32	E66	King's Indian Fianchetto
Polgar, Judit	- Topalov, Veselin	0-1	58	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Karpov, Anatoly	- Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	½-½	22	E02	Catalan
Round 9 (November 13, 2007)
Topalov, Veselin	- Ponomariov, Ruslan	1-0	58	E55	Nimzo Indian
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	- Polgar, Judit	½-½	32	E17	Queens Indian
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	- Karpov, Anatoly	1-0	33	E37	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2

5) SPICE Cup

Texas Tech University’s Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence (SPICE) hosted an invitational tournament 9th-16th November 2007 in the Matador Room of the Student Union Building. The 2007 SPICE Cup International Invitational Chess Tournament was held in memory of GM Samuel Reshevsky, and is the first international tournament at Texas Tech organized by Susan Polgar. Eugene Perelshteyn took clear first on 6.5/9 half a point clear of Gilberto Hernandez Guerrero.

Official site: http://www.monroi.com/ChessTournament/SpiceCup/home.html

SPICE Cup Lubbock (USA), 9-16 xi 2007 cat. XII (2527)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Perelshteyn, Eugene	g	USA	2536	*	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	½	½	6½	2691
2.	Hernandez Guerrero, Gilberto	g	MEX	2536	½	*	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	6	2650
3.	Becerra Rivero, Julio	g	USA	2568	½	½	*	½	1	½	1	½	½	½	5½	2602
4.	Miton, Kamil	g	POL	2628	0	0	½	*	½	1	1	½	1	1	5½	2595
5.	Hera, Imre jr	g	HUN	2544	½	½	0	½	*	½	½	1	½	1	5	2567
6.	Krush, Irina	m	USA	2475	0	½	½	0	½	*	0	1	1	½	4	2489
7.	Leon Hoyos, Manuel	m	MEX	2495	0	½	0	0	½	1	*	0	1	½	3½	2450
8.	Lugo, Blas	m	USA	2411	0	½	½	½	0	0	1	*	½	0	3	2414
9.	Gulko, Boris F	g	USA	2571	½	0	½	0	½	0	0	½	*	1	3	2396
10.	Schneider, Dmitry	m	USA	2502	½	0	½	0	0	½	½	1	0	*	3	2404

6) Spanish Championship

The Spanish Championships take place in Ayamonte 9th-16th November 2007. The event is a knockout. Miguel Illecas Cordoba won the event beating Josep Manuel Lopez Martinez 2-0 in the final, Ibragim Khamrakulov beat Pablo San Segundo Carrillo to 3rd place after a playoff.

Official site: http://www.feda.org/campeonatos/2007/absoluto/index.htm

Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
9th November 2007		11th November 2007		13th November 2007		15th November 2007

Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2598 (1)	2

Fernandez Siles, Luis f ESP 2310 (16)	0
		Illescas Cordoba, Miguel (1)	2

		Moreno Ruiz, Javier (9)	0
Moreno Ruiz, Javier m ESP 2466 (9)	1.5

Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario g ESP 2490 (8)	0.5
				Illescas Cordoba, Miguel (1)	1,5

				San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo (5)	0,5
San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo g ESP 2536 (5)	1.5

Larino Nieto, David m ESP 2428 (12)	0.5
		San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo (5)	2

		Andres Gonzalez, Alberto (13)	0
Andres Gonzalez, Alberto m ESP 2435 (13)	1.5

Narciso Dublan, Marc g ESP 2546 (4)	0.5
						Illescas Cordoba, Miguel (1)	2

						Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel	0
Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel g ESP 2563 (3)	3

Mascaro March, Pedro f ESP 2370 (14)	1
		Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel (3)	1.5

		Oms Pallise, Josep g 6 (6)	0.5
Llaneza Vega, Marcos m ESP 2426 (11)	0.5

Oms Pallise, Josep g ESP 2506 (6)	1.5
				Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel (3	3

				Khamrakulov, Ibragim S (2)	2
Del Rio Angelis, Salvador G g ESP 2512 (7)	2.5

Llanes Hurtado, Miguel m ESP 2459 (10)	1.5
		Del Rio Angelis, Salvador G (7)	0.5

		Khamrakulov, Ibragim S (2)	1.5
Huerga Leache, Mikel f ESP 2440 (15)	0.5

Khamrakulov, Ibragim S g ESP 2604 (2)	1.5

7) Cup Russia

The Cup Russia ttook place in Serpukhov in the Moscow Region 5th-16th November 2007. The event was a knockout and Artyom Timofeev beat Vadim Zvjaginsev 1.5-0.5 in the final.

The most detailed coverage is at: http://www.e3e5.com, http://russiachess.org/eng/ with live games at: http://www.aeroflotchess.com/live/

