THE WEEK IN CHESS 544 11th April 2005 by Mark Crowther
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XIII Dos Hermanas International 131 games
East Bay Chess Club GM 9 games
Bundesliga Final Weekend 128 games
Serbia and Montenegro Championship 63 games
Third Saturday Novi Sad 66 games
First Saturday April 74 games
2nd Coventry Chess International 444 games
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7th Dubai Open Chess Championship 274 games
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French Team championship TOP 16 2 games
VI Ciudad de Dos Hermanas Internet 109 games
1746 games
My thanks to Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Micah Hughey, Miklos Orso, Misha
Klenburg, Sinisa Drazic, Hartmut Metz, Stefan Loeffler, Pelle Larsen, Yannick
Pelletier, Haroon Rashid, Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh, Gérard Demuydt, Steve
Laios, Alexandre Silvert, Mirza Miralem and everyone else who helped with the
issue.
18 year old Teimour Radjabov won the Category 16 Dos Hermanas
tournament. He won it with an undefeated +2 score ahead of Zurab
Azmaiparashvili and Alexey Dreev. The results of the Chess Oscar revived by
Alexander Roshal "64" produced their results for 2004. Not surprisingly Anand
won the event as he dominated the year's results, he was ahead of Kasparov,
Leko and Kramnik. The Bundesliga had its final weekend but the title wasn't
decided and there will be a playoff between Porz and Werder Bremen shortly.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The XIII Dos Hermanas International took place April 1st-9th 2005.
Teimour Radjabov won the main event with 5.5/9. The game Ivanov - Barrero in
group C (3) was a walk over for white. The game Cifuentes - Garcia Luque (9)
group B is missing.
Official site: http://www.doshermanas.net/
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It Dos Hermanas ESP (ESP), 1-9 iv 2005 cat. XVI (2640)
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1. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2673 * = = = = = 1 = = 1 5.5 2716
2. Azmaiparashvili, Zurab g GEO 2671 = * 1 = = = = = = = 5.0 2679
3. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2705 = 0 * 1 = = 1 = = = 5.0 2675
4. Felgaer, Ruben g ARG 2593 = = 0 * 1 1 0 = = 1 5.0 2688
5. Rustemov, Alexander g RUS 2573 = = = 0 * = = = 1 1 5.0 2690
6. Harikrishna, P g IND 2646 = = = 0 = * = = = 1 4.5 2639
7. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2635 0 = 0 1 = = * 1 = = 4.5 2640
8. Dominguez, Lenier g CUB 2658 = = = = = = 0 * = 0 3.5 2557
9. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2611 = = = = 0 = = = * 0 3.5 2563
10. Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2633 0 = = 0 0 0 = 1 1 * 3.5 2560
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Round 5 (April 5, 2005)
Radjabov, Teimour - Karjakin, Sergey 1-0 31 C45 Scotch Game
Azmaiparashvili, Zurab - Dreev, Alexey 1-0 46 D12 Slav Defence
Rustemov, Alexander - Dominguez, Lenier 1/2 61 D11 Slav Defence
Harikrishna, P - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1-0 44 D15 Slav Defence
Korneev, Oleg - Felgaer, Ruben 1/2 24 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Round 6 (April 6, 2005)
Felgaer, Ruben - Azmaiparashvili, Zurab 1/2 71 B11 Caro Kann Two Knights
Rustemov, Alexander - Radjabov, Teimour 1/2 34 A36 English Botvinnik
Karjakin, Sergey - Harikrishna, P 1/2 84 C97 Ruy Lopez
Dominguez, Lenier - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 34 B61 Sicilian Rauzer
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Korneev, Oleg 1-0 64 D37 Unknown
Round 7 (April 7, 2005)
Radjabov, Teimour - Dominguez, Lenier 1/2 28 C42 Petroff's Defence
Azmaiparashvili, Zurab - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1/2 66 D11 Slav Defence
Dreev, Alexey - Felgaer, Ruben 1-0 53 D12 Slav Defence
Harikrishna, P - Rustemov, Alexander 1/2 73 D56 Queens Gambit Lasker's Defence
Korneev, Oleg - Karjakin, Sergey 1/2 28 B97 Sicilian Najdorf
Round 8 (April 8, 2005)
Radjabov, Teimour - Harikrishna, P 1/2 13 C45 Scotch Game
Rustemov, Alexander - Korneev, Oleg 1-0 62 A65 Benoni
Karjakin, Sergey - Azmaiparashvili, Zurab 1/2 25 B19 Caro Kann
Dominguez, Lenier - Felgaer, Ruben 1/2 33 B36 Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 25 D47 Queens Gambit Meran
Round 9 (April 9, 2005)
Azmaiparashvili, Zurab - Rustemov, Alexander 1/2 15 D12 Slav Defence
Dreev, Alexey - Karjakin, Sergey 1-0 42 D27 QGA
Felgaer, Ruben - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1-0 58 B58 Sicilian Boleslavsky
Harikrishna, P - Dominguez, Lenier 1/2 31 A12 Reti Opening
Korneev, Oleg - Radjabov, Teimour 1/2 18 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
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It B Dos Hermanas ESP (ESP), 1-9 iv 2005 cat. X (2490)
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1. Rodriguez Guerrero, Enrique m ESP 2449 * = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 6.5 2660
2. Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2621 = * = 0 = 1 1 = 1 1 6.0 2600
3. Perez Candelario, Manuel m ESP 2495 = = * 1 = = = = = 1 5.5 2569
4. Franco Ocampos, Zenon g PAR 2519 = 1 0 * = = = = = 1 5.0 2530
5. Fernandez Romero, Ernesto m ESP 2449 0 = = = * = 1 = = = 4.5 2494
6. Matamoros Franco, Carlos S g ECU 2498 = 0 = = = * = = = 1 4.5 2489
7. Campora, Daniel H g ARG 2545 = 0 = = 0 = * = 1 1 4.5 2484
8. Cifuentes Parada, Roberto g ESP 2521 0 = = = = = = * 0 1 4.0 2443
9. Teran Alvarez, Ismael m ESP 2430 0 0 = = = = 0 1 * = 3.5 2417
10. Garcia Luque, Agustin m ESP 2376 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 = * 1.0 2152
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It C Dos Hermanas ESP (ESP), 1-9 iv 2005 cat. IV (2333)
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1. Komljenovic, Davor g CRO 2477 * = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2668
2. Kononenko, Tatiana wg UKR 2416 = * = = = 1 1 = = 1 6.0 2448
3. Fernandez Garcia, Jose Luis g ESP 2468 = = * = = = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2443
4. Gutierrez Jimenez, Juan M ESP 2150 0 = = * = 1 1 = 1 1 6.0 2478
5. Razmyslov, Alexander f UKR 2325 0 = = = * = = = 1 = 4.5 2334
6. Ivanov, Jordan m BUL 2350 0 0 = 0 = * = 1 1 1 4.5 2331
7. Escobar Dominguez, Daniel f ESP 2351 0 0 0 0 = = * 1 1 1 4.0 2288
8. Barrero Garcia, Carlos f ESP 2337 0 = = = = 0 0 * = = 3.0 2207
9. Hidalgo Begines, Pablo ESP 2142 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 = * = 1.5 2081
10. Garrido Dominguez, Jesus f ESP 2315 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = * 1.5 2062
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It D Dos Hermanas ESP (ESP), 1-9 iv 2005
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1. Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina wm ESP 2253 * 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2428
2. Belezky, Sasha m UKR 2372 0 * = 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 7.0 2361
3. Diaz Castro, Sergio ESP 2252 1 = * 0 0 1 = = 1 1 5.5 2235
4. Melero Fidalgo, Juan de Dios ESP 2207 = 0 1 * = 0 1 = 1 1 5.5 2240
5. Romero Garcia, Mariano f ESP 2171 0 0 1 = * = 1 = = 1 5.0 2207
6. Pereira Figueroa, Manuel ESP 2089 0 0 0 1 = * 1 1 0 1 4.5 2173
7. Perez Perez, Manuel ESP 2048 0 0 = 0 0 0 * 1 1 1 3.5 2097
8. Gallardo Fernandez, Cesar ESP 2162 0 0 = = = 0 0 * = 1 3.0 2040
9. Jimenez Romero, Jose Antonio ESP 2095 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 = * = 2.5 2006
10. Alanis Honrado,S ESP ---- 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 = * 1.0 1832
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The Russian Chess Observer "64" (the editor-in-chief - Alexander Roshal)
defined the owner of "Oscar" - the international award which is handed over to
the best chess player of the last year for the 10th time. 445 chess experts
from 75 countries of the world have taken part in the anniversary voting
(including 74 grandmasters). They have named the top ten strongest, in their
opinion, chess players of 2004. The 1st place in the list was estimated by 13
points, 2nd - 11, 3rd - 9, 4th - 7, 5th - 6, …, 10th - 1 point.
