THE WEEK IN CHESS 610 17th July 2006 by Mark Crowther
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XXIV Andorra Open 180 games
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Montecatini Terme 45 games
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Heart of Finland Open 108 games
Quebec Open Chess Championship 161 games
35th Greek Team Championship 756 games
XXIX Open Barbera del Valles 219 games
Southern California Championship 21 games
Canadian Open 42 games
World Open 82 games
3rd Pal/CSS Freestyle Final 28 games
Condom Open and WIM 30 games
3421 games
My thanks Roberto Alvarez, Oscar de la Riva, Yin Hao, John Hillery,
Thomas Henrich, Spiros Ilandzis, Gary Suffield, Frits Agterdenbos, Michael
Atkins, Calle Erlandsson, Kim Lye, Herman van Riemsdijk, Ben Finegold, David
Cohen, Chris Bird, Holger Lieske, Andreas Steger, Adolivo Capece, Jonathan
Berry, Istvan Almasi and everyone else who helped with the issue.
A huge week of chess with nearly 30 seperate events covered. The most
important was the Tomsk Rapid won by Sergey Karjakin by a point from Sergey
Rublevsky. I hope that the games from the first half of the event which are
missing at the moment will be made available. Sad news from the US with the
death of Aleksander Wojtkiewicz. A talented junior whose career was interupted
by jailing by for political activity he was one of the most active players on
the circuit. In spite of alcohol problems he was well liked by those who knew
him judging from the letters I've had.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The 10th Petr Izmailov Memorial rapid tournament took place in Tomsk,
Russia 11th-16th July 2006. Sergey Karjakin won the event with a round to
spare. In addition there is a B event aswell. The games were all broadcast live
in a viewer on the internet but then removed from the website, I had to type in
most of the rounds in order to get the games. I hope the early rounds along
with the B tournament games will become available in PGN. It would be a
terrible pity if they are lost.
Official site: http://www.tomsk-chess.ru/
Round 1 (July 12, 2006)
Karjakin, Sergey - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1/2
Morozevich, Alexander - Rublevsky, Sergei 0-1
Bologan, Viktor - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1-0
Round 2 (July 12, 2006)
Karjakin, Sergey - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 58 C11 French Defence
Rublevsky, Sergei - Bologan, Viktor 1/2 57 C41 Philidor's Defence
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1-0 34 B65 Sicilian Rauzer
Round 3 (July 13, 2006)
Morozevich, Alexander - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1-0 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Rublevsky, Sergei 0-1
Bologan, Viktor - Karjakin, Sergey 0-1
Round 4 (July 13, 2006)
Rublevsky, Sergei - Karjakin, Sergey 1/2
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2
Bologan, Viktor - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 0-1
Round 5 (July 13, 2006)
Karjakin, Sergey - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 75 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Rublevsky, Sergei 1/2 21 B54 Sicilian Rauzer
Morozevich, Alexander - Bologan, Viktor 1/2 23 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Round 6 (July 15, 2006)
Rublevsky, Sergei - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 75 B52 Sicilian Rossolimo
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Karjakin, Sergey 0-1 43 B91 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.g3
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Bologan, Viktor 1-0 36 E70 King's Indian Fianchetto
Round 7 (July 15, 2006)
Morozevich, Alexander - Karjakin, Sergey 1-0 31 B50 Sicilian Defence
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1/2 62 E70 King's Indian Fianchetto
Bologan, Viktor - Rublevsky, Sergei 1/2 56 D20 QGA
Round 8 (July 15, 2006)
Karjakin, Sergey - Bologan, Viktor 1-0 51 B17 Caro Kann
Rublevsky, Sergei - Ponomariov, Ruslan 0-1 63 B27 Sicilian Early Fianchetto
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 44 B81 Sicilian Keres Attack
Round 9 (July 16, 2006)
Rublevsky, Sergei - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1-0 56 B50 Sicilian Defence
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Karjakin, Sergey 0-1 43 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Bologan, Viktor - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 80 D15 Slav Defence
Round 10 (July 16, 2006)
Karjakin, Sergey - Rublevsky, Sergei 1/2 24 B46 Sicilian Paulsen
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Bologan, Viktor 1/2 57 B17 Caro Kann
Morozevich, Alexander - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 47 B57 Sicilian Sozin Attack
10th Petr Izmailov Mem Tomsk RUS (RUS), 11-16 vii 2006cat. XVIII (2686)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2679 ** == =1 10 =1 11 7.0 2836
2 Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2667 == ** =1 10 10 == 5.5 2725
3 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2672 =0 =0 ** 01 1= 1= 5.0 2688
4 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2731 01 01 10 ** == =0 4.5 2640
5 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2721 =0 01 0= == ** 01 4.0 2606
6 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2645 00 == 0= =1 10 ** 4.0 2622
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The 3rd Amsterdam Chess Tournament takes place 15th-23rd July 2006.
Official site: http://www.amsterdamchesstournament.nl/.
Photo report: http://www.chessvista.com/
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3rd ACT Amsterdam NED (NED), 15-23 vii 2006
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1. Wempe, Joost NED 2242 +45 +49 . . . . . . . 2.0
2. Al-Modiahki, Mohamad g QAT 2564 +63 +41 . . . . . . . 2.0
3. Blees, Albert m NED 2400 +71 +35 . . . . . . . 2.0
4. Ftacnik, Lubomir g SVK 2579 +68 +47 . . . . . . . 2.0
5. Gullaksen, Eirik m NOR 2387 +61 +34 . . . . . . . 2.0
6. Halkias, Stelios g GRE 2551 +74 +39 . . . . . . . 2.0
7. L'Ami, Erwin g NED 2586 +69 +50 . . . . . . . 2.0
8. Siebrecht, Sebastian m GER 2414 +66 +40 . . . . . . . 2.0
9. Tan, Matthew NED 2288 +70 +42 . . . . . . . 2.0
10. Timman, Jan H g NED 2594 +85 +36 . . . . . . . 2.0
11. Burg, Twan NED 2268 +51 =26 . . . . . . . 1.5 2659
12. Strating, Sybolt f NED 2279 +46 =29 . . . . . . . 1.5 2702
13. Van Delft, Merijn m NED 2382 +44 =18 . . . . . . . 1.5 2640
14. Vogel, Jaap f NED 2246 +48 =27 . . . . . . . 1.5 2636
15. Ferguson, Mark m ENG 2389 +67 =19 . . . . . . . 1.5 2406
16. Schoorl, Rob NED 2289 +75 =17 . . . . . . . 1.5 2760
17. Stellwagen, Daniel g NED 2575 +77 =16 . . . . . . . 1.5 2485
18. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2668 +62 =13 . . . . . . . 1.5 2548
19. Van de Fliert, Willem NED 2195 +76 =15 . . . . . . . 1.5 2559
20. Van der Elburg, Freddie NED 2348 +65 =24 . . . . . . . 1.5 2593
21. Ansell, Simon m ENG 2391 =33 +59 . . . . . . . 1.5 2403
22. Van der Weide, Karel g NED 2446 =32 +60 . . . . . . . 1.5 2435
23. Becker, Martin GER 2335 =54 +55 . . . . . . . 1.5 2394
24. Erenburg, Sergey g ISR 2585 +84 =20 . . . . . . . 1.5 2518
25. Ernst, Sipke m NED 2504 =57 +56 . . . . . . . 1.5 2459
26. Holzke, Frank m GER 2472 +80 =11 . . . . . . . 1.5 2463
27. Hunt, Adam m ENG 2457 +79 =14 . . . . . . . 1.5 2448
28. Michiels, Bart m BEL 2455 =56 +57 . . . . . . . 1.5 2459
29. Parker, Jonathan g ENG 2509 +82 =12 . . . . . . . 1.5 2471
30. Peelen, Piet m NED 2352 =55 +58 . . . . . . . 1.5 2406
31. Van de Oudeweetering, Arthur m NED 2345 =58 +54 . . . . . . . 1.5 2389
32. Van Vliet, Jeffrey NED 2250 =22 =37 . . . . . . . 1.0 2418
33. Wunnink, Michael NED 2235 =21 =38 . . . . . . . 1.0 2364
34. De Saegher, Chris NED 2203 +52 - 5 . . . . . . . 1.0 2366
35. Ouwendijk, Vincent NED 2210 +43 - 3 . . . . . . . 1.0 2373
36. Schaefer, Markus m GER 2354 +53 -10 . . . . . . . 1.0 2408
37. Pliester, Leon m NED 2391 =60 =32 . . . . . . . 1.0 2242
38. Slingerland, Fred f NED 2338 =59 =33 . . . . . . . 1.0 2210
39. Afek, Yochanan m ISR 2316 +72 - 6 . . . . . . . 1.0 2574
40. Doggers, Peter NED 2232 +64 - 8 . . . . . . . 1.0 2402
41. Schlawin, Marlon GER 2349 +78 - 2 . . . . . . . 1.0 2390
42. Vazquez, Renier m ESP 2517 +73 - 9 . . . . . . . 1.0 2287
43. Bezemer, Arno f NED 2346 -35 +86 . . . . . . . 1.0 2217
44. Breivik, Lars NOR 2226 -13 +85 . . . . . . . 1.0 2348
45. Cox, John J m ENG 2418 - 1 +81 . . . . . . . 1.0 2242
46. Cuijpers, Frans m NED 2510 -12 +82 . . . . . . . 1.0 2278
47. De Boer, Sybolt NED 2353 +83 - 4 . . . . . . . 1.0 2399
48. De Vreugt, Dennis g NED 2429 -14 +79 . . . . . . . 1.0 2255
49. Hendriks, Willy m NED 2426 +81 - 1 . . . . . . . 1.0 2242
50. Pruijssers, Roeland NED 2355 +86 - 7 . . . . . . . 1.0 2405
51. Spoelman, Wouter m NED 2461 -11 +80 . . . . . . . 1.0 2270
52. Van Beek, Lucien NED 2345 -34 +83 . . . . . . . 1.0 2211
53. Walton, Alan J ENG 2222 -36 +84 . . . . . . . 1.0 2328
54. Ahlers, Ben NED 2185 =23 -31 . . . . . . . 0.5 2147
55. Miedema, Roi NED 2218 =30 -23 . . . . . . . 0.5 2150
56. Timman, Ton f NED 2260 =28 -25 . . . . . . . 0.5 2286
57. Valenti, Giuseppe f ITA 2273 =25 -28 . . . . . . . 0.5 2286
58. Van Gool, Henk NED 2208 =31 -30 . . . . . . . 0.5 2155
59. Bachofner, Andreas f AUT 2185 =38 -21 . . . . . . . 0.5 2171
60. Keessen, Aldert-Jan NED 2234 =37 -22 . . . . . . . 0.5 2225
61. Bakker, Sven NED 2231 - 5 =64 . . . . . . . 0.5 2195
62. Ashton, Adam G f ENG 2329 -18 =67 . . . . . . . 0.5 2257
63. Bensdorp, Marlies wm NED 2290 - 2 =72 . . . . . . . 0.5 2388
64. Bosboom, Manuel m NED 2390 -40 =61 . . . . . . . 0.5 2038
65. Cornelisse, Johnny J.A NED 2216 -20 =77 . . . . . . . 0.5 2129
66. De Jong, Migchiel f NED 2241 - 8 =76 . . . . . . . 0.5 2185
67. Eggleston, David ENG 2232 -15 =62 . . . . . . . 0.5 2166
68. Heemskerk, Wim f NED 2298 - 4 =71 . . . . . . . 0.5 2186
69. Hopman, Pieter NED 2304 - 7 =78 . . . . . . . 0.5 2208
70. Li Shilong g CHN 2540 - 9 =73 . . . . . . . 0.5 2094
71. Moll, Arne NED 2180 - 3 =68 . . . . . . . 0.5 2156
72. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2598 -39 =63 . . . . . . . 0.5 2110
73. Swinkels, Robin NED 2286 -42 =70 . . . . . . . 0.5 2335
74. Szymczak, Zbigniew m POL 2288 - 6 =75 . . . . . . . 0.5 2362
75. Tukmakov, Vladimir B g UKR 2560 -16 =74 . . . . . . . 0.5 2095
76. Van Oosterom, Chiel NED 2343 -19 =66 . . . . . . . 0.5 2025
77. Witt, Rob f NED 2296 -17 =65 . . . . . . . 0.5 2202
78. Zhang, Tony NED 2217 -41 =69 . . . . . . . 0.5 2133
79. Hartoch, Rob m NED 2265 -27 -48 . . . . . . . 0.0
80. Hofland, Leo f NED 2272 -26 -51 . . . . . . . 0.0
81. Overeem, Marc f NED 2243 -49 -45 . . . . . . . 0.0
82. Struk, Jerzy POL 2277 -29 -46 . . . . . . . 0.0
83. Taylor, Peter ENG 2220 -47 -52 . . . . . . . 0.0
84. Thiel, Thomas f GER 2302 -24 -53 . . . . . . . 0.0
85. Van Ruitenburg, Joost NED 2315 -10 -44 . . . . . . . 0.0
86. Van Veen, Oscar f NED 2225 -50 -43 . . . . . . . 0.0
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The Taiyuan double round Scheveningen tournament takes place July
10th-22nd 2006, with one rest day on 16th. Total prize fund 18000USD will be
distributed according to the individual scores. Game starts at 13:00 Beijing
Time. Live broadcast available from July 11th.