Russian Cup
Round 1 (November 5th-6th)
Ti	Init	Name	NAT	ELO	vs	Ti	Init	Name	NAT	ELO	Res	T/B
GM	D	Svetushkin	MDA		-	IM	D	Chuprov	RUS		1-1	0-2
GM	M	Makarov	RUS		-	GM	B	Savchenko	RUS		0.5-1.5
GM	V	Yemelin	RUS		-	GM	V	Dobrov	RUS		1-1	0-2
GM	I	Popov	RUS		-	GM	Yu	Yakovich	RUS		1.5-0.5
GM	S	Azarov	BLR		-	GM	A	Rychagov	RUS		1.5-0.5
GM	E	Andreev	UKR		-	GM	R	Ovetchkin	RUS		0.5-1.5
GM	A	Iljin	RUS		-	GM	M	Panarin	RUS		1-1	3-1
IM	D	Kryakvin	RUS		-	GM	A	Lastin	RUS		0-2
GM	A	Korotylev	RUS		-	GM	D	Kokarev	RUS		1-1	2.5-1.5
IM	E	Romanov	RUS		-	GM	S	Dvoirys	RUS		1.5-0.5
GM	M	Turov	RUS		-	GM	A	Gutov	RUS		1.5-0.5
GM	A	Kornev	RUS		-	GM	I	Lysyj	RUS		1-1	0.5-1.5
GM	S	Grigoriants	RUS		-	GM	S	Novikov	RUS		1-1	2-0
FM	A	Zabotin	RUS		-	GM	K	Chenyshov	RUS		1-1	1.5-0.5
GM	E	Vorobiov	RUS		-	IM	M	Askarov	RUS		0-2
IM	A	Deviatkin	RUS		-	GM	B	Grachev	RUS		0.5-1.5
Round 2 (November 7th-8th)
Ti	Init	Name	NAT	ELO	vs	Ti	Init	Name	NAT	ELO	Res	T/B
GM	V	Malakhov	RUS		-	GM	B	Grachev	RUS		1.5-0.5
GM	M	Turov	RUS		-	GM	P	Smirnov	RUS		1-1	0.5-1.5
GM	V	Potkin	RUS		-	IM	M	Askarov	RUS		1-1	0-2
GM	I	Lysyj	RUS		-	GM	S	Volkov	RUS		1-1	3-2
GM	A	Timofeev	RUS		-	GM	A	Iljin	RUS		2-0
FM	A	Zabotin	RUS		-	GM	A	Dreev	RUS		1.5-0.5
GM	A	Aleksandrov	BLR		-	GM	I	Popov	RUS		2-0
GM	S	Grigoriants	RUS		-	GM	E	Bareev	RUS		0.5-1.5
GM	V	Zvjaginsev	RUS		-	GM	A	Lastin	RUS		1.5-0.5
IM	D	Chuprov	RUS		-	GM	M	Kobalia	RUS		2-0
GM	D	Bocharov	RUS		-	GM	V	Dobrov	RUS		1-1	0-2
GM	B	Savchenko	RUS		-	GM	F	Amonatov	TJK		1.5-0.5
GM	E	Tomashevsky	RUS		-	GM	S	Azarov	BLR		1-1	2.5-1.5
IM	E	Romanov	RUS		-	GM	A	Fedorov	BLR		0.5-1.5
GM	K	Sakaev	RUS		-	GM	R	Ovetchkin	RUS		1.5-0.5
GM	A	Korotylev	RUS		-	GM	K	Landa	RUS		1.5-0.5
Round 3 (November 9th-10th):
Ti	Init	Name	NAT	ELO	vs	Ti	Init	Name	NAT	ELO	Res	T/B
GM	P	Smirnov	RUS	2636	-	GM	V	Malakhov	RUS	2690	0-2
GM	I	Lysyj	RUS	2591	-	IM	M	Askarov	RUS	2516	1-1	3-1
GM	A	Timofeev	RUS	2637	-	FM	A	Zabotin	RUS	2480	1-1	2-0
GM	A	Aleksandrov	BLR	2614	-	GM	E	Bareev	RUS	2653	0.5-1.5
IM	D	Chuprov	RUS	2557	-	GM	V	Zvjaginsev	RUS	2674	0.5-1.5
GM	V	Dobrov	RUS	2499	-	GM	B	Savchenko	RUS	2583	0.5-1.5
GM	A	Fedorov	BLR	2612	-	GM	E	Tomashevsky	RUS	2646	0.5-1.5
GM	A	Korotylev	RUS	2600	-	GM	K	Sakaev	RUS	2634	1-1	0-2
Round 4 (November 11th-12th):
Ti	Init	Name	NAT	ELO	vs	Ti	Init	Name	NAT	ELO	Res	T/B
GM	I	Lysyj	RUS	2591	-	GM	V	Malakhov	RUS	2690	1-1	0.5-1.5
GM	A	Timofeev	RUS	2637	-	GM	E	Bareev	RUS	2653	1-1	3-1
IM	B	Savchenko	RUS	2583	-	GM	V	Zvjaginsev	RUS	2674	0.5-1.5
GM	E	Tomashevsky	RUS	2646	-	GM	K	Sakaev	RUS	2634	1-1	1.5-0.5
Semi-Finals (November 13th-14th):
Ti	Init	Name	NAT	ELO	vs	Ti	Init	Name	NAT	ELO	Res	T/B
GM	V	Malakhov	RUS	2690	-	GM	A	Timofeev	RUS	2637	0.5-1.5
GM	V	Zvjaginsev	RUS	2674	-	GM	E	Tomashevsky	RUS	2646	1.5-0.5
Finals (November 15th-16th):
Ti	Init	Name	NAT	ELO	vs	Ti	Init	Name	NAT	ELO	Res	T/B
GM	A	Timofeev	RUS	2637	-	GM	V	Zvjaginsev	RUS	2674	1.5-0.5

8) Indian Women's Championship

34th Women's National A Chess Championship was organised by the Symbiosis Spa Chess School at Symbiosis Center for Health Care Campus, Range Hills Road, Kirkee, Pune 411020. The Technical Assistance was provided by Buddhibal Kreeda Trust. The tournament offered a record prize money of Rs.2,50,000 and included the cream of Indian Women's chess among its participants. The top three players from this tournament was selected to represent India at the World Chess Olympiad to be held at Dresden, Germany in 2008 while the top six players will comprise the Indian Women's team for various other International Events.

Woman Grandmaster Tania Sachdev of Delhi beat Padmini Rout of Orissa in the final round to win the 34th Women’s National A Chess Championship. Tania (tiebreak 66), Kiran Monisha Mohanty (tiebreak 64.5) and Soumya Swaminathan (tiebreak 63.5) scored an identical 8 points out of possible 11 but Tania’s better tiebreak score ensured her the Title. Tania was the only player to remain undefeated throughout the tournament and so her title finish is a very fitting prize. This is her second consecutive National A triumph. Tania, Soumya and Kiran have qualified to the Indian Women’s team that will play the Chess Olympiad. Koneru Humpy is directly seeded into the Women’s Olympiad team. Swati Ghate, Dronavalli Harika and Nisha Mohota took places 4 to 6 and made it to the Indian team for other tournaments.

Official site: http://www.symbiosisspa.lci.in/

ch-IND w Pune (IND), 6-13 xi 2007 Final Round 11 Standings
Rank	S No.	Name		Rtg	FED	Pts	BH.	RtgØ
1	3	WGM	Tania Sachdev	2413	IND	8	66	2262
2	7	WIM	Kiran Manisha Mohanty	2263	IND	8	64½	2268
3	9	WIM	Soumya Swaminathan	2244	IND	8	63½	2277
4	6	WGM	Swathi Ghate	2316	IND	7½	66	2272
5	1	IM	Harika Dronavalli	2480	IND	7	68	2284
6	2	WGM	Mohota Nisha	2416	IND	6½	64½	2243
7	4	WGM	Karavade Eesha	2331	IND	6	68	2244
8	11	WFM	Meera Sai	2205	IND	6	62½	2226
9	5	WGM	Ramaswamy Aarthie	2317	IND	6	62	2219
10	15		Priya P	2129	IND	6	61½	2224
11	12		Nimmy A G	2196	IND	6	59½	2189
12	14	WFM	Pon N Krithika	2140	IND	6	58½	2159
13	10		Padmini Rout	2226	IND	6	55	2209
14	8	WIM	Gomes Mary Ann	2262	IND	5½	66	2261
15	25		Divyasri Ch	2050	IND	5½	52½	2145
16	18		Swati Mohota	2112	IND	5½	49½	2085
17	16		Preethi R	2125	IND	5½	47½	2085
18	27		Athirai S	2000	IND	5½	45	1999
19	13		Amrutha Mokal	2159	IND	5	58½	2168
20	17		Sangeetha M R	2118	IND	5	52½	2103
21	22		Anuprita Patil	2060	IND	4½	56½	2102
22	23		Harini S	2060	IND	4½	54½	2119
23	24		Uthra P	2055	IND	4½	49	2091
24	20		Syed Nabeela Farheen	2093	IND	4	56½	2144
25	21	WFM	Pujari Rucha	2061	IND	4	54½	2122
26	26	WFM	Dave Dhyani	2002	IND	4	49	2017
27	28		Savetha C H	1968	IND	3	46½	1998
28	19		Baisakhi Das	2101	IND	1	41	2090

9) Asian Indoor Games

FIDE report (http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=1501) that The China team won the 9-round Swiss Macau Asian Indoor Games Blitz Team Championship on Saturday with India winning Silver and Kazakhstan the bronze. The day before, Krishnan Sasikiran and Humpy Koneru, both of India, won the men`s and women`s gold medals, respectively, in the individual blitz championship consisting of 9-round Swiss qualifications, 4-game semifinal and 4-game final matches. Games from the Standard time rate event now available.

