THE WEEK IN CHESS 549 16th May 2005 by Mark Crowther
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1085 games
My thanks to Gaguik Oganessian, Yannick Pelletier, Zsuzsa Veroci, Gary
Suffield, Misha Savinov, Eric Birmingham, Vladica Andrejic, Miklos Orso, Martin
Mrva, Gérard Demuydt, Pat Reynolds, Eric van Reem, Marius Fraenzel,
Pierre Bourget, Eldar Mukhametov, Thomas Henrich, Dimitris Skyrianoglou, George
Mirijanian, Sergey Bystrov, Jovan Petronic, Gabor Kallai, Igor Glek, Rod
McShane, ZF, Michal Krasenkow and everyone else who helped with the issue.
The innovative Mtel Masters is well under way. The main new idea is to
prevent the players agreeing early draws and getting them to play the games out
until they are sterile. Of course the players have to a certain extent
circumvented the idea by repeating the position three times if both sides want
a draw but the experiment has been a qualified success. One of my bugbears
about top class chess is the number of almost exclusive 1.e4 players there are.
This might be about to change as the Petroff Defence has been so extensively
tested that its now starting to look like a full answer if black wants to draw.
After four rounds of 1.e4 the fifth round saw all the white players abandon it
altogether and some interesting chess ensued. Hopefully this is the start of a
bit more variety in opening choices. After five rounds Michael Adams and
Vladimir Kramnik lead on 3/5. FIDE have undertakings from Rustam Kasimdzhanov,
Vishwanathan Anand, Veselin Topalov, Peter Leko, Michael Adams, Alexander
Morozevich, Peter Svidler and Judith Polgar to play in their World Championship
tournament. I would say FIDE can't afford for the event not to take place so it
seems very likely that it will. It should be a very interesting event.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
"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)
The Category 20 event is 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).
Official site: http://www.mtelmasters.com
Round 1 (May 12, 2005)
Adams, Michael - Polgar, Judit 1/2 74 B47 Sicilian Paulsen
Kramnik, Vladimir - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1-0 60 B17 Caro Kann
Anand, Viswanathan - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 60 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Round 2 (May 13, 2005)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 32 C42 Petroff's Defence
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Polgar, Judit 1/2 78 B55 Sicilian Rauzer
Topalov, Veselin - Adams, Michael 1/2 26 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Round 3 (May 14, 2005)
Adams, Michael - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 41 C42 Petroff's Defence
Anand, Viswanathan - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 33 C42 Petroff's Defence
Polgar, Judit - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 60 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 4 (May 15, 2005)
Adams, Michael - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 27 B13 Caro Kann Exchange
Topalov, Veselin - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 52 C42 Petroff's Defence
Polgar, Judit - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 70 B46 Sicilian Paulsen
Round 5 (May 16, 2005)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Polgar, Judit 1-0 62 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Anand, Viswanathan - Adams, Michael 1/2 54 A30 English Symmetrical
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 40 E06 Catalan
Mtel Masters Sofia BUL (BUL), 12-22 v 2005 cat. XX (2747)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Adams, Michael g ENG 2737 ** 1. =. =. =. =. 3.0 2820
2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2753 0. ** =. 1. =. 1. 3.0 2817
3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2785 =. =. ** =. =. =. 2.5 2739
4 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2695 =. 0. =. ** 1. =. 2.5 2757
5 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2778 =. =. =. 0. ** =. 2.0 2668
6 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2732 =. 0. =. =. =. ** 2.0 2677
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The 40th Capablanca Memorial takes place 5th-20th May, 2005. Vassily
Ivanchuk leads with 6.5/8 two points clear of the field.
Official site: http://www.inder.co.cu/capablanca/
Capablanca Mem Elite Havana CUB (CUB), 6-19 v 2005 cat. XV (2619)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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1 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2739 ** =. =1 =. 1. 11 1. 6.5 / 8 2862
2 Delgado, Neuris g CUB 2567 =. ** 0. =. 10 1. =1 4.5 / 8 2646
3 Dominguez, Lenier g CUB 2658 =0 1. ** =1 =. 0. =. 4.0 / 8 2635
4 Bruzon, Lazaro g CUB 2669 =. =. =0 ** =. =. 1. 3.5 / 7 2617
5 Nogueiras, Jesus g CUB 2533 0. 01 =. =. ** =. =. 3.0 / 7 2573
6 Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2637 00 0. 1. =. =. ** 10 3.0 / 8 2533
7 Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2530 0. =0 =. 0. =. 01 ** 2.5 / 8 2484
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Round 3 (May 8, 2005)
Delgado, Neuris - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 29 C08 French Tarrasch
Nogueiras, Jesus - Arencibia, Walter 1/2 14 D29 QGA
