THE WEEK IN CHESS 512 30th August 2004 by Mark Crowther
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Sao Paulo Rapid 12 games
French Championships 48 games
14th Abu Dhabi Chess Festival 84 games
73rd Ukrainian Chess Championship 66 games
Howard Staunton Memorial 12 games
Hungarian Championships 50 games
Canadian Championship 256 games
Riga 2004 79 games
114th New York Masters 4 games
Bratto Open 76 games
2nd Misr Closed 55 games
XVI Open Porto San Giorgio 265 games
VII Banc Post & Ciuc Premium Tournament 132 games
4th Botvinnik Memorial 15 games
Klaksvik IM 9 games
1164 games
My thanks to Mogens Nielsen, Toni Ayza, Thomas Henrich, Guenter
Schuhmacher, David Cohen, Mikhail Golubev, Hassan Khaled, Biro Sandor, Laszlo
Nagy, Elie Houlichian, John Fernandez, Bharat Singh, Carsten Hensel, SS Quah,
Roman M. Parparov, Stewart Reuben, Oskun Anar, Andy McFarland, Mehrdad
Pahlevanzadeh, Kaspars Migla and everyone else who helped with the issue.
Anand led the Sao Paulo Rapid when I left it last week. He finished the
event with 4/4 to take the 10 round event by a full three points. This
underlines his great skill at this sort of event. Joel Lautier won the French
Championship and Vassily Ivanchuk didn't win the Ukrainian Championship which
continues into the semi-finals without him after he was eliminated by Oleg
Romanishin. That event saw 14 year old Yuriy Kuzubov beat 14 year old GM Sergey
Karjakin in what seems like almost a production line in the Ukraine at the
moment, there are also two teenagers (Volokitin and Korobov) in the
semi-finals.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Sao Paulo Rapid took place 20th-24th August, 2004. This event was
part of celebrations of the 450th Anniversary of Sao Paulo. Viswanathan Anand
confirmed his position as the best rapid player in the world by almost casually
demolishing this category 16 field finishing 3 points clear. Anatoly Karpov was
not in good form and didn't manage 50%.
Official site: http://www.fpx.com.br/. English:
http://www.fpx.com.br/2004/desafio/english.htm
Round 7 (August 23, 2004)
Morovic Fernandez, Ivan - Milos, Gilberto 1-0 61 E90 King's Indian Classical
Karpov, Anatoly - Leitao, Rafael 1/2 60 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Vescovi, Giovanni - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 38 D17 Slav Defence
Round 8 (August 23, 2004)
Anand, Viswanathan - Karpov, Anatoly 1-0 39 B85 Sicilian Scheveningen
Leitao, Rafael - Morovic Fernandez, Ivan 1/2 23 C96 Ruy Lopez
Milos, Gilberto - Vescovi, Giovanni 1-0 44 B78 Sicilian Modern Dragon
Round 9 (August 24, 2004)
Anand, Viswanathan - Leitao, Rafael 1-0 59 B19 Caro Kann
Karpov, Anatoly - Milos, Gilberto 1/2 47 A30 English Symmetrical
Vescovi, Giovanni - Morovic Fernandez, Ivan 1/2 22 C00 French Defence
Round 10 (August 24, 2004)
Morovic Fernandez, Ivan - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 18 A28 English Four Knights
Leitao, Rafael - Vescovi, Giovanni 1/2 13 E15 Queens Indian
Milos, Gilberto - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 51 A29 English Four Knights
Rapid Sao Paulo BRA (BRA), 20-24 viii 2004 cat. XVI (2643)
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2782 ** =1 =1 =1 11 11 8.5 2911
2 Morovic Fernandez, Ivan g CHI 2573 =0 ** 1= == == =1 5.5 2693
3 Leitao, Rafael g BRA 2573 =0 0= ** 1= == 01 4.5 2621
4 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2682 =0 == 0= ** 0= 1= 4.0 2563
5 Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA 2648 00 == == 1= ** =0 4.0 2570
6 Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2601 00 =0 10 0= =1 ** 3.5 2541
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The French Championships took place in Val d'Isere 16th-26th August
2004. Joel Lautier took the men's title with 8.5/11 undefeated a point and a
half clear of Laurent Fressinet who he defeated in their individual game.
Almira Skripchenko won the women's event with 9/11 half a point clear of Sophie
Millet.
Official site: http://www.echecs.asso.fr
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ch-FRA Val d'Isere FRA (FRA), 16-26 viii 2004 cat. XIII (2553)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Lautier, Joel g FRA 2666 * 1 = = = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 8.5 2754
2. Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2637 0 * = 1 = = = = = 1 = 1 6.5 2610
3. Dorfman, Josif D g FRA 2599 = = * = = = = = 1 = 1 0 6.0 2585
4. Vaisser, Anatoly g FRA 2580 = 0 = * = 1 = = 1 = = = 6.0 2587
5. Fontaine, Robert g FRA 2517 = = = = * = = = = 1 = = 6.0 2592
6. Degraeve, Jean-Marc g FRA 2530 = = = 0 = * = = = 1 = 1 6.0 2591
7. Sokolov, Andrei1 g FRA 2583 0 = = = = = * 1 = = = 1 6.0 2586
8. Apicella, Manuel g FRA 2532 0 = = = = = 0 * = = = 1 5.0 2519
9. Nataf, Igor-Alexandre g FRA 2553 0 = 0 0 = = = = * 1 = 1 5.0 2517
10. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime f FRA 2458 = 0 = = 0 0 = = 0 * 1 1 4.5 2497
11. Maze, Sebastien m FRA 2497 0 = 0 = = = = = = 0 * 0 3.5 2425
12. Le Roux, Jean-Pierre m FRA 2489 0 0 1 = = 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 3.0 2384
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ch-FRA w Val d'Isere FRA (FRA), 16-26 viii 2004
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Skripchenko, Almira m FRA 2453 * 1 = 1 1 1 = = 1 1 = 1 9.0 2457
2. Milliet, Sophie wm FRA 2280 0 * = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 8.5 2422
3. Collas, Silvia wg FRA 2344 = = * = 0 = = 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2338
4. Lallemand, Roza wg FRA 2302 0 0 = * 1 = 1 1 0 1 1 1 7.0 2311
5. Cochet, Caroline FRA 2071 0 0 1 0 * 1 1 = = = 1 = 6.0 2266
6. Muller, Anne wm FRA 2175 0 0 = = 0 * = 1 1 = 1 1 6.0 2256
7. Flear, Christine wm FRA 2257 = = = 0 0 = * 1 0 0 1 1 5.0 2177
8. Wohlers-Armas, Friederike wm FRA 2178 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 5.0 2184
9. Roumegous, Marina wm FRA 2174 0 0 0 1 = 0 1 0 * = 0 1 4.0 2119
10. Martsynovskaya, Marina wm FRA 2235 0 0 0 0 = = 1 0 = * = 1 4.0 2113
11. Congiu, Mathilde FRA 2105 = = 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = * = 3.0 2052
12. Bodenez, Claire FRA 2031 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 = * 1.0 1851
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The 14th Abu Dhabi Chess Festival 2004 took place 14th-24th August 2004.
Dmitry Bocharov took clear first on 7/9 after winning his last four rounds.
Correction: Harikrishna - Safin 1-0 (3)
Official coverage: http://www.abudhabichess.com.
