THE WEEK IN CHESS 528 20th December 2004 by Mark Crowther
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Tigran Petrosian Memorial Internet Tournament 24 games
4th AMPLICO AIG LIFE Tournament 20 games
2nd Ashdod Chess Festival 3 games
NAO Chess Club GM 25 games
XVII Memorial Carlos Torre Open 61 games
Nakamura vs Karjakin Match 2 games
Marshall Chess Club Championship 63 games
Chiburdanidze Tournament 18 games
III Pereyra Memorial 100 games
Bykova Memorial 30 games
Dallas Tournament 5 games
Subotica International 42 games
42nd National 'A' Chess Championship 171 games
First Saturday December 48 games
Singapore International Chess Convention 308 games
Voronezh Regional Championship 66 games
Stek Cup 66 games
9th Elgoibar Tournament 45 games
Bundesliga 128 games
Grand Prix d'Echecs 1 game
V El Sauzal Open 174 games
1400 games
My thanks to Sergey Abramov, Dmitry V. Borisenkov, Einar S. Einarsson,
Silvio Danailov, Luiz Roberto, Nigel Freeman, Olivier Breisacher, Vladica
Andrejic, Julio Alberto Gonzalez, Einar S. Einarsson, Stéphane Laborde,
Andrei Istratescu, Hirokaz Onoda, P.T..Ummer Koya, Albert Silver, George
Mirijanian, Chris Fitzgerald, Vasudevan, Agustín Manrique, Askell
Karason, Miklos Orso, Daði Jónsson, Laszlo Nagy, Andy McFarland,
Christophe Philippe, Luis Salinas, Argiris Kotsis and everyone else who helped
with the issue.
There was a lot of chess played this week. The Tigran Petrosian Memorial
Internet tournament is one of the most interesting events of recent times.
There have been a number of serious events played over the internet but they
have been plagued with a number of problems, not least cheating. However the
idea of serious chess played with arbiters and proper time limits with the
players in different locations (and eliminating the cost of travel) has not
been tried enough in my opinion. The 6 round event has produced some
interesting chess and should be tried again.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Tigran Petrosian Memorial Internet Tournament takes place December
18th-23rd with games starting at 12:00 noon in Paris, 14:00 in St. Petersburg.
15:00 in Yerevan and 19:00 in Beijing. Four boards will face-off each day, as
in the Olympiad, with each opponent facing his corresponding board
representative. Each country will face each of the other three countries two
times for a total of six rounds. Fischer time control will be used (1 hour 30
minutes plus 15 minutes added at move 40; 30 second increments are added after
every move). The games will be held on ICC, and broadcast live on
http://www.petrosian2004.com/
Official site:
http://www.petrosian2004.com/chess2004/index.jsp?id=1
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Petrosian Mem Internet ICC INT (INT), 18-23 xii 2004
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China 7.5
1. Ni Hua g CHN 2611 2.5 2930
2. Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2615 2.0 2822
3. Zhang Zhong g CHN 2596 1.5 2634
4. Wang Yue f CHN 2536 1.5 2599
Russia 7.0
1. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2735 2.0 2782
2. Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2650 2.0 2686
3. Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2669 1.5 2609
4. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2698 1.5 2628
France 6.0
1. Nataf, Igor-Alexandre g FRA 2565 2.0 2715
2. Bauer, Christian g FRA 2622 1.5 2625
3. Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2640 1.5 2647
4. Lautier, Joel g FRA 2682 1.0 2550
Armenia 3.5
1. Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2611 1.5 2629
2. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2675 1.0 2552
3. Minasian, Artashes g ARM 2584 0.5 2310
4. Lputian, Smbat G g ARM 2634 0.5 2376
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Round 1 (December 18, 2004)
China-France 2-2
Bu Xiangzhi - Lautier, Joel 1/2 35 D36 QGD Exchange
Fressinet, Laurent - Ni Hua 0-1 105 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Zhang Zhong - Bauer, Christian 1/2 28 B01 Centre Counter
Nataf, Igor-Alexandre - Wang Yue 1-0 41 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Armenia-Russia 2-2
Aronian, Levon - Svidler, Peter 1/2 60 A41 Modern Defence
Dreev, Alexey - Lputian, Smbat G 1/2 28 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Sargissian, Gabriel - Khalifman, Alexander 1-0 47 D57 Queens Gambit Lasker's Defence
Zvjaginsev, Vadim - Minasian, Artashes 1-0 29 A49 King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Round 2 (December 19, 2004)
China-Russia 2-2 All games agreed drawn after Chinese connection problems to ICC
Bu Xiangzhi - Svidler, Peter 1/2 17 E84 King's Indian Saemisch
Dreev, Alexey - Ni Hua 1/2 14 D15 Slav Defence
Zhang Zhong - Khalifman, Alexander 1/2 11 C42 Petroff's Defence
Zvjaginsev, Vadim - Wang Yue 1/2 13 A11 Reti Opening
France-Armenia 3-1
Bauer, Christian - Sargissian, Gabriel 1-0 16 E04 Catalan
Lautier, Joel - Aronian, Levon 1/2 40 E54 Nimzo Indian
Minasian, Artashes - Nataf, Igor-Alexandre 1/2 67 B20 Sicilian Wing Gambit
Lputian, Smbat G - Fressinet, Laurent 0-1 70 D47 Queens Gambit Meran
Round 3 (December 20, 2004)
China-Armenia 3.5-0.5
Ni Hua - Lputian, Smbat G 1-0 51 C18 French Winawer
Aronian, Levon - Bu Xiangzhi 0-1 42 D15 Slav Defence
Wang Yue - Minasian, Artashes 1-0 46 A46 Queen's Pawn Opening
Sargissian, Gabriel - Zhang Zhong 1/2 28 E15 Queens Indian
Russia-France 3-1
Svidler, Peter - Lautier, Joel 1-0 46 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Fressinet, Laurent - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 24 B19 Caro Kann
Khalifman, Alexander - Bauer, Christian 1-0 50 B00 Owen or Nimzowitsch Defence
Nataf, Igor-Alexandre - Zvjaginsev, Vadim 1/2 20 B35 Sicilian Defence
The 4th AMPLICO AIG LIFE Rapid Tournament took place in Warsaw (Poland)
played during the 23rd Memorial of Stanislaw Gawlikowski. The tournament was a
part of the ACP Tour and took place on Saturday, December 18th, 2003 and
Sunday, December 19th, 2004 in the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw. The
prize fund was 15.000 USD. There were 8 rounds of a swiss on day 1 from which
the leading players qualified for day 2 whilst the rest of the players
continued on. On the second day there were group stages from which the top
player went through to the semi-finals and the remaining players were assigned
groups to establish their finishing positions. Sergei Movsesian defeated
Bartosz Socko in the final.
Although there was extensive live coverage of the event it has been
their practice not to make these games available after the event. Hopefully
this will change this year. A number of games were preserved by ICC and I put
these in the PGN section.
Official site: http://www.amplicolife.pl/chess
Group Stage Sunday 19th November
Group 1 ELO 1 2 3 4 Score Place
1 Short Nigel D. 2687 XX 1= =0 11 4.0 2
2 Fedorchuk Sergey A. 2557 0= XX 00 00 0.5 4
3 Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2536 =1 11 XX 10 4.5 1
4 Sergeev Vladimir 2441 00 11 01 xX 3.0 3
Group 2 ELO 1 2 3 4 Score Place
1 Beliavsky Alexander 2660 XX =1 0= 11 4.0 2
2 Jakubiec Artur 2565 =0 XX == 1= 3.0 3
3 Jaracz Pawel 2531 1= == XX 11 4.5 1
4 Heberla Bartlomiej 2443 00 0= 00 xX 0.5 4
Group 3 ELO 1 2 3 4 Score Place
1 Aleksandrov Aleksej 2659 XX 1= =0 01 3.0 3
2 Socko Bartosz 2570 0= XX 11 01 3.5 1
3 Balogh Csaba 2527 =1 00 XX 10 2.5 4
4 Zhigalko Sergei 2473 10 10 01 xX 3.0 2
Group 4 ELO 1 2 3 4 Score Place
1 Movsesian Sergei 2629 XX 1= 10 1= 4.0 1
2 Georgiev Kiril 2625 0= XX 1= 1= 3.5 2
3 Urban Klaudiusz 2520 01 0= XX 11 3.5 3
4 Conquest Stuart 2488 0= 0= 00 xX 1.0 4
Group Winners knockout
Semi-Final 1 2 S
Movsesian Sergei 2629 1 1 2
Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2536 0 0 0
Semi-Final 1 2 T S
Socko Bartosz 2570 1 0 1 2
Jaracz Pawel 2531 0 1 0 1
Final 1 2 S Place
Movsesian Sergei 2629 1 = 1.5 1
Socko Bartosz 2570 0 = 0.5 2
3rd-4th 1 2 S Place
Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2536 1 1 2 3
Jaracz Pawel 2531 0 0 0 4
All-play-all to decide placings
5th-8th Place ELO 1 2 3 4 Score Place
1 Short Nigel D. 2687 X 1 1 = 2.5 5
2 Georgiev Kiril 2625 0 X 1 = 1.5 7
3 Zhigalko Sergei 2473 0 0 X 0 0 8
4 Beliavsky Alexander 2660 = = 1 x 2 6
9th-12th Place ELO 1 2 3 4 Score Place
1 Sergeev Vladimir 2441 X 0 0 0 0 12
2 Jakubiec Artur 2565 1 X 1 0 2 10
3 Urban Klaudiusz 2520 1 0 X 0 1 11
4 Aleksandrov Aleksej 2659 1 1 1 x 3 9
13th-16th ELO 1 2 3 4 Score Place
1 Balogh Csaba 2527 X 1 0 1 2 14
2 Conquest Stuart 2488 0 X 0 0 0 16
3 Fedorchuk Sergey A. 2557 1 1 X 1 3 13
4 Heberla Bartlomiej 2443 0 1 0 x 1 15
Final Standings Swiss
Place Name Feder Loc Id Rtg Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Wins Progr.
