THE WEEK IN CHESS 581 26th December 2005 by Mark Crowther
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72nd Brazilian Championship 10 games
Sekkat Memorial 143 games
Stone Flower Tournament 30 games
XIV Erandio Open 87 games
Dnepropetrovsk International 55 games
Elgoibar GM 45 games
IV Memorial Pereyra Puebla 75 games
Dalworth Open 32 games
East Bay Chess Club FIDE Swiss 93 games
Marshall Chess Club Championship 46 games
723 games
My thanks to Jan van Runn, Geoffrey Borg, Thomas Henrich,
Stéphane Laborde, Ian Murray, Oscar Ruiz, Adolivio Capece and everyone
else who helped with the issue.
I wish everyone a happy new year as the next issue will be on January
2nd 2006. Its been an interesting year with Vesselin Topalov becoming FIDE
World Chess Champion in the most credible event they've held since Kirsan
Iljunzhinov became FIDE President. Next year he will be challenged as FIDE
President at the Olympiad in Turin and his challenger is set to be Bessel Kok
one of the moving forces behind the GMA in the late 1980s. It remains to be
seen whether he can get votes at the FIDE Congress however. The Russian
Championship continues with Rublevsky and Jakovenko leading half a point clear
of Bareev, Svidler and Zvjaginsev. Should be an exciting finish.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
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 . 1 = . 5.0 2836
2. Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2644 . * = = = 1 . = . 1 1 . 5.0 2825
3. Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2675 0 = * . = 1 1 . = . . 1 4.5 2768
4. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2740 = = . * . . 1 . = = 1 = 4.5 2744
5. Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2659 . = = . * = = = 1 . . 1 4.5 2777
6. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2707 = 0 0 . = * . . 1 . = 1 3.5 2637
7. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2739 = . 0 0 = . * . . = 1 1 3.5 2648
8. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2694 0 = . . = . . * = = = 0 2.5 2529
9. Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2653 . . = = 0 0 . = * = . = 2.5 2572
10. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2632 0 0 . = . . = = = * = . 2.5 2567
11. Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2564 = 0 . 0 . = 0 = . = * . 2.0 2528
12. Volkov, Sergey1 g RUS 2614 . . 0 = 0 0 0 1 = . . * 2.0 2537
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Round 1 (December 19, 2005)
Rublevsky, Sergei - Bareev, Evgeny 1-0 36 C08 French Tarrasch
Jakovenko, Dmitry - Zvjaginsev, Vadim 1/2 62 C11 French Defence
Svidler, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 48 C42 Petroff's 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
Round 2 (December 20, 2005)
Bareev, Evgeny - Jakovenko, Dmitry 1/2 53 D15 Slav Defence
Svidler, Peter - Motylev, Alexander 1/2 26 C42 Petroff's Defence
Zvjaginsev, Vadim - Khalifman, Alexander 1-0 37 B20 Sicilian Wing Gambit
Morozevich, Alexander - Rublevsky, Sergei 1/2 53 A20 English Opening
Kramnik, Vladimir - Volkov, Sergey1 1-0 41 A50 Queen's Indian (without e7-e6)
Dreev, Alexey - Tomashevsky, Evgeny 1/2 56 E13 Queens Indian 5.Bg5
Round 3 (December 21, 2005)
Rublevsky, Sergei - Dreev, Alexey 1-0 41 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Jakovenko, Dmitry - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 1
Khalifman, Alexander - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 15 C10 French Rubinstein
Motylev, Alexander - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 22 C43 Petroff's Defence
Tomashevsky, Evgeny - Svidler, Peter 0-1 33 A29 English Four Knights
Volkov, Sergey1 - Zvjaginsev, Vadim 0-1 31 D61 Queens Gambit Main Line with 7.Qc2
Round 4 (December 22, 2005)
Bareev, Evgeny - Volkov, Sergey1 1-0 35 A29 English Four Knights
Svidler, Peter - Rublevsky, Sergei 1/2 20 B54 Sicilian Rauzer
