THE WEEK IN CHESS 556 4th July 2005 by Mark Crowther
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6th European Individual Chess Championship 477 games
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Pinamar International 28 games
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955 games
My thanks to Tarjei J. Svensen, Sergey Abramov, Suat Atalik, Hector
Walsh, Luis Rodi, Rodolfo Arias Formoso, Casper Dahl Rasmussen, Carlos
Martín Sánchez, Laszlo Nagy, Leonid Galperin, Mikhail Golubev,
Vlad Barsi, Cecil Rosner, Roberto Alvarez, Yin Hao, ZF, Marek Bartel, George
Mirijanian and everyone else who helped with the issue.
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu won the European Individual Championship with a
fantastic 10/13 (well over 2800) score. He survived a dangerous assault from
Alexander Beliavsky in the final round to take the title. Friday sees the start
of the Dortmund tournament Vladimir Kramnik, Peter Leko, Veselin Topalov, Peter
Svidler, Michael Adams, Etienne Bacrot, Loek van Wely, Peter Heine Nielsen,
Emil Sutovsky and Arkadij Naiditsch compete. The FIDE Rating list sees Vesselin
Topalov catch Viswanathan Anand in second place. The pair are tied for second
behind Garry Kasparov who will be top for two more lists before inactivity will
remove him provided he remains retired.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The 6th European Individual Chess Championship took place June 17th -
July 3rd 2005, in Warsaw - Zegrze Poludniowe. Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu beat
Alexander Beliavsky in the final round after surviving a strong attack to win
the event with 10/13. Teimour Radjabov was half a point behind and took second
alone. There were seven players tied on 9 points, they played off for bronze.
Levon Aronian beat Sergey Karjakin in a match to take the third place.
Official site: http://www.warsawchess.pl
Round XIII Standings
Pl Name Rating Score Median Buchholz Wins Progress
Buchholz
1 Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter 2670 10.0 91.5 107.5 7 71.5
2 Radjabov Teimour 2673 9.5 87 102.5 7 67
3 Aronian Levon 2693 9.0 87.5 102.5 5 65
4 Karjakin Sergey 2635 9.0 92.5 108.5 8 72
5 Ivanchuk Vassily 2739 9.0 90 106 5 68
6 Eljanov Pavel 2641 9.0 84 99.5 6 63.5
7 Asrian Karen 2611 9.0 82.5 98 6 67.5
8 Beliavsky Alexander G 2630 9.0 86.5 102.5 6 67
9 Moiseenko Alexander 2665 9.0 84 98.5 7 63.5
10 Milov Vadim 2653 8.5 91 106.5 6 69.5
11 Tiviakov Sergei 2631 8.5 85.5 101 4 63.5
12 Jakovenko Dmitry 2608 8.5 85 100 4 61.5
13 Rublevsky Sergei 2645 8.5 84 98.5 5 62
14 Kotronias Vasilios 2578 8.5 81 95.5 5 63.5
15 Sokolov Ivan 2662 8.5 79 93 5 58
16 Timofeev Artyom 2622 8.5 78.5 92.5 5 57.5
17 Kobalia Mikhail 2644 8.5 78 92.5 5 57
18 Dreev Alexey 2705 8.0 89 105 4 66.5
19 Pantsulaia Levan 2496 8.0 88.5 105 4 62
20 Najer Evgeniy 2615 8.0 85.5 101 4 62.5
21 Balogh Csaba 2531 8.0 85.5 96 4 61
22 Popov Valerij 2568 8.0 84 98 5 58
23 Naiditsch Arkadij 2626 8.0 83.5 99.5 6 59.5
24 Efimenko Zahar 2620 8.0 83 97.5 4 58.5
25 Malakhov Vladimir 2670 8.0 83 97.5 4 58
26 Sakaev Konstantin 2672 8.0 83 97.5 4 57.5
27 Cao Sang 2536 8.0 83 95.5 5 59
28 Movsesian Sergei 2628 8.0 82.5 97.5 4 59
29 Iljushin Alexei 2543 8.0 82.5 94.5 5 57
30 Motylev Alexander 2680 8.0 81.5 95.5 4 55
31 Smirnov Pavel 2624 8.0 81 95.5 5 59.5
32 Fedorov Alexei 2602 8.0 81 95.5 5 59
33 Kuzubov Yuriy 2558 8.0 80 94 5 56
34 Carlsen Magnus 2548 8.0 80 92 5 55
35 Ftacnik Lubomir 2540 8.0 80 91.5 4 58
36 Cheparinov Ivan 2621 8.0 79.5 93 4 58
37 Areshchenko Alexander 2595 8.0 79 92.5 4 60
38 Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2569 8.0 78.5 92 7 55.5
39 Gritsak Orest 2537 8.0 78.5 90.5 4 55.5
40 Azarov Sergei 2572 8.0 76.5 90.5 6 55
41 Macieja Bartlomiej 2613 8.0 76.5 90 5 55
42 Korneev Oleg 2611 8.0 76.5 89 6 53.5
43 Bobras Piotr 2501 8.0 76 89 6 50
44 Izoria Zviad 2602 8.0 76 89 4 56
45 Palac Mladen 2574 8.0 76 88.5 5 57
46 Minasian Artashes 2597 8.0 75 89 7 53.5
47 Sargissian Gabriel 2630 8.0 75 89 4 56
48 Dizdar Goran 2524 8.0 75 88 5 52
49 Bocharov Dmitry 2574 8.0 73.5 88.5 6 53.5
50 Markus Robert 2584 8.0 72.5 86 5 50
51 Roiz Michael 2579 8.0 71 84 4 53.5
52 Socko Bartosz 2583 8.0 68.5 81.5 5 48.5
53 Erenburg Sergey 2575 8.0 66.5 79 7 46
54 Parligras Mircea 2560 7.5 88 103 3 59
55 Volkov Sergey 2634 7.5 86.5 102 5 61
56 Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2646 7.5 80.5 95 6 57
57 Gurevich Mikhail 2630 7.5 78.5 92.5 5 56.5
58 Babula Vlastimil 2584 7.5 78 93.5 3 55.5
59 Van Wely Loek 2687 7.5 78 90.5 3 55
60 Kornev Alexei 2565 7.5 76.5 90.5 6 55.5
61 Aleksandrov Aleksej 2635 7.5 75 89 7 51
62 Prusikin Michael 2540 7.5 74.5 87.5 5 51
63 Graf Alexander 2632 7.5 73.5 87.5 6 49
64 Kempinski Robert 2627 7.5 73.5 85.5 4 49.5
65 Neverov Valeriy 2566 7.5 72.5 86.5 4 51
66 Stocek Jiri 2585 7.5 70 83.5 4 49.5
67 Nevednichy Vladislav 2566 7.5 69 82 5 50
68 Reinderman Dimitri 2509 7.5 65.5 78 4 44.5
69 Krasenkow Michal 2672 7.0 86.5 102.5 4 61.5
70 Brkic Ante 2477 7.0 81.5 94.5 3 51.5
71 Alekseev Evgeny 2597 7.0 81 95 3 58
72 Riazantsev Alexander 2608 7.0 79.5 94 4 56
73 Mastrovasilis Dimitrios 2562 7.0 79.5 93.5 5 53
74 Stefansson Hannes 2573 7.0 79.5 93.5 4 55
75 Guseinov Gadir 2573 7.0 79.5 93.5 3 56
76 Jobava Baadur 2637 7.0 79.5 93 4 55
77 Cvitan Ognjen 2481 7.0 78.5 92.5 3 48
78 Pavlovic Milos 2475 7.0 78.5 91.5 4 50.5
79 Wells Peter K 2525 7.0 78 90.5 4 51.5
80 Bologan Viktor 2700 7.0 77.5 92.5 4 53.5
81 Galego Luis 2493 7.0 77 90 4 48.5
82 Georgiev Kiril 2666 7.0 76.5 90.5 4 50.5
83 Fressinet Laurent 2638 7.0 76.5 90 4 52.5
84 Gagunashvili Merab 2547 7.0 76.5 90 4 50.5
85 Kovacevic Blazimir 2510 7.0 75.5 88.5 5 46
86 Postny Evgeny 2556 7.0 75 88.5 6 52.5
87 Iordachescu Viorel 2609 7.0 74.5 88.5 4 53
88 Navara David 2647 7.0 74 87.5 4 48
89 Nielsen Peter Heine 2653 7.0 74 87 4 50
90 Filippov Valerij 2621 7.0 74 86.5 4 48
91 Dautov Rustem 2609 7.0 73.5 86.5 4 50.5
