THE WEEK IN CHESS 582 2nd January 2006 by Mark Crowther
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Russian Championship Superfinal 24 games
Pamplona International 16 games
Harmonie Chess Tournament 227 games
Reggio Emilia 25 games
Hastings Chess Congress 2005-6 199 games
Bosnia and Herzegovina Championship 45 games
4th Ilijas Subasic Memorial 45 games
Australian Championships 75 games
Czech Chess Christmas 2005 178 games
26th International Bethune Open 117 games
21st Nice Winter Open 25 games
IV Memorial Pereyra Puebla 14 games
35th Rilton Cup 125 games
1115 games
My thanks to Giorgio Gozzi, Sead Bicevic, Eugeny Atarov, Jan van Run,
Geoffrey Borg, Michal Krasenkow, Thomas Henrich, Adolivio Capece, Jakub Fuksik
and everyone else who helped with the issue and indeed throughout 2005.
There were many years when the Soviet Championships were the undoubted
highlight of the year. The new format of qualification and super final for the
Russian Championship has returned this event to near the top of the pile.
Sergei Rublevsky took first a point clear of the field with a fine performance
in a tough event. In second place were Dmitry Jakovenko and Alexander
Morozevich. Morozevich played like a man possessed after sleeping in and losing
by default against Jakovenko in round three but it almost certainly cost him
2nd place alone and perhaps a shot at first.
The new FIDE rating list sees Topalov poised to be number one when
Kasparov's rating expires after his retirement. In between however is Wijk aan
Zee and the Linares/Morelia events. Competing in both is the new World Number
5, 23 year old Levon Aronian. He's one of a number of young players who have
made a move in this list. Double World Junior Champion 20 year old Shakhriyaz
Mamedyarov is one, and perhaps most ominously of all is Magnus Carlsen. Now 15
he is of the age where his real ascent should start but having already achieved
great results and a GM title his starting point is higher, but its his
potential as a chess player that marks him out as being different from other
prodigies of recent times. I'm not usually one to talk up junior talent,
preferring to see how things turn out but I think I'm not alone in thinking
that where he finishes 2006 could be the real story of the year.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Russian Championship Superfinal took place in Moscow 18th-30th
December 2005. Sergey Rublevsky took the title a point clear of Dmitry
Jakovenko and Alexander Morozevich (who loss by default to Jakovenko when he
over slept was very expensive).
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 1 = = = 7.5 2798
2. Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2644 0 * 1 = = = = 1 = = 1 = 6.5 2731
3. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2707 = 0 * 0 = = = 1 1 1 = 1 6.5 2725
4. Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2675 0 = 1 * = 1 1 0 0 = = 1 6.0 2699
5. Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2659 = = = = * = = = = 1 0 1 6.0 2700
6. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2740 = = = 0 = * 1 = = = 1 = 6.0 2693
7. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2739 = = = 0 = 0 * = = = 1 1 5.5 2657
8. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2632 0 0 0 1 = = = * = = = 1 5.0 2631
9. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2694 0 = 0 1 = = = = * = = 0 4.5 2596
10. Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2653 = = 0 = 0 = = = = * = = 4.5 2600
11. Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2564 = 0 = = 1 0 0 = = = * 0 4.0 2571
12. Volkov, Sergey1 g RUS 2614 = = 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 = 1 * 4.0 2567
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Round 8 (December 27, 2005)
Rublevsky, Sergei - Jakovenko, Dmitry 1-0 50 C42 Petroff's Defence
Svidler, Peter - Zvjaginsev, Vadim 1/2 32 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Kramnik, Vladimir - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 26 D19 Slav Defence
Motylev, Alexander - Volkov, Sergey1 1-0 44 C11 French Defence
Dreev, Alexey - Bareev, Evgeny 1-0 33 D49 Queens Gambit Meran
Tomashevsky, Evgeny - Khalifman, Alexander 1/2 21 A09 Reti Opening
Round 9 (December 28, 2005)
Jakovenko, Dmitry - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 18 C42 Petroff's Defence
Morozevich, Alexander - Dreev, Alexey 1-0 42 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Bareev, Evgeny - Svidler, Peter 1-0 37 D97 Gruenfeld Russian
Zvjaginsev, Vadim - Motylev, Alexander 1/2 35 B20 Sicilian Wing Gambit
Khalifman, Alexander - Rublevsky, Sergei 1/2 14 B46 Sicilian Paulsen
Volkov, Sergey1 - Tomashevsky, Evgeny 1-0 65 E20 Nimzo Indian
Round 10 (December 29, 2005)
Rublevsky, Sergei - Volkov, Sergey1 1/2 32 C03 French Tarrasch
Jakovenko, Dmitry - Khalifman, Alexander 1/2 26 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Svidler, Peter - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 43 C11 French Defence
Kramnik, Vladimir - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 22 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Motylev, Alexander - Bareev, Evgeny 1-0 68 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Tomashevsky, Evgeny - Zvjaginsev, Vadim 1-0 40 A36 English Botvinnik
Round 11 (December 30, 2005)
Morozevich, Alexander - Motylev, Alexander 1-0 33 A29 English Four Knights
Bareev, Evgeny - Tomashevsky, Evgeny 1/2 18 E39 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Zvjaginsev, Vadim - Rublevsky, Sergei 1/2 17 B40 Sicilian Classical
Dreev, Alexey - Svidler, Peter 1/2 14 D85 Gruenfeld Defence
Khalifman, Alexander - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 16 E08 Catalan
Volkov, Sergey1 - Jakovenko, Dmitry 1/2 80 E27 Nimzo Indian Saemisch
Garry Kasparov remains World Number One for the last time before being
inactive for a year following his retirement. FIDE World Champion Veselin
Topalov becomes the third player in history over 2800 after Kasparov and
Kramnik. His rating is 2801 and he takes over from Viswanathan Anand as World
Number 2 gaining 19 points. (Topalov's gain came solely from his victory in San
Luis as did the moves for his rivals Anand, Morozevich, Leko, Kasimdzhanov,
Adams and Polgar. Peter Svidler went on to play the World Team Championship and
perform excellently there too) Anand is only 9 points behind after gaining 4
points. Peter Svidler gained 25 points and moves up to number 4. In 5th place
is 23 year old Levon Aronian. having gained 28 points. Vladimir Kramnik gains 2
points and a place to move up to 6th due to falls of 11 and 19 points for Leko
and Ivanchuk. Gelfand and Ponomariov return to the top 10 the latter after
gaining 19 rating points. Morozevich is 11 after gaining 14 points. Bacrot and
Polgar fall out of the top 10, the latter losing 24 points. 20 year old
Shakhriyaz Mamedyarov gets over 2700 for the first time at World Number 15
gaining 35 points. Vladimir Malakhov gained 24 points. Another 20 year old on
the move is Zahar Efimenko gaining 29 rating points. 25 year old Zhang
Pengxiang is the top new entry into the top 100 but 15 year old Magnus
Carlsen's whopping 55 point rating increase takes the child prodigy into the
top 100 for the first time in what many predict may be a trip all the way to
the top. Seven players come into the list and seven fall out including legend
Viktor Korchnoi. Another two points were required to make the list with 2618
tieing for 99th-101st place. 2616 was sufficient in October. There has been one
Federation change, Mikhail Gurevich is now Turkish not Belgian.
