THE WEEK IN CHESS 538 28th February 2005 by Mark Crowther
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4th Aeroflot Chess Festival 64 games
76th German Championship 138 games
71st Brazilian Championship 1 game
4th Sao Jose de Rio Preto 45 games
Polish Under-20 66 games
Shulman - Wojtkiewicz Match 4 games
12th Russian Clubs 232 games
OCF Winter FIDE Open 84 games
Nordic Youth Championships 36 games
VIII Malaga International Open 135 games
III Festival Olimpico Salinas 45 games
Mimoza Open 20 games
Córdoba City Championship 2 games
31st Bangladesh Championship 20 games
Belgian Teams 2004-2005 1 game
Jersey Chess Festival 92 games
21st Cappelle la Grande Open 109 games
1127 games
My thanks to Igor Glek, Jesús J. Boyero, Herman Claudius van
Riemsdijk, Goran Tomic, Javier Rubio, Haroon Rashid, Ravi Abhyankar, Thomas
Henrich, Doru Ionescu, Jean-Claude Templeur, Pascal Villalba, Martha Fierro,
Frank Berry, David Clayton, Arthur Brameld, Steve Laios, Andy McFarland, Julio
Alberto González, Victor Hansen, Brian Stephenson and everyone else who
helped with the issue.
The Linares tournament is coming up to the half way stage and the event
is still very difficult to call. Garry Kasparov seems to be playing at the same
level as at the Russian Championship and he leads with 3.5/5. Half a point
behind him are Anand and Topalov on 3/5 and Kasimdzhanov on 3/6. Half a point
further back is Peter Leko who hasn't struck form yet and indeed he was lucky
to escape with a draw against Topalov. Michael Adams has won one but lost two
to lie on 2/5 but Vallejo is really struggling, he drew his first two games but
three consecutive losses suggest that this may be the year he struggles in this
company. Its all to play for.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
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. Round
1 Wednesday February 23rd 2005. For the first time most if not all the money
for the players is in the prizefund instead of in appearance fees. Prizes:
1º 100.000 € ; 2º 75.000 € ; 3º 50.000 € ;
4º 25.000 € ; 5º 20.000 € ; 6º 15.000 € et
7º 12.500 €. Rest days March 1st and 7th 2005.
Michiel Abeln will be on the spot for TWIC from March 2nd 2005.
Official sites:
http://www.ajedrezenlinares.com/XXII_ciudad_linares.htm
and http://www.marca.com/ajedrez/linares05/index.html
XXII SuperGM Linares ESP (ESP), 23 ii-17 iii 2005 cat. XX (2743)
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1 Kasparov, Garry g RUS 2804 ** =. .. =. =. 1. 1. 3.5 / 5 2877
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2786 =. ** 1. =. =. .. =. 3.0 / 5 2806
3 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2757 .. 0. ** =. =. 1. 1. 3.0 / 5 2800
4 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2678 =. =. =. ** =. =. =. 3.0 / 6 2753
5 Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 =. =. =. =. ** =. .. 2.5 / 5 2753
6 Adams, Michael g ENG 2741 0. .. 0. =. =. ** 1. 2.0 / 5 2662
7 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2686 0. =. 0. =. .. 0. ** 1.0 / 5 2513
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Round 1 (February 23, 2005)
Topalov, Veselin - Adams, Michael 1-0 41 E37 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 26 E52 Nimzo Indian
Leko, Peter - Kasparov, Garry 1/2 26 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 2 (February 24, 2005)
Kasparov, Garry - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1/2 51 C42 Petroff's Defence
Anand, Viswanathan - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 59 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Adams, Michael - Leko, Peter 1/2 18 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Round 3 (February 25, 2005)
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Adams, Michael 1/2 27 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Leko, Peter - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 24 C42 Petroff's Defence
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Kasparov, Garry 0-1 29 D02 Queen's Pawn Game
Round 4 (February 26, 2005)
Anand, Viswanathan - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1/2 33 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Topalov, Veselin - Leko, Peter 1/2 57 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Adams, Michael - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1-0 34 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 5 (February 27, 2005)
Kasparov, Garry - Adams, Michael 1-0 54 E37 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 40 E94 King's Indian Classical
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 41 E15 Queens Indian
Round 6 (February 28, 2005)
Anand, Viswanathan - Kasparov, Garry 1/2 44 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Topalov, Veselin - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1-0 32 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Leko, Peter - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1/2 76 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
The 6th Karpov tournament in Poikovsky, Russia takes place 26th February
- 7th March 2005. Etienne Bacrot and Viktor Bologan lead on 2/3.
Further details:
http://www.chesspro.ru/events/poikovsky05.shtml
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6th Karpov Poikovsky RUS (RUS), 26 ii-7 iii 2005 cat. XVIII (2682)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2715 * . = = . 1 . . . . 2.0 2805
2. Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2683 . * . . = . = . 1 . 2.0 2804
3. Vaganian, Rafael A g ARM 2670 = . * = . . . = . . 1.5 2693
4. Dominguez, Lenier g CUB 2661 = . = * = . . . . . 1.5 2679
5. Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2652 . = . = * . . . = . 1.5 2664
6. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2710 0 . . . . * = 1 . . 1.5 2718
7. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2735 . = . . . = * . . = 1.5 2676
8. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2704 . . = . . 0 . * . 1 1.5 2671
9. Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2650 . 0 . . = . . . * 1 1.5 2656
10. Sadvakasov, Darmen g KAZ 2635 . . . . . . = 0 0 * 0.5 2423
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Round 1 (February 26, 2005)
Bacrot, Etienne - Grischuk, Alexander 1-0 61 E20 Nimzo Indian
Vaganian, Rafael A - Dominguez, Lenier 1/2 38 A07 Barcza System
Svidler, Peter - Bologan, Viktor 1/2 22 B17 Caro Kann
Dreev, Alexey - Sadvakasov, Darmen 1-0 45 E34 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Rublevsky, Sergei - Onischuk, Alexander 1/2 45 C45 Scotch Game
Round 2 (February 27, 2005)
Bologan, Viktor - Rublevsky, Sergei 1-0 69 D27 QGA
Vaganian, Rafael A - Bacrot, Etienne 1/2 43 D15 Slav Defence
Dominguez, Lenier - Onischuk, Alexander 1/2 23 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Grischuk, Alexander - Dreev, Alexey 1-0 35 D52 Queens Gambit Cambridge Springs
Sadvakasov, Darmen - Svidler, Peter 1/2 37 C96 Ruy Lopez
Round 3 (February 28, 2005)
Bacrot, Etienne - Dominguez, Lenier 1/2 52 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Onischuk, Alexander - Bologan, Viktor 1/2 23 B13 Caro Kann Exchange
Svidler, Peter - Grischuk, Alexander 1/2 18 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Dreev, Alexey - Vaganian, Rafael A 1/2 69 D31 Semi-Slav Defence
Rublevsky, Sergei - Sadvakasov, Darmen 1-0 42 B52 Sicilian Rossolimo
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has given an interview to Yuri Vasiliev of Sport
Express with a World Championship Unification proposal. The decision was taken
at the FIDE Presidential meeting in Tbilisi 26th-27th February 2005.
Eight players will be invited: Rustam Kasimdzanov (Fide champion),
Michael Adams (Fide runner-up), Vladimir Kramnik (Braingames champion, a very
interesting use of terminology), Peter Leko (Braingames runner-up), Garry
Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand, Vaselin Topalov and Alexander Morozevich (the four
top rated players) for a double round robin.
All 8 players will be sent official contracts by 15th April 2005. A
player declining invitation will be replaced by the next highest rated player.
Elista is proposed as venue for the time being, although other countries are
expected to bid. The prize money for the tournament is currrently 500,000 US
dollars. Singapore, Armenia and Georgia have so far expressed willingness to
organise this tournament. Their official offers are awaited. In December 2005,
a world cup tournament (on the lines of FIDE KO) will be held. Its winner will
be the challenger to play against the Unified champion. Source:
http://www.sport-express.ru/art.shtml?99853
The proposals don't look likely to be attractive enough to get all the
players to sign up. The event would probably have to be a quadrouple round to
make it special enough to be a world title (although I have always advocated a
match tournament to clear up the mess a number of players object to this format
because they believe the other players would throw games), the money doesn't
look anywhere near enough and Kramnik has made it clear that reunification only
has meaning if bound up with a proper cycle, this proposal is bound up with the
failed FIDE KO system with its fast time-rates and media unfriendly format.
