THE WEEK IN CHESS 542 28th March 2005 by Mark Crowther
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My thanks to Bognar Csaba, Thomas Henrich, Jan Willem Brinks, Luiz
Roberto Da Costa Jr, Pascal Jacobs, Eirik T. Gullaksen, Paul Dunn, Leon
Gofshtein, Laszlo Nagy, Mogens Nielsen, Vladica Andrejic, Gérard
Demuydt, Brian Isaksen, Alexey Mazurok, Mark Watkins, Jorge Egger, Ching Kim
Lye, Michael Atkins, Einar S. Einarsson, Vladica Andrejic and everyone else who
helped with the issue.
Viswanathan Anand couldn't really continue his 7/7 start to the Amber
tournament but he still leads in the rapid and blindfold sections and so
obviously also the combined standings also. Anand is the top rated invitee to
the MTel Masters in Sofia in May. Viswanathan Anand (India), Veselin Topalov
(Bulgaria), Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine), Michael
Adams (England) and Judit Polgar (Hungary) are the players. "Kaissa Chess
Management" (the agency of Silvio Danailov, manager of Veselin Topalov)
organise what should be a very enjoyable new event. Bobby Fischer made it to
Iceland on Thursday last week. I'm glad he's out of jail but don't expect a
happy ending in the long term to his chaotic life.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The 14th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament takes 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. The total prize fund is
Euros 193,250. Every day, the grandmasters will play one rapid game and one
blindfold game of about one hour each. The games start at 13:30hrs and end at
approximately 20:00hrs.
Official site: http://www.alldata.nl/amber
Blindfold
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Round 4 (March 22, 2005)
Anand, Viswanathan - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 52 C42 Petroff's Defence
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 26 D10 Slav Defence
Morozevich, Alexander - Bareev, Evgeny 1-0 49 B10 Caro Kann
Svidler, Peter - Van Wely, Loek 0-1 29 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Leko, Peter - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 28 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Topalov, Veselin - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 28 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Round 5 (March 24, 2005)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 0-1 26 B32 Sicilian Labourdonnais
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 25 C45 Scotch Game
Gelfand, Boris - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 64 D17 Slav Defence
Shirov, Alexei - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 33 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Van Wely, Loek - Leko, Peter 1/2 48 A30 English Symmetrical
Bareev, Evgeny - Svidler, Peter 0-1 33 A29 English Four Knights
Round 6 (March 25, 2005)
Anand, Viswanathan - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 38 C11 French Defence
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Svidler, Peter 1-0 53 D80 Gruenfeld 4.Bg5
Kramnik, Vladimir - Bareev, Evgeny 1-0 38 C10 French Rubinstein
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 20 D19 Slav Defence
Shirov, Alexei - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 58 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Topalov, Veselin - Leko, Peter 1-0 36 E15 Queens Indian
Round 7 (March 26, 2005)
Morozevich, Alexander - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 77 C42 Petroff's Defence
Svidler, Peter - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 51 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Leko, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 37 C96 Ruy Lopez
Gelfand, Boris - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 69 A63 Benoni
Van Wely, Loek - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 28 A05 Various
Bareev, Evgeny - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 26 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Round 8 (March 27, 2005)
Anand, Viswanathan - Leko, Peter 1/2 20 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 54 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Kramnik, Vladimir - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 41 B09 Pirc Defence
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Svidler, Peter 1/2 71 B40 Sicilian Classical
Shirov, Alexei - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 23 C42 Petroff's Defence
Topalov, Veselin - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 65 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Amber Blindfold Monte Carlo MNC (MNC), 19-31 iii 2005 cat. XX (2726)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2786 * 1 = . 1 = = . 1 1 . = 6.0 2920
2 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2686 0 * . 1 1 0 . = 0 1 1 . 4.5 2771
3 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2741 = . * = 1 . 0 = . 0 1 1 4.5 2776
4 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2735 . 0 = * . = 1 1 = . 0 1 4.5 2753
5 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2754 0 0 0 . * 1 = . 1 1 . 1 4.5 2774
6 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2711 = 1 . = 0 * . = 1 = 0 . 4.0 2725
7 Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 = . 1 0 = . * = . 0 = 1 4.0 2732
8 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2696 . = = 0 . = = * = . 1 = 4.0 2715
9 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2713 0 1 . = 0 0 . = * = 1 . 3.5 2682
10 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2757 0 0 1 . 0 = 1 . = * . = 3.5 2688
11 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2679 . 0 0 1 . 1 = 0 0 . * = 3.0 2630
12 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2709 = . 0 0 0 . 0 = . = = * 2.0 2544
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Rapid
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Round 4 (March 22, 2005)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 55 E00 Catalan
Shirov, Alexei - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1-0 36 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Kramnik, Vladimir - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 24 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Bareev, Evgeny - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 38 A40 Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Gelfand, Boris - Leko, Peter 1/2 27 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Van Wely, Loek - Svidler, Peter 0-1 35 A28 English Four Knights
Round 5 (March 24, 2005)
Anand, Viswanathan - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 55 C11 French Defence
Morozevich, Alexander - Gelfand, Boris 0-1 87 E06 Catalan
Leko, Peter - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 71 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Svidler, Peter - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 38 C10 French Rubinstein
Topalov, Veselin - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 58 D15 Slav Defence
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 38 C48 Four Knights Rubinstein
Round 6 (March 25, 2005)
Morozevich, Alexander - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 28 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Leko, Peter - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 61 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Svidler, Peter - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 128 B50 Sicilian Defence
Bareev, Evgeny - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 36 E04 Catalan
Gelfand, Boris - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 57 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Van Wely, Loek - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 43 D44 Anti-Meran Gambit
Round 7 (March 26, 2005)
Anand, Viswanathan - Bareev, Evgeny 0-1 64 B19 Caro Kann
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 48 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Shirov, Alexei - Svidler, Peter 1/2 32 B42 Sicilian Paulsen
Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter 1/2 72 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Topalov, Veselin - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 38 D08 Albin Counter Gambit
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 26 A09 Reti Opening
Round 8 (March 27, 2005)
Morozevich, Alexander - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 55 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Leko, Peter - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 51 C42 Petroff's Defence
Svidler, Peter - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 37 B42 Sicilian Paulsen
Bareev, Evgeny - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 49 E34 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Gelfand, Boris - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 43 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Van Wely, Loek - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1-0 90 A46 Queen's Pawn Opening
Amber Rapid Monte Carlo MNC (MNC), 19-31 iii 2005 cat. XX (2726)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2786 * 1 = 1 1 = . 0 . 1 1 . 6.0 2920
2 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2711 0 * . . = 1 1 . = 1 = 1 5.5 2866
3 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2741 = . * = . 0 1 1 0 1 . = 4.5 2776
4 Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 0 . = * . = = 1 = 1 . = 4.5 2775
5 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2713 0 = . . * = = . 1 0 1 1 4.5 2768
6 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2754 = 0 1 = = * . = . = = . 4.0 2731
7 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2735 . 0 0 = = . * = 1 . = 1 4.0 2710
8 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2709 1 . 0 0 . = = * = 0 . 1 3.5 2694
9 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2696 . = 1 = 0 . 0 = * . = = 3.5 2672
10 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2757 0 0 0 0 1 = . 1 . * = . 3.0 2644
11 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2686 0 = . . 0 = = . = = * 0 2.5 2587
12 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2679 . 0 = = 0 . 0 0 = . 1 * 2.5 2576
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Combined
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Amber Combined Monte Carlo MNC (MNC), 19-31 iii 2005 cat. XX (2726)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2786 ** =1 == 1= =1 .. 11 .. 11 11 =0 .. 12.0 2920
2 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2711 =0 ** .. 01 .. =1 1= == 1= =1 .. 01 9.5 2790
3 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2741 == .. ** 10 0= =1 .. =0 .. 01 11 1= 9.0 2776
4 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2754 0= 10 01 ** == .. 1= .. 0= 1= 1= .. 8.5 2752
5 Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 =0 .. 1= == ** 0= .. == .. 01 11 == 8.5 2753
6 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2735 .. =0 =0 .. 1= ** == 11 0= .. 1= 01 8.5 2731
7 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2713 00 0= .. 0= .. == ** =1 11 =0 .. 11 8.0 2725
8 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2696 .. == =1 .. == 00 =0 ** == .. == 1= 7.5 2694
9 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2686 00 0= .. 1= .. 1= 00 == ** 1= .. 10 7.0 2685
10 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2757 00 =0 10 0= 10 .. =1 .. 0= ** =1 .. 6.5 2666
11 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2709 =1 .. 00 0= 00 0= .. == .. =0 ** =1 5.5 2620
12 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2679 .. 10 0= .. == 10 00 0= 01 .. =0 ** 5.5 2600
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The II Copa ENTEL took place in Santiago, Chile 15th-22nd March 2005.
The event is Cat. VIII (one unrated wildcard player). Johan Hellsten won the
event with 10/12. I give all the games again as there is a correction to the
name Michel, Christian to Michel Yunis, Christian.
Official site: http://ajedrez.123.cl/index.php with
live coverage including video.