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14th Open Abu Dhabi UAE (UAE), 14-23 viii 2004
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1. Bocharov, Dmitry g RUS 2569 +43 +19 = 2 =10 - 3 +24 +14 + 9 + 5 7.0 2729
2. Kobalia, Mikhail g RUS 2618 +30 +15 = 1 + 7 = 8 = 9 - 3 +12 +10 6.5 2696
3. Kotsur, Pavel g KAZ 2607 +23 +42 - 9 +19 + 1 = 8 + 2 = 5 = 6 6.5 2695
4. Harikrishna, P g IND 2609 +37 =12 +27 = 5 =10 =11 =19 +26 + 9 6.5 2649
5. Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan g IRI 2552 =31 +32 +11 = 4 +17 + 7 = 8 = 3 - 1 6.0 2646
6. Vladimirov, Evgeny g KAZ 2628 =22 +16 =12 +42 = 9 =14 =11 + 8 = 3 6.0 2621
7. Dzhumaev, Marat g UZB 2520 +25 =24 +18 - 2 +28 - 5 +22 =19 +17 6.0 2611
8. Anastasian, Ashot g ARM 2571 +52 +28 +41 = 9 = 2 = 3 = 5 - 6 +19 6.0 2638
9. Gleizerov, Evgeny g RUS 2539 +47 +26 + 3 = 8 = 6 = 2 +10 - 1 - 4 5.5 2627
10. Minasian, Artashes g ARM 2584 =32 +29 +31 = 1 = 4 +26 - 9 +11 - 2 5.5 2572
11. Ramesh, R.B g IND 2484 +45 =18 - 5 +16 +13 = 4 = 6 -10 +24 5.5 2593
12. Hasangatin, Ramil g RUS 2485 +46 = 4 = 6 =13 =24 =22 +16 - 2 +25 5.5 2547
13. Timofeev, Artyom g RUS 2611 =16 =22 +36 =12 -11 +30 =29 +28 =14 5.5 2523
14. Bakre, Tejas m IND 2492 =33 =53 +38 =24 +25 = 6 - 1 +23 =13 5.5 2473
15. Vakhidov, Tahir m UZB 2504 +38 - 2 =35 =29 =30 =20 +32 =25 +26 5.5 2454
16. Haznedaroglu, Kivanc m TUR 2395 =13 - 6 +39 -11 +43 +21 -12 +36 +27 5.5 2540
17. Chernyshov, Konstantin g RUS 2585 +40 =27 =24 +22 - 5 -19 +37 +29 - 7 5.0 2476
18. Ulibin, Mikhail g RUS 2586 +20 =11 - 7 +41 -26 -23 =30 +46 +34 5.0 2424
19. Mahjoob, Morteza m IRI 2461 +50 - 1 +53 - 3 +38 +17 = 4 = 7 - 8 5.0 2499
20. Hassan, Abdullah m UAE 2324 -18 =45 -25 +47 +49 =15 +31 =22 =29 5.0 2424
21. Iuldachev, Saidali g UZB 2550 +35 -41 -22 +51 =29 -16 =34 +40 +37 5.0 2385
22. Kayumov, Sergey m UZB 2404 = 6 =13 +21 -17 +56 =12 - 7 =20 =23 4.5 2511
23. Mamedjarova, Zeinab wg AZE 2341 - 3 +46 =26 =27 =42 +18 =28 -14 =22 4.5 2465
24. Gozzoli, Yannick m FRA 2429 +54 = 7 =17 =14 =12 - 1 +46 =27 -11 4.5 2442
25. Lauridsen, Jesper Morch f DEN 2283 - 7 =54 +20 +31 -14 +41 =27 =15 -12 4.5 2424
26. Hakki, Imad m SYR 2451 +39 - 9 =23 +49 +18 -10 +33 - 4 -15 4.5 2429
27. Safin, Shukhrat g UZB 2466 +48 =17 - 4 =23 =35 +40 =25 =24 -16 4.5 2385
28. Taleb, Moussa m UAE 2464 +34 - 8 =30 +43 - 7 +35 =23 -13 =32 4.5 2397
29. Tissir, Mohamed m MAR 2416 +55 -10 =56 =15 =21 +42 =13 -17 =20 4.5 2475
30. Raetsky, Alexander m RUS 2399 - 2 +51 =28 =56 =15 -13 =18 +45 =33 4.5 2449
31. Moradiabadi, Elshan IRI 2435 = 5 +37 -10 -25 +52 =34 -20 =35 +41 4.5 2372
32. Nezad, Husein Aziz m QAT 2312 =10 - 5 =50 -34 +48 +45 -15 +42 =28 4.5 2386
33. Sachdev, Tania wm IND 2240 =14 =56 -42 +53 =41 +36 -26 =34 =30 4.5 2409
34. Mashinskaya, Iulia wg RUS 2234 -28 =52 =40 +32 =36 =31 =21 =33 -18 4.0 2363
35. Jasim, A.R. Saleh f UAE 2289 -21 +44 =15 =36 =27 -28 =41 =31 =39 4.0 2366
36. Neelotpal, Das m IND 2448 =53 +49 -13 =35 =34 -33 +39 -16 =38 4.0 2253
37. Mohota, Nisha wg IND 2331 - 4 -31 +46 =48 =50 +38 -17 +44 -21 4.0 2324
38. Karavade, Eesha wm IND 2276 -15 +55 -14 +39 -19 -37 +48 =41 =36 4.0 2307
39. Al-Tamimi, Hamad QAT 2169 -26 +47 -16 -38 =51 +54 -36 +49 =35 4.0 2270
40. Velikhanli, Firuza wg AZE 2322 -17 =48 =34 =50 +44 -27 =42 -21 +57 4.0 2284
41. Sundararajan, Kidambi m IND 2452 +44 +21 - 8 -18 =33 -25 =35 =38 -31 3.5 2300
42. Bistric, Faruk g BIH 2488 +51 - 3 +33 - 6 =23 -29 =40 -32 =47 3.5 2296
43. Ramaswamy, Aarthie wg IND 2299 - 1 =50 +45 -28 -16 =48 =44 =51 =46 3.5 2225
44. Mohamed, Hossein f UAE 2198 -41 -35 +47 =52 -40 +49 =43 -37 =45 3.5 2231
45. Pourkashiyan, Atousa wm IRI 2229 -11 =20 -43 =54 +53 -32 +52 -30 =44 3.5 2212
46. Paridar, Shadi wm IRI 2232 -12 -23 -37 +55 +54 +50 -24 -18 =43 3.5 2241
47. Illijin, Neboisa m ROM 2286 - 9 -39 -44 -20 +55 +53 =51 =52 =42 3.5 2197
48. Amer, Mohamed EGY 2220 -27 =40 =52 =37 -32 =43 -38 =55 +57 3.5 2184
49. Bogza, Adina-Maria wg ROM 2291 =56 -36 +54 -26 -20 -44 +50 -39 +57 3.5 2197
50. Coleman, James ENG 2203 -19 =43 =32 =40 =37 -46 -49 +54 . 3.0 2212
51. Tayeb, Suhail UAE 2240 -42 -30 +55 -21 =39 =52 =47 =43 . 3.0 2233
52. Saleh, Nabil f UAE 2301 - 8 =34 =48 =44 -31 =51 -45 =47 . 2.5 2160
53. Saleh, Nagueb UAE 2167 =36 =14 -19 -33 -45 -47 =55 +57 . 2.5 2137
54. Yahya, Mohamed Saleh UAE 2145 -24 =25 -49 =45 -46 -39 +57 -50 =55 2.5 2046
55. Khalil, Ibrahim UAE 2073 -29 -38 -51 -46 -47 +57 =53 =48 =54 2.5 2054
56. Hamdouchi, Hichem g MAR 2556 =49 =33 =29 =30 -22 . . . . 2.0 2278
57. BYE ---- . . . . . -55 -54 -53 -49 0.0
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The 73rd Ukrainian Chess Championship takes place in Kharkiv 23rd
August - 2nd September 2004. 32 participants compete in 5 knockout rounds. 14
year old Yuriy Kuzubov beat Sergey Karjakin in round 1. Oleg Romanishin
eliminated favourite Vassily Ivanchuk in round 2 both these players were
eliminated in the following round. The Semi-Finals are Goloshchapov,A 2577 -
Korobov,A 2565 and Moiseenko,A 2640 - Volokitin,A 2638.
