THE WEEK IN CHESS 550 23rd May 2005 by Mark Crowther
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Mtel Masters 15 games
Bosna 2005 24 games
40th Capablanca Memorial 109 games
HB Global Chess Challenge 324 games
Hungarian Championships 40 games
First Saturday May 54 games
Young Stars of the World 54 games
55th Russian Women's Championship 36 games
Ostrava Chess Festival 368 games
Serbia and Montenegro Team Cup 309 games
Latvian Championships 98 games
62nd Georgian Women's Championship 91 games
Magistral Huila 100 años - Neiva 137 games
Alushta Victory Cup 66 games
10th Father Ivan Cvitanovic Memorial 5 games
Znojmo Open 142 games
1872 games
My thanks to Leonid Galperin, Matîss Sîlis, Jan Mazuch,
Kaspars Migla, Lars Hansen, Vlastimil Bayer, Vladica Andrejic, Thomas Henrich,
Zsuzsa Veroci, Leonid Bodankin, Sergey Bystrov, Adolivio Capece, Gary Suffield,
Miklos Orso, Vesislava Tancheva, Michael Grøne Andersson, Albert Vasse,
Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Juan Manuel Gonzalez Jaramillo, arald Keilhack,
Dimitri Komarov, Bradley Zang and everyone else who helped with the issue.
A huge week of chess, and chess issues. The Mtel Masters concluded with
Vesselin Topalov taking clear first on 6.5/10 a point clear of Viswanathan
Anand. On the retirement of Garry Kasparov these two look set to fight out the
position of world number one (although Kasparov will take a year to disappear
from the FIDE list by which time he may very well be preparing a return!). In
joint last was Vladimir Kramnik. He hasn't looked well since his illness during
his world title match against Peter Leko and the blunders he's been producing
seem to suggest a severe lack of mental stamina and rigour. He's dropping down
the rating list and needs to emerge at Dortmund having done a lot of
preparation both physical and chess wise to reverse his decline at a time when
he ought to be at his very best. Elsewhere the traditional Bonsia, Sarajevo
tournament continues. Vassily Ivanchuk picked up a bucket load of rating points
in demolishing the 40th Capablanca Memorial tournament potentially overtaking
Kramnik in the rating list. The HB Global Chess Challenge was a great success
with a surprise winner Zviad Izoria taking first place. Finally on the dark
side the story of the Heroes of Chernobyl ficiticious tournament rumbles on. I
don't think the Ukrainian's need to beat themselves up about this, it was
widely reported because the attempt was so ludicrously inept that the proof of
the manipulation was there to see. Its often much harder to prove, even when
circumstantial evidence suggests a fix. I think its time it was tackled. I've
always been comforted by the fact that thrown or prearranged games are rare at
the top level (except in Olympiads when apparently its OK within the rules to
agree a draw in a match, its not OK by me) but apparently Short admits in his
newspaper column (see
ChessBase)
that he and Kasparov played one when Short was indisposed in the final round of
an event (Novgorod 1997). A fairly astonishing admission to me. A pretty big
week all round.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Mtel Masters took place May 11th-22nd, 2005 in Sofia, Bulgaria. The
event was a part of the celebration of the tenth anniversary of the biggest
Bulgarian mobile operator(http://www.mobiltel.bg) Vesselin Topalov took
clear first a point clear of Viswanathan Anand. Vladimir Kramnik finished in
joint last place.
One unusual rule was 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).
Anand 2785 -1 2784 Topalov 2788
Topalov 2778 +10 2788 Anand 2784
Leko 2763 2763 Leko 2763
Kramnik 2753 -11 2742 Ivanchuk 2751
Ivanchuk 2739 +12 2751 Kramnik 2742
Adams 2737 -8 2729 Polgar 2735
Polgar 2732 +3 2735 Adams 2729
[These figures don't include the Bundesliga
where Anand should gain 4 points there,
and Svidler (+9) probably entering the Top 7]
]
Kasparov 2812 retired will remain at
number one for a year.
Official site: http://www.mtelmasters.com
Round 6 (May 18, 2005)
Topalov, Veselin - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 52 E15 Queens Indian
Polgar, Judit - Adams, Michael 1-0 52 C42 Petroff's Defence
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 45 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Round 7 (May 19, 2005)
Anand, Viswanathan - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 20 C42 Petroff's Defence
Polgar, Judit - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 29 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Adams, Michael - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 54 B91 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.g3
Round 8 (May 20, 2005)
Topalov, Veselin - Polgar, Judit 1/2 68 B48 Sicilian Paulsen
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 54 A30 English Symmetrical
Kramnik, Vladimir - Adams, Michael 1/2 53 C99 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Round 9 (May 21, 2005)
Topalov, Veselin - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1-0 30 E15 Queens Indian
Polgar, Judit - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 44 C42 Petroff's Defence
Adams, Michael - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 60 C42 Petroff's Defence
Round 10 (May 22, 2005)
Anand, Viswanathan - Polgar, Judit 1/2 45 B49 Sicilian Paulsen
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Adams, Michael 1/2 53 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Kramnik, Vladimir - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 34 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Mtel Masters Sofia BUL (BUL), 12-22 v 2005 cat. XX (2747)
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1 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2778 ** =1 == 01 =1 =1 6.5 2850
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2785 =0 ** == == =1 =1 5.5 2775
3 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2732 == == ** == 0= =1 5.0 2749
4 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2695 10 == == ** 01 == 5.0 2757
5 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2753 =0 =0 1= 10 ** 0= 4.0 2673
6 Adams, Michael g ENG 2737 =0 =0 =0 == 1= ** 4.0 2676
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The XXXV International GM Supertournament "Bosna 2005" takes place May
18th-28th, 2005. Viktor Bologan leads on 4/5. The pre-event favourite Alexei
Shirov has played a game less as his round 4 game was postponed, he is on
2.5/4.
Official site: http://www.skbosna.ba
Round 1 (May 19, 2005)
Bologan, Viktor - Volokitin, Andrei 1-0 49 D73 Gruenfeld 3.g3
Shirov, Alexei - Movsesian, Sergei 1-0 40 B48 Sicilian Paulsen
Predojevic, Borki - Eljanov, Pavel 1/2 68 C26 Vienna Game
Dizdarevic, Emir - Timofeev, Artyom 1/2 41 D02 Queen's Pawn Game
Kozul, Zdenko - Sokolov, Ivan 0-1 63 D10 Slav Defence
Round 2 (May 20, 2005)
Eljanov, Pavel - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 38 D12 Slav Defence
Sokolov, Ivan - Bologan, Viktor 1/2 46 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Movsesian, Sergei - Kozul, Zdenko 1/2 20 B67 Sicilian Rauzer
Timofeev, Artyom - Volokitin, Andrei 1-0 61 B46 Sicilian Paulsen
Dizdarevic, Emir - Predojevic, Borki 1/2 11 D12 Slav Defence
Round 3 (May 21, 2005)
Bologan, Viktor - Movsesian, Sergei 1-0 25 D11 Slav Defence
Shirov, Alexei - Dizdarevic, Emir 1/2 46 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Predojevic, Borki - Timofeev, Artyom 1-0 32 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Kozul, Zdenko - Eljanov, Pavel 0-1 36 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Volokitin, Andrei - Sokolov, Ivan 0-1 42 C68 Ruy Lopez Exchange
Round 4 (May 22, 2005)
Eljanov, Pavel - Bologan, Viktor 1/2 21 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Movsesian, Sergei - Volokitin, Andrei 1-0 34 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Timofeev, Artyom - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 71 C82 Ruy Lopez Open Italian Variation
Dizdarevic, Emir - Kozul, Zdenko 1/2 66 B07 Pirc Defence
Round 5 (May 23, 2005)
Bologan, Viktor - Dizdarevic, Emir 1-0 32 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Sokolov, Ivan - Movsesian, Sergei 0-1 37 E11 Bogo Indian Defence
Shirov, Alexei - Timofeev, Artyom 1/2 40 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Kozul, Zdenko - Predojevic, Borki 1-0 40 D97 Gruenfeld Russian
Volokitin, Andrei - Eljanov, Pavel 1/2 60 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
XXXV Bosnia GM Sarajevo BIH (BIH), 19-28 v 2005 cat. XVI (2631)
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1 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2700 * = = . 1 . . 1 . 1 4.0 /5 2866
2 Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2641 = * . = . . = . 1 = 3.0 /5 2718
3 Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2662 = . * . 0 = . . 1 1 3.0 /5 2716
4 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2714 . = . * 1 = . = . . 2.5 /4 2698
5 Movsesian, Sergei g SVK 2628 0 . 1 0 * . . . = 1 2.5 /5 2669
6 Timofeev, Artyom g RUS 2622 . . = = . * 0 = . 1 2.5 /5 2625
7 Predojevic, Borki m BIH 2549 . = . . . 1 * = 0 . 2.0 /4 2593
8 Dizdarevic, Emir g BIH 2521 0 . . = . = = * = . 2.0 /5 2563
9 Kozul, Zdenko g CRO 2591 . 0 0 . = . 1 = * . 2.0 /5 2528
10 Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2679 0 = 0 . 0 0 . . . * 0.5 /5 2284
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The 40th Capablanca Memorial took place 5th-20th May, 2005. Vassily
Ivanchuk dominated throughout and gained rating points on the way to a 9.5/12
score.