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II Copa ENTEL Santiago CHI (CHI), 15-22 iii 2005 cat. IX (2459)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3
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1. Hellsten, Johan g SWE 2554 * = 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10.0 2723
2. Leitao, Rafael g BRA 2580 = * 1 = 1 0 = = 1 = 1 1 1 8.5 2606
3. Felgaer, Ruben g ARG 2588 1 0 * 1 = 0 = 1 1 1 1 = 1 8.5 2605
4. Vasquez, Rodrigo g CHI 2561 0 = 0 * = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 8.0 2575
5. Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2599 0 0 = = * = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2571
6. Ricardi, Pablo g ARG 2547 = 1 1 0 = * 1 = 1 0 = 1 = 7.5 2546
7. Rojas, Luis m CHI 2379 0 = = = 0 0 * 1 1 1 = 1 1 7.0 2522
8. Rodriguez, Andres g URU 2536 0 = 0 0 = = 0 * 0 1 1 1 1 5.5 2423
9. Lopez Silva, Hugo CHI 2386 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 1 1 1 5.0 2407
10. Michel Yunis, Christian D m CHI 2341 0 = 0 = 0 1 0 0 0 * = 0 = 3.0 2275
11. Barbosa,Manuel CHI ---- 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 0 = * = 1 3.0 2303
12. Zambrana, Oswaldo m BOL 2472 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = * 1 3.0 2264
13. Llorens, Marcelo f CHI 2418 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 * 1.0 2060
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Anatoly Karpov and Andrei Istratescu played a match in Bucharest
20th-26th March 2005. There were 4 classical games on 20th, 21st, 22nd, 24th
March 2005, Karpov winning 2.5-1.5. 4 rapid chess games on 25th and 26th March
saw Karpov win 3.5-0.5. Karpov won overall 6-2.
Official site: http://www.chess-romania.ro/
Standard Timerate
Istratescu, Andrei - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 34 D57 Queens Gambit Lasker's Defence
Karpov, Anatoly - Istratescu, Andrei 1-0 49 E15 Queens Indian
Istratescu, Andrei - Karpov, Anatoly 1-0 74 C42 Petroff's Defence
Karpov, Anatoly - Istratescu, Andrei 1-0 64 E15 Queens Indian
Rapid
Istratescu, Andrei - Karpov, Anatoly 0-1 37 C29 Vienna Game
Karpov, Anatoly - Istratescu, Andrei 1-0 40 A40 Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Istratescu, Andrei - Karpov, Anatoly 0-1 28 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Karpov, Anatoly - Istratescu, Andrei 1/2 54 E90 King's Indian Classical
Match Bucharest ROM (ROM), 20-26 iii 2005
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2674 = 1 0 1 1 1 1 = 6.0 2810
Istratescu, Andrei g ROM 2617 = 0 1 0 0 0 0 = 2.0 2481
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Bobby Fischer arrived in Iceland late on Thursday night. This ended an
episode in his life that started on Tuesday 13th July 2004, when he was
arrested at Tokyo's Narita International Airport on Tuesday 13th July 2004.
Fischer was detained for a total of 253 days in a Japanese jail as he resisted
deportation to the US. Fischer won the "Match of the Century" against Boris
Spassky in Iceland in 1972, This was a major event in Icelandic history and
their Parliament decided on Friday 18th March to grant Fischer a passport and
this was ratified on Monday 21st March 2005.
Fischer was released on Thursday morning by the Japanese as he had a
valid passport. He arrived late Thursday or early Friday in Reykjavic.
On Friday he launched an attack on all a sundry. He also confirmed he
will never play chess again saying the game is "utterly corrupt ... and has
been for many years." He is "finished" with chess and stated delusionally "I
don't play the old chess. But obviously if I did, I would be the best."
Just some reports this week.
The
Guardian - 28th March 2005 Bobby and me by Stephen Moss -
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,10488,1446855,00.html
The
Guardian - 24th March 2005 -
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4892083,00.html
Fischer
"finished with 'utterly corrupt' world of chess" - 24th March 2005 -
http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=da2aa278-38cf-4c0e-8f60-2a2428efca58
CBS
News - Fischer arrives in Iceland 24th March 2005 -
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/03/25/world/main683023.shtml
Fischer
Flies Home - CBS News - March 24th 2005 -
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/03/24/world/main682987.shtml
Reueters
Fischer is out - March 24th 2005 -
http://today.reuters.co.uk/News/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-03-24T055415Z_01_JON421101_RTRUKOC_0_JAPAN-FISCHER.xml
Channel
News Asia: Fischer en route to Iceland- March 24th 2005 -
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/139035/1/.html
Japan Today -
US Demand Fischer Deportation to them. March 23rd 2005 -
http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=2&id=331688
General background: The closest thing there is to an official Fischer
website: http://home.att.ne.jp/moon/fischer/
including the radio interviews which require a strong stomach to hear, but if
you're a fan they should soon put you right.
Bobby Fischer's Pathetic
Endgame, a summary of his recent life:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/798934/posts
Search Fischer on Google and Google
News
The 12th and 13th rounds of the Bundesliga took plcae on March 12th-13th
2004. SG Porz lost the lead to Baden Baden after being beaten in round 12 to
Werder Bremen. The two teams meet in the final round.
Official site: http://www.chessbase.de/bundesliga/index.asp
Table 2004-5 Round 13 Standings
1. OSC Baden-Baden 13 72,5 24:2
2. SG Porz 13 70,5 24:2
3. SV Werder Bremen 13 65,5 24:2
4. TV Tegernsee 13 64,5 21:5
5. Mülheim Nord 13 55,0 15:11
6. SF Katernberg 13 54,5 15:11
7. Hamburger SK 13 55,5 14:12
8. SC Kreuzberg 13 59,0 13:13
9. SC Eppingen 13 47,5 12:14
10. SV Wattenscheid 13 50,0 11:15
11. SF Neukölln 13 46,0 10:16
12. SG Solingen 13 48,5 9:17
13. SV Hofheim 13 41,5 8:18
14. Erfurter SK 13 43,5 6:20
15. Preetzer TSV 13 29,5 1:25
16. Stuttgarter SF 13 28,5 1:25
Round 12 12th March 2005
Venue: Stuttgart
Stuttgarter SG - Hamburger SK 1,0 - 7,0
Oral, Tomas - Gustafsson, Jan 0,0 - 1,0
Sedlak, Nikola - Ftacnik, Lubomir 0,5 - 0,5
Schmittdiel,Eckhard - Hansen, Sune Berg 0,0 - 1,0
Reuss, Andreas - Bezold, Michael 0,0 - 1,0
Vujic, Branimir - Reeh, Oliver 0,0 - 1,0
Vuckovic,Aleksandar - Heinemann, Thies 0,5 - 0,5
Lorscheid, Gerhard - Langrock, Hannes 0,0 - 1,0
Heinatz, Thomas - Sebastian, Dirk 0,0 - 1,0
TV Tegernsee - Preetzer TSV 7,5 - 0,5
Khenkin, Igor - Pedersen, Steffen 0,5 - 0,5
Ribli, Zoltan - Fries Nielsen, Jens Ove 1,0 - 0,0
Bischoff, Klaus - Wisnewski, Christoph 1,0 - 0,0
Boensch, Uwe - Junge, Kai + - -
Kindermann, Stefan - Willsch, Matthias 1,0 - 0,0
