THE WEEK IN CHESS 562 15th August 2005 by Mark Crowther
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2739 games
My thanks to Gerhard Kenk, Hartmut Metz, Barth Plomp, Marc Hanset,
George Mirijanian, Thomas Henrich, Miklos Orso, Casper Dahl Rasmussen, Hans
Groffen, Laszlo Nagy, Argiris Kotsis, Emmanuel Variniac, Jan Mazuch, Fabrice
Wantiez, Harald Fietz, Manfred Brod, Igor Glek, Wojtek Bartelski and everyone
else who helped with the issue.
Viswanathan Anand returned to chess with a win against Alexander
Grischuk in the 5th Chess Classic Mainz tournament. Anand's 5-3 win was set up
with his 2-0 win on the first day. Grischuk hit back in the latter half of the
match but it wasn't enough.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Chess Classic Mainz took place August 9th-14th 2005. Viswanathan
Anand beat challenger Alexander Grischuk 5-3 to take the Mainz title.
Official site: http://www.chesstigers.de/
Grischuk, Alexander - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 40 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Anand, Viswanathan - Grischuk, Alexander 1-0 38 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Anand, Viswanathan - Grischuk, Alexander 1/2 24 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Grischuk, Alexander - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 42 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Grischuk, Alexander - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 22 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Anand, Viswanathan - Grischuk, Alexander 0-1 49 B50 Sicilian Defence
Anand, Viswanathan - Grischuk, Alexander 1-0 47 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Grischuk, Alexander - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 45 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
CCM5 Rapid Match Mainz GER (GER), 11-14 viii 2005
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Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2788 1 1 = 1 = 0 1 0 5.0 2815
Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2720 0 0 = 0 = 1 0 1 3.0 2701
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In the Chess960, Peter Svidler (Russia) beat Zoltan Almasi (Hungary) 5-3.
Results (Svidler first):
Gm1 1-0 Gm2 1/2 Gm3 1/2 Gm4 1/2 Gm5 1/2 Gm6 1-0 Gm7 1/2 Gm8 1/2.
[Non-standard format means that the games quite hard to display without
specialist software. The can be viewed at the official site]
Round 1 (August 9, 2005)
Korchnoi, Viktor - Karpov, Anatoly 0-1 63 E15 Queens Indian
Spassky, Boris V - Unzicker, Wolfgang 1/2 31 C49 Four Knights Metger
Round 2 (August 9, 2005)
Karpov, Anatoly - Unzicker, Wolfgang 1/2 43 E39 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Korchnoi, Viktor - Spassky, Boris V 1-0 48 D20 QGA
Round 3 (August 9, 2005)
Spassky, Boris V - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 25 B17 Caro Kann
Unzicker, Wolfgang - Korchnoi, Viktor 0-1 57 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Round 4 (August 10, 2005)
Karpov, Anatoly - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 42 A15 English counter King's Fianchetto
Unzicker, Wolfgang - Spassky, Boris V 1/2 18 D58 Queens Gambit Tartakover
Round 5 (August 10, 2005)
Spassky, Boris V - Korchnoi, Viktor 1-0 43 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Unzicker, Wolfgang - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 36 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Round 6 (August 10, 2005)
Karpov, Anatoly - Spassky, Boris V 1/2 27 D55 Queens Gambit Old Lasker Variation
Korchnoi, Viktor - Unzicker, Wolfgang 1-0 32 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Unzicker 80 Mainz GER (GER), 9-10 viii 2005cat. XIII (2567)
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1 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2672 ** 1= == == 3.5 2589
2 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2615 0= ** 10 11 3.5 2608
3 Spassky, Boris V g FRA 2548 == 01 ** == 3.0 2573
4 Unzicker, Wolfgang g GER 2433 == 00 == ** 2.0 2486
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Chess Classic Mainz 2005 (CCM5)
Chess Classic
12. ORDIX Open Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
Rang Teilnehmer Titel TWZ S R V Punkte PktSum MiBuch
1. Radjabov,Teimour GM 2682 9 1 1 9,5 59,5 69,5
2. Aronian,Levon GM 2724 8 2 1 9,0 60,5 70,0
3. Morozevich,Alexander GM 2728 8 2 1 9,0 59,5 70,0
4. Dreev,Alexey GM 2698 7 4 0 9,0 58,5 71,0
5. Grischuk,Alexander GM 2720 8 2 1 9,0 57,5 67,0
6. Harikrishna,Pentela GM 2645 9 0 2 9,0 56,0 69,0
7. Sargissian,Gabriel GM 2620 7 4 0 9,0 53,5 64,0
8. Naiditsch,Arkadij GM 2644 8 1 2 8,5 57,0 67,5
9. Shirov,Alexey GM 2705 7 3 1 8,5 55,0 67,0
10. Glek,Igor GM 2575 7 3 1 8,5 54,5 66,0
11. Sokolov,Ivan GM 2717 8 1 2 8,5 52,5 65,0
12. Bacrot,Etienne GM 2729 7 3 1 8,5 52,0 63,5
13. Khenkin,Igor GM 2610 8 1 2 8,5 51,5 64,5
14. David,Alberto GM 2579 7 3 1 8,5 51,5 64,5
15. Gyimesi,Zoltan GM 2628 8 1 2 8,5 50,5 61,5
16. Krasenkov,Michal GM 2663 7 2 2 8,0 55,0 69,0
17. Zvaginsev,Vadim GM 2659 7 2 2 8,0 55,0 65,5
18. Buhmann,Rainer 2549 7 2 2 8,0 54,0 67,0
19. Tregubov,Pavel GM 2607 7 2 2 8,0 53,5 66,5
20. Gagunashvili,Merab GM 2540 7 2 2 8,0 53,5 64,0
20. Vogt,Lothar GM 2484 7 2 2 8,0 53,5 64,0
22. Hickl,Jörg GM 2537 7 2 2 8,0 53,0 67,0
23. Kritz,Leonid GM 2544 7 2 2 8,0 52,5 66,5
24. Nisipeanu,Liviu-Dieter GM 2681 5 6 0 8,0 52,5 64,5
25. Kolev,Atanas GM 2523 8 0 3 8,0 51,0 66,5
26. Lalic,Bogdan GM 2543 5 6 0 8,0 51,0 64,0
27. Sprenger,Jan Michael IM 2508 6 4 1 8,0 51,0 62,0
28. Mchedlishvili,Mikhail GM 2549 6 4 1 8,0 50,5 63,0
28. Ruck,Robert GM 2546 6 4 1 8,0 50,5 63,0
30. Siebrecht,Sebastian IM 2487 7 2 2 8,0 50,5 62,0
31. Seel,Christian IM 2492 7 2 2 8,0 50,0 61,0
32. Graf,Alexander GM 2605 7 2 2 8,0 49,5 62,5
33. Portisch,Lajos GM 2536 6 4 1 8,0 49,5 60,0
34. Vaganjan,Rafael Agred GM 2645 7 2 2 8,0 48,5 61,0
35. Khurtsidze,Nino IM 2449 6 4 1 8,0 48,5 58,0
36. Ginsburg,Gennadij IM 2513 8 0 3 8,0 48,0 62,0
37. Döttling,Fabian GM 2542 7 2 2 8,0 48,0 61,0
38. Kuklin,Valentin 2300 7 2 2 8,0 47,5 61,0
39. Cmilyte,Viktorija WGM 2466 7 2 2 8,0 47,5 56,0
40. Berelovich,Aleksandar GM 2571 7 2 2 8,0 47,0 60,0
41. Reefschläger,Helmut,Dr. IM 2314 8 0 3 8,0 44,0 58,0
42. Joksic,Sinisa IM 2282 8 0 3 8,0 44,0 54,5
43. Dautov,Rustem GM 2595 6 3 2 7,5 52,0 66,0
44. Kosteniuk,Alexandra GM 2516 6 3 2 7,5 51,0 65,5
45. Korotkevych,Stanislav 2355 7 1 3 7,5 50,5 65,0
46. Tischbierek,Raj GM 2466 5 5 1 7,5 50,0 65,5
47. Chuchelov,Vladimir GM 2562 6 3 2 7,5 50,0 63,5
48. Jussupow,Artur GM 2595 6 3 2 7,5 50,0 63,0
49. Polzin,Rainer IM 2514 7 1 3 7,5 49,5 65,0
50. Ovsejevitsch,Sergej GM 2525 6 3 2 7,5 49,5 65,0
51. Levin,Felix GM 2501 6 3 2 7,5 49,0 62,0
52. Andersson,Ulf GM 2584 5 5 1 7,5 49,0 62,0
53. Chiburdanidze,Maia GM 2509 6 3 2 7,5 49,0 61,5
54. Shchekachev,Andrei GM 2570 7 1 3 7,5 48,5 62,0
55. Hort,Vlastimil GM 2510 6 3 2 7,5 48,5 61,5
56. Kekelidze,Michail GM 2477 7 1 3 7,5 47,5 61,5
57. Zysk,Robert IM 2460 7 1 3 7,5 47,5 59,0
58. Lobron,Eric GM 2509 7 1 3 7,5 47,5 58,5
59. Klundt,Klaus IM 2382 7 1 3 7,5 46,5 61,5
60. Boidman,Yuri IM 2431 7 1 3 7,5 46,5 54,5
61. Reich,Thomas IM 2374 7 1 3 7,5 46,0 61,0
62. Uhlmann,Wolfgang GM 2400 7 1 3 7,5 46,0 58,5
63. Zupe,Miran IM 2386 5 5 1 7,5 44,0 54,0
64. Hort,Alex 2156 7 1 3 7,5 43,5 58,0
65. Schumacher,Gottfried 2204 6 3 2 7,5 41,0 49,5
66. Postojev,Alexander 2256 7 1 3 7,5 39,5 53,0
544 players
The American Continental Championship takes place in Buenos Aires
5th-16th August, 2005.
