THE WEEK IN CHESS 536 14th February 2005 by Mark Crowther
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My thanks to Martin Kaster, Peter Sowray, Miklos Orso, Sean Hewitt,
Jörg-Dieter Meyer, Pascal Villalba, Sinisa Drazic, Andy McFarland, Jiri
Hornicek, Steve Laios, Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh, Victor Hugo Silva, Gary Bekker,
Fabian Konrad, Nigel Freeman and everyone else who helped with the issue.
Boris Gelfand is one of the most consistant performers in world chess
being around 2700 for years. He took first place in the Bermuda International
jointly with Pentala Harikrishna who caught him with a win in the final round.
Harikrishna seems to have been round for years but is still only 18 years old
and his rating is on the rise. The Bermuda event continues with an open, it
isn't the only one, the traditional Cappelle la Grande Open event is already
underway and the extremely strong Aeroflot Open in Moscow starts tomorrow.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Bermuda Invitational takes place 30th January - 9th February 2005
with the traditional Open following - 10th Feb: The Invitational is 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
Round 8 (February 7, 2005)
Gelfand, Boris - Harikrishna, P 1-0 38 E06 Catalan
Dominguez, Lenier - Vescovi, Giovanni 1-0 74 C98 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Volokitin, Andrei - Macieja, Bartlomiej 1-0 44 B48 Sicilian Paulsen
Round 9 (February 8, 2005)
Gelfand, Boris - Volokitin, Andrei 1/2 30 A30 English Symmetrical
Harikrishna, P - Dominguez, Lenier 1-0 46 A11 Reti Opening
Vescovi, Giovanni - Macieja, Bartlomiej 1/2 29 B27 Sicilian Early Fianchetto
Round 10 (February 9, 2005)
Dominguez, Lenier - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 31 C43 Petroff's Defence
Volokitin, Andrei - Vescovi, Giovanni 1-0 25 B84 Sicilian Scheveningen
Macieja, Bartlomiej - Harikrishna, P 0-1 40 C54 Giuoco Piano
It Bermuda BER (BER), 30-16 i 2005 cat. XVII (2656)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2696 ** =1 == == == 1= 6.0 2720
2 Harikrishna, P g IND 2632 =0 ** =1 == == 11 6.0 2733
3 Dominguez, Lenier g CUB 2661 == =0 ** 11 01 =0 5.0 2655
4 Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2685 == == 00 ** 01 11 5.0 2650
5 Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA 2645 == == 10 10 ** 0= 4.5 2622
6 Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2618 0= 00 =1 00 1= ** 3.5 2553
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The 21st Cappelle la Grande Open takes place 12th-19th February 2005.
Murtas Kazhgaleyev is the top seed. There is still a huge tie on 2/2 around 380
players compete.
Official site: http://www.cappelle-chess.com
Leading Round 3 Pairings
1 2482 MI SHENGELIA David 2 2613 GMI KAZHGALEYEV Murtas 2
2 2597 GMI DELCHEV Aleksander 2 2481 MI BOBRAS Piotr 2
3 2475 GMI KUCZYNSKI Robert 2 2570 GMI FEDORCHUK Sergey 2
4 2564 GMI CYBOROWSKI Lukasz 2 2477 GMI KLOVANS Janis 2
5 2554 GMI BURMAKIN Vladimir 2 2474 MI KRYVORUCHKO Yuriy 2
6 2550 GMI YEVSEEV Denis 2 2474 MI SZELAG Marcin 2
7 2528 GMI SHNEIDER Aleksandr 2 2472 MI GORMALLY Daniel 2
8 2469 MI OLEKSIENKO Mikhailo 2 2518 GMI KVEINYS Aloyzas 2
9 2500 GMI BAGHERI Amir 2 2470 MI GONZALEZ GARCIA Jose 2
10 2488 MI JAKUBOWSKI Krzysztof 2 2466 GMI DE LA PAZ Frank 2
11 2459 GMI ISKUSNYH Sergei 2 2487 MI WILLIAMS Simon kim 2
12 2359 MI SERET Jean-Luc 2 2578 GMI BAKLAN Vladimir 1,5
13 2589 GMI SPRAGGETT Kevin 1,5 2443 MI ABERGEL Thal 1,5
14 2575 GMI MAGOMEDOV Magaram 1,5 2437 GMI ANKA Emil 1,5
15 2574 GMI LANDA Konstantin 1,5 2441 MI SOCKO Monika 1,5
16 2569 GMI DEGRAEVE Jean-Marc 1,5 2432 MI CZARNOTA Pawel 1,5
17 2569 GMI FRIDMAN Daniel 1,5 2430 GMI VUL Arkadi ereme 1,5
18 2441 GMI PLACHETKA Jan 1,5 2569 GMI MALAKHATKO Vadim 1,5
19 2438 MI HEBERLA Bartlomiej 1,5 2561 GMI STEFANSSON Hannes 1,5
20 2560 GMI ZHANG Pengxiang 1,5 2422 GMI NAUMKIN Igor 1,5
21 2556 GMI CHERNYSHOV Konstantin 1,5 2411 MI FOISOR Cristina 1,5
22 2427 MI DELEMARRE Jop 1,5 2553 GMI KRUPPA Yuri 1,5
23 2420 MI GHARAMIAN Tigran 1,5 2546 GMI TIMOSHENKO Georgy 1,5
24 2546 MI PREDOJEVIC Borki 1,5 2408 MI SIEBRECHT Sebastian 1,5
25 2390 GMI WANG Yu 1,5 2541 MI PALO Davor 1,5
26 2532 GMI JARACZ Pawel 1,5 2316 MF FROEYMAN Helmut 1,5
27 2349 MI FROIS Antonio 1,5 2525 GMI VUCKOVIC Bojan 1,5
28 2521 GMI HEBDEN Mark 1,5 2191 CF FELLER Sebastien 2
29 2515 GMI BRODSKY Michail 1,5 2189 CF MONSIEUX Cyril 2
30 2514 GMI ZELCIC Robert 1,5 2186 CF CAPPON John 2
31 2189 CF DENAYER Eric 2 2514 MI GOULIEV Namig 1,5
32 2485 GMI KOVCHAN Alexander 1,5 2180 CF BACON Nicolas 2
33 2178 CF MONTAGARD Guillaume 2 2483 MI SKATCHKOV Pavel 1,5
34 2478 MI WANG Rui 1,5 2157 CF MULLIGAN Stephen 2
35 2150 CF LE CORRE Benjamin 2 2470 GMI GENOV Petar 1,5
36 2142 CF OUDOT Jean-Baptist 2 2464 MI KASPAROV Sergey 1,5
37 2103 CF SZYLAR Eric 2 2459 MI RAETSKY Alexander 1,5
38 2081 CF BABA Masahiro 2 2455 GMI THORHALLSSON Throstur 1,5
39 2453 GMI NIKITIN Andrey 1,5 2040 CF CROENNE Olivier 2
40 2056 CF LALANDE Jean-Louis 2 2451 MF MORANDA Wojciech 1,5
41 2445 MI SHAW John 1,5 1890 TAKAHASHI Reiji 2
The 4th Aeroflot Chess festival takes place in Hotel Rossija in Moscow,
14th (arrival day) - 24th February 2005 (departure day). 32 players in the top
100 compete. Round 1 15th Feb.
Leading 25 players: 1 Etienne Bacrot 2 Vassily Ivanchuk 3 Vladimir
Akopian 4 Levon Aronian 5 Viktor Bologan 6 Konstantin Sakaev 7 Liviu-Dieter
Nisipeanu 8 Emil Sutovsky 9 Teimour Radjabov 10 Alexander Motylev 11 Vladimir
Malakhov 12 Alexander Khalifman 13 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 14 Krishnan Sasikiran
15 Vadim Zvjaginsev 16 Pavel Smirnov 17 Pavel Eljanov 18 Aleksej Aleksandrov 19
Alexander G Beliavsky 20 Mikhail Kobalia 21 Gregory S Kaidanov 22 Pavel V.
