THE WEEK IN CHESS 593 20th March 2006 by Mark Crowther
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15th Amber Rapid and Blindfold Tournament 36 games
VII Poikovsky tournament 15 games
66th Armenian Championship 25 games
La Roche sur Yon 25 games
Women's World Chess Championship 74 games
XXII Reykjavik Open 100 games
Glitnir Blitz 2006 41 games
32nd National Bangladesh Championship 42 games
Turkish Championship 56 games
Victor Ciocaltea Memorial 54 games
Dutch Championship Semi-Finals 23 games
First Saturday March 44 games
Mediteranian Flower Women's GM 30 games
38th Belgrade WGM 45 games
Bundesliga 64 games
Dutch Team Championship 344 games
Finnish Team Championship 360 games
Sergio Mariotti vs ROW 1 game
1374 games
My thanks to Michael Rahal, Varlam Vepkhvishvili, Andy McFarland,
Nebojsa Baralic, Ahmed Adly, Douglas Griffin, Tarjei J. Svensen, Laszlo Nagy,
Oliver Kniest, Haroonor Rashid, Franz Jittenmeier, Ahmed Adly, Teimour
Radjabov, Christophe Bouton, Brian Isaksen, Hugh Breidenbach, Gaguik
Oganessian, Adolivio Capece, Yuri Malashenko, Henri Koskinen and everyone else
who helped with the issue.
Another huge week of interesting chess. The Amber tournament has just
got under way with the first three rounds having taken place. Alexander
Morozevich and the in form Levon Aronian have taken an early lead in the over
all standings. The Category 18 Poikovsky tournament started at exactly the same
time with players such as Ponomariov and Shirov competing. The women's world
championship has reached its semi-final stage. Magnus Carlsen defeated
Viswanathan Anand in the semi-final of a little publicised blitz event which
took place after the Reykjavic open. Finally there is the sad news of the death
of Ratmar Kholmov who died at 80 years old, one of the great generation of
soviet grandmasters he played almost to the end of his life.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The 15th Amber Rapid and Blindfold Chess Tournament, organized by the
Association Max Euwe, takes place at the Fairmont Monte Carlo Hotel in Monaco
from March 18th (first round) - March 30th (last round) 2006. There will be
rest days on March 22nd and 27th.
Official site: http://www.alldata.nl/amber/
Blindfold
Round 1 (March 18, 2006)
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Svidler, Peter 1-0 58 D12 Slav Defence
Leko, Peter - Nielsen, Peter Heine 1-0 57 B91 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.g3
Van Wely, Loek - Aronian, Levon 1-0 53 A41 Modern Defence
Gelfand, Boris - Grischuk, Alexander 1/2 43 E15 Queens Indian
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 32 D15 Slav Defence
Anand, Viswanathan - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 68 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 2 (March 19, 2006)
Morozevich, Alexander - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 20 D11 Slav Defence
Aronian, Levon - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 51 A03 Bird's Opening
Grischuk, Alexander - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 39 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Van Wely, Loek - Leko, Peter 1/2 31 A30 English Symmetrical
Svidler, Peter - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 23 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Nielsen, Peter Heine - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 53 D87 Gruenfeld Botvinnik
Round 3 (March 20, 2006)
Morozevich, Alexander - Grischuk, Alexander 1/2 37 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Leko, Peter - Aronian, Levon 1/2 39 C63 Ruy Lopez Schliemann
Topalov, Veselin - Nielsen, Peter Heine 1-0 39 A34 English Symmetrical
Gelfand, Boris - Svidler, Peter 1/2 23 D10 Slav Defence
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 29 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Anand, Viswanathan - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 34 C83 Ruy Lopez Open
Amber Blindfold Monte Carlo MNC (MNC), 18-30 iii 2006 cat. XIX (2723)
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1 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2721 * . . . . = . = . 1 . . 2.0 2869
2 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2650 . * . . . = . . . = 1 . 2.0 2883
3 Leko, Peter g HUN 2740 . . * . = . = . . . . 1 2.0 2806
4 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2801 . . . * 0 . . . 1 . . 1 2.0 2833
5 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2752 . . = 1 * . 0 . . . . . 1.5 2729
6 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2717 = = . . . * . = . . . . 1.5 2698
7 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2647 . . = . 1 . * . 0 . . . 1.5 2740
8 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2723 = . . . . = . * . . = . 1.5 2734
9 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2729 . . . 0 . . 1 . * . . = 1.5 2697
10 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2792 0 = . . . . . . . * = . 1.0 2587
11 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2765 . 0 . . . . . = . = * . 1.0 2596
12 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2644 . . 0 0 . . . . = . . * 0.5 2483
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Rapid
Round 1 (March 18, 2006)
Aronian, Levon - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 33 B20 Sicilian Wing Gambit
Morozevich, Alexander - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 35 D11 Slav Defence
Nielsen, Peter Heine - Leko, Peter 1/2 36 E15 Queens Indian
Topalov, Veselin - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 59 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Grischuk, Alexander - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 21 C42 Petroff's Defence
Svidler, Peter - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 57 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 2 (March 19, 2006)
Anand, Viswanathan - Svidler, Peter 1-0 53 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Gelfand, Boris - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 41 E61 King's Indian Defence
Topalov, Veselin - Aronian, Levon 1/2 33 A04 Dutch System
Leko, Peter - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 69 B42 Sicilian Paulsen
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Nielsen, Peter Heine 1/2 90 D60 Queens Gambit
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Grischuk, Alexander 1/2 39 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 3 (March 20, 2006)
Aronian, Levon - Leko, Peter 1-0 38 B50 Sicilian Defence
Nielsen, Peter Heine - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 33 E01 Catalan
Grischuk, Alexander - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 76 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Van Wely, Loek - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 34 D15 Slav Defence
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 43 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Svidler, Peter - Gelfand, Boris 0-1 52 A29 English Four Knights
Amber Rapid Monte Carlo MNC (MNC), 18-30 iii 2006 cat. XIX (2723)
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1 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2752 * . . . . = . 1 . 1 . . 2.5 3002
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2792 . * = . . . . . . . 1 1 2.5 2985
3 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2721 . = * . = . 1 . . . . . 2.0 2869
4 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2644 . . . * . 1 . = = . . . 2.0 2881
5 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2723 . . = . * . = . . . . 1 2.0 2859
6 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2801 = . . 0 . * . . 1 . . . 1.5 2708
7 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2717 . . 0 . = . * . . . = . 1.0 2573
8 Leko, Peter g HUN 2740 0 . . = . . . * . = . . 1.0 2556
9 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2729 . . . = . 0 . . * = . . 1.0 2572
10 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2647 0 . . . . . . = = * . . 1.0 2615
11 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2650 . 0 . . . . = . . . * = 1.0 2633
12 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2765 . 0 . . 0 . . . . . = * 0.5 2448
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Combined Standings
Amber Combined Monte Carlo MNC (MNC), 18-30 iii 2006 cat. XIX (2723)
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1 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2721 ** .. .. == 1= .. .. =1 .. .. .. .. 4.0 2869
2 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2752 .. ** 1= .. .. =1 .. .. 01 .. .. .. 4.0 2854
3 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2801 .. 0= ** .. .. .. .. .. .. 10 11 .. 3.5 2765
4 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2723 == .. .. ** .. .. .. == .. .. .. =1 3.5 2791
5 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2792 0= .. .. .. ** .. =1 .. .. .. .. =1 3.5 2769
6 Leko, Peter g HUN 2740 .. =0 .. .. .. ** .. .. == 1= .. .. 3.0 2681
7 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2650 .. .. .. .. =0 .. ** == .. .. .. 1= 3.0 2758
8 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2717 =0 .. .. == .. .. == ** .. .. .. .. 2.5 2641
9 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2647 .. 10 .. .. .. == .. .. ** .. 0= .. 2.5 2683
10 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2644 .. .. 01 .. .. 0= .. .. .. ** == .. 2.5 2699
11 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2729 .. .. 00 .. .. .. .. .. 1= == ** .. 2.5 2640
12 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2765 .. .. .. =0 =0 .. 0= .. .. .. .. ** 1.5 2528
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Morelia in Mexico hosted the first half of the traditional Linares super
tournament February 18th-26th, 2006. The Linares half took place 3rd-11th March
2006. As reported last week Levon Aronian took clear first on 8.5/14. The
official tie-breaking method has now emerged and second place was taken by
Teimour Radjabov ahead of Veselin Topalov. Both finished on 8/14 but Radjabov
won their head to head battle 1.5-0.5.
In addition there was also the XII Open Anibal which was won by GM
Evgenij Miroshnichenko. No games appear to be available.
Official site:http://www.marca.es/ -
live: http://linares.soloajedrez.com/.
Morelia organisers: http://www.moreliachess.com/eng/
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 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2752 ** 1= =0 =1 0= 1= 1= =1 8.5 2808
2 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2700 0= ** 1= 0= =1 =1 1= == 8.0 2786
3 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2801 =1 0= ** =1 1= 01 =1 0= 8.0 2771
4 Leko, Peter g HUN 2740 =0 1= =0 ** 1= == == 1= 7.5 2759
5 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2729 1= =0 0= 0= ** 1= =0 =1 6.5 2703
6 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2765 0= =0 10 == 0= ** 1= 1= 6.5 2698
7 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2717 0= 0= =0 == =1 0= ** =1 6.0 2683
8 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2650 =0 == 1= 0= =0 0= =0 ** 5.0 2641
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Note these are the official final standings. The first tie-break was
results between the tied players. So Radjabov finishes above Topalov
and Ivanchuk above Svidler.
XII OPEN HOTEL ANÍBAL
1 Miroshnichenko, Evgenij UKR 2619 7.5 57.0 38.5 46.25
2 Epishin, Vladimir RUS 2553 7.5 54.0 41.5 44.00
3 Potkin, Vladimir RUS 2557 7.5 52.5 39.0 42.00
4 Seel, Christian GER 2492 7.0 52.5 36.0 38.50
5 Cruz, Filemon PER 2392 7.0 45.0 34.0 32.75
6 Arizmendi Martinez, Julen L. ESP 2534 2528 6.5 53.5 36.0 36.75
7 Cabrera, Alexis COL 2501 6.5 50.5 36.0 32.50
8 Ubilava, Elizbar GEO 2525 2528 6.5 49.0 32.5 34.50
9 Lorenzini, Martin ARG 2440 2433 6.5 48.5 34.5 31.25
10 Ibanez Aullana, Jose Ramon ESP 2335 2279 6.5 44.5 30.5 31.25
11 Barria, Daniel CHI 2438 2395 6.0 54.5 36.0 32.50
12 Campora Siviori, Daniel Hugo ARG 2541 2543 6.0 51.0 35.0 32.00
13 Ibarra Jerez, Jose Carlos ESP 2418 2422 6.0 50.0 32.0 30.25
14 De La Villa Garcia, Jesus M. ESP 2451 2474 6.0 49.5 32.5 31.50
15 San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo ESP 2525 2526 6.0 49.0 33.0 31.75
16 Cheparinov, Ivan BUL 2625 6.0 49.0 32.0 30.00
17 Ferrer, Pedro ESP 2303 2304 6.0 49.0 30.0 30.25
18 Bertona, Fernando ARG 2432 2433 6.0 48.0 32.0 26.00
19 Cifuentes Parada, Roberto ESP 2501 2495 6.0 45.0 32.0 27.75
20 Munoz Cruz, Jose Carlos ESP 2231 2158 6.0 42.0 28.0 24.00
21 Almagro Mazariegos, Sebastian ESP 2299 2271 6.0 42.0 25.0 24.50
22 Movsziszian, Karen ARM 2486 2479 6.0 41.5 28.0 25.00
The VII Poikovsky tournament takes place March 18th-28th 2006.
