THE WEEK IN CHESS 540 14th March 2005 by Mark Crowther
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2nd Enerpac Match 4 games
3rd Badalona International 25 games
6th Wellington College International 8 games
123rd Varsity Match 1 game
1468 games
My thanks to Haroon Rashid, Kristianus Liem, Miklos Orso, Henri
Koskinen, Zsuzsa Veroci, Vladica Andrejic, Jindra Kollerov, Ray Clark, Steve
Laios, Alexey Mazurok, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Argiris Kotsis, Jorge Egger,
John Saunders, George Mirijanian, Michiel Abeln and everyone else who helped
with the issue.
The Linares tournament concluded on Thursday. There was an exciting
finish with Vesselin Topalov catching Garry Kasparov's score in the final round
(although Kasparov already knew he had won the tournament on tie-break). What
followed came as a shock, at least at first. Garry Kasparov announced his
retirement from chess. He said he'd planned this for some time and was
determined to finish with his performances in the Russian Championship and
Linares (although curiously he has since said he didn't prepare that well)
proving he was still at the very top. Kasparov cited lack of goals as his
reason plus increasing interests away from the board. I'm sure the idea of just
playing Linares every year having won there so many times started to look
unappealing and he wants to give something else a try. Kasparov's achievements
will be well known to anyone who reads this magazine but the quality of his
tournament (Karpov has the numbers game wrapped up) victories and the tough
matches against Karpov and Anand will make him a legend forever in the game.
His loss to Deep Blue made him famous to a wider public, especially in the
states. The best ever? Probably, it depends how you measure these things, but
by almost every measure, yes.
Kasparov has accused Kramnik of avoiding a rematch, the last target he
had. Kasparov couldn't get a stable world title cycle going for the almost 10
years he tried, I don't think its fair to demand an immediate solution from
Kramnik who says his aim is for a qualification system that will last. Nothing
he's done has departed from that. Kasparov also refused to play in the Dortmund
qualifier in 2002, an event he would have been strong favourite to win, even if
he didn't like the format, the venue or the fact he had to qualify at all. He
had the opportunity to write a rematch clause into the original match contract
with Kramnik if he had wanted, he didn't, and to say he did Kramnik a favour by
giving him the match is disingenuous, Kasparov needed a credible opponent and
given Kramnik's match record at the time, I don't think he expected to lose.
Finally if Kasparov's intention had been to retire after regaining the title, I
don't think that would have been for the good of the game at all.
Anybody who followed Kasparov was probably going to look pale in
comparison, but there is no doubt that the standard of Kramnik's chess is well
below Kasparov as champion and indeed well below that which he promised when he
first came on the scene. Its not that he's played terribly, just that its all
been a bit worthy and cautious. Hopefully he will be able to step out of start
to show some of the fire his predecessor had, but not all periods of chess
history have been that exciting and we may be going through one of those.
Kasparov plans new books, new projects and most of all he wants to form
an effective opposition to Vladimir Putin in Russia. In retrospect, its obvious
these things were already taking over his life. Although slightly more active
over the board recently, he's been a part time professional for some time. In
some ways its been a miracle he's kept his standards and motivation going this
long. I expect Kasparov to make headlines and give his political ambitions a
real try, but I don't really see him as someone in political power in the long
term, and as he himself acknowledges it may not even be possible to oppose
Putin in any effective way. So whilst I'm sure he's completely sincere about
retirement, I think this is going to end up being a break from chess, a little
like Capablanca had between 1930-34, rather than the last we'll see of him. A
break would allow him to concentrate on other interests and effectively put a
line under his career so far. A return after some time would probably give him
the fresh challenge he isn't getting at the moment. Who knows what the chess
scene will be like in a few years. We'll have to see, he won't be getting an "I
told you so" from me if it happens just relief we haven't seen the last of him
because it would be a terrible waste if we don't.
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.
Garry Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand, Veselin Topalov, Peter Leko, Michael
Adams, Francisco Vallejo Pons and Rustam Kasimdzhanov were the 7 players at
this year's event. The event took place 22nd February - 10th March 2005. Round
1 Wednesday February 23rd 2005. Rest days March 1st and 7th 2005.
Garry Kasparov took first place on tie-break (most wins with black) from
Vesselin Topalov. Both finished on 8/12. Kasparov had a fantastic tournament,
recognisably back to his best but the final round loss to Topalov certainly
took some of the shine off the victory. Topalov would have won the event using
normal tie-breaks like Sonnen-berger as he won their mini-match of two games.
Both were ruthless against the struggling Adams, Kasimdzhanov and Vallejo.
Viswanathan Anand fell away at the end getting into a lost position against
Vallejo and then losing in the final round to Adams. The only undefeated player
was Peter Leko but he didn't win any games either and after his win in Wijk aan
Zee this was a disappointing result, he almost passed unnoticed like a ghost
through the event playing very few games of any interest. He saved a lost
position against Topalov in round 4. Michael Adams seemed well prepared for the
event but sadly out of form for the most part. He created but didn't exploit a
number of chances and would probably have been glad to get out of the event on
-1 after a final round win against Anand. Francisco Vallejo Pons has made
rating points on the previous occasions he's played in Linares, this year he
struggled. Rustam Kasimdzhanov started the event with six straight draws
showing the resourcefulness and solidity that took him to the FIDE crown but
the stress of being in trouble almost every round caught up with him and he
made only two further draws.
The event again showed up the difficulty of getting wins amongst the
elite. There were only two decisive results amongst the top four players and
one of those, Kasparov's loss in the final round, looked drawn for a long time.
Kasparov and Topalov showed how it is possible for stronger players to beat the
weaker and struggling players. Kasparov scored 5.5/6 and Topalov 5/6 against
the bottom end. Anand and especially Leko didn't create anything like the same
level of problems for these same players.