Jobava, Baadur - Bruzon, Lazaro 1/2 79 D61 Queens Gambit Main Line with 7.Qc2
Round 4 (May 9, 2005)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Nogueiras, Jesus 1-0 58 D17 Slav Defence
Dominguez, Lenier - Jobava, Baadur 0-1 53 B63 Sicilian Rauzer
Bruzon, Lazaro - Delgado, Neuris 1/2 39 B86 Sicilian Sozin Attack
Round 5 (May 10, 2005)
Delgado, Neuris - Dominguez, Lenier 0-1 39 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Nogueiras, Jesus - Bruzon, Lazaro 1/2 49 D62 Queens Gambit Main Line with 7.Qc2
Arencibia, Walter - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 40 D12 Slav Defence
Round 6 (May 11, 2005)
Dominguez, Lenier - Nogueiras, Jesus 1/2 26 C11 French Defence
Bruzon, Lazaro - Arencibia, Walter 1-0 64 B07 Pirc Defence
Jobava, Baadur - Delgado, Neuris 0-1 56 E13 Queens Indian 5.Bg5
Round 7 (May 12, 2005)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Bruzon, Lazaro 1/2 44 D36 QGD Exchange
Nogueiras, Jesus - Jobava, Baadur 1/2 13 E08 Catalan
Arencibia, Walter - Dominguez, Lenier 1/2 47 D12 Slav Defence
Round 8 (May 13, 2005)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Dominguez, Lenier 1-0 87 C24 Bishop's Opening
Nogueiras, Jesus - Delgado, Neuris 1-0 60 A29 English Four Knights
Arencibia, Walter - Jobava, Baadur 1-0 50 D38 QGD Ragozin
Round 9 (May 14, 2005)
Delgado, Neuris - Arencibia, Walter 1-0 36 B08 Pirc Defence
Dominguez, Lenier - Bruzon, Lazaro 1-0 91 C42 Petroff's Defence
Jobava, Baadur - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 30 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
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Capablanca Mem Premier 1 Havana CUB (CUB), 6-19 v 2005 cat. VIII (2448)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Gonzalez, Yuri m CUB 2482 * . . . 1 = . = 1 = 1 1 . 1 6.5 2696
2. Kallio, Heikki g FIN 2469 . * 0 0 . 1 1 1 1 1 . . 0 . 5.0 2549
3. Abreu, Aryam m CUB 2440 . 1 * = 0 1 0 . 1 = . . 1 . 5.0 2554
4. Mosquera, Miguel m COL 2434 . 1 = * = . = . = . 1 . = = 5.0 2532
5. Perez, Luis Manuel m CUB 2420 0 . 1 = * 0 1 = . . . 1 1 . 5.0 2544
6. Flores, Diego m ARG 2491 = 0 0 . 1 * . 1 . . = = . 1 4.5 2479
7. Perez, Rodney m CUB 2437 . 0 1 = 0 . * . . . = = 1 1 4.5 2479
8. Ortega, Mariano f CUB 2411 = 0 . . = 0 . * . 1 = = . 1 4.0 2455
9. De la Paz, Frank g CUB 2461 0 0 0 = . . . . * . 1 1 1 = 4.0 2443
10. Vera, Reynaldo g CUB 2507 = 0 = . . . . 0 . * = = = = 3.0 2353
11. Zambrana, Oswaldo m BOL 2472 0 . . 0 . = = = 0 = * . 1 . 3.0 2372
12. Fernandez Romero, Ernesto m ESP 2449 0 . . . 0 = = = 0 = . * . = 2.5 2304
13. Soppe, Guillermo m ARG 2453 . 1 0 = 0 . 0 . 0 = 0 . * . 2.0 2262
14. Garcia Martinez, Silvino g CUB 2351 0 . . = . 0 0 0 = = . = . * 2.0 2266
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Capablanca Mem Premier 2 Havana CUB (CUB), 6-19 v 2005 cat. VIII (2447)
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1. Giaccio, Alfredo m ARG 2478 * = . = 1 . = . = . . 1 1 1 6.0 2631
2. Quezada, Yuniesky m CUB 2502 = * . 1 0 0 1 . 1 . . 1 = . 5.0 2544
3. Colovic, Aleksandar m MKD 2418 . . * 0 1 1 = 1 . = 0 . . = 4.5 2491
4. Gongora, Maikel m CUB 2454 = 0 1 * . . . = = . 1 . = = 4.5 2478
5. Hernandez, Holden m CUB 2446 0 1 0 . * . . = . 1 = . = 1 4.5 2488
6. Corrales, Fidel f CUB 2501 . 1 0 . . * 1 0 . = 0 . 1 1 4.5 2484
7. Prasca, Raphael m VEN 2442 = 0 = . . 0 * . = 1 1 = . . 4.0 2455
8. Fernandez Garcia, Jose Luis g ESP 2468 . . 0 = = 1 . * = = 1 0 . . 4.0 2445
9. Hernandez, Roman g CUB 2367 = 0 . = . . = = * . . = 1 = 4.0 2454
10. Almeida, Omar m CUB 2452 . . = . 0 = 0 = . * 1 . = 1 4.0 2440
11. Perez, Orelvis CUB 2439 . . 1 0 = 1 0 0 . 0 * 1 . . 3.5 2415
12. Borges Mateos, Juan g CUB 2484 0 0 . . . . = 1 = . 0 * 1 = 3.5 2395
13. Schilow, Wladimir GER 2425 0 = . = = 0 . . 0 = . 0 * . 2.0 2267
14. Estremera Panos, Sergio m ESP 2385 0 . = = 0 0 . . = 0 . = . * 2.0 2257
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Capablanca Mem Mixto Havana CUB (CUB), 6-19 v 2005 cat. III (2313)
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1. Leon Hoyos, Manuel f MEX 2376 * = . = 1 1 1 . . . 1 1 6.0 2642
2. Arribas, Maritza wg CUB 2280 = * = 1 = = . . . . 1 1 5.0 2515
3. Pina, Sulennis wg CUB 2330 . = * 1 = . 1 1 0 = . . 4.5 2386
4. Mascaro March, Pedro f ESP 2389 = 0 0 * . 1 . . 1 . 1 = 4.0 2373
5. Frois, Antonio m POR 2356 0 = = . * . . 1 1 . = = 4.0 2341
6. Pazos Gambarrotti, Plinio m ECU 2421 0 = . 0 . * . 1 = 1 . 1 4.0 2359
7. Ordaz Valdes, Lisandra wm CUB 2252 0 . 0 . . . * 0 = 1 1 1 3.5 2293
8. Ramon, Vivian wg CUB 2198 . . 0 . 0 0 1 * 1 = = . 3.0 2250
9. Iturrizaga, Eduardo m VEN 2225 . . 1 0 0 = = 0 * = . . 2.5 2217
10. Marrero, Yaniet wm CUB 2291 . . = . . 0 0 = = * 0 1 2.5 2192
11. Hernandez, Tania wm CUB 2227 0 0 . 0 = . 0 = . 1 * . 2.0 2148
12. Perez, Angel f CUB 2406 0 0 . = = 0 0 . . 0 . * 1.0 2028
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FIDE have announced that their double round robin World Championship has
been awarded to the Province of San Luis, Argentina with a prize fund of USD
1,000,000. Its due to take place 27th September - 16th October 2005. The offer
is also backed by a financial guarantee and an agreement concerning further
organsing details signed by the Governor of San Luis, H.E. Dr Alberto Rodriguez
Saa and the FIDE President H.E. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.