Source: http://www.fide.com. The full
list is available for download there.
FIDE Top 100 Players January 2006
No. Oc Name t NAT YroB ap04 ju04 oc04 ja05 ap05 ju05 oc05 ja06 Gms
1 1 Kasparov, Garry........... g RUS 1963 2817 2817 2813 2804 2812 2812 2812 2812 0
2 3 Topalov, Veselin.......... g BUL 1975 2737 2737 2757 2757 2778 2788 2782 2801 14
3 2 Anand, Viswanathan........ g IND 1969 2774 2782 2781 2786 2785 2788 2788 2792 14
4 6 Svidler, Peter............ g RUS 1976 2733 2727 2735 2735 2725 2738 2740 2765 21
5 10 Aronian, Levon............ g ARM 1982 2645 2671 2675 2684 2693 2724 2724 2752 33
6 7 Kramnik, Vladimir......... g RUS 1975 2764 2770 2760 2754 2753 2744 2739 2741 4
7 4 Leko, Peter............... g HUN 1979 2741 2741 2743 2749 2763 2763 2751 2740 14
8 5 Ivanchuk, Vassily......... g UKR 1969 2716 2715 2705 2711 2739 2752 2748 2729 34
9 13 Gelfand, Boris............ g ISR 1968 2714 2709 2693 2696 2713 2724 2717 2723 33
10 19 Ponomariov, Ruslan........ g UKR 1983 2722 2722 2710 2700 2695 2704 2704 2723 19
11 17 Morozevich, Alexander..... g RUS 1977 2732 2743 2758 2741 2717 2707 2707 2721 21
12 11 Grischuk, Alexander....... g RUS 1983 2719 2705 2704 2710 2724 2720 2720 2717 28
13 9 Bacrot, Etienne........... g FRA 1983 2675 2712 2718 2715 2731 2729 2725 2717 20
14 8 Polgar, Judit............. g HUN 1976 2728 2728 2728 2728 2732 2735 2735 2711 14
15 28 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyaz.... g AZE 1985 2657 2662 2660 2657 2646 2646 2674 2709 34
16 14 Shirov, Alexei............ g ESP 1972 2713 2725 2726 2713 2714 2705 2710 2709 6
17 12 Adams, Michael............ g ENG 1971 2731 2738 2740 2741 2737 2719 2718 2707 14
18 16 Akopian, Vladimir......... g ARM 1971 2689 2692 2692 2693 2703 2705 2707 2704 13
19 18 Radjabov, Teimour......... g AZE 1987 2670 2664 2663 2667 2673 2682 2704 2700 17
20 27 Bareev, Evgeny............ g RUS 1966 2711 2715 2715 2709 2709 2688 2675 2698 29
21 22 Dreev, Alexey............. g RUS 1969 2689 2690 2698 2704 2705 2698 2694 2697 30
22 34 Malakhov, Vladimir........ g RUS 1980 2695 2674 2664 2664 2670 2673 2670 2694 20
23 15 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter... g ROM 1976 2692 2686 2687 2673 2670 2679 2707 2693 27
24 21 Sokolov, Ivan............. g NED 1968 2690 2679 2663 2685 2662 2691 2696 2689 18
25 23 Kamsky, Gata.............. g USA 1974 2717 2717 2717 2717 2700 2700 2690 2686 20
26 25 Lautier, Joel............. g FRA 1973 2680 2666 2682 2678 2678 2672 2680 2682 21
27 32 Short, Nigel D............ g ENG 1965 2712 2684 2687 2674 2673 2673 2673 2676 2
28 31 Harikrishna, P............ g IND 1986 2599 2609 2612 2632 2646 2645 2673 2673 23
29 33 Karpov, Anatoly........... g RUS 1951 2682 2682 2682 2674 2674 2672 2672 2672 0
30 40 Sasikiran, Krishnan....... g IND 1981 2659 2666 2668 2657 2642 2652 2663 2670 23
31 50 Areshchenko, Alexander.... g UKR 1986 2568 2575 2580 2570 2595 2625 2653 2670 15
32 35 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam...... g UZB 1979 2652 2640 2650 2678 2670 2670 2670 2670 14
33 20 Tiviakov, Sergei.......... g NED 1973 2593 2601 2617 2627 2631 2678 2700 2669 24
34 68 Efimenko, Zahar........... g UKR 1985 2566 2572 2594 2601 2620 2643 2637 2666 34
35 54 Rublevsky, Sergei......... g RUS 1974 2671 2686 2649 2650 2645 2645 2652 2665 32
36 38 Volokitin, Andrei......... g UKR 1986 2600 2638 2652 2685 2679 2671 2666 2665 26
37 43 Zvjaginsev, Vadim......... g RUS 1976 2654 2650 2650 2653 2649 2659 2659 2664 21
38 30 Smirin, Ilia.............. g ISR 1968 2675 2671 2673 2644 2649 2652 2673 2662 28
39 62 Jakovenko, Dmitry......... g RUS 1983 2582 2596 2596 2596 2608 2627 2644 2662 18
40 36 Delchev, Aleksander....... g BUL 1971 2602 2603 2601 2597 2614 2656 2669 2661 36
41 24 Bologan, Viktor........... g MDA 1971 2665 2663 2669 2683 2700 2700 2682 2661 22
42 44 Karjakin, Sergey.......... g UKR 1990 2508 2591 2576 2599 2635 2645 2658 2660 19
43 51 Khalifman, Alexander...... g RUS 1966 2668 2669 2669 2662 2658 2653 2653 2660 13
44 58 Navara, David............. g CZE 1985 2602 2616 2620 2644 2647 2663 2646 2660 11
45 46 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab.... g GEO 1960 2679 2679 2672 2662 2671 2672 2658 2658 14
46 64 Naiditsch, Arkadij........ g GER 1985 2571 2574 2611 2623 2626 2612 2641 2657 23
47 39 Moiseenko, Alexander...... g UKR 1980 2631 2640 2653 2669 2665 2664 2663 2657 18
48 41 Eljanov, Pavel............ g UKR 1983 2592 2613 2629 2643 2641 2639 2663 2655 19
49 78 Kobalia, Mikhail.......... g RUS 1978 2630 2618 2621 2634 2644 2614 2634 2654 20
50 45 Timofeev, Artyom.......... g RUS 1985 2591 2611 2611 2619 2622 2661 2658 2653 29
51 74 Aleksandrov, Aleksej...... g BLR 1973 2668 2666 2659 2635 2635 2630 2636 2653 14
52 57 Izoria, Zviad............. g GEO 1984 2573 2593 2600 2607 2602 2606 2646 2652 23
53 63 Najer, Evgeniy............ g RUS 1977 2606 2608 2624 2624 2615 2614 2641 2652 22
54 29 Vallejo Pons, Francisco... g ESP 1982 2666 2679 2678 2686 2677 2681 2674 2650 31
