THE WEEK IN CHESS 539 7th March 2005 by Mark Crowther
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Mediterranean Flower Tournament 5 games
12th Metalis Open Bizovac 173 games
123rd Varsity Match 8 games
Mimoza Open 31 games
31st Bangladesh Championship 14 games
IBAR Invitational Santa Monica 45 games
Belgian Teams 2004-05 40 games
37th Belgrade Women's International 5 games
Accoona Match 2 games
Millennium Chess Festival 34 games
Sozina 2005 126 games
4th Aeroflot Chess Festival 23 games
Torre Blanca Championship 4 games
3rd Breizh Masters 90 games
3rd Badalona International 20 games
Portsmouth Chess Congress 39 games
941 games
My thanks to Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Vladica Andrejic, Doru Ionescu,
Argiris Kotsis, Roman Parparov, Hector Walsh, Fred Lucas, Dirk Jan ten
Geuzendam, Jean-Michel Péchiné, Michael Atkins, John Saunders,
Mirjana Medic, Eduard Piacun, Andy McFarland, Michiel Abeln, Steve Laios,
Adolivio Capece, George Mirijanian, Goran Tomic, Alexey Mazurok, Julio Alberto
González, Eugeny Atarov, Neil Lancaster, Diego F.Garces, Randall Hough,
Haroon Rashid, Jeroen van den Berg, Sotiris Logothetis, Jan Bey, Arthur
Brameld, Etienne Goossens, Frank Quisinsky, Michael Rahal and everyone else who
helped with the issue.
With three rounds to go Garry Kasparov leads Linares with 6.5/9. With
this event and the recent Russian Championship we're seeing the best chess
Kasparov has played for some time. He's arrived fully motivated and it seems to
me he's changed his style, something he's done a number of times in his career.
It may take a while to work out precisely what he's done but he does seem to be
taking a few more risks and has introduced more variety than he has had over
the last five years, probably as a result of reviewing his problems winning in
the last couple of years. He's been especially ruthless against the tail end
beating Vallejo twice, Kasimdzhanov once and Adams once. He's not quite home
and dry as Viswanathan Anand is a point behind and he has a slightly easier
finish. Although Kasparov has white against Anand in the penultimate round,
where things may be settled, and I'm sure Kasparov would really like to win
that game. Vesselin Topalov is a further half a point behind Anand and he will
have white against Kasparov in the final round. Topalov has played some great
chess recently with his results being spoiled by the odd unaccountably weak
game. Peter Leko who won Wijk aan Zee is on the same number of points but has a
played a game more. He's never got going in this event and has drawn all his
games which has been pretty disappointing. Michael Adams has come to the event
well prepared but hasn't been in great form and hasn't made the best of the
chances he's created. FIDE Champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov started with a lot of
draws but has weakened losing three of his last four rounds. Francisco Vallejo
Pons has scored 5/12 in each of the last three events but he's found it hard
going this time and has a tough finish with black against Anand and Leko to
come.
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 is be on the spot for TWIC.
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 11 6.5 / 9 2889
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2786 =. ** 1= == =. =1 =. 5.5 / 9 2813
3 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2757 =. 0= ** == 1= =. 1. 5.0 / 9 2789
4 Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 == == == ** == =. =. 5.0 /10 2754
5 Adams, Michael g ENG 2741 0. =. 0= == ** == 1= 4.5 /10 2697
6 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2678 =0 =0 =. =. == ** =0 3.5 /10 2644
7 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2686 00 =. 0. =. 0= =1 ** 3.0 / 9 2623
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Round 7 (March 2, 2005)
Kasparov, Garry - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 21 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Adams, Michael - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 28 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Leko, Peter 1/2 13 A33 English Symmetrical
Round 8 (March 3, 2005)
Kasparov, Garry - Leko, Peter 1/2 31 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Adams, Michael - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 48 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1-0 60 D53 Queens Gambit
Round 9 (March 4, 2005)
Topalov, Veselin - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 69 C42 Petroff's Defence
Leko, Peter - Adams, Michael 1/2 29 C42 Petroff's Defence
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Kasparov, Garry 0-1 36 D47 Queens Gambit Meran
Round 10 (March 5, 2005)
Kasparov, Garry - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1-0 54 D12 Slav Defence
Anand, Viswanathan - Leko, Peter 1/2 24 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Adams, Michael - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1/2 62 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Round 11 (March 6, 2005)
Leko, Peter - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 19 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 38 B50 Sicilian Defence
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Adams, Michael 1/2 29 A05 Various
The 6th Karpov tournament in Poikovsky, Russia took place 26th February
- 7th March 2005. Players: Peter Svidler, Etienne Bacrot, Alexander Grischuk,
Alexey Dreev, Viktor Bologan, Rafael Vaganian, Lenier Domingues, Alexander
Onischuk, Sergey Rublevsky + Daremen Sadvakasov. Category XVIII. The event is
part of the ACP Chess tour. Etienne Bacrot and Viktor Bologan finished on
6/9.
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 1 = = = = 1 = = 6.0 2802
2. Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2683 0 * = = = 1 1 = 1 1 6.0 2806
3. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2710 0 = * 1 = = = = 1 1 5.5 2758
4. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2704 = = 0 * = = 1 1 = 1 5.5 2759
5. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2735 = = = = * = = = 1 = 5.0 2718
6. Vaganian, Rafael A g ARM 2670 = 0 = = = * = = = = 4.0 2639
7. Dominguez, Lenier g CUB 2661 = 0 = 0 = = * = = 1 4.0 2640
8. Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2652 0 = = 0 = = = * = 1 4.0 2641
9. Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2650 = 0 0 = 0 = = = * 1 3.5 2605
10. Sadvakasov, Darmen g KAZ 2635 = 0 0 0 = = 0 0 0 * 1.5 2413
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Round 4 (March 1, 2005)
Bacrot, Etienne - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 36 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Grischuk, Alexander - Rublevsky, Sergei 1-0 39 D27 QGA
Vaganian, Rafael A - Svidler, Peter 1/2 19 D73 Gruenfeld 3.g3
Dominguez, Lenier - Bologan, Viktor 0-1 52 C91 Ruy Lopez
Sadvakasov, Darmen - Onischuk, Alexander 0-1 41 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Round 5 (March 3, 2005)
Bologan, Viktor - Sadvakasov, Darmen 1-0 74 E15 Queens Indian
Dreev, Alexey - Dominguez, Lenier 1-0 37 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Svidler, Peter - Bacrot, Etienne 1/2 35 C93 Ruy Lopez Smyslov
Onischuk, Alexander - Grischuk, Alexander 1/2 48 D87 Gruenfeld Botvinnik
Rublevsky, Sergei - Vaganian, Rafael A 1/2 21 C04 French Tarrasch
Round 6 (March 4, 2005)
Bacrot, Etienne - Rublevsky, Sergei 1/2 12 B46 Sicilian Paulsen
Grischuk, Alexander - Bologan, Viktor 1/2 78 E05 Catalan
Dreev, Alexey - Svidler, Peter 1/2 22 D80 Gruenfeld 4.Bg5
Vaganian, Rafael A - Onischuk, Alexander 1/2 19 E14 Queens Indian
Dominguez, Lenier - Sadvakasov, Darmen 1-0 62 C11 French Defence
Round 7 (March 5, 2005)
Bologan, Viktor - Vaganian, Rafael A 1-0 53 D58 Queens Gambit Tartakover
Svidler, Peter - Dominguez, Lenier 1/2 28 C42 Petroff's Defence
Onischuk, Alexander - Bacrot, Etienne 0-1 62 D20 QGA
Rublevsky, Sergei - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 13 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Sadvakasov, Darmen - Grischuk, Alexander 0-1 40 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 8 (March 6, 2005)
Bacrot, Etienne - Bologan, Viktor 1-0 44 D35 QGD Exchange
Dreev, Alexey - Onischuk, Alexander 1-0 57 E13 Queens Indian 5.Bg5
Svidler, Peter - Rublevsky, Sergei 1-0 70 B43 Sicilian Paulsen
Vaganian, Rafael A - Sadvakasov, Darmen 1/2 10 D27 QGA
Dominguez, Lenier - Grischuk, Alexander 1/2 23 C11 French Defence
Round 9 (March 7, 2005)
Bologan, Viktor - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 35 B19 Caro Kann
Grischuk, Alexander - Vaganian, Rafael A 1/2 29 C16 French Winawer
Onischuk, Alexander - Svidler, Peter 1/2 20 D87 Gruenfeld Botvinnik
Rublevsky, Sergei - Dominguez, Lenier 1/2 66 B54 Sicilian Rauzer
Sadvakasov, Darmen - Bacrot, Etienne 1/2 32 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
The XI Anibal Open took place 25th February - 4th March 2005. Ivan
Cheparinov of Bulgaria won the Anibal Open with 7.5/9. Games from the final
round missing.
