THE WEEK IN CHESS 584 16th January 2006 by Mark Crowther
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Corus Wijk aan Zee 63 games
Australian Championships 15 games
Verona Open 186 games
Bad Zwesten Open 660 games
13th I Stepichev Mem 54 games
4th I Platonov Memorial 45 games
Keres Memorial Rapid 20 games
19th Fulprint York Congress 4 games
1047 games
My thanks to Marcus Perryman, Richard Palliser, Andy McFarland, Thomas
Henrich, Miklos Orso, Eugeny Atarov, Nigel Freeman, Michiel Abeln, Ian Rogers,
David Cohen, Harold Corke, Adolivio Capece, Ian Murray, Vretenar Denis, Jeroen
van den Berg and everyone else who helped with the issue.
I love the Wijk aan Zee tournaments. Sure the organisers probably have
the biggest budget, but they really know what to do with it. Almost all the
available top 10 players are competing along with a nice mixture of others.
This kind of event is why I started doing this job.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Corus tournament in Wijk aan Zee takes place January 14th-29th
2006.
The early rounds of the Corus tournament in Wijk aan Zee suggest it
could turn out to be a classic. At the top of the standings are pre-event
favourites Viswanathan Anand on 2.5/3, Veselin Topalov and the mercurial talent
of Vassily Ivanchuk. The organisers have assembled a field with a variety of
styles and openings so I expect the early action to continue throughout the
event.
Official site:http://www.coruschess.com/
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Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), 14-29 i 2006 cat. XIX (2716)
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1. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2792 * . 1 . . . . . . 1 = . . . 2.5 2986
2. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2801 . * . 0 . . . 1 . . . . . 1 2.0 2828
3. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2729 0 . * . . . . . . . 1 1 . . 2.0 2869
4. Adams, Michael g ENG 2707 . 1 . * 0 . . . . . . . = . 1.5 2731
5. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2723 . . . 1 * . = . . . . . . 0 1.5 2711
6. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2709 . . . . . * . = = . . = . . 1.5 2684
7. Leko, Peter g HUN 2740 . . . . = . * . . = = . . . 1.5 2711
8. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2717 . 0 . . . = . * . . . . 1 . 1.5 2726
9. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2647 . . . . . = . . * . . = = . 1.5 2689
10. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2660 0 . . . . . = . . * . . . 1 1.5 2739
11. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2752 = . 0 . . . = . . . * . . . 1.0 2628
12. Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2689 . . 0 . . = . . = . . * . . 1.0 2570
13. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2669 . . . = . . . 0 = . . . * . 1.0 2565
14. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2686 . 0 . . 1 . . . . 0 . . . * 1.0 2603
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Round 1 (January 14, 2006)
Topalov, Veselin - Kamsky, Gata 1-0 25 B01 Centre Counter
Gelfand, Boris - Leko, Peter 1/2 37 E06 Catalan
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Bacrot, Etienne 1/2 24 D20 QGA
Van Wely, Loek - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 41 D18 Slav Defence
Karjakin, Sergey - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 37 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Aronian, Levon - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 45 E60 King's Indian without Nc3