Official site: http://admoil.ru/chess2006/index_chess_2006.htm
and live http://www.aeroflotchess.com/pojkovsky/
Round 1 (March 18, 2006)
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Onischuk, Alexander 1-0 66 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Bareev, Evgeny - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 91 A29 English Four Knights
Dreev, Alexey - Zvjaginsev, Vadim 1/2 18 D38 QGD Ragozin
Sokolov, Ivan - Najer, Evgeniy 1/2 49 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Bologan, Viktor - Rublevsky, Sergei 0-1 62 B46 Sicilian Paulsen
Round 2 (March 19, 2006)
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 22 C83 Ruy Lopez Open
Shirov, Alexei - Bologan, Viktor 1-0 31 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Zvjaginsev, Vadim - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 58 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Najer, Evgeniy - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 53 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Onischuk, Alexander - Rublevsky, Sergei 1/2 35 D20 QGA
Round 3 (March 20, 2006)
Rublevsky, Sergei - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 52 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Bareev, Evgeny - Najer, Evgeniy 1/2 63 D15 Slav Defence
Dreev, Alexey - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 20 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Sokolov, Ivan - Onischuk, Alexander 1/2 59 D38 QGD Ragozin
Bologan, Viktor - Zvjaginsev, Vadim 0-1 27 B35 Sicilian Defence
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7th Karpov Poikovsky RUS (RUS), 18-27 iii 2006 cat. XVIII (2681)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2723 * . . . . = = . 1 . 2.0 2803
2. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2709 . * = . = . . . . 1 2.0 2799
3. Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2665 . = * . . . . . = 1 2.0 2798
4. Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2664 . . . * = = . . . 1 2.0 2810
5. Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2698 . = . = * . . = . . 1.5 2675
6. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2697 = . . = . * . = . . 1.5 2679
7. Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2689 = . . . . . * = = . 1.5 2675
8. Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2652 . . . . = = = * . . 1.5 2694
9. Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2650 0 . = . . . = . * . 1.0 2567
10. Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2661 . 0 0 0 . . . . . * 0.0
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The 66th Armenian Championship, a FIDE category 11 tournament, takes
place 16th-25th March 2006 in Yerevan, Armenia.
Official site: http://www.armchess.am
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66th ch-ARM Yerevan ARM (ARM), 16-25 iii 2006 cat. XI (2518)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Minasian, Artashes g ARM 2574 * . 1 . = 1 . . . 1 3.5 2846
2. Asrian, Karen g ARM 2646 . * . = 1 . . . = 1 3.0 2663
3. Nalbandian, Tigran g ARM 2524 0 . * . . . 1 1 1 . 3.0 2666
4. Anastasian, Ashot g ARM 2602 . = . * . . = = 1 . 2.5 2586
5. Pashikian, Arman m ARM 2472 = 0 . . * . 1 . . 1 2.5 2654
6. Petrosian, Tigran L g ARM 2558 0 . . . . * 0 1 . 1 2.0 2515
7. Yegiazarian, Arsen g ARM 2531 . . 0 = 0 1 * . . . 1.5 2452
8. Kotanjian, Tigran m ARM 2471 . . 0 = . 0 . * 1 . 1.5 2413
9. Kalashian, David ARM 2319 . = 0 0 . . . 0 * . 0.5 2238
10. Minasian, Ara g ARM 2487 0 0 . . 0 0 . . . * 0.0
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The Trophee Universitaire takes place in La Roche sur Yon 15th-24th
March 2006. The category XII event sees three top 100 players compete: Krishnan
Sasikiran, Christian Bauer and Andrei Istratescu.
Official site: http://www.univ-vendee.com/e-accueil.htm
- Games http://www.echecs.asso.fr
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Trophee Universitaire La Roche-sur-Yon FRA (FRA), 15-24 iii 2006cat. XII (2531)
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1. Bauer, Christian g FRA 2627 * = 1 . . 1 . 1 . 1 4.5 2871
2. Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2670 = * . . 1 = . = . 1 3.5 2659
3. Werle, Jan m NED 2514 0 . * 0 1 . 1 . 1 . 3.0 2628
4. Charbonneau, Pascal m CAN 2496 . . 1 * . = = . 0 1 3.0 2556
5. Pelletier, Yannick g SUI 2579 . 0 0 . * . = 1 . 1 2.5 2522
6. Dunis, Aurelien m FRA 2534 0 = . = . * = = . . 2.0 2513
7. Istratescu, Andrei g ROM 2618 . . 0 = = = * . = . 2.0 2445
8. Maze, Sebastien m FRA 2518 0 = . . 0 = . * 1 . 2.0 2502
9. Rodriguez Guerrero, Enrique m ESP 2464 . . 0 1 . . = 0 * 0 1.5 2338
10. Rombaldoni, Denis f ITA 2292 0 0 . 0 0 . . . 1 * 1.0 2327
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The Women`s World Chess Championship 2006 takes place in Ekaterinburg,
Russia from 10th-27th March 2006. 64 player knockout. The defending champion
from 2004 Antoaneta Stefanova was eliminated in round 2.
Official site: http://www.womenchess.com
FIDE site details: http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=951
Round 2 Results
Name Rtng G1 G2 Rp1 Rp2 Bz1 Bz2 SD Total
Round 2 Match 01
Stefanova, Antoaneta (BUL) 2499 1 0 0 0 1
Radziewicz, Iweta (POL) 2421 0 1 1 1 3
Round 2 Match 02
Sebag, Marie (FRA) 2415 ½ ½ 1 1 3
Koneru, Humpy (IND) 2537 ½ ½ 0 0 1
Round 2 Match 03
Cramling, Pia (SWE) 2515 0 ½ 0,5
Peng, Zhaoqin (NED) 2407 1 ½ 1,5
Round 2 Match 04
Danielian, Elina (ARM) 2423 0 0 0
Kosteniuk, Alexandra (RUS) 2514 1 1 2
Round 2 Match 05
Chiburdanidze, Maia (GEO) 2511 1 ½ 1,5
Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan (GEO) 2426 0 ½ 0,5
Round 2 Match 06
Ushenina, Anna (UKR) 2398 ½ 0 0,5
Xu, Yuhua (CHN) 2502 ½ 1 1,5
Round 2 Match 07
Zapata, Karen (PER) 2218 0 ½ 0,5
Matveeva, Svetlana (RUS) 2428 1 ½ 1,5
Round 2 Match 08
Khurtsidze, Nino (GEO) 2430 ½ 1 1,5
Arribas, Maritza (CUB) 2261 ½ 0 0,5
Round 2 Match 09
Hou, Yifan (CHN) 2269 1 1 2
Zhukova, Natalia (UKR) 2432 0 0 0
Round 2 Match 10
Javakhishvili, Lela (GEO) 2444 1 0 0 0 1
Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman (IND) 2479 0 1 1 1 3
Round 2 Match 11
Kosintseva, Tatiana (RUS) 2479 1 ½ 1,5
Krush, Irina (USA) 2447 0 ½ 0,5
Round 2 Match 12
Dzagnidze, Nana (GEO) 2452 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1,5
Ju, Wenjun (CHN) 2290 ½ ½ 1 ½ 2,5
Round 2 Match 13
Cmilyte, Viktorija (LTU) 2475 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 4
Ruan, Lufei (CHN) 2361 ½ ½ 1 0 0 0 2
Round 2 Match 14
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina (RUS) 2458 1 ½ 1,5
Kursova, Maria (RUS) 2319 0 ½ 0,5
Round 2 Match 15
Qin, Kanying (CHN) 2469 ½ ½ ½ 1 2,5
Houska, Jovanka (ENG) 2355 ½ ½ ½ 0 1,5
Round 2 Match 16
Lujan, Carolina (ARG) 2346 1 0 0 0 1
Galliamova, Alisa (RUS) 2467 0 1 1 1 3
Round 3 Results
Name Rtng G1 G2 Rp1 Rp2 Bz1 Bz2 SD Total
Round 3 Match 01
Galliamova, Alisa (RUS) 2467 ½ ½ ½ 1 2,5
Radziewicz, Iweta (POL) 2421 ½ ½ ½ 0 1,5
Round 3 Match 02
Sebag, Marie (FRA) 2415 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 4
Qin, Kanying (CHN) 2469 ½ ½ 1 0 0 0 2
Round 3 Match 03
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina (RUS) 2458 1 0 1 ½ 2,5
Peng, Zhaoqin (NED) 2407 0 1 0 ½ 1,5
Round 3 Match 04
Kosteniuk, Alexandra (RUS) 2514 ½ 0 0,5
Cmilyte, Viktorija (LTU) 2475 ½ 1 1,5
Round 3 Match 05
Ju, Wenjun (CHN) 2290 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 2
Chiburdanidze, Maia (GEO) 2511 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 4
Round 3 Match 06
Xu, Yuhua (CHN) 2502 ½ 1 1,5
Kosintseva, Tatiana (RUS) 2479 ½ 0 0,5
Round 3 Match 07
Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman (IND) 2479 ½ 0 0,5
Matveeva, Svetlana (RUS) 2428 ½ 1 1,5
Round 3 Match 08
Khurtsidze, Nino (GEO) 2430 1 1 2
Hou, Yifan (CHN) 2269 0 0 0
Round 4 Results
Name Rtng G1 G2 Rp1 Rp2 Bz1 Bz2 SD Total
Round 4 Match 01
Galliamova, Alisa (RUS) 2467 1 1 2
Khurtsidze, Nino (GEO) 2430 0 0 0
Round 4 Match 02
Matveeva, Svetlana (RUS) 2428 ½ 1 1,5
Sebag, Marie (FRA) 2415 ½ 0 0,5
Round 4 Match 03
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina (RUS) 2458 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1,5
Xu, Yuhua (CHN) 2502 ½ ½ 1 ½ 2,5
Round 4 Match 04
Chiburdanidze, Maia (GEO) 2511 1 0 0 0 1
Cmilyte, Viktorija (LTU) 2475 0 1 1 1 3
Round 5 Results
Name Rtng G1 G2 Rp1 Rp2 Bz1 Bz2 SD Total
Round 5 Match 01
Cmilyte, Viktorija (LTU) 2475 ½ 0,5
Galliamova, Alisa (RUS) 2467 ½ 0,5
Round 5 Match 02
Matveeva, Svetlana (RUS) 2428 ½ 0,5
Xu, Yuhua (CHN) 2502 ½ 0,5
XXII Reykjavik Open took place 6th-14th March 2006. The Reykjavik Open
2006 Champion was the 23 year old Armenian Gabriel Sargissian on tie-break, he
finished on 7/9 as did Pentala Harikrishna from India, Igor-Alexander Nataf
from France, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov from Azerbaijan and Ahmed Adly from Egypt.