Official site: http://www.ajedrezenlinares.com/
(wasn't working today)
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XI Anibal Open Linares ESP (ESP), 25 ii-4 iii 2005
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1 Cheparinov, Ivan BUL 2572 gm 7.5 53.0 41.0 42.75
2 Lorenzini, Martin ARG 2412 . 7 48.5 38.0 36.00
3 Korneev, Oleg RUS 2602 gm 7 48.5 36.0 38.75
4 Maze, Sebastien FRA 2455 im 7 48.5 35.0 34.25
5 Burmakin, Vladimir RUS 2554 gm 6.5 51.0 33.5 24.50
6 Sorokin, Maxim RUS 2578 gm 6.5 50.5 35.0 35.75
7 De La Paz, Frank CUB 2466 gm 6.5 46.5 33.5 33.00
8 Pogorelov, Ruslan UKR 2472 gm 6.5 43.0 30.5 31.00
9 Dziuba, Marcin POL 2416 im 6 46.5 30.5 29.00
10 Javakhishvili, Lela GEO 2456 wgm 6 46.0 28.0 24.25
11 Fernandez Romero, Ernesto ESP 2469 im 6 45.0 31.0 29.75
12 Szymanski, Marcin POL 2422 im 6 45.0 30.5 28.50
13 Barria, Daniel CHI 2349 im 6 42.5 29.0 21.00
14 Payen, Arnaud FRA 2384 im 5.5 50.5 33.5 29.50
15 De La Villa Garcia, Jesus M. ESP 2470 gm 5.5 49.0 31.5 28.00
16 Candela Perez, Jose ESP 2432 im 5.5 49.0 30.5 28.00
17 Ivanov, Jordan BUL 2354 im 5.5 45.0 30.5 26.25
18 Parfjonov, Pavel RUS 2262 5.5 45.0 29.5 24.00
19 Komljenovic, Davor CRO 2492 gm 5.5 45.0 26.5 20.75
20 Del Rio Angelis, Salvador G. ESP 2502 gm 5.5 44.5 28.0 26.75
21 Bertona, Fernando ARG 2437 . 5.5 44.0 29.0 26.75
22 Vuilleumier, Alex SUI 2280 5.5 43.5 26.0 22.50
23 Vila Gazquez, Javier ESP 2307 5.5 42.5 26.0 22.50
24 Matnadze, Ana GEO 2376 wgm 5.5 41.5 24.5 19.00
25 Salgado Lopez, Ivan ESP 2278 5 50.5 31.5 28.00
26 Guerra Bastida, Diego ESP 2390 im 5 48.0 29.5 24.50
27 Braslavskij, Alex UKR 2296 5 46.0 30.5 22.50
28 Taboas Rodriguez, Daniel ESP 2302 fm 5 46.0 27.5 23.25
29 Peric, Slavisa SCG 2230 im 5 45.5 22.5 17.25
30 Aloma Vidal, Robert ESP 2329 5 44.5 30.0 21.50
31 Rodriguez Guerrero, Enrique ESP 2430 im 5 44.0 29.0 24.00
32 Recuero Guerra, David ESP 2241 5 43.0 27.0 19.00
33 Henriksen, Geir NOR 2203 5 41.5 25.5 19.25
34 Navarro Torres, Pedro M. ESP 2232 5 41.5 24.0 19.25
35 Fernandes, Rogerio Paulo Muller BRA 2226 5 41.0 24.5 19.00
36 Cruz, Alfredo BOL 2185 5 39.0 25.5 15.50
37 Ortega Ruiz, Jose Miguel ESP 2278 5 38.5 24.5 20.75
38 Pena Riasco, Alexander COL 2196 5 38.5 23.5 19.00
86 players
North Rhine-Westphalian Minister President Peer Steinbrück
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.
Kramnik won but his opponent lasted 37 moves.
Peer
Steinbrueck's Website on the Match
Steinbrueck,Peer - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 37 C90 Ruy Lopez
Exhibition Game Bonn GER (GER), 5-5 iii 2005
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Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2754 1 1.0
Steinbrueck,Peer GER ---- 0 0.0
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Chess Club DRAGA Rijeka organises the Mediterranean Flower Tournament a
WGM event 5th-12th March 2005. News: Eduard Piacun.
Official site: http://sah.posluh.hr/skdraga/cvmed5.htm
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Mediteranian Flower WGM Rijeka CRO (CRO), 5-12 iii 2005
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Medic, Mirjana wg CRO 2245 * . . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
2. Pahor, Andrea CRO 2067 . * . . . . . 1 . . 1.0
3. Sargac, Rajna wm CRO 2208 . . * . . . . . . 1 1.0
4. Bogza, Adina-Maria wg ROM 2272 . . . * . = . . . . 0.5 2326
5. Franciskovic, Borka wf CRO 2193 . . . . * . = . . . 0.5 2240
6. Grabics, Monika wg HUN 2326 . . . = . * . . . . 0.5 2272
7. Ionica, Iulia-Ionela wm ROM 2240 . . . . = . * . . . 0.5 2193
8. Macek, Vlasta wm CRO 2214 . 0 . . . . . * . . 0.0
9. Pokorna, Regina wg SVK 2374 0 . . . . . . . * . 0.0
10. Srebrnic, Ana wm SLO 2226 . . 0 . . . . . . * 0.0
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The 12th Metalis Open took place in Bizovac 24th-27th February 2005.
Davor Rogic won the event with 6/7. My thanks to Mirjana Medic.
Official site:
http://www.crochess.com/turniri/bizovac/index.htm
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12th Metalis Open Bizovac CRO (CRO), 24-27 ii 2005
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1. Rogic, Davor m CRO 2476 6,0 23,5 32,0 2689 24,5 5
2. Pavasovic, Dusko g SLO 2595 5,5 25,0 34,5 2634 24,0 4
3. Groszpeter, Attila g HUN 2524 5,5 24,5 34,5 2592 24,0 4
4. Kozul, Zdenko g CRO 2595 5,5 24,5 34,0 2641 25,0 4
5. Fercec, Nenad m CRO 2498 5,5 23,0 32,0 2608 24,0 4
6. Dizdarevic, Emir g BIH 2541 5,5 23,0 31,0 2559 23,0 5
7. Erdos, Viktor m HUN 2453 5,5 22,5 30,5 2622 24,0 4
8. Vukic, Milan g SCG 2450 5,5 22,0 30,5 2592 23,5 4
9. Jovanovic, Zoran CRO m CRO 2471 5,5 22,0 30,5 2543 23,0 4
10. Predojevic, Borki m BIH 2546 5,5 21,5 30,0 2552 22,5 4
11. Doric, Darko f CRO 2346 5,5 20,0 28,0 2478 21,0 4
12. Ascic, Pero f CRO 2360 5,5 19,5 28,5 2489 21,5 5
13. Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2519 5,0 24,5 33,5 2495 23,0 4
14. Brkic, Ante m CRO 2458 5,0 22,0 30,5 2499 23,0 3
15. Arsovic, Goran m SCG 2414 5,0 21,0 30,0 2472 21,0 5
16. Mrkonjic, Nenad m CRO 2352 5,0 21,0 30,0 2406 20,0 4
17. Zivanic, Marko m SCG 2450 5,0 21,0 29,5 2507 21,5 4
18. Kristovic, Marijan f CRO 2346 5,0 21,0 29,5 2363 21,0 5
19. Sax, Gyula g HUN 2566 5,0 20,5 29,0 2469 21,0 4
20. Biti, Ozren f CRO 2348 5,0 20,5 29,0 2400 21,0 4
21. Arsovic, Zoran m SCG 2455 5,0 20,0 29,0 2408 20,0 5
22. Feletar, Darko m CRO 2392 5,0 19,0 27,0 2382 20,5 4
149 players
John Saunders sends the games and results from the 123rd Varsity match,
played 5 March 2005. The event was as usual played at the RAC Club, Pall Mall,
London. Sponsors were Henry Mutkin and Barry Martin, arbiters Bob Wade and
David Sedgwick. The match was opened by the Lord Mayor of London, Michael
Savory. Despite being outrated on all eight boards, Cambridge won to take their
series lead to 55 wins against Oxford's 50, with 18 matches drawn. The time
limit was 40 moves in 2 hours, followed by all the moves in 1 hour.
