THE WEEK IN CHESS 590 27th February 2006 by Mark Crowther
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Morelia/Linares 2006 20 games
Cappelle la Grande 454 games
Polish Championship 21 games
Morelia Mexican Open 15 games
Hyderabad International 80 games
Bruges Masters 7 games
4th Nancy Chess Festival 90 games
Portsmouth Premier 92 games
Ciudad de Sóller 30 games
OCF $15 Fide Open 10 games
Ilsan International 45 games
13th Metalis Open 213 games
1078 games
My thanks to Adam Raoof, Varlam Vepkhvishvili, Nigel Freeman, Geoffrey
Borg, Jonathan Berry, Vishal Sareen, Dirk De Ridder, Lars Hansen, Laszlo Nagy,
David Avron, Przemek Jahr, Pascal Villalba, Vladica Andrejic, Andy McFarland,
Martin Smajzr, John E. Upham, Ali Nihat Yazici, Arthur Brameld, Mirjana Medic,
Ben Finegold, Frank Berry, Bronislav Chmelícek, Istvan Brindza, Luiz
Roberto Da Costa Jr and everyone else who helped with the issue.
The half way point of the Morelia/Linares tournament has been reached.
They leave Mexico and travel to Spain and restart on Friday. Peter Leko leads
the event by half a point from Levon Aronian with Peter Svidler half a point further
back. In contrast to some years at Linares recently there have been over 50%
(15/28) of games finishing decisively. Of which 3 were Veselin Topalov losses.
Topalov doesn't seem to be playing that differently than he has in the last
year and a bit when he's dominated things but he plays so sharply that when
things go wrong, and he's slightly off the pace, he loses.
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 3 (February 20, 2006)
Aronian, Levon - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 123 E55 Nimzo Indian
Svidler, Peter - Leko, Peter 1/2 21 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Radjabov, Teimour - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 23 D84 Gruenfeld 4.Bf4
Bacrot, Etienne - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 18 E49 Nimzo Indian
Round 4 (February 22, 2006)
Leko, Peter - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 39 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Svidler, Peter - Bacrot, Etienne 1-0 59 C42 Petroff's Defence
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Aronian, Levon 1/2 20 A30 English Symmetrical
Topalov, Veselin - Radjabov, Teimour 0-1 37 E70 King's Indian Fianchetto
Round 5 (February 23, 2006)
Aronian, Levon - Svidler, Peter 1-0 38 D80 Gruenfeld 4.Bg5
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 48 D15 Slav Defence
Radjabov, Teimour - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 51 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Bacrot, Etienne - Leko, Peter 1/2 28 E15 Queens Indian
Round 6 (February 25, 2006)
Aronian, Levon - Leko, Peter 1/2 45 E15 Queens Indian
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Svidler, Peter 1-0 25 D80 Gruenfeld 4.Bg5
Radjabov, Teimour - Bacrot, Etienne 1-0 55 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Topalov, Veselin - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 0-1 56 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Round 7 (February 26, 2006)
Leko, Peter - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 41 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Svidler, Peter - Radjabov, Teimour 1/2 42 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 25 C42 Petroff's Defence
Bacrot, Etienne - Aronian, Levon 0-1 55 E21 Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
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 Leko, Peter g HUN 2740 ** =. =. 1. 1. 1. =. =. 5.0 2888
2 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2752 =. ** 1. 0. 1. =. =. 1. 4.5 2830
3 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2765 =. 0. ** 0. =. 1. 1. 1. 4.0 2777
4 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2729 0. 1. 1. ** =. =. 0. =. 3.5 2732
5 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2700 0. 0. =. =. ** =. 1. 1. 3.5 2736
6 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2650 0. =. 0. =. =. ** 1. =. 3.0 2693
7 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2801 =. =. 0. 1. 0. 0. ** =. 2.5 2619
8 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2717 =. 0. 0. =. 0. =. =. ** 2.0 2575
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The Cappelle la Grande tournament took place 18th-25th February 2006.
112 GMs (with 24 WGM) - 80 IMs (with 9 WMI)) - 48 FIDE masters (with 9 women) -
471 FIDE rated players (75%), with 55 women. 624 players (Only 45% french
players) from 58 federations. Alexander Moiseenko won the event with 7.5/9. My
thanks to David Avron and Pascal Villalba.
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. Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2657 7.5 2801
2. Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2625 7.0 2737
3. Goloshchapov, Alexander g UKR 2533 7.0 2732
4. Azarov, Sergei g BLR 2581 7.0 2717
5. Drozdovskij, Yuri g UKR 2509 7.0 2714
6. Grigoriants, Sergey g RUS 2550 7.0 2712
7. Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2670 7.0 2695
8. Burmakin, Vladimir g RUS 2519 7.0 2670
9. Szelag, Marcin m POL 2468 7.0 2582
10. Firman, Nazar m UKR 2468 6.5 2683
11. Yevseev, Denis g RUS 2557 6.5 2654
12. Guseinov, Gadir g AZE 2607 6.5 2647
13. Baklan, Vladimir g UKR 2601 6.5 2641
14. Yagupov, Igor g RUS 2534 6.5 2636
15. Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2594 6.5 2621
16. Kulaots, Kaido g EST 2558 6.5 2606
17. Ovetchkin, Roman g RUS 2539 6.5 2606
18. Psakhis, Lev g ISR 2534 6.5 2599
19. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2571 6.5 2596
20. Golod, Vitali g ISR 2577 6.5 2594
21. Andreev, Eduard g UKR 2470 6.5 2590
22. Spraggett, Kevin g CAN 2581 6.5 2590
23. Kveinys, Aloyzas g LTU 2517 6.5 2589
24. Vazquez, Renier m ESP 2513 6.5 2587
25. Chernyshov, Konstantin g RUS 2539 6.5 2585
26. Ionov, Sergey g RUS 2527 6.5 2576
27. Kryvoruchko, Yuriy m UKR 2513 6.5 2575
28. Hebden, Mark g ENG 2514 6.5 2566
29. Ciuksyte, Dagne wg LTU 2370 6.5 2565
30. Dembo, Yelena m GRE 2461 6.5 2564
31. Nalbandian, Tigran g ARM 2524 6.5 2541
32. Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2582 6.5 2530
33. Kovchan, Alexander g UKR 2513 6.5 2529
34. Danielian, Oganes g ARM 2518 6.5 2523
35. Van der Weide, Karel g NED 2466 6.5 2470
