THE WEEK IN CHESS 525 29th November 2004 by Mark Crowther
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My thanks to Argiris Kotsis, Thomas Henrich, Ching Kim Lye, Samir
Hadzimustafic, David Avron, Emilie Audoly, Andy McFarland, Mig Greengard, John
Henderson, Stéphane Laborde, Arthur Brameld, Marko Siil, Vladica
Andrejic, Michael Atkins, George Mirijanian and everyone else who helped with
the issue.
Garry Kasparov says he "completed his collection" by winning the Russian
Championship in Moscow. He also put an end to a lean period without a
tournament win and will keep his number one FIDE rating in January and in fact
probably some time longer with this performance. This could be the start of a
new phase in Kasparov's career. Kasparov hasn't been able to overpower players
he was hitherto expected to beat with opening preparation and precision (his
preferred method recently) for some time probably indicating better standards
by his opponents in the former and a decline in his own abilities for the
latter. However he does have a tremendous understanding of the game and he
played a lot messier and unclear positions in Moscow for the first time in a
long time and this proved to be very successful. He isn't the only one with
these problems, I'd almost forgotten what a sharp player Kramnik could be until
he had to throw the kitchen sink at Leko in the final games of his match in
Brissago. The pressure is now on Kramnik to show something in Wijk aan Zee and
safety first draw in hand play won't do it if he wants to win that event. There
is a political battle on, about World Championship titles, legitimacy and who
will get to run the event in the future, where achievements over the board are
currency and Kasparov has banked quite a bit. If Kasparov gets to be FIDE
Champion by beating Kasimdzhanov this will intensify. Kramnik needs to
understand that his withdrawal from the Russian event, nomatter how legitimate
they were, went down extremely badly with almost every chess fan I've talked
to. They're listening to Kasparov's accusations that Kramnik is afraid of
Kasparov and doing everything to avoid playing him. In addition they're looking
at his tournament record and rating and not being that impressed. Kramnik needs
assert his authority over the board, and Wijk is the place he has to do it.
Mind you, isn't delivering when you have to what sport is about?
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Russian Championship took place November 14th - 27th 2004 in the
hotel Russia. The prize fund was $125,000 with $50,000 to the winner (paid in
rouble equivalent). The all-play-all event saw Garry Kasparov, Alexander
Morozevich, Alexander Grischuk, Peter Svidler, Evgeny Bareev, Alexey Dreev,
Vitaly Tseshkovsky, Alexander Motylev, Vladimir Epishin, Artem Timofeev and
Alexey Korotylev compete. After a slow start Garry Kasparov dominated the event
winning 5 and drawing 5 which will increase his rating. This is his first
tournament victory for a couple of years and it was a fine one leaving him 1.5
point clear of Alexander Grischuk. This was obviously a major mission for
Kasparov who had never won the Russian title (his own words although he had a
couple of shared firsts in the Soviet Championship and hadn't previously played
in a Russian only event).
Official site Russian Chess Federation:
http://www.russiachess.ru and official
live coverage: http://www.russiachess.ru/57russia/
Further coverage: http://www.chesspro.ru/events/rus-ch04.shtml
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57th ch-RUS Moscow RUS (RUS), 15-27 xi 2004 cat. XVIII (2678)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
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1. Kasparov, Garry g RUS 2813 * = 1 = = 1 1 = = 1 1 7.5 2857
2. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2704 = * = = 1 = 1 0 = = 1 6.0 2747
3. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2698 0 = * 1 = 0 = 1 = = 1 5.5 2711
4. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2758 = = 0 * 1 = = 1 = = 0 5.0 2669
5. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2651 = 0 = 0 * 1 = 0 1 = 1 5.0 2680
6. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2735 0 = 1 = 0 * = 1 = 0 1 5.0 2672
7. Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2715 0 0 = = = = * 1 = = 1 5.0 2674
8. Korotylev, Alexey g RUS 2596 = 1 0 0 1 0 0 * = 1 = 4.5 2650
9. Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2599 = = = = 0 = = = * = = 4.5 2649
10. Timofeev, Artyom g RUS 2611 0 = = = = 1 = 0 = * = 4.5 2648
11. Tseshkovsky, Vitaly g RUS 2577 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 = = = * 2.5 2495
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Round 8 (November 24, 2004)
Kasparov, Garry - Svidler, Peter 1-0 57 D10 Slav Defence
Motylev, Alexander - Tseshkovsky, Vitaly 1-0 73 B35 Sicilian Defence
Bareev, Evgeny - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 29 E44 Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Korotylev, Alexey - Timofeev, Artyom 1-0 47 A13 Reti Opening
Epishin, Vladimir - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 33 D12 Slav Defence
Round 9 (November 25, 2004)
Grischuk, Alexander - Bareev, Evgeny 1-0 55 B13 Caro Kann Exchange
Morozevich, Alexander - Korotylev, Alexey 1-0 64 B56 Sicilian Defence
Svidler, Peter - Motylev, Alexander 0-1 38 C80 Ruy Lopez Open
Timofeev, Artyom - Kasparov, Garry 0-1 42 B50 Sicilian Defence
Tseshkovsky, Vitaly - Epishin, Vladimir 1/2 56 B19 Caro Kann
Round 10 (November 26, 2004)
Kasparov, Garry - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 50 D10 Slav Defence
Dreev, Alexey - Tseshkovsky, Vitaly 1-0 39 B07 Pirc Defence
Motylev, Alexander - Timofeev, Artyom 1/2 26 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Korotylev, Alexey - Grischuk, Alexander 1-0 37 E58 Nimzo Indian
Epishin, Vladimir - Svidler, Peter 1/2 30 D97 Gruenfeld Russian
Round 11 (November 27, 2004)
Grischuk, Alexander - Kasparov, Garry 1/2 39 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Morozevich, Alexander - Motylev, Alexander 1-0 42 E62 King's Indian 6...Nc6
Svidler, Peter - Dreev, Alexey 1-0 37 B61 Sicilian Rauzer
Bareev, Evgeny - Korotylev, Alexey 1-0 58 E39 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Timofeev, Artyom - Epishin, Vladimir 1/2 29 B10 Caro Kann
The 2005 Chessmaster US Championships takes place November 23rd -
December 5th 2004 in San Diego, California. Gata Kamsky finally returns to
rated chess and is the top seed but still seems pretty rusty after a number of
New York Masters rapid play appearances and so far has three draws and a win.
Alexander Stripunsky, Hikaru Nakamura and Sergey Kudrin lead the event.
Official site: http://www.uschesschampionship.com
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ch-USA San Diego USA (USA), 6 xi-4 xii 2004
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1. Stripunsky, Alexander g USA 2533 +39 +35 = 2 +16 . . . . . 3.5 2836
2. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2620 +50 +28 = 1 +15 . . . . . 3.5 2809
