THE WEEK IN CHESS 589 20th February 2006 by Mark Crowther
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1292 games
My thanks to Varlam Vepkhvishvili, Helen Milligan, Adolivio Capece,
David Avron, Frank Berry, Thomas Henrich, George Mirijanian, Jonathan Berry,
Geoffrey Borg, Andy McFarland, Koos Stolk, Laszlo Nagy, Luiz Roberto Da Costa
Jr and everyone else who helped with the issue.
The Morelia half of the traditional Linares tournament started with six
of the first eight games being decisive. Peter Svidler started off in good
style beating Veselin Topalov in the first round and then Vallejo Pons in the
second. He's not the only Peter on 2/2, Leko also started with wins against
Vallejo and Radjabov. Half a point behind is Vassily Ivanchuk and he seems to
be in good form playing well in Wijk aan Zee and starting well here. Pre-event
favourite Topalov isn't out of it yet but is already a point and a half off the
lead. I'm really looking forward to the rest of the event.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
Morelia in Mexico hosts the first half of the traditional Linares super
tournament. Their half will take place February 18th-26th, 2006. The Linares
half takes place 3rd-11th March 2006.
Official site:http://www.marca.es/ -
live: http://linares.soloajedrez.com/.
Morelia organisers: http://www.moreliachess.com/eng/
Round 1 (February 18, 2006)
Svidler, Peter - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 67 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Bacrot, Etienne - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 66 E16 Queens Indian
Aronian, Levon - Radjabov, Teimour 1-0 79 E93 King's Indian Classical
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Leko, Peter 0-1 40 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Round 2 (February 19, 2006)
Leko, Peter - Radjabov, Teimour 1-0 45 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Aronian, Levon 1-0 45 A30 English Symmetrical
Topalov, Veselin - Bacrot, Etienne 1/2 54 C42 Petroff's Defence
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Svidler, Peter 0-1 40 D85 Gruenfeld Defence
XXIII SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP (MEX/ESP), 18 ii-11 iii 2006cat. XX (2732)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2765 ** .. .. .. .. 1. .. 1. 2.0
2 Leko, Peter g HUN 2740 .. ** .. .. .. .. 1. 1. 2.0
3 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2729 .. .. ** =. 1. .. .. .. 1.5 2927
4 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2717 .. .. =. ** .. =. .. .. 1.0 2765
5 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2752 .. .. 0. .. ** .. 1. .. 1.0 2714
6 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2801 0. .. .. =. .. ** .. .. 0.5 2548
7 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2700 .. 0. .. .. 0. .. ** .. 0.0
8 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2650 0. 0. .. .. .. .. .. ** 0.0
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The Cappelle la Grande tournament takes place 18th-25th February 2006.
96 GMs, 9 WGMs included in a total of 559 players.
Official site: http://www.cappelle-chess.com/.
Further coverage at: http://www.notzai.info -
http://www.notzai.info/rubrique11.html
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22nd Open Cappelle la Grande FRA (FRA), 18-25 ii 2006
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1. Andreev, Eduard g UKR 2470 + 91 1.0
2. Aloma Vidal, Robert f ESP 2264 +127 1.0
3. Azarov, Sergei g BLR 2581 +113 1.0
4. Bagheri, Amir g FRA 2521 +115 1.0
5. Baklan, Vladimir g UKR 2601 +109 1.0
6. Bannink, Bernard f NED 2297 + 93 1.0
7. Bitalzadeh, Ali NED 2270 +124 1.0
8. Danielian, Oganes g ARM 2518 + 89 1.0
9. Delchev, Aleksander g BUL 2661 + 95 1.0
10. Dembo, Yelena m GRE 2461 + 92 1.0
11. Drozdovskij, Yuri g UKR 2509 +118 1.0
12. Erenburg, Sergey g ISR 2573 +108 1.0
13. Firman, Nazar m UKR 2468 + 94 1.0
14. Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2625 +119 1.0
15. Gozzoli, Yannick m FRA 2464 + 98 1.0
16. Guseinov, Gadir g AZE 2607 +103 1.0
17. Hasangatin, Ramil g RUS 2460 + 82 1.0
18. Ionov, Sergey g RUS 2527 + 83 1.0
19. Ivanov, Sergey g RUS 2541 +100 1.0
20. Jakubowski, Krzysztof m POL 2504 + 84 1.0
21. Jaracz, Pawel g POL 2486 +114 1.0
22. Kasparov, Sergey m BLR 2491 +110 1.0
23. Grigoriants, Sergey g RUS 2550 + 88 1.0
24. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2649 + 85 1.0
25. Kryvoruchko, Yuriy m UKR 2513 +101 1.0
26. Luther, Thomas g GER 2569 + 97 1.0
27. Malakhatko, Vadim g UKR 2556 + 90 1.0
28. Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2657 +129 1.0
29. Moser, Eva m AUT 2374 +126 1.0
30. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2571 +125 1.0
31. Ninov, Nikolai m BUL 2513 +117 1.0
32. Novikov, Maxim g RUS 2518 +111 1.0
33. Oleksienko, Mikhailo g UKR 2509 + 99 1.0
34. Petkov, Vladimir m BUL 2512 +102 1.0
35. Popov, Valerij g RUS 2592 + 96 1.0
36. Radulski, Julian g BUL 2515 +131 1.0
37. Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2594 + 81 1.0
38. Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2670 +130 1.0
39. Senff, Martin m GER 2471 +106 1.0
40. Simon, Olivier f FRA 2330 +105 1.0
41. Skatchkov, Pavel m RUS 2454 +120 1.0
42. Sorokin, Maxim g RUS 2560 + 87 1.0
43. Spoelman, Wouter NED 2376 +122 1.0
44. Spraggett, Kevin g CAN 2581 +123 1.0
45. Sulskis, Sarunas g LTU 2504 + 86 1.0
46. Totsky, Leonid g RUS 2496 +128 1.0
47. Vorobiov, Evgeny E g RUS 2543 +132 1.0
48. Yagupov, Igor g RUS 2534 +107 1.0
49. Yevseev, Denis g RUS 2557 +116 1.0
50. Zagrebelny, Sergey g UZB 2497 +112 1.0
51. Zakharevich, Igor g RUS 2500 + 80 1.0
52. Zinchenko, Yaroslav m UKR 2501 +121 1.0
53. Zubarev, Alexander1 g UKR 2508 +104 1.0
54. Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2562 = 79 0.5
55. Bernard, Christophe m FRA 2324 = 64 0.5
56. Brodsky, Michail g UKR 2581 = 67 0.5
57. Burmakin, Vladimir g RUS 2519 = 75 0.5
58. Claverie, Christophe m FRA 2326 = 63 0.5
59. Degraeve, Jean-Marc g FRA 2553 = 69 0.5
60. Draoui, Najib f MAR 2369 = 61 0.5
61. Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2553 = 60 0.5
62. Golod, Vitali g ISR 2577 = 70 0.5
63. Hebden, Mark g ENG 2514 = 58 0.5
64. Kovchan, Alexander g UKR 2513 = 55 0.5
65. Mannion, Stephen R m SCO 2340 = 78 0.5
66. Marzolo, Cyril m FRA 2393 = 72 0.5
67. Melia, Salome wg GEO 2390 = 56 0.5
68. Miroshnichenko, Evgenij g UKR 2619 = 76 0.5
69. Mogranzini, Roberto f ITA 2370 = 59 0.5
70. Ponkratov, Pavel RUS 2389 = 62 0.5
71. Rodriguez Guerrero, Enrique m ESP 2464 = 74 0.5
72. Roiz, Michael g ISR 2599 = 66 0.5
73. Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2582 = 77 0.5
74. Santos, Antonio P POR 2262 = 71 0.5
75. Thielsch, Norman f GER 2338 = 57 0.5
76. Willemze, Jeroen NED 2398 = 68 0.5
77. Willemze, Thomas NED 2392 = 73 0.5
78. Yemelin, Vasily g RUS 2523 = 65 0.5
79. Zimmerman, Yuri m RUS 2379 = 54 0.5
80. Bakin, Alexander f RUS 2299 - 51 0.0
81. Berkovich, Mark A m ISR 2392 - 37 0.0
82. Bjarnason, Oskar ISL 2255 - 17 0.0
83. Borsuk, Angela wg ISR 2345 - 18 0.0
84. Bruned, Yvain f ESP 2301 - 20 0.0
