THE WEEK IN CHESS 587 6th February 2006 by Mark Crowther
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Gibtelecom Masters 629 games
Cuernavaca Young Masters 20 games
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65th Georgian Men's Championship 39 games
Bundesliga 136 games
Fibertex Cup 12 games
11th HIT Open Nova Gorica 130 games
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Kiev Championship 173 games
II Sevilla Open 73 games
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First Saturday February 5 games
Otto Ibenfeldt Memorial 45 games
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Fajr tournaments 205 games
Belgrade Winter Open 41 games
1993 games
My thanks to Thomas Henrich, Petr Pisk, Jovan Petronic, Thomas Heine
Bech, Mikhail Golubev, Miklos Orso, Danilo Volpinari, Istvan Brindza,
Zenón Franco Ocampos, Andy McFarland, Eugeny Atarov, John Saunders,
Chris Bird, Yasser Seirawan, Alexander Baburin and everyone else who helped
with the issue.
Kiril Georgiev won the Gibtelecom Masters with an impressive 8.5/10
score a point clear of Nigel Short and Emil Sutovsky. The Cuernavaca Young
Masters is an impressive category XVI tournament, Hikaru Nakamura is the early
leader with 3/4.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Gibraltar Congress took place 24th January - 2nd February 2006.
Kiril Georgiev won with an impressive 8.5/10 a point clear of Nigel Short and
Emil Sutovsky. My thanks to John Saunders for the games. I give them again as
there are a number of small alterations.
Further details: http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com
Official Final Round 10 Standings:
1 GEORGIEV,Kiril........... BUL g 2645 8½ 2538 6.50 2.00
2 SHORT,Nigel.............. ENG g 2676 7½ 2485 7.50 0.00
3 SUTOVSKY,Emil............ ISR g 2624 7½ 2458 7.20 0.30
4 AKOPIAN,Vladimir......... ARM g 2704 7 2533 7.30 -0.30
5 ARESHCHENKO,Alex......... UKR g 2670 7 2480 6.75 -0.25
6 EFIMENKO,Zahar........... UKR g 2666 7 2457 6.93 -0.43
7 GUREVICH,Mikhail......... TUR g 2629 7 2531 6.30 0.70
8 GYIMESI,Zoltan........... HUN g 2602 7 2540 5.90 1.10
9 SHIROV,Alexi............. ESP g 2709 7 2461 8.10 -1.10
10 VOLKOV,Sergey............ RUS g 2629 7 2497 6.80 0.20
11 AL-MODIAHKI,Mohamad...... QAT g 2579 6½ 2512 5.90 0.60
12 BELLON LOPEZ,Juan........ ESP g 2415 6½ 2440 4.70 1.80
13 BOLOGAN,Viktor........... MDA g 2661 6½ 2495 7.20 -0.70
14 KOBALIA,Mikhail.......... RUS g 2654 6½ 2501 7.00 -0.50
15 KORCHNOI,Viktor.......... SUI g 2608 6½ 2487 6.60 -0.10
16 PAVLOVIC,Milos........... SCG g 2494 6½ 2344 7.00 -0.50
17 PELLETIER,Yannick........ SUI g 2579 6½ 2383 7.50 -1.00
18 SANDIPAN,Chanda.......... IND g 2522 6½ 2496 5.40 1.10
19 SPRAGGETT,Kevin.......... CAN g 2581 6½ 2406 7.30 -0.80
20 STEFANOVA,Antoaneta...... BUL g 2499 6½ 2450 5.70 0.80
21 SUNDARARAJAN,Kidambi..... IND m 2495 6½ 2336 7.10 -0.60
22 ZHU,Chen................. CHI g 2482 6½ 2382 6.40 0.10
23 ZHUKOVA,Natalia.......... UKR wg 2432 6½ 2377 5.80 0.70
24 AABERG,Anton............. SWE 2383 6 2404 4.70 1.30
25 AL SAYED,Mohamad N....... QAT m 2470 6 2541 4.00 2.00
26 ARIZMENDI MARTINEZ,Julen. ESP g 2534 6 2495 5.50 0.50
27 CMILYTE,Victorija........ LTU m 2475 6 2351 6.70 -0.70
28 CRAMLING,Pia............. SWE g 2515 6 2507 5.10 0.90
29 GANGULY,Surya............ IND g 2579 6 2374 7.60 -1.60
30 KUNTE,Abhijit............ IND g 2551 6 2431 6.60 -0.60
31 QUILLAN,Gary............. ENG 2356 6 2268 6.20 -0.20
32 SCHUURMAN,Petra.......... NED f 2234 6 2235 4.50 1.00
33 SHAW,John K.............. SCO m 2432 6 2286 7.00 -1.00
34 SPEELMAN,Jon............. ENG g 2539 6 2574 4.50 1.50
35 AGDESTEIN,Emil........... NOR 2053 5½ 2303 1.52 2.48
36 ARAKHAMIA-GRANT,Ketevan.. GEO m 2426 5½ 2409 5.20 0.30
37 ASHTON,Adam.............. ENG 2321 5½ 2345 4.70 0.80
38 BAKRE,Tejas.............. IND g 2480 5½ 2423 5.80 -0.30
39 BORCHGREVINK,Harald...... NOR 2265 5½ 2326 4.20 1.30
40 CARLSSON,Pontus.......... SWE m 2430 5½ 2431 5.00 0.50
41 DUNN,Andrew.............. ENG 2188 5½ 2244 3.78 0.72
42 GOKHALE,Anupama.......... IND wm 2198 5½ 2231 4.05 0.45
43 GOMES,Mary Ann........... IND wm 2231 5½ 2213 5.30 0.20
44 GROOTEN,Herman........... NED m 2365 5½ 2292 5.40 -0.40
45 KLINOVA,Masha............ ISR m 2353 5½ 2347 5.10 0.40
46 LAGOWSKI,Patryk.......... POL m 2393 5½ 2307 6.20 -0.70
47 MCNAB,Colin.............. SCO g 2456 5½ 2334 6.70 -1.20
48 MOHOTA,Nisha............. IND wg 2318 5½ 2306 5.20 0.30
49 NADIG,Kruttika........... IND wm 2237 5½ 2209 5.40 0.10
50 PEEK,Marcel.............. NED m 2375 5½ 2345 5.40 0.10
51 ROY CHOWDHURY,Saptarshi.. IND m 2393 5½ 2387 5.10 0.40
52 SPECK,Nicholas........... AUS 2371 5½ 2407 4.50 1.00
53 SWATHI,Ghate............. IND wg 2244 5½ 2273 4.60 0.90
54 VAN DEN BERSSELAAR,Jeroen NED 2222 5½ 2249 4.60 0.90
55 WELLING,Gerard........... NED m 2405 5½ 2295 6.50 -1.00
56 WELLS,Peter.............. ENG g 2501 5½ 2480 4.77 -0.27
57 AGREST,Evgenij........... SWE g 2591 5 2404 5.92 -1.42
58 BAENA,Antonia............ ESP 2019 5 2176 2.03 -0.03
59 BAKKER,Sven.............. NED 2308 5 2263 5.04 -1.04
60 CANNON,Richard........... ENG 2087 5 2224 2.88 1.12
61 CHICO,Jorge Flores....... ESP 2136 5 2238 3.24 0.76
62 DUNN,Alan................ NZL 2076 5 2306 1.68 1.82
63 HOUSKA,Jovanka........... ENG m 2355 5 2364 4.41 -0.41
64 KOBESE,Watu.............. RSA m 2397 5 2362 5.50 -0.50
65 MOHAMED,Mehdi Aithmido... MAR 2107 5 2161 3.78 0.22
66 SISASK,Jesper............ ENG 2196 5 2265 4.00 1.00
67 STOCK,Toby............... ENG 2083 5 2125 3.52 -0.52
68 TISSIR,Mohamed........... MAR 2444 5 2309 6.80 -1.80
69 TSCHAROTSCHKIN,Michael... GER 2227 5 2281 4.20 0.80
70 WALTON,Alan J............ ENG c 2197 5 2217 4.23 0.27
71 CAFOLLA,Peter............ IRL 2080 4½ 2115 3.60 -0.60
72 COIMBRA,Margarida........ POR wf 2083 4½ 2241 2.61 0.89
73 GILBERT,Jessie LC........ ENG wf 2098 4½ 2288 2.25 1.25
74 GOODGER,Martyn........... ENG 2135 4½ 2172 4.50 0.00
75 GROFFEN,Hans............. NED 2185 4½ 2223 4.50 0.00
76 HUTCHINSON,Norman........ ENG 2118 4½ 2100 5.30 -0.80
77 OBERS,Frits.............. NED 2080 4½ 2083 4.50 -1.00
78 PANNEKOEK,Willem-Jan..... NED 2083 4½ 2147 4.10 0.40
79 ROCA,Juan Ocana.......... ESP 2125 4½ 2206 3.12 0.38
80 SCHRAMM,Bernd............ GER 2126 4½ 2210 3.04 -0.04
81 SMITH,Andrew Phillip..... IRL f 2200 4½ 2235 4.05 -0.55
82 SPENCE,David............. ENG 2221 4½ 2229 3.92 -0.42
83 STRAUB,Peter............. GER 2086 4½ 2159 3.20 -0.20
84 THIPSAY,Bagyashree....... IND wm 2219 4½ 2240 4.23 -0.73
85 VEA,Blikra Odin.......... NOR 2099 4½ 2182 3.12 0.38
86 VEGA,Osuna Enrique....... ESP c 2192 4½ 2187 5.10 -0.60
87 EL AMARI,Khaled.......... MAR 2137 4 2256 2.38 1.12
88 ELAMRI,Leila............. MAR 1921 4 2129 1.38 -0.38
89 FELLOUSI,Abdelaziz....... MAR 2132 4 2228 2.59 -0.59
90 FOX,Anthony.............. IRL 2104 4 2188 3.42 -0.42
91 GIACOPELLI,Vincenzo...... GER 2102 4 2098 4.59 -1.09
92 GUERRERO,Carlos.......... ESP 2160 4 2247 3.42 -0.42
93 GUSKI,Dietmar............ GER 2106 4 2087 5.30 -1.30
94 HAMER,Martyn............. ENG 2000 4 2131 2.24 -1.24
95 HELIN,Mikael............. SWE 1970 4 2136 1.68 -0.68
96 JAIME MONTALVAN,Luis..... ESP f 2242 4 2270 3.22 -0.22
