THE WEEK IN CHESS 548 9th May 2005 by Mark Crowther
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40th Capablanca Memorial 46 games
Polish Championship 21 games
Bremen win the Bundesliga 8 games
4NCL 136 games
Armenian Championship 36 games
Presidents Cup 16 games
Czech Team Extraleague 528 games
Heroes Day Cup 57 games
Djakovo Open 168 games
10th Father Ivan Cvitanovic Memorial 40 games
First Saturday May 12 games
10th Stuttgart Championship 60 games
3rd Annual Red River Shootout 41 games
1169 games
My thanks to Irina Yakovich, Vesislava Tancheva, Gaguik Oganessian, Luiz
Roberto Da Costa Jr, Stefan Loeffler, Ilgar Badjarani, Miklos Orso, Mirjana
Medic, Axel Fritz, Frank Berry, Jakub Fuksik, ZF, Olivier Breisacher, Arthur
Brameld, Alex Brunetti, Sami Hämäläinen, John Robinson, Thomas
Ducret, Nick Barnett, Allan Herbert, Massimo Megale, Thomas Henrich and
everyone else who helped with the issue.
The 40th Capablanca Memorial is underway with Vassily Ivanchuk as the
leading player. There have been some fantastic editions of this event with many
World Champions competing in the 1950s and 1960s. The event isn't quite as
important now but they still get interesting fields and this year its up to
Category 15. Bremen rather surprisingly took the German League title in spite
of being outrated in their playoff match against Porz. This week the Mtel
Masters starts. The event takes place 12th-22nd May 2005 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
There is a strong field with Anand, Topalov, Kramnik, Ponomariov, Adams and
Polgar competing.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The 40th Capablanca Memorial takes place 5th-20th May, 2005. Vassily
Ivanchuk will arrive in Havana on Tuesday 3rd May in order to participate in
the event. Other players include: Jobava (Georgia) and Ccuban grandmasters
Bruzon, Dominguez, Delgado, Nogueiras and Arencibia.
Official site: http://www.inder.co.cu/capablanca/
Round 1 (May 6, 2005)
Delgado, Neuris - Nogueiras, Jesus 1-0 43 C06 French Tarrasch
Dominguez, Lenier - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 45 B36 Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Jobava, Baadur - Arencibia, Walter 1-0 35 A42 Modern Defence
Round 2 (May 7, 2005)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Jobava, Baadur 1-0 25 A45 Trompowsky
Bruzon, Lazaro - Dominguez, Lenier 1/2 47 C24 Bishop's Opening
Arencibia, Walter - Delgado, Neuris 1/2 41 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Capablanca Mem Elite Havana CUB (CUB), 6-19 v 2005 cat. XV (2619)
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1 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2739 ** .. =. 1. .. .. .. 1.5 / 2 2840
2 Delgado, Neuris g CUB 2567 .. ** .. .. .. =. 1. 1.5 / 2 2724
3 Dominguez, Lenier g CUB 2658 =. .. ** .. =. .. .. 1.0 / 2 2704
4 Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2637 0. .. .. ** .. 1. .. 1.0 / 2 2634
5 Bruzon, Lazaro g CUB 2669 .. .. =. .. ** .. .. 0.5 / 1 2658
6 Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2530 .. =. .. 0. .. ** .. 0.5 / 2 2409
7 Nogueiras, Jesus g CUB 2533 .. 0. .. .. .. .. ** 0.0 / 1
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Capablanca Mem Premier 1 Havana CUB (CUB), 6-19 v 2005 cat. VIII (2448)
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1. Flores, Diego m ARG 2491 * . . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . 2.0
2. Gonzalez, Yuri m CUB 2482 . * . . . . . 1 . . . . = . 1.5 2677
3. Mosquera, Miguel m COL 2434 . . * . 1 . . . . . . = . . 1.5 2604
4. Perez, Rodney m CUB 2437 . . . * . . . . . . = 1 . . 1.5 2593
5. Zambrana, Oswaldo m BOL 2472 . . 0 . * . . . . 1 . . . . 1.0 2443
6. Perez, Luis Manuel m CUB 2420 0 . . . . * . . 1 . . . . . 1.0 2465
7. Ortega, Mariano f CUB 2411 0 . . . . . * . . . . . 1 . 1.0 2499
8. De la Paz, Frank g CUB 2461 . 0 . . . . . * . . 1 . . . 1.0 2465
9. Abreu, Aryam m CUB 2440 . . . . . 0 . . * . . . . 1 1.0 2444
10. Soppe, Guillermo m ARG 2453 . . . . 0 . . . . * . . . 1 1.0 2470
11. Fernandez Romero, Ernesto m ESP 2449 . . . = . . . 0 . . * . . . 0.5 2256
12. Garcia Martinez, Silvino g CUB 2351 . . = 0 . . . . . . . * . . 0.5 2242
13. Vera, Reynaldo g CUB 2507 . = . . . . 0 . . . . . * . 0.5 2253
14. Kallio, Heikki g FIN 2469 . . . . . . . . 0 0 . . . * 0.0
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Capablanca Mem Premier 2 Havana CUB (CUB), 6-19 v 2005 cat. VIII (2447)
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1. Corrales, Fidel f CUB 2501 * . . . . . . . . . . 1 . 1 2.0
2. Giaccio, Alfredo m ARG 2478 . * . . . = . . 1 . . . . . 1.5 2643
3. Colovic, Aleksandar m MKD 2418 . . * . . . . 1 . . = . . . 1.5 2619
4. Almeida, Omar m CUB 2452 . . . * . . . . . . 1 = . . 1.5 2598
5. Prasca, Raphael m VEN 2442 . . . . * . . . . ? . . 1 . 1.0
6. Gongora, Maikel m CUB 2454 . = . . . * = . . . . . . . 1.0 2422
7. Hernandez, Roman g CUB 2367 . . . . . = * . . = . . . . 1.0 2469
8. Fernandez Garcia, Jose Luis g ESP 2468 . . 0 . . . . * . . . . 1 . 1.0 2428
9. Hernandez, Holden m CUB 2446 . 0 . . . . . . * . . . . 1 1.0 2490
10. Borges Mateos, Juan g CUB 2484 . . . . ? . = . . * . . . . 0.5 2367
11. Estremera Panos, Sergio m ESP 2385 . . = 0 . . . . . . * . . . 0.5 2242
12. Schilow, Wladimir GER 2425 0 . . = . . . . . . . * . . 0.5 2283
13. Perez, Orelvis CUB 2439 . . . . 0 . . 0 . . . . * . 0.0
14. Quezada, Yuniesky m CUB 2502 0 . . . . . . . 0 . . . . * 0.0
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Capablanca Mem Mixto Havana CUB (CUB), 6-19 v 2005 cat. III (2313)
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1. Frois, Antonio m POR 2356 * . . . . 1 . 1 . . . . 2.0
2. Leon Hoyos, Manuel f MEX 2376 . * . . . . . . . 1 . 1 2.0
3. Pazos Gambarrotti, Plinio m ECU 2421 . . * . . . . . . . 1 1 2.0
4. Arribas, Maritza wg CUB 2280 . . . * = . . . . 1 . . 1.5 2471
5. Pina, Sulennis wg CUB 2330 . . . = * . . . 1 . . . 1.5 2527
6. Ramon, Vivian wg CUB 2198 0 . . . . * 1 . . . . . 1.0 2304
7. Ordaz Valdes, Lisandra wm CUB 2252 . . . . . 0 * . . . 1 . 1.0 2244
8. Iturrizaga, Eduardo m VEN 2225 0 . . . . . . * ? . . . 0.0
9. Mascaro March, Pedro f ESP 2389 . . . . 0 . . ? * . . . 0.0
10. Hernandez, Tania wm CUB 2227 . 0 . 0 . . . . . * . . 0.0
11. Marrero, Yaniet wm CUB 2291 . . 0 . . . 0 . . . * . 0.0
12. Perez, Angel f CUB 2406 . 0 0 . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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The Polish Chess Championships took place 21st April - 4th May 2005. IM
Radoslaw Wojtaszek was the surprise winner of the event with 9.5/13.
