THE WEEK IN CHESS 517 4th October 2004 by Mark Crowther
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Kramnik - Leko Match 4 games
European Club Cup 128 games
Gausdal Chess Classic 157 games
Monarch Assurance Isle of Man Masters 338 games
Israeli Championship 121 games
Tatry-Open 362 games
Serbia and Montenegro 2nd Leagues 726 games
119th New York Masters 4 games
Piloo Mody International Open 29 games
8th Itáu Cup 150 games
79th Argentine Chess Championship 238 games
LGA Premium Cup 249 games
Bucharest Open 28 games
2530 games
My thanks to Vladica Andrejic, Thomas Henrich, Victor Bologan, Julio
Lapertosa, Duif Calvin, Martin Bennedik, Sergey Abramov, Vladimir Dvorkovich,
Adolivio Capece, Radu-Catalin Chirila, Roberto Alvarez, Leonid Galperin, Doru
Ionescu, Marius van Riemsdijk, Kenny Chern, Tarjei J. Svensen and everyone else
who helped with the issue.
The Kramnik - Leko match stands at 3-3 after 6 of the 14 games and we're
surely entering the meat of the match. Kramnik's win in game one was answered
by a Leko win in game 5 where he switched to 1.d4. In my opinion 1.d4 suits
both players better than 1.e4 and Kramnik has achieved very little with his
first move advantage so far. The European Club Cup got underway on Sunday.
Chess really isn't a big team sport and the major interest will be the
performance of the major players in the event. I don't have all the round 2
game so I won't include them in this issue but Kasparov went down to defeat
against Sergey Rubevsky in this round. In form Alexander Morozevich has yet to
make an appearance but his game always attract attention so lets hope he starts
soon. Ivanchuk, Shirov and Adams are all top boards for their teams so there
could be some classic conflicts before the finish. My trip to Brissago for the
Kramnik - Leko match has been postponed until Saturday, I'm not quite sure when
next week's issue will be out (Monday as normal or Tuesday seems likely) and
how much I will be able to include on my travels.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Classical World Chess Championship takes place at the Centro
Dannemann in Brissago, Switzerland September 25th - October 18th, 2004. A total
of 14 games will be played under classical time controls. Vladimir Kramnik is
defending the title he won from Garry Kasparov in 2000 against Hungarian GM
Peter Leko, who qualified at the Dortmund Candidates in 2002.
The 2nd week of the match started with a 23 move Petroff Defence with
Leko making no progress with white. This was followed by a slightly more
interesting 43 move draw in a Ruy Lopez. Leko pulled a surprise in game 5 with
his switch to the Queen's Gambit. He played a theoretical variation which left
him a pawn up. Kramnik would have drawn easily if they'd had an adjournment at
move 40 but the position proved to be hard to defend (Anand drew the same
endgame by retaining the two bishops against Karpov) and Kramnik was very
slowly outplayed with Leko finally winning on move 69. Kramnik's struggles with
1.e4 continued in game 6 was drawn in 20 moves when if anything Leko stood
better.
TWIC Mini-site:
http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/event/kramlek04/intro.html
Official website for the event:
http://www.worldchesschampionship.com
Leko, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 65 C42 Petroff's Defence
Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter 1/2 18 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Leko, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 23 C42 Petroff's Defence
Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter 1/2 43 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Leko, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 69 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter 1/2 20 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
WCh Brissago SUI (SUI), 25 ix-18 x 2004
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2770 1 = = = 0 = . . . . . . . . 3.0 2741
Leko, Peter g HUN 2741 0 = = = 1 = . . . . . . . . 3.0 2770
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The European Club Cup takes place in Izmir starting 2nd October. Garry
Kasparov, Michael Adams, Alexander Morozevich, Alexei Shirov, Vassily Ivanchuk,
Etienne Bacrot, Boris Gelfand, Alexander Grischuk and Nigel Short are amongst
the players. The event is the 20th European Club Cup for Men and 9th European
Club Cup for Women.
Coverage: http://www.tsf.org.tr/ecup2004/ecupmain.htm
- [live games, full PGN and results available]
Top 7 Team Lists
1 NAO Chess Club Rtg-Ø:2698
1 GM Adams Michael 2740 ENG
2 GM Grischuk Alexander 2704 RUS
3 GM Bacrot Etienne 2718 FRA
4 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2678 ESP
5 GM Lautier Joel 2682 FRA
6 GM Radjabov Teimour 2663 AZE
GM Fressinet Laurent 2640 FRA
GM Nataf Igor-Alexandre 2565 FRA
2 Max Ven Ekaterinburg Rtg-Ø:2682
1 GM Kasparov Garry 2813 RUS
2 GM Vaganian Rafael A 2640 ARM
3 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej 2659 BLR
4 GM Sakaev Konstantin 2669 RUS
5 GM Beliavsky Alexander G 2660 SLO
6 GM Motylev Alexander 2651 RUS
GM Rustemov Alexander 2602 RUS
GM Shariyazdanov Andrey 2583 RUS
3 Bosna Sarajevo Rtg-Ø:2669
1 GM Shirov Alexei 2726 ESP
2 GM Short Nigel D 2687 ENG
3 GM Sokolov Ivan 2663 NED
4 GM Bologan Viktor 2669 MDA
5 GM Movsesian Sergei 2629 SVK
6 GM Kozul Zdenko 2640 CRO
GM Atalik Suat 2541 BIH
IM Predojevic Borki 2509 BIH
4 Polonia Plus GSM Warszawa Rtg-Ø:2644
1 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2705 UKR
2 GM Gelfand Boris 2693 ISR
3 GM Krasenkow Michal 2676 POL
4 GM Macieja Bartlomiej 2613 POL
5 GM Kempinski Robert 2608 POL
6 GM Socko Bartosz 2570 POL
GM Markowski Tomasz 2567 POL
GM Gdanski Jacek 2546 POL
5 Tomsk 400 Rtg-Ø:2638
1 GM Morozevich Alexander 2758 RUS
2 GM Khalifman Alexander 2669 RUS
3 GM Smirnov Pavel 2626 RUS
4 GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2596 RUS
5 GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2604 RUS
6 GM Bocharov Dmitry 2574 RUS
GM Belozerov Andrei 2548 RUS
GM Khasin Alexander 2522 RUS
6 Ladya Kazan Rtg-Ø:2586
Bo. Name IRtg FED
1 GM Rublevsky Sergei 2649 RUS
2 GM Yandemirov Valeri 2488 RUS
3 GM Timofeev Artyom 2611 RUS
4 GM Filippov Valerij 2632 RUS
5 IM Iljin Artem 2522 RUS
6 GM Hasangatin Ramil 2474 RUS
GM Kharlov Andrei 2613 RUS
7 Beer Sheva Chess Club Rtg-Ø:2579
Bo. Name IRtg FED
1 GM Huzman Alexander 2581 ISR
2 GM Dvoirys Semen I 2615 RUS
3 GM Avrukh Boris 2614 ISR
4 GM Roiz Michael 2560 ISR
5 GM Greenfeld Alon 2547 ISR
6 GM Golod Vitali 2554 ISR
36 Teams
Round 1 Results
1.1 1 NAO Chess Club 6 - 0 19 Matinkylän Shakkikerho
1 GM Adams Michael 2740 1 : 0 FM Maki-Uuro Miikka 2390
2 GM Grischuk Alexander 2704 1 : 0 IM Agopov Mikael 2393
3 GM Bacrot Etienne 2718 1 : 0 FM Kekki Petri 2378
4 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2678 1 : 0 FM Pulkkinen Kari 2319
5 GM Radjabov Teimour 2663 1 : 0 FM Lehtivaara Petri 2335
6 GM Fressinet Laurent 2640 1 : 0 FM Hentunen Asko 2354
1.2 20 Rochade Eupen 1½ - 4½ 2 Max Ven Ekaterinsk
1 GM Glek Igor V 2580 1 : 0 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej 2659
2 IM Feygin Michail 2481 0 : 1 GM Sakaev Konstantin 2669
3 FM Meessen Rudolf 2271 ½ : ½ GM Beliavsky Alexander 2660
4 FM Ahn Martin 2298 0 : 1 GM Motylev Alexander 2651
5 Petzold Klaus 2261 0 : 1 GM Rustemov Alexander 2602
6 Duesterwald Marc 2221 0 : 1 GM Shariyazdanov Andrey 2583
1.3 3 Bosna Sarajevo 5½ - ½ 21 Hellir Chess Club
1 GM Shirov Alexei 2726 1 : 0 IM Kristjansson Stefan 2444
2 GM Short Nigel D 2687 1 : 0 FM Thorfinnsson Bjorn 2338
3 GM Sokolov Ivan 2663 1 : 0 FM Bjornsson Sigurbjorn 2339
4 GM Bologan Viktor 2669 1 : 0 FM Johannesson Ingvar 2310
5 GM Movsesian Sergei 2629 1 : 0 FM Sigfusson Sigurdur 2288
6 IM Predojevic Borki 2509 ½ : ½ FM Gretarsson Andri A 2335
1.4 22 Limhamns SK Malmö 1 - 5 4 Polonia Plus GSM Warszawa
1 GM Brynell Stellan 2473 ½ : ½ GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2705
2 IM Ahlander Bjorn 2411 0 : 1 GM Krasenkow Michal 2676
3 Eriksson Magnus 2333 ½ : ½ GM Macieja Bartlomiej 2613
4 Schneider Stefan 2319 0 : 1 GM Kempinski Robert 2608
5 Berntsen Peter 2270 0 : 1 GM Socko Bartosz 2570
6 Holst Conny 2163 0 : 1 GM Markowski Tomasz 2567
1.5 5 Tomsk 400 6 - 0 23 Shakkikerho Gaia
1 GM Khalifman Alexander 2669 1 : 0 GM Yrjola Jouni 2414
2 GM Smirnov Pavel 2626 1 : 0 GM Westerinen Heikki M 2362
3 GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2596 1 : 0 IM Nouro Mikael 2361
4 GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2604 1 : 0 FM Ristoja Jan 2317
5 GM Bocharov Dmitry 2574 1 : 0 Ristoja Thomas W 2230
6 GM Belozerov Andrei 2548 1 : 0 Salminen Jussi 1981
1.6 24 C.E. Dudelange ½ - 5½ 6 Ladya Kazan
1 IM Wirig Anthony 2408 0 : 1 GM Rublevsky Sergei 2649
2 IM Berend Fred 2378 0 : 1 GM Timofeev Artyom 2611
3 FM Niklasch Oliver 2357 ½ : ½ GM Filippov Valerij 2632
4 FM Mossong Hubert 2185 0 : 1 IM Iljin Artem 2522
5 Hisler Thomas 2183 0 : 1 GM Hasangatin Ramil 2474
6 Ackermann Robert 1972 0 : 1 GM Kharlov Andrei 2613
1.7 7 Beer Sheva Chess Club 6 - 0 25 TED Ankara Chess Team
1 GM Huzman Alexander 2581 1 : 0 IM Arduman Can 2308
2 GM Dvoirys Semen I 2615 1 : 0 FM Olcayoz Alper 2287
3 GM Avrukh Boris 2614 1 : 0 Tofan Ibrahim 2204
4 GM Roiz Michael 2560 1 : 0 FM Ipek Ali 2213
5 GM Greenfeld Alon 2547 1 : 0 Goksel Doga Cihan 2176
6 GM Golod Vitali 2554 1 : 0 Akman Ozgur 1999
1.8 26 Oslo Schakselskap ½ - 5½ 8 Zalaegerszeg Csuti Hydrocomp
1 GM Johannessen Leif Erlend 2519 ½ : ½ GM Sax Gyula 2560
2 FM Heim Sverre 2341 0 : 1 GM Stohl Igor 2561
3 FM Trygstad Kristian 2283 0 : 1 GM Horvath Adam 2532
4 Moen Andreas 2236 0 : 1 GM Horvath Csaba 2565
5 Osttveit Martin 2089 0 : 1 GM Horvath Jozsef 2508
6 Stubberud Ornulf 2028 0 : 1 GM Groszpeter Attila 2514
1.9 9 C.E.M.C. Monaco 5 - 1 27 SK 1968 Aarhus
1 GM Dorfman Josif D 2596 1 : 0 FM Matthiesen Arne 2344
2 GM Renet Olivier 2507 0 : 1 Matthiesen Martin 2311
3 GM Miralles Gilles 2474 1 : 0 Lindfeldt Jan Magnus 2287
4 GM Kosten Anthony C 2519 1 : 0 Mortensen John 2138
5 GM Marciano David 2512 1 : 0 Harholm Jes 2213
6 GM Efimov Igor 2459 1 : 0 Cordes Steffen 2156
1.10 28 Marmaris Belediyesi SC 3 - 3 10 Chess Club Alkaloid Skopje
1 Ghane Shojaat 2376 0 : 1 GM Nedev Trajce 2528
2 Reyhan Dogan 2206 0 : 1 GM Stanojoski Zvonko 2506
3 Esen Baris 2279 1 : 0 IM Stojanovski Dejan 2452
4 Dogantug Ismail 2175 ½ : ½ GM Jacimovic Dragoljub 2445
5 Meric Tuncay 2112 1 : 0 GM Bogdanovski Vlatko 2443
6 FM Ulker Ates 2180 ½ : ½ IM Colovic Aleksandar 2408
1.11 11 KSK 47 Eynatten 3½ - 2½ 29 Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi SK
1 GM Goloshchapov Alexander 2566 ½ : ½ IM Atakisi Umut 2304
2 IM Baramidze David 2543 1 : 0 FM Erdogan Hakan 2220
3 IM Schebler Gerhard 2496 ½ : ½ Guner Bulent 2194
4 FM Gulbas Cemil 2444 0 : 1 Citak Selim 2212
5 IM Coenen Norbert 2389 1 : 0 Bolcan Engin 2026
6 IM Boidman Yuri 2404 ½ : ½ Kinsiz Onur 2165
1.12 30 Le Cavalier Differdange ½ - 5½ 12 Tiendas UPI
1 FM Bruch Jochen 2304 0 : 1 GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2611
2 Koch Hans Juergen 2218 0 : 1 GM Campora Daniel H 2549
3 Barthel Ansgar 2240 0 : 1 IM Fernandez Romero E 2471
4 Gengler Pierre 2193 ½ : ½ IM Rodriguez Guerrero E 2433
5 Jeitz Christian 2132 0 : 1 IM Candela Perez Jose 2426
6 Mauquoi Rudi 2082 0 : 1 IM Teran Alvarez Ismael 2431
1.13 13 Vesnianka Minsk 5½ - ½ 31 Cardiff Chess Club
1 GM Azarov Sergei 2556 1 : 0 Cobb Charles 2406
2 IM Zhigalko Andrey 2515 1 : 0 Schapotschnikov P 2250
3 FM Zhigalko Sergei 2473 1 : 0 Spice Alan 2184
4 Maljush Andrej 2416 ½ : ½ Trevelyan John 2170
5 IM Tihonov Jurij 2455 1 : 0 Adams Mark 2006
6 Ginzburg Mikhail 2346 1 : 0 Davies Peter 1989