97 MATTO,Manuel............. GIB 1954 4 2014 2.52 -1.52
98 NIMMY,A George........... IND 2123 4 2243 3.06 -0.06
99 AGREST,Inna.............. SWE 2030 3½ 2172 2.17 -0.17
100 ALMER,Julia.............. SWE 1848 3½ 2113 1.44 0.56
101 FRANCISCO,Carame Gonzalez ESP 1978 3½ 2100 1.65 -1.15
102 GUERRERO,Fernando Navaro. ESP 1768 3½ 2031 1.26 0.74
103 HICKMAN,John............. ENG 2082 3½ 2132 3.87 -1.37
104 HULLIGAN,Steve........... ENG 3½ 1987 1821
105 JACOBSEN,Maria Pitz...... NOR 1879 3½ 2059 1.56 -1.06
106 NUNEZ,Millan Gonzalez.... ESP 3½ 2007 1814
107 REPPEN,Ellisiv........... NOR 1851 3½ 2084 1.68 0.32
108 SBIA,Bachir.............. MAR 1989 3½ 2041 3.01 -1.01
109 SOLOMON,Ajoy............. ENG 3½ 2004 1811
110 SUURONEN,Petri........... FIN 1931 3½ 2136 1.68 -0.18
111 VILLENA PEREZ,Jorge...... ESP 1915 3½ 2115 1.44 -0.94
112 JAMILA,Yougane........... MAR 3 1981 1659
113 KUENITZ,Klaus............ GER 1901 3 2082 1.56 -1.56
114 NAVARRO,Antonio Garcia... ESP 3 2047 1881
115 PHILLIPS,Gordon.......... GER 1790 3 2054 1.62 1.38
116 RAUTANEN,Sari............ FIN 1929 3 2101 1.89 -0.89
117 SLIMANI,Abderezzak....... MAR 3 1990 1849
118 CASTILLA,Jose Lopez...... ESP 2½ 1986 1564
119 GILL,William............. IRE 2½ 2087 1410
120 AMAYA,Millan Gonzalez.... ESP 1892 2 2092 1.20 -1.20
121 JAMIESON,Ian............. SCO 2005 2
122 MCGRANE,Stephen.......... ENG 2 2171 2046
123 SCHILLER,Eric............ USA f 2188 2 2029 1.42 0.58
124 LECHUGO,Francisco Garci.. ESP 1 1990 1313
125 SEDGWICK,David........... ENG 2079 1
126 MIHAJLOVA,Diana.......... ENG ½ 1935 1258
The Cuernavaca Young Masters takes place in Mexico 1st-11th February
2006.
Official site: http://www.uaem.mx/ajedrez2006/index.html
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Young Masters Cuernavaca MEX (MEX), 3-11 ii 2006 cat. XVI (2629)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2644 * = . . = . . . 1 1 3.0 2809
2. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2723 = * = . . . = . . 1 2.5 2743
3. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2660 . = * . . = = 1 . . 2.5 2743
4. Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2650 . . . * = = . . 1 = 2.5 2690
5. Bruzon, Lazaro g CUB 2650 = . . = * = . = . . 2.0 2634
6. Dominguez, Lenier g CUB 2638 . . = = = * . = . . 2.0 2641
7. Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2625 . = = . . . * . 0 = 1.5 2532
8. Felgaer, Ruben g ARG 2607 . . 0 . = = . * = . 1.5 2507
9. Leon Hoyos, Manuel m MEX 2428 0 . . 0 . . 1 = * . 1.5 2544
10. Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2665 0 0 . = . . = . . * 1.0 2467
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Round 1 (February 3, 2006)
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Nakamura, Hikaru 1/2 36 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Bruzon, Lazaro - Dominguez, Lenier 1/2 43 D47 Queens Gambit Meran
Cheparinov, Ivan - Karjakin, Sergey 1/2 59 D15 Slav Defence
Leon Hoyos, Manuel - Felgaer, Ruben 1/2 42 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Volokitin, Andrei - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 40 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 2 (February 4, 2006)
Nakamura, Hikaru - Volokitin, Andrei 1-0 72 E29 Nimzo Indian Saemisch
Karjakin, Sergey - Dominguez, Lenier 1/2 50 C42 Petroff's Defence
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Leon Hoyos, Manuel 1-0 31 C41 Philidor's Defence
Cheparinov, Ivan - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 85 C18 French Winawer
Felgaer, Ruben - Bruzon, Lazaro 1/2 46 B40 Sicilian Classical
Round 3 (February 5, 2006)
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Karjakin, Sergey 1/2 29 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Bruzon, Lazaro - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 34 D27 QGA
Dominguez, Lenier - Felgaer, Ruben 1/2 39 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Leon Hoyos, Manuel - Nakamura, Hikaru 0-1 53 A08 Barcza System
Volokitin, Andrei - Cheparinov, Ivan 1/2 50 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 4 (February 6, 2006)
Nakamura, Hikaru - Bruzon, Lazaro 1/2 50 E13 Queens Indian 5.Bg5
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Volokitin, Andrei 1-0 43 B46 Sicilian Paulsen
Karjakin, Sergey - Felgaer, Ruben 1-0 38 C41 Philidor's Defence
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Dominguez, Lenier 1/2 25 C48 Four Knights Rubinstein
Cheparinov, Ivan - Leon Hoyos, Manuel 0-1 38 B77 Sicilian Modern Dragon
The Moscow Open takes place 29 January - 6 February 2006. 9 round swiss
with the US system allowing for flexible schedules with the possibility of
playing two games a day for two days to make a 7 day schedule.
Official site: http://www.chessmoscow.ru/index.php?topicID=219
Round 8 Standings:
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Open Moscow RUS (RUS), 29 i-6 ii 2006
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1. Lastin, Alexander g RUS 2594 7.0 39.0 33.50 32.5 2810 +1.72
2. Grachev, Boris m RUS 2510 7.0 37.5 32.00 29.0 2743 +1.88
3. Rychagov, Andrey m RUS 2509 6.5 34.0 27.00 27.0 2681 +1.62
4. Maslak, Konstantin m RUS 2529 6.0 38.5 28.00 29.5 2654 +1.28
5. Nikolenko, Oleg m RUS 2527 6.0 37.0 26.00 29.0 2630 +1.04
6. Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2652 6.0 39.5 27.00 28.5 2707 +0.48
7. Czarnota, Pawel m POL 2497 6.0 39.5 28.75 28.0 2613 +1.12
8. Kosyrev, Vladimir g RUS 2527 6.0 41.0 28.75 28.0 2676 +1.43
9. Iskusnyh, Sergei g RUS 2510 6.0 35.5 26.50 27.0 2580 +0.64
10. Amonatov, Farrukh g TJK 2564 6.0 38.5 27.25 26.5 2618 +0.48
11. Khismatullin, Denis g RUS 2576 6.0 36.5 26.50 26.5 2616 +0.40
12. Yandemirov, Valeri g RUS 2503 6.0 35.0 26.50 26.5 2585 +0.80
13. Novikov, Stanislav g RUS 2520 6.0 33.0 24.75 26.0 2577 +0.56
14. Chebotarev, Oleg RUS 2494 6.0 36.5 26.75 26.0 2620 +1.28
15. Smikovski, Ivan m RUS 2538 5.5 42.0 26.50 28.5 2599 +0.62
16. Ivanov, Victor L m RUS 2494 5.5 40.0 25.00 28.0 2570 +0.78
17. Zontakh, Andrey g UKR 2545 5.5 36.0 23.75 25.5 2541 -0.02
18. Nepomniachtchi, Ian m RUS 2506 5.5 37.0 23.50 25.5 2595 +1.74
19. Aleksandrov, Aleksej g BLR 2653 5.5 39.5 24.25 25.0 2520 -1.03
20. Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2594 5.5 39.5 24.25 25.0 2530 -0.54
21. Grigoriants, Sergey g RUS 2550 5.5 34.5 22.50 25.0 2568 +0.14
22. Zabotin, Alexander f RUS 2418 5.5 33.5 21.75 24.5 2474 +0.54
23. Sveshnikov, Evgeny g LAT 2503 5.5 35.0 23.75 24.0 2580 +0.78
24. Poobesh Anand, S m IND 2413 5.5 33.5 22.50 24.0 2487 +0.78
25. Tarlev, Konstantin UKR 2413 5.5 33.0 20.50 24.0 2489 +0.78
26. Khruschiov, Alexey m MDA 2386 5.5 36.0 22.50 24.0 2551 +1.74
27. Belov, Vladimir g RUS 2608 5.5 35.0 23.50 23.0 2497 -0.89
28. Sitnikov, Anton m UKR 2462 5.5 33.5 21.75 22.5 2474 +0.14
29. Ulko, Jaroslav m RUS 2477 5.5 32.5 21.25 22.0 2463 -0.18
225 players
The 65th Georgian Men's Championship took place 21st January - 5th
February 2006. The winner was Winner Giorgi Kacheishvili and a point behind him
was David Arutinian who beat Tamaz Gelashvili in a play off to make the
Georgian Olympiad team. News: Varlam Vepkhvishvili.