Tiviakov, Sergei - Adams, Michael 1/2 72 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Round 2 (January 15, 2006)
Anand, Viswanathan - Aronian, Levon 1/2 66 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Adams, Michael - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 42 B85 Sicilian Scheveningen
Leko, Peter - Karjakin, Sergey 1/2 29 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Bacrot, Etienne - Tiviakov, Sergei 1-0 41 B37 Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Van Wely, Loek - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1/2 49 E91 King's Indian Classical
Sokolov, Ivan - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 73 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Kamsky, Gata - Gelfand, Boris 1-0 41 D17 Slav Defence
Round 3 (January 16, 2006)
Topalov, Veselin - Bacrot, Etienne 1-0 44 C42 Petroff's Defence
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 28 A34 English Symmetrical
Gelfand, Boris - Adams, Michael 1-0 39 E09 Catalan
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 26 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Karjakin, Sergey - Kamsky, Gata 1-0 32 B42 Sicilian Paulsen
Aronian, Levon - Leko, Peter 1/2 31 E15 Queens Indian
Tiviakov, Sergei - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 25 B22 Sicilian Alapin
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Corus B Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), 14-29 i 2006 cat. XV (2602)
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1. Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2657 * . . . . . 1 . . 1 . . . 1 3.0
2. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2625 . * . . . . . = 1 . . . 1 . 2.5 2844
3. Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA 2633 . . * . . . . 1 . = . . . 1 2.5 2877
4. Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2646 . . . * . . . . = . . 1 1 . 2.5 2806
5. Navara, David g CZE 2660 . . . . * . . = . . . . 1 1 2.5 2852
6. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2638 . . . . . * . . = . 1 = . . 2.0 2683
7. Koneru, Humpy g IND 2537 0 . . . . . * . . = 1 . . . 1.5 2636
8. Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2614 . = 0 . = . . * . . . . . . 1.0 2514
9. L'Ami, Erwin m NED 2550 . 0 . = . = . . * . . . . . 1.0 2511
10. Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2626 0 . = . . . = . . * . . . . 1.0 2484
11. Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2625 . . . . . 0 0 . . . * 1 . . 1.0 2433
12. Lahno, Kateryna m UKR 2500 . . . 0 . = . . . . 0 * . . 0.5 2363
13. Smeets, Jan g NED 2550 . 0 . 0 0 . . . . . . . * . 0.0
14. Stellwagen, Daniel g NED 2573 0 . 0 . 0 . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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Round 1 (January 14, 2006)
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Stellwagen, Daniel 1-0 35 C12 French MacCutcheon
Carlsen, Magnus - L'Ami, Erwin 1-0 37 C91 Ruy Lopez
Vescovi, Giovanni - Jobava, Baadur 1-0 49 A70 Benoni
Almasi, Zoltan - Lahno, Kateryna 1-0 37 E63 King's Indian 6...Nc6
Navara, David - Smeets, Jan 1-0 43 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Motylev, Alexander - Cheparinov, Ivan 1-0 42 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Beliavsky, Alexander G - Koneru, Humpy 1/2 60 D36 QGD Exchange
Round 2 (January 15, 2006)
