THE WEEK IN CHESS 501 June 14th 2004 by Mark Crowther
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Armenia vs Rest of the World 30 games
II György Marx Chess Memorial 27 games
First Saturday GM June 73 games
1st Asean GM and IM events 60 games
Bosnian Team Championship 62 games
105th New York Masters 8 games
Arthur Dake Memorial 40 games
13th Croatian Chess Federation Festival 258 games
3rd ACP Blitz 643 games
Todd Southam Memorial Active 36 games
1237 games
My thanks to Thomas Henrich, John Fernandez, David Cohen, Emil Anka,
Miklós Orsó, Kaspars Migla, Dmitry Borisenkov, Eric van Reem,
Thomas J. Belke, Andy McFarland, Dominique Primel, Mirjana Medic, Marco
Schumacher, John Hillery and everyone else who helped with the issue.
The Armenia vs the Rest of the World has been an interesting event is
the preface to a strong summer of chess. The next major event is the FIDE
Championships that start in Tripoli on 18th June. Sadly for chess fans one of
the favourites Alexander Morozevich has decided at the last minute not to
compete. I would like to thank everyone who wrote to me last week
congratulating me on my 500th issue, I very much appreciated the E-Mails.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The 75th anniversary of the birth of the late Armenian world champion
Tigran Petrosian is being celebrated with an Armenia v Rest of the World match
which will take place in Moscow 10th-16th June 2004. The Rest of the World won
the first three days before drawing day 4 and winning day five. The score is
16-14 with one round to go in this Scheveningen event.
Official site: http://www.cigarclan.com/english_main.php
with live coverage at: http://www.russiachess.ru/petrosian/online/
Teams - Armenia: Vladimir Akopian, Smbat Lputian and Rafael
Vaganian plus 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. Rest of the World: Viswanathan Anand, Michael Adams, Peter
Svidler, Loek Van Wely, Etienne Bacrot and Francisco Vallejo Pons.
Round 1 (June 10, 2004)
ROW 3.5 - ARM 2.5
Kasparov, Garry ARM - ROW Van Wely, Loek 1-0 33 A33 English Symmetrical
Anand, Viswanathan ROW - ARM Lputian, Smbat G 1-0 61 C18 French Winawer
Leko, Peter ARM - ROW Adams, Michael 1/2 24 C87 Ruy Lopez
Svidler, Peter ROW - ARM Gelfand, Boris 1-0 52 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Akopian, Vladimir ARM - ROW Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 32 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Bacrot, Etienne ROW - ARM Vaganian, Rafael A 1/2 34 C17 French Winawer
Round 2 (June 11, 2004)
ROW 4- ARM 2
Vallejo Pons, Francisco ROW - ARM Kasparov, Garry 1/2 34 B97 Sicilian Najdorf
Vaganian, Rafael A ARM - ROW Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 19 A32 English Symmetrical
Adams, Michael ROW - ARM Akopian, Vladimir 1-0 25 C10 French Rubinstein
Gelfand, Boris ARM - ROW Van Wely, Loek 1/2 26 A34 English Symmetrical
Bacrot, Etienne ROW - ARM Leko, Peter 1/2 27 E20 Nimzo Indian
Lputian, Smbat G ARM - ROW Svidler, Peter 0-1 41 D91 Gruenfeld 5.Bg5
Round 3 (June 12, 2004)
ROW 3.5 - ARM 2.5
Kasparov, Garry ARM - ROW Bacrot, Etienne 1/2 66 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Svidler, Peter ROW - ARM Vaganian, Rafael A 1/2 19 C17 French Winawer
Akopian, Vladimir ARM - ROW Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 45 B48 Sicilian Paulsen
Adams, Michael ROW - ARM Lputian, Smbat G 1/2 33 C09 French Tarrasch
Gelfand, Boris ARM - ROW Vallejo Pons, Francisco 0-1 24 E13 Queens Indian 5.Bg5
Van Wely, Loek ROW - ARM Leko, Peter 0-1 22 E15 Queens Indian
Round 4 (June 13, 2004)
ROW 3.0 - ARM 3.0
Kasparov, Garry ARM - ROW Adams, Michael 1/2 45 A30 English Symmetrical
Anand, Viswanathan ROW - ARM Gelfand, Boris 1/2 30 C42 Petroff's Defence
Leko, Peter ARM - ROW Svidler, Peter 1/2 20 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Vallejo Pons, Francisco ROW - ARM Vaganian, Rafael A 1/2 48 C17 French Winawer
Lputian, Smbat G ARM - ROW Bacrot, Etienne 0-1 54 D15 Slav Defence
Van Wely, Loek ROW - ARM Akopian, Vladimir 0-1 65 E15 Queens Indian
Round 5 (June 14, 2004) ROW 2 - ARM 4
Svidler, Peter ROW - ARM Kasparov, Garry 1/2 58 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Leko, Peter ARM - ROW Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 68 B48 Sicilian Paulsen
Bacrot, Etienne ROW - ARM Akopian, Vladimir 1/2 20 E21 Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
Lputian, Smbat G ARM - ROW Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1-0 76 E14 Queens Indian
Adams, Michael ROW - ARM Gelfand, Boris 1/2 20 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Vaganian, Rafael A ARM - ROW Van Wely, Loek 1/2 44 E10 Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Player scores
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ARM-ROW Match Moscow RUS (RUS), 10-15 vi 2004
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1. Leko, Peter g HUN 2741 * = . = = 1 . . . . . 1 3.5 2861
2. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2733 = * = . . . = . . 1 1 . 3.5 2858
3. Kasparov, Garry g RUS 2817 . = * = = . . = . . . 1 3.0 2763
4. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2675 = . = * . . = . = 1 . . 3.0 2776
5. Adams, Michael g ENG 2731 = . = . * . . . 1 = = . 3.0 2791
6. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2774 0 . . . . * = . 1 1 = . 3.0 2755
7. Vaganian, Rafael A g ARM 2639 . = . = . = * = . . . = 2.5 2699
8. Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2666 . . = . . . = * = 0 1 . 2.5 2698
9. Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2689 . . . = 0 0 . = * . . 1 2.0 2627
10. Lputian, Smbat G g ARM 2634 . 0 . 0 = 0 . 1 . * . . 1.5 2566
11. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2714 . 0 . . = = . 0 . . * = 1.5 2562
12. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2651 0 . 0 . . . = . 0 . = * 1.0 2480
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The II György Marx Chess Memorial takes place 5th-15th June 2004.
Viktor Korchnoi leads by a point with a round to go. I've corrected the dates
from last week.