Official site: http://www.ajedrez.com.ar/
Leading Round 9 Standings:
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American Continental Buenos Aires ARG (ARG), 6-16 viii 2005
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1. Bruzon, Lazaro g CUB 2662 7.5 52.5 42.75 39.0 2815 +1.56
2. Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2606 7.0 52.5 38.25 36.0 2733 +1.33
3. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2700 7.0 49.5 37.50 35.5 2715 +0.16
4. Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2601 6.5 53.0 35.75 38.5 2726 +1.46
5. Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2628 6.5 53.0 36.50 37.0 2715 +1.01
6. Ivanov, Alexander g USA 2566 6.5 53.0 36.00 36.0 2662 +1.10
7. Felgaer, Ruben g ARG 2618 6.5 52.5 37.00 35.0 2663 +0.56
8. Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2593 6.5 50.0 34.25 34.5 2642 +0.56
9. Shulman, Yuri g USA 2550 6.5 49.0 34.00 34.0 2645 +1.10
10. Rodriguez, Andres g URU 2523 6.5 48.5 31.75 34.0 2621 +1.19
11. Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA 2640 6.5 52.5 36.50 34.0 2666 +0.29
12. Dominguez, Lenier g CUB 2639 6.5 50.0 35.00 33.5 2618 -0.16
13. Nogueiras, Jesus g CUB 2541 6.5 45.5 31.00 33.5 2587 +0.56
14. Needleman, Gaston ARG 2242 6.5 45.5 32.50 28.0 2621 +4.43
15. Spraggett, Kevin g CAN 2592 6.0 51.5 32.00 35.0 2624 +0.33
16. Ibragimov, Ildar g USA 2605 6.0 50.5 31.25 33.5 2617 +0.15
17. Hernandez, Gilberto g MEX 2518 6.0 50.0 31.25 33.0 2589 +0.78
18. Sunye Neto, Jaime g BRA 2530 6.0 48.0 28.75 32.0 2556 +0.24
19. Cordova, Emilio f PER 2422 6.0 48.0 29.50 31.5 2578 +1.86
20. Akobian, Varuzhan g USA 2558 6.0 45.5 27.25 31.5 2570 +0.15
21. Lima, Darcy g BRA 2535 6.0 47.0 30.00 30.5 2466 -0.75
22. Labollita, Martin m ARG 2383 6.0 48.5 29.50 30.0 2549 +2.04
23. Alonso, Salvador m ARG 2457 6.0 43.0 27.50 29.5 2507 +0.60
24. Leitao, Rafael g BRA 2598 6.0 42.0 27.00 28.0 2484 -1.20
25. Vera, Reynaldo g CUB 2490 6.0 42.5 27.75 27.0 2425 -0.75
26. Gulko, Boris F g USA 2589 5.5 47.5 26.25 31.5 2520 -0.80
27. Milman, Lev f USA 2459 5.5 49.5 28.25 31.0 2527 +0.82
28. Sorin, Ariel g ARG 2496 5.5 49.0 26.25 30.0 2525 +0.37
29. Pierrot, Facundo m ARG 2449 5.5 46.5 25.75 30.0 2505 +0.73
30. Flores, Diego m ARG 2513 5.5 46.0 26.25 29.0 2475 -0.44
31. Zambrana, Oswaldo m BOL 2421 5.5 45.5 24.25 29.0 2484 +0.82
32. Gurevich, Dmitry g USA 2515 5.5 44.0 24.50 29.0 2454 -0.71
33. Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2527 5.5 45.0 25.25 29.0 2434 -1.07
34. Quezada, Yuniesky m CUB 2522 5.5 44.0 25.00 28.5 2401 -1.34
35. Castro, Oscar H m COL 2385 5.5 42.5 24.00 28.5 2404 +0.28
36. Vasquez, Rodrigo g CHI 2558 5.5 43.0 24.50 27.5 2437 -1.34
37. Hungaski, Roberto USA 2308 5.5 45.5 25.00 26.0 2487 +2.26
38. Mayorga, Nicolas ARG 2188 5.5 41.5 24.00 26.0 2457 +3.25
39. Liascovich, Lucas f ARG 2432 5.5 39.5 21.00 26.0 2404 -0.35
40. Delgado, Neuris g CUB 2570 5.5 40.5 24.25 25.0 2404 -1.79
41. De Dovitiis, Alejo f ARG 2345 5.5 35.0 19.25 24.0 2343 +0.01
42. Bitelmajer, Martin ARG 2243 5.5 37.0 20.75 23.5 2415 +2.17
43. Ricardi, Pablo g ARG 2551 5.5 40.0 22.50 23.0 2349 -2.06
44. Tristan, Leonardo ARG 2225 5.5 38.0 19.00 21.0 2412 +2.35
152 players
The Smith & Williamson British Chess Championships 2005 took place
in the Isle of Man, 1st-13th August 2005. Jonathan Rowson retained his title
after a short draw in the final round.
Official site with live coverage:
http://www.bcfservices.org.uk/live2005/
Nat Ti FIDE
Pos Player lty tl Rtng A B C D E F
1 ROWSON,Jonathan W........ SCO g 2599 8½ 11 8½ 2391 8.47 0.03
2 CONQUEST,Stuart.......... ENG g 2503 8 11 8 2376 7.37 0.63
3 HASLINGER,Stewart G...... ENG m 2412 8 11 8 2339 6.60 1.40
4 EMMS,John M.............. ENG g 2509 7½ 11 7½ 2314 8.25 -0.75
5 PERT,Richard............. ENG m 2424 7½ 11 7½ 2320 7.04 0.46
6 GORDON,Stephen........... ENG f 2390 7 11 7 2382 5.61 1.39
7 GREET,Andrew N........... ENG f 2425 7 11 7 2343 6.71 0.29
8 JESSEL,Stephen........... IRL 2285 6½ 11 6½ 2344 4.62 1.88
9 KNOTT,Simon J B.......... ENG m 2382 6½ 11 6½ 2286 6.93 -0.43
10 LITTLEWOOD,Paul E........ ENG m 2355 6½ 11 6½ 2361 5.39 1.11
11 RUDD,Jack................ ENG 2268 6½ 11 6½ 2261 5.61 0.89
12 WARD,Chris G............. ENG g 2485 6½ 11 6½ 2351 7.48 -0.98
13 ASHTON,Adam.............. ENG 2294 6 11 6 2300 5.39 0.61
14 JONES,Gawain C........... ENG m 2442 6 11 6 2348 6.93 -0.93
15 MASON,Don................ ENG 2265 6 11 6 2283 5.17 0.83
16 MORRISON,Graham.......... SCO f 2322 6 11 6 2306 5.72 0.28
17 SOWRAY,Peter J........... ENG f 2364 6 11 6 2276 6.82 -0.82
18 WHITE,Michael JR......... ENG 2200 6 11 6 2274 4.40 1.60
19 WILLIAMS,Simon K......... ENG m 2461 6 11 6 2264 8.25 -2.25
20 WOODWARD,Timothy......... ENG f 2313 6 11 6 2367 4.62 1.38
21 CUMBERS,Paul............. ENG 2118 5½ 10 4½ 2171 4.30 0.20
22 HALL,Daniel J............ ENG 2036 5½ 11 5½ 2171 3.52 1.98
23 HODGSON,John............. ENG 2225 5½ 11 5½ 2192 6.05 -0.55
24 MITCHELL,Martin.......... SCO 2172 5½ 11 5½ 2238 4.51 0.99
25 NIXON,Thomas C M......... ENG 2195 5½ 11 5½ 2287 4.07 1.43
26 RAYNER,Francis........... WLS 2216 5½ 10 4½ 2228 4.80 -0.30
27 STOREY,Charles........... ENG 2211 5½ 11 5½ 2238 5.06 0.44
28 THERRIEN,Alex............ ENG 2294 5½ 11 5½ 2254 6.16 -0.66
29 EGGLESTON,David J........ ENG 2138 5 11 5 2319 2.86 2.14
30 EGGLESTON,Thomas A....... ENG 2166 5 11 5 2265 3.96 1.04
31 PYM,Thomas W............. ENG 2099 5 11 5 2170 4.40 0.60
32 SURTEES,Mike............. ENG 2142 5 11 5 2211 4.40 0.60
33 TIPPLESTON,Charles E..... ENG c 2203 5 11 5 2234 5.06 -0.06
34 BONAFONT,Philip.......... ENG 2116 4½ 10 3½ 2155 4.50 -1.00
35 DE COVERLY,Roger......... ENG 2086 4½ 11 4½ 2138 4.73 -0.23
36 DIGNAM,Matthew P......... IRL 2194 4½ 11 4½ 2162 5.94 -1.44
37 FRASER,Joseph............ ENG 1959 4½ 10 4½ 2113 2.90 1.60
38 POOBALASINGAM,Peter...... ENG 2067 4½ 10 3½ 2136 4.00 -0.50
39 STONE,Andrew............. ENG 2265 4½ 11 4½ 2216 6.27 -1.77
40 CHAPLIN,Peter............ ENG 2062 4 10 3 2145 3.90 -0.90
41 VARNAM,Liam.............. ENG 2088 4 10 3 2124 4.50 -1.50
42 MCDONNELL,James J........ IRL 2054 3½ 10 2½ 2132 3.90 -1.40
43 WATERS,Michael........... IRL 2125 3½ 10 3½ 2191 4.10 -0.60
44 ILETT,Raymond............ ENG 1824 3 11 3 2096 1921
45 HUMPHREYS,Jerry.......... ENG 2115 2½ 10 2½ 2145 4.60 -2.10
46 TAYLOR,Geoffrey P........ ENG 2135 2½ 10 1½ 2111 5.30 -3.80
The next First Saturday GM, IM and FM closed tournaments take place
6th-18th of August Budapest.