Koneru, Humpy - Cheparinov, Ivan 1-0 47 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Jobava, Baadur - Navara, David 1/2 54 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
L'Ami, Erwin - Almasi, Zoltan 1/2 61 E20 Nimzo Indian
Beliavsky, Alexander G - Naiditsch, Arkadij 0-1 39 E15 Queens Indian
Lahno, Kateryna - Motylev, Alexander 1/2 31 B63 Sicilian Rauzer
Smeets, Jan - Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 43 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Stellwagen, Daniel - Vescovi, Giovanni 0-1 45 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Round 3 (January 16, 2006)
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Koneru, Humpy 1-0 33 B42 Sicilian Paulsen
Carlsen, Magnus - Jobava, Baadur 1/2 50 E04 Catalan
Vescovi, Giovanni - Beliavsky, Alexander G 1/2 41 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Almasi, Zoltan - Smeets, Jan 1-0 41 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Navara, David - Stellwagen, Daniel 1-0 59 C06 French Tarrasch
Motylev, Alexander - L'Ami, Erwin 1/2 13 C48 Four Knights Rubinstein
Cheparinov, Ivan - Lahno, Kateryna 1-0 39 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
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Corus C Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), 14-29 i 2006 cat. IX (2458)
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1. Atalik, Suat g TUR 2618 * . . . . . 1 . . . 1 . . 1 3.0
2. Werle, Jan m NED 2514 . * . . = . = . . . . . . 1 2.0 2521
3. Hopman, Pieter NED 2332 . . * . . . . . . 1 0 . 1 . 2.0 2587
4. Van der Wiel, John g NED 2505 . . . * . = . . . . . = 1 . 2.0 2565
5. Bischoff, Klaus g GER 2560 . = . . * . . 0 1 . . . . . 1.5 2475
6. Visser, Yge m NED 2485 . . . = . * . 1 0 . . . . . 1.5 2472
7. Bensdorp, Marlies wm NED 2230 0 = . . . . * . . . 1 . . . 1.5 2558
8. Marcelin, Cyril g FRA 2441 . . . . 1 0 . * . . . = . . 1.5 2503
9. Jonkman, Harmen g NED 2470 . . . . 0 1 . . * . . . . = 1.5 2481
10. Adly, Ahmed g EGY 2473 . . 0 . . . . . . * . 1 = . 1.5 2389
11. Li Shilong g CHN 2543 0 . 1 . . . 0 . . . * . . . 1.0 2268
12. Van der Weide, Karel g NED 2466 . . . = . . . = . 0 . * . . 1.0 2348
13. Afek, Yochanan m ISR 2370 . . 0 0 . . . . . = . . * . 0.5 2163
14. Atalik, Ekaterina wg TUR 2399 0 0 . . . . . . = . . . . * 0.5 2261
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Round 1 (January 14, 2006)
Atalik, Suat - Atalik, Ekaterina 1-0 31 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Werle, Jan - Bischoff, Klaus 1/2 48 D26 QGA
Van der Wiel, John - Afek, Yochanan 1-0 47 B29 Sicilian Defence
Bensdorp, Marlies - Li Shilong 1-0 96 A44 Old Benoni
Marcelin, Cyril - Van der Weide, Karel 1/2 16 D03 Queen's Pawn Game
Jonkman, Harmen - Visser, Yge 1-0 34 C02 French Advance
Adly, Ahmed - Hopman, Pieter 0-1 45 A41 Modern Defence
Round 2 (January 15, 2006)
Bischoff, Klaus - Jonkman, Harmen 1-0 64 D35 QGD Exchange
Visser, Yge - Marcelin, Cyril 1-0 37 B25 Sicilian Closed
Bensdorp, Marlies - Atalik, Suat 0-1 39 E11 Bogo Indian Defence
Li Shilong - Hopman, Pieter 1-0 33 C41 Philidor's Defence
Van der Weide, Karel - Van der Wiel, John 1/2 15 C45 Scotch Game
Afek, Yochanan - Adly, Ahmed 1/2 50 B22 Sicilian Alapin
Atalik, Ekaterina - Werle, Jan 0-1 36 E05 Catalan
Round 3 (January 16, 2006)
Atalik, Suat - Li Shilong 1-0 41 D38 QGD Ragozin
Werle, Jan - Bensdorp, Marlies 1/2 60 D19 Slav Defence
Hopman, Pieter - Afek, Yochanan 1-0 27 E70 King's Indian Fianchetto
Van der Wiel, John - Visser, Yge 1/2 24 C07 French Tarrasch