55 26 Bruzon, Lazaro............ g CUB 1982 2602 2628 2637 2652 2669 2662 2677 2650 22
56 65 Onischuk, Alexander....... g USA 1975 2652 2655 2653 2652 2638 2628 2640 2650 11
57 57 Korneev, Oleg.............. g RUS 1969 2573 2587 2583 2602 2611 2594 2599 2649 56
58 37 Sakaev, Konstantin........ g RUS 1974 2665 2664 2669 2677 2672 2669 2668 2649 34
59 55 Van Wely, Loek............ g NED 1972 2651 2680 2681 2679 2687 2655 2648 2647 27
60 72 Miton, Kamil............... g POL 1984 2563 2597 2600 2583 2592 2589 2636 2646 18
61 61 Asrian, Karen............. g ARM 1980 2605 2586 2591 2602 2611 2611 2645 2646 9
62 66 Almasi, Zoltan............ g HUN 1976 2631 2644 2650 2628 2628 2619 2640 2646 6
63 56 Georgiev, Kiril........... g BUL 1965 2637 2626 2625 2654 2666 2666 2648 2645 25
64 70 Bu, Xiangzhi.............. g CHN 1985 2621 2620 2615 2607 2630 2632 2637 2645 17
65 42 Nakamura, Hikaru.......... g USA 1987 2580 2601 2620 2613 2657 2660 2662 2644 8
66 59 Nielsen, Peter Heine...... g DEN 1973 2628 2652 2663 2648 2653 2668 2646 2644 4
67 84 Tkachiev, Vladislav....... g FRA 1973 2635 2615 2609 2609 2605 2625 2629 2642 16
68 80 Motylev, Alexander........ g RUS 1979 2649 2658 2651 2665 2680 2675 2632 2638 19
69 -- Zhang, Pengxiang.......... g CHN 1980 2510 2519 2519 2560 2583 2616 2613 2638 19
70 52 Milov, Vadim.............. g SUI 1972 2680 2683 2683 2668 2653 2645 2652 2638 14
71 76 Dominguez, Lenier......... g CUB 1983 2612 2629 2645 2661 2658 2639 2635 2638 8
72 47 Krasenkow, Michal......... g POL 1963 2609 2632 2676 2672 2672 2663 2655 2636 26
73 99 Ibragimov, Ildar.......... g USA 1967 2556 2582 2585 2603 2611 2605 2617 2635 26
74 77 Seirawan, Yasser.......... g USA 1960 2621 2631 2631 2631 2631 2635 2635 2635 0
75 81 Alekseev, Evgeny.......... g RUS 1985 2616 2606 2604 2605 2597 2625 2632 2634 23
76 60 Vescovi, Giovanni......... g BRA 1978 2648 2648 2645 2645 2638 2640 2646 2633 37
77 53 Gurevich, Mikhail......... g TUR 1959 2672 2667 2644 2634 2630 2669 2652 2633 31
78 49 Avrukh, Boris............. g ISR 1978 2620 2600 2614 2629 2642 2652 2653 2633 14
79 89 Sokolov, Andrei........... g FRA 1963 2589 2583 2591 2582 2598 2603 2623 2632 17
80 75 Movsesian, Sergei......... g SVK 1978 2647 2646 2629 2624 2628 2645 2635 2632 8
81 71 Huebner, Robert Dr........ g GER 1948 2603 2624 2624 2624 2624 2636 2637 2632 0
82 67 Granda Zuniga, Julio E.... g PER 1967 2586 2605 2605 2599 ---- 2601 2637 2631 2
83 83 Timman, Jan H............. g NED 1951 2576 2596 2602 2607 2607 2625 2630 2630 0
84 -- Volkov, Sergey............ g RUS 1974 2629 2625 2628 2612 2634 2622 2614 2629 21
85 -- Zhang, Zhong.............. g CHN 1978 2633 2603 2596 2591 2599 2608 2598 2629 20
86 -- Sadvakasov, Darmen........ g KAZ 1979 2626 2626 2631 2635 2605 2610 2612 2629 19
87 86 Bauer, Christian.......... g FRA 1977 2595 2590 2622 2636 2640 2641 2625 2627 20
88 82 Beliavsky, Alexander G.... g SLO 1953 2667 2679 2660 2635 2630 2599 2631 2626 12
89 -- Carlsen, Magnus........... g NOR 1990 2552 2567 2581 2553 2548 2528 2570 2625 40
90 -- Gashimov, Vugar........... g AZE 1986 2565 2586 2586 2585 2585 2594 2608 2625 27
91 87 Fressinet, Laurent........ g FRA 1981 2638 2637 2640 2638 2638 2627 2624 2625 9
92 98 Cheparinov, Ivan.......... g BUL 1986 2555 2567 2576 2572 2621 2634 2618 2625 6
93 48 Sutovsky, Emil............ g ISR 1977 2661 2679 2697 2669 2665 2674 2654 2624 24
94 85 Kotronias, Vasilios....... g GRE 1964 2607 2608 2599 2585 2578 2587 2626 2622 34
95 97 Ehlvest, Jaan............. g EST 1962 2596 2605 2631 2622 2614 2614 2618 2619 39
96 79 Miroshnichenko, Evgenij... g UKR 1978 2599 2615 2617 2620 2628 2634 2634 2619 36
97 95 Kempinski, Robert......... g POL 1977 2586 2612 2608 2624 2627 2619 2619 2619 34
98 96 Hjartarson, Johann ....... g ISL 1963 2640 2628 2628 2628 2628 2621 2619 2619 0
99 91 Atalik, Suat.............. g TUR 1964 ---- ---- 2541 2560 2561 2561 2620 2618 34
100 90 Istratescu, Andrei........ g ROM 1975 2587 2603 2611 2617 2624 2624 2622 2618 17
101 -- Paragua, Mark............. g PHI 1984 2529 ---- 2534 2586 2596 2596 2596 2618 13
Dropping Out
No.Name t NAT YroB ap04 ju04 oc04 ja05 ap05 ju05 oc05 ja06 Gms
69 Smirnov, Pavel............ g RUS 1982 2601 2620 2626 2645 2624 2635 2637 2614 26
88 Gyimesi, Zoltan........... g HUN 1977 2562 2618 2613 2603 2595 2628 2624 2602 16
92 Korchnoi, Viktor.......... g SUI 1931 2579 2568 2601 2617 2619 2615 2620 2608 13
93 Belov, Vladimir........... g RUS 1984 2543 2532 2552 2582 2617 2596 2620 2608 14
94 Milos, Gilberto........... g BRA 1963 2599 2601 2593 2598 2606 2606 2620 2599 41
100 Fedorov, Alexei........... g BLR 1972 2616 2620 2619 2603 2602 2611 2616 2608 12
101 Vladimirov, Evgeny........ g KAZ 1957 2621 2628 2627 2623 2623 2616 2616 2616 0
The Pamplona International took place 23rd-29th December 2005. Ruslan
Ponomariov took clear first with 5/7 half a point clear of Pentala Harikrishna
and Ivan Cheparinov.