Official site: http://www.inder.co.cu/capablanca/
Round 10 (May 15, 2005)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Delgado, Neuris 1-0 72 B58 Sicilian Boleslavsky
Bruzon, Lazaro - Jobava, Baadur 1-0 19 A45 Trompowsky
Arencibia, Walter - Nogueiras, Jesus 1/2 10 E18 Queens Indian
Round 11 (May 16, 2005)
Delgado, Neuris - Bruzon, Lazaro 1/2 88 C10 French Rubinstein
Jobava, Baadur - Dominguez, Lenier 1-0 54 D17 Slav Defence
Nogueiras, Jesus - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 20 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Round 12 (May 17, 2005)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Arencibia, Walter 1-0 25 D07 Tchigorin Defence
Bruzon, Lazaro - Nogueiras, Jesus 1/2 41 C10 French Rubinstein
Dominguez, Lenier - Delgado, Neuris 1/2 49 B66 Sicilian Rauzer
Round 13 (May 18, 2005)
Delgado, Neuris - Jobava, Baadur 1/2 41 B40 Sicilian Classical
Nogueiras, Jesus - Dominguez, Lenier 1/2 10 D14 Slav Exchange
Arencibia, Walter - Bruzon, Lazaro 0-1 41 D36 QGD Exchange
Round 14 (May 19, 2005)
Bruzon, Lazaro - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 51 A48 King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Dominguez, Lenier - Arencibia, Walter 1-0 68 B07 Pirc Defence
Jobava, Baadur - Nogueiras, Jesus 1-0 29 D17 Slav Defence
Capablanca Mem Elite Havana CUB (CUB), 6-19 v 2005cat. 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= 11 9.5 2829
2 Bruzon, Lazaro g CUB 2669 == ** =0 == =1 == 11 7.0 2667
3 Dominguez, Lenier g CUB 2658 =0 =1 ** 1= 00 == =1 6.0 2612
4 Delgado, Neuris g CUB 2567 =0 == 0= ** 1= 10 =1 6.0 2627
5 Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2637 00 =0 11 0= ** =1 10 5.5 2587
6 Nogueiras, Jesus g CUB 2533 0= == == 01 =0 ** == 5.0 2576
7 Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2530 00 00 =0 =0 01 == ** 3.0 2440
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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. Flores, Diego m ARG 2491 * = 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 = = 1 1 9.5 2620
2. Gonzalez, Yuri m CUB 2482 = * = = 1 0 = = = 1 1 1 = 1 8.5 2555
3. Kallio, Heikki g FIN 2469 1 = * 0 = 0 1 1 1 1 = = 0 1 8.0 2533
4. Abreu, Aryam m CUB 2440 1 = 1 * 0 = 0 = = 1 = 1 1 = 8.0 2536
5. Perez, Luis Manuel m CUB 2420 0 0 = 1 * = 1 = = 0 1 1 1 1 8.0 2537
6. Mosquera, Miguel m COL 2434 0 1 1 = = * = 0 1 = 0 1 = = 7.0 2478
7. Perez, Rodney m CUB 2437 0 = 0 1 0 = * = = = = = 1 1 6.5 2449
8. Vera, Reynaldo g CUB 2507 0 = 0 = = 1 = * 0 1 = = = = 6.0 2414
9. Ortega, Mariano f CUB 2411 0 = 0 = = 0 = 1 * = = = = 1 6.0 2422
10. De la Paz, Frank g CUB 2461 0 0 0 0 1 = = 0 = * 1 1 1 = 6.0 2418
11. Fernandez Romero, Ernesto m ESP 2449 = 0 = = 0 1 = = = 0 * 0 = = 5.0 2361
12. Zambrana, Oswaldo m BOL 2472 = 0 = 0 0 0 = = = 0 1 * 1 0 4.5 2336
13. Soppe, Guillermo m ARG 2453 0 = 1 0 0 = 0 = = 0 = 0 * = 4.0 2307
14. Garcia Martinez, Silvino g CUB 2351 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 = = 1 = * 4.0 2314
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Capablanca Mem Premier 2 Havana CUB (CUB), 6-19 v 2005 cat. VIII (2447)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Quezada, Yuniesky m CUB 2502 * = 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 = = 9.5 2618
2. Giaccio, Alfredo m ARG 2478 = * = = = 1 0 = = = 1 1 1 1 8.5 2554
3. Gongora, Maikel m CUB 2454 0 = * 0 1 1 1 1 = = = = = = 7.5 2503
4. Prasca, Raphael m VEN 2442 0 = 1 * 0 = 1 = = = 1 = = = 7.0 2476
5. Corrales, Fidel f CUB 2501 1 = 0 1 * = 0 0 0 = = 1 1 1 7.0 2472
6. Hernandez, Holden m CUB 2446 1 0 0 = = * = 0 = 1 1 = = 1 7.0 2476
7. Perez, Orelvis CUB 2439 0 1 0 0 1 = * 1 0 = 0 1 1 1 7.0 2476
8. Colovic, Aleksandar m MKD 2418 0 = 0 = 1 1 0 * 1 = = = = = 6.5 2449
9. Fernandez Garcia, Jose Luis g ESP 2468 0 = = = 1 = 1 0 * = = 0 = = 6.0 2416
10. Hernandez, Roman g CUB 2367 0 = = = = 0 = = = * = = 1 = 6.0 2424
11. Almeida, Omar m CUB 2452 0 0 = 0 = 0 1 = = = * = = 1 5.5 2389
12. Borges Mateos, Juan g CUB 2484 0 0 = = 0 = 0 = 1 = = * 1 = 5.5 2387
13. Schilow, Wladimir GER 2425 = 0 = = 0 = 0 = = 0 = 0 * 1 4.5 2338
14. Estremera Panos, Sergio m ESP 2385 = 0 = = 0 0 0 = = = 0 = 0 * 3.5 2277
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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 = 1 1 1 9.5 2615
2. Frois, Antonio m POR 2356 0 * = = = 1 1 1 = 1 = = 7.0 2410
3. Mascaro March, Pedro f ESP 2389 = = * 0 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 = 7.0 2407
4. Arribas, Maritza wg CUB 2280 = = 1 * = = = 0 = = 1 1 6.5 2380
5. Pina, Sulennis wg CUB 2330 0 = 1 = * 1 1 0 = 1 1 0 6.5 2376
6. Pazos Gambarrotti, Plinio m ECU 2421 0 0 0 = 0 * = = 1 1 1 1 5.5 2302
7. Ordaz Valdes, Lisandra wm CUB 2252 0 0 = = 0 = * = 1 0 1 1 5.0 2282
8. Iturrizaga, Eduardo m VEN 2225 0 0 0 1 1 = = * = 0 0 1 4.5 2255
9. Marrero, Yaniet wm CUB 2291 = = 0 = = 0 0 = * = 0 1 4.0 2212
10. Ramon, Vivian wg CUB 2198 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 1 = * = = 4.0 2221
11. Hernandez, Tania wm CUB 2227 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 = * = 3.5 2187
12. Perez, Angel f CUB 2406 0 = = 0 1 0 0 0 0 = = * 3.0 2129
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The HB Global Chess Challenge, a Maurice Ashley-led event in
Minneapolis, Minnesota took place 18th-22nd May 2005. There was half a million
dollars in prize money including $50,000 for the winner. Zviad Izoria of
Georgia won the event with 7/9. Games from the final round not yet
available.