85. Benitah, Yohan m FRA 2398 - 24 0.0
86. Chetverik, Maxim m RUS 2303 - 45 0.0
87. Colin, Vincent m FRA 2374 - 42 0.0
88. Cosma, Elena Luminita wg ROM 2367 - 23 0.0
89. De Jong, Jan Willem f NED 2334 - 8 0.0
90. Dworakowska, Joanna m POL 2370 - 27 0.0
91. Chulivska, Vita wm UKR 2279 - 1 0.0
92. Cieza, Arcadio f PER 2257 - 10 0.0
93. Evdokimov, Alexander A g RUS 2498 - 6 0.0
94. Fierro Baquero, Martha L m ECU 2273 - 13 0.0
95. Foisor, Cristina Adela m ROM 2402 - 9 0.0
96. Foisor, Ovidiu Doru m ROM 2392 - 35 0.0
97. Frois, Antonio m POR 2381 - 26 0.0
98. Gentilleau, Jean-Philippe MNC 2262 - 15 0.0
99. Giffard, Nicolas m FRA 2313 - 33 0.0
100. Grooten, Herman m NED 2365 - 19 0.0
101. Hansen, Torbjorn Ringdal f NOR 2323 - 25 0.0
102. Housieaux, David f FRA 2317 - 34 0.0
103. Jakobsen, Ole m DEN 2395 - 16 0.0
104. Jessel, Stephen IRL 2313 - 53 0.0
105. Kurnosov, Igor g RUS 2517 - 40 0.0
106. Lallemand, Roza wg FRA 2279 - 39 0.0
107. Lanzani, Mario m ITA 2356 - 48 0.0
108. Lawson, Eric m CAN 2383 - 12 0.0
109. Livshits, Gaby m ISR 2393 - 5 0.0
110. Makropoulou, Marina wg GRE 2284 - 22 0.0
111. Mazzilli, Piero f ITA 2332 - 32 0.0
112. Mevel, Alberic f FRA 2296 - 50 0.0
113. Onkoud, Abdelaziz f MAR 2391 - 3 0.0
114. Peric, Slavisa m SCG 2284 - 21 0.0
115. Porat, Ido f ISR 2340 - 4 0.0
116. Repkova, Eva wg SVK 2370 - 49 0.0
117. Rogule, Laura wg LAT 2320 - 31 0.0
118. Rudolph, Johannes f GER 2314 - 11 0.0
119. San Emeterio Cabanes, Jose L f ESP 2398 - 14 0.0
120. Scetinin, Alexander f RUS 2253 - 41 0.0
121. Schlawin, Marlon GER 2301 - 52 0.0
122. Shengelia, Davit g GEO 2562 - 43 0.0
123. Shirazi, Kamran m USA 2389 - 44 0.0
124. Szelag, Marcin m POL 2468 - 7 0.0
125. Tazbir, Marcin POL 2382 - 30 0.0
126. Timoshenko, Georgy g UKR 2560 - 29 0.0
127. Van der Weide, Karel g NED 2466 - 2 0.0
128. Worek, Joanna wf POL 2278 - 46 0.0
129. Zaragatski, Ilja GER 2400 - 28 0.0
130. Zawadzki, Stanislaw m POL 2404 - 38 0.0
131. Zdebskaja, Natalia wg UKR 2326 - 36 0.0
132. Zozulia, Anna m UKR 2366 - 47 0.0
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The Aeroflot Open took place in Moscow 8th-17 February 2006. The leaders
going into the final round were both defeated Pavel Eljanov by Shakhriyar
Mamedyarov and Kiril Georgiev by Krishnan Sasikiran. Baadur Jobava takes first
on tie-break after finishing in a four way tie on 6.5/9. The winner of A1
tournament will be invited to play in Dortmund from 23rd July to 5th August
2006.
Official site: http://www.aeroflotchess.com/
Final Round 9 Standings:
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Aeroflot Open Moscow RUS (RUS), 8-16 ii 2006
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1. Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2614 6.5
2. Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2661 6.5
3. Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2670 6.5
4. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2709 6.5
5. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2655 6.0
6. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2542 6.0
7. Petrosian, Tigran L g ARM 2558 6.0
8. Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2704 6.0
9. Georgiev, Kiril g BUL 2645 6.0
10. Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2657 6.0
11. Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2662 6.0
12. Efimenko, Zahar g UKR 2666 5.5
13. Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2652 5.5
14. Fedorov, Alexei g BLR 2608 5.5
15. Asrian, Karen g ARM 2646 5.5
16. Balogh, Csaba g HUN 2561 5.5
17. Yakovich, Yuri g RUS 2551 5.5
18. Sedlak, Nikola g SCG 2518 5.5
19. Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2694 5.5
20. Korotylev, Alexey g RUS 2609 5.5
21. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2634 5.5
22. Izoria, Zviad g GEO 2652 5.5
23. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2638 5.5
24. Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2514 5.0
25. Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2603 5.0
26. Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2595 5.0
27. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2697 5.0
28. Smirnov, Pavel g RUS 2614 5.0
29. Volkov, Sergey g RUS 2629 5.0
30. Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2625 5.0
31. Timofeev, Artyom g RUS 2653 5.0
32. Wang Hao g CHN 2593 5.0
33. Dyachkov, Sergej g RUS 2554 5.0
34. Kuzubov, Yuriy g UKR 2544 5.0
35. Galkin, Alexander g RUS 2616 5.0
36. Kazhgaleyev, Murtas g KAZ 2607 5.0
37. Areshchenko, Alexander g UKR 2670 5.0
38. Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2594 5.0
39. Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2645 5.0
40. Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2586 4.5
41. Shchekachev, Andrei g RUS 2570 4.5
42. Khismatullin, Denis g RUS 2576 4.5
43. Khairullin, Ildar m RUS 2533 4.5
44. Ganguly, Surya Shekhar g IND 2579 4.5
45. Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2657 4.5
46. Roiz, Michael g ISR 2599 4.5
47. Sadvakasov, Darmen g KAZ 2629 4.5
48. Popov, Valerij g RUS 2592 4.5
49. Guliyev, Namig g AZE 2588 4.5
50. Sandipan, Chanda g IND 2522 4.5
51. Yevseev, Denis g RUS 2557 4.5
52. Grigoriants, Sergey g RUS 2550 4.5
53. Wang Yue g CHN 2599 4.5
54. Sakaev, Konstantin g RUS 2649 4.5
55. Kempinski, Robert g POL 2619 4.5
56. Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2660 4.5
57. Landa, Konstantin g RUS 2597 4.5
58. Tregubov, Pavel V g RUS 2556 4.0
59. Svetushkin, Dmitry g MDA 2557 4.0
60. Zhao Jun g CHN 2520 4.0
61. Azarov, Sergei g BLR 2581 4.0
62. Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2585 4.0
63. Minasian, Artashes g ARM 2574 4.0
64. Akobian, Varuzhan g USA 2600 4.0
65. Zhang Pengxiang g CHN 2638 4.0
66. Miroshnichenko, Evgenij g UKR 2619 4.0
67. Movsesian, Sergei g SVK 2632 4.0
68. Huzman, Alexander g ISR 2573 4.0
69. Savchenko, Boris m RUS 2569 4.0
70. Predojevic, Borki g BIH 2553 4.0
71. Filippov, Valerij g RUS 2568 4.0
72. Berg, Emanuel g SWE 2540 3.5
73. Dvoirys, Semen I g RUS 2551 3.5
74. Kharlov, Andrei g RUS 2558 3.5
75. Al-Modiahki, Mohamad g QAT 2579 3.5
76. Kosintseva, Tatiana m RUS 2479 3.5
77. Bocharov, Dmitry g RUS 2590 3.5
78. Sorokin, Maxim g RUS 2560 3.0
79. Shaposhnikov, Evgeny g RUS 2553 3.0
80. Vitiugov, Nikita RUS 2573 3.0
81. Kulaots, Kaido g EST 2558 3.0
82. David, Alberto g LUX 2591 3.0
83. Ivanov, Alexander g USA 2606 3.0
84. Erenburg, Sergey g ISR 2573 3.0
85. Rustemov, Alexander g RUS 2573 3.0
86. Kosintseva, Nadezhda m RUS 2480 3.0
87. Postny, Evgeny g ISR 2578 3.0
88. Karlsson, Lars g SWE 2509 3.0
89. Ni Hua g CHN 2614 3.0
90. Markus, Robert g SCG 2595 3.0
91. Shariyazdanov, Andrey g RUS 2583 2.5
92. Aleksandrov, Aleksej g BLR 2653 2.5
93. Anastasian, Ashot g ARM 2602 2.0
The First Saturday tournaments for February 2006 start saw a GM and two
IM groups along with lesser events starting February 4th. IM Iweta Radziewicz
won the GM group and made a GM norm. Nguyen Huynh Minh H won the IMA event and
made an IM norm. Tamas Fodor jr made an IM norrn in the IMB Group. Note that
Fabiano Caruana is now Italian, not US as given last week.