Marcelin, Cyril - Bischoff, Klaus 1-0 49 D36 QGD Exchange
Jonkman, Harmen - Atalik, Ekaterina 1/2 20 C42 Petroff's Defence
Adly, Ahmed - Van der Weide, Karel 1-0 64 D76 Gruenfeld 3.g3
The Xstrata Australian Championships and Australian Junior Championships
took place in Brisbane 28th December 2005 - 9th January 2006. Ian Rogers took
the main title with 9/11 a point clear of Smerdon and Chandler. Final round
game not yet available.
News, results and games at: http://www.ozchess2006.com
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Xstrata ch-AUS 2006 Brisbane AUS (AUS), 5 xii 2005 - 9 i 2006
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1. Rogers, Ian g AUS 2556 +30 +15 = 6 = 5 + 8 = 2 + 3 + 4 =16 + 9 +10 9.0 2677
2. Smerdon, David m AUS 2421 +23 = 5 + 4 + 9 = 3 = 1 + 6 +13 = 8 +16 - 7 8.0 2614
3. Chandler, Murray G g ENG 2537 +28 +17 +26 = 6 = 2 + 5 - 1 +11 = 4 +20 = 8 8.0 2567
4. Schmaltz, Roland g GER 2544 +14 = 8 - 2 +21 +11 + 6 =13 - 1 = 3 + 5 +16 7.5 2550
5. Ftacnik, Lubomir g SVK 2612 +18 = 2 +11 = 1 +16 - 3 = 9 +15 = 6 - 4 +13 7.0 2543
6. Lane, Gary W m AUS 2445 +24 +19 = 1 = 3 +15 - 4 - 2 +20 = 5 =13 +14 7.0 2491
7. Goldenberg, Igor f AUS 2335 -26 +24 +25 -15 - 9 =12 +23 +17 =13 = 8 + 2 6.5 2340
8. Solomon, Stephen J m AUS 2415 +21 = 4 = 9 +12 - 1 -13 =14 +18 = 2 = 7 = 3 6.0 2397
9. Johansen, Darryl K g AUS 2462 =27 +10 = 8 - 2 + 7 =15 = 5 =14 =11 - 1 +20 6.0 2403
10. Song, Raymond AUS 2051 =13 - 9 -20 +23 =17 +25 +19 -16 +22 +12 - 1 6.0 2322
11. Zhao Zong-Yuan m AUS 2461 +25 +12 - 5 =19 - 4 +26 =20 - 3 = 9 =14 +21 6.0 2345
12. Ly, Moulthun AUS 2162 +16 -11 +18 - 8 -20 = 7 +27 +26 =14 -10 +24 6.0 2307
13. Xie, George Wendi f AUS 2340 =10 -16 =14 +28 +19 + 8 = 4 - 2 = 7 = 6 - 5 5.5 2347
14. Smirnov, Vladimir RUS 2235 - 4 =21 =13 =17 +25 +19 = 8 = 9 =12 =11 - 6 5.5 2320
15. Bjelobrk, Igor NZL 2399 +22 - 1 +28 + 7 - 6 = 9 =16 - 5 -20 +27 =17 5.5 2362
16. Wohl, Aleksandar H m AUS 2439 -12 +13 +30 +26 - 5 =20 =15 +10 = 1 - 2 - 4 5.5 2338
17. Humphrey, Jonathan f AUS 2254 +29 - 3 -19 =14 =10 +27 =18 - 7 +24 =21 =15 5.5 2221
18. Guthrie, Aaron f AUS 2257 - 5 +23 -12 =25 =26 +28 =17 - 8 -21 +29 +27 5.5 2217
19. Moylan, Laura wm AUS 2112 +20 - 6 +17 =11 -13 -14 -10 =24 =27 +31 +29 5.5 2229
20. Canfell, Gregory f AUS 2354 -19 -25 +10 +30 +12 =16 =11 - 6 +15 - 3 - 9 5.0 2283
21. Pyke, Malcolm AUS 2126 - 8 =14 +27 - 4 -28 =24 =26 +23 +18 =17 -11 5.0 2232
22. Wallis, Christopher AUS 2114 -15 -30 =24 -27 +29 -23 +31 +25 -10 =28 +26 5.0 2117
23. Bird, Andrew AUS 2146 - 2 -18 =29 -10 +30 +22 - 7 -21 +31 +26 =28 5.0 2128
24. Booth, Stewart AUS 2179 - 6 - 7 =22 +29 -27 =21 +28 =19 -17 +25 -12 4.5 2132
25. Lakner, Jay AUS 2207 -11 +20 - 7 =18 -14 -10 +29 -22 +28 -24 +31 4.5 2134
26. Obst, James AUS 2048 + 7 +27 - 3 -16 =18 -11 =21 -12 +29 -23 -22 4.0 2151
27. Caoili, Arianne wm AUS 2207 = 9 -26 -21 +22 +24 -17 -12 +29 =19 -15 -18 4.0 2090
28. Dougherty, Michael f CAN 2212 - 3 +29 -15 -13 +21 -18 -24 +31 -25 =22 =23 4.0 2107
29. Frame,Nigel TAS ---- -17 -28 =23 -24 -22 +31 -25 -27 -26 -18 -19 1.5 1848
30. Levi, Eddy f AUS 2241 - 1 +22 -16 -20 -23 . . . . . . 1.0 2081
31. BYE ---- . . . . . -29 -22 -28 -23 -19 -25 0.0
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The Verona Open took place January 2nd-9th 2005. IM Milan Mrdja won with
7/9 and also got a GM norm at the age of 51 years old. The young Italian Sabino
Brunello (in the 'B' Italian team at Olympiads in Turin) got his last IM norm.
