THE WEEK IN CHESS 557 11th July 2005 by Mark Crowther

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Contact The Week in Chess Mark Crowther E-Mail mdcrowth@btinternet.com Tel or fax 01274 882143 [Bradford England] Mobile 07971 920016 http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html Contents 1) Introduction 2) Dortmund 2005 3) 2nd Sanjin Hotel Cup 4) Milan Vidmar Memorial 5) Canadian Open 6) Swedish Chess Championship 7) 4th Dubai Junior Open 8) Russia vs US Distance Match 9) 20th North Sea Cup 10) White Nights Open 11) Chigorin Club Championship 12) 6th European Individual Chess Championship 13) Aarhus Chess Summer 14) First Saturday July 15) Brno 2005 16) Belgian Championship 17) North Urals Cup 18) 4th La Fere International Open 19) Ehlvest - Zappa Match 20) Costa Rican National Championship 21) Norwegian Championship 22) China - France Youth Match 23) World Open 24) Chicago Open 25) Alushta Summer Open 26) Denker Memorial 27) FIDE July Rating List 28) Egon Ditt 1931-2005 29) Forthcoming Events and Links

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Games section

Dortmund 2005                     20 games
2nd Sanjin Hotel Cup              17 games
Milan Vidmar Memorial             10 games
Canadian Open                      6 games
Swedish Chess Championship        56 games
Russia vs US Distance Match        8 games
20th North Sea Cup               576 games
White Nights Open                538 games
Chigorin Club Championship       387 games
6th European Individual          114 games
Aarhus Chess Summer               45 games
First Saturday July               40 games
Brno 2005                        155 games
Belgian Championship              81 games
North Urals Cup                   35 games
4th La Fere Open                 253 games
Ehlvest - Zappa Match              4 games
Costa Rican National              35 games
Norwegian Championship            67 games
China - France Youth Match        32 games
Alushta Summer Open               28 games
2507 games

1) Introduction

My thanks to Emmanuel Variniac, Yin Hao, Leonid Galperin, Petr Pisk, Tibor Fogarasi, Bronislav Chmelicek, Patrick Van der Voort, Primoz Kokalj, Rod McShane, Thomas Henrich, Tarjei J. Svensen, Jürgen Daniel, Gérard Demuydt, ZF, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Peter Vass, Roberto Alvarez, Pavel Matocha, Asbjörn Nejman, Roma Perepelitsky, Franz Jittenmeier, Tzachi Slav, Rolf Behovits, Paul Hoffman, Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh, Ilya Manakov, Bo Christer Mikkelsen and everyone else who helped with the issue.

The Summer has definitely arrived, the weather's too hot to work and the festivals have started. The main event is the Dortmund tournament. The early rounds have seen some surprises. The tournament favourite Vesslein Topalov has already lost two games and is on -1. Vladimir Kramnik is on 50% and doesn't look to have recovered his best form yet. Indeed only two players are undefeated after four rounds which at this level is a big surprise. The leaders on 2.5/4 are Arkadij Naiditsch, Loek Van Wely and Peter Heine Nielsen. Elsewhere there is the Category XV 2nd Sanjin Hotel Cup and the Category XII Milan Vidmar Memorial.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) 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.

Official site: http://www.chessgate.de/do2005/

Round 1 (July 8, 2005)

Naiditsch, Arkadij    -  Sutovsky, Emil        1-0   28  B33  Sicilian Sveshnikov
Nielsen, Peter Heine  -  Bacrot, Etienne       1-0   36  D15  Slav Defence
Leko, Peter           -  Van Wely, Loek        1-0   55  B31  Sicilian Rossolimo
Adams, Michael        -  Topalov, Veselin      1-0   55  C43  Petroff's Defence
Kramnik, Vladimir     -  Svidler, Peter        1/2   25  B44  Sicilian Paulsen

Round 2 (July 9, 2005)

Van Wely, Loek        -  Bacrot, Etienne       1-0   47  E97  King's Indian Classical
Leko, Peter           -  Adams, Michael        1/2   21  C88  Ruy Lopez Closed
Svidler, Peter        -  Nielsen, Peter Heine  1/2   43  C42  Petroff's Defence
Topalov, Veselin      -  Naiditsch, Arkadij    1-0   27  D39  QGD Ragozin
Sutovsky, Emil        -  Kramnik, Vladimir     1-0   51  C66  Ruy Lopez Berlin

Round 3 (July 10, 2005)

Naiditsch, Arkadij    -  Leko, Peter           1-0   59  B31  Sicilian Rossolimo
Nielsen, Peter Heine  -  Sutovsky, Emil        1/2   56  D87  Gruenfeld Botvinnik
Adams, Michael        -  Van Wely, Loek        0-1   54  B81  Sicilian Keres Attack
Kramnik, Vladimir     -  Topalov, Veselin      1-0   41  E06  Catalan
Bacrot, Etienne       -  Svidler, Peter        1/2   38  A40  Unusual Replies to 1.d4

Round 4 (July 11, 2005)

Van Wely, Loek        -  Svidler, Peter        1/2   52  D88  Gruenfeld Alekhine
Leko, Peter           -  Kramnik, Vladimir     1/2   25  B48  Sicilian Paulsen
Adams, Michael        -  Naiditsch, Arkadij    1/2   37  B90  Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Topalov, Veselin      -  Nielsen, Peter Heine  1/2   34  D63  Queens Gambit Main Line with 7.Rc1
Sutovsky, Emil        -  Bacrot, Etienne       0-1   31  C93  Ruy Lopez Smyslov


It Dortmund GER (GER), 7-17 vii 2005               cat. XIX (2709)
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                                    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1 Naiditsch, Arkadij    g GER 2612 * . . 1 . = . 0 1 .  2.5  2831
 2 Van Wely, Loek        g NED 2655 . * . 0 = 1 . . . 1  2.5  2832
 3 Nielsen, Peter Heine  g DEN 2668 . . * . = . . = = 1  2.5  2827
 4 Leko, Peter           g HUN 2763 0 1 . * . = = . . .  2.0  2682
 5 Svidler, Peter        g RUS 2738 . = = . * . = . . =  2.0  2699
 6 Adams, Michael        g ENG 2719 = 0 . = . * . 1 . .  2.0  2704
 7 Kramnik, Vladimir     g RUS 2744 . . . = = . * 1 0 .  2.0  2740
 8 Topalov, Veselin      g BUL 2788 1 . = . . 0 0 * . .  1.5  2598
 9 Sutovsky, Emil        g ISR 2674 0 . = . . . 1 . * 0  1.5  2601
10 Bacrot, Etienne       g FRA 2729 . 0 0 . = . . . 1 *  1.5  2596
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3) 2nd Sanjin Hotel Cup

The 2nd Sanjin Hotel Cup takes place in Tiayuan, China 8th-17th July 2005.

Official site: http://sports.sina.com.cn

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2nd Sanjin Hotel Cup Tiayuan CHN (CHN), 9-20 vii 2005      cat. XV (2601)
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                                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Harikrishna, P        g IND 2645  * . . . . 1 . . . 1 . 1  3.0       
 2. Petrosian, Tigran L   g ARM 2581  . * . . . . . . . = 1 1  2.5  2850 
 3. Bu Xiangzhi           g CHN 2632  . . * . . . = = . . 1 .  2.0  2741 
 4. Wang Hao                CHN 2512  . . . * . 0 . . 1 . . 1  2.0  2692 
 5. Motylev, Alexander    g RUS 2675  . . . . * . . ? . 1 = .  1.5  2823 
 6. McShane, Luke J       g ENG 2625  0 . . 1 . * . . = . . .  1.5  2588 
 7. Wang Yue              g CHN 2576  . . = . . . * = = . . .  1.5  2623 
 8. Ni Hua                g CHN 2629  . . = . ? . = * . . . .  1.0  2604 
 9. Zhang Zhong           g CHN 2608  . . . 0 . = = . * . . .  1.0  2446 
10. Zhang Pengxiang       g CHN 2616  0 = . . 0 . . . . * . .  0.5  2360 
11. Karjakin, Sergey      g UKR 2645  . 0 0 . = . . . . . * .  0.5  2356 
12. Zhao Xue             wg CHN 2470  0 0 . 0 . . . . . . . *  0.0       
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Round 1 (July 9, 2005)

Bu Xiangzhi          -  Wang Yue             1/2   53  D17  Slav Defence
McShane, Luke J      -  Zhang Zhong          1/2   36  B20  Sicilian Wing Gambit
Ni Hua               -  Motylev, Alexander   Postponed
Zhang Pengxiang      -  Harikrishna, P       0-1   28  C66  Ruy Lopez Berlin
Karjakin, Sergey     -  Petrosian, Tigran L  0-1   21  B09  Pirc Defence
Zhao Xue             -  Wang Hao             0-1   31  D15  Slav Defence

Round 2 (July 10, 2005)