Tregubov 23 Ni Hua 24 Sergei Movsesian 25 Evgeniy Najer
Further details: http://www.aeroflotchess.com
The Czech Championship took place 1st-11th February 2005. David Navara
and Jiri Stocek finished on 8/11. David Navara took the title on tie-break. A
misreading of the site below led me to place it in Prague not Karlovy Vary
which is actually a very famous chess town, best known in its German form,
Karlsbad.
Official site: http://muzi2005.chess.cz/partie.php
ch-CZE Karlovy Vary CZE (CZE), 1-11 ii 2005 cat. XI (2514)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Navara, David g CZE 2644 * = = = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 8.0 2677
2 Stocek, Jiri g CZE 2586 = * = = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2682
3 Babula, Vlastimil g CZE 2566 = = * = = = = 1 1 = 1 1 7.5 2642
4 Hracek, Zbynek g CZE 2600 = = = * = = = = = 1 1 = 6.5 2571
5 Jansa, Vlastimil g CZE 2515 = = = = * = = = = = = 1 6.0 2550
6 Cvek, Robert m CZE 2499 0 = = = = * = = = = 1 1 6.0 2551
7 Jirovsky, Milos g CZE 2499 = = = = = = * = = = = = 5.5 2515
8 Haba, Petr g CZE 2525 0 0 0 = = = = * 1 1 = = 5.0 2477
9 Klima, Lukas m CZE 2484 = 0 0 = = = = 0 * = 0 1 4.0 2415
10 Lechtynsky, Jiri g CZE 2487 0 0 = 0 = = = 0 = * 1 = 4.0 2414
11 Vokac, Marek g CZE 2476 0 0 0 0 = 0 = = 1 0 * = 3.0 2342
12 Cifka, Stanislav CZE 2292 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = 0 = = * 2.5 2323
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The 2nd Kish GM took place on Kish Island 2nd-10th February 2005. Elshan
Moradiabadi, Evgeny Gleizerov, Tigran L Petrosian and Ehsan Ghaem Maghami
finished on 8/11.
Official site: http://www.iranchess.com/indexen.htm
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2nd GM Kish IRI (IRI), 2-10 ii 2005 cat. IX (2461)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Moradiabadi, Elshan m IRI 2439 * = = = = 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 8.0 2637
2. Gleizerov, Evgeny g RUS 2550 = * = = = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 8.0 2627
3. Petrosian, Tigran L g ARM 2568 = = * = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2625
4. Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan g IRI 2623 = = = * = = = 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2620
5. Agamaliev, Gamil g AZE 2516 = = = = * = 1 = = = 1 1 7.0 2557
6. Kunte, Abhijit g IND 2568 0 = = = = * 1 0 = 1 1 1 6.5 2515
7. Mahjoob, Morteza m IRI 2445 = 0 = = 0 0 * = = 1 = 1 5.0 2425
8. Darban, Morteza f IRI 2404 0 0 0 0 = 1 = * 1 = 0 0 3.5 2332
9. Pourkashiyan, Atousa wm IRI 2260 0 0 0 0 = = = 0 * = 1 0 3.0 2303
10. Asanov, Bolat g KAZ 2476 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 = = * = = 3.0 2284
11. Sharbaf, Mohsen f IRI 2403 = 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 = * = 3.0 2290
12. Paridar, Shadi wg IRI 2274 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 = = * 3.0 2302
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The Bundesliga 10th and 11th Rounds took place over the weekend of 12th
and 13th February 2005. The battle for the title looks to be between Porz and
Baden Oos. Baden Oos lost in round 13 to Tegernsee.
Official site: http://www.schachbundesliga.com/
Round 11 Standings:
1. SG Porz 11 61,5 22:0
2. OSC Baden-Baden 11 60,0 20:2
3. SV Werder Bremen 11 55,0 20:2
4. TV Tegernsee 11 53,0 18:4
5. SC Kreuzberg 11 53,0 13:9
6. SF Katernberg 11 48,0 13:9
7. Mülheim Nord 11 47,0 13:9
8. SC Eppingen 11 42,5 12:10
9. Hamburger SK 11 44,5 11:11
10. SV Wattenscheid 11 42,5 9:13
11. SF Neukölln 11 37,0 7:15
12. Erfurter SK 11 39,0 6:16
13. SG Solingen 11 39,0 6:16
14. SV Hofheim 11 33,5 6:16
15. Preetzer TSV 11 25,0 0:22
16. Stuttgarter SF 11 23,5 0:22
Round 10 12th February 2005
Venue: Solingen
SG Aljechin Solingen - Hamburger SK 3,0 - 5,0
Nikolic, Predrag - Gustafsson, Jan 0,5 - 0,5
Stellwagen, Daniel - Ftacnik, Lubomir 0,0 - 1,0
Gabriel, Christian - Hansen, Sune Berg 0,0 - 1,0
Smeets, Jan - Wahls, Matthias 0,5 - 0,5
Hoffmann, Michael - Reeh, Oliver 0,5 - 0,5
Werle, Jan - Heinemann, Thies 0,5 - 0,5
Ernst, Sipke - Langrock, Hannes 0,5 - 0,5
Zysk, Robert - Sebastian, Dirk 0,5 - 0,5
SV Wattenscheid - Preetzer TSV 5,5 - 2,5
Sargissian, Gabriel - Pedersen, Steffen 0,5 - 0,5
Rustemov, Alexander - Fries Nielsen, JO 1,0 - 0,0
Handke, Florian - Wisnewski,Christoph 0,0 - 1,0
Appel, Ralf - Junge, Kai 1,0 - 0,0
Holzke, Frank Dr. - Willsch, Matthias 0,5 - 0,5
Dinstuhl, Volkmar - Marxen, Peter Dr. 1,0 - 0,0
Lemmers, Oscar - Richert, Thomas 1,0 - 0,0
Straeter, Timo - Kornrumpf, Joachim 0,5 - 0,5
Venue: Neukoelln
SF Neukölln - SV Hofheim 5,5 - 2,5
Miroshnichenko,Evg - Savchenko,Stanislav 0,5 - 0,5
Brynell, Stellan - Hickl, Joerg 1,0 - 0,0
Polzin, Rainer - Ginsburg, Gennadi 0,0 - 1,0
Borriss, Martin Dr. - Krivoshey, Sergei 0,5 - 0,5
Berndt, Stephan - Zude, Arno 1,0 - 0,0
Thiede, Lars - Houska, Jovanka 0,5 - 0,5
Poldauf, Dirk - Zude, Erik Dr. 1,0 - 0,0
Rudolf, Henrik - Brendel, Oliver 1,0 - 0,0
SC Kreuzberg - SG Porz 2,5 - 5,5
Almasi, Zoltan - Lutz, Christopher 0,5 - 0,5
Aronian, Levon - Van Wely, Loek 0,5 - 0,5
Maiwald, Jens-Uwe - Sokolov, Ivan 0,5 - 0,5
Kalinitschew, Sergey - Vaganian, Rafael A 0,5 - 0,5
Volke, Karsten - Beliavsky,Alexander 0,5 - 0,5
Tischbierek, Raj - Graf, Alexander 0,0 - 1,0
Lau, Ralf - Gurevich, Mikhail 0,0 - 1,0
Loeffler, Stefan - Van den Doel, Erik 0,0 - 1,0
Venue: Erfurt
Erfurter SK - SF Katernberg 2,0 - 6,0