Further details: http://chess-results.com/tnr8545.aspx?lan=1 - http://www.maigoc2007.com/Eng/index.shtml - http://www.asia-chess.com/

2nd Asian Indoor Games Final Standings
Rk.	SNo	Team	Games	+	=	-	TB1
1	1	China	6	5	1	0	1
2	2	India	6	4	1	1	2
3	3	Vietnam	6	3	2	1	3
4	9	Malaysia	6	4	0	2	4
5	4	Kazakhstan	6	4	0	2	5
6	5	Indonesia	6	4	0	2	5
7	7	Philippines	6	3	1	2	7
8	10	Mongolia	6	3	0	3	8
9	6	Iran	6	3	0	3	9
10	11	Iraq	6	3	0	3	10
11	12	Jordan	6	3	0	3	11
12	8	Qatar	6	2	1	3	12
13	16	Japan	6	2	1	3	13
14	15	Macau	6	2	1	3	14
15	18	Bahrain	6	2	1	3	15
16	13	Singapore	6	2	2	2	16
17	20	Afghanistan	6	2	1	3	17
18	14	Pakistan	6	2	1	3	18
19	19	Chinese Taipei	6	1	1	4	19
20	17	Nepal	6	1	1	4	20
21	21	Maldives	6	0	1	5	21

2nd Asian Indoor Games Classical Chess Top Scorers
No.			Name	Rtg	Team	Pts.	Games	%	Bo.
1	CHN	GM	Ni Hua	2641	China	5,5	6	91,7	2
2	CHN	WGM	Hou Yifan	2502	China	5,5	6	91,7	4
3	QAT	GM	Zhu Chen	2531	Qatar	5,0	6	83,3	3
4	MAS	WIM	Siti Zulaikha	2210	Malaysia	5,0	6	83,3	3
5	IND	IM	Harika Dronavalli	2480	India	5,0	6	83,3	4
6	KAZ	GM	Kazhgaleyev Murtas	2588	Kazakhstan	4,5	6	75,0	1
7	MAS	IM	Mas Hafizulhelmi	2372	Malaysia	4,5	6	75,0	1
8	MGL		Gundavaa Bayarsaihan	2274	Mongolia	4,5	6	75,0	2
9	VIE	WGM	Nguyen Thi Thanh An	2324	Vietnam	4,5	6	75,0	3
10	IND	GM	Koneru Humpy	2606	India	4,5	6	75,0	3
11	VIE	WIM	Le Kieu Thien Kim	2292	Vietnam	4,5	6	75,0	4
12	SIN	GM	Wu Shaobin	2449	Singapore	4,0	5	80,0	2
13	TPE		Chen I Chen	1728	Chinese Taipei	4,0	5	80,0	4
14	CHN	GM	Bu Xiangzhi	2692	China	4,0	6	66,7	1
15	IRI	GM	Ghaemmaghami Ehsan	2591	Iran	4,0	6	66,7	1
16	MGL		Batchuluun Cegmed	2426	Mongolia	4,0	6	66,7	1
17	VIE	GM	Le Quang Liem	2534	Vietnam	4,0	6	66,7	2
18	INA	GM	Megaranto Susanto	2569	Indonesia	4,0	6	66,7	2
19	INA	WIM	Sukandar Irine Kharisma	2275	Indonesia	4,0	6	66,7	3
20	KAZ	WIM	Dauletova Gulmira	2240	Kazakhstan	4,0	6	66,7	4
21	IRI	WIM	Ghader Pour Shayesteh	2173	Iran	4,0	6	66,7	4
22	MGL		Yanjiv Batzaya	2038	Mongolia	4,0	6	66,7	4

10) US Chess League

The new US Chess League took place August 27th - October 31st 2007. Boston beat New York in the first semi-final. Miami play Dallas today. Games are played on ICC. My thanks to Greg Shahade.

Official site: http://www.uschessleague.com

USCL Semi-Finals 14th and 19th November 2007
		New York	1.5			Boston	2.5
1	GM	Hikaru Nakamura	(NY)	vs	GM	Larry Christiansen	(BOS)	1/2-1/2
2	SM	Jorge Sammour Hasbun	(BOS)	vs	GM	Pascal Charbonneau	(NY)	1-0
3	IM	Jay Bonin	(NY)	vs	NM	Denys Shmelov	(BOS)	1-0
4	NM	Chris Williams	(BOS)	vs	WFM	Iryna Zenyuk	(NY)	1-0
		Miami	-			Dallas	-
1	GM	Julio Becerra	(MIA)	vs	IM	Drasko Boskovic	(DAL)
2	IM	Davorin Kuljasevic	(DAL)	vs	IM	Blas Lugo	(MIA)
3	FM	Marcel Martinez	(MIA)	vs	IM	Jacek Stopa	(DAL)
4	NM	Francisco Guadalupe II	(DAL)	vs		Luis Barredo	(MIA)

11) Ukrainian Championship

The Ukrainian Championship takes place in Kharkov 17th-25th November 2007. Valery Aveskulov and Vladimir Onischuk lead on 2/2.

Official site: http://www.ukrchess.org.ua/turnir/ukr07mf/index.html

ch-UKR Final Kharkov (UKR), 17-25 xi 2007
Pl	Name	Ti	NAT	FIDE	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Sc	Perf
1.	Aveskulov, Valeriy	g	UKR	2545	+24	+17	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2
2.	Onischuk, Vladimir	m	UKR	2469	+27	+16	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2
3.	Arzumanian, Georgy	m	ARM	2493	+25	=4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2753
4.	Zubov, Alexander	m	UKR	2556	+26	=3	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2684
5.	Drozdovskij, Yuri	g	UKR	2567	=11	+21	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2658
6.	Kryvoruchko, Yuriy	g	UKR	2598	=12	+22	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2690
7.	Miroshnichenko, Evgenij	g	UKR	2651	=10	+20	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2698
8.	Kuzubov, Yuriy	g	UKR	2582	=19	+18	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2665
9.	Tukhaev, Adam	m	UKR	2517	=18	+19	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2665
10.	Kovchan, Alexander	g	UKR	2507	=7	=13	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2624
11.	Malaniuk, Vladimir P	g	UKR	2496	=5	=15	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2545
12.	Zinchenko, Yaroslav	g	UKR	2491	=6	=14	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2592
13.	Brodsky, Michail	g	UKR	2597	=20	=10	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2505
14.	Oleksienko, Mikhailo	g	UKR	2587	=22	=12	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2497
15.	Vysochin, Spartak	g	UKR	2524	=21	=11	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2465
16.	Romanishin, Oleg M	g	UKR	2547	+23	-2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2478
17.	Truskavetsky, Alexandr	m	UKR	2398	+28	-1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2529
18.	Kovalenko, Igor		UKR	2429	=9	-8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0½	2356
19.	Zubarev, Alexander1	g	UKR	2515	=8	-9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0½	2356
20.	Gasanov, Eldar	g	UKR	2503	=13	-7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0½	2431
21.	Jakimov, Vladimir		UKR	2434	=15	-5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0½	2352
22.	Nosenko, Alexander	m	UKR	2504	=14	-6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0½	2399
23.	Maximov, Dmitry	m	UKR	2488	-16	=27	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0½	2345
24.	Rogovski, Vladimir	g	UKR	2485	-1	=28	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0½	2336
25.	Solodovnichenko, Yuri	g	UKR	2564	-3	=26	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0½	2298
26.	Tarlev, Konstantin	m	UKR	2490	-4	=25	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0½	2367
27.	Shishkin, Vadim UKR	g	UKR	2530	-2	=23	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0½	2285
28.	Kononenko, Dmitry1	g	UKR	2513	-17	=24	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0½	2248

12) Venetian Autumn Chess Congress

140 chessplayers competed in three tournaments during the "Autunno Scacchistico Veneziano", organised 1st-4th November 2007 by "Esteban Canal Chess Club" and by "Carlo Salvioli Chess Club" of Venice. The Master Tournament (Rating > 2000) with 44 players, was won with 5/6 by the Ukrainian GM Georgy Timoshenko who dominated the event. The Open B tournament (1650 < Rating < 2050) was won by Dario Zanin from Treviso, Joannou Euripidis from Greece and Xhani Bujar from Albania with 5 of 6. The Open C Tournament (Rating < 1700), with 50 players, was won by Luca Bianchi from Milan and Enrico Sorbera from Treviso with 5 of 6. News: Antonio Rosino.