1 Bologan, Viktor MDA 2669 10.5 93.5 109.0 10 73.0
2-4 Sakaev, Konstantin RUS 2669 10 93.5 110.0 8 70.5
Bartel, Mateusz POL 2481 10 92.5 108.5 8 70.5
Czarnota, Pawel POL j16 2416 10 84.0 98.5 10 65.0
5-10 Jakubowski, Krzysztof POL 2495 9.5 91.0 108.0 9 71.0
Starostits, Ilmars LAT 2460 9.5 90.5 107.0 9 68.5
Mihalcisin, Adrian SLO 2512 9.5 89.5 105.5 8 69.5
Macieja, Bartlomiej POL 2613 9.5 87.5 102.0 9 66.0
Tseshkovsky, Vitaly RUS s60 2577 9.5 86.5 102.0 9 66.5
Mista, Aleksander POL 2487 9.5 84.5 100.0 9 63.0
11-21 Pakleza, Zbigniew POL j18 2412 9 91.0 106.5 8 71.0
Krasenkow, Michal POL 2676 9 90.0 106.5 7 64.0
Markowski, Tomasz POL 2567 9 90.0 105.0 7 65.5
Polaczek, Richard BEL 2426 9 89.0 105.0 7 67.5
Masternak, Grzegorz POL 2373 9 89.0 104.5 8 66.0
Volokitin, Andrei UKR j18 2652 9 87.5 103.0 8 64.5
Malaniuk, Vladimir UKR 2513 9 86.5 101.5 7 63.0
Fraczek, Daniel POL j18 2276 9 84.0 99.0 9 60.0
Mickiewicz, Piotr POL 2316 9 83.5 98.0 8 60.5
Kuraszkiewicz, Michael GER 2300 9 80.5 94.0 8 59.5
Barglowski, Filip POL 2335 9 79.0 93.0 8 60.5
22-48 Fedorov, Alexei BLR 2619 8.5 93.5 108.5 7 69.0
Krysztofiak, Marcin POL j18 2410 8.5 93.0 108.5 6 68.5
Krivonosov, Oleg LAT 2461 8.5 91.5 108.5 5 68.5
Kempinski, Robert POL 2608 8.5 91.0 107.5 7 65.0
Zezulkin, Jurij BLR 2547 8.5 90.5 106.5 7 68.0
Zhigalko, Andrey BLR 2515 8.5 90.5 105.5 8 69.0
Bobras, Piotr POL 2453 8.5 89.5 106.5 6 65.5
Lagowski, Patryk POL 2406 8.5 87.5 103.0 7 64.0
Deszczynski, Adam POL 2371 8.5 87.0 103.0 6 61.0
Petkevich, Jusefs LAT s60 2436 8.5 87.0 102.5 8 63.0
Gdanski, Jacek POL 2546 8.5 86.5 101.0 6 63.0
Olszewski, Michal POL j16 2339 8.5 84.5 100.0 8 61.5
Kukawski, Maciej POL j16 2115 8.5 84.5 99.0 8 62.0
Jedryczka, Krystian POL 2334 8.5 83.5 98.0 8 62.5
Moranda, Wojciech POL j16 2458 8.5 83.5 98.0 7 59.0
Socko, Monika POL 2439 8.5 83.0 99.0 5 62.0
Sopur, Lech POL 2287 8.5 83.0 97.5 8 61.5
Kuzmicz, Krystian POL j18 2371 8.5 83.0 97.5 7 61.0
Shkapenko, Pavel RUS 2362 8.5 82.0 97.0 8 58.5
Myc, Marcin POL 2293 8.5 81.0 95.5 8 61.0
Jedynak, Radoslaw POL 2415 8.5 80.0 95.0 8 60.0
Filipenko, Alexander V RUS 2388 8.5 80.0 95.0 7 59.0
Zielinska, Marta POL 2395 8.5 79.0 94.0 8 59.5
Nurkiewicz, Maciej POL 2406 8.5 79.0 94.0 8 57.5
Panczyk, Krzysztof POL 2342 8.5 79.0 93.5 6 59.5
Kielczewski, Krzysztof POL 2185 8.5 77.0 90.5 8 54.5
Czerwonski, Aleksander POL 2373 8.5 76.5 90.0 7 58.5
389 players
The 2nd Ashdod Chess Festival took place 9th-15th December 2004. The
main event was a Category 16 tournament with Israelis Boris Gelfand, Emil
Sutovsky, Ilya Smirin and Boris Avrukh. They were joined by Gregory Kaidanov of
the USA and Eduardas Rozentalis from Lithuania. Four players finished on 3/5.
Smirin took first place on Berger tie-break having been the only player to
defeat someone over 50% (Gelfand who thus finished in 4th). Avrukh and
Rozentalis finished in joint 2nd.
Official site: http://www.chess.org.il/Ashdod2004/En/Main.htm
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It Ashdod ISR (ISR), 10-15 xii 2004 cat. XVI (2647)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1. Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2673 * = = 1 = = 3.0 2714
2. Avrukh, Boris g ISR 2614 = * = = = 1 3.0 2725
3. Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2595 = = * = 1 = 3.0 2729
4. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2693 0 = = * 1 1 3.0 2710
5. Kaidanov, Gregory S g USA 2611 = = 0 0 * = 1.5 2505
6. Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2697 = 0 = 0 = * 1.5 2488
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Round 5 (December 14, 2004)
Avrukh, Boris - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 23 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Rozentalis, Eduardas - Smirin, Ilia 1/2 8 B07 Pirc Defence
Sutovsky, Emil - Kaidanov, Gregory S 1/2 47 C48 Four Knights Rubinstein
The 4th NAO Chess Club GM event takes place 15th-23rd December 2004.
Official site: http://www.nao-cc.com/naocc/index.html
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4th NAO GM Paris FRA (FRA), 15-23 xii 2004 cat. X (2482)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime f FRA 2493 * . = . = . 1 . = 1 3.5 2606
2. David, Alberto g LUX 2573 . * . = . = 1 1 = . 3.5 2633
3. Dunis, Aurelien m FRA 2461 = . * = 1 = . . . = 3.0 2549
4. Kazhgaleyev, Murtas g KAZ 2607 . = = * = . = . 1 . 3.0 2572
5. Gouliev, Namig m AZE 2509 = . 0 = * . . 1 . 1 3.0 2543
6. Libiszewski, Fabien m FRA 2419 . = = . . * = 0 = . 2.0 2414
7. Maze, Sebastien m FRA 2464 0 0 . = . = * . . 1 2.0 2418
8. Marzolo, Cyril m FRA 2437 . 0 . . 0 1 . * 1 0 2.0 2399
9. Inkiov, Ventzislav g BUL 2496 = = . 0 . = . 0 * . 1.5 2356
10. Goldsztejn, Gildas FRA 2359 0 . = . 0 . 0 1 . * 1.5 2323
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The XVII Memorial Carlos Torre Repetto takes place 13th-21st Decemeber
2004. There was an open phase which qualified players for a knockout phase
where they were joined by Vassily Ivanchuk. The open continues. Games from the
first 5 rounds of the open only are currently available. Delgado Neuris will
meet Vassily Ivanchuk in the final.