Haba, Petr - Volokitin, Andrei 0,0 - 1,0
Votava, Jan - Naiditsch, Arkadij 0,5 - 0,5
Machelett, Heiko - Glek, Igor V 0,5 - 0,5
Brueggemann, Joachim - Chuchelov, Vladimir 0,0 - 1,0
Mueller, Matthias - L'Ami, Erwin 0,0 - 1,0
Voekler, Bernd - Senff, Martin 0,0 - 1,0
Enders, Peter - Thesing, Matthias 0,5 - 0,5
Troyke, Christian - Souleidis, Georgios 0,5 - 0,5
SV Werder Bremen - SV Mülheim Nord 5,0 - 3,0
Hracek, Zbynek - Levin, Felix 0,5 - 0,5
Pelletier, Yannick - Schebler, Gerhard 1,0 - 0,0
Efimenko, Zahar - Saltaev, Mihail 0,0 - 1,0
Babula, Vlastimil - Hausrath, Daniel 1,0 - 0,0
Nyback, Tomi - Wegener, Olaf 1,0 - 0,0
Fish, Gennadij - Kern, Guido 1,0 - 0,0
Skripchenko-Lautier,A- Sielecki, Christof 0,0 - 1,0
Meins, Gerlef - Kaid, Almar 0,5 - 0,5
Venue: Eppingen
SC Eppingen - Stuttgarter SG 7,0 - 1,0
Gyimesi, Zoltan - Oral, Tomas 1,0 - 0,0
Acs, Peter - Sedlak, Nikola 0,5 - 0,5
Medvegy, Zoltan - Schmittdiel,Eckhard 0,5 - 0,5
Braun, Arik - Reuss, Andreas 1,0 - 0,0
Mann, Christian - Vuckovic,Aleksandar 1,0 - 0,0
Schulze, Ulrich - Lorscheid, Gerhard 1,0 - 0,0
Miltner, Arndt - Heinatz, Thomas 1,0 - 0,0
Rau, Hannes - Haas, Wilhelm 1,0 - 0,0
OSC Baden-Baden - TV Tegernsee 3,5 - 4,5
Anand, Viswanathan - Khenkin, Igor 0,5 - 0,5
Svidler, Peter - Sokolov, Andrei 0,5 - 0,5
Vallejo Pons,Franc. - Bischoff, Klaus 0,0 - 1,0
Movsesian, Sergei - Boensch, Uwe 1,0 - 0,0
Dautov, Rustem - Kindermann, Stefan 0,5 - 0,5
Jobava, Baadur - Hertneck, Gerald 0,0 - 1,0
Doettling, Fabian - Teske, Henrik 0,5 - 0,5
Keitlinghaus, Ludger - Gross, David 0,5 - 0,5
Round 11 13th February 2005
Venue: Solingen
Hamburger SK - SV Wattenscheid 4,0 - 4,0
Gustafsson, Jan - Sargissian, Gabriel 0,0 - 1,0
Ftacnik, Lubomir - Rustemov, Alexander 0,5 - 0,5
Hansen, Sune Berg - Handke, Florian 1,0 - 0,0
Wahls, Matthias - Appel, Ralf 1,0 - 0,0
Reeh, Oliver - Holzke, Frank Dr. 0,5 - 0,5
Heinemann, Thies - Dinstuhl, Volkmar 0,5 - 0,5
Langrock, Hannes - Lemmers, Oscar 0,5 - 0,5
Sebastian, Dirk - Straeter, Timo 0,0 - 1,0
Preetzer TSV - SG Aljechin Solingen 2,0 - 6,0
Pedersen, Steffen - Nikolic, Predrag 1,0 - 0,0
Fries Nielsen, JO - Stellwagen, Daniel 0,0 - 1,0
Wisnewski,Christoph - Gabriel, Christian 0,5 - 0,5
Junge, Kai - Smeets, Jan 0,0 - 1,0
Willsch, Matthias - Hoffmann, Michael 0,5 - 0,5
Marxen, Peter Dr. - Werle, Jan 0,0 - 1,0
Richert, Thomas - Ernst, Sipke 0,0 - 1,0
Kornrumpf, Joachim - Zysk, Robert 0,0 - 1,0
Venue: Neukoelln
SV Hofheim - SC Kreuzberg 2,5 - 5,5
Savchenko,Stanislav - Almasi, Zoltan 0,5 - 0,5
Hickl, Joerg - Aronian, Levon 0,5 - 0,5
Ginsburg, Gennadi - Maiwald, Jens-Uwe 1,0 - 0,0
Krivoshey, Sergei - Kalinitschew, Sergey 0,5 - 0,5
Zude, Arno - Volke, Karsten 0,0 - 1,0
Houska, Jovanka - Tischbierek, Raj 0,0 - 1,0
Zude, Erik Dr. - Lau, Ralf 0,0 - 1,0
Brendel, Oliver - Loeffler, Stefan 0,0 - 1,0
SG Porz - SF Neukölln 6,5 - 1,5
Lutz, Christopher - Miroshnichenko,Evg. 0,5 - 0,5
Van Wely, Loek - Brynell, Stellan 1,0 - 0,0
Sokolov, Ivan - Polzin, Rainer 1,0 - 0,0
Vaganian, Rafael A - Borriss, Martin Dr. 1,0 - 0,0
Beliavsky,Alexander - Berndt, Stephan 0,5 - 0,5
Graf, Alexander - Thiede, Lars 1,0 - 0,0
Gurevich, Mikhail - Poldauf, Dirk 0,5 - 0,5
Van den Doel, Erik - Rudolf, Henrik 1,0 - 0,0
Venue: Erfurter
SF Katernberg - SV Werder Bremen 3,5 - 4,5
Volokitin, Andrei - Hracek, Zbynek 0,5 - 0,5
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Pelletier, Yannick 0,5 - 0,5
Glek, Igor V - Efimenko, Zahar 0,0 - 1,0
Chuchelov, Vladimir - Babula, Vlastimil 0,5 - 0,5
L'Ami, Erwin - Nyback, Tomi 0,5 - 0,5
Senff, Martin - Fish, Gennadij 0,5 - 0,5
Thesing, Matthias Skripchenko-Lautier,A 0,0 - 1,0
Souleidis, Georgios - Meins, Gerlef 1,0 - 0,0
SV Mülheim Nord - Erfurter SK 4,0 - 4,0
Levin, Felix - Haba, Petr 0,5 - 0,5
Schebler, Gerhard - Votava, Jan 0,0 - 1,0
Saltaev, Mihail - Machelett, Heiko 0,5 - 0,5
Hausrath, Daniel - Brueggemann, Joachim 1,0 - 0,0
Wegener, Olaf - Mueller, Matthias 0,5 - 0,5
Kern, Guido - Voekler, Bernd 0,5 - 0,5
Sielecki, Christof - Enders, Peter 0,5 - 0,5
Kaid, Almar - Troyke, Christian 0,5 - 0,5
Venue: Eppingen
Stuttgarter SG - SC Baden-Oos 0,5 - 7,5
Oral, Tomas - Anand, Viswanathan 0,0 - 1,0
Sedlak, Nikola - Svidler, Peter 0,0 - 1,0
Schmittdiel, - Vallejo Pons, 0,0 - 1,0
Eckhard Francisco
Reuss, Andreas - Movsesian, Sergei 0,0 - 1,0
Vuckovic,Aleksandar - Dautov, Rustem 0,5 - 0,5
Lorscheid, Gerhard - Jobava, Baadur 0,0 - 1,0
Haas, Wilhelm - Schlosser, Philipp 0,0 - 1,0
Schmid, Wolfgang - Doettling, Fabian 0,0 - 1,0
TV Tegernsee - SC Eppingen 5,0 - 3,0
Khenkin, Igor - Gyimesi, Zoltan 0,5 - 0,5
Sokolov, Andrei - Acs, Peter 0,5 - 0,5
Bischoff, Klaus - Medvegy, Zoltan 0,5 - 0,5
Boensch, Uwe - Braun, Arik 1,0 - 0,0
Kindermann, Stefan - Mann, Christian 0,5 - 0,5
Hertneck, Gerald - Schulze, Ulrich 1,0 - 0,0
Teske, Henrik - Miltner, Arndt 0,5 - 0,5
Gross, David - Rau, Hannes 0,5 - 0,5
Round 7 28th January 2005 Final Round 7
Venue: Muelheim
SV Mülheim Nord - SF Katernberg 2,5 - 5,5
Landa, Konstantin - Naiditsch, Arkadij 0,5 - 0,5
Fridman, Daniel - Glek, Igor 0,5 - 0,5
Schebler, Gerhard - Chuchelov,Vladimir 0 - 1
Saltaev, Mihail - Smagin, Sergey 0 - 1
Lytchak, Alexander - Thesing, Matthias 0 - 1
Hausrath, Daniel - Scholz, Christian 1 - 0
Wegener, Olaf - Souleidis,Georgios 0 - 1
Sielecki, Christof - Siebrecht,Sebastian 0,5 - 0,5
The 2nd Los Angeles Masters took place on 7th February 2005. Varuzhan
Akobian defeated Andranik Matikozian in the final round to take first place.