Mikheil Mchedlishvili withdrew after the 1st round and Davit
Magalashvili after the 4th round both because of illness.
65th ch-GEO Tbilisi GEO (GEO), 22 i-5 ii 2006 cat. VIII (2439)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Kacheishvili, Giorgi g GEO 2599 * = = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 8.5 2635
2 Gelashvili, Tamaz g GEO 2575 = * = 1 = = = = 1 1 = 1 7.5 2559
3 Arutinian, David m GEO 2507 = = * = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 7.5 2566
4 Jobava, Beglar m GEO 2401 = 0 = * = 1 = 1 0 1 1 1 7.0 2544
5 Gagunashvili, Merab g GEO 2542 0 = = = * = = 1 = = 1 1 6.5 2494
6 Margvelashvili, Giorgi m GEO 2434 = = = 0 = * = = = 1 = = 5.5 2439
7 Sulashvili, Malkhaz f GEO 2376 0 = 0 = = = * 1 = = = = 5.0 2409
8 Shanava, Konstantine m GEO 2490 = = = 0 0 = 0 * 1 1 = 0 4.5 2369
9 Kuparadze, Giga GEO 2381 0 0 = 1 = = = 0 * 0 = 1 4.5 2379
10 Morchiashvili, Bachana GEO 2370 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 1 * 1 = 3.5 2312
11 Sanikidze, Tornike m GEO 2425 0 = 0 0 0 = = = = 0 * = 3.0 2265
12 Paichadze, Luka GEO 2171 0 0 0 0 0 = = 1 0 = = * 3.0 2288
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Georgian Olymapid Team:
1) GM Azmaiparashvili Zurab g 2658 16.03.1960
2) GM Izoria Zviad g 2652 06.01.1984
3) GM Jobava Baadur g 2614 26.11.1983
4) GM Pantsulaia Levan g 2609 26.02.1986
5) GM Kacheishvili Giorgi g 2599 10.02.1977
6) IM Arutinian David m 2507 31.05.1984
The 8th and 9th round of the Bundesliga took place 28th-29th January
2006. OSC Baden Baden lead the event from Werder Bremen by a point. Next rounds
18th-19th February 2006
Official site: http://www.schachbundesliga.de/
Round 7 27th January 2006
Venue:
SK Zehlendorf 3½-4½ SC Leipzig Gohli
1 Richter,Micha 0 : 1 Vogt,Lothar 1
2 Maksimenko,An 1 : 0 Voigt,Roland 2
3 Werner,Dimo 1 : 0 Roos,Michael 3
4 Janz,Frerik 0 : 1 Zesch,Ludwig 5
7 Klimm,Wolf-Di 1 : 0 Fischer,Johan 8
8 Rahls,Peter 0 : 1 Hoffmann,Hend 9
9 Lieb,Harald 0 : 1 Schunk,Thomas 12
11 Paulsen,Dirk ½ : ½ Natsidis,Chri 16
Round 8 28th January 2006
Venue: Kirchheim
SG Kirchheim 3½-4½ SV Wattenscheid
2 Wippermann,Ti 0 : 1 Eljanov,Pavel 1
3 Bokros,Albert ½ : ½ Rustemov,Alex 4
4 Gschnitzer,Os ½ : ½ Holzke,Frank 6
5 Tompa,Janos ½ : ½ Handke,Floria 7
6 Beckhuis,Gern 0 : 1 Appel,Ralf 8
7 Wintzer,Joach 1 : 0 Lemmers,Oscar 10
8 Vonthron,Hors 0 : 1 Straeter,Timo 13
10 Zuse,Klaus-Pe 1 : 0 Thiel,Thomas 14
OSC Baden Baden 5 - 3 SG Aljechin Soli
2 Svidler,Peter 1 : 0 Jussupow,Artu 1
5 Vallejo Pons, ½ : ½ Nikolic,Predr 2
6 Nielsen,Peter 1 : 0 Baramidze,Dav 4
8 Movsesian,Ser ½ : ½ Naumann,Alexa 6
9 Huebner,Rober 0 : 1 Gabriel,Chris 8
10 Dautov,Rustem 1 : 0 Hoffmann,Mich 10
11 Schlosser,Phi 1 : 0 Ernst,Sipke 11
13 Doettling,Fab 0 : 1 Zysk,Robert 12
Venue: Kreuzberg
SC Kreuzberg 5 - 3 SC Eppingen
2 Nisipeanu,Liv ½ : ½ Postny,Evgeny 2
4 Socko,Bartosz 1 : 0 Acs,Peter 3
5 Romanishin,Ol ½ : ½ Braun,Arik 4
6 Maiwald,Jens- 0 : 1 Medvegy,Zolta 6
7 Kalinitschew, ½ : ½ Mann,Christia 7
8 Lau,Ralf 1 : 0 Rau,Hannes 8
9 Volke,Karsten ½ : ½ Miltner,Arndt 9
10 Tischbierek,R 1 : 0 Balzar,Andrea 10
SF Berlin 1903 4½-3½ TV Tegernsee
1 Nataf,Igor-Al ½ : ½ Khenkin,Igor 1
3 Miezis,Normun 1 : 0 Sokolov,Andre 2
4 Brynell,Stell ½ : ½ Ribli,Zoltan 3
5 Polzin,Rainer 1 : 0 Boensch,Uwe 5
6 Berndt,Stepha 0 : 1 Kindermann,St 6
7 Borriss,Marti 1 : 0 Hertneck,Gera 7
8 Schneider,Ilj 0 : 1 Teske,Henrik 8
10 Thiede,Lars ½ : ½ Bromberger,St 11
Venue: Zehlendorf
SK Zehlendorf 2½-5½ Godesberger SK
1 Richter,Micha 0 : 1 Kasimdzhanov, 1
2 Maksimenko,An 1 : 0 Jenni,Florian 2
3 Werner,Dimo 0 : 1 Sprenger,Jan- 3
4 Janz,Frerik ½ : ½ Seel,Christia 4
5 Heinig,Wolfra 0 : 1 Langheinrich, 6
7 Klimm,Wolf-Di ½ : ½ Grafl,Florian 7
9 Lieb,Harald 0 : 1 Jackelen,Thom 8
13 Brustkern,Jue ½ : ½ Armbruster,Al 9
SC Leipzig Gohli ½ - 7½ SG Köln Porz
1 Vogt,Lothar 0 : 1 Lutz,Christop 2
2 Voigt,Roland ½ : ½ Vaganian,Rafa 5
3 Roos,Michael 0 : 1 Timman,Jan H 6
5 Zesch,Ludwig 0 : 1 Graf,Alexande 7
8 Fischer,Johan 0 : 1 Hansen,Curt 9
9 Hoffmann,Hend 0 : 1 Van den Doel, 10
12 Schunk,Thomas 0 : 1 Andersson,Ulf 11
16 Natsidis,Chri 0 : 1 Kengis,Edwin 12
Venue: Mülheim Nord
SV Mülheim Nord 5½-2½ Hamburger SK
1 Tregubov,Pave 1 : 0 Gustafsson,Ja 1
2 Landa,Konstan 1 : 0 Ftacnik,Lubom 2
3 Golod,Vitali ½ : ½ Kempinski,Rob 3
4 Fridman,Danie ½ : ½ Hansen,Sune B 4
5 Levin,Felix ½ : ½ Reeh,Oliver 7
6 Schebler,Gerh ½ : ½ Heinemann,Thi 8
7 Saltaev,Mihai ½ : ½ Van Delft,Mer 11
8 Hausrath,Dani 1 : 0 Sebastian,Dir 13
SF Katernberg 3½-4½ Werder Bremen
1 Volokitin,And 1 : 0 McShane,Luke 1
2 Erenburg,Serg 0 : 1 Hracek,Zbynek 4
3 Kritz,Leonid ½ : ½ Babula,Vlasti 6
4 Chuchelov,Vla ½ : ½ Nyback,Tomi 7
6 Smagin,Sergey ½ : ½ Fish,Gennadij 8
9 Senff,Martin ½ : ½ Schandorff,La 9
11 Souleidis,Geo 0 : 1 Knaak,Rainer 10
12 Thesing,Matth ½ : ½ Steingrimsson 13
Round 9 January 29th 2006
Venue: Kirchheim
SV Wattenscheid 3 - 5 OSC Baden Baden
1 Eljanov,Pavel ½ : ½ Svidler,Peter 2
4 Rustemov,Alex 0 : 1 Vallejo Pons, 5
6 Holzke,Frank 0 : 1 Nielsen,Peter 6
7 Handke,Floria ½ : ½ Movsesian,Ser 8
8 Appel,Ralf 1 : 0 Huebner,Rober 9
10 Lemmers,Oscar ½ : ½ Dautov,Rustem 10
13 Straeter,Timo 0 : 1 Schlosser,Phi 11