19 year old Egyptian GM Ahmed Adly defeated 15 year old Norwegian Magnus
Carlsen in a flutuating game where Adly had the advantage out of the opening,
then later Carlsen then had a win for a move but after missing that the game
turned around again decisively for Adly. This denied Carlsen clear first place
and gave Adly his best ever result, 2nd place on tie-break behind
Sargissian.
Further details: http://www.skaksamband.com/reykjavikopen2006/
Leading official tie-break standings:
1-5 Gabriel Sargissian ARM 2603 7 40.0
Ahmed Adly EGY 2473 7 39.5
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov AZE 2709 7 38.0
Igor-Alexander Nataf FRA 2553 7 38.0
Pentala Harikrishna IND 2673 7 35.5
6-9 Magnus Carlsen NOR 2625 6.5 39.5
Ivan Sokolov NED 2689 6.5 36.5
Luis Galego POR 2538 6.5 34.0
Christopher Ward ENG 2475 6.5 33.5
10-15 Aloyzas Kveinys LTU 2517 6 38.0
Hannes Stefansson ISL 2585 6 37.5
Ivan Ivanisevic SCG 2588 6 35.0
Stellan Brynell SWE 2493 6 34.0
Ian Rogers AUS 2547 6 33.5
Jaan Ehlvest EST 2619 6 32.0
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XXII Open Reykjavik ISL (ISL), 6-14 iii 2006
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1. Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2603 + 52 + 38 + 23 = 12 + 17 = 18 + 20 = 2 = 5 7.0 2746
2. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2709 + 53 - 21 + 52 + 31 + 12 = 16 + 17 = 1 + 10 7.0 2702
3. Nataf, Igor-Alexandre g FRA 2553 + 43 + 44 + 21 - 16 - 4 + 42 + 28 + 15 + 18 7.0 2686
4. Adly, Ahmed g EGY 2473 + 87 + 94 = 22 = 10 + 3 - 5 + 13 + 26 + 6 7.0 2703
5. Harikrishna, P g IND 2673 = 49 + 99 = 31 + 62 + 58 + 4 = 18 + 22 = 1 7.0 2661
6. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2625 + 71 + 35 + 9 = 17 - 20 + 23 + 12 + 18 - 4 6.5 2656
7. Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2689 + 46 - 19 + 74 + 42 = 8 = 25 + 35 = 16 + 17 6.5 2615
8. Ward, Christopher g ENG 2475 - 85 + 68 + 53 + 48 = 7 - 17 + 49 + 30 + 22 6.5 2575
9. Galego, Luis g POR 2538 + 72 + 47 - 6 = 60 + 79 = 19 = 27 + 33 + 16 6.5 2563
10. Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2585 + 55 = 59 + 51 = 4 = 23 + 39 = 16 + 20 - 2 6.0 2603
11. Ivanisevic, Ivan g SCG 2588 = 63 + 37 + 32 - 24 = 60 + 40 = 19 = 14 + 31 6.0 2496
12. Kveinys, Aloyzas g LTU 2517 + 73 + 74 + 26 = 1 - 2 + 33 - 6 = 31 + 45 6.0 2571
13. Rogers, Ian g AUS 2547 + 56 = 51 = 48 + 69 = 35 = 28 - 4 + 60 + 21 6.0 2504
14. Brynell, Stellan g SWE 2493 + 68 + 85 = 18 - 20 + 51 - 30 + 48 = 11 + 35 6.0 2544
15. Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2619 = 34 + 63 - 42 = 32 + 74 + 60 + 58 - 3 + 41 6.0 2505
16. Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2625 + 84 + 36 = 24 + 3 = 22 = 2 = 10 = 7 - 9 5.5 2619
17. Tregubov, Pavel V g RUS 2556 + 61 + 40 + 28 = 6 - 1 + 8 - 2 + 19 - 7 5.5 2591
18. Hamdouchi, Hichem g MAR 2575 + 54 + 79 = 14 + 25 + 24 = 1 = 5 - 6 - 3 5.5 2590
19. Williams, Simon m ENG 2452 + 70 + 7 = 20 - 22 + 37 = 9 = 11 - 17 + 53 5.5 2537
20. Hillarp Persson, Tiger g SWE 2548 + 86 + 45 = 19 + 14 + 6 = 22 - 1 - 10 = 27 5.5 2561
21. Thorhallsson, Throstur g ISL 2455 + 92 + 2 - 3 = 34 = 47 + 45 = 25 + 24 - 13 5.5 2513
22. Erenburg, Sergey g ISR 2573 + 65 + 62 = 4 + 19 = 16 = 20 + 30 - 5 - 8 5.5 2580
23. Pavlovic, Milos g SCG 2494 + 75 + 33 - 1 + 45 = 10 - 6 + 34 = 27 = 25 5.5 2493
24. Danielsen, Henrik g DEN 2520 + 57 + 69 = 16 + 11 - 18 - 35 + 36 - 21 + 44 5.5 2524
25. Matamoros Franco, Carlos S g ECU 2510 + 88 = 48 + 59 - 18 + 44 = 7 = 21 = 35 = 23 5.5 2515
26. Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2624 + 80 + 27 - 12 = 44 = 42 = 36 + 62 - 4 + 51 5.5 2479
27. Gaponenko, Inna m UKR 2437 + 89 - 26 - 86 + 82 + 46 + 52 = 9 = 23 = 20 5.5 2448
28. Ermenkov, Evgenij g PLE 2462 +102 + 50 - 17 + 43 = 30 = 13 - 3 = 53 + 48 5.5 2451
29. Marinelli, Tullio m ITA 2391 =103 =101 - 43 + 75 - 52 = 50 + 57 + 65 + 49 5.5 2269
30. Timman, Jan H g NED 2630 - 32 + 82 + 46 + 36 = 28 + 14 - 22 - 8 = 34 5.0 2427
31. Steingrimsson, Hedinn m ISL 2439 = 99 + 49 = 5 - 2 + 53 = 62 + 39 = 12 - 11 5.0 2496
32. Ziska, Helgi Dam FAI 2286 + 30 = 58 - 11 = 15 = 59 = 38 = 42 + 62 = 39 5.0 2529
33. Andersson, Christin SWE 2170 + 39 - 23 = 79 + 41 + 38 - 12 + 69 - 9 = 42 5.0 2486
34. Gara, Ticia wg HUN 2265 = 15 + 41 = 58 = 21 - 39 + 67 - 23 + 59 = 30 5.0 2534
35. Tissir, Mohamed m MAR 2444 + 66 - 6 + 54 + 86 = 13 + 24 - 7 = 25 - 14 5.0 2487
36. Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor m ISL 2421 + 83 - 16 + 55 - 30 + 71 = 26 - 24 + 47 = 37 5.0 2437
37. Sanchez Castillo, Sarai wm VEN 2177 = 41 - 11 + 67 + 49 - 19 - 48 + 71 + 69 = 36 5.0 2434
38. Rocha, Sergio m POR 2405 + 81 - 1 = 73 + 63 - 33 = 32 + 46 - 45 + 75 5.0 2316
39. Kristjansson, Stefan m ISL 2476 - 33 + 75 + 84 = 47 + 34 - 10 - 31 + 74 = 32 5.0 2357
40. Kujovic, Michal SVK 2344 + 78 - 17 + 85 - 58 + 43 - 11 + 55 - 41 + 64 5.0 2347
41. Panchanathan, Magesh Chandran m IND 2494 = 37 - 34 = 87 - 33 + 99 + 56 + 65 + 40 - 15 5.0 2303
42. Vasilevich, Tatjana m UKR 2385 =101 +103 + 15 - 7 = 26 - 3 = 32 + 80 = 33 5.0 2426
43. Bick, John D f USA 2238 - 3 + 93 + 29 - 28 - 40 + 96 - 47 + 92 + 58 5.0 2343
44. Thorfinnsson, Bragi m ISL 2367 + 93 - 3 + 90 = 26 - 25 = 63 + 84 + 58 - 24 5.0 2392
45. Thorfinnsson, Bjorn f ISL 2337 + 95 - 20 +101 - 23 + 56 - 21 + 50 + 38 - 12 5.0 2324
46. Bogza, Adina-Maria wg ROM 2294 - 7 + 70 - 30 +101 - 27 + 68 - 38 + 85 + 60 5.0 2393
47. Bergsson, Snorri f ISL 2316 + 64 - 9 + 50 = 39 = 21 - 58 + 43 - 36 = 52 4.5 2325
48. Zaremba, Andrie f USA 2316 + 96 = 25 = 13 - 8 = 57 + 37 - 14 + 63 - 28 4.5 2346
49. Kjartansson, Gudmundur ISL 2287 = 5 - 31 + 66 - 37 + 89 + 57 - 8 + 79 - 29 4.5 2334
50. Gretarsson, Hjorvar Stein ISL 2046 + 60 - 28 - 47 = 72 + 54 = 29 - 45 = 61 + 86 4.5 2311
51. Sigfusson, Sigurdur f ISL 2339 + 90 = 13 - 10 + 73 - 14 = 86 = 63 + 72 - 26 4.5 2339
52. Kjartansson, David f ISL 2260 - 1 + 81 - 2 + 99 + 29 - 27 - 60 + 68 = 47 4.5 2365
53. Arngrimsson, Dagur ISL 2298 - 2 + 92 - 8 + 85 - 31 + 75 + 86 = 28 - 19 4.5 2362
54. Moskow, Eric USA 2248 - 18 + 97 - 35 = 78 - 50 + 76 = 64 = 66 + 82 4.5 2165
