THE WEEK IN CHESS 597 17th April 2006 by Mark Crowther
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My thanks to Alex Brunetti, Eirik T. Gullaksen, Mariano Acosta, Luiz
Roberto Da Costa Jr, Thomas Heine Bech, Stefan Späth, Mikhail Golubev,
Michael Atkins, Miklos Orso, Doug Bake, Carsten Hensel, Rolf Behovits, Anders
Hansen, Rafael Llanos, Thomas Henrich, Gunnar Bjornsson, Søren
Søgaard and everyone else who helped with the issue.
The big announcement of the week was that there will be a chess
reunification match between Vladimir Kramnik and Veselin Topalov. How this
plays in the FIDE elections is uncertain but its obvious that this is good news
for chess. Zdenko Kozul won the European Individual Championships finishing
half a point clear of Vassily Ivanchuk.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The 7th European Individual Chess Championships took place 4th - 17th
April 2006, in Kusadasi, Turkey. Zdenko Kozul won the event half a point clear
of Vassily Ivanchuk. No playoff games available in PGN yet.
Game started daily 14:00. Rest day: 11th April. Time control: 90
min./40 + 30 min./rest + 30 sec./move. Tiebreaks for Championship, medal places
and qualifiers for WCC. Total prize fund is 48,000 Euro.
Official site: http://www.tsf.org.tr/
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7th ch-Euro Kusadasi TUR (TUR), 4-17 iv 2006
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1. Kozul, Zdenko g CRO 2600 + 97 =100 + 58 = 25 + 88 + 33 = 2 + 9 + 8 = 7 = 4 8.5 2789
2. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2729 = 70 = 68 + 48 + 56 + 39 + 25 = 1 = 3 = 6 + 33 = 7 8.0 2732
3. Georgiev, Kiril g BUL 2645 = 48 + 24 = 16 + 52 + 28 = 26 = 13 = 2 + 17 = 9 = 15 7.5 2714
4. Izoria, Zviad g GEO 2652 + 60 + 23 = 88 = 17 = 36 = 5 = 31 + 32 = 26 + 34 = 1 7.5 2694
5. Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2585 +126 = 34 = 20 + 71 = 8 = 4 = 14 = 50 + 43 = 15 + 30 7.5 2693
6. Inarkiev, Ernesto g RUS 2597 + 89 + 87 = 43 - 26 + 63 = 28 = 37 + 55 = 2 + 16 = 9 7.5 2702
7. Belov, Vladimir g RUS 2608 =105 +107 =100 + 90 = 19 + 17 = 26 = 34 + 31 = 1 = 2 7.5 2689
8. Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2657 = 68 = 70 + 83 + 53 = 5 = 31 = 25 + 47 - 1 + 36 + 26 7.5 2690
9. Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2596 +109 = 25 = 90 +117 + 42 + 14 = 11 - 1 + 36 = 3 = 6 7.5 2684
10. Baramidze, David g GER 2554 +127 = 38 - 27 = 66 =117 +107 + 45 + 18 = 11 = 12 + 33 7.5 2651
11. Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2625 = 79 = 76 = 68 + 70 + 46 + 36 = 9 = 16 = 10 = 13 = 19 7.0 2648
12. Miroshnichenko, Evgenij g UKR 2619 + 77 = 21 = 49 = 20 + 87 = 43 = 28 = 19 + 37 = 10 = 24 7.0 2630
13. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2571 +117 = 19 - 25 + 64 + 61 + 54 = 3 = 33 = 34 = 11 = 22 7.0 2637
14. Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2614 + 83 = 32 + 55 + 37 = 26 - 9 = 5 - 17 = 19 + 88 + 63 7.0 2655
15. Gurevich, Mikhail g TUR 2633 = 84 + 95 = 32 = 72 = 16 = 30 + 88 = 37 + 52 = 5 = 3 7.0 2664
16. Balogh, Csaba g HUN 2561 =120 + 98 = 3 = 41 = 15 + 82 + 27 = 11 = 35 - 6 + 49 7.0 2668
17. Palac, Mladen g CRO 2561 +118 +101 = 28 = 4 = 35 - 7 + 54 + 14 - 3 = 27 + 48 7.0 2661
18. Socko, Bartosz g POL 2610 = 81 = 85 +126 = 87 = 55 = 20 + 44 - 10 + 32 = 25 + 60 7.0 2618
19. Mamedov, Rauf g AZE 2525 +137 = 13 + 29 = 69 = 7 = 37 = 35 = 12 = 14 + 39 = 11 7.0 2643
20. Czarnota, Pawel m POL 2497 +136 = 53 = 5 = 12 = 67 = 18 = 39 = 56 + 46 + 35 = 27 7.0 2641
21. Berg, Emanuel g SWE 2540 +124 = 12 = 30 = 38 = 29 - 65 = 78 = 92 +121 + 73 + 40 7.0 2636
22. Sakaev, Konstantin g RUS 2649 + 94 - 26 - 44 =101 =105 = 93 +111 + 77 + 55 + 51 = 13 7.0 2613
23. Gagunashvili, Merab g GEO 2542 +102 - 4 =101 = 99 = 89 = 91 + 81 = 40 = 73 + 41 + 42 7.0 2624
24. Zelcic, Robert g CRO 2514 = 41 - 3 =120 =106 +133 =121 +117 = 46 + 53 + 67 = 12 7.0 2614
25. Turov, Maxim g RUS 2539 +115 = 9 + 13 = 1 + 69 - 2 = 8 = 35 = 27 = 18 = 31 6.5 2649
26. Anastasian, Ashot g ARM 2602 +133 + 22 = 36 + 6 = 14 = 3 = 7 = 67 = 4 = 30 - 8 6.5 2657
27. Atalik, Suat g TUR 2618 + 44 =119 + 10 = 43 - 33 + 75 - 16 + 42 = 25 = 17 = 20 6.5 2591
28. Dgebuadze, Alexandre g BEL 2535 +122 + 67 = 17 + 46 - 3 = 6 = 12 - 36 = 42 = 45 + 66 6.5 2587
29. Azarov, Sergei g BLR 2581 +113 = 90 - 19 + 68 = 21 = 49 = 48 = 60 = 61 + 50 = 34 6.5 2571
30. Kotronias, Vasilios g GRE 2622 =107 +105 = 21 = 34 +100 = 15 - 33 + 58 + 50 = 26 - 5 6.5 2598
31. Nevednichy, Vladislav g ROM 2581 =111 = 99 + 81 =103 + 92 = 8 = 4 + 87 - 7 = 60 = 25 6.5 2581
32. Bartel, Mateusz g POL 2524 +114 = 14 = 15 = 45 = 38 = 40 + 69 - 4 - 18 +111 + 67 6.5 2639
33. Berescu, Alin m ROM 2433 + 65 +135 = 69 = 36 + 27 - 1 + 30 = 13 + 67 - 2 - 10 6.5 2672
34. Arutinian, David m GEO 2507 +138 = 5 = 39 = 30 + 51 = 35 + 65 = 7 = 13 - 4 = 29 6.5 2602
35. Galkin, Alexander g RUS 2616 = 64 + 93 + 47 = 88 = 17 = 34 = 19 = 25 = 16 - 20 = 53 6.0 2568
36. Minasian, Artashes g ARM 2574 +116 + 62 = 26 = 33 = 4 - 11 + 77 + 28 - 9 - 8 = 51 6.0 2594
37. L'Ami, Erwin g NED 2550 +108 + 66 + 42 - 14 = 54 = 19 = 6 = 15 - 12 = 56 = 45 6.0 2585
38. Iordachescu, Viorel g MDA 2592 + 91 = 10 =119 = 21 = 32 = 44 - 87 + 78 = 63 = 62 = 55 6.0 2568
39. Luther, Thomas g GER 2569 + 71 = 49 = 34 + 44 - 2 = 77 = 20 = 70 + 87 - 19 = 43 6.0 2569
40. Guseinov, Gadir g AZE 2607 = 93 = 64 + 76 =100 = 75 = 32 = 49 = 23 = 48 + 70 - 21 6.0 2560
41. Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2657 = 24 = 48 + 84 = 16 = 43 = 72 - 55 = 62 + 94 - 23 + 91 6.0 2572
42. Kotanjian, Tigran m ARM 2471 + 59 + 72 - 37 + 73 - 9 = 52 + 51 - 27 = 28 + 89 - 23 6.0 2608
43. Malakhatko, Vadim g UKR 2556 +125 +112 = 6 = 27 = 41 = 12 - 67 + 64 - 5 = 47 = 39 6.0 2580
44. Sulskis, Sarunas g LTU 2504 - 27 +132 + 22 - 39 + 53 = 38 - 18 = 45 = 57 + 80 = 46 6.0 2596
45. Fedorov, Alexei g BLR 2608 = 95 = 84 + 94 = 32 = 72 = 55 - 10 = 44 + 81 = 28 = 37 6.0 2561
46. Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios g GRE 2573 = 74 + 86 + 61 - 28 - 11 = 94 + 95 = 24 - 20 + 82 = 44 6.0 2530
47. Pelletier, Yannick g SUI 2579 + 96 = 61 - 35 = 62 = 81 + 85 + 74 - 8 = 89 = 43 = 59 6.0 2547
48. Kurnosov, Igor g RUS 2517 = 3 = 41 - 2 +120 = 71 + 92 = 29 = 65 = 40 + 74 - 17 6.0 2592
49. Chuchelov, Vladimir g BEL 2534 +128 = 39 = 12 = 67 = 65 = 29 = 40 - 52 + 92 + 69 - 16 6.0 2581
50. Shanava, Konstantine m GEO 2490 - 69 +130 = 51 - 65 + 73 + 63 + 72 = 5 - 30 - 29 + 87 6.0 2592
51. David, Alberto g LUX 2591 - 61 + 96 = 50 +105 - 34 + 66 - 42 + 82 + 80 - 22 = 36 6.0 2536
52. Postny, Evgeny g ISR 2578 - 66 +108 +113 - 3 + 93 = 42 = 64 + 49 - 15 = 61 = 56 6.0 2537
53. Petrosian, Tigran L g ARM 2558 + 92 = 20 = 54 - 8 - 44 +105 = 94 + 99 - 24 + 85 = 35 6.0 2560
54. Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2625 = 76 + 79 = 53 +119 = 37 - 13 - 17 = 83 + 84 - 63 + 94 6.0 2569
55. Nyback, Tomi g FIN 2562 = 98 +120 - 14 +109 = 18 = 45 + 41 - 6 - 22 +114 = 38 6.0 2574
56. Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2585 = 99 =111 +116 - 2 +103 = 74 = 89 = 20 = 70 = 37 = 52 6.0 2531
57. Lutz, Christopher g GER 2609 = 85 = 81 - 71 =126 +102 = 60 = 83 = 94 = 44 = 87 + 89 6.0 2522
58. Erenburg, Sergey g ISR 2573 =103 + 74 - 1 - 92 = 78 +113 + 91 - 30 = 71 = 72 + 98 6.0 2514
59. Van den Doel, Erik g NED 2571 - 42 +121 =109 - 61 =113 + 97 = 82 = 79 + 76 = 66 = 47 6.0 2515
60. Hillarp Persson, Tiger g SWE 2548 - 4 =102 - 77 +132 + 96 = 57 +121 = 29 + 65 = 31 - 18 6.0 2546
61. Iotov, Valentin m BUL 2420 + 51 = 47 - 46 + 59 - 13 - 87 + + 95 = 29 = 52 = 62 6.0 2545
62. Winants, Luc g BEL 2535 +134 - 36 =122 = 47 - 66 =120 +106 = 41 + 97 = 38 = 61 6.0 2455
63. Kuzubov, Yuriy g UKR 2544 -112 +125 = 66 +122 - 6 - 50 +120 +107 = 38 + 54 - 14 6.0 2487
64. Heberla, Bartlomiej m POL 2487 = 35 = 40 = 65 - 13 +131 +135 = 52 - 43 = 72 = 91 + 88 6.0 2581
65. Kempinski, Robert g POL 2619 - 33 +106 = 64 + 50 = 49 + 21 - 34 = 48 - 60 = 68 = 77 5.5 2493
66. Esen, Baris m TUR 2419 + 52 - 37 = 63 = 10 + 62 - 51 =119 = 88 + 83 = 59 - 28 5.5 2551
67. Graf, Alexander g GER 2604 + 78 - 28 + 85 = 49 = 20 + 99 + 43 = 26 - 33 - 24 - 32 5.5 2506
68. Brkic, Ante m CRO 2506 = 8 = 2 = 11 - 29 +111 =103 = 99 - 73 + 96 = 65 = 69 5.5 2557
