THE WEEK IN CHESS 499 31st May 2004 by Mark Crowther
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XXXIV Bosna Tournament 15 games
5th European Championship 209 games
FIDE Women's Championship 80 games
57th Russian Championship Qualifiers 247 games
Guildford-ADC win the 4NCL 96 games
103rd New York Masters 4 games
29th Elekes Memorial 132 games
Alushta Tournament 56 games
Alushta Teams 168 games
Alushta Women 242 games
I Quadrangular Andbanc 36 games
Victorian Masters 45 games
7th United Insurance International 175 games
Guillermo Garcia Memorial 54 games
Hostan Open Znojmo 106 games
French Team Cup 16 games
Capablanca Memorial 27 games
Trofeo CBA 2004 6 games
Norwegian Teams 120 games
22nd Liechtenstein Open 249 games
2093 games
My thanks to Thomas Henrich, Jakub Fuksik, Tibor Fogarasi, Martin Mrva,
Haroon Rashid, John Fernandez, Ching Kim Lye, Hassan Khaled, Jan Mazuch,
Zenón Franco Ocampos, Leonid Galperin, Andy McFarland, Korpics Zsolt,
Arthur Brameld, Joel Lautier, Jose Vilela, Sergei Soloviov, Michael Krumbholz,
Aard Daanen, Oscar de la Riva and everyone else who helped with the issue.
Alexei Shirov duly shut out the opposition with a win and two draws in
the final three rounds of the Sarajevo tournament to secure his best
performance for a number of years. Vassily Ivanchuk might have started the 5th
European Championships with a shock loss but class told in the end and he came
through to win the event after a tie-break match with Predrag Nikolic.
This is issue 499 and next week will be the 500th. In September I will
have done 10 years. I'm amazed.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The XXXIV “Bosna 2004” tournament took place in Sarajevo
18th-27th May 2004. Alexei Shirov completed a fine victory with 7.5/9 a point
and a half clear of the field.
Internet coverage:
http://www.skbosna.ba/bosna2004/en/stranice/info.htm
Round 7 (May 25, 2004)
Movsesian, Sergei - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 39 C45 Scotch Game
Bologan, Viktor - Atalik, Suat 1-0 52 C95 Ruy Lopez Breyer
Short, Nigel D - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 47 C51 Evans Gambit
Predojevic, Borki - Dizdarevic, Emir 1/2 9 B13 Caro Kann Exchange
Kurajica, Bojan - Kozul, Zdenko 1/2 50 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 8 (May 26, 2004)
Shirov, Alexei - Predojevic, Borki 1-0 44 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Sokolov, Ivan - Kurajica, Bojan 1-0 50 E39 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Bologan, Viktor - Movsesian, Sergei 1/2 27 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Dizdarevic, Emir - Short, Nigel D 1/2 27 D55 Queens Gambit Old Lasker Variation
Atalik, Suat - Kozul, Zdenko 0-1 45 E70 King's Indian Fianchetto
Round 9 (May 27, 2004)
Movsesian, Sergei - Atalik, Suat 1/2 16 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Kozul, Zdenko - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 40 D10 Slav Defence
Short, Nigel D - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 35 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Predojevic, Borki - Bologan, Viktor 1/2 34 B46 Sicilian Paulsen
Kurajica, Bojan - Dizdarevic, Emir 1/2 13 C10 French Rubinstein
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Bosnia GM Sarajevo BIH (BIH), 18-27 v 2004 cat. XV (2616)
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1. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2713 * = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 7.5 2878
2. Movsesian, Sergei g SVK 2647 = * = = = = 1 1 = 1 6.0 2737
3. Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2690 = = * 1 = = = = = 1 5.5 2687
4. Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2665 0 = 0 * = 1 1 = 1 1 5.5 2690
5. Kozul, Zdenko g CRO 2627 0 = = = * = = 1 1 = 5.0 2657
6. Dizdarevic, Emir g BIH 2520 0 = = 0 = * = = 1 = 4.0 2583
7. Short, Nigel D g ENG 2712 = 0 = 0 = = * = = = 3.5 2525
8. Predojevic, Borki m BIH 2490 0 0 = = 0 = = * = = 3.0 2504
9. Atalik, Suat g BIH 2554 0 = = 0 0 0 = = * = 2.5 2456
10. Kurajica, Bojan g BIH 2540 0 0 0 0 = = = = = * 2.5 2458
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The 5th European Individual Chess Championship takes place in Antalya
Kemer-Beldibi 14th-31st May 2004. David Navara leads with 6.5/8 in the 13 round
event. Vassily Ivanchuk is back in contention after a shock round 1 loss.
Further information: http://www.eurochess.org/eurochamp2004
Official Final Standings after Playoffs
Rk Ti Name P Euros
1 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 9 8.000
2 GM Nikolic Predrag 9 5.000
3 GM Aronian Levon 8½ 4.000
4 GM Istratescu Andrei 8½ 3.000
5 GM Miroshnichenko Evgenij 8½ 2.700
6 GM Navara David 8½ 2.500
7 GM Gurevich Mikhail 8½ 2.200
8 GM Kempinski Robert 8 1.111
9 GM Krasenkow Michal 8 1.111
10 GM Agrest Evgenij 8 1.111
11 GM Milov Vadim 8 1.111
12 GM Asrian Karen 8 1.111
13 GM Sargissian Gabriel 8 1.111
14 GM Macieja Bartlomiej 8 1.111
15 GM Gashimov Vugar 8 1.111
16 GM Naiditsch Arkadij 8 1.111
17 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 7½ 325
18 GM Radjabov Teimour 7½ 325
19 GM Guseinov Gadir 7½ 225 -100 for ECU
20 GM Andersson Ulf 7½ 325
21 GM Parligras Mircea 7½ 325
22 GM Stefansson Hannes 7½ 325
23 GM Iljushin Alexei 7½ 325
24 GM Stocek Jiri 7½ 325
72 players
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5th IECC Antalya TUR (TUR), 15-29 v 2004
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1. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2716 -29 +50 +36 +16 = 3 =37 + 7 +25 = 2 = 4 =12 + 6 = 5 9.0 2707
2. Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2648 +58 =20 =27 =39 -25 +34 +35 +37 = 1 = 8 + 9 = 7 + 3 9.0 2698
3. Navara, David g CZE 2602 +42 +33 +38 +28 = 1 -18 + 8 +26 = 9 = 6 = 7 = 5 - 2 8.5 2708
4. Istratescu, Andrei g ROM 2587 -46 +57 =30 =41 +21 +32 =17 +10 +18 = 1 - 6 +13 = 7 8.5 2669
5. Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2672 =36 +51 +24 =13 = 9 =26 =37 = 8 +27 =21 +15 = 3 = 1 8.5 2681
6. Aronian, Levon g GER 2645 =51 +64 +22 =19 + 7 =25 =18 =17 +28 = 3 + 4 - 1 =14 8.5 2690
7. Miroshnichenko, Evgenij g UKR 2599 =52 +60 +32 =18 - 6 +33 - 1 +38 +39 + 9 = 3 = 2 = 4 8.5 2665
8. Kempinski, Robert g POL 2586 +50 =23 =29 +20 =17 +24 - 3 = 5 +11 = 2 =21 =12 =15 8.0 2654
9. Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2609 +44 =25 +23 =10 = 5 =19 +22 +18 = 3 - 7 - 2 =17 +27 8.0 2680
10. Milov, Vadim g SUI 2680 +30 +16 =13 = 9 -26 =39 +48 - 4 =20 =19 +32 =27 +21 8.0 2649
11. Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2614 +49 -38 =34 +30 =39 +16 =19 =27 - 8 +20 =17 +23 =12 8.0 2635
12. Asrian, Karen g ARM 2605 =35 +52 -25 +34 =33 =20 +30 =19 =16 +36 = 1 = 8 =11 8.0 2615
13. Agrest, Evgenij g SWE 2601 +62 +48 =10 = 5 -18 =36 =21 =20 +24 =23 +16 - 4 +25 8.0 2643
14. Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2633 +56 =32 =20 =38 -22 -30 +43 =41 +34 +39 +25 =21 = 6 8.0 2606
15. Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2571 -74 +54 +58 =46 =40 =35 =20 +32 =17 +18 - 5 +28 = 8 8.0 2595
16. Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2565 +65 -10 +62 - 1 +41 -11 +56 +48 =12 =17 -13 +38 +26 8.0 2629
17. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2670 +41 +39 =19 =25 = 8 =27 = 4 = 6 =15 =16 =11 = 9 =22 7.5 2629
18. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2657 +59 =22 +31 = 7 +13 + 3 = 6 - 9 - 4 -15 +48 =25 =19 7.5 2629
19. Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2570 +53 +74 =17 = 6 =28 = 9 =11 =12 =25 =10 =23 =26 =18 7.5 2618
20. Guseinov, Gadir g AZE 2548 +70 = 2 =14 - 8 +59 =12 =15 =13 =10 -11 +45 =29 +34 7.5 2595
21. Parligras, Mircea g ROM 2549 +67 -28 +49 =40 - 4 +47 =13 +42 +26 = 5 = 8 =14 -10 7.5 2596
22. Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2567 +54 =18 - 6 +56 +14 =28 - 9 -24 +41 =48 =29 +36 =17 7.5 2598
23. Iljushin, Alexei g RUS 2529 +63 = 8 - 9 =35 =47 =42 =46 +30 +37 =13 =19 -11 +39 7.5 2534