92 Nyback Tomi 2551 7.0 73 86 6 50
93 Huzman Alexander 2577 7.0 72.5 86.5 4 52.5
94 Chuchelov Vladimir 2571 7.0 72.5 86.5 4 46.5
95 Nijboer Friso 2553 7.0 72 84.5 4 50
96 Nalbandian Tigran 2508 7.0 71.5 84 3 46
97 Baramidze David 2542 7.0 71.5 83 6 47.5
98 Markowski Tomasz 2560 7.0 71 84.5 3 49
99 Lputian Smbat G 2640 7.0 70.5 83.5 6 47
100 Zelcic Robert 2514 7.0 69.5 82.5 5 44.5
101 Pelletier Yannick 2610 7.0 69 82 4 51
102 Petrosian Tigran L 2599 7.0 68.5 80.5 4 43.5
103 Del Rio Angelis Salvador G 2495 7.0 67.5 81 6 43
104 Mchedlishvili Mikheil 2518 7.0 67 79 4 46.5
105 Karlsson Lars 2472 7.0 66 79 4 39.5
106 Lupulescu Constantin 2546 6.5 81.5 95 4 51
107 Potkin Vladimir 2552 6.5 79.5 91.5 3 50
108 Inarkiev Ernesto 2612 6.5 78.5 90.5 4 48
109 Andreikin Dmitry 2495 6.5 78 91.5 3 49.5
110 Tregubov Pavel V 2612 6.5 76 88.5 3 51.5
111 Stevic Hrvoje 2514 6.5 75 85.5 3 46.5
112 Maze Sebastien 2470 6.5 74.5 87 4 45
113 Mista Aleksander 2497 6.5 74 88.5 5 46
114 Shomoev Anton 2540 6.5 74 86.5 4 48.5
115 Gouliev Namig 2526 6.5 73.5 86.5 4 46
116 Gdanski Jacek 2544 6.5 73 86 4 51
117 Halkias Stelios 2549 6.5 72 86 4 47
118 Romanov Evgeny 2437 6.5 71.5 84.5 4 44
119 Khmelniker Ilya 2458 6.5 71 83.5 4 40.5
120 Mastrovasilis Athanasios 2473 6.5 71 83 4 45
121 Grigoriants Sergey 2553 6.5 70.5 84.5 3 45.5
122 Godena Michele 2527 6.5 70.5 83.5 3 44
123 Andersson Ulf 2579 6.5 68.5 80 1 46
124 L'ami Erwin 2515 6.5 67.5 82 4 42.5
125 Czarnota Pawel 2478 6.5 67.5 80 5 42
126 Guliev Sarhan 2481 6.5 67.5 77.5 3 45.5
127 Magalashvili Davit 2445 6.5 65.5 78 3 37
128 Bagheri Amir 2518 6.5 63 77 5 39
129 Bednarek Sylwester 2321 6.5 54 63.5 6 29.5
130 Bartel Mateusz 2511 6 80.5 93.5 4 45.5
131 Kritz Leonid 2549 6 77.5 91.5 3 49
132 Portisch Lajos 2525 6 77.5 91 4 48
133 Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel 2488 6 76.5 89.5 5 45.5
134 Nataf Igor-Alexandre 2559 6 75.5 89 3 47.5
135 Gaprindashvili Valeriane 2415 6 75 88.5 4 41.5
136 Kurnosov Igor 2550 6 74.5 87.5 5 47.5
137 Iljin Artem 2484 6 74 87 4 43.5
138 Gajewski Grzegorz 2396 6 72.5 86 3 44.5
139 Romanishin Oleg M 2559 6 72 84.5 2 48
140 Kharlov Andrei 2628 6 71.5 85.5 4 46
141 Hulak Krunoslav 2534 6 71.5 84 3 43.5
142 Smeets Jan 2518 6 70.5 83.5 4 42
143 Kovchan Alexander 2488 6 70.5 83.5 4 41.5
144 Jaracz Pawel 2530 6 70.5 83.5 2 47
145 Fedorchuk Sergey A 2577 6 70.5 83 5 43.5
146 Tzermiadianos Andreas 2453 6 70.5 81.5 4 42.5
147 Moranda Wojciech 2452 6 69.5 82 2 42.5
148 Ibrahimov Rasul 2514 6 69 82.5 4 40
149 Frolyanov Dmitry 2505 6 69 82.5 3 40
150 Mamedov Rauf 2511 6 69 82 3 40.5
151 Khairullin Ildar 2517 6 68.5 81 2 40.5
152 Grabarczyk Miroslaw 2487 6 68 80.5 4 42.5
153 Atakisi Umut 2439 6 68 79.5 4 36.5
154 Khismatullin Denis 2572 6 67.5 80 5 43.5
155 Williams Simon 2466 6 67 79 4 39
156 Haznedaroglu Kivanc 2440 6 66.5 77.5 3 38.5
157 Esen Baris 2287 6 66 78 4 39
158 Anastasian Ashot 2574 6 65.5 79 5 44
159 Kristjansson Stefan 2461 6 65.5 75.5 4 38
160 Szoen Dariusz 2444 6 65 78 5 32.5
161 Tazbir Marcin 2322 6 65 77 4 37.5
162 Bakalarz Mieczyslaw 2408 6 65 77 4 36.5
163 Jones Gawain C 2439 6 64.5 76.5 2 37
164 Olszewski Michal 2387 6 64 75.5 5 34.5
165 Zaja Ivan 2489 6 63 76.5 2 39.5
166 Asauskas Henrikas 2357 6 63 74 4 31.5
167 Berescu Alin 2439 6 62 74 3 35
168 Winants Luc 2535 5.5 76.5 88.5 3 48
169 Kozul Zdenko 2591 5.5 76 90.5 3 47.5
170 Firman Nazar 2471 5.5 73 85.5 3 42
171 Guseinov Elmir 2391 5.5 71.5 84 3 39
172 Evdokimov Alexander A 2503 5.5 70.5 83.5 2 40.5
173 Pavasovic Dusko 2593 5.5 69.5 80.5 2 44
174 Sulskis Sarunas 2545 5.5 69 82.5 3 45
175 Leniart Arkadiusz 2279 5.5 68 79.5 3 36.5
176 Kadziolka Beata 2311 5.5 67.5 79.5 2 32
177 Dziuba Marcin 2429 5.5 67 80 2 39.5
178 Michalczak Thomas 2369 5.5 66.5 79 4 37
179 Perunovic Milos 2549 5.5 65 76.5 3 40.5
180 Luch Michal 2417 5.5 63.5 72.5 3 31.5
181 Krysztofiak Marcin 2401 5.5 61.5 73 4 32.5
182 Citak Selim 2351 5.5 61.5 70 4 30
183 Maier Christian 2387 5.5 61 72.5 3 31.5
184 Skurski Jan 2299 5.5 60 71 3 29
185 Urban Klaudiusz 2497 5 71.5 84.5 3 40
186 Loeffler Stefan 2429 5 70 83 4 40
187 Abergel Thal 2456 5 70 83 3 37
188 Heberla Bartlomiej 2454 5 69 81 5 35
189 Siebrecht Sebastian 2438 5 68.5 82 3 43
190 Warakomski Tomasz 2384 5 68 78.5 3 37
191 Zawadzka Jolanta 2383 5 67.5 79 3 34
192 Lanzani Mario 2356 5 67 79.5 1 33.5
193 Kuljasevic Davorin 2408 5 66.5 79.5 2 36
194 Lagowski Patryk 2393 5 66 77.5 3 35.5
195 Bente Bjoern 2218 5 66 77 4 35
196 Marzolo Cyril 2388 5 63 74 2 34
197 Galazewski Tomasz 2137 5 62.5 75 3 33
198 Mazi Leon 2365 5 62 74.5 2 34.5
199 Erdogdu Mert 2414 5 61 72.5 1 31.5
200 Dworakowska Joanna 2383 5 61 69.5 4 32.5
201 Godlauskas Kazys 2193 5 60.5 71.5 3 27
202 Murtez Hondozi 2354 5 60 71 3 29
203 Matras Agnieszka 2280 5 59 69.5 3 29.5
204 Bugajski Robert 2218 5 58.5 67.5 4 28.5
205 Bruno Fabio 2374 5 58.5 67 3 31.5
206 Rutkowski Maciej 2346 5 54 64.5 3 29.5
207 Thorfinnsson Bragi 2442 4.5 67 79 2 33
208 Erturan Yakup 2277 4.5 65 77.5 2 34
209 Babujian Levon 2386 4.5 64 74.5 4 34
210 Kuraszkiewicz Michael 2300 4.5 63.5 73.5 3 31
211 Sergeev Vladimir 2458 4.5 63 73.5 3 34
212 Neubauer Martin 2457 4.5 62 71.5 3 33.5
213 Swiercz Dariusz 2136 4.5 61.5 72.5 2 25
214 Bleis Christian Dr 2258 4.5 55.5 64 2 27
215 Krasiewicz Robert 2056 4.5 52 61.5 3 21
216 Stoma Pawel 2295 4 64.5 74.5 2 30.5
217 Kopczynski Michal 2150 4 63.5 74 1 28.5
218 Guadalpi David 2317 4 59.5 71 3 32
219 Sliwinski Marcin 2186 4 59.5 70.5 2 23
220 Praszak Michal 2261 4 56 65.5 3 25
221 Kachur Alexander 2281 4 55.5 65.5 2 26.5
222 Krzymowski Alfred 2034 4 53 62.5 3 21.5
223 Gluszko Tomasz 1977 4 51.5 60 1 25
224 Van Der Weide Karel 2472 3.5 62.5 72 3 28.5
225 Azimi Reza 2144 3.5 51.5 61.5 2 19.5
226 Szewczak Andrzej 1995 3.5 49.5 58 2 16
227 Krzymowska Adriana 0 2.5 51.5 59.5 1 16.5
228 Wojcicki Lukasz 1833 2 51 61 1 16
229 Majewski Karol 0 1 71 84.5 0 13
Tie-break matches
Tie-break matches for bronze
Round 1: 10.00 a.m.