3. Kudrin, Sergey g USA 2528 +55 +22 +13 = 4 . . . . . 3.5 2874
4. Novikov, Igor A g USA 2588 +34 =19 +27 = 3 . . . . . 3.0 2703
5. Shulman, Yuri g USA 2549 +47 =16 =14 +31 . . . . . 3.0 2610
6. Schneider, Dmitry m USA 2453 +60 =20 =12 +32 . . . . . 3.0 2631
7. Benjamin, Joel g USA 2554 =45 =51 +39 +35 . . . . . 3.0 2579
8. Fishbein, Alexander g USA 2505 +31 -13 +51 +30 . . . . . 3.0 2664
9. Serper, Grigory g USA 2542 =43 +53 =11 +29 . . . . . 3.0 2539
10. Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2608 -29 +52 +41 +37 . . . . . 3.0 2568
11. Zilberstein, Dmitry f USA 2379 =18 +36 = 9 =12 . . . . . 2.5 2650
12. Christiansen, Larry M g USA 2531 +40 =25 = 6 =11 . . . . . 2.5 2500
13. Ibragimov, Ildar g USA 2585 +49 + 8 - 3 =23 . . . . . 2.5 2564
14. Gulko, Boris F g USA 2600 +44 =26 = 5 =21 . . . . . 2.5 2579
15. De Firmian, Nick E g USA 2550 +24 =29 +46 - 2 . . . . . 2.5 2575
16. Kaidanov, Gregory S g USA 2611 +58 = 5 +26 - 1 . . . . . 2.5 2591
17. Akobian, Varuzhan g USA 2571 +41 =46 =37 =28 . . . . . 2.5 2533
18. Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2568 =11 =33 +49 =25 . . . . . 2.5 2506
19. Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander g USA 2539 +56 = 4 =29 =24 . . . . . 2.5 2516
20. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2717 =33 = 6 =44 +46 . . . . . 2.5 2525
21. Perelshteyn, Eugene m USA 2505 =53 =43 +40 =14 . . . . . 2.5 2471
22. Goldin, Alexander g USA 2620 +38 - 3 =34 +44 . . . . . 2.5 2547
23. Altounian, Levon m USA 2456 =52 +45 =30 =13 . . . . . 2.5 2544
24. Lugo, Blas m USA 2399 -15 +57 +33 =19 . . . . . 2.5 2511
25. Browne, Walter S g USA 2455 +62 =12 =32 =18 . . . . . 2.5 2523
26. Gurevich, Dmitry g USA 2499 +54 =14 -16 +48 . . . . . 2.5 2519
27. Becerra Rivero, Julio g USA 2537 +59 =30 - 4 +45 . . . . . 2.5 2558
28. Lakdawala, Cyrus m USA 2422 +64 - 2 +55 =17 . . . . . 2.5 2516
29. Zatonskih, Anna wg USA 2440 +10 =15 =19 - 9 . . . . . 2.0 2559
30. Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2653 +42 =27 =23 - 8 . . . . . 2.0 2483
31. Battsetseg, Tsagaan wm USA 2243 - 8 +42 +38 - 5 . . . . . 2.0 2488
32. Finegold, Benjamin m USA 2531 +48 =37 =25 - 6 . . . . . 2.0 2426
33. Kraai, Jesse m USA 2425 =20 =18 -24 +51 . . . . . 2.0 2521
34. Friedel, Joshua E f USA 2436 - 4 +59 =22 =36 . . . . . 2.0 2507
35. Kriventsov, Stanislav G m USA 2414 +57 - 1 +43 - 7 . . . . . 2.0 2393
36. Ivanov, Alexander g USA 2582 =51 -11 +54 =34 . . . . . 2.0 2333
37. Gonzalez, Renier m USA 2428 +63 =32 =17 -10 . . . . . 2.0 2464
38. Krush, Irina m USA 2464 -22 +56 -31 +55 . . . . . 2.0 2370
39. Bercys, Salvijus USA 2356 - 1 +61 - 7 +57 . . . . . 2.0 2336
40. Goletiani, Rusudan wg USA 2336 -12 +60 -21 +58 . . . . . 2.0 2353
41. Burnett, Ronald m USA 2444 -17 +64 -10 +54 . . . . . 2.0 2357
42. Milman, Lev f USA 2434 -30 -31 +63 +56 . . . . . 2.0 2326
43. La Rota, Fabio f COL 2333 = 9 =21 -35 =50 . . . . . 1.5 2375
44. Martinez, Marcel f USA 2383 -14 +47 =20 -22 . . . . . 1.5 2451
45. Adamson, Robby f USA 2373 = 7 -23 +53 -27 . . . . . 1.5 2358
46. Lapshun, Yury m USA 2461 +61 =17 -15 -20 . . . . . 1.5 2399
47. Kleiman, Jake USA 2217 - 5 -44 +60 =49 . . . . . 1.5 2236
48. Hoekstra, Matthew f USA 2369 -32 =62 +52 -26 . . . . . 1.5 2238
49. Lein, Anatoly g USA 2387 -13 +63 -18 =47 . . . . . 1.5 2292
50. Muhammad, Stephen A f USA 2387 - 2 -54 +64 =43 . . . . . 1.5 2213
51. Lopez, Bruci f USA 2403 =36 = 7 - 8 -33 . . . . . 1.0 2323
52. Epstein, Esther wm USA 2188 =23 -10 -48 =53 . . . . . 1.0 2224
53. Hahn, Anna wm USA 2235 =21 - 9 -45 =52 . . . . . 1.0 2209
54. Ross, Laura R wf USA 2117 -26 +50 -36 -41 . . . . . 1.0 2285
55. Shahade, Jennifer wm USA 2361 - 3 +58 -28 -38 . . . . . 1.0 2262
56. Casella, Michael f USA 2259 -19 -38 +61 -42 . . . . . 1.0 2193
57. Zenyuk, Iryna USA 2153 -35 -24 +59 -39 . . . . . 1.0 2158
58. Enhbat, Tegshsuren f USA 2406 -16 -55 +62 -40 . . . . . 1.0 2154
59. Abrahamyan, Tatev wf USA 2238 -27 -34 -57 +62 . . . . . 1.0 2109
60. Vayserberg, Tatia USA 1973 - 6 -40 -47 +64 . . . . . 1.0 2091
61. West, Vanessa A USA 2107 -46 -39 -56 +63 . . . . . 1.0 2113
62. Levina, Anna V wf USA 2082 -25 =48 -58 -59 . . . . . 0.5 2045
63. Airapetian, Chouchanik USA 2149 -37 -49 -42 -61 . . . . . 0.0
64. Sagalchik, Olga wf USA 2132 -28 -41 -50 -60 . . . . . 0.0
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The Keres Memorial Rapid took place in Tallinn 26th-27th November 2004.
The time control was 20 minutes for a game + 10 seconds for every move.
Viswanathan Anand won with a perfect 5/5 score.
Official site: http://www.maleliit.ee/arhiiv/2004/keres/
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Keres Mem Rapid Tallinn EST (EST), 26-27 xi 2004cat. XIV (2598)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2781 * 1 1 1 1 1 5.0
2. Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2669 0 * = 1 = 1 3.0 2655
3. Lobron, Eric g GER 2509 0 = * 0 1 1 2.5 2615
4. Nyback, Tomi g FIN 2554 0 0 1 * = 0 1.5 2457
5. Kulaots, Kaido g EST 2597 0 = 0 = * = 1.5 2448
6. Kanep, Meelis m EST 2475 0 0 0 1 = * 1.5 2473
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Round 1 (November 26, 2004)
Khalifman, Alexander - Lobron, Eric 1/2 15 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Nyback, Tomi - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 33 E34 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Kulaots, Kaido - Kanep, Meelis 1/2 19 B52 Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 2 (November 26, 2004)
Anand, Viswanathan - Kulaots, Kaido 1-0 55 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Khalifman, Alexander - Nyback, Tomi 1-0 43 E15 Queens Indian
Lobron, Eric - Kanep, Meelis 1-0 41 A90 Dutch Classical
Round 3 (November 27, 2004)
Nyback, Tomi - Lobron, Eric 1-0 Missing
Kulaots, Kaido - Khalifman, Alexander 1/2 Missing
Kanep, Meelis - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 46 A47 Queen's Indian without c2-c4
Round 4 (November 27, 2004)
Khalifman, Alexander - Kanep, Meelis 1-0 14 D06 Queen's Pawn Gambit
Lobron, Eric - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 27 A07 Barcza System
Nyback, Tomi - Kulaots, Kaido 1/2 24 D11 Slav Defence
Round 5 (November 27, 2004)
Anand, Viswanathan - Khalifman, Alexander 1-0 47 C10 French Rubinstein
Kulaots, Kaido - Lobron, Eric 0-1 35 B75 Sicilian Modern Dragon
Kanep, Meelis - Nyback, Tomi 1-0 31 B13 Caro Kann Exchange
The Spanish Team Championship top division finals took place Sanxenxo,
Pontevedra 18th-26th November 2004. CA Tiendas UPI (Ivan Sokolov, Lautier,
Malakhov, Fressinet and Tiviakov) won the event clearly just losing one match
to third placed Reverté Albox.
Coverage: http://www.ajedrezmarcote.com and
http://www.chess21.com
1 C. A. Tiendas UPI ** 3 1½ 2½ 3½ 3 3½ 2½ 3 3 25½ 16
2 C. A. Valencia Cuna Ajedrez 1 ** 2½ 2½ 3½ 2 2 3 3 3½ 23 14
3 C. A. Reverté Albox 2½ 1½ ** 1 2 3 2½ 3½ 2 2½ 20½ 12
4 U. Graciense Escacs 1½ 1½ 3 ** 2½ 2 2½ 1½ 3 1½ 19 9
5 C. A. Magic ½ ½ 2 1½ ** 3 2½ 3½ 2 1½ 17 8
6 C. A. Caja Insular Canarias 1 2 1 2 1 ** 3 2 2 3 17 8
