THE WEEK IN CHESS 605 12th June 2006 by Mark Crowther
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XIX edition of the Ciudad de León 16 games
2nd San Marino Open 93 games
IHEM Hamburg 126 games
Las Vegas Masters 72 games
Hockenheim Willingen GM 25 games
First Saturday June 70 games
2nd Lodi international festival 166 games
Hungarian Team Championship 792 games
1360 games
My thanks to Koos Stolk, Chris Bird, Petr Pisk, George Mirijanian,
Thomas Henrich, Milos Orso, Rolf Sander, Axel Fritz and everyone else who
helped with the issue.
It was always likely to be a quiet week in general after the Olympiad
finished and so it turned out to be. The exception was the Leon knockout rapid
event which saw world numbers one and two meet. Veselin Topalov was just one
point clear of Viswanathan Anand in the rating list in April but Topalov would
have moved further clear with his win at the Mtel Masters and also Anand had a
poor Olympiad. So Anand would certainly have taken something from beating the
Bulgarian in the Leon event 2.5-1.5 a margin which could have been larger had
he not settled for a draw in the final game.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The XIX edition of the Ciudad de León chess tournament took place
9th-11th June 2006 at the Junta de Castilla y León building in
León, Spain. The four game matches were rapid play 20 minutes for the
whole game, with an increment of 10 seconds after each move. Tie-breaks: blitz
games (5 minutes for each player). Knockout event with semi-finals and then a
final. The event is no longer "advanced chess" with players aided by
computers.
Viswanathan Anand won game two of the final against Veselin Topalov. The
remaining games were drawn giving a 2.5-1.5 win to the Indian.
Official sites: http://www.advancedchessleon.com
and/or http://www.elajedrezdelfuturo.com
Day 1 9th June 2006
Gm1 Bruzon, Lazaro - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 59 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Gm2 Anand, Viswanathan - Bruzon, Lazaro 1/2 42 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Gm3 Bruzon, Lazaro - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 28 A32 English Symmetrical
Gm4 Anand, Viswanathan - Bruzon, Lazaro 1/2 20 C69 Ruy Lopez Exchange
Gm5 Bruzon, Lazaro - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 28 D05 Colle System
Gm6 Anand, Viswanathan - Bruzon, Lazaro 1-0 54 C96 Ruy Lopez
Gm7 Bruzon, Lazaro - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 36 A46 Queen's Pawn Opening
Gm8 Anand, Viswanathan - Bruzon, Lazaro 1-0 45 C97 Ruy Lopez
XIX Ciudad Leon ESP (ESP), 9-11 vi 2006
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Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2803 = = = = 0 1 = 1 4.5 2695
Bruzon, Lazaro g CUB 2652 = = = = 1 0 = 0 3.5 2760
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Day 2 10th June 2006
Gm1 Topalov, Veselin - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1-0 51 B19 Caro Kann
Gm2 Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 34 B91 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.g3
Gm3 Topalov, Veselin - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 48 D27 QGA
Gm4 Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 20 B54 Sicilian Rauzer
XIX Ciudad Leon ESP (ESP), 9-11 vi 2006
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Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2804 1 1 = 0 2.5 2761
Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2666 0 0 = 1 1.5 2717
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Gm1 Topalov, Veselin - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 67 D23 QGA
Gm2 Anand, Viswanathan - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 50 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Gm3 Topalov, Veselin - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 36 C84 Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Gm4 Anand, Viswanathan - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 61 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
XIX Ciudad Leon ESP (ESP), 11-11 vi 2006
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Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2803 = 1 = = 2.5 2899
Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2804 = 0 = = 1.5 2716
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The 2nd San Marino International Chess Open took place in the Republic
of San Marino June 5th-11th 2006, at the end of the Turin World Chess Olympiad.
Vadim Milov won the event on tie-break from Varuzhan Akobian both finished on
7.5/9.