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/
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FSGM February Budapest HUN (HUN), 4-16 ii 2006 cat. VII (2423)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3
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1. Radziewicz, Iweta m POL 2421 * 0 = = 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2581
2. Jakab, Attila m HUN 2412 1 * 1 1 1 0 = = 0 = = = = 7.0 2481
3. Vajda, Levente g ROM 2526 = 0 * 1 1 0 = 1 = = 1 = = 7.0 2471
4. Ilincic, Zlatko g SCG 2545 = 0 0 * 1 = 0 1 = 1 1 1 = 7.0 2470
5. Caruana, Fabiano f ITA 2409 1 0 0 0 * 1 1 1 = 0 1 0 = 6.0 2424
6. Muir, Andrew J m SCO 2325 0 1 1 = 0 * 0 = 1 = = 0 1 6.0 2431
7. Murariu, Andrei m ROM 2461 0 = = 1 0 1 * 0 = = = 1 = 6.0 2420
8. Muzychuk, Anna wg SLO 2417 = = 0 0 0 = 1 * = 1 = 1 = 6.0 2423
9. Antic, Dejan g SCG 2505 0 1 = = = 0 = = * 0 1 = = 5.5 2387
10. Prohaszka, Peter f HUN 2344 0 = = 0 1 = = 0 1 * 0 = 1 5.5 2400
11. Nemeth, Miklos f HUN 2378 0 = 0 0 0 = = = 0 1 * 1 1 5.0 2369
12. Bellia, Fabrizio m ITA 2390 0 = = 0 1 1 0 0 = = 0 * = 4.5 2338
13. Paschall, William M m USA 2368 0 = = = = 0 = = = 0 0 = * 4.0 2302
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FSIMA February Budapest HUN (HUN), 4-16 ii 2006 cat. I (2257)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Nguyen Huynh Minh H f VIE 2217 * 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 7.0 2481
2. Hardarson, Robert f ISL 2369 1 * = = = = 1 = = 1 6.0 2369
3. Moussard, Jules f FRA 2117 0 = * 0 1 = = 1 1 1 5.5 2352
4. Adams, Nick A USA 2212 0 = 1 * 0 1 = 0 1 1 5.0 2305
5. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2291 0 = 0 1 * = 0 = 1 1 4.5 2253
6. Kaposztas, Miklos m HUN 2294 0 = = 0 = * 1 = 1 0 4.0 2209
7. Sanchez, Louis f FRA 2301 0 0 = = 1 0 * 1 0 1 4.0 2209
8. Boguszlavszkij, Jevgenyij m HUN 2348 0 = 0 1 = = 0 * 1 = 4.0 2203
9. Pavel, Miklos HUN 2190 1 = 0 0 0 0 1 0 * 0 2.5 2098
10. Bednay, Bence HUN 2231 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 = 1 * 2.5 2093
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FSIMB February Budapest HUN (HUN), 4-16 ii 2006 cat. II (2283)
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1. Galyas, Miklos m HUN 2374 * = 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 7.0 2493
2. Fodor, Tamas jr f HUN 2302 = * 1 = 0 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2501
3. Duong The Anh f VIE 2287 0 0 * 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 6.0 2407
4. Toth, Ervin HUN 2317 = = 0 * = 0 = 1 1 1 5.0 2322
5. Toth, Lili wm HUN 2215 0 1 0 = * = 0 1 1 = 4.5 2290
6. Brustkern, Juergen f GER 2240 = 0 1 1 = * 0 = = 0 4.0 2245
7. To Nhat Minh HUN 2175 0 0 0 = 1 1 * 0 = 1 4.0 2252
8. Werner, Dimo m GER 2372 = 0 0 0 0 = 1 * = 1 3.5 2193
9. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2282 0 0 0 0 0 = = = * 1 2.5 2117
10. Voiteanu, Gabriel ROM 2268 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 0 * 1.5 2011
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The Championship of the Czech Republic took place 7th-17th February
2006 in Brno-hotel Bobycentrum. Viktor Laznicka won with a round to spare.
Official site: http://muzi2006.chess.cz/index.php
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ch-CZE Brno CZE (CZE), 7-17 ii 2006 cat. X (2496)
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1. Laznicka, Viktor m CZE 2525 * = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 8.5 2704
2. Blatny, Pavel g CZE 2483 = * = 1 = = = = = 0 1 1 6.5 2562
3. Voloshin, Leonid g CZE 2466 = = * = = = = 1 = = = = 6.0 2534
4. Cvek, Robert m CZE 2498 = 0 = * = = = = = 1 1 = 6.0 2531
5. Simacek, Pavel m CZE 2480 = = = = * = = 0 1 0 = 1 5.5 2497
6. Polak, Tomas g CZE 2485 0 = = = = * = = = 1 = = 5.5 2496
7. Jirovsky, Milos g CZE 2476 0 = = = = = * = 0 1 1 = 5.5 2497
8. Stocek, Jiri g CZE 2580 0 = 0 = 1 = = * = 1 = = 5.5 2488
9. Jansa, Vlastimil g CZE 2521 0 = = = 0 = 1 = * 0 = 1 5.0 2457
10. Kalod, Radek g CZE 2502 0 1 = 0 1 0 0 0 1 * = 1 5.0 2459
11. Bernasek, Jan m CZE 2446 = 0 = 0 = = 0 = = = * 1 4.5 2435
12. Konopka, Michal m CZE 2489 0 0 = = 0 = = = 0 0 0 * 2.5 2285
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The 10th and 11th rounds of the Bundesliga took place 18th-19th February
