THE WEEK IN CHESS 551 30th May 2005 by Mark Crowther
TWIC Home |
The London Chess Center |
|
Shop
Sponsored by the London Chess Center
Games section
Bosna GM 21 games
HB Global Chess Challenge 38 games
Young Stars of the World 12 games
69th Bulgarian Championship 56 games
Frascati Chess Week 45 games
55th Russian Women's Championship 18 games
Armenian Women's Championship 45 games
Mitropa Cup 180 games
Solingen Chess Week 45 games
Hydra vs Arno Nickel corr 2 games
National 1 Games 269 games
3 Arrows Cup 1 game
Ostrava Chess Festival 1 game
Znojmo Open 28 games
Alushta Victory Cup 66 games
Torch Real Estate Cup China Chess League 308 games
Aeroflot Open B 233 games
1368 games
My thanks to Leonid Galperin, Zenón Franco Ocampos, Elli
Sperdokli, Fabrice Fiol, Cyril Roux, Laszlo Nagy, John Henderson, Claudio
Boschetti, David Avron, Vesislava Tancheva, Chris Bird, Bert Wilson, Roy
Wallace, Martin Bure, Ching Kim Lye, Sergey Abramov, Yin Hao, Carsten Hensel,
Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Istvan Brindza, Ursula Sorrentino, Gérard
Demuydt and everyone else who helped with the issue.
The Bosna 2005 had a tight finish with Ivan Sokolov catching Victor
Bologan in the final round. This week Michael Adams takes on Peter Leko in a
rapid event. It was also announced that Adams will take on the computer Hydra.
I'd lost track of computer developments but it seems that finally there is a
super computer that has taken on the mantle of the Deep Blue computer which was
dismantled by IBM after beating Kasparov. Kramnik gave a very interesting
interview to Yuri Vasiliev in Sport Express about where he stands now. In a
welcome move the Association of Chess Professionals and FIDE held discussions
over the future of chess.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The XXXV International GM Supertournament "Bosna 2005" took place May
18th-28th, 2005. Viktor Bologan and Ivan Sokolov finished on 6.5/9
Official site: http://www.skbosna.ba
Round 6 (May 25, 2005)
Timofeev, Artyom - Movsesian, Sergei 1-0 33 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Shirov, Alexei - Kozul, Zdenko 1-0 73 B67 Sicilian Rauzer
Eljanov, Pavel - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 57 D11 Slav Defence
Predojevic, Borki - Bologan, Viktor 1/2 25 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Dizdarevic, Emir - Volokitin, Andrei 1/2 29 D05 Colle System
Round 7 (May 26, 2005)
Bologan, Viktor - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 19 D12 Slav Defence
Sokolov, Ivan - Dizdarevic, Emir 1-0 40 D19 Slav Defence
Movsesian, Sergei - Eljanov, Pavel 1-0 38 B23 Sicilian Closed
Volokitin, Andrei - Predojevic, Borki 1/2 19 C41 Philidor's Defence
Kozul, Zdenko - Timofeev, Artyom 0-1 39 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Round 8 (May 27, 2005)
Timofeev, Artyom - Eljanov, Pavel 1/2 38 B07 Pirc Defence
Shirov, Alexei - Volokitin, Andrei 1/2 39 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Predojevic, Borki - Sokolov, Ivan 0-1 36 C45 Scotch Game
Dizdarevic, Emir - Movsesian, Sergei 0-1 34 B07 Pirc Defence
Kozul, Zdenko - Bologan, Viktor 0-1 46 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Round 9 (May 28, 2005)
Bologan, Viktor - Timofeev, Artyom 1/2 27 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Sokolov, Ivan - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 41 D44 Anti-Meran Gambit
Movsesian, Sergei - Predojevic, Borki 1/2 24 B85 Sicilian Scheveningen
Eljanov, Pavel - Dizdarevic, Emir 1/2 26 D17 Slav Defence
Volokitin, Andrei - Kozul, Zdenko 1-0 57 B67 Sicilian Rauzer
XXXV Bosnia GM Sarajevo BIH (BIH), 19-28 v 2005 cat. XVI (2631)
---------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
---------------------------------------------------------------
1 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2700 * = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 6.5 2789
2 Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2662 = * = 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2793
3 Timofeev, Artyom g RUS 2622 = = * = 1 = 0 = 1 1 5.5 2711
4 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2714 = 0 = * 1 = = = = 1 5.0 2664
5 Movsesian, Sergei g SVK 2628 0 1 0 0 * 1 = 1 1 = 5.0 2674
6 Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2641 = = = = 0 * = = = 1 4.5 2629
7 Predojevic, Borki m BIH 2549 = 0 1 = = = * = = 0 4.0 2596
8 Dizdarevic, Emir g BIH 2521 0 0 = = 0 = = * = = 3.0 2517
9 Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2679 0 0 0 = 0 = = = * 1 3.0 2500
10 Kozul, Zdenko g CRO 2591 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 = 0 * 2.0 2415
---------------------------------------------------------------
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 now available.
Official sites: http://www.hbfoundation.org
-------------------------------------------------
HB Global CC Minneapolis USA (USA), 18-22 v 2005
-------------------------------------------------
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 Young Stars of the World tournament took place in Kirishi,
Leningrad region 12th (arrival) - 26th May 2005. Sergey Karjakin won the event
with 8.5/11 a point clear of Ildar Khairullin.
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)
---------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
---------------------------------------------------------------------
1 Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2635 * 1 0 = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 8.5 2675
2 Khairullin, Ildar m RUS 2517 0 * = = 1 1 = 1 1 = = 1 7.5 2608
3 Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2597 1 = * = 1 = = = = 1 = = 7.0 2569
4 Mamedov, Rauf g AZE 2511 = = = * 0 = = 1 1 = 1 1 7.0 2577
5 Kuzubov, Yuriy m UKR 2558 = 0 0 1 * 1 1 1 = 0 1 = 6.5 2536
6 Zhigalko, Sergei m BLR 2462 0 0 = = 0 * 1 1 = 1 = 1 6.0 2516
7 Nepomniachtchi, Ian m RUS 2505 0 = = = 0 0 * 0 1 1 1 1 5.5 2476
8 Lenic, Luka m SLO 2465 = 0 = 0 0 0 1 * = = 1 0 4.0 2377
9 Negi, Parimarjan IND 2349 0 0 = 0 = = 0 = * = = 1 4.0 2388
10 Andreikin, Dmitry m RUS 2495 0 = 0 = 1 0 0 = = * = 0 3.5 2344
11 Lintchevski, Daniil RUS 2269 0 = = 0 0 = 0 0 = = * 1 3.5 2364
12 Sjugirov, Sanan f RUS 2381 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 1 0 1 0 * 3.0 2312
---------------------------------------------------------------------
The 69th Bulgarian Championship takes place in Pleven, Bulgaria 23rd May
- 3rd June 2005.