Official site:
http://marxgyorgychessmem.freeweb.hu/indexa.html
Round 1 (June 5, 2004)
Berkes, Ferenc - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 24 E54 Nimzo Indian
Nevednichy, Vladislav - Beliavsky, Alexander G 1-0 68 C55 Two Knights Defence
Portisch, Lajos - Acs, Peter 1/2 17 D13 Slav Exchange
Round 2 (June 6, 2004)
Korchnoi, Viktor - Nevednichy, Vladislav 1-0 49 E92 King's Indian Classical
Portisch, Lajos - Berkes, Ferenc 1/2 32 D11 Slav Defence
Acs, Peter - Beliavsky, Alexander G 1/2 52 E27 Nimzo Indian Saemisch
Round 3 (June 7, 2004)
Berkes, Ferenc - Acs, Peter 1/2 46 A25 English Sicilian Attack
Beliavsky, Alexander G - Korchnoi, Viktor 0-1 39 E54 Nimzo Indian
Nevednichy, Vladislav - Portisch, Lajos 1/2 45 B43 Sicilian Paulsen
Round 4 (June 8, 2004)
Berkes, Ferenc - Nevednichy, Vladislav 1-0 62 E62 King's Indian 6...Nc6
Portisch, Lajos - Beliavsky, Alexander G 1/2 45 E55 Nimzo Indian
Acs, Peter - Korchnoi, Viktor 0-1 61 D27 QGA
Round 5 (June 9, 2004)
Korchnoi, Viktor - Portisch, Lajos 1-0 49 E07 Catalan
Beliavsky, Alexander G - Berkes, Ferenc 1/2 30 D46 Semi-Slav Defence
Nevednichy, Vladislav - Acs, Peter 1-0 40 B88 Sicilian Sozin Attack
Round 6 (June 11, 2004)
Korchnoi, Viktor - Berkes, Ferenc 1/2 55 D48 Queens Gambit Meran
Beliavsky, Alexander G - Nevednichy, Vladislav 1-0 33 E94 King's Indian Classical
Acs, Peter - Portisch, Lajos 1-0 34 B42 Sicilian Paulsen
Round 7 (June 12, 2004)
Berkes, Ferenc - Portisch, Lajos 1-0 57 B15 Caro Kann
Beliavsky, Alexander G - Acs, Peter 1-0 43 D17 Slav Defence
Nevednichy, Vladislav - Korchnoi, Viktor 0-1 61 C08 French Tarrasch
Round 8 (June 13, 2004)
Korchnoi, Viktor - Beliavsky, Alexander G 0-1 27 E46 Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Portisch, Lajos - Nevednichy, Vladislav 1/2 43 D94 Gruenfeld Closed
Acs, Peter - Berkes, Ferenc 0-1 40 A34 English Symmetrical
Round 9 (June 14, 2004)
Korchnoi, Viktor - Acs, Peter 1-0 56 E63 King's Indian 6...Nc6
Beliavsky, Alexander G - Portisch, Lajos 1-0 43 E04 Catalan
Nevednichy, Vladislav - Berkes, Ferenc 1/2 67 B52 Sicilian Rossolimo
II Gyorgy Marx Mem Paks HUN (HUN), 5-15 vi 2004 cat. XIV (2587)
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1 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2579 ** == 10 11 1. 11 7.0 2810
2 Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2613 == ** =. 1= =1 =1 6.0 2697
3 Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2667 01 =. ** 01 =1 =1 5.5 2646
4 Nevednichy, Vladislav g ROM 2544 00 0= 10 ** == 1. 3.5 2521
5 Portisch, Lajos g HUN 2573 0. =0 =0 == ** =0 2.5 2425
6 Acs, Peter g HUN 2548 00 =0 =0 0. =1 ** 2.5 2434
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There will have to be final changes to the "final pairings" as its
reported that Alexander Morozevich has decided not to play in Tripoli. The
event takes place 18th June - 13th July 2004.
Official site: http://wcc2004.fide.com/main.asp
| 1 |
Topalov, Veselin (BUL) |
- |
128 |
Abulhul, Tarik (LBA) |
| 127 |
Elarbi, Abobker (LBA) |
- |
2 |
Morozevich, Alexander (RUS) * now apparently not playing |
| 3 |
Adams, Michael (ENG) |
- |
126 |
Asabri, Hussien (LBA) |
| 125 |
Solomon, Kenneth (RSA) |
- |
4 |
Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) |
| 5 |
Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR) |
- |
124 |
Arab, Adlane (ALG) |
| 123 |
Kadhi, Hameed Mansour Ali (YEM) |
- |
6 |
Short, Nigel D. (ENG) |
| 7 |
Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) |
- |
122 |
Haznedaroglu, Kivanc (TUR) |
| 121 |
Dableo, Ronald (PHI) |
- |
8 |
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter (ROM) |
| 9 |
Sokolov, Ivan (NED) |
- |
120 |
Simutowe, Amon (ZAM) |
| 119 |
Tissir, Mohamed (MAR) |
- |
10 |
Dreev, Alexey (RUS) |
| 11 |
Akopian, Vladimir (ARM) |
- |
118 |
Gonzalez Garcia, Jose (MEX) |
| 117 |
Garcia Palermo, Carlos (ARG) |
- |
12 |
Ye, Jiangchuan (CHN) |
| 13 |
Milov, Vadim (SUI) |
- |
116 |
Neelotpal, Das (IND) |
| 115 |
Mahjoob, Morteza (IRI) |
- |
14 |
Azmaiparashvili, Zurab (GEO) |
| 15 |
Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) |
- |
114 |
Charbonneau, Pascal (CAN) |
| 113 |
Johansen, Darryl K.(AUS) |
- |
16 |
Gurevich, Mikhail (BEL) |
| 17 |
Rublevsky, Sergei (RUS) |
- |
112 |
Adly, Ahmed (EGY) |
| 111 |
Bartel, Mateusz (POL) |
- |
18 |
Radjabov, Teimour (AZE) |
| 19 |
Aleksandrov, Aleksej (BLR) |
- |
110 |
El Gindy, Essam (EGY) |
| 109 |
Barsov, Alexei (UZB) |
- |
20 |
Beliavsky, Alexander G (SLO) |
| 21 |
Vallejo Pons, Francisco (ESP) |
- |
108 |
Vasquez, Rodrigo (CHI) |
| 107 |
Paragua, Mark (PHI) |
- |
22 |
Bologan, Viktor (MDA) |
| 23 |
Sakaev, Konstantin (RUS) |
- |
106 |
Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios (GRE) |
| 105 |
Kritz, Leonid (GER) |
- |
24 |
Sasikiran, Krishnan (IND) |
| 25 |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (AZE) |
- |
104 |
Neverov, Valeriy (UKR) |
| 103 |
Barua, Dibyendu (IND) |