Harikrishna, P       -  Zhao Xue             1-0   63  E06  Catalan
Petrosian, Tigran L  -  Zhang Pengxiang      1/2   63  B33  Sicilian Sveshnikov
Bu Xiangzhi          -  Ni Hua               1/2   40  D11  Slav Defence
Wang Hao             -  McShane, Luke J      0-1   67  B33  Sicilian Sveshnikov
Motylev, Alexander   -  Karjakin, Sergey     1/2   25  C67  Ruy Lopez Berlin
Wang Yue             -  Zhang Zhong          1/2   31  E12  Queens Indian Petrosian

Round 3 (July 11, 2005)

McShane, Luke J      -  Harikrishna, P       0-1   80  C66  Ruy Lopez Berlin
Ni Hua               -  Wang Yue             1/2   23  B33  Sicilian Sveshnikov
Zhang Zhong          -  Wang Hao             0-1   49  C12  French MacCutcheon
Zhang Pengxiang      -  Motylev, Alexander   0-1   46  C47  Four Knights
Karjakin, Sergey     -  Bu Xiangzhi          0-1   54  B90  Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Zhao Xue             -  Petrosian, Tigran L  0-1   44  D34  Tarrasch Defence, Main Line

4) Milan Vidmar Memorial

The 16th International GM Chess Tournament Dr. Milan Vidmar Memorial takes place July 9th-17th 2005 in the Hotel Bernardin, Pororoz, Slovenia. Play: (9.7.-16.7.at 17.00, 17.7. at 10.00)

Official site: http://www.sah-zveza.si/mv/16/

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XVI Vidmar Mem Portoroz SLO (SLO), 9-17 vii 2005        cat. XII (2533)
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                                         1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Djukic, Nikola             SCG 2521  * . . . . 1 1 . . .  2.0       
 2. Beliavsky, Alexander G   g SLO 2599  . * = . . . . 1 . .  1.5  2690 
 3. Lenic, Luka              m SLO 2463  . = * . . . . . . 1  1.5  2762 
 4. Mihalcisin, Adrian       g SLO 2526  . . . * = . . = . .  1.0  2537 
 5. Predojevic, Borki        g BIH 2543  . . . = * . = . . .  1.0  2546 
 6. Borisek, Jure            m SLO 2509  0 . . . . * . . 1 .  1.0  2528 
 7. Pavasovic, Dusko         g SLO 2566  0 . . . = . * . . .  0.5  2339 
 8. Sermek, Drazen           g SLO 2532  . 0 . = . . . * . .  0.5  2369 
 9. Baramidze, David         g GER 2535  . . . . . 0 . . * =  0.5  2331 
10. Bartel, Mateusz          g POL 2540  . . 0 . . . . . = *  0.5  2306 
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Round 1 (July 9, 2005)

Beliavsky, Alexander G  -  Sermek, Drazen          1-0   46  D20  QGA
Lenic, Luka             -  Bartel, Mateusz         1-0   55  E12  Queens Indian Petrosian
Mihalcisin, Adrian      -  Predojevic, Borki       1/2   21  D45  Anti-Meran Variations
Borisek, Jure           -  Baramidze, David        1-0   38  B90  Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Pavasovic, Dusko        -  Djukic, Nikola          0-1   41  B01  Centre Counter

Round 2 (July 10, 2005)

Djukic, Nikola          -  Borisek, Jure           1-0   29  B84  Sicilian Scheveningen
Lenic, Luka             -  Beliavsky, Alexander G  1/2   76  E12  Queens Indian Petrosian
Predojevic, Borki       -  Pavasovic, Dusko        1/2   19  C77  Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Sermek, Drazen          -  Mihalcisin, Adrian      1/2   21  B13  Caro Kann Exchange
Bartel, Mateusz         -  Baramidze, David        1/2   42  B50  Sicilian Defence

5) Canadian Open

The Canadian Open takes place July 9th-17th, 2005 in Edmonton.

Official site: http://www.edmontonchess.org/CdnOpen2005/

Leading Round 3 Standings: 
1   Moiseenko, Alexander       2704 gm    3    
2   Ivanchuk, Vassily          2792 gm    3    
3   Shirov, Alexei             2745 gm    3    
4   Nataf, Igor-Alexandre      2623 gm    3    
5   Bluvshtein, Mark           2529 gm    3    
6   Krush, Irina               2492 im    3    
7   Yoos, Jack                 2441 fm    3    
8   Chowdhury, SR              2421 im    3    
9   Lawson, Eric               2373 im    3    
10  Kunte, Abhijit             2601 gm    3    
11  Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas    2417 im    3    
12  Quan, Zhe                  2396 fm    3    
13  Mulyar, Michael            2449 im    3    
14  Ganguly, SS                2636 gm    3    
15  Krnan, Tomas               2462 fm    3    
16  Bologan, Viktor            2740 gm    3    
17  Shabalov, Alexander        2633 gm    3    
18  Tyomkin, Dmitri            2549 gm    3    
19  Charbonneau, Pascal        2527 im    3    
20  Reeve, Jeff                2364       3    
21  Chanda, Sandipan           2600 gm    2.5  
22  Venkatesh, MR              2475 im    2.5  
23  McGowan, Gary              2249       2.5  
24  Haessel, Dale              2230       2.5  
25  Henson, Joshua             2221       2.5  
26  Neven, Knut                2233       2.5  
27  Miller, Brian              1870       2.5  
28  Sasata, Robert             2323       2.5  
29  Kidambi, S.                2524 im    2.5  
30  Ghate, Swathi              2281 wgm   2.5  
31  Peter, Steven              2297       2.5  
32  Aird, Ian                  2053       2.5  
221 players

6) Swedish Chess Championship

The Swedish Chess Championship takes place 2nd-17th July 2005. Pia Cramling and Thomas Ernst lead on 5.5/8.

Official site: http://www.schacksm.se/

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ch-SWE Goeteborg SWE (SWE), 2-15 vii 2005                      cat. VIII (2441)
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                                         1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 
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 1. Cramling, Pia            g SWE 2494  * = 1 . . = = 1 = . = 1 . .  5.5  2573 
 2. Ernst, Thomas            g SWE 2459  = * = . . 1 . = 1 . 1 . 0 1  5.5  2565 
 3. Berg, Emanuel            g SWE 2539  0 = * 1 . = . . . = 1 . 1 =  5.0  2528 
 4. Hermansson, Emil         m SWE 2430  . . 0 * = . = = 1 1 . = . 1  5.0  2549 
 5. Brynell, Stellan         g SWE 2484  . . . = * . = = 0 1 . 1 = 1  5.0  2521 
 6. Akesson, Ralf            g SWE 2466  = 0 = . . * . = . = 1 . 1 1  5.0  2547 
 7. Carlsson, Pontus         f SWE 2394  = . . = = . * 0 . = . 1 = 1  4.5  2497 
 8. Hillarp Persson, Tiger   g SWE 2511  0 = . = = = 1 * . = = . . .  4.0  2454 
 9. Lindberg, Bosse            SWE 2359  = 0 . 0 1 . . . * 0 = . 1 1  4.0  2435 
10. Agrest, Evgenij          g SWE 2592  . . = 0 0 = = = 1 * . = . .  3.5  2406 
11. Tikkanen, Hans             SWE 2316  = 0 0 . . 0 . = = . * = 1 .  3.0  2364 
12. Olsson, Anders           m SWE 2416  0 . . = 0 . 0 . . = = * 1 =  3.0  2340 
13. Ong, Kezli                 SWE 2371  . 1 0 . = 0 = . 0 . 0 0 * .  2.0  2236 
14. Andreasson, Ingvar         SWE 2341  . 0 = 0 0 0 0 . 0 . . = . *  1.0  2121 
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7) 4th Dubai Junior Open

The 4th Dubai Junior Open takes place 3rd-12th July 2005.