Official site: http://www.chessmix.com/bul69/
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
69th ch-BUL Pleven BUL (BUL), 23 v-3 vi 2005 cat. VIII (2436)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Petkov, Vladimir m BUL 2463 * 1 = 1 . 1 . = 1 . . . 1 = 6.5 2670
2. Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2621 0 * . = = 1 = . . 1 . 1 . 1 5.5 2564
3. Radulski, Julian g BUL 2502 = . * = = = 1 . . . = = . 1 5.0 2520
4. Kozhuharov, Spas BUL 2375 0 = = * = = . . . . 1 1 . 1 5.0 2569
5. Bojkov, Dejan m BUL 2509 . = = = * . 0 1 1 1 . . 0 . 4.5 2472
6. Rusev, Krasimir BUL 2427 0 0 = = . * . . = . 1 . 1 1 4.5 2484
7. Dochev, Dimitar m BUL 2357 . = 0 . 1 . * = 0 = = . 1 . 4.0 2464
8. Grigorov, Grigor BUL 2361 = . . . 0 . = * 1 = 0 = = . 3.5 2392
9. Panbukchian, Valentin m BUL 2340 0 . . . 0 = 1 0 * 1 1 0 . . 3.5 2398
10. Ninov, Nikolai m BUL 2486 . 0 . . 0 . = = 0 * = 1 1 . 3.5 2396
11. Chatalbashev, Boris g BUL 2499 . . = 0 . 0 = 1 0 = * . . = 3.0 2311
12. Iotov, Valentin m BUL 2433 . 0 = 0 . . . = 1 0 . * 0 1 3.0 2340
13. Nikolov, Sasho m BUL 2394 0 . . . 1 0 0 = . 0 . 1 * 0 2.5 2280
14. Raev, Rastislav BUL 2338 = 0 0 0 . 0 . . . . = 0 1 * 2.0 2271
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The "chess week" in Frascati (a very nice town close to Rome) took place
20th-29th May 2005. Boris Spassky opened the event. Saturday saw a simul
exibition by Spassky against VIP (journalists, politicians, managers etc).
Fabio Bruno won the event with 6.5/9.
Official site: http://www.frascati.scacco.net/
GM Frascati ITA (ITA), 21-29 v 2005 cat. VIII (2434)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
--------------------------------------------------------------------
1 Bruno, Fabio f ITA 2374 * 1 0 = = 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2606
2 Miladinovic, Igor g GRE 2604 0 * = = 1 1 1 1 1 0 6.0 2540
3 Gouliev, Namig m AZE 2526 1 = * = = 0 1 = 1 = 5.5 2503
4 Khenkin, Igor g GER 2610 = = = * 1 1 0 = 0 1 5.0 2457
5 Garcia Palermo, Carlos g ARG 2459 = 0 = 0 * = 1 1 0 1 4.5 2431
6 Ronchetti, Niccolo' f ITA 2364 0 0 1 0 = * 0 1 1 1 4.5 2441
7 Rombaldoni, Denis ITA 2336 = 0 0 1 0 1 * 0 = 1 4.0 2401
8 Ortega, Lexy g ITA 2439 0 0 = = 0 0 1 * = 1 3.5 2353
9 Vocaturo, Daniele f ITA 2303 0 0 0 1 1 0 = = * 0 3.0 2323
10 Corvi, Marco f ITA 2325 0 1 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 2.5 2280
--------------------------------------------------------------------
The superfinal of the 55th Russian women's championship took place May
15th-26th in Samara. Alexandra Kosteniuk took clear first place with 9/11 a
point clear of Tatiana Kosintseva.
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)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2492 * 1 = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 = 9.0 2641
2 Kosintseva, Tatiana m RUS 2486 0 * 1 = = 1 1 = = 1 1 1 8.0 2555
3 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina m RUS 2469 = 0 * 1 1 = = = 1 1 = 1 7.5 2514
4 Kosintseva, Nadezhda m RUS 2459 0 = 0 * 1 = 1 1 1 = 0 1 6.5 2447
5 Galliamova, Alisa m RUS 2469 = = 0 0 * = 0 = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2417
6 Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2355 0 0 = = = * 1 = = = = 1 5.5 2392
7 Matveeva, Svetlana wg RUS 2423 0 0 = 0 1 0 * 1 = = 1 1 5.5 2386
8 Zaiatz, Elena wg RUS 2398 = = = 0 = = 0 * = = = 1 5.0 2352
9 Gunina, Valentina wf RUS 2340 0 = 0 0 0 = = = * = 1 1 4.5 2328
10 Kochetkova, Julia wm RUS 2311 0 0 0 = 0 = = = = * 1 0 3.5 2263
11 Korbut, Ekaterina wg RUS 2399 0 0 = 1 0 = 0 = 0 0 * 1 3.5 2255
12 Yakovich, Yuliya wf RUS 2068 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 * 1.5 2109
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Armenian Women's Championship took place May 13th-22nd, 2005 in
Yerevan. Lilit Mkrtchian took clear first with a marvelous 8.5/9 conceeding
just one draw, to second placed ELO favourite Elina Danielian.
Official site: http://www.armchess.am
----------------------------------------------------------------------
ch-ARM w Yerevan ARM (ARM), 13-22 v 2005
----------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
----------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Mkrtchian, Lilit m ARM 2400 * = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2636
2. Danielian, Elina m ARM 2415 = * = 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 7.5 2463
3. Andriasian, Siranush ARM 2263 0 = * 1 1 = = 1 0 1 5.5 2287
4. Galojan, Lilit wm ARM 2256 0 0 0 * 1 = 1 1 0 1 4.5 2208
5. Gasparian, Narine wm ARM 2200 0 0 0 0 * 1 1 = 1 1 4.5 2214
6. Darbinian, Nune ARM 2056 0 0 = = 0 * 0 1 1 1 4.0 2187
7. Avanesyan, Ani ARM 2161 0 0 = 0 0 1 * = 1 0 3.0 2093
8. Aginian, Nelly wm ARM 2380 0 0 0 0 = 0 = * 1 1 3.0 2069
9. Hairapetian,Anna ARM ---- 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 * = 2.5 2070
10. Alaverdian,Lusine ARM ---- 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 0 = * 2.0 2016
----------------------------------------------------------------------
The Mitropa Cup team tournament took place 21st-29th May 2005. Slovenia
won both the men's and women's events.
