THE WEEK IN CHESS 575 14th November 2005 by Mark Crowther
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World Team Championship 48 games
Norwegian Championship Playoff 7 games
US Chess League 8 games
First Saturday November 36 games
São Paulo International 17 games
Prague Blitz Matches 14 games
St Petersburg Autumn Open 302 games
Platja de Muro tournament 45 games
25th Anniversary Trophy Madrileña 66 games
Zonal 2.3 66 games
Zonal 2.5 125 games
5th Rohde Open 277 games
World Junior Championships 138 games
Venetian Autumn Chess Open 144 games
Croatian Championship 42 games
Belgian Interclubs 2005-2006 48 games
1383 games
My thanks to Thomas Henrich, Herman Van Riemsdijk, Miklos Orso, Valery
Maes, David Pruess, Greg Shahade, Antonio Rosino, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr.,
Dominique Primel, Joel Lautier, Hiddo Zuiderweg and everyone else who helped
with the issue.
There was a fantastic finish to the World Team Championship. China who
had some great results were caught on the line by Russia who looked out of it
with two rounds to go. Even going into the last round Russia needed to win
3.5-0.5 which looked impossible. But that was the score they achieved. For some
time now I've had the address mdcrowth@btinternet.com, this is about to become
my only address. Please check your mailing lists for mdcrowth@netcomuk.co.uk
and replace it with the above. The netcomuk address will last only two more
weeks.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The World Team Championship took place 31st October (arrival) to 11th
November (departure) 2005 in Beer-Sheva, Israel. Russia took the title after
winning 3.5-0.5 against China in the final round.
Official site: http://www.wccisrael.com
Final Round 9 Standings
N Nation + - = Pts.
1 Russia 8 0 0 22
2 China Men 6 2 0 21.5
3 Armenia 4 1 3 18.5
4 Ukraine 4 3 1 17.5
5 USA 3 3 2 16.5
6 Israel 2 5 1 14.5
7 Georgia 2 5 1 13.5
8 Cuba 1 4 3 13
9 China Women 0 7 1 7
Round 7 8th November 2005
1 China Women 1 - 3 Armenia
Bd Player Rat. Pts. Pts. Player Rat.
1 WGM Zhao, Xue 2478 0 - 1 GM Aronian, Levon 2724
2 Qian, Huang 2398 0.5 - 0.5 GM Vaganian, Rafael A 2614
3 WGM Yu, Wang 2396 0 - 1 GM Lputian, Smbat G 2614
4 Yang, Shen 2326 0.5 - 0.5 GM Anastasian, Ashot 2596
2 China Men 3.5 - 0.5 USA
Bd Player Rat. Pts. Pts. Player Rat.
1 GM Bu, Xiangzhi 2637 0.5 - 0.5 GM Onischuk, Alexander 2628
2 GM Zhang, Pengxiang 2613 1 - 0 GM Kaidanov, Gregory 2614
3 GM Ni, Hua 2603 1 - 0 GM Ibragimov, Ildar 2605
4 GM Zhong, Zhang 2608 1 - 0 GM Novikov, Igor 2589
3 Cuba 2 - 2 Ukraine
Bd Player Rat. Pts. Pts. Player Rat.
1 GM Bruzon, Lazaro 2677 0 - 1 GM Ivanchuk, Vassily 2748
2 GM Dominguez, Lenier 2635 0.5 - 0.5 GM Volokitin, Andrei 2666
3 GM Nogueiras, Jesus 2547 1 - 0 GM Eljanov, Pavel 2663
4 GM Arencibia, Walte 2510 0.5 - 0.5 GM Karjakin, Sergey 2658
4 Israel 1.5 - 2.5 Georgia
Bd Player Rat. Pts. Pts. Player Rat.
1 GM Gelfand, Boris 2717 0.5 - 0.5 GM Azmaiparashvili,Zurab 2658
2 GM Smirin, Ilia 2673 0.5 - 0.5 GM Jobava, Baadur 2601
3 GM Sutovsky, Emil 2654 0 - 1 GM Pantsulaia, Levan 2578
4 GM Avrukh, Boris 2653 0.5 - 0.5 GM Mikheil,Mchedlishvili 2564
Round 8 9th November 2005
1 Ukraine 2.5 - 1.5 Israel
Bd Player Rat. Pts. Pts. Player Rat.
1 GM Ivanchuk, Vassily 2748 1 - 0 GM Gelfand, Boris 2717
2 GM Ponomariov, Ruslan 2704 0.5 - 0.5 GM Avrukh, Boris 2653
3 GM Volokitin, Andrei 2666 0.5 - 0.5 GM Roiz, Michael 2600
4 GM Karjakin, Sergey 2658 0.5 - 0.5 GM Erenburg, Sergey 2582
2 USA 2 - 2 Cuba
Bd Player Rat. Pts. Pts. Player Rat.
1 GM Onischuk,Alexander 2628 1 - 0 GM Bruzon, Lazaro 2677
2 GM Gulko, Boris 2589 0 - 1 GM Dominguez, Lenier 2635
3 GM Kaidanov, Gregory 2614 0.5 - 0.5 GM Nogueiras, Jesus 2547
4 GM Goldin, Alexander 2615 0.5 - 0.5 GM Arencibia, Walter 2510
3 Armenia 2.5 - 1.5 China Men
Bd Player Rat. Pts. Pts. Player Rat.
1 GM Aronian, Levon 2724 0.5 - 0.5 GM Bu, Xiangzhi 2637
2 GM Akopian, Vladimir 2707 0.5 - 0.5 GM Zhang, Pengxiang 2613
3 GM Karen, Asrian 2645 1 - 0 GM Ni, Hua 2603
4 GM Lputian, Smbat G 2614 0.5 - 0.5 GM Zhong, Zhang 2608
4 Russia 3 - 1 China Women
Bd Player Rat. Pts. Pts. Player Rat.
1 GM Grischuk,Alexander 2720 1 - 0 WGM Zhao, Xue 2478
2 GM Morozevich,A 2707 1 - 0 Qian, Huang 2398
3 GM Bareev, Evgeny 2675 1 - 0 Gong, Qian yun 2374
4 GM Rublevsky, Sergei 2652 0 - 1 Yang, Shen 2326
Round 9 10th November 2005
1 Israel 1.5 - 2.5 USA
Bd Player Rat. Pts. Pts. Player Rat.
1 GM Gelfand, Boris 2717 0.5 - 0.5 GM Onischuk, Alexander 2628
2 GM Smirin, Ilia 2673 0.5 - 0.5 GM Gulko, Boris 2589
3 GM Roiz, Michael 2600 0.5 - 0.5 GM Kaidanov, Gregory 2614
4 GM Erenburg, Sergey 2582 0 - 1 GM Ibragimov, Ildar 2605
2 Cuba 2 - 2 Armenia
Bd Player Rat. Pts. Pts. Player Rat.
1 GM Dominguez, Lenier 2635 0.5 - 0.5 GM Aronian, Levon 2724
2 GM Nogueiras, Jesus 2547 0.5 - 0.5 GM Akopian, Vladimir 2707
3 GM Arencibia, Walter 2510 0.5 - 0.5 GM Karen, Asrian 2645
4 GM Quezada, Yuniesky 2505 0.5 - 0.5 GM Lputian, Smbat G 2614
3 China Men 0.5 - 3.5 Russia
Bd Player Rat. Pts. Pts. Player Rat.
1 GM Bu, Xiangzhi 2637 0.5 - 0.5 GM Svidler, Peter 2740
2 GM Zhang, Pengxiang 2613 0 - 1 GM Grischuk, Alexander 2720
3 GM Ni, Hua 2603 0 - 1 GM Morozevich, Alexander 2707
4 GM Zhong, Zhang 2608 0 - 1 GM Bareev, Evgeny 2675
4 Georgia 1.5 - 2.5 Ukraine
Bd Player Rat. Pts. Pts. Player Rat.