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu
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FSGM August Budapest HUN (HUN), 6-16 viii 2005 cat. VIII (2441)
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1. Berczes, David f HUN 2495 * . . 1 1 = = 1 1 . 1 6.0 2736
2. Ilincic, Zlatko g SCG 2470 . * 1 = . = = = = 1 . 4.5 2543
3. Erdos, Viktor m HUN 2499 . 0 * 1 = = 1 = . 1 . 4.5 2543
4. Hoang Thanh Trang m VIE 2476 0 = 0 * . 1 . 1 = 1 . 4.0 2503
5. Fogarasi, Tibor g HUN 2490 0 . = . * . = = = = 1 3.5 2427
6. Seres, Lajos g HUN 2429 = = = 0 . * . = = = = 3.5 2397
7. Meszaros, Tamas m HUN 2408 = = 0 . = . * = = = = 3.5 2399
8. Payen, Arnaud m FRA 2417 0 = = 0 = = = * . . 1 3.5 2404
9. Lapshun, Yury m USA 2462 0 = . = = = = . * . = 3.0 2389
10. Bellin, Robert m ENG 2399 . 0 0 0 = = = . . * = 2.0 2282
11. Franchini, Gabriele ITA 2309 0 . . . 0 = = 0 = = * 2.0 2284
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FSIMA August Budapest HUN (HUN), 6-16 viii 2005 cat. II (2294)
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1. Hoang Thi Bao Tram wm VIE 2267 * . . 1 1 = = . 0 1 1 1 6.0 2489
2. Petran, Pal m HUN 2416 . * 0 . 1 1 1 1 . = = 1 6.0 2472
3. Laciner, Kerem TUR 2179 . 1 * . = = 0 = 1 = 1 . 5.0 2411
4. Szeberenyi, Adam m HUN 2396 0 . . * = 1 = 1 = = . = 4.5 2328
5. Jakab, Attila m HUN 2451 0 0 = = * = . . 1 = 1 . 4.0 2290
6. Brustkern, Juergen f GER 2250 = 0 = 0 = * . = 1 . . 1 4.0 2294
7. Wiley, Tom E f ENG 2305 = 0 1 = . . * 0 = . = = 3.5 2226
8. Bors, Tamas f HUN 2290 . 0 = 0 . = 1 * = 1 0 . 3.5 2252
9. Hoang Tri HUN 2207 1 . 0 = 0 0 = = * . . 1 3.5 2243
10. Boe, Mads f DEN 2364 0 = = = = . . 0 . * = 1 3.5 2256
11. Malada, Vinko CRO 2248 0 = 0 . 0 . = 1 . = * = 3.0 2216
12. Zucchelli, Massimo ITA 2152 0 0 . = . 0 = . 0 0 = * 1.5 2055
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FSIMB August Budapest HUN (HUN), 6-16 viii 2005 cat. I (2262)
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1. Garrido Dominguez, Jesus f ESP 2273 * . . 1 = 1 . . 1 1 1 5.5 2643
2. Stupavski, Zdenko f SCG 2337 . * . = . 1 0 . 1 1 1 4.5 2411
3. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2284 . . * 1 = 0 . = . = 1 3.5 2324
4. Kagan, Yosef f ISR 2290 0 = 0 * 1 . 0 . 1 1 . 3.5 2263
5. Werner, Dimo m GER 2369 = . = 0 * 1 . = . . = 3.0 2265
6. David, Vincent f FRA 2277 0 0 1 . 0 * 1 1 . . . 3.0 2299
7. Kende, Gyorgy HUN 2227 . 1 . 1 . 0 * = 0 = 0 3.0 2197
8. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2307 . . = . = 0 = * . . 1 2.5 2264
9. Balogh, Emese HUN 2157 0 0 . 0 . . 1 . * = 1 2.5 2191
10. Radnai, Adam HUN 2198 0 0 = 0 . . = . = * . 1.5 2068
11. Sondermann, Johannes GER 2164 0 0 0 . = . 1 0 0 . * 1.5 2049
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FSIMC August Budapest HUN (HUN), 6-16 viii 2005 cat. II (2279)
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1. Cuenca Jimenez, Jose f ESP 2351 * = . . . 1 = 1 . 1 1 1 6.0 2585
2. Le Quang Liem f VIE 2326 = * . . = . = 1 1 1 . 1 5.5 2499
3. Torma, Robert HUN 2272 . . * = 1 = . . 1 0 1 1 5.0 2427
4. Aguettaz, Maxime f FRA 2347 . . = * = = . 1 . 1 = 1 5.0 2420
5. Vasvari, Tamas HUN 2203 . = 0 = * = . 0 . . 1 1 3.5 2289
6. Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2259 0 . = = = * = . = . = . 3.0 2224
7. Blodstein, B ISR 2249 = = . . . = * 0 = = . = 3.0 2238
8. Braghetta, Sergio ITA 2264 0 0 . 0 1 . 1 * 0 1 . . 3.0 2235
9. Karasik, Evgeni ISR 2239 . 0 0 . . = = 1 * . = 0 2.5 2173
10. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2284 0 0 1 0 . . = 0 . * = . 2.0 2137
11. Kaposztas, Miklos m HUN 2260 0 . 0 = 0 = . . = = * . 2.0 2121
12. Pedersen, Daniel Vesterbaek f DEN 2296 0 0 0 0 0 . = . 1 . . * 1.5 2053
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The Montreal International took place 3rd-14th August 2005. Victor
Mikhalevski won the event with 8/11 undefeated.
Official site: http://pages.infinit.net/archamse/TIM2005.htm
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It Montreal CAN (CAN), 3-14 viii 2005 cat. XII (2543)
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1. Mikhalevski, Victor g ISR 2572 * = = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 8.0 2714
2. Efimenko, Zahar g UKR 2643 = * = = 1 = = 0 = 1 1 1 7.0 2635
3. Huzman, Alexander g ISR 2577 = = * = = = = 1 1 0 = 1 6.5 2604
4. Kogan, Artur g ISR 2580 = = = * = = = 1 0 = = 1 6.0 2575
5. Tyomkin, Dimitri g CAN 2467 = 0 = = * = = 0 1 1 = 1 6.0 2585
6. Shipov, Sergei g RUS 2582 0 = = = = * = 1 = 0 1 1 6.0 2575
7. Golod, Vitali g ISR 2582 = = = = = = * = 1 = 0 = 5.5 2539
8. Bluvshtein, Mark g CAN 2525 = 1 0 0 1 0 = * 0 1 = = 5.0 2508
9. Krush, Irina m USA 2452 0 = 0 1 0 = 0 1 * = 1 = 5.0 2514
10. Charbonneau, Pascal m CAN 2509 0 0 1 = 0 1 = 0 = * = 1 5.0 2509
11. Nataf, Igor-Alexandre g FRA 2583 0 0 = = = 0 1 = 0 = * = 4.0 2436
12. Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas m CAN 2439 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = = 0 = * 2.0 2290
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The 9th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament took place in Vlissingen (The
Netherlands) August 6th-13th 2005. Friso Nijboer took first place on tie-break
he was one of five players on 7.5/9. 2 IM-norms: Maurice Peek and Rene
Tiggelman. News: Hans Groffen.