1 Karjakin free
(-:-)
2 Ivanchuk Asrian 2 : 0
(1:0 1:0)
3 Aronian Moiseenko 1,5 : 0,5
(1:0 0,5:0,5)
4 Beliavsky Eljanov 1 : 3
(0,5:0,5 0,5:0,5 0:1 0:1)
Round 2: 1:30 p.m.
5 Karjakin Eljanov 1,5 : 0,5
(0,5:0,5 1:0)
6 Ivanchuk Aronian 0,5 : 1,5
(0:1 0,5:0,5)
7 Beliavsky free
(-:-)
8 Moiseenko Asrian 0,5 : 1,5
(0:1 0,5:0,5)
Round 3: 10 minutes after round 2
Match for bronze medal
9 Karjakin Aronian 1,5 : 2,5
(0,5:0,5 0,5:0,5 0:1 0,5:0,5)
Match for 5th place
10 Eljanov Ivanchuk 0 : 2
(0:1 0:1)
Match for 7th place
11 Beliavsky Asrian 2 : 3
(0,5:0,5 0,5:0,5 0,5:0,5 0,5:0,5 0:1)
9th place
12 Moiseenko
Tie-break matches for WCC qualification
Only round at 1:30 p.m.
1 Cheparinov Erenburg 0,5 : 1,5
(0:1 0,5:0,5)
2 Socko Areshchenko 1,5 : 2,5
(0,5:0,5 0,5:0,5 0,5:0,5 0:1)
3 Wojtaszek Roiz 1,5 : 2,5
(0,5:0,5 0,5:0,5 0,5:0,5 0:1)
4 Gritsak Markus 0,5 : 1,5
(0,5:0,5 0:1)
5 Bocharov Azarov 3 : 2
(0:1 1:0 0:1 1:0 1:0)
6 Macieja Dizdar 1,5 : 0,5
(0,5:0,5 1:0)
7 Sargissian Korneev 0,5 : 1,5
(0,5:0,5 0:1)
8 Bobras Minasian 2 : 3
(0,5:0,5 0,5:0,5 0:1 1:0 0:1)
9 Izoria Palac 3 : 2
(1:0 0:1 0:1 1:0 1:0)
The Pivdennyi Bank Chess Tournament - Efim Geller Memorial took place in
Odessa (Ukraine) in their Music Comedy Theater 1st-3rd July 2005. Time control
20 minutes per game. Ruslan Ponomariov won the event with 7.5/9.
Official site: http://www.chesspro.ru
Pivdenny Bank Geller Mem Odessa UKR (UKR), 1-3 vii 2005cat. IX (2468)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2695 * = 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2716
2 Beim, Valery g AUT 2512 = * = 1 = = 1 1 1 = 6.5 2629
3 Drozdovskij, Yuri g UKR 2517 0 = * = 1 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2628
4 Podgaets, Mikhail m UKR 2487 1 0 = * 0 = = 1 = 1 5.0 2509
5 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2619 0 = 0 1 * 1 0 = 1 0 4.0 2408
6 Legky, Nikolay A g UKR 2455 0 = 0 = 0 * 1 0 = 1 3.5 2389
7 Fingerov, Dmitry m UKR 2361 0 0 0 = 1 0 * 1 0 1 3.5 2400
8 Bogdanovich, Stanislav UKR 2128 0 0 = 0 = 1 0 * 1 0 3.0 2381
9 Golubev, Mihail g UKR 2517 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 0 * 1 3.0 2337
10 Klinova, Masha m ISR 2391 0 = 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 * 2.5 2310
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Garry Kasparov still heads the July 2005 FIDE rating list 24 points
clear of the field. He will undoubtably head the next two before dropping out
if he maintains his announced retirement. The battle for second position sees
Anand keep the number 2 spot only on the number of games played in the last
rating period. Anand gained 3 points and Topalov 10. Peter Leko was inactive in
the last rating period and he is 10 points clear of Vassily Ivanchuk who
overtakes Vladimir Kramnik. Ivanchuk gained 13 points and Kramnik lost 9. Peter
Svidler jumps 3 places and 13 points to lie at 7, Polgar gained 3 points and
maintains 8th, Bacrot lost 2 but stays at 9. Levon Aronian makes the first big
leap of the list gaining 31 points and jumping into the top 10 for the first
time. Michael Adams lost 18 points and drops from 7th to 13th. Ivan Sokolov
jumps from 40th to 21st. Sergei Tiviakov gained 47 points to jump from 72nd to
26th. Mikhail Gurevich jumped from 77th to 36th. Delchev gained 42 points to
jump from just outside the top 100 to 47th. Others who enter or re-enter the
list are: Zoltan Gyimesi, Dmitry Jakovenko, Evgeny Alekseev, Alexander
Areshchenko, Vladislav Tkachiev, Jan H Timman, Murtas Kazhgaleyev, Ruben
Felgaer, Ernesto Inarkiev, Christopher Lutz, Pengxiang Zhang and Bartosz Socko
for a total of 13 players. Van Wely loses 32 points to drop from 22nd to 48th.
15 year old Sergey Karjakin continues his progress gaining 10 points in rising
from 64th to 56th. Players who drop out of the top 100 include world number 53
Mikhail Kobalia (losing 30 points), Curt Hansen (20 point loss), Alexander
Beliavsky (31 points) and Nikolic (36). A total of 13 players dropped out.
Source: http://www.fide.com. The full
list is available for download there.