Morozevich, Alexander - Khalifman, Alexander 1-0 54 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Kramnik, Vladimir - Zvjaginsev, Vadim 1/2 39 E97 King's Indian Classical
Dreev, Alexey - Jakovenko, Dmitry 1/2 81 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Motylev, Alexander - Tomashevsky, Evgeny 1/2 47 C84 Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Round 5 (December 23, 2005)
Rublevsky, Sergei - Motylev, Alexander 1-0 48 C43 Petroff's Defence
Jakovenko, Dmitry - Svidler, Peter 1/2 17 B42 Sicilian Paulsen
Zvjaginsev, Vadim - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 59 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Khalifman, Alexander - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 16 B14 Caro Kann Panov
Tomashevsky, Evgeny - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 41 A11 Reti Opening
Volkov, Sergey1 - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 40 E46 Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Round 6 (December 24, 2005)
Svidler, Peter - Khalifman, Alexander 1/2 41 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Morozevich, Alexander - Zvjaginsev, Vadim 1/2 52 C13 French Classical
Kramnik, Vladimir - Bareev, Evgeny 0-1 46 D13 Slav Exchange
Dreev, Alexey - Volkov, Sergey1 0-1 60 D10 Slav Defence
Motylev, Alexander - Jakovenko, Dmitry 0-1 72 C93 Ruy Lopez Smyslov
Tomashevsky, Evgeny - Rublevsky, Sergei 1/2 23 A29 English Four Knights
Round 7 (December 26, 2005)
Rublevsky, Sergei - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 27 C43 Petroff's Defence
Jakovenko, Dmitry - Tomashevsky, Evgeny 1-0 48 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Bareev, Evgeny - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 33 E38 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Zvjaginsev, Vadim - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 55 B20 Sicilian Wing Gambit
Khalifman, Alexander - Motylev, Alexander 1/2 19 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Volkov, Sergey1 - Svidler, Peter 1/2 12 D97 Gruenfeld Russian
The Pamplona International takes place 23rd-29th December 2005.
Official site: http://www.chesspamplona.com/
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XV It Pamplona ESP (ESP), 23-29 xii 2005 cat. XVI (2642)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2704 * . = . = 1 . . 2.0 2781
2. Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2618 . * . = = . . 1 2.0 2763
3. Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2624 = . * . . . 1 = 2.0 2750
4. Harikrishna, P g IND 2673 . = . * . . = 1 2.0 2721
5. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2700 = = . . * = . . 1.5 2656
6. Izoria, Zviad g GEO 2646 0 . . . = * 1 . 1.5 2678
7. Timman, Jan H g NED 2630 . . 0 = . 0 * . 0.5 2374
8. De la Riva Aguado, Oscar g AND 2541 . 0 = 0 . . . * 0.5 2365
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Round 1 (December 23, 2005)
Fressinet, Laurent - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 44 C01 French Exchange
Harikrishna, P - Timman, Jan H 1/2 39 C54 Giuoco Piano
Izoria, Zviad - Tiviakov, Sergei 1/2 27 B36 Sicilian Maroczy Bind
De la Riva Aguado, Oscar - Cheparinov, Ivan 0-1 40 B10 Caro Kann
Round 2 (December 24, 2005)
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Izoria, Zviad 1-0 35 B19 Caro Kann
Cheparinov, Ivan - Tiviakov, Sergei 1/2 33 B01 Centre Counter
Timman, Jan H - Fressinet, Laurent 0-1 43 A12 Reti Opening
De la Riva Aguado, Oscar - Harikrishna, P 0-1 27 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Round 3 (December 25, 2005)
Fressinet, Laurent - De la Riva Aguado, Oscar 1/2 42 D15 Slav Defence
Harikrishna, P - Cheparinov, Ivan 1/2 37 A70 Benoni
Tiviakov, Sergei - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 67 B22 Sicilian Alapin
Izoria, Zviad - Timman, Jan H 1-0 26 C42 Petroff's Defence
The Harmonie Chess Tournament takes place in Groningen, 23rd-30th
December 2005.