Official site: http://www.sanmarinoscacchi.sm
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2nd Open San Marino SMR (SMR), 3-11 vi 2006
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1. Milov, Vadim g SUI 2625 7,5 GM SUI 43,0 2816
2. Akobian, Varuzhan g USA 2575 7,5 GM USA 41,0 2796
3. Gagunashvili, Merab g GEO 2560 7,0 GM GEO 39,0 2710
4. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2669 6,5 GM NED 43,5 2691
5. Ehlvest, Jaan g USA 2607 6,5 GM USA 43,0 2689
6. Pantsulaia, Levan g GEO 2611 6,5 GM GEO 38,5 2677
7. Torre, Eugenio g PHI 2543 6,5 GM PHI 37,5 2612
8. Sulava, Nenad g CRO 2493 6,5 GM CRO 37,0 2609
9. Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2565 6,5 GM RUS 35,5 2596
10. Kuzubov, Yuriy g UKR 2554 6,5 GM UKR 35,0 2576
11. Ivanisevic, Ivan g SCG 2598 6,5 GM SCG 33,5 2564
12. Manik, Mikulas m SVK 2450 6,0 IM SVK 42,0 2647
13. Heberla, Bartlomiej m POL 2497 6,0 IM POL 40,0 2606
14. Areshchenko, Alexander g UKR 2660 6,0 GM UKR 39,0 2604
15. Markowski, Tomasz g POL 2554 6,0 GM POL 38,5 2594
16. Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2646 6,0 GM GEO 37,0 2593
17. Svetushkin, Dmitry g MDA 2552 6,0 GM MDA 37,0 2571
18. Paragua, Mark g PHI 2617 6,0 GM PHI 37,0 2543
19. Malakhatko, Vadim g UKR 2559 6,0 GM UKR 36,5 2588
20. Vazquez, Renier m ESP 2517 6,0 IM ESP 36,5 2551
21. Psakhis, Lev g ISR 2551 6,0 GM ISR 34,5 2550
22. Delchev, Aleksander g BUL 2640 6,0 GM BUL 34,5 2547
23. Shengelia, Davit g GEO 2556 6,0 GM GEO 34,5 2490
24. Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA 2622 6,0 GM BRA 34,0 2538
25. Nevednichy, Vladislav g ROM 2582 6,0 GM ROM 33,0 2516
26. Guliyev, Namig g AZE 2580 6,0 GM AZE 32,5 2501
27. Kaplan, Sasha f ISR 2341 6,0 FM ISR 31,5 2453
28. Godena, Michele g ITA 2537 5,5 GM ITA 38,0 2505
29. So, Wesley f PHI 2254 5,5 FM PHI 37,0 2522
30. Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman m IND 2472 5,5 IM IND 36,5 2547
31. Zozulia, Anna m UKR 2355 5,5 IM UKR 36,5 2488
32. Kuljasevic, Davorin m CRO 2408 5,5 IM CRO 36,5 2467
33. Efimenko, Zahar g UKR 2648 5,5 GM UKR 36,0 2528
34. Flores, Diego m ARG 2494 5,5 IM ARG 36,0 2472
35. Djuric, Stefan g SCG 2457 5,5 GM SCG 35,5 2505
36. Goloshchapov, Alexander g UKR 2556 5,5 GM UKR 34,5 2457
37. Stopa, Jacek POL 2469 5,5 IM POL 34,5 2438
38. Sulskis, Sarunas g LTU 2497 5,5 GM LTU 34,0 2491
39. Parligras, Mircea g ROM 2543 5,5 GM ROM 34,0 2463
40. Garcia Palermo, Carlos g ARG 2467 5,5 GM ARG 34,0 2454
41. Del Rio Angelis, Salvador G g ESP 2516 5,5 GM ESP 34,0 2421
42. Abergel, Thal m FRA 2457 5,5 IM FRA 33,5 2495
43. Berkovich, Mark A m ISR 2392 5,5 IM ISR 33,0 2449
44. Bhat, Vinay S m USA 2409 5,5 IM USA 33,0 2401
148 players
The International Hamburg Tournament took place 3rd-11th June 2006.
Mihail Saltaev won the event with 6.5/9.
