THE WEEK IN CHESS 553 13th June 2005 by Mark Crowther
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18th Ciudad de Leon 12 games
III Marx György Memorial 6 games
Bruzon-Timman Match 4 games
XXIX Vicente Bonil Albox 36 games
14th Croatian Cup 196 games
First Saturday June 72 games
Argentine Chess League 48 games
Palma Chess Festival 26 games
400 games
My thanks to Luis Blasco de la Cruz, Weiwen Leung, Jan Mazuch, Antonio
Bento Araujo Lima, Chirila Radu-Catalin, Laszlo Nagy, Sandor Videki, Janos
Keinrath, Miklos Orso, Zenón Franco, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Olimpiu
Urcan, ZF, Vladislav Budanov, Johan Hut, Tom Jirkovsk, Simón
Hernández, Gustavo Albarrán, George Mirijanian, Mirjana Medic and
everyone else who helped with the issue.
The Leon rapid event saw two one sided semi-finals followed by a very
competitive final. On day one Rustam Kasimdzhanov showed part of the reason he
won the FIDE Championships when he won very comfortably against Alexei Shirov.
He has a tough reliable style at this time limit. Viswanathan Anand also made
fairly light work of wonderkind Magnus Carlsen. Having become a GM Carlsen
seems to have gone backwards, I don't think this is anything to worry about,
and indeed can be expected, he's at an age when the brain changes and matures,
only after he's through that can he move to the next level. The final saw Anand
lose the first game and struggle in the third both with black. However Anand
showed his class in taking full advantage of the white pieces and take the
match 2.5-1.5. Jan Timman is playing Lazaro Bruzon in an interesting match in
Curacao. Timman demolished his opponent in the rapid part of the event, the
standard games start tonight. Finally the Category XV III Marx György
Memorial in Paks has just started and that should produce some interesting
chess.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The 18th edition of the Ciudad de Leon chess tournament took place in
Leon, Spain June 9th-13th 2005. There were 2 semi-finals - best of 4 games -
(June 10th and 11th) and a final (June 12th) and the venue was the "Edificio de
la Junta de Castilla y León" building. The sponsors were the
Ayuntamiento de León, the Junta de Castilla y León, the
Diputación de León, the Universidad de León, Cajaduero and
Alsa. Viswanathan Anand won the final 2.5-1.5 against Rustam Kasimdzhanov. The
match was close with Anand misplaying the opening in game one and losing. He
also struggled in the other game with black only just managing to escape. He
was very strong with white however scoring two good wins.
Official site: http://www.advancedchessleon.com
Final (June 12, 2005)
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 63 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Anand, Viswanathan - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1-0 33 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 68 B46 Sicilian Paulsen
Anand, Viswanathan - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1-0 39 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Anand 2.5-1.5 Kasimdzhanov
Semi-finals (June 10, 2005)
Shirov, Alexei - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 0-1 41 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 38 C42 Petroff's Defence
Shirov, Alexei - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 0-1 43 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 36 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Kasimdzhanov 3-1 Shirov.
Semi-finals (June 11, 2005)
Anand, Viswanathan - Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 30 C42 Petroff's Defence
Carlsen, Magnus - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 30 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Anand, Viswanathan - Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 71 C42 Petroff's Defence
Carlsen, Magnus - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 39 B46 Sicilian Paulsen
Anand 3-1 Carlsen
The III Marx György Memorial takes place 12th-22nd June 2005 in
Paks, Hungary. There is an open tournament taking place alongside starting 14th
June 2005.
Further details: http://www.ase.hu/marxgy
Round 1 (June 12, 2005)
Sutovsky, Emil - Almasi, Zoltan 1/2 24 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Sasikiran, Krishnan - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 51 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Acs, Peter - Berkes, Ferenc 1/2 43 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Round 2 (June 13, 2005)
Almasi, Zoltan - Berkes, Ferenc 1-0 42 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Sutovsky, Emil - Sasikiran, Krishnan 1-0 100 C95 Ruy Lopez Breyer
Korchnoi, Viktor - Acs, Peter 1-0 38 E74 King's Indian Averbakh
III Marx Gyorgy Paks HUN (HUN), 12-22 vi 2005 cat. XV (2616)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2628 ** =. .. .. .. 1. 1.5 2834
2 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2665 =. ** .. 1. .. .. 1.5 2828
3 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2619 .. .. ** =. 1. .. 1.5 2776
4 Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2642 .. 0. =. ** .. .. 0.5 2449
5 Acs, Peter g HUN 2525 .. .. 0. .. ** =. 0.5 2425
6 Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2617 0. .. .. .. =. ** 0.5 2383
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A match between Lazaro Bruzon and Jan Timman takes place in
Curaçao 11th-17th June 2005. June 11th-12th 2005 two rapid games per day
16h30 and 18h00 EST. June 13th-17th 2005 one standard timerate game per day
starting 14h00 EST (rest day 15th). Total: 4 rapid and 4 standard games.