Official sites:
http://www.ajedrezenlinares.com/XXII_ciudad_linares.htm
and http://www.marca.com/ajedrez/linares05/index.html
Round 12 (March 8, 2005)
Topalov, Veselin - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1-0 32 D31 Semi-Slav Defence
Anand, Viswanathan - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 67 A30 English Symmetrical
Adams, Michael - Kasparov, Garry 0-1 26 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 13 (March 9, 2005)
Kasparov, Garry - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 22 C42 Petroff's Defence
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Leko, Peter 1/2 24 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 38 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Round 14 (March 10, 2005)
Topalov, Veselin - Kasparov, Garry 1-0 30 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Anand, Viswanathan - Adams, Michael 0-1 52 E15 Queens Indian
Leko, Peter - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 67 B32 Sicilian Labourdonnais
XXII SuperGM Linares ESP (ESP), 23 ii-17 iii 2005 cat. XX (2743)
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1 Kasparov, Garry g RUS 2804 ** =0 == == 11 11 =1 8.0 2857
2 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2757 =1 ** 0= == 1= 11 =1 8.0 2865
3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2786 == 1= ** == =0 == =1 6.5 2764
4 Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 == == == ** == == == 6.0 2742
5 Adams, Michael g ENG 2741 00 0= =1 == ** 1= == 5.5 2714
6 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2686 00 00 == == 0= ** =1 4.0 2627
7 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2678 =0 =0 =0 == == =0 ** 4.0 2628
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Kasparov won the event on the second tie-break from Topalov.
Games won were equal, the second tie-break was number of
wins with black.
Michiel Abeln reported for TWIC on the spot in Linares. After the final
round he had a final thing to report, the announcement of Kasparov's
retirement.
The big news today was the start of Kasparov’s press conference
where he made this announcement.
Linares 2005 was his last professional tournament and today was his
last professional game. He might still play some rapid chess, but just for fun.
There is nothing more to achieve, he does not see any reunification coming and
there no goals left.
Kasparov had planned to make this statement tomorrow at the closing
ceremony but after his loss today he wanted the big words out right away.
He wanted to leave in style and not the way he was playing 6 months
ago. He wanted to leave in style and prove to himself he plays better than the
others. That he has proven here in Linares, today had little to do with level
of the other games, he just collapsed under pressure that it was his last game.
Besides that there is nothing left to prove in the chess world, the mess
of the last two years also added bit by bit to his decision. Everyone was happy
when he was denied a chance to be in the world championship again. He did not
hear a voice of support for him, while he still hears support for Ponomariov.
After the Prague agreement there were regular disappointments for him and
people were putting their own agenda first for their own good and at the
expense of him. He does not want to press anyone, just live his own life now.
It was a difficult process to come to this decision. He needs reasons to be so
determined in his game and he is missing that now. He has not lost his passion
for the game, so he will still play some chess for fun and a lot of writing.
Besides Predecessors, there will be a new book at the end of the year, "How
life imitates chess". This book explains how decision-making in chess can help
in daily life decision-making. The book is very important to him and for a
broader audience.
He will be back in Linares as a guest of honour. He feels he has been
part of a growing community here. The first time here 15 years ago the city
ended at the back of the hotel and now it is so much bigger.
He will spend some time on Russian politics as he believes every decent
person has to oppose to the dictator Putin.
The chess world is in big crisis and he does not see any player that
can make an impact like Fischer or himself. There are players like Karjakin or
Carlsen but it is still too early to say anything for sure about them. The
chess world needs some outstanding measures to be taken to get better again. He
hopes that his departure will help in this aspect. He has taken his
responsibility for his mistakes, unlike others that make up excuses and shift
responsibility. He recognizes his failures and maybe because he plays such
great games he is not so good at the organization part.
The first time he thought about leaving was after Dubai got cancelled,
he felt he did not belong to this chess world anymore. He wanted to leave
earlier, but he had accepted Linares already so for example when he wrote the
letter during Corus he could not quit yet.
He felt the tournament was over after the nice win over Adams. He had
no energy to fight Anand, and with that draw he realized that because of the
tie-break he had clinched the trophy already. This may have been the reason for
his bad play today. It was very tough to play here anyway, as every game in the
second half was the last one. It was like a rocket launch, with a count down to
zero. Everyday he was afraid to make a big blunder. Only today did he not think
about it, and so it happened today.
He feels his best games ever are against Karpov in 1985, game 20 and in
1987 game 24 and probably the best of all his games, the one against Topalov in
Corus. In Linares he thinks he has played 168 games and lost 7 and won a lot
more. He enjoys watching the pictures of the previous tournaments in the hotel
lobby, seeing himself and Vishy with long black hair back in the old days.
Further info:
ChessBase: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2258
Kasparov retirement interview in the Guardian 14th March 2005:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0,2763,1436951,00.html
Kasparov interview with Yuri Vasiliev in Sport Express 14th March 2005:
http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/kasvas14mar.html
There will be a rapid match between Peter Leko and Michael Adams in
Miskolc, in Hungary. The Main Patron of the Match will be the Mayor of the City
Of Miskolc Sandor Kali. The match will take place 1st-5th June 2005, 31st
arriving, 1st evening the Opening Ceremony and drawing of lots, 2-5 playing
days, two games per day 25 minutes + 5 seconds per move.
About the city: http://www.miskolc.hu, or about the County
Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen http://www.baz.hu.
News: Zsuzsa Veroci.
The Russian Under-20 Championship took plce in Nojabrsk 2nd-12th March
2005. Artyom Timofeev won the boys event and Natalija Pogonina the girls with
8.5/11.
Official site: http://www.russiachess.ru
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ch-RUS u20 Nojabrsk RUS (RUS), 2-12 iii 2005 cat. XI (2521)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Timofeev, Artyom g RUS 2619 * 1 = = 1 1 = = 1 = 1 1 8.5 2722
2. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2605 0 * 1 1 = 1 1 = = 1 = 1 8.0 2688
3. Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2596 = 0 * = = 1 1 = = = = 1 6.5 2578
4. Tomashevsky, Evgeny m RUS 2540 = 0 = * = 1 = 1 = 0 1 = 6.0 2554
5. Kurnosov, Igor g RUS 2538 0 = = = * 0 = = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2555
6. Novikov, Stanislav g RUS 2514 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 = 1 1 = = 5.5 2521
7. Iljin, Artem m RUS 2482 = 0 0 = = 0 * = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2524
8. Khairullin, Ildar m RUS 2507 = = = 0 = = = * = = 0 1 5.0 2485
9. Nepomniachtchi, Ian m RUS 2483 0 = = = 0 0 0 = * 1 1 1 5.0 2488
10. Andreikin, Dmitry m RUS 2472 = 0 = 1 = 0 = = 0 * = 0 4.0 2423
11. Popov, Ivan RUS m RUS 2476 0 = = 0 0 = 0 1 0 = * = 3.5 2391
12. Kuznetsov, Viktor2 f RUS 2416 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 1 = * 2.5 2319
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ch-RUS u20g Nojabrsk RUS (RUS), 2-12 iii 2005 cat. II (2289)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2362 * 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 8.5 2492
2. Guseva, Marina RUS 2261 1 * 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 = = 1 8.0 2466
3. Gunina, Valentina wf RUS 2342 0 1 * = 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 8.0 2458
4. Vasilevich, Irina wm RUS 2292 1 0 = * 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2463
5. Fominykh, Maria wf RUS 2282 0 0 1 1 * 0 0 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2354
6. Chistiakova, Tamara wf RUS 2310 0 0 0 = 1 * = = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2322
7. Kursova, Maria wm RUS 2308 0 1 0 0 1 = * = 0 1 = 1 5.5 2286
8. Hasanova, Elmira wm RUS 2265 0 0 = 0 0 = = * = 1 1 1 5.0 2254
9. Nazarova, Alexandra wm RUS 2303 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = * = 1 = 3.5 2154
10. Tairova, Elena wf RUS 2277 0 = 0 0 = = 0 0 = * = = 3.0 2114
11. Nebolsina, Vera wm RUS 2284 = = 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = * 1 3.0 2113
12. Dzhabrailova, Inara RUS 2176 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 * 1.0 1915
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Chess Club DRAGA Rijeka organised the Mediterranean Flower Tournament a
WGM event 5th-12th March 2005. Regina Pokorna won the event with 6/59/ News:
Eduard Piacun.
