THE WEEK IN CHESS 599 1st May 2006 by Mark Crowther
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XIII Russian Club Championship 847 games
Van Wely - Carlsen Match 8 games
Sigeman & Co Chess tournament 20 games
Dutch Team Championship 47 games
12th Cutro International 91 games
Gausdal Classics 125 games
8th Dubai Open 263 games
1st Edmonton International 45 games
Argentine Championship 25 games
VI Governador Mario Covas 10 games
11th Cvitanovic Memorial 15 games
16th Chess Tournament of Pobeskydi 270 games
CCF Easter 45 games
Southend Jack Speigel Memorial 28 games
Olympiad Qualifier in Peru 73 games
Vietnam Championship 193 games
Final Weekend of the 4NCL 8 games
2113 games
My thanks to Holger Lieske, Tarjei J. Svensen, Varlam Vepkhvishvili,
Tadija Barbaric, Vlad Rekhson, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Rodolfo Arias Formoso,
Lou Caruana, Tomas Dvorak, Richard Palliser, Miguel Sierra, Thomas Henrich,
Gary Suffield, Matthew Herman, Michael Atkins, Doug Bake, Rob Vlaardingerbroek,
Frank Berry and everyone else who helped with the issue.
The Russian Team Championships were won by the Ural Team headed by
Alexander Grischuk, Alexei Shirov and Vladimir Akopian. For the outsider the
main interest was the number of 2600+ players competing including a rare outing
from Anatoly Karpov (who didn't have a very good time). Magnus Carlsen drew a
normal time rate match against Loek van Wely before demolishing him in a blitz
playoff. The Category 13 Sigeman & Co Chess tournament has started, that
will take us to the 7th of May by which time the Bosnia tournament in Sarajevo
will have started and we'll within a few days of the extremely strong MTel
Masters (Topalov, Anand, Svidler, Bacrot, Kamsky and Ponomariov). We're
certainly not going to be short of chess.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The XIII Russian Club Championship and VII Russian Women’s Club
Championship took place 19th April - 1st May 2006 in Sochi. 11 rounds.
Morozevich, Grischuk, Akopian, Bologan, Volkov, Ivanchuk, Radjabov, Dreev and
Ponomariov were amongst the stronger players. Four teams qualify for the
European Club Cup. Time control: 100 min. per 40 moves, 50 min. per 20 moves,
10 min + 30 sec. after one move to the rest of the game. Full listings of the
games from the final rounds may turn up in a few days.
Official site: http://www.chessliga.ru
Final Standings:
1. "Ural" Sverdlovsk region 17 38
2. TPS Saransk 17 37.5
3. "Tomsk-400" Tomsk 16 38.5
4. "Termosteps" Samara 14 35,5
5. "Ladya" Kazan 12 34
6. "Yuzhyi Ural" Cheliabinsk 12 33
7. "Unilain" Samara 10 31.5
8. "Economist" SGSEU Saratov 8 30.5
9. MCF Moscow 7 32
10. "Lada" Togliatty 7 29.5
11. FINEK Saint-Petersburg 6 29
12. "Merya" Moscow- Ulan-Ude 6 28,5
Leading Teams
1st "Ural" Sverdlovsk region
Grischuk, Alexander g 2719 4,5/10
Shirov, Alexei g 2699 5,5/9
Akopian, Vladimir g 2706 5/9
Dreev, Alexey g 2673 4,5/9
Malakhov, Vladimir g 2691 6,5/10
Motylev, Alexander g 2660 5/7
Sakaev, Konstantin g 2637 4,5/7
Aleksandrov, Aleksej g 2634 2,5/4
2nd TPS
Ivanchuk, Vassily g 2731 6,5/11
Volokitin, Andrei g 2660 5/11
Najer, Evgeniy g 2653 8/11
Volkov, Sergey g 2620 6/10
Popov, Valerij g 2587 2,5/6
Korneev, Oleg g 2671 6,5/11
Kiriakov, Petr g 2555 3/6
3rd "Tomsk-400"
Aronian, Levon g 2756 4,5/7
Morozevich, Alexander g 2730 6/9
Jakovenko, Dmitry g 2675 4/9
Bologan, Viktor g 2666 4/9
Tkachiev, Vladislav g 2643 7/10
Smirnov, Pavel g 2614 5/10
Inarkiev, Ernesto g 2598 5,5/8
Nepomniachtchi, Ian m 2506 2,5/4
The DSB Bank match between Loek van Wely and Magnus Carlsen took place
28th April - 1st May 2006. The four game match (2H/40 + 1H/20 + 15 min/rest +
30 sec./move for the last period) was tied 2-2. There were an additional four
blitz (5 mins + 2 seconds a move) tiebreak games played. The venue was the
ROC-vestiging aan de Hofstraat in the town of Schagen in the North Holland
region of the Netherlands. Carlsen won the blitz match 3.5-0.5.
Further info: http://www.schaakbond.nl/nieuws/njk2006/dsb.htm
and http://www.tussendetorens.nl/
Standard Timerate Games
Van Wely, Loek - Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 41 E15 Queens Indian
Carlsen, Magnus - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 34 B43 Sicilian Paulsen
Van Wely, Loek - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 87 E15 Queens Indian
Carlsen, Magnus - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 40 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Blitz Games
Van Wely, Loek - Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 59 A31 English Symmetrical
Carlsen, Magnus - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 64 B40 Sicilian Classical
Van Wely, Loek - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 67 A17 English Opening
Carlsen, Magnus - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 34 B43 Sicilian Paulsen
DSB Match Schagen NED (NED), 28 iv-1 v 2006
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Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2646 0 1 = = 1 1 = 1 5.5 2796
Van Wely, Loek g NED 2655 1 0 = = 0 0 = 0 2.5 2505
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The Sigeman & Co Chess tournament takes place 27th April – 7th
May 2006.