Bd Oxford 3-5 Cambridge
1w Luke McShane (University) 2614 g 1-0 James Vigus (Clare) 2311 f
2b Timothy Woodward (New) 2333 f ½-½ Thomas Nixon (Sidney) 2195
3w Merim Bilalic (Wadham) 2292 f 0-1 David Hodge (Trinity) 2165
4b David Shaw (Worcester) 2197 0-1 Richard Mycroft (Jesus) 2141
5w Kieran Smallbone (New) 2170 0-1 Bernhard Klein (Downing) 2094
6b Ezra Lutton (Jesus) 2135 0-1 Oliver Cooley (Trinity) 2097
7w Sophie Tidman (Queen's) 2127 wf 1-0 Martin Rohrmeier (Darwin) 2000
8b Mark Gray (Queen's) 2100 ½-½ Annie Powell (St John's) 2026
The 6th Mimoza Open takes place 25th February - 3rd March, 2005 in
Herceg Novi. Branko Damljanovic and Miodrag R Savic finished on 7/9. Games from
rounds 8-9 are missing. News: Goran Tomic.
Further details: http://www.sah.paracin.co.yu/SSCG/index.htm
Final Round 9 Standings:
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Mimoza Open Herceg Novi SCG (SCG), 25 ii-3 iii 2005
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1. Damljanovic, Branko g SCG 2587 7 52.5 40.5 36.0 6
2. Savic, Miodrag R g SCG 2508 7 49.5 38.5 35.0 6
3. Abramovic, Bosko g SCG 2478 6.5 53.0 42.5 37.5 4
4. Blagojevic, Dragisa g SCG 2537 6.5 50.5 39.0 35.0 4
5. Popovic, Dusan m SCG 2462 6 52.5 41.5 33.5 5
6. Nanu, Ciprian-Costica m ROM 2453 6 49.0 38.5 32.5 4
7. Genov, Petar g BUL 2470 6 47.5 37.5 32.0 3
8. Nestorovic, Dejan m SCG 2402 6 47.5 36.5 30.5 4
9. Vajda, Albert m ROM 2436 6 47.0 36.5 31.5 4
10. Vlatkovic, Milos SCG 2307 6 45.5 36.5 29.0 4
11. Vajda, Levente g ROM 2542 5.5 52.5 41.0 33.5 4
12. Miljanic, Boro m SCG 2436 5.5 49.5 38.5 30.5 4
13. Bodiroga, Predrag m SCG 2418 5.5 49.0 37.5 30.0 4
14. Raicevic, Momcilo f SCG 2351 5.5 44.0 35.0 25.5 4
15. Benderac, Ana wg SCG 2287 5.5 42.5 34.0 27.0 3
16. Radojcic, Slobodan f SCG 2279 5.5 42.5 33.5 27.5 5
17. Popadic, Dragan SCG 2274 5.5 41.5 34.0 28.0 3
18. Misailovic, Nebojsa f SCG 2349 5 51.0 40.0 29.5 3
19. Krivokapic, Marko SCG 2330 5 47.5 36.5 28.0 4
20. Bogza, Adina-Maria wg ROM 2272 5 47.0 36.5 27.0 3
21. Brajovic, Radovan f SCG 2278 5 46.0 36.0 27.0 3
22. Todorovic, Jovan SCG 2387 5 44.5 36.5 30.5 4
23. Stanojevic, Branko m SCG 2319 5 43.5 34.0 26.5 3
24. Nestorovic, D. Nikola SCG 2328 5 42.5 33.0 27.0 3
25. Toth, Aleksandar SCG 2251 5 42.5 33.0 26.5 2
26. Savic, Miomir SCG 2269 5 42.5 33.0 25.0 5
27. Mihajlovic, Veselin f SCG 2351 5 42.0 34.5 27.0 1
28. Kontic, Djordjije m SCG 2347 5 42.0 32.5 25.0 3
29. Vulinovic, Radivoje SCG 2219 5 42.0 32.0 24.5 4
30. Pejovic, Branko f SCG 2223 5 40.0 32.5 25.0 3
31. Petijevic, Vaso SCG 2270 5 39.5 31.0 24.0 4
32. Vujacic, Igor SCG 2172 5 38.5 30.0 25.0 5
33. Konjevic, Djordje f SCG 2336 5 38.5 29.0 22.5 4
63 players
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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31st ch-BAN Dhaka BAN (BAN), 25 ii-10 iii 2005 cat. II (2299)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Rahman, Ziaur g BAN 2523 * . = 1 . 1 1 . . 1 . . . . 4.5 2711
2. Abdulla, Al-Rakib m BAN 2454 . * . . . . = 1 1 . 1 . . 1 4.5 2655
3. Murshed, Niaz g BAN 2479 = . * . 1 . . . . . . 1 1 1 4.5 2597
4. Reefat, Bin-Sattar m BAN 2462 0 . . * . . . 1 . . . . 1 1 3.0 2468
5. Uten BAN 2141 . . 0 . * = . . = 1 . 1 . . 3.0 2335
6. Rahman, S. Manfuzur BAN 2210 0 . . . = * . . 1 . . = 1 . 3.0 2326
7. Hossain, Enamul m BAN 2434 0 = . . . . * = . . = . . 1 2.5 2340
8. Hasan, Mehdi BAN 2282 . 0 . 0 . . = * . 1 = . . . 2.0 2280
9. Islam, Kh. Aminul f BAN 2287 . 0 . . = 0 . . * . = 1 . . 2.0 2182
10. Ahmed, Mainuddin BAN 2143 0 . . . 0 . . 0 . * . . 1 1 2.0 2176
11. Abu Sufian, Sakil f BAN 2270 . 0 . . . . = = = . * . . . 1.5 2277
12. Islam, Aminul Polash BAN 2198 . . 0 . 0 = . . 0 . . * = . 1.0 2007
13. Hasan Md, Emam BAN 2121 . . 0 0 . 0 . . . 0 . = * . 0.5 1932
14. Haque, Rezaul f BAN 2175 . 0 0 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . . * 0.0
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The IBAR Invitational took place in Santa Monica, California 23rd - 27th
February 2005. Average 2436.9 category 9. IM Melikset Khachiyan won the event
with 7/9. GM norms were secured by Khachiyan and Matikozyan. The 17-year-old
Milman obtained both GM and IM (his last) norms. News: Randall Hough.
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IBAR Inv Santa Monica USA (USA), 23-27 ii 2005 cat. VIII (2437)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Khachiyan, Melikset m USA 2462 * = = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 7.0 2654
2. Milman, Lev f USA 2434 = * = 1 = = = 1 1 1 6.5 2603
3. Akobian, Varuzhan g USA 2571 = = * = = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2588
4. Matikozian, Andranik m ARM 2496 = 0 = * 1 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2596
5. Georgiev, Vladimir g MKD 2517 0 = = 0 * = 1 1 = 1 5.0 2471
6. Mitkov, Nikola g MKD 2547 0 = = 0 = * 1 = 1 = 4.5 2424
7. Stein, Alex f USA 2362 = = 0 = 0 0 * 1 = 1 4.0 2402
8. Banawa, Jouaquin PHI 2319 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 * 1 1 2.5 2284
9. Kretchetov, Alexandre f RUS 2326 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 * = 1.5 2176
10. Lucky, David f USA 2335 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = * 1.0 2097
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SK47 Eynatten 1 have become Belgian Teams Champions 2004-5. 2 rounds
before the end of the competition, Eynatten 1 have 16 pts and 2.5 m.p up (8 pts
& 1 m.p. by round). Next round (Round 10) 06.03.05. News: Steve Laios.
Round 9: 27.02.2005
1.Borgerhout - Eynatten 2 : 4.0-4.0
2.Brugge - Eynatten 1 : 3.0-5.0
3.Temse 1 - Charleroi : 5.5-2.5
4.Rochade - Liège : 3.5-4.5
5.Temse 2 - Jean Jaurès : 4.0-4.0
6.Leuven - Gent : 4.0-4.0 (games missing)
Standings after round 09.
Teams Pts M.P
1. SK47.Eynatten 1 : 56.0 9
2. Boey Temse 2 : 40.0 6.5
3. CRE Liège EL : 40.0 6
4. Rochade Eupen : 39.0 4.5
5. K Brugge SK : 37.0 5.5
6. K Gent SRL : 36.5 6
7. SK47.Eynatten 2 : 36.0 5
8. CRE Charleroi : 34.5 3
9. Jean Jaurès : 30.0 4
10. Boey Temse 1 : 30.0 2.5
11. Borgerhout : 28.0 1.5
12. LV Leuven : 25.0 0.5
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. News: Vladica Andrejic.