Official site: http://sah.posluh.hr/skdraga/cvmed5.htm
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Mediterranean 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. Pokorna, Regina wg SVK 2374 * = 1 0 1 1 = = 1 1 6.5 2387
2. Ionica, Iulia-Ionela wm ROM 2240 = * = 1 = 0 = 1 1 = 5.5 2316
3. Sargac, Rajna wm CRO 2208 0 = * = = 1 1 = 1 = 5.5 2319
4. Medic, Mirjana wg CRO 2245 1 0 = * = 1 = = = = 5.0 2278
5. Bogza, Adina-Maria wg ROM 2272 0 = = = * 0 = 1 1 1 5.0 2275
6. Srebrnic, Ana wm SLO 2226 0 1 0 0 1 * = = = 1 4.5 2237
7. Grabics, Monika wg HUN 2326 = = 0 = = = * 0 1 1 4.5 2226
8. Macek, Vlasta wm CRO 2214 = 0 = = 0 = 1 * 0 1 4.0 2196
9. Pahor, Andrea CRO 2067 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 1 * = 2.5 2089
10. Franciskovic, Borka wf CRO 2193 0 = = = 0 0 0 0 = * 2.0 2021
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The Mercantile Bank 31st Bangladesh National Chess Championship 2005
took place in Dhaka 25th February - 11th March 2005. Ziaur Rahman won the event
with an amazing 12/13. 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 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 12.0 2682
2. Reefat, Bin-Sattar m BAN 2462 0 * = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 = 1 9.5 2460
3. Abdulla, Al-Rakib m BAN 2454 0 = * 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 9.0 2427
4. Murshed, Niaz g BAN 2479 = = 1 * 0 = 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2394
5. Hossain, Enamul m BAN 2434 0 0 = 1 * = = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 8.5 2398
6. Islam, Kh. Aminul f BAN 2287 0 = 0 = = * 1 = 0 1 1 = = 1 7.0 2328
7. Hasan, Mehdi BAN 2282 0 0 0 1 = 0 * = 1 0 1 1 1 = 6.5 2299
8. Abu Sufian, Sakil f BAN 2270 0 = 0 1 = = = * 0 = 0 = 1 0 5.0 2213
9. Rahman, S. Manfuzur BAN 2210 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 * 0 1 1 = = 5.0 2218
10. Haque, Rezaul f BAN 2175 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 = 1 * 0 0 1 = 4.5 2198
11. Hasan Md, Emam BAN 2121 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 * 0 1 = 4.5 2202
12. Ahmed, Mainuddin BAN 2143 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = 0 1 1 * 0 1 4.5 2200
13. Uten BAN 2141 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 1 * 1 3.5 2135
14. Islam, Aminul Polash BAN 2198 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 = = = 0 0 * 3.0 2095
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SK47 Eynatten 1 have become Belgian Teams Champions 2004-5. Eynatten 1
have wrapped up the competition but there are other issues still a stake. News:
Steve Laios.
Missing games from round 09 :
match Leuven - Gent (8 games)
Round 10 : 06.03.2005
1.Eynatten 2 - Gent : 6.5-1.5 (with 2 default)
2.Eynatten 1 - Leuven : 6.5-1.5
3.Charleroi - Temse 2 : 3.5-4.5
4.Liège - Brugge : 5.0-3.0
5.Borgerhout - Temse 1 : 4.5-3.5
6.Jean Jaurès - Rochade : 1.0-7.0
games next week
Standings after round 10.
Teams Pts M.P
1. SK47.Eynatten 1 : 62.5 10 (qualified for EUR-Cup)
2. Rochade Eupen : 46.0 5.5 (between Rochade - Liège and)
3. CRE Liège EL : 45.0 7 (Temse2 for the 2d & 3rd place)
4. Boey Temse 2 : 44.5 7.5 (for EUR-cup qualification)
5. SK47.Eynatten 2 : 42.5 6
6. K Brugge SK : 40.0 5.5
7. K Gent SRL : 38.0 6
8. CRE Charleroi : 38.0 3
9. Boey Temse 1 : 33.5 2.5
10. Borgerhout : 32.5 2.5
11. Jean Jaurès : 31.0 4
12. LV Leuven : 26.5 0.5
Henri Koskinen reports: The Finnish Team Championship was decided last
weekend. Jyväskylä managed to win by the slightest margin,
Matinkylä had egual points and goal-difference but lost because of less
individual wins. Jyväskylä's 1st board GM Kaido Kulaots made an
impressive 8/9! Turku got bronze and defending champion Gaia had to settle for
forth place. 352 games included (8 missing/1 match),
Games, individual results etc. can be found on the website:
http://www.shakki.net/pelaaminen/turnaukset/liiga.html
Final results
1. JyS, Jyväskylä 16 +25 (40-15)
2. MatSK, Espoo 16 +25 (35-10)
3. TuTS, Turku 13
4. Gaia, Helsinki 10
5. EtVaS, Vantaa 9 +1
6. JoeSK, Joensuu 9 -7
7. TaSY, Tampere 6
8. Taraus, Tampere 4 -13
9. HSK, Helsinki 4 -19
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10. SalSK, Salo 3
The Belgrade Chess Association organises the traditional 37th Women
International Grandmaster "March 8th" Chess Tournament 6th-14th March 2005 in
Belgrade.