Hertneck, Gerald - Marxen, Peter Dr. 1,0 - 0,0
Bromberger, Stefan - Reinecker, Kai 1,0 - 0,0
Gross, David - Richert, Thomas 1,0 - 0,0
Venue: Katernberg
SF Katernberg - SC Eppingen 5,0 - 3,0
Volokitin, Andrei - Gyimesi, Zoltan 1,0 - 0,0
Chuchelov, Vladimir - Medvegy, Zoltan 1,0 - 0,0
Kritz, Leonid - Mann, Christian 0,0 - 1,0
Moreno Carnero,Javier - Schulze, Ulrich 1,0 - 0,0
L'Ami, Erwin - Balzar, Andreas Dr. 0,0 - 1,0
Senff, Martin - Koch, Wolfgang Max 1,0 - 0,0
Scholz, Christian - Eisenbeiser, Amadeus 1,0 - 0,0
Siebrecht, Sebastian - Rau, Hannes 0,0 - 1,0
SV Mülheim Nord - OSC Baden-Baden 2,0 - 6,0
Landa, Konstantin - Svidler, Peter 0,0 - 1,0
Fridman, Daniel - Movsesian, Sergei 1,0 - 0,0
Schebler, Gerhard - Krasenkow, Michal 0,0 - 1,0
Lytchak, Alexander - Dautov, Rustem 0,0 - 1,0
Hausrath, Daniel - Jobava, Baadur 0,5 - 0,5
Wegener, Olaf - Schlosser, Philipp 0,0 - 1,0
Sielecki, Christof - Buhmann, Rainer 0,0 - 1,0
Kaid, Almar - Doettling, Fabian 0,5 - 0,5
Venue: Hofheim
SV Hofheim - Erfurter SK 4,5 - 3,5
Savchenko, Stanislav - Votava, Jan 0,5 - 0,5
Hickl, Joerg - Kuczynski, Robert 1,0 - 0,0
Ginsburg, Gennadi - Machelett, Heiko 0,0 - 1,0
Krivoshey, Sergei - Casper, Thomas 1,0 - 0,0
Rechel, Bernd - Brueggemann, Joachim 1,0 - 0,0
Zude, Erik Dr. - Mueller, Matthias 1,0 - 0,0
Buchal, Stephan - Voekler, Bernd 0,0 - 1,0
Brendel, Oliver - Enders, Peter 0,0 - 1,0
SG Porz - SV Werder Bremen 2,0 - 6,0
Lutz, Christopher - McShane, Luke James 0,0 - 1,0
Van Wely, Loek - Hracek, Zbynek 0,0 - 1,0
Sokolov, Ivan - Efimenko, Zahar 0,5 - 0,5
Vaganian, Rafael A - Babula, Vlastimil 0,5 - 0,5
Beliavsky, Alexander G - Nyback, Tomi 0,0 - 1,0
Graf, Alexander - Fish, Gennadij 0,0 - 1,0
Gurevich, Mikhail - Schandorff, Lars 0,5 - 0,5
Hansen, Curt - Knaak, Rainer 0,5 - 0,5
Venue: Neukoelln
SF Neukölln - SV Wattenscheid 5,0 - 3,0
Carlsen, Magnus - Nielsen, Peter-Heine 0,0 - 1,0
Nataf, Igor-Alexandre - Rustemov, Alexander 1,0 - 0,0
Polzin, Rainer - Handke, Florian 1,0 - 0,0
Borriss, Martin Dr. - Appel, Ralf 0,0 - 1,0
Berndt, Stephan - Holzke, Frank Dr. 1,0 - 0,0
Thiede, Lars - Dinstuhl, Volkmar 0,5 - 0,5
Schwarz, Michael - Ellers, Holger 0,5 - 0,5
Rudolf, Henrik - Straeter, Timo 1,0 - 0,0
SC Kreuzberg - SG Aljechin Solingen 2,5 - 5,5
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter - Nikolic, Predrag 0,5 - 0,5
Almasi, Zoltan - Stellwagen, Daniel 0,5 - 0,5
Aronian, Levon - Gabriel, Christian 0,5 - 0,5
Maiwald, Jens-Uwe - Naumann, Alexander 0,5 - 0,5
Kalinitschew, Sergey - Smeets, Jan 0,0 - 1,0
Volke, Karsten - Hoffmann, Michael 0,5 - 0,5
Tischbierek, Raj - Werle, Jan 0,0 - 1,0
Lau, Ralf - Ernst, Sipke 0,0 - 1,0
Round 13 13th March 2005
Venue: Stuttgart
Hamburger SK - TV Tegernsee 4,0 - 4,0
Gustafsson, Jan - Khenkin, Igor 0,0 - 1,0
Ftacnik, Lubomir - Ribli, Zoltan 1,0 - 0,0
Hansen, Sune Berg - Bischoff, Klaus 0,0 - 1,0
Bezold, Michael - Boensch, Uwe 0,5 - 0,5
Reeh, Oliver - Kindermann, Stefan 0,5 - 0,5
Heinemann, Thies - Hertneck, Gerald 0,5 - 0,5
Langrock, Hannes - Bromberger, Stefan 0,5 - 0,5
Sebastian, Dirk - Gross, David 1,0 - 0,0
Preetzer TSV - Stuttgarter SG 4,0 - 4,0
Rasmussen, Karsten - Oral, Tomas - - +
Pedersen, Steffen - Sedlak, Nikola 0,5 - 0,5
Fries Nielsen, Jens Ove - Schmittdiel, Eckhard 0,0 - 1,0
Wisnewski, Christoph - Berezovsky, Igor 1,0 - 0,0
Willsch, Matthias - Reuss, Andreas 1,0 - 0,0
Marxen, Peter Dr. - Vujic, Branimir 0,5 - 0,5
Reinecker, Kai - Vuckovic, Aleksandar 1,0 - 0,0
Richert, Thomas - Heinatz, Thomas 0,0 - 1,0
Venue: Katernberg
SC Eppingen - SV Mülheim Nord 2,0 - 6,0
Gyimesi, Zoltan - Landa, Konstantin 0,0 - 1,0
Medvegy, Zoltan - Fridman, Daniel 0,5 - 0,5
Schulze, Ulrich - Schebler, Gerhard 0,0 - 1,0
Balzar, Andreas Dr. - Lytchak, Alexander 0,5 - 0,5
Koch, Wolfgang Max - Hausrath, Daniel 0,0 - 1,0
Eisenbeiser, Amadeus - Wegener, Olaf 0,0 - 1,0
Dekan, Hans - Sielecki, Christof 0,5 - 0,5
Rau, Hannes - Kaid, Almar 0,5 - 0,5
OSC Baden-Baden - SF Katernberg 6,5 - 1,5
Svidler, Peter - Volokitin, Andrei 1,0 - 0,0
Movsesian, Sergei - Chuchelov, Vladimir 0,0 - 1,0
Krasenkow, Michal - Kritz, Leonid 0,5 - 0,5
Dautov, Rustem - Moreno Carnero, Javier 1,0 - 0,0
Jobava, Baadur - L'Ami, Erwin 1,0 - 0,0
Schlosser, Philipp - Senff, Martin 1,0 - 0,0
Buhmann, Rainer - Scholz, Christian 1,0 - 0,0
Doettling, Fabian - Siebrecht, Sebastian 1,0 - 0,0
Venue: Hofheim
Erfurter SK - SG Porz 1,0 - 7,0
Votava, Jan - Lutz, Christopher 0,0 - 1,0
Kuczynski, Robert - Van Wely, Loek 0,0 - 1,0
Machelett, Heiko - Sokolov, Ivan 0,0 - 1,0
Casper, Thomas - Vaganian, Rafael A 0,5 - 0,5
Brueggemann, Joachim - Beliavsky, Alexander G 0,0 - 1,0
Mueller, Matthias - Graf, Alexander 0,5 - 0,5
Voekler, Bernd - Gurevich, Mikhail 0,0 - 1,0
Enders, Peter - Hansen, Curt 0,0 - 1,0
SV Werder Bremen - SV Hofheim 4,5 - 3,5
McShane, Luke James - Savchenko, Stanislav 1,0 - 0,0
Hracek, Zbynek - Ginsburg, Gennadi 1,0 - 0,0
Efimenko, Zahar - Krivoshey, Sergei 0,5 - 0,5
Babula, Vlastimil - Zude, Arno 0,5 - 0,5
Nyback, Tomi - Rechel, Bernd 1,0 - 0,0
Schandorff, Lars - Zude, Erik Dr. 0,5 - 0,5
Knaak, Rainer - Burkart, Patrick 0,0 - 1,0
Skripchenko-Lautier, Almira - Haubt, Georg 0,0 - 1,0
Venue: Neukoelln
SV Wattenscheid - SC Kreuzberg 4,5 - 3,5
Nielsen, Peter-Heine - Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 1,0 - 0,0
Rustemov, Alexander - Almasi, Zoltan 0,5 - 0,5
Handke, Florian - Aronian, Levon 0,0 - 1,0
Appel, Ralf - Maiwald, Jens-Uwe 1,0 - 0,0
Holzke, Frank Dr. - Kalinitschew, Sergey 1,0 - 0,0
Dinstuhl, Volkmar - Volke, Karsten 0,5 - 0,5
Ellers, Holger - Tischbierek, Raj 0,0 - 1,0
Straeter, Timo - Lau, Ralf 0,5 - 0,5
SG Aljechin Solingen - SF Neukölln 4,0 - 4,0
Nikolic, Predrag - Carlsen, Magnus 0,5 - 0,5
Stellwagen, Daniel - Nataf, Igor-Alexandre 0,5 - 0,5
Gabriel, Christian - Polzin, Rainer 0,0 - 1,0
Naumann, Alexander - Borriss, Martin Dr. 1,0 - 0,0
Smeets, Jan - Berndt, Stephan 0,0 - 1,0
Hoffmann, Michael - Thiede, Lars 0,5 - 0,5
Werle, Jan - Poldauf, Dirk 1,0 - 0,0
Ernst, Sipke - Schwarz, Michael 0,5 - 0,5
"Mobiltel" and "Kaissa Chess Management" (the agency of Silvio
Danailov, manager of Veselin Topalov) have organised a tournament May
11th-22nd, 2005 in Sofia, Bulgaria. The event is a part of the celebration of
the tenth anniversary of the biggest Bulgarian mobile operator(http://www.mobiltel.bg)
Players: Viswanathan Anand (India), Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria),
Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine), Michael Adams (England)
and Judit Polgar (Hungary).
The Category 20 event will be a double round robin with a 7 hour time
control. There will be a winner of the event as there will be a playoff in the
case of a tie.
