THE WEEK IN CHESS 613 7th August 2006 by Mark Crowther
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Dortmunder Sparkassen Chess Meeting 26 games
39th Biel International Festival 18 games
4th Marx György Memorial 18 games
Northern Urals Cup 5 games
Dutch Open 171 games
Hogeschool Zeeland Chess Tournament 150 games
Liepajas Rokade 91 games
Republica Argentina Chess Festival 112 games
15th Kavala Open 48 games
Adolfo Pedrido Memorial 257 games
15th Vienna Open 665 games
First Saturday August 6 games
1567 games
My thanks to Remco Hekhuis, Barth Plomp, Miklos Orso, Serge Archambault,
Gary Suffield, Michael McDowell, Willem-Jan Pannekoek, Tarjei J. Svensen,
Roberto Alvarez, Hans Groffen, Maxim Devereaux, Roger Scowen, Ali Nihat Yazici,
George Mirijanian, Jan Mazuch, Natalia Khamidova and everyone else who helped
with the issue.
Another busy week of chess. Vladimir Kramnik played his final event
before his match against Veselin Topalov in September. He rather amazingly won
the Dortmund tournament after drawing his first five games by winning his last
two games against Baadur Jobava and Peter Leko. Whilst he never looked
particularly impressive he won despite admitting that he wouldn't be using any
of his novelties. Its obvious he's in his best shape for at least 18 months but
whether he's in the form to beat Topalov remains to be seen. The Biel
tournament was much livelier as you might expect with the field they assembled.
Alexander Morozevich has won the Biel event every time he has played and this
year was no exception. He lost two games to Magnus Carlsen and drew quickly to
finish the event off against Teimour Radjabov but amazingly won all the
remaining games. Carlsen shared second with Radjabov. Carlsen has played a lot
of chess over the summer, and has clearly jumped up in class again. Probably
its time to cut down again and do some more studying in time for the Corus
tournament in Wijk aan Zee where its entirely possible to imagine him kicking
on to another level again.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Dortmunder Sparkassen Chess Meeting took place 29th July - 6th
August 2006. Vladimir Kramnik caught Peter Svidler in the final round, both
finished on 4.5/7 with Kramnik taking first on Sonneborn-Berger tie-break.
Kramnik defeated Leko in the final round, his second win in a row. World number
3 Levon Aronian had a terrible event finishing with 2/7 after losing to Boris
Gelfand in the final round. Irina Krush beat Elisabeth Paehtz 3.5-2.5 in a
match alongside the event.
Official site: http://www.chessgate.de/ possibly more
accurately: http://dortmund.chessgate.de/
Round 3 (August 1, 2006)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Naiditsch, Arkadij 1/2 44 E04 Catalan
Leko, Peter - Adams, Michael 1/2 25 E04 Catalan
Gelfand, Boris - Svidler, Peter 1/2 29 D85 Gruenfeld Defence
Jobava, Baadur - Aronian, Levon 1/2 21 A29 English Four Knights
Round 4 (August 2, 2006)
Svidler, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 39 C42 Petroff's Defence
Adams, Michael - Gelfand, Boris 1-0 117 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Aronian, Levon - Naiditsch, Arkadij 1/2 45 E20 Nimzo Indian
Jobava, Baadur - Leko, Peter 1/2 22 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Round 5 (August 4, 2006)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Adams, Michael 1/2 41 C42 Petroff's Defence
Leko, Peter - Aronian, Levon 1-0 63 C68 Ruy Lopez Exchange
Gelfand, Boris - Jobava, Baadur 1-0 113 B39 Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Svidler, Peter 1/2 59 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Round 6 (August 5, 2006)
Adams, Michael - Naiditsch, Arkadij 1/2 32 C55 Two Knights Defence
Leko, Peter - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 24 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Aronian, Levon - Svidler, Peter 0-1 47 D80 Gruenfeld 4.Bg5
Jobava, Baadur - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 15 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Round 7 (August 6, 2006)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter 1-0 48 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Svidler, Peter - Adams, Michael 1/2 17 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Gelfand, Boris - Aronian, Levon 1-0 33 E15 Queens Indian
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Jobava, Baadur 1-0 40 B19 Caro Kann
Sparkassen Dortmund GER (GER), 29 vii-6 viii 2006cat. XIX (2720)
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1 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2743 * = = 1 = = = 1 4.5 2818
2 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2742 = * = = = = 1 1 4.5 2818
3 Adams, Michael g ENG 2732 = = * = 1 = = = 4.0 2768
4 Leko, Peter g HUN 2738 0 = = * = 1 1 = 4.0 2767
5 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2729 = = 0 = * = 1 1 4.0 2768
6 Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2664 = = = 0 = * = 1 3.5 2728
7 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2761 = 0 = 0 0 = * = 2.0 2556
8 Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2651 0 0 = = 0 0 = * 1.5 2499
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Paehtz, Elisabeth - Krush, Irina 1/2 28 B57 Sicilian Sozin Attack
Krush, Irina - Paehtz, Elisabeth 1/2 18 E20 Nimzo Indian
Paehtz, Elisabeth - Krush, Irina 1/2 35 B57 Sicilian Sozin Attack
Krush, Irina - Paehtz, Elisabeth 1/2 25 E26 Nimzo Indian Saemisch
Paehtz, Elisabeth - Krush, Irina 0-1 40 B63 Sicilian Rauzer
Krush, Irina - Paehtz, Elisabeth 1/2 71 A40 Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Match Dortmund GER (GER), 29 vii-6 viii 2006
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Krush, Irina m USA 2436 = = = = 1 = 3.5 2513
Paehtz, Elisabeth m GER 2456 = = = = 0 = 2.5 2379
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The 39th Biel International Festival took place 22nd July - 4th August
2006. There were two closed tournaments, one for men, one for ladies. Biel
Chess Festival. Alexander Morozevich took a quick draw with black against
Teimour Radjabov in the final round to finish on 7.5/10 a point and a half
clear of Radjabov. Magnus Carlsen caught Radjabov by beating Lazaro Bruzon in
the final round. The winner Morozevich lost both his games against Magnus
Carlsen but until he drew the final round game quickly against Radjabov he had
won all his other games. Pia Cramling won the women's event also by a point and
a half.
Official site: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch
Round 8 (August 1, 2006)
Carlsen, Magnus - Radjabov, Teimour 1/2 30 E97 King's Indian Classical
Volokitin, Andrei - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 59 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Pelletier, Yannick - Bruzon, Lazaro 1-0 42 A33 English Symmetrical
Round 9 (August 2, 2006)
Morozevich, Alexander - Pelletier, Yannick 1-0 34 C10 French Rubinstein
Volokitin, Andrei - Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 39 B60 Sicilian Rauzer
Bruzon, Lazaro - Radjabov, Teimour 1/2 16 A26 English Sicilian Attack
Round 10 (August 3, 2006)
Carlsen, Magnus - Bruzon, Lazaro 1-0 49 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Radjabov, Teimour - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 10 D15 Slav Defence
Pelletier, Yannick - Volokitin, Andrei 1-0 30 E59 Nimzo Indian
GM Biel SUI (SUI), 24 vii-3 viii 2006 cat. XVII (2674)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2731 ** 00 1= 11 11 11 7.5 2856
2 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2675 11 ** == 00 1= =1 6.0 2746
3 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2728 0= == ** 1= 1= 1= 6.0 2735
4 Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2662 00 11 0= ** =0 == 4.0 2604
5 Pelletier, Yannick g SUI 2583 00 0= 0= =1 ** =1 4.0 2620
6 Bruzon, Lazaro g CUB 2667 00 =0 0= == =0 ** 2.5 2482
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Round 8 (August 1, 2006)
Cramling, Pia - Dembo, Yelena 1-0 48 A48 King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Socko, Monika - Muzychuk, Anna 1/2 25 D29 QGA
Skripchenko, Almira - Atalik, Ekaterina 0-1 40 C22 Centre Gambit
Round 9 (August 2, 2006)
Socko, Monika - Cramling, Pia 1/2 23 E39 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Muzychuk, Anna - Skripchenko, Almira 0-1 47 B44 Sicilian Paulsen
Atalik, Ekaterina - Dembo, Yelena 1-0 30 E74 King's Indian Averbakh
Round 10 (August 3, 2006)
Cramling, Pia - Atalik, Ekaterina 1/2 32 D23 QGA
Dembo, Yelena - Muzychuk, Anna 1/2 17 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Skripchenko, Almira - Socko, Monika 1/2 21 C01 French Exchange
Accentus Ladies Biel SUI (SUI), 24 vii-3 viii 2006cat. IX (2451)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2521 ** 1= =1 == =1 1= 7.0 2585
2 Socko, Monika m POL 2464 0= ** =0 1= == 11 5.5 2484
3 Dembo, Yelena m GRE 2465 =0 =1 ** == == 10 5.0 2447
4 Muzychuk, Anna wg SLO 2456 == 0= == ** =0 =1 4.5 2413
5 Skripchenko, Almira m FRA 2421 =0 == == =1 ** 00 4.0 2384
6 Atalik, Ekaterina wg TUR 2377 0= 00 01 =0 11 ** 4.0 2393
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The 4th Marx György Memorial took place 28th July - 7th August
2006. Pentala Harikrishna won the event with 6.5/10 a point clear of Zahar
Efimenko.