36. Vysochin, Spartak g UKR 2551 6.0 2627
37. Sorokin, Maxim g RUS 2560 6.0 2610
38. Luther, Thomas g GER 2569 6.0 2602
39. Yandemirov, Valeri g RUS 2503 6.0 2598
40. Vorobiov, Evgeny E g RUS 2543 6.0 2594
41. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2649 6.0 2593
42. Belikov, Vladimir g RUS 2528 6.0 2584
43. Malakhatko, Vadim g UKR 2556 6.0 2575
44. Roiz, Michael g ISR 2599 6.0 2572
45. Li Shilong g CHN 2543 6.0 2567
46. Tunik, Gennady g RUS 2469 6.0 2566
47. Novikov, Maxim g RUS 2518 6.0 2559
48. Neverov, Valeriy g UKR 2554 6.0 2556
49. Zagrebelny, Sergey g UZB 2497 6.0 2554
50. Zubarev, Alexander g UKR 2508 6.0 2552
51. Oleksienko, Mikhailo g UKR 2509 6.0 2551
52. Benitah, Yohan m FRA 2398 6.0 2549
53. Delchev, Aleksander g BUL 2661 6.0 2549
54. Rodshtein, Maxim m ISR 2467 6.0 2543
55. Bykhovsky, Avigdor g RUS 2464 6.0 2539
56. Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2553 6.0 2539
57. Shneider, Aleksandr g UKR 2529 6.0 2538
58. Hasangatin, Ramil g RUS 2460 6.0 2532
59. Degraeve, Jean-Marc g FRA 2553 6.0 2526
60. Leon Hoyos, Manuel m MEX 2428 6.0 2522
61. Gozzoli, Yannick m FRA 2464 6.0 2513
62. Zakharevich, Igor g RUS 2500 6.0 2511
63. Jaracz, Pawel g POL 2486 6.0 2506
64. Ovod, Evgenija m RUS 2366 6.0 2498
65. Yemelin, Vasily g RUS 2523 6.0 2497
66. Danielian, Elina m ARM 2423 6.0 2489
67. Bagheri, Amir g FRA 2521 6.0 2486
68. Erenburg, Sergey g ISR 2573 6.0 2484
69. Moroz, Alexander g UKR 2506 6.0 2483
70. Sakelsek, Tadej m SLO 2418 6.0 2481
71. Kurnosov, Igor g RUS 2517 6.0 2477
72. Gutman, Gennadi g UKR 2517 6.0 2474
73. Landenbergue, Claude m SUI 2419 6.0 2472
74. Gharamian, Tigran m FRA 2425 6.0 2465
75. Sumets, Andrey m UKR 2457 6.0 2465
76. Escobar Forero, Alder m COL 2425 6.0 2456
77. Kasparov, Sergey m BLR 2491 6.0 2447
78. Krivonosov, Oleg m LAT 2431 6.0 2435
79. Foisor, Ovidiu Doru m ROM 2392 6.0 2434
80. Zaragatski, Ilja GER 2400 6.0 2430
81. Kaplan, Sasha f ISR 2331 6.0 2376
82. Borges Mateos, Juan g CUB 2449 6.0 2333
83. Dimitrov, Radoslav BUL 2133 6.0 2312
84. Sulskis, Sarunas g LTU 2504 5.5 2544
85. Shaw, John m SCO 2432 5.5 2541
86. Miroshnichenko, Evgenij g UKR 2619 5.5 2539
87. Sebag, Marie m FRA 2415 5.5 2539
88. Zhigalko, Andrey m BLR 2505 5.5 2538
89. Zhigalko, Sergei m BLR 2496 5.5 2538
90. Spoelman, Wouter NED 2376 5.5 2514
91. Moser, Eva m AUT 2374 5.5 2508
92. Bitalzadeh, Ali NED 2270 5.5 2507
93. Shengelia, Davit g GEO 2562 5.5 2501
94. Senff, Martin m GER 2471 5.5 2491
95. Khmelniker, Ilya m ISR 2430 5.5 2483
96. Zimmerman, Yuri m RUS 2379 5.5 2483
97. Abergel, Thal m FRA 2426 5.5 2481
98. Narciso Dublan, Marc g ESP 2525 5.5 2476
99. Zinchenko, Yaroslav m UKR 2501 5.5 2469
100. Gdanski, Jacek g POL 2540 5.5 2464
627 players
The Polish Championship takes place in Krakow, 25th February - 9th March
2006.
Official site: http://mzszach.l.pl/online/mpm2006/index.html
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LXIII ch-POL Krakow POL (POL), 25 ii-9 iii 2006 cat. XII (2527)
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1. Wojtaszek, Radoslaw g POL 2605 * . = . . . . . . 1 . . 1 . 2.5 2766
2. Markowski, Tomasz g POL 2565 . * . . . = . . . . . . 1 1 2.5 2738
3. Bobras, Piotr g POL 2531 = . * . . . . . . = 1 . . . 2.0 2644
4. Czarnota, Pawel m POL 2497 . . . * . = . = . . . . . 1 2.0 2631
5. Heberla, Bartlomiej m POL 2487 . . . . * . . . . = = 1 . . 2.0 2617
6. Grabarczyk, Miroslaw g POL 2479 . = . = . * = . . . . . . . 1.5 2560
7. Kempinski, Robert g POL 2619 . . . . . = * = = . . . . . 1.5 2558
8. Socko, Bartosz g POL 2610 . . . = . . = * . . . = . . 1.5 2546
9. Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2585 . . . . . . = . * . = = . . 1.5 2544
10. Urban, Klaudiusz m POL 2462 0 . = . = . . . . * . . . . 1.0 2416
11. Dziuba, Marcin m POL 2491 . . 0 . = . . . = . * . . . 1.0 2409
12. Bartel, Mateusz g POL 2524 . . . . 0 . . = = . . * . . 1.0 2435
13. Gajewski, Grzegorz m POL 2486 0 0 . . . . . . . . . . * = 0.5 2260
14. Warakomski, Tomasz f POL 2430 . 0 . 0 . . . . . . . . = * 0.5 2243
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Round 1 (February 25, 2006)
Markowski, Tomasz - Gajewski, Grzegorz 1-0 48 D02 Queen's Pawn Game
Bobras, Piotr - Wojtaszek, Radoslaw 1/2 27 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Czarnota, Pawel - Warakomski, Tomasz 1-0 61 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Kempinski, Robert - Grabarczyk, Miroslaw 1/2 18 B37 Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Urban, Klaudiusz - Heberla, Bartlomiej 1/2 26 A43 Old Benoni
Dziuba, Marcin - Macieja, Bartlomiej 1/2 50 E15 Queens Indian
Bartel, Mateusz - Socko, Bartosz 1/2 49 C17 French Winawer
Round 2 (February 26, 2006)
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw - Gajewski, Grzegorz 1-0 61 E55 Nimzo Indian
Bobras, Piotr - Urban, Klaudiusz 1/2 23 C02 French Advance
Heberla, Bartlomiej - Dziuba, Marcin 1/2 14 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Grabarczyk, Miroslaw - Czarnota, Pawel 1/2 13 D14 Slav Exchange
Socko, Bartosz - Kempinski, Robert 1/2 12 A08 Barcza System
Macieja, Bartlomiej - Bartel, Mateusz 1/2 32 C97 Ruy Lopez
Warakomski, Tomasz - Markowski, Tomasz 0-1 46 C41 Philidor's Defence
Round 3 (February 27, 2006)
Markowski, Tomasz - Grabarczyk, Miroslaw 1/2 36 A09 Reti Opening
Czarnota, Pawel - Socko, Bartosz 1/2 20 C90 Ruy Lopez
Kempinski, Robert - Macieja, Bartlomiej 1/2 24 E39 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Urban, Klaudiusz - Wojtaszek, Radoslaw 0-1 77 A30 English Symmetrical
Dziuba, Marcin - Bobras, Piotr 0-1 39 D85 Gruenfeld Defence
Bartel, Mateusz - Heberla, Bartlomiej 0-1 47 D27 QGA
Gajewski, Grzegorz - Warakomski, Tomasz 1/2 14 D21 QGA
Jonathan Berry sends news of the Morelia Mexican Open which took place
16th-19th February 2006. Cuban GM Lazaro Bruzon won the 125-player top section
of the 744 player Morelia Gran Abierto Mexicano with 6.5 points out of 7. He
won 40,000 pesos, about $US4,000 Alfonso Almeida, young Uriel Capo, and GM
Timur Gareev tied for second place with 6 points. The other GM in the
tournament, Mexican Juan Gonzalez, drew with Capo, but was unlucky to get Black
against both of the other GMs and finished back in the pack. A small number of
games are available.