Official sites: http://www.hbfoundation.org
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HB Global CC Minneapolis USA (USA), 18-22 v 2005
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1. Izoria, Zviad g GEO 2602 7.5
2. Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2649 7.0
3. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2700 7.0
4. Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2630 7.0
5. Harikrishna, P g IND 2646 7.0
6. Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2614 7.0
7. Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2615 7.0
8. Ibragimov, Ildar g USA 2611 7.0
9. Jussupow, Artur g GER 2601 7.0
10. Yudasin, Leonid g ISR 2538 7.0
11. Fridman, Daniel g LAT 2562 7.0
12. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2657 6.5
13. Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2605 6.5
14. Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2593 6.5
15. Stripunsky, Alexander g USA 2565 6.5
16. Benjamin, Joel g USA 2563 6.5
17. Milman, Lev f USA 2439 6.5
18. Foygel, Igor m USA 2438 6.5
19. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2687 6.0
20. Milov, Vadim g SUI 2653 6.0
21. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2680 6.0
22. Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2665 6.0
23. Sadvakasov, Darmen g KAZ 2605 6.0
24. Filippov, Valerij g RUS 2621 6.0
25. Goldin, Alexander g USA 2615 6.0
26. Kacheishvili, Giorgi g GEO 2597 6.0
27. Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2638 6.0
28. Novikov, Igor A g USA 2589 6.0
29. Adianto, Utut g INA 2588 6.0
30. Mikhalevski, Victor g ISR 2572 6.0
31. Akobian, Varuzhan g USA 2556 6.0
32. Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander g USA 2535 6.0
33. Kudrin, Sergey g USA 2554 6.0
34. Mitkov, Nikola g MKD 2530 6.0
35. Ivanov, Alexander g USA 2563 6.0
36. Antonio, Rogelio jr g PHI 2513 6.0
37. Christiansen, Larry M g USA 2524 6.0
38. Sevillano, Enrico m USA 2450 6.0
39. Shulman, Yuri g USA 2550 6.0
40. Khachiyan, Melikset m USA 2473 6.0
41. Matikozian, Andranik m ARM 2515 6.0
42. Mariano, Nelson g PHI 2468 6.0
43. Gonzalez, Renier m USA 2483 6.0
44. Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg g MGL 2453 6.0
45. Li Wenliang m CHN 2422 6.0
46. Schneider, Dmitry m USA 2466 6.0
47. Mahesh Chandran, P m IND 2473 6.0
48. Friedel, Joshua E f USA 2425 6.0
49. Simutowe, Amon m ZAM 2435 6.0
50. Milovanovic, Rade m USA 2399 6.0
51. Taylor, Timothy m USA 2297 6.0
52. Fernandez, Daniel USA f USA 2406 6.0
53. Ardaman, Miles f USA 2308 6.0
54. Del Mundo, Anton PHI 2264 6.0
55. Barnett, Alexander USA 2193 6.0
56. Glek, Igor V g GER 2597 5.5
57. Kiriakov, Petr g RUS 2565 5.5
58. Vasquez, Rodrigo g CHI 2551 5.5
59. De Firmian, Nick E g USA 2549 5.5
60. Zarnicki, Pablo g ARG 2523 5.5
61. Serper, Grigory g USA 2546 5.5
62. Gurevich, Dmitry g USA 2515 5.5
63. Perelshteyn, Eugene m USA 2507 5.5
64. Sokolin, Leonid M m USA 2513 5.5
65. Kraai, Jesse m USA 2416 5.5
66. Young, Angelo m PHI 2413 5.5
67. Kustar, Sandor m HUN 2379 5.5
68. Muhammad, Stephen A f USA 2334 5.5
69. Ippolito, Dean m USA 2402 5.5
70. Pruess, David f USA 2394 5.5
71. Stein, Alex f USA 2362 5.5
72. Ortiz, Eduardo PHI 2336 5.5
73. Ginsburg, Mark m USA 2354 5.5
74. Quan Zhe f CAN 2397 5.5
75. Wendt, Jan-Dietrich GER 2289 5.5
76. Vuilleumier, Alexandre SUI 2245 5.5
77. Moe, Win USA 2373 5.5
78. Ishkanov, Tigran USA 2342 5.5
79. Pismenny, Avraam RUS 2301 5.5
80. Ponomarev, Philipp USA ---- 5.5
81. Betaneli, Aleksandr USA 2222 5.5
82. Santalla, Andres CUB 2075 5.5
83. Lee, Andy C USA 2215 5.5
84. Becerra Rivero, Julio g USA 2552 5.0
85. Rodriguez, Andres g URU 2536 5.0
86. Georgiev, Vladimir g MKD 2535 5.0
87. Gonzales, Jayson m PHI 2474 5.0
88. Dableo, Ronald m PHI 2440 5.0
89. Van de Mortel, Jan f NED 2410 5.0
90. Vavrak, Peter m SVK 2406 5.0
91. Mezentsev, Vladimir RUS 2397 5.0
92. Burnett, Ronald m USA 2433 5.0
93. Laylo, Darwin PHI 2344 5.0
94. Lugo, Blas m USA 2406 5.0
95. Renteria, Jorge COL 2295 5.0
96. Adamson, Robby f USA 2344 5.0
97. Moncayo Romero, Evelyn wm ECU 2267 5.0
98. Nagle, Sean f USA 2397 5.0
99. Lawson, Eric m CAN 2367 5.0
100. Zlotnikov, Mikhail m USA 2346 5.0
101. Swathi, Ghate wg IND 2238 5.0
268 players
The 55th Hungarian Men's Championship (Barcika Cup) took place 10th-18th
May 2005. Zoltan Gyimesi and Zoltan Almasi finished on 6/9. Also the 53rd
Hungarian Women Championship took place in Szeged 12th-20th May 2005. Nikoletta
Lakos won the event by half a point form Ildiko Madl. This is Nikoletta Lakos
3rd title (after 1998, 2002) Anna Rudolf made her 3rd and final norm for the
WIM title, and Maria Ignacz achieved her 1st norm.
