THE WEEK IN CHESS 533 24th January 2005 by Mark Crowther
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My thanks to Olivier Adda, Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk, Steve Laios,
Anjo Anjewierden, Pedro Alberdi, Marek Kolk, Feodor Skripchenko, Laszlo Nagy,
Bartlomiej Macieja, Christophe Philippe, Michiel Abeln and everyone else who
helped with the issue.
After many years of promising to go I finally made it to the Wijk aan
Zee tournament. This event is now clearly the best in the World, taking over
from Linares which held the title for a number of years (although certainly in
terms of its top event it is still a calendar highlight). Big crowds, fantastic
organisation and a great atmousphere all seem to inspire the players to good
chess. The event is guaranteed until 2010 (unless I missed an announcement
extending it) and it seems unlikely to be rivalled any time soon (although it
would be really nice to see someone follow the model somewhere else!). I
certainly resolve to get back for next years tournament.
Its been the week that the Prague agreement finally died. Press releases
from Kasparov, FIDE and the ACP along with an interview with Kramnik to New in
Chess make this clear. I've made a lengthy comment below. I used to get very
het up about these problems but life's too short for that. We'll just have to
see what happens.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Corus Chess Tournament takes place 14th-30th January 2005. After 8
rounds the A group is led by half a point by Vesselin Topalov. Topalov started
with 2/2 but was brought back to the field by a loss to Michael Adams in round
4. Wins against Short and Bruzon took him to the top. Half a point behind him
are Peter Leko, Michael Adams and Viswanathan Anand. Anand got off to a slow
start with a loss and three draws but three consecutive wins brought him back
into contention. Half a point further back are Alexander Grischuk and Vladimir
Kramnik. Kramnik got off to a slow start and even admitted he'd really not done
any preparation for the event, needing the rest after his match against Leko.
He was just appalling against Topalov where he made mistake after mistake.
However he's gradually played himself into reasonable form and isn't out of
contention. Players that are out of contention are Alexander Morozevich and
Peter Svidler both will be slightly encouraged to eventually win games one in
round 7 and the other in round 8. In the B event Shakhriyar Mamedyarov is on
6.5/8. The 19 year old former World Junior Champion is currently number 42 in
the world but I think he may have what it takes to be much higher. Daily
reports on the TWIC main pages from on the spot reporter Michiel Abeln.
Official site: http://www.coruschess.com/
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Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), 15-30 i 2005 cat. XIX (2721)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2757 * . 0 . = 1 1 1 1 . = . . = 5.5 2847
2. Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 . * = 1 = = . = . . = 1 = . 5.0 2818
3. Adams, Michael g ENG 2741 1 = * . . . = . = = . = = 1 5.0 2810
4. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2786 . 0 . * = = 1 1 = . . = . 1 5.0 2809
5. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2710 = = . = * . = . = = . . = 1 4.5 2764
6. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2754 0 = . = . * = = . = . 1 1 . 4.5 2767
7. Bruzon, Lazaro g CUB 2652 0 . = 0 = = * . 1 . = . . 1 4.0 2730
8. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2700 0 = . 0 . = . * . 1 = = 1 . 4.0 2734
9. Short, Nigel D g ENG 2674 0 . = = = . 0 . * = . . 1 1 4.0 2725
10. Polgar, Judit g HUN 2728 . . = . = = . 0 = * = 1 . 0 3.5 2673
11. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2679 = = . . . . = = . = * 0 = = 3.5 2675
12. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2735 . 0 = = . 0 . = . 0 1 * = . 3.0 2640
13. Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2685 . = = . = 0 . 0 0 . = = * . 2.5 2576
14. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2741 = . 0 0 0 . 0 . 0 1 = . . * 2.0 2522
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Round 3 (January 17, 2005)
Topalov, Veselin - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 19 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Leko, Peter - Svidler, Peter 1-0 57 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Bruzon, Lazaro - Adams, Michael 1/2 30 C91 Ruy Lopez
Short, Nigel D - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 23 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Polgar, Judit - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 59 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Sokolov, Ivan - Ponomariov, Ruslan 0-1 61 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Morozevich, Alexander - Grischuk, Alexander 0-1 42 B21 Sicilian Morra Gambit
Round 4 (January 18, 2005)
Adams, Michael - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 41 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Anand, Viswanathan - Svidler, Peter 1/2 55 C99 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Grischuk, Alexander - Bruzon, Lazaro 1/2 22 D35 QGD Exchange
Kramnik, Vladimir - Sokolov, Ivan 1-0 36 C96 Ruy Lopez
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Leko, Peter 1/2 44 A36 English Botvinnik
Short, Nigel D - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 43 C41 Philidor's Defence
Van Wely, Loek - Polgar, Judit 1/2 58 A30 English Symmetrical
Round 5 (January 20, 2005)
Topalov, Veselin - Grischuk, Alexander 1/2 55 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Leko, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 28 E15 Queens Indian
Bruzon, Lazaro - Short, Nigel D 1-0 48 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Polgar, Judit - Adams, Michael 1/2 63 C99 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Svidler, Peter - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 23 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Sokolov, Ivan - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 23 E35 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Morozevich, Alexander - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 41 A46 Queen's Pawn Opening
Round 6 (January 21, 2005)
Adams, Michael - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 31 C91 Ruy Lopez
Anand, Viswanathan - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1-0 62 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Grischuk, Alexander - Polgar, Judit 1/2 44 E05 Catalan
Kramnik, Vladimir - Svidler, Peter 1-0 28 B41 Sicilian Paulsen
Short, Nigel D - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 55 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Van Wely, Loek - Leko, Peter 1/2 38 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Morozevich, Alexander - Bruzon, Lazaro 0-1 69 C42 Petroff's Defence
Round 7 (January 22, 2005)
Topalov, Veselin - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 40 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Leko, Peter - Adams, Michael 1/2 41 C87 Ruy Lopez
