THE WEEK IN CHESS 520 25th October 2004 by Mark Crowther
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My thanks to Stefano Ticozzi, G. Kleint, Bretislav Modr, Jonathan Berry,
Kenny Chern, Michael Rahal, Albert Vasse, David Gavin, Carlos Penin, David
Llada, Allan Beardsworth, Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam and everyone else who helped
with the issue.
The exciting conclusion to the Classical World Championship match in
Brissago left Vladimir Kramnik still as champion after a final round win
against Peter Leko tied the match at 7-7. I hope that Kramnik's aggressive play
to try and equalise the match in its final stages will be seen much more often
in his tournament play, I think it is the best way for him to make the best of
his abilities but perhaps his personality still prefers safer play.
This match was a big step towards the establishment of a single champion
but there are still many complications on the way. The match saw the emergence
of the ACP as a factor in the mixture that already involves FIDE and Garry
Kasparov. Kasparov was scatheing in a recent interview about the ACP saying
they had achieved nothing and that their only purpose was to stop him getting a
match against Kramnik. The ACP certainly does have a lot to prove and will have
to start delivering some tangible things soon but he is very harsh about such a
young organisation. The key question for them is how they attack the problem of
too many professional players chasing too little money an equation that their
membership structure doesn't seem ideally suited to addressing.
Kasparov is certainly the most famous and bankable star in chess and his
20 year domination of the game should certainly count for something. Perhaps a
match between Kramnik and Kasparov could be a launching pad to a new era in
chess, at least financially, but it needs to happen fast, I don't think it
right that the next opportunity to qualify for a world title match for the rest
of the players should be 4 years down the road (more like two which would mean
a tight timetable and a genuine will to get it done). Chess needs to make plans
to move on from the Kasparov era. This is not to say I want him out of the way
(which Kasparov stated many of the players do in the most recent New in Chess )
but more that it is inevitable he will decline in strength in the next few
years a process that more than likely has already started. I think Kasparov has
a number of big performances left in him but the age of his absolute domination
is already over (even though he still stands at number one in the rating list
this hasn't really been about his recent performances) and that this is simply
the nature of sport. Kasparov will play with Kramnik in the Russian
Championship in December, both would find it politically and professionally
advantageous to win this event but there are a number of other players who
might have a say.
Whatever happens chess needs to quickly find a stable world championship
structure with qualifiers and other strong events with a structure so that
professionals can make a living.
Time and time again I've complained about Olympiad coverage. The use of,
and over reliance on, electronic boards to cover the entire event for the last
few Olympiad has led to inadequate numbers of people compiling the final
bulletin and just huge numbers of errors in the games. The permanent record of
the games of recent Olympiads are extremely flawed. Well this time I can say
the coverage is exactly how it should be. I always advocated a limited number
of live games followed by a correct bulletin the following day and this is
exactly how it is this time. A++ marks to all involved and this has to be the
standard for future Olympiads.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Classical World Chess Championship took place at the Centro
Dannemann in Brissago, Switzerland September 25th - October 18th, 2004. A total
of 14 games were played under classical time controls. Vladimir Kramnik
defended the title he won from Garry Kasparov in 2000 against Hungarian GM
Peter Leko, who qualified at the Dortmund Candidates in 2002.
The final game of the match proved to be an historic occasion. Vladimir
Kramnik was one down with one to play and needed a win to retain his title. He
chose an extremely sharp variation to counter Leko's Caro-Kann and came up with
a TN as early as move 6. Leko had a very difficult psychological problem in
that he only needed a draw but he also needed to play actively enough. This
mixture of emotions meant that Leko discarded 14. ...d4 which was probably
objectively the best. He ended up in an extremely unpleasant ending and was
probably losing by move 25 and Kramnik was extremely accurate in prosecuting
his advantage.
At the closing ceremony Kramnik praised his opponent saying that right
now he was a more difficult opponent than Garry Kasparov and that in fact the
whole match had been more difficult for him than when he won in 2000. He
expected a hard fight but he in particular praised Leko's astonishing defensive
abilities. He said that he had required some luck to finally tie the match.
Leko said he was disappointed but had learned much and at 25 he expects to
challenge again.
Leko later gave a series of press interviews to the media. He of course
was disappointed to come so close to winning the match. He pointed out he lost
the first and last games of the match. The first game he probably tried to play
to the crowd too much and he drew the lesson that you should play for yourself
and the match strategy and the final game was very difficult psychologically
with Kramnik having to hope for a win he had a clearer objective than Leko. He
nevertheless believe he had given his maximum throughout the match.
Leko said that Kramnik was incredibly well prepared in the opening
throughout the match. He thanked his seconds who he said worked "day and
night". Nevertheless he thought that no-one even comes close to Kramnik in
terms of preparation, its like a factory and so strong. It was impossible to
get out of his preparation. He said he wasn't ready to play the Sveshnikov
against Kramnik as he was likely to run into at least a months preparation. He
however claimed that Kramnik was the only player in the World against whom he
would have opening problems. Their strategy was not to fight him in the
openings. He was determined to make himself mentally and physically fit.
He thought that game 11 was a turning point. He didn't understand he had
the initiative in the match and should play on at that moment instead of giving
a short draw.
Leko is confident that at 25 and having learned so much from the match
that he will be back to try again. Kramnik also thought this at the closing
ceremony. Both players admitted to be very tired and ready for a rest for some
time. "I am very motivated but I need my rest" said Leko. He added that he had
absolutely no physical problems during the match. Right now he feels
disappointed and empty but that over the whole match 7-7 was the correct score
although the champions advantage he understood and accepted but said it wasn't
exactly fair.
The result of the match and the fact it was completed changes a lot of
things. Kramnik has defended his title against a legitimate challenger and the
match itself, especially the final few games I think shows that the most
competitive chess is played only in the highest pressure situations. However
there is still much to be settled. The ACP under the presidency of Joel Lautier
were brought into the organisation of the match. At a press conference prior to
the final game Lautier made it clear that they regard themselves now as the
sanctioning body for the classical world championship. The question of FIDE and
the Kasparov vs Kasimdzhanov match hangs in the air.
At this press conference Joel Lautier thanked the sponsor and especially
praised the wonderful way the match had been organised. He stressed that it was
most important that it had allowed the classical tradition to continue. He said
that it had set new standards for events of this type to meet and it was
important to show by example how things should be done. [Read also the ACP General Assembly Report by
Jonathan Berry]
As for the ACP's priorities they had three major things they needed to
achieve.
1) classical time control not the FIDE time control but added there was
also a place for rapid events.
2) He wants to do something about short draws making it a rule that the
players should not be able to offer a draw before move 40 (although 3 move
repetitions would of course still be a draw as in game 11). He says you can't
blame the players at the moment but you should just take the option away.
3) On the proposed reunification he stressed his belief that this is
not a qualifier but that the winner is the world champion. He said Prague
already recognised this but that he saw FIDE as causing problems for any
agreement. He didn't think they were ready to accept the ACP as an equal
partner and if they didn't he implied agreement for a match with the winner of
Kasparov vs Kasimdzhanov would be problematic. The important thing was for a
cycle to produce the next challenger and that there were many questions to be
answered if FIDE were to be involved but if not the ACP would continue
independently.
Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam, the editor of New in Chess said the next issue
2004/7 contained a long interview with Garry Kasparov. He mentioned that
Kramnik believes Lautier is a big friend of Kramnik's (Lautier was a second for
Kramnik in the 2000 match in London) and also alluded to the following quotes
from the article:
"What is the purpose of this organisation apart from shielding Kramnik
from a match against me? It seems to me that this is the only purpose of their
existence."
"I’d like to have my chance to play, but with every day, every
month I am losing my determination. I have to move on my life and these guys
are not hiding their agenda, they want me to go."
