THE WEEK IN CHESS 506 July 19th 2004 by Mark Crowther
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FIDE Championship in Tripoli 2 games
Tai Yuan GM Tournament 15 games
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Amsterdam Chess Tournament 92 games
First Saturday July 18 games
Republica Argentina Festival 38 games
Szeged Cup Women's Match 8 games
Swedish Championship 42 games
Montpellier Open 47 games
Costa Rica National Championship 54 games
Scottish Championship 82 games
109th New York Masters 4 games
Guramishvili vs Kharisma Match 4 games
Ikaros Chess Festival 2004 82 games
Canadian Open Championship 212 games
Western Canadian Open 292 games
European Youth Team Championships 126 games
3rd Condom Chess Open 187 games
12th World Computer Championship 77 games
32nd World Open 38 games
1423 games
My thanks to Rolf Behovits, Andy McFarland, Jonathan Rowson, Antonio
Castello, Yin Hao, Diego Redondo, Hans Groffen, Hassan Khaled, John Fernandez,
Richard Palliser, Vladimir Dvorkovich, Roberto Alvarez, Jakub Fuksik, Albert
Vasse, Alexander Martynkov, Miklos Orso, Stephen Boyd, Andrew Saint, Denis
Nadeau, Kristianus Liem, Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh, Fang Zhang, Mike Arne, Sean
Evans and everyone else who helped with the issue.
Garry Kasparov maybe World Number One, Rustam Kasimdzhanov the FIDE
World Chess Champion and Vladimir Kramnik the Classical World Chess Champion
but Bobby Fischer is still the most famous chess player, however sadly not for
playing. Fischer once again demonstrated his iconic status with the worldwide
reporting attending his detention in Japan. It seems that after 12 years the US
Government are actively seeking his return to the States to face charges
surrounding his match against Spassky in Yugoslavia in 1992 - Fischer's arrest
followed the US Government recently revoking his passport, a passport he seems
to have renewed in the late 1990s when presumably they weren't after him. Quite
what they hope to gain this I don't know but it seems to be a week of tough US
action against men in their 60s as they also seek the extradition of a man who
went AWOL in 1965, also from Japan and it seems the cases have become linked in
some way. Its difficult to see a trial of Fischer being anything other than a
horrible car-wreck and I honestly wonder if he's mentally fit to stand
trial.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The FIDE Championships took place in Tripoli 18th June - 13th July 2004.
The time control for the first 40 moves is 90 minutes followed by 15 minutes
until the end of the game with a time increment of 30 seconds per move from
move one. Playoffs saw firstlya pair of rapid games (25 minutes + 10 secs a
move), then if needed a pair of blitz games (5 minutes + 10 seconds per move)
followed finally by a sudden death game (White has 6 minutes black Black 5
minutes, black has draw odds.).
The final match between Michael Adams and Rustam Kasimdzhanov went to a
playoff as reported last week. Former number one rapid player Michael Adams was
favourite going into the match but Kasimdzhanov had shown his nerve in a number
of these rapid playoffs. In the first game Adams got a considerable advantage
and forced Kasimdzhanov to part with the exchange for insufficient
compensation. However it was tricky to realise the advantage and Adams soon
went astray and got himself a worse position and ten minutes down on the clock.
Kasimdzhanov pressed this advantage to victory. In game two Adams tried hard
but couldn't really create anything with the black pieces. Thus the long odds
Kasimdzhanov became FIDE Champion. It was a shock result and he certainly rode
his luck throughout the event being only a few accurate moves from elimination
on a number of occasions. Having said all that this was no great shock than say
Todd Hamilton winning the Open Golf Championship this weekend ahead of a
stronger field. Because of the withdrawal of number two seed Alexander
Morozevich Kasimdzhanov was able to achieve something unique (as it is usually
not possible) in these knockout events. He beat the top four seeds on the way
to the title. 24 year old Kasimdzhanov will pick up some rating points but
probably not a huge number, it remains to be seen if this is an announcement of
a new talent or the highpoint of his career. The winner in Tripoli is supposed
to play Garry Kasparov later in the year. It remains to be seen whether this
match will go ahead, there must be a commercial value for a Kasparov match and
he may need to play it to get in the game for reunification whatever the
prizefund.
Official site: http://wcclibya2004.com/main.asp
Adams, Michael - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1/2 18 B42 Sicilian Paulsen
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Adams, Michael 1-0 55 C42 Petroff's Defence
Adams, Michael - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1-0 47 B43 Sicilian Paulsen
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Adams, Michael 1-0 40 C68 Ruy Lopez Exchange
Adams, Michael - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1-0 46 C97 Ruy Lopez
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Adams, Michael 1/2 44 C91 Ruy Lopez
Playoffs
Adams, Michael - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 0-1 60 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Adams, Michael 1/2 48 C68 Ruy Lopez Exchange
FIDE WCh KO Tripoli LBA (LBA), 6-13 vii 2004
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Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2652 = 1 0 1 0 = 1 = . . . 4.5 2774
Adams, Michael g ENG 2731 = 0 1 0 1 = 0 = . . . 3.5 2609
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Prizemoney
Round 1 losers 64 x USD 6,000 USD 384,000
Round 2 losers 32 x USD 10,000 USD 320,000
Round 3 losers 16 x USD 15,000 USD 240,000
Round 4 losers 8 x USD 22,000 USD 176,000
Round 5 losers 4 x USD 32,000 USD 128,000
Round 6 losers 2 x USD 45,000 USD 90,000
Runner-up 1 x USD 70,000 USD 70,000
World Champion 1 x USD 100,000 USD 100,000
Total: USD 1,508,000
The Tai Yuan GM tournament takes place in China 17th-26th July
2004.Prizes $20,000. Time control 90 minutes for 40 moves, plus 15 minutes for
the remaining moves with 30 seconds increment from move 1. Play starts 2pm
local time (GMT+8) except the last round which is at 10am.
Official site (Chinese):
http://sports.sina.com.cn/z/chess_2004/index.shtml
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Sanjin Hotel Cup Taiyuan CHN (CHN), 17-26 vii 2004cat. XVI (2634)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Short, Nigel D g ENG 2684 * = . . . . . 1 1 . 2.5 2920
2. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2690 = * . . = . . . . 1 2.0 2768
3. Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2620 . . * = = . . . . 1 2.0 2741
4. Zhang Zhong g CHN 2603 . . = * . = = . . . 1.5 2623
5. Xie Jun g CHN 2564 . = = . * . . = . . 1.5 2648
6. Lautier, Joel g FRA 2666 . . . = . * = . = . 1.5 2601
7. Ni Hua g CHN 2583 . . . = . = * . . = 1.5 2650
8. Lputian, Smbat G g ARM 2634 0 . . . = . . * = . 1.0 2496
9. Xu Jun g CHN 2617 0 . . . . = . = * . 1.0 2536
10. Ye Jiangchuan g CHN 2681 . 0 0 . . . = . . * 0.5 2358
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Round 1 (July 17, 2004)
Short, Nigel D - Xu Jun 1-0 55 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Dreev, Alexey - Ye Jiangchuan 1-0 49 E84 King's Indian Saemisch
Bu Xiangzhi - Zhang Zhong 1/2 31 A31 English Symmetrical
Ni Hua - Lautier, Joel 1/2 29 B46 Sicilian Paulsen
Lputian, Smbat G - Xie Jun 1/2 63 E97 King's Indian Classical
Round 2 (July 18, 2004)
Short, Nigel D - Lputian, Smbat G 1-0 40 C18 French Winawer
Zhang Zhong - Ni Hua 1/2 49 A29 English Four Knights
Xie Jun - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 21 B61 Sicilian Rauzer
Xu Jun - Lautier, Joel 1/2 31 D17 Slav Defence
Ye Jiangchuan - Bu Xiangzhi 0-1 31 B25 Sicilian Closed
Round 3 (July 19, 2004)
Dreev, Alexey - Short, Nigel D 1/2 14 E35 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Bu Xiangzhi - Xie Jun 1/2 49 E84 King's Indian Saemisch
Lautier, Joel - Zhang Zhong 1/2 25 E37 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Ni Hua - Ye Jiangchuan 1/2 18 B42 Sicilian Paulsen
Lputian, Smbat G - Xu Jun 1/2 22 D28 QGA
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 is Category 18. Ten different
competitions will be held during 2004 Festival.