7 C. A. Marcote ½ 2 1½ 1½ 1½ 1 ** 2½ 3 2 15½ 6
8 C. A. Ibercaja 1½ 1 ½ 2½ ½ 2 1½ ** 2½ 2½ 14½ 7
9 C. A. CajaCanarias 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 1½ ** 2½ 14 5
10 U. E. Foment Martinenc 1 ½ 1½ 2½ 2½ 1 2 1½ 1½ ** 14 5
5.1 3 C. A. Marcote 1½ - 10 C. A. Reverté Albox
2½
1 GM Graf Alexander 2646 0 : 1 GM Krasenkow Michal 2676
2 GM Giorgadze Giorgi 2612 1 : 0 GM Romero Holmes Alfonso 2514
3 IM Reinaldo Castineira 2446 ½ : ½ GM Comas Fabrego Lluis 2509
Roi
4 FM Lariño Nieto David 2307 0 : 1 GM Del Rio Angelis 2491
Salvador G
5.2 4 C. A. Magic 2 - 2 2 C. A. CajaCanarias
1 GM Carlsen Magnus 2581 ½ : ½ GM Korneev Oleg 2583
2 IM Perez Candelario 2474 ½ : ½ GM San Segundo Carrillo 2516
Manuel Pablo
3 IM Khamrakulov Ibragim S 2500 ½ : ½ GM Moreno Carnero Javier 2512
4 IM Carrasco Martinez 2408 ½ : ½ GM Fernandez Garcia Jose 2479
Juan M Luis
5.3 5 U. Gracienca Escacs 1½ - 1 C. A. Ibercaja
2½
1 GM Bologan Viktor 2669 0 : 1 GM Illescas Cordoba 2626
Miguel
2 GM Pelletier Yannick 2589 1 : 0 GM Damljanovic Branko 2578
3 IM Lopez Martinez Josep 2481 0 : 1 IM Glavina Rossi Pablo 2458
Manuel
4 IM Lacasa Diaz Jose 2431 ½ : ½ IM Baron Rodriguez Jesus 2432
Antonio
5.4 6 C. A. Valencia Cuna 2 - 2 9 C. A. Caja Insular
Ajedrez Canarias
1 GM Vallejo Pons 2678 0 : 1 GM Gurevich Mikhail 2644
Francisco
2 GM Nielsen Peter Heine 2663 ½ : ½ GM Chernin Alexander 2584
3 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2653 1 : 0 FM Corral Blanco Juan 2446
Antonio
4 GM Arizmendi Martinez 2531 ½ : ½ IM Garcia Padron Jose 2429
Julen L
5.5 7 U. E. Foment 1 - 3 8 C. A. Tiendas UPI
Martinenc
1 GM Marin Mihail 2511 ½ : ½ GM Lautier Joel 2682
2 GM Narciso Dublan Marc 2487 0 : 1 GM Malakhov Vladimir 2664
3 IM Jerez Perez Alfonso 2434 ½ : ½ GM Fressinet Laurent 2640
4 IM Granados Gomez Manuel 2425 0 : 1 GM Tiviakov Sergei 2617
6.1 10 C. A. Reverté Albox 2½-1½ 8 C. A. Tiendas UPI
1 GM Krasenkow Michal 2676 ½:½ GM Sokolov Ivan 2663
2 GM Nijboer Friso 2567 ½:½ GM Lautier Joel 2682
3 GM Suba Mihai 2516 1-0 GM Malakhov Vladimir 2664
4 GM Comas Fabrego Lluis 2509 ½:½ GM Fressinet Laurent 2640
6.2 9 C. A. Caja Insular 3-1 7 U. E. Foment Martinenc
Canarias
1 GM Gurevich Mikhail 2644 1-0 GM Marin Mihail 2511
2 GM Chernin Alexander 2584 1-0 GM Narciso Dublan Marc 2487
3 FM Corral Blanco Juan 2446 1-0 IM Jerez Perez Alfonso 2434
Antonio
4 IM Garcia Padron Jose 2429 0-1 IM Granados Gomez Manuel 2425
6.3 1 C. A. Ibercaja 1-3 6 C. A. Valencia Cuna
Ajedrez
1 GM Illescas Cordoba 2626 ½:½ GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2678
Miguel
2 GM Damljanovic Branko 2578 ½:½ GM Nielsen Peter Heine 2663
3 IM Glavina Rossi Pablo 2458 0-1 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2653
4 IM Baron Rodriguez Jesus 2432 0-1 GM Gustafsson Jan 2603
6.4 2 C. A. CajaCanarias 1-3 5 U. Gracienca Escacs
1 GM Korneev Oleg 2583 ½:½ GM Bologan Viktor 2669
2 GM San Segundo Carrillo 2516 0-1 GM Pelletier Yannick 2589
Pablo
3 GM Moreno Carnero Javier 2512 ½:½ IM Lacasa Diaz Jose 2431
Antonio
4 GM Fernandez Garcia Jose 2479 0-1 IM Rahal Michael 2416
Luis
6.5 3 C. A. Marcote 1½-2½ 4 C. A. Magic
1 GM Graf Alexander 2646 1-0 GM Carlsen Magnus 2581
2 GM Giorgadze Giorgi 2612 ½:½ IM Perez Candelario 2474
Manuel
3 IM Reinaldo Castineira 2446 0-1 IM Khamrakulov Ibragim S 2500
Roi
4 FM Lariño Nieto David 2307 0-1 IM Carrasco Martinez Juan 2408
M
7.1 4 C. A. Magic 2 - 2 10 C. A. Reverté Albox
1 GM Carlsen Magnus 2581 ½ : ½ GM Krasenkow Michal 2676
2 IM Perez Candelario 2474 1 : 0 GM Nijboer Friso 2567
Manuel
3 IM Khamrakulov Ibragim S 2500 ½ : ½ GM Suba Mihai 2516
4 IM Carrasco Martinez 2408 0 : 1 GM Romero Holmes Alfonso 2514
Juan M
7.2 5 U. Graciense Escacs 2½ - 3 C. A. Marcote
1½
1 GM Bologan Viktor 2669 1 : 0 GM Graf Alexander 2646
2 GM Pelletier Yannick 2589 ½ : ½ GM Giorgadze Giorgi 2612
3 IM Lopez Martinez Josep 2481 ½ : ½ GM Franco Ocampos Zenon 2526
Manuel
4 IM Rahal Michael 2416 ½ : ½ IM Reinaldo Castineira 2446
Roi
7.3 6 C. A. Valencia Cuna 3 - 1 2 C. A. CajaCanarias
Ajedrez
1 GM Vallejo Pons 2678 1 : 0 GM Korneev Oleg 2583
Francisco
2 GM Nielsen Peter Heine 2663 ½ : ½ GM San Segundo Carrillo 2516
Pablo
3 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2653 1 : 0 GM Moreno Carnero Javier 2512
4 GM Gustafsson Jan 2603 ½ : ½ GM Fernandez Garcia Jose 2479
Luis
7.4 7 U. E. Foment 1½ - 1 C. A. Ibercaja
Martinenc 2½
1 GM Marin Mihail 2511 ½ : ½ GM Illescas Cordoba 2626
Miguel
2 GM Narciso Dublan Marc 2487 0 : 1 GM Damljanovic Branko 2578
3 IM Jerez Perez Alfonso 2434 1 : 0 IM Glavina Rossi Pablo 2458
4 IM Granados Gomez Manuel 2425 0 : 1 IM Baron Rodriguez Jesus 2432
7.5 8 C. A. Tiendas UPI 3 - 1 9 C. A. Caja Insular
Canarias
1 GM Sokolov Ivan 2663 ½ : ½ GM Gurevich Mikhail 2644
2 GM Lautier Joel 2682 ½ : ½ GM Chernin Alexander 2584
3 GM Malakhov Vladimir 2664 1 : 0 FM Corral Blanco Juan 2446
Antonio
4 GM Tiviakov Sergei 2617 1 : 0 IM Garcia Padron Jose 2429
8.1 10 C. A. Reverté Albox 3 - 1 9 C. A. Caja Insular
Canarias
1 GM Krasenkow Michal 2676 1 : 0 GM Gurevich Mikhail 2644
2 GM Nijboer Friso 2567 ½ : ½ GM Chernin Alexander 2584
3 GM Suba Mihai 2516 1 : 0 FM Corral Blanco Juan 2446
Antonio
4 GM Del Rio Angelis 2491 ½ : ½ IM Lezcano Jaen Pedro 2391
Salvador G
8.2 1 C. A. Ibercaja 1½ - 8 C. A. Tiendas UPI
2½
1 GM Illescas Cordoba 2626 ½ : ½ GM Sokolov Ivan 2663
Miguel
2 GM Damljanovic Branko 2578 1 : 0 GM Lautier Joel 2682
3 IM Glavina Rossi Pablo 2458 0 : 1 GM Fressinet Laurent 2640
4 IM Baron Rodriguez Jesus 2432 0 : 1 GM Tiviakov Sergei 2617
8.3 2 C. A. CajaCanarias 2½ - 7 U. E. Foment
1½ Martinenc
1 GM Korneev Oleg 2583 ½ : ½ GM Marin Mihail 2511
2 GM San Segundo Carrillo 2516 ½ : ½ GM Narciso Dublan Marc 2487
Pablo
3 GM Moreno Carnero Javier 2512 1 : 0 IM Jerez Perez Alfonso 2434
4 GM Fernandez Garcia Jose 2479 ½ : ½ IM Granados Gomez Manuel 2425
Luis
8.4 3 C. A. Marcote 2 - 2 6 C. A. Valencia Cuna
Ajedrez
1 GM Graf Alexander 2646 1 : 0 GM Vallejo Pons 2678
Francisco
2 GM Giorgadze Giorgi 2612 0 : 1 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2653
3 GM Franco Ocampos Zenon 2526 ½ : ½ GM Gustafsson Jan 2603
4 IM Reinaldo Castineira 2446 ½ : ½ GM Arizmendi Martinez 2531
Roi Julen L
8.5 4 C. A. Magic 1½ - 5 U. Graciense Escacs
2½
1 GM Carlsen Magnus 2581 0 : 1 GM Bologan Viktor 2669
2 IM Perez Candelario 2474 ½ : ½ IM Lopez Martinez Josep 2481
Manuel Manuel
3 IM Khamrakulov Ibragim S 2500 ½ : ½ IM Lacasa Diaz Jose 2431
Antonio
4 IM Carrasco Martinez 2408 ½ : ½ IM Rahal Michael 2416
Juan M
9.1 5 U. Graciense Escacs 3 - 10 C. A. Reverté Albox
1
1 GM Bologan Viktor 2669 1 : GM Suba Mihai 2516
0
2 IM Lopez Martinez Josep 2481 1 : GM Romero Holmes Alfonso 2514
Manuel 0
3 IM Lacasa Diaz Jose 2431 ½ : GM Comas Fabrego Lluis 2509
Antonio ½
4 IM Rahal Michael 2416 ½ : GM Del Rio Angelis 2491
½ Salvador G
9.2 6 C. A. Valencia Cuna 3½ - 4 C. A. Magic
Ajedrez ½
1 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2678 1 : GM Carlsen Magnus 2581
0
2 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2653 1 : IM Perez Candelario 2474
