THE WEEK IN CHESS 572 24th October 2005 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) 2nd Samba Cup
3) 9th Essent Chess Tournament
4) Bundesliga Starts
5) Kasparov and Kramnik Interviews
6) 2nd Femida International
7) Liberec Open
8) Chigorin Memorial St Petersburg
9) 1st SCG League for Men and Women
10) Sheki International Women's Chess Tournament
11) Cupa ULIM Kishinev
12) 5th Alushta Autumn
13) OCF Fall FIDE Tulsa Open
14) Hamburg Chess Festival
15) Goodbye Summer Open Omis
16) II Calvia Chess Festival
17) Casino de Barcelona Masters
18) FIDE Zonal 2.4
19) US Chess League
20) 4th Davos Open
21) 15th Massachusetts G/60 Championship
22) Forthcoming Events and Links


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2nd Samba Cup                            25 games
9th Essent Chess Tournament             121 games
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1st SCG League for Men and Women        389 games
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OCF Fall FIDE Tulsa Open                 42 games
Hamburg Chess Festival                  146 games
Goodbye Summer Open Omis                106 games
II Calvia Chess Festival                 95 games
FIDE Zonal 2.4                           15 games
US Chess League                          16 games
4th Davos Open                          145 games
2266 games

1) Introduction

My thanks to Sinisa Joksic, George Mirijanian, Kristianus Liem, Ian Rogers, Jordi Parayre, Sergio Estremera, John Henderson, Goran Tomic, Frank Berry, Leonid Galperin, Laszlo Nagy, Liubovi, Greg Shahade, Anastazia Karlovich and everyone else who helped with the issue.

After Topalov's victory in San Luis last week chess returns to normality. There has been some reaction from Kramnik and Kasparov but the full ramifications will take some time to become apparent. The 2nd Samba Cup was won by Baadur Jobava and the Essent Hoogeveen has reached its second round. The Bundesliga also started this week.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) 2nd Samba Cup

The 2nd Samba Cup took place 14th to 23rd October 2005 in Skanderborg, Denmark. Baadur Jobava won the event with 5.5/9. He defeated the leader Kamil Miton in the final round to overtake him.

Official site: http://www.skanderborgskakklub.dk/gm2005

Round 5 (October 18, 2005)

Jobava, Baadur           -  Carlsen, Magnus          0-1   40  E12  Queens Indian Petrosian
Zhang Pengxiang          -  Hansen, Curt             1/2   19  D40  Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Miton, Kamil             -  Timofeev, Artyom         1/2   12  A34  English Symmetrical
Ivanchuk, Vassily        -  Bruzon, Lazaro           0-1   36  C99  Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Hansen, Lars Bo          -  Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter  1/2   22  D94  Gruenfeld Closed

Round 6 (October 20, 2005)

Timofeev, Artyom         -  Zhang Pengxiang          1/2   51  B45  Sicilian Classical
Hansen, Curt             -  Jobava, Baadur           1/2   41  A75  Benoni
Carlsen, Magnus          -  Ivanchuk, Vassily        1/2   33  B48  Sicilian Paulsen
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter  -  Bruzon, Lazaro           1-0   42  C69  Ruy Lopez Exchange
Hansen, Lars Bo          -  Miton, Kamil             1/2   32  D23  QGA

Round 7 (October 21, 2005)

Jobava, Baadur           -  Timofeev, Artyom         1-0   47  D30  Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Bruzon, Lazaro           -  Carlsen, Magnus          1-0   30  A04  Dutch System
Zhang Pengxiang          -  Hansen, Lars Bo          1-0   33  B07  Pirc Defence
Miton, Kamil             -  Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter  1-0   43  E12  Queens Indian Petrosian
Ivanchuk, Vassily        -  Hansen, Curt             1/2   25  E33  Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2

Round 8 (October 22, 2005)

Miton, Kamil             -  Zhang Pengxiang          1/2   20  D15  Slav Defence
Timofeev, Artyom         -  Ivanchuk, Vassily        1/2   70  C15  French Winawer
Hansen, Curt             -  Bruzon, Lazaro           1/2   36  A20  English Opening
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter  -  Carlsen, Magnus          1/2   30  B33  Sicilian Sveshnikov
Hansen, Lars Bo          -  Jobava, Baadur           1/2   33  B14  Caro Kann Panov

Round 9 (October 23, 2005)

Jobava, Baadur           -  Miton, Kamil             1-0   39  D80  Gruenfeld 4.Bg5
Bruzon, Lazaro           -  Timofeev, Artyom         1/2   15  A34  English Symmetrical
Zhang Pengxiang          -  Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter  1/2   22  B12  Caro Kann Advanced
Ivanchuk, Vassily        -  Hansen, Lars Bo          1-0   43  B12  Caro Kann Advanced
Carlsen, Magnus          -  Hansen, Curt             1/2   48  D61  Queens Gambit Main Line with 7.Qc2


2nd Samba Cup Skanderborg DEN (DEN), 14-23 x 2005     cat. XVI (2638)
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                                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1 Jobava, Baadur           g GEO 2601 * = = 1 1 = = 0 1 =  5.5  2722
 2 Bruzon, Lazaro           g CUB 2677 = * = = = = 1 1 0 =  5.0  2676
 3 Zhang Pengxiang          g CHN 2613 = = * = = = = = = 1  5.0  2684
 4 Miton, Kamil             g POL 2636 0 = = * = = = 1 1 =  5.0  2681
 5 Timofeev, Artyom         g RUS 2658 0 = = = * = = = 1 1  5.0  2679
 6 Hansen, Curt             g DEN 2607 = = = = = * = = = =  4.5  2641
 7 Ivanchuk, Vassily        g UKR 2748 = 0 = = = = * = = 1  4.5  2626
 8 Carlsen, Magnus          g NOR 2570 1 0 = 0 = = = * = =  4.0  2602
 9 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter  g ROM 2707 0 1 = 0 0 = = = * =  3.5  2550
10 Hansen, Lars Bo          g DEN 2565 = = 0 = 0 = 0 = = *  3.0  2521
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3) 9th Essent Chess Tournament

The 9th Essent Chess Tournament (Hoogeveen) takes place 21st-29th October 2005. Pentala Harikrishna and Ivan Sokolov lead with 1.5/2.

Vladimir Baklan and Michail Brodsky lead with 3/3 in the open.

Official site: http://www.essentchess.nl

Round 1 (October 23, 2005)

Stefanova, Antoaneta  -  Sokolov, Ivan         1/2   56  D36  QGD Exchange
Sutovsky, Emil        -  Harikrishna, P        1/2   63  C95  Ruy Lopez Breyer

Round 2 (October 24, 2005)

Sokolov, Ivan         -  Sutovsky, Emil        1-0   46  D80  Gruenfeld 4.Bg5
Stefanova, Antoaneta  -  Harikrishna, P        0-1   40  D47  Queens Gambit Meran

Essent Hoogeveen NED (NED), 21-29 x 2005  cat. XVI (2629)
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                                    1  2  3  4 
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1 Harikrishna, P        g IND 2673 ** .. 1. =.  1.5  2767
2 Sokolov, Ivan         g NED 2696 .. ** =. 1.  1.5  2767
3 Stefanova, Antoaneta  g BUL 2494 0. =. ** ..  0.5  2491
4 Sutovsky, Emil        g ISR 2654 =. 0. .. **  0.5  2491
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Essent Open Hoogeveen NED (NED), 21-29 x 2005
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                                            1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 
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 1. Brodsky, Michail         g  UKR 2564  +54 +38 +21  .   .   .   .   .   .   3.0       
 2. Baklan, Vladimir         g  UKR 2590  +71 +51 +19  .   .   .   .   .   .   3.0       
 3. Jonkman, Harmen          g  NED 2446  +27 =18 +32  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.5  2538 
 4. Kharitonov, Alexandr     m  RUS 2545  +57 +26 =11  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.5  2587 
 5. Goloshchapov, Alexander  g  UKR 2523  +25 =35 +37  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.5  2581 
 6. Atalik, Suat             g  TUR 2620  =39 +52 +12  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.5  2534 
 7. Tate, Emory              f  USA 2371  +58 = 9 +34  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.5  2417 
 8. Rogers, Ian              g  AUS 2556  =17 +68 +50  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.5  2549 
 9. Kleijn, Christov            NED 2059  +76 = 7 +40  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.5  2528 
10. Rozentalis, Eduardas     g  LTU 2585  +77 =14 +35  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.5  2609 
11. Rothuis, Vincent            NED 2313  +78 +55 = 4  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.5  2632 
12. Van Veen, Oscar          f  NED 2216  +31 +30 - 6  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2613 
13. Van der Wiel, John       g  NED 2503  +43 =22 =28  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2413 
14. Willemze, Thomas            NED 2363  +61 =10 =20  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2554 
15. Cebalo, Miso             g  CRO 2512  +46 =37 =29  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2419 
16. Sareen, Vishal           m  IND 2375  =33 +44 =22  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2365 
17. Clemens, Adrian             NED 2272  = 8 =24 +56  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2639 
18. Van Leent, Dmitri        f  NED 2309  +64 = 3 =23  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2435 
19. L'Ami, Erwin             m  NED 2541  +49 +41 - 2  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2525 
20. Nijboer, Friso           g  NED 2545  =52 +39 =14  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2435 
21. Habu, Yoshiharu          f  JPN 2341  +45 +56 - 1  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2519 
22. Van Beek, Alexander      f  NED 2334  +74 =13 =16  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2452 
23. Souleidis, Georgios      m  GRE 2421  +75 =32 =18  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2385 
24. Ernst, Sipke             m  NED 2473  =68 =17 +57  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2376 
25. Doggers, Peter              NED 2239  - 5 +63 +55  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2494 
26. Spoelman, Wouter            NED 2362  +53 - 4 +64  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2371 
27. Van der Plas, Rob           NED 2211  - 3 +65 +51  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2430 
28. Pruijssers, Roeland         NED 2310  =66 +69 =13  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2355 
29. Slingerland, Fred           NED 2325  =67 +66 =15  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2318 
30. Hoeksema, Erik           m  NED 2401  +72 -12 +60  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2332 
31. Naumkin, Igor            g  RUS 2445  -12 +72 +59  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2336 
32. De Jong, Migchiel        f  NED 2277  +42 =23 - 3  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2475 
33. Van Opheusden, Bas          NED 2190  =16 =36 =38  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2386 
34. Giddins, Stephen         f  ENG 2200  +47 =40 - 7  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2399 
35. Negi, Parimarjan            IND 2352  +63 = 5 -10  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2412 
36. Vul, Arkadi Eremeevich   g  RUS 2423  =44 =33 =43  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2203 
37. Fominykh, Maria          wf RUS 2335  +65 =15 - 5  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2379 
38. Michielsen, Joost           NED 2362  +62 - 1 =33  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2296 
39. Weisbuch, Udi               ISR 2299  = 6 -20 +70  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2451 
40. Brandenburg, Daan           NED 2395  +70 =34 - 9  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2149 
41. Grooten, Herman          m  NED 2350  +73 -19 =42  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2407 
42. Kolev, Atanas            g  BUL 2559  -32 +75 =41  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2274 
43. Wempe, Joost                NED 2221  -13 +74 =36  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2343 
44. Ahlers, Ben                 NED 2198  =36 -16 +66  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2289 
45. Ouwendijk, Vincent          NED 2107  -21 =46 +68  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2260 
46. Vedder, Richard             NED 2224  -15 =45 +67  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2206 
47. Wiersma, Eelke           m  NED 2431  -34 =70 +61  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2182 
48. Dogge, Marc                 NED 2168  -51 =54 +71  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2313 
49. Vogel, Jaap              f  NED 2261  -19 =53 +69  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2263 
50. Hasanova, Elmira         wm RUS 2342  =69 +67 - 8  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2224 
51. Jens, Jelmer             m  NED 2366  +48 - 2 -27  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2198 
52. Weeks, Manuel            f  AUS 2268  =20 - 6 =53  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2307 
53. Rooda, Kai                  NED 2132  -26 =49 =52  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2172 
54. Schuurman, Petra         f  NED 2279  - 1 =48 =58  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2177 
55. Henrichs, Thomas         m  GER 2457  +60 -11 -25  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2129 
56. Wells, Peter K           g  ENG 2513  +59 -21 -17  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2154 
57. Bitalzadeh, Ali             NED 2267  - 4 +62 -24  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2259 
58. Van Weersel, Arlette        NED 2174  - 7 =71 =54  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2190 
59. Meijer, Dolf                NED 2226  -56 +73 -31  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2234 
60. Dougherty, Michael       f  CAN 2212  -55 +78 -30  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2186 
61. Hendriks, Richard           NED 2157  -14 +77 -47  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2237 
62. Galje, Hans                 NED 2135  -38 -57 +78  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2110 
63. Potze, Rudolf               NED 2128  -35 -25 +77  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2169 
64. Van Nies, Pauline           NED 2063  -18 +76 -26  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2098 
65. Jelic, Bruno                NED 2104  -37 -27 +76  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2057 
66. Holscher, Peter             NED 2069  =28 -29 -44  .   .   .   .   .   .   0.5  2004 
67. Woudt,Edwin                 NED ----  =29 -50 -46  .   .   .   .   .   .   0.5  2024 
68. Van Ruitenburg, Joost       NED 2216  =24 - 8 -45  .   .   .   .   .   .   0.5  2105 
69. Van Geffen, Ben             NED 2118  =50 -28 -49  .   .   .   .   .   .   0.5  2031 
70. Drost, Peter                NED 2190  -40 =47 -39  .   .   .   .   .   .   0.5  2102 
71. Rubingh, Otto            f  NED 2296  - 2 =58 -48  .   .   .   .   .   .   0.5  2037 
72. Cako, Laszlo                NED 2193  -30 -31 =74  .   .   .   .   .   .   0.5  2043 
73. Hendriks, Peter             NED 2121  -41 -59 =75  .   .   .   .   .   .   0.5  1984 
74. Kulago, Alexander           RUS 2103  -22 -43 =72  .   .   .   .   .   .   0.5  1976 
75. Van der Veen, Jan           NED 2196  -23 -42 =73  .   .   .   .   .   .   0.5  2094 
76. BYE                             ----  - 9 -64 -65  .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0       
77. Archangelsky, Mikhail    m  RUS 2293  -10 -61 -63  .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0       
78. Schelwokat, Peter           GER 2076  -11 -60 -62  .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0       
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4) Bundesliga Starts

The Bundesliga, the German chess league has started its 2005-6 season. Three round 7 matches (a spare round which takes place on various Fridays prior to the main rounds) plus rounds 1 and 2 too place 21st-23rd October 2005. Games will probably be available next week. 2nd double round on 12th-13th November 2005.