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 ONGC Cup International Grand Masters Open Chess Tournament takes
place in Hyderabad, 25th February - 5th March 2006.
Further details: http://www.ongccuphyd.in/ or at the Chess
Players of India site: http://www.cpai.in/
Leading Round 3 Standings:
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1st ONGC Cup Hyderabad IND (IND), 25 ii-5 iii 2006
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1. Kotsur, Pavel g KAZ 2570 3.0
2. Megaranto, Susanto g INA 2539 3.0
3. Thipsay, Praveen M g IND 2488 3.0
4. Arun Prasad, S m IND 2384 3.0
5. Deepan, Chakkravarthy J m IND 2428 3.0
6. Harika, Dronavalli wg IND 2358 3.0
7. Laxman, R.R m IND 2418 3.0
8. Palit, Somak IND 2333 3.0
9. Zhumabaev, Rinat f KAZ 2405 3.0
10. Saptarshi, Roy IND 2363 3.0
11. Prakash, G B m IND 2428 3.0
12. Gokhale, Chandrashekhar m IND 2368 3.0
13. Gupta, Abhijeet m IND 2434 3.0
14. Konguvel, Ponnuswamy m IND 2400 3.0
15. Sengupta, Deep m IND 2393 3.0
16. Kamble, Vikramaditya IND 2403 3.0
246 players
The Bruges Masters takes place 28th February - 3rd March 2005.
Official site: http://www.brugsemeesters.be/
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Masters Bruges BEL (BEL), 26 ii-3 iii 2006 cat. IV (2331)
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1. Maenhout, Thibaut BEL 2303 * . . . . 1 . = . . 1.5 2531
2. Geirnaert, Steven f BEL 2357 . * . . = . . . 1 . 1.5 2478
3. Malakhatko, Vadim g UKR 2556 . . * . = . . 1 . . 1.5 2548
4. Leenhouts, Koen m NED 2398 . . . * . . = . . 1 1.5 2415
5. Piceu, Tom f BEL 2345 . = = . * . . . . . 1.0 2456
6. Froeyman, Helmut f BEL 2311 0 . . . . * 1 . . . 1.0 2283
7. Michiels, Rob BEL 2263 . . . = . 0 * . . . 0.5 2161
8. Zozulia, Anna m UKR 2366 = . 0 . . . . * . . 0.5 2236
9. Goczo, Melinda wm HUN 2225 . 0 . . . . . . * = 0.5 2076
10. Hamelink, Desiree wm NED 2181 . . . 0 . . . . = * 0.5 2118
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4th international chess festival in Nancy (east of France - 300 kms
from Paris) from 20th-26th February 2006. Games from the top two rounds
complete. Vaszilij Sikula won the A event.
Christophe Philippe reports: The 4th Nancy chess festival is over. The
sponsor is "Conseil Général de Meurthe et Moselle" (our
department). 110 players were competing in 11 differents round robins
tournaments of 10 players each. Group A was a master tournament for im norms
(average 2352-category 5). Ukrainian IM Vasily Sikula won convincingly with
7,5/9. French Pavel Govciyan and young German Martin Becker achieved im norms
finishing 2nd and 3rd with 6/9. Roumanian IM Cioara finished 4th. Group B was
average 2231 and was won on tie break by Forthofer (who wins an invitation for
im tournament of next year) ahead of Delorme and Heinz with 6/9. Belgium fm Luc
Henris is 4th with 5,5/9.
Further details:
http://philippechess.free.fr/4festivalEngGer.html
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Festival de Meurthe-et-Moselle A Nancy FRA (FRA), 20-26 ii 2006cat. V (2352)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Sikula, Vaszilij m UKR 2490 * 1 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2609
2. Govciyan, Pavel FRA 2368 0 * = 1 = = 1 1 1 = 6.0 2474
3. Becker, Martin GER 2353 0 = * 1 = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2476
4. Cioara, Andrei Nestor m ROM 2440 = 0 0 * 0 1 1 1 1 1 5.5 2421
5. Nezar, Mustapha f FRA 2394 = = = 1 * = = 0 1 = 5.0 2389
6. Brunner, Nicolas f FRA 2395 = = = 0 = * 1 = = 1 5.0 2389
7. Adrian, Claude m FRA 2278 0 0 = 0 = 0 * 1 1 1 4.0 2316
8. Helstroffer, Arnaud FRA 2296 0 0 0 0 1 = 0 * 1 1 3.5 2277
9. Pucher, Olivier FRA 2279 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 * 1 1.5 2086
10. Bolzoni, Victor Angel f BEL 2222 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 * 1.0 2014
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Festival de Meurthe-et-Moselle B Nancy FRA (FRA), 20-26 ii 2006
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1. Forthofer, Robert FRA 2208 * = = 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 6.0 2348
2. Delorme, Alban FRA 2276 = * = = = = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2340
3. Heinz, Timothee FRA 2261 = = * = = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2342
4. Henris, Luc f BEL 2283 0 = = * 1 = 0 1 1 1 5.5 2294
5. Koch, Hans Juergen GER 2235 1 = = 0 * 1 1 0 = = 5.0 2263
6. Hisler, Thomas FRA 2216 0 = = = 0 * 1 1 = 1 5.0 2265
7. Julian, Stephane FRA 2178 1 0 = 1 0 0 * = 0 1 4.0 2183
8. Colson, Arnaud FRA 2212 0 = 0 0 1 0 = * = 1 3.5 2142
9. Carrillo, Jesus FRA 2175 0 0 0 0 = = 1 = * 1 3.5 2146
10. Schartz, Alain LUX 2173 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 * 0.5 1783
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The Bermuda International Open took place February 10th-12th 2006. Sadly
the invitational was cancelled due to venue problems and this meant the open
also was weaker than normal. My thanks to Nigel Freeman with the news who
remarked that 21 out of 25 players got prizes...