Official site: http://www.carlostorre.org.mx/
1/8th Final December 17th
No. 1 2 3 4 pts. 1/4 Final December 18th
1 VASSILY 1 1 2
IVANCHUK
G.M. 2705 UKR No. 1 2 3 4 pts.
16 JESUS 0 0 0 1 VASSILY = = 1 1 3
NOGUEIRAS IVANCHUK
G.M. 2546 CUB G.M. 2705 UKR Semifinal December 19th 2004
8 SERGEI 1 = 1.5 8 SERGEI = = 0 0 1
TIVIAKOV TIVIAKOV
G.M. 2617 NLD G.M. 2617 NLD No. 1 2 3 4 pts
9 GILBERTO 0 = 0.5 1 VASSILY 1 1 2
HERNANDEZ IVANCHUK
G.M. 2509 MEX G.M. 2705 UKR
4 YUNIESKY = 1 1.5 4 YUNIESKY 0 0 0
QUEZADA QUEZADA
I.M. 2513 CUB No. 1 2 3 4 pts. I.M. 2513 CUB
13 ARYAN ABREU = 0 0.5 4 YUNIESKY = = 1 1 3
QUEZADA
I.M. 2436 CUB I.M. 2513 CUB
5 HOLDEN 1 = 1.5 5 HOLDEN = = 0 0 1
HERNANDEZ HERNANDEZ
CAMENATE CAMENATE
I.M. 2473 CUB I.M. 2473 CUB
12 WALTER 0 = 0.5
ARENCIBA
G.M. 2516 CUB
2 VADIM MILOV 1 0 1 1 3
G.M. 2683 SUI No. 1 2 3 4 pts.
15 JUAN CARLOS 0 1 0 0 1 2 VADIM MILOV 0 = 0.5
GONZALEZ
G.M. 2554 CUB G.M. 2683 SUI
7 NEURIS = 1 1.5 7 NEURIS 1 = 1.5
DELGADO DELGADO
G.M. 2554 CUB G.M. 2554 CUB No. 1 2 3 4 pts
10 JESPER = 0 0.5 7 NEURIS = 0 0.5
NORGAARD DELGADO
F.M. 2435 DEN G.M. 2554 CUB
3 ALEXANDER 1 = 1.5 10 ALEXANDER = 1 1.5
GRAF GRAF
G.M. 2646 GER No. Nombre 1 2 3 4 pts. G.M. 2646 GER
14 ROBERTO 0 = 0.5 10 ALEXANDER 0.5 1 1.5
MARTIN DEL GRAF
CAMPO
I.M. 2404 MEX G.M. 2646 GER
6 SARUNAS = = 1 = 2.5 6 SARUNAS 0.5 0 0.5
SULSKIS SULSKIS
G.M. 2555 LIT G.M. 2555 LIT
11 REYNALDO = = 0 = 1.5
VERA
G.M. 2461 CUBA
US Champion Hikaru Nakamura beat Ukrainian Sergey Karjakin 4.5-1.5 in a
six-game match against in Mexico 9th-14th December 2004.
Official site: http://www.uaem.mx
Nakamura, Hikaru - Karjakin, Sergey 1-0 41 C45 Scotch Game
Karjakin, Sergey - Nakamura, Hikaru 0-1 60 B01 Centre Counter
Nakamura, Hikaru - Karjakin, Sergey 0-1 39 B53 Sicilian Hungarian
Karjakin, Sergey - Nakamura, Hikaru 1/2 59 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Nakamura, Hikaru - Karjakin, Sergey 1-0 55 B23 Sicilian Closed
Karjakin, Sergey - Nakamura, Hikaru 0-1 57 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Match Cuernavaca MEX (MEX), 9-15 xii 2004
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Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2620 1 1 0 = 1 1 4.5 2769
Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2576 0 0 1 = 0 0 1.5 2427
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The 2004 Edward Lasker Memorial and 88th Annual Marshall Chess Club
Championship took place 11th-19th December 2004. Jaan Ehlvest won the event
with 7/9.
Official site: http://www.marshallchessclub.org/
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ch-Marshall CC New York USA (USA), 11-19 xii 2004
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1. Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2631 +18 +16 = 2 = 3 = 4 +10 + 6 = 5 +11 7.0 2567
2. Gonzales, Jayson m PHI 2422 + 9 +13 = 1 + 5 - 3 = 4 +10 =12 = 6 6.0 2482
3. Stripunsky, Alexander g USA 2533 + 7 =10 + 6 = 1 + 2 +12 - 5 - 4 +13 6.0 2485
4. Fedorowicz, John P g USA 2511 = =12 = 7 +18 = 1 = 2 = + 3 + 5 6.0 2464
5. Sarkar, Justin m USA 2386 +14 = = - 2 + 7 +13 + 3 = 1 - 4 5.5 2346
6. Shevelev, Danny f ISR 2299 +17 +11 - 3 =10 -12 +18 - 1 +13 = 2 5.0 2382
7. Treger, Effim USA 2233 - 3 +19 = 4 = 8 - 5 =11 = 9 +17 +20 5.0 2295
8. Bonin, Jay R m USA 2342 -11 =14 = = 7 +17 =16 -13 +19 +10 5.0 2174
9. Thaler, Michael USA 2093 - 2 =15 =14 =20 = = = 7 +18 +16 5.0 2186
10. Hess, Robert L USA 2214 +19 = 3 =12 = 6 +11 - 1 - 2 +16 - 8 4.5 2359
11. Sena, Juan DOM 2200 + 8 - 6 =13 +16 -10 = 7 =18 +14 - 1 4.5 2261
12. Yudasin, Leonid g ISR 2547 = = 4 =10 =13 + 6 - 3 =16 = 2 = 4.5 2249
13. Pader,Douglas USA ---- +15 - 2 =11 =12 +14 - 5 + 8 - 6 - 3 4.0 2267
14. Frumkin, Edward USA 2069 - 5 = 8 = 9 +19 -13 =20 + -11 =17 4.0 2093
15. Ostrovskiy,Anatoli USA ---- -13 = 9 =17 = -16 = =19 =20 + 4.0 2019
16. Shapiro, Daniel E f USA 2264 +20 - 1 = -11 +15 = 8 =12 -10 - 9 3.5 2145
17. Logunov, Ilya RUS 2205 - 6 =18 =15 + - 8 -19 +20 - 7 =14 3.5 2058
18. Privman, Boris f USA 2302 - 1 =17 +20 - 4 + - 6 =11 - 9 =19 3.5 2135
19. Paciulli,Frank USA ---- -10 - 7 + -14 =20 +17 =15 - 8 =18 3.5 2071
20. Szuper,Paul USA ---- -16 + -18 = 9 =19 =14 -17 =15 - 7 3.0 2004
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The Maia Chiburdanidze tournament took place in Tbilisi, Georgia
3rd-14th December 2004. The whole site is in Georgian which is very tricky to
get information from. Nana Dzagnidze won the event with 9/11.
Official site: http://www.georgianchess.ge/maia/maia.htm
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It Chiburdanidze Tblisi GEO (GEO), 3-13 xii 2004 cat. III (2323)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Dzagnidze, Nana wg GEO 2484 * 0 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.0 2570
2. Khurtsidze, Nino m GEO 2399 1 * 1 = = 1 = = = 1 1 1 8.5 2526
3. Lomineishvili, Maia m GEO 2429 = 0 * 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 6.5 2378
4. Khukhashvili, Sopiko wm GEO 2256 = = 1 * 0 1 = = 0 1 = = 6.0 2364
5. Charkhalashvili, Inga wf GEO 2278 0 = 0 1 * 0 = = 1 1 = 1 6.0 2362
6. Gvetadze, Sopio wm GEO 2324 0 0 0 0 1 * = = 1 = = 1 5.0 2286
7. Tsereteli, Tamar GEO 2292 0 = 0 = = = * 1 0 1 = 0 4.5 2260
8. Javakhishvili, Lela wg GEO 2423 0 = 0 = = = 0 * = 0 1 1 4.5 2248
9. Khotenashvili, Bela GEO 2248 0 = 0 1 0 0 1 = * 0 = 1 4.5 2264
10. Nikoladze, Sopio wm GEO 2242 0 0 1 0 0 = 0 1 1 * = 0 4.0 2228
11. Melia, Salome wm GEO 2326 0 0 0 = = = = 0 = = * 1 4.0 2220
12. Mikadze, Miranda wf GEO 2172 0 0 1 = 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 * 3.5 2203
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The III Pereyra Memorial took place in Mendoza, Argentina 11th-17th
December 2004. 9 rounds, 90 mins + 30 sec per game event. took place 11th-17th
December, in Congress University, Mendoza City, Argentina. GM Carlos
García Palermo (ARG 2459) took first on tiebreak of a group of 3
finishing on 7.5/9, with IM José Fernando Cubas (PAR 2376) and GM Johan
Hellsten (SWE 2564). Tournament directors: Lic. Daniel Pereyra and Jorge
Fernández. Arbiters: IA Blas Mariano Pingas, IA Marcelo Hermida and NA
Nicolás Ruiz Peyré. News: Julio Alberto González.