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 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Chelushkina, Irina wg SCG 2369 * . = 1 1 = = 0 1 1 5.5 2362
2. Olarasu, Gabriela wg ROM 2327 . * = = 0 = 1 1 1 1 5.5 2362
3. Petrenko, Svetlana m MDA 2364 = = * 0 1 0 1 1 1 . 5.0 2352
4. Dimitrijevic, Aleksandra wf SCG 2295 0 = 1 * . 1 1 = 0 1 5.0 2342
5. Drljevic, Ljilja wf SCG 2189 0 1 0 . * 1 = 1 1 = 5.0 2342
6. Petrovic, Marija wm SCG 2221 = = 1 0 0 * 0 . 1 1 4.0 2242
7. Stojanovic, Marija wf SCG 2182 = 0 0 0 = 1 * = . 1 3.5 2221
8. Semenova, Irina wm RUS 2303 1 0 0 = 0 . = * 1 0 3.0 2155
9. Trujillo Delgado, Dafnae wf ESP 2173 0 0 0 1 0 0 . 0 * 1 2.0 2071
10. Rakic, Marija SCG 2044 0 0 . 0 = 0 0 1 0 * 1.5 2006
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The "FEDACH" Chess Federation in Chile organised it's Torneo Mayor
14th-24th February 2005. Luis Rojas Keim won with 10/11.
Official site: http://www.ajedrezchileno.cl/index.html
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Mayor de Chile Santiago CHI (CHI), 14-24 ii 2005
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1 Rojas Keim, Luis m CHI 2379 10 62.0 10 62.0
2 Arancibia Guzman, Eduardo CHI 2364 9 52.5 8 62.0
3 Avalos Parra, Joao CHI 2252 8 53.5 6 63.5
4 Vargas Maliqueo, Ivan CHI 2214 7.5 48.5 7 57.5
5 Sepulveda Rojas, Jorge CHI 2270 7.5 47.0 7 57.5
6 Diaz Villagran, Robert CHI 2271 7.5 43.5 7 55.0
7 Flores Rios, Mauricio CHI 2067 7.5 40.0 6 54.0
8 Guerb, Leonid RUS 2301 7 50.0 7 63.5
9 Llorens Sepulveda, Marcelo f CHI 2418 7 48.0 6 59.5
10 Valdes Escobar, Alvaro CHI 2126 7 43.0 7 57.0
11 Mesias Rojas, Rabindranath CHI 2208 7 43.0 7 51.5
12 Rios Escobar, Adan CHI 2235 7 41.5 6 53.0
13 Pinto Pinares, Marcelo CHI 2215 7 39.5 6 52.5
14 Barbosa Valdes, Manuel CHI 6.5 46.0 6 60.5
15 Martinez Sandoval, David CHI 2077 6.5 36.5 5 49.5
16 Perez Molina, Robinson f CHI 2350 6.5 36.0 6 51.5
17 Ahumada Parra, Cristian CHI 2005 6.5 35.0 5 53.0
18 Caceres Vasquez, Sergio CHI 2179 6 44.5 5 61.5
19 Poupar Perrand, Aime FRA 2073 6 41.0 6 53.5
20 Diaz Fuenzalida, Juan CHI 2107 6 41.0 5 54.5
21 Magas Varas, Rodrigo RUS 2136 6 38.5 4 55.5
22 Morales Garcia, Hugo CHI 2155 6 37.0 6 49.5
23 Troncoso Ortiz, Pedro CHI 2162 6 37.0 4 56.0
24 Garcia Cardenas, Pablo CHI 2109 6 35.0 6 48.0
25 Tapia Cordova, Rodrigo CHI 2000 6 34.0 6 46.5
26 Marin Pincheira, Carlos CHI 2221 6 33.0 6 48.5
27 Chandia Galvez, Omar CHI 2085 6 29.0 6 47.0
28 Henriquez Wacquez, Arturo CHI 2141 6 27.5 2 43.0
29 Torres Bravo, Cristobal f CHI 2240 5.5 40.0 5 61.0
30 Romero Pino, Claudio CHI 2289 5.5 36.5 3 50.0
31 Romero Araya, Diego CHI 2144 5.5 27.5 5 47.5
32 Hernandez Riera, Jose CHI 5.5 26.0 4 41.0
33 Baquedano Navarro, John CHI 1986 5.5 24.0 4 42.5
60 players
International Chess Open "Sozina 2005" took place in Bar, Serbia and
Montenegro March 4-12th 2005. The event was the 6th Open International Chess
Championship of Montenegro, Ivan Ivanisevic and Branko Damljanovic finished on
7/9. News: Vladica Andrejic.
Official site: http://www.scgchess.org/sozina/index.html
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Sozina Open Bar SCG (SCG), 4-12 iii 2005
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1. Ivanisevic, Ivan g SCG 2530 7 53.0 42.0 39.0 5
2. Damljanovic, Branko g SCG 2587 7 53.0 41.5 36.0 5
3. Fedorchuk, Sergey A g UKR 2570 6.5 55.0 43.5 36.0 5
4. Kizov, Atanas f MKD 2360 6.5 50.0 40.0 34.0 4
5. Mahesh Chandran, P m IND 2472 6.5 50.0 38.5 33.5 5
6. Blagojevic, Dragisa g SCG 2537 6.5 49.5 38.5 32.5 4
7. Perunovic, Milos g SCG 2564 6.5 49.5 38.0 33.5 4
8. Vajda, Levente g ROM 2542 6.5 48.5 37.0 34.0 5
9. Brenjo, Slavisa m SCG 2463 6.5 48.0 38.0 33.0 4
10. Lupulescu, Constantin m ROM 2552 6.5 45.5 36.0 32.0 4
11. Antic, Dejan g SCG 2488 6.5 45.0 35.5 32.5 5
12. Malakhatko, Vadim g UKR 2569 6 50.5 40.0 32.0 3
13. Djukic, Nikola SCG 2504 6 47.5 37.5 31.5 5
14. Drasko, Milan g SCG 2512 6 46.0 36.5 28.5 4
15. Lajthajm, Borko f SCG 2457 6 45.5 34.5 31.0 5
16. Ivanovic, Bozidar g SCG 2428 6 44.0 35.0 30.0 5
17. Milanovic, Danilo m SCG 2447 6 42.5 32.5 30.0 5
18. Djukic, Zeljko SCG m SCG 2412 6 40.5 31.5 27.5 4
119 players
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. Vugar Gashimov leads with 6/8.