Official site: http://www.chesspamplona.com/
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1. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2704 * = = = = 1 1 1 5.0 2791
2. Harikrishna, P g IND 2673 = * = = 1 = = 1 4.5 2739
3. Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2618 = = * = = 1 = 1 4.5 2747
4. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2700 = = = * = = = 1 4.0 2683
5. Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2624 = 0 = = * = 1 = 3.5 2644
6. Izoria, Zviad g GEO 2646 0 = 0 = = * 1 = 3.0 2591
7. Timman, Jan H g NED 2630 0 = = = 0 0 * = 2.0 2485
8. De la Riva Aguado, Oscar g AND 2541 0 0 0 0 = = = * 1.5 2426
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Round 4 (December 26, 2005)
Harikrishna, P - Fressinet, Laurent 1-0 41 C97 Ruy Lopez
Cheparinov, Ivan - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 23 E17 Queens Indian
Timman, Jan H - Tiviakov, Sergei 1/2 13 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
De la Riva Aguado, Oscar - Izoria, Zviad 1/2 16 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Round 5 (December 27, 2005)
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Timman, Jan H 1-0 48 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Tiviakov, Sergei - De la Riva Aguado, Oscar 1-0 35 C10 French Rubinstein
Fressinet, Laurent - Cheparinov, Ivan 1/2 22 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Izoria, Zviad - Harikrishna, P 1/2 32 D11 Slav Defence
Round 6 (December 28, 2005)
Harikrishna, P - Tiviakov, Sergei 1/2 27 E46 Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Cheparinov, Ivan - Timman, Jan H 1/2 22 C42 Petroff's Defence
Fressinet, Laurent - Izoria, Zviad 1/2 19 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
De la Riva Aguado, Oscar - Ponomariov, Ruslan 0-1 52 B40 Sicilian Classical
Round 7 (December 29, 2005)
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Harikrishna, P 1/2 15 B19 Caro Kann
Tiviakov, Sergei - Fressinet, Laurent 1/2 15 C45 Scotch Game
Izoria, Zviad - Cheparinov, Ivan 0-1 37 D44 Anti-Meran Gambit
Timman, Jan H - De la Riva Aguado, Oscar 1/2 23 D15 Slav Defence
The Harmonie Chess Tournament took place in Groningen, 23rd-30th
December 2005. Sipke Ernst won the invitational event with 6.5/9. Pavel
Skatchkov, Chiel Van Oosterom and Raoul Van Ketel finished on 7/9 in the open A
event.
Official site: http://www.so-on.org/kerst2005/2005eng.html
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1. Ernst, Sipke m NED 2473 * 1 = 1 1 = 1 = = = 6.5 2559
2. Pruijssers, Roeland NED 2310 0 * 0 = = 1 1 1 = 1 5.5 2491
3. Michielsen, Joost NED 2362 = 1 * 0 0 = 1 1 = = 5.0 2449
4. Frolyanov, Dmitry m RUS 2508 0 = 1 * = = 0 1 = 1 5.0 2432
5. Ragger, Markus m AUT 2433 0 = 1 = * 1 0 = = = 4.5 2398
6. Adly, Ahmed g EGY 2480 = 0 = = 0 * = 1 = 1 4.5 2393
7. Brandenburg, Daan NED 2395 0 0 0 1 1 = * 0 1 1 4.5 2402
8. Ris, Robert NED 2337 = 0 0 0 = 0 1 * 1 = 3.5 2328
9. Rau, Hannes m GER 2421 = = = = = = 0 0 * 0 3.0 2274
10. Tan, Matthew NED 2298 = 0 = 0 = 0 0 = 1 * 3.0 2288
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Round 4 (December 27, 2005)
Ernst, Sipke - Adly, Ahmed 1/2 33 D36 QGD Exchange
Pruijssers, Roeland - Brandenburg, Daan 1-0 79 C10 French Rubinstein
Frolyanov, Dmitry - Michielsen, Joost 1-0 29 D15 Slav Defence
Ragger, Markus - Rau, Hannes 1/2 18 B22 Sicilian Alapin
Tan, Matthew - Ris, Robert 1/2 42 B60 Sicilian Rauzer
Round 5 (December 28, 2005)
Michielsen, Joost - Tan, Matthew 1/2 23 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Adly, Ahmed - Ragger, Markus 0-1 58 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Brandenburg, Daan - Ernst, Sipke 0-1 59 A07 Barcza System
Ris, Robert - Pruijssers, Roeland 0-1 89 C95 Ruy Lopez Breyer
Rau, Hannes - Frolyanov, Dmitry 1/2 30 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Round 6 (December 28, 2005)
Pruijssers, Roeland - Ernst, Sipke 0-1 21 C71 Ruy Lopez Modern Steinitz
Frolyanov, Dmitry - Adly, Ahmed 1/2 53 D49 Queens Gambit Meran
Ragger, Markus - Brandenburg, Daan 0-1 54 C13 French Classical
Ris, Robert - Michielsen, Joost 0-1 37 B48 Sicilian Paulsen
Tan, Matthew - Rau, Hannes 1-0 38 B66 Sicilian Rauzer
Round 7 (December 29, 2005)
Ernst, Sipke - Ragger, Markus 1-0 43 E01 Catalan
Michielsen, Joost - Pruijssers, Roeland 1-0 41 C95 Ruy Lopez Breyer
Adly, Ahmed - Tan, Matthew 1-0 50 D04 Queen's Pawn Game
Brandenburg, Daan - Frolyanov, Dmitry 1-0 62 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Rau, Hannes - Ris, Robert 0-1 30 E35 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Round 8 (December 29, 2005)
Pruijssers, Roeland - Ragger, Markus 1/2 75 C97 Ruy Lopez
Michielsen, Joost - Rau, Hannes 1/2 33 B66 Sicilian Rauzer
Frolyanov, Dmitry - Ernst, Sipke 0-1 38 C83 Ruy Lopez Open
Ris, Robert - Adly, Ahmed 0-1 43 B06 Modern Defence
Tan, Matthew - Brandenburg, Daan 0-1 48 B60 Sicilian Rauzer
Round 9 (December 30, 2005)
Ernst, Sipke - Tan, Matthew 1/2 21 D46 Semi-Slav Defence
Ragger, Markus - Frolyanov, Dmitry 1/2 11 C42 Petroff's Defence
Adly, Ahmed - Michielsen, Joost 1/2 52 D05 Colle System
Brandenburg, Daan - Ris, Robert 0-1 68 B96 Sicilian Najdorf
Rau, Hannes - Pruijssers, Roeland 1/2 23 E97 King's Indian Classical
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1. Skatchkov, Pavel m RUS 2453 7.0 51.5 38.50 2462 +0.18 9
2. Van Oosterom, Chiel NED 2235 7.0 50.0 36.50 2464 +2.65 9
3. Van Ketel, Raoul NED 2271 7.0 48.5 36.25 2457 +2.15 9
4. Schiffer, Kai-Uwe f GER 2316 6.5 54.0 34.75 2400 +0.93 8
5. Van Ruitenburg, Joost NED 2216 6.5 45.5 28.50 2326 +1.07 7
6. Gasthofer, Alexander m GER 2418 6.0 49.0 30.25 2374 -0.34 9
7. Heemskerk, Wim f NED 2265 6.0 48.0 31.00 2355 +0.99 8
8. Daudzvardis, Janis LAT 2204 6.0 46.5 30.25 2319 +1.10 7
9. Pel, Bonno f NED 2350 6.0 43.0 25.25 2297 -0.46 8
10. Hoeksema, Erik m NED 2401 5.5 47.5 26.25 2297 -1.06 9
11. Kodentsov, Grisja NED 2270 5.5 46.5 23.75 2281 +0.24 9
12. Dehn, Marcus GER 2144 5.5 45.0 26.00 2207 +0.60 7
13. Wustefeld, Emile NED 2317 5.5 42.5 24.00 2165 -1.14 6
14. Wielenga, Wiebe NED 2161 5.5 42.5 22.50 2174 +0.04 6
15. Hovenga, Alje NED 2114 5.5 41.5 20.50 2213 +0.60 5
16. Groot,Simon NED ---- 5.5 40.0 22.50 2209 ---- 5
56 players
The Reggio Emilia international tournament takes place December 29th
2005 to January 6th 2006 in Hotel Astoria Mercure.