14 Thiel,Thomas ½ : ½ Doettling,Fab 13
SG Aljechin Soli 6 - 2 SG Kirchheim
1 Jussupow,Artu ½ : ½ Wippermann,Ti 2
2 Nikolic,Predr 1 : 0 Bokros,Albert 3
4 Baramidze,Dav 1 : 0 Gschnitzer,Os 4
6 Naumann,Alexa ½ : ½ Tompa,Janos 5
8 Gabriel,Chris ½ : ½ Beckhuis,Gern 6
10 Hoffmann,Mich ½ : ½ Wintzer,Joach 7
11 Ernst,Sipke 1 : 0 Vonthron,Hors 8
12 Zysk,Robert 1 : 0 Rudolph,Johan 9
Venue: Kreuzberg
SC Eppingen 3½-4½ SF Berlin 1903
2 Postny,Evgeny ½ : ½ Nataf,Igor-Al 1
3 Acs,Peter ½ : ½ Miezis,Normun 3
4 Braun,Arik 1 : 0 Brynell,Stell 4
6 Medvegy,Zolta 1 : 0 Polzin,Rainer 5
7 Mann,Christia ½ : ½ Berndt,Stepha 6
8 Rau,Hannes 0 : 1 Borriss,Marti 7
9 Miltner,Arndt 0 : 1 Schneider,Ilj 8
10 Balzar,Andrea 0 : 1 Thiede,Lars 10
TV Tegernsee 4½-3½ SC Kreuzberg
1 Khenkin,Igor ½ : ½ Nisipeanu,Liv 2
2 Sokolov,Andre ½ : ½ Socko,Bartosz 4
3 Ribli,Zoltan ½ : ½ Romanishin,Ol 5
5 Boensch,Uwe ½ : ½ Maiwald,Jens- 6
6 Kindermann,St ½ : ½ Kalinitschew, 7
7 Hertneck,Gera 1 : 0 Lau,Ralf 8
8 Teske,Henrik ½ : ½ Volke,Karsten 9
11 Bromberger,St ½ : ½ Tischbierek,R 10
Venue: Zehlendorf
Godesberger SK 5 - 3 SC Leipzig Gohli
1 Kasimdzhanov, ½ : ½ Vogt,Lothar 1
2 Jenni,Florian 1 : 0 Voigt,Roland 2
3 Sprenger,Jan- 1 : 0 Roos,Michael 3
4 Seel,Christia ½ : ½ Zesch,Ludwig 5
6 Langheinrich, 0 : 1 Fischer,Johan 8
7 Grafl,Florian ½ : ½ Hoffmann,Hend 9
8 Jackelen,Thom ½ : ½ Schunk,Thomas 12
9 Armbruster,Al 1 : 0 Natsidis,Chri 16
SG Köln Porz 7½-½ SK Zehlendorf
2 Lutz,Christop 1 : 0 Richter,Micha 1
5 Vaganian,Rafa ½ : ½ Maksimenko,An 2
6 Timman,Jan H 1 : 0 Werner,Dimo 3
7 Graf,Alexande 1 : 0 Janz,Frerik 4
9 Hansen,Curt 1 : 0 Heinig,Wolfra 5
10 Van den Doel, 1 : 0 Klimm,Wolf-Di 7
11 Andersson,Ulf 1 : 0 Lieb,Harald 9
12 Kengis,Edwin 1 : 0 Brustkern,Jue 13
Venue: Mülheim Nord
Hamburger SK 4 - 4 SF Katernberg
1 Gustafsson,Ja ½ : ½ Volokitin,And 1
2 Ftacnik,Lubom 0 : 1 Erenburg,Serg 2
3 Kempinski,Rob ½ : ½ Kritz,Leonid 3
4 Hansen,Sune B 1 : 0 Chuchelov,Vla 4
7 Reeh,Oliver 0 : 1 Smagin,Sergey 6
8 Heinemann,Thi 1 : 0 Senff,Martin 9
11 Van Delft,Mer 0 : 1 Siebrecht,Seb 10
13 Sebastian,Dir 1 : 0 Thesing,Matth 12
Werder Bremen 4½-3½ SV Mülheim Nord
1 McShane,Luke 0 : 1 Tregubov,Pave 1
4 Hracek,Zbynek ½ : ½ Landa,Konstan 2
6 Babula,Vlasti ½ : ½ Golod,Vitali 3
7 Nyback,Tomi 1 : 0 Fridman,Danie 4
8 Fish,Gennadij ½ : ½ Levin,Felix 5
9 Schandorff,La 1 : 0 Schebler,Gerh 6
10 Knaak,Rainer ½ : ½ Saltaev,Mihai 7
13 Steingrimsson ½ : ½ Hausrath,Dani 8
Round 9 Standings:
1. OSC Baden-Baden 9 17 50,0
2. Werder Bremen 9 16 44,0
3. SG Porz 9 14 49,0
4. TV Tegernsee 9 13 41,0
4. SG Solingen 9 13 41,0
6. SF Katernberg 9 11 42,5
7. Mülheim Nord 9 11 42,0
8. SC Kreuzberg 9 10 37,5
9. SV Wattenscheid 9 8 34,0
10. Hamburger SK 9 7 37,0
11. Godesberger SK 9 7 33,0
12. SF Berlin 1903 9 7 32,0
13. SC Eppingen 9 4 31,5
14. SG Kirchheim 9 4 26,0
15. SC Leipzig-Gohlis 9 2 19,5
16. SK Zehlendorf 9 0 16,0
The Fibertex Cup took place February 3rd-4th 2006 in Aalborg, Denmark.
The double-round blindfold event was won by Peter Heine Nielsen a point
ahead of Magnus Carlsen. News: Thomas Heine Bech.
Official site: http://www.dsu.dk/fibertex/engelsk.htm
Round 1 (February 4, 2006)
Carlsen, Magnus - Nielsen, Peter Heine 1/2 39 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Schandorff, Lars - Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek 1/2 39 A17 English Opening
Round 2 (February 4, 2006)
Nielsen, Peter Heine - Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek 1-0 18 A33 English Symmetrical
Carlsen, Magnus - Schandorff, Lars 1-0 25 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Round 3 (February 4, 2006)
Schandorff, Lars - Nielsen, Peter Heine 0-1 39 E46 Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek - Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 36 E20 Nimzo Indian
Round 4 (February 5, 2006)
Nielsen, Peter Heine - Schandorff, Lars 1/2 78 D38 QGD Ragozin
Carlsen, Magnus - Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek 1-0 47 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Round 5 (February 5, 2006)
Schandorff, Lars - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 37 D38 QGD Ragozin
Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek - Nielsen, Peter Heine 0-1 21 E05 Catalan
Round 6 (February 5, 2006)
Nielsen, Peter Heine - Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 40 E15 Queens Indian
Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek - Schandorff, Lars 1-0 53 E34 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Fibertex Cup Blindfold Aalborg DEN (DEN), 3-4 ii 2006cat. XIV (2577)
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1 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2644 ** =1 1= 11 5.0 2827
2 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2625 =0 ** 1= 11 4.0 2685
3 Schandorff, Lars g DEN 2521 0= 0= ** =0 1.5 2402
4 Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek m DEN 2516 00 00 =1 ** 1.5 2403
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The 11th HIT Open in Nova Gorica, Slovenia took place 27th January - 1st
February 2006. Zurab Azmaiparashvili won the event with 6.5/9 half a point
clear of the field.