Official site:
http://www.inforchess.com/pereyra/04Pereyra04.htm
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III Pereyra Mem Mendoza ARG (ARG), 11-17 xii 2004
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1. Garcia Palermo, Carlos g ARG 2459 7.5 42.0 54.0 51.0
2. Cubas, Jose Fernando m PAR 2376 7.5 39.5 53.0 49.5
3. Hellsten, Johan m SWE 2564 7.5 37.0 54.0 50.0
4. Giardelli, Sergio C m ARG 2432 7 37.5 49.5 46.5
5. Liascovich, Lucas f ARG 2415 7 36.0 50.5 46.5
6. Rosito, Jorge m ARG 2403 7 35.5 52.5 47.5
7. Alonso, Salvador m ARG 2467 7 35.0 52.5 48.0
8. Soppe, Guillermo m ARG 2433 6.5 36.0 52.0 49.0
9. Ricardi, Pablo g ARG 2548 6.5 36.0 51.0 49.5
10. Salguero, Francisco ARG 2281 6.5 36.0 45.5 45.5
11. Needleman, Gaston ARG 2260 6.5 35.5 49.5 47.5
12. Luconi, Cristian ARG 2258 6.5 33.5 52.5 48.5
13. Goldwaser, Cristian ARG 2214 6.5 33.0 50.5 47.0
14. Dolezal, Cristian f ARG 2410 6.5 32.0 47.0 43.5
15. Fernandez, Jorge ARG 2266 6.5 31.5 45.5 42.5
16. Panno, Oscar g ARG 2482 6 34.5 50.5 49.5
17. Crosa, Martin m URU 2400 6 34.5 49.5 46.0
18. Flores, Diego m ARG 2480 6 34.0 50.5 47.0
19. Aguilar, Andres ARG 2256 6 33.0 51.5 47.0
20. Tristan, Leonardo ARG 2190 6 33.0 47.5 43.5
21. Duarte, Leonardo ARG 2243 6 32.0 53.5 49.0
22. Lemos, Damian ARG 2209 6 32.0 47.5 44.5
23. Herrera, Martin ARG 2360 6 30.5 43.5 42.5
24. Mamani, Hector CHI 2177 6 30.0 49.0 45.5
25. Abraham,Miguel ARG ---- 6 30.0 44.5 43.0
26. Bernal, Gustavo ARG 2174 6 30.0 43.5 40.0
27. Mavrich, Leandro ARG 2110 6 29.0 48.0 44.5
28. Villegas,David ARG ---- 6 27.5 45.0 42.0
29. Ruiz,Roberto ARG ---- 6 27.5 40.5 37.5
30. Mavrich,Demian ARG ---- 6 25.0 40.0 40.0
31. Van Riemsdijk, Herman C m BRA 2423 5.5 34.0 53.5 50.5
148 players
The Bykova Memorial took place in Vladimir 7th-18th December 2004.
Yelena Dembo won the event on tie-break from Tatianoa Kononenko both scoring
7.5/11.
Official site: http://chess.port33.ru/
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Bykova Mem Vladimir RUS (RUS), 9-18 xii 2004 cat. III (2314)
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1. Dembo, Yelena m GRE 2396 * = 1 0 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 = 7.5 2439
2. Kononenko, Tatiana wg UKR 2305 = * 0 = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 = 7.5 2448
3. Shaidullina, Sandugach wg RUS 2308 0 1 * 1 1 = 1 0 1 = 0 = 6.5 2379
4. Shadrina, Tatiana wg RUS 2401 1 = 0 * = 0 0 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2371
5. Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2385 = = 0 = * 1 = = = 1 = = 6.0 2343
6. Komiagina, Maria m RUS 2312 0 0 = 1 0 * = 1 1 0 1 1 6.0 2350
7. Kursova, Maria wm RUS 2315 = 0 0 1 = = * 0 = = 1 1 5.5 2314
8. Velikhanli, Firuza wg AZE 2322 0 = 1 0 = 0 1 * 0 1 0 1 5.0 2277
9. Burtasova, Anna wm RUS 2273 = 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 * 1 = 1 5.0 2281
10. Sharevich, Anna wm BLR 2266 0 0 = = 0 1 = 0 0 * = 1 4.0 2216
11. Bashkite, Viktoria wm EST 2206 0 0 1 0 = 0 0 1 = = * 0 3.5 2191
12. Shukurova, Meihriban wm AZE 2281 = = = 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 3.0 2142
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The University of Texas at Dallas hosted a Category X tournament
7th-15th December 2004. The University of Texas At Dallas is in Richardson
Texas, a suburb of Dallas. Dr. Timothy Redman is the International Arbiter for
the event. Only a limited number of games available although some may become
available later. Igor Novikov and Yuri Shulman both finished on 6.5/9.
Official site: http://chessweb.utdallas.edu/
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UTD GM Dallas USA (USA), 7-16 xii 2004 cat. X (2481)
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1. Novikov, Igor A g USA 2588 * = 0 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2634
2. Shulman, Yuri g USA 2549 = * = = 0 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2639
3. Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2653 1 = * = = = 1 0 1 1 6.0 2586
4. Ramirez, Alejandro g CRC 2519 = = = * = = 1 1 = 0 5.0 2519
5. Simutowe, Amon m ZAM 2424 0 1 = = * 1 0 = = 1 5.0 2530
6. Mahesh Chandran, P m IND 2482 0 0 = = 0 * 1 1 1 1 5.0 2523
7. Vavrak, Peter m SVK 2388 = 0 0 0 1 0 * = 1 = 3.5 2411
8. Kujovic, Michal SVK 2360 0 0 1 0 = 0 = * 0 1 3.0 2369
9. Schneider, Dmitry m USA 2453 0 0 0 = = 0 0 1 * = 2.5 2317
10. Fernandez, Daniel f USA 2391 0 0 0 1 0 0 = 0 = * 2.0 2270
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The Subotica 2004 International Chess Tournament takes place in
Subotica, Serbia and Montenegro, December 10-18th, 2004. It is an 11 Round
Robin Event. News: Vladica Andrejic and Brindza Istvan.