Official site: http://www.chessbase.de/bundesliga/

Round 7 21st October 2005  
(This round takes place
on several different Fridays
before other rounds)

Venue: Neukölln

SFR Neukölln     4 - 4 SC Kreuzberg
 2 Miroshnichenk 0 : 1 Aronian,Levon  1
 4 Brynell,Stell 1 : 0 Almasi,Zoltan  3
 5 Polzin,Rainer 1 : 0 Socko,Bartosz  4
 6 Berndt,Stepha 0 : 1 Romanishin,Ol  5
 7 Borriss,Marti ½ : ½ Maiwald,Jens-  6
 8 Schneider,Ilj ½ : ½ Kalinitschew,  7
11 Thinius,Marco ½ : ½ Lau,Ralf       8
12 Rudolf,Henrik ½ : ½ Tischbierek,R 10

Venue: OSC Baden-Baden

OSC Baden Baden  7 - 1 SG Kirchheim   
 3 Bacrot,Etienn ½ : ½ Onischuk,Alex  1
 7 Krasenkow,Mic 1 : 0 Wippermann,Ti  2
 8 Movsesian,Ser 1 : 0 Tompa,Janos    5
 9 Huebner,Rober 1 : 0 Beckhuis,Gern  6
10 Dautov,Rustem ½ : ½ Wintzer,Joach  7
11 Schlosser,Phi 1 : 0 Vonthron,Hors  8
12 Buhmann,Raine 1 : 0 Rudolph,Johan  9
13 Doettling,Fab 1 : 0 Zuse,Klaus-Pe 10

Venue: SC Eppingen

SC Eppingen      2½-5½ TV Tegernsee  
 1 Gyimesi,Zolta ½ : ½ Khenkin,Igor   1
 2 Postny,Evgeny ½ : ½ Sokolov,Andre  2
 3 Acs,Peter     0 : 1 Ribli,Zoltan   3
 4 Braun,Arik    ½ : ½ Bischoff,Klau  4
 5 Meier,Georg   0 : 1 Boensch,Uwe    5
 6 Medvegy,Zolta ½ : ½ Hertneck,Gera  7
 7 Mann,Christia 0 : 1 Bromberger,St 11
 9 Miltner,Arndt ½ : ½ Gross,David   12

Bundesliga Round 1 22nd October 2005

Venue: OSC Baden-Baden
                                       
OSC Baden Baden  8 - 0 SK Zehlendorf   
 3 Bacrot,Etienn 1 : 0 Richter,Micha  1
 7 Krasenkow,Mic 1 : 0 Werner,Dimo    3
 8 Movsesian,Ser 1 : 0 Janz,Frerik    4
 9 Huebner,Rober 1 : 0 Heinig,Wolfra  5
10 Dautov,Rustem 1 : 0 Carmeille,Lud  6
11 Schlosser,Phi 1 : 0 Klimm,Wolf-Di  7
12 Buhmann,Raine 1 : 0 Ribic,Kasmir  10
13 Doettling,Fab 1 : 0 Kalabic,Faris 12
                                       
SG Kirchheim     5 - 3 SC Leipzig Gohli
 1 Onischuk,Alex ½ : ½ Vogt,Lothar    1
 2 Wippermann,Ti ½ : ½ Voigt,Roland   2
 4 Gschnitzer,Os ½ : ½ Roos,Michael   3
 5 Tompa,Janos   1 : 0 Zesch,Ludwig   5
 6 Beckhuis,Gern ½ : ½ Schoeneberg,M  6
 7 Wintzer,Joach ½ : ½ Quast,Michael  7
 8 Vonthron,Hors ½ : ½ Hoffmann,Hend  9
10 Zuse,Klaus-Pe 1 : 0 Schunk,Thomas 12

Venue: Neukölln
                                       
SFR Neukölln     2½-5½ SF Katernberg   
 2 Miroshnichenk 0 : 1 Volokitin,And  1
 4 Brynell,Stell ½ : ½ Erenburg,Serg  2
 5 Polzin,Rainer ½ : ½ Kritz,Leonid   3
 6 Berndt,Stepha 0 : 1 Chuchelov,Vla  4
 7 Borriss,Marti ½ : ½ Glek,Igor V    5
 8 Schneider,Ilj 0 : 1 Senff,Martin   9
10 Thiede,Lars   1 : 0 Siebrecht,Seb 10
11 Thinius,Marco 0 : 1 Scholz,Christ 13
                                       
SC Kreuzberg     4 - 4 SV Mülheim Nord 
 1 Aronian,Levon ½ : ½ Landa,Konstan  2
 3 Almasi,Zoltan ½ : ½ Fridman,Danie  4
 4 Socko,Bartosz ½ : ½ Levin,Felix    5
 5 Romanishin,Ol 1 : 0 Schebler,Gerh  6
 6 Maiwald,Jens- 0 : 1 Saltaev,Mihai  7
 7 Kalinitschew, ½ : ½ Hausrath,Dani  8
 8 Lau,Ralf      0 : 1 Wegener,Olaf  10
10 Tischbierek,R 1 : 0 Kern,Guido    12

Venue: Wattenscheid
                                       
SV Wattenscheid  4½-3½ Hamburger SK    
 2 Sargissian,Ga ½ : ½ Gustafsson,Ja  1
 3 Macieja,Bartl ½ : ½ Ftacnik,Lubom  2
 4 Rustemov,Alex 1 : 0 Kempinski,Rob  3
 5 Johannessen,L ½ : ½ Hansen,Sune B  4
 6 Holzke,Frank  ½ : ½ Reeh,Oliver    7
 8 Appel,Ralf    1 : 0 Heinemann,Thi  8
10 Lemmers,Oscar 0 : 1 Michaelsen,Ni 12
13 Straeter,Timo ½ : ½ Sebastian,Dir 13

SG Aljechin Soli 3½-4½ SV Werder Bremen
 1 Jussupow,Artu 1 : 0 Areshchenko,A  3
 2 Nikolic,Predr 1 : 0 Hracek,Zbynek  4
 3 Sandipan,Chan ½ : ½ Pelletier,Yan  5
 4 Baramidze,Dav 0 : 1 Babula,Vlasti  6
 5 Stellwagen,Da 0 : 1 Nyback,Tomi    7
 6 Naumann,Alexa ½ : ½ Fish,Gennadij  8
 7 Smeets,Jan    0 : 1 Knaak,Rainer  10
 9 Werle,Jan     ½ : ½ Meins,Gerlef  12

Venue: Eppingen

SC Eppingen      5 - 3 Godesberger SK  
 1 Gyimesi,Zolta ½ : ½ Kasimdzhanov,  1
 2 Postny,Evgeny 1 : 0 Jenni,Florian  2
 3 Acs,Peter     ½ : ½ Sprenger,Jan-  3
 4 Braun,Arik    1 : 0 Seel,Christia  4
 5 Meier,Georg   ½ : ½ Langheinrich,  6
 6 Medvegy,Zolta 0 : 1 Grafl,Florian  7
 7 Mann,Christia ½ : ½ Jackelen,Thom  8
 9 Miltner,Arndt 1 : 0 Armbruster,Al  9

TV Tegernsee     4½-3½ SG Köln Porz    
 1 Khenkin,Igor  ½ : ½ Lutz,Christop  2
 2 Sokolov,Andre 1 : 0 Van Wely,Loek  3
 3 Ribli,Zoltan  ½ : ½ Vaganian,Rafa  5
 4 Bischoff,Klau 1 : 0 Timman,Jan H   6
 5 Boensch,Uwe   ½ : ½ Graf,Alexande  7
 6 Kindermann,St ½ : ½ Gurevich,Mikh  8
 7 Hertneck,Gera ½ : ½ Van den Doel, 10
11 Bromberger,St 0 : 1 Rotstein,Arka 14

Bundesliga Round 2 23rd October 2005

Venue: OSC Baden-Baden

SK Zehlendorf    2½-5½ SG Kirchheim    
 1 Richter,Micha 0 : 1 Onischuk,Alex  1
 3 Werner,Dimo   ½ : ½ Wippermann,Ti  2
 4 Janz,Frerik   0 : 1 Gschnitzer,Os  4
 5 Heinig,Wolfra ½ : ½ Tompa,Janos    5
 6 Carmeille,Lud 0 : 1 Wintzer,Joach  7
 7 Klimm,Wolf-Di ½ : ½ Vonthron,Hors  8
10 Ribic,Kasmir  1 : 0 Rudolph,Johan  9
12 Kalabic,Faris 0 : 1 Zuse,Klaus-Pe 10

SC Leipzig Gohli 1 - 7 OSC Baden Baden
 1 Vogt,Lothar   0 : 1 Bacrot,Etienn  3
 2 Voigt,Roland  0 : 1 Krasenkow,Mic  7
 3 Roos,Michael  0 : 1 Movsesian,Ser  8
 5 Zesch,Ludwig  0 : 1 Huebner,Rober  9
 6 Schoeneberg,M 0 : 1 Dautov,Rustem 10
 7 Quast,Michael 0 : 1 Schlosser,Phi 11
 9 Hoffmann,Hend 0 : 1 Buhmann,Raine 12
12 Schunk,Thomas 1 : 0 Doettling,Fab 13

Venue: Neukölln

SF Katernberg    2½-5½ SC Kreuzberg    
 1 Volokitin,And ½ : ½ Aronian,Levon  1
 2 Erenburg,Serg ½ : ½ Almasi,Zoltan  3
 3 Kritz,Leonid  0 : 1 Socko,Bartosz  4
 4 Chuchelov,Vla ½ : ½ Romanishin,Ol  5
 5 Glek,Igor V   ½ : ½ Maiwald,Jens-  6
 9 Senff,Martin  ½ : ½ Kalinitschew,  7
10 Siebrecht,Seb 0 : 1 Lau,Ralf       8
13 Scholz,Christ 0 : 1 Tischbierek,R 10

SV Mülheim Nord  4½-3½ SFR Neukölln   
 2 Landa,Konstan 0 : 1 Miroshnichenk  2
 4 Fridman,Danie ½ : ½ Brynell,Stell  4
 5 Levin,Felix   ½ : ½ Polzin,Rainer  5
 6 Schebler,Gerh ½ : ½ Berndt,Stepha  6
 7 Saltaev,Mihai 1 : 0 Borriss,Marti  7
 8 Hausrath,Dani 1 : 0 Schneider,Ilj  8
10 Wegener,Olaf  0 : 1 Thiede,Lars   10
12 Kern,Guido    1 : 0 Rudolf,Henrik 12

Venue: Wattenscheid

Hamburger SK     3½-4½ SG Aljechin Soli
 1 Gustafsson,Ja ½ : ½ Jussupow,Artu  1
 2 Ftacnik,Lubom 1 : 0 Nikolic,Predr  2
 3 Kempinski,Rob 1 : 0 Sandipan,Chan  3
 4 Hansen,Sune B 0 : 1 Baramidze,Dav  4
 7 Reeh,Oliver   ½ : ½ Stellwagen,Da  5
 8 Heinemann,Thi ½ : ½ Naumann,Alexa  6
12 Michaelsen,Ni 0 : 1 Smeets,Jan     7
13 Sebastian,Dir 0 : 1 Werle,Jan      9
     
SV Werder Bremen 4½-3½ SV Wattenscheid
 3 Areshchenko,A 0 : 1 Sargissian,Ga  2
 4 Hracek,Zbynek ½ : ½ Macieja,Bartl  3
 5 Pelletier,Yan 1 : 0 Rustemov,Alex  4
 6 Babula,Vlasti 1 : 0 Johannessen,L  5
 7 Nyback,Tomi   1 : 0 Holzke,Frank   6
 8 Fish,Gennadij ½ : ½ Appel,Ralf     8
10 Knaak,Rainer  0 : 1 Lemmers,Oscar 10
12 Meins,Gerlef  ½ : ½ Straeter,Timo 13