Also cast iron financial guarantees would be important to everyone.
Earlier material.
English translation of the interview of the
FIDE President in Sport Express by Y. Vassiliev. Source of translation: Elista
FIDE Office. 16th February 2004
Kasparov response:
http://www.kommersant.com/page.asp?id=547705
Kasparov Press Release 18th January 2005
FIDE Respond to Kasparov Press Release 18th
January 2005
ACP Respond to Kasparov Press Release 18th
January 2005
Vladimir Kramnik gave a detailed and important interview to
New in Chess after his match against
Leko that appears in full on the ChessBase site.
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2154
The 4th Aeroflot Chess festival took place in Hotel Rossija in Moscow,
14th (arrival day) - 24th February 2005 (departure day). 36 players in the top
100 competed. Emil Sutovsky took first place on tie-break (more black's than
white's). There are errors in some of the games eg Round 5: Radjabov- Timofeev
and Efimenko-Beliavsky given last week.
Further details: http://www.aeroflotchess.com
Rank Name Score Title Fed. Flags Col.Bal. Rat-HiLo
1 Sutovsky, Emil 6,5 GM ISR - -1 2611,9
2 Kharlov, Andrei 6,5 GM RUS - 1 2633
3 Ivanchuk, Vassily 6,5 GM UKR - 1 2628,6
4 Motylev, Alexander 6,5 GM RUS - 1 2617,3
5 Akopian, Vladimir 6,5 GM ARM - 1 2610,4
6 Sorokin, Maxim 6 GM RUS - -1 2635,6
7 Bacrot, Etienne 6 GM FRA - -1 2627,7
8 Volkov, Sergey 6 GM RUS - 1 2641,9
9 Eljanov, Pavel 6 GM UKR - 1 2638,7
10 Khalifman, Alexander 6 GM RUS - 1 2621,9
11 Radjabov, Teimour 6 GM AZE j 1 2591,4
12 Malakhov, Vladimir 6 GM RUS - 1 2588,3
13 Sargissian, Gabriel 5,5 GM ARM - -1 2643
14 Wang, Yue 5,5 GM CHN j -1 2624,3
15 Aronian, Levon 5,5 GM ARM - -1 2602,3
16 Van Wely, Loek 5,5 GM NED - -1 2602,1
17 Tregubov, Pavel V. 5,5 GM RUS - -1 2583,4
18 Kempinski, Robert 5,5 GM POL - -1 2573,4
19 Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan 5,5 GM IRI - -1 2568,6
20 Ni, Hua 5,5 GM CHN - 1 2637,1
21 Belov, Vladimir 5,5 GM RUS - 1 2635
22 Kobalia, Mikhail 5,5 GM RUS - 1 2630,7
23 Riazantsev, Alexander 5,5 GM RUS - 1 2628
24 Bologan, Viktor 5,5 GM MDA - 1 2617,9
25 Bu, Xiangzhi 5,5 GM CHN - 1 2614,7
26 Asrian, Karen 5,5 GM ARM - 1 2587,1
27 Naiditsch, Arkadij 5,5 GM GER - 1 2574,7
28 Iordachescu, Viorel 5,5 GM MDA - 1 2564,6
29 Minasian, Artashes 5 GM ARM - -1 2638,6
30 Erenburg, Sergey 5 GM ISR - -1 2597,3
31 Karjakin, Sergey 5 GM UKR j -1 2588,6
32 Timofeev, Artyom 5 GM RUS - -1 2584
33 Sasikiran, Krishnan 5 GM IND - -1 2574,9
34 Beliavsky, Alexander G 5 GM SLO - -1 2571,7
35 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 5 GM ROM - 0 2596,4
36 Efimenko, Zahar 5 GM UKR - 1 2651
37 Yermolinsky, Alex 5 GM USA - 1 2623,7
38 Berkes, Ferenc 5 GM HUN - 1 2621
39 Sakaev, Konstantin 5 GM RUS - 1 2598,1
40 Ponomariov, Ruslan 5 GM UKR - 1 2587,6
41 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 5 GM AZE - 1 2585,3
42 Zvjaginsev, Vadim 5 GM RUS - 1 2581,1
43 Shabalov, Alexander 5 GM USA - 1 2564,9
44 Galkin, Alexander 4,5 GM RUS - -1 2646,9
45 Lugovoi, Aleksei 4,5 GM RUS - -1 2632,7
46 Fedorov, Alexei 4,5 GM BLR - -1 2589,7
47 Nepomniachtchi, Ian 4,5 IM RUS j -1 2586,6
48 Smirnov, Pavel 4,5 GM RUS - -1 2579,3
49 Ehlvest, Jaan 4,5 GM EST - -1 2571,4
50 Tkachiev, Vladislav 4,5 GM FRA - -1 2570,3
51 Izoria, Zviad 4,5 GM GEO - -1 2555,4
52 Areshchenko, Alexander 4,5 GM UKR - 1 2646
53 Tseshkovsky, Vitaly 4,5 GM RUS s 1 2643,3
54 Petrosian, Tigran L. 4,5 GM ARM - 1 2631
55 Postny, Evgeny 4,5 GM ISR - 1 2626,4
56 Filippov, Valerij 4,5 GM RUS - 1 2618,9
57 Azarov, Sergei 4,5 GM BLR - 1 2618,3
58 Kotsur, Pavel 4,5 GM KAZ - 1 2609,1
59 Kurnosov, Igor 4,5 GM RUS - 1 2599,9
60 Sandipan, Chanda 4,5 GM IND - 1 2599,1
61 Sadvakasov, Darmen 4,5 GM KAZ - 1 2582,3
62 Anastasian, Ashot 4 GM ARM - -1 2651,4
63 David, Alberto 4 GM LUX - -1 2632,7
64 Yakovich, Yuri 4 GM RUS - -1 2608,9
65 Neverov, Valeriy 4 GM UKR - -1 2598,3
66 Fontaine, Robert 4 GM FRA - -1 2595,1
67 Kotronias, Vasilios 4 GM GRE - -1 2583
68 Gyimesi, Zoltan 4 GM HUN - -1 2581,9
69 Epishin, Vladimir 4 GM RUS - -1 2565,3
70 Jakovenko, Dmitry 4 GM RUS - -1 2553,3
71 Bocharov, Dmitry 4 GM RUS - 1 2620,3
72 Roiz, Michael 4 GM ISR - 1 2611,1
73 Ganguly, Surya Shekhar 4 GM IND - 1 2608,1
74 Nataf, Igor-Alexandre 4 GM FRA - 1 2607,9
75 Atalik, Suat 4 GM BIH - 1 2605,1
76 Popov, Valerij 4 GM RUS - 1 2594,7
77 Vaganian, Rafael A 4 GM ARM - 1 2586,1
78 Kaidanov, Gregory S 4 GM USA - 1 2576,3
79 Najer, Evgeniy 4 GM RUS - 1 2574,3
80 Guseinov, Gadir 3,5 GM AZE - -1 2618,7
81 Lastin, Alexander 3,5 GM RUS - -1 2605,6
82 Ivanov, Sergey 3,5 GM RUS - -1 2604,1
83 Kulaots, Kaido 3,5 GM EST - -1 2595,1
84 Solak, Dragan 3,5 GM SCG - -1 2588
85 Romanishin, Oleg M 3,5 GM UKR - -1 2581,9
86 Nyback, Tomi 3,5 GM FIN - 0 2599,6
87 Inarkiev, Ernesto 3,5 GM RUS - 1 2583,6
88 Dvoirys, Semen I. 3,5 GM RUS - 1 2555,9
89 Vasquez, Rodrigo 3 GM CHI - -1 2600,1
90 Markowski, Tomasz 3 GM POL - -1 2600
91 Kosteniuk, Alexandra 3 GM RUS w -1 2590,4
92 Zhao, Jun 3 CHN - -1 2580,3
93 Al-Modiahki, Mohamad 3 GM QAT - -1 2571,3
94 Kornev, Alexei 3 GM RUS - 1 2612,7
95 Kuzubov, Yuriy 3 IM UKR j 1 2591,1
96 Galliamova, Alisa 3 IM RUS w 1 2581,3
97 Amonatov, Farrukh 2,5 GM TJK - 1 2575,6
98 Rustemov, Alexander 2,5 GM RUS - 1 2549,1
99 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw 2 IM POL j -1 2584,9
100 L'Ami, Erwin 2 IM NED - -1 2545,7
101 Ivanov, Alexander 1,5 GM USA - 1 2573
102 Shaposhnikov, Evgeny 0,5 GM RUS - 5 2590,8
The 76th German Championship took place in Altenkirchen / Westerwald
18th-26th February 2005. Artur Jussupow took clear first place with 7/9.