Official site: http://www.sah-zveza.si/rez/0601/hitopen/
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1. Azmaiparashvili, Zurab g GEO 2658 =10 +26 + 7 = 5 + 2 = 4 = 6 = 3 + 8 6.5 2664
2. Pavasovic, Dusko g SLO 2535 +27 + 8 = 4 =16 - 1 + 9 = 7 +12 = 5 6.0 2650
3. Markus, Robert g SCG 2595 +23 =15 =12 = 6 +13 = 8 = 4 = 1 +16 6.0 2660
4. Kozul, Zdenko g CRO 2600 +25 +29 = 2 =13 + 5 = 1 = 3 = 6 = 9 6.0 2666
5. Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2553 =17 +22 +15 = 1 - 4 +20 =12 +16 = 2 6.0 2589
6. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2649 =22 +17 =13 = 3 +15 =12 = 1 = 4 =11 5.5 2559
7. Drazic, Sinisa g SCG 2488 +14 =12 - 1 =11 +27 +13 = 2 - 8 +15 5.5 2531
8. Jovanic, Ognjen m CRO 2477 +24 - 2 +20 =12 +16 = 3 =10 + 7 - 1 5.5 2544
9. Cvitan, Ognjen g CRO 2528 +18 -13 =10 +19 =11 - 2 +14 +17 = 4 5.5 2476
10. Saric, Ante m CRO 2455 = 1 =16 = 9 +25 -12 +22 = 8 =13 +18 5.5 2548
11. Skoberne, Jure f SLO 2344 =16 =21 +29 = 7 = 9 -15 +20 +23 = 6 5.5 2546
12. Kovacevic, Aleksandar g SCG 2535 +28 = 7 = 3 = 8 +10 = 6 = 5 - 2 =13 5.0 2546
13. Lenic, Luka m SLO 2458 +20 + 9 = 6 = 4 - 3 - 7 +19 =10 =12 5.0 2520
14. Martinovic, Sasa CRO 2260 - 7 =25 =17 =21 +18 =19 - 9 +20 +23 5.0 2405
15. Janev, Evgeni g BUL 2494 +19 = 3 - 5 +18 - 6 +11 -16 +22 - 7 4.5 2455
16. Nevednichy, Vladislav g ROM 2581 =11 =10 +28 = 2 - 8 +17 +15 - 5 - 3 4.5 2456
17. Jeric, Simon m SLO 2328 = 5 - 6 =14 =22 +24 -16 +27 - 9 =21 4.0 2377
18. Cherin, Diego ITA 2301 - 9 =23 +24 -15 -14 +25 =22 +19 -10 4.0 2318
19. Srebrnic, Ana wm SLO 2291 -15 =24 +23 - 9 +25 =14 -13 -18 +27 4.0 2320
20. Kokol, Peter SLO 2153 -13 +30 - 8 +28 +21 - 5 -11 -14 +25 4.0 2315
21. Goh Koon-Jong, Jason m SIN 2428 -29 =11 =22 =14 -20 -24 +26 =28 =17 3.5 2201
22. Krivec, Jana wm SLO 2299 = 6 - 5 =21 =17 +26 -10 =18 -15 =28 3.5 2327
23. Mestrovic, Zvonimir m SLO 2366 - 3 =18 -19 =26 +28 =27 +24 -11 -14 3.5 2223
24. Novak, Ksenija wf SLO 2180 - 8 =19 -18 +30 -17 +21 -23 =25 =26 3.5 2220
25. Nikolov, Sasho m BUL 2381 - 4 =14 +26 -10 -19 -18 +28 =24 -20 3.0 2174
26. Miletic, Dean SLO 2132 +30 - 1 -25 =23 -22 =28 -21 =27 =24 3.0 2201
27. D'Innocente, Stefano ITA 2306 - 2 -28 +30 +29 - 7 =23 -17 =26 -19 3.0 2205
28. Olarasu, Gabriela wg ROM 2323 -12 +27 -16 -20 -23 =26 -25 =21 =22 2.5 2187
29. Borisek, Jure m SLO 2514 +21 - 4 -11 -27 . . . . . 1.0 2226
30. BYE ---- -26 -20 -27 -24 . . . . . 0.0
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St Petersburg hosted the FINEC IM and WGM events 17th-25th January 2006.
Ekaterina Korbut won the IM event.
Further details in Russian: http://chigorin.ru/main.htm
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FINEC IM St Petersburg RUS (RUS), 17-25 i 2006 cat. V (2363)
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1. Korbut, Ekaterina wg RUS 2427 * = 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2576
2. Nikolaev, Nikita RUS 2410 = * 1 = 1 0 = 1 1 1 6.5 2524
3. Zacurdajev, Mikhail RUS 2337 1 0 * = = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2491
4. Erdogdu, Mert m TUR 2345 = = = * 0 1 = = 1 1 5.5 2445
5. Lanin, Alexsej f RUS 2449 0 0 = 1 * 1 = = 1 1 5.5 2433
6. Tarlev, Konstantin UKR 2413 0 1 = 0 0 * = 1 = 1 4.5 2357
7. Novitzkij, Dmitrij m BLR 2373 0 = = = = = * 0 = 1 4.0 2319
8. Melnikov, Dmitry RUS 2348 0 0 0 = = 0 1 * 1 1 4.0 2322
9. Rumiantsev, Anton f RUS 2249 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 * = 1.5 2103
10. Zakharchenko, Arnold m UKR 2283 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = * 0.5 1928
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1. Rohonyan, Katerina wg UKR 2315 * = 1 1 = 1 0 1 1 = 6.5 2415
2. Kochetkova, Julia wm RUS 2361 = * 0 = 1 1 1 1 = 1 6.5 2410
3. Petrenko, Svetlana m MDA 2346 0 1 * = 0 = 1 = = 1 5.0 2288
4. Eidelson, Rakhil wg BLR 2211 0 = = * 1 0 = 1 1 = 5.0 2303
5. Gromova, Iulia RUS 2198 = 0 1 0 * = = = 1 1 5.0 2305
6. Solovjova, Valentina wf RUS 2259 0 0 = 1 = * 1 = = 1 5.0 2298
7. Kirillova, Varvara wf RUS 2236 1 0 0 = = 0 * 0 1 = 3.5 2177
8. Miednikova, Swietlana wf RUS 2175 0 0 = 0 = = 1 * = = 3.5 2184
9. Kuzevanova, Evgenia RUS 2155 0 = = 0 0 = 0 = * 1 3.0 2141
10. Doluhanova, Evgeniya wm UKR 2301 = 0 0 = 0 0 = = 0 * 2.0 2030
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The Championship of Kiev (Kyiv) took place 24th January - 2nd February
2006. Pavlo Kruglyakov won the event with 9/11.
Details: http://ukrchess.org.ua/turnir/t079.html
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1. Kruglyakov, Pavlo UKR 2238 +29 + 2 - 7 + 6 = 3 +20 = 4 +15 + 5 + 8 +10 9.0 2525
2. Kislinsky, Alexey m UKR 2384 +11 - 1 =13 +32 +16 + 4 - 3 +24 + 6 + 5 = 8 8.0 2383
3. Golichenko, Ilija UKR 2277 +19 + 6 + 9 + 7 = 1 +18 + 2 - 5 - 8 +14 - 4 7.5 2368
4. Melnichuk, Mikhail UKR 2118 =32 +17 +25 =18 + 8 - 2 = 1 = 6 =10 +15 + 3 7.5 2418
5. Manilyk, Andrei UKR 2089 - 7 +30 - 6 +23 + 9 + 8 +12 + 3 - 1 - 2 +13 7.0 2317
6. Zhizmer, Yuri m UKR 2413 +21 - 3 + 5 - 1 =28 +14 +13 = 4 - 2 +22 +16 7.0 2260
7. Kernazhitsky, Leonid m UKR 2355 + 5 +16 + 1 - 3 -18 =10 -15 =11 =13 +20 +14 6.5 2267
8. Solomaha, Andrey UKR 2379 =14 =28 +12 + 9 - 4 - 5 +20 +18 + 3 - 1 = 2 6.5 2250
9. Malienko, Alexander UKR 2223 +22 +24 - 3 - 8 - 5 =21 =10 +27 +18 =13 +15 6.5 2266
10. Panchenko, Alexandar G m UKR 2393 =28 +12 -18 =14 =19 = 7 = 9 +20 = 4 +24 - 1 6.0 2212
11. Ignatenko, Vladimir UKR 2118 - 2 =29 =23 -12 +17 +26 =28 = 7 -20 +18 +22 6.0 2174
12. Zhesterev,Anatol UKR ---- +20 -10 - 8 +11 +25 +28 - 5 -16 -22 +17 +24 6.0 2230
13. Burdalev,Kirill UKR ---- -24 +22 = 2 =15 =14 +16 - 6 +28 = 7 = 9 - 5 5.5 2232
14. Shumilov, Illya UKR 2098 = 8 +15 -16 =10 =13 - 6 +21 +25 +24 - 3 - 7 5.5 2285
15. Moliboga, V RUS 2322 =26 -14 =29 =13 +27 +19 + 7 - 1 +16 - 4 - 9 5.5 2121
16. Kalinkin, Boris UKR 2231 +30 - 7 +14 =24 - 2 -13 +29 +12 -15 +23 - 6 5.5 2178
17. Babiy, Alexandr UKR ---- =27 - 4 -19 =30 -11 =22 +33 +26 +25 -12 +23 5.5 2065
18. Matorin, Evgeny m RUS 2294 =25 +32 +10 = 4 + 7 - 3 -24 - 8 - 9 -11 +27 5.0 2200
19. Kovalchuk,Oleksiy UKR ---- - 3 -21 +17 +22 =10 -15 -25 =31 -27 +26 +30 5.0 2125
20. Goncharov, Oleh UKR 2172 -12 +27 =28 +26 +24 - 1 - 8 -10 +11 - 7 =31 5.0 2166
21. Ivchenko, Anatoly UKR 2165 - 6 +19 -24 =29 =26 = 9 -14 -23 =30 +31 +25 5.0 2122
22. Vdovichenko,Vladislav UKR ---- - 9 -13 +30 -19 =23 =17 +31 +29 +12 - 6 -11 5.0 2062
23. Babiy, Petr UKR 2099 . =31 =11 - 5 =22 -25 +30 +21 +28 -16 -17 4.5 2092
24. Moiseev, Igor UKR 2297 +13 - 9 +21 =16 -20 +29 +18 - 2 -14 -10 -12 4.5 2113
25. Tchoubar, Vladimir m UKR 2313 =18 +26 - 4 -28 -12 +23 +19 -14 -17 +27 -21 4.5 2025
26. Chernozem, Sergey UKR 2076 =15 -25 +31 -20 =21 -11 =27 -17 +33 -19 +29 4.5 2054
27. Tovstonog,Dmitry UKR ---- =17 -20 -32 +31 -15 +30 =26 - 9 +19 -25 -18 4.0 2057
28. Brozhik, Vasilij UKR 2146 =10 = 8 =20 +25 = 6 -12 =11 -13 -23 . . 3.5 2129
29. Leonenko,Andrey UKR ---- - 1 =11 =15 =21 +32 -24 -16 -22 =31 =30 -26 3.5 2031
30. Levchuk,Dmitriy UKR ---- -16 - 5 -22 =17 +31 -27 -23 +33 =21 =29 -19 3.5 1940
31. Kovalenko, Vladimir N UKR 2226 . =23 -26 -27 -30 +33 -22 =19 =29 -21 =20 3.0 1902
32. Kosikov, Andrey UKR 2132 = 4 -18 +27 - 2 -29 . . . . . . 1.5 2010
33. BYE ---- . . . . . -31 -17 -30 -26 . . 0.0
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II Open Internacional de Ajedrez de Sevilla Círculo Mercantil and
Industrial de Sevilla took place 20th-27th January 2006. Davor Komljenovic won
with 7/8.
