THE WEEK IN CHESS 580 19th December 2005 by Mark Crowther
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My thanks to Oscar Ruiz, Mirjana Medic, Helen Milligan, Ruben Casafus,
Geoffrey Borg, Miklos Orso, Adolivio Capece, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr., Valery
Maes and everyone else who helped with the issue.
Happy Christmas to everyone for next week. This time of year produces a
lot of chess with traditional events world wide. This week saw the end of the
FIDE World Cup which saw Levon Aronian continue his progress up the world
rankings by taking first place ahead of former FIDE Champion Ruslan Ponomariov.
15 year old Magnus Carlsen qualified for the FIDE Candidates next year by
finishing 10th. Just as this event finished the Russian Chess Superfinal
started. Top seed Peter Svidler defeated second seed Vladimir Kramnik in the
first round. Kramnik's rating has been in freefall since he beat Leko in
Brissago, Switzerland.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The FIDE World Chess Cup took place 26th November - 18th December 2005
in Khanty Mansyisk, Russia. The event was a knockout until round 4. The 16
players in round 4 continude until the end playing matches to establish their
exact finishing positions 1-16. The top 10 players were guaranteed
qualification for the next stage of the FIDE World Championship, after that
reserves were established (qualified players such as Kasparov and Kramnik are
not expected to play). Projected calendar for the remaining events in the
2005-2007 World Chess Championship cycle. Candidate Matches: Sept - Oct 2006.
World Championship Tournament: Sept - Oct 2007. World Cup 2007: to begin last
week of Nov 2007 (cycle 2007-2009).
23 year old Levon Aronian won the event after defeating former FIDE
Champion Ruslan Ponomariov in the final. Aronian has added 50 rating points in
the year and is sure to add more with this performance. The top 10 players all
automatically qualified for the next FIDE World Championship cycle. The 11th
place is almost certain also to gain entry too.
Final Standings (top 16)
1st Levon Aronian
2nd Ruslan Ponomariov
3rd Etienne Bacrot
4th Alexander Grischuk
5th Evgeny Bareev
6th Boris Gelfand
7th Sergei Rublevsky
8th Mikhail Gurevich
9th Gata Kamsky
10th
Magnus Carlsen
11th Vladimir Malakhov
12th Francisco Vallejo Pons
13th Alexey Dreev
14th Loek Van Wely
15th Joel Lautier
16th
Konstantin Sakaev
Official site: http://www.worldchesscup2005.com/
Round 6 12th-14th December 2005 Results:
Name Rtng G1 G2 Rp1 Rp2 Bz1 Bz2 SD Total
For 1-4 places
Round 6 Match 01
Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) 2720 ½ ½ 0 0 1
Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) 2704 ½ ½ 1 1 3
Round 6 Match 02
Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) 2725 ½ 0 0,5
Aronian, Levon (ARM) 2724 ½ 1 1,5
For 5-8 places
Round 6 Match 03
Rublevsky, Sergei (RUS) 2652 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1,5
Bareev, Evgeny (RUS) 2675 ½ ½ 1 ½ 2,5
Round 6 Match 04
Gurevich, Mikhail (BEL) 2652 0 0 0
Gelfand, Boris (ISR) 2717 1 1 2
For 9-12 places
Round 6 Match 05
Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) 2670 ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½ 2,5
Carlsen, Magnus (NOR) 2570 ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 3,5
Round 6 Match 06
Kamsky, Gata (USA) 2690 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 3,5
Vallejo Pons, Francisco (ESP) 2674 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 2,5
For 13-16 places
Round 6 Match 07
Lautier, Joel (FRA) 2679 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 2,5
Van Wely, Loek (NED) 2648 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 3,5
Round 6 Match 08
Dreev, Alexey (RUS) 2694 1 ½ 1,5
Sakaev, Konstantin (RUS) 2668 0 ½ 0,5
Round 7 15th-17th December 2005 Results:
Name Rtng G1 G2 Rp1 Rp2 Bz1 Bz2 SD Total
For 1-2 places
Round 7 Match 01
Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) 2704 ½ ½ 0 0 1
Aronian, Levon (ARM) 2724 ½ ½ 1 1 3
For 3-4 places
Round 7 Match 02
Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) 2725 ½ ½ 1 ½ 2,5
Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) 2720 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1,5
For 5-6 places
Round 7 Match 03
Gelfand, Boris (ISR) 2717 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1,5
Bareev, Evgeny (RUS) 2675 ½ ½ 1 ½ 2,5
For 7-8 places
Round 7 Match 04
Rublevsky, Sergei (RUS) 2652 1 ½ 1,5
Gurevich, Mikhail (BEL) 2652 0 ½ 0,5
For 9-10 places
Round 7 Match 05
Carlsen, Magnus (NOR) 2570 1 0 0 0 1
Kamsky, Gata (USA) 2690 0 1 1 1 3
For 11-12 places
Round 7 Match 06
Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) 2670 1 ½ 1,5
Vallejo Pons, Francisco (ESP) 2674 0 ½ 0,5
For 13-14 places
Round 7 Match 07
Van Wely, Loek (NED) 2648 1 0 ½ 0 1,5
Dreev, Alexey (RUS) 2694 0 1 ½ 1 2,5
For 15-16 places
Round 7 Match 08
Sakaev, Konstantin (RUS) 2668 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 3,5
Lautier, Joel (FRA) 2679 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 3,5
The Russian Championship Superfinal takes place in Moscow 18th-30th
December 2005. Arrival and drawing of lots 18th December 2005, 1st round 19th
December 2005, last round 30th December. One rest day. Sadly Alexander Grischuk
(disagreement with the prize structure) and Evgeniy Najer (illness) were last
minute withdrawals.