Official site:
http://www.hamburger-schachverband.de/ihem2006/ihem2006.htm
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IHEM Hamburg GER (GER), 3-11 vi 2006
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1. Saltaev, Mihail g UZB 2500 =13 +19 =10 =17 +25 = 3 + 7 = 4 + 9 6.5 2542
2. Landa, Konstantin g RUS 2600 =11 +21 = 6 +10 + 9 = 4 = 3 = 8 = 5 6.0 2597
3. Rogozenko, Dorian g ROM 2532 =22 +12 =16 +18 = 6 = 1 = 2 +10 = 4 6.0 2548
4. Lanka, Zigurds g LAT 2510 =23 +24 +14 = 9 + 8 = 2 = 6 = 1 = 3 6.0 2569
5. Bobras, Piotr g POL 2535 =17 +15 - 9 +11 - 7 +13 +18 + 6 = 2 6.0 2521
6. Kopylov, Mihail m UKR 2463 +26 =16 = 2 +22 = 3 + 7 = 4 - 5 = 8 5.5 2554
7. Kekelidze, Mikheil g GEO 2520 =15 =17 =11 +14 + 5 - 6 - 1 +22 +13 5.5 2472
8. Berelovich, Aleksandar g UKR 2571 =12 =22 +23 +16 - 4 =10 +17 = 2 = 6 5.5 2494
9. Loeffler, Stefan m GER 2437 =19 +13 + 5 = 4 - 2 =17 =10 +14 - 1 5.0 2468
10. Souleidis, Georgios m GRE 2435 +18 =14 = 1 - 2 +12 = 8 = 9 - 3 +17 5.0 2479
11. Van Delft, Merijn m NED 2372 = 2 =23 = 7 - 5 =19 +27 =22 +20 =14 5.0 2388
12. Stanke, Juergen GER 2335 = 8 - 3 +28 =21 -10 =19 +27 =17 +22 5.0 2369
13. Zierke, Oliver f GER 2294 = 1 - 9 =25 +20 =18 - 5 +19 +21 - 7 4.5 2335
14. Siebrecht, Sebastian m GER 2394 +20 =10 - 4 - 7 =22 +23 +21 - 9 =11 4.5 2375
15. Lindinger, Markus f GER 2322 = 7 - 5 -18 +24 -27 +28 -20 +25 +23 4.5 2231
16. Chevelevitch, Evgueni GER 2423 +27 = 6 = 3 - 8 =17 . . =24 +26 4.0 2402
17. Reddmann, Hauke f GER 2331 = 5 = 7 +26 = 1 =16 = 9 - 8 =12 -10 4.0 2402
18. Jacoby, Gisbert GER 2225 -10 +20 +15 - 3 =13 =22 - 5 =23 =19 4.0 2296
19. Engelbert, Christoph GER 2227 = 9 - 1 =24 =23 =11 =12 -13 +28 =18 4.0 2252
20. Sternberg, Lew GER 2072 -14 -18 +27 -13 =28 +25 +15 -11 =24 4.0 2181
21. Bodnar, Alexander m UKR 2398 +25 - 2 -22 =12 =23 +26 -14 -13 +27 4.0 2262
22. Meyer, Falko f GER 2322 = 3 = 8 +21 - 6 =14 =18 =11 - 7 -12 3.5 2343
23. Bach, Matthias f GER 2315 = 4 =11 - 8 =19 =21 -14 +26 =18 -15 3.5 2284
24. Schulz, Hartmut GER 2189 =28 - 4 =19 -15 -26 +29 =25 =16 =20 3.5 2132
25. Ewaldt, Michael GER 2104 -21 =27 =13 +26 - 1 -20 =24 -15 =28 3.0 2114
26. Putzbach, Gerd f GER 2257 - 6 +28 -17 -25 +24 -21 -23 +27 -16 3.0 2135
27. Weiss, Siegfried GER 2126 -16 =25 -20 +28 +15 -11 -12 -26 -21 2.5 2087
28. Albers, Andreas GER 1995 =24 -26 -12 -27 =20 -15 +29 -19 =25 2.5 2015
29. BYE ---- . . . . . -24 -28 . . 0.0
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Las Vegas Masters Chess Tournament take place June 10th-14th, 2006.