Official site: http://www.ippogrifoscacchi.it/
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1. Landa, Konstantin g RUS 2600 * . . . = = 1 1 . 1 4.0 2682
2. Yevseev, Denis g RUS 2554 . * = . = . 1 . 1 1 4.0 2661
3. Piscopo, Pierluigi f ITA 2399 . = * 0 1 1 . = . . 3.0 2592
4. Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2512 . . 1 * 0 . . = = 1 3.0 2522
5. Kotronias, Vasilios g GRE 2626 = = 0 1 * . . = . . 2.5 2515
6. Zimina, Olga wg RUS 2397 = . 0 . . * 0 . 1 1 2.5 2416
7. Vocaturo, Daniele f ITA 2364 0 0 . . . 1 * . = 1 2.5 2453
8. Fercec, Nenad m CRO 2512 0 . = = = . . * = . 2.0 2435
9. Ronchetti, Niccolo' f ITA 2402 . 0 . = . 0 = = * . 1.5 2318
10. Franchini, Gabriele f ITA 2315 0 0 . 0 . 0 0 . . * 0.0
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Round 1 (December 29, 2005)
Yevseev, Denis - Kotronias, Vasilios 1/2 34 E94 King's Indian Classical
Cebalo, Miso - Fercec, Nenad 1/2 21 D00 Queen's Pawn Game
Zimina, Olga - Piscopo, Pierluigi 0-1 35 B40 Sicilian Classical
Vocaturo, Daniele - Ronchetti, Niccolo' 1/2 52 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Franchini, Gabriele - Landa, Konstantin 0-1 28 B22 Sicilian Alapin
Round 2 (December 30, 2005)
Landa, Konstantin - Fercec, Nenad 1-0 29 D07 Tchigorin Defence
Piscopo, Pierluigi - Yevseev, Denis 1/2 31 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Kotronias, Vasilios - Cebalo, Miso 1-0 66 B78 Sicilian Modern Dragon
Ronchetti, Niccolo' - Zimina, Olga 0-1 40 B14 Caro Kann Panov
Franchini, Gabriele - Vocaturo, Daniele 0-1 41 B22 Sicilian Alapin
Round 3 (December 31, 2005)
Yevseev, Denis - Ronchetti, Niccolo' 1-0 27 D94 Gruenfeld Closed
Cebalo, Miso - Piscopo, Pierluigi 1-0 41 A45 Trompowsky
Zimina, Olga - Franchini, Gabriele 1-0 55 C10 French Rubinstein
Vocaturo, Daniele - Landa, Konstantin 0-1 43 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Fercec, Nenad - Kotronias, Vasilios 1/2 51 B67 Sicilian Rauzer
Round 4 (December 1, 2005)
Landa, Konstantin - Kotronias, Vasilios 1/2 13 C48 Four Knights Rubinstein
Piscopo, Pierluigi - Fercec, Nenad 1/2 14 B23 Sicilian Closed
Vocaturo, Daniele - Zimina, Olga 1-0 70 B10 Caro Kann
Ronchetti, Niccolo' - Cebalo, Miso 1/2 29 B76 Sicilian Modern Dragon
Franchini, Gabriele - Yevseev, Denis 0-1 40 B53 Sicilian Hungarian
Round 5 (December 2, 2005)
Yevseev, Denis - Vocaturo, Daniele 1-0 32 A21 English Opening
Cebalo, Miso - Franchini, Gabriele 1-0 32 A45 Trompowsky
Kotronias, Vasilios - Piscopo, Pierluigi 0-1 40 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Zimina, Olga - Landa, Konstantin 1/2 18 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Fercec, Nenad - Ronchetti, Niccolo' 1/2 41 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
The Hastings Chess Congress takes place 28th December 2005 to 6th
January 2006, with a weekend tournament on 7th-8th January 2006.
Official site: http://www.hastingschess.org.uk/
Leading Round 6 Pairings
Bd WHITE Result BLACK PIN
1 BELOV,Vladimir (4) - WILLIAMS,Simon (4) 1 14
2 NEVEROV,Valerij (4) - NEGI,Parimarjan (4) 3 26
3 LALIC,Bogdan (4) - HEBDEN,Mark (4) 11 7
4 PAVLOVIC,Milos (4) - HENDRIKS,Willy (4) 8 21
5 GUNNARSSON,Jon Viktor (3½) - ERENBURG,Sergey (3½) 19 2
6 BOBRAS,Piotr (3½) - GORDON,Stephen (3½) 4 20
7 ANSELL,Simon (3½) - GAGUNASHVILI,Merab (3½) 24 5
8 KUZUBOV,Yuriy (3½) - COLIN,Vincent (3½) 6 25
9 HOUSKA,Jovanka (3½) - LE ROUX,Jean-Pierre (3½) 27 9
10 MADSEN,Dag (3½) - PERT,Richard (3½) 32 15
11 RUDD,Jack (3½) - ZUDE,Erik (3½) 38 17
12 KRISTJANSSON,Stefan (3) - EAMES,Robert (3) 108 30
13 THOMPSON,Ian (3) - MCNAB,Colin (3) 33 13
14 GREET,Andrew (3) - ARNGRIMSSON,Dagur (3) 16 34
15 SCHOEN,Wolfram (3) - ZISKA,Helgi (3) 18 44
16 KOBESE,Watu (3) - WU,Li (3) 22 36
17 SPANTON,Timothy (3) - PROSVIRIAKOV,Vladimir (3) 87 23
18 SINGH,Gurpreet Pal (3) - MARUSENKO,Peter (3) 37 28
19 ASHTON,Adam (3) - RAYNER,Francis (3) 29 51
20 KHANTUEV,Alexander (2½) - CAPITAINE,Adriel (2½) 31 57
21 LEDGER,David (2½) - KOLAS,Tore (2½) 39 58
22 MANSSON,James (2½) - KARAPCHANSKI,Dimitar (2½) 69 40
23 BERGSSON,Snorri (2½) - MCGOWAN,Daniel (2½) 41 68
24 KJARTANSSON,Gudmundur (2½) - ALMOND,Richard (2½) 43 75
25 PEDERSEN,Jan Rode (2½) - VEA,Odin Blikra (2½) 45 77
26 NORINKEVICIUTE,Rasa (2½) - DUHAYON,Yves (2½) 81 47
27 JOHNSEN,Gunnar (2½) - TUCKER,Andrew (2½) 48 93
28 KWIATKOWSKI,Feliks (2½) - HEGARTY,Sarah (2½) 50 94
29 TAVOULARIS,Nicholas (2½) - FOORD,Dominic (2½) 52 103
30 ANDERTON,Matthew (2½) - NAKKEN,Roar (2½) 46 107
The First Individual Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina took place
in Brcko, December 16th-22nd, 2005. In accordance to decision of Chess Union of
BiH, the organizer of Championship, there were 6 players from BiH and 4 from
SCG.This Championship was won by GM Vukic Milan with a score of 7 points from 9
rounds. News: Sead Bicevic.