Official site: http://ase.hu/marxgy
and live games: http://www.ase.hu/marxgy/2006/schedule.htm
Round 5 (August 1, 2006)
Efimenko, Zahar - Almasi, Zoltan 1/2 32 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Wang Yue - Harikrishna, P 1/2 15 E20 Nimzo Indian
Berkes, Ferenc - Acs, Peter 1/2 43 A11 Reti Opening
Round 6 (August 3, 2006)
Harikrishna, P - Acs, Peter 1/2 34 D16 Slav Lasker/Smyslov
Efimenko, Zahar - Wang Yue 1/2 37 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Almasi, Zoltan - Berkes, Ferenc 1/2 24 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 7 (August 4, 2006)
Harikrishna, P - Efimenko, Zahar 1/2 49 E13 Queens Indian 5.Bg5
Berkes, Ferenc - Wang Yue 1/2 38 D15 Slav Defence
Acs, Peter - Almasi, Zoltan 1/2 42 E73 King's Indian Averbakh
Round 8 (August 5, 2006)
Efimenko, Zahar - Berkes, Ferenc 1/2 31 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Wang Yue - Acs, Peter 1/2 101 E81 King's Indian Saemisch
Almasi, Zoltan - Harikrishna, P 0-1 37 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Round 9 (August 6, 2006)
Harikrishna, P - Wang Yue 1/2 10 D14 Slav Exchange
Almasi, Zoltan - Efimenko, Zahar 1/2 47 E13 Queens Indian 5.Bg5
Acs, Peter - Berkes, Ferenc 1/2 14 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Round 10 (August 7, 2006)
Efimenko, Zahar - Acs, Peter 1/2 40 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Wang Yue - Almasi, Zoltan 1/2 85 E20 Nimzo Indian
Berkes, Ferenc - Harikrishna, P 1/2 28 E55 Nimzo Indian
4th Marx György Mem Paks HUN (HUN), 28 vii-7 viii 2006cat. XV (2622)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Harikrishna, P g IND 2682 ** == == 11 == 1= 6.5 2720
2 Efimenko, Zahar g UKR 2632 == ** == == == 1= 5.5 2656
3 Wang Yue g CHN 2626 == == ** 0= == 1= 5.0 2621
4 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2672 00 == 1= ** 1= == 5.0 2612
5 Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2601 == == == 0= ** == 4.5 2590
6 Acs, Peter g HUN 2520 0= 0= 0= == == ** 3.5 2532
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The North Urals Cup women's supertournament took place July 22nd -
August 1st 2006 in Krasnoturyinsk, Russia. Kateryna Lahno won the event with
7/9 a point clear of Zhu Chen.
Official site:
http://www.northuralscup.ru/2006/tournament.shtml
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North Urals Cup Krasnoturyinsk RUS (RUS), 23 vii-1 viii 2006cat. X (2478)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Lahno, Kateryna m UKR 2449 * = 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 7.0 2700
2. Zhu Chen g QAT 2476 = * 0 1 = = 1 1 1 = 6.0 2602
3. Kosintseva, Nadezhda m RUS 2472 0 1 * 1 = = = = = 1 5.5 2558
4. Mkrtchian, Lilit m ARM 2459 = 0 0 * = 1 = 1 1 = 5.0 2522
5. Chiburdanidze, Maia g GEO 2504 0 = = = * = 1 = = 1 5.0 2517
6. Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2520 = = = 0 = * 0 1 1 1 5.0 2516
7. Cmilyte, Viktorija m LTU 2476 0 0 = = 0 1 * = 1 = 4.0 2434
8. Hou Yifan wf CHN 2488 = 0 = 0 = 0 = * = = 3.0 2351
9. Kosintseva, Tatiana m RUS 2479 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 = * 1 2.5 2311
10. Matveeva, Svetlana m RUS 2454 0 = 0 = 0 0 = = 0 * 2.0 2260
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Round 9 (July 1, 2006)
Lahno, Kateryna - Stefanova, Antoaneta 1/2 11 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Kosintseva, Nadezhda - Mkrtchian, Lilit 1-0 61 D34 Tarrasch Defence, Main Line
Chiburdanidze, Maia - Zhu Chen 1/2 13 D17 Slav Defence
Hou Yifan - Cmilyte, Viktorija 1/2 59 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Kosintseva, Tatiana - Matveeva, Svetlana 1-0 37 C11 French Defence
The Dutch Open took place in Dieren 24th July - 3rd August 2006. Friso
Nijboer took clear first with 7.5/9 half a point clear of Alon Greenfeld.