Lautier denied this saying that a perfect ACP event would have Kasparov
participating. "He should play more and will be invited".
When asked if he was out for revenge against Kasparov, Lautier slightly
avoided the question by saying he was one of the few GMs with a plus score
against him so there was no need for revenge.
I was at the match from the penultimate Saturday onwards and thought it
without doubt the best organised match I've been to. Hans Leusen the President
of Dannemann Brazil and the main representative of the company described the
event as being a success for them "beyond our expectation" with the media
(newspapers, magazine, tv and radio) throughout the world covering the event.
He said they have had 1,5 million visitors to their webpage. He felt they had
projected through the organisation their belief in quality. He added that they
will commit themselves to chess but that they need to analyse the match in
order to determine their future policy. I for one would look forward to
returning to Brissago some time.
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
Leko, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 21 D16 Slav Lasker/Smyslov
Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter 0-1 32 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Leko, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 16 E15 Queens Indian
Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter 1/2 35 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Leko, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 17 E15 Queens Indian
Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter 1/2 34 B19 Caro Kann
Leko, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 65 A73 Benoni
Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter 1-0 41 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
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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Leko, Peter g HUN 2741 0 = = = 1 = = 1 = = = = = 0 7.0 2770
Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2770 1 = = = 0 = = 0 = = = = = 1 7.0 2741
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The 36th Chess Olympiad takes place in Calvià (Majorca),
14th-31st October 2004. After nine rounds it looks like Ukraine will be the
champions dethroning the Russians for the first time in 26 years. The internet
coverage has just been fantastic, the best by far since 1994, the first
Olympiad covered by TWIC.
I've made some minor changes to the first couple of rounds and give
those games again, please delete last week's version.
Official site: http://www.36chessolympiad.com
36th Chess Olympiad 2004 Men's section
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Rank table after round 9
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Rg. Snr Team Anz + = - Wtg1 Wtg2
1 2 Ukraine 9 7 2 0 27.0 197.5
2 1 Russia 9 7 0 2 24.5 198.5
3 10 United States 9 6 1 2 24.0 183.0
4 4 Armenia 9 5 2 2 23.0 199.5
5 3 Israel 9 5 2 2 23.0 198.5
6 5 India 9 7 0 2 22.5 197.0
7 20 Bulgaria 9 7 0 2 22.5 195.0
8 14 Azerbaijan 9 6 0 3 22.5 188.0
9 18 Cuba 9 6 1 2 22.5 185.5
10 12 France 9 7 1 1 22.5 182.0
11 29 Switzerland 9 5 2 2 22.5 180.0
12 23 Slovenia 9 7 1 1 22.5 177.0
13 9 Poland 9 5 2 2 22.0 185.0
14 22 Moldova 9 6 1 2 22.0 183.0
15 11 Georgia 9 6 1 2 21.5 191.0
16 21 Czech Rep 9 5 3 1 21.5 188.0
17 16 China 9 6 1 2 21.5 187.5
18 13 Germany 9 4 2 3 21.5 185.0
19 30 Uzbekistan 9 6 0 3 21.5 184.0
20 15 Hungary 9 6 2 1 21.5 176.5
21 37 BIH 9 5 1 3 21.5 176.5
22 7 Spain A 9 6 1 2 21.0 189.5
23 26 SCG 9 4 2 3 21.0 182.5
24 36 Latvia 9 4 3 2 21.0 179.0
25 24 Greece 9 4 1 4 21.0 176.5
26 25 Sweden 9 6 1 2 21.0 173.0
27 32 Slovakia 9 3 2 4 20.5 188.5
28 43 Canada 9 5 0 4 20.5 179.0
29 33 Estonia 9 5 1 3 20.5 177.0
30 40 Philippines 9 5 0 4 20.5 174.5
31 17 Belarus 9 4 2 3 20.5 173.0
32 38 Macedonia 9 5 1 3 20.5 169.0
33 69 Turkey 9 4 2 3 20.5 166.0
34 8 Netherlands 9 5 0 4 20.0 185.0
35 6 England 9 5 1 3 20.0 183.0
36 48 Kazakhstan 9 6 0 3 20.0 180.0
37 19 Romania 9 3 4 2 20.0 174.5
38 28 Croatia 9 4 2 3 20.0 173.0
39 45 Australia 9 5 1 3 20.0 172.5
40 39 Vietnam 9 5 1 3 20.0 169.5
41 31 Norway 9 4 1 4 20.0 169.5
42 42 Iceland 9 3 4 2 20.0 168.5
43 34 Argentina 9 5 2 2 19.5 175.0
44 27 Denmark 9 5 0 4 19.5 174.5
45 35 Lithuania 9 4 2 3 19.5 172.0
46 50 Italy 9 5 1 3 19.5 169.5
47 57 Singapore 9 4 0 5 19.5 167.0
48 82 Paraguay 9 5 1 3 19.5 156.0
49 44 Spain B 9 5 1 3 19.0 181.5
50 65 Indonesia 9 4 1 4 19.0 174.0
51 52 Iran 9 4 0 5 19.0 172.5
52 56 Belgium 9 3 3 3 19.0 171.5
53 76 Kyrgystan 9 5 0 4 19.0 166.0
54 49 Brazil 9 4 1 4 19.0 165.5
55 51 Mexico 9 5 0 4 19.0 165.0
56 41 Scotland 9 4 1 4 18.5 181.0
57 46 Chile 9 3 3 3 18.5 170.0
58 47 Bangladesh 9 5 0 4 18.5 167.5
59 64 Costa Rica 9 5 1 3 18.5 164.5
60 72 Venezuela 9 3 3 3 18.5 163.5
61 67 Mongolia 9 5 0 4 18.5 163.0
62 66 South Africa 9 4 1 4 18.5 162.5
63 74 IPCA 9 3 2 4 18.5 162.0