0 Manuel
3 GM Gustafsson Jan 2603 1 : IM Khamrakulov Ibragim S 2500
0
4 GM Arizmendi Martinez 2531 ½ : IM Carrasco Martinez Juan 2408
Julen L ½ M
9.3 7 U. E. Foment Martinenc 2 - 3 C. A. Marcote
2
1 GM Marin Mihail 2511 1 : GM Graf Alexander 2646
0
2 GM Narciso Dublan Marc 2487 ½ : GM Giorgadze Giorgi 2612
½
3 IM Jerez Perez Alfonso 2434 ½ : GM Franco Ocampos Zenon 2526
½
4 IM Granados Gomez Manuel 2425 0 : IM Reinaldo Castineira 2446
1 Roi
9.4 8 C. A. Tiendas UPI 3 - 2 C. A. CajaCanarias
1
1 GM Lautier Joel 2682 ½ : GM Korneev Oleg 2583
½
2 GM Malakhov Vladimir 2664 ½ : GM San Segundo Carrillo 2516
½ Pablo
3 GM Fressinet Laurent 2640 1 : GM Moreno Carnero Javier 2512
0
4 GM Tiviakov Sergei 2617 1 : GM Fernandez Garcia Jose 2479
0 Luis
9.5 9 C. A. Caja Insular 2 - 1 C. A. Ibercaja
Canarias 2
1 GM Gurevich Mikhail 2644 0 : GM Illescas Cordoba 2626
1 Miguel
2 GM Chernin Alexander 2584 1 : GM Damljanovic Branko 2578
0
3 FM Corral Blanco Juan 2446 1 : IM Glavina Rossi Pablo 2458
Antonio 0
4 IM Garcia Padron Jose 2429 0 : IM Baron Rodriguez Jesus 2432
1
The Acropolis International Tournament takes place 16th-24th November
2004. GM, IM and WGM sections.
Official site: http://www.chessfed.gr/acropolis2004/
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Acropolis GM Athens GRE (GRE), 16-24 xi 2004 cat. X (2486)
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1. Mastrovasilis, Athanasios m GRE 2502 * = 1 = = 1 = = = 1 6.0 2609
2. Vouldis, Angelos m GRE 2524 = * = = = = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2606
3. Kotronias, Vasilios g GRE 2599 0 = * 1 = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2598
4. Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios g GRE 2574 = = 0 * 1 = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2601
5. Schmaltz, Roland g GER 2528 = = = 0 * 1 = 1 = = 5.0 2524
6. Tzermiadianos, Andreas m GRE 2453 0 = = = 0 * = = 1 = 4.0 2446
7. Kapnisis, Spyridon m GRE 2435 = 0 = 0 = = * = = 1 4.0 2448
8. Foisor, Ovidiu Doru m ROM 2376 = = 0 = 0 = = * = = 3.5 2418
9. Shavtvaladze, Nikoloz GEO 2430 = 0 0 0 = 0 = = * = 2.5 2326
10. Managadze, Nikoloz m GEO 2440 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = = * 2.0 2271
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Acropolis IM Open Athens GRE (GRE), 16-24 xi 2004
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1 2 GM Socko Bartosz 2570 POL 7 35
2 6 GM Atalik Suat 2541 BIH 6½ 35½
3 5 GM Parligras Mircea 2559 ROM 6½ 34½
4 10 GM Gershon Alik 2524 ISR 6½ 34½
5 4 GM Solak Dragan 2563 SCG 6½ 32½
6 1 GM Rozentalis Eduardas 2595 LTU 6 34
7 9 GM Halkias Stelios 2526 GRE 6 34
8 8 GM Nikolaidis Ioannis 2527 GRE 6 33
9 11 GM Miezis Normunds 2524 LAT 6 32
10 15 IM Moutousis Konstantinos 2422 GRE 6 30
11 14 GM Skembris Spyridon 2446 GRE 6 30
12 17 IM Khetsuriani Besarion 2346 GEO 6 29
13 7 GM Fontaine Robert 2531 FRA 5½ 33
14 13 GM Dobrov Vladimir 2487 RUS 5½ 33
15 3 GM Svetushkin Dmitry 2568 MDA 5½ 28
16 12 GM Georgiev Vladimir 2512 MKD 5½ 27½
17 19 FM Shahtahtinsky Alekper 2307 GRE 5½ 27
18 49 Georgiadis Ioannis 2129 GRE 5½ 21
19 20 Kotrotsos Vasilios 2291 GRE 5 26
20 26 Tzermiadianos Angelos 2233 GRE 5 25½
21 16 IM Karayannis Athanasios 2364 GRE 5 25½
22 53 Papargyriou Anastasios 2110 GRE 5 24
23 28 Petrakis Ilias 2224 GRE 5 24
24 18 FM Hadzimanolis Antonios 2314 GRE 5 23½
25 44 Soultatis Kostas 2135 GRE 5 17
26 22 Sigalas Frangiskos 2284 GRE 4½ 27
27 21 IM Skalkotas Nikolaos 2286 GRE 4½ 26½
28 60 Stavrianakis Ioannis 2045 GRE 4½ 25
29 30 Klokas Konstantinos 2221 GRE 4½ 24
30 24 Delithanasis Dimitrios 2268 GRE 4½ 23
31 31 Michos Thomas 2219 GRE 4½ 23
32 29 Skaperdas Kostantinos 2224 GRE 4½ 23
33 59 Sideris Theodoros 2093 GRE 4½ 20½
34 38 Kokolias Konstantinos 2172 GRE 4½ 19
35 46 Kakkanas Evangelos 2134 GRE 4½ 15½
36 23 Simeonidis Ioannis 2281 GRE 4 25
37 55 Angelopoulos Georgios 2104 GRE 4 21
38 45 Gkogkas Dimitrios 2134 GRE 4 20
39 37 Drakopoulos Anastasios 2175 GRE 4 19½
40 40 Kalaitzoglou Panayotis 2155 GRE 4 19
41 56 Soukos Konstantinos 2104 GRE 4 19
42 32 Tassopoulos Marios 2215 GRE 4 17½
43 50 Galanos Dimitrios 2128 GRE 4 16½
44 27 Draci Robert 2229 ALB 3½ 20½
45 35 Papadatos Ioannis 2195 GRE 3½ 19½
46 34 Valden Petros 2204 GRE 3½ 18
47 57 Parginos Vassilios 2097 GRE 3½ 17½
48 39 Kaloskambis Mihail 2171 GRE 3½ 16½
49 47 Tsimboukidis Anastasios 2132 GRE 3½ 13
50 42 Kampitsis Vasilios 2143 GRE 3½ 11½
51 51 Kokkalis Vasilios 2116 GRE 3½ 11½
52 43 Tziallilas Kostas 2142 GRE 3½ 9½
53 36 Poteas Ioannis 2187 GRE 3 18
54 54 Koerant Filipos 2106 GRE 2½ 16
55 33 Siamidis Dimitrios 2211 GRE 2½ 15½
56 48 Delikanakis Nikolaos 2131 GRE 2½ 12
57 41 Koliopoulos Konstantinos 2149 GRE 2 14
58 58 Markopoulos Theodoros 2094 GRE 2 11
59 52 Papoutsakis Mihail 2115 GRE 1 7
60 25 FM Tsomis Dimitrios 2242 GRE 0 0
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Acropolis WGM Open Athens GRE (GRE), 16-24 xi 2004
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1. Socko, Monika m POL 2439 + 4 =14 +10 + 5 + 7 = 3 = 6 - 2 + 9 6.5 2451
2. Foisor, Cristina Adela m ROM 2436 = 8 +12 +20 = 3 - 4 =10 +13 + 1 + 5 6.5 2424
3. Botsari, Anna-Maria wg GRE 2362 +21 =10 +14 = 2 =12 = 1 = 9 + 7 = 4 6.0 2396
4. Krivec, Jana wm SLO 2214 - 1 +26 +17 + 9 + 2 = 6 + 7 - 5 = 3 6.0 2398
5. Trabert, Bettina wg GER 2331 +17 +13 = 7 - 1 - 6 +21 +12 + 4 - 2 5.5 2334
6. Fakhiridou, Ekaterini wm GRE 2258 +23 =22 =19 =16 + 5 = 4 = 1 =11 =10 5.5 2294
7. Makka, Ioulia wm GRE 2217 +18 +15 = 5 +19 - 1 +12 - 4 - 3 +14 5.5 2327
8. Sorokina, Anastasia wm AUS 2199 = 2 -19 =11 +24 +15 - 9 +20 =14 +17 5.5 2299
9. Khurtsilava, Inga wm GEO 2268 -22 +28 +21 - 4 +16 + 8 = 3 +10 - 1 5.5 2264
10. Foisor, Sabina-Francesca ROM 2228 +25 = 3 - 1 =22 +20 = 2 +14 - 9 = 6 5.0 2276
11. Smokina, Karolina wm MDA 2267 =26 -20 = 8 -17 +18 +25 +19 = 6 =12 5.0 2151
12. Papadopoulou, Vera wm GRE 2227 +28 - 2 +23 +15 = 3 - 7 - 5 +18 =11 5.0 2228
13. Mietzner, Tina wm GER 2235 +27 - 5 -16 +23 =21 +22 - 2 =17 +19 5.0 2207
14. Tetenkina, Irina wm SWE 2255 +24 = 1 - 3 =20 +22 +17 -10 = 8 - 7 4.5 2191
15. Burtasova, Anna wm RUS 2273 +16 - 7 +22 -12 - 8 +23 -17 =24 +21 4.5 2122
16. Stefanidi, Maria-Anna GRE 2092 -15 +25 +13 = 6 - 9 -20 -18 +26 +24 4.5 2107
17. Petraki, Maria GRE 2108 - 5 +27 - 4 +11 +19 -14 +15 =13 - 8 4.5 2227
18. Stoumbou, Eleni GRE 1854 - 7 -23 +28 =26 -11 +27 +16 -12 +25 4.5 2078
19. Makropoulou, Marina wg GRE 2270 =20 + 8 = 6 - 7 -17 +24 -11 +23 -13 4.0 2113
20. Makka, Evanthia GRE 2087 =19 +11 - 2 =14 -10 +16 - 8 -21 +27 4.0 2168
21. Karlovich, Anastazia wg UKR 2155 - 3 +24 - 9 +25 =13 - 5 =26 +20 -15 4.0 2128
22. Grapsa, Georgia GRE 2065 + 9 = 6 -15 =10 -14 -13 =25 =27 +28 4.0 2107
23. Iordanidou, Zoi GRE 2021 - 6 +18 -12 -13 +28 -15 =27 -19 +26 3.5 2039
24. Ikonomopoulou, Maria GRE 2014 -14 -21 +26 - 8 +27 -19 +28 =15 -16 3.5 2053
25. Foisor, Mihaela-Veronica ROM 1929 -10 -16 +27 -21 +26 -11 =22 +28 -18 3.5 1988
26. Baloutsou, Vasiliki GRE 2045 =11 - 4 -24 =18 -25 +28 =21 -16 -23 2.5 1884
27. Stefanidi, Maria ---- -13 -17 -25 -28 -24 -18 =23 =22 -20 1.0 1673
28. Nikolaidou, Eleni GRE 1909 -12 - 9 -18 +27 -23 -26 -24 -25 -22 1.0 1696
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The Croatian Championships took place in Zagreb with 12 players (Kozul,
Palac, Stevic etc.) 16th-26th November 2004. Mladen Palac led for most of the
event to take first by half a point from Nenad Fercec.