Official site: http://www.impm2005.prv.pl/
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62nd ch-POL Poznan POL (POL), 21 iv-4 v 2005 cat. XII (2526)
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1. Wojtaszek, Radoslaw m POL 2569 * 1 = = = 1 = = = 1 1 1 = 1 9.5 2698
2. Socko, Bartosz g POL 2583 0 * = = 1 1 1 1 0 = = 1 1 1 9.0 2663
3. Kempinski, Robert g POL 2627 = = * = 1 = = = = 1 = = 1 1 8.5 2628
4. Bobras, Piotr m POL 2501 = = = * = = = = = = = = 1 1 7.5 2585
5. Markowski, Tomasz g POL 2560 = 0 0 = * = 1 = 1 = 1 = = 1 7.5 2580
6. Miton, Kamil g POL 2592 0 0 = = = * = 1 = 0 1 1 1 1 7.5 2578
7. Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2613 = 0 = = 0 = * = 1 1 = 1 = = 7.0 2548
8. Grabarczyk, Miroslaw g POL 2487 = 0 = = = 0 = * 1 = = = 1 = 6.5 2529
9. Jaracz, Pawel g POL 2530 = 1 = = 0 = 0 0 * = = = = 1 6.0 2497
10. Czarnota, Pawel m POL 2478 0 = 0 = = 1 0 = = * = = 1 0 5.5 2473
11. Moranda, Wojciech f POL 2452 0 = = = 0 0 = = = = * = 0 1 5.0 2445
12. Urban, Klaudiusz m POL 2497 0 0 = = = 0 0 = = = = * = = 4.5 2418
13. Warakomski, Tomasz f POL 2384 = 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 1 = * = 4.0 2396
14. Szelag, Marcin m POL 2497 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 1 0 = = * 3.0 2317
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Porz and Werder Bremen played off for the title on Sunday May 8th 2005
after they finished level and Bremen won the title for the first time winning
the match 4.5-3.5.
Stefan Loeffler reports: Werder Bremen has crowned a sensational season
in Bundesliga with a 4,5:3,5 victory over last year´s champion SG Porz.
It was a tie-break match after the regular 15 games had ended in a dead race
for first place. The tie-break was played in the VIP lounge of the Werder
Bremen football stadion. In spite of lagging by 60 rating points on average on
each of the eight boards Werder claimed the match by two wins (Tomy Nyback and
Zahar Efimenko) against only one win for Porz (Ivan Sokolov). A factor may have
been youth: While Porz sported a team of roughly 40 years on average,
Werder´s average age is below 30.
Official site: http://www.schachbundesliga.de - Live
coverage on 8th May 2005 at 12:00 GMT+1
Lutz, Christopher POR - BRE McShane, Luke J 1/2 60 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Hracek, Zbynek BRE - POR Van Wely, Loek 1/2 24 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Sokolov, Ivan POR - BRE Pelletier, Yannick 1-0 33 D35 QGD Exchange
Efimenko, Zahar BRE - POR Vaganian, Rafael A 1-0 48 C10 French Rubinstein
Beliavsky, Alexander G POR - BRE Babula, Vlastimil 1/2 67 E42 Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Nyback, Tomi BRE - POR Graf, Alexander 1-0 38 D63 Queens Gambit Main Line with 7.Rc1
Gurevich, Mikhail POR - BRE Fish, Gennadij 1/2 31 B36 Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Schandorff, Lars BRE - POR Van den Doel, Erik 1/2 25 E15 Queens Indian
The final 3 rounds of the 4NCL were played over the May Bank Holiday
weekend, 30th April to 2nd May, at the West Bromwich Moat House. Play will
start at 14.00 on Saturday, 13.00 on Sunday and 11.00 on Monday. The final
round was the decisive one between Wood Green 1 and Guildford-ADC 1 both on
100%. Wood Green become champions on tie-break after tieing 4-4 with rivals
Guilford-ADC1.
Five norms were achieved: David Howell, with draws against grandmasters
Ian Rogers and Jon Speelman, gained his first GM Norm. And - there were IM
Norms for Lawrence Trent (his third); Anthony Corkett, John Cox and Stephen
Gordon.
Games now available. My thanks to Arthur Brameld.
Coverage: http://www.bcfservices.org.uk/4ncl/
Official site: http://www.4ncl.co.uk/
Final Round Decisive Match
Wood Green 1 Guilford-ADC1
1 w Adams, Michael g 2737 ½-½ Svidler, Peter g 2725
2 b Shirov, Alexei g 2714 ½-½ Efimenko, Zahar g 2620
3 w Bologan, Victor g 2700 1-0 Lautier, Joel g 2678
4 b Sokolov, Ivan g 2662 0-1 Sutovsky, Emil g 2665
5 w Neilsen, Peter Heine g 2653 ½-½ Rowson, Jonathan g 2572
6 b McShane, Luke g 2620 ½-½ Hebden, Mark L g 2514
7 w Gormalley, Daniel W m 2532 ½-½ Charbonneau, Pascal m 2495
8 b Cramling, Pia wg 2499 ½-½ Krush, Irina m(w) 2455
2640 4-4 2591
The Armenian Championship takes place April 29 - May 12, 2005, in
Yerevan. Karen Asrian leads with 6.5/9 points half a point clear of Gabriel
Sargissian.