69. Kacheishvili, Giorgi g GEO 2599 + 50 +110 = 33 = 19 - 25 = 88 - 32 = 76 + 79 - 49 = 68 5.5 2514
70. Cvitan, Ognjen g CRO 2528 = 2 = 8 = 73 - 11 +126 = 71 +103 = 39 = 56 - 40 = 74 5.5 2557
71. Jovanic, Ognjen m CRO 2477 - 39 +128 + 57 - 5 = 48 = 70 - 80 + 90 = 58 = 75 = 72 5.5 2525
72. Mchedlishvili, Mikheil g GEO 2568 +121 - 42 +111 = 15 = 45 = 41 - 50 = 93 = 64 = 58 = 71 5.5 2522
73. Delchev, Aleksander g BUL 2661 + 82 - 88 = 70 - 42 - 50 +118 +109 + 68 = 23 - 21 = 79 5.5 2498
74. Bindrich, Falko f GER 2401 = 46 - 58 = 82 +110 + 79 = 56 - 47 = 75 +100 - 48 = 70 5.5 2546
75. Predojevic, Borki g BIH 2553 = 86 =103 = 99 + 95 = 40 - 27 = 79 = 74 = 91 = 71 = 78 5.5 2483
76. Perez Candelario, Manuel m ESP 2511 = 54 = 11 - 40 = 96 =104 =102 + 86 = 69 - 59 = 92 +115 5.5 2474
77. Pashikian, Arman m ARM 2472 - 12 =124 + 60 = 80 + 90 = 39 - 36 - 22 =114 +100 = 65 5.5 2525
78. Kovacevic, Blazimir m CRO 2463 - 67 -122 =132 + 98 = 58 + 90 = 21 - 38 =106 +110 = 75 5.5 2451
79. Stevic, Hrvoje g CRO 2512 = 11 - 54 = 86 +118 - 74 +104 = 75 = 59 - 69 +121 = 73 5.5 2503
80. Sedlak, Nikola g SCG 2518 -101 +118 = 92 = 77 = 91 = 81 + 71 = 89 - 51 - 44 + 99 5.5 2465
81. Guliev, Sarhan g AZE 2484 = 18 = 57 - 31 +123 = 47 = 80 - 23 +108 - 45 =104 +112 5.5 2482
82. Narciso Dublan, Marc g ESP 2525 - 73 =129 = 74 + 86 +101 - 16 = 59 - 51 + 99 - 46 +114 5.5 2478
83. Jankovic, Alojzije m CRO 2485 - 14 +114 - 8 +116 - 99 +101 = 57 = 54 - 66 =107 +117 5.5 2493
84. Iskusnyh, Sergei g RUS 2510 = 15 = 45 - 41 -121 +129 =106 =108 +117 - 54 =112 +111 5.5 2471
85. Itkis, Boris m ROM 2474 = 57 = 18 - 67 =133 +122 - 47 -114 +103 +118 - 53 +104 5.5 2428
86. Meier, Georg GER 2424 = 75 - 46 = 79 - 82 =124 +131 - 76 =110 = 90 +103 +107 5.5 2456
87. Hulak, Krunoslav g CRO 2541 +123 - 6 +112 = 18 - 12 + 61 + 38 - 31 - 39 = 57 - 50 5.0 2482
88. Svetushkin, Dmitry g MDA 2557 +129 + 73 = 4 = 35 - 1 = 69 - 15 = 66 + 93 - 14 - 64 5.0 2516
89. Romanov, Evgeny m RUS 2489 - 6 =123 =124 +112 = 23 +100 = 56 = 80 = 47 - 42 - 57 5.0 2448
90. Godena, Michele g ITA 2505 +131 = 29 = 9 - 7 - 77 - 78 + 96 - 71 = 86 +118 = 92 5.0 2420
91. Iljushin, Alexei g RUS 2527 - 38 =127 =123 +124 = 80 = 23 - 58 +104 = 75 = 64 - 41 5.0 2426
92. Manca, Federico m ITA 2416 - 53 +136 = 80 + 58 - 31 - 48 +110 = 21 - 49 = 76 = 90 5.0 2452
93. Aroshidze, Levan m GEO 2490 = 40 - 35 =102 +114 - 52 = 22 +122 = 72 - 88 - 98 +121 5.0 2433
94. Mastrovasilis, Athanasios g GRE 2508 - 22 +133 - 45 +125 =121 = 46 = 53 = 57 - 41 +106 - 54 5.0 2486
95. Blatny, Pavel g CZE 2483 = 45 - 15 + 98 - 75 =106 +125 - 46 - 61 -108 +123 +120 5.0 2414
96. Gasthofer, Alexander m GER 2418 - 47 - 51 +115 = 76 - 60 +123 - 90 +122 - 68 +125 = 97 5.0 2391
97. Kosintseva, Tatiana m RUS 2479 - 1 =104 =129 -102 +127 - 59 +130 +116 - 62 =115 = 96 5.0 2355
98. Erdogdu, Mert m TUR 2345 = 55 - 16 - 95 - 78 +138 -122 =124 +123 +126 + 93 - 58 5.0 2340
99. Weiss, Christian m AUT 2437 = 56 = 31 = 75 = 23 + 83 - 67 = 68 - 53 - 82 +108 - 80 4.5 2463
100. Galego, Luis g POR 2538 +104 = 1 = 7 = 40 - 30 - 89 =116 +105 - 74 - 77 =106 4.5 2430
101. Guliev, Logman m AZE 2374 + 80 - 17 = 23 = 22 - 82 - 83 -104 +124 -110 +126 =109 4.5 2417
102. Vehi Bach, Victor M m ESP 2385 - 23 = 60 = 93 + 97 - 57 = 76 -107 +113 -111 =109 =110 4.5 2438
103. Erturan, Yakup f TUR 2365 = 58 = 75 +110 = 31 - 56 = 68 - 70 - 85 =117 - 86 +131 4.5 2426
104. Logothetis, Sotirios GRE 2298 -100 = 97 =107 =113 = 76 - 79 +101 - 91 +116 = 81 - 85 4.5 2414
105. Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel m ESP 2518 = 7 - 30 +127 - 51 = 22 - 53 +125 -100 -112 +130 =108 4.5 2397
106. Safarli, Eltaj f AZE 2391 -135 - 65 +130 = 24 = 95 = 84 - 62 +131 = 78 - 94 =100 4.5 2406
107. Williams, Simon m ENG 2452 = 30 - 7 =104 +129 =119 - 10 +102 - 63 =115 = 83 - 86 4.5 2393
108. Saric, Ivan CRO 2351 - 37 - 52 =131 =127 =128 +115 = 84 - 81 + 95 - 99 =105 4.5 2350
109. Saric, Ante m CRO 2455 - 9 +115 = 59 - 55 -135 +128 - 73 -118 +132 =102 =101 4.5 2376
110. Rogic, Davor m CRO 2533 +130 - 69 -103 - 74 =114 +132 - 92 = 86 +101 - 78 =102 4.5 2322
111. Steingrimsson, Hedinn m ISL 2439 = 31 = 56 - 72 =135 - 68 +133 - 22 +129 +102 - 32 - 84 4.5 2435
112. Soltanici, Ruslan m MDA 2315 + 63 - 43 - 87 - 89 -120 -130 +136 +134 +105 = 84 - 81 4.5 2324
113. Kosintseva, Nadezhda m RUS 2480 - 29 +131 - 52 =104 = 59 - 58 =129 -102 -130 +127 +132 4.5 2322
114. Michalczak, Thomas f GER 2361 - 32 - 83 +137 - 93 =110 +126 + 85 =119 = 77 - 55 - 82 4.5 2397
115. Yeke, Serkan TUR 2255 - 25 -109 - 96 +134 =118 -108 +133 +120 =107 = 97 - 76 4.5 2325
116. Atakisi, Umut m TUR 2441 - 36 +134 - 56 - 83 =123 +124 =100 - 97 -104 =128 +129 4.5 2307
117. Haznedaroglu, Kivanc m TUR 2438 - 13 +137 +135 - 9 = 10 =119 - 24 - 84 =103 +129 - 83 4.5 2394
118. Vuilleumier, Alex f SUI 2354 - 17 - 80 +138 - 79 =115 - 73 +128 +109 - 85 - 90 +130 4.5 2326
119. Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2562 +132 = 27 = 38 - 54 =107 =117 = 66 =114 . . . 4.0 2470
120. Zueger, Beat m SUI 2433 = 16 - 55 = 24 - 48 +112 = 62 - 63 -115 =128 +134 - 95 4.0 2310
121. Seeman, Tarvo m EST 2422 - 72 - 59 +128 + 84 = 94 = 24 - 60 + - 21 - 79 - 93 4.0 2353
122. Almond, Richard ENG 2073 - 28 + 78 = 62 - 63 - 85 + 98 - 93 - 96 -129 =133 +138 4.0 2290
123. Kurmann, Oliver f SUI 2296 - 87 = 89 = 91 - 81 =116 - 96 =126 - 98 +136 - 95 +133 4.0 2305
124. Can, Emre TUR 2281 - 21 = 77 = 89 - 91 = 86 -116 = 98 -101 -127 +138 +136 4.0 2243
125. Lanzani, Mario m ITA 2356 - 43 - 63 +134 - 94 +136 - 95 -105 =130 +131 - 96 =128 4.0 2234
126. Arlandi, Ennio m ITA 2458 - 5 +138 - 18 = 57 - 70 -114 =123 +127 - 98 -101 +134 4.0 2252
127. Ziska, Helgi Dam FAI 2286 - 10 = 91 -105 =108 - 97 -129 +138 -126 +124 -113 +137 4.0 2248
128. Makoli, Perparim SCG 2251 - 49 - 71 -121 +137 =108 -109 -118 +138 =120 =116 =125 4.0 2236
129. Aleskerov, Faik AZE 2309 - 88 = 82 = 97 -107 - 84 +127 =113 -111 +122 -117 -116 3.5 2292
130. Yagiz, Yasin Emrah TUR 2209 -110 - 50 -106 -131 +134 +112 - 97 =125 +113 -105 -118 3.5 2242
131. Duman, Aydin TUR 2214 - 90 -113 =108 +130 - 64 - 86 +132 -106 -125 +137 -103 3.5 2215
132. Simeonidis, Ioannis GRE 2261 -119 - 44 = 78 - 60 +137 -110 -131 +133 -109 +136 -113 3.5 2235
133. Bogner, Sebastian m GER 2299 - 26 - 94 +136 = 85 - 24 -111 -115 -132 +137 =122 -123 3.0 2136
134. Karagollu,Ahmet TUR ---- - 62 -116 -125 -115 -130 +136 +137 -112 +138 -120 -126 3.0 2088
135. Agrest, Evgenij g SWE 2591 +106 - 33 -117 =111 +109 - 64 . . . . . 2.5 2383
136. Tezok,Cevdet Sinan TUR ---- - 20 - 92 -133 +138 -125 -134 -112 +137 -123 -132 -124 2.0 1976
137. Porligil,Suleyman TUR ---- - 19 -117 -114 -128 -132 +138 -134 -136 -133 -131 -127 1.0 1847
138. De Lange, Hans NED 1901 - 34 -126 -118 -136 - 98 -137 -127 -128 -134 -124 -122 0.0
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7th ch-Euro w Kusadasi TUR (TUR), 4-17 iv 2006
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1. Atalik, Ekaterina wg RUS 2399 +52 =38 +75 =20 +46 =32 +19 +21 = 2 +27 = 3 8.5 2544
2. Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea m NED 2381 +71 = 4 +76 +39 =21 +19 = 3 +36 = 1 = 5 = 8 8.0 2517
3. Zhukova, Natalia wg UKR 2432 +16 =30 +49 =23 =55 +41 = 2 =20 =19 +31 = 1 7.5 2454
4. Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2499 +53 = 2 =20 -46 +43 =22 +41 =33 +32 = 7 +26 7.5 2461
5. Dembo, Yelena m GRE 2461 =61 +59 -55 +60 +39 +26 =21 +32 =27 = 2 = 6 7.5 2481
6. Muzychuk, Anna wg SLO 2417 +60 +42 =23 =55 -34 +49 =30 = 8 +45 +13 = 5 7.5 2475
7. Kadimova, Ilaha wg AZE 2310 =77 -83 =59 +79 =90 +14 +40 =11 +25 = 4 +28 7.5 2415
8. Gvetadze, Sopio wm GEO 2257 -12 =84 +72 +38 =35 +66 =13 = 6 +36 +21 = 2 7.5 2485
9. Gaponenko, Inna m UKR 2437 +17 =26 -30 +74 +51 =55 =34 =45 =11 +49 +20 7.5 2467
10. Mkrtchian, Lilit m ARM 2453 =47 -19 =57 =48 =71 +54 +82 +42 +33 +20 =12 7.5 2390
11. Sedina, Elena m ITA 2371 -19 +86 -69 +68 +81 =56 +46 = 7 = 9 +48 +27 7.5 2371
12. Paehtz, Elisabeth m GER 2422 + 8 =55 -39 +17 =49 =45 +69 +26 -20 +30 =10 7.0 2434
13. Ushenina, Anna wg UKR 2398 +44 =43 =45 =41 -22 +59 = 8 +17 +47 - 6 +33 7.0 2399
14. Sebag, Marie m FRA 2415 +62 -23 -31 =59 +52 - 7 +78 +65 +50 =34 +19 7.0 2373