Official site: http://www.arroccoclub.it
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Open Verona ITA (ITA), 2-9 i 2006
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1 Mrdja, Milan IM CRO 2332 7 2653 2433
2 Stojanovic, Mihajlo IM SCG 2532 6,5 2575 2409
3 Rowson, Jonathan GM SCO 2599 6 2528 2403
4 Godena, Michele GM ITA 2505 6 2520 2395
5 Shytaj, Luca FM ITA 2425 6 2492 2367
6 Skembris, Spyridon GM GRE 2451 6 2472 2347
7 Lazic, Miroljub GM SCG 2466 6 2469 2344
8 Brunello, Sabino FM ITA 2301 5,5 2462 2382
9 Ivanov, Mikhail M GM RUS 2447 5,5 2448 2368
10 Arlandi, Ennio IM ITA 2458 5,5 2415 2335
11 Guido, Flavio FM ITA 2305 5,5 2401 2321
12 Rotstein, Arkadij GM GER 2520 5,5 2356 2276
13 Lettieri, Giuseppe ITA 2260 5 2401 2358
14 Rombaldoni, Denis FM ITA 2292 5 2400 2357
15 Caruso, Augusto ITA 2232 5 2389 2346
16 Borgo, Giulio IM ITA 2418 5 2379 2336
17 Calzetta, Monica WGM ESP 2314 5 2339 2296
18 Scharrer, Patrick ITA 2179 5 2330 2287
19 Dvirnyy, Daniyyl ITA 2265 5 2327 2284
20 Estremera Panos, Sergio IM ESP 2361 4,5 2328 2328
21 Trabert, Bettina WGM GER 2276 4,5 2267 2267
22 Rombaldoni, Axel ITA 2123 4,5 2260 2260
23 Gourlay, Iain FM SCO 2363 4,5 2238 2238
24 Popa, Florin ITA 2206 4,5 2231 2231
25 Luciani, Valerio ITA 2249 4,5 2229 2229
26 Naumkin, Igor GM RUS 2456 4 2205 2248
27 De Santis, Alessio FM ITA 2373 4 2179 2222
28 Bertani, Gianfranco ITA 2116 4 2161 2204
29 Facchetti, Gianni ITA 2131 4 2156 2199
30 Frigieri, Fabrizio ITA 2096 4 2099 2142
31 Astengo, Corrado ITA 2121 3,5 2176 2256
32 Barberi, Alessandro ITA 2113 3,5 2170 2250
33 Kafka, Graeme SCO 2135 3,5 2112 2192
34 Capitelli, Paolo ITA 2158 3,5 2110 2190
35 Miatello, Alberto ITA 2077 3,5 2104 2184
36 Vianello, Enrico ITA 2087 3 2086 2173
37 Opacic, Aleksandar ITA 2104 3 2051 2176
38 Fuggetta, Leonardo ITA 2069 3 2008 2133
39 Danieli, Enrico ITA 2164 2,5 2006 2147
40 Sciortino, Massimo ITA 2260 2,5 1914 2165
41 Gallo, Enrico ITA 2103 2 1954 2147
42 Chierici, Marianna ITA 1934 1,5 1878 2151
The Bad Zwesten Open took place 2nd-8th January 2006. Christian Bauer
and Eric Van den Doel leads with 7.5/9.
Official site: http://www.schach-in-nordhessen.de/
and games http://www.chessmix.com
Leading Final Round 9 Standings
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10th Open Bad Zwesten GER (GER), 2-8 i 2006
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Nr. Players ELO Pts PktS Buch
1. Bauer,Christian 2627 7.5 39.5 55.5
2. van den Doel,Eri 2571 7.5 38.0 53.0
3. Bischoff,Klaus 2560 7.0 36.0 50.5
4. Luther,Thomas 2569 7.0 35.0 48.5
5. Mainka,Romuald 2457 6.5 37.5 56.0
6. Shneider,Aleksan 2529 6.5 37.5 55.5
7. Graf,Alexander 2604 6.5 37.5 55.0
8. Gutman,Lev 2465 6.5 36.5 53.0
9. Braun,Arik 2491 6.5 36.5 51.5
10. Thinius,Marco 2343 6.5 33.5 51.0
11. Andersson,Ulf 2562 6.5 32.5 47.0
12. Donchenko,Anatol 2446 6.0 35.0 51.5
13. Philippe,Christo 2380 6.0 35.0 51.5
14. Baramidze,David 2554 6.0 34.5 52.0
15. Reschke,Stefan 2358 6.0 34.5 52.0
16. Sobolevski,Leoni 2344 6.0 33.0 50.0
17. Koscielski,Janus 2339 6.0 33.0 45.0
18. Kersten,Uwe 2316 6.0 32.0 50.5
19. Hetey,Laszlo 2322 6.0 32.0 50.0
20. Grooten,Herman 2365 6.0 32.0 47.5
21. Helstroffer,Arna 2296 6.0 30.0 46.5
22. Mensch,Etienne 2336 6.0 30.0 42.5
23. Siebrecht,Sebast 2429 6.0 29.5 41.0
24. Kummerow,Heiko 2282 6.0 29.0 47.5
25. Bäumler,Ilja 2225 6.0 27.5 44.0
147 players
The 13th I Stepichev Memorial takes place 8th-17th January 2006.