64 68 Uruguay 9 4 0 5 18.5 160.0
65 78 Spain C 9 5 0 4 18.5 155.0
66 61 Peru 8 3 2 3 18.5 145.0
67 75 Morocco 8 4 1 3 18.5 137.0
68 54 Ireland 9 4 0 5 18.0 170.0
69 81 New Zealand 9 4 2 3 18.0 152.0
70 84 Pakistan 9 5 0 4 18.0 151.5
71 85 Wales 9 3 1 5 18.0 149.5
72 53 Finland 9 3 1 5 17.5 170.0
73 58 Ecuador 9 3 1 5 17.5 157.0
74 73 Dominican Rep 9 4 0 5 17.5 156.0
75 55 Austria 9 3 1 5 17.5 156.0
76 86 Nicaragua 9 4 2 3 17.5 155.5
77 62 Albania 9 4 1 4 17.5 155.5
78 87 Faroe Islands 9 3 1 5 17.5 153.5
79 71 IBCA 9 5 0 4 17.5 147.0
80 70 Tunisia 9 3 1 5 17.0 166.0
81 59 Colombia 9 3 0 6 17.0 165.5
82 60 Portugal 9 2 1 6 17.0 159.5
83 96 Puerto Rico 9 3 3 3 17.0 138.5
84 63 Andorra 9 3 2 4 16.5 168.5
85 83 Tajikistan 9 2 2 5 16.5 168.5
86 79 Bolivia 9 3 1 5 16.5 162.5
87 89 Iraq 9 3 2 4 16.5 160.0
88 80 Luxembourg 9 4 0 5 16.5 160.0
89 93 Angola 9 3 1 5 16.5 157.5
90 92 Guatemala 9 3 1 5 16.5 148.5
91 95 Honduras 9 3 0 6 16.5 143.5
92 120 Panama 9 3 2 4 16.5 138.0
93 94 Malaysia 9 4 1 4 16.0 154.0
94 109 Hongkong 9 4 0 5 16.0 144.0
95 90 Thailand 9 4 0 5 16.0 140.5
96 100 Sri Lanka 9 4 0 5 15.5 156.5
97 88 Barbados 9 2 2 5 15.5 153.0
98 110 TRI 9 3 1 5 15.5 141.5
99 77 Lebanon 9 3 1 5 15.0 155.0
100 91 Libya 9 4 0 5 15.0 146.5
101 99 Surinam 9 3 2 4 15.0 131.5
102 104 Nepal 7 2 3 2 15.0 98.0
103 117 Palestine 9 2 2 5 14.5 154.5
104 98 Cyprus 9 2 1 6 14.5 150.5
105 112 Japan 9 2 2 5 14.5 143.5
106 111 Monaco 9 3 2 4 14.5 142.5
107 97 Mauritius 9 2 4 3 14.5 136.5
108 106 Jersey 9 3 0 6 14.5 132.0
109 103 Jamaica 9 1 2 6 14.0 144.5
110 101 Uganda 9 4 0 5 14.0 143.5
111 115 Liechtenstein 9 2 1 6 14.0 140.5
112 105 Botswana 9 2 2 5 13.5 148.0
113 107 Malta 9 3 1 5 13.5 142.0
114 102 Namibia 9 2 2 5 13.5 133.5
115 122 PNG 9 2 2 5 13.0 131.5
116 118 Fiji 9 3 1 5 13.0 108.5
117 108 Nigeria 7 4 0 3 13.0 100.5
118 123 Afghanistan 7 2 3 2 13.0 81.0
119 119 Kenya 9 2 2 5 12.5 138.0
120 121 IVB 9 2 1 6 12.5 134.0
121 116 Neth.Antilles 9 1 1 7 12.5 131.0
122 114 San Marino 9 3 1 5 12.5 129.0
123 124 Aruba 9 3 0 6 12.5 125.0
124 113 Macao 9 2 2 5 11.5 118.0
125 125 Bermuda 9 0 3 6 11.5 109.0
126 126 Guernsey 9 1 3 5 11.5 104.0
127 127 Rwanda 9 1 2 6 11.0 108.0
128 129 US Virgin Is 9 0 4 5 10.5 102.0
129 128 Seychelles 9 0 2 7 8.0 105.5
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36th Chess Olympiad 2004 Women's section
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Rank table after round 9
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Rg. Snr Team Anz + = - Wtg1 Wtg2
1 1 China 9 9 0 0 23.5 140.0
2 2 Russia 9 5 3 1 17.5 146.5
3 3 USA 9 6 2 1 17.5 145.5
4 6 India 9 6 3 0 17.5 143.5
5 13 Hungary 9 6 2 1 17.5 139.0
6 26 Latvia 9 5 2 2 17.0 140.0
7 24 Sweden 9 4 4 1 17.0 138.5
8 7 Poland 9 4 3 2 16.5 151.5
9 5 Ukraine 9 4 3 2 16.5 146.0
10 4 Georgia 9 6 1 2 16.5 140.5
11 20 Lithuania 9 6 1 2 16.5 139.5
12 14 Armenia 9 5 2 2 16.5 131.0
13 27 England 9 4 2 3 16.0 145.5
14 8 France 9 5 1 3 16.0 142.5
15 12 Slovakia 9 5 2 2 16.0 135.5
16 9 Bulgaria 9 4 2 3 16.0 134.0
17 23 Cuba 9 7 0 2 16.0 133.0
18 25 Moldova 9 5 2 2 16.0 132.0
19 11 SCG 9 4 2 3 16.0 131.5
20 16 Germany 9 5 1 3 15.5 141.5
21 15 Netherlands 9 4 2 3 15.5 137.0
22 33 Israel 9 5 1 3 15.5 134.0
23 41 Iran 9 3 3 3 15.5 133.0
24 10 Romania 9 4 3 2 15.5 128.0
25 28 Slovenia 9 4 1 4 15.0 137.5
26 18 Kazakhstan 9 4 0 5 15.0 133.0
27 29 Belarus 9 5 1 3 15.0 131.0
28 21 Czech Rep. 9 4 2 3 15.0 131.0
29 31 Mongolia 9 5 1 3 15.0 127.5
30 39 Ecuador 9 5 2 2 15.0 120.5
31 19 Azerbaijan 9 5 1 3 14.5 130.5
32 42 Spain B 9 5 0 4 14.5 126.5
33 55 Colombia 9 3 2 4 14.5 122.5
34 17 Greece 9 2 3 4 14.0 131.0
35 30 Argentina 9 3 1 5 14.0 130.0
36 56 Malaysia 9 5 0 4 14.0 127.5
37 35 Australia 9 5 0 4 14.0 127.5
38 32 Switzerland 9 3 2 4 14.0 126.5
39 34 Croatia 9 3 3 3 14.0 123.5
40 44 Iceland 9 4 1 4 14.0 119.5
41 47 Finland 9 3 2 4 14.0 118.5
42 36 Spain A 9 4 2 3 14.0 118.0
43 71 SouthAfrica 9 4 2 3 14.0 115.0
44 48 Peru 8 4 1 3 14.0 110.0
45 43 Norway 9 4 1 4 13.5 123.0
46 59 Brazil 9 3 2 4 13.5 113.0
47 62 Luxembourg 9 3 4 2 13.0 124.0
48 50 Denmark 9 2 4 3 13.0 124.0
49 65 Philippines 9 4 3 2 13.0 123.5
50 46 BIH 9 3 2 4 13.0 119.5
51 37 Uzbekistan 9 3 2 4 13.0 118.5
52 38 Estonia 9 4 1 4 13.0 117.0
53 72 Indonesia 9 4 1 4 13.0 116.0
54 57 Turkey 9 3 1 5 12.5 119.0
55 40 Italy 9 3 3 3 12.5 117.5
56 61 Macedonia 9 4 1 4 12.5 117.5
57 45 Venezuela 9 3 1 5 12.5 117.0
58 77 Guatemala 9 4 2 3 12.5 111.0
59 60 Dominican R 9 4 2 3 12.5 103.5
60 22 Vietnam 9 3 1 5 12.0 135.0
61 51 Portugal 9 4 2 3 12.0 119.5
62 49 Mexico 9 2 3 4 12.0 114.0
63 52 Canada 9 3 2 4 12.0 111.5
64 74 Bolivia 9 3 1 5 12.0 103.5
65 53 Austria 9 3 0 6 11.5 121.5
66 75 Kyrgystan 9 2 2 5 11.5 115.5
67 63 Wales 9 2 3 4 11.5 113.5
68 64 Lebanon 9 3 0 6 11.5 112.5
69 76 Albania 9 3 3 3 11.5 108.0
70 70 IBCA 9 3 1 5 11.5 106.5
71 66 New Zealand 9 3 0 6 11.5 105.5
72 58 IPCA 9 2 1 6 11.0 114.0