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14th Sigeman & Co Malmo SWE (SWE), 28 iv-6 v 2006 cat. XIII (2552)
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1. Timman, Jan H g NED 2616 * . = . 1 . . 1 1 . 3.5 2910
2. Stellwagen, Daniel g NED 2543 . * = . . 1 . 1 . = 3.0 2740
3. Atalik, Suat g TUR 2632 = = * 1 . . = . . . 2.5 2646
4. Carlsson, Pontus m SWE 2433 . . 0 * = 1 . . = . 2.0 2566
5. Hillarp Persson, Tiger g SWE 2524 0 . . = * . . = 1 . 2.0 2547
6. Cicak, Slavko g SWE 2506 . 0 . 0 . * 1 . . 1 2.0 2526
7. Fedorov, Alexei g BLR 2614 . . = . . 0 * . = 1 2.0 2563
8. Berg, Emanuel g SWE 2539 0 0 . . = . . * . 1 1.5 2462
9. Khenkin, Igor g GER 2602 0 . . = 0 . = . * . 1.0 2353
10. Hector, Jonny g SWE 2514 . = . . . 0 0 0 . * 0.5 2228
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Round 1 (April 28, 2006)
Timman, Jan H - Berg, Emanuel 1-0 68 E15 Queens Indian
Atalik, Suat - Stellwagen, Daniel 1/2 51 E90 King's Indian Classical
Hillarp Persson, Tiger - Carlsson, Pontus 1/2 41 E46 Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Cicak, Slavko - Hector, Jonny 1-0 41 A07 Barcza System
Khenkin, Igor - Fedorov, Alexei 1/2 19 E84 King's Indian Saemisch
Round 2 (April 29, 2006)
Timman, Jan H - Hillarp Persson, Tiger 1-0 54 B67 Sicilian Rauzer
Stellwagen, Daniel - Cicak, Slavko 1-0 37 B06 Modern Defence
Carlsson, Pontus - Khenkin, Igor 1/2 14 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Fedorov, Alexei - Atalik, Suat 1/2 23 C83 Ruy Lopez Open
Berg, Emanuel - Hector, Jonny 1-0 54 C47 Four Knights
Round 3 (April 30, 2006)
Atalik, Suat - Carlsson, Pontus 1-0 36 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Hillarp Persson, Tiger - Berg, Emanuel 1/2 42 B07 Pirc Defence
Cicak, Slavko - Fedorov, Alexei 1-0 42 B50 Sicilian Defence
Khenkin, Igor - Timman, Jan H 0-1 49 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Hector, Jonny - Stellwagen, Daniel 1/2 77 B48 Sicilian Paulsen
Round 4 (May 1, 2006)
Timman, Jan H - Atalik, Suat 1/2 14 C81 Ruy Lopez Open Keres Variation
Carlsson, Pontus - Cicak, Slavko 1-0 48 B01 Centre Counter
Hillarp Persson, Tiger - Khenkin, Igor 1-0 38 A07 Barcza System
Fedorov, Alexei - Hector, Jonny 1-0 33 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Berg, Emanuel - Stellwagen, Daniel 0-1 39 B42 Sicilian Paulsen
Official site: http://www.sigeman-chess.com/
The Dutch Team Championship Meesterklasse took place 24th September 2005
- 23rd April 2006. After nine rounds HSG (Loek van Wely, Predrag Nikolic,
Yasser Seirawa, Friso Nijboer, Daniel Stellwagen, Jan Smeets, Erwin l' Ami,
Ljubomir Ljubojevic, Ian Rogers etc ) finished three points clear of U-Boat
Worx (Ivan Sokolov, Michael Adams, Jan Timman, Laurent Fressinet, Sergei
Movsesian, Vladimir Chuchelov, Mikhail Gurevich etc). The final standings are
established by a playoff amongst the top four teams at the end of the season,
details below. Games from round 9 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.
Final Standings:
Pl Team Mp Bp
1. HSG 17 65
2. U-Boat Worx 14 55½
3. Hotels.nl 12 51½
4. SO Rotterdam 12 50½
5. LSG 11 45½
6. Post jr/ESGOO 8 41½
7. HMC Calder 6 41
8. Homburg Apeldoorn 6 40½
9. HWP Sas van Gent 4 34½
10. Stukkenjagers 0 23½
Play-offs for the title amongst the top four teams
are on 13th-14th May 2006.
Semi-Finals - 13th May 2006
SO Rotterdam - HSG
U-Boat Worx - Hotels.nl
Finale - 14th May, 12.00
The 12th Cutro International Chess Festival 2006 took place 23rd
April-May 1st in Cutro, Italy. Dimitar Marholev and Dragisa Blagojevic finished
on 6.5/9 a point clear of Aleksandar Wohl.
Official site: http://e4e6.com/cutro.
Official Leading Final Standings:
1. Marholev, Dimitar m BUL 2419 6.5 43.0
2. Blagojevic, Dragisa g SCG 2536 6.5 42.5
3. Drasko, Milan g SCG 2504 6.0 43.5
4. Kasparov, Sergey m BLR 2481 5.5 44.0
5. Roeder, Mathias m GER 2403 5.5 42.0
6. Di Caro, Calogero f ITA 2318 5.0 43.0
7. Naumkin, Igor g RUS 2415 5.0 42.0
8. Lazic, Miroljub g SCG 2493 5.0 39.5
9. Voiska, Margarita wg BUL 2314 5.0 38.5 2.0 4
10. Wohl, Aleksandar H. m AUS 2432 5.0 38.5 2.0 3
20 players
Crosstable
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Master Open Cutro ITA (ITA), 23 iv-1 v 2006
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1. Blagojevic, Dragisa g SCG 2536 + 7 = 2 +14 + 4 = 6 +15 = 9 = 5 = 8 6.5 2580
2. Marholev, Dimitar m BUL 2419 +18 = 1 + 8 = 6 = 4 = 3 +10 = 7 + 9 6.5 2567
3. Wohl, Aleksandar H m AUS 2432 +11 +20 + 6 = 5 =14 = 2 - 4 =15 +19 6.0 2429
4. Kasparov, Sergey m BLR 2481 +12 = 5 + 9 - 1 = 2 =14 + 3 = 6 = 7 5.5 2489
5. Roeder, Mathias m GER 2403 +19 = 4 =10 = 3 = 9 = 6 = 7 = 1 +14 5.5 2463
6. Drasko, Milan g SCG 2504 +10 = 9 - 3 = 2 = 1 = 5 =14 = 4 +12 5.0 2449
7. Di Caro, Calogero f ITA 2318 - 1 =15 +13 = 8 +12 = 9 = 5 = 2 = 4 5.0 2414
8. Lazic, Miroljub g SCG 2493 +16 =14 - 2 = 7 =15 -10 +13 +19 = 1 5.0 2340
9. Naumkin, Igor g RUS 2415 +17 = 6 - 4 +18 = 5 = 7 = 1 +14 - 2 5.0 2409
10. Voiska, Margarita wg BUL 2314 - 6 +17 = 5 -15 +11 + 8 - 2 =16 +20 5.0 2341
11. Sardo, Gabriele ITA 2186 - 3 =13 -16 +19 -10 +17 -12 +18 +15 4.5 2211
12. Van Hoolandt, Patrick f MNC 2246 - 4 +19 +20 -14 - 7 =16 +11 +17 - 6 4.5 2259
13. Cordi', Domenico ITA 2065 -14 =11 - 7 -17 +19 +18 - 8 +20 +16 4.5 2219
14. Mrdja, Milan m CRO 2409 +13 = 8 - 1 +12 = 3 = 4 = 6 - 9 - 5 4.0 2354
15. Bentivegna, Francesco ITA 2287 =21 = 7 =18 +10 = 8 - 1 =16 = 3 -11 4.0 2255
16. Brancaleoni, Maurizio f ITA 2286 - 8 -18 +11 +20 =17 =12 =15 =10 -13 4.0 2159
17. Cetkovic, Sergio SCG 2101 - 9 -10 =19 +13 =16 -11 =20 -12 =18 3.0 2062
18. Scerbo, Antonio ITA 2124 - 2 +16 =15 - 9 =20 -13 -19 -11 =17 2.5 2035
19. Serratore, Vincenzo SUI 2046 - 5 -12 =17 -11 -13 +20 +18 - 8 - 3 2.5 2062
20. Blasco, Domenico ITA 2008 +21 - 3 -12 -16 =18 -19 =17 -13 -10 2.0 1959
21. BYE ---- -20 . . . . . . . . 0.5 1954
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The Gausdal Classics International Chess Tournament took place in
Norway, 23rd April - 1st May 2006. Eduardas Rozentalis won the category 10 A
event with 6/9 half a point clear of the field.