Further information:
http://www.sah.ba/bh/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=181
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1. Vukic, Milan g SCG 2467 * = = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 7.0 2644
2. Stojanovic, Dalibor m SCG 2459 = * = 1 0 1 1 1 = 1 6.5 2591
3. Savic, Miodrag R g SCG 2542 = = * 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2582
4. Bogut, Zeljko f BIH 2419 = 0 1 * 0 = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2509
5. Jakovljevic, Vlado m SCG 2385 0 1 = 1 * 0 = = = 1 5.0 2476
6. Runic, Zoran m BIH 2434 0 0 0 = 1 * 0 1 1 1 4.5 2428
7. Nurkic, Sahbaz m BIH 2426 0 0 0 0 = 1 * = 1 0 3.0 2304
8. Arapovic, Vitomir m BIH 2437 0 0 0 = = 0 = * = 1 3.0 2302
9. Goric, Esad m BIH 2357 = = 0 0 = 0 0 = * = 2.5 2270
10. Muratovic, Efim BIH 2361 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 = * 1.5 2163
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The 4th Ilijas Subasic Memorial took place in Zenica, a town in Central
Bosnia- Herzegovina. There were 10 players, 1 from TUR, 2 from SCG, 1 from SCG,
1 from RUS and 5 from BIH. This was the first tournament where GM Saut Atalik
and his wife WG Ekaterina Polovnikova from Russia competed against each other.
The winners were GM Dizdarevic Emir ahead GM Atalik, GM Savic Miodrag R and IM
Saric Ibro all with 6 pts (Dizdarevic had better Koya score). News: Sead
Bicevic.
Further information:
http://www.sah.ba/bh/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=177
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IV I Subasic Mem Zenica BIH (BIH), 19-22 xi 2005 cat. VII (2412)
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1. Dizdarevic, Emir g BIH 2509 * 1 = = = = = = 1 1 6.0 2526
2. Atalik, Suat g TUR 2620 0 * = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2513
3. Saric, Ibro m BIH 2441 = = * = = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2533
4. Savic, Miodrag R g SCG 2542 = = = * = 0 1 1 1 1 6.0 2522
5. Drasko, Milan g SCG 2528 = 0 = = * = 1 1 = 1 5.5 2479
6. Rezan, Sasa m CRO 2421 = = = 1 = * = 0 = = 4.5 2410
7. Muratovic, Enver f BIH 2248 = 0 = 0 0 = * 1 = = 3.5 2350
8. Polovnikova, Ekaterina wg RUS 2414 = = 0 0 0 1 0 * 0 1 3.0 2286
9. Terzic, Safet f BIH 2283 0 0 0 0 = = = 1 * = 3.0 2301
10. Radic, Bojan BIH 2113 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = * 1.5 2172
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The Xstrata Australian Championships and Australian Junior Championships
take place in Brisbane 28th December 2005 - 9th January 2006.
News, results and games at: http://www.ozchess2006.com
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1. Smerdon, David m AUS 2421 +26 = 2 + 6 + 7 = 5 . . . . . . 4.0 2700
2. Ftacnik, Lubomir g SVK 2612 +20 = 1 +15 = 4 +10 . . . . . . 4.0 2666
3. Lane, Gary W m AUS 2445 +27 +13 = 4 = 5 +11 . . . . . . 4.0 2596
4. Rogers, Ian g AUS 2556 +29 +11 = 3 = 2 + 8 . . . . . . 4.0 2662
5. Chandler, Murray G g ENG 2537 +23 +22 +14 = 3 = 1 . . . . . . 4.0 2516
6. Schmaltz, Roland g GER 2544 +16 = 8 - 1 +25 +15 . . . . . . 3.5 2480
7. Johansen, Darryl K g AUS 2462 =17 +19 = 8 - 1 +21 . . . . . . 3.0 2357
8. Solomon, Stephen J m AUS 2415 +25 = 6 = 7 +18 - 4 . . . . . . 3.0 2442
9. Xie, George Wendi f AUS 2340 =19 -10 =16 +23 +13 . . . . . . 3.0 2281
10. Wohl, Aleksandar H m AUS 2439 -18 + 9 +29 +14 - 2 . . . . . . 3.0 2352
11. Bjelobrk, Igor NZL 2399 +28 - 4 +23 +21 - 3 . . . . . . 3.0 2404
12. Canfell, Gregory f AUS 2354 -13 -24 +19 +29 +18 . . . . . . 3.0 2226
13. Moylan, Laura wm AUS 2112 +12 - 3 +22 =15 - 9 . . . . . . 2.5 2370
14. Obst, James AUS 2048 +21 +17 - 5 -10 =20 . . . . . . 2.5 2355
15. Zhao Zong-Yuan m AUS 2461 +24 +18 - 2 =13 - 6 . . . . . . 2.5 2327
16. Smirnov, Vladimir RUS 2235 - 6 =25 = 9 =22 +24 . . . . . . 2.5 2294
17. Caoili, Arianne wm AUS 2207 = 7 -14 -25 +28 +27 . . . . . . 2.5 2185
18. Ly, Moulthun AUS 2162 +10 -15 +20 - 8 -12 . . . . . . 2.0 2313
19. Song, Raymond AUS 2051 = 9 - 7 -12 +26 =22 . . . . . . 2.0 2239
20. Guthrie, Aaron f AUS 2257 - 2 +26 -18 =24 =14 . . . . . . 2.0 2163
21. Goldenberg, Igor f AUS 2335 -14 +27 +24 -11 - 7 . . . . . . 2.0 2187
22. Humphrey, Jonathan f AUS 2254 +30 - 5 -13 =16 =19 . . . . . . 2.0 2115
23. Dougherty, Michael f CAN 2212 - 5 +30 -11 - 9 +25 . . . . . . 2.0 2208
24. Lakner, Jay AUS 2207 -15 +12 -21 =20 -16 . . . . . . 1.5 2179
25. Pyke, Malcolm AUS 2126 - 8 =16 +17 - 6 -23 . . . . . . 1.5 2173
26. Bird, Andrew AUS 2146 - 1 -20 =30 -19 +29 . . . . . . 1.5 2045
27. Booth, Stewart AUS 2179 - 3 -21 =28 +30 -17 . . . . . . 1.5 2071
28. Wallis, Christopher AUS 2114 -11 -29 =27 -17 +30 . . . . . . 1.5 2056
29. Levi, Eddy f AUS 2241 - 4 +28 -10 -12 -26 . . . . . . 1.0 2081
30. Frame,Nigel TAS ---- -22 -23 =26 -27 -28 . . . . . . 0.5 1815
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The Czech Chess Christmas 2005 tournament took place in Litomysl CZE
26th December 2005 - 1 January 2006. Viacheslav Dydyshko won the event with
7.5/9.