55. Schwartz, Ylon f USA 2250 - 10 + 76 - 36 = 89 = 94 + 92 - 40 = 70 + 77 4.5 2225
56. Johansson, Victoria wm SWE 2222 - 13 - 90 + 83 + 93 - 45 - 41 = 66 + 89 + 79 4.5 2231
57. Hagesaether, Ellen wm NOR 2202 - 24 + 91 - 60 + 96 = 48 - 49 - 29 + 81 + 80 4.5 2223
58. Akesson, Ralf g SWE 2494 + 82 = 32 = 34 + 40 - 5 + 47 - 15 - 44 - 43 4.0 2323
59. Jonsson, Bjorgvin m ISL 2392 + 76 = 10 - 25 = 61 = 32 = 84 = 80 - 34 = 72 4.0 2262
60. Mankeyev, Rauan f KAZ 2381 - 50 +102 + 57 = 9 = 11 - 15 + 52 - 13 - 46 4.0 2318
61. Bjarnason, Saevar m ISL 2240 - 17 = 78 + 64 = 59 - 62 = 81 = 77 = 50 = 69 4.0 2167
62. D'Costa, Lorin f ENG 2386 + 77 - 22 + 94 - 5 + 61 = 31 - 26 - 32 = 73 4.0 2307
63. Bjarnason, Oskar ISL 2255 = 11 - 15 +103 - 38 + 70 = 44 = 51 - 48 = 66 4.0 2294
64. Kasaun,Henry USA ---- - 47 = 72 - 61 = 66 = 87 + 89 = 54 + 86 - 40 4.0 2181
65. Einarsson, Bergsteinn ISL 2245 - 22 = 77 = 89 = 94 + 78 + 79 - 41 - 29 = 74 4.0 2218
66. Halldorsson, Jon Arni ISL 2145 - 35 = 71 - 49 = 64 = 91 +100 = 56 = 54 = 63 4.0 2117
67. Hardarson, Robert f ISL 2369 - 94 = 87 - 37 + 77 + 73 - 34 = 85 - 75 + 92 4.0 2115
68. Baldursson, Hrannar ISL 2174 - 14 - 8 + 76 - 74 + 93 - 46 + 78 - 52 + 87 4.0 2185
69. Olafsson, David f ISL 2319 + 91 - 24 + 96 - 13 = 86 + 72 - 33 - 37 = 61 4.0 2156
70. Thorsteinsson, Erlingur ISL 2147 - 19 - 46 + 91 = 84 - 63 = 78 + 96 = 55 = 71 4.0 2119
71. Weeks, Manuel f AUS 2273 - 6 = 66 = 99 + 87 - 36 = 85 - 37 + 88 = 70 4.0 2198
72. Ptacnikova, Lenka wg ISL 2204 - 9 = 64 = 78 = 50 +100 - 69 + 91 - 51 = 59 4.0 2101
73. Salama, Omar EGY 2199 - 12 +100 = 38 - 51 - 67 - 77 + 83 + 91 = 62 4.0 2176
74. Mamedjarova, Turkan wm AZE 2308 +100 - 12 - 7 + 68 - 15 = 88 + 81 - 39 = 65 4.0 2295
75. Johnson, Ben USA 2189 - 23 - 39 + 95 - 29 +101 - 53 + 93 + 67 - 38 4.0 2210
76. Player, Edmund C ENG 2122 - 59 - 55 - 68 = 95 +102 - 54 = 87 + 90 + 85 4.0 2088
77. Bjornsson, Sverrir Orn ISL 2108 - 62 = 65 - 80 - 67 + 95 + 73 = 61 = 82 - 55 3.5 2127
78. Thorgeirsson, Sverrir ISL 1954 - 40 = 61 = 72 = 54 - 65 = 70 - 68 + 99 = 88 3.5 2135
79. Gara, Anita wg HUN 2367 + 97 - 18 = 33 + 80 - 9 - 65 + 88 - 49 - 56 3.5 2198
80. Krockenberger, Martin f GER 2267 - 26 = 89 + 77 - 79 = 92 + 94 = 59 - 42 - 57 3.5 2184
81. Olafsson, Thorvardur ISL 2132 - 38 - 52 - 88 + 97 + 82 = 61 - 74 - 57 + 96 3.5 2120
82. Thorhallsson, Gylfi ISL 2187 - 58 - 30 + 97 - 27 - 81 +101 + 94 = 77 - 54 3.5 2165
83. Ragnarsson, Johann ISL 2134 - 36 - 84 - 56 -100 = 97 +103 - 73 + 98 + 95 3.5 2026
84. Johannesson, Ingvar Thor f ISL 2269 - 16 + 83 - 39 = 70 + 88 = 59 - 44 . . 3.0 2283
85. Vovk, Oksana wm DEN 2164 + 8 - 14 - 40 - 53 + 90 = 71 = 67 - 46 - 76 3.0 2162
86. Halldorsson, Halldor ISL 2226 - 20 + 95 + 27 - 35 = 69 = 51 - 53 - 64 - 50 3.0 2114
87. Gutierrez Castillo, Paloma wf ESP 2158 - 4 = 67 = 41 - 71 = 64 - 91 = 76 + 93 - 68 3.0 2054
88. Mouradian, Knarik wm LIB 2190 - 25 - 96 + 81 + 90 - 84 = 74 - 79 - 71 = 78 3.0 2067
89. Scheeff, Volker GER 2142 - 27 = 80 = 65 = 55 - 49 - 64 + 95 - 56 = 91 3.0 2001
90. Kristjansson, Atli Freyr ISL 1922 - 51 + 56 - 44 - 88 - 85 + 99 - 92 - 76 + 94 3.0 2065
91. Omarsson, Dadi ISL 1714 - 69 - 57 - 70 +102 = 66 + 87 - 72 - 73 = 89 3.0 2060
92. Thorsteinsdottir, Gudlaug ISL 2147 - 21 - 53 =100 +103 = 80 - 55 + 90 - 43 - 67 3.0 2087
93. Asbjornsson, Ingvar ISL 1996 - 44 - 43 +102 - 56 - 68 + 97 - 75 - 87 + 99 3.0 2059
94. Magnusson, Bjarni ISL 2016 + 67 - 4 - 62 = 65 = 55 - 80 - 82 = 96 - 90 2.5 2067
95. Palsson, Svanberg Mar ISL 1720 - 45 - 86 - 75 = 76 - 77 +102 - 89 + 97 - 83 2.5 1992
96. Khaled,Mona EGY ---- - 48 + 88 - 69 - 57 +103 - 43 - 70 = 94 - 81 2.5 2019
97. Trifunovic, Dusan SCG 2012 - 79 - 54 - 82 - 81 = 83 - 93 +103 - 95 +102 2.5 1951
98. Palmason,Vilhjalmur ISL ---- . . . . . . +102 - 83 +100 2.0 2222
99. Bergsson, Stefan ISL 2144 = 31 - 5 = 71 - 52 - 41 - 90 +100 - 78 - 93 2.0 2003
100. Kristinsson, Bjarni Jens ISL ---- - 74 - 73 = 92 + 83 - 72 - 66 - 99 -102 - 98 1.5 1886
101. Berg, Runar ISL 2128 = 42 = 29 - 45 - 46 - 75 - 82 . . . 1.0 2024
102. Eichab, Charles NAM 2157 - 28 - 60 - 93 - 91 - 76 - 95 - 98 +100 - 97 1.0 1694
103. Knutsson, Larus ISL 2112 = 29 - 42 - 63 - 92 - 96 - 83 - 97 . . 0.5 1767
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The Glitnir Blitz 2006 tournament took place in Reykjavic following the
open on 15th-16th March 2006. 196 players competed. There was a preliminary
swiss event followed by a knockout. Details are sketchy, below are some of the
details I've put together. Carlsen defeated Anand 2-0 in the semi-final and
Hannes Stefansson in the final. A number of games are available both of
Carlsen's and the event as a whole (live coverage in a viewer) the latter games
I've had to make guesses about which order they were played during the rounds
and some are clearly incomplete. Very little advance publicity. I would welcome
more games and detailed results because this event was very strong.
Short story:
http://www.skaksamband.is/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=7&Itemid=32
and in Icelandic
http://www.skaksamband.is/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=5&Itemid=28.
Games:
http://www.moldesjakk.net/partier/reykjavik06/reykjavikblitz06.htm
Magnus Carlsen's results
1/32th final: Carlsen - FM David Kjartansson (ISL) 2-0
1/16th final: Carlsen - FM Bjørn Thorfinnsson (ISL) 1,5-0,5
1/8th final: Carlsen - GM Laurent Fressinet (FRA) 1,5-0,5
Quarter-final: Carlsen - GM Sergei Erenburg (ISR) 2-1
Semi-finale Carlsen - GM Vishy Anand (IND) 2-0
Final: Carlsen - GM Hannes Stefansson (ISL) 2-0
Results
Final:
Carlsen, Magnus - GM Hannes Stefansson (ISL) 2-0
Last 4
Stefansson, Hannes beat Emil Sutovsky (1.5.0.5)
Carlsen, Magnus beat Anand, Viswanathan 2-0
Last 8
Anand, Viswanathan beat Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (1.5.0.5)
Sutovsky, Emil beat Ivanisevic, Ivan (1.5.0.5)
Stefansson, Hannes beat Vasilevich, Tatjana (1.5.0.5)
Carlsen, Magnus beat Sergei Erenburg 2-1
* results in brackets are guesses based on the games.