Website: http://www.clarkcountychessclub.com/masters/
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Masters Las Vegas USA (USA), 10-14 vi 2006
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1. Fontaine, Robert g FRA 2521 +21 + 9 +14 + 2 . . . . . 4.0
2. Stein, Alan f USA 2434 +35 +13 + 5 - 1 . . . . . 3.0 2658
3. Kritz, Leonid g GER 2578 +23 =16 +18 =12 . . . . . 3.0 2604
4. Antic, Dejan g SCG 2491 +22 =14 +27 = 8 . . . . . 3.0 2565
5. Mikhalevski, Victor g ISR 2566 +30 +15 - 2 +16 . . . . . 3.0 2607
6. Golod, Vitali g ISR 2571 = 7 =11 +20 =15 . . . . . 2.5 2481
7. Hess, Robert L f USA 2354 = 6 +24 =12 =13 . . . . . 2.5 2545
8. Sevillano, Enrico m USA 2472 =24 +20 =16 = 4 . . . . . 2.5 2478
9. Bartholomew, John f USA 2406 +19 - 1 +28 =10 . . . . . 2.5 2450
10. Friedel, Joshua E m USA 2465 +26 =18 =17 = 9 . . . . . 2.5 2446
11. Ippolito, Dean m USA 2413 =25 = 6 =26 +17 . . . . . 2.5 2453
12. Gonzalez, Renier m USA 2470 +33 =17 = 7 = 3 . . . . . 2.5 2493
13. Perelshteyn, Eugene m USA 2526 +27 - 2 +23 = 7 . . . . . 2.5 2458
14. Almeida Saenz, Alfonso m MEX 2400 +28 = 4 - 1 +26 . . . . . 2.5 2466
15. Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas m CAN 2419 +36 - 5 +22 = 6 . . . . . 2.5 2517
16. Kriventsov, Stanislav G m USA 2449 +31 = 3 = 8 - 5 . . . . . 2.0 2465
17. Gokhale, Chandrashekhar m IND 2368 +32 =12 =10 -11 . . . . . 2.0 2386
18. Vigorito, David m USA 2373 +29 =10 - 3 =19 . . . . . 2.0 2364
19. Arjun, Vishnuvardhan IND 2221 - 9 +30 =21 =18 . . . . . 2.0 2365
20. Rensch, Daniel f USA 2360 +34 - 8 - 6 +25 . . . . . 2.0 2367
21. Taylor, Timothy m USA 2330 - 1 =29 =19 +31 . . . . . 2.0 2295
22. Belorusov, Mikhail f USA 2309 - 4 +35 -15 +32 . . . . . 2.0 2338
23. Sarkar, Justin m USA 2355 - 3 +36 -13 +35 . . . . . 2.0 2399
24. Boor, Carl Brando USA 2233 = 8 - 7 =31 =27 . . . . . 1.5 2258
25. Bick, John D f USA 2238 =11 -27 +29 -20 . . . . . 1.5 2232
26. Kiewra, Keaton F USA 2257 -10 +34 =11 -14 . . . . . 1.5 2279
27. Savage, Ben D ENG 2310 -13 +25 - 4 =24 . . . . . 1.5 2285
28. Aramil, William J USA 2215 -14 +33 - 9 =30 . . . . . 1.5 2276
29. Murzin, Lenar m RUS 2195 -18 =21 -25 =33 . . . . . 1.0 2115
30. Adamson, Robby f USA 2354 - 5 -19 =34 =28 . . . . . 1.0 2104
31. Puri, Vinny f CAN 2246 -16 =32 =24 -21 . . . . . 1.0 2109
32. Allen, Edward J USA 2196 -17 =31 =33 -22 . . . . . 1.0 2111
33. Stoyko, Stephen E f USA 2293 -12 -28 =32 =29 . . . . . 1.0 2076
34. Alvarez, Franklin DOM 2188 -20 -26 =30 =36 . . . . . 1.0 2111
35. Belliard, Luis DOM 2248 - 2 -22 +36 -23 . . . . . 1.0 2142
36. Aigner, Michael USA USA 2245 -15 -23 -35 =34 . . . . . 0.5 1980
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The Hockenheim Willingen GM tournament took place 1st-10th June 2006.
Timerate: 40 moves in 90 min, after this 30 min for the rest; additional 30 sec
a move starting from the beginning. IM Rainer Buhmann took clear first on 6/9
half a point clear of Fabian Doettling and Oleg Romanishin. News: Axel
Fritz.
Official site: http://www.schach.com/hockenheim/
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GM Hockenheim/Willingen GER (GER), 1-10 v 2006 cat. X (2498)
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1. Buhmann, Rainer m GER 2552 * 0 1 = = 1 = = 1 1 6.0 2617
2. Doettling, Fabian g GER 2550 1 * = = = = = = = 1 5.5 2572
3. Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2552 0 = * = = 1 1 = 1 = 5.5 2572
4. Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav g RUS 2593 = = = * 0 = = 1 = 1 5.0 2530
5. Gasthofer, Alexander m GER 2415 = = = 1 * 0 = 1 = 0 4.5 2507
6. Meier, Georg GER 2407 0 = 0 = 1 * = 1 0 1 4.5 2508
7. Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2595 = = 0 = = = * 0 1 1 4.5 2487
8. Spoelman, Wouter m NED 2442 = = = 0 0 0 1 * 1 = 4.0 2461
9. Braun, Arik m GER 2496 0 = 0 = = 1 0 0 * = 3.0 2373
10. Meinhardt, Maximilian f GER 2378 0 0 = 0 1 0 0 = = * 2.5 2345
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The First Saturday tournaments for June take place 4th-12th June 2006.