GM Scheveningen 2006
----------------- Ni Hua 2607 4.0/6
| -------------- Bu Xiangzhi 2664 3.5/6
| | ----------- Wang Hao 2610 3.5/6
| | | -------- Zhang Pengxiang 2622 3.5/6
| | | | ----- Wang Yue 2626 3.5/6
| | | | | -- Zhang Zhong 2639 1.0/6
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1 Jobava,Ba 2651 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 4.0/6
2 Jakovenko,D 2667 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 3.5/6
3 Asrian,K 2635 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 3.0/6
4 Timofeev,Arty 2657 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 3.0/6
5 Berkes,F 2601 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 2.5/6
6 Vescovi,G 2619 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1.0/6
Round 1 (July 10, 2006)
Jobava, Baadur - Bu Xiangzhi 1/2 78 A37 English Symmetrical
Zhang Pengxiang - Asrian, Karen 1/2 34 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Wang Yue - Jakovenko, Dmitry 1/2 46 D15 Slav Defence
Timofeev, Artyom - Wang Hao 0-1 66 C11 French Defence
Vescovi, Giovanni - Ni Hua 0-1 58 C10 French Rubinstein
Zhang Zhong - Berkes, Ferenc 1/2 31 C19 French Winawer
Round 2 (July 11, 2006)
Jobava, Baadur - Wang Yue 1/2 40 B10 Caro Kann
Ni Hua - Berkes, Ferenc 1-0 63 C15 French Winawer
Jakovenko, Dmitry - Zhang Pengxiang 0-1 45 C18 French Winawer
Bu Xiangzhi - Timofeev, Artyom 1/2 36 A34 English Symmetrical
Wang Hao - Vescovi, Giovanni 1-0 34 B54 Sicilian Rauzer
Asrian, Karen - Zhang Zhong 1-0 41 C94 Ruy Lopez Breyer
Round 3 (July 12, 2006)
Jakovenko, Dmitry - Wang Hao 1-0 60 C42 Petroff's Defence
Zhang Pengxiang - Jobava, Baadur 0-1 41 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Wang Yue - Vescovi, Giovanni 1-0 30 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Asrian, Karen - Ni Hua 1/2 36 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Berkes, Ferenc - Bu Xiangzhi 1/2 44 D94 Gruenfeld Closed
Zhang Zhong - Timofeev, Artyom 0-1 51 B52 Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 4 (July 13, 2006)
Ni Hua - Jobava, Baadur 1/2 45 B19 Caro Kann
Wang Yue - Asrian, Karen 1/2 32 D38 QGD Ragozin
Bu Xiangzhi - Jakovenko, Dmitry 1/2 48 E39 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Timofeev, Artyom - Zhang Pengxiang 1/2 47 C04 French Tarrasch
Berkes, Ferenc - Wang Hao 1-0 58 D15 Slav Defence
Vescovi, Giovanni - Zhang Zhong 1/2 65 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Round 5 (July 14, 2006)
Jobava, Baadur - Zhang Zhong 1-0 45 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Jakovenko, Dmitry - Ni Hua 1/2 78 C11 French Defence
Zhang Pengxiang - Berkes, Ferenc 1-0 45 A34 English Symmetrical
Bu Xiangzhi - Vescovi, Giovanni 1-0 37 D18 Slav Defence
Wang Hao - Asrian, Karen 1-0 51 B15 Caro Kann
Timofeev, Artyom - Wang Yue 1/2 32 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Round 6 (July 15, 2006)
Ni Hua - Timofeev, Artyom 1/2 37 B53 Sicilian Hungarian
Wang Hao - Jobava, Baadur 1/2 34 B19 Caro Kann
Asrian, Karen - Bu Xiangzhi 1/2 49 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Berkes, Ferenc - Wang Yue 1/2 31 D13 Slav Exchange
Vescovi, Giovanni - Zhang Pengxiang 1/2 43 A70 Benoni
Zhang Zhong - Jakovenko, Dmitry 0-1 41 B57 Sicilian Sozin Attack
Team A Average Rating 2638
4122356 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2667 1983 M
4140419 Timofeev, Artyom g RUS 2657 1985 M
13601520 Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2651 1983 M
13300490 Asrian, Karen g ARM 2635 1980 M
2100789 Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA 2619 1978 M
718572 Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2601 1985 M
Team B Average Rating 2628
8601445 Bu, Xiangzhi g CHN 2664 1985 M
8600694 Zhang, Zhong g CHN 2639 1978 M
8601429 Wang, Yue g CHN 2626 1987 M
8600970 Zhang, Pengxiang g CHN 2622 1980 M
8602883 Wang, Hao g CHN 2610 1989 M
8601160 Ni, Hua g CHN 2607 1983 M
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz was born 15th January 1963 in Riga, Latvia died
around 6pm Friday 14th July 2006 in the USA where he had been living in
Baltimore, Maryland for many years.
There is shock news from the US (http://beta.uschess.org/frontend/news_7_66.php)
that one of the world most active GMs Aleksander Wojtkiewicz has died of cancer
and liver problems at the age of 43. Born in Latvia in 1963 his early games he
appeared under the name Vojtkevic. According to an article in the Urbanite
Baltamore Magazine (http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/juneMagazine/encounter.htm)
"He became a chess master at 15, but his rise to grandmaster was delayed by
period of time spent in a Russian gulag. In the late ’80s, as a member of
a human rights organization in Latvia, he refused to join the Soviet Army." He
moved to Poland around 1988 (he doesn't seem to have played between 1982 and
1988 probably coinciding with his political problems with the Soviet
authorities) and later spent increasing amounts of time in the US possibly
after running foul of the Polish Chess Federation (http://www.chessclub.org/FischerRandom.html)
and in 2002 he switched nationalities in the rating list. A GM since 1991 he
was most recently rated 2562 in July. In spite of obvious ill health he had
just tied for first in the World Open.
The Festival International d'Echecs de Marseille took place 30th June -
7th July 2006. There was an IM tournament which saw Stanislav Savchenko and
Nicolas Brunner finish on 7/9 and a WGM tournament with a three way tie also on
7/9. Daniel Fridman and Eric Prie finished with 7.5/9 in the open A. I've made
some sense of the games on the site.
Official site: http://www.marseille-duchamps.com/
Leading Final Round 9 Standings Open A:
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Open Marseille FRA (FRA), 30 vi-7 vii 2006
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1. Fridman, Daniel g LAT 2562 7,5 43 52 2748 2748
2. Prie, Eric g FRA 2475 7,5 40,5 48 2688 2688
3. Kosten, Anthony C g FRA 2504 7 41 49,5 2643 2643
4. Jedynak, Radoslaw m POL 2444 6,5 41 49,5 2609 2609
5. Fedorchuk, Sergey A g UKR 2576 6 43 53 2568 2568
6. Marzolo, Cyril m FRA 2414 6 42 49 2560 2560
7. Landa, Konstantin g RUS 2600 6 41,5 50 2513 2500
8. Maze, Sebastien m FRA 2525 6 41 50 2490 2483
9. Karpatchev, Aleksandr g RUS 2521 6 40,5 48 2498 2493
10. Sanchez, Joseph m PHI 2446 6 40 48 2538 2538
11. Dziuba, Marcin m POL 2502 6 39,5 49 2568 2568
12. Howell, David WL m ENG 2487 6 39,5 47,5 2511 2511
13. Hebden, Mark g ENG 2523 6 38,5 46,5 2503 2503
14. Flear, Glenn C g ENG 2465 6 37,5 45 2450 2450
15. Gladyszev, Oleg m RUS 2430 6 37 44,5 2492 2492
16. Williams, Simon m ENG 2478 6 35,5 42,5 2436 2428
17. Philippe, Christophe m FRA 2399 6 35 43 2468 2475
18. Malakhatko, Vadim g UKR 2559 5,5 45,5 55,5 2521 2521
19. Onkoud, Abdelaziz f MAR 2420 5,5 39,5 45,5 2454 2458
20. Ivanov, Jordan m BUL 2364 5,5 38,5 46 2452 2463
21. Libiszewski, Fabien m FRA 2486 5,5 37,5 45 2416 2416
22. Piankov, Evgenij m UKR 2349 5,5 37,5 43,5 2404 2411
23. Petrossian Armen FRA 2326 5,5 37 42,5 2413 2425
24. Senff, Martin m GER 2476 5,5 36,5 45 2372 2372
25. Inkiov, Ventzislav g BUL 2517 5 43 51 2441 2441
26. Hanley, Craig m ENG 2418 5 41 46,5 2385 2380
27. Boudre, Jean-Pierre m FRA 2325 5 39,5 46,5 2445 2460
28. Konguvel, Ponnuswamy m IND 2403 5 38,5 46,5 2414 2416
29. Midoux, Sebastien FRA 2320 5 37,5 42,5 2378 2385
30. Gajewski, Grzegorz m POL 2493 5 36,5 44,5 2375 2375
86 players
The Swedish Championship took place in Gothenburg 1st-14th July 2006.