FIDE Top 100 Players July 2005
No. Ap Name t NAT YroB ja04 ap04 ju04 oc04 ja05 ap05 ju05 Gms
1 1 Kasparov, Garry........... g RUS 1963 2831 2817 2817 2813 2804 2812 2812 0
2 2 Anand, Viswanathan........ g IND 1969 2766 2774 2782 2781 2786 2785 2788 18
3 3 Topalov, Veselin.......... g BUL 1975 2735 2737 2737 2757 2757 2778 2788 10
4 4 Leko, Peter............... g HUN 1979 2722 2741 2741 2743 2749 2763 2763 0
5 6 Ivanchuk, Vassily......... g UKR 1969 2716 2716 2715 2705 2711 2739 2752 25
6 5 Kramnik, Vladimir......... g RUS 1975 2777 2764 2770 2760 2754 2753 2744 12
7 10 Svidler, Peter............ g RUS 1976 2747 2733 2727 2735 2735 2725 2738 26
8 8 Polgar, Judit............. g HUN 1976 2728 2728 2728 2728 2728 2732 2735 10
9 9 Bacrot, Etienne........... g FRA 1983 2664 2675 2712 2718 2715 2731 2729 13
10 21 Aronian, Levon............ g ARM 1982 2648 2645 2671 2675 2684 2693 2724 30
11 14 Gelfand, Boris............ g ISR 1968 2709 2714 2709 2693 2696 2713 2724 12
12 11 Grischuk, Alexander....... g RUS 1983 2719 2719 2705 2704 2710 2724 2720 17
13 7 Adams, Michael............ g ENG 1971 2720 2731 2738 2740 2741 2737 2719 25
14 12 Morozevich, Alexander..... g RUS 1977 2732 2732 2743 2758 2741 2717 2707 11
15 13 Shirov, Alexei............ g ESP 1972 2736 2713 2725 2726 2713 2714 2705 29
16 17 Akopian, Vladimir......... g ARM 1971 2693 2689 2692 2692 2693 2703 2705 9
17 20 Ponomariov, Ruslan........ g UKR 1983 2722 2722 2722 2710 2700 2695 2704 10
18 18 Bologan, Viktor........... g MDA 1971 2679 2665 2663 2669 2683 2700 2700 30
19 19 Kamsky, Gata.............. g USA 1974 2717 2717 2717 2717 2717 2700 2700 0
20 16 Dreev, Alexey............. g RUS 1969 2682 2689 2690 2698 2704 2705 2698 20
21 40 Sokolov, Ivan............. g NED 1968 2706 2690 2679 2663 2685 2662 2691 27
22 15 Bareev, Evgeny............ g RUS 1966 2714 2711 2715 2715 2709 2709 2688 14
23 29 Radjabov, Teimour......... g AZE 1987 2656 2670 2664 2663 2667 2673 2682 12
24 26 Vallejo Pons, Francisco... g ESP 1982 2663 2666 2679 2678 2686 2677 2681 15
25 35 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter... g ROM 1976 2678 2692 2686 2687 2673 2670 2679 19
26 72 Tiviakov, Sergei.......... g NED 1973 2600 2593 2601 2617 2627 2631 2678 32
27 23 Motylev, Alexander........ g RUS 1979 2640 2649 2658 2651 2665 2680 2675 19
28 38 Sutovsky, Emil............ g ISR 1977 2666 2661 2679 2697 2669 2665 2674 23
29 34 Malakhov, Vladimir........ g RUS 1980 2700 2695 2674 2664 2664 2670 2673 11
30 28 Short, Nigel D............ g ENG 1965 2702 2712 2684 2687 2674 2673 2673 0
31 25 Lautier, Joel............. g FRA 1973 2676 2680 2666 2682 2678 2678 2672 14
32 32 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab.... g GEO 1960 2678 2679 2679 2672 2662 2671 2672 9
33 27 Karpov, Anatoly........... g RUS 1951 2682 2682 2682 2682 2674 2674 2672 2
34 24 Volokitin, Andrei......... g UKR 1986 2594 2600 2638 2652 2685 2679 2671 30
35 33 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam...... g UZB 1979 2652 2652 2640 2650 2678 2670 2670 11
36 77 Gurevich, Mikhail......... g BEL 1959 2656 2672 2667 2644 2634 2630 2669 47
37 30 Sakaev, Konstantin........ g RUS 1974 2656 2665 2664 2669 2677 2672 2669 23
38 44 Nielsen, Peter Heine...... g DEN 1973 2638 2628 2652 2663 2648 2653 2668 21
39 37 Georgiev, Kiril........... g BUL 1965 2637 2637 2626 2625 2654 2666 2666 25
40 39 Moiseenko, Alexander...... g UKR 1980 2623 2631 2640 2653 2669 2665 2664 17
41 49 Navara, David............. g CZE 1985 2604 2602 2616 2620 2644 2647 2663 30
42 31 Krasenkow, Michal......... g POL 1963 2609 2609 2632 2676 2672 2672 2663 10
43 36 Bruzon, Lazaro............ g CUB 1982 2603 2602 2628 2637 2652 2669 2662 18
44 91 Timofeev, Artyom.......... g RUS 1985 2578 2591 2611 2611 2619 2622 2661 30
45 43 Nakamura, Hikaru.......... g USA 1987 2571 2580 2601 2620 2613 2657 2660 9
46 47 Zvjaginsev, Vadim......... g RUS 1976 2654 2654 2650 2650 2653 2649 2659 10
47 -- Delchev, Aleksander....... g BUL 1971 2624 2602 2603 2601 2597 2614 2656 28
48 22 Van Wely, Loek............ g NED 1972 2617 2651 2680 2681 2679 2687 2655 16
49 42 Khalifman, Alexander...... g RUS 1966 2674 2668 2669 2669 2662 2658 2653 9
50 55 Avrukh, Boris............. g ISR 1978 2620 2620 2600 2614 2629 2642 2652 20
51 46 Smirin, Ilia.............. g ISR 1968 2670 2675 2671 2673 2644 2649 2652 13
52 54 Sasikiran, Krishnan....... g IND 1981 2654 2659 2666 2668 2657 2642 2652 9
53 48 Ye, Jiangchuan............ g CHN 1960 2681 2681 2681 2649 2648 2648 2648 0
54 50 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyaz.... g AZE 1985 2646 2657 2662 2660 2657 2646 2646 9
55 80 Movsesian, Sergei......... g SVK 1978 2639 2647 2646 2629 2624 2628 2645 34
56 64 Karjakin, Sergey.......... g UKR 1990 2566 2508 2591 2576 2599 2635 2645 23
57 45 Milov, Vadim.............. g SUI 1972 2632 2680 2683 2683 2668 2653 2645 14
58 52 Rublevsky, Sergei......... g RUS 1974 2655 2671 2686 2649 2650 2645 2645 10
59 51 Harikrishna, P............ g IND 1986 2582 2599 2609 2612 2632 2646 2645 9
60 94 Efimenko, Zahar........... g UKR 1985 2537 2566 2572 2594 2601 2620 2643 40
61 57 Bauer, Christian.......... g FRA 1977 2599 2595 2590 2622 2636 2640 2641 24
62 61 Vescovi, Giovanni......... g BRA 1978 2633 2648 2648 2645 2645 2638 2640 0
63 56 Eljanov, Pavel............ g UKR 1983 2596 2592 2613 2629 2643 2641 2639 35
64 41 Dominguez, Lenier......... g CUB 1983 2605 2612 2629 2645 2661 2658 2639 27
65 89 Huebner, Robert Dr........ g GER 1948 2604 2603 2624 2624 2624 2624 2636 18
66 87 Smirnov, Pavel............ g RUS 1982 2609 2601 2620 2626 2645 2624 2635 10
67 73 Seirawan, Yasser.......... g USA 1960 2621 2621 2631 2631 2631 2631 2635 4
68 78 Miroshnichenko, Evgenij... g UKR 1978 2602 2599 2615 2617 2620 2628 2634 37
69 92 Cheparinov, Ivan.......... g BUL 1986 2550 2555 2567 2576 2572 2621 2634 26
70 74 Bu, Xiangzhi.............. g CHN 1985 ---- 2621 2620 2615 2607 2630 2632 9