Official site: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch
Round 1 (July 19, 2004)
Morozevich, Alexander - McShane, Luke J 1-0 42 B25 Sicilian Closed
Sasikiran, Krishnan - Pelletier, Yannick 1-0 41 D12 Slav Defence
Bacrot, Etienne - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 15 C18 French Winawer
It Biel SUI (SUI), 19-29 vii 2004 cat. XVIII (2681)
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1 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2743 ** .. .. .. 1. .. 1.0
2 Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2666 .. ** .. .. .. 1. 1.0
3 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2712 .. .. ** =. .. .. 0.5 2722
4 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2722 .. .. =. ** .. .. 0.5 2712
5 McShane, Luke J g ENG 2643 0. .. .. .. ** .. 0.0
6 Pelletier, Yannick g SUI 2597 .. 0. .. .. .. ** 0.0
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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.
The organisers are trying an experiment of charging for live coverage
and have warned rebroadcasters that they will attempt to protect their live
broadcasts through the courts if necessary. It remains to be seen if the law
backs them up. This has never been checked in court before. Although at one
time the view was live coverage was protected this view seemed to change around
the time of the Kasparov - Kramnik match and a general view then was that you
couldn't stop rebroadcasts. Commentators are the German Grandmasters Dr.Helmut
Pfleger and Klaus Bischoff. Day-Ticket: 1 Euro per day Tournament-Ticket: 8
Euro for all 10 rounds.
Official site: http://www.chessgate.de/do2004 with
information on registration.
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
The 11th World Chess Champion Robert James Fischer has been detained in
Japan where he has lived for a number of years. 61 year old Fischer was stopped
at Tokyo's Narita International Airport on Tuesday 13th July, he was trying to
leave Japan for the Philippines. Officials were reported to be preparing to
deport Fischer to the United States.
According to a strongly Fischer connected website (http://home.att.ne.jp/moon/fischer/list/p_52/52_0.htm)
Fischer's passport has recently been revoked by the US Government over his 1992
match against Boris Spassky which he was warned at the time broke US sanctions.
It appears Fischer is still regarded as a fugitive even though the case against
him must be seen as somewhat problematic due to the length of time passed and
the question as to whether playing a match can really be called trade. Not to
mention Fischer's obvious mental problems. It really hadn't been clear until
now that the US was pursuing the case at all.
According to the Washington
Post the US has only recently stepped up efforts to track Fischer. "He's in
custody in Japan, and we are awaiting a determination whether he'll be deported
back to the United States to face charges," said Allan Doody, special agent in
charge of the immigration agency's Washington field office.).
Fischer's more serious problem in staying in the US may be the
broadcasts he gave on Philippines radio glorying in the September 11th 2001
attacks.
seattlepi
report on Fischer's detention
Fox report:
http://msn.foxsports.com/story/2580826
Fischer
radio broadcasts and other documents (strong stomach required):
http://home.att.ne.jp/moon/fischer/
(closest thing there comes to an official Bobby site)
Bobby Fischer's
pathetic endgame: http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2002/12/chun.htm
a good article from 2002 about his recent years.
Search
Google News for further stories
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/
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ACT Open Amsterdam NED (NED), 17-25 vii 2004
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1. Gagunashvili, Merab g GEO 2580 2.0
2. Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2632 2.0
3. Kuzmin, Alexey g RUS 2567 2.0
4. Ganguly, Surya Shekhar g IND 2574 2.0
5. Sandipan, Chanda g IND 2555 2.0
6. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2680 2.0
7. Al Sayed, Mohamad N m QAT 2443 2.0
8. Bezemer, Arno f NED 2375 2.0
9. L'Ami, Erwin m NED 2486 2.0
10. Michiels, Bart m BEL 2450 2.0
11. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2568 2.0
12. Stellwagen, Daniel m NED 2509 2.0
13. Acs, Peter g HUN 2545 1.5 2516
14. Lobron, Eric g GER 2493 1.5 2479
15. Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2671 1.5 2557
16. Solleveld, Maarten m NED 2486 1.5 2473
17. Van den Doel, Erik g NED 2586 1.5 2538
18. Timman, Jan H g NED 2596 1.5 2505
19. Bosboom, Manuel m NED 2425 1.5 2651
20. Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2679 1.5 2561
21. Tregubov, Pavel V g RUS 2628 1.5 2548
22. Willemze, Jeroen NED 2422 1.5 2646
23. Chuchelov, Vladimir g BEL 2574 1.5 2421
24. Peek, Marcel m NED 2406 1.5 2439
25. Buckley, Simon T ENG 2314 1.5 2467
26. Blees, Albert m NED 2400 1.5 2599
27. Dambacher, Martijn NED 2405 1.5 2620
28. Pavlovic, Milos g SCG 2545 1.5 2449
29. Van Beek, Lucien NED 2321 1.5 2529
30. Van de Oudeweetering, Arthur m NED 2369 1.5 2570
93 players
The First Saturday July events took place 3rd-15th of July 2004. In the
GM event IM Predojevic Borki BIH (last published Rating 2490 January 2004) made
a GM-norm and finished first on 8/11.
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu
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FSGM July Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-15 vii 2004 cat. VII (2424)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Predojevic, Borki m BIH 2490 * = = 1 1 = 0 1 = 1 1 1 8.0 2592
2. Nguyen Ngoc Truongson m VIE 2431 = * 1 0 = = 1 1 1 = = 1 7.5 2556
3. Ilincic, Zlatko g SCG 2538 = 0 * = 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 7.0 2515
4. Seres, Lajos g HUN 2497 0 1 = * = = 1 = = = = = 6.0 2453
5. Nagle, Sean f USA 2375 0 = 1 = * = 0 = 0 1 1 1 6.0 2464
6. Paschall, William M m USA 2381 = = 0 = = * = = = 1 = 1 6.0 2463
7. Reiss, Tibor m HUN 2408 1 0 0 0 1 = * 0 = = 1 = 5.0 2389
8. Fogarasi, Tibor g HUN 2465 0 0 1 = = = 1 * = 0 = = 5.0 2384
9. Khmelniker, Ilya ISR 2458 = 0 0 = 1 = = = * 0 0 1 4.5 2355
10. Jakab, Attila m HUN 2390 0 = 0 = 0 0 = 1 1 * = = 4.5 2361
11. McDonald, Neil R g ENG 2380 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 = 1 = * 1 4.5 2362
12. Lorscheid, Gerhard f GER 2272 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = 0 = 0 * 2.0 2175
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The Republica Argentina Chess Festival 2004 takes place 9th-20th July,
2004 in the medical center "Círculo Médico de Vicente Lopez"
(CMSalud), Florida, Buenos Aires, Argentina. There are several important events
including the VII Republica Argentina Chess Masters a GM event and the ITT
Vicente Lopez City IM event. News Roberto Alvarez.
GM event players; GM Andres Rodriguez (URU), GM Oscar Panno (ARG), GM
Sergio Slipak (ARG), IM Diego Valerga (ARG), IM Oswaldo Zambrana (BOL), IM
Bernardo Roselli (URU) - current Uruguayan Champion-, IM Salvador Alonso (ARG).
And, as in the 3 previous editions, it will play a Chessbase program, this
year, the current World Computer Champion Shedder 8.0.
Official site:
http://ajedrez-de-estilo.com.ar/reparg7/home.htm
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VII Magistral Vicente Lopez AR (ARG), 9-20 vii 2004 cat. VI (2394)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. SHREDDER 8 ---- * 1 1 . = 0 = 1 1 1 = . 6.5 2591
2. Alonso, Salvador m ARG 2444 0 * = = = . = 1 1 1 1 . 6.0 2491
3. Valerga, Diego m ARG 2498 0 = * = 1 = = 1 = . = 1 6.0 2465
4. Panno, Oscar g ARG 2474 . = = * = 1 = . = 1 = = 5.5 2510
5. Zambrana, Oswaldo m BOL 2472 = = 0 = * 1 . 0 . 1 1 1 5.5 2469
6. Rodriguez, Andres g URU 2567 1 . = 0 0 * = 1 . 1 = 1 5.5 2465
7. Slipak, Sergio g ARG 2502 = = = = . = * = = 1 . = 5.0 2413
8. Cubas, Jose Fernando m PAR 2384 0 0 0 . 1 0 = * = . 1 = 3.5 2317
9. Szmetan, Ricardo f BAR 2250 0 0 = = . . = = * 0 = 1 3.5 2302
10. Fusco, Leonardo ARG 2296 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 1 * 1 1 3.0 2269
11. Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo m URU 2420 = 0 = = 0 = . 0 = 0 * = 3.0 2231
12. Rosito, Jorge m ARG 2424 . . 0 = 0 0 = = 0 0 = * 2.0 2209
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The Hungary - Poland Women's Match took place in Szeged (the home city
of Peter Leko), Hungary 6th-13th July 2004. The Double round Scheweningen
system for 4 member teams (8 games) was for the Szeged Cup. Poland won the
close match 17-15.