1.14 34 Nidum Liberals Chess Club ½ - 5½ 14 SK Zeljeznicar Sarajevo
1 Fish Andrew 2106 0 : 1 GM Kurajica Bojan 2541
2 Cast Abigail 2082 ½ : ½ GM Dizdarevic Emir 2538
3 Saunders R 2153 0 : 1 GM Vukic Milan 2474
4 Sinnett Glyn 0 0 : 1 IM Nurkic Sahbaz 2385
5 Bennett Allan 0 0 : 1 IM Basagic Zlatko 2372
6 Cast Jason 0 0 : 1 FM Rasidovic Sead 2303
1.15 15 Admiral S. Fürstenfeld 4½ - 1½ 32 Egrisi Senaki
1 GM Pinter Jozsef 2512 1 : 0 IM Kashashvili Alexandre 2305
2 GM Balogh Csaba 2527 1 : 0 Tkebuchava Gocha 2343
3 IM Baumegger Siegfried 2413 1 : 0 Shurgulaia Giorgi 2134
4 IM Freitag Manfred 2395 ½ : ½ Kilasonia Levan 0
5 FM Kuba Guenter 2372 1 : 0 Kozdzakhia Giorgi 0
6 FM Postl Anton 2277 0 : 1 Zarkua Davit 2352
1.16 33 Klubi Shahut Prishtina ½ - 5½ 16 NTN Tbilisi
1 IM Sadiku Bedri 2295 0 : 1 GM Bagaturov Giorgi 2451
2 Bujupi Bajram 2224 0 : 1 IM Shanava Konstantine 2456
3 Murtez Hondozi 2352 0 : 1 Aroshidze Levan 2411
4 Makoli Perparim 2204 ½ : ½ Morchiashvili Bachana 2350
5 Sahitaj Naim 0 0 : 1 Jobava Beglar 2375
6 Shubajibi Dritan 0 0 : 1 FM Sanikidze Tornike 2364
1.17 17 Eczacibasi Sport Club 4 - 2 35 Dublin Chess Club
1 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2660 1 : 0 Schacher Gerd 2246
2 IM Haznedaroglu Kivanc 2394 1 : 0 O'Connor Jonathan 2190
3 IM Erdogdu Mert 2393 1 : 0 Beveridge Allan 2132
4 WG Mamedjarova Zeinab 2349 0 : 1 Mendelson Andrew 2075
5 Yeke Serkan 2261 0 : 1 O'Connor Eddie 0
6 Can Emre 2192 1 : 0 Egan Colm 0
1.18 36 Minatori Mitrovice 3½ - 2½ 18 Club Ajedrez Valencia
1 FM Fejzullahu Afrim 2302 1 : 0 IM Arizmendi Martinez J 2531
2 Jashar Klisurica 0 0 : 1 IM Llobel Cortell Enriq 2409
3 Abedin Idrizaj 0 1 : 0 IM Granero Roca Antonio 2345
4 Nysret Avidu 0 1 : 0 Torres Sanchez Jose 2278
5 Hasani Ali 0 0 : 1 Fernandez Gil Marco A 2261
6 Hoxha Murat 0 ½ : ½ Andres Julia VR 2065
In the top 10. Kasparov loses 4 point from his 6 games played, Anand a
point from 16 and Kramnik loses 10 ponits from 10 games, Morozevich closes to
within a couple of points after gaining 15 points, Topalov gains 20 points,
Leko and Adams 2 and Svidler 8. Polgar isn't playing after the birth of her
child, Shirov gains a point.
Krasenkow up from 63 to 27, Sokolov down from 26 to 37, Beliavsky down
from 27 to 40 Moiseenko up from 55 to 43, Volokitin up from 56 to 45,
Kasimdzhanov only up from 54 to 47 after his world title win, Rublevsky down
from 19 to 50, Ye, Jiangchuan down from 24 to 51, Dominguez up from 67 to 53,
Gurevich down from 36 to 55, Jaan Ehlvest back in at 64, Berkes up from 95 to
67, Eljanov up from 76 to 68, McShane down from 52 to 70, Najer and Bauer back
in the top 100, Nakamura in at 83, Tiviakov back in at 87, Dvoirys at 91,
Avrukh at 92, Macieja down from 61 to 95, Kharlov back at 96, Harikrishna in at
97, Miladinovic down from 65 to 98, Istratescu in at 99, Ni Hua in at 100,
Naiditsch in at 101, Kaidanov down from 80 to 103. Epishin drops out of the
list from 58th (2635 down to 2599), Piket out through inactivity, Rozentalis,
Xu, Jun, Tkachiev, Kempinski, Gustafsson and Lastin all fall out of the top
100.
Source: http://www.fide.com. The full
list is available for download there.
No. Name t NAT ap03 ju03 oc03 ja04 ap04 ju04 oc04 Gms
1 Kasparov, Garry................. g RUS 2830 2830 2830 2831 2817 2817 2813 6
2 Anand, Viswanathan.............. g IND 2764 2774 2766 2766 2774 2782 2781 16
3 Kramnik, Vladimir............... g RUS 2789 2785 2777 2777 2764 2770 2760 10
4 Morozevich, Alexander........... g RUS 2678 2679 2702 2732 2732 2743 2758 10
5 Topalov, Veselin................ g BUL 2735 2735 2735 2735 2737 2737 2757 14
6 Leko, Peter..................... g HUN 2746 2739 2722 2722 2741 2741 2743 16
7 Adams, Michael.................. g ENG 2723 2719 2725 2720 2731 2738 2740 26
8 Svidler, Peter.................. g RUS 2713 2723 2723 2747 2733 2727 2735 17
9 Polgar, Judit (GM) w ........... g HUN 2715 2718 2722 2728 2728 2728 2728 0
10 Shirov, Alexei.................. g ESP 2735 2732 2737 2736 2713 2725 2726 2
11 Bacrot, Etienne................. g FRA 2654 2645 2664 2664 2675 2712 2718 22
12 Bareev, Evgeny.................. g RUS 2734 2721 2739 2714 2711 2715 2715 0
13 Ponomariov, Ruslan.............. g UKR 2718 2718 2718 2722 2722 2722 2710 10
14 Ivanchuk, Vassily............... g UKR 2704 2710 2710 2716 2716 2715 2705 10
15 Grischuk, Alexander............. g RUS 2701 2732 2732 2719 2719 2705 2704 10
16 Dreev, Alexey................... g RUS 2695 2698 2705 2682 2689 2690 2698 23
17 Sutovsky, Emil.................. g ISR 2652 2639 2646 2666 2661 2679 2697 11
18 Gelfand, Boris.................. g ISR 2700 2695 2703 2709 2714 2709 2693 8
19 Akopian, Vladimir............... g ARM 2703 2703 2684 2693 2689 2692 2692 16
20 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter......... g ROM 2606 2666 2675 2678 2692 2686 2687 21
21 Short, Nigel D.................. g ENG 2686 2701 2701 2702 2712 2684 2687 15
22 Milov, Vadim.................... g SUI 2574 2595 2574 2632 2680 2683 2683 0
23 Lautier, Joel................... g FRA 2666 2677 2666 2676 2680 2666 2682 21
24 Karpov, Anatoly................. g RUS 2686 2693 2693 2682 2682 2682 2682 0
25 Van Wely, Loek.................. g NED 2675 2661 2654 2617 2651 2680 2681 33
26 Vallejo Pons, Francisco......... g ESP 2645 2662 2662 2663 2666 2679 2678 10
27 Krasenkow, Michal............... g POL 2609 2585 2597 2609 2609 2632 2676 35
28 Nikolic, Predrag................ g BIH 2643 2649 2647 2648 2648 2671 2676 16
29 Aronian, Levon.................. g GER 2606 2649 2649 2648 2645 2671 2675 6
30 Smirin, Ilia.................... g ISR 2662 2656 2670 2670 2675 2671 2673 4
31 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab.......... g GEO 2678 2702 2693 2678 2679 2679 2672 4
32 Bologan, Viktor................. g MDA 2663 2650 2673 2679 2665 2663 2669 16
33 Sakaev, Konstantin.............. g RUS 2664 2655 2657 2656 2665 2664 2669 12
34 Khalifman, Alexander............ g RUS 2702 2678 2678 2674 2668 2669 2669 0
35 Sasikiran, Krishnan............. g IND 2658 2654 2679 2654 2659 2666 2668 20
36 Malakhov, Vladimir.............. g RUS 2672 2696 2696 2700 2695 2674 2664 10
37 Sokolov, Ivan................... g NED 2677 2693 2695 2706 2690 2679 2663 31
38 Nielsen, Peter Heine............ g DEN 2625 2636 2626 2638 2628 2652 2663 14
39 Radjabov, Teimour............... g AZE 2644 2648 2650 2656 2670 2664 2663 14
40 Beliavsky, Alexander G.......... g SLO 2649 2668 2667 2667 2667 2679 2660 28
41 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyaz.......... g AZE 2607 2585 2595 2646 2657 2662 2660 18
42 Aleksandrov, Aleksej............ g BLR 2650 2659 2664 2679 2668 2666 2659 4
43 Moiseenko, Alexander............ g UKR 2627 2618 2618 2623 2631 2640 2653 48
44 Onischuk, Alexander............. g USA 2647 2657 2661 2652 2652 2655 2653 14
45 Volokitin, Andrei............... g UKR 2572 2585 2594 2594 2600 2638 2652 14
46 Motylev, Alexander.............. g RUS 2634 2634 2634 2640 2649 2658 2651 8
47 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam............ g UZB 2680 2664 2668 2652 2652 2640 2650 27
48 Almasi, Zoltan.................. g HUN 2676 2655 2631 2633 2631 2644 2650 17
49 Zvjaginsev, Vadim............... g RUS 2664 2653 2653 2654 2654 2650 2650 12
50 Rublevsky, Sergei............... g RUS 2670 2672 2672 2655 2671 2686 2649 22
51 Ye, Jiangchuan.................. g CHN 2684 2683 2681 2681 2681 2681 2649 21
52 Graf, Alexander................. g GER 2630 2643 2646 2629 2656 2661 2646 22
53 Dominguez, Lenier............... g CUB 2603 2610 2607 2605 2612 2629 2645 10
54 Vescovi, Giovanni............... g BRA 2615 2618 2633 2633 2648 2648 2645 2
55 Gurevich, Mikhail............... g BEL 2635 2644 2656 2656 2672 2667 2644 13
56 Kozul, Zdenko................... g CRO 2601 2596 2597 2605 2627 2630 2640 26
57 Fressinet, Laurent.............. g FRA 2595 2640 2654 2636 2638 2637 2640 21
58 Vaganian, Rafael A.............. g ARM 2653 2623 2623 2623 2639 2642 2640 8
59 Bruzon, Lazaro.................. g CUB 2610 2614 2603 2603 2602 2628 2637 39
60 Lputian, Smbat G................ g ARM 2638 2623 2630 2634 2634 2634 2634 19
61 Hansen, Curt.................... g DEN 2610 2618 2616 2635 2635 2635 2633 10
62 Iordachescu, Viorel............. g MDA 2550 2606 2611 2634 2627 2633 2632 12
63 Filippov, Valerij............... g RUS 2627 2630 2630 2609 2639 2627 2632 6
64 Ehlvest, Jaan................... g EST 2587 2587 2602 2602 2596 2605 2631 30
65 Sadvakasov, Darmen.............. g KAZ 2577 2600 2595 2611 2626 2626 2631 14
66 Seirawan, Yasser................ g USA 2626 2626 2621 2621 2621 2631 2631 0
67 Berkes, Ferenc.................. g HUN 2578 2590 2616 2602 2613 2614 2630 28
68 Eljanov, Pavel.................. g UKR 2567 2574 2597 2596 2592 2613 2629 27
69 Tregubov, Pavel V............... g RUS 2632 2635 2635 2628 2636 2628 2629 19
70 McShane, Luke J................. g ENG 2592 2619 2649 2651 2656 2643 2629 10
71 Movsesian, Sergei............... g SVK 2659 2647 2645 2639 2647 2646 2629 8
72 Volkov, Sergey.................. g RUS 2634 2620 2620 2630 2629 2625 2628 10
73 Hjartarson, Johann ............. g ISL 2634 2640 2640 2640 2640 2628 2628 0
74 Vladimirov, Evgeny.............. g KAZ 2597 2606 2614 2621 2621 2628 2627 2
75 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel........ g ESP 2599 2602 2602 2616 2623 2618 2626 9
76 Smirnov, Pavel.................. g RUS 2615 2629 2629 2609 2601 2620 2626 8
77 Georgiev, Kiril................. g MKD 2647 2637 2651 2637 2637 2626 2625 11
78 Najer, Evgeniy.................. g RUS 2606 2608 2608 2602 2606 2608 2624 24
79 Huebner, Robert Dr.............. g GER 2625 2604 2604 2604 2603 2624 2624 0
80 Dautov, Rustem.................. g GER 2611 2610 2610 2616 2616 2624 2623 2
81 Bauer, Christian................ g FRA 2582 2589 2602 2599 2595 2590 2622 28
82 Kobalia, Mikhail................ g RUS 2639 2656 2656 2643 2630 2618 2621 24
83 Nakamura, Hikaru................ g USA 2561 2568 2565 2571 2580 2601 2620 19
84 Navara, David................... g CZE 2576 2600 2607 2604 2602 2616 2620 18
85 Goldin, Alexander............... g USA 2611 2608 2629 2616 2611 2624 2620 14
86 Fedorov, Alexei................. g BLR 2604 2595 2595 2601 2616 2620 2619 14
87 Tiviakov, Sergei................ g NED 2623 2613 2601 2600 2593 2601 2617 30
88 Miroshnichenko, Evgenij......... g UKR 2531 2537 2571 2602 2599 2615 2617 13
89 Sadler, Matthew................. g ENG 2624 2626 2626 2626 2626 2617 2617 0
90 Bu, Xiangzhi.................... g CHN 2588 2588 2606 ---- 2621 2620 2615 17
91 Dvoirys, Semen I................ g RUS 2552 2555 2569 2594 2612 2610 2615 9
92 Avrukh, Boris................... g ISR 2586 2557 2609 2620 2620 2600 2614 11
93 Jobava, Baadur.................. g GEO 2566 2596 2605 2616 2616 2615 2614 2
94 Gyimesi, Zoltan................. g HUN 2567 2553 2537 2552 2562 2618 2613 29
95 Macieja, Bartlomiej............. g POL 2634 2627 2635 2653 2633 2633 2613 26
96 Kharlov, Andrei................. g RUS 2581 2591 2591 2607 2593 2604 2613 10
97 Harikrishna, P.................. g IND 2563 2558 2570 2582 2599 2609 2612 4
98 Miladinovic, Igor............... g GRE 2533 2609 2599 2602 2614 2630 2611 43
99 Istratescu, Andrei.............. g ROM 2593 2586 2595 2590 2587 2603 2611 24
100 Ni, Hua......................... g CHN 2533 2533 2560 2560 2587 2583 2611 19
101 Naiditsch, Arkadij.............. g GER 2588 2574 2578 2576 2571 2574 2611 16
102 Sargissian, Gabriel............. g ARM 2572 2600 2614 2618 2614 2617 2611 10
103 Kaidanov, Gregory S............. g USA 2640 2638 2624 2623 2621 2621 2611 6
104 Timofeev, Artyom................ g RUS 2577 2575 2575 2578 2591 2611 2611 0
The Gausdal Chess Classic took place September 23rd - October 1st 2004.