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 1 = = 6.0 2668
2. Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2628 = * = = = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2664
3. Ruck, Robert g HUN 2551 = = * = = = = = = = 4.5 2548
4. Balogh, Csaba g HUN 2531 = = = * = 0 = = 1 = 4.5 2550
5. Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2617 = = = = * = 0 0 1 1 4.5 2540
6. Erdos, Viktor m HUN 2480 0 = = 1 = * = = = = 4.5 2556
7. Varga, Zoltan g HUN 2515 0 = = = 1 = * = 0 = 4.0 2509
8. Portisch, Lajos g HUN 2525 0 0 = = 1 = = * = = 4.0 2508
9. Horvath, Adam1 g HUN 2555 = 0 = 0 0 = 1 = * 1 4.0 2504
10. Cao Sang m VIE 2488 = 0 = = 0 = = = 0 * 3.0 2430
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53rd ch-HUN w Szeged HUN (HUN), 12-20 v 2005
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1. Lakos, Nikoletta wg HUN 2342 * = 1 = 1 = = 1 1 1 7.0 2452
2. Madl, Ildiko m HUN 2375 = * = = = 1 1 1 1 = 6.5 2395
3. Schneider, Veronika wm HUN 2241 0 = * 0 1 1 1 1 = 1 6.0 2369
4. Gara, Anita wg HUN 2400 = = 1 * 0 0 = 1 1 1 5.5 2306
5. Rudolf, Anna HUN 2210 0 = 0 1 * = 1 0 1 1 5.0 2290
6. Ignacz, Maria HUN 2195 = 0 0 1 = * 0 1 1 1 5.0 2292
7. Gara, Ticia wg HUN 2296 = 0 0 = 0 1 * 1 1 1 5.0 2280
8. Domany, Zsofia HUN 2056 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 * = 1 2.5 2098
9. Decsey, Katalin HUN 2151 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = * = 1.5 1981
10. Albert, Kornelia HUN 2171 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 = * 1.0 1900
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The First Saturday May events took place 7th-19th May 2005. Konstantin
Chernyshov won the GM event with 8/11. Correction to the round 4 game Varadi -
Berczes which had the wrong result.
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. Chernyshov, Konstantin g RUS 2531 * = = = 1 1 = = = 1 1 1 8.0 2602
2. Hoang Thanh Trang m VIE 2470 = * 1 = 1 0 0 1 1 = 1 = 7.0 2535
3. Berczes, David f HUN 2342 = 0 * = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 0 7.0 2546
4. Nguyen Ngoc Truongson g VIE 2527 = = = * = = 1 = 1 1 0 1 7.0 2530
5. Koneru, Humpy g IND 2508 0 0 0 = * = 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2531
6. Gonda, Laszlo f HUN 2416 0 1 = = = * = = = 1 0 1 6.0 2474
7. Ilincic, Zlatko g SCG 2473 = 1 0 0 0 = * = 1 1 = = 5.5 2432
8. Seger, Ruediger m GER 2416 = 0 0 = 0 = = * = = = 1 4.5 2373
9. Paschall, William M m USA 2400 = 0 = 0 0 = 0 = * = 1 1 4.5 2374
10. Wittmann, Walter m AUT 2386 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 = = * 1 1 3.5 2307
11. Kun, Gabor HUN 2336 0 0 0 1 0 1 = = 0 0 * 0 3.0 2270
12. Varadi, Viktor HUN 2430 0 = 1 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 * 3.0 2261
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Caruana, Fabiano f USA 2255 * = 1 0 1 = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 10.0 2487
2. Galyas, Miklos m HUN 2444 = * = 1 = 1 = 1 1 = = = = 1 9.0 2402
3. Werner, Dimo m GER 2334 0 = * = = 1 = 1 = = 1 1 = 1 8.5 2380
4. Hasanova, Elmira wm RUS 2282 1 0 = * 0 1 = 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2361
5. Niemi, Kalle FIN 2247 0 = = 1 * 0 = = = = = 1 1 1 7.5 2334
6. Fodor, Tamas jr f HUN 2269 = 0 0 0 1 * = = 1 1 0 = 1 1 7.0 2304
7. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2302 = = = = = = * = = = = 0 1 = 6.5 2272
8. Erdelyi, Zombor HUN 2264 0 0 0 1 = = = * = 0 = 1 1 1 6.5 2275
9. Lundin, Jan SWE 2259 0 0 = 1 = 0 = = * 0 1 1 = 0 5.5 2219
10. Charleshouse, Glenn L f ENG 2212 0 = = 0 = 0 = 1 1 * = = = 0 5.5 2222
11. Chetverik, Maxim m RUS 2305 0 = 0 0 = 1 = = 0 = * = = 1 5.5 2215
12. Prohaszka, Peter2 HUN 2265 = = 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 = = * 1 1 5.5 2218
13. Koneru, Chandra Hawsa IND 2305 0 = = 0 0 0 0 0 = = = 0 * = 3.0 2061
14. Katsuhara, Osamu JPN 2106 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 1 0 0 = * 3.0 2076
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The Young Stars of the World tournament takes place in Kirishi,
Leningrad region 12th (arrival) - 26th May 2005.
Official sites: http://www.somovs-memorial.ru/
(Russian only) http://www.somovs-memorial.ru/table_eng.html
(English Table)
Young Stars of the World Kirishi RUS (RUS), 14-25 v 2005cat. X (2479)
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1 Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2635 * 0 1 = . 1 1 1 1 1 = . 7.0 2675
2 Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2597 1 * = 1 = = = = . = . 1 6.0 2606
3 Khairullin, Ildar m RUS 2517 0 = * 1 = 1 . = . 1 1 = 6.0 2610
4 Kuzubov, Yuriy m UKR 2558 = 0 0 * 1 . 1 1 = = 1 . 5.5 2549
5 Mamedov, Rauf g AZE 2511 . = = 0 * = = . 1 1 1 = 5.5 2561
6 Zhigalko, Sergei m BLR 2462 0 = 0 . = * 1 = = . 1 1 5.0 2525
7 Nepomniachtchi, Ian m RUS 2505 0 = . 0 = 0 * 1 1 . 0 1 4.0 2439
8 Lintchevski, Daniil RUS 2269 0 = = 0 . = 0 * = 1 . = 3.5 2419
9 Negi, Parimarjan IND 2349 0 . . = 0 = 0 = * 1 = = 3.5 2395
10 Sjugirov, Sanan f RUS 2381 0 = 0 = 0 . . 0 0 * 1 1 3.0 2363
11 Lenic, Luka m SLO 2465 = . 0 0 0 0 1 . = 0 * = 2.5 2324
12 Andreikin, Dmitry m RUS 2495 . 0 = . = 0 0 = = 0 = * 2.5 2284
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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
ch-RUS w Samara RUS (RUS), 15-26 v 2005 cat. VI (2389)
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1 Kosintseva, Tatiana m RUS 2486 * . . = = 1 1 . = 1 1 1 6.5 2604
2 Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2492 . * = = 1 1 1 = . . 1 = 6.0 2573
3 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina m RUS 2469 . = * . 1 = = . 1 1 = 1 6.0 2548
4 Galliamova, Alisa m RUS 2469 = = . * . = 0 = 1 1 1 . 5.0 2495
5 Kosintseva, Nadezhda m RUS 2459 = 0 0 . * . 1 1 1 = 0 . 4.0 2414
6 Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2355 0 0 = = . * 1 = = . . 1 4.0 2393
7 Matveeva, Svetlana wg RUS 2423 0 0 = 1 0 0 * 1 . . . 1 3.5 2356
8 Zaiatz, Elena wg RUS 2398 . = . = 0 = 0 * . = = 1 3.5 2329
9 Gunina, Valentina wf RUS 2340 = . 0 0 0 = . . * = 1 1 3.5 2334
10 Kochetkova, Julia wm RUS 2311 0 . 0 0 = . . = = * 1 0 2.5 2245
11 Korbut, Ekaterina wg RUS 2399 0 0 = 0 1 . . = 0 0 * . 2.0 2235
12 Yakovich, Yuliya wf RUS 2068 0 = 0 . . 0 0 0 0 1 . * 1.5 2158
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The Ostrava Chess Festival took place 30th April - 8th May 2005. There
were GM, IM and Open events. Viacheslav Dydyshko won the GM event.