Live coverage: http://members.chello.hu/chesscup/index.html
Round 7 (July 12, 2004)
Madl, Ildiko - Radziewicz, Iweta 1/2 19 C02 French Advance
Gara, Anita - Socko, Monika 1/2 31 C02 French Advance
Dworakowska, Joanna - Lakos, Nikoletta 1/2 37 B48 Sicilian Paulsen
Zielinska, Marta - Vajda, Szidonia 1/2 45 D04 Queen's Pawn Game
Round 8 (July 13, 2004)
Radziewicz, Iweta - Gara, Anita 1-0 46 D34 Tarrasch Defence, Main Line
Socko, Monika - Madl, Ildiko 1/2 30 D10 Slav Defence
Vajda, Szidonia - Dworakowska, Joanna 1/2 10 B53 Sicilian Hungarian
Lakos, Nikoletta - Zielinska, Marta 1/2 24 B06 Modern Defence
HUN-POL Women's Match Szeged HUN (HUN), 6-13 vii 2004 cat. VI (2391)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1 Radziewicz, Iweta m POL 2431 ** =. .. 1. .. .. 1. 0. 1. 5.5 /8 2509
2 Socko, Monika m POL 2428 .. =. ** =. .. .. =. 1. =. 4.5 /8 2411
3 Dworakowska, Joanna m POL 2402 .. =. .. =. ** .. =. =. 0. 3.5 /8 2325
4 Zielinska, Marta wg POL 2402 .. =. .. =. .. ** =. =. 1. 3.5 /8 2325
Poland 17
1 Gara, Anita wg HUN 2394 0. .. =. ** =. =. .. .. .. 3.5 /8 2372
2 Madl, Ildiko m HUN 2348 =. ** =. .. =. =. .. .. .. 5.0 /8 2510
3 Vajda, Szidonia m HUN 2355 0. .. =. .. =. =. ** .. .. 3.0 /8 2328
4 Lakos, Nikoletta wg HUN 2350 1. .. 0. .. =. =. .. ** .. 2.0 /4 2415
5 Medvegy, Nora wg HUN 2407 0. .. =. .. 1. 0. .. .. ** 1.5 /4 2328
Hungary 15
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The Swedish Championship takes place in Gothenburg July 10th-23rd 2004.
Official site: http://www.schacksm.se/
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ch-SWE Gothenburg SWE (SWE), 10-23 vii 2004 cat. VIII (2444)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Berg, Emanuel m SWE 2510 * 0 . = . . = 1 . 1 1 . 1 1 6.0 2653
2. Agrest, Evgenij g SWE 2602 1 * 0 = = . 1 1 . . . . = 1 5.5 2610
3. Brynell, Stellan g SWE 2459 . 1 * . . 1 . . 1 0 = = = 1 5.5 2561
4. Hillarp Persson, Tiger g SWE 2529 = = . * . . = . 1 1 = . = = 5.0 2546
5. Ernst, Thomas g SWE 2456 . = . . * = 0 . 1 = 1 1 . = 5.0 2502
6. Ong, Kezli SWE 2202 . . 0 . = * . . = = = 1 1 1 5.0 2529
7. Hermansson, Emil m SWE 2428 = 0 . = 1 . * = . . 0 . 1 = 4.0 2480
8. Barkhagen, Jonas m SWE 2477 0 0 . . . . = * = 1 = = . 1 4.0 2445
9. Olsson, Anders m SWE 2426 . . 0 0 0 = . = * = . 1 1 . 3.5 2396
10. Svensson, Bengt m SWE 2377 0 . 1 0 = = . 0 = * . = . . 3.0 2356
11. Couso, Luis f SWE 2377 0 . = = 0 = 1 = . . * 0 . . 3.0 2356
12. Akesson, Ralf g SWE 2485 . . = . 0 0 . = 0 = 1 * = . 3.0 2326
13. Wedberg, Tom g SWE 2533 0 = = = . 0 0 . 0 . . = * . 2.0 2262
14. Akesson, Joel SWE 2360 0 0 0 = = 0 = 0 . . . . . * 1.5 2206
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The 11th Festival of Montpellier 5th-13th July 2004. 150 players
including 4 GMs and 8 IMs competed. Christian Bauer repeated his performance of
last year winning the tournament, this time by the narrowest of margins over
Hicham Hamdouchi. News Stephen Boyd
Coverage: http://www.echecs.asso.fr/
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GP CG de l'Heralt Montpellier FRA (FRA), 5-13 vii 2004
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1. Bauer, Christian g FRA 2590 7,0 2621 45,5 2616
2. Hamdouchi, Hichem g MAR 2556 7,0 2621 44,5 2619
3. Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2530 6,5 2552 44,5 2562
4. Chernuschevich, Alexei m FRA 2521 6,5 2551 44,0 2544
5. Pert, Richard G m ENG 2407 6,5 2506 44,5 2529
6. Dimitrov, Christo FRA 2230 6,5 2444 40,5 2437
7. Philippe, Christophe f FRA 2335 6,5 2428 40,0 2421
8. Helstroffer, Arnaud FRA 2192 6,5 2399 38,5 2392
9. Beudaert, Xavier FRA 2327 6,5 2389 40,5 2382
10. Prie, Eric g FRA 2441 6,0 2419 42,0 2416
11. Sermier, Guillaume m FRA 2376 6,0 2335 39,0 2332
12. Tan, Desmond ENG 2335 6,0 2333 41,0 2330
13. Boudre, Jean-Pierre m FRA 2352 6,0 2326 39,5 2323
14. Laclau, Daniel FRA 2280 6,0 2322 39,0 2343
15. Dussol, Pierre f FRA 2236 6,0 2308 40,5 2305
16. Zschiedrich, Heiko GER 2213 6,0 2306 39,0 2303
17. Paci, Cedric FRA 2240 6,0 2303 39,5 2300
18. Touzane, Olivier m FRA 2348 6,0 2301 38,0 2298
19. Zharkov, Hleb BLR 2219 6,0 2288 39,0 2285
20. Forgues, Fabien FRA 2016 6,0 2258 36,0 2255
21. Flear, Christine wm FRA 2257 6,0 2234 36,5 2235
22. Flament, Frederic FRA 2093 6,0 2176 36,0 2173
23. Diakonov, Michel FRA 2077 6,0 2128 37,0 2125
24. Libiszewski, Fabien m FRA 2425 5,5 2389 42,0 2379
25. Pujos, Stephane FRA 2296 5,5 2336 42,0 2346
150 players
The 68th edition of the Costa Rican National Championship takes place
5th-22nd July 2004. After eight rounds played the IM Sergio Minero is now the
leader after defeating IM Bernal González in round eight. The defending
Champion IM Leonardo Valdés follows in third place with 5.5 points out
of 8. MF William Charpentier and MF Mauricio Arias continue struggling for the
fourth and fifth spot of the Costa Rican Olympic National Team. I give the
games again as I got the venue wrong, the event is in the capital of Costa Rica
San José. My thanks to Diego Redondo.