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)
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37th Women's It Belgrade SCG (SCG), 6-14 iii 2005
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1. Dimitrijevic, Aleksandra wf SCG 2295 * . . . . . 1 . . . 1.0
2. Drljevic, Ljilja wf SCG 2189 . * . . . . . . . 1 1.0
3. Olarasu, Gabriela wg ROM 2327 . . * . . . . . 1 . 1.0
4. Rakic, Marija SCG 2044 . . . * . . . 1 . . 1.0
5. Chelushkina, Irina wg SCG 2369 . . . . * = . . . . 0.5 2364
6. Petrenko, Svetlana m MDA 2364 . . . . = * . . . . 0.5 2369
7. Petrovic, Marija wm SCG 2221 0 . . . . . * . . . 0.0
8. Semenova, Irina wm RUS 2303 . . . 0 . . . * . . 0.0
9. Stojanovic, Marija wf SCG 2182 . . 0 . . . . . * . 0.0
10. Trujillo Delgado, Dafnae wf ESP 2173 . 0 . . . . . . . * 0.0
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Zhu Chen beat Irina Krush played an Accoona exhibition match on March
1st 2005 in New York City, USA.
Sponsor: http://www.accoona.com/
Zhu Chen - Krush, Irina 1/2 48 D26 QGA
Krush, Irina - Zhu Chen 0-1 36 E38 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Accoona Rapid Match New York (USA), 1 iii 2005
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1 2
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Zhu Chen g CHN 2494 = 1 1.5 2659
Krush, Irina m USA 2466 = 0 0.5 2301
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Michael Atkins reports: The Millennium Chess Festival VI was another
success story. Along with the regular tournament, there was an exciting
Fischer-Random blitz vent which featured a last round match between US Champ GM
Hikaru Nakamura and 4-time Women's World Champ Susan Polgar. It also featured
the exhibition match between the same two players, which GM Polgar has analyzed
at http://www.chesscafe.com/polgar/polgar.htm
Booz Allen Hamilton was a big sponsor this year. Senior Vice President
Mark Hermon, a lifetime chess player, introduced the players at the start of
the exhibition match. We look forward to working with them in future events.
The tournament was held at the Ramada Plaza Oceanfront Resort in Virginia
Beach, Virginia over the weekend of February 25-27.
The tournament itself was exciting and somewhat of a surprize finish.
GM Jaan Ehlvest as 4-0 and leading the pack going into the final round. He drew
quickly with GM Alex Wojtkeiwicz which left the interest in the match between
US Champ GM Hikaru Namamura and GM Yury Shulman who needed to beat Hikaru in
order to tie for first. Nakamura had given up 3rd and 4th round draws to
Wojtkeiwicz and GM Pavel Blatny and was in the role of potential spoiler.
Shulman eventually won and joined Ehlvest as winners with 4.5
Wojtkeiwicz and Blatny, along with FM Bryan Smith finished with 4-1 to
take 3rd-4th/Top U 2400. Chris Bush won the under 2000 with 4.5; Ryan Thunder
Rust (great chess name!) and Bradley Marts took the U1800 with 4.5; Sara Walsh
took the U1600 with 4.5; and Kyle Ward-Dahl won the U1300 section with the
tournaments only perfect 5-0.
The exhibition match is always a crowd favorite. This time it was
special with the reigning US Champ and highest ranked Woman in the world.
Players talked about their moves in separate rooms, analyzing the game and
talking about their thoughts so the average player can see the process. Hikaru
and Susan fielded many questions from the audiences, explaining their ideas and
looking at why suggested spectator moves were not so good. All this went on
while spectators were enjoying a nice dinner. This game joined all the previous
exhibition results as a draw, but it probably would have been an ok draw in the
upcoming Minnesota HB Global Challenge, definitely not a Grandmaster draw!
The Fischer-Random Blitz event was a unique experience to most of the
players. It was a 4-round double blitz event with 4 printed Fischer-Random
positions. It was run under WBCA rules where illegal moves lose if correctly
claimed and most of the correct claims seemed to happen out of incorrectly
placed King-Rook positions after castling. No matter where the K-R are in this
version of chess, the final castled position is the same as regular chess with
all the same rules of castling. If the King is on C1 and the Rook is on E1, the
King Side castled position was still Kg1 and Rf1. One strong master didn't
castle once in all eight games! The tournament was won by GMs Namamura and
Blatny with 7.5/8.
All final standings are at the tournament website:
http://www.geocities.com/millenniumchessfestival/
Thanks to Tom Braunlich for organizing another great Millennium Chess
Festival and to the new major sponsor Booz Allen Hamilton. It was directed by
Ernie Schlich and Michael Atkins. Viriginia Beach's Beach Events also continues
to be a major sponsor as were Krispy Kreme Doughnuts and Dominion Scholastic
Chess Supplies.
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Millennium Open Virginia Beach USA (USA), 25-27 ii 2005
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1. Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2622 4.5
2. Shulman, Yuri g USA 2551 4.5
3. Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander g USA 2536 4.0
4. Blatny, Pavel g CZE 2456 4.0
5. Smith, Bryan G f USA 2339 4.0
6. Ibragimov, Ildar g USA 2603 3.5
7. Sarkar, Justin m USA 2386 3.5
8. Adu, Oladapo m NGR 2296 3.5
49 players
International Chess Open "Sozina 2005" takes place in Bar, Serbia and
Montenegro March 4-12th 2005. The event is the 6th Open International Chess
Championship of Montenegro. News: Vladica Andrejic.
Official site: http://www.scgchess.org/sozina/index.html
Leading Round 3 Standings:
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Sozina Open Bar SCG (SCG), 4-12 iii 2005
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1-3 Abramovic, Bosko SCG 2478 3
Fedorchuk, Sergey A. UKR 2570 3
Ivanisevic, Ivan SCG 2530 3
4-17 Damljanovic, Branko SCG 2587 2.5
Vajda, Levente ROM 2542 2.5
Predojevic, Borki BIH 2546 2.5
Mahesh Chandran, P. IND 2472 2.5
Vuckovic, Bojan SCG 2525 2.5
Lajthajm, Borko SCG 2457 2.5
Malakhatko, Vadim UKR 2569 2.5
Schneider, Dmitry USA 2475 2.5
Vajda, Albert ROM 2436 2.5
Kalezic, Blazo SCG 2445 2.5
Perunovic, Milos SCG 2564 2.5
Lupulescu, Constantin ROM 2552 2.5
Popovic, Dusan SCG 2462 2.5
Arsovic, Zoran SCG 2455 2.5
119 players
The 4th Aeroflot Chess festival took place in Hotel Rossija in Moscow
14th-24th February 2005. 36 players in the top 100 competed. Emil Sutovsky took
first place on tie-break (more black's than white's). More round 9 games
available.
Further details: http://www.aeroflotchess.com
The Greek Chess Federation is hosting the "Acropolis 2005"
International Open in Athens (Hotel President) 6th-14th March 2005. Total
prizes: over 16.000 Euros.
Leading GM participants:
| 1 |
GM |
Lputian Smbat G |
2640 |
ARM |
| 2 |
GM |
Avrukh Boris |
2629 |
ISR |
| 3 |
GM |
Izoria Zviad |
2607 |
GEO |
| 4 |
GM |
Pelletier Yannick |
2604 |
SUI |
| 5 |
GM |
Inarkiev Ernesto |
2602 |
RUS |
| 6 |
GM |
Solak Dragan |
2596 |
SCG |
| 7 |
GM |
Socko Bartosz |
2591 |
POL |
| 8 |
GM |
Gashimov Vugar |
2585 |
AZE |
| 9 |
GM |
Kotronias Vasilios |
2585 |
GRE |
| 10 |
GM |
Rozentalis Eduardas |
2584 |
LTU |
| 11 |
GM |
Sokolov Andrei |
2582 |
FRA |
| 12 |
GM |
Mastrovasilis Dimitrios |
2580 |
GRE |
| 13 |
GM |
Gelashvili Tamaz |
2577 |
GEO |
| 14 |
GM |
Romanishin Oleg M |
2558 |
UKR |
| 15 |
GM |
Hamdouchi Hichem |
2555 |
MAR |
| 16 |
GM |
Gershon Alik |
2533 |
ISR |
| 17 |
GM |
Halkias Stelios |
2533 |
GRE |
| 18 |
GM |
Nikolaidis Ioannis |
2520 |
GRE |
| 19 |
GM |
Stefanova Antoaneta |
2491 |
BUL |
| 20 |
IM |
Mastrovasilis Athanasios |
2491 |
GRE |
Official site: http://www.chessfed.gr/acropolis2005/
Fred Lucas reports: Utrecht held one of the biggest blitz tournaments in
the Netherlands on March 5th 2005. The Hypercube Business Innovation tournament
was organised by the Chessclub Utrecht. There were over 130 participants. The
A-group was won by Vladimir Epishin.