Further details SCG Chess Federation site:
http://www.scgchess.org
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It Subotica SCG (SCG), 10-18 xii 2004 cat. III (2319)
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1. Nadj Hedjesi, Balind SCG 2337 * = 0 1 = 1 1 = = 1 1 = 7.5 2450
2. Kizov, Atanas f MKD 2355 = * = = = 1 = = 1 = = 1 7.0 2418
3. Farkas, Tibor m SCG 2336 1 = * = = 0 = = 1 = = 1 6.5 2382
4. Palkovi, Jozsef m HUN 2426 0 = = * = = = 1 0 1 1 1 6.5 2374
5. Jesenski, Tibor f SCG 2287 = = = = * = = = = 1 = = 6.0 2358
6. Mrkonjic, Nenad m CRO 2354 0 0 1 = = * = = 1 1 1 0 6.0 2352
7. Ardeleanu, Alin m ROM 2391 0 = = = = = * = 1 0 1 1 6.0 2348
8. Arbutina, Sinisa SCG 2259 = = = 0 = = = * = 1 = 0 5.0 2288
9. Vidic, Stevan f SCG 2267 = 0 0 1 = 0 0 = * = = = 4.0 2222
10. Dumpor, Atif f BIH 2382 0 = = 0 0 0 1 0 = * = 1 4.0 2211
11. Pavlik, Goran SCG 2166 0 = = 0 = 0 0 = = = * 1 4.0 2231
12. Marjanusic, Vladimir SCG 2273 = 0 0 0 = 1 0 1 = 0 0 * 3.5 2190
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The 42nd National 'A' Chess Championship started December 4th in
Visakhapatnam. The 19-player saw defending champion Ganguly retain his title
under the Koya System tie-break ahead of Chanda Sanidpan both finished on
12/19. Almost all but a few final round 19 games are available. My thanks to
Vasudevan
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ch-IND Visakhapatnam IND (IND), 4-16 xii 2004 cat. VIII (2445)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1. Ganguly, Surya Shekhar g IND 2559 * = = 1 0 = = = 1 = = 1 = = 1 1 1 = 1 12.0 2564
2. Sandipan, Chanda g IND 2543 = * = = = = = = = 1 1 = = 1 = = 1 1 1 12.0 2565
3. Kunte, Abhijit g IND 2550 = = * = = = = = = = 1 = = 1 1 = = 1 = 11.0 2519
4. Sundararajan, Kidambi m IND 2476 0 = = * = 0 = = = = 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 = 1 11.0 2523
5. Venkatesh, M.R m IND 2450 1 = = = * = = = = = = 1 1 0 = 1 0 = 1 10.5 2502
6. Koneru, Humpy g IND 2503 = = = 1 = * 0 = 1 = 1 0 = = = = 1 1 0 10.0 2485
7. Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi m IND 2376 = = = = = 1 * = 1 = = 0 = 1 = 1 0 = = 10.0 2492
8. Bakre, Tejas g IND 2491 = = = = = = = * = = = = = = = = 1 = 1 10.0 2485
9. Neelotpal, Das m IND 2458 0 = = = = 0 0 = * 1 = 1 = = = 1 1 = = 9.5 2465
10. Roktim, Bandyopadhyay m IND 2345 = 0 = = = = = = 0 * 1 = = = 1 = = = 1 9.5 2472
11. Barua, Dibyendu g IND 2525 = 0 0 0 = 0 = = = 0 * = = 1 = = 1 1 1 8.5 2420
12. Sriram, Jha m IND 2431 0 = = = 0 1 1 = 0 = = * 0 = = = = = = 8.0 2403
13. Suvrajit, Saha IND 2395 = = = 0 0 = = = = = = 1 * = = 0 0 = 1 8.0 2405
14. Konguvel, Ponnuswamy m IND 2403 = 0 0 0 1 = 0 = = = 0 = = * 1 = 1 = = 8.0 2404
15. Deepan, Chakkravarthy J m IND 2396 0 = 0 0 = = = = = 0 = = = 0 * 1 = 1 1 8.0 2405
16. Harika, Dronavalli wg IND 2391 0 = = = 0 = 0 = 0 = = = 1 = 0 * = = = 7.0 2368
17. Gupta, Abhijeet f IND 2412 0 0 = 0 1 0 1 0 0 = 0 = 1 0 = = * = 1 7.0 2367
18. Prathamesh, Sunil Mokal m IND 2390 = 0 0 = = 0 = = = = 0 = = = 0 = = * = 6.5 2346
19. Shetty, Rahul m IND 2369 0 0 = 0 0 1 = 0 = 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 = * 4.5 2256
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Official Final Standings:
1. Surya Sekhar Ganguly 12.0 57500
2. Sandipan Chanda 12.0 57500
3. Abhijit Kunte 11.0 30500
4. Sundararajan Kidambi 11.0 30500
5. M R Venkatesh 10.5 17000
6. Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury 10.0 9333
7. Koneru Humpy 10.0 9333
8. Tejas Bakre 10.0 9333
9. Roktim Bandopadhyay 9.5 5500
10. Neelotpal Das 9.5 5500
11. Dibyendu Barua 8.5 5000
12. Sriram Jha 8.0 1250
13. Suvrajit Saha 8.0 1250
14. P Konguvel 8.0 1250
15. Deepan Chakkravarthy 8.0 1250
16. Dronavalli Harika 7.0
17. Abhijeet Gupta 7.0
18. Prathmesh Mokal 6.5
19. Rahul Shetty 4.5
The First Saturday December tournaments took place 4th-17th of December
2004. Nguyen Ngoc Truongson won the event with 8/11 half a point clear of
Krisztian Szabo.
Website:
http://www.firstsaturday.hu/
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FSGM December Budapest HUN (HUN), 4-16 xii 2004 cat. VII (2420)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Nguyen Ngoc Truongson m VIE 2527 * 1 1 = = = 1 = = 1 = 1 8.0 2584
2. Szabo, Krisztian HUN 2394 0 * = = = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 7.5 2554
3. Berczes, David f HUN 2321 0 = * = = = = 1 1 = 1 = 6.5 2493
4. Boros, Denes m HUN 2414 = = = * = 1 = 0 1 = = = 6.0 2456
5. Fogarasi, Tibor g HUN 2425 = = = = * = = = = = = 1 6.0 2455
6. Farago, Ivan g HUN 2455 = = = 0 = * = 1 = = = 1 6.0 2452
7. Ilincic, Zlatko g SCG 2522 0 0 = = = = * = = 1 1 1 6.0 2446
8. Starostits, Ilmars m LAT 2460 = 0 0 1 = 0 = * 0 1 1 1 5.5 2415
9. Paschall, William M m USA 2394 = 0 0 0 = = = 1 * = 1 0 4.5 2356
10. Gonda, Laszlo f HUN 2400 0 = = = = = 0 0 = * 1 = 4.5 2356
11. Horvath, Andras HUN 2339 = 0 0 = = = 0 0 0 0 * 1 3.0 2251
12. Karatorossian, David m ARM 2384 0 0 = = 0 0 0 0 1 = 0 * 2.5 2211
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FSIM December Budapest HUN (HUN), 4-16 xii 2004 cat. II (2289)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Szeberenyi, Adam m HUN 2366 * = 0 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 8.5 2492
2. Pap, Gyula HUN 2359 = * = = 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 = 8.0 2457
3. Howell, David WL f ENG 2340 1 = * = 0 1 1 = = 1 = 1 7.5 2417
4. Werner, Dimo m GER 2301 0 = = * = 1 1 = = = = = 6.0 2323
5. Brustkern, Juergen f GER 2236 0 0 1 = * 0 = 1 = = = 1 5.5 2293
6. Issakainen, Ari FIN 2230 = 0 0 0 1 * 0 = 1 = = 1 5.0 2258
7. Schneider, Veronika HUN 2263 0 = 0 0 = 1 * = = = 1 = 5.0 2255
8. Zaragatski, Ilja GER 2334 = 0 = = 0 = = * = 1 0 = 4.5 2219
9. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2335 0 0 = = = 0 = = * = 1 = 4.5 2219
10. Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2283 0 = 0 = = = = 0 = * = = 4.0 2187
11. Solomons, Deon RSA 2249 0 0 = = = = 0 1 0 = * = 4.0 2190
12. Fodor, Tamas jr f HUN 2169 0 = 0 = 0 0 = = = = = * 3.5 2166
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The Singapore Chess Federation and Asean Chess Academy organise the
Singapore International Chess Convention 10th-18th December 2004. The Singapore
Masters was won by Susanto Megaranto ahead on tie-break from Mark Paragua both
finishing on 7/9. The strongest of the Asian Junior events was the Open
Under-14 which was won by clearly by Le Quang Liem who was also by far the
strongest player. There were Open Under 14, 12, 10 and 8 events and the same
for girls.