Official site: http://www.armchess.am
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ch-ARM Yerevan ARM (ARM), 29 iv-10 v 2005 cat. XI (2521)
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1. Asrian, Karen g ARM 2611 * = = 1 1 1 . 1 = . = = 6.5 2682
2. Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2630 = * 0 = . 0 1 1 . 1 1 1 6.0 2633
3. Anastasian, Ashot g ARM 2574 = 1 * 0 = . . = 1 = 1 = 5.5 2617
4. Nalbandian, Tigran g ARM 2508 0 = 1 * 0 . 1 1 0 1 = . 5.0 2585
5. Minasian, Artashes g ARM 2597 0 . = 1 * = 0 = = 1 . 1 5.0 2544
6. Galstian, Beniamin ARM 2448 0 1 . . = * = 0 0 1 1 1 5.0 2567
7. Babujian, Levon ARM 2386 . 0 . 0 1 = * 0 1 = 1 1 5.0 2562
8. Yegiazarian, Arsen g ARM 2534 0 0 = 0 = 1 1 * . . = 1 4.5 2518
9. Kotanjian, Tigran m ARM 2443 = . 0 1 = 1 0 . * 0 0 1 4.0 2472
10. Petrosian, Tigran L g ARM 2599 . 0 = 0 0 0 = . 1 * 1 1 4.0 2457
11. Minasian, Ara g ARM 2510 = 0 0 = . 0 0 = 1 0 * . 2.5 2359
12. Chibukhchian, Artur m ARM 2406 = 0 = . 0 0 0 0 0 0 . * 1.0 2184
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The Presidents Cup tournament took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, 1st-8th
May 2005. The Knockout event had a Time control - a) 25 minut+30 sec b)
tie-break -step1 -5 minut+3 sec c) tie break -step2 -5min for white vs 4 minut
for black, but draw is lows for white. Teimour Radjabov beat Shakhriyar
Mamedyarov after a playoff. Only some of the games are available. News: Ilgar
Badjarani.
Official site: http://www.chessclub.az (russian only)
Information http://www.ulvichess.frombaku.com
(english and russian)
1 Round
1 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2673 - Khudaverdieva, Afag AZE 2187 2-0
2 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2646 - Mamedjarova, Turkan wm AZE 2221 1.5-0.5
3 Guseinov, Gadir g AZE 2573 - Shukurova, Meihriban wm AZE 2229 2-0
4 Ibrahimov, Rasul m AZE 2514 - Badalov, Samir AZE 2271 1-1 ( 2-0)
5 Agamaliev, Djamil g AZE 2512 - Pavlenko, Oleg f AZE 2279 2-0
6 Mamedov, Rauf g AZE 2511 - Mamedjarova, Zeinab wg AZE 2286 1.5-0.5
7 Guliev, Sarhan g AZE 2481 - Velikhanli, Firuza wg AZE 2303 1.5-0.5
8 Maharramzade, Javad m AZE 2473 - Kadimova, Ilaha wg AZE 2311 2-0
9 Mamedov, Nidjat m AZE 2463 - Aleskerov, Faik AZE 2319 1-1 (1-1) (1-0)
10 Bagirov, Rufat g AZE 2461 - Abdulov, Orkhan AZE 2322 1.5-0.5
11 Abbasov, Farid m AZE 2451 - Badjarani, Ilgar m AZE 2322 1.5-0.5
12 Babaev, Rashad m AZE 2449 - Bayramov, Vugar AZE 2324 1-1 (1-1) (1-0)
13 Allahverdiev, Anar m AZE 2441 - Safarli, Eltaj f AZE 2328 1.5-0.5
14 Zulfugarli, Magomed m AZE 2428 - Guseynov, Elmir AZE 2391 1-1 ( 0 -2)
15 Sideif-Sade, Fikret I m AZE 2411 - Gasimov, Ragim m AZE 2392 0.5 -1.5
16 Dovliatov, Sanan m AZE 2405 - Guliev, Logman m AZE 2401 0.5 -1.5
2 Round
1 Radjabov, T - Gasimov, R 1.5-0.5
2 Guliev, Logman - Mamedyarov, Sh 0.5-1.5
3 Babaev, R - Agamaliev, Dj 1-1 (1-1) (1-0)
4 Guseinov, G - Guseinov, E 1.5-0.5
5 Bagirov, R - Maharramzade, J 1-1(2-0)
6 Abbasov, F - Ibrahimov, R 0.5-1.5
7 Mamedov, R - Allahverdiev, A 0-2
8 Guliev, S - Mamedov, N 0-2
3 Round
1 Radjabov, T - Mamedov, N 1.5-0.5
2 Mamedyarov, Sh - Bagirov, R 2-0
3 Guseinov, G - Babaev, R 2-0
4 Ibrahimov, R - Allahverdiev, A 1-1( 1-1)(0-1)
4 Round
Semifinal
1 Radjabov, T - Allahverdiev, A 2.5-0.5
2 Mamedyarov, Sh - Guseinov, G 2.5-1.5
For 5-8 place
1 Mamedov, N - Ibrahimov, R 0.5-2.5
2 Babaev, R - Bagirov, R 2-2 (2-0)
5 Round
Final
Radjabov, T - Mamedyarov, Sh 2-2 ( 2-0)
For 3-4 place
Guseinov, G - Allahverdiev, A 2.5-1.5
For 5-6 place
Ibrahimov, R - Babaev, R 2.5-1.5
For 7-8 place
Mamedov, N - Bagirov, R 2.5-1.5
The Czech Team Extraleague 2004/05 took place 6th November 2004 - 17th
April 2005.
The team champions were Bauset Pardubice (GM Movsesian, GM Stohl, IM
Laznicka, GM Kovalev, Hagara, IM Bernasek, Stehno, IM Sikora-Lerch, IM Pisk, IM
Prandstetter, Petr, WGM Movsesjanova, Pacovsky, Bernard, FM Hlavnicka, Posta).
Relegated were - Sokol Kolin-ABNER Praha, Slavoj Ostrava-Poruba. News: Jakub
Fuksik.
Further details: http://extraliga.chess.cz and
http://www.chess.cz
Final table:
1 Bauset Pardubice 11 9 2 0 20 55,0
2 SK Mahrla Praha 11 9 1 1 19 57,5
3 Lokomotiva Brno-Slezan 11 7 1 3 15 58,5
4 Sokol Plzen I. - INGEM 11 7 1 3 15 48,0
5 SK Sokol Vysehrad-VISUS 11 5 1 5 11 45,0
6 SK SK Trinom Zlin 11 4 2 5 10 40,0
7 Sportclub A64 Proclient Grygov 11 4 1 6 9 40,0
8 TZ Trinec 11 3 3 5 9 38,5
9 TJ ZIKUDA Turnov 11 4 1 6 9 37,5
10 IPM Color Ostrava 11 3 2 6 8 43,0
11 Sokol Kolin-ABNER Praha 11 3 1 7 7 38,5
12 Slavoj Ostrava-Poruba 11 0 0 11 0 26,5
Best performances (individual)
Rank Name Rtg Team Rp Pts. Games Bo.