Official Site: http://www.skak.de/dem2005/index.htm
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76th ch-GER Altenkirchen GER (GER), 18-26 ii 2005
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1. Jussupow, Artur g GER 2582 +32 =22 +10 = 3 + 6 + 5 = 2 = 7 +14 7.0 2749
2. Gustafsson, Jan g GER 2616 +25 +28 = 6 + 5 = 3 =16 = 1 = 4 + 7 6.5 2708
3. Khenkin, Igor g GER 2604 =19 +43 +13 = 1 = 2 +11 - 7 + 9 = 4 6.0 2625
4. Baramidze, David g GER 2550 +18 +23 - 5 = 6 +20 = 9 +16 = 2 = 3 6.0 2633
5. Graf, Alexander g GER 2637 +38 + 9 + 4 - 2 +23 - 1 =11 +13 = 6 6.0 2637
6. Luther, Thomas g GER 2543 +41 +26 = 2 = 4 - 1 +17 = 9 +21 = 5 6.0 2601
7. Kritz, Leonid g GER 2547 =31 +35 =20 =22 +21 +37 + 3 = 1 - 2 6.0 2562
8. Hort, Vlastimil g GER 2515 =29 =34 =31 . +26 =28 +35 =23 +19 5.5 2508
9. Braun, Arik m GER 2463 +21 - 5 +34 +12 =10 = 4 = 6 - 3 +22 5.5 2574
10. Sprenger, Jan Michael m GER 2491 =37 +19 - 1 +26 = 9 =13 =23 +16 =11 5.5 2530
11. Prusikin, Michael g GER 2540 =34 =31 +32 =20 +22 - 3 = 5 +28 =10 5.5 2537
12. Schlosser, Philipp g GER 2570 +27 =30 =17 - 9 -19 =29 +31 +32 +23 5.5 2472
13. Fish, Gennadij m GER 2523 +39 =20 - 3 +35 =15 =10 +37 - 5 +21 5.5 2517
14. Meister, Yakov m GER 2519 =43 =37 +41 -23 +32 =19 +18 +20 - 1 5.5 2462
15. Rabiega, Robert g GER 2539 -26 +36 =30 +25 =13 =23 =20 =19 =18 5.0 2427
16. Bischoff, Klaus g GER 2555 =35 +33 =22 +30 =37 = 2 - 4 -10 +29 5.0 2473
17. Handke, Florian g GER 2488 =24 +29 =12 -37 +31 - 6 -21 +35 +28 5.0 2430
18. Kraemer, Martin f GER 2357 - 4 =45 +24 =28 =30 +22 -14 +33 =15 5.0 2467
19. Meier, Georg GER 2372 = 3 -10 =29 +34 +12 =14 =28 =15 - 8 4.5 2484
20. Breutigam, Martin m GER 2403 +40 =13 = 7 =11 - 4 +44 =15 -14 =24 4.5 2436
21. Schunk, Thomas1 f GER 2280 - 9 +27 =38 +33 - 7 +30 +17 - 6 -13 4.5 2458
22. Meins, Gerlef m GER 2440 +44 = 1 =16 = 7 -11 -18 +38 +37 - 9 4.5 2440
23. Wisnewski, Christoph f GER 2401 +46 - 4 +39 +14 - 5 =15 =10 = 8 -12 4.5 2476
24. Schneider, Bernd2 f GER 2293 =17 -38 -18 +40 =25 =27 =30 +41 =20 4.5 2370
25. Alber, Horst f GER 2387 - 2 =44 +43 -15 =24 =36 +26 =30 =27 4.5 2374
26. Scherer, Max GER 2325 +15 - 6 =28 -10 - 8 +43 -25 +44 +38 4.5 2432
27. Muranyi, Karl-J f GER 2365 -12 -21 +45 +39 -28 =24 +44 =29 =25 4.5 2340
28. Tischbierek, Raj g GER 2477 +36 - 2 =26 =18 +27 = 8 =19 -11 -17 4.0 2385
29. Schulz, Karsten f GER 2310 = 8 -17 =19 +41 =38 =12 =32 =27 -16 4.0 2398
30. Henrichs, Thomas m GER 2407 +45 =12 =15 -16 =18 -21 =24 =25 =34 4.0 2346
31. Pajeken, Wolfgang f GER 2354 = 7 =11 = 8 =38 -17 =33 -12 =36 +46 4.0 2388
32. Reuss, Andreas f GER 2370 - 1 +40 -11 +36 -14 +34 =29 -12 =33 4.0 2370
33. Bastian, Herbert f GER 2400 +42 -16 -37 -21 +39 =31 +36 -18 =32 4.0 2282
34. Schunk, Eduard GER 2337 =11 = 8 - 9 -19 +42 -32 +45 =38 =30 4.0 2330
35. Deglmann, Ludwig f GER 2361 =16 - 7 +44 -13 +43 =38 - 8 -17 +37 4.0 2386
36. Asendorf, Joachim f GER 2282 -28 -15 +42 -32 +46 =25 -33 =31 +41 4.0 2304
37. Degtiarev, Evgeny GER 2297 =10 =14 +33 +17 =16 - 7 -13 -22 -35 3.5 2400
38. Solonar, Stefan m GER 2393 - 5 +24 =21 =31 =29 =35 -22 =34 -26 3.5 2290
39. Dresen, Ulrich f GER 2322 -13 +42 -23 -27 -33 +40 -41 +45 =43 3.5 2235
40. Schmidt, Rainer GER 2183 -20 -32 =46 -24 =45 -39 +43 =42 +44 3.5 2184
41. Ljubarskij, Jurij GER 2348 - 6 +46 -14 -29 -44 +42 +39 -24 -36 3.0 2181
42. Heidorn, Oliver GER 2111 -33 -39 -36 +47 -34 -41 =46 =40 +45 3.0 2120
43. Namyslo, Holger GER 2314 =14 - 3 -25 +45 -35 -26 -40 =46 =39 2.5 2171
44. Leiber, Bernard GER 2230 -22 =25 -35 +46 +41 -20 -27 -26 -40 2.5 2162
45. Schinke, Andreas GER 2191 -30 =18 -27 -43 =40 +46 -34 -39 -42 2.0 2062
46. Bischoff, Dieter GER 2145 -23 -41 =40 -44 -36 -45 =42 =43 -31 1.5 1995
47. BYE ---- . . . -42 . . . . . 0.0
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The 71st Brazilian Championship took place 14th-20th February, 2005. 9
round swiss with 34 players. Rafael Leitao won the event using normal swiss
tie-break. The event took place in São José do Rio Preto and not
in São Paulo. São José do Rio Preto (State São
Paulo) is a beautiful town with about 400.000 inhabitants and is over 300 miles
(to the west) distant of the city São Paulo. Correction from Herman
Claudius van Riemsdijk to his round 1 game appears in this issue. I changed
venue in the PGN file and cbv file for last week on the TWIC site otherwise you
can change it to Sao Jose do Rio Preto manually. Roberto
Assumpção is a very strong amateur. He's a physician who lives in
Santos (São Paulo's harbour) and in 1981 was São Paulo State
Champion with 8 out of 9 (The highest score ever). He was in the top 10 in the
Brazilian rating list (about 2400) and had no international rating.