One unusual rule is that draw by mutual agreement between the players
is forbidden. The players won't be allowed to offer a draw or speak to their
opponent. The player can claim the draw only via Arbiter in 3 cases: A)
Perpetual check B) Triple repetition C) A theoretically drawn position. Only
the Arbiter can confirm the result of the game. The Arbiters will be advised by
Zurab Azmaiparashvili on this. Arbiters: Chief Arbiter: Joaquin Espejo
(Spain),Deputy arbiters: Boris Postovski (USA),Panaqiotis Nikolopoulos
(Greece).
The venue is the five-star luxury Grand Hotel Sofia (http://www.grandhotelsofia.bg) and
there will be an opening ceremony there. During the rest day Grand Master
Veselin Topalov will give a simul to chess fans at the garden in front of the
National Theatre.
Official site: http://www.mtelmasters.com
The 2005 European Union Championship which is 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
After 6 of 9 rounds Zoltan Gyimesi leads with 5.5/6.
Website: http://www.corkchess.com
Round 6 (of 9) Standings:
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ch-EU Cork IRL (IRL), 22-31 iii 2005
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1. Gyimesi, Zoltan g HUN 2602 5.5 19.5
2. Socko, Bartosz g POL 2591 5 20.0
3. Cicak, Slavko g SWE 2552 5 20.0
4. Bartel, Mateusz m POL 2482 5 20.0
5. Bischoff, Klaus g GER 2555 5 18.5
6. Benjamin, Joel g USA 2554 4.5 21.5
7. Kotronias, Vasilios g GRE 2585 4.5 20.0
8. Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2547 4.5 20.0
9. Cmilyte, Viktorija m LTU 2468 4.5 20.0
10. Berzinsh, Roland m LAT 2454 4.5 19.0
11. Sarakauskas, Gediminas m LTU 2449 4.5 19.0
12. Quinn, Mark m IRL 2395 4.5 19.0
13. Ledger, Andrew m ENG 2450 4.5 18.0
14. Kallio, Heikki g FIN 2469 4 22.0
15. Jones, Gawain C m ENG 2453 4 19.5
16. Hebden, Mark g ENG 2521 4 19.0
17. D'Costa, Lorin f ENG 2356 4 19.0
18. Hitzler, Philip GER 2178 4 19.0
19. Ziatdinov, Raset m USA 2441 4 18.5
20. Medvegy, Zoltan g HUN 2467 4 18.0
21. Janz, Frerik GER 2376 4 17.5
22. Brandenburg, Daan NED 2343 4 17.5
23. Markos, Jan m SVK 2454 4 17.0
24. Palliser, Richard m ENG 2402 4 17.0
25. Roos, Michael m GER 2365 4 17.0
26. Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan m GEO 2454 4 16.5
27. Paramos Dominguez, Roberto m ESP 2391 4 16.5
28. Wall, Gavin m IRL 2368 4 16.0
29. Molander, Riku f FIN 2353 4 16.0
30. Medvegy, Nora wg HUN 2388 4 15.5
31. Lauterbach, Ingrid wm ENG 2182 4 12.0
115 players
The Cogas Energy Chess-matches were Jan Timman against Daniel Stellwagen
and Frank Kroeze against Wouter Spoelman which were held in the Dutch city of
Almelo this weekend. They took place March 25th-26th 2005. Jan Timman defeated
Daniel Stellwagen 2.5-1.5 by winning the second rapid game. Kroeze defeated 14
year old Spoelman 3-1. Daniel Fridman won the open on tie-break from Eric van
den Doel. Games from the Timman match only available.
Official site: http://cogas.schaakverenigingalmelo.nl/
Rapid
Stellwagen, Daniel - Timman, Jan H 1/2 25 B82 Sicilian Scheveningen
Timman, Jan H - Stellwagen, Daniel 1-0 36 B13 Caro Kann Exchange
Standard
Stellwagen, Daniel - Timman, Jan H 1/2 50 C87 Ruy Lopez
Timman, Jan H - Stellwagen, Daniel 1/2 27 C06 French Tarrasch
Cogas Match Almelo NED (NED), 25-26 iii 2005
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1 2 3 4
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Timman, Jan H g NED 2607 = 1 = = 2.5 2619
Stellwagen, Daniel g NED 2524 = 0 = = 1.5 2520
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The Foxwoods Open took place March 23rd-27th 2005. It is one of the five
US Tournaments with a prize fund of $100,000, it is held at the World's largest
casino on the Mashantucket Pequot Reservation in Connecticut. Hikaru Nakamura
won clearly with 7.5/9. Games to follow next week.
Website: http://www.foxwoodsopen.com - current
details: http://www.chesstour.com/fox05.htm
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
1 GM Hikaru Nakamura 2752 7.5 $8031
2 GM Ildar Ibragimov 2701 7 $3212
3 GM Alexander Ivanov 2610 7 $3212
4 GM Alek Wojtkiewicz 2651 6.5 $446.23
5 GM Ilya Smirin 2812 6.5 $446.23
6 GM Julio Becerra 2622 6.5 $446.23
7 GM Jaan Ehlvest 2697 6.5 $446.23
8 GM Vladimir Georgiev 2542 6.5 $446.23
9 GM Evgeniy Najer 2678 6.5 $446.23
10 GM Alexander Stripunsky 2663 6.5 $446.23
11 GM Yury Shulman 2600 6.5 $446.23
12 GM Varuzhan Akobian 2641 6.5 $446.23
13 GM Nikola Mitkov 2600 6
14 IM Igor Foygel 2490 6
15 IM Ronald Burnett 2444 6 $803
16 IM Dean J Ippolito 2443 6 $803
17 GM Rodrigo Vasquez 2642 6
18 FM Alex Lenderman 2436 6 $803
19 FM Marcel Martinez 2469 6
20 GM Alexander Shabalov 2640 5.5
21 FM Joshua E Friedel 2477 5.5
22 FM Lev Milman 2474 5.5
23 IM Eugene Perelshteyn 2576 5.5
24 FM Zhe Quan 2403 5.5
25 GM Alonso Zapata 2596 5.5
26 FM Boris Privman 2308 5.5
27 IM Danny Kopec 2383 5.5
28 FM Stephen A Muhammad 2398 5
29 FM Igor Schneider 2323 5
30 GM Anatoly Lein 2416 5
31 WGM Rusuda Goletiani 2368 5
32 IM Mikhail Zlotnikov 2358 5
33 IM Joseph H Fang 2351 5
34 FM Ilye Figler 2249 5 $602.25
35 FM Miles F Ardaman 2376 5
36 IM Slavisa Peric 2323 5
37 FM Andrew Karklins 2310 5
38 Raja Panjwani 2242 5 $602.25
39 Daniel Pomerleano 2193 5 $602.25
40 FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat 2453 5
41 GM Sergey Kudrin 2646 5
42 IM William Paschall 2396 5
43 IM David E Vigorito 2377 5
44 Corey B Acor 2208 5 $602.25
45 Salvijus Bercys 2453 5
46 Mackenzie Molner 2325 5
47 IM Mladen Vucic 2436 4.5
48 Shiyam Thavandiran 2275 4.5
49 IM James A Rizzitano 2407 4.5
50 Jake Kleiman 2286 4.5
51 IM Milos Scekic 2497 4.5
52 David M Vest 2133 4.5
53 Jack Stolerman 2280 4.5
54 Alex Cherniack 2274 4.5
55 GM Alexander Goldin 2683 4.5
56 Chikwere G Onyekwere 2358 4.5
57 GM Gildardo Garcia 2523 4.5
58 David Harris 2085 4.5
59 IM Justin Sarkar 2368 4.5
60 Charles R Riordan 2272 4.5
61 Iryna Zenyuk 2068 4.5
62 Alexander Betaneli 2280 4.5
63 Peter Yeh 2103 4.5
64 GM Arthur B Bisguier 2241 4.5
65 Christopher Williams 2049 4.5
121 players
The Championship of the Faroe Islands took place 18th-26th March 2005.
There was a play off about the title between Carl Eli Nolsoe Samuelsen and
Martin Poulsen. The rapid games were played at the time rate of 25'+10
sec/move. Next two games at 5 mins + 5 secs/move and finally a "sudden death"
game with white 6 mins and black 5 mins. All these games were played and Carl
Eli Nolsoe Samuelsen became champion winning 3-2 in the play-off match against
Martin Poulsen. News: Mogens Nielsen.