15. Moser, Eva m AUT 2374 =57 =31 =81 =58 =60 -48 +52 =64 +56 +46 +34 7.0 2342
16. Przezdziecka, Marta wf POL 2202 - 3 +67 -33 =70 -82 +57 +72 +75 +35 =37 +36 7.0 2360
17. Velcheva, Maria wg BUL 2286 - 9 =70 +87 -12 +76 +38 =35 -13 +63 +55 +37 7.0 2435
18. Melia, Salome wg GEO 2390 +78 +46 -19 -69 -58 -81 +68 +90 +64 +43 +31 7.0 2333
19. Muzychuk, Mariya wm UKR 2167 +11 +10 +18 =32 +27 - 2 - 1 +29 = 3 =28 -14 6.5 2468
20. Chelushkina, Irina wg SCG 2312 +93 +37 = 4 = 1 =23 =25 +24 = 3 +12 -10 - 9 6.5 2460
21. Peptan, Corina-Isabela m ROM 2407 +64 +41 =89 +26 = 2 +34 = 5 - 1 =28 - 8 =22 6.5 2418
22. Djingarova, Emilia wg BUL 2346 =86 +72 =36 =35 +13 = 4 -27 +56 =37 =25 =21 6.5 2387
23. Houska, Jovanka m ENG 2355 +90 +14 = 6 = 3 =20 +62 =32 -27 -31 =47 +48 6.5 2396
24. Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2409 =31 +47 +66 =34 =32 =33 -20 +43 =30 -26 +50 6.5 2395
25. Javakhishvili, Lela m GEO 2444 +81 +50 -32 =31 +56 =20 =33 =30 - 7 =22 +49 6.5 2375
26. Turova, Irina m RUS 2379 +70 = 9 +38 -21 +75 - 5 +62 -12 +60 +24 - 4 6.5 2434
27. Zawadzka, Jolanta wg POL 2378 +68 =76 +83 +89 -19 =30 +22 +23 = 5 - 1 -11 6.5 2359
28. Khurtsidze, Nino m GEO 2430 +73 -32 -62 +78 +53 =46 +75 +31 =21 =19 - 7 6.5 2359
29. Lomineishvili, Maia m GEO 2418 +69 =75 =56 =62 =31 +58 =36 -19 =46 =32 +47 6.5 2336
30. Botsari, Anna-Maria wg GRE 2341 +67 = 3 + 9 =40 =36 =27 = 6 =25 =24 -12 =35 6.0 2420
31. Khotenashvili, Bela GEO 2316 =24 =15 +14 =25 =29 +37 +55 -28 +23 - 3 -18 6.0 2442
32. Dworakowska, Joanna m POL 2370 +79 +28 +25 =19 =24 = 1 =23 - 5 - 4 =29 =40 6.0 2415
33. Shadrina, Tatiana wg RUS 2377 -76 +68 +16 +43 =69 =24 =25 = 4 -10 +45 -13 6.0 2362
34. Zdebskaja, Natalia wg UKR 2326 =94 +77 +63 =24 + 6 -21 = 9 -37 +40 =14 -15 6.0 2370
35. Vasilevich, Tatjana m UKR 2385 =59 +61 =43 =22 = 8 =42 =17 =49 -16 +65 =30 6.0 2324
36. Danielian, Elina m ARM 2423 +74 =45 =22 +42 =30 +69 =29 - 2 - 8 +41 -16 6.0 2343
37. Peng Zhaoqin g NED 2407 +48 -20 =58 =81 +54 -31 +73 +34 =22 =16 -17 6.0 2319
38. Dzagnidze, Nana m GEO 2452 +65 = 1 -26 - 8 +85 -17 +59 +61 -49 +44 =39 6.0 2322
39. Zozulia, Anna m UKR 2366 =56 +57 +12 - 2 - 5 =70 +81 =60 -48 +54 =38 6.0 2324
40. Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan m GEO 2426 +54 -89 +73 =30 -41 +65 - 7 +62 -34 +60 =32 6.0 2345
41. Hryhorenko, Nataliya wm UKR 2323 +82 -21 +78 =13 +40 - 3 - 4 =58 +67 -36 +68 6.0 2339
42. Juergens, Vera wg GER 2330 +88 - 6 +48 -36 +57 =35 =56 -10 -44 +82 +67 6.0 2271
43. Makropoulou, Marina wg GRE 2284 +96 =13 =35 -33 - 4 +71 +44 -24 +57 -18 +55 6.0 2348
44. Cherednichenko, Svetlana wm UKR 2196 -13 +96 -46 +67 -66 +53 -43 +73 +42 -38 +62 6.0 2307
45. Kursova, Maria wm RUS 2319 +87 =36 =13 -56 +64 =12 +48 = 9 - 6 -33 =46 5.5 2311
46. Majdan, Joanna wm POL 2256 +95 -18 +44 + 4 - 1 =28 -11 +69 =29 -15 =45 5.5 2327
47. Burtasova, Anna wm RUS 2274 =10 -24 -71 =80 +79 +68 +66 +55 -13 =23 -29 5.5 2310
48. Andriasian, Siranush wm ARM 2280 -37 +93 -42 =10 +80 +15 -45 +89 +39 -11 -23 5.5 2317
49. Nill, Jessica wm GER 2339 +91 =63 - 3 +71 =12 - 6 +70 =35 +38 - 9 -25 5.5 2344
50. Aginian, Nelly wg ARM 2319 +80 -25 -60 -90 +72 =64 +84 +82 -14 +52 -24 5.5 2220
51. Petrenko, Svetlana m MDA 2346 =72 -56 +52 +76 - 9 -82 =90 -67 +87 =64 +71 5.5 2156
52. Lematschko, Tatjana wg SUI 2180 - 1 =65 -51 +94 -14 +80 -15 +83 +61 -50 +75 5.5 2269
53. Maksimovic, Suzana wg SCG 2276 - 4 =71 =85 +91 -28 -44 -57 +80 =59 +90 +79 5.5 2212
54. Dragomirescu, Angela wm ROM 2255 -40 =85 +94 =63 -37 -10 =71 +79 +91 -39 +70 5.5 2253
55. Zielinska, Marta wg POL 2398 +84 =12 + 5 = 6 = 3 = 9 -31 -47 +58 -17 -43 5.0 2301
56. Topel, Zehra wf TUR 2103 =39 +51 =29 +45 -25 =11 =42 -22 -15 =66 =65 5.0 2322
57. Makka, Ioulia wm GRE 2198 =15 -39 =10 +61 -42 -16 +53 +66 -43 =75 =58 5.0 2281
58. Schuurman, Petra f NED 2234 -63 +91 =37 =15 +18 -29 =89 =41 -55 =70 =57 5.0 2280
59. Stojanovic, Andjelija wf SCG 2193 =35 - 5 = 7 =14 +77 -13 -38 =70 =53 =72 +82 5.0 2224
60. Muhren, Bianca wm NED 2241 - 6 +88 +50 - 5 =15 =89 +63 =39 -26 -40 =66 5.0 2319
61. Benderac, Ana wg SCG 2302 = 5 -35 =84 -57 +67 =78 +83 -38 -52 +76 =64 5.0 2198
62. Mamedjarova, Turkan wm AZE 2308 -14 +90 +28 =29 +89 -23 -26 -40 =70 +78 -44 5.0 2276
63. Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino m GER 2421 +58 =49 -34 =54 =65 =73 -60 +81 -17 -68 +84 5.0 2227
64. Bensdorp, Marlies wm NED 2230 -21 =82 +86 =66 -45 =50 +93 =15 -18 =51 =61 5.0 2229
65. Fakhiridou, Ekaterini wm GRE 2292 -38 =52 =70 +84 =63 -40 +85 -14 +76 -35 =56 5.0 2231
66. Motoc, Alina wf ROM 2342 =83 +94 -24 =64 +44 - 8 -47 -57 +72 =56 =60 5.0 2155
67. Isgandarova, Khayala AZE 2058 -30 -16 +93 -44 -61 +92 +74 +51 -41 +69 -42 5.0 2206
68. Shukurova, Meihriban wm AZE 2207 -27 -33 +77 -11 +92 -47 -18 +94 +73 +63 -41 5.0 2224
69. Gavasheli, Ana GEO 2202 -29 +92 +11 +18 =33 -36 -12 -46 =82 -67 =77 4.5 2186
70. Gilbert, Jessie wf ENG 2098 -26 =17 =65 =16 +74 =39 -49 =59 =62 =58 -54 4.5 2218
71. Pavlovskaia, Evgenia wf SWE 2182 - 2 =53 +47 -49 =10 -43 =54 -72 +83 +91 -51 4.5 2196
72. Kubikova, Alena wf CZE 2098 =51 -22 - 8 +86 -50 +76 -16 +71 -66 =59 =74 4.5 2172
73. Tsiganova, Monika wm EST 2282 -28 +79 -40 =85 +83 =63 -37 -44 -68 +86 =78 4.5 2179
74. Eckhardt, Claudia GER 2260 -36 =87 +82 - 9 -70 -83 -67 +88 +80 =77 =72 4.5 2059
75. Calotescu, Ana-Cristina wg ROM 2330 +92 =29 - 1 +83 -26 +90 -28 -16 =78 =57 -52 4.5 2182
76. Andersson, Christin SWE 2170 +33 =27 - 2 -51 -17 -72 +94 +93 -65 -61 +91 4.5 2178
77. Steil-Antoni, Fiona LUX 1939 = 7 -34 -68 +87 -59 -84 -80 +96 +85 =74 =69 4.5 2112
78. Bashkite, Viktoria wm EST 2217 -18 +95 -41 -28 +91 =61 -14 +85 =75 -62 =73 4.5 2209
79. Van Weersel, Arlette NED 2169 -32 -73 +92 - 7 -47 =88 +86 -54 +93 +81 -53 4.5 2140
80. Bensdorp, Laura NED 2080 -50 -81 +95 =47 -48 -52 +77 -53 -74 +94 +90 4.5 2115
81. Smokina, Karolina wg MDA 2283 -25 +80 =15 =37 -11 +18 -39 -63 =90 -79 =85 4.0 2198
82. Ozturk, Kubra TUR 2034 -41 =64 -74 +88 +16 +51 -10 -50 =69 -42 -59 4.0 2162
83. Norinkeviciute, Rasa LTU 2073 =66 + 7 -27 -75 -73 +74 -61 -52 -71 =93 +94 4.0 2142
84. Khudaverdieva, Afag AZE 2153 -55 = 8 =61 -65 =93 +77 -50 -91 =86 +87 -63 4.0 2098
85. Mira, Helene wm AUT 2140 -89 =54 =53 =73 -38 +94 -65 -78 -77 +92 =81 4.0 2121
86. Cherednichenko, Elena UKR 2000 =22 -11 -64 -72 =87 =91 -79 +95 =84 -73 +96 4.0 2064
87. Coimbra, Margarida wf POR 2083 -45 =74 -17 -77 =86 -93 +96 +92 -51 -84 +95 4.0 2031
88. Sommer, Sonja AUT 2047 -42 -60 -90 -82 +95 =79 -91 -74 =92 +96 +93 4.0 2029
89. Klinova, Masha m ISR 2353 +85 +40 =21 -27 -62 =60 =58 -48 . . . 3.5 2258
90. Umudova, Nargiz AZE 2145 -23 -62 +88 +50 = 7 -75 =51 -18 =81 -53 -80 3.5 2143
91. Wilson, Alexandra wf SUI 2101 -49 -58 +96 -53 -78 =86 +88 +84 -54 -71 -76 3.5 2037
92. Makka, Evanthia GRE 2077 -75 -69 -79 +96 -68 -67 +95 -87 =88 -85 +97 3.5 1979
93. Bulmaga, Irina wf MDA 2088 -20 -48 -67 +95 =84 +87 -64 -76 -79 =83 -88 3.0 1968
94. Agrest, Inna SWE 2030 =34 -66 -54 -52 +96 -85 -76 -68 +95 -80 -83 2.5 1950
95. Tulay,Seray TUR ---- -46 -78 -80 -93 -88 +96 -92 -86 -94 +97 -87 2.0 1817
96. Menzi,Ezgi TUR ---- -43 -44 -91 -92 -94 -95 -87 -77 +97 -88 -86 1.0 1685
97. BYE ---- . . . . . . . . -96 -95 -92 0.0
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The Danish Chess Championships took place in Aalborg, Denmark 8th-17th
April 2006.
The Championships introduced a whole new tournament system, Gladiator
Chess, where the players will be playing a game at normal time settings (40
moves in 100 minutes + 30 minutes, and adding 30 seconds per move).
In case of a draw, they continued to play, colours reversed, a
game of rapid chess with the time settings 25 minutes + 10 seconds per move. In
case of yet a draw, players will continue to play, colours changing at every
game, blitz chess, 10 minutes + 5 seconds per move until a game is decided.
Thus, only 1’s and 0’s counted.
Sune Berg Hansen took first (he had the most victories in the standard
time rate games) from Nicolai Vesterbaek Pedersen in 2nd, Karsten Rasmussen in
3rd and Steffen Pedersen in fourth. The top two were unaffected by the
format.
News: Thomas Heine Bech.