The Indian GM Viswanathan Anand, who achieved 5205 points is the owner
of the bronze statuette of "The Fascinated Wanderer". He is the only one
mentioned in all the lists, and in 279 lists he is on the first place! And no
wonder: " The Tiger from Madras " has a unique collection of the first places
at various tournaments in classical and rapid chess. Vishy was certainly a
leader of the Indian team at the Olympiad in Spain. In general, his present
victory, as well as the previous ones, is undisputed.
This is the second "double" for Anand - he successively became the
owner of Oscar in 1997 and 1998. In the newest history of this award only Garry
Kasparov achieved the same results (1995-96 and 2001-02). Kasparov and Anand
together have received 9 of 10 Oscars from "64". One more was received by
Vladimir Kramnik in the year 2000.
Further in the list of "Oscar-2004":
2. Garry Kasparov, the
Champion of Russia - 3664 points (60 first places);
3. Peter Leko
(Hungary), the finalist of the classical world championship - 3485 (43);
4. Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), classic chess champion of the World - 3344 (37);
5. Rustam Kasimdzhanov (Uzbekistan), FIDE world champion - 2088 (12);
6. Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria), the owner of the third (after Kasparov and
Anand) top Elo in the world - 1858 (2);
7. Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine), the
European champion and the leader of the Olympic champions from Ukraine - 1398
(7);
8. Michael Adams (England), the finalist of FIDE world championship -
1378 (2);
9. Alexander Morozevich (Russia), the winner of the prestigious
tournaments in Monaco and Biel - 1128 (2);
10. Alexander Grischuk, the
silver prize-winner of the Russian championship - 868.
In total 69 names, including five women - Women’s World Champion
Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria), European Women’s Champion Alexandra
Kosteniuk (Russia), Judit and Zsuzsa Polgar (Hungary) and Almira Skripchenko
(France) are among them.
Let's note, that 2000 chess fans have voted on the site of the World
Chess Federation (FIDE).
More detailed results are available in the 4th issue of the "64".
Website: http://www.64.ru/
The East Bay Chess Club GM tournament took place March 29th - April 6th
2005. Suat Atalik won the event with 7/9.
Official site:
http://www.eastbaychess.com/tourney/05/GMXtable.html
Round 8 (April 4, 2005)
Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas - Pruess, David 1-0 56 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Yermolinsky, Alex - Atalik, Suat 1/2 39 D41 Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg - Stein, Alex 1-0 38 A43 Old Benoni
Round 9 (April 5, 2005)
Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas - Stein, Alex 1-0 48 B06 Modern Defence
Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg - Yermolinsky, Alex 0-1 37 E15 Queens Indian
Pruess, David - Atalik, Suat 0-1 34 C13 French Classical
Round 10 (April 6, 2005)
Atalik, Suat - Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg 1-0 22 E92 King's Indian Classical
Yermolinsky, Alex - Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas 1/2 44 E11 Bogo Indian Defence
Stein, Alex - Pruess, David 1-0 43 A05 Various
East Bay CC GM Berkley USA (USA), 29 iii-6 iv 2005 cat. IX (2461)
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1 Atalik, Suat g BIH 2560 ** == == 11 01 11 7.0 2589
2 Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas m CAN 2425 == ** == 01 01 11 6.0 2539
3 Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2570 == == ** =1 10 10 5.5 2474
4 Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg g MGL 2453 00 10 =0 ** 11 01 4.5 2426
5 Stein, Alex f USA 2362 10 10 01 00 ** 01 4.0 2408
6 Pruess, David f USA 2394 00 00 01 10 10 ** 3.0 2325
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The final weekend of the Bundesliga, April 9th-10th 2005 aw three teams
in contention for the title. Porz, Baden-Baden and Werder Bremen were all in
contention. Werder Bremen won both their matches both narrowly 4,5-3,5. In
round 15 leaders Porz and Baden-Baden met and after a tense match Porz won
4.5-3.5. This means that Porz and Werder Bremen will play off for the title in
the next couple of weeks.
Official site: http://www.schachbundesliga.de/
Round 14 9th April 2005
Venue: Hamburg
Hamburger SK - SC Kreuzberg 3,5 - 4,5
Gustafsson, Jan - Nisipeanu,LD 0,5 - 0,5
Kempinski, Robert - Almasi, Zoltan 0,0 - 1,0
Ftacnik, Lubomir - Aronian, Levon 0,5 - 0,5
Wahls, Matthias - Maiwald, Jens-Uwe 1,0 - 0,0
Bezold, Michael - Kalinitschew,Sergey 0,5 - 0,5
Reeh, Oliver - Volke, Karsten 0,0 - 1,0
Heinemann, Thies - Tischbierek, Raj 1,0 - 0,0
Sebastian, Dirk - Lau, Ralf 0,0 - 1,0
Preetzer TSV - SF Neukölln 3,5 - 4,5
Pedersen, Steffen - Brynell, Stellan 0,5 - 0,5
Skytte, Rasmus - Polzin, Rainer 0,5 - 0,5
Wisnewski,Christoph - Borriss, Martin Dr. 0,5 - 0,5
Junge, Kai - Berndt, Stephan 0,5 - 0,5
Willsch, Matthias - Thiede, Lars 0,0 - 1,0
Marxen, Peter Dr. - Poldauf, Dirk 0,5 - 0,5
Richert, Thomas - Rudolf, Henrik 1,0 - 0,0
Kornrumpf,Joach - Wendt, Jan-Dietrich 0,0 - 1,0
Venue Solingen
SG Aljechin Solingen - Erfurter SK 4,5 - 3,5
Nikolic, Predrag - Haba, Petr 0,0 - 1,0
Stellwagen, Daniel - Votava, Jan 1,0 - 0,0
Gabriel, Christian - Machelett, Heiko 0,5 - 0,5
Naumann, Alexander - Casper, Thomas 0,5 - 0,5
Smeets, Jan - Brueggemann,Joachim 1,0 - 0,0
Werle, Jan - Mueller, Matthias 0,5 - 0,5
Ernst, Sipke - Voekler, Bernd 0,5 - 0,5
Zysk, Robert - Enders, Peter 0,5 - 0,5
SV Wattenscheid - SV Werder Bremen 3,5 - 4,5
Nielsen,Peter-Heine - McShane, Luke James 0,5 - 0,5
Johannessen, LE - Hracek, Zbynek 0,5 - 0,5
Handke, Florian - Pelletier, Yannick 0,0 - 1,0
Appel, Ralf - Babula, Vlastimil 1,0 - 0,0
Holzke, Frank Dr. - Nyback, Tomi 0,5 - 0,5
Dinstuhl, Volkmar - Fish, Gennadij 0,5 - 0,5
Lemmers, Oscar - Schandorff, Lars 0,0 - 1,0
Straeter, Timo - Meins, Gerlef 0,5 - 0,5
Venue: Koelln
SG Porz - SC Eppingen 6,0 - 2,0