Further details:
http://schach.wienerzeitung.at/asp/turniere.asp?tnr=2065&lan=1
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ch-FAI Oyrarbakka FAI (ch-FAI), 18-26 iii 2005
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1. Samuelsen, Carl Eli Nolsoe FAI 2238 = 7 + 8 = 5 = 4 = 3 + 6 = 2 + 9 +12 6.5 2341
2. Poulsen, Martin FAI 2285 +11 = 5 = 6 = 3 = 4 +10 = 1 +12 + 9 6.5 2333
3. Simonsen, Hans Kristian FAI 2317 +15 +12 + 9 = 2 = 1 = 5 = 8 = 4 = 6 6.0 2291
4. Ziska, Helgi Dam FAI 2129 = 6 =16 +15 = 1 = 2 = 9 + 5 = 3 +13 6.0 2307
5. Simonsen, Olavur FAI 2254 +14 = 2 = 1 =12 + 9 = 3 - 4 +16 = 8 5.5 2232
6. Berg, Olaf FAI 2194 = 4 = 7 = 2 =14 +16 - 1 +19 + 8 = 3 5.5 2188
7. Hansen,Pol Martin FAI ---- = 1 = 6 =12 =16 -13 +15 - 9 +19 +20 5.0 2130
8. Hansen, Herluf FAI 2032 +10 - 1 +18 - 9 =12 +14 = 3 - 6 = 5 4.5 2152
9. Nolsoe, Eydun FAI 2217 +19 +18 - 3 + 8 - 5 = 4 + 7 - 1 - 2 4.5 2136
10. Thorsteinsson,Sjurdur FAI ---- - 8 +11 =16 +13 =14 - 2 -12 +20 =17 4.5 2055
11. Johannesen, Eydalvur FAI 2003 - 2 -10 =17 +20 =15 =19 =14 =18 +16 4.5 2014
12. Nielsen, Torkil FAI 2153 +17 - 3 = 7 = 5 = 8 =13 +10 - 2 - 1 4.0 2097
13. Nolsoe, Rani FAI 2141 -18 =14 +19 -10 + 7 =12 =16 =15 - 4 4.0 1984
14. Baldursson,Rani FAI ---- - 5 =13 +20 = 6 =10 - 8 =11 =17 =18 4.0 2013
15. Andreasen, Jakup A.R FAI 1993 - 3 +20 - 4 =17 =11 - 7 +18 =13 =19 4.0 2006
16. Olsen,Wille FAI ---- =20 = 4 =10 = 7 - 6 +17 =13 - 5 -11 3.5 1986
17. Joensen,Helgi FAI ---- -12 =19 =11 =15 =18 -16 =20 =14 =10 3.5 1920
18. Joensen,John FAI ---- +13 - 9 - 8 =19 =17 =20 -15 =11 =14 3.5 1946
19. Andreasen, Andreas FAI 1974 - 9 =17 -13 =18 +20 =11 - 6 - 7 =15 3.0 1922
20. Augustinussen, Bernhard FAI 1881 =16 -15 -14 -11 -19 =18 =17 -10 - 7 1.5 1723
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1. Samuelsen, Carl Eli Nolsoe FAI 2238 0 1 0 1 1 3.0
2. Poulsen, Martin FAI 2285 1 0 1 0 0 2.0
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Simon Webb 1949-2005. IM and Correspondence GM Simon Webb has died at
the age of 55. He had lived in Sweden for many years. He was most famous for
his book "Chess for Tigers" which informed a generation of chess players. It
appears that he was murdered by his son.
Further details and tributes:
Guardian
- March 23th 2005 -
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1443803,00.html
The 78th Championship of Saint-Petersburg took place 17th-27th March
2005 in the Mikhail Chigorin Chess Club. Valery Loginov won the event with
8/11.
Official site: http://www.ruschess.com/
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78th ch-City St Petersburg RUS (RUS), 17-27 iii 2005 cat. X (2486)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Loginov, Valery A g RUS 2507 * = = 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 = 8.0 2659
2. Popov, Valerij g RUS 2588 = * 1 = = = 1 = = = = 1 7.0 2578
3. Vitiugov, Nikita RUS 2478 = 0 * 0 1 = 1 1 0 1 = 1 6.5 2551
4. Yevseev, Denis g RUS 2550 0 = 1 * = = = 1 0 = 1 1 6.5 2545
5. Lugovoi, Aleksei g RUS 2552 1 = 0 = * = 0 1 = = = 1 6.0 2515
6. Yemelin, Vasily g RUS 2555 = = = = = * = = = = = 1 6.0 2515
7. Solovjov, Sergey I m RUS 2456 0 0 0 = 1 = * = 1 = = 1 5.5 2488
8. Klimov, Sergey m RUS 2509 0 = 0 0 0 = = * 1 1 1 1 5.5 2483
9. Ionov, Sergey g RUS 2527 0 = 1 1 = = 0 0 * 1 = 0 5.0 2446
10. Ivanov, Sergey g RUS 2574 0 = 0 = = = = 0 0 * 1 1 4.5 2412
11. Gerasimov, Yuri RUS 2242 0 = = 0 = = = 0 = 0 * 0 3.0 2333
12. Astashov, Gleb RUS 2293 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 * 2.5 2292
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The 43rd Doeberl Cup was played in Canberra over the Easter weekend
(25th -28th March). There were a total of 206 entries in the three tournaments.
Most of the top players in Australia were there and the Premier event was
jointly won by GM Ian Rogers and IM Aleks Wohl with Ian taking the trophy on a
countback.
Official site:
http://www.netspeed.com.au/ianandjan/IansPage/results/weekenders/2005DoeberlCup.htm
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43rd Doeberl Cup Canberra AUS (AUS), 25-28 iii 2005
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1. Rogers, Ian g AUS 2594 6.0 +4.2
2. Wohl, Aleksandar H m AUS 2378 6.0 +17.4
3. Bjelobrk, Igor NZL 2377 5.5 +9.5
4. Smerdon, David m AUS 2429 5.0 +11.4
5. Solomon, Stephen J m AUS 2426 5.0 +22.4
6. Canfell, Gregory f AUS 2361 5.0 +10.3
7. Reilly, Tim f AUS 2302 5.0 -3.3
8. Lane, Gary W m AUS 2439 4.5 -10.6
9. Rej, Tomek AUS 2248 4.5 +14.1
10. West, Guy m AUS 2350 4.5 -14.7
11. Rujevic, Mirko m AUS 2260 4.5 -8.6
12. Lazarus,Benjamin AUS ---- 4.5 +72.6
13. Xie, George Wendi f AUS 2359 4.5 -13.9
14. Charles, Gareth AUS 2178 4.5 +6.8
15. Oliver, Gareth AUS 2000 4.5 +40.9
16. Hacche, David AUS 2187 4.5 -0.2
17. Steadman, Michael NZL 2222 4.5 -9.5
18. Humphrey, Jonathan AUS 2150 4.5 -4.6
19. Johansen, Darryl K g AUS 2471 4.0 -37.8
20. Wallis, Christopher AUS 2051 4.0 +45.8
21. Suttor, Vincent AUS 2044 4.0 +38.1
22. Curtis, John AUS f AUS 2305 4.0 -46.9
23. Sonter, Matthew AUS 2206 4.0 +14.3
24. Zvedeniouk, Ilya AUS 2168 4.0 +26.4
25. Viner, Phillip AUS 2144 4.0 -14.7
26. Jackson,Ralph AUS ---- 4.0 +19.4
27. Stojic, Dusan AUS 2036 4.0 +0.0
28. Phan-Koshnitsky, Ngan wm AUS 2183 4.0 -28.8
29. Yu, Ronald AUS 2225 4.0 -19.1
67 players
The Danish Chess Championship took place March 20th-28th 2005. The event
was a knockout. Sune Berg Hansen defeated Curt Hansen 2.5-1.5 after a playoff.
News: Thomas Heine Bech.
Official site: http://www.skak-dm.dk/2005/
Players
1 Curt Hansen DEN 2633
2 Sune Berg Hansen DEN 2553
3 Davor Palo DEN 2541
4 Lars Schandorff DEN 2497
5 Jacob Aagaard DEN 2449
6 Nicolai V. Pedersen DEN 2460
7 Karsten Rasmussen DEN 2462
8 Tomas Hutters DEN 2445
9 Henrik El-Kher DEN 2421
10 Steffen Pedersen DEN 2408
11 Jens Ove Fries Nielsen DEN 2388
12 Rasmus Skytte DEN 2392
13 Simon Bekker-Jensen DEN 2379
14 Christian Kyndel Pedersen DEN 2396
15 Per Næsby Andreasen DEN 2326
16 Kasper Damm DEN 2242
ch-DEN KO Koege DEN 2005
Final 26th-28th March 2005
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Hansen,SuB 2.5
Hansen,Cu 1.5
Semifinal 24th-25th March 2005
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Schandorff,L 1.0
Hansen,SuB 3.0
Pedersen,NV 0.5
Hansen,Cu 1.5
Quarterfinal 22nd-23rd March 2005
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Rasmussen,K 0.5
Schandorff,L 1.5
Hansen,SuB 2.0
Hutters,T 0.0
Palo,D 0.5
Pedersen,NV 1.5
Hansen,Cu 1.5
Aagaard,J 0.5
Round 1 20th-21st March 2005
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Rasmussen,K 2.0
Andreasen,P 0.0
Pedersen,Ch 0.5
Schandorff,L 1.5
Hansen,SuB 1.5
El Kher,H 0.5
Hutters,T 2.0
Damm,K 0.0
Skytte,R 0.5
Palo,D 1.5
Pedersen,NV 2.0
Fries Nielsen,JO 0.0
Pedersen,Stef 1.5
Hansen,Cu 2.5
Bekker Jensen,S 0.5
Aagaard,J 1.5
The 21st Budapest Spring Festival was a 9 rounds Swiss Open which took
place 18th-26th March 2005. Nguyen Ngoc Truongson won the event with 8/9 and is
a 15 year old Vietnamese who lives in Budapest and should get the IGM title
from the next FIDE congress. News: Laszlo Nagy.