1 GM Movsesian Sergei 2629 Bauset Pardubice 2741 8,5 11 1
2 GM Socko Bartosz 2570 Lokomotiva Brno-Slezan 2718 6,5 8 3
3 GM Blatny Pavel 2454 Lokomotiva Brno-Slezan 2715 7,5 9 4
4 GM Babula Vlastimil 2571 Sportclub A64 Proclient Grygov 2671 5,5 8 1
5 GM Smirin Ilia 2673 SK Mahrla Praha 2669 4,0 6 1
6 GM Navara David 2620 SK Mahrla Praha 2664 8,0 11 2
7 GM Hracek Zbynek 2595 Lokomotiva Brno-Slezan 2661 6,5 9 1
8 GM Jakubiec Artur 2565 IPM Color Ostrava 2650 4,5 7 1
9 IM Bernasek Jan 2384 Bauset Pardubice 2647 9,0 11 5
10 GM Ftacnik Lubomir 2533 SK Mahrla Praha 2581 5,5 8 3
11 GM Oral Tomas 2565 Lokomotiva Brno-Slezan 2574 5,5 9 2
12 GM Kovalev Andrei 2575 Bauset Pardubice 2556 7,0 10 3
13 GM Volosin Leonid 2479 SK Sokol Vysehrad-VISUS 2547 6,5 11 2
14 GM Haba Petr 2520 SK SK Trinom Zlin 2541 5,5 11 1
15 IM Matlak Marek 2470 Lokomotiva Brno-Slezan 2539 5,0 7 5
16 IM Laznicka Viktor 2478 Bauset Pardubice 2523 5,0 9 3
17 IM Biolek Richard 2451 Sportclub A64 Proclient Grygov 2522 5,5 9 3
18 GM Jansa Vlastimil 2507 SK Mahrla Praha 2520 5,5 9 3
19 GM Stohl Igor 2561 Bauset Pardubice 2519 3,5 7 2
20 IM Antoniewski Rafal 2480 Lokomotiva Brno-Slezan 2515 8,0 11 6
The Heroes Day Cup took place in Bridgetown, Barbados, April 28-May2,
2005. The Masters (Category IV and the strongest ever in Barbados) was won by
Martin Neubauer and the Candidates by Terry Farley. News: Allan Herbert.
Official site: http://www.barbados.org/chess
Heroes Day Masters Bridgetown BAR (BAR), 28 iv-2 v 2005cat. IV (2341)
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1 Neubauer, Martin m AUT 2457 ** == == =1 11 11 7.5 2510
2 Denny, Kevin m BAR 2332 == ** == =1 11 =1 7.0 2491
3 Pecorelli Garcia, Humberto m CUB 2387 == == ** =1 1= =1 6.5 2441
4 Fierro Baquero, Martha L m ECU 2353 =0 =0 =0 ** 11 =1 5.0 2338
5 Corbin, Philip f BAR 2261 00 00 0= 00 ** 11 2.5 2163
6 Warner, Delisle f BAR 2255 00 =0 =0 =0 00 ** 1.5 2062
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Heroes Day Candidates Bridgetown BAR (BAR), 28 iv-2 v 2005
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1 Farley, Terry BAR 2186 * = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2347
2 Singh, Ravishen TRI 2074 = * 1 1 = = 1 0 = 1 6.0 2211
3 Ramos,Cesar VEN ---- = 0 * 1 1 0 1 1 = 1 6.0 2219
4 Austin, Dirk BAR 2163 = 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 = 1 6.0 2201
5 Del Castilho, Martyn BAR 2017 0 = 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 1 5.5 2172
6 Mensing, Fabio AHO 2152 0 = 1 0 0 * 0 = 1 1 4.0 2034
7 Merritt, Mario f TRI 2152 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 1 1 4.0 2034
8 Suez-Panama, Gilles FRA 2057 0 1 0 0 0 = 0 * 1 1 3.5 2008
9 Blackman,Justin BAR ---- 0 = = = 0 0 0 0 * 1 2.5 1928
10 Harewood, Othneil BAR 2052 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0.0
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The Djakovo Open took place 1st-7th May 2005. The Open A was won by
Zdenko Kozul with 7/9 who was half a point clear of the field. News: Mirjana
Medic.
Official site:
http://www.crochess.com/turniri/djakovo/index.htm
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Open A Djakovo CRO (CRO), 1-7 v 2005
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1. Kozul, Zdenko g CRO 2591 7,0 2728 37,0 39,5 51,0 5
2. Nevednichy, Vladislav g ROM 2566 6,5 2677 35,5 37,5 47,5 4
3. Stevic, Hrvoje g CRO 2514 6,5 2660 30,5 35,5 46,5 5
5. Zelcic, Robert g CRO 2514 6,0 2598 29,0 33,5 43,5 4
4. Sedlak, Nikola g SCG 2514 6,0 2584 29,0 34,5 45,5 5
7. Azarov, Sergei g BLR 2572 5,5 2585 29,0 36,0 45,5 2
6. Saric, Ante m CRO 2472 5,5 2555 28,5 36,5 47,0 2
13. Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2507 5,0 2531 25,5 33,0 42,0 3
16. Jovanic, Ognjen m CRO 2435 5,0 2528 27,0 33,0 43,5 4
9. Cvitan, Ognjen g CRO 2481 5,0 2518 26,5 36,5 46,5 1
10. Palac, Mladen g CRO 2574 5,0 2507 27,5 36,5 47,0 3
15. Jankovic, Alojzije m CRO 2480 5,0 2507 26,5 33,0 42,5 2
14. Kovacevic, Aleksandar g SCG 2550 5,0 2499 26,5 33,5 44,0 3
12. Predojevic, Borki m BIH 2549 5,0 2499 26,0 34,0 44,5 3
11. Kovacevic, Blazimir m CRO 2510 5,0 2498 26,5 33,5 42,5 1
8. Berescu, Alin m ROM 2439 5,0 2488 28,0 37,0 47,0 3
18. Vargic, Drago f CRO 2314 5,0 2460 21,5 29,5 37,5 4
17. Doric, Darko f CRO 2368 5,0 2446 22,0 28,5 36,5 3
20. Markus, Robert g SCG 2584 4,5 2497 26,5 35,0 45,5 2
19. Drazic, Sinisa g SCG 2495 4,5 2444 25,5 36,0 45,5 3
22. Brumen, Dinko m CRO 2385 4,5 2433 19,5 29,0 38,5 4
21. Rogic, Davor m CRO 2499 4,5 2428 23,0 31,0 39,5 3