Calle Erlandsson reports: 734 players participated in the Swedish
Championship, played in Göteborg. 14 players took part in the championship
group, of them 10 GM. unfortunately IM Emil Hermansson withdrew because of
illness. GM Johan Hellsten, Limhamns SK, Malmö, was quite superior with 10
points of 12 (+8 =4 -0) two full points ahead of GM Emanuel Berg, Sollentuna
SK. Stockholm. GM Johnny Hector, Limhamns SK, came third with 7 points. Last
year's champion GM Stellan Brynell, Limhamns SK and GM Pia Cramling,
Linköpings ASS, shared the fourth place with 6,5 points. Junior champion
was Axel Smith, Lunds Akademiska SK and the senior title went to the junior
champion of 1956 (50 years' jubilee!) Ralph Halleröd, Wasa SK,
Stockholm.
Official site: http://www.schacksm.se/ and
http://www.schackforum.se/
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ch-SWE Gothenburg SWE (SWE), 1-14 vii 2006 cat. X (2482)
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1. Hellsten, Johan g SWE 2570 * = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 10.0 2747
2. Berg, Emanuel g SWE 2589 = * = 1 1 0 = 1 1 = 1 = = 8.0 2598
3. Hector, Jonny g SWE 2508 = = * 0 = = 0 = = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2536
4. Cramling, Pia g SWE 2521 0 0 1 * = = 0 1 = = 1 = 1 6.5 2507
5. Brynell, Stellan g SWE 2497 0 0 = = * = = 1 = = 1 1 = 6.5 2509
6. Cicak, Slavko g SWE 2532 0 1 = = = * 1 = = = 0 = = 6.0 2477
7. Hillarp Persson, Tiger g SWE 2549 0 = 1 1 = 0 * = = 1 0 0 1 6.0 2476
8. Agrest, Evgenij g SWE 2569 = 0 = 0 0 = = * 1 = 1 1 = 6.0 2474
9. Eriksson, Johan m SWE 2403 0 0 = = = = = 0 * = = 1 1 5.5 2459
10. Karlsson, Lars g SWE 2506 0 = 0 = = = 0 = = * = = = 4.5 2393
11. Akesson, Joel f SWE 2302 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 = = * 1 = 4.5 2410
12. Ernst, Thomas g SWE 2456 = = 0 = 0 = 1 0 0 = 0 * = 4.0 2359
13. Sagit, Ranan SWE 2265 0 = 0 0 = = 0 = 0 = = = * 3.5 2342
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The Norwegian Championship took place July 8th-15th 2006 in Moss, 1 hour
south east from Oslo. Magnus Carlsen lost and defending champion Simen
Agdestein won in the final round which set up a second playoff match in a row
between the two players which will happen in the next couple of months.
Official site: http://www.nm2006.sjakknet.no/
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ch-NOR Moss NOR (NOR), 8-15 vii 2006
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1. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2673 +19 = 4 + 6 = 9 + 7 + 5 + 2 + 8 - 3 7.0 2655
2. Agdestein, Simen g NOR 2575 + 7 =15 + 8 + 3 + 5 + 9 - 1 =11 +10 7.0 2629
3. Ostenstad, Berge g NOR 2480 +18 = 6 +13 - 2 =10 =12 = 4 +15 + 1 6.0 2569
4. Johannessen, Leif Erlend g NOR 2555 =13 = 1 -10 +20 =11 + 6 = 3 = 7 + 8 5.5 2479
5. Sahl, Bjarke m DEN 2364 =11 =13 +18 + 8 - 2 - 1 +17 + 9 = 7 5.5 2488
6. Lie, Kjetil A g NOR 2536 +17 = 3 - 1 +16 - 9 - 4 +13 +12 +11 5.5 2485
7. Bae, Torstein f NOR 2284 - 2 +14 +11 +10 - 1 - 8 +12 = 4 = 5 5.0 2467
8. Djurhuus, Rune g NOR 2462 +14 +10 - 2 - 5 +18 + 7 + 9 - 1 - 4 5.0 2465
9. Tallaksen, Geir S f NOR 2356 =12 +21 +15 = 1 + 6 - 2 - 8 - 5 +18 5.0 2475
10. Hole, Oystein f NOR 2346 +20 - 8 + 4 - 7 = 3 -15 +18 +16 - 2 4.5 2408
11. Gabrielsen, Stig f NOR 2288 = 5 =12 - 7 +19 = 4 +20 =15 = 2 - 6 4.5 2386
12. Gabrielsen, Trond NOR 2235 = 9 =11 =16 =17 +13 = 3 - 7 - 6 +22 4.5 2367
13. Hammer, Jon Ludvig f NOR 2325 = 4 = 5 - 3 +15 -12 =16 - 6 +21 +20 4.5 2383
14. Hansen, Torbjorn Ringdal f NOR 2319 - 8 - 7 +21 -18 =16 +22 =19 =17 +15 4.5 2348
15. Elsness, Frode m NOR 2428 +22 = 2 - 9 -13 +17 +10 =11 - 3 -14 4.0 2331
16. Lie, Espen f NOR 2357 =21 =20 =12 - 6 =14 =13 +22 -10 =19 4.0 2274
17. Dannevig, Oystein f NOR 2382 - 6 +22 =20 =12 -15 +19 - 5 =14 =21 4.0 2287
18. Sagafos, Magne NOR 2331 - 3 +19 - 5 +14 - 8 +21 -10 +22 - 9 4.0 2314
19. Stokke, Kjetil NOR 2303 - 1 -18 +22 -11 =21 -17 =14 =20 =16 3.0 2224
20. Stubberud, Ornulf NOR 2202 -10 =16 =17 - 4 +22 -11 =21 =19 -13 3.0 2224
21. Madsen, Dag f NOR 2290 =16 - 9 -14 -22 =19 -18 =20 -13 =17 2.0 2099
22. Jansson, Joran f NOR 2300 -15 -17 -19 +21 -20 -14 -16 -18 -12 1.0 1965
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The XXIV International Chess Open of Andorra took place 8th-16th July
2006. Igor Khenkin took clear first place on 7/9 half a point clear of the
field. My thanks to Oscar de la Riva for the games.
Official site: http://www.feva.ad
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1. Khenkin, Igor g GER 2586 7,0
2. Damljanovic, Branko g SCG 2625 6,5
3. Galego, Luis g POR 2528 6,5
4. Peralta, Fernando g ARG 2546 6,5
5. Delchev, Aleksander g BUL 2637 6,5
6. Gupta, Abhijeet m IND 2424 6,5
7. Spraggett, Kevin g CAN 2577 6,5
8. Comas Fabrego, Lluis g ESP 2495 6,5
9. Rodshtein, Maxim m ISR 2494 6,5
10. Ravi, Lanka m IND 2390 6,0
11. De la Riva Aguado, Oscar g AND 2517 6,0
12. Sethuraman, S.P IND 2290 6,0
13. Oms Pallise, Josep m AND 2511 6,0
14. De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M g ESP 2452 6,0
15. Moskalenko, Viktor g UKR 2543 6,0
16. Vera, Reynaldo g CUB 2510 5,5
17. Fernandez Garcia, Jose Luis g ESP 2474 5,5
18. Bhat, Vinay S m USA 2409 5,5
19. Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi m IND 2394 5,5
20. Flores, Diego m ARG 2514 5,5
21. Del Rio Angelis, Salvador G g ESP 2514 5,5
22. Caruana, Fabiano m ITA 2444 5,5
23. Fluvia Poyatos, Joan m ESP 2467 5,5
24. Kaplan, Sasha f ISR 2345 5,5
25. Sanz Alonso, Francisco J m ESP 2400 5,5
26. Pogorelov, Ruslan g UKR 2395 5,5
27. Reinaldo Castineira, Roi m ESP 2450 5,5
28. Damaso, Rui m POR 2463 5,0
29. Vila Gazquez, Javier f ESP 2345 5,0
30. Ibarra Jerez, Jose Carlos m ESP 2445 5,0
31. Konguvel, Ponnuswamy m IND 2404 5,0
32. Edouard, Romain f FRA 2404 5,0
33. Satyapragyan, Swayangsu m IND 2431 5,0
34. Sareen, Vishal m IND 2396 5,0
35. Almagro Llamas, Pablo f ESP 2380 5,0
36. Gallego Eraso, Patxi m ESP 2375 5,0
37. Bruned, Yvain f ESP 2352 5,0
38. Saptarshi, Roy IND 2373 5,0
39. Blas Correa, Jordi ESP 2104 5,0
88 players
The First Saturday tournaments for July took place 1st-11th July 2006.
GM, IM and FM events. FM Kim Le Quang won the GM event with 8/11.
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/
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1. Le Quang, Kim f BEL 2315 * 1 = 0 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 = 8.0 2605
2. Chernyshov, Konstantin g RUS 2544 0 * = = 1 = = 1 1 = 1 1 7.5 2542
3. Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek m DEN 2513 = = * 1 1 1 = 0 = = = = 6.5 2477
4. Werner, Dimo m GER 2315 1 = 0 * 1 = = 1 = 0 = 1 6.5 2495
5. Radziewicz, Iweta m POL 2425 0 0 0 0 * = = 1 1 1 1 1 6.0 2456
6. Kristjansson, Stefan m ISL 2491 = = 0 = = * = = 1 = 0 1 5.5 2414
7. Fogarasi, Tibor g HUN 2435 0 = = = = = * 0 = = 1 1 5.5 2419
8. Varadi, Viktor HUN 2384 0 0 1 0 0 = 1 * = = 1 1 5.5 2424
9. Berg, Klaus m DEN 2393 = 0 = = 0 0 = = * 1 1 = 5.0 2387
10. Ilincic, Zlatko g SCG 2515 0 = = 1 0 = = = 0 * 0 1 4.5 2347
11. Muranyi, Karl-Jasmin f GER 2400 0 0 = = 0 1 0 0 0 1 * 0 3.0 2247
12. Horvath, Andras f HUN 2322 = 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 * 2.5 2219
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Galyas, Miklos m HUN 2390 * 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 = 9.5 2585
2. Citak, Selim f TUR 2258 0 * = = 1 1 = = = = 1 1 7.0 2390
3. Boe, Mads f DEN 2334 = = * = 1 0 = = 1 1 = = 6.5 2346
4. Arngrimsson, Dagur ISL 2327 0 = = * 0 1 0 1 = 0 1 1 5.5 2282
5. Shanmugam, Ravindran SIN 2156 0 0 0 1 * = = 1 = 1 = = 5.5 2297
6. Nagy, Bence f HUN 2355 = 0 1 0 = * 0 = 1 0 = 1 5.0 2243
7. Pedersen, Daniel Vesterbaek f DEN 2294 0 = = 1 = 1 * = 0 0 1 0 5.0 2249
8. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2339 0 = = 0 0 = = * 1 = = 1 5.0 2245
9. Kjartansson, Gudmundur ISL 2291 0 = 0 = = 0 1 0 * 1 = 1 5.0 2249
10. Adams, Nick A USA 2184 0 = 0 1 0 1 1 = 0 * 0 = 4.5 2230
11. Pirisi, Gabor m HUN 2271 0 0 = 0 = = 0 = = 1 * = 4.0 2185
12. Dean, Jim H f USA 2232 = 0 = 0 = 0 1 0 0 = = * 3.5 2157
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The Esbjerg Chess Union organised the 21st North Sea Cup July 8th-15th
2006. Sefan Djuric took first place on tie-break from Aloyzas Kveinys, Igor
Rausis and Gerhard Schedbler all scored 7/9.