Official site: http://ukrchess.org.ua/turnir/t078.html
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13th I.Stepichev Mem Kyiv UKR (UKR), 8-17 i 2006 cat. II (2284)
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1. Nikolaev, Leonid UKR 2314 * = = = 1 = . = 1 1 . = 6.0 2397
2. Semenov, Dmitri UKR 2342 = * 1 = . . = = 0 1 1 1 6.0 2386
3. Golichenko, Ilija UKR 2277 = 0 * = 0 1 1 = 1 . 1 . 5.5 2400
4. Kruglyakov, Pavlo UKR 2238 = = = * 1 . = = 0 . 1 1 5.5 2379
5. Kernazhitsky, Leonid m UKR 2355 0 . 1 0 * = = 1 1 = . 1 5.5 2357
6. Perun, Sergey m UKR 2355 = . 0 . = * = = 1 1 1 = 5.5 2354
7. Kosikov, Alexey I UKR 2427 . = 0 = = = * = . = 1 1 5.0 2297
8. Grinev, Valeriy UKR 2258 = = = = 0 = = * . = = . 4.0 2250
9. Gordenko, Dmitry UKR 2375 0 1 0 1 0 0 . . * 0 = 1 3.5 2181
10. Melnichuk, Mikhail UKR 2118 0 0 . . = 0 = = 1 * 0 = 3.0 2183
11. Baryshpolets, Andrey UKR 2218 . 0 0 0 . 0 0 = = 1 * = 2.5 2114
12. Kosikov, Andrey UKR 2132 = 0 . 0 0 = 0 . 0 = = * 2.0 2084
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The 4th I Platonov Memorial took place in Kyiv Ukraine, 8th-15th January
2006. Vladimir Sergeev won the event with 6.5/9.
Time limit: 90 minutes till the end of the game for each player with
the addition of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1.
Official site: http://ukrchess.org.ua/turnir/t077e.html
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4th I.Platonov Mem Kyiv UKR (UKR), 8-15 i 2006 cat. VIII (2440)
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1. Sergeev, Vladimir m UKR 2434 * = = 1 1 1 = 0 1 1 6.5 2606
2. Vysochin, Spartak g UKR 2551 = * 1 = = 0 = 1 1 = 5.5 2507
3. Kruppa, Yuri g UKR 2541 = 0 * = = = 1 1 = 1 5.5 2508
4. Shishkin, Vadim UKR m UKR 2545 0 = = * = 1 0 1 1 1 5.5 2508
5. Pavlov, Sergey UKR 2453 0 = = = * = = 1 1 0 4.5 2438
6. Vedmediuc, Serghei f MDA 2348 0 1 = 0 = * = = 0 1 4.0 2407
7. Galinsky, Timofey m UKR 2426 = = 0 1 = = * 0 0 = 3.5 2361
8. Lutsko, Igor g BLR 2487 1 0 0 0 0 = 1 * 1 0 3.5 2354
9. Moliboga, V RUS 2322 0 0 = 0 0 1 1 0 * 1 3.5 2373
10. Matorin, Evgeny m RUS 2294 0 = 0 0 1 0 = 1 0 * 3.0 2331
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The Keres Memorial Rapid took place in Tallinn, Estonia 6th-9th January
2006. Vassily Ivanchuk, Anatoly Karpov and Rustam Kasimdzhanov finished on 7/9.
Alexei Shirov had a disaster finishing on 0.5/9. Games from round 6 not
complete. I've added the games from the women's event, rounds 4 and 5 are
missing.