Further details: http://www.veneziascacchi.com

Venetian Autumn Master Tournament Venice ITA (Italy), 1 xi - 4 xi 2007
1	1	Timoshenko Georgy	GM	2544	UKR	23B+	12N+	6B+	2N=	4B+	5N=	5
2	2	Bosiocic Marin	IM	2491	CRO	24N+	17B+	9N=	1B=	11N=	7B+	4.5
3	5	Mrdja Milan	IM	2408	CRO	27B+	19N+	8B=	20N+	3B=	1B=	4.5
4	3	Kasparov Sergey	GM	2466	BLR	25B=	35N=	21N+	16B+	5N=	24B+	4.5
5	8	Ramesa Davor	FM	2308	CRO	30N+	36B+	5N=	11B=	7N=	9B+	4.5
6	11	Bonafede Alessandro		2279	ITA	33B+	40N+	16B=	8N=	2B=	4N+	4.5
7	12	Navarro Stefano		2258	ITA	34N+	1B-	32N+	24B-	29N+	15B+	4
8	24	Pomaro Alberto		2152	ITA	2B-	39N+	40B+	12N+	6B+	3N-	4
9	16	Omeri Silvan		2181	ALB	38N=	26B+	11N=	3N-	33B+	19B+	4
10	4	Genocchio Daniele	FM	2433	ITA	26N=	44B+	15N+	9B+	1N-	11B-	3.5
11	6	Rombaldoni Axel	FM	2399	ITA	28N+	32B+	1N-	17B=	24N-	27B+	3.5
12	9	Mufic Goran	IM	2293	CRO	31B+	29N+	2B=	4N-	18B+	8N-	3.5
13	20	Pechy Alaster		2165	ITA	42N=	38B+	13N+	5B-	15N-	44B+	3.5
14	17	Kasparova Tatiana	WM	2181	BLR	39B+	2N-	29B+	6N=	21B=	13N=	3.5
15	15	Xia Jie		2220	ITA	37B=	43N+	4B-	25N+	20B+	12N-	3.5
16	7	Dvirnyy Danyyil	FM	2333	ITA	29B-	31N+	35B+	33N+	8B=	2N-	3.5
17	13	Barletta Mauro		2247	ITA	35B=	25N+	20B-	34N+	19N=	17B=	3.5
18	14	Keller Christophe		2221	FRA	36N-	28B+	34N=	38B=	32N=	30B+	3.5
19	10	Vancini Edoardo	FM	2290	ITA	32N-	42B+	33N-	35B=	36B+	21N+	3.5
20	32	Szirmai Emil		2102	CZE	10B+	6N-	12B-	41N+	14B=	18N=	3
21	25	Bozzali Ermanno		2136	ITA	3N=	13B-	41N+	15B-	35N+	38B=	3
22	38	Faccia Sergio		2071	ITA	16B=	20N-	22B+	14N=	27B=	25N=	3
23	19	Cristiani Cesare		2166	ITA	41B+	5B-	44N=	43N+	13B=	16N-	3
24	21	Mileto Gabriele		2164	ITA	43B=	37N+	3B-	36N+	17N=	10B-	3
25	18	Vianello Enrico		2169	ITA	40N-	30B+	36N=	44B+	9N-	32B=	3
26	28	Pastres Roberto		2119	ITA	6B-	14N-	39B=	23N=	43B+	33N+	3
27	35	Grandesso Emanuele		2092	ITA	13N=	3B=	7N-	10N=	25B-	40B+	2.5
28	29	Opacic Alexandar		2109	SRB	7N+	9B-	17N-	42B+	12B-	26N=	2.5
29	34	Redo Giorgio		2093	ITA	12B-	23N+	14B=	13B-	44N-	41N+	2.5
30	44	Milazzo Mario		1971	ITA	22B+	4N-	19B=	18N-	34B+	20N-	2.5
31	30	You Zi Chih Stefano		2109	ITA	8B-	18N-	23B=	39N+	37B+	14N-	2.5
32	23	Bianchi Andrea		2156	ITA	1N-	34B-	30N=	28B=	40N=	39B+	2.5
33	26	Pfeifer Andrea		2131	FRA	4B=	16N-	43B-	37N=	42B+	29B=	2.5
34	27	Bellavita Guido		(2131)	ITA	5N-	41B-	31N+	40B+	38N=	6N-	2.5
35	33	Horton-Kitchlew Andrew		2097	ENG	11N-	22N+	10B+	7B-	16N-	28B-	2
36	36	Gallo Enrico		2077	ITA	14B+	8N-	18B=	21B-	10N-	43N=	2
37	43	Zarpellon Daniel		2001	ITA	21N=	15B-	26N+	19B-	28N-	36B=	2
38	42	Rezzuti Vincenzo		2017	ITA	20B=	10N-	37B=	29N-	26N-	31A+	2
39	37	Maccapan Fabio		2072	ITA	15N=	21B-	42N=	26B=	30N-	22B=	2
40	22	Bosiocic Marko		2160	CRO	44N-	33B-	38N-	31A+	41B=	37N=	2
41	40	Solinas Carlo		2050	ITA	18B+	11B-	24N-	27N-	23B=	35N-	1.5
42	39	Paris Giorgio		2055	ITA	17N-	24B-	28N=	30B-	31A+	23N-	1.5
43	41	Pesco Giuseppe		2031	ITA	19N-	27N+	25B-	32B-	22N=	34B-	1.5
44	31	Panican Gheorghe		2104	ROM	9N-	7B-	27B-	22R-	39R-	42R-	0

13) First Saturday November

The First Saturday tournaments for November took place 3rd-13th November 2007. There were two IM and two FM events. Nikolaj Mikkelsen won the a-group by half a point from Raymond Kaufman and Csaba Berczes won the B event.

Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/

FSIMA November Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-13 xi 2007
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Mikkelsen, Nikolaj	f	DEN	2315	*	½	1	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	7	2495
2.	Kaufman, Raymond	f	USA	2393	½	*	1	0	1	½	1	1	½	1	6½	2432
3.	Kahn, Evarth	m	HUN	2314	0	0	*	1	1	½	½	½	1	1	5½	2355
4.	Cooke, Eric		USA	2253	½	1	0	*	0	0	0	1	1	1	4½	2282
5.	Lorand, Norbert		HUN	2166	½	0	0	1	*	0	½	1	1	½	4½	2291
6.	Werner, Dimo	m	GER	2346	0	½	½	1	1	*	½	½	0	0	4	2228
7.	Wittmann, Walter	m	AUT	2304	0	0	½	1	½	½	*	½	½	½	4	2233
8.	Lengyel, Bela	m	HUN	2263	½	0	½	0	0	½	½	*	1	1	4	2238
9.	Andersen, Alf R		NOR	2200	0	½	0	0	0	1	½	0	*	1	3	2163
10.	Hvenekilde, Jorgen		DEN	2239	0	0	0	0	½	1	½	0	0	*	2	2063

FSIMB November Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-13 xi 2007
					1		2		3		4		5		6
1.	Berczes, Csaba	m	HUN	2419	*	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	7½	2432
2.	Adams, Nick A		USA	2220	½	½	*	*	1	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	6½	2388
3.	Paschall, William M	m	USA	2352	½	½	0	½	*	*	½	1	½	½	1	½	5½	2288
4.	Francsics, Endre		HUN	2164	0	0	½	½	½	0	*	*	½	½	1	½	4	2218
5.	Farago, Sandor	m	HUN	2261	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	*	*	0	½	3½	2160
6.	Burghardt, Jozsef		HUN	2198	0	0	½	0	0	½	0	½	1	½	*	*	3	2134

14) 8th Liberec Open

The 8th Liberec Open took place 10th-17th November 2007. Zbigniew Ksieski won the event with 7.5/9. Final two rounds of games are missing.

More detailed information should be found in English, German, Russian and Polish at http://www.czechtour.net/liberec-open/

8th Liberec Open 10-17 ix 2007. Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.		Name		FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1
1	POL	Ksieski Zbigniew	IM	POL	2400	7,5	54,0
2	GER	Plischki Sebastian	IM	GER	2357	7,0	51,5
3	LAT	Matcins Aleksejs		LAT	2074	7,0	50,0
4	RUS	Golcman Evgeny		RUS	2223	6,5	52,0
5	RUS	Bogdanovich Grigory	IM	RUS	2352	6,5	51,0
6	ISR	Porat Ido	FM	ISR	2275	6,5	50,5
7	LAT	Agafonov Yuri		LAT	2173	6,0	51,5
8	CZE	Jiruse Josef Mgr.		CZE	2153	6,0	50,5
9	GER	Natsidis Christoph		GER	2256	6,0	49,5
10	SVK	Kikinder Roman		SVK	2111	6,0	48,5
11	ISR	Porat Maya		ISR	2198	6,0	48,5
12	GER	Baum Bernd Dr	FM	GER	2210	6,0	48,0
13	CZE	Bartos Jan	FM	CZE	2216	6,0	47,5
14	ISL	Bjornsson Tomas	FM	ISL	2208	6,0	46,5
15	CZE	Tesar Jan JUDr.		CZE	2069	6,0	44,5
16	GER	Muehlhan Klaus		GER	1946	6,0	44,0
17	CZE	Snorek Milan Ing.		CZE	2061	6,0	44,0
18	CZE	Turner Radek Ing.		CZE	2094	6,0	44,0
19	NED	Huijzer Johannes		NED	1943	6,0	43,5
20	CZE	Braun Marek		CZE	2076	6,0	41,5
21	CZE	Rutter Lidmila		CZE	1920	6,0	41,5
118 players

15) 11th OIBM Bad Wiessee

The 11th OIBM (Offene Internationale Bayerische Meisterschaft) took place in Bad Wiessee 10th-18th November 2007. Nidjat Mamedov and Mircea Parligras finished on 7.5/9. Games not yet available.

Official site: http://www.oibm-bad-wiessee.de/

11th OIBM Bad Wiessee. Final Round 9 Standings
Rang	Teilnehmer	Titel	TWZ	Land	Punkte	Buchh	SoBerg
1	Mamedov,Nidjat	GM	2565	AZE	7.5	56.5	46.25
2	Parligras,Mircea	GM	2553	ROU	7.5	52	42.75
3	Postny,Evgeny	GM	2601	ISR	7	56	42.75
4	Khenkin,Igor	GM	2600	GER	7	55	42
5	Korneev,Oleg	GM	2587	RUS	7	55	41.75
6	Holzke,Frank	IM	2499	GER	7	55	41.5
7	Meier,Georg	GM	2558	GER	7	54	40.75
8	Baramidze,David	GM	2581	GER	7	53	40.25
9	Skatchkov,Pavel	GM	2509	RUS	7	52	39
10	Bischoff,Klaus	GM	2535	GER	7	51	38
11	Bruno,Fabio	IM	2445	ITA	7	50.5	37.75
12	Buhmann,Rainer	GM	2567	GER	7	50	37.75
13	Volke,Karsten	IM	2472	GER	7	48	35.5
14	Hoffmann,Michael	IM	2471	GER	6.5	55.5	35.75
15	Shabalov, Alexand	GM	2626	USA	6.5	55	37.75
16	Zude,Arno	IM	2439	GER	6.5	54.5	38
17	Levin,Felix	GM	2552	GER	6.5	53.5	37.5
18	Jaracz,Pawel	GM	2518	POL	6.5	52.5	36.5
19	Kopylov,Mihail	IM	2472	UKR	6.5	52.5	35.75
20	Karpatchev,Aleksa	GM	2469	RUS	6.5	52.5	35.25
21	Morawietz,Dieter		2413	GER	6.5	51.5	34.5
22	Naumann,Alexander	GM	2548	GER	6.5	51	36
23	Abbasov,Farid	GM	2507	AZE	6.5	51	35.5
24	Kadziolka,Beata	WGM	2301	POL	6.5	50.5	32.25
25	Weber,Ulrich		2390	GER	6.5	50	34.75
26	Bobras,Piotr	GM	2564	POL	6.5	50	34
27	Pirrot,Dieter	IM	2417	GER	6.5	50	33
28	Bromberger,Stefan	IM	2491	GER	6.5	49.5	34.75
29	Friedel, Josh	IM	2477	USA	6.5	49.5	33.25
30	Schneider-Zinner,	FM	2330	AUT	6.5	49	32.25
31	Pezerovic,Edin	IM	2428	GER	6.5	49	32.25
32	Cordts,Ingo	FM	2338	GER	6.5	48	32.75
33	Siebrecht,Sebasti	IM	2512	GER	6.5	46.5	32.5
34	Neubronner, Jarre		2097	SIN	6.5	45	31.25
35	Stabolewski,Andre		2257	GER	6.5	43	30.75
36	de Francesco,Klau		2277	GER	6.5	43	30.25
37	Halkias,Stelios	GM	2590	GRE	6	53.5	33.25
38	Babaev, Rashad	GM	2465	AZE	6	52.5	32.25
39	Eingorn,Vereslav	GM	2576	UKR	6	52	33
40	Mainka,Romuald	GM	2496	GER	6	51	31.25

16) Campeonato de México Absoluto

The Mexican Championships took place in Pachuca, the capital of the Mexican state of Hidalgo. Juan Carlos Gonzalez Zamora won with 7.5/9. The games file is still a long way from complete.

Official site: http://www.fenamac.org.mx/postnuke/html/

17) 4NCL

The 3rd and 4th rounds of the 4NCL took place in Birmingham 10th-11th November 2007.