73 54 Bangladesh 9 2 2 5 11.0 112.5
74 81 Sri Lanka 9 2 2 5 11.0 110.0
75 69 Puerto Rico 9 3 1 5 11.0 107.0
76 67 Ireland 9 2 3 4 11.0 103.0
77 68 Botswana 9 3 2 4 11.0 98.0
78 85 Tajikistan 9 3 1 5 10.5 108.5
79 73 Costa Rica 9 1 2 6 10.0 90.5
80 79 Iraq 9 1 1 7 9.0 105.5
81 78 Japan 9 2 2 5 9.0 83.0
82 86 TRI 9 2 2 5 9.0 82.0
83 80 Libya 9 1 2 6 9.0 81.0
84 82 Fiji 9 3 1 5 9.0 78.0
85 83 Honduras 9 2 2 5 8.5 77.5
86 84 Kenya 9 1 1 7 6.5 80.5
87 87 US Virgin I 9 1 1 7 6.0 78.5
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Board-prices sorted according %,games,average rating
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Rank table after round 9
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Boards 1-4 must play minimum 60%, 5 and 6 50%
Board 1 Top 50
Rk. Name Rtg Team % Games RtgAvg Pts. Rp
1 GM Ermenkov 2454 Palestine 87.5 8 2305 7.0 2641
Evgenij
2 GM Dominguez 2645 Cuba 85.7 7 2565 6.0 2874
Lenier
3 GM Beliavsky 2660 Slovenia 85.7 7 2538 6.0 2847
Alexander G
4 GM Adams Michael 2740 England 83.3 9 2564 7.5 2837
5 GM Matamoros 2513 Ecuador 78.6 7 2294 5.5 2552
Franco Carlos
S
6 GM Ivanchuk 2705 Ukraine 77.8 9 2643 7.0 2863
Vassily
7 GM Rodriguez 2533 Uruguay 77.8 9 2423 7.0 2643
Andres
8 GM Anand 2781 India 71.4 7 2674 5.0 2832
Viswanathan
9 GM Granda Zuniga 2605 Peru 71.4 7 2321 5.0 2479
Julio E
10 IM Michelakis 2438 South 71.4 7 2313 5.0 2471
George Africa
11 Asefi 2064 Afghanistan 71.4 7 1991 5.0 2206
Zahiruddin
12 IM De La Riva 2528 Andorra 68.8 8 2465 5.5 2606
Aguado Oscar
13 Mosquera 2394 Colombia 68.8 8 2459 5.5 2600
Miguel
14 GM Wu Shaobin 2504 Singapore 68.8 8 2399 5.5 2565
15 IM Megaranto 2439 Indonesia 66.7 9 2479 6.0 2604
Susanto
16 GM Ghaem Maghami 2558 Iran 66.7 9 2425 6.0 2572
Ehsan
17 GM Ramirez 2519 Costa Rica 66.7 9 2343 6.0 2490
Alejandro
18 GM Macieja 2613 Poland 64.3 7 2602 4.5 2704
Bartlomiej
19 GM Graf Alexander 2646 Germany 64.3 7 2576 4.5 2678
20 GM Rogers Ian 2593 Australia 64.3 7 2453 4.5 2555
21 GM Morozevich 2758 Russia 62.5 8 2666 5.0 2761
Alexander
22 GM Onischuk 2653 United 62.5 8 2616 5.0 2711
Alexander States
23 GM Radjabov 2663 Azerbaijan 62.5 8 2596 5.0 2691
Teimour
24 GM Dao Thien Hai 2601 Vietnam 62.5 8 2495 5.0 2590
25 GM Del Rio 2491 Spain C 62.5 8 2371 5.0 2466
Angelis
Salvador G
26 GM Kotronias 2599 Greece 61.1 9 2533 5.5 2613
Vasilios
27 FM Van Tilbury 2309 British 61.1 9 1986 5.5 2132
Craig Virgin
Islands
28 GM Gelfand Boris 2693 Israel 58.3 6 2671 3.5 2728
29 GM Navara David 2620 Czech 58.3 6 2572 3.5 2629
Republic
30 GM San Segundo 2516 Spain B 58.3 6 2543 3.5 2600
Carrillo Pablo
31 Bibby Simon 2229 Japan 58.3 6 2205 3.5 2295
32 GM Movsesian 2629 Slovakia 57.1 7 2641 4.0 2691
Sergei
33 GM Shirov Alexei 2726 Spain A 57.1 7 2631 4.0 2681
34 GM Aleksandrov 2659 Belarus 57.1 7 2608 4.0 2658
Aleksej
35 GM Stefansson 2549 Iceland 57.1 7 2529 4.0 2579
Hannes
36 GM Kozul Zdenko 2640 Croatia 57.1 7 2524 4.0 2574
37 IM Berend Fred 2378 Luxembourg 57.1 7 2292 4.0 2370
38 GM Georgiev Kiril 2625 Bulgaria 56.3 8 2622 4.5 2665
39 GM Mitkov Nikola 2539 Macedonia 56.3 8 2513 4.5 2556
40 GM Morovic Ivan 2564 Chile 56.3 8 2493 4.5 2536
41 GM Rahman Ziaur 2535 Bangladesh 56.3 8 2478 4.5 2521
42 GM Baburin 2527 Ireland 56.3 8 2390 4.5 2458
Alexander
43 Matthews Shane 2251 Jamaica 56.3 8 2266 4.5 2309
44 IM Krylov Sergey 2407 IBCA 56.3 8 2251 4.5 2319
45 GM Dervishi Erald 2502 Albania 55.6 9 2315 5.0 2380
46 FM Mok Tze-Meng 2336 Malaysia 55.6 9 2274 5.0 2339
47 GM Van Wely Loek 2681 Netherlands 50.0 9 2631 4.5 2631
48 IM Khamdamov 2150 Tajikistan 50.0 9 2447 4.5 2447
Suhrob
49 IM Zambrana 2473 Bolivia 50.0 9 2436 4.5 2436
Osvaldo
50 FM Mikheev 2352 IPCA 50.0 9 2384 4.5 2406
Stanislav
Board 2 Top 50
Rk. Name Rtg Team % Games RtgAvg Pts. Rp
1 IM Tissir Mohamed 2394 Morocco 78.6 7 2285 5.5 2515
2 GM Vallejo Pons 2678 Spain A 75.0 8 2601 6.0 2794
Francisco
3 GM Nguyen Anh 2567 Vietnam 75.0 8 2465 6.0 2658
Dung
4 IM Davila Carlos 2339 Nicaragua 72.2 9 2211 6.5 2400
5 GM Bruzon Lazaro 2637 Cuba 71.4 7 2537 5.0 2695
6 GM Tyomkin 2505 Canada 71.4 7 2450 5.0 2608
Dimitri
7 GM Lima Darcy 2533 Brazil 71.4 7 2378 5.0 2536
8 Allor Chukwuka 0 Nigeria 71.4 7 2106 5.0 2292
9 IM Kelly Brian 2494 Ireland 68.8 8 2405 5.5 2546
10 IM Prasca Raphael 2396 Venezuela 68.8 8 2401 5.5 2542
11 IM Kobese Watu 2408 South 68.8 8 2377 5.5 2518
Africa
12 GM Hatanbaatar 2427 Mongolia 68.8 8 2334 5.5 2475
Bazar
13 GM Atalik Suat 2541 Bosnia 66.7 9 2514 6.0 2639
Herzegovina
14 GM Campora Daniel 2549 Argentina 66.7 6 2387 4.0 2545
H
15 GM Aronian Levon 2675 Armenia 64.3 7 2632 4.5 2734
16 Gonzalez 2524 Mexico 64.3 7 2570 4.5 2672
Zamora Juan
Carlo
17 GM Krasenkow 2676 Poland 64.3 7 2548 4.5 2650
Michal
18 GM Pelletier 2589 Switzerland 64.3 7 2533 4.5 2635
Yannick
19 GM Nedev Trajce 2528 Macedonia 64.3 7 2527 4.5 2629
20 GM Nevednichy 2552 Romania 62.5 8 2538 5.0 2633
Vladislav
21 GM Berkes Ferenc 2630 Hungary 62.5 8 2475 5.0 2570