Bruzon, Lazaro - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 44 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 45 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Polgar, Judit - Short, Nigel D 1/2 59 C95 Ruy Lopez Breyer
Svidler, Peter - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 20 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Sokolov, Ivan - Grischuk, Alexander 1/2 64 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Round 8 (January 23, 2005)
Adams, Michael - Svidler, Peter 1/2 21 B85 Sicilian Scheveningen
Anand, Viswanathan - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 27 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Grischuk, Alexander - Leko, Peter 1/2 63 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Bruzon, Lazaro - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 33 B40 Sicilian Classical
Short, Nigel D - Sokolov, Ivan 1-0 48 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Van Wely, Loek - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 24 D38 QGD Ragozin
Morozevich, Alexander - Polgar, Judit 1-0 59 A46 Queen's Pawn Opening
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Corus B Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), 15-30 i 2005 cat. XIII (2564)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2657 * = . . . = = . 1 1 . 1 1 1 6.5 2806
2. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2599 = * 1 = . = . = . = 1 . 1 . 5.5 2714
3. Cheparinov, Ivan m BUL 2572 . 0 * . . . 1 = = 1 . = = 1 5.0 2628
4. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2553 . = . * = = = . 1 = . = = . 4.5 2595
5. Stellwagen, Daniel m NED 2524 . . . = * 0 . = . = 1 = 1 = 4.5 2594
6. Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2652 = = . = 1 * = . 0 = . . = . 4.0 2558
7. Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2648 = . 0 = . = * 1 . = = . . = 4.0 2578
8. Smeets, Jan g NED 2475 . = = . = . 0 * = . = 1 . = 4.0 2570
9. Kosteniuk, Alexandra m RUS 2490 0 . = 0 . 1 . = * . = 1 . = 4.0 2580
10. Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2491 0 = 0 = = = = . . * . . 1 . 3.5 2546
11. Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2676 . 0 . . 0 . = = = . * = 0 1 3.0 2450
12. Ramirez, Alejandro g CRC 2507 0 . = = = . . 0 0 . = * . = 2.5 2421
13. Ernst, Sipke m NED 2509 0 0 = = 0 = . . . 0 1 . * . 2.5 2449
14. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2549 0 . 0 . = . = = = . 0 = . * 2.5 2427
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Round 3 (January 17, 2005)
Karjakin, Sergey - Onischuk, Alexander 1/2 30 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Nielsen, Peter Heine - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 30 D85 Gruenfeld Defence
Smeets, Jan - Stellwagen, Daniel 1/2 27 C11 French Defence
Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 0-1 33 D94 Gruenfeld Closed
Ramirez, Alejandro - Cheparinov, Ivan 1/2 52 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Ernst, Sipke - Stefanova, Antoaneta 0-1 33 D15 Slav Defence
Nijboer, Friso - Nikolic, Predrag 0-1 77 C18 French Winawer
Round 4 (January 18, 2005)
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Nielsen, Peter Heine 1/2 34 D39 QGD Ragozin
Cheparinov, Ivan - Kosteniuk, Alexandra 1/2 35 C42 Petroff's Defence
Carlsen, Magnus - Karjakin, Sergey 1/2 40 A35 English Symmetrical
Stellwagen, Daniel - Stefanova, Antoaneta 1/2 41 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Onischuk, Alexander - Ernst, Sipke 1/2 82 D58 Queens Gambit Tartakover
Smeets, Jan - Nijboer, Friso 1/2 18 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Nikolic, Predrag - Ramirez, Alejandro 1/2 32 E60 King's Indian without Nc3
Round 5 (January 20, 2005)
Karjakin, Sergey - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1/2 23 C42 Petroff's Defence
Nielsen, Peter Heine - Cheparinov, Ivan 0-1 28 A32 English Symmetrical
Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Nikolic, Predrag 1/2 36 C90 Ruy Lopez
Stefanova, Antoaneta - Onischuk, Alexander 1/2 78 A46 Queen's Pawn Opening
Ramirez, Alejandro - Smeets, Jan 0-1 58 A22 English Opening
Ernst, Sipke - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 37 E94 King's Indian Classical
Nijboer, Friso - Stellwagen, Daniel 1/2 86 B70 Sicilian Dragon
Round 6 (January 21, 2005)
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Ernst, Sipke 1-0 31 D24 QGA
Cheparinov, Ivan - Karjakin, Sergey 0-1 43 A33 English Symmetrical
Carlsen, Magnus - Stefanova, Antoaneta 1/2 73 D15 Slav Defence
Stellwagen, Daniel - Onischuk, Alexander 0-1 48 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Smeets, Jan - Kosteniuk, Alexandra 1/2 61 B89 Sicilian Sozin Attack
Nikolic, Predrag - Nielsen, Peter Heine 1/2 19 D02 Queen's Pawn Game
Nijboer, Friso - Ramirez, Alejandro 1/2 20 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 7 (January 22, 2005)
Karjakin, Sergey - Nikolic, Predrag 1-0 47 C18 French Winawer
Onischuk, Alexander - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 42 D88 Gruenfeld Alekhine
Nielsen, Peter Heine - Smeets, Jan 1-0 95 D44 Anti-Meran Gambit
Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Nijboer, Friso 1/2 65 B67 Sicilian Rauzer
Stefanova, Antoaneta - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 0-1 40 A45 Trompowsky
Ramirez, Alejandro - Stellwagen, Daniel 1/2 44 C01 French Exchange
Ernst, Sipke - Cheparinov, Ivan 1/2 51 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Round 8 (January 23, 2005)
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Onischuk, Alexander 1/2 44 C45 Scotch Game
Cheparinov, Ivan - Stefanova, Antoaneta 1-0 155 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Stellwagen, Daniel - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 52 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Smeets, Jan - Karjakin, Sergey 1/2 54 B52 Sicilian Rossolimo
Nikolic, Predrag - Ernst, Sipke 0-1 27 D20 QGA
Ramirez, Alejandro - Kosteniuk, Alexandra 0-1 68 E01 Catalan
Nijboer, Friso - Nielsen, Peter Heine 1/2 31 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
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Corus C Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), 15-30 i 2005 cat. VII (2422)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2605 * . . . = = . 1 1 1 1 . 1 = 6.5 2630
2. L'Ami, Erwin m NED 2531 . * . . 1 = 1 0 . 1 1 = 1 . 6.0 2582
3. Georgiev, Vladimir g MKD 2517 . . * = = 1 . = = 1 . . 1 1 6.0 2590
4. Zhukova, Natalia wg UKR 2465 . . = * 0 . . 1 1 = . 1 1 1 6.0 2592
5. Korotylev, Alexey g RUS 2603 = 0 = 1 * . 1 . = . 1 . . 1 5.5 2574
6. Bosboom, Manuel m NED 2426 = = 0 . . * 0 1 . . = = 1 . 4.0 2420
7. Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea wg NED 2366 . 0 . . 0 1 * 1 . 1 0 . 0 1 4.0 2395
8. Muhren, Bianca wm NED 2295 0 1 = 0 . 0 0 * . . 1 1 . . 3.5 2408
9. Jonkman, Harmen g NED 2399 0 . = 0 = . . . * 0 . 1 = 1 3.5 2403
10. Spoelman, Wouter NED 2381 0 0 0 = . . 0 . 1 * . = . 1 3.0 2354
11. Negi, Parimarjan IND 2316 0 0 . . 0 = 1 0 . . * = 1 . 3.0 2357
12. Pliester, Leon m NED 2383 . = . 0 . = . 0 0 = = * . 0 2.0 2191
13. Mamedjarova, Zeinab wg AZE 2349 0 0 0 0 . 0 1 . = . 0 . * . 1.5 2202
14. Wempe, Joost NED 2265 = . 0 0 0 . 0 . 0 0 . 1 . * 1.5 2213