Official site: http://www.mitropacup2005.at/
Final Round 9 Standings (men)
1. Slovenia: 21.0 (101.00)
2. Croatia: 21.0 (100.75)
3. Slovakia: 20.5
4. Czech Republic: 20.0
5. Hungary: 19.5
6. Switzerland: 19.0
7. France: 18.0
8. Germany: 16.0
9. Italy: 13.0
10. Austria: 12.0
Final Round 9 Standings (women)
1. Slovenia: 14.5
2. Czech Republic: 13.0 (51.50)
3. Slovakia: 13.0 (46.25)
4. Switzerland: 13.0
5. France: 9.0
6. Croatia: 8.0
7. Germany: 6.5
8. Austria 1: 6.0
9. Austria 2: 3.5 (12.50)
10. Italy: 3.5 (6.75).
The Solingen Chess Week took place 22nd-29th May 2005. Rafal Antoniewski
won the main category VI Jürgen Dueball Memorial (German IM
1943-2002).
Official site: http://www.schachwochen.de/start.htm
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Dueball mem Solingen GER (GER), 22-29 v 2005 cat. VI (2389)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Antoniewski, Rafal m POL 2488 * 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 = 1 7.5 2651
2. Odendahl, Reiner f GER 2389 0 * = 1 = 1 = = = = 5.0 2432
3. Westerinen, Heikki M.J g FIN 2365 0 = * = = = 1 = 1 = 5.0 2434
4. Hecht, Hans-Joachim g GER 2384 = 0 = * = = = = 1 = 4.5 2389
5. Wegerle, Joerg f GER 2395 0 = = = * 0 = 1 1 = 4.5 2388
6. Savchenko, Viacheslav UKR 2396 = 0 = = 1 * = = 0 = 4.0 2345
7. Balduan, Markus f GER 2348 0 = 0 = = = * = 1 = 4.0 2350
8. Auer, Martin f GER 2338 0 = = = 0 = = * = 1 4.0 2351
9. Pilaj, Herwig m AUT 2426 = = 0 0 0 1 0 = * 1 3.5 2304
10. Pajeken, Wolfgang f GER 2361 0 = = = = = = 0 0 * 3.0 2267
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
The 7th Salou International Open took place May 20th-29th 2005. Sergey
Fedorchuk won the event on tie-break from Atanas Kolev with 7/9. Hopefully the
games will be made available at some point, only the first two rounds are on
the website in PGN the rest are photo-copies of the scoresheets which certainly
isn't my favourite format.
Official site: http://www.chessinsalou.com/
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
1 Fedorchuk Sergey A 3 GM UKR 2577 7 47 52 36
2 Kolev Atanas 14 GM BUL 2524 7 47 50½ 39
3 Burmakin Vladimir 7 GM RUS 2552 6½ 47 51 36½
4 Spasov Vasil 9 GM BUL 2543 6½ 46 50 34
5 Hillarp Persson Tiger 10 GM SWE 2533 6 47 51 34
6 Krivoshey Sergei 18 IM UKR 2493 6 46½ 50½ 32
7 Korneev Oleg 1 GM RUS 2611 6 46 51 31
8 Shchekachev Andrei 13 GM RUS 2526 6 46 50½ 32½
9 Moskalenko Viktor 11 GM UKR 2533 6 45½ 50 32
10 Manik Mikulas 17 IM SVK 2495 6 44½ 48½ 33½
11 Ivanov Mikhail M 26 GM RUS 2418 6 42½ 46 29
12 Pogorelov Ruslan 22 GM UKR 2448 6 42 45 30
13 Jakobsen Ole 30 IM DEN 2387 6 41½ 44 29
14 Cicak Slavko 12 GM SWE 2530 5½ 47 51½ 32½
15 Lalic Bogdan 15 GM ENG 2503 5½ 42½ 47 30
16 Gonzalez Garcia Jose 20 IM MEX 2469 5½ 42 46 30
17 Malakhatko Vadim 4 GM UKR 2562 5½ 42 46 28
18 Del Rio Angelis Salvador G 16 GM AND 2495 5½ 42 45 30
19 Mellado Trivino Juan 28 IM ESP 2412 5½ 42 45 28
20 Rizouk Aimen 21 IM ALG 2452 5½ 41½ 43 30½
21 Nijboer Friso 6 GM NED 2553 5½ 41 45 28½
22 Vehi Bach Victor M 25 IM ESP 2425 5½ 41 45 28
23 Spraggett Kevin 2 GM CAN 2585 5½ 41 44½ 27
24 Slaby Jerzy 29 IM POL 2403 5½ 40 44 27½
25 Karpatchev Aleksandr 19 GM RUS 2472 5½ 39½ 43 27
26 Peric Slavisa 40 IM SCG 2248 5½ 37½ 41 24
The U.S. Chess Championship returns to San Diego from February 22nd -
March 5th 2006 and will be held at its new permanent home at NTC Promenade.
The tournament will feature a 64-player field, composed of 19 seeded
players (as determined by the October 2005 U.S.C.F Rating List), 43 tournament
qualifiers (two of which being online) and 2 wild cards selected by the AF4C.
The seeded players include the defending U.S. Champion, Hikaru Nakamura;
Women's Champion, Rusudan Goletiani; the 2004 Chess Café.com Grand Prix
winner, Aleks Wojtkiewicz; the 2005 U.S. Junior Champion; the 2005 U.S. Senior
Champion; 8 top-rated Overall players, and 6 top-rated female players from the
rating list. A new, innovative qualifying process will see one spot decided by
the player who - while not qualifying directly- accumulates the highest score
from playing in as many (or all!) of the qualifying tournaments. After each
tournament, the latest placing for this Qualifier Grand Prix will be posted on
the dedicated U.S. Championship website.
Details:http://www.uschesschampionship.com
There is 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 2nd-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.
Official site: http://www.lekoadams.info
Michael Adams will play a six game match against the Hydra Chess
Computer at the Wembley Centre in London, 21st-26th June 2005, for a prize fund
of $150,000 (£80,000).