- |
26 |
Graf, Alexander (GER) |
| 27 |
Zvjaginsev, Vadim (RUS) |
- |
102 |
Lima, Darcy (BRA) |
| 101 |
Ramirez, Alejandro (CRC) |
- |
28 |
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam (UZB) |
| 29 |
Van Wely, Loek (NED) |
- |
100 |
Ivanov, Alexander (USA) |
| 99 |
Hamdouchi, Hichem (MAR) |
- |
30 |
Motylev, Alexander (RUS) |
| 31 |
Vescovi, Giovanni (BRA) |
- |
98 |
Guseinov, Gadir (AZE) |
| 97 |
Acs, Peter (HUN) |
- |
32 |
Nikolic, Predrag (BIH) |
| 33 |
Movsesian, Sergei (SVK) |
- |
96 |
Landa, Konstantin (RUS) |
| 95 |
Carlsen, Magnus (NOR) |
- |
34 |
Aronian, Levon (ARM) |
| 35 |
Hjartarson, Johann (ISL) |
- |
94 |
Kudrin, Sergey (USA)) |
| 93 |
Campora, Daniel H. (ARG) |
- |
36 |
Filippov, Valerij (RUS) |
| 37 |
Vaganian, Rafael A (ARM) |
- |
92 |
Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan (IRI) |
| 91 |
Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander (USA) |
- |
38 |
Georgiev, Kiril (MKD) |
| 39 |
Tkachiev, Vladislav (FRA) |
- |
90 |
Shulman, Yuri (USA) |
| 89 |
Gagunashvili, Merab (GEO) |
- |
40 |
Lputian, Smbat G (ARM) |
| 41 |
Zhang, Zhong (CHN) |
- |
88 |
Leitao, Rafael (BRA) |
| 87 |
Sulskis, Sarunas (LTU) |
- |
42 |
Macieja, Bartlomiej (POL) |
| 43 |
Moiseenko, Alexander (UKR) |
- |
86 |
Dolmatov, Sergey (RUS) |
| 85 |
Al-Modiahki, Mohamad (QAT) |
- |
44 |
Almasi, Zoltan (HUN) |
| 45 |
Kobalia, Mikhail (RUS) |
- |
84 |
Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) |
| 83 |
Nakamura, Hikaru (USA) |
- |
46 |
Volkov, Sergey (RUS) |
| 47 |
Nielsen, Peter Heine (DEN) |
- |
82 |
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar (IND) |
| 81 |
Morovic Fernandez, Ivan (CHI) |
- |
48 |
Iordachescu, Viorel (MDA) |
| 49 |
Kozul, Zdenko (CRO) |
- |
80 |
Dao, Thien Hai (VIE) |
| 79 |
Kotsur, Pavel (KAZ) |
- |
50 |
Sadvakasov, Darmen (KAZ) |
| 51 |
Lastin, Alexander (RUS) |
- |
78 |
Kempinski, Robert (POL) |
| 77 |
Anastasian, Ashot (ARM) |
- |
52 |
Bu, Xiangzhi (CHN) |
| 53 |
Vladimirov, Evgeny (KAZ) |
- |
76 |
Ni, Hua (CHN) |
| 75 |
Adianto, Utut (INA) |
- |
54 |
Alekseev, Evgeny (RUS) |
| 55 |
Jobava, Baadur (GEO) |
- |
74 |
Felgaer, Ruben (ARG) |
| 73 |
Kharlov, Andrei (RUS) |
- |
56 |
Dautov, Rustem (GER) |
| 57 |
Sargissian, Gabriel (ARM) |
- |
72 |
Tiviakov, Sergei (NED) |
| 71 |
Inarkiev, Ernesto (RUS) |
- |
58 |
Dominguez, Lenier (CUB) |
| 59 |
Krasenkow, Michal (POL) |
- |
70 |
Milos, Gilberto (BRA) |
| 69 |
Harikrishna, Pentala (IND) |
- |
60 |
Xu, Jun (CHN) |
| 61 |
Kotronias, Vasilios (CYP) |
- |
68 |
Kacheishvili, Giorgi (GEO) |
| 67 |
Agrest, Evgenij (SWE) |
- |
62 |
Asrian, Karen (ARM) |
| 63 |
Bruzon, Lazaro (CUB) |
- |
66 |
Smirnov, Pavel (RUS) |
| 65 |
Galkin, Alexander (RUS) |
- |
64 |
Delchev, Aleksander (BUL) |
The First Saturday events take place 5th-17th of June 2004. The main
event is a Category 7 event. Organised by Laszlo Nagy.
Internet coverage: http://www.firstsaturday.hu
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FSGM June Budapest HUN (HUN), 5-17 vi 2004 cat. VII (2419)
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1. Nguyen Ngoc Truongson m VIE 2431 * . . = = 1 1 1 = 1 = 6.0 2602
2. Gonda, Laszlo f HUN 2397 . * = . = = = 1 1 1 = 5.5 2551
3. Farago, Ivan g HUN 2507 . = * = . = = = 1 = = 4.5 2454
4. Seres, Lajos g HUN 2497 = . = * 1 = . 0 = = = 4.0 2408
5. Paschall, William M m USA 2381 = = . 0 * = = 1 0 . 1 4.0 2423
6. Fogarasi, Tibor g HUN 2465 0 = = = = * . . 1 = = 4.0 2411
7. Almasi, Istvan m HUN 2449 0 = = . = . * = = = = 3.5 2356
8. Karatorossian, David m ARM 2401 0 0 = 1 0 . = * = 1 . 3.5 2378
9. Nagle, Sean f USA 2375 = 0 0 = 1 0 = = * = . 3.5 2349
10. Muir, Andrew J m SCO 2335 0 0 = = . = = 0 = * 1 3.5 2352
11. Szieberth, Adam m HUN 2370 = = = = 0 = = . . 0 * 3.0 2345
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FSIM June Budapest HUN (HUN), 5-17 vi 2004 cat. II (2289)
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1. Jakab, Attila m HUN 2390 * = = 1 1 = 1 1 . 1 . 6.5 2530
2. Werner, Dimo m GER 2362 = * = = = . = 1 = = . 4.5 2323
3. Simonsen, Hans Kristian FAI 2243 = = * . 0 1 = = = . 1 4.5 2330
4. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2314 0 = . * = = 1 . = = 1 4.5 2353
5. Boguszlavszkij, Jevgenyij m HUN 2276 0 = 1 = * = = 1 . = 0 4.5 2293
6. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2290 = . 0 = = * = 1 = . = 4.0 2276
7. Poulsen, Martin FAI 2290 0 = = 0 = = * . = = 1 4.0 2262
8. Caruana, Fabiano f USA 2140 0 0 = . 0 0 . * 1 1 1 3.5 2261
9. Brustkern, Juergen f GER 2266 . = = = . = = 0 * 0 = 3.0 2194
10. Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2322 0 = . = = . = 0 1 * 0 3.0 2203
11. Martini, Balazs HUN 2289 . . 0 0 1 = 0 0 = 1 * 3.0 2180
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The 1st ASEAN Masters GM and IM Tournaments took place 4th-11th June
2004. The event were Category X and V. The 2nd ASEAN Masters IM Tournament
takes place 13th-20th June 2004.