Official site:
http://home.online.no/~eirikgu/gausdal2006-2/index.htm
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Classics GMA Gausdal NOR (NOR), 23 iv-1 v 2006 cat. X (2482)
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1. Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2596 * = = = = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2594
2. Kulaots, Kaido g EST 2557 = * = 1 = 1 = = = = 5.5 2553
3. Kveinys, Aloyzas g LTU 2532 = = * = = 1 = 1 0 1 5.5 2556
4. Reinderman, Dimitri g NED 2493 = 0 = * 1 0 = 1 1 1 5.5 2560
5. Bromberger, Stefan m GER 2481 = = = 0 * 1 0 1 1 1 5.5 2561
6. Porper, Eduard m ISR 2469 = 0 0 1 0 * = = 1 1 4.5 2483
7. Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2552 = = = = 1 = * 0 = 0 4.0 2431
8. Karlsson, Lars g SWE 2506 0 = 0 0 0 = 1 * = 1 3.5 2399
9. Dworakowska, Joanna m POL 2364 0 = 1 0 0 0 = = * = 3.0 2369
10. Moskow, Eric USA 2268 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 0 = * 2.0 2285
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Classics GMB Gausdal NOR (NOR), 23 iv-1 v 2006
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1. Levin, Felix g GER 2487 +11 = 9 = 3 + 4 = 6 +14 + 7 = 2 = 5 6.5 2497
2. Akesson, Ralf g SWE 2472 +20 - 4 = 9 +12 + 3 = 6 = 5 = 1 + 7 6.0 2459
3. Thompson, Ian D f ENG 2303 +18 = 7 = 1 = 9 - 2 +13 +12 + 6 = 4 6.0 2419
4. Afek, Yochanan m ISR 2328 +12 + 2 = 5 - 1 - 7 = 9 +10 +14 = 3 5.5 2408
5. Ivanov, Mikhail M g RUS 2443 +19 + 8 = 4 = 6 =14 - 7 = 2 + 9 = 1 5.5 2414
6. Westerinen, Heikki M.J g FIN 2386 =17 +10 + 7 = 5 = 1 = 2 + 8 - 3 -11 5.0 2391
7. Fries-Nielsen, Jens Ove m DEN 2356 +15 = 3 - 6 +20 + 4 + 5 - 1 = 8 - 2 5.0 2392
8. Silseth, Simon f SWE 2328 +13 - 5 +17 -14 +15 +10 - 6 = 7 =16 5.0 2290
9. Hole, Oystein f NOR 2346 +16 = 1 = 2 = 3 =10 = 4 =14 - 5 =19 4.5 2313
10. Jaksland, Tim f DEN 2311 +14 - 6 =12 +11 = 9 - 8 - 4 +16 =17 4.5 2248
11. Hanssen, Gunnar Berg NOR 2254 - 1 =17 +18 -10 =13 =15 -16 +20 + 6 4.5 2228
12. Vea, Odin Blikra NOR 2143 - 4 +20 =10 - 2 +17 +16 - 3 =13 =15 4.5 2251
13. Agdestein, Emil NOR 2102 - 8 =19 =15 +18 =11 - 3 +17 =12 =20 4.5 2204
14. Thurlow, Kevin J ENG 2098 -10 +16 +19 + 8 = 5 - 1 = 9 - 4 -18 4.0 2251
15. Nordstrom, Felix f SWE 2178 - 7 =18 =13 =17 - 8 =11 =20 +19 =12 4.0 2158
16. Nyland, Thomas NOR 2172 - 9 -14 -20 +19 +18 -12 +11 -10 = 8 3.5 2134
17. Bentsen, Hakon NOR 2180 = 6 =11 - 8 =15 -12 =19 -13 =18 =10 3.0 2090
18. Kvisla, Johannes Luangtep NOR 2026 - 3 =15 -11 -13 -16 =20 =19 =17 +14 3.0 2065
19. Bentsen, Oyvind NOR 2211 - 5 =13 -14 -16 +20 =17 =18 -15 = 9 3.0 2070
20. Muratet Casadevall, Albert ESP 2216 - 2 -12 +16 - 7 -19 =18 =15 -11 =13 2.5 2046
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The 8th Dubai Open Chess Championship takes place 22nd April - 2nd May
2006 and the players compete for the Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum's Cup.
Sergey Fedorchuk, Gabriel Sargissian and Tigran L Petrosian lead with 6.5/8
going into the final round.