Official website:
http://users.iptelecom.net.ua/~chessfed/turnir/t027e.html
- Chess Federation: http://www.ukrchess.org.ua
Round 1 24th-25th August 2004
1 Ivanchuk,V 2715 * - Shkuran,D 2390 1-0 1-0
2 Tukhaev,A 2404 - * Moiseenko,A 2640 0-1 ½-½
3 Volokitin,A 2638 * - Matjushin,G 2422 1-0 ½-½
4 Alexandrova,O 2423 - * Miroshnichenko,E 2615 ½-½ 0-1
5 Eljanov,P 2613 - * Oleksienko,M 2424 ½-½ ½-½ 0-1 0-1
6 Kobylkin,E 2444 * - Vysochin,S 2599 ½-½ 1-0
7 Eingorn,V 2596 - * Shishkin,V 2463 0-1 ½-½
8 Kuzubov,Y 2467 * - Karjakin,S 2591 ½-½ 1-0
9 Goloshchapov,A 2577 * - Lahno,K 2472 1-0 0-1 1-0 1-0
10 Zhukova,N 2475 - * Areshchenko,A 2575 ½-½ ½-½ 0-1 0-1
11 Efimenko,Z 2572 * - Rogovski,V 2486 ½-½ 1-0
12 Kovchan,A 2497 - * Fedorchuk,S 2569 0-1 ½-½
13 Korobov,A 2565 * - Nosenko,A 2506 1-0 ½-½
14 Drozdovskij,Y 2506 - * Malakhatko,V 2555 0-1 ½-½
15 Malaniuk,V 2555 - * Kuzmin,G 2518 ½-½ 0-1
16 Neverov,V 2537 - * Romanishin,O 2541 ½-½ ½-½ 1-0 0-1 ½-½ 0-1
Round 2 26th-27th August 2004
1 Romanishin,O 2541 * - Ivanchuk,V 2715 1-0 ½-½
2 Moiseenko,A 2640 * - Kuzmin,G 2518 1-0 ½-½
3 Malakhatko,V 2555 - * Volokitin,A 2638 0-1 0-1
4 Miroshnichenko,E 2615 - * Korobov,A 2565 1-0 0-1 ½-½ ½-½ 0-1 0-1
5 Fedorchuk,S 2569 - * Oleksienko,M 2424 0-1 ½-½
6 Kobylkin,E 2444 - * Efimenko,Z 2572 1-0 0-1 0-1 ½-½
7 Areshchenko,A 2575 * - Shishkin,V 2463 1-0 1-0
8 Kuzubov,Y 2467 - * Goloshchapov,A 2577 ½-½ ½-½ 0-1 1-0 1-0 0-1 0-1
Round 3 28th-29th August 2004
1 Romanishin,O 2541 - * Goloshchapov,A 2577 ½-½ ½-½ 0-1 ½-½
2 Areshchenko,A 2575 - * Moiseenko,A 2640 0-1 0-1
3 Volokitin,A 2638 * - Efimenko,Z 2572 1-0 ½-½
4 Oleksienko,M 2424 - * Korobov,A 2565 0-1 0-1
Round 4 30th-31st August 2004
1 Goloshchapov,A 2577 - Korobov,A 2565
2 Moiseenko,A 2640 - Volokitin,A 2638
The Howard Staunton Memorial took place in Simpson's-in-the-Strand in
London August 23rd-29th 2004. Daniel King and Jon Speelman finished on 4/6 half
a point clear of Jonathan Levitt. Jovanka Houska who was in contention during
the British Championship had a nightmare drawing just one game.
Official site: http://www.jlevitt.dircon.co.uk/staunton/
Round 1 (August 23, 2004)
Levitt, Jonathan - King, Daniel J 0-1 43 D53 Queens Gambit
Houska, Jovanka - Speelman, Jonathan S 0-1 69 B50 Sicilian Defence
Round 2 (August 24, 2004)
Speelman, Jonathan S - King, Daniel J 1/2 14 E02 Catalan
Houska, Jovanka - Levitt, Jonathan 0-1 62 C00 French Defence
Round 3 (August 25, 2004)
King, Daniel J - Houska, Jovanka 1/2 41 B13 Caro Kann Exchange
Levitt, Jonathan - Speelman, Jonathan S 1/2 17 E53 Nimzo Indian
Round 4 (August 27, 2004)
King, Daniel J - Levitt, Jonathan 1/2 36 C01 French Exchange
Speelman, Jonathan S - Houska, Jovanka 1-0 47 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Round 5 (August 28, 2004)
King, Daniel J - Speelman, Jonathan S 1/2 17 B13 Caro Kann Exchange
Levitt, Jonathan - Houska, Jovanka 1-0 25 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Round 6 (August 29, 2004)
Speelman, Jonathan S - Levitt, Jonathan 1/2 13 A15 English counter King's Fianchetto
Houska, Jovanka - King, Daniel J 0-1 28 B86 Sicilian Sozin Attack
Staunton Mem London ENG (ENG), 23-29 viii 2004cat. IX (2469)
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1 King, Daniel J g ENG 2512 ** == 1= =1 4.0 2579
2 Speelman, Jonathan S g ENG 2555 == ** == 11 4.0 2564
3 Levitt, Jonathan g ENG 2432 0= == ** 11 3.5 2537
4 Houska, Jovanka wg ENG 2375 =0 00 00 ** 0.5 2098
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The Hungarian Championships took place in Budapest 18th-27th August
2004. Ferenc Berkes won the men's event with 6/9. Szidonia Vajda took the
women's event with 7/9. The games from the final two rounds are missing.
Official site:
http://members.chello.hu/chesscup/angol/ferfi/ferfi.htm.
General website: http://members.chello.hu/chesscup/indexa.html
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1. Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2614 * = 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 0 6.0 2688
2. Gyimesi, Zoltan g HUN 2618 = * 1 0 = = 1 = = 1 5.5 2643
3. Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2644 0 0 * 1 0 1 1 1 1 = 5.5 2640
4. Horvath, Csaba1 g HUN 2546 = 1 0 * = = = 1 = = 5.0 2614
5. Varga, Zoltan g HUN 2592 0 = 1 = * = = = = = 4.5 2565
6. Ruck, Robert g HUN 2575 = = 0 = = * 0 = 1 1 4.5 2567
7. Balogh, Csaba m HUN 2513 0 0 0 = = 1 * = = 1 4.0 2531
8. Flumbort, Andras m HUN 2493 = = 0 0 = = = * = = 3.5 2496
9. Cao, Sang g HUN 2545 0 = 0 = = 0 = = * 1 3.5 2491
10. Acs, Peter g HUN 2545 1 0 = = = 0 0 = 0 * 3.0 2446
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1. Vajda, Szidonia m HUN 2355 * = 1 = 1 1 = = 1 1 7.0 2496
2. Lakos, Nikoletta wg HUN 2350 = * = 1 = 1 1 = = 1 6.5 2443
3. Gara, Anita wg HUN 2394 0 = * 1 0 1 = 1 1 1 6.0 2397
4. Medvegy, Nora wg HUN 2407 = 0 0 * 1 = = 1 1 1 5.5 2350
5. Goczo, Melinda wm HUN 2248 0 = 1 0 * 0 1 = 1 1 5.0 2331
6. Schneider, Veronika HUN 2212 0 0 0 = 1 * 1 0 1 1 4.5 2292
7. Gara, Ticia wg HUN 2291 = 0 = = 0 0 * 1 1 = 4.0 2240
8. Rudolf, Anna HUN 2185 = = 0 0 = 1 0 * = = 3.5 2215
9. Toth, Lili wm HUN 2208 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 = * 1 2.0 2072
10. Ignacz, Maria HUN 2193 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 * 1.0 1943
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David Cohen reports: IM Pascal Charbonneau, 21, and FM Eric Lawson, 20,
tied for first place in the 77th Canadian Chess Championship, which took place
August 20th-29th in Toronto. 70 players from across Canada competed for $21,000
in prizes. The winner of the play-off match will advance to the next FIDE World
Championship as the Zone 2.2 representative. The tournament was organized by
the Ontario Chess Association, and sponsored by Sid & Alicia Belzberg.