Official site: http://www.sweb.cz/ostravsky.konik/turna_e.html
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GM Ostrava CZE (CZE), 30 iv-8 v 2005 cat. VIII (2447)
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1. Dydyshko, Viacheslav g BLR 2549 * = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 6.5 2601
2. Jakubiec, Artur g POL 2529 = * = = 1 = 1 = 1 = 6.0 2562
3. Vokac, Marek g CZE 2454 = = * 1 1 = = = = 1 6.0 2571
4. Czakon, Jakub POL 2447 = = 0 * 1 = = = = 1 5.0 2489
5. Simacek, Pavel m CZE 2421 0 0 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 = 4.5 2449
6. Rasik, Vitezslav m CZE 2464 = = = = 0 * = = 0 1 4.0 2401
7. Talla, Vladimir m CZE 2409 = 0 = = 0 = * = = 1 4.0 2408
8. Klima, Lukas m CZE 2489 0 = = = 0 = = * = 1 4.0 2399
9. Cernousek, Lukas CZE 2352 0 0 = = 0 1 = = * 1 4.0 2414
10. Meszaros, Michal f SVK 2354 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 * 1.0 2106
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IM Ostrava CZE (CZE), 30 iv-8 v 2005 cat. II (2293)
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1. Michenka, Jozef m CZE 2348 * = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 = 7.0 2507
2. Kotan, Ladislav m SVK 2325 = * = = 0 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2455
3. Michalik, Peter SVK 2244 0 = * = 1 = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2464
4. Splosnov, Sergei m BLR 2369 = = = * = = 1 = = 1 5.5 2364
5. Priborsky, Jan CZE 2320 0 1 0 = * 0 1 = 1 1 5.0 2333
6. Ganaus, Hannes m AUT 2308 0 0 = = 1 * = = = 1 4.5 2291
7. Czarnota, Dorota wm POL 2244 = 0 0 0 0 = * 1 1 0 3.0 2173
8. Bolacky, Jiri CZE 2252 0 0 0 = = = 0 * = 1 3.0 2172
9. Muzik, Martin CZE 2317 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 = * 1 2.5 2124
10. Karhanek, Pavel CZE 2206 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 * 1.5 2030
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1. Likavsky, Tomas m SVK 2459 7.0 2489
2. Kulhanek, Tomas f CZE 2370 7.0 2470
3. Sikora-Lerch, Jan m CZE 2319 6.5 2456
4. Firt, Stanislav f CZE 2349 6.5 2421
5. Cvek, Robert m CZE 2490 6.0 2401
6. Vesselovsky, Serguei m CZE 2397 6.0 2328
7. Vukovic, Ivo f CRO 2179 6.0 2310
8. Bartos, Jan CZE 2293 6.0 2290
9. Vyskocil, Neklan CZE 2304 6.0 2288
10. Vesely, Martin CZE 2149 6.0 2281
11. Poloch, Petr m CZE 2302 5.5 2312
12. Potomak, Vladimir CZE 2185 5.5 2284
13. Kantorik, Marian f SVK 2289 5.5 2282
14. Cempel, Jaroslav f CZE 2247 5.5 2266
15. Simek, Jiri CZE 2209 5.5 2192
16. Caletka, Radomir CZE 2183 5.5 2196
17. Bures, Martin CZE 2183 5.5 2227
18. Hrtanek, Jiri CZE 2218 5.5 2156
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Serbia and Montenegro Team Cup (Men) took place 15th-22nd May 2005 in
Herceg Novi. It was a Swiss with 22 Teams. "Partizan" from Belgrade (1 GM Nataf
Igor-Alexandre 2559 FRA 2 GM Markovic Miroslav 2509 SCG 3 GM Vuckovic Bojan
2529 SCG 4 GM Pavlovic Milos 2475 SCG GM Vukic Milan 2468 SCG) won the Cup in a
dramatical finish from Beograd-Grand Kafa ( 1 GM Tseshkovsky Vitaly 2589 RUS 2
GM Ivanisevic Ivan 2542 SCG 3 GM Jeremic Veljko 2525 SCG 4 IM Zakic Srdjan 2368
SCG Marcetic Nikola 2414 SCG Vucicevic Moma 2333 SCG ). News: Vladica
Andrejic.
The Women's Team Cup took place 15th-19th May 2005. "BAS" from Belgrade
(Bojkovic, Prudnikova, Drljevic, Kostic) won the title, because of of better
Board points (tied in Match points)
Details: http://www.scgchess.org
Final Ranking Men
Rk Team Gam + = - MP Pts.
1 Partizan-Partner inzenjering 7 5 1 1 11 17
2 Beograd-Grand Kafa 7 5 0 2 10 17½
3 Novosadski sah klub 7 4 2 1 10 16
4 Sloga-Amiga Kraljevo 7 3 3 1 9 18
5 Buducnost Podgorica 7 3 3 1 9 16½
6 Spartak Subotica 7 3 3 1 9 15
7 ZTP Beograd 7 3 2 2 8 16½
8 SK Nis Nis 7 3 2 2 8 15½
9 Elektroprivreda Niksic 7 4 0 3 8 15½
10 SK Herceg Novi 7 3 2 2 8 14½
11 Radnicki Beograd 7 3 2 2 8 13½
12 Planum Turs 7 3 1 3 7 15½
13 Caribrod Dimitrovgrad 7 3 0 4 6 14
14 Radnicki Zrenjanin 7 3 0 4 6 14
15 Postanska stedionica Beograd 7 3 0 4 6 13
16 Mimoza Tivat 7 2 2 3 6 12½
17 Telekom Zvecan 7 2 2 3 6 12
18 Ivan Kurjacki RNP Pancevo 7 3 0 4 6 11½
19 Pozarevacki sah klub Pozarevac 7 2 1 4 5 13½
20 Jugovic-Kac Kac 7 1 3 3 5 12½
21 Mladost Sjenica 7 0 2 5 2 6½
22 Bratstvo-Jedinstvo Novi Beograd 7 0 1 6 1 7½
Final Ranking Women
R Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 MP Pts.
1 BAS Beograd * 1½ 3 2½ 2 3 9 12
2 Podgorica-Internet Podgorica 1½ * 3 2 2 3 9 11½
3 Jugovic-Kac Kac 0 0 * 2½ 2 1½ 5 6
4 ZTP Beograd ½ 1 ½ * 3 2½ 4 7½
5 Gosa FSO Smed.Palanka 1 1 1 0 * 2 2 5
6 Caribrod Dimitrovgrad 0 0 1½ ½ 1 * 1 3
The Latvian Championships took place in Riga 13th-21st May 2005. Edvins
Kengis and Laura Rogule won the men's and women's events.