22 IM Erdogdu Mert 2393 Turkey 62.5 8 2394 5.0 2489
23 Bachmann Axel 2282 Paraguay 62.5 8 2350 5.0 2445
24 FM Mueller 2213 Namibia 62.5 8 2199 5.0 2319
Leonhard
25 GM Vasquez 2546 Chile 61.1 9 2449 5.5 2529
Rodrigo
26 GM Ponomariov 2710 Ukraine 58.3 6 2617 3.5 2674
Ruslan
27 GM Shabalov 2608 United 58.3 6 2588 3.5 2645
Alexander States
28 GM Hracek Zbynek 2595 Czech 58.3 6 2516 3.5 2573
Republic
29 GM Sulskis 2555 Lithuania 58.3 6 2465 3.5 2522
Sarunas
30 IM Oms Pallise 2508 Andorra 57.1 7 2400 4.0 2450
Josep
31 Simonsen Hans 2293 Faroe 57.1 7 2312 4.0 2362
Kristian Islands
32 FM Mascaro March 2323 Spain C 57.1 7 2308 4.0 2387
Pedro
33 GM Delchev 2601 Bulgaria 56.3 8 2623 4.5 2666
Aleksander
34 GM Sutovsky Emil 2697 Israel 56.3 8 2623 4.5 2666
35 GM Sasikiran 2668 India 56.3 8 2607 4.5 2650
Krishnan
36 GM Papaioannou 2577 Greece 56.3 8 2497 4.5 2540
Ioannis
37 IM Mahjoob 2455 Iran 56.3 8 2414 4.5 2457
Morteza
38 IM Berlinsky 2347 IBCA 56.3 8 2166 4.5 2234
Vladimir
39 GM Ftacnik 2533 Slovakia 55.6 9 2545 5.0 2588
Lubomir
40 IM Ibraev Nurlan 2476 Kazakhstan 55.6 9 2485 5.0 2528
41 IM Cueto Jhonny 2306 Bolivia 55.6 9 2396 5.0 2439
42 Dekker Marvin 2133 Neth. 55.6 9 2210 5.0 2253
Antilles
43 Hook William 2108 British 55.6 9 2054 5.0 2141
Virgin
Islands
44 Moussa 2188 Palestine 50.0 9 2282 4.5 2282
Alaa-Eddine
45 IM Roselli Mailhe 2405 Uruguay 50.0 8 2385 4.0 2385
Bernardo
46 FM Weeramantry 2231 Sri Lanka 50.0 8 2363 4.0 2363
Sunil
47 Medina 2213 Honduras 50.0 8 2292 4.0 2292
Colindres
Javier
48 Kamau Kanegeni 0 Kenya 50.0 8 2238 4.0 2238
Matthew
49 FM Lim Yee-Weng 2346 Malaysia 50.0 8 2226 4.0 2251
50 GM Mamedyarov 2660 Azerbaijan 50.0 7 2555 3.5 2555
Shakhriyar
Board 3 Top 20
Rk. Name Rtg Team % Games RtgAvg Pts. Rp
1 GM Miezis 2524 Latvia 83.3 6 2443 5.0 2716
Normunds
2 GM Vaganian 2640 Armenia 78.6 7 2628 5.5 2858
Rafael A
3 GM Volokitin 2652 Ukraine 78.6 7 2612 5.5 2842
Andrei
4 IM Neubauer 2440 Austria 75.0 8 2382 6.0 2575
Martin
5 GM Gyimesi Zoltan 2613 Hungary 75.0 6 2450 4.5 2643
6 GM Tu Hoang Thong 2499 Vietnam 75.0 6 2383 4.5 2576
7 IM Gonzalez 2447 Mexico 71.4 7 2371 5.0 2557
Garcia Jose
8 Sebbar Ali 2116 Morocco 71.4 7 2343 5.0 2501
9 GM Xu Jun 2589 China 68.8 8 2503 5.5 2644
10 IM Paragua Mark 2534 Philippines 68.8 8 2490 5.5 2631
11 IM Yilmaz Turhan 2361 Turkey 68.8 8 2365 5.5 2506
12 Jones Richard 2297 Wales 68.8 8 2295 5.5 2436
S
13 Sirias Danilo 2285 Nicaragua 68.8 8 2189 5.5 2330
14 GM Solak Dragan 2563 Serbia 66.7 9 2517 6.0 2642
Montenegro
15 Theocharides 2115 Cyprus 66.7 9 2303 6.0 2428
Constantinos
16 GM Kempinski 2608 Poland 66.7 6 2572 4.0 2697
Robert
17 GM Goldin 2620 United 66.7 6 2529 4.0 2654
Alexander States
18 IM Manik Mikulas 2510 Slovakia 66.7 6 2439 4.0 2564
19 GM Grischuk 2704 Russia 64.3 7 2589 4.5 2691
Alexander
20 IM Cheparinov 2576 Bulgaria 64.3 7 2558 4.5 2660
Ivan
Board 4 Top 10
Rk. Name Rtg Team % Games RtgAvg Pts. Rp
1 GM Jobava Baadur 2614 Georgia 91.7 6 2481 5.5 2882
2 GM Guseinov Gadir 2552 Azerbaijan 85.7 7 2472 6.0 2781
3 GM Dreev Alexey 2698 Russia 83.3 6 2560 5.0 2833
4 GM Kaidanov 2611 United 83.3 6 2487 5.0 2760
Gregory S States
5 IM D"Amore Carlo 2448 Italy 83.3 6 2329 5.0 2602
6 FM Pinheiro Jose 2310 Portugal 78.6 7 2292 5.5 2550
7 Corke Anya 2041 Hongkong 77.8 9 2168 7.0 2410
8 IM Predojevic 2509 Bosnia 75.0 8 2460 6.0 2653
Borki Herzegovina
9 FM Corbin Philip 2242 Barbados 75.0 8 2124 6.0 2367
10 IM Mirza Shahzad 2279 Pakistan 75.0 8 2101 6.0 2319
Board 5 Top 10
Rk. Name Rtg Team % Games RtgAvg Pts. Rp
1 IM Sakalauskas 2464 Lithuania 91.7 6 2337 5.5 2738
Vaidas
2 GM Degraeve 2551 France 85.7 7 2459 6.0 2768
Jean-Marc
3 IM Meijers 2465 Latvia 85.7 7 2417 6.0 2726
Viesturs
4 GM Gareev Timur 2525 Uzbekistan 81.3 8 2443 6.5 2694
5 GM Chatalbashev 2554 Bulgaria 80.0 5 2451 4.0 2691
Boris
6 GM Kritz Leonid 2543 Germany 80.0 5 2436 4.0 2676
7 IM Sepp Olav 2455 Estonia 80.0 5 2342 4.0 2582
8 Asabri Hussien 2286 Libya 80.0 5 1995 4.0 2275
9 FM Wang Yue 2536 China 75.0 8 2455 6.0 2648
10 Turpanov Milan 2307 Kyrgystan 75.0 8 2304 6.0 2497
Board 6 Top 10
Rk. Name Rtg Team % Games RtgAvg Pts. Rp
1 FM Chahrani 2273 Libya 90.0 5 1877 4.5 2323
Ibrahim
2 FM Jalal Adil Ali 2270 Iraq 80.0 5 2029 4.0 2349
3 GM Zvjaginsev 2650 Russia 78.6 7 2513 5.5 2743
Vadim
4 IM Mortensen 2465 Denmark 78.6 7 2365 5.5 2595
Erling
5 GM Kosic Dragan 2519 Serbia 75.0 6 2498 4.5 2691
Montenegro
6 GM Fontaine 2531 France 75.0 6 2431 4.5 2624
Robert
7 IM Filippov Anton 2475 Uzbekistan 75.0 6 2370 4.5 2563
8 FM Molander Riku 2328 Finland 75.0 6 2179 4.5 2406
9 Bermudez Adams 2138 Puerto Rico 75.0 6 1872 4.5 2165
William
10 GM Acs Peter 2521 Hungary 71.4 7 2412 5.0 2570
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The Essent tournament in Hoogeveen took place 17th-23rd October 2004.
Ivan Sokolov won the event with 4.5/6 a point and a half clear of Nigel Short.
Mikhail Gurevich and Zhang Pengxiang finished on 7/9.