GM, IM and FM events.
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/
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FSGM June Budapest HUN (HUN), 4-12 vi 2006 cat. VIII (2429)
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1. Gonda, Laszlo f HUN 2465 * 0 . 1 = 1 = = 1 1 5.5 2558
2. Cornette, Matthieu m FRA 2448 1 * = = = 1 = . = = 5.0 2518
3. Kosic, Dragan g SCG 2482 . = * = = = = = 1 1 5.0 2512
4. Ilincic, Zlatko g SCG 2536 0 = = * 1 0 . 1 = 1 4.5 2462
5. Paschall, William M m USA 2352 = = = 0 * . = = 1 1 4.5 2487
6. Fodor, Tamas jr f HUN 2383 0 0 = 1 . * = = = 1 4.0 2444
7. Seres, Lajos g HUN 2400 = = = . = = * = = 0 3.5 2376
8. Kovacs, Gabor m HUN 2456 = . = 0 = = = * = 0 3.0 2336
9. Turzo, Attila m HUN 2352 0 = 0 = 0 = = = * . 2.5 2299
10. Jakab, Attila m HUN 2414 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 1 . * 2.5 2299
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FSIM June Budapest HUN (HUN), 5-15 vi 2006 cat. II (2286)
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1. Reiss, Tibor m HUN 2377 * = 1 0 = 1 . . . 1 1 5.0 2426
2. Vul, Arkadi Eremeevich g RUS 2396 = * . 1 0 = . = = 1 1 5.0 2360
3. Werner, Dimo m GER 2333 0 . * 0 = . = 1 1 = 1 4.5 2312
4. Kaufman, Raymond USA 2230 1 0 1 * . = 0 1 = . . 4.0 2372
5. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2262 = 1 = . * 0 = . 1 = . 4.0 2346
6. Konnyu, Janos HUN 2262 0 = . = 1 * . 0 . 1 1 4.0 2342
7. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2289 . . = 1 = . * = 0 = = 3.5 2259
8. Muranyi, Karl-Jasmin f GER 2385 . = 0 0 . 1 = * = . 1 3.5 2273
9. Mihok, Oliver HUN 2215 . = 0 = 0 . 1 = * . 1 3.5 2298
10. Delabaca, Romuald FRA 2203 0 0 = . = 0 = . . * = 2.0 2143
11. Kayar, Erdem TUR 2191 0 0 0 . . 0 = 0 0 = * 1.0 1985
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The 2nd Lodi international chess festival took place 5th-11th June 2006.
The surprise winner was former world championship candidate Henrique Mecking.
Mecking suffered years of life threatening illness before making a shock return
to chess in 1993. He hasn't really recaptured anything like his old form but
has proved to be reasonably solid. This is a comparitively rare appearance in
Europe.
Official site: http://www.lenuvole.org/
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2nd Festival Lodi ITA (ITA), 5-11 vi 2006
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1. Mecking, Henrique g BRA 2554 7.0 48.5
2. Fedorchuk, Sergey A g UKR 2576 6.5 47.5
3. Vajda, Levente g ROM 2511 6.5 46.0
4. Postny, Evgeny g ISR 2572 6.5 45.0
5. Lupulescu, Constantin m ROM 2534 6.0 48.0
6. Steingrimsson, Hedinn m ISL 2447 6.0 46.0
7. Abdulla, Al-Rakib m BAN 2484 6.0 45.5
8. Lazic, Miroljub g SCG 2493 6.0 45.0
9. Hossain, Enamul m BAN 2460 6.0 44.5
10. Mrdja, Milan m CRO 2409 6.0 43.0
11. Drazic, Sinisa g SCG 2497 6.0 42.5 4.5
12. Salvador, Roland f PHI 2396 6.0 42.5 3.0
13. Ricardi, Pablo g ARG 2515 6.0 41.0
14. Tissir, Mohamed m MAR 2439 5.5 47.0
15. Soppe, Guillermo m ARG 2409 5.5 46.5
16. Izsak, Gyula m HUN 2434 5.5 43.0
17. Varga, Zoltan g HUN 2515 5.5 42.0
18. Vezzosi, Paolo m ITA 2362 5.5 41.0 4.0 4 11'
19. Wohl, Aleksandar H m AUS 2432 5.5 41.0 4.0 4 27'
20. Brunello, Sabino f ITA 2339 5.5 41.0 3.0
21. Castellanos, Renier m CHI 2467 5.5 40.5
22. Zambrana, Oswaldo m BOL 2425 5.5 38.0
23. Rombaldoni, Denis f ITA 2322 5.0 45.0
24. Efimov, Igor g ITA 2437 5.0 43.5
25. Contin, Daniel m ITA 2396 5.0 43.0
26. Onkoud, Abdelaziz f MAR 2420 5.0 42.0
27. Spielmann, Alain f FRA 2250 5.0 40.5
28. Schmitz, Andreas Arnold GER 2124 5.0 39.0
29. Giretti-Kanev, Jasen ITA 2220 5.0 37.5
30..Luciani, Valerio ITA 2242 5.0 36.5
71 players
The Hungarian Team Championship took place October 16th 2005 - 23rd
April 2006. Csuti Hydrocomp (Zoltan Gyimesi, Adam Horvath, Gyula Sax, Boros
Denes, Gyula Horvath, Tamas Horvath, József Horvath, Igor Stohl, Lajos
Portisch etc) took the title by half a point from Nagykanizsai TSK
(András Flumbort, Andrei Istratescu, Levente Vajda, Ivan Faragó,
Tamas Bánusz, Peter Horváth, Albert Bokros, László
Krizsány, Valér Krutti, Attila Bagonyai etc ).