Final Round 9 Standings:
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Spring Festival Budapest HUN (HUN), 18-27 iii 2005
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1. Nguyen Ngoc Truongson m VIE 2520 8.0 51.5 45.00 42.0 2596 +0.53
2. Nemeth, Miklos f HUN 2333 6.5 52.0 35.00 36.5 2392 +0.65
3. Zhang Jilin wm CHN 2321 6.5 52.0 34.50 36.5 2403 +0.92
4. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2313 6.5 50.5 33.25 35.0 2368 +0.65
5. Kun, Gabor HUN 2336 6.5 49.0 34.25 34.5 2371 +0.38
6. Prohaszka, Peter HUN 2194 6.5 48.5 32.25 34.0 2352 +1.91
7. Hujbert, Florian HUN 2111 6.5 48.0 33.75 33.0 2454 +3.60
8. To, Nhat Minh HUN 2077 6.5 42.0 27.50 30.0 2268 +1.84
9. Nagy, Bence f HUN 2349 6.0 51.0 33.25 32.5 2319 -0.39
10. Kerek, Csaba HUN 2300 6.0 47.5 29.25 29.5 2224 -0.74
11. Korpics, Zsolt f HUN 2349 6.0 47.0 30.50 31.5 2264 -0.93
12. Bonn,Udo ---- 6.0 45.5 29.75 30.5 2299 +1.50
13. Kende, Gyorgy HUN 2206 6.0 45.0 27.75 28.5 2256 +0.60
14. Marodi, Matyas HUN 2168 6.0 42.5 25.00 30.0 2249 +0.96
15. Adzic, Slobodan f HUN 2141 6.0 37.5 24.00 24.0 2245 +0.82
16. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2293 5.5 51.0 27.25 34.0 2295 +0.01
17. Hoang Tri HUN 2044 5.5 50.5 29.75 29.0 2303 +3.07
18. Martini, Balazs HUN 2333 5.5 48.5 27.50 31.0 2216 -1.25
19. Hilmer, Frank GER 2216 5.5 48.0 26.50 31.0 2246 +0.37
20. Wolter, Michael GER 2193 5.5 45.0 25.75 28.0 2188 -0.12
21. Ignacz, Maria HUN 2187 5.5 45.0 25.25 30.0 2213 +0.34
22. Bruhn, Boris GER 2200 5.5 43.5 26.00 26.0 2162 -0.44
23. Vargyas, Zoltan HUN 2163 5.5 42.5 22.75 28.5 2172 +0.10
24. Koczo, Kristof HUN 2159 5.5 41.5 22.00 29.5 2144 -0.14
25. Metaxasz, Vaszilisz HUN 2109 5.5 37.0 20.75 22.0 2163 +0.40
85 players
The San Sebastian Open took place 19th-26th March 2005. Kevin Spraggett
took first place on 7.5/9. No games available.
Official site: http://www.fgajedrez.org/
1 Spraggett Kevin GM 2589 CAN 7½ 40½
2 Dobrev Nanko IM 2399 BUL 7 37½
3 Pogorelov Ruslan GM 2472 UKR 7 36½
4 Prie Eric GM 2439 FRA 6½ 37
5 Neelotpal Das IM 2468 IND 6½ 36½
6 Flear Glenn C GM 2462 ENG 6½ 36½
7 Marholev Dimitar IM 2381 BUL 6½ 35
8 Paunovic Dragan IM 2518 SCG 6½ 35
9 Peralta Fernando GM 2538 ARG 6½ 35
10 Cifuentes Parada Roberto GM 2521 ESP 6½ 34
11 Andres Gonzalez Alberto IM 2430 ESP 6½ 32
12 Martin Alvarez Inigo 2049 ESP 6½ 29
13 Gomez Esteban Juan Mario GM 2474 ESP 6 35
14 Guerra Bastida Diego FM 2390 ESP 6 33
15 Alonso Salvador IM 2459 ARG 6 33
16 Acosta Garcia Alfonso Carlos 2256 ESP 6 33
17 Jakobsen Ole IM 2387 DEN 6 32½
18 Argandona Rivero Inigo FM 2359 ESP 6 32½
19 Vehi Bach Victor M IM 2423 ESP 6 32
20 Gonzalez De La Torre Sant FM 2384 ESP 6 30½
21 Manso Marquez Felix 2091 ESP 6 30
22 Pomes Marcet Juan IM 2374 ESP 5½ 31½
23 Van Hoolandt Patrick FM 2238 MNC 5½ 30½
24 Moriuchi Toshiyuki 2301 JPN 5½ 30
25 Serras Uria Antonio 2220 ESP 5½ 29
26 Angulo Martinez Jon 2117 ESP 5½ 28
27 Mascarell Canet Redo 2122 ESP 5½ 27½
28 Huesmann Thomas FM 2315 BEL 5½ 27½
29 Torres Patrice 2068 FRA 5½ 27
30 Hargues Franck 2079 FRA 5½ 27
31 Gattegno Laurent 2061 FRA 5½ 26½
32 Alcaide Luque Aitor 2058 ESP 5½ 25
113 players
The Championship of Privolzhsky region took place in Ishevsk 16th-24th
March 2005. Denis Khismatullin won the event with 7/9. My thanks to Thomas
Henrich.
Official site: http://www.volgachess.ru
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ch-Privolzhsky Region Ishevsk RUS (RUS), 16-24 iii 2005
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1. Khismatullin, Denis g RUS 2548 7.0 50.5 38.50 37.5 2689 +1.51
2. Grebionkin, Vladimir m RUS 2421 6.5 48.0 33.50 31.0 2566 +1.73
3. Yandemirov, Valeri g RUS 2481 6.5 47.0 33.75 33.0 2566 +1.01
4. Bezgodov, Alexei g RUS 2558 6.0 50.0 31.00 31.0 2553 -0.12
5. Iljushin, Alexei g RUS 2530 6.0 49.5 31.50 31.5 2562 +0.33
6. Tunik, Gennady g RUS 2477 6.0 48.0 30.50 31.0 2520 +0.51
7. Kalegin, Evgenij m RUS 2468 6.0 46.5 29.00 32.5 2539 +0.78
8. Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav g RUS 2511 6.0 46.0 29.50 31.0 2532 +0.24
9. Alavkin, Arseny m RUS 2476 6.0 44.0 28.25 31.0 2528 +0.60
10. Filipenko, Alexander V m RUS 2388 6.0 41.5 26.50 25.0 2413 +0.23
11. Askarov, Marat RUS 2434 5.5 49.0 27.75 30.5 2475 +0.55
12. Frolyanov, Dmitry m RUS 2502 5.5 45.0 25.50 27.5 2460 -0.53
13. Dudukin, Ilya f RUS 2413 5.5 45.0 23.50 28.5 2451 +0.46
14. Geller, Jakov m RUS 2483 5.5 44.0 24.25 29.5 2425 -0.71
15. Skatchkov, Pavel m RUS 2483 5.0 46.5 23.50 29.5 2442 -0.58
16. Iliushkin, Evgen RUS 2312 5.0 46.5 23.25 26.0 2424 +1.40
17. Kuporosov, Viktor m RUS 2472 5.0 45.5 23.50 29.0 2462 -0.13
18. Smirnov, Alexey RUS 2335 5.0 43.5 20.50 24.0 2344 +0.06
19. Darmin, Dmitry f RUS 2295 5.0 43.5 22.75 25.0 2395 +1.12
20. Nesterov, Alexander RUS 2392 5.0 40.0 20.50 23.0 2352 -0.49
21. Konnov, Oleg RUS 2325 5.0 39.5 18.50 21.5 2289 -0.36
22. Trifonov, Pavel RUS 2193 5.0 35.5 17.50 19.0 2309 +1.12
23. Nozdrin, Alexander V RUS 2185 4.5 47.5 20.75 25.5 2400 +2.43
24. Fedoseev, Vladimir f RUS 2334 4.5 41.5 18.25 25.0 2284 -0.58
25. Derbenev, Andrey RUS 2313 4.5 40.5 16.50 22.5 2272 -0.50
26. Rodchenkov, Vitaly RUS 2196 4.5 40.0 16.50 21.0 2300 +1.10
27. Fayzrakhmanov, Robert G RUS 2283 4.5 32.5 12.75 18.0 2263 -0.27
28. Tsarukian, Elis RUS 2287 4.0 46.5 18.50 23.5 2351 +0.85
29. Gubajdullin, Alexei f RUS 2342 4.0 45.0 18.50 26.0 2350 +0.04
30. Rodchenkov, Sergey D RUS 2355 4.0 43.0 16.75 23.0 2303 -0.59
31. Yuminov, Maxim RUS 2209 4.0 40.0 13.50 20.0 2262 +0.52
32. Vikharev,K RUS ---- 4.0 40.0 15.00 18.5 2231 2231
33. Ozolin, Maxim f RUS 2411 4.0 39.0 14.50 20.5 2263 -1.76
34. Pushin, Vladimir RUS 2256 4.0 39.0 14.00 21.0 2299 +0.58
35. Vasenev, Sergey f RUS 2364 4.0 38.0 15.50 21.0 2226 -1.67
36. Baemov, Ilnur RUS 2240 4.0 36.5 14.00 16.0 2231 -0.08
37. Poletaev, Vitaly RUS 2139 4.0 31.0 12.25 14.5 2131 -0.09
38. Belenov, Dmitry N f RUS 2364 3.5 40.5 12.75 22.0 2229 -1.72
39. Verdnikov, Vladimir RUS 2220 3.5 36.0 10.50 18.5 2154 -0.65
40. Bykov, Andrei f RUS 2313 3.5 34.0 9.50 15.5 2117 -2.44
41. Bronnikov, Konstantin RUS 2142 3.5 32.5 9.25 13.5 2080 -0.42
42. Dubov, Danil RUS 2139 3.5 29.5 9.25 12.5 2095 -0.44
43. Senikov,A RUS ---- 3.0 36.5 13.50 13.0 1995 1995
44. Malin, Denis RUS 2053 3.0 31.5 8.00 12.0 1997 -0.39
45. Shibanov,V RUS ---- 3.0 30.5 11.75 13.0 2082 2082
46. Uraev, Ivan RUS 2152 2.5 37.5 9.75 15.0 2130 -0.29
47. Tretiakov, AY RUS ---- 2.5 30.5 8.00 10.0 1996 1996
48. Gataullin, Artur RUS 2137 2.5 30.0 4.75 10.0 1834 -1.72
49. Stepulev, Andrey RUS 2119 1.5 32.0 5.00 8.5 1898 -1.05
50. Karimov,ES RUS ---- 0.0 29.5 6.25 0.0 1615 0
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There is a GM tournament in Givataim, Israel 20th-30th March 2005. The
event is called the Ettinger Tournament in Memory of the parents of Givataim
Israel. News: Leonid (Zvulon) Gofshtein.