Official site: http://www.essentchess.nl/
Round 2 (October 18, 2004)
Sokolov, Ivan - Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 51 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Short, Nigel D - Stellwagen, Daniel 1-0 38 B47 Sicilian Paulsen
Round 3 (October 19, 2004)
Stellwagen, Daniel - Sokolov, Ivan 0-1 39 C96 Ruy Lopez
Carlsen, Magnus - Short, Nigel D 1-0 54 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Round 4 (October 21, 2004)
Short, Nigel D - Sokolov, Ivan 1-0 67 C91 Ruy Lopez
Carlsen, Magnus - Stellwagen, Daniel 0-1 45 B19 Caro Kann
Round 5 (October 22, 2004)
Sokolov, Ivan - Stellwagen, Daniel 1-0 40 E70 King's Indian Fianchetto
Short, Nigel D - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 41 B25 Sicilian Closed
Round 6 (October 23, 2004)
Stellwagen, Daniel - Short, Nigel D 1/2 47 C95 Ruy Lopez Breyer
Carlsen, Magnus - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 36 D17 Slav Defence
Essent Crown Hoogeveen NED (NED), 17-23 x 2004cat. XV (2611)
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1 Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2663 ** 10 11 1= 4.5 2786
2 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2687 01 ** 1= 0= 3.0 2585
3 Stellwagen, Daniel m NED 2512 00 0= ** 11 2.5 2586
4 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2581 0= 1= 00 ** 2.0 2495
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Essent Open Hoogeveen NED (NED), 15-23 x 2004
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1. Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2644 +25 +26 +16 = 2 =13 +11 + 3 = 6 = 4 7.0 2695
2. Zhang Pengxiang g CHN 2519 +47 +33 +21 = 1 +14 = 3 = 4 + 8 = 5 7.0 2694
3. Khenkin, Igor g GER 2587 +56 +24 + 7 +22 + 5 = 2 - 1 =13 = 9 6.5 2640
4. Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2543 +32 -21 +61 =35 +27 + 7 = 2 +15 = 1 6.5 2542
5. Goloshchapov, Alexander g UKR 2566 +31 +38 =17 +20 - 3 +26 = 8 +18 = 2 6.5 2586
6. Erenburg, Sergey g ISR 2537 +44 =43 =41 =26 +51 =20 +16 = 1 +13 6.5 2536
7. Spoelman, Wouter NED 2357 +78 +49 - 3 =52 +41 - 4 +40 +22 +14 6.5 2532
8. L'Ami, Erwin m NED 2516 +48 =20 +46 =51 +23 =13 = 5 - 2 +25 6.0 2504
9. De Vreugt, Dennis g NED 2466 -52 -63 +74 +55 +33 =21 +19 +10 = 3 6.0 2418
10. Porat, Shi m ISR 2421 +60 =61 -20 +45 =25 +35 +11 - 9 +26 6.0 2446
11. Li Shilong g CHN 2526 -36 +72 +44 +24 +21 - 1 -10 +42 +23 6.0 2488
12. Van der Wiel, John g NED 2493 +66 =51 =35 =25 +56 =22 =20 =26 +24 6.0 2452
13. Smeets, Jan g NED 2515 =40 +19 +43 +17 = 1 = 8 =22 = 3 - 6 5.5 2534
14. Brodsky, Michail g UKR 2533 =34 +45 =37 +71 - 2 =24 +21 +20 - 7 5.5 2414
15. Loeffler, Stefan m GER 2432 +72 =41 =52 -21 +32 +43 +29 - 4 =17 5.5 2406
16. Jonkman, Harmen g NED 2417 +63 +36 - 1 =38 =52 +47 - 6 +43 =18 5.5 2445
17. Hoeksema, Erik m NED 2391 +58 +70 = 5 -13 +60 -18 =24 +27 =15 5.5 2442
18. Ernst, Sipke m NED 2521 -51 =60 +75 =34 +71 +17 +23 - 5 =16 5.5 2412
19. Clemens, Adrian NED 2277 =22 -13 -60 +76 +68 +70 - 9 +64 +42 5.5 2392
20. Van Wissen, Michiel NED 2297 +65 = 8 +10 - 5 +37 = 6 =12 -14 =30 5.0 2483
21. Erwich, Marc f NED 2336 +59 + 4 - 2 +15 -11 = 9 -14 +54 =22 5.0 2474
22. Baklan, Vladimir g UKR 2591 =19 +40 +42 - 3 +38 =12 =13 - 7 =21 5.0 2436
23. Grooten, Herman m NED 2391 =75 =55 +47 +33 - 8 +52 -18 +35 -11 5.0 2384
24. Grimm, Sascha f GER 2342 +76 - 3 +55 -11 +36 =14 =17 +39 -12 5.0 2441
25. Porat, David ISR 2280 - 1 +78 +65 =12 =10 +39 -42 +29 - 8 5.0 2439
26. Okkes, Menno f NED 2353 +69 - 1 +63 = 6 +70 - 5 +54 =12 -10 5.0 2415
27. Pel, Bonno f NED 2312 -49 +68 =54 +40 - 4 =44 +52 -17 +50 5.0 2276
28. De Jong, Migchiel f NED 2316 =67 =53 -70 =68 +58 =60 =51 =34 +52 5.0 2246
29. Siebrecht, Sebastian m GER 2366 -70 +69 +66 =56 =54 +51 -15 -25 +36 5.0 2287
30. Blees, Albert m NED 2408 =53 +67 -51 -60 +75 =56 =34 +41 =20 5.0 2279
31. O'Cinneide, Mel IRL 2268 - 5 -64 +69 -53 +67 -62 +59 +60 +58 5.0 2249
32. Wempe, Joost NED 2263 - 4 =59 =62 +78 -15 =61 =58 +67 +53 5.0 2279
33. Pruijssers, Roeland NED 2295 +79 - 2 +64 -23 - 9 +72 =53 =45 +51 5.0 2322
34. Vogel, Jaap f NED 2256 =14 =39 =57 =18 =42 =38 =30 =28 =43 4.5 2405
35. Afek, Yochanan m ISR 2322 =62 +74 =12 = 4 =39 -10 +47 -23 =40 4.5 2331
36. Ruijgrok, Dennis NED 2255 +11 -16 -39 +62 -24 +50 =38 +57 -29 4.5 2328
37. Van de Oudeweetering, Arthur m NED 2383 +68 =52 =14 =41 -20 =54 =44 =40 =47 4.5 2269
38. Lahaye, Rick NED 2330 +64 - 5 +53 =16 -22 =34 =36 =51 =48 4.5 2325
39. Delemarre, Jop m NED 2449 =45 =34 +36 =70 =35 -25 +56 -24 =44 4.5 2264
40. Van Leent, Dmitri NED 2244 =13 -22 +67 -27 +64 +46 - 7 =37 =35 4.5 2341
41. Bitalzadeh, Ali NED 2289 +77 =15 = 6 =37 - 7 =53 +62 -30 =45 4.5 2303
42. Klinova, Masha m ISR 2400 =55 +75 -22 =61 =34 +45 +25 -11 -19 4.5 2307
43. Ris, Robert NED 2300 +73 = 6 -13 =46 +61 -15 +60 -16 =34 4.5 2337
44. Porat, Ido ISR 2260 - 6 +73 -11 =64 +65 =27 =37 =53 =39 4.5 2308
45. Hamelink, Desiree wm NED 2227 =39 -14 +59 -10 +77 -42 +63 =33 =41 4.5 2310
46. Brady, Stephen f IRL 2342 =54 +62 - 8 =43 -47 -40 =49 +68 +64 4.5 2222
47. Michielsen, Joost NED 2249 - 2 +79 -23 +49 +46 -16 -35 +61 =37 4.5 2309
48. Giddins, Stephen f ENG 2248 - 8 -65 -78 =67 +74 +69 =61 +62 =38 4.5 2200
49. Galje, Hans NED 2115 +27 - 7 -71 -47 =78 =75 =46 +76 +63 4.5 2253
50. Kleijn, Christov NED ---- +80 . -56 =63 =72 -36 +75 +70 -27 4.0 2206
51. Van Beek, Alexander NED 2255 +18 =12 +30 = 8 - 6 -29 =28 =38 -33 4.0 2377
52. Swinkels, Robin NED 2231 + 9 =37 =15 = 7 =16 -23 -27 +71 -28 4.0 2331
53. Bensdorp, Marlies wm NED 2214 =30 =28 -38 +31 =57 =41 =33 =44 -32 4.0 2270