GM, IM and FM events. Erwin L'Ami won the main GM event with 6.5/9. Norms:
GM-group: IM Erwin l'Ami (NED) 9-round GM-norm. IM Davor Palo (DEN) 9-round
GM-norm. IM-group A: Sebastian Bogner (GER) 11-round IM-norm.
Official site:
http://home.online.no/~eirikgu/gausdal2004/index.htm
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1. L'Ami, Erwin m NED 2486 * = = = 1 1 1 = = 1 6.5 2649
2. Lugovoi, Aleksei g RUS 2540 = * = = 1 = 1 = 1 = 6.0 2602
3. Palo, Davor m DEN 2513 = = * 1 0 = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2605
4. Johannessen, Leif Erlend g NOR 2538 = = 0 * = 1 1 = = 1 5.5 2557
5. Carlsen, Magnus m NOR 2567 0 0 1 = * 0 = 1 1 1 5.0 2517
6. Bromberger, Stefan m GER 2440 0 = = 0 1 * 1 = = = 4.5 2488
7. Sammalvuo, Tapani m FIN 2445 0 0 0 0 = 0 * 1 1 1 3.5 2407
8. Smeets, Jan m NED 2545 = = = = 0 = 0 * = 0 3.0 2351
9. Tallaksen, Geir S f NOR 2350 = 0 0 = 0 = 0 = * = 2.5 2332
10. Groenn, Atle NOR 2409 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 1 = * 2.5 2325
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1. Bogner, Sebastian GER 2178 * = 1 1 1 = = 0 = 1 1 1 8.0 2465
2. Ivanov, Mikhail M g RUS 2463 = * 0 = 1 = 0 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2397
3. Hunt, Harriet m ENG 2385 0 1 * = = 0 1 = 1 1 1 = 7.0 2373
4. Westerinen, Heikki M.J g FIN 2371 0 = = * = 1 = = = 1 1 1 7.0 2374
5. Hole, Oystein f NOR 2332 0 0 = = * 1 = 1 1 1 1 = 7.0 2378
6. Collins, Sam IRL f IRL 2387 = = 1 0 0 * = = = 1 1 1 6.5 2336
7. Thompson, Ian D f ENG 2235 = 1 0 = = = * = 1 0 = 1 6.0 2321
8. Saevareid, Ove NOR 2188 1 0 = = 0 = = * 0 = 1 = 5.0 2253
9. Soderberg, Per SWE 2268 = 0 0 = 0 = 0 1 * = = = 4.0 2180
10. Moskow, Eric USA 2200 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = = * = 1 3.5 2155
11. Pinol, Fabrice SUI 2133 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = = * 1 2.5 2083
12. Bjerke, Richard f NOR 2232 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 = = 0 0 * 2.0 2023
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1. Siebrecht, Sebastian m GER 2340 * 1 = 1 = 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 8.5 2493
2. Leer-Salvesen, Bjarte f NOR 2375 0 * 0 = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2411
3. Blauert, Joerg m GER 2356 = 1 * = = 1 = = = = 1 = 7.0 2382
4. Hammer, Jon Ludvig NOR 2095 0 = = * = = 0 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2369
5. Pedersen, Steffen m DEN 2441 = = = = * = = = = = 1 = 6.0 2308
6. Berry, Neil f SCO 2228 1 0 0 = = * 1 = = = = 1 6.0 2328
7. Pedersen, Christian Kyndel DEN 2357 0 = = 1 = 0 * = 1 1 0 1 6.0 2316
8. Berg, Klaus m DEN 2427 = 0 = 0 = = = * 1 1 = 1 6.0 2310
9. Stokke, Kjetil NOR 2192 0 0 = = = = 0 0 * = = 1 4.0 2193
10. Glenne, Bjorn Erik NOR 2213 0 0 = 0 = = 0 0 = * 1 = 3.5 2160
11. Royset, Paal NOR 2232 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 = = 0 * = 3.0 2116
12. Unander, Matts SWE 2186 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 0 = = * 2.0 2034
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The Monarch Assurance Isle of Man Masters took place 25th September -
3rd October 2004. Ehsan Ghaem Maghami edged out Petr Kiriakov on tie-break
after they both finished on 7/9. Viktor Korchnoi fell away at the end after
being the early leader.
The first World Senior Team Championships is being run back to back with
the above event from 5-12 October 2004.
Official site: http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/monarch2004
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1. Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan g IRI 2552 + 40 + 44 = 16 = 18 + 13 = 7 = 28 + 21 + 12 7.0 2745
2. Kiriakov, Petr g RUS 2555 + 27 = 53 = 12 = 41 = 35 + 47 + 22 + 30 + 4 7.0 2645
3. Zhang Zhong g CHN 2603 + 51 = 30 = 15 + 40 + 12 - 4 + 35 + 10 = 5 6.5 2626
4. Chandler, Murray G g ENG 2531 = 49 + 63 + 53 = 8 + 25 + 3 = 16 + 7 - 2 6.5 2640
5. Kotronias, Vasilios g GRE 2608 - 29 + 62 + 81 + 33 = 20 = 32 + 19 + 16 = 3 6.5 2563
6. Rowson, Jonathan g SCO 2558 = 39 + 85 = 33 + 26 - 7 + 52 = 44 + 46 + 16 6.5 2561
7. Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2568 + 41 + 29 = 19 + 38 + 6 = 1 = 8 - 4 = 11 6.0 2632
8. Baklan, Vladimir g UKR 2595 + 37 = 20 + 39 = 4 = 32 + 29 = 7 = 13 = 14 6.0 2611
9. Rogers, Ian g AUS 2588 - 44 + 57 + 52 = 37 + 39 = 17 = 32 + 20 = 13 6.0 2557
10. Pavlovic, Milos g SCG 2498 + 59 = 17 = 13 + 36 = 28 + 43 = 21 - 3 + 29 6.0 2611
11. Agrest, Evgenij g SWE 2602 = 33 + 65 = 45 - 29 + 59 + 37 = 20 + 32 = 7 6.0 2535
12. Handke, Florian g GER 2461 = 36 + 84 = 2 + 59 - 3 + 42 + 17 + 28 - 1 6.0 2566
13. Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2640 = 98 + 67 = 10 + 51 - 1 + 40 + 24 = 8 = 9 6.0 2531
14. Gallagher, Joseph G g SUI 2541 - 43 + 58 = 48 + 78 + 27 - 28 + 36 + 44 = 8 6.0 2470
15. Ramesh, R.B g IND 2484 = 34 + 87 = 3 + 55 - 16 = 36 = 43 + 48 + 28 6.0 2499
16. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2601 + 54 + 38 = 1 = 19 + 15 + 31 = 4 - 5 - 6 5.5 2596
17. Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2671 + 25 = 10 = 30 + 24 = 19 = 9 - 12 + 54 = 18 5.5 2569
18. Kulaots, Kaido g EST 2593 + 26 + 32 = 31 = 1 = 29 - 21 = 54 + 51 = 17 5.5 2562
19. Wells, Peter K g ENG 2494 + 35 + 28 = 7 = 16 = 17 = 51 - 5 + 41 = 24 5.5 2584
20. Sprenger, Jan Michael m GER 2477 + 48 = 8 = 23 + 47 = 5 = 22 = 11 - 9 + 49 5.5 2584
21. Conquest, Stuart g ENG 2488 = 47 + 76 = 22 = 27 + 41 + 18 = 10 - 1 = 23 5.5 2530
22. Milov, Vadim g SUI 2683 = 45 + 43 = 21 = 46 + 53 = 20 - 2 = 37 + 44 5.5 2516
23. Iordachescu, Viorel g MDA 2633 = 46 + 60 = 20 = 45 = 37 - 44 + 59 + 42 = 21 5.5 2469
24. McNab, Colin A g SCO 2427 - 28 + 69 + 60 - 17 + 67 + 48 - 13 + 62 = 19 5.5 2466
25. Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan m GEO 2446 - 17 = 90 + 91 + 57 - 4 + 55 = 62 = 43 + 52 5.5 2389
26. Houska, Jovanka wg ENG 2375 - 18 + 71 + 76 - 6 - 47 + 91 = 60 + 56 + 43 5.5 2356
27. Howell, David WL f ENG 2334 - 2 + 93 + 87 = 21 - 14 + 82 - 30 + 57 + 46 5.5 2396
28. Volkov, Sergey1 g RUS 2625 + 24 - 19 + 50 + 54 = 10 + 14 = 1 - 12 - 15 5.0 2484
29. Williams, Simon m ENG 2427 + 5 - 7 + 67 + 11 = 18 - 8 = 31 + 35 - 10 5.0 2543
30. Holzke, Frank m GER 2492 + 55 = 3 = 17 - 43 = 65 + 69 + 27 - 2 = 39 5.0 2422
31. Speelman, Jonathan S g ENG 2555 + 42 = 52 = 18 + 44 = 43 - 16 = 29 = 39 = 37 5.0 2454
32. Schneider, Dmitry m USA 2454 + 77 - 18 + 56 + 49 = 8 = 5 = 9 - 11 = 40 5.0 2504
33. Li Ruofan wg CHN 2414 = 11 + 66 = 6 - 5 = 49 - 63 + 50 + 47 = 34 5.0 2374
34. Ashton, Adam G ENG 2270 = 15 = 49 - 38 = 66 = 61 + 76 = 40 + 45 = 33 5.0 2355
35. Bannink, Bernard NED 2280 - 19 + 68 = 84 + 69 = 2 + 45 - 3 - 29 + 70 5.0 2370
36. Cox, John J f ENG 2314 = 12 = 47 + 73 - 10 + 75 = 15 - 14 = 63 + 64 5.0 2343
37. Peek, Marcel m NED 2406 - 8 + 86 + 63 = 9 = 23 - 11 + 81 = 22 = 31 5.0 2465
38. Berzinsh, Roland m LAT 2455 + 56 - 16 + 34 - 7 = 55 = 65 - 48 + 82 + 62 5.0 2335
39. Gordon, Stephen J ENG 2338 = 6 + 83 - 8 + 81 - 9 = 54 + 74 = 31 = 30 5.0 2403
40. Gottschlich, Carsten GER 2382 - 1 + 64 + 90 - 3 + 46 - 13 = 34 + 60 = 32 5.0 2423
41. Armbruster, Alexander f GER 2351 - 7 + 92 + 75 = 2 - 21 = 74 + 65 - 19 + 69 5.0 2339
42. Mannion, Stephen R m SCO 2333 - 31 - 81 + 96 + 73 + 50 - 12 + 80 - 23 + 63 5.0 2251
43. Greet, Andrew ENG 2310 + 14 - 22 + 66 + 30 = 31 - 10 = 15 = 25 - 26 4.5 2463
44. Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea wg NED 2370 + 9 - 1 + 85 - 31 + 76 + 23 = 6 - 14 - 22 4.5 2485
45. Skripchenko, Almira m FRA 2453 = 22 + 75 = 11 = 23 = 48 - 35 = 47 - 34 + 78 4.5 2359
46. Sarakauskas, Gediminas m LTU 2442 = 23 = 50 + 77 = 22 - 40 + 49 + 63 - 6 - 27 4.5 2379
47. Zawadzka, Jolanta wm POL 2272 = 21 = 36 + 80 - 20 + 26 - 2 = 45 - 33 + 89 4.5 2350
48. Rendle, Thomas ENG 2258 - 20 + 88 = 14 + 84 = 45 - 24 + 38 - 15 = 54 4.5 2369
49. Kolbus, Dietmar GER 2303 = 4 = 34 + 89 - 32 = 33 - 46 + 85 + 68 - 20 4.5 2319
50. Plant, Paul ENG 2107 + 72 = 46 - 28 = 52 - 42 = 56 - 33 + 79 + 83 4.5 2273
51. Grafl, Florian m GER 2411 - 3 + 74 + 65 - 13 + 90 = 19 = 52 - 18 = 55 4.5 2376