Hydra vs Michael Adams Press Conference 25th
May 2005 by James Coleman
The programmers claim Hydra is the strongest chess program in the world
and is indeed the "stongest chess entity".Their stated aim is to back this up
in a series of matches, extending their advantage over other computer programs
and proving it also against humans. Hydra is the current International Computer
Chess Champion winning the championship in Paderborn, February 2005. Unlike
most strong programs it runs on specialist parallel computing equipment rather
than PCs and it claims processing power capable of 200 million moves a second.
Since winning in Paderborn they have moved from a 16 to 32-processor version.
The new system will run 5 times faster and according to their website will
contain "even more sophisticated chess knowledge". "The developers expect to
break the 3000 Elo barrier till the end of this year."
The Hydra Project is financed by PAL Computer Systems in Abu Dhabi,
United Arab Emirates. The team that created the program is Dr. Chrilly
Donninger (main programmer for Hydra), Dr. Ulf Lorenz is the parallel computing
expert, Mohammed Nasir Ali is the Project Manager of Hydra, Christopher Lutz
and Talib Mousa are the chess consultants for the program.
The match was launched on May 24th 2005. Michael Adams said "This is an
awesome challenge. I have played nearly 2,000 games in international chess
tournaments, but I’ve never faced an opponent quite like this. I’m
really looking forward to matching wits with the ultimate opponent to prove
that nothing can match the power of human creativity."
Hydra’s Chief Technology Officer and Project Manager, Muhammad
Nasir Ali said, "We have focussed all our attentions on building the
world’s greatest chess computer, a task that has taken four years and
millions of dollars. We’re confident even Mr Adams will have trouble
landing a blow against our silicon champion."
Hydra has yet to lose a game to human opponents except in a recently
played correspondence chess match against correspondence chess GM Arno Nickel.
He won 2-0 against the 16 processor version. - Source:
http://www.chessfriend.com
Official site for the program: http://www.hydrachess.com
Further
info on the programmers aims
PR for the match:
http://www.rainierpr.co.uk/chess
David Avron sends games from the French "National 1" League played in
Lille (second division, not top 16).
The 3 Arrows Cup took place in Jinan 14th-19th April 2005. Anna
Zatonskih won with 9/11. Correction to one of the games.
Official site: http://www.64.net.cn/
(Results: http://www.64.net.cn/web1/javalive.htm)
and Games http://www.64.net.cn/view/05chessgirls.htm.
Additional info: http://www.chessbase.com
The Ostrava Chess Festival took place 30th April - 8th May 2005. There
were GM, IM and Open events. Viacheslav Dydyshko won the GM event. Correction
to one of the games.
Official site: http://www.sweb.cz/ostravsky.konik/turna_e.html
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 now available.
http://www.avekont.cz/znojmo
------------------------------------------------------
Open Znojmo CZE (CZE), 15-22 v 2005
------------------------------------------------------
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
The Victory Cup took place in Alushta 12th-22nd May 2005. Yaroslav
Zinchenko won the event with 8.5/11. A correction to the name of
Annaberdiev,Baba. I picked up the name Annaberdyev,Bairam who incidently died
last year. I give the games again.
Official site: http://www.kaissa.com.ua
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Victory Cup Alushta UKR (UKR), 12-22 v 2005 cat. VII (2403)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Zinchenko, Yaroslav m UKR 2460 * = = 1 = 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2608
2. Belikov, Vladimir g RUS 2517 = * = = 1 = 1 = = = 1 1 7.5 2525
3. Hasangatin, Ramil g RUS 2416 = = * = = 1 = = 1 1 = 1 7.5 2534
4. Shtyrenkov, Veniamen g RUS 2447 0 = = * 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 7.5 2531
5. Tukhaev, Adam UKR 2419 = 0 = 0 * 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2534
6. Annageldyev, Orazly m TKM 2483 0 = 0 = 0 * 1 1 1 0 1 1 6.0 2431
7. Kharchenko, Boris UKR 2313 1 0 = 0 = 0 * 0 1 1 1 0 5.0 2374
8. Skatchkov, Pavel m RUS 2468 0 = = = 0 0 1 * 0 1 = 1 5.0 2360
9. Lahiri, Atanu m IND 2355 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 1 1 4.5 2341
10. Sharma, Dinesh K m IND 2381 0 = 0 = 0 1 0 0 0 * 1 1 4.0 2302
11. Annaberdiev, Baba TKM 2285 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 2030
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Torch Real Estate Cup China Chess League first phase took place
April 20th-28th 2005 in Jinan. The 2nd phase took 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 round
7-13 in Wuxi now available. Games from rounds 1-6 were in TWIC546. Without a
master list there may be some errors in identifying players.
Further details: http://www.64.net.cn/,
http://ccl.sports.cn/ and
http://www.chende.net
Alongside the main Aeroflot tournament was a second open with some
strong players. 715 of the games are now available at:
http://weekly.convekta.com/ a
selection of games appears in the TWIC games section.
----------------------------------------------------------
Aeroflot Open B Moscow RUS (RUS), 15-23 ii 2005
----------------------------------------------------------
1. Yegiazarian, Arsen g ARM 2510 7 2505
2. Zhou Jianchao CHN 2421 7 2504.4
3. Zagrebelny, Sergey g UZB 2489 7 2459.6
4. Wang Hao CHN 2457 6.5 2528.1
5. Khismatullin, Denis g RUS 2548 6.5 2486.6
6. Grigoriants, Sergey g RUS 2540 6.5 2481.1
7. Lerner, Konstantin Z g UKR 2523 6.5 2467.1
8. Magalashvili, Davit f GEO 2423 6 2519.4
9. Mamedov, Rauf g AZE 2494 6 2515.4
10. Moradiabadi, Elshan m IRI 2439 6 2501.7
11. Kharitonov, Alexandr m RUS 2472 6 2500.7
12. Potkin, Vladimir g RUS 2546 6 2476.9
13. Dyachkov, Sergej g RUS 2549 6 2476
14. Iljushin, Alexei g RUS 2530 6 2469.6
15. Khairullin, Ildar m RUS 2507 6 2467
16. Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav g RUS 2541 6 2466.3
17. Yandemirov, Valeri g RUS 2481 6 2424
18. Pridorozhni, Aleksei m RUS 2491 6 2420.3
19. Panarin, Michail m RUS 2475 6 2518.6
20. Arutinian, David m GEO 2503 6 2502.7
21. Belozerov, Andrei g RUS 2546 6 2476.3
22. Kosyrev, Vladimir g RUS 2539 6 2470.1
23. Psakhis, Lev g ISR 2545 6 2466.6
24. Halkias, Stelios g GRE 2533 6 2463.7
25. Vorobiov, Evgeny E g RUS 2529 6 2462.3
26. Shomoev, Anton g RUS 2490 6 2456.9
27. Ibrahimov, Rasul m AZE 2501 6 2448
28. Rashkovsky, Nukhim N g RUS 2519 6 2442.4
29. Pantsulaia, Levan m GEO 2484 6 2438
30. Kosintseva, Tatiana m RUS 2434 6 2434.1
31. Krivoshey, Sergei m UKR 2487 6 2427.3
167 players
Yuri Vasiliev has conducted a lengthy and testing interview covering
most of the questions that needed to be asked with Vladimir Kramnik in the
Russian magazine Sport Express. Ravi
Abhyankar provides an English translation.