54. Hendriks, Richard NED 2140 =46 =71 =27 +57 =29 =37 -26 -21 =56 4.0 2296
55. Hulshof, Peter NED 2209 =42 =23 -24 - 9 =69 =59 +65 =56 =57 4.0 2254
56. Van Kooten, Luuk f NED 2272 - 3 +76 +50 =29 -12 =30 -39 =55 =54 4.0 2267
57. Hendriks, Willy m NED 2396 -61 +58 =34 -54 =53 =66 +70 -36 =55 4.0 2164
58. Van Weersel, Arlette NED 2184 -17 -57 =76 +74 -28 +77 =32 +66 -31 4.0 2193
59. Cako, Laszlo NED 2137 -21 =32 -45 -75 +73 =55 -31 +78 +71 4.0 2187
60. Boersma, Jan NED 2221 -10 =18 +19 +30 -17 =28 -43 -31 =62 3.5 2256
61. Van Eijk, Sander NED 2203 +57 =10 - 4 =42 -43 =32 =48 -47 =65 3.5 2245
62. Hensbergen, Willem NED 2126 =35 -46 =32 -36 +76 +31 -41 -48 =60 3.5 2180
63. Markus, John Raymond NED 2219 -16 + 9 -26 =50 =66 =71 -45 +77 -49 3.5 2159
64. Potze, Rudolf NED 2129 -38 +31 -33 =44 -40 +68 +72 -19 -46 3.5 2188
65. Knol, Geon NED 2110 -20 +48 -25 =66 -44 =78 -55 +72 =61 3.5 2155
66. Struk, Jerzy POL 2237 -12 +77 -29 =65 =63 =57 =71 -58 =67 3.5 2168
67. Van der Veen, Jan NED 2122 =28 -30 -40 =48 -31 +79 +78 -32 =66 3.5 2168
68. Van Geffen, Ben NED 2181 -37 -27 +79 =28 -19 -64 +69 -46 +75 3.5 2165
69. Groenewold, Jan Joris NED 2159 -26 -29 -31 +73 =55 -48 -68 +79 +77 3.5 2128
70. Vroombout, Enrico NED 2169 +29 -17 +28 =39 -26 -19 -57 -50 =73 3.0 2170
71. Doggers, Peter NED 2292 =74 =54 +49 -14 -18 =63 =66 -52 -59 3.0 2119
72. Ahlers, Ben NED 2223 -15 -11 +73 =77 =50 -33 -64 -65 +80 3.0 2059
73. Westerkamp, Bert NED 2115 -43 -44 -72 -69 -59 +80 +74 =75 =70 3.0 2043
74. Wilson, Alexandra SUI 2070 =71 -35 - 9 -58 -48 =76 -73 +80 +78 3.0 2089
75. Dogge, Marc NED 2202 =23 -42 -18 +59 -30 =49 -50 =73 -68 2.5 2086
76. Van Lommel, Patrick NED 2139 -24 -56 =58 -19 -62 =74 +80 -49 =79 2.5 1997
77. Nagel, Yvette wf NED 2051 -41 -66 +80 =72 -45 -58 +79 -63 -69 2.5 2014
78. Rooda, Kai NED 2165 - 7 -25 +48 -32 =49 =65 -67 -59 -74 2.0 1969
79. Hemminga, Fokko NED 2089 -33 -47 -68 +80 . -67 -77 -69 =76 1.5 1898
80. BYE ---- -50 . -77 -79 . -73 -76 -74 -72 0.0
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The Russian Championship takes place November 14th - December 1st 2004
in the hotel Russia. The all-play-all event sees Kasparov, Kramnik, Karpov,
Morozevich, Grischuk, Svidler, Bareev, Dreev, Khalifman, Tseshkovsky, Motylev,
Epishin, Timofeev and Korotylev compete. The event is the strongest
championship since 1988. News:
http://www.chesspro.ru/news/lenta.shtml
Leonid Yudasin took first place with 3.5/4 half a point clear of Gata
Kamsky in the 122nd New York Masters on 19th October 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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122nd New York Masters Action USA (USA), 19 x 2004
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1. Yudasin, Leonid g ISR 2547 + 7 + 8 + 3 = 2 3.5 ($400)
2. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2717 = 5 + 9 + 4 = 1 3.0 ($150)
3. Bonin, Jay m USA 2342 + 9 = 4 - 1 + 6 2.5 ($ 50)
4. Lenderman, Alex f USA 2298 + 6 = 3 - 2 + 8 2.5 ($ 50)
5. Caruana, Fabiano f USA 2196 = 2 + 7 - = 2.0
6. Aravena, Peter USA 2250 - 4 +11 + 8 - 3 2.0
7. Privman, Boris f USA 2302 - 1 - 5 = 9 +11 1.5
8. Vujatovic, Rajko ENG 2222 +11 - 1 - 6 - 4 1.0
9. Furdzik, Rafal USA 2247 - 3 - 2 = 7 = 1.0
10. Magarshak, Gregory USA ---- --- --- +11 --- 1.0
11. Uminer, Moshe USA ---- - 8 - 6 -10 - 7 0.0
PRIZES
1ST - $ 400
2ND - $ 150
U2400 - $ 100
The fifth weekend tournament took place in Novara 22-24th October 2004.
20 players in the main tournament, with 1 IM and 3 FM. The Italian FM Andrea
Drei took clear first on 4,5/5. Second place for FM Alessio De Santis (ITA),
third FM Sergejs Gromovs (ITA) and fourth IM Andjelko Dragojlovic (SCG). 69
players took place to the 3 tournaments of the event. News: Stefano
Ticozzi.
Internet coverage at: http://www.novarascacchi.com
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5th Weekend Open Novara ITA (ITA), 22-24 x 2004
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1 2 3 4 5
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1. Drei, Andrea f ITA 2247 +10 + 3 + 4 = 2 + 6 4.5 2591
2. De Santis, Alessio f ITA 2268 +20 = 5 + 9 = 1 + 8 4.0 2398
3. Gromovs, Sergejs f ITA 2324 +15 - 1 +12 +14 = 4 3.5 2340
4. Dragojlovic, Andjelko m SCG 2298 +19 +16 - 1 +13 = 3 3.5 2285
5. Borin, Fabio ITA 2203 + 7 = 2 =13 = 8 =11 3.0 2231
6. Pace, Pierdario ITA 2130 =13 = 8 +11 +16 - 1 3.0 2222
7. Bonade, Massimo ITA 2093 - 5 +20 - 8 +18 +14 3.0 2221
8. Raineri, Valerio ITA 2182 =17 = 6 + 7 = 5 - 2 2.5 2155
9. Dallaglio, Giovanni ITA 2051 +12 =11 - 2 -10 +13 2.5 2153
10. Perissinotto, Claudio ITA 2105 - 1 +15 -14 + 9 =12 2.5 2142
11. Ranieri, Fabrizio ITA 2213 =18 = 9 - 6 +17 = 5 2.5 2114
12. Provera, Emanuele ITA 2138 - 9 +17 - 3 +20 =10 2.5 2134
13. Aglietti, Graziano ITA 2043 = 6 +18 = 5 - 4 - 9 2.0 2085
14. Aceto, Lorenzo ITA 2150 -16 +19 +10 - 3 - 7 2.0 2045
15. Sgnaolin, Davide ITA 2125 - 3 -10 =20 =19 +16 2.0 2048
16. Dassisti, Alberto ITA 2067 +14 - 4 =17 - 6 -15 1.5 2008
17. Stefanetti, Marco ITA 2083 = 8 -12 =16 -11 =19 1.5 1971
18. Giannetta, Paolo ITA 2104 =11 -13 =19 - 7 =20 1.5 1942
19. Ceccarini,Marco ITA ---- - 4 -14 =18 =15 =17 1.5 2003
20. Fattorelli, Luciano ITA 2107 - 2 - 7 =15 -12 =18 1.0 1905
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The 2004 (45th annual) US Armed Forces Open (USAFO) Chess Tournament
took place Saturday October 9 to Monday (Columbus Day) October 11, 2004 at the
United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD.