The final standings in group A (20 participants): 1 Vladimir Epishin 15
2 Vladimir Baklan 14,5 3 Bogdan Lalic 14 4 Petar Popovic 13,5 5 Alexander
Kovchan 12,5 6 Arkadij Naiditsch 12,5 7 Karl-Heinz Podzielny 12 8 Manuel
Bosboom 12 9 Daniel Fridman 11 10 Erwin Ami 10 etc
Official site: http://home.hetnet.nl/~kipu13/
There was a 4 game match between GM Rubén Felgaer (Elo 2588) and
Gustavo Albarrán (Elo 2279) on February 24-27 in Buenos Aires city,
Argentina. The small event was a four games g/90 minutes + 30 aditional seconds
match. The match concluded 2½ at 1½ with Felgaer's victory. This
way Felgaer achieved champion's title of the Círculo de Ajedrez Torre
Blanca.
Further details: http://www.notichess.com
Albarran, Gustavo - Felgaer, Ruben 1/2 35 A41 Modern Defence
Felgaer, Ruben - Albarran, Gustavo 1-0 33 A04 Dutch System
Albarran, Gustavo - Felgaer, Ruben 1-0 45 A57 Volga Gambit
Felgaer, Ruben - Albarran, Gustavo 1-0 20 C08 French Tarrasch
ch-Torre Blanca Buenos Aires ARG (ARG), 24-27 iii 2005
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1 2 3 4
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Felgaer, Ruben g ARG 2588 = 1 0 1 2.5 2374
Albarran, Gustavo ARG 2279 = 0 1 0 1.5 2501
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The 3rd Breizh Masters took place 18th - 26th February 2005 in Guingamp
(France).
Official site:
http://echiquierguingampais.free.fr/breizhmaster3.htm
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3rd Breizh Masters Guingamp FRA (FRA), 18-26 ii 2005 cat. IV (2334)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Terrieux, Kevin FRA 2223 * = = = 1 1 = = = 1 6.0 2470
2. Dumitrache, Dragos-Nicolae m ROM 2465 = * = = = = = = 1 1 5.5 2398
3. Monroy, Charles f FRA 2299 = = * = 0 = 1 1 0 1 5.0 2380
4. Sulypa, Alexandre g UKR 2497 = = = * 0 0 = 1 1 1 5.0 2358
5. Mullon, Jean-Baptiste f FRA 2327 0 = 1 1 * = = 0 1 0 4.5 2334
6. Verat, Laurent f FRA 2357 0 = = 1 = * 0 = 1 0 4.0 2287
7. Foisor, Cristina Adela m ROM 2411 = = 0 = = 1 * = 0 = 4.0 2281
8. Alanic, Xavier FRA 2237 = = 0 0 1 = = * = = 4.0 2301
9. Tripoteau, Nicolas f FRA 2250 = 0 1 0 0 0 1 = * 1 4.0 2299
10. Gervasio, Ricardo BRA 2269 0 0 0 0 1 1 = = 0 * 3.0 2215
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3rd Breizh Masters Women Guingamp FRA (FRA), 18-26 ii 2005
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Makropoulou, Marina wg GRE 2237 * 1 = = = = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2329
2. Benmesbah, Natacha FRA 2066 0 * 1 = 1 1 1 1 = 1 7.0 2348
3. Koskoska, Gabriela wm MKD 2238 = 0 * 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 5.5 2189
4. Choisy, Mathilde FRA 2058 = = 1 * 1 0 0 = 1 = 5.0 2172
5. Moussard, Jules f FRA 2015 = 0 = 0 * 1 = 1 1 = 5.0 2176
6. Foisor, Sabina-Francesca ROM 2229 = 0 0 1 0 * 1 0 = 1 4.0 2067
7. Matseyko, Katerina wm UKR 2220 0 0 = 1 = 0 * = = 1 4.0 2068
8. Le Diouron, Aurelie FRA 1994 0 0 0 = 0 1 = * = 1 3.5 2056
9. Benard, Anne-Laurie FRA 2078 0 = 0 0 0 = = = * = 2.5 1960
10. Marchadour, Claire wf FRA 2085 0 0 0 = = 0 0 0 = * 1.5 1853
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The 3rd Badalona International takes place 1st-11th March 2005.
Official site:
http://www.directe.fcde.org/badalona05/magistral.htm
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3rd It Badalona ESP (ESP), 1-11 iii 2005 cat. VIII (2449)
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1. Moskalenko, Viktor g UKR 2530 * . = . 1 . 1 1 . . 3.5 2773
2. Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel m ESP 2468 . * . 1 . . . = 1 1 3.5 2783
3. Narciso Dublan, Marc g ESP 2458 = . * = = 1 . . . . 2.5 2537
4. Escobar Forero, Alder m COL 2407 . 0 = * . . = 1 . . 2.0 2454
5. Fluvia, Jordi ESP 2399 0 . = . * = . . . 1 2.0 2481
6. Barrientos, Sergio f COL 2432 . . 0 . = * = . . 1 2.0 2444
7. Granados Gomez, Manuel m ESP 2414 0 . . = . = * . 1 . 2.0 2442
8. Fluvia Poyatos, Joan m ESP 2478 0 = . 0 . . . * 1 . 1.5 2364
9. Belezky, Sasha m UKR 2399 . 0 . . . . 0 0 * = 0.5 2144
10. Kalod, Radek g CZE 2505 . 0 . . 0 0 . . = * 0.5 2102
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The Portsmouth Chess Congress took place at Portsmouth Grammar School
18th-20th February 2005. Peter Wells and Francis Raynor won with 4.5/6.
PREMIER =1st P Wells, IGM (Portsmouth) 4.5 / 6 400.00
F Rayner (St Leonards) 400.00
(14 players) =3rd J Lappage (Swindon) 4 140.00
T Weber (Brighton) 140.00
=5th R Webb, FM (Yateley) 3.5 30.00
J Radovanovic (Surrey) 30.00
U-180 G Lock (Crawley) 50.00
=U-175 R Almond (St Leonards) 2.5 17.00
J Mansson (Billingshurst) 17.00
W Purkiss (Eastleigh) 17.00
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Open Portsmouth ENG (ENG), 18-20 ii 2005
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1. Rayner, Francis WLS 2195 = 9 +11 = 8 + 4 = 3 +12 4.5 2302
2. Wells, Peter K g ENG 2519 +14 = 5 - 3 +15 + 7 + 6 4.5 2378
3. Lappage, Jonathan ENG 2173 = 6 +15 + 2 + 5 = 1 - 4 4.0 2371
4. Weber, Tom LUX 2211 +13 - 7 + 9 - 1 +11 + 3 4.0 2268
5. Radovanovic, Jovica SCG 2329 +12 = 2 + 7 - 3 - 6 +10 3.5 2284
6. Lock, Gavin R ENG 2182 = 3 = 9 +10 = 8 + 5 - 2 3.5 2266
7. Webb, Richard M f ENG 2313 +10 + 4 - 5 =12 - 2 + 9 3.5 2287
8. 1/2 Pt BYE ---- . . = 1 =13 . . 2.5 2111
9. Almond, Richard ENG 2149 = 1 = 6 - 4 = 8 +15 - 7 2.5 2100
10. Purkiss, William ENG 2084 - 7 +13 - 6 +14 =12 - 5 2.5 2108
11. Norinkeviciute, Rasa LTU 2032 =15 - 1 +14 = 8 - 4 =13 2.5 2030
12. Mansson, James ENG 2093 - 5 =14 +16 = 7 =10 - 1 2.5 2109
13. Cordner,David A ---- - 4 -10 =15 = 8 =14 =11 2.0 1949
14. Fysh-Foskett, Adam ENG 2075 - 2 =12 -11 -10 =13 +15 2.0 2003
15. McMaster, Richard IRL 2043 =11 - 3 =13 - 2 - 9 -14 1.0 1885
16. 1 Pt BYE ---- . . -12 . . . 0.0
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Jan Bey editor of http://www.schakers.info reports: Alexandra
Kosteniuk & Andy Fordham (The Viking) have won the first World Chess-Darts
Trophy. This WC Chess-Darts took place at 'The Wintercarden' in Grand Hotel
Krasnapolsky on Februar 28 (Amsterdam). This was the place (holy Dutch-ground
therefore) where WC Max Euwe won his World title in 1935 against Alekhine.