Official site: http://www.northseacup.dk/nsc2006/2index.htm
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21st North Sea Cup Esbjerg DEN (DEN), 8-15 vii 2006
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Rank. Player Title TRV Fede Score Buchh SoBerg
1. Djuric, Stefan GM 2466 SER 7.0 54.5 41.00
2. Kveinys, Aloyzas GM 2546 LIT 7.0 54.5 40.75
3. Rausis, Igor GM 2510 BAN 7.0 53.5 40.25
3. Schebler, Gerhard GM 2499 GER 7.0 53.5 40.25
5. Szuhanek, Ranko IM 2452 ROM 6.5 56.0 39.25
6. Antonsen, Mikkel IM 2380 DEN 6.5 51.0 34.50
7. Donchenko, Anatol IM 2405 GER 6.5 51.0 34.25
8. Feuerstack, Aljos 2327 GER 6.5 49.0 32.75
9. Pedersen, Jan Rod 2257 DEN 6.5 44.5 31.50
10. Rendboe, John FM 2207 DEN 6.0 50.0 32.50
11. Bach, Matthias FM 2339 GER 6.0 50.0 31.25
12. Veng, Johnni 2239 DEN 6.0 49.0 30.75
13. Petersen, Tom Pet 2270 DEN 6.0 48.5 31.25
14. Berg, Søren 2136 DEN 6.0 48.0 30.00
15. Høiberg, Erling 2114 DEN 6.0 48.0 29.50
16. Carlstedt, Jonath 2052 GER 6.0 46.0 27.75
17. Andersen, Morten 2219 DEN 6.0 45.5 29.00
18. Hartvig, Ove Weis FM 2201 DEN 5.5 49.5 28.75
19. Paaske, Asger 2226 DEN 5.5 48.5 27.25
20. Rud, Morten Topho 2195 DEN 5.5 47.5 26.75
21. Pedersen, Gunnar 2236 DEN 5.5 47.0 25.25
22. Lindestrøm, Torst 2241 DEN 5.5 45.5 25.25
23. Hansen, John Nyho 2084 DEN 5.5 45.5 25.25
24. Jensen, Leif 2087 DEN 5.5 45.5 25.00
25. Lundberg, Roland 1871 SWE 5.5 45.5 23.50
26. Munksgaard, Denni 2052 DEN 5.5 45.0 23.50
27. Bønnelykke, Ole 2011 DEN 5.5 44.0 23.50
28. Hassan, Omar 2153 EGY 5.5 43.5 25.00
29. Grove, Peter 1942 DEN 5.5 43.0 24.75
30. Sørensen, Kristof 2165 DEN 5.5 42.0 23.25
31. Wiecker, Stefan 2052 DEN 5.5 39.5 21.50
100 players
The Montecatini Terme tournament took place 2nd-8th July 2006. Nenad
Sulava and Manuel Apicella both finished on 6/9. Games now available. News:
Adolivio Capece.
Official site: http://www.cssurya.it/
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XIII Luigi Serra Montecatini Terme ITA (ITA), 1-8 vii 2006cat. VIII (2430)
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1. Sulava, Nenad g CRO 2489 * = = = 1 = = = 1 1 6.0 2548
2. Apicella, Manuel g FRA 2520 = * = = = = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2544
3. Brunello, Sabino f ITA 2391 = = * 1 = = 0 = = 1 5.0 2477
4. Cornette, Matthieu m FRA 2447 = = 0 * 1 = = = = 1 5.0 2471
5. Mogranzini, Roberto f ITA 2352 0 = = 0 * 1 1 1 = = 5.0 2481
6. Mrdja, Milan m CRO 2414 = = = = 0 * = = 1 = 4.5 2431
7. Guidarelli, Laurent m FRA 2437 = 0 1 = 0 = * = 1 = 4.5 2429
8. Naumkin, Igor g RUS 2435 = = = = 0 = = * = = 4.0 2386
9. Piscopo, Pierluigi f ITA 2393 0 0 = = = 0 0 = * 1 3.0 2309
10. Ronchetti, Niccolo' f ITA 2421 0 0 0 0 = = = = 0 * 2.0 2210
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The 5th La Fere Open (France) took place 8th-14th July 2006 in the
Espace Drouot. Nikolai Ninov, Giorgi Bagaturov and Hugo Tirov finished on
7/9.
Official site: http://laferect.free.fr/
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1. Ninov, Nikolai m BUL 2517 7 7 44 2438
2. Bagaturov, Giorgi g GEO 2461 7 6 44 2444
3. Tirard, Hugo m FRA 2453 7 5 46 2549
4. Dumitrache, Dragos-Nicolae m ROM 2451 6,5 6 42,5 2323
5. Olarasu, Gabriela wg ROM 2222 6,5 6 42 2282
6. Marchal, Jeremy FRA 2096 6,5 6 40,5 2204
7. Zimmerman, Yuri m RUS 2374 6,5 6 40 2229
8. Afek, Yochanan m ISR 2316 6,5 5 45,5 2523
9. Nevednichy, Vladislav g ROM 2576 6,5 5 44,5 2455
10. Gladyszev, Oleg m RUS 2457 6,5 5 43 2379
11. Grigorov, Grigor BUL 2425 6,5 4 44 2424
12. Gozzoli, Yannick m FRA 2470 6,5 4 43 2452
13. Clery, Nicolas f FRA 2278 6 6 44 2355
14. Deneuville, Ludovic FRA 2009 6 6 36 2007
15. Mataigne, Jean-Michel FRA 1963 6 6 33,5 1995
16. Chetverik, Maxim m RUS 2302 6 5 40,5 2246
17. Waquet, Frederic FRA 2080 6 5 40 2099
18. Platel, Alexandre FRA 2167 6 5 39 2162
19. Riff, Jean-Noel m FRA 2444 6 4 43,5 2371
142 players
The 3rd South Wales International Chess Tournament took place 8th-13th
July 2006. GM Milos Pavlovic won the event with 7/9.
Official site: http://www.southwaleschess.co.uk/SWI/
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3rd South Wales Int Caerleon WLS (WLS), 1-11 vii 2006
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1. Pavlovic, Milos g SCG 2497 7.0
2. Gormally, Daniel g ENG 2513 6.5
3. Barsov, Alexei g UZB 2546 6.5
4. Broomfield, Matthew ENG 2325 6.5
5. Cobb, James f WLS 2370 6.5
6. Jones, Richard S f WLS 2342 6.5
7. Allicock, Rawle Anthony f ENG 2308 6.0
8. Cobb, Charles f ENG 2403 6.0
9. Rudd, Jack ENG 2328 6.0
10. Marusenko, Petr m UKR 2351 6.0
11. Dobrov, Vladimir g RUS 2493 5.5
12. Schmitz, Manuela wf GER 2042 5.5
13. Varley, Peter WLS 2228 5.5
14. Klein, Felix GER 2205 5.5
21. James, AM ENG ---- 5.5
63 players
The Championship of Slovakia took place in Banska Stiavnica SVK,
8th-16th July 2006. Tomas Petrik took the title on tie-break from Jan Markos
both scored 6.5/9. Games from round 7 missing.
Official site: http://www.livechess.sk
Slovak Championship
Rk. Name FED Rtg Club/City Pts. TB1 TB2 Rp
1 IM Petrik Tomas SVK 2523 Sk Modra 6.5 28.00 0.0 2627
2 IM Markos Jan SVK 2526 Sk Slovan Bratislava 6.5 24.00 0.0 2627
3 Pinter Erik SVK 2396 Sk Zentiva Hlohovec 5.5 24.75 0.0 2555
4 GM Stohl Igor SVK 2558 Msk Martin 5.0 21.00 0.0 2500
5 GM Likavsky Tomas SVK 2498 Sk Zentiva Hlohovec 4.5 18.25 0.0 2464
6 GM Plachetka Jan SVK 2427 Sk Senica 4.5 17.50 0.0 2472
7 GM Timoscenko Gennadij SVK 2494 Msk Martin 4.5 16.00 0.0 2464
8 GM Mrva Martin SVK 2499 Www.sachy.sk Kosice 3.5 11.50 0.0 2384
9 Michalik Peter SVK 2330 Sk Prievidza 2.5 13.50 0.0 2316
10 FM Meszaros Michal SVK 2420 Sk Osuske 2.0 7.50 0.0 2252
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1. Petrik, Tomas m SVK 2523 * 1 1 = = = = 1 = 1 6.5 2626
2. Markos, Jan m SVK 2526 0 * 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2626
3. Pinter, Erik SVK 2396 0 1 * = 1 = 1 1 0 = 5.5 2555
4. Stohl, Igor g SVK 2558 = = = * = = = = = 1 5.0 2500
5. Likavsky, Tomas g SVK 2498 = 0 0 = * 1 1 0 1 = 4.5 2463
6. Plachetka, Jan g SVK 2427 = 0 = = 0 * = 1 = 1 4.5 2471
7. Timoscenko, Gennadij g SVK 2494 = 0 0 = 0 = * 1 1 1 4.5 2464
8. Mrva, Martin g SVK 2499 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 * 1 1 3.5 2383
9. Michalik, Peter SVK 2330 = 0 1 = 0 = 0 0 * 0 2.5 2316
10. Meszaros, Michal f SVK 2420 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 1 * 2.0 2252
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Final Round 9 Standings Open A
Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 Rp
1 IM Tibensky Robert SVK 2385 7.5 42.0 40.0 2579
2 Priborsky Jan CZE 2337 7.0 39.0 37.5 2517
3 IM Talla Vladimir CZE 2426 6.5 40.5 35.0 2429
4 IM Zpevak Pavel CZE 2377 6.5 40.0 35.0 2446
5 IM Priehoda Vitezslav SVK 2383 6.5 40.0 34.0 2409
6 IM Berezjuk Sergej CZE 2445 6.5 38.5 31.5 2385
7 FM Kantorik Marian SVK 2330 6.5 36.0 30.5 2369
8 Valenta Vit CZE 2194 6.0 41.5 32.0 2455
9 Grecescu Gabriel-Andrei ROM 2395 6.0 40.5 35.0 2407
10 IM Kireev Aleksei RUS 2382 6.0 40.0 33.5 2394
11 Havlicek Libor SVK 2279 6.0 39.5 32.5 2405
12 IM Lipka Juraj SVK 2420 6.0 39.0 33.0 2395
13 IM Hagarova Zuzana SVK 2364 6.0 38.5 33.0 2416
14 Mikita Jozef SVK 2271 6.0 38.5 33.0 2427
15 FM Ruckschloss Karol SVK 2311 6.0 38.0 32.0 2393
16 IM Manik Mikulas SVK 2460 6.0 37.5 32.5 2404
17 IM Berescu Alin ROM 2491 6.0 37.5 30.0 2301
18 Molnar Peter SVK 2389 6.0 37.5 29.0 2308
19 Bauma Jiri CZE 2211 6.0 36.5 30.5 2303
20 FM Rat Dan Ovidiu ROM 2324 6.0 36.0 32.0 2360
21 Raut Cristian ROM 2246 6.0 35.5 28.0 2348
22 FM Vukovic Ivo CRO 2248 6.0 34.5 29.5 2364
23 Mokos Jozef SVK 2306 6.0 34.0 29.5 2322
114 players
The "Blue Sevan" tournament takes place in Sevan ARM 12th-21st July
2006.