Official live coverage:
http://www.skak-dm.dk/2006/Live/live.htm
Official standings:
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1. Hansen, Sune Berg g DEN 2555 * 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 6.0 2539
2. Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek m DEN 2517 1 * 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 6.0 2544
3. Rasmussen, Karsten m DEN 2449 1 1 * 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 2551
4. Pedersen, Steffen m DEN 2446 0 1 0 * 0 1 1 1 1 1 6.0 2552
5. Pilgaard, Kim m DEN 2417 0 0 1 1 * 0 1 1 1 0 5.0 2473
6. Aagaard, Jacob m SCO 2447 1 0 0 0 1 * 0 1 1 1 5.0 2469
7. Kongsted, Halfdan DEN 2245 0 1 0 0 0 1 * 0 0 1 3.0 2324
8. Glud, Jacob Vang f DEN 2421 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 * 0 1 3.0 2304
9. Berg, Klaus m DEN 2399 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 * 1 3.0 2307
10. Bekker-Jensen, Simon m DEN 2393 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 * 2.0 2212
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Conventional Standings:
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1. Hansen, Sune Berg g DEN 2555 * = = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 6.5 2580
2. Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek m DEN 2517 = * 1 = = = = 1 1 = 6.0 2544
3. Aagaard, Jacob m SCO 2447 = 0 * = 1 1 = 1 1 = 6.0 2551
4. Rasmussen, Karsten m DEN 2449 = = = * = = 1 = = 1 5.5 2506
5. Pilgaard, Kim m DEN 2417 0 = 0 = * 0 1 1 1 1 5.0 2473
6. Bekker-Jensen, Simon m DEN 2393 = = 0 = 1 * = = 0 = 4.0 2389
7. Pedersen, Steffen m DEN 2446 0 = = 0 0 = * 1 1 = 4.0 2384
8. Glud, Jacob Vang f DEN 2421 = 0 0 = 0 = 0 * = 1 3.0 2304
9. Berg, Klaus m DEN 2399 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 = * 1 3.0 2307
10. Kongsted, Halfdan DEN 2245 0 = = 0 0 = = 0 0 * 2.0 2229
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Round 3 (April 10, 2006)
Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek - Hansen, Sune Berg 1/2 74 D15 Slav Defence
Aagaard, Jacob - Kongsted, Halfdan 1/2 77 B28 Sicilian Early a7-a6
Pilgaard, Kim - Rasmussen, Karsten 1/2 63 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Pedersen, Steffen - Bekker-Jensen, Simon 1/2 22 E94 King's Indian Classical
Glud, Jacob Vang - Berg, Klaus 1/2 28 A12 Reti Opening
Gladiator Results Round 3 (April 10, 2006)
Rapid
Hansen, Sune Berg - Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek 0-1 30 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Rasmussen, Karsten - Pilgaard, Kim 1/2 36 A29 English Four Knights
Bekker-Jensen, Simon - Pedersen, Steffen 1/2 27 D15 Slav Defence
Kongsted, Halfdan - Aagaard, Jacob 1-0 27 E15 Queens Indian
Berg, Klaus - Glud, Jacob Vang 1-0 33 D00 Queen's Pawn Game
Blitz
Pedersen, Steffen - Bekker-Jensen, Simon 1-0 40 E94 King's Indian Classical
Pilgaard, Kim - Rasmussen, Karsten 1-0 43 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Round 4 (April 11, 2006)
Hansen, Sune Berg - Aagaard, Jacob 1/2 47 B84 Sicilian Scheveningen
Rasmussen, Karsten - Kongsted, Halfdan 1-0 28 D11 Slav Defence
Pilgaard, Kim - Glud, Jacob Vang 1-0 57 B43 Sicilian Paulsen
Bekker-Jensen, Simon - Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek 1/2 25 E46 Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Berg, Klaus - Pedersen, Steffen 0-1 32 D00 Queen's Pawn Game
Gladiator Results Round 4 (April 11, 2006)
Rapid
Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek - Bekker-Jensen, Simon 1-0 56 A65 Benoni
Aagaard, Jacob - Hansen, Sune Berg 1-0 83 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 5 (April 12, 2006)
Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek - Berg, Klaus 1-0 31 D27 QGA
Aagaard, Jacob - Bekker-Jensen, Simon 1-0 42 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Pedersen, Steffen - Pilgaard, Kim 0-1 28 A32 English Symmetrical
Glud, Jacob Vang - Rasmussen, Karsten 1/2 35 D00 Queen's Pawn Game
Kongsted, Halfdan - Hansen, Sune Berg 0-1 34 D27 QGA
Gladiator Results Round 5 (April 12, 2006)
Rasmussen, Karsten - Glud, Jacob Vang 0-1 45 D61 Queens Gambit Main Line with 7.Qc2
Round 6 (April 13, 2006)
Rasmussen, Karsten - Hansen, Sune Berg 1/2 27 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Pilgaard, Kim - Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek 1/2 9 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Bekker-Jensen, Simon - Kongsted, Halfdan 1/2 25 D15 Slav Defence
Glud, Jacob Vang - Pedersen, Steffen 0-1 48 D15 Slav Defence
Berg, Klaus - Aagaard, Jacob 0-1 25 D00 Queen's Pawn Game
Gladiator Results Round 6 (April 13, 2006)
Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek - Pilgaard, Kim 1-0 34 E29 Nimzo Indian Saemisch
Hansen, Sune Berg - Rasmussen, Karsten 0-1 29 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Kongsted, Halfdan - Bekker-Jensen, Simon 0-1 40 A64 Benoni
Round 7 (April 14, 2006)
Hansen, Sune Berg - Bekker-Jensen, Simon 1/2 10 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek - Glud, Jacob Vang 1-0 62 D31 Semi-Slav Defence
Aagaard, Jacob - Pilgaard, Kim 1-0 42 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Pedersen, Steffen - Rasmussen, Karsten 0-1 36 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Kongsted, Halfdan - Berg, Klaus 0-1 37 D22 QGA
Gladiator Results Round 7 (April 14, 2006)
Rapid
Bekker-Jensen, Simon - Hansen, Sune Berg 1/2 54 D35 QGD Exchange
Blitz
Hansen, Sune Berg - Bekker-Jensen, Simon 1/2 51 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Bekker-Jensen, Simon - Hansen, Sune Berg 1/2 36 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Hansen, Sune Berg - Bekker-Jensen, Simon 1-0 52 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 8 (April 15, 2006)
Rasmussen, Karsten - Bekker-Jensen, Simon 1/2 80 E72 King's Indian with g2-g3 and Nge2
Pilgaard, Kim - Kongsted, Halfdan 1-0 29 B43 Sicilian Paulsen
Pedersen, Steffen - Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek 1/2 40 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Glud, Jacob Vang - Aagaard, Jacob 0-1 27 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Berg, Klaus - Hansen, Sune Berg 0-1 39 D00 Queen's Pawn Game
Gladiator Results Round 8 (April 15, 2006)
Rapid
Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek - Pedersen, Steffen 1/2 51 D11 Slav Defence
Bekker-Jensen, Simon - Rasmussen, Karsten 1-0 48 D16 Slav Lasker/Smyslov
Blitz
Pedersen, Steffen - Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek 1-0 38 E20 Nimzo Indian
Round 9 (April 16, 2006)
Hansen, Sune Berg - Pilgaard, Kim 1-0 17 C55 Two Knights Defence
Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek - Rasmussen, Karsten 1/2 64 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Aagaard, Jacob - Pedersen, Steffen 1/2 46 D59 Queens Gambit Tartakover
Bekker-Jensen, Simon - Berg, Klaus 0-1 43 A40 Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Kongsted, Halfdan - Glud, Jacob Vang 0-1 39 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Gladiator Results Round 9 (April 16, 2006)
Rapid
Pedersen, Steffen - Aagaard, Jacob 1/2 77 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Rasmussen, Karsten - Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek 1/2 69 A17 English Opening
Blitz
Aagaard, Jacob - Pedersen, Steffen 0-1 38 C54 Giuoco Piano
Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek - Rasmussen, Karsten 0-1 64 B06 Modern Defence
The 43rd National 'A' Indian Men's Chess Championship 2006 takes place
in Visakhapatnam 3rd-17th April 2006. Tejas Bakre withdrew after playing his
first game due to illness.
Official site: http://www.avdca.cjb.net/ and
http://www.indianchessfed.org
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43rd ch-IND Visakhapatnam IND (IND), 3-17 iv 2006 cat. VIII (2442)
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1. Deepan, Chakkravarthy J m IND 2428 * = 1 . = 0 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 0 = = 1 1 1 = 13.5 2596
2. Ganguly, Surya Shekhar g IND 2579 = * 1 = 0 = 1 = . 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 13.0 2565
3. Singh, D.P IND 2395 0 0 * = = 1 = 0 1 . 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 0 1 1 1 13.0 2575
4. Sandipan, Chanda g IND 2522 . = = * 0 1 0 = = = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 13.0 2571
5. Kunte, Abhijit g IND 2551 = 1 = 1 * = = = = 1 1 = . 0 = 1 1 = 1 = = 12.5 2554
6. Koneru, Humpy g IND 2537 1 = 0 0 = * = . 0 = 1 = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 12.5 2556
7. Venkatesh, M.R m IND 2438 0 0 = 1 = = * = 1 = = 1 0 = 1 1 . 1 1 = 1 12.0 2539
8. Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi m IND 2393 = = 1 = = . = * = = 1 = 1 = = = = 0 = 1 = 11.0 2496
9. Sundararajan, Kidambi m IND 2495 0 . 0 = = 1 0 = * = = = 1 = = = = 1 = 1 1 10.5 2468
10. Ramesh, R.B g IND 2491 = 0 . = 0 = = = = * = 0 0 = 1 = = 1 1 = = 9.0 2421
11. Thejkumar, M. S IND 2384 0 = 0 = 0 0 = 0 = = * 1 = 1 = = = 1 0 1 . 8.5 2411
12. Gupta, Abhijeet m IND 2434 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = = 1 0 * 1 = 1 1 = 1 . = 0 8.5 2408
13. Ravi, Lanka m IND 2423 0 = 0 0 . = 1 0 0 1 = 0 * 1 = = 0 = = = 1 8.0 2380
14. Arun Prasad, S m IND 2384 0 0 0 0 1 0 = = = = 0 = 0 * = . 1 1 1 = = 8.0 2387
15. Sharma, Dinesh K m IND 2370 1 0 = = = 0 0 = = 0 = 0 = = * = 1 = = 0 = 8.0 2373
16. Sivanandan, B.S IND 2452 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 = = = = 0 = . = * = = = 1 = 7.0 2349
17. Das, Arghyadip IND 2402 = 0 0 0 0 0 . = = = = = 1 0 0 = * 0 1 = 1 7.0 2349
18. Girinath, P.D.S m IND 2350 0 0 1 = = 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 = 0 = = 1 * = . = 6.5 2329
19. Himanshu, Sharma IND 2411 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 1 . = 0 = = 0 = * 1 = 6.5 2327
20. Sriram, Jha m IND 2444 0 1 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 = 0 = = = 1 0 = . 0 * = 6.0 2313
21. Kamble, Vikramaditya IND 2403 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 = . 1 0 = = = 0 = = = * 6.0 2314
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32nd ch-IND w Visakhapatnam IND (IND), 3-17 iv 2006
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1. Swathi, Ghate wg IND 2244 * . . = = 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 12.5 2413
2. Gomes, Mary Ann wm IND 2231 . * 0 1 = = = = = 1 1 1 = . 1 1 = 1 1 11.5 2371
3. Mohota, Nisha wg IND 2318 . 1 * 0 = 0 = 1 = 0 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 . 1 11.0 2336
4. Meenakshi, S1 wg IND 2289 = 0 1 * = = = . 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 11.0 2345
5. Harika, Dronavalli wg IND 2358 = = = = * = 1 = 1 1 = = 1 = = . = . 1 10.5 2320
6. Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman m IND 2479 0 = 1 = = * 0 . 1 = = 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 10.5 2273
7. Karavade, Eesha wg IND 2332 0 = = = 0 1 * = . 1 1 1 0 . 1 = 1 1 = 10.0 2303
8. Ramaswamy, Aarthie wg IND 2239 0 = 0 . = . = * = = = 1 = 1 0 1 1 = = 8.5 2201
9. Kiran, Monisha Mohanty IND 2096 0 = = 1 0 0 . = * . 1 = 0 = 1 0 = 1 1 8.0 2208
10. Amrutha, Mokal IND 2126 0 0 1 0 0 = 0 = . * 1 0 = 1 1 0 . 1 1 7.5 2198
11. Nimmy, A.G IND 2123 1 0 0 1 = = 0 = 0 0 * . 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 7.5 2169
12. Ramya, Krishna I IND 2161 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 = 1 . * 1 = . 0 1 = 1 7.0 2173
13. Swati, Mohota IND 2160 1 = 0 0 0 0 1 = 1 = 0 0 * = . 1 = 0 . 6.5 2157
14. Kavitha, J.E IND 2126 = . 0 0 = 1 . 0 = 0 1 = = * 0 0 1 1 0 6.5 2135
15. Iswarya, Shobana L IND 2150 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 0 0 1 . . 1 * 1 1 = = 6.5 2148
16. Supriya, Maji IND 2085 0 0 = . . 0 = 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 * 0 1 0 6.0 2110
17. Soumya, Swaminathan IND 2156 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 0 = . 0 0 = 0 0 1 * 1 . 4.0 2031
18. Gokhale, Anupama wm IND 2198 0 0 . 0 . 0 0 = 0 0 1 = 1 0 = 0 0 * = 4.0 1995
19. Alka, Das IND 2019 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 0 0 0 . 1 = 1 . = * 4.0 2029
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The Cogas Match this year took place between Jan Timman and Viktor
Korchnoi. The four game match took place in Almemlo, 14th-15th April 2006.
Alongside was a six round open on the same dates. All four games were drawn
between Korchnoi and Timman. Sipke Ernst demolished Frank Kroeze 3.5-0.5. There
are a few games from the open tournament won by Igor Khenkin with 5/6 but I
need a list with full names in at least. (C Richter, and A Orlov were a couple
of players impossible to identify from the info given)
Official site: http://cogas.schaakverenigingalmelo.nl/2006/
Timman, Jan H - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 34 C90 Ruy Lopez
Korchnoi, Viktor - Timman, Jan H 1/2 52 E52 Nimzo Indian
Timman, Jan H - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 34 E16 Queens Indian
Korchnoi, Viktor - Timman, Jan H 1/2 38 E52 Nimzo Indian
Cogas Rapid Match Almemlo NED (NED), 14-15 iv 2006
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Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2607 = = = = 2.0 2616
Timman, Jan H g NED 2616 = = = = 2.0 2607
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Ernst, Sipke - Kroeze, Frank M 1-0 39 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Kroeze, Frank M - Ernst, Sipke 0-1 49 C60 Ruy Lopez
Ernst, Sipke - Kroeze, Frank M 1-0 39 B19 Caro Kann
Kroeze, Frank M - Ernst, Sipke 1/2 23 C60 Ruy Lopez
Cogas Rapid Match B Almemlo NED (NED), 14-15 iv 2006
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Ernst, Sipke m NED 2488 1 1 1 = 3.5 2755
Kroeze, Frank M f NED 2419 0 0 0 = 0.5 2166
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The First Saturday tournaments for April took place 1st-11th April 2006.
