THE WEEK IN CHESS 493 19th April 2004 by Mark Crowther
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ACP Inaugural Internet Tournament 651 games
6th Annual Foxwoods Open 166 games
10th WDB Easter Open 10 games
Nabokov Memorial 48 games
Berlin Championship 90 games
First Saturday April 98 games
Rishon le Zion IM 45 games
Oslo Easter Chess Festival 2004 405 games
Asian Boys and Girls Championships 234 games
Hungarian Under 20 Championships 85 games
77th Championship of St Petersburg 1 game
1932 games
My thanks to Michael Klenburg, Michael Atkins, Thomas Henrich, Mehrdad
Pahlevanzadeh, Emil Anka, Theo van der Storm, Zsolt Korpics, Miklos Orso,
Tarjei J. Svensen, Jovan Petronic, Bartlomiej Macieja, Ray English, Elli
Sperdokli, Toni Ayza, Jan Mazuch, Horst Metzing and everyone else who helped
with the issue.
The politics of chess took another twist this week. The Association of
Chess Professionals has now clearly started to function as an organisation and
they are beginning to try and address some of the key issues facing the modern
chess professional. However FIDE haven't made any concessions as yet and at
some point the ACP is going to have to demonstrate that its members are
prepared to stick together and actually not attend events if their demands are
not met. Otherwise it will be little more than a talking shop. They are
planning a second function which is to organise their own events. Their
ChinaCom sponsored Internet event is the first of what they hope is going to be
many tournaments.
I wrote a little about Ruslan Ponomariov last week. The winner of the
last FIDE Championships in late 2001 and early 2002 seems highly unlikely to
compete in Libya to defend his title. He continued his protest with a very
extreme interview to the Russian press (see below) in which he accused Kasparov
and possibly FIDE of orchestrating a boycott against him. I don't know where he
got this idea from but it is proposterous. Kasparov has fallen out with at
least some of the organisers of the leading tournaments and hasn't played a
classical event outside of Linares since 2001. FIDE also has poor relations
with a number of elite events. So Ponomariov needs to look elsewhere for an
explanation. The interview hints at the start of a very disturbing paranoia
which has in the past consumed a number of the best players in chess history.
Having won the FIDE Championships in 2001 and been in and around the top 10 for
that time he's already accomplished more than most players ever will. He
probably can afford to take the time to get some perspective on life because
carrying on thinking in the way indicated in the interview is a guaranteed way
to an unhappy life.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
There have been further announcements from the Asscociation of Chess
Professionals this week. The main ones are to recommend that their players not
play the 2004 European Championship in Turkey unless the participants are free
to choose their own accomodation. There have also been discussion between FIDE
representatives Mr Israel Gelfer, Mr Morten Sand and the ACP President Joel
Lautier which did not result in a change in contract as the ACP. A number of
qualified players have indicated that they will not sign an unaltered contract
but the ACP's advice is that players have to make up their own mind.
See http://www.chess-players.org and
http://www.fide.com/
In the follow up to last weeks letter to the ACP Ruslan Ponomariov gave
an interview with Yuri Vasiliev of the Russian paper Sport Express (in
Russian)http://www.sport-express.ru/art.shtml?84597
in which he made quite extraordinary allegations about Kasparov keeping him out
of events.
It reveals a very disturbed state of mind which possibly is the reason
he hasn't been playing. If I were to make a guess as to why he isn't receiving
any invitations then it would be because he either is perceived as demanding
too higher an appearance fee or actually is doing so.
The ACP Inaugural Internet Tournament sponsored by ChinaCom and hosted
by playchess.com took place from April 12th-17th 2004. Peter Svidler won the
final 3.5-2.5.
ACP site: http://www.chess-players.org. Full
details of the event: http://www.chessbase.com/events/acp/results.htm
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ACP Blitz Prelim1 playchess.com INT (INT), 12-12 iv 2004 cat. XI (2525)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1. Timofeev, Artyom g RUS 2591 * = 1 = 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 = = 0 1 1 1 12.0 2679
2. Matveeva, Svetlana wg RUS 2496 = * 1 = = 0 = 1 = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 12.0 2684
3. Iordachescu, Viorel g MDA 2627 0 0 * 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12.0 2676
4. Kiriakov, Petr g RUS 2568 = = 1 * 0 1 = = 1 1 1 0 0 = 1 1 1 1 11.5 2655
5. Volkov, Sergey1 g RUS 2629 0 = 1 1 * 1 = 0 1 0 1 0 = 1 1 = 1 1 11.0 2628
6. Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2659 0 1 1 0 0 * 1 = 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 = 1 1 11.0 2627
7. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2689 1 = 0 = = 0 * = 0 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 11.0 2625
8. McShane, Luke J g ENG 2656 1 0 0 = 1 = = * 0 1 = 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 11.0 2627
9. Komarov, Dimitri g UKR 2565 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 1 * = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 10.0 2587
10. Pelletier, Yannick g SUI 2581 0 = 0 0 1 1 0 0 = * = 1 1 0 1 1 = 1 9.0 2542
11. Bartel, Mateusz m POL 2501 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 = = = * 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 8.5 2526
12. Moreno Carnero, Javier g ESP 2525 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 * = 1 1 0 1 1 7.5 2481
13. Lobron, Eric g GER 2493 = = 0 1 = 0 = 0 = 0 0 = * 0 0 1 1 1 7.0 2461
14. Fontaine, Robert g FRA 2525 = 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 * 0 1 1 1 7.0 2459
15. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2580 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 * 1 0 0 4.0 2319
16. Dimitrijevic, Aleksandra wf SCG 2292 0 0 0 0 = = 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 * 1 1 4.0 2336
17. Berry, Jonathan f CAN 2255 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 0 * 1 3.0 2278
18. Agababean, Naira wg MDA 2216 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 0 0 * 1.5 2160
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ACP Blitz Prelim2 playchess.com INT (INT), 13-13 iv 2004 cat. XII (2547)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1. Kazhgaleyev, Murtas g KAZ 2596 * = = 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 14.0 2806
2. Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2571 = * 0 1 1 1 = = 1 1 = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 13.0 2747
3. Erenburg, Sergey g ISR 2513 = 1 * 1 0 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 13.0 2751
4. Kobalia, Mikhail g RUS 2630 1 0 0 * = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 1 0 1 1 12.5 2726
5. Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan g IRI 2558 = 0 1 = * = 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 12.0 2704
6. Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2711 0 0 1 0 = * 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 = 1 11.0 2647
7. Kharlov, Andrei g RUS 2593 = = = 0 1 0 * 0 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 0 1 0 9.5 2587
8. Gustafsson, Jan g GER 2579 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 = = = 0 1 1 1 1 1 9.0 2566
9. Godena, Michele g ITA 2533 0 0 = = 0 0 0 0 * 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 8.5 2548
10. Glek, Igor V g GER 2571 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 * = = 1 1 1 1 0 1 7.0 2480
11. Gallegos, Carlos m VEN 2452 0 = 0 0 0 1 = = = = * 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 6.5 2465
12. Shomoev, Anton g RUS 2487 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 * 0 0 1 1 1 1 6.5 2463
13. Sagalchik, Gennadij g USA 2487 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 * 0 1 1 0 = 6.0 2440
14. Zhukova, Natalia wg UKR 2471 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 1 1 1 * 0 0 1 1 6.0 2441
15. Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA 2648 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 * 1 1 1 5.5 2408
16. Notkin, Maksim m RUS 2471 0 = 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 * 0 = 5.0 2393
17. Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2633 0 0 0 0 = = 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 * 0 5.0 2384