Official site: http://www.asiachesscentre.com/
1st Asean GM Bangkok THA (THA), 4-11 vi 2004 cat. X (2481)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Nguyen Anh Dung g VIE 2535 ** == =1 1= 11 11 8.0 2710
2 Mariano, Nelson m PHI 2416 == ** == 1= == 11 6.5 2603
3 Villamayor, Buenaventura g PHI 2469 =0 == ** == == 1= 5.0 2483
4 Zaw Win Lay g MYA 2475 0= 0= == ** 1= == 4.5 2446
5 Aung Aung m MYA 2524 00 == == 0= ** == 3.5 2362
6 Aung Thant Zin f MYA 2466 00 00 0= == == ** 2.5 2290
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1st Asean IM Bangkok THA (THA), 4-11 vi 2004 cat. V (2355)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Wynn Zaw Htun MYA 2430 ** == == 11 1= == 6.5 2450
2 Nay Oo Kyaw Tun m MYA 2431 == ** == 1= 10 1= 6.0 2411
3 Myo Naing m MYA 2425 == == ** 10 == 1= 5.5 2377
4 Yeo Min-Yang, Evan f SIN 2246 00 0= 01 ** 1= 11 5.0 2376
5 Cain, Celestino PHI 2310 0= 01 == 0= ** == 4.0 2292
6 Maninang, Rafaelito m PHI 2288 == 0= 0= 00 == ** 3.0 2219
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The Bosnian Team Championship took place in Neum 29th May - 6th June
2004. 34 GM competed in the event including Alexei Shirov, Nigel Short, Ivan
Sokolov, Viktor Bologan (all playing for the clear winners SK BOSNA Sarajevo)
and Emil Sutovsky (playing for second placed SK KISELJAK Kiseljak and scoring
5/6 for a performance over 2800). Games from rounds 8 and 9 now available.
Official site with full details:
http://www.sah.ba/sah/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=126
Final Standings
1. SK BOSNA Sarajevo 2617.1 17 37 73.0
1. Shirov, Alexei 2713 1.5/2
2. Short, Nigel D. 2712 1.0/2
3. Sokolov, Ivan 2690 5.5/9
4. Bologan, Viktor 2665 1.5/2
5. Movsesian, Sergei 2647 0.5/2
6. Kozul, Zdenko 2627 6.0/9
7. Atalik, Suat 2558 4.0/7
8. Kurajica, Bojan 2528 5.5/7
9. Dizdarevic, Emir 2528 5.5/7
10. Predojevic, Borki 2503 6.0/7
2. SK KISELJAK Kiseljak 2549.1 13 36 77.0
1. Sutovsky, Emil 2661 5.0/6
2. Nisipeanu, Liviu-D 2692 3.0/4
3. Alekseev, Evgeny 2616 1.5/3
4. Nikolic, Predrag 2648 4.5/5
5. Fedorov, Alexei 2616 3.0/4
6. Palac, Mladen 2565 5.5/9
7. Blagojevic, Dragis 2514 6.0/9
8. Cabrilo, Goran 2487 6.5/9
9. Trkulja, Goran 2326 0.5/4
10. Jokic, Ilija 2366 0.5/1
3. SK PANTERI Bijeljina 2209.1 11 27.5 79.0
1. Perunovic, Milos 2557 5.5/9
2. Markus, Robert 2532 5.0/9
3. Brenjo, Slavisa 2464 5.0/9
4. Stojanovic, Dalibo 2437 4.5/9
5. Vojinovic, Goran 2432 5.5/9
6. Puric, Nenad 2315 2.0/7
7. Sekulic, Vlatko 2295 0.0/2
8. Leka, Zeljko 2059 0.0/0
9. Gajic, Zivan 0 0.0/0
4. SK ZELJEZNICAR Sarajevo 2291.9 9 27.5 81.0
1. Ruck, Robert 2556 2.5/8
2. Ribli, Zoltan 2595 5.5/8
3. Bistric, Faruk 2485 5.0/9
4. Vukic, Milan 2482 4.0/9
5. Basagic, Zlatko 2369 5.5/9
6. Rasidovic, Sead 2289 4.0/8
7. Hodzic, Nihad 2266 0.5/2
8. Tutic, Resad 2248 0.0/0
9. Colpa, Husein 2129 0.0/0
10. Musabegovic, Husei 0 0.5/1
5. KSK Banja Luka 2225.1 9 23.5 81.0
1. Ilincic, Zlatko 2538 4.5/9
2. Lekic, Dusan 2389 1.5/7
3. Savanovic, Aleksan 2396 4.5/9
4. Sibarevic, Milenko 2358 1.5/3
5. Gavric, Miladin 2396 1.5/5
6. Jakovljevic, Vlado 2426 3.0/8
7. Milosevic, Goran 2385 4.0/8
8. Narancic, Vlado 2363 3.0/5
6. SK NAPREDAK Prozor-Rama 2117.1 8 25.5 82.0
1. Lalic, Bogdan 2535 4.5/9
2. Zelcic, Robert 2509 4.0/9
3. Drasko, Milan 2464 4.0/9
4. Vucic, Mladen 2413 4.0/9
5. Zelic, Zdravko 2367 3.5/8
6. Pasic, Enes 2269 5.0/7
7. Corovic, Sean 2114 0.5/3
7. SK SIROKI BRIJEG 2264.8 8 25.5 82.0
1. Golubovic, Boris 2424 4.5/9
2. Bilobrk, Franjo 2338 2.0/8
3. Bogut, Zeljko 2398 4.0/9
4. Feletar, Darko 2395 3.5/9
5. Fercec, Nenad 2460 5.0/9
6. Rade, Miroslav 2403 6.0/9
7. Galic, Ivan 2159 0.5/1
8. Zivkovic, Vjekosla 2398 0.0/0
9. Cosic, Radoslav 2173 0.0/0
8. SK NAPREDAK Sarajevo 2204.8 6 24 84.0
1. Cvitan, Ognjen 2524 4.0/9
2. Kosic, Dragan 2501 5.0/9
3. Leventic, Ivan 2485 6.0/9
4. Goric, Esad 2399 3.0/8
5. Terzic, Ilijas 2303 4.0/9
6. Bosnjak, Damir 2326 1.5/5
7. Galic, Zeljko 2365 0.5/3
8. Hadzic, Amar 2145 0.0/2
9. Markovic, Zelimir 0 0.0/0
9. SK SLAVIJA DALING S.Saraj 2137.0 6 23.5 84.0
1. Pikula, Dejan 2523 2.0/7
2. Lazic, Miroljub 2481 5.0/9
3. Milanovic, Danilo 2428 2.5/8
4. Filipovic, Branko 2376 4.5/9
5. Vujadinovic, Goran 2388 3.0/9
6. Prelevic, Dusko 2328 4.5/9
7. Mihic, Bojan 2346 2.0/3
10. SK GLASINAC Sokolac 2313.7 3 20 87.0
1. Kovacevic, Aleksan 2559 4.0/9
2. Ivanisevic, Ivan 2550 3.5/9
3. Savic, Miodrag R. 2529 2.5/9
4. Runic, Zoran 2392 5.5/9
5. Benderac, Srdjan 2307 2.5/9
6. Plakalovic, Predra 2182 1.5/6
7. Batinic, Predrag 2223 0.5/3
8. Kosoric, Sasa 0 0.0/0
9. Jeremic, Veljko 2490 0.0/0
10. Scekic, Milos 2405 0.0/0
Leonid Yudasin won the 105th New York Masters with a clean 4/4 score on
8th June 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. I gave the 104 games again as I forgot to change the dates and
edition number in the games.