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Round 3 (January 17, 2005)
Alekseev, Evgeny - Muhren, Bianca 1-0 27 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
L'Ami, Erwin - Negi, Parimarjan 1-0 68 D31 Semi-Slav Defence
Georgiev, Vladimir - Mamedjarova, Zeinab 1-0 35 D35 QGD Exchange
Zhukova, Natalia - Korotylev, Alexey 0-1 33 E16 Queens Indian
Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea - Bosboom, Manuel 1-0 51 E15 Queens Indian
Jonkman, Harmen - Spoelman, Wouter 0-1 47 B29 Sicilian Defence
Wempe, Joost - Pliester, Leon 1-0 61 D12 Slav Defence
Round 4 (January 18, 2005)
Korotylev, Alexey - Georgiev, Vladimir 1/2 17 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Bosboom, Manuel - L'Ami, Erwin 1/2 53 A45 Trompowsky
Muhren, Bianca - Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea 0-1 45 C41 Philidor's Defence
Spoelman, Wouter - Zhukova, Natalia 1/2 59 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Pliester, Leon - Negi, Parimarjan 1/2 29 D02 Queen's Pawn Game
Mamedjarova, Zeinab - Alekseev, Evgeny 0-1 63 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Wempe, Joost - Jonkman, Harmen 0-1 40 D26 QGA
Round 5 (January 20, 2005)
Alekseev, Evgeny - Korotylev, Alexey 1/2 15 C96 Ruy Lopez
L'Ami, Erwin - Muhren, Bianca 0-1 39 D02 Queen's Pawn Game
Georgiev, Vladimir - Spoelman, Wouter 1-0 38 A45 Trompowsky
Zhukova, Natalia - Wempe, Joost 1-0 39 D48 Queens Gambit Meran
Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea - Mamedjarova, Zeinab 0-1 50 B14 Caro Kann Panov
Jonkman, Harmen - Pliester, Leon 1-0 20 B19 Caro Kann
Negi, Parimarjan - Bosboom, Manuel 1/2 33 C41 Philidor's Defence
Round 6 (January 21, 2005)
Korotylev, Alexey - Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea 1-0 40 A42 Modern Defence
Muhren, Bianca - Negi, Parimarjan 1-0 34 B82 Sicilian Scheveningen
Jonkman, Harmen - Zhukova, Natalia 0-1 41 C02 French Advance
Spoelman, Wouter - Alekseev, Evgeny 0-1 47 B82 Sicilian Scheveningen
Pliester, Leon - Bosboom, Manuel 1/2 55 A77 Benoni
Mamedjarova, Zeinab - L'Ami, Erwin 0-1 64 D11 Slav Defence
Wempe, Joost - Georgiev, Vladimir 0-1 88 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Round 7 (January 22, 2005)
Alekseev, Evgeny - Wempe, Joost 1/2 51 C19 French Winawer
L'Ami, Erwin - Korotylev, Alexey 1-0 37 E39 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Georgiev, Vladimir - Jonkman, Harmen 1/2 120 D46 Semi-Slav Defence
Zhukova, Natalia - Pliester, Leon 1-0 37 D17 Slav Defence
Bosboom, Manuel - Muhren, Bianca 1-0 19 D21 QGA
Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea - Spoelman, Wouter 1-0 30 E39 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Negi, Parimarjan - Mamedjarova, Zeinab 1-0 39 C42 Petroff's Defence
Round 8 (January 23, 2005)
Zhukova, Natalia - Georgiev, Vladimir 1/2 13 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Korotylev, Alexey - Negi, Parimarjan 1-0 39 E59 Nimzo Indian
Jonkman, Harmen - Alekseev, Evgeny 0-1 53 B22 Sicilian Alapin
Spoelman, Wouter - L'Ami, Erwin 0-1 33 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Pliester, Leon - Muhren, Bianca 0-1 45 B81 Sicilian Keres Attack
Mamedjarova, Zeinab - Bosboom, Manuel 0-1 41 E48 Nimzo Indian
Wempe, Joost - Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea 0-1 50 B07 Pirc Defence
For a few years now I've left the subject of FIDE and World
Championships in general alone. I cover events and leave it at that. Whether
you believe FIDE is the only organisation that can run a title event or that
Kramnik is the only true World Champion is irrelevant, things are, as they are.
However this week is deserving of at least some comment.
The Prague agreement was a messy compromise that promised a single
champion but ignored a lot of players who had a right to be involved. This week
produced a number of important developments. Firstly Kasparov withdrew from
talks with FIDE for his match against Rustam Kasimdzhanov. He was initially
supposed to be playing Ruslan Ponomariov but Ponomariov was eventually
defaulted by FIDE in very unclear circumstances and a match against the new
FIDE Champion was talked about. Kasparov missed the Wijk aan Zee tournament
because he was supposed to be playing Kasimdzhanov in Dubai but the money
simply wasn't there. His frustration is similar to others who have been messed
about in the last decade.
Kasparov really wants a rematch against Kramnik. It seems strange that
he didn't have a rematch clause if he believed that this is something that
should happen. He did it deliberately and to me that implies he should have
expected to qualify for a rematch. Given Kramnik's match record before he
played Kasparov perhaps it never occurred to him that he would lose.
Although still World Number 1 Kasparov's form has been poor by his own
extraordinary standards since the Prague agreement. His best result was the
recent Russian Championship. One theory is that Kasparov's main problem is
becoming tired late in the game. Its possible with the help of sports
scientists he may overcome this problem.
Vladimir Kramnik gave an interview to Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam for the
latest issue of his magazine New in Chess. Its a very clear interview which
says that above all he wants the re-establishment of an old style World
Championship cycle and that FIDE have broken the Prague agreement so he regards
it as dead. I wonder if this was the final straw for Kasparov and the real
reason he withdrew from negotiating with FIDE. FIDE in a press release said
that they were close to getting money for a match in Turkey. However Kasparov
wants a rematch with Kramnik and he isn't going to get it the FIDE way.
Kasparov has accused Kramnik of avoiding him. Kramnik rejected these
suggestions, he claims he wants a return to the old methods of running a World
Championship cycle, an aim I really support, and to be fair his actions look
consistant with this. But I can also see Kasparov's point of view having signed
the Prague agreement and then had to deal with FIDE and Kirsan Iljumzhinov for
what turns out to be nothing in the end.
Kramnik held out an olive branch by saying that he thought a short term
solution to the problem would be to have a 4 player qualifier with
Kasimdzhanov, Kasparov, Anand and Ponomariov. This solution excludes many
players who would legitimately ask "what about me?" but if it were to resolve
the problem then would be a solution. Kramnik didn't think it likely this would
happen.
Kramnik wants the ACP to organise future cycles. The majority of the
top 100 players are members. However its clear that membership doesn't
necessarily mean support for solutions they come up with, recently Topalov and
Ponomariov withdrew from the organisation. So its clear they have a difficult
task ahead, one its not yet clear they are equipped to do.
Kasparov Press Release 18th January 2005 -
http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/kasplet.html
FIDE issued a press release on 20th January regretting the decision.
FIDE Respond to Kasparov Press Release 18th
January 2005 - http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/fidekasplet.html
The ACP announced that this is the end of the Prague agreement.