Adams, Michael - Gyimesi, Zoltan 0,5 - 0,5
Lutz, Christopher - Medvegy, Zoltan 0,5 - 0,5
Van Wely, Loek - Braun, Arik 0,0 - 1,0
Sokolov, Ivan - Mann, Christian 1,0 - 0,0
Vaganian, Rafael A - Schulze, Ulrich 1,0 - 0,0
Beliavsky,Alexander - Miltner, Arndt 1,0 - 0,0
Graf, Alexander - Koch, Wolfgang Max 1,0 - 0,0
Gurevich, Mikhail - Schneider, Bernd 1,0 - 0,0
SV Hofheim - OSC Baden-Baden 1,0 - 7,0
Savchenko,Stanislav - Anand, Viswanathan 0,5 - 0,5
Hickl, Joerg - Svidler, Peter 0,5 - 0,5
Ginsburg, Gennadi - Shirov, Alexei 0,0 - 1,0
Krivoshey, Sergei - Vallejo Pons,F 0,0 - 1,0
Zude, Erik Dr. - Movsesian, Sergei 0,0 - 1,0
Brendel, Oliver - Krasenkow, Michal 0,0 - 1,0
Burkart, Patrick - Dautov, Rustem 0,0 - 1,0
Haubt, Georg - Schlosser, Philipp 0,0 - 1,0
Venue: Tegernsee
TV Tegernsee - SF Katernberg 5,0 - 3,0
Khenkin, Igor - Chuchelov, Vladimir 0,0 - 1,0
Sokolov, Andrei - L'Ami, Erwin 0,5 - 0,5
Bischoff, Klaus - Senff, Martin 1,0 - 0,0
Boensch, Uwe - Thesing, Matthias 0,5 - 0,5
Kindermann, Stefan - Scholz, Christian 0,5 - 0,5
Hertneck, Gerald - Souleidis, Georgios 1,0 - 0,0
Stangl, Markus - Siebrecht,Sebastian 0,5 - 0,5
Bromberger, Stefan - Rosen, Bernd 1,0 - 0,0
Stuttgarter SG - SV Mülheim Nord 3,0 - 5,0
Oral, Tomas - Landa, Konstantin 0,0 - 1,0
Sedlak, Nikola - Fridman, Daniel 0,0 - 1,0
Reuss, Andreas - Schebler, Gerhard 1,0 - 0,0
Vujic, Branimir - Lytchak, Alexander 0,5 - 0,5
Lorscheid, Gerhard - Wegener, Olaf 0,0 - 1,0
Haas, Wilhelm - Sielecki, Christof 0,5 - 0,5
Schmid, Wolfgang - Kaid, Almar 0,5 - 0,5
Migl, Dieter - Friedrichs, Klaus 0,5 - 0,5
Round 15 10th April 2005
Venue: Hamburg
SC Kreuzberg - Preetzer TSV 6,5 - 1,5
Nisipeanu,LD - Pedersen, Steffen 1,0 - 0,0
Almasi, Zoltan - Skytte, Rasmus 0,5 - 0,5
Aronian, Levon - Wisnewski,Christoph 1,0 - 0,0
Maiwald, Jens-Uwe - Junge, Kai 1,0 - 0,0
Kalinitschew,Sergey - Willsch, Matthias 0,5 - 0,5
Volke, Karsten - Marxen, Peter Dr. 1,0 - 0,0
Tischbierek, Raj - Richert, Thomas 1,0 - 0,0
Lau, Ralf - Kornrumpf,Joach 0,5 - 0,5
SF Neukölln - Hamburger SK 2,0 - 6,0
Brynell, Stellan - Gustafsson, Jan 0,5 - 0,5
Polzin, Rainer - Kempinski, Robert 0,0 - 1,0
Borriss, Martin Dr. - Ftacnik, Lubomir 0,5 - 0,5
Berndt, Stephan - Wahls, Matthias 0,0 - 1,0
Thiede, Lars - Bezold, Michael 0,0 - 1,0
Poldauf, Dirk - Reeh, Oliver 0,5 - 0,5
Rudolf, Henrik - Heinemann, Thies 0,5 - 0,5
Wendt, Jan-Dietrich - Sebastian, Dirk 0,0 - 1,0
Venue Solingen
Erfurter SK - SV Wattenscheid 3,5 - 4,5
Haba, Petr - Nielsen,Peter-Heine 0,0 - 1,0
Votava, Jan - Johannessen, LE 1,0 - 0,0
Machelett, Heiko - Handke, Florian 0,5 - 0,5
Casper, Thomas - Appel, Ralf 0,0 - 1,0
Brueggemann,Joachim - Holzke, Frank Dr. 0,0 - 1,0
Mueller, Matthias - Dinstuhl, Volkmar 0,5 - 0,5
Voekler, Bernd - Lemmers, Oscar 0,5 - 0,5
Enders, Peter - Straeter, Timo 1,0 - 0,0
SV Werder Bremen - SG Aljechin Solingen 4,5 - 3,5
McShane, Luke James - Nikolic, Predrag 0,5 - 0,5
Hracek, Zbynek - Stellwagen, Daniel 1,0 - 0,0
Pelletier, Yannick - Gabriel, Christian 0,5 - 0,5
Babula, Vlastimil - Naumann, Alexander 0,5 - 0,5
Nyback, Tomi - Smeets, Jan 0,5 - 0,5
Fish, Gennadij - Werle, Jan 0,5 - 0,5
Schandorff, Lars - Ernst, Sipke 0,5 - 0,5
Meins, Gerlef - Zysk, Robert 0,5 - 0,5
Venue: Koelln
SC Eppingen - SV Hofheim 2,5 - 5,5
Gyimesi, Zoltan - Savchenko,Stanislav 0,5 - 0,5
Medvegy, Zoltan - Hickl, Joerg 0,5 - 0,5
Braun, Arik - Ginsburg, Gennadi 0,0 - 1,0
Mann, Christian - Krivoshey, Sergei 0,0 - 1,0
Schulze, Ulrich - Zude, Arno 0,0 - 1,0
Miltner, Arndt - Zude, Erik Dr. 0,5 - 0,5
Koch, Wolfgang Max - Buchal, Stephan 0,0 - 1,0
Schneider, Bernd - Burkart, Patrick 1,0 - 0,0
OSC Baden-Baden - SG Porz 3,5 - 4,5
Anand, Viswanathan - Adams, Michael 0,5 - 0,5
Svidler, Peter - Lutz, Christopher 0,5 - 0,5
Shirov, Alexei - Van Wely, Loek 1,0 - 0,0
Vallejo Pons, F - Sokolov, Ivan 0,0 - 1,0
Movsesian, Sergei - Vaganian, Rafael A 0,5 - 0,5
Krasenkow, Michal - Beliavsky,Alexander 0,0 - 1,0
Dautov, Rustem - Graf, Alexander 0,5 - 0,5
Huebner, Robert Dr. - Gurevich, Mikhail 0,5 - 0,5
Venue: Tegernsee
SF Katernberg - Stuttgarter SG 5,5 - 2,5
Chuchelov, Vladimir - Oral, Tomas 0,5 - 0,5
L'Ami, Erwin - Sedlak, Nikola 0,5 - 0,5
Senff, Martin - Reuss, Andreas 0,5 - 0,5
Thesing, Matthias - Vujic, Branimir 1,0 - 0,0
Scholz, Christian - Lorscheid, Gerhard 0,5 - 0,5
Souleidis, Georgios - Haas, Wilhelm 1,0 - 0,0
Siebrecht,Sebastian - Schmid, Wolfgang 1,0 - 0,0
Rosen, Bernd - Migl, Dieter 0,5 - 0,5
SV Mülheim Nord - TV Tegernsee 2,0 - 6,0
Landa, Konstantin - Khenkin, Igor 0,5 - 0,5
Fridman, Daniel - Sokolov, Andrei 0,5 - 0,5
Schebler, Gerhard - Bischoff, Klaus 0,5 - 0,5
Lytchak, Alexander - Boensch, Uwe 0,0 - 1,0
Wegener, Olaf - Kindermann, Stefan 0,0 - 1,0
Sielecki, Christof - Hertneck, Gerald 0,5 - 0,5
Kaid, Almar - Stangl, Markus 0,0 - 1,0
Friedrichs, Klaus - Bromberger, Stefan 0,0 - 1,0
There will be a playoff between Porz and Werder Bremen.
Final Tables
1. SG Porz 15 81,0 28:2
2. SV Werder Bremen 15 74,5 28:2
3. OSC Baden-Baden 15 83,0 26:4
4. TV Tegernsee 15 75,5 25:5
5. SC Kreuzberg 15 70,0 17:13
6. SF Katernberg 15 63,0 17:13
7. Mülheim Nord 15 62,0 17:13
8. Hamburger SK 14 65,0 16:14
9. SV Wattenscheid 15 58,0 13:17
10. SF Neukölln 14 52,5 12:18
11. SC Eppingen 15 52,0 12:18
12. SG Solingen 15 56,5 11:19
13. SV Hofheim 15 48,0 10:20
14. Erfurter SK 15 50,5 6:24
15. Preetzer TSV 15 34,5 1:29
16. Stuttgarter SF 15 34,0 1:29
Top Performers
1. Van den Doel, Erik SG Porz 7,5 8 93,75
2. Gurevich, Mikhail SG Porz 11,0 13 84,62
3. Ivan Sokolov SG Porz 7,5 9 83,33
4. Peter Svidler OSC Baden-Baden 6,5 8 81,25
5. Fish, Gennadij Werder Bremen 11,0 14 78,57
6. Hertneck, Gerald TV Tegernsee 10,0 13 76,92
7-10. Viswanathan Anand OSC Baden-Baden 6,0 8 75,00
7-10. Tomi Nyback Werder Bremen 9,0 12 75,00
7-10. Fabian Doettling OSC Baden-Baden 6,0 8 75,00
7-10. Philipp Schlosser OSC Baden-Baden 7,5 10 75,00
The 1st National Championship of Serbia and Montenegro takes place in
Kopaonik 2nd-15th April 2005. After 9 rounds on the top is GM Milos Perunovic.