Official site:
http://www.russiachess.ru/mods.php?name=section&oid=1118&bid=31
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ch-RUS Superfinal Moscow RUS (RUS), 19-30 xii 2005 cat. XVII (2664)
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1. Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2652 * . . . . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
2. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2740 . * . . . . . . . . . 1 1.0
3. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2694 . . * . . . = . . . . . 0.5 2632
4. Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2644 . . . * . . . . . = . . 0.5 2659
5. Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2653 . . . . * . . . = . . . 0.5 2614
6. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2707 . . . . . * . = . . . . 0.5 2564
7. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2632 . . = . . . * . . . . . 0.5 2694
8. Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2564 . . . . . = . * . . . . 0.5 2707
9. Volkov, Sergey1 g RUS 2614 . . . . = . . . * . . . 0.5 2653
10. Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2659 . . . = . . . . . * . . 0.5 2644
11. Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2675 0 . . . . . . . . . * . 0.0
12. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2739 . 0 . . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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Round 1 (December 19, 2005)
Rublevsky, Sergei - Bareev, Evgeny 1-0 35 C08 French Tarrasch
Svidler, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 48 C42 Petroff's Defence
Jakovenko, Dmitry - Zvjaginsev, Vadim 1/2 62 C11 French Defence
Khalifman, Alexander - Volkov, Sergey1 1/2 42 D15 Slav Defence
Motylev, Alexander - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 21 B19 Caro Kann
Tomashevsky, Evgeny - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 42 A31 English Symmetrical
The XVIII Memorial Carlos Torre Repetto takes place in Mérida,
Yucatán, México 15th-23rd December 2005. Top Players: Vassily
Ivanchuk, Lázaro Bruzón, Michal Krasenkow and Bartlomiej Macieja.
A Swiss system qualifer produced players for the knock out phase where they
were joined by the strongest players.
Further details: http://www.carlostorre.org.mx
Knockout Pairings:
1 Bruzon Lazaro GM 2677 CUB
16 Rohl Juan IM 2405 VEN
8 Akobian Varuzhan GM 2600 USA
9 Leon H Manuel IM 2428 MEX
4 Reynaldo Vera GM 2481 CUB
13 Escobedo T Alberto IM 2403 MEX
5 Mitkov Nikola GM 2520 MKD
12 Huerta Dayron FM 2263 CUB
2 Krasenkow Michal GM 2655 POL
15 Fierro B Martha IM 2269 ECU
7 Jesús Nogueiras GM 2547 CUB
10 Quezada Yuniesky GM 2505 CUB
3 Macieja Bartlomiej GM 2591 POL
14 De la Paz Frank GM 2456 CUB
6 Gonzalez Juan C GM 2515 MEX
11 Hernandez Holden IM 2483 CUB
Final Standings swiss system qualifier
1. 8 Vera, Reynaldo 5.0 24.0 2481 2575 +0.30
2. 4 Mitkov, Nikola 5.0 23.0 16.5 2520 2555 +0.10
3. 5 Gonzalez, Zamora Juan Carl 5.0 23.0 15.5 2515 2608 +0.56
4. 3 Nogueiras, Jesus 5.0 22.5 2547 2653 +0.68
5. 2 Akobian, Varuzhan 4.5 23.5 16.5 17.25 2600 2509 -0.54
6. 11 Leon Hoyos, Manuel 4.5 23.5 16.5 14.25 2428 2440 +0.10
7. 6 Quezada, Yuniesky 4.5 23.5 16.0 17.5 2505 2442 -0.36
8. 7 Hernandez, Holden 4.5 23.5 16.0 16.25 2483 2489 +0.06
9. 24 Huerta, Dayron 4.5 23.0 2263 2383 +0.90
10. 13 Escobedo Tinajero, Alberto 4.5 21.0 2403 2424 +0.12
11. 10 De La Paz, Frank 4.5 20.5 2456 2413 -0.30
12. 22 Fierro Baquero, Martha L. 4.5 20.0 14.5 2269 2306 +0.24
13. 12 Rohl, Juan 4.5 20.0 14.0 2405 2443 +0.24
14. 1 Milov, Vadim 4.5 20.0 13.0 2652 2449 -1.02
15. 18 Garcia Martinez, Silvino 4.5 20.0 12.5 2337 2378 +0.30
16. 20 Huerta, Soris Ramon 4.0 22.0 2322 2341 +0.16
16 Blanco Fernandez, Alvaro 4.0 21.5 2354 2456 +0.82
14 Garmendez, Florentino 4.0 20.5 2369 2335 -0.26
21 Ocampo, Raul 4.0 20.0 2287 2268 -0.14
29 Mata Gonzalez, Jose Fernan 4.0 20.0 2213 2388 +1.42
17 Estrada Nieto, Julian 4.0 19.0 2351 2211 -0.92
39 Sanchez Enr., Oscar G. 4.0 19.0 2173 2183 +0.04
15 Watanabe, Akira 4.0 18.5 2365 2320 -0.32
48 Albarran, Alejandro 4.0 18.0 2136 2172 +0.25
76 Tapie, Pablo Adib 4.0 15.5 1982 2183 +1.60
67 Martinez Sasso Alvaro Anto 4.0 14.5 2018 2108 +0.65
101 players
The 12th Zadar Open took place 12th-18th December 2005. Vladimir Petkov
win the event with 6.5/9.