52. Afek, Yochanan m ISR 2325 + 73 = 31 - 9 = 50 + 80 - 6 = 51 + 75 - 25 4.5 2320
53. Jonkman, Harmen g NED 2425 + 95 = 2 - 4 + 58 - 22 - 62 - 75 + 73 + 76 4.5 2280
54. Pert, Richard G m ENG 2407 - 16 + 91 + 70 - 28 + 85 = 39 = 18 - 17 = 48 4.5 2385
55. Bigg, Andrew J ENG 2275 - 30 + 96 + 83 - 15 = 38 - 25 + 61 = 64 = 51 4.5 2274
56. Groffen, Hans NED 2244 - 38 + 95 - 32 = 61 = 89 = 50 + 79 - 26 + 74 4.5 2186
57. Walton, Alan J ENG 2208 = 86 - 9 + 71 - 25 = 81 = 61 + 89 - 27 + 80 4.5 2173
58. Dunn, Andrew ENG 2192 = 64 - 14 + 94 - 53 = 91 = 79 = 82 + 86 = 65 4.5 2157
59. Ramaswamy, Aarthie wg IND 2299 - 10 +100 + 61 - 12 - 11 + 66 - 23 = 76 + 75 4.5 2293
60. Spence, David ENG 2236 + 61 - 23 - 24 = 89 = 66 + 73 = 26 - 40 = 68 4.0 2207
61. Horton, Justin ENG 2091 - 60 + 79 - 59 = 56 = 34 = 57 - 55 = 67 + 81 4.0 2140
62. Hutchinson, Paul A ENG 2216 = 91 - 5 + 64 - 85 + 87 + 53 = 25 - 24 - 38 4.0 2262
63. McPhillips, Karl IRL 2172 + 88 - 4 - 37 = 74 + 84 + 33 - 46 = 36 - 42 4.0 2248
64. Cannon, Richard James ENG 2060 = 58 - 40 - 62 - 95 + 92 + 72 + 67 = 55 - 36 4.0 2133
65. Grant, Alan SCO 2193 + 89 - 11 - 51 + 92 = 30 = 38 - 41 = 74 = 58 4.0 2255
66. Noordhoek, Henk NED 2095 + 79 - 33 - 43 = 34 = 60 - 59 - 70 + 93 + 82 4.0 2149
67. Smith, Andrew Philip f IRL 2205 + 68 - 13 - 29 + 83 - 24 = 89 - 64 = 61 + 88 4.0 2170
68. Fraser-Mitchell, J.M ENG 2082 - 67 - 35 = 95 = 94 = 72 + 83 + 77 - 49 = 60 4.0 2104
69. Goodger, Martyn ENG 2136 = 92 - 24 + 86 - 35 + 95 - 30 = 73 + 81 - 41 4.0 2137
70. Hutchinson, Norman ENG 2176 - 83 +103 - 54 - 80 + 94 - 81 + 66 + 71 - 35 4.0 2044
71. Bennion, David WLS 2052 = 90 - 26 - 57 - 91 = 96 + 94 + 87 - 70 + 85 4.0 2092
72. Gorka,Carl ENG ---- - 50 - 73 +101 - 90 = 68 - 64 = 88 + 87 + 86 4.0 2041
73. Van Kemenade, Rudy ENG 2090 - 52 + 72 - 36 - 42 + 88 - 60 = 69 - 53 + 94 3.5 2122
74. Hagesaether, Arne NOR 2101 =100 - 51 = 92 = 63 + 77 = 41 - 39 = 65 - 56 3.5 2137
75. Fox, Anthony IRL 2123 + 94 - 45 - 41 = 82 - 36 + 93 + 53 - 52 - 59 3.5 2161
76. Lutton, J.Ezra ENG 2134 + 82 - 21 - 26 + 88 - 44 - 34 + 95 = 59 - 53 3.5 2174
77. Allen, Keith IRL 2241 - 32 + 82 - 46 = 87 - 74 + 84 - 68 - 89 + 91 3.5 2073
78. Almond, Richard ENG 2113 - 84 = 94 + 93 - 14 - 82 = 85 + 91 = 80 - 45 3.5 2057
79. Nicholson, John IRL 2021 - 66 - 61 - 82 + 96 + 86 = 58 - 56 - 50 + 90 3.5 2025
80. Twitchell, Neville ENG 2003 = 99 . - 47 + 70 - 52 + 90 - 42 = 78 - 57 3.0 2112
81. Murtagh, Dermot IRL 1889 = 93 + 42 - 5 - 39 = 57 + 70 - 37 - 69 - 61 3.0 2130
82. Spanton, Timothy ENG 2004 - 76 - 77 + 79 = 75 + 78 - 27 = 58 - 38 - 66 3.0 2064
83. Pym, Thomas W ENG 2059 + 70 - 39 - 55 - 67 = 93 - 68 + 84 = 85 - 50 3.0 2022
84. Truman, Richard G ENG 2023 + 78 - 12 = 35 - 48 - 63 - 77 - 83 = 96 + 95 3.0 2047
85. Adams, Phil ENG 2124 + 96 - 6 - 44 + 62 - 54 = 78 - 49 = 83 - 71 3.0 2102
86. Henrichsen, Jens DEN 2084 = 57 - 37 - 69 = 93 - 79 + 96 + 90 - 58 - 72 3.0 1997
87. Pimmingstorfer, Chr GER 2116 +103 - 15 - 27 = 77 - 62 = 95 - 71 - 72 + 92 3.0 2023
88. Fairbairn, Stephen CAN 2057 - 63 - 48 +103 - 76 - 73 = 92 = 72 + 95 - 67 3.0 1971
89. Milligan, Helen wf SCO 2077 - 65 . - 49 = 60 = 56 = 67 - 57 + 77 - 47 2.5 2096
90. Collier, David ENG 2168 = 71 = 25 - 40 + 72 - 51 - 80 - 86 = 92 - 79 2.5 1990
91. Werner, Gert DEN 2085 = 62 - 54 - 25 + 71 = 58 - 26 - 78 = 94 - 77 2.5 2060
92. Webster, Richard J ENG 2008 = 69 - 41 = 74 - 65 - 64 = 88 = 93 = 90 - 87 2.5 1965
93. Dossett,Christopher ENG ---- = 81 - 27 - 78 = 86 = 83 - 75 = 92 - 66 = 96 2.5 1908
94. Marks,Ian ENG ---- - 75 = 78 - 58 = 68 - 70 - 71 + 96 = 91 - 73 2.5 1931
95. Waugh,Jonathan C ENG ---- - 53 - 56 = 68 + 64 - 69 = 87 - 76 - 88 - 84 2.0 1921
96. De Lagontrie, Jean FRA 1968 - 85 - 55 - 42 - 79 = 71 - 86 - 94 = 84 = 93 1.5 1828
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The Israeli Championship took place in the Sissy and Sol Mark Chess
Center in Ramat Aviv 19th-29th September 2004. 36 player 9 round Swiss. Sergey
Erenburg and Vitali Golod tied for first.
Official site (Hebrew): http://www.chess.org.il
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1. Erenburg, Sergey g ISR 2533 +26 = 4 +15 +16 = 2 = 3 = 6 + 8 = 5 6.5 2646
2. Golod, Vitali g ISR 2538 +33 +13 =16 +28 = 1 = 7 = 3 + 6 = 4 6.5 2640
3. Lerner, Konstantin Z g UKR 2494 +17 = 5 = 4 +12 + 8 = 1 = 2 = 7 =10 6.0 2649
4. Avrukh, Boris g ISR 2600 +22 = 1 = 3 =19 = 5 = 9 +20 +11 = 2 6.0 2588
5. Roiz, Michael g ISR 2574 + 6 = 3 = 8 +17 = 4 =11 = 7 =10 = 1 5.5 2565
6. Klenburg, Mikhail m UKR 2399 - 5 +26 =13 +20 +16 +12 = 1 - 2 = 9 5.5 2535
7. Postny, Evgeny g ISR 2563 +18 =28 = 9 =27 +14 = 2 = 5 = 3 = 8 5.5 2547
8. Khmelniker, Ilya ISR 2444 =21 +23 = 5 + 9 - 3 +16 +13 - 1 = 7 5.5 2538
9. Gershon, Alik g ISR 2518 +34 =10 = 7 - 8 +31 = 4 +19 =14 = 6 5.5 2532
10. Huzman, Alexander g ISR 2588 +30 = 9 -28 +31 +27 =13 =11 = 5 = 3 5.5 2513
11. Livshits, Gaby m ISR 2415 +36 -16 =14 +15 +28 = 5 =10 - 4 +20 5.5 2492
12. Gofshtein, Zvulon g ISR 2540 =15 +35 =27 - 3 +32 - 6 =22 +21 +13 5.5 2467
13. Sidorenko, Ilya ISR 2283 +24 - 2 = 6 +25 +19 =10 - 8 +17 -12 5.0 2517
14. Shevelev, Arkady m ISR 2340 =25 =19 =11 +22 - 7 =18 +27 = 9 =16 5.0 2518
15. Gerzhoy, Leonid m ISR 2376 =12 +25 - 1 -11 +17 =19 =30 +22 =18 5.0 2490
16. Mikhalevski, Victor g ISR 2551 +32 +11 = 2 - 1 - 6 - 8 +33 +29 =14 5.0 2442
17. Rinberg, Alexander ISR 2336 - 3 +30 +24 - 5 -15 +32 +28 -13 +23 5.0 2458
18. Shachar, Ehud f ISR 2394 - 7 -31 =29 +21 =24 =14 =23 +28 =15 4.5 2364
19. Kantsler, Boris g ISR 2474 =23 =14 +33 = 4 -13 =15 - 9 =30 +31 4.5 2392
20. Bykhovsky, Anatoly f ISR 2209 =27 =22 =32 - 6 +35 +25 - 4 +24 -11 4.5 2445
21. Kataev, Simcho RUS 2286 = 8 -27 -22 -18 +36 +35 +25 -12 +30 4.5 2396
22. Kantarji, Pinchas f ISR 2414 - 4 =20 +21 -14 =33 +26 =12 -15 =24 4.0 2346
23. Kaplan, Sasha f ISR 2326 =19 - 8 -25 =29 =26 +34 =18 +27 -17 4.0 2342
24. Porat, Shi f ISR 2431 -13 +34 -17 =32 =18 +31 =29 -20 =22 4.0 2273
25. Zoler, Dan m ISR 2518 =14 -15 +23 -13 +30 -20 -21 =32 +35 4.0 2293
26. Deutsch, Eyal f ISR 2350 - 1 - 6 +36 =30 =23 -22 =31 =33 +34 4.0 2302
27. Zilberman, Yaacov g ISR 2430 =20 +21 =12 = 7 -10 =28 -14 -23 =32 3.5 2331
28. Gruenfeld, Yehuda g ISR 2471 +31 = 7 +10 - 2 -11 =27 -17 -18 =33 3.5 2359
29. Karasik, Evgeni ISR 2174 -35 -32 =18 =23 +34 +33 =24 -16 -36 3.5 2278
30. Kudischewitsch, David m RUS 2405 -10 -17 +34 =26 -25 +36 =15 =19 -21 3.5 2284
31. Zaltz, Dov ISR 2315 -28 +18 +35 -10 - 9 -24 =26 +36 -19 3.5 2325
32. Bitansky, Igor m ISR 2377 -16 +29 =20 =24 -12 -17 -34 =25 =27 3.0 2268
33. Rodshtein, Maxim ISR 2372 - 2 +36 -19 =35 =22 -29 -16 =26 =28 3.0 2252
34. Birnboim, Nathan m ISR 2349 - 9 -24 -30 +36 -29 -23 +32 +35 -26 3.0 2208
35. Krayz, Alexander m ISR 2424 +29 -12 -31 =33 -20 -21 +36 -34 -25 2.5 2141
36. Belenky,David ISR ---- -11 -33 -26 -34 -21 -30 -35 -31 +29 1.0 1992
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1. Igla, Bella ISR 2209 = 5 +11 = 6 = 9 + 4 + 7 + 3 + 2 +12 7.5 2409
2. Borsuk, Angela wg ISR 2306 +11 - 6 + 5 + 4 = 9 = 3 +12 - 1 + 7 6.0 2251
3. Vasiliev, Olga ISR 2159 +10 + 9 = 4 - 6 +14 = 2 - 1 +11 + 5 6.0 2253
4. Tsifanskaya, Ludmila A wm ISR 2216 +12 + 7 = 3 - 2 - 1 +13 = 8 +14 + 9 6.0 2249
5. Atnilov,Bella ISR ---- = 1 + 8 - 2 = 7 +13 + 6 + 9 =10 - 3 5.5 2219
6. Vovinkina, Natalia ISR 2156 +13 + 2 = 1 + 3 - 7 - 5 +14 - 8 +11 5.5 2178
7. Len, Irina ISR 2105 +14 - 4 +10 = 5 + 6 - 1 +13 +12 - 2 5.5 2181
8. Bar-Shalom, Oshra ISR 2080 - 9 - 5 +14 -10 +11 +12 = 4 + 6 +13 5.5 2153
9. Botvinnik, Irina wf ISR 2239 + 8 - 3 +12 = 1 = 2 +10 - 5 +13 - 4 5.0 2153
10. Vydeslaver, Alla ISR ---- - 3 +13 - 7 + 8 -12 - 9 =11 = 5 +14 4.0 2027
11. Dotan, Valeria wf ISR 2029 - 2 - 1 +13 +12 - 8 +14 =10 - 3 - 6 3.5 2023
12. Porat, Maya ISR 2022 - 4 +14 - 9 -11 +10 - 8 - 2 - 7 - 1 2.0 1911
13. Zeevi,Neta ISR ---- - 6 -10 -11 +14 - 5 - 4 - 7 - 9 - 8 1.0 1740
14. Gotlanski,Daniella ISR ---- - 7 -12 - 8 -13 - 3 -11 - 6 - 4 -10 0.0
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The Tatry-Open took place in Tatranské Zruby 25th September - 2nd
October 2004.