71 65 Aleksandrov, Aleksej...... g BLR 1973 2679 2668 2666 2659 2635 2635 2630 17
72 58 Lputian, Smbat G.......... g ARM 1958 2634 2634 2634 2634 2640 2640 2629 17
73 60 Ni, Hua................... g CHN 1983 2560 2587 2583 2611 2625 2638 2629 9
74 -- Gyimesi, Zoltan.............g HUN 1977 2552 2562 2618 2613 2603 2595 2628 53
75 59 Onischuk, Alexander....... g USA 1975 2652 2652 2655 2653 2652 2638 2628 6
76 62 Fressinet, Laurent........ g FRA 1981 2636 2638 2637 2640 2638 2638 2627 20
77 -- Jakovenko, Dmitry......... g RUS 1983 2581 2582 2596 2596 2596 2608 2627 16
78 -- Alekseev, Evgeny.......... g RUS 1985 2609 2616 2606 2604 2605 2597 2625 33
79 -- Areshchenko, Alexander.... g UKR 1986 2564 2568 2575 2580 2570 2595 2625 28
80 -- Tkachiev, Vladislav....... g FRA 1973 2642 2635 2615 2609 2609 2605 2625 23
81 95 McShane, Luke J........... g ENG 1984 2651 2656 2643 2629 2614 2620 2625 17
82 -- Timman, Jan H............. g NED 1951 2578 2576 2596 2602 2607 2607 2625 17
83 68 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel.. g ESP 1965 2616 2623 2618 2626 2633 2633 2624 9
84 88 Istratescu, Andrei........ g ROM 1975 2590 2587 2603 2611 2617 2624 2624 0
85 66 Volkov, Sergey............ g RUS 1974 2630 2629 2625 2628 2612 2634 2622 21
86 63 Jobava, Baadur............ g GEO 1983 2616 2616 2615 2614 2640 2637 2621 18
87 93 Filippov, Valerij......... g RUS 1975 2609 2639 2627 2632 2621 2621 2621 11
88 82 Hjartarson, Johann ....... g ISL 1963 2640 2640 2628 2628 2628 2628 2621 5
89 81 Almasi, Zoltan............ g HUN 1976 2633 2631 2644 2650 2628 2628 2619 29
90 84 Kempinski, Robert......... g POL 1977 2577 2586 2612 2608 2624 2627 2619 29
91 98 Berkes, Ferenc............ g HUN 1985 2602 2613 2614 2630 2610 2617 2619 23
92 -- Kazhgaleyev, Murtas....... g KAZ 1975 2568 2596 2598 2607 2613 2600 2619 18
93 79 Kharlov, Andrei........... g RUS 1968 2607 2593 2604 2613 2614 2628 2619 11
94 -- Felgaer, Ruben............ g ARG 1981 ---- 2592 2587 2569 2588 2593 2618 26
95 -- Inarkiev, Ernesto......... g RUS 1985 2606 2595 2591 2604 2602 2612 2618 19
96 -- Lutz, Christopher......... g GER 1971 2597 2597 2596 2596 2614 2614 2616 21
97 -- Zhang, Pengxiang.......... g CHN 1980 ---- 2510 2519 2519 2560 2583 2616 20
98 90 Vladimirov, Evgeny........ g KAZ 1957 2621 2621 2628 2627 2623 2623 2616 9
99 -- Socko, Bartosz............ g POL 1978 2556 2579 2554 2570 2591 2583 2615 42
100 96 Korchnoi, Viktor.......... g SUI 1931 2569 2579 2568 2601 2617 2619 2615 5
101 101 Goldin, Alexander......... g USA 1965 2616 2611 2624 2620 2628 2615 2615 0
Dropping out of top 100
No.Name t NAT YroB ja04 ap04 ju04 oc04 ja05 ap05 ju05 Gms
53 Kobalia, Mikhail.......... g RUS 1978 2643 2630 2618 2621 2634 2644 2614 21
67 Hansen, Curt.............. g DEN 1964 2635 2635 2635 2633 2633 2633 2613 28
69 Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan...... g IRI 1982 2549 2558 2552 2558 2623 2632 2603 16
70 Graf, Alexander........... g GER 1962 2629 2656 2661 2646 2637 2632 2605 22
71 Vaganian, Rafael A........ g ARM 1951 2623 2639 2642 2640 2670 2631 2614 29
75 Sargissian, Gabriel....... g ARM 1983 2618 2614 2617 2611 2602 2630 2611 25
76 Beliavsky, Alexander G.... g SLO 1953 2667 2667 2679 2660 2635 2630 2599 19
83 Nikolic, Predrag.......... g BIH 1960 2648 2648 2671 2676 2676 2627 2591 21
85 Gustafsson, Jan........... g GER 1979 2572 2579 2611 2603 2616 2627 2614 31
86 Naiditsch, Arkadij........ g GER 1985 2576 2571 2574 2611 2623 2626 2612 25
97 Belov, Vladimir........... g RUS 1984 2560 2543 2532 2552 2582 2617 2596 14
99 Sadler, Matthew........... g ENG 1974 2626 2626 2617 2617 2617 2617 2617 0
100 Najer, Evgeniy............ g RUS 1977 2602 2606 2608 2624 2624 2615 2614 10
The World Open takes place June 30th - July 4th 2005 in Philadelphia.
Official site: http://www.worldopen.com
Leading Round 7 Standings:
1 Ildar Ibragimov GM 2683 6.0
2 Kamil Miton GM 2660 6.0
3 Hikaru Nakamura GM 2756 5.5
4 Gata Kamsky GM 2696 5.5
5 Alexander Shabalov GM 2649 5.5
6 Giorgi Kacheishvili GM 2647 5.5
7 Varuzhan Akobian GM 2646 5.5
8 Alexander Stripunsky GM 2630 5.5
9 Emilio Cordova FM 2522 5.5
10 Magesh C Panchanathan 2497 5.5
11 Jaan Ehlvest GM 2698 5.0
12 Alexander Onischuk GM 2685 5.0
13 Julio J Becerra GM 2664 5.0
14 Leonid G Yudasin GM 2664 5.0
15 Abhijit Kunte GM 2661 5.0
16 Aleks Wojtkiewicz GM 2630 5.0
17 Joel Benjamin GM 2628 5.0
18 Gregory Serper GM 2611 5.0
19 Sandipan Chanda GM 2608 5.0
20 Surya Shekhar Ganguly GM 2603 5.0
21 Nikola Mitkov GM 2598 5.0
22 Dmitry Gurevich GM 2582 5.0
23 John P Fedorowicz GM 2580 5.0
24 Vladimir Georgiev GM 2579 5.0
25 Eugene Perelshteyn IM 2576 5.0
26 Gennady Zaitchik GM 2537 5.0
27 Dashze Sharavdorj GM 2526 5.0
28 Joshua E Friedel FM 2502 5.0
29 Pascal Charbonneau IM 2492 5.0
30 Sergey Kudrin GM 2644 4.5
31 Alexander Ivanov GM 2638 4.5
32 Yury Shulman GM 2609 4.5
33 Larry Christiansen GM 2608 4.5
34 Alexander Fishbein GM 2592 4.5
35 Sundara Rajan Kidambi IM 2591 4.5
36 Marani Rajendran Venkatesh IM 2535 4.5
37 Gildardo J Garcia GM 2522 4.5
38 Michael A Rohde GM 2512 4.5
39 Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury IM 2497 4.5
40 Alex Lenderman FM 2444 4.5
41 Irina Krush IM 2443 4.5
42 William Kelleher FM 2398 4.5
43 Nisha Mohota WGM 2397 4.5
44 Gregor Braylovsky 2386 4.5
45 Jay R Bonin IM 2385 4.5
46 Robby Adamson FM 2375 4.5
47 Bryan G Smith FM 2374 4.5
48 Mikhail Zlotnikov IM 2373 4.5
49 Rusudan Goletiani WGM 2370 4.5
50 Thomas J Bartell FM 2346 4.5
51 Oleg N Zaikov 2340 4.5
52 A J Steigman 2277 4.5
53 Adam Maltese 2221 4.5
54 Xiao Cheng 2202 4.5
55 Yury Lapshun IM 2550 4.0
56 Lev Milman FM 2517 4.0
57 Dmitry Schneider IM 2480 4.0
58 Dean J Ippolito IM 2449 4.0
59 John Bartholomew FM 2444 4.0
60 Calvin Blocker IM 2442 4.0
204 players
The 19th "Pula Open 2005" in Croatia took place 19th-26th June 2005.
Suat Atalik took clear first place with 7.5/9. Games from the final round now
available.