Further details:
http://www.maleliit.ee/turniirid/arhiiv/2006/kalev/index.php?act=10⟨=eng,
http://www.moldesjakk.net and Live
Coverage: http://www.kabeliit.ee/HTML/1/tfd.htm
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Keres Mem Rapid Tallinn EST (EST), 7-8 i 2006 cat. XIV (2592)
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1. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2748 * = = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 7.0 2794
2. Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2672 = * = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2803
3. Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2670 = = * = = 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2803
4. Berg, Emanuel g SWE 2540 = 0 = * = = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2677
5. Kosyrev, Vladimir g RUS 2530 0 = = = * = = = = 1 4.5 2598
6. Vitiugov, Nikita RUS 2538 0 = 0 = = * = = 1 1 4.5 2597
7. Yemelin, Vasily g RUS 2529 0 0 0 0 = = * 1 1 1 4.0 2555
8. Liiva, Riho m EST 2411 0 0 0 = = = 0 * 1 1 3.5 2532
9. Agrest, Evgenij g SWE 2571 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 * = 1.5 2321
10. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2710 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = * 0.5 2134
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Keres Mem Rapid Women Tallinn EST (EST), 7-8 i 2006cat. III (2322)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1. Berzina, Ilze wm LAT 2280 * = = 1 1 1 = 1 5.5 2557
2. Cramling, Pia g SWE 2492 = * = = 1 0 1 1 4.5 2399
3. Golubenko, Valentina wf EST 2148 = = * 0 = 1 1 1 4.5 2448
4. Cmilyte, Viktorija m LTU 2480 0 = 1 * = 1 0 1 4.0 2349
5. Grabuzova, Tatiana wg RUS 2332 0 0 = = * = 1 = 3.0 2270
6. Ciuksyte, Dagne wg LTU 2370 0 1 0 0 = * 1 0 2.5 2213
7. Tsiganova, Monika wm EST 2282 = 0 0 1 0 0 * = 2.0 2169
8. Fomina, Tatyana wm EST 2191 0 0 0 0 = 1 = * 2.0 2182
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19th Fulprint York Congress 6th-8th January 2006.
The new-year York congress remains an established and popular fixture
in the northern chess calendar. This year's event, generously sponsored by
Fulprint, attacted 234 players to the pleasant surroundings of the University
of York. The Open section was led by the top seed, local IM Richard Palliser,
who scored 4½ points from five rounds, ahead of Peter Shaw, Jonathan
Hawkins, Martin Mitchell and David Adams. The qualifying place at the next
British Championships was won by Peter Shaw of Wakefield.
The York congress uniquely offers prizes based on game points scored.
This year no-one claimed the £250 offered for scoring five wins. The next
prizes of £150 for scoring 4½ were claimed by Richard Palliser,
Antonio Moneva-Jordan (major section), Stephen Crow and Richard Desmedt
(intermediate) and by Gerry Whitehead in the minor section. Twenty-one players
earned £50 for scores of 4/5 and sixteen further grading and junior
awards brought the prize fund to £2,290. News: Jon Griffith.
Prizewinners:
Open Section 42 players, 5 rounds
4½ Richard Palliser York £150
4 Peter Shaw Wakefield £50
4 Jonathan Hawkins Durham £50
4 Martin Mitchell Berwick £50
4 David Adams York £50
3½ Martin Carpenter York £35
3 John Garnett Teeside £35
2½ Andrew Wainwright Bradford £30
Major Section, 52 players graded 160 and under:
4½ Antonio Moneva-Jordan Tynemouth £150
4 Michael Round Leeds £50
4 Joseph Melia Leeds £50
4 John Milnes Bradford £50
4 James Carpenter York £50
3½ Robert Dean Pudsey £50
3 Leslie Wells Harrogate £50
2½ Kyle Kinnie Darlington £50
Inter Section, 65 players graded 130 and under
4½ Stephen Crow Beverley £150
4½ Richard Desmedt Barnsley £150
4 Carl Gartside Derby £50
4 Stephen Ormerod Darlington £50
4 Philip Bentley Hull £50
4 Jim Wiseman Liverpool £50
3½ Toby Thurgood Nottingham £30
3 Anjali Lakhani Long Eaton £30
2½ Dierrick Davies Harrogate £30
Minor Section, 75 players graded 100 and under,
4½ Gerry Whitehead Salford £150
4 I D Strickland Leeds £50
4 Richard Gavin Oldham £50
4 Ranyl Hughes Harrogate £50
4 Colin Cartlidge Leeds £50
4 Dave Colledge Halifax £50
4 Carl Stevens Leeds £50
4 Eric McKenna Sheffield £50
4 Peter Young Salford £50
4 John Wynne York £50
3½ Kennet Parkin Nelson £30
3 Vince Skillcorn Teeside £30
2½ Pierre Weller York £30
2½ Paul May Leeds £30
3 Jade Stirrup Oldham
Total 4 sections, 5 rounds standardplay,
234 players, 42 prizewinners, £2,290 prizes
WIM Natalia Khoudgarian won the 12th Canadian Women's Championship on a
playoff tiebreaker over WFM Dina Kagramanov. After 10 years as Canada's top
ranked female chess player, this is her first Championship win. (She will be
the FIDE zone representative at the 2006 FIDE Women's World Championship) News:
David Cohen.