Official site: http://people.zeelandnet.nl/hgroffen/
Final Round 9 Standings:
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1. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2529 7.5 55.0 44.75 39.5 2667 +1.30
2. Iordachescu, Viorel g MDA 2606 7.5 54.5 44.50 39.5 2629 +0.18
3. Stellwagen, Daniel g NED 2533 7.5 53.5 43.75 38.5 2632 +0.90
4. Megaranto, Susanto g INA 2499 7.5 50.5 41.25 38.5 2648 +1.38
5. L'Ami, Erwin m NED 2519 7.5 49.0 40.50 37.5 2550 +0.26
6. Bofill Mas, Alejandro m ESP 2386 7.0 52.5 37.50 36.0 2549 +1.68
7. Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2652 7.0 52.0 39.50 38.0 2581 -0.56
8. Malakhatko, Vadim g UKR 2556 7.0 52.0 39.50 36.0 2546 -0.08
9. Kohlweyer, Bernd m GER 2423 7.0 49.0 37.25 34.5 2461 +0.32
10. Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav g RUS 2560 6.5 56.5 38.00 38.5 2580 +0.22
11. Lacasa Diaz, Jose Antonio m ESP 2420 6.5 56.5 37.75 36.5 2481 +0.62
12. Khmelniker, Ilya ISR 2447 6.5 55.0 37.75 37.5 2565 +1.26
13. Henrichs, Thomas m GER 2413 6.5 55.0 37.50 36.5 2506 +0.94
14. Peek, Maurice NED 2366 6.5 53.5 35.25 36.5 2484 +1.14
15. Odendahl, Reiner f GER 2376 6.5 52.5 36.50 35.0 2420 +0.47
16. Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2570 6.5 52.5 36.00 36.5 2507 -0.58
17. Afek, Yochanan m ISR 2389 6.5 50.0 34.50 35.0 2459 +0.70
18. Martens, Martin m NED 2423 6.5 49.0 35.00 32.0 2318 -0.89
19. Tiggelman, Rene NED 2177 6.5 48.0 32.25 33.5 2485 +2.82
20. Van Leent, Dmitri NED 2261 6.5 47.5 31.50 33.5 2393 +1.10
21. Piceu, Tom f BEL 2345 6.5 47.0 31.50 33.0 2422 +0.79
22. Rodshtein, Maxim ISR 2459 6.5 46.5 31.75 32.5 2388 -0.66
23. Brinck-Claussen, Bjorn m DEN 2348 6.5 44.0 32.25 31.0 2339 -0.06
24. Landa, Konstantin g RUS 2609 6.0 59.5 37.75 37.5 2535 -0.76
25. Rahal, Michael m ENG 2415 6.0 53.5 34.25 35.0 2366 -0.52
26. Roeder, Mathias m GER 2393 6.0 52.5 32.25 33.5 2414 +0.20
27. Wegerle, Joerg f GER 2421 6.0 51.5 32.75 34.0 2379 -0.44
28. Rogers, Ian g AUS 2569 6.0 51.0 32.00 32.5 2376 -1.72
29. Volke, Karsten m GER 2477 6.0 50.5 32.50 32.5 2414 -0.44
30. Purnama, Tirta Chandra INA 2337 6.0 49.0 29.00 33.0 2397 +0.60
31. Bezemer, Arno f NED 2364 6.0 48.5 29.50 32.5 2273 -0.83
32. Vanderhallen, Nicolas BEL 2132 6.0 47.5 28.25 29.5 2299 +1.00
33. Zozulia, Anna m UKR 2314 6.0 47.0 29.00 32.0 2361 +0.44
34. Van der Heijden, Alan NED ---- 6.0 46.5 28.50 29.0 2220 2220
35. Struk, Jerzy POL 2232 6.0 46.5 27.00 31.0 2258 +0.24
36. Kern, Guido m GER 2343 6.0 46.0 29.00 29.5 2239 -1.08
37. Schlawin, Marlon GER 2302 6.0 46.0 28.25 31.5 2303 -0.04
38. Cornelisse, Johnny J.A NED 2204 6.0 45.5 27.50 29.0 2267 +0.59
39. Swinkels, Robin NED 2291 6.0 44.0 27.50 30.0 2145 -1.20
40. Haak, Eelco NED 2200 6.0 43.5 27.25 29.0 2087 -0.75
41. Oosterom, Erik NED 2157 6.0 42.0 27.25 28.0 2385 +0.87
42. Nep, Ron NED 2307 6.0 42.0 26.75 29.0 2305 +0.03
43. Leenhouts, Koen NED 2403 5.5 53.5 29.25 34.5 2352 -0.54
250 players
The Grundfos Young Masters takes place 14th-21st August 2005 in the
Hotel Scandic in Aarhus, Denmark. Favorites: GM Alexander Areshchenko, Ukraine
and GM Kamil Miton, Poland.
Note I gather the games and results below are wrong due to errors on
the official site, I will correct them next week.
Official site: http://www.grundfos-www.com/chess/
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1. Miton, Kamil g POL 2589 * . . . . . 1 . 1 . 2.0
2. Maze, Sebastien m FRA 2494 . * = . . . . 1 . . 1.5 2626
3. Korobov, Anton g UKR 2554 . = * . . . . . . 1 1.5 2620
4. Palo, Davor m DEN 2519 . . . * = . . . 1 . 1.5 2643
5. Pedersen, Christian Kyndel f DEN 2364 . . . = * . . . . 1 1.5 2633
6. Kuzubov, Yuriy m UKR 2535 . . . . . * = = . . 1.0 2469
7. Areshchenko, Alexander g UKR 2625 0 . . . . = * . . . 0.5 2369
8. Glud, Jacob Vang f DEN 2313 . 0 . . . = . * . . 0.5 2321
9. Balogh, Csaba g HUN 2537 0 . . 0 . . . . * . 0.0
10. Bogner, Sebastian GER 2361 . . 0 . 0 . . . . * 0.0
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The Icelandic Championship takes place in Reykjavic 11th-21st August
2005.
Official site: http://www.skaksamband.com/ice05/
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1. Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2579 * . . = . 1 1 1 . . . . 3.5 2593
2. Kristjansson, Stefan m ISL 2459 . * = . . . . . 1 1 . 1 3.5 2636
3. Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor m ISL 2388 . = * = . . . . . = 1 . 2.5 2419
4. Sigfusson, Sigurdur f ISL 2344 = . = * . . . . . 1 = . 2.5 2460
5. Thorfinnsson, Bjorn f ISL 2328 . . . . * 0 = 1 . . . 1 2.5 2341
6. Thorsteinsson, Thorsteinn f ISL 2277 0 . . . 1 * . . . = = . 2.0 2350
7. Asgeirsson, Heimir ISL 2118 0 . . . = . * . 1 . . = 2.0 2366
8. Johannesson, Ingvar Thor f ISL 2291 0 . . . 0 . . * = . 1 . 1.5 2264
9. Bergsson, Snorri f ISL 2259 . 0 . . . . 0 = * . . 1 1.5 2204
10. Bjarnason, Saevar m ISL 2255 . 0 = 0 . = . . . * . . 1.0 2174
11. Steindorsson, Sigurdur P ISL 2241 . . 0 = . = . 0 . . * . 1.0 2132
12. Asmundsson, Ingvar f ISL 2299 . 0 . . 0 . = . 0 . . * 0.5 1969
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The 15th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival takes place 14th to
23rd Aug 2005. Total Prizes about 40,000 $, There are 23 GM, 12 IM, 3 WGM, 5
WIM, 9 FM ..
Official site: http://www.abudhabichess.com/
Top 10 players in the Master Event.
1 Mamedyarov Shakhriyar GM AZE 2646
2 Aleksandrov Aleksej GM BLR 2630
3 Volkov Sergey GM RUS 2622
4 Kobalia Mikhail GM RUS 2614
5 Fedorov Alexei GM BLR 2611
6 Ghaem Maghami Ehsan GM IRI 2603
7 Ganguly Surya Shekhar GM IND 2596
8 Anastasian Ashot GM ARM 2595
9 Kotsur Pavel GM KAZ 2595
10 Guseinov Gadir GM AZE 2585
The Stork Young Masters took place 8th-13th August 2005. Alexander
Riazantsev took first place on tie-break.