English translation of the interview with
Vladimir Kramnik by Yuri Vasiliev in Sport Express.
English translation of the interview with Vladimir Kramnik in Sport
Express by Yuri Vassiliev. 26th May 2005. Original in Russian:
http://www.sport-express.ru/art.shtml?104032
- Source of translation: Ravi Abhyankar
Sport Express Chess:
http://news.sport-express.ru/online/rubr/rubr0081.shtml
Vladimir Kramnik: ‘‘My qualification cycle is already
over’’
Interview by Yuri Vasiliev in Sport Express. May
26, 2005
The day after the end of the tournament in Sofia; Vladimir Kramnik, the
Classical Chess World Champion – to my great surprise – looked
neither slaughtered nor stressed. He did not even look like a disappointed man.
‘’ What a psyche!’’ I envied him. With a good natured smile
Vladimir shook my hands and easily agreed to an interview. His calm, unhurried
speech suggested optimism and confidence. It was impossible to imagine that a
day before, Vladimir had committed another, incredible for a player of his
class, blunder in the last game and had taken a shared last place...
About blunders, courage and motivation
- Vladimir, even at Wijk aan Zee – your first tournament after
the match against Leko – you did not commit such improbable blunders as
you did here, in Sofia...
- Apparently, I have not yet completely recovered from that match. In
all three tournaments, which I played after Brissago, I made so many blunders,
like never before. Such oversights are not in my nature, so the reason for them
is evidently not in chess. I need to find out. I plan to rest well and try to
put a stop to them. Maybe, it will sound fairly strange, but I think even in
Bulgaria, I was no worse than anyone else as far as the level of play was
concerned. But when you blunder pieces in every alternate game, it is very
difficult to expect a result which is acceptable.
- You say that the source of the blunders is not in chess. But, they
started after your match with Leko. And even during that match, you did not
always look your own self...
- No. In that match I played not badly. It is just that Leko is
particularly strong in matches. I would have loved to see how others looked
after a match against him. On top, his preparation was clearly much better than
mine. Also, the 8th game, in which I donated him a point without play. In the
end, I saved the match. At what cost, you can see now...
- So, recovering after a battle with Leko requires a much longer
time, than you had thought?
- Yes, now I know that I should have taken a longer time out. I
overestimated my capabilities.
- There is a feeling that after your winning the title from Garry
Kasparov, you have lost the desire to give your best...
- Of course, the level of motivation is not the same. I remember that
until that match, the Linares tournament for me used to be an event of
exceptional importance. Tournament of the year. Just like the Sofia tournament
was, I think, for many players who played here.
- I had thought the tournament was of exceptional importance to you
as well. To re-establish the champion’s credentials...
-Maybe, my approach is not right. But I have already proved to myself
long ago all that needed to be proved. The tournament in Sofia was strong,
interesting; it was a pleasure to play in it, but I did not plan to prove
anything to anyone. This does not mean I played in Sofia casually. Some games I
played had great pressure, and I played with courage.
- Yes, sometimes the courage even going beyond common sense. Enough
to remember the absolutely unnecessary piece sacrifice in the opening against
Ruslan Ponomariev.
- It is difficult not to agree with that. Class of all the players was
almost equal. Other factors were important for the final success. First –
physical form. Then motivation, energy level... Adams and I apparently found
ourselves in a similar situation. Both of us played the first round fairly
well, and then began to tire and collapse.
- And Veselin Topalov, on the other hand, had a great second half. By
the way, what do you think about the tournament winner?
- Veselin played his usual fighting chess. Both our games were hard
fought and tense. In the first, he succeeded in defending a difficult position.
In the second game, a sharp fight, Topalov left a piece hanging. I could have
captured it and won. Instead of that, I committed a single-move blunder and
lost. I wouldn’t say Topalov showed extraordinary level of play; but his
energy and will to fight, ability to play very sharp, of course, paid off. It
was a situation in where desire to do well in his native place motivated him.
In my view, Topalov absolutely deserved his success in Sofia. I am happy for
him.
The New Rules
- How do you feel about the new rules which were tried in Sofia?
- In principle, I am not against them. I am not going to complain that
for me, in particular, playing with these rules is tough. But I want to look at
the rules from the viewpoint of what is acceptable in sport. In which other
sport is a human being subjected to a non-stop stress for five to seven hours
continuously?
- Maybe, there is no such sport.
- Soviet scientists had shown that the excessive stress on human mind
and the loss of energy which chess produces are comparable to the hardest
physical work. In football, where the players take care of their physical
condition, as a rule, one match is played in a week. Two is already hard. And
what happens here? We play ten games in eleven days – each of them going
on for between five and seven hours. And this is considered normal. Chess
professionals play under enormous tension!
To introduce the new rules, I believe, it is necessary to have more
rest days. To avoid the kind of situation we saw in the last round at Sofia. It
was a war of attrition! Topalov blunders a piece, I don’t take it, and
after a couple of moves I blunder myself...frankly speaking, I don’t
remember when two players made such basic blunders one after the other. Ok, one
can say, it was typical of me to blunder in this tournament. But Topalov, as
you rightly said, had a great finish. But he committed a blunder as well, a
serious one at that. This is not chess. This is a competition to determine
whose head gets turned off last. I want you to understand me correctly: I am
not against the new rules. I am prepared to play under them. But I want Chess
to retain its worthy level, not to become a competition of stamina.
-What about the mandatory press conferences? You looked
uncomfortable at some of them...
- This is fine. I don’t see any problem. Here we are talking about
elementary self-love. You can come to terms with it. Yes, after losing a game
– particularly a loss resulting from a colossal, stupid blunder –
there is no desire to attend a press conference. But I am willing to tolerate
it. The same thing happens in other sports as well. Nothing terrible about it.