Games from round 8 are incomplete and round 9 missing.
Official site: http://www.chessontario.com/2004closed/
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ch-CAN Toronto CAN (CAN), 20-29 viii 2004
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1. Charbonneau, Pascal m CAN 2472 7.0
2. Lawson, Eric f CAN 2276 7.0
3. Tyomkin, Dimitri g CAN 2498 6.5
4. Zugic, Igor m CAN 2465 6.5
5. Bluvshtein, Mark m CAN 2462 6.5
6. Krnan, Tomas f CAN 2331 6.5
7. Spraggett, Kevin g CAN 2584 6.0
8. Ivanov, Igor V m USA 2438 6.0
9. Milicevic, Goran f CAN 2271 6.0
10. Stevens, Christian CAN 2266 6.0
11. Hamilton, Robert f CAN 2349 5.5
12. Ochkoos, Jura f CAN 2299 5.5
13. Day, Lawrence A m CAN 2266 5.5
14. Noritsyn, Nikolay CAN 2175 5.5
15. Huber, Gregory CAN 2219 5.5
16. Dougherty, Michael f CAN 2229 5.5
17. Filipovich, David CAN 2210 5.5
18. Predescu, Sebastian CAN CAN 2221 5.5
19. Jiganchine, Roman CAN 2193 5.5
20. Feoktistov, Dmitri CAN 2146 5.5
21. Quan Zhe f CAN 2324 5.0
22. Yoos, John C f CAN 2405 5.0
23. Mikanovic, Goran f CAN 2278 5.0
24. MacPhail, John f CAN 2339 5.0
25. Tipu, Vincent CAN 2194 5.0
26. Bailey, Doug CAN 2283 5.0
27. Barron, Michael CAN 2082 5.0
28. Davies, Lucas CAN 2112 5.0
29. Patterson, Roger CAN 2187 5.0
69 players
The 2nd International chess tournament "Riga 2004" took place 15th–
21st August 2004. For Latvian players it was also the national championship.
Edvins Kengis took clear first with 7.5/9. Some games now available. My thanks
to Kaspars Migla.
Official site: http://www.liepajniekiem.lv/?doc=13254
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Open A Riga LAT (LAT), 15-21 viii 2004
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1. Kengis, Edvins g LAT 2563 7.5
2. Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2549 7
3. Rytshagov, Mikhail g EST 2461 7
4. Starostits, Ilmars m LAT 2469 7
5. Novikov, Stanislav m RUS 2520 6.5
6. Lanka, Zigurds g LAT 2446 6.5
7. Kveinys, Aloyzas g LTU 2565 6.5
8. Meijers, Viesturs m LAT 2487 6.5
9. Sulskis, Sarunas g LTU 2557 6.5
10. Fridman, Daniel g LAT 2590 6
11. Lutsko, Igor g BLR 2519 6
12. Sveshnikov, Evgeny g LAT 2508 6
13. Zhuravliov, Valerij m LAT 2399 6
14. Mihailovs, Jurijs LAT 2171 6
15. Krivonosov, Oleg m LAT 2455 6
16. Neiksans, Arturs m LAT 2440 6
17. Berzina, Ilze wm LAT 2232 6
18. Berzinsh, Roland m LAT 2455 6
19. Alipovs Anatoli Al BLR 2150 6
112 players
Leonid Yudasin and Yury Lapshun shared first on 3.5/4 in the 114th New
York Masters on 24th August 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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114th New York Masters Action USA (USA), 24 viii 2004
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1. Yudasin, Leonid g ISR 2556 + 9 + 7 + 4 = 2 3.5 ($370)
2. Lapshun, Yury m USA 2444 +13 +14 +15 = 1 3.5 ($370)
3. Wojtkiewicz, Aleks g USA 2551 +17 +23 = 5 = 7 3.0 ($ 50)
4. Miton, Kamil g POL 2597 +12 +11 - 1 + 5 3.0 ($ 50)
5. Stripunsky, Alex g USA 2553 +24 + 8 = 3 - 4 2.5
6. Ippolito, Dean m USA 2387 =18 -15 +24 +14 2.5 ($ 40)
7. Bercys, Salvijus USA 2279 +20 - 1 +13 = 3 2.5 ($ 40)
8. Bonin, Jay m USA 2342 +27 - 5 +17 = 9 2.5 ($ 40)
9. Sarkar, Justin m USA 2408 - 1 +20 +21 = 8 2.5 ($ 40)
10. Caruana, Fabiano f USA 2169 +21 +22 = --- 2.5 ($ 40)
11. Metrick, Andrew USA 2275 +26 - 4 =19 =12 2.0
12. Hess, Robert USA 2176 - 4 +27 =16 =11 2.0
13. Multhopp, Hans f USA 2227 - 2 +26 - 7 +19 2.0
14. Arnold, Marc USA 2035 +16 - 2 +23 - 6 2.0
15. Scekic, Milos m SCG 2405 = + 6 - 2 --- 1.5
16. Hoffmann, Asa f USA 2272 -14 +25 =12 --- 1.5
17. Gershov, Yevegeny f USA 2317 - 3 +28 - 8 =20 1.5
18. Furdzik, Rafal USA 2261 = 6 -21 =27 = 1.5
19. Ross, Laura wf USA 2099 -22 +24 =11 -13 1.5
20. Smith, Daniel USA ---- - 7 - 9 +26 =17 1.5
21. Rahman, Ziaur g BAN 2532 -10 +18 - 9 --- 1.0
22. Benen, Samson f USA 2323 +19 -10 --- --- 1.0
23. Shahade, Jennifer wm USA 2338 +28 - 3 -14 --- 1.0
24. Privman, Boris f USA 2275 - 5 -19 - 6 +27 1.0
25. Lowinger, Daniel USA ---- --- -16 +28 --- 1.0
26. Fischler, Matthew USA ---- -11 -13 -20 +28 1.0
27. Zhao, Parker USA 1944 - 8 -12 =18 -24 0.5
28. Paulina, David USA ---- -23 -17 -25 -26 0.0
PRIZES
1ST - $ 500
2ND - $ 240
3RD - $ 100
U2400 - $ 200
The 24th International Chess Festival "Conca della Presolana" took place
in Bratto (Italy), 20th-28th August 2004. Igor Miladinovic took clear first
with 7.5/9. Games from the final round not available.
Official site: http://www.scaccobratto.com/2004.shtml
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Open A Bratto ITA (ITA), 20-28 viii 2004
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1. Miladinovic, Igor g GRE 2630 7.5 50.0
2. Dervishi, Erald g ALB 2486 7.0 48.0
3. Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2527 7.0 45.5
4. Godena, Michele g ITA 2545 6.5 51.0
5. Khenkin, Igor g GER 2573 6.5 50.0
6. Salvador, Roland PHI 2178 6.5 46.0
7. Sedina, Elena m ITA 2396 6.5 44.5 2.5
8. Drazic, Sinisa g SCG 2461 6.5 44.5 2.0
9. Sax, Gyula g HUN 2535 6.5 43.5
10. Drabke, Lorenz m GER 2428 6.5 43.0
11. Vezzosi, Paolo m ITA 2350 6.5 42.5
12. Shytaj, Luca f ITA 2344 6.0 47.5
13. Ranola, Yves PHI 2410 6.0 47.0
14. Bellini, Fabio m ITA 2509 6.0 46.0
15. Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2635 6.0 44.5
16. Maiorov, Nikita m BLR 2414 6.0 44.0
17. Bergez, Luc m FRA 2376 6.0 43.0
18. Sanchez, Joseph f PHI 2453 6.0 42.5
19. Bellia, Fabrizio m ITA 2409 6.0 39.5
20. Bancod Ronald m PHI 2354 6.0 37.0
21. Maksimenko, Andrei g UKR 2524 5.5 47.0
122 players
The 2nd Misr (Arabic name of Egypt) Closed 2004 is a Round Robin event
took place 16th-25th August in Egypt (Six Corner Hotel-Ismailia City 100 k.m
from Cairo). Georgy Timoshenko won the event with 7/10. 5 Egyptian players
(their first team is preparing for the Arab games in Algeria 24th September)
with 6 GM s played the Round Robin. IM Essam El Gindy from Egypt had problems
and had to withdraw. News: Hassan Khaled.