Further coverage: http://www.kosteniuk.com
On monday-afternoon were playing four Chess-Darts-teams:
Raymond van Barneveld & Tea Lanchava,
Rick Hofstra & Sergei Tiviakov,
Andy Fordham & Alexandra Kosteniuk
and Darrell Fitton & Yge Visser for the
'Hotels.nl World Championship Chess-Darts Trophy'.
Commentators were IM Gert Ligterink (chess) and Martin Fitzmaurice
(darts).
Results:
Lanchava-Barneveld vs Tiviakov-Hofstra 3-0,
(darts: Barneveld-Hofstra 2-1, chess: Lanchava-Tiviakov 1-0,
darts: Hofstra-Barneveld 0-2)
Fitton-Visser vs Fordham-Kosteniuk 1-3,
(darts: Fitton-Fordham 1-2, chess: Kosteniuk-Visser 1-0,
darts: Fordham-Fitton 0-2, chess: Visser-Kosteniuk 0-1)
Final:
Fordham-Kosteniuk vs Lanchava-Barneveld 4-2,
(darts: Barneveld-Fordham 2-0, chess: Kosteniuk-Lanchava 1-0,
darts: Fordham-Barneveld 2-1, chess: Lanchava-Kosteniuk 0-1,
darts: Barneveld-Fordham 2-0, chess: Kosteniuk-Lanchava 1-0)
The Moscow Open 2005 took place 23rd February - 3rd March 2005 in the
Central Chess House, Gogolevsky Boulevard 14. The Moscow Chess Federation
organised 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. Farrukh Amonatov won the event with 7.5/9. I couldn't find
any games.
Coverage: http://www.volgachess.ru/,
http://www.russiachess.ru and
http://www.chess-players.org
Leading Final Standings:
No. PNo. Name Score WP PS rat. W-We
1. 3 Amonatov, Farrukh 7.5 51.5 38.0 2588 +1.38
2. 4 Lastin, Alexander 7.0 53.5 37.5 2588 +0.97
26 Shomoev, Anton 7.0 53.5 37.5 2490 +1.87
11 Khismatullin, Denis 7.0 52.5 39.5 2548 +1.12
15 Vorobiov, Evgeny E. 7.0 51.0 37.5 2529 +1.42
22 Dobrov, Vladimir 7.0 51.0 36.5 2501 +1.96
6 Bocharov, Dmitry 7.0 49.0 33.0 2585 +0.43
14 Iljushin, Alexei 7.0 48.0 34.0 2530 +0.88
9. 9 Neverov, Valeriy 6.5 54.5 35.5 2568 +0.29
21 Kokarev, Dmitry 6.5 53.0 37.0 2509 +1.64
29 Yandemirov, Valeri 6.5 49.0 34.0 2481 +1.37
20 Deviatkin, Andrey 6.5 47.5 30.5 2512 +0.02
13 Sambuev, Bator 6.5 47.0 31.0 2536 +0.11
34 Ulko, Jaroslav 6.5 47.0 33.0 2464 +0.56
38 Khruschiov, Alexey 6.5 47.0 32.5 2444 +1.19
5 Popov, Valery 6.5 46.5 31.5 2588 -0.61
48 Kurenkov, Nikolai 6.5 43.5 31.0 2422 +1.01
18. 18 Nikolaidis, Ioannis 6.0 52.5 35.5 2520 +0.60
82 Krivoborodov, Egor 6.0 50.5 31.5 2326 +2.44
2 Iordachescu, Viorel 6.0 49.0 31.0 2617 -1.02
24 Prizant, Jaroslav 6.0 49.0 32.0 2492 -0.39
32 Maletin, Pavel 6.0 48.5 33.0 2468 +0.33
35 Ivanov, Victor L 6.0 48.5 32.5 2463 +1.23
44 Kim, Alexey 6.0 48.5 32.5 2434 +1.60
7 Kornev, Alexei 6.0 48.0 31.5 2574 -0.57
12 Kosyrev, Vladimir 6.0 47.0 31.0 2539 -0.30
37 Kunin, Vitaly 6.0 46.5 31.0 2451 +0.69
43 Chadaev, Nikolai 6.0 46.5 30.0 2437 -0.21
19 Makarov, Marat 6.0 46.0 32.0 2517 -0.21
25 Vlassov, Nikolai 6.0 46.0 32.0 2492 -0.30
28 Geller, Jakov 6.0 46.0 32.5 2483 +0.78
54 Slizhevsky, Alexander 6.0 45.0 29.5 2409 +0.28
70 Hasangatin, Ramil 6.0 45.0 27.5 2353 +1.32
58 Jonkman, Harmen 6.0 44.5 29.5 2399 +1.14
30 Dvalishvili, Pavel S. 6.0 44.0 29.5 2472 -0.28
110 Plotnikov, Pavel 6.0 40.5 26.0 2247 +2.20
46 Gorbatov, Alexej 6.0 39.0 27.5 2424 -0.57
74 Sjugirov, Sanan 6.0 38.0 27.0 2338 +0.24
39. 1 Smirnov, Pavel 5.5 54.5 34.0 2645 -1.25
17 Khasin, Alexander 5.5 51.0 32.0 2522 -0.62
73 Melia, Salome 5.5 50.0 30.5 2340 +1.27
49 Konovalov, Nikolay 5.5 49.0 32.0 2419 +0.73
42 Sergienko, Sergey 5.5 48.0 30.0 2438 +0.55
16 Zakharevich, Igor 5.5 47.5 32.0 2526 -0.53
10 Atalik, Suat 5.5 47.0 29.5 2560 -1.16
31 Gavrilov, Alexei 5.5 47.0 31.0 2470 -0.53
27 Savchenko, Boris 5.5 46.5 30.5 2484 -0.70
57 Kalygin, Sergei V. 5.5 46.5 28.0 2403 -0.26
63 Guliev, Logman 5.5 45.5 28.5 2391 +0.14
81 Verzhansky, Alexander 5.5 45.5 28.0 2327 +0.35
106 Glotov, Mikhail 5.5 45.5 26.5 2268 +0.77
33 Appolonov, Sergey 5.5 45.0 29.0 2464 -0.71
64 Filipenko, Alexander V 5.5 45.0 28.0 2388 +0.74
78 Kachar, Vladimir 5.5 45.0 27.5 2329 -0.14
36 Kiselev, Gennady 5.5 44.5 27.0 2453 -1.02
47 Aleshin, Oleg 5.5 44.0 30.0 2423 -0.17
56 Nachev, Stanislav 5.5 44.0 27.0 2404 -0.26
59 Kremenietsky, Anatoly M 5.5 44.0 26.5 2399 -0.26
40 Vorotnikov, Vladislav V 5.5 43.5 31.0 2441 -0.44
75 Rjabzev, Konstantin 5.5 43.5 26.5 2338 +0.50
8 Korobov, Anton 5.5 42.5 26.5 2572 -1.79
53 Danin, Alexander 5.5 42.5 29.0 2413 -0.62
77 Grabuzova, Tatiana 5.5 42.0 26.0 2332 +0.20
51 Yudin, Sergei 5.5 41.5 28.0 2416 -0.44
121 Lomakina, Galina 5.5 38.5 22.0 2196 +1.06
101 Reshetnikov, Evgeny 5.5 37.0 23.5 2283 +0.70
209 players
Roman Parparov reports on the 9th Israeli University Winter
Championships:
The Israel University Winter Games including three chess events were
held in Eilat in the south of Israel, on the shore of the Red Sea between 27th
of February till 2nd of March.
The chess events are held in memory of Shlomo Har-Zvi who was the
manager of Tel-Aviv University Chess Club for many years till his untimely
death a few years ago. He was an outstanding chess enthusiast and sponsor, and
his family provides great prizes for this yearly memorial. Tel-Aviv
University's club main chess team "ASA Shlomo Har-Zvi" also carries his name.
The event this year had an unprecedented seven GM and six IM in the
Open Rapid and six GM and four IM in the Open Blitz events. It was said at the
closing ceremony that this is one of the best chess events held in Israel.
The team event was convincingly won by the Tel-Aviv University team.
The Open Rapid was won by GM Vitaly Golod on tie break of six. The Open Blitz
was won by GM Victor Mikhalevsky on tie break of three. The Open Blitz section
had also separate placements between students, topped by IM Alex Kundin.