Official site: http://www.skpula.hr
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1. Atalik, Suat g BIH 2561 7,5 44,5
2. Kveinys, Aloyzas g LTU 2539 7,0 42,5
3. Predojevic, Borki m BIH 2549 7,0 42,0
4. Jovanic, Ognjen m CRO 2435 7,0 41,5
5. Jovanovic, Zoran CRO m CRO 2481 7,0 40,5
6. Dizdarevic, Emir g BIH 2521 7,0 39,0
7. Fercec, Nenad m CRO 2504 7,0 39,0
8. Riff, Jean-Noel f FRA 2438 7,0 38,5
9. Medak, Bojan CRO 2283 7,0 37,0
10. Sedlak, Nikola g SCG 2514 7,0 36,0
11. Savic, Miodrag R g SCG 2521 6,5 44,0
12. Rogic, Davor m CRO 2499 6,5 43,5
13. Jankovic, Alojzije m CRO 2480 6,5 41,0
14. Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2507 6,5 39,5
15. Feletar, Darko m CRO 2389 6,5 38,5
16. Philippe, Christophe m FRA 2392 6,5 38,0
17. Mikac, Matjaz m SLO 2376 6,5 38,0
18. Bosiocic, Marin f CRO 2345 6,5 36,5
19. Sutkovic, Damir BIH 2251 6,5 32,5
20. Saric, Ante m CRO 2472 6,0 43,5
21. Franic, Milan m CRO 2390 6,0 41,0
22. Michielsen, Joost NED 2281 6,0 40,5
23. Ljubicic, Filip m CRO 2407 6,0 40,5
24. Tratar, Marko m SLO 2417 6,0 40,0
25. Rukavina, Josip m CRO 2426 6,0 39,0
26. Stokke, Kjetil NOR 2226 6,0 38,0
27. Wiley, Tom E f ENG 2238 6,0 37,5
28. Kekki, Petri f FIN 2355 6,0 37,0
29. Plenkovic, Zdenko f CRO 2302 6,0 36,5
30. Nordahl, Helge m NOR 2402 6,0 36,0
31. Orak, Ljubomir f CRO 2300 6,0 35,0
32. Paci, Cedric FRA 2266 6,0 35,0
33. Cherin, Diego ITA 2268 6,0 34,0
34. Preiss, Martin f GER 2309 6,0 33,5
35. Mandekic, Ivan CRO 2238 6,0 32,0
36. Medic, Mirjana wg CRO 2247 6,0 31,5
207 players
The Aarhus Chess Summer takes place 2nd-10th July 2005.
Official coverage: http://www.chesshouse.dk/sommerskak
Round 2 Standings
1 Christian Kyndel, FM DEN 1.5
2 Krzysztof Jakubowski IM POL 1.5
3 Frank Lamprecht, IM GER 1.5
4 Martin Matthiesen, DEN 1.0
5 Poul Rewitz, DEN 1.0
6 Lars Stark, FM GER 1.0
7 John Arni Nilssen, FM FAI 1.0
8 Klaus Berg, IM DEN 0.5
9 Allan Holst DEN 0.5
10 Tom Petri DEN 0.5
VII Open Internacional Vila de Salou (Tarragona) took place 20th-28th
May 2005. Sergey Fedorchuk and Atanas Kolev finished on 7/9.
Official site: http://www.chessinsalou.com/
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1. Fedorchuk, Sergey A g UKR 2577 7.0 47 52 36
2. Kolev, Atanas g BUL 2524 7.0 47 50.5 39
3. Burmakin, Vladimir g RUS 2552 6.5 47 51 36½
4. Spasov, Vasil g BUL 2543 6.5 46 50 34
5. Hillarp Persson, Tiger g SWE 2533 6.0 47 51 34
6. Krivoshey, Sergei m UKR 2493 6.0 46.5 50.5 32
7. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2611 6.0 46 51 31
8. Shchekachev, Andrei g RUS 2526 6.0 46 50.5 32½
9. Moskalenko, Viktor g UKR 2533 6.0 45.5 50 32
10. Manik, Mikulas m SVK 2495 6.0 44.5 48.5 33½
11. Ivanov, Mikhail M g RUS 2418 6.0 42.5 46 29
12. Pogorelov, Ruslan g UKR 2448 6.0 42 45 30
13. Jakobsen, Ole m DEN 2387 6.0 41.5 44 29
14. Cicak, Slavko g SWE 2530 5.5 47 51.5 32½
15. Lalic, Bogdan g ENG 2503 5.5 42.5 47 30
16. Gonzalez Garcia, Jose m MEX 2469 5.5 42 46 30
17. Malakhatko, Vadim g UKR 2562 5.5 42 46 28
18. Del Rio Angelis, Salvador G g ESP 2495 5.5 42 45 30
19. Mellado Trivino, Juan m ESP 2412 5.5 42 45 28
20. Rizouk, Aimen m ALG 2452 5.5 41.5 43 30½
21. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2553 5.5 41 45 28½
22. Vehi Bach, Victor M m ESP 2425 5.5 41 45 28
23. Spraggett, Kevin g CAN 2585 5.5 41 44.5 27
24. Slaby, Jerzy m POL 2403 5.5 40 44 27½
25. Karpatchev, Aleksandr g RUS 2472 5.5 39.5 43 27
26. Peric, Slavisa m SCG 2248 5.5 37.5 41 24
27. Asmundsson, Ingvar f ISL 2288 5.0 44.5 46.5 27
28. Mirzoev, Azer g AZE 2545 5.0 42.5 46.5 26½
29. Lacasa Diaz, Jose Antonio m ESP 2427 5.0 42 45 29
30. Peralta, Fernando g ARG 2556 5.0 42 45 29
31. Szmetan, Ricardo f BAR 2347 5.0 40.5 41.5 24½
32. Rios, Alejandro m COL 2292 5.0 39 42 24
33. Collas, Silvia wg FRA 2381 5.0 39 41.5 26½
34. Bruned, Yvain f ESP 2316 5.0 39 41.5 24½
35. Estrada Martinez, Cesar ESP 2214 5.0 38.5 41.5 24
36. Zozulia, Anna m UKR 2343 5.0 38.5 40.5 25
37. Bjarnason, Oskar ISL 2256 5.0 33.5 36.5 22
80 players
The Pinamar International takes place June 22nd-30th 2005. Juan Pablo
Hobaica won the event with 6.5/9.
Official site: http://www.utopiasdepinamar.com.ar/soles.htm
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ITT Cinco Soles Pinamar ARG (ARG), 22-30 vi 2005 cat. III (2305)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Hobaica, Juan Pablo ARG 2312 * = = = = 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2470
2. Duarte, Leonardo ARG 2298 = * 0 1 = 1 1 = = 1 6.0 2430
3. Fernandez, Daniel USA f USA 2406 = 1 * = = 0 1 = = 1 5.5 2373
4. Bronstein, Luis m ARG 2362 = 0 = * = = 1 = = 1 5.0 2341
5. Cubas, Jose Fernando m PAR 2387 = = = = * 0 = = 1 1 5.0 2338
6. Rodi, Luis Ernesto ARG 2243 0 0 1 = 1 * 0 = 1 1 5.0 2354
7. Della Morte, Pablo f ARG 2285 = 0 0 0 = 1 * 1 1 = 4.5 2307
8. Valiente, Cristobal m PAR 2335 0 = = = = = 0 * = = 3.5 2221
9. Cornejo, Max f PER 2229 0 = = = 0 0 0 = * = 2.5 2147
10. Walsh, Hector ARG 2191 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = = * 1.5 2044
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There were two Alushta Summer events that took place 17th-27th June
2005. The Category I event was won by Alexander Tjurin and Oleg Kulicov.
Further info: http://www.kaissa.com.ua
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IV Summer Alushta UKR (UKR), 17-27 vi 2005 cat. I (2273)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Tjurin, Alexander P f RUS 2341 * 1 = = 1 = = = = 1 1 1 8.0 2442
2. Kulicov, Oleg m RUS 2402 0 * = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 8.0 2436
3. Bets, Anatolij m MDA 2360 = = * = 0 = = = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2367
4. Murashko, Vyacheslav L m UKR 2315 = 0 = * 1 = 1 = 0 1 0 1 6.0 2305
5. Ostrovskiy, Andrey f UKR 2345 0 = 1 0 * = = 1 1 0 1 = 6.0 2302
6. Madan, Augustin ROM 2310 = 0 = = = * = = 1 = = 1 6.0 2305
7. Okara, Andrey RUS 2236 = 0 = 0 = = * 0 = 1 1 1 5.5 2276
8. Gafner, Evgeny J f RUS 2302 = = = = 0 = 1 * = 0 = = 5.0 2234
9. Zolotukhin, Valery RUS 2242 = 0 0 1 0 0 = = * = 1 = 4.5 2211
10. Kartsev, Sergei RUS 1994 0 0 0 0 1 = 0 1 = * 1 = 4.5 2233
11. Belyakov, Bogdan RUS 2176 0 = 0 1 0 = 0 = 0 0 * = 3.0 2107
12. Khudyakov, Alexander f RUS 2255 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = = = * 2.5 2063
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The First Saturday July tournament takes place 2nd-14th of July 2005.
Games entered by Mr.Arasu.