Further details: http://www.chess.ca/xtable.asp?TNum=200601036
and http://www.chessontario.com/2006%20Canadian%20Women.htm
2006 Canadian Women Championship
# Name Old Perf Tot
1 Kagramanov, Dina 2056 2328 4.5
2 Khoudgarian, Natalia 2265 2249 4.5
3 Starr, Nava 2121 2062 3.5
4 Benggawan, Amanda 2055 2047 3.5
5 Barron, Irina 2133 2033 3.5
6 Belc, Daniela 2041 2006 3.5
7 Smith, Hazel 2178 2018 3.0
8 Xia, Angel 1824 1963 3.0
9 Dinca, Cornelia 1788 1735 1.0
10 Baylon, Glenda 0 1590 0.0
The last game of the 2005 Hong Kong National Championship was played on
January 5, 2006. The 2005 Hong Kong Champion is 15 year old WGM Anya Corke, who
was also the 2004 champion. News: Harold Corke.
Further details: http://www.hkchess.org/_private/05Finals.htm
Finals A cross table
1 Corke Anya 10
2 Borigas Edwin 9
3 Dew Brian 9
4 Chong Chor Yuen 9
5 Yu Marco 6
6 Ho Yin Ping 5.5
7 Yeung Chun Keung 4
8 Lam Mingo 3.5
9 Wu Raymond 3.5
10 Lu David 2.5
11 Poon Adrian 2.5
12 Leung Kingsley 1.5
Moscow Superblitz tournament was held on the 6th January 2006 held in
one of the best hotels in Moscow called Baltschug Kempinsky. The event was
organised by the ChessPro.ru site. The
results were a little garbled last week so I give them again.
Final Standings: 1-2. Grischuk and Morozevich - 15/22; 3. Svidler - 14;
4-5. Tkachev and Korotylev - 12.5; 6. Dreev - 11.5; 7-8. Shipov and Kobalia -
10; 9. Jakovenko - 9; 10-11. Grachev and Savchenko - 8.5; 12. Malakhov - 5.5.
Tie-break for 1-2 place: Grischuk - Morozevich 1.5:0.5
Official site: http://www.chesspro.ru/blitz/blitz05.shtml
Bermuda International Open 2006
The Bermuda International Open takes place February 10th-12th 2006.
Sadly the invitational has had to be cancelled due to venue problems.
Further details: http://www.bermuda.bm/chess/
20th Pula Open 2006
The 20th Pula Open (Croatia) takes place 18th-25th June 2006.
Further details and entry: http://www.skpula.hr/
4th Nancy Chess Festival
4th international chess festival in Nancy (east of France - 300 kms
from Paris) from 20th-26th February 2006.
No open, but 10 different Round-Robin closed tournaments for 10 players
each (9 rounds in 7 days : 2 hours + 30seconds per player). One master group
for IM norms (completed : No more invitation for titled players), and several
others groups arranged by Elo between 1000 and 2300, to obtain or to improve
your FIDE Elo. Prizes : 200?-120?-80? in each group. + a simul against a master
just before the prizegiving ceremony on sunday + a big blitz tournament on
friday evening + one kids rapid tournament on wednesday afternoon ... Entry fee
: 50? / under 20 : 25? / minus 10% for 4 players from the same club or just
coming together. Please contact me before february 10th. Final payment possible
for non-french players on the first day BEFORE 1pm. Please be on time, no entry
at round 2 ! Contact by e-mail : philippe.chr@free.fr
All details in english here :
http://philippechess.free.fr/4festivalEngGer.html
All results from last year with photos here :
http://philippechess.free.fr/3eFestival2005.htm
GM against the World - Olympiads of Chess, Turin 2006
The second GM against the World game on the Olympiad site will be GM
Misho Cebalo (Croatia) and he it start on Monday, January 9th. 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
Lodi International Chess Festival
The 2nd Festival Scacchistico Internazionale "Città di Lodi"
takes place in Lodi, Italy, 5th-11th June 2006. Prize fund Euros20.000,00.
Further details: http://www.lenuvole.org/ or
scacchi@lenuvole.org
Fajr tournaments
The Iran Chess Federation will organize following Fajr tournaments in
Iran Chess Palace in Tehran: - 4th Fajr Youth Open under 10, 12 & 14, 19-24
January 2006 with 3200$ Prize Money. - 14th Fajr Open, 24-30 January 2006 with
12000$ Prize Money.
You can find more information and regulation on
http://www.iranchess.com/indexen.htm
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.
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
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
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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