Official site:
http://www.schaakbond.nl/nieuws/dieren2006/index-e.htm
- (Links to live games in Dutch at:
http://www.schaakbond.nl/nieuws/dieren2006/)
Leading Official Round 9 Standings:
pl rating sc wp SB W-W(e)
1 Nijboer,Friso 2598 7,5 53,5 43,5 +1,74
2 Greenfeld,Alon 2551 7 49,5 37 +1,42
3 Mchedlishvili,Mikheil 2561 6,5 50,5 34,5 -0,18
3 Ernst,Sipke 2504 6,5 48,5 34 +0,56
3 Hendriks,Willy 2426 6,5 47,5 32,75 +2,18
3 Doel,Erik van den 2577 6,5 44 31 -0,25
7 Erenburg,Sergey 2585 6 52,5 31,75 -0,66
7 Ikonnikov,Vyacheslav 2587 6 49,5 31,75 -0,93
7 Li,Shilong 2540 6 47 28 -0,84
7 Grooten,Herman 2362 6 46,5 29,5 +1,50
7 Delft,Merijn van 2382 6 46,5 28,5 +0,69
7 Senff,Martin 2464 6 45 29,5 +0,06
7 Werf,Mark van der 2378 6 44,5 29 +0,36
7 Swinkels,Robin 2286 6 44,5 27,5 +2,85
7 Odendahl,Reiner 2389 6 41 24,25 +0,42
16 Tiviakov,Sergey 2668 5,5 53,5 30 -1,70
16 Baramidze,David 2591 5,5 51,5 29,75 -1,25
16 Brandenburg,Daan 2392 5,5 42 25 -0,54
16 Slingerland,Fred 2338 5,5 41 21 -0,08
16 Saptarshi,Roy 2373 5,5 41 20,25 -0,30
16 Heemskerk,Wim 2298 5,5 40,5 24,25 -0,06
16 Assendelft,Floris van 2243 5,5 37,5 20,5 +0,50
23 Roy Chowdhury,Saptarshi 2394 5 50 25 +0,41
23 Poel,Henk van der 2305 5 50 24,5 +0,72
23 Hoeksema,Erik 2373 5 49,5 26,5 +0,05
23 Barua,Dibyendu 2453 5 49 23,5 -0,40
23 Jong,Migchiel de 2241 5 45 24,25 +1,19
23 Rothuis,Vincent 2354 5 43,5 23 -0,88
23 Burg,Twan 2268 5 42 21 +1,40
23 Pruijssers,Roeland 2355 5 40,5 21,5 -0,94
23 Vliet,Gert-Jan van 2054N 5 40,5 20 +0,50
23 Broekmeulen,Jasper 2284 5 40 17,75 -0,04
23 Jonker,Fred 2141 5 39,5 20,25 +1,76
23 Hamelink,Desiree 2214 5 37,5 17,25 -0,24
23 Saegher,Chris de 2203 5 37,5 17 -0,01
23 Spaan,Nathanel 2185 5 35,5 16,5 +0,26
23 Kerkhof,David van 2196 5 35 15,25 +0,01
86 players
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Dutch Open Dieren NED (NED), 25 vii-3 viii 2006
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1. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2598 +35 +12 +13 +24 + 8 +16 = 3 = 2 = 4 7.5 2761
2. Greenfeld, Alon g ISR 2551 +72 +20 +25 =17 =16 +27 + 8 = 1 = 5 7.0 2680
3. Mchedlishvili, Mikheil g GEO 2561 +48 +47 =15 +45 = 9 +29 = 1 = 4 = 7 6.5 2523
4. Ernst, Sipke m NED 2504 +67 -25 +50 +33 =23 + 9 +17 = 3 = 1 6.5 2550
5. Hendriks, Willy m NED 2426 +71 +50 = 8 -16 +25 =17 +42 +13 = 2 6.5 2608
6. Van den Doel, Erik g NED 2577 +77 +28 -24 =14 +47 =23 =22 +27 +16 6.5 2545
7. Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav g RUS 2587 +37 +22 =27 - 9 +20 =14 =12 +23 = 3 6.0 2494
8. Erenburg, Sergey g ISR 2585 +36 +40 = 5 +15 - 1 +24 - 2 +22 =14 6.0 2519
9. Grooten, Herman m NED 2362 =80 +32 +56 + 7 = 3 - 4 -13 +34 +27 6.0 2484
10. Senff, Martin m GER 2464 +58 +39 =17 =27 =14 =42 =23 =25 +28 6.0 2475
11. Van der Werf, Mark m NED 2378 +62 =16 =26 =25 =38 =19 +43 =28 +31 6.0 2407
12. Van Delft, Merijn m NED 2382 +66 - 1 +34 =38 =44 +49 = 7 +26 =17 6.0 2443
13. Li Shilong g CHN 2540 +44 +33 - 1 +40 -29 +72 + 9 - 5 +30 6.0 2458
14. Swinkels, Robin NED 2286 =55 +80 +73 = 6 =10 = 7 +24 =16 = 8 6.0 2522
15. Odendahl, Reiner f GER 2389 +86 +81 = 3 - 8 =19 =43 =38 +51 +25 6.0 2423
16. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2668 +41 =11 +51 + 5 = 2 - 1 +18 =14 - 6 5.5 2484
17. Baramidze, David g GER 2591 +34 +42 =10 = 2 =24 = 5 - 4 +29 =12 5.5 2475
18. Brandenburg, Daan NED 2392 +70 -51 +35 -29 +45 +33 -16 =38 +47 5.5 2346
19. Heemskerk, Wim f NED 2298 =78 -56 +62 +53 =15 =11 =30 +54 =24 5.5 2301
20. Slingerland, Fred f NED 2338 +68 - 2 =53 +70 - 7 +66 -26 +56 +41 5.5 2329
21. Van Assendelft, Floris NED 2243 +61 -24 +81 -23 =58 +52 -28 +70 +42 5.5 2295
22. Saptarshi, Roy IND 2373 +83 - 7 -72 +73 +41 +44 = 6 - 8 +87 5.5 2347
23. Hoeksema, Erik m NED 2373 =32 +57 =29 +21 = 4 = 6 =10 - 7 =26 5.0 2383
24. Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi m IND 2394 +76 +21 + 6 - 1 =17 - 8 -14 +44 =19 5.0 2433
25. Van der Poel, Henk f NED 2305 +65 + 4 - 2 =11 - 5 +56 +45 =10 -15 5.0 2369
26. De Jong, Migchiel f NED 2241 =45 +54 =11 =42 =30 =40 +20 -12 =23 5.0 2325
27. Barua, Dibyendu g IND 2453 +46 +38 = 7 =10 +72 - 2 +29 - 6 - 9 5.0 2422
28. Rothuis, Vincent NED 2354 +53 - 6 +46 -72 =55 +54 +21 =11 -10 5.0 2288
29. Burg, Twan NED 2268 =74 +85 =23 +18 +13 - 3 -27 -17 +49 5.0 2379
30. Pruijssers, Roeland NED 2355 =56 =78 +71 =51 =26 =38 =19 +36 -13 5.0 2278
31. Van Vliet, Gert-Jan NED ---- -38 -46 +48 +76 =39 =36 +72 +40 -11 5.0 2278
32. Jonker, Fred NED 2141 =23 - 9 =60 -41 =68 +78 +39 =33 +51 5.0 2286
33. Broekmeulen, Jasper NED 2284 +79 -13 +78 - 4 +46 -18 =70 =32 +52 5.0 2285
34. De Saegher, Chris NED 2203 -17 +82 -12 =79 =64 +63 +62 - 9 +54 5.0 2243