Official site:: http://www.bermuda.bm/chess/
Leading Final Standings
1. GM Nick DeFirmian (USA) 2547 5.0/5
2. William Wright (USA) 2224 4.0/5
Conrad Ho (CAN) 1987 4.0/5
4. Zuzana Kovacova (BER) 2100 3.5/5
Brian Floyd (CAN) ---- 3.5/5
25 players
The Portsmouth Premier took place 17th-19th February 2006.
In the Hollington Premier, things went generally with the seedings. Of
the 7 players graded over 200, 5 were in the prize list. Grandmaster Danny
Gormally started off with 4 straight wins, but then lost the crunch game
against Grandmaster Peter Wells and could manage only a draw against
International Master Watu Kobese of South Africa. He thus shared 2nd place with
Kobese, Webb and Lappage, while Peter took the £500 first prize on his
own. Third seed International Master Roland Berzinsh from Latvia started off
with a promising 3 wins, but then encountered Gormally, Kobese and Rose and had
to settle for a modest 4 points at the end, not enough for a prize. Top local
player, Tony Corkett, a former winner of this tournament, was never in the
running this year
Official site: http://www.hampshirechess.co.uk/ -
with the report at:
http://www.hampshirechess.co.uk/Portsmouth%20Congress/Portsmouth%20Congress%202006%20Report.htm
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Premier Portsmouth ENG (ENG), 17-19 ii 2006
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1. Wells, Peter K g ENG 2501 +15 +10 = 3 +26 + 2 = 4 5.0 2520
2. Gormally, Daniel g ENG 2573 +19 + 7 + 4 + 6 - 1 = 3 4.5 2519
3. Kobese, Watu m RSA 2397 +26 +23 = 1 +12 = 6 = 2 4.5 2505
4. Webb, Richard M f ENG 2302 +17 +20 - 2 +23 +11 = 1 4.5 2385
5. Lappage, Jonathan ENG 2141 +27 =29 - 6 +14 + 9 +12 4.5 2356
6. Berzinsh, Roland m LAT 2447 +21 +11 + 5 - 2 = 3 = 8 4.0 2346
7. Coates, Kenneth ENG 2197 +25 - 2 =24 =31 +26 +13 4.0 2250
8. Rose, Matthew ENG 2219 +41 =30 -12 +24 +17 = 6 4.0 2287
9. Lock, Gavin R ENG 2190 -23 +27 +21 =33 - 5 +22 3.5 2066
10. Rayner, Francis WLS 2212 +22 - 1 =32 -17 +27 +20 3.5 2140
11. Tunks, Dominic ---- +28 - 6 +13 =34 - 4 +17 3.5 2210
12. Corkett, Anthony f ENG 2354 =13 +14 + 8 - 3 =37 - 5 3.0 2153
13. Compton, Alistair NZL 2088 =12 =16 -11 +18 +23 - 7 3.0 2136
14. Fysh-Foskett, Adam ENG 2075 =18 -12 +19 - 5 =15 +24 3.0 2157
15. Kitson,Peter R ---- - 1 +22 -23 =36 =14 +25 3.0 2096
16. Cutmore, Martin J ENG 2026 =35 =13 =17 -20 =25 +23 3.0 2028
17. Duggan, Michael ENG 2082 - 4 +18 =16 +10 - 8 -11 2.5 2109
18. Jain, Akshay Kumar IND 2242 =14 -17 =25 -13 =19 +27 2.5 1988
19. Mansson, James ENG 2114 - 2 =24 -14 =38 =18 +26 2.5 2106
20. Cordner,David A ---- +42 - 4 -26 +16 =22 -10 2.5 2033
21. Ashdown,MJ ---- - 6 +25 - 9 -22 =24 +28 2.5 2064
22. Mellor,S ---- -10 -15 +43 +21 =20 - 9 2.5 2010
23. Atako,Chino ---- + 9 - 3 +15 - 4 -13 -16 2.0 2042
24. Cutmore, David A ENG 2093 =39 =19 = 7 - 8 =21 -14 2.0 1975
25. McGovern,DP ---- - 7 -21 =18 +28 =16 -15 2.0 1952
26. Lwambula,Humprey ---- - 3 +28 +20 - 1 - 7 -19 2.0 2076
27. Ilett, Raymond ENG 1916 - 5 - 9 +28 =40 -10 -18 1.5 1937
28. Aniecko,Colin ---- -11 -26 -27 -25 +44 -21 1.0 1713
29. 1/2BYE3 ---- . = 5 . . . . 0.5 2141
30. 1/2BYE4 ---- . = 8 . . . . 0.5 2219
31. 1/2BYE6 ---- . . . = 7 . . 0.5 2197
32. 1/2BYE5 ---- . . =10 . . . 0.5 2212
33. 1/2BYE7 ---- . . . = 9 . . 0.5 2190
34. 1/2BYE8 ---- . . . =11 . . 0.5 2000
35. 1/2BYE2 ---- =16 . . . . . 0.5 2026
36. 1/2BYE10 ---- . . . =15 . . 0.5 2000
37. 1/2BYE12 ---- . . . . =12 . 0.5 2354
38. 1/2BYE9 ---- . . . =19 . . 0.5 2114
39. 1/2BYE1 ---- =24 . . . . . 0.5 2093
40. 1/2BYE11 ---- . . . =27 . . 0.5 1916
41. Tuddenham,David ---- - 8 . . . . . 0.0
42. BYE1 ---- -20 . . . . . 0.0
43. BYE2 ---- . . -22 . . . 0.0
44. BYE3 ---- . . . . -28 . 0.0
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The Ciudad de Sóller international took place in Mallorca - Spain
20th-26th February 2006 in the Gran Hotel Sóller.
Official site: http://www.chessmallorca.com/
It Soller ESP (ESP), 20-26 ii 2006 cat. IX (2456)
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1 Berg, Emanuel g SWE 2540 ** 0= 1= 11 == 11 7.0 2587
2 Mirzoev, Azer g AZE 2498 1= ** == == 1= == 6.0 2519
3 Carlsson, Pontus m SWE 2430 0= == ** 1= 11 == 6.0 2532
4 Campos Moreno, Javier B g CHI 2473 00 == 0= ** 1= =1 4.5 2416
5 Souleidis, Georgios m GRE 2433 == 0= 00 0= ** 1= 3.5 2350
6 Mascaro March, Pedro f ESP 2359 00 == == =0 0= ** 3.0 2325
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In spite of icy highways 22 players turned out from 4 states to play in
the 5 rd SS event held in Stillwater, Oklahoma February 18-19. Dan Huff from
Missouri finished ahead of David Zelnick of Tulsa to win the OCF $15 Fide Open.