Official site: http://www.dubaichess.com/DxbOp06/index.htm
Standings: Round 8 of 9
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8th Dubai Open Dubai UAE (UAE), 23 iv-1 v 2006
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1. Fedorchuk, Sergey A g UKR 2576 6.5 17574 31.0
2. Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2612 6.5 17553 31.5
3. Petrosian, Tigran L g ARM 2571 6.5 16944 29.5
4. Sadvakasov, Darmen g KAZ 2619 6.0 17716 31.0
5. Izoria, Zviad g GEO 2647 6.0 17714 29.5
6. Kacheishvili, Giorgi g GEO 2605 6.0 17573 30.5
7. Gelashvili, Tamaz g GEO 2576 6.0 17195 29.0
8. Pantsulaia, Levan g GEO 2611 6.0 17130 28.0
9. Gagunashvili, Merab g GEO 2560 6.0 16939 28.5
10. Anastasian, Ashot g ARM 2553 6.0 16325 26.0
11. Miroshnichenko, Evgenij g UKR 2608 5.5 17564 29.0
12. Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan g IRI 2584 5.5 17546 28.5
13. Ramesh, R.B g IND 2507 5.5 17150 27.0
14. Adly, Ahmed g EGY 2460 5.5 17064 27.0
15. Sethuraman, S.P IND 2231 5.5 16900 24.5
16. Krivoshey, Sergei m UKR 2531 5.5 16802 26.0
17. Safarli, Eltaj f AZE 2417 5.5 16745 25.5
18. Odeev, Handszar g TKM 2492 5.5 16700 25.5
19. Sturua, Zurab g GEO 2524 5.5 16552 25.0
20. Kotsur, Pavel g KAZ 2570 5.5 16493 26.5
21. Abbasov, Farid m AZE 2467 5.5 16214 25.5
22. Babaev, Rashad m AZE 2481 5.5 15832 23.0
23. Negi, Parimarjan IND 2445 5.5 15819 23.0
24. Kulicov, Oleg m RUS 2407 5.5 15694 24.5
25. Kayumov, Sergey m UZB 2426 5.5 15564 23.5
142 players
The First Edmonton International tournament ran between April 13th-17th
2006 in Edmonton, Alberta Canada. The tournament was a category III round-robin
which gave IM norm opportunities. In the end Slovakian IM Peter Vavrak won
first place with 7/9. IM Jesse Kraai and FM Dmitry Zilberstein from the
United-States came close second with 6.5/9. As a result of this performance, FM
Dmitry Zilbersten achieved his final IM norm. The best Alberta player was Rob
Gardner who had a solid performance of 4/9 with two IM scalps. News: Tournament
director, Vlad Rekhson.
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1st IM Edmonton CAN (CAN), 13-17 iv 2006 cat. III (2315)
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1. Vavrak, Peter m SVK 2408 * 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 7.0 2524
2. Zilberstein, Dmitry f USA 2381 1 * = = 1 = = = 1 1 6.5 2473
3. Kraai, Jesse m USA 2466 = = * = 1 0 1 1 1 1 6.5 2464
4. Nekrasov, Mihail m UKR 2406 0 = = * = 0 1 = 1 1 5.0 2348
5. Gentes, Kevin f CAN 2303 0 0 0 = * 1 1 1 = = 4.5 2316
6. Gardner, Robert CAN 2240 0 = 1 1 0 * 1 = 0 0 4.0 2280
7. Reeve, Jeff CAN 2253 0 = 0 0 0 0 * 1 1 1 3.5 2242
8. Lee, Vicente CAN 2222 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 * = 1 3.0 2200
9. Day, Lawrence A m CAN 2289 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 = * 1 3.0 2193
10. Haessel, Dale R USA 2183 = 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 0 * 2.0 2109
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The 81st Argentinean Championship takes place in Buenos Aires, 26th
April - 6th May, 2006.
Official site:
http://www.ajedrez.com.ar/camparg/superior06/final-sup06.htm
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81st ch-ARG San Luis ARG (ARG), 26 iv-6 v 2006 cat. VII (2421)
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1. Peralta, Fernando g ARG 2524 * = . 1 . 1 . 1 . . 1 4.5 2796
2. Felgaer, Ruben g ARG 2580 = * . . . . = . 1 1 1 4.0 2588
3. Flores, Diego m ARG 2494 . . * . = . 1 . 1 1 . 3.5 2701
4. Valerga, Diego m ARG 2470 0 . . * = . = . 1 1 . 3.0 2469
5. Campora, Daniel H g ARG 2552 . . = = * . = . . = . 2.0 2406
6. Amura, Claudia N wg ARG 2368 0 . . . . * . 0 = = 1 2.0 2258
7. Ricardi, Pablo g ARG 2515 . = 0 = = . * . . . . 1.5 2437
8. Mahia, Gustavo f ARG 2427 0 . . . . 1 . * 0 . = 1.5 2274
9. Blit, Jacques ARG 2246 . 0 0 0 . = . 1 * . . 1.5 2318
10. Perelman, Hernan ARG 2148 . 0 0 0 = = . . . * . 1.0 2252
11. Malbran, Guillermo m ARG 2308 0 0 . . . 0 . = . . * 0.5 2152
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The Festival Santista de Xadrez takes place in Santos, Brasil 29th April
- 7th May 2006. The main event is the VI Internacional Governador Mario Covas.
Alongside is a second event IV Magistral Internacional "Regina Helena Marques
Prol.
Official site: http://www.fpx.com.br/
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VI Mario Covas Santos BRA (BRA), 29 iv-7 v 2006 cat. IX (2468)
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1. Cubas, Jose Fernando m PAR 2425 * = . . . . . 1 . . 1.5 2679
2. Fier, Alexander Hilario Takeda m BRA 2471 = * . . . . . . . 1 1.5 2618
3. Coelho, Luis m BRA 2394 . . * = . . . . 1 . 1.5 2632
4. Lafuente, Pablo m ARG 2405 . . = * . . . . . 1 1.5 2602
5. Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag BRA 2421 . . . . * = . . 1 . 1.5 2724
6. Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2589 . . . . = * = . . . 1.0 2498
7. Leitao, Rafael g BRA 2575 . . . . . = * = . . 1.0 2545
8. Rodriguez, Andres g URU 2502 0 . . . . . = * . . 0.5 2307
9. Matsuura, Everaldo m BRA 2473 . . 0 . 0 . . . * . 0.0
10. Zambrana, Oswaldo m BOL 2425 . 0 . 0 . . . . . * 0.0
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The 11th Father Ivan Cvitanovic Memorial takes place April 29th - May
7th in Split (CRO). Tournament is cat. VII.
Official site:
http://www.skmornar.hr/izbornik/natjecanja/Memorijal_Ivana_Cvitanovica_raspis.html
and Live coverage: http://www.inet.hr/~tbarbari/_pgnviewer/cvitA.html
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XI Ivan Cvitanovic mem Split CRO (CRO), 29 iv-7 v 2006cat. VII (2403)
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1. Horvath, Csaba g HUN 2545 * . . . = 1 1 . . . 2.5 2680
2. Dizdarevic, Emir g BIH 2492 . * . = . . . . 1 1 2.5 2603
3. Ljubicic, Filip m CRO 2396 . . * . = . . 1 1 . 2.5 2684
4. Martinovic, Sasa CRO 2350 . = . * . = 1 . . . 2.0 2534
5. Polak, Tomas g CZE 2487 = . = . * . . = . . 1.5 2441
6. Rade, Miroslav m CRO 2430 0 . . = . * . . . 1 1.5 2391
7. Bozanic, Ivica f CRO 2306 0 . . 0 . . * 1 . . 1.0 2301
8. Bosiocic, Marin f CRO 2384 . . 0 . = . 0 * . . 0.5 2123
9. Dumpor, Atif f BIH 2362 . 0 0 . . . . . * = 0.5 2115
10. Plenkovic, Zdenko f CRO 2278 . 0 . . . 0 . . = * 0.5 2155
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16th Chess Tournament of Pobeskydi took place 13th March - 17th April
2005 in Frydek-Mistek, Czech Republic. There were least two round robin
tournaments and a FIDE Open.