Official site: http://www.so-on.org/kerst2005/2005eng.html
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Harmonie Invitation Groningen NED (NED), 23-30 xii 2005cat. VII (2402)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Frolyanov, Dmitry m RUS 2508 * = . . . . 1 . . 1 2.5 2588
2. Pruijssers, Roeland NED 2310 = * . . . . . 1 . 1 2.5 2701
3. Ragger, Markus m AUT 2433 . . * 1 . . = . . = 2.0 2457
4. Michielsen, Joost NED 2362 . . 0 * = 1 . . . . 1.5 2433
5. Ernst, Sipke m NED 2473 . . . = * . = . = . 1.5 2373
6. Brandenburg, Daan NED 2395 . . . 0 . * . = 1 . 1.5 2421
7. Ris, Robert NED 2337 0 . = . = . * . . . 1.0 2346
8. Adly, Ahmed g EGY 2480 . 0 . . . = . * = . 1.0 2250
9. Rau, Hannes m GER 2421 . . . . = 0 . = * . 1.0 2324
10. Tan, Matthew NED 2298 0 0 = . . . . . . * 0.5 2144
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The XVIII Memorial Carlos Torre Repetto took place in Mérida,
Yucatán, México 15th-23rd December 2005. Lazaro Bruzon beat
Michal Krasenkow in the final of the knockout. Vassily Ivanchuk failed to get a
visa to play the event.
Further details: http://www.carlostorre.org.mx
XVIII Carlos Torre Mem KO 2005
Final
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Krasenkow,M 2.0
Bruzon,L 3.0
Semifinal
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De la Paz,F 0.0
Krasenkow,M 2.0
Mitkov,N 0.0
Bruzon,L 2.0
Quarterfinal
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De la Paz,F 1.5
Gonzalez Zamora,J 0.5
Nogueiras,J 0.5
Krasenkow,M 1.5
Mitkov,N 2.5
Vera,R 1.5
Akobian,V 2.5
Bruzon,L 3.5
Round 1
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De la Paz,F 1.5
Macieja,B 0.5
Hernandez,Hold 0.5
Gonzalez Zamora,J 1.5
Nogueiras,J 2.5
Quezada,Y 1.5
Krasenkow,M 1.5
Fierro Baquero,M 0.5
Mitkov,N 1.5
Huerta,Da 0.5
Escobedo Tinajero,A 0.5
Vera,R 1.5
Leon Hoyos,M 2.0
Akobian,V 3.0
Rohl,J 0.5
Bruzon,L 1.5
The 72nd Brazilian Championship took place in Guarulhos 12th-20th
December 2005. With two rounds to go Alexander Fier took first place on
tie-break from Gilberto Milos.
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 7.5 2584
2. Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2620 0 * = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 7.5 2566
3. Lima, Darcy g BRA 2529 = = * = = 0 1 = 1 = 1 6.0 2454
4. Coelho, Luis m BRA 2412 0 = = * 0 1 = = 1 1 1 6.0 2466
5. Matsuura, Everaldo m BRA 2453 = 0 = 1 * = = = 1 1 0 5.5 2426
6. Disconzi da Silva, Rodrigo f BRA 2389 = 0 1 0 = * = 0 = 1 = 4.5 2360
7. Santos, M.V.M f BRA 2353 = 0 0 = = = * 1 0 = 1 4.5 2364
8. Di Berardino, Diego Rafael BRA 2312 0 0 = = = 1 0 * 1 0 1 4.5 2368
9. Chemin, Vitorio f BRA 2294 0 = 0 0 0 = 1 0 * = 1 3.5 2296
10. Cavalcanti, Francisco f BRA 2270 = 0 = 0 0 0 = 1 = * 0 3.0 2259
11. Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag BRA 2280 0 0 0 0 1 = 0 0 0 1 * 2.5 2214
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Roberto Assumpcao BRA 2364 withdrew after losing his first four rounds
and his game results were cancelled.
The Mohammed Sekkat Memorial took place in Casablanca, Morocco 17th-23rd
December 2005. Oleg Korneev took clear first on 7.5/9. Games from the first
five rounds available.
Official site: http://www.frme.ma/sekkat/acceuila.htm
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Sekkat mem Casablanca MAR (MAR), 18-23 xii 2005
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1 Korneev, Oleg GM 2599 RUS 7½ 53
2 Barsov, Alexei GM 2517 UZB 7 52½
3 Landa, Konstantin GM 2600 RUS 6½ 54
4 Hamdouchi, Hichem GM 2574 MAR 6½ 46
5 Bouaziz, Slim GM 2334 TUN 6½ 44
6 Sarwat, Walaa IM 2398 EGY 6 49½
7 Jonkman, Harmen GM 2446 NED 6 48
8 Libiszewski, Fabien IM 2459 FRA 6 46½
9 Tissir, Mohamed IM 2450 MAR 6 46½
10 Zouizine, Rachid 0 MAR 6 43
11 Daoudi, Kamal 2075 MAR 6 39
12 Genov, Petar GM 2464 BUL 5½ 53½
13 Tirard, Hugo IM 2435 FRA 5½ 50½
14 Bintafrit, Samir FM 2218 MAR 5½ 45
15 Adnani, Mokhlis FM 2244 MAR 5½ 44½
16 Ait Zirri, Rachid 0 MAR 5½ 37
58 players
The Stone Flower tournament took place in Nishnij Tagil 6th-16th
December 2005. Pavel Maletin won the double round robin event with 6.5/10.