ACP Respond to Kasparov Press Release 18th
January 2005 - http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/acpkasplet.html
Vladimir Kramnik's gave a detailed and important interview to New in
Chess after his match against Leko. It appears in full on the ChessBase site.
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2154.
The Gibtele.com Masters International takes place 25th January - 3rd
February 2005. Leading entries so far: Alexei Shirov, Alexey Dreev, Lev
Aronian, Emil Sutovsky, Krishnan Sasikiran, Kiril Georgiev, Boris Avrukh, Pavel
Tregubov, Hikaru Nakamura, Gabriel Sargissian, Zahar Efimenko, Ian Rogers
etc.
There will be live audio/video commentary from Stuart Conquest. He will
take questions from people logged into ICC.
Official site: http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/
The Keres Memorial Rapid tournament took place in Tallinn 7th-9th
January 2005. Alexei Shirov won the event with 5/5/7. The field included
Anatoly Karpov and Boris Gelfand who finished on 50%. Games now available. My
thanks to Marek Kolk.
Further info: http://www.maleliit.ee/
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Keres Mem Rapid Tallinn EST (EST), 8-9 i 2005 cat. XIII (2568)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2726 * = 1 = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2775
2. Malaniuk, Vladimir P g UKR 2513 = * = 0 = = 1 1 4.0 2626
3. Balashov, Yuri S g RUS 2469 0 = * 1 = = = 1 4.0 2632
4. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2693 = 1 0 * 0 1 = = 3.5 2550
5. Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2682 0 = = 1 * = = = 3.5 2551
6. Rytshagov, Mikhail g EST 2442 = = = 0 = * = = 3.0 2536
7. Brodsky, Michail g UKR 2533 0 0 = = = = * 1 3.0 2523
8. Dobrov, Vladimir g RUS 2487 0 0 0 = = = 0 * 1.5 2349
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Keres Mem Rapid w Tallinn EST (EST), 8-9 i 2005 cat. I (2268)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1. Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina m RUS 2471 * 1 = = 1 1 1 = 5.5 2469
2. Ciuksyte, Dagne wg LTU 2361 0 * 1 1 1 = = 1 5.0 2412
3. Cramling, Pia g SWE 2477 = 0 * 0 1 1 1 1 4.5 2340
4. Fomina, Tatyana wm EST 2207 = 0 1 * 0 1 = = 3.5 2276
5. Tsiganova, Monika wm EST 2211 0 0 0 1 * = 1 = 3.0 2226
6. Sarakauskiene, Zivile LTU 2183 0 = 0 0 = * 1 1 3.0 2230
7. Golubenko, Valentina EST 2158 0 = 0 = 0 0 * 1 2.0 2125
8. Narva, Regina R EST 2076 = 0 0 = = 0 0 * 1.5 2065
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The 130th New York Masters took place on 18th January 2005. Jay Bonin
won the event with 4/4 beating Leonid Yudasin in the final round. Tables now
available for the last weeks event also. I also correct the games given last
week as I had 128th instead of 129th New York Masters in the title and the
wrong date.
The regular rapid event (mostly weekly) organised by IM Greg Shahade and
John Fernandez provides regular chances for keen players of 2200 and above to
compete against GMs and IMs in New York. See:
http://www.newyorkmasters.com/
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130th New York Masters Action USA (USA), 18 i 2005
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1 2 3 4 Total
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1. Bonin, Jay m USA 2423 +14 + 4 + 5 + 3 4.0 ($400)
2. Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2714 + 9 - 6 +10 + 7 3.0 ($ 70)
3. Yudasin, Leonid g ISR 2691 +10 + 8 + 6 - 1 3.0 ($ 70)
4. Stripunsky, Alex g USA 2640 +11 - 1 + 9 + 6 3.0 ($ 70)
5. Figler, Ilye f USA 2326 = +12 - 1 + 8 2.5 ($100)
6. Miton, Kamil g POL 2629 +13 + 2 - 3 - 4 2.0
7. Wojtkiewicz, Aleks g USA 2621 -12 +11 +13 - 2 2.0
8. Sarkar, Justin m USA 2341 +15 - 3 +12 - 5 2.0
9. Bartell, Thomas f USA 2303 - 2 +14 - 4 +13 2.0
10. Privman, Boris f USA 2248 - 3 +15 - 2 +14 2.0
11. Maltese, Adam USA 2218 - 4 - 7 +15 +16 2.0
12. Agaian, Sarkis USA 2106 + 7 - 5 - 8 = 1.5
13. Barsky, Sam USA 2154 - 6 +16 - 7 - 9 1.0
14. Zenyuk, Iryna USA 2058 - 1 - 9 +16 -10 1.0
15. Pressman, Leif USA 2038 - 8 -10 -11 = 0.5
16. Potts, Bill USA 1727 --- -13 -14 -11 0.0
PRIZES 1ST - $ 400 2ND - $ 150 3RD - $ 60 U2400 - $ 100
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129th New York Masters Action USA (USA), 11 i 2005
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1. Yudasin, Leonid g ISR 2691 +12 +13 = 4 + 5 3.5 ($420)
2. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2698 +11 - 8 +13 + 4 3.0 ($200)
3. Sorkin, Igor f ISR 2396 -15 +14 +11 + 7 3.0 ($200)
4. Wojtkiewicz, Aleks g USA 2621 +14 +15 = 1 - 2 2.5 ($ 20)
5. Lenderman, Alex f USA 2348 =17 + 6 + 8 - 1 2.5 ($ 20)
6. Sarkar, Justin m USA 2341 =16 - 5 +12 + 8 2.5 ($ 20)
7. Bonin, Jay m USA 2423 -13 +16 +15 - 3 2.0
8. Braylovsky, Gregory USA 2398 +10 + 2 - 5 - 6 2.0
9. Norowitz, Yaacov USA 2285 - = =16 +15 2.0 ($ 50)
10. Privman, Boris f USA 2248 - 8 =12 +14 =11 2.0 ($ 50)
11. Molner, Mackenzie USA 2321 - 2 +18 - 3 =10 1.5
12. Bartell, Thomas f USA 2319 - 1 =10 - 6 +16 1.5
13. Klein, Erez f USA 2302 + 7 - 1 - 2 = 1.5
14. Shevelev, Danny f USA 2317 - 4 - 3 -10 + 1.0
15. Weeramantry, Sunil f SRI 2201 + 3 - 4 - 7 - 9 1.0
16. Zenyuk, Iryna USA 2058 = 6 - 7 = 9 -12 1.0
17. Fernandez, John USA 2116 = 5 --- --- --- 0.5
18. Teasley, Dolly wm USA 2000 --- -11 --- --- 0.0
PRIZES 1ST - $ 400 2ND - $ 200 3RD - $ 60 U2400 - $ 200 U2300 - $ 100
The Montreal World Chess Tournament took place January 15th-22nd 2005 in
Saint-Laurent. Dmitry Jakovenko ran away with the event with 8/9. The event was
sponsored by a company that has produced a new method of recording the
moves.