Official site: http://www.chessfm.cz/
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17th Pobeskydi Arcimpex Cup Frydek Mistek CZE (CZE), 13-17 iv 2006cat. III (2320)
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1. Meszaros, Michal f SVK 2362 * = = = = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2481
2. Szczepkowska, Karina wf POL 2285 = * = = = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2489
3. Wiley, Tom E f ENG 2317 = = * = 1 = 0 1 1 1 6.0 2445
4. Pisk, Petr m CZE 2357 = = = * = 1 = = = = 5.0 2358
5. Plischki, Sebastian GER 2376 = = 0 = * = 1 0 1 1 5.0 2356
6. Vesselovsky, Serguei m CZE 2390 = = = 0 = * = = = 1 4.5 2312
7. Michenka, Jozef m CZE 2385 0 0 1 = 0 = * 1 1 = 4.5 2312
8. Rojicek, Vojtech CZE 2237 0 0 0 = 1 = 0 * 1 = 3.5 2249
9. Rohacek, Miroslav SVK 2247 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 * 1 2.0 2108
10. Jakubek, Peter SVK 2244 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = 0 * 1.5 2055
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1. Gajsin, Evgenij RUS 2451 * = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 7.5 2578
2. Talla, Vladimir m CZE 2403 = * = = = 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2476
3. Zapolskis, Antanas m LTU 2370 0 = * 1 0 1 1 = 1 1 6.0 2439
4. Carstensen, Jacob f DEN 2278 = = 0 * 1 0 = 1 0 1 4.5 2324
5. Toma, Katarzyna wm POL 2238 0 = 1 0 * 0 1 1 = = 4.5 2328
6. Lahner, Jakub CZE 2291 0 0 0 1 1 * 1 0 1 = 4.5 2323
7. Bromann, Thorbjorn f DEN 2384 = = 0 = 0 0 * = 1 1 4.0 2269
8. Dambrauskas, Virginijus m LTU 2360 0 0 = 0 0 1 = * 1 = 3.5 2235
9. Ponizil, Cyril CZE 2198 0 0 0 1 = 0 0 0 * = 2.0 2113
10. Bombek, Peter SVK 2225 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = = * 2.0 2110
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1. Zilka, Stepan f CZE 2345 7.5 53.5 42.0 44.00
2. Novotny, Josef CZE 2143 7.0 51.5 39.5 38.50
3. Zabystrzan, Pavel CZE 2259 7.0 51.0 39.5 37.75
4. Krcal, Michal CZE 2105 7.0 49.5 38.5 36.25
5. Smolen, Jan SVK 2328 6.5 52.0 40.5 36.00
6. Belunek, Vladimir f CZE 2262 6.5 51.5 40.0 35.25
7. Kuchynka, Lukas CZE 2069 6.5 45.5 36.5 31.75
8. Rychlik, Hanna POL 1996 6.5 42.0 34.5 27.00
9. Macicek, Jan1 CZE 2135 6.5 41.0 32.0 29.50
10. Nemeth, Miklos1 f HUN 2401 6.0 54.0 42.0 34.00
11. Hrabusa, Matej SVK 2077 6.0 48.5 39.0 28.25
12. Pavlicek, Miroslav CZE 2044 6.0 47.5 38.0 28.25
13. Kociscak, Jiri CZE 2074 6.0 42.5 33.5 26.50
84 players
The Coulsdon Chess Fellowship organised an all play-all 9th-13th April
2006. Thomas Rendle gained his final IM norm as a result of his score at this
event. He tied with Danny Gormally and Colin McNab on 6.5/9. Time control: 1
hour 40 minutes for 40 moves plus 50 minutes added to finish. In addition, 30
seconds Fischer timings will be added per move.
Official site:
http://www.ccfworld.com/Chess/Results/2006-04-13_International.htm
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1. Gormally, Daniel g ENG 2554 * = 1 = 1 0 1 1 1 = 6.5 2455
2. McNab, Colin A g SCO 2437 = * = = = 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2468
3. Rendle, Thomas f ENG 2357 0 = * = 1 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2477
4. Taylor, Martin R f ENG 2305 = = = * 1 = = = 1 = 5.5 2397
5. Snape, Ian ENG 2227 0 = 0 0 * = = 1 1 1 4.5 2325
6. Lyell, Mark f ENG 2235 1 0 0 = = * 0 = = 1 4.0 2281
7. Rudd, Jack ENG 2299 0 0 0 = = 1 * 1 0 1 4.0 2274
8. Tavoularis, Nicholas GRE 2193 0 = = = 0 = 0 * = = 3.0 2204
9. Khantuev, Alexander f RUS 2286 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 = * 1 3.0 2194
10. Lukman, Ronny INA 2265 = 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 * 1.5 2048
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The Jack Speigel Memorial took place 14th-17th April 2006 alongside the
Southend Easter Chess Congress. Jim Plaskett won this very respectable category
X event with 5.5/7 and a 2700+ performance!
Further details:
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/southendchess/club/2005/JackSpeigelMem.html
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Jack Speigel Mem Southend ENG (ENG), 14-17 iv 2006 cat. X (2476)
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1. Plaskett, Jim g ENG 2485 * = 1 = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2704
2. Gormally, Daniel g ENG 2554 = * 1 = = = 1 1 5.0 2622
3. Trent, Lawrence m ENG 2423 0 0 * 1 1 = = 1 4.0 2533
4. Emms, John M g ENG 2502 = = 0 * = 1 0 1 3.5 2472
5. Hebden, Mark g ENG 2523 0 = 0 = * 1 = 1 3.5 2469
6. Ward, Christopher g ENG 2467 = = = 0 0 * = 1 3.0 2427
7. Hunt, Harriet m ENG 2422 0 0 = 1 = = * = 3.0 2433
8. Ledger, Andrew m ENG 2430 0 0 0 0 0 0 = * 0.5 2060
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There was a qualifier for Peru's Olympiad team in Lima Peru. The top
four players in both the men's and women's events qualified for their
respective Olympiad teams. News: Rafael LLanos. Games Miguel Sierra.