18. Grabuzova, Tatiana wg RUS 2348 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 * 3.0 2297
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ACP Blitz Prelim3 playchess.com INT (INT), 14-14 iv 2004 cat. XII (2531)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1. Zhang Zhong g CHN 2633 * 1 = = = 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 14.5 2820
2. Belov, Vladimir g RUS 2543 0 * = 1 1 1 = = 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 12.5 2714
3. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2719 = = * 0 = = 1 0 1 1 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 12.0 2677
4. Lautier, Joel g FRA 2680 = 0 1 * = 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 11.5 2655
5. Vaisser, Anatoly g FRA 2573 = 0 = = * 0 1 1 0 0 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 10.5 2615
6. Zarnicki, Pablo g ARG 2521 0 0 = 1 1 * 0 0 1 0 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 10.5 2618
7. Berg, Emanuel m SWE 2495 0 = 0 0 0 1 * 0 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 10.5 2620
8. Relange, Eloi g FRA 2505 = = 1 0 0 1 1 * 0 = 0 1 = 0 1 1 1 1 10.0 2597
9. Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2652 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 * 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10.0 2588
10. Landa, Konstantin g RUS 2550 0 0 0 0 1 1 = = 1 * 0 1 1 0 1 1 = 1 9.5 2572
11. Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2638 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 1 1 * 1 0 1 1 = 1 1 9.5 2567
12. Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2628 0 1 0 1 = = 0 0 0 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.0 2546
13. Golubev, Mihail g UKR 2532 0 0 = = = 0 = = 0 0 1 0 * = 0 1 1 1 7.0 2465
14. Luther, Thomas g GER 2577 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 = * 1 1 1 0 5.5 2395
15. Petrosian, Tigran L m ARM 2539 0 1 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 * 1 1 1 5.5 2397
16. Raetsky, Alexander m RUS 2393 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 * = 1 2.0 2203
17. Atarov, Evgeniy RUS 2138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 = * = 1.5 2171
18. Sharevich, Anna wm BLR 2240 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 = * 1.5 2165
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ACP Blitz Prelim4 playchess.com INT (INT), 15-15 iv 2004 cat. XII (2534)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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1. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2733 * 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 = 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 12.0 2714
2. Shipov, Sergei g RUS 2593 1 * = 0 1 0 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 11.5 2696
3. Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2606 = = * 1 1 0 1 0 = 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 = 11.0 2670
4. Tregubov, Pavel V g RUS 2636 0 1 0 * 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 10.5 2644
5. Fridman, Daniel2 g LAT 2594 = 0 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 0 = 0 1 1 1 1 1 10.0 2625
6. Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2665 0 1 1 0 0 * 0 0 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 10.0 2620
7. Zaitsev, Mikhail RUS 2466 0 = 0 0 0 1 * 1 1 0 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 9.5 2603
8. Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2610 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 * 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 9.0 2572
9. Harikrishna, P g IND 2599 = 0 = 1 0 0 0 1 * 1 1 0 0 = 1 1 1 8.5 2551
10. Lputian, Smbat G g ARM 2634 1 = 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 * 0 = 0 1 = 0 1 7.5 2506
11. Skripchenko, Almira m FRA 2456 = 0 1 0 = = = 0 0 1 * 1 1 0 0 0 1 7.0 2496
12. Golod, Vitali g ISR 2552 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 1 1 = 0 * 0 = = = 1 6.5 2468
13. Socko, Bartosz g POL 2579 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 1 1 0 1 * 0 = = 1 6.5 2466
14. Psakhis, Lev g ISR 2545 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 1 = 1 * 1 1 1 6.5 2468
15. Gofshtein, Zvulon g ISR 2522 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 = = 0 * 1 1 5.5 2417
16. Polaczek, Richard m BEL 2426 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 = = 0 0 * 1 4.0 2347
17. Battesti, Saveriu FRA 1864 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0.5 2038
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Final 17th April 2004
1st Round
Peter Svidler RUS 2733 1 1 0 ½ 2½
Sergey Erenburg ISR 2513 0 0 1 ½ 1½
Alexander Grischuk RUS 2719 ½ ½ 0 0 1
Vladimir Belov RUS 2543 ½ ½ 1 1 3
Evgeny Bareev RUS 2711 0 ½ 0 ½
Petr Kiriakov RUS 2568 1 ½ 1 2½
Alexei Dreev RUS 2689 ½ 0 1 1 2½
ArtyomTimofeev RUS 2591 ½ 1 0 0 1½
Joel Lautier FRA 2680 0 ½ ½ ½ 1½
Sergey Shipov RUS 2593 1 ½ ½ ½ 2½
Mikhail Kobalia RUS 2639 ½ ½ 1 1 3
Murtas Kazhgaleyev KAZ 2596 ½ ½ 0 0 1
Pavel Tregubov RUS 2636 ½ 0 0 ½
Evgeniy Najer RUS 2606 ½ 1 1 2½
Zhang Zhong CHN 2633 0 ½ 0 ½
Sergey Volkov RUS 2629 1 ½ 1 2½
2nd Round
Peter Svidler RUS 2733 ½ 1 1 2½
Sergey Volkov RUS 2629 ½ 0 0 ½
Vladimir Belov RUS 2543 0 0 0 0
Evgeniy Najer RUS 2606 1 1 1 3
Petr Kiriakov RUS 2568 ½ 0 0 ½
Mikhail Kobalia RUS 2639 ½ 1 1 2½
Alexei Dreev RUS 2689 ½ 1 1 2½
Sergey Shipov RUS 2593 ½ 0 0 ½
Semi-Finals
Peter Svidler RUS 2733 1 1 1 ½ 3
Alexei Dreev RUS 2689 0 0 0 ½ ½
Evgeniy Najer RUS 2606 0 1 0 1 1 3
Mikhail Kobalia RUS 2639 1 0 1 0 0 2
Final
Peter Svidler RUS 2733 1 0 0 1 1 ½ 3½
Evgeniy Najer RUS 2606 0 1 1 0 0 ½ 2½
Michael Atkins reports: The Easter weekend of April 7-11 saw over 500
players come to the Foxwoods Resort and Casino in Connecticut for the 6th
Annual Foxwoods Open. Run by the Continental Chess Association, the tournament
has in 6 years become one of the classic Swiss tournaments on the U.S. chess
circuit. Foxwoods is a pretty amazing place, the world's largest casino
surrounded by an inner shopping mall that has everything imaginable.
Full coverage is at http://www.foxwoodsopen.com
The nine round Open ended in a 4 way tie among GMs Julio Becerra, Ildar
Ibragimov, Alex Goldin, and Jaan Ehlvest at 7-2. The top 2 finishers, Becerra
and Ibragimov played a blitz playoff to determine the title winner who gets a
free room at the hotel next year and Ibragimov won the playoff. The Open went
to a nine round format this year to make it a FIDE norm tournament and 4 norms
were earned. IM Renier Gonzalez earned his first GM norm. IM norms were earned
by FMs Lev Milman, David Rensch and Ilye Figler. Qualifiers for the U.S.
Championship were Julio Becerra, Renier Gonzalez, Alex Stripunsky, Alexander
Ivanov and Esther Epstein.
GM Hikaru Nakamura won the blitz tournament with a 9-1 score
Class sections were won by:
2200 Olivier Tessier-Desrosier 6-1
2000 Matthew Herman, Da
Mohammad-Pour, Blas Q Soler, Fayez Abouel-Komsan at 6-1 1800 Jeffrey Viera 6.5
1600 Matthew W Brown 6.5 1400 Keith Forbes + Ryan Goldenberg 6-1 1200 Stephen A
Welt 6.5 Unr Miro Maslick 7-0!
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
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6th Foxwoods Open Connecticut USA (USA), 7-11 iv 2004
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1. Becerra Rivero, Julio g USA 2547 7.0 44 52.5 38
2. Ibragimov, Ildar g USA 2556 7.0 44 52 39
3. Goldin, Alexander g USA 2611 7.0 44 52 38
4. Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2596 7.0 43 53 36
5. Kacheishvili, Giorgi g GEO 2600 6.5 44 53 34
6. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2580 6.5 42 50.5 36
7. Gonzalez, Renier m USA 2419 6.5 40 48.5 33.5
8. Shulman, Yuri g USA 2559 6.5 39 46.5 33
9. Akobian, Varuzhan m USA 2516 6.5 37 45.5 32.5
10. Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2624 6.0 44.5 52.5 34.5
11. Stripunsky, Alexander g USA 2553 6.0 43 50.5 33.5
12. Mitkov, Nikola g MKD 2520 6.0 42.5 48 34
13. Ivanov, Alexander g USA 2544 6.0 42 49.5 34
14. Friedel, Joshua E f USA 2398 6.0 40.5 47 30
15. Gurevich, Dmitry g USA 2497 6.0 40 49 33
16. Figler, Ilye f USA 2327 6.0 39.5 48 28.5
17. Milman, Lev f USA 2383 6.0 39.5 46 34
18. Rensch, Daniel f USA 2364 6.0 38 45.5 30
19. Sarkar, Justin m USA 2375 6.0 37.5 46 30.5
20. Schneider, Dmitry m USA 2454 6.0 36 44.5 28.5
21. Annakov, Babakuli g TKM 2489 6.0 34 37 28.5
22. Garcia, Gildardo g COL 2458 6.0 32.5 32.5 26
23. Winer, Steven f USA 2335 6.0 31.5 37.5 26
24. Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander g USA 2559 5.5 41.5 46 32
25. Lein, Anatoly Y g USA 2375 5.5 40 44.5 27.5
26. Georgiev, Vladimir g MKD 2563 5.5 39 43 32
27. Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg g MGL 2444 5.5 36.5 42.5 26.5