Official site: http://www.monroi.com/worldchesstournament/
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It Montreal CAN (CAN), 15-22 i 2005 cat. X (2495)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2596 * 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 8.0 2835
2. Mikhalevski, Victor g ISR 2553 0 * = 1 1 = = = 1 1 6.0 2613
3. Nataf, Igor-Alexandre g FRA 2557 0 = * = = = = 1 1 1 5.5 2568
4. Perelshteyn, Eugene m USA 2505 = 0 = * = 1 = 1 = = 5.0 2537
5. Hauchard, Arnaud g FRA 2487 0 0 = = * = = 1 1 1 5.0 2539
6. Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas m CAN 2425 = = = 0 = * = 1 = = 4.5 2503
7. Fedorowicz, John P g USA 2507 0 = = = = = * = = 1 4.5 2493
8. Antonio, Rogelio jr g PHI 2539 0 = 0 0 0 0 = * 1 = 2.5 2324
9. Lawson, Eric m CAN 2373 0 0 0 = 0 = = 0 * 1 2.5 2342
10. Hebert, Jean m CAN 2410 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 * 1.5 2231
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The 4th Praha Open took place 14th-21st January 2005. Eduard Meduna won
the event on tie-break from Karel Van der Weide, Andrey Orlov and Milko Popchev
all scored 7/9. Games from the first seven rounds only available.
Official site: http:/www.czechtour.net
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Open Prague CZE (CZE), 14-21 i 2005
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1 Meduna, Eduard g CZE 2435 7.0 38.0 54.5 2543
2 Van Der Weide, Karel m NED 2490 7.0 37.5 53.5 2561
3 Orlov, Andrey m RUS 2403 7.0 37.0 49.0 2498
4 Popchev, Milko g BUL 2442 7.0 35.0 48.0 2492
5 Adler, Viktor m USA 2399 6.5 36.5 52.5 2471
6 Voloshin, Leonid g CZE 2464 6.5 35.0 53.5 2488
7 Hasangatin, Ramil g RUS 2353 6.5 35.0 50.5 2492
8 Hardarson, Robert f ISL 2325 6.5 32.0 46.5 2433
9 Vokac, Marek Ing. g CZE 2476 6.5 31.5 50.0 2417
10 Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V m RUS 2529 6.5 31.0 46.5 2407
11 Vavra, Pavel m CZE 2390 6.5 27.0 39.0 2314
12 Virostko, Petr CZE 2319 6.0 32.5 50.0 2414
13 Priborsky, Jan CZE 2305 6.0 32.0 48.0 2374
14 Simacek, Pavel m CZE 2432 6.0 31.5 43.5 2319
15 Skjoldborg, Jesper DEN 2274 6.0 31.0 46.5 2327
16 Golcman, Evgeny RUS 2336 6.0 28.5 43.5 2286
104 players
The Sao Paulo Chess Club Championship is an International category 3
tournament. It's the championship of 2004. On Tuesday 25th January, on Sao
Paulo's 451th birthday, a blitz tournament will be played before the 5th round.
Argentinean IM Giaccio has a perfect score after 3 rounds. News: Herman
Claudius van Riemsdijk.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Giaccio, Alfredo m ARG 2467 * . . . . . . 1 . 1 . 1 3.0
2. De Souza, Mauro m BRA 2377 . * = 1 . . . . . . = . 2.0 2407
3. Maia, Luciano BRA 2287 . = * . . . 1 . = . . . 2.0 2511
4. Bachmann, Axel PAR 2314 . 0 . * . 1 . . 1 . . . 2.0 2471
5. Aranha Filho, Alvaro Z BRA 2274 . . . . * . = . = = . . 1.5 2285
6. Marra, Eduardo da Costa BRA 2261 . . . 0 . * . = . . 1 . 1.5 2323
7. Tsuboi, Edson Kenji f BRA 2380 . . 0 . = . * . . . . 1 1.5 2234
8. Van Riemsdijk, Herman C m BRA 2409 0 . . . . = . * . . 1 . 1.5 2325
9. Crosa, Martin m URU 2401 . . = 0 = . . . * . . . 1.0 2166
10. Limberg, Estacio Vermelho BRA 2076 0 . . . = . . . . * . = 1.0 2169
11. Vera, I Jorge f PAR 2247 . = . . . 0 . 0 . . * . 0.5 2076
12. Morales Mendoza, Luciana wm PER 2141 0 . . . . . 0 . . = . * 0.5 2034
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Jean-Claude Moingt has been elected as president of the French Chess
Federation. Moingt won 71% of the vote.
French Chess Federation site: http://www.echecs.asso.fr/
Rounds 5 and 6 of the 4NCL took place on January 22nd-23rd 2005. I will
round up results and games next week.
Official site: http://www.4ncl.co.uk/
The Belgian Teams started on 19th September 2004 for division 1 teams.
The title is likely to be won by SK47 Eynatten 1, Temse Boey 2 or SK Rochade
Eupen The next round was on 7th november 2004 (to follow). News Steve Laios.
Round 1: 19.09.04
1. Eynatten 1 - Eynatten 2 : 5.0 - 3.0
2. Liège - Gent : 3.5 - 4.5
3. Jean Jaurès - Leuven : 4.5 - 3.5
4. Charleroi - Brugge : 3.5 - 4.5 (1/8 game)
5. Borgerhout - Rochade : 2.5 - 5.5
6. Temse 1 - Temse 2 : 2.0 - 6.0
Round 2: 26.09.04
1. Eynatten 2 - Temse 2 : 4.5 - 3.5
2. Rochade - Temse 1 : 5.5 - 2.5
3. Brugge - Borgerhout : 4.5 - 3.5
4. Leuven - Charleroi : 2.5 - 5.5
5. Gent - Jean Jaurès : 5.0 - 3.0
6. Eynatten 1 - Liège : 7.5 - 0.5
STANDINGS After ROUND 02.
Pts MP
1. SK47 Eynatten 1 : 12.5 2.0 .
2. Rochade Eupen : 11.0 2.0
3. K. Gent S.R.L : 9.5 2.0
4. Temse Boey 2 : 9.5 1.0
5. K. Brugge S.K. : 9.0 2.0
6. C.R.E. Charleroi : 9.0 1.0
7. Jean Jaurès : 7.5 1.0
7. SK47 Eynatten 2 : 7.5 1.0
9. Borgerhout : 6.0 0.0
9. L.V. Leuven : 6.0 0.0
11. Temse Boey 1 : 4.5 0.0
12. C.R.E. Liège E.L. : 4.0 0.0
6th Poikovsky Karpov tournament
The 6th Karpov tournament in Poikovsky, Russia takes place 26th February
- 7th March 2005. Players: Peter Svidler, Etienne Bacrot (still considering
entry), Alexander Grischuk, Alexey Dreev, Viktor Bologan, Rafael Vaganian,
Lenier Domingues, Alexander Onischuk, Sergey Rublevsky + more). Average XVIII
category. Further information soon.