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu
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FSGM July Budapest HUN (HUN), 2-12 vii 2005 cat. VII (2425)
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1. Ilincic, Zlatko g SCG 2470 * . . . . . . 1 . 1 . 2.0
2. Fogarasi, Tibor g HUN 2490 . * . . . . . = 1 . . 1.5 2662
3. Jakab, Attila m HUN 2451 . . * . . . . . = . 1 1.5 2631
4. Boros, Denes m HUN 2443 . . . * . . = . . = . 1.0 2337
5. Kristjansson, Stefan m ISL 2459 . . . . * = . . . . = 1.0 2374
6. Dearing, Eddie m SCO 2420 . . . . = * . . . . . 0.5 2459
7. Lorscheid, Gerhard f GER 2285 . . . = . . * . . . . 0.5 2443
8. Bindrich, Falko f GER 2391 0 = . . . . . * . . . 0.5 2287
9. Chernyshov, Konstantin g RUS 2548 . 0 = . . . . . * . . 0.5 2277
10. Manca, Federico m ITA 2390 0 . . = . . . . . * . 0.5 2263
11. Thorfinnsson, Bragi m ISL 2328 . . 0 . = . . . . . * 0.5 2262
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The North Urals Cup takes place July 3rd-14th in Krasnoturinsk, Russia.
This is the 3rd time Krasnoturinsk city will host the strongest Women's Chess
Tournament. The first round is on July 4th 2005.
Players;
1. Maia Chiburdanidze
2. Koneru Humpy
3. Antoaneta Stefanova
4. Alexandra Kosteniuk
5. Tatiana Kosintseva
6. Natalia Zhukova
7. Xu, Yuhua
8. Ekaterina Kovalevskaya
9. Alisa Galliamova
10. Nadezhda Kosintseva
Further info at:
http://www.northuralscup.ru/participants_eng.shtml
Official site: http://www.northuralscup.ru which will
have live games, game downloads, interviews, standings and lots of photos.
The Costa Rican National Chess Championships have just seen the
conclusion of the preliminaries. 8 qualifiers from that event will be joined by
6 seeded players in a 14 players round robin final. The seeded are
international masters Sergio Minero (current champion), Bernal González,
Leonardo Valdés, Alexis Murillo and Francisco Hernandez, and fide master
Mauricio Arias. That event starts June 28th 2005.
GM Alejandro Ramírez will not take part, as he has decided to
retire from chess to pursue studies in a Dallas University, after his last
place in Wijn aan Zee group B.
Daily coverage: http://www.tablerotico.com
1. Granados Ramírez, Carlos Ricardo CRC 2225 2202 14-12-1966
2. Hernández Basante, Francisco CRC 2265 2265 im 20-05-1972
3. Arias Formoso, Rodolfo CRC 2173 2062 06-05-1956
4. Arias Santana, Mauricio CRC 2238 2227 fm 25-01-1977
5. Valdés Romero, Leonardo CRC 2362 2425 im 08-09-1975
6. Alfaro Murillo, Carlos CRC 1931 2058 17-06-1985
7. Ugalde García, Ronald CRC 2174 2157 09-11-1963
8. Ruiz Blais, Sebastian CRC 2110 20-05-1989
9. Bermúdez Vives, Sergio CRC 2223 2127 fm 21-09-1971
10. Minero Pineda, Sergio CRC 2440 2436 im 21-02-1974
11. Leandro Pérez, Jhonny CRC 2133 2107 21-04-1979
12. Castro Madrigal, Randall CRC 2016 05-12-1976
13. Murillo Tsijli, Alexis CRC 2362 2297 im 01-05-1971
14. González Acosta, Bernal CRC 2405 2431 im 10-06-1973
The Norwegian Championship takes place in Sandnes, Norway July 2nd-9th
2005.
Players include: GM Agdestein, GM Carlsen, GM Johannessen, GM Djurhuus
and GM Lie in the 9 round swiss. Bjarke Kristensen is playing under the name
Bjarke Barth Sahl but that nationality and name change is not yet reflected in
the new FIDE rating list. News: Tarjei J. Svensen.
Live games expected at http://www.rogaland-sjakk.org
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ch-NOR Sandnes NOR (NOR), 2-14 vii 2005
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1. Lie, Kjetil A m NOR 2472 + 8 + 9 = 4 . . . . . . 2.5 2674
2. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2528 +19 = 3 +10 . . . . . . 2.5 2691
3. Agdestein, Simen g NOR 2571 + 7 = 2 = 5 . . . . . . 2.0 2560
4. Fossan, Erik m NOR 2389 =11 +20 = 1 . . . . . . 2.0 2542
5. Djurhuus, Rune g NOR 2461 =10 +21 = 3 . . . . . . 2.0 2473
6. Fyllingen, Roy Harald m NOR 2395 =15 =18 +16 . . . . . . 2.0 2454
7. Hammer, Jon Ludvig NOR 2318 - 3 +19 +18 . . . . . . 2.0 2572
8. Leer-Salvesen, Bjarte f NOR 2374 - 1 +22 +17 . . . . . . 2.0 2509
9. Elsness, Frode m NOR 2440 +22 - 1 +20 . . . . . . 2.0 2464
10. Hole, Oystein f NOR 2336 = 5 +15 - 2 . . . . . . 1.5 2424
11. Gausel, Einar g NOR 2522 = 4 =14 =12 . . . . . . 1.5 2441
12. Johannessen, Leif Erlend g NOR 2543 =13 =17 =11 . . . . . . 1.5 2421
13. Tallaksen, Geir S f NOR 2349 =12 =16 =14 . . . . . . 1.5 2405
14. Kristensen, Bjarke m DEN 2391 =20 =11 =13 . . . . . . 1.5 2376
15. Byklum, Bjornar NOR 2283 = 6 -10 +21 . . . . . . 1.5 2289
16. Ekeberg, Carl Fredrik NOR 2283 =17 =13 - 6 . . . . . . 1.0 2254
17. Groenn, Atle NOR 2394 =16 =12 - 8 . . . . . . 1.0 2275
18. Nordahl, Helge m NOR 2423 =21 = 6 - 7 . . . . . . 1.0 2158
19. Dannevig, Oystein f NOR 2347 - 2 - 7 +22 . . . . . . 1.0 2252
20. Borchgrevink, Harald NOR 2259 =14 - 4 - 9 . . . . . . 0.5 2133
21. Bjerke, Silje NOR 2137 =18 - 5 -15 . . . . . . 0.5 2116
22. Jansson, Joran f NOR 2287 - 9 - 8 -19 . . . . . . 0.0
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As reported in TWIC 554 the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
took place in the Hotel Neum, Neum 4th-12th June 2005. This team event was won
by Chess Club Bosna, Sarajevo. Women's Team Championship was won by CC Slavija
Daling. Suat Atalik sends corrections to five of his games.
Official website:
http://www.sah.ba/bh/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=170
The Belarus Cup took place 21st-31st May 2005. Aleksandr Rakhmanov won
the event with 10.5/14. In addition there was an event in Cherepovets, Russia
21st February - 7th March 2005 which saw a three way tie. News: Sergey Abramov.