Official site:
http://www.crochess.com/turniri/zadar/05/index.htm
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12th Open Zadar CRO (CRO), 12-18 xii 2005
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1. Petkov, Vladimir m BUL 2529 -33 +22 +30 +23 =16 =17 +24 = 2 + 5 6.5 2595
2. Tratar, Marko m SLO 2440 +48 + 5 +12 = 8 =11 = 6 =17 = 1 = 3 6.0 2649
3. Nevednichy, Vladislav g ROM 2594 +27 =10 = 7 =24 =15 +19 =14 +16 = 2 6.0 2570
4. Blagojevic, Dragisa g SCG 2541 +40 =15 =24 = 7 +27 =16 =11 = 9 +17 6.0 2585
5. Kozul, Zdenko g CRO 2576 +45 - 2 +37 +29 =14 + 9 + 8 = 6 - 1 6.0 2609
6. Gleizerov, Evgeny g RUS 2564 -37 +38 +44 =18 +25 = 2 +32 = 5 =11 6.0 2526
7. Saric, Ibro m BIH 2441 +34 = 8 = 3 = 4 -19 +47 =18 +32 +14 6.0 2550
8. Palac, Mladen g CRO 2571 +20 = 7 +10 = 2 = 9 =11 - 5 =15 +24 5.5 2546
9. Rogic, Davor m CRO 2520 =31 +35 +33 =17 = 8 - 5 +22 = 4 =12 5.5 2528
10. Neubauer, Martin m AUT 2442 +22 = 3 - 8 +33 =21 =42 =26 =20 +27 5.5 2505
11. Cvitan, Ognjen g CRO 2527 +39 =18 =25 +47 = 2 = 8 = 4 =14 = 6 5.5 2527
12. Zelcic, Robert g CRO 2533 +44 =29 - 2 =37 =35 +34 =16 +26 = 9 5.5 2487
13. Fercec, Nenad m CRO 2512 =35 =31 =48 =27 +36 =15 +42 =17 =21 5.5 2459
14. Drasko, Milan g SCG 2528 +30 =33 +15 =16 = 5 =24 = 3 =11 - 7 5.0 2507
15. Nikolov, Momchil BUL 2435 +36 = 4 -14 +31 = 3 =13 =19 = 8 =23 5.0 2507
16. Brkic, Ante m CRO 2500 +43 =37 +19 =14 = 1 = 4 =12 - 3 =18 5.0 2512
17. Pavasovic, Dusko g SLO 2527 +46 =25 =29 = 9 +18 = 1 = 2 =13 - 4 5.0 2503
18. Sebenik, Matej m SLO 2407 +49 =11 =21 = 6 -17 +27 = 7 =22 =16 5.0 2488
19. Doric, Darko f CRO 2402 +28 =21 -16 +48 + 7 - 3 =15 =24 =20 5.0 2463
20. Feletar, Darko m CRO 2394 - 8 =34 =38 =22 =28 +41 +29 =10 =19 5.0 2391
21. Stevic, Hrvoje g CRO 2514 +50 =19 =18 =25 =10 -32 =23 +35 =13 5.0 2430
22. Skoberne, Jure f SLO 2308 -10 - 1 +45 =20 +33 +37 - 9 =18 +32 5.0 2449
23. Sakelsek, Tadej m SLO 2404 -47 +50 +32 - 1 =34 =25 =21 +36 =15 5.0 2410
24. Gagarin, Vasilij m RUS 2422 =32 +47 = 4 = 3 +29 =14 - 1 =19 - 8 4.5 2454
25. Rezan, Sasa m CRO 2421 +41 =17 =11 =21 - 6 =23 =36 -27 +42 4.5 2419
26. Lukin, Andrei M m RUS 2417 =38 =32 =31 =34 =47 +35 =10 -12 =30 4.5 2333
27. Ljubicic, Filip m CRO 2400 - 3 +43 +49 =13 - 4 -18 +34 +25 -10 4.5 2418
28. Martinovic, Sasa CRO 2182 -19 =39 -34 +43 =20 =40 =31 =33 +45 4.5 2352
29. Rusev, Krasimir BUL 2434 +42 =12 =17 - 5 -24 +48 -20 =31 +43 4.5 2410
30. Krstic, Uros m CRO 2350 -14 +41 - 1 +38 -32 -36 +48 +42 =26 4.5 2347
31. Kutuzovic, Branko m CRO 2327 = 9 =13 =26 -15 =41 =38 =28 =29 =34 4.0 2323
32. Dabo-Peranic, Robert CRO 2262 =24 =26 -23 +40 +30 +21 - 6 - 7 -22 4.0 2378
33. Jakic, Ivan f CRO 2336 + 1 =14 - 9 -10 -22 =39 +47 =28 =35 4.0 2332
34. Sutkovic, Damir BIH 2301 - 7 =20 +28 =26 =23 -12 -27 +48 =31 4.0 2334
35. Babic, Drasko f SCG 2316 =13 - 9 =39 +49 =12 -26 +38 -21 =33 4.0 2361
36. Martic, Zlatko f CRO 2298 -15 -40 +46 +44 -13 +30 =25 -23 =37 4.0 2354
37. Kosanski, Stanko m CRO 2376 + 6 =16 - 5 =12 -42 -22 =43 =40 =36 3.5 2338
38. Brulic, Denis CRO 2247 =26 - 6 =20 -30 +46 =31 -35 =39 =40 3.5 2299
39. Levacic, Patrick m CRO 2331 -11 =28 =35 -42 =40 =33 =46 =38 =41 3.5 2238
40. Mestrovic, Zvonimir m SLO 2373 - 4 +36 -47 -32 =39 =28 =49 =37 =38 3.5 2219
41. Zelic, Mladen f CRO 2249 -25 -30 =43 +45 =31 -20 -50 +46 =39 3.5 2275
42. Malysheva, Polina wm RUS 2295 -29 -44 +50 +39 +37 =10 -13 -30 -25 3.5 2314
43. Biliskov, Vjekoslav f CRO 2316 -16 -27 =41 -28 +49 =44 =37 +47 -29 3.5 2248
44. Biti, Ozren f CRO 2359 -12 +42 - 6 -36 =48 =43 -45 =50 +49 3.5 2281
45. Franic, Milan m CRO 2395 - 5 -48 -22 -41 +50 =46 +44 +49 -28 3.5 2238
46. Armanda, Ivica m CRO 2343 -17 -49 -36 +50 -38 =45 =39 -41 +47 3.0 2188
47. Ramesa, Davor CRO 2226 +23 -24 +40 -11 =26 - 7 -33 -43 -46 2.5 2231
48. Fucak, Emilijo f CRO 2300 - 2 +45 =13 -19 =44 -29 -30 -34 =50 2.5 2224
49. Novak, Ratko CRO 2229 -18 +46 -27 -35 -43 +50 =40 -45 -44 2.5 2192
50. Plenkovic, Zdenko f CRO 2321 -21 -23 -42 -46 -45 -49 +41 =44 =48 2.0 2123
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12th Women Zadar CRO (CRO), 12-18 xii 2005
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1. Voiska, Margarita wg BUL 2309 * = 1 = = 1 1 = 1 6.0 2385
2. Sargac, Rajna wm CRO 2243 = * = 1 1 0 1 1 1 6.0 2393
3. Medic, Mirjana wg CRO 2250 0 = * 1 1 = = 1 = 5.0 2294
4. Olarasu, Gabriela wg ROM 2323 = 0 0 * = 1 1 1 1 5.0 2285
5. Djingarova, Emilia wg BUL 2358 = 0 0 = * 1 1 = 1 4.5 2229
6. Solic, Kristina wm CRO 2162 0 1 = 0 0 * = 1 1 4.0 2210
7. Grobelsek, Ana wf SLO 2079 0 0 = 0 0 = * 1 = 2.5 2080
8. Randjelovic, Dragana wf SCG 2076 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 * = 1.5 1970
9. Svaljek, Radmila wf CRO 2047 0 0 = 0 0 0 = = * 1.5 1974
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The 13th Salona took place in Solin, Croatia 9th-18th December 2005.