Official site:
http://www.fpx.com.br/2005/festriopreto/principal.htm
Official Final Standings:
1 Leitão, Rafael BRA 2580 7.5 37.5 49.5 39.0
2 Milos Jr., Gilberto BRA 2598 7.5 37.0 49.0 37.0
3 Lima, Darcy BRA 2529 7 37.0 48.5 37.5
4 Limp, Eduardo BRA 2445 5.5 40.0 50.5 31.0
5 El Debs, Felipe De Cresce BRA 2351 5.5 33.5 43.0 23.5
6 Assumpção, Roberto BRA 2238 5.5 33.0 42.5 28.0
7 Di Berardino, Diego Rafael BRA 2358 5.5 29.0 38.0 22.5
8 van Riemsdijk, Herman Claudius BRA 2409 5 39.5 51.0 28.0
9 Caldeira, Adriano BRA 2320 5 37.5 47.5 25.5
10 Coelho, Luis BRA 2381 5 35.5 46.0 27.0
11 Matsuura, Everaldo BRA 2462 5 34.5 46.0 28.5
12 Fier, Alexandr BRA 2489 4.5 36.5 47.5 26.5
13 Galati, Mario Augusto BRA 2195 4.5 34.0 44.5 24.0
14 Matsuura, Frederico BRA 2280 4.5 33.0 43.0 25.0
15 Marra, Eduardo da Costa BRA 2261 4.5 30.0 40.0 18.5
16 Asfora, Marco BRA 2308 4.5 29.5 35.0 21.0
17 Araujo, Adalberto BRA 2258 4.5 27.5 35.0 19.0
18 Miranda Jr, Roberto Calheiros de BRA 2208 4 31.0 40.5 20.5
19 da Silva, Alessandro Rodrigues BRA 2204 4 30.5 38.0 20.0
20 Mekitarian, Krikor Sevag BRA 2207 4 30.0 36.0 23.0
21 Name, Gabriel BRA 2198 4 27.5 33.0 15.0
22 Bil, Angelo BRA 2135 4 27.0 32.5 16.5
23 Capatti, Eduardo BRA 2164 4 26.0 31.0 18.0
24 Chemin, Vitorio BRA 2363 3.5 28.0 35.5 18.5
25 Araujo, Alcides Alexandre BRA 2175 3 30.5 36.0 17.0
26 Macedo, Maximo Iack BRA 2094 2.5 25.5 30.5 11.0
27 De Paula, Guilherme BRA 2135 2 26.5 32.0 9.0
28 Tasoko, Toshinobu BRA 1935 0 26.0 32.5 0.0
Crosstable
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1. Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2598 +15 = 8 + 6 +13 = 2 + 3 = 4 +10 + 9 7.5 2691
2. Leitao, Rafael g BRA 2580 +17 + 6 +11 = 3 = 1 + 4 + 8 + 9 =10 7.5 2690
3. Lima, Darcy g BRA 2529 +18 +10 + 4 = 2 +13 - 1 +14 +11 = 8 7.0 2641
4. Limp, Eduardo m BRA 2445 +21 +25 - 3 + 5 + 8 - 2 = 1 = 6 =11 5.5 2446
5. Assumpcao,Roberto BRA ---- +14 + 7 -13 - 4 +15 +12 - 9 = 8 +20 5.5 2416
6. El Debs, Felipe de Cresce f BRA 2351 +27 - 2 - 1 =25 =16 +22 +13 = 4 +12 5.5 2420
7. Di Berardino, Diego Rafael BRA 2358 =22 - 5 -24 +21 +25 +18 -10 +19 +14 5.5 2289
8. Van Riemsdijk, Herman C m BRA 2409 +12 = 1 =16 +18 - 4 +13 - 2 = 5 = 3 5.0 2415
9. Coelho, Luis m BRA 2381 -25 =22 +21 +17 +11 =14 + 5 - 2 - 1 5.0 2341
10. Caldeira, Adriano f BRA 2320 +26 - 3 -12 +23 +19 =11 + 7 - 1 = 2 5.0 2396
11. Matsuura, Everaldo m BRA 2462 +19 +23 - 2 +12 - 9 =10 +20 - 3 = 4 5.0 2379
12. Galati, Mario Augusto BRA 2195 - 8 +15 +10 -11 +17 - 5 +16 =14 - 6 4.5 2294
13. Fier, Alexander Hila m BRA 2489 +20 +16 + 5 - 1 - 3 - 8 - 6 +24 =17 4.5 2335
14. Matsuura, Frederico BRA 2280 - 5 =21 +25 +16 +20 = 9 - 3 =12 - 7 4.5 2261
15. Marra, Eduardo da Costa BRA 2261 - 1 -12 +26 +22 - 5 =19 =18 =20 +24 4.5 2222
16. Asfora, Marco f BRA 2308 +28 -13 = 8 -14 = 6 +23 -12 =18 +25 4.5 2245
17. Araujo, Adalberto f BRA 2258 - 2 +27 =19 - 9 -12 =21 +28 +23 =13 4.5 2253
18. Miranda, Roberto Calheiros de BRA 2208 - 3 +26 +22 - 8 =24 - 7 =15 =16 =19 4.0 2252
19. Da Silva, Alessandro Rodrigues BRA 2204 -11 +24 =17 =20 -10 =15 +27 - 7 =18 4.0 2242
20. Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag BRA 2207 -13 +28 +23 =19 -14 +24 -11 =15 - 5 4.0 2196
21. Name, Gabriel BRA 2198 - 4 =14 - 9 - 7 +28 =17 +22 -27 +26 4.0 2181
22. Bil, Angelo BRA 2135 = 7 = 9 -18 -15 +26 - 6 -21 +28 +27 4.0 2170
23. Capatti, Eduardo BRA 2164 +24 -11 -20 -10 +27 -16 +26 -17 +28 4.0 2188
24. Chemin, Vitorio f BRA 2363 -23 -19 + 7 +27 =18 -20 +25 -13 -15 3.5 2164
25. Azevedo, Alcides Alexandre BRA 2175 + 9 - 4 -14 = 6 - 7 +28 -24 =26 -16 3.0 2154
26. Macedo, Maximo Iack BRA 2094 -10 -18 -15 +28 -22 +27 -23 =25 -21 2.5 2004
27. De Paula, Guilherme BRA 2135 - 6 -17 +28 -24 -23 -26 -19 +21 -22 2.0 1969
28. Tasoko, Toshinobu BRA 1935 -16 -20 -27 -26 -21 -25 -17 -22 -23 0.0
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The 4th Sao Jose de Rio Preto tournament took place alongside the
Brazilian Championship 14th-20th February 2005. Alfredo Giaccio won the event
with 6/9.
Further details:
http://www.fpx.com.br/2005/festriopreto/principal.htm
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1. Giaccio, Alfredo m ARG 2467 * = 1 = = = = = 1 1 6.0 2431
2. Cubas, Jose Fernando m PAR 2401 = * 0 1 1 = = = 1 = 5.5 2394
3. Bachmann, Axel PAR 2314 0 1 * = 0 = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2403
4. Crosa, Martin m URU 2401 = 0 = * = = = 1 1 1 5.5 2394
5. Valiente, Cristobal m PAR 2321 = 0 1 = * = = 1 = = 5.0 2365
6. Borges, Leomar Barbero BRA 2289 = = = = = * 1 = 0 1 5.0 2369
7. Frare, Fernando BRA 2247 = = 0 = = 0 * = 1 1 4.5 2331
8. Disconzi da Silva, Rodrigo f BRA 2386 = = = 0 0 = = * 0 1 3.5 2235
9. Oliveira, Silvio Eduardo BRA 2242 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 1 * 1 3.5 2251
10. Melo, Vanderlei Cason BRA 2159 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 * 1.0 1989
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The Polish Under-20 Championship took place 31st January - 8th February
2005. Radoslaw Wojtaszek won the event with 9.5/11.
Official site: http://www.pzszach.org.pl/partie/mp20.htm
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ch-POL u-20 Sroda Wlkp. POL (POL), 31 i-8 ii 2005 cat. VII (2401)
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1. Wojtaszek, Radoslaw m POL 2553 * 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 = 9.5 2696
2. Heberla, Bartlomiej m POL 2438 0 * 0 = = 1 1 = = 1 1 1 7.0 2499
3. Czakon, Jakub POL 2428 0 1 * 1 0 0 0 1 = 1 = 1 6.0 2434
4. Stopa, Jacek POL 2334 0 = 0 * = = 1 = 1 = 1 = 6.0 2443
5. Luch, Michal f POL 2384 0 = 1 = * 0 0 = = 1 1 1 6.0 2438
6. Pakleza, Zbigniew POL 2413 = 0 1 = 1 * = = 1 0 0 = 5.5 2400
7. Szoen, Dariusz POL 2465 0 0 1 0 1 = * 0 = = 1 1 5.5 2395
8. Gajewski, Grzegorz m POL 2401 0 = 0 = = = 1 * = 0 = 1 5.0 2365
9. Warakomski, Tomasz POL 2397 = = = 0 = 0 = = * 1 0 = 4.5 2336
10. Skalski, Michal f POL 2350 0 0 0 = 0 1 = 1 0 * = = 4.0 2303
11. Tomczak, Jacek POL 2294 0 0 = 0 0 1 0 = 1 = * = 4.0 2308
12. Ejsmont, Krzysztof POL 2356 = 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 = = = * 3.0 2230
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There was a 6 game match between Yuri Shulman and Aleksander Wojtkiewicz
February 19th-21st in Stillwater, Oklahoma USA. After 6 draws there were two
rapid playoff games, Yuri Shulman won the second of those. Arbiters are Frank
Berry, Fred Roper, Alex Relyea and Jim Berry. The match was sponsored by Frank
Berry and the Oklahoma Chess Foundation and broadcast on ICC.
Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander - Shulman, Yuri 1/2 58 A31 English Symmetrical
Shulman, Yuri - Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander 1/2 29 D10 Slav Defence
Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander - Shulman, Yuri 1/2 31 E05 Catalan
Shulman, Yuri - Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander 1/2 35 D17 Slav Defence
Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander - Shulman, Yuri 1/2 30 E05 Catalan
Shulman, Yuri - Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander 1/2 16 D18 Slav Defence
Rapid playoff
Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander - Shulman, Yuri 1/2 60 E05 Catalan
Shulman, Yuri - Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander 1-0 29 D17 Slav Defence
Match Stillwater USA (USA), 19-21 ii 2005
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Shulman, Yuri g USA 2551 = = = = = = = 1 4.5 2579
Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander g USA 2536 = = = = = = = 0 3.5 2508
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The 1st League of the 12th-ch Russia Club Teams took place 3rd-12th
February 2005. Merie from Moscow won the event. There are some problems with
the games although they generally seem OK but some players play each other
twice or play two games in a round. My thanks to Thomas Henrich for converting
the games.
Details in Russian: http://www.smolchess.ru
The OCF Winter FIDE Open took place February 19th-21st 2005 in
Stillwater, Oklahoma USA at the same time and place as the Shulman -
Wojtkiewicz match. Sergey Galant of Oklahoma City won the Open event with 5.5
from 7. My thanks to Frank Berry.
Further details: http://www.okchess.org/
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OCF Winter Stillwater USA (USA), 19-21 ii 2005
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1. Galant, Sergey USA 2211 5.5
2. Movsisyan, Movses USA 2340 5.0
3. Curdo, John f USA 2257 5.0
4. Latino,Carl USA ---- 5.0
5. Patton,Tom USA ---- 4.5
6. Datta, Deepyaman USA 2119 4.5
7. Braunlich, Tom USA 2210 4.5
8. Graham,Shaun USA ---- 4.5
9. Datta, Anjali USA ---- 4.5
10. Langer, Michael USA 2259 4.5
48 players
The Nordic Youth Championships were played in Oslo, 18th-20th February
2005. Dagur Arngrimsson won the event with 5.5/6.
Official site: http://folk.uio.no/vahansen/nord05/
- games - http://folk.uio.no/vahansen/nord05/nordall.cbv
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1. Arngrimsson, Dagur ISL 2304 + 6 + 3 + 2 + 9 + 4 = 5 5.5 2469
2. Nithander, Victor SWE 2229 + 4 +10 - 1 + 3 + 9 = 8 4.5 2276
3. Skrondal,Inge NOR ---- +11 - 1 +10 - 2 + 6 = 4 3.5 2206
4. Dyrgaard, Kristoffer DEN 2083 - 2 + 8 + 7 +11 - 1 = 3 3.5 2234
5. Bryn, Askild NOR 2009 - 7 +13 - 9 +10 +11 = 1 3.5 2177
6. Nyback, Jukka FIN 2088 - 1 =11 = 8 + 7 - 3 + 9 3.0 2139
7. Karlsson, Bjorn-Ivar ISL 2224 + 5 = 9 - 4 - 6 = 8 =10 2.5 1991
8. Hynninen, Juha FIN 2112 -10 - 4 = 6 +13 = 7 = 2 2.5 2047
9. Thorsteinsson,Sjurdur FAI ---- +12 = 7 + 5 - 1 - 2 - 6 2.5 2112
10. Madsen,Michael DEN ---- + 8 - 2 - 3 - 5 +13 = 7 2.5 2038
11. Berg, Olaf FAI 2194 - 3 = 6 +12 - 4 - 5 +13 2.5 2000
12. Mohammadi, Amir SWE 2163 - 9 . -11 . . . 0.0
13. BYE ---- . - 5 . - 8 -10 -11 0.0
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The VIII Malaga International Open took place 19th-26th February 2005.
Six players tied on 6.5/9 with Aleksander Colovic took first on tie-break.
News: Javier Rubio.
Official site:
http://www.malagajedrez.org/open/05open/05Open.htm
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VIII Malaga Open Campillos ESP (ESP), 19-26 ii 2005
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1 Colovic, Aleksander im MKD 2404 6.5 48.5 36.5
2 Matamoros Franco, Carlos gm ECU 2522 6.5 48.0 35.5
3 Galego, Luis gm POR 2496 6.5 46.5 34.5
4 Cramling, Pia gm SWE 2481 6.5 46.0 32.0
5 Komljenovic, Davor gm CRO 2492 6.5 45.0 33.0
6 Khamrakulov, Ibragim im UZB 2501 6.5 43.0 30.5
7 Suba, Mihai gm ROM 2529 6 46.5 31.5
8 Barrientos Chavarriada, Sergio fm COL 2432 6 46.0 33.5
9 Perez Garcia, Rodney im CUB 2430 6 45.5 33.5
10 Saldaño Dayer, Horacio im ARG 2482 6 43.5 30.5
11 Llanes Hurtado, Miguel fm ESP 2418 6 42.5 31.5
12 Belezky, Sasha im UKR 2399 6 42.5 30.0
13 Arizmendi Martinez, Julen gm ESP 2509 6 42.5 29.5
14 Tissir, Mohamed im MAR 2426 6 41.0 28.0
15 Rizouk, Aimen im ALG 2457 5.5 48.0 33.5
16 Baron Rodriguez, Jesus im ESP 2422 5.5 46.0 32.0
17 Alonso Garcia, Rene im CUB 2395 5.5 45.5 31.0
18 Kovacevic, Slobodan im SCG 2358 5.5 42.5 28.5
19 Slaby, Jerzy im POL 2401 5.5 42.0 28.0
20 Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel gm ESP 2428 5.5 41.5 30.5
21 Fernandez Siles, Luis fm ESP 2280 5.5 40.0 28.5
22 Barria Zuñiga, Daniel im CHI 2349 5 46.5 28.0
23 Matnadze, Ana wgm GEO 2376 5 46.0 28.5
24 Javakhishvili, Lela wgm GEO 2456 5 45.0 30.5
25 Carlsson, Pontus fm SWE 2381 5 42.5 28.5
26 Yeo, Michael J. ENG 2222 5 42.5 26.0
27 Frois, Antonio im POR 2349 5 41.5 26.0
28 Fenollar Jorda, Manuel ESP 2226 5 41.0 25.0
29 Picazo Lopez, Juan Antonio ESP 2094 5 39.0 24.0
30 Milla de Marco, Carlos ESP 2092 5 38.5 24.0
31 Rubio Doblas, Ricardo ESP 2090 5 36.5 23.0
32 Naranjo Moreno, Antonio ESP 2169 5 36.0 25.0
33 Nava Baro, Enrique . ESP 2218 5 34.5 23.5
34 Gavilan Diaz, Mario ESP 2078 5 34.5 20.0
35 Ladron de Guevara Pinto, Miguel ESP 4.5 40.0 24.0
36 Lopez Gonzalez, Daniel ESP 2128 4.5 35.5 22.5
37 Bolle, Leendert ESP 2036 4.5 30.5 16.0
38 Kopischke, Maik GER 4 38.0 22.0
39 Guadamuro Torrente, Ana Isabel ESP 2040 4 37.5 20.0
40 Naranjo Rivera, Antonio ESP 4 37.0 21.0
41 Gutierrez Castillo, Paloma wfm ESP 2120 4 36.5 22.5
42 Muñoz Jorva, Miguel Angel ESP 4 36.5 20.0
43 Garcia Gata, Jorge David ESP 2010 4 35.0 19.0
Festa, Samuele ITA 4 35.0 19.0
45 Blanco Villalba, Jose Francisco ESP 1982 4 35.0 17.0
46 Borrego Gil, Diego ESP 2102 4 34.5 22.0
47 Torres Tellez, Jonathan ESP 2042 4 34.5 18.0
48 Cantos Galan, Francisco ESP 4 33.0 18.5
49 Vecchia, Mario ITA 2069 4 32.0 18.0