Venue: Eppingen
 
Godesberger SK   4 - 4 TV Tegernsee    
 1 Kasimdzhanov, ½ : ½ Khenkin,Igor   1
 2 Jenni,Florian ½ : ½ Sokolov,Andre  2
 3 Sprenger,Jan- ½ : ½ Ribli,Zoltan   3
 4 Seel,Christia ½ : ½ Bischoff,Klau  4
 6 Langheinrich, 1 : 0 Boensch,Uwe    5
 7 Grafl,Florian ½ : ½ Kindermann,St  6
 8 Jackelen,Thom ½ : ½ Hertneck,Gera  7
 9 Armbruster,Al 0 : 1 Gross,David   12

 SG Köln Porz    5½-2½ SC Eppingen    
 2 Lutz,Christop 0 : 1 Gyimesi,Zolta  1
 3 Van Wely,Loek ½ : ½ Postny,Evgeny  2
 5 Vaganian,Rafa 1 : 0 Acs,Peter      3
 6 Timman,Jan H  ½ : ½ Meier,Georg    5
 7 Graf,Alexande ½ : ½ Medvegy,Zolta  6
 8 Gurevich,Mikh 1 : 0 Mann,Christia  7
10 Van den Doel, 1 : 0 Meinhardt,Max 15
14 Rotstein,Arka 1 : 0 Eisenbeiser,A 16

Round 2 Standings:
  1. OSC Baden-Baden    3  6  22
  2. TV Tegernsee       3  5  14
  3. SC Kreuzberg       3  4  13,5
  4. SG Kirchheim       3  4  11,5
  5. Werder Bremen      2  4  9
  6. Mülheim Nord       2  3  8,5 
  7. SC Eppingen        3  2  10  
  8. SG Porz            2  2  9
  9. SF Katernberg      2  2  8
 10. SG Solingen        2  2  8
 11. SV Wattenscheid    2  2  8
 12. SF Neukölln        3  1  10
 13. Godesberger SK     2  1  7
 14. Hamburger SK       2  0  7
 15. SC Leipzig-Gohlis  2  0  4
 16. SK Zehlendorf      2  0  2,5

5) Kasparov and Kramnik Interviews

Garry Kasparov gave an interview with Eugeny Atarov of chesspro about the recently finished San Luis tournament. Kasparov it appears is happy with his decision to retire, sees Topalov as his successor and says Kramnik's world title rights are "extremely disputable".

Kasparov interview in Russian with Eugeny Atarov of chesspro: http://www.chesspro.ru/inter/kasparov3.shtml (rough and ready machine translation)

Vladimir Kramnik says he's willing to play Topalov - http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2694 and asserts only a match can establish the world champion. Responding in part to Vesselin Topalov's interview: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2693.

However maybe we can take all this with a pinch of salt. I understand at least preliminary discussions have already taken place about the possibility of a Kramnik - Topalov match and both players stand to make a lot of money along with presumably FIDE for sanctioning it. In addition I think it would get a lot of publicity for chess. There are more reasons for this to go ahead than not. More difficult might be how the title is defended. Topalov has endorsed another San Luis style event whereas Kramnik would want future cycles to end with a match.

6) 2nd Femida International

The 2nd Femida International Chess Tournament takes place in Kharkov (Ukraine) 16th-26th October 2005. Georgy Arzumanian leads on 6/8 in the main category VIII event.

Further details: http://www.ukrchess.org.ua/turnir/t068e.html

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Femida Kharkiv UKR (UKR), 16-26 x 2005                   cat. VIII (2433)
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                                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Arzumanian, Georgy     m ARM 2447  * = = 0 1 1 . 1 . 1 1 .  6.0  2638 
 2. Kovchan, Alexander     g UKR 2504  = * . 1 . . = = 1 = = =  5.0  2510 
 3. Shalimov, Valery       m UKR 2446  = . * 0 . = 1 0 . 1 1 1  5.0  2526 
 4. Sitnikov, Anton        m UKR 2443  1 0 1 * . . = . 0 0 1 1  4.5  2464 
 5. Burmakin, Vladimir     g RUS 2508  0 . . . * 1 = = 1 = = =  4.5  2454 
 6. Ivanov, Alexander Al   m RUS 2414  0 . = . 0 * 0 1 1 . 1 1  4.5  2463 
 7. Zubarev, Alexander1    g UKR 2505  . = 0 = = 1 * = = . . =  4.0  2431 
 8. Aveskulov, Valeriy     m UKR 2457  0 = 1 . = 0 = * = . . =  3.5  2394 
 9. Khakimov, Timur          RUS 2282  . 0 . 1 0 0 = = * 1 0 .  3.0  2365 
10. Firman, Nazar          m UKR 2466  0 = 0 1 = . . . 0 * 0 1  3.0  2331 
11. Reutsky, Sergei        f RUS 2325  0 = 0 0 = 0 . . 1 1 * .  3.0  2351 
12. Averjanov, Alexey      m UKR 2395  . = 0 0 = 0 = = . 0 . *  2.0  2274 
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Femida w Kharkiv UKR (UKR), 16-26 x 2005
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                                            1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Doluhanova, Evgeniya      wm UKR 2270  * = = = = 1 1 . 1 . . 1  6.0  2445 
 2. Kochetkova, Julia         wm RUS 2346  = * . = 1 = . 1 1 . 0 1  5.5  2370 
 3. Vozovic, Oksana           wg UKR 2327  = . * = . . 1 0 = 1 1 1  5.5  2359 
 4. Petrenko, Svetlana         m MDA 2327  = = = * = = 1 . . 1 = .  5.0  2339 
 5. Karlovich, Anastazia      wg UKR 2277  = 0 . = * = . = . 1 1 1  5.0  2332 
 6. Maiko, Julia                 UKR 2195  0 = . = = * = 1 . = 1 .  4.5  2286 
 7. Dvoretska, Olena          wm UKR 2122  0 . 0 0 . = * 1 = 1 . 1  4.0  2248 
 8. Cherednichenko, Svetlana  wm UKR 2180  . 0 1 . = 0 0 * 0 = 1 .  3.0  2157 
 9. Kostiuk, Tatiana          wm UKR 2269  0 0 = . . . = 1 * 0 1 0  3.0  2141 
10. Kuzmina, Olga                RUS 2261  . . 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 * . 1  3.0  2144 
11. Alexanian, Nelli          wm RUS 2161  . 1 0 = 0 0 . 0 0 . * 1  2.5  2118 
12. Baisalova, Aigul             KAZ 2158  0 0 0 . 0 . 0 . 1 0 0 *  1.0  1932 
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7) Liberec Open

6th International Chess Festival Liberec Open 2005 take places 22nd-29th October 2005 in Liberec (Czech Republic).

Further details: http://www.czechtour.net

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Open A Liberec CZE (CZE), 22-29 x 2005
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 1  Sikora-Lerch Jan  IM  CZE  2313  2.0
 2  Karhanek Pavel        CZE  2263  2.0
 3  Bartos Jan        FM  CZE  2249  2.0
 4  Benes Petr            CZE  2206  2.0
 5  Schula Michal         CZE  2245  2.0
 6  Kovar Vojtech         CZE  2151  2.0
 7  Pakosta Miroslav      CZE  2177  2.0
 8  Sergeev Vladimir  IM  UKR  2436  2.0
 9  Trichkov Vasil    IM  CZE  2333  2.0
10  Vyskocil Neklan       CZE  2322  2.0
11  Baum Bernd Dr     FM  GER  2160  2.0
12  Zeinert Michal        CZE  2113  2.0
13  Simek Jan             CZE  1991  2.0
14  Cvicela Anton         SVK  2177  2.0
15  Forman Stepan         CZE  2283  2.0
16  Zikan Karel JUDr.     CZE  1850  1.5
17  Chmelicek Bronislav   CZE  1930  1.5
18  Balhar Jan            CZE  2175  1.5
19  Fiala Jaroslav        CZE  2281  1.5
20  Kozak Milos Ing.  FM  CZE  2245  1.5
21  Cakl Zdenek           CZE  2119  1.5
22  Golcman Evgeny        RUS  2311  1.5
23  Tejkal Jiri           CZE  2052  1.5
24  Ferstl Manfred        GER  2040  1.5
25  Natsidis Christoph    GER  2133  1.5
26  Almond Richard        ENG  2096  1.5
27  Zdrazil Bohumir Ing   CZE  1984  1.5
28  Valenta Vit           CZE  2180  1.5
29  Lausman Petr          CZE  1880  1.5
30  Kostlan Jan           CZE  1859  1.5
31  Hollmann Zdenek       CZE  2041  1.5
32  Kana Pavel            CZE  2114  1.5
33  Listopad Martin       CZE  2012  1.5
34  Kucera Petr           CZE  1850  1.5
35  Jina Lubos            CZE  2000  1.5
36  Norinkeviciute Rasa   LTU  2082  1.5
37  Duda Antonin          CZE  2034  1.5
38  Simon Petr            CZE  1976  1.5
39  Kaderabek Jiri        CZE  2149  1.5
116 players

8) Chigorin Memorial St Petersburg

The Chigorin Memorial took place St Petersburg 15th-23rd October 2005. Roman Ovetchkin and Igor Zakharevich finished on 7/9.