Last 16 results:
Polgar, Judit - Anand, Viswanathan 1-2
Ivanisevic, Ivan - Harikrishna, Pentala 2-1
Hardarson, Robert - Vasilevich, Tatjana 0,5-1,5
Erenburg, Sergey - Gara, Ticia 2-0
Fressinet, Laurent - Carlsen, Magnus 0,5-1,5
Adly, Ahmed - Stefansson, Hannes 1-2
Sutovsky, Emil - Tregubov, Pavel V. 2-0
Ermenkov, Evgenij - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 0,5-1,5
Last 32 Results:
1 Polgar, Judit - Mamedjarova, Turkan 1,5-0,5
2 Ivanisevic, Ivan - Thorhallsson, Gylfi 2-0
3 Williams, Simon - Hardarson, Robert 1-2
4 Erenburg, Sergey - Thorhallsson, Throstur 1,5-0,5
5 Fressinet, Laurent - Rocha, Sergio 1,5-0,5
6 Ehlvest, Jaan - Adly, Ahmed 0,5-1,5
7 Sutovsky, Emil - Olafsson, Helgi 2-1
8 Sargissian, Gabriel - Ermenkov, Evgenij 0,5-1,5
9 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Gretarsson, Helgi 2-0
10 Tregubov, Pavel V. - Galego, Luis 2-0
11 Timman, Jan H - Stefansson, Hannes 0-2
12 Carlsen, Magnus - Thorfinnsson, Bjorn 1,5-0,5
13 Gara, Ticia - Karason, Askell O 2-0
14 Gunnarsson, Arnar - Vasilevich, Tatjana 0,5-1,5
15 Harikrishna, P. - Vidarsson, Jon G 1,5-0,5
16 Hjartarson, Johann - Anand, Viswanathan 0-2
Round of 64
Polgar, Judit - Hreinsson, Hlidar 2-0
Ivanisevic, Ivan - Petursson, Gudni 2-0
Williams, Simon - Einarsson, Bergsteinn 2-0
Erenburg, Sergey - Ziska, Helgi Dam 2-0
Fressinet, Laurent - Baldursson, Hrannar 1½-½
Ehlvest, Jaan - Sigurjónsson, Magnús 2-0
Sutovsky, Emil - Runarsson, Gunnar 2-0
Sargissian, Gabriel - Olafsson, Thorvardur 2-0
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Gutierrez Castillo, Paloma 1½-0½
Tregubov, Pavel V. - Valgardsson, Gudjon Heidar 2-0
Timman, Jan H - Johnson, Ben 2-0
Carlsen, Magnus - Kjartansson, David 2-0
Pavlovic, Milos - Gara, Ticia 0-2
Gunnarsson, Arnar - Bjornsson, Tomas 2-0
Harikrishna, P. - Edvardsson, Kristjan 2-0
Hjartarson, Johann - Sanchez Castillo, Sarai 1½-1½
Anand, Viswanathan - Bjornsson, Bjorn Freyr 2-0
Gaponenko, Inna - Vidarsson, Jon G ½-1½
Ashley, Maurice - Vasilevich, Tatjana 0-2
Gretarsson, Andri A - Karason, Askell O 0-2
Thorfinnsson, Bjorn - Kristjansson, Stefan 2-1
Stefansson, Hannes - Kjartansson, Gudmundur 1½-½
Galego, Luis - Gudmundsson, Stefan Freyr 2-0
Gretarsson, Helgi Ass - Sigurpalsson, Runar 2-1
Ermenkov, Evgenij - Matamoros, 0-2
Danielsen, Henrik - Olafsson, Helgi 0-2
Adly, Ahmed - Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor 2-1
Rocha, Sergio - Rogers, Ian 2-0
Thorhallsson, Throstur - Arngrimsson, Dagur 2-0
Hardarson, Robert - Vigfusson, Thrainn 2-0
Mankeyev, Rauan (withdraw)- Thorhallsson, Gylfi 2-1
Mamedjarova, Turkan - Schwartz, Ylon 2-0
Preliminary Tournament
1 Polgar, Judit 8
2 Ivanisevic, Ivan 7
3 Williams, Simon 7
4 Erenburg, Sergey 6.5
5 Fressinet, Laurent 6.5
6 Ehlvest, Jaan 6.5
7 Sutovsky, Emil 6
Sargissian, Gabriel 6
9 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 6
10 Tregubov, Pavel V. 6
11 Timman, Jan H 6
12 Carlsen, Magnus 6
13 Pavlovic, Milos 6
14 Gunnarsson, Arnar 6
15 Harikrishna, P. 6
Hjartarson, Johann 6
17 Anand, Viswanathan 6
18 Gaponenko, Inna 6
19 Ashley, Maurice 6
20 Gretarsson, Andri A 6
21 Thorfinnsson, Bjorn 6
22 Stefansson, Hannes 5.5
23 Galego, Luis 5.5
24 Gretarsson, Helgi Ass 5.5
25 Ermenkov, Evgenij 5.5
26 Danielsen, Henrik 5.5
27 Adly, Ahmed 5.5
Marinelli, Tullio 5.5
29 Rocha, Sergio 5.5
30 Thorhallsson, Throstur 5.5
Hardarson, Robert 5.5
32 Mankeyev, Rauan 5.5
33 Mamedjarova, Turkan 5.5
34 Schwartz, Ylon 5.5
35 Thorhallsson, Gylfi 5.5
36 Vigfusson, Thrainn 5.5
37 Arngrimsson, Dagur 5.5
38 Rogers, Ian 5
39 Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor 5
40 Olafsson, Helgi 5
41 Matamoros, 5
Sigurpalsson, Runar 5
43 Gudmundsson, Stefan Freyr 5
44 Kjartansson, Gudmundur 5
45 Kristjansson, Stefan 5
46 Karason, Askell O 5
47 Vasilevich, Tatjana 5
Vidarsson, Jon G 5
Bjornsson, Bjorn Freyr 5
50 Sanchez Castillo, Sarai 5
51 Edvardsson, Kristjan 5
52 Bjornsson, Tomas 5
53 Gara, Ticia 5
54 Kjartansson, David 5
Johnson, Ben 5
56 Valgardsson, Gudjon Heidar 5
57 Gutierrez Castillo, Paloma 5
58 Olafsson, Thorvardur 5
59 Runarsson, Gunnar 5
60 Sigurjónsson, Magnús 5
61 Baldursson, Hrannar 5
62 Ziska, Helgi Dam 5
196 players
The Mercantile Bank The Mercantile Bank 32nd National Chess Championship
of Bangladesh 2006, takes place 10th-23rd March 2006 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The
round one game GM Murshed, Niaz Vs. IM Hossain, Enamul was not held due one
player's illness. The game will be held on the rest day. 14 players are
participating including 2 GMs, 3 IMs and 4 FMs. News: Haroonor Rashid I.A.
Chief Arbiter. 2006, takes place 10th-23rd March 2006 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The
round one game GM Murshed, Niaz Vs. IM Hossain, Enamul was not held due one
player's illness. The game will be held on the rest day. 14 players are
participating including 2 GMs, 3 IMs and 4 FMs. News: Haroonor Rashid I.A.
Chief Arbiter.
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32nd ch-BAN Dhaka BAN (BAN), 10-23 iii 2006 cat. III (2320)
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1. Abdulla, Al-Rakib m BAN 2477 * . 1 1 = . 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 9.5 2763
2. Hossain, Enamul m BAN 2468 . * 1 1 . . 1 . 1 = 1 1 1 1 8.5 2716
3. Reefat, Bin-Sattar m BAN 2478 0 0 * 1 . 1 1 1 1 0 1 . 1 . 7.0 2474
4. Rahman, Ziaur g BAN 2557 0 0 0 * = 1 1 1 1 . . . 1 1 6.5 2453
5. Murshed, Niaz g BAN 2460 = . . = * = . 1 . 1 = 1 0 1 6.0 2409
6. Abu Sufian, Shakil f BAN 2278 . . 0 0 = * 1 1 1 = . 0 1 1 6.0 2386
7. Haque, Rezaul f BAN 2193 0 0 0 0 . 0 * . 1 1 1 1 1 . 5.0 2334
8. Hasan, Mehdi f BAN 2349 0 . 0 0 0 0 . * . 1 1 1 1 1 5.0 2314
9. Ahmed, Sk. Nasir f BAN 2321 . 0 0 0 . 0 0 . * 1 = 1 1 1 4.5 2251
10. Abdul, Maleq BAN 2233 0 = 1 . 0 = 0 0 0 * . 0 . = 2.5 2137
11. Hossain, Enayet Mohammed BAN 2110 0 0 0 . = . 0 0 = . * 1 0 = 2.5 2137
12. Hasan Md, Emam BAN 2147 0 0 . . 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 * . 0 2.0 2062
13. Rahman, S. Manfuzur BAN 2273 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 . 1 . * . 2.0 2129
14. Hossain, Delwar BAN 2136 0 0 . 0 0 0 . 0 0 = = 1 . * 2.0 2100
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The Turkish Championship takes place 11th-23rd March 2006. It sees the
debut of Mikhail Gurevich who has moved from Belgium, he's the ELO favourite
and leads by a point from Suat Atalik having scored 8.5/10
Official site: http://www.tsf.org.tr/
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ch-TUR Istanbul TUR (TUR), 11-23 iii 2006 cat. IV (2340)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Gurevich, Mikhail g TUR 2633 * 1 1 = = = . 1 1 1 . . 1 1 8.5 2621
2. Atalik, Suat g TUR 2618 0 * = = 1 . . 1 = 1 1 . 1 1 7.5 2525
3. Haznedaroglu, Kivanc m TUR 2438 0 = * = . 1 0 1 . . 1 1 1 1 7.0 2509
4. Atakisi, Umut m TUR 2441 = = = * . . = 1 1 = 1 = = . 6.5 2472
5. Can, Emre TUR 2281 = 0 . . * 0 1 = . 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2448
6. Erdogdu, Mert m TUR 2345 = . 0 . 1 * 1 = = = 1 = . 0 5.5 2345
7. Goksel, Doga Cihan TUR 2189 . . 1 = 0 0 * = 1 = 0 = . 1 5.0 2305
8. Erturan, Yakup f TUR 2365 0 0 0 0 = = = * 1 . . . 1 1 4.5 2312
9. Yagiz, Yasin Emrah TUR 2209 0 = . 0 . = 0 0 * 1 1 1 0 . 4.0 2303
10. Secer, Ata TUR 2229 0 0 . = 0 = = . 0 * . 1 1 = 4.0 2260
11. Atalik, Ekaterina wg RUS 2399 . 0 0 0 0 0 1 . 0 . * 1 = 1 3.5 2203
12. Kilicaslan, Hasan m TUR 2281 . . 0 = = = = . 0 0 0 * 0 1 3.0 2137
13. Erdogan, Hakan f TUR 2259 0 0 0 = 0 . . 0 1 0 = 1 * . 3.0 2240
14. Korkmaz, Necmettin TUR 2071 0 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . = 0 0 . * 1.5 2081
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The Victor Ciocaltea Memorial takes place in Bucharest 8th-20th March
2006.
Official site:
http://www.romanianchess.org/turnee/Memorial%20Victor%20Ciocaltea.htm
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Victor Ciocaltea Mem Bucharest ROM (ROM), 8-20 iii 2006 cat. VIII (2447)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3
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1. Murariu, Andrei m ROM 2461 * . = = = 0 1 . . 1 1 1 1 6.5 2610
2. Sanduleac, Vasile m MDA 2473 . * = 0 . = = 1 . 1 1 = 1 6.0 2555
3. Badea, Bela g ROM 2492 = = * = = . . . = 1 . 1 1 5.5 2592
4. Lupulescu, Constantin m ROM 2513 = 1 = * 0 1 = = 1 . . . = 5.5 2529
5. Shishkin, Vadim UKR m UKR 2545 = . = 1 * . = . . 0 1 1 = 5.0 2534
6. Pap, Misa m SCG 2402 1 = . 0 . * 0 = 1 . 1 1 . 5.0 2540
7. Carmaciu, Lucian-Catalin f ROM 2400 0 = . = = 1 * = = . 1 . . 4.5 2514
8. Barnaure, Vlad-Victor f ROM 2416 . 0 . = . = = * 1 1 0 1 . 4.5 2482
9. Ionescu, Constantin g ROM 2463 . . = 0 . 0 = 0 * = = = . 2.5 2294
10. Lemmers, Oscar m NED 2425 0 0 0 . 1 . . 0 = * . 0 1 2.5 2306
11. Golubev, Mikhail g UKR 2499 0 0 . . 0 0 0 1 = . * . 1 2.5 2302
12. Chirila, Ioan Cristian f ROM 2339 0 = 0 . 0 0 . 0 = 1 . * = 2.5 2285
13. Ionescu, Mihai m ROM 2389 0 0 0 = = . . . . 0 0 = * 1.5 2217
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The second round of the Dutch Championship semi-finals took place March
18th-19th 2006. Round 3 takes place 25th-26th March 2006.
Official site: http://www.schaakbond.nl/nieuws/nk2006/hf/
Round 2 (March 18-19, 2006)
L'Ami, Erwin * - Berkvens, Joost 1-0 0-1 1/2 1-0
Wemmers, Xander - * Smeets, Jan 1-0 0-1 0-1 0-1
Van der Wiel, John * - Van Haastert, Edwin 1-0 1/2
Leenhouts, Koen * - Janssen, Ruud 1/2 1-0
Visser, Yge * - Hoeksema, Erik 1/2 1-0
Tondivar, Babak - * Ernst, Sipke 0-1 0-1
Jonkman, Harmen - * Rothuis, Vincent 0-1 1/2
De Jong, Jan Willem * - Solleveld, Maarten 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1-0
The First Saturday tournaments for March took place 4th-16th March 2006.
There was an IM norm for Nguyen Minh Huy (VIE) in the IM-A group and Duong
(VIE) in the IM-B section, no norms in the GM group which was won by Levente
Vajda with 8/10.