Complete schedule, games and information in
http://www.tablerotico.com
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ch-CRC San Jose CRC (CRC), 5-22 vii 2004
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Minero Pineda, Sergio m CRC 2429 * 1 . = 1 1 = 1 . . . 1 1 1 8.0 2581
2. Gonzalez, Bernal m CRC 2420 0 * = . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . 7.5 2529
3. Valdes, Leonardo m CRC 2370 . = * 1 = = 0 . 1 . 1 1 . 1 6.5 2393
4. Arias Santana, Mauricio f CRC 2207 = . 0 * = . = = 1 = 1 . 1 . 5.5 2334
5. Hernandez Basante, Francisco m CRC 2244 0 . = = * . = 1 . 1 = . = 1 5.5 2320
6. Charpentier, William f CRC 2223 0 0 = . . * = . = 1 1 1 . 1 5.5 2340
7. Murillo, Alexis m CRC 2352 = 0 1 = = = * = = . . . 1 . 5.0 2314
8. Granados, Carlos CRC 2241 0 0 . = 0 . = * . = . 1 1 1 4.5 2246
9. Rodriguez, Adrian CRC 2178 . 0 0 0 . = = . * = 0 1 . 1 3.5 2161
10. Jimenez, Juan Leon f CRC 2176 . 0 . = 0 0 . = = * . = 1 = 3.5 2131
11. Ugalde, Ronald CRC 2165 . 0 0 0 = 0 . . 1 . * 0 1 1 3.5 2145
12. Trejos, Enrique CRC 2170 0 0 0 . . 0 . 0 0 = 1 * 0 . 1.5 1986
13. Leandro, Johnny CRC 2133 0 . . 0 = . 0 0 . 0 0 1 * 0 1.5 1957
14. Carvajal, Jonathan CRC 2087 0 . 0 . 0 0 . 0 0 = 0 . 1 * 1.5 1966
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The 111th Chess Scotland Championship, organised by Chess Scotland took
place in Hamilton from the 10th-18th July 2004. Jonathan Rowson took outright
1st place with 7.5/9. IM Jacob Aagaard (who could play as he lives in Scotland
but couldn't win the title) secured a 2nd GM norm.
Official site:
http://www.chessscotland.com/scotchamps/SCMaster.htm
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111th ch-SCO Hamilton SCO (SCO), 10-18 vii 2004
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1. Rowson, Jonathan g SCO 2558 + 7 +12 = 5 = 3 = 2 +10 + 4 + 9 + 8 7.5 2643
2. Aagaard, Jacob m DEN 2411 +16 + 3 +12 + 4 = 1 + 5 = 9 = 8 = 6 7.0 2586
3. Motwani, Paul g SCO 2552 +17 - 2 + 7 = 1 + 8 - 4 = 5 +10 + 9 6.0 2488
4. McNab, Colin A g SCO 2427 + 6 +10 + 9 - 2 = 5 + 3 - 1 =11 +17 6.0 2489
5. Shaw, John m SCO 2424 +20 + 8 = 1 = 9 = 4 - 2 = 3 +12 +11 6.0 2497
6. Grant, Alan SCO 2193 - 4 =18 +15 = 8 =11 - 7 +14 +13 = 2 5.0 2261
7. Ruxton, Keith SCO 2258 - 1 +14 - 3 +13 -10 + 6 - 8 +15 +16 5.0 2286
8. Mannion, Stephen R m SCO 2333 +13 - 5 +10 = 6 - 3 =12 + 7 = 2 - 1 4.5 2337
9. Bryson, Douglas M m SCO 2374 +18 +11 - 4 = 5 =12 +16 = 2 - 1 - 3 4.5 2355
10. Grant, Jonathan SCO 2266 +19 - 4 - 8 +18 + 7 - 1 =12 - 3 +14 4.5 2275
11. Pritchett, Craig W m SCO 2284 =14 - 9 =13 =16 = 6 =15 +17 = 4 - 5 4.0 2171
12. Holmes, Donald A f SCO 2290 +15 - 1 - 2 +17 = 9 = 8 =10 - 5 =18 4.0 2261
13. Brown, Steven A SCO 2082 - 8 =17 =11 - 7 +18 -14 +16 - 6 =15 3.5 2098
14. MacDonald, Christopher SCO 2018 =11 - 7 =17 =15 -16 +13 - 6 =18 -10 3.0 2053
15. Tweedie, Chris SCO 2046 -12 =16 - 6 =14 =17 =11 =18 - 7 =13 3.0 2052
16. Kafka, Graeme SCO 2143 - 2 =15 =18 =11 +14 - 9 -13 =17 - 7 3.0 2075
17. Redpath, Joseph SCO 2219 - 3 =13 =14 -12 =15 +18 -11 =16 - 4 3.0 2092
18. Stevenson, James SCO 2111 - 9 = 6 =16 -10 -13 -17 =15 =14 =12 2.5 2015
19. Collins, Sam SCO SCO 1935 -10 . . . . . . . . 0.0
20. Maxwell, Alistair SCO 2120 - 5 . . . . . . . . 0.0
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Aleks Wojtkiewicz and Alex Stripunsky finished on 3.5/4 to take first
place in the 109th New York Masters on 13th July 2004.
The regular rapid event (mostly weekly) organised by IM Greg Shahade and
John Fernandez provides regular chances for keen players of 2200 and above to
compete against GMs and IMs in New York. See:
http://www.newyorkmasters.com/
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109th New York Masters Action USA (USA), 13 vii 2004
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1. Wojtkiewicz, Aleks g USA 2551 +15 +11 + 5 = 4 3.5 ($285)
2. Stripunsky, Alex g USA 2553 +20 =12 +17 + 6 3.5 ($285)
3. Yudasin, Leonid g ISR 2556 +13 =10 = 6 +15 3.0 ($ 20)
4. Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2605 +14 =17 +10 = 1 3.0 ($ 20)
5. Becerra, Julio g USA 2550 + 8 + 7 - 1 +16 3.0 ($ 20)
6. Miton, Kamil g POL 2597 +16 +19 = 3 - 2 2.5
7. Bonin, Jay m USA 2342 +24 - 5 +12 = 8 2.5
8. Wang, Haoyuan CAN 2272 - 5 +24 +11 = 7 2.5 ($ 70)
9. Furdzik, Rafal USA 2261 -17 +14 +19 = 2.5 ($ 70)
10. Vovsha, Eli m ISR 2436 +23 = 3 - 4 =12 2.0
11. Sarkar, Justin m USA 2408 +21 - 1 - 8 +18 2.0
12. Schneider, Igor f USA 2266 +26 = 2 - 7 =10 2.0
13. Bercys, Salvijus USA 2279 - 3 +18 -16 +21 2.0
14. Privman, Boris f USA 2275 - 4 - 9 +24 +22 2.0
15. Pader, Douglas USA ---- - 1 +23 +21 - 3 2.0
16. Norowitz, Yaacov USA ---- - 6 +22 +13 - 5 2.0
17. Rohde, Michael g USA 2508 + 9 = 4 - 2 --- 1.5
18. Zhao, Parker USA 1944 = -13 +20 -11 1.5
19. Klein, Erez f USA 2292 +22 - 6 - 9 --- 1.0
20. Erdei, Andras HUN 2188 - 2 -21 -18 +25 1.0
21. Weinstein, Joshua USA ---- -11 +20 -15 -13 1.0
22. Smith, Daniel USA ---- -19 -16 +23 -14 1.0
23. Maltese, Adam USA 2150 -10 -15 -22 = 0.5
24. Ross, Laura wf USA 2099 - 7 - 8 -14 = 0.5
25. Daftani, Marajudin USA 2142 --- --- --- -20 0.0
26. Vicary, Elizabeth USA ---- -12 --- --- --- 0.0
PRIZES
1ST - $ 400
2ND - $ 170
3RD - $ 60
U2400 - $ 140
Kristianus Liem organised the “Enerpac Chess Match 2004” (Road
to the Future World Champion) match between Vice-World Champion Girl U12 2003
WFM Sopiko Guramishvili (13 years) against Indonesian’s World Rank 9 Girl
U12 2003 Irene Kharisma Sukandar. They played 2 rapid games (25 minutes) and 4
standard games 90 minutes plus 30 seconds increments. Guramishvili won the
match by winning the first three games although Kharisma won the final game.
The prize money was US$1,000 for the winner and US$500 for the loser.
Official site: http://www.indochess.com and
http://www.sekolahcatur.com
Enerpac Match Jakarta INA (INA), 12-16 vii 2004
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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Guramishvili, Sopiko wf GEO 2130 0 1 1 1 1 0 4.0 2125
Kharisma,Irene ---- 1 0 0 0 0 1 2.0 2005
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The traditional Ikaros Chess Festival takes place 13th-20th July 2004.