Official site: http://www.curacaochess.com/ - live
coverage on the ChessBase server: http://www.playchess.com/
Rapid Games
11th June 2005
Timman, Jan H - Bruzon, Lazaro 1/2 42 B42 Sicilian Paulsen
Bruzon, Lazaro - Timman, Jan H 0-1 31 A33 English Symmetrical
12th June 2005
Timman, Jan H - Bruzon, Lazaro 1-0 53 B22 Sicilian Alapin
Bruzon, Lazaro - Timman, Jan H 0-1 33 D05 Colle System
Match Curacao AHO (AHO), 11-17 vi 2005
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Timman, Jan H g NED 2607 = 1 1 1 . . . . 3.5 3005
Bruzon, Lazaro g CUB 2669 = 0 0 0 . . . . 0.5 2285
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The Vicente Bonil in Albox, Spain took place 4th-5th June 2005. This
strong weekend rapid saw the participation of Topalov, Dreev, Ponomariov,
Vallejo, Milov, Illescas, Moiseenko etc. However it was Alexis Cabrera ahead of
Vallejo on tie-break who won the event. News: Simón
Hernández.
Official site: http://www.openbonil.com/inicio.php
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XXIX Vicente Bonil Albox ESP (ESP), 4-5 vi 2005
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1. Cabrera, Alexis g COL 2502 7.5 46.5 37.5
2. Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2677 7.5 45.5 41.5
3. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2705 7.0 48.0 39.5
4. Damljanovic, Branko g SCG 2588 7.0 44.0 36.5
5. Milov, Vadim g SUI 2653 7.0 43.5 38.0
6. Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2670 7.0 43.0 37.0
7. Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2633 7.0 43.0 34.0
8. Fedorchuk, Sergey A. g UKR 2577 7.0 43.0 34.0
9. Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2665 7.0 39.5 30.0
10. Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2605 6.5 44.0 38.0
11. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2695 6.5 43.5 36.0
12. Kolev, Atanas g BUL 2524 6.5 43.5 35.0
13. Campora, Daniel g ARG 2545 6.5 43.5 34.0
14. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2778 6.5 41.5 33.5
15. Mateo, Ramon m DOM 2434 6.5 40.5 32.5
16. Spasov, Vasil g BUL 2543 6.0 45.5 37.0
17. Krivoshey, Sergei m UKR 2493 6.0 44.0 34.0
18. Peralta, Fernando g ARG 2556 6.0 43.5 35.0
19. Alexandrova, Olga m UKR 2400 6.0 42.5 34.0
20. Kovacevic, Slobodan m SCG 2328 6.0 42.5 33.5
21. Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2495 6.0 42.0 33.0
22. Cramling, Pia g SWE 2499 6.0 41.0 31.5
23. Shchekachev, Andrei g RUS 2526 6.0 40.5 32.0
24. Panelo, Marcelo ARG 2388 6.0 40.5 30.0
25. Movsziszian, Karen g ARM 2442 6.0 40.0 32.0
26. Kalod, Radek g CZE 2501 6.0 40.0 32.0
27. Rodriguez Guerrero, Enrique m ESP 2449 6.0 39.0 31.5
28. Strikovic, Aleksa g SCG 2465 6.0 39.0 31.5
29. Fernandez Garcia, Jose Luis g ESP 2468 6.0 38.5 31.0
30. Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel g ESP 2408 6.0 37.0 30.0
31. Pogorelov, Ruslan g UKR 2412 6.0 37.0 29.5
32. Plaskett, Jim g ENG 2490 5.5 42.0 32.5
33. Del Rio Angelis, Salvador G g ESP 2495 5.5 42.0 32.0
34. Larino Nieto, David f ESP 2316 5.5 41.0 31.5
35. Suba, Mihai g ROM 2526 5.5 40.5 30.5
36. Pomes Marcet, Juan m ESP 2378 5.5 39.0 29.5
37. Moreno Carnero, Javier g ESP 2500 5.5 39.0 29.5
38. Szmetan, Ricardo f BAR 2347 5.5 38.5 28.5
39. Fridman, Daniel g LAT 2562 5.5 38.0 31.0
40. Cano Sanchez, Josue f ESP 2257 5.5 35.5 27.0
147 players
The 14th Croatian Cup took place in Sibenik 30th May - 3rd June 2005.