Official site: http://www.chessfed.gr/acropolis2005/
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1. Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2585 =34 +44 +16 + 5 +12 - 2 + 9 = 3 . 6.0 2672
2. Avrukh, Boris g ISR 2629 +33 =20 =23 +24 = 4 + 1 = 8 = 5 . 5.5 2658
3. Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2584 +39 + 7 = 5 = 8 = 9 =20 +24 = 1 . 5.5 2638
4. Kotronias, Vasilios g GRE 2585 +57 +28 =15 =11 = 2 =19 =14 +20 . 5.5 2654
5. Hamdouchi, Hichem g MAR 2555 +43 +47 = 3 - 1 =30 +18 +22 = 2 . 5.5 2568
6. Gershon, Alik g ISR 2533 +52 =12 - 8 +36 +23 - 9 +16 +21 . 5.5 2622
7. Khetsuriani, Besarion m GEO 2361 +60 - 3 +49 =14 -10 +51 +25 +19 . 5.5 2552
8. Izoria, Zviad g GEO 2607 +35 =14 + 6 = 3 =11 =10 = 2 =17 . 5.0 2614
9. Inarkiev, Ernesto g RUS 2602 +42 +17 =11 =15 = 3 + 6 - 1 =10 . 5.0 2610
10. Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios g GRE 2580 +37 =32 =12 =23 + 7 = 8 =17 = 9 . 5.0 2557
11. Gelashvili, Tamaz g GEO 2577 +49 +18 = 9 = 4 = 8 =21 =13 =12 . 5.0 2613
12. Lputian, Smbat G g ARM 2640 +26 = 6 =10 +28 - 1 =25 +30 =11 . 5.0 2573
13. Sokolov, Andrei1 g FRA 2582 +45 =30 +25 =22 =19 =14 =11 =15 . 5.0 2583
14. Nikolaidis, Ioannis g GRE 2520 +48 = 8 =21 = 7 +43 =13 = 4 =24 . 5.0 2548
15. Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2558 +51 +46 = 4 = 9 =21 =22 =19 =13 . 5.0 2590
16. Managadze, Nikoloz m GEO 2430 +59 =22 - 1 =42 +27 +28 - 6 +35 . 5.0 2484
17. Skembris, Spyridon g GRE 2445 +58 - 9 +40 -19 +42 +30 =10 = 8 . 5.0 2526
18. Kotrotsos, Vasilios GRE 2310 +54 -11 +37 -21 +47 - 5 +39 +32 . 5.0 2438
19. Pelletier, Yannick g SUI 2604 +36 =23 =20 +17 =13 = 4 =15 - 7 . 4.5 2522
20. Halkias, Stelios g GRE 2533 +38 = 2 =19 +26 =22 = 3 =21 - 4 . 4.5 2554
21. Socko, Bartosz g POL 2591 =40 +29 =14 +18 =15 =11 =20 - 6 . 4.5 2470
22. Solak, Dragan g SCG 2596 +27 =16 +32 =13 =20 =15 - 5 =23 . 4.5 2507
23. Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2491 +55 =19 = 2 =10 - 6 =32 +36 =22 . 4.5 2509
24. Mastrovasilis, Athanasios m GRE 2491 -46 +51 +30 - 2 +26 +29 - 3 =14 . 4.5 2414
25. Moutousis, Konstantinos m GRE 2422 =44 +56 -13 =32 +40 =12 - 7 +43 . 4.5 2373
26. Hadzimanolis, Antonios f GRE 2303 -12 +52 +46 -20 -24 +43 =29 +42 . 4.5 2378
27. Tzermiadianos, Angelos GRE 2250 -22 -59 +56 +48 -16 +38 =33 +41 . 4.5 2345
28. Obodchuk, Andrei m RUS 2442 +62 - 4 +34 -12 +36 -16 =42 +40 . 4.5 2398
29. Koliopoulos, Konstantinos GRE 2147 =41 -21 =33 +37 +34 -24 =26 =31 . 4.0 2361
30. Karayannis, Athanasios m GRE 2388 +53 =13 -24 +39 = 5 -17 -12 +46 . 4.0 2410
31. Shahtahtinsky, Alekper f GRE 2327 =56 =34 =39 =47 =57 =33 =40 =29 . 4.0 2206
32. Markidis, Konstantinos GRE 2318 +61 =10 -22 =25 +49 =23 =35 -18 . 4.0 2379
33. Tsanas, Athanasios GRE 2289 - 2 =38 =29 =59 +61 =31 =27 =37 . 4.0 2259
34. Gogolis, Alexandros GRE 2243 = 1 =31 -28 =61 -29 =56 +58 +49 . 4.0 2268
35. Nikolaou, Georgios GRE 2286 - 8 =48 =44 =51 +56 +57 =32 -16 . 4.0 2287
36. Skalkotas, Nikolaos m GRE 2278 -19 +55 +59 - 6 -28 +49 -23 +44 . 4.0 2350
37. Delithanasis, Dimitrios GRE 2239 -10 +61 -18 -29 +46 =41 +47 =33 . 4.0 2267
38. Georgiadis, Ioannis GRE 2200 -20 =33 =50 -40 +53 -27 +60 +57 . 4.0 2268
39. Tsiamis, Konstantinos GRE 2243 - 3 +60 =31 -30 =59 +58 -18 +51 . 4.0 2286
40. Goritsas, Christos GRE 2244 =21 =41 -17 +38 -25 +59 =31 -28 . 3.5 2331
41. Shavtvaladze, Nikoloz m GEO 2407 =29 =40 =57 -43 =45 =37 +52 -27 . 3.5 2180
42. Ignatiadis, Konstantinos GRE 2264 - 9 +58 =47 =16 -17 +48 =28 -26 . 3.5 2293
43. Klokas, Konstantinos GRE 2216 - 5 =50 +53 +41 -14 -26 +45 -25 . 3.5 2319
44. Gkogkas, Dimitrios GRE 2149 =25 - 1 =35 -49 =52 +50 +57 -36 . 3.5 2276
45. Papadopoulos, I GRE 2241 -13 =53 =48 =46 =41 =47 -43 +56 . 3.5 2203
46. Drakopoulos, Anastasios GRE 2182 +24 -15 -26 =45 -37 +55 =51 -30 . 3.0 2241
47. Parginos, Vassilios GRE 2109 +50 - 5 =42 =31 -18 =45 -37 =58 . 3.0 2214