The games and crosstable: http://www.mastersierra.com/
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Liguilla Absoluta Lima PER (PER), 1-5 iv 2006 cat. II (2290)
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1. Cruz, Cristhian f PER 2225 * = = = 1 = 1 = = 1 6.0 2421
2. Cordova, Emilio m PER 2429 = * = 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 6.0 2399
3. Oblitas, Carlomagno m PER 2398 = = * = = = 1 1 1 = 6.0 2402
4. Pacheco, Marco f PER 2331 = 1 = * = = 0 1 1 = 5.5 2364
5. Ramos, Ernesto f PER 2274 0 0 = = * 1 0 1 1 1 5.0 2334
6. Retamozo, Henry PER 2235 = 0 = = 0 * 1 = 1 = 4.5 2295
7. Alarcon, Ruy PER 2255 0 0 0 1 1 0 * = = 1 4.0 2250
8. Cruz, Jonathan PER 2187 = 1 0 0 0 = = * 0 = 3.0 2175
9. Nina, Miguel f PER 2333 = 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 * 1 3.0 2159
10. Samame Castillo, Juan m PER 2228 0 0 = = 0 = 0 = 0 * 2.0 2076
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1. Aliaga Fernandez, Ingrid Yadira wf PER 2019 * 1 = = 1 = 1 - 4.5 2310
2. Morales Mendoza, Luciana wm PER 2154 0 * 1 1 1 = 1 - 4.5 2291
3. Zapata, Karen wm PER 2236 = 0 * 1 1 1 1 - 4.5 2279
4. Calle, Miryam PER 2127 = 0 0 * = 1 1 - 3.0 2115
5. Zapata, Talia wf PER 2048 0 0 0 = * 1 1 - 2.5 2076
6. Aquino,Milsy PER ---- = = 0 0 0 * 1 - 2.0 2033
7. Cornejo,Natalia PER ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 * - 0.0 1774
8. Muente,Claudia PER ---- - - - - - - - * 0.0
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Claudia Muente withdrew after three games and her scores were cancelled.
The Vietnam Championship took place 3rd-12th April 2006. A 9 round swiss
was followed by a semi-final and final (games for this last part unavailable).
Nguyen Anh Dung beat Dao Thien Hai in the final to take the title. Nguyen Duc
Hoa beat Nguyen Hoang Nam to take 3rd. I've done my best with the names but
with no ELO ratings on the official site its hard to know if I've missed any
rated players out.
Official site:
http://www.vietnamchess.com/Tournament/Nat/2006/chess2006.htm
Final
Dao Thien Hai - Nguyen Anh Dung 0-1, ½-½
3rd-4th
Nguyen Hoang Nam - Nguyen Duc Hoa 1-0, 0-1, 1-0, 0-1, 0-1
Semi Final
Dao Thien Hai - Nguyen Hoang Nam ½-½, 1-0
Nguyen Anh Dung - Nguyen Duc Hoa ½-½, 1-0
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ch-VIE Cao Lanh Dong Thap VIE (VIE), 3-9 iv 2006
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1. Nguyen Anh Dung g VIE 2542 +29 + 3 +12 = 5 =10 = 6 = 2 +16 + 8 7.0 2576
2. Dao Thien Hai g VIE 2560 +32 + 4 =10 +11 + 5 - 3 = 1 + 6 +16 7.0 2537
3. Nguyen Duc Hoa f VIE 2205 +40 - 1 +39 + 9 + 8 + 2 = 6 +10 = 4 7.0 2530
4. Nguyen Hoang Nam VIE 2156 +37 - 2 +26 - 8 +24 +15 + 9 + 5 = 3 6.5 2392
5. Bui Vinh m VIE 2475 +33 +13 +22 = 1 - 2 +16 =10 - 4 +12 6.0 2470
6. Tu Hoang Thong g VIE 2457 = 7 +41 =11 +27 +20 = 1 = 3 - 2 +13 6.0 2426
7. Tran Quoc Dung VIE 2126 = 6 = 8 - 9 +40 +27 +20 -16 +23 +10 6.0 2415
8. Tran Thanh Tu VIE 2274 =41 = 7 +30 + 4 - 3 =11 +22 +20 - 1 5.5 2308
9. Pham Chuong f VIE 2328 -30 +38 + 7 - 3 +29 +21 - 4 =19 +11 5.5 2211
10. Le Quang Liem f VIE 2473 +34 +23 = 2 =20 = 1 +12 = 5 - 3 - 7 5.0 2329
11. Vo Thanh Ninh VIE ---- +16 +27 = 6 - 2 =15 = 8 +17 =14 - 9 5.0 2412
12. Nguyen Van Huy VIE 2347 +25 +24 - 1 =22 +14 -10 =13 +15 - 5 5.0 2342
13. Bao Quang f VIE 2333 +39 - 5 +28 +14 -16 =17 =12 +22 - 6 5.0 2344
14. Dinh Duc Trong f VIE 2387 =35 =26 +23 -13 -12 +29 +21 =11 =19 5.0 2178
15. Pham Duc Thang f VIE 2210 =17 +19 -21 +32 =11 - 4 +34 -12 +27 5.0 2251
16. Tu Hoang Thai m VIE 2419 -11 +42 +29 +21 +13 - 5 + 7 - 1 - 2 5.0 2269
17. Ly Hong Nguyen f VIE 2351 =15 -35 +37 +36 =22 =13 -11 =18 +24 5.0 2143
18. Bao Khoa VIE 2087 =31 -21 -36 +28 +35 =26 =27 =17 +29 5.0 2118
19. Nguyen Ngoc Truongson g VIE 2555 =26 -15 +41 +35 =21 -22 +23 = 9 =14 5.0 2207
20. Hoang Canh, Huan VIE 2323 =21 +31 +35 =10 - 6 - 7 +32 - 8 +26 5.0 2203
21. Le Thanh Minh VIE ---- =20 +18 +15 -16 =19 - 9 -14 +33 =22 4.5 2287
22. Ngo Ngoc Quang VIE 2278 +38 +30 - 5 =12 =17 +19 - 8 -13 =21 4.5 2274
23. Ton That Nhu,Tung VIE ---- +28 -10 -14 =30 +25 +31 -19 - 7 +34 4.5 2186
24. Phung Nguyen Tuong,Minh VIE ---- +36 -12 -27 +38 - 4 +28 =26 +32 -17 4.5 2145
25. Bui Duc Tiep VIE ---- -12 =36 -32 +33 -23 +42 =31 =28 +38 4.5 2053