35. Hamelink, Desiree wm NED 2214 - 1 +66 -18 =78 -52 +79 +61 =55 +57 5.0 2215
36. Spaan, Nathanel NED 2185 - 8 -52 +82 =74 +78 =31 +57 -30 +59 5.0 2190
37. Van Kerkhof, David NED 2196 - 7 -53 -54 -65 +87 +81 +83 +62 +55 5.0 2162
38. Hartoch, Rob m NED 2265 +31 -27 +74 =12 =11 =30 =15 =18 . 4.5 2345
39. Van Roosmalen, Sjoerd NED 2266 +49 -10 =57 . =31 =67 -32 +71 +63 4.5 2169
40. Van der Elburg, Freddie NED 2348 +52 - 8 +64 -13 +50 =26 =51 -31 =48 4.5 2246
41. Op den Kelder, Joram NED 2217 -16 =62 =79 +32 -22 +64 +46 =42 -20 4.5 2264
42. Roktim, Bandyopadhyay m IND 2365 +82 -17 +58 =26 +51 =10 - 5 =41 -21 4.5 2298
43. Valenti, Giuseppe f ITA 2273 =73 +55 -45 =54 +57 =15 -11 -49 +66 4.5 2130
44. De Groote, Ewoud NED 2180 -13 =79 +59 +52 =12 -22 =47 -24 +65 4.5 2251
45. Kabanof, Nikolai NED ---- =26 +69 +43 - 3 -18 +58 -25 -48 +67 4.5 2282
46. Kuipers, Stefan NED 2160 -27 +31 -28 +81 -33 +69 -41 +53 =50 4.5 2214
47. Diepeveen, Vincent f NED 2327 +64 - 3 =52 +56 - 6 =70 =44 +66 -18 4.5 2261
48. Sprangers, Remco NED 2182 - 3 -64 -31 +59 +82 +73 -54 +45 =40 4.5 2130
49. Smits, Sebastiaan NED 2054 -39 =67 =86 +77 +75 -12 =50 +43 -29 4.5 2239
50. Schuurman, Petra f NED 2219 +63 - 5 - 4 +86 -40 =53 =49 +73 =46 4.5 2204
51. Miedema, Roi NED 2218 +59 +18 -16 =30 -42 +55 =40 -15 -32 4.0 2256
52. Otte, Marijn NED 2117 -40 +36 =47 -44 +35 -21 =76 +60 -33 4.0 2201
53. Drost, Peter NED 2118 -28 +37 =20 -19 =60 =50 =58 -46 +76 4.0 2194
54. Van der Kaap,Jos NED ---- =75 -26 +37 =43 +69 -28 +48 -19 -34 4.0 2207
55. Bloemhard, Rudy NED 2092 =14 -43 =77 +67 =28 -51 +69 =35 -37 4.0 2196
56. Knol, Geon NED 2120 =30 +19 - 9 -47 +77 -25 +67 -20 =61 4.0 2216
57. Mellema, Andries NED 2035 +69 -23 =39 =75 -43 +71 -36 +72 -35 4.0 2196
58. Etmans, Maarten D f NED 2159 -10 +83 -42 +68 =21 -45 =53 -59 +73 4.0 2104
59. Nederlof, Jesper NED 1941 -51 =70 -44 -48 =65 +82 +64 +58 -36 4.0 2115
60. Timman, Ton f NED 2260 -81 =86 =32 =64 =53 -62 +74 -52 +70 4.0 2071
61. Jellema, Yme Jan NED ---- -21 +76 -84 -66 =71 +65 -35 +77 =56 4.0 2128
62. Hendriks, Richard NED 2142 -11 =41 -19 +85 =73 +60 -34 -37 +72 4.0 2157
63. Van Herwaarden,Arjen NED ---- -50 -71 =66 =80 +86 -34 +68 +76 -39 4.0 2127
64. Bensdorp, Laura NED 2113 -47 +48 -40 =60 =34 -41 -59 =69 +83 3.5 2113
65. Punt, Roland NED 2108 -25 -72 -69 +37 =59 -61 +79 +75 -44 3.5 2074
66. Van den Dikkenberg, Erik f NED 2144 -12 -35 =63 +61 +74 -20 +75 -47 -43 3.5 2125
67. Beeke, Bobby NED 2166 - 4 =49 =68 -55 +80 =39 -56 +78 -45 3.5 2073
68. Van Geffen, Ben NED 2116 -20 =77 =67 -58 =32 =74 -63 +81 =75 3.5 2067
69. Sijbesma, Rienk NED 2262 -57 -45 +65 +71 -54 -46 -55 =64 +82 3.5 2008
70. De Kleuver, Esther wm NED 2151 -18 =59 +85 -20 +79 =47 =33 -21 -60 3.5 2126
71. Van Weersel, Arlette NED 2155 - 5 +63 -30 -69 =61 -57 +85 -39 +78 3.5 2079
72. Van den Berg, Harmen NED 2180 - 2 +65 +22 +28 -27 -13 -31 -57 -62 3.0 2159
73. Van den Bergh, Peter NED 2079 =43 +75 -14 -22 =62 -48 +77 -50 -58 3.0 2104
74. Slingerland, Caroline NED 2070 =29 =84 -38 =36 -66 =68 -60 =82 =81 3.0 2054
75. Struik, Tjapko NED 2244 =54 -73 +80 =57 -49 =76 -66 -65 =68 3.0 1965
76. Van Opheusden, Bas NED 2155 -24 -61 +83 -31 +81 =75 =52 -63 -53 3.0 1975
77. Boersma, Jan NED 2184 - 6 =68 =55 -49 -56 +80 -73 -61 +85 3.0 2004
78. Hoynck van Papendrecht, Fr NED 2098 =19 =30 -33 =35 -36 -32 +80 -67 -71 2.5 2047
79. Neuer, Thomas GER 2080 -33 =44 =41 =34 -70 -35 -65 =83 =80 2.5 1998
80. Ten Hagen, Yorick NED 2127 = 9 -14 -75 =63 -67 -77 -78 +85 =79 2.5 1991
81. Van de Peut, Aart NED 2027 +60 -15 -21 -46 -76 -37 +86 -68 =74 2.5 2027
82. Holtackers, Daan NED 2130 -42 -34 -36 +83 -48 -59 +87 =74 -69 2.5 1968
83. Van Kampen, Robin Oscar NED ---- -22 -58 -76 -82 +85 +86 -37 =79 -64 2.5 1984
84. Markus, John Raymond NED 2220 =85 =74 +61 . . . . . . 2.0 2147
85. Thomasson, Staffan SWE 1996 =84 -29 -70 -62 -83 +87 -71 -80 -77 1.5 1865
86. Gouw, Carol-Peter NED 2150 -15 =60 =49 -50 -63 -83 -81 . . 1.0 1826
87. BYE ---- . . . . -37 -85 -82 . -22 0.0
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The Hogeschool Zeeland Chess Tournament takes place in Vlissingen
5th-12th August 2006.
13 GMs and 20 IMs compete in their strongest line-up ever. GMs: M.
Gurevich (TUR, 2643), M. Krasenkow (POL, 2635), V. Iordachescu (MOL, 2603), 4
times winner F. Nijboer (NED, 2598), V. Ikonnikov (RUS, 2587), E. L'Ami (NED,
2586), S. Erenburg (ISR, 2585), K. Landa (RUS, 2584), D. Stellwagen (NED,
2575), S. Li (CHN, 2540), J. Smeets (NED, 2532), J. van der Wiel (NED, 2508)
and D. Barua (IND, 2453). Also competing is the youngest GM in the world
Parimarjan Negi from India.