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

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Chigorin Mem St Petersburg RUS (RUS), 15-23 x 2005
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                                                   1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9 
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  1. Ovetchkin, Roman              g  RUS 2528  + 32 + 94 + 82 = 33 =  5 + 19 =  3 + 11 =  6  7.0  2657 
  2. Zakharevich, Igor             g  RUS 2490  +100 = 70 - 53 = 74 + 88 + 75 + 78 + 28 + 29  7.0  2586 
  3. Popov, Valerij                g  RUS 2588  + 54 + 52 = 21 + 26 + 28 =  8 =  1 = 10 = 16  6.5  2641 
  4. Bocharov, Dmitry              g  RUS 2592  = 71 + 76 + 79 = 14 + 36 +  9 = 11 = 12 = 17  6.5  2586 
  5. Vitiugov, Nikita                 RUS 2538  + 74 + 78 = 18 + 20 =  1 = 72 + 39 =  8 = 10  6.5  2597 
  6. Yevseev, Denis                g  RUS 2554  + 91 = 58 = 37 + 85 = 14 + 45 = 18 + 27 =  1  6.5  2595 
  7. Zontakh, Andrey               g  UKR 2543  +102 + 15 = 20 = 18 - 10 = 35 + 85 + 32 + 36  6.5  2556 
  8. Khairullin, Ildar             m  RUS 2537  + 88 + 87 = 36 + 71 + 33 =  3 = 10 =  5 = 12  6.5  2603 
  9. Solozhenkin, Evgeniy          g  RUS 2495  +101 + 40 + 19 - 28 + 53 -  4 + 45 = 29 + 35  6.5  2588 
 10. Andreikin, Dmitry             m  RUS 2458  +153 + 77 = 31 = 73 +  7 + 34 =  8 =  3 =  5  6.5  2640 
 11. Romanov, Evgeny               m  RUS 2479  =105 + 64 + 62 = 53 + 56 + 28 =  4 -  1 + 52  6.5  2556 
 12. Ionov, Sergey                 g  RUS 2522  =104 = 69 +109 + 66 = 68 + 24 + 72 =  4 =  8  6.5  2558 
 13. Savchenko, Boris              m  RUS 2543  = 76 +104 + 58 = 50 = 37 = 33 = 36 + 72 + 43  6.5  2559 
 14. Kryakvin, Dmitry              f  RUS 2458  + 86 +114 = 34 =  4 =  6 - 39 + 70 + 74 + 30  6.5  2569 
 15. Purtov, Andrei                m  RUS 2404  +115 -  7 +110 + 86 = 46 + 21 - 28 + 47 + 41  6.5  2564 
 16. Yandemirov, Valeri            g  RUS 2518  +140 = 53 = 45 - 70 + 69 + 48 + 50 + 58 =  3  6.5  2540 
 17. Solovjov, Sergey I            m  RUS 2497  +131 - 56 =108 + 90 + 84 + 70 = 32 + 33 =  4  6.5  2509 
 18. Klimov, Sergey                m  RUS 2469  + 83 + 96 =  5 =  7 = 40 + 55 =  6 = 30 = 23  6.0  2559 
 19. Kashtanov, Ruslan             m  RUS 2353  +161 + 27 -  9 + 47 + 44 -  1 = 46 + 68 = 28  6.0  2579 
 20. Sivokho, Sergey               m  RUS 2473  +113 + 95 =  7 -  5 + 71 = 40 - 30 +116 + 59  6.0  2480 
 21. Iskusnyh, Sergei              g  RUS 2473  +151 + 75 =  3 = 30 = 55 - 15 + 77 = 40 + 61  6.0  2514 
 22. Kalegin, Evgenij              m  RUS 2470  +133 + 39 - 28 +114 = 70 - 32 + 54 = 53 + 60  6.0  2416 
 23. Anisimov, Pavel               m  RUS 2501  +124 + 84 = 56 - 72 = 75 +114 = 68 + 49 = 18  6.0  2493 
 24. Krivonosov, Oleg              m  LAT 2413  +122 = 30 = 29 + 79 = 31 - 12 = 69 +112 + 57  6.0  2530 
 25. Yemelin, Vasily               g  RUS 2529  +110 = 55 - 71 = 77 +107 = 85 + 81 = 37 + 58  6.0  2462 
 26. Tihonov, Jurij                m  BLR 2474  =159 +106 +103 -  3 + 77 = 61 - 29 +109 + 63  6.0  2449 
 27. Vokarev, Sergey               m  RUS 2488  +166 - 19 +121 - 40 + 92 + 79 + 61 -  6 + 53  6.0  2467 
 28. Kornev, Alexei                g  RUS 2578  +112 + 43 + 22 +  9 -  3 - 11 + 15 -  2 = 19  5.5  2522 
 29. Sorokin, Maxim                g  RUS 2567  +108 = 42 = 24 = 56 = 35 + 66 + 26 =  9 -  2  5.5  2488 
 30. Vorobiov, Evgeny E            g  RUS 2549  +121 = 24 + 42 = 21 = 72 = 68 + 20 = 18 - 14  5.5  2510 
 31. Novikov, Stanislav            g  RUS 2533  + 63 + 49 = 10 = 68 = 24 = 78 = 42 - 52 + 75  5.5  2475 
 32. Davydov, Sergey P                RUS 2242  -  1 =128 + 99 + 52 + 87 + 22 = 17 -  7 = 50  5.5  2470 
 33. Yudin, Sergei                 m  RUS 2449  +132 +116 + 44 =  1 -  8 = 13 + 34 - 17 = 40  5.5  2520 
 34. Lugovoi, Aleksei              g  RUS 2547  +107 + 61 = 14 = 36 + 50 - 10 - 33 = 60 + 95  5.5  2441 
 35. Sergeev, Veniamin                RUS 2377  =139 +129 = 38 = 44 = 29 =  7 + 73 + 46 -  9  5.5  2504 
 36. Zaitsev, Vladimir2            m  RUS 2451  + 99 +111 =  8 = 34 -  4 +140 = 13 + 39 -  7  5.5  2498 
 37. Orlov, Vassily                m  RUS 2437  =120 +130 =  6 +124 = 13 = 57 = 38 = 25 = 44  5.5  2490 
 38. Iljin, Artem                  m  RUS 2515  =125 + 90 = 35 = 75 = 48 + 93 = 37 - 43 + 81  5.5  2426 
 39. Melnikov, Dmitry                 RUS 2327  +135 - 22 +137 = 80 + 43 + 14 -  5 - 36 + 72  5.5  2442 
 40. Novitzkij, Dmitrij            m  BLR 2357  +164 -  9 +133 + 27 = 18 = 20 = 41 = 21 = 33  5.5  2476 
 41. Chebotarev, Oleg                 RUS 2504  -103 +146 = 54 = 88 +110 + 56 = 40 + 42 - 15  5.5  2376 
 42. Lintchevski, Daniil           f  RUS 2423  +123 = 29 - 30 +104 = 54 + 59 = 31 - 41 + 96  5.5  2440 
 43. Gasanov, Eldar                m  UKR 2427  +117 - 28 = 74 + 63 - 39 +120 + 89 + 38 - 13  5.5  2411 
 44. Loginov, Valery A             g  RUS 2527  +141 + 66 - 33 = 35 - 19 = 91 +107 + 62 = 37  5.5  2420 
 45. Vlasenko, Miroslav            m  RUS 2406  =106 +126 = 16 + 81 + 73 -  6 -  9 = 69 + 71  5.5  2425 
 46. Bachin, Vitaly                m  RUS 2500  = 69 +159 = 55 + 82 = 15 = 58 = 19 - 35 + 77  5.5  2413 
 47. Gavrilov, Alexei1             m  RUS 2481  +119 - 79 +107 - 19 +101 = 97 + 96 - 15 + 69  5.5  2366 
 48. Sjugirov, Sanan               f  RUS 2376  +157 - 73 +101 = 57 = 38 - 16 = 91 +102 + 74  5.5  2429 
 49. Utkin, Aleksey                f  RUS 2389  +144 - 31 = 69 +103 = 59 = 54 + 97 - 23 + 92  5.5  2357 
 50. Kurenkov, Nikolai             m  RUS 2438  +146 =109 +105 = 13 - 34 +111 - 16 +108 = 32  5.5  2418 
 51. Karasev, Vladimir I           m  RUS 2383  =126 -139 +106 - 69 +113 -103 +132 + 97 +101  5.5  2247 
 52. Akimov, Ivan                  f  RUS 2434  +155 -  3 = 88 - 32 +122 +121 +103 + 31 - 11  5.5  2395 
 53. Lovkov, Roman                 f  RUS 2365  +154 = 16 +  2 = 11 -  9 = 73 + 80 = 22 - 27  5.0  2489 
 54. Airapetian, Gor                  RUS 2281  -  3 + 67 = 41 +105 = 42 = 49 - 22 + 87 = 55  5.0  2428 
 55. Biriukov, Oleg V                 RUS 2389  +148 = 25 = 46 + 60 = 21 - 18 - 74 + 91 = 54  5.0  2361 
 56. Shchukin, Dmitry              m  RUS 2348  +137 + 17 = 23 = 29 - 11 - 41 - 63 +119 +103  5.0  2402 
 57. Dobrov, Vladimir              g  RUS 2515  + 92 - 82 +116 = 48 + 96 = 37 - 58 + 66 - 24  5.0  2399 
 58. Slizhevsky, Alexander            RUS 2422  +118 =  6 - 13 + 89 +109 = 46 + 57 - 16 - 25  5.0  2466 
 59. Golberg, Igor                    ISR 2148  - 68 +149 = 84 + 62 = 49 - 42 +111 + 78 - 20  5.0  2387 
 60. Valov,Ilya                       RUS ----  - 77 +153 + 97 - 55 =121 + 71 + 87 = 34 - 22  5.0  2387 
 61. Slugin, Sergey                f  RUS 2410  +147 - 34 = 63 +125 +108 = 26 - 27 +110 - 21  5.0  2386 
 62. Turkin, Viktor                f  RUS 2298  =127 +145 - 11 - 59 = 83 +119 + 67 - 44 +110  5.0  2258 
 63. Vunder, Andrey                   RUS 2252  - 31 +144 = 61 - 43 =106 +153 + 56 + 73 - 26  5.0  2385 
 64. Eidelson, Rakhil              wg BLR 2192  = 80 - 11 =142 +135 - 79 =106 +126 = 82 +109  5.0  2279 
 65. Ivanova, Anna                    RUS 2075  = 85 - 71 -104 +160 = 76 = 92 =121 +107 +112  5.0  2285 
 66. Smirnov, Artem                m  RUS 2375  +134 - 44 +119 - 12 +159 - 29 + 76 - 57 +108  5.0  2386 
 67. Barhudarian, Rafael              RUS 2137  - 72 - 54 +162 =112 + 90 =109 - 62 +141 +116  5.0  2309 
 68. Tunik, Gennady                g  RUS 2457  + 59 + 97 = 73 = 31 = 12 = 30 = 23 - 19   .   4.5  2471 
 69. Serov, Maksim                    RUS 2212  = 46 = 12 = 49 + 51 - 16 + 84 = 24 = 45 - 47  4.5  2440 
 70. Terentiev, Vitaly G              RUS 2340  +142 =  2 = 80 + 16 = 22 - 17 - 14 = 83 = 99  4.5  2360 
 71. Demianjuk, Alexander             RUS 2283  =  4 + 65 + 25 -  8 - 20 - 60 +130 + 85 - 45  4.5  2350 
 72. Kim, Alexey                   g  RUS 2437  + 67 =103 +139 + 23 = 30 =  5 - 12 - 13 - 39  4.5  2378 
 73. Obukhov, Alexander            g  RUS 2528  + 89 + 48 = 68 = 10 - 45 = 53 - 35 - 63 +124  4.5  2349 
 74. Ponfilenok, Vladimir             RUS 2256  -  5 +156 = 43 =  2 + 98 = 80 + 55 - 14 - 48  4.5  2414 
 75. Zacurdajev, Mikhail              RUS 2330  + 81 - 21 +122 = 38 = 23 -  2 =101 +123 - 31  4.5  2365 
 76. Vunder, Yakov                    RUS 2257  = 13 -  4 =130 =147 = 65 +117 - 66 +118 = 78  4.5  2280 
 77. Melnikova, Yana               wg RUS 2302  + 60 - 10 +161 = 25 - 26 + 86 - 21 + 98 - 46  4.5  2342 
 78. Matlakov, Maxim                  RUS 2402  +156 -  5 + 92 = 96 + 91 = 31 -  2 - 59 = 76  4.5  2321 
 79. Gritsenko, Andrey             f  RUS 2346  +162 + 47 -  4 - 24 + 64 - 27 -110 +105 =100  4.5  2312 
 80. Khmelnitski, Alexander           RUS 2486  = 64 +125 = 70 = 39 =111 = 74 - 53 - 96 +131  4.5  2280 
 81. Mishin, Alexei                   RUS 2323  - 75 +117 +120 - 45 = 86 +131 - 25 + 89 - 38  4.5  2294 
 82. Silivanov, Sergej             f  RUS 2364  +136 + 57 -  1 - 46 =131 - 89 +151 = 64 = 88  4.5  2297 
 83. Nogin, Vladimir                  RUS 2165  - 18 =165 +128 -111 = 62 + 88 =114 = 70 = 84  4.5  2230 
 84. Nikitin, Yuri                    RUS 2355  +138 - 23 = 59 +113 - 17 - 69 +139 =103 = 83  4.5  2225 
 85. Vlassow, Valentin             f  RUS 2379  = 65 =120 +140 -  6 +124 = 25 -  7 - 71 +125  4.5  2308 
 86. Vrublevskaya, Olga            wm RUS 2148  - 14 +160 + 95 - 15 = 81 - 77 = 90 = 94 +121  4.5  2303 
 87. Kirusha, Andrey               m  RUS 2393  +158 -  8 = 89 +100 - 32 +104 - 60 - 54 +133  4.5  2223 
 88. Tarasova, Viktoriya           wm RUS 2255  -  8 +158 = 52 = 41 -  2 - 83 +146 +143 = 82  4.5  2305 
 89. Tchernyi, Viktor              f  RUS 2244  - 73 +157 = 87 - 58 +126 + 82 - 43 - 81 +122  4.5  2302 
 90. Zakharchenko, Arnold          m  UKR 2273  =129 - 38 +126 - 17 - 67 +134 = 86 =122 +127  4.5  2180 
 91. Drugov, Pavel                    RUS 2277  -  6 +147 =134 +150 - 78 = 44 = 48 - 55 +123  4.5  2284 
 92. Bratus, Pater P                  RUS 2225  - 57 +136 - 78 +148 - 27 = 65 +150 + 93 - 49  4.5  2261 
 93. Okkes, Menno                  f  NED 2358  =145 =127 =113 =159 +119 - 38 =102 - 92 +132  4.5  2191 
 94. Van de Oudeweetering, Arthur  m  NED 2371  +128 -  1 -124 +134 -140 =151 =105 = 86 +130  4.5  2195 
 95. Serov, Alexey                    RUS 2331  +143 - 20 - 86 +133 -120 =130 +115 +131 - 34  4.5  2218 
 96. Ivanov, Alexey3                  RUS 2312  +165 - 18 +118 = 78 - 57 +105 - 47 + 80 - 42  4.5  2304 
 97. Malysheva, Polina             wm RUS 2295  +149 - 68 - 60 +130 +143 = 47 - 49 - 51 +120  4.5  2224 
 98. Smirnov, Igor UKR             m  UKR 2459  =130 -105 =150 +151 - 74 =129 +113 - 77 +106  4.5  2159 
 99. Makarov, Pavlo                   UKR 2147  - 36 =152 - 32 +145 =112 -107 +154 +111 = 70  4.5  2221 
100. Dushenok, Anna                wm RUS 2206  -  2 =142 +145 - 87 -129 =128 +148 +139 = 79  4.5  2174 
101. Chehlov, Aleksander           f  LAT 2207  -  9 +164 - 48 +161 - 47 +143 = 75 +114 - 51  4.5  2275 
102. Nikitinyh, Boris                 RUS 2259  -  7 -122 +156 -123 +158 +159 = 93 - 48 +126  4.5  2222 
103. Semenova, Irina               wm RUS 2216  + 41 = 72 - 26 - 49 +150 + 51 - 52 = 84 - 56  4.0  2326 
104. Shapovalenko, Maksim             RUS 2227  = 12 - 13 + 65 - 42 +134 - 87 -123 =115 +143  4.0  2209 
105. Yankovsky, Roman                 RUS 2178  = 11 + 98 - 50 - 54 +127 - 96 = 94 - 79 +144  4.0  2265 
106. Goganov, Aleksey                 RUS 2118  = 45 - 26 - 51 +128 = 63 = 64 =141 +140 - 98  4.0  2256 
107. Lavrik, Dmitry                   RUS 2262  - 34 +115 - 47 +118 - 25 + 99 - 44 - 65 +142  4.0  2240 
108. Shimanov, Aleksandr              RUS 2279  - 29 +155 = 17 +127 - 61 =139 +129 - 50 - 66  4.0  2242 
109. Grigorjev, E                     KAZ 2286  +152 = 50 - 12 +139 - 58 = 67 +122 - 26 - 64  4.0  2221 
110. Rumiantsev, Anton             f  RUS 2244  - 25 +148 - 15 +158 - 41 +118 + 79 - 61 - 62  4.0  2268 
111. Zakurdjaeva, Irina            wg RUS 2307  +160 - 36 =127 + 83 = 80 - 50 - 59 - 99 +129  4.0  2168 
112. Ajrapetian, Gevorg               RUS 2280  - 28 -118 +152 = 67 = 99 +146 +120 - 24 - 65  4.0  2151 
113. Tkachuk, Andrey                  RUS 2170  - 20 +143 = 93 - 84 - 51 +136 - 98 +150 =114  4.0  2224 
114. Shuvatkin, Vladimir N         f  RUS 2321  +163 - 14 +135 - 22 +123 - 23 = 83 -101 =113  4.0  2167 
115. Skrenev, Sergey                  RUS 2114  - 15 -107 =160 =152 =135 +127 - 95 =104 +140  4.0  2114 
116. Orlov, Nikolay I              f  RUS 2283  +150 - 33 - 57 -120 +147 +133 +140 - 20 - 67  4.0  2204 
117. Matrosov, Vladimir               RUS 2132  - 43 - 81 +138 -121 +142 - 76 -119 +154 +139  4.0  2140 
118. Elfert, Aleksandr V           m  RUS 2125  - 58 +112 - 96 -107 +152 -110 +159 - 76 +141  4.0  2200 
119. Prelovskij, Rudolf               RUS 2187  - 47 +162 - 66 +164 - 93 - 62 +117 - 56 +149  4.0  2186 
120. Gromova, Iulia                   RUS 2137  = 37 = 85 - 81 +116 + 95 - 43 -112 =121 - 97  3.5  2255 
121. Solovjova, Valentina          wf RUS 2268  - 30 +123 - 27 +117 = 60 - 52 = 65 =120 - 86  3.5  2152 
122. Giri, Anish                      RUS 2122  - 24 +102 - 75 +141 - 52 +124 -109 = 90 - 89  3.5  2218 
123. Ivanjuk, Alexey                  RUS 2127  - 42 -121 +149 +102 -114 =141 +104 - 75 - 91  3.5  2180 
124. Van Buitenen, Herbert            NED 2213  - 23 +138 + 94 - 37 - 85 -122 +144 =129 - 73  3.5  2201 
125. Kharitonov, Egor                 RUS 2217  = 38 - 80 +129 - 61 -139 -126 +157 +128 - 85  3.5  2157 
126. Kopasov, Evgeny                  RUS 2076  = 51 - 45 - 90 +136 - 89 +125 - 64 +151 -102  3.5  2164 
127. Kuznetsov,Gennady                RUS ----  = 62 = 93 =111 -108 -105 -115 +155 +147 - 90  3.5  2149 
128. Minina, Veronika                 RUS 2063  - 94 = 32 - 83 -106 +145 =100 =133 -125 +151  3.5  2110 
129. Fedorovtsev, Ivan                RUS 2070  = 90 - 35 -125 +165 +100 = 98 -108 =124 -111  3.5  2141 
130. Reshetov, Valery                 RUS 2161  = 98 - 37 = 76 - 97 +164 = 95 - 71 +138 - 94  3.5  2200 
131. Lelekova, Olga                   RUS 2211  - 17 -137 +157 +142 = 82 - 81 +135 - 95 - 80  3.5  2150 
132. Krasnov, Vasiliy G               RUS 2142  - 33 -150 =136 -143 +138 +161 - 51 +135 - 93  3.5  2063 
133. Dzhagarov, Roman                 RUS 2169  - 22 +163 - 40 - 95 +148 -116 =128 +136 - 87  3.5  2126 
134. Sorokina, Anastasia RUS       wf RUS 2063  - 66 +141 = 91 - 94 -104 - 90 =161 =153 +150  3.5  2136 
135. Butneva, Larisa                  RUS 1963  - 39 +151 -114 - 64 =115 +147 -131 -132 +158  3.5  2110 
136. Bashkirov, Valentin              RUS 2052  - 82 - 92 =132 -126 +160 -113 +137 -133 +153  3.5  2067 
137. Kuznetsova, Tatiana              RUS 2030  - 56 +131 - 39 -140 -146 =158 -136 +164 +156  3.5  2094 
138. Gaprindashvili, Nona2            RUS 2043  - 84 -124 -117 =155 -132 +160 +158 -130 +157  3.5  2066 
139. Orlov, Anatoly                   RUS 2073  = 35 + 51 - 72 -109 +125 =108 - 84 -100 -117  3.0  2171 
140. Pogosian, Vladimir               ARM 2226  - 16 +154 - 85 +137 + 94 - 36 -116 -106 -115  3.0  2133 
141. Achang, Andrei                   RUS 2238  - 44 -134 +144 -122 +156 =123 =106 - 67 -118  3.0  2032 
142. Buzukashvili, Sofia              RUS 2010  - 70 =100 = 64 -131 -117 -144 +165 +146 -107  3.0  2012 
143. Chernov, Vladimir E              RUS 2009  - 95 -113 +155 +132 - 97 -101 +153 - 88 -104  3.0  2088 
144. Jezov, Roman                     EST 2086  - 49 - 63 -141 +149 -151 +142 -124 +161 -105  3.0  2041 
145. Poleshchuk, Alexey               RUS 2050  = 93 - 62 -100 - 99 -128 =165 +152 =155 =147  3.0  1985 
146. Pugach, Vadim                    RUS 2142  - 50 - 41 -164 +154 +137 -112 - 88 -142 +162  3.0  2058 
147. Mukhlisov, Vladislav             RUS 2119  - 61 - 91 +163 = 76 -116 -135 +164 -127 =145  3.0  1999 
148. Shushpanova, Nina             wf RUS 2077  - 55 -110 +153 - 92 -133 +163 -100 -149 +161  3.0  2014 
149. Novikova,Svetlana                RUS ----  - 97 - 59 -123 -144 +167 -154 +162 +148 -119  3.0  1986 
150. Kholin,Alexandr                  RUS ----  -116 +132 = 98 - 91 -103 +156 - 92 -113 -134  2.5  2050 
151. Sudarkin, Gregory                RUS 2177  - 21 -135 +154 - 98 +144 = 94 - 82 -126 -128  2.5  2047 
152. Filatov,Viacheslav               RUS ----  -109 = 99 -112 =115 -118 -157 -145 +163 =160  2.5  1934 
153. Denisov, Ivan                    RUS 2154  - 10 - 60 -148 +157 +163 - 63 -143 =134 -136  2.5  1923 
154. Yakovlev, Yuri S                 RUS 2062  - 53 -140 -151 -146 +162 +149 - 99 -117 =155  2.5  1983 
155. Tsapko, Dmitry                   RUS 2137  - 52 -108 -143 =138 =161 =164 -127 =145 =154  2.5  1940 
156. Dzhabrailova, Inara           wf RUS 2111  - 78 - 74 -102 +162 -141 -150 +163 =157 -137  2.5  1956 
157. Bagrunov, Vladimir               RUS 2068  - 48 - 89 -131 -153 +165 +152 -125 =156 -138  2.5  1947 
158. Maznov, Sergey                   RUS 2108  - 87 - 88 +166 -110 -102 =137 -138 +160 -135  2.5  1988 
159. Kosarev, Dmitry                  RUS 2177  = 26 - 46 +165 = 93 - 66 -102 -118   .    .   2.0  2092 
160. Bochenkova,Azzama                RUS ----  -111 - 86 =115 - 65 -136 -138 +167 -158 =152  2.0  1874 
161. Kirpichenkov, Stanislav          RUS 2037  - 19 +166 - 77 -101 =155 -132 =134 -144 -148  2.0  1954 
162. Kazantsev, Alexander             RUS 2021  - 79 -119 - 67 -156 -154 +167 -149 +165 -146  2.0  1852 
163. De Luna, Alberto                 ESP 1830  -114 -133 -147 +167 -153 -148 -156 -152 +165  2.0  1848 
164. Potyavin, Igor                   RUS 2048  - 40 -101 +146 -119 -130 =155 -147 -137   .   1.5  1916 
165. Kosov, Igor                      RUS 1664  - 96 = 83 -159 -129 -157 =145 -142 -162 -163  1.0  1727 
166. Gumirov, Konstantin L            RUS 2201  - 27 -161 -158   .    .    .    .    .    .   0.0       
167. BYE                                  ----    .    .    .  -163 -149 -162 -160   .    .   0.0       
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9) 1st SCG League for Men and Women