News: Vladica Andrejic.
Official site: http://www.scgchess.org/championship/index.html
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1st ch-SCG Kopaonik SCG (SCG), 2-15 iv 2005 cat. XI (2504)
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1. Perunovic, Milos g SCG 2549 * = 1 = = 1 1 . = . = = . . 6.0 2638
2. Damljanovic, Branko g SCG 2588 = * . = = = = = = 1 . 1 . . 5.5 2596
3. Ivanisevic, Ivan g SCG 2542 0 . * . = 0 1 = . = 1 . 1 1 5.5 2568
4. Djukic, Nikola SCG 2509 = = . * 0 . . . = = 1 1 1 0 5.0 2541
5. Markovic, Miroslav g SCG 2509 = = = 1 * . . . = . = 0 = 1 5.0 2543
6. Pikula, Dejan g SCG 2485 0 = 1 . . * = = . . = = = 1 5.0 2544
7. Antic, Dejan g SCG 2488 0 = 0 . . = * 1 . = 1 . = 1 5.0 2546
8. Kovacevic, Aleksandar g SCG 2550 . = = . . = 0 * 1 . 0 1 = 1 5.0 2533
9. Kosic, Dragan g SCG 2515 = = . = = . . 0 * = . = = 1 4.5 2506
10. Vuckovic, Bojan g SCG 2529 . 0 = = . . = . = * = = 1 = 4.5 2493
11. Pavlovic, Milos1 g SCG 2475 = . 0 0 = = 0 1 . = * . . 1 4.0 2462
12. Todorovic, Goran M g SCG 2511 = 0 . 0 1 = . 0 = = . * = . 3.5 2437
13. Arsovic, Goran m SCG 2419 . . 0 0 = = = = = 0 . = * . 3.0 2390
14. Nadj Hedjesi, Balind SCG 2392 . . 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 . . * 1.5 2238
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The Third Saturday chess festival took place in Novi Sad 19th-26th
March 2005. 54 players in 3 tournaments. Dragan Kosic and Bogdan Lalic finished
on 6/10. Organisers: Sinisa Drazic.
Official site: http://www.drazic.co.yu
Final Standings Group A (Round 10)
Surname Elo Rc Sco Rp We Chg*10
1. KOSIC,Dragan 2521 2376 6.0/10 2448 6.90 -9.0
2. LALIC,Bogdan 2520 2410 6.0/10 2482 6.50 -5.0
3. DRAZIC,Sinisa 2489 2396 6.5/10 2506 6.30 2.0
4. ZLATIC,Mihajlo 2451 2404 5.5/10 2440 5.70 -2.0
5. LAKETIC,Gojko 2430 2400 6.5/10 2510 5.40 11.0
6. STOJANOVSKI,Dejan 2424 2338 4.5/10 2302 6.20 -17.0
7. MATULOVIC,Milan 2416 2310 4.5/10 2274 6.40 -19.0
8. COLOVIC,Aleksandar 2404 2417 6.0/10 2489 4.80 12.0
9. MICIC,Cedomir 2401 2365 4.5/10 2329 5.50 -10.0
10. KOSANOVIC,Goran 2391 2418 6.0/10 2490 4.60 14.0
11. PILGAARD,Kim 2383 2392 7.0/10 2541 4.90 21.0
12. PAP,Misa 2369 2390 5.0/10 2390 4.70 3.0
13. DUMPOR,Atif 2361 2329 4.0/9 2286 4.86 -8.6
14. SARIC,Sinisa 2351 2383 4.0/9 2340 4.14 -1.4
15. KOSTIC V,Vladimir 2348 2372 5.5/10 2408 4.70 8.0
16. STUPAVSKI,Zdenko 2313 2361 3.0/10 2212 4.30 -13.0
17. WERNER,Dimo 2312 2347 4.5/10 2311 4.50 0.0
18. SPIRIC,Igor 2300 2350 5.0/10 2350 4.30 7.0
19. KOKEZA,Mirko 2292 2318 2.0/8 2125 3.68 -16.8
20. MIHALJ,Miroslav 2287 2382 5.0/10 2382 3.70 13.0
21. LUNDIN,Jan 2274 2366 5.0/10 2366 3.70 13.0
22. FRANCHINI,Gabriele 2269 2333 4.0/9 2290 3.69 3.1
23. BRUNELLO,Sabino 2268 2341 5.5/10 2377 4.00 15.0
24. BARILLARO,Luca 2213 2312 1.5/9 2039 3.24 -17.4
Final Standings Group B (9 Rounds)
Surname T Elo Fed Sco Buch Ws Berger
1 DRAGOJLOVIC,Andjelko (5) m 2276 SCG 7.0 45.5 5 34.25
2 DOVZIK,Juri (1) m 2414 UKR 7.0 45.5 5 33.00
3 ANDRIJEVIC,Milan (2) m 2413 SCG 6.0 47.5 3 29.50
4 SAVANOVIC,Vuk (17) . 2026 SCG 5.5 39.5 3 20.50
5 ROGANOVIC,Milos (10) . 2206 SCG 5.0 46.5 2 23.75
6 NOTAROS,Krasoje (4) f 2279 SCG 5.0 45.0 2 24.25
7 DIMITRIJEVIC,Slobodan (19) . GER 5.0 44.5 3 20.75
8 CABARKAPA,Spasoje (7) f 2235 SCG 5.0 44.5 3 20.50
9 JOSIC,Hrvoje (8) . 2225 CRO 4.5 43.0 2 20.00
10 DROBNE,Marjan (15) . 2103 SLO 4.5 38.5 2 14.00
11 JOROV,Boris (16) . 2102 RUS 4.5 38.0 2 16.25
12 MANOJLOVIC,Sava (14) . 2127 SCG 4.0 44.0 1 18.50
13 PAVLIK,Goran (13) . 2166 SCG 4.0 41.5 1 12.75
14 RAJIC,Dobrivoj (9) . 2213 SCG 4.0 39.5 2 14.00
15 CENGIJA,Vanja (6) . 2241 SCG 4.0 36.5 2 11.75
16 LUKIC,Milutin (11) f 2199 CRO 2.5 27.5 2 6.50
17 BORBAS,Petar (18) . 2002 SCG 1.5 32.5 0 5.25
18 NAVRATIL,Tomislav (12) . 2178 SCG 1.5 32.5 0 5.00
19 MUJAGIC,Ramo (3) f 2338 SCG 0.5 4.5 0 2.00
The First Saturday tournaments included GM, IM and FM events. They take
place in Budapest 2nd-12th April 2005.