Official site: http://www.arabfide.com/Dj05/

Leading Round 8 standings: 
 1   FM  Safarli Eltaj             2335 AZE  7.0  34.0
 2       Darini Pouria             2110 IRI  7.0  32.0
 3   FM  Saeed Ishaq               2120 UAE  7.0  31.0
 4       Khademi Mohammad Miran    2092 IRI  6.5  28.5
 5       Hemant Sharma (del)       1975 IND  6.0  30.5
 6       Prasanna R. Rao           2027 IND  6.0  30.0
 7       Priyadharshan K.          2054 IND  6.0  29.5
 8       Gupte Meghan              2092 IND  6.0  29.0
 9       Dhruv Hingorani           1901 IND  6.0  29.0
10       Grower Sahaj              1955 IND  6.0  28.5
11       Udeshi Aditya             2092 IND  6.0  28.0
12       Khalaji Hanieh            0    IRI  6.0  27.0
13       Ghattour Mosab            0    SUI  6.0  25.5
14   FM  Salem A. R. Saleh         2044 UAE  5.5  27.5
15       Lin Zhigen Wilson         2029 AUS  5.5  26.0
16       Badjarani Ulvi            0    AZE  5.5  26.0
17       Sariyev Riad              0    AZE  5.5  26.0
18       Ali Khamis                1873 UAE  5.5  25.5
19       Rishi Thariani            1785 IND  5.5  24.5
20       Yarlo Amir Homayoun       0    IRI  5.5  24.0
21       Naser Mohammed            0    UAE  5.5  23.5
22       Ashyrov Ashyr             0    TKM  5.5  23.0
23       Mirzaei Saleh             1978 IRI  5.0  28.5
24   WFM Abdulaziz Eman            0    UAE  5.0  25.5
25   FM  Khouri Ibrahim Mohamed    2062 UAE  5.0  25.0
26       Abdulnoor Abdulmalik      0    UAE  5.0  25.0
27       Abdulaziz Ibrahim         0    UAE  5.0  23.5
28       Atabayev Maksat           0    TKM  5.0  23.0
29       Abdullah Hussain          0    UAE  5.0  22.5
30       Eidani Pouya              0    IRI  5.0  22.0
31       Moradi Kimia              0    IRI  5.0  22.0
32       Afshar Niusha             0    IRI  5.0  19.0
33       Karmustaji Abdulaziz      0    UAE  5.0  19.0
34       Marquardt Patrick         0    GER  5.0  19.0
35       Bolourchifard Farzad      0    IRI  5.0  17.0
122 players

8) Russia vs US Distance Match

A distance Chess Match took place on 10th July 2005 between Russia and the US. The match was being broadcast in 30 major US markets on Television. It was being sent via satellite to 40 countires world wide. Shahcom Company and St Petersburg Chess Federation provided the chess boards. The players were in St Petersburg and New York. Russia won the match 6-2.

Coverage: http://www.ruschess.com/

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RUS-USA Match St Petersburg RUS - New York USA (INT)
2-12 vii 2005cat. XV (2603)
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1. Vitiugov, Nikita          RUS 2519   2.0  
2. Alekseev, Evgeny        g RUS 2625   1.5  
3. Khalifman, Alexander    g RUS 2653   1.5  
4. Sakaev, Konstantin      g RUS 2669   1.0  
                                        6.0
1. Onischuk, Alexander     g USA 2628   1.0  
2. Gulko, Boris F          g USA 2589   0.5  
3. Polgar, Zsuzsa          g USA 2577   0.5  
4. Stripunsky, Alexander   g USA 2565   0.0  
                                        2.0
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Round 1 (July 10, 2005)

Khalifman, Alexander   -  Polgar, Zsuzsa         1-0   71  B01  Centre Counter
Onischuk, Alexander    -  Sakaev, Konstantin     1/2   26  D15  Slav Defence
Alekseev, Evgeny       -  Gulko, Boris F         1-0   58  C16  French Winawer
Stripunsky, Alexander  -  Vitiugov, Nikita       0-1   45  C00  French Defence

Round 2 (July 10, 2005)

Polgar, Zsuzsa         -  Khalifman, Alexander   1/2   22  D11  Slav Defence
Sakaev, Konstantin     -  Onischuk, Alexander    1/2   29  E04  Catalan
Gulko, Boris F         -  Alekseev, Evgeny       1/2   49  A33  English Symmetrical
Vitiugov, Nikita       -  Stripunsky, Alexander  1-0   42  D43  Anti-Meran Gambit

9) 20th North Sea Cup

The 20th North Sea Cup took place in Esbjerg, Denmark, 2nd-9th July 2005. Vladimir Belov took clear first place with 7.5/9.

Official site: http://www.northseacup.dk

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20th North Sea Cup Esbjerg DEN (DEN), 2-9 vii 2005
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  1. Belov, Vladimir               g  RUS 2596 7.5  34   40½
  2. Khenkin, Igor                 g  GER 2610 7.0  33½  35¾
  3. Solleveld, Maarten            m  NED 2453 7.0  32½  34¾
  4. Djuric, Stefan                g  SCG 2463 7.0  32   37 
  5. Kalinitschew, Sergey          g  GER 2478 7.0  31   37½
  6. Vasquez, Rodrigo              g  CHI 2558 6.5  32½  31¾
  7. Pilgaard, Kim                 m  DEN 2415 6.5  32   32¼
  8. Kveinys, Aloyzas              g  LTU 2510 6.5  32   32 
  9. Govashelishvili, Genadij         RUS 2389 6.5  30   32¾
 10. Colin, Vincent                m  FRA 2368 6.5  30   29½
 11. Shkapenko, Pavel              m  RUS 2359 6.5  29   30¼
 12. Hoi, Carsten                  g  DEN 2404 6.0  30   32¾
 13. Goloshchapov, Alexander       g  UKR 2519 6.0  30   29 
 14. Brinck-Claussen, Bjorn        m  DEN 2348 6.0  29½  31¼
 15. Pedersen, Jan Rode               DEN 2239 6.0  29   29¼
 16. Poulsen, Iver                    DEN 2187 6.0  29   28¼
 17. Skjoldborg, Jesper DEN           DEN 2291 6.0  28½  29¼
 18. Matthiesen, Arne              f  DEN 2356 6.0  28½  29 
 19. Flindt, Thomas                   DEN 2171 6.0  28   28½
 20. Hornsgaard, Jens Boe             DEN 2050 6.0  27½  26½
 21. Carlstedt, Jonathan              GER 2059 6.0  27   25½
 22. Bach, Matthias                f  GER 2305 6.0  26½  28¾
 23. Kragh, Niels Kristian            DEN 2049 6.0  26½  27 
 24. Hoiberg, Erling                  DEN 2131 6.0  25   28 
 25. Hansen, John Nyholm              DEN 2059 6.0  21½  23¾
 26. Lindfeldt, Jan Magnus         f  DEN 2293 5.5  30   26½
 27. Tonndorf, Matthias               GER 2241 5.5  29   25 
 28. Andersen,Morten                  DEN ---- 5.5  28   25 
 29. Pedersen,Peter Brondt            DEN ---- 5.5  27½  25¾
 30. Nielsen, Per                     DEN 2052 5.5  26½  24 
 31. Svane, Henrik                    DEN 2159 5.5  26½  22 
 32. Jensen, Jakob Kjaer              DEN 2113 5.5  26   23¾
 33. Andersen, Rune                   DEN 2071 5.5  25   23½
 34. Damm, Kasper Wilken              DEN 2252 5.5  24   24¾
 35. Hasan,Omar Alsayed               EGY ---- 5.5  23   23 
 36. Lundeby, Oyvind Andersen         NOR 2226 5.5  22½  22¾
 37. Jensen, Jan K                    DEN ---- 5.5  22   21½
127 players

10) White Nights Open

The White Nights Open took place in St.Petersburg, 18th-26th June 2005. Denis Yevseev and Nikita Vitiugov finished on 7.5/9.

Official site: http://www.chigorin.ru/2005/wn/

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White Nights St Petersburg RUS (RUS), 18-26 vi 2005
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  1. Yevseev, Denis           g  RUS 2530 7.5  53.0  42.75  40.5  2652 +1.20 
  2. Vitiugov, Nikita            RUS 2482 7.5  52.0  42.00  37.0  2624 +1.38 
  3. Truskavetsky, Alexandr   m  UKR 2374 7.0  50.0  38.00  35.5  2524 +1.60 
  4. Golovchenko, Gleb           RUS 2293 7.0  45.0  34.50  33.5  2565 +2.74 
  5. Solovjov, Sergey I       m  RUS 2473 6.5  53.5  36.00  36.5  2514 +0.47 
  6. Anisimov, Pavel          m  RUS 2476 6.5  51.5  34.25  36.0  2496 +0.20 
  7. Orlov, Vassily           m  RUS 2430 6.5  49.0  34.50  32.0  2434 +0.11 
  8. Polyaninov, Aleksey         RUS 2409 6.5  47.5  34.00  32.0  2425 +0.20 
  9. Praslov, Andrey          f  RUS 2395 6.5  47.0  31.00  34.0  2458 +0.74 
 10. Biriukov, Oleg V            RUS 2377 6.5  44.0  30.75  30.0  2392 +0.20 
 11. Shchukin, Dmitry         m  RUS 2347 6.0  51.0  30.75  32.5  2410 +0.69 
 12. Karasev, Vladimir I      m  RUS 2396 6.0  49.0  30.00  33.0  2421 +0.24 
 13. Utkin, Aleksey              RUS 2387 6.0  49.0  30.00  32.5  2421 +0.42 
 13. Smirnov, Artem           m  RUS 2413 6.0  47.5  29.25  29.0  2350 -0.68 
 15. Kostin, Sergei           f  RUS 2275 6.0  44.5  27.00  29.5  2273 -0.04 
 16. Abramov, Valentin           RUS 2263 6.0  43.0  26.25  29.5  2353 +0.92 
 17. Altshul, Raffael         f  RUS 2277 6.0  42.5  26.25  28.5  2329 +0.60 
 18. Petrovichev, Nikolay        RUS 2210 6.0  37.5  24.75  26.0  2256 +0.46 
 19. Eliseev, Alexei          m  RUS 2439 5.5  53.5  29.50  35.0  2436 +0.01 
 20. Novikov, Mikhail V          RUS 2370 5.5  52.5  29.75  33.0  2420 +0.64 
 21. Sivokho, Sergey          m  RUS 2475 5.5  50.0  29.00  32.5  2395 -0.89 
 22. Martynenko, Andrei       f  RUS 2385 5.5  47.5  26.00  31.0  2341 -0.53 
 23. Nikolaev, Nikita            RUS 2356 5.5  44.5  25.50  31.0  2339 -0.17 
 24. Vunder, Andrey              RUS 2288 5.5  44.5  24.50  29.5  2280 -0.08 
 25. Barhudarian, Rafael         RUS 2099 5.5  44.0  23.75  24.0  2284 +2.02 
 26. Melnikov, Dmitry            RUS 2305 5.5  43.0  24.25  30.0  2285 -0.26 
 27. Vunder, Yakov               RUS 2237 5.5  43.0  25.50  28.5  2310 +0.82 
 28. Lavrik, Dmitry              RUS 2222 5.5  43.0  23.00  29.0  2344 +1.54 
 29. Fedoseev, Sergey            RUS 2302 5.5  40.5  24.00  27.5  2235 -0.80 
 30. Donets, Valentina        wf RUS 2199 5.5  40.0  20.75  25.5  2220 +0.28 
 31. Silivanov, Sergej        f  RUS 2368 5.5  37.5  21.50  25.5  2228 -1.52 
122 players