Further details:
http://www.chesspro.ru/events/poikovsky05.shtml
European Individual Women's Chess Championship
The European Individual Women's Chess Championship takes place in
Chisinau, Moldova 10th-25th June 2005. Organisers Chess Federation of Moldova
Sciusev Street, 111 2004, Chisinau Tel.: 00373-22-565451 Fax.: 00373-22-565451
or 210707 E-Mail: fskrip@company.md
Details on http://www.eurochess.org.
Official site for the event: http://eiwcc2005.chisinau.md/
3rd International Chess Festival
The 3rd International Chess Festival in Nancy (France) takes place
February 14th-20th 2005. No open, but several Round-Robin closed tournaments
for 10 players each (9 rounds in 7 days - 2 hours + 30seconds per player). One
grandmaster group for GM norms (completed, no more invitation for titled
players), and several others groups arranged by Elo between 1000 and 2300.
Details: http://echiquier.nanceien.free.fr/festival.html
First Saturday February
The First Saturday February events take place 5th-18th of February
2005. There are still places in the events, contact the organiser:
Nagy Laszlo e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net
http://www.firstsaturday.hu or
http://home.hu.inter.net/~firstsat
if you wish to play.
FSGM IGM Ilincic, Zlatko (SCG, 2502), IGM Fogarasi, Tibor (HUN, 2442),
IGM Seres, Lajos (HUN 2418), IM Boros, Denes (HUN, 2404), IM Szabo, Krisztian
(HUN, 2376), IM Paschall, William (USA, 2403), IM Thinius, Marco (GER, 2384),
FM Zlatic, Mihajlo (SCG, 2451), IM Erdõs, Viktor (HUN, 2453), IM
Almási, István (HUN, 2427), FM Bérczes, Dávid (HUN,
2313), IM Kristjansson, Stefan (ISL, 2438), IM Flumbort, András (HUN,
2479), Min 10, max 14 players. Min.2381 ELO average, according to the new FIDE
rules. Reserves: FM Gonda, László (HUN), IM Turzó, Attila
(HUN), IM Szeberényi, Ádám (HUN), IM Jakab, Attila (HUN),
FSIM IM Jakab, Attila (HUN, 2439), WIM Mar, Karmen (SLO, 2119), IM
Farago, Sandor (HUN, 2290), Sisatto, Olli (FIN, 2180), Rombaldoni, Denis (ITA,
2244), Ignácz, Mária (HUN, 2187), IM Lengyel, Béla (HUN,
2313), IM Werner, Dimo (GER, 2312), FM Brustkern, Jurgen (GER, 2251), Solomons,
Deon (RSA, 2287), FM Fodor, Tamás (HUN, 2226), IM Szeberényi,
Ádám (HUN, 2357), IM Eperjesi, László (HUN, 2283),
Pap, Gyula (HUN, 2371), FM Caruana, Fabiano (USA, 2219(. FM Stupavski, Zdenko
(SCG, 2313), FM Johannsson, Ingvar(ISL, 2315), Tóth, Ervin (HUN, 2239),
WIM Tóth, Lili (HUN, 2157), Potential players: Schneider, Veronika(HUN),
FM Kjartansson, David(ISL), IM Hardicsay, Péter (HUN), Prohászka,
Péter (HUN), IM Petrán, Pál (HUN), Horváth,
András (HUN), Min 10, max 14 players. Min.2231 ELO average, according to
the new FIDE rules.
FSFM Mihók, Olivér (HUN, 2082), Schulze, Hubertus (GER,
2175), Valet, Richard (GER, 2082), Hoang, Tri (HUN, 2044),
Mészáros, Attila (HUN, 2032), Kubacsny, Vilmos (GER, 2129),
Takács, Tamás (HUN, 2027), Lakat, Gyula (HUN, 2006), Borda, Lajos
(HUN, 2082), Lim, Andrew (SIN, 2089), Papp, József (HUN, 1953), Czimer,
József (HUN, 1931), Hönsch, Pál (HUN, 1974), Lantos, Attila
(HUN, 2010), Zilahi, Gábor (HUN, 2062), Zoltán, András
(HUN, 2044), Maródi, Mátyás (HUN, 2168),
Sárközi, Ferenc (HUN, 2008), Zelei, János (HUN, NR),
Metaxasz, Vaszilisz (HUN, 2109), Beszterczey, László (HUN, 2077),
Pongó, István (HUN, 1824), Sianec, Attila (HUN, 1817), Katsuhara.
Osamu (JPN, 2083), Palotás, Péter (HUN, 1908),
Brunei Open
The Brunei Open takes place 14th Jan to 19th Jan 2005.
Official site: http://www.bruneichess.org.bn/
4th Aeroflot Chess Festival
The 4th Aeroflot Chess festival takes place in Hotel Rossija in Moscow,
14th (arrival day) - 24th February 2005 (departure day).
There are 4 tournaments: Tournament A1 for players rated 2550 and
higher, tournament A2 for players rated 2400 and higher, but lower than 2550,
tournament B for players rated 2200 and higher, but lower than 2400 and
tournament C for players rated under 2200 and unrated players. The organising
committee has in special cases the right to permit a player to participate in a
higher group than indicated by his rating.
The tournaments are 9 rounds Swiss tournaments. The total prize fund is
$175.000.
The organising committee offers packages for Aeroflot tickets, hotel
and entry fee. The Aeroflot packages prices are published on the website of the
festival.
Further details: http://www.aeroflotchess.com
For more information it is possible to contact the Association of Chess
Federations in Moscow: Tel/Fax: +7-095-2918578 or E-mail: chess@sovintel.ru
Asia vs. Rest of the World Charity Correspondence Match
AJEC (French CC Association) with the help of Med Samraoui (ICCF Zonal
Director for Asia and Africa) are organising a match "AJEC/Asia vs. Rest of the
World". The pairings will be done according to the native country of the
entrant players. The main rules of this match are as follows:
1. Med Samraoui msamraoui@iccf.com will be the TD of the match. He will
collect entries from Asian players and Rest of the World Players. Med will be
helped by Jean Marc Refalo from France jm.refalo@ajec-echecs.org to collect the
entries from French players.
2. The games will be played on the ICCF webserver www.iccf-webchess.com
with the last rules adopted in Mumbai Congress.
3. The entry fee is 8 euros. Generous donors can give more. All the
money will be given to a charity organisation. You can send the payment to your
national federation. Please find out your National Delegate at
http://www.iccf.com/nations/start_01.shtml
National delegates will send entries to Mr. Samraoui.
4. Everybody can participate in this match which will begin on February
15th.
5. To have more details and to subscribe please feel free to contact
Med Samraoui or Jean Michel Refalo.
Sozina 2005
The Sozina 2005 tournament takes place in Bar a city on the Montenegro
coast 4th-12th March 2005. Prize fund is EUR 10.000, and organizer guaranty
possibility of getting norms for international titles. Also, special conditions
are provide for the grandmasters. Further details contact:
sozina2005@yahoo.com
Further details; http://www.scgchess.org/
Azura Chess Open
The Azura Chess Open International Rapid Chess Tournament also Belgian
Rapid Chess Championship 2005 Brussels Rapid Chess Championship 2005 takes
place Saturday-Sunday 23rd-24th April 2005 (11 rounds ~ 25 minutes games)
Tournament for players with more than 2000 elo.