26. Tran Ngoc Lan VIE 1988 =19 =14 - 4 =31 +30 =18 =24 =27 -20 4.0 2177
27. Nguyen Thien Viet VIE 2339 +42 -11 +24 - 6 - 7 +36 =18 =26 -15 4.0 2053
28. Dang Hoang Son VIE ---- -23 +34 -13 -18 +39 -24 +41 =25 =33 4.0 2035
29. Nguyen Xuan Quang VIE ---- - 1 +40 -16 +39 - 9 -14 +38 +36 -18 4.0 2152
30. Tran Manh Tien VIE 2139 + 9 -22 - 8 =23 -26 =41 -33 =35 +36 3.5 2048
31. Huynh Lam Binh Nguyen VIE ---- =18 -20 =33 =26 +41 -23 =25 -34 =37 3.5 1996
32. Nguyen Ngoc Phung VIE 2130 - 2 =37 +25 -15 =36 +38 -20 -24 =39 3.5 2041
33. Tran Tuan Minh VIE ---- - 5 -39 =31 -25 =42 +40 +30 -21 =28 3.5 1988
34. Dam Cong Tung VIE ---- -10 -28 -38 =42 +37 +35 -15 +31 -23 3.5 1995
35. Vo Minh Hoang VIE ---- =14 +17 -20 -19 -18 -34 =37 =30 =42 3.0 2079
36. Tran Quang Khai VIE ---- -24 =25 +18 -17 =32 -27 +42 -29 -30 3.0 1991
37. Le Huu Thai VIE ---- - 4 =32 -17 -41 -34 =39 =35 +40 =31 3.0 1977
38. Duong Thuong Cong VIE ---- -22 - 9 +34 -24 +40 -32 -29 +41 -25 3.0 1988
39. Nguyen Quang Duc VIE ---- -13 +33 - 3 -29 -28 =37 -40 +42 =32 3.0 1949
40. Lu Chan Hung VIE ---- - 3 -29 +42 - 7 -38 -33 +39 -37 +41 3.0 1943
41. To Quoc Khanh VIE 2287 = 8 - 6 -19 +37 -31 =30 -28 -38 -40 2.0 1938
42. Nguyen Anh Tuan VIE ---- -27 -16 -40 =34 =33 -25 -36 -39 =35 1.5 1811
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The final three rounds of the 4NCL took place Saturday 29th April 2006
to Bank Holiday Monday 1st May 2006. The final round game between Guilford-ADC
1 and Wood Green 1 was drawn 4-4. They were tied going into the final weekend
whose results have not been reported in detail yet. The organisers also
dispensed with their excellent bulletin editor Arthur Brameld without any
explanation or thanks so it remains to be seen when the games turn up. Games
from the final match are available from the live coverage.
Live coverage: http://www.bcfservices.org.uk/4ncl/
Official site: http://www.4ncl.co.uk/
Round 11 (May 1, 2006)
Final Round between Guilford-ADC 1 and Wood Green 1 drawn 4-4
Fressinet, Laurent GADC - Adams, Michael WG1 0-1 55 C49 Four Knights Metger
Polgar, Judit WG1 - Harikrishna, P GADC 1/2 47 B19 Caro Kann
Gurevich, Mikhail GADC - Dreev, Alexey WG1 1/2 52 D12 Slav Defence
Sokolov, Ivan WG1 - Krasenkow, Michal GADC 1/2 64 D85 Gruenfeld Defence
Lautier, Joel GADC - Smirin, Ilia WG1 1-0 62 E88 King's Indian Saemisch
Bologan, Viktor WG1 - Rowson, Jonathan GADC 1/2 49 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Sutovsky, Emil GADC - Nielsen, Peter Heine WG1 1-0 44 C43 Petroff's Defence
McShane, Luke J WG1 - Ciuksyte, Dagne GADC 1-0 31 B41 Sicilian Paulsen
The Georgian Boys and Girls under-20 Championships take place in
Tbilisi 28th April - 6th May 2006. News: Varlam Vepkhvishvili
Round 3 Standings:
Boys
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Rank N Fed Tit Rating Name Total Tie-Break Colors
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1) 14 GEO 2169 F Patsia, Zviad 3 6 wbw
2) 2 GEO 2396 F Kuparadze, Giga 2.5 5 wbw
3) 3 GEO f 2360 F Jojua, Davit 2.5 5 bwb
4) 9 GEO 2201 F Nikolishvili, Zurab 2.5 5 bwb
5) 18 GEO 2083 F Amirkhanashvili, Archil 2.5 4.5 bwb
6) 1 GEO 2400 F Zarkua, Davit 2 5 bwb
7) 6 GEO 2271 F Bregadze, Levan 2 4.5 wbw
8) 13 GEO 2176 F Maisuradze, Gega 2 4.5 bwb
9) 5 GEO f 2292 F Benidze, Davit 2 3 bwb
10) 17 GEO 2087 F Davarashvili, Nodar 2 3 wbw
11) 8 GEO 2220 F Nigalidze, Gaioz 1.5 4 wbw
12) 11 GEO 2180 F Goguadze, Mikheil 1.5 4 bwb
13) 12 GEO 2180 F Nizharadze, Parnavaz 1.5 4 wbw
14) 7 GEO 2258 F Lomsadze, Davit 1.5 3.5 bwb
15) 19 GEO 2045 F Kordzakhia, Giorgi 1.5 3.5 wbw
16) 4 GEO 2318 F Azaladze, Shota 1.5 2.5 wbw
17) 21 GEO 1999 F Nemsadze, Beka 1.5 2 wb
18) 28 GEO Tedoshvili, Dimitri 1.5 2 bw
19) 10 GEO 2188 F Urushadze, Davit 1 3 wbw
20) 22 GEO 1957 F Tsaboshvili, Lasha 1 2 bwb
21) 23 GEO 1951 F Morchiladze, Vakhtang 1 2 wbw
22) 24 GEO 1894 F Gabunia, Tornike 1 2 bwb
23) 15 GEO f 2147 F Gamzardia, Giorgi 1 1 wbw
24) 16 GEO 2090 F Khelaia, Giorgi 1 1 bwb
25) 20 GEO 2025 F Shinjiashvili, Vladimer 0.5 1 bw
26) 25 GEO 1887 F Samniashvili, Davit 0.5 1 wb
27) 26 GEO Antadze, Mamuka 0 0 bwb
28) 27 GEO Chikhradze, Khvicha 0 0 wbw
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Girls
Ranking standing .