The 1st SCG League for Men and Women takes place in Vrnjacka Banja, 17th-28th October 2005. 7 of 11 rounds have been played. Games available.

Official site: http://www.scgchess.org/english.html

10) Sheki International Women's Chess Tournament

The Women's International Tournament dedicated to the Independence Day of Azerbaijan took place in Sheki 15th-23rd October, 2005. IM Lela Javakhishvili won the event with 7.5/9.

Official site: http://www.azerichess.com/tournament_2005.shtml

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Independence Day Women Sheki AZE (AZE), 15-23 x 2005       cat. IV (2328)
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                                           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Javakhishvili, Lela       m GEO 2410  * = 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1  7.5  2591 
 2. Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina   m RUS 2457  = * = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1  7.0  2533 
 3. Muzychuk, Anna           wg SLO 2373  0 = * = = = 1 1 1 0  5.0  2366 
 4. Gaprindashvili, Nona1     g GEO 2326  1 0 = * = 0 1 0 1 1  5.0  2371 
 5. Vasilevich, Irina         m RUS 2389  0 = = = * 1 0 1 0 1  4.5  2321 
 6. Bogza, Adina-Maria       wg ROM 2295  0 0 = 1 0 * 1 = 0 1  4.0  2288 
 7. Zhukova, Natalia         wg UKR 2466  0 = 0 0 1 0 * = 1 1  4.0  2269 
 8. Makropoulou, Marina      wg GRE 2287  0 0 0 1 0 = = * = 1  3.5  2252 
 9. Umudova, Nargiz             AZE 2101  0 0 0 0 1 1 0 = * 1  3.5  2273 
10. Alieva, Elmira           wm AZE 2176  0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 *  1.0  1993 
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11) Cupa ULIM Kishinev

The Cupa ULIM took place in Kishinev, Moldova 8th-16th 2005. I only have the games from the event. They suggest Vasile Sanduleac and Boris Itkis finished on 7/9. Below is a table derived from the games.