Official site: http://chess.ntiustu.ru/
Stone Flower Nishnij Tagil RUS (RUS), 6-16 xii 2005 cat. IX (2469)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Maletin, Pavel m RUS 2516 ** == 1= 1= =1 == 6.5 2569
2 Lysyj, Igor m RUS 2500 == ** == =0 == 11 5.5 2498
3 Ovechkin, Igor V f RUS 2357 0= == ** 1= == 1= 5.5 2527
4 Geller, Jakov m RUS 2490 0= =1 0= ** == 10 4.5 2428
5 Zubarev, Alexander1 g UKR 2505 =0 == == == ** == 4.5 2425
6 Safin, Shukhrat g UZB 2445 == 00 0= 01 == ** 3.5 2363
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The XIV Erandio Open took place 16th-23rd December 2005. Vladimir
Epishin edged out Dragan Paunovic on tie-break both finished on 7.5/9.
Official site: http://www.sperandio.info/
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Open Erandio ESP (ESP), 16-23 xii 2005
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1. Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2574 7.5 41.5
2. Paunovic, Dragan m SCG 2514 7.5 41.0
3. Mirzoev, Azer g AZE 2520 7.0 41.0
4. Basto Auzmendi, Mario ESP 2131 7.0 35.0
5. Rizouk, Aimen m ALG 2499 6.5 43.0
6. Salinero de Prado, Juan M ESP 2153 6.0 42.0
7. Torres Novalbos, David ESP 1994 6.0 37.5
8. Perez Fernandez,Modesto ---- 6.0 37.5
9. Bratu,Jorge ---- 6.0 37.0
10. Uria Ramirez, Aitor ESP 2159 6.0 36.0
11. Ruiz Ruiz, Guillermo ESP 1951 6.0 36.0
12. Ibarretxe Campo, Lander ESP 2116 6.0 35.5
13. Guilarte Simon,Ricardo ---- 6.0 34.0
14. Trigo Urquijo, Sergio ESP 2078 6.0 34.0
15. Wu Martin, Eneko ESP 2056 6.0 33.5
75 players
An International tournament took place in Dnepropetrovsk, UJkraine,
7th-16th December 2005. Gennady Matjushin and IM Dmitry Kononenko finished on
8/10.
Further details: http://ukrchess.org.ua/turnir/t074e.html
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It Dnepropetrovsk UKR (UKR), 7-16 xii 2005 cat. VI (2391)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
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1. Matjushin, Gennady m UKR 2425 * = = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 8.0 2627
2. Kononenko, Dmitry m UKR 2451 = * = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2624
3. Kholmov, Ratmir D g RUS 2422 = = * = = 0 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2497
4. Kalygin, Sergey V g RUS 2400 = = = * = = 1 1 = = = 6.0 2461
5. Romcovici, Victor m MDA 2353 0 0 = = * 1 = = = 1 = 5.0 2394
6. Truskavetsky, Alexandr m UKR 2409 0 = 1 = 0 * 0 = 1 0 1 4.5 2353
7. Rogovski, Vladimir g UKR 2503 = 0 0 0 = 1 * = 1 = = 4.5 2343
8. Anapolsky, Sergey m UKR 2429 0 0 = 0 = = = * = 1 1 4.5 2351
9. Varitski, Igor m UKR 2354 0 0 0 = = 0 0 = * = 1 3.0 2245
10. Kozak, Leonid UZB 2299 0 0 0 = 0 1 = 0 = * 0 2.5 2207
11. Martemianov, Iaroslav MDA 2254 0 0 0 = = 0 = 0 0 1 * 2.5 2211
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There was a GM tournament in Elgoibar 9th-17th December 2005. Oleg
Korneev won the event with 7.5/9.