Stefan Kristjansson and Zlatko Ilincic finished on 8/11 in the GM group and
Dagur Arngrimsson won the IM section.
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/
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1. Kristjansson, Stefan m ISL 2480 * = = = 1 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 8.0 2609
2. Ilincic, Zlatko g SCG 2536 = * 0 = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2604
3. Seres, Lajos g HUN 2400 = 1 * 1 0 0 = 1 = = 1 = 6.5 2506
4. Hera, Imre jr HUN 2476 = = 0 * = 1 = = = 1 = 1 6.5 2499
5. Sendur, Adnan m TUR 2411 0 = 1 = * 0 = = = 1 1 = 6.0 2476
6. Pap, Gyula HUN 2389 0 0 1 0 1 * 1 = = 1 = = 6.0 2478
7. Farago, Ivan g HUN 2534 = = = = = 0 * = = = = 1 5.5 2429
8. Hoang Thanh Trang m HUN 2487 0 0 0 = = = = * = = = 1 4.5 2368
9. Pataki, Gyozo HUN 2375 = 0 = = = = = = * 0 = 0 4.0 2341
10. Wittmann, Walter m AUT 2372 0 0 = 0 0 0 = = 1 * = 1 4.0 2341
11. Morrison, Graham SCO f SCO 2326 = 0 0 = 0 = = = = = * 0 3.5 2315
12. Szabo, Krisztian1 m HUN 2469 0 0 = 0 = = 0 0 1 0 1 * 3.5 2302
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1. Arngrimsson, Dagur ISL 2267 * 1 1 0 = = 1 1 1 1 = = = 1 9.5 2454
2. Fodor, Tamas jr f HUN 2383 0 * = 1 1 = = = = 1 0 1 1 1 8.5 2380
3. Duong The Anh f VIE 2325 0 = * 1 = 1 0 = = = 1 1 1 1 8.5 2385
4. Sebestyen, Balazs f HUN 2317 1 0 0 * = = = = = = 1 1 = = 7.0 2304
5. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2313 = 0 = = * = = = = 1 1 = = = 7.0 2305
6. Mamut, Igor ISR 2276 = = 0 = = * 1 = = = = 0 1 1 7.0 2308
7. Solomons, Deon RSA 2226 0 = 1 = = 0 * = 1 = 0 1 = = 6.5 2282
8. Arjun, Vishnuvardhan IND 2221 0 = = = = = = * = = 0 = 1 = 6.0 2254
9. Ignacz, Maria HUN 2228 0 = = = = = 0 = * 0 1 = = 1 6.0 2253
10. Nguyen Huynh Minh H f VIE 2294 0 0 = = 0 = = = 1 * = = 1 = 6.0 2248
11. Sanchez, Louis f FRA 2284 = 1 0 0 0 = 1 1 0 = * 0 = = 5.5 2221
12. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2262 = 0 0 0 = 1 0 = = = 1 * = = 5.5 2223
13. Kaposztas, Miklos m HUN 2278 = 0 0 = = 0 = 0 = 0 = = * = 4.0 2137
14. Toth, Lili wm HUN 2229 0 0 0 = = 0 = = 0 = = = = * 4.0 2141
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The open Norwegian championship was played in Oslo 8th - 16th April
2006. Top-ranked GM Kjetil A. Lie won convincingly with 7.5 points in 9 rounds.
FM Øystein Dannevig came next with 6.5 points followed by 10 players
with 6 points. Dannevig and Magne Sagafos made IM-norms. There were 62 players
in the A-group and 42 in the B-group. News: Eirik T. Gullaksen.
Official site: http://folk.uio.no/vahansen/index.html
Official Leading Final Standings
1 Kjetil A. Lie (1) NOR 2493 2527 Porsgrunn 7.5 40.0 50.5 38.5
2 Øystein Dannevig (8) NOR 2329 2321 Oslo 6.5 40.5 52.0 33.5
3 Karel van der Weide (3) NED 2482 Nederland 6 41.0 52.0 35.0
4 Oleg Krivonosov (6) LAT 2432 Latvia 6 40.0 52.0 33.5
5 Magne Sagafos (14) NOR 2271 2239 Porsgrunn 6 39.5 49.5 34.0
6 Stellan Brynell (2) SWE 2488 Sverige 6 39.0 51.0 33.5
7 Jon Ludvig Hammer (11) NOR jr 2287 2304 Oslo 6 38.5 49.0 32.0
8 William M. Paschall (7) USA 2352 USA 6 38.0 49.0 32.0
9 Ilmars Starostits (5) LAT 2460 Latvia 6 37.5 48.0 30.5
10 Martin Senff (4) GER 2476 2458 Tyskland 6 37.5 46.5 30.5
11 Peter Vas (23) SWE jr 2168 2112 Sverige 6 32.5 42.0 27.0
12 Svein Johannessen (15) NOR sr 2252 2202 Oslo 6 32.5 41.5 28.5
62 players
Crosstable
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Open NOR-ch Oslo NOR (NOR), 8-16 iv 2006
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1. Lie, Kjetil A g NOR 2493 +34 +43 = 2 +13 = 3 + 8 + 4 + 6 = 5 7.5 2596
2. Dannevig, Oystein f NOR 2329 +42 +12 = 1 - 4 +27 +14 = 3 + 9 = 7 6.5 2478
3. Krivonosov, Oleg m LAT 2432 +32 =15 +23 +20 = 1 = 4 = 2 =11 = 8 6.0 2402
4. Van der Weide, Karel g NED 2482 +50 +19 =14 + 2 + 6 = 3 - 1 = 7 =11 6.0 2431
5. Paschall, William M m USA 2352 =49 +24 +22 =10 =14 +30 = 6 = 8 = 1 6.0 2374
6. Brynell, Stellan g SWE 2488 +36 +27 + 7 = 8 - 4 +18 = 5 - 1 +23 6.0 2404
7. Hammer, Jon Ludvig f NOR 2287 +44 +17 - 6 +26 =19 =10 +21 = 4 = 2 6.0 2385
8. Sagafos, Magne NOR 2271 +59 +46 + 9 = 6 =10 - 1 +16 = 5 = 3 6.0 2435
9. Starostits, Ilmars m LAT 2460 +41 +28 - 8 =14 =15 +26 +13 - 2 +19 6.0 2324
10. Senff, Martin m GER 2476 +56 =23 +15 = 5 = 8 = 7 -11 +39 +21 6.0 2340
11. Johannessen, Svein m NOR 2252 =51 =48 =34 =30 +52 +31 +10 = 3 = 4 6.0 2286
12. Vas, Peter SWE SWE 2168 +45 - 2 =52 +24 -13 +49 =20 +34 +18 6.0 2258
13. Stokke, Kjetil NOR 2302 +25 =39 +31 - 1 +12 +23 - 9 =18 =15 5.5 2306
14. Ekeberg, Carl Fredrik NOR 2272 +52 +30 = 4 = 9 = 5 - 2 =15 =16 +31 5.5 2302
15. Bentsen, Hakon NOR 2180 +37 = 3 -10 +41 = 9 +42 =14 =19 =13 5.5 2316
16. Pham, Toan Thanh NOR 2098 =48 -51 +45 =52 +55 +25 - 8 =14 +30 5.5 2102
17. De Andres Gonalons, Fernando ESP 2108 +33 - 7 +53 -21 -37 +54 +32 =20 +35 5.5 2150
18. Chetverik, Maxim m RUS 2313 =24 +49 =26 +28 +21 - 6 =19 =13 -12 5.0 2220
19. Maes, Thomas BEL 2179 +47 - 4 +29 +46 = 7 =27 =18 =15 - 9 5.0 2264
20. Gabrielsen, Trond NOR 2281 +29 =31 +39 - 3 -30 +37 =12 =17 =28 5.0 2171
21. Ferkingstad, Sjur NOR 2228 =38 =40 +51 +17 -18 +46 - 7 +26 -10 5.0 2152
22. Melkevik, Johannes NOR 2202 =40 +35 - 5 =42 =31 =41 +46 =25 =24 5.0 2078
23. Bentsen, Oyvind NOR 2211 +53 =10 - 3 +34 +39 -13 =30 +44 - 6 5.0 2238
24. Strand, Haakon NOR 1990 =18 - 5 +35 -12 =43 =33 +52 +46 =22 5.0 2182
25. Aandal, Kristian NOR 1978 -13 +55 =43 =50 +28 -16 +49 =22 =27 5.0 2150
26. Kovachev, Daniel Jakobsen NOR 2092 =35 +38 =18 - 7 +54 - 9 +42 -21 +44 5.0 2169
27. Hagesaether, Ellen wm NOR 2226 +60 - 6 +44 +48 - 2 =19 =34 =30 =25 5.0 2144
28. Myhrvold, Rune NOR 2155 +54 - 9 +59 -18 -25 +45 +36 =31 =20 5.0 2148
29. Bryn, Thomas NOR 1994 -20 +58 -19 -37 -38 +47 +54 +48 +39 5.0 2098
30. Carlsen, Henrik NOR 2062 +57 -14 +40 =11 +20 - 5 =23 =27 -16 4.5 2170
31. Skrondal, Inge Sandstad NOR 2090 +58 =20 -13 +43 =22 -11 +37 =28 -14 4.5 2186
32. Windels, Jan BEL 1994 - 3 -37 +58 =53 +47 =39 -17 +45 =34 4.5 2063
33. Lindblom,Roar NOR ---- -17 -44 +56 +38 -46 =24 =48 =42 +49 4.5 2001
34. Reppen, Sigmund NOR 2043 - 1 +61 =11 -23 +51 +53 =27 -12 =32 4.5 2107
35. Briseid,Haakon NOR ---- =26 -22 -24 +56 -49 +51 +53 +43 -17 4.5 2042
36. Nilsen, Jarle NOR 1881 - 6 =60 -48 +62 =45 +55 -28 =38 +37 4.5 2017
37. Gaasland,Glenn NOR ---- -15 +32 -46 +29 +17 -20 -31 +41 -36 4.0 2023
38. Carlsen, Ellen Oen NOR 1895 =21 -26 =50 -33 +29 -43 +57 =36 =40 4.0 1988
39. Vea, Odin Blikra NOR 2143 +55 =13 -20 +51 -23 =32 +41 -10 -29 4.0 2061
40. Andersen, Dag NOR 1844 =22 =21 -30 =49 -41 =50 +55 =52 =38 4.0 1970
41. Lovik, Lasse Ostebo NOR 2015 - 9 =54 +47 -15 +40 =22 -39 -37 +57 4.0 2049
42. Snellingen, Jorn NOR 1993 - 2 =45 +60 =22 +48 -15 -26 =33 =47 4.0 2031
43. Andersen, Alf R NOR 2216 +61 - 1 =25 -31 =24 +38 -44 -35 +52 4.0 1981
44. Tofte, Sondre Waage NOR 1963 - 7 +33 -27 -54 +59 +57 +43 -23 -26 4.0 2065
45. Rost,Bjorn NOR ---- -12 =42 -16 +61 =36 -28 +50 -32 +56 4.0 1977
46. Levang, Paal Kristian NOR 2053 +62 - 8 +37 -19 +33 -21 -22 -24 +58 4.0 2053
47. Hagen,Anders G NOR ---- -19 =50 -41 +60 -32 -29 +59 +51 =42 4.0 1949
48. Snerthammer,Daniel NOR ---- =16 =11 +36 -27 -42 =52 =33 -29 =50 3.5 1966
49. Sjol, Henrik NOR 1994 = 5 -18 =54 =40 +35 -12 -25 +53 -33 3.5 1975
50. Svanholm, B�rge Waaktaar NOR 2024 - 4 =47 =38 =25 -53 =40 -45 +59 =48 3.5 1918
51. Wilsbeck, Jan B NOR 1919 =11 +16 -21 -39 -34 -35 +62 -47 +61 3.5 1988
52. Getz, Nicolai NOR 1952 -14 +57 =12 =16 -11 =48 -24 =40 -43 3.0 1968
53. Jacobsen, Maria Pitz NOR 1846 -23 +56 -17 =32 +50 -34 -35 -49 =54 3.0 1918
54. Fjellengen,Baard NOR ---- -28 =41 =49 +44 -26 -17 -29 =60 =53 3.0 1879
55. Svenske, Jan NOR 1752 -39 -25 +57 +59 -16 -36 -40 -58 +62 3.0 1862
56. Pettersen, Joar Gullestad NOR 2018 -10 -53 -33 -35 +58 =60 =61 +62 -45 3.0 1880
57. Skogli,Per NOR ---- -30 -52 -55 +58 +62 -44 -38 +61 -41 3.0 1818
58. Wibe,Per H NOR ---- -31 -29 -32 -57 -56 +62 +60 +55 -46 3.0 1849
59. Mohr, Fides GER 1943 - 8 +62 -28 -55 -44 =61 -47 -50 +60 2.5 1821
60. Jorgensen, Line Jin NOR 1869 -27 =36 -42 -47 =61 =56 -58 =54 -59 2.0 1770
61. Bue, Gunnar NOR 1856 -43 -34 =62 -45 =60 =59 =56 -57 -51 2.0 1780
62. Snahre,Stig Allan NOR ---- -46 -59 =61 -36 -57 -58 -51 -56 -55 0.5 1491
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The Cuban Championship is in a knockout format this year. Lazaro Bruzon
and Lenier Dominguez meet for the title. Hopefully I'll be able to round up the
games shortly.