48. Dorfanis, Ilarion GRE 2195 -14 =35 =45 -27 +60 -42 =53 =55 . 3.0 2167
49. Gikas, Basilius GER 2228 -11 +54 - 7 +44 -32 -36 +59 -34 . 3.0 2188
50. Sigalas, Frangiskos GRE 2306 -47 =43 =38 =57 -51 -44 =56 +60 . 3.0 2089
51. Fragiadakis, Konstantinos GRE 2218 -15 -24 +62 =35 +50 - 7 =46 -39 . 3.0 2236
52. Zahilas, Loukas N GRE 2211 - 6 -26 =60 =54 =44 +61 -41 =53 . 3.0 2151
53. Koukoufikis, Georgios GRE 2144 -30 =45 -43 =60 -38 +62 =48 =52 . 3.0 2132
54. Sideris, Theodoros GRE 2115 -18 -49 =55 =52 -58 -60 +62 +59 . 3.0 2109
55. Poteas, Ioannis GRE 2190 -23 -36 =54 -56 +62 -46 +61 =48 . 3.0 2123
56. Kokolias, Konstantinos GRE 2137 =31 -25 -27 +55 -35 =34 =50 -45 . 2.5 2142
57. Simeonidis, Ioannis GRE 2243 - 4 +62 =41 =50 =31 -35 -44 -38 . 2.5 2161
58. Soultatis, Kostas GRE 2166 -17 -42 -61 +62 +54 -39 -34 =47 . 2.5 2071
59. Komninos, Nikolaos GRE 2163 -16 +27 -36 =33 =39 -40 -49 -54 . 2.0 2066
60. Papargyriou, Anastasios GRE 2139 - 7 -39 =52 =53 -48 +54 -38 -50 . 2.0 2028
61. Tziallilas, Kostas GRE 2119 -32 -37 +58 =34 -33 -52 -55 -62 . 1.5 1976
62. Kaloskambis, Mihail GRE 2163 -28 -57 -51 -58 -55 -53 -54 +61 . 1.0 1882
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Acropolis Women's GM Open Athens GRE (GRE), 6-14 iii 2005
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1. Socko, Monika m POL 2441 + 7 + 6 + 4 =16 = 3 + 5 = 2 +10 . 6.5 2563
2. Dembo, Yelena m GRE 2395 +24 =18 + 8 = 3 =10 +15 = 1 + 5 . 6.0 2481
3. Foisor, Cristina Adela m ROM 2411 =17 +11 +20 = 2 = 1 =10 = 7 = 6 . 5.0 2366
4. Sedina, Elena m ITA 2416 +22 + 5 - 1 =15 = 6 +18 =10 = 7 . 5.0 2368
5. Khurtsilava, Inga wm GEO 2268 +25 - 4 +23 + 8 +16 - 1 +21 - 2 . 5.0 2375
6. Fakhiridou, Ekaterini wm GRE 2260 +29 - 1 =24 +26 = 4 = 9 +16 = 3 . 5.0 2369
7. Foisor, Sabina-Francesca ROM 2229 - 1 +29 =26 +19 =15 +24 = 3 = 4 . 5.0 2376
8. Burtasova, Anna wm RUS 2232 +30 +15 - 2 - 5 +27 =21 =18 +20 . 5.0 2290
9. Botsari, Anna-Maria wg GRE 2307 =13 +12 =10 =18 =20 = 6 =11 =19 . 4.5 2266
10. Makropoulou, Marina wg GRE 2237 +32 =16 = 9 +14 = 2 = 3 = 4 - 1 . 4.5 2337
11. Stiri, Alexandra GRE 2175 +19 - 3 -15 +28 =14 +17 = 9 =12 . 4.5 2291
12. Karlovich, Anastazia wg UKR 2160 =14 - 9 =22 =17 +26 +23 =20 =11 . 4.5 2256
13. Makka, Evanthia GRE 2121 = 9 -14 -29 +25 -17 +31 +24 +26 . 4.5 2196
14. Houska, Jovanka wg ENG 2325 =12 +13 =18 -10 =11 =19 =22 =21 . 4.0 2227
15. Kiseleva, Natalia wg UKR 2286 +26 - 8 +11 = 4 = 7 - 2 =19 =18 . 4.0 2270
16. Krivec, Jana wm SLO 2284 +27 =10 +21 = 1 - 5 =20 - 6 =22 . 4.0 2256
17. Bashkite, Viktoria wm EST 2196 = 3 =19 -27 =12 +13 -11 =26 +28 . 4.0 2169
18. Smokina, Karolina wm MDA 2241 +31 = 2 =14 = 9 =21 - 4 = 8 =15 . 4.0 2286
19. Trabert, Bettina wg GER 2357 -11 =17 +25 - 7 +23 =14 =15 = 9 . 4.0 2210
20. Makka, Ioulia wm GRE 2239 +28 =21 - 3 +24 = 9 =16 =12 - 8 . 4.0 2229
21. Milliet, Sophie wg FRA 2309 +23 =20 -16 +27 =18 = 8 - 5 =14 . 4.0 2223
22. Sorokina, Anastasia AUS wm AUS 2223 - 4 =25 =12 -23 +30 +27 =14 =16 . 4.0 2147
23. Petraki, Maria GRE 2128 -21 +28 - 5 +22 -19 -12 +30 =27 . 3.5 2093
24. Partac, Elena wg MDA 2191 - 2 +31 = 6 -20 +29 - 7 -13 +32 . 3.5 2090
25. Ikonomopoulou, Maria GRE 2036 - 5 =22 -19 -13 +32 -28 +31 +30 . 3.5 2015
26. Stefanidi, Maria-Anna GRE 2117 -15 +30 = 7 - 6 -12 +29 =17 -13 . 3.0 2042
27. Grapsa, Georgia GRE 2074 -16 +32 +17 -21 - 8 -22 =28 =23 . 3.0 2049
28. Paganoglou, Anastasia GRE 1944 -20 -23 +32 -11 =31 +25 =27 -17 . 3.0 1993
29. Gjergji, Rozana ALB 2030 - 6 - 7 +13 =30 -24 -26 -32 +31 . 2.5 1917
30. Stefanidi, Maria GRE 1755 - 8 -26 =31 =29 -22 +32 -23 -25 . 2.0 1877
31. Iordanidou, Zoi GRE 2022 -18 -24 =30 =32 =28 -13 -25 -29 . 1.5 1760
32. Kotronia, Antonia GRE 1774 -10 -27 -28 =31 -25 -30 +29 -24 . 1.5 1785
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The First Saturday tournaments included GM, IM and FM events. They take
place in Budapest 5th-18th of March 2005.