Official site: http://www.latchess.lv
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ch-LAT Riga LAT (LAT), 13-21 v 2005 cat. VIII (2427)
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1. Kengis, Edvins g LAT 2537 * 0 = = 1 = 1 1 = = 1 = 1 8.0 2543
2. Sveshnikov, Evgeny g LAT 2499 1 * = = = 1 = 0 1 1 = = = 7.5 2516
3. Neiksans, Arturs m LAT 2439 = = * = = 0 = 1 1 1 = = 1 7.5 2521
4. Luckans, Arnolds f LAT 2452 = = = * = 1 = = 1 = 0 = 1 7.0 2482
5. Klovans, Janis g LAT 2462 0 = = = * = = 1 = = = 1 1 7.0 2481
6. Samolins, Vitalijs LAT 2220 = 0 1 0 = * = 1 0 1 1 = = 6.5 2473
7. Krivonosov, Oleg m LAT 2454 0 = = = = = * = = = = 1 = 6.0 2425
8. Starostits, Ilmars m LAT 2450 0 1 0 = 0 0 = * = 1 1 = = 5.5 2396
9. Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2564 = 0 0 0 = 1 = = * = = 1 0 5.0 2358
10. Berzinsh, Roland m LAT 2457 = 0 0 = = 0 = 0 = * = 1 1 5.0 2367
11. Meijers, Viesturs g LAT 2486 0 = = 1 = 0 = 0 = = * = 0 4.5 2335
12. Kalnins, Kristaps LAT 2205 = = = = 0 = 0 = 0 0 = * 1 4.5 2358
13. Katishonok, Nikolaj LAT 2330 0 = 0 0 0 = = = 1 0 1 0 * 4.0 2310
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ch-LAT w Riga LAT (LAT), 13-21 v 2005 cat. I (2263)
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1 2 3 4 5
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1 Rogule, Laura wm LAT 2278 ** 01 1= =1 11 6.0 2452
2 Erneste, Inguna wg LAT 2287 10 ** == == 1= 4.5 2300
3 Berzina, Ilze wm LAT 2295 0= == ** == == 3.5 2212
4 Voronova, Tatiana wm LAT 2226 =0 == == ** =0 3.0 2185
5 Vilerte, Tamara LAT 2230 00 0= == =1 ** 3.0 2184
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The 62nd Georgian Women's Championship took place 4th-19th May 2005 in
Tbilisi. Nino Khurtsidze won the event with 9.5/13.
Official site: http://www.gcf.org.ge/
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62nd ch-GEO w Tblisi GEO (GEO), 5-20 v 2005 cat. IV (2349)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Khurtsidze, Nino m GEO 2418 * = 1 0 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 9.5 2519
2. Lomineishvili, Maia m GEO 2396 = * 1 = = = 1 = 1 1 0 1 0 1 8.5 2455
3. Matnadze, Ana wg GEO 2376 0 0 * = = 0 = 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 8.0 2434
4. Tsereteli, Tamar wm GEO 2273 1 = = * = 1 = = 0 0 1 = = 1 7.5 2412
5. Charkhalashvili, Inga wf GEO 2321 = = = = * 1 = 0 1 0 = 1 = 1 7.5 2408
6. Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan m GEO 2452 0 = 1 0 0 * 0 1 = = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2398
7. Khukhashvili, Sopiko wm GEO 2366 = 0 = = = 1 * = 0 0 0 1 1 1 6.5 2348
8. Javakhishvili, Lela wg GEO 2430 0 = 0 = 1 0 = * = = 1 0 1 1 6.5 2343
9. Dzagnidze, Nana m GEO 2482 = 0 0 1 0 = 1 = * 1 = 0 1 0 6.0 2310
10. Batsiashvili, Nino wm GEO 2278 0 0 0 1 1 = 1 = 0 * 1 = 0 0 5.5 2297
11. Melia, Salome wm GEO 2333 0 1 0 0 = 0 1 0 = 0 * = 1 1 5.5 2293
12. Gavasheli, Ana GEO 2157 = 0 = = 0 0 0 1 1 = = * 0 0 4.5 2254
13. Gurieli, Nino m GEO 2348 0 1 0 = = 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 * 0 4.0 2208
14. Tereladze, Sopiko wm GEO 2262 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 * 4.0 2215
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The Magistral Huila 100 años took place in Neiva 10th-15th May
2005. Sergei Tiviakov took clear first place with 8/9. I've had to make
educated guesses on three players as they weren't given FIDE identities in the
listings. Alberto Rivera and Julio Espinosa I'm pretty confident on but Carlos
Lopez is given as an IM from Cuba but the only player I can find even close is
an FM Carlos Manuel Lopez. News: Juan Manuel Gonzalez Jaramillo.
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1. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2631 8.0 40 47.5
2. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2611 7.0 35,5 49
3. Dobrov, Vladimir g RUS 2521 6.5 32,5 50
4. Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2608 5.5 29 50.5
5. Cuartas, Jaime Alexander COL 2447 5.5 28,5 49.5
6. Rivera, Alberto m CUB 2381 5.5 28,5 43.5
7. Cordova, Emilio f PER 2384 5.5 26 46
8. Uribe, Mauricio COL 2359 5.5 25 37
9. Beltran, Carlos COL 2280 5.5 20 33
10. Garcia, Gildardo g COL 2452 5.0 26,5 50
11. Zapata, Alonso g COL 2520 5.0 26 44.5
12. Castro, Oscar H m COL 2387 5.0 22,5 40
13. Jonkman, Harmen g NED 2428 4.5 25,5 44.5
14. Contreras, Henry f COL 2323 4.5 23 41.5
15. Acosta, Alejandro COL m COL 2297 4.5 20,5 35.5
16. Vittorino, Carlo COL 2332 4.5 19,5 32.5
17. Minaya, Juan f COL 2236 4.5 19,5 31.5
18. Valderrama, E Gilberto COL 2326 4.5 18,5 36.5
19. Polo, Victor Ramon COL 2235 4.5 15,5 24.5
20. Gutierrez, Jose A m COL 2290 4.0 21,5 42.5
21. Lopez, Carlos Manuel CUB f CUB 2324 4.0 20,5 39.5
22. Fierro Baquero, Martha L m ECU 2353 4.0 17,5 34.5
23. Gamboa, Nelson m COL 2379 3.5 22 34.5
24. Hernandez Fierro, Rodrigo m COL 2194 3.5 20 27
25. Cuartas, Jorge COL 2131 3.5 18 33.5
26. Espinosa, Julio f CUB 2315 3.5 17,5 37.5
27. Garcia, Alvaro COL COL 2201 3.5 15,5 26.5
28. Castano, Duvan Martin COL 2332 3.0 17,5 39.5
29. William, Alzate COL 2275 3.0 17 37.5
30. Ortiz, Nadya Karolina wm COL 2204 3.0 13 30.5
31. Sanchez Castillo, Sarai wm VEN 2187 3.0 10,5 32.5
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The Victory Cup took place in Alushta 12th-22nd May 2005. Yaroslav
Zinchenko won the event with 8.5/11.
Official site: http://www.kaissa.com.ua
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Victory Cup Alushta UKR (UKR), 12-22 v 2005 cat. VII (2407)
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1. Zinchenko, Yaroslav m UKR 2460 * = = 1 = 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2612
2. Belikov, Vladimir g RUS 2517 = * = = 1 = 1 = = = 1 1 7.5 2529
3. Hasangatin, Ramil g RUS 2416 = = * = = 1 = = 1 1 = 1 7.5 2538
4. Shtyrenkov, Veniamen g RUS 2447 0 = = * 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 7.5 2536
5. Tukhaev, Adam UKR 2419 = 0 = 0 * 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2538
6. Annageldyev, Orazly m TKM 2483 0 = 0 = 0 * 1 1 1 0 1 1 6.0 2435
7. Kharchenko, Boris UKR 2313 1 0 = 0 = 0 * 0 1 1 1 0 5.0 2379
8. Skatchkov, Pavel m RUS 2468 0 = = = 0 0 1 * 0 1 = 1 5.0 2365
9. Lahiri, Atanu m IND 2355 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 1 1 4.5 2346
10. Sharma, Dinesh K m IND 2381 0 = 0 = 0 1 0 0 0 * 1 1 4.0 2307
11. Annaberdyev, Bayram TKM 2335 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 * 1 2.0 2151
12. Semiev, Suhrab TKM 2287 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 * 1.0 2034
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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
now available. 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. 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 Znojmo Open took place 14th-22nd May 2005. Vladimir Bukal jr won the
event with 8/9. Games from the last two rounds are missing.