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/
FSGM March Budapest HUN (HUN), 4-13 iii 2006 cat. IX (2455)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Vajda, Levente g ROM 2526 ** =0 11 =1 11 11 8.0 2680
2 Ilincic, Zlatko g SCG 2545 =1 ** =0 == 1= 11 6.5 2547
3 Rojas, Luis m CHI 2423 00 =1 ** 11 =1 10 6.0 2533
4 Fogarasi, Tibor g HUN 2481 =0 == 00 ** 01 == 3.5 2339
5 Prohaszka, Peter2 f HUN 2344 00 0= =0 10 ** 1= 3.5 2367
6 Sendur, Adnan m TUR 2411 00 00 01 == 0= ** 2.5 2270
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FSIMA March Budapest HUN (HUN), 4-16 iii 2006 cat. I (2261)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Nguyen Huynh Minh H f VIE 2217 * 1 = = = 1 1 1 = 1 = 1 8.5 2475
2. Sanchez, Louis f FRA 2301 0 * = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2431
3. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2291 = = * 1 0 = = 1 1 1 = = 7.0 2359
4. Szeberenyi, Adam m HUN 2395 = = 0 * 1 = 1 = = = 1 1 7.0 2350
5. Fodor, Tamas jr f HUN 2302 = = 1 0 * 0 1 = = 1 1 1 7.0 2358
6. Adams, Nick A USA 2212 0 0 = = 1 * = 0 1 = 1 1 6.0 2300
7. Horvath, Andras f HUN 2329 0 = = 0 0 = * = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2290
8. Petran, Pal m HUN 2426 0 0 0 = = 1 = * = = = = 4.5 2180
9. Brustkern, Juergen f GER 2240 = 0 0 = = 0 0 = * = = 1 4.0 2160
10. Toth, Lili wm HUN 2215 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 = = * = 1 3.5 2131
11. Gauri,Shankar IND ---- = 0 = 0 0 0 0 = = = * 0 2.5 2073
12. Szell, Lajos f HUN 2198 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 * 2.0 2004
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FSIMB March Budapest HUN (HUN), 4-13 iii 2006 cat. I (2262)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Duong The Anh f VIE 2287 ** 0= 11 1= 11 11 8.0 2497
2 Farago, Sandor m HUN 2282 1= ** 01 1= == == 6.0 2330
3 Karim, Ismael MAR 2234 00 10 ** == =1 1= 5.0 2268
4 Arjun, Vishnuvardhan IND 2205 0= 0= == ** == == 4.0 2201
5 Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2268 00 == =0 == ** == 3.5 2151
6 Pirisi, Gabor m HUN 2298 00 == 0= == == ** 3.5 2145
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The Mediteranian Flower women's GM tournament took place in Rijeka,
11th-19th March 2006. Round-Robin - 90 min + 30 sec increment. Irina Sudakova
won the event with 8/9. Final round games missing.
Official site: http://sah.posluh.hr/skdraga/cvmed6.htm
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WGM Mediteranian Flower Rijeka CRO (CRO), 11-18 iii 2006
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Sudakova, Irina wg RUS 2358 * 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2576
2. Golubenko, Valentina wf EST 2146 0 * = 1 1 1 = = 1 1 6.5 2414
3. Medic, Mirjana wg CRO 2239 = = * = = = = = = 1 5.0 2281
4. Krivec, Jana wm SLO 2299 = 0 = * 0 = = 1 1 1 5.0 2274
5. Pokorna, Regina wg SVK 2338 0 0 = 1 * 0 1 1 = = 4.5 2227
6. Gromova, Iulia RUS 2198 0 0 = = 1 * 0 = 1 = 4.0 2199
7. Sargac, Rajna wm CRO 2233 0 = = = 0 1 * 0 1 0 3.5 2159
8. Ionica, Iulia-Ionela wm ROM 2234 0 = = 0 0 = 1 * 0 1 3.5 2158
9. Corke, Anya wg HKG 2216 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 1 * = 2.5 2074
10. Franciskovic, Borka wf CRO 2123 0 0 0 0 = = 1 0 = * 2.5 2085
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The 38th International Grandmaster Tournament for Women took place in
Belgrade 6th-15th March 2006. Svetlana Petrenko won the event with 7/9 a point
clear of Irina Chelushkina. News: Nebojsa Baralic.
Official site: http://www.beochess.org.yu
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38th 8th March WGM Belgrade SCG (SCG), 6-15 iii 2006
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Petrenko, Svetlana m MDA 2346 * 1 = 1 1 0 1 1 = 1 7.0 2426
2. Chelushkina, Irina wg SCG 2312 0 * = = 1 1 = = 1 1 6.0 2334
3. Chasovnikova, Eugenia wm RUS 2304 = = * 0 0 1 = 1 1 1 5.5 2290
4. Lazarevic, Milunka wg SCG 2160 0 = 1 * 0 = = 1 1 1 5.5 2306
5. Trujillo Delgado, Dafnae wf ESP 2146 0 0 1 1 * = = 1 1 0 5.0 2271
6. Petrovic, Marija wm SCG 2246 1 0 0 = = * 1 0 1 = 4.5 2217
7. Stojanovic, Marija wf SCG 2187 0 = = = = 0 * 0 0 1 3.0 2098
8. Schepetkova, Margarita RUS 2124 0 = 0 0 0 1 1 * 0 = 3.0 2105
9. Rakic, Marija SCG 2130 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 * = 3.0 2105
10. Marcetic, Marija wm SCG 2245 0 0 0 0 1 = 0 = = * 2.5 2051
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Round 12 and 13 of the Bundesliga took place March 11th-12th 2006. OSC
Baden Baden extended their lead after second place Werder Bremen were held by
3rd place Köln Porz in round 12. Games from round 13 now available.
Official site: http://www.schachbundesliga.de/
Table
1. OSC Baden Baden 13 24 69
2. Werder Bremen 13 22 63½
3. SG Köln Porz 13 21 69
4. TV Tegernsee 13 21 63½
5. SG Aljechin Soli 13 19 61½
6. SV Mülheim Nord 13 15 58½
7. SF Katernberg 13 15 57½
8. SC Kreuzberg 13 14 55½
9. SF Berlin 1903 13 13 48½
10. SV Wattenscheid 13 12 52½
11. Hamburger SK 13 11 54
12. SC Eppingen 13 8 49½
13. Godesberger SK 13 7 44
14. SG Kirchheim 13 4 35½
15. SC Leipzig Gohli 13 2 28
16. SK Zehlendorf 13 0 22
The Dutch Team Championship Meesterklasse takes place 24th September
2005 - 23rd April 2006. After seven rounds HSG (Loek van Wely, Predrag Nikolic,
Yasser Seirawa, Friso Nijboer, Daniel Stellwagen, Jan Smeets, Erwin l' Ami,
Ljubomir Ljubojevic, Ian Rogers etc ) lead by a point from their only serious
rivals U-Boat Worx (Ivan Sokolov, Michael Adams, Jan Timman, Laurent Fressinet,
Sergei Movsesian, Vladimir Chuchelov, Mikhail Gurevich etc) by a point with two
rounds to go. They meet on March 25th in round 8. Although the final standings
are established by a playoff amongst the top four teams at the end of the
season.
Dutch Chess Federation: http://www.schaakbond.nl/ - Meesterklasse
Games side bar at: http://www.schakers.info/
Pl Meesterklasse Mp Bp
1. HSG 14 52
2. U-Boat Worx 13 48
3. LSG 9 34
4. Hotels.nl 8 39
5. SO Rotterdam 8 37
6. Post jr/ESGOO 8 33
7. HMC Calder 4 32
8. Homburg Apeldoorn 4 29
9. HWP Sas van Gent 2 26
10. Stukkenjagers 0 20
Finnish Team Championship was decided last weekend. Joensuu won its
second gold with a clear margin, Matinkylä was second third time in a row
and Velhot got its first medal, bronze. News: Henri Koskinen. Games in the PGN
section.
Games, individual results etc. can be found on the website:
http://www.shakki.net/pelaaminen/turnaukset/liiga.html
Final results
1. JoeSK, Joensuu 15 +14
2. MatSK, Espoo 11 +13
3. Velhot, Helsinki 11 +9
4. TuTS, Turku 10 +7
5. JyS, Jyväskylä 10 +5
6. OpusCapita, Tampere 10 -4
7. Gaia, Helsinki 8 -5
8. EtVaS, Vantaa 5 -5
9. HSK, Helsinki 5 -10
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10.Tammer-Shakki, Tampere 5 -24
The Georgian Under-16 Championships for boys and girls takes place
15th-23rd March 2006. Davit Lomsadze and Luka Paichadze lead the boys event on
5/6. News: Varlam Vepkhvishvili.
Round 6 Standings:
Boys Under-16 Championship
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Rank N Fed Tit Rating Name Total Tie-Break Colors
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1) 3 GEO 2219 F Lomsadze, Davit 5 18 bwbwbw
2) 4 GEO 2171 F Paichadze, Luka 5 17.5 wbwbwb
3) 2 GEO 2249 F Bregadze, Levan 4.5 16.5 wbwbwb
4) 12 GEO 2066 F Amirkhanashvili, Archil 4.5 15.5 wbwbwb
5) 6 GEO 2161 F Patsia, Zviad 4.5 15.5 wbwbwb
6) 1 GEO FM 2263 F Benidze, Davit 4.5 15 bwbwbw
7) 7 GEO 2129 F Javakhadze, Zurab 4.5 15 bwbwbw
8) 17 GEO 2020 F Khazhalia, Simon 4.5 15 bwbwbw
9) 21 GEO 1997 F Janiashvili, Irakli 4.5 14.5 bwbwbw
10) 16 GEO 2037 F Davarashvili, Nodar 4 18 wbwbwb
11) 9 GEO 2125 F Latsabidze, Giorgi 4 16 bwbwbw
12) 13 GEO 2061 F Sichinava, Davit 4 16 bwbwbw
13) 5 GEO 2167 F Maisuradze, Gega 4 15 bwbwbw
14) 24 GEO 1970 F Merabishvili, Alexandre 4 15 wbbwbw
15) 14 GEO 2052 F Kvaratskhelia, Dimitri 4 13 wbwbwb
16) 49 GEO Khurtsidze, Tornike 4 13 bwbwwb
17) 29 GEO 1896eF Chikovani, Tsotne 4 13 bwbwwb
18) 23 GEO 1974 F Gojiashvili, Giorgi 3.5 16 bwbwwb
19) 22 GEO 1990 F Nikolashvili, Giorgi N 3.5 15.5 wbwbwb
20) 11 GEO 2079 F Gugulashvili, Tamaz 3.5 15 bwbbww
21) 19 GEO 2010 F Tugushi, Ioseb 3.5 14 bwbwbw
22) 18 GEO 2014 F Beraia, Levan 3.5 12 wbwbwb
23) 31 GEO 2143eF Beradzee, Irakli 3.5 12 bwwbbw
24) 56 GEO TsivtsivadzeRevaz 3.5 11.5 w bwbw
25) 41 GEO Jojua, Shota 3.5 11 bwbwwb
26) 57 GEO Rukhadze, Akaki 3.5 11 bwbwbw
27) 26 GEO 1931 F Tsirekidze, Giorgi 3.5 10 wbwbwb
63 players
Girls Under-16 Championship
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Rank N Fed Tit Rating Name Total Tie-Break Colors
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1) 6 GEO 2026 F Khazhomia, Salome 5.5 18.5 wbwbwb
2) 7 GEO 2002 F Khutsidze, Sopo 5 16 bwbwwb
3) 3 GEO WFM 2103 F Arabidze, Meri 4 18 bwbwbw
4) 1 GEO WFM 2142 F Guramishvili, Sopiko 4 17 bwbwbw
5) 4 GEO 2071 F Bokuchava, Madona 4 15 wbwbwb
6) 2 GEO 2108 F Tsatsalashvili, Keti 4 14.5 wbwbwb
7) 10 GEO 1966 F Butskhrikidze, Ana 4 14 wbwbwb
8) 9 GEO 1985 F Beridze, Tinatin 4 13.5 bwbwbw
9) 33 GEO Tevzadze, Mariam 4 13 wbwbw
10) 27 GEO Macharashvili, Tekla 4 12.5 wbwbww
11) 5 GEO 2037 F Zhorzholiani, Meri 3.5 14.5 bwbwbw
12) 18 GEO 1865 F Makhatadze, Nazi 3.5 13.5 bbwwbw
13) 12 GEO 1954 F Siradze, Salome 3.5 12.5 wbwbwb
14) 8 GEO 1996 F Ugulava, Lela 3.5 11.5 wbwbwb
15) 15 GEO WFM 1943 F Topuridze, Ana 3.5 11.5 bwbbww
16) 13 GEO 1948 F Baiadze, Mariam 3.5 10 bwbwbw
17) 11 GEO 1960 F Zarkua, Elisabed 3 13 bwbwbw
18) 24 GEO Kekelidze, Nino 3 10 bwbwbw
19) 20 GEO Galdavadze, Ana 3 8 bwbwbw
33 players
The 22nd Bad Wörishofen Chess Festival takes place 17th-25th March
2006.