FIDE (http://www.fide.com) have
released a Communique for the 2nd
quarter FIDE Presidential Board Meeting 2005 (15th May). It says that they
have approved the final list of participants who have all confirmed their
participation in the World Chess Championship Tournament. This is a major coup
for them as one of my doubts was their ability to sign up players. They have
all the players who might have been expected to play. I have become very
cynical about their ability to get this event off the ground but this
announcement places them very close to making this happen. However if for
whatever reason the event doesn't take place it would be the end of any FIDE
credibility, from their point of view it has to take place and so almost
certainly will. The classical format gives this a legitimacy that their
knockout format never had. However their plan to go back to the knockout to
find a challenger for the winner will hopefully be changed. One of these every
two years would be comparatively easy to finance and they should stick to this
format.
| 1. |
GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB, World Champion) |
| 2. |
GM Vishwanathan Anand (IND, World Champion 2000-2002) |
| 3. |
GM Veselin Topalov (BUL) |
| 4. |
GM Peter Leko (HUN) |
| 5. |
GM Michael Adams (ENG) |
| 6. |
GM Alexander Morozevich (RUS) |
| 7. |
GM Peter Svidler (RUS) |
| 8. |
GM Judith Polgar (HUN) |
Kramnik has already announced he will not participate:
http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/kramfide.html.
But the winner will have the kind of legitimacy that the FIDE KO event did not
have in my view so putting pressure on Kramnik to find a good way of
challenging for his title.
FIDE have also recognised the new Indian Chess Federation. They also
issued a warning about phantom tournaments.
"In recent times, the attention of FIDE has been drawn to several cases
where there were strong suspicions regarding the credibility of the results of
games and tournaments. FIDE is aware that instances of misconduct are far from
easy to prove. However, in order to preserve decency within our noble game and
to protect the integrity of our rating and title system, FIDE wishes to make it
very clear to everyone that it intends to deal severely with any confirmed
case. FIDE emphasizes that a Federation is primarily responsible for all chess
matters within its territory. Consequently, it is the obligation of every
Federation to investigate and report to FIDE any suspicions regarding results
of games. However, FIDE retains the right to carry out an independent enquiry
if it feels that this is necessary. There will be severe punishments for
players, arbiters, officials, organisers and Federations in proven cases of
malpractice, up to a ban for life. The Code of Ethics will be reviewed to see
if any changes are required. Also, any new regulations required will be drafted
for approval at Congress. If necessary, Senior Arbiters will be appointed by
FIDE to monitor results and practices."
They clearly recognise the problem, its very hard to catch people at it
unless they're totally incompetant such as in the case of the recent "Heroes of
Chernobyl Memorial".
A couple of things have emerged since.
IM Piotr Bobras who didn't have internet access during the Polish
Championship is understandably worried about his reputation after having his
name used during the event. He points out he has never been to the Ukraine and
isn't planning to go there in the near future!
The other is that the organisers of the event are busy trying to avoid
the blame. A summary of a recent interview with Viktor Petrov, the President of
the Ukrainian Chess Federation. says The UCF Board learned about the Slavutich
"tournament" during their meeting on 15.4. They immediately called to one of
the "participants" and found him at home; Another player (Chokhonelidze) was
playing in a tournament in Kiev at that period (from 19.4); Mr. Petrov condemns
the president of the UCF qualification committee Mikhail Seleznev for not
intervening and doubts whether GM D.Komarov (who is a chess columnist of one of
the leading newspaper and must therefore follow current chess events) really
didn't know anything about the falsification, according to his
declaration."
Russian version in full:
http://www.chesspage.kiev.ua/?z=interview.90.
The Armenian Championship took place April 29 - May 12, 2005, in
Yerevan. Ashot Anastasian won the event with 7.5/11 half a point clear of Karen
Asrian and Gabriel Sargissian who were joint leaders going into the final round
but lost.
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. Anastasian, Ashot g ARM 2574 * = 1 0 = 1 = 1 1 = 1 = 7.5 2648
2. Asrian, Karen g ARM 2611 = * = 1 1 0 1 1 = = = = 7.0 2614
3. Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2630 0 = * = 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 7.0 2612
4. Nalbandian, Tigran g ARM 2508 1 0 = * 1 1 0 = 0 1 = = 6.0 2557
5. Yegiazarian, Arsen g ARM 2534 = 0 0 0 * 1 = 1 1 = = 1 6.0 2555
6. Babujian, Levon ARM 2386 0 1 0 0 0 * 1 = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2568
7. Minasian, Artashes g ARM 2597 = 0 0 1 = 0 * = = 1 = 1 5.5 2513
8. Galstian, Beniamin ARM 2448 0 0 1 = 0 = = * 0 1 1 1 5.5 2527
9. Kotanjian, Tigran m ARM 2443 0 = 1 1 0 0 = 1 * 0 0 1 5.0 2491
10. Petrosian, Tigran L g ARM 2599 = = 0 0 = = 0 0 1 * 1 1 5.0 2477
11. Minasian, Ara g ARM 2510 0 = 0 = = 0 = 0 1 0 * 0 3.0 2346
12. Chibukhchian, Artur m ARM 2406 = = 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 2.5 2319
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The 55th Hungarian Men's Championship (Barcika Cup) takes place
10th-18th May 2005. Also the 53rd Hungarian Women Championship takes place in
Szeged 12th-20th May 2005.