Official site: http://www.hztoernooi.nl/index_en.html
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1. 2 Krasenkow, Michal 3.0 5.5 5.50 6.0 2635 2839 +0.15
3 Iordachescu, Viorel 3.0 5.0 5.00 6.0 2603 2943 +0.24
4 Nijboer, Friso 3.0 5.5 5.50 6.0 2598 2827 +0.18
5 Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav 3.0 5.0 5.00 6.0 2587 2936 +0.26
6 L'Ami, Erwin 3.0 5.5 5.50 6.0 2586 2923 +0.24
7 Erenburg, Sergey 3.0 4.0 4.00 6.0 2585 2819 +0.18
8 Landa, Konstantin 3.0 5.0 5.00 6.0 2584 2899 +0.20
9 Stellwagen, Daniel 3.0 4.5 4.50 6.0 2575 3010 +0.20
10 Li, Shilong 3.0 5.0 5.00 6.0 2540 2879 +0.24
13 Henrichs, Thomas 3.0 5.5 5.50 6.0 2491 2725 +0.12
14 Negi, Parimarjan 3.0 4.0 4.00 6.0 2480 2833 +0.26
15 Delemarre, Jop 3.0 5.0 5.00 6.0 2471 2839 +0.28
16 Khmelniker, Ilya 3.0 5.0 5.00 6.0 2461 2827 +0.28
17 Spoelman, Wouter 3.0 5.0 5.00 6.0 2461 2827 +0.28
19 Barua, Dibyendu 3.0 4.5 4.50 6.0 2453 2721 +0.24
20 Garbisu, Unai 3.0 5.5 5.50 6.0 2444 2809 +0.28
21 Pedersen, Steffen 3.0 5.5 5.50 6.0 2436 2814 +0.30
25 Perez, Rodney 3.0 5.0 5.00 6.0 2406 2705 +0.27
26 Klenburg, Mikhail 3.0 5.5 5.50 6.0 2403 2798 +0.32
20. 1 Gurevich, Mikhail 2.5 5.5 4.25 5.5 2643 2447 -0.35
11 Smeets, Jan 2.5 5.5 4.25 5.5 2532 2374 -0.28
12 Van der Wiel, John 2.5 6.0 4.75 5.5 2508 2348 -0.32
18 Michiels, Bart 2.5 6.0 4.75 5.5 2455 2335 -0.22
23 Roeder, Mathias 2.5 6.0 4.75 5.5 2423 2756 +0.12
24 Kohlweyer, Bernd 2.5 4.5 3.50 4.5 2419 2559 +0.06
27 Leenhouts, Koen 2.5 6.0 4.75 5.5 2395 2317 -0.16
28 Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi 2.5 5.5 4.25 5.5 2394 2542 +0.38
29 Berg, Klaus 2.5 5.0 4.00 5.0 2393 2748 +0.13
38 Karasik, Evgeni 2.5 4.0 3.25 5.0 2289 2678 +0.16
41 Keessen, Aldert Jan 2.5 4.5 3.25 5.5 2234 2508 +0.33
42 Vedder, Richard 2.5 5.5 4.25 5.5 2229 2532 +0.36
43 Lacrosse, Marc 2.5 5.0 3.75 5.0 2225 - +0.00
46 Tiggelman, Rene 2.5 5.0 4.00 5.0 2211 2162 -0.10
53 Van Zutphen, Jimmy 2.5 6.5 5.25 5.5 2194 2283 +0.22
58 Rebole, Inaki 2.5 3.5 2.25 5.5 2181 2395 +0.27
62 Van den Berg, Ad 2.5 4.5 3.25 5.0 2175 2721 +0.32
71 Wolferink, Frans 2.5 3.5 2.75 4.5 2141 2679 +0.31
80 Sonder, Peter 2.5 5.0 3.75 5.0 2107 - +0.00
39. 22 Zambrana, Oswaldo 2.0 2.5 1.50 3.0 2429 2632 +0.05
30 Van Riemsdijk, Herman C. 2.0 6.5 3.50 5.0 2376 2319 -0.16
31 Saptarshi, Roy 2.0 5.5 2.50 5.0 2373 2340 -0.10
32 Roktim, Bandyopadhyay 2.0 6.0 3.00 5.0 2365 2309 -0.16
250 players
The Lepajas Rokade rapid tournament took place in Lepaja, Latvia August
3th-6th 2006. Kiril Georgiev won the main GM rapid event half a point clear of
Zurab Azmaiparashvili.
Official sites: http://www.maleliit.ee/ and
http://www.latchess.lv/lv/liepaja/2006/
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1. Georgiev, Kiril g BUL 2685 * = = = = = 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 9.0 2663
2. Azmaiparashvili, Zurab g GEO 2669 = * 1 1 = 1 0 = 0 1 0 1 1 1 8.5 2633
3. Kulaots, Kaido g EST 2550 = 0 * 0 = = = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 8.0 2619
4. Dlugy, Maxim g USA 2518 = 0 1 * = = = 1 1 = 0 = = 1 7.5 2592
5. Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2622 = = = = * = = = = = 1 = = = 7.0 2556
6. Malisauskas, Vidmantas g LTU 2510 = 0 = = = * = 1 0 0 1 1 = 1 7.0 2564
7. Kanep, Meelis g EST 2510 1 1 = = = = * = 0 1 = 0 = 0 6.5 2535
8. Berzinsh, Roland m LAT 2445 0 = = 0 = 0 = * 1 1 1 = = = 6.5 2540
9. Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2527 0 1 0 0 = 1 1 0 * 0 = = = 1 6.0 2505
10. Ehlvest, Jaan g USA 2593 = 0 0 = = 1 0 0 1 * 1 0 1 = 6.0 2500
11. Luckans, Arnolds f LAT 2469 0 1 = 1 0 0 = 0 = 0 * = = = 5.0 2452
12. Neiksans, Arturs m LAT 2454 0 0 0 = = 0 1 = = 1 = * = 0 5.0 2453
13. Rausis, Igors g BAN 2510 0 0 0 = = = = = = 0 = = * 1 5.0 2448
14. Antoms, Guntars m LAT 2414 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 = 0 = = 1 0 * 4.0 2402
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The Republica Argentina Chess Festival 2006 took 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. COMP ZAP!Chess won both the main GM event and the ITT Vicente
Lopez tournament aswell. Games from the final two days of the events not
available.
Details: http://www.ajedrezmartelli.org.ar
or http://www.ajedrezmartelli.org.ar/Magistral/IX/mag06.html
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. COMP ZAP!Chess ---- * = 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 10.5 2688
2. Bachmann, Axel m PAR 2448 = * = = = = = 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 9.0 2543
3. Fier, Alexander Hilario Takeda m BRA 2459 0 = * 1 1 = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 9.0 2543
4. Liascovich, Lucas m ARG 2395 = = 0 * = = 1 = 1 1 0 = 1 1 8.0 2493
5. Alonso, Salvador m ARG 2441 = = 0 = * = = = = 1 1 = = = 7.0 2432
6. Panno, Oscar g ARG 2459 = = = = = * 0 = = 1 = = = = 6.5 2402
7. Prasca, Raphael m VEN 2442 0 = = 0 = 1 * = = 0 = = 1 1 6.5 2403
8. Rodriguez, Andres g URU 2511 0 0 = = = = = * = = 1 = 1 = 6.5 2398
9. Valerga, Diego m ARG 2470 0 0 0 0 = = = = * 1 1 = = = 5.5 2344
10. Needleman, Gaston ARG 2435 0 1 = 0 0 0 1 = 0 * 0 = = 1 5.0 2316
11. Stamenkovic, Dragan f SCG 2393 0 0 = 1 0 = = 0 0 1 * = 0 = 4.5 2297
12. Slipak, Sergio g ARG 2463 0 0 0 = = = = = = = = * 0 = 4.5 2291
13. Rojas Keim, Luis CHI 2357 0 0 0 0 = = 0 0 = = 1 1 * = 4.5 2299
14. Hungaski, Robert Andrew m USA 2412 = 0 0 0 = = 0 = = 0 = = = * 4.0 2264
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1. COMP ZAP!Chess ---- * 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 9.5 2802
2. Della Morte, Pablo f ARG 2284 0 * = = 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 7.0 2453
3. Ripari, Marcelo f ARG 2341 0 = * = 1 1 = = = = 1 6.0 2370
4. Real de Azua, Ernesto f ARG 2378 0 = = * = 1 1 = = 1 = 6.0 2367
5. Cubas, Jose Fernando m PAR 2421 0 0 0 = * 1 1 1 1 1 0 5.5 2326
6. Prates, Fabiano BRA 2274 0 = 0 0 0 * = 1 1 1 1 5.0 2305
7. Scarella, Enrique m ARG 2348 = 0 = 0 0 = * = = = 1 4.0 2226
8. De Dovitiis, Alejo m ARG 2371 0 0 = = 0 0 = * 1 0 1 3.5 2185
9. Granara Barreto, Sebastian A f URU 2273 0 0 = = 0 0 = 0 * 1 1 3.5 2195
10. Needleman, Alejandro ARG 2378 0 = = 0 0 0 = 1 0 * = 3.0 2146
11. Shcherbine, Andrei RUS 2261 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 0 0 = * 2.0 2066
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1. Duarte, Leonardo ARG 2390 * = = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2482
2. Paglilla, Carlos m ARG 2371 = * = = = = = = = 1 = 1 6.5 2338
3. Goldwaser, Cristian ARG 2359 = = * = = = 1 0 1 0 = 1 6.0 2310
4. Born, Carlos BRA 2132 = = = * 1 0 0 1 = = = 1 6.0 2331
5. Diaz, Nahuel m ARG 2420 = = = 0 * = = = = 1 = 1 6.0 2305
6. Izquierdo, Daniel f URU 2319 = = = 1 = * 0 = 0 = = 1 5.5 2278
7. Zuriel, Marisa wm ARG 2186 0 = 0 1 = 1 * = 0 1 = = 5.5 2290
8. Fusco, Leonardo ARG 2249 0 = 1 0 = = = * = = = 1 5.5 2284
9. Della Morte, Pablo f ARG 2284 0 = 0 = = 1 1 = * 0 = 1 5.5 2281
10. Gattas, Allan BRA 2197 0 0 1 = 0 = 0 = 1 * = 1 5.0 2253
11. Valiente, Cristobal m PAR 2304 0 = = = = = = = = = * 0 4.5 2214
12. Guerrero, Alvaro URU 2168 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 * 1.5 1982
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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.