The 2004 USAFO was won by ayoung cadet, David Jacobs, from the USMA at
West Point! This is the first time the overall championship has ever been won
by a cadet. He scored 4.5 and tied with the top international player SGT Ahmad
Ismail from Malaysia. The top team honors was won by the US Air Force. The
USMAwon the Commander-in-Chief Trophy and carted off the four-foot trophy. The
US Navy won the consultation match and their games will be published on the
USAFO web page (http://www.freewebs.com/usafco/). A
USCG cadet, Greg Vera, took the Best Performance Prize for an amazing increase
of over 150 rating points while making it into the next class. He also won the
HP donated prize, an HP IPAQ pocket computer. The mix of players ran from four
full cadet teams who represent the future of theUS ArmedForces to the soldiers,
sailors, airmen, marines, reservists, and guardsmen who are the theUS
ArmedForces of today to the retirees who represent the past.
The ProMoPro Open took place in Prague 11th-18th September 2004. Ivan
Hausner won the event with 7/9 on tie-break from Petr Virostko and Petr
Benes.
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1. Hausner, Ivan m CZE 2419 7 54 42
2. Virostko, Petr CZE 2290 7 51 39
3. Benes, Petr CZE 2140 7 47 36½
4. Petrik, Tomas SVK 2457 6½ 52 41½
5. Cernousek, Lukas CZE 2378 6½ 50½ 39
6. Vedral, Oldrich CZE 2280 6½ 41½ 32½
7. Londyn, Radek CZE 2278 6 50 40
8. Prachar, Josef CZE 2008 6 46 35½
9. Pokorny, Petr CZE 2292 6 40½ 32
10. Horinek,Karel CZE ---- 6 37½ 30½
11. Stehno, Pavel CZE 2344 5½ 53 42
12. Stross, Frantisek CZE 2220 5½ 51½ 40
13. Matras, Ondrej CZE 2230 5½ 49 38½
14. Srba, Milan CZE 2137 5½ 47 37
15. Nepustil, Frantis CZE 1979 5½ 43½ 33½
16. Sodoma, Jan CZE 2203 5½ 40 31½
17. Mejzlik, Ondrej CZE 2025 5 45 37
18. Stepanek,Svatopluk CZE ---- 5 44 34
19. Forman, Miroslav CZE 2023 5 43 33½
20. Svoboda, Vaclav2 CZE 2042 5 43 32½
21. Rmoutil, Martin CZE 2007 5 42½ 35
22. Simecek, Bohumil CZE 2113 5 42½ 32½
23. Hoskovec,Josef CZE ---- 5 41½ 32½
24. Slovak, Pavel CZE 2103 5 41 31
25. Szirmai, Emil CZE 2084 5 40½ 32
26. Kout, Zdenek CZE 2139 5 40 33
27. Novotny, Michal1 CZE 2197 5 40 31
28. Mejzlik, Vojtech CZE 2097 4½ 48 38
29. Kastner, Kamil CZE 2080 4½ 46½ 36½
30. Kubikova, Alena wf CZE 2067 4½ 46½ 36½
31. Listopad, Martin CZE ---- 4½ 42 32
32. Petrak, Robert CZE 2143 4½ 39 29½
33. Novak, Vaclav CZE 2109 4½ 37½ 29½
34. Voglova, Eva CZE 1988 4½ 37½ 29
35. Slechta,Karel CZE ---- 4½ 36 27
36. Krivanek,Vladimir CZE ---- 4½ 35 27
64 players
The 4th Rhode International Open takes 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/
Leading players
1 FEDORCHUK Sergey g 2557 UKR
2 KOSTEN Anthony C. g 2519 FRA
3 GOULIEV Namig m 2509 AZE
4 SULYPA Alexandre g 2484 UKR
5 BOJKOV Dejan m 2475 BUL
6 TRATAR Marko m 2473 SLO
7 MAZE Sebastien m 2464 FRA
8 MAIOROV Nikita m 2452 BLR
177 players
14th World Seniors
The 14th World Seniors take place in Halle, Germany 24th October - 5th
November 2004.
Official site: http://www.seniorenschachweltmeisterschaft.de
Rilton Cup 2004-5
The Rilton Cup takes place 27th December 2004 – 5th January 2005.
22,000 in Euros worth of prizes.
Official site: http://www.stockholmschack.nu/
Cairnhill Chess Festival 2004
The Cairnhill Chess Festival 2004 take place 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.
Website: http://openchess.netfirms.com/
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.buskerudsjakk.org
Czech Chess Christmas
Czech Chess Christmas 2004 Litomysl (CZE) 26.12.2004-2.1.2005 6th
christmas chess FIDE tournament, swiss system of 9 round, rate of game 2 x 1,5h
+ 30s/move, prize fund 75.000 CZK (1st prize 20.000 CZK = 640 EUR), special
conditions for IM, WGM and GM, New Year’s Eve programme. Contact: Agentura
64, Jaroslav Fuksik, 783 73 Grygov 337, tel. +420 585 393 327, fax: +420 585
222 977, mobil: +420 608 364 664, e-mail: a64@proclient.cz, web:
http://www.proclient.cz/a64
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
The Staunton Society Website
The Staunton Society Website is up and running. It features varied
material on Staunton, the Staunton Society, the Memorial tournaments, and links
to other Staunton related sites.
Site: http://www.howardstaunton.com/
Kings Head Rapidplay
The 29th Kings Head Rapidplay will take place on Saturday 12 March
2005, 6-round Swiss rapidplay (30 minutes), prize fund £650, entry fee
£17 > The Porchester Hall Porchester Road Bayswater London W2
Contact: Colin Mackenzie 9 Allan Way Acton London W3 0PW 020 8992 1949
colin.mackenzie@atosorigin.com
Further details: http://www.khcc.org.uk
Miroslav Radojcic Book
Miroslav ("Miro") Radojcic who died in 2000 was one of Yugoslavia's
most renowned political journalists for their paper Politika. During the 1960s
he worked out of the UN in New York as Politika's foreign correspondent to the
US, and later in the 1970s he was assigned the same post for London. But he was
also a popular figure in the chess arena, both as a player (he was a Yugoslav
National Master) and writer on chess, including a long- running column in the
American magazine Chess Review titled,
Bruce Monson bamonson@pcisys.net is writing a book with Yugoslav author
Dimitry Bjelica on a book commemorating Radojcic's life and hopes that people
who knew Miro will read about this effort on TWIC and contact him with
information they may have about him, particularly unusual or funny stories,
witty quotes, or other interesting anecdotes.
All those who have something to offer will receive mention in the
credits, and those who have substantive material to offer (e.g., extended or
multiple narrative accounts, scans of photos and other Radojcic-related
memorabilia, etc.) will receive a free copy of the book.
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
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
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
Bundesliga
The Bundesliga Germany's national chess league 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
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/
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
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/