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/
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1. Ilincic, Zlatko g SCG 2502 * . . . = 1 = . = 1 1 4.5 2597
2. Banusz, Tamas f HUN 2393 . * = = = = . 1 = . 1 4.5 2488
3. Werner, Dimo m GER 2312 . = * = 1 . = 0 . 1 . 3.5 2478
4. Fogarasi, Tibor g HUN 2442 . = = * = = . = . 1 . 3.5 2443
5. Neelotpal, Das m IND 2468 = = 0 = * . = 1 . = . 3.5 2410
6. Karatorossian, David m ARM 2384 0 = . = . * 1 0 . = 1 3.5 2416
7. Farago, Ivan g HUN 2461 = . = . = 0 * . 1 . = 3.0 2398
8. Szabo, Krisztian HUN 2376 . 0 1 = 0 1 . * 0 . . 2.5 2338
9. Pap, Gyula HUN 2371 = = . . . . 0 1 * 0 = 2.5 2355
10. Wittmann, Walter m AUT 2386 0 . 0 0 = = . . 1 * = 2.5 2302
11. Blauert, Joerg m GER 2354 0 0 . . . 0 = . = = * 1.5 2223
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1. Jakab, Attila m HUN 2448 * . . = . . . 1 1 = 1 . 1 1 6.0 2540
2. Stupavski, Zdenko f SCG 2333 . * . = . = . . 1 = 1 . 1 1 5.5 2444
3. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2293 . . * = = . . = . 1 = = 1 . 4.5 2358
4. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2302 = = = * = . = 1 . . . = . . 4.0 2350
5. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2262 . . = = * = . 0 1 . . = . 1 4.0 2285
6. Fodor, Istvan2 HUN 2150 . = . . = * . . = = = . 1 = 4.0 2284
7. Khadempour, Farhad GER 2225 . . . = . . * 1 0 1 0 1 0 . 3.5 2255
8. Fodor, Tamas jr f HUN 2269 0 . = 0 1 . 0 * . = . 1 . . 3.0 2235
9. Caruana, Fabiano f USA 2255 0 0 . . 0 = 1 . * . = . . 1 3.0 2204
10. Radnai, Adam HUN 2191 = = 0 . . = 0 = . * . = . . 2.5 2182
11. Brustkern, Juergen f GER 2258 0 0 = . . = 1 . = . * . . 0 2.5 2156
12. Goczo, Melinda wm HUN 2276 . . = = = . 0 0 . = . * = . 2.5 2152
13. Cherniack, Alex USA 2238 0 0 0 . . 0 1 . . . . = * 1 2.5 2159
14. Katsuhara, Osamu JPN 2106 0 0 . . 0 = . . 0 . 1 . 0 * 1.5 2047
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The Beer Sheva Rapid took plce 3rd-6th April 2005. Viktor Korchnoi won
the event with an impressive 10.5/13. Time rate 25 min/10 sec per move. News:
Misha Klenburg.
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1. Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2619 * = = 1 0 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 10.5 2755
2. Greenfeld, Alon g ISR 2549 = * = = = = = 1 = = 0 1 1 1 8.0 2596
3. Golod, Vitali g ISR 2586 = = * = = = = = = = 1 = 1 1 8.0 2593
4. Dvoirys, Semen I g RUS 2568 0 = = * 1 = = 0 1 = 1 1 = 1 8.0 2594
5. Khmelniker, Ilya ISR 2458 1 = = 0 * = 1 = = = 0 = 1 1 7.5 2573
6. Huzman, Alexander g ISR 2577 0 = = = = * = = = = 1 1 1 = 7.5 2564
7. Vydeslaver, Alik m ISR 2438 0 = = = 0 = * = 1 1 = = 1 = 7.0 2546
8. Roiz, Michael g ISR 2579 0 0 = 1 = = = * = = 1 = = 1 7.0 2536
9. Tyomkin, Dimitri g CAN 2504 = = = 0 = = 0 = * = = = 1 1 6.5 2512
10. Avrukh, Boris g ISR 2642 0 = = = = = 0 = = * 0 1 1 1 6.5 2502
11. Tseitlin, Mark D g ISR 2458 0 1 0 0 1 0 = 0 = 1 * = 0 1 5.5 2459
12. Klenburg, Mikhail m UKR 2421 0 0 = 0 = 0 = = = 0 = * = 1 4.5 2409
13. Umarov, Sabir m UZB 2392 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 = * 1 3.5 2346
14. Pasman, Michael f ISR 2380 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 1.0 2121
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The 2nd Coventry Chess International took place March 24th-28th 2005.
Easter weekend. Olesandr Areshchenko won the event with 7.5/9. Games from the
final two rounds unavailable.
Further details: http://www.coventrychess.org.uk/
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1 ARESHCHENKO,Olesandr..... UKR g 2570 7½ 9 7½ 2472 5.67 1.83
2 EFIMENKO,Zahar........... UKR g 2601 7 9 7 2448 6.30 0.70
3 GEORGIEV,Kiril........... BUL g 2654 7 9 7 2452 6.84 0.16
4 CONQUEST,Stuart.......... ENG g 2513 6½ 9 6½ 2345 6.48 0.02
5 DWORAKOWSKA,Joanna....... POL m 2395 6½ 9 6½ 2396 4.50 2.00
6 GOURLAY,Iain............. SCO f 2304 6½ 9 6½ 2218 5.58 0.92
7 GREET,Andrew............. ENG f 2389 6½ 8 6 2169 6.24 -0.24
8 HUNT,Adam................ ENG m 2434 6½ 9 6½ 2275 6.39 0.11
9 KIRIAKOV,Petr............ RUS g 2564 6½ 8 5½ 2387 5.84 -0.34
10 STOCEK,Jiri.............. CZE g 2586 6½ 9 6½ 2386 6.84 -0.34
11 TKACHIEV,Vladislav....... FRA g 2609 6½ 9 6½ 2469 6.21 0.29
12 WELLS,Peter.............. ENG g 2519 6½ 9 6½ 2260 7.38 -0.88
13 WILLIAMS,Simon K......... ENG m 2487 6½ 9 6½ 2334 6.30 0.20
14 BERRY,Neil............... SCO f 2260 6 9 6 2268 4.41 1.59
15 COX,John J............... ENG f 2311 6 9 6 2287 4.77 1.23
16 DEARING,Eddie............ SCO m 2408 6 8 6 2329 4.88 1.12
17 GREENFELD,Alon........... ISR g 2549 6 9 6 2418 6.12 -0.12
18 MARTYN,Rafe.............. ENG f 2281 6 8 5 2332 3.44 1.56
19 SOWRAY,Peter............. ENG f 2342 6 8 5½ 2235 5.20 0.30
20 ANSELL,Simon............. ENG m 2408 5½ 9 5½ 2201 6.93 -1.43
21 ASHTON,Adam.............. ENG 2299 5½ 9 5½ 2218 5.49 0.01
22 BATES,Richard............ ENG m 2377 5½ 9 5½ 2226 6.30 -0.80
23 CHERNIAEV,Alexander...... RUS g 2509 5½ 8 4½ 2369 5.52 -1.02
24 CHIPANGA,Takaedza........ ZIM 2189 5½ 6 3½ 2245 2.52 0.98
25 GILBERT,Jessie........... ENG wf 2149 5½ 5 2 2316 1.40 0.60
26 HINKS-EDWARDS,Thomas..... ENG f 2383 5½ 7 3½ 2343 3.92 -0.42
27 HOUSKA,Jovanka........... ENG wg 2325 5½ 7 4 2324 3.50 0.50
28 MASON,Don................ ENG 2255 5½ 9 5½ 2296 3.96 1.54
29 TALBOT,Andrew R.......... ENG 2179 5½ 5 2 2286 1.75 0.25
30 THERRIEN,Alex............ ENG 5½ 8 4½ 2379 -- 2392
31 WALTON,Alan J............ ENG c 2181 5½ 7 3½ 2344 1.96 1.54
32 ZUDE,Erik................ GER f 2399 5½ 9 5½ 2241 6.39 -0.89
33 ALI,G S.................. ENG 5 6 3 2090 2090
34 BENTLEY,John............. ENG 2216 5 8 4 2333 2.72 1.28
35 BUCKLEY,David............ ENG 2223 5 6 3 2210 3.12 -0.12
36 BURROWS,Martin........... ENG 2200 5 5 2½ 2128 3.00 -0.50
37 CHARLESHOUSE,Glenn....... ENG f 2251 5 8 4 2244 4.08 -0.08
38 CHUKWUKA,Allor........... NGR 2184 5 6 2 2129 3.48 -1.48
39 DIGNAM,Matthew........... IRL 2149 5 5 1 2368 1.10 -0.10
40 DOYLE,Richard............ ENG 5 4 1½ 2154 2067