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Cupa ULIM Kishinev MDA (MDA), 8-16 x 2005
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                                          1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 
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 1. Sanduleac, Vasile      m  MDA 2479  =14 +24 +11 = 6 +18 + 8 = 2 = 3 +10  7.0  2471 
 2. Itkis, Boris           m  ROM 2473  +32 +18 - 6 +21 +20 + 7 = 1 +11 = 3  7.0  2448 
 3. Bets, Anatolij         m  MDA 2370  +31 =12 =34 +19 + 4 + 6 =10 = 1 = 2  6.5  2444 
 4. Nevednichy, Boris M    m  MDA 2297  +19 +43 =21 =10 - 3 =15 +31 +24 +11  6.5  2323 
 5. Dorofeev, Alexei          MDA 2228  +44 -20 +40 =31 +24 -11 +23 +12 + 6  6.5  2248 
 6. Agafii, Victor            MDA 2280  +38 +22 + 2 = 1 = 8 - 3 +19 + 7 - 5  6.0  2350 
 7. Diulger, Alexey        m  MDA 2294  +40 +28 + 9 = 8 =10 - 2 +16 - 6 +18  6.0  2365 
 8. Hamitevici, Vladimir      MDA 2284  +25 +36 +20 = 7 = 6 - 1 +14 =10 = 9  6.0  2318 
 9. Zhadko, Vladimir       f  MDA 2238  +29 +39 - 7 =36 -31 +22 +15 +14 = 8  6.0  2179 
10. Khruschiov, Alexey     m  MDA 2410  =24 +14 +12 = 4 = 7 +31 = 3 = 8 - 1  5.5  2301 
11. Mutu, Veaceslav           MDA 2160  +37 =34 - 1 +22 +36 + 5 +12 - 2 - 4  5.5  2276 
12. Ogleznev, Alexandr        MDA 2140  +42 = 3 -10 +35 +21 +18 -11 - 5 +19  5.5  2227 
13. Bocancea, Dmitrii         MDA 2115  -20 -44 +42 +17 -14 =30 +28 +31 +24  5.5  2072 
14. Prociuc, Evgenii          MDA 2078  = 1 -10 =17 +37 +13 +21 - 8 - 9 +28  5.0  2232 
15. Untila, Stela2            MDA 2026  -34 +37 =35 =16 +28 = 4 - 9 =17 +27  5.0  2132 
16. Partac, Elena          wg MDA 2171  -35 =17 +38 =15 +39 +20 - 7 -18 +22  5.0  2064 
17. Roitman, Leonid           MDA 1918  -21 =16 =14 -13 +37 =25 +36 =15 +26  5.0  2107 
18. Eletskikh, Alexandr       MDA 2180  +27 - 2 +44 +34 - 1 -12 +26 +16 - 7  5.0  2248 
19. Harbuz, Daniela        wf MDA 2019  - 4 +33 +28 - 3 +43 +34 - 6 +23 -12  5.0  2253 
20. Sarivan,Mircea                ----  +13 + 5 - 8 +23 - 2 -16 -24 =32 +30  4.5  2174 
21. Martemianov, Iaroslav     MDA 2254  +17 +35 = 4 - 2 -12 -14 -22 +41 +32  4.5  2083 
22. Babei, Angelica           MDA 1904  +23 - 6 =43 -11 +32 - 9 +21 +30 -16  4.5  2166 
23. Shtefyrtsa, Vsevolod      MDA 2183  -22 =38 +25 -20 +27 +36 - 5 -19 +31  4.5  2000 
24. Opinca, Sorin             MDA 2032  =10 - 1 +32 +43 - 5 +35 +20 - 4 -13  4.5  2176 
25. Martinenco, Sergiu        MDA 1992  - 8 =30 -23 +29 =26 =17 =27 -28 +33  4.0  2007 
26. Butuc, Maria           wf MDA 2092  -39 +29 -36 =27 =25 +41 -18 +37 -17  4.0  1930 
27. Postolache, Sergei        MDA 1896  -18 =32 =30 =26 -23 +44 =25 +36 -15  4.0  2006 
28. Dergausov, Denis          MDA 2117  +41 - 7 -19 +44 -15 +39 -13 +25 -14  4.0  2005 
29. Vetrila, Sanda            MDA 1917  - 9 -26 -33 -25 +42 -40 +38 +39 +37  4.0  1958 
30. Ivanov, Evgeny MDA        MDA 2044   .  =25 =27 +33 -34 =13 +35 -22 -20  3.5  1980 
31. Demeanciuc, Stanislav     MDA 2020  - 3 +42 +39 = 5 + 9 -10 - 4 -13 -23  3.5  2103 
32. Karacay, Aybar            TUR 2042  - 2 =27 -24 +38 -22 =43 +41 =20 -21  3.5  1993 
33. Bizovi,Mihai                  ----  -43 -19 +29 -30 =44 -37 +39 +35 -25  3.5  1896 
34. Madan, Augustin           ROM 2388  +15 =11 = 3 -18 +30 -19  .   .   .   3.0  2133 
35. Semchiv, Evgenii          MDA 1895  +16 -21 =15 -12 +40 -24 -30 -33 =41  3.0  1950 
36. Chirpii, Alenxandru       MDA 1969  +45 - 8 +26 = 9 -11 -23 -17 -27 =38  3.0  1987 
37. Chirpii, Valeria          MDA 1886  -11 -15 +41 -14 -17 +33 +40 -26 -29  3.0  1897 
38. Popa, Iuliana             MDA 1979  - 6 =23 -16 -32 -41 +42 -29 +44 =36  3.0  1906 
39. Turcan, Mihai                 ----  +26 - 9 -31 +40 -16 -28 -33 -29 =42  2.5  1875 
40. Socoloveac, Roman         MDA 2011  - 7 +41 - 5 -39 -35 +29 -37 -42 =44  2.5  1827 
41. Sarivan,Margarita             ----  -28 -40 -37 +42 +38 -26 -32 -21 =35  2.5  1843 
42. Gidicov, Artiom           MDA 1811  -12 -31 -13 -41 -29 -38 +44 +40 =39  2.5  1844 
43. Bulmaga, Irina            MDA 2122  +33 - 4 =22 -24 -19 =32  .   .   .   2.0  1924 
44. Vasiliev, Alexandr        MDA 1914  - 5 +13 -18 -28 =33 -27 -42 -38 =40  2.0  1817 
45. Solcanean, Serghei     m  MDA 2258  -36  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0       
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12) 5th Alushta Autumn

The 5th Alushta Autumn took place 7th-17th October 2005. Vladimir Belikov ran away with the event with 9/12 a point and a half clear of the field. News: Leonid Galperin.

Official site: http://www.kaissa.com.ua

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Autumn 5 Alushta UKR (UKR), 7-17 x 2005                      cat. VII (2405)
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                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 
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 1. Belikov, Vladimir      g RUS 2520  * = = 1 = = 1 = = 1 1 1 1  9.0  2588 
 2. Kovalev, Andrei        g BLR 2546  = * = = = = = = 1 1 1 0 1  7.5  2488 
 3. Shtyrenkov, Veniamen   g RUS 2469  = = * = = = = = 1 = = 1 1  7.5  2494 
 4. Loskutov, Oleg         m RUS 2426  0 = = * 1 0 1 = 0 1 1 1 1  7.5  2498 
 5. Alexikov, Alexander    m UKR 2382  = = = 0 * = = = 1 = 1 1 1  7.5  2502 
 6. Golubev, Mihail        g UKR 2517  = = = 1 = * = 1 0 = = 1 =  7.0  2452 
 7. Khurtsidze, Nino       m GEO 2434  0 = = 0 = = * = = 1 1 1 1  7.0  2459 
 8. Danielian, Elina       m ARM 2433  = = = = = 0 = * = 0 1 1 1  6.5  2431 
 9. Alexeev, Alexey        m UKR 2356  = 0 0 1 0 1 = = * 0 = 1 0  5.0  2352 
10. Zdebskaja, Natalia    wg UKR 2390  0 0 = 0 = = 0 1 1 * 0 1 =  5.0  2349 
11. Voicu, Carmen         wm ROM 2261  0 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 * 0 1  3.5  2259 
12. Khudyakov, Alexander   f RUS 2215  0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 * =  2.5  2191 
13. Birjukov, Sergey       f RUS 2318  0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 = 0 = *  2.5  2182 
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13) OCF Fall FIDE Tulsa Open

The OCF Fall FIDE Tulsa Open was held October 15th-16th 2005 in the Tulsa suburb of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, USA. The supervising IA was Frank Berry and the event attracted 30 players from 4 states. Jim Berry was the on site TD and three more players achieved FIDE rating norms: Sukharnikov, Hulburd and Dennison. Sukharnikov who won on tie-breaks is an Oklahoma Univ graduate math student from the Ukraine. Also tied for 1st is Thoma who is from Tulsa. My thanks to Frank Berry for this report.

Official site: http://www.okchess.org

 1. Leonid  Sukharnikov                4.0
 2. Phil  Thoma                        4.0       
 3. Movses  Movsisyan    F    2300     3.5  
 4. Chris  Claassen                    3.5
 5. Sergey  Galant            2234     3.5
 6  David  Zelnick                     3.5
 7  Jaime  Zuluaga                     3.5
 8  J Mike  Crockett                   3.0
 9  Jim  Berry                2165     3.0
10. George  Hulburd                    3.0
11  Judit  Simo           HUN 2039     3.0
12  Les  Kline                         3.0
13  Levi W.  Lyda                      3.0
30  players

14) Hamburg Chess Festival

The Hamburg Chess Festival including the 3rd Klaus-Junge-Open took place 1st-9th October 2005. Namig Gouliev won the event on tie-break with 7.5/9. Four other players finished on the same score. 13yr-old Fabiano Caruana from Brooklyn, New York, beat a well-known grandmaster. Lubomir Ftacnik in round 3. Final round 9 games now available. One round 8 result correction also.

Official site: http://www.hamburger-schachfestival.de/index_english.htm

Leading Round 9 Standings:
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Open A Hamburg GER (GER), 1-9 x 2005
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 1.   Gouliev,Namig           2572   7.5    52.0  43.00
 2.   Kempinski,Robert        2619   7.5    51.5  42.00
 3.   Eingorn,Vereslav S      2587   7.5    50.5  40.00
 4.   Nijboer,Friso           2545   7.5    50.0  39.50
 5.   Solodovnichenko,Yuri    2494   7.5    49.0  39.50
 6.   Kopylov,Michael         2445   7.0    51.0  41.75
 7.   Dembo,Yelena            2441   7.0    49.5  39.75
 8.   Hector,Jonny            2509   7.0    47.0  38.25
 9.   Baramidze,David         2542   7.0    47.0  37.25
 10.  Ernst,Thomas,Dr.        2475   7.0    40.0  33.50
 11.  Riazantsev,Alexander    2603   6.5    49.5  36.25
 11.  Baklan,Vladimir         2590   6.5    49.5  36.25
 13.  Kovchan,Alexander       2504   6.5    47.5  35.75
 14.  Kengis,Edvins           2528   6.5    47.5  35.00
 15.  Wippermann,Till         2446   6.5    47.5  34.25
 16.  Maiwald,Jens-Uwe        2502   6.5    47.0  34.50
 17.  Murdzia,Piotr           2448   6.5    47.0  34.25
 18.  Rozentalis,Eduardas     2585   6.5    46.5  35.25
 19.  Shchekachev,Andrei      2564   6.5    46.0  34.75
 20.  Potkin,Vladimir         2555   6.5    46.0  34.50
 21.  Ivanisevic,Ivan         2588   6.5    45.5  35.00
 22.  Halkias,Stelios         2540   6.5    45.5  34.75
 23.  Zaragatski,Ilja         2376   6.5    45.0  32.25
 24.  Heinemann,Thies         2441   6.5    42.5  30.50
290 players

15) Goodbye Summer Open Omis

The Goodbye Summer Open took place in Omis 10th-16th October 2005. Nenad Sulava won the event with 7/9. Missing games from last week now available. News: Slaven Juric.

Official site: http://www.crochess.com/turniri/omis/omis_05.htm

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Goodbye Summer Open Omis CRO (CRO), 10-16 x 2005
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 1. Sulava, Nenad             g  CRO 2493  7        39.0  49.5   35.5    5
 2. Kovacevic, Blazimir       m  CRO 2493  6.5      39.0  51.0   32.0    5
 3. Jankovic, Alojzije        m  CRO 2446  6.5      38.0  46.0   33.0    6
 4. Jovanic, Ognjen           m  CRO 2469  6.5      37.5  47.5   31.5    5
 5. Cvitan, Ognjen            g  CRO 2527  6.5      35.0  45.5   30.0    6
 6. Zecevic, Dean                CRO 2433  6        42.5  53.5   36.5    5
 7. Fercec, Nenad             m  CRO 2512  6        42.0  54.0   35.0    4
 8. Lalic, Bogdan             g  CRO 2490  6        38.5  49.5   33.0    3
 9. Brkic, Ante               m  CRO 2500  6        38.0  49.0   32.5    5
10. Saric, Ibro               m  BIH 2441  6        37.5  46.0   33.0    4
11. Rogulj, Branko            m  CRO 2393  6        35.5  45.5   30.5    5
12. Zelic, Mladen             f  CRO 2249  6        34.5  43.0   28.0    5
13. Rezan, Sasa               m  CRO 2421  6        33.0  42.5   26.0    5
14. Saric, Ante               m  CRO 2437  5.5      43.5  54.0   33.0    3
15. Ljubicic, Filip           m  CRO 2400  5.5      38.0  48.0   29.0    3
16. Bozanic, Ivica            f  CRO 2239  5.5      38.0  47.5   28.5    4
17. Zaja, Ivan                g  CRO 2466  5.5      37.0  47.5   32.0    4
18. Zimmerman, Yuri           m  RUS 2391  5.5      36.0  46.0   29.0    3
19. Zufic, Miroslav           m  CRO 2391  5.5      35.0  45.0   30.0    5
20. Brumen, Dinko             m  CRO 2362  5.5      33.0  41.5   26.5    5
21. Martic, Zlatko            f  CRO 2298  5.5      31.0  40.0   25.5    5
66 players

16) II Calvia Chess Festival

The 2nd Calvià Chess Festival takes place October 21st-November 5th 2005.