Bojan Kurajica won the event with 7.5/11.
Official site:
http://www.crochess.com/turniri/solin/05/index.htm
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13th Salona Solin CRO (CRO), 9-18 xii 2005 cat. X (2481)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Kurajica, Bojan g BIH 2533 * = = = 1 1 0 1 1 = = 1 7.5 2609
2. Kovacevic, Blazimir m CRO 2493 = * 0 = 1 = 1 = = = 1 1 7.0 2582
3. Jankovic, Alojzije m CRO 2446 = 1 * = = = = = 0 1 0 1 6.0 2520
4. Lugovoi, Aleksei g RUS 2547 = = = * = = = = 1 = 1 0 6.0 2511
5. Godena, Michele g ITA 2502 0 0 = = * = = 1 1 = = 1 6.0 2515
6. Matveeva, Svetlana m RUS 2422 0 = = = = * = = 1 = = = 5.5 2486
7. Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina m RUS 2457 1 0 = = = = * = = = = 0 5.0 2447
8. Saric, Ante m CRO 2437 0 = = = 0 = = * 1 = = = 5.0 2449
9. Jovanic, Ognjen m CRO 2469 0 = 1 0 0 0 = 0 * 1 1 1 5.0 2446
10. Dizdarevic, Emir g BIH 2509 = = 0 = = = = = 0 * 1 0 4.5 2413
11. Kovacevic, Vlatko g CRO 2512 = 0 1 0 = = = = 0 0 * 1 4.5 2413
12. Cvorovic, Drazen m CRO 2446 0 0 0 1 0 = 1 = 0 1 0 * 4.0 2382
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The 72nd Brazilian Championship takes place in Guarulhos 12th-20th
December 2005. With two rounds to go Alexander Fier leads by a point and a half
but he only has one game to complete his schedule due to the withdrawal after
losing his first four rounds of Roberto Assumpcao.
Official site: http://www.fpx.com.br/2005/Bra2005/tab.htm
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72nd ch-BRA Guarulhos BRA (BRA), 12-20 xii 2005 cat. VI (2396)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
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1. Fier, Alexander Hilario Takeda m BRA 2443 * 1 = . 1 = = 1 1 = 1 7.0 2604
2. Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2620 0 * = . = 1 . 1 = 1 1 5.5 2507
3. Lima, Darcy g BRA 2529 = = * = . 0 1 = 1 . 1 5.0 2488
4. Matsuura, Everaldo m BRA 2453 . . = * 1 = = = 1 1 0 5.0 2449
5. Coelho, Luis m BRA 2412 0 = . 0 * 1 = . 1 1 1 5.0 2482
6. Disconzi da Silva, Rodrigo f BRA 2389 = 0 1 = 0 * = 0 . 1 = 4.0 2365
7. Santos, M.V.M f BRA 2353 = . 0 = = = * 1 0 = . 3.5 2344
8. Di Berardino, Diego Rafael BRA 2312 0 0 = = . 1 0 * . 0 1 3.0 2330
9. Chemin, Vitorio f BRA 2294 0 = 0 0 0 . 1 . * = 1 3.0 2333
10. Cavalcanti, Francisco f BRA 2270 = 0 . 0 0 0 = 1 = * . 2.5 2268
11. Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag BRA 2280 0 0 0 1 0 = . 0 0 . * 1.5 2180
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Roberto Assumpcao BRA 2364 withdrew after losing his first four rounds
and his game results were cancelled.
The Lugano International Open took place 18th-20th November 2005. Swiss
System 36 moves in 90 Mins + 30 Mins for the rest of the game. Vladimir Lazarev
edged out Sasha Belezky and Alfred Weindl on tie-break after all finished on
5/6.
Official site: http://luganoscacchi.ch/
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Open Lugano SUI (SUI), 18-20 xi 2005
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1. Lazarev, Vladimir g RUS 2513 5 22.5 18.5
2. Belezky, Sasha m UKR 2364 5 20.5 16.5
3. Weindl, Alfred m GER 2352 5 19.5 17.5
4. Starostits, Ilmars m LAT 2480 4.5 22 16
5. Rosin, Federico ITA 2143 4.5 17 13.5
6. Piazza, Carlo ITA 2104 4.5 16.5 14.5
7. Trumpf, Walter SUI 2058 4.5 15 11.75
8. Paleologu, Vladimir SUI 2158 4 20 14.75
9. Van de Plassche,Erik NED ---- 4 20 13
14. Agushi, Agim SUI 2123 4 18 9.5
12. Bossi, Alessandro ITA 2063 4 17 10.5
11. Habibi, Ali m GER 2292 4 15.5 11.5
13. Cucchiani, Claudio SUI 2061 4 14.5 9
47 players
The December First Saturday GM, IM and FM closed tournaments took place
3rd-15th December 2005 in Budapest. Viktor Erdos won the GMA event with 6.5/10.