Logic of the world championship
- Vladimir, now a few questions about the world championship. Fide
management, in particular its vice-president Georgios Makropoulos, has given to
understand that your suggestion to have a match between the Argentina
tournament winner and yourself for the world champion title is unacceptable.
Moreover, the players taking part in the world championship tournament in
Saint-Louise were asked to sign some papers – and they signed them –
in which they undertake not to play in any ‘‘alternative
championships’’, that is those outside Fide. Are you not afraid you
will be isolated as a result?
- I think that my match against the winner of the Fide world
championship in Argentina is absolutely logical. Considering the processes
which began after 2002, it would be a good solution to the problems. I think
that the probability of such a match taking place is fairly high.
- Makropoulos told me very clearly: The world championship in
Argentina will not become, under any circumstances, as he expressed
‘‘a qualifying tournament to play against
Kramnik.’’
- Here, on the face of it, we have a distortion of facts. If this is a
qualifying tournament, my match against Leko was also a qualifying match. Only
the part of my qualifying happened earlier. That was not my fault. It was also
not my fault that the Kasparov-Ponomariev match was cancelled, or the
Kasparov-Kasimdzanov match did not take place. I went through my qualification.
And it was not any easier than the tournament in Argentina. I think I am
speaking objectively. Nobody should feel offended by the current situation. I
don’t see a single person who will feel disturbed over my match against
the winner of the tournament in Argentina. If, of course, this tournament
happens... Such match will be interesting for the entire chess world, because
it will be a true unification match. Fide should also benefit by it. I
don’t understand why the winner of the Argentinean tournament should be
against. In all probability sponsors for such a match will be found. In my
view, this should not upset anyone, on the contrary it will benefit all. I will
say more: I am certain that if the tournament in Argentina happens, then my
match with its winner will also happen. After the publication of my
press-release, I have already received offers from very big sponsors in the
West, because the match is interesting for all.
- Objections to such a match by Fide management also have logic.
Fide is working on a stable system for world championship, and as I understood
from my talk with Makropoulos, your match with the world champion has no place
in it.
- Our match is in no way an obstacle to the new cycle. It can be
started at the same time as planned by Fide. There is no doubt about the
legitimacy of my match with the Argentina winner. My title of classical chess
champion is legitimate. The winner of the Argentinean tournament, if it
happens, will also be legitimate. And a match between us – will also be
absolutely legitimate! And it will happen, even if some functionaries of some
organisations are against it.
- Are you saying the undertaking the eight players signed do not
have legal force? The undertaking is part of the documents offered to the
players by Fide.
- It is another issue what the players have signed. Only I think the
Fide management will change its view, because I don’t see any reason why
they shouldn’t. Of course, I can’t answer on their behalf. But I
certainly know that such a match is interesting for all, and there are already
interesting offers from big sponsors.
- Anyway, if Fide does not change its stance, and the winner of the
Argentinean tournament happens to be ‘‘Fide-obedient’’?
- I would not run ahead of the events. I think things are progressing
well. Let the tournament in Argentina take place first. I hope it will happen,
but based on the past experience it is better to wait and see. Then we will
talk, we will discuss. I believe we will find a common language.
On Kasparov and Fischer
- What do you think, will Kasparov return?
- For me it is clear Kasparov’s decision to leave the professional
sport is not one hundred percent. Even if you were to judge by his interviews,
the possibility of his return is not excluded. ‘‘A
loophole’’ for returning is kept.
- What is your view on Iceland granting asylum to Fischer?
- I am glad this legendary chess player has got a stable place and is
free to do what he wants.
Roots and work
- Vladimir, you are rarely at home. Maybe, being away from your
roots is making your play unstable?
- Most of the tournaments happen in Europe. So my residence is a matter
of convenience. The boxers, Vitali and Vladimir Klichko, who are my friends,
live mainly in America. Not because they don’t want to live in Ukraine. In
the USA, they have their professional life. They live there, prepare for the
tournaments. For the chess players, the tournament life is concentrated in
Europe. The tournaments are tough, preparation for them must be many-sided.
Constant traveling does not help. You see, for work many things need to be
sacrificed. I love to go home, my connection to roots is not broken.
Saint-Louise predictions
- Vladimir, though you are not one hundred percent certain about the
tournament in Argentina, it seems that everything there is on track. In Sofia,
you saw four out of the eight players who will play in Argentina. Peter Svidler
and Alexander Morozevich were in Wijk-aan-zee. I presume you are familiar with
the games of the Fide world champion, Rustam Kasimdzhanov. And Peter Leko...
you know him better than anybody else. In your view, what are the chances of
each of them?
- I think that the chances of three grandmasters are higher than
those of the rest; though it is not proper to throw out any name. Currently, I
think, the key favorites to win in Saint-Louise are: Leko, Topalov and Anand.
Precisely in that order, though such prediction may sound strange to you.
-Why strange? Topalov also thinks Leko will be the most dangerous
opponent.
-These three have similar chances as far as their individual encounters
are concerned. Everything will depend on their form, some other factors, and of
course, luck.
- Had you not refused to participate in that tournament, how would
you evaluate your own chances?
- If you leave aside the insinuations about my being afraid of someone
or some things, I consider my chances would not be any worse than those of the
mentioned three players. Believe me, I would go to a tournament called
‘the world championship’ in a very different condition.
- After these words, I feel sad you are not playing in Argentina...
- (smiles) You journalists are masters at setting traps! I will give a
serious answer to your question. If I were to decide to play in Argentina, why
did I play the match against Leko in Brissago? All that hard work was for
nothing? When the others relaxed on Canary islands, I was working and training
day in, day out; mainly working on the physical and psychological side –
was all that for nothing? As if this match never happened?
-The match happened. I can confirm it. I wrote the reports for our
newspapers myself.
- Yes. The match happened under rules for the world championship that
exist for more than hundred years. For me, the match turned out to be extremely
tough. If I had decided to play in Argentina, above all else, I would be giving
a handicap to the other players – they did not face any of that strain,
like I had in Brissago. Fairness and justice require that I play a match with
the winner of the Argentinean tournament. If, I repeat, it takes place.
- Which means you may play another match with Leko, if everyone
agrees to it?
- Very much possible... Believe me, I know Leko well. The tension in
Saint-Louise will be different than one in Sofia. When the title is at stake,
Leko’s nerves would be an advantage for him. Remember how well he played
in the qualifying tournament in Dortmund. And the match against me he played
extremely well. Leko, in my view, is the real favorite to win in Argentina.