41 FOWLER,Simon............. ENG 2116 5 7 3 2282 1.96 1.04
42 GUTHRIE,David W.......... NZL 2170 5 5 1½ 2287 1.70 -0.20
43 HAGESAETHER,Arne......... NOR 2178 5 5 2 2298 1.70 0.30
44 HUMPHREYS,Jerry.......... ENG 2100 5 5 1½ 2252 1.50 0.00
45 LAM,Paul G M............. ENG 2016 5 8 4 2258 1.60 2.40
46 LAPPAGE,Jonathan......... ENG 2173 5 5 1 2266 1.85 -0.85
47 LINDNER,Daniel........... GER f 2239 5 7 3½ 2246 3.43 0.07
48 LITTLEWOOD,Paul E........ ENG m 2368 5 8 5 2238 5.44 -0.44
49 MANSSON,James............ ENG 2093 5 5 1½ 2298 1.20 0.30
50 NELSON,Omowale........... JAM 2094 5 5 1½ 2177 1.95 -0.45
51 RAYNER,Francis........... WLS 2195 5 8 4 2207 3.84 0.16
52 ROSE,Kenneth T........... ENG 5 4 1½ 2168 2081
53 WALLACE,Paul............. IRL 2172 5 6 2 2329 1.74 0.26
54 WU,Li.................... ENG 2247 5 7 3½ 2206 3.92 -0.42
55 YOUNG,Craig.............. ENG 2102 5 4 1 2302 0.96 0.04
56 AMATO,Giampiero.......... ITA 2031 4½ 4 1 2221 1.00 0.00
57 BENNET,William........... ENG 2122 4½ 2 1 2207 0.76 0.24
58 BRISCOE,Christopher...... ENG 2169 4½ 4 1 2243 1.60 -0.60
59 BRITTON,Richard.......... ENG f 2309 4½ 6 1½ 2167 4.14 -2.64
60 COX,Tristan.............. ENG 2057 4½ 5 1 2200 1.55 -0.55
61 DAWSON,Alastair.......... SCO 4½ 5 ½ 2094 1728
62 DE COVERLY,Roger D....... ENG 2093 4½ 4 0 2244 1.20 -1.20
63 DUNN,Alan M.............. NZL 2056 4½ 6 1½ 2293 1.20 0.30
64 KARAYIANNIS,Costas....... ENG 2158 4½ 3 ½ 2296 0.93 -0.43
65 MILLER,Naomi K........... ENG w 1988 4½ 4 0 2185 1.00 -1.00
66 PAYNE,Nick............... ENG 2101 4½ 3 ½ 2272 0.81 -0.31
67 PURTON,Ben............... ENG 2085 4½ 5 2 2252 1.40 0.60
68 PYM,Thomas............... ENG 2050 4½ 5 ½ 2234 1.30 -0.80
69 SMITH,Lee................ ENG 4½ 4 ½ 2187 1865
70 STONE,Andrew M........... ENG 2254 4½ 8 4½ 2257 4.00 0.50
71 TAVOULLARIS,Nicholas..... GRE 2149 4½ 6 1½ 2355 1.44 0.06
72 VAN KEMENADE,Rudy........ ENG 2087 4½ 5 1 2247 1.45 -0.45
73 WINFRIDSSON,Ola.......... SWE 2080 4½ 6 2½ 2226 1.80 0.70
137 players
The 7th United Insurance & United Leasing Grandmasters Chess
Tournament takes place 4th-14th April 2005 in Dhaka. 11 round Swiss System.
Surya Shekhar Ganguly leads with 6/7.
Official site: http://www.bcs-online.org/
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1 Ganguly, Surya Shekhar g IND 2583 = 4 +19 +15 +11 = 2 + 9 + 5 . . . . 6.0 2732
2 Fominyh, Alexander g RUS 2505 +28 +23 + 8 +14 = 1 - 5 = 4 . . . . 5.0 2567
3 Iuldachev, Saidali g UZB 2537 =19 + 4 +13 +34 = 5 = 6 = 9 . . . . 5.0 2525
4 Syed Anwar, Shazuli IND 2305 = 1 - 3 +25 +16 +22 +11 = 2 . . . . 5.0 2617
5 Rahman, Ziaur g BAN 2538 +39 +26 =11 + 7 = 3 + 2 - 1 . . . . 5.0 2612
6 Hossain, Enamul m BAN 2453 =35 +43 =18 +20 +14 = 3 = 7 . . . . 5.0 2490
7 Satyapragyan, Swayangsu m IND 2401 +42 =34 +35 - 5 +31 +10 = 6 . . . . 5.0 2490
8 Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman m IND 2412 +40 +36 - 2 +18 - 9 +30 +14 . . . . 5.0 2494
9 Reefat, Bin-Sattar m BAN 2473 +30 +24 -14 +21 + 8 - 1 = 3 . . . . 4.5 2514
10 Safin, Shukhrat g UZB 2463 +31 -14 =20 +29 +13 - 7 +21 . . . . 4.5 2437
11 Abdulla, Al-Rakib m BAN 2462 +33 +29 = 5 - 1 +26 - 4 +20 . . . . 4.5 2485
12 Sriram, Jha m IND 2445 +38 =13 -34 +17 =30 =18 +29 . . . . 4.5 2367
13 Hasan, Mehdi BAN 2322 +44 =12 - 3 +36 -10 +35 +18 . . . . 4.5 2443
14 Prathamesh, Sunil Mokal m IND 2368 +32 +10 + 9 - 2 - 6 +24 - 8 . . . . 4.0 2456
15 Roktim, Bandyopadhyay m IND 2389 =25 +41 - 1 -30 =17 +33 +31 . . . . 4.0 2324
16 Murshed, Niaz g BAN 2487 =17 -35 +38 - 4 +36 =19 +30 . . . . 4.0 2305
17 Ram, S. Krishnan IND 2255 =16 -20 +44 -12 =15 +32 +39 . . . . 4.0 2376
18 Gunasekaran, K IND 2312 =41 +25 = 6 - 8 +27 =12 -13 . . . . 3.5 2312
19 Ramu, K IND 2291 = 3 - 1 =32 +37 =21 =16 =26 . . . . 3.5 2393
20 Islam, Kh. Aminul f BAN 2312 =43 +17 =10 - 6 +33 =22 -11 . . . . 3.5 2354
21 Akshayraj, Kore IND 2388 -34 +42 +33 - 9 =19 +28 -10 . . . . 3.5 2304
22 Pogorelov, Ruslan g UKR 2448 -36 +40 =29 +39 - 4 =20 =24 . . . . 3.5 2290
23 Saptarshi, Roy IND 2391 +27 - 2 =30 -31 =35 =38 +34 . . . . 3.5 2263
24 Lahiri, Atanu m IND 2355 +37 - 9 =36 =35 +34 -14 =22 . . . . 3.5 2302
25 Abdul, Maleq BAN 2191 =15 -18 - 4 =43 =37 +41 +36 . . . . 3.5 2248
26 Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi m IND 2397 +45 - 5 =39 +28 -11 =31 =19 . . . . 3.5 2329
27 Nikhilesh, Kumar K f IND 2199 -23 =28 =40 +45 -18 =39 +35 . . . . 3.5 2275
28 Singh, Rishipal S f IND 2271 - 2 =27 +43 -26 +45 -21 +38 . . . . 3.5 2297
29 Sangma, Rahul IND 2311 +46 -11 =22 -10 +44 +34 -12 . . . . 3.5 2319
30 Rahman, S. Manfuzur BAN 2247 - 9 +37 =23 +15 =12 - 8 -16 . . . . 3.0 2346
31 Chatterjee, Devraz BAN 2246 -10 =32 +41 +23 - 7 =26 -15 . . . . 3.0 2291
32 Mohammad, Javed BAN 2186 -14 =31 =19 -33 +43 -17 +37 . . . . 3.0 2198
33 Vinoth, Kumar IND 2238 -11 +46 -21 +32 -20 -15 +43 . . . . 3.0 2230
34 Haque, Rezaul f BAN 2188 +21 = 7 +12 - 3 -24 -29 -23 . . . . 2.5 2302
35 Abu Sufian, Sakil f BAN 2233 = 6 +16 - 7 =24 =23 -13 -27 . . . . 2.5 2270
36 Pg, Mohd Omar Ak Hirawan BRU 2230 +22 - 8 =24 -13 -16 +44 -25 . . . . 2.5 2238
37 Uten BAN 2177 -24 -30 +42 -19 =25 +40 -32 . . . . 2.5 2140
38 Suresh, Kumar T.J IND 2226 -12 =44 -16 +41 =39 =23 -28 . . . . 2.5 2215
39 Mohota, Nisha wg IND 2297 - 5 +45 =26 -22 =38 =27 -17 . . . . 2.5 2221
40 Ahmed, Mainuddin BAN 2222 - 8 -22 =27 -44 +42 -37 +46 . . . . 2.5 2136
41 Hasan Md, Emam BAN 2162 =18 -15 -31 -38 +46 -25 +45 . . . . 2.5 2130
42 Uddin, Saif BAN 2205 - 7 -21 -37 =46 -40 +45 +44 . . . . 2.5 2129
43 Chowdhury, Sohel BAN 2163 =20 - 6 -28 =25 -32 +46 -33 . . . . 2.0 2086
44 Hossain, Monir BAN 2170 -13 =38 -17 +40 -29 -36 -42 . . . . 1.5 2023
45 Islam, Aminul Polash BAN 2203 -26 -39 +46 -27 -28 -42 -41 . . . . 1.0 1918
46 Shamima, Akter Liza BAN 2061 -29 -33 -45 =42 -41 -43 -40 . . . . 0.5 1792
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The 7th Dubai Open Chess Championship (Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Al
Maktoum Cup) takes place 3rd-13th April 2005.