Official site:
http://www.crochess.com/turniri/zagreb/croch_04/index.htm
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ch-CRO Zagreb CRO (CRO), 16-26 xi 2004 cat. X (2493)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Palac, Mladen g CRO 2543 * 1 1 = 0 1 = = = 1 1 1 8.0 2663
2. Fercec, Nenad m CRO 2477 0 * = 1 = = 1 1 1 = = 1 7.5 2627
3. Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2520 0 = * = 1 = = = 1 1 = = 6.5 2555
4. Brkic, Ante m CRO 2454 = 0 = * = = = 1 0 = 1 1 6.0 2532
5. Jovanic, Ognjen m CRO 2475 1 = 0 = * = = 1 = 0 = = 5.5 2495
6. Stevic, Hrvoje g CRO 2539 0 = = = = * = 1 = = = = 5.5 2489
7. Jovanovic, Zoran CRO m CRO 2446 = 0 = = = = * 0 1 = = = 5.0 2461
8. Kozul, Zdenko g CRO 2640 = 0 = 0 0 0 1 * = = 1 1 5.0 2444
9. Jankovic, Alojzije m CRO 2477 = 0 0 1 = = 0 = * = = = 4.5 2429
10. Saric, Ante m CRO 2437 0 = 0 = 1 = = = = * 0 = 4.5 2433
11. Leventic, Ivan m CRO 2502 0 = = 0 = = = 0 = 1 * = 4.5 2427
12. Kuljasevic, Davorin m CRO 2410 0 0 = 0 = = = 0 = = = * 3.5 2367
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The World Junior Championships take place in the Hotel Casino, Cochin,
India on Thursday 18th November - 1st December 2004. 13 Round Swiss. Pentala
Harikrishna on 9.5/12 is in poll position for the title having a superior
tie-break to his closest rivals Zhao Jun (level with him) and Tigran Petrosian
(half a point behind) mostly by virtue of having defeated both of them.
Official site: http://www.worldjunior.chessindia.org/index.asp
Standing after Round 12 of 13
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XLIII WJun Kochin IND (IND), 20-30 xi 2004
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1. Harikrishna, P g IND 2612 9½ 30111
2. Zhao Jun CHN 2511 9½ 29709
3. Petrosian, Tigran L g ARM 2539 9 30001
4. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2604 8 29925
5. Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2630 8 29569
6. Wojtaszek, Radoslaw m POL 2536 8 29462
7. Drozdovskij, Yuri g UKR 2510 8 29455
8. Moradiabadi, Elshan m IRI 2445 8 28609
9. Jianu, Vlad-Cristian m ROM 2444 7½ 29477
10. Sengupta, Deep IND 2359 7½ 29423
11. Koneru, Humpy g IND 2503 7½ 29399
12. Quezada, Yuniesky m CUB 2513 7½ 29387
13. L'Ami, Erwin m NED 2516 7½ 29031
14. Bartel, Mateusz m POL 2481 7½ 28744
15. Iljin, Artem m RUS 2522 7½ 28322
16. Quan Zhe f CAN 2345 7 29754
17. Deepan, Chakkravarthy J m IND 2396 7 29247
18. Paragua, Mark m PHI 2534 7 28936
19. Tikkanen, Hans SWE 2338 7 28915
20. Sai, Srinivas IND 2237 7 28397
21. Nadj Hedjesi, Balind SCG 2337 7 28317
22. Smeets, Jan g NED 2515 7 28309
23. Gupta, Abhijeet f IND 2412 7 28005
24. Gareev, Timur g UZB 2525 6½ 28888
25. Das, Arghyadip IND 2353 6½ 28746
26. Barbosa, Oliver PHI PHI 2311 6½ 28714
27. Poobesh Anand, S m IND 2367 6½ 28450
28. Rohit, G IND 2281 6½ 28279
29. Hasan, Mehdi BAN 2251 6½ 28156
30. D'Costa, Lorin f ENG 2358 6½ 28008
31. Lafuente, Pablo m ARG 2473 6½ 27622
32. Perdomo, Leandro f ARG 2312 6 29020
33. Smerdon, David m AUS 2425 6 28645
34. Olsson, Linus SWE 2289 6 28151
35. Venkatesh, M.R m IND 2450 6 28006
36. Grigorov, Grigor BUL 2321 6 27839
37. Mandiza, Farai f ZIM 2200 6 27479
38. Sandeep, Y IND 2138 6 27327
39. Vaidya, C.N IND 2184 6 27158
40. Arun, Karthik R IND 2152 6 27095
41. Ashwath, R IND 2124 6 26906
42. Tallaksen, Geir S f NOR 2343 5½ 28231
43. Cifka, Stanislav CZE 2310 5½ 27731
44. Patwardhan, Omkar IND 2212 5½ 27253
45. Jaiswal, Puneet IND 2212 5½ 27238
46. Karthikeyan, P IND 2131 5½ 27095
47. Johannes, Mayedi Mabusela m RSA 2316 5½ 26902
48. Buchicchio, Giampaolo ITA 2315 5½ 26676
49. Soumitra, Majumdar IND 2148 5½ 26620
50. Navin, Kanna T.U IND 2058 5½ 26412
51. Tiwari, Arjun IND 2319 5½ 25735
52. Braschi, Giancarlo ITA 2172 5½ 25343
53. Gopal, G.N IND 2278 5 27394
54. Bhatti, Ranveersingh IND 2195 5 27334
55. Cereijo, Nicolas ARG 2120 5 26932
56. Mihailidis, Anastacios GRE 2278 5 26829
57. Louw, Daniel Johannes RSA 2187 5 24777
58. Nanjo, Ryosuke JPN 2154 5 24564
59. Tomba, Ivan ITA 2235 5 24112
60. Aswin, Jayaram IND 2160 4½ 27646
61. Artels, Lieven BEL 2084 4½ 27175
62. Swaraj, Palit IND 2172 4½ 27131
63. Nitin, S IND 2119 4½ 24651
64. Raghuram, Balaji C.V IND 2043 4½ 24388
65. Phadke, Sohan IND 2125 4½ 24202
66. Ruijgrok, Dennis NED 2255 4 26871
67. Mishra, Soumyaranjan IND 2299 4 24658
68. Soon, Wai Cheong MAS 2048 4 24515
69. Venkat, Sundaram IND 2152 4 24247
70. Prasanna, K IND 2096 3½ 24050
71. Phanikanth, J.S.S IND 1985 1½ 23933
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Women's Standing after Round 11 of 13
Rank SNo. Name Rtg FED Pts ratØ
1 2 WGM Paehtz Elisabeth 2398 GER 8½ 2280
2 1 WGM Korbut Ekaterina 2400 RUS 8½ 2220
3 6 WIM Eesha Karavade 2307 IND 7½ 2258
4 4 WGM Ushenina Anna 2370 UKR 7½ 2256
5 7 Zhang Jilin 2287 CHN 7½ 2240
6 12 Majdan Joanna 2219 POL 7 2238
7 20 Saheli Nath 2130 IND 6½ 2268
8 18 WFM Siti Zulaikha 2162 MAS 6½ 2252
9 10 WFM Vinuthna N. 2229 IND 6½ 2244
10 16 Nadig Kruttika 2182 IND 6½ 2213
11 9 WIM Sachdev Tania 2256 IND 6½ 2197
12 13 WIM Bensdorp Marties 2214 NED 6½ 2144
13 17 WFM Perez R. Jennifer 2162 CUB 6½ 2077
14 5 WFM Motoc Alina 2359 ROM 6 2207
15 34 Delphin C. 1998 IND 6 2134
16 25 Sivasankari P. 2112 IND 6 2111
17 11 WIM Aketayeva Dana 2223 KAZ 5½ 2203
28 Kavitha J.E. 2088 IND 5½ 2203
19 27 Ramya Krishna I. 2096 IND 5½ 2165
20 8 WIM Gutsko Anastasiya 2272 UKR 5½ 2147
21 15 Van Weersel,A 2184 NED 5½ 2137
22 29 Iswarya Shobana,L 2082 IND 5½ 2105
23 24 Sandhya N. 2113 IND 5½ 2014
24 23 Raghavi N. 2117 IND 5 2209
25 33 WIM Ghader Pour Sh. 2025 IRI 5 2183
26 21 WFM Gutierrez Paloma 2119 ESP 5 2152
27 26 Koneru Chandra,H 2107 IND 5 2141
28 30 Anuprita Patil 2081 IND 5 2109
29 36 Meenu Rajendran 1979 IND 4½ 2170
30 31 Nimmy George 2063 IND 4½ 2147
31 22 Hodova Lucie 2118 CZE 4 2140
32 19 WFM Mijovic,Aleksand. 2152 SCG 4 2106
33 14 Stiri Alexandra 2201 GRE 4 2088
34 38 Colautti Marcela 1600 ARG 4 2079
35 35 Brekke Jorunn 1988 NOR 4 2029
36 37 Matta Francesca 1857 ITA 3½ 2047
37 32 WFM Elappen Jenine 2031 RSA 3 2048
38 3 WGM Dronavalli Harika 2391 IND 0 0
A tournament celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the birth of the 9th
World Champion Tigran Petrosian took place in Yerevan (Armenia), November
18-30, 2004. There Open Tournament took place November 18th-27th 2004, Swiss
System, 9 rounds, Prize Fund US$ 35.000. Pavel Smirnov won the event with 7.5/9
half a point clear of Vassily Ivanchuk.