1 GM Azmaiparashvili,Z 2658 0.5 - 0.5 GM Ivanchuk, Vassily 2748
2 GM Jobava, Baadur 2601 0.5 - 0.5 GM Ponomariov, Ruslan 2704
3 GM Pantsulaia, Levan 2578 0.5 - 0.5 GM Volokitin, Andrei 2666
4 GM Mchedlishvili,M 2564 0 - 1 GM Karjakin, Sergey 2658
Magnus Carlsen and Simen Agdestein played off for the Norwegian
Championship title (they tied in the original event in Sandnes, Norway July
2nd-9th 2005) November 7th-10th 2005 in Oslo. They played two games with a full
7 hour time control, followed by tie break games on the 9th and 10th. Agdestein
finally became champion winning the 6th playoff game after holding Carlsen with
black in game 5.
Live site:
http://pub.tv2.no/nettavisen/sjakk/article480889.ece
Agdestein, Simen - Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 40 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Carlsen, Magnus - Agdestein, Simen 1-0 32 C80 Ruy Lopez Open
ch-NOR Playoff Oslo NOR (NOR), 7-9 xi 2005
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Agdestein, Simen g NOR 2582 1 0 1.0 2570
Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2570 0 1 1.0 2582
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Carlsen, Magnus - Agdestein, Simen 1-0 78 B17 Caro Kann
Agdestein, Simen - Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 69 E15 Queens Indian
Agdestein, Simen - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 80 E15 Queens Indian
Carlsen, Magnus - Agdestein, Simen 1/2 41 B17 Caro Kann
Carlsen, Magnus - Agdestein, Simen 1/2 35 C09 French Tarrasch
Agdestein, Simen - Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 49 E15 Queens Indian
ch-NOR Rapid Playoff Oslo NOR (NOR), 9-10 xi 2005
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Agdestein, Simen g NOR 2582 0 1 = = = 1 3.5 2627
Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2570 1 0 = = = 0 2.5 2525
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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.
The event has reached the playoff stage where there were some surprises.
New York was playing Baltimore and San Francisco was playing Miami. Both New
York and San Francisco had draw odds, meaning they would advance to the finals
on a 2-2 tie. Baltimore and Miami won both matches 2.5-1.5 however, and thus
advanced to the finals to be held on November 23rd in 2 weeks. So in 2 weeks
the Baltimore Kingfishers, led by IM and Canadian Champion Pascal Charbonneau,
will face off against the Miami Sharks, led by GM Julio Becerra. News: Greg
Shahade.
Official site: http://www.uschessleague.com/
Week 10 2nd November 2005
The Final League Standings
East:
New York 8.0-2.0
Baltimore 6.5-3.5
Boston 4.0-6.0
Philadelphia 3.5-6.5
West:
San Francisco 6.0-4.0
Miami 5.5-4.5
Dallas 3.5-6.5
Carolina 3.0-7.0
Playoffs begin next week
New York plays Baltimore (NY gets draw odds)
San Francisco plays Miami (SF gets draw odds)
IM Pascal Charbonneau is the 2005 US Chess League MVP.
The November First Saturday GM, IM and FM closed tournaments take place
5th-17th November 2005 in Budapest.
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu
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FSGM November Budapest HUN (HUN), 5-17 xi 2005 cat. VII (2408)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3
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1. Szabo, Krisztian1 m HUN 2390 * . 0 1 . = . = . 1 . 1 1 5.0 2549
2. Erdos, Viktor m HUN 2522 . * = = = . . 1 . = . 1 . 4.0 2482
3. Murariu, Andrei m ROM 2441 1 = * . = . 0 . = = . 1 . 4.0 2416
4. Turov, Maxim g RUS 2546 0 = . * = . 1 . = = 1 . . 4.0 2471
5. Porat, Ido f ISR 2328 . = = = * . . = . = . = 1 4.0 2439
6. Ilincic, Zlatko g SCG 2540 = . . . . * 1 = = . = . = 3.5 2469
7. Berczes, David m HUN 2475 . . 1 0 . 0 * = . . 1 . 1 3.5 2513
8. Wittmann, Walter m AUT 2376 = 0 . . = = = * = . 1 . . 3.5 2443
9. Seres, Lajos g HUN 2396 . . = = . = . = * . 0 = = 3.0 2351
10. Pap, Gyula HUN 2384 0 = = = = . . . . * . = . 2.5 2325
11. Radziewicz, Iweta m POL 2453 . . . 0 . = 0 0 1 . * . = 2.0 2328
12. Prohaszka, Peter1 HUN 2070 0 0 0 . = . . . = = . * . 1.5 2217
13. Slavina, Irina m RUS 2385 0 . . . 0 = 0 . = . = . * 1.5 2237
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The São Paulo International takes place 10th-18th November 2005.
GMs - Giovanni Vescovi, Gilberto Milos Jr, Rafael Leitão, Darcy Lima,
Jaime Sunye Neto, Andrés Rodriguez, Luiz Galego IMs - Eduardo Limp,
Everaldo Matsuura and Alexandr Fier plays. GM Mecking had personal problems and
he was replaced by IM Alexandr Fier in this tournament he will also be replaced
by GM Leitao in the World Chess Cup. Some players are still catching up after
missing games in the first two rounds because of their prior committments to
the Santa Catarina State League.
This is the third strong tournament held in the São Paulo Chess
Club (founded in 1902, the oldest of Latin America) in the last two months
after the 9th Itaú Cup and the Zone 2.4 tournaments. After two periods
as the club's president (2002/2005), Herman Van Riemsdijk leaves on December
31st 2005. The last non regular tournament will be the 1/2 finals of the
Brazilian Chess Championship in December.
Official site: http://www.cxsp.com.br
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It Sao Paulo BRA (BRA), 10-18 xi 2005 cat. XI (2524)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Leitao, Rafael g BRA 2586 * = . . . = . . 1 1 3.0 2668
2. Rodriguez, Andres g URU 2479 = * = = . . 1 . . . 2.5 2636
3. Galego, Luis g POR 2518 . = * . = . . = . 1 2.5 2639
4. Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2620 . = . * 0 . . . 1 1 2.5 2618
5. Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA 2646 . . = 1 * . 0 = . . 2.0 2527
6. Matsuura, Everaldo m BRA 2453 = . . . . * . 1 . . 1.5 2750
7. Fier, Alexander Hilario Takeda m BRA 2443 . 0 . . 1 . * . . . 1.0 2562
8. Lima, Darcy g BRA 2529 . . = . = 0 . * . . 1.0 2414
9. Limp, Eduardo m BRA 2447 0 . . 0 . . . . * = 0.5 2303
10. Sunye Neto, Jaime g BRA 2522 0 . 0 0 . . . . = * 0.5 2220
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Alexei Shirov beat David Navara and Viktorija Cmylinte beat Jan Jackova
in Blitz Matches in Prague 4th November 2005.
Further info: http://www.chess.cz/
Navara, David - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 31 D17 Slav Defence
Shirov, Alexei - Navara, David 1-0 31 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Navara, David - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 41 C10 French Rubinstein
Shirov, Alexei - Navara, David 1-0 35 C66 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Navara, David - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 50 B99 Sicilian Najdorf
Shirov, Alexei - Navara, David 1-0 33 C85 Ruy Lopez Steenwijker Defence
Navara, David - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 74 A07 Barcza System
Shirov, Alexei - Navara, David 1/2 38 B84 Sicilian Scheveningen
Blitz Match Prague CZE (CZE), 4-4 xi 2005
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2710 1 1 = 1 1 1 = = 6.5 2897
Navara, David g CZE 2646 0 0 = 0 0 0 = = 1.5 2459
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Jackova, Jana - Cmilyte, Viktorija 0-1 44 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Cmilyte, Viktorija - Jackova, Jana 1-0 62 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Jackova, Jana - Cmilyte, Viktorija 1/2 61 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Cmilyte, Viktorija - Jackova, Jana 0-1 74 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Jackova, Jana - Cmilyte, Viktorija 1-0 45 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Cmilyte, Viktorija - Jackova, Jana 1-0 39 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Blitz Match w Prague CZE (CZE), 4-4 xi 2005
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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Cmilyte, Viktorija m LTU 2480 1 1 = 0 0 1 3.5 2446
Jackova, Jana m CZE 2389 0 0 = 1 1 0 2.5 2423
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The St.Petersburg Autumn tournament took place 29th October - 6th
November 2005.