Official site men:
http://web.axelero.hu/passant/ffi/online.html
- Women: http://web.axelero.hu/passant/noi3/online.html
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55th ch-HUN Kazincbarcika HUN (HUN), 10-18 v 2005cat. XII (2549)
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1. Gyimesi, Zoltan g HUN 2595 * . = . = = = 1 1 . 4.0 2671
2. Balogh, Csaba g HUN 2531 . * = = = = = . . 1 3.5 2617
3. Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2628 = = * . . = . = = 1 3.5 2605
4. Portisch, Lajos g HUN 2525 . = . * . 1 = = = = 3.5 2588
5. Ruck, Robert g HUN 2551 = = . . * = = = = . 3.0 2537
6. Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2617 = = = 0 = * . . . 1 3.0 2564
7. Cao Sang m VIE 2488 = = . = = . * = . 0 2.5 2488
8. Varga, Zoltan g HUN 2515 0 . = = = . = * = . 2.5 2487
9. Erdos, Viktor m HUN 2480 0 . = = = . . = * = 2.5 2504
10. Horvath, Adam1 g HUN 2555 . 0 0 = . 0 1 . = * 2.0 2419
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53rd ch-HUN w Szeged HUN (HUN), 12-20 v 2005
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1. Madl, Ildiko m HUN 2375 * = . . . . 1 1 . 1 3.5 2522
2. Lakos, Nikoletta wg HUN 2342 = * . . 1 . . . 1 1 3.5 2570
3. Gara, Anita wg HUN 2400 . . * = 1 . . . 1 1 3.5 2550
4. Gara, Ticia wg HUN 2296 . . = * . 0 . 1 1 . 2.5 2304
5. Schneider, Veronika wm HUN 2241 . 0 0 . * 1 1 . . . 2.0 2286
6. Rudolf, Anna HUN 2210 . . . 1 0 * . 0 1 . 2.0 2191
7. Ignacz, Maria HUN 2195 0 . . . 0 . * 1 . 1 2.0 2205
8. Domany, Zsofia HUN 2056 0 . . 0 . 1 0 * . . 1.0 2076
9. Albert, Kornelia HUN 2171 . 0 0 0 . 0 . . * . 0.0
10. Decsey, Katalin HUN 2151 0 0 0 . . . 0 . . * 0.0
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The Lithuanian Championship took place in Siauliai 7th-14th May 2005.
Viktorija Cmilyte took first on Berger tie-break from Sarunas Sulskis (who she
defeated in their individual game) both scoring 8/11.
Further details: http://www.kris-egis.com/chegis/index.php
and http://www.chessfed.lt
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ch-LTU Siauliai LTU (LTU), 7-14 v 2005 cat. VI (2393)
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1. Cmilyte, Viktorija m LTU 2459 * 1 = 1 1 = = = 1 = = 1 8.0 2562
2. Sulskis, Sarunas g LTU 2545 0 * 0 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 = 8.0 2554
3. Sakalauskas, Vaidas m LTU 2476 = 1 * 0 0 1 = = = = 1 1 6.5 2450
4. Zagorskis, Darius m LTU 2482 0 0 1 * 1 1 = = = 1 = = 6.5 2450
5. Dambrauskas, Virginijus m LTU 2318 0 0 1 0 * = 1 0 1 1 = = 5.5 2400
6. Sarakauskas, Gediminas m LTU 2431 = 0 0 0 = * 1 = 1 0 1 1 5.5 2390
7. Butnorius, Algimantas m LTU 2424 = = = = 0 0 * 1 = 0 1 = 5.0 2354
8. Kveinys, Aloyzas g LTU 2539 = 0 = = 1 = 0 * 0 1 = = 5.0 2344
9. Narmontas, Matas LTU 2189 0 0 = = 0 0 = 1 * 1 = = 4.5 2347
10. Savickas, Airidas LTU 2275 = 0 = 0 0 1 1 0 0 * = = 4.0 2302
11. Novikov, Vitalij LTU 2338 = 0 0 = = 0 0 = = = * 1 4.0 2296
12. Chocenka, Dmitrijus LTU 2245 0 = 0 = = 0 = = = = 0 * 3.5 2273
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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. Chernyshov, Konstantin g RUS 2531 * = = . 1 . . = = 1 1 1 6.0 2627
2. Hoang Thanh Trang m VIE 2470 = * = 1 1 . 0 . 1 . 1 = 5.5 2584
3. Nguyen Ngoc Truongson g VIE 2527 = = * = = = 1 . . 1 . 1 5.5 2585
4. Berczes, David f HUN 2342 . 0 = * . = 1 1 = 1 . 1 5.5 2580
5. Koneru, Humpy g IND 2508 0 0 = . * = . 1 1 1 1 . 5.0 2530
6. Gonda, Laszlo f HUN 2416 . . = = = * = = = . 0 1 4.0 2429
7. Ilincic, Zlatko g SCG 2473 . 1 0 0 . = * = 1 . = = 4.0 2417
8. Seger, Ruediger m GER 2416 = . . 0 0 = = * . = = 1 3.5 2384
9. Paschall, William M m USA 2400 = 0 . = 0 = 0 . * = 1 . 3.0 2345
10. Wittmann, Walter m AUT 2386 0 . 0 0 0 . . = = * 1 1 3.0 2349
11. Kun, Gabor HUN 2336 0 0 . . 0 1 = = 0 0 * . 2.0 2257
12. Varadi, Viktor HUN 2430 0 = 0 0 . 0 = 0 . 0 . * 1.0 2123
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FSIM May Budapest HUN (HUN), 7-19 v 2005 cat. I (2275)
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1. Galyas, Miklos m HUN 2444 * = = 1 1 . . = = . 1 1 . . 6.0 2465
2. Caruana, Fabiano f USA 2255 = * 1 0 . = . . 1 = 1 . 1 . 5.5 2428
3. Werner, Dimo m GER 2334 = 0 * = 1 . = . . 1 1 . . = 5.0 2386
4. Hasanova, Elmira wm RUS 2282 0 1 = * . = . 1 1 . 0 . 1 . 5.0 2372
5. Fodor, Tamas jr f HUN 2269 0 . 0 . * = 1 . . = . 1 1 1 5.0 2377
6. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2302 . = . = = * = = = . . = . 1 4.5 2309
7. Niemi, Kalle FIN 2247 . . = . 0 = * = = 1 . = . 1 4.5 2324
8. Charleshouse, Glenn L f ENG 2212 = . . 0 . = = * . = 1 . 0 = 3.5 2233
9. Chetverik, Maxim m RUS 2305 = 0 . 0 . = = . * = = . 1 . 3.5 2227
10. Prohaszka, Peter2 HUN 2265 . = 0 . = . 0 = = * . 0 . 1 3.0 2186
11. Erdelyi, Zombor HUN 2264 0 0 0 1 . . . 0 = . * = 1 . 3.0 2187
12. Lundin, Jan SWE 2259 0 . . . 0 = = . . 1 = * 0 = 3.0 2188
13. Katsuhara, Osamu JPN 2106 . 0 . 0 0 . . 1 0 . 0 1 * = 2.5 2127
14. Koneru, Chandra Hawsa IND 2305 . . = . 0 0 0 = . 0 . = = * 2.0 2056
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The Chess Events Maastricht Foundation organised a "Complete Chess
match" between the Dutch Grandmasters Loek Van Wely (32, ELO 2687) and Daniel
Stellwagen (18, ELO 2532). They played four games in Maastricht, The
Netherlands from 10th-13th May 2005. Both players used a computer with
ChessBase software during the games. A couple of the games were standard, the
other two with the pieces in random positions. Daniel Stellwagen won 3-1
winning both the standard and random elements of the match 1.5-0.5.