http://www.avekont.cz/znojmo
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Open Znojmo CZE (CZE), 15-22 v 2005
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1. Bukal, Vladimir jr m CRO 2405 8.0 53.5 29.5
2. Zaja, Ivan g CRO 2489 7.5 53.5 29.5
3. Vokac, Marek g CZE 2454 6.5 52.0 27.0
4. Bartos, Jan CZE 2293 6.5 51.5 27.0
5. Cernousek, Lukas CZE 2352 6.5 45.5 24.5
6. Kozak, Milos f CZE 2257 6.0 48.5 26.5
7. Golcman, Evgeny RUS 2325 6.0 48.5 25.5
8. Lacina, Adolf f CZE 2284 5.5 50.5 26.5
9. Karlik, Vladimir f CZE 2324 5.5 49.0 26.0
10. Vogel, Jaap f NED 2297 5.5 48.0 26.5
11. Adam, Petr CZE 2129 5.5 47.5 26.0
12. Vymazal, Bronislav CZE 2192 5.5 47.5 25.5
13. Djurkovic, Maks SLO 2182 5.5 46.0 25.0
14. Pettersson, Tomas SWE 1966 5.5 45.5 26.0
15. Stokke, Kjetil NOR 2226 5.5 44.5 25.0
16. Mlynek, Petr CZE 2216 5.5 44.0 25.0
17. Valenta, Vit CZE 2189 5.5 44.0 23.0
18. Van der Laan, Dinard NED 2251 5.5 43.0 24.0
19. Zavadil, Michal CZE 2096 5.5 42.0 24.5
20. Kulovana, Eva CZE 2153 5.5 39.5 21.5
66 players
Little did I know when I put a small announcement in TWIC about the
"Heroes of Chernobyl" what controversy it would provoke. This is without doubt
the strangest and most incompetent attempt to falsify a tournament I know of.
Well before I started TWIC I knew a low ranked IM who told me of GM norms being
obtained in this place or another in facticious or easily bought events, or
deals agreed in the final round of Swiss system events when a player needed a
result for a norm. I think its an open secret amongst professionals that these
things happen. Proving these things is very hard (I well remember New in Chess
and a now high ranking FIDE official disputing whether a certain event ever
took place, games appearing something like a year afterwards), except if you
organise an event when players are playing elsewhere at the same time, this
particular falsification had no chance of working. I didn't announce it
straight away after Michal Krasenkow told me one of the participants wasn't
playing in the event (he was about to compete in the Polish Championship)
because I was really curious to know if the organisers would continue to update
the site with games right through the start of the Polish Championship. It
turned out that other players had noticed they weren't playing in the event and
so the organisers were tipped off. I doubt this situation will occur again
because the fraud was always going to be discovered but finding the culprets
may be harder, the first table from the event I received did have the names of
the arbiters which I guess would be a good place to start. The Ukrainian Chess
Federation asked me to only publish events they've ratified, I don't think
that's the right approach, but if I publish events where there are problems or
doubts anywhere in the world please let me know.
Elsewhere I've been told that there are widespread problems in Brazil
with ficticious tournaments and even players. Its very hard to know the truth
of this but I would be interested to know if anyone has ever played ( 2101220
Hiderick, Paulo Neek BRA 2245 0 23.06.1964 i 2104610 Sonza, Othon BRA 2120 0 .
. i ) who its alleged have never been seen at the board. It may be something I
return to. I wouldn't imagine Brazil and Ukraine are even close to being the
countries with the biggest problem in this regard. The major problem is that
FIDE (and I sympathise with them in this) don't know how to prove or punish
these cases. I'm frequently told by one of my major contributers of an arbiter
who was caught fixing a tournament yet wasn't banned for life and indeed is
still an important chess official. Perhaps banning people who are caught would
be the starting point. In the end arbiters are the major safe guard against
fraud. Another measure they could introduce is a specific FIDE official whose
proberty is universally recognised who could be contacted by people whose names
appear in events they didn't play in. My feeling is that in many Federations
there is no such place to do so.
Below are a couple of letters about the Heroes of Chernobyl event one
from the Ukainian Chess Federation president and the other from Dimitri Komarov
who is attacked in the letter.
Nigel Short wrote a chess column on the subject given at:
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2406
The Ukrainian Chess Federation President V. Petrov "On falsifiers and
their accomplice"
Ukrainian Chess Federation in English:
http://mirror01.iptelecom.net.ua/~chessfed/index_e.html
Can you imagine leader of Ukrainian chess Vasiliy Ivanchuk losing an
"agreed game"? Of course, no! While his devotion to chess leaves no place for
doubt. And though people like Vasiliy constitute the majority, there are still
"masters" of another kind - masters of cheating and falsification. In the last
decades, when FIDE made requirements to the high titles’ owners more
liberal and it turned out it was not always justified, a number of machinators
increased. Now, FIDE attempts to stop the "cloudy tide" and extremes also
happen from time to time when honest players come under suspicion.
However, it would not be right to pretend that nothing like this could
happen in Ukraine and that is why in the years 2002 and 2003 CFU Executive
Committee adopted decisions aiming to introduce order in this sphere. But the
recent scandalous case brought our attention to the problem of obtaining
dubious results and titles again. An attempt to falsify not only separate games
but the whole international tournament had been suppressed.
It started at the UCF Executive Committee session (April 14th,, 2005)
where we learned about TWIC announcement of the "The International Chess GM
Tournament Memorial Heroes of Chernobyl" opening on April 15th in Slavutich
city. The fact that this tournament had not been registered and some other
details were suspicious. Right from the session a telephone call to one of the
participants, residing in another city, was made and he honestly replied he was
at home. Which made us submit an official inquiry and get an official reply
stating there were no chess tournaments in Slavutich at the time at all! On
April 19th, a real international tournament was opened in Kiev, among
participants we could see Chohonelidze, who was mentioned as a "Memorial"
participant. In the meantime, a pseudo-tournament table in Internet was
regularly updated with new pseudo-results. Of course, we informed TWIC about it
and learned from its editor, that he had been already warned by M.Krasenkov,
that one of Slavutich "heroes" was playing in the Polish tournament at that
time.
Obviously, we came across an open and shameless falsification. The
investigation is being held with the purpose to find out what participants and
judges conceived and realized the idea and whose names where just used by
machinators. And now I would like to draw your attention to the following.
Could it happen if UCF Qualification Commission - Chairman M.Seleznev was
really standing guard over lawfulness and morals? What they needed, in fact,
was only to observe the above-mentioned Executive Committee decisions.
Moreover, M.Seleznev withdrew from this incident investigation. It looks like
honesty of Ukrainian tournaments is more important for polish grand master
M.Krasenkov than for UCF Qualification Commission Chairman. Which makes us
think M.Seleznev must report on Commission activity at the nearest session of
the Executive Committee.
My basic question to the direct organizers is: Did not you understand
what a sin you were committing thus humiliating memory of the numerous victims
and real heroes of that terrible catastrophe? How cynical was your thirst for
ratings and titles? Some have already denied their involvement, said they knew
nothing. It could also be, so, I repeat: we continue investigation. Many of us
are eager to learn how will grand master D.Komarov explain his name appearance
in the pseudo-tournament table, while his remarks that he was ignorant could
hardly be serious: A person who publishes as a chess observer of a serious
newspaper simply must analyze all news on a daily basis. It is not likely, he
could be unaware of anything like this… Or was he "aware"? Knowing
Mr.Komarov as an author of articles passionately calling to morality in chess,
we request him to make clear his role in this unseemly story.
I would like to warn all chess schemers: do not play with fire - UCF
Management will suppress all attempts of falsifications.