11) Chigorin Club Championship

The Chigorin Club Championship took place 16th-21st May 2005. Alexsej Lanin won the event with 7.5/9.

Official site: http://www.chigorin.ru/2005/42cl/final/

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 1. Lanin, Alexsej           f  RUS 2407  7.5  50.0  2586 +1.83 
 2. Sivokho, Sergey          m  RUS 2475  7.0  53.5  2568 +0.97 
 3. Orlov, Vassily           m  RUS 2430  7.0  52.0  2511 +0.79 
 4. Yerastov, Alexey            RUS 2229  7.0  48.0  2452 +2.50 
 5. Solovjov, Sergey I       m  RUS 2473  6.5  52.5  2495 +0.29 
 6. Fedoseev, Sergey            RUS 2302  6.5  43.5  2342 +0.47 
 7. Abramov, Valentin           RUS 2263  6.0  47.5  2349 +1.05 
 8. Shushpanov, Vladimir     m  RUS 2390  6.0  46.0  2380 -0.21 
 9. Gavrilov, Oleg              RUS 2314  6.0  41.0  2293 -0.30 
10. Kulikov, Evgeny             RUS 2238  6.0  43.5  2296 +0.69 
11. Golovankov, Vladimir        RUS 2321  6.0  42.0  2278 -0.48 
12. Afonin, Sergey              RUS 2148  6.0  39.5  2352 +2.16 
13. Melnikov, Dmitry            RUS 2305  6.0  37.5  2311 +0.08 
14. Golovchenko, Gleb           RUS 2293  6.0  37.0  2196 -1.00 
15. Znamensky, Vladimir         RUS 2370  5.5  48.5  2330 -0.44 
16. Shchukin, Dmitry         m  RUS 2347  5.5  48.5  2296 -0.62 
17. Novikov, Mikhail V          RUS 2370  5.5  47.5  2290 -0.89 
18. Korniushin, Nikolay      m  RUS 2416  5.5  46.5  2288 -1.34 
19. Vunder, Andrey              RUS 2288  5.5  44.5  2269 -0.26 
20. Frolochkin, Vladimir        RUS 2208  5.5  42.0  2207 +0.01 
21. Butylkin, Alexey            RUS 2181  5.5  42.0  2245 +0.63 
22. Hort, Artur                 RUS 2125  5.5  40.5  2193 +0.82 
23. Fateev, Michail             RUS 2179  5.5  37.5  2158 -0.18 
88 players

12) 6th European Individual Chess Championship

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. I give the official final standings and the round 13 games.

Official site: http://www.warsawchess.pl

Official Final Standings:

13) Aarhus Chess Summer

The Aarhus Chess Summer took place 2nd-10th July 2005. Christian Kyndel Pedersen won the IM tournament with 6.5/9.

Official coverage: http://www.chesshouse.dk/sommerskak

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 1. Pedersen, Christian Kyndel   f DEN 2364  * = = 1 = = 1 1 = 1  6.5  2526 
 2. Jakubowski, Krzysztof        m POL 2483  = * 1 1 1 = = 1 0 =  6.0  2472 
 3. Matthiesen, Martin             DEN 2311  = 0 * 0 1 1 = 1 1 1  6.0  2491 
 4. Lamprecht, Frank             m GER 2407  0 0 1 * = = = 1 1 =  5.0  2399 
 5. Holst, Allan                   DEN 2363  = 0 0 = * 1 = = = 1  4.5  2361 
 6. Stark, Lars                  f GER 2337  = = 0 = 0 * = = 1 1  4.5  2363 
 7. Nilssen, John Arni           f FAI 2374  0 = = = = = * = = =  4.0  2316 
 8. Berg, Klaus                  m DEN 2420  0 0 0 0 = = = * 1 1  3.5  2274 
 9. Rewitz, Poul                   DEN 2273  = 1 0 0 = 0 = 0 * =  3.0  2246 
10. Petersen, Tom Petri            DEN 2280  0 = 0 = 0 0 = 0 = *  2.0  2150 
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14) First Saturday July

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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 1. Ilincic, Zlatko          g SCG 2470  * 0 = = . 1 1 = 1 = .  5.0  2529 
 2. Jakab, Attila            m HUN 2451  1 * = 0 = . . = 1 1 .  4.5  2553 
 3. Fogarasi, Tibor          g HUN 2490  = = * = . = . 1 = 1 .  4.5  2540 
 4. Kristjansson, Stefan     m ISL 2459  = 1 = * = . . . = = 1  4.5  2514 
 5. Boros, Denes             m HUN 2443  . = . = * = = = = 1 =  4.5  2452 
 6. Bindrich, Falko          f GER 2391  0 . = . = * = 0 1 . 1  3.5  2422 
 7. Manca, Federico          m ITA 2390  0 . . . = = * 1 = = =  3.5  2412 
 8. Chernyshov, Konstantin   g RUS 2548  = = 0 . = 1 0 * . . =  3.0  2367 
 9. Thorfinnsson, Bragi      m ISL 2328  0 0 = = = 0 = . * . 1  3.0  2335 
10. Dearing, Eddie           m SCO 2420  = 0 0 = 0 . = . . * 1  2.5  2324 
11. Lorscheid, Gerhard       f GER 2285  . . . 0 = 0 = = 0 0 *  1.5  2195 
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15) Brno 2005

There were GM, IM and Open tournaments in Brno, Czech Republic 30th June - 10th July 2005. The main Category VIII Skanska event saw Tomas Polak and Julian Radulski finish on 6/9. There is a further similar event in Brno called the Fair Trade Chess Festival 2005 2 closed GM groups, 1 closed IM group, open A (FIDE), open B (national) 28th August - 7th September 2005. Contact: IM Petr Pisk -GM and IM groups (petr.pisk@centrum.cz) or go to the website below.