Full details: http://www.chessevents.nl
Standard
Van Wely, Loek - Stellwagen, Daniel 0-1 41 E97 King's Indian Classical
Stellwagen, Daniel - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 36 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Random
Van Wely, Loek - Stellwagen, Daniel 1/2 48
Stellwagen, Daniel - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 42
Complete Chess Match Maastricht NED (NED), 10-13 v 2005
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1 2 3 4
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Stellwagen, Daniel g NED 2532 1 = = 1 3.0 2880
Van Wely, Loek g NED 2687 0 = = 0 1.0 2339
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The CCA-ICC International took place May 11th-15th, 2005 and the New
York State Open May 13-15, 2005. GM Victor Mikhalevski took clear first and
$5,000 with 6.5/9.
Official site: http://www.chesstour.com/ccai05.htm
- Games were broadcast on ICC.
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CCA-ICC Open Lake George USA (USA), 11-15 v 2005
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1. Mikhalevski, Victor g ISR 2572 6½ - $5,000
2. Izoria, Zviad g GEO 2602 6 - $1,500
3. Kacheishvili, Giorgi g GEO 2597 6 - $1,500
4. Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2593 6 - $1,500
5. Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2605 5½ - $500
6. Atalik, Suat g BIH 2561 5½ - $500
7. Howell, David WL m ENG 2416 5½ - $500
8. Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2614 5 - $167
9. Kiriakov, Petr g RUS 2565 5 - $167
10. Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander g USA 2535 5 - $167
11. Gonzales, Jayson m PHI 2474 5 - $167
12. Sarkar, Justin m USA 2392 5 - $167
13. Harper, Ryan f TRI 2230 5 - $167
14. Filippov, Valerij g RUS 2621 4½
15. De Firmian, Nick E g USA 2549 4½
16. Fernandez, Daniel USA f USA 2406 4
17. Rizzitano, James m USA 2376 4
18. Ardaman, Miles f USA 2308 4
19. Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2574 3½
20. Fridman, Daniel g LAT 2562 3½
21 Bakker, Joshua USA 2172 3
22 Song, Paul H USA 2112 3
23 Waidyaratne, Kasun USA 2000 1
24 Aaron, Deepak USA 1907 0
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)
The final 4 rounds of the French Top 16 league took place 4th-7th May
2005. NAO Chess Club with Kramnik, Adams, Svidler, Lautier etc took the title
ahead of Cannes (Shirov, Tkachiev) and Nice. Games from rounds 8-10 are
complete, I had to type in the games from the NAO match and the rest seem to be
missing.
Details: http://www.echecs.asso.fr and
http://europe-echecs.com/article.php?art=20050508001831426
Pl. Team Pts Pl d. p. c.
1 Paris Nao 32 11 43 53 10
2 Cannes 29 11 31 46 15
3 Nice 27 11 21 34 13
4 Evry 26 11 20 40 20
5 Clichy 25 11 17 36 19
6 Bischwiller 21 11 -11 14 25
7 Gonfreville 21 11 -11 12 23
8 Mulhouse 20 11 -18 18 36
Pl. Team Pts Pl d. p. c.
9 Montpellier 26 11 11 33 22
10 Monaco 25 11 16 36 20
11 Nancy 21 11 -3 26 29
12 Avignon 20 11 -3 29 32
13 Noyon 19 11 -13 24 37
14 Vandoeuvre 16 11 -20 21 41
15 Reims 13 11 -46 10 56
16 Sautron 11 11 -52 10 62
WGM Irina Chelushkina and IM Marija Petrovic tied for first in the
Women's Chess Championship of Serbia and Montenegro (Pancevo, April 18-26th,
2005). A playoff Match was organised (Pancevo, May 9-13th, 2005). It was 2-2
after 4 regular games, and the champion was determined after two rapid games.
Irina Chelushkina is the women champion of Serbia and Montenegro! It was 2-0
for Petrovic, but Chelushkina then won 4 games in row. Classic time rate games
available.
Official website: http://www.scgchess.org/
Standard Time Rate Games
Petrovic, Marija - Chelushkina, Irina 1-0 45 D95 Gruenfeld Closed
Chelushkina, Irina - Petrovic, Marija 0-1 63 B07 Pirc Defence
Petrovic, Marija - Chelushkina, Irina 0-1 68 A46 Queen's Pawn Opening
Chelushkina, Irina - Petrovic, Marija 1-0 49 B07 Pirc Defence
Playoff Games
Chelushkina, Irina - Petrovic, Marija 2-0
ch-SCG w Playoff Pancevo SCG (SCG), 9-13 v 2005
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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Chelushkina, Irina wg SCG 2369 0 0 1 1 1 1 4.0 2346
Petrovic, Marija wm SCG 2221 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 2244
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The superfinal of the 55th Russian women's championship takes place May
15th-26th in Samara.