Further info: http://www.ajedrezvasco.com
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GM Elgoibar ESP (ESP), 9-17 xii 2005 cat. X (2493)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2601 * = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 7.5 2754
2. Mirzoev, Azer g AZE 2520 = * = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2710
3. Bauer, Christian g FRA 2625 = = * 0 = 1 1 0 1 1 5.5 2558
4. Paunovic, Dragan m SCG 2514 0 = 1 * 0 = = 1 1 = 5.0 2534
5. Maze, Sebastien m FRA 2506 0 0 = 1 * = 1 = = 1 5.0 2534
6. Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel m ESP 2505 0 = 0 = = * 1 = = = 4.0 2449
7. Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario g ESP 2471 = 0 0 = 0 0 * 1 = 1 3.5 2415
8. Gonzalez de la Torre, Santiago f ESP 2352 0 0 1 0 = = 0 * = = 3.0 2384
9. Argandona Rivero, Inigo f ESP 2397 0 0 0 0 = = = = * = 2.5 2338
10. Fernandez Romero, Ernesto m ESP 2442 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 = = * 2.0 2279
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The IV Memorial Pereyra Puebla took place in Mendoza 16th-22nd December
2005. Alfredo Giaccio won with 7.5/9.
Official site:
http://www.ajedrez.ucongreso.edu.ar/presentacion.php
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IV Memorial Pereyra Puebla Mendoza ARG (ARG), 16-22 xii 2005
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1. Giaccio, Alfredo m ARG 2468 7.5 38.0 51.5 55.0
2. Cubas, Jose Fernando m PAR 2443 7 38.0 50.5 53.5
3. Rosito, Jorge m ARG 2416 7 38.0 49.5 52.5
4. Cordova, Emilio m PER 2434 7 37.5 49.0 53.0
5. Demaria, Juan Pablo ARG 2273 7 34.5 46.0 50.0
6. Ricardi, Pablo g ARG 2520 6.5 36.0 51.5 56.5
7. Liascovich, Lucas m ARG 2424 6.5 35.5 49.5 49.5
8. Soppe, Guillermo m ARG 2414 6.5 35.0 48.0 52.0
9. Di Benedetto, Guillermo ARG 2282 6.5 34.0 46.0 48.5
10. Salguero, Francisco ARG 2281 6.5 34.0 43.0 46.5
11. Hungaski, Robert Andrew f USA 2371 6.5 33.0 45.5 49.0
12. Salazar, Carlos PER 2216 6.5 32.0 45.0 48.0
13. Hellsten, Johan g SWE 2574 6 36.5 50.5 54.0
14. Alonso, Salvador m ARG 2459 6 35.0 49.0 51.0
15. Panno, Oscar g ARG 2472 6 32.5 45.5 50.0
16. Daneri, Martin ARG 2228 6 32.5 44.0 45.5
17. Herrera, Martin ARG 2197 6 32.0 45.0 48.0
18. Cori, Jorge f PER 2059 6 31.5 41.0 44.5
19. Mac Donal, Oscar ARG 2015 6 30.5 44.0 47.0
20. Villegas, Jonathan ARG ---- 6 30.5 40.5 42.0
21. Cavedal,Alejandro ARG ---- 6 29.0 42.0 46.0
22. Herrera,Daniel ARG ---- 6 28.5 43.0 46.5
23. Herrera,Kevin ARG ---- 6 27.0 38.5 41.5
24. Petek, Manfred ARG ---- 6 25.0 37.0 40.0
122 players
Michael Langer of Austin, TX gave up only a draw to Warren Harper of
Houston to win the Dalworth Open with 4.5 pts. Alex Chua of Keller, TX was
alone in 2nd place with 4 pts. The event was held in Euless located between Ft
Worth and Dallas, Texas. The event was organized and directed by Alex Relyea
and Nita Patel of Norman, OK. My thanks to Frank Berry for this report.