Official site: http://www.onjk.nl
Official Final Standings
1 1 Riazantsev, Alexander 2599 6.0 48.5 32.25 2631
2 7 Zhigalko, Andrey 2526 6.0 46.0 29.25 2605
3 2 Belov, Vladimir 2596 6.0 45.5 29.75 2639
4 6 Baramidze, David 2535 6.0 44.0 27.75 2636
5 5 Smeets, Jan 2537 5.5 40.0 22.25 2486
6 11 Barnaure, Vlad-Victor 2445 5.0 47.5 24.75 2529
7 8 Kharitonov, Alexandr 2519 5.0 45.0 25.00 2518
8 9 Zhigalko, Sergei 2485 5.0 43.0 22.00 2500
9 4 Lupulescu, Constantin 2542 5.0 41.0 18.75 2508
10 13 Brandenburg, Daan 2371 5.0 40.0 17.75 2482
11 14 Spoelman, Wouter 2365 5.0 39.5 19.75 2478
12 3 Nyback, Tomi 2571 4.5 46.5 22.00 2464
13 19 Motoc, Alina 2270 4.5 36.0 14.25 2416
14 15 Koster, Ramon 2335 4.0 35.0 14.50 2366
15 10 Michiels, Bart 2457 3.5 38.0 12.75 2333
16 17 Michielsen, Joost 2320 3.5 35.5 10.50 2288
17 12 Vasilevich, Irina 2407 3.0 34.5 10.00 2256
18 18 Bitalzadeh, Ali 2317 3.0 34.5 9.75 2243
19 16 Sharevich, Anna 2325 2.5 36.0 7.25 2216
20 20 Bensdorp, Marlies 2225 2.0 34.0 6.25 2152
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1. Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2599 = 7 +11 = 4 + 3 = 2 = 6 +10 = 5 = 8 6.0 2631
2. Belov, Vladimir g RUS 2596 +17 + 3 + 8 =10 = 1 = 4 =12 = 7 = 6 6.0 2639
3. Zhigalko, Andrey m BLR 2526 +16 - 2 +11 - 1 =12 + 9 = 6 + 4 + 7 6.0 2605
4. Baramidze, David g GER 2535 +19 =15 = 1 + 5 +10 = 2 = 7 - 3 +12 6.0 2635
5. Smeets, Jan g NED 2537 =14 = 7 +16 - 4 =15 =11 +19 = 1 +13 5.5 2486
6. Kharitonov, Alexandr m RUS 2519 =18 = 9 =12 =13 + 8 = 1 = 3 =10 = 2 5.0 2517
7. Barnaure, Vlad-Victor f ROM 2445 = 1 = 5 = 9 = 8 +13 +15 = 4 = 2 - 3 5.0 2528
8. Zhigalko, Sergei m BLR 2485 =13 +14 - 2 = 7 - 6 +17 +11 =12 = 1 5.0 2500
9. Spoelman, Wouter NED 2365 =10 = 6 = 7 =15 =11 - 3 +17 =14 +18 5.0 2478
10. Lupulescu, Constantin m ROM 2542 = 9 +18 +15 = 2 - 4 =12 - 1 = 6 +20 5.0 2507
11. Brandenburg, Daan NED 2371 +12 - 1 - 3 +20 = 9 = 5 - 8 +19 +16 5.0 2482
12. Nyback, Tomi g FIN 2571 -11 +13 = 6 +14 = 3 =10 = 2 = 8 - 4 4.5 2464
13. Motoc, Alina wf ROM 2270 = 8 -12 +19 = 6 - 7 =16 +20 +18 - 5 4.5 2416
14. Koster, Ramon f NED 2335 = 5 - 8 +18 -12 =16 =20 +15 = 9 -17 4.0 2366
15. Michiels, Bart m BEL 2457 +20 = 4 -10 = 9 = 5 - 7 -14 -17 +19 3.5 2332
16. Michielsen, Joost NED 2320 - 3 +17 - 5 =19 =14 =13 -18 +20 -11 3.5 2288
17. Vasilevich, Irina m RUS 2407 - 2 -16 =20 =18 -19 - 8 - 9 +15 +14 3.0 2255
18. Bitalzadeh, Ali NED 2317 = 6 -10 -14 =17 =20 =19 +16 -13 - 9 3.0 2242
19. Sharevich, Anna wm BLR 2325 - 4 =20 -13 =16 +17 =18 - 5 -11 -15 2.5 2216
20. Bensdorp, Marlies wm NED 2225 -15 =19 =17 -11 =18 =14 -13 -16 -10 2.0 2151
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8th International Chess Festival Olomouc Chess Summer 2005 which is
part of the 5th International Chess Festivals Series CZECH TOUR 2005/2006. took
place in Olomouc (Czech Republic) 3rd-11th August 2005. Games from the first
seven days only are available.
Further details: http://www.czechtour.net
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Valoz Cup GMA Olomouc CZE (CZE), 3-16 viii 2005 cat. IX (2453)
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1. Shanava, Konstantine m GEO 2477 * = . 0 . = 1 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2615
2. Potapov, Alexander1 g RUS 2530 = * = . 0 1 1 1 = = . 1 6.0 2565
3. El Taher, Fouad m EGY 2456 . = * = 1 = = = = 1 1 . 6.0 2584
4. Laznicka, Viktor m CZE 2517 1 . = * 0 = 1 = . 0 1 1 5.5 2515
5. Stopa, Jacek POL 2460 . 1 0 1 * = 0 = 1 . = 0 4.5 2461
6. Sundararajan, Kidambi m IND 2484 = 0 = = = * = . 1 . 0 1 4.5 2463
7. Simacek, Pavel m CZE 2453 0 0 = 0 1 = * = 1 1 . . 4.5 2464
8. Kholmov, Ratmir D g RUS 2430 0 0 = = = . = * . 1 = = 4.0 2407
9. Popchev, Milko g BUL 2476 = = = . 0 0 0 . * 1 = = 3.5 2366
10. Thinius, Marco m GER 2354 0 = 0 1 . . 0 0 0 * 1 = 3.0 2335
11. Neuman, Petr m CZE 2428 0 . 0 0 = 1 . = = 0 * = 3.0 2322
12. Cernousek, Lukas CZE 2375 0 0 . 0 1 0 . = = = = * 3.0 2336
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1. Arutinian, David m GEO 2446 * 1 . = = = = = 1 = 1 . 6.0 2556
2. Radulski, Julian g BUL 2502 0 * 1 1 = 0 = 1 . . 1 = 5.5 2530
3. Maslak, Konstantin m RUS 2501 . 0 * . = = = 1 1 1 = = 5.5 2522
4. Prasad, Devaki V m IND 2359 = 0 . * 0 1 . 0 1 1 = 1 5.0 2483
5. Voloshin, Leonid g CZE 2477 = = = 1 * = = . = 0 = . 4.5 2429
6. Gavrilov, Alexei1 m RUS 2464 = 1 = 0 = * 1 0 . 0 . 1 4.5 2454
7. Bakre, Tejas g IND 2467 = = = . = 0 * = 1 . = = 4.5 2452
8. Bromberger, Stefan m GER 2491 = 0 0 1 . 1 = * 0 1 . = 4.5 2436
9. Hassan, Abdullah m UAE 2341 0 . 0 0 = . 0 1 * 1 1 1 4.5 2442
10. Jirka, Jiri m CZE 2391 = . 0 0 1 1 . 0 0 * 0 1 3.5 2356
11. Lagowski, Patryk m POL 2395 0 0 = = = . = . 0 1 * 0 3.0 2313
12. Bernasek, Jan m CZE 2458 . = = 0 . 0 = = 0 0 1 * 3.0 2309
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1. Mankeyev, Rauan f KAZ 2344 * = = 1 = 1 = = . 1 . 1 6.5 2476
2. Pisk, Petr m CZE 2319 = * = = = . = 1 . 1 1 1 6.5 2463
3. Malinovsky, Karel CZE 2309 = = * = = = . . 1 = 1 1 6.0 2429
4. Vovk, Andrey f UKR 2339 0 = = * . = 1 1 1 1 . . 5.5 2461
5. Savage, Ben D ENG 2300 = = = . * 1 1 0 = = 1 . 5.5 2388
6. Fingerov, Dmitry m UKR 2358 0 . = = 0 * = 1 1 . 1 = 5.0 2353
7. Salai, Ladislav m SVK 2378 = = . 0 0 = * = = . 1 1 4.5 2309
8. Krupa, Monika wm POL 2275 = 0 . 0 1 0 = * 1 = = . 4.0 2271
9. Pachow, Joerg f GER 2352 . . 0 0 = 0 = 0 * = 1 = 3.0 2173
10. Mohamed, Hossein f UAE 2230 0 0 = 0 = . . = = * 0 = 2.5 2138
11. Beil, Martin CZE 2212 . 0 0 . 0 0 0 = 0 1 * 1 2.5 2145
12. Zeleny, Tomas CZE 2286 0 0 0 . . = 0 . = = 0 * 1.5 2061
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1. Vovk, Yuri m UKR 2435 * 0 0 1 . . 1 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2454
2. Kraemer, Martin f GER 2377 1 * = = = 1 = = . . 1 = 6.0 2421
3. Petr, Martin CZE 2331 1 = * = 1 0 1 . 1 0 1 . 6.0 2460
4. Camarena Gimenez, Rufino f ESP 2374 0 = = * = 1 . = 1 . 1 1 6.0 2424
5. Potapov, Pavel RUS 2285 . = 0 = * = . 1 1 1 = 1 6.0 2412
6. Pel, Bonno f NED 2310 . 0 1 0 = * 1 1 = 1 = . 5.5 2406
7. Jasim, A.R. Saleh f UAE 2318 0 = 0 . . 0 * = 1 = 1 1 4.5 2294
8. Kanovsky, David CZE 2328 0 = . = 0 0 = * = 1 . 1 4.0 2248
9. Ganaus, Hannes m AUT 2340 0 . 0 0 0 = 0 = * 1 . 1 3.0 2159
10. Treybal, Dusan f SVK 2236 = . 1 . 0 0 = 0 0 * 0 = 2.5 2127
11. Vavra, Pavel1 m CZE 2346 0 0 0 0 = = 0 . . 1 * = 2.5 2124
12. Plat, Vojtech CZE 1945 0 = . 0 0 . 0 0 0 = = * 1.5 2064
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Agentura 64 Cup IMC Olomouc CZE (CZE), 3-16 viii 2005 cat. III (2314)
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1. Krzesaj, Robert POL 2263 * 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 . 7.5 2609
2. Chytilek, Roman m CZE 2415 1 * = = 0 = = 1 1 1 . . 6.0 2423
3. Pitl, Gregory f GER 2332 = = * = = . = = . 1 1 1 6.0 2467
4. Tibensky, Robert m SVK 2444 0 = = * = . = . 1 = 1 1 5.5 2388
5. Aliev, Kerim m TKM 2325 0 1 = = * 1 . = = = . = 5.0 2353
6. Nadig, Kruttika IND 2198 0 = . . 0 * = = 1 = = 1 4.5 2309
7. Groetz, Harald f AUT 2303 0 = = = . = * 1 0 . = = 4.0 2268
8. Jurcik, Marian SVK 2342 0 0 = . = = 0 * 1 . 0 1 3.5 2214
9. Rojicek, Vojtech CZE 2153 . 0 . 0 = 0 1 0 * 1 = = 3.5 2255
10. Sluka, Radek CZE 2329 0 0 0 = = = . . 0 * 1 1 3.5 2229
11. Jasny, Stanislav f CZE 2341 0 . 0 0 . = = 1 = 0 * 1 3.5 2218
12. Abdul, Majeed Mohamad f UAE 2318 . . 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 0 * 1.5 2034
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The 27th Oberwart Open (Austria) took place 9th-17th July 2005. Thomas
Luther edged out Suat Atalik on tie-break after both scored 7.5/9.