24. Stocek, Jiri g CZE 2543 +68 +40 - 5 =27 +46 - 8 =39 +22 -13 =26 -36 +47 +35 7.5 2561
25. Nyback, Tomi g FIN 2545 +71 = 9 +12 =17 + 2 = 6 =26 - 1 =19 +28 -14 =18 -13 7.0 2627
26. Anastasian, Ashot g ARM 2587 =64 =36 +44 +29 +10 = 5 =25 - 3 -21 =24 +35 =19 -16 7.0 2555
27. Izoria, Zviad g GEO 2573 +61 =29 = 2 =24 +31 =17 =28 =11 - 5 =32 +43 =10 - 9 7.0 2594
28. Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2616 +47 +21 +37 - 3 =19 =22 =27 +36 - 6 -25 +31 -15 =33 7.0 2581
29. Radulski, Julian m BUL 2497 + 1 =27 = 8 -26 -35 =46 +67 =59 =42 +52 =22 =20 =32 7.0 2511
30. Mastrovasilis, Athanasios m GRE 2488 -10 +53 = 4 -11 +64 +14 -12 -23 +57 =42 -38 +50 +36 7.0 2514
31. Cheparinov, Ivan m BUL 2555 =60 +35 -18 +42 -27 =56 =59 +46 -36 +38 -28 =41 +58 7.0 2491
32. Chatalbashev, Boris g BUL 2543 +69 =14 - 7 =47 +44 - 4 +45 -15 +59 =27 -10 +57 =29 7.0 2514
33. Smeets, Jan m NED 2531 +72 - 3 +55 =37 =12 - 7 +53 -39 =35 =45 =57 +43 =28 7.0 2461
34. Nedev, Trajce g MKD 2489 . +61 =11 -12 +62 - 2 +64 =35 -14 =47 +49 +42 -20 6.5 2499
35. Grunberg, Mihai-Lucian m ROM 2401 =12 -31 +65 =23 +29 =15 - 2 =34 =33 +37 -26 +48 -24 6.5 2533
36. Akesson, Ralf g SWE 2476 = 5 =26 - 1 +54 +67 =13 +40 -28 +31 -12 +24 -22 -30 6.5 2543
37. Minasian, Artashes g ARM 2585 +57 +46 -28 =33 +38 = 1 = 5 - 2 -23 -35 =42 +45 =41 6.5 2503
38. Halkias, Stelios g GRE 2541 +55 +11 - 3 =14 -37 =45 +57 - 7 +44 -31 +30 -16 =48 6.5 2496
39. Hulak, Krunoslav g CRO 2550 +66 -17 +74 = 2 =11 =10 =24 +33 - 7 -14 =41 +56 -23 6.5 2525
40. Markowski, Tomasz g POL 2605 +43 -24 +59 =21 =15 -48 -36 -44 =53 =50 =46 +64 +57 6.5 2427
41. Pashikian, Arman ARM 2466 -17 =65 +73 = 4 -16 =62 +61 =14 -22 +44 =39 =31 =37 6.5 2474
42. Erdogdu, Mert m TUR 2369 - 3 =72 +70 -31 +55 =23 +44 -21 =29 =30 =37 -34 +56 6.5 2432
43. Haznedaroglu, Kivanc m TUR 2395 -40 -73 -54 +70 +71 =67 -14 +68 +46 +58 -27 -33 +51 6.5 2372
44. Kristjansson, Stefan m ISL 2404 - 9 +68 -26 +71 -32 +74 -42 +40 -38 -41 =61 +54 +55 6.5 2393
45. Soylu, Suat f TUR 2397 . -55 +66 =53 +72 =38 -32 =51 +67 =33 -20 -37 +61 6.0 2379
46. Iotov, Valentin BUL 2342 + 4 -37 +48 =15 -24 =29 =23 -31 -43 =63 =40 +59 =47 6.0 2459
47. Neubauer, Martin m AUT 2418 -28 =71 +60 =32 =23 -21 =62 +53 -48 =34 +59 -24 =46 6.0 2410
48. Petrosian, Tigran L m ARM 2539 +73 -13 -46 +57 +58 +40 -10 -16 +47 =22 -18 -35 =38 6.0 2453
49. Mazi, Leon m SLO 2417 -11 +69 -21 =55 =53 -57 +50 =54 -52 +67 -34 =63 +62 6.0 2295
50. Bakalarz, Mieczyslaw f LUX 2333 - 8 - 1 -67 +69 -74 +63 -49 =60 +68 =40 +62 -30 +66 6.0 2323
51. Klinova, Masha m ISR 2436 = 6 - 5 =71 -67 =52 +68 =54 =45 =61 -57 +53 =55 -43 5.5 2285
52. Atakisi, Umut m TUR 2344 = 7 -12 -72 +65 =51 -59 =58 +70 +49 -29 -56 =66 =53 5.5 2328
53. Bayram, Yakup f TUR 2292 -19 -30 +63 =45 =49 +58 -33 -47 =40 =64 -51 +69 =52 5.5 2347
54. Erturan, Yakup TUR 2273 -22 -15 +43 -36 =63 +72 =51 =49 =58 -62 +65 -44 =64 5.5 2315
55. Aleskerov, Faik AZE 2167 -38 +45 -33 =49 -42 -61 +71 =65 +62 =56 =58 =51 -44 5.5 2335
56. Jonkman, Harmen g NED 2421 -14 =70 +64 -22 +61 =31 -16 -57 +65 =55 +52 -39 -42 5.5 2343
57. Yilmaz, Turhan m TUR 2311 -37 - 4 +69 -48 +73 +49 -38 +56 -30 +51 =33 -32 -40 5.5 2405
58. Van der Stricht, Geert m BEL 2450 - 2 +66 -15 +72 -48 -53 =52 +62 =54 -43 =55 +61 -31 5.5 2311
59. Drabke, Lorenz m GER 2453 -18 +67 -40 +74 -20 +52 =31 =29 -32 =61 -47 -46 +68 5.5 2364
60. Erdogan, Hakan f TUR 2252 =31 - 7 -47 -61 -70 +73 -68 =50 -69 +72 =71 +67 +63 5.5 2218
61. Karadeniz, Emre f TUR 2310 -27 -34 =68 +60 -56 +55 -41 +63 =51 =59 =44 -58 -45 5.0 2279
62. Thorfinnsson, Bjorn f ISL 2345 -13 +63 -16 +73 -34 =41 =47 -58 -55 +54 -50 +65 -49 5.0 2270
63. Ersahin, Bulent TUR 2070 -23 -62 -53 +66 =54 -50 +69 -61 +70 =46 =64 =49 -60 5.0 2228
64. Mamedjarova, Zeinab wg AZE 2343 =26 - 6 -56 +68 -30 +70 -34 -67 +71 =53 =63 -40 =54 5.0 2277
65. Esen, Baris TUR 2262 -16 =41 -35 -52 -68 +66 +74 =55 -56 +69 -54 -62 +72 5.0 2217
66. Idrizaj, Abedin GER 2249 -39 -58 -45 -63 -69 -65 +73 +72 +74 =71 +67 =52 -50 5.0 2185
67. Yeke, Serkan TUR 2238 -21 -59 +50 +51 -36 =43 -29 +64 -45 -49 -66 -60 +74 4.5 2277
68. Demirel, Tolga TUR 2183 -24 -44 =61 -64 +65 -51 +60 -43 -50 =70 =72 +73 -59 4.5 2212
69. Mamedjarova, Turkan wm AZE 2191 -32 -49 -57 -50 +66 =71 -63 =73 +60 -65 +74 -53 =70 4.5 2163
70. Makoli, Perparim SCG 2228 -20 =56 -42 -43 +60 -64 +72 -52 -63 =68 -73 =71 =69 4.0 2133
71. Bente, Bjoern GER 2219 -25 =47 =51 -44 -43 =69 -55 +74 -64 =66 =60 =70 -73 4.0 2166
72. Yildiz, Betul Cemre wf TUR 2108 -33 =42 +52 -58 -45 -54 -70 -66 +73 -60 =68 +74 -65 4.0 2159
73. Goksel, Doga Cihan TUR 2130 -48 +43 -41 -62 -57 -60 -66 =69 -72 -74 +70 -68 +71 3.5 2111
74. Kose, Serkan TUR 2244 +15 -19 -39 -59 +50 -44 -65 -71 -66 +73 -69 -72 -67 3.0 2118
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The FIDE Women's Championship take place in Elista Kalmykia, 21 May - 8
June 2004. The top seed Humpy Koneru ahead of Alisa Galliamova and Maia
Chiburdanidze.
Official site: http://wwcc2004.fide.com
Round 5 31st May - 1st June 2004
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina - Koneru, Humpy 1-0
Stefanova, Antoaneta - Chiburdanidze, Maia 1/2
Round 4 29th-30th May 2004
Koneru, Humpy * - Xu, Yuhua 1-0 1-0
Stefanova, Antoaneta * - Dzagnidze, Nana 1-0 0-1 Playoff 1/2 1-0
Chiburdanidze, Maia * - Cmilyte, Viktorija 1-0 0-1 Playoff 0-1 1-0 1-0 1/2
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina * - Kachiani-G., Ketino 0-1 1-0 Playoff 1-0 1/2
Round 3 26th-27th May 2004
Kosintseva, Tatiana - * Koneru, Humpy 0-1 1-0 Playoff 0-1 0-1
Lomineishvili, Maia - * Dzagnidze, Nana 0-1 0-1
Jackova, Jana - * Chiburdanidze, Maia 0-1 1/2
Bojkovic, Natasa - * Kachiani-G., Ketino 0-1 1/2
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina * - Lahno, Kateryna 1-0 0-1 Playoff 1/2 1-0
Cramling, Pia - * Cmilyte, Viktorija 1/2 1/2 Playoff 1/2 1/2 0-1 0-1
Zhukova, Natalia - * Stefanova, Antoaneta 1/2 1/2 Playoff 0-1 1-0 0-1 0-1
Paehtz, Elisabeth - * Xu, Yuhua 1/2 0-1
Round 2 24th-25th May 2004
Koneru, Humpy * - Peng, Zhaoqin 1-0 1/2
Lomineishvili, Maia * - Galliamova, Alisa 1-0 1-0
Chiburdanidze, Maia * - Sebag, Marie 1-0 1-0
Bojkovic, Natasa * - Matveeva, Svetlana 1/2 1/2 Playoff 1/2 1-0
Lahno, Kateryna * - Polovnikova, Ekaterina 1-0 0-1 Playoff 1/2 1/2 1-0
Mkrtchian, Lilit - * Cramling, Pia 1/2 0-1
Stefanova, Antoaneta * - Vasilevich, Tatjana 1/2 1/2 Playoff 1/2 1/2 1/2 1-0
Paehtz, Elisabeth * - Zhao, Xue 1/2 1/2 Playoff 1/2 1-0
Xu, Yuhua * - Danielian, Elina 1-0 1/2
Kosintseva, Nadezhda - * Zhukova, Natalia 0-1 1-0 Playoff 1/2 1/2 1/2 0-1
Kosteniuk, Alexandra - * Cmilyte, Viktorija 0-1 1/2
Alexandrova, Olga - * Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina 1/2 0-1
Krush, Irina - * Kachiani-G., Ketino 1/2 0-1
Peptan, Corina-Isabela - * Jackova, Jana 0-1 1/2
Dzagnidze, Nana * - Radziewicz, Iweta 1-0 1/2
Hoang, Thanh Trang - * Kosintseva, Tatiana 1/2 0-1
There were qualifiers for the 57th Russian Chess Championship took
place 20th-31st May in St-Petersburg and Tomsk. Prize fund - $50,000. Its
reported that the top three finshers in each event with play in a super final
possibly in Moscow in September (possibly later in the year) with Garry
Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik, Anatoly Karpov, Peter Svidler, Evgeny Bareev,
Alexander Grischuk and Alexander Morozevich with a prize fund $300,000. The
organizer of the tournament was the Chess Federation of St. Petersburg and
it’s new president Alexey Ustaev, who is at the same time President of
Viking Bank. Viking Bank was the main sponsor. Alexei Dreev won the St
Petersburg event ahead of Vitaly Tseshkovsky and Vladimir Epishin. The Tomsk
standings were obtained from the games so are not confirmed. Alexander Motylev
finished with 6.5/9 half a point clear of Artyom Timofeev, Ernesto Inarkiev,
Alexey Korotylev, Dmitry Jakovenko and Pavel Smirnov.