28. Stein, Alan R USA ---- 5.5 36.5 41.5 28.5
29. Lugo, Blas m USA 2395 5.5 36 44.5 28
30. Adamson, Robby f USA 2375 5.5 34 40 28.5
31. Lewis, James E DOM 2230 5.5 29.5 29.5 22
32. Enhbat, Tegshsuren f USA 2412 5.0 38.5 47 28.5
33. Rogers, Norman f USA 2300 5.0 38 45.5 24.5
34. Stolerman, Jack USA 2258 5.0 37.5 45.5 25
35. Smith, Bryan G f USA 2334 5.0 37.5 40.5 28
36. Blatny, Pavel g CZE 2451 5.0 37 43 27.5
37. Donaldson, John W m USA 2459 5.0 37 41 28.5
38. Rizzitano, James m USA 2395 5.0 36.5 44.5 28.5
39. Ippolito, Dean m USA 2381 5.0 36.5 44 27.5
40. Bartholomew, John f USA 2327 5.0 36 43 28
41. Atoofi, Pedram IRI 2298 5.0 36 43 24
42. Foygel, Igor m USA 2462 5.0 35 42.5 28
43. Dougherty, Michael f CAN 2213 5.0 34.5 40.5 24.5
44. Ardaman, Miles f USA 2307 5.0 34 40.5 22.5
45. Fierro Baquero, Martha L wg ECU 2327 5.0 33.5 40 25.5
46. Tsyganov, Igor M f USA 2324 5.0 33 37.5 21
47. Watson, John L m USA 2361 5.0 31 36.5 25
48. Roper, David C f USA 2292 5.0 30 30 25
49. Bisguier, Arthur B g USA 2282 5.0 28.5 28.5 23.5
50. Enkin, Max USA 2111 5.0 25.5 25.5 18.5
135 players
Beer Sheva chess club is Israel hosts a rapid tournament 18th-21st April
2004. Time rate 25 minutes + 10 seconds per move. News Michael Klenburg.
Live games: http://www.worldchessnetwork.com
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Rapid Beer Sheva ISR (ISR), 18-21 iv 2004 cat. XII (2537)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Avrukh, Boris g ISR 2620 * 0 . . . . 1 = 1 1 . 1 4.5 2711
2. Huzman, Alexander g ISR 2589 1 * = . = = . . = . 1 . 4.0 2670
3. Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2579 . = * 1 . . = . 1 . 1 0 4.0 2667
4. Dvoirys, Semen I g RUS 2612 . . 0 * 1 . 0 1 . 1 . 1 4.0 2634
5. Erenburg, Sergey g ISR 2513 . = . 0 * . 1 1 . = . 1 4.0 2653
6. Roiz, Michael g ISR 2563 . = . . . * . 1 = = 0 = 3.0 2508
7. Tyomkin, Dimitri g CAN 2503 0 . = 1 0 . * 0 . . . 1 2.5 2498
8. Tseitlin, Mark D g ISR 2455 = . . 0 0 0 1 * . . 1 . 2.5 2486
9. Golod, Vitali g ISR 2552 0 = 0 . . = . . * = = . 2.0 2417
10. Khmelniker, Ilya ISR 2458 0 . . 0 = = . . = * = . 2.0 2426
11. Vydeslaver, Alik m ISR 2448 . 0 0 . . 1 . 0 = = * . 2.0 2407
12. Greenfeld, Alon g ISR 2551 0 . 1 0 0 = 0 . . . . * 1.5 2372
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The 10th WDB Easter Open took place 7th-12th April 2004. Evgeny
Shaposhnikov won the event with 8/9. News: Franz Jittenmeier.
Official site:
http://www.chess-international.de/ticker/borbeck04/index.html
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10th WDB Easter Open Essen GER (GER), 7-12 iv 2004
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1. Shaposhnikov, Evgeny g RUS 2559 8.0 43.5 53.5
2. Khurtsidze, Nino m GEO 2387 7.5 38.0 53.0
3. Eismont, Igor GER 2311 7.0 35.0 49.5
4. Thiel, Thomas f GER 2306 7.0 34.5 50.0
5. Henrichs, Thomas m GER 2427 7.0 34.0 46.0
6. Koscielski, Janus Darius f GER 2320 6.5 37.0 54.0
7. Rahman, Taibur f BAN 2245 6.5 34.5 49.0
8. Villwock, Martin GER 2185 6.5 30.0 43.5
9. Becker, Marcel f GER 2299 6.0 36.0 54.0
10. Kummerow, Heiko f GER 2265 6.0 34.5 52.5
11. Curic, Drazan CRO 2207 6.0 33.5 53.5
12. Podzielny, Karl-Heinz m GER 2479 6.0 33.0 50.0
13. Stabolewski, Andreas GER 2193 6.0 32.5 45.5
14. Heimsoth, Holger GER 2171 6.0 32.0 46.5
15. Voge, Andreas GER 2149 6.0 31.5 45.0
16. Rose, Dominik GER ---- 6.0 31.0 49.5
17. Mueller, Martin GER 2089 6.0 30.5 45.0
18. Biedekoepper, Robert GER 2183 6.0 30.5 44.5
19. Hegemann, Eike GER 2108 6.0 29.0 46.5
20. Soehnchen, Andreas GER 2109 6.0 28.5 42.5
21. Muehlenhaus, Sven f GER 2196 6.0 27.0 40.5
133 players
The Nabokov Memorial takes place in the Avangardis Chess Club in Kiev
12th-21st April 2004.
Coverage at
http://mirror01.iptelecom.net.ua/~chessfed/t019r.html
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2nd Nabokov Mem Kiev UKR (UKR), 12-21 iv 2004 cat. IV (2326)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Goreskul, Alyona wm UKR 2244 * . = 1 = . = 1 = = . 1 5.5 2461
2. Solomaha, Andrey UKR 2384 . * . . = 0 1 = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2457
3. Pavlov, Sergey2 UKR 2338 = . * = = = . 1 = 1 . = 5.0 2410
4. Galinsky, Timofey m UKR 2416 0 . = * = . = 1 . 1 = 1 5.0 2409
5. Stopkin, Vladimir RUS 2229 = = = = * . = . . = = 1 4.5 2388
6. Kochetkov, Vitali BLR 2356 . 1 = . . * 1 0 0 1 0 = 4.0 2333
7. Matorin, Evgeny m RUS 2307 = 0 . = = 0 * 1 = = . . 3.5 2273
8. Moliboga, V RUS 2329 0 = 0 0 . 1 0 * 1 . 1 . 3.5 2287
9. Onischuk, Vladimir f UKR 2237 = 0 = . . 1 = 0 * . 0 1 3.5 2293
10. Chokhonelidze, Giorgi m GEO 2339 = = 0 0 = 0 = . . * 1 . 3.0 2242
11. Zakharchenko, Arnold m UKR 2362 . 0 . = = 1 . 0 1 0 * 0 3.0 2245
12. Berezin, Viktor UKR f UKR 2371 0 0 = 0 0 = . . 0 . 1 * 2.0 2127
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The Berlin Championship took place 9th-17th April 2004. The event was
won by Yakov Meister.
Full Results at
http://www.berlinerschachverband.de/events/bsv/bem/2004/
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ch-city Berlin GER (GER), 9-17 iv 2004
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1. Meister, Yakov m RUS 2505 +19 =10 + 3 + 6 = 4 - 2 + 9 + 7 +11 7.0 2548
2. Paulsen, Dirk f GER 2376 +14 - 6 +11 + 9 = 8 + 1 + 4 + 3 - 5 6.5 2467
3. Schlemmermeyer, Wilhelm f GER 2341 =15 +18 - 1 +14 + 7 = 4 + 6 - 2 + 9 6.0 2437
4. Von Herman, Ulf f GER 2396 +20 + 8 = 6 + 7 = 1 = 3 - 2 = 9 =10 5.5 2401
5. Lukaszewski, Marcin POL 2229 - 7 =13 +16 - 8 =19 +18 +17 =11 + 2 5.5 2306
6. Gaerths, Ronny GER 2269 +13 + 2 = 4 - 1 = 9 +11 - 3 =16 = 8 5.0 2351
7. Richter, Michael m GER 2424 + 5 = 9 +15 - 4 - 3 =10 + 8 - 1 +16 5.0 2339
8. Escher, Clemens GER 2147 +11 - 4 +17 + 5 = 2 - 9 - 7 =12 = 6 4.5 2284
9. Sarbok, Torsten f GER 2362 +12 = 7 +10 - 2 = 6 + 8 - 1 = 4 - 3 4.5 2320
10. Brener, Ilja GER 2263 +17 = 1 - 9 +15 -11 = 7 =16 =14 = 4 4.5 2293
11. Dauth, Benjamin GER 2281 - 8 +12 - 2 +19 +10 - 6 +15 = 5 - 1 4.5 2261
12. Haemmerlein, Thomas GER 2167 - 9 -11 +20 -17 +18 =14 +13 = 8 =15 4.5 2181
13. Horn, Sven GER 2096 - 6 = 5 -14 -18 +20 +19 -12 +17 +21 4.5 2165
14. Gebigke, Martin GER 2181 - 2 =19 +13 - 3 -16 =12 +18 =10 =17 4.0 2174
15. Held, Peter GER 2158 = 3 +16 - 7 -10 =17 +20 -11 =18 =12 4.0 2196
16. Lueders, Gerhard f GER 2271 =18 -15 - 5 +20 +14 =17 =10 = 6 - 7 4.0 2171
17. Ritz, Olaf GER 2059 -10 +20 - 8 +12 =15 =16 - 5 -13 =14 3.5 2111
18. Schmidt, Peter2 GER 2138 =16 - 3 -19 +13 -12 - 5 -14 =15 +20 3.0 2085
19. Hansen, Kay AUT 2242 - 1 =14 +18 -11 = 5 -13 -20 . . 2.0 2076
20. Vandre, Wolfgang GER 2208 - 4 -17 -12 -16 -13 -15 +19 +21 -18 2.0 1949
21. BYE ---- . . . . . . . -20 -13 0.0
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The First Saturday events took place 3rd-15th of April 2004. The main
event was a Category 7 event. Levente Vajda won the event with 8.5/13. The IM
event saw Sandor Farago win and FM Hardarson Robert (ISL,2307) and FM Olaf
Wegener (GER,2405) make IM norms. Games from the GM event are complete, the
first 9 rounds of the IM event only are available.