Further details: http://web-site-www.gofshtein.cjb.net/
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Ettinger It Givataim ISR (ISR), 20-30 iii 2005 cat. VI (2389)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Lerner, Konstantin Z g UKR 2523 * = = . 1 1 0 . = . 3.5 2423
2. Bykhovsky, Avigdor g RUS 2451 = * = . . = = = 1 . 3.5 2448
3. Kaganskiy, Gleb f RUS 2297 = = * = . = . = . 1 3.5 2470
4. Tyomkin, Dimitri g CAN 2512 . . = * = = . = = 1 3.5 2393
5. Gerzhoy, Leonid m ISR 2381 0 . . = * = . = 1 1 3.5 2453
6. Deutsch, Eyal f ISR 2341 0 = = = = * 1 . . . 3.0 2424
7. Haimovich, Tal f ISR 2382 1 = . . . 0 * 1 0 = 3.0 2386
8. Khmelniker, Ilya ISR 2458 . = = = = . 0 * . 1 3.0 2370
9. Kaplan, Sasha f ISR 2346 = 0 . = 0 . 1 . * 1 3.0 2407
10. Volman, Horacio ISR 2197 . . 0 0 0 . = 0 0 * 0.5 1995
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3rd Hotel Petra IM took place in Rome 14th-21st March 2005. Igor
Miladinovic won the event with 8.5/11.
Official site: http://www.arocco.net
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3rd Chiuso Hotel Petra Rome ITA (ITA), 14-21 iii 2005 cat. V (2374)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Miladinovic, Igor g GRE 2611 * = 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2563
2. Lazic, Miroljub g SCG 2517 = * = = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2536
3. Djuric, Stefan g SCG 2470 1 = * = = = 0 1 1 = 1 1 7.5 2498
4. Piscopo, Pierluigi f ITA 2344 = = = * = = = = 0 1 1 1 6.5 2441
5. Vocaturo, Daniele ITA 2276 0 = = = * = 1 = 1 = = 1 6.5 2447
6. Kaps, Darja wm SLO 2287 = = = = = * 1 0 = 0 1 = 5.5 2381
7. Mrdja, Milan m CRO 2395 0 = 1 = 0 0 * = 1 1 0 = 5.0 2336
8. Corvi, Marco f ITA 2302 0 0 0 = = 1 = * 1 = 1 0 5.0 2344
9. Vuelban, Virgilio PHI 2328 0 0 0 1 0 = 0 0 * = 1 1 4.0 2276
10. Di Caro, Calogero f ITA 2397 0 0 = 0 = 1 0 = = * 0 = 3.5 2238
11. Martorelli, Antonio m ITA 2273 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 0 1 * 1 3.5 2250
12. Fayard, Alain FRA 2288 0 0 0 0 0 = = 1 0 = 0 * 2.5 2170
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The Open Norwegian Championships were played in Oslo 19th-27th March
2005. GM Aloyzas Kveinys (LTU) won the open A-group ahead of GM Stellan Brynell
(SWE), both with 7 points out of 9. The B-group for players rated below 2000
was won by Pål Kristian Levang (NOR) with 7.5 points. There was a total
of 127 participants. News: Eirik T. Gullaksen.
Official site: http://folk.uio.no/vahansen/paske05/index.html
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Norwegian Open Oslo NOR (NOR), 19-27 iii 2005
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1. Kveinys, Aloyzas g LTU 2518 7.0 40.5 52.5 37.0 2573
2. Brynell, Stellan g SWE 2464 7.0 36.5 48.0 33.5 2510
3. Kengis, Edvins g LAT 2538 6.5 39.0 49.5 35.0 2486
4. Senff, Martin m GER 2430 6.5 35.5 47.0 33.0 2436
5. Gladyszev, Oleg m RUS 2451 6.5 35.0 43.0 31.5 2409
6. Gullaksen, Eirik m NOR 2383 6.0 39.0 48.5 32.5 2422
7. Hanley, Craig f ENG 2397 6.0 37.0 48.0 33.5 2407
8. Hansen, Torbjorn Ringdal f NOR 2328 6.0 35.0 46.0 30.5 2371
9. Johannessen, Svein m NOR 2291 6.0 35.0 44.0 29.5 2343
10. Van der Weide, Karel m NED 2490 5.5 43.0 54.0 35.0 2447
11. Hammer, Jon Ludvig NOR 2273 5.5 38.5 49.0 31.5 2383
12. Byklum, Bjornar NOR 2224 5.5 38.5 48.5 31.0 2398
13. Nordahl, Helge f NOR 2402 5.5 36.0 47.5 30.5 2320
14. Bae, Torstein f NOR 2277 5.5 36.0 46.0 29.0 2286
15. Sopur, Lech POL 2396 5.5 35.0 44.5 29.5 2276
16. Hole, Oystein f NOR 2343 5.5 33.5 44.5 28.0 2264
17. Breivik, Lars NOR 2221 5.5 33.5 43.5 26.5 2221
18. Becker, Martin GER 2251 5.5 33.0 42.5 24.5 2255
19. Adnoy, Hallvard V NOR 2222 5.0 38.5 49.0 28.0 2324
20. Hagesaether, Ellen NOR 2177 5.0 34.0 42.5 25.5 2203
21. Berntsen, Sheila Barth wm NOR 2160 5.0 33.0 43.0 25.5 2219
22. Ferkingstad, Sjur NOR 2230 5.0 33.0 43.0 24.0 2179
23. Ofstad, Per NOR 2202 5.0 33.0 42.5 24.5 2172
24. Bentsen, Oyvind NOR 2185 5.0 32.5 42.0 24.5 2148
25. Gvein, Kenneth NOR 2137 5.0 32.5 41.5 24.5 2151
26. Bjerke, Silje NOR 2120 5.0 32.5 41.0 23.5 2199
27. Andersen, Alf R NOR 2188 5.0 32.0 40.0 24.5 2206
28. Trygstad, Kristian f NOR 2307 5.0 31.0 39.5 25.5 2163
64 players
The Spring Open 2005 takes place March 25th to April 3rd 2005 in
Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro. News: Vladica Andrejic.
Internet Coverage: http://www.beochess.org.yu (Belgrade
Chess Association) http://www.scgchess.org (SCG Chess
Federation)
Players:
No Name Feder Rtg Title Born
1. Nestorovic, Dejan SCG 2402 im
2. Nestorovic, Nikola SCG 2328
3. Skare, Goran SCG 2314 fm
4. Todic, Zoran SCG 2314 fm
5. Pucarevic, Milenko SCG 2289 fm
6. Stankovic, Branislav SCG 2274 .
7. Stamenkovic, Aleksandar SCG 2272
8. Pavlovic, Dragoljub SCG 2261
9. Dimitrijevic, Srdjan SCG 2260
10. Cetkovic, Bozidar SCG 2255 fm
11. Mihajlovic, Miodrag SCG 2247 fm
12. Jovicic, Radoslav SCG 2246
13. Carnic, Dejan SCG 2245
14. Tasic, Zoran SCG 2245
15. Paulic, Branko SCG 2233 fm
16. Krstic, Relja SCG 2231
17. Brujic, Bozidar SCG 2221 fm
18. Simic, Zeljko SCG 2200
19. Milicevic, Predrag SCG 2197
20. Bozovic, Vladimir SCG 2186
21. Maksimovic, Miroslav SCG 2185
22. Starcevic, Goran SCG 2182 fm
23. Petrovic, Petar SCG 2181 fm
24. Djurdjevic, Petar SCG 2179 fm
25. Vujacic, Igor SCG 2172
The La Roda Open in Spain takes place 23rd-27th March 2005. I will round
up the games next week.