Further details: http://www.chess.hu/hu/bajnoksagok.php3
Team 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Points
1. Csuti Hydrocomp 7.5 8 7.5 7 6 8.5 9.5 9 7.5 7.5 8 86
2. Nagykanizsai TSK 4.5 7 6.5 7 7 9.5 8 10 8 8.5 9.5 85.5
3. ASE Paks 4 5 5 5 7.5 9 8.5 7 11 9 8 79
4. HONVÉD 4.5 5.5 7 6.5 6 6 7.5 7.5 6 8 5.5 70
5. PMSE-AH.-MTK 5 5 7 5.5 5.5 6.5 7 8 6.5 6 8 70
6. Statisztika PSC. 6 5 4.5 6 6.5 5.5 6 6 6 8 8.5 68
7. Láng Vasas 3.5 2.5 3 6 5.5 6.5 5.5 7 6.5 8 8 62
8. Tabáni Spartacus 2.5 4 3.5 4.5 5 6 6.5 5 6.5 6 8 57.5
9. Hajdúböszörmény 3 2 5 4.5 4 6 5 7 6.5 7 7 57
10. Makói SVSE. 4.5 4 1 6 5.5 6 5.5 5.5 5.5 6.5 6 56
11. Haladás VSE. 4.5 3.5 3 4 6 4 4 6 5 5.5 6.5 52
12. Piremon SE. Nyh. 4 2.5 4 6.5 4 3.5 4 4 5 6 5.5 49
A ceremony honoring the 100th anniversary of the death of Harry Nelson
Pillsbury will be held Saturday, June 17, at 1 p.m. in Laurel Hill Cemetery,
opposite Reading Town Hall, 16 Lowell St., Reading. A memorial marker, created
by Roessler & Sons Inc. of Woburn - a company established in the same year
that Pillsbury won the Hastings International Tournament (1895) - will be
unveiled at that time. Guests of honor at the ceremony will be Pillsbury's
great-grandniece, Deborah Hart of South Hadley, and her son, Christopher Logan
Hart, a resident of Hastings, England, who will greet the attendees. Among
those scheduled to speak at the ceremony are MACA President George Mirijanian
of Fitchburg, Worcester Telegram & Gazette chess columnist and former MACA
President Stephen Dann of Worcester, Boston Globe chess columnist and former
Massachusetts State Chess Association President Harold Dondis of Belmont, and
MACA member Paul MacInnis of Andover.
Further details: http://masschess.org/about/news_about.asp
Duras and Czech Opens 2006
30.6.-9.7. 2006 DURAS OPEN 2006 - Brno (Traditional chess festival
includes OPEN FIDE, GM and IM round-robin groups: disscount is possible!) More
detailed information: www.skduras.wz.cz IM Petr Pisk, e-mail:
petr.pisk@centrum.cz, T: 00420-608 203 007
13.-30.7. 2006 CZECH OPEN 2006 - Pardubice (17th International Festival
of Chess,Bridge and Games whose part is World School Chess Teams Championship,
European Amateurs Championship, GM open taken in ACP-TOUR, 3 FIDE opens, Open
Championship of the Czech Republic in active chess taken in ACP-TOUR, Open
Championship of the Czech Republic of 4-member team tournament and in blitz
marathon, bughouse and Fischerandom chess, blitz tournaments for individuals,
pairs and teams, youth tournament, problem solving competition etc.)