This team event was won by GSK Mravince-Dalmacijacement (1 GM Smirin Ilia 2649
ISR 2 GM Kozul Zdenko 2591 CRO 3 GM Sermek Drazen 2555 SLO 4 GM Kurajica Bojan
2539 BIH IM Cvorovic Drazen 2450 CRO IM Jukic Mirko 2456 CRO) ahead of SK
Rijeka (1 GM Cvitan Ognjen 2481 2 IM Golubovic Boris 2462 CRO 3 IM Petrov Jole
2435 CRO etc). News: Mirjana Medic.
Official site:
http://www.crochess.com/turniri/sibenik/kup_05/index.htm
Rank Team Gam. + = - Pts. BH.
1 GSK Mravince-Dalmacijacement 7 5 2 0 20,5 111,0
2 SK Rijeka, Rijeka 7 2 3 2 17,0 102,5
3 Liburnija 1, Rijeka 7 3 4 0 16,5 111,0
4 SK Sibenik 1, Sibenik 7 3 2 2 16,5 94,0
5 Liburnija 2, Rijeka 7 4 2 1 16,0 107,5
6 AQUA Promet, Zagreb 7 2 4 1 15,5 112,0
7 SK Goran, Bibinje 7 2 3 2 15,0 104,5
8 Lucija-Kvarner banka, Rijeka 7 3 2 2 15,0 81,0
9 Mladost, Zagreb 7 2 2 3 14,5 105,5
10 Junior, Rijeka 7 2 0 5 12,5 91,5
11 Jadranska banka d.d., Sibenik 7 2 1 4 11,5 84,0
12 Spurius, Split 7 3 1 3 11,0 86,0
13 HSK Skradin, Skradin 7 3 0 4 9,5 91,0
14 Polet, Zabok 7 0 0 7 5,0 90,5
There are GM, IM and FM events in the First Saturday June tournaments.
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu
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FSGM June Budapest HUN (HUN), 4-16 vi 2005 cat. VII (2406)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
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1. Boros, Denes m HUN 2402 * = = = = . = 1 = 1 = 5.5 2486
2. Czebe, Attila g HUN 2473 = * . = = = 1 = = . 1 5.0 2496
3. Jakab, Attila m HUN 2448 = . * = = = = . = 1 1 5.0 2478
4. Farago, Ivan g HUN 2476 = = = * = = = . . = 1 4.5 2440
5. Seres, Lajos g HUN 2424 = = = = * = . = = = = 4.5 2410
6. Paschall, William M m USA 2400 . = = = = * = = = = . 4.0 2413
7. Sachdev, Tania wm IND 2343 = 0 = = . = * = = . 1 4.0 2420
8. Hoffmann, Michael1 m GER 2476 0 = . . = = = * = = 1 4.0 2383
9. Werner, Dimo m GER 2334 = = = . = = = = * 0 . 3.5 2369
10. Stupavski, Zdenko f SCG 2333 0 . 0 = = = . = 1 * = 3.5 2371
11. Karavade, Eesha wm IND 2355 = 0 0 0 = . 0 0 . = * 1.5 2170
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FSIM June Budapest HUN (HUN), 4-16 vi 2005
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3
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1. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2262 * = = 1 1 . = . . = . 1 1 6.0 2426
2. Galyas, Miklos m HUN 2444 = * = = 1 = = . 1 . . = 1 6.0 2345
3. Torma, Robert HUN 2227 = = * = . . . 0 . 1 1 1 1 5.5 2376
4. Laciner, Kerem TUR 2174 0 = = * 1 0 1 . . . . 1 1 5.0 2344
5. Lettieri, Giuseppe ITA 2246 0 0 . 0 * = . 1 1 = 1 = . 4.5 2258
6. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2302 . = . 1 = * = = 0 = = . . 4.0 2274
7. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2293 = = . 0 . = * 0 1 = 1 . . 4.0 2277
8. Paridar, Shadi wg IRI 2263 . . 1 . 0 = 1 * 0 1 0 . = 4.0 2244
9. Caruana, Fabiano f USA 2255 . 0 . . 0 1 0 1 * = = . 1 4.0 2272
10. Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2262 = . 0 . = = = 0 = * . 1 = 4.0 2186
11. Brustkern, Juergen f GER 2258 . . 0 . 0 = 0 1 = . * = = 3.0 2138
12. Katsuhara, Osamu JPN 2106 0 = 0 0 = . . . . 0 = * = 2.0 2055
13. Nazarenus, Olaf GER 2115 0 0 0 0 . . . = 0 = = = * 2.0 2030
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There is a chess league being played in Argentina with the support of
the Argentina’s Soccer Association (AFA http://www.afa.org.ar/). Although there were
team championships with its name during the past years, this is the first time
they give funding for prizes. They gave more than U$S 5,000 and many masters
were contracted by the clubs to play this year. The main soccer teams in the
country, as Boca Juniors, River Plate and others are participating.