Further info: http://www.chesskavala.gr or
http://www.chesskavala.com
Leading players
1 GM Rozentalis Eduardas LTU 2605
2 GM Banikas Hristos GRE 2576
3 GM Gelashvili Tamaz GEO 2575
4 GM Svetushkin Dmitry MDA 2569
5 GM De Firmian Nick E USA 2559
6 GM Romanishin Oleg M UKR 2555
7 GM Drozdovskij Yuri UKR 2552
8 GM Halkias Stelios GRE 2551
9 IM Heberla Bartlomiej POL 2551
10 IM Stojanovic Mihajlo SCG 2547
The 21st "Ciudad de Villarrobledo" international chess tournament took
place 5th-6th August 2006. Viswanathan Anand took first place on tie-break from
Ivan Sokolov, Ruslan Ponomariov and Oleg Korneev, all scored 7.5/9. Games were
available in a viewer, I'm really hoping they will become available in PGN.
Official site: http://www.ajedrezenvillarrobledo.com/,
Viewer: http://www.soloajedrez.com/villarrobledo/
Place Name Rtg NAT Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr. Berg. Wins
1 ANAND, Viswanathan 2779 IND 7.5 50.5 54.5 39.0 44.75 6
2 SOKOLOV, Iván 2652 NED 7.5 49.0 54.0 38.0 44.75 6
3 PONOMARIOV, Ruslan 2721 UKR 7.5 45.5 50.0 35.5 41.50 7
4 KORNEEV, Oleg 2638 RUS 7.5 45.0 49.5 37.0 40.75 7
5 MALAKHOV, Vladimir 2691 RUS 7 50.5 54.0 37.5 38.50 6
6 DREEV, Alexey 2666 RUS 7 48.0 53.0 36.5 40.75 6
7 MILOV, Vadim 2620 SUI 7 47.5 52.0 36.0 39.00 6
8 MORENO CARNERO, Javier 2509 ESP 6.5 53.0 56.5 40.5 38.25 6
9 PEREZ RODRIGUEZ, Luis Manuel 2414 CUB 6.5 51.0 54.0 39.0 34.75 5
10 VAN WELY, Loek 2675 NED 6.5 49.5 53.5 38.0 36.00 6
11 CRAMLING, Pia 2521 SWE 6.5 48.5 52.5 34.5 33.25 5
12 IVANISEVIC, Iván 2598 SCG 6.5 47.5 51.0 36.5 34.75 5
13 SPRAGGETT, Kevin 2577 CAN 6.5 46.0 50.0 34.0 35.75 6
14 ZLOTNIK, Boris 2447 RUS 6.5 46.0 49.5 32.5 32.50 6
15 PAUNOVIC, Dragan 2506 SCG 6.5 45.0 49.0 33.5 32.75 6
16 UBILAVA, Elizbar 2521 ESP 6.5 45.0 49.0 33.0 34.25 6
17 LARIÑO NIETO, David 2371 ESP 6.5 45.0 48.0 34.5 32.75 6
18 GRANDA ZUÑIGA, Julio E. 2634 PER 6 48.5 52.5 34.5 32.75 5
19 ALMAGRO LLANAS, Pablo 2380 ESP 6 47.5 50.5 34.0 30.00 6
20 VALLEJO PONS, Francisco 2674 ESP 6 46.5 51.5 34.0 33.75 5
21 SAN SEGUNDO, Pablo 2536 ESP 6 46.0 50.0 32.0 30.00 6
22 LJUBOJEVIC, Ljubomir 2551 SCG 6 45.5 49.5 32.0 26.75 4
23 ARIZMENDI, Julen 2542 ESP 6 45.0 49.0 33.0 28.75 5
24 HERRAIZ, Herminio 2492 ESP 6 44.5 48.5 32.0 30.00 5
25 STRIKOVIC, Aleksa 2510 SCG 6 44.5 48.0 31.0 28.50 6
26 ESCOBAR FORERO, Alder 2433 COL 6 43.0 46.5 31.0 28.50 5
27 VASSALLO, Mauricio 2374 ESP 6 43.0 45.0 30.5 23.75 4
28 SUBA, Mihai 2533 ROM 6 42.5 46.5 31.5 26.75 4
29 GUERRA, Diego 2357 ESP 6 42.0 45.0 31.5 28.25 5
30 HERNANDEZ, Holden 2525 CUB 6 42.0 45.0 31.0 28.50 6
31 VASILEVICH, Irina 2340 RUS 6 42.0 45.0 30.0 27.00 6
162 players
The Adolfo Pedrido Mem Vilagarcia de Arousa took place 25th July - 2nd
August 2006. Marius Manlache took first place on tie-break from Pablo Garcia
Castro and Nanko Dobrev, they all finished on 7/9. The event was part of the
Galician Chess Tour.
Details:
http://www.tabladeflandes.com/circuitogalego06/pedrido/pedrido_2006.php
and the Galcian Chess Federation page:
http://80.33.35.108/federacion/index.php
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Adolfo Pedrido Mem Vilagarcia de Arousa ESP (ESP), 25 vii-2 viii 2006
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1. Manolache, Marius m ROM 2501 7 44 39½
2. Garcia Castro, Pablo f ESP 2336 7 38½ 34
3. Dobrev, Nanko m BUL 2422 7 36½ 33
4. Nanu, Ciprian-Costica m ROM 2457 6½ 42 36½
5. Rusev, Krasimir BUL 2455 6½ 39 36
6. Milchev, Nikolay BUL 2213 6½ 36 34
7. Iotov, Valentin m BUL 2493 6 43½ 35
8. Dimitrov, Vladimir g BUL 2454 6 40½ 33½
9. Nemeth, Francisc m ROM 2458 6 38 31½
10. Espineira Gonzalez, Diego f ESP 2337 6 37 31½
11. Vidal del Rio, Manuel ESP 2178 6 34 30
12. Rodriguez Calvo, Manoel ESP 2123 5½ 38 30
13. Casares Cabanas, Carlos ESP 2207 5½ 37½ 28½
14. Gil Reguera, Juan Carlos m ESP 2261 5½ 36½ 28½
15. Villar Nieves, Antonio ESP 2177 5½ 36½ 27
16. Perez, Yosvanny f CUB 2290 5½ 36 29½
17. Espineira Gonzalez, Pablo D ESP 2213 5½ 34 28½
18. Otero Nogueira, Brais ESP 1811 5½ 33 25½
19. Sanchez Juncal, Benito ESP 2202 5½ 32½ 26½
20. Barreiro Pineiro, Jose ESP 1976 5½ 31 24
68 players
The 15th Vienna Open took place 29th July - 6th August 2006. Ilija
Balinov won the event with 8/9.