News from Miklos Orso and Laszlo Nagy.
Internet coverage: http://www.firstsaturday.hu
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FSGM April Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-15 iv 2004 cat. VII (2417)
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1. Vajda, Levente g ROM 2482 * 1 = 0 = 1 = = = = = 1 1 1 8.5 2521
2. Nguyen Ngoc Truongson f VIE 2436 0 * = 1 = 1 1 = 0 1 = = = 1 8.0 2502
3. Paschall, William M m USA 2401 = = * = 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 = 1 1 8.0 2504
4. Czebe, Attila g HUN 2487 1 0 = * 0 = 1 0 = 1 1 1 = 1 8.0 2498
5. Kustar, Sandor m HUN 2351 = = 1 1 * = = = = = = 0 = 1 7.5 2478
6. Horvath, Peter1 m HUN 2464 0 0 1 = = * 0 = = 1 = 1 1 1 7.5 2470
7. Vajda, Albert m ROM 2427 = 0 0 0 = 1 * 1 1 = = 1 = = 7.0 2444
8. Breder, Dennis m GER 2473 = = 0 1 = = 0 * 1 0 1 = = = 6.5 2412
9. Seres, Lajos g HUN 2496 = 1 0 = = = 0 0 * = = 1 = = 6.0 2381
10. Groetz, Harald f AUT 2359 = 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 = * = = 1 1 6.0 2392
11. Blauert, Joerg m GER 2370 = = 1 0 = = = 0 = = * = = 0 5.5 2363
12. Muir, Andrew J m SCO 2303 0 = = 0 1 0 0 = 0 = = * = = 4.5 2315
13. Pataki, Gyozo HUN 2374 0 = 0 = = 0 = = = 0 = = * = 4.5 2310
14. Jakab, Attila m HUN 2411 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = = 0 1 = = * 3.5 2242
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FSIM April Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-15 iv 2004 cat. II (2293)
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1. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2314 9.5 89.0
2. Wegener, Olaf f GER 2405 9.0 82.0
3. Hardarson, Robert f ISL 2307 9.0 82.0
4. Werner, Dimo m GER 2362 8.0 83.0
5. Meinhardt, Maximilian GER 2285 8.0 83.0
6. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2328 7.5 83.5
7. Nagle, Sean f USA 2375 7.5 83.5
8. Gerard, Nicolas f FRA 2283 7.0 84.0
9. Brustkern, Juergen f GER 2266 6.5 84.5
10. Fodor, Tamas jr f HUN 2183 5.5 88.0
11. Thorarinsson, Pall A ISL 2278 5.0 86.0
12. Gikas, Basilius GER 2271 4.5 86.5
13. Wilke, Werner AUT 2275 2.5 86.0
14. Batyte, Daiva LTU 2176 1.5 82.0
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The 1st Beirut International Open finished on 10th April 2004. IM
Tigran L. Petrossian (2539) finished on 8/9 with 7 wins, 2 draws, and no
losses.
Unrated Jamal Shamieh took 10th place (6.0 points) among the 24
internationally rated players.
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
1. Petrosian Tigran L. 2539 8.0 55.0
2. Tratar Marko 2452 7.0 54.5
3. Hakki Imad 2451 6.5 54.5
Videki Sandor 2415 6.5 50.5
Ermenkov Evgenij 2449 6.5 50.0
Raes A 2215 6.5 45.0
7. Sebenik Matej 2440 6.0 50.5
Najjar Ahmad 2344 6.0 50.0
Khairallah Faisal 2288 6.0 50.5
Shamieh Jamal 0000 6.0 50.5
Kassis Antoine 2224 6.0 48.5
Mouradian Knarik 2102 6.0 47.0
Eid Fadi 2390 6.0 48.0
Assaf Mansour 2281 6.0 46.0
Kadrash H. 2132 6.0 42.5
16. Shamieh Mahmoud 2175 5.5 45.0
Shtereva Slaveja 2116 5.5 48.0
Sakr Nassim 2152 5.5 50.0
Hazouri Ismail 2175 5.5 43.5
Mrad Charif 2032 5.5 39.0
Najjar Issam 0000 5.5 37.5
72 players
The 6th Dubai Open takes place 18th-28th April 2004 in Dubai Chess Club.
160 players, including 43 GMs, 28 IMs compete for more than $40,000 in prizes.
Official site is http://www.arabfide.com/dubaiopen2004
The Russia under 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 championships for boys and girls
took place 4th-17th April 2004 in Sochi. Sadly no games available.
Official site: http://www.russiachess.ru
Leading results of top groups
Boys Under-18
1 Nepomniachtchi, Ian 2445 9.0
2 Yudin, Sergei 2425 8.0 69,0
3 Iljin, Artem 2481 8.0 63,5
4 Danin, Alexandre 2332 8.0 63,0
5 Ekdyshman, Mikhail 2453 8.0 62,0
6 Romanov, Evgeny 2392 7.5 73,5
7 Khairullin, Ildar 2481 7.5 72,5
8 Savchenko, Boris 2510 7.5 69,5
9 Geller, Yakov 2489 7.5 66,5
10 Anisimov, Pavel 2458 7.5 66,0
11 Yatsenko, Alexey 2286 7.5 65,0
107 players
Boys Under-16
1 Sirotine, Konstantin 2326 9.0 75,0
2 Ponkratov, Pavel 2407 9.0 71,5
3 Chadaev, Nikolai 2370 8.5 76,5
4 Moskalenko, Alexander 2300 8.5 71,0
5 Trofimov, Sergey P. 2301 8.0 72,5
6 Nechepurenko, Roman V. 2348 8.0 69,0
7 Lyanguzov, Oleg 2303 8.0 67,0
8 Kirillov, Evgeniy 2200 8.0 55,5
9 Lanin, Alexsej 2328 7.5 70,0
10 Bratkovskiy, Dmitry 2194 7.5 66,0
11 Kozlov, Konstantin 2236 7.5 64,5
12 Yemelin, Arseny 2184 7.5 62,5
124 players
Girls Under-18
1 Kursova, Maria 2329 9.0
2 Guseva, Marina 2292 8.5 72 67,0
3 Tomilova, Elena 2229 8.5 72 66,0
4 Lomako, Anna 2193 8.0
5 Kirillova, Varvara 2229 7.5
6 Chistiakova, Tamara 2297 7.0 72,5
7 Avdeeva, Ver. 2142 7.0 65 60,5
8 Kineva, Ekaterina 2146 7.0 65,0 60,0
9 Bannikova, Anastasia 2139 7.0 63,5
10 Dolgova, Olga 2131 7.0 62,5
11 Burtasova, Anna 2299 7.0 62,0
12 Kovanova, Baira 2225 7.0 61,5
13 Cherenkova, Kristina 2240 7.0 61,0
14 Akatova, Ekaterina 2153 7.0 60,0
15 Kostrikina, Anna 2137 7.0 57,0
16 Donets, Valentina 2155 6.5
Molkova, Oksana 2131 6.5
Kariakina, Marina 2066 6.5
Turcheniak, Mariy 2034 6.5
72 players
2nd Annual Western Pacific Open. Burbank, CA, April 2-4, 2004. 5-SS.
$10,000 based on 200 players, $6000 guaranteed. Top section FIDE rated.
Further details: http://www.westernchess.com
There was a small IM tournament in Rishon le Zion organised by Victor
Glatman. Avigdor Bykhovsky and Konstantin Lerner finished on 6.5/9 undefeated.
My thanks to Lev Psakhis for sending the news.
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1. Bykhovsky, Avigdor g RUS 2439 * = 1 1 1 = = = = 1 6.5 2489
2. Lerner, Konstantin Z g UKR 2515 = * = = = 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2480
3. Pliskine, Valeri ISR 2212 0 = * 1 = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2473
4. Rodshtein, Maxim ISR 2357 0 = 0 * 1 1 = 1 1 = 5.5 2412
5. Ganor, Dotan ISR 2317 0 = = 0 * = 1 1 = = 4.5 2336
6. Kaplan, Sasha ISR 2292 = 0 = 0 = * 1 0 = 1 4.0 2296
7. Kaganskiy, Gleb RUS 2376 = 0 = = 0 0 * = 1 1 4.0 2287
8. Blokh, Dmitry ISR 2261 = = 0 0 0 1 = * 1 0 3.5 2263
9. Drozdov, Alexandre f RUS 2344 = 0 0 0 = = 0 0 * 1 2.5 2167
10. Bykhovsky, Anatoly f ISR 2236 0 0 0 = = 0 0 1 0 * 2.0 2125
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The Oslo Easter Chess Festival 2004 took place 3rd-11th April 2004.