Further details: http://volny.cz/skduras

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Skanska Brno CZE (CZE), 31 vi-8 vii 2005              cat. VIII (2449)
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                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Polak, Tomas            g CZE 2466  * 1 = = = = 1 = = 1  6.0  2571 
 2. Radulski, Julian        g BUL 2502  0 * = = = = 1 1 1 1  6.0  2567 
 3. Popchev, Milko          g BUL 2460  = = * = = = = = = 1  5.0  2490 
 4. Laznicka, Viktor        m CZE 2480  = = = * = = = 0 1 1  5.0  2488 
 5. Neuman, Petr            m CZE 2430  = = = = * = 0 = 1 1  5.0  2493 
 6. Manik, Mikulas          m SVK 2495  = = = = = * = = = =  4.5  2443 
 7. Bernasek, Jan           m CZE 2428  0 0 = = 1 = * 1 = =  4.5  2450 
 8. Slaby, Jerzy            m POL 2403  = 0 = 1 = = 0 * 0 1  4.0  2410 
 9. Garbisu de Goni, Unai   m ESP 2455  = 0 = 0 0 = = 1 * =  3.5  2367 
10. Stehno, Pavel             CZE 2366  0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = *  1.5  2184 
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 1. Rogule, Laura        wm LAT 2278  * 1 = 0 1 1 0 1 = 1 1  7.0  2436 
 2. Marszalek, Maciej       POL 2347  0 * 1 1 = = 1 = 1 = =  6.5  2390 
 3. Pestov, S               RUS 2370  = 0 * 1 = = 1 1 = = 1  6.5  2388 
 4. Pisk, Petr            m CZE 2304  1 0 0 * = = 1 1 = 1 =  6.0  2356 
 5. Splosnov, Sergei      m BLR 2369  0 = = = * = = = 1 1 =  5.5  2314 
 6. Chytilek, Roman       m CZE 2418  0 = = = = * 0 1 = = 1  5.0  2273 
 7. Pridal, Ondrej          CZE 2178  1 0 0 0 = 1 * 0 0 1 =  4.0  2225 
 8. Rada Equiza, Miguel     ESP 2230  0 = 0 0 = 0 1 * 1 0 1  4.0  2220 
 9. Ponizil, Cyril          CZE 2156  = 0 = = 0 = 1 0 * = 0  3.5  2189 
10. Medunova, Vera       wm CZE 2209  0 = = 0 0 = 0 1 = * =  3.5  2184 
11. Bartos, Jan             CZE 2293  0 = 0 = = 0 = 0 1 = *  3.5  2175 
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 1. Szymanski, Marcin    m POL 2422  * = 1 = = = = 1 1 1 1  7.5  2474 
 2. Sosna, Jan           m CZE 2406  = * 0 1 1 1 1 0 = 1 1  7.0  2432 
 3. Vavra, Pavel1        m CZE 2372  0 1 * = 1 = = 1 = 1 1  7.0  2435 
 4. Groetz, Harald       f AUT 2311  = 0 = * = 0 1 1 1 = 1  6.0  2365 
 5. Kanovsky, David        CZE 2338  = 0 0 = * = 1 = 1 1 1  6.0  2362 
 6. Kozak, Milos         f CZE 2257  = 0 = 1 = * = = 1 0 =  5.0  2298 
 7. Volodin, Viktor      m RUS 2245  = 0 = 0 0 = * 1 = 1 =  4.5  2263 
 8. Vymazal, Bronislav     CZE 2192  0 1 0 0 = = 0 * = 1 1  4.5  2268 
 9. Chladek, Vaclav        CZE 2188  0 = = 0 0 0 = = * = =  3.0  2156 
10. Mihailovs, Jurijs      LAT 2298  0 0 0 = 0 1 0 0 = * 1  3.0  2145 
11. Kovar, Vojtech         CZE 2212  0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = 0 *  1.5  2006 
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16) Belgian Championship

The Belgian Championship took place in Aalst July 1st-10th 2005. Alexandre Dgebuadze won the event with 7/9 half a point clear of Paul Motwani. News: Patrick Van der Voort.

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 1. Dgebuadze, Alexandre    g  BEL 2521  +13 + 8 = 2 = 5 + 4 = 3 +10 = 6 + 9  7.0  2579 
 2. Motwani, Paul           g  SCO 2503  +10 +12 = 1 - 4 = 5 + 6 = 3 + 8 +16  6.5  2518 
 3. Dutreeuw, Marc          m  BEL 2361  =16 +15 = 5 + 7 +10 = 1 = 2 = 4 = 6  6.0  2464 
 4. Maenhout, Thibaut          BEL 2150  +11 = 5 + 9 + 2 - 1 -10 = 7 = 3 +13  5.5  2456 
 5. Van der Stricht, Geert  m  BEL 2400  + 6 = 4 = 3 = 1 = 2 + 7 = 9 =10 - 8  5.0  2402 
 6. Geirnaert, Steven       f  BEL 2343  - 5 =11 +17 = 9 +12 - 2 +15 = 1 = 3  5.0  2424 
 7. Draftian, Ashote           BEL 2206  - 8 +13 +11 - 3 +14 - 5 = 4 =16 +10  5.0  2359 
 8. Cekro, Ekrem            m  BEL 2410  + 7 - 1 -10 =15 = 9 +18 +11 - 2 + 5  5.0  2408 
 9. Claesen, Pieter         m  BEL 2384  =14 +17 - 4 = 6 = 8 =11 = 5 +12 - 1  4.5  2336 
10. Hovhanisian, Mher       m  ARM 2354  - 2 +18 + 8 +14 - 3 + 4 - 1 = 5 - 7  4.5  2342 
11. Laurent, Bruno          f  BEL 2328  - 4 = 6 - 7 +18 +16 = 9 - 8 =13 +17  4.5  2277 
12. Saiboulatov, Danial     f  BEL 2401  +18 - 2 =14 =16 - 6 =13 +17 - 9 +15  4.5  2318 
13. Hautot, Stephane        f  BEL 2334  - 1 - 7 =18 +17 =15 =12 +14 =11 - 4  4.0  2254 
14. Henris, Luc             f  BEL 2283  = 9 +16 =12 -10 - 7 =15 -13 -17 +18  3.5  2219 
15. Piceu, Tom              f  BEL 2345  =17 - 3 =16 = 8 =13 =14 - 6 +18 -12  3.5  2231 
16. Duhayon, Yves              BEL 2230  = 3 -14 =15 =12 -11 =17 =18 = 7 - 2  3.0  2193 
17. Vandenbussche, Thibaut     BEL 2191  =15 - 9 - 6 -13 =18 =16 -12 +14 -11  2.5  2156 
18. Barbier, Wim               BEL 2251  -12 -10 =13 -11 =17 - 8 =16 -15 -14  1.5  2046 
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17) North Urals Cup

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.

Official site: http://www.northuralscup.ru/

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North Urals Cup Krasnoturinsk RUS (RUS), 4-14 vii 2005      cat. X (2491)
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 1. Koneru, Humpy             g IND 2531  * = = 1 = 1 = . 1 .  5.0  2643 
 2. Xu Yuhua                 wg CHN 2480  = * = 1 1 = . = . 1  5.0  2649 
 3. Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina   m RUS 2471  = = * 0 . . 1 = 1 =  4.0  2539 
 4. Galliamova, Alisa         m RUS 2453  0 0 1 * . = 1 1 . =  4.0  2544 
 5. Kosteniuk, Alexandra      g RUS 2516  = 0 . . * = = 1 1 =  4.0  2545 
 6. Kosintseva, Nadezhda      m RUS 2490  0 = . = = * = . = =  3.0  2442 
 7. Chiburdanidze, Maia       g GEO 2509  = . 0 0 = = * = 1 .  3.0  2441 
 8. Stefanova, Antoaneta      g BUL 2501  . = = 0 0 . = * 0 1  2.5  2381 
 9. Kosintseva, Tatiana       m RUS 2477  0 . 0 . 0 = 0 1 * 1  2.5  2397 
10. Zhukova, Natalia         wg UKR 2478  . 0 = = = = . 0 0 *  2.0  2326 
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18) 4th La Fere International Open

The 4th La Fere International Open (FRA) took place 2nd-8th July 2005. GM Viesturs Meijers (LAT 2479) and GM Vadim Malakhatko (UKR 2556) won the open with 7,5 points. 2 IM norms: Jean-Noel Riff (FRA 2416) and Pierre Petitcunot (FRA 2390). La Fere is a town in Picardie (north of France) between Lille and Paris. According to the final standings Petar Velikov won in round 8 when only a move away from being mated.

Official site: http://laferect.free.fr

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  1. Meijers, Viesturs          g  LAT 2479  7,5  31   44   2534
  2. Malakhatko, Vadim          g  UKR 2556  7,5  30  46    2607
  3. Tirard, Hugo               m  FRA 2447  7    30  43    2443
  4. Velikov, Petar             g  BUL 2422  7    30  42    2412
  5. Spoelman, Wouter              NED 2365  7    30  38,5  2325
  6. Sriram, Jha                m  IND 2437  7    29  44,5  2529
  7. Gozzoli, Yannick           m  FRA 2444  7    29  42    2412
  8. Riff, Jean-Noel            f  FRA 2416  7    28  44,5  2562
  9. Shirazi, Kamran            m  USA 2410  6,5  28  40    2262
 10. Zimmerman, Yuri            m  RUS 2375  6,5  27  43    2453
 11. Cioara, Andrei Nestor      m  ROM 2403  6,5  27  40,5  2357
 12. Gharamian, Tigran          m  FRA 2412  6,5  27  39,5  2321
 13. Petitcunot, Pierre         f  FRA 2390  6,5  26  44    2474
 14. Bogdan, Dan                m  ROM 2455  6    27  42,5  2349
 15. Meenakshi, S1              wg IND 2273  6    27  42    2285
 16. Paci, Cedric                  FRA 2238  6    27  41    2198
 17. Simonenko, Sergei          m  TKM 2431  6    27  40,5  2294
 18. Ly Anh Dao                    FRA ----  6    27  39,5  2184
 19. Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman  m  IND 2414  6    27  39    2284
 20. Bitalzadeh, Ali               NED 2317  6    27  39    2173
 21. Trens, Yohan                  FRA 1993  6    27  38    2090
 22. Lalau, Alexandre              FRA 2019  6    27  38    2044
 23. Zozulia, Anna              m  UKR 2314  6    26  47,5  2462
 24. Piankov, Evgenij           m  UKR 2347  6    26  43,5  2317
 25. Slingerland, Fred             NED 2259  6    26  43    2382
 26. Vepkhvishvili, Varlam      f  GEO 2401  6    26  41,5  2215
 27. Grooten, Herman            m  NED 2376  6    26  40,5  2291
 28. Philippe, Christophe       m  FRA 2411  6    26  40,5  2281
 29. Maes, Wim                  f  BEL 2267  6    26  38,5  2211
 30. Helstroffer, Arnaud           FRA 2264  6    26  38,5  2201
 31. Platel, Alexandre             FRA 2164  6    26  38,5  2191
 32. Genov, Petar               g  BUL 2469  6    25  44,5  2405
 33. Afek, Yochanan             m  ISR 2389  6    25  42,5  2335
 34. Patsia, Zviad                 GEO 2091  6    25  42    2318
 35. Shalamberidze, Akaki       m  GEO 2419  6    25  40,5  2337
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19) Ehlvest - Zappa Match

Jaan Ehlvest took on Anthony Cozzie's Zappa chess program in New York City 6th-9th July 2005. The program won both games with white and drew the other two to win 3-1.