Official site: http://www.4ncl.co.uk

4NCL Division 1 Round 3 Standings:
Team	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
BETSSON.COM	4	0	0	8
GUILDFORD-A&DC 1	3	1	0	7
BARBICAN 4NCL 1	3	1	0	7
GUILDFORD-A&DC 2	3	0	1	6
THE ADS	2	0	2	4
HILSMARK KINGFISHER 1	1	2	1	4
BARBICAN 4NCL 2	2	0	2	4
WOOD GREEN	1	1	2	3
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY 1	1	1	2	3
RICHMOND	0	1	3	1
NORTH WEST EAGLES 1	0	1	3	1
SLOUGH SHARKS 1	0	0	4	0

18) British Rapidplay

The British Rapidplay Chess Championships take place 17th-18th November 2007 at the North Bridge Leisure Centre, Halifax. 1st - G.M.Peter Wells 9.5 /11 2nd- G.M.Mark Hebden 9 /11 3rd- G.M.Stewart Haslinger 8.5/11. I will try and round the games and fuller results up next week.

Official site: http://www.british-rapidplay.org.uk/

19) Russian Championship Superfinals

The Russian Championship Superfinals take place 17th-30th December 2007.

According to Chess Today the players are: Men: Alekseev, Amonatov, Vitjugov, Grischuk, Dreev, Inarkiev, Morozevich, Rychagov, Svidler, Timofeev, Tomashevsky, Jakovenko. Women: Galliamova, Gunina, Matveeva, Kovalevskaya, Korbut, N.Kosintseva, T.Kosintseva, Kosteniuk, Ovod, Stepovaya, Tairova, Shadrina.

20) Cultural Village Tournament

The Cultural Village Tournament takes place in the Cafe De Zon in Wijk aan Zee 19th-28th November 2007.

Official site: http://www.ssij.nl/ and details: http://www.coruschess.com/article.php?s=n140

Cultural Village Chess Tournament
Round 1 - 19th November 2007
Dorian Rogozenko	-	Thomas Willemze
Ralf Akesson	-	Djurre den Heeten
Chiel van Oosterom	-	Robert Ris
Daan Brandenburg	-	Milen Vasilev
Dimitri Reinderman	-	Julius Armas

21) Forthcoming Events and Links

World Chess Cup

The World Chess Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk (Arrival 22nd, Opening Ceremony 23rd and Round 1 24th November)

Official site: http://www.ugra-chess.ru/eng/main.html

50th Reggio Emilia

The 50th "Torneo di Capodanno" in Reggio Emilia takes place December 29th 2007 - January 6th 2008. The tournament was created by Enrico Paoli, who organized it for many many years. The tournament will be played, as usual, in Hotel Astoria Mercure, with rounds starting at 2.30 pm (last round at 10.30 am). XVI FIDE cathegory, elo 2635 chief director Mrs Franca Dapiran. Main sponsors UNIPOL spa, STUDIO ALFA spa, VANETON srl, and ORLANDINI srl. Official commentator GM Croato Miso Cebalo.

Official site: http://www.ippogrifoscacchi.it

50th "Torneo di Capodanno" Reggio Emilia December 29th 2007 - January 6th 2008
1	GM	ALMASI ZOLTAN	2691	HUN
2	GM	LANDA KONSTANTIN	2678	RUS
3	GM	HARIKRISHNA PENTALA	2668	IND
4	GM	GASHIMOV VUGAR	2663	AZE
5	GM	NAVARA DAVID	2656	CZE
6	GM	TIVJAKOV SERGEJ	2643	NED
7	GM	NI HUA	2641	CHI
8	GM	KORCHNOI VIKTOR	2611	SWI
9	GM	MARIN MIHAIL	2551	ROM
10	GM	GODENA MICHELE	2535	ITA

XX Carlos Torre Memorial

The XX Carlos Torre Memorial takes place in Mérida, Yucatán, México 15th-23rd December 2007.

Details: http://www.idey.gob.mx/ct2008.htm

Guernsey Chess Festival Open

33rd Fortis Guernsey International Chess Festival GM Tiger Hillarp-Persson wins with 6 out of 7 having taken a half point bye in round 1. GM Vladimir Epishin was equal second. The event took place 21st-27th October 2007.

Official site: http://www.guernseychessclub.org.gg/

13th Euro Chessweek in Leutersdorf

The 13th Euro Chessweek in Leutersdorf (Germany) takes place 3rd-7th February 2008.

http://www.scoberland.de/

Dutch Team Championship

The Dutch Team Championships take place 15th September 2007 - 17th May 2008.

Links: Dutch Chess Federation: http://www.schaakbond.nl/ - Meesterklasse Games side bar at: http://www.schakers.info/

Corus Wijk aan Zee 2008

The field for the 2008 Corus tournament in Wijk aan Zee has been announced at http://www.coruschess.com Five of the top 6 in the world are playing including the new World Champion Anand and new World number 2 Ivanchuk. Also Kramnik and Gelfand who finished 2nd in Mexico City.

The Corus Chess Tournament 2008 will be held from 11-27 January 2008 in Wijk aan Zee. The tournament venue is the De Moriaan Community Centre

Corus Wijk aan Zee 2008 A-Group 11th-27th January 2008
Name	Year of birth	Rating	W rnk
GM Viswanathan Anand	1969	2801	1
GM Vassily Ivanchuk	1969	2787	2
GM Vladimir Kramnik	1975	2785	3
GM Veselin Topalov	1975	2769	4
GM Peter Leko	1979	2755	5
GM Shakhryar Mamedyarov	1985	2752	7
GM Teymour Radjabov	1987	2742	8
GM Levon Aronian	1982	2741	9
GM Boris Gelfand	1968	2736	11
GM Michael Adams	1971	2729	13
GM Magnus Carlsen	1990	2714	17
GM Judit Polgar	1976	2708	20
GM Pavel Eljanov	1983	2681	30
GM Loek van Wely	1972	2680	32
Average rating: 2741 (based on October figures) Category: 20

Corus Wijk aan Zee 2008 B-Group 11th-27th January 2008
GM	Etienne Bacrot	FRA	2695
GM	Gabriel Sargissian	ARM	2673
GM	Ivan Cheparinov	BUL	2670
GM.	Sergey Movsesian	SLO	2670
GM	Pentala Harikrishna	IND	2668
GM	Michal Krasenkow	POL	2668
GM	Nigel Short	ENG	2649
GM	Daniel Stellwagen	NED	2639
GM	Ian Nepomniachtchi	RUS	2611
GM	Koneru Humpy	IND	2606
GM	Erwin l'Ami	NED	2577
GM	Jan Smeets	NED	2558
WGM	Hou Yifan	CHI	2502
IM	Wouter Spoelman	NED	2445
Average rating : 2617 Category : 15

Corus Wijk aan Zee Participants honorary four-event match 2008
Name	Year of birth	Rating	CCT victories
GM Viktor Kortchnoi	1931	2611	4
GM Lajos Portisch	1937	2530	4
GM Jan Timman	1951	2559	2
GM Ljubomir Ljubojevic	1950	2550	1

In addition Monday 19th November there starts a kind of prelude for the big Corus tournament, the Cultural Village tournament. http://www.coruschess.com/article.php?s=n140 The winner will be invited for the C group. Games will be played in the café de Zon and the amateurs will also play games there during Corus 2008.