Official site: http://www.asiayouth2004.com and
detailed results:
http://schach.wienerzeitung.at/asp/show.htm?id=4266&lan=1
Crosstable (not official order)
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Master Open Singapore SIN (SIN), 11-18 xii 2004
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1. Megaranto, Susanto m INA 2439 +22 +27 - 2 +15 = 5 + 4 = 3 +12 + 9 7.0 2662
2. Paragua, Mark m PHI 2534 +37 +23 + 1 - 3 +33 + 8 = 5 +14 = 4 7.0 2630
3. Wu Wenjin g CHN 2531 +28 =20 +10 + 2 = 4 = 9 = 1 +17 = 7 6.5 2604
4. Zhang Pengxiang g CHN 2519 +18 +16 = 8 =12 = 3 - 1 +25 +13 = 2 6.0 2522
5. Yu Shaoteng m CHN 2517 -31 +40 +28 +11 = 1 =15 = 2 = 6 +16 6.0 2434
6. Shen, Siyuan CHN 2129 -23 +37 =16 +29 =17 =25 +32 = 5 +14 6.0 2439
7. Wang Rui m CHN 2484 +33 =15 =13 +32 - 8 =12 +39 +11 = 3 6.0 2455
8. Goh Koon-Jong, Jason f SIN 2419 +36 +11 = 4 = 9 + 7 - 2 -14 =20 +27 5.5 2491
9. Xu Jun g CHN 2589 +25 =10 +24 = 8 =12 = 3 =13 +15 - 1 5.5 2459
10. Goh Weiming f SIN 2353 +34 = 9 - 3 +30 =13 =32 =15 =27 +24 5.5 2418
11. Sadorra, Julio Catalino f PHI 2300 +44 - 8 +46 - 5 =21 +41 +19 - 7 +26 5.5 2361
12. Tirto f INA 2388 +19 =31 +20 = 4 = 9 = 7 =17 - 1 =15 5.0 2440
13. Satyapragyan, Swayangsu m IND 2370 =40 +21 = 7 =24 =10 +18 = 9 - 4 =22 5.0 2411
14. Situru, Nathanael m INA 2390 =32 =39 =18 +22 =16 +33 + 8 - 2 - 6 5.0 2328
15. Mok Tze-Meng f MAS 2336 +43 = 7 +31 - 1 +24 = 5 =10 - 9 =12 5.0 2413
16. Mahmud, Syarif f INA 2343 +38 - 4 = 6 +41 =14 =19 =27 +21 - 5 5.0 2348
17. Irwanto, Sadikin f INA 2413 +41 -24 =22 +31 = 6 +28 =12 - 3 =19 5.0 2321
18. Halay, Taufik f INA 2264 - 4 +38 =14 =35 +26 -13 +23 =31 =20 5.0 2381
19. Gokhale, Anupama wm IND 2188 -12 -30 +45 +36 +22 =16 -11 +25 =17 5.0 2315
20. Lim Yee-Weng f MAS 2346 +47 = 3 -12 =39 -32 +36 +34 = 8 =18 5.0 2319
21. El Arousy, Abdul Hameed m EGY 2388 +46 -13 -33 +40 =11 =31 +28 -16 +36 5.0 2286
22. Lubis, Endar Sakti INA 2249 - 1 +45 =17 -14 -19 +42 +41 +39 =13 5.0 2285
23. Wong Zi Jing f MAS 2349 + 6 - 2 =41 =25 -28 +40 -18 =34 +31 4.5 2253
24. Visweswaran, K IND 2297 +42 +17 - 9 =13 -15 -39 +33 +32 -10 4.5 2298
25. Purnama, Tirta Chandra INA 2286 - 9 +34 =39 =23 +35 = 6 - 4 -19 +40 4.5 2297
26. Singh, Gurpreetpal IND 2341 =29 =32 +36 -33 -18 +35 =31 +30 -11 4.5 2242
27. Petrenko, Svetlana wg MDA 2323 +45 - 1 -32 +43 =39 +30 =16 =10 - 8 4.5 2242
28. Ly Hong Nguyen VIE 2267 - 3 +47 - 5 +42 +23 -17 -21 =29 +39 4.5 2286
29. Wen Gehua CHN 2071 =26 =35 =40 - 6 -31 =44 +47 =28 +43 4.5 2187
30. Yeo Min-Yang, Evan f SIN 2245 . +19 =35 -10 +38 -27 +37 -26 =34 4.0 2265
31. Singh, Rishipal S f IND 2259 + 5 =12 -15 -17 +29 =21 =26 =18 -23 4.0 2297
32. Supriyanto, Tommy INA 2190 =14 =26 +27 - 7 +20 =10 - 6 -24 =37 4.0 2283
33. Ramu, K IND 2258 - 7 +43 +21 +26 - 2 -14 -24 =40 =38 4.0 2258
34. Rismanto, Ricky INA 2169 -10 -25 -43 +37 +42 +38 -20 =23 =30 4.0 2174
35. Simanjuntak, Sebastian f INA 2377 =39 =29 =30 =18 -25 -26 -36 +45 +44 4.0 2136
36. Panggabean, Hasian INA 2222 - 8 +44 -26 -19 +45 -20 +35 +43 -21 4.0 2187
37. Setiawan, A INA 2275 - 2 - 6 =38 -34 +43 +46 -30 +47 =32 4.0 2123
38. Iswana, Achyu INA 2096 -16 -18 =37 +47 -30 -34 +48 +41 =33 4.0 2166
39. Purba, Cornelis INA 2181 =35 =14 =25 =20 =27 +24 - 7 -22 -28 3.5 2255
40. Negi, V. S IND 2175 =13 - 5 =29 -21 +44 -23 +46 =33 -25 3.5 2168
41. Fadli, Zakaria MAS 2200 -17 +42 =23 -16 +46 -11 -22 -38 +48 3.5 2114
42. Khor Yu Keat,Andrew MAS ---- -24 -41 +48 -28 -34 -22 =45 +46 +47 3.5 2065
43. Aw Wai Onn MAS 2009 -15 -33 +34 -27 -37 +48 +44 -36 -29 3.0 2058
44. Gagarin,Setiawan INA ---- -11 -36 +47 =46 -40 =29 -43 +48 -35 3.0 2017
45. Lin, Ailin SIN 2002 -27 -22 -19 +48 -36 -47 =42 -35 =46 2.0 1945
46. Shaw,Robin AUS ---- -21 +48 -11 =44 -41 -37 -40 -42 =45 2.0 1928
47. Yueh Wei Po CHN 2127 -20 -28 -44 -38 +48 +45 -29 -37 -42 2.0 1897
48. BYE ---- . -46 -42 -45 -47 -43 -38 -44 -41 0.0
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Asian U14 Singapore SIN (SIN), 11-18 xii 2004
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1. Le Quang Liem f VIE 2329 8.0 51.0 45.75
2. Tejdeep, Adabala IND 2079 6.5 51.0 34.75
3. Sai, Srinivas IND 2237 6.5 50.5 33.75
4. Toufighi, Homayoon IRI 2146 6.5 47.5 30.75
5. Nguyen Viet Chung VIE 2045 6.0 50.5 30.00
6. Kasyan, Aleksandr UZB 2226 5.5 52.0 30.75
7. Bao Khoa VIE ---- 5.5 48.0 26.00
8. Marco Polo,Rosete PHI ---- 5.5 42.5 24.25
9. Behrmardi Kalantari,Rostam IRI ---- 5.5 42.0 24.00
10. Ton, That Nhu Tung VIE 2266 5.5 38.5 21.50
11. Lazarus,Ben AUS ---- 5.5 38.0 22.50
12. Anas, Nazreen Bakri f MAS 2107 5.0 49.5 25.00
13. Lee Wei Cheng SIN 2054 5.0 47.0 24.00
14. Tan Shihao, Sean SIN 2091 5.0 43.5 20.75
15. Teo Wei Xing ---- 5.0 41.5 23.75
16. Huang, Justin AUS 2060 5.0 41.5 20.75
17. Sankalp, Modwal IND 2028 5.0 40.0 20.7
43 players
The Voronezh Regional Championship took place 3rd-13th December 2004.
Vladimir Belikov won the event clearly with 8.5/11 undefeated. My thanks to
Dmitry V. Borisenkov.
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Region Champ Voronezh RUS (RUS), 3-13 xii 2004 cat. V (2368)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Belikov, Vladimir g RUS 2506 * = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2566
2. Chuprikov, Dmitry RUS 2396 = * = = = = = = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2498
3. Sergienko, Sergey m RUS 2433 = = * = = = = 1 = 1 1 1 7.5 2494
4. Rodin, Dmitrij RUS 2421 = = = * = = 1 0 1 1 0 1 6.5 2427
5. Chernyshov, Konstantin g RUS 2569 0 = = = * 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 6.5 2414
6. Provotorov, Ivan f RUS 2334 = = = = 1 * 1 = = 0 0 1 6.0 2406
7. Kostin, Alexey m RUS 2387 = = = 0 0 0 * 1 = = 1 1 5.5 2365
8. Severgin, Valentin RUS 2229 0 = 0 1 0 = 0 * 1 0 1 1 5.0 2344
9. Terentiev, Vitaly G RUS 2355 0 0 = 0 1 = = 0 * 1 = 1 5.0 2332
10. Raetsky, Alexander m RUS 2430 0 0 0 0 0 1 = 1 0 * = = 3.5 2228
11. Lukovnikov, Alexander RUS 2351 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 = = * 0 3.0 2194
12. Skvortsov,Andrey RUS ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 * 1.5 2092
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The Stek Cup took place in Tula Russia 16th-27th November 2004. Vladimir
Afromeev and Maxim Novikov finished on 9.5/11. News: Sergey Abramov.