Official site: http://www.chessacademy.am
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Blue Sevan Sevan ARM (ARM), 13-21 vii 2006 cat. IX (2452)
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1. Kotanjian, Tigran g ARM 2515 * . . = 1 1 . . . 1 3.5 2815
2. Mallahi, Amir m IRI 2435 . * = . . . = . 1 1 3.0 2614
3. Babuiian, Levon ARM 2332 . = * . . = 1 = . . 2.5 2578
4. Melkumyan, Hrant ARM 2360 = . . * 0 . . . 1 1 2.5 2569
5. Pashikian, Arman m ARM 2508 0 . . 1 * . = = . . 2.0 2454
6. Vitiugov, Nikita m RUS 2555 0 . = . . * . . 1 = 2.0 2430
7. Janjgava, Lasha g GEO 2479 . = 0 . = . * = . . 1.5 2347
8. Andriasian, Zaven m ARM 2463 . . = . = . = * 0 . 1.5 2338
9. Harutjunyan, Gevorg ARM 2383 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 1 * . 1.0 2260
10. Kekelidze, Mikheil g GEO 2493 0 0 . 0 . = . . . * 0.5 2144
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The Brno Chess Festival organised by the Duras Chess Club took place in
the Czech Republic, 30th June - 9th July 2006. There were three all-play-all
events with Aleksander Mista winning the TESPO GM event with 7.5/10.
Official site: http://www.skduras.wz.cz/indexe.htm
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1. Mista, Aleksander g POL 2489 * 1 = = 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2605
2. Bernasek, Jan m CZE 2452 0 * 1 = 1 = 1 = = = 1 6.5 2526
3. Petr, Martin m CZE 2416 = 0 * = 1 = 0 1 = 1 1 6.0 2491
4. Popchev, Milko g BUL 2415 = = = * = = = 1 = 1 0 5.5 2455
5. Stopa, Jacek POL 2469 1 0 0 = * = = 1 = 1 = 5.5 2450
6. Kadziolka, Beata wm POL 2359 0 = = = = * 1 = = = = 5.0 2425
7. Pisk, Petr m CZE 2357 = 0 1 = = 0 * 0 = = 1 4.5 2389
8. Cernousek, Lukas m CZE 2422 0 = 0 0 0 = 1 * 1 = 1 4.5 2383
9. Kalod, Radek g CZE 2495 0 = = = = = = 0 * 0 1 4.0 2339
10. Jirka, Jiri m CZE 2393 0 = 0 0 0 = = = 1 * 0 3.0 2273
11. Porat, Ido f ISR 2346 0 0 0 1 = = 0 0 0 1 * 3.0 2277
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1. Jakubowski, Krzysztof m POL 2498 * 1 = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 9.0 2520
2. Sosna, Jan m CZE 2416 0 * = 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2477
3. Marszalek, Maciej POL 2401 = = * 1 = = = = = 1 1 1 7.5 2400
4. Nabaty, Tamir ISR 2156 = 0 0 * 1 = 1 0 1 1 1 1 7.0 2391
5. Vyskocil, Neklan CZE 2307 = 0 = 0 * 1 = 1 1 = = 1 6.5 2341
6. Toma, Katarzyna wm POL 2238 0 1 = = 0 * 1 1 = = = 0 5.5 2282
7. Cerveny, Martin CZE 2231 = 0 = 0 = 0 * 1 = = = 1 5.0 2247
8. Rada Equiza, Miguel ESP 2242 0 0 = 1 0 0 0 * = 1 1 1 5.0 2246
9. Zamarbide Inarrea, Borja ESP 2184 0 0 = 0 0 = = = * 1 1 1 5.0 2251
10. Cerveny, Petr CZE 2164 0 0 0 0 = = = 0 0 * 1 1 3.5 2156
11. Bartos, Jan f CZE 2196 0 0 0 0 = = = 0 0 0 * = 2.0 2024
12. Vavra, Pavel1 m CZE 2311 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 = * 1.5 1966
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REDA IM Brno CZE (CZE), 30 vi-9 vii 2006 cat. I (2259)
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1. Szymanski, Marcin m POL 2412 * = 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.0 2507
2. Cech, Pavel m CZE 2416 = * 1 = = = = 1 = 1 = 1 7.5 2377
3. Kulovana, Eva wf CZE 2131 0 0 * = 1 1 1 = = = 1 = 6.5 2335
4. Pestov, S RUS 2374 = = = * = = 1 = = = 0 1 6.0 2284
5. Porat, David f ISR 2206 = = 0 = * 1 0 = 1 0 1 = 5.5 2263
6. Andonov, Bogomil m BUL 2416 = = 0 = 0 * 0 = 1 1 = 1 5.5 2244
7. Krcal, Michal CZE 2105 0 = 0 0 1 1 * 0 = = 1 1 5.5 2273
8. Kozak, Milos f CZE 2230 0 0 = = = = 1 * = = = = 5.0 2225
9. Tuma, Jiri CZE 2292 0 = = = 0 0 = = * = 1 1 5.0 2220
10. Mindeguia Guruceaga, Juan J ESP 2186 0 0 = = 1 0 = = = * = 1 5.0 2229
11. Damia, Angelo ITA 2183 0 = 0 1 0 = 0 = 0 = * = 3.5 2133
12. Zavadil, Michal CZE 2158 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 = * 2.0 2006
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The 2nd Alajuela international open (Costa Rica) took place 11th-16th
July 2006. Vladimir Georgiev won with 7.5/9.
Official site: http://www.alajuela2006.com/
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II Int Open Alajuela CRC (CRC), 12-16 vii 2006
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1. Georgiev, Vladimir g MKD 2518 7.5 55.0 44.75 41.0 2518 2569 +0.42
2. Mitkov, Nikola g MKD 2563 7.0 55.0 41.50 39.5 2563 2497 -0.56
3. Urbina, Ricardo m HON 2290 7.0 48.5 35.00 36.0 2290 2378 +0.60
4. Sagalchik, Gennadij g USA 2460 7.0 47.5 35.50 35.5 2460 2366 -0.72
5. Pina, Sulennis wg CUB 2333 7.0 54.5 40.75 34.0 2333 2488 +0.90
6. Valdes, Leonardo m CRC 2400 6.5 54.5 37.00 38.5 2400 2417 +0.14
7. Akobian, Varuzhan g USA 2567 6.5 52.5 35.75 37.5 2567 2418 -1.22
8. Arias, Lemmys A f ESA 2253 6.5 51.0 33.25 37.0 2253 2413 +1.56
9. Hernandez Basante, Francisco m CRC 2278 6.5 50.0 33.50 36.0 2278 2306 +0.30
10. Bennett, David Michael USA 2222 6.5 49.5 32.75 35.0 2222 2347 +1.21
11. Carvajal, Jonathan CRC 2128 6.5 47.5 32.00 33.5 2128 2311 +1.20
12. Marrero, Yaniet wm CUB 2252 6.5 49.0 32.75 33.5 2252 2280 +0.26
13. Alfaro, William NCA 2161 6.5 43.5 28.50 33.0 2161 2210 +0.35
14. Trejos, Enrique CRC 2192 6.5 43.5 30.50 31.0 2192 2054 -0.57
15. Alfaro, Alfonso CRC ---- 6.5 53.0 36.25 30.5 0000 2334 +1.00
16. Granados, Carlos CRC 2240 6.5 45.0 32.25 29.0 2240 2781 +0.64
156 players
The Paris Championship took place 8th-16th July 2006. Murtas Kazhgaleyev
won the event with 7/9. Games from rounds 5-9 are available.
Official site: http://www.idf-echecs.com/
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ch-Paris Paris FRA (FRA), 8-16 vii 2006
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Pts Tr. Perf
1. Kazhgaleyev, Murtas g KAZ 2606 7 35 2621
2. Moradiabadi, Elshan g IRI 2502 6,5 41,5 2660
3. Fedorchuk, Sergey A g UKR 2592 6,5 39,5 2622
4. Fridman, Daniel g LAT 2569 6,5 38 2597
5. Guliyev, Namig g AZE 2543 6,5 34 2523
6. Dizdar, Goran g CRO 2521 6 41,5 2586
7. Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2626 6 40,5 2599
8. Landa, Konstantin g RUS 2584 6 39,5 2554
9. Drasko, Milan g SCG 2521 6 38,5 2586
10. Tregubov, Pavel V g RUS 2594 6 38,5 2581
11. Jankovic, Alojzije g CRO 2525 6 38,5 2543
12. Bauer, Christian g FRA 2599 6 38 2543
13. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2577 5,5 41,5 2579
14. Marzolo, Cyril m FRA 2440 5,5 39,5 2536
15. Jovanic, Ognjen m CRO 2464 5,5 39,5 2529
16. Chabanon, Jean-Luc g FRA 2404 5,5 39 2521
17. Zatonskih, Anna wg USA 2432 5,5 36,5 2479
18. Karr, Jean-Philippe m FRA 2394 5,5 33,5 2468
19. Shchekachev, Andrei g RUS 2593 5,5 33 2453
20. Paredes Galan, Angel f ESP 2361 5,5 30 2410
67 players
The Heart of Finland Open took place 11th-16th July 2006. Mikael Agopov
won the event with 8/9.