Official site: http://www.dubaichess.com/dubaiopen05/
Round 7 Standings:
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1 Kacheishvili Giorgi g GEO 2597 5.5 25.0 2776
2 Gagunashvili Merab g GEO 2547 5.5 23.5 2744
3 Anastasian Ashot g ARM 2574 5.5 23.0 2685
4 Zhang Zhong g CHN 2599 5.5 22.5 2719
5 Zhang Pengxiang g CHN 2583 5.5 21.5 2707
6 Neverov Valeriy g UKR 2566 5.0 22.0 2635
7 Motylev Alexander g RUS 2680 5.0 21.5 2621
8 Efimenko Zahar g UKR 2620 5.0 21.5 2653
Riazantsev Alexander g RUS 2608 5.0 21.5 2632
10 Gelashvili Tamaz g GEO 2577 5.0 21.5 2644
11 Iordachescu Viorel g MDA 2609 5.0 21.5 2666
12 Georgiev Kiril g BUL 2666 5.0 21.0 2670
Adly Ahmed g EGY 2484 5.0 21.0 2643
Wang Hao CHN 2484 5.0 21.0 2632
15 Miroshnichenko Evgenij g UKR 2628 5.0 21.0 2650
16 Guseinov Gadir g AZE 2573 5.0 20.5 2626
17 Wang Yue g CHN 2576 5.0 19.5 2556
18 Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2630 5.0 19.5 2611
19 Sargissian Gabriel g ARM 2630 5.0 19.0 2581
20 Al-Modiahki Mohamad g QAT 2569 5.0 19.0 2577
21 Aleksandrov Aleksej g BLR 2635 4.5 20.5 2596
22 Sturua Zurab g GEO 2530 4.5 20.5 2580
23 Mamedyarov Shakhriyar g AZE 2646 4.5 20.0 2608
24 Burmakin Vladimir g RUS 2552 4.5 20.0 2641
25 Kunte Abhijit g IND 2561 4.5 20.0 2600
26 Ibrahimov Rasul m AZE 2511 4.5 19.5 2623
27 Wang Rui m CHN 2457 4.5 19.5 2610
28 Kotsur Pavel g KAZ 2599 4.5 19.0 2517
29 Ghaem Maghami Ehsan g IRI 2633 4.5 19.0 2548
30 Koneru Humpy g IND 2508 4.5 19.0 2574
31 Solak Dragan g SCG 2582 4.5 18.5 2462
32 Ni Hua g CHN 2638 4.5 18.5 2560
33 Fedorchuk Sergey A g UKR 2577 4.5 18.5 2484
34 Navara David g CZE 2647 4.5 18.0 2548
35 Gupta Abhijeet f IND 2361 4.5 18.0 2517
36 Sundararajan Kidambi m IND 2491 4.5 18.0 2510
37 Vladimirov Evgeny g KAZ 2623 4.5 17.5 2497
38 Gonzales Jayson m PHI 2474 4.5 17.5 2562
39 Kayumov Sergey m UZB 2400 4.5 17.0 2499
40 Xu Yuhua wg CHN 2478 4.5 17.0 2532
41 Areshchenko Alexander g UKR 2595 4.5 16.5 2444
Al Sayed Mohamad N m QAT 2476 4.5 16.5 2458
150 players
Eynatten1, Rochade Eupen and Liège qualified for EU Cup Temse 1
and Leuven relegated in division 2. Final division one game plus games from
Divisions 2 and 3 in the games section. News Steve Laios.
Final Standings after round 11.
Teams Pts M.P
1. SK47.Eynatten 1 : 69.0 11 * (*qualified)
2. Rochade Eupen : 54.0 6.5 * ( *for )
3. CRE Liège EL : 49.5 8 * ( *EU Cup )
4. SK47 Eynatten 2 : 48.5 7
5. Boey Temse 2 : 47.0 7.5
6. K Brugge SK : 43.0 5.5
7. K Gent SRL : 39.5 6
8. Borgerhout : 38.0 3.5
9. CRE Charleroi : 38.0 3
10. Jean Jaurès : 36.5 5
11. Boey Temse 1 : 35.5 2.5 (relegated)
12. LV Leuven : 26.5 0.5 (relegated)
Winners of the Divisions 2 : the competition start 10.10.2004
Division 2A : Deurne
Division 2B : Ludisan
The Belgrade Team Cup took place in Belgrade 5th-9th April, 2005. A 5
round Swiss Team competition with 16 teams. Matches were played on 4 boards.
"Radnicki JAT" (GM Rajkovic, GM Raicevic, M Vlahovic, IM Karaklajic, FM
Vucinic, FM Nikolic, Lundin, FM Spasojevic) won the Cup. The 1st and 2nd placed
teams qualified for the Serbia and Montenegro Cup which will held in May 2005.
News: Vladica Andrejic.
Websites: Belgrade Chess Association (http://www.beochess.org.yu) SCG Chess
Federation (http://www.scgchess.org)
# Team M.P. B.P.
1. Radnicki JAT 9 - 13.5
2. Planum Turs 8 - 14
3. Postanska Stedionica 7 - 11.5
4. Bratsvo i Jedinstvo 7 - 10.5
5. Beogradski Vodovod 6 - 12
6. Beograd Sigurnost 6 - 10.5
7. MZ Cirilo i Metodije 6 - 9
... (16 Teams)
The French Team championship "TOP 16" consisits of two groups. There
will be a final played amongst the winners later in the year. 2 groups GpA in
Noyon (North of France) and GpB Cannes (South of France) played rounds 4-7 31st
March - 3rd April 2005. Players included: Grischuk, Adams, Bacrot and Svidler.
My thanks to Gérard Demuydt. A couple of corrections to the Group A
games. Yannick Pelletier gives his game against Nevednichy in full and Pelle
Larsen points out the Peter Heine Nielsen won in round 7 not drew as given last
week in the games section.
Coverage: http://www.echecs.asso.fr -
http://www.europe-echecs.com/ and
http://www.noyon-echecs.com
German Grand Master Daniel Fridman, with a 2569 FIDE Rating, became the
winner of the sixth edition of the Internet Chess Tournament "Ciudad de Dos
Hermanas", which was held March 11th-27th on the Internet Chess Club (ICC).
Fridman is a regular player in this tournament: last year he also qualified
first although tied with GM Jan Gustafsson. On other occasions, he has always
qualified for the finals, and therefore he is a specialist in this type of
Internet quick game event. News: Michael Rahal. Games now available.