2006. Leaders Baden Baden and second place Werder Bremen drew 4-4 in round 10.
Official site: http://www.schachbundesliga.de/
Round 10 18th February 2006
Venue: Hamburg
Hamburger SK 6 - 2 SG Kirchheim
1 Gustafsson,Ja ½ : ½ Wippermann,Ti 2
2 Ftacnik,Lubom ½ : ½ Gschnitzer,Os 4
3 Kempinski,Rob 1 : 0 Beckhuis,Gern 6
4 Hansen,Sune B 1 : 0 Wintzer,Joach 7
6 Mueller,Karst 1 : 0 Vonthron,Hors 8
7 Reeh,Oliver ½ : ½ Zuse,Klaus-Pe 10
8 Heinemann,Thi ½ : ½ Adler,Joel Dr 11
13 Sebastian,Dir 1 : 0 Mudelsee,Manf 13
Werder Bremen 4 - 4 OSC Baden Baden
1 McShane,Luke ½ : ½ Anand,Viswana 1
2 Efimenko,Zaha 0 : 1 Shirov,Alexei 4
4 Hracek,Zbynek ½ : ½ Nielsen,Peter 6
5 Pelletier,Yan 1 : 0 Krasenkow,Mic 7
6 Babula,Vlasti ½ : ½ Movsesian,Ser 8
7 Nyback,Tomi ½ : ½ Dautov,Rustem 10
8 Fish,Gennadij 0 : 1 Schlosser,Phi 11
9 Schandorff,La 1 : 0 Buhmann,Raine 12
Venue: Koelln
SG Köln Porz 6 - 2 SF Katernberg
2 Lutz,Christop 0 : 1 Volokitin,And 1
3 Van Wely,Loek ½ : ½ Kritz,Leonid 3
5 Vaganian,Rafa 1 : 0 Chuchelov,Vla 4
7 Graf,Alexande 1 : 0 Glek,Igor V 5
8 Gurevich,Mikh 1 : 0 L'Ami,Erwin 7
9 Hansen,Curt 1 : 0 Siebrecht,Seb 10
10 Van den Doel, ½ : ½ Souleidis,Geo 11
12 Kengis,Edwin 1 : 0 Thesing,Matth 12
Godesberger SK 3 - 5 SV Mülheim Nord
1 Kasimdzhanov, ½ : ½ Landa,Konstan 2
2 Jenni,Florian ½ : ½ Fridman,Danie 4
3 Sprenger,Jan- ½ : ½ Levin,Felix 5
4 Seel,Christia ½ : ½ Schebler,Gerh 6
5 Breder,Dennis 0 : 1 Saltaev,Mihai 7
6 Langheinrich, 0 : 1 Hausrath,Dani 8
8 Jackelen,Thom ½ : ½ Wegener,Olaf 10
9 Armbruster,Al ½ : ½ Sielecki,Chri 11
Venue: Tegernsee
TV Tegernsee 5½-2½ SK Zehlendorf
4 Bischoff,Klau ½ : ½ Richter,Micha 1
5 Boensch,Uwe 1 : 0 Maksimenko,An 2
6 Kindermann,St ½ : ½ Werner,Dimo 3
7 Hertneck,Gera ½ : ½ Janz,Frerik 4
8 Teske,Henrik ½ : ½ Heinig,Wolfra 5
9 Beim,Valery + : - Carmeille,Lud 6
11 Bromberger,St ½ : ½ Klimm,Wolf-Di 7
12 Gross,David 1 : 0 Brustkern,Jue 13
SC Eppingen 6½-1½ SC Leipzig Gohli
1 Gyimesi,Zolta ½ : ½ Vogt,Lothar 1
2 Postny,Evgeny 1 : 0 Voigt,Roland 2
3 Acs,Peter 1 : 0 Zesch,Ludwig 5
4 Braun,Arik 1 : 0 Schoeneberg,M 6
5 Meier,Georg ½ : ½ Quast,Michael 7
6 Medvegy,Zolta 1 : 0 Fischer,Johan 8
9 Miltner,Arndt ½ : ½ Hoffmann,Hend 9
15 Meinhardt,Max 1 : 0 Rausch,Stepha 11
Venue: Solingen
SG Aljechin Soli 5 - 3 SC Kreuzberg
1 Jussupow,Artu ½ : ½ Nisipeanu,Liv 2
2 Nikolic,Predr ½ : ½ Almasi,Zoltan 3
3 Sandipan,Chan ½ : ½ Romanishin,Ol 5
7 Smeets,Jan 0 : 1 Maiwald,Jens- 6
8 Gabriel,Chris 1 : 0 Kalinitschew, 7
9 Werle,Jan ½ : ½ Lau,Ralf 8
10 Hoffmann,Mich 1 : 0 Tischbierek,R 10
11 Ernst,Sipke 1 : 0 Loeffler,Stef 11
SV Wattenscheid 3½-4½ SF Berlin 1903
2 Sargissian,Ga 1 : 0 Polzin,Rainer 5
4 Rustemov,Alex 1 : 0 Borriss,Marti 7
6 Holzke,Frank 0 : 1 Schneider,Ilj 8
7 Handke,Floria 0 : 1 Poldauf,Dirk 9
8 Appel,Ralf ½ : ½ Thiede,Lars 10
10 Lemmers,Oscar 0 : 1 Thinius,Marco 11
13 Straeter,Timo ½ : ½ Rudolf,Henrik 12
14 Thiel,Thomas ½ : ½ Wendt,Jan-Die 14
Round 11 19th February 2006
Venue: Hamburg
SG Kirchheim 2 - 6 Werder Bremen
2 Wippermann,Ti 0 : 1 McShane,Luke 1
4 Gschnitzer,Os ½ : ½ Efimenko,Zaha 2
6 Beckhuis,Gern 0 : 1 Hracek,Zbynek 4
7 Wintzer,Joach 0 : 1 Pelletier,Yan 5
8 Vonthron,Hors 0 : 1 Babula,Vlasti 6
10 Zuse,Klaus-Pe 1 : 0 Nyback,Tomi 7
11 Adler,Joel Dr 0 : 1 Fish,Gennadij 8
13 Mudelsee,Manf ½ : ½ Schandorff,La 9
OSC Baden Baden 5½-2½ Hamburger SK
1 Anand,Viswana 1 : 0 Gustafsson,Ja 1
4 Shirov,Alexei ½ : ½ Ftacnik,Lubom 2
6 Nielsen,Peter ½ : ½ Kempinski,Rob 3
7 Krasenkow,Mic ½ : ½ Hansen,Sune B 4
10 Dautov,Rustem 0 : 1 Mueller,Karst 6
11 Schlosser,Phi 1 : 0 Heinemann,Thi 8
12 Buhmann,Raine 1 : 0 Van Delft,Mer 11
13 Doettling,Fab 1 : 0 Sebastian,Dir 13
Venue: Koelln
SF Katernberg 4½-3½ Godesberger SK
1 Volokitin,And ½ : ½ Kasimdzhanov, 1
3 Kritz,Leonid 1 : 0 Jenni,Florian 2
4 Chuchelov,Vla ½ : ½ Sprenger,Jan- 3
5 Glek,Igor V ½ : ½ Breder,Dennis 5
7 L'Ami,Erwin ½ : ½ Langheinrich, 6
10 Siebrecht,Seb 1 : 0 Grafl,Florian 7
11 Souleidis,Geo 0 : 1 Jackelen,Thom 8
12 Thesing,Matth ½ : ½ Schmidt,Bodo 10
SV Mülheim Nord 3½-4½ SG Köln Porz
2 Landa,Konstan ½ : ½ Lutz,Christop 2
4 Fridman,Danie 0 : 1 Van Wely,Loek 3
5 Levin,Felix ½ : ½ Vaganian,Rafa 5
6 Schebler,Gerh 1 : 0 Graf,Alexande 7
7 Saltaev,Mihai ½ : ½ Gurevich,Mikh 8
8 Hausrath,Dani ½ : ½ Hansen,Curt 9
10 Wegener,Olaf 0 : 1 Van den Doel, 10
11 Sielecki,Chri ½ : ½ Kengis,Edwin 12
Venue: Tegernsee
SK Zehlendorf 1½-6½ SC Eppingen
1 Richter,Micha ½ : ½ Gyimesi,Zolta 1
2 Maksimenko,An ½ : ½ Postny,Evgeny 2
3 Werner,Dimo 0 : 1 Acs,Peter 3
4 Janz,Frerik 0 : 1 Braun,Arik 4
5 Heinig,Wolfra 0 : 1 Meier,Georg 5
6 Carmeille,Lud - : + Medvegy,Zolta 6
7 Klimm,Wolf-Di ½ : ½ Miltner,Arndt 9
13 Brustkern,Jue 0 : 1 Meinhardt,Max 15
SC Leipzig Gohli 1½-6½ TV Tegernsee
1 Vogt,Lothar ½ : ½ Bischoff,Klau 4
2 Voigt,Roland 0 : 1 Boensch,Uwe 5
5 Zesch,Ludwig 0 : 1 Kindermann,St 6
6 Schoeneberg,M 0 : 1 Hertneck,Gera 7
7 Quast,Michael ½ : ½ Teske,Henrik 8
8 Fischer,Johan 0 : 1 Beim,Valery 9
9 Hoffmann,Hend 0 : 1 Bromberger,St 11
11 Rausch,Stepha ½ : ½ Gross,David 12
Venue: Solingen
SC Kreuzberg 5½-2½ SV Wattenscheid
2 Nisipeanu,Liv 1 : 0 Sargissian,Ga 2
3 Almasi,Zoltan ½ : ½ Rustemov,Alex 4
5 Romanishin,Ol ½ : ½ Holzke,Frank 6
6 Maiwald,Jens- ½ : ½ Handke,Floria 7
7 Kalinitschew, 1 : 0 Appel,Ralf 8
8 Lau,Ralf ½ : ½ Lemmers,Oscar 10
10 Tischbierek,R ½ : ½ Straeter,Timo 13
11 Loeffler,Stef 1 : 0 Thiel,Thomas 14
SF Berlin 1903 4½-3½ SG Aljechin Soli
5 Polzin,Rainer ½ : ½ Jussupow,Artu 1
7 Borriss,Marti 1 : 0 Nikolic,Predr 2
8 Schneider,Ilj ½ : ½ Sandipan,Chan 3
9 Poldauf,Dirk 0 : 1 Smeets,Jan 7
10 Thiede,Lars 1 : 0 Gabriel,Chris 8
11 Thinius,Marco 1 : 0 Werle,Jan 9
12 Rudolf,Henrik 0 : 1 Hoffmann,Mich 10
14 Wendt,Jan-Die ½ : ½ Ernst,Sipke 11
Table
1. OSC Baden Baden 11 20 59½
2. Werder Bremen 11 19 54
3. SG Köln Porz 11 18 59½
4. TV Tegernsee 11 17 53
5. SG Aljechin Soli 11 15 49½
6. SV Mülheim Nord 11 13 50½
7. SF Katernberg 11 13 49
8. SC Kreuzberg 11 12 46
9. SF Berlin 1903 11 11 41
10. Hamburger SK 11 9 45½
11. SC Eppingen 11 8 44½
12. SV Wattenscheid 11 8 40
13. Godesberger SK 11 7 39½
14. SG Kirchheim 11 4 30
15. SC Leipzig Gohli 11 2 22½
16. SK Zehlendorf 11 0 20
The Semi Finals of the Dutch Championship had their first weekend in
Hilversum, 11th-12th February 2006. The two other weekends of the KO tournament
are in March (18th-19th and 25th-26th).