Official site: http://www.calviafestival.com/open.php?idioma=en

Leading Round 4 Standings:
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II Open Calvia ESP (ESP), 21-28 x 2005
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  1   Movsziszian, Karen            ARM 2461 gm    3.5   9.0  11.0  9.25
  2   Suba, Mihai                   ROM 2512 gm    3.5   9.0  10.5  8.75
  3   Conquest, Stuart              ENG 2514 gm    3.5   8.5  10.5  8.75
  4   Maze, Sebastien               FRA 2506 im    3.5   8.0   9.5  8.75
  5   Franco Ocampos, Zenon         PAR 2524 gm    3     9.0  11.0  8.00
  6   Libiszewski, Fabien           FRA 2459 im    3     9.0  11.0  7.50
  7   Campora, Daniel H.            ARG 2538 gm    3     9.0  10.5  7.50
  8   Bauer, Christian              FRA 2625 gm    3     8.5  10.5  7.50
      Andersson, Ulf                SWE 2565 gm    3     8.5  10.5  7.50
      Vera, Reynaldo                CUB 2481 gm    3     8.5  10.5  7.50
 11   Del Rio Angelis, Salvador G.  ESP 2489 gm    3     8.5   9.0  6.00
 12   Peralta, Fernando             ARG 2538 gm    3     8.0  10.0  7.25
 13   Perez Candelario, Manuel      ESP 2522 im    3     8.0   9.5  7.25
 14   Strikovic, Aleksa             SCG 2492 gm    3     8.0   9.5  6.50
 15   Vallejo Pons, Francisco       ESP 2674 gm    3     8.0   9.5  6.00
 16   Carlsson, Pontus              SWE 2435 im    3     8.0   9.0  6.25
 17   Epishin, Vladimir             RUS 2574 gm    3     8.0   9.0  6.00
 18   Teran Alvarez, Ismael         ESP 2428 im    3     7.5   9.0  5.50
 19   Papp, Gabor                   HUN 2474 im    3     7.5   8.5  5.75
 20   Kozlov, Oleg                  RUS 2233 im    3     7.5   8.0  4.50
 21   Permuy Lorenzo, Carlos Javier ESP 2376 fm    3     7.0   9.0  4.00
 22   Larino Nieto, David           ESP 2325 fm    3     7.0   8.0  5.00
 23   Kovacevic, Slobodan           SCG 2339 im    3     6.5   8.0  5.50
      Fokin, Sergey                 RUS 2180       3     6.5   8.0  5.50
 25   Galiana, Juan Ramon           ESP 2239 fm    3     6.0   6.5  4.00
 26   Berg, Emanuel                 SWE 2540 gm    2.5   9.0  11.0  6.25
 27   Fernandez Romero, Ernesto     ESP 2442 im    2.5   8.0   9.5  5.00
 28   Campos Moreno, Javier B.      CHI 2470 gm    2.5   7.5   8.5  4.75
 29   Leskovar, Mario               ARG 2372 im    2.5   7.0   8.5  4.25
 30   Jaksland, Tim                 DEN 2323 fm    2.5   7.0   8.0  3.25
 31   Tscharotschkin, Michael       GER 2216       2.5   7.0   7.5  3.75
 32   Barcelo, Pedro                ESP 2247       2.5   7.0   7.5  3.25
 33   Ilic, Ljubomir                MKD 2242 fm    2.5   6.5   7.0  3.50
 34   Nygren, Kim                   SWE 2231       2.5   6.5   7.0  3.00
 35   Heyken, Enno                  GER 2332 im    2.5   6.0   7.5  3.75
 36   Perez Aleman, Pedro Tomÿs     ESP 2202       2.5   6.0   7.0  3.50
 37   Norberg, Johan                SWE 2212       2.5   6.0   6.5  3.25
 38   Perez Fungueiro, Manuel A.    ESP 2277       2.5   6.0   6.5  2.75
 39   Mellado Trivino, Juan         ESP 2426 im    2     8.5  10.5  4.50
 40   Pena Gomez, Manuel            ESP 2315       2     8.5   9.5  2.50
 41   Akhanov, Dauren               KAZ 2100       2     8.5   9.0  2.50
 42   Cabrera Trujillo, Jorge       ESP 2121       2     8.5   9.0  1.00
 43   Pogorelov, Ruslan             UKR 2439 gm    2     7.5   9.0  3.75
      Rodriguez Lopez, Rafael       ESP 2246 im    2     7.5   9.0  3.75
 45   Gomez Jurado, Luis Alberto    ESP 2350       2     7.5   9.0  3.50
 46   Olsen, Peter Erik             DEN 2281       2     7.5   9.0  1.75
 47   Sion Castro, Marcelino        ESP 2392 im    2     7.0   8.5  3.50
      Valls Casas, Jordi            ESP 2071       2     7.0   8.5  3.50
 49   Vilar Lopez, Monica           ESP 2180 wfm   2     7.0   8.0  3.00
      Machin Arbelo, Pedro Alexis   ESP 2040       2     7.0   8.0  3.00
 51   Gomez Baillo, Jorge H.        ARG 2422 im    2     7.0   7.5  2.00
 52   Frick, Renato                 LIE 2159       2     6.5   7.5  2.00
 53   Johansson, Christian          SWE 2149       2     6.5   7.0  2.00
 54   Rhein, Klaus                  GER 2111       2     6.5   7.0  1.50
 55   Hoenick, Andreas              GER 2158       2     6.0   6.5  2.25
 56   Edlund, Robin                 SWE 2216       2     6.0   6.5  2.00
 57   Mihailovs, Jurijs             LAT 2299       2     6.0   6.0  1.00
 58   Fischer-Nielsen, Jesper       DEN 2218       2     5.5   6.0  1.50
 95 players

17) Casino de Barcelona Masters

The Casino de Barcelona Masters takes place 24th-28th October 2005. Players: Vassily Ivanchuk, Rubén Felgaer, Miguel Illescas, Sergey Fedorchuk, Víktor Moskalenko and Marc Narciso, Time rate: 40 moves in 2 hours. Then 1 hour for each player until the flag falls Players cannot ask for draw before the first control (40 moves).

Official site: http://www.fcde.org and live at: http://www.directe.fcde.org/

18) FIDE Zonal 2.4

FIDE Zonal 2.4 takes place in Sao Paulo 22nd-30th October 2005. The event is a 9 round swiss.

Official site: http://www.cxsp.com.br/Zonal2005/Zonal2005.htm

Round 2 Standings: 
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zt 2.4 Sao Paulo BRA (BRA), 22-30 x 2005
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                                               1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 
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 1. Cordova, Emilio             m  PER 2434  +15 +13  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0       
 2. Sunye Neto, Jaime           g  BRA 2522  + 9 = 6  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2623 
 3. El Debs, Felipe de Cresce   f  BRA 2341  = 4 +11  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2750 
 4. Lima, Darcy                 g  BRA 2529  = 3 +10  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2590 
 5. Castaneda, Carlos              PER 2171  +15 = 7  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2503 
 6. Mecking, Henrique           g  BRA 2549  +13 = 2  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2636 
 7. Milos, Gilberto             g  BRA 2620  +14 = 5  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2502 
 8. Vescovi, Giovanni           g  BRA 2646  =10 +12  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2624 
 9. Di Berardino, Diego Rafael     BRA 2312  - 2 +14  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2484 
10. Matsuura, Everaldo          m  BRA 2453  = 8 - 4  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.5  2394 
11. Leitao, Rafael              g  BRA 2586  =12 - 3  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.5  2182 
12. Zambrana, Oswaldo           m  BOL 2409  =11 - 8  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.5  2423 
13. Assumpcao, Roberto             BRA 2364  - 6 - 1  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0       
14. Limp, Eduardo               m  BRA 2447  - 7 - 9  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0       
15. BYE                                ----  - 5  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0       
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19) US Chess League

The United States Chess League sees 8 of the strongest cities in the US compete with each other in front of a live Internet audience on ICC. News: Greg Shahade.

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

Week 8 19th October 2005

New York - 3.5
Miami - 0.5

San Francisco - 3
Philadelphia - 1

Carolina - 2.5
Baltimore - 1.5

Boston - 2
Dallas - 2

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The standings are as follows:


East Division

New York -      7.0/8
Baltimore -     4.5/8
Philadelphia -  3.5/8
Boston -        3.0/8

West Division

Miami -         5.0/8
San Francisco - 4.0/8
Dallas -        2.5/8
Carolina -      2.5/8

(Top 2 teams in each division make the playoffs, with each division's first place finisher receiving draw odds against the 2nd place finisher in the semi finals)

20) 4th Davos Open

The 4th Davos Open took place July 30th - August 7th 2005 in Congress Center ?Sun Star Hotel? as the venue. Without doubt, playing room is one of the most beautiful rooms for chess.

Davos is well-known tourist place, both winter and summer, popular congress and meeting place, varied profession, for sure open door for the chess event. Davos has particular micro-climate very convenient for chess (and all others!).

Matthew Turner started very well and finished peaceful with few draws. Petar Benkovic was only serious rival. In the last round nobody wanted to risk. "Bucholz" decided the winner.

The best Swiss player was Nocolas Curien. Best Lady Erika Reust, best senior Wolfgang Siebert. In tournament were a lot of interesting and good games and players really enjoy time in Davos. As Arbiter I didn't have to work hard.

Next, 5th Davos Chess Summer will be from August 5 to August 13, 2006. with two events: the 6th European Senior Championship and Traditional Open tournament.

Report: Sinisa Joksic.

Final Standings:
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4th Open Davos SUI (SUI), 30 vii-7 viii 2005
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 1. Turner, Matthew      g  ENG 2494  7.0   (46.5) from 9 games;
 2. Benkovic, Petar      m  SCG 2431  7.0   (45.5); 
 3. Chernov, Vadim       m  ROM 2456  6.0   (47.0); 
 4. Rendle, Thomas       f  ENG 2358  6.0   (46.0); 
 5. Bigg, Andrew J          ENG 2277  6.0   (45.0); 
 6. Curien, Nicolas         SUI 2264  5.5   (43.5); 
 7. Taylor, Martin R     f  ENG 2316  5.5   (41.0-332.0); 
 8. Maurer, Fritz           SUI 2122  5.5   (41.0-322.5); 
 9. Tiller, Bjorn        m  NOR 2356  5.5   (40.5); 
10. Arbinger, Roland        GER 2119  5.5   (38.0); 
11. Steinbach,Peter         GER ----  5.5   (37.5); 
12. Kaminski, Victor        CAN 2098  5.0/8 (42.0); 
13. Bildat, Juergen         GER 2163  5.0   (38.5); 
14. Wyss, Jonas             SUI 2025  4.5   (40.0); 
15. Maeder, Jean-Claude     SUI 2005  4.5   (31.5-286.5); 
16. Schwab, Felix           SUI 2063  4.5   (31.5-282.5); 
17. Bosshard, Rolf          SUI 1868  4.5   (31.0-284.0); 
18. Cavaletto, Massimo      SUI 2153  4.5   (31.0-274.5); 
19. Faraone, Ettore         SUI ----  4.0   (41.5);
20. Joller, Hans            SUI 2025  4.0   (39.0);
21. Thon,Manfred            GER ----  4.0   (35.5);
22. Luchsinger, Eric        ITA 2135  3.5   (37,5);
23. Keller, Felix           SUI ----  3.5   (35.5);
24. Reust, Erika            SUI 1867  3.5   (31.5-279.0);
25. Sieber, Wolfgang        SUI 1866  3.5   (31.5-262.0);
26. Frei, Eugen             SUI 2043  3.5   (29.5);
27. Arocha, Carlos          SUI ----  3.5/7 (25.0);
28. Kaminski, Thomas        CAN ----  3.0/8 (36.5);
29. Steiert, Roland         GER 1683  3.0   (32.0);
30. Giacomini, Plinio       SUI 2057  3.0/7 (25.0);
31. Mollet, Robert          SUI ----  2.5   (30.5);
32. Kempen,Veit             GER ----  2.5   (27.5);
33. Mengler, Marc           GER 2078  2.5/5 (18.5);
34. Smith, Brian            ENG 1867  2.0   (30.5)
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21) 15th Massachusetts G/60 Championship

George Mirijanian reports: The 15th annual Massachusetts Game/60 Championship took place on 23rd October 2005 at the Lowell Boys and Girls Club in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA. National expert Patrick Sciacca, 42, of South Lawrence, Mass., captured first place with a score of 3-1. Runners-up with 2.5-1.5 tallies were FM John Curdo, 73, of Auburn, Mass., and national experts Max Maluyta of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and Christopher Williams, 16, of Brighton, Mass. The Massachusetts Chess Association-sponsored tournament had a disappointing turnout of 33 players in four sections and was directed by Kenneth Robert Ballou of Framingham, Mass. Complete crosstables are available at http://masschess.org

22) Forthcoming Events and Links

Corisca International Rapid

The Corisca International Rapid takes place in Bastia 30th October - 3rd November 2005. 100,000 Euros of prizes usually attracts a strong field.

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

Gibraltar Promotional

The Gibraltar Congress takes place 24th January - 2nd February 2006. Further details: http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com

To promote the event there is a special chess challenge on Monday 24th October 2005. Starting at 12.30pm at the RAC, Pall Mall. Grandmaster Alexei Shirov, ranked 14th in the world and Spanish number 1, will be partnered by 7 year old Peter Andreev. They will play against Jon Speelman, partnered by 8 year old Edmund Harding. They will play a blitz speed match where the partners play alternate moves without consultation. Both children are members of Richmond Junior Chess Club. Peter was chosen because his native tongue is Russian and thus Alexei, originally from Latvia, will be able to discuss strategy in advance by email with Peter. There will be a presentation on the event following the game. Tim Bristow, Chief Executive Officer of Gibtelecom said today, 'Gibtelecom is pleased to be continuing as the main sponsor of the Gibraltar Chess Festival. The Gibtelecom Masters is now one of the strongest open tournaments in the world. This match will demonstrate that, not only is it a serious chess festival, but there is also something for everybody.'

US Championship

The U.S. Chess Championship returns to San Diego from March 1st-12th, 2006 (note the new dates) 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 top seeded players are: 1 Gregory Kaidanov; 2 Gata Kamsky; 3 Alexander Onischuk; 4 Boris Gulko 5 Ildar Ibraigimov; 6 Alexander Shabalov; 7 Varuzhan Akobian; and 8 Igor Novikov. In the women's: 1 Susan Polgar; 2 Anna Zatonskih; 3 Irina Krush; 4 Camilla Baginskaite; 5 Tatev Abrahamyan; and 6 Jennifer Shahade.

Full details:http://www.uschesschampionship.com

Caissa Events October

The Caissa tournaments take place in Kecskemét (HUN) 15th-24th October 2005... IM round robin and/or FM tmt, more info http://www.caissachessbooks.com. Contact Dr. Tamas Erdelyi caissa@axelero.hu.

Hungarian Events November 2005 - May 2006

1. 5th-18th of November 2005 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. 17th-25th of November, Harkány Tenkes cup Open, 250 km South West from Budapest, org:Fulop Csaba, mobile: +(36)-30-9276900

3. 19th-29th of November, IM-FM, KECSKEMET,

4. 3rd - 16th of December, FS GM-IM-FM, Budapest, (Two GM groups - a cat.VI.-VII and a cat.IX - X.!!!) Org: NL.