Official site: http://www.a64.cz/
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1. Dydyshko, Viacheslav g BLR 2551 7,5 50,5 39,5 2287
2. Gajewski, Grzegorz m POL 2461 7,0 54,5 43,0 2313
3. Zeberski, Jakub POL 2384 7,0 50,5 39,0 2328
4. Manik, Mikulas m SVK 2474 7,0 49,0 38,0 2298
5. Bernasek, Jan m CZE 2440 6,5 54,0 42,0 2338
6. Vokac, Marek g CZE 2445 6,5 53,5 42,0 2321
7. Moldovan, Daniel m ROM 2425 6,5 51,0 39,5 2297
8. Zawadzki, Stanislaw m POL 2404 6,5 48,0 37,5 2219
9. Urbanec, Ladislav CZE 2260 6,0 54,0 42,5 2319
10. Biolek, Richard m CZE 2454 6,0 51,0 40,0 2298
11. Gumula, Daniel POL 2293 6,0 48,0 37,0 2248
12. Kanovsky, David CZE 2335 6,0 48,0 37,0 2219
13. Kulhanek, Tomas f CZE 2392 6,0 47,5 37,5 2248
14. Karlik, Vladimir f CZE 2293 6,0 47,0 37,0 2169
15. Luch, Michal m POL 2378 6,0 47,0 36,5 2154
16. Mejzlik, Ondrej CZE 2105 6,0 46,5 37,5 2159
17. Sabol, Marian CZE 2287 6,0 45,5 36,0 2232
18. Priehoda, Vitezslav m SVK 2404 6,0 44,5 35,5 2226
19. Cerveny, Martin CZE 2226 6,0 44,0 34,5 2150
111 players
The 26th International Bethune Open took place in the room Olof Palme,
Commercial centre La Rotonde, Bethune, France (Pas-de-Calais) December
26th-30th 2005. Andrei Shchekachev took clear first with 7.5/9. Games from the
final two rounds not yet available.
Further details: http://www.bethunechess.com
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Open A Bethune FRA (FRA), 26-30 xii 2005
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1. Shchekachev, Andrei g RUS 2564 7,5 43,5 2675
2. Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav g RUS 2566 7 46 2617
3. Solodovnichenko, Yuri m UKR 2494 6,5 44,5 2494
4. Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2574 6,5 43,5 2526
5. Hanley, Craig m ENG 2388 6,5 43 2516
6. Foisor, Ovidiu Doru m ROM 2392 6,5 43 2463
7. Simon, Olivier f FRA 2315 6,5 41,5 2463
8. Gharamian, Tigran m FRA 2416 6,5 41,5 2430
9. Feller, Sebastien f FRA 2303 6,5 41 2411
10. Draoui, Najib f MAR 2368 6,5 40,5 2363
11. Strugnell, Carl FRA 2154 6,5 38 2311
12. Vogel, Jaap f NED 2261 6,5 35 2292
13. Van der Weide, Karel g NED 2464 6 44,5 2477
14. Housieaux, David FRA 2305 6 41,5 2361
15. Stawiarski, Edmond FRA 2121 6 33,5 2199
16. Rouze, Xavier FRA 2061 6 33,5 2188
122 Players
The 21st Winter Open in Nice took place 26th-30th December 2005. Nenad
Sulava won the event on tie-break from Joseph Sanchez and Miroljub Lazic all
scoring 6/7. Games from the first three rounds only available.
Official site: http://echiquiernicois.free.fr
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1. Sulava, Nenad g CRO 2493 6 36,5 26,5 2670
2. Sanchez, Joseph m PHI 2435 6 33,5 23,5 2639
3. Lazic, Miroljub g SCG 2472 6 33 23,5 2505
4. Libiszewski, Fabien m FRA 2459 5,5 33 23 2449
5. Asanov, Timur m RUS 2402 5,5 33 22,5 2429
6. Vitoux, Colomban FRA 2264 5,5 32 23 2446
7. Leski, Marc m FRA 2415 5,5 31 22 2395
8. Bujisho, Benjamin m FRA 2386 5,5 30 22 2435
9. Dunis, Aurelien m FRA 2534 5 33,5 24,5 2443
10. Acher, Mathieu FRA 2354 5 33,5 23,5 2347
11. Midoux, Sebastien FRA 2298 5 30 21 2235
12. Zilberman, Polina wm MDA 2196 5 29 20 2299
13. Bes, Stephane FRA 2150 5 29 20 2234
14. Oliveira, Sancho FRA 2117 5 26 18 2197
15. Suarez Real, Alberto f ESP 2367 5 25,75 19 2238
16. Pantioukhine, Slava FRA 2034 5 24,5 18 2084
17. Noally, Thibault FRA 2023 5 22,5 16 2046
189 players
The 21st Post Open took place in Düsseldorf 26th-31st December
2005. Aleksa Berelovich won the event with 6.5/7. No games appear to be
available.
Official site:
http://www.post-sv-duesseldorf.de/schach/default.htm
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
1. Berelovich,Aleksa GM 2548 6.5 29.0 20.0
2. Hausrath,Daniel IM 2441 6.0 31.0 20.5
3. Rezasade,Amir 2191 6.0 30.0 20.5
4. Trella,Thomas 2196 6.0 28.0 18.5
5. Kolkin,Michail 2297 6.0 27.5 17.5
6. Orlov,Andrey IM 2438 5.5 30.0 20.0
7. Zahn,Richard 1992 5.5 29.5 20.0
8. Prudlo,Simon 2200 5.5 29.5 19.5
9. Savchenko,Vyaches 2356 5.5 28.0 19.0
10. Lupor,Andre 2219 5.5 28.0 19.0
11. Lemanczyk,Thomas 2235 5.5 27.5 18.0
12. Lelchuk,Zoya WGM 2304 5.5 26.5 17.5
13. Kohlweyer,Bernd IM 2372 5.5 25.5 17.0
14. Lupor,Stefan 2214 5.5 24.0 16.0
15. Malykin,Vitaly IM 2269 5.0 30.0 20.0
16. Bakhmatov,Eduard FM 2331 5.0 29.0 19.5
17. Peters,Alex 2053 5.0 27.5 18.5
17. Hess,Christian 2015 5.0 27.5 18.5
19. Meins,Gerlef IM 2427 5.0 27.5 18.0
19. Coenen,Michael 2013 5.0 27.5 18.0
21. Czybik,Nils Patri 1827 5.0 27.5 18.0
22. Wigger,Jochen 2194 5.0 27.0 18.0
23. Fehling,Michael 2167 5.0 26.0 17.5
24. Savchenko,Aleksij 1987 5.0 25.5 17.5
25. Bogorad,Michail 2158 5.0 25.5 16.0
26. Straub,Natalia WGM 2224 5.0 25.0 17.0
26. Müller,Frank 2018 5.0 25.0 17.0
28. Ciornei,Dragos 2114 5.0 24.0 16.0
29. Heinert,Eugen 2019 5.0 23.5 15.0
30. Mazurkiewicz,Kazi 1935 5.0 23.5 14.5
31. Kienitz,Andre 2067 5.0 23.0 15.0
32. Fehmer,Carsten 2020 5.0 22.0 15.0
33. Chan,Allan 1797 5.0 21.5 14.5
34. Ciaxz,Ralf 2068 5.0 21.0 13.5
232 players
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 1.5-0.5 in the final. I hope to get at
least some games.