Official site: http://www.OKChess.org
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Dalworth Open Euless USA (USA), 17-18 xii 2005
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2005 Dalworth FIDE open Euless, TX
Open section TD: Alex Relyea
asst TD: Nita Patel G/120m+10 sec
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1. Langer, Michael USA 2248 4.5
2. Chua, Alexander J USA 2200 4.0
3. Galant, Sergey USA 2234 3.5
4. Schoonmaker, Nicholas USA 2248 3.0
5. Harper,Warren USA ---- 3.0
6. Datta, Deepyaman USA 2148 3.0
7. Movsisyan, Movses f USA 2315 2.5
8. Berry, Frank K USA 2033 2.5
9. Sukharnikov,Leo ---- 2.0
10. Liu,Matthew ---- 2.0
11. O'Neill,Julie ---- 1.5
12. Alhalhali,Salem ---- 1.0
13. Kecskemety,Stephen ---- 1.0
14. Chen,Eric ---- 0.0
15. Patel,Nita ---- 0.0
16. Wroe,David ---- 0.0
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The East Bay Chess Club hosted a FIDE Swiss December 17th-23rd, 2005.
Josh Friedel took clear first with 7/9.
Official site:
http://www.eastbaychess.com/tourney/05/fideswiss.html
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Masters Berkeley USA (USA), 17-23 xii 2005
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1. Friedel, Joshua E m USA 2453 7.0
2. Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2618 6.5
3. Fedorowicz, John P g USA 2502 6.0
4. Kraai, Jesse m USA 2428 6.0
5. De Guzman, Ricardo m PHI 2383 5.5
6. Pruess, David f USA 2400 5.0
7. Stein, Alan f USA 2422 5.0
8. Sarkar, Justin m USA 2315 5.0
9. Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2549 4.5
10. Mezentsev, Vladimir m RUS 2409 4.5
11. Bhat, Vinay S m USA 2429 4.5
12. Ishkanov, Tigran USA 2350 4.5
13. Zavadsky, Peter SVK 2268 4.5
14. Kustar, Sandor m HUN 2375 4.0
15. Shivaji, Shivkuma USA 2299 4.0
16. Poehlmann, Roger USA 2230 3.5
17. Lobo, Richard ENG 2263 3.0
18. Pearson, Michael USA 2173 3.0
19. Panjwani, Raja CAN 2209 3.0
20. Perepelitsky, Edward USA 2123 3.0
21. Perepelitsky, Phillip USA 2116 3.0
22. Jahedi,Salar USA ---- 1.5
23. Lee, Andy C USA 2256 0.5
24. Moskow, Eric D USA 2238 0.0
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Marshall Chess Club Championship (Edward Lasker Memorial) took place
December 9th-11th, 17th-18th in New York City, USA. Leonid Yudasin won the
event with 7.5/9. Games are a mixture of those from the website (rounds 3-4)
and a couple per round from ICC www.chessclub.com (no round 5) so are
incomplete.
Official site: http://www.marshallchessclub.org/
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ch-Marshall CC New York USA (USA), 9-18 xii 2005
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1. Yudasin, Leonid g ISR 2554 7½ - $2,000
2. De Firmian, Nick E g USA 2552 7 - $1,000
3. Ibragimov, Ildar g USA 2617 6 - $367
4. Benjamin, Joel g USA 2576 6 - $367
5. Almeida Saenz, Alfonso m MEX 2362 6 - $367
6. Rohde, Michael A g USA 2512 5 - $20
7. Schneider, Igor f USA 2350 5 - $20
8. Bonin, Jay R m USA 2315 5 - $20
9. Hess, Robert L USA 2328 5 - $20
10. Molner, Mackenzie USA 2241 5 - $20
11. Averbukh, Alex USA ---- 5 - $200
12. Bercys, Salvijus USA 2359 4½
13. Scekic, Milos m SCG 2395 4½
14. Maltese, Adam USA 2200 4½
15. Privman, Boris f USA 2238 4½
16. Treger, Effim USA 2237 4½
17. Jacobs, Jon USA ---- 4½ - $50
18. Zhao, Parker USA 2102 4½ - $50
19. Figler, Ilye f USA 2375 4
20. Ross, Laura R wf USA 2141 4
38 players
The Hastings Chess Congress takes place 28th December 2005 to 6th
January 2006, with a weekend tournament on 7th-8th January 2006.
This year will feature an Open Masters Tournament which has attracted
108 players, several of them highly rated grandmasters, from 30 international
federations. This is a record number of nationalities. The field is led by last
year’s Premier winner, Vladimir Belov of Russia and Sergey Erenburg of
Israel. The Masters is a ten-round tournament. Other five-day morning and
afternoon tournaments will also run concurrently for more casual players.