Official site: http://www.chigorin.ru/2005/pautumn/
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Autumn Open St Petersburg RUS (RUS), 29 x-6 xi 2005
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1. Solovjov, Sergey I m RUS 2497 7.0 55.0 41.75 36.5 2560 +0.61
2. Biriukov, Oleg V RUS 2389 7.0 49.0 37.25 36.5 2550 +1.78
3. Shinkevich, Vitaly m RUS 2491 7.0 44.5 34.25 34.5 2473 -0.20
4. Kurilov, Viktor RUS 2291 6.5 49.5 33.25 32.5 2500 +2.54
5. Lanin, Alexsej f RUS 2425 6.5 48.0 34.00 32.5 2451 +0.29
6. Orlov, Vassily m RUS 2437 6.5 48.0 34.75 30.0 2455 +0.20
7. Znamensky, Vladimir RUS 2353 6.5 47.5 32.75 33.5 2431 +0.92
8. Eliseev, Alexei m RUS 2425 6.0 50.0 31.50 31.5 2391 -0.39
9. Karasev, Vladimir I m RUS 2383 6.0 49.5 31.50 35.0 2445 +0.69
10. Nikitinyh, Boris RUS 2259 6.0 49.5 29.25 34.5 2433 +2.13
11. Korniushin, Nikolay m RUS 2351 6.0 45.5 28.00 29.0 2327 -0.26
12. Ivanov, Alexey3 RUS 2312 5.5 49.5 28.25 32.5 2394 +1.00
13. Churkin, Vitaly RUS 2301 5.5 46.0 24.50 31.0 2345 +0.55
14. Utkin, Aleksey f RUS 2389 5.5 44.0 24.00 29.0 2328 -0.71
15. Abramov, Valentin f RUS 2338 5.5 43.0 21.00 27.5 2305 -0.35
16. Lovkov, Roman f RUS 2365 5.5 42.5 23.75 28.0 2265 -1.16
17. Melnikov, Dmitry RUS 2327 5.5 42.5 23.00 28.0 2317 -0.08
18. Kryschilovskij, Andrej m RUS 2391 5.5 39.5 23.25 25.0 2230 -1.70
68 players
The Platja de Muro tournament took place 10th-16th October 2005. Lars
Thiede took clear first.
Official site:
http://www.chessmallorca.com/torneos_detalle.php?idt=23
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It Platja de Muro ESP (ESP), 10-16 x 2005 cat. IX (2466)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Thiede, Lars m GER 2417 * = 0 = = 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2637
2. Fernandez Romero, Ernesto m ESP 2442 = * = = = = = = 1 1 5.5 2548
3. Mirzoev, Azer g AZE 2520 1 = * = = = = = = = 5.0 2503
4. Perez, Rodney m CUB 2450 = = = * = = = 1 0 = 4.5 2468
5. Herraiz Hidalgo, Herminio m ESP 2478 = = = = * = = = = = 4.5 2464
6. Ubilava, Elizbar g ESP 2525 0 = = = = * 1 0 = 1 4.5 2459
7. Rodriguez Guerrero, Enrique m ESP 2464 0 = = = = 0 * = 1 1 4.5 2466
8. Pogorelov, Ruslan g UKR 2439 0 = = 0 = 1 = * = = 4.0 2426
9. Perez Candelario, Manuel m ESP 2522 0 0 = 1 = = 0 = * = 3.5 2380
10. Mascaro March, Pedro f ESP 2405 0 0 = = = 0 0 = = * 2.5 2307
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The 25th Anniversary Trophy of the Federación Madrileña de
Ajedrez took place in Madrid 29th October - 5th November 2005. Azer Mirzoev won
the event with 7/9.
Official site: http://www.ajedrezfma.com/
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25th An FMA Madrid ESP (ESP), 29 x-15 xi 2005 cat. VI (2383)
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1. Mirzoev, Azer g AZE 2520 * = = = 0 1 = 1 1 = = 1 7.0 2472
2. Perez, Rodney m CUB 2450 = * = 1 = = = = 1 = = = 6.5 2441
3. Minzer, Claudio Javier m ARG 2438 = = * = = = = = = 1 = 1 6.5 2442
4. Roa Alonso, Santiago f ESP 2364 = 0 = * 1 = 0 = 1 = 1 1 6.5 2449
5. Martinez Martin, David f ESP 2379 1 = = 0 * 0 = = = 1 1 1 6.5 2447
6. Asis Gargatagli, Hipolit f ESP 2381 0 = = = 1 * 1 = = 0 = = 5.5 2382
7. Almagro Llanas, Pablo f ESP 2345 = = = 1 = 0 * 0 = 0 1 1 5.5 2385
8. Serrano Salvador, Eduardo f ESP 2348 0 = = = = = 1 * 0 = 1 = 5.5 2385
9. Salgado Lopez, Ivan ESP 2372 0 0 = 0 = = = 1 * = 1 1 5.5 2383
10. Elissalt Cardenas, Hector m CUB 2327 = = 0 = 0 1 1 = = * 0 0 4.5 2322
11. Gallardo Garcia, Andres f ESP 2360 = = = 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 * = 3.5 2251
12. Cruz, Alfredo BOL BOL 2306 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 1 = * 3.0 2214
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Zonal 2.3 took place in Guayaquil, Ecuador 5th-12th September 2005. The
final standings given on the site below don't seem right but the results
derived from the games below may also not be correct.
Further info: http://www.marticafierro.com
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zt 2.3 Guayaquil ECU (ECU), 5-12 ix 2005 cat. VI (2377)
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1. Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2527 * = 1 = 1 = 1 = = 1 1 1 8.5 2574
2. Matamoros Franco, Carlos S g ECU 2504 = * 0 = 1 1 = 1 = = 1 1 7.5 2498
3. Blanco, Alvaro MEX 2316 0 1 * = = = = 1 1 = 1 1 7.5 2515
4. Mosquera, Miguel m COL 2442 = = = * 0 = 1 0 1 1 = 1 6.5 2436
5. Mieles Palau, Daniel m ECU 2476 0 0 = 1 * = 1 = = = 1 1 6.5 2432
6. Murillo, Alexis m CRC 2362 = 0 = = = * = = = = = 1 5.5 2378
7. Castro, Oscar H m COL 2385 0 = = 0 0 = * 1 = 1 = 1 5.5 2376
8. Fierro Baquero, Martha L m ECU 2340 = 0 0 1 = = 0 * = = = 1 5.0 2344
9. Perez, Luis Manuel m CUB 2430 = = 0 0 = = = = * 0 1 1 5.0 2336
10. Hernandez Basante, Francisco m CRC 2265 0 = = 0 = = 0 = 1 * = = 4.5 2322
11. Santos Flores, Alberto m ECU 2344 0 0 0 = 0 = = = 0 = * 1 3.5 2246
12. Guerrero, Carlos ECU 2132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 * 0.5 1929
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Zonal 2.5 took place in Las Condes Chile 7th-12th November 2005.
Official site: http://www.ajedrez.com.ar/fide/zonal-2.5.htm
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zt 2.5 Las Condes CHI (CHI), 7-12 xi 2005
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1 Flores, Diego ARG 108049 2479 im 7 37.0 49.5
2 Vasquez Schroder, Rodrigo CHI 3400042 2506 gm 7 36.5 49.5
3 Giaccio, Alfredo ARG 101613 2468 im 7 31.5 45.5
4 Lafuente, Pablo ARG 108820 2421 im 6 29.0 46.0
5 Pierrot, Facundo ARG 103250 2445 im 5.5 32.0 51.0
6 Labollita, Martin ARG 104329 2408 im 5.5 27.5 46.0
7 Rojas Keim, Luis CHI 3400646 2435 im 5 27.0 44.0
8 Flores Rios, Mauricio CHI 3408027 2314 fm 5 26.5 42.5
9 Diaz Villagran, Robert CHI 3404056 2250 5 21.5 39.5
10 Needleman, Alejandro ARG 100730 2377 4.5 26.0 44.0
11 Arancibia Guzman, Eduardo CHI 3400670 2414 4.5 25.5 47.0
12 Duarte, Leonardo ARG 110582 2397 4.5 25.0 43.0
13 Espinoza, Edgar PAR 3700313 2256 fm 4.5 25.0 42.5
14 Valdes Escobar, Alvaro CHI 3405451 2254 4.5 23.0 41.0
15 Rios Escobar, Adan CHI 3403645 2259 4.5 20.5 37.0
16 Vargas Maliqueo, Ivan CHI 3402002 2213 4.5 17.5 35.0
17 Torres Bravo, Cristobal CHI 3405940 2190 fm 4.5 17.5 32.0
18 Romero Pino, Claudio CHI 3402517 2226 4 21.0 43.5
19 Sepulveda Rojas, Jorge CHI 3404803 2241 4 20.0 38.0
20 Bartucevic Sanchez, Diego CHI 3401910 2053 4 19.5 39.5
21 San Martin Basualto, Epiro CHI 3402061 2193 . 4 11.5 31.0
22 Richter Becerra, Hans CHI 3401022 2144 3.5 17.5 38.0
23 Silva Villalon, Rodolfo CHI 3404110 2179 3.5 14.5 32.5
24 Henriquez Cardenas, Mauricio CHI 3401375 2090 3 15.5 36.5
25 Avalos Parra, Joao CHI 3402541 2268 . 3 14.5 31.0
26 Maturana Sainz, Ignacio CHI 3403840 2096 2.5 17.0 38.5
27 Yarur Elsaca, Daniel CHI 0.5 4.5 37.0
The 5th Rohde open took place 22th-30th October in Sautron near Nantes.