News: http://www.russiachess.ru
- specifically -
http://www.russiachess.ru/mods.php?name=section&oid=1009&bid=31
The special website of the championship in Samara is
http://www.chess63.com
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ch-RUS w Samara RUS (RUS), 15-26 v 2005 cat. VI (2389)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2492 * . . . 1 . . . . . 1 . 2.0
2. Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina m RUS 2469 . * . . . . . . 1 . . 1 2.0
3. Kosintseva, Tatiana m RUS 2486 . . * . . . . . = 1 . . 1.5 2518
4. Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2355 . . . * . . . = . . . 1 1.5 2461
5. Kosintseva, Nadezhda m RUS 2459 0 . . . * . 1 . . . . . 1.0 2457
6. Zaiatz, Elena wg RUS 2398 . . . . . * . . . = = . 1.0 2355
7. Matveeva, Svetlana wg RUS 2423 . . . . 0 . * 1 . . . . 1.0 2464
8. Galliamova, Alisa m RUS 2469 . . . = . . 0 * . . . . 0.5 2196
9. Gunina, Valentina wf RUS 2340 . 0 = . . . . . * . . . 0.5 2284
10. Kochetkova, Julia wm RUS 2311 . . 0 . . = . . . * . . 0.5 2249
11. Korbut, Ekaterina wg RUS 2399 0 . . . . = . . . . * . 0.5 2252
12. Yakovich, Yuliya wf RUS 2068 . 0 . 0 . . . . . . . * 0.0
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The Russian under-18 championship was played in Dagomys April 6th-14th
2005. Nikita Vitiugov won the event with 7/9.
Further details: http://www.volgachess.ru - (specifically
http://www.volgachess.ru/f/u18VL.htm)
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ch-RUS u18 Nojabrsk RUS (RUS), 6-14 iv 2005
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1. Vitiugov, Nikita RUS 2482 +24 +27 = 2 = 7 = 5 +10 + 4 = 3 + 9 7.0 2600
2. Lovkov, Roman f RUS 2351 +35 + 9 = 1 = 4 =10 = 6 =13 + 7 + 5 6.5 2529
3. Reshetnikov, Alexey f RUS 2355 +36 - 4 +14 = 9 +28 +19 = 5 = 1 +16 6.5 2539
4. Nechepurenko, Roman V f RUS 2402 +19 + 3 +22 = 2 + 7 - 5 - 1 + 8 = 6 6.0 2504
5. Romanov, Evgeny f RUS 2437 =15 =25 +21 +11 = 1 + 4 = 3 + 9 - 2 6.0 2490
6. Eraschenkov, Denis m RUS 2378 +31 =10 =28 =19 +22 = 2 - 9 +13 = 4 5.5 2422
7. Pokazanjev, Nikolai f RUS 2380 =11 +30 +12 = 1 - 4 +29 = 8 - 2 +18 5.5 2420
8. Chadaev, Nikolai f RUS 2434 =28 +32 =10 =22 =29 +18 = 7 - 4 +19 5.5 2385
9. Lysyj, Igor RUS 2498 +21 - 2 +15 = 3 =12 +11 + 6 - 5 - 1 5.0 2407
10. Zacurdajev, Mikhail RUS 2314 +23 = 6 = 8 +13 = 2 - 1 +29 -16 =14 5.0 2453
11. Bryndin, Alexey RUS 2272 = 7 =13 +27 - 5 +14 - 9 +22 =19 =12 5.0 2427
12. Moskalenko, Alexander f RUS 2355 =18 +33 - 7 +16 = 9 =13 =19 =14 =11 5.0 2386
13. Ponkratov, Pavel RUS 2378 =30 =11 +25 -10 +23 =12 = 2 - 6 +24 5.0 2370
14. Askarov, Marat m RUS 2455 -22 +34 - 3 +26 -11 +25 +15 =12 =10 5.0 2333
15. Ivanov, Alexey3 RUS 2303 = 5 +16 - 9 -29 =20 +27 -14 +33 +30 5.0 2415
16. Krylov, Mikhail RUS m RUS 2417 =25 -15 +30 -12 =26 +21 +28 +10 - 3 5.0 2339
17. Verzhansky, Alexander f RUS 2360 =32 -28 +33 =18 -19 =26 =31 +29 +22 5.0 2302
18. Aklanov, Fedor RUS 2172 =12 =20 =23 =17 +21 - 8 =24 +30 - 7 4.5 2359
19. Kiselev, Artiom f RUS 2277 - 4 +36 +20 = 6 +17 - 3 =12 =11 - 8 4.5 2335
20. Demin, Vladimir1 f RUS 2358 =33 =18 -19 =24 =15 =32 +26 =23 =21 4.5 2280
21. Lavrov, Maxim1 f RUS 2344 - 9 +35 - 5 +31 -18 -16 +27 +28 =20 4.5 2308
22. Maslov, Mikhail f RUS 2324 +14 +29 - 4 = 8 - 6 =28 -11 +34 -17 4.0 2309
23. Papin, Vasily f RUS 2440 -10 +31 =18 =28 -13 =24 =33 =20 =26 4.0 2236
24. Tomilin, Alexey RUS 2327 - 1 -26 +32 =20 =25 =23 =18 +31 -13 4.0 2265
25. Keosidi, Konstantin RUS 2278 =16 = 5 -13 =27 =24 -14 =35 =32 +33 4.0 2272
26. Musaev, Mansur RUS 2192 -27 +24 =29 -14 =16 =17 -20 +35 =23 4.0 2298
27. Krutko, Anatoly f RUS 2358 +26 - 1 -11 =25 =30 -15 -21 +36 +34 4.0 2227
28. Pogromsky, Mikhail RUS 2291 = 8 +17 = 6 =23 - 3 =22 -16 -21 =36 3.5 2270
29. Garakov, Mikhael RUS 2359 +34 -22 =26 +15 = 8 - 7 -10 -17 =31 3.5 2228
30. Fatkulin, Andrey RUS 2235 =13 - 7 -16 +33 =27 =34 +32 -18 -15 3.5 2220
31. Uzhva, Andrey RUS 2247 - 6 -23 +36 -21 =34 +35 =17 -24 =29 3.5 2201
32. Beklarjan, Lazar RUS 2232 =17 - 8 -24 =34 +36 =20 -30 =25 -35 3.0 2132
33. Matveev, Mikhail2 RUS RUS 2238 =20 -12 -17 -30 +35 +36 =23 -15 -25 3.0 2145
34. Bratkovskiy, Dmitry RUS 2224 -29 -14 =35 =32 =31 =30 +36 -22 -27 3.0 2131
35. Kuznetsov,Dmitry RUS ---- - 2 -21 =34 -36 -33 -31 =25 -26 +32 2.0 2025
36. Gizatullin, Dmitry RUS 2102 - 3 -19 -31 +35 -32 -33 -34 -27 =28 1.5 1973
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The 23rd Liechtenstein Open took place in Triesen 29th April - 7th May