Coverage: http://www.ruschess.com
and http://www.tomskchess.net.ru
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57th ch-RUS Qualifier St Petersburg RUS (RUS), 21-30 v 2004
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1. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2689 +10 +25 + 2 +16 = 3 = 4 = 6 = 7 = 5 6.5 2766
2. Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2610 +22 +12 - 1 + 5 = 4 = 3 = 8 +13 = 6 6.0 2717
3. Tseshkovsky, Vitaly g RUS 2564 +34 = 7 +20 + 8 = 1 = 2 = 4 = 5 = 9 6.0 2700
4. Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2668 =11 = 5 +22 +17 = 2 = 1 = 3 = 6 = 7 5.5 2675
5. Ivanov, Sergey g RUS 2546 = 6 = 4 +21 - 2 =24 +18 +16 = 3 = 1 5.5 2692
6. Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2654 = 5 =11 +30 =13 =12 +20 = 1 = 4 = 2 5.5 2649
7. Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2606 +27 = 3 -16 =18 +19 =14 +11 = 1 = 4 5.5 2648
8. Sakaev, Konstantin g RUS 2665 = 9 =18 +10 - 3 +23 =15 = 2 =14 +21 5.5 2634
9. Popov, Valerij g RUS 2547 = 8 =13 =23 -12 +30 =11 +26 +17 = 3 5.5 2626
10. Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2556 - 1 +34 - 8 =30 +27 =23 +31 =15 +16 5.5 2623
11. Landa, Konstantin g RUS 2550 = 4 = 6 +15 =14 =16 = 9 - 7 =20 +26 5.0 2612
12. Romanov, Evgeny f RUS 2392 +24 - 2 =25 + 9 = 6 =16 =15 =21 =14 5.0 2617
13. Tregubov, Pavel V g RUS 2636 =18 = 9 =19 = 6 +26 =21 =14 - 2 +24 5.0 2588
14. Andreikin, Dmitry m RUS 2418 =23 +32 =17 =11 =20 = 7 =13 = 8 =12 5.0 2619
15. Yakovich, Yuri g RUS 2596 =30 =26 -11 +29 +25 = 8 =12 =10 =17 5.0 2577
16. Volkov, Sergey1 g RUS 2629 +29 =20 + 7 - 1 =11 =12 - 5 +19 -10 4.5 2553
17. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2616 =19 +31 =14 - 4 =18 +28 =21 - 9 =15 4.5 2520
18. Belov, Vladimir g RUS 2543 =13 = 8 =32 = 7 =17 - 5 =27 =23 +30 4.5 2580
19. Ionov, Sergey g RUS 2538 =17 =23 =13 =25 - 7 +32 =20 -16 +31 4.5 2581
20. Shaposhnikov, Evgeny g RUS 2559 +33 =16 - 3 +24 =14 - 6 =19 =11 =22 4.5 2493
21. Yevseev, Denis g RUS 2580 =26 =30 - 5 +34 +22 =13 =17 =12 - 8 4.5 2509
22. Nikolenko, Oleg m RUS 2520 - 2 +33 - 4 +31 -21 =24 =23 +27 =20 4.5 2503
23. Dolmatov, Sergey g RUS 2573 =14 =19 = 9 =26 - 8 =10 =22 =18 =25 4.0 2490
24. Burmakin, Vladimir g RUS 2571 -12 +27 =26 -20 = 5 =22 +28 =25 -13 4.0 2458
25. Kuzmin, Alexey g RUS 2567 +28 - 1 =12 =19 -15 -31 +29 =24 =23 4.0 2478
26. Nepomniachtchi, Ian f RUS 2445 =21 =15 =24 =23 -13 +29 - 9 +33 -11 4.0 2467
27. Loginov, Valery A g RUS 2516 - 7 -24 +28 =32 -10 +34 =18 -22 +33 4.0 2402
28. Danin, Alexandre f RUS 2332 -25 =29 -27 +33 +32 -17 -24 =31 +34 4.0 2418
29. Kurnosov, Igor g RUS 2543 -16 =28 =31 -15 +33 -26 -25 +34 +32 4.0 2391
30. Dobrov, Vladimir m RUS 2477 =15 =21 - 6 =10 - 9 -33 +34 +32 -18 3.5 2404
31. Solovjov, Sergey I m RUS 2458 =32 -17 =29 -22 +34 +25 -10 =28 -19 3.5 2426
32. Gleizerov, Evgeny g RUS 2592 =31 -14 =18 =27 -28 -19 +33 -30 -29 2.5 2259
33. Shapovalenko,Maksim RUS ---- -20 -22 -34 -28 -29 +30 -32 -26 -27 1.0 2124
34. Silivanov, Sergej f RUS 2291 - 3 -10 +33 -21 -31 -27 -30 -29 -28 1.0 2096
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57th ch-RUS Qualifier Tomsk RUS (RUS), 23-31 v 2004
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1. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2649 + 4 =24 =23 = 5 +20 + 3 = 2 = 9 + 7 6.5 2743
2. Timofeev, Artyom g RUS 2591 +35 + 9 + 5 = 3 =10 = 7 = 1 = 4 = 6 6.0 2702
3. Inarkiev, Ernesto g RUS 2595 =31 +28 +25 = 2 + 9 - 1 = 7 + 5 = 4 6.0 2682
4. Korotylev, Alexey g RUS 2565 - 1 +22 +34 + 6 =13 +14 = 5 = 2 = 3 6.0 2692
5. Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2582 +29 +33 - 2 = 1 +16 +10 = 4 - 3 + 9 6.0 2684
6. Smirnov, Pavel g RUS 2601 +32 =23 =24 - 4 =12 +19 +27 +13 = 2 6.0 2676
7. Rustemov, Alexander g RUS 2593 =28 =34 =11 +30 +23 = 2 = 3 + 8 - 1 5.5 2624
8. Bocharov, Dmitry g RUS 2567 =13 =15 +33 -10 +24 = 9 +20 - 7 +21 5.5 2657
9. Khismatullin, Denis RUS 2537 +16 - 2 +17 +25 - 3 = 8 +10 = 1 - 5 5.0 2646
10. Filippov, Valerij g RUS 2639 =26 =30 +15 + 8 = 2 - 5 - 9 +32 =14 5.0 2603
11. Kosyrev, Vladimir g RUS 2529 =18 =21 = 7 =12 =33 =20 +22 =14 =16 5.0 2601
12. Sorokin, Maxim g RUS 2583 -33 +29 =27 =11 = 6 +23 =13 =16 =17 5.0 2593
13. Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2671 = 8 +26 =14 =23 = 4 =15 =12 - 6 +32 5.0 2610
14. Kharlov, Andrei g RUS 2593 +27 =25 =13 =24 +19 - 4 =15 =11 =10 5.0 2597
15. Belozerov, Andrei g RUS 2552 =17 = 8 -10 +35 +21 =13 =14 =18 =20 5.0 2635
16. Dvoirys, Semen I g RUS 2612 - 9 =35 +28 +18 - 5 =22 +24 =12 =11 5.0 2566
17. Kobalia, Mikhail g RUS 2630 =15 =20 - 9 -19 =28 +34 +31 +27 =12 5.0 2539
18. Galkin, Alexander g RUS 2602 =11 =31 =30 -16 =25 +28 =21 =15 =19 4.5 2530
19. Gajsin, Evgenij RUS 2404 -23 +32 =20 +17 -14 - 6 =25 +31 =18 4.5 2572
20. Shariyazdanov, Andrey g RUS 2575 =34 =17 =19 +31 - 1 =11 - 8 +30 =15 4.5 2530
21. Lastin, Alexander g RUS 2622 =30 =11 =31 =27 -15 +33 =18 +23 - 8 4.5 2531
22. Maletin, Pavel f RUS 2423 -24 - 4 =29 +36 +30 =16 -11 =25 +33 4.5 2501
23. Ulibin, Mikhail g RUS 2579 +19 = 6 = 1 =13 - 7 -12 +29 -21 =26 4.0 2525
24. Kornev, Alexei RUS 2582 +22 = 1 = 6 =14 - 8 =27 -16 =26 =29 4.0 2503
25. Kiriakov, Petr g RUS 2568 +36 =14 - 3 - 9 =18 =29 =19 =22 =27 4.0 2436
26. Sherbakov, Ruslan g RUS 2564 =10 -13 =35 -33 =31 =30 +34 =24 =23 4.0 2487
27. Khairullin, Ildar f RUS 2481 -14 +36 =12 =21 +32 =24 - 6 -17 =25 4.0 2506
28. Yagupov, Igor g RUS 2441 = 7 - 3 -16 =29 =17 -18 +36 =33 +35 4.0 2465
29. Yudin, Sergei f RUS 2425 - 5 -12 =22 =28 +35 =25 -23 +36 =24 4.0 2451
30. Vorobiov, Evgeny E g RUS 2552 =21 =10 =18 - 7 -22 =26 +35 -20 =34 3.5 2459
31. Yandemirov, Valeri g RUS 2494 = 3 =18 =21 -20 =26 =32 -17 -19 +36 3.5 2448
32. Iskusnyh, Sergei g RUS 2507 - 6 -19 +36 +34 -27 =31 +33 -10 -13 3.5 2405
33. Novikov, Maxim m RUS 2426 +12 - 5 - 8 +26 =11 -21 -32 =28 -22 3.0 2410
34. Frolov, Denis m RUS 2401 =20 = 7 - 4 -32 =36 -17 -26 =35 =30 2.5 2353
35. Loskutov, Oleg m RUS 2433 - 2 =16 =26 -15 -29 +36 -30 =34 -28 2.5 2322
36. Nazarov, Nikolay RUS 2256 -25 -27 -32 -22 =34 -35 -28 -29 -31 0.5 2019
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The final two rounds of the British 4NCL over the weekend of 22nd-23rd
May 2004. Guildford-ADC 1 won the Division 1 title in an exciting last round
match against Wood Green 1. My thanks to Arthur Brameld for the games
throughout the season.
Internet coverage: http://www.4ncl.co.uk
Division 1 Round 10 22nd May 2004
SLOUGH 1 2326 4 - 4 GUILDFORD-ADC 1 2502
1 w Shaw, John 2444 ½ - ½ Kosten, Anthony C 2507
2 b McNab, Colin A 2422 0 - 1 Cherniaev, Alexander 2480
3 w Houska, Jovanka (F) 2390 0 - 1 Rowson, Jonathan 2547
4 b Howell, David W L 2332 0 - 1 King, Daniel J 2497
5 w Dearing, Eddie 2378 1 - 0 Conquest, Stuart C 2524
6 b Devereaux, Maxim 2325 1 - 0 Flear, Glenn C 2489
7 w Smith, Andrew P 2202 ½ - ½ Gormally, Daniel W 2471
8 b Purton, Ben J 2114 1 - 0 default
BARBICAN 4NCL 1 2374 2½-5½ BETSSON.COM 2349
1 w Parker, Jonathan 2541 ½ - ½ Ledger, Andrew J 2443
2 b Kelly, Brian 2499 0 - 1 Williams, Simon K 2411
3 w Collins, Sam 2392 1 - 0 Pert, Richard G 2424
4 b Collinson, Adam 2391 0 - 1 Hunt, Adam C 2411
5 w Knott, Simon 2361 0 - 1 Duncan, Christopher R 2324
6 b Ferguson, Mark 2381 0 - 1 Ansell, Simon 2371
7 w D'Costa, Lorin A R 2359 1 - 0 Ledger, David J 2289
8 b Bhatia,Kanwal K (F) 2065 0 - 1 Tidman, Sophie (F) 2118
WOOD GREEN 1 2540 6½-1½ BARBICAN 4NCL 2 2313
1 w Adams, Michael 2731 1 - 0 Woodward, Timothy D M 2343
2 b McShane, Luke 2656 1 - 0 Rogers, Jonathan W 2338
3 w Speelman, Jonathan S 2569 ½ - ½ Cox, John J 2321
4 b Lalic, Bogdan 2535 ½ - ½ Shikerov, Stefan 2328
5 w Emms, John M 2508 1 - 0 Taylor, Martin R 2332
6 b Ward, Christopher 2500 ½ - ½ Taylor, Peter 2270
7 w Martin, Andrew D 2429 1 - 0 Mack, Andrew 2262
8 b Hunt, Harriet (F) 2392 1 - 0 default
WOOD GREEN 2 2391 7 - 1 WARWICKS. SELECT 2192
1 w Littlewood, Paul E 2390 1 - 0 Dighton, Simon 2247
2 b Sowray, Peter J 2360 1 - 0 Mason, Don 2280
3 w Levitt, Jonathan P 2425 1 - 0 Thomas, Nicholas 2263
4 b Arakhamia-Grant,K(F) 2423 1 - 0 James, Russell A 2209
5 w Rechel, Bernd 2420 1 - 0 Wu, Li 2197