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Rank N Fed Tit Rating Name Total Tie-Break Colors
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1) 2 GEO wm 2291 F Khotenashvili, Bela 3 6 wbw
2) 9 GEO 2090 F Meskhi, Teona 3 6 bbw
3) 5 GEO wf 2203 F Mikadze, Miranda 2.5 5.5 bwb
4) 10 GEO 2088 F Bokuchava, Madona 2.5 5.5 wbw
5) 1 GEO wm 2318 F Batsiashvili, Nino 2 5 bwb
6) 11 GEO 2073 F Zhorzholiani, Meri 2 5 bwb
7) 6 GEO wf 2180 F Guramishvili, Sopiko 2 4 wbw
8) 8 GEO wm 2156 F Datuashvili, Nona 2 4 wbw
9) 14 GEO 2005 F Danelia, Mariam 2 3 wbw
10) 3 GEO 2244 F Gavasheli, Ana 1.5 3.5 bwb
11) 23 GEO 2121 F Tsatsalashvili 1.5 3.5 wb
12) 12 GEO 2051 F Khazhomia, Salome 1.5 2.5 wbw
13) 18 GEO 1934 F Rizhamadze, Patman 1.5 2.5 wbw
14) 4 GEO 2209 F Vakhania, Alexandra 1.5 2.5 wbw
15) 15 GEO 1984 F Butskhrikidze, Ana 1.5 2.5 bwb
16) 7 GEO wf 2161 F Paikidze, Nazi 1 3 bwb
17) 21 GEO 1872 F Khazhomia, Anuki 1 2 bwb
18) 22 GEO 1865 F Jalabadze, Natia 1 2 w b
19) 16 GEO 1969 F Siradze, Salome 1 1 wbw
20) 19 GEO 1933 F Zarkua, Elisabed 1 1 bw
21) 17 GEO wf 1936 F Topuridze, Ana 0.5 1 bwb
22) 20 GEO 1897 F Samniashvili, Tamar 0.5 1 wbw
23) 13 GEO 2045 F Khutsidze, Sopo 0 0 bwb
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For the 11th time the Russian chess magazine "64 Chess Review" (the
editor-in-chief Alexander Roshal) has organised the traditional competition
"Oscar". This prize is handed over to the best chess player of the last year.
In the past Garry Kasparov has won the award five times, Viswanathan Anand -
for four times, Vladimir Kramnik - once.
Unsurprisngly the Oscar for the best performance in 2005 is FIDE world
champion Veselin Topalov
361 lists from 68 countries has been considered. Among voted are the
journalists writing and acting in mass media, visible chess experts and the
grandmasters, publishing the materials on a regular basis. Topalov topped 293
lists of the "best ten" Topalov. Overall he scored 4376 points.
Other places: 2. V.Anand (India) - 3495 (31 times he is named by the
first), 3. L.Aronyan (Armenia) - 2721 (10), 4. P.Svidler (Russia) - 1881 (1),
5. P.Leko (Hungary) - 1187, 6. A.Morozevich (Russia) - 1025 (4), 7. Garry
Kasparov (Russia) - 1001 (12), 8. Vasily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) - 968 (2), 9.
R.Ponomarev (Ukraine) - 821, 10. M.Carlsen (Norway) - 433 (2). The bronze
figurine of "The Fascinated wanderer" will be handed over to Topalov on May
10th at the opening of the international tournament in Sofia. In ceremony is
expected participation of the president of Bulgaria George Pravanov and the
president of International chess federation Kirsan Ilyumzhinov which the
editor-in-chief "64" will ask to hand over a prize to the winner.
Official site: http://www.64.ru/?/en/
4th "Young Stars of the World"
The 4th "Young Stars of the World" (Vani Somova Memorial) takes place
from the 8th-21st of May 2006 in Kirishi, Russia.
Official site: http://www.somovs-memorial.ru/
2nd Alajuela Open
The 2nd Alajuela international open (Costa Rica) takes place 11th-16th
July 2006.
Further details: http://www.alajuela2006.com/
IbeatGarry.com: The Six Degrees of Kasparov
If you've won a game that's appeared in Chessbase Megabase 2005 then
find out a series of results which by separation means you beat Garry Kasparov!
Fun stuff from Karlheinz Zoechling. I'm not in Megabase but have beaten someone
who has a separation of two, giving me a separation of three!
Site: http://ibeatgarry.com/
15th Open International D’Echecs de Martigny
The 15th Open International D’Echecs de Martigny takes place
4th-7th August 2006.
Further detail: http://www.uve-wsb.ch/openmartigny/
IRT Buenos Aires
An IRT (International Rated Tournament) takes place in Buenos Aires,
Argentina, organized by FAOGBA (Federación de Ajedrez del Oeste del Gran
Buenos Aires) Federation of Chess of the West of Great Buenos Aires. Apr,
19th-May, 20th 2006. 11 players, average ELO 2118 (eight rated players) It
takes place in the halls of the Italian Society of the city of Merlo, Buenos
Aires, Argentina.
Official site: http://www.ajedrezfaogba.com.ar
15th Kavala Open
The 15th Kavala Open takes place 4th-11th August 2006. There is one
(traditional) Open Tournament, which is at the same time the Greek
Championships. This year they decided to form two groups with very low elo
players competing separately, so as not to create great elo differences and
discourage high-ranked players from participating (and being paired with a 1400
player, when a game loss, or draw might mean an "elo catastrophy") on a swiss
tournament such as this one. This separation of low elos and the bigger ones is
done for the first time in Greece, previously all competed in one tournament.
The 1st group players will be eligible for Greek Open titles in men's and
women's competitions.
Entries must be sent by fax to + 30.2510.226871 or by e-mail :
vliog@tee.gr, not later than July 24th and should include full name, ELO
Rating, telephone and dates of arrival and departure. Telephone communication :
Vassilis Liogkas : +30.2510.622370 and 6977474684
Further info: http://www.chesskavala.gr or
http://www.chesskavala.com
5th Knokke Open
The 5th Knokke Open International Chess Tournament takes place
12th-15th August 2006 The Belgium Chess Club 'Cnoc Is Ier' located at the
coast city Knokke Belgium, the tournament accredited by the Flemish Chess
Federation exists of 7 rounds 'Swiss system 2 hours K.O'.
Prize money provided for a total amount of 2275 Euro 1st prize: 750
euro - 2e prize: 375 euro - 3e prize: 200 euro 4e prize: 125 euro -
6e until 13e prize: 25 euro. The best youth player (born after 15 Aug.
1990): 50 euro - Best senior (born before 12 Aug. 1946): 50 euro
The participants who win no money prize will rewarded with a gift
prize.
Tournament participation Before 31 July 2006 one pays 20 euro,
afterwards 25 euro. Participation is for nobody free. Maximum 120 players are
allowed. Registrations happen in order of recieved payment. Participants must
present themselves on the 12 of Augusts between 10 and 12 O'clock.
Register by e-mail sk_knokke@hotmail.com
Further details:
http://users.telenet.be/schaakknokke/SchaakClubKnokkeTornooiMain.htm
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
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.
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)
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/
Galati Chess Open
Galati Chess Open 26th of April to 3rd of May. The open is part of
Romanian Chess 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.
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
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.
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
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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