Zlatko Ilincic won the GMB group with 7/10.
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu
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FSGMA December Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-15 xii 2005 cat. X (2482)
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1. Erdos, Viktor m HUN 2522 * = = = = 1 = = 1 = 1 6.5 2587
2. Turov, Maxim g RUS 2546 = * 1 = = 0 1 = = = 1 6.0 2547
3. Boros, Denes m HUN 2460 = 0 * = 1 = = = 1 = 1 6.0 2555
4. Farago, Ivan g HUN 2512 = = = * = = = = = 1 = 5.5 2514
5. Hoang Thanh Trang m VIE 2471 = = 0 = * = = = = 1 1 5.5 2518
6. Banusz, Tamas m HUN 2460 0 1 = = = * 0 = = 1 = 5.0 2483
7. Gonda, Laszlo f HUN 2448 = 0 = = = 1 * = = 0 1 5.0 2485
8. Steingrimsson, Hedinn m ISL 2435 = = = = = = = * = 0 = 4.5 2450
9. Varga, Zoltan g HUN 2525 0 = 0 = = = = = * 1 = 4.5 2441
10. Porat, Shi m ISR 2444 = = = 0 0 0 1 1 0 * 1 4.5 2449
11. Berczes, David m HUN 2475 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 = = 0 * 2.0 2242
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FSGMB December Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-15 xii 2005 cat. VII (2422)
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1. Ilincic, Zlatko g SCG 2540 * = 1 0 1 = = 1 1 = 1 7.0 2559
2. Zlatic, Mihajlo m SCG 2417 = * = = = = 1 0 = 1 1 6.0 2495
3. Nemeth, Miklos1 f HUN 2378 0 = * = = = 1 = 1 1 = 6.0 2498
4. Brinck-Claussen, Bjorn m DEN 2342 1 = = * = 1 0 = = 0 1 5.5 2466
5. Vajda, Levente g ROM 2547 0 = = = * = = = = 1 1 5.5 2446
6. Kosic, Dragan g SCG 2489 = = = 0 = * = 1 = = = 5.0 2415
7. Porat, Ido f ISR 2328 = 0 0 1 = = * = 1 1 0 5.0 2431
8. Schroll, Gerhard m AUT 2362 0 1 = = = 0 = * = = = 4.5 2392
9. Kargin, Arseny m RUS 2406 0 = 0 = = = 0 = * 1 = 4.0 2352
10. Radziewicz, Iweta m POL 2453 = 0 0 1 0 = 0 = 0 * 1 3.5 2309
11. Slavina, Irina m RUS 2385 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 = = 0 * 3.0 2277
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FSIM December Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-15 xii 2005 cat. II (2282)
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1. Caruana, Fabiano f USA 2373 * 1 = 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 8.5 2485
2. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2276 0 * = = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 8.0 2457
3. Fodor, Tamas jr f HUN 2252 = = * = 1 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 7.5 2418
4. Galyas, Miklos m HUN 2424 1 = = * = 1 = = = = = 1 7.0 2371
5. Werner, Dimo m GER 2376 0 = 0 = * 0 1 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2338
6. Muratet Casadevall, Albert ESP 2175 0 0 1 0 1 * 0 1 = = 1 1 6.0 2328
7. Varga, Csaba2 f HUN 2279 0 0 = = 0 1 * 1 1 0 = 1 5.5 2282
8. Bachler, Reinhardt AUT 2235 1 0 0 = 0 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 5.5 2286
9. Radnai, Adam HUN 2198 0 = = = 0 = 0 0 * = 1 1 4.5 2225
10. Hoang Tri HUN 2214 0 0 0 = = = 1 0 = * = 1 4.5 2223
11. Adams, Nick A USA 2208 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 = * 1 2.5 2078
12. Bakhmatov, Eduard f GER 2378 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0.0
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The 5th round of the Belgian Teams took place 4th December 2005. CRELEL
- KGSRL games are missing. News: Valery Maes.
Nationale Interclubs 2005-6
Round 1: 09.10.2006
1. CE Namur - Borgerhout 5 - 3
2. KGSRL - SK Rochade 3½ - 4½
3. CREC - Boey Temse 7 - 1
4. CRELEL - SK Deurne 6 - 2
6. Eynatten 1 - Eynatten 2 6 - 2
Round 2: 23.10.2006
1. Borgerhout - Eynatten 2 6 - 2
2. Jean Jaurès - Eynatten 1 3½ - 4½
3. SK Deurne - KBSK 2 - 6
4. Boey Temse - CRELEL 5 - 3
5. SK Rochade - CREC 3 - 5
6. CE Namur - KGSRL 4 - 4
Round 3: 06.11.05
1. KGSRL - Borgerhout 4½ - 3½
2. CREC - CE Namur 4 - 4
3.CRELEL - SK Rochade 3 - 5
4. KBSK - Boey Temse 5 - 3
5. Eynatten 1 - SK Deurne 7½ - ½
6. Eynatten 2 - Jean Jaurès 4½ - 3½
Round 4: 20.11.05
1. Borgerhout - Jean Jaurès 4½ - 3½
2. CE Namur - CRELEL 4 - 4
3. SK Rochade - KBSK 7 - 1
4. KGSRL - CREC 4½ - 3½
5. SK Deurne - Eynatten 2 1½ - 6½
6. Boey Temse - Eynatten 1 2½ - 5½
Round 5: 04.12.05
1. CREC - Borgerhout 5½ - 2½
2. CRELEL - KGSRL 1½ - 6½
3. KBSK - CE Namur 5 - 3
4. Eynatten 1 - SK Rochade 5 - 3
5. Eynatten 2 Boey Temse 3½ - 4½
6. J.Jaurès - SK Deurne 5 - 3
Round 5 Standings
1. Eynatten 1 28½
2. CREC 25
3. KGSRL 23
4. KBSK 22½
SK Rochade 22½
6. CE Namur 20
7. Borgerhout 19½
8. Eynatten 2 18½
9. J.Jaurès 18
10.CRELEL 17½
11.Boey Temse 16
12.SK Deurne 9
The elections to the ACP board have concluded. Preliminary resulst.