6 b Tiller, Bjorn 2395 0 - 1 Pitcher, John 2185
7 w Tan, Desmond 2332 1 - 0 Baruch, Andrew J D 2106
8 b McDonald, Neil 2380 1 - 0 Chevannes, Sabrina (F) 2052
MICRO MARK. NWE 1 2282 3½-4½ NUMERICA 3CS 1 2279
1 w Hanley, Craig A 2330 ½ - ½ Davies, Nigel R 2512
2 b Crouch, Colin S 2375 ½ - ½ Arkell, Keith C 2507
3 w Quillan, Gary 2308 1 - 0 Juanoobi, Ali 2264
4 b van der Linden,Lukas 2275 0 - 1 Bentley, John L 2218
5 w Littlewood, John E 2307 ½ - ½ James, Dale R 2200
6 b Hughes, Howard R 2212 0 - 1 Ashton, Adam G 2249
7 w Richards,Heather (F) 2211 0 - 1 Shaw, David A 2165
8 b Tebb, David J 2240 1 - 0 Kosteniuk, Oxana (F) 2113
THE ADS 1 2329 5½-2½ RICHMOND 2360
1 w Rogers, Ian 2582 1 - 0 Webb, Laurence E 2337
2 b Chandler, Murray G 2520 1 - 0 Wall, Gavin 2413
3 w Hennigan, Michael T 2444 1 - 0 Van de Griendt, Jan W 2373
4 b Richardson, John R 2293 1 - 0 Cech, Pavel 2395
5 w Lyell, Mark 2254 0 - 1 Quinn, Mark 2400
6 b Snape, Ian 2245 0 - 1 Bates, Richard A 2376
7 w Wheeler, Darren P 2243 ½ - ½ Franklin, Michael J 2224
8 b Wilman, Carey A (F) 2049 1 - 0 default
Division 1 Round 11 23rd May 2004
NUMERICA 3CS 1 2287 4 - 4 BETSSON.COM 2335
1 w Davies, Nigel R 2512 1 - 0 Williams, Simon K 2411
2 b Arkell, Keith C 2507 ½ - ½ Hunt, Adam C 2411
3 w Juanoobi, Ali 2264 ½ - ½ Ledger, Andrew J 2443
4 b Clarke, Stuart W 2310 0 - 1 Pert, Richard G 2424
5 w Bentley, John L 2218 0 - 1 Ansell, Simon 2371
6 b Ashton, Adam G 2249 ½ - ½ Ledger, David J 2289
7 w Walton, Alan J 2126 1 - 0 Ledger, Stephen C 2211
8 b Kosteniuk, Oxana (F) 2113 ½ - ½ Tidman, Sophie (F) 2118
BARBICAN 4NCL 1 2359 3½-4½ MICRO MARK. NWE 1 2279
1 w Parker, Jonathan 2541 ½ - ½ Hanley, Craig A 2330
2 b Kelly, Brian 2499 ½ - ½ Crouch, Colin S 2375
3 w Webster, Andrew 2417 0 - 1 Quillan, Gary 2308
4 b Knott, Simon 2361 ½ - ½ Kennaugh, Charles W 2290
5 w Woodward, Timothy DM 2343 ½ - ½ Littlewood, John E 2307
6 b Shikerov, Stefan 2328 0 - 1 Tebb, David J 2240
7 w Dishman, Stephen 2317 1 - 0 Richards, Heather (F) 2211
8 b Bhatia, Kanwal K (F) 2065 ½ - ½ Hulmes, David I 2170
RICHMOND 2360 2½-5½ WOOD GREEN 2 2392
1 w Quinn, Mark 2400 0 - 1 Littlewood, Paul E 2390
2 b Wall, Gavin 2413 1 - 0 Sowray, Peter J 2360
3 w Van de Griendt,Jan W 2373 0 - 1 Levitt, Jonathan P 2425
4 b Cech, Pavel 2395 0 - 1 Arakhamia-Grant, K (F) 2423
5 w Webb, Laurence E 2337 ½ - ½ Martin, Andrew D 2429
6 b Bates, Richard A 2376 ½ - ½ Tiller, Bjorn 2395
7 w Franklin, Michael J 2224 ½ - ½ Tan, Desmond 2332
8 b default 0 - 1 McDonald, Neil 2380
GUILDFORD-ADC 1 2507 4½-3½ WOOD GREEN 1 2584
1 w Sutovsky, Emil * 2661 1 - 0 Morozevich, Alexander 2732
2 b Rowson, Jonathan 2547 ½ - ½ Adams, Michael 2731
3 w Cherniaev, Alexander 2480 ½ - ½ McShane, Luke 2656
4 b Gallagher, Joseph G 2531 ½ - ½ Emms, John M 2508
5 w Plaskett, James 2483 ½ - ½ Lalic, Bogdan 2535
6 b King, Daniel J 2497 1 - 0 Baburin, Alexander 2548
7 w Conquest, Stuart C 2524 0 - 1 Speelman, Jonathan S 2569
8 b Collas, Silvia (F) 2331 ½ - ½ Hunt, Harriet (F) 2392
WARWICKS. SELECT 2120 1½-6½ SLOUGH 1 2259
1 w Thomas, Nicholas 2263 0 - 1 Shaw, John 2444
2 b Mason, Don 2280 0 - 1 McNab, Colin A 2422
3 w Wu, Li 2197 ½ - ½ Dearing, Eddie 2378
4 b Fishburne, Stewart K 2048 0 - 1 Howell, David W L 2332
5 w Baruch, Andrew J D 2106 ½ - ½ Houska, Jovanka (F) 2390
6 b Hunt, Malcolm A 1992 0 - 1 Devereaux, Maxim 2325
7 w Cooper, David M 1952 ½ - ½ Purton, Ben J 2114
8 b default 0 - 1 Johnson, Nigel A 1664
BARBICAN 4NCL 2 2359 4 - 4 THE ADS 1 2335
1 w Collins, Sam 2392 0 - 1 Rogers, Ian 2582
2 b Collinson, Adam 2391 0 - 1 Chandler, Murray G 2520
3 w D'Costa, Lorin A R 2359 ½ - ½ Mestel, A Jonathan 2496
4 b Ferguson, Mark 2381 1 - 0 Richardson, John R 2293
5 w Cox, John J 2321 ½ - ½ Lyell, Mark 2254
6 b Taylor, Martin R 2332 1 - 0 Snape, Ian 2245
7 w Rogers, Jonathan W 2338 1 - 0 Wheeler, Darren P 2243
8 b default 0 - 1 Wilman, Carey A (F) 2049
Division 1 tables
Team Won Drawn Lost Points
GUILDFORD-ADC 1 9 1 1 19
WOOD GREEN 1 8 2 1 18
BETSSON.COM 7 3 1 17
WOOD GREEN 2 6 1 4 13
BARBICAN 4NCL 1 4 3 4 11
NUMERICA 3CS 1 3 5 3 11
MICRO MARK. NWE 1 5 1 5 11
THE ADS 1 4 3 4 11
RICHMOND 3 1 7 7
BARBICAN 4NCL 2 2 3 6 7
SLOUGH 1 1 5 5 6 *
WARWICKS. SELECT 0 0 11 0
Jaan Ehlvest won the 103rd New York Masters with a 3.5/4 score on 25th
May 2004. The regular rapid event provides regular chances for keen players of
2200 and above to compete against GMs and IMs in New York. News John Fernandez.
Website: http://www.newyorkmasters.com/
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1. Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2596 +14 + 7 = 2 + 4 3.5 ($350)
2. Wojtkiewicz, Aleks g USA 2559 +11 +18 = 1 = 5 3.0 ($ 65)
3. Becerra, Julio g USA 2547 -15 +17 +14 + 7 3.0 ($ 65)
4. Stripunsky, Alex g USA 2553 +16 +15 + 6 - 1 3.0 ($ 65)
5. Lapshun, Yury m USA 2447 +19 = 6 + 8 = 2 3.0 ($ 65)
6. Onischuk, Alex g USA 2652 +13 = 5 - 4 + 9 2.5
7. Bonin, Jay m USA 2341 +20 - 1 +15 - 3 2.0
8. Benen, Samson f USA 2303 = +12 - 5 =10 2.0 ($ 22)
9. Maier, Christian f GER 2362 -12 +11 +18 - 6 2.0 ($ 22)
10. Privman, Boris f USA 2268 -18 =16 +12 = 8 2.0 ($ 22)
11. Lenderman, Alex f USA 2327 - 2 - 9 +20 +19 2.0 ($ 22)
12. Lowinger, Daniel USA ---- + 9 - 8 -10 + 2.0 ($ 22)
13. Lunna, Todd USA 2249 - 6 =19 =17 =15 1.5
14. Caruana, Fabiano f USA 2140 - 1 +20 - 3 = 1.5
15. Cadman, Chuck USA 2272 + 3 - 4 - 7 =13 1.5
16. Salman, Joel f USA 2227 - 4 =10 =19 =17 1.5
17. Rosenberg, Evan USA 2163 = - 3 =13 =16 1.5
18. Zhao, Parker USA 1992 +10 - 2 - 9 = 1.5
19. Hess, Robert USA 2169 - 5 =13 =16 -11 1.0
20. Zenyuk, Iryna USA 2168 - 7 -14 -11 = 0.5
PRIZES
1ST - $ 350
2ND - $ 160
3RD - $ 100
U2400 - $ 110
The Elekes Memorial GM and IM tournament took place 15th-25th May 2004
in Budapest. It is the longest running anually organized GM tournament in
Hungary. IM Gyula Izsak won the GM event with 8.5/11. FM Herbert Benda the IM
event. My thanks to GM Tibor Fogarasi for the news.
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1. Izsak, Gyula m HUN 2456 * = = = 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 8.5 2612
2. Medvegy, Zoltan g HUN 2455 = * = = = = = 1 = = 0 1 6.0 2437
3. Galyas, Miklos m HUN 2441 = = * = = = = = = = = 1 6.0 2438
4. Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas f CAN 2454 = = = * 0 = = 1 0 = 1 1 6.0 2437
5. Medvegy, Nora wg HUN 2367 0 = = 1 * 0 = 1 1 = = 0 5.5 2409
6. Danner, Georg m AUT 2393 0 = = = 1 * 1 0 = = = = 5.5 2406
7. Fogarasi, Tibor g HUN 2465 = = = = = 0 * 0 1 = = 1 5.5 2400
8. Cernousek, Lukas CZE 2369 0 0 = 0 0 1 1 * 1 = = 1 5.5 2409
9. Paschall, William M m USA 2381 = = = 1 0 = 0 0 * = = 1 5.0 2371
10. Anka, Emil g HUN 2422 0 = = = = = = = = * = = 5.0 2368
11. Nagle, Sean f USA 2375 0 1 = 0 = = = = = = * 0 4.5 2343
12. Poulsen, Martin FAI 2290 0 0 0 0 1 = 0 0 0 = 1 * 3.0 2241
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1. Benda, Herbert f AUT 2283 * = 1 = 1 1 = = = 1 1 = 8.0 2470
2. Petran, Pal m HUN 2386 = * 1 = 0 = 1 = = 1 1 1 7.5 2419
3. Werner, Dimo m GER 2362 0 0 * = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2421
4. Boros, Denes f HUN 2408 = = = * 0 = 0 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2349
5. Simonsen, Hans Kristian FAI 2243 0 1 = 1 * = 0 = = = = 1 6.0 2335
6. Orso, Miklos m HUN 2350 0 = = = = * 1 = 1 = = = 6.0 2325
7. Wendt, Jan-Dietrich GER 2304 = 0 0 1 1 0 * 1 = 0 = 1 5.5 2294
8. Klimm, Wolf-Dietrich GER 2278 = = 0 0 = = 0 * 1 1 = = 5.0 2260
9. Berube, Richard f CAN 2193 = = 0 0 = 0 = 0 * = = 1 4.0 2202
10. Lorincz, Istvan f HUN 2337 0 0 0 = = = 1 0 = * = = 4.0 2189
11. Bulthaupt, Freerk GER 2210 0 0 0 0 = = = = = = * 0 3.0 2127
12. Harmon, Clark USA 2184 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 1 * 3.0 2129
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The Alushta International Chess Title Tournament took place 13th-22nd
May 2004. Moussa Taleb and Igor Svirjov finished on 10.5/14 in the double round
robin event. Alongside was the Ukrainian Team Championships which took place
15th-20th May. Also the Ukrainian Women's Championships whose results I gave
last week. My thanks to Leonid Galperin.