28/02: Team Event
1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts
Pl
1.Tel-Aviv University XXX 3.0 3.5 4.0 3.5 4.0 18.0 I
2.Ben-Gurion University 1.0 XXX 3.0 4.0 3.5 4.0 15.5 II
3.Open University 0.5 1.0 XXX 3.0 3.5 3.0 11.0 III
4.Technion 0.0 0.0 1.0 XXX 3.5 4.0 8.5 IV
5.Hebrew University 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 XXX 3.0 5.0 V
6.Hertzeliya IDC 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 XXX 2.0 VI
TAU: GM Zifroni 2497, IM Zoler 2479, GM Finkel 2458,
IM Mittelman 2440, IM
Bitansky 2342 FM Kagansky 2297
BGU: IM Klenburg 2439, CM Kalcheim 2233, NM
Kostanovich 2255 et al.
OpenU: IM Kundin 2441, FM Dotan 2338, NM Rapoport 2227
et al.
01/03: Open Rapid (25m/g) 7-round Event:
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Title Club
Score Buch. Progr. Berg.
1-6 Golod, Vitaly ISR 2595 2609 gm 5.5 33.5 25.0 25.25
Klenburg, Michael UKR 2439 2408 im BGU 5.5 32.5 25.0 24.25
Finkel, Alexander ISR 2458 2460 gm TAU 5.5 31.5 23.5 23.25
Mikhalevsky, Victor ISR 2553 2588 gm 5.5 31.5 22.0 23.25
Kundin, Alex ISR 2441 2440 im OpenU 5.5 29.5 24.0 21.75
Erenburg, Sergey ISR 2551 2572 gm 5.5 25.5 19.5 20.00
7-8 Stisis, Yaacov ISR 2395 2390 im 5 27.5 18.0 18.50
Bitansky, Igor ISR 2342 2350 im TAU 5 27.0 17.0 18.00
9-11 Gofshtein, Zvulon ISR 2526 2560 gm 4.5 30.5 19.5 17.75
Tyomkin, Dmitry CAN 2512 2510 gm 4.5 29.0 21.0 16.25
Salomon, Danny ISR 2162 2196 OpenU 4.5 22.5 16.5 13.00
12-21 Zoler, Dan ISR 2479 2437 im TAU 4 32.0 20.0 16.00
Mittelman, Gur ISR 2440 2460 im TAU 4 32.0 20.0 15.50
Zifroni, Dov ISR 2517 2497 gm TAU 4 28.0 17.5 13.50
Fishman, Alik ISR 2235 2189 4 26.5 17.0 10.00
Kalheim, Gilad ISR 2233 2205 BGU 4 25.5 16.0 9.00
Prutkin, Boris ISR 2025 2084 Technion 4 25.5 13.0 11.50
Kagansky, Gleb RUS 2297 2315 fm TAU 4 25.0 16.0 13.50
Kostanovich, Michael ISR 2255 2254 BGU 4 24.5 18.0 10.00
Rapoport, Evgeny ISR 2227 2250 OpenU 4 24.0 17.0 11.00
Parparov, Roman ISR 2218 TAU 4 23.5 16.5 11.50
22 Ganor, Dotan ISR 2338 2330 fm OpenU 3.5 30.5 16.0 12.75
23-34 Podeneshko, Evgeny ISR 2080 2060 BGU 3 28.0 15.0 10.75
Botner, Arik ISR 2015 1890 IDC 3 25.0 11.0 5.00
Bereslavsky, Michael RUS 2194 2218 Technion 3 24.0 14.0 7.00
Fink, Alexander ISR 2065 2054 Technion 3 23.5 12.0 7.75
Zubrilov, Nikita ISR 2135 2060 Technion 3 23.5 11.0 9.50
Pilpel, Haran ISR 1810 HUJI 3 23.5 11.0 7.00
Bedenko, Sergey ISR 1900 Emek-Izreal 3 22.5 12.0 7.00
Shorek, Mordechay ISR 1906 3 22.0 11.0 6.00
Weissman, Felix ISR 2136 2075 Technion 3 21.0 9.0 7.50
Yusuphanova, Sadi(f) ISR 1719 OpenU 3 20.5 12.0 5.50
Bar-Lavi, Yoav ISR 1880 HUJI 3 19.5 11.0 6.00
Lurie, Zur ISR 1770 HUJI 3 18.0 8.0 4.00
35-36 Las, Guy ISR 1860 HUJI 2.5 24.0 11.5 4.25
Kogan, Doron ISR 1725 HUJI 2.5 20.5 7.5 6.25
37-42 Dotan, Valeria(f) ISR 2048 2040 wfm 2 21.5 10.0 5.00
Bieler, Chen ISR 1530 2 19.0 7.0 4.00
Ben-Zion, Noam ISR 1400 IDC 2 18.5 7.0 2.00
Lisner, Yuval ISR 1400 IDC 2 18.0 5.0 2.00
Eckhouse, Adi(f) ISR 1400 IDC 2 15.5 5.0 0.00
Zaksh, Shay ISR 1400 Emek-Izreal 2 14.0 4.0 0.00
43-44 Zhuk, Guy ISR 1400 Wingate 0 16.0 0.0 0.00
Shachar, Orit(f) ISR 1400 Wingate 0 15.5 0.0 0.00
02/03: Open Blitz (5m/g) 9-round Event:
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Title Club
Score Buch. Progr. Berg.
1-3 Mikhalevsky, Victor ISR 2553 2588 gm 7 52.5 36.0 40.00
Erenburg, Sergey ISR 2551 2572 gm 7 51.0 36.0 38.00
Tyomkin, Dmitry CAN 2512 2510 gm 7 49.0 36.0 36.75
4 Golod, Vitaly ISR 2594 2609 gm 6.5 49.5 34.5 33.25
5-8 Kundin, Alex ISR 2441 2440 im OpenU 6 50.0 33.0 30.50
Finkel, Alexander ISR 2458 2460 gm TAU 6 49.5 32.0 29.75
Zoler, Dan ISR 2479 2437 im TAU 6 48.0 30.0 31.50
Parparov, Roman ISR 2218 TAU 6 42.0 27.0 24.00
9-12 Gofshtein, Leonid ISR 2526 2560 gm 5.5 54.5 33.5 30.25
Weissman, Felix ISR 2136 2075 Technion 5.5 46.5 28.5 25.75
Kagansky, Gleb RUS 2297 2315 fm TAU 5.5 44.0 26.0 24.00
Rapoport, Evgeny ISR 2227 2250 OpenU 5.5 40.0 25.5 23.25
13-17 Bitansky, Igor ISR 2342 2350 im TAU 5 48.0 29.0 22.50
Stisis, Yaacov ISR 2395 2390 gm 5 45.0 25.0 20.50
Bedenko, Sergey ISR 1900 Emek-Izreal 5 41.5 23.0 19.00
Fink, Alexander ISR 2065 2054 Technion 5 39.0 20.0 17.50
Rot, Yefim ISR 2075 2060 Technion 5 34.0 24.0 16.00
18-21 Ganor, Dotan ISR 2338 2330 fm OpenU 4.5 48.0 28.0 22.00
Prutkin, Boris ISR 2025 2084 Technion 4.5 42.0 25.5 17.25
Bar-Lavi, Yoav ISR 1880 HUJI 4.5 39.5 19.5 15.25
Lurie, Zur ISR 1770 HUJI 4.5 34.5 18.5 13.75
22-28 Salomon, Danny ISR 2162 2196 OpenU 4 45.0 26.0 15.50
Fishman, Alik ISR 2235 2189 4 41.5 24.0 14.50
Schwartz, Osip ISR 1400 Emek-Izreal 4 39.5 21.0 14.00
Dotan, Valeria(f) ISR 2048 2040 wfm 4 39.5 19.0 13.00
Ross, Oded ISR 1920 OpenU 4 37.0 18.0 12.50
Botner, Arik ISR 1890 IDC 4 34.5 16.0 12.50
Pilpel, Haran ISR 1810 HUJI 4 32.5 16.0 9.50
29-31 Zubrilov, Nikita ISR 2135 2060 Technion 3.5 43.0 23.5 14.75
Yusuphanova, Sadi(f)ISR 1719 OpenU 3.5 37.0 18.5 11.25
Shorek, Mordechay ISR 1906 3.5 33.5 12.5 10.25
32-35 Kogan, Doron ISR 1725 HUJI 3 33.5 15.0 7.00
Lisner, Yuval ISR 1400 IDC 3 30.0 11.0 5.00
Las, Guy ISR 1860 HUJI 3 28.0 13.0 4.00
Eckhouse, Adi(f) ISR 1400 IDC 3 25.5 10.0 5.00
36-37 Ben-Zion, Noam ISR 1400 IDC 2 31.5 9.0 3.00
Bieler, Chen ISR 1530 2 31.0 12.0 3.50
38 Zaksh, Shay ISR 1400 Emek-Izreal 0 28.5 0.0 0.00
Individual placements for students:
1st place IM Kundin
2nd place GM Finkel
3rd place IM Zoler
4th place Parparov
George Mirijanian reports: The 29th Queen City Open took place 26th-27th
February 2005 at the Comfort Inn in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA. FM Joshua
Friedel captured first place with a 4-0 score. Runners-up with 3-1 tallies were
IM Joseph Fang and FM Braden Bournival, both of whom lost to Friedel, and Class
A contestants Ben Bentrup and Jacob Wamala. The tournament drew 65 players in
four sections and was directed by Henry L. "Hal" Terrie for the sponsoring New
Hampshire Chess Association.