Further news: http://weekly.convekta.com
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Cup Belarus Minsk BLR (BLR), 21-31 v 2005 cat. III (2302)
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Name Ti Fed Rat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 Total
1 Rakhmanov, Aleksandr RUS 2237 # = = 1 = 0 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 10,5
2 Chadaev, Nikolai f RUS 2434 = # = 1 = 1 = = = = = 1 1 1 1 10,0
3 Tairova, Elena wm RUS 2287 = = # = = = 1 1 = 1 = = 1 1 1 10,0
4 Sergeev, Aleksandr KAZ 2346 0 0 = # = 1 1 1 1 1 = = = 1 1 9,5
5 Potapov, Pavel RUS 2261 = = = = # = 0 1 = = = = 1 = = 7,5
Meshkov, Yuri A m RUS 2385 1 0 = 0 = # = = = 0 = 1 1 1 = 7,5
Khamitskiy, Sergei BLR 2330 0 = 0 0 1 = # = 1 0 1 = = 1 1 7,5
8 Samsonkin, Artem BLR 2421 = = 0 0 0 = = # 1 = = = = 1 + 7,0
Vorontsov, Nickolay m KAZ 2317 = = = 0 = = 0 0 # 1 = = 1 = 1 7,0
Aliavdin, Nikolai f BLR 2326 0 = 0 0 = 1 1 = 0 # 1 0 1 1 = 7,0
11 Papenin, Nikolai m UKR 2353 0 = = = = = 0 = = 0 # = = = 1 6,0
Ginzburg, Mikhail BLR 2329 0 0 = = = 0 = = = 1 = # = = = 6,0
13 Bondar, Tana wf BLR 2145 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = 0 0 = = # = = 3,5
Iodo, Anna wf RUS 2176 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 = = = # 1 3,5
15 Romashin, Evgenji BLR 2179 0 0 0 0 = = 0 - 0 = 0 = = 0 # 2,5
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Severstal 50 Cherepovets RUS (RUS), 21 ii-7 iii 2005
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1 Andreev Evgenij fm RUS 2327 7 2371 2490
2 Ekdyshman Mikhail im RUS 2422 7 2436 2476
3 Rakhmanov Aleksandr RUS 2237 7 2309 2507
4 Borisenko Andrei RUS 2372 6.5 2394 2453
5 Dovliatov Sanan im AZE 2405 6 2427 2515
6 Zhuravlev Alexey fm RUS 2359 4 2335 2275
7 Aleskerov Faik AZE 2319 3.5 2308 2273
8 Sazhin Evgeny im RUS 2402 3.5 2385 2318
9 Dmitrenko Viktor im UKR 2333 3.5 2305 2233
10 Sargsjan Vardges fm ARM 2329 3 2293 2196
11 Kuprijanov Ilija im RUS 2411 2.5 2365 2196
12 Evstratov Oleg RUS 2223 2.5 2207 2157
The China-France youth match takes place in Shenzheng, China June 28th -
July 6th 2005. Games from the first round available.
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
Live coverage:
http://sports.sina.com.cn/chess/live_gx/index.html
George Mirijanian reports: The 55th New Hampshire Open took place
25th-26th June 2005 at the Radisson Hotel in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA. GM
Alexander Ivanov of Newton, Massachusetts, and FM Braden Bournival of
Manchester, N.H., tied for 1st-2nd place with scores of 3.5-0.5. Runners-up
with 3-1 tallies were IM Joseph Fang of Nashua, N.H., and Class A contestant
Scott Didham of Quincy, Mass. The tournament drew 62 players in three sections
and was directed by Robert Messenger for the sponsoring New Hampshire Chess
Association. Complete crosstables are available at:
http://masschess.org
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.
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/
Malaysian Chess Federation Calendar
The Malaysian Chess Federation has a calendar at:
http://tcn.sourceforge.net. The event includes: the 2nd Arthur Tan Malaysian
Open takes place 19th-26th August 2005, - Open Swiss with Prize Fund of US$
15,000 27 Aug - 1 Sep Merdeka Team Chess Championship 2005 - Team event Prize
Fund US$ 10,000 2 - 12 Sept Zone 3.3 (East Asia Zone) Championship. Contact:
Hamid Majid email: aham@pc.jaring.my
Official site: http://tcn.sourceforge.net
San Bernardo Tournament
A tournament takes place in San Bernardo, Argentina (360 kms. south
Buenos Aires). July, 4th-12th 2005. Ten players, american system, inter others
IM Luis Bronstein (Argentina), José Cubas and Cristóbal Valiente
(Paraguay) and FM Daniel Fernández (EEUU), Valery Frenklah (EEUU),
Marcos V. Santos (Brasil) and Blas Pingas (Argentina). More: wim Karen Zapata
(Perú), Luis Rodi (Argentina) and Daniel López González
(España).
Official site: http://www.utopiasdepinamar.com.ar/costa.htm
VIII Republica Argentina Chess Masters
The Mercosur Cup - 100 years of Vicente Lopez County. taks place July
14th-25th, 2005. Venue: Cículo Médico de Vicente López
(CMSalud) D.F.Sarmiento 1755,Olivos (a leading Medical Center) On July 14th,
there would take place the press conceference, presentation of the participants
and the drawing of lots, all this in CENARD (Centro Nacional de Alto
Rendimiento Deportivo)
Four main events: - Mercosur Cup (GMs tournament) 100 years of Vicente
Lopez County. Confirmed players till now: GM Andres Rodríguez (Uruguay),
GM Oscar Panno, GM Sergio Slipak, MI Diego Valerga, MI José F. Cubas
(Paraguay), MI Pablo Lafuente, MI Salvador Alonso, MI Daniel Mieles (Ecuador)
COMP Shredder 9.0 (Germany)
- ITT CM Salud Cup Cat.III (tournament for IM norm)
- IRT "City of Vicente López" (for FIDE rated players)
- Youth Chess Festival "Proyección 2005"
Main arbiter: AI Mauro Amaral (Brazil)
Website: http://www.ajedrezmartelli.org.ar
Senior World Championship
The Senior Chess World Championship takes place 27th September - 10th
October 2005 in the Lignano Sabbiadoro, Udine, Italy, just one hour car far
away from Venice.
The tournament is open to both men and women, and is an 11 round Swiss.
Time rate: 40 moves in 90 minutes, then 15 minutes until the end of the game.
with a 30 second increment from move 1.
Official site: http://www.vacanzesport.com
3rd Abe Yanofsky Memorial
The 3rd Abe Yanofsky Memorial takes place 3rd-5th September 2005. The
event takes place in Winnipeg Canada. The tournament is a six-round open Swiss,
FIDE-rated, over the Labour Day weekend. Entry fee by July 15th 2005: $80 Cdn.
Russian GM Sergey Shipov and Canadian GM Mark Bluvshtein have confirmed
their participation in the Abe Yanofsky Memorial.
This year's tournament will have 50 per cent more in prizes than 2004,
with $6,000 guaranteed, including class prizes.
Further details: http://www.chessmanitoba.com
Canadian Open
The Canadian Open takes place July 9th-17th 2005.
Players include: GM Vassily Ivanchuk 2739 GM Alexei Shirov 2737 GM
Viktor Bologan 2700 GM Alexander Moiseenko 2665 GM Alexander Shabalov 2631 GM
Igor-Alexandre Nataf 2603 GM Dmitri Tyomkin 2549 GM Mark Bluvshtein 2529 IM
Pascal Charbonneau 2527 IM Irina Krush 2466 IM Thomas Roussel-Roozmon 2425 IM
Eric Lawson 2373 IM Martha Fierro 2330. Shirov will give a lecture during the
event.
The official website is:
http://www.edmontonchess.org/CdnOpen2005/
Iranian Team Championship
The Iran Super League (Ligue 84) the 12 club team event started on 30th
May 2005. The Double round robin sees 6 GMs, 12 IMs and a total of 28 titled
players participate.
Official site: http://www.iranchess.com/indexen.htm
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). Hopefully I can round up results and games next week.
Official site: http://www.friendshiptournament.com
World Amateur Chess Championship Cancelled
The World Amateur Chess Championship 2005 due to take place in Piestany
(Slovakia), July 31st - August 12th 2005 has been cancelled due to lack of
entires.
Further information: http://www.wacc2005.chess.sk
Brno 2005
There are GM, IM and Open tournaments in Brno, Czech Republic 30th June
- 10th July 2005.
Due to withdrawals there are places in the GM event. E-mail -
petr.pisk@centrum.cz Phone - Petr Pisk, +420- 731 465 344 if you are interested
in this or any of the other events.
Information: Internet - http://volny.cz/skduras
Peter Leko Official Site
Peter Leko now has a web site. http://www.lekochess.com/
Liepajas rokade
Liepajas rokade, the biggest chess festival in the Baltics takes place
from 11th to 14th of August 2005 in Liepaja Latvia.
English http://www.liepajniekiem.lv/?doc=19684
and Latvian http://www.liepajniekiem.lv/?doc=19681
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. AnMon won the 7th French programmers tourney in Massy.
Bratto Open
The 25th International Chess Festival "Conca della Presolana" will
takes place in Bratto (Italy), 20-28 August 2005. The Festival includes:
Tournament A (players with Elo Fide > 1999), Tournament B, Tournament C and
Promotion Tournament (for beginners). Swiss system, 9 rounds. Time control: 100
minutes for 40 moves + 50 minutes; all move played get 30 seconds bonus
(Fischer mode). Prizes: in the tournament A: 1st 1500 Euros, 2nd 1000 Euros,
3rd 700 Euros .. ... 16th-20th 200 Euros.
Info: gpp@hotelmilano.com
Official Internet coverage:
http://www.scaccobratto.com/2005.shtml
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
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.
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/
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
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
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/
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/
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
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.
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
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
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.
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
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