Internet coverage: http://www.kaissa.com.ua
Summer I Alushta UKR (UKR), 13-22 v 2004 cat. VIII (2442)
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1 Taleb, Moussa m UAE 2456 ** 1= == == == 11 11 11 10.5 2633
2 Svirjov, Igor m EST 2450 0= ** == 1= 11 11 11 1= 10.5 2634
3 Rausis, Igors g BAN 2484 == == ** == == == =1 1= 8.0 2486
4 Shtyrenkov, Veniamen g RUS 2449 == 0= == ** 01 == == 10 6.5 2412
5 Kalygin, Sergey V g RUS 2436 == 00 == 10 ** == == =1 6.5 2414
6 Pavlov, Maxim m UKR 2451 00 00 == == == ** == == 5.0 2339
7 Kulicov, Oleg m RUS 2422 00 00 =0 == == == ** 1= 5.0 2343
8 Derjabin, Ilja m UKR 2391 00 0= 0= 01 =0 == 0= ** 4.0 2291
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Ukrainian Team Championships
1 "Law Academy" Kharkiv 11 (30½)
2 "Donbass" Lugansk 11 (29½)
3 "Universitet" Lviv 11 (28½)
4 "Momot’s Chess Club" Kramatorsk 11 (27½)
5 "Bavaria" Kharkiv region 6 (19½)
6 "Universitet" Simferopol 4 (19)
7 "Avangard" Kyiv 2 ( 7)
8 "Peshka" Lozova 0 ( 5)
Oscar de la Riva sends news of the "I Quadrangular Andbanc" organised by
the Andorra Chess Federation with teams from Andorra, Luxemburg, Catalonia and
Euskadi.
Details: http://www.feva.ad
I Quadrangular Andbanc - 29th-30th May 2004
1 2 3 4 Tot Clas.
1 CATALUNYA XXX 4.5 3.5 4.0 12.0 1st
2 LUXEMBURG 1.5 XXX 2.0 2.0 5.5 4th
3 EUSKADI 2.5 4.0 XXX 2.5 9.0 3rd
4 ANDORRA 2.0 4.0 3.5 XXX 9.5 2nd
RESULTATS INDIVIDUALS:
Ronda 1
CATALUNYA 4 - 2 ANDORRA
1 Romero, A 2531 0 - 1 De la Riva, O 2556
2 Narciso, M 2505 0 - 1 Oms, J 2503
3 Magem, J 2504 1 - 0 Simonet, M 2297
4 Granados, M 2396 1 - 0 Garcia, R 2244
5 Fluvià, Jordi 2326 1 - 0 Monell, D 2233
6 Alsina, D 2242 1 - 0 Ribera, J 2140
LUXEMBURG 2 - 4 EUSKADI
1 Brittner, S 2258 1 - 0 Gallego, F 2377
2 Wagener, C 2213 0 - 1 González, S 2351
3 Mossong, H 2179 0 - 1 Argandoña, I 2346
4 Daubenfeld, G 2151 0 - 1 Muñoz, I 2251
5 Jeitz, C 2140 0 - 1 Fernández, G 2228
6 Schartz, A 2120 1 - 0 Olaizola, L 2212
Ronda 2
ANDORRA 3½- 2½ EUSKADI
1 De la Riva, O 2556 ½ - ½ Gallego, F 2377
2 Oms, J 2503 0 - 1 González, S 2351
3 Simonet, M 2297 1 - 0 Argandoña, I 2346
4 Gallego, R 2267 ½ - ½ Muñoz, I 2251
5 Garcia, R 2244 ½ - ½ Fernández, G 2228
6 Monell, D 2233 1 - 0 Olaizola, L 2212
CATALUNYA 4½ - 1½ LUXEMBURG
1 Romero, A 2531 ½ - ½ Brittner, S 2258
2 Narciso, M 2505 ½ - ½ Wagener, C 2213
3 Magem, J 2504 1 - 0 Mossong, H 2179
4 Granados, M 2396 1 - 0 Daubenfeld, G 2151
5 Fluvià, Jordi 2326 1 - 0 Jeitz, C 2140
6 Alsina, D 2242 ½ - ½ Schartz, A 2120
Ronda 3
LUXEMBURG 4 - 2 ANDORRA
1 Brittner, S 2258 0 - 1 De la Riva, O 2556
2 Wagener, C 2213 ½ - ½ Oms, J 2503
3 Mossong, H 2179 0 - 1 Simonet, M 2297
4 Daubenfeld, G 2151 1 - 0 Garcia, R 2244
5 Jeitz, C 2140 0 - 1 Monell, D 2233
6 Schartz, A 2120 ½ - ½ Ribera, J 2140
EUSKADI 2 - 4 CATALUNYA
1 Gallego, F 2377 ½ - ½ Romero, A 2531
2 González, S 2351 0 - 1 Narciso, M 2505
3 Argandoña, I 2346 1 - 0 Magem, J 2504
4 Muñoz, I 2251 1 - 0 Granados, M 2396
5 Fernández, G 2228 0 - 1 Fluvià, Jordi 2326
6 Olaizola, L 2212 0 - 1 Alsina, D 2242
The Victorian Masters took place 23rd April - 1st May 2004. Stephen
Solomon won the event with 7.5/9. My thanks to Ching Kim Lye for sending the
news.
Further coverage:
http://www.auschess.org.au/bulletins/acfb262.htm
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1. Solomon, Stephen J m AUS 2404 * = 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2564
2. Canfell, Gregory f AUS 2329 = * = 1 1 0 0 1 = 1 5.5 2379
3. Froehlich, Peter m GER 2397 0 = * = = 1 = = 1 1 5.5 2372
4. Lukey, Stephen G f NZL 2281 1 0 = * 0 1 = 1 0 1 5.0 2347
5. West, Guy m AUS 2362 0 0 = 1 * 1 = = = 1 5.0 2338
6. Lim Yee-Weng f MAS 2319 0 1 0 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 5.0 2343
7. Wang, Puchen NZL 2246 0 1 = = = 0 * 0 = 1 4.0 2265
8. Levi, Eddy f AUS 2290 0 0 = 0 = 0 1 * 1 = 3.5 2223
9. Tindall, Brett f AUS 2286 0 = 0 1 = 0 = 0 * = 3.0 2179
10. Krstic, Slobodan AUS AUS 2111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = * 1.0 1972
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The 7th United Insurance International Masters Chess Tournament was 11
round Swiss which took place in Dhaka 6th-15th May 2004. Ziaur Rahman won the
event with 9.5/11 a point and a half clear of Al-Rakib Abdulla. The games
required a bit of work to match the table and the fear is always that I may
have introduced some additional errors to get things to match. My thanks to
Haroon Rashid for the results and games.
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1. Rahman, Ziaur g BAN 2493 +20 + 6 +16 + 9 = 2 + 4 + 3 + 8 +11 = 7 = 5 9.5 2663
2. Abdulla, Al-Rakib m BAN 2422 +29 + 3 = 8 +11 = 1 + 9 +16 = 6 = 4 = 5 = 7 8.0 2533
3. Ahmed, Sk. Nasir f BAN 2297 +30 - 2 +18 -14 +17 + 7 - 1 +12 +10 + 9 = 4 7.5 2455
4. Hossain, Enamul m BAN 2436 +25 +10 - 9 + 8 + 6 - 1 =14 = 5 = 2 +22 = 3 7.0 2439
5. Singh, Gurpreetpal IND 2352 -17 +22 +13 -10 =18 +25 +24 = 4 + 6 = 2 = 1 7.0 2405
6. Suvrajit, Saha IND 2301 +27 - 1 +19 + 7 - 4 +14 +10 = 2 - 5 = 8 +16 7.0 2454
7. Sharma, Dinesh K m IND 2369 -18 +32 +25 - 6 +11 - 3 +22 + 9 +13 = 1 = 2 7.0 2390
8. Roktim, Bandyopadhyay m IND 2359 +22 +17 = 2 - 4 =10 +12 = 9 - 1 +19 = 6 =14 6.5 2395
9. Saptarshi, Roy IND 2356 +31 +24 + 4 - 1 +12 - 2 = 8 - 7 +15 - 3 +10 6.5 2383
10. Visweswaran, K IND 2299 +23 - 4 +24 + 5 = 8 =16 - 6 +18 - 3 +11 - 9 6.0 2343
11. Abu Sufian, Sakil f BAN 2325 +28 +26 =12 - 2 - 7 +15 =13 +14 - 1 -10 +17 6.0 2307
12. Dutta, Sayantan IND 2316 =21 +15 =11 +20 - 9 - 8 +25 - 3 =16 +19 =13 6.0 2317
13. Islam, Kh. Aminul f BAN 2292 =32 +21 - 5 =15 =24 +18 =11 +16 - 7 =14 =12 6.0 2289
14. Das, Arghyadip IND 2350 -24 +31 +29 + 3 =16 - 6 = 4 -11 +20 =13 = 8 6.0 2338
15. Thapa, Krishna NEP 2126 = -12 +32 =13 =20 -11 +26 =25 - 9 +18 +22 6.0 2236
16. Lodhi, Mahmood m PAK 2406 +19 +18 - 1 +17 =14 =10 - 2 -13 =12 +27 - 6 5.5 2299
17. Hossain, Monir BAN 2186 + 5 - 8 +21 -16 - 3 =26 -18 +29 +25 +20 -11 5.5 2261
18. Hasan, Mehdi BAN 2243 + 7 -16 - 3 +19 = 5 -13 +17 -10 =27 -15 +28 5.0 2227
19. Abdul, Maleq BAN 2243 -16 +23 - 6 -18 +31 +21 =20 +24 - 8 -12 =26 5.0 2193
20. Hossain, Pollab Sawkat H BAN 2275 - 1 +28 +26 -12 =15 -24 =19 +21 -14 -17 +32 5.0 2159
21. Monir, Arman BAN 2163 =12 -13 -17 +23 =30 -19 +28 -20 -26 +32 +24 5.0 2126
22. Chatterjee, Devraz BAN 2229 - 8 - 5 +27 -25 +29 +30 - 7 +23 +24 - 4 -15 5.0 2207
23. Ali, Md. Imran BAN 2126 -10 -19 =31 -21 +32 =29 +30 -22 =28 =26 + 5.0 2105
24. Haque, Rezaul f BAN 2181 +14 - 9 -10 +28 =13 +20 - 5 -19 -22 +31 -21 4.5 2202
25. Uddin, Saif BAN 2254 - 4 +27 - 7 +22 +26 - 5 -12 =15 -17 -28 +33 4.5 2143
26. Sankalp, Modwal IND 1953 +33 -11 -20 +29 -25 =17 -15 -27 +21 =23 =19 4.5 2125
27. Mohammad, Javed BAN 2149 - 6 -25 -22 -30 =28 +31 +32 +26 =18 -16 . 4.0 2108
28. Hamid, Rani wm BAN 2179 -11 -20 =30 -24 =27 +32 -21 =31 =23 +25 -18 4.0 2076
29. Gosh, Chanchal Kumar BAN 2246 - 2 +30 -14 -26 -22 =23 + -17 . . . 2.5 2027
30. Sultana, Zakia2 wf BAN 2081 - 3 -29 =28 +27 =21 -22 -23 =32 -31 . . 2.5 2006
31. Islam, Aminul Polash BAN 2205 - 9 -14 =23 =32 -19 -27 . =28 +30 -24 . 2.5 2014
32. Grower, Sahaj IND 1957 =13 - 7 -15 =31 -23 -28 -27 =30 + -21 -20 2.5 1967
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The XII Torneo "Guillermo Garcia" In Memoriam takes place in the Hotel
Santa Clara Libre, Villa Clara 20th May - 3rd June 2004.