http://www.chess-international.de/ticker/woerishofen2006/index.html
Leading Round 3 Standings:
1. Heika Martin 3.0 6.00 14.50
2. Halkias Stelios GM 3.0 5.50 17.00
3. Zaragatzki Ilja 3.0 5.50 15.50
4. Eingorn Viacheslav GM 3.0 5.50 15.50
5. Burmakin Vladimir GM 3.0 5.00 16.00
6. Dittmar Peter FM 3.0 5.00 16.00
7. Lupor André 3.0 5.00 16.00
8. Dubkov Andrej FM 3.0 5.00 15.50
9. Henrichs Thomas IM 3.0 5.00 15.50
10. Negi Parimarjan 3.0 4.50 17.00
11. Ikonnikov Vyacheslav GM 3.0 4.50 16.50
12. Rau Hannes IM 3.0 4.00 17.00
13. Roeder Mathias IM 3.0 4.00 16.50
14. Stark Lars FM 3.0 3.50 17.50
15. Michalczak Thomas FM 2.5 6.00 13.00
16. Mueller Werner Dr. FM 2.5 6.00 12.00
17. Rahls Peter FM 2.5 6.00 12.00
18. Braun Peter 2.5 5.50 15.50
19. Skembris Spyridon GM 2.5 5.50 14.50
20. Maeurer Christoph FM 2.5 5.50 13.50
21. Maugg Ludwig 2.5 4.50 15.50
22. Schaefer Michael 2.5 4.50 15.50
23. Tolhuizen Ludo 2.5 4.50 14.00
24. Siebrecht Sebastian IM 2.5 4.50 14.00
25. Poulsen Martin 2.5 4.50 14.00
26. Gerstner Bernhard 2.5 4.00 18.00
27. Wohl Alexander IM 2.5 4.00 17.00
28. Thinius Marco IM 2.5 4.00 16.00
29. De Andres Gonalons F 2.5 4.00 15.50
30. Naegele Thomas 2.5 4.00 15.00
31. Kveinys Aloyzas GM 2.5 4.00 14.50
32. Starostits Ilmars IM 2.5 4.00 14.00
33. Pirrot Dieter IM 2.5 3.50 17.00
34. Spanton Timothy 2.0 7.00 13.00
35. Lupor Stefan 2.0 6.50 13.00
36. Meier Volker FM 2.0 6.00 13.50
37. Van Kooten Luuk FM 2.0 6.00 13.00
38. Trabert Bettina FGM 2.0 6.00 12.50
39. Hornung Hans Dr. 2.0 6.00 12.00
40. Tauber Manfred 2.0 6.00 12.00
GM Sergio Mariotti took on the world on the Turin Olympiad website
starting on 29th September 2006. He won the game which finished this week in 45
moves. A second game between the world and Misho Cebalo continues.
Olympiad website: http://www.chessolympiad-torino2006.org
(Internet Chess Club (ICC), March 17th-25th 2006) IM Michael Rahal
(EDAMI, Barcelona) reports:
For the seventh year running the VII internet Chess Tournament "Ciudad
de Dos Hermanas"
is being held on the Internet Chess Club playing zone (http://www.chessclub.com). This event is
clearly one of the most important Internet chess tournaments in the world,
regarding both the number and the level of the participants. Up to the moment,
1.696 participants have registered, and each day more players are coming in.
Already qualified for the finals are the GM's Hikaru Nakamura (USA) and Pavel
Eljanov (Ukraine), and the more than probable qualification of the young star
GM Magnus Carlsen as best second.
The total prize fund is 6.100 euros, with a first prize of 1.800 euros.
In addition, the first six non GM-IM players classified will receive a free
6-months subscription to ICC, and twelve free 6 month free membership prizes
will be raffled between all participants in the event who finish at least one
qualifier.
As in previous editions, the playing system is as follows: twelve
12-round Swiss qualifiers using the Fischer System playing rate: 4 minutes + 1
seconds. Qualifiers are held twice a day from March 17th to 22nd. March 23rd is
a rest day and the finals are held on March 24th and 25th. The 12 qualifier
winners plus the 20 best scores qualify to the 32 KO final. Registration for
the last six qualifiers is still open. Complete standings, game file, PGN game
files and other interesting information can be found at the Dos Hermanas web
site http://www.doshermanas.net
(specifically
http://www.chessclub.com/resources/event/doshermanas2006/)
Standings of the first six qualifiers
Qualifying tournaments
Swiss 1 - Friday March 17th , 2:00pm EST
Rk Handle Title and name Country Score S.O.S. Opp.Rating
1 Sheki GM Jamil Agamaliev AZE 11.0 98.5 2761
2 Imperator15 IM Yuri Vovk UKR 10.0 98.0 2782
3 olimpus FM Axel Bachmann PRY 10.0 89.5 2576
4 Volkov GM Sergey Volkov RUS 9.5 97.0 2644
5 GeneraLisimus GM Rauf Mamedov AZE 9.5 93.0 2690
Standings and Results [381 players, 12 rounds]
List of contenders for the KO final stage
Swiss 2 - Friday March 17th, 7:00pm EST
Rk Handle Title and name Country Score S.O.S. Opp.Rating
1 Petrushka18 GM Eljanov Pavel UKR 10.0 98.5 2620
2 Shadeath IM Andrey Deviatkin RUS 10.0 96.5 2618
3 RMOI Rasul AZE 10.0 89.0 2454
4 GeneraLisimus GM Rauf Mamedov AZE 9.5 98.0 2603
5 HLP IM Hector Leyva GTM 9.5 83.0 2343
Standings and Results [286 players, 12 rounds]
List of contenders for the KO final stage
Swiss 3 - Saturday March 18th, 2:00pm EST
Rk Handle Title and name Country Score S.O.S. Opp.Rating
1 gorato GM Goran Todorovic SCG 10.5 86.5 2601
2 Magnus GM Magnus Carlsen NOR 10.0 97.5 2700
3 vigleik GM Kjetil Aleksander Lie NOR 10.0 91.5 2687
4 GeneraLisimus GM Rauf Mamedov AZE 10.0 91.5 2644
5 Gruk GM Simen Agdestein NOR 9.5 102.5 2678
Standings and Results [370 players, 12 rounds]
List of contenders for the KO final stage
Swiss 4 - Saturday March 18th, 7:00pm EST
Rk Handle Title and name Country Score S.O.S. Opp.Rating
1 Smallville GM Hikaru Nakamura USA 10.5 101.0 2518
2 Mamey IM Luis Manuel Perez CUB 10.5 96.5 2499
3 Panaman FM Luis Esquivel ESP 10.0 90.5 2582
4 Ildar GM Ildar Ibragimov USA 9.5 98.0 2555
5 LittleOne GM Peng Zhaoqin NED 9.0 96.5 2464
Standings and Results [286 players, 12 rounds]
List of contenders for the KO final stage
Swiss 5 - Sunday March 19th, 2:00pm EST
Rk Handle Title and name Country Score S.O.S. Opp.Rating
1 GeneraLisimus GM Rauf Mamedov AZE 10.5 100.0 2672
2 INDIAN-ELEPHANT IM RAJARAMLAXMAN IND 10.5 100.0 2672
3 pelaohh IM Herminio Herraiz Hidalgo ESP 10.0 91.0 2548
4 VerdeNotte IM Gawain Jones IRL 9.5 100.5 2675
5 TINTIRITO GM Tigran L. Petrosian ARM 9.5 98.5 2561
Standings and Results [408 players, 12 rounds]
List of contenders for the KO final stage
Swiss 6 - Sunday March 19th, 7:00pm EST
Rk Handle Title and name Country Score S.O.S. Opp.Rating
1 olimpus FM Axel Bachmann PRY 11.0 95.0 2572
2 INDIAN-ELEPHANT IM RAJARAMLAXMAN IND 10.5 98.0 2642
3 LeonHoyos IM Manuel León Hoyos MEX 10.0 95.0 2557
4 Fier IM Alexandr Fier BRA 9.0 100.0 2610
5 BERTA GM Ulf Andersson SWE 9.0 91.5 2462
Standings and Results [303 players, 12 rounds]
Ratmir Kholmov 13th May 1925 – 18th February 2006. One of the very
strong generation of Soviet chess players has died at the age of 80. Kholmov
rarely played abroad but enjoyed successes such as finishing on 12/19 tied with
the winner Leonid Stein in the Soviet Championships of 1963. He played as
recently as December finishing 3rd in a tournament in Dnepropetrovsk in the
Ukraine (TWIC581). If I find time I hope to write some more on this sad
event.
Source: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2987
21st North Sea Cup
The Esbjerg Chess Union organises the 21st North Sea Cup July 8th-15th
2006.
Further information and registration: Jens Nielsen, Storegade 66, 6700
Esbjerg, (+45)75123975, e-mail: Jerneif@get2net.dk. Registration not later than
Sunday July 2nd.
Further details: http://www.northseacup.dk/nsc2006/2index.htm
16th Chess Tournament of Pobeskydi
16th Chess Tournament of Pobeskydi takes place 13th March - 17th April
2005 in Frydek-Mistek, Czech Republic. There will be at least two tournaments.
Round-robin with possibility to achieve IM and WGM norm and FIDE Open.