This was only Zelnick?s 10th rated tournament. There was a good turnout from
the Wichita and Kansas City area. Frank Berry directed this event and reported
it to TWIC.
Official site: http://www.OKChess.org
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OCF $15 FIDE Open Stillwater, Oklahoma USA (USA), 18-19 ii 2006
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OCF $15 FIDE OPEN - HOLIDAY INN - STILLWATER, OK
18-19, FEB 2006 TD: FRANK BERRY SPONSOR: OK CHESS FOUNDATION
EF: $15: G - 120 +10sec: --F indicates FIDE Pre Post 1 2 3 4 5 Tot
1 Dan Huff Salem, MO 2022 2042 =4 W19 W9 W7 W3 4.5
2 David Zelnick Tulsa 1725 1764 W21 W14 L3 W10 W6 4.0
3 Tom Braunlich - F Tulsa 2162 2154 W15 W16 W2 =6 L1 3.5
4 Judit Simo - F Stillwater 1885 1889 =1 L5 W15 W14 W9 3.5
5 Jaime Fernandez Wichita, KS 1793 1832 =19 W4 W8 W11 3.5
6 Zeb Fortman III K C, MO 2075 2065 W7 =8 X 5 =3 L2 3.0
7 Chris Claassen - F Potwin, KS 1889 1888 L6 W15 W18 L1 W14 3.0
8 Jim Berry - F Stillwater 1968 1961 W18 =6 H-- L5 W10 3.0
9 Tim Walker Lenexa, KS 1542 1585 W20 =13 L1 W16 L4 2.5
10 Roger Baxter O K C 1539 1545 W12 W20 H-- L2 L8 2.5
11 Greg Anderson Wichita, KS 1484 1503 L14 W21 W16 H-- L5 2.5
12 Dexter Solomon Wichita, KS 1175 1193 L10 L18 Bye W21 =17 2.5
13 Alex Relyea Norman 1800 1800 W17 =9 H-- H-- 2.5
14 J Wawrzaszek Wichita, KS 1695 1681 W11 L2 W17 L4 L7 2.0
15 Marvin Lee Norman 1623 1624 L3 L7 L4 W22 W20 2.0
16 Robert Stepp L R, Ark 1847 1813 W22 L3 L11 L9 W18 2.0
17 Webb Miller K C, MO 1318 1331 L13 W22 L14 =20 =12 2.0
18 Jason Winters Norman 1585 1574 L8 W12 L7 H-- L16 1.5
19 Carl Latino - F Stillwater 1904 1896 =5 L1 H-- H-- 1.5
20 Mike Harvey O K C 1489 1442 L9 L10 =22 =17 L15 1.0
21 Frank Smentowski Tulsa 1130 1119 L2 L11 H-- L12 =22 1.0
22 Dwight Wilkins Stillwater 1381 1344 L16 L17 =20 L15 =21 1.0
Adam Raoof reports on the 1st first FIDE rated event to be held in
Korea. The tournament was a 10-player all-play-all, with Adam Raoof (ENG 2150
inactive), Jessie Gilbert (ENG wf 2098), Ben Giles (NZ 2030) Jinwoo Song (ENG
1944, the organiser of the event) and six unrated Koreans taking part. Ilsan
Chess Club, just outside Seoul, hosted the event.
Official site: http://www.geocities.com/adamraoof/
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1st Korea International Ilsan KOR (KOR), 15-19 ii 2006
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1. Gilbert, Jessie wf ENG 2098 * = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2286
2. Raoof, Adam ENG 2150 = * = = = 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2174
3. Lee Sang Hoon KOR ---- = = * = = 0 1 1 1 1 6.0 2149
4. Song, Jinwoo ENG 1944 = = = * 1 1 0 1 = = 5.5 2110
5. Giles, Benjamin NZL 2030 0 = = 0 * 1 1 = 1 1 5.5 2101
6. Lee Ki Youl KOR ---- 0 0 1 0 0 * 0 1 1 1 4.0 1981
7. Choi Junil KOR ---- 0 0 0 1 0 1 * 0 1 = 3.5 1944
8. Kim Hyunwoo KOR ---- 0 = 0 0 = 0 1 * 0 1 3.0 1899
9. Kim Yong Tae KOR ---- 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 * 1 2.5 1858
10. Oh Jung Yub KOR ---- 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 * 1.0 1673
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The U.S. Chess Championship takes place in San Diego March 1st-12th,
2006 and will be held at its new permanent home at NTC Promenade.
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.
February 20, 2006 - Below are the complete player groups. As described
in detail on the regulations page of the official website, each group
represents the field of a separate nine-round swiss-system tournament. The
winner of each group will play in the final championship match of two games at
noon on Sunday, March 12. (Full schedule)
Full details:http://www.uschesschampionship.com
GROUP A GROUP B
TITLE RTG LAST FIRST TITLE RTG LAST FIRST
1 GM 2774 NAKAMURA HIKARU 1 GM 2729 KAMSKY GATA
2 GM 2707 IBRAGIMOV ILDAR 2 GM 2722 KAIDANOV GREGORY
3 GM 2686 ONISCHUK ALEXANDER 3 GM 2678 GULKO BORIS
4 GM 2662 AKOBIAN VARUZHAN 4 GM 2665 SHABALOV ALEXANDER
5 IM 2662 FINEGOLD BENJAMIN 5 GM 2657 IVANOV ALEXANDER
6 GM 2642 GOLDIN ALEXANDER 6 GM 2643 NOVIKOV IGOR
7 GM 2642 STRIPUNSKY ALEXANDER 7 GM 2633 CHRISTIANSEN LARRY
8 GM 2627 KUDRIN SERGEY 8 GM 2629 BECERRA JULIO
9 GM 2624 BENJAMIN JOEL 9 GM 2623 SHULMAN YURY
10 GM 2604 DLUGY MAX 10 IM 2614 PERELSHTEYN EUGENE
11 GM 2600 DE FIRMIAN NICK 11 GM 2593 FISHBEIN ALEXANDER
12 GM 2577 SERPER GREGORY 12 GM 2590 YERMOLINSKY ALEX
13 GM 2562 GUREVICH DMITRY 13 GM 2558 FEDOROWICZ JOHN
14 IM 2548 GONZALEZ RENIER 14 GM 2555 WOJTKIEWICZ ALEKS
15 IM 2540 KRAAI JESSE 15 GM 2535 KREIMAN BORIS
16 IM 2525 SCHNEIDER DMITRY 16 IM 2528 MILMAN LEV
17 IM 2513 FRIEDEL JOSHUA 17 GM 2507 BROWNE WALTER
18 IM 2486 STEIN ALAN 18 IM 2491 KRIVENTSOV STANISLAV
19 IM 2479 FLOREAN ANDREI 19 IM 2469 ZATONSKIH ANNA
20 FM 2441 TATE, JR EMORY 20 IM 2464 IPPOLITO DEAN
21 IM 2440 BERCYS SALVIJUS 21 FM 2458 MUHAMMAD STEPHEN
22 IM 2427 LENDERMAN ALEX 22 IM 2440 LUGO BLAS
23 IM 2424 FERNANDEZ DANIEL 23 IM 2425 GINSBURG MARK
24 FM 2420 SCHNEIDER IGOR 24 IM 2422 VIGORITO DAVID
25 WGM 2393 GOLETIANI RUSUDAN 25 IM 2399 SARKAR JUSTIN
26 WGM 2331 BAGINSKAITE CAMILLA 26 WFM 2325 ABRAHAMYAN TATEV
27 2318 KLEIMAN JAKE 27 WIM 2271 TUVSHINTUGS BATCHIMEG
28 WFM 2238 ROSS LAURA 28 2266 LIU ELLIOTT
29 WIM 2172 EPSTEIN ESTHER 29 WFM 2162 AIRAPETIAN CHOUCHANIK
30 WFM 2118 VICARY ELIZABETH 30 WFM 2149 ITKIS HANA
31 2101 ZENYUK IRYNA 31 2034 WEST VANESSA
32 1663 COTTRELL KELLY 32 WCM 1872 CHRISTIANSEN NATASHA
78946 Total rating points in section 79106
2467.1 Average of section 2472.1
2663 Average of top 10 2659.3
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.