ZAPPA          -  Ehlvest, Jaan  1-0   53  B42  Sicilian Paulsen
Ehlvest, Jaan  -  ZAPPA          1/2   25  A47  Queen's Indian without c2-c4
ZAPPA          -  Ehlvest, Jaan  1-0   27  B07  Pirc Defence
Ehlvest, Jaan  -  ZAPPA          1/2   39  C91  Ruy Lopez

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ZAPPA                ----    1   =   1   =   3.0 
Ehlvest, Jaan g  EST 2614    0   =   0   =   1.0 
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20) Costa Rican National Championship

The Costa Rican National Chess Championships takes place 2nd-14th July 2005. Bernal Gonzalez leads with 5/6.

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 Wijk aan Zee group B.

Daily coverage: http://www.tablerotico.com

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 1. Gonzalez, Bernal               m CRC 2405  * = . = . . . 1 . 1 1 . . 1  5.0  2494 
 2. Minero Pineda, Sergio          m CRC 2440  = * . . . . 1 . . 1 . 1 . 1  4.5  2512 
 3. Valdes, Leonardo               m CRC 2362  . . * . . 1 . . 1 . 1 . 1 .  4.0       
 4. Arias, Rodolfo                   CRC 2173  = . . * . . . = 1 . = . = .  3.0  2323 
 5. Arias Santana, Mauricio        f CRC 2238  . . . . * 1 . = 0 . = . 1 .  3.0  2269 
 6. Leandro, Johnny                  CRC 2133  . . 0 . 0 * 1 . . . . 1 . 1  3.0  2213 
 7. Ugalde, Ronald                   CRC 2174  . 0 . . . 0 * . . 1 . . 1 1  3.0  2231 
 8. Hernandez Basante, Francisco   m CRC 2265  0 . . = = . . * 1 . = . . .  2.5  2280 
 9. Murillo, Alexis                m CRC 2362  . . 0 0 1 . . 0 * . . 1 . .  2.0  2121 
10. Bermudez, Sergio               f CRC 2223  0 0 . . . . 0 . . * . 1 . 1  2.0  2118 
11. Granados, Carlos                 CRC 2225  0 . 0 = = . . = . . * . . .  1.5  2139 
12. Alfaro, Carlos                   CRC 1931  . 0 . . . 0 . . 0 0 . * 1 .  1.0  1991 
13. Castro Madrigal,Randall          CRC ----  . . 0 = 0 . 0 . . . . 0 * .  0.5  1809 
14. Ruiz Blais,Sebastian             CRC ----  0 0 . . . 0 0 . . 0 . . . *  0.0       
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21) Norwegian Championship

The Norwegian Championship took place in Sandnes, Norway July 2nd-9th 2005. GM Simen Agdestein and GM Magnus Carlsen both finished on 7/9 so a playoff will take place decide the winner at the end of September. Magnus Carlsen seems to be back in form, and he played some amazing attacking games scoring 5/5 with white. Atle Grønn made his first IM Norm, and FM Øystein Hole his second. Correction to the result of Leer-Salvesen - Groenn (3).

Bjarke Kristensen is played 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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 1. Agdestein, Simen          g  NOR 2571  +16 = 2 = 5 +10 + 4 = 6 = 3 + 7 + 9  7.0  2672 
 2. Carlsen, Magnus           g  NOR 2528  +20 = 1 + 8 - 4 +13 + 5 + 6 = 3 + 7  7.0  2649 
 3. Johannessen, Leif Erlend  g  NOR 2543  =13 = 7 = 9 +11 +18 + 4 = 1 = 2 + 6  6.5  2615 
 4. Lie, Kjetil A             g  NOR 2472  +15 +10 =17 + 2 - 1 - 3 + 5 - 6 +13  5.5  2530 
 5. Djurhuus, Rune            g  NOR 2461  = 8 +22 = 1 = 6 + 9 - 2 - 4 +17 +10  5.5  2501 
 6. Fyllingen, Roy Harald     m  NOR 2395  =12 =11 +21 = 5 +17 = 1 - 2 + 4 - 3  5.0  2482 
 7. Groenn, Atle                 NOR 2394  =21 = 3 +15 -17 +12 +18 +10 - 1 - 2  5.0  2465 
 8. Hole, Oystein             f  NOR 2336  = 5 +12 - 2 -18 +21 = 9 =17 =10 +15  5.0  2450 
 9. Gausel, Einar             g  NOR 2522  =17 =18 = 3 +16 - 5 = 8 =15 +12 - 1  4.5  2407 
10. Elsness, Frode            m  NOR 2440  +19 - 4 +14 - 1 +16 +17 - 7 = 8 - 5  4.5  2387 
11. Nordahl, Helge            m  NOR 2423  =22 = 6 -16 - 3 =19 +20 =13 =14 +17  4.5  2336 
12. Byklum, Bjornar              NOR 2283  = 6 - 8 +22 =13 - 7 =14 +18 - 9 +19  4.5  2341 
13. Tallaksen, Geir S         f  NOR 2349  = 3 =21 =18 =12 - 2 =15 =11 +16 - 4  4.0  2358 
14. Borchgrevink, Harald         NOR 2259  =18 -17 -10 +20 =15 =12 =19 =11 =22  4.0  2298 
15. Leer-Salvesen, Bjarte     f  NOR 2374  - 4 +19 - 7 =21 =14 =13 = 9 +20 - 8  4.0  2318 
16. Hammer, Jon Ludvig           NOR 2318  - 1 +20 +11 - 9 -10 -19 +22 -13 +21  4.0  2330 
17. Fossan, Erik              m  NOR 2389  = 9 +14 = 4 + 7 - 6 -10 = 8 - 5 -11  3.5  2331 
18. Kristensen, Bjarke        m  DEN 2391  =14 = 9 =13 + 8 - 3 - 7 -12 =22 =20  3.5  2272 
19. Jansson, Joran            f  NOR 2287  -10 -15 -20 +22 =11 +16 =14 =21 -12  3.5  2238 
20. Dannevig, Oystein         f  NOR 2347  - 2 -16 +19 -14 +22 -11 +21 -15 =18  3.5  2253 
21. Ekeberg, Carl Fredrik        NOR 2283  = 7 =13 - 6 =15 - 8 =22 -20 =19 -16  2.5  2160 
22. Bjerke, Silje                NOR 2137  =11 - 5 -12 -19 -20 =21 -16 =18 =14  2.0  2119 
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22) China - France Youth Match

The China-France youth match took place in Sheng Zhen, China 28th June - 6th July 2005. China won 19-13.

Live coverage: http://sports.sina.com.cn/chess/live_gx/index.html

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2nd CHN-FRA Match Shenzheng CHN (CHN), 28 vi-6 vii 2005 
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1. Zhou Jianchao               CHN 2473    6.0  2603 
2. Zhao Jun                  g CHN 2521    5.0  2505 
3. Zhao Xue                 wg CHN 2478    5.0  2505 
4. Hou Yifan                wf CHN 2158    3.0  2323 
                                          19.0
1. Le Roux, Jean-Pierre      m FRA 2466    5.5  2548 
2. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime   m FRA 2525    5.0  2502 
3. Fontaine, Robert          g FRA 2539    2.5  2266 
4. Benmesbah, Natacha          FRA 2113    0.0      
                                          13.0
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Round 1 (June 28, 2005)

Zhou Jianchao            -  Benmesbah, Natacha       1-0   47  A67  Benoni Three Pawns System
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime  -  Hou Yifan                1-0   62  B63  Sicilian Rauzer
Zhao Xue                 -  Le Roux, Jean-Pierre     0-1   66  E12  Queens Indian Petrosian
Fontaine, Robert         -  Zhao Jun                 0-1   74  E13  Queens Indian 5.Bg5

Round 2 (June 29, 2005)

Le Roux, Jean-Pierre     -  Zhou Jianchao            0-1   44  D11  Slav Defence
Zhao Jun                 -  Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime  1/2   49  B42  Sicilian Paulsen
Hou Yifan                -  Fontaine, Robert         1/2   67  C65  Ruy Lopez Berlin
Benmesbah, Natacha       -  Zhao Xue                 0-1   28  B50  Sicilian Defence