IM Jacov GELLER won the event with 7/9. Unfortunately, he didn't make a GM norm
two young french players Pavel GOVCIYAN and Edouard ROMAIN made one IM norm.
Internet coverage: http://www.sautronechecs.fr/
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5th Rohde Open Sautron FRA (FRA), 22-30 x 2005
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1. Geller, Jakov m RUS 2490 7.0 2627
2. Potkin, Vladimir g RUS 2555 7.0 2597
3. Koziak, Vitali m UKR 2480 7.0 2448
4. Borovikov, Vladislav g UKR 2576 6.5 2597
5. Tirard, Hugo m FRA 2435 6.5 2525
6. Colovic, Aleksandar m MKD 2473 6.5 2461
7. Abergel, Thal m FRA 2436 6.5 2442
8. Kosten, Anthony C g FRA 2507 6.5 2520
9. Prasad, Devaki V m IND 2401 6.5 2433
10. Chatalbashev, Boris g BUL 2491 6.5 2416
11. Makarov, Marat g RUS 2511 6.5 2486
12. Cornette, Matthieu m FRA 2418 6.5 2362
177 players
The World Junior Championships take place in Istanbul 9th-22nd November
2005.
Official site: http://www.tsf.org.tr/worldchess/
Round 6 of 13 Standings
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WJun Instanbul TUR (TUR), 9-15 xi 2005
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Rank SNo. Name Rtg FED Club Pts RtgSum Ra Rp
1 1 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2674 AZE 5½ 12473 2472 2873
2 4 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2606 POL 4½ 12496 2473 2666
3 15 GM Smeets Jan 2531 NED 4½ 12363 2443 2636
4 3 GM Gashimov Vugar 2608 AZE 4½ 12221 2428 2621
5 2 GM Alekseev Evgeny 2632 RUS 4½ 12195 2439 2492
6 24 IM Romanov Evgeny 2479 RUS 4½ 12176 2405 2598
7 11 IM Kharitonov Alexandr 2545 RUS 4½ 12104 2404 2597
8 20 GM Bartel Mateusz 2513 POL 4½ 12049 2387 2580
9 6 GM Wang Yue 2585 CHN 4½ 11957 2379 2572
10 59 Li Chao(B) 2305 CHN 4 12468 2478 2603
11 30 Babujian Levon 2429 ARM 4 12465 2445 2570
12 34 IM Sanikidze Tornike 2411 GEO 4 12387 2419 2544
13 49 FM Glud Jacob Vang 2349 DEN 4 12386 2431 2556
14 12 IM L'ami Erwin 2541 NED 4 12349 2444 2569
15 26 IM Heberla Bartlomiej 2465 POL 4 12341 2430 2555
16 10 GM Predojevic Borki 2558 BIH 4 12287 2434 2559
17 17 Wang Hao 2519 CHN 4 12244 2422 2547
18 7 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2564 RUS 4 12163 2417 2542
19 9 GM Stellwagen Daniel 2561 NED 4 12075 2399 2524
20 8 GM Nyback Tomi 2563 FIN 4 12056 2397 2522
21 14 IM Zhigalko Andrey 2537 BLR 4 11747 2322 2446
22 22 IM Zhigalko Sergei 2490 BLR 4 11645 2314 2439
23 13 IM Khairullin Ildar 2537 RUS 4 11636 2327 2331
24 18 IM Laznicka Viktor 2517 CZE 4 11605 2315 2440
25 23 IM Zinchenko Yaroslav 2485 UKR 4 11600 2311 2436
26 39 FM Wei Chenpeng 2390 CHN 3½ 12729 2462 2514
27 37 IM Poobesh Anand S 2397 IND 3½ 12441 2416 2473
28 19 IM Mamedov Nidjat 2517 AZE 3½ 12338 2434 2491
29 16 GM Kurnosov Igor 2523 RUS 3½ 12217 2443 2360
30 69 Moosavian S Hamed 2263 IRI 3½ 12179 2393 2450
31 41 IM Esen Baris 2384 TUR 3½ 12176 2435 2353
32 28 IM Magalashvili Davit 2448 GEO 3½ 12151 2393 2450
33 5 GM Berkes Ferenc 2596 HUN 3½ 12080 2394 2451
34 78 Zeynalov Farid 2179 AZE 3½ 12036 2387 2445
35 61 Kvon Andrey 2293 UZB 3½ 11738 2356 2280
36 21 GM Moradiabadi Elshan 2497 IRI 3½ 11705 2330 2387
37 32 IM Rau Hannes 2421 GER 3½ 11693 2312 2369
38 47 Krivokapic Marko 2361 SCG 3½ 11651 2277 2316
39 40 FM Sulashvili Malkhaz 2386 GEO 3½ 11507 2328 2242
40 48 Negi Parimarjan 2352 IND 3 12678 2481 2481
41 46 FM Terrieux Kevin 2365 FRA 3 12667 2533 2378
42 38 Karakehajov Kalin 2396 BUL 3 12464 2418 2417
43 60 Jessel Stephen 2304 IRL 3 12371 2474 2329
44 54 Gopal G N 2327 IND 3 12364 2406 2406
45 25 IM Lenic Luka 2476 SLO 3 12298 2419 2419
46 88 Khuseinkhodzhaev Muhammad 0 TJK 3 12296 2418 2418
47 29 FM Kuderinov Kirill 2432 KAZ 3 12288 2458 2315
48 33 IM Cornette Matthieu 2418 FRA 3 12272 2404 2404
49 51 FM El Debs Felipe De Cresce 2341 BRA 3 12184 2374 2374
50 57 Nava Roderick 2317 PHI 3 11970 2394 2262
51 36 IM Sengupta Deep 2400 IND 3 11905 2329 2329
52 55 Aleskerov Faik 2321 AZE 3 11782 2356 2230
53 31 FM Papin Vasily 2425 RUS 3 11602 2288 2288
54 42 IM Livshits Gaby 2381 ISR 3 11550 2310 2192
55 44 Wen Yang 2374 CHN 3 10074 2519 2212
56 45 FM Perdomo Leandro 2373 ARG 3 9503 2376 2117
57 58 FM Carron Julien 2314 SUI 3 7064 2355 1977
58 65 Maenhout Thibaut 2282 BEL 2½ 12394 2420 2363
59 52 FM Xie George Wendi 2340 AUS 2½ 12380 2427 2370
60 63 FM Kurmann Oliver 2287 SUI 2½ 12363 2473 2270