23. Teofilovic, Vjeran CRO 2285 4,0 2419 22,5 34,0 43,0 3
26. Sulc, Damir f CRO 2301 4,0 2387 19,5 30,0 38,5 2
25. Armanda, Ivica m CRO 2340 4,0 2362 17,5 27,5 36,0 3
24. Njirjak, Josip f CRO 2365 4,0 2317 15,5 26,5 36,0 1
30. Dumpor, Atif f BIH 2324 3,5 2336 16,5 27,5 35,0 1
27. Bukal, Vladimir m CRO 2422 3,5 2334 18,0 27,0 36,0 1
37. Ascic, Pero f CRO 2375 3,5 2300 18,5 28,5 37,0 1
31. Martic, Zlatko f CRO 2298 3,5 2298 16,5 27,0 34,5 2
29. Fucak, Emilijo f CRO 2309 3,5 2294 18,0 28,5 36,5 2
28. Brkic, Ante m CRO 2477 3,5 2279 19,5 29,0 37,0 2
33. Medancic, Rikard m CRO 2293 3,0 2258 16,5 27,5 35,5 0
32. Karahmetovic, Adnan BIH 2254 3,0 2250 13,5 25,5 33,5 0
36. Avdic, Adnan BIH 2304 3,0 2246 14,0 25,0 32,5 1
35. Kutuzovic, Branko m CRO 2364 3,0 2234 12,0 24,0 32,5 0
34. Goric, Esad m BIH 2381 3,0 2225 12,5 25,0 34,0 0
38. Majeric, Zoran m CRO 2381 3,0 2169 8,0 26,5 35,0 0
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The Father Ivan Cvitanovic Memorial took place 30th April - 8th May 2005
in Split (Croatia). Tomas Polak won with 6.5/9 undefeated. Final round games
unavailable. News: Mladen Zelic.
Further news:
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/mladen18/mic05/index.html
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10th Cvitanovic Mem Split CRO (CRO), 30 iv-8 v 2005 cat. VI (2390)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Polak, Tomas g CZE 2466 * 1 = = 1 = = = 1 1 6.5 2547
2. Bosiocic, Marin f CRO 2345 0 * = 1 = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2520
3. Kurajica, Bojan g BIH 2539 = = * = = 1 = = = 1 5.5 2453
4. Medvegy, Zoltan g HUN 2474 = 0 = * 1 = 0 1 1 1 5.5 2460
5. Cvorovic, Drazen m CRO 2450 0 = = 0 * 1 = = 1 1 5.0 2426
6. Videki, Sandor m HUN 2405 = = 0 = 0 * 1 1 = = 4.5 2388
7. Plenkovic, Zdenko f CRO 2302 = = = 1 = 0 * 0 0 1 4.0 2357
8. Ljubicic, Filip m CRO 2407 = 0 = 0 = 0 1 * = 1 4.0 2345
9. Saric, Ivan CRO 2287 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 = * 0 2.5 2235
10. Bozanic, Ivica f CRO 2227 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 * 1.5 2135
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The First Saturday May events take place 7th-19th May 2005.
http://www.firstsaturday.hu or
http://home.hu.inter.net/~firstsat
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FSGM May Budapest HUN (HUN), 7-19 v 2005 cat. VIII (2436)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Berczes, David f HUN 2342 * . . . . . . 1 . = . . 1.5 2601
2. Ilincic, Zlatko g SCG 2473 . * = . . . . . . 1 . . 1.5 2561
3. Kun, Gabor HUN 2336 . = * . . . . . 1 . . . 1.5 2637
4. Chernyshov, Konstantin g RUS 2531 . . . * . . = . . . . 1 1.5 2621
5. Nguyen Ngoc Truongson g VIE 2527 . . . . * . = . . . 1 . 1.5 2643
6. Koneru, Humpy g IND 2508 . . . . . * . . = . . 1 1.5 2594
7. Hoang Thanh Trang m VIE 2470 . . . = = . * . . . . . 1.0 2529
8. Seger, Ruediger m GER 2416 0 . . . . . . * . . 1 . 1.0 2386
9. Gonda, Laszlo f HUN 2416 . . 0 . . = . . * . . . 0.5 2229
10. Paschall, William M m USA 2400 = 0 . . . . . . . * . . 0.5 2214
11. Varadi, Viktor HUN 2430 . . . . 0 . . 0 . . * . 0.0
12. Wittmann, Walter m AUT 2386 . . . 0 . 0 . . . . . * 0.0
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FSIM May Budapest HUN (HUN), 7-19 v 2005 cat. I (2275)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Galyas, Miklos m HUN 2444 * = . . . . . . . . . 1 . . 1.5 2492
2. Werner, Dimo m GER 2334 = * . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1.5 2549
3. Hasanova, Elmira wm RUS 2282 . . * = . . . . . . . . . 1 1.5 2397
4. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2302 . . = * = . . . . . . . . . 1.0 2268
5. Caruana, Fabiano f USA 2255 . . . = * . . . = . . . . . 1.0 2283
6. Charleshouse, Glenn L f ENG 2212 . . . . . * . = . = . . . . 1.0 2276
7. Chetverik, Maxim m RUS 2305 . . . . . . * = = . . . . . 1.0 2256
8. Niemi, Kalle FIN 2247 . . . . . = = * . . . . . . 1.0 2258
9. Prohaszka, Peter2 HUN 2265 . . . . = . = . * . . . . . 1.0 2280
10. Koneru, Chandra Hawsa IND 2305 . . . . . = . . . * . . = . 1.0 2235
11. Fodor, Tamas jr f HUN 2269 . 0 . . . . . . . . * . 1 . 1.0 2296
12. Erdelyi, Zombor HUN 2264 0 . . . . . . . . . . * . 1 1.0 2275
13. Lundin, Jan SWE 2259 . . . . . . . . . = 0 . * . 0.5 2094
14. Katsuhara, Osamu JPN 2106 . . 0 . . . . . . . . 0 . * 0.0
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The 10th Stuttgart International Championship took place in Germany
5th-8th May 2005. Viesturs Meijers won the event with 6.5/7. Games from the
final round unavailable.