Tournaments, championships, Olympiads
- A few questions about your plans. Will you take part in the
Russian Championship?
- Yes, of course.
- And at the Olympiad in Turin?
- Yes, there as well.
- Will you play again next year at Wijk-aan-Zee, Linares and
Sofia?
- Naturally. I am a professional chess player. I aim to play at all
important professional events.
-In one and a half months, you will play in Dortmund. Usually you
play there well, you have won five times. This year there will be Topalov, Leko
and other super grandmasters like Peter Svidler. What are your
expectations?
- Of course I would like to win the tournament. Particularly after
Sofia.
- Do you think you will be able to avoid one-move blunders?
- I will be discussing that with specialists. I want to find out why
they happened – is it exhaustion, insufficient energy or lack of
concentration? I will try to fight this illness. As soon as it happens, I will
start winning tournaments again. Will this happen before Dortmund? I hope so.
- You said once you plan to give up chess at some time in future. Do
you still think you will do it?
- The next few years, I plan to give my best to chess. At some point, I
may leave it. It is not necessary to play chess the whole of your life. There
are lots of other interesting things. Moreover, after 40, playing becomes
physically very tough. For the time being, I am confident in my strength. I am
certain I will get back my form and climb to the top of the ratings. I am
confident I will keep my championship title for long. Currently I have some
problems, but soon I will overcome them.
Translated by Ravi Abhyankar
The World Chess Federation FIDE and the Association of Chess
Professionals (ACP) had a meeting in Athens discussing a number of interesting
issues including time controls and the future of the World Chess
Championship.
FIDE - ACP Meeting 24th May 2005
FIDE Website: http://www.fide.com
ACP Website:
http://www.chess-players.org
FIDE - ACP MEETING Venue: FIDE office, Athens, 24.05.2005
reported by Pavel Tregubov.
I. Duration: 4 hours
II. Attendance
From FIDE: G. Makropoulos ( Deputy President) Z. Azmaiparashvili
(Vice-President) I. Gefler (Executive Board member)
From ACP: J. Lautier (President), P. Tregubov (Board member)
III. The following subjects were discussed:
A) Anti-doping control
ACP representatives (hereinafter ACP) consider that the current
doping-list as well as the regulations of players control (too severe) are not
fully adapted to chess.
FIDE representatives (hereinafter FIDE) agree to have a meeting with Dr
Jana Bellin to investigate this question and possibly to produce an adequate
doping-list to be submitted to IOC.
FIDE notes that the introduction of anti-doping control in chess is
necessary in order to move towards the Olympic family. At the moment chess is a
member of the recently created organization "Mind sports" within GAISF (General
Association of International Sport Federation, recognized by IOC). "Mind
sports" unites chess, checkers, go and bridge federations and is headed by Mr.
Danielli (President of the International Bridge Federation).
B) Anti-computer and anti-mobile devices control
ACP offers to use metal detectors during FIDE official tournaments and
to impose strong sanctions on cheaters.
FIDE agrees.
The decision to create a joint commission (hereinafter JC) between FIDE
and ACP is taken. The purpose of JC is to discuss and to help with solving
current problems of the chess world.
This commission will consist of all the participants to the present
meeting and, if necessary, additional FIDE or ACP representatives.
ACP is to prepare proposals for JC on anti-computer and anti-mobile
devices control.
C) Fighting pre-arranged tournaments
ACP is to prepare proposals for JC on this subject.
D) Cooperation on rules
ACP expresses its concern about FIDE new rule forbidding writing down
the move on the score sheet before playing it on the board. FIDE states that
players' opinions on chess rules are welcome.
ACP is to prepare proposals for JC on this subject.
E) Official hotels
ACP supports the abolishment of the official hotels rule, following in
ECU's example.
FIDE is still in favour of this rule for two principal reasons:
- FIDE is not able to grant security for players who choose not to stay
in the official hotel;
- In order to get a significant discount on room prices and hotel
facilities, tournament organisers must reserve for a large number of players.
FIDE stresses, however, that the hotel prices should be kept under firm control
by FIDE.
ACP agrees and asks to be informed about the hotel prices in FIDE
official events before they are announced.
FIDE agrees.
F) Time-control
Further to the results of the poll held by ACP last year, ACP offers to
go back to the classical 7-hours time-control.
FIDE refuses and gives two arguments:
- FIDE control is getting more popular among players: it now has more
supporters than before as they are getting used to it and female players prefer
this control to the classical one.
- FIDE control is more attractive for media and spectators.
FIDE is therefore going to use its time control for the next World Cup.
Nevertheless the most important stages of the next World Championship cycle
(Last Chance tournament and Matches) will be held with the 7-hours control. ACP
mentions that currently all tournaments use different time controls and players
should permanently adapt themselves to a new control.
To reduce the choice and make it more convenient for players, FIDE will
recommend to all organizers to use only one of the following two controls:
- FIDE official control: (90'/40 + 15') 30' starting from move 1
- 7-hours control: (100'/40 + 50'/20 + 15') 30'starting from move 61
( for those events which don't have electronic clocks it means:
110'/40 + 30'
120'/40 + 60'/20 + 30')
This recommendation will be made in August during FIDE Presidential
Executive Board Meeting in Dresden.
G) Fighting short draws: Sofia experience
ACP considers that some innovations can be introduced into the rules to
fight short draws. "Sofia rule" could be one of possible solutions. FIDE shares
ACP's position. ACP is to prepare proposals for JC on this subject.
FIDE considers that the opinions of the top 30-40 players and
particularly those who played in Sofia should be taken into consideration.
H) Next World Championship
Argentina
FIDE informs ACP that organisers fulfilled all financial requirements
and all players already signed their Undertakings.
I) Future World Championship Cycles
1. Schedule
FIDE is going to held WCC stages as follows:
- World Cup (1 572 000 $ prize fund) - December 2005;
- Last Chance Super tournament ( LCT) - April 2006;
- Matches - from August 2006.
2. Zonal tournaments
ACP suggests to abolish Zonals as the players taking part there get two
chances to qualify whereas the others have only one - through Continental
Championships. FIDE will carefully examine this idea. 3. Continental
Championships
ACP considers that the cancellation of +2400 rule for the European
Championship damages the tournament's status.
FIDE agrees that ACP should be consulted before such a decision is taken
and will contact ECU to ask for negotiation of all-important rules' changes
with JC in the future. ACP is to prepare proposals on this matter for JC.