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2nd Misr Closed Ismailia EGY (EGY), 16-25 viii 2004 cat. X (2481)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
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1. Timoshenko, Georgy g UKR 2536 * = = = 1 = = 1 1 = 1 7.0 2624
2. Potkin, Vladimir g RUS 2523 = * = = = = 1 = 1 = = 6.0 2548
3. Komarov, Dimitri g UKR 2567 = = * = = 1 = = = 1 = 6.0 2544
4. Grigoriants, Sergey g RUS 2530 = = = * = = = = = 1 = 5.5 2511
5. Ivanov, Mikhail M g RUS 2463 0 = = = * = = 1 = 1 = 5.5 2518
6. Abdelnabbi, Imed m EGY 2479 = = 0 = = * = 0 1 = = 4.5 2444
7. Karpatchev, Aleksandr g RUS 2484 = 0 = = = = * 1 0 0 1 4.5 2444
8. Abdel Razik, Khaled f EGY 2410 0 = = = 0 1 0 * = = 1 4.5 2451
9. Amin, Bassem m EGY 2425 0 0 = = = 0 1 = * = 1 4.5 2450
10. Ezat, Mohamed m EGY 2395 = = 0 0 0 = 1 = = * 0 3.5 2379
11. Adly, Ahmed m EGY 2475 0 = = = = = 0 0 0 1 * 3.5 2371
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The VI International Chess Open de Sants, Hostafrancs & La Bordeta
in Barcelona takes place 28th August - 5th September 2004.
Information: http://www.secretariat.org/open/Ingles.htm
Players:
1. Izoria, Zviad gm GEO 2593
2. Korneev, Oleg gm RUS 2587
3. Stocek, Jiri gm CZE 2557
4. Stefansson, Hannes gm ISL 2549
5. Moskalenko, Viktor gm UKR 2544
6. Peralta, Fernando im ARG 2541
7. Hillarp Persson, Tiger gm SWE 2529
8. Li, Shilong gm CHN 2526
9. Oratovsky, Michael gm ISR 2525
10. Zhang, Pengxiang gm CHN 2519
11. Kosten, Anthony C. gm FRA 2516
12. Magem Badals, Jordi gm ESP 2504
330 players
The XVI Open Porto San Giorgio took place 21st-29th August 2004. Friso
Nijboer won the event with 7.5/9. My thanks to Guenter Schuhmacher for the
news.
Official site:
http://www.torneoscacchi.it/edizioni/torneo.asp?codice=2004&torneo=open_a
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XVI Open Porto San Giorgio ITA (ITA), 21-29 viii 2004
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1. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2568 7.5 2641
2. Naumkin, Igor g RUS 2457 6.5 2519
3. Burmakin, Vladimir g RUS 2551 6.5 2536
4. Efimov, Igor g ITA 2491 6.5 2526
5. Laketic, Gojko m SCG 2403 6.5 2511
6. Zaja, Ivan g CRO 2452 6.5 2501
7. Bokros, Albert m HUN 2470 6.5 2515
8. Farago, Ivan g HUN 2472 6.5 2493
9. Aleksic, Nenad m SCG 2395 6.5 2480
10. Lalic, Bogdan g ENG 2527 6.5 2493
11. Czebe, Attila g HUN 2481 6.5 2442
12. Kohlweyer, Bernd m GER 2411 6.5 2402
13. Lazic, Miroljub g SCG 2471 6.5 2451
14. Roeder, Mathias m GER 2431 6.5 2373
15. Bontempi, Piero f ITA 2325 6.0 2352
16. Ortega, Lexy g ITA 2430 6.0 2480
17. Jones, Gawain C ENG 2453 6.0 2423
18. Collutiis, Duilio f ITA 2387 6.0 2360
19. Voiska, Margarita wg BUL 2387 6.0 2423
20. Sabia, Corrado ITA 2150 6.0 2357
21. Horvath, Peter m HUN 2503 6.0 2427
22. Trent, Lawrence ENG 2400 6.0 2307
23. Bruno, Fabio f ITA 2341 6.0 2333
24. Djuric, Stefan g SCG 2511 6.0 2394
25. Friedrich, Norbert f GER 2319 6.0 2297
26. Bukal, Vladimir jr m CRO 2390 5.5 2343
27. Mrdja, Milan m CRO 2432 5.5 2398
28. Hoelzl, Franz m AUT 2373 5.5 2308
29. Cioara, Andrei Nestor m ROM 2373 5.5 2296
135 players
The VII. Banc Post & Ciuc Premium International Chess Tournaments
took place in Miercurea Ciuc (Romania), 21st-29th August 2004. Ioan Cristian
Chirila and Ion Glodeanu finished with 10/11 in the Premium B event, Siegfried
Schmid won the C event also with the same score. News and games Sandor
Biro.
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VII Banc Post & Ciuc Premium B Miercurea Ciuc ROM (ROM), 21-29 viii 2004
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1. Chirila, Ioan Cristian ROM 2195 * = 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 10.0 2423
2. Glodeanu, Ion m ROM 2276 = * 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10.0 2416
3. Kelemen, Feher Balint ROM 2048 0 0 * = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 7.5 2186
4. Voegerl, Ronald GER 2072 0 = = * = = 1 = 0 1 1 1 6.5 2116
5. Bolog, Iulian ROM 1974 0 0 = = * = = 1 1 = = 1 6.0 2096
6. Argyo, Nora ROM 2076 0 0 0 = = * = = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2087
7. Karsdorp,Nico NED ---- 0 0 0 0 = = * = = = 1 1 4.5 1993
8. Eibl,Maximilian GER ---- = 0 0 = 0 = = * 1 = 0 = 4.0 1956
9. Szakats,Stefan ROM ---- 0 0 0 1 0 0 = 0 * = = 1 3.5 1925
10. Fuhrmann,Max GER ---- 0 0 0 0 = 0 = = = * = 1 3.5 1925
11. Darvas,Ignatie ROM ---- 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 = = * = 3.0 1883
12. Braeutigam,Markus GER ---- 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = * 1.5 1749
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VII Banc Post & Ciuc Premium C Miercurea Ciuc ROM (ROM), 21-29 viii 2004
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Schmid, Siegfried GER 2253 * = 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 10.0 2364
2. Balazs, Stefan ROM 2018 = * = = = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 8.0 2177
3. Biro, Zoltan ROM 1949 0 = * = 1 = = = = 1 1 1 7.0 2110
4. Ghinea, Constantin ROM 1849 0 = = * = 1 = = 0 1 1 1 6.5 2082
5. Szebeni,Pal ROM ---- 0 = 0 = * 0 1 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2069
6. Adam,Andrea ROM ---- 0 0 = 0 1 * 1 = = 1 1 = 6.0 2040
7. Kocsis,Mihaly ROM ---- = = = = 0 0 * = 0 = 1 1 5.0 1968
8. Grimm,Pascal GER ---- 0 0 = = 0 = = * 1 = = = 4.5 1939
9. Boehm, Manfred GER 1976 0 0 = 1 0 = 1 0 * 1 0 0 4.0 1904
10. Schmitt,Harry GER ---- 0 = 0 0 = 0 = = 0 * = = 3.0 1829
11. Pokorny,Fabian GER ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 = * 1 3.0 1829
12. Kokosi,Daniel ROM ---- 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 = 0 * 2.5 1793
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The 4th Botvinnik Memorial, a veterans event takes place in Satka Russia
27th August 4th September 2004. Vladimir Savon has the early lead in the A
event.