Official site: http://www.kolumbus.fi/shakkiliitto/hof2006.htm
Final Round 9 Standings:
1. Agopov Mikael FIN 8.0 52.50 45.75
2. Miezis Normunds LAT 7.5 54.50 44.50
3. Solozhenkin Evgeniy RUS 6.5 50.50 32.50
4. Karttunen Mika FIN 6.5 48.50 33.25
5. Åkesson Ralf SWE 6.5 48.00 33.25
6. Novik Maxim RUS 6.5 46.50 32.50
7. Rantanen Yrjö FIN 6.5 46.50 32.00
8. Höi Carsten DEN 6.5 43.50 30.00
9. Seeman Tarvo EST 6.0 54.50 34.50
10. Tahirov Farhad AZE 6.0 53.00 34.25
11. Nybäck Tomi FIN 6.0 52.50 32.75
12. Sarakauskas Gediminas LTU 6.0 51.50 31.75
13. Kiik Kalle EST 6.0 50.50 31.25
14. Nouro Mikael FIN 6.0 46.50 29.25
15. Mäki-Uuro Miikka FIN 6.0 42.00 27.50
16. Issakainen Ari FIN 6.0 38.50 24.50
109 players
The Quebec Open Chess Championship took place in Montreal, Canada
7th-16th July 2006.
Official site: http://www.fqechecs.qc.ca
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COQ Montreal CAN (CAN), 7-16 vii 2006
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1. Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2662 8.0
2. Kunte, Abhijit g IND 2536 6.5
3. Swathi, Ghate wg IND 2262 6.5
4. Schleifer, Michael m CAN 2340 6.5
5. Chabot, Roland CAN 2244 6.0
6. Bolduc, Steve CAN 2205 6.0
7. Kleinplatz, Sam f FRA 2266 6.0
8. Barbeau, Sylvain f CAN 2398 5.5
9. Voskanyan, Vahagn f CAN 2279 5.5
10. Khassanov, Marat f CAN 2314 5.5
11. Luksza, Arkadiusz CAN 2131 5.5
12. Sullivan, Neil CAN 2123 5.5
13. Robichaud, Louis CAN 2114 5.5
47 players
The (35th) Greek Team Championship was held July 3rd to July 10th at
the nice resort of Ermioni in Peloponnese, southern Greece (190 Kms. south of
Athens). Apart from the top Greek Players [GMs Kotronias (2611), Banikas
(2576), Papaioannou (2575), Mastrovasilis D. (2567), Halkias (2551), Nikolaidis
(2538), Mastrovasilis Ath. (2521), Grivas (2496) and Skembris (2458), IM
Vouldis (2521), IM Tzermiadianos (2462), WGMs Dembo (2465) and Botsari (2372)],
several top-GMs were also included in the line-up: Navara (CZE, 2719),
Azmaiparashvili (GEO, 2669), Dreev (RUS, 2666), Inarkiev (RUS, 2625), Wojtaszek
(POL, 2622), Socko B. (POL, 2621), Macieja (POL, 2613), Rozentalis (LTU, 2605),
Postny (ISR, 2591), An. Sokolov (FRA, 2589), Gustafsson (GER, 2589), Gelashvili
(GEO, 2575), Svetushkin (MDA, 2569), Vaisser (FRA, 2568), Kulaots (EST, 2550),
young Indian Parimarjan Negi (2437) etc. - the ratings are these announced by
FIDE on July 1st
It was one of the most exciting championships in Europe, with 16 teams
participating (the last three were relegated to B’ division) and was
played in 12 boards: Men in the first 5, a lady on 6th, girls (under 18 and
under 14) on the 7th and 8th and boys (U-18, U-16, U-14 & U-12) on the
9th-12th. Two foreigners are allowed to every team.
In the end, the team ''Kydon'' Hania (champions 2000-2004) took the
title again, ahead of 2005 winners of S.O. Kavalas. ''Kydon'' managed to beat
S.O. Kavalas 6½ - 5½, in the penultimate round, despite losing
16½ - 3½ in the men’s boards. Notably, Markantonaki (2166)
beat 5-time Greek champion A.M. Botsari in the ladies’board. E.S.
Thessalonica finished 3rd.
''Kydon'' Hania had GMs Azmaiparashvili, Banikas, Papaioannou and
Nikolaidis in its line-up, while S.O. Kavalas featured GMs Kotronias, An.
Sokolov, Halkias and Skembris.
The best overall result was scored by ever-improving Czech GM David
Navara, who gathered 7 out of 9 on 1st board, with a performance of 2836!
The games were being held on a daily basis, July 3rd to July 10th from
4 pm to 9 pm, with a double round on Friday 7th (10 am and 6 pm) and the last
round is on Monday July 10th at 10 am. News: Spiros Ilandzis.
More details at: http://www.chessfed.gr/teams2006/
The XXIX Open Barbera del Valles took place 5th-13th July 2006. Marc
Narciso Dublan took clear first with 7/9. My thanks to the arbiter Herman van
Riemsdijk for the news and games.
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XXIX Open Barbera del Valles ESP (ESP), 5-13 vii 2006
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1 Narciso Dublan, Marc ESP 2467 7 40.0 48.0 37.0
2 Teske, Henrik GER 2510 6.5 40.5 49.5 35.0
3-8 Gonzalez, Yuri CUB 2491 6 41.5 50.0 33.0
Lopez Martinez, Jose Manuel ESP 2480 6 39.0 46.0 34.0
De la Paz, Frank CUB 2442 6 39.0 46.0 31.0
Vehi Bach, Victor ESP 2345 6 35.0 42.0 28.5
Gomez Jurado, Luis Alberto ESP 2333 6 34.5 41.0 27.5
Cruz, Filemon PER 2397 6 34.0 38.0 30.0
9-15 Epishin, Vladimir RUS 2555 5.5 43.5 53.5 32.5
Almeida, Omar CUB 2475 5.5 39.5 48.0 31.0
Cuartas, Jaime Alexander COL 2466 5.5 39.5 47.0 30.0
Asis Gargatagli, Hipolit ESP 2371 5.5 39.0 46.5 29.5
Perpinya Rofes, Lluis Maria ESP 2333 5.5 39.0 45.0 28.0
Rodriguez Pardo, Fernando ESP 2165 5.5 33.5 38.5 22.5
Berrocal Farina, Jorge BOL 2317 5.5 31.0 35.5 24.5
16-23 Rustemov, Alexander RUS 2565 5 42.5 52.5 30.0
Vilela, Jose Luis CUB 2355 5 38.0 46.0 28.5
Porras Mateo, Felipe ESP 2025 5 37.5 46.0 27.5
Cruz, Cristhian PER 2284 5 37.0 44.5 26.5
Garcia Jimenez, Francisco Javier ESP 2270 5 35.0 39.5 24.5
Alonso Moyano, Jonathan ESP 2372 5 33.5 40.0 24.5
Sanchez Romero, Miguel Angel ESP 2208 5 33.0 38.5 24.0
Asensio Linan, Teodoro ESP 2244 5 32.5 38.5 25.5
24-29 Losada Cabrera, Francisco Javier ESP 2195 4.5 35.5 41.5 23.5
Moreto Quintana, Alex ESP 2138 4.5 35.0 43.0 23.0
Macaya Ruiz, Alfons ESP 2051 4.5 34.0 39.5 20.0
Sanchez Jerez, Emilio ESP 2062 4.5 32.0 39.0 20.5
Molinero Martin, Joan ESP 2103 4.5 26.5 32.0 13.0
Alonso Rosell, Alvar ESP 2196 4.5 20.5 25.0 13.5
30-38 Carbonell Bofill, Carlos Eloy ESP 2175 4 35.5 42.5 22.0
Fabregas Fernandez, Bernat ESP 2170 4 35.5 41.5 21.5
Severri Arrese, Carlos ESP 2069 4 35.0 41.5 20.5
Hernandez Casillas, Joan ESP 2184 4 33.5 39.5 18.5
Chalmeta Ugas, Jordi ESP 2093 4 32.5 38.0 19.5
Ridameya Tatche, Jose ESP 2204 4 32.0 38.5 20.5
Lux, Gregory FRA 2082 4 31.5 37.0 20.0
Pascual Sauch, Angel ESP 2167 4 29.0 35.0 15.5
Chalmeta Ugas, Ramon ESP 2167 4 29.0 32.5 15.0
39-44 Torao Compte, Victor ESP 2011 3.5 40.0 48.5 24.5
Rafols Albet, Josep ESP 2072 3.5 30.5 35.0 17.5
Del Valle Cirera, Adria ESP 1964 3.5 29.5 35.5 13.5
Campo Echevarria, Juan Francisco ESP 2133 3.5 28.5 33.5 15.0
Barbero Sendic, Alejandro URU 2019 3.5 28.0 32.5 13.5
Fernandez Gonzalez, Julio Honor ESP 2079 3.5 28.0 32.0 12.5
45-46 Esquivel, Luis PAN 2179 3 32.0 38.5 18.0
Frances Cuscullola, Oriol ESP 2009 3 31.5 37.0 16.5
47-50 Ruiz Manchon, Francesc Xavier ESP 2152 2.5 30.0 36.0 13.5
Vila Seuba, Joan Carles ESP 1982 2.5 30.0 34.0 10.5
Martinez Balaguer, Josep ESP 1937 2.5 29.0 32.5 13.0
Montell Zabay, Albert ESP 2158 2.5 24.5 30.5 9.5
51 Lazaro Porta, Angel ESP 2151 2 32.0 36.5 12.5
52-55 Valmana Canto, Jaime ESP 2284 0 4.0 4.0 0.0
Remoli Sargues, Francisco ESP 2255 0 3.0 3.0 0.0
Benitah, Johan FRA 2406 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Vernay, Clovis FRA 2321 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
IMs Enrico Sevillano and Andranik Matikozyan tied for first in the 2006
Southern California Championship, a 7-player round-robin held at the Los
Angeles law offices of Cheong, Denove, Rowell and Bennett. from July 9 through
16. Next at 4-2 was IM Jack Peters. Other scores: IM Cyrus Lakdawala and Eugene
Yanayt, 2.5-3.5; Christian Tanaka, 2-4; Francis Chen, 1-5. John Hillery
directed.
Official site:
http://www.westernchess.com/hold/champ06/champ06.html
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SCCF State Championship Los Angeles USA (USA), 8-16 vii 2006cat. III (2305)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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1. Sevillano, Enrico m USA 2481 * = 1 = = 1 1 4.5 2468
2. Matikozian, Andranik m ARM 2461 = * = = 1 1 1 4.5 2472
3. Peters, John A m USA 2440 0 = * 1 = 1 1 4.0 2407
4. Yanayt, Eugene USA 2275 = = 0 * = 0 1 2.5 2253
5. Lakdawala, Cyrus m USA 2440 = 0 = = * 0 1 2.5 2225
6. Tanaka, Christian T USA 2039 0 0 0 1 1 * 0 2.0 2224
7. Chen,Francis USA ---- 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1.0 2083
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The Canadian Open takes place July 15th-23rd 2006 in Kitchener, Ontario,
Canada.