Round 3 (June 30, 2005)

Zhou Jianchao            -  Fontaine, Robert         1/2   68  D18  Slav Defence
Le Roux, Jean-Pierre     -  Hou Yifan                1-0   26  A70  Benoni
Zhao Xue                 -  Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime  0-1   29  A33  English Symmetrical
Benmesbah, Natacha       -  Zhao Jun                 0-1   32  B22  Sicilian Alapin

Round 4 (July 1, 2005)

Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime  -  Zhou Jianchao            0-1   67  B90  Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Zhao Jun                 -  Le Roux, Jean-Pierre     0-1   30  B12  Caro Kann Advanced
Hou Yifan                -  Benmesbah, Natacha       1-0   47  B76  Sicilian Modern Dragon
Fontaine, Robert         -  Zhao Xue                 0-1   59  C95  Ruy Lopez Breyer

Round 5 (July 2, 2005)

Le Roux, Jean-Pierre     -  Zhao Xue                 1/2   57  E29  Nimzo Indian Saemisch
Zhao Jun                 -  Fontaine, Robert         1/2   65  C67  Ruy Lopez Berlin
Hou Yifan                -  Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime  0-1   35  B42  Sicilian Paulsen
Benmesbah, Natacha       -  Zhou Jianchao            0-1   29  B22  Sicilian Alapin

Round 6 (July 3, 2005)

Zhao Xue                 -  Benmesbah, Natacha       1-0   32  A67  Benoni Three Pawns System
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime  -  Zhao Jun                 1/2   24  B30  Sicilian Rossolimo
Zhou Jianchao            -  Le Roux, Jean-Pierre     1/2   36  E15  Queens Indian
Hou Yifan                -  Fontaine, Robert         1/2   63  B52  Sicilian Rossolimo

Round 7 (July 4, 2005)

Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime  -  Zhao Xue                 1/2   60  C95  Ruy Lopez Breyer
Zhao Jun                 -  Benmesbah, Natacha       1-0   43  B51  Sicilian Rossolimo
Fontaine, Robert         -  Zhou Jianchao            1/2   48  B52  Sicilian Rossolimo
Hou Yifan                -  Le Roux, Jean-Pierre     0-1   43  B06  Modern Defence

Round 8 (July 5, 2005)

Zhao Xue                 -  Fontaine, Robert         1-0   52  D15  Slav Defence
Le Roux, Jean-Pierre     -  Zhao Jun                 1/2   28  E59  Nimzo Indian
Zhou Jianchao            -  Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime  1/2   30  D85  Gruenfeld Defence
Benmesbah, Natacha       -  Hou Yifan                0-1   32  C01  French Exchange

23) World Open

The World Open took place June 30th - July 4th 2005 in Philadelphia. GM Kamil Miton beat Magesh Panchanathan in a blitz playoff to take the title after both finished on 7.5/9. No games currently available.

Official site: http://www.worldopen.com

Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
 
33rd World Open: Open Section
                                  US
#   Name                          Rtng St   Tot
1   GM Kamil Miton *              2660 NY   7.5
2   Magesh C Panchanathan         2497 TX   7.5
3   GM Hikaru Nakamura            2756 NY   7.0
4   GM Ildar Ibragimov            2683 CT   7.0
5   GM Varuzhan Akobian           2646 CA   7.0
6   GM Sandipan Chanda            2608 IND  7.0
7   GM Alexander Onischuk         2685 MD   6.5
8   GM Alexander Shabalov         2649 PA   6.5
9   GM Sergey Kudrin              2644 CT   6.5
10  GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly      2603 IND  6.5
11  GM Alexander Fishbein *       2592 NJ   6.5
12  FM Emilio Cordova             2522 PER  6.5
13  GM Gata Kamsky                2696 NY   6.0
14  GM Julio J Becerra            2664 FL   6.0
15  GM Leonid G Yudasin *         2664 NY   6.0
16  GM Abhijit Kunte              2661 IND  6.0
17  GM Giorgi Kacheishvili        2647 GEO  6.0
18  GM Alexander Ivanov           2638 MA   6.0
19  GM Alexander Stripunsky       2630 NY   6.0
20  GM Aleks Wojtkiewicz          2630 MD   6.0
21  GM Joel Benjamin              2628 NJ   6.0
22  GM Gregory Serper             2611 WA   6.0
23  IM Sundara Rajan Kidambi      2591 IND  6.0
24  GM Dmitry Gurevich            2582 IL   6.0
25  GM John P Fedorowicz          2580 NY   6.0
26  GM Vladimir Georgiev          2579      6.0
27  IM Eugene Perelshteyn         2576 MA   6.0
28  IM Marani Rajendran Venkatesh 2535 IND  6.0
29  GM Gildardo J Garcia          2522 CT   6.0
30  FM Lev Milman                 2517 NY   6.0
31  GM Michael A Rohde *          2512 NY   6.0
32  FM Joshua E Friedel           2502 NH   6.0
33  IM Pascal Charbonneau         2492 CA   6.0
34  IM Dmitry Schneider           2480 NY   6.0
35  FM Alex Lenderman             2444 NY   6.0
36  FM John Bartholomew           2444 MN   6.0
37  IM Blocker * Calvin           2442 OH   6.0
38  FM Emory A Tate Jr *          2419 IN   6.0
39  Salvijus Bercys               2416 NY   6.0
40  GM Larry Christiansen         2608 MA   5.5
41  GM Dashze Sharavdorj          2526 CO   5.5
42  IM Dean J Ippolito            2449 NJ   5.5
43  IM Irina Krush                2443 NY   5.5
44  WGM Nisha Mohota              2397 IND  5.5
45  FM Robby Adamson              2375 AZ   5.5
46  FM Thomas J Bartell           2346 NJ   5.5
47  FM Igor Schneider             2345 NY   5.5
48  Oleg N Zaikov                 2340 OR   5.5
49  FM Paul Mac Intyre            2305 MA   5.5
50  Pedram Atoufi                 2297 AZ   5.5
51  FM Ilye Figler                2284 NY   5.5
52  Lorand B Kis                  2206 PA   5.5
53  Xiao Cheng                    2202 GA   5.5
54  Robert A Hungaski             2200 CT   5.5
55  Mat Prilleltensky             2000 TN   5.5
56  GM Jaan Ehlvest               2698 NY   5.0
57  GM Yury Shulman               2609 NY   5.0
58  GM Nikola Mitkov *            2598 MKD  5.0
59  GM Gennady Zaitchik *         2537 PA   5.0
60  IM Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury    2497 IND  5.0
61  FM Matthew Hoekstra           2395 NC   5.0
62  Gregor Braylovsky *           2386 NJ   5.0
63  FM Bryan G Smith              2374 PA   5.0
64  WGM Rusudan Goletiani         2370 NY   5.0
65  Mackenzie Molner              2358 NJ   5.0
66  FM Norman Rogers              2311 PA   5.0
67  Mark B Eidemiller             2310 PA   5.0
68  A J Steigman                  2277 FL   5.0
69  FM Daniel E Shapiro           2272 NY   5.0
70  Andrew Samuelson              2236 VA   5.0
71  Max Enkin                     2235 MA   5.0
72  FM Teddy Coleman              2223 NY   5.0
73  Michael J Styler              2221 PA   5.0
74  Adam Maltese                  2221 NY   5.0
75  Raja Panjwani                 2207 ONT  5.0
76  Marc T Arnold                 2205 NY   5.0
77  Juan Oscar Sena               2201 NY   5.0
78  Pieter A Bierkens             2173 NY   5.0
79  Peter Sadilek                 2137 AUT  5.0
80  Jonathan Tayar                2124 CAN  5.0
81  Noah Pang *                   2067 MA   5.0
205 players

24) Chicago Open

The 2005 Chicago Open took place May 27th-30th at the Doubletree Oak Brook Hotel, with 624 entries including 26 Grandmasters, and a $100,000 prize fund. Four GMs tied for first with 5 1/2 out of 7, with Igor Novikov winning the title on a speed playoff game over Vadim Milov. Also tying to the top spot were Jaan Ehlvest and Petr Kiriakov. Qualifying for the 2006 US Championship were Novikov, Alex Shabalov, Ben Finegold and Dmitry Gurevich. Games not currently available.