Ranking Round 7 .
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Rank N Fed Tit Rating Name Total Tie-Break Colors
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1) 2 GEO IM 2430 F Sanikidze, Tornike 6.5 26.5 bwbwbwb
2) 12 GEO 2171 F Paichadze, Luka 5.5 23.5 bwbwwbb
3) 3 GEO FM 2375 F Jojua, Davit 5.5 23 wbwbwbw
4) 9 GEO 2197 F Nigalidze, Gaioz 5.5 22.5 wbwbwbw
5) 5 GEO FM 2263 F Benidze, Davit 5 21.5 wbwbwwb
6) 10 GEO 2188 F Urushadze, Davit 5 19.5 bwbbwwb
7) 1 GEO IM 2434 F Margvelashvili, Giorgi 4.5 21.5 wbwbwbw
8) 6 GEO 2249 F Bregadze, Levan 4.5 20 bwbwbwb
9) 11 GEO 2183 F Chitadze, Romeo 4.5 20 wbwbwbw
10) 8 GEO 2219 F Lomsadze, Davit 4.5 19.5 bwbwbwb
11) 13 GEO 2167 F Maisuradze, Gega 4.5 19 wbwbwbb
12) 14 GEO 2161 F Patsia, Zviad 4.5 18.5 bwbwbbw
13) 21 GEO 2046 F Lortkipanidze, Nodar 4.5 16.5 wbwbwbw
14) 18 GEO 2066 F Amirkhanashvili, Archil 4 18 bwbwbwb
15) 7 GEO 2236 F Tevdorashvili, Vakhtang 4 17 wbwbwbw
16) 16 GEO 2129 F Javakhadze, Zurab 4 17 bwbwbwb
17) 22 GEO 2037 F Davarashvili, Nodar 4 17 bwbwbww
18) 25 GEO 2014 F Beraia, Levan 4 16 bwbwbwb
19) 39 GEO 1956eF Nemsadze, Beka 4 15.5 bwbwbwb
20) 15 GEO 2137 F Khizanashvili, Vakhtang 4 15 wbwbwbw
21) 27 GEO 2001 F Lagiashvili, Elguja 4 14 bwwbbwb
22) 4 GEO 2363 F Azaladze, Shota 3.5 19.5 bwbwbwb
23) 36 GEO 2143eF Beradze, Irakli 3.5 15 wbwbwbw
24) 23 GEO 2020 F Khazhalia, Simon 3.5 15 wbwwbbw
25) 34 GEO 1888 F Pantsulaia, Tornike 3.5 13.5 wbwbbwb
26) 26 GEO 2008 F Volkov, Nika 3.5 12 wbwbwbw
27) 32 GEO 1970 F Merabishvili, Alexandre 3.5 12 wbwbbww
28) 48 GEO Nozadze, Giorgi 3.5 11.5 wb wbwb
29) 20 GEO 2052 F Kvaratskhelia, Dimitri 3 14 bwwbwbw
30) 19 GEO 2057 F Shinjiashvili, Vladimer 3 13 wbwbwbw
31) 17 GEO 2079 F Gugulashvili, Tamaz 3 12.5 wbwbwbw
32) 33 GEO 1955 F Ervandian, Andro 3 12 bwbwbwb
33) 35 GEO 1868 F Samniashvili, Davit 3 11.5 bwbwbwb
34) 49 GEO Tedoshvili, Dimitri 3 11.5 wbwwbb
35) 44 GEO Gorduladze, Giorgi 3 10.5 wbwbwbw
36) 28 GEO 1997 F Janiashvili, Irakli 3 10.5 wbwbwbw
37) 42 GEO 1770eF Khurtsidze, Tornike 3 9 wbbww b
38) 43 GEO Baramashvili, Zurab 3 8 bwbwbwb
39) 30 GEO 1974 F Gojiashvili, Giorgi 2.5 10 wbwbwbw
40) 31 GEO 1974 F Morchiladze, Vakhtang 2.5 10 bwbwbwb
41) 24 GEO 2015 F Tsereteli, Kakhaber 2.5 9.5 bwbwbwb
42) 29 GEO 1990 F Nikolashvili, Giorgi N 2.5 9 bwbwbwb
43) 38 GEO 1999eF Gabunia, Tornike 2.5 8 wbwwbw
44) 41 GEO 1814eF Kosashvili, Otar 2.5 7.5 bwbwb w
45) 37 GEO 2094eF Benidze, Gigla 2.5 6 bwbbwwb
46) 47 GEO Maridashvili, Giorgi 2 10 b wbwbw
47) 40 GEO 1886eF Ebralidze, Alexandre 1.5 6 wbwwbbw
48) 46 GEO Kardenakhishvili, Mikheil 1 4 wbb wbw
49) 45 GEO Jinchveladze, Teimuraz 1 3 bwbb w
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Women's Ranking Round 7
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1) 8 GEO 2071 F Bokuchava, Madona 5.5 23 bwwbwbw
2) 1 GEO 2316 F Khotenashvili, Bela 5.5 20 wbwbwbw
3) 2 GEO WFM 2222 F Mikadze, Miranda 5 24 bwbwbwb
4) 12 GEO 2026 F Khazhomia, Salome 5 21.5 bwbbwwb
5) 7 GEO 2101 F Meskhi, Teona 5 21 wbwbwbw
6) 4 GEO WFM 2121 F Paikidze, Nazi 5 20.5 bwbwbwb
7) 13 GEO 2002 F Khutsidze, Sopo 5 20 wbwbwwb
8) 10 GEO 2037 F Zhorzholiani, Meri 4.5 17.5 bwbwbwb
9) 18 GEO 1978 F Danelia, Mariam 4 19.5 bwbbwwb
10) 6 GEO WFM 2103 F Arabidze, Meri 4 18.5 bwbwwbw
11) 14 GEO 1996 F Ugulava, Lela 4 17.5 bwbwbwb
12) 5 GEO 2108 F Tsatsalashvili, Keti 4 17 wbwbwbw
13) 11 GEO 2033 F Gurchumalidze, Teona 4 17 wbwbwbw
14) 21 GEO 1954 F Siradze, Salome 4 17 bbwwbwb
15) 33 GEO Kekelidze, Nino 4 13.5 bwbwbww
16) 16 GEO 1986 F Mzhavia, Kristine 4 13 bwbwbwb
17) 34 GEO Rizhamadze, Patman 3.5 16.5 wbbwbww
18) 3 GEO WFM 2142 F Guramishvili, Sopiko 3.5 13.5 wbwbbwb