The tournament is being played in Buenos Aires city, on Tuesdays and
Thursdays 10:30pm UTC, and 8 games are being broadcast live. The tournament
will finish on June 14th 2005.
Games covered live:
http://www.ajedrezsiglo21.com/Noticias/05-AFAmagistral/
Magistral AFA 2005
1 Ferrocarril Oeste 8.5/12
2 River Plate 7.5/12
3 Boca Juniors 7.0/12
4 Racing 6.5/12
5 San Lorenzo 6.5/12
6 Banfield 4.5/12
7 Independiente 4.5/12
8 Velez Sarsfield 3.0/12
The I Festival Palma Chess Festival takes place 3rd-19th June 2005. A
rapid event took place on the 12th which was won by Fernando Peralta of
Argentina. A small number of games are available from this event but no round 5
or 9. It will be followed by the main Bajada de la Virgen Open with 1. Boris
Avrukh, 2. Aleksander Delchev, 3. Igor Khenkin, 4. Ruben Felgaer Ziegler, 5.
Artur Kogan, 6. Kamil Miton, 7. Branko Damljanovic, 8. Evgenij Agrest, 9.
Evgeny Gleizerov etc
Official site: http://www.ajedrezlapalma.com/
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La Palma Open Brena Baja ESP (ESP), 12-12 vi 2005
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1 Peralta, Fernando (13) gm ARG 2556 7.5 43.5 55.0 41.5
2 Mirzoev, Azer (14) gm AZE 2545 7.5 42.0 53.5 41.5
3 Khenkin, Igor (3) gm GER 2610 7.5 42.0 53.5 39.0
4 Berg, Emanuel (19) gm SWE 2531 7.5 39.0 50.5 38.0
5 Felgaer, Ruben (4) gm ARG 2593 7.0 41.5 52.5 36.5
6 Tissir, Mohamed (31) im MAR 2442 7.0 40.0 52.0 36.5
7 Delchev, Aleksander (2) gm BUL 2614 7.0 40.0 51.0 34.5
8 Khamrakulov, Ibrohim (21) im UZB 2514 7.0 39.5 50.5 37.0
9 Kurajica, Bojan (16) gm BIH 2539 7.0 39.0 50.5 39.0
10 Votava, Jan (22) gm CZE 2511 7.0 37.5 47.5 35.0
11 Fridman, Daniel (11) gm LAT 2562 6.5 42.5 53.5 34.5
12 Van Den Doel, Erik (12) gm NED 2558 6.5 42.5 53.0 37.0
13 Miton, Kamil (6) gm POL 2592 6.5 38.0 49.5 33.5
14 Avrukh, Boris (1) gm ISR 2642 6.5 37.0 48.0 32.5
15 Kolev, Atanas (20) gm BUL 2524 6.5 37.0 47.5 33.0
16 Ulibin, Mikhail (18) gm RUS 2536 6.5 33.5 43.5 32.0
17 Damljanovic, Branko (7) gm SCG 2588 6.0 44.0 56.0 35.5
18 Kohlweyer, Bernd (32) im GER 2429 6.0 43.5 54.5 35.0
19 Miezis, Normunds (10) gm LAT 2564 6.0 39.5 51.0 34.0
20 Stefanova, Antoaneta (24) gm BUL 2495 6.0 39.0 50.0 34.0
21 Fernandez Garcia, Jose Luis (27) gm ESP 2468 6.0 39.0 48.0 33.0
22 Roeder, Mathias (36) im GER 2404 6.0 38.0 49.5 31.5
23 Spasov, Vasil (15) gm BUL 2543 6.0 38.0 49.0 34.0
24 Kuzmin, Alexey (17) gm RUS 2539 6.0 38.0 48.5 32.5
25 Todorcevic, Miodrag (26) gm ESP 2481 6.0 37.5 48.5 32.0
26 Cruz Condori, Alfredo (47) BOL 2287 6.0 37.0 48.0 28.5
27 Gleizerov, Evgeny (9) gm RUS 2572 6.0 36.5 47.0 31.0
28 Krivoshey, Sergei (25) im UKR 2493 6.0 35.0 46.0 31.0
29 Toth, Aleksandar (52) SCG 2251 6.0 35.0 45.0 29.0
30 Brito Garcia, Alfredo (42) im ESP 2336 6.0 35.0 44.0 30.0
31 Fenollar Jorda, Manuel (56) ESP 2239 6.0 34.5 44.5 28.0
32 Vehi Bach, Victor (34) im ESP 2425 6.0 34.0 45.5 30.5
33 Subbaraman, Vijayalakshmi (35) wgm IND 2412 6.0 31.0 40.0 21.0
169 players
George Mirijanian reports: The 74th Massachusetts Open took place
28th-30th May 2005 at the Radisson Hotel in Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA. GM
Alexander Ivanov of Newton, Mass., and IM Igor Foygel of Brookliine, Mass.,
were declared state co-champions with identical scores of 5.5-0.5 after drawing
with each other in the third round. Tied for 3rd-4th place with 4-2 tallies