Further details:
http://www.occidentalinmobiliarias.com/ajedrez.html
or http://www.fsajedrez.com/torneos/2006/mercantil/final.htm
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1. Komljenovic, Davor g CRO 2458 7 40.5 34.5
2. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2649 6.5 39.5 29.5
3. Campora, Daniel H g ARG 2541 6 44.0 28.0
4. Khamrakulov, Ibragim S m ESP 2499 6 41.5 29.0
5. Matamoros Franco, Carlos S g ECU 2510 6 40.0 28.5
6. Garcia Luque, Agustin m ESP 2355 6 35.5 26.5
7. Fernandez Romero, Ernesto m ESP 2460 5.5 42.5 27.5
8. Mellado Trivino, Juan m ESP 2382 5.5 41.5 28.5
9. Melero Fidalgo, Juan de Dios ESP 2195 5.5 38.5 25.5
10. Kononenko, Tatiana wg UKR 2417 5 42.5 27.5
11. Razmyslov, Alexander f UKR 2329 5 41.5 27.0
12. Del Rio Angelis, Salvador G g ESP 2497 5 36.5 25.0
13. Perez Garcia, Roberto ESP 2180 5 36.0 25.0
14. Teran Alvarez, Ismael m ESP 2446 5 34.0 26.0
15. Lopez Rodriguez, Fernando ESP 2153 5 33.0 23.0
16. Gomez Feria, Jose Maria ESP 1982 5 33.0 23.0
17. Campos Calvo-Sotelo, Juan ESP 2068 5 32.0 21.0
18. Reina Aguilar, Marcelo ESP 2052 5 32.0 21.0
19. Prados Barrios,Antonio ESP ---- 5 31.5 21.0
66 players
The 4th Parsvnath Open took place in New Delhi 15th-22nd Janaury 2006.
Alexei Fedorov won the event with 9/10 a point clear of the field.
Official site: http://www.delhichess.com/4th_igm/home.htm
- story also at: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2903
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1 1 Alexei Fedorov gm 2608 BLR 9 69½ 56 62.00
2 4 Pavel Kotsur gm 2570 KAZ 8 65½ 53 50.75
3 47 Ziaur Rahman gm 2557 BAN 8 64 51 49.50
4 7 Saptarishi Roy 2363 IND 8 62 51 47.50
5 17 Venkatesh M R im 2438 IND 8 59½ 47½ 46.75
6 84 Satyapragyan S im 2403 IND 7½ 66 52½ 46.25
7 46 Parimarjan Negi im 2396 IND 7½ 64½ 52½ 46.50
8 22 Dibyendu Barua gm 2464 IND 7½ 64½ 52 46.25
9 9 Marat Dzhumaev gm 2516 UZB 7½ 64 50 45.75
10 16 Sandipan Chanda gm 2522 IND 7½ 63 51 45.25
11 6 Sriram Jha im 2444 IND 7½ 63 50 43.75
12 42 Rathnakaran K 2408 IND 7½ 60½ 48 44.75
13 19 Ramesh R B gm 2491 IND 7½ 59½ 48 43.00
14 50 Zhumabaev R fm 2405 KAZ 7 70 56 45.50
15 3 Surya Sekar Ganguly gm 2579 IND 7 69 55 46.00
16 31 Alexander Raetsky gm 2431 RUS 7 64 51 42.75
17 11 Vijayalakshmi S im 2479 IND 7 63½ 50½ 42.75
18 57 Harika Dronavalli wgm 2358 IND 7 63 49½ 40.75
19 30 Konstantin Chernysov gm 2539 RUS 7 62½ 50½ 42.50
20 13 Niaz Murshed gm 2460 BAN 7 62½ 50½ 42.25
21 29 Abdulla Al-Rakib im 2477 BAN 7 62½ 50 42.50
22 38 Vikramaditya Kamble 2403 IND 7 62½ 49½ 40.00
23 97 Anil Kumar O T 2284 IND 7 61½ 49 39.50
24 79 Balasubramaniam R im 2322 IND 7 60½ 48½ 39.75
25 2 Enamul Hossain im 2468 BAN 7 59½ 48½ 40.00
26 15 Laxman R R im 2418 IND 7 59½ 48 40.00
27 59 Ismagambetov Anuar im 2420 KAZ 7 58½ 48 39.00
28 63 Roktim Bandopadhyay im 2383 IND 7 58 47½ 38.75
29 61 Gopal G N 2353 IND 7 58 47 39.00
30 188 Arjun D Tiwari 2261 IND 7 58 46½ 38.25
31 36 Deep Sengupta im 2393 IND 7 57½ 46½ 37.75
32 14 Abhijeet Gupta im 2434 IND 7 57½ 46 39.75
33 12 Nassir Wajih 2285 IND 7 57½ 46 38.50
34 173 Arvinder Preet Singh 2078 IND 7 52 43 32.25
35 54 Sanjay N 2363 IND 7 51 41 36.75
36 34 Thejkumar M S 2384 IND 7 51 41 35.50
314 players
The First Saturday tournaments for 2006 start with one GM and two IM
groups along with lesser events starting February 4th.
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/
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FSGM February Budapest HUN (HUN), 4-16 ii 2006 cat. VIII (2427)
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1. Caruana, Fabiano f USA 2409 * . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.0
2. Radziewicz, Iweta m POL 2421 . * . . . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
3. Vajda, Levente g ROM 2526 . . * . . . . . . 1 . . 1.0
4. Antic, Dejan g SCG 2505 . . . * . . = . . . . . 0.5 2417
5. Bellia, Fabrizio m ITA 2390 . . . . * . . . = . . . 0.5 2344
6. Jakab, Attila m HUN 2412 . . . . . * . = . . . . 0.5 2368
7. Muzychuk, Anna wg SLO 2417 . . . = . . * . . . . . 0.5 2505
8. Paschall, William M m USA 2368 . . . . . = . * . . . . 0.5 2412
9. Prohaszka, Peter2 f HUN 2344 . . . . = . . . * . . . 0.5 2390
10. Ilincic, Zlatko g SCG 2545 . . 0 . . . . . . * . . 0.0
11. Muir, Andrew J m SCO 2325 . 0 . . . . . . . . * . 0.0
12. Murariu, Andrei m ROM 2461 0 . . . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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1. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2291 * . . . . . 1 . . . 1.0
2. Moussard, Jules f FRA 2117 . * . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
3. Nguyen Huynh Minh H f VIE 2217 . . * . . . . . . 1 1.0
4. Sanchez, Louis f FRA 2301 . . . * . . . 1 . . 1.0
5. Hardarson, Robert f ISL 2369 . . . . * = . . . . 0.5 2190
6. Pavel, Miklos HUN 2190 . . . . = * . . . . 0.5 2369
7. Adams, Nick A USA 2212 0 . . . . . * . . . 0.0
8. Bednay, Bence HUN 2231 . . . 0 . . . * . . 0.0
9. Boguszlavszkij, Jevgenyij m HUN 2348 . 0 . . . . . . * . 0.0
10. Kaposztas, Miklos m HUN 2294 . . 0 . . . . . . * 0.0
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The Otto Ibenfeldt Memorial took place in Gausdal, Norway 16th-23rd
January 2006. Normunds Miezis won with 8/9 undefeated.