Further information:
http://www.stuttgarter-stadtmeisterschaft.de
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10th Open Stuttgart GER (GER), 5-8 v 2005
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Pt Buchh
1. Meijers, Viesturs g LAT 2486 6.5 29.5
2. Ivanov, Mikhail M g RUS 2418 6.0 30.5
3. Gutman, Lev g GER 2469 6.0 28.0
4. Karpatchev, Aleksandr g RUS 2472 5.5 29.5
5. Vuckovic, Aleksandar f GER 2328 5.5 28.5
6. Gaponenko, Inna m UKR 2482 5.5 28.5
7. Dudek, Richard GER 2252 5.5 28.5
8. Bogner, Sebastian GER 2409 5.5 27.0
9. Reich, Thomas m GER 2398 5.5 27.0
10. Brustman, Agnieszka wg POL 2333 5.5 23.5
11. Dausch, Rene f GER 2385 5.0 28.5
12. Gheng, Josef f GER 2339 5.0 28.5
13. Kabisch, Thilo GER 2262 5.0 28.0
14. Zeller, Frank m GER 2426 5.0 27.0
15. Kabisch, Thilo GER 2262 5.0 26.5
16. Eichler, Christoph f GER 2283 5.0 26.5
17. Mutschnik, Ilia m GER 2408 5.0 26.0
18. Schebler, Gerhard g GER 2500 5.0 26.0
19. Vanderhallen, Nicolas BEL 2103 5.0 25.5
20. Pitschka, Klaus f GER 2212 5.0 24.0
21. Guenthner, Oliver f GER 2272 5.0 23.5
22. Epding, Olaf GER 2285 5.0 23.0
162 players
Frank Berry reports: The 3rd Annual Red River Shootout took place in
Oklahoma - Texas 2005 Team Chess Match took place 30th April 2005. G - 90 OU
Student Union at Norman, Oklahoma The 3rd Match (named the Red River Shootout
because the river that borders the two states is the Red River) was won by
Oklahoma over Texas by a score of 21.5 - 20.5 decided in the last game (Rd #2)
between the two state champions Movses Movsisyan of Oklahoma and Nick
Schoonmaker of Texas. Texas brought up 21 players for the event held in Norman,
Oklahoma on the University of Oklahoma campus.
Captains: Tom Kusnierz, Texas and Frank Berry, Oklahoma Jim
Hollingsworth of Ft Worth was the organizer and Alex Relyea and Nita Patel the
arbiters.
Pictures of Match:
http://beulzabob.smugmug.com/gallery/515543/1
and Ft Worth CC website: http://www.geocities.com/wataugachess/
# OKLAHOMA Fide Score Fide TEXAS
1 M Movsisyan 2300 1.5 - 0.5 2261 N Schoonmaker
2 Sergey Galant 2211 0 - 2 2213 Alex Chua
3 Jim Berry 2184 1 - 1 Kent Gordon
4 Shaun Graham 1.5 - 0.5 Tom Kusnierz
5 Judit Simo 2039 1 - 1 Jose Trevino
6 Carl Latino 0 - 2 Ben Wheeler
7 L Sukharnikov 0.5 - 1.5 J Hollingsworth
8 Frank Berry 2033 2 - 0 A Gonzalez
9 Wellington Lee 2 - 0 Carmen Chairez
10 Bruce Wells 0 - 2 Julie O'Neill
11 Milt Strain 1.5 - 0.5 Stephanie Ballom
12 Roger Baxter 1.5 - 0.5 Jacob Lee
13 Chris Petroff 1 - 1 Royce Owens
14 Jacob Berger 1 - 1 Robert Smelser
15 Robert Blair 0 - 2 Paul Huspeni
16 Jason Winters 0.5 - 1.5 Paul Chua
17 Mike Harvey 1 - 1 Robert Jones
18 Julien Miller 2 - 0 Jay Arendt
19 D Hendershot 1 - 1 Tom Crane
20 Skip Fritze 0.5 - 1.5 Bob Van Housen
21 Becky Huang 2 - 0 Julia Jones
21.5 - 20.5
The Cutro International Festival took place April 23rd - May 1st 2005.
Igor Miladinovic won with 7/9. Games from the final 3 rounds not yet available.
At first, in error, I gave the round 8 standings last week (corrected
later).
Official site: http://e4e6.com/cutro
Final Round 9 Standings:
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Cutro Masters op, Cutro (ITA), 23 iv-1 v 2005
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1. Miladinovic, Igor g GRE 2604 7.0 45.5
2. Drasko, Milan g SCG 2510 6.5 48.0
3. Kasparov, Sergey m BLR 2461 6.5 47.0
4. Starostits, Ilmars m LAT 2450 6.5 46.5
5. Ninov, Nikolai m BUL 2486 6.0 43.5
6. Ivanov, Mikhail M g RUS 2418 6.0 41.0
7. Blagojevic, Dragisa g SCG 2549 5.5 45.5
8. Karpatchev, Aleksandr g RUS 2472 5.5 44.5
9. Bukal, Vladimir jr m CRO 2405 5.5 43.5
10. Marholev, Dimitar m BUL 2395 5.5 37.5
11. Lazic, Miroljub g SCG 2500 5.0 43.5
12. Zaja, Ivan g CRO 2489 5.0 43.0
13. Bratanov, Zsivko m BUL 2423 5.0 38.0
14. Napoli, Nicolo' ITA 2205 5.0 37.5
15. Bentivegna, Francesco ITA 2229 5.0 37.0
16. Velikov, Petar g BUL 2427 5.0 35.5 3.5
17. Brancaleoni, Maurizio f ITA 2296 5.0 35.5 3.0
18. Roeder, Mathias m GER 2404 4.5 43.5
19. Georgiev, Krum g BUL 2457 4.5 43.0
20. Rinaldi, Francesco ITA 2140 4.5 41.5
21. Kasparova, Tatiana BLR 2240 4.5 37.5
22. Scerbo, Antonio ITA 2097 4.5 32.5
23. Voiska, Margarita wg BUL 2340 4.5 19.0
24. Sautto, Daniele ITA 2119 4.0 36.5
25. Mrdja, Milan m CRO 2373 4.0 36.0
26. Lacrosse, Marc f BEL 2289 4.0 35.0
27. Parrotta,Daniele ---- 4.0 32.5
28. Abatino, Maurizio f ITA 2214 4.0 28.5
29. Van Hoolandt, Patrick f MNC 2181 3.5 36.5
30. De Rosa, Maria wf ITA 2081 3.5 33.5
31. Rizzo, Giovanbattista ITA 2088 3.5 32.5
32. Cetkovic, Sergio SCG 2121 3.5 30.5
33. Cordi', Domenico ITA 2084 3.5 30.0
34. Hocevar, Nikola SLO 2092 3.0 30.0
35. Panarello,Giuseppe ---- 3.0 28.5
36. Blasco, Domenico ITA 2004 3.0 28.0
37. Isonzo, David f ITA 2325 3.0 24.0
38. Santurbano, Maria Vincenza ITA 2043 2.5 25.0
39. Sautto, Alessandra ITA 1968 2.5 23.5
40. Parrella, Alfredo ITA 2176 1.0 18.5
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Isonzo and Parrella retired after round 6
The Torch Real Estate Cup China Chess League first phase took place
April 20th-28th 2005 in Jinan. The 2nd phase takes place May 8th-14th, 2005 in
Wuxi, Jiangsu and the 3rd phase June 20th-25th, 2005 in Xiapu, Zhejiang. This
was the first league with 19 teams (male and female players). Games from rounds
1-6 were in TWIC546.