The main event was the Open Norwegian Championships 3rd-11th April
which was won by Mark Hebden.
Further details:
http://home.online.no/~vichan/paske04/eng/indexa.html
and http://home.online.no/~vichan/paske04/anm/index.html
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Open ch-NOR Oslo NOR (NOR), 3-11 iv 2004
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1. Hebden, Mark g ENG 2544 7.5 2637
2. Dannevig, Oystein f NOR 2372 7.0 2508
3. Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2530 6.5 2515
4. Brynell, Stellan g SWE 2458 6.5 2490
5. Gullaksen, Eirik m NOR 2376 6.5 2498
6. Lemmers, Oscar m NED 2379 6.5 2426
7. Hunt, Adam m ENG 2411 6.5 2391
8. Hole, Oystein NOR 2300 6.5 2402
9. Williams, Simon m ENG 2411 6.0 2482
10. Van der Weide, Karel m NED 2460 6.0 2448
11. Howell, David WL f ENG 2332 6.0 2360
12. Lie, Kjetil A m NOR 2430 6.0 2331
13. Alvir, Aco m AUT 2374 6.0 2373
14. Andersen, Alf R NOR 2181 6.0 2267
15. Ekeberg, Carl Fredrik NOR 2252 6.0 2227
16. Hansen, Torbjorn Ringdal f NOR 2388 5.5 2310
17. Tjiam, Dharma NED 2324 5.5 2341
18. Vea, Odin Blikra NOR 2031 5.5 2296
19. Sollid, Stein NOR 2076 5.5 2316
20. Pert, Richard G m ENG 2424 5.5 2286
21. Sousa, Helsio Paulo NOR 2096 5.5 2313
22. Ferkingstad, Sjur NOR 2193 5.5 2268
23. Bjerke, Richard f NOR 2242 5.5 2199
24. Borchgrevink, Harald NOR 2227 5.5 2137
25. Stenersen, Gudmund NOR 2172 5.0 2254
26. Wohl, Aleksandar H m AUS 2399 5.0 2285
27. Johannessen, Svein m NOR 2313 5.0 2197
28. Bae, Torstein f NOR 2303 5.0 2228
29. Scholseth, Tor Kristian f NOR 2250 5.0 2151
30. Adnoy, Hallvard V NOR 2211 5.0 2165
31. Kolas, Tore NOR 2171 5.0 2202
32. Martinsen, Stig K NOR 2143 5.0 2194
33. Hagesaether, Ellen NOR 2194 5.0 2185
34. Bjerke, Silje NOR 2083 5.0 2201
35. Ofstad, Per NOR 2214 5.0 2163
36. Berntsen, Sheila Barth wf NOR 2106 5.0 2136
37. Gvein, Kenneth NOR 2101 5.0 2142
92 players
The 1st Coventry International took place April 16th-18th 2004 at King
Henry VIII School, Coventry. Jonathan Rowson, Mark Hebden, Keith Arkell, Roland
Berzinsh and Gavin Wall are in the field of 99. I will round up the results and
games next week.
Live coverage: http://www.coventrychess.org.uk
The Danish Championships took place April 4th-12th in Koege, Denmark.
The event was a 16 player knockout won by Steffen Pedersen who beat Henrik El
Kher in the final after winning a playoff 2-0. My thanks to Brian
Joergensen.
Official site: http://www.skak-dm.dk/2004/
The Hotel Olympic in Tehran hosted the Asian Boys and Girls
Championships Under 16 & under 18 2nd-9th April 2004. There were 72
participates from 6 countries Iran, India, Kazakstan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and
Iran. Games now available although I had to do so much work on them there is a
danger that I may have introduced errors.
My thanks to Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh.
Official site http://www.iranchess.com includes games,
results, pairings and photos.
The 8th Neckar-Open took place 8th – 12th April 2004 in Deizisau,
Germany. All games and results given last week. Rustam Kasimdzhanov and Roland
Schmaltz won the event with 6.5/7.
Official site: http://www.neckar-open.de
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8th Neckar Open Deizisau GER (GER), 8-12 iv 2004
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1. Kasimdzhanov,Rust GM 2652 UZB 6.5 36.0 218.5
2. Schmaltz,Roland GM 2527 GER 6.5 29.5 202.5
3. Külaots,Kaido GM 2530 EST 6.0 33.0 208.5
4. Burmakin, Vladimi GM 2596 RUS 6.0 32.5 209.0
5. Kasparov,Sergey IM 2486 BLR 5.5 34.5 200.5
6. Baklan,Vladimir GM 2606 UKR 5.5 33.5 203.0
7. Slaby, Jerzy IM 2405 POL 5.5 33.5 195.5
8. Groszpeter, Attil GM 2508 HUN 5.5 33.0 191.0
9. Naiditsch,Arkadij GM 2576 GER 5.5 32.5 195.5
10. Eljanov, Pavel GM 2596 UKR 5.5 32.0 203.0
11. Shengelia,Davit IM 2496 GEO 5.5 32.0 191.5
12. Landa,Konstantin GM 2563 RUS 5.5 31.5 201.5
13. Gelashvili,Tamaz GM 2542 GEO 5.5 31.5 200.5
14. Sax,Gyula GM 2542 HUN 5.5 31.0 203.5
15. Malakhatko, Vadim GM 2543 UKR 5.5 30.5 194.5
16. Postojev,Alexande 2137 GER 5.5 28.0 196.0
17. Gheng,Josef FM 2367 GER 5.5 27.5 189.0
18. Gottschlich,Carst 2338 GER 5.5 27.0 192.5
19. Ragger, Markus FM 2351 AUT 5.5 26.5 200.5
20. Baramidze,David IM 2456 GER 5.5 26.0 185.5
21. Schulz,Karsten FM 2352 GER 5.5 24.0 192.5
319 players
Zsolt Korpics reports that the Hungarian U20 Championships took place in
Budapest 5th-13th April 2004. IM Andras Flumbort won the boys tournament
undefeated with 7.5/9 games (swiss). Maria Ignacz won the girls tournament with
7.5/9.
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1. Flumbort, Andras m HUN 2486 +18 = 2 +17 = 3 = 4 + 7 + 6 + 8 + 5 7.5 2626
2. Szabo, Krisztian HUN 2336 +13 = 1 = 6 +12 - 7 + 9 - 4 + 3 + 8 6.0 2447
3. Banusz, Tamas f HUN 2379 +10 + 8 = 7 = 1 = 6 = 4 = 5 - 2 + 9 5.5 2416
4. Berczes, David f HUN 2293 =15 +11 + 8 = 7 = 1 = 3 + 2 - 5 = 6 5.5 2409
5. Meszaros, Tamas m HUN 2314 +20 - 7 =12 +14 +11 = 6 = 3 + 4 - 1 5.5 2344
6. Pap, Gyula HUN 2323 +19 =17 = 2 +18 = 3 = 5 - 1 +13 = 4 5.5 2373
7. Boros, Denes f HUN 2408 +16 + 5 = 3 = 4 + 2 - 1 - 8 - 9 +13 5.0 2358
8. Erdos, Viktor m HUN 2473 + 9 - 3 - 4 +13 +14 +16 + 7 - 1 - 2 5.0 2316
9. Leviczki, Tibor HUN 2251 - 8 =15 +10 =11 +18 - 2 +16 + 7 - 3 5.0 2313
10. Szabo, Balazs HUN 2141 - 3 =14 - 9 +20 +12 -13 +15 =11 +16 5.0 2196
11. Sebestyen, Balazs f HUN 2286 +14 - 4 =15 = 9 - 5 +18 -13 =10 +19 4.5 2155
12. Radnai, Adam HUN 2175 -17 +19 = 5 - 2 -10 =15 +14 =16 +20 4.5 2158
13. Papp, Tamas HUN 2112 - 2 -18 +19 - 8 +20 +10 +11 - 6 - 7 4.0 2215
14. Kiss,Tiborcz Zoltan HUN ---- -11 =10 +16 - 5 - 8 =19 -12 +20 +15 4.0 2139
15. Tamas, Milan HUN 1959 = 4 = 9 =11 -17 -16 =12 -10 +19 -14 3.0 2074
16. Koczo, Kristof HUN 2192 - 7 =20 -14 +19 +15 - 8 - 9 =12 -10 3.0 2042
17. Jakab, Attila m HUN 2390 +12 = 6 - 1 +15 . . . . . 2.5 2330
18. Varga, Csaba2 f HUN 2261 - 1 +13 +20 - 6 - 9 -11 . . . 2.0 2122
19. Takacs, Balazs HUN 2069 - 6 -12 -13 -16 . =14 =20 -15 -11 1.0 1812
20. Balazs, Gabor2 HUN 2029 - 5 =16 -18 -10 -13 . =19 -14 -12 1.0 1836
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1. Ignacz, Maria HUN 2142 * = 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2319
2. Schneider, Veronika HUN 2092 = * = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2324
3. Rudolf, Anna HUN 2197 0 = * 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 7.0 2260
4. Toth, Lili wm HUN 2226 1 = 0 * = 0 1 = 1 1 5.5 2116
5. Horvath, Orsolya HUN 1859 0 0 0 = * 1 1 1 0 = 4.0 2034
6. Remete, Zsuzsa HUN 2073 0 0 0 1 0 * = 1 = 1 4.0 2010
7. Solyomvari, Roxanne HUN 2009 0 0 = 0 0 = * = 1 1 3.5 1980
8. Ruszin, Anna HUN 1909 0 0 0 = 0 0 = * 1 = 2.5 1906
9. Remete, Eszter HUN 2135 0 0 0 0 1 = 0 0 * 1 2.5 1880
10. Ruszin, Rita HUN 1915 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 * 1.0 1720
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The 77th Championship of St Petersburg took place 1st-11th April 2004.