Dimitri Komarov replies
I didn't know anything about this tournament. In the same time I bought
new appartment and spent a lot of time to prepare all necessary documents. Also
I must prepare to my wedding on 15 of June (with Ruslan Ponomariov as friend
and guest). But I don't want explain for everybody my familial situation. My
photo on the site http://chess-ukr.narod.ru/ taken from site of tournament in
Reggio Emilia 2003/2004. Also where are many photo's of the chesslayers who
didn't play in this tournament (GM's Baklan, Kruppa, Zontah, Vysochin,
Malakhatko, Gofshtein...). I don't want explain this situation to Mr. Petrov.
Mr. Petrov continues strongly attack his World Champion Ruslan Ponomariov.
Mr.Petrov clearly supported FIDE's position in his conflict with Ruslan. I
don't recognise Mr. Petrov as the president of the Ukrainian Chess Federation.
But if any chess journalists and members of the Chess Player Union ask me I
will answer to all of them. Sincerely Yours, GM Dimitri Komarov from Sofia
Chess Tournament
TWIC Chess Theory Service. The plan is to assess how the theory service
has gone and resume the service in September with a slightly different formula.
I hope subscribers have enjoyed the issues.
Details: http://www.chesscenter.com/twictheory/
E-Mail for comments and contact:
twictheory2005@yahoo.co.uk
Euro Chess Tournament and Stork Young Masters
The 2005 Euro Chess Tournament, will be played in Hengelo (Netherlands)
August 8th-13th 2005. The Euro Chess Tournament is organised by the Caïssa
Foundation and the Royal Dutch Chess Federation.
The Euro Chess Tournament includes the 32nd Dutch Open Youth
Championship groups U10, U12, U14, U16 and U20. In the Open we expect in
between 600 and 700 players from all over Europe. The Dutch Open is a perfect
mix of chess for recreation and top level
The second tournament played in the same week is the Stork Young
Masters, a 20 player invitation group which will play 9 rounds Swiss. The
topplayers in the group will be 5 GM's, all under 20 years old. We are still
looking for some players for the Stork Young Masters. Please contact tournament
director Albert Vasse (albert.vasse@home.nl) if you have candidates to
participate.
All information on the tournament is available in English, German,
French and Dutch at http://www.onjk.nl
Enrollment is also through this website.
2nd Samba Cup
The 2nd Samba Cup will take place 14th to 23rd October 2005 in
Skanderborg, Denmark.
A-group will be at least cat. 16. B and C-group will be cats. 8/9 and
3/4 if played. All groups 10 players round-robin. Interested players for any
group are welcome to contact organiser Michael Andersson at
gm@skanderborgskakklub.dk.
Web site is under construction but will be
http://www.skanderborgskakklub.dk/gm2005
69th Bulgarian Championship
The 69th Bulgarian Championship takes place in Pleven, Bulgaria 23rd May
- 3rd June 2005.
Players: 1. Ivan Cheparinov 2. Julian Radulski 3. Dejan Bojkov 4. Boris
Chatalbashev 5. Nikolai Ninov 6. Vladimir Petkov 7. Valentin Iotov 8. Krasimir
Rusev 9. Sasho Nikolov 10. Spas Kozhuharov 11. Grigor Grigorov 12. Dimitar
Dochev 13. Valentin Panbukchian 14. Rastislav Raev.
Official site: http://www.chessmix.com/bul69/
Jacksonville Chess Championships
Jacksonville Chess Championships June 3-5 2005
This is a USCF event. Membership can be attained on site * 5SS, 30/90,
SD/1 (2-day: Rd.1 G/60) Comfort Inn Oceanfront, 1515 N First St, Jacksonville
Beach. * Prizes: $4200/ b100, 50% Guaranteed. FIDE rated. Trophies to top in
each section. Trophies & Titles to Jacksonville residents. FIDE rated. *
OPEN: $500-200, * U2000: $500-200. * U1800: $500-200. * U1600: $500-200. *
U1400: $500-200. * U1200: $500-200. * Unrateds limited to $50 unless playing in
OPEN. EF: $60 by May 27, all $70 later and on-site. Re-entry $30. Trophies to
top in each section. Trophies & Titles to Jacksonville residents. * Reg:
ends 1/2 hr before 1st rd. Rd. 1: 7pm Fri (2-day: 10am Sat at G/60). Rds: 2-5:
Sat 1 & 6:30, Sun 8 & 1:30. 1/2 pt. byes if req'd before 6/2/2005. HR:
$89, (904)241-2311 - beautiful oceanfront hotel, easy access to restaurants,
ocean, and entertainment. * Ent: JCC, c/o Adam Davis, 1920 Sunchase Court,
Jacksonville FL 32246; *
To register on line http://www.mollyguard.com/event/16135261
or Info: 904-434-9210
17th Cannes Summer International Open
The 17th Cannes Summer International Open takes place July 25th-31st
2005.
Rated FFE and FIDE - Participation of GMI - Tournament A for 2100 or
more - Tournament B for 2000 or less - Players between 2000 et 2100 can choose
their tournament - 9 rounds - Time Control 1 h 40 for 40 moves + 20 min with 30
seconds added by move - Check-in obligatory Monday 25 from 10 h to 14 h -
Special prizes for categories
Further details: http://www.cannes-echecs.org
Politiken Cup 2005
The Politiken Cup part of the Copenhagen Chess Festival and 27th
Copenhagen Open takes place July 16th-24th 2005. Entries include: 1 GM Curt
Hansen 2 GM Viktor Korchnoi 3 GM Petr Kiriakov 4 GM Sune Berg Hansen 5 GM Igor
Kurnosov 6 GM Nick E. de Firmian 7 GM Murray Chandler 8 IM Davor Palo 9 GM
Jonny Hector 10 GM Lars Schandorff 11 GM Arkadi Eremeevich Vul 12 FM Christoph
Wisnewski 13 IM Ole Jakobsen
Details: http://www.politikencup.dk/
Olomouc Chess Summer
8th International Chess Festival Olomouc Chess Summer 2005 which is
part of the 5th International Chess Festivals Series CZECH TOUR 2005/2006. The
event takes place in Olomouc (Czech Republic) 3rd-11th August 2005.
Round-robin GM and IM tournaments, FIDE open, seniors tournament, open
tournament in active chess and blitz tournament are part of the festival.
Further details: http://www.czechtour.net
Frascati Chess Week
The "chess week" in Frascati (a very nice town close to Rome) takes
place 20th-29th May 2005. Boris Spassky opens the event. Saturday sees a simul
exibition by Spassky against VIP (journalists, politicians, managers etc).
The main event is a GM tournament with: Igor Khenkin GER GM 2610, Igor
Miladinovic GRE GM 2604, Namig Gouliev AZE IM 2526 , Carlo Garcia Palermo
ARG/ITA GM 2459, GM Lexy Ortega CUB, Fabio Bruno MF 2374, Niccolò
Ronchetti MF 2364, Denis Rombaldoni MF 2336, Marco Corvi MF 2325, Daniele
Vocaturo MF 2304
Official site: http://www.frascati.scacco.net/
Mitropa Cup
The Mitropa Cup team tournament takes place 21st-29th May 2005.
Official site: http://www.mitropacup2005.at/
7th Salou International Open
19 GMs, 12 IMs and 1 WGM play in the 7th Salou International Open May
20th-29th 2005.
Info: http://www.global-chess.com
2nd European Amateur Chess Championship
2nd European Amateur Chess Championship (Primary scheduled for May
25th-June 3rd in Herceg Novi, Serbia and Montenegro) is postponed to
September-October because of lack of participants.
The official site of the event is
http://www.scgchess.org/amateur/index.html
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/
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.
Official site: http://www.goteborgchess2005.se/
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/
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
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