Format similar to that of the New York Masters with four games in an evening.
Timerate in LA is g/30. The event takes place every Monday at the LA Chess Club
(http://www.LaChessClub.com). Sponsor:
Kreiman Chess Academy http://www.kreimanchess.com/. There
won't be events for the next two weeks.
Official site: http://lachessmasters.com/
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2nd LA Masters (USA), 7 ii 2005
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1. Akobian, Varuzhan g USA 2571 3.5 1st $300
2. Khachiyan, Melikset m USA 2462 3.0 2nd $75
3. Matikozian, Andranik m ARM 2496 3.0 2nd $75
4. Manukian, Garuch ARM 2293 3.0 2nd $75
5. Serpik, Ilia V. USA 2248 3.0 2nd $75
6. Banawa, Jouaquin PHI 2319 2.5 Total$600
7. Zimbeck, David USA 2159 2.5
8. Stein, Alex f USA 2362 2.0
9. Kretchetov, Alexandre f RUS 2326 2.0
10. Banawa, Joel PHI ---- 2.0
11. Furman, Leonid USA ---- 2.0
12. Clawitter, Craig USA 2217 2.0
13. Neal, Lonnie USA ---- 1.5
14. Landaw, Julian W USA 2122 1.0
15. Vardanyan, Gevorg USA ---- 1.0
16. Hall, Bruce S USA ---- 1.0
17. Frasco, Ronald USA ---- 0.0
The 13th Fajr Open took place in Tehran, Iran 26th January - 1st
February 2005. There was a big tie on 7.5/9 between Gadir Guseinov, Elshan
Moradiabadi, Nidjat Mamedov, Tigran L Petrosian and Evgeny Gleizerov. GM Norm
for Moradiabadi. I give the games again as there were a few errors in the files
last week, round 3 games missing. News: Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh.
Official site: http://www.iranchess.com/indexen.htm
Leading Round 9 Standings:
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13th Fajr Open Tehran IRI (IRI), 4 i-1 ii 2005
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1 Guseinov Gadir g AZE 2574 7.5 51.5 2544
2 Moradiabadi Elshan m IRI 2439 7.5 50.5 2574
3 Mamedov Nidjat m AZE 2446 7.5 49.0 2565
4 Petrosian Tigran L g ARM 2568 7.5 47.5 2568
5 Gleizerov Evgeny g RUS 2550 7.5 47.0 2503
6 Ghaem Maghami Ehsan g IRI 2623 7.0 51.5 2498
7 Kotanjian Tigran m ARM 2443 7.0 47.0 2477
8 Petrosian Davit G m ARM 2377 7.0 46.5 2285
9 Aryanejad Hossein f IRI 2252 7.0 44.5 2437
10 Abbasov Farid m AZE 2465 7.0 44.0 2207
11 Khakpoor Abbas IRI 2260 7.0 43.5 2339
12 Ardeshi Mehrdad f IRI 2254 7.0 39.5 2230
13 Ibrahimov Rasul m AZE 2501 6.5 50.5 2459
14 Mahjoob Morteza m IRI 2445 6.5 50.5 2447
15 Guliev Logman m AZE 2391 6.5 48.5 2424
16 Kayumov Sergey m UZB 2417 6.5 47.5 2344
17 Darban Morteza f IRI 2404 6.5 47.5 2416
18 Mahdavirad Mehdi IRI 2220 6.5 42.0 2014
19 Vahidi Mohammad IRI 2226 6.5 41.0 2155
20 Mahmoody M Sadegh IRI 2202 6.5 38.5 1894
21 Soozankar A M IRI 2255 6.5 35.0 1958
22 Babaev Rashad m AZE 2463 6.0 51.0 2357
23 Agamaliev Gamil g AZE 2516 6.0 49.5 2285
24 Bistric Faruk g BIH 2454 6.0 49.0 2379
25 Mallahi Amir m IRI 2420 6.0 48.0 2310
26 Khaghani Mehdi IRI 2289 6.0 45.5 2249
27 Babujian Levon ARM 2362 6.0 45.0 2227
28 Momeni E IRI 2120 6.0 45.0 2262
29 Alizadeh Gh IRI 2186 6.0 44.0 2116
30 Mohammadi H R IRI 2313 6.0 43.0 2297
31 Khaghani Babak IRI 2240 6.0 42.5 2123
32 Simonian Hrair ARM 2238 6.0 42.5 2225
33 Doostkam P IRI 2221 6.0 42.5 2177
34 Kheiri A R IRI 2171 6.0 42.5 2063
35 Sharbaf Mohsen f IRI 2403 6.0 42.0 2246
36 Ryahi Naser IRI 2232 6.0 42.0 2183
37 Daneshpour S H IRI 2167 6.0 42.0 2141
38 Aliev Kerim m TKM 2332 6.0 41.5 2170
39 Abbasifar Hasan IRI 2306 6.0 41.0 2172
40 Rafiei A IRI 2158 6.0 40.0 2109
41 Taghavi Hossein IRI 0 6.0 40.0 2214
42 Barzigar Behrang IRI 2107 6.0 38.5 1948
221 players
The First Saturday tournaments include GM, IM and FM events. They take
place in Budapest 5th-18th of February 2005.