Valery Loginov and Valerij Popov finished on 7/10. The game Matlakov-Loginov
had a truly bizarre finish with Loginov agreeing a draw in a totally winning
position after mutual blindness. Please delete my attempted correction last
week.
Official site: http://www.ruschess.com
Richard A Furness, British chess organiser, arbiter and administrator
died on 15th April 2004 after a long illness. Starting as an organisers in the
early 1970s with the Manchester and District Congress and later the Benedictine
International also held in Manchester from 1978 to 1983. In the early 1990s he
organised the Oakham Young Masters which saw amongst others Viswanathan Anand,
Michael Adams, Peter Svidler and Alexei Shirov competed. He was also an
organiser of the Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International the 4NCL and the
1995 Intel World Grand Prix as well as Hastings and the British Championships.
He became FIDE International Arbiter in 1984 and FIDE International
Organiser in 1995. He was presented with the BCF President's Award for 2004 to
mark his contribution to British chess.
Full obituary at:
http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/news/obitfurness.html
Etienne Bacrot vs Ivan Sokolov
Etienne Bacrot will take on Ivan Sokolov in Albert, France 27th April -
2nd May 2004.
Information: http://www.europe-echecs.com
Arthur Dake Memorial
The 2004 Arthur Dake Memorial IM will be held June 5th-13th at US
Fiberglass, Inc. offices at 117 NE 5th Street, Suite D,McMinnville, OR 97128,
USA.
It will be a 10 player round robin and a FIDE rated CAT II to CAT IV
event. For more info contact please Clark Harmon charmon@solarprism.com or GM
Emil Anka emilanka@freemail.hu
4th CSVN Computer
The 4th CSVN Tournament takes place in Leiden (The Netherlands)
23rd-25th April 2004.
The Dutch Computer Chess Association CSVN organises its fourth
International CSVN Tournament a.k.a. ICT4 takes place Friday till Sunday 23-25
April 2004 in the Denksportcentrum (Minds Sports Centre) in Leiden, The
Netherlands.
16 programs will be present in Leiden (see below), among them World
Champion Shredder, the winner of last year The King a.k.a ChessMaster, winner
of the Dutch Open 2003 Ruffian and the winner of the IPCCC 2004 Hydra. The
total prize fund is $3000, the winner will get $1500. Main Sponsor of the ICT4
is Pal Computer Games from the United Arab Emirates, Lokasoft from The
Netherlands will act once again as co-sponsor.
Programmes: Hydra Shredder Chess Tiger X The King Ruffian Diep IsiChess
MMX Deep Sjeng Tao Ant The Baron Nexus Zzzzzz Praetorian GoldBar Neurosis
90 minutes per player for the whole game. Three rounds per day will be
played.
Full coverage: http://www.computerschaak.nl
Previous winners:
CSVN Tournament 2001 : 1. Fritz 2. Gambit Tiger
3. Diep
CSVN Tournament 2002 : 1. Fritz 2. Diep 3. Shredder
CSVN
Tournament 2003 : 1. The King 2. Shredder 3. Deep Sjeng
Czech Open 2004
The 15th International Festival of Chess, Bridge and Games and the
European Amateurs Championship in Chess takes place in Pardubice, Czech
Republic 15th July - 1st August 2004. There are a large number of different
events.
More details: http://www.czechopen.net
You can read about the Czech Tour 2004/2005 4th International Chess
Festivals Series details: http://www.czechtour.net
Open de Sants
The VI International Chess Open de Sants, Hostafrancs & La Bordeta
Barcelona takes place 28th August - 5th September 2004.
Information: http://www.secretariat.org/open/Ingles.htm
2nd Savaria IM Tournament
The 2nd Savaria IM Tournament takes place 3rd-11th May 2004.
(Szombathely, Hungary).
The organisers are looking for two players from abroad (FM or without
title) Information: Korpics Zsolt korpicschess@axelero.hu
Pobeskydi Tournament
The Pobeskydi tournament took place 8th-12th April 2004. It has two
parts, firstly closed IM, WGM and WIM tournaments, secondly a FIDE open.
Hopefully games and results will become available.
Further details: http://www.chessfm.cz
Sigeman Tournament 2004
The Sigeman Tournament 2004 organised by the Limhamn Chess Club and the
Copenhagen Chess Federation takes place in Malmo and Høje Taastrup April
30th - May 9th 2004.
Players: Alexander Beliavsky, Peter Heine Nielsen, Curt Hansen, Eduardas
Rozentalis, Evgeny Agrest, Magnus Carlsen. Nick De Firmian, Tiger
Hillarp-Persson, Jonny Hector and Jacob Aagaard.
Further information:
http://www.ksu.dk/sigeman/default.asp?id=2
VII Memorial Pedro Salas Caparros
The III Torneo Internacional de Vera or "VII Memorial Pedro Salas
Caparros" takes place in Vera, Almería, Spain, 8th-11th July 2004.
Players
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RI Nombre Tí Fed Elo Edad
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1. Radjabov, Teimour GM AZE 2670 17
2. Vallejo Pons, Francisco GM ESP 2666 21
3. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar GM AZE 2657 19
4. Korchnoi, Viktor GM SUI 2579 73
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Official site: http://www.jaque.tv/noticia9204.htm
36th Chess Olympiad
The 36th Chess Olympiad takes place in Calvià (Majorca),
14th-31st October 2004. There is now a website with lots of information on the
event.
Official site: http://www.36chessolympiad.com
37th Biel International Chess Festival
The 37th Biel International Chess Festival 17th-30th July 2004.
Events include GM tournament (category 17), "Accentus" ladies
Grandmaster tournament, with six of the best juniors of the world and other 10
international events.
Newly designed website: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch in
English, German, French and Russian. With special offers.
XXII Andorra Open
The XXII Andorra International Open takes place 3rd-11th July 2004.
Total prizes: Total: 12.000€ including: 1st 2.500,00 € 2nd
2.000,00 € 3rd. 1.250,00 € 4th. 1.000,00 € 5th 800,00 €
6th. 650,00 € 7th. 500,00 € 8th. 360,00 € 9th. 300,00 €
10th. 250,00 € etc
Further details: http://www.feva.ad
Polish Championships
The Polish Men's Championship takes place April 24th-May 7th in Warsaw.
The event is a 14 player round-robin. Each round starts at 16:00 (except the
last round, which starts at 13:00). May 2nd is the day-off. The time control is
90 minutes for the whole game with a 30-second increment per move ("FIDE time
control"). The Women's Championship takes place alongside April 26th-May 7th.
Coverage should be at http://www.zagraj.pl and there is certain to be
a link from the Polish Chess Federation site:
http://www.pzszach.org.pl
Here is the line-up:
1 Macieja, Bartlomiej g 2633
2 Krasenkow, Michal g 2609
3 Markowski, Tomasz g 2605
4 Kempinski, Robert g 2586
5 Socko, Bartosz g 2579
6 Cyborowski, Lukasz g 2565
7 Miton, Kamil g 2563
8 Jaracz, Pawel g 2539
9 Jakubiec, Artur g 2532
10 Gdanski, Jacek g 2529
12 Mista, Aleksander g 2517
16 Jakubowski, Krzysztof f 2492
22 Murdzia, Piotr m 2455
36 Lagowski, Patryk m 2425
Average rating 2545, category 12
Alushta Tournaments
Leonid Galperin the Vice-President of the Chess Federation of the
Ukraine sends news of future events in Alushta.
Official site: http://www.kaissa.com.ua/
1. GM norm events (11-13-15 rounds, circular system, VIII-IX category)
22.05-2.06 5.06-15.06 17.06-27.06 27.08-7.09 10.09-20.09 23.09-3.10
2. IM norm events (11-13 rounds, circular system, II-III category)
22.05-2.06 5.06-15.06 17.06-27.06 27.08-7.09 10.09-20.09 23.09-3.10
3. Festival "Alushta's summer-2004" The tournaments with the GM and IM
norm (11-13 rounds, circular system) 05.06 - 15.06 17.06. - 27.07 Rating
tournament (11-13 rounds, circular system) 17.06-27.06 Open tournament (under
16 years). First prize - 200 $. (9 rounds, swiss system ) 8.06-16.06 Blitz
tournament (9 rounds, swiss system) 28.06 "Rapid chess" (open) (9 rounds, swiss
system) 29.06-30.06 Open tournament (main tournament of festival)(9 rounds,
swiss system) First prize 1000 $. First prize (woman) 500$. 1.07-10.07
Australian Open Championship update
The Australian Open Chess Championships take place December 28th, 2004
to January 9th, 2005. It will be played at Mount Buller, a tourist destination
just a few hours from Melbourne, Australia. The organisers can arrange free
transfer from Melbourne to Mt Buller.