Official site: http://www.chessfest.ca/can_open.htm
Leading Round 2 Standings:
1 GM Alexander Moiseenko 2649 B--- W34 2.0
2 GM Alexander Huzman 2585 W64 W35 2.0
3 GM Abhijit Kunte 2535 B--- W37 2.0
4 GM Walter Arencibia 2535 W50 W38 2.0
5 IM Fidel Corrales 2492 W77 W40 2.0
6 IM Jesse Kraai 2473 W65 W41 2.0
7 IM Tomas Krnan 2399 W78 W43 2.0
8 IM Leonid Gerzhoy 2386 W80 W42 2.0
9 FM John Yoos 2373 W81 W44 2.0
10 Nikolay Noritsyn 2354 W52 W45 2.0
11 FM Robert Hamilton 2333 W53 W46 2.0
12 FM Goran Milicevic 2305 W54 W47 2.0
13 FM Goran Mikanovic 2284 W55 W49 2.0
14 IM Raul Shetty 2269 W84 W32 2.0
15 Daniel Kazmaier 2141 W61 W33 2.0
16 GM Mark Bluvshtein 2531 W76 D24 1.5
17 IM Thomas Roussel-Roozmon 2405 W51 D25 1.5
18 GM Hans Joachim Hecht 2394 D30 W68 1.5
19 IM Eric Lawson 2393 B--- D26 1.5
20 IM Michael Mulyar 2391 W66 D27 1.5
21 IM Chandrashekhar Gokhale 2371 W82 D28 1.5
22 IM Julian Estrada 2370 D67 W69 1.5
23 FM Christian Stevens 2314 W83 D29 1.5
24 Marius Zubac 2217 W71 D16 1.5
25 Michael Barron 2201 W58 D17 1.5
26 Sasa Kulic 2192 W86 D19 1.5
27 David [yu] Peng 2170 W73 D20 1.5
28 William G. Doubleday 2106 W62 D21 1.5
29 Federico Austria 2102 W88 D23 1.5
30 Conrad Ho 2046 D18 W63 1.5
31 Louie Jiang 1967 H--- W79 1.5
There are now some additional games from the World Open. My thanks to
Michael Atkins.
The 3rd Pal/CSS Freestyle Finale took place 14th-16th July 2006. Rajlich
(CZE/POL/USA): GM Michal Krasenkow, IM/WGM Iweta Radziewicz, IM Vasik Rajlich
won the event with 5/7.
Official site: http://www.chessbase.com/
3rd Pal/CSS Freestyle Finale (60+15)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points S/B Rank
1 Rajlich &; 1,0 0,5 1,0 0,5 0,5 1,0 0,5 5 15,50 1
2 Intagrand 0,0 &; 0,0 1,0 0,5 0,0 1,0 0,5 3 8,50 7
3 Jazzled 0,5 1,0 &; 0,5 0,5 0,5 0,5 0,5 4 13,50 2
4 Campolungo 0,0 0,0 0,5 &; 0,0 0,5 0,5 0,5 2 7,25 8
5 Poweronoff 0,5 0,5 0,5 1,0 &; 0,5 0,0 0,5 3,5 11,75 5
6 EmilV 0,5 1,0 0,5 0,5 0,5 &; 0,5 0,5 4 13,50 2
7 Alansaccount 0,0 0,0 0,5 0,5 1,0 0,5 &; 0,5 3 10,25 6
8 Hedgehog 0,5 0,5 0,5 0,5 0,5 0,5 0,5 &; 3,5 12,25 4
Progress table / Fortschrittstabelle
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Final
1 Rajlich 0,5 1,5 2,0 3,0 3,5 4,0 5,0 5,0
2 Intagrand 1,0 1,0 1,5 1,5 2,5 3,0 3,0 3,0
3 Jazzled 0,5 1,0 1,5 2,5 3,0 3,5 4,0 4,0
4 Campolungo 0,0 0,5 1,0 1,0 1,0 1,5 2,0 2,0
5 Poweronoff 1,0 1,5 2,0 2,0 2,5 3,0 3,5 3,5
6 EmilV 0,5 1,0 1,5 2,0 2,5 3,0 4,0 4,0
7 Alansaccount 0,0 0,5 1,0 2,0 2,5 3,0 3,0 3,0
8 Hedgehog 0,5 1,0 1,5 2,0 2,5 3,0 3,5 3,5
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3rd Pal/CSS Freestyle Final playchess.com INT
14-16 vii 2006
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1. Rajlich * = = = = 1 1 1 5.0
2. Jazzled = * = = = = 1 = 4.0
3. EmilV = = * = = = 1 = 4.0
4. Hedgehog = = = * = = = = 3.5
5. Poweronoff = = = = * 0 = 1 3.5
6. Alansacount 0 = = = 1 * 0 = 3.0
7. Intagrand 0 0 0 = = 1 * 1 3.0
8. Campolungo 0 = = = 0 = 0 * 2.0
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Rajlich (CZE/POL/USA): GM Michal Krasenkow, IM/WGM Iweta Radziewicz, IM Vasik Rajlich
Jazzled (USA): Joe Sooney
Emil V: Jiri Dufek (CZE) + team
Alansaccount (USA): Alan Saffler
Hedgehog (GER): IM Dennis Breder, Jana Samorukovar, Jana Samorukova
Poweronoff (GER): ?
Campolungo (NED): ?
Intragrand (): ?
The 5th Open and 1st Women's Master tournament took place in Condom
(FRA) 8th-15th July 2006. Tatiana Kostiuk won the women't event with 7/10.
George-Gabriel Grigore won the Open on tie-break, it will take a little time to
sort out the games.
Official site:
http://echecs.condom.free.fr/open/2006/index.php
WIM Condom FRA (FRA), 8-15 vii 2006
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Kostiuk, Tatiana wg UKR 2255 ** == 1= == =1 11 7.0 2286
2 Sasu-Ducsoara, Andreea-Teodora wm ROM 2246 == ** =1 10 01 1= 6.0 2211
3 Congiu, Mathilde wf FRA 2115 0= =0 ** 11 =1 1= 6.0 2237
4 Maisuradze, Nino wm GEO 2191 == 01 00 ** 1= 11 5.5 2186
5 Benmesbah, Natacha wf FRA 2125 =0 10 =0 0= ** 1= 4.0 2091
6 Bolon, Karelle wf FRA 2011 00 0= 0= 00 0= ** 1.5 1890
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The Villa de Benasque tournament took place 6th-15th July 2006. Oleg
Korneev won the event with 8.5/10. Detailed final standings and games don't
appear to be available.
Official site: http://www.turismobenasque.com/spain/ajedrez/
The 28th Oberwart Open took place 8th-16th July 2006. Davit Shengelia
won the event with 7.5/9. Games don't appear to be available.
http://www.openoberwart.at/
Final Round 9 Standings:
Rg. Name Typ sex FED Elo Pkt. Wtg1 Wtg2 Wtg3 Rp
1 GM Shengelia Davit GEO 2490 7.5 54.5 42.5 44.00 2646
2 GM Luther Thomas GER 2589 7.0 55.0 43.0 41.50 2628
3 IM Papp Gabor HUN 2481 7.0 50.5 39.5 37.75 2530
4 IM Kovacs Gabor HUN 2429 7.0 49.5 38.5 37.00 2523
5 IM Hera Imre Jr HUN 2504 7.0 49.0 39.0 36.75 2551
6 GM Malakhatko Vadim UKR 2594 6.5 55.5 43.5 39.25 2569
7 GM Gofshtein Leonid ISR 2521 6.5 53.5 43.0 37.25 2526
8 IM Ragger Markus U18 AUT 2456 6.5 52.5 41.0 36.25 2565
9 GM Ivanov Mikhail M RUS 2425 6.5 51.5 40.0 35.25 2537
10 IM Baumegger Siegfried AUT 2411 6.5 49.5 39.5 32.75 2471
11 IM Kunin Vitaly GER 2494 6.5 48.5 38.0 34.50 2420
12 IM Wohl Aleksandar H AUS 2428 6.5 47.0 37.0 32.75 2421
13 IM Erdos Viktor HUN 2528 6.0 54.0 43.0 34.25 2458
14 GM Balinov Ilia AUT 2454 6.0 53.0 41.0 32.75 2523
15 GM Stanec Nikolaus AUT 2517 6.0 50.5 39.5 32.50 2438
16 FM Dittmar Peter GER 2347 6.0 49.5 39.0 32.25 2451
17 FM Hochstrasser Michael SUI 2366 6.0 48.0 36.5 28.25 2331
18 IM Zozulia Anna W UKR 2352 6.0 47.5 37.0 29.75 2376
19 IM Lendwai Reinhard AUT 2428 6.0 47.5 37.0 29.00 2397
20 IM Danner Georg S60 AUT 2411 6.0 47.5 37.0 28.75 2408
21 Wagner Stefan U18 AUT 1986 6.0 46.0 36.0 29.00 2392
22 FM Petschar Kurt Mag. AUT 2284 6.0 45.5 35.0 28.00 2303
23 IM Moser Eva W AUT 2395 6.0 45.5 35.0 27.75 2388
158 players
The Mezezers International Open 2006 (110 km from Riga Latvia) took
place 1st-6th July 2005. Games don't appear to be available.