Official site: http://www.hastingschess.org.uk/
Leading Entries
BELOV Vladimir, RUS, gm 2620
ERENBURG Sergey, ISR, gm 2582
NEVEROV Valeriy, UKR, gm 2569
GORMALLY Daniel, ENG, gm 2566
BOBRAS Piotr, POL, gm 2563
GAGUNASHVILI Merab, GEO, gm 2542
KUZUBOV Yuriy, UKR, gm 2541
HEBDEN Mark, ENG, gm 2514
PAVLOVIC Milos, SCG, gm 2507
LE ROUX Jean-Pierre,FRA, im 2497
SUNDARAJAN Kidambi, IND, im 2497
LALIC Bogdan, CRO, gm 2489
BESHUKOV Sergei, RUS, gm 2470
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.
Further details: http://www.bethunechess.com
Leading Entries
1 g EPISHIN Vladimir 2571 RUS
2 g IKONNIKOV Vyacheslav 2566 RUS
3 g SHCHEKACHEV Andrei 2562 RUS
4 m SOLODOVNICHENKO Yuri 2495 UKR
5 m SIEBRECHT Sebastian 2485 GER
6 g VAN DER WEIDE Karel 2464 NED
7 m SOULEIDIS Georgios 2421 GRE
8 m GHARAMIAN Tigran 2416 FRA
9 m FOISOR Cristina Adela 2409 ROM
10 m FOISOR Ovidiu Doru 2392 ROM
11 m HANLEY Craig 2388 ENG
12 m PEEK Marcel 2373 NED
13 m AFEK Yochanan 2371 ISR
14 f NGUYEN Chi-Minh 2371 FRA
15 f DRAOUI Najib 2368 MAR
16 m GIFFARD Nicolas 2324 FRA
17 f JOSSIEN Arnaud 2323 FRA
18 f LE QUANG Kim 2323 BEL
19 f SIMON Olivier 2315 FRA
20 f BOUHALLEL Rabah 2314 FRA
21 f FELLER Sebastien 2306 FRA
22 f HOUSIEAUX David 2304 FRA
23 f VOGEL Jaap 2261 NED
The 24th Chess Memorial of Stanislaw Gawlikowski took place in Warsaw,
16th-18th December 2005 in the Olympic Centre Wybrzeze Gdynskie street 4.
Zoltan Gyimesi beat Vladimir Malaniuk in the final. I hope to round up the
games and results next week.
Further details: http://www.pzszach.org.pl/ and
http://www.warsawchess.pl/amplico/wyniki_en.html
The Grand Prix d’échecs d’Aix en Provence took place
15th-18th December 2005. Final results: 1) Fressinet 2) Hamdouchi 3) Sanchez 4)
David 5 - 8) Skripchenko, Guidarelli, Gulyiev, Libisewski. Games not available
except on the ACP play site (http://www.acpochess.com).
Official site: http://www.grandprixdaix.com
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).
Bessel Kok for President and Ali Nihat Yazici for deputy have a website:
http://www.rightmove06.org
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.
Reggio Emilia
The Reggio Emilia international tournament takes place December 29th
2005 to January 6th 2006 in Hotel Astoria Mercure. Edition number 48. 100
minutes for the first 40 moves, then 50 minutes to finish, plus 30 seconds
starting from the first move.
GM Miladinovic Igor SCG 2609
GM Ivanisevic Ivan SCG 2588
GM Cebalo Miso CRO 2512
GM Yevseev Denis RUS 2554
IM Fercec Nenad CRO 2512
WGM Zimina Olga RUS 2397
MF Ronchetti Nicolò ITA 2402 ***
MF Piscopo Pierluigi ITA 2399 xx
MF Vocaturo Daniele ITA 2364 ***
MF Franchini Gabriele ITA 2315
***Will play in the National B team at Olympiads ? Torino 2006 xx
Piscopo performed IM title and elo, but he has not yet received official
confirmation
Australian Championships
The Xstrata Australian Championships and Australian Junior Championships
start in Brisbane 28th December 2005. News, results and games at:
http://www.ozchess2006.com
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
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
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/
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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