19) 15 GEO 1992 F Kalandadze, Nino 3.5 13.5 wbwbwbw
20) 17 GEO 1985 F Beridze, Tinatin 3 15.5 wbwwbbw
21) 19 GEO 1966 F Butskhrikidze, Ana 3 13.5 bwbwbww
22) 9 GEO 2046 F Gabaidze, Marika 3 12.5 wbwbwbw
23) 23 GEO 1948 F Baiadze, Mariam 3 12 bwbwbwb
24) 26 GEO 1919 F Jalabadze, Natia 3 12 wbwbwbb
25) 27 GEO 1914 F Samniashvili, Tamar 3 11 bwbwbbw
26) 22 GEO 1949 F Merabishvili, Neli 3 10.5 wbwbwbb
27) 24 GEO 1944 F Anakidze, Nino 3 10 wbwbwbw
28) 29 GEO 1865 F Makhatadze, Nazi 3 10 bwbwbwb
29) 30 GEO 1775eF Unapkoshvili, Nani 2.5 8 wbwbwwb
30) 35 GEO Samurkasovi, Mariam 2.5 7 bwbwbwb
31) 20 GEO 1960 F Zarkua, Elisabed 2.5 7 wbwbwbb
32) 32 GEO Goglidze, Eka 2.5 7 wbwbwwb
33) 28 GEO 1891 F Khazhomia, Anuki 2 9 wbwwbbw
34) 25 GEO WFM 1943 F Topuridze, Ana 2 8 bwbwbbw
35) 36 GEO Sulamanidze, Mariam 1.5 5 wwbbwbw
36) 31 GEO Geldiashvili, Irma 0.5 2 bwbwbbw
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The 13th Metalis Open took place in Bizovac, Croatia, 23rd-26th February
2006. Borki Predojevic won the event with 6/7. News: Mirjana Medic.
Details: http://www.crochess.com/turniri/bizovac/06/index.htm
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1. Predojevic, Borki g BIH 2553 6,0 23,5 32,0 2650 24,0 5
2. Nevednichy, Vladislav g ROM 2581 5,5 25,5 33,5 2616 24,0 4
3. Grunberg, Mihai-Lucian m ROM 2416 5,5 24,5 34,0 2599 23,5 4
4. Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2501 5,5 24,0 33,0 2552 24,0 4
5. Palac, Mladen g CRO 2561 5,5 24,0 32,0 2602 24,5 4
6. Rogic, Davor m CRO 2533 5,5 24,0 31,5 2593 24,5 4
7. Kozul, Zdenko g CRO 2600 5,5 23,0 32,5 2556 22,5 5
8. Jovanovic, Zoran CRO m CRO 2531 5,5 23,0 31,0 2508 23,0 5
9. Stevic, Hrvoje g CRO 2512 5,5 23,0 29,5 2551 24,0 4
10. Vukic, Milan g SCG 2490 5,5 22,5 31,0 2549 23,5 4
11. Fercec, Nenad m CRO 2508 5,5 22,0 29,5 2537 23,0 5
12. Brkic, Ante m CRO 2506 5,5 21,5 30,0 2493 22,0 5
13. Leventic, Ivan g CRO 2481 5,5 21,0 29,5 2493 22,5 5
14. Zelcic, Robert g CRO 2514 5,5 21,0 29,0 2473 21,5 5
15. Jurkovic, Hrvoje m CRO 2426 5,5 20,5 29,0 2471 21,5 5
16. Drazic, Sinisa g SCG 2488 5,0 24,0 33,5 2508 24,5 4
17. Pavasovic, Dusko g SLO 2535 5,0 23,5 32,5 2497 23,0 3
18. Berescu, Alin m ROM 2433 5,0 23,5 32,0 2490 24,0 4
19. Kosic, Dragan g SCG 2489 5,0 23,0 31,5 2500 22,5 4
20. Rogulj, Branko m CRO 2388 5,0 22,5 31,0 2446 21,5 3
21. Jurkovic, Ante CRO 2352 5,0 21,0 30,0 2408 21,0 5
22. Saric, Ibro m BIH 2461 5,0 20,0 28,5 2395 21,0 4
23. Majeric, Zoran m CRO 2301 5,0 20,0 27,5 2310 20,0 4
24. Armanda, Ivica m CRO 2337 5,0 19,5 28,0 2341 20,0 5
25. Bender, Ivan CRO 2307 5,0 19,0 24,5 2254 19,0 5
26. Kalajzic, Ivan CRO 2171 5,0 18,5 26,5 2264 18,0 5
85 players
Ben Finegold reports at:
http://www.gmbenfinegold.blogspot.com/
Former Michigan chess player and World Class Correspondence Player Gary
Abram died, Thursday, February 23, 2006. Gary was a member of the Wayne State
University Chess Team over 40 years ago, along with Michigan Masters Wes Burgar
and Ron Finegold. OTB, Gary was 1900-2100 strength, but his ICCF rating was
2558, and he was clearly one of the world's strongest correspondence players.
Although he did not play the last few years of his life, he was ranked =317th
in the World on the ICCF rating list, but, clearly, he was one of the top 100
players in the World. Gary became an ICCF IM in 1991 and was the 1963 Golden
Knights Champion. Gary became ill a few years ago with Parkinson's disease, and
as a result no longer played chess. Gary moved to the NYC area and lived the
last few years of his life in Kearny, NJ.
Here are two of his better efforts from "Postal Chess" as he knew it.