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/
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1. Szabo, Krisztian HUN 2376 * 1 1 0 . . . . 1 . 1 . = 4.5 2606
2. Almasi, Istvan m HUN 2427 0 * . . . = = 1 . = . 1 1 4.5 2522
3. Ilincic, Zlatko g SCG 2502 0 . * . . . = = . 1 1 = 1 4.5 2503
4. Paschall, William M m USA 2403 1 . . * . . = . 0 = 1 . 1 4.0 2516
5. Erdos, Viktor m HUN 2453 . . . . * = = = . = . 1 1 4.0 2552
6. Fogarasi, Tibor g HUN 2442 . = . . = * = = . 1 . = . 3.5 2493
7. Seres, Lajos g HUN 2418 . = = = = = * = = . . . . 3.5 2445
8. Kristjansson, Stefan m ISL 2438 . 0 = . = = = * . . . 1 . 3.0 2453
9. Zlatic, Mihajlo m SCG 2451 0 . . 1 . . = . * = = = 0 3.0 2346
10. Boros, Denes m HUN 2404 . = 0 = = 0 . . = * = . . 2.5 2325
11. Berczes, David f HUN 2313 0 . 0 0 . . . . = = * . 1 2.0 2295
12. Flumbort, Andras m HUN 2479 . 0 = . 0 = . 0 = . . * . 1.5 2259
13. Thinius, Marco m GER 2384 = 0 0 0 0 . . . 1 . 0 . * 1.5 2187
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1. Jakab, Attila m HUN 2439 * = 1 . 1 . 1 = . . 1 5.0 2565
2. Pap, Gyula HUN 2371 = * . 1 0 = . . . 1 = 3.5 2328
3. Stupavski, Zdenko f SCG 2313 0 . * = . 1 . . 1 0 1 3.5 2322
4. Werner, Dimo m GER 2312 . 0 = * 0 . 1 = 1 . . 3.0 2267
5. Fodor, Tamas jr f HUN 2226 0 1 . 1 * . = . . . 0 2.5 2334
6. Toth, Ervin HUN 2239 . = 0 . . * . = = 1 . 2.5 2248
7. Caruana, Fabiano f USA 2219 0 . . 0 = . * . . 1 1 2.5 2278
8. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2290 = . . = . = . * 0 = . 2.0 2179
9. Ignacz, Maria HUN 2187 . . 0 0 . = . 1 * = . 2.0 2175
10. Valet, Richard GER 2082 . 0 1 . . 0 0 = = * . 2.0 2144
11. Martini, Balazs HUN 2333 0 = 0 . 1 . 0 . . . * 1.5 2164
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1. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2313 * . . 1 0 = 1 . 1 . 1 4.5 2420
2. Pinter, Gabor m HUN 2354 . * . = 1 . 1 . = 1 . 4.0 2432
3. Szeberenyi, Adam m HUN 2357 . . * . = = = = 1 . = 3.5 2293
4. Prohaszka, Peter2 HUN 2194 0 = . * = . 1 . . 1 . 3.0 2342
5. Nagy, Bence f HUN 2349 1 0 = = * . . . . = . 2.5 2278
6. Johannesson, Ingvar Thor f ISL 2315 = . = . . * . = = . = 2.5 2252
7. Toth, Lili wm HUN 2159 0 0 = 0 . . * 1 . 1 . 2.5 2215
8. Rombaldoni, Denis ITA 2244 . . = . . = 0 * 0 . 1 2.0 2164
9. Katsuhara, Osamu JPN 2083 0 = 0 . . = . 1 * 0 . 2.0 2168
10. Schulze, Hubertus GER 2175 . 0 . 0 = . 0 . 1 * = 2.0 2109
11. Schneider, Veronika HUN 2266 0 . = . . = . 0 . = * 1.5 2131
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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. News Steve Laios.
Belgian Teams 2004-05
Round 7: 16.01.2005
1.Charleroi - Eynatten 2 : 3.5-4.5 (1/8 game)
2.Borgerhout - Jean Jaurès : 3.0-5.0
3.Temse 1 - Liège : 2.5-5.5
4.Temse 2 - Eynatten 1 : 1.0 - 7.0
5.Rochade - Gent : 5.5-2.5
6.Brugge - Leuven : 5.0-3.0
games : 41
Standings after round 07.
Teams Pts M.P
1. SK47.Eynatten 1 : 45.5 7
2. Rochade Eupen : 33.0 4.5
3. CRE Liège EL : 32.0 5
4. Boey Temse 2 : 31.5 5
5. K Brugge SK : 30.0 5
6. K Gent SRL : 28.5 5
7. SK47.Eynatten 2 : 26.5 3.5
8. CRE Charleroi : 26.5 2
9. Boey Temse 1 : 21.5 1.5
10. Borgerhout : 21.5 1
11. Jean Jaurès : 21 2.5
12. LV Leuven : 18.5 0.0
The 5th Internationales Schach-Jugendtreffen took place 4th-11th
February 2005 in Pulvermuehle, Germany. Peter Wells took clear first place on
6.5/9.
Official site:
http://www.olympia-jugend-2008.steffans-schachseiten.de/
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1. Wells, Peter K g ENG 2519 * = = = = 1 1 1 1 = 6.5 2583
2. Mchedlishvili, Mikheil g GEO 2515 = * = = = 1 1 = 1 = 6.0 2542
3. Meier, Georg GER 2372 = = * = = 1 = 1 = 1 6.0 2558
4. Reinderman, Dimitri g NED 2517 = = = * 1 0 = = = 1 5.0 2460
5. Baramidze, David g GER 2550 = = = 0 * = = = = 1 4.5 2413
6. Heinz, Axel GER 2317 0 0 0 1 = * 1 1 = = 4.5 2439
7. Balinov, Ilija g AUT 2372 0 0 = = = 0 * 1 = 1 4.0 2390
8. Braun, Arik m GER 2463 0 = 0 = = 0 0 * 1 1 3.5 2343
9. Bindrich, Falko f GER 2326 0 0 = = = = = 0 * 0 2.5 2272
10. Brener, Ilja GER 2321 = = 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 * 2.5 2273
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The Posadas International Summer tournament at "Club Posadas Chess"
(founded July 1926, only two years after FIDE). Posadas is the capital of
Misiones states in Argentina. 14th-24th January 2005. News: Victor Hugo
Silva.
Official site: http://www.ajedrezposadas.com.ar/
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Summer Open Posadas ARG (ARG), 4-8 ii 2005
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1. Bachmann, Axel PAR 2314 +16 +18 + 4 + 2 + 9 = 6 + 7 6.5 2573
2. Mazziotti Irigoyen, Gabriel ARG 2277 +13 +12 +14 - 1 + 7 + 4 + 6 6.0 2448
3. Caro, Esteban ARG 2198 +19 = 8 = 5 = 4 - 6 +10 + 9 4.5 2230
4. Espinoza, Edgar f PAR 2258 +15 +20 - 1 = 3 + 5 - 2 + 8 4.5 2254
5. Pingas, Blas f ARG 2281 . = 7 = 3 +10 - 4 +11 +12 4.0 2301
6. Gomez, Pedro ARG ---- = 7 -14 +19 +12 + 3 = 1 - 2 4.0 2213
7. Tossutti, Juan C ARG 2205 = 6 = 5 +18 + 8 - 2 +14 - 1 4.0 2174
8. Crotti,Lucas ARG ---- + 9 = 3 =10 - 7 =11 +15 - 4 3.5 2162
9. Ferrara, Alexis ARG 2230 - 8 +13 +17 +14 - 1 =12 - 3 3.5 2101
10. Alvarez, Miguel ARG 2132 -14 +15 = 8 - 5 +17 - 3 +16 3.5 2080
11. Ledesma, Hugo ARG 2115 -18 -17 +16 +20 = 8 - 5 +14 3.5 2052
12. Reta, Miguel ARG 2149 +17 - 2 +20 - 6 +15 = 9 - 5 3.5 2112
13. Goiriz, Y Damian PAR 2047 - 2 - 9 -15 +19 =20 +18 +17 3.5 2072
14. Rendon,Francisco Antonio ARG ---- +10 + 6 - 2 - 9 +16 - 7 -11 3.0 2099
15. Agnello,Silvana ARG ---- - 4 -10 +13 +17 -12 - 8 +18 3.0 2033
16. Chang, Suzana BRA 2087 - 1 =19 -11 +18 -14 +20 -10 2.5 1978
17. Ramela,Lucas ARG ---- -12 +11 - 9 -15 -10 +19 -13 2.0 1938
18. Rueda Zieniewicz,Romina ARG ---- +11 - 1 - 7 -16 =19 -13 -15 1.5 1879
19. Garcia,Carlos ARG ---- - 3 =16 - 6 -13 =18 -17 =20 1.5 1817
20. Cornejo,Walter ARG ---- . - 4 -12 -11 =13 -16 =19 1.0 1836
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The Gibtele.com Masters International took place 25th January - 3rd
February 2005. There was a five way tie for first place. The players are given
in alphabetical order in the final standings. Levon Aronian, Zahar Efimenko,
Kiril Georgiev, Alexei Shirov and Emil Sutovsky all scored 7.5/10. After a slow
start Shirov managed to gain an ELO point at the end. There are a number of
game corrections. My thanks to Sean Hewitt.