Official site: http://www.chesstour.com/

Leading Final Standings:
1  GM Vadim Milov           2695 5½ $4675    29.5
2  GM Igor Novikov          2670 5½ $4975    29
3  GM Jaan Ehlvest          2693 5½ $4675    28.5
4  GM Petr Kiriakov         2619 5½ $4675    27.5
5  GM Evgeny Najer          2678 5 $322.23   29
6  GM Dmitry Gurevich       2580 5 $322.23   27.5
7  GM Alexander Shabalov    2648 5 $322.23   27
8  GM Art Yusupov           2710 5 $322.23   25.5
9  GM Darmen Sadvakasov     2609 5 $322.23   25
10 IM Benjamin Finegold     2608 5 $322.23   24.5
11 GM Zviad Izoria          2617 5 $322.23   24
12 GM Dashze Sharavdorj     2526 5 $322.23   24
13 GM Vladimir Georgiev     2542 5 $322.23   23
14 GM Daniel Fridman        2657 4½          29.5
15 GM Aleks Wojtkiewicz     2610 4½          25
16 GM Nikola Mitkov         2598 4½          24.5
17 IM David Howell          2516 4½          24.5
18 GM Julio J Becerra       2644 4½          24
19 GM Alexander Fishbein    2592 4½          23.5
20 FM Emory A Tate Jr       2431 4½ $1500    23.5
21 IM Blas Lugo             2425 4½ $1500    23.5
22 GM Rodrigo Vasquez       2642 4           27
23 GM Vladimir Epishin      2651 4           25.5
24 FM Daniel Fernandez      2389 4           25.5
25 IM Edward W Formanek     2330 4           24.5
26 GM Andres Rodriguez-Vila 2636 4           23.5
27 GM Victor Mikhalevski    2610 4           23.5
28 David Filipovich         2203 4 $750      23
29 Mehmed Pasalic           2372 4           22.5
30 FM Miles F Ardaman       2390 4           21.5
31 FM Igor M Tsyganov       2267 4 $750      21.5
32 Chouchanik Airapetian    2155 4 $750      20.5
33 Peter Yeh                2106 4 $750      17.5
34 GM Ildar Ibragimov       2670 3½          19.5
35 GM Alex Motylev          2780 3½          19
82 players

25) Alushta Summer Open

The Alushta Summer Open took place 2nd-10th July 2005. Vladimir Belikov won with 7.5/9. News: Leonid Galperin.

Further information: http://www.kaissa.com.ua

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Summer Open Alushta UKR (UKR), 2-10 vii 2005
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  1.    2  Belikov,Vladimir           2519  7.5  50.5  41.25  39.0  2636 +1.11
  2.    3  Kuzmin,Gennadi             2514  7.0  52.0  39.00  39.0  2586 +0.70
  3.    6  Feoktistov,Alexey          2424  6.5  50.5  33.50  33.0  2498 +0.83
  4.    1  Zakhartsov,Viacheslav      2534  6.0  49.0  31.75  30.5  2455 -0.84
        8  Kharchenko,Boris           2370  6.0  50.0  30.00  32.5  2468 +1.14
  6.    5  Kiselev,Gennady            2443  5.5  43.5  23.50  26.5  2292 -1.61
        7  Tolstikh,Nikolay           2384  5.5  48.5  25.50  31.0  2422 +0.46 
        9  Tjurin,Alexandr            2341  5.5  44.5  23.75  28.0  2284 -0.62
       12  Voicu,Carmen               2263  5.5  51.0  28.75  29.5  2411 +1.81
       13  Semiev,Suhrab              2261  5.5  42.5  23.75  27.0  2335 +0.91
       14  Reutsky,Sergei             2258  5.5  45.0  25.00  29.5  2336 +1.00
 12.   11  Khakimov,Timur             2283  5.0  45.5  21.25  25.5  2286 -0.04
       15  Zolotukhin,Valery          2242  5.0  43.5  18.50  26.0  2256 +0.16
       16  Annaberdiev,Baba           2233  5.0  41.5  20.50  25.0  2257 +0.24
 15.   10  Melnikova,Yana             2331  4.5  43.5  19.50  24.5  2253 -0.99
       20  Panov,Anatoly              2114  4.5  42.5  17.75  21.5  2191 +0.78
       21  Khoshev,Sergey             2113  4.5  37.0  16.25  22.5  2160 +0.46
       29  Savittskiy,Sergey          1985  4.5  38.0  16.25  19.0  2142 +1.89
       30  Obrezchikov,Mikhail        1982  4.5  39.0  17.00  20.5  2170 +2.16
 20.   18  Khudiakov,Alexandr         2164  4.0  42.0  16.75  20.0  2153 -0.14
       19  Flaming,Viktor             2162  4.0  44.0  12.75  25.0  2227 +0.60
       22  Kosenkov,Evgeny            2105  4.0  38.0  13.00  17.0  2045 -0.68
       23  Bortsova,Tatjana           2100  4.0  31.0  10.00  15.5  1949 -1.14 
       25  Lazarev,Anatoly            2082  4.0  36.5  12.00  19.0  2057 -0.28
       27  Malianov,Sergey            2062  4.0  31.0  10.50  16.5  2057 -0.09
 26.   17  Kilimnik,Evgeny            2225  3.5  36.5  11.25  21.0  2028 -2.14
       24  Matvienko,Ivan             2100  3.5  38.0   9.25  17.5  2015 -0.86
       26  Rakov,Anatoly              2080  3.5  34.5   9.75  18.0  1881 -1.40
       32  Grushin,Alexandr  12.09.89 0000  3.5  30.0   7.50  13.5  1806  1806
 30.   31  Piskun,Alexey              1878  3.0  30.0   5.50  12.5  1700 -0.82
       33  Rakov,Mikhail     22.11.90 0000  3.0  30.0   6.25  13.0  1832  1832
 32.   28  Platonova,Lubov            1996  2.5  30.5   6.00  10.5  1772 -1.66
 33.   34  Sharuhina,Svetlana15.02.88 0000  2.0  27.5   4.00   8.0  1656  1656
 34.    4  Annageldyev,Orazly         2461  1.0  40.0  19.75   8.0  2088 -0.80

26) Denker Memorial

The Chess4Less Denker Memorial takes place at the Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, July 9, 10, 11, 16 & 17. Live coverage on ICC. http://www.chessclub.com

Standings after round 4 of 9
  1  4.0  GM Julio Becerra   (USA 2559)
2-3  3.0  IM Renier Gonzalez (USA 2483)
     3.0  IM Blas Lugo       (USA 2406)
  4  2.5  FM Marcel Martinez (USA 2418)
5-8  1.5     Jeff Haskel     (USA 2223)
     1.5     Eric Moskow     (USA 2229)
     1.5  IM Emilio Pupo     (COL 2368)
     1.5     Nick Thomas     (ENG 2234)
  9  1.0     Mario Marshall  (JAM 2130)
 10  0.5     Francois Buchs  (SUI 2115)

27) FIDE July Rating List

The US Chess Federation failed to submit some important events to the FIDE July Rating list. Particularly important was the Foxwoods Open where Hikaru Nakamura's performance may have moved him into the 2670 range and may have moved him close to the top 30 overall and number 2 in the under 21. I gather this effect is across many events and they have only now appointed somebody competent. This does however mess up the list quite importantly.

Source: http://www.fide.com. The full list is available for download there.

28) Egon Ditt 1931-2005

Egon Ditt 29th May 1931 - 4th July 2005. I was sad to hear (http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=752) that Egon Ditt former FIDE Vice President Egon Ditt and Honorary President of the German Chess Federation died on July 4th. As the FIDE website says "As a leading official he influenced the course of FIDE, having served as FIDE Vice President from 1990 to 1994 and in the FIDE Executive Council from 1994 to 1998. The funeral will take place on 12th July."

29) Forthcoming Events and Links

Maccabiah games

The Maccabiah games will take place in Jerusalem, July 10th-20th 2005. An Invitational Tournament (over 2500 Elo Rating) includes: GM Smirin Ilia, GM Najer Evgeniy, GM Felgaer Ruben. Official site including live coverage: http://www.maccabiah-chess.co.il

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

CEZ Chess Trophy 2005

The CEZ Chess Trophy 2005 sees a 2-games match between the Czech No. 1 GM David Navara and ex-WCh GM Anatoly Karpov which will be held in Prague, July 14-17th 2005.

Schedule:

July 14th, 17:00 Prague time, "U Novaku Palace" Prague: 12-games exhibition blitz match David Navara - Sergei Movsesian (SVK) The spectators can bet on the overall score as well as on the results of individual games. Anatoly Karpov, Lubomir Kavalek and Genna Sosonko will be present at the match also.

July 15th, 16:00 Prague time, "Hotel Kampa - Stara zbrojnice" Prague: 1st game Navara-Karpov

July 16th, 15:00 Prague time, "Hotel Kampa - Stara zbrojnice" Prague: 2st game Navara-Karpov

July 17th, 15:00 Prague time, "Hotel Kampa - Stara zbrojnice" Prague: Simultaneous exhibition of Anatoly Karpov against 25 Czech top managers

The time control of the match is 90 mins for the game + 30 s addition for each move. The main arbiter is Pavel Votruba, the commentators are Genna Sosonko and Lubomir Kavalek. The match will count for FIDE rating list. The main sponsor is the Czech energetic company CEZ.

Related links:

http://www.promopro.cz/ - live coverage

http://www.sachinfo.cz/ - news coverage (czech only)

http://www.praguechess.cz/ / the organizer's page (czech only)

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

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

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

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

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/

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

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

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

TWIC Messageboard

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