Further details: http://ccl.sports.cn/ and
http://www.chende.net
Round 6 Standings:
1 Shangdong A 10
2 Hebei 10
3 Zhejiang 9
4 Beijing 8
5 Guangdong 8
6 Shanghai 8
7 Tianjing A 8
8 Shangdong B 7
9 Shenzheng 7
10 Jiangsu 7
11 Chongqing 5
12 Wuxi 5
13 Wenzhou 4
14 Tianjing B 4
15 Sichuang 3
16 Hubei 3
17 Heilongjiang 2
18 Qingdao 0
19 Macao 0
The South African Championships started 7th April 2005. The Men's
division was won by FM Nicholas van der Nat (for the second time) ahead of
Jacque Ophoff, FM Daniel Cawdery and IM Kenny Solomon. The Women's by WIM
Denise Frick from WIM Janine Ellapen. The top two in the original field for the
men withdrew at the last moment IM George Michelakis had a business commitment
in London while IM Watu Kobese demanded too an appearance fee. WIM Cecile van
der Merwe became the first woman to compete in the Men's section.
Note I altered the games section after a couple of days last week. The
venue was Cape Town not Johannesberg as I had it last week.
The Chess South Africa site: http://chessa.co.za
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ch-RSA Cape Town RSA (RSA), 8-17 iv 2005
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
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1. Van der Nat, Nicholas f RSA 2218 * 0 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2418
2. Cawdery, Daniel RSA 2182 1 * = = = = 1 = 1 1 1 7.5 2375
3. Ophoff,Jacques A RSA ---- 0 = * = 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 7.5 2393
4. Solomon, Kenny m RSA 2342 = = = * = 1 1 = 1 1 1 7.5 2359
5. Stander, Heinrich m RSA 2036 0 = 0 = * 1 1 = = 1 1 6.0 2268
6. Van den Heever, Donovan RSA 2099 = = 0 0 0 * = 1 0 1 1 4.5 2154
7. De Villiers, Charles f RSA 2314 0 0 0 0 0 = * 1 1 1 1 4.5 2133
8. Gluckman, David m RSA 2332 0 = 0 = = 0 0 * 1 1 = 4.0 2095
9. Bouah, L RSA 2181 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 * 0 1 2.5 1989
10. Bhawoodien, Shabier f RSA 2214 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 2.0 1939
11. Van der Merwe, Cecile H wm RSA 2087 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 * 1.0 1825
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1. Frick, Denise wm RSA 1870 * = = = 1 1 1 1 1 6.5
2. Ellappen, Jenine wm RSA 1938 = * 1 0 = 1 = 1 1 5.5
3. Moodliar,Suvania RSA ---- = 0 * = 1 1 = = 1 5.0
4. Laubscher, Anzel wm RSA 1896 = 1 = * = 0 = 0 1 4.0
5. De Jager,Carmen RSA ---- 0 = 0 = * 0 1 1 1 4.0
6. Bleazard,Heather RSA ---- 0 0 0 1 1 * = = = 3.5
7. Sutil,Yolandi RSA ---- 0 = = = 0 = * = 1 3.5
8. Van de Venter,Sandra RSA ---- 0 0 = 1 0 = = * 0 2.5
9. Janse van Rensburg,Elmie RSA ---- 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 * 1.5
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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
Van Wely - Stellwagen Match
The Chess Events Maastricht Foundation is proud to announce a "Complete
Chess match" between the Dutch Grandmasters Loek Van Wely (32, ELO 2687) and
Daniel Stellwagen (18, ELO 2532). They will play four games in Maastricht, The
Netherlands from 10th-13th May 2005. Both players may use a computer with
ChessBase software during the encounters. A couple of the games will be
standard, the other two with the pieces in random positions.
All games will be broadcasted live on
http://www.chessevents.nl, where you
can find comments, daily reports and pictures.
Biel GM Tournament
The field of the BIel GM Tournament is now known. The event takes place
16th-29th July 2005.
Further info: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch
Biel Grandmaster Tournament 2005:
Boris Gelfand ISR Elo 2713
Andrei Volokitin UKR 2679
Hikaru Nakamura USA 2657
Christian Bauer FRA 2640
Yannick Pelletier SUI 2610
Magnus Carlsen NOR 2548
Category 16, Elo 2641
15th Heart of Finland Open
The 15th Heart of Finland Open takes place in Jyväskylä, July
18th-24th 2005. The tournament will be a 10 round Swiss system. Tournament is
ELO-rated and there are possibilities to reach FIDE title norms. Venue:
IT-Dynamo, street address Piippukatu 2, Lutakko, Jyväskylä.
Prizes: Total prize fund approximately 7000 EUR, 1st prize 1500 EUR,
lots of rating group prizes.
Registration / Info: Sami Hämäläinen +358 9 791140,
mobile +358 40 5123864, email aurifera@kolumbus.fi
Likely website: http://www.shakki.net/
55th Women's Russian Chess Championship
The SuperFinal of the 55th Women's Chess Championship of Russia will
take place in Samara 14th-27th May 2005. All the strongest Russian female
players, including Women's Vice-World Champion Ekaterina Kovalevskaya and
Women's European Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk, will participate in this
tournament, which total prize fund of $60,000.
Official site: http://www.chess63.com
Heroes of Chernobyl Memorial
There is an explanation in Russian as to some of the reasons for the
ficticious Heroes of Chernobyl Memorial at:
http://www.chesspage.kiev.ua/?z=interview.90.
I'm not sure after translation I quite understand it but there seems to be some
sort of power struggle.
Dortmund 2005
The Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting takes place 8th-17th July 2005
(rest day 13th) in the Civic Theatre Vladimir Kramnik plays in this event which
is a 10 player all-play-all. The rest of the field was announced at a press
conference on April 29th 2005.
Participants: Vladimir Kramnik, Peter Leko, Veselin Topalov, Peter
Svidler, Michael Adams, Etienne Bacrot, Loek van Wely, Peter Heine Nielsen,
Emil Sutovsky, Arkadij Naiditsch.