Official site: http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/
Pedro F. Hegoburu writes:The International Correspondence Chess
Federation (ICCF) is glad to announce that Correspondence Chess Grandmaster
Joop J. van Oosterom (Netherlands) has become the 18th World Champion! With two
draws in his final games, Grandmaster Joop J. van Oosterom (Netherlands) has
ended his participation in World Championship Final 18 with a score of 11
points in 14 games (8 wins, 6 draws, undefeated) and his score cannot be
equalled or surpassed, therefore becoming the 18th World Champion. GM van
Oosterom is currently the top player in ICCF's ELO ranking, with 2754 points.
He was granted the Grandmaster title in 1993. Based on his most recent results,
his expected ELO for the next period (valid as from April 1, 2005) is 2773,
which would put him on the historical top place, above GM Hans Berliner (USA)
with 2765 points.
Prior to his success in World Championship Final 18, GM van Oosterom had
already participated in many top correspondence chess events. He is also a
major chess sponsor with the annual Amber tournament. Below the table includes
all finished games. I have used the ICCF ratings for April 2003.
Source: http://www.iccf.com/
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18th WChCorr ICCF (COR), 1 vi 2003 - 2005 cat. XV (2614)
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1. Van Oosterom, Joop g NED 2725 * = = = = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 11.0 2836
2. Soltau,Achim g GER 2618 = * = . = = = = 1 = = = = 1 1 8.0 2697
3. Elwert,Hans Marcus g GER 2693 = = * = = = = . = 1 . 1 = = 1 7.5 2699
4. Umansky, Mikhail g RUS 2654 = . = * = = = 1 = = 1 0 1 = = 7.5 2667
5. Toro Solis de Ovando,Guillermo g CHI 2636 = = = = * = = = = = = = . = = 6.5 2615
6. Nimtz, Manfred g GER 2634 0 = = = = * 0 = = = = 1 = . = 6.0 2587
7. Schoen, Wolfram m GER 2664 = = = = = 1 * = . . . 1 = . . 5.5 2725
8. Rause, Olita g LAT 2720 0 = . 0 = = = * = . . = 1 = 1 5.5 2609
9. Piccardo, Vittorio g ITA 2574 0 0 = = = = . = * = = = = = = 5.5 2556
10. Fleetwood,Daniel M USA 2546 = = 0 = = = . . = * = . 1 . = 5.0 2616
11. Spitz, Patrick FRA 2548 0 = . 0 = = . . = = * 1 = = = 5.0 2562
12. Van Kempen,Heinz Erich g GER 2554 0 = 0 1 = 0 0 = = . 0 * 0 1 1 5.0 2537
13. Hefka,Vladimir SVK 2574 0 = = 0 . = = 0 = 0 = 1 * = = 5.0 2528
14. Mraz, Miroslav CZE 2559 0 0 = = = . . = = . = 0 = * = 4.0 2517
15. Tiemann,Hagen GER 2513 0 0 0 = = = . 0 = = = 0 = = * 4.0 2477
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The Oceania 2005 FIDE Zonal qualifier took place January 30th - February
4th 2005 in Auckland, New Zealand. Gary Lane won the event with 7/9. Titles:
WIM Narelle Szuveges WFM Angela Song (5 pts - 26.5 tie break) Shannon Oliver (5
pts - 25.0 tie break with V.Reid & E.Charomova - wins by 2nd tie break
elimination of early results) IM Paul Garbett (6.5 pts - tie break ahead of
G.Xie and J.Humphrey) FM Jonathan Humphrey (6.5 pts) Igor Bjelobrk (5.5 pts -
tie break ahead of Aaron Guthrie, Puchen Wang & Michael Steadman). News:
Michael Freeman.
Note that I made a correction to TWIC shortly after putting it up.
Leonard Mc Laren played in the event (the unusual spacing of his name in the
ELO rating list fooled me somewhat) and that name and his rating was corrected
in the games files and crosstable in a version you may have already
downloaded.
Official site: http://www.globalchessenterprises.co.nz/
Crosstable
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Oceania zt Auckland NZL (NZL), 30 i-4 ii 2005
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1. Lane, Gary W m AUS 2439 +29 =26 +36 =14 + 4 +20 = 3 = 2 + 7 7.0 2506
2. Johansen, Darryl K g AUS 2471 = 5 +46 + 9 = 3 =16 +13 +11 = 1 = 6 6.5 2449
3. Garbett, Paul Anthony f NZL 2312 +37 +30 + 7 = 2 +11 = 6 = 1 = 4 = 8 6.5 2488
4. Xie, George Wendi f AUS 2359 +42 +21 =14 +13 - 1 +12 = 8 = 3 +17 6.5 2429
5. Humphrey, Jonathan AUS 2150 = 2 =35 =18 +37 =26 =15 +38 +25 +11 6.5 2428
6. Wohl, Aleksandar H m AUS 2378 +47 +15 +12 -11 +14 = 3 +16 - 7 = 2 6.0 2433
7. Canfell, Gregory f AUS 2361 +32 +19 - 3 +50 +17 -11 +14 + 6 - 1 6.0 2405
8. Feldman, Vladimir m AUS 2300 +44 =36 +26 =20 =25 +18 = 4 =11 = 3 6.0 2399
9. Smith, Robert W f NZL 2233 +51 =25 - 2 +47 =18 =30 =20 +21 +26 6.0 2383
10. Lukey, Stephen G f NZL 2281 =27 +31 =25 -21 +54 =22 =30 +35 +20 6.0 2325
11. Bjelobrk, Igor NZL 2377 +38 +22 +33 + 6 - 3 + 7 - 2 = 8 - 5 5.5 2364
12. Reilly, Tim f AUS 2302 +34 +17 - 6 +40 =20 - 4 =21 +22 =15 5.5 2315
13. Depasquale, Chris f AUS 2333 +41 +50 =20 - 4 +21 - 2 =15 +19 =18 5.5 2363
14. Rujevic, Mirko m AUS 2260 +24 +45 = 4 = 1 - 6 +35 - 7 =30 +27 5.5 2303
15. Steadman, Michael NZL 2222 +53 - 6 -40 +44 +34 = 5 =13 +23 =12 5.5 2262
16. Nokes, Roger I f NZL 2329 =31 =27 +54 +22 = 2 +25 - 6 -17 +30 5.5 2304
17. Guthrie, Aaron AUS 2170 +55 -12 +27 +33 - 7 +26 =19 +16 - 4 5.5 2327
18. Ker, Anthony F m NZL 2327 -45 +59 = 5 +48 = 9 - 8 +39 +24 =13 5.5 2221
19. Wang, Philip Xiao f USA 2306 +56 - 7 =37 =36 +29 +27 =17 -13 +25 5.5 2220
20. Solomon, Stephen J m AUS 2426 +48 +23 =13 = 8 =12 - 1 = 9 +32 -10 5.0 2307