5. 27th of December 2005 - 4th of January 2006 IM-FM, Kecskemet,

6. 6th-14th of January 2006, Budapest, TAPOLCA Open, Org. Paréj József, info: Nagy László, firstsat@hu.inter.net

7 4th-16th of February, FIRST SATURDAY GM (cat.VII and cat.IX/) -IM-FM Budapest

8. 4th - 16th of March FS GM-IM-FM, Org.NL.

9. 23rd- 31st of March SPRING FESTIVAL 9 rounds Swiss Open Budapest, org.: NL.

10. 1st-14rth of April, FS cat.VII, IX, XII GM events, IM and FM closed tournaments, Budapest, org.NL.

11. 14th-22nd of April, BUDAPEST Open, 9 rounds Swiss, organizer: IM Rigo, e-mail: me-ri@t-online.hu

12. 6th-18th of May, Budapest, FS GM-IM-FM, org.NL.

13. 20th-30th of May, Budapest, ELEKES memorial GM-IM closed tmt, org.IM Zsinka, e-mail: zsinkala@axelero.hu

Jababeka Women's International

The Indonesian Chess Federation organise Jababeka Women's International Chess Tournament at the Hotel Kartika Chandra, Jakarta, Indonesia, October 21st-27th, 2005.

The official sites are http://www.percasi.com and http://www.indochess.com

World Team Championship

The World Team Championship takes place 31st October (arrival) to 11th November (departure) 2005 in Beer-Sheva, Israel.

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

Armenia

1    Levon, Aronian             GM    2724  
2    Vladimir, Akopian          GM    2707  
3    Asrian, Karen              GM    2645  
4    Rafael A, Vaganian         GM    2614  
5    Smbat G, Lputian           GM    2614  
6    Ashot, Anastasian          GM    2596  

China

1    Bu, Xiang Zhi              GM    2637  
2    Liang, Chong               GM    2524  
3    Zhang, Zhong               GM    2608  
4    Zhang, Peng Xiang          GM    2613  
5    Zhou, Jian Chao            GM    2516  
6    Ni, Hua                    GM    2603  

China Women


1    Hou, Yi Fan                NA      
2    Zhao, Xue                  NA    2473  
3    Wang, Yue                  NA    2585  
4    Gong, Qian Yun             NA    2374  
5    Huang, Qian                NA    2398  
6    Shen, Yang                 NA    2326  

Cuba

1    Lenier, Dominguez Perez    GM    2635  
2    Lazaro, Bruzon Batista     GM    2677  
3    Neuris , Delgado Ramirez   GM    2551  
4    Jesus, Nogueiras Santiago  GM    2547  
5    Walter, Arencibia Rguez    GM    2510  
6    Yuniesky, Quezada Perez    GM    2505  

Georgia

1    Zurah, Azmaiparashvili     GM    2658  
2    Baadur, Jobava             GM    2601  
3    Giorgi, Giorgadze          GM    2601  
4    Levan, Pantsulaia          GM    2578  
5    Mchedlishvili, Mikheil     GM    2564  
6    Merab, Gagunashvili        GM    2542  

Israel

1    Boris, Gelfand             GM    2717  
2    Emil, Sutovsky             GM    2654  
3    Ilia, Smirin               GM    2673  
4    Boris, Avrukh              GM    2653  
5    Sergey, Erenburg           GM    2582  
6    Michael, Roiz              GM    2600  

Netherlands

Not Available

Russia

1    Peter, Svidler             GM    2740  
2    Alexander, Grischuk        GM    2720  
3    Alexey, Dreev              GM    2694  
4    Alexander, Morozevich      GM    2707  
5    Alexander, Motylev         GM    2032  
6    Evgeny, Bareev             GM    2675  

Ukraine

1    Vassily, Ivanchuk          GM    2752  
2    Ruslan, Ponomarow          GM    2704  
3    Andriy, Volokytin          GM    2671  
4    Oleksander, Moiseyenko     GM    2664  
5    Pavlo, Eljanov             GM    2639  
6    Sergey, Karjakin           GM    2645  

USA

1    Alexander, Goldin          GM    2615  
2    Alexander, Onischuk        GM    2628  
3    Boris, Gulko               GM    2589  
4    Gregory, Kaidanov          GM    2614  
5    Igor, Novikov              GM    2589  
6    Ildar, Ibragimov           GM    2605

Corus Wijk aan Zee 2006

The field for the Corus tournament in Wijk aan Zee has been finalised. The event takes place January 13th-29th 2006.

Players: 1 (2) Viswanathan Anand IND 2788 2 (3) Veselin Topalov BUL 2782 3 (4) Peter Leko HUN 2751 4 (5) Vassily Ivanchuk UKR 2748 5 (7) Vladimir Kramnik RUS 2739 6 (9) Etienne Bacrot FRA 2725 7 (10) Levon Aronian ARM 2724 8 (12) Michael Adams ENG 2718 9 (13) Boris Gelfand ISR 2717 10 (20) Sergey Tiviakov NED 2700 11 (21) Ivan Sokolov NED 2696 12 (23) Gata Kamsky USA 2690 13 (44) Sergey Karjakin UKR 2658 14 (55) Loek van Wely NED 2648. October world ranking in brackets.

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

Linares 2006

Limited information on the Linares tournament this year. I understand it may be a split event between Linares in Spain and an as yet unannounced place in Mexico. Approximate dates 12th Feb - 12th March 2006. Possible lineup: Veselin Topalov (not yet confirmed), Peter Leko, Vassily Ivanchuk, Peter Svidler, Etienne Bacrot, Paco Vallejo and two more possibly including Viswanathan Anand. 8 players. All news yet to be officially confirmed.

Iranian Super League

The second Season of the Iranian Super League starts from 3rd October 2005. News: Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh.

Further details: http://schach.wienerzeitung.at/asp/turniere.asp?tnr=2350&lan=1 and http://www.iranchess.com/indexen.htm

Galway Congress Masters

The Galway Congress Masters 2005 took place October 7th-9th 2005. Bartosz Socko and Gawain jones finished on 5/6. Games may follow.

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

Czech Chess Christmas 2005

Czech Chess Christmas 2005 Litomysl (CZE) 26.12.2005-1.1.2006 7th christmas chess FIDE tournament, swiss system of 9 round, rate of game 2 x 1,5h + 30s/move, prize fund 75.000 CZK (1st prize 20.000 CZK = 680 EUR), special conditions for IM, WGM and GM, New Year’s Eve programme. Contact: Agentura 64, Jaroslav Fuksik, 783 73 Grygov 337, mobil: 608 364 664, e-mail: a64@proclient.cz, web: http://www.a64.cz

Penang International Open

Penang International Open Chess Tournament 2005 is a FIDE-rated, open chess tournament open to all players. It will be held at the tropical island of Penang, Malaysia. The tournament is organized by the Penang Chess Association. Dates: 7th-11th December 2005.

Details: http://www.pca.bayanbaru.com/PgOpen/

Seagaard ChessReviews

Soren Sogaard has announced that his site Seagaard ChessReviews will be updated after receiving a lot of positive e-mails, "I decided to try to keep running the site. I also got two new reviewers, and the well known danish IM Steffen Pedersen reviews his first book." He'll see if he can keep it going another 6 months.

Website: http://seagaard.dk/review

17th Leuven Open

Chessclub Desperado Leuven organises its 17th Open International Tournament of Leuven, Belgium. It will take place from Thursday November 10th until Sunday November 13th 2005. The Open Tournament consists out of 7 rounds, Swiss pairing system, 2hours/40moves + 15' QPF. Prizemoney adds up to more than EUR 4.500, including several large ratingprizes!

Further info: http://turn.to/desperado

Hastings Chess Congress 2005-6

The Hastings Chess Congress takes place 28th December 2005 to 6th January 2006, with a weekend tournament on 7th-8th January 2006.

Further details from Con Power conpowr@aol.com and http://www.hastingschess.org.uk/

Gibraltar Congress 2006

The Gibraltar Congress takes place 24th January - 2nd February 2006. Contact Stewart Reuben for more details: Stewartreuben@aol.com

Further details will eventually be available at: http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com

Singapore News

Singapore Masters & Challengers International Open Tournaments

The Singapore Masters & Challengers International Open Tournaments takes place 25th-31st December 2005. Swiss System; FIDE-rated and titled; Rate of play will be 90 minutes for the whole game with 30 seconds increment for every move starting from the first move. 4. Prize Fund : US$ 18,000 Singapore Masters International Open (US$16,000): For players rated 1801 and above 1st 4000; 2nd 3000; 3rd 2000; 4th 1200; 5th 1000; 6th 800; 7th 600; 8th 400; 9th to 12th 350; 13th to 20th 200 each

Further details: singchess@pacific.net.sg and ignatiusleong@pacific.net.sg

Seminars for Arbiters and Trainers in Singapore

Seminars for Arbiters and Trainers will be held in Singapore in conjunction with the Singapore I nternational Chess Convention from 18th-24th December 2005.

Downloads:

http://www.fide.com/news/download/ArbSem05_SIN.doc

http://www.fide.com/news/download/TrainSem05_SIN.doc

The registration forms should be sent back not later than 15 November 2005 to: Singapore Chess Federation, 51 Bishan Street 13, #02-01A, Singapore, International Games Centre, Singapore 579799. or by fax to: (65) 6352 9691, (65) 6358 1483 or by e-mail to singchess@pacific.net.sg, ignatiusleong@pacific.net.sg

Asian Schools Chess Festival 2005

Asian Schools Chess Festival 2005 in Singapore, Singapore International Chess Convention The Singapore Chess Federation has the honour of inviting all Asian National Chess Federations affiliated to FIDE to participate in the 2005 Asian Schools Chess Festival (under-9, under-11, under -13, under -15) in Singapore from 17th December (arrival) to 25th December (departure).

Official Site: http://www.singaporechess.org.sg

World Amateur Open Championship Cancelled

Due to the Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita that recently hit the Gulf Coast area, the World Amateur Open Chess Tournament that was to be held Oct. 7-9, 2005, in Kissimmee, Florida, has been cancelled.

Cajun Chess Web Site will be back soon: http://www.cajunchess.com/

26th International Bethune Open

The 26th International Bethune Open takes place in the room Olof Palme, Commercial centre La Rotonde, Bethune, France (Pas-de-Calais) December 26th-30th 2005. This year the tournament will have 9 rounds instead of 7. The tournament is divided in 2 tournaments: - Tournament A for players whose Elo rating is above or equal to 1600, 1st price : 1500 euros - Tournament B for players strictly below 1800 and not FIDE, 1st price : 300 euros, Fischer pace 1h30+30s KO for each game in both tournaments. At least 5500 euros of prices (7300 euros given in 2004), prices for Elo categories in both tournaments. Entry fee : 40 euros (adults), 20 euros (youngsters under 20), free for IM, GM and FIDE Masters. Special conditions for IM and GM. Contact info: E-mail: open@bethunechess.com

Further details: http://www.bethunechess.com

Grand Prix d’échecs d’Aix en Provence

The Grand Prix d’échecs d’Aix en Provence takes place 15th-18th December 2005. Magnus Carlsen and Laurent Fressinet will compete.

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

Mezezers International Open 2006

The Mezezers International Open 2006 (110 km from Riga Latvia) takes place 1st-6th July 2005.

Details; http://www.mezezers.viss.lv

Jovan Petronic Website

Jovan Petronic has a new website with some news on it.

http://www.jovanpetronic.com/chessnews.htm

GM against the World - Olympiads of Chess, Turin 2006

Sergio Mariotti is the first Grand Master to take on the world from the official Turin Olympiad website starting on 29th September 2005. Just Register on the Olympiad website and wait to receive your password by email. Then Enter the game in PlayArea/play on line

Further details: http://www.chessolympiad-torino2006.org

World Inter-Varsity Chess Championship

The Rakan Muda Gacc World Inter-Varsity Chess Championship takes place at the Second Residential College University Of Malaya 50603 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. i. All teams are expected to arrive in Malaysia not later than 6 Dec 2005 and expected to depart earliest on 14 Dec 2005.Participation in GACC World Inter-Varsity Chess Championship is open to all BONA FIDE representatives from universities and colleges. GACC will be conducted as an individual Swiss event. The accumulated results of the best 4(four) individuals from the same university (which is inclusive of at least one female player) will be accumulated for the team results. This format is to encourage more female players to participate. Each University or Institute can send two teams if they wish to.

Contact details: TEL: 03-7957 1706 . FAX: 03-7957 1608 E-MAIL: gacc_10@yahoo.com

Official site: http://tcn.sourceforge.net

New RSS Chess Website

Chess Samizdat is a new portal which offers free syndicated chess content to the world via JS and RSS feed.

http://www.correspondencechess.com/samizdat/

Scanno Italy

SCANNO (ITALY) GM-IM closed tournaments, 7th-13th of November, Scanno, 50 km West from Pescara, info: IO Nagy Laszlo - e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net

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

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

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

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 at some point.

Games and results: http://www.fqechecs.qc.ca/

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

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.

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/

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/

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 ) .

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/

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

TWIC Messageboard

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