61 56 Macak Stefan 2319 SVK 2½ 12259 2386 2329
62 70 Pileckis Emilis 2255 LTU 2½ 12055 2344 2287
63 67 Amanov Mesgen 2273 TKM 2½ 12018 2404 2213
64 64 Can Emre 2287 TUR 2½ 11898 2326 2269
65 53 FM Jojua Davit 2337 GEO 2½ 11789 2309 2252
66 50 Tikkanen Hans 2343 SWE 2½ 11751 2317 2260
67 80 IM Stander Heinrich 2128 RSA 2½ 11694 2312 2255
68 35 Rohit Gogineni 2401 IND 2½ 11635 2284 2227
69 27 FM Barnaure Vlad-Victor 2454 ROM 2½ 11125 2205 2137
70 43 Grecescu Gabriel-Andrei 2380 ROM 2½ 11117 2223 2063
71 91 Tasdelen Deniz Murat 0 TRK 2½ 11013 2176 2119
72 81 Uzun Fuat 2070 TUR 2½ 9029 2257 1981
73 66 Akshat Khamparia 2275 IND 2 12136 2427 2164
74 68 Lettieri Giuseppe 2265 ITA 2 12077 2415 2155
75 89 Mosetlhe Kgaugelo 0 RSA 2 12036 2390 2265
76 75 Yagiz Yasin Emrah 2206 TUR 2 11980 2384 2259
77 74 Samakov Nurdin 2209 KGZ 2 11945 2389 2133
78 92 Villa Ronald 0 COL 2 11312 2228 2103
79 62 FM Citak Selim 2291 TUR 1½ 12102 2362 2169
80 72 Shlykov Vitali 2238 EST 1½ 12037 2407 2080
81 73 Laval Brice 2214 FRA 1½ 12026 2405 2078
82 79 Tanrikulu Erhan 2151 TUR 1½ 11821 2337 2144
83 71 Ouakhir Mehdi 2239 MAR 1½ 11663 2261 2068
84 77 Tulay Berkay 2179 TUR 1½ 11647 2296 2103
85 87 De Bruyn Leon W 0 RSA 1½ 11496 2299 1990
86 90 Sarwary Hamidullah 0 AFG 1½ 11257 2251 1950
87 76 Bekkat Azeddinne 2202 ALG 1½ 11006 2201 1908
88 82 Cil Hasan Kivanc 2067 TUR 1½ 9260 2315 1884
89 83 Agdestein Emil 2057 NOR 1 11247 2249 1868
90 84 Uesugi Shinsaku 2040 JPN 1 11080 2202 1840
91 86 Acuner Emrah 1903 TUR ½ 11336 2183 1828
92 85 Lauda Alexandr 2010 MDA ½ 11231 2207 1811
131 chessplayers competed in two tournaments during "Autunno
Scacchistico Veneziano", organised together, from October 29 to November 1, by
"Esteban Canal Chess Club" and by "Carlo Salvioli Chess Club" of Venice. The
Master Tournament (Rating > 1900) with 48 players, was clearly won by the
Lituanian international master Gediminas Sarakauskas. Open A tournament (Rating
< 2000) was won by a fifteen year old Venetian student, Emmanuele Grandesso
with 5 of 5, before Marco Gallana (Venice) and Sabrina Reginato (Asolo) with
4,5.
News: Antonio Rosino.
Further details: http://www.veneziascacchi.org
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Venetian Autumn Chess Open Venice ITA (Italy), 29 x - 1 xi 2005
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1. im Sarakauskas, Gediminas LTU 2437 5.5 of 6
2. gm Dervishi, Erald ALB 2489 5 20.0
3. fm Jurkovic, Ante CRO 2339 5 19.0
4. gm Djuric, Stefan SCG 2460 4,5 22.5
5. gm Efimov, Igor ITA 2403 4,5 19.5
6. fm Artigas Isart, Miquel ESP 2240 4 18.5
7. im Rogulj, Branko CRO 2393 4 18.0
8. Mosconi, Oscar Ariel ITA 2164 4 17.5
9 Pfeifer, Andreas FRA 2127 4 17.0
10. Vianello, Enrico ITA 2086 4 17.0
11. Temi, Walter ITA 2086 4 14.0
12. wfm Sarakauskas, Zivile LTU 2164 3.5 21.0
13. Del Monaco, Andrea ITA 2234 3.5 19.0
14. Xia, Jie ITA 2111 3.5 17.5
15. Gallo, Enrico ITA 2113 3.5 16.5
16. Dvirnyy, Daniyyl ITA 2272 3.5 16.5
17. Omeri, Silvan ALB 3.5 16.0
18. Redo, Giorgio ITA 2037 3,5 15.0
19. Rorato, Renzo ITA 2149 3.5 15.0
20. wfm Ambrosi, Eleonora ITA 2125 3.5 12.5
21. Alberti, Andrea ITA 2179 3.0 18.5
22. Giuriati, Paolo ITA 2236 3.0 17.5
23. Zanin, Dario ITA 2037 3.0 17.0
24. Zarpellon, Daniel ITA 2014 3.0 16.5
25. Faccia, Sergio ITA 2004 3.0 14.5
26. Velluti, Alberto ITA 2014 3.0 13.0
27. Rigo, Gianfrancesco ITA 2028 3.0 13.0
28. Di Lascio, Savino ITA 1926 3.0 10.5
29. Opacic, Alexandar SCG 2122 3.0 10.0
30. Roberti, Ignazio ITA 1937 2.5 18.0
31. Ventura, Sergio ITA 2100 2.5 18.0
32. Pomaro, Stefano ITA 1919 2.5 16.0
33. Lorenzini, Adriano ITA 2.5 14.0
34. Bonafede, Alessandro ITA 2147 2.5 12.5
35. Redo, Stefano ITA 2.5 12.5
36. Pietrobon, Fabio ITA 2166 2.0 19.5
37. Pastres, Roberto ITA 2160 2.0 17.5
38. Bianchi, Andrea ITA 2160 2.0 16.5
39. Drezzadore, Dario ITA 2061 2.0 15.5
40. Guglielmi, Dante ITA 2030 2.0 15.0
41. Zanirato, Stefano ITA 1947 2.0 13.5
42. Trangoni, Bruno ITA 2.0 13.0
43. Cesaro, Giuliano ITA 1.5 14.0
44. Marson, Luca ITA 1972 1.5 14.0
45. Fattorelli, Luciano ITA 2079 1.0 16.5
46. De Nardi, Riccardo ITA 1943 1.0 15.5
47. Tomelleri, Alessio ITA 1994 1.0 15.5
48. Marson, Antonio ITA 1854 1.0 10.0
The second Bundesliga weekend took place 11th-13th November 2005. OSC
Baden Baden with Bacrot and Shirov were held 4-4 by TV Tegernsee. The next
weekend will take place on 10th-11th December 2005.