Further details: http://www.slovan-bratislava.com
Details at
http://www.slovan-bratislava.com/Turnaje/04Tatry/04Tatry.htm
Games at http://www.slovan-bratislava.com/Partie/partiedown.htm
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1. Stocek, Jiri g CZE 2557 8 50.0 7 39.5
2. Hagarova, Zuzana m SVK 2330 7.5 44.5 7 35.5
3. Mrva, Martin m SVK 2495 7 51.0 6 39.5
4. Walek, Milan f CZE 2386 7 47.5 6 37.0
5. Plachetka, Jan g SVK 2435 7 47.0 5 37.0
6. Lanc, Alois m SVK 2410 7 46.5 6 37.0
7. Sikorova, Olga wm CZE 2268 7 45.5 6 35.5
8. Mozny, Milos m CZE 2376 7 44.5 5 34.5
9. Petrik, Tomas SVK 2457 6.5 53.0 6 38.0
10. Manik, Mikulas m SVK 2502 6.5 51.5 5 38.0
11. Vojtek, Vladimir SVK 2338 6.5 50.0 5 36.0
12. Pribyl, Josef m CZE 2412 6.5 47.5 6 36.0
13. Biolek, Richard m CZE 2451 6.5 47.5 5 36.0
14. Banas, Jan m SVK 2334 6.5 47.5 4 33.5
15. Rachela, Milan SVK 2308 6.5 47.0 6 34.5
16. Vojta, Tomas CZE 2283 6.5 47.0 4 35.0
17. Macak, Stefan SVK 2299 6.5 46.5 6 34.0
18. Kubos, Rostislav CZE 2215 6.5 46.0 5 33.5
19. Lipka, Juraj m SVK 2389 6.5 45.5 4 35.5
20. Furman, Boris f RUS 2328 6.5 44.5 5 33.0
21. Michenka, Jozef m CZE 2351 6.5 43.5 5 33.0
22. Cernousek, Lukas CZE 2378 6.5 43.5 5 32.0
23. Valenta, Vit CZE 2182 6.5 40.0 6 30.0
24. Kotan, Ladislav m SVK 2325 6.5 39.5 5 31.5
247 players
Serbia and Montenegro 2nd Leagues have finished. Four teams were
promoted to the Serbia and Montenegro Team Chess Championship. In all leagues
it was interesting battles for promotion till the last games. Belgrade: Beograd
won promotion (all 9 rounds available) Vojvodina: Agronom won promotion (10 of
11 rounds available) Central Serbia: Sloga Amiga won promotion (5 rounds of 11
available). Montenegro: Mimoza won promotion games available. News: Vladica
Andrejic.
Official site of Serbia and Montenegro Chess Federation
http://www.scgchess.org
Premier League of Belgrade
Belgrade, September 25th - October 3rd, 2004
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 MP BP P
1 Beogradski Vodovod ## ½ 2 4 2½ 5½ 2½ 2 4 6 23 6
2 Mladenovac 5½ ## 3½ 4½ 3 4 4 2 4 13 30½ 2
3 Planum Turs 4 2½ ## 5 2½ 5½ 1½ 3 3½ 9 27½ 4
4 NIS Jugopetrol 2 1½ 1 ## 2½ 3½ 4½ 2½ 3 5 20½ 7-8
5 Obilic 3½ 3 3½ 3½ ## 5½ 2½ 3½ 4½ 13 29½ 3
6 Cukaricki ½ 2 ½ 2½ ½ ## ½ 1 2½ 0 10 9
7 Beograd Sigurnost 3½ 2 4½ 1½ 3½ 5½ ## ½ 2½ 8 23½ 5
8 Beograd 4 4 3 3½ 2½ 5 5½ ## 3½ 13 31 1
9 Rad 2 2 2½ 3 1½ 3½ 3½ 2½ ## 5 20½ 7-8
Quality League of Vojvodina
Sombor, September 25th - October 3rd, 2004
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 MP BP P
1 SK Jugovic ## 2½ 3½ 3 3 2½ 2½ 4½ 2 3 3 2 8 31½ 9
2 SK Spartak 3½ ## 4½ 4½ 2 4½ 3 5 4½ 3 5½ 5 18 45 2
3 Somborski SK 2½ 1½ ## 3 1½ 2½ 3½ 5 2½ 2 5 3½ 9 32½ 7
4 SK Ekonomist 3 1½ 3 ## 1 2 2½ 5½ 3 2½ 5 3 8 32 8
5 SK Agronom 3 4 4½ 5 ## 3½ 4 6 2 4½ 5½ 3½ 19 45½ 1
6 SK Jedinstvo 3½ 1½ 3½ 4 2½ ## 3½ 5½ 3 3½ 3 3½ 16 37 3
7 SK Bora Kostic 3½ 3 2½ 3½ 2 2½ ## 5½ 4 2½ 4 4 13 37 6
8 SK Lehel-Banat Seme 1½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ## 1 1 2 2½ 0 11½ 12
9 SK Radnicki 4 1½ 3½ 3 4 3 2 5 ## 2½ 4 4½ 14 37 5
10 PA SK 3 3 4 3½ 1½ 2½ 3½ 5 3½ ## 4 3½ 16 37 4
11 SK Sloven 3 ½ 1 1 ½ 3 2 4 2 2 ## 3 5 22 11
12 SK Dnevnik 4 1 2½ 3 2½ 2½ 2 3½ 1½ 2½ 3 ## 6 28 10
The First League of Central Serbia
Vrnjacka Banja, September 25th - October 2nd, 2004
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 MP BP P
1 Jastrebac (Blace) ## 2 1 ½ 3 3 1½ 3 4 3 0 6 21 9
2 Telekom (Zvecan) 4 ## 1½ 1½ 1½ 2½ 2 4 3 3 2 6 25 7
3 Sloga (Petrovac) 5 4½ ## 2½ 3 3 2½ 5 4 3½ 2½ 12 35½ 5
4 Borac (cacak) 5½ 4½ 3½ ## 3½ 2½ 2½ 4½ 4½ 3½ 3 15 37½ 4
5 Metalac Takovo (Gornji Milanovac) 3 4½ 3 2½ ## 2½ 1 4½ 3½ 2½ 1 8 28 6
6 Valjevski SK (Valjevo) 3 3½ 3 3½ 3½ ## 3 4 5 4 3½ 17 36 3
7 Javor (Ivanjica) 4½ 4 3½ 3½ 5 3 ## 5 6 5½ 2 17 42 2
8 Zeleni Vrh (Svrljig) 3 2 1 1½ 1½ 2 1 ## 3 3 1 3 19 11
9 Užicka Banka (Užice) 2 3 2 1½ 2½ 1 0 3 ## 3 1½ 3 19½ 10
10 Ina Dizajn (Novi Pazar) 3 3 2½ 2½ 3½ 2 ½ 3 3 ## ½ 6 23½ 8
11 Sloga Amiga (Kraljevo) 6 4 3½ 3 5 2½ 4 5 4½ 5½ ## 17 43 1
Gata Kamsky won the 119th New York Masters on 28th September 2004 with a
3.5/4 score.
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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119th New York Masters Action USA (USA), 28 ix 2004
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1. Kamsky, Gata g 2784 +13 + 6 + 4 = 3 3.5 ($400)
2. Yudasin, Leonid g 2687 - 9 +18 +13 + 8 3.0 ($ 70)
3. Wojtkiewicz, Aleks g 2639 = +11 + 5 = 1 3.0 ($ 70)
4. Krush, Irina m 2472 +10 + 8 - 1 + 7 3.0 ($ 70)
5. Bonin, Jay m 2356 +12 = 9 - 3 +10 2.5 ($ 50)
6. Lenderman, Alex f 2335 +16 - 1 =10 +13 2.5 ($ 50)
7. Hoffmann, Asa f 2360 -11 +12 + 9 - 4 2.0
8. Sarkar, Justin m 2317 +15 - 4 +11 - 2 2.0
9. Caruana, Fabiano f 2258 + 2 = 5 - 7 = 2.0
10. Sena, Juan 2230 - 4 +15 = 6 - 5 1.5
11. Furdzik, Rafal 2203 + 7 - 3 - 8 = 1.5
12. Agaian, Sarkis 2061 - 5 - 7 +16 = 1.5
13. Privman, Boris f 2315 - 1 +16 - 2 - 6 1.0
14. Espinosa, Jose 1900 --- --- --- +15 1.0
15. Yakovenko, Nikolai 1890 - 8 -10 +17 -14 1.0
16. Pressman, Leif 1939 - 6 -13 -12 = 0.5
17. Widmaier, Marc 2062 --- --- -15 --- 0.0
18. Cesar, Gregory 2062 --- - 2 --- --- 0.0
PRIZES
1ST - $ 400
2ND - $ 150
3RD - $ 60
U2400 - $ 100
The Piloo Mody International Open takes place 1st-9th October 2004 at
the Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Stadium, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow. Games from round 1
missing.
Further details: http://www.chessindia.org/piloomody
Round 4 of 9 Standings:
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Piloo Mody Open Lucknow IND (IND), 1-9 x 2004
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1 Marat, Dzumaev UZB 2520 gm 4
2 Tahir, Vakhidov UZB 2504 im 3.5
3-11 Iuldachev, Saidali UZB 2550 gm 3
Kidambi, S IND 2476 im 3
Sriram, Jha IND 2431 im 3
Safin, Shukrat UZB 2466 gm 3
Praveen, Thipsay IND 2464 gm 3
Suvrajit, Saha IND 2395 3
Pavel, Kotsur KAZ 2598 gm 3
Sanjay, N IND 2357 3
Visweswaran K, IND 2297 3
12-19 Akshay, Raj Kore IND 2400 2.5
Satyapragyan, S IND 2370 im 2.5
Fominyh, Alexander RUS 2533 gm 2.5
Preetham, Sharma R IND 2339 2.5
Ratnakaran, K IND 2344 2.5
Mahmood, Lodhi PAK 2385 im 2.5
Deepan Chakkravarthy, IND 2396 im 2.5
Dinesh, Kumar Sharma IND 2386 im 2.5
20-29 Rahul, Shetty IND 2369 im 2
Saptarshi Roy, IND 2425 2
Atanu, Lahiri IND 2349 im 2
Laxman R R, IND 2424 im 2
Himanshu, Sharma IND 2380 2
Saptarshi, Roy Chawdhury IND 2376 im 2
Gurpreet Pal, Singh IND 2341 2
Prathamesh, Mokal IND 2390 im 2
Rohit G, IND 2281 2
Krishna, Thapa NEP 2163 2
46 players
The 8th Itáu Cup took place in São Paulo Chess Club
September 25th - October 2nd 2004. Gilberto Milos won the event 8/9. Final
round games missing. My thanks to Marius van Riemsdijk.
Official site: http://www.cxsp.com.br and further info:
http://200.246.90.112/HiperChess
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VIII Itau Cup Sao Paulo BRA (BRA), 4 ix-2 x 2004
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1. Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2601 8 43.5 51.5 55.5
2. Martinez, Carlos Alejandro f BRA 2386 7 38.0 52.0 54.5
3. Lima, Darcy g BRA 2545 7 38.0 49.5 54.0
4. Limp, Eduardo m BRA 2441 7 37.0 49.5 54.5
5. Chemin, Vitorio f BRA 2338 7 37.0 49.5 53.5
6. Fier, Alexander Hila f BRA 2258 7 36.5 48.5 53.0
7. Rodriguez, Andres g URU 2567 7 34.5 46.0 50.5
8. Da Silva, Alessandro Rodrigues BRA 2179 7 30.5 40.5 44.5
9. Coelho, Luis m BRA 2391 6.5 35.5 47.0 51.5
10. Matsuura, Everaldo m BRA 2490 6.5 34.5 45.5 49.5
11. Crosa, Martin m URU 2400 6.5 34.0 45.0 49.5
12. Bittencourt, Jorge BRA 2353 6.5 33.0 43.5 46.5
13. Braga, Cicero m BRA 2441 6 34.5 48.0 52.0
14. Van Riemsdijk, Herman C m BRA 2416 6 32.5 45.0 49.5
15. Frare, Fernando BRA 2226 6 32.5 43.5 47.5
16. Van Riemsdijk, Dirk D BRA 2221 6 31.5 46.0 49.5
17. Sega, Carlos Alberto BRA 2322 6 31.5 43.5 45.5
18. Caldeira, Adriano f BRA 2291 6 31.0 44.5 47.5
19. Aranha Filho, Alvaro Z BRA 2287 6 31.0 42.5 47.0
20. Limberg, Estacio Vermelho BRA 1967 6 30.0 42.5 45.0
21. De Oliveira, Jefferson dos Santos BRA ---- 6 28.5 41.5 45.5
22. Chiaramitara, Pedro jr BRA 2085 6 28.0 41.0 44.0
23. Gallo Ponce, Elbert PER ---- 6 27.0 43.0 46.0
24. Name, Gabriel BRA 2180 6 27.0 41.0 44.0
25. De Miranda, Alexandre Pinto BRA 2048 6 26.0 36.0 38.5
139 players
The 79th Argentine Chess Championship took place September 24th -
October 1st 2004. The event commemorated the 150th Anniversary of the Buenos
Aires Stock Exchange. Ariel Sorin took clear first place scoring 7.5/9. News:
Roberto Alvarez.