Anand Interview at Internet Chess Club

There is an interview with Viswanathan Anand at the Internet Chess Club on the occasion of the Indian festival "Diwali". Internet Chess Club's Chess.fm India presents an exclusive Interview with World Champion Viswanathan Anand. As special tribute, ICC http://www.chessclub.com has made an exclusive coverage of Anand's world championship triumph in Mexico followed by a historic reception in his hometown of Chennai. The Diwali special treat is available at http://webcast.chessclub.com/India/Macauley/Anand_interview.html & http://www.chessclub.com/chessfm/India.asx

ICC Qualifier for Gibtelecom Chess Festival

The Internet Chess Club is organizing an online event where the first prize includes travel to the Gibraltar Chess Festival from anywhere in the world! The prize also includes entry and accommodation plus board for the whole tournament. Play begins on the 15th November, details at http://www.chessclub.com/activities/gibraltar/

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/

XXI Benidorm Open

The XXI Open Internacional de Ajedrez Villa de Benidorm 2008 Benidorm organised an international tournament 1977 till 1995 now it has returned second year. The event takes place 25nd April - 4st May 2008 (10 rounds). 35.000 Euros in prizes. Information: Mr. Alfonso Vilches Tel: +34 695 91 56 78. E-mail: open@chessbenidorm.com

Official site: http://www.chessbenidorm.com

Chess Classic Mainz 2008

The schedule for Chess Classic Mainz 2008 is now available. The event takes place 21st-28th July 2008 in Mainz/Germany.

In addition there is a Chess Classic Calendar for the next year, which will be available in the first week of December. It is a big format (420 x 594 mm) and shows the stars and the biggest moments of the 14 years tournament history. The copies are limited to 200 (39,- Euro plus delivery) plus 64 with an autograph of World Champion Vishy Anand (48,- Euro plus delivery). Contact for order: juergen.wienecke@chesstigers.de

Further details: http://www.chesstigers.de

16th Donau Open

The 16th Donau Open takes place 26th-31st December 2007

Further details: http://www.aschach.at/schach/

Icelandic Rapid Championships

The Icelandic Rapid Championships took place 18th-20th October 2007. Bragi and Björn Þorfinnsson will meet in the final in December which be on TV in Iceland.

Official site: http://www.skaksamband.is/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=5661&Itemid=387

Games Festival Halkidiki 2008

Games Festival is a mass event organized for the third year in Halkidiki, Greece 28th April - 6th May 2008. The festival includes series of tournaments & exhibitions in prestigious sports like, chess, billiards, bridge, darts, streetbasketball and popular table games like scrabble, strategic games, pc games etc.

Official site: http://www.gamesfestival.com/

Vados Cup

The Vados Cup, international rapid chess open takes place 17th-18th November 2007 in Arad (Romania). Prize fund: over 2000 euro. 1st prize: 1800 RON (~535 euro). - The organisers can provide free accommodation for IMs and can give conditions to GMs (please contact the organizer).

More info: http://www.vados.ro - http://www.vados.ro/next_turneu_en.php

Campeanu, Alin - tel. +40-722-613128, email:sahclubvados@yahoo.com

Glitnir Blitz

The Glitnir Blitz took place in Oslo last Saturday, Grischuk beat Carlsen 3-1 in the final and Agdestein beat Nielsen 3-0 in the semi-final. Would really like to find some games.

Official site: http://www.sjakk.no/glitnirblitz/resultater.html

67th Italian Championship

The 67th Italian Championship takes place 23rd November - 4th December 2007. The tournament will consist of 12 players in a round robin at the 4 star Park Hotel San Michele in Martina Franca. Games will be played on DGT boards, and viewable live at the Italian Chess Federation´s web site. The players are: GM Fabiano Caruana, GM Michele Godena, GM Carlo Garcia-Palermo, IM Sabino Brunello, IM Fabio Bruno, IM Giulio Borgo, IM Roberto Mogranzini, IM Federico Manca, IM Daniel Contin, FM Daniele Genocchio, FM Denis Rombaldoni, and Alessandro Bonafede.

Official federation site: http://www.federscacchi.it/

I Avanzado International

The I Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez Avanzado (Tecnológico) takes place 1st-9th December 2007

Further details: http://www.ajedrezbali.com and http://www.eventosdeajedrez.com

Bundesliga

The German Bundesliga for 2007-8 takes place 19th October 2007 - 20th April 2008. The first games were on Friday 19th October as part of the special round 7 - fixtures from this round are played before various weekend programs. Rounds 3 and 4 take place 24th-25th November 2007.

Official site: http://www.schachbundesliga.de/ further coverage: http://www.schach.com and also at the national Federation site at: http://www.schachbund.de/SchachBL/index.php and statistics also at: http://www.godesbergersk.de/bundesliga-statistik/

28th Bethune Open

The Bethune chess club is preparing his 28th International Open, Hall Olof Palme, Commercial centre La Rotonde, Bethune, France (Pas-de-Calais) from December 26 to 30. 9 rounds The tournament is divided in 2 tournaments: - Tournament A for players whose Elo rating is above or equal to 1600, 1st price : 1500 euros - Tournament B for players strictly below 1900, 1st price : 400 euros, Fischer pace 1h30+30s KO for each game in both tournaments. At least 6000 euros of prices, prices for Elo categories in both tournaments. Inscription fee : 40 euros (adults), 20 euros (youngsters under 20), free for IM, GM and FIDE Masters. Conditions for IM and GM and special conditions for GM>2600, contact us at open@bethunechess.com

For more information visit: http://www.bethunechess.com

Harmonie Chess Tournament

The Harmonie Chess Tournament takes place 21st-30th December 2007.

Official site: http://www.so-on.org/kerst2007/2007eng.html

XVII Pampona International

The XVII Pampona International takes place 21st-29th December 2007.

Details: http://www.chesspamplona.com/

Pamplona Masters 21-29 xii 2007. Category XVII
1	GM	WANG Yue	2703	CHN
2	GM	SARGISSIAN Gabriel	2673	ARM
3	GM	MOVSESIAN Sergei	2670	SVK
4	GM	VALLEJO PONS Francisco	2660	ESP
5	GM	BELIAVSKY Alexander G	2646	SLO
6	GM	JOBAVA Baadur	2644	GEO
7	GM	RODSHTEIN Maxim	2615	ISR
8	GM	KHAMRAKULOV Ibragim S	2604	ESP

Chigorin Memorial 2007

The Chigorin Memorial takes place in St Petersburg 29th November - 9th December 2007.

Details: http://www.totalchess.spb.ru/kalend/2007/chigorin.html

VI Bali International Chess Festival

The VI Bali International Chess Festival takes place 30th November 9th December 2007. Many events including the tournament of stars 6th-9th December 2007 which has the participation of the new world champion Viswanathan Anand.