Official site: http://www.chessbase.de/bundesliga/
Round 7 11th November 2005
Venue: Bremen
SV Werder Bremen 4½-3½ Hamburger SK
2 Efimenko,Zaha ½ : ½ Gustafsson,Ja 1
3 Areshchenko,A ½ : ½ Ftacnik,Lubom 2
4 Hracek,Zbynek ½ : ½ Kempinski,Rob 3
5 Pelletier,Yan ½ : ½ Hansen,Sune B 4
6 Babula,Vlasti ½ : ½ Heinemann,Thi 8
8 Fish,Gennadij ½ : ½ Rogozenko,Dor 9
9 Schandorff,La ½ : ½ Van Delft,Mer 11
11 Skripchenko-L 1 : 0 Sebastian,Dir 13
Venue: Koeln
SG Köln Porz 6½-1½ Godesberger SK
2 Lutz,Christop ½ : ½ Kasimdzhanov, 1
3 Van Wely,Loek 1 : 0 Jenni,Florian 2
4 Sokolov,Ivan ½ : ½ Sprenger,Jan- 3
5 Vaganian,Rafa ½ : ½ Seel,Christia 4
6 Timman,Jan H 1 : 0 Langheinrich, 6
7 Graf,Alexande 1 : 0 Grafl,Florian 7
8 Gurevich,Mikh 1 : 0 Jackelen,Thom 8
9 Hansen,Curt 1 : 0 Schmidt,Bodo 10
Round 3 12th November 2005
Venue: Tegernsee
TV Tegernsee 5½-2½ SG Kirchheim
1 Khenkin,Igor ½ : ½ Wippermann,Ti 2
2 Sokolov,Andre ½ : ½ Bokros,Albert 3
3 Ribli,Zoltan 1 : 0 Gschnitzer,Os 4
4 Bischoff,Klau ½ : ½ Tompa,Janos 5
5 Boensch,Uwe 0 : 1 Beckhuis,Gern 6
6 Kindermann,St 1 : 0 Vonthron,Hors 8
7 Hertneck,Gera 1 : 0 Zuse,Klaus-Pe 10
10 Stangl,Markus 1 : 0 Adler,Joel Dr 11
SC Eppingen 3 - 5 OSC Baden Baden
1 Gyimesi,Zolta 0 : 1 Bacrot,Etienn 3
2 Postny,Evgeny ½ : ½ Shirov,Alexei 4
3 Acs,Peter ½ : ½ Vallejo Pons, 5
4 Braun,Arik 0 : 1 Nielsen,Peter 6
5 Meier,Georg 1 : 0 Krasenkow,Mic 7
6 Medvegy,Zolta ½ : ½ Huebner,Rober 9
9 Miltner,Arndt ½ : ½ Dautov,Rustem 10
15 Meinhardt,Max 0 : 1 Schlosser,Phi 11
Venue: Koeln
SG Köln Porz 4½-3½ SV Wattenscheid
2 Lutz,Christop ½ : ½ Sargissian,Ga 2
3 Van Wely,Loek ½ : ½ Macieja,Bartl 3
4 Sokolov,Ivan ½ : ½ Rustemov,Alex 4
5 Vaganian,Rafa ½ : ½ Holzke,Frank 6
7 Graf,Alexande 0 : 1 Handke,Floria 7
8 Gurevich,Mikh ½ : ½ Lemmers,Oscar 10
9 Hansen,Curt 1 : 0 Straeter,Timo 13
10 Van den Doel, 1 : 0 Thiel,Thomas 14
Godesberger SK 3 - 5 SG Aljechin Soli
1 Kasimdzhanov, ½ : ½ Jussupow,Artu 1
2 Jenni,Florian 0 : 1 Nikolic,Predr 2
3 Sprenger,Jan- 0 : 1 Baramidze,Dav 4
4 Seel,Christia ½ : ½ Naumann,Alexa 6
6 Langheinrich, 1 : 0 Gabriel,Chris 8
7 Grafl,Florian 1 : 0 Werle,Jan 9
8 Jackelen,Thom 0 : 1 Hoffmann,Mich 10
9 Armbruster,Al 0 : 1 Ernst,Sipke 11
Venue: Bremen
SV Werder Bremen 3½-4½ SC Kreuzberg
1 McShane,Luke ½ : ½ Nisipeanu,Liv 2
2 Efimenko,Zaha ½ : ½ Almasi,Zoltan 3
3 Areshchenko,A 0 : 1 Socko,Bartosz 4
4 Hracek,Zbynek ½ : ½ Romanishin,Ol 5
5 Pelletier,Yan ½ : ½ Maiwald,Jens- 6
6 Babula,Vlasti ½ : ½ Kalinitschew, 7
8 Fish,Gennadij ½ : ½ Lau,Ralf 8
9 Schandorff,La ½ : ½ Tischbierek,R 10
Hamburger SK 4½-3½ SFR Neukölln
1 Gustafsson,Ja ½ : ½ Nataf,Igor-Al 1
2 Ftacnik,Lubom ½ : ½ Miroshnichenk 2
3 Kempinski,Rob 0 : 1 Polzin,Rainer 5
4 Hansen,Sune B 1 : 0 Berndt,Stepha 6
7 Reeh,Oliver 1 : 0 Schneider,Ilj 8
8 Heinemann,Thi ½ : ½ Poldauf,Dirk 9
9 Rogozenko,Dor ½ : ½ Thiede,Lars 10
11 Van Delft,Mer ½ : ½ Thinius,Marco 11
Venue: Leipzig
SC Leipzig Gohli 1 - 7 SF Katernberg
1 Vogt,Lothar 0 : 1 Erenburg,Serg 2
2 Voigt,Roland 0 : 1 Kritz,Leonid 3
3 Roos,Michael 0 : 1 Glek,Igor V 5
5 Zesch,Ludwig 0 : 1 Smagin,Sergey 6
6 Schoeneberg,M 0 : 1 Senff,Martin 9
7 Quast,Michael 0 : 1 Siebrecht,Seb 10
8 Fischer,Johan 0 : 1 Souleidis,Geo 11
12 Schunk,Thomas 1 : 0 Scholz,Christ 13
SK Zehlendorf 1 - 7 SV Mülheim Nord
1 Richter,Micha 0 : 1 Landa,Konstan 2
2 Maksimenko,An ½ : ½ Fridman,Danie 4
3 Werner,Dimo 0 : 1 Levin,Felix 5
4 Janz,Frerik 0 : 1 Schebler,Gerh 6
5 Heinig,Wolfra 0 : 1 Saltaev,Mihai 7
6 Carmeille,Lud 0 : 1 Hausrath,Dani 8
7 Klimm,Wolf-Di ½ : ½ Lytchak,Alexa 9
9 Lieb,Harald 0 : 1 Kern,Guido 12
Round 4 13th November 2005
Venue: Tegernsee
SG Kirchheim 2½-5½ SC Eppingen
2 Wippermann,Ti ½ : ½ Gyimesi,Zolta 1
3 Bokros,Albert ½ : ½ Postny,Evgeny 2
4 Gschnitzer,Os 0 : 1 Acs,Peter 3
5 Tompa,Janos 0 : 1 Braun,Arik 4
6 Beckhuis,Gern ½ : ½ Meier,Georg 5
8 Vonthron,Hors 0 : 1 Medvegy,Zolta 6
9 Rudolph,Johan ½ : ½ Miltner,Arndt 9
11 Adler,Joel Dr ½ : ½ Meinhardt,Max 15
OSC Baden Baden 4 - 4 TV Tegernsee
3 Bacrot,Etienn ½ : ½ Khenkin,Igor 1
4 Shirov,Alexei 1 : 0 Sokolov,Andre 2
5 Vallejo Pons, ½ : ½ Ribli,Zoltan 3
6 Nielsen,Peter ½ : ½ Bischoff,Klau 4
7 Krasenkow,Mic ½ : ½ Boensch,Uwe 5
8 Movsesian,Ser 1 : 0 Kindermann,St 6
10 Dautov,Rustem 0 : 1 Hertneck,Gera 7
11 Schlosser,Phi 0 : 1 Bromberger,St 11
Venue: Koeln
SV Wattenscheid 5½-2½ Godesberger SK
2 Sargissian,Ga 0 : 1 Kasimdzhanov, 1
3 Macieja,Bartl 1 : 0 Jenni,Florian 2
4 Rustemov,Alex 1 : 0 Sprenger,Jan- 3
6 Holzke,Frank 1 : 0 Seel,Christia 4
7 Handke,Floria 1 : 0 Breder,Dennis 5
8 Appel,Ralf 1 : 0 Langheinrich, 6
10 Lemmers,Oscar ½ : ½ Grafl,Florian 7
13 Straeter,Timo 0 : 1 Jackelen,Thom 8
SG Aljechin Soli 4½-3½ SG Köln Porz
1 Jussupow,Artu ½ : ½ Lutz,Christop 2
2 Nikolic,Predr ½ : ½ Van Wely,Loek 3
4 Baramidze,Dav 1 : 0 Sokolov,Ivan 4
6 Naumann,Alexa ½ : ½ Vaganian,Rafa 5
8 Gabriel,Chris 0 : 1 Timman,Jan H 6
9 Werle,Jan ½ : ½ Graf,Alexande 7
10 Hoffmann,Mich ½ : ½ Gurevich,Mikh 8
11 Ernst,Sipke 1 : 0 Van den Doel, 10
Venue: Bremen
SC Kreuzberg 4½-3½ Hamburger SK
2 Nisipeanu,Liv ½ : ½ Gustafsson,Ja 1
3 Almasi,Zoltan 1 : 0 Ftacnik,Lubom 2
4 Socko,Bartosz ½ : ½ Kempinski,Rob 3
5 Romanishin,Ol ½ : ½ Hansen,Sune B 4
6 Maiwald,Jens- 1 : 0 Reeh,Oliver 7
7 Kalinitschew, 0 : 1 Heinemann,Thi 8
8 Lau,Ralf ½ : ½ Rogozenko,Dor 9
10 Tischbierek,R ½ : ½ Van Delft,Mer 11
SFR Neukölln 3 - 5 SV Werder Bremen
1 Nataf,Igor-Al 0 : 1 Efimenko,Zaha 2
2 Miroshnichenk ½ : ½ Areshchenko,A 3
5 Polzin,Rainer 0 : 1 Hracek,Zbynek 4
6 Berndt,Stepha ½ : ½ Pelletier,Yan 5
8 Schneider,Ilj 0 : 1 Babula,Vlasti 6
9 Poldauf,Dirk 1 : 0 Fish,Gennadij 8