Confirmed entries include:
GM Shabalov, Alex (2636 - USA)
GM Ehlvehst, Jaan (2599 - EST)
GM Mikhalevski, Victor (2568 - ISR)
GM Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander (2564 - USA)
GM Kengis, Edvins (2555 - LAT)
GM Golod, Vitali (2544 - ISR)
GM Kosten, Tony (2507 - FRA)
The organisers are looking for other GM or IM players interested in
participating. Contact cordover@chessworld.com.au for details of conditions for
players.
Prizes for the tournament are $3500, $2500, $1700, $1100, $900 . down to
8th place. There is a good chance the first prize will be increased to $10,000.
Further details: http://www.mindsports.com.au
Paks Tournaments
II. Marx György Memorial Paks, Hungary 5-15 June 2004 with
Portisch, Korchnoi, Beliavsky, Ács, Berkes GM Tournament (10 rounds, 6
invited players) & 5-15 June IM group, 5-11 June FM group, 12-15 June Open
Tournaments
VIII. Paks Cup 21-31 August 2004 GM-IM Tournaments 23-29 August 2004 FM
Tournament
Further information: Videki Sandor Tel: 0036-75421225, 304012866 email:
videkis2001@yahoo.com
17th Ciudad de Leon 2004
The 17th Ciudad de Leon 2004 will again be a knockout event taking
place June 3rd-7th 2004 in Leon, Spain.
Players: Alexei Shirov (Spain), Peter Svidler (Russia), Teimour
Radjabov (Azerbajan) and Francisco Vallejo (Spain).
Official site: http://www.advancedchessleon.com
and http://www.elajedrezdelfuturo.com
Dutch Championships
The Dutch Championships take place June 28th - July 10th 2004.
Further info: http://www.schaakbond.nl/
Essent Dutch Championship
Name Title Qualified
Loek van Wely GM Essent NC 2003
Sergei Tiviakov GM Essent NC 2003
Daniel Stellwagen IM Essent NC 2003
John van der Wiel GM Essent NC 2003
Friso Nijboer GM Dutch Open
Ivan Sokolov GM wildcard
Erik van den Doel GM Semi Finals
Dennis de Vreugt GM Semi Finals
Yge Visser IM Semi Finals
Manuel Bosboom IM Semi Finals
Essent Dutch Championship for Women
Name Title Qualified
Zhaoqin Peng WGM Essent NC
Tea lanchava WGM Essent NC 2003
Petra Schuurman FM Essent NC 2003
Désiree Hamelink WIM Dutch Open
Bianca Muhren Semi Finals
Arlette van Weersel Semi Finals
Golden Cleopatra
The 8th Golden Cleopatra Open 2004 will be held after the Dubai Open
30th April - 9th May 2004 at the Eastern Company Club about 5km from the
Pyramids, Cairo. 10 Round Swiss Sytem Time Control (90 minutes for all the game
+ 30 seconds per move)
Arrival 29th April, Closing Ceremony 9th May 7 p.m. then departure.
Special conditions for limited no. of GMs and IMs over 2400. Note:
Organizers needs only one invited player from each country. Last day for
registering is 24 April 2004 .
E-mail is ecf@idsc.net.eg and haskh@yahoo.com Hassan Khaled General
Director Egyptian Chess Federation
Phone is +20-2-3378987 and Mobile:+20-10-5003063; Eastern Company Club
Fax : +20-2-5620931 Egyptian Chess Federation : Phone and Fax : +20-2-2604285
European Individual Championships
The European Individual Championships take place in Antalya/Turkey 14
May (arrival) to 31 May 2004 (departure).
In addition the European Senior Championship takes place Arvier, Aosta
Valley (Italy) from 8th-16th September 2004.
Further info at: http://www.eurochess.org
Uruguay Championships
The Preliminary tournament for the Uruguay Championships are taking
place in Montevideo.
Internet coverage: http://nuestroajedrez.tripod.com
US Championships
The 2004 US Championships will take place November 25th - December 5th
at the Hilton Torrey Pines, La Jolla San Diego, California.
Further details of who has qualified so far and which events make-up
the 2004 cycle can be found at http://www.af4c.org/events.asp.
Further details: http://www.af4c.org
8th Voronezh International Chess Festival
The 8th Voronezh International Chess Festival takes place June 10th-21st
2004.
Internet coverage:
http://www.relex.ru/~xuser/voronezh_open/index_e.htm
Olimp Base
One of the huge reference gaps in online chess literature is a list of
games and results from the Olympiads. There is a new site which is designed to
fill that gap.
Site: http://www.olimpbase.org
Mikhail Golubev Ukraine
Mikhail Golubev chronicled Ukrainian Chess news over a number of years
on his Chess-Sector website. He no longer updates the site but there is an
archive at: http://members.lycos.co.uk/csarchive/.
His personal pages are at: http://www.geocities.com/mikhail_golubev/
Other websites of Ukrainian news: http://www.ukrchess.org.ua,
http://www.chesspage.kiev.ua,
http://www.kaissa.com.ua and
http://www.ladja.com.ua
Monarch Assurance Isle of Man Congress
The Monarch Assurance Isle of Man Congress takes place 25th September -
3rd October 2004. The open has 9 rounds and the 2 subsidiary events 7, the
latter starting on the 27th. A number of very strong grandmasters are likely to
compete as in previous years. Total prize fund £16500. The first World
Senior Team Championship will take place 5th - 12th October also in the same
Ocean Castle Hotel. This is for teams of 4 + one optional reserve. Male players
have to be at least 60 on 1 January 2004 and female players at least 50.
Further details on both events Stewartreuben@aol.com
Canadian Events
A calendar of Canadian events can be found at the Chess Federation of
Canada's web site - http://www.chess.ca -
Listed are the major Canadian events for the summer tourist season in order of
date, with links that can be pasted into a web browser. Please note the FIDE
Zone 2.2 Championships 77th Canadian Closed Ch - August 20-29.
Canadian Schedule 2004:
http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~bw998/schedule.html
19th North Sea Cup
North Sea Cup, Esbjerg, Denmark. After 18 round-robins the Esbjerg Chess
Union has decided to change the format of their renowned North Sea Cup. The
organizers have always felt indebted to the participants of the amateur section
who year after year have made the NSC a little chess festival. So now any chess
devotee is offered the ( at least theoretical) possibility of facing even a GM
- the NSC transforms at least for one year into the Open format.
The 19th North Sea Cup will be played July 3-10 2004, 9 rounds Swiss
(two rounds on the 4th), the three top prizes DKK 15.000 - DKK 10.000 - DKK
5.000. The first 4 GMs who sign up will be offered free accommodation. Last
entry June 27. Entry fee DKK 200, GM-IM-WGM and WIM for free. More info: Brian
Isaksen brisak@esenet.dk
Further info: http://www.northseacup.dk
3rd Condom Chess Open
3rd Condom Chess Open 2004 (south-west of France)
The tournament takes place 10-17 july 2004 9 rounds swiss system 40
moves/2h + 1h KO FIDE homogation total prize : 8000 â?¬ - 1st 1200
â?¬ E-Mail: echecs.condom@free.fr
Further details: http://echecs.condom.free.fr
Zhukova vs "All Sport" and "Chess in Ukraine"
Natalia Zhukova takes on the newspaper "All Sport" and the web-site
"Chess in Ukraine". Voting seems to be via E-Mail.
Moves so far: Zhukova vs. "All Sport" and "Chess in Ukraine" 1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.0-0-0 Bd7 9.f3 Be7
10.h4 b5 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Ne2 0-0 13.Nd4 Rc8 14.g4 Bb7 15.Be3 Qc7 16.h5
continues.
Further details: http://www.chesspage.kiev.ua/
Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2004
Dortmund has changed its format to that used by the event when it acted
as a Candidates tournament in 2002. There will be preliminary groups followed
by semifinal and final matches.
The event takes place in the Dortmund Theatre 22nd July - 1st August
2004.
Players not yet announced by the organisers but they're expecting the
event to be very strong.
Pula Open 2004
The Pula Open 2004 takes place 19th-26th June 2004 in Pula, Croatia.
Further details: http://skpula.hr
Brno Events
The Duras Chess Club in Brno is organising Closed GM and IM events and
the Duras international open 3rd-11th July 2004.
Details: http://www.volny.cz/skduras/indexe.htm
TWIC Messageboard
With the Linares tournament about to start it seems a good time to
launch a new discussion forum. Vote on your prediction of the winner of
Linares. The TWIC message board. You need to register to post and vote.