Further details: http://home.online.no/~eirikgu/gausdal2006/
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1. Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2470 * = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2628
2. Lie, Espen f NOR 2325 = * = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 7.0 2513
3. Andreasen, Per f DEN 2295 0 = * = 0 = 1 = 1 1 5.0 2340
4. Silseth, Simon f SWE 2327 0 0 = * 1 = = = 1 1 5.0 2336
5. Westerinen, Heikki M.J g FIN 2382 = = 1 0 * = = = 0 1 4.5 2287
6. Hole, Oystein f NOR 2370 0 0 = = = * 0 1 1 1 4.5 2288
7. Sagafos, Magne NOR 2273 0 0 0 = = 1 * 1 0 1 4.0 2256
8. Bentsen, Oyvind NOR 2187 0 = = = = 0 0 * = 1 3.5 2229
9. Moskow, Eric USA 2248 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 = * 1 3.5 2222
10. Haveland, Bjorn NOR 2093 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0.0
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The first rounds of the French League top 16 took place 3rd-5th February
in Monaco. There are games around from the weekend but not in any ordered form
at the moment.
Further details: http://www.echecs.asso.fr and
http://www.europe-echecs.com/
Group A Top 16
Round 1
Drancy 1 - 1 Mulhouse
Montpellier 0 - 7 Nao Chess Club
Avignon 0 - 6 Clichy
Evry Grand Roque 8 - 0 Créteil
Round 2
Mulhouse 1 - 3 Nao Chess Club
Drancy 0 - 6 Montpellier
Clichy 7 - 0 Créteil
Avignon 1 - 6 Evry Grand Roque
Round 3
Montpellier 0 - 2 Mulhouse
Nao Chess Club 9 - 0 Drancy
Evry Grand Roque 2 - 2 Clichy
Créteil 3 - 3 Avignon
Pl. Team Pts j. d. p. c.
1 Nao Chess Club 9 3 18 19 1
2 Evry Grand Roque 8 3 13 16 3
3 Clichy 8 3 13 15 2
4 Mulhouse 6 3 0 4 4
5 Montpellier 5 3 -3 6 9
6 Avignon 4 3 -11 4 15
7 Créteil 4 3 -15 3 18
8 Drancy 4 3 -15 1 16
Group B Top 16
Round 1
Gonfreville 4 - 2 Antibes
Monaco 5 - 1 Cannes
Nancy 2 - 1 Nice
Bischwiller 4 - 1 Strasbourg
Round 2
Antibes 3 - 5 Cannes
Gonfreville 2 - 4 Monaco
Nice 3 - 2 Strasbourg
Nancy 3 - 3 Bischwiller
Round 3
Monaco 5 - 1 Antibes
Cannes 2 - 2 Gonfreville
Bischwiller 2 - 1 Nice
Strasbourg 1 - 2 Nancy
Pl. Team Pts j. d. p. c.
1 Monaco 9 3 10 14 4
2 Bischwiller 8 3 4 9 5
3 Nancy 8 3 2 7 5
4 Gonfreville 6 3 0 8 8
5 Cannes 6 3 -2 8 10
6 Nice 5 3 -1 5 6
7 Strasbourg 3 3 -5 4 9
8 Antibes 3 3 -8 6 14
The 2nd Armenian Club Championship finished in Yerevan. The
Armenian Club Champions for 2006 are Club "Bank King", Karen Asrian, Artashes
Minasian, Ashot Anastasian, Tigran L. Petrosian. Davit Karatorossian, Rafael
Vaganian, Ashot Avetisyan and Smbat Lputian. A limited number of games are
available
Official site: http://www.armchess.am
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2nd Armenian Clubs Yerevan ARM (ARM), 18-22 i 2006
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Final Standings
1. Bank King 9 21
2. Chess Academy 8 18
3. FIMA 6 17,5
4. Chess School 5 17,5
5. Arabkir 2 8,5
6. Gyumri 0 7,5
The 14th Fajr Open, took place 24th-30th January 2006 with 12000$ Prize
Money. IM Benjamin Galstian took first on tie-break ahead of 7 others tied on
7.5/9.
Official site: http://www.iranchess.com/indexen.htm
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14th FAJR Open Tehran IRI (IRI), 24-30 i 2006
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1 IM Galstian Benjamin ARM 2476 7.5 54.0 48.0
2 GM Neverov Valery UKR 2554 7.5 50.5 45.0
3 GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan IRI 2564 7.5 49.0 44.0
4 GM Gleyzerov Evgeny RUS 2562 7.5 48.5 44.0
5 GM Moradiabadi Elshan IRI 2470 7.5 48.0 43.5
6 IM Mallahi Amir IRI 2426 7.5 48.0 43.5
7 IM Ghane Shojaat IRI 2345 7.5 46.0 42.0
8 FM Ardeshi Mehrdad IRI 2348 7.5 44.0 39.5
9 FM Roghani Arash IRI 2371 7.0 48.5 44.0
10 IM Babaev Rashad AZE 2473 7.0 48.0 43.5
11 GM Gaprindashvili Valeriane GEO 2466 7.0 47.5 42.5
12 IM Shalamberidze Akaki GEO 2422 6.5 51.5 46.0
13 IM Kasparov Sergey BLS 2491 6.5 50.0 45.0
14 IM Badjarani Ilgar AZE 2323 6.5 47.5 42.5
15 Golizadeh Asghar IRI 2211 6.5 47.0 43.0
16 Sadatnajafi M IRI 2189 6.5 47.0 42.5
17 IM Abbasov Farid AZE 2462 6.5 47.0 42.5
18 FM Babujian Levon ARM 2441 6.5 46.5 42.5
19 Mahdavirad Mehdi IRI 2249 6.5 46.5 41.5
20 GM Bistric Faruk BIH 2434 6.5 46.0 41.5
21 Toufighi Homayoon IRI 2335 6.5 45.0 40.5
22 Abedi Ali IRI 2228 6.5 45.0 40.5
23 FM Alavi Sayed Javad IRI 2293 6.5 44.0 40.0
24 Nasri Amin IRI 2266 6.5 43.0 38.5
25 FM Abbasifar Hassan IRI 2353 6.5 43.0 38.5
26 FM Mohammadi Hamidreza IRI 2259 6.5 42.5 38.5
27 Bashirinia Omid IRI 2112 6.5 41.0 37.0
28 IM Guliev Logman AZE 2374 6.5 41.0 36.5
29 Afshari Mohammadreza IRI 2258 6.5 37.0 33.0
278 players
The Belgrade Winter Open took place 21st-29th January 2006. Momcilo
Nikolic won with 8.5/9. Games from the final round now available.
Official site: http://www.beochess.org.yu/english.htm
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Winter Open Belgrade SCG (SCG), 21-29 i 2006
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1. Nikolic, Momcilo SCG 2246 8.5 52.5 41.5 44.5 8
2. Andrijevic, Milan m SCG 2369 7.5 51.0 39.0 39.5 7
3. Martic, Ivan SCG 2233 7 49.0 37.0 37.0 6
4. Popovic, Dragan B f SCG 2296 6.5 52.0 40.5 34.5 4
5. Irizanin, Radoje SCG 2260 6.5 49.0 37.0 34.0 5
6. Milicevic I, Predrag SCG 2169 6.5 49.0 36.5 31.5 6
7. Milosevic, Zoran SCG 2228 6.5 48.5 38.5 35.0 5
8. Klasan, Vladimir SCG 2202 6.5 46.0 36.5 32.5 6
9. Mihajlovic, Miodrag f SCG 2268 6.5 43.0 34.0 28.0 6
10. Jelisavcic,Srdjan SCG ---- 6.5 38.0 29.0 25.5 6
11. Sarenac, David SCG 2155 6 55.0 42.0 36.0 6
12. Skare, Goran f SCG 2303 6 42.5 33.0 26.5 4
13. Carnic, Dejan SCG 2185 6 42.0 32.5 28.0 6
14. Sarenac, Ivan SCG 2137 6 42.0 32.5 27.5 4
15. Starcevic, Goran f SCG 2179 6 39.5 32.0 29.0 6
93 players
The campaign to elect Bessel Kok and his deputy Ali Nihat Yazicias FIDE
President at the Turin FIDE Congress alongside the Olympiad (20th May - 4th
June 2006) is in full swing. Letters of support from Federations and
individuals have been coming into their website:
http://www.rightmove06.org/. In
particular there was a recent letter by Yasser Seirawan in Chess Today.
Yasser Seirawan on FIDE from Chess Today 3rd
February 2006.
From my point of view this is the best candidate for FIDE President for
many years. But voting in FIDE elections does not proceed in the real world.
I've seen Federation support for opposition to sitting FIDE Presidents
Campomanes and then Iljumzhinov melt away in the night and these Federations
end up supporting these candidates. At the very least we deserve to see the
level of support for these candidates reflected in a final vote, not some "we
are one family" coronation and unanimous election of the next president.