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/
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FSGM March Budapest HUN (HUN), 5-17 iii 2005 cat. VII (2412)
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1. Kallio, Heikki g FIN 2469 * . . 1 1 = . 1 1 1 . 1 6.5 2831
2. Dzhakaev, Dzhakay m RUS 2486 . * = . . . = 1 1 1 = 1 5.5 2619
3. Fogarasi, Tibor g HUN 2442 . = * . . = . = = 1 = 1 4.5 2507
4. Porat, Shi m ISR 2395 0 . . * = 1 = 0 . 1 1 . 4.0 2437
5. Papp, Gabor m HUN 2477 0 . . = * = = 1 1 0 . . 3.5 2396
6. Lagowski, Patryk m POL 2389 = . = 0 = * = . . 0 1 . 3.0 2357
7. Pataki, Gyozo HUN 2321 . = . = = = * = 0 . . = 3.0 2373
8. Berczes, David f HUN 2313 0 0 = 1 0 . = * . . 1 . 3.0 2371
9. Ilincic, Zlatko g SCG 2502 0 0 = . 0 . 1 . * . = 1 3.0 2371
10. Greet, Andrew f ENG 2389 0 0 0 0 1 1 . . . * . = 2.5 2335
11. Szeberenyi, Adam m HUN 2357 . = = 0 . 0 . 0 = . * = 2.0 2260
12. Kuljasevic, Davorin m CRO 2401 0 0 0 . . . = . 0 = = * 1.5 2193
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1. Wiley, Tom E f ENG 2208 * 1 . = . . 1 = 1 1 . 5.0 2562
2. Gonda, Laszlo f HUN 2417 0 * . . . 1 1 1 1 . 1 5.0 2538
3. Porat, Ido ISR 2311 . . * . 1 = . = 1 1 = 4.5 2460
4. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2290 = . . * 0 1 = = = . 1 4.0 2326
5. Milenkovic, Mladen f SCG 2338 . . 0 1 * 0 . = . 1 1 3.5 2316
6. Zhang Jilin wm CHN 2321 . 0 = 0 1 * . . . 1 = 3.0 2289
7. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2293 0 0 . = . . * = = . 1 2.5 2224
8. Brustkern, Juergen f GER 2251 = 0 = = = . = * . 0 . 2.5 2188
9. Boguszlavszkij, Jevgenyij m HUN 2314 0 0 0 = . . = . * 1 . 2.0 2157
10. Suranyi, Pal HUN 2174 0 . 0 . 0 0 . 1 0 * 1 2.0 2120
11. Rudolf, Anna HUN 2207 . 0 = 0 0 = 0 . . 0 * 1.0 1997
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1. Horvath, Andras f HUN 2330 * . 0 0 . 1 1 . 1 = 1 4.5 2357
2. Zakharchenko, Arnold m UKR 2292 . * . = . = = = = 1 1 4.5 2364
3. Mamut, Igor ISR 2266 1 . * = = = . . . = 1 4.0 2386
4. Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2283 1 = = * 1 . = = 0 . . 4.0 2357
5. Martini, Balazs HUN 2333 . . = 0 * 0 . . 1 1 1 3.5 2305
6. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2313 0 = = . 1 * 0 = . . 1 3.5 2273
7. Dencsi, Tibor HUN 2300 0 = . = . 1 * = = . . 3.0 2308
8. Werner, Dimo m GER 2312 . = . = . = = * = . . 2.5 2301
9. Porat, David ISR 2319 0 = . 1 0 . = = * . . 2.5 2251
10. Fodor, Tamas jr f HUN 2226 = 0 = . 0 . . . . * 1 2.0 2188
11. Katsuhara, Osamu JPN 2083 0 0 0 . 0 0 . . . 0 * 0.0
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The 2nd Enerpac Match takes place in Jakarta 12th-16th March 2005.
Teenage FIDE Master (WFM) Irene Kharisma of Indonesia takes on Women's Grand
Master (WGM) Anya Sun Corke of Hong Kong. Irene, 13, won a silver medal as the
second best point winner on board three in last year's Chess Olympia in Calvia,
Spain. Corke, now 15, was the youngest woman to attain a WGM title at 14. They
will play two rapid and four classical chess games in the match, with the
contest opening at 2 p.m. at the Utut Adianto Chess School in Kelapa Gading,
East Jakarta. 1st 2 games Rapid chess: 25 minutes. Final 4 games FIDE time rate
90 minutes with 30 second increments for each move. The winner receives
US$1,000 and the loser half the amount.
Official site: http://www.indochess.com
Rapid
Corke, Anya - Kharisma,Irene 1-0 34 D46 Semi-Slav Defence
Kharisma,Irene - Corke, Anya 1-0 22 A24 English Opening
Standard
Corke, Anya - Kharisma,Irene 0-1 24 D46 Semi-Slav Defence
Kharisma,Irene - Corke, Anya 0-1 58 A10 Dutch, QI and KID Systems
II Enerpac Match Jakarta INA (INA), 12-16 iii 2005
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Corke, Anya wg HKG 2126 1 0 0 1 . . 2.0
Kharisma,Irene INA ---- 0 1 1 0 . . 2.0
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The 3rd Badalona International took place 1st-11th March 2005. Viktor
Moskalenko and Josep Manuel Lopez Martinez finished on 7/9.
Official site:
http://www.directe.fcde.org/badalona05/magistral.htm
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1. Moskalenko, Viktor g UKR 2530 * = = 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 7.0 2660
2. Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel m ESP 2468 = * = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 7.0 2666
3. Narciso Dublan, Marc g ESP 2458 = = * = = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2573
4. Fluvia Poyatos, Joan m ESP 2478 0 = = * 0 = 1 1 = 1 5.0 2488
5. Escobar Forero, Alder m COL 2407 0 0 = 1 * 0 1 1 = 1 5.0 2496
6. Kalod, Radek g CZE 2505 = 0 = = 1 * 0 0 1 = 4.0 2399
7. Fluvia, Jordi ESP 2399 0 = = 0 0 1 * = 1 = 4.0 2411
8. Barrientos, Sergio f COL 2432 = 0 0 0 0 1 = * = 0 2.5 2284
9. Granados Gomez, Manuel m ESP 2414 0 0 0 = = 0 0 = * 1 2.5 2286
10. Belezky, Sasha m UKR 2399 0 0 0 0 0 = = 1 0 * 2.0 2234
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The 6th Wellington College International took place 28th-30th January
and 12th-13th February 2005.