The event is followed by the European Rapid Chess Championship which
takes place November 28-30 2004, Swiss System, 11 rounds, Prize Fund 10.000
Euro
Official site: http://www.armchess.am
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Petrosian Mem Open Yerevan ARM (ARM), 18-27 xi 2004
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1. Smirnov, Pavel g RUS 2626 7,5 46
2. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2705 7,0 55
3. Asrian, Karen g ARM 2591 6,5 51
4. Izoria, Zviad g GEO 2600 6,5 50,5 2452
5. Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2611 6,5 50,5 2359
6. Areshchenko, Alexander g UKR 2580 6,5 50
7. Minasian, Artashes g ARM 2584 6,5 49,5
8. Sulskis, Sarunas g LTU 2555 6,5 48
9. Anastasian, Ashot g ARM 2579 6,5 47,5
10. Frolyanov, Dmitry m RUS 2486 6,5 47 2415
11. Iljushin, Alexei g RUS 2534 6,5 47 2387
12. Nalbandian, Tigran g ARM 2504 6,5 45
13. Evdokimov, Alexander A m RUS 2455 6,0 49,5 2424
14. Shanava, Konstantine m GEO 2456 6,0 49,5 2410
15. Yegiazarian, Arsen g ARM 2519 6,0 49
16. Mchedlishvili, Mikheil g GEO 2504 6,0 47,5 2334
17. Makarov, Marat g RUS 2525 6,0 47,5 2318
18. Galstian, Beniamin ARM 2386 6,0 46,5
19. Kotanjian, Tigran m ARM 2472 6,0 45,5
20. Hayrapetian, Arman ARM 2333 6,0 43,5
21. Danielian, Elina m ARM 2437 6,0 43
22. Pantsulaia, Levan m GEO 2490 6,0 42 2270
23. Aginian, Nelly wm ARM 2310 6,0 42 2666
24. Lomineishvili, Maia m GEO 2429 6,0 40,5
25. Nadanian, Ashot m ARM 2392 6,0 40
26. Magalashvili, Davit f GEO 2389 5,5 51
27. Pashikian, Arman m ARM 2473 5,5 49
28. Rukhaia, Kartlos GEO 2342 5,5 48
29. Khurtsidze, Nino m GEO 2399 5,5 47,5
30. Petrosian, Tigran A2 ARM 2321 5,5 46,5
31. Harutjunyan, Gevorg ARM 2366 5,5 46
32. Sanikidze, Tornike f GEO 2364 5,5 45,5
33. Margvelashvili, Giorgi f GEO 2349 5,5 44
34. Minasian, Ara g ARM 2524 5,5 43
35. Bagaturov, Giorgi g GEO 2451 5,5 40 2261
36. Andriasian, Zaven ARM 2366 5,5 40 2186
37. Zarkua, Davit GEO 2352 5,5 40 2172
38. Grigoryan, Avetik ARM 2227 5,5 37
128 players
17th BELGRADE TROPHY (or International Belgrade Open Chess
Championship) takes place at Obrenovac (near Belgrade), Serbia and Montenegro,
22nd-30th of November 2004. Prize fund is 5250 euros (1st Place 1000 euros).
The promoter of 17th Belgrade Trophy is 10th World Chess Champion, Boris
Spassky who was in Belgrade until November 24th. News: Vladica Andrejic.
Two sites coverage this event Belgrade Chess Federation (http://www.beochess.org.yu) Serbia and
Montenegro Chess Federation (http://www.scgchess.org)
Round 7 (of 9) Standings
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17th Belgrade Trophy Obrenovac SCG (SCG), 22-30 xi 2004
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1 Andonov, Bogomil BUL 2331 im 6 30.0
2-12 Savic, Miodrag R. SCG 2503 gm 5.5 34.5
Predojevic, Borki BIH 2509 im 5.5 33.0
Rmus, Anto SCG 2359 5.5 32.5
Djukic, Nikola SCG 2462 im 5.5 32.0
Stojanovic, Mihajlo SCG 2504 im 5.5 32.0
Ardelean, George Catalin ROM 2461 im 5.5 32.0
Tosic, Miroslav SCG 2489 gm 5.5 30.5
Vukanovic, Sasa SCG 2343 im 5.5 30.0
Tadic, Branko SCG 2474 im 5.5 29.5
Pavlovic, Milos SCG 2454 fm 5.5 27.0
Mateuta, Gabriel ROM 2472 im 5.5 26.5
13-26 Arsovic, Zoran SCG 2453 im 5 33.0
Lajthajm, Borko SCG 2466 fm 5 32.5
Guidarelli, Laurent FRA 2422 im 5 31.5
Brenjo, Slavisa SCG 2476 im 5 31.0
Popovic, Dusan SCG 2447 im 5 30.5
Abramovic, Bosko SCG 2471 gm 5 30.5
Milanovic, Danilo SCG 2434 im 5 29.5
Nestorovic, Dejan SCG 2416 im 5 29.0
Pushkov, Nikolai RUS 2434 gm 5 29.0
Nestorovic, D. Nikola SCG 2239 5 29.0
Raetsky, Alexander RUS 2430 im 5 28.5
Dancevski, Orce MKD 2437 im 5 28.0
Todorovic, Goran M SCG 2540 gm 5 27.5
Abergel, Thal FRA 2428 im 5 27.0
27-53 Marcetic, Nikola SCG 2401 4.5 33.0
Prelevic, Dusko SCG 2289 fm 4.5 33.0
Nanu, Ciprian-Costica ROM 2459 im 4.5 32.0
Stojanovic, Dalibor SCG 2442 fm 4.5 31.0
Vojinovic, Goran SCG 2447 im 4.5 30.5
Rajkovic, Dusan SCG 2430 gm 4.5 30.0
Skare, Goran SCG 2312 fm 4.5 29.0
Milanovic, Slavisa SCG 2324 4.5 29.0
Irizanin, Radoje SCG 2240 4.5 29.0
Stanojoski, Zvonko MKD 2506 gm 4.5 29.0
Andrijevic, Milan SCG 2402 im 4.5 28.0
Cvetkovic, Srdjan SCG 2433 im 4.5 28.0
Radovanovic, Dusan SCG 2370 4.5 27.5
Raicevic, Vladimir SCG 2461 gm 4.5 27.5
Grigore, Nicolae Petre ROM 2354 im 4.5 26.5
Arsovic, Goran SCG 2414 im 4.5 26.5
Popovic, Aleksandar M. SCG 2268 4.5 26.5
Todorovic, Jovan SCG 2408 4.5 26.0
Dumpor, Atif BIH 2382 fm 4.5 26.0
Kizov, Atanas MKD 2355 fm 4.5 26.0
Ilic, Zoran MKD 2294 fm 4.5 25.5
Kiroski, Toni MKD 2377 im 4.5 25.5
Perunovic, Miodrag SCG 2366 im 4.5 25.0
Simic, Zeljko SCG 2179 4.5 24.5
Jovanovic, Zoran SCG 2389 fm 4.5 24.0
Pavlovic, Dragoljub SCG 2252 4.5 23.5
Cornette, Matthieu FRA 2373 im 4.5 22.5
189 players
The Piestany IM tournament (Slovakia) took place 17th-26th November 2004
and was won by Martin Mrva.
Further details:
http://www.slovan-bratislava.com/Turnaje/04Piestany/04PiestIM.htm
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It Piestany SVK (SVK), 17-26 xi 2004 cat. V (2356)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Mrva, Martin m SVK 2507 * = = = 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 8.5 2553
2. Hasangatin, Ramil g RUS 2474 = * = = = 0 1 1 1 1 = = 7.0 2447
3. Pribyl, Josef m CZE 2400 = = * = = = = 1 = = 1 = 6.5 2417
4. Lanc, Alois m SVK 2410 = = = * 0 1 = = 1 = 1 = 6.5 2416
5. Smolen, Jan SVK 2334 0 = = 1 * 0 0 1 1 = = 1 6.0 2394
6. Pinter, Erik SVK 2375 0 1 = 0 1 * = 0 = 1 = = 5.5 2354
7. Meszaros, Michal f SVK 2322 0 0 = = 1 = * 1 0 1 0 1 5.5 2359
8. Pel, Bonno f NED 2312 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 * 1 1 1 = 5.0 2324
9. Kotan, Ladislav m SVK 2332 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 0 * = 1 1 4.5 2293
10. Lyanguzov, Oleg f RUS 2326 1 0 = = = 0 0 0 = * 0 1 4.0 2257
11. Schwarz, Dusan SVK 2271 0 = 0 0 = = 1 0 0 1 * = 4.0 2262
12. Volodin, Viktor m RUS 2212 0 = = = 0 = 0 = 0 0 = * 3.0 2194
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The Tuzla 2004 category III tournament was won by Trumic Enes who also
made his first IM norm with 8/11. News: Samir Hadzimustafic.
Further details: http://www.sah.ba/bh/index.php
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10th It Tuzla BIH (BIH), 19-25 xi 2004 cat. III (2320)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Trumic, Enes BIH 2248 * 1 = 0 = 1 1 1 = = 1 1 8.0 2501
2. Nurkic, Sahbaz m BIH 2385 0 * 0 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2489
3. Marinkovic, Slavisa m SCG 2434 = 1 * = = = = = = 1 = 1 7.0 2411
4. Avdic, Adnan BIH 2261 1 0 = * = 0 = 0 1 1 1 1 6.5 2390
5. Majeric, Zoran f CRO 2408 = = = = * = = = = 0 1 1 6.0 2347
6. Mrkonjic, Nenad m CRO 2354 0 0 = 1 = * = 1 = = = 1 6.0 2352
7. Tomic, Bosko BIH 2284 0 = = = = = * = 0 1 = 1 5.5 2323
8. Budimir, Boris f BIH 2240 0 0 = 1 = 0 = * = 1 = 1 5.5 2327
9. Mujic, Hamza f BIH 2326 = 0 = 0 = = 1 = * = = = 5.0 2283
10. Rosic, Slavko1 f SCG 2293 = 0 0 0 1 = 0 0 = * = 1 4.0 2220
11. Sprecic, Mustafa f BIH 2375 0 0 = 0 0 = = = = = * 1 4.0 2212
12. Dugonjic, Dragan SCG 2231 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 * 0.5 1858
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The 35th National Chess Congress took place November 26th-28th at the
Adams Mark Hotel, Philadelphia. Jaan Ehlvest and Leonid Yudasin topped the
field with 5/6. The event was weaker than in recent years due to its
coincidence with the US Championships. I will round the games up next week.