Official site: http://www.vienna-open.at/
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1. Balinov, Ilija g AUT 2454 8,0 52,5 0 43,0 2738
2. Neubauer, Martin m AUT 2480 7,0 52,5 0 42,0 2545
3. Guliyev, Namig g AZE 2543 7,0 51,0 0 40,5 2602
4. Van der Weide, Karel g NED 2446 6,5 54,0 0 42,5 2564
5. Tratar, Marko g SLO 2503 6,5 54,0 0 41,5 2515
6. Kummer, Helmut f AUT 2335 6,5 53,5 0 43,0 2528
7. Timoscenko, Gennadij g SVK 2494 6,5 53,5 0 42,0 2518
8. Shengelia, Davit g GEO 2490 6,5 53,5 0 41,0 2500
9. Stanec, Nikolaus g AUT 2517 6,5 53,0 0 42,0 2532
10. Kunin, Vitaly g GER 2494 6,5 52,5 0 41,0 2521
11. Polak, Tomas g CZE 2473 6,5 52,0 0 42,0 2550
12. Knoll, Hermann f AUT 2373 6,5 51,0 0 39,5 2504
13. Sakelsek, Tadej m SLO 2432 6,5 50,0 0 39,5 2504
14. Galdunts, Sergey g ARM 2502 6,5 49,5 0 39,0 2484
15. Kostic, Vladimir g SCG 2433 6,5 48,5 0 38,5 2418
16. Danner, Georg m AUT 2411 6,5 46,5 0 36,5 2449
17. Lendwai, Reinhard m AUT 2428 6,0 50,5 0 40,0 2442
18. Baumegger, Siegfried m AUT 2411 6,0 49,5 0 39,0 2447
19. Groetz, Harald f AUT 2359 6,0 47,5 0 38,5 2443
20. Lujan, Carolina wg ARG 2380 6,0 47,5 0 37,5 2431
21. Bawart, Markus f AUT 2334 6,0 46,5 0 36,5 2371
22. Schneider-Zinner, Harald f AUT 2357 6,0 46,0 0 37,0 2390
23. Vonthron, Horst f GER 2310 6,0 45,5 0 35,5 2291
24. Wilke, Werner AUT 2212 6,0 45,0 0 35,0 2304
25. Holzer, Gerhard AUT 2251 6,0 44,0 0 33,5 2343
162 players
The First Saturday tournaments for August take place 5th-15th August
2006. GM, IM and FM events.
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/
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1. Bick, John D f USA 2247 * . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . 1.0
2. Lapshun, Yury m USA 2452 . * . . . . . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
3. Le Quang Liem m VIE 2488 . . * . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.0
4. Meier, Georg m GER 2450 . . . * . . . . . . 1 . . . 1.0
5. Rodshtein, Maxim m ISR 2494 . . . . * . . . . 1 . . . . 1.0
6. Braun, Arik m GER 2526 . . . . . * = . . . . . . . 0.5 2506
7. Kosic, Dragan g SCG 2506 . . . . . = * . . . . . . . 0.5 2526
8. Ilincic, Zlatko g SCG 2515 . . . . . . . * ? . . . . . 0.0
9. Ragger, Markus m AUT 2456 . . . . . . . ? * . . . . . 0.0
10. Fogarasi, Tibor g HUN 2435 . . . . 0 . . . . * . . . . 0.0
11. Leon Hoyos, Manuel m MEX 2436 . . . 0 . . . . . . * . . . 0.0
12. Martinovic, Sasa CRO 2367 0 . . . . . . . . . . * . . 0.0
13. Lorscheid, Gerhard f GER 2294 . 0 . . . . . . . . . . * . 0.0
14. Nemeth, Miklos1 f HUN 2396 . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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Smith & Williamson British Chess Championships 2006, the 93rd
Championships of The British Isles Organised by the English Chess Federation
takes place Sunday 6th August - Saturday 19th August at the University of
Wales, Swansea.
Official site: http://www.bcf.org.uk/events/bc2006/index.html
Round: 1 Results at the time of going to press
1 Addison, Bret C......... 2241 0 1 Rowson, Jonathan W...... 2579 31 1
2 Hebden, Mark............ 2532 1 0 Snape, Ian L............ 2241 2 32
3 Eggleston, David J...... 2232 ½ ½ Gormally, Daniel........ 2513 33 3
4 Davies, Nigel R......... 2512 ... Varley, Peter........... 2228 4 34
5 Hodgson, John........... 2218 ½ ½ Parker, Jonathan F...... 2509 35 5
6 Pert, Nicholas.......... 2503 ... Tippleston, Charles E... 2203 6 36
7 Surtees, Mike........... 2182 0 1 Lalic, Bogdan........... 2488 37 7
8 Williams, Simon K....... 2473 1 0 Fowler, Simon........... 2181 8 38
9 Bennet, William......... 2180 ... Ward, Chris G........... 2461 39 9
10 Pert, Richard........... 2445 ... Corke, Anya S........... 2179 10 40
11 Ledger, Stephen......... 2177 ... Gordon, Stephen......... 2443 41 11
12 Greet, Andrew N......... 2431 1 0 Sugden, John N.......... 2166 12 42
13 Constantinou, Peter..... 2148 ... Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan 2427 43 13
14 Haslinger, Stewart G.... 2423 ... Briscoe, Christopher.... 2137 14 44
15 Dilleigh, Stephen P..... 2134 ... Jones, Gawain C......... 2416 45 15
16 Palliser, Richard JD.... 2413 1 0 Goodger, Martyn......... 2128 16 46
17 Roberts, David L........ 2126 ½ ½ Rendle, Thomas.......... 2390 47 17
18 Knott, Simon J B........ 2387 ... Roberson, Peter......... 2122 18 48
19 Shaw, Peter............. 2122 ... Buckley, Graeme......... 2379 49 19
20 Devereaux, Maxim L...... 2377 1 0 Fraser, Scott........... 2120* 20 50
21 Bonafont, Philip........ 2118 ... Cobb, James............. 2370 51 21
22 Houska, Jovanka......... 2364 1 0 Pym, Thomas W........... 2114 22 52
23 Cannon, Richard......... 2102 ... Sowray, Peter J......... 2357 53 23
24 Taylor, Martin R........ 2332 1 0 Dannenberg, G James..... 2095* 24 54
25 Chevannes, Sabrina...... 2080 0 1 Ashton, Adam............ 2329 55 25
26 Rudd, Jack.............. 2328 ... Hughes, Roy............. 2071 26 56
27 Poobalasingam, Peter.... 2068 ½ ½ Thomas, Nicholas........ 2299 57 62
28 Sherwin, James.......... 2291 1 0 Moyse, Nigel............ 2036 27 58
29 Thomas, Joseff.......... 2029 0 1 Britton, Richard L...... 2288 59 28
30 Ledger, Dave J.......... 2274 1 0 Khandelwal, Ankush...... 1974 29 60
31 Nicholson, John......... 1945 0 1 Mason, Don.............. 2266 61 30
Bobby Fischer has got into a dispute with the Union Bank of Switzerland
who cancelled his account. The most interesting thing about the story is that
it seems confirm Fischer was paid in full for his match against Spassky in 1992
(first prize $3.65m). The account under dispute was supposed to have around $3m
in it.
Story link:
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3265
International Master Diwakar Prasad Singh of Jharkhand emerged as the
champion, scoring 9.5 points out of a possible ten after the final round of the
6th Adyar Times FIDE rated open chess tournament which concluded on Friday.
News: http://tamilchess.com/ -
http://sport.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1855249.cms
George Mirijanian reports: The 36th Continental Open took place on July
27th-30th, 2006, at the Host Hotel at Cedar Lake in Sturbridge, Massachusetts,
USA. GMs Ildar Ibragimov and Sergey Kudrin, both of Connecticut, and Alexander
Ivanov of Massachusetts tied for 1st-3rd place with scores of 4.5-1.5.
Ibragimov defeated Ivanov in the third round before losing to Kudrin in round
5. In the final round Kudrin drew with Ivanov. Tying for 4th-8th place with 4-2
results were U.S. Chess Federation senior master Jorge Sammour-Hasbun of
Massachusetts, FM William Kelleher and national master Christopher Williams,
both also of Massachusetts, FM Teddy Coleman of New York, and national master
James Critelli of Connecticut. A total of 195 players competed in seven
sections of the tournament, which was directed by William Goichberg of
Salisbury Mills, New York, for the sponsoring Continental Chess Association. He
was assisted by USCF senior tournament director Robert Messenger of Nashua, New
Hampshire. Complete crosstables are available at http://masschess.org
Michael McDowell reports.