Website: http://www.newyorkmasters.com/
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1. Yudasin, Leonid g ISR 2553 + 8 + 5 + 3 + 4 4.0 ($360)
2. Scekic, Milos m SCG 2405 +10 - 3 +15 + 8 3.0 ($150)
3. Shevelev, Danny f ISR 2310 +13 + 2 - 1 +10 3.0 ($150)
4. Vovsha, Eli m ISR 2441 = 9 +11 + 6 - 1 2.5 ($ 70)
5. Bonin, Jay m USA 2341 +16 - 1 -10 +15 2.0
6. Ippolito, Dean m USA 2381 =15 + 9 - 4 =11 2.0
7. Benen, Samson f USA 2303 =12 =15 =11 = 9 2.0
8. Hoffmann, Asa f USA 2290 - 1 +16 +12 - 2 2.0
9. Lenderman, Alex f USA 2327 = 4 - 6 +14 = 7 2.0
10. Kis, Bela HUN 2161 - 2 +13 + 5 - 3 2.0
11. Rosenberg, Evan USA 2163 +14 - 4 = 7 = 6 2.0
12. Zhao, Parker USA 1992 = 7 =14 - 8 = 1.5
13. Mohammad-Pour, Darius USA ---- - 3 -10 +16 =14 1.5
14. Sarkar, Justin m USA 2375 -11 =12 - 9 =13 1.0
15. Appelman, Harris USA 2188 = 6 = 7 - 2 - 5 1.0
16. Salman, Joel f USA 2227 - 5 - 8 -13 = 0.5
PRIZES
1ST - $ 360
2ND - $ 200
3RD - $ 70
U2400 - $ 100
The 2004 Arthur Dake Memorial IM took place June 5th-13th at US
Fiberglass, Inc. offices at 117 NE 5th Street, Suite D,McMinnville, OR 97128,
USA. The two GMs dominated the event finishing on 7.5/9. The event was
sponsored by US Fiberglass Inc. owned by Clark and Sherry Harmon. There are
plans to hold the tournament regularly. News Emil Anka.
Official site: http://www.aboutchess.org/
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1. Golod, Vitali g ISR 2552 * = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2569
2. Anka, Emil g HUN 2422 = * = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2584
3. Roper, David C f USA 2292 = = * = 0 1 = 0 1 1 5.0 2368
4. Andrianov, Nikolai m RUS 2446 = = = * = = = = = = 4.5 2308
5. Raptis, Nick USA 2262 0 0 1 = * 0 0 1 1 1 4.5 2328
6. Zilberstein, Dmitry f USA 2392 0 0 0 = 1 * 1 1 = 0 4.0 2271
7. Stanford, Mike CAN 2176 0 0 = = 1 0 * = = 1 4.0 2295
8. Berry, Jonathan f CAN 2255 0 0 1 = 0 0 = * = 1 3.5 2249
9. Harmon, Clark USA 2184 0 0 0 = 0 = = = * = 2.5 2171
10. Van Meter, Lester f USA 2240 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 0 = * 2.0 2111
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The 8th International Chess Festival Voronezh takes place 10th-21st June
2004. The main master open has 103 participants 10 GMs, 20 IMs, 8 FMs, 1 WGM, 2
WIMs, 3 WFMs. Earlier the Rapid chess tournament on 10th-11th June 2004 saw 117
participants amongst them GM Vladimir Burmakin (2571). No games available so
far.
Official site: http://www.relex.ru/~xuser/voronezh_open/
Leading Entries
1 Burmakin Vladimir g RUS 2571
2 Shaposhnikov Evgeny g RUS 2559
3 Chernyshov Konstantin g RUS 2556
4 Riazantsev Alexander g RUS 2556
5 Popov Valerij g RUS 2547
6 Kurnosov Igor g RUS 2543
7 Zakhartsov Viacheslav m RUS 2520
8 Lutsko Igor m BLR 2517
9 Zakharevich Igor g RUS 2515
10 Rychagov Andrey m RUS 2509
103 players
The 13th Croatian Chess Federation Festival took place in Rabac
20th-27th June 2004. The event saw various Team Cups. The main Men's event was
won by Mravince DC. Smirin and Tkachiev were the strongest players to take part
both competing for the winners. My thanks to Mirjana Medic for the news.
Official site:
http://www.crochess.com/turniri/rabac/kup_04/index.htm
Men's Final Ranking
Rank Team Gam. + = - Pts. BH.
1 Mravince DC 9 9 0 0 26,0 178,5
2 Liburnija Rijeka 9 7 0 2 26,0 178,5
3 Pula 9 7 0 2 24,0 179,0
4 Rijeka 9 5 0 4 22,5 176,0
5 Goran Bibinje 9 4 1 4 19,5 176,0
6 Goranka-Kenda R.Gora 9 5 0 4 19,0 159,0
7 Gjuro Pilar Sl.Brod 9 4 0 5 18,5 171,0
8 Dalekovod Zagreb 9 4 1 4 18,0 161,5
9 Junior Rijeka 9 4 0 5 16,0 142,0
10 Kostrena 9 4 1 4 15,0 138,0
11 Sibenik 9 4 2 3 15,0 136,0
12 Vis 9 3 1 5 14,5 125,5
13 Karlobag 9 2 3 4 13,5 131,0
14 Maestral Rijeka 9 3 0 6 12,0 121,0
15 Uljanik Pula 9 2 1 6 10,5 123,5
Women's Final Ranking
Rank Team Gam. + = - Pts.