were FM Christopher Chase of Somerville, Mass., and national master Predrag
Cicovacki of Auburn, Mass. Robert Messenger of Nashua, New Hampshire, directed
the four-section, 94-player tournament for the sponsoring Massachusetts Chess
Association. Complete crosstables are available at:
http://www.masschess.org
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
The European Individual Women's Chess Championship takes place in
Chisinau, Moldova 10th-25th June 2005. Games live. Can't see any PGN as
yet.
Official site: http://eiwcc2005.chisinau.md/
The 5th Annual Emory Castle Grand Prix took place June 10th-12th, 2005.
Hopefully games and detailed results will be available next week. Julio Becerra
Rivero seems to have won the event with 4/5.
Official site: http://www.emorychess.org
The XVI Pan American Youth Festival takes place Balneario Camboriu,
Santa Catarina, Brazil June 11th-18th 2005.
Official site: http://www.interspace.com.br/jardel/index.php
and http://www.fcx.org.br/.
The 6th ASEAN Age Group Championships for boys and girls under-8, 10,
12, 14, 16 and 18 is held in Pattaya, Thailand, from 11th-20th June 2005. ASEAN
stands for Association of Southeast Asian Nations. The ASEAN Chess
Confederation was founded on 28 May 2000, Vung Tau, Vietnam.
Official site: http://www.aseanchess.com/6thasean/main.htm
Johan Hut reports that Viswanathan Anand and Vesselin Topalov will
share second place on the FIDE rating list for July after their recent
performances in Sofia and the German Bundesliga. Upon the disappearance of
Kasparov, if he continues with retirement, this will obviously be
important.
Anand
Rating 2785
Sofia -1
Bundesliga +4
New 2788
Topalov
Rating 2778
Sofia +10
New 2788
FIDE References:
Anand:
http://www.fide.com/ratings/tourney.phtml?field1=5000017
Topalov:
http://www.fide.com/ratings/tourney.phtml?field1=2900084
Jiraskuv Memorial
The Jiraskuv Memorial takes place 6th-13th August 2005 in Rakovnik
(Czech Republic - 60 km west from Prague).
Further details: http://www.czfree-ra.net/~sachy
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/
Hungarian Tournaments July - December 2005
1. 2nd-14th of July FIRST SATURDAY /FS/ GM-IM-FM round robins, 9 -13
games, norm possibilities, in Budapest, Hungarian Chess Federation, Falk Miksa
Str.10. 2nd floor. Organisation: Nagy Laszlo, FIDE International Chess
Organizer /NL/, E-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net Website:
http://www.firstsaturday.hu Other
website: http://home.hu.inter.net/~firstsat
Phone-fax: (361)-2632859, cellphone: (36)-30-230-1914 From 12:00 a.m. until
midnight - Central European Time - GMT+1 hour
2. 15th -23rd of July, SZOMBATHELY SUMMER Open 9 rounds Swiss,
organizer FM Korpics, e-mail: korpicschess@axelero.hu
3. 24th of July - 1st of August, AGRIA Open /EGER, 100 km North-East
from Budapest/, organizer: Rauch Ferenc, e-mail: rauch@freemail.hu
4. 6th-18th of August, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest org.:NL
5. 21st-31st of August, PAPP BELA memorial GM closed tmt, Torokbalint,
10 km from Budapest, info: Nagy Laszlo, firstsat@hu.inter.net
6 3rd-15th of September FS GM-IM-FM Budapest, org: NL
7. 1st-13th of October, FS GM-IM-FM, Budapest L
8. 5th-17th of November, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest
9. 3rd - 15th of December, FS GM-IM-FM.