http://fgala.boom.ru/tourn/botvmem.htm
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4th Botvinnik Mem Satka RUS (RUS), 27 viii-4 ix 2004 cat. VIII (2428)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Savon, Vladimir A g UKR 2451 * . . 1 = . . . 1 . 2.5 2729
2. Klovans, Janis g LAT 2456 . * = . . . . . = 1 2.0 2543
3. Chernikov, Oleg L g RUS 2412 . = * . . = = . . . 1.5 2441
4. Karasev, Vladimir I m RUS 2427 0 . . * 1 = . . . . 1.5 2461
5. Vasiukov, Evgeni g RUS 2514 = . . 0 * . . 1 . . 1.5 2395
6. Doroshkievich, Vladimir K m RUS 2420 . . = = . * . = . . 1.5 2382
7. Shestoperov, Aleksej m RUS 2448 . . = . . . * = . = 1.5 2378
8. Gaprindashvili, Nona g GEO 2309 . . . . 0 = = * . . 1.0 2335
9. Shabanov, Yuri g RUS 2429 0 = . . . . . . * = 1.0 2315
10. Zaitsev, Igor A g RUS 2413 . 0 . . . . = . = * 1.0 2319
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Klaksvik in the Faroes Islands there is a double round robin IM
tournament Cat IV (2340). IM norm 6½/10
Live coverage etc at: http://www.ktfchess.com
3rd IM Klaksvik FAI (FAI), 28 viii-4 ix 2004 cat. IV (2340)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Hermansson, Emil m SWE 2428 ** =. 1. =. .. .. 2.0 2473
2 Poulsen, Martin FAI 2319 =. ** .. 1. =. .. 2.0 2482
3 Olsen, Heini f FAI 2329 0. .. ** .. 1. =. 1.5 2330
4 Fries-Nielsen, Jens Ove m DEN 2398 =. 0. .. ** .. 1. 1.5 2355
5 Simonsen, Olavur FAI 2246 .. =. 0. .. ** 1. 1.5 2322
6 Bjarnason, Saevar m ISL 2318 .. .. =. 0. 0. ** 0.5 2051
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The Collado Villalba Open takes place 23rd-31st August 2004.
Further details: http://www.ajedrezcolladovillalba.com
Round 7 of 9 Standings:
1 Cheparinov, Ivan m BUL 2567 6.0
2-7 San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo g ESP 2516 5.5
Vazquez Igarza, Renier m ESP 2457 5.5
Borges Mateos, Juan m CUB 2456 5.5
Herrera Ojeda, Irisberto g CUB 2442 5.5
Beletsky, Sasha m UKR 2413 5.5
Ivanov, Jordan m BUL 2391 5.5
8-18 Suba, Mihai g RUM 2503 5.0
Fernandez Garcia, Jose Luis g ESP 2478 5.0
Moreno Ruiz, Javier m ESP 2463 5.0
Moreno Trujillo, Alejandro m ESP 2430 5.0
Gallardo Garcia, Andres f ESP 2305 5.0
Perez Gonzalez, Jose Manuel f ESP 2299 5.0
Martin Rueda, Daniel ESP 2296 5.0
Bruned, Yvain ESP 2251 5.0
Barez Menendez, Hector ESP 2209 5.0
Alonso Fernandez, Marcos ESP 2196 5.0
Pereira, Edgar Silva POR 2137 5.0
135 players
The 1st Dato Arthur Tan Malaysia Open Chess Championship took place in
Kuala Lumpur August 21st-31st 2004. Ni Hua finished clear first on 8.5/11 half
a point clear of five players including Ian Rogers on 8/11.
Further details: http://tcn.sourceforge.net/
Final Round 11 Standings:
1. 3 Ni Hua 8.5 78.0 58.75 55.5 2583 2651 +0.91 CHAMPION
2. 1 Ian Rogers 8.0 79.5 56.25 52.5 2588 2613 +0.30 2ND
2 Dao Thien Hai 8.0 77.5 55.00 50.0 2583 2577 -0.14 3RD
8 Yu, Shaoteng 8.0 75.5 54.00 48.5 2476 2550 +1.00 4TH
11 Susanto Megaranto 8.0 70.0 47.00 46.0 2439 2394 -0.48 5TH
17 Dede Lioe 8.0 69.5 47.25 47.0 2397 2498 +1.30 6TH
7. 5 Antonio, Rogelio 7.5 78.5 52.00 50.0 2524 2546 +0.35 7TH
9 Xu Yuhua 7.5 77.0 50.00 48.0 2472 2498 +0.35 8TH
7 Alexei Barsov 7.5 76.5 49.75 48.5 2497 2520 +0.35 9TH
10 Nelson Mariano 7.5 76.0 50.00 49.0 2464 2490 +0.35 10TH
14 Irwanto Sadikin 7.5 73.5 49.00 46.5 2413 2453 +0.57
16 Mas Hafizulhelmi 7.5 71.0 48.50 45.0 2404 2480 +0.92 MSIA-1ST
33 Tirta Chandra Purnama 7.5 66.0 43.75 41.0 2286 2416 +1.40
14. 4 Nguyen Anh Dung 7.0 75.0 45.75 45.0 2561 2431 -1.69
32 Zhang, Jilin 7.0 71.0 43.25 43.0 2287 2419 +1.46 FEMALE
15 Gokhale, Chandrashekhar 7.0 70.5 43.75 46.0 2407 2403 -0.04
31 Nicholas Chan 7.0 70.0 39.75 42.0 2302 2320 +0.23 MSIA-2ND
29 Lim Yee Weng 7.0 69.0 40.75 43.5 2322 2459 +1.48 MSIA-3RD
19 Wang Yu 7.0 68.5 42.50 43.0 2392 2374 -0.17
85 Yutuc, Rolando 7.0 68.0 41.50 39.5 0000 2356 +1.50 BEST UR
21 Daly, Colm 7.0 67.5 40.25 42.5 2370 2328 -0.60
36 Taufik Halay 7.0 64.0 35.25 39.5 2264 2233 -0.26
23. 6 Juswanto, Denny 6.5 77.0 42.50 48.5 2518 2457 -0.87
24 Nguyen Van Huy 6.5 75.5 40.25 46.5 2353 2446 +1.30
13 Xu, Yuanyuan 6.5 73.0 42.25 44.0 2416 2362 -0.70
12 Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman 6.5 71.0 38.50 46.5 2434 2400 -0.54
28 Le Quang Liem 6.5 70.5 39.50 41.5 2323 2335 +0.20 BEST U-16
18 Sriram Jha 6.5 68.5 36.50 43.0 2393 2332 -0.80
26 Mok Tze Meng 6.5 66.0 35.25 39.5 2336 2238 -1.30
40 Hasian Panggabean 6.5 65.5 33.75 37.0 2222 2263 +0.60
45 Zakaria, Fairin 6.5 61.0 30.75 36.5 2196 2174 -0.23
37 Sampouw, Jacobus S 6.5 60.0 32.75 34.0 2255 2293 +0.32
111 players
Kostantin Aseev born 20th October 1960 died on 22nd August 2004 at the
age of 43 after a long illness. Aseev hadn't played since October last year and
was a coach to Andrei Kharlov and Maia Chiburdanidze. He became an IM and then
a GM in the early 1990s. He had a rating high of 2591 in 2001-2. He made
significant contributions to theory in the Rauzer Attack and Queen Indian
Defence.