2005. Martin Senff won the event with 7.5/9.
Official site: http://www1.supra.net/schach/
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23rd Liechtenstein Open Triesen LIE (LIE), 29 iv-7 v 2005
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1. Senff, Martin m GER 2430 7½ 48½ 43.75
2. Horvath, Jozsef1 g HUN 2513 7 49½ 40.25
3. Kritz, Leonid g GER 2549 7 47½ 38.25
4. Horvath, Csaba1 g HUN 2545 6½ 49 37.75
5. Van der Weide, Karel g NED 2472 6½ 45½ 33.00
6. Siebrecht, Sebastian m GER 2438 6½ 40½ 31.75
7. Vasilev, Milen m BUL 2403 6 48 32.75
8. Solleveld, Maarten m NED 2466 6 46½ 31.75
9. Grunberg, Mihai-Lucian m ROM 2421 6 44½ 29.75
10. Peredy, Ferenc m HUN 2290 6 44 29.75
11. Brestian, Egon m AUT 2415 6 43½ 29.75
12. Dizdar, Goran g CRO 2524 6 42½ 30.00
13. Kohlweyer, Bernd m GER 2429 6 40½ 29.25
14. Johnsen, Gunnar NOR 2233 6 40 26.75
92 players
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 now available.
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
The Japfa Chess Festival is now underway in Jakarta, Indonesia. Before
it started there was a match 2nd-7th May 2005 between Megaranto and Dao Thien
Hai which finished 3:3, Play off 1:1, Sudden Death 0:1
Coverage http://www.indochess.com
Dao Thien Hai - Megaranto, Susanto 0-1 48 D17 Slav Defence
Megaranto, Susanto - Dao Thien Hai 1-0 35 B86 Sicilian Sozin Attack
Dao Thien Hai - Megaranto, Susanto 1-0 54 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Megaranto, Susanto - Dao Thien Hai 0-1 39 B42 Sicilian Paulsen
Dao Thien Hai - Megaranto, Susanto 1-0 48 E90 King's Indian Classical
Megaranto, Susanto - Dao Thien Hai 1-0 40 C42 Petroff's Defence
Japfa Match Jakarta INA (INA), 2-7 v 2005
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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Dao Thien Hai g VIE 2609 0 0 1 1 1 0 3.0 2489
Megaranto, Susanto g INA 2489 1 1 0 0 0 1 3.0 2609
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The 1st Livry Gargan Rapid took place on 15th May 2005. Murtas
Kazhgaleyev edged out Alberto David on tie-break. There were 3 points for a
win, 1 for a draw. News: Eric Birmingham.
Website :http://www.livry-echecs.com/
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1. Kazhgaleyev, Murtas g KAZ 2600 25 73 2895 87
2. David, Alberto g LUX 2579 25 72,5 2922 85,5
3. Malakhatko, Vadim g UKR 2562 24 69 2692 81,5
4. Gouliev, Namig m AZE 2526 23 61,5 2681 75,5
5. Chabanon, Jean-Luc g FRA 2424 22 67 2633 80
6. Tregubov, Pavel V g RUS 2612 22 66 2612 80,5
7. Cekro, Ekrem m BEL 2408 22 60 2497 75
8. Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2627 21 73,5 2669 90,5
9. Shchekachev, Andrei g RUS 2526 21 71,5 2559 86
10. Fedorchuk, Sergey A g UKR 2577 21 70 2573 84
11. Gozzoli, Yannick m FRA 2433 21 69 2482 81,5
12. Elbilia, Jacques f MAR 2313 21 68,5 2441 79,5
13. Pira, Davoud m FRA 2383 21 67 2445 81
14. Alienkin, Aleksander m RUS 2393 21 65,5 2412 79,5
15. Boudiba, Mahfoud m ALG 2337 21 61,5 2404 73,5
16. Garbarino, Xavier FRA 2145 21 60 2343 71,5
17. Draoui, Najib f MAR 2373 21 58,5 2385 72,5
18. Payen, Arnaud m FRA 2393 20 64,5 2496 78
19. Koziak, Vitali m UKR 2485 20 60,5 2462 72
20. Dgebuadze, Alexandre g BEL 2534 19 69,5 2563 83
21. Marcelin, Cyril g FRA 2455 19 69,5 2498 82,5
22. Shirazi, Kamran m USA 2399 19 66,5 2445 75,5
23. Marchand, Francois f FRA 2266 19 65,5 2427 81
24. Bagheri, Amir g FRA 2518 19 62,5 2465 73,5
25. Rrhioua, Tarik f MAR 2319 19 62,5 2310 73
322 players
Serbia and Montenegro Team Cup (Men) takes place 15th-22nd May 2005 in
Herceg Novi. It will be Swiss with 22 Teams. The Women's Team Cup takes place
15th-19th May 2005. There are 6 teams and it is Round Robin event.
Details: http://www.scgchess.org
George Mirijanian reports: The Harvard Open took place 7th-8th May 2005
at the Harvard University Science Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. GM
Alexander Ivanvov captured first place with a score of 4.5-0.5. FM Paul
MacIntyre took second place with a 4-1 tally. Deadlocked in 3rd-7th place with
3.5-1.5 results were GM Gennady Sagalchik, national masters Charles Riordan and
Max Enkin, and national experts Ilya Krasik and Olga Sagalchik. The tournament
drew 56 players in two sections. Albert C. Yeh directed for the sponsoring
Harvard Chess Club. Complete crosstables are available at
http://masschess.org
There is a correction (the wrong game) to the game McShane - Nielsen
(14) Bundesliga which was given in error a few weeks ago.
Leonid Shamkovich born in Rostov-on-Don, Russia 1st June 1923 died in
the USA 22nd April 2005.