Official site: http://www.chessassistantclub.com
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Stek Cup Tula RUS (RUS), 16-27 xi 2004 cat. IV (2348)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Afromeev, Vladimir f RUS 2547 * = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.5 2638
2. Novikov, Maxim m RUS 2498 = * = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.5 2642
3. Yagupov, Igor g RUS 2509 = = * = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 9.0 2594
4. Zaitsev, Alexander2 RUS 2329 0 = = * = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2524
5. Shestakov, Sergei RUS 2342 0 0 0 = * = 1 1 = = 1 1 6.0 2384
6. Poletov, Vladimir RUS 2371 = 0 0 = = * 0 = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2381
7. Khanov, Vjacheslav RUS 2216 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 1 1 1 1 6.0 2395
8. Zhavoronkov, Evgeny RUS 2279 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 * = 1 1 1 4.5 2288
9. Biriukov, Ilja RUS 2256 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = * = 1 1 3.5 2222
10. Kozlov, Mikhail P RUS 2282 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 = * 1 1 3.0 2178
11. Sushkov, Alexey RUS 2275 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * = 0.5 1884
12. Gorbunov, Oleg RUS 2266 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = * 0.5 1884
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The 9th Torneo Magistral de Elgoibar (Spain) took place 11th-18th
December 2004. Ivan Cheparinov won the event with 7/9 half a point clear of
Ruben Felgaer who had the consolation of beating the winner. My thanks to Luiz
Roberto.
Official site: http://www.xake.net/
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IX It Elgoibar ESP (ESP), 11-19 xii 2004 cat. X (2480)
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1. Cheparinov, Ivan m BUL 2576 * 0 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2689
2. Felgaer, Ruben g ARG 2569 1 * = 1 = = 0 1 1 1 6.5 2636
3. Mirzoev, Azer g AZE 2513 = = * 1 = = = = = 1 5.5 2556
4. Flear, Glenn C g ENG 2457 = 0 0 * 1 1 1 = = 1 5.5 2562
5. Perez Candelario, Manuel m ESP 2474 0 = = 0 * = = 1 1 1 5.0 2523
6. Herraiz Hidalgo, Herminio m ESP 2474 0 = = 0 = * 1 = = 1 4.5 2480
7. Ivanov, Jordan m BUL 2395 0 1 = 0 = 0 * = = 1 4.0 2446
8. Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario m ESP 2475 0 0 = = 0 = = * 1 1 4.0 2437
9. Saldano, Horacio m ARG 2482 0 0 = = 0 = = 0 * = 2.5 2313
10. Gonzalez de la Torre, Santiago f ESP 2384 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = * 0.5 2046
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The 5th and 6th Rounds of the Bundesliga took place 11th-12th December
2004. Games now available.
Official site: http://www.schachbundesliga.de/
Round 6 Table (Round 7 also almost complete)
1. SG Porz 7 38,0 14:0
2. SC Baden-Oos 7 37,5 14:0
3. TV Tegernsee 7 35,0 12:2
4. SV Werder Bremen 7 34,0 12:2
5. Mülheim Nord 6 28,0 9:3
6. SC Kreuzberg 7 35,0 8:6
7. Hamburger SK 7 31,0 8:6
8. SF Katernberg 6 27,0 8:4
9. SC Eppingen 7 22,0 6:8
10. SV Wattenscheid 7 26,0 5:9
11. SF Neukölln 7 23,5 4:10
12. SV Hofheim 7 20,5 4:10
13. Erfurter SK 7 25,0 3:11
14. SG Solingen 7 24,5 3:11
15. Stuttgarter SF 7 18,0 0:14
16. Preetzer TSV 7 15,0 0:14
George Mirijanian reports: The Harry Nelson Pillsbury Memorial
tournament took place 11th-12th December 2004 at the University of
Massachusetts-Boston, located in Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA. Tied for
1st-3rd place with 3-1 scores were GM Alexander Ivanov, IM Igor Foygel and FM
Braden Bournival, the last of whom upset Ivanov in the first round. FM John
Curdo captured 4th place with a 2.5-1.5 tally. A total of 38 players competed
in the five-section tourney, which was directed by Robert Messenger and
sponsored by the Massachusetts Chess Association. Complete crosstables are
available at http://masschess.org
The Grand Prix d'Echecs in d'Aix en Provence tournament took place
8th-11th December. Anatoly Karpov won the event by defeating Andrei Istratescu
in the final. Murtas Kazhgaleyev took 3rd place after beating Joel Lautier in a
playoff. The game Karpov 1/2 Flear may not be fully correct but Istratescu 1/2
Karpov is now complete and correct.
Round 1 Day 1: Kosteniuk 0-2 Kazhgaleyev, Lautier 2-0 Gouliev.
Round
1 Day 2 Karpov 1.5-0.5 Flear and Istratescu 2-0 Stefanova
Round 2:
Istratescu 1.5-0.5 Lautier and Karpov 1.5-0.5 Kazgaleyev
3rd-4th Place
Kazhgaleyev 3-2 Lautier
Final Karpov 1.5-0.5 Istratescu
Official site: http://www.grandprixdaix.com
The "V Torneo Internacional de El Sauzal" (Tenerife, Spain) saw more
than 40 titled players competed 6th-7th November 2004. The winner was GM Emir
Dizdarevic from Bosnia. News: Agustín Manrique.
Further details: http://www.ajedrezelsauzal.com
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V Open Sauzal ESP (ESP), 6-7 xi 2004
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1 Dizdarevic, Emir BIH 2538 gm 8 57.5 42.0 45.5
2 Kurajica, Bojan BIH 2541 gm 7.5 57.0 39.0 44.5
3 Malakhatko, Vadim UKR 2571 gm 7.5 55.0 39.5 42.5
4 Moreno Carnero, Javier ESP 2512 gm 7.5 54.5 38.5 42.5
5 Strikovic, Aleksa SCG 2470 gm 7.5 50.5 38.5 39.0
6 Gaponenko, Inna UKR 2445 im 7 56.5 39.0 45.5
7 Moskalenko, Viktor UKR 2551 gm 7 54.0 35.5 42.0
8 Damljanovic, Branko SCG 2578 gm 7 53.5 37.5 41.5
9 Meijers, Viesturs LET 2465 im 7 53.0 37.5 41.5
10 Cifuentes, Roberto CHI 2540 gm 7 51.0 34.0 39.0
11 Epishin, Vladimir RUS 2599 gm 7 50.0 36.5 41.0
12 Krivoshey, Sergei UKR 2499 im 7 50.0 35.0 39.0
13 Perez Rodriguez, Luis Manuel CUB 2430 im 7 47.0 35.0 36.5
14 Korneev, Oleg RUS 2583 gm 6.5 54.0 36.0 42.0
15 Kalod, Radek CZE 2492 im 6.5 53.5 37.0 41.5
16 Perez Garcia, Rodney CUB 2422 im 6.5 50.0 35.0 40.0
17 Milov, Leonid UKR 2470 im 6.5 50.0 34.0 38.5
18 Lalic, Bogdan ENG 2515 gm 6.5 48.5 37.5 40.5
19 Todorcevic, Miodrag SCG 2476 gm 6.5 48.5 35.0 40.0
20 Vidarte Morales, Arturo PER 2375 im 6.5 47.5 33.5 39.5
21 Fernandez Manrique, Agustin ESP 2136 6.5 44.5 32.5 35.0
22 Rodriguez Guerrero, Enrique ESP 2433 im 6 56.0 37.0 45.5
23 Hernandez, Gilberto MEX 2509 gm 6 54.0 36.5 43.5
24 Zlotnik, Boris RUS 2424 im 6 54.0 34.0 42.0
25 Diaz Leon, Richard Josue VEN 2245 6 52.5 33.0 41.0
26 Movsziszian, Karen ARM 2512 gm 6 51.5 34.0 40.5
27 Zozulia, Anna UKR 2412 wgm 6 51.0 35.0 41.0
28 Mirzoev, Azer AZB 2513 gm 6 50.5 36.0 43.5
29 Gonzalez Rodriguez, Jorge COL 2354 im 6 50.0 33.0 39.5
30 Cabrera, Alexis COL 2502 gm 6 47.0 34.0 40.0
31 De La Cruz Sanchez, Gustavo ESP 2281 6 47.0 29.5 35.5
32 Cabrera Trujillo, Jorge Juan ESP 2009 6 46.0 30.0 36.5
33 Perera Gonzalez, Pablo ESP 2211 6 45.5 32.5 37.0
34 Zambrana, Osvaldo BOL 2473 im 6 44.5 32.0 37.5
35 Medal Paves, Jose Maria ESP 2095 6 44.5 29.0 33.0
36 Sanz Alonso, Francisco Javi ESP 2361 im 6 44.0 30.0 34.5
37 Rios Parra, Alejandro COL 2283 im 6 41.5 32.0 35.0
38 Garcia Rodriguez, Dario ESP 2156 6 41.5 28.5 33.5
39 Pinto Henriquez, Rodrigo ESP 2251 6 41.0 32.0 34.5
40 Hernandez Izquierdo, Albert ESP 2081 6 40.0 26.0 33.0
41 Lopez Pereyra, Antonio ESP 2140 6 39.5 30.0 33.5
220 players
In an open letter to the ACP Board and signed by Ruslan Ponomariov,
Veselin Topalov and Silvio Danailov they state "we disagree with the politics
and most of the decisions of the ACP Board. Having in mind this, we declare
that with this letter we cancel officially our membership in ACP". There is no
specific explanation of why this announcement came about but they are
significant losses to the membership.