Name Votes Popularity
Macieja Bartlomiej (POL) 141 643
Tregubov Pavel (RUS) 135 622
Bologan Viorel (MDA) 132 532
Pelletier Yannick (SUI) 131 586
Glek Igor (GER) 121 480
Shirov Alexei (ESP) 116 502
Chuchelov Vladimir (BEL) 78 268
Agrest Evgeny (SWE) 74 246
Dreev Alexei (RUS) 73 261
Kobalia Mikhail (RUS) 59 198
Romanishin Oleg (UKR) 53 181
Laborde Stephane (FRA) 44 142
Raetsky Alexander (RUS) 43 162
Tsorbatzoglou Viron (GRE) 32 105
*Women*
Name Votes Popularity
Skripchenko Almira (FRA) 141 239
Sedina Elena (ITA) 92 131
Kadimova Ilaha (AZE) 67 89
Fierro Martha (ECU) 32 44
Lujan Maria Carolina (ARG) 20 25
*The valid votes have been received from:*
ACP site: http://www.chess-players.org
They also have produced a review of the November ACP Tour:
http://www.chess-players.org/eng/news/viewarticle.html?id=478
The 24th Chess Memorial of Stanislaw Gawlikowski took place in Warsaw,
16th-18th December 2005 in the Olympic Centre Wybrzeze Gdynskie street 4. I
couldn't find any results or games.
Further details: http://www.pzszach.org.pl/
The Grand Prix d’échecs d’Aix en Provence took place
15th-18th December 2005. Games have yet to emerge.
Official site: http://www.grandprixdaix.com
An International Open Chess Tournament took place in the Argentine Chess
Club Centenary Buenos Aires City Cup November 30th - December 11th 2005. 2
hours to finish for player / Swiss System to 11 Rounds. Gilberto Hernandez and
Bernardo Roselli Maihe finished on 9.5/11. No games available.
More information: http://www.ajedrezsiglo21.com and
http://club-argentino.tripod.com
Leading final Standings
1-2 Hernandez, Gilberto gm 2534 9.5 60.0 72.0 81.5
Roselli Maihe, Bernardo im 2401 9.5 56.5 63.0 72.5
3-5 Fiorito, Fabian im 2417 9 58.0 72.5 82.0
Labollita, Martin im 2408 9 55.5 71.5 80.5
Ehlvest, Jaan gm 2618 9 52.0 68.5 78.0
6-13 Giardelli, Sergio im 2418 8.5 54.5 69.0 77.0
Fernandez, Daniel im 2423 8.5 54.0 69.5 78.5
Alonso, Salvador im 2459 8.5 54.0 68.5 78.0
Slipak, Sergio gm 2465 8.5 54.0 68.0 77.5
Valerga, Diego im 2477 8.5 50.5 68.5 76.0
Mahia, Gustavo fm 2426 8.5 50.0 62.0 69.5
Izquierdo, Daniel fm 2297 8.5 49.5 64.0 71.5
Garcia Palermo, Carlos gm 2476 8.5 47.5 62.5 70.0
14-31 Dolezal, Cristian fm 2400 8 55.0 67.5 76.5
Bielicki, Carlos im 2300 8 54.0 73.5 82.5
Liascovich, Lucas im 2424 8 53.5 68.5 78.0
Sorin, Ariel gm 2496 8 52.5 72.5 81.5
Lafuente, Pablo - 20 im 2421 8 52.5 67.0 75.0
Mareco, Sandro - 20 2290 8 52.5 64.5 73.5
Orsini, Antonio - 20 2257 8 51.5 66.5 75.0
Lemos, Damian - 20 2320 8 51.5 64.0 72.5
Giaccio, Alfredo Gustavo im 2468 8 50.5 64.0 73.5
Rosito, Jorge im 2416 8 49.5 68.5 76.5
Reides, Marcelo fm 2346 8 49.0 66.5 75.5
Prates, Fabiano 2221 8 49.0 66.5 75.5
Garbarino, Rodolfo im 2381 8 49.0 64.5 72.0
Schweber, Samuel im 2355 8 49.0 61.5 70.5
Cordova, Emilio - 20 im 2434 8 48.0 62.5 70.0
Cativelli, Gerardo 2230 8 48.0 60.5 69.0
Perez Cascella, Julio 2255 8 46.0 57.0 64.5
Rios Escobar, Adrian 2259 8 45.5 60.0 68.5
517 players
Penang International Open Chess Tournament 2005 took place in Penang,
Malaysia 7th-11th December 2005. Stefan Loeffler won by a point and a half with
8.5/9. No games available.