Dmitry Svetushkin leads with 6.5/7 with two rounds to go.
Full details: http://www.chess.gr/ikaros/
Round 7 of 9 Standings:
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Aegean Open Agios Kirykos GRE (GRE), 13-20 vii 2004
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1. Svetushkin, Dmitry g MDA 2546 6½ 33
2. Zagrebelny, Sergey g UZB 2499 6 32½
3. Parligras, Mircea g ROM 2564 6 30½
4. Hellsten, Johan m SWE 2557 5½ 32½
5. Nikolaou, Georgios GRE 2244 5½ 30½
6. Topalidis, Konstantinos GRE 2140 5½ 27½
7. Dochev, Dimitar m BUL 2353 5 34
8. Zakarian, David ARM 2328 5 32½
9. Shavtvaladze, Nikoloz GEO 2439 5 32½
10. Frhat, Ali f EGY 2310 5 31½
11. Tassopoulos, Marios GRE 2234 5 31
12. Valden, Petros GRE 2192 5 30½
13. Milovanovic, Ninoslav SCG 2263 5 30
14. Dalaklis, Georgios GRE 2186 5 29½
15. Skaperdas, Kostantinos GRE 2217 5 29
16. Georgiadis, Ioannis GRE 2038 5 29
17. Mina, N. Mina EGY 2195 5 29
18. Stiri, Alexandra GRE 2186 5 28½
128 players
The Canadian Open Championship took plce 10th-18th July 2004 in
Kapuskasing, Canada. Alexander Moiseenko and Dimitri Tyomkin finished on 8/10
ahead of a strong field.
Further coverage: http://www.kapchess.com/
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Canadian Open Kapuskasing CAN (CAN), 10-18 vii 2004
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1. Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2640 8.0
2. Tyomkin, Dimitri g CAN 2498 8.0
3. Spraggett, Kevin g CAN 2584 7.5
4. Mikhalevski, Victor g ISR 2551 7.5
5. Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2531 7.5
6. Miroshnichenko, Evgenij g UKR 2615 7.5
7. Huzman, Alexander g ISR 2588 7.0
8. Nataf, Igor-Alexandre g FRA 2553 7.0
9. Kunte, Abhijit g IND 2532 7.0
10. Kudrin, Sergey g USA 2541 7.0
11. Lapshun, Yury m USA 2444 7.0
12. Jonkman, Harmen g NED 2425 7.0
13. Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2635 6.5
14. Fridman, Daniel g LAT 2594 6.5
15. Zatonskih, Anna wg USA 2445 6.5
16. Bluvshtein, Mark m CAN 2462 6.5
17. Nickoloff, Bryon m CAN 2405 6.5
18. Gokhale, Chandrashekhar m IND 2407 6.5
19. Krnan, Tomas f CAN 2331 6.5
20. Goletiani, Rusudan wg USA 2334 6.5
21. Costa, Joao Guerra POR 2209 6.5
22. Harper, Ryan f TRI 2207 6.5
23. Zubac, Marius CAN 2185 6.5
24. Miller, Evgeny CAN 2193 6.5
25. Panjwani, Raja CAN 2154 6.5
26. Yuan,Michael CAN ---- 6.5
27. Tseitlin, Mark D g ISR 2484 6.0
126 players
The Western Canadian Open took place July 9th-18th, 2004. The FIDE
rated event was organised by the British Columbia Chess Federation. Pia
Cramling won the event with 8/10.
Further details: http://www.chessbc.com
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Western Canadian Open Richmond CAN (CAN), 9-18 vii 2004
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1. Cramling, Pia g SWE 2489 8.0
2. Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel g ESP 2416 7.5
3. Lee,Vicente CAN ---- 7.5
4. Welling, Gerard m NED 2361 7.0
5. Ristovic, Nenad f CAN 2281 7.0
6. Harper, Bruce f CAN 2332 7.0
7. Bouvier, Jesse CAN 2197 7.0
8. Davies, Lucas CAN 2112 7.0
9. Aird, Ian SCO 2051 7.0
10. Yoos, John C f CAN 2405 6.5
11. Fuentebella,Mayo CAN ---- 6.5
12. Metz, Hartmut f GER 2290 6.5
13. Meng, Fanhao f CAN 2286 6.5
14. Van den Bersselaar, Jeroen NED 2189 6.5
15. Oszvald, Joe CAN 2171 6.5
16. Henson, Joshua CAN 2036 6.5
17. Pechisker, Alfred CAN 2042 6.5
18. Kazmaier,Daniel CAN ---- 6.5
19. Davies, Noam CAN ---- 6.5
20. Goutor, Valentina CAN 1915 6.5
97 players
European Youth Team Championships and European Youth Rapid and Blitz
Chess Championships took place 9th-21st July 2004 in Obrenovac, one of the
communities of Belgrade. Germany won the Boys event and Serbia and Montenegro
the Girls.
Further information: http://www.scgchess.org
Final Standings Obrenovac 2004
BOYS
BOYS MP BP
1 Germany 11 18
2 Romania 9 16½
3 Slovenia 8 15½
4 Czech Republic 7 16½
5 Serbia and Montenegro 1 5 12½
6 Serbia and Montenegro 2 2 4
7 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 1
GIRLS
GIRLS MP BP
1 Serbia and Montenegro 1 11 11
2 Czech Republic 7 7
3 Slovakia 7 6
4 Romania 6 5
5 Slovenia 5 5½
6 Serbia and Montenegro 2 3 4
7 Germany 3 3½
3rd Condom Chess Open 2004 (south-west of France) took place 10th-17th
July 2004. 9 rounds swiss system 40 moves/2h + 1h KO FIDE. Vadim Malakhatko and
Petar Genov finished on 7/9. Games from the final round unavailable.
Further details: http://echecs.condom.free.fr
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Open Condom FRA (FRA), 10-17 vii 2004
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1. Malakhatko, Vadim g UKR 2555 7,0 57,5 39,0 2622
2. Genov, Petar g BUL 2485 7,0 54,0 37,5 2603
3. Zozulia, Anna wg UKR 2324 6,5 53,5 33,5 2469
4. Starostits, Ilmars m LAT 2460 6,5 52,0 33,0 2477
5. Sofronie, Iulian m ROM 2436 6,5 51,0 33,5 2486
6. Cioara, Andrei Nestor m ROM 2373 6,5 51,0 33,5 2460
7. Sulypa, Alexandre g UKR 2469 6,5 48,5 30,0 2493
8. Fedorchuk, Sergey A g UKR 2569 6,5 46,5 27,5 2520
9. Karpatchev, Aleksandr g RUS 2463 6,0 50,5 32,5 2397
10. Michiels, Rob BEL 2248 6,0 50,5 28,0 2386
11. Starostits, Andris LAT 2277 6,0 49,0 32,5 2412
12. Aout, Sebastien FRA 2198 6,0 48,0 26,5 2333
13. Lejarre, Ludovic FRA 2303 6,0 46,5 27,5 2320
14. Van Elst, Andreas FRA 2257 6,0 45,5 24,5 2257
15. Verduyn, Philippe BEL 2142 5,5 52,5 32,0 2380
16. Pucher, Olivier FRA 2294 5,5 52,5 32,0 2349
17. Pham Minh Hoang m VIE 2446 5,5 50,0 29,5 2297
18. Picard, Romain FRA 2278 5,5 50,0 29,0 2324
19. Bricard, Emmanuel m FRA 2460 5,5 49,5 27,5 2324
20. Murey, Jacob g ISR 2477 5,5 49,0 28,0 2305
21. Piceu, Tom BEL 2313 5,5 48,5 27,0 2277
22. Midoux, Sebastien FRA 2304 5,5 48,0 30,5 2382
23. Maes, Wim f BEL 2318 5,5 48,0 27,0 2225
24. Vanparys, Philip BEL 2156 5,5 47,0 25,0 2293
25. Beuselinck, Steven BEL 2106 5,5 46,0 27,5 2189
26. Marciniak, Alexandre FRA 2168 5,5 46,0 26,5 2308
27. Zarrouati, Pierre FRA 2165 5,5 46,0 24,5 2225
28. Benmesbah, Natacha FRA 2068 5,5 44,0 27,0 2182
29. Gaubil, Olivier FRA 2081 5,5 42,5 27,0 2218
30. Seynaeve, Kevan FRA ---- 5,5 40,5 24,5 2121
136 players
The 12th World Computer Championship took place in Ramat-Gan in Israel
4th-12th July 2004. Junior the program of Amir Ban & Shay Bushinsky of
Israel won the event ahead of Shredder (Stefan Meyer-Kahlen of Germany) and
DIEP by Vincent Diepeveen of the Netherlands.