Bessel Kok would make a good president, he's highly qualified in all the
areas needed. Kirsan Iljumzhinov never had the qualifications to do this job,
and was elected in the first place because he had the finances to bail out an
organisation made insolvent by Florencio Campomanes. But this support, and I'm
by no means convinced as to his motivation, has come at too high a price. I do
however fear that if he loses the winning candidate may find some nasty
financial surprises. But right now I'd rather see bankruptcy, as I did at the
time of his first election. I haven't touched these issues for years because
its seemed to me pointless to get worked up about FIDE when change was so
unlikely. I'm not optimistic this time either but if Bessel Kok can't get
elected president in opposition to Iljumzhinov, no-one can.
Further details about Chess Today: http://www.chesstoday.net/
Sample Chess Today Issues Downloads
CT-1913.cbv
CT-1913.pdf
CT-1913.pgn
CT-1914.cbv
CT-1914.pdf
CT-1914.pgn
CT-info.doc
Championship of the Czech Republic
The Championship of the Czech Republic takes place 7th-17th February
2006 in Brno-hotel Bobycentrum.
GM round-robin tournament (12 players, average 2496). Players
(unconfirmed) 1. Hrácek Zbynek g 2593 2. Babula Vlastimil g 2585 3.
Stocek Jirí g 2580 4. Votava Jan g 2545 5. Láznicka Viktor m 2525
6. Jansa Vlastimil g 2521 7. Hába Petr g 2519 8. Cvek Robert m 2498 9.
Polák Tomás g 2485 10. Simácek Pavel m 2480 11.
Bernásek Jan m 2446
Live games: http://muzi2006.chess.cz/partie.php
(1st-10th round at 3 pm, 11th round at 11 am).
The main page of the championship is
http://muzi2006.chess.cz/index.php
XIX edition of the Ciudad de León
The XIX edition of the Ciudad de León chess tournament takes
place 8th-12th June 2006 at the 2Junta de Castilla y León" building in
León, Spain.
Players: Veselin Topalov, Viswanathan Anand, Paco Vallejo and
Lázaro Bruzón.
There will be 2 semi finals (June 9th and June 10th) and a final (June
11th)
Official sites: http://www.advancedchessleon.com
and/or http://www.elajedrezdelfuturo.com
Morelia and Linares 2006
Morelia in Mexico hosts the first half of the traditional Linares super
tournament its unclear if the cancellation of the chess festival will have an
impact. Their half should 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 Teimour Radjabov.
Further details: http://www.moreliachess.com/eng/
The open that was supposed to take place around the same time has been
cancelled.
Spanish Championship
The Spanish closed and open Championships will be held in León
November 22nd-30th 2006. The Hotel Conde Luna from León will be the
venue and the official hotel of the organization.
2nd San Marino Open
The 2nd San Marino International Chess Open takes place in the Republic
of San Marino June 5th-11th 2006, at the end of the Turin World Chess Olympiad.
Prize fund € 40.000, 1st prize € 10.000. For any related information
visit the internet website http://www.sanmarinoscacchi.sm
For further info: info@sanmarinoscacchi.sm
Las Vegas Masters
Las Vegas Masters Chess Tournament June 10th-14th, 2006
School House Chess Center, Las Vegas, USA FIDE rated, 9 round Swiss,
open to players rated FIDE 2200 and higher. $3,800 prize fund, free entry to
GMs and non-US IMs.
Website: http://www.clarkcountychessclub.com/masters/.
Info: Chris Bird, (702)575-0635, chris@clarkcountychessclub.com.
National Open
National Open Chess Tournament June 16th-18th, 2006
Riviera Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, USA 6 round Swiss, 8 sections:
Open, U2200, U2000, U1800, U1600, U1400, U1200 and Unrated. Estimated $100,000
total prize fund! Free entry to GMs. Side events include Susan Polgar World
Championship for Girls and National Open Blitz Championship.
Website: http://www.lvchessfestival.com
Alushta Tournaments
01.02.06 Tournaments in Alushta:
GM Norm: 29.04-9.05, 11.05-21.05, 23.05-1.06, 2.06-12.06, 16.06-26.06,
2.09-12.09, 14.09-24.09, 26.09–6.10,
IM Norm: 29.04-9.05, 11.05-21.05, 23.05-1.06, 2.06-12.06, 16.06-26.06,
2.09-12.09, 14.09-24.09, 26.09–6.10,
Rating tournament: 5.06-13.06, 23.06–27.06
Open tournament (under 16 years) First prize - 200$ 14.06-22.06, Swiss 9
rounds.
Open tournament First prize - 1000$ First prize (woman)- 500$:
28.06-6.07, Swiss 9 rounds. Open tournament (rapid chess) 7.07–8.07, Swiss
9 rounds. Blitz tournament 9.07. Session of school of Gennadi Kuzmin
23.06–27.06. Individual and group studying.
Further information: http://www.kaissa.com.ua phone +38
(06560)5-05-32, +380505828911 (for Russian speaking) + 38 050 669-26-04 (for
English speaking) e-mail: info@kaissa.com.ua
Battle of Senta 1697 Chess Festival
The 10th Anniversary Chess Festival "The Battle of Senta 1697" takes
place 21st30th July 2006. Events: A Main tournament, B tournament,
rapid-transit ( ,, Blitz ,, ) tournament, rapid-transit tournament,
children’s rapid-transit tournament, women’s rapid-transit tournament
Information, registration for tournaments and private accommodation
bookings at Seles Ambrus, 27 Fruskogorska street, 24400 Senta Serbia-Montenegro
. Telephone number : +381-24-813-251 or mob. +381-63-8-754-713, E-mail :
kajari@sksyu.net , szelescs@sabotronic.co.yu, novaklaslo@ptt.yu,
brindzai@stcable.co.yu .
MTel Cup Sofia
The field for the Mtel Cup in Sofia 9th (opening ceremony) - 21st
(closing) May 2006 has almost been finalised. Veselin Topalov, Viswanathan
Anand, Peter Svidler, Etienne Bacrot, Gata Kamsky are confirmed and Levon
Aronian is a possible for the final place. Website to be announced later.
Aeroflot Open
The International Chess Open Festival "Aeroflot Open 2006" will be held
in Moscow from 7 February (the day of arrival) to 17 February 2006 (the day of
departure). The official hotel and tournament venue is hotel "Gamma" belonging
to the Tourist Complex "Ismailovo".
Official site: http://www.aeroflotchess.com/
European Blitz Championship
The 20th International Games Festival includes the EUROPEAN BLITZ
Championship 18th-19th February 2006. At the Palais des Festivals - Salon
Méditerranée. Time Control : 5 minutes per player. 36 round Swiss
System. Open to all players that are members in an ECU country or playing under
the code of an ECU member (license is not necessary) Entry fee : 15 Euros
(including IMs and GMs)
20,000 Euros in prizes with 1st Pool A 4500 Euros and 1st Pool B 300
Euros.
Further Information: info@cannes-echecs.org - ( 04.93.39.41.39
http://www.cannes-echecs.org)
XXII Reykjavik Open
XXII Reykjavik Open takes place 6th-14th March 2006.
Further details: http://www.skaksamband.com/reykjavikopen2006/
Lenk International Chess Festival
The "Swiss Chess Tour 2006" will continue in Lenk with the 18th
"Kreuz-Open" April 13th-17th 2006.
The venue is the Hotel Kreuz, Grande Open, Swiss system, 7 rounds and
the games will last a maximum of 5 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 30 minutes
till the end). Prize are: 1.500 SF, 1.200, 900, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200
and 150 SF. From 11.- 20. places natural prizes. Special prizes for best Lady,
senior (1945), junior(1986-89), schoolboy (1990) and best local player. Entry
fee 130 SF, FMs and juniors 60 SF, at the door 10 SF more, GMs and IMs free.
New: teams competition, with 4 members; 3 prizes: 4x100/4x75/4x50 SF; entry fee
10 SF. Venue: Hotel "Kreuz". Time table: Round 1st 18.00-23.00 April 13,;
Rounds 2/3 09.30-14.30 and 15.30-20.30 April 14,; Round 4 13.30-18.30 April
15,; Rounds 5/6 09.30-14.30 and 15.30-20.30 April 16,; Round 7 9.30-14.30 April
17. Closing ceremony April 17 at 16.00.
Info: Beochess +41+62+965-46-50 (Robert Spoerri) or info@beochess.ch or
site http://www.beochess.ch for more
details.
VIII Rector Cup
The VIII Rector Cup takes place 27th March - 7th April 2006. There are
GM events for men and women. The events take place in the National law academy
of Ukraine & Chess club in Kharkov 12 participants in each tournament,
round robin, 11 rounds, 90 minutes for each player to finish the game with
extra 30 seconds for each move from the start (Fischer system)
Further info:
+38(057) 704-38-12 Chess club - Law academy
+38(067) 562-00-07 mobile Karlovich Anastasiya
+38(050) 353-37-22 mobile
Kovchan Alexander
e-mail: nlau@mail.ru
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
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.
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.
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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