Further details: http://www.pzszach.org.pl/
Tie-break results
13-20 Sveshnikov Evgeny Manik Malus 1/2
14-19 Deviatkin Adrei Zezulkin Jurij 1:0
15-18 Zawadzka Jolanta Grabarczyk Miros³aw 0:1
16-17 Wojtaszek Rados³aw Balogh Csaba 1:0
Group tournaments
Group 1 (1,8,9,16) 1 2 3 4 Score Place
1 Socko Bartosz X = = = 1,5 2
2 Zubov Alexander = X = 1 2 1
3 Macieja Bartlomiej = = X = 1,5 3
4 Manik Malus = 0 = X 1 4
Group 2 (2,7,10,15) 1 2 3 4 Score Place
1 Gyimesi Zoltan X = = 1 2 1
2 Ruck Robert = X = 1 2 2
3 Wojtaszek Radoslaw = = X 1 2 3
4 Markowski Tomasz 0 0 0 X 0 4
Group 3 (3,6,11,14) 1 2 3 4 Score Place
1 Grabarczyk Miroslaw X = = 0 1 3
2 Jaracz Pawel = X 0 = 1 4
3 Korchnoi Wiktor = 1 X 1 2,5 1
4 Rustemov Alexander 1 = 0 X 1,5 2
Group 4 (4,5,13,14) 1 2 3 4 Score Place
1 Malaniuk Vladimir X 1 = = 2 1
2 Deviatkin Andrei 0 X = 1 1,5 3
3 Jussupov Artur = = X 0 1 4
4 Movsesian Sergei = 0 1 X 1,5 2
Semifinal I-IV 1 2 S T1 S
Zubov Alexander = = 1 0 1
Malaniuk Vladimir = = 1 1 2
Semifinal II-III 1 2 S T1 S
Gyimesi Zoltan 1 = 1,5 1,5
Korchnoi Wiktor 0 = 0,5 0,5
Final 1 2 S T1 S
Malaniuk Vladimir = 0 0,5 0,5
Gyimesi Zoltan = 1 1,5 1,5
Match for 3rd Place 1 2 S T1 S
Zubov Alexander 1 = 1,5 1,5
Korchnoi Wiktor 0 = 0,5 0,5
Places 5-8 1 2 3 4 Score Place
1 Movsesian Sergei X 0 = 0 0,5 8
2 Socko Bartosz 1 X 0 1 2 6
3 Rustemov Alexander = 1 X = 2 5
4 Ruck Robert 1 0 = X 1,5 7
Places 9-12 1 2 3 4 Score Place
1 Macieja Bartlomiej X 1 = = 2 9
2 Wojtaszek Radoslaw 0 X 1 = 1,5 11
3 Deviatkin Andrei = 0 X 0 0,5 12
4 Grabarczyk Miroslaw = = 1 X 2 10
Places 13-16 1 2 3 4 Score Place
1 Markowski Tomasz X = = 1 2 14
2 Jaracz Pawel = X 0 = 1 15
3 Jussupov Artur = 1 X 1 2,5 13
4 Manik Malus 0 = 0 X 0,5 16
The IV Memorial Pereyra Puebla took place in Mendoza 16th-22nd December
2005. Alfredo Giaccio won with 7.5/9. Some additional games available.
Official site:
http://www.ajedrez.ucongreso.edu.ar/presentacion.php
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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
The 35th Rilton Cup takes place 27th December 2005 - 5th January
2006.
Official site:
http://www.stockholmschack.nu/rilton/rc_index.htm
Leading Round 6 Standings:
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1 Rozentalis, Eduardas LTU 2585 gm 5 12347 18.5
2 Johannessen, Leif Erlend NOR 2564 2616 gm 5 12203 19.0
3 Nybäck, Tomi FIN 2563 2604 gm 5 12142 18.5
4 Ivanov, Sergey RUS 2538 2624 gm 5 12134 18.5
5 Fontaine, Robert FRA 2507 gm 5 12012 18.5
6 Karlsson, Lars SWE 2501 2601 gm 5 11946 18.5
7 Rodshtein, Maxim ISR 2457 im 5 11811 17.0
8 Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel ESP 2401 2495 gm 5 11283 16.0
9 Miezis, Normunds LAT 2469 gm 5 11118 15.0
10 Postny, Evgeny ISR 2571 gm 4.5 12156 17.5
11 Kurnosov, Igor RUS 2523 gm 4.5 12139 18.0
12 Cramling, Pia SWE 2492 2588 gm 4.5 11949 17.5
13 Cicak, Slavko SWE 2496 2536 gm 4.5 11922 17.0
14 Olsson, Linus SWE 2354 2439 fm 4.5 11609 16.5
15 Iordachescu, Viorel MDA 2583 gm 4 0 17.5
Berg, Emanuel SWE 2540 2632 gm 4 0 17.5
17 Nithander, Victor SWE 2243 2317 4 0 16.5
18 Khmelniker, Ilya ISR 2430 im 4 0 16.0
Lindberg, Bengt SWE 2420 2478 im 4 0 16.0
Ask, Josef SWE 2236 2246 4 0 16.0
21 Brynell, Stellan SWE 2496 2623 gm 4 0 15.5
22 Jaracz, Pavel POL 2492 gm 4 0 15.0
Willemze, Thomas NED 2363 4 0 15.0
24 Bérczes, David HUN 2475 im 4 0 14.5
Kolbus, Dietmar GER 2413 im 4 0 14.5
26 Hillarp Persson, Tiger SWE 2534 2591 gm 4 0 14.0
Eriksson, Jonas SWE 2285 2366 fm 4 0 14.0
28 Gagarin, Vasilij RUS 2422 im 4 0 13.5
29 Stokke, Kjetil NOR 2293 4 0 13.0
30 Sisättö, Olli FIN 2250 4 0 12.5
31 Furhoff, Johan SWE 2354 2401 fm 4 0 12.0
Nouro, Mikael FIN 2349 im 4 0 12.0
Marttala, Thomas SWE 2269 2307 4 0 12.0
Lindberg, Henrik SWE 2239 2293 4 0 12.0
126 players
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
14th Donau Open
The 14th Donau Open took place 26th-31st December 2005. I couldn't get
the official site: http://www.aschach.info/schach/english.htm
to work correctly.
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
TWIC Messageboard
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