Official site: http://www.cs.biu.ac.il/games/
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1. DEEP JUNIOR ISR = 6 +11 + 3 + 5 = 2 +10 = 9 + 8 = 4 +13 + 7 9.0 2262
2. SHREDDER GER = 5 + 7 = 6 + 3 = 1 = 4 +12 +10 +11 +14 = 8 8.5 2211
3. DIEP NED +13 + 8 - 1 - 2 = 6 +12 - 5 +11 + 9 + 4 +14 7.5 2133
4. FRITZ RUS =10 = 9 - 8 +13 + 5 = 2 +14 + 7 = 1 - 3 +12 7.0 2102
5. CRAFTY USA = 2 =10 + 9 - 1 - 4 +14 + 3 +12 + 8 - 7 +13 7.0 2102
6. JONNY GER = 1 +13 = 2 - 8 = 3 + 9 - 7 +14 =12 +10 =11 6.5 2065
7. PARSOS GER +12 - 2 =10 = 9 +11 = 8 + 6 - 4 =13 + 5 - 1 6.0 2036
8. FALCON ISR +14 - 3 + 4 + 6 -10 = 7 +13 - 1 - 5 +11 = 2 6.0 2036
9. ISICHESS GER =11 = 4 - 5 = 7 +14 - 6 = 1 +13 - 3 +12 +10 6.0 2036
10. DEEP SJENG BEL = 4 = 5 = 7 +12 + 8 - 1 +11 - 2 +14 - 6 - 9 5.5 2000
11. WOODPUSHER 1997 ENG = 9 - 1 =12 +14 - 7 =13 -10 - 3 - 2 - 8 = 6 3.0 1825
12. MOVEI ISR - 7 +14 =11 -10 +13 - 3 - 2 - 5 = 6 - 9 - 4 3.0 1825
13. THE CRAZY BISHOP FRA - 3 - 6 +14 - 4 -12 =11 - 8 - 9 = 7 - 1 - 5 2.0 1738
14. FIBCHESS ESP - 8 -12 -13 -11 - 9 - 5 - 4 - 6 -10 - 2 - 3 0.0
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The 3rd Dubai Junior Open took place 11th-19th July 2004 in the Dubai
Chess Club. 128 players from 14 countries participated in the event, in three
categories under 10,12,14 with $10,000 cash prizes and money and a trophy for
each category. The event was played for the Sheikh Maktoum Bin Hamdan Al
Maktoum Cup and was won by Toufighi Homayoon of Iran. Sai Srinivas of India was
the runner up. Both players scored 7.5 points but Toufighi won the title with a
better tie-break. Toufighi won the championship cup and $1700 prize money and
Srinivas also got $1700. Agayev Nidjat, Arjun Vishnuvardhan, Dinger Florian and
Gurbanzade Erkin came third, fourth, fifth and sixth respectively. My thanks to
Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh.
Details: http://www.arabfide.com/DJ04/index.html
Leading Rd9 Final Standings:
1. Toufighi, Homayoon 7.5
Sai, Srinivas 7.5
3. Safarli, Eltaj 7.0
Salehian, Sina 7.0
Agayev, Nidjat 7.0
Arjun, Vishnuvardhan 7.0
Dinger, Florian 7.0
Gurbanzade, Erkin 7.0
9. Manoj, Gauri 6.5
Kouhestani M, Shahin 6.5
Khademi, Mohammad 6.5
Behmardi Kalantari, Rostam 1 6.5
S. Nitin 6.5
Srinath, Narayanan 6.5
15. Madanasri, Gundala 6.0
MadhuKiran, G. 6.0
Salehian, Shayan 6.0
Nuhic, Amir 6.0
Abdollahzadeh, Arash 6.0
Saeed, Ishaq 6.0
Bajarani, Ulvi 1 6.0
Mehdi, Hossini Pour 6.0
Hamad, Abdul Razzaq 6.0
The AV Momot Memorial took plce 13th-14th July 2004. Alexander
Areshchenko won the rapid event with 7.5/10. No games available. News:
Alexander Martynkov
Further details: http://users.iptelecom.net.ua/~chessfed/
A.V.Momot's Memorial
Ukraine, Kramatorsk g/25 13th-14th July 2004 Rating average = 2479 Category X
Rk Name, Tit NAT DoB RAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 Total
1 Areshchenko, Alexander GM UKR 15/06/1986 2575 # = 1 1 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 7.5
2 Kruppa, Yuri GM UKR 21/06/1964 2544 = # = 1 = 0 = 1 1 1 1 7.0
3 Brodsky, Michail GM UKR 27/03/1969 2548 0 = # = 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 6.5
4 Lahno, Kateryna IM UKR 27/12/1989 2472 0 0 = # 1 = = 1 1 = 1 6.0
5 Kuzubov, Yuriy IM UKR 26/01/1990 2467 1 = 1 0 # = = = 1 0 = 5.5
6 Efimenko, Zahar GM UKR 03/07/1985 2572 = 1 = = = # 0 = = 1 = 5.5
7 Matjushin, Gennady IM UKR 23/08/1984 2422 0 = 0 = = 1 # = 1 1 = 5.5
8 Kuzmin, Gennadi P GM UKR 19/01/1946 2518 = 0 0 0 = = = # 1 1 1 5.0
9 Zdebskaja, Natalia WIM UKR 16/08/1986 2338 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 # 1 1 2.5
10 Palekha, Alexey IM UKR 29/05/1985 2400 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 0 0 # = 2.0
11 Polivanov, Anatoliy IM UKR 12/09/1986 2423 0 0 0 0 = = = 0 0 = # 2.0
The 32nd World Open took place in June 26th - July 6th 2004 at the Adams
Mark Hotel in Philadelphia. Varuzhan Akobian won his final round game against
Vitali Golod to take the $14,500 first prize. Games from the final round now
available.
Official site: http://www.worldopen.com
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32nd World Open Philadelphia USA (USA), 1-6 vii 2004
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1. Akobian, Varuzhan m USA 2526 7.5 42.0 50.5 $14500.00
2. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2601 7.0 45.0 55 $1833.34
3. Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2606 7.0 44.0 54 $1833.34
4. Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2605 7.0 43.5 52.5 $1833.34
5. Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2671 7.0 42.5 51.5 $1833.34
6. Stocek, Jiri g CZE 2557 7.0 41.5 51 $1833.34
7. Novikov, Igor A g USA 2610 7.0 41.5 44.5 $1833.34
8. Ivanov, Alexander g USA 2565 7.0 41.0 50 $1833.34
9. Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2655 7.0 39.0 45 $1833.34
10. Kunte, Abhijit g IND 2532 7.0 37.0 45 $1833.34
11. Mikhalevski, Victor g ISR 2551 6.5 42.0 51.5 $300.00
12. Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg g MGL 2441 6.5 40.5 49 $300.00
13. Lapshun, Yury m USA 2444 6.5 38.5 47 $300.00
14. Kudrin, Sergey g USA 2541 6.5 38.5 45.5 $300.00
15. Rahman, Ziaur g BAN 2532 6.5 37.5 46 $300.00
16. Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander g USA 2551 6.0 45.5 55 $100.00
17. Golod, Vitali g ISR 2538 6.0 43.5 51.5 $100.00
18. Ibragimov, Ildar g USA 2582 6.0 42.5 52.5 $100.00
19. Stripunsky, Alexander g USA 2553 6.0 42 51.5 $100.00
20. Benjamin, Joel g USA 2566 6.0 41.5 50.5 $100.00
21. Fridman, Daniel g LAT 2594 6.0 41.0 50 $100.00
22. Gurevich, Dmitry g USA 2504 6.0 40.0 47.5 $100.00
23. Charbonneau, Pascal m CAN 2472 6.0 40.0 47 $100.00
24. De Firmian, Nick E g USA 2537 6.0 40.0 44.5 $100.00
25. Kraai, Jesse m USA 2439 6.0 39.5 48.5 $100.00 Qualified
26. Vovsha, Eli m ISR 2436 6.0 39.5 47.5 $100.00
27. Sevillano, Enrico m USA 2464 6.0 39.0 47.5 $100.00
28. Kedyk, Dmitry UKR 2196 6.0 39.0 46.5 $500.00
29. Bartholomew, John f USA 2342 6.0 38.0 46 $500.00
30. Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan m GEO 2446 6.0 38.0 45.5 $100.00
31. Zilberstein, Dmitry f USA 2392 6.0 37.5 45 $500.00 Qualified
32. Muhammad, Stephen A f USA 2378 6.0 37.5 44.5 $500.00 Qualified
33. Fernandez, Daniel f USA 2317 6.0 37.0 45.5 $500.00
34. Zatonskih, Anna wg USA 2445 6.0 36.5 44 $100.00
35. Enhbat, Tegshsuren f USA 2406 6.0 36.0 45 $100.00 Qualified
36. Ginsburg, Mark m USA 2364 6.0 35.5 44 $500.00
37. Young, Angelo m PHI 2390 6.0 35.0 42.5 $500.00
38. Vucic, Mladen m USA 2385 6.0 34.0 40.5 $500.00
39. Tate, Emory f USA 2340 6.0 32.5 35.5 $500.00
234 entries
The Professional World Chess Ranking for players rated 2500 and higher
for July 2004 has been released and incorporates the FIDE Championship. Below
is the top 50. Produced by Ken Thomson, San Jose and calculated by Vladimir
Dvorkovich, Moscow.