10 Thiede,Lars 1 : 0 Schandorff,La 9
11 Thinius,Marco 0 : 1 Skripchenko-L 11
Venue: Leipzig
SF Katernberg 5½-2½ SK Zehlendorf
2 Erenburg,Serg 1 : 0 Richter,Micha 1
3 Kritz,Leonid ½ : ½ Maksimenko,An 2
5 Glek,Igor V ½ : ½ Werner,Dimo 3
6 Smagin,Sergey ½ : ½ Janz,Frerik 4
9 Senff,Martin ½ : ½ Heinig,Wolfra 5
10 Siebrecht,Seb 1 : 0 Carmeille,Lud 6
11 Souleidis,Geo 1 : 0 Klimm,Wolf-Di 7
13 Scholz,Christ ½ : ½ Lieb,Harald 9
SV Mülheim Nord 5 - 3 SC Leipzig Gohli
2 Landa,Konstan ½ : ½ Vogt,Lothar 1
4 Fridman,Danie 1 : 0 Voigt,Roland 2
5 Levin,Felix ½ : ½ Roos,Michael 3
6 Schebler,Gerh ½ : ½ Zesch,Ludwig 5
7 Saltaev,Mihai ½ : ½ Quast,Michael 7
8 Hausrath,Dani 1 : 0 Fischer,Johan 8
9 Lytchak,Alexa ½ : ½ Hoffmann,Hend 9
12 Kern,Guido ½ : ½ Schunk,Thomas 12
1. OSC Baden-Baden 5 9 31
2. TV Tegernsee 5 8 23,5
3. SC Kreuzberg 5 8 22,5
4. Werder Bremen 5 8 22
5. Mülheim Nord 4 7 20,5
6. SG Porz 5 6 23,5
7. SF Katernberg 4 6 20,5
8. SG Solingen 4 6 17,5
9. SC Eppingen 5 4 18,5
10. SV Wattenscheid 4 4 17
11. SG Kirchheim 5 4 16,5
12. Hamburger SK 5 2 18,5
13. SF Neukölln 5 1 16,5
14. Godesberger SK 5 1 14
15. SC Leipzig-Gohlis 4 0 8
16. SK Zehlendorf 4 0 6
The Croatian Championship takes place 7th-17th November 2005.
Official site:
http://www.crochess.com/turniri/vukovar/ch_05/index.htm
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ch-CRO Vukovar CRO (CRO), 7-17 xi 2005 cat. XI (2515)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Hulak, Krunoslav g CRO 2507 * = 1 = = . . . = 1 1 . 5.0 2673
2. Jankovic, Alojzije m CRO 2446 = * . 1 . = = = . . 1 1 5.0 2671
3. Rogic, Davor m CRO 2520 0 . * . . = . = 1 1 1 1 5.0 2676
4. Sulava, Nenad g CRO 2493 = 0 . * . = 1 . = = . 1 4.0 2551
5. Kozul, Zdenko g CRO 2576 = . . . * = 0 1 . 1 0 1 4.0 2560
6. Stevic, Hrvoje g CRO 2514 . = = = = * = . = . . = 3.5 2515
7. Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2512 . = . 0 1 = * 0 . . = 1 3.5 2513
8. Dizdar, Goran g CRO 2542 . = = . 0 . 1 * 0 = . = 3.0 2462
9. Palac, Mladen g CRO 2571 = . 0 = . = . 1 * 0 = . 3.0 2461
10. Jovanic, Ognjen m CRO 2469 0 . 0 = 0 . . = 1 * 1 . 3.0 2484
11. Zelcic, Robert g CRO 2533 0 0 0 . 1 . = . = 0 * . 2.0 2356
12. Kovacevic, Blazimir m CRO 2493 . 0 0 0 0 = 0 = . . . * 1.0 2205
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The 3rd round of the Belgian Interclubs took place on 6th November 2005.
News and games Valery Maes.
Round 3 : 6th November 2005
1. KGSRL - Borgerhout 4½- 3½
2. CREC - CE Namur 4 - 4
3. CRELEL - Rochade 3 - 5
4. KBSK - Boey Temse 5 - 3
5. Eynatten 1 - Deurne 7½ - ½
6. Eynatten 2 - Jean Jaurès 4½ - 3½
Round 3 Standings
1. Eynatten 1 18
2. KBSK 16½
3. CREC 16
4. CE Namur 13
5. SK Rochade 12½
Borgerhout 12½
7. KGSRL 12
CRELEL 12
9. Jean Jaurès 9½
10. Boey Temse 9
11.Eynatten 2 8½
12. Deurne 4½
The FIDE African Continental Championship takes place November 4th-15th
2005 in Lusaka, Zambia. I would have given some games but couldn't find out
which Sousa they were referring to in the rating list.
Coverage:
http://www.thechessdrum.net/newsbriefs/2005/NB_AfricanCh2.html
Round 8 Standings
1 BELKHODJA, S 2490 g TUN 5.5
2 FRHAT, A 2306 f EGY 5.0
3 ADLY, A 2480 g EGY 5.0
4 EL GINDY, E 2524 m EGY 5.0
5 CHUMFWA, S 2303 ZAM 5.0
6 LUNGU, N 2265 ZAM 4.5
7 ADERITO, P 2288 m ANG 4.5
8 SIMUTOWE, A 2458 m ZAM 4.5
9 DOMINGOS, C 2240 ANG 4.5
10 KOBESE, AKW 2403 m RSA 4.5
11 BOUAH, LJ 2187 c RSA 4.5
12 ELGABRY, M 2333 m EGY 4.0
13 RIZOUK, A 2499 m ALG 4.0
14 EL TAHER, F 2482 m EGY 4.0
15 NJOBVU, I 2201 BOT 4.0
16 MANDIZHA, F 2242 f ZIM 4.0
17 MBAMBARA, T 2090 ZAM 4.0
18 ISMAIL, H 2356 EGY 3.5
19 SOUSA, S 2214 m ANG 3.5
20 AMINI, D 0 ZIM 3.5
21 CAWDERY, DJ 2182 RSA 3.5
22 JERE, D 2195 ZAM 3.0
23 SOLOMON, KT 2352 m RSA 3.0
24 SIMULUNDU, J 0 ZAM 3.0
25 VIAGEIRO MATEUS, A 0 MOZ 3.0
26 ANDRADE, I 2111 MOZ 3.0
27 KAMOWA, J 0 MAW 3.0
28 MISOMALI, YM 0 MAW 3.0
29 NOTHA, M 0 BOT 2.5
30 ALBERTO, M 2123 ANG 2.5
31 VAN DEN HEEVER, DO 2132 RSA 2.0
32 CHAMBULE, PL 2192 MOZ 2.0
33 MASANGO, S 2140 ZIM 2.0
34 MEYER, M 2162 wm RSA 2.0
35 CHIMTHERE, C 0 MAW 1.5
ACP Statement concerning the change of rules for the FIDE World
Championship cycle
The ACP Board would like to state its position regarding the recent
change of rules in the FIDE World Championship cycle. An initial press release
by FIDE has caused some confusion concerning the involvement of ACP in this
decision. In subsequent open letters posted on the website www.chessbase.com,
emanating both from ACP and FIDE representatives, the issue was cleared: ACP
was in no way consulted by FIDE before the latter decided on the drastic
changes for the upcoming World Championship cycle.
This came as a surprise, since previous meetings between ACP and FIDE
in May and July had gone well and done much to bridge the differences between
the two organizations over key issues. Time may have been short to implement
changes before the start of the World Cup in Khanty-Mansiisk in late November
if those were deemed absolutely necessary, but there was definitely enough of
it to organize a meeting between FIDE and ACP. Given the importance of the
matter, it is a great pity FIDE only took into consideration the opinion of the
eight participants in San Luis.
Our position on the new rules is the following:
Their implementation is affecting players from San Luis, without them
having been able to adapt their play to the new rules, since these were decided
after the event was finished. Ending such an important event with a different
set of rules than the one at the start is contrary to basic sports principles.