Official site: http://www.openoberwart.at
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1. Luther, Thomas g GER 2540 7½ 53½ 42 44,0
2. Atalik, Suat g BIH 2561 7½ 51½ 39½ 42,7
3. Bakre, Tejas g IND 2467 7 51½ 40½ 38,0
4. Baumegger, Siegfried m AUT 2411 7 48½ 38½ 36,5
5. Klenburg, Mikhail m UKR 2400 7 48½ 38 36,0
6. Stanec, Nikolaus g AUT 2566 6½ 53 41½ 37,0
7. Sommerbauer, Norbert m AUT 2427 6½ 52 40½ 36,2
8. Ardeleanu, Alin m ROM 2389 6½ 52 40½ 34,5
9. Czebe, Attila g HUN 2494 6½ 51½ 39½ 35,0
10. Zawadzki, Stanislaw m POL 2396 6½ 49 38½ 31,7
11. Levin, Felix g GER 2501 6½ 44½ 35½ 31,7
12. Shengelia, Davit g GEO 2525 6 54 42 33,7
13. Wittmann, Walter m AUT 2365 6 53 41 33,0
14. Kovacs, Gabor m HUN 2449 6 52½ 40½ 33,5
15. Alvir, Aco m AUT 2385 6 51½ 42 32,5
16. Nemeth, Miklos f HUN 2365 6 51 40 32,5
17. Weinzettl, Ernst m AUT 2347 6 50½ 39½ 31,5
18. Danner, Georg m AUT 2408 6 50½ 39 31,5
19. Lendwai, Reinhard m AUT 2416 6 50 39½ 32,2
20. Ruck, Robert g HUN 2546 6 48½ 38½ 31,2
21. Korotkjevich, Stanislav UKR 2349 6 48½ 38 31,0
22. Moser, Eva m AUT 2354 6 47½ 36½ 30,0
23. Arwanitakis, Michael AUT 2276 6 44½ 35½ 27,2
24. Petschar, Kurt f AUT 2270 6 44½ 33½ 26,0
25. Scheffknecht, Philipp AUT 2163 6 44 35½ 28,2
26. Sprotte, Norbert GER 2265 6 43½ 34 28,2
27. Schwab, Rene AUT 2273 6 43 35 24,5
28. Testor, Sebastian AUT 2199 6 40½ 31½ 25,7
29. Glienke, Manfred m GER 2318 5½ 48 37 25,2
166 players
Liepajas rokade, the biggest chess festival in the Baltics took place
from 11th to 14th of August 2005 in Liepaja Latvia. Loek van Wely won the main
all-play-all rapid event. I will round up the games next week.
English http://www.liepajniekiem.lv/?doc=19684
and Latvian http://www.liepajniekiem.lv/?doc=19681
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1. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2655 11 66.25
2. Fridman, Daniel2 g LAT 2566 9.5 56.25
3. Starostits, Ilmars m LAT 2474 7.5 48.25
4. Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2653 7.5 45.50
5. Kengis, Edvins g LAT 2534 7.5 39.50
6. Kveinys, Aloizas g LTU 2510 7 40.50
7. Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2614 6.5 36.25
8. Sveshnikov, Evgeny g LAT 2507 6 34.25
9. Kulaots, Kaido g EST 2570 5.5 33.25
10. Neiksans, Arturs m LAT 2453 5.5 30.75
11. Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2527 5 31.50
12. Kanep, Meelis m EST 2491 5 29.75
13. Putka, Verner LAT 2283 5 26.25
14. Sveshnikov, Vladimir LAT 2194 2.5 15.75
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The knockout tournament "Petrovskaya Ladya" took place in Peterhof (near
St. Petersburg), 1st-11th of August 2005. There are no games from this rapid
knock-out event available yet. Final: Khalifman - Novik 2:0. Alongside there
was an IM-tournament won by Valery Popov which does have games.
http://www.petergofchess.ru/knockout.html
and http://www.petergofchess.ru/play_pl.html
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1. Popov, Valerij g RUS 2570 * 1 = = 1 1 1 = = 1 = 1 1 = 10.0 2562
2. Nikolaev, Nikita RUS 2356 0 * = = = = 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 8.5 2478
3. Zhidkov, Valery S m UKR 2410 = = * = = = = = = = 1 1 = 1 8.0 2451
4. Arzumanian, Georgy m ARM 2448 = = = * 0 = 1 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 8.0 2448
5. Petrenko, Svetlana m MDA 2307 0 = = 1 * = 1 = = 0 = = 1 1 7.5 2428
6. Lintchevski, Daniil RUS 2332 0 = = = = * 0 = 1 1 = 1 = 1 7.5 2427
7. Utkin, Aleksey f RUS 2382 0 1 = 0 0 1 * 0 = = 1 = 1 1 7.0 2395
8. Eliseev, Alexei m RUS 2439 = 0 = 1 = = 1 * 0 = = 0 = 1 6.5 2361
9. Bets, Anatolij m MDA 2377 = 0 = = = 0 = 1 * 0 = 1 = 1 6.5 2366
10. Gerasimov, Yuri f RUS 2298 0 = = 0 1 0 = = 1 * = 0 1 = 6.0 2343
11. Sudakova, Irina wg RUS 2360 = 0 0 = = = 0 = = = * 1 = 1 6.0 2338
12. Doluhanova, Evgeniya wm UKR 2273 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 0 1 0 * = 1 4.5 2264
13. Kostiuk, Tatiana wm UKR 2281 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 = = 0 = = * 1 4.0 2232
14. Rumiantsev, Anton f RUS 2309 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 * 1.0 1970
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The Pays de Charleroi 2005 IM tournament took place 29th July - 6th July
2005. Kevin Terrieux of France took the event with 6.5/9.
Official site:
http://homeusers.brutele.be/oipc/fr/accueil.html
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It Charleroi BEL (BEL), 29 vii-6 viii 2005 cat. IV (2343)
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1. Terrieux, Kevin f FRA 2365 * = 1 = = = 1 1 = 1 6.5 2506
2. Kengis, Edvins g LAT 2534 = * = = 1 = = 1 = 1 6.0 2447
3. Brunner, Nicolas f FRA 2386 0 = * = 1 1 = = 1 = 5.5 2418
4. Plachetka, Jan g SVK 2459 = = = * = = = 0 1 1 5.0 2373
5. Cools, Gorik f BEL 2362 = 0 0 = * 1 0 1 1 1 5.0 2384
6. Le Quang, Kim f BEL 2330 = = 0 = 0 * = 1 1 1 5.0 2387
7. Akhayan, Ruben BEL 2202 0 = = = 1 = * 0 1 0 4.0 2316
8. Meessen, Rudolf f BEL 2314 0 0 = 1 0 0 1 * 0 1 3.5 2266
9. Cappon, John FRA 2216 = = 0 0 0 0 0 1 * = 2.5 2191
10. Wantiez, Fabrice BEL 2265 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 0 = * 2.0 2132
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The Creon Open takes place 1st-7th August 2005. Creon is a small town
near Bordeaux. 127 players. Marijan Petrov and Alexandre Sulypa finished on
7.5/9.