NN Name Birthday NAT Rat Variance
1 Kasparov,Garry 13.04.1963 RUS 2764 137
2 Anand,Viswanathan 11.12.1969 IND 2728 155
3 Topalov,Veselin 15.03.1975 BUL 2714 153
4 Kramnik,Vladimir 25.06.1975 RUS 2709 132
5 Morozevich,Alexander 18.07.1977 RUS 2706 172
6 Leko,Peter 08.09.1979 HUN 2690 146
7 Polgar,Judit 23.07.1976 HUN 2690 161
8 Adams,Michael 17.11.1971 ENG 2687 143
9 Svidler,Peter 17.06.1976 RUS 2675 136
10 Shirov,Alexei 04.07.1972 ESP 2669 150
11 Ponomariov,Ruslan 11.10.1983 UKR 2669 171
12 Gelfand,Boris 24.06.1968 ISR 2665 145
13 Grischuk,Alexander 31.10.1983 RUS 2654 149
14 Bareev,Evgeny 21.11.1966 RUS 2652 182
15 Ivanchuk,Vassily 18.03.1969 UKR 2645 153
16 Nisipeanu,Liviu-Dieter 01.08.1976 ROM 2643 132
17 Akopian,Vladimir 07.12.1971 ARM 2643 160
18 Bacrot,Etienne 22.01.1983 FRA 2641 153
19 Azmaiparashvili,Zurab 16.03.1960 GEO 2637 179
20 Sokolov,Ivan 13.06.1968 NED 2631 152
21 McShane,Luke James 07.01.1984 ENG 2628 187
22 Dreev,Alexey 30.01.1969 RUS 2627 140
23 Vallejo Pons,Francisco 21.08.1982 ESP 2626 147
24 Sutovsky,Emil 19.09.1977 ISR 2626 180
25 Short,Nigel D 01.06.1965 ENG 2622 157
26 Karpov,Anatoli 23.05.1951 RUS 2620 137
27 Radjabov,Teimour 12.03.1987 AZE 2620 139
28 Aronian,Levon 06.10.1982 ARM 2620 146
29 Kasimdzhanov,Rustam 05.12.1979 UZB 2620 181
30 Nielsen,Peter-Heine 24.05.1973 DEN 2617 169
31 Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar 12.04.1985 AZE 2615 151
32 Gurevich,Mikhail 22.02.1959 BEL 2614 145
33 Sakaev,Konstantin 13.04.1974 RUS 2614 157
34 Graf-Nenashev,Alexander 25.08.1962 GER 2613 176
35 Kozul,Zdenko 21.05.1966 CRO 2613 195
36 Lautier,Joel 12.04.1973 FRA 2610 156
37 Beliavsky,Alexander G 17.12.1953 SLO 2606 150
38 Rublevsky,Sergei 15.10.1974 RUS 2604 174
39 Aleksandrov,Aleksej 11.05.1973 BLR 2603 156
40 Malakhov,Vladimir 27.11.1980 RUS 2603 165
41 Ye Jiangchuan 20.11.1960 CHN 2602 162
42 Van Wely,Loek 07.10.1972 NED 2602 171
43 Nikolic,Predrag 11.09.1960 BIH 2601 167
44 Khalifman,Alexander 18.01.1966 RUS 2599 127
45 Onischuk,Alexander 03.09.1975 USA 2597 184
46 Hansen,Curt 18.09.1964 DEN 2596 162
47 Dominguez,Lenier 23.09.1983 CUB 2596 162
48 Almasi,Zoltan 29.08.1976 HUN 2594 153
49 Filippov,Valerij 28.11.1975 RUS 2593 170
50 Krasenkow,Mikhail 14.11.1963 POL 2592 173
World Youth Chess Championships
World Youth Chess Championships for age categories U10 to U18 takes
place November 3rd-14th 2004 in Heraklio, Crete, Greece. The venue which is the
same as for the WYCC of 2002, is the Creta Maris Conference Hotel
Details: http://www.greekchess.com/wycc2004
2nd Misr Closed 2004
The 2nd Misr Closed 2004 is a Round Robin event taking place 16th-25th
August in Egypt (Six Corner Hotel-Ismailia City 100 k.m from Cairo). 11 Rounds
12 Players (6 invited GMs 6 EGY players with average Rating about 2450) average
for all 12 2468 at least New Fide Time Control ( 90 Min for all game and 30
Sec. added for every move) , play starts at 6 p.m. daily from 16-25 August,
Arrival 15 August , Rest Day 20 August, There will be 2 days ,which play will
have 2 Rounds be also at Morning at 10 a.m , departure 26 August. Prizes as
follows : 1st till 6th. 700-500-400-300-200-100 US$. Prizes are distributed
according to Hort System (between the number of players corresponding to number
of advertised prizes).
Invited GMs will be provided with accommodation in a Single Room 4 Star
Hotel 15th-26th August 2004 , and 500 US$ as compensation for Air-Tickets 3
players needed between 2470-2530 (I will be in Czech Open from 22 July-1 August
) Our email is ecf@idsc.net.eg and haskh@yahoo.com Hassan Khaled General
Director Egyptian Chess Federation
Phone +20-2-3378987 and Mobile:+20-10-5003063; Egyptian Chess
Federation : Phone and Fax : +20-2-2604285
Specsavers Opticians Young Masters
The Specsavers Opticians Young Masters will take place at Millfield
School, Somerset, 19th-25th July 2004. This year's event contains a weekend
tournament for young talents to gain some very useful competition, but the main
section is a 45-player swiss which will give many young English players key
international experience. The ten-round event offers an excellent opportunity
for the eleven unrated English players to gain a full or partial FIDE rating
and also for international master norms for the more experienced competitors.
This year players from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Ireland and Wales compete.
Official site: http://www.ncjsyoungmasters.co.uk
Players: 1. IM Gergely Antal (HUN) 2478 2. CM Gawain Jones 2453 3. IM
Richard Palliser 2411 4. WGM Jana Jackova (CZE) 2403 5. IM Gabor Pinter (HUN)
2356 6. FM Craig Hanley 2356 7. FM Tomas Dvorak (CZE) 2328 8. Rafe Martyn 2322
9. FM Stanislav Jasny (CZE) 2311 10. CM Andrew Bigg 2275 11. Thomas Rendle 2258
12. Ioan Rees (WLS) 2210 13. Karl McPhillips (IRE) 2172 14. Michael White 2154
15. WFM Tana Holusova (CZE) 2153 16. David Eggleston 2140 17. J. Ezra Lutton
2134 18. David Bareham 2115 19. Simon Fowler 2115 20. Peter Roberson 2111 21.