Playing venue: Palais du Midi rue van der Weyden 3 1000 Brussels Entry
fee : IGM and IM free Others 25 euro Junior 15 euro
Registration: Registration only by e-mail. No registration at the
venue. bennyasman@skynet.be Send payment to 210-0937331-72 with your name and
elo rating as message
Details: http://www.creb.be/
Fajr Chess Festival
There are three events in the Fajr Chess Festival
I- 13th Fajr International Open Tournament, 27Jan. - 1st Feb. 2005 take
Place in Tehran, 9 round Swiss, FIDE standard time control (90 Min.+ 30
Sec./Move), with 10000$ prize money.
II- 3rd Fajr International Youth tournament, under 10,12&14 years
old Categories, 2-6 Feb. 2005 take place in Tehran, 9 round Swiss, Fide
Standard time control (90 Min. + 30 Sec./Mov.) with 3000$ prize money.
III- 2nd Kish GM tournament, 2-10 Feb. 2005 take place in Kish Island,
12 Players Round Robin tournament, FIDE standard time control (90 Min. + 30
Sec./Mov.)
Further details: http://www.iranchess.com/indexen.html
Evry Tournaments
The 2nd GM and IM tournaments in Evry takes place 21st-27th February
2005.
Official site: http://www.evry-grandroque.com
21st Cappelle la Grande Open
The 21st Cappelle la Grande Open takes place 12th-19th February 2005.
Official site: http://www.cappelle-chess.com
Moscow Open 2005
The Moscow Open 2005 takes place 23rd February - 3rd March 2005 in the
Central Chess House, Gogolevsky Boulevard 14. The Moscow Chess Federation
organises this 9 round event with a time control of 40 moves in 90 minutes,
then 15 minutes for the remaining moves with an increment of 30 seconds per
move from move 1.
Contacts - Moscow Chess Federation: phone/fax: (+7)-095-250044. E-mail:
mcf05@mail.ru
Detailed information:
http://www.chessplayers.org/eng/news/viewarticle.html?id=242
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. There is
an extension to the discount period for signing up for the event.
Official sites: http://www.hbfoundation.org and
http://www.generationchess.com
Stepichev Memorial
The Stepichev Memorial took place in Kiev 21st-29th of December 2004.
Futher information:
http://mirror01.iptelecom.net.ua/~chessfed/turnir/t037.html
16th Pobeskydi Tournament
The 16th Pobeskydi Chess Tournament takes place 24th-28th March 2005 in
Frydek-Mistek, Czech Republic. There will be at least two tournaments.
Round-robin with possibility to achieve IM and WGM norm and FIDE Open.
For futher details: http://www.chessfm.cz
7th United Insurance GM Rescheduled due to Tsunami
The 7th United Insurance & United Leasing Grandmasters Chess
Tournament has been rescheduled (due to the Tsunami) and now takes place
4th-14th April 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. 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
Millennium Chess Festival
The 6th annual Millennium Chess Festival takes place February 25th-27th
2005, at the Ramada Plaza Oceanfront Resort in Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.
The event, with over $18,000 in total prizes, is sponsored by Booz Allen
Hamilton and is presented by Beach Events and the city of Virginia Beach. It is
a 5-round swiss, FIDE rated.
Comps available: GMs/WGMs/IMs: free entry fee. GMs/WGMs: free hotel
accommodations if you commit to come by February 10, 2005. Contact
eschlich@aol.com for details.
Special events include: Lecture by Susan Polgar on Fischer-Random Chess
(Chess 960), Fischer-Random Blitz Chess Tournament, Nakamura vs Susan Polgar
³Dinner/Exhibition Match²
Further information:
http://www.geocities.com/millenniumchessfestival
Nakamura vs. Polgar Chess Exhibition
New U.S. Chess Champion Hikaru Nakamura and GM Susan Polgar have agreed
to play a unique ³GM Dinner/Exhibition Match² game during the
Millennium Chess Festival on February 26, 2005, in Virginia Beach, Virginia,
USA.
The unusual exhibition game features two grandmasters playing each
other from separate rooms before a live audience with moves relayed by radio.
As they play, using demo boards, the GMs explain for the audience what they are
thinking about and why they are choosing certain options. This year¹s
exhibition is the fourth in a popular annual series at the Millennium Chess
Festival. Previous participants were Nakamura - Fedorowicz (2004), Shabalov -
Fedorowicz (2003), and Stripunsky - Rohde (2002). The Millennium Chess Festival
(Feb 25-27) is sponsored by the consulting firm of Booz Allen Hamilton and is
presented by Beach Events and the city of Virginia Beach.
Further information:
http://www.geocities.com/millenniumchessfestival
14th Aurec Open
The 14th Aurec Open takes place 19th-20th February 2005. Two rapid
tournaments (9 r / 20 mn) Total prize fund : Euro 5,000 Further details:
aurec2005@tiscali.fr
12th Echternach International Open
The 12th Echternach International Open takes place 25th-26th June 2005.
Seniors should also note the following dates: 2nd Open (rapid chess) for young
seniors (aged 50 and above) 13th-14th August 2005. 5th Open-seniors (aged 60
and above) 15th-21st August 2005.
Further info: http://www.desprenger-echternach.lu/
Novi Sad Open A
There are 7 places left for the Open A (actually Semi-closed for IMs and
GMs) event taking place 19th-26th March 2005.
Further info: http://www.drazic.co.yu or more specifically
http://www.drazic.co.yu/t_2005_03_19-26_info.html
1 gm Lalic Bogdan ENG
2 gm Kosanovic Goran SCG
3 gm Drazic Sinisa SCG
4 gm Fontaine Robert FRA
5 gm Lazic Miroljub SCG
6 gm Savic M .R. SCG
7 im Colovic A. MAC
8 Franchini Gabriele ITA
9 Barilaro Luca ITA
10 im Pilgaard Kim DEN
11 Lundin Jan SWE
12 fm Kokeza Mirko SCG
13 fm Guadalpi D. FRA
14 fm Stupavski Z. SCG
15 im Popovic D. SCG
16 fm Juergen Brustkern GER
17 im Pap Misa SCG
18 im Marzolo Cyril FRA
19 Craig Young ENG
20 im Tratar M. SLO
21 im Sebenik M. SLO
22 fm Dumpor A BIH
23 gm Kovacevic A. SCG
24 im Laketic Gojko SCG
25 im Kostic Vlada SCG
7 places left
Oceania Zonal
The Oceania 2005 FIDE Zonal qualifier takes place January 30th -
February 4th 2005 in Auckland, New Zealand
Official site: http://www.globalchessenterprises.co.nz/
Linares 2005
According to Spanish Teletext Garry Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand,
Veselin Topalov, Peter Leko, Michael Adams, Francisco Vallejo Pons and Rustam
Kasimdzhanov will be the 7 players at this year's event. The event takes place
22nd February - 10th March 2005.