Official website: http://creonechecs.free.fr/
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10th Open Creon FRA (FRA), 1-7 viii 2005
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1. Petrov, Marijan m BUL 2406 7,5 46,5 2568
2. Sulypa, Alexandre g UKR 2465 7,5 46 2564
3. Ernst, Thomas g SWE 2459 7 47,5 2513
4. Drenchev, Petar BUL 2412 7 47 2471
5. Boudre, Jean-Pierre m FRA 2359 7 40,5 2313
6. Krivoshey, Sergei m UKR 2500 6,5 44,5 2462
7. Beudaert, Xavier f FRA 2358 6,5 44,5 2409
8. Dzhumaev, Marat g UZB 2531 6,5 44 2449
9. Van Dooren, Dirk NED ---- 6,5 43,5 2312
10. Zimmerman, Yuri m RUS 2375 6,5 43 2409
11. Sanchez, Nicolas FRA 2149 6,5 42 2269
12. Piankov, Evgenij m UKR 2347 6,5 42 2259
13. Jaureguiberry, Cedric FRA 2182 6 42 2159
14. Van de Berkmortel, Theo NED 2272 6 41,5 2173
15. Rodrigues, Emmanuel FRA 2127 6 40,5 2150
16. Smits, Sebastiaan NED ---- 6 38,5 2131
17. Sauvadet, Herve FRA 2064 6 38,5 2067
18. Grego, Pierre FRA 1913 6 37,5 2148
19. Favarel, Antoine FRA 1980 6 36,5 2047
20. Pantioukhine, Slava FRA 1989 6 36 1988
21. Laurent, Dominique FRA 2022 6 34 1945
22. Saucey, Michel f FRA 2336 5,5 41,5 2184
127 players
The Warmia & Mazury Chess Festival Regional Chess Festival took
place in Ostróda (Poland) August 6th-12th 2005. Bartlomiej Heberla won
the event with 7.5/9.
Official site: http://mistagerling.4me.pl/
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Warmia & Mazury Chess Festival Ostróda POL (POL) 6-12 viii 2005
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1 Heberla, Bartlomiej (3) POL 2447 im 7.5 41.5 53.0 39.5
2 Walach, Marcin (5) POL 2367 fm 7 41.5 53.5 39.5
3 Jakubowski, Krzysztof (1) POL 2483 im 7 40.0 52.0 34.5
4 Kolago, Marcin (6) POL 2297 7 34.5 44.0 33.0
5 Stryjecki, Marek (4) POL 2418 im 6.5 39.5 51.0 35.0
6 Wlodarczyk, Oskar (7) POL 2271 6.5 36.0 44.5 28.5
7 Sygulski, Pawel (18) POL 2133 6 42.0 53.0 33.0
8 Mista, Aleksander (2) POL 2474 gm 6 40.5 52.0 36.0
9 Krzyzanowski, Marcin (29) POL 2005 6 34.5 45.0 27.0
10 Jadanowski, Lukasz (27) POL 2033 6 29.5 39.5 25.5
11 Kubicki, Marek (13) POL 2188 . 5.5 36.5 47.5 29.0
12 Betkowski, Andrzej (10) POL 2217 5.5 35.5 47.0 30.0
13 Caba, Tomasz (11) POL 2212 5.5 35.0 46.0 31.5
14 Worek, Joanna (8) POL 2263 wfm 5.5 33.0 43.5 25.5
15 Baturo, Tomasz (37) POL 1960 5.5 30.5 39.0 23.0
16 Czartoryski, Pawel (28) POL 2009 5.5 29.5 38.0 24.5
17 Budrewicz, Krzysztof (16) POL 2161 5 34.5 44.0 30.0
18 Zbrzezny, Aleksander (23) POL 2050 5 33.5 41.0 25.0
19 Smola, Michal (32) POL 1984 5 32.5 43.0 24.5
20 Jozwik, Rafal (14) POL 2188 5 32.5 42.0 27.5
21 Kuzniecow, Genadiy (49) POL 5 28.0 36.0 20.5
22 Kupczyk, Edyta (19) POL 2123 4.5 33.5 43.5 24.0
23 Cieslukowska, Katarzyna (36) POL 1961 4.5 33.5 43.5 23.5
24 Szczepaniec, Stanislaw (21) POL 2100 4.5 33.5 43.0 25.5
25 Major, Boguslaw (46) POL 1810 4.5 33.5 42.0 20.5
26 Jackowska, Aleksandra (34) POL 1980 4.5 32.5 42.5 22.0
27 Chabiniec, Jan (15) UKR 2177 4.5 31.5 41.5 25.5
28 Jaroch, Pawel (17) POL 2158 4.5 31.0 40.5 23.0
29 Matuszczyk, Przemyslaw (38) POL 1952 4.5 31.0 38.5 22.0
30 Krajewicz, Pawel (30) POL 1993 4.5 30.5 40.5 23.0
31 Obiedzinski, Pawel (26) POL 2035 4.5 30.0 39.5 22.5
32 Jaroch, Karol (22) POL 2073 4.5 30.0 38.0 26.5
33 Hajnrych, Jakub (41) POL 1935 4.5 29.5 38.5 20.5
34 Szymanowska, Lena (33) POL 1982 4.5 28.5 37.5 19.0
35 Kucypera, Malgorzata (25) POL 2039 4.5 27.5 36.5 23.0
36 Dahm, Mikolaj (24) POL 2045 4.5 26.5 34.5 21.0
37 Palacz, Tomasz (39) POL 1951 4 35.5 45.0 23.0
38 Amiragov, Dmitry (12) RUS 2203 4 35.0 45.5 27.0
39 Wydornik, Robert (59) POL 4 31.5 40.5 20.0
40 Smolka, Marcin (57) POL 4 29.5 38.5 16.5
41 Kaminska, Paulina (31) POL 1989 4 29.0 37.5 17.0
42 Matras, Agnieszka (9) POL 2238 wim 4 28.0 39.5 20.0
43 Zarebski, Cezary (20) POL 2105 4 24.0 32.5 17.5
44 Milewski, Henryk (55) POL 3.5 33.5 43.5 21.0
45 Bokiej, Przemyslaw (50) POL 3.5 30.5 39.0 18.0
46 Jadanowska, Beata (45) POL 1834 3.5 29.5 37.5 17.0
47 Wesolowski, Edgar (58) POL 3.5 29.5 36.5 17.0
48 Baumann, Dariusz (56) POL 3.5 29.0 36.0 14.5
49 Kotermanska, Anna (43) POL 1913 3.5 27.0 34.5 16.0
50 Andrzejewski, Szymon (40) POL 1940 3.5 21.5 29.5 13.0
51 Przybylowicz, Kazimierz (42) POL 1935 3 27.5 34.5 14.0
52 Golinski, Damian (44) POL 1859 3 27.0 33.5 15.5
53 Stepien, Piotr (53) POL 3 26.0 32.5 10.0
54 Jadanowski, Pawel (54) POL 3 25.5 32.5 12.0
55 Drozdowski, Kacper (47) POL 1775 3 25.0 32.5 12.5
56 Grzesiak, Filip (52) POL 2.5 29.5 38.5 17.0
57 Puczylowski, Marcin (35) POL 1971 2.5 25.0 33.5 14.5
58 Michalak, Robert (48) POL 2.5 24.5 32.0 10.0
59 Baran, Dawid (51) POL 2 23.5 30.5 8.5
The Polish Junior Team Championships - 1st league took place 5th-13th
July 2005 in Koszalin.
Official site: http://www.hetman.man.koszalin.pl/
team=6 players = 2b18 + 2b14 + 1g18 + 1g14
1 Ksz JUVENA-HANCZA Suwalki 21 45,0
2 PTSz Plock 15 40,0
3 ASSz MIEDZ Legnica 15 40,5
4 MKSzRybnik 14 35,0
5 Ksz STILON Gorzów Wlkp. 12 34,5
6 KS APATOR Torun 12 32,0
7 KS POLONIA-TRADETRANS Warszawa 11 35,5
8 UKS EL-TUR SP-3 Bogatynia 10 31,0
9 AKSz HETMAN-POLITECHNIKA KOSZALINSKA 9 30,5
10 JKSz-MCKiS Jaworzno 6 27,5
11 KS POCZTOWIEC Poznan 6 25,5
12 KS START Katowice 1 19,0
George Mirijanian reports: The 10th Bradley Open took place 12th-14th
August 2005 at the Sheraton Hotel at Bradley International Airport in Windsor
Locks, Connecticut, USA. GM Alexander Stripunsky of New York won the Open
section with a score of 4-1. Runners-up with 3.5-1.5 tallies were national
masters Igor Yeliseyev of New Jersey and Max Enkin of Massachusetts as well as
expert Louis Ranger of Canada and Class A participant Jake Vogel of
Connecticut. The tournament drew 131 players in six sections and was directed
by Steve Immitt and Robert Messenger for the sponsoring Continental Chess
Association.