50 Almagro Guardia, Elena ESP 4 31.5 16.5
51 Pedraza Fernandez, Miguel Angel ESP 1960 3.5 34.5 18.0
52 Garzon Rodriguez, Jose Manuel ESP 1975 3.5 33.5 18.0
53 Garcia Castilla, Manuel ESP 3.5 33.0 11.5
54 Gomez Cerezo, Diego Jesus ESP 2132 3.5 32.5 18.5
55 Escofet Llongueras, Joan ESP 1928 3.5 32.5 16.5
56 Gil Rodriguez, Isabel ESP 1938 3.5 31.5 15.5
57 Anaya Lopez, Victor ESP 3.5 31.5 15.0
58 Ladron de Guevara Pinto, Fermin ESP 3.5 30.0 14.5
59 Martinez Garret, Jose Francisco ESP 3.5 29.5 11.0
60 Korneev, Oleg gm RUS 2602 3.5 28.0 13.0
61 Garcia Molina, Francisco Miguel ESP 2023 3 35.5 18.0
62 Navas Lopez, Francisco ESP 3 35.5 16.0
63 Biletska, Iryna UKR 3 30.5 11.0
64 Trabazos Gallego, Javier ESP 2.5 34.5 13.0
65 Jimenez Lupiañez, Laura ESP 2.5 33.5 13.5
66 Garcia Ruiz, Angel ESP 2.5 32.5 13.5
67 Ladron de Guevara Pinto, Paolo ESP 2.5 31.0 14.0
68 Anaya Lopez, Gonzalo ESP 2 28.0 7.0
69 Garriga Marrodan, Enrique ESP 2 27.5 9.0
70 Nieto Asencio, Maria del Carmen ESP 1.5 30.0 10.0
71 Ortega Gonzalez, Jose Luis ESP 1920 0.5 20.0 1.5
Martha Fierro sends news of a closed Category 8 tournament. The
tournament was held in Salinas-Ecuador February 18th-24th 2005. Julio Granda
Zuniga won the event with 7.5/9. Cuban Miguel Medina is about to change
nationality to Ecuador.
Further information: http://www.marticafierro.com
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1. Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2599 * 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 = = 7.5 2695
2. Blatny, Pavel g CZE 2456 0 * 0 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 6.0 2563
3. Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2528 0 1 * = = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2555
4. Hellsten, Johan g SWE 2554 = 0 = * = = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2552
5. Fierro Baquero, Martha L wg ECU 2330 0 = = = * = 0 = 1 1 4.5 2452
6. Medina, Miguel CUB f CUB 2440 0 0 = = = * = = 1 1 4.5 2440
7. Mieles Palau, Daniel m ECU 2444 0 0 = 0 1 = * = 1 1 4.5 2439
8. Ricaurte Lopez, Juan Carlos f ECU 2333 0 0 0 0 = = = * = = 2.5 2286
9. Lopez Velez, Marlon f ECU 2331 = = 0 0 0 0 0 = * = 2.0 2232
10. Munoz Sanchez, Miguel m ECU 2388 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = * 1.5 2173
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The 6th Mimoza Open takes place 25th February - 3rd March, 2005 in
Herceg Novi.
Further details: http://www.sah.paracin.co.yu/SSCG/index.htm
The players are from Serbia and Montenegro (GM Damljanovic Branko, GM
Blagojevic Dragisa, GM Savic Miodrag, GM Abramovic Bosko), Bulgaria (GM Genov),
Romania (GM Vaida Levente, WGM Adina Bogza, IM Nanu Ciprian), Bosnia and
Herzegovina (Miljkovic Milan). There are six grandmasters, 2 woman
grandmasters, eight international masters etc. News: Goran Tomic.
Round 3 Standings:
1-2 Abramovic, Bosko SCG 2478 3 5.5 2.0 6.0 3
Popovic, Dusan SCG 2462 3 5.0 1.5 6.0 3
3-13 Blagojevic, Dragisa SCG 2537 2.5 6.5 2.0 5.5 2
Miljanic, Boro SCG 2436 2.5 6.0 2.0 5.5 2
Bodiroga, Predrag SCG 2418 2.5 5.5 1.5 5.5 2
Vajda, Levente ROM 2542 2.5 5.5 1.5 5.0 2
Genov, Petar BUL 2470 2.5 5.0 1.5 5.5 2
Misailovic, Nebojsa SCG 2349 2.5 5.0 1.5 5.0 2
Todorovic, Jovan SCG 2387 2.5 4.5 1.5 5.5 2
Savic, Miodrag R. SCG 2508 2.5 4.5 1.0 5.5 2
Nanu, Ciprian-Costica ROM 2453 2.5 4.0 1.5 5.0 2
Nestorovic, Dejan SCG 2402 2.5 4.0 1.5 5.0 2
Bogza, Adina-Maria ROM 2272 2.5 3.0 1.0 4.5 2
14-26 Damljanovic, Branko SCG 2587 2 7.0 2.0 5.0 2
Vajda, Albert ROM 2436 2 5.5 1.5 5.0 2
Ceranic, Miodrag SCG 2110 2 5.0 1.5 4.0 1
Mihajlovic, Veselin SCG 2351 2 4.5 1.5 4.5 1
Toth, Aleksandar SCG 2251 2 4.5 1.5 4.5 1
Popadic, Dragan SCG 2274 2 4.5 1.5 4.0 1
Pejovic, Branko SCG 2223 2 4.5 1.5 4.0 1
Vulinovic, Radivoje SCG 2219 2 4.5 1.5 3.0 2
Radojcic, Slobodan SCG 2279 2 4.0 1.0 4.0 2
Savic, Miomir SCG 2269 2 4.0 1.0 4.0 2
Vujacic, Igor SCG 2172 2 4.0 1.0 3.0 2
Stanojevic, Branko SCG 2319 2 3.5 1.0 4.0 2
Krivokapic, Marko SCG 2330 2 3.0 1.0 4.0 2
27-38 Brajovic, Radovan SCG 2278 1.5 6.0 2.5 4.0 1
Benderac, Ana SCG 2287 1.5 5.5 1.5 3.5 1
Vlatkovic, Milos SCG 2307 1.5 5.0 2.5 4.0 1
Petijevic, Vaso SCG 2270 1.5 5.0 2.0 4.0 1
Nestorovic, D. Nikola SCG 2328 1.5 5.0 1.5 3.5 1
Pejovic, Jovan SCG 2199 1.5 5.0 1.5 2.5 1
Miljkovic, Milan BIH 2285 1.5 4.5 1.5 3.5 1
Raicevic, Momcilo SCG 2351 1.5 4.5 1.5 2.5 1
Nestorovic, Lazar SCG 1981 1.5 4.5 1.5 2.5 1
Andric, Vladimir SCG 1500 1.5 4.5 1.5 2.5 1
Vukcevic, Nemanja SCG 1400 1.5 4.5 1.5 2.5 1
Petijevic, Snezana SCG 1400 1.5 4.0 1.5 2.5 1
39-55 Konjevic, Djordje SCG 2336 1 6.0 2.5 3.0 1
Djekovic, Zoran SCG 2034 1 5.5 2.0 2.0 1
Bubanja, Masan SCG 1500 1 5.5 2.0 2.0 1
Kusturica, Omar SCG 1500 1 5.0 2.0 2.0 1
Vujkovic, Djordjije SCG 1500 1 5.0 2.0 2.0 1
Zoric, Vladimir SCG 1400 1 5.0 1.5 2.0 0
Rosandic, Martin SCG 1907 1 4.5 2.0 2.0 1
Kontic, Djordjije SCG 2347 1 4.0 1.5 2.5 0
Cerovic, Vukoman SCG 1500 1 4.0 1.5 2.0 1
Mikic, Savo SCG 1500 1 4.0 1.5 2.0 1
Djurickovic, Milos SCG 1400 1 4.0 1.5 1.0 1
Grdinic, Petar SCG 1400 1 4.0 1.5 1.0 1
Uzelac, Ana SCG 1400 1 4.0 1.5 1.0 0
Kovacevic, Dragica SCG 1400 1 3.0 1.0 1.0 1
Milosevic, Bojan SCG 1400 1 2.5 1.0 1.0 1
Petijevic, Zeljko SCG 1400 1 2.5 1.0 1.0 1
Rolovic, Boris SCG 1400 1 2.5 1.0 1.0 1
56-58 Kovacevic, Milica SCG 1400 0.5 5.0 1.5 1.5 0
Djurickovic, Ivana SCG 1400 0.5 4.5 1.5 1.0 0
Vasiljevic, Kristina SCG 1400 0.5 3.5 1.0 1.0 0
59-63 Kovacevic, Filip SCG 1400 0 4.5 1.5 0.0 0
Nikolic, Milan SCG 1400 0 4.5 1.5 0.0 0
Podovac, Nikola SCG 1400 0 4.5 1.5 0.0 0
Rubezic, Rados SCG 1400 0 4.0 1.5 0.0 0
Nogulovic, Nikola SCG 1400 0 3.5 1.0 0.0 0
There was a 2 game match between IM Guillermo Soppe (Elo 2451) and FM
Raúl Monier (Elo 2412) on February 22nd in Cordoba city, Argentina. The
small event was a two game rapid g/30 minutes finish match. Both games finished
drawn, and Soppe was awarded the AACC title (better tie break). AACC is the
Asociación de Ajedrez de la Ciudad de Cordoba. News: Julio Alberto
González.