All results, games and information can be found at:
http://www.schaakbond.nl/nieuws/nk2006/hf/
1st Weekend Results 11th-12th February 2006
Gerard Grotenhuis Erwin l' Ami 0-2
Jan Smeets Ewoud van Hecke 2-0
Yong Hoon de Rover John van der Wiel 0-2
Ruud Janssen Wim Koster 2-0
Rick Duijker Yge Visser 0-2
Sipke Ernst Niels Ondersteijn 1½-½
Emile Wustefeld Harmen Jonkman 2-3 after tiebreak
Karel van der Weide Jan Willem de Jong ½-1½
Vincent Rothuis Bruno Carlier 2-0
Maarten Solleveld Joost Michielsen 1½-½
Babak Tondivar Dennis de Vreugt 2½-1½ after tiebreak
Joost Berkvens Thomas Willemze 2-0
Erik Hoeksema Frank Kroeze 3-1 after tiebreak
Xander Wemmers Jeroen Willemze 3-1 after tiebreak
Koen Leenhouts Eelke Wiersma 2-0
Edwin van Haastert Manuel Bosboom 1½-½
The Ukrainian Under-20 Championships took place in Lviv 2nd-13 February
2006. Yuriy Kryvoruchko won the boys and Diana Arutyunova the girls. No ratings
given on the site below, I'm hoping Maria Breslavska is unrated rather than
having changed her name.
Further details: http://ukrchess.org.ua/turnir/t080.html
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ch-UKR b-20 Lviv UKR (UKR), 2-12 ii 2006 cat. VI (2380)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Kryvoruchko, Yuriy m UKR 2513 * = 1 1 = = 0 1 = = 1 1 7.5 2500
2. Kravtsiv, Martyn UKR 2344 = * = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 0 7.0 2485
3. Zhornik, Nikolay UKR 2280 0 = * 0 1 1 1 = = = = 1 6.5 2453
4. Oleksienko, Mikhailo g UKR 2509 0 = 1 * 1 1 = 0 = = 0 1 6.0 2404
5. Vovk, Yuri m UKR 2414 = = 0 0 * 1 = = 1 = 1 = 6.0 2412
6. Aveskulov, Valeriy m UKR 2504 = 0 0 0 0 * 0 1 1 1 1 1 5.5 2368
7. Sysoenko, Aleksey UKR 2214 1 = 0 = = 1 * 0 = = = 0 5.0 2358
8. Pavlov, Sergey2 UKR 2453 0 = = 1 = 0 1 * 0 = = = 5.0 2337
9. Grekh, Andrey f UKR 2394 = 0 = = 0 0 = 1 * 1 = = 5.0 2342
10. Vovk, Andrey f UKR 2325 = 0 = = = 0 = = 0 * = 1 4.5 2319
11. Onischuk, Vladimir m UKR 2362 0 0 = 1 0 0 = = = = * 1 4.5 2316
12. Yaremko, Nazar UKR 2246 0 1 0 0 = 0 1 = = 0 0 * 3.5 2259
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ch-UKR g-20 Lviv UKR (UKR), 2-12 ii 2006
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Arutyunova, Diana wg UKR 2326 * = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2447
2. Muzychuk, Mariya wm UKR 2167 = * 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 7.5 2387
3. Dolzhikova, Kateryna wm UKR 2284 = 0 * = = 1 = 1 1 1 6.0 2226
4. Breslavska, Galina wf UKR 2102 0 0 = * 0 1 1 1 1 = 5.0 2164
5. Kalinina, Olga UKR 2110 0 0 = 1 * 0 1 1 0 1 4.5 2120
6. Berdiugina, Elena UKR 2121 0 1 0 0 1 * 0 0 1 1 4.0 2076
7. Chulivska, Vita wm UKR 2279 0 0 = 0 0 1 * = 1 1 4.0 2058
8. Breslavska, Maria UKR ---- 0 0 0 0 0 1 = * 0 = 2.0 1912
9. Choba, Yulia UKR 1783 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 * 0 2.0 1936
10. Bidkova, Viktoria UKR 2023 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 1 * 2.0 1910
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The Serbian Championship took place in Vrnjacka Banja 30th January - 5th
February 2006. Branko Tadic won the event.
Details:
http://www.sah-centralnasrbija.com/2006/prvsrbijemuskarci06/prvsrbmusk06.htm
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ch-Serbia Vrnjacka Banja SCG (SCG), 30 i-5 ii 2006
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1. Tadic, Branko m SCG 2491 +44 -23 +39 +51 = 3 +16 = 6 +20 + 8 7.0 2554
2. Abramovic, Bosko g SCG 2507 +41 +16 = 8 +11 = 7 +29 = 5 = 3 = 6 6.5 2546
3. Lajthajm, Borko f SCG 2464 +31 +29 +18 = 7 = 1 = 8 +19 = 2 = 5 6.5 2576
4. Savic, Miodrag R g SCG 2517 +47 =12 = 9 +24 =20 -18 +17 +10 +15 6.5 2530
5. Arsovic, Goran m SCG 2450 +46 +51 =24 =32 + 9 + 7 = 2 = 8 = 3 6.5 2521
6. Milanovic, Danilo m SCG 2486 +55 =33 +27 = 8 =18 +36 = 1 + 7 = 2 6.5 2536
7. Tosic, Miroslav g SCG 2434 +13 +30 +23 = 3 = 2 - 5 +29 - 6 +28 6.0 2473
8. Zlatic, Mihajlo m SCG 2417 +61 +17 = 2 = 6 +32 = 3 +18 = 5 - 1 6.0 2504
9. Kojovic, Dragan f SCG 2341 +59 =19 = 4 +13 - 5 =28 +35 +18 =11 6.0 2450
10. Arsovic, Zoran m SCG 2417 =25 =35 +48 =33 =36 +27 +28 - 4 +29 6.0 2402
11. Djosic, Slavoljub f SCG 2279 +57 =34 +38 - 2 =45 =44 +21 +16 = 9 6.0 2467
12. Maksimovic, Branimir m SCG 2382 +58 = 4 -19 -44 +54 +25 =22 +32 +23 6.0 2382
13. Mrsevic, Miroslav SCG 2202 - 7 +64 +43 - 9 +23 =17 =38 +24 +20 6.0 2375
14. Vukanovic, Sasa m SCG 2337 =32 -45 +25 =46 =39 +26 =44 =22 +41 5.5 2322
15. Nestorovic, Dejan m SCG 2399 +56 -27 =35 =37 =46 +40 +36 +30 - 4 5.5 2330
16. Misailovic, Nebojsa m SCG 2342 +53 - 2 +58 +22 =19 - 1 +31 -11 +36 5.5 2390
17. Damjanovic, Dragan f SCG 2290 +63 - 8 =62 +42 =34 =13 - 4 +35 +32 5.5 2286
18. Pap, Misa m SCG 2402 +52 +22 - 3 +30 = 6 + 4 - 8 - 9 =26 5.0 2399
19. Vratonjic, Slobo m SCG 2473 +26 = 9 +12 =21 =16 =20 - 3 -28 +44 5.0 2389
20. Marinkovic, Slavisa m SCG 2403 +48 =28 =36 +27 = 4 =19 +34 - 1 -13 5.0 2385