Last year Marca had the official website:
http://www.marca.com/linares/
ELO Listing:
No. Name t NAT ja05
1 Kasparov, Garry................. g RUS 2804
2 Anand, Viswanathan.............. g IND 2786
3 Topalov, Veselin................ g BUL 2757
5 Leko, Peter..................... g HUN 2749
7 Adams, Michael.................. g ENG 2741
18 Vallejo Pons, Francisco......... g ESP 2686
25 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam............ g UZB 2678
Average Rating 2743 Category 20
Alushta Diary 2005
Leonid Galperin sends a calendar of planned events in Alushta, Ukraine
2005.
GM Norm events: 12.05 - 22.05 24.05 - 4.06 17.06-27.06. 1.09-11.09
25.09-5.10 7.10-17.10 IM Norm events 12.05 - 22.05 24.05 -4.06 17.06-27.06.
1.09-11.09 25.09-5.10 7.10-17.10 Rating tournament 5.06 - 13.06 Open tournament
(under 16 years) First prize - 200 $ 14.06 - 22.06 Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Blitz
tournament 28.06 12.09 Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Open tournament (rapid chess) 29
- 30.06 13-14.09 Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Open tournament First prize 1000 $
First prize (woman) 500$ 2.07-10.07 15.09-23.09 Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Session
of school of Gennadi Kuzmin 5.06-14.06 25.09-4.10 Alushta Individual and group
studying
Further information: http://www.kaissa.com.ua phone +38
(06560)5-05-32 (for Russian speaking) + 38 050 669-26-04 (for English speaking)
e-mail: info@kaissa.com.ua
5th Chess Grand Prix of Bordeaux
The 5th Chess Grand Prix of Bordeaux takes place 28th April - 1st May
2005. In addition the 2nd Chess Grand Prix in d'Aix en Provence takes place in
December 2005.
Details: http://www.grandprixdeparis.com/BA2005.html
Harald Malmgren 100 years Correspondence
31st Dec 2004 saw the start of the first Grandmaster tournament on the
ICCF Webserver. The tournament is the "Harald Malmgren 100 years". The occasion
is to commemorate the 100:d birthday of Harald Malmgren, Tierp in Sweden.
Malmgren was runner up after Cecil Purdy in ICCF's first World Championship and
earned his GM title in the event. Malmgren passed away in 1957. In his career
he was also second in IFSB Championship 1939 and won the Swedish CC
Championship in 1942. Malmgren was a true chess enthusiast and issued a book in
1953 "Mina bästa partier" (My best games) with only CC games he had
played.
There are 13 participants and you will be able to follow the results on
http://www.schack.se/SSKK/palview/res/malmgren.htm
and as soon as about 10 moves are made in every game, SSKK will open a page for
"live" games. That is games according to the ICCF CoC regulations for live
games. The Category of the event is 10 which means that all norms are
available.The tournament has two sponsors, Schackakademin and Svenska
Schackbutiken AB.
The players are: IM Jan Bennborn, Sweden, IM Sture Olsson, Sweden, IM
Rune Bergquist, Norway, IM Ervin Liebert, Estonia, IM Taisto Koskela, Finland,
IM Leif Åhman, Sweden, SIM Jón A Pálsson, Iceland, SIM
Josef Mrkvicka, Czech Rep, GM Matthias Rüfenacht; Switzerland, IM Gary S
Benson, Australia, SIM John Pugh, England, Phillippe Chopin, France and Mads
Smith Hansen, Denmark. The withdrawing ICCF President keeps playing CC and
starts this event on his very last day in office.
Tomas Carnstam, Jonas Dahlgren, Robert Ericsson, Sebastian Nilsson and
Per Söderberg wedish Correspondence Chess Federation (SSKK) Board members.
Games Festival Chalkidiki Greece
The Games Festival is is organised for the first time in Greece and
takes place from 21st-29th of April 2005 at the Porto - Carras Grand Resort, in
Chalkidiki in Greece.
Tennis, chess, golf, biliards, bridge, famous athletes, world champions
will be present in Porto Carras. The festival includes a series of tournaments,
competitions, seminars and exhibitions in sports and the most popular
entertaining games.
The chess events are the 2nd International Open Chess Tournament "Porto
Carras 2005" and the 1st World School Chess Championship. More specifically,
the Open Tournament will be held 22nd-28th April 2005 at the Porto Carras Grand
Rresort with open participation, 9 rounds swiss system and time control 90
minutes plus 30 seconds increment per move, according to the official
announcement of the Greek Chess Club "A.M.O. Galaxias". Total prizes: 6.500
EURO. For more information visit http://www.gamesfestival.com or contact
info@gamesfestival.com & GrivasEfs@netonline.gr
The 1st World School Championship for school chess champions in
categories Under 8, 10, 12, 14, and 16, will be held 21st-29th April 2005 at
the Porto Carras Grand Resort. Organizers of this great event are the World
Chess Federation (FIDE), the International School Chess Union, the Greek Chess
Federation, the Chess Club "Galaxias" of Thessaloniki and the Hotel Complex of
"Porto Carras Grand Resort".
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. The event has been postponed until 21st-31st March
2005 due to the recent Tsunami disaster. 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
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.
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
Hungarian chess tournaments December 2004 - August 2005
1. 5th-18th of February 2005, FS GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, Org.NL.
2. 5th-18th of March 2005, FS GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, Org. : NL,
3. 18th- 26th of March, "SPRING FESTIVAL" 9 rounds Swiss Open,
Budapest, Org.: NL
4. 2nd-15th of April , FS GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, Org: NL:
5. 7th-19th of May, FS GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, org.: NL
6. 20th-28th of May, ZALAKAROS Open, 9 rounds Swiss, (250 km West from
Budapest), org: IM Horvath, Tamas, phone: +(36)-20-9777003
7. 21st-31st of May, ELEKES Memorial, GM-IM closed, Budapest, org.IM
Zsinka, phone: +(36)-20-921-91-97
8. 4th-16th of June, FS GM-IM-FM, Budapest, Org: NL
9. 18th-26th of June, BALATONLELLE Open + GM-IM closed, 120 km West
from Budapest, organizer: IM Rigo, e-mail: me-ri@axelero.hu
10. 2nd-14th of July, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest, org. NL.
11. 23rd- 31st of July, Agria Open /EGER, 100 km North-East from
Budapest/, organizer: Rauch Ferenc, e-mail: rauch@freemail.hu
12. 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
Czech Tour 2004-2005
4th International Chess Festivals Series
14th-21st January 2005 4th OPEN PRAHA (2 FIDE opens, one of them with
IM norm)
22nd-30th January 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
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
Kings Head Rapidplay
The 29th Kings Head Rapidplay will take place on Saturday 12th 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
Swiss Chess Tour 2005
The Swiss Chess Tour starts in Basle in the New Year (1st-8th January
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
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
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
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/