The former Soviet Grandmaster had a reputation as a sharp tactician and
theoretician. In later years he was better known as an author.
He became an IM 1962 and a GM 1964. He competed in the Russian
Championship six times between 1954 and 1972 with his best result being shared
5th in 1964. Other notable results: Moscow 1962 3rd= Marianske Lazne 3rd, Sochi
1967 1st= (some other firsts; Salgotarjan 1967, Constanta 1969 and Timisoara
1972, New York 1976 and New York Open 1976) He emigrated from the Soviet Union
to Israel in 1965 before settling in the US by way of Canada in 1976. He played
for the US at the 1980 Olympiad in Malta and participated in four US
Championships, his best being 3rd behind Lubomir Kavalek and James Tarjan, in
Pasadena in 1978.
The ACP Board sends an update of their ACP tour standings.
The last period was a relatively quiet one, as only three events were
taken into account in the ACP Tour. As a matter of fact, nothing really changed
in the standings.
Amongst ACP members, only Teimour Radjabov scored a big jump thanks to
his win in Dos Hermanas. He now appears on place 11 with 452 points and still
trails 8th placed Alexander Grischuk by 115 points.
1 Anand 1598
2 Leko 1196
3 Gelfand 916
4 Kramnik 839
5 Morozevich 709
6 Bacrot 612
7 Amonatov 600
8 Grischuk 567
9 Bologan 545
10 Short 510
The very strong 7th Dubai Open International Chess Championship was won
by 16-year-old Wang Hao. This untitled Chinese player created one of the
greatest sensations of the last years. His ten followers all received 96 ACP
points for their efforts.
The third tournament registered is the Grand Prix d'Echecs de Bordeaux.
Unfortunately, this event turned out to be weaker than previously expected. But
both finalists Anatoly Karpov and Hisham Hamdouchi made it up by producing a
very tense struggle which was finally won by the former World Champion.
May will be full of interesting tournaments. We deeply regret the
decision of the organizing comitee of the Super GM Tournament in Sofia not to
enter the ACP Tour. The participants will, thus, only be awarded half the
points they would have received under normal circumstances. American opens
specialists will have the opportunity of upsetting the standings, as three
tournaments will be registered in the next list: the strong HB Global Chess
Challenge in Minneapolis, the CCA International & NY State Open in Lake
George and the open in Chicago. The Bosna closed tournament in Sarajevo will
probably join the ACP Tour as well, as we are still waiting for the organizer's
final decision. Finally, the strong rapid tournament of Livry-Gargan near Paris
will complete the period.
The ACP Board
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Ikaros Chess Festival
The Ikaros Chess Festival will take place 9th-22nd July 2005. The
Festival has been held for the last 27 years on Ikaria island.
This year's events include the traditional open international
tournament "Open Aegean Championship" (12th-20th July) as well as plenty of
other side events such as Junior, Ladies, Veteran, blitz, rapid and
simultaneous exhibition events, blindfold chess, chess lectures and many
others.
Details: http://www.chess.gr/ikaros/
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.
GMs entered: GM Utut Adianto GM Varuzhan Akobian GM Alexander Beliavsky
GM Joel Benjamin GM Pavel Blatny GM Larry Christiansen GM Vladimir Epishin GM
John Fedorowicz GM Valerij Filippov GM Daniel Fridman GM Gildardo Garcia GM
Vladimir Georgiev GM Alex Goldin GM Dmitry Gurevich GM Pentala Harikrishna GM
Alexander Ivanov GM Artur Jussupow GM Gata Kamsky GM Petr Kiriakov GM Boris
Kreiman GM Sergey Kudrin GM Anatoly Lein GM Victor Mikhalevski GM Vadim Milov
GM Nikola Mitkov GM Alex Moiseenko GM Alexander Motylev GM Evgeniy Najer GM
Hikaru Nakamura GM Igor Novikov GM Alexander Onischuk GM Andrés
Rodríguez Vila GM Gregory Serper GM Alexander Shabalov GM Miron Sher GM
Yuri Shulman GM Ilya Smirin GM Alex Stripunsky GM Loek Van Wely GM Alex
Wojtkiewicz GM Leonid Yudasin GM Pablo Zarnicki
Official sites: http://www.hbfoundation.org and
http://www.generationchess.com
Torch Real Estate Cup China Chess League
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. Will round up the games from the second phase next
week.
Further details: http://ccl.sports.cn/ and
http://www.chende.net
Armenian Women's Championship
The Armenian Women's Championship takes place May 13th-22nd, 2005 in
Yerevan.
Players: wg Elina Danielian, wg Lilit Mkrtchian, wm Nelli Aginian, wm
Lilit Galoyan, wm Narine Gasparian, etc.
Official site: http://www.armchess.am
World Amateur Chess Championship
The World Amateur Chess Championship 2005 takes place in Piestany
(Slovakia), July 31st - August 12th 2005. Playing venue - town Piestany is the
world known spa. Total prize fund is 5000 EUR All players should register
before May 31st 2005.
Further information (regulations, registration form, information about
playing venue) at the official web site: http://www.wacc2005.chess.sk
15th European Team Championship
The 15th European Team Championship takes place July 29th-August 8th
2005 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Don't have details of a website yet.
11th Annual Bray Rapidplay
11th Annual Bray Rapidplay June 18 2005 Esplanade Hotel Strand Rd Bray
6-round Swiss, rounds 1-2 accelerated Registration 9-10am Rd1 10.15 sharp Time
control 25 0 all moves FIDE Rapidplay rules apply Entry Euro30: Euro25 if
prepaid by June 9 Prizes Euro700 Euro400 Euro250 Euro150 1-2-3-4; grading
prizes Euro100 each; biggest upset Euro50 Enquiries Colin Byford -
353-1-2065066h csb@iolfree.ie Entries Eugene Rellis 13 Burnaby Pk Greystones
353-1-2875154h greystonesrellis@eircom.net
Event website: http://www.brayrapidplay.com
Bray/Greystones CC - Esplanade Wed nights, new members welcome- club
website http://www.chesssource.com/bray/
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
and an update:
http://www.jovanpetronic.com/fidetrainerscommittee2.htm
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/
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
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.
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
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