21. Stupavski, Zdenko f SCG 2409 =35 +25 +28 =19 -29 =31 -11 +55 =27 5.0 2316
22. Ristic, Nebojsa2 SCG 2266 +42 -18 +60 -16 +37 =34 =12 =14 =30 5.0 2296
23. Nestorovic, Nikola YUG 2152 +50 + 1 - 7 -36 -13 +58 +46 +37 -12 5.0 2309
24. Marcetic, Nikola SCG 2390 +54 +43 = 5 - 4 -28 =35 +50 -13 +48 5.0 2281
25. Pantic, Ivica SCG 2201 =10 -21 -14 +57 +56 -12 +40 =33 +47 5.0 2319
26. Jovanovic, Milos f SCG 2239 -19 =59 =50 =56 +42 -14 +53 +34 =18 5.0 2289
27. Vrbljanac, Aleksandar SCG 2270 +65 +15 - 6 -20 +52 -10 =41 +39 =21 5.0 2347
28. Lapcevic, Milos SCG 2282 +66 =20 -21 +62 +24 = 9 -10 +19 - 7 5.0 2361
29. Jovanovic, Zoran1 SCG f SCG 2291 +62 - 3 +49 +45 +21 - 2 - 7 +44 -10 5.0 2370
30. Mihalj, M. Miroslav f SCG 2299 +64 - 7 +53 -18 =50 +39 +33 -15 =22 5.0 2280
31. Keserovic, Milan SCG 2225 - 3 -49 +65 +58 +43 =21 -16 =38 +45 5.0 2289
32. Pantovic, Dragan M SCG 2129 =14 +40 +34 = 5 - 8 =33 +55 -12 -17 4.5 2338
33. Toth, Aleksandar SCG 2302 +49 = 6 =45 =10 =44 =32 -30 =25 =52 4.5 2269
34. Certic, Branimir m SCG 2405 +39 =11 -32 +47 =17 =22 -20 -26 +56 4.5 2247
35. Mirkovic, Stevan SCG 2191 =21 =10 =15 =38 +51 =24 - 9 -17 +53 4.5 2342
36. Markovic, Milovan f SCG 2260 +60 =38 =20 +23 =10 - 6 -15 +56 -16 4.5 2307
37. Bojovic, Dusan SCG 2116 -51 =46 +41 =15 -22 +61 +47 -23 =38 4.5 2270
38. Mitrovic, Petar SCG 2387 +67 =36 -11 =35 =40 =46 =13 =31 =37 4.5 2205
39. Tasic, Zoran SCG 2188 -34 +63 - 1 +53 =14 -30 +52 -27 +55 4.5 2263
40. Marcetic, Predrag SCG 2208 =45 -32 =52 +49 =38 -15 -25 +63 +51 4.5 2228
41. Stojanovic, Zlatko SCG 2258 - 2 -58 -37 +64 +66 +49 =27 +42 -14 4.5 2140
42. Jovanovic,Miroslav SCG ---- -22 +54 =47 -17 -26 +66 +51 -41 +58 4.5 2216
43. Pecinar,Zoran SCG ---- +68 -24 -13 +59 -31 +52 +54 -47 =49 4.5 2175
44. Djokic, Nebojsa f SCG 2253 - 1 =50 +59 +12 =33 =11 =14 -29 -19 4.0 2272
45. Muratovic, Alija m SCG 2437 =40 +14 =33 -29 =11 -55 =48 +50 -31 4.0 2204
46. Maksimovic, Miroslav SCG 2212 - 5 =37 +57 =14 =15 =38 -23 -52 +59 4.0 2195
47. Irizanin, Radoje SCG 2260 - 4 +67 =42 -34 +48 =50 -37 +43 -25 4.0 2149
48. Vrbljanac, Toma SCG 2182 -20 +66 -10 =63 -47 +62 =45 +58 -24 4.0 2185
49. Bozilov, Novica SCG 2023 -33 +31 -29 -40 +57 -41 +60 -53 =43 3.5 2078
50. Zivkovic, Momcilo SCG 2151 -23 =44 =26 +61 =30 =47 -24 -45 =54 3.5 2186
51. Nikolic, Stanimir g SCG 2306 +37 - 5 +56 - 1 -35 =53 -42 +57 -40 3.5 2117
52. Dodic, Dragan SCG 2177 -18 =57 =40 +60 -27 -43 -39 +46 =33 3.5 2095
53. Radosavljevic, Novica SCG 2142 -16 +55 -30 -39 +62 =51 -26 +49 -35 3.5 2124
54. Jokic, Miodrag SCG 2172 -24 -42 +64 =55 -12 =59 -43 +60 =50 3.5 2049
55. Kahrovic, Mersid SCG 2253 - 6 -53 +66 =54 +63 +45 -32 -21 -39 3.5 2138
56. Muratovic, Dzemail SCG 2177 -15 +65 -51 =26 -25 +63 +61 -36 -34 3.5 2142
57. Gagic, Miroljub SCG ---- -11 =52 -46 -25 -49 +64 +62 -51 +63 3.5 2037
58. Jevtic, Miroljub L SCG 2153 -12 +41 -16 -31 +60 -23 +59 -48 -42 3.0 2060
59. Ristovic, Mileta SCG 2132 - 9 =26 -44 -43 +64 =54 -58 +61 -46 3.0 2032
60. Jovanovic, Momir SCG ---- -36 +68 -22 -52 -58 +65 -49 -54 +62 3.0 1991
61. Brajovic, Miroljub SCG 2192 - 8 -62 +67 -50 +65 -37 -56 -59 +66 3.0 2002
62. Radivojevic,Zivko SCG ---- -29 +61 =17 -28 -53 -48 -57 +64 -60 2.5 1971
63. Bozilov, Dragan SCG ---- -17 -39 +68 =48 -55 -56 +65 -40 -57 2.5 1978
64. Rosandic, Martin SCG 1857 -30 -13 -54 -41 -59 -57 +66 -62 +65 2.0 1898
65. Gajic,Sladjan SCG ---- -27 -56 -31 +68 -61 -60 -63 =66 -64 1.5 1807
66. Dabizljevic,Radun SCG ---- -28 -48 -55 +67 -41 -42 -64 =65 -61 1.5 1858
67. Draskovic, Dragan SCG 2158 -38 -47 -61 -66 . . . . . 0.0
68. BYE ---- -43 -60 -63 -65 . . . . . 0.0
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Frank Berry sends news of a small FIDE invitational at Shading
Concepts, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 11th-12th February 2006. 17th-18th saw a larger
event which will be reported next week. TD: Alex Relyea, Assist TD: Nita Patel.
Timerate G - 2 hours.
Official site: http://www.okchess.org
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OCF GP FIDE Ch Challenge Stillwater USA (USA), 11-12 ii 2006
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1 2 3 4 5
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1. Galant, Sergey USA 2193 * = 1 1 1 3.5 2434
2. Braunlich, Tom USA 2184 = * 1 = = 2.5 2196
3. Berry, James E USA 2151 0 0 * 1 1 2.0 2109
4. Graham,Shaun USA ---- 0 = 0 * 1 1.5 2060
5. Lee, Wellington USA 2060 0 = 0 0 * 0.5 1810
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The European Blitz Championship took place in Cannes 18th-19th February
2006. Robert Zelcic took clear first. 24+12 rounds, about 15 hours of play.
More than 200 players started, about 140 finished the tournament.
Results: http://www.cannes-echecs.org
European Blitz Championship - Final Round 12 Standings:
Pl Nom Elo Fede Pts Me. Bu. Perf.