ACP site: http://www.chess-players.org
Einar S Einarsson International Affairs Liaison for the Icelandic Chess
Federation says they are quite concerned about the fate of former world chess
champion Bobby Fischer and have formed a special, the The RJF Committee Iceland
in support for his freedom from his detention in Japan. Members of this
committee include GM Fridrik Olafsson, former Fide president, and G.
Thorarinsson, chief organizer of the Fischer – Spassky match in 1972,
Lilja Grétarsdóttir president of ICF and more.
Fischer appeared on Icelandic TV:
http://www.visir.is/?PageID=34
Click on 13.12.04 and "Island í dag" (or
directly
)
On December 15th Bobby Fischer was granted a residence permit in
Iceland. The Icelandic Authorities announced that Bobby Fischer is welcomed to
Iceland and that Mr. David Oddsson foreign minister has decided at his request
to grant him a residence visa. When this news broke 5 members of Bobby Fischers
support group were at the Japanese Embassy in Reykjavik, protesting and
appealing for his uncondtional relese from detention in Tokyo. Yesterday they
visited the US Embassy and today there in an open letter to the US Ambassador
in the main newspaper with very sharp criticism and points.
The Icelandic Government granted the request of the Icelandic Chess
Federation on humanitarian grounds. The Icelandic ambassador in Japan has been
authorised to negotiate with Japanese authoritities on Fischer's release and
his move to Iceland.
Further details:
http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/16/fischer.japan.reut/
Open Letter
which Mr. G. Sverrisson wrote on behalf of the RJF Committee Iceland
http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/fischerlet.html
Now Iceland´s foreign minister Mr. David Oddsson, who authorised
Bobby Fischers residence visa in Iceland is in complex negotiations with US and
Japanese Authorities but the icelanders hope that Fischer will be in Iceland in
a couple of weeks.
Linares 2005
Confirmed players are Gary Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand, Veselin
Topalov, Peter Leko, Michael Adams, they will be joined by either Alexei Shirov
or Francisco Vallejo Pons as Spanish representatives and Vladimir Kramnik if he
accepts his inviation. The event takes place 24th February - 13th March 2005.
[story Marca 27.10.2004 -
http://www.marca.com/edicion/noticia/0,2458,552742,00.html]
If anyone has more up to date listing than less please let me know.
Last year Marca had the official website:
http://www.marca.com/linares/
Bermuda Tournament
The Bermuda Invitational will be held 30th January - 9th February 2005
with the traditional Open following - 10th Feb: Opening Party and Blitz; 11th
to 13th, 5 round Open followed by Closing Party. The Invitational will be the
strongest yet - Dominguez, Gelfand, Harikrishna, Macieja, Vescovi &
Volokitin (exp. 2656 Elo) and several of the invitees have confirmed that they
will play in the Open.
Further details: http://www.bermuda.bm/chess
38th Biel International Chess Festival
38th Biel International Chess Festival Dates: 16th-29th July 2005 with,
in particular: - the Grandmaster tournament (17th-27th July 2005) - the
Accentus Ladies Tournament 17th-27th July 2005) - the active chess tournament
(16th and 17th July 2005) - the Master Open (18th-29th July 2005, last round in
the morning) - the General Open (20th-29th July 2005, last round in the
morning) - the Blitz tournament (23th July 2005)
Further details: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch
3rd Nancy International Festival
The 3rd Nancy (France) International Festival sees several round-robins
tournaments (9 rounds / fischer 2 hours per players + 30 sec) by elo which take
place 14th-20th February 2005.
Group A will be category 10 with : Bauer 2622 Istratescu 2611 Nijboer
2567 Tirard 2461 Marzolo 2437 Rocha 2431 Wirig 2408 Nezar 2375 Philippe 2371.
(one im more than 2520 elo non-FRA-code can contact philippe.chr@free.fr).
Details in french/english/german on
http://echiquier.nanceien.free.fr/festival.html
Events in India in 2005
5th Asian Individual Championship
The 5th Asian Individual Chess Championship 2005 takes place in Cochin,
Total Prize Fund : US$33000 Arrival : 13/01/2005 Closing : 23/01/2005 Organiser
: P.T. Ummer Koya , koya@chessindia.org ; aicf@chessindia.org Website:
http://www.chessindia.org
Commonwealth Championships
The Commonwealth Chess Championships for Men, Women, Boys & Girls
incorporating An International Open Chess Tournament TOtal Prize Fund: US$12000
ARRIVAL : 27/02/2005 CLOSING : 09/03/2005 Organiser : Rajastan State Chess
Association Contact : aicf@chessindia.org ; slharsh2000@yahoo.co.uk Website:
http://www.chessindia.org
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister's International Open
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister's International Open Chess Tournament,
Raipur Total Prize Fund : Us$12000 Arrival : 10/03/2005 Closing : 20/03/2005
Organiser : Hotel Babylon, Vip Road, Raipur, India. Contact :
aicf@chessindia.org ; vkrathi_aicf@rediffmail.com Website : Website:
http://www.chessindia.org
Barcelona Open
GM Ivan Cheparinov won the Open Internacional Ciutat de Barcelona. No
games.
Official site: http://www.ajedreznd.com/2004/ciutatgran.html
Linsborg FIDE Norm tournament
Mikhail Korenman, is holding a Linsborg, KS. FIDE Norm tournament, Dec
17th-22nd 2004 and a follow up Knockout (with many GM's, IM's FM's) Dec
23rd-25th 2005. Then the Pan Am games in Wichita. December 27th-30th 2004. The
top six boards will be shown at: http://www.ruschess.com/cbp/1.html
Blitz Russian Federation Open Internet Cup
The Blitz Russian Federation Open Internet Cup Superfinal starts on
December 28, 2004 at the Chess Assistant Club playing zone
http://www.ChessAssistantClub.com.
Many top chess players all over the world will participate. All the games of
the tournament will be presented with online commentary
Hamarat Challenge Match
The ICCF World Champion Tunc Hamarat (AUT) who has never lost a single
game with White, has challenged the "Rest of the World" to a friendly 2-game
match. He will have White in both games. The games (one will start with 1.e4
and one with 1.d4) will be played on the ICCF Webserver and started on 10th
February 2005 with the rule "10 moves/70 days".
The players on the "Rest of the World" team will vote on each move. The
move receiving the most votes will be selected. Should 2 or more moves receive
the same number of votes, the "Rest of the World" will be given 2 more voting
days to decide between the tied moves. Participation in this event is open to
all players who pay an entry fee of 5 EUR or $7.00 US dollars via their
National CC Federation or the ICCF Direct Entry (DE) option. All fees collected
will be transferred to the ICCF Development Fund. The money will be used
primarily for development and system support of the ICCF WebChess Server. It
will be possible to join the "Rest of the World" team at any stage of the game.
The games may be seen "live" by all players and other observers at
http://www.iccf-webchess.com
Each player who voted for the selected move will receive 1 point per
move. The player(s) with the most points at the end of the games will receive
an ICCF Gold Book. The list of all entrants will be published on the ICCF
webpage.
Asian Women's Championship
The Asian Women's Championships took place in the Lebanon.
Leading Final Standings: 1-Wang Yu (6.5) 2-S Meenakshi (6) 3-Ju Wenjun
(6) 4-S Vijayalakshmi (6) 5-Shen Yang (5.5) 6-Tania Sachdev (5.5) 7-Z Jilin
(5.5) 8-Eesha Karavade (5.5). PTI
Official site: http://www.lebchess.org/
Zone 3.1
Zone 3.1 Individual Championship for Men & Women 2004 takes place in
Beirut - Lebanon, December 13th- 22nd 2004.
Official site: http://www.lebchess.org/
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) :The 1st prize is :3000
euros The 2nd prize is 1500 euros and 3 to 10: 1000 euros. Registration by
templeurjcs@club-internet.fr
Further details: http://www.cappelle-chess.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
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
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
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/
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
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
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
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
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/
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/