Internet coverage:
http://www.inder.co.cu/capablanca/Cuba/Guille04.htm
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XII Guillermo Garcia Prem I Santa Clara CUB (CUB), 20 v-3 vi 2004cat. VIII (2442)
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1. Bruzon, Lazaro g CUB 2602 * . . . 1 1 . . . 1 . 1 4.0
2. Borges Mateos, Juan m CUB 2426 . * . . = = . 1 = 1 . . 3.5 2567
3. Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2505 . . * 1 0 . . = 1 = . . 3.0 2482
4. Lafuente, Pablo m ARG 2433 . . 0 * 1 1 . 0 = = . . 3.0 2432
5. Leon Hoyos, Manuel f MEX 2286 0 = 1 0 * . = . . . 1 . 3.0 2468
6. Zambrana, Oswaldo m BOL 2472 0 = . 0 . * = . . . 1 1 3.0 2451
7. Almeida, Omar m CUB 2426 . . . . = = * . . . = 1 2.5 2489
8. Quezada, Yuniesky m CUB 2478 . 0 = 1 . . . * = = . . 2.5 2443
9. Flores, Diego m ARG 2448 . = 0 = . . . = * . . . 1.5 2373
10. Rodriguez Guerrero, Enrique m ESP 2407 0 0 = = . . . = . * . . 1.5 2339
11. Hernandez, Roman g CUB 2420 . . . . 0 0 = . . . * = 1.0 2202
12. Otero, Diasmany m CUB 2399 0 . . . . 0 0 . . . = * 0.5 2158
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XII Guillermo Garcia Prem II Santa Clara CUB (CUB), 20 v-3 vi 2004 cat. VIII (2449)
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1. De la Paz, Frank m CUB 2449 * = 1 . 1 . = . 1 . . . 1 5.0 2726
2. Zugic, Igor m CAN 2478 = * . . . 1 . . = 1 0 1 . 4.0 2568
3. Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel m ESP 2440 0 . * . . 1 . = . = 1 = . 3.5 2505
4. Soppe, Guillermo m ARG 2421 . . . * = . = = . = . . 1 3.0 2529
5. Delgado, Neuris g CUB 2557 0 . . = * = 1 = . = . . . 3.0 2457
6. Abreu, Aryam m CUB 2459 . 0 0 . = * . . 1 . . = 1 3.0 2441
7. Nogueiras, Jesus g CUB 2482 = . . = 0 . * 1 . = . . . 2.5 2471
8. Gonzalez, Yuri m CUB 2481 . . = = = . 0 * . . . . 1 2.5 2442
9. Labollita, Martin m ARG 2452 0 = . . . 0 . . * . 1 1 . 2.5 2447
10. Perez, Rodney m CUB 2451 . 0 = = = . = . . * . . = 2.5 2391
11. Vera, Reynaldo g CUB 2444 . 1 0 . . . . . 0 . * . 1 2.0 2421
12. Arancibia, Eduardo CHI 2408 . 0 = . . = . . 0 . . * . 1.0 2264
13. Esquivel, Luis PAN 2314 0 . . 0 . 0 . 0 . = 0 . * 0.5 2049
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The Hostan Open Znojmo took place 15th-23rd May 2004. Marek Vokac won
with 7.5/9.
Further coverage: http://www.avekont.cz/znojmo/
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Hostan Open Znojmo CZE (CZE), 15-23 v 2004
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1. Vokac, Marek g CZE 2462 7½ 39 51 2273
2. Heinzel, Olaf f GER 2358 6½ 34½ 54 2256
3. Jasny, Stanislav f CZE 2249 6½ 33½ 52½ 2237
4. Zawadzka, Jolanta wm POL 2236 6½ 32½ 48 2171
5. Blazkova, Petra wm CZE 2226 6½ 32 49 2166
6. Jedlicka, Ales CZE 2323 6½ 31½ 47½ 2224
7. Vymazal, Bronislav CZE 2103 6½ 29 43½ 2093
8. Meins, Gerlef m GER 2456 6 34½ 51½ 2284
9. Trichkov, Vasil m CZE 2325 6 31½ 46½ 2171
10. Karhanek, Pavel CZE 2208 6 31 42 2134
11. Karlik, Vladimir f CZE 2315 6 30½ 49 2176
12. Stross, Frantisek CZE 2244 6 30 47½ 2154
71 players
The Quarter and Semi-Finals of the French Cup took place over the
weekend of the 22nd-23rd May 2004. Sadly the most important game Kramnik vs
Malakhov appears to be incomplete. The Final takes place on June 19th 2004.
Further details: http://www.nao-cc.com/naocc/index.html
and http://www.clichy-echecs.org/
1/4 Final 22nd May 2004
NAO vs LYON OLYMPIQUE 3.5-1.5
J.LAUTIER 2680 vs C.VERNAY 2125 1-0
L.FRESSINET 2638 vs Y.BENITAH 2126 1-0
I.NATAF 2535 vs J.DUBREUIL 2201 1/2
E.BACROT 2675 vs S.RAVOT 2250 1-0
1/2 Final 23rd May 2004
NAO vs MONACO 2.5-1.5
V.KRAMNIK 2764 - V.MALAKHOV 2695 1-0
E.BACROT 2675 - I.DORFMAN 2602 1/2
J.LAUTIER 2680 - Z.ALMASI 2631 1/2
L.FRESSINET 2638 - G.MIRALLES 2456 1/2
1/2 Final 23rd May
ECHIQUIER NICOIS — CLICHY 2-2
(Clichy won on board 2 and so go
through)
1. Nenad Sulava — Alberto David 1/2-1/2
2. Benjamin Bujisho — Christian Bauer 0-1
3. Anatoly Vaisser — Manuel Apicella 1/2-1/2
4. Marc Leski — Jean-Marc Degraeve 1-0
The Capablanca Memorial took place 5th-19th May in Havana. There were
four main events including a Category 13 elite tournament which was won by
Lenier Dominguez. Final round games now available. My thanks to Jose
Vilela.
Internet coverage: http://www.inder.co.cu/capablanca/
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Capablanca Mem Elite Havana CUB (CUB), 6-19 v 2004 cat. XIII (2552)
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1. Dominguez, Lenier g CUB 2612 * 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 9.0 2808
2. Bruzon, Lazaro g CUB 2602 1 * = 1 = 1 = = = 1 1 1 8.5 2758
3. Delgado, Neuris g CUB 2557 = = * = = = = 1 = 1 = = 6.5 2616
4. Felgaer, Ruben g ARG 2592 0 0 = * 1 1 = = 1 0 1 1 6.5 2613
5. Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2505 0 = = 0 * = = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2621
6. Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav g RUS 2556 0 0 = 0 = * 1 1 = 1 1 0 5.5 2552
7. Morovic Fernandez, Ivan g CHI 2583 0 = = = = 0 * 0 1 0 1 1 5.0 2513
8. Gonzalez, Yuri m CUB 2481 0 = 0 = = 0 1 * 0 1 = = 4.5 2493
9. Luther, Thomas g GER 2577 0 = = 0 0 = 0 1 * 1 = = 4.5 2485
10. Ramirez, Alejandro g CRC 2542 = 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 * = 1 4.0 2451
11. Quezada, Yuniesky m CUB 2478 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = = = * 1 3.0 2384
12. Maiwald, Jens-Uwe g GER 2543 0 0 = 0 0 1 0 = = 0 0 * 2.5 2342
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Capablanca Mem Premier I Havana CUB (CUB), 6-19 v 2004 cat. VIII (2428)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Slobodjan, Roman g GER 2516 * = = = = = 0 1 = = 1 1 = 1 8.0 2508
2. Garcia Martinez, Silvino g CUB 2355 = * = = 0 = 1 1 = = 1 = = = 7.5 2490
3. Gonzalez Garcia, Jose m MEX 2443 = = * = = = = 0 = 1 1 1 = 0 7.0 2455
4. Vera, Reynaldo g CUB 2444 = = = * = = 1 = = 1 0 = = = 7.0 2455
5. Bluvshtein, Mark m CAN 2463 = 1 = = * = = = 0 = = 0 1 1 7.0 2454
6. Perez, Rodney m CUB 2451 = = = = = * = = 1 = 0 = = 1 7.0 2455
7. Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel m ESP 2440 1 0 = 0 = = * = 1 = 1 = 0 = 6.5 2426
8. Prasca, Raphael m VEN 2362 0 0 1 = = = = * = = = 1 1 0 6.5 2432
9. Otero, Diasmany m CUB 2399 = = = = 1 0 0 = * = 0 1 = 1 6.5 2430
10. Hernandez, Holden m CUB 2426 = = 0 0 = = = = = * 1 0 1 1 6.5 2428
11. Lafuente, Pablo m ARG 2433 0 0 0 1 = 1 0 = 1 0 * 1 1 = 6.5 2427
12. Gongora, Maikel m CUB 2422 0 = 0 = 1 = = 0 0 1 0 * = 1 5.5 2371
13. Perez, Luis Manuel m CUB 2438 = = = = 0 = 1 0 = 0 0 = * = 5.0 2340
14. Gomez, Felix m CUB 2398 0 = 1 = 0 0 = 1 0 0 = 0 = * 4.5 2320
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Capablanca Mem Premier II Havana CUB (CUB), 6-19 v 2004 cat. VIII (2439)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Nogueiras, Jesus g CUB 2482 * = = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 10.0 2646
2. Borges Mateos, Juan m CUB 2426 = * 0 = 1 = = = 1 0 1 1 1 = 8.0 2526
3. Zambrana, Oswaldo m BOL 2472 = 1 * 0 0 = = = = = 1 1 1 1 8.0 2523
4. Almeida, Omar m CUB 2426 = = 1 * = 1 = 0 0 1 = = = = 7.0 2468
5. Rohl, Juan m VEN 2388 = 0 1 = * 1 0 = = = = = = = 6.5 2442
6. De la Paz, Frank m CUB 2449 = = = 0 0 * = 0 = 1 1 = = 1 6.5 2438
7. Pecorelli Garcia, Humberto m CUB 2420 0 = = = 1 = * 1 0 = = = = = 6.5 2440
8. Rodriguez Guerrero, Enrique m ESP 2407 0 = = 1 = 1 0 * 1 = 0 0 = = 6.0 2412
9. Zugic, Igor m CAN 2478 0 0 = 1 = = 1 0 * 1 = 0 = = 6.0 2406
10. Borriss, Martin m GER 2441 0 1 = 0 = 0 = = 0 * 0 1 1 1 6.0 2409
11. Kallio, Heikki g FIN 2484 0 0 0 = = 0 = 1 = 1 * = = 1 6.0 2406
12. Abreu, Aryam m CUB 2459 = 0 0 = = = = 1 1 0 = * 0 = 5.5 2380
13. Perea, Osmany f CUB 2392 0 0 0 = = = = = = 0 = 1 * = 5.0 2355
14. Hernandez, Roman g CUB 2420 0 = 0 = = 0 = = = 0 0 = = * 4.0 2299
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Capablanca Mem Mixto Havana CUB (CUB), 6-19 v 2004 cat. I (2270)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3
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1. Pina, Sulennis wg CUB 2317 * 1 = = = = = = 1 1 1 = 1 8.5 2424
2. Frois, Antonio m POR 2340 0 * = = 1 = 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 7.5 2359
3. Pazos Gambarrotti, Plinio m ECU 2353 = = * 1 = = = = 0 0 1 1 1 7.0 2320
4. Arribas, Maritza wg CUB 2327 = = 0 * = 0 = 1 = 1 1 = 1 7.0 2322
5. Mascaro March, Pedro f ESP 2309 = 0 = = * 1 = 0 = = 1 1 1 7.0 2324
6. Ramon, Vivian wg CUB 2206 = = = 1 0 * = 0 1 = 0 1 1 6.5 2304
7. Santa Torres, Juan m PUR 2241 = 1 = = = = * 0 1 = = = 0 6.0 2272
8. Marrero, Yaniet wm CUB 2271 = = = 0 1 1 1 * 0 0 = = = 6.0 2270
9. Groffen, Hans NED 2207 0 0 1 = = 0 0 1 * 1 1 = 0 5.5 2246
10. Ordaz Valdes, Lisandra wf CUB 2199 0 = 1 0 = = = 1 0 * 0 = 0 4.5 2189
11. Lucena, Lincoln BRA 2180 0 0 0 0 0 1 = = 0 1 * 1 = 4.5 2190
12. Esquivel, Luis PAN 2314 = 0 0 = 0 0 = = = = 0 * 1 4.0 2141
13. Hernandez, Tania wm CUB 2251 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = 1 1 = 0 * 4.0 2147
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The Trofeo CBA took place in Milan 14th-24th May 2004. Sinisa Drazic won
with 8/11.