Official site: http://www.fada-argentina.org.ar
Alternate site for live broadcasting:
http://www.ajedrez-de-estilo.com.ar/fada/ronda1.htm
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79th ch-ARG Buenos Aires ARG (ARG), 24 ix-1 x 2004
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1. Sorin, Ariel g ARG 2509 =87 +50 +44 +15 = 8 +13 + 6 = 2 + 9 7.5 2640
2. Felgaer, Ruben g ARG 2587 +65 =44 +34 +19 = 7 + 4 +21 = 1 = 3 7.0 2601
3. Pierrot, Facundo m ARG 2436 +60 =47 +35 =23 +30 = 7 +14 +18 = 2 7.0 2561
4. Gomez Baillo, Jorge H m ARG 2417 +53 +41 =30 =16 +40 - 2 =45 +11 +20 6.5 2444
5. Soppe, Guillermo m ARG 2409 +85 +29 =16 =40 =18 =19 =43 +30 +21 6.5 2454
6. Rosito, Jorge m ARG 2424 +28 +59 =11 =30 +16 +23 - 1 =21 =12 6.0 2470
7. Needleman, Alejandro ARG 2420 +62 +72 =17 +22 = 2 = 3 =10 =20 =13 6.0 2492
8. Dolezal, Cristian f ARG 2410 +39 =25 +58 +17 = 1 -21 =30 +43 =14 6.0 2454
9. Flores, Diego m ARG 2450 +45 -17 +54 +25 -13 +58 +23 +15 - 1 6.0 2428
10. Lafuente, Pablo m ARG 2461 +55 +43 =19 -11 +34 =17 = 7 =31 +33 6.0 2439
11. Real de Azua, E ARG 2351 +88 +52 = 6 +10 =21 =14 =18 - 4 +34 6.0 2480
12. Szmetan, Jorge m ARG 2401 +73 =58 -25 +24 =45 +26 =13 +42 = 6 6.0 2349
13. Quiroga, Facundo m ARG 2370 +90 =51 =26 +69 + 9 - 1 =12 +25 = 7 6.0 2407
14. Giardelli, Sergio C m ARG 2434 +54 -16 +90 +26 +33 =11 - 3 +22 = 8 6.0 2403
15. Julia, Ernesto f ARG 2372 +89 +27 =40 - 1 =59 +72 +17 - 9 +31 6.0 2391
16. Demaria, Juan Pablo ARG 2275 +32 +14 = 5 = 4 - 6 =42 =39 =28 +45 5.5 2330
17. Fusco, Leonardo ARG 2296 +81 + 9 = 7 - 8 +36 =10 -15 +35 =19 5.5 2377
18. Slipak, Sergio g ARG 2502 =24 =36 +60 +47 = 5 +38 =11 - 3 =23 5.5 2353
19. De Dovitiis, Alejo f ARG 2356 +42 +79 =10 - 2 +25 = 5 -20 +45 =17 5.5 2406
20. Alonso, Salvador m ARG 2444 +66 =34 =47 =59 =72 +41 +19 = 7 - 4 5.5 2375
21. Valerga, Diego m ARG 2498 =50 +87 +77 +31 =11 + 8 - 2 = 6 - 5 5.5 2431
22. Perdomo, Leandro f ARG 2306 =35 +82 +36 - 7 =32 =59 +29 -14 +52 5.5 2261
23. Nedilsky, Diego f ARG 2347 +93 =26 +51 = 3 +49 - 6 - 9 +53 =18 5.5 2390
24. Daneri, Martin ARG 2196 =18 -31 +56 -12 +63 +64 =38 =37 +49 5.5 2330
25. Mazziotti Irigoyen, Gabriel ARG 2253 +80 = 8 +12 - 9 -19 +82 +48 -13 +42 5.5 2362
26. Di Benedetto, Guillermo ARG 2172 +49 =23 =13 -14 +74 -12 +84 +38 =37 5.5 2409
27. Needleman, Gaston ARG 2224 +92 -15 +70 -33 =42 =60 +40 =49 +43 5.5 2266
28. Varela, Daniel ARG 2175 - 6 -94 +57 +78 -46 +91 +72 =16 +47 5.5 2246
29. Lemos, Damian ARG 2230 +76 - 5 +94 =38 =31 =33 -22 +73 +46 5.5 2304
30. Bielicki, Carlos m ARG 2302 +86 +61 = 4 = 6 - 3 +54 = 8 - 5 =41 5.0 2330
31. Lujan, Carolina wm ARG 2318 =83 +24 +64 -21 =29 =47 +59 =10 -15 5.0 2302
32. Preuss,Maximiliano ARG ---- -16 =62 +50 +51 =22 =46 =34 -33 +72 5.0 2298
33. Malbran, Guillermo m ARG 2299 =64 =83 +88 +27 -14 =29 =35 +32 -10 5.0 2216
34. Altamirano, Benjamin f ARG 2288 +78 =20 - 2 +76 -10 +53 =32 +39 -11 5.0 2275
35. Menon, Daniel ARG 2062 =22 +46 - 3 -72 +79 +51 =33 -17 +67 5.0 2329
36. Sampaoli,Cristian ARG ---- +67 =18 -22 +87 -17 +50 =46 =48 =44 5.0 2338
37. Ibar, Marcelo f ARG 2314 =75 =63 -42 =61 =62 +90 +54 =24 =26 5.0 2155
38. Della Morte, Pablo f ARG 2302 +91 -40 +52 =29 +82 -18 =24 -26 +60 5.0 2210
39. Cereijo, Nicolas ARG 2121 - 8 -74 +95 +71 =60 +55 =16 -34 +59 5.0 2218
40. Maiques,Raul ARG ---- +96 +38 =15 = 5 - 4 -43 -27 +87 +66 5.0 2342
41. Albarran, Gustavo ARG 2237 +94 - 4 +68 -49 +83 -20 =73 +64 =30 5.0 2239
42. Semprevivo, Marcelo ARG 2087 -19 +71 +37 =43 =27 =16 +47 -12 -25 4.5 2266
43. Cristobal, Ruben ARG 2316 +69 -10 +61 =42 =58 +40 = 5 - 8 -27 4.5 2211
44. Recoulat, Eduardo J f ARG 2301 +56 = 2 - 1 -82 =52 =88 +61 =55 =36 4.5 2183
45. Tristan, Leonardo ARG 2185 - 9 +91 =74 +48 =12 +49 = 4 -19 -16 4.5 2297
46. Cranbourne, Carlos f ARG 2286 =82 -35 +85 =53 +28 =32 =36 =52 -29 4.5 2104
47. Pedro, Fernando f ARG 2255 +68 = 3 =20 -18 +90 =31 -42 +65 -28 4.5 2252
48. Anelli, Antonio f ARG 2330 -61 =56 +75 -45 +69 +66 -25 =36 =53 4.5 2096
49. Rubinetti, Jorge m ARG 2439 -26 +86 +73 +41 -23 -45 +60 =27 -24 4.5 2181
50. Jimenez, Joaquin ARG 2195 =21 - 1 -32 +56 +80 -36 -64 +74 +78 4.5 2109
51. Alvarez Castillo, Hector ARG 2245 +71 =13 -23 -32 +75 -35 =82 =57 +80 4.5 2109
52. Ibanez, Fernando ARG 2093 +84 -11 -38 =79 =44 +77 +58 =46 -22 4.5 2291
53. Fiori, Alberto ARG 2124 - 4 =76 +93 =46 +77 -34 +67 -23 =48 4.5 2241
54. Tossutti, Juan C ARG 2165 -14 +81 - 9 +88 +70 -30 -37 +84 =55 4.5 2252
55. Reta, Miguel ARG 2188 -10 =78 -76 +94 +92 -39 +56 =44 =54 4.5 2114
56. Perez, Mario Abel ARG 1982 -44 =48 -24 -50 +93 +92 -55 +88 +75 4.5 2150
57. Figueroa,Jose Leonardo ARG ---- -59 -60 -28 +86 -65 +95 +83 =51 +73 4.5 2136
58. Ferrara, Alexis ARG 2235 +95 =12 - 8 +64 =43 - 9 -52 +63 . 4.0 2208
59. Zukerfeld, Andres f ARG 2252 +57 - 6 +63 =20 =15 =22 -31 =66 -39 4.0 2197
60. Villanueva, Mario ARG 2168 - 3 +57 -18 +68 =39 =27 -49 +70 -38 4.0 2181
61. Savinell, Fernando ARG 2075 +48 -30 -43 =37 =67 =65 -44 +76 =68 4.0 2180
62. Chapado, Roberto ARG 2151 - 7 =32 =78 =80 =37 =70 =63 =72 =71 4.0 2067
63. Pucill,Facundo ARG ---- =77 =37 -59 =66 -24 +79 =62 -58 +84 4.0 2198
64. Garzon,Enrique ARG ---- =33 +84 -31 -58 +87 -24 +50 -41 =65 4.0 2207
65. Godoy, Carlos ARG ARG 2212 - 2 -69 -80 +81 +57 =61 +88 -47 =64 4.0 2083
66. Tenti, Joaquin ARG 2182 -20 -68 +86 =63 +76 -48 +80 =59 -40 4.0 2072
67. Barrionuevo, Pablo ARG 2239 -36 -88 +81 =74 =61 +83 -53 +85 -35 4.0 2031
68. Dimuro,Matias ARG ---- -47 +66 -41 -60 =85 =89 =75 +91 =61 4.0 2090
69. Cortes,Martin ARG ---- -43 +65 +79 -13 -48 -84 -85 +92 +86 4.0 2171
70. Ortiz,Andres ARG ---- -79 +97 -27 +73 -54 =62 =77 -60 +85 4.0 2112
71. Gallego,Gonzalo ARG ---- -51 -42 +97 -39 -73 =81 +79 +90 =62 4.0 2085
72. Triunfetti, Claudio ARG 2256 +74 - 7 =83 +35 =20 -15 -28 =62 -32 3.5 2108
73. Leeuw, Pablo ARG 2096 -12 +80 -49 -70 +71 +74 =41 -29 -57 3.5 2065
74. Elias,Leonardo ARG ---- -72 +39 =45 =67 -26 -73 =90 -50 +89 3.5 2081
75. Lo Presti, Roberto ARG 2068 =37 -77 -48 +85 -51 =76 =68 +81 -56 3.5 2075
76. Barrientos Medina,Juan ARG ---- -29 =53 +55 -34 -66 =75 =91 -61 +90 3.5 2059
77. Fernandez Murga, Roberto ARG 2265 =63 +75 -21 =83 -53 -52 =70 -78 +88 3.5 2023
78. Szmukler, Ruben ARG ---- -34 =55 =62 -28 -84 +93 =89 +77 -50 3.5 2110
79. Torres, Sergio ARG 2215 +70 -19 -69 =52 -35 -63 -71 +93 +91 3.5 1977
80. Roque,Pedro ARG ---- -25 -73 +65 =62 -50 +87 -66 +89 -51 3.5 2101
81. Cristobal, Manuel ARG 2145 -17 -54 -67 -65 +97 =71 +92 -75 +87 3.5 2051
82. Curatola, Clemente PAR 2139 =46 -22 +92 +44 -38 -25 =51 . . 3.0 2191
83. Sambuco Salomone, Lucas ARG 2071 =31 =33 =72 =77 -41 -67 -57 -86 +94 3.0 2055
84. Herrera, Martin ARG 2360 -52 -64 +91 -90 +78 +69 -26 -54 -63 3.0 1933
85. Iregui, Victor ARG 2114 - 5 =92 -46 -75 =68 +94 +69 -67 -70 3.0 1986
86. Rojo Lynch, Enrique ARG 2011 -30 -49 -66 -57 -89 +97 +95 +83 -69 3.0 1996
87. Franchi, Gustavo ARG 2200 = 1 -21 +89 -36 -64 -80 +94 -40 -81 2.5 1972
88. Lanza, Diego ARG 2079 -11 +67 -33 -54 +94 =44 -65 -56 -77 2.5 2035
89. Benko, Francisco ARG 2096 -15 =93 -87 -92 +86 =68 =78 -80 -74 2.5 1898
90. Aberbach, Angel ARG 2095 -13 +95 -14 +84 -47 -37 =74 -71 -76 2.5 2026
91. Penela, Eduardo ARG 2005 -38 -45 -84 +93 +95 -28 =76 -68 -79 2.5 1971
92. Incicco,Feliciano ARG ---- -27 =85 -82 +89 -55 -56 -81 -69 +97 2.5 1932
93. Ravier,Osvaldo ARG ---- -23 =89 -53 -91 -56 -78 +97 -79 +95 2.5 1919
94. Vidmar,Rafael Lucio ARG ---- -41 +28 -29 -55 -88 -85 -87 +95 -83 2.0 1923
95. Colombo,Gustavo ARG ---- -58 -90 -39 +97 -91 -57 -86 -94 -93 1.0 1700
96. Aparicio, Anibal f ARG 2277 -40 . . . . . . . . 0.0
97. BYE ---- . -70 -71 -95 -81 -86 -93 . -92 0.0
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The 4th Alushta Autumn tournament took place 23rd September - 3rd
October 2004. Rating average = 2454. Norms: 9-9,5 points, IM norm = 7,5 points.