Official site: http://www.pca.bayanbaru.com/PgOpen/
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
1. Stefan Loeffler IM 8.5
2. Yohannes Simbolon 7.0
3. Bong Villamayor GM 7.0
4. Drazen Sermek GM 7.0
5. Hasian Panggabean 7.0
6. Chuah Jin Hai, Jonathan 6.5
7. Sukarnedi 6.5
8. Mok Tze Meng FM 6.5
9. Yosafat K.P. 6.5
10. Mohd Fairin Zakaria 6.5
11. Bakre Tejas GM 6.0
12. Liong Ing Kiat, Anthony 6.0
13. Kamaluddin Yusof 6.0
14. Pitra Andika 6.0
15. Mohd Fadli Zakaria 6.0
16. Tan Khai Boon 6.0
17. Loo Swee Leong 6.0
18. Kannapon Srivachirawat 6.0
19. Lim Cheng Teik 6.0
20. Setiawan Gagarin 6.0
21. Foo Loong Chu, Holmes 6.0
22. Abdullah Che Hassan 5.5
23. Yap Jinwei, Abel 5.5
24. Lim Chin Teng 5.5
25. Chan Tze Wei 5.5
26. Chan Tze Chen 5.5
27. Looi Xin Hao 5.5
28. Achyu Iswana 5.5
29. Yeap Eng Chiam 5.5
30. Tan Chin Hoe 5.5
31. Ng Yong Quan 5.5
32. Hong Wee Liam, Victor 5.5
110 players
The East Bay Chess Club hosts a FIDE Swiss December 17th-23rd, 2005.
Official site:
http://www.eastbaychess.com/tourney/05/fideswiss.html
Players:
Name FIDE Ti Fed
Jaan Ehlvest 2618 GM EST
Alex Yermolinsky 2549 GM USA
John Fedorowicz 2502 GM USA
Josh Friedel 2453 IM USA
Vinay Bhat 2429 IM USA
Jesse Kraai 2428 IM USA
Alan Stein 2422 FM USA
Vladimir Mezentsev 2409 IM RUS
David Pruess 2400 FM USA
Ricardo de Guzman 2383 IM PHI
Sandor Kustar 2375 IM HUN
Tigran Ishkanov 2350 USA
Justin Sarkar 2315 IM USA
Shivkumar Shivaji 2299 USA
Peter Zavadsky 2268 SVK
Richard Lobo 2263 FM ENG
Andy Lee 2256 USA
Eric Moskow 2238 USA
Roger Poehlmann 2230 USA
Raja Panjwani 2209 CAN
Michael Pearson 2173 USA
Edward Perepelitsky 2123 USA
Philipp Perepelitsky 2116 USA
Marshall Chess Club Championship takes place December 9th-11th,
17th-18th in New York City, USA.
Official site: http://www.marshallchessclub.org/
Leading Round 5 Standings:
1 GM Nick E De Firmian USA 2552 4½
2 GM Leonid G Yudasin ISR 2554 4
3 GM Ildar Ibragimov USA 2617 3½
4 GM Joel Benjamin USA 2576 3½
5 FM Salvijus Bercys USA 2359 3½
6 FM Igor Schneider USA 2350 3½
7 IM Milos Scekic SGC 2395 3
8 IM Alfonso A Almeida MEX 2362 3
9 Adam Maltese USA 2200 3
10 FM Boris Privman USA 2243 3
11 WFM Laura R Ross USA 2141 3
12 GM Michael A Rohde USA 2512 2½
13 Igor Sorkin ISR 2356 2½
14 IM Jay R Bonin USA 2315 2½
15 Robert L Hess USA 2328 2½
16 Mackenzie Molner USA 2253 2½
17 FM Ilye Figler USA 2375 2½
18 IM Renato C Naranja PHI 2356 2½
19 Alex Averbukh USA ---- 2½
20 Lawrence Tamarkin USA 2186 2½
21 Alec S Getz USA ---- 2½
37 players
The FIDE Presidential elections take place alongside the FIDE Olympiad
in Turin in 2006. Potential candidates to challenge FIDE President Kirsan
Iljumzhinov include Anatoly Karpov, Leo Battesti and Bessel Kok (along with Ali
Nihat Yazici as deputy).
Leo Battesti has an open letter in French
http://echecs.asso.fr/(cfse1l45arlx1d55xq5gx2j3)/Ag/lettre_ouverte_leoBattesti.pdf
objecting to Iljumzhinov's proposal of a $1 million bond to stand in the
election.
Bessel Kok gave an interview with the World Chess Network:
http://www.rightmove06.org/index.php?set_language=en&cccpage=articleview&set_z_articles=14
explaining his credentials for the post. I think he'd be a great president but
he doesn't explain how he's going to get the FIDE delegates to vote for him.
1982 was the last time a sitting president was deposed and that by Campomanes
who knew the intimate workings of FIDE at the time and who still as far as I
can see can still control enough votes to get Iljumzhinov re-elected.
Enrico Paoli 13th January 1908 - 15th December 2005
Adolivio Capece writes: Enrico Paoli was born in Trieste on January 13,
1908. He learned chess when he was 9 years old. When 18 he got the licence of
sea captain and he was at sea for seven years. He studied at University and he
got a degree in business administration. He started to play chess tournaments
only when about 26; he became Italian master in Milano 1938. He was Italian
Champion in 1951, 1957 and in 1968. In 1950 he played the international
tournament in Venice and he won a famous game against GM Kotov (brilliancy
prize). In 1951 he won the international tournament in Vienna, one and half
points clear of Beni and Grunfeld. In 1958 he started with the organization of
the international great tournament "Torneo di Capodanno" in Reggio Emilia,
played every year since then. The next edition will be number 48 and will run
from December 29 to January 6. Paoli became an International Master in 1951 and
an International Arbiter in 1964. In 1969 in Vrsac he missed the Grandmaster
title for by half a point; Fide gave him the title "honoris causa" in 1996. He
wrote many books and was a contributor of the magazine "L'Italia Scacchistica"
since 1950. Paoli died serenely, on the night of December 15th, 2005, with his
daughter Livia by his side.
US Championship Dates Change
The U.S. Chess Championship returns to San Diego from March 2nd-12th,
2006 and will be held at its new permanent home at NTC Promenade. The event has
been pushed back a day so that players can compete in the Morelia Chess
Festival. Further details: http://www.moreliachess.com/eng/
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
Asian Youth Championships
The Asian Youth Championships took place in New Delhi December 7th-14th
2005.
Games, Results, photos are available at
http://www.delhichess.com.