15th International Chess Open
15th Trophy Black Sea Seacoast Open in Eforie Nord Romania 20th-30th
June 2005.
Open to all (Tournament A) and Open for girls and boys under 16
(Tournaments B, C and D)
CONTACT: Elena Cristian: Mobil: +40 723 30 91 01 Tel fix/fax: +40 21
745 35 88 E -mail: lili_cristian2000@yahoo.com Chief arbiter: Chirila
Radu-Catalin: E-mail: chirila_raducatalin@yahoo.com
National Open Las Vegas
The National Open in Las Vegas was part of their International Chess
Festival. The Open took place June 10th-12th 2005. Hopefully results and games
will become available.
Official site: http://www.64.com
China - France Youth Match
The China-France youth match takes place in Shenzheng, China June 28th -
July 6th 2005.
French players: Robert Fontaine g 2539, Maxime VachierLagrave g
2525, JeanPierreLe Roux m 2466, Natasha Benmesbah 2113. Chinese players:
Zhao Jun g 2531, Zhao Xue wg 2478, Zhou Jianchao m 2473, Hou Yifan f 2158
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
CC-Calendar
CC-Calendar. Now 8.092 official computer chess tournaments since 1990.
726 games from older official computer chess tournaments up to 1990. Arena
Chess GUI http://www.playwitharena.com Selection:
CC-Calendar New are two computer chess tournaments. CIPS (Italy), chess program
Delfi won 5th International CSVN tournament (Netherland), chess program
Shredder won
28th Ghent Open
The 28th Ghent Open takes place 16th-20th July 2005.
The summer tournament of the Benelux! 9 round Swiss tournament.
Details: http://www.kgsrl.be/
Chess Classic Mainz
The Chess Classic Mainz takes place August 9th-14th 2005.
The field of participants for all top events of the Chess Classic Mainz
(August 9 - 14) is complete. Following his twofold victory in the open
tournament, Alexander Grischuk (Russia) will challenge Viswanathan Anand
(India), serial winner in the Rheingoldhalle, for the world title in rapid
chess. In Chess960, World Champion Peter Svidler (Russia) will meet Zoltan
Almasi (Ungarn). Four legends of chess will get together to celebrate the 80th
birthday of Wolfgang Unzicker. In addition to the Grandmaster from Munich,
Anatoly Karpov (Russia), Viktor Korchnoi (Switzerland) and Boris Spassky
(France) will play.
Official site: http://www.chesstigers.de/
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 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.
Further details: http://www.64.net.cn/,
http://ccl.sports.cn/ and
http://www.chende.net
9th Offene Internationale Bayerische Schach Meisterschaft
9th Bayerische International Chess Open, takes place in Bad Wiessee
takes place 29th October - 6th November 2005.
Further details: http://www.oibm-bad-wiessee.de/
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
Official website: http://www.shakki.net/turnaukset/hof05/en/
IX Open The "Battle Of Senta 1697"
The IX Open The "Battle Of Senta 1697" takes place 15th-22nd July 2005.
A and B Groups and also Rapid and Blitz tournaments. Senta is in Serbia and
Montenegro.
Details: http://www.scgchess.org/2005/event/0507sen.htm
World Youth Chess Championship
The World Youth Chess Championship 2005 takes place in Belfort, France
18th-29th July 2005.
Official site: http://www.belfort-echecs.com
US Championship
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
Hydra vs Michael Adams Match
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
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
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 Amateurs Championship was transferred to Pardubice (CZE)
and will take place on 20.-31.7. 2005 within the frame of CZECH OPEN 2005
festival. The registration deadline without additional charge is prolonged till
30.6. 2005.
Detailed information at:
http://www.czechopen.net/news/index.php,
other information about the festival at http://www.czechopen.net.
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
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/
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
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/
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
) .
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
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.
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: 6 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