First Saturday September
There are GM, IM and FM events taking place in Budapest 4th-16th of
September 2004 as part of First Saturday September events. Contact Laszlo Nagy
if you wish to play - e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu
GM Group: IGM ERENBURG, Sergey (ISR, 2533), IGM SERES, Lajos (HUN,
2448), IGM ILINCIC, Zlatko (SCG, 2520), IM PASCHALL, William (USA. 2389), IM
NGUYEN, Ngoc Truongson (VIE, 2466), IM DEARING, Eddie (SCO, 2392), IM GRAFL,
Florian (GER, 2411), IM BROMBERGER, Stefan (GER, 2440), WFM MALYSHEVA, Polina
(RUS, 2364), IM LUKIN, Andrei (RUS, 2417), IM SAMMALVUO, Tapani (FIN, 2445), FM
BÉRCZES, Dávid (HUN, 2351), IM ERDÕS, Viktor (HUN, 2454),
IM MÉSZÁROS, Tamás (HUN, 2346), Reserves: IM
STEINGRIMSSON, Hedinn (ISL, 2397), IGM FOGARASI, Tibor (HUN), IM FARAGÓ,
Sándor (HUN), IM EPERJESI, László (HUN), FM LORSCHEID,
Gerd (GER), IM TOUZANE, Olivier (FRA), WGM HOANG, Trang (VIE),
IM Groups (2 planned): IM WERNER, Dimo (GER, 2314), IM PIRISI,
Gábor (HUN, 2295), IM FARAGÓ, Sándor (HUN, 2325), IM
LENGYEL, Béla (HUN, 2333), IM GALYAS, Miklós (HUN, 2440), IM
JAKAB, Attila (HUN, 2350), IM KAHN, Evarth (HUN, 2321), FM WOODWARD, Timothy
(ENG, 2334), MARXEN, Peter (GER, 2212), FM BRUSTKERN, Juergen (GER, 2277), FM
FODOR, Tamás (HUN, 2202), FM ZUMSANDE, Martin (GER, 2391), FM RICHTER,
Christian (GER, 2336), FM PITL, Gregory (GER, 2286), FM LANG, Torsten (GER,
2359), FM MURANYI, Karl-J. (GER, 2375), DENCSI, Tibor (HUN, 2275), WIM
SAMMALVUO, Niina (FIN, 2268), KOCZÓ, Kristóf (HUN, 2198), NAGY,
Bence (HUN, 2322), SZAMOSKÖZI, Gábor (HUN, 2238), SCHNEIDER,
Veronika (HUN, 2212),
Also two FM Groups planned.
Kramnik and Kasparov Websites
Kramnik's official website has become active:
http://www.kramnik.com/ in time for his
World Championship match in September / October. Garry Kasparov also has a
newish website in part promoting his book ‘My Great Predecessors’ at:
http://www.chesschamps.com
Pune GM
An International Open incorporating India’s first ever Super GM
tournament with an average rating of 2630 in the nine round all play all
Category 16 tournament will take place at Pune, India from 2nd to 12th
September 2004.
Internet coverage: http://www.chessindia.org
1 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter GM 2686 ROM
2 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab GM 2679 GEO
3 Beliavsky, Alexander G GM 2679 SLO
4 Sutovsky, Emil GM 2679 ISR
5 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam GM 2640 UZB
6 Sasikiran, Krishnan GM 2666 IND
7 Harikrishna, P. GM 2609 IND
8 Ganguly, Surya Shekhar GM 2574 IND
9 Sandipan, Chanda GM 2555 IND
10 Kunte, Abhijit GM 2532 IND
3rd Parsvnath International Open
The 3rd Parsvnath International Open Chess Tournament takes place in
New Delhi, 2nd-11th January 2005. Prizes : Total Cash Prizes: Rs.600,000/-
Further details: http://www.delhichess.com/
Lebanese Chess Championship
The Lebanese Chess Championship took place 16th-27th August 2004. Faisal
Khairallah was the winner of the title.
Official website http://www.lebchess.org and Elie Houlichian
http://www.geocities.com/houlichian
Monarch Assurance Isle of Man Masters
The Monarch Assurance Isle of Man Masters takes place 25th September -
3rd October 2004. The first World Senior Team Championships is being run back
to back with the above event from 5-12 October 2004. So far here are confirmed
entries from Australia, Germany, India, Israel, South Africa, Switzerland and
5-6 teams from the British Isles. 7 GMs have signed up to take part in this 8
round Swiss, including Viktor Korchnoi of Switzerland. Stewart Reuben
Entries for the Masters includes: Vadim Milov, Ilya Smirin, Alexander
Moiseenko, Viorel Iordachescu, Sergei Volkov, Vassilios Kotronias, Zhong Zhang,
Evgeny Agrest, Hikaru Nakamura, Vladimir Baklan, Kaido Kulaots, Dusko
Pavasovic, Ian Rogers, Viktor Korchnoi, Jonathan Rowson, Hicham Hamdouchi, Petr
Kiriakov, Jon Speelman, Ehsan Ghaem Maghami, Murray Chandler, Milos Pavlovic,
Peter Wells, Stuart Conquest, RB Ramesh, Almira Skripchenko, Ketevan Arakhamia,
Colin McNab, Ruofan Li, Jovanka Houska, David Howell, Yochanan Afek and Aarthie
Ramswammy are amongst the players.
Further details: http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/monarch2004
3rd Istanbul Chess Tournament
The 3rd Istanbul Chess Tournament takes place 2nd-11th September in
Istanbul, Turkey. 15 GMs lodging will be supplied. Total prize fund 25.250 USD
Application:Spor A.S. Istanbul Tel : 212 - 234 4200 Fax : 212 - 241 2686 e-mail
: satrancfestivali@yahoo.com
Further details: http://www.istanbulsatrancfestivali.org
or in English
http://www.tsf.org.tr/faaliyet_2004/istanbul/istanbulenglish.htm
Also there will be another tournament for university students
http://www.tsf.org.tr/faaliyet_2004/wucc/wuccreg.htm
Also there will be an open tournament at Izmir Turkey
http://www.tsf.org.tr/faaliyet_2004/izmiropen/english.htm
GM Mikhail Gurevitch and Sergey Tiviakov are going to participate.
http://www.istanbulsatrancfestivali.org/wuc.doc
Also you can give the following word file for word university team
championship. The total prize for universities is 3000 usd.
ICCF Champions League
The first Regular Season of the ICCF Champions League will start on 1st
November, 2004.
The ICCF Champions League is a continuous Email Team Tournament. It is
played in seasons and comprises several divisions with promotion and
relegation. All games are ICCF rated. Depending on the final number of teams in
each League, each player would normally play 10 games.
A Qualification season started in 2002. Teams in that season have been
divided into 4 Leagues with "A" being the highest. Top scoring teams will move
up a league in the following season and the lowest scoring teams will move down
This season only, there will be a "Fast Track" open to any returning
team or new team (see also FAQ 31) who wishes to enter here. The maximum number
of Fast Track teams accepted for the 2004-2006 season is 44. If there are more
than 44 team requests, only the teams with the highest average ratings will be
included in the Fast Track. The rest of the teams will be included as follows:
- returning teams will play in the leagues they qualified for, - new teams will
play in League D.
Every 4 player team may consist of players from 1 or more countries. A
player can play only for one team in a season. Players should be members of an
ICCF national federation member. The team must choose a name and a Captain,
preferably one familiar with ICCF email rules.
Entries are due by 15 September 2004. Fee for teams entering via
National Federations is CHF 40 or equivalent in the national currency, for
those entering via the Direct Entry facility (see FAQ) is USD 50 per team. You
must include Team name, Captain name, players' names, their countries and their
email address with the entry fee. The Team Captain is responsible for
collecting the money and sending in the entry form.
A Prize Fund of approximately $5000US will be divided among the top
teams in each league, the best new players, and for the best game.
Details in FAQ at:
http://tables.iccf.com/email/ChLeague/2004/season1faq.htm
Entry from at: http://tables.iccf.com/email/ChLeague/season1form.htm
Rules and information about ICCF at http://www.iccf.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.
This year the event has been opened up to any chess players from around
the world who are in a military status (active, reserve, retired, national
guard, militia, cadet, midshipman, or their national equivalent). The event is
also on the World Chess Federation calendar. The organisers would love to see
one or more players from the UK show up this year.