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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
Apr 5 King’s Gambit 3...g5 IM Bernd Rechsel
Apr 12 Bogo-Indian 4.Bd2 GM Bogdan Lalic
Apr 19 Grunfeld GM Glenn Flear
Apr 26 Sicilian O’Kelly Variation IM Andrew Martin
May 3 Caro-Kann Advance Variation with 4.Be3, 5.Nd2 WGM Elena Dembo
May 10 Sicilian Sveshnikov GM Larry Christiansen
May 17 Alekhine Defence, 4.Nf3 Igor Khmelnitsky
May 24 Benko Gambit IM Andrew Martin
14th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament
The 14th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament will take place at
the Monte Carlo Grand Hôtel in Monaco, 19th-31st March 2005 (rest days
March 23rd and 28th 2005). Mr. J.J. van Oosterom is the exclusive sponsor of
this event which is organised by the Association Max Euwe.
Players: Viswanathan Anand (India), Evgeny Bareev (Russia), Boris
Gelfand (Israel), Vassili Ivanchuk (Ukraine), Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), Peter
Leko (Hungary), Alexander Morozevich (Russia), Alexei Shirov (Spain), Peter
Svidler (Russia), Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria), Francisco Vallejo (Spain) and
Loek Van Wely (The Netherlands).
The games will start at 13:30hrs and end at approximately 20:00hrs.
Every day, the grandmasters will play one rapid game and one blindfold
game of about one hour each.
The total prize fund is Euros 193,250.
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.
Official site: http://www.chess-romania.ro/
XIII Dos Hermanas International
The XIII Dos Hermanas International takes place April 1st-9th 2005.
The Official site for the event will be
http://www.doshermanas.net/ (only
info on the internet event is there now)
Players:
Miguel Illescas ESP 2633
Sergey Karjakin UKR 2599
Alexander Rustemov RUS 2598
Teimour Radjabov AZE 2667
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov AZE 2657
Oleg Korneev RUS 2602
Zurab Azmaiparashvili GEO 2662
Alexey Dreev GEO 2704
Ruben Felgaer ARG 2588
Lenier Dominguez CUB 2661
VI Dos Hermanas Internet
VI Internet Chess Tournament "Ciudad de Dos Hermanas" IM Michael Rahal
(EDAMI) reports that the Dos Hermanas City Council and the Municipal Foundation
for Sport of Dos Hermanas in conjunction with ICC (http://www.chessclub.com) and EDAMI (
http://www.edami.com) are holding their
sixth Internet Chess tournament between the 11th and the 27th of March 2005.
The event will take place on ICC and has cash prizes totalling 6.100 Euros
(1st: 1.800 euros, 16th 150 euros) as well as other special prizes.
There will be 12 Swiss System qualifiers (one each day) with the winner
of each event progressing to the final. They will begin at 2pm server time on
every day, except for the tourneys on the 15th, 17th and 21st, which will start
at 6pm server time.
You can take part in all of them. Qualifier winners along with the 20
best-scoring players will advance to the knockout finals, which will be played
on the 26th and 27th of March. The time control is now shorter, at 5 1 for all
rounds.
Last year the event set a participation record: 74 GMs, 5 WGMs, 126 IMs
and 8 WIMs took part in a field of 1,627 players from 93 countries. Even if you
are not aiming to win a prize, this tournament gives you a chance to meet world
class players! Entry is completely FREE. You don't even need to be a paying
member of ICC to play.
(GMs Daniel Fridman and Jan Gustaffson took first place ex-aqueo, other
prize winners included GMs Georgiev, Sasikiran, Zhang Zhong, Shipov, etc.)
If you wish to participate, the rules, entry forms and the full
schedule are at http://www.doshermanas.net/. Make sure
to register early; your registration is valid for all qualifiers, but you do
not need to play all.
2nd Amsterdam Chess Tournament
The 2nd Amsterdam Chess Tournament takes place 16th-24th July 2005.
Further details:
http://home.hccnet.nl/w.haggenburg/act05/eng.html
9th Essent Chess Tournament
The 9th Essent Chess Tournament (Hoogeveen) takes place 21st-29th
October 2005.
Last year the event was covered at: http://www.essentchess.nl
1st Queens' Challenge
The first Queen's Challenge will take place 9th-10th March in
Besançon. This event is organised by Thise Chess Club in a partnership
with Europe Echecs.
Wednesday 9th March 2005 - 17h00 Semi-finals Thursday 10th March 2005 -
14h00 Final
Players; Women: Almira Skripchenko, Zawadzka Jolanta. Men: Robert
Fontaine Alexeï Chernuschevich.
Live coverage at the official site:
http://www.europe-echecs.com/
Pinamar International Tournaments
Two International Chess Tournaments take place in Pinamar, Buenos
Aires, Argentina 8th-18th March 2005.
The I.T.T. Ricardo Lettieri In Memoriam Players: i Cubas, José
2401 Needleman, Alejandro 2400 i Rubinetti, Jorge 2393 f Roca, Alfredo 2366
Mahia, Gustavo 2364 di Berardino, Diego 2358 i Bronstein, Luis 2357 Rodi, Luis
2258 f Peralta, Eduardo 2252 Duarte, Leonardo 2252 f Vera Insfran, Jorge 2247 f
Molina, Jorge 2234
The I.R.T. Eduardo Orosco In Memoriam. Players: f Pingas, Blas 2281
Ferrufino, Boris 2225 Samur, Arturo 2164 Tumini, Leandro 2142 Lopez, Daniel
2128 Fiori, Hector 2112 Babo, Miguel 2047 Vera Insfran, Luis 2040 Romero,
Fabian 2022 Ravier, Osvaldo unrd Gonzalez Resquin, Diego unrd
Official site:
http://www.utopiasdepinamar.com.ar/letti2005/torneo.htm
Computer Chess News
There have been recent computer events. See the Computer Chess Calendar
at: http://www.playwitharena.com
21st Bad Woerishofen Open
The 21st Bad Woerishofen Open takes place 3rd-11th March 2005.
http://chessorg.de/bad_woerishofen.htm
Turin Chess Olympiad
The Turin Chess Olympiad takes place May 20th-June 4th 2006. March 5th
is the official opening of the internet site for the Olympiad
http://www.chessolympiad-torino2006.org
It was launched by GM Alexandra Kosteniuk. There was a press conference
in the afternoon at 4 pm, GM Alexandra Kosteniuk played a simul exhibition
against 24 VIP opponents (politics, journalists, managers and so on). It is
possible to look at the 4 games of the simul directly.
GM Tournament Kiev-2005
IM Alexey Mazurok sends news of an international chess tournament
1st-15th May 2005 in Kiev.
Round-robin system, 16 participants. Participants rated 2400 and above
preferably IMs and MFs are invited to take part in the tournament. Entrance
fees: 2400 - 2449 - 200$ 2450 - 2499 - 150$ 2500 - 100$ IGMs will be given a
guarantee. Cost of accommodation - 150$ and above.
The Ukrainian chess players, who have been invited to take part in the
tournament: IGM Vysochin,Spartak (2579), IGM Komarov,Dimitri (2541), IGM
Malakhatko,Vadim (2569), IM Firman,Nazar (2471), IM Nosenko,Alexander (2509),
IM Savinov,Viktor (2482), IM Sergeev,Vladimir (2438), IM Shishkin,Vadim (2488),
IM Kislinsky,Alexey (2406). Reserves:IGM Kruppa,Yuri (2553), IGM
Kovchan,Alexander (2485), IGM Golubev,Mihail (2517), IGM Goloshchapov,Alexander
(2547),IM Eshenko, Vadim (2438), IM Galinsky,Timofey (2416), IM Marusenko, Petr
(2320). Attention: Simon Williams & David Howell. There are still 7 places
vacant places.
Contact organiser us: 0445750409 Eshenko, Vadim (for Russian speaking),
0445559205 Marusenko, Petr (for English speaking), e-mail pobodo@yandex.ru
& escha@list.ru
Official site (Russian): http://chess-ukr.narod.ru/
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/
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
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
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/
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/
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