The usual place for such results and games is:
http://www.inder.co.cu/capablanca/
ch-CUB KO Santa Clara CUB 2006
Final
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Dominguez, Lenier 2647 4.5
Bruzon, Lazaro 2652 3.5
ch-CUB KO 3rd-4th 2006
Quezada, Yuniesky 2512 1.5
Corrales, Fidel 2493 0.5
ch-CUB KO 5th-6th 2006
Nogueiras,J 2556 1.5
Pozo Vera,S 2457 0.5
ch-CUB KO 7th-8th 2006
Vera,R 2516 3.0
Arencibia,W 2535 1.0
Semifinal
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Bruzon,L 1.5
Corrales,Fi 0.5
Quezada,Y 0.5
Dominguez,L 1.5
ch-CUB KO 5th-8th 2006
Nogueiras,J 2556 2.5/4
Vera,R 2516 1.5/4
Arencibia,W 2535 2.0/4
Pozo Vera,S 2457 2.0/4 *
* rapid playoff 1-1 followed
by blitz playoff Pozo 1,5-0,5 Arencibia
Quarterfinal
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Bruzon,L 2.0
Arencibia,W 0.0
Corrales,Fi 2.0
Pozo Vera,S 0.0
Quezada,Y 3.0
Vera,R 1.0
Nogueiras,J 1.0
Dominguez,L 3.0
The XXXVII Mar del Plata Open took place in Mar del Plata from 8 to 14
April 2006. IM Diego Flores finished on 7.5/9 winning alone the prize of 500
dollars. Final round games missing.
Official Site:
http://www.mdpajedrez.galileo.org.ar/arch800/fixture_800.htm
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XXXVII Open Mar del Plata ARG (ARG), 8-15 iv 2006
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1. Flores, Diego m ARG 2494 7.5 43.0 38.5
2. Duarte, Leonardo ARG 2374 7.0 43.5 39.0
3. Rodriguez, Andres g URU 2502 7.0 43.5 38.0
4. Kovalyov, Anton f ARG 2309 7.0 42.0 36.5
5. Goldwaser, Cristian ARG 2308 7.0 39.0 33.0
6. Cubas, Jose Fernando m PAR 2425 7.0 37.0 36.0
7. Hungaski, Robert Andrew f USA 2400 6.5 42.5 36.5
8. Ripari, Marcelo f ARG 2324 6.5 39.0 35.0
9. Rodi, Luis Ernesto ARG 2236 6.5 39.0 33.5
10. Corsi Ferrari, Nestor ARG 2269 6.5 38.5 35.5
11. Ramirez, Emilio f ARG 2293 6.5 38.5 33.5
12. Aguilar, Andres ARG 2256 6.5 36.5 32.5
13. Arambel, Sergio f ARG 2307 6.5 36.0 31.5
14. Geloso, Claudio ARG 2238 6.5 33.0 31.0
15. Lobato,Carlos ARG ---- 6.0 41.0 33.0
16. Cordero, Alfredo f ARG 2229 6.0 38.0 32.0
17. Bibiloni, Jorge ARG 2171 6.0 37.5 31.0
18. Cuevas, Alex f ARG 2101 6.0 37.5 30.5
19. Roman, Facundo ARG 2319 6.0 36.5 31.5
20. Elias, Leonardo ARG 2101 6.0 30.5 28.0
21. Fernandez, Jorge Daniel ARG ---- 6.0 30.5 25.0
119 players
The Foxwoods Open took place April 12-16, 2006. Full details next
week.
Official site: http://www.foxwoodsopen.com/
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
1 GM Ilya Smirin 2797 ISR 7 43.5 51 37.5
2 GM Loek Van Wely 2719 NED 7 42 51 35.5
3 IM Eugene Perelshteyn 2593 USA 7 39.5 47.5 34
4 GM Alex Stripunsky 2647 USA 6½ 43 52 35
5 GM Alexander Ivanov 2638 USA 6½ 41.5 51 35
6 GM Alexander Shabalov 2666 USA 6½ 41.5 50 34
7 GM Jaan Ehlvest 2676 USA 6½ 41.5 49 33.5
8 GM Yury Shulman 2623 USA 6½ 41 49 34.5
9 GM Victor Mikhalevski 2622 ISR 6 43.5 51.5 35.5
10 GM Vitali Golod 2696 ISR 6 43 52.5 34.5
11 GM Alek Wojtkiewicz 2587 USA 6 41.5 50 32
12 GM Varuzhan Akobian 2662 USA 6 41 49.5 34
13 GM Alonso Zapata 2530 COL 6 39.5 48.5 33
14 IM Joshua E Friedel 2511 USA 6 38 45.5 31
15 GM Dejan Antic 2585 SCG 6 37 45.5 30.5
16 FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat 2408 USA 6 36 44 28.5
17 IM Jay R Bonin 2323 USA 6 36 40.5 29
117 players
The 10th Neckar Open takes place 13th-17th April 2006.
Official site: http://www.neckar-open.de/10no/index_e.html
- live coverage: http://www.neckar-open.de/10no/turniere/live/tfd.htm
Round 8 of 9 Standings:
1. Gelashvili, Tamaz 2576 6.5
2. Slobodjan,Roman 2523 6.5
3. Halkias, Stelios 2528 6.5
4. Zysk,Robert 2458 6.5
5. Zaragatski,Ilja 2423 6.5
6. Pavasovic, Dusko 2534 6.5
7. Kalod,Radek 2495 6.5
8. Miezis,Normunds 2496 6.5
9. Szoen, Dariusz 2440 6.5
10. Bromberger,Stefan 2481 6.5
11. Delemarre,Jop 2433 6.5
12. Jedynak,Radoslaw 2444 6.0
13. Jaracz,Pawel 2488 6.0
14. Zeller,Frank 2412 6.0
15. Berelovich,Aleksa 2571 6.0
16. Spoelman,Wouter 2442 6.0
17. Rau,Hannes 2395 6.0
18. Hoffmann,Michael 2467 6.0
19. Likavsky, Tomas 2492 6.0
296 players
The VIII Rector Cup took place 27th March - 7th April 2006. The took
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). Mikhail Golubev sends corrections to four of his games.
Official site: http://ukrchess.org.ua/turnir/t085u.html
The Kaupthing Bank Chess Tournament, organized by Hellir Chess Club,took
place in Reykavik, Iceland 12th-17th April.
Official site: http://www.hellir.com/kb2006
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KB Bank Reykjavik ISL (ISL), 12-17 iv 2006 cat. II (2295)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Sigfusson, Sigurdur f ISL 2309 * 1 = = = = 1 = 1 1 6.5 2458
2. Shaw, John m SCO 2439 0 * = 1 1 1 1 0 = 1 6.0 2403
3. Van Delft, Merijn m NED 2372 = = * = 1 = = 1 = 1 6.0 2410
4. Bjornsson, Sigurbjorn f ISL 2335 = 0 = * = 1 0 1 1 1 5.5 2370
5. Thorfinnsson, Bjorn f ISL 2311 = 0 0 = * = 1 1 1 1 5.5 2372
6. Johannesson, Ingvar Thor f ISL 2269 = 0 = 0 = * 1 1 1 = 5.0 2340
7. Buckley, Graeme m ENG 2398 0 0 = 1 0 0 * 1 1 1 4.5 2283
8. Gretarsson, Hjorvar Stein ISL 2087 = 1 0 0 0 0 0 * = = 2.5 2151
9. Halldorsson, Bragi ISL 2211 0 = = 0 0 0 0 = * 1 2.5 2137
10. Salama, Omar EGY 2214 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 * 1.0 1952
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The Latvian Championship took place 28th February - 9th March 2006.
Normunds Miezis won the event with 8.5/12.
Official site: http://www.latchess.lv
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ch-LAT Riga LAT (LAT), 28 ii-9 iii 2006 cat. VI (2396)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3
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1. Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2470 * = = = = = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 8.5 2547
2. Kengis, Edvins g LAT 2531 = * 1 = = 0 1 = = 1 = 1 1 8.0 2509
3. Luckans, Arnolds f LAT 2467 = 0 * = 1 = = = 1 = 1 = 1 7.5 2484
4. Starostits, Ilmars m LAT 2493 = = = * 1 1 = 1 0 1 1 0 0 7.0 2444
5. Neiksans, Arturs m LAT 2456 = = 0 0 * = = = = 1 = 1 1 6.5 2419
6. Daskevics, Vadims LAT 2336 = 1 = 0 = * = 1 = 0 0 1 = 6.0 2400
7. Klovans, Janis g LAT 2440 = 0 = = = = * = = 1 = = = 6.0 2392
8. Sveshnikov, Evgeny g LAT 2503 0 = = 0 = 0 = * = = 1 1 = 5.5 2357
9. Samolins, Vitalijs LAT 2256 0 = 0 1 = = = = * = = 0 = 5.0 2350
10. Tronenkovs, Valdis LAT 2261 0 0 = 0 0 1 0 = = * 1 = 1 5.0 2350
11. Krustkalns, Kristaps LAT 2223 = = 0 0 = 1 = 0 = 0 * 0 1 4.5 2323
12. Antoms, Guntars m LAT 2436 0 0 = 1 0 0 = 0 1 = 1 * 0 4.5 2305
13. Sveshnikov, Vladimir LAT 2273 0 0 0 1 0 = = = = 0 0 1 * 4.0 2281
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There was a qualifier for Peru's Olympiad team in Lima Peru. It
qualified 5 players to the Olympiad. News: Rafael LLanos. I need a little
longer to process the games.
The games and crosstable: http://www.mastersierra.com/
The XXIX San Sebastian Open took place 8th-15th April 2006. No games
appear to be available.
Official site: http://www.fgajedrez.org/
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
1 GM Conquest Stuart ENG 2505 7.0 38.5 43.5 2624
2 GM Spraggett Kevin CAN 2578 7.0 37.5 41.5 2593
3 GM Prie Eric FRA 2475 7.0 37.5 40.0 2573
4 IM Neelotpal Das IND 2514 7.0 37.0 42.0 2580
5 IM Ivanov Jordan BUL 2364 7.0 34.0 36.0 2387
6 IM Cornette Matthieu FRA 2448 6.5 36.0 41.0 2362
7 IM Ninov Nikolai BUL 2494 6.5 35.5 44.0 2497
8 IM Colovic Aleksandar MKD 2459 6.5 35.5 43.0 2458
9 GM Genov Petar BUL 2465 6.5 34.5 39.5 2365
10 GM Gomez Esteban Juan Mario ESP 2495 6.5 33.5 39.0 2430
11 IM Andres Gonzalez Alberto ESP 2410 6.5 33.5 39.0 2354
12 FM Andres Gonzalez Ivan ESP 2330 6.5 33.5 40.0 2445
13 FM Gonzalez Menendez Ivan ESP 2413 6.5 33.0 39.5 2325
14 FM Argandona Rivero Inigo ESP 2382 6.5 32.5 37.5 2314
15 Moreto Quintana Alex ESP 2133 6.5 27.5 33.0 2041
16 GM Flear Glenn C ENG 2465 6.0 35.0 43.0 2362
17 IM Bergez Luc FRA 2340 6.0 33.0 40.0 2347
18 IM Petrov Marijan BUL 2427 6.0 32.5 39.5 2347
19 IM Jakobsen Ole DEN 2388 6.0 32.5 38.5 2328
20 FM Gonzalez De La Torre Sant ESP 2317 6.0 32.0 37.5 2369
21 GM Cifuentes Parada Roberto ESP 2494 6.0 31.5 36.0 2287
22 IM Guerra Bastida Diego ESP 2373 6.0 29.0 32.5 2182
130 players
www.playchess.com held the final
of the annual PAL/CSS Freestyle Chess Tournament (advanced chess) 8th-9th April
(final).
The event was this time dominated by the Hydra machine and its team
around Chrilly Donninger. Only Corr GM Arno Nickel had a very promising
position, not to say he totally outplayed, against Hydra but failed in time
trouble. 2nd the programmer of Rybka engine IM Vasik Rajlich and his team (the
team members are at least not known for me). 3rd and the winner of 2000 US$ is
"Relic" and the team around Darren DiAlfonso form the USA. 1st prize was 8,000
US$. the 2nd with 4,000 US$. Places 4-16 will receive prizes in form of
software and books. Total prize fund was 16,000 US$. Time rate: 45mins + 5
seconds)
The next Freestyle Tourney is scheduled for 16th-18th June 2006 (not
definately yet). http://www.computerschach.de/ as the
offc. tourney and host site.
Further details:
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3046
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CSS/Pal Freestyle Final playchess.com INT (INT), 8-9 iv 2006
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1. Zor_champ * = 1 1 = = 1 1 5.5
2. Rajlich = * = = = = 1 1 4.5
3. Relic,Rybka 1.1 0 = * = 1 = 1 = 4.0
4. King Crusher,Rybka 1.1 0 = = * = 1 = = 3.5
5. Klosterfrau = = 0 = * 1 = 0 3.0
6. Vvarkey,Rybka 1.1 = = = 0 0 * = 1 3.0
7. Ciron 0 0 0 = = = * 1 2.5
8. Equidistance 0 0 = = 1 0 0 * 2.0
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Kramnik and Topalov to play re-unification match. FIDE are reporting:http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=978
that there will be a 12 game reunification match between Vladimir Kramnik and
Veselin Topalov in Elista. This has subsquently been confirmed by Carsten
Hensel, Kramnik's manager. The match comes at the end of extensive negotiations
which started after Topalov's win in San Luis. It also sees a significant
consession from Kramnik in that he wanted matches to settle future world
championships but the winner will play in a World Match tournament.