Hesse,Guenter - Abram,Gary [C84]W-ch14 sf corr, 1987 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 a6 6.Ba4 Be7 7.Qe2 f5 8.dxe5 0-0 9.Be3 d5 10.exd6
Bxd6 11.Nbd2 Nxd2 12.Bxd2 Qf6 13.Rfe1 Bd7 14.Ng5 Qg6 15.f4 h6 16.Nf3 Rae8
17.Qf2 Re4 18.Bb3+ Be6 19.Nh4 Qf7 20.Bxe6 Qxe6 21.c3 b6 22.Kh1 Bc5 23.Qg3 Rd8
24.Nf3 a5 25.h3 a4 26.Qh4 Rd3 27.b4 Be7 28.Qf2 Bf6 29.Rac1 Qxa2 30.Ra1 Qd5
31.Rxa4 Bxc3 32.Bxc3 Rxc3 33.Nd2 Rxe1+ 34.Qxe1 Rxh3+ 35.Kg1 Qd4+ 0-1
Abram,Gary - Peli,Giora [B93]olm11 corr8796, 1987 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4
cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Qc7 7.Bd3 e5 8.Nf3 b5 9.0-0 Nbd7 10.Kh1 Bb7 11.a4
bxa4 12.Rxa4 Be7 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.Bg5 0-0 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.exd5 Nc5 17.Rc4 e4
18.Bxf6 exd3 19.Bd4 Qa5 20.Bxc5 Bxc5 21.Qxd3 Be7 22.Ne5 Qb5 23.b3 Bd6 24.Nxf7
Rxf7 25.Rxf7 Kxf7 26.Qf5+ Kg8 27.Qe6+ Kh8 28.Qxd6 Qe8 29.h3 h6 30.Qg3 Qf8
31.Rc7 Rd8 32.c4 Qf6 33.Kh2 h5 34.Rc6 Qd4 35.Qg5 Rf8 36.Qxh5+ Kg8 37.Qg5 a5
38.Rc7 Rf1 39.Rc8+ Kf7 40.Qh5+ 1-0
Bessel Kok's ticket for the FIDE Election was submitted and accepted on
21st February 2006 well in time for the 2nd March 2006 deadline.
Ticket
Bessel KOK (Holland) - PRESIDENT
Ali Nihat YAZICI (Turkey) - DEPUTY PRESIDENT
Julio INGOLOTTI (Paraguay) - VICE PRESIDENT
Panupand VIJJUPRABHA (Thailand) - GENERAL SECRETARY
Geoffrey BORG (Malta) - TREASURER
Morton Sand
http://www.rightmove06.org/upload/files/CMSEditor/ms_letter_240206.pdf
confirms that the forms are all in order. Obviously its fairly important that
the ticket doesn't get excluded on spurious technical grounds.
Official site: http://www.rightmove06.org/ includes
further info.
Bulgarian Championships
The Bulgarian Championships take place 28th February - 10th March 2006.
Players: 1. Julian Radulski GM 2515 2. Nikolai Ninov IM 2513 3. Vladimir
Petkov IM 2512 4. Evgeni Janev GM 2499 5. Dejan Bojkov IM 2475 6. Milen Vasilev
IM 2451 7. Vladimir Dimitrov GM 2449 8. Momchil Nikolov 2446 9. Kalin
Karakehajov 2394 10. Valentin Iotov IM 2433 11. Krasimir Rusev 2427 12. Grigor
Grigorov 2361 13. Valentin Panbukchian IM 2340 14. Todor Galunov 2338.
Official site: http://www.chessmix.com/bulchamp06/
Politiken Cup
The Copenhagen Chess Festival, including the Politiken Cup will take
place 22nd-30th July 2006. Nigel Short has already agreed to participate.
Further details: http://www.politikencup.dk/
3rd South Wales International
The 3rd South Wales International Chess Tournament takes place 8-13 July
2006.
Official site: http://www.southwaleschess.co.uk/SWI/
First Saturday March
1. 4th-16th of March, FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM tournaments, Budapest,
org: Nagy L. 2. 23rd-31st of March. Budapest Spring Festival, Open, 9 rounds
Swiss, org.NL., 3. 1st-14th of April, Budapest, FS. GM-IM-FM /the GM groups
cat.VII and cat.IX/, org.NL, 4. 14th-22nd of April, Budapest Open, org.IM Rigo:
e-mail: me-ri@t-online.hu 5. 6th-18th of May, Budapest, FS GM-IM-FM org.NL. 6.
20th-30th of May, Elekes memorial, GM-IM, Budapest, org: IM Zsinka, e-mail:
zsinkala@axelero.hu
RC Sport Open 2006
The 1st RC Sport Open takes place 29th April - 6th May 2006 in
Ústí nad Orlicí (Czech republic).
Further details: http://sachy.rcsport.info
Brno Chess Festival
The Brno Chess Festival takes place in the Czech Republic, 30th June -
9th July 2006.
Events: A. Grandmasters close tournament 30.6.-9.7.2006 SKANSKA BRNO
2006 B. 2 masters close tournament 30.6.-9.7.2006 DS BRNO 2006 and ZS BRNO 2006
C. Open tournament FIDE 1.7.-9.7.2006 OPEN DURAS BVK FIDE D. Open tournament
national 1.7.-9.7.2006 OPEN DURAS BVK national E. Open blitz tournament
8.7.2006 Memorial Vaclav Felix F. Simultaneous games 5.7.2006
Further details: http://www.skduras.wz.cz/indexe.htm
Memorialul Pius Brinzeu
The Memorial Pius Brinzeu Open takes place in Timisoara, 18th-26th
February 2006.
Official site: http://ajsahtimis.ro/
Listed players:
1. Nevednichy Vladislav GM ROM 2581 1969
2. Malaniuk Vladimyr GM UKR 2532 1957
3. Chatalbashev Boris GM BUL 2494 1974
4. Bogdan Dan IM ROM 2441 1972
5. Berescu Alin IM ROM 2433 1980
6. Grunberg Mihai IM ROM 2416 1976
7. Grecescu Gabriel CM ROM 2386 1986
8. Colin Vincent IM FRA 2374 1980
9. Bylino Oleg FM UKR 2316 1939
10. Bach Adrian FM ROM 2287 1961
11. Dragomirescu Calin FM ROM 2259 1963
12. Dragomirescu Angela WIM ROM 2255 1973
13. Petrisor Adrian ROM 2078 1992
14. Dragomirescu Robin ROM 2066 1993
15. Craciun Paula ROM 2014 1989
16. Chirita Marius ROM 1987 1982
17. Miu Paul Vlad ROM 1986 1993
18. Clitan Zaharia ROM 1973 1987
19. Lolici Iselin ROM 1945 1993
World Youth Under 16 Chess Olympiad
The World Youth Under 16 Chess Olympiad takes place in 5th-13th August
2006 in Dogubeyazit, Agri Turkey.
Official site: http://www.tsf.org.tr
Andrew Martin Chess Academy
The Official web site for the Andrew Martin Chess Academy goes live on
Wednesday, March 1st featuring A Game Annotation Service A personal on-line
tuition and coaching service A regular newsletter A Series of (real OTB)
tournaments for Children under 14 years.
Official site: http://www.andrewmartinchessacademy.com/
(http://www.andrewmartinchessacademy.com/main.php)
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).
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
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.
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
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
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
TWIC Messageboard
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