Official site: http://www.nationalchesscongress.com/
Final Round 6 Standings:
1 Jaan Ehlvest 2709 EST 5
2 Leonid G Yudasin 2691 ISR 5
3 Petr Kiriakov 2629 RUS 4½
4 Pascal Charbonneau 2517 CAN 4½
5 Michael A Rohde 2496 USA 4½
6 Daniel Fernandez 2380 USA 4½
7 Igor Schneider 2317 USA 4½
8 Thomas J Bartell 2304 USA 4½
9 Alex Lenderman 2283 USA 4½
10 Ryan G Thurlow 2058 USA 4½
11 Ilye Figler 2386 USA 4
12 Edward W Formanek 2335 USA 4
13 Max Enkin 2148 USA 4
14 Milos Scekic 2513 USA 3½
15 Peter Vavrak 2487 SVK 3½
16 Jay R Bonin 2380 USA 3½
17 Bryan G Smith 2344 USA 3½
18 Mackenzie Molner 2300 USA 3½
19 Dylan Mc Clain 2284 USA 3½
20 Daniel E Shapiro 2274 USA 3½
21 A J Steigman 2262 USA 3½
22 James E Lewis 2253 USA 3½
23 Michael S Katz 2251 USA 3½
24 Boris Privman 2245 USA 3½
25 Peter Minear 2144 USA 3½
The first two rounds of the 4NCL took place November 20th-21st 2004, at
the West Bromwich Moat House. I gave a breakdown of results last week. Games
now available my thanks to Arthur Brameld.
Official site: http://www.4ncl.co.uk/
The final tournament of Blitz Russian Federation Open Internet Cup 2004
has been held in the game zone of Chess Assistant Club on November 25. Prize
fund amount - 1400 USD. 53 players took part in the competition - 28 players
qualified from the preliminary tournaments and 25 grandmasters. All the games
of the tournament together with cross-table are available on the official site
of tournament http://www.ChessAssistantClub.com.
A selection of games appears in TWIC. My thanks to Sergey Abramov.
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RusFed Internet Blitz Cup ChessAssistantClub INT (INT), 25-25 xi 2004
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1 Panarin, Michail m RUS 2482 10,0 94,0 68,5
2 Volkov, Sergey1 g RUS 2628 10,0 93,5 76,0
3 Turov, Maxim g RUS 2543 9,5 99,0 69,0
4 Shipov, Sergei g RUS 2588 9,0 93,5 62,5
5 Savchenko, Boris ( m RUS 2484 8,5 100,0 54,5
6 Maslak, Konstantin m RUS 2473 8,5 97,0 59,5
7 Rustemov, Alexander g RUS 2602 8,5 71,0 51,5
8 Grebionkin, Vladimir m RUS 2421 8,0 96,0 59,5
9 Shaposhnikov, Evgeny g RUS 2578 8,0 93,0 57,5
10 Belov, Vladimir g RUS 2552 8,0 91,0 56,5
11 Poluljahov, Aleksandr g RUS 2504 8,0 90,0 49,0
12 Kharlov, Andrei g RUS 2613 8,0 89,5 58,0
13 Kurnosov, Igor g RUS 2533 8,0 85,0 49,0
53 players
The 3rd Russian Cup for Women took place in Voronezh 13th-24th November
2004. Anna Dushenok won the event. Rounds 8 and 9 games are missing.
Further coverage at:
http://www.relex.ru/~xuser/chessfed/womencup3.htm
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3rd Cup Russia Wom Final Voronezh RUS (RUS), 13-24 xi 2004 cat. II (2279)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Dushenok, Anna RUS 2238 * 0 0 1 1 1 = = 1 1 1 1 8.0 2457
2. Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2385 1 * = 1 = = = 1 0 1 0 1 7.0 2370
3. Ubiennykh, Ekaterina wm RUS 2324 1 = * 0 0 = 1 1 = 0 1 1 6.5 2339
4. Semenova, Irina wm RUS 2287 0 0 1 * 1 = = = 1 = 1 = 6.5 2342
5. Shaidullina, Sandugach wg RUS 2308 0 = 1 0 * = = 1 = = = 1 6.0 2311
6. Shumiakina, Tatiana wg RUS 2324 0 = = = = * = = 1 = 0 1 5.5 2274
7. Meshcheriakova, Evgenia wm RUS 2233 = = 0 = = = * 0 1 = = 1 5.5 2282
8. Kirillova, Varvara wf RUS 2262 = 0 0 = 0 = 1 * = = 1 1 5.5 2280
9. Kochetkova, Julia wm RUS 2311 0 1 = 0 = 0 0 = * 1 1 1 5.5 2275
10. Guseva, Olga RUS 2232 0 0 1 = = = = = 0 * = 0 4.0 2180
11. Eidelson, Rakhil wg BLR 2268 0 1 0 0 = 1 = 0 0 = * 0 3.5 2146
12. Verevotchkina, Elena wf RUS 2170 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 * 2.5 2077
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George Mirijanian reports: The NorthEast Chess Fall Getaway tournament
took place 19th-21st November 2004 at the Radisson Hotel in Marlborough,
Massachusetts, USA. GM Ildar Ibragimov of Connecticut captured first place with
a score of 4-1. Runners-up with 3.5-1.5 tallies were IM Igor Foygel and
national expert Joshua Bakker, both of Massachusetts. A total of 89 players
competed in the four-section tourney, directed by Robert Messenger of New
Hampshire and organized by Severine Wamala of Massachusetts for the sponsoring
NorthEast Chess Association. Complete crosstables are available at
http://masschess.org
The Pühajärve 5th rapid tournament took place November
19th-21st, 2004). The competition was a handicap system, Between different
groups of players there was a time difference. For example players from Group A
played against players from group B 12min vs 18min, against group C 9 vs 21
etc.
1. Riho LIIVA B 2401 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 24.5 I
2. Meelis KANEP B 2475 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 24 II
3. Alexander KHALIFMAN A 2669 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 23 III-IV
4. Kaido KÜLAOTS A 2597 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 23 III-IV
5. Olav SEPP B 2455 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 22 5.
6. Kalle KIIK B 2432 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 21.5 6.
7. Edvins KENGIS A 2543 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 21 7.-8.
8. Olev SCHULTS C ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 21 7.-8.
9. Priit LEITO B 2357 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 20 9.-10.
10. Eric LOBRON A 2509 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 20 9.-10.
11. Aloyzas KVEINYS A 2531 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 17.5 11.
12. Taivo JÄNES D 0 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 16.5 12.
13. Aris OZOLINS C 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 16 13.-15.
14. Margus SÖÖT C 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 16 13.-15.
15. Aleksander VEINGOLD B 2473 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 16 13.-15.
16. Tarvo SEEMAN B 2421 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 15.5 16.
17. Timo PORRASMAA D 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 ½ 13.5 17.
18. Igor RÕTOV C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 12.5 18.
19. Brait LELUMEES C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 19.-20.
20. Marko SIIL D 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 12 19.-20.
21. Raul REBANE D 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 10.5 21.
22. Kaspar KAUGIJA E 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 9.5 22.
23. Henri KÄSPER D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 9 23.-24.
24. Ants PÕLDOJA D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 9 23.-24.
25. Hendrek KELDER D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 7.5 25.
26. Aleksander ATONEN E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 7 26.
27. Ivo JURNO E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 6.5 27.
28. Jüri TUULIK E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 3.5 28.
29. Ülo TUULIK E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 1 3 29.
30. Arturs AVOTINS E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 2 30.
21st Cappelle la Grande Open
21st INTERNATIONAL CHESS OPEN - CAPPELLE LA GRANDE - FRANCE 12th-19th
February 2005. 9 Round Accelerated Swiss System Tournament, registered with
FIDE Rate of play : 2 hours for 40 moves followed by a one hour quickplay
finish. Playing hall : COMPLEXE SPORTIF ROGER GOUVART IGM's INVITATIONS -
Possibility of norms. Prizes (minimum 600 players) : 15000 EUROS - 1st prize :
1500 EUROS Rating, Junior, Women's and Veterans' Prizes. Entry fee : adults :
45 euros - Juniors and veterans : 22,50 euros. Registration by
templeurjcs@club-internet.fr
Further details: http://www.cappelle-chess.com
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.asiayouth2004.com
Grand Prix d'Echecs 2004
The Grand Prix d'Echecs 2004 takes place 8th-11th December 2004 in
Aix-en-Provence. Players: Anatoly Karpov, Joel Lautier, Anna Kosteniuk and
Antoaneta Stefanova + 4 qualifiers (qualifying tournament on 28th November).
Official site: http://www.grandprixdaix.com
Gibtele.com Masters International
The Gibtele.com Masters International takes place 25th January - 3rd
February 2005. Many sections for different strengths of player.
Full details: http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com
First Saturday December
The First Saturday December tournaments take place 4th-17th of December
2004. 10-14 participants. There are GM, IM and FM events and some vacancies.
Contact Laszlo Nagy e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net if interested.