Official coverage: http://www.italiascacchistica.com/cba_2004/
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Trofeo CBA Milan ITA (ITA), 14-24 v 2004 cat. I (2266)
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1. Drazic, Sinisa g SCG 2476 * = = 1 = 1 = = = 1 1 1 8.0 2422
2. Lanzani, Mario m ITA 2360 = * = 1 = = = = 1 1 = 1 7.5 2390
3. Castaldo, Folco f ITA 2329 = = * 1 1 = = = = = = = 6.5 2325
4. Rombaldoni, Denis ITA 2158 0 0 0 * = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2341
5. Valenti, Giuseppe f ITA 2292 = = 0 = * = 0 1 1 = 1 0 5.5 2263
6. Astengo, Corrado ITA 2129 0 = = = = * = 1 = 0 = 1 5.5 2278
7. Qendro, Llambi f ALB 2366 = = = 0 1 = * = 0 = = = 5.0 2221
8. Dragojlovic, Andjelko m SCG 2340 = = = = 0 0 = * = = = 1 5.0 2223
9. Bertazzo, Giorgio SUI 2141 = 0 = 0 0 = 1 = * = = = 4.5 2212
10. Van Hoolandt, Patrick f MNC 2237 0 0 = 0 = 1 = = = * 0 1 4.5 2203
11. Mariano, Elia ITA 2198 0 = = 0 0 = = = = 1 * 0 4.0 2170
12. Ricci, Marco ITA 2169 0 0 = 0 1 0 = 0 = 0 1 * 3.5 2142
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The 2nd Leonine GM took place in Dhaka 18th-28th May 2004. Nguyen Anh
Dung led with 8/10 a point clear of Abdullah Al Rakib. Final results next
week.
The 3rd ACP Blitz Tournament will take place on playchess.com. Details:
http://www.chessbase.com/events/acp/acp03.htm
Sponsored by ChinaCom and ChessBase, the prize fund will amount to US $6,200
with US $1,800 to the winner. 5 preliminary tournaments take place May 31st to
June 3rd, and a final event on June 5th.
The Mitropa Cup team tournament takes place in Zemplinska Sirava
(Slovakia) 29th May 6th June 2004. There are 10 European teams (Austria,
Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia,
Switzerland).
The strongest team has Hungary (GM Zoltan Varga 2564, GM Adam Horvath
2517, IM Csaba Balogh 2468, IM Gergely Antal 2495, IM Viktor Erdos 2473).
Another top players are GM Vlastimil Babula (CZE 2584), GM Adrian
Mikhalschishin (SLO 2527).
Official site: http://www.mitropa.chess.sk/
The Norwegian Teams took place in May 19th-23rd 2004. Games are
available but I couldn't find a final table.
Internet coverage:
http://home.online.no/~trichaev/sjakk/tsf/turneringer/lagnm2004/lagnm2004.html
The 22nd Liechtenstein Open took place 14th-22nd May in the Gemeindesaal
in Triesen.
Official site: http://www1.supra.net/schach
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
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22nd LIE-Open Triesen LIE (LIE), 14-22 v 2004
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1. Porper, Eduard m ISR 2447 7.0 2599
2. Kritz, Leonid g GER 2534 7.0 2569
3. Malakhatko, Vadim g UKR 2540 7.0 2585
4. Rotstein, Arkadij g GER 2517 7.0 2486
5. Pribyl, Josef m CZE 2384 6.5 2497
6. Berescu, Alin m ROM 2400 6.5 2437
7. Van der Weide, Karel m NED 2460 6.5 2474
8. Sarakauskas, Gediminas m LTU 2430 6.5 2426
9. Kveinys, Aloyzas g LTU 2550 6.5 2457
10. Kohlweyer, Bernd m GER 2406 6.5 2373
11. Bosiocic, Marin CRO 2285 6.0 2374
12. Papa, Severin f SUI 2405 6.0 2417
13. Mannion, Stephen R m SCO 2328 6.0 2346
14. Baramidze, David m GER 2461 6.0 2402
15. Saric, Ivan CRO 2177 6.0 2363
16. Ferrari, Josef AUT 2242 6.0 2401
17. Muir, Andrew J m SCO 2335 6.0 2318
18. Dittmar, Peter f GER 2353 6.0 2330
19. Habibi, Ali m GER 2282 6.0 2310
20. Mijatovic, Vladimir CRO 2129 6.0 2225
21. Vucic, Mladen m USA 2413 6.0 2297
121 players
The ACP http://www.chess-players.org have
released an open letter addresses to FIDE about the arrangments for the World
Championships in Libya. The FIDE site (http://www.fide.com) claims that Boris Gulko has
withdrawn from the championship (Gulko made it clear in his open letter than he
thought his participation in Libya impossible).
ACP Letter
Dear Mr President,
The next FIDE World Chess Championship (WCC), to be held in Tripoli
(Libya), between the 18th of June and the 13th of July 2004, is due to start
soon and yet, many pressing questions remain unanswered.
To begin with, although the deadline for reserve players to submit their
undertakings has elapsed on the 5th of May 2004, no announcement has been made
by FIDE regarding the final list of participants. Three weeks after the
deadline and less than a month prior to the event, you will appreciate that
such an announcement is long overdue.
Secondly, the qualified players holding an Israeli passport, some of
them representing a different country than Israel, are clearly concerned that
they will not be allowed to enter Libya and will, as a result, simply be
excluded from the World Championship.
Despite assurances from the FIDE Secretariat that visas will be granted
to all participants, several facts have recently cast serious doubts on this
claim.
1) On the 6th of May 2004, Associated Press have quoted Mr Mohammed
Gadhafi, the President of the Libyan Olympic Committee, who also heads the
Organizing Committee of the FIDE WCC, as denying that Israeli participants
would be allowed inside Libya. The wording of the statement was very strong and
left no doubt as to its meaning: the Israeli players are not welcome in Libya.
2) Upon inquiry at the Libyan embassy in Paris, it has been confirmed
that a person applying for an entry visa to Libya should not have “an
Israeli visa or a trace of passage on Israeli territory” in his or her
passport, let alone have an Israeli passport. This necessarily implies that
visas would be granted in exceptional conditions for the sole purpose of the
FIDE World Championship, however, at this point in time, Libyan consular
authorities do not seem to be aware of such exceptional measures.
3) For unclear reasons, the participants of the WCC will not be able to
obtain their visas at any of the Libyan embassies in various parts of the
world, but only upon arrival at the Tripoli airport. This effectively compels
the Israeli participants to travel to an Arab country without possessing a
visa, a most unpleasant condition given the tense geopolitical situation in the
Middle East.
4) The Israeli Chess Federation has been informed by FIDE that only
Israeli participants would be granted a Libyan visa, whereas accompanying
persons holding the same passport, such as trainers or close relatives, will be
denied entrance to Libya. This fact alone contradicts all rules of fair and
equal treatment to all participants of a major sports event, it is certainly in
breach with FIDE’s Code of Ethics.
As the President of FIDE, an international sports federation affiliated
to the IOC, it is your duty to ensure that qualified competitors from all
origins are given equal access to the World Chess Championship. In view of the
abovementioned difficulties, the choice of staging the most important event on
the FIDE calendar in Libya is a poor one. Despite numerous open letters and
press releases emanating from several national federations (namely those from
the United States, Russia and Israel) and WCC participants themselves (namely
the American player Boris Gulko), FIDE has consistently refused to consider
reinstating Malta as a secondary venue.
In the present circumstances, the Association of Chess Professionals
(ACP) demands that FIDE provide written evidence from the Libyan
authorities, unambiguously stating that Israeli players will be granted a visa
upon their arrival in Tripoli. In view of the problems that have arisen
since the publication of the official invitation from the Libyan Olympic
Committee, general formulas whereby the Libyan government “will pleasantly
provide entry visas to all qualified participants” is no longer explicit
enough. Unless that document is produced shortly, it is very unlikely that
Israeli players will agree on a hazardous journey to Libya and therefore, they
will be forced to renounce their participation in the WCC. At present, the
assumption prevails in the chess world that this is precisely the way FIDE
hopes this embarrassing problem will be settled. Such an outcome, however,
would greatly tarnish the reputation of FIDE among other sports federations and
would effectively render FIDE’s acclaimed motto “Gens Una Sumus”
totally meaningless.
It is our sincere hope that you, Mr President, will use your power to
remedy this situation and will not allow the exclusion of the Israeli players
from the World Chess Championship. Sincerely,
Joel Lautier President of the ACP Paris, 26th of May 2004]
There is a fabulous celebration planned in Moscow in early June to
celebrate the 75th anniversary of the birth of the late Armenian world champion
Tigran Petrosian. The 'Armenia v Rest of the World' match will take place in
Moscow and it is planned to be a six-player team tournament where each player
faces all the members of the opposing team.
The Armenian team will consist of three Armenians; Vladimir Akopian,
Smbat Lputian and Rafael Vaganian and three players with Armenian connections;
Garry Kasparov whose mother is Armenian, Peter Leko whose wife is Armenian and
Boris Gelfand who is most famous pupil to study under Tigran Petrosian. The
rest of the World team has yet to be confirmed but is likely to be Vishy Anand,
Michael Adams Peter Svidler, Loek Van Wely, Etienne Bacrot, and Paco Vallejo.
The event should run from 10th-16th June 2004. News Malcolm Pein.
The Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting takes place in the Dortmund
Theatre 22nd July - 1st August 2004. The event consists of Preliminary Group
Stages followed by a knockout much as it was for the Candidates event in 2002.
The Preliminary double round robin sees each player play 6 games. The two
winners from each group will advance to the semifinals. The winners will play
the final match, the losers will play the match for the 3rd place. Number 3 and
number 4 in each preliminary group will play for the places 5 to 8.
Official site: http://www.chessgate.de Venue:
http://www.schachfreunde-brackel.de/
Schedule
Round 1 Thursday July 22nd 14.00
Group 1 Anand vs. Naiditsch; Svidler vs. Rublevsky
Group 2 Kramnik vs. Karjakin; Leko vs. Bologan
Round 2 Friday July 23rd 14.00
Group 1 Naiditsch vs. Rublevsky; Anand vs. Svidler
Group 2 Kramnik vs. Leko; Karjakin vs. Bologan
Round 3 Saturday July 24th 14.00
Group 1 Rublevsky vs. Anand; Svidler vs. Naiditsch
Group 2 Leko vs. Karjakin; Bologan vs. Kramnik
Round 4 Sunday July 25th 14.00
Group 1 Naiditsch vs. Anand; Rublevsky vs. Svidler
Group 2 Karjakin vs. Kramnik; Bologan vs. Leko
Round 5 Monday July 26th 14.00
Group 1 Naiditsch vs. Svidler; Anand vs. Rublevsky
Group 2 Karjakin vs. Leko; Kramnik vs. Bologan
Round 6 (and tie break) Tuesday July 27 14.00
Group 1 Svidler vs. Anand; Rublevsky vs. Naiditsch
Group 2 Bologan vs. Karjakin; Leko vs. Kramnik
Rest Day Wednesday July 28
Semifinal game 1 Thursday July 29 14.00
Semifinal game 2 (and tie break) Friday July 30 14.00
Final game 1 Saturday July 31 14.00
Final game 2 (and tie break) Sunday August 1 11.30
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
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
Politiken Cup 2004
The Politiken Cup takes place 24th of July - 1st of August 2004. There
are 10 rounds in 9 days. Luke McShane, Alexander Beliavsky, Magnus Carlsen,
Curt Hansen, Peter Heine Nielsen. The elo average of the top ten is 2610+. This
year it is played on Hotel Quality in Høje Taastrup, 15 minutes from
Copenhagen central station. Speciel Prices availible at the hotel.