21. Charles, Gareth AUS 2178 +52 - 4 +34 +10 -13 =23 =12 - 9 +39 5.0 2244
22. Sonter, Matthew AUS 2206 +43 -11 +32 -16 +40 =10 =23 -12 +41 5.0 2248
23. Green, Peter f NZL 2258 +49 -20 +29 =30 =35 =21 =22 -15 +37 5.0 2220
24. Mistry, Prashant NZL 2017 -14 -29 +58 =42 +47 =28 +54 -18 +35 5.0 2209
25. Kulashko, Aleksei f NZL 2377 +40 = 9 =10 +28 = 8 -16 +36 - 5 -19 4.5 2214
26. Mc Laren, Leonard NZL 2247 +39 = 1 - 8 +45 = 5 -17 =31 +34 - 9 4.5 2162
27. Stojic, Dusan AUS 2036 =10 =16 -17 +32 +50 -19 =28 +31 -14 4.5 2209
28. Jones, Lee f AUS 2199 -36 +49 +44 -25 =38 =24 =27 =37 =32 4.5 2079
29. Stuart, Peter NZL 2146 - 1 +24 -23 +53 -19 =34 =41 +36 =33 4.5 2158
30. Jones, Brian f AUS 2168 +60 - 3 +53 =23 =33 = 9 =10 =14 -16 4.5 2216
31. Song, Raymond AUS 2063 =16 -10 -48 =46 +52 +40 =26 -27 +47 4.5 2144
32. Safarian, Alek AUS 2092 - 7 +57 -22 -27 +53 +50 +33 -20 =28 4.5 2188
33. Watson, Bruce R f NZL 2286 +59 +54 -11 -17 =30 =49 -32 +43 =29 4.5 2127
34. Wallis, Christopher AUS 2051 -12 +58 -21 +55 -15 =29 +42 -26 +46 4.5 2130
35. Spain, Graeme NZL 2192 =46 = 5 =45 +39 =23 -14 +49 -10 -24 4.0 2071
36. Lin,Zhigen AUS ---- +28 = 8 - 1 =19 =61 +37 -25 -29 =38 4.0 2169
37. Cronan, James AUS 2053 - 3 +52 =19 - 5 +45 -36 +48 =28 -23 4.0 2115
38. Goodhue, Nathan NZL 2092 -11 -53 +46 +43 =28 =39 - 5 =45 =36 4.0 2043
39. Oliver, Gareth AUS 2000 -26 =47 +51 -35 +42 =38 -18 +44 -21 4.0 2101
40. Krstev, Antonio NZL 2132 -25 +56 +15 -12 -22 -31 =46 =50 +49 4.0 2084
41. Gibbons, Robert NZL 2075 -13 -55 +56 -49 +43 =54 =29 +53 -22 4.0 2026
42. Bennett, Hilton NZL 2079 - 4 -43 +52 =24 -39 +59 -34 =54 +53 4.0 2024
43. Kalisch,Tom AUS ---- -22 +42 -47 -38 -41 +58 +51 -33 +59 4.0 2057
44. Benson, Christopher NZL 2049 - 8 +60 -28 -15 +57 =48 =50 -39 +54 4.0 2090
45. Van Renen, Mike AUS 2060 +18 -14 =35 -26 -37 +56 =47 =38 . 3.5 2094
46. Davis,Tony AUS ---- =35 - 2 -38 =31 +51 -47 =40 +48 -34 3.5 2061
47. Wheeler, Bruce NZL 2139 - 6 =39 +43 - 9 -24 +46 =45 =49 -31 3.5 2003
48. Chan, Jason AUS 2140 -20 =51 +31 -18 =49 =44 -37 -46 +58 3.5 2021
49. Donaldson, Bruce NZL 2002 -23 -28 +60 +41 =48 =33 -35 =47 -40 3.5 2077
50. Perry, Roger NZL NZL 2186 +57 -13 +55 - 7 -27 -32 =44 =40 =51 3.5 2030
51. Thornton, Giovanni Antonio NZL 1995 - 9 =48 -39 =56 -46 +60 -43 +59 =50 3.5 1962
52. Stone,Andrew NZL ---- -21 -37 -42 +58 -31 -53 +60 =56 +57 3.5 1937
53. Stojic, Svetozar AUS 1992 -15 +38 -30 -29 -32 +52 +57 -41 -42 3.0 1972
54. Goffin, Peter NZL 2154 +58 -33 -16 +59 -10 =41 -24 =42 -44 3.0 2003
55. Maroroa,Temu NZL ---- -17 +41 -50 -34 =59 -57 -58 -60 +56 2.5 1868
56. Prasad, Calvin FIJ 1788 -19 -40 -41 =51 +60 -45 =59 =52 -55 2.5 1901
57. Booth,Tony NZL ---- -50 -32 -59 +60 -44 +55 -53 =58 -52 2.5 1873
58. Maroroa,Andrew NZL ---- -54 -34 -24 -52 +61 -43 +55 =57 -48 2.5 1874
59. Hair, Philip I NZL 2036 -33 -18 +57 -54 =55 -42 =56 -51 -43 2.0 1849
60. Cheng,Bobby NZL ---- -30 -44 -49 -57 -56 -51 -52 +55 +61 2.0 1780
61. BYE ---- . . . . -58 . . . -60 0.5 1727
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The Geneva Open took place January 22nd-30th 2005. The master open was
won by GM Epishin with 6.5/9 alongside was a 'Tournoi Général. No
games available.
Official site: http://www.geneve-echecs.ch/open2005.html
Masters Final Table
Rg. SNr nom AUT FED points BH
1 3 GM Epishin Vladimir 2614 RUS 6½ 48
2 7 GM Schekachev Andrei 2559 RUS 6½ 46
3 1 GM Milov Vadim 2668 SUI 6 51
4 4 GM Riazantsev Alexander 2596 RUS 6 50½
5 2 GM Kempinski Robert 2624 POL 6 50
6 5 GM Palac Mladem 2575 CRO 5½ 48
7 6 GM Markowski Tomasz 2570 POL 5½ 48
8 11 IM Landenbergue Claude 2399 SUI 5½ 46½
9 22 Mazet Julien 2216 FRA 5½ 44
10 17 FM Masserey Yvan 2320 SUI 5½ 41
11 10 IM Maze Sébastien 2455 FRA 5 48
12 18 IM Huss Andreas 2314 SUI 5 45½
13 8 IM Raetsky Alexander 2459 RUS 5 45
14 15 FM Geenen Marc 2356 BEL 5 44
15 14 IM Olivier,JC 2364 FRA 5 41½
16 20 IM Peric Slavisa 2230 SCG 4½ 41½
17 12 IM Gerber Richard 2378 SUI 4½ 40
18 16 FM Liardet Fabrice 2340 SUI 4½ 38½
19 26 Graells Ricardo 2136 SUI 4½ 36½
20 13 IM Bergez Luc 2371 FRA 4 39½
21 19 Vuilleumier,A. 2280 SUI 4 39
22 21 Buehler Beat 2227 SUI 4 38½
23 25 Astengo Corrado 2139 ITA 4 34½
24 28 Hanouna Dan 2087 SUI 4 31
25 30 WMK Wilson Alexandra 2072 SUI 4 29
26 23 Nabavi Parwis 2177 SUI 3½ 34½
27 29 Jagstaidt Patrick 2083 SUI 3½ 32½
28 33 Sudan Georges 2038 SUI 3½ 32½
29 32 Liepins Olivier 2050 LET 3½ 30
30 31 Fairbairn Steve 2052 CAN 3 37½
31 24 Bieri Christian 2141 SUI 3 37
32 27 Daverio Edoardo 2101 SUI 3 36
33 9 FM Papa Severin 2456 SUI 3 25½
34 34 Reuther Guido 1878 GER 1½ 35
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The March line-up :
March 1st GM Mikhailevski on the King's Indian
March 8th GM Davies on the Lopez Breyer
March 15th GM Kosten on the Najdorf 6 Bg5 e6 7 f4 Nc6!?
March 22nd IM Martin on ' Crushing the Pirc'
March 29th GM Prie on the Slav
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. Rest days March 1st and 7th.
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
76th German Championship
The 76th German Championship takes place in Altenkirchen / Westerwald
18th-26th February 2005.