1 Lucija Kvarner-banka Rijeka 2 2 0 0 4,5
2 Goranka-Kenda R.Gora 2 1 0 1 3,0
3 Draga Rijeka 2 0 0 2 1,5
Junior Final Ranking
Rank Team Gam. + = - Pts.
1 Draga Rijeka 2 2 0 0 4,5
2 Junior Rijeka 2 0 1 1 3,5
3 Pula 2 0 1 1 3,0
Kadet Final Ranking
Rank Team Gam. + = - Pts.
1 Draga Rijeka 2 2 0 0 5,0
2 Umag 2 1 0 1 4,0
3 Labin 2 0 0 2 0,0
Kadetkinje Final Ranking
Rank Team Gam. + = - Pts.
1 Pula 3 2 1 0 5,0
2 Ivan Dvoržak 3 0 3 0 3,0
3 Novi Marof - Lucija 3 0 2 1 2,0
4 Goranka R.Gora 3 0 2 1 2,0
5 Labin 0 0 0 0 0,0
The finals of the Third ACP tournament took place on 5th June.
32-year-old GM Konstantin Landa defeated top seed Alexey Dreevto win the event.
Peter Heine Nielsen and Sergey Karjakin finished in 3rd. The event took place
on the Playchess.com server (Chessbase's server) and sponsored by ChinaCom. My
thanks to John Fernandez for collating the material together for me.
Further details: http://www.chessbase.com
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2 Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2606 ==0= **** 1010 1=01 6.0
3 Berg, Emanuel m SWE 2495 ==00 0101 **** 1100 5.0
4 Bauer, Christian g FRA 2595 00== 0=10 0011 **** 4.5
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1 Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2580 **** ==1= =101 =11= 8.0
2 Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2638 ==0= **** 011= 00=1 5.5
3 Baklan, Vladimir g UKR 2615 =01= 100= **** =011 5.5
4 Petrosian, Tigran L m ARM 2539 =00= 11=0 =100 **** 5.0
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1 Landa, Konstantin g RUS 2550 **** 1011 11=0 1111 9.5
2 Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2633 0100 **** 1110 0=11 6.5
3 Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2624 00=1 0001 **** 011= 5.0
4 Gustafsson, Jan g GER 2579 0000 1=00 100= **** 3.0
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1 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2628 **** =01. 1111 1=0= 7.5
2 Glek, Igor g GER 2571 =10. **** 1=01 =101 6.5
3 Vaisser, Anatoly g FRA 2573 0000 0=10 **** 11.. 6.5
4 Kobalia, Mikhail g RUS 2630 0=1= =010 00.. **** 3.5
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1 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2628 ** =1 01 1= 01 11 01 1= 10 11 11 14.5
2 Baklan, Vladimir g UKR 2615 =0 ** == 1= == 01 01 11 =1 11 11 14.5
3 Speelman, Jonathan g ENG 2569 10 == ** 01 =1 =0 =1 =1 =1 =1 11 13.0
4 Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2689 0= 0= 10 ** =0 == 11 11 =1 11 11 13.0
5 Bartel, Mateusz m POL 2501 10 == =0 =1 ** =0 10 == 01 11 11 11.5
6 Golubev, Mikhail g UKR 2532 00 10 =1 == =1 ** 00 01 11 10 11 11.0
7 Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2600 10 10 =0 00 01 11 ** =0 10 01 11 10.0
8 Pelletier, Yannick g SUI 2581 0= 00 =0 00 == 10 =1 ** =1 11 11 10.0
9 Atarov, Evgeniy RUS 2138 01 =0 =0 =0 10 00 01 =0 ** == =1 7.5
10 Lobron, Eric g GER 2493 00 00 =0 00 00 01 10 00 == ** 11 5.5
11 Agababean, Naira wg MDA 2216 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 =0 00 ** 0.5
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1 Vaisser, Anatoly g FRA 2573 ** 00 10 1= 11 =1 01 =1 11 11 11 14.5
2 Gustafsson, Jan g GER 2579 11 ** 10 01 01 10 =1 11 11 10 =1 14.0
3 Zarnicki, Pablo g ARG 2521 01 01 ** =1 11 00 1= 11 11 =1 1= 14.0
4 Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2638 0= 10 =0 ** =0 =1 11 11 11 11 11 14.0
5 Deviatkin, Andrei m RUS 2502 00 10 00 =1 ** =1 10 =1 01 11 11 11.5
6 Charbonneau, Pascal m CAN 2484 =0 01 11 =0 =0 ** 0= 10 00 1= 11 9.5
7 Avrukh, Boris g ISR 2620 10 =0 0= 00 01 1= ** 10 0= =1 11 9.5
8 Shomoev, Anton g RUS 2487 =0 00 00 00 =0 01 01 ** 11 11 10 8.0
9 Skripchenko, Almira m FRA 2456 00 00 00 00 10 11 1= 00 ** =1 1= 7.5
10 Fernandez, John C USA 2153 00 01 =0 00 00 0= =0 00 =0 ** 11 5.0
11 Veroci, Zsuzsa wg HUN 2315 00 =0 0= 00 00 00 00 01 0= 00 ** 2.5
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1 Bauer, Christian g FRA 2595 ** == 1= 1= 11 10 01 1= =1 11 11 15.0
2 Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2580 == ** 11 1= 1= 1= 00 1= 11 11 11 15.0
3 Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2633 0= 00 ** 01 01 11 11 10 11 11 11 13.5
4 Lputian, Smbat g ARM 2634 0= 0= 10 ** 11 10 1= 11 =1 1= =1 13.0
5 Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2659 00 0= 10 00 ** 11 =1 =1 11 11 11 12.5
6 Psakhis, Lev g ISR 2545 01 0= 00 01 00 ** 11 0= 11 11 11 11.0
7 Fontaine, Robert g FRA 2525 10 11 00 0= =0 00 ** 01 =0 11 11 9.5
8 Paehtz, Elisabeth wg GER 2385 0= 0= 01 00 =0 1= 10 ** =0 11 =1 9.0
9 Grabuzova, Tatiana wg RUS 2348 =0 00 00 =0 00 00 =1 =1 ** 00 01 5.0
10 Vasilevich, Tatjana wg UKR 2386 00 00 00 =0 00 00 00 00 11 ** 01 3.5
11 Kiriakov, Petr g RUS 2586 00 00 00 =0 00 00 00 =0 10 10 ** 3.0
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1 Berg, Emanuel m SWE 2495 ** 0= 01 11 =1 1= 1= 11 11 =1 01 14.5
2 Landa, Konstantin g RUS 2550 1= ** 0= =0 1= 01 11 11 11 =1 11 14.5