1 g ZELCIC Robert 2514 CRO 9,5 56 83 2849
2 g FRESSINET Laurent 2625 FRA 8 56 83 2714
3 g PALAC Mladen 2561 CRO 8 54 80 2664
4 g TKACHIEV Vladislav 2642 FRA 8 54 79 2672
5 g BAUER Christian 2627 FRA 8 48 72 2641
6 g MILOV Vadim 2638 SUI 7,5 53,5 79,5 2641
7 g IVANISEVIC Ivan 2588 SCG 7,5 50,5 74 2644
8 m SARIC Ante 2455 CRO 7,5 47 71,5 2669
9 g GODENA Michele 2505 ITA 7 52,5 78 2654
10 g BOLOGAN Viktor 2661 MDA 7 51,5 78 2625
11 g DORFMAN Josif D 2595 FRA 7 51,5 78 2614
12 g CVITAN Ognjen 2528 CRO 6,5 52,5 78 2582
13 g FONTAINE Robert 2524 FRA 6,5 51,5 75 2610
14 g TIMMAN Jan H 2630 NED 6,5 49,5 73,5 2568
15 g DAVID Alberto 2591 LUX 6 56,5 82,5 2566
16 g MILADINOVIC Igor 2607 SCG 6 50,5 78 2540
17 g LAZIC Miroljub 2466 SCG 6 43,5 67,5 2546
18 g GOULIEV Namig 2588 AZE 6 41 62 2484
19 g SOKOLOV Ivan 2689 NED 5,5 55 82,5 2537
20 g FEDORCHUK Sergey A. 2590 UKR 5,5 53,5 80,5 2506
21 m MAZE Sebastien 2518 FRA 5 46,5 71 2461
22 g GENOV Petar 2467 BUL 5 46,5 70,5 2486
23 m DUNIS Aurelien 2534 FRA 5 44,5 66 2473
24 g KING Daniel J. 2526 ENG 5 42 65 2459
25 m PEDERSEN Nicolai Vesterbaek 2516 DEN 5 42 65 2450
26 m BRKIC Ante 2506 CRO 4,5 41,5 65 2426
27 f SHOKER Samy 2315 FRA 4,5 40,5 62,5 2433
28 m OKHOTNIK Vladimir 2470 UKR 4 39 59,5 2373
29 m CORNETTE Matthieu 2388 FRA 4 38,5 59,5 2410
30 g KEKELIDZE Mikheil 2516 GEO 4 38 59 2370
31 g GRETARSSON Helgi Ass 2480 ISL 4 38 57,5 2364
32 m KOVACEVIC Blazimir 2463 CRO 2,5 44 68 2297
Jonathan Berry sends news of the Morelia Mexican Open which took place
16th-19th February 2006. Lazaro Bruzon took first place with 6.5/7.
Further Details: http://www.tinyurl.com/cymdf
Leading Final Round 7 Standings
1. 1 Bruzon, Lazaro 6.5
2. 8 Almeida Saenz Alfonso 6.0
18 Capo Vidal Uriel 6.0
3 Gareev Timur F 6.0
5. 4 Abreu, Aryam 5.5
13 Martinez Salomon Ibrahim 5.5
10 Estrada Nieto Julian 5.5
23 Lares Flores Manuel De Jes 5.5
9. 2 Gonzalez Zamora Juan Carlo 5.0
11 Hernandez Guerrero Eduardo 5.0
9 Espinosa Flores Rafael 5.0
7 Blanco Fernandez Alvaro 5.0
47 Ibarra Chami Luis Fernando 5.0
12 Dominguez Aguilar, Guiller 5.0
15 Huertas Soris Ramon 5.0
34 Hernandez Guerrero Yadira 5.0
35 Triana, Justo 5.0
54 Ancheyta Tejas Alejandro 5.0
25 Huertas Carballo Dayron 5.0
31 Garmendez Gonzalez Carlos 5.0
21 Vega Garcia Jorge Arturo 5.0
125 players
The Georgian Championship for Boys-under-18 and Girlsunder-18 takes
place in Tbilisi 20th-28th February 2006 9 round Swiss. -Chief Arbiter IA
Evgeni Meliksetbegi and Deputy Chief Arbiter IA Varlam Vepkhvishvili time rate:
90-f+30sec.
Round 1 Boys standings
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Rank N Fed Tit Rating Name Total Tie-Break Colors
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1) 1 GEO IM 2434 F Margvelashvili, Giorgi 1 1 w
2) 2 GEO IM 2430 F Sanikidze, Tornike 1 1 b
3) 3 GEO FM 2375 F Jojua, Davit 1 1 w
4) 4 GEO 2363 F Azaladze, Shota 1 1 b
5) 5 GEO FM 2263 F Benidze, Davit 1 1 w
6) 6 GEO 2249 F Bregadze, Levan 1 1 b
7) 7 GEO 2236 F Tevdorashvili, Vakhtang 1 1 w
8) 8 GEO 2219 F Lomsadze, Davit 1 1 b
9) 9 GEO 2197 F Nigalidze, Gaioz 1 1 w
10) 10 GEO 2188 F Urushadze, Davit 1 1 b
11) 11 GEO 2183 F Chitadze, Romeo 1 1 w
12) 12 GEO 2171 F Paichadze, Luka 1 1 b
13) 13 GEO 2167 F Maisuradze, Gega 1 1 w
14) 14 GEO 2161 F Patsia, Zviad 1 1 b
15) 15 GEO 2137 F Khizanashvili, Vakhtang 1 1 w
16) 16 GEO 2129 F Javakhadze, Zurab 1 1 b
17) 17 GEO 2079 F Gugulashvili, Tamaz 1 1 w
18) 19 GEO 2057 F Shinjiashvili, Vladimer 1 1 w
19) 20 GEO 2052 F Kvaratskhelia, Dimitri 1 1 b
20) 21 GEO 2046 F Lortkipanidze, Nodar 1 1 w
21) 22 GEO 2037 F Davarashvili, Nodar 1 1 b
22) 23 GEO 2020 F Khazhalia, Simon 1 1 w
23) 24 GEO 2015 F Tsereteli, Kakhaber 1 1 b
24) 49 GEO Tedoshvili, Dimitri 1 1
25) 18 GEO 2066 F Amirkhanashvili, Archil 0.5 0.5 b
26) 42 GEO 1770eF Khurtsidze, Tornike 0.5 0.5 w
27) 25 GEO 2014 F Beraia, Levan 0 0 b
28) 26 GEO 2008 F Volkov, Nika 0 0 w
29) 27 GEO 2001 F Lagiashvili, Elguja 0 0 b
30) 28 GEO 1997 F Janiashvili, Irakli 0 0 w
31) 29 GEO 1990 F Nikolashvili, Giorgi N 0 0 b
32) 30 GEO 1974 F Gojiashvili, Giorgi 0 0 w
33) 31 GEO 1974 F Morchiladze, Vakhtang 0 0 b
34) 32 GEO 1970 F Merabishvili, Alexandre 0 0 w
35) 33 GEO 1955 F Ervandian, Andro 0 0 b
36) 34 GEO 1888 F Pantsulaia, Tornike 0 0 w
37) 35 GEO 1868 F Samniashvili, Davit 0 0 b
38) 36 GEO 2143eF Beradze, Irakli 0 0 w
39) 37 GEO 2094eF Benidze, Gigla 0 0 b
40) 38 GEO 1999eF Gabunia, Tornike 0 0 w
41) 39 GEO 1956eF Nemsadze, Beka 0 0 b
42) 40 GEO 1886eF Ebralidze, Alexandre 0 0 w
43) 41 GEO 1814eF Kosashvili, Otar 0 0 b
44) 43 GEO Baramashvili, Zurab 0 0 b
45) 44 GEO Gorduladze, Giorgi 0 0 w
46) 45 GEO Jinchveladze, Teimuraz 0 0 b
47) 46 GEO Kardenakhishvili, Mikheil 0 0 w
48) 47 GEO Maridashvili, Giorgi 0 0 b
49) 48 GEO Nozadze, Giorgi 0 0 w
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Round 1 Girls standings
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Rank N Fed Tit Rating Name Total Tie-Break Colors
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1) 2 GEO WFM 2222 F Mikadze, Miranda 1 1 b
2) 4 GEO WFM 2121 F Paikidze, Nazi 1 1 b
3) 5 GEO 2108 F Tsatsalashvili, Keti 1 1 w
4) 6 GEO WFM 2103 F Arabidze, Meri 1 1 b
5) 7 GEO 2101 F Meskhi, Teona 1 1 w
6) 8 GEO 2071 F Bokuchava, Madona 1 1 b
7) 9 GEO 2046 F Gabaidze, Marika 1 1 w
8) 10 GEO 2037 F Zhorzholiani, Meri 1 1 b
9) 11 GEO 2033 F Gurchumalidze, Teona 1 1 w
10) 12 GEO 2026 F Khazhomia, Salome 1 1 b
11) 13 GEO 2002 F Khutsidze, Sopo 1 1 w
12) 14 GEO 1996 F Ugulava, Lela 1 1 b
13) 17 GEO 1985 F Beridze, Tinatin 1 1 w
14) 18 GEO 1978 F Danelia, Mariam 1 1 b
15) 21 GEO 1954 F Siradze, Salome 1 1 b
16) 33 GEO Kekelidze, Nino 1 1 b
17) 34 GEO Rizhamadze, Patman 1 1 w
18) 1 GEO 2316 F Khotenashvili, Bela 0.5 0.5 w
19) 19 GEO 1966 F Butskhrikidze, Ana 0.5 0.5 b
20) 3 GEO WFM 2142 F Guramishvili, Sopiko 0 0 w
21) 15 GEO 1992 F Kalandadze, Nino 0 0 w
22) 16 GEO 1986 F Mzhavia, Kristine 0 0 b
23) 20 GEO 1960 F Zarkua, Elisabed 0 0 w
24) 22 GEO 1949 F Merabishvili, Neli 0 0 w
25) 23 GEO 1948 F Baiadze, Mariam 0 0 b
26) 24 GEO 1944 F Anakidze, Nino 0 0 w
27) 25 GEO WFM 1943 F Topuridze, Ana 0 0 b
28) 26 GEO 1919 F Jalabadze, Natia 0 0 w
29) 27 GEO 1914 F Samniashvili, Tamar 0 0 b
30) 28 GEO 1891 F Khazhomia, Anuki 0 0 w
31) 29 GEO 1865 F Makhatadze, Nazi 0 0 b
32) 30 GEO 1775eF Unapkoshvili, Nani 0 0 w
33) 31 GEO Geldiashvili, Irma 0 0 b
34) 32 GEO Goglidze, Eka 0 0 w
35) 35 GEO Samurkasovi, Mariam 0 0 b
36) 36 GEO Sulamanidze, Mariam 0 0 w
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George Mirijanian reports: The 30th Queen City Open took place on
11th-12th February 2006 at the Comfort Inn in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA.