4. Players' Undertakings
FIDE position is the following:
- as FIDE is not a commercial organization, it cannot offer contracts to
players;
- for the Last Chance Super tournament and matches, where the number of
players is limited, contracts will be signed between organisers and players
directly;
- for the World Cup tournament (KO), a contract between FIDE and
organisers will be added as annex in players' undertakings;
- organizers of future events might have to subscribe to insurances,
which would cover the case of one of the players not showing up for the event
because of force majeure, as in this case sponsor cannot be expected to give
the full amount; - if the sponsor cannot hold the event, the money given as
guarantee to FIDE (currently 30% of total prize fund) should partly go to
players to compensate them for lost opportunities.
ACP agrees with this position.
J) ELO rating system
FIDE expresses its willingness to improve the current ELO rating system.
In its opinion some changes should be made, for example it should become more
dynamic. ACP agrees and adds that inactive players should lose rating points.
FIDE agrees. Also the idea
of changing the K factor in the rating list was examined and referred to
the joint commission.
ACP is to prepare proposals for JC.
IV. Conclusion
A. Both sides, FIDE and ACP, agree that progress has been made and are
satisfied with the results of the meeting.
B. The next meeting of JC is planned on 12-13 July 2005 in the FIDE
office in Athens.
C. It is agreed to hold JC meetings on a regular basis.
Fire on board Trophy 2005
There will be a match between Alexey Shirov and Viktor Korchnoi for the
"Fire on board trophy 2005", 24th-26th June 2005 in Eschweiler Germany.
GM Danny King will the moderator for the internet TV and internet radio
transmissions. The event's program includes, simultaneous exibition games
involving both Shirov and Kortchnoi, exbition entitled "Chess in Art", private
lessons with both grandmasters (internet TV), and, "Highlights from the musical
CHESS. The majorty of this event will be viewal live via internet tv. Fantastic
prizes are available of the top 50 participants in their predict a move
competition (first prize 5.000,00Euros).
Flash Online Game Competition to win a trip to the event.
Official site: http://www.fireonboard.com live from June
1st 2005
First Saturday June
There are GM, IM and FM events in the First Saturday June tournaments.
There are places left you should contact Laszlo Nagy - e-mail:
firstsat@hu.inter.net - http://www.firstsaturday.hu if you want
to play.
FSGM players and potential players: IGM CZEBE, Attila (HUN), IGM
FARAGO, Ivan (HUN), IGM SERES, Lajos (HUN), IM HOFFMANN, Michael (GER), IM
PASCHALL, William (USA), IM BOROS, Denes (HUN), IM LAFUENTE, Pablo (ARG), WGM
SACHDEV, Tania (IND), KARAVADE, Eesha Sanjay (IND), FM DARBAN, Morteza (IRI),
IM GHANE, Shojaat (IRI), IM MANCA, Federico (ITA). Reserves: FM GONDA,
László (HUN), IM TURZÓ, Attila (HUN), IM JAKAB, Attila
(HUN),
FSIGM players and potential players: IM PEREDY, Ferenc (HUN),
NAZARENUS, Olaf (GER), FM STUPAVSKI, Zdenko (SCG), IM LENGYEL, Bela (HUN),
LACINER, Kerem (TUR), LETTIERI, Giuseppe (ITA), IM EPERJESI, Laszlo (HUN), IM
FARAGO, Sandor (HUN), WGM PARIDAR, Shadi (IRI), IM WERNER, Dimo (GER), FM
BRUSTKERN, Juergen (GER), OUSSAMA, Omar (ESP), IM JAKAB, Attila (HUN),
MOOSAVIAN, S.Hamed (IRI), NIKNADDAF, Ali (IRI), KATSUHARA, Osamu (JPN), IM
KAHN. Evarth Dr (HUN), FM CARUANA, Fabiano (USA), TORMA, Róbert (HUN),
IM GALYAS, Miklós (HUN).
9th Senta Chess Festival
The 9th Senta (SCG) Chess Festival "The Battle of Senta 1697" takes
place 15th-22nd July 2005.
A and B groups, Blitz an Rapid tournament. Main A event is a 9 round
swiss 1 hour 30 minutes for 30 moves + 2x30 minutes till the end of game.
Prizes: I-25.000,00 II-20.000,00 III-15.000,00 IV- 11.000,00 V-8.000,00
VI-6.000,00 VII-5.000,00 VIII- 4.000,00 IX-X 3.000,00 Din. * 1 Euro cca 82,00
Dinar
For all games it is obligatory to bring an accurate chess-clock and a
chess-boards of standard size.
All the fees are paid on the current account of the club, or on the
spot in cash. Information, registration for tournament and private
accommodiation booking at Seles Ambrus, Fruskogorska street No 37. 24430 Senta,
telephone number: ++381 24 813 251 or mob/tel:+381 63 87 54 713, from Kajari
Istvan on firm DTD Senta: ++381 24 812 835 and fax ++ 381 24 812 835 or e-mail:
brindzai@yunord.net
Obrenovac Open
The Obrenovac Open takes place 22nd-30th November 2005. The event takes
place in Belgrade, Serbia-Montenegro. 9 rounds Swiss, Prize found: 5250 EURO.
First prize: 1000 EURO Info contact: IO Nagy Laszlo, e-mail:
firstsat@hu.inter.net
Lugano International Open
The Lugano International Open takes place 18th-20th November 2005. in
the Hotel Meister, Via San Salvatore 11, 6902 Lugano-Paradiso 6 round Swiss
Schweizer System 36 moves in 90 Mins + 30 Mins for the rest of the game.
Further details: http://luganoscacchi.ch/
Neuhausen Open
The Neuhausen Open took place 26th-29th May 2005.
Details:
http://www.wnet24.de/sc-neuhausen/Open%202005/a-opentabelleframe.html
Ticino Chess Festival
The Ticino Chess Festival (Switzerland) takes place 17th-19th June
2005. There is a Rapid tournament sponsored by Hotel Ascona 17th-18th June
2005. Blitz-Marathon (5 minutes to finish the game) Cureglia (close to Lugano)
sponsored by Raiffeisen Bank and Municipio di Cureglia Sunday 19 June 2005
Inscription (Post, e-mail): Claudio Boschetti Via Vallaa 15 CH -6952
Canobbio Tel. (+41) (0)91 941 08 80 e-mail: sympa-marketing@bluewin.ch
Official site: http://www.luganoscacchi.ch
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
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
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/
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/
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
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
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 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