Pairings: 1. Round: Fri 08.07. Leko - Van Wely Adams - Topalov Naiditsch
- Sutovsky Kramnik - Svidler Nielsen - Bacrot 2. Round: Sat 09.07. Van Wely -
Bacrot Topalov - Naiditsch Sutovsky - Kramnik Svidler - Nielsen Leko - Adams 3.
Round: Sun 10.07. Adams - Van Wely Kramnik - Topalov Nielsen - Sutovsky Bacrot
- Svidler Naiditsch - Leko 4. Round: Mon 11.07. Van Wely - Svidler Topalov -
Nielsen Sutovsky - Bacrot Leko - Kramnik Adams - Naiditsch 5. Round: Tue 12.07.
Naiditsch - Van Wely Bacrot - Topalov Svidler - Sutovsky Nielsen - Leko Kramnik
- Adams 6. Round: Thur 14.07. Van Wely - Sutovsky Topalov - Svidler Leko -
Bacrot Adams - Nielsen Naiditsch - Kramnik 7. Round: Fri 15.07. Kramnik - Van
Wely Sutovsky - Topalov Svidler - Leko Bacrot - Adams Nielsen - Naiditsch 8.
Round: Sat 16.07. Van Wely - Topalov Leko - Sutovsky Adams - Svidler Naiditsch
- Bacrot Kramnik - Nielsen 9. Round: Sun 17.07. Nielsen - Van Wely Topalov -
Leko Sutovsky - Adams Svidler - Naiditsch Bacrot - Kramnik
In addition is the Sparkassen Open which is divided into two classes:
Open A (Open ELO Tournament) and Open B (Amateur Open). The venue will be the
town hall (Rathaus) of the City of Dortmund at Friedensplatz. Each day play
begins at 11 a.m.. The conditions for the Open Tournaments, with information on
registration, may be found on the internet under
http://www.schachfreunde-brackel.de
as well as on the official organizers’ homepage
http://www.chessgate.de/do2005.
Official site: http://www.chessgate.de/do2005/
XXXV International GM Supertournament "Bosna 2005"
The XXXV International GM Supertournament "Bosna 2005" will be Category
XVI (Average rating: 2630,7). The Tournament takes place May 18th-28th, 2005.
Drawing of lots will on May 18th, at 7,30 p.m. in Hotel «Saraj».
Opening Ceremony and tournament: May 19th at 12,30 p.m. in the Concert Hall of
House of Army FB&H Round 1: May 19th Rest day: May 24th Last round and
Closing Ceremony: May 28th 2005.
Players: 1. Shirov Alexei, GM, Spain, Rating: 2714, 2. Bologan Victor,
GM, Moldova, Rating: 2700, W 3. Volokytin Andrey, GM, Ukraine, Rating: 2679, 4.
Sokolov Ivan, GM, Holand, Rating: 2662, 5. Elyanov Pavel, GM, Ukraine, Rating:
2641, 6. Movsesian Sergei, GM, Slovakia, Rating: 2628, 7. Timofeev Artyom, GM,
Russia, Rating: 2622, 8. Kozul Zdenko, GM, Croatia, Rating: 2591, 9. Predojevic
Borki, GM, BiH, Rating: 2549, 10. Dizdarevic Emir, GM, BiH, Rating: 2521
Official site: http://www.skbosna.ba
Bruzon-Timman Match
The Lazaro Bruzon against Jan Timman takes place in Curaçao
11th-17th June 2005.
Schedule: 1st Day - 2 rapid games (25 minutes for each player) 2nd Day-
2 rapid games (25 minutes for each player) 3rd Day - 1st classic game 4th Day -
2nd classic game 5th Day - 3rd classic game 6th Day - 4th classic game
Further details in Spanish:
http://www.cadenagramonte.cubaweb.cu/noticias/040505_07.asp
4th Condom Open
The 4th Condom open takes place 9th-16th July 2005. (south-west of
France) Prizes found 7000 € - 1st :1100 €.
Possibilities for GM and IM norm. Economical accommodation (boarding school) /
campings / hotels. E-Mail contact: echecs.condom@free.fr
Further details : http://echecs.condom.free.fr
Young Stars of the World
The Young Stars of the World tournament takes place in Kirishi,
Leningrad region 12th (arrival) - 26th May 2005.
Participants Alekseev Evgeny (Russia) Andreikin Dmitry (Russia)
Zhigalko Sergey (Belarus) Karjakin Sergey (the Ukraine) Kuzubov Yury (the
Ukraine) Luka Lenic (Slovenia) Linchevsky Daniil (Russia) Mamedov Rauf
(Azerbaijan) Nepomnyashchy Yan (Russia) Parimarjan Negi (India) Sjugirov Sanan
(Russia) Khairullin Ildar (Russia)
Official sites: http://www.somovs-memorial.ru/
(Russian only) http://www.somovs-memorial.ru/table_eng.html
(English Table)
III Marx György Memorial
The III Marx György Memorial takes place 12th-22nd June 2005 in
Paks, Hungary.
Type of the tournament: Double Round Robin with 6 players, Average
Rating: 2616 The tournament is Fide Category XV. The invited players are:
Viktor Korchnoi, Emil Sutovsky, Krishnan Sasikiran, Almási
Zoltán, Berkes Ferenc, Ács Péter
Further details: http://www.ase.hu/marxgy
VII Paks Open
The VII. Paks open takes place 14th-22nd June in Paks Hungary System: 9
rounds swiss tournament Time limit: 100 minutes 40 moves + 30 minutes after 40
moves+ 30 seconds/move in the whole game
Prizes: 1st 150.000 2nd 100.000 3rd 80.000 4th 60.000 5th 50.000 6th
40.000 7th 30.000 8th 25.000 9th 20.000 10th 20.000 Special prize for the best
women, youth (under 18), rated under 2200, rated under 1800 - each of these
15.000 HUF The total prize found is about 620.000 HUF Entry fee: free for
foreign players.
Applications and Information Vidéki Sándor 0036-75421225;
mobile: 0036-304012866 email: videkis2001@yahoo.com ,
Further details: http://www.ase.hu/marxgy
XXIII Open Andorra
The XXIII Andorra Open takes place 9th-17th July 2005.
Official site: http://www.feva.ad/
4th Berlin Bughouse Tournament
The Berlin Bughouse Tournament takes place May 13th-16th 2005.
Further details: http://www.bughouse.info
Instructional Tactics
There is an instructional tactical site at:
http://www.chesstactics.org compiled
by Ward Farnsworth.
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
Canadian Open
The Canadian Open takes place July 9th-17th 2005.
GMs Vassily Ivanchuk and Alexei Shirov have confirmed their
participation, as well as Alex Shabalov and some Canadian Grandmasters. 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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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/
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
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.
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
Contact Laszlo Nagy: firstsat@hu.inter.net
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