The event was held in Wellington College in Crowthorne (established
1853) on the borders of Hampshire, Berkshire and Surrey. This year was the
largest so far with 57 players taking part, many of whom had played in previous
years. The event was registered with both FIDE and the BCF so players gain
grading points with both organisations. The event is unique in the UK as it
takes place over two weekends so that players can play 9 weekend games for FIDE
and BCF rating points (rate of play is 40 moves in 2 hours with remaining moves
in a further 30 minutes). The prizes are around £1000 and include a paid
place in the 2005 British Championships, awarded to the highest placed player
who has not previously qualified. IM Andrew Martin IM is Director of the event
which was sponsored this year by Specsavers.
This years the players included 3 International Masters: Rolands
Berzins (Latvia) 2454; Mark Ferguson (Eng.) 2395; and Paul Littlewood (Eng.)
2368. There were also 5 FIDE Masters: Andrew Greet 2389; Thomas Hinks-Edwards
2383; John Cox 2311; Rafe Martyn 2281; and Glen Charleshouse 2251.
At the end of the 1st weekend, Greet FM led with 4.5 out of 5, followed
by Cox FM and Littlewood IM on 4, then 8 players on 3.5 including Ferguson IM
and Berzins IM. Key games included Berzins IM losing in round 4 to Littlewood
IM who lost in turn to Greet FM in round 5.
After a 2 week break, play resumed for the last 4 rounds. Cox FM won
against Littlewood IM in round 6, while Hinks-Edwards FM drew with Cox FM in
round 8 but lost to Greet FM round 9. Meanwhile, Ferguson IM continued to
suffer from too many draws while Berzins IM finished strongly winning against
Greet FM in round 8 and Cox FM in round 9. Final results: 1st Greet FM and
Berzins IM on 7 points sharing £600 3rd Cox FM on 6.5 points and
£100Free place in 2005 British Championships was won by Paul Cooksey on 6
points Most improved FIDE rated player was Thomas Pym on 5.5 points Best
unrated player was Paul McIntyre on 5.5 points
Official site:
http://www.belinfante.demon.co.uk/juniorchess/WCI.htm
1 Berzinsh, Roland......... LAT m 2454 7 8 6½ 2274 5.92
2 Greet, Andrew N.......... ENG f 2389 7 9 7 2290 5.76
3 Cox, John J.............. ENG f 2311 6½ 8 5½ 2238 4.80
4 Cooksey, Paul S.......... ENG 2248 6 8 5 2180 4.72
5 Ferguson, Mark........... ENG m 2395 6 6 3½ 2240 4.26
6 Littlewood, Paul......... ENG m 2368 6 9 6 2221 6.30
7 Varnam, Liam D........... ENG 2085 6 4 2 2176 1.52
8 Chakanyuka, Charles...... ZIM 2086 5½ 3 2 2167 1.17
9 Hinks-Edwards, Thomas.... ENG f 2383 5½ 8 4½ 2155 6.32
10 McIntyre, Paul........... SCO 5½ 7 4 2166
11 Pym, Thomas W............ ENG 2050 5½ 6 3 2297 1.14
12 Roberson, Peter T........ ENG 2117 5½ 6 3 2305 1.56
13 Bean, Terry J............ ENG 2083 5 5 2 2129 2.20
14 Lakhani, Kishan.......... ENG 5 7 3½ 2091
15 Lindner, Daniel.......... GER 2239 5 5 2½ 2310 2.00
16 Lucey, Michael........... ENG 5 6 2½ 2107
17 Martyn, Rafe............. ENG f 2281 5 7 3½ 2276 3.57
18 Roberts, David L......... ENG 2129 5 2 ½ 2068 1.16
19 Dunn, Alan............... NZL 2056 4½ 5 2 2132 2.00
20 Fegan, Chris............. ENG 2133 4½ 5 ½ 2223 1.90
21 Song, Jinwoo............. ENG 1909 4½ 1 0 2248 0.12
22 Syed, Nayeem............. IND 4½ 2 ½
57 players
George Mirijanian reports: The 14th Eastern Class Championships were
held 4th-6th March 2005 in the Host Hotel at Cedar Lake, Sturbridge,
Massachusetts, USA. GM Jaan Ehlvest captured first place with a score of 4-1.
Tied for 2nd-5th place with 3.5-1.5 tallies were GM Ildar Ibragimov, GM
Alexander Ivanov, GM Gildardo Garcia and FM Joshua Friedel. Deadlocked in
6th-10th place with 3-2 results were FM Paul MacIntyre, FM Braden Bournival,
national master Max Enkin, and national experts Melvin Zhang and Matthew
Klegon. The Continential Chess Association-sponsored tournament attracted 177
players in seven sections and was directed by Steven Immitt, assisted by Robert
Messenger. Complete crosstables are available at http://masschess.org
John Saunders sent the games and results from the 123rd Varsity match,
played 5 March 2005 last week, there is one addition to the games Bilalic-Hodge
which saw a time scramble, Bilalic turned down a threefold repetition as his
team were 3-4 down and needed him to win to draw the match and retain the
trophy. 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
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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.
II Calvia Chess Festival
The 2nd Calvià Chess Festival offers a varied programme with
tournaments for different categories covering all ages. Takes place October
21st-November 5th 2005.
http://www.calviafestival.com
VII Sants Open
The VII Sants Open in Barcelona takes place 27th August - 4th September
2005.
Further details: http://www.cotxeres.org/open2005
This tournament is part of the Catalan Grand Prix
http://www.fcde.org/circuit/oberts.html
Heroes of Chernobyl Memorial
On April, 26th, 1986 there was an explosion at nuclear station in
Chernobyl.
International Chess Tournament Memorial Heroes of Chernobyl is devoted
to memory of this tragedy.
International Chess GM Tournament Memorial Heroes of Chernobyl takes
place Óity a Slavutich (Kiev region, Ukraine) 12st-26th April 2005.
Round-robin system, 14 participants.
Official site (Russian): http://chess-ukr.narod.ru/
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/
Prague Chess Holiday
The XV International Chess Holiday 2005 and VIII Professor Jaroslav
Pelikán Memorial takes place in Prague. Three dates: 16th-23rd July
2005, 23rd-30th July 2005 and 30th July - 6th August 2005.
http://www.schach-prag.de/
2nd Skelmersdale Rapidplay
The 2nd Skelmersdale Rapidplay takes place Sunday 15th May 2005. 6 round
Swiss.
Further details: http://www.skelmersdalechess.org.uk
The organiser of the event is John Reid (tel) 01257 462822
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