Mark Paragua won the event with 11/13. Chief Arbiter Belousov, Nikolay (RUS),
Deputy Arbiter, Zhuk Vitalij (UKR). Games may follow. News: Leonid
Galperin.
Further details: http://sep04.kaissa.com.ua/
"Alushta Autumn -2004 - 4" ("Memory of A. Tsertsene") 23 ix - 3 x 2004
1 Paragua, Mark PHI 29.03.84 2530 m # ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 11
2 Andreikin, Dmitry RUS 05.02.90 2449 m ½ # 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 8,5
3 Obukhov, Alexsander RUS 17.04.69 2475 m 0 0 # ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 7,5
4 Kuzmin, Gennadi P UKR 19.01.46 2518 g 0 ½ ½ # 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 7
Annageldyev, Orazly TKM 20.03.60 2458 m 0 0 1 0 # 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 7
Zubov, Alexander UKR 04.04.83 2515 m 0 1 0 ½ 0 # ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 7
7 Nikitin, Andrey RUS 10.08.74 2452 g 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ # ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 6,5
Shtyrenkov, Veniamen RUS 23.04.58 2465 g 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ # 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 6,5
Loskutov, Oleg RUS 22.01.71 2450 m 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 # ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6,5
10 Moroz, Alexander UKR 18.01.61 2498 g 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ # 0 ½ ½ 1 6
Smirnov, Igor UKR 28.10.87 2446 m ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 # ½ ½ 1 6
12 Zinchenko, Yaroslav UKR 14.02.87 2349 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ # ½ 1 5,5
13 Tishin, Dmitry UKR 24.06.88 2372 m 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ # ½ 5
14 Trifonov, Alexandr RUS 17.09.85 2385 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ # 1
The 1st Sevastopol Invitational 2004 ("Chess instead of war") dedicated
to the 150th anniversary of the Crimean (Eastern) War 1853-1856 and part of the
ACP TOUR 2004-2005 took place 23rd-26th September 2004. Timerate 25 minutes per
game. Sponsors: Foundation "Moscow-Crimea" City administration Tournament
director: Onischuk Vasily Chief arbiter: Bondar Aleksandr. News Victor Bologan.
14 year old Sergey Karjakin won the event with 3.5/5. The odd game may
become available.
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1st Invitational Rapid Sevastopol UKR (UKR), 23-26 ix 2004 cat XV (2610)
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1. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2591 * 1 1 0 = 1 3.5 2762
2. Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2674 0 * = 1 1 = 3.0 2669
3. Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2663 0 = * = 1 1 3.0 2671
4. Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2655 1 0 = * = = 2.5 2601
5. Malaniuk, Vladimir P g UKR 2555 = 0 0 = * 1 2.0 2549
6. Slobodjan, Roman g GER 2522 0 = 0 = 0 * 1.0 2387
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Round 1 (September 23, 2004)
Malakhov, Vladimir - Onischuk, Alexander 1-0
Malaniuk, Vladimir P - Karjakin, Sergey 1/2
Slobodjan, Roman - Bologan, Viktor 0-1
Round 2 (September 23, 2004)
Karjakin, Sergey - Onischuk, Alexander 0-1
Bologan, Viktor - Malakhov, Vladimir 1/2
Malaniuk, Vladimir P - Slobodjan, Roman 1-0
Round 3 (September 24, 2004)
Malakhov, Vladimir - Malaniuk, Vladimir P 1-0
Onischuk, Alexander - Bologan, Viktor 1/2
Slobodjan, Roman - Karjakin, Sergey 0-1
Round 4 (September 26, 2004)
Karjakin, Sergey - Bologan, Viktor 1-0
Malaniuk, Vladimir P - Onischuk, Alexander 1/2
Slobodjan, Roman - Malakhov, Vladimir 1/2
Round 5 (September 26, 2004)
Malakhov, Vladimir - Karjakin, Sergey 0-1
Bologan, Viktor - Malaniuk, Vladimir P 1-0
Onischuk, Alexander - Slobodjan, Roman 1/2
The second final tournament Blitz chess Russian Federation Open
Internet Cup 2004 was held on the 30th of September at a new Playing Zone -
RussianChessClub. The prize fund of the second final tournament was $1400. Time
control was 3 min + 1 sec per move. 23 GMs and 20 Imps took part in the
tournament (total number of players - 53) including 4 players having ELO-rating
above 2600: Kobalia, Naer, Kharlov, Rustemov. The first - second places in the
tournament were shared by GM Vladimir Kosirev (Russia) and GM Vladimir Dobrov
(Russia) - who won 10 points from 13. All tournament games are available at
RussianChessClub (http://www.russianchessclub.com).
This week qualifying tournaments for the third final tournament begin (daily at
15-00 G. M. T.) The third final tournament will be held on the 21st of October
(GM compete without prior qualification). The results of 5 final tournaments
show who will take place the Super Final with the prize fund $7000 in December,
2004. News: Sergey Abramov.
Final Standings:
1.Kosyrev Vladimir GM 10
2.Dobrov Vladimir GM 10
3.Turov Maksim GM 9
4.Shaposhnikov Evgenij GM 9
5.Popov Roman IM 9
6.Kalinichev Andrej 8
7.Drozdovskij Yurij GM 8
8.Rustemov Aleksandr GM 8
9.Shipov Sergej GM 8
10.Galkin GM 8
11.Vlassov Nikolai IM 8
12.Pugachev Aleksej IM 8
13.Lysyj Igor' 8
14.Zablockij Sergej 7,5
15.Polulyahov Aleksandr GM 7,5
16.Asanov Timur IM 7,5
52 players
The LGA Premium Cup took place in Nürnberg 10th–12th September
2004. Michael Prusikin won the event with 5/5. Games now available. News: Udo
Güldner.
Official site: http://www.schach.lga.de/index.shtml
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LGA Premium Cup Nuernberg GER (GER), 10-12 ix 2004
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1. Prusikin, Michael m GER 2517 5.0
2. Koch, Moritz GER 2244 4.5 2518
3. Zesch, Ludwig f GER 2308 4.0 2367
4. Stadler, Simon GER 2179 4.0 2428
5. Seyb, Dieter f GER 2285 4.0 2341
6. Dobosz, Henryk m POL 2453 4.0 2386
7. Trapp,Robert GER ---- 4.0 2386
8. Roeber, Juergen GER 2047 4.0 2328
9. Schloetterer, Hermann GER 2049 4.0 2299
10. Eppinger, Georg f GER 2290 3.5 2179
11. Hirn, Oskar f GER 2202 3.5 2216
12. Kordts, Wolfgang GER 2266 3.5 2270
13. Schneider, David GER 2092 3.5 2212
14. Steppuhn, Thomas GER 2151 3.5 2218
15. Heimrath, Reiner f GER 2293 3.5 2227
16. Monninger, Moritz GER 2064 3.5 2282
17. Weiss,Markus GER ---- 3.5 2201
18. Soergel, Frank GER 2138 3.5 2192
19. Birkmann, Guenther GER 2070 3.5 2142
20. Lowitz, Torsten GER 2134 3.5 2207
100 players
The Bucharest Chess Open took place 22nd-26th September 2004. Boris
Itkis won the event with 7.5/9. Some games now available thanks to Doru Ionescu
and news from Radu-Catalin Chirila.
Official site: http://www.openbucuresti.ro/ro_RO/index.htm
Open Chess Bucharest Final Standings
Place Name Feder Rtg Title Score Buch. Berg. Progr.
1 Itkis, Boris ROM 2449 im 7.5 52.5 42.75 42.0
2 Raceanu, Valentin ROM 2370 7 50.5 32.50 37.5
3-10 Svetushkin, Dmitry MDA 2546 gm 6.5 54.0 36.75 35.5
Mateuta, Gabriel ROM 2469 im 6.5 52.0 31.50 36.0
Szabo, Gergely-Andras-Gyula ROM 2422 im 6.5 50.5 33.50 35.5
Berescu, Alin ROM 2404 im 6.5 49.5 35.25 35.0
Grigore, George-Gabriel ROM 2507 gm 6.5 49.5 34.75 34.0
Musat, Adrian ROM 2381 fm 6.5 48.0 33.75 33.5
Chirila, Ioan Cristian ROM 2195 6.5 47.5 31.25 31.5
Nanu, Ciprian-Costica ROM 2505 im 6.5 43.0 31.00 30.5
11-17 Shishkin, Vadim UKR 2463 im 6 51.0 31.75 34.0
Rogozenko, Dorian ROM 2518 gm 6 50.0 31.25 32.5
Vasiesiu, Dan ROM 2414 im 6 49.5 31.75 29.5
Jianu, Vlad-Cristian ROM 2429 im 6 46.5 30.00 29.0
Grunberg, Mihai-Lucian ROM 2403 im 6 45.0 27.75 32.5
Burnoiu, Nicolae-Costel ROM 2328 im 6 45.0 22.00 29.0
Glodeanu, Ion ROM 2276 im 6 43.5 23.75 28.5
102 players
The Professional World Chess Ranking for players rated 2500 and higher
for October 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 Country Rating Variance
1 Kasparov,Garry 13.04.1963 RUS 2764 137
2 Morozevich,Alexander 18.07.1977 RUS 2733 163
3 Anand,Viswanathan 11.12.1969 IND 2725 142
4 Topalov,Veselin 15.03.1975 BUL 2714 153
5 Kramnik,Vladimir 25.06.1975 RUS 2692 120
6 Polgar,Judit 23.07.1976 HUN 2690 161
7 Adams,Michael 17.11.1971 ENG 2687 143
8 Leko,Peter 08.09.1979 HUN 2680 130
9 Svidler,Peter 17.06.1976 RUS 2677 128
10 Shirov,Alexei 04.07.1972 ESP 2669 150
11 Gelfand,Boris 24.06.1968 ISR 2665 145
12 Nisipeanu,Liviu-Dieter 01.08.1976 ROM 2656 142
13 Grischuk,Alexander 31.10.1983 RUS 2653 149
14 Bareev,Evgeny 21.11.1966 RUS 2652 182
15 Ponomariov,Ruslan 11.10.1983 UKR 2648 183
16 Akopian,Vladimir 07.12.1971 ARM 2643 160
17 Short,Nigel D 01.06.1965 ENG 2638 156
18 Van Wely,Loek 07.10.1972 NED 2633 162
19 Kasimdzhanov,Rustam 05.12.1979 UZB 2633 173
20 Bacrot,Etienne 22.01.1983 FRA 2631 157
21 Ivanchuk,Vassily 18.03.1969 UKR 2629 162
22 Lautier,Joel 12.04.1973 FRA 2626 145
23 Vallejo Pons,Francisco 21.08.1982 ESP 2626 147
24 Dreev,Alexey 30.01.1969 RUS 2626 147
25 Sokolov,Ivan 13.06.1968 NED 2624 154
26 Azmaiparashvili,Zurab 16.03.1960 GEO 2623 180
27 Karpov,Anatoli 23.05.1951 RUS 2620 137
28 Radjabov,Teimour 12.03.1987 AZE 2620 139
29 Aronian,Levon 06.10.1982 ARM 2620 146
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 2613 146
33 Graf-Nenashev,Alexander 25.08.1962 GER 2613 176
34 Sakaev,Konstantin 13.04.1974 RUS 2607 158
35 Nikolic,Predrag 11.09.1960 BIH 2605 171
36 Aleksandrov,Aleksej 11.05.1973 BLR 2603 156
37 Sutovsky,Emil 19.09.1977 ISR 2602 186
38 Rublevsky,Sergei 15.10.1974 RUS 2601 176
39 McShane,Luke James 07.01.1984 ENG 2600 193
40 Khalifman,Alexander 18.01.1966 RUS 2599 127
41 Kozul,Zdenko 21.05.1966 CRO 2598 213
42 Onischuk,Alexander 03.09.1975 USA 2597 184
43 Dominguez,Lenier 23.09.1983 CUB 2596 162
44 Hansen,Curt 18.09.1964 DEN 2596 162
45 Filippov,Valerij 28.11.1975 RUS 2594 171
46 Almasi,Zoltan 29.08.1976 HUN 2593 162
47 Beliavsky,Alexander G 17.12.1953 SLO 2593 164
48 Motylev,Alexander 17.06.1979 RUS 2593 188
49 Krasenkow,Mikhail 14.11.1963 POL 2591 172
50 Moiseenko,Alexander 17.05.1980 UKR 2588 152
Drammen Chess Festival
The Drammen Chess Festival took place 27th December 2004 - 5th January
2005. Participants include: GM Alexei Shirov ESP 2726 GM Aleksander Khalifman
RUS 2669 GM Peter Heine Nielsen DEN 2663 GM Viktor Kortchnoi SUI 2601 GM Simen
Agdestein NOR 2589 GM Magnus Carlsen NOR 2581 GM Leif E. Johannessen NOR 2519
GM Antoaneta Stefanova BUL 2523.
Details:
http://www.lier-nett.no/sjakk/?location=001&language=eng
1st ICCF Webchess Open Tournament
The ICCF have announced the 1st WebChess Open Tournament and invites
every player worldwide to participate in the event. The event is to be played
on the ICCF dedicated Webserver http://www.iccf-webchess.com. This
tournament is open to all correspondence chess players worldwide, also for
those without any previous ICCF experience. Multiple entries are allowed. The
tournament will be played in three stages - preliminaries, semifinal and final.