Military chess players from all nations of the world are cordially
invited. The US Department of State told the organisers that there are no
restrictions on whom they may invite. To speed up the visa application process
[for those nations who do not have a "reciprocal no visa agreement" with the
US], the event is on a special list of approved events at all U. S. consulates
and embassies around the world.
The superb venue this year is at the United States Naval Academy in
Annapolis, Maryland. So far, players from India, Macedonia, Israel, Malaysia
and Greece have indicated their intent to participate. There is the hope many
other nations will also attend. So far the strongest military player that may
compete is GM Efstratios Grivas (ELO 2520) from Greece, who is an instructor at
the Hellenic Army Academy in Attica, Greece near Athens.
The entrance fee is free. Registration is via e-mail using the form
provided on the website.
Further info: http://www.freewebs.com/usafco
Jersey International Chess Festival 2005
The Jersey International Chess Festival takes place 13th-19th February
2005 inclusive. 7 rounds, three sections; OPEN (FIDE rated), MAJOR Under 160 /
1880 ELO and MINOR Under 130 / 1640 ELO. There is a total of £7,000 in
prizes and is part of the British Chess Federation Grand Prix.
Details: http://www.geocities.com/adamraoof/jersey.htm
36th Chess Olympiad
The 36th Chess Olympiad takes place in Calvià (Majorca),
14th-31st October 2004. There is now a website with lots of information on the
event. 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
Alexei Tsvetkov Memorial Correspondence Tournament
GM Alexei Tsvetkov on June 14, 2004 a member of the Chessfriend.com
(CFC) correspondence chess server. There is a 128 player Memorial Knockout
tournament Timerate 20 + 2 days per move - Leave = 14 days for each round - No
entry fees Prizes = 1st prize = 500 Euro + 3 book prizes Startdate = 01.
October 2004 All games are played on the CFC server
Participants: The tournament is open for all chessplayers including
players of other organizations (IECG, ICCF, IECC, etc.) Precondition is that
the player has registered (e.g. with the free single tournament user) at the
CFC server (http://www.chessfriend.com) Entries are considered in the order of
the entrance.
The advantage of a knockout tournament is, that the players have to
play only 2 games in each round. Therefore the players don’t need much
time to participate in this tournament.
Details: http://www.chessfriend.com
4th Winterthur Chess Week
The 4th Winterthur Chess Week takes place in Winterthur (Switzerland)
October 1st-9th 2004. The main event is a 9-round Open with a total prize money
of CHF 10750 (EUR 7000, USD 8400). Other events include an invitational Young
Masters tournament and a Youth Open (7 rounds October 4th-8th), as well as two
Blitz tournaments. Further details:
http://www.chessstore.ch/schachwoche/.
GM Thaler vs The Rest of the World
ChessWorld.net is currently hosting "Rest of the World" matches against
GM Thaler, IM Basman, and 'Zsoyd' - an anonymous player who has not yet lost a
single game and has broken all Chessworld.net highest rating records. In these
voting games the "Rest of the World" (ROW) votes for the moves against the
master, and the highest voted move played after five days. The most recent ROW
game vs IM Silman has finished in a draw.
You can get in on the game at the online chess site
www.chessworld.net
- head for Play!..World team games after logging in.
There is also a free to enter upcoming Chess Olympia celebration event
in August where you can play for your country. Last years event attracted well
over 1400 players from over 150 countries. You can join in the fun by simply
logging in, and ticking in the My stuff..My details area that you want to play
in the Olympia celebration event.
The up to date position is also available on the TWIC front page.
Russia vs ROW Correspondence
The Russian Chess Federation is celebrating its 10th anniversary and is
using this occasion to challenge the rest of the world to a match over 64
boards with 2 games for each and the start is 15.02 2004. Players include Joop
van Oosterom
http://www.mychessweb.com/Tables/Internationale/Play/russia-world.htm
Paks Cup
The VIII Paks Cup takes place 21st-31st August 2004. GM-IM Tournaments
23rd-29th August 2004 and also an FM Tournament. One player needed for the GM
Group. Contact: Videki Sandor Tel: 0036-75421225, 304012866 email:
videkis2001@yahoo.com
GM group 1.Nevednichy 2538 GM ROM, 2. Polak T 2482 GM CZ, 3. Anka GM
2407 4. Toth A IM 2429,5. Videki IM 2409, 6. Paschall W IM USA 2389, 7. Pataki
2390, 8. Simacek 2439 IM CZ 9. Zelic M 2300 CRO Average: 2420
Villeurbanne IM
The Chess club of Villeurbanne (suburbs of Lyon, France) will organize
the 3rd edition of The Trophée des Maîtres from September 17th -
25th 2004. This category 4 round-robin (IM norm at 6/9 points) will have 10
participating players (3 IM included) The rate of play is 1hour and 40 minutes
+ 30sec / moves to play 40 moves followed by 40 minutes + 30 sec / moves to
finish the game The registration fee is 150 euros for untitled FIDE players,
100 euros for Fide masters, accomodation is possible for 24 euros per night for
a single room, breakfast included. Players who are interested, can join me for
more informations at this e-mail adress : thierry.paris@free.fr or phone
Thierry Paris : +336 86 99 08 80
Hungarian chess tournaments August-December 2004
List of the chess tournaments in the near future in 2004 in Hungary:
1. 19th-26th of August, Open Swiss, Balatonzamardi /150 km from
Budapest West/ Org: Valis Janos, e-mail: husi-sc@hu.inter.net
2. 21st-31st of August, Paks GM-IM-FM round robins, /100 km South from
Budapest/, org: IM Videki Sandor, e-mail: videkis2001@yahoo.com
3. 4th-16th of September, FS GM-IM-FM closed events, Budapest org: NL
Organisation: Nagy Laszlo /NL/, e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net Website:
http://www.firstsaturday.hu
Phone-fax: (361)-2632859, cellphone: (36)-30-230-1914 /From 12:00 a.m. until
midnight - Central European Time - GMT+1 hour/
4. 2nd-15th of October, FS GM-IM-FM, Budapest, org.NL
5. 16th-26th of October, Papp Béla memorial GM closed,
Torokbalint, /15 km from Budapest/, info: NL
6. 6th-19th of November, FS GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, Org: NL
7. 25th of Nov.-3rd of Dec., Harkany Open Swiss, /250 West from
Budapest/, Org: Fulop Csaba, e-mail: fulopcsa@axelero.hu
8. 4th-17th of December, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest, org: NL
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
Australian Open
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.
There are $18,500AU in prizes with a top prize of $4500. The organisers
are looking for any players interested in participating in this event.
Contact George Howard on georgeshoward@hotmail.com for details or
queries.
Website: http://www.mtbullerchess.com will have
full details of the event shortly.
Frank Quisinsky Chess Calendar
Frank Quisinsky has updated his computer chess calendar. There are
7.773 official computer chess event games since 1990.
CC-Calendar:
http://www.playwitharena.com/directory/calendar.htm
Events include: 07th http://rsise.anu.edu.au/~shaun/chess/
Australasian NCC-ch 2004, RedHill, Canberra FICS 20.07.04, Warp (former
LambChop) 12th WCCC http://www.cs.biu.ac.il/games/ ,
Ramat-Gan 04.07.04 - 12.07.04, Junior 04th http://e4e6.com/cips2004/ Campionato
Italiano P. Scacchistici, Roma 26.06.04 - 27.06.04, Delfi 06th
http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/group/eefrance/
French programmers tournament, Massy 20.06.04, Chess Wizard 04th MASPV
http://www.hun-digital.hu/MASPV2004/index_en.html
, Budapest 28.05.04 - 30.05.04, Merlin
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
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/
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
New York Masters
Regular competition for players in New York Rated 2200 and above.
Further details: http://www.newyorkmasters.com/