3 Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2624 10 1= ** 01 =0 1= =1 1= =1 11 11 14.0
4 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2582 00 =1 10 ** =1 =1 0= 10 11 11 11 13.0
5 Shipov, Sergey g RUS 2593 =0 0= =1 =0 ** 10 1= 11 11 =1 11 13.0
6 Mecking, Henrique g BRA 2555 0= 10 0= =0 01 ** 10 1= 11 11 11 12.0
7 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2680 0= 00 =0 1= 0= 01 ** 11 11 11 11 12.0
8 Polaczek, Richard m BEL 2426 00 00 0= 01 00 0= 00 ** == =1 11 6.5
9 Harika, Dronavalli wm IND 2368 00 00 =0 00 00 00 00 == ** 01 11 4.5
10 Volkov, Sergey g RUS 2629 =0 =0 00 00 =0 00 00 =0 10 ** 10 4.0
11 Hoffman, Paul USA ---- 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 ** 2.0
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1 Petrosian, Tigran L m ARM 2539 ** 0= 11 == =0 11 11 11 1= 11 11 15.5
2 Kobalia, Mikhail g RUS 2630 1= ** 10 =0 11 =1 1= 1= 11 1= 11 15.0
3 Glek, Igor g GER 2571 00 01 ** 11 10 00 11 11 11 11 1= 13.5
4 Potkin, Vladimir g RUS 2540 == =1 00 ** 10 01 0= 11 11 11 11 13.0
5 Socko, Bartosz g POL 2579 =1 00 01 01 ** =0 01 11 11 11 00 11.0
6 Tregubov, Pavel g RUS 2636 00 =0 11 10 =1 ** == 10 1= 00 11 10.5
7 Fridman, Daniel g LAT 2594 00 0= 00 1= 10 == ** 10 10 10 11 9.0
8 Pogonina, Natalija wm RUS 2393 00 0= 00 00 00 01 01 ** =0 11 11 7.0
9 Dimitrijevic, Aleksandra wf SCG 2292 0= 00 00 00 00 0= 01 =1 ** 01 11 6.5
10 Krush, Irina m USA 2465 00 0= 00 00 00 11 01 00 10 ** 00 4.5
11 Gallegos, Carlos m VEN 2452 00 00 0= 00 11 00 00 00 00 11 ** 4.5
The Open of Echternach (Luxembourg) took place June 5th-6th 2004. More
than 10 GMs and 350 players in total participated in the 9 round event. GM
Leonid Kritz of Germany won with 8/9. Vassily Ivanchuk finished 5th on 7.5/9.
Sadly no games seem to be available. News: Marco Schumacher.
Complete results and photos at
http://open.desprenger-echternach.lu
Final Round 9 Standings:
1. Kritz,Leonid g GER 2534 8.0 41.5
2. Kasimdzhanov,Rust g UZB 2652 8.0 40.0
3. Chuchelov,Vladimi g BEL 2593 7.5 40.0
4. Gurevich Mikhail g BEL 2672 7.5 39.0
5. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2716 7.5 39.0
6. Zude Erik f GER 2350 7.5 38.5
7. Goloshchapov,Alex g UKR 2569 7.5 38.5
8. Delchev, Aleksand g BUL 2602 7.0 40.5
9. Huzman, Alexander g ISR 2589 7.0 37.0
10. Dautov Rustem g GER 2616 7.0 36.0
11. Khenkin,Igor g GER 2596 7.0 36.0
12. Gulbas Cémil f BEL 2363 7.0 36.0
13. Sonntag,Hans-Hube m GER 2383 7.0 36.0
14. Polaczek,Richard m BEL 2426 7.0 35.5
15. Ginsburg Gennadi m GER 2519 7.0 35.0
16. Röder,Matthias m GER 2457 7.0 35.0
17. Afek Yochanan m ISR 2338 7.0 35.0
18. Boidman,Yuri m GER 2413 6.5 40.5
19. Gouliev, Namig m AZE 2449 6.5 38.0
20. Marzolo Cyrille m FRA 2409 6.5 37.0
21. Pähtz,Thomas g GER 2424 6.5 36.5
22. Kipper Jens GER 2340 6.5 36.5
22. Berend,Elvira wg LUX 2302 6.5 36.5
24. Vasilev, Milen m BUL 2411 6.5 36.5
25. Morawietz,Dieter GER 2393 6.5 35.5
26. Klundt,Klaus m GER 2349 6.5 35.5
27. Hendriks Willy m NED 2393 6.5 35.5
28. Coenen Norbert m GER 2409 6.5 35.0
29. Haub,Thorsten Mic m GER 2406 6.5 34.5
30. Berend,Fred m LUX 2376 6.5 34.5
31. Maes,Wim Albert A f BEL 2295 6.5 34.0
352 players
The Todd Southam Memorial Active was held in Toronto, Canada in memory
of the former Canadian Junior Champion (1969-1996).
The team Scheveningen had a team of masters, including three former
Canadian junior champions, facing off against a team of top Canadian juniors,
led by the current junior champion, Zhe Quan. Some notable results: FMs Quan
and Krnan each scored 5.5/6 for the juniors; and there was not one draw in the
first five rounds!
Organizer: David Cohen Tournament Director: Vladimir Dobrich Sponsors:
Chess Federation of Canada, Greater Toronto Chess League
Todd Southam Memorial Toronto, CAN 2004.06.13
Active (Game/30) Team Scheveningen
1 2 3 4 5 6
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Masters
1 Allan, Denis CAN FM +7 +12 -11 +10 -9 =8 3.5
2 Bailey, Doug CAN +8 -7 -12 -11 +10 =9 2.5
3 Day, Lawrence CAN IM -9 +8 +7 -12 -11 +10 3.0
4 Krupnov, Maxim RUS +10 -9 -8 +7 +12 =11 3.5
5 Miller, Evgeni CAN -11 +10 -9 +8 +7 +12 4.0
6 Puri, Vinod CAN FM -0 -11 +10 -9 +8 =7 2.5
13 Henry, Liam CAN -12 -0 -0 -0 -0 -0 0.0
TOTAL: 19
Juniors
7 Peng, David CAN -1 +2 -3 -4 -5 =6 1.5
8 Thavandiran, Shiyam CAN -2 -3 +4 -5 -6 =1 1.5
9 Krnan, Tomas CAN FM +3 +4 +5 +6 +1 =2 5.5
10 Smith, Hazel CAN WFM -4 -5 -6 -1 -2 -3 0.0
11 Quan, Zhe CAN FM +5 +6 +1 +2 +3 =4 5.5
12 Noritsyn, Nikolay CAN +13 -1 +2 +3 -4 -5 3.0
TOTAL: 17
Chess Classic Mainz
Chess Classic Mainz will be held in the Rheingoldhalle in Mainz 4th-8th
August 2004. The main match this year is an eight game rapid clash between
Indian superstar Vishy Anand and one of the most succesfull players of 2004,
Alexei Shirov. At the same time, Peter Svidler will try to defend his WNCA
Chess 960 world title in an eight games match against Levon Aronian, winner of
the Chess960 Open last year. On August 4 Svidler and Shirov will play a Chess
960 and classical chess simul, but several other exhibitions are planned, e.g.