Further details: http://www.notichess.com
Soppe, Guillermo - Monier, Raul 0-1 42 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Monier, Raul - Soppe, Guillermo 0-1 41 D40 Semi-Tarrasch Defence
City-ch m g/30 Cordoba City ARG (ARG), 22-22 ii 2005
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Monier, Raul f ARG 2412 1 0 1.0 2451
Soppe, Guillermo m ARG 2451 0 1 1.0 2412
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The Mercantile Bank 31st Bangladesh National Chess Championship 2005
takes place in Dhaka 25th February - 11th March 2005. News: Haroon I.A. Chief
Arbiter.
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1. Rahman, Ziaur g BAN 2523 * . = . . . . . 1 1 . . . . 2.5 2550
2. Abdulla, Al-Rakib m BAN 2454 . * . . . = . 1 . . 1 . . . 2.5 2603
3. Murshed, Niaz g BAN 2479 = . * . . . . . . . . 1 . 1 2.5 2546
4. Reefat, Bin-Sattar m BAN 2462 . . . * . . 1 . . . . . . 1 2.0
5. Uten BAN 2141 . . . . * . . = = . . . 1 . 2.0 2356
6. Hossain, Enamul m BAN 2434 . = . . . * = . . . = . . . 1.5 2335
7. Hasan, Mehdi BAN 2282 . . . 0 . = * . . 1 . . . . 1.5 2346
8. Islam, Kh. Aminul f BAN 2287 . 0 . . = . . * . . . . 1 . 1.5 2264
9. Rahman, S. Manfuzur BAN 2210 0 . . . = . . . * . . 1 . . 1.5 2261
10. Ahmed, Mainuddin BAN 2143 0 . . . . . 0 . . * . . . 1 1.0 2201
11. Abu Sufian, Sakil f BAN 2270 . 0 . . . = . . . . * . . . 0.5 2251
12. Hasan Md, Emam BAN 2121 . . 0 . . . . . 0 . . * = . 0.5 2022
13. Islam, Aminul Polash BAN 2198 . . . . 0 . . 0 . . . = * . 0.5 1910
14. Haque, Rezaul f BAN 2175 . . 0 0 . . . . . 0 . . . * 0.0
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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. Round 6 correction to Landa-Kveinys. News Steve Laios.
The Jersey International Chess Festival took place 13th-19th February
2005. 7 rounds. There was a total of £7,000 in prizes and is part of the
British Chess Federation Grand Prix. My thanks to Arthur Brameld for the
games.
Results: http://chesscircuit.blogspot.com/
No Name Feder Rtg Title Total
1 David Howell ENG 2348 im 6 £1500 1st + Trophy
2 Jonny Hector SWE 2516 gm 5.5 £1000 2nd + Trophy
3 Simon Fowler ENG 2116 5 £750 3rd
4 Tiger Hillarp-Persson SWE 2545 gm 4.5 £250 =4-7th
5 Matthew Dignam IRL 2149 4.5 £250 =4-7th
6 Alan Spice WLS 2182 4.5 £250 =4-7th
7 Mark G Fraser SCO 2168 4.5 £250 =4-7th
8 Watu Kobese RSA 2419 im 4 --------
9 Henry Duncanson ENG 2110 4 £150 U2200 1st
10 John Trevelyan WLS 2178 3.5 £34.00 U2200 =2nd
11 Juergen Brustkern GER 2251 fm 3.5 --------
12 John R Hawes JER 2151 3.5 £34.00 U2200 =2nd **
13 Thomas Eggleston ENG 2169 3.5 £75.00 JUNIOR =1st
14 Ian Heppell ENG 2167 3.5 £34.00 U2200 =2nd
15 James Heppell ENG 2109 3.5 £75.00 JUNIOR =1st
16 David Eggleston ENG 2159 3 --------
17 Peter Constantinou ENG 2122 3 --------
18 Ian Clark ENG 2107 3 --------
19 David O Collier ENG 2142 3 --------
20 Dr Felix Buchkremer GER 2030 3 £150.00 U2040 1st
21 William Bennet ENG 2122 3 --------
22 Phil J Taylor ENG 2058 2.5 --------
23 Kieran S Murphy ENG 2005 2.5 £100.00 U2040 2nd
24 Sebastian C Pozzo ENG 1960 2 --------
25 Chris S Jones ENG 1910 1 --------
26 Brian Gosling ENG 2109 1 --------
27 Jeffrey Heath ENG 1978 1 --------
The 21st Cappelle la Grande Open took place 12th-19th February 2005. 590
players competed. IM David Shengelia and GM Michail Brodsky finished on 7.5/9.
Murtas Kazhgaleyev was the top seed but only finished on 6. Games from rounds
7-8 now available, round 9 is still missing and maybe won't appear.
Official site: http://www.cappelle-chess.com
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Mar 8 Sicilian Najdorf 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nc6!? GM Tony Kosten
Mar 15 Ruy Lopez Breyer Variation IM Malcolm Pein
Mar 22 Crushing the Pirc IM Andrew Martin
Mar 29 Slav 4.e3 Bg4 GM Eric Prie
2nd Coventry Chess International
The 2nd Coventry Chess International March 24th-28th 2005 Easter
weekend.
VENUE: Britannia Hotel, Fairfax Street, Cathedral Square, Coventry. CV1
5RP (Opposite Pool Meadow bus station) STATUS: FIDE Rated BCF Grand Prix (Elite
Status) and British Championship Qualifier The event has an exceptionally
strong Grandmaster and International Master line-up and will provide excellent
IM and GM norm opportunities for strong aspiring players Confirmed/expected
titled players so far: GMs Kiril Georgiev 2654,Christain Bauer 2635, Igor
Khenken 2604,Vladislav Tkachiev 2610, Zahar Efimenko 2601,Kiriakov,Wells,
Arkell, Nick Pert, Greenfield, Stuart Conquest,Alexander Cherniaev IMs
P.Littlewood,Berzinsh,Cooper, Colovic, Dearing, Gwaze, Simon Williams,
Sherwin,Adam Hunt,M.Tissir WGM Jovanka Houska
Prize Fund £7000+ 1st prize £2000 (3000 Euros approx) 2nd
prize £1000 (€1500) 3rd prize £ 800 (€1200) 4th prize
£ 600 (€900) 5th prize £ 500 (€750) 6th prize £ 400
(€600) 7th prize £ 300 (€450) 8th prize £ 200 (€300)
9th prize £ 100 (€150) Ladies prize £ 400 (€600) Best
Game Prize £ 100 (€150) Best FIDE Rating performance using k=10
£100 (€150) Plus grading prizes: Under 2400/225 BCF £100
(€150) Under 2200/200 BCF £100 (€150) Under 2000/175 BCF
£100 (€150) Under 2000/175 BCF £100 (€150) Highest
unrated player £100 (€150) Highest Placed Coventry & District
League Player £100 and Roy Woodcock Trophy for one year Ladies' Prize
£400 (€600) Highest Placed Junior Player £100 plus book prize
Further details: http://www.coventrychess.org.uk/
Karpov vs Istratescu Match
Anatoly Karpov and Andrei Istratescu will play a match in Bucharest
20th-26th March 2005. There will be 4 classical games on 20th, 21st, 22nd, 24th
and 4 rapid chess on 25th and 26th. More details soon.