Website:
http://www.firstsaturday.hu/
GM Event: IGM ILINCIC, Zlatko (SCG, 2522) IGM FOGARASI, Tibor (HUN,
2425) IGM FARAGO, Ivan (HUN, 2455) IM BOROS, Denes (HUN, 2414) IM SZABO,
Krisztian (HUN, 2394) IM PASCHALL, William (USA, 2394) IM NGUYEN, Ngoc
Truongson (VIE, 2527) FM ISSA, Rafat (SYR, 2389) FM GONDA, Laszlo (HUN, 2400)
FM BÉRCZES, Dávid (HUN, 2321) IM STAROSTITS, Ilmars (LAT, 2460)
IM CZARNOTA, Pawel (POL, 2416) The ELO average now is 2426. But of course can
be changed, according to the last minute communications. Min 10, max 14
players. Min.2381 ELO average, according to the new FIDE rules. Reserves: FM
ALIKHANOV, Felix (RUS, 2390) FM LORSCHEID, Gerd (GER) IM TOUZANE, Olivier (FRA)
IM TURZÓ, Attila (HUN)
IM Event: IM LENGYEL, Béla (HUN, 2335) IM EPERJESI,
László (HUN, 2283) IM WERNER, Dimo (GER, 2301) FM BRUSTKERN,
Juergen (GER, 2236) FM FODOR, Tamás (HUN, 2169) FM HOWELL, David (ENG,
2340) SOLOMONS, Deon (RSA, 2249) HORVÁTH, András (HUN, 2339)
ZARAGATSKI, Ilja (GER, 2334) PAP, Gyula (HUN, 2359) ISSAKAINEN, Ari (FIN, 2230)
IM SZEBERENYI, Adam (HUN, 2366) FM VOGEL, Jaap (NLD, 2255) SCHNEIDER, Veronika
(HUN, 2262) Min 10, max 14 players. Min.2231 ELO average. Reserves: IM KAHN,
Evarth (HUN) FM BÉRCZES, Dávid (HUN) FM LORSCHEID, Gerd (GER) IM
TOUZANE, Olivier (FRA) IM TURZÓ, Attila (HUN)
Hastings Chess Congress
Entries so far include: Barsov, Cherniaev, Efimenko, C Flear, Kiriakov,
Hebden, Kotronias, Lalic, McNab, Mirzoeva, Pavlovic, N Pert, B Socko, M Socko,
S Williams, The Hastings Chess Congress takes place 28 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 6 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 finalist. Players when knocked out will
carry forward their score in the standard play games. Of course White would
have been a big advantage. There was an error earlier. The games will be played
with White having 70 minutes and Black 90 in which to make the first 40 moves.
Then each player will receive an extra 20 minutes for all the moves. There will
be an 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 and
the BCF GP. The weekend tournament takes place 7-9 January. Full details from
Con Power _conpowr@aol.com_ (mailto:conpowr@aol.com) Players seeking conditions
should contact _Stewartreuben@aol.com_ (mailto:Stewartreuben@aol.com) website
Official site: http://www.hastingschess.org.uk
International Chess Tournament for Women
International Chess Tournament for Women of the City Of Hyeres (South of
France) 26th-30th December 2004.
Further details: http://www.latourhyeroise.com e-mail:
bernard.ramazzotti@wanadoo.fr
Hungarian chess tournaments December 2004 - August 2005
1. 25th of Nov.-3rd of Dec., HARKANY, Open Swiss, /250 West from
Budapest/, Org: Fulop Csaba, e-mail: fulopcsa@axelero.hu Phone: +(36)-
30-9276900
2. 4th-17th of December, 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, FIDE International Chess
Organizer /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/
3. 7th-15th of January 2005, "TAPOLCA" Open, 9 rounds Swiss, Budapest,
organizer: Paréj József, home, calling from abroad:
+(36)-87-321-950, E-mail for info: firstsat@hu.inter.net
4. 5th-18th of February 2005, FS GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, Org.NL.
5. 5th-18th of March 2005, FS GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, Org. : NL,
6. 18th- 26th of March, "SPRING FESTIVAL" 9 rounds Swiss Open,
Budapest, Org.: NL
7. 2nd-15th of April , FS GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, Org: NL:
8. 7th-19th of May, FS GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, org.: NL
9. 20th-28th of May, ZALAKAROS Open, 9 rounds Swiss, (250 km West from
Budapest), org: IM Horvath, Tamas, phone: +(36)-20-9777003
10. 21st-31st of May, ELEKES Memorial, GM-IM closed, Budapest, org.IM
Zsinka, phone: +(36)-20-921-91-97
11. 4th-16th of June, FS GM-IM-FM, Budapest, Org: NL
12. 18th-26th of June, BALATONLELLE Open + GM-IM closed, 120 km West
from Budapest, organizer: IM Rigo, e-mail: me-ri@axelero.hu
13. 2nd-14th of July, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest, org. NL.
14. 23rd- 31st of July, Agria Open /EGER, 100 km North-East from
Budapest/, organizer: Rauch Ferenc, e-mail: rauch@freemail.hu
15. 6th-18th of August, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest org.:NL
Dutch Open Blitzchess Championship
The Dutch Open Blitzchess Championship takes place on February 5th 2005
in the Mercure Hotel Dordrecht, The Netherlands. 17 double rounds with 5
minutes per player per game, Swiss system in one group. Prizefund Euro 8.500.
First Euro 1.750, Second Euro 1.250, third Euro 1.000. Also several grading
prizes. Contact: info@blitzchess.nl
Further details: http://www.blitzchess.nl
8th Afro-Asian Correspondence Championship
All players from Africa and Asia (including Japan , Hong-Kong,
Singapore, New Zealand , Australia, Turkey, ...) may apply for the 8th
Afro-Asian Correspondence championship (Zonal Championship) . The preliminary
stage will start on 15.01.2005 and will be played by ICCF webserver .There is
no entry fees required .The number of sections will depend upon the entries
number . The application should be sent to : msamraoui@iccf.com not late than
31.12.2004. (supplied by the ICCF zonal director Med Samraoui)
ICCF website is http://www.iccf.com
and for ICCFwebchess http://www.iccf-webchess.com
25th Bethune Chess Open
TThe Bethune chess club is celebrating its 25th International Open,
venue Olof Palme, Commercial centre La Rotonde, Bethune, France (Pas-de-Calais)
26th-30th December 2004. 7 rounds, the tournament is divided in 2 tournaments :
- Tournament A for players whose Elo rating is above or equal to 1600, 1st
price : 1500 euros, Fischer pace 1h40+30s/move/40moves then 40min+30s/move to
finish the game. - Tournament B for players strictly below 1800, 1st price :
300 euros, pace : 40 moves in 2 hours then 1 hour KO. Minimum 5500 euros of
prices (8300 euros given in 2003), prices for Elo categories in both
tournaments. Inscription fee : 40 euros (adults), 20 euros (youngsters under
20), free for IM, GM and FIDE Masters. Special conditions for IM and GM,
contact the organisers at open@bethunechess.com
Further info: http://www.bethunechess.com
Chess Today 4th Anniversary
Chess Today was 4 on 7th November. Sample:
http://www.chesstoday.net/sample_issues.html
Prague Exhibition Matches
There will be exhibition matches Alexei Shirov vs. David Navara and Jan
Timman vs Kaido Kulaots in Prague 3rd-4th December 2004. Last year Victor
Korchnoi played David Navara.
Live coverage: http://www.promopro.cz/
Iranian Chess
http://www.rokhdarrokh.com
launched on 6th September 2004. This website contains articles, news, etc in
Persian and English on Iranian Chess.
Czech Tour 2004-2005
4th International Chess Festivals Series
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
7th United Insurance GM
The 7th United Insurance & United Leasing Grandmasters Chess
Tournament takes place 2nd-13th February 2005 in the Conference-Room of the
National Sports Council 62/3 Purana Paltan Dhaka-1000. Organised by the
Bangladesh Chess Federation. 11 round Swiss System with around 40. Total Prize
Money US $5000.00 Accommodation & Food : Free for all GM’s &
IM’s, only accommodation 2350+ Appearance Money : GM 2500+ US $ 500.00,
Some pocket money will given to IM’s Last Date of Entries on or before 5th
January to Contact: Syed Shujauddin Ahmed, General Secretary Bangladesh Chess
Federation, 2nd Floor, 62/3 Purana Paltan, Dhaka-1000, Fax + Phone: 88 (02)
7169336 , E-mail: bcf@bdonline.com
2nd Ashdod Chess Festival
The 2nd Ashdod Chess Festival takes place 9th-15th December 2004. The
Israel International Open Chess Tournament 2004 Prize fund: 70,000 NIS (1$ =
4.5NIS) Organizing Committee: IM Inon Boim, IA Abraham Dorner, Yehuda Frankel,
Ori Einhorn, Miki Rozenberg, NA Moshe Slav, GM Dimitry Tyomkin, Benni Hezkia.
Format: 9 rounds, Swiss System. The tournament is open to ELO rated players and
provides norms possibilities. The inclusion of a number of unrated players will
be considered individually. Time limit: 90 min. per game + 30 sec. increment
per move. Venue: The sport hall, Makif Zayin School, Haatzmaut St., Ashdod.
Contact The Israel Chess Federation: Tel 972-52-3363731, Fax
972-3-6437630. Additional Information and Conditions for International Players:
GM Dima Tyomkin dimatyomkin@hotmail.com
Frank Quisinsky Chess Calendar
Frank Quisinsky has updated his computer chess calendar. Recent events
include: Dutch-Open 2004, Diep won France-ch 2004, ChessTiger won Polish-ch
2004, Rzeznik won Australasian NCC-ch 2004, Warp won
Address: http://www.playwitharena.com the
CC-Calendar is a selection of Arena Chess GUI webpage
CC-Calendar:
http://www.playwitharena.com/directory/calendar.htm
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
New York Masters
Regular competition for players in New York Rated 2200 and above.
Further details: http://www.newyorkmasters.com/