the first man against machine Chess960 match with the Dutch chess program The
Baron. On August 5 and 6 hundreds of professionals and amateurs meet in the
third FiNet-Chess960 Open and on August 7 and 8 the 11the Ordix Open will be
held, in which at least 500 players are expected to play. The joint price fund
for both Open tournaments is €35.000. News Eric van Reem.
More information can be found on http://www.chesstigers.de
Biel SuperGM
The Biel Grandmaster Tournament takes place July 19th-29th 2004. The
field is extremely impressive with last year's stunning winner Alexander
Morozevich being joined by FIDE Champion Ruslan Ponomariov. Along with Bacrot,
Sasikiran, McShane and Pelletier the event should be at least Category 17. Ten
different competitions will be held during 2004 Festival.
Official site: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch
Biel Grandmaster Tournament (July 19th-29th 2004)
Ti Name NAT Age Ap Rat Ap Rank
GM Alexander Morozevich RUS 27 yo 2732 nr 7
GM Ruslan Ponomariov UKR 20 yo 2722, nr 10
GM Etienne Bacrot FRA 21 yo 2675, nr 27
GM Krishnan Sasikiran IND 23 yo 2659, nr 39
GM Luke McShane ENG 20 yo 2656, nr 42
GM Yannick Pelletier SUI 27 yo 2581
Amsterdam Chess Tournament
The Amsterdam Chess Tournament ACT takes place 17th-25th July 2004. Main
event is a 9 round swiss with Ivan Sokolov, Van Wely, Jan Timman etc.
Further details: http://home.hccnet.nl/w.haggenburg/act04/
Group A 59 Entries so far. Top entries
Sokolov,I Oegstgeest 2690 GM
Wely,LFAM van Tilburg 2651 GM
Nikolic,P Bosnie 2648 GM
Tregubov,PV Rusland 2636 GM
Krasenkow,M Polen 2609 GM
Doel,E van den Leiden 2599 GM
Ganguly,SS India 2582 GM
Nijboer,F Amsterdam 2578 GM
Timman,JH Amsterdam 2576 GM
Gagunashvili,M Georgie 2562 GM
Sandipan,C India 2561 GM
Acs,P Hongarije 2548 GM
Pavlovic,M Servie & Montenegro 2545 GM
Smeets,J Oegstgeest 2531 IM
Bagheri,A Iran 2506 GM
Riga 2004
The 2nd International chess tournament "Riga 2004" takes place
15th– 21st August 2004. For Latvian players it also will be the national
championship.
Details: http://www.liepajniekiem.lv/?doc=13254
and in Latvian http://www.liepajniekiem.lv/?doc=13253
26th Annual Southern California Open
26th Annual Southern California Open. Burbank, CA, September 3-6, 2004.
6-SS. $20,000 based on 300 players, $10,000 guaranteed. Top section FIDE rated.
Further details: http://www.westernchess.com
45th US Armed Forces Open
The 2004 (45th annual) US Armed Forces Open (USAFO) Chess Tournament
will be held from Saturday October 9 to Monday (Columbus Day) October 11, 2004
at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD. The event is free and open
to all active, reserve, guard and cadet/ROTC, and retired military service
members. UK players can also compete.
Further details: http://home.earthlink.net/~eschlich/
The Brain Versus Beauty Clash of the Titans
The United States Chess Federation (USCF) have organised a six-game
Brain versus Beauty - Clash of The Titans match between Anatoly Karpov and
Susan Polgar.
They will play Rapid, Blitz and Advanced Chess. The event starts on
Saturday, September 18, 2004, with a Chess Parade in downtown Lindsborg,
Kansas. The match will take place in Bethany College Theater on September
18-19. 2 Rapid games - time control of 20 minutes with 5 seconds delay, 2 Blitz
games - time control of 5 minutes with 3 seconds delay and 2 Advanced Chess -
time control of 25 minutes with 5 seconds increments. The United States Chess
Federation (USCF) has officially sanctioned the match. The Karpov - Polgar
match is supported by the State of Kansas and the city of Lindsborg.
Brazil Norm Events
There are 2 IM-norm and 1 GM-norm events in Brazil.
Further details: http://www.comunic.com.br/xadrez/
and http://www.osasco.sp.gov.br/xadrez.asp
Comunic VI June 15th-21st 2004
g Neuris Delgado 2557
g Andrés Rodriguez 2556
Alejandro Needleman 242
f Daniel Fernandez 2317
f M. V. Santos 2305
Àlvaro Aranha 2287
f Valery Frenklakh 2280
m Yaniet Marrero 2271
Wagner Madeira 2263
f Juliano Resende 2261
Comunic VII June 24th-30th 2004
g Neuris Delgado 2557
g Andrés Rodriguez 2556
Alejandro Needleman 2420
f Édson Tsuboi 2388
C. A. Sega 2323
f Daniel Fernandez 2317
f Valery Frenklakh 2280
m Yaniet Marrero 2271
f Bolívar Gonzalez 2268
f André Diamant 2227
Osasco 2004 Memorial França Garcia July 1st-8th
g Neuris Delgado 2557
g Andrés Rodríguez 2556
g Darcy Lima 2542
m Eugene Perelshteyn 2500
m Everaldo Matsuura 2473
m Osvaldo Zambrana 2472
m Dmitry Schneider 2454
m Jefferson Pelikian 2407
f Antonio Carlos Resende 2368
Wagner Madeira 2263
Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2004
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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 June-August 2004
1. 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/,
2. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 3rd-16th of July, Org: Nagy Laszlo,
3. 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
4. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 7th-19th of August 2004, org: NL.
5. 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
6. TALENTUM CUP Open 19th-27th of Aug. BALATONZAMARDI /200 km West from
Budapest/, organizer: MR VALIS, Janos e-mail: husi-sc@hu.inter.net
7. 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/
New York Masters
Regular competition for players in New York Rated 2200 and above.
Further details: http://www.newyorkmasters.com/