Ben Purton 2106 22. Thomas Eggleston 2096 23. William Bennet 2084 24. David
Hart 2065 25. James Hanley 2062 26. E. Josiah Lutton 2062 27. Thomas Pym 2059
28. Jesper Sisak 2057 29. Sagar Deva 1993 30. Tim Seymour 1978 31. Katie Martin
1977 32 Jamie Hillman 1968 33. Stephanie Barraclough 1906 34. Sarah Hegarty
1880 35. David Barraclough 36. Gavyn Cooper 37. Murray David 38. Charlie Fry
39. Balvinder Grewal 40. Daniel Hall 41. Ankush Khandelwal 42 Kishan Lakhani
43. Philip Makepeace 44. Chris Russell 45. James Snowden
8th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament
The 8th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament in Vlissingen, takes place August
7th-14th 2004. 9 rounds Swiss, FIDE-rated. Already over 200 entries (250 is our
maximum). Among the participants the FIDE World Champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov
(UZB, 2640), who won the event in 2003. Top seed will be Krishnan Sasikiran
(IND, 2666). The other GM's who have confirmed are Viorel Iordachescu (MDA,
2633), Sergey Tiviakov (NED, 2601), Merab Gagunashvili (GEO, 2580), Vyacheslav
Ikonnikov (RUS, 2543), Mikheil Mchedlishvili (GEO, 2518), Lars Schandorff (DEN,
2496) and Harmen Jonkman (NED, 2425). Until now already 26 titleholders have
registered.
Further details: http://people.zeelandnet.nl/hgroffen
Collado Villalba Open
The Collado Villalba Open takes place 23rd-31st August 2004.
Further details: http://www.ajedrezcolladovillalba.com
Open Highlands Chess Festival
The Open Highlands Chess Festival takes place 18th-26th September 2004
in Havlickuv Brod (the Czech Republic).The festival is part of the 4th CZECH
TOUR 2004/2005 Series.
Further details: http://www.czechtour.net
30th Stork Tournament
The 30th edition of the Open Dutch Youth Chess Championships, the Stork
tournament, will be played in the Townhall of Hengelo, the Netherlands 9th-14th
August 2004,
Over 500 young chess players from all over Europe will participate in
one of the finest youth chess tournaments you can imagine. To get an impression
of the tournament, you can visit the website of last years edition at
http://www.schaakbond.nl/nieuws/stork2003/index.htm
Participants so far http://www.onjk.nl/Deelnemers.xls
Contact st.caissa@zonnet.nl or Albert Vasse albert.vasse@home.nl
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
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
Liepâjas Rokâde 2004
The biggest chess tournament in Baltic states "Liepâjas
Rokâde 2004", takes place July 29th August 1st 2004. Sadly its always a
struggle to get games.
Players GM A.Khalifman, A.Shabalov, L. van Wely, D.Fridman, J. Ehlvest,
E.Kengis, A.Kveinys, H. Stefansson.
Details: http://www.liepajniekiem.lv/?doc=13571
In English: http://www.liepajniekiem.lv/?doc=13572
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 (Ruslan Ponomariov will be playing) 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
8th Open Bavarian Chess Champianship
The 8th Open Bavarian Chess Champianship take place 30th October - 7th
November 2004 in Bad Wiessee, Germany.
Full details: http://www.oibm-bad-wiessee.de/
Swiss Chess Tour Davos Open
The "Swiss Chess Tour 2004" will continue in Davos, one of the most
popular turist place in Europe, with the 2nd "Sunstar Park Hotel Open", July
31st - August 8th 2003. "Sunstar Park Hotel" will be host, for the third time.
Swiss system, 9 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 6 hours (40 moves
for 2 hours and 60 minutes till the end). Valid for FIDE titles and FIDE
rating. Prize are: 1.500 SF, 1.200, 900, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200 and 150
SF. From 11.- 20. places natural prizes. Special prizes for best Lady, senior
(1944), junior(1984-87), schoolboy (1988) and best local player. Entry fee 130
SF, FMs and juniors 60 SF, at the door 10 SF more, GMs and IMs free. Venue:
"Sunstar Park Hotel". Time table: Rounds 1 16.00-22.00 July 31st; Round 2/8
14.00-20.00 August 1st-7th; Round 9 10.00-16.00 August 8th . Closing ceremony
August 8th, half-hour after the last game. Unbelievable chess-rates. Info:
Beochess +41+34+424-01-06 (Robert Spoerri) or info@beochess.ch
2005 European Union Championship
The 2005 European Union Championship whic his part of the programme of
events celebrating Cork City's status as European Capital of Culture for 2005.
The event takes place 21st March - 3rd April 2005 in the Ballroom Suite Gresham
Metropole Hotel MacCurtain Street Cork Ireland. Prize Fund - 7,750 Euros. A
FIDE rated ten round Swiss Open for players registered with FIDE as a player in
the European Union or a citizen of a European Union member state 1st prize
2,000 Euros plus numerous place prizes and other awards including a British
Championship Qualifying Place.
In addition the 13th Annual Cork Congress takes place 1st-3rd April
2005 with a Prize Fund 5,000 Euros an ICU rated six round Swiss with three
rated sections. 1st prize 750 Euros plus numerous place prizes and other awards
Full details, special offers to a limited number of IMs and GMs and
entry forms are available from Michael Burniston Tournament Director Ladybird
House Glengarriff County Cork Ireland. phone 00 353 27 63113 e mail
jemcreations@eircom.net
Website: http://www.corkchess.com
VII Banc Post & Ciuc Premium Tournament
The VII. Banc Post & Ciuc Premium International Chess Tournament
takes place in Miercurea Ciuc (Romania), 21-29 August 2004. Event for IM, wIGM,
wIM-norms and ELO (11 games).
Entry fee (ELO/EUR): A : Elo 2150-2200 = 120, 2201-2250 = 100,
2251-2300 = 80, 2301-2350 = 60, above 2351 = 40 B : nonrated = 100, below 2051
= 80, 2051-2100 = 60, 2101-2150 = 50, 2151-2200 = 40, above 2201 = 30 C :
nonrated = 60, below 1900 = 50, 1901-2000 = 40, 2001-2050 = 30, 2051-2100 = 20,
above 2101 = 10 Prizes A,B,C : Total Fund 500 EUR + extra prize
Organizer : IM Sandor BIRO, C.P. 68, R-530300 Miercurea Ciuc-1,
Romania, E-mail : caissa@topnet.ro Tel+Fax : (+40)-266-316712, Mobil :
(+40)-740-021866
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. This year the event has been opened up to any player who is from a
NATO country who has an Active Duty, Reserve, or Retired status.
Further details: http://home.earthlink.net/~eschlich/
Los Angeles Open
Los Angeles Open. Los Angeles, CA, September 24-26, 2004. 5-SS. $10,000
based on 200 players, $6,000 guaranteed. Top section FIDE rated.
Further details: http://www.westernchess.com
VIII Paks Cup
The VIII Paks Cup will take place 21st-31st August 2004, GM IM
tournaments 12 players, 21-27 August 2004 FM tournament 10 players,
0Accommodation: 6-18 Euro/night/person, Information: Videki
SandorTel:3675421225, 36304012866, email:videkis2001@yahoo.com
IX Cesenatico Open
The IX Open International Chess Tournament takes place in Cesenatico
(Italy): 4th-12th September 2004 at Colonia AGIP, Viale Carducci, 181 -
Cesenatico (Forli' - Italy). Fax +3954786331 # mobile phone +39335.6615956.
Open A 9 rounds Open B 8 rounds site
http://www.antiquascom.it/scacchi.htm
email info@antiquascom.it organiser
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
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.
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
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.
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. Includes the first World Major Championship restricted to players
rated under 2350.
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
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/.
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
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
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
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
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
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/
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 July-August 2004
1. 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
2. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 7th-19th of August 2004, org: NL.
3. 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
4. TALENTUM CUP Open 19th-27th of Aug. BALATONZAMARDI /200 km West from
Budapest/, organizer: MR VALIS, Janos e-mail: husi-sc@hu.inter.net
5. 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.
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/