Complete results and games at the Dos Hermanas website:
http://www.doshermanas.net
Dos Hermanas Internet KO 2005
Knockout Results
Final
-----
Fridman,D2 3.5
Bu Xiangzhi 2.5
Semifinal
---------
Smeets,J 0.5
Fridman,D2 2.5
Bu Xiangzhi 3.0
Volkov,S1 0.0
Quarterfinal
------------
Smeets,J 2.5
Sakaev,K 0.5
Milanovic,Da 0.5
Fridman,D2 2.5
Bu Xiangzhi 2.5
Sasikiran,K 0.5
Volkov,S1 1.5
Zhao Xue 0.5
Round 2
-------
Smeets,J 2.5
Bocharov,D 1.5
Agamaliev,G 0.0
Sakaev,K 3.0
Milanovic,Da 2.5
Petrosian,TL 0.5
Fridman,D2 2.5
Nakamura,H 0.5
Guseinov,G 1.0
Bu Xiangzhi 3.0
Nogueiras,J 0.5
Sasikiran,K 2.5
Savchenko,B 1.0
Volkov,S1 3.0
Zhao Xue 2.5
Harikrishna,P 0.5
Round 1
-------
Smeets,J 2.5
Shipov,S 0.5
Wang Rui 1.0
Bocharov,D 3.0
Agamaliev,G 2.5
Godena,M 1.5
Laxman,R 0.5
Sakaev,K 2.5
Milanovic,Da 3.0
Ni Hua 2.0
Mista,A 0.5
Petrosian,TL 2.5
Mamedov,Rau 1.0
Fridman,D2 3.0
Lie,K 2.0
Guseinov,G 3.0
Panarin,M 0.0
Bu Xiangzhi 3.0
Todorovic,GM 2.0
Nogueiras,J 3.0
Feletar,D 1.0
Sasikiran,K 3.0
Savchenko,B 3.0
Cheparinov,I 0.0
Sundararajan,K 1.5
Volkov,S1 2.5
Zhao Xue 3.0
Zhang Pengxiang 1.0
Stryjecki,M 2.0
Harikrishna,P 3.0
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5th "Grand Prix d'Echecs de Bordeaux"
The 5th "Grand Prix d'Echecs de Bordeaux" takes place 28th April - 1st
May with Anatoly Karpov, Laurent Fressinet + 6 qualified players from a
qualifying tournament which takes place on 24th April (contact the organisers
at http://www.grandprixdebordeaux.com
about the qualifier).
The Show Tournament based on the same model as the Grand Prix d'Echecs
d'Aix en Provence. With the games demonstrated on a large screen in the
auditorium with new board technology. They're hoping for a big crowd and you
can book tickets on the official site.
Previous winners: 2000 Michael Adams 1999 Peter Leko 1998 Alexeï
Shirov 1997 Glenn Flear
The event was stopped for 5 years because of complex circumstances from
which the ending of the internet Start Up CanalWeb Company who sponsored the
2000 event.
Official Site: http://www.grandprixdebordeaux.com
2nd Porto Carras International Open
The 2nd Porto Carras International Open takes place 22nd-28th April
2005, 9 rounds swiss system and time control 90 minutes plus 30 seconds
increment per move. Total prizes: 6.500 EURO. Players will include: Korneev
Oleg GM 2611 RUS, Mikhalevski Victor GM 2572 ISR, Miezis Normunds, GM 2564 LAT,
Participants link:
http://www.chess.gr/tourn/2005/GamesFestival05/open_participants.html
Live games will be broadcasted by http://www.chess.gr/
At the same time, the 1st World School Championship for school chess
champions in categories Under 8, 10, 12, 14, and 16, will be held between 21st
- 29th of 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".
Both events are part of Games Festival, a mass international event
which is organized for the first time in Greece and takes place 21st-29th April
2005.
Games Festival, besides chess, includes a series of tournaments and
competitions of the most prestigious sports such as tennis, golf, billiards,
bridge, 5x5 football, and of the most popular table games, like scrabble, play
house, etc as well.
For more information visit the official website:
http://www.gamesfestival.com or
contact info@gamesfestival.com and GrivasEfs@netonline.gr
Gausdal Classics
The Gausdal Classics take place in Norway, 13th - 21st April 2005. The
pairings of GM-group A are out. The highlight of the first round will be GM
Sergei Tiviakov playing white against Magnus Carlsen. All games from the top
group will be broadcast live.
Official site: http://home.online.no/~eirikgu/gausdal2005/
Canadian Open
The Canadian Open takes place July 9th-17th 2005.
GMs Vassily Ivanchuk, Alexander Morozevich and Alexei Shirov have
confirmed their participation, as well as Alex Shabalov and some Canadian
Grandmasters. Morozevich will give a simul, and Shirov will give a lecture
during the event.
The official website is:
http://www.edmontonchess.org/CdnOpen2005/
6th European Individual Chess Championship
The Warsaw Foundation for Chess Development and Sports Club Polonia
Warsaw organise the 6th European Individual Chess Championship to be held from
June 17th - July 3rd 2005, in Warsaw - Zegrze Poludniowe.
Official site: http://www.warsawchess.pl
Bosna 2005
The "Bosna 2005" will be held in Sarajevo, May 18th-28th 2005. Details
as to the composition of the event are as yet undecided.
13th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament
For the third year in a row, the Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament is
co-arranged by the Malmo-based Limhamn Chess Club and the Copenhagen Chess
Federation. The first five rounds will be played at the classical Hipp Theater
in the center of Malmo, and the tournament will be concluded with four rounds
in Copenhagen (at Quality Hotel in Hoje Taastrup).
Players: Hikaru Nakamura, Curt Hansen, Krishnan Sasikiran, Jan Timman,
Kaido Kulaots, Davor Palo, Tiger Hillarp-Persson, Jonny Hector, Sune
Berg-Hansen and Emil Hermanssont.
Program: Round 1 April 15 14.00-21.00 (Malmø) Round 2 April 16
14.00-21.00 (Malmø) Round 3 April 17 14.00-21.00 (Malmø) Round 4
April 18 14.00-21.00 (Malmø) Round 5 April 19 14.00-21.00 (Malmø)
Round 6 April 21 14.00-21.00 (Høje Taastrup) Round 7 April 22
14.00-21.00 (Høje Taastrup) Round 8 April 23 14.00-21.00 (Høje
Taastrup) Round 9 April 24 14.00-21.00 (Høje Taastrup)
Official site: http://www.ksu.dk/sigeman/
Chess Classic Mainz
The Chess Classic Mainz takes place August 9th-14th 2005.
For the first time the event will last six days. The extension of the
event is a tribute to Wolfgang Unzicker. The Grandmaster from Munich will turn
80 on June 26 and will be honoured with a Gala-Tournament from August 9 to 10.
From August 11 to 14, two additional events will be at the center of attention
in the Rheingoldhalle: the Gerling Match for the world championship in Chess960
and especially the GrenkeLeasing Match, in which Viswanathan Anand will defend
his title as the best rapid chess player in the world. His final opponent has
yet to be decided by organiser Hans-Walter Schmitt. There will be the Ordix
Open and various events and simuls alongside.
The Unzicker Gala 80" on August 9 and 10 sees legendary players will
get together. In addition to Wolfgang Unzicker, who was probably the
world’s strongest amateur player in the fifties, Victor Korchnoi and Boris
Spassky will participate.
Official site: http://www.chesstigers.de/
Queenstown Chess Classic 2006
The Queenstown Chess Classic 2006 takes place on the South Island of
New Zealand January 15th-24th 2006 followed by the NZ Rapid and Blitz
Championship on Jan 25th & 26th. This event is being sponsored by NZ GM
Murray Chandler and promises to be NZ's largest ever Open International event.
The total prize fund is in excess of NZD $35,000. It is endorsed by the NZ
Chess Federation and will incorporate the NZ Championship. Entries so far
include GM's Chandler, Rogers and Hecht.
Further information: http://www.queenstownchess.com
Galati Chess Open
The Galati Chess Open, the first of the Romanian Chess Grand Prix, will
start on April 16th. The amount of prizes is 5000 Euro, first prize is 1300
Euro. Contact: Mircea Dumitriu
Tel: +40 788 239 963 E-mail: mirceadumitriu@zappmobile.ro
Further info: http://www.chess-romania.ro
Mtel Masters
"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
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
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/
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
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
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
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
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/
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
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 May 2005 - August 2005
1. 7th-19th of May, FS GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, org.: NL
2. 20th-28th of May, ZALAKAROS Open, 9 rounds Swiss, (250 km West from
Budapest), org: IM Horvath, Tamas, phone: +(36)-20-9777003
3. 21st-31st of May, ELEKES Memorial, GM-IM closed, Budapest, org.IM
Zsinka, phone: +(36)-20-921-91-97
4. 4th-16th of June, FS GM-IM-FM, Budapest, Org: NL
5. 18th-26th of June, BALATONLELLE Open + GM-IM closed, 120 km West
from Budapest, organizer: IM Rigo, e-mail: me-ri@axelero.hu
6. 2nd-14th of July, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest, org. NL.
7. 23rd- 31st of July, Agria Open /EGER, 100 km North-East from
Budapest/, organizer: Rauch Ferenc, e-mail: rauch@freemail.hu
8. 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