Details: http://www.chessfm.cz/
4th Solingen chess weeks
The 4th Solingen chess weeks will be held in Solingen (Germany) June
10th- June 18th. Festival consists of Blitz tournament (June 10th, 22 games (11
rounds with 2 games));
Rapid Tournament (9 rounds, 20 min/game) will take place June 11th.
Main tournaments are two Open from June 15th to 18th; 7 rounds Swiss
system 2h/40+ 1h/ Rest; A-tournament is open for all players and Elo-rated. Top
prizes 800/500/400 ?
B-tournament is open for all players with a rating below 2000; top
prizes 300/200/150 ?
Further information: Andreas Peschel: 0175-5912407;
peschel@schachgesellschaft.de
Tournament site: http://www.schachwochen.de/
Memorialul Pius Brinzeu
The Memorial Pius Brinzeu Open takes place in Timisoara, 18th-26th March
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
Heroes of Chernobyl Memorial
Believe it or not this may be another false event, I'm checking out if
this is yet another problem event after one of the players below says he has
not been invited.
There will be a Heroes of Chernobyl Memorial in Slavutich comemorating
the April, 26th, 1986 explosion at nuclear station in Chernobyl. The event
takes place 12st-26th April 2006.
I'm assured that the event has different organisers to the ficticious
event that took place under this name last year. Also the players are a good
deal more famous than last year.
Round-robin system, 14 participants. Participants: GM Korchnoi, GM
Tukmakov, GM Pilavov, GM Komarov, IM Nosenko, IM Savinov, GM Bischoff, GM
Arizmendi, IM Bobras. Participants rated 2400 are invited to take part in the
tournament. Entrance fees: 2400 - 2449 - 400$ 2450 - 2499 - 350$ 2500 - 300$.
1st prize $3000
Official site (Russian): http://chess-ukr.narod.ru/
Contact organiser us: 8(067)6095699, Yuri Malashenko (Slavutich) e-mail
heroes-of- chernobyl@online.ua
30th Blackpool Chess Conference
The 30th Blackpool Chess Conference took place 10th-12th March 2006.
Open results Results from the 30th Blackpool Chess Conference, 10-12 March
2006, held at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool, England 1st= on 4.5/5 GM Mark
Hebden & John Merriman £550 each 3rd Lawrence Trent 4/5 £200
Official site: http://www.blackpoolchess.org.uk/
Hungarian tournaments April-December 2006
1. 23rd- 31st of March 22nd Budapest SPRING FESTIVAL 9 rounds Swiss
Open org.: NL.
2. 1st-14th of April, 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/..
3. 15th-23rd of April Kecskemet, IM tmt, org: Dr.Erdelyi, Tamas,
e-mail: postmaster@caissa.t-online.hu Website: www.caissachessbooks.hu Usually
also in the second half of the month IM tmt-s in Kecskemet. 100 km South from
Budapest.
4. 6th - 18th of May, Budapest, FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, org.NL.
5.. 20th-30th of May, Budapest, ELEKES memorial GM-IM closed tmt,
org.IM Zsinka, e-mail: zsinkala@axelero.hu
6. 19th-27th of May, ZALAKAROS Open, 9 rounds Swiss, Info: IM Horvath,
Tamas, e-mail: mssz@zalaszam.hu website: www.csutisk.hu
7. 3rd-16th of June, FIRST SATURDAY GM /cat.VII and cat IX together/ -
IM-FM closed tournaments, Budapest, Org.NL.
8.. 17th-25th of June, BALATONLELLE Open, GM-IM closed, 130 km West
from Budapest, org. IM RIGO, e-mail: me-ri@t-online.hu Website:
www.lellechess.tar.hu
9.. 1st-13th of July, FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM closed, Bp. Org.NL,
10. 15th-23rd of July, AGRIA Open 9 rounds Swiss, Eger, 100 km North
from Budapest, Org. RAUCH Ferenc, e-mail: rauch@freemail.hu
11.. 24th-30th of July, SZOMBATHELY SUMMER Open 9 rounds Swiss, 300 km
West from Budapest, Org: FM KORPICS, Zsolt, e-mail: korpicschess@axelero.hu
13. 5th-17th of August, FIRST SATURDAY, Bp, GM /cat.XII-IX-VII/ - IM-FM
closed, Org: NL.
14. 21st -29th of August, TALENTUM Kupa, Open, Zamárdi , org.
Valis János. E-mail: husi_sc@hu.inter.net
15. 2nd-14th of September FS GM-IM Budapest, org.Nagy
László
16. 7th-19th of October, FS GM-IM, Bp. Org.Nagy László.
17. 4th-16th of November FS GM-IM-FM closed tmt, info NL.
18. Second half of November, TENKES KUPA, Harkány, 250 km South
West from Budapest, Organizer: Mr FULOP, Csaba E-mail: fulopcsa@invitel.hu
19. 2nd-15th of December, FS GM-IM-FM, info NL.
Jonathan Speelman charity chess simultaneous
Jonathan Speelman is playing a charity chess simultaneous for the
Seafarers UK on Saturday April 22nd. 2006. The venue will be HMS BELFAST, a
floating museum on the Thames moored opposite the Tower of London. Registration
for the event will begin from 12 noon for a 1pm start. All chess enthusiasts,
including club players, are invited to join in. Players are asked to donate
£25. They should contact Hugh Breidenbach on 07808 067049 or
wafu@orange.net for a reference number, and can then pay online using the
fundraising webpage http://www.justgiving.com/bridey
Only 40 places are available. The event will take 3-4 hours. Tea and
coffee will be served from the cash bar in the playing This will benefit
SEAFARERS UK, supporting survivors of accidents in the fishing fleet, which
suffers 10 lost vessels and 2 fatalities each month, and also those invalided
out of the Merchant Navy and Royal Navy/Royal Marines who would be
disadvantaged or homeless without their help.
These details can also be found on the English Chess Federation website
http://www.englishchess.org.uk/
Seafarers UK is also known as King George?s Fund for Sailors,
registered charity number 226446. You can find out more about them at
http://www.kgfs.org.uk
PAL/CSS Freestyle Chess Tournament
www.playchess.com is holding the annual PAL/CSS Freestyle Chess
Tournament (advanced chess) on 18th-19th March (main tourney) and 8th-9th April
(final).
The details:
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2950
Prizefund: The winner of the finals gets the first prize of US $8,000
and the title of "Second PAL/CSS Freestyle Chess Champion". The runner-up gets
$4,000, the third place gets $2,000. There will be special software prizes
totalling US $1,000 for the places 4-8
Registration and starting fee:
http://www.computerschach.de/online/freestyleregister.htm
IM, GM and "CSS Online" subscribers are free (proof of ID is necessary, if not
already a confirmed IM/GM nick on playchess.com). Other player pay 12US$ (10
?).
Dos Hermanas Internet VII on ICC
Dos Hermanas VII on ICC, free entry, cash prizes!
For the seventh consecutive year, ICC is hosting the annual Internet
Chess Tournament "Ciudad de Dos Hermanas" 2006. The cash prize fund amounts to
EUR 6,100 (about $7,250), plus ICC membership prizes.
Entry is completely FREE. You don't even need to be a paying member of
ICC to play.
Starting March 17th, there will be 12 Swiss-system qualifying tourneys,
that will begin at 2pm and 7pm server time on every day. You can take part in
all of them. Qualifier winners along with the 20 best-scoring players will
advance to the knockout finals, which will be played on the 24th and 25th of
March. The time control is now shorter, at 4/1 for all rounds.
Last years statistics were really good: 61 GMs, 110 IMs took part in a
field of 1,303 players from 79 countries. Overall winner was GM Daniel Fridman
(2559) and other top players that qualified for the final were GMs Sakaev
(2649), Sasikiran (2670), Harikrisna (2650) and Nakamura (2644).
Even if you are not aiming to win a prize, this tournament gives you a
chance to meet world class players! We hope that Dos Hermanas will become the
internet chess tourney of the year once more.
If you wish to participate, the rules, entry forms and the full
schedule are at http://www.doshermanas.net. Make sure to
register early; your registration is valid for all qualifiers, but you do not
need to play all.
Semi-finals Argentine Championship
The Open Tournament Semi-finals of the Argentine Championship take
place 4th-19th March, 2006 Merlo, Buenos Aires ARG Swiss Open, 7 rounds.
Coverage: http://www.ajedrezfaogba.com.ar
CE Martigny 12 hour Blitz
The CE Martigny 12 hour Blitz takes place Saturday 15th April 2006.
Venue: 5 minutes per player per game, 40 games
Further details: http://www.uve-wsb.ch/ or Pierre Perruchoud
Rue des Marronniers 4 1920 Martigny Tél . 079 / 287 51 57 e-mail :
pierre.perruchoud@mycable.ch
6th Znojmo Open
The 6th International Chess Festival Znojmo Open 2006 takes place
13th-21st May 2006 in Znojmo (the Czech Republic). Among others European Women
Rapid Chess Championship (the prize fund 5 000 EUR), FIDE open, The Znojmo
Little Queen and Open Championship of the Southmoravian chess federation in
active chess will be a part of the festival.
Contact: Dr. Jan Mazuch, Director of CZECH OPEN & CZECH TOUR -
j.mazuch@avekont.cz
Website for the Czech Tour: http://www.czechopen.net
Free "How good is your chess" articles in German
For German Readers The excellent series "How good is your chess",
written by the english Grandmaster Daniel King, appears also in the german
language as "Test & Training". You can download a free sample in the
section "Training" at http://www.schach-magazin.de
Vladimir Kramnik vs. Deep Fritz Match Announced
Vladimir Kramnik will play the ChessBase computer program Deep Fritz in
a 6 game match 25th November - 5th December 2006 in the German’s Art and
Exhibition Hall in Bonne. Kramnik stands to win a prize of $1 Million US for a
win in the match doubling his starting fee.
Asked how he estimates his chances, Kramnik reacted cautiously: "Fritz
examines millions of moves per second. It is extraordinarily difficult to play
against such a calculating monster. Right from the start you are walking on a
very narrow ridge, and you know that any inattentiveness will be your downfall.
It is a scientific experiment and I will have to fight very hard for my
chance." The WCC is being organized by Universal Event Promotion (UEP), in
cooperation with the Art and Exhibition Hall.
Schedule: Game 1: Saturday 25.11.2006 16h Game 2: Monday 27.11.2006 16h
Game 3: Wednesday 29.11.2006 16h Game 4: Friday 01.12.2006 16h Game 5: Sunday
03.12.2006 16h Game 6: Tuesday 05.12.2006 16h During the entire period of the
match the Art and Exhibition Hall will offer a varied program.
Information: http://www.bundeskunsthalle.de
MTel Masters Sofia
The Mtel Masters takes place in Sofia 9th (opening ceremony) - 21st
(closing) May 2006. Players: Veselin Topalov, Viswanathan Anand, Peter Svidler,
Etienne Bacrot, Gata Kamsky and Ruslan Ponomariov.
Website: http://www.mtelmasters06.com/
Battle of Senta 1697 Chess Festival
The 10th Anniversary Chess Festival "The Battle of Senta 1697" takes
place 21st-30th 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.
Further details: http://www.chess-senta.org.yu/
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/
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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/
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/
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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