Mark Dvoretsky is lecturing at the London Chess Centre on the 23rd of
August 2005. Book signing from 4pm and lecture at 6pm. You can reserve your
place by clicking here:
http://www.chesscenter.com/markdvoretsky2005.html
Moscow Open 2006
The International Chess Festival "Moscow Open 2006" takes place in
Moscow, Russia, 29.01 (31.01, 01.02) - 06.02. 2006. A stage of the Moscow Grand
Prix 2006 (http://www.chessmoscow.ru),
Russia Cup 2006 (http://www.russiachess.ru) and the ACP
Tour 2005-2006 (http://www.chess-players.org)
Contacts: e-mail: mcf06@bk.ru Mr. Igor Glek (IGM, ACP Board Member):
igorglek@hotmail.com, phone/fax: +49-2013162843, +7-0953883328. Mr. Alexander
Zlochevsky (IGM, Coach of the Moscow Chess Team): zloch@rambler.ru, phone/fax:
+7-095-3650757
Further details: http://www.chessmoscow.ru
European Team Championship
In addition to Olympiad history there is now European Team Championship
history (1957-2005) available at: http://www.olimpbase.org
14th Kavala Open
The 14th Kavala Open Tournament takes place in the Foyer of Kavala
Prefecture Amphitheatre 12th-19th August 2005.
Official site:http://www.chesskavala.com
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
Alajuela International
Alajuela International Chess Tournament in Costa Rica took place
23rd-28th July 2005. Varuzhan Akobian took clear first with 8/9. A full
bulletin should become available.
Official site: http://www.alajuela2005.com/
1. 3 Akobian, Varuzhan 2558 8.0 55.5
2. 11 Murillo, Alexis 2362 7.5 47.0
3. 5 Ramirez, Alejandro 2483 7.0 55.0
8 Leyva, Hector 2402 7.0 53.0
9 Juarez, Carlos 2391 7.0 52.5
7 Perez, Luis Manuel 2430 7.0 50.5
31 Chavez, Ricardo 2148 7.0 48.5
8. 12 Valdes, Leonardo 2362 6.5 49.5
2 Delgado, Neuris 2570 6.5 55.0
18 Urbina, Ricardo 2254 6.5 55.5
6 Mittelman, Gur 2431 6.5 54.0
4 Zapata, Alonso 2509 6.5 52.0
13 Estrada, Julian 2348 6.5 49.5
10 Blanco Fernandez Alvaro 2381 6.5 47.0
17 Hernandez, Francisco 2265 6.5 47.5
20 Lorenzana, Wilson 2249 6.5 50.0
177 players
Magistral Ciutat d'Igualada
The Magistral Ciutat d'Igualada takes place 16th-21st August 2005.
Double round robin with Andrei Volokitin, Viktor Korchnoi, Alexander Beliavsky
and Luke McShane. Pairings: Aug 16: Volokitin - Korchnoi / Beliavsky -McShane
Aug 17: McShane - Volokitin / Korchnoi - Beliavsky Aug 18: Volokitin -
Beliavsky / McShane - Korchnoi Aug 19: Volokitin - McShane / Beliavsky -
Korchnoi Aug 20: Korchnoi - Volokitin / McShane - Beliavsky Aug 21: Beliavsky -
Volokitin / Korchnoi - McShane.
Official site: http://www.escacsateneu.net/
58th Quebec Open Championship
IM Jean Hébert was the joint winner of the 58th Quebec Open
Championship with 6.5/9, with Antoine Berube, Simon Gravel, and FM Vahagn
Voskanyan. The tournament is usually Canada's largest open event, although this
year its 195 players ranked it just behind the Canadian Open for attendance.
Hopefully I can round up all the games next week.
Games and results: http://www.fqechecs.qc.ca/
# Name Tot
1 Vahagn Voskanyan 2277 6.5
2 Jean Hebert 2405 6.5
3 Antoine Berube 2168 6.5
4 Simon Gravel 2287 6.5
5 Thanh Nha Duong 2360 6.0
6 Sebastian Predescu 2234 6.0
7 Matt Noble 2368 6.0
8 Steve Bolduc 2206 6.0
9 Omid Malek 2021 6.0
45 player
Odessa Open - Geller Memorial
Odessa Open - Geller Memorial Two open tournaments will take place in
Odessa, Ukraine from 15 - 24 September 2005. The prize fund of A-Open will be
3475 USD (1st prize 1000 USD). The prize fund of B-Open will will be 525 USD.
Details in Russian are available at:
http://www.chesspage.kiev.ua Contact
with organisers: lvv@sky.od.ua, nik@sadt.od.ua
Winton Capital British Chess Solving Championship
Winton Capital British Chess Solving Championship, 2005-2006 The
starter round of this competition has now finished and the solution to the
starter problem, and other details, is available at the website:
http://www.bstephen.freeuk.com/0506/bcsc.html
World Youth Chess Championship
The World Youth Chess Championship 2005 took place in Belfort, France
18th-29th July 2005. There have been strong criticisms of the conditions for
the players during the event.
Aviv Friedman -
USA Team - http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/aviv05.html
- also at - http://www.bcfservices.org.uk/wy2005/rnd11.htm
and http://members3.boardhost.com/ScotChess/msg/27096.html
FIDE World Championship
The FIDE Championship takes place September 27th - October 16th 2005 at
Potrero de los Funes, San Luis (Argentina). Players: Rustam Kasimdzhanov,
Michael Adams, Peter Leko, Vishy Anand, Veselin Topalov, Alexander Morozevich,
Peter Svidler, and Judit Polgar.
Official site: http://www.wccsanluis.net/home.asp?lang=en
Coral Springs IM
Jon Haskel is running an IM Norm Round Robin in Coral Springs, Florida
on September 17, 18, 19, 24 and 25. There will be 1 round on the 19th and 2
rounds on each of the other days. The time control will be 90 minutes with a 30
second increment. He needs 3 players from foreign federations. Contact: Jon
Haskel jon@bocachess.com
10th Cesenatico International
The 10th Cesenatico International Chess Tournament takes place 3rd-11th
September 2005.
Further info: http://www.antiquascom.it
Houston Open - Cajun Chess Events
A number of events are planned in the coming weeks in the Houston,
Charlotte and Orlando areas.
Charlotte Open - August 26-28:
http://www.cajunchess.com/tourns/tournament10.shtml
World Amateur Open Championship - October 7-9, 2005:
http://www.cajunchess.com/tourns/tournament13.shtml
Cajun Chess Web Site: http://www.cajunchess.com/
49th Spanish Teams Honours Division
The top division of the Spanish Team Championships take place in
Mérida, 23rd-28th August and 9th-11th September 2005.
Official site:
http://chessmagic.juntaextremadura.net/modules/news/
Denker Memorial
The Chess4Less Denker Memorial takes place at the Florida Atlantic
University, Boca Raton, Florida, July 9, 10, 11, 16 & 17. Live coverage of
some of the game son ICC. http://www.chessclub.com. Hopefully I'll be
able to round things up next week.
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. The website advises not archiving the games until
they've finished the game file which will hopefully be by next week but I'm
starting to worry its not going to happen.
Official site: http://www.worldopen.com
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.
Official site: http://www.schach-prag.de/
2nd Varna Chess Festival
The 2nd International Chess Festival Varna, takes place September
7th-15th 2005. Further details: Mr. Boris Hristov 5 Konstantin Fotinov St.,
Varna 9002 "Seahorse" National Children's Chess Federation Tel: +359/52/642
877; Fax: +359/52/574 940; Mobile: +359/88/6025 403 e-mail: seahorse@abv.bg
Lausanne Young Masters
The 6th Edition of the Lausanne Young Masters 2005 with 8 of the best
under-20 players in the world will be held September 14th-19th, 2005, at the
Casino de Montbenon in Lausanne Players: Pentala Harikrishna Hikaru Nakamura,
Andrei Volokitin, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Magnus Carlsen, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Nana Dzagnidze and Elisabeth Paehtz.
Alongside will be an Invitational Event "Maîtres contres Espoirs"
including Vladimir Tukmakov and Florin Gheorghiu (Romania) will play several
young Swiss talents.
Also a General Open, total prize money CHF 14'500.-, CHF 3'000.- for
the winner, will be held at the same location from September 16th-19th, 2005. 7
rounds,
Information: René Kesselring, phone ++41 21 701 38 63 and ++41
79 342 44 15 Email: rkesselring@bluewin.ch
Internet http://www.lausanneyoungmasters.com
Brno Fair Trade Chess Festival
The Fair Trade Chess Festival 2005 in Brno has 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
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
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
Peter Leko Official Site
Peter Leko now has a web site. http://www.lekochess.com/
CC-Calendar
CC-Calendar. Now 8.092 official computer chess tournaments since 1990.
726 games from older official computer chess tournaments up to 1990. Arena
Chess GUI http://www.playwitharena.com Selection:
CC-Calendar New are two computer chess tournaments. CIPS (Italy), chess program
Delfi won 5th International CSVN tournament (Netherland), chess program
Shredder won. 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
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.
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/
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/
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
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
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
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
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.
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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