Information: http://www.politikencup.dk/
68th Costa Rican National Championships
68th Costa Rican National Championships is in two stages. The first
stage (18th-31st May 2004) is a 9 round swiss event that will qualify 9 players
to the second and final stage (July 2004) that will be a 14 player round robin
that will decide the 2004 Costa Rican Champion. In the first stage there are
two IM's: IM Alexis Murillo and IM Francisco Hernandez. In the second stage
they are already classified: IM Leonardo Valdes, IM Bernal González, IM
Sergio Minero, FM William Charpentier and FM Juan Leon Jimenez.
Internet coverage is in http://www.tablerotico.com
14th Heart of Finland Open
The 14th Heart of Finland Open takes place in Jyväskylä, July
21-25, 2004.
9 rounds Swiss. ELO-rated with the possibility of title norms. Venue:
IT-Dynamo, street address Piippukatu 2, Lutakko, Jyväskylä. Timerate
2 hours / 40 moves + 1 hour to finish
Entry fees: GMs/IMs no entry fee (early registration required), FM/U20
50 EUR, ELO-rated players 70 EUR, others 90 EUR.
Prizes: Total prize fund approximately 7000 EUR, lots of rating group
prizes.
Further information: Sami Hämäläinen +358 9 791140,
mobile +358 40 5123864, email aurifera@kolumbus.fi
Website: http://www.shakki.net/turnaukset/hof04/indexe.html
First Saturday June
The next First Saturday tournament will take place 5th-17th June 2004.
There are vacancies for those who wish to play in the GM and IM events. Contact
Laszlo Nagy e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net
Further details: http://www.firstsaturday.hu
Potential Players FSGM June
IGM SERES, Lajos (HUN, 2497),
IGM FOGARASI, Tibor (HUN, 2465),
IGM FARAGÓ, Ivan (HUN, 2507),
IM PASCHALL, William (USA, 2381),
FM NAGLE, Sean (USA, 2375),
IM NEUBAUER, Martin (AUT, 2418),
IM ALMÁSI, István (HUN, 2449),
IM KADHI, Hameed Mansour Ali (YEM, 2379),
IM MUIR, Andrew (SCO, 2335),
IM SZIEBERTH, Ádám (HUN, 2370),
IM NGUYEN, Ngoc Truongson (VIE, 2431),
IM KARATOROSSIAN, David (ARM, 2401)
Potential players FSIM June
IM EPERJESI, László (HUN, 2322),
IM WERNER, Dimo (GER, 2362),
IM FARAGÓ, Sándor (HUN, 2314),
IM TURZÓ, Attila (HUN, 2349),
FM CARUANA, Fabiano (USA, 2140),
FM BRUSTKERN, Juergen (GER, 2266),
FM BÉRCZES, Dávid (HUN, 2293),
FM BÉRCZES, Csaba (HUN, 2340),
SISATTO, Olli (FIN, 2159),
SIMONSEN, Hans Kristian (FAI, 2243),
POULSEN, Martin (FAI, 2290),
IM MOZES, Ervin (ROM, 2328),
PORAT, Ido (ISR, 2261).
European Youth Team Championships
European Youth Team Championships and European Youth Rapid and Blitz
Chess Championships takes place 9th-21st July 2004 in Belgrad.
Further information: http://www.scgchess.org
I Catalonian Circuit Grand Prix
The Catalonia Chess Federation are organising the I Catalonian Circuit
Grand Prix. 24 Tournaments are included in this competition. All rules are
available at http://www.fcde.net/circuit/oberts.html
The circuit starts June 6th and finishes September 16th 2004.
27th Syre Memorial
The 27th Syre Memorial takes place 20th-23rd May in Issy Les Moulineaux
(near Paris). 6 rounds.
Internet coverage http://www.dprimel.com/ and
http://perso.club-internet.fr/doprimel/memorialsyre04.htm
PWPW S.A. CHESS CUP
The International Women’s Tournament PWPW S.A. Chess Cup takes
place June 18th-22nd in Warsaw. Venue: Hotel Courtyard by Marriott in Warsaw.
The event is organised by the Polish Chess Federation and is sponsored Polska
Wytwornia Papierow Wartosciowych S.A. The event is a six player double round
robin. The rapid event has a time rate of 25 minutes + 10 seconds per move. All
games will be played in the afternoon and transmitted on-line., website to be
announced.
The prize fund is equal to 8500 US$ in total and all the 6
participating players will receive financial prizes.
1. Stefanowa, Antoaneta g BUL 2490
2. Kosteniuk, Alexandra m RUS 2469
3. Radziewicz, Iweta m POL 2444
4. Zielinska, Marta wg POL 2411
5. Socko, Monika m POL 2408
6. Dworakowska, Joanna m POL 2395
91st British Chess Championships
The 91st Smith & Williamson British Championships take place 1st -
14th August in the Spa Complex, Scarborough,Yorkshire. Michael Adams will be
competing.
Details: http://www.bcf.org.uk/events/bcf2004/index.html
13th Monarch Assurance Open
The 13th Monarch Assurance tournament takes place in the Isle of Man
25th September - 3rd October 2004.
Leading confirmed entries include: Ilya Smirin 2675 Israel Luke McShane
2661 England unless playing for England in Majorca Zhong Zhang 2633 China
Vladimir Baklan 2615 Ukraine Vassilios Kotronias 2607 Cyprus Evgeny Agrest 2601
Sweden Kaido Kulaots 2600 Estonia Ian Rogers 2587 Australia Hikaru Nakamura
2580 USA Jon Speelman 2569 England Viktor Korchnoi 2568 Switzerland Ehsan Ghaem
Maghami 2558 Iran Hicham Hamdouchi 2544 Morocco Mark Hebden 2544 England Stuart
Conquest 2524 England Murray Chandler 2520 England Peter Wells 2507 England
Official site:
http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/monarch2004/index.html
Ikaros Chess Festival 2004
The traditional Ikaros Chess Festival takes place 13th-20th July 2004.
Full details: http://www.chess.gr/ikaros/
1st Dato Arthur Tan Malaysia Open
The 1st Dato Arthur Tan Malaysia Open Chess Championship takes place in
Kuala Lumpur August 21st-31st 2004.
Further details: http://tcn.sourceforge.net/ specifically
http://tcn.sourceforge.net/atmalaysianopen.html
24th Merdeka Team Chess Championship 2004
The 24th Merdeka Team Chess Championship 2004 takes place in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia. 27th-29th August 2004. This is followed by a Rapid Chess Open
(Time Control: 25 Minutes + 10 Seconds increment from move 1) takes place
29th-31st August 2004.
Further details: http://tcn.sourceforge.net/ specifically
http://tcn.sourceforge.net/merdeka2004.html
2nd Riva del Garda International Open
2nd Riva del Garda International Open Chess Tournament takes place
26th-30th December 2004. Open A >1700 - Open B <1800 – Seniores 7
Rounds - 2h x 40 + 1/2h quick play finish Info: tel. +39 0464 576657 - fax:+39
0464 521222 astoria@rivadelgarda.com
Further details; http://www.relaxhotels.com/Scacchi/
Olomouc Chess Summer
7th International Chess Festival Olomouc Chess Summer 2004 takes place
in Olomouc (Czech Republic) on 4-12.8. 2004. Round-robin GM and IM tournaments,
Open Championship of the Olomouc region (FIDE open), Open Seniors Championship
of the Czech Republic, Open Championship of the Olomouc region forYoungsters up
to 15 years of age and open tournament in active chess are part of the
festival.
Detailed information http://www.czechtour.net
Festival Schneider Bohemia
The 10th international chess tournament "Festival Schneider Bohemia -
Pilsen 2004", which takes place 14th-22nd August 2004 in the sports hall of
Streleck stadion Pilsen-Lobzy (Czech Republic). The main tournament is the OPEN
international tournament ( the 1st prize is 20.000 CZK, total prize fund 81.000
CZK - ca 2500 Euro ). Further information:
http://www.volny.cz/pmarik/.
3rd Open Rabat Championship
3rd Open Rabat Championship 2004 takes place June 25th - July 2nd 2004.
Players such as Hamdouchi and Tissir compete.
Details :http://www.fusechecs.fr.fm
10th Mahaala Open 2004
The 10th Mahaala Open takes place 19th-28th July 2004. The event is
open to all and takes place in Mahaala City about 120 km from Cairo.
Organized by Misr Spinning & Weaving Company at Mahaala City. FIDE
Rated - Swiss Sytem 9 Rounds Time Control ( 90 Min for all game and 30 Sec.
Added for every move).. Prizes as follows : 1st till 10th.
175-150-125-100-75-50-50-50-50-50 US$. Prizes are distributed according to Hort
System between the number of players corresponding to number of advertised
prizes). Players who wants to participate will pay 175 US$ for all beriod full
accommodation and Full Board in Double Bedroom Room 3 Star Hotel . That include
: Free transportation inside Egypt , including from and to Airport; Free
Tourist tours; Free entry fee . No special conditions .
Also will follow another FIDE rated tournament in Mansoura City ( 40 km
from Mahaala ) from 31 July till 9 Augst 2004 , its details will be declared
later
Badalona Open
The XXX International Chess Open "Ciutat de Badalona" takes place
2nd-10th August, 2004. Prizes over 6000 euros sponsored by the Generalitat de
Catalunya and the Catalan Chess Federation.
Further details:
http://www.iespana.es/cesantjosep/open2004/xxxopen.htm
VI Friendship Tournament in Cartak
The VI Friendship Tournament takes place in Cartak, Czech Republic.
19th-27th June 2004. Events: GM, IM and FIDE Open tournaments.
Contact Richard Biolek biolci@volny.cz
Further info: http://www.proclient.cz/a64/tournaments/
Winnipeg Canada
6 Icelandic grandmasters have confirmed they will play in Winnipeg,
Canada, to play in a unique event. It's all part of a festival to celebrate 60
years of the Icelandic Republic and 100 years of home rule for the former
Danish colony. Members of the Icelandic national theatre group, along with
other cultural ambassadors, also plan to be in Manitoba for the celebrations.
The tournament will be held June 18-19 at the University of Winnipeg.
The eight-round Swiss will be organized as a Game/30 event, with three rounds
on Friday night and the remaining five on Saturday.
The GMs are: Johann Hjartarson, Margeir Petursson, Helgi Olafsson, Jon
L. Arnason, Helgi Ass Gretarsson and Throstur Thorhallsson. Chess legend and
former FIDE president Fridrik Olafsson is also considering attending.
Entry fee is $40 for adults and $20 for juniors and seniors. No CFC
required, as it is unrated. You can enter June 18 from 6-6:30 p.m. at the U of
W, with the first round beginning at 7 p.m. Or get a $5 reduction by entering
in advance and mailing $35 ($15 for junior/senior) to tournament director
Waldemar Schulz, 198 Donwood Drive, Winnipeg, R2G 0W1.
Kasparov visit to Brazil
Garry Kasparov visits Campinas August 23rd and Belo Horizonte August 24
2004 to give a lecture "Strategy of the Future".
http://www.gestaodofuturo.com.br/english/
36th Chess Olympiad
The 36th Chess Olympiad takes place in Calvià (Majorca),
14th-31st October 2004. There is now a website with lots of information on the
event. Calvià is hoping to become a huge chess town with regular events
for tourists. There will be many events alongside the Olympiad.
Official site: http://www.36chessolympiad.com
Petrosian Memorial
A tournament celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the birth of the 9th
World Champion Tigran Petrosian will be held in Yerevan (Armenia), November
18-30, 2004.
The programme of the Petrosian Memorial includes two events:
a) Open Tournament - November 18-27, Swiss System, 9 rounds, Prize Fund
US$ 35.000
b) European Rapid Chess Championship - November 28-30, Swiss System, 11
rounds, Prize Fund 10.000 Euro
Further information: http://www.armchess.am or by contacting the
organisers at armchess@arminco.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
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
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
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
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
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
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/
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
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.
Shirov's Website
Alexei Shirov has a 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 May-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.
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/