More detailed information: AVE-KONTAKT s.r.o., Sukova 1556, 530 02
Pardubice, Czech Republic tel./fax +420 - 466 535 200 e-mail:
j.mazuch@avekont.cz, http://www.czechopen.net.
Foros/Yalta Tournament
Aerosvit GM tournament in Foros/Yalta, 16th-29th June.
Players
1. Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 2738
2. Ivanchuk, Vasiliy UKR 2731
3. Grischuk, Alexander RUS 2719
4. Shirov, Alexei ESP 2699
5. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE 2699
6. Nisipeanu, Liviy-Dieter ROM 2695
7. Rublevsky, Sergei RUS 2687
8. Harikrishna, Pentala IND 2680
9. Bologan, Viorel MDA 2666
10. Karjakin, Sergey UKR 2661
11. Volokitin, Andrei UKR 2660
12. Areshchenko, Alexander UKR 2660
Official site:
http://www.aerosvit2006.ukrchess.org.ua/index_e.htm
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
Canadian Open
The Canadian Open takes place July 15th-23rd 2006 in Kitchener, Ontario,
Canada. Evgeny Bareev Alexander Moiseenko Mark Paragua Surya Ganguly Alexander
Huzman are registered entrants in the Open.
Further details: http://www.chessfest.ca/can_open.htm
20th Pula Open 2006
The 20th Pula Open (Croatia) takes place 18th-25th June 2006 in the
hotel Histria. Prize fund 8 400 EUR. First prize 1 300 EUR, second prize 900
EUR, third prize 700 EUR. On 1st June, we had 170 registered players from 22
federations. There are 6 GMs, 19 IMs, 12 FMs.
Further details and entry: http://www.skpula.hr/
Computer chess tournament calendar
The Computer chess tournament calendar by Frank Quisinsky has been
updated. Frank's Chess Page: http://www.amateurschach.de Frank's
Chess Page, CC-Calendar:
http://www.amateurschach.de/atl4/_calendar.htm
Two new tournaments: 1. 14th WCCC in Torino 2006-05-25 - 2006-06-01
Junior by Amir Ban (Israel) won 2. 6th International CSVN Tournament, Leiden
2006-05-05 - 2006-05-07 Rybka by Vasik Rajlich (USA) won Now the *.pgn have
8.829 games.
Official computer chess events: 1990 up to 2006
Lugano tournaments
International Week-end Chess Open Lugano 2006 "ONE WEEKEND IN THE SOUTH
PART OF SWITZERLAND" When: Friday, 17 November ' Sunday November Where: Hotel
Flora, Via Geretta 16, 6900 Lugano- Paradiso Phone +41 91 994 16 71 Fax: +41 91
994 27 38 E-mail: hotelflora@bluewin.ch Modality: International Tournament. 5
Rounds Swiss System Rate of Play: 36 Moves in 90 Minutes + 30 Minutes K.O.
Rating: CH- & FIDE
International Amateurs Chess Open Ascona 2006 Only for Amateurs, Max.
2299 ELO. , 26th December ' Saturday, 30th December 2006 Where: Hotel Ascona,
via Collina, 6612 Ascona (Switzerland) Modality: International Chess
Tournament. 7 Rounds Swiss System Rate of Play: 40 Moves in 120 Minutes + 60
Minutes K.O. ELO: Not valid for ELO Points (holiday mood!)
Lugano Rapid Chess Marathon Ticino Cureglia 2006 Sunday, 18.06.2006
Where? Parco Rusca (Park & town hall), CH-6944 Cureglia Modality?
International Rapid Chess Tournament 24 rounds Swiss System Rate of play? 5
minutes to finish the game Prizes? CHF 600 (€ 400) / 400 (€ 268) /
300 (€ 200) / 200 (€ 133) / 100 (€ 67) CHF 100 (€ 67) Best
Ticino player + 9 Special prizes (Full prize amount with 50 players, otherwise
% to the number of participants ) Inscriptions? CHF 40 (€ 27) under 20 CHF
20 (€ 14), Sunday: 08.00 - 09.00 Timetable? Sunday 09.15 - 13.00 (15
rounds) 14.30 - 16.30 (9 rounds)
Further details: http://www.luganoscacchi.ch/
European Youth Championship 2006
European Youth Championship 2006 Herceg Novi (Montenegro), September 9 -
20th 2006.