Details: http://www.iccf-webchess.com/Message.aspx?message=19
Technology for the disabled and Chess
Duif Calvin especially known for being the webmaster of the USCF website
for many years writes about chess and disabled life.
Article: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1934
Cairnhill Chess Festival
2004 The Cairnhill Chess Festival 2004 will take place from 4th-12th of
December 2004 in Singapore. This year's events include the 22nd Cairnhill
International Open Chess Championship ‘The Cairnhill’s Cup’ as
well as other side events such as Blitz and Rapidplay tournaments. Complete
details and official website will be announced in due course. E-mail:
open_chess@yahoo.com.sg
Pre-Olympic Tournament Belo Horizonte
The Pre-Olympic Tournament takes place 9th-12th Octuber 2004 in Belo
Horizonte, Minas Gerais State Brazil. The tournament includes 4 players who
represent Brazil in Calvia Olympiad.
Further news: http://www.a21brasil.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. Players: 1.
Malakhatko,Vadim GM 2571 Kiev UKR 1977 2. Kveinys,Aloyzas GM 2531 Vilnius LTU
1962 3. Miezis,Normunds GM 2524 Olaine LAT 1971 4. Jenni,Florian GM 2503
Zürich SUI 1980
Further details: http://www.chessstore.ch/schachwoche/.
4th AMPLICO AIG LIFE Tournament
The 4th AMPLICO AIG LIFE Rapid Tournament takes place in Warsaw
(Poland) played during the 23rd Memorial of Stanislaw Gawlikowski. The
tournament is a part of the ACP Tour and will take place on Saturday, December
18th, 2003 and Sunday, December 19th, 2004 in the Palace of Culture and Science
in Warsaw. The prize fund is 15.000 USD. There is a lot of special prizes (for
best women, seniors, juniors in different age, players in many rating groups).
Among participants we expect many super stars, led by Vassily Ivanchuk.
Further details: http://www.amplicolife.pl/chess or
an e-mail to the Tournament Director: Maria Macieja janmac@mg.gov.pl or
kspolonia@poczta.pop.pl
Alekhine CC Open in Calcutta
The Alekhine Chess Club in Calcutta organises an international open
7th-18th November 2004. The event is recognised by FIDE, the Indian Government
and the All India Chess Federation. The club has organised over 25
international events including the Goodricke International Open Chess
Tournament.
The event is an 11 Round Swiss. Total Prize Fund: $12,500, Total
Players: around 60, no. of GMs: around 2 dozen, no. of IMs: around 2 dozen. GM
(2500+), WGM (2350+), IM (2400+), Rated players with FIDE rating 2450+ :
For details contact: Mr. Soumen Majumder, FAX: 00913322832746, e-mail:
gnca@vsnl.com and soumenmajumder@rediffmail.com
Club website: http://www.alekhinechessclub.8k.com
Liberec International Chess Festival
The Liberec International Chess Festival takes place as part of the 4th
Czech Tour 2004/2005. The event takes place 23rd-30th October 10 2004 in
Liberec (Czech Republic).
Further news: http://www.czechtour.net
Venice Autumn Chess Open
The traditional Autumn Chess Open takes place in Venice October 29th -
1st November 2004, organized together by "Esteban Canal" Chess Club and by
"Carlo Salvioli" Chess Club.
Master tournament: 6 rounds (minimum 2000 Fide rating); 100 minutes for
40 moves plus 30 second every move; after 40 moves 15 minutes more plus 30
seconds every move.
Further details: http://www.veneziascacchi.org
HB Global Chess Challenge
The HB Foundation has posted $500,000 prize fund for the HB Global
Chess Challenge, a Maurice Ashley-led event expects to bring more than 4,000
participants to Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The event takes place May 18th-22nd 2005 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
First place in the Open section has a cash prize of $50,000, and that overall
more than 50 others will receive cash prizes. Many other side events.
Official sites: http://www.hbfoundation.org and
http://www.generationchess.com
Hastings Chess Congress
The Hastings Chess Congress takes place 28th December 2004 to 9 January
2005 and has a new format. The Hastings Premier and Challengers are combined
into one knockout tournament. Let us imagine 120 players enter for the event
which finishes 6th January. Then 60 players go forward from the first round,
with 4 lucky losers. These 64 players play a second round of knockout. The 56
losers play in the Challengers Swiss. The 64 players continue in one game
knockouts until there are 8 players left. These 8 play in the Premier of 2 game
knockouts. All players knocked out will be contracted to play in the Swiss
Challengers, except for the losing finalists.
Players when knocked out will carry forward their score in the standard
play games. Of course White would have been a big advantage. Thus White will
have 65 minutes and Black 95 in which to make all their moves, with the
addition of one minute per move cumulatively from the first. Where games are
drawn, ties will be resolved first by blitz games, failing that an Armageddon
play-off. Players will be able to gain title results from either event. The
event will be part of the Association of Chess Professionals GP.
The weekend tournament takes place 7-9 January.
Full details from Con Power conpowr@aol.com Players seeking conditions
should contact _Stewartreuben@aol.com_
Official site: http://www.hastingschess.org.uk
8th International Open Bayerische Schach Meisterschaft
The 8th International Open Bayerische Schach Meisterschaft takes place
in Bad Wiessee in Tegernsee 30th October - 7th November 2004.
Official site: http://www.oibm-bad-wiessee.de
British Rapidplay
The British Rapidplay Chess Championships take place 13th-14th November
2004 at the North Bridge Leisure Centre, Halifax.
Official site: http://www.british-rapidplay.org.uk/
Singapore International Chess Convention
The Singapore Chess Federation and Asean Chess Academy organise the
Singapore International Chess Convention 11th-17th December 2004. The events
include: 1) Asian Youth Championships 2) Singapore Masters and Challengers
International Open 3) Seminar for Coaches 4) Arbiters Training Seminar.
Official site: http://www.singaporechess.org.sg/
16th Leuven Open
Chessclub Desperado Leuven organises its 16th Open International
Tournament of Leuven, Belgium. It will take place from Thursday November 11th
until Sunday November 14th 2004. The Open Tournament consists out of 7 rounds,
Swiss pairing system, 2hours/40moves + 15' QPF. Prizemoney adds up to more than
EUR 5.000, including several large ratingprizes! Further info:
http://turn.to/desperado
Essent tournament in Hoogeveen
The Essent tournament in Hoogeveen takes place 17th-23rd October 2004.
The includes an open tournament and a double Round Robin.
Judit Polgar is missing having played every year since 1997 after the
birth of a son in August. The event takes place at the same time as the
Olympiad so for the first time the World Junior Champion is also missing. This
year the two juniors are Magnus Carlsen (13) and Daniel Stellwagen (17) facing
the experienced Ivan Sokolov and Nigel Short (the latter two will go on to play
the final rounds of the Olympiad after the event concludes). Daniel Stellwagen
made his final GM-norm in August in Vlissingen (Holland), after previous norms
in Corus 2004 (Wijk aan Zee) and the Dutch Championship 2004.
Official site: http://www.essentchess.nl/
German Bundesliga
The German Bundesliga starts on 13th November 2004.
Official site: http://www.schachbundesliga.com
IX Cesenatico Open
The IX Open International Chess Tournament took place in Cesenatico
(Italy): 4th-12th September 2004. Hopefully results and games will become
available.
Official site: http://www.antiquascom.it/scacchi.htm
Bilbao International Chess Festival
The Bilbao International Chess Festival takes place 6th-12th October
2004.
Events include the 1st People vs Computers World Chess Team
Championship VI Open International "Memorial Pedro Zabala" and the II Open of
Problems. 300 players from 30 countrys from the five continents are expected to
play.
In the computer event Ruslan Ponomariov, Véselin Topalov and
Sergey Karjakin will face throughout four days Junior, Fritz and Hydra.
Further details: http://www.ajedrezbilbao.com/
4th Rhode International Open
The 4th Rhode International Open will take place 23rd-31st October 2004
in Sautron (near Nantes). 9 rounds - time rate Fischer 40 moves/1h40 +
30sec/move + 40min + 30sec/move Accelerated Swiss paring A total amount of 13
600 Euros for the prizes, including 2 200 Euros for the winner. Special
conditions for I.M and I.G.M
Internet coverage: http://www.sautronechecs.fr/
Swiss Chess Tour 2004
The "Swiss Chess Tour 2004" will finish in Interlaken, one of the most
attractive tourist towns in Switzerland. The 4th "Casino Open" December
26th-30th 2004. Swiss system, 7 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 5
hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 30 minutes till the end). Prize are: 1.500 SF,
1.200, 900, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200 and 150 SF. The natural prizes till
20th place. 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: Hotel "Chalet Oberland"
New event - Blitz tournament, Swiss system, 9 double rounds. Time table for
"Chalet Oberland-Open Interlaken": December 26. The last registration
11.00-12.15. Open ceremony and apero reception from 12.15-12.30. Round 1st
14.00-19.00. December 27. Round 2nd 9.30-14.30 Round 3rd 15.30-20.30 December
28.: Round 4th 14.00-19.00. December 29. Round 5th 9.30-14.30. Round 6th
15.30-20.30 December 30. Round 7th 10.00-15.00 Closing ceremonies 15.30.
Special chess rates in Hotel "Charlet Oberland". Main sponsor "RAPP" company.
More information and registration: Robert Spoerri tel. +41+34+424-01-06, fax
+41+34+424-01-07 E-mail info@beochess.ch or Ervin Tellenbach tel.
+41+79+311-23-53 or Hotel "Charlet Oberland" tel. +41+33+827-87-87.
Further information: http://www.beochess.ch/
Swiss Chess Tour 2005
The Swiss Chess Tour starts in Basle in the New Year (1.-8.1.2005.).
New event is European ITAG Masters & Rapid Championship will be 1-2.1.2005.
11 Round, 30 minutes each, guarantee prizes. Prizes:
2500/2000/1500/1000/800/700/600/500/ 2x400/2x300/4x250/4x200 CHF; Special
prizes: 400/300/200 CHF for Ladys, seniors (1945), juniors (1985 and younger),
amateur under 2200 (FIDE or national), under 1800. Enter fee 30.00 CHF Hilton
Open (2-8.1.2005.) 7 Rounds, 6 hours (2 hours for 40 moves + 60 minutes for
complete the game. Prizes: 2000/1500/1200/800/600/500/2x400/2x300/5x200 CHF.
Special prizes 200 CHF for best Lady, Senior (1945), junior (1985-88),
schoolboy (1989). Enter fee: 130 CHF (FM and juniors 60 CHF) GM & IM free.
At the door 10 CHF. Basle amateur (2-8.1.2005.) 7 Rounds, 4 hours (90 minutes
30 moves + 30 minutes to complete the game). Players under 1900 rating (FIDE or
national). Enter fee: 10 CHF (juniors 50 CHF). At the door 10 CHF. Prizes:
500/400/2x300/2x200/4x150 CHF. Basle juniors (2.1.2005.) 7 Rounds, 15 minutes
for the game. Juniors 1985 and younger. Enter fee 5 CHF. Natural prizes for all
players. NSV Senior Open (1-4.1.2005.) 7 Rounds, 4 hours (90 minutes for 30
moves + 30 minutes for complete the game) Seniors 1945. Prizes: 400/300/200 CHF
+ natural prizes. Enter fee: 60 CHF. At the door 10 CHF. ITAG - Tele-Rapid
(3-5.1.2005.) European Rapid Champion, Andrei Sokolov, last year winner and two
others. 15 minutes for the game. All games will be on TV Tele-Basel in live.
BaZ Lighting Chess (8.1.2005. from 19.00 to 22.00) 9 Rounds, 5 minutes. Enter
fee: 20 CHF (juniors 5 CHF). Prizes 300/200/150/2x100/2x50 CHF natural prizes
for everybody 50% and more points. ITAG Simultan (9.1.2005.) with European
Rapid Champion 2005
More information and registration: Robert Spoerri tel.
+41+34+424-01-06, fax +41+34+424-01-07 E-mail info@beochess.ch Further
information: http://www.beochess.ch
Hungarian chess tournaments October 2004-April 2005
1. 2nd-15th of October FIRST SATURDAY /FS/ GM-IM-FM round robins, 9-13
games, norm possibilities, in Budapest, Hungarian Chess Federation, Falk Miksa
Str.10. 2nd floor.
Organisation: Nagy Laszlo /NL/, e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net Website:
http://www.firstsaturday.hu Other
website: http://home.hu.inter.net/~firstsat
Phone-fax: (361)-2632859, cellphone: (36)-30-230-1914 /From 12:00 a.m.
until midnight - Central European Time - GMT+1 hour/
2. 16th-26th of October, "Papp Béla memorial" GM closed,
Törökbálint, /15 km from Budapest/, info: NL
3. 6th-18th of November, FS GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, Org: NL
4. 25th of Nov.-3rd of Dec., Harkány Open Swiss, /250 West from
Budapest/, Org: Fulop Csaba, e-mail: fulopcsa@axelero.hu
5. 4th-17th of December, FS GM-IM-FM, Budapest, org: NL
6. 7th-15th of January 2005, "TAPOLCA" Open, 9 rounds Swiss, Budapest,
organizer: Paréj József, home, calling from abroad:
+(36-87-321-950
7. 5th-18th of February 2005, FS GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, Org.NL.
8. 5th-18th of March 2005, FS GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, Org. : NL,
9. 18th- 26th of March, "SPRING FESTIVAL" 9 rounds Swiss Open,
Budapest, Org.: NL
10. 2nd-15th of April , FS GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, Org: NL:
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
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/
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
New York Masters
Regular competition for players in New York Rated 2200 and above.
Further details: http://www.newyorkmasters.com/