Address: http://www.chesscenter.com/messageboard
Czech Tour 2004-2005
4th International Chess Festivals Series
15.-23.5. 2004 4th OPEN ZNOJMO (FIDE open, Open Women Championship of
the Czech Republic in active chess ?Znojemska kralovna ? The Znojmo Queen?,
tournament for girls up to 14 years of age, active chess tournament)
15.7.-1.8. 2004 15th CZECH OPEN ? Pardubice (5 FIDE opens, one of them
with GM and IM norm, Open European Amateurs Championship, Open Championship of
the Czech Republic of 4-member team tournament, in active chess, blitz
tournament, bughouse and Fischerandom chess, 14 tournaments altogether)
4.-12.8. 2004 7th OLOMOUC CHESS SUMMER (FIDE open, closed GM and IM
tournaments, Open Seniors Championship of the Czech Republic, open tournament
of youngsters)
18.-26.9. 2004 1st OPEN HIGHLANDS ? Havlickuv Brod (Men Championship of
the Czech Republic - semifinals, FIDE open)
23.-30.10. 2004 5th OPEN LIBEREC (FIDE open)
14.-21.1. 2005 4th OPEN PRAHA (2 FIDE opens, one of them with IM norm)
22.-30.1. 2005 4th OPEN MARIANSKE LAZNE (FIDE open and 1-2 closed IM
tournaments)
More details e-mail: j.mazuch@avekont.cz and
http:/www.czechtour.net
3rd Saturday Tournament
A 3rd Saturday Tournament will take place in Novi Sad, 20th-27th March
2004. Improved Elo ratings, IM and maybe GM norms (depending on interest), Semi
Open. More info in few days on www.drazic.co.yu. Venue NSK, the oldest club in
all of the former Yugoslavia, center of Novi Sad, Serbia, no visa needed now
for European and USA citizens.
CFC Cup
Correspondence Chess server of Chessfriend.com has a new free
competition. The CFC Cup 2004 allows interested players to test the server
without entry fees by playing a real tournament where ELO and titles are
available.
More details: http://www.chessfriend.com
IM Silman vs The Rest of the World
IM Silman vs The Rest of the World ChessWorld.net hosting a "Rest of
the World" match against IM Jeremy Silman. This is a voting game where the
"Rest of the World" (ROW) votes for the moves against Silman, and the highest
voted move played after five days. Kasparov played a ROW game a few years back.
IM Jeremy Silman is the author of the one chess book that everyone raves about,
How to ReAssess Your Chess.
The match has inspired the largest ROW team ever at ChessWorld, well
over 300 players at last count. IM Silman opened the game with 1. d4 and the
voting is underway. You can get in on the game at
http://www.chessworld.net - head for
Play!..World team games after logging in.
The up to date position is also available on the TWIC front page.
Lenk Chess Festival
Lenk International Chess Festival is a Swiss Chess Tour event 2004. The
16th "Kreuz-Open" takes place April 8th-12th 2004.
The Hosts will be the Hotel "Kreuz", "Grande" Open, Swiss system, 7
rounds and the games will last a maximum of 5 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and
30 minutes till the end).
Prize are: 1.500 SF, 1.200, 900, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200 and 150
SF. From 11.- 20. places natural prizes. Special prizes for best Lady, senior
(1944), junior(1984-87), schoolboy (1988) and best local player. Entry fee 130
SF, FMs and juniors 60 SF, at the door 10 SF more, GMs and IMs free.
Time table: Round 1st 18.30-22.30 April 8,; Rounds 2/3 09.30-14.30 and
15.30-20.30 April 9,; Round 4 13.30-18.30 April 10,; Rounds 5/6 09.30-14.30 and
15.30-20.30 April 11,; Round 7 10.00-15.00 April 12. Closing ceremony April 12
at 16.00.
Info: Beochess +41+34+424-01-06 (Robert Spoerri) or info@beochess.ch or
site http://www.beochess.ch for more
details.
Shirov's New Website
Alexei Shirov has a new webpage which includes an online school project
(together with GM Alfonso Romero and IM Javier Sanz both from Spain) and a
personal page within. The address is http://www.shirovonline.com, at the
moment everything is in Spanish although the English version should follow
soon.
IX Cesenatico International Open
The IX Cesenatico International Chess Open takes place in Cesenatico
(Italy) 4th-12th September 2004.Open A 9 rounds. Open B 8 rounds.
Organiser Jean Christophe Pirini email info@antiquascom.it Fax
+39547681217 # mobile phone +39335.6615956.
Further details: http://www.antiquascom.it/scacchi.htm
Hungarian chess tournaments April-August 2004
1. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 1st-13th of May,
2. ELEKES memorial, Budapest GM-IM round robin, 15th-25th of May,
organizer: IM Zsinka, Laszlo, +(36)-20-9219197 e-mail: zsinkala@axelero.hu or:
zsinka@budapest.hu
3. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 5th-17th of June, Budapest, org.Nagy L.
4. BALATON OPEN and GM-IM closed about 20th-30th of June, org: IM Rigo,
e-mail: me-ri@axelero.hu /150 km West from Budapest/,
5. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 3rd-16th of July, Org: Nagy Laszlo,
6. Open EGER 9 rounds Swiss, 17th-25th of July /100 km North-East from
Budapest/ and GM-IM closed tmt, organizer: Rauch Ferenc, cell phone:
+(36)-30-326-3692, e-mail: rauch@freemail.hu, other organizer: Vajda, Albert
Sr. e-mail: avajda@udv.topnet.ro More info: Nagy Laszlo, e-mail:
firstsat@hu.inter.net
7. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 7th-19th of August 2004, org: NL.
8. Cat.XI. GM-closed, 10 participants, Budapest, 18th-27th of Aug. Org:
PALI, Gabor, e-mail: gaborpali@freemail.hu Mobile: +/36/-20-470-50-37
9. TALENTUM CUP Open 19th-27th of Aug. BALATONZAMARDI /200 km West from
Budapest/, organizer: MR VALIS, Janos e-mail: husi-sc@hu.inter.net
10. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 4th-16th of September, Org: NL.
Lina Grumette Memorial Day Classic
The Lina Grumette Memorial Day Classic 2004. Glendale, CA, May 29-31,
2004. 6-SS. $20,000 based on 300 players, $10,000 guaranteed. Top section FIDE
rated.
Further details: http://www.westernchess.com
65th Square Website
There is a new Turkish website: http://www.65thsquare.org (note the change
of address). I have given an interview to the webmaster Alper Efe Ataman.
33rd International Rapid Chess Tournament Herford
Herford, 19th-20th June 2004 33rd International Rapid Chess Tournament
2004. Grand-Prix of Sparkasse Herford. Qualification tournament for the German
Rapid Championships. 11 Rounds. Guaranteed Prize fund: € 1.500. 1st Prize
€ 500.-, Info:
http://www.schach.com/herford/turnier/2004/herford2004ausschreibung.htm
Homepage: http://www.schach.com/herford/
Western Canadian Open
The Western Canadian Open takes place July 9th-18th, 2004. The FIDE
rated event is organised by the British Columbia Chess Federation.
Further details: http://www.chessbc.com
Narender Nath Memorial Chess Tournament
The 3rd Annual Narender Nath Memorial Chess Tournament commemorating a
man who died in the World Trade Center on September 11th 2001 is underway. The
event raises money for charity.
Details: http://www.nathchesstournament.com/
Chess Exhibition in Cleveland Ohio
The Worlds of Chess Champions exhibition contains items including
Egyptian chess pieces, commemorative stamps, autographed material, rare books
and original manuscripts.
The event is in Cleveland OH. The Cleveland Public Library’s John
G. White Chess and Checkers Collection is currently exhibiting an installation
titled, Worlds of Chess Champions. This temporary exhibition is located in the
third floor exhibition hall of the Main Building, 325 Superior Ave., N.E. The
Library exhibition is free and open to the public. Paid parking is available on
Rockwell, one block north of Superior Ave.
Worlds of Chess Champions puts chess into context through the lives of
chess experts, authors, and champions. This exhibition sets the historical
stage of chess champions from the 19th Century to the present. To illustrate
the context of chess in the world, the earliest items displayed feature chess
pieces from Egypt dating back to 1300 B.C. Other early items on display from
the John G. White Chess and Checkers Collection include original manuscripts
from the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. Other rare and interesting items
include a death mask photograph of an early 19th-century player, commemorative
chess stamps, hand-written letters by and about world-famous chess champions,
autographed material, and published books by chess champions.
Some of the materials in Worlds of Chess Champions have never before
been exhibited. The John G. White Chess and Checkers Collection is the
world’s largest and most comprehensive chess collection. The collection
contains chess sets and pieces as well as material related to chess. Many
stamps commemorating chess champions are in the exhibition. Newspaper and
magazine clippings, chess championship programs, score sheets from games, and
other rare items will be on display through June 12, 2004.
New York Masters
Regular competition for players in New York Rated 2200 and above.
Further details: http://www.newyorkmasters.com/