Further details: http://www.scgchess.org/
Rob Huntington Blog
Well known chess journalist Rob Huntington is in Turin and has a new
Blog. http://www.allthingshuman.com/
2nd Assiut Tournament
The 2nd Assiut tournament takes place in Assiut City about 500 km from
Cairo in Upper Egypt 16th-25th July 2006. Swiss System 9 Round 90 minutes for
every player plus 30 sec. for each move. Further details to follow.
Frits Agterdenbos Photos
Chess Photographer Frits Agterdenbos has launched a website of his
photos at: http://www.chessvista.com/.
He is at the Turin Olympiad and his photo reports is available there.
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
Olympus Riviera Open Greece
The 1st International Open Chess Tournament "Summer Cup 2006" takes
place in Olympus Riviera (90 km south of Thessaloniki in Northern Greece)
22nd-30th July 2006. 9 rounds, Prize fund: EUR 3500, 1st prize EUR 1000 Email:
cup2006@greekchess.com
Website: http://www.greekchess.com/cup2006
Ikaros Chess Festival
The Ikaros Chess Festival takes place 8th-22nd July 2006. The Ikaros
Chess Festival has been held for the last 28 years on Ikaria island, one of the
most picturesque and peaceful aegean islands of Greece.
Main event: "Open Aegean Championship" (12th till 20th of July) as well
as plenty of other side events such as Junior, Ladies, Veteran, blitz, rapid
and simultaneous exhibition events, blindfold chess, chess lectures and many
others.
Details: http://www.chess.gr/ikaros/
Karpov - Spassky Match
There will be a match between Karpov and Spassky on May 26th 2006 in
Porto-Vecchio.
Official site: http://www.opencorsica.com/
French Team Championship
The final four rounds of the French Team Top 16 Championship took place
4th-7th May 2006 in Asnières-sur-Seine. NAO Chess Club again won the
title three points clear of Monaco who they defeated in the final round. Games
from the final two rounds are not yet available (apart from the Monaco - NAO
match) if anyone has them I'd be grateful.
Further details: http://www.echecs.asso.fr,
http://www.europe-echecs.com/ and
http://www.nao-cc.com
Midnight Sun Chess Challenge
The Midnight Sun Chess Challenge takes place in Tromsø, Norway
June 24th - July 2nd 2006.
Details: http://www.midnightsunchess.org/english/index.htm
XXIV Andorra Open
The XXIV International Chess Open of Andorra takes place 8th-16th July
2006.
Official site: http://www.feva.ad
12th Annual Bray Rapidplay
The 12th Annual Bray Rapidplay takes place Sunday June 18 2006
Esplanade Hotel Strand Rd Bray 6-round Swiss, rounds 1-2 accelerated
Registration 9-10am Rd1 10.15 sharp Time control 25 0 all moves
FIDE Rapidplay rules apply Entry Euros30: Euros25 if prepaid by June 9
Prizes Euros 700 400 250 150 1-2-3-4; grading prizes ?100 each; biggest upset
Euros 50 Enquiries Colin Byford - 353-1-2351620h cbyford@esatclear.ie Entries
Frank Holohan 12 Rathdown Pk Greystones 353-1-2875368h 353-86-1612506m email
frankholohan@eircom.net
Event website: http://www.brayrapidplay.com
6th Open du Parc
The 6th Open du Parc Chess Tournament takes place in the Jeen Chess
Club in Paris, France FIDE rated 3rd-5th June 2006 . 1st prize : Euro 760 . 2e
prize : Euro 460 . 3e prize : Euro 270 . 4e prize : Euro 150 . 5e prize : Euro
100 and more than 20 other prizes. . Tariff : Euro 32 / Euro 16 (Euro 38 / Euro
19 after 2006-05-24). Phone : 33 (0) 1 46 51 04 34 E-mail : jeen@free.fr
More information and registration form available at
http://jeen.online.fr/
39th Biel International Festival
The 39th Biel International Festival takes place 22nd July - 4th August
2006. There are two closed tournaments, one for men, one for ladies.
Players include: Alexander Morozevich who will try to win the event for
the 3rd time out of 3 appearances.. Co-winner in 2005, Alexander Volokitin is
back. In addition Teimour Radjabov Magnus Carlsen, Yannick Pelletier and Lazaro
Bruzon compete. The women's event sees Almira Skripchenko, Ekaterina Atalik,
Monika Socko, Yelena Dembo, Anna Muzychuk and Pia Cramling compete.
Official site: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch
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
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.
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/
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
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/
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
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/
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)
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.
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
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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