IM Joshua Friedel, 19, of Goffstown, N.H., won the tournament with a perfect
4-0 score. National master Braden Bournival, 21, of Manchester, N.H., was
runner-up with a 3-1 tally. Tied for 3rd-5th place with 2.5-1.5 results were FM
John Curdo of Auburn, Massachusetts, U.S. Chess Federation-rated expert Matan
Prilleltensky of Nashville, Tennessee, and Class A entrant Isaac Saidel-Goley
of New Hampshire. The 76-player tournament was held in four divisions with a
separate three-round event on 12th February and was directed by Henry "Hal"
Terrie of Manchester, N.H., for the sponsoring New Hampshire Chess Association.
Complete crosstables are available at http://masschess.org
As reported in TWIC 586: The Queenstown Chess Classic in New Zealand
took place 15th-24th January 2006. Murray Chandler was half a point clear of
Ian Rogers and David Smerdon Also Bob Wade returned to New Zealand for the
first time in 56 years and scored 6/10. Helen Milligan has added a new much
improved file to the site below. I give the games again also.
Further information: http://www.queenstownchess.com
Leading Round 10 Standings:
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Queenstown Classic NZL (NZL), 15-24 i 2006
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1. Chandler, Murray G g ENG 2537 8.5
2. Rogers, Ian g AUS 2547 8
3. Smerdon, David m AUS 2421 8
4. Zhao Zong-Yuan m AUS 2461 7.5
5. Sermek, Drazen g SLO 2530 7.5
6. Bjelobrk, Igor NZL 2396 7.5
7. Hecht, Hans-Joachim g GER 2397 7.5
8. Susilodinata, Andrean INA 2254 7.5
9. Lukey, Stephen G f NZL 2279 7.5
10. Civin, Tomas CZE 2410 7.5
11. Ker, Anthony F m NZL 2330 7.5
12. Dougherty, Michael f CAN 2206 7.5
13. Froehlich, Peter m GER 2361 7
14. Lane, Gary W m AUS 2444 7
15. Garbett, Paul Anthony m NZL 2354 7
16. Karolyi, Tibor jr m HUN 2364 7
17. Sutton, Richard J f NZL 2301 7
18. Dive, Russell John m NZL 2359 7
19. Solomon, Stephen J m AUS 2415 6.5
20. Wohl, Aleksandar H m AUS 2452 6.5
21. Nokes, Roger I f NZL 2316 6.5
22. West, Guy m AUS 2356 6.5
23. Wojnar, Maciej NZL 1973 6.5
24. Drummond, Matthew AUS 2235 6.5
25. Van Riemsdijk, Herman C m BRA 2358 6.5
26. Steadman, Michael NZL 2241 6.5
27. Feldman, Vladimir m AUS 2324 6.5
28. Wastney, Scott f NZL 2256 6.5
29. Geveke, Michael f GER 2277 6.5
30. Oliver, Gareth AUS 2092 6.5
31. Wang Puchen NZL 2240 6.5
32. Humphrey, Jonathan f AUS 2254 6.5
33. Smith, Robert W f NZL 2253 6.5
34. Tabatt, Hendrik GER 2183 6.5
35. Hohler, Peter f SUI 2236 6.5
36. Tredinnick, Malcolm Robert AUS 2172 6.5
37. Canfell, Gregory f AUS 2338 6
38. Reilly, Tim f AUS 2299 6
39. Stojic, Dusan AUS 2022 6
40. Berezina, Irina m AUS 2285 6
41. Lakner, Jay AUS 2207 6
42. Croad, Nicolas NZL 2222 6
43. Green, Peter f NZL 2263 6
44. Wade, Robert G m ENG 2171 6
45. Dizdarevic, Mehmedalija BIH 2157 6
46. Song, Raymond AUS 2085 6
47. Spain, Graeme NZL 2202 6
48. Ikeda, Junta AUS 2111 6
49. Mendes da Costa, Alex AUS 2065 6
50. Zworestine, Charles AUS 2110 6
51. Milligan, Helen wf SCO 2045 6
52. Lazarus, Ben AUS 2155 6
53. Perry, Roger NZL NZL 2132 6
54. Baider, Daniel NZL 2079 6
55. Jones, Brian f AUS 2110 6
56. Bleis, Christian GER 2267 6
57. Guthrie, Aaron f AUS 2244 6
58. Hu, Jason AUS 2081 6
59. Armstrong, Malcolm ENG 2129 6
60. Adair, Danny NZL 2007 6
193 players
Léo Battesti has joined forces with Bessel Kok's campaign for the
FIDE Presidency Campaign. Battesti had declared his intention to stand himself
but now he and the French Chess Federation have come to an agreement in Cannes
to join forces. One of the major planks will be the moving of FIDE's head
quarters to the Paris Ile-de-France Region, with a current offer in Saint-
Quentin-en-Yvelines, where the brand new offices of the French Chess Federation
are being set up. With support from Belgium, Thailand, Canada, Afghanistan and
the US Chess Federations in recent weeks there is a head of steam building up
for the Bessel Kok ticket. Their campaign site is at:
http://www.rightmove06.org.
Election forms for the General Assembly 2006 are on the FIDE site
http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=947
and must reach the FIDE Secretariat by 2nd March 2006. Each candidate needs to
be nominated by his federation and as the Russian Federation supports sitting
President Kirsan Iljumzhinov it means Anatoly Karpov can't stand. However its
looking increasingly likely its going to be a straight fight between Kirsan
Iljumzhinov and Bessel Kok.
Bessel Kok gave an interview with Chessbase at:
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2929
Iljumzhinov himself is also campaigning appearing in Azerbaijan
according to a report at:
http://www.trend.az/?mod=shownews&news=16073⟨=en
The elections are in Turin on June 2nd 2006.
Aarhus GM
There is a GM-tournament cat. X-XI in Aarhus, Denmark, August 5th-13th
2006 with a special event on August 4. The players will consist of 5 women vs.
5 men and women with ELO > 2460 are welcome to contact Soren Sogaard
(soren@seagaard.dk) for further information. There will also be an
IM-tournament, cat. V (5 women vs. 5 men).
Hyderabad International Chess Tournament
Hyderabad International Grand Masters Open Chess Tournament which was
postponed in December has been confirmed as taking place 25th February - 5th
March 2006. Organiser Lanka Ravi ( cpaiap@gmail.com) needs two WGMs or WIMs
from different countries to participate in the event. For all the players he
will give Accommodation and Food. As compensation for the airticket WGMs will
be given US$350 and Wims US250/-
Further details: http://www.ongccuphyd.in/ or at the Chess
Players of India site: http://www.cpai.in/
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 Junta 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
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
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.
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/
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
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
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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