Each player will receive 500,000 USD net from FIDE and in addition
certain revenues from possible commercial sponsorships. The winner goes to the
WCC tournament 2007 (see below), the loser has to wait for the next cycle. The
games will be played under classical time control (120 minutes for the first 40
moves, 60 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the
game plus an additional 30 seconds per move starting from move 61). Possible
Tiebreak: 4 games of rapid chess (25min+10sec), then 2 blitz games
(5min+10sec), then sudden death (6min/5min) with white to win.
Dates: Open Ceremony 21st September 2006, 7.00 p.m. Play on: 23rd, 24th,
26th, 27th, 29th, 30th September, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 8th, 10th and 12th
(tie-breaks) October 2006. Closing ceremony 13th October 2006.
Later in the week a FIDE Press release said that Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
announced the match tournament with be in Mexico City in 2007. Similar format
to San Luis.
Garry Kasparov finally drops out as world number one through inactivity.
When I asked Anand and Topalov about the race to be number one Anand virtually
conceded Topalov would be top because Anand wasn't playing any more rated
events. Topalov said he could blow it at Morelia and Linares, and he nearly
did. A dreadful performance in Morelia was made up for by a tremendous comeback
in Linares and he edges out Anand by a point. Both are within striking distance
of Kasparov 2812 mark too. Levon Aronian rises to number three in the world
from five continuing his rise as a new star of the game. Peter Svidler
effectively drops a place holding number four but losing 22 points. Leko rises
a place, and Ponomariov and Morozevich both gain. Vassily Ivanchuk rises one
place to 7 (effectively holding) after his rating was corrected a few days
after the list was released. Vladimir Kramnik drops again after his poor
performance in the Russian Championship. Gelfand makes up the remaining top 10
place. Teimour Radjabov's rise continues after his great result in Linares
gaining 17 points. The rest of the list is remarkably devoid of interest, only
players in the 90s drop out of the list and there are re-entries from players
on the edge of the list although Baadur Jobava did gain 32 points to get back
in the list at 65. Magnus Carlsen gains another 21 points in his inevitable
rise.
Below is the corrected list. Nigel Short and Vassily Ivanchuk were rated
for single games that they didn't play initially. There were a number of
corrections elsewhere, the originally given ratings are in brackets.
Source: http://www.fide.com. The full
list is available for download there.
FIDE Top 100 Players April 2006
No. Ja Name t NAT YroB ju04 oc04 ja05 ap05 ju05 oc05 ja06 ap06 Gms
1 2 Topalov, Veselin.......... g BUL 1975 2737 2757 2757 2778 2788 2782 2801 2804 27
2 3 Anand, Viswanathan........ g IND 1969 2782 2781 2786 2785 2788 2788 2792 2803 13
3 5 Aronian, Levon............ g ARM 1982 2671 2675 2684 2693 2724 2724 2752 2756 27
4 4 Svidler, Peter............ g RUS 1976 2727 2735 2735 2725 2738 2740 2765 2743 28
5 7 Leko, Peter............... g HUN 1979 2741 2743 2749 2763 2763 2751 2740 2738 27
6 10 Ponomariov, Ruslan........ g UKR 1983 2722 2710 2700 2695 2704 2704 2723 2738 16
7 8 Ivanchuk, Vassily......... g UKR 1969 2715 2705 2711 2739 2752 2748 2729 2731 27 (2723 28)
8 11 Morozevich, Alexander..... g RUS 1977 2743 2758 2741 2717 2707 2707 2721 2730 10
9 6 Kramnik, Vladimir......... g RUS 1975 2770 2760 2754 2753 2744 2739 2741 2729 11
10 9 Gelfand, Boris............ g ISR 1968 2709 2693 2696 2713 2724 2717 2723 2727 13
11 17 Adams, Michael............ g ENG 1971 2738 2740 2741 2737 2719 2718 2707 2720 15
12 12 Grischuk, Alexander....... g RUS 1983 2705 2704 2710 2724 2720 2720 2717 2719 3
13 19 Radjabov, Teimour......... g AZE 1987 2664 2663 2667 2673 2682 2704 2700 2717 14
14 14 Polgar, Judit............. g HUN 1976 2728 2728 2728 2732 2735 2735 2711 2711 0
15 13 Bacrot, Etienne........... g FRA 1983 2712 2718 2715 2731 2729 2725 2717 2708 30
16 18 Akopian, Vladimir......... g ARM 1971 2692 2692 2693 2703 2705 2707 2704 2706 19
17 20 Bareev, Evgeny............ g RUS 1966 2715 2715 2709 2709 2688 2675 2698 2701 11
18 16 Shirov, Alexei............ g ESP 1972 2725 2726 2713 2714 2705 2710 2709 2699 10
19 15 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyaz.... g AZE 1985 2662 2660 2657 2646 2646 2674 2709 2699 23
20 23 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter... g ROM 1976 2686 2687 2673 2670 2679 2707 2693 2695 3
21 30 Sasikiran, Krishnan....... g IND 1981 2666 2668 2657 2642 2652 2663 2670 2692 27
22 22 Malakhov, Vladimir........ g RUS 1980 2674 2664 2664 2670 2673 2670 2694 2691 11
23 35 Rublevsky, Sergei......... g RUS 1974 2686 2649 2650 2645 2645 2652 2665 2687 11
24 26 Lautier, Joel............. g FRA 1973 2666 2682 2678 2678 2672 2680 2682 2682 3
25 28 Harikrishna, P............ g IND 1986 2609 2612 2632 2646 2645 2673 2673 2680 7
26 63 Georgiev, Kiril........... g BUL 1965 2626 2625 2654 2666 2666 2648 2645 2677 28
27 27 Short, Nigel D............ g ENG 1965 2684 2687 2674 2673 2673 2673 2676 2677 11 (2668 10)
28 24 Sokolov, Ivan............. g NED 1968 2679 2663 2685 2662 2691 2696 2689 2676 16
29 39 Jakovenko, Dmitry......... g RUS 1983 2596 2596 2596 2608 2627 2644 2662 2675 24
30 32 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam...... g UZB 1979 2640 2650 2678 2670 2670 2670 2670 2673 3
31 21 Dreev, Alexey............. g RUS 1969 2690 2698 2704 2705 2698 2694 2697 2673 20
32 29 Karpov, Anatoly........... g RUS 1951 2682 2682 2674 2674 2672 2672 2672 2672 0
33 25 Kamsky, Gata.............. g USA 1974 2717 2717 2717 2700 2700 2690 2686 2671 13
34 57 Korneev, Oleg.............. g RUS 1969 2587 2583 2602 2611 2594 2599 2649 2671 79
35 37 Zvjaginsev, Vadim......... g RUS 1976 2650 2650 2653 2649 2659 2659 2664 2670 11
36 45 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab.... g GEO 1960 2679 2672 2662 2671 2672 2658 2658 2669 17
37 33 Tiviakov, Sergei.......... g NED 1973 2601 2617 2627 2631 2678 2700 2669 2669 23
38 41 Bologan, Viktor........... g MDA 1971 2663 2669 2683 2700 2700 2682 2661 2666 22
39 54 Vallejo Pons, Francisco... g ESP 1982 2679 2678 2686 2677 2681 2674 2650 2666 23
40 48 Eljanov, Pavel............ g UKR 1983 2613 2629 2643 2641 2639 2663 2655 2665 11
41 46 Naiditsch, Arkadij........ g GER 1985 2574 2611 2623 2626 2612 2641 2657 2664 25
42 65 Nakamura, Hikaru.......... g USA 1987 2601 2620 2613 2657 2660 2662 2644 2664 14
43 38 Smirin, Ilia.............. g ISR 1968 2671 2673 2644 2649 2652 2673 2662 2662 0
44 47 Moiseenko, Alexander...... g UKR 1980 2640 2653 2669 2665 2664 2663 2657 2662 18
45 42 Karjakin, Sergey.......... g UKR 1990 2591 2576 2599 2635 2645 2658 2660 2661 22
46 31 Areshchenko, Alexander.... g UKR 1986 2575 2580 2570 2595 2625 2653 2670 2660 21 (2660 19)
47 68 Motylev, Alexander........ g RUS 1979 2658 2651 2665 2680 2675 2632 2638 2660 33
48 36 Volokitin, Andrei......... g UKR 1986 2638 2652 2685 2679 2671 2666 2665 2660 9
49 90 Gashimov, Vugar........... g AZE 1986 2586 2586 2585 2585 2594 2608 2625 2659 23 (2644 13)
50 44 Navara, David............. g CZE 1985 2616 2620 2644 2647 2663 2646 2660 2658 13
51 62 Almasi, Zoltan............ g HUN 1976 2644 2650 2628 2628 2619 2640 2646 2657 13
52 59 Van Wely, Loek............ g NED 1972 2680 2681 2679 2687 2655 2648 2647 2655 13
53 49 Kobalia, Mikhail.......... g RUS 1978 2618 2621 2634 2644 2614 2634 2654 2654 0
54 53 Najer, Evgeniy............ g RUS 1977 2608 2624 2624 2615 2614 2641 2652 2653 14
55 55 Bruzon, Lazaro............ g CUB 1982 2628 2637 2652 2669 2662 2677 2650 2652 24
56 72 Krasenkow, Michal......... g POL 1963 2632 2676 2672 2672 2663 2655 2636 2650 11
57 56 Onischuk, Alexander....... g USA 1975 2655 2653 2652 2638 2628 2640 2650 2650 0
58 34 Efimenko, Zahar........... g UKR 1985 2572 2594 2601 2620 2643 2637 2666 2648 21 (2662 18)
59 52 Izoria, Zviad............. g GEO 1984 2593 2600 2607 2602 2606 2646 2652 2647 16
60 71 Dominguez, Lenier......... g CUB 1983 2629 2645 2661 2658 2639 2635 2638 2647 9
61 66 Nielsen, Peter Heine...... g DEN 1973 2652 2663 2648 2653 2668 2646 2644 2646 2
62 61 Asrian, Karen............. g ARM 1980 2586 2591 2602 2611 2611 2645 2646 2646 13
63 89 Carlsen, Magnus........... g NOR 1990 2567 2581 2553 2548 2528 2570 2625 2646 13
64 50 Timofeev, Artyom.......... g RUS 1985 2611 2611 2619 2622 2661 2658 2653 2646 9
65 60 Miton, Kamil............... g POL 1984 2597 2600 2583 2592 2589 2636 2646 2646 0
66 -- Jobava, Baadur............. g GEO 1983 2615 2614 2640 2637 2621 2601 2614 2646 22
67 77 Gurevich, Mikhail......... g TUR 1959 2667 2644 2634 2630 2669 2652 2633 2643 13
68 67 Tkachiev, Vladislav....... g FRA 1973 2615 2609 2609 2605 2625 2629 2642 2643 3
69 43 Khalifman, Alexander...... g RUS 1966 2669 2669 2662 2658 2653 2653 2660 2640 20
70 40 Delchev, Aleksander....... g BUL 1971 2603 2601 2597 2614 2656 2669 2661 2640 11
71 75 Alekseev, Evgeny.......... g RUS 1985 2606 2604 2605 2597 2625 2632 2634 2640 9
72 64 Bu, Xiangzhi.............. g CHN 1985 2620 2615 2607 2630 2632 2637 2645 2640 9
73 85 Zhang, Zhong.............. g CHN 1978 2603 2596 2591 2599 2608 2598 2629 2640 8
74 87 Bauer, Christian.......... g FRA 1977 2590 2622 2636 2640 2641 2625 2627 2638 30
75 73 Ibragimov, Ildar.......... g USA 1967 2582 2585 2603 2611 2605 2617 2635 2637 15
76 58 Sakaev, Konstantin........ g RUS 1974 2664 2669 2677 2672 2669 2668 2649 2637 12
77 74 Seirawan, Yasser.......... g USA 1960 2631 2631 2631 2631 2635 2635 2635 2635 0
78 92 Cheparinov, Ivan.......... g BUL 1986 2567 2576 2572 2621 2634 2618 2625 2635 29
79 51 Aleksandrov, Aleksej...... g BLR 1973 2666 2659 2635 2635 2630 2636 2653 2634 14
80 91 Fressinet, Laurent........ g FRA 1981 2637 2640 2638 2638 2627 2624 2625 2633 19
81 78 Avrukh, Boris............. g ISR 1978 2600 2614 2629 2642 2652 2653 2633 2633 0
82 99 Atalik, Suat.............. g TUR 1964 ---- 2541 2560 2561 2561 2620 2618 2632 22 (2627 22)
83 81 Huebner, Robert Dr........ g GER 1948 2624 2624 2624 2624 2636 2637 2632 2632 0
84 82 Granda Zuniga, Julio E.... g PER 1967 2605 2605 2599 ---- 2601 2637 2631 2631 0
85 93 Sutovsky, Emil............ g ISR 1977 2679 2697 2669 2665 2674 2654 2624 2628 10
86 79 Sokolov, Andrei........... g FRA 1963 2583 2591 2582 2598 2603 2623 2632 2628 10
87 70 Milov, Vadim.............. g SUI 1972 2683 2683 2668 2653 2645 2652 2638 2625 19 (2622 19)
88 69 Zhang, Pengxiang.......... g CHN 1980 2519 2519 2560 2583 2616 2613 2638 2623 9
89 88 Beliavsky, Alexander G.... g SLO 1953 2679 2660 2635 2630 2599 2631 2626 2622 13
90 76 Vescovi, Giovanni......... g BRA 1978 2648 2645 2645 2638 2640 2646 2633 2622 13
91 100 Istratescu, Andrei........ g ROM 1975 2603 2611 2617 2624 2624 2622 2618 2621 3
92 84 Volkov, Sergey............ g RUS 1974 2625 2628 2612 2634 2622 2614 2629 2620 30
93 86 Sadvakasov, Darmen........ g KAZ 1979 2626 2631 2635 2605 2610 2612 2629 2619 9
94 -- Lputian, Smbat G.......... g ARM 1958 2634 2634 2640 2640 2629 2614 2613 2619 3
95 98 Hjartarson, Johann ....... g ISL 1963 2628 2628 2628 2628 2621 2619 2619 2619 0
96 -- Galkin, Alexander......... g RUS 1979 2598 2593 2593 2599 2598 2598 2616 2618 9
97 -- Korotylev, Alexe.......... g RUS 1977 2596 2596 2603 2605 2604 2604 2609 2618 9
98 80 Movsesian, Sergei......... g SVK 1978 2646 2629 2624 2628 2645 2635 2632 2618 9
99 101 Paragua, Mark............. g PHI 1984 ---- 2534 2586 2596 2596 2596 2618 2617 8
100 83 Timman, Jan H............. g NED 1951 2596 2602 2607 2607 2625 2630 2630 2616 7
101 -- Vladimirov, Evgeny........ g KAZ 1957 2628 2627 2623 2623 2616 2616 2616 2616 0
Dropping Out
No. Ja Name t NAT YroB ju04 oc04 ja05 ap05 ju05 oc05 ja06 ap06 Gms
1 1 Kasparov, Garry........... g RUS 1963 2817 2813 2804 2812 2812 2812 2812 2812 0
94 85 Kotronias, Vasilios....... g GRE 1964 2608 2599 2585 2578 2587 2626 2622 2598 12
95 97 Ehlvest, Jaan............. g EST 1962 2605 2631 2622 2614 2614 2618 2619 2607 35
96 79 Miroshnichenko, Evgenij... g UKR 1978 2615 2617 2620 2628 2634 2634 2619 2597 18
97 95 Kempinski, Robert......... g POL 1977 2612 2608 2624 2627 2619 2619 2619 2586 22
Top 100 Players April 2006
Van Wely - Carlsen Match
There will be a match between Loek van Wely and Magnus Carlsen 28th
April - 1st May match with 4 games (2H/40 + 1H/20 + 15 min/rest + 30 sec./move
for the last period) - tiebreak games are possible. The venue is described as
the ROC-vestiging aan de Hofstraat which is in the town of Schagen in the North
Holland region of the Netherlands.