Details; http://www.latchess.lv
Final Standings:
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Title Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 KVEINYS, Aloyzas LTU 2532 gm 6.5 37.5 48.0 31.0
2 NEIKSANS, Arturs LAT 2458 im 6.5 36.5 46.5 33.0
3 SULSKIS, Sarunas LTU 2497 gm 6 39.0 49.5 34.0
4 LANKA, Zigurds LAT 2510 gm 6 38.0 48.5 32.0
5 SARAKAUSKAS, Gediminas LTU 2433 im 6 31.5 41.0 27.5
6 SAMOLINS, Vitalijs LAT 2256 5.5 38.0 47.5 31.0
7 SVESHNIKOV, Evgeny LAT 2524 gm 5.5 37.0 47.5 29.0
8 MIEZIS, Normunds LAT 2496 gm 5.5 36.5 46.0 31.0
9 SVESHNIKOV, Vladimir LAT 2273 . 5.5 35.5 45.5 29.0
10 KRUSTKALNS, Kristaps LAT 2215 5.5 33.5 43.5 24.5
11 MIHAILOVS, Jurijs LAT 2265 5.5 32.5 41.5 28.0
12 KALNINS, Kristaps LAT 2226 5.5 28.0 37.0 24.0
13 GODLAUSKAS, Kazys LTU 2270 5 33.0 43.0 25.0
14 SKINKE, Katrina LAT 2075 5 27.0 35.5 18.5
15 TRONENKOVS, Valdis LAT 2261 4.5 33.0 42.5 25.5
16 JEGOROVAS, Aleksandras LTU 2233 4.5 32.0 41.0 26.5
17 BERZINA, Ilze LAT 2278 wim 4.5 32.0 40.5 21.5
18 JANKOVSKIS, Guntis LAT 2341 4 36.5 46.5 24.5
19 MUSTAPS, Matiss LAT 2192 4 33.0 41.5 20.0
20 KALVAITIS, Sigitas LTU 2197 4 31.5 40.0 20.0
21 BERZINSH, Ivars LAT 2243 4 29.0 38.5 21.0
22 KOZLOV, Gennady RUS 2094 4 29.0 37.5 18.0
23 OSIS, Renars LAT 2129 3.5 34.0 43.0 21.0
24 SARAKAUSKIENE, Zivile LTU 2171 wim 3.5 27.0 36.0 19.0
25 MELDERIS, Uldis LAT 2131 3.5 24.5 33.0 16.0
26 SKUJA, Harijs LAT 1963 3 27.0 35.0 15.0
27 ALIPOVS, Anatolijs LAT 2175 3 24.5 32.5 12.5
28 KRUMS, Ilmars LAT 2100 2.5 27.0 35.0 13.5
29 TITAREVA, Anna LAT 1968 2.5 27.0 35.0 13.0
30 BERGMANIS, Aleksandrs LAT 1941 2.5 24.5 32.0 6.5
31 KURPNIEKS, Vairis LAT 2087 1 4.0 12.5 2.0
32 ZVANS, Maris LAT 1953 0 4.0 11.5 0.0
6th European Youth Team Championships
The 6th European Youth Team Championships take place in Balatonlelle,
11th–20th July 2006. Organiser László Juhász.
Official site:
http://web.axelero.hu/passant/sakkversenyek/u18etc/part.html
Republica Argentina Chess Festival
The Republica Argentina Chess Festival 2006 takes place July 24th -
August 4th, 2006 in the new building of "Villa Martelli Chess Club". 5 events,
with players of Argentina, Uruguay, Brasil, Paraguay, Chile, Venezuela, USA,
Serbia, Russia.
Details: http://www.ajedrezmartelli.org.ar
or http://www.ajedrezmartelli.org.ar/Magistral/IX/mag06.html
Montreal International Tournament Empresa 2006
The Montreal International Tournament Empresa 2006 takes place 8th-16th
August 2006.
Group A Round 1 Pairings: Round 1 – 8 August 17:30 Mikhalevski
– Ibragimov Onischuk – Miton Korneev – Timofeev Eljanov –
Bluvshtein Charbonneau – Sutovsky
Group B Round 1 Pairings: Round 1 – 8 August 17:30 Krush –
Likavsky Noritsyn – Krnan Barbeau – Huzman Arencibia – Mitkov
Roussel– Lawson
Official site:
http://www.monroi.com/tournamentgate/MontrealInternational/index.html
XI. AVAS OPEN and Leko - Karpov Match
XI. AVAS OPEN 2006 FIDE Group "A" and B Miskolc (Hungary) 25th - 30th
August 2006.
Entry: Tibor Galkó Address: 3780 Edelény, Antal
György út 38. Phone: (+36) 30 44 99 017 E-mail: galko1@freestart.hu
Deadline of Entry: 15th of August 2006 0.00 AM
These opens preceed an eight game match between Peter Leko and Anatoly
Karpov which takes place August 30 - September 3rd 2006.
Further information to appear at: http://www.chess.hu
The 43rd Hull Chess Congress (Yorkshire, England) will take place in the
Student Union Building, University of Hull, over the weekend of November 17-19,
2006. This year's Hull Congress has three sections, Open, Under 150 and Under
100 and the total prize fund for the tournament is 1200 pounds (1st 250, 2nd
100, 3rd 50 each section), with the option of adding additional prizes based on
the number of entries. The entry fee is just 15 pounds if you commit your entry
on or before October 31, 2006 and just 20 pounds after that date. For more
information about the Hull Congress and to download an entry form, please visit
the new Hull & District Chess Association website at
http://www.h-d-c-a.org.uk/ or contact
Mark Ieronimo, Tournament Organizer, at congress@h-d-c-a.org.uk to obtain an
entry form via email.
5th Knokke Open
The 5th Knokke Open International Chess Tournament takes place
12th-15th August 2006.
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 bestyouth 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 or our Internet site -
http://users.telenet.be/schaakknokke/SchaakClubKnokkeTornooiMain.htm
Satka Tournament
The Satka tournament saw two all-play-all tournaments. Just results seem
to be available. Chess Today reports that Parimarjan Negi became India's
youngest GM at 13 years 142 days.
Tables: http://fgala.boom.ru/tourn/satka06.htm
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/
Spitsbergen Chess Festival
The Spitsbergen Chess Festival takes place September 1st-4th 2006. The
event will include a match between Peter Svidler and Magnus Carlsen.
Official site: http://www.longyear.no/hvaskjer.htm
British Chess Championships
Smith & Williamson British Chess Championships 2006 The 93rd
Championships of The British Isles Organised by the English Chess Federation
Sunday 6th August - Saturday 19th August - University of Wales, Swansea
Official site: http://www.bcf.org.uk/events/bc2006/index.html
6th Open Air Blitz des Bastions
The 6th Open Air Blitz des Bastions takes place 12th August 2006. Blitz
3 minutes + 2 secondes/move, cadence Fischer.
Entry: CHF 10.- payable sur place lors de la première ronde CHF
5.- pour les juniors (jusqu'à 20 ans, 1986 et + jeune)
Organisation Club d'Echecs de Genève et restaurant Parc des
Bastions Inscriptions et renseignements au 079 342 62 32 & 022 734 27 54
Email : info-echecs@bluewin.ch.ch
Further details: http://www.ceg.ch
Malaysian Chess Festival 2006
26th ASTRO Merdeka Team Championship # Date: 19-20 August 2006 1st
prize: RM 10,000 3rd Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysia Open # Date: 21-27 August 2006
1st prize: USD 4,000 AmBank Group Berhad Challenge 2006 # Date : 21-27 August
2006 1st prize : RM2000/=
Details: http://tcn.sourceforge.net
6th Emory Castle Grand Prix
The 6th Emory Castle Grand Prix June 16-18 Atlanta, Georgia USA.
Hopefully the games and full table will turn up. Final standings on ICC: 1-5
4.0 Becerra Serper Gulamali Dunne Pohl.
Official site: http://www.emorychess.org/tournament.html
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
AnMon 5.6 by Christian BARRETEAU won the computer chess tournament in
Massy (France) with 6/6 . This tournament has been organised for many years by
a very strong group of French computer chess engine programmers. Unfortunately,
this year only seven French programs participated. Second place for Pharaon 3.4
by Franck ZIBI with 5/6 and the third place for ChessTiger 2006 Alpha by
Christophe THERON with 4/6. In other words ... AnMon defended its title. The
next computer chess tournament is the Australasian-NCC-ch in Canberra at August
20th, 2006. TOP favorits are Bodo, Trace and Warp.
26th International Chess Festival Bratto
The 26th International Chess Festival "Conca della Presolana" will take
place in Bratto (Italy), 19th-27th August 2006. The Festival includes:
Tournament A (players with Elo Fide > 1999), Tournament B, Tournament C and
Promotion Tournament (for beginners). Swiss system, 9 rounds. Time control: 100
minutes for 40 moves + 50 minutes; all moves played get 30 seconds bonus
(Fischer mode). Prizes in tournament A: 1st 1500 Euros, 2nd 1000 Euros, 3rd 700
Euros .. ... 16th-20th 200 Euros.
plus The 32nd Italian Women´s Championship - Saturday, August
19th through Sunday, August 27th 2006. and The 13th Italian Under 20
Championship - Saturday, August 19th through Sunday, August 27th 2006. On
Friday, August 18th at 16:30 in Piazza Donizetti, 13-year-old International
Master Fabiano Caruana will perform the inaugural simultaneous exhibition.
Official Website: http://www.scaccobratto.com/
Predeal Chess Open
The Predeal Chess Open takes place 12th-18th August 2006, Prize Fund
10000 Euro, info:Andrei Cioara, andrei_nestor@yahoo.com, +40 723567218, Doru
Ionescu, contact@chess-romania.ro, +40 742064336 The tournament is part of
Romanian Chess Grand Prix 2006
Further details: http://www.chess-romania.ro.
Hungarian tournaments July-December 2006
1. 1st -13th of July FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM round robins (BERGER),
9-13 games, norm possibilities, in Budapest, Hungarian Chess Federation, Falk
Miksa Str.10. 2nd floor. Organisation: Nagy Laszlo, FIDE International Chess
Organizer /NL/, E-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net Website:
http://www.firstsaturday.hu Other
website: http://home.hu.inter.net/~firstsat
Phone-fax: +(361)-2632859, cellphone: +(36)-30-230-1914 /From 12:00 a.m. until
midnight - Central European Time - GMT+1 hour/..
2. 16th-24th of July Kecskemet, IM tmt, org: Dr.Erdelyi, Tamas, e-mail:
postmaster@caissa.t-online.hu Website: http://www.caissachessbooks.hu Usually
also in the second half of the month IM tmt-s in Kecskemet. 100 km South from
Budapest.
3. 15th-23rd of July, AGRIA Open 9 rounds Swiss, Eger, 100 km North
from Budapest, Org. RAUCH Ferenc, e-mail: rauch@freemail.hu
4.. 20th-27th of July, SZOMBATHELY SUMMER Open 9 rounds Swiss, 300 km
West from Budapest, Org: FM KORPICS, Zsolt, e-mail: korpicschess@axelero.hu
5 5th-17th of August, FIRST SATURDAY, Bp, GM /cat.IX-VII/ - IM-FM
closed, Org: NL.
6. 21st -29th of August, TALENTUM Kupa, Open, Zamárdi , org.
Valis János. E-mail: husi_sc@hu.inter.net
7. 2nd-14th of September FS GM-IM Budapest, org.Nagy
László
8. 15th-23rd of September BUDAPEST AUTUMN - 1st GOLD Kup 9 rounds Swiss
Open, Org: Nagy Laszlo. firstsat@hu.inter.net
9. 7th-19th of October, FS GM-IM, Bp. Org.Nagy László.
10. 4th-16th of November FS GM-IM-FM closed tmt, info NL.
11. Second half of November, TENKES KUPA, Harkány, 250 km South
West from Budapest, Organizer: Mr FULOP, Csaba E-mail: fulopcsa@invitel.hu
12. 2nd-15th of December, FS GM-IM-FM, info NL.
World U-20 Juniors and Girls Championships
World U-20 Juniors and Girls Chess Championships will be held from
October 2 to 17, 2006, in Yerevan, Armenia. Please kindly give an ad about the
event on your famous chess site.
Updates about the event and the relevant materials can be found at
http://www.armchess.am.
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.
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
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
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
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/
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).
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/
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/
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.
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
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
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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