Official site: http://www.cplaroda.com/ajedrez/
Final Standings:
1. Korneev, Oleg RUS 2602 g 7.5
2. Delchev, Alexander BUL 2597 g 7.0
3. Spasov, Vasil BUL 2543 g 7.0
4. Strikovic, Aleksa SCG 2458 g 7.0
5. Ubilava, Elizbar GEO 2513 g 7.0
6. Janev, Evgeni BUL 2441 g 7.0
The Caissa Kecskemét IM tournament took place 20th-28th March
2005. Attila Jakab won the event with 7.5/9. Games may follow. News: Bognar
Csaba.
Caissa IM March 20-28-03-2005
1 IM Jakab, Attila 2439 HUN 7,5 30,25
2 FM Groetz, Harald 2299 AUT 7 25,00
3 IM Sutorikhin, Vladimir 2364 RUS 6,5 23,50
4 FM Kragelj, Igor 2243 SLO 5 17,75
5 IM Zakharchenko, Arnold 2292 UKR 5 16,00
6 FM Brustkern, Juergen 2251 GER 4,5 17,25
7 Keresztes, Richard 2222 HUN 4 11,75
8 Csvila, Gabor 2100 HUN 3 9,50
9 Amberger, Dieter 2100 AUT 2 6,00
10 FM Donko, Matyas 2037 HUN 0,5 1,00
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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)
Participantes Torneo A
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1. Illescas, Miguel ESP 2633 g
2. Karjakin, Sergey UCR 2599 g
3. Rustemov, Alexander RUS 2598 g
4. Radjabov, Teimour AZE 2667 g
5. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE 2657 g
6. Korneev, Oleg RUS 2602 g
7. Azmaiparashvili, Zurab GEO 2662 g
8. Dreev, Alexey RUS 2704 g
9. Felgaer, Rubén ARG 2588 g
10.Dominguez, Lenier CUB 2661 g
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Media elo: 2637
Categoría: 16
Participantes Torneo B
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1. Franco Zenón PAR 2519 g
2. Garcia Agustín ESP 2390 m
3. Teran Ismael ESP 2422 m
4. Rodriguez Enrique ESP 2430 m
5. Perez Manuel ESP 2483 m
6. Matamoros Carlos ECU 2522 g
7. Campora Daniel ARG 2529 g
8. Cifuentes Roberto ESP 2521 g
9. Fernandez Ernesto ESP 2469 m
10.Cheparinov Iván BUL 2572 g
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Media elo: 2486
Categoría: 10
Participantes Torneo C
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1 Gutierrez, Juan M. ESP 2110
2 Hidalgo, Pablo ESP 2156
3 Razmyslov, Alexander UKR 2307 f
4 Kononenko, Tatiana UKR 2374 wg
5 Komljenovic, Davor CRO 2496 g
6 Ivanov, Jordan BUL 2354 g
7 Barrero, Carlos ESP 2292
8 Fernandez, José Luis ESP 2462 g
9 Garrido, Jesús ESP 2288 f
10Escobar, Daniel ESP 2344 f
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Media elo: 2318
Categoría: 3
20th North Sea Cup
The 20th North Sea Cup takes place in Esbjerg, Denmark, 2nd-9th July
2005. 9 Swiss Open, time control: 40 moves 2 H + ½ H rest Prize fund:
DKK 65000,- = 8800 Euro
The organiser is Jens Nielsen Tel: 0045 75123975 Email:
Jerneif@get2net.dk. Fax: 0045 75123975 Address: Storegade 66, 6700 Esbjerg
Chief Arbiter: IA Lars Lindhard Deputy Arbiter: Aksel Hansen, Kim Schmidt,
Karsten Jakobsen
Official site: http://www.northseacup.dk
7th Dubai Open Chess Champonship
The 7th Dubai Open Chess Champonship (Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Al
Maktoum Cup) takes place 3rd-13th April 2005.
Official site: http://www.arabfide.com
2nd Coventry Chess International
The 2nd Coventry Chess International takes place March 24th-28th 2005.
Easter weekend. Details next week.
Further details: http://www.coventrychess.org.uk/
2nd European Amateur Chess Championship
2nd European Amateur Chess Championship will be held in Herceg Novi
(Montenegro, Serbia and Montenegro) from May 25th to June 3rd, 2005. Tournament
is open to all players representing ECU Chess Federations, and whose on the
FIDE rating list of April 1st, 2005 will have rating 2200 and lower, like as
player whose don’t have FIDE rating. Total prizes fund of the Championship
will be 10.000 EUR The official site of the event is
http://www.scgchess.org/amateur/index.html
GM Tournament Kiev-2005
The GM tournament scheduled for May will now take place in September due
to its clash with the Eurovision Song contest.
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.
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/
1st Queens' Challenge
The first Queen's Challenge will took place 9th-10th March in
Besançon. This event was 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/ more
specifically
http://europe-echecs.com/article.php?art=20050310143735347
Kasparov on his retirement
Kasparov's website: http://www.chesschamps.com gives a diary
entry on the reasons for his retirement:
http://www.chesschamps.com/diary07.html
Leko Adams Rapid Match
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.
Friendship Tournament in Cartak CZE
The Friendship Tournament in Cartak CZE takes place 18th-26th June 2005.
7th international chess festival A) round-robin grandmaster tournament (10-12
players) B) round-robin master tournament (10-12 players) C) open FIDE (swiss
system of 9 round) Contact: Richard Biolek, phone: (+420)581209407, e-mail:
biolci@volny.cz,
Official site: http://www.friendshiptournament.com
Znojmo Open 2005
Znojmo Open 2005, the 5th International Chess Festival part of CZECH
TOUR 2005/2006 Series 14th-22nd May 2005, Znojmo, Czech Republic.
Further details: http://www.czechtour.net
2nd European Amateur Chess Championship
2nd European Amateur Chess Championship will be held in Herceg Novi
(Montenegro, Serbia and Montenegro) from May 25th to June 3rd, 2005. Tournament
is open to all players representing ECU Chess Federations, and whose on the
FIDE rating list of April 1st, 2005 has a rating of 2200 and lower, such as
player those who don’t have a FIDE rating. Total prizes fund of the
Championship will be 10.000 EUR The official site of the event is
http://www.scgchess.org/amateur/index.html
Correspondence Chess - Romanian Chess Federation - 80 Years
Therer will be a CC tournament "Romanian Chess Federation - 80 Years"?
which will be one of the strongest CC events of the year 2005 with 4 ICCF-GMs
and 4 ICCF-SIMs among the 13 participants.
Every 2-3 months there will be reports on the tournament wrote by GM
Dorian Rogozenko, IM Mihai Ghinda, IM Mircea Pavlov, IM Constantin Lupulescu
and FM Marius Ceteras including comments around the games in progress (this is
something new in CC).
A promo pdf booklet of the event is available in Romanian chess pages
www.romanianchess.org , in the section dedicated to this event
http://www.romanianchess.org/rcf80
The booklet contains the introduction of the players, their best games and a
short history of the Romanian correspondence chess. Short link for download the
promo booklet (archived pdf file)
http://www.romanianchess.org/rcf80/rcf80.zip
The tournament will be played at ICCF webserver (
http://www.iccf-webchess.com/EventCrossTable.aspx?id=278
) .
Las Vegas International Chess Festival
The Las Vegas International Chess Festival comprises of the following
events:
June 9th, Polgar Sisters Tandem Simul! For the first time in over 10
years the Polgar sisters, Susan, Judit and Sofia will give a tandem simul.
June 9th, National Open Blitz Championship 7 double rounds, seeded
Swiss format tournament.
June 10th, Breakfast with the Polgar Sisters
June 10th-12th, National Open Tournament $55,000 guaranteed prize fund!
First place, $5000. 6 round, seeded Swiss format. 8 different sections. US
Championship Qualifier.
June 13th, US Game/10 Championship $5,000 guaranteed prize fund. 7
round, seeded Swiss format.
June 13th-18th, US Senior Championship Open to US residents/citizens
born before 6/13/1955. 6 round, seeded Swiss format, one round a day and this
is also a US Championship Qualifier.
June 13th-18th, US "Under 50" Championship Open to US
residents/citizens born on or after 6/13/1955. 6 round, seeded Swiss format,
one round a day.
You can find out more information about all the above events, along
with online entry at http://www.64.com
Azura Chess Open
The Azura Chess Open takes place in Bruxelles 23rd-24th April 2005.
Players include Ivan Sokolov, Vladimir Epishin, Ulf Andersson, Daniel Fridman,
Vladimir Baklan, Konstantin Landa etc.
Official site: http://www.creb.be/.
Further details: http://www.europe-echecs.com/
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/
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
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
Computer Chess News
There have been recent computer events. See the Computer Chess Calendar
at: http://www.playwitharena.com
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.
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/
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
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
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