Players include: Alexander Graf, Jan Gustafsson, Igor Khenkin, Artur
Jussupov, Philipp Schlosser, Klaus Bischoff, Dawid Baramidze, Leonid Kritz,
Thomas Luther, Robert Rabiega, Gennady Fish, Jakov Meister, Vastimil Hort, Jan
Sprenger, Rai Tischbierek, Arik Braun. 46 participants.
Official Site: http://www.skak.de/dem2005/index.htm
71st Brazilian Championship
The 71st Brazilian Championship takes place 14th-20th February, 2005. 9
round swiss with 34 players.
Official site:
http://www.fpx.com.br/2005/festriopreto/principal.htm
TOP PLAYERS ( 3GMs and 6 IMs) 1 Gilberto Milos Jr. 2598 g 2 Rafael D.
Leitão 2580 g 3 Darcy Gustavo Machado V. Lima 2529 g 4 Alexandr Fier
2489 m 5 Everaldo Matsuura 2462 m 6 Eduardo Thelio da Silva Limp 2445 m 7
Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk 2409 m 8 Carlos Alejandro Martinez 2403 m 9
Luís Henrique Pinto Coelho 2381 m
9th Chess Festival Voronezh
The 9th Chess Festival Voronezh 2005 takes place 10th-21st June
2005.
Official site: http://www.relex.ru/~xuser/voronezh_open/
7th European Senior Teams
The 7th European Senior Teams takes place in Dresden 18th-25th February
2005.
Official site: http://www.schachfestival.de
Computer Chess Tournament
CCT7 took place February 12th-13th 2005.
Official site: http://cct7.crafty-chess.com/
Kramnik Exhibition Match
North Rhine-Westphalian Minister President Peer Steinbrück has
challenged Classical World Champion Vladimir Kramnik from Moscow to an
exhibition game on March 5th 2005. Regarded by chess experts as a particularly
ambitious and adept chess amateur, Peer Steinbrück is a serious opponent.
We are told we "can expect a serious game of approximately one hour duration.
There will be no handicap for one of the players. The exact rules of play will
be published in due course or on the day of the event. " The event takes place
at the Art and Exhibition Hall in Bonn, Germany on Saturday, March 5 2005.
18th Ciudad de Leon
The 18th edition of the Ciudad de Leon chess tournament will be held in
Leon, Spain June 9th-13th 2005. Players: Viswanathan Anand, Rustam Khasimdanov,
Alexei Shirov and Magnus Carlsen. As usual, there will be 2 semi finals (June
10th and 11th) and a final (June 12th) and the venue will be the "Edificio de
la Junta de Castilla y León" building. The sponsors are: the
Ayuntamiento de León, the Junta de Castilla y León, the
Diputación de León, the Universidad de León, Cajaduero and
Alsa
The official web will be http://www.advancedchessleon.com
and/or http://www.elajedrezdelfuturo.com
10th Stuttgart International Championship
The 10th Stuttgart International Championship takes place in Germany
5th-8th May 2005. Further details; Thomas Clemens e-mail: tc1772@nexgo.de
Further information:
http://www.stuttgarter-stadtmeisterschaft.de.
Brno 2005
There are GM, IM and Open tournaments in Brno, Czech Republic 30th June
- 10th July 2005.
Information: Internet - http://volny.cz/skduras E-mail -
petr.pisk@centrum.cz Phone - Petr Pisk, +420- 731 465 344
Lenk Chess Festival
The "Swiss Chess Tour 2005" will continue in Lenk with the 17th
"Kreuz-Open" March 24th-28th 2005. The host will be Hotel Kreuz, "Grande" Open,
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. From 11.- 20. places natural prizes.
Special prizes for best Lady, senior (1945), junior(1985-88), schoolboy (1989)
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 "Kreuz".
Time table: Round 1st 18.00-23.00 March 24,; Rounds 2/3 09.30-14.30 and
15.30-20.30 March 25,; Round 4 13.30-18.30 March 26,; Rounds 5/6 09.30-14.30
and 15.30-20.30 March 27,; Round 7 10.00-15.00 March 28. Closing ceremony March
28 at 16.00.
List of players till January 27th ? GMs: Andrei Sokolov (FRA), Joseph
Gallagher (SUI), Adam Horvath (HUN), Lothar Vogt (GER), Florin Gheorghiu (ROM);
WGM Elvira Berend (LUX), WIM Nellya Vidonyak (GER); IMs: Alexander Raetsky
(RUS), Roman Vidonyak (GER), Sandor Videki (HUN), Fred Berend (LUX) etc.
Info: Beochess +41+34+424-01-06 (Robert Spoerri) or info@beochess.ch or
site http://www.beochess.ch for more
details.
FIDE Trainers Committee
IM Jovan Petronic. Chairman, FIDE Computer & Internet Chess
Committee has written about the FIDE Trainers Committee. Link to his article
below. In 1998 FIDE formed a powerful Committee comprising of leading chess
trainers around the chess globe. Accordingly, it was named the FIDE Trainers
Committee, and below, I will try to summarize the immense useful information
for the readers, current major chess training activities and appeals of the
Committee, etc. The number of certified FIDE Trainers has grown and they are
now (in alphabetical order) - none other than: Alburt Lev (USA), Asanov Bolat
(Kazahstan), Azmaiparashvili Zurab (Georgia), Boensch Uwe (Germany), Beliavsky
Alexandr (Slovenia), Chernin Alexandr (Hungary), Dorfman Iossif (France),
Dvoretsky Mark (Russia), Gelfer Israel (Israel), Georgadze Tamaz (Georgia),
Gulko Boris (USA), Illescas Miguel (Spain), Kuzmin Alexey (Katar), Khodarkovsky
Michael (USA), Leong Ignatius (Singapore), Mikhalcishin Adrian (Slovenia),
Marjanovic Slavoljub (Serbia & Montenegro), Mohr Georg (Slovenia), Nikitin
Alexandr (Russia), Petrosjan Arshak (Armenia), Polgar Zsuzsa (USA), Postovsky
Boris (USA), Psakhis Lev (Israel), Razuvaev Yuri (Russia), Seirawan Yasser
(USA), Sosonko Genna (Netherlands), Schmidt Wlodzimerz (Poland), Tukmakov
Vladimir (Ukraine), Ubilava Elizbar (Georgia), Vladimirov Evgeny (Kazahstan),
Zapata Alonso (Columbia) and Xie Yun (China).
Read the article:
http://www.jovanpetronic.com/fidetrainerscommittee.htm
19th Pula Open
The 19th "Pula Open 2005" in Croatia takes place 19th-26th June
2005.
For further information on the event: http://www.skpula.hr. Contact Denis Vretenar by
e-mail: pulaopen@globalnet.hr.
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
Update from Igor Glek. Attention of Grandmasters! Now we have an
opportunity to offer free accommodation and board in a hotel which is situated
close to the tournament hall. That is possible for minimal 10 Grandmasters with
high rating who are members of ACP. Contact: technical director of “Moscow
Open 2005” Igor Glek (mcf05@mail.ru, igorglek@hotmail.com,
+7(095)-3883328, +7(095)-2500441, mobile +7(903)-5593052, +49-179-7030605 (28.1
– 6.2, 11 – 13.2)
Detailed information:
http://www.chessplayers.org/eng/news/viewarticle.html?id=242
International Chess Festival Varna
The Varna (Bulgaria) International Chess Festival takes place 10th-17th
April 2005. Contact: Boris Hristov Tel’052 64 28 77, fax: 052 574 940;
GSM: 088 60 25 403 e-mail: seahorse@abv.abv.bg
Further details: http://www.seahorse-chess.com
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
Brunei Open
The Brunei Open takes place 14th Jan to 19th Jan 2005.
Official site: http://www.bruneichess.org.bn/
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
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
The Novi Sad Open A (semi-closed for IMs and GMs) takes 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
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".
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
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