Had they known beforehand that fourth place in San Luis meant direct
qualification to the next World Championship final event, players who finished
on places 5 to 8 might have employed a different tournament strategy. The fact
that, according to FIDE, all participants from San Luis agreed to the changes,
does not alter the nature of the problem.
There used to be a long-standing tradition that the World Champion had
some privileges, and was most often seeded directly to the final match, as
happened between 1948 and 1993. Should a final tournament, instead of a match,
decide the world title, it would appear normal that the World
Champion be seeded to the event directly. Granting the same privilege to
players who finished second to fourth in San Luis is much more debatable.
Considering that no qualifier was organized and only the Elo rating average was
used in determining the participants of San Luis (with the exception of former
World Champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov), other top players with similarly high
ratings may not see this rule as very fair, since half of the spots for the
final event are already taken, and this event will only take place in two
years’ time. On a personal note, I should add that an argument for a final
tournament, rather than a match, was to introduce more dynamism in the world
cycle, but having half the players already seeded so long in advance defeats
that purpose.
Dropping the entire tradition of final matches for the title of World
Champion is a decision with far-reaching consequences. What has made chess
popular in the mainstream media are the great duels of the past, the
Fischer-Spassky, Karpov-Kortchnoi and Kasparov-Karpov showdowns have brought
chess in the limelight. The San Luis tournament was successful from the purely
technical point of view, with an abundance of fascinating chess games, however
its media impact worldwide was clearly lower than previous head-to-head
matches. Certainly, opinions may differ on this complex topic, but once again,
such a decision should be weighed carefully beforehand and not taken with such
haste. Ending an almost 120 year-long tradition (even previous FIDE knock-out
world championships featured a final match) will have strong effects on the
media popularity of chess, and it is highly unclear whether these will be
beneficial to chess in the long run.
In conclusion, ACP still acknowledges the efforts of FIDE to take into
account some of our recommendations (such as adding rest days for tie-breaks in
the World Cup or dropping the Last Chance tournament). Let us hope that the
unilateral decision by FIDE to change rules for the World Championship, without
consulting the ACP, will not prove a major setback in an otherwise constructive
cooperation since May 2005.
Joel Lautier
ACP President
Paris, 9th of November 2005
Russian Championship Superfinal
The Russian Championship Superfinal features Vladimir Kramnik,
Alexander Grischuk, Alexei Dreev, Alexander Morozevich and Peter Svidler plus 7
qualifiers from Kazan. Arrival and drawing of lots 18th December 2005, 1st
round 19th December 2005, last round 30th December. One rest day.
Harmonie Chess Tournament
The Harmonie Chess Tournament takes place in Groningen, 23rd-30th
December 2005. No players listed yet.
Official site: http://www.so-on.org/kerst2005/2005eng.html
Villa de Bilbao
II Festival Internacional de Ajedrez Villa de Bilbao takes place
19th-23rd November 2005.
Man-Machine event. Players: Ruslan Ponomariov, Rustam Kasimdzhanov and
Alexander Khalifman. Machines: Junior, Fritz and Hydra.
Official site: http://www.ajedrezbilbao.com
Hyderabad Open
Due to unavoidable circumstances, the International Open Tournament to
be conducted by Chess Players Association of India at Hyderabad, India during
December 2005 is postponed. There will be a fresh date (most likely in February
2006 after the Aeroflot Open).
Further details: http://www.cpai.in
East Bay Chess Club Fide Swiss
East Bay Chess Club Fide Swiss A 9 round swiss, Dec 17-23, 2005 for
fide ratings and norms. Prizes $US 900-700-500-400, plus appearance fees to the
first three GMs to register. Information is available at
http://www.eastbaychess.com/tourney/05/fideswiss.html,
or email tournaments@eastbaychess.com with questions or to register.
Gibraltar Congress 2006
The Gibraltar Congress takes place 24th January - 2nd February 2006.
Contact Stewart Reuben for more details: Stewartreuben@aol.com
Further details: http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com
55th Greek Championship
The 55th Greek Championship take place 16th-24th November 2005 in
Kalamata, a town 250km from Athens. The tournament is a 10 player round-robin
with 10 players (7 GMs). The GM norm is at 6/9 and the IM norm 4/9 Current
champion is GM Banikas who has won the Greek championship five times in a row.
Official site: http://www.chessfed.gr (only in Greek). Live
coverage planned.
Players
1. Banikas Hristos GM 2566
2. Kapnisis Spyridon IM 2427
3. Mastrovasilis Dimitrios GM 2570
4. Souleidis Georgios IM 2421
5. Skembris Spyridon GM 2461
6. Nikolaidis Ioannis GM 2521
7. Halkias Stelios GM 2540
8. Kotrotsos Vasilios FM 2323
9. Mastrovasilis Athanasios GM 2496
10. Kotronias Vasilios GM 2626
BCF Rapid Play
The British Rapidplay Chess Championship takes place in Halifax
12th-13th November 2005.
Live coverage: http://www.bcfservices.org.uk/rapid2005/
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/
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
5th Amplico AIG Life
The 24th Chess Memorial of Stanislaw Gawlikowski takes place in Warsaw,
16th-18th December 2005 in the Olympic Centre Wybrzeze Gdynskie street 4.
Warsaw International Blitz Championship (16th of December) 5th Amplico
AIG Life International Chess Tournament - European Rapid Championship 2005
(17th -18th of December)
Further details: http://www.pzszach.org.pl/
Deep Junior vs Almira Skripchenko Exhibition
Deep Junior will play Almira Skripchenko Deep Junior will play Almira
Skripchenko in an exhibition game. in the resort of Madonna di Campiglio, Italy
November 30th 2005 14:00 local in the Golf Hotel. The exhibition is part of the
Intetain conference featuring intelligent technologies for entertainment.
Almira will have the white pieces and the game will be conducted under normal
time controls. The following day (Dec. 1st) Almira will make a presentation
titled "In the mind of the grandmaster" and will conduct a simultaneous
exhibition versus a selected group of the conference attendees.
Further details and registration: http://www.intetain.org as well as
http://chess.itc.it/irst/Renderer.aspx?targetID=1347
Wellington College International
FIDE rated, qualifying event for British Champs and part of the BCF
Grand Prix. The event takes place over 2 weekends
Friday 27th January to Sunday 29th January 2006 and Saturday 11th to
Sunday 12th February 2006
£1,000+ prize fund including a paid place in 2006 British
Championships
Venue: Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berkshire RG45 7PU (35 miles
south west of London)
Tournament Director: IM Andrew Martin. Chief Controller: Neville
Belinfante (BCF Arbiter)
Entries, requests for accommodation lists, travel details, detailed map
and other enquiries should be addressed to :
Ray Clark High Cedars, 17 Oak End Way, Gerrards Cross, Bucks, SL9 8DA
England
Tel. (44) (0)7802 306210 (Mon.-Fri. daytime) or Tel. (44) (0)1753
883300 (other times)
E-mail rayclark.mc@tiscali.co.uk or rclark@thehackettgroup.com
Hungarian Events November 2005 - August 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-17th of February, FIRST SATURDAY GM (cat.VII and cat.IX/) -IM-FM
Budapest
8. 4th-17th 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
14. 3rd-16th of June, FIRST SATURDAY GM /cat.VII and cat IX together/ -
IM-FM closed tournaments, Budapest, Org.NL.
15. 17th-25th of June, BALATONLELLE Open, GM-IM closed, org. IM RIGO,
e-mail: me-ri@t-online-hu
16. 1st-13th of July, FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM closed, Bp. Org.NL,
17. 15th-23rd of July, AGRIA Open 9 rounds Swiss, Eger, 100 km North
from Budapest, Org. RAUCH Ferenc, e-mail: rauch@freemail.hu
18. 24th-30th of July, SZOMBATHELY SUMMER Open 9 rounds Swiss, 300 km
West from Budapest, Org: FM KORPICS, Zsolt, e-mail: korpicschess@axelero.hu
19. 5th-17th of August, FIRST SATURDAY, Bp, GM /cat.XII-IX-VII/ - IM-FM
closed, Org: NL.
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
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
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
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/
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
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
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.
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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