Further details: http://www.ajedrezbali.com/

Czech Chess Christmas 2007

The Czech Chess Christmas 2007 tournament takes place in Litomysl (CZE) 26th December 2007 - 1st January 2008

9th christmas chess FIDE tournament, swiss system of 9 round, rate of game 2 x 1,5h + 30s/move, prize fund 64.000 CZK (1st prize 20.000 CZK = 700 EUR), special conditions for IM, WGM and GM, New Year’s Eve programme. Contact: Proclient s.r.o., Jaroslav Fuksik, Svedska 3, 772 00 Olomouc, mobile: +420 608 364 664, e-mail: a64@proclient.cz,

Further details: http://www.a64.cz/tournaments/litomysl2007/

Hungarian Chess Tournaments October 2007 - March 2008

1. 6th-19th of October 2007 FIRST SATURDAY Budapest GM-IM-FM, GM-IM-FM round robins (BERGER), 9 -13 games, GM-IM norm possibilities in Budapest, venue: Hungarian Chess Federation, Falk Miksa Str.10. 2nd floor. Organisation: Nagy Laszlo, FIDE International Chess Organizer /NL/, E-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net Website: http://www.firstsaturday.hu Other website: http://home.hu.inter.net/~firstsat Phone-fax: +(361)-2632859, cellphone: +(36)-30-230-1914 /From 12:00 a.m. until midnight - Central European Time = GMT+1/

2. 24th-31st of October, HÉVÍZ Open - 200 km West from Budapest, 9 rounds Swiss, org: IM Rigo, http://www.lellechess.tar.hu

3. 22nd-30th of October 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.

4. 3rd-15th of November, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest, org.:NL

5. 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

6. 1st-13th of December, FS GM-IM-FM, Budapest, org.NL

7. 15th-21st of Dec, Kecskemet, IM tmt

8. 27th Dec- 5th Jan Kecskemet IM tmt,

9. 11th-19th of January 2008 Open in Budapest, Season opening, org: IA FAZEKAS, György, e-mail: srcolonel@freemail.hu

10. 19th-28th of January - IM tmt, Kecskemet

11. 2nd-15th of February - First Saturday Budapest,

12. 16th-25th of February - IM tmt Kecskemet,

13. 1st-13rd of March - First Saturday Budapest,

14. 21st-29th of March - Budapest Spring Festival Open, org.: Nagy Laszlo

Halkidiki Chess Festival 2008

The Halkidiki Chess Festival takes place in Kallithea, 28th April - 5 May 2008.

The Organizing Committee of the Halkdiki Chess Festival 2008. Tel/fax: +30 2310 865778 - e-mail: teotsorb@otenet.gr V.Olgas 285, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Official site: http://www.gamesfestival.com/

4th Singapore International Chess Convention

4th Singapore International Chess Convention, 16 - 22 December 2007: - Singapore Masters 2007 - Seminar for Coaches - Seminar for Arbiters The offical website of the organiser is the website of the Singapore Chess Federation:

Official site: http://www.singaporechess.org.sg

Computer Chess Events

On Saturday 29th September will take place the 1st AICA Man-Machine Match, Accademia Due Torri, Bologna, Italy. Delfi, current italian computer champion, will play FM Nicolò Ronchetti, who has just scored his third IM norm. Time control: Ronchetti 2 hours, Delfi 10 seconds per move. The game will be relayed on PlayChess, from 10:00 (CET). Site: http://e4e6.com/g6. On the same place, on 29 and 30 September will take place the 2nd Chess Computer Cup, also valid as 7th italian computer chess championship (CIPS 2007). 7 rounds, around 20 players. First two boards will be relayed on PlayChess, from 13:00 (CET).

John Watson's Book Show

Regular TWIC contributer John Watson has a book radio show on chess.fm on Tuesdays. This week Nigel Short appears. You can catch the show by signing up for ICC trial membership. Link: http://www.chessclub.com/chessfm/

Moscow Open 2008

The 4th International Chess Festival Moscow Open 2008 takes place 2nd-10th February 2008. Venue - the Russian State Social University. Minimal gartanted prize fund of full festival is RUR 5 000 000 (nearly EUR 150 000 or USD 200 000, two times more than in 2007!) There are Open “A” (for all, 1st prize RUR 500 000 - also possible to play 6- or 7 days like last two years), Open “B” (<2300, 1st RUR 150 000), Women Open (new! 1st prize RUR 150 000), open tournaments for school chidrens (qualify for World School Ch). Conditions for GMs 2600+ and best rated women GMs will be given probably, for GMs 2550+ it’s still unclear. More details in the middle of September. Some days later (13-22.2) “Aeroflot Open 2008” will start. As preparation to the World Mind Games in China – 2008 there are probably "Moscow Open Mind Games 2008" - Chess 960, Bridge, Go, Shogi, Damen tournaments etc. Some days later (13-22.2) “Aeroflot Open 2008” will start.

Contact: wlct06@gmail.com

Further details: http://www.chess-events.org

Etienne Bacrot's Website

Etienne Bacrot has a website at: http://www.chess22.fr/ giving news about himself, some comments on recent events including the World Championships in Mexico City etc. Worth check out.

1st South Bohemia Open

1st SOUTH BOHEMIA OPEN 2007 International Chess Festival which takes place in one of the most beautiful Czech towns – Cesky Krumlov on 13.-20.10. 2007. Open FIDE, active chess and blitz tournament are part of the festival.

Details: http://www.czechtour.net/south-bohemia-open/

32nd Kings Head Rapidplay

The 32nd Kings Head Rapidplay takes place Saturday 5 April 2008 start time 11:00, details below: 6-round Swiss rapidplay (30 minutes), prize fund £700

The Porchester Hall Porchester Road Bayswater London W2 5HS

Contact: Colin Mackenzie 9 Allan Way Acton London W3 0PW 020 8992 1849 colin.mackenzie@atosorigin.com

Further details; http://www.khcc.org.uk

Baltic Sea Cup

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          7.5
  1 - 2   FM Allan Stig Rasmussen               2450 2451     7.5
  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          6.5
  6 - 9   GM Sune Berg Hansen                   2574 2580     6.5
  6 - 9   GM Tiger Hillarp-Persson              2568 2568     6.5
  6 - 9   IM Thorbjørn Bromann                  2413 2414     6.5
 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          5.5
 21 - 32  Martin Matthiesen                     2363 2353     5.5
 21 - 32  WGM Anna Zozulia                      2332          5.5
 21 - 32  IM Bjørn Brinck-Claussen              2324 2300     5.5
 21 - 32  FM Jacob Carstensen                   2304 2293     5.5
 21 - 32  FM Tobias Hirneise                    2293          5.5
 21 - 32  FM Teddy Coleman                      2239          5.5
 21 - 32  FM Ove Weiss Hartvig                  2232 2210     5.5
 21 - 32  Andreas Wiwe                          2187 2152     5.5  
 21 - 32  Parker Zhao                           2180          5.5  
 21 - 32  Morten Kock Møller                    2178 2141     5.5  
 21 - 32  CM Andreas Arnold Schmitz             2081          5.5  
118 players

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

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

Alex Brunetti's TotoScacco Site

Alex Brunetti's TotoScacco Site allows predictions for current chess tournaments. http://e4e6.com/toto

olimpbase

Its always worth mentioning Wojciech Bartelski's excellent http://www.olimpbase.org which covers not only Olympiads but all team chess.

New events: European U18 Team Championship has recently finished in Subotica, Serbia. http://www.olimpbase.org/2007eb/2007in.html (boys' results) and http://www.olimpbase.org/2007eg/2007in.html (girls' results)

The 9th All-Africa Games took place in Algiers, Algeria 11th-23rd July There were 13 men's team in a four board round robin (rate of play was Active Chess 25+10). No games available. See details: http://www.olimpbase.org/2007f/2007in.html

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/

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

World Youth Chess Championships

The World Youth Chess Championships take place 17th-29th November 2007 in Antalya.

Official site: http://wycc2007.tsf.org.tr/

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/

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/

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

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