Morelia Chess Festival and Linares 2006
Morelia in Mexico is hosting the first half of the traditional Linares
super tournament. Their half will take place February 18th-26th, 2006. The
Linares half will probably finish around 12th March 2006.
Players: Veselin Topalov, Peter Leko , Vassily Ivanchuk , Peter Svidler
, Ettienne Bacrot , Levon Aronian , Francisco Vallejo and one other player yet
to be announced.
In addition there is the Morelia International Chess Festival February
16th-28th, 2006. Prize Fund - US$158,000.
Further details: http://www.moreliachess.com/eng/
Free ICCF Server Offer
ICCF has announced an end-of-year gift to everyone around the World: a
free 2-game match on their dedicated ICCF WebChess server.
The offer is open to anyone Just fill a form with your personal
information (name and surname, nationality, e-mail address), and they will pair
you in a free 2-game match with someone else from around the World.
You can find the form on the ICCF WebChess server. Just go to
http://www.iccf-webchess.com/ . In
the main page, you click on "New Events". Then click on "Enter" in the line
with the offer to participate in a Friendly 2-game match. Fill with your
personal information and click "OK" when you're done.
The time rate will be 10 moves in 40 days, and the games will be
unrated, so your ELO (if you have one) will not change with the result.
The deadline for entries is December 31, 2005. We will be starting
matches throughout December and the last batch will be online in early January.
Davos Festival 2006
Swiss Chess Tour Davos Festival 2006 with Viktor Korchnoi playing the
first time in individual senior championship
The "Swiss Chess Tour 2006" will continue in Davos with Chess Summer
Festival from August 5-13, 2006. Main event will be the 6th European Individual
Senior Championship. The second tournament will be 5. Davos Open. The first
time Davos host an official event. Just to remind, Davos is one of the most
popular tourist places in Europe (summer and winter), with specific micro
clime, unique in the world.
6th European Individual Senior Championship, August 7th to 13th 2006.
"Sunstar Park Hotel" (4 stars) will be host festival in the new, comfortable
Congress Center. Swiss system, 9 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 6
hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 60 minutes till the end). Valid for FIDE titles
and rating: FIDE, Swiss (SSB) and German (DWZ). Seniors: men born 1945 and
earlier; women born 1955 and earlier. Prize (men):
2.500/1.700/1.000/700/600/500/2x400/2x300 SF. 3 group rating prize (200/150/100
SF). Women: 400/300/3x200 SF; Entry fee 70 SF; at the door 10 SF more. Time
table: Rounds 1 15.00-21.00 August 5th; Round 2/8 9.30-15.30 August 6th-12th;
Round 9 9.30-15.30 August 13th.
5th Davos Open, 7 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 6 hours
(40 moves for 2 hours and 60 minutes till the end). Prize are: 1.500 SF, 1.200,
900, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200 and 150 SF. Natural prizes for 4 and more
points. Special prizes for best Lady, best local player. Entry fee 140 SF, FMs
and juniors 70 SF, GMs and IMs free; juniors lodging at Sunstar Park Hotel
free; at the door 10 SF more. Time table: Rounds 1 15.00-21.00 August 6th;
Round 2/7 16.00-22.00 August 7th-12th. Venue: "Sunstar Park Hotel" Congress
Center. Closing ceremony August 13th, 4 p.m. Unbelievable chess-rates. Info
Beochess: +41+62+9654-650 (Robert Spoerri) beochess@bluewin.ch or
http://www.beochess.ch or
http://yubc.net/~yuchess
ISCU Grand Prix
ISCU Grand Prix International tournaments for school chess champions in
categories U9, U11, U13, U15
The International School Chess Union and The Russian Chess Federation
have the honour of inviting National Chess Federations, School Sports
Associations and school chess champions to participate in the ISCU Grand Prix
organised in Moscow, Russia from 25th of January (Arrival) to 7th of February
(Departure) 2006.
Further details: E-mail: scca@online.ru, iscu@mail.ru
Swiss Chess Tour 2006
The Swiss Chess Tour 2006 starts in Basle in the New Year
(1.-7.1.2005.). Venue of Chess Festival for 8th time is Hotel Hilton in Basle.
Hilton Open (1-7.1.2006.) 7 Rounds, 6 hours (2 hours for 40 moves + 60
minutes for complete the game.) Prizes:
2000/1500/1200/800/600/500/2x400/2x300/5x200 CHF. Special prizes 200 CHF for
best Lady, Senior (1946), junior (1986-89), schoolboy (1990). Enter fee: 140
CHF (FM and juniors 70 CHF) GM & IM free. At the door 20 CHF. Basle amateur
(1-7.1.2006.) 7 Rounds, 4 hours (90 minutes 30 moves + 30 minutes to complete
the game). Players under 1900 rating (FIDE or national). Enter fee: 120 CHF
(juniors 60 CHF). At the door 20 CHF. Prizes: 500/400/2x300/2x200/4x150 CHF.
Basle juniors (2.1.2006.) 7 Rounds, 15 minutes for the game. Juniors 1986 and
younger. Enter fee 5 CHF. Natural prizes for all players.
NSV Senior Open (1-7.1.2006.) 7 Rounds, 4 hours (90 minutes for 30 moves
+ 30 minutes for complete the game) Seniors 1945. Prizes: 400/300/200 CHF +
natural prizes. Enter fee: 70 CHF. At the door 20 CHF. Basel Lighting Chess
(1.1.2006. from 14.00 to 16.00) 9 Rounds, 5 minutes. Enter fee: 20 CHF (juniors
5 CHF). Prizes 300/200/150/2x100/2x50 CHF natural prizes for everybody 50% and
more points.
More information and registration: Robert Spoerri tel. +41+62+9654-650,
fax +41+62+9654-651 E-mail info@beochess.ch Further information:
http://www.beochess.ch or
http://yubc.net/~yuchess
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
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
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/
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.
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/
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
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
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/
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.
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
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