Sofia SuperGM
Spanish newspaper Marca is reporting that a category XXI tournament will
take place in Sofia, Bulgaria (May 12th-22nd 2005) mainly organized by Veselin
Topalov. Viswanathan Anand, Vladimir Kramnik, Ruslan Ponomariov & Judit
Polgar have already confirmed their participation, and it looks like the
organisers have invited Garry Kasparov with Peter Leko as a possible
replacement.
Report:
http://www.marca.com/edicion/noticia/0,2458,596499,00.html
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.
Coverage: http://www.volgachess.ru/,
http://www.russiachess.ru and
http://www.chess-players.org
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
Oslo Easter Chess Festival
The Oslo Easter Chess Festival 2005 takes place 19th-27th March 2005.
The main event is The Open Norwegian Championships 19th-27th March
(Swiss tournament with chances for IM norms). The tournament is divided into to
groups: Group A (open) and group B (national rating 0-1999). Lists of
participants are available at the homepage, and the homepage will be updated
once a day at the homepage.
Side events are a cup 19th-23rd March, rapid tournament 24-25 March,
blitz tournament 26 March and team blitz tournament 20 March.
Further details: http://folk.uio.no/vahansen
Ratings Article
Jean-Claude Templeur on ratings manipulation:
http://www.chessmile.com/articles.php?id=30
Final of the WCBCSC 2004-2005
Brian Stephenson of the British Chess Problem Society reports. The
Final of the WCBCSC 2004-2005 took place at Oakham School on Saturday 19th
February. It was a resounding success for solving GM and Ex-World Champion
Jonathan Mestel, who came ahead of two other ex-world champions. The event was
sponsored by Winton Capital Management: http://www.wintoncapital.com/
The full results can be found at my website. Follow this link for the
final table: http://www.bstephen.freeuk.com/0405/finaltable.html
and this for the problems used:
http://www.bstephen.freeuk.com/0405/final_diag.html
British Chess Problem Society:
http://www.bstephen.freeuk.com/
7th European Senior Teams
The 7th European Senior Teams takes place in Dresden 18th-25th February
2005. No games available.
Official site: http://www.schachfestival.de
Evry Tournaments
The 2nd GM and IM tournaments in Evry takes place 21st-27th February
2005. No games available.
Official site: http://www.evry-grandroque.com
Blackpool Open
The Blackpool Open takes place 11th-13th March 2005. GM's Jonathan
Rowson & Mark Hebden and IM's Craig Hanley and Richard Pallicer have
already entered. Eight games from the Open will be broadcast live on the
internet.
With a prize fund of over £8,000 between 6 sections the
tournament is expected to attract over 500 players.
On the Friday afternoon, GM Jonathan Rowson will be giving a
simultaneous before the congress commences, spaces are still available.
Further information available from
http://www.blackpoolchess.org.uk
US Amateur Team East
The US Amateur Team East takes place February 19th-21st 2005 in
Parsippany, New Jerey USA
Further info: http://www.uschess.org/tla/yState.php?st=Natl
Swiss Chess Tour Davos Festival 2005
The "Swiss Chess Tour 2005" will continue in Davos with Chess Festival,
the first time, besides "Open Davos", will be separate "Senior Open Davos",
"Junior Open Davos" and "Summer-night open".
Davos is one of the most popular tourist places in Europe (summer and
winter). Last year when all Europe caught by high tropical temperature at Davos
was 20-25 degrees Celsius, always with a cupful of mountain wind. Next year,
2006, Davos will host European Individual Senior Championship.
Main event, the 4th "Sunstar Park Hotel Open", July 30th - August 7th
2005. "Sunstar Park Hotel" (4 stars) will be host festival in the new,
comfortable "Congress Center". Swiss system, 9 rounds and the games will last a
maximum of 6 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 60 minutes till the end). Valid
for FIDE titles and FIDE rating. 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, best local player. Entry fee 140 SF, FMs and juniors 70
SF, at the door 10 SF more, GMs and IMs free. Time table: Rounds 1 16.00-22.00
July 30th; Round 2/8 14.00-20.00 July 31st- August 6th; Round 9 10.00-16.00
August 7th.
"Senior Open" July 31st - August 6th, senior 1945, 7 rounds and the
games last of 5 hours (40 moves 2 hours and 30 minutes till the end). Valid for
FIDE titles and FIDE rating. Prize is: 500/400/300/2x200/2x150 SF. Natural
prizes for players with 4 points. Entry fee 70 SF, at the door 10 SF more. Time
table 9.30 - 14.30 every day.
"Junior Open", born 1985 and younger. Exactly the same like "Senior
Open" except, juniors lodging at "Sunstar Park Hotel" don't pay enter-fee.
(Hotel pays for them).
"Summer-night Open", 7 rounds, 45 minutes for game; time-table
21.15-22.45 every day; natural prizes for all players with 4 points; enter fee
10 SF.
Venue: "Sunstar Park Hotel" (4 stars). Closing ceremony August 8th,
half-hour after the last game. Unbelievable chess-rates. Info: Beochess
+41+34+424-01-06 (Robert Spoerri) or info@beochess.ch
Acropolis 2005
The Greek Chess Federation is organising the "Acropolis 2005"
International Open in Athens (Hotel President) 6th-14th March 2005. Total
prizes: over 16.000 Euros
Unofficial list of GM participants: Lputian 2640 ARM , Avrukh 2629 ISR
, Izoria 2607 GEO , Pelletier 2604 SUI , Inarkiev 2602 RUS , Solak 2596 SCG ,
Socko 2591 POL , Gashimov 2585 AZE , Kotronias 2585 GRE , Rozentalis 2584 LTU ,
Sokolov 2582 FRA , Mastrovasilis 2580 GRE , Papaioannou 2578 GRE , Gelashvili
2577 GEO , Romanishin 2558 UKR , Gershon 2533 ISR , Halkias 2533 GRE ,
Nikolaidis 2520 GRE , Stefanova 2491 BUL , Skembris 2445 GRE
Further details:
http://www.chess.gr/tourn/2005/acropolis05_announ.html
37th Belgrade Women's International
The Belgrade Chess Association organises the traditional 37th Women
International Grandmaster "March 8th" Chess Tournament 6th-14th March 2005 in
Belgrade. The Round Robin event has 10 participants. Confirmed names: wg
Chelushkina, Irina SCG 2369 wg Olarasu, Gabriela ROM 2327 wf Dimitrijevic,
Aleksandra SCG 2295 wf Stojanovic, Marija SCG 2182 wm Savic, Marijana SCG 2173
wf Trujillo Delgado, Dafnae ESP 2173
Websites: http://www.beochess.org.yu (Belgrade
Chess Association) http://www.scgchess.org (Serbia and
Montenegro Chess Federation)
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/
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.
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
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/
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/
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
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
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
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.
Hungarian chess tournaments March 2005 - August 2005
1. 5th-18th of March 2005, FS GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, Org. : NL,
2. 18th- 26th of March, "SPRING FESTIVAL" 9 rounds Swiss Open,
Budapest, Org.: NL
3. 2nd-15th of April , FS GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, Org: NL:
4. 7th-19th of May, FS GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, org.: NL
5. 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
7. 4th-16th of June, FS GM-IM-FM, Budapest, Org: NL
8. 18th-26th of June, BALATONLELLE Open + GM-IM closed, 120 km West
from Budapest, organizer: IM Rigo, e-mail: me-ri@axelero.hu
9. 2nd-14th of July, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest, org. NL.
10. 23rd- 31st of July, Agria Open /EGER, 100 km North-East from
Budapest/, organizer: Rauch Ferenc, e-mail: rauch@freemail.hu
11. 6th-18th of August, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest org.:NL
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
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