Further info: http://www.schaakbond.nl/nieuws/njk2006/dsb.htm
and http://www.tussendetorens.nl/
Sigeman & Co Chess tournament
The Sigeman & Co Chess tournament takes place 27th April – 7th
May 2006.
Category: 13 (2552)
GM Suat Atalik TUR (2627)
GM Jan Timman NED (2616)
GM Alexei Fedorov BLR (2614)
GM Igor Khenkin GER (2602)
GM Daniel Stellwagen NED (2543)
GM Emanuel Berg SWE (2539)
GM Tiger Hillarp-Persson SWE (2524)
GM Jonny Hector SWE (2514)
GM Slavko Cicak SWE (2506)
IM Pontus Carlsson SWE (2433)
Official site: http://www.sigeman-chess.com/
Dortmunder Sparkassen Chess Meeting
The Dortmunder Sparkassen Chess Meeting takes place 29th July - 6th
August 2006. Players: Arkadij Naiditsch, Vladimir Kramnik, Levon Aronian, Peter
Svidler, Peter Leko, Boris Gelfand, Michael Adams and Baadur Jobava.
Official site was http://www.chessgate.de/ last year.
Aarhus GM
The Grundfosis a GM-tournament cat. X-XI in Aarhus, Denmark, August
5th-13th 2006 with a special event on August 4.
There will also be an IM-tournament, cat. V (5 women vs. 5 men) and
Soren Sogaard (soren@seagaard.dk) needs female players with an ELO between 2350
and 2450.
Argentine Championship
The Argentine Championship take place in San Luis, 25th April - 2nd May
2006.
Coverage: http://www.ajedrez.com.ar
Canadian Open
The Canadian Open takes place July 15th-23rd 2006 in Kitchener, Ontario,
Canada.
Further details: http://www.chessfest.ca/can_open.htm
10th Anniversary of correspondencechess.com
correspondencechess.com is celebrating its 10th Anniversary. It has a
10th Anniversary Commemorative Coin:
http://www.correspondencechess.com/coin.htm
Home of: Grandmaster V.V. Palciauskas' The World of Correspondence Chess
Senior International Master Knudsen's The Correspondence Chess Place The
Campbell Report Ralph Marconi's Chess Pages The Canadian Correspondence Chess
Association (CCCA) American Postal Chess Tournaments (APCT) The Correspondence
Chess Message Board (TCCMB) and much, much more!
Official site: http://www.correspondencechess.com/
FIDE Presidential Election Websites
Both Presidential tickets for the upcoming FIDE Elections in Turin now
have websites.
FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov:
http://www.chessfidelity.com
Bessel Kok: http://www.rightmove06.org
Bosna Sarajevo 2006
Unconfirmed reports say the Bosna Sarajevo 2006 takes place place May
5th-16th 2006. According to reliable sources, the players are GM Vladimir
Malakhov (RUS 2691), GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (ROM 2695), GM Krishnan
Sasikiran (IND 2692), GM Arkadij Naiditsch (GER 2664), GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR
2646) and GM Borki Predojevic (BIH 2566) in a double round robin
tournament.
Official site will be: http://www.skbosna.ba (no 2006 information
yet)
12th Cutro International
The 12th Cutro International Chess Festival 2006 takes place 23rd
April-May 1st in Cutro, Italy. Events: Masters open, National open, Under 14.
Prizes for 7,400 Euros. Announced players in the Masters open: GM Dragisa
Blagojevic, GM Arkadij Rotsetin, GM Milan Drasko, GM Miroljub Lazic, IM Sergey
Kasparov, IM Aleksandar Wohl, GM Igor Naumkin, IM Milan Mrdja, IM Mathias
Roeder, FM Calogero Di Caro, WGM Margarita Voiska, FM Maurizio Brancaleoni, FM
Patrick Van Hoolandt, FM Maurizio Abatino, Francesco Bentivegna, Antonio
Scerbo, Sergio Cetkovic, Giustino Mancini.
Official site: http://e4e6.com/cutro. For further info:
brunetti@fsi.net.
Dutch Team Championship
The Dutch Team Championship Meesterklasse takes place 24th September
2005 - 23rd April 2006. After eight 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 a
round to go. They met on March 25th in round 8 and drew 5-5. Although the final
standings are established by a playoff amongst the top four teams at the end of
the season. Games now available.
Dutch Chess Federation: http://www.schaakbond.nl/ - Meesterklasse
Games side bar at: http://www.schakers.info/
Also some interesting material at:
http://www.thewildknights.nl./
including Ian Rogers on his win against Jan Timman. In Dutch but with English
version if you click on the flag.
15th Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International
15th Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International Dates: 23 September - 1
October 2006 Venue: Ocean Castle Hotel, Port Erin, Isle of Man Total Prize
Fund: £17,500
Three sections: (1) Masters (9-round FIDE Rated swiss, ACP registered,
GM/IM norms achievable, first prize £3,000) (2) Under 2000 / ECF grade
175 (7 round swiss, starts 25 Sept) (3) Under 1640 / ECF grade 130 (7 round
swiss, starts 25 Sept)
Confirmed entries so far include nine 2600+ rated players (Korneev,
Efimenko, Kobalia, Krasenkow, Volkov, Socko, Shabalov, Khenkin, Iordachescu,
Landa) plus US women's champion Anna Zatonskih, etc.
For entry details, consult the tournament website (
http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/monarch2006/index.html)
or contact tournament director Dennis Hemsley, 3 Links Avenue, Port St Mary,
Isle of Man IM9 5EY, tel. 44(0)1624 833742, fax 44(0)1624 833583, email
chess@manx.net
Dutch Championship
The Dutch Championship takes place in Hilversum 16th June - 2nd July
2006.
Official site: http://www.schaakbond.nl/nieuws/nk2006/
Men's Event
1. Ivan Sokolov Lelystad 2676 GM
2. Sergei Tiviakov Groningen 2669 GM
3. Loek van Wely Tilburg 2655 GM
4. Jan Timman Amsterdam 2616 GM
5. Friso Nijboer Amsterdam 2584 GM
6. Erwin l' Ami Woerden 2565 GM
7. Daniel Stellwagen Soest 2543 GM
8. Jan Smeets Oegstgeest 2535 GM
9. Jan Werle Groningen 2529 GM - elect
10. John van der Wiel Voorschoten 2511 GM
11. Yge Visser Groningen 2480 IM
12. Jeroen Bosch Nijmegen 2465 IM
Women's Championship
1. Zhao Qin Peng Rotterdam 2395 GM
2. Tea Lanchava Winschoten 2380 IM
3. Petra Schuurman Eindhoven 2258 FM
4. Bianca Muhren Rosmalen 2253 WIM
5. Marlies Bensdorp Maarssen 2251 WIM
6. Linda Jap Tjoen San Den Haag 2191 WIM
7. Mariska Bertholee-de Mie Haarlem2153
8. Arlette van Weersel Etten Leur 2148
9. Maartje de Jonge Utrecht 2136
10. Pauline van Nies Zoetermeer 2107
Open Internet Chess Blitz Cup 2006
Central Chess Club, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and the Chess Assistant Club
invites chess players and chess clubs from your country to take part in the
Open Internet chess blitz Cup dedicated to 50 year jubilee of the Central Chess
Club (Moscow) for the prizes of FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.
The prize-winning fund of the Cup makes 10 000 USD that will be played
off in 10 qualifying tournaments (April 1 - May 3) and 2 final tournaments (May
6 and 10). The closing ceremony and winners rewarding will be made by Kirsan
Ilyumzhinov in May during the 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin (Italy).
The Cup tournaments will be held at Chess Assistant playing zone
(www.ChessAssistant.com).
E-mail for contacts: info@chessassistantclub.com
Regulations: http://www.chessassistantclub.com/botv_50.html
Christophe Bouton Chess Blog
Christophe Bouton has started a chess blog in French at:
http://echecs64.blog.20minutes.fr/
Topalov vs Nisipeanu match
Topalov vs Nisipeanu match will take place between April 6 and 9. There
will be 4 games, each game will start at 13.30 CET. Time control is 40 moves /
2hours then 20 moves / 1 hour then 15 min and 30sec/move for the rest of the
game.
Live coverage on http://www.chess-romania.ro
Galati Chess Open
Galati Chess Open 26th of April to 3rd of May. The open is part of
Romanian Ches Grand Prix 2006. 9 rounds. At least 7000 Euro in cash prizes. GMs
please ask for conditions. Contact info: Doru Ionescu contact@chess-romania.ro,
+40 742 064 336. Website http://www.chess-romania.ro.
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/
(Directly to the document download at:
http://www.englishchess.org.uk/national/2006/seafareres-uk-simul_feb06.doc)
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
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 euros
B-tournament is open for all players with a rating below 2000; top
prizes 300/200/150 euros
Further information: Andreas Peschel: 0175-5912407;
peschel@schachgesellschaft.de
Tournament site: http://www.schachwochen.de
Czech Tour 2006/2007
There is new information about the Czech Tour 2006/2007 including:
CZECH OPEN 2006 17th International Festival of Chess, Bridge and Games
European Amateurs Championship in Chess Pardubice 13th-30th July 2006, Czech
Republic
2nd WORLD SCHOOL CHESS TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIP Tournaments for school chess
teams in categories U12, U14, U16 Pardubice, July 12th-20th, 2006
6th ZNOJMO OPEN (the Dukla hotel and Monastery of Louka) 13th-21st May
2006 .
9th OLOMOUC CHESS SUMMER (the Sigma hotel) 2nd-10th August 2006.
3rd HIGHLANDS OPEN (Havlickuv Brod, the Slunce hotel) 23rd September -
1st October 2006.
7th LIBEREC OPEN (the Liberec hotel) 11th-18th November 2006.
6th PRAGUE OPEN (TOP HOTEL Praha) 11th-18th January 2007.
6th MARIENBAD OPEN (the Evropa hotel) 19th-27th January 2007.
Further details: http://www.czechtour.net or Dr. Jan Mazuch,
Director of CZECH OPEN & CZECH TOUR - j.mazuch@avekont.cz
In addition there is the 27th Tournament of Chess Hopes and 17th
Pobeskydi Tournament organised by the town of Frydek-Mistek 13th-17th April
2006.
Further details: http://www.chessfm.cz
Computer chess calendar
New updates to the Computer chess calendar with the latest official
computer chess tournaments and an updated PGN database. The latest events
added:
01. CCT-8 2006, Rybka won
02. IPCCC 2005, Rybka won
03. Dutch-open 2005, Zappa won
04. WCCC, Zappa won
05. Australasian NCC-ch 2005, Bodo won
06. Polish-ch, Gosu won
Next events are: 06th International CSVN Tournament Leiden, 2006-05-05
up to 2006-05-07 14th WCCC Torino, 2006-05-25 up to 2006-06-01 Please note: The
information are now again available under the older domain:
http://www.amateurschach.de
(selection: CC-Calendar).
The *.pgn database with official computer chess tournaments have now
8.673 games and 726 games from older tournaments (time before 1990).
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/
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.
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)
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.
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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