The Great Britain team of John Nunn, Colin McNab and Jonathan Mestel,
sponsored by Winton Capital Management, retained the World Chess Solving
Championship held in Wageningen, Netherlands on 1st-2nd August, after one of
the toughest fought contests for years. The British had a disastrous start,
scoring 20/30 in the two-move round to languish in 13th place amongst the 20
competing teams. Difficult sets of problems saw the lead change round by round,
and a spirited fightback brought GB to the top in the penultimate round. They
just held on to emerge winners ahead of Poland by 1¾ points. Final
scores: 1st GB 148/180, 2nd Poland 146.25, 3rd Israel 139.25. Piotr Murdzia of
Poland successfully defended his individual World title. Leading scores: 1st
Piotr Murdzia 78.75/90, 2nd Jorma Paavilainen (Finland) 76.75, 3rd John Nunn
73. Other British scores: 10th Colin McNab 62, 14th Jonathan Mestel 59, 36th
David Friedgood (solving as an individual) 48.75.
The Open Solving event was won by Michel Caillaud of France. Leading
(and British) scores: 1st Michael Caillaud (France) 59.5/60, 2nd Piotr Murdzia
(Poland) 54.5, 3rd Anatoly Mukoseev (Russia) 54.5 (slower time), 4th John Nunn
53.5, 22nd Jonathan Mestel 47.5, 30th Michael McDowell 45.5, 33rd David
Friedgood 44, 47th Colin McNab 38 (93 competed).
In the first round of the WCSC solvers have 20 minutes to solve three
two-movers. The following problem defeated many of the leading solvers.
Henk Prins 1st Prize Probleemblad 1981
q1bBR3/1Q3B2/1r4Nb/1pp4p/2Pk3r/6Np/pPR1PPnK/8
Mate in 2
A problem with a large number of tries (moves with a single refutation)
to catch the unwary. The main tries involve complex line opening and closing.
1.Re6? threatening 2.Nf5 fails to 1…Rf4! because 2.Rd2 is no longer mate.
Similarly 1.Be6? fails to 1…Bf4! because 2.Re4 is no longer available. A
pair of tries on f4 fail to refutations on e6. 1.Nf4? (threats 2.Re4 and 2.Rd2)
1…Re6! (2.Nf5?) and 1.f4? (same threats) 1…Be6! (2.Bf6?). Other tries
are 1.Rc3? Ne1!, 1.Bc7? Rd6!, 1.Bxh4 or Nxh4? Qxb7! The key is 1.cxb5!
threatening 2.Rc4, with variations 1…Re6 2.Nf5, 1…Be6 2.Bf6,
1…Qa4 2.Qd5 and 1…Ne3 2.Rd2.
Full results of the WCSC are available at
http://www.sci.fi/~stniekat/pccc/wcsc06.htm
Boris Gelfand vs David Navara Match
Boris Gelfand will play David Navara in a four game match in Prague
9th-12th August for the Cez Chess Trophy 2006. Vlastimil Hort also plays Jana
Jackova.
Info: http://www.praguechess.cz/ and live
coverage will be at: http://www.promopro.cz/
9th Olomouc Chess Summer
The 9th Olomouc Chess Summer takes place 2nd-10th August 2006.
Official site: http://www.a64.cz/tournaments/olomouc2006/
4th Staunton Memorial
4th Staunton Memorial takse place in Simpsons in the Strand 14th-19th
August 2006 and then moves to Wellington College in Crowthorne, Berkshire from
21st-25th August 2006.
Players: Michael Adams, Ivan Sokolov, Jan Werle, Jan Timman, Tea
Bosboom-Lanchava, Yge Visser, Erwin L'Ami, Jonathan Speelman, Peter Wells,
Jonathan Levitt, David Howell and Lawrence Day.
Official site:
http://www.howardstaunton.com/hsmt2006/index.shtml
NK Hoteles Chess Tournament
The NK Hoteles Chess Tournament, Rising Stars vs Experience is a 10
round Scheveningen event taking place August 19th-29th in Amsterdam,
Netherlands.
Rising Stars team: GM Sergey Karjakin (2679) GM Magnus Carlsen (2675)
GM Hao Wang (2610) GM Daniel Stellwagen (2575) GM Jan Smeets (2532) (Avg. 2614)
Experience: GM Alexander Beliavsky (2625) GM Artur Jussupow (2617) GM
John Nunn (2617) GM Ljubomir Ljubojevic (2551) GM Ulf Andersson (2542) (Avg.
2590)
The best player of Rising Star team gets invitation to Melody Amber
2007.
No official site yet.
World Youth Under 16 Chess Olympiad
World Youth Under 16 Chess Olympiad takes place in Agri 5th-13th August
2006.
Official site: http://www.tsf.org.tr/
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
XXII Aberto Xadrez Albariño
The XXII Aberto Xadrez Albariño takes place 3rd-11th August 2006.
Marius Manolache is the top seed.
Official site:
http://www.tabladeflandes.com/circuitogalego06/cambados/albarinho_2006.php
XI Abierto Internacional San Agustín
The XI Abierto Internacional San Agustín takes place 5th-13th
August 2006. Kalin Karakehajov is the top seed.
Official site:
http://www.tabladeflandes.com/asturias/san_agustin_2006/san_agustin_2006.php?r=clasifica
World Blitz Championship
The World Blitz Championship takes place 5th-8th September 2006 in
Rishon Le Zion (Israel). Anand, Polgar, Leko, Svidler, Gelfand, Grischuk....+
Junior compete.
Official site: http://www.fideblitz.com
3rd International Ashdod Open
The 3rd International Ashdod Open takes place 11th-19th September 2006
plus an attempt by Ilya Smirin on September 7th 2006 to set a new simul Guiness
record.
Official site: http://www.ashdodchess.com
Hereford International
The Hereford International chess tournament takes place 29th August -
3rd September 2006. Players: GMs: Nicholas Pert, Peter Wells, Colin McNab, IM:
Gawain Jones, FMs: Maxim Devereaux, James Cobb, Peter Sowray and Iain
Gourlay.
Official site: http://www.deversoft.co.uk/hict/
Hastings Congress
The Hastings Congress takes place 28th December 2006 - 5 January 2007.
9 round master Swiss +many other events including a FIDE Rated open 6-7
January. Details Con Power conpowr@aol.com.
Further details: http://www.hastingschess.org.uk/
GibTelecom Chess Festival
The GibTelecom Chess Festival takes place 23rd January - 1st February
2007. including a 9 round Masters with a rest day. Also two 5 round Swisses for
players under 2200 and two separately for players under 1800. Total prize fund
£71,000, including £9000 awards specifically for females with a
first of £4000; £12000 for players under 2200, where such a player
could win £6000; seniors £2000; junior £1000. So far
Arishchenko, Efimenko, Kuzubov, Milov, Krush, Ganguly, Kunte, Sand ipan,
Bellon, Cramling have accepted invitations. further details Judy Whurr
conf.banq@caletahotel.gi
Further details: http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/
European Rapid Chess Championship
The European Rapid Chess Championship 2006 takes place in Warsaw, Poland
(at the same time the 6th AMPLICO AIG LIFE Tournament played during the 25th
Memorial of Stanislaw Gawlikowski) takes place 16th-17th of December 2006. The
prize fund is 20.000 Euros. The tournament is a part of the ACP Tour. Visit the
Official site for more information, updates are coming soon. Contact details of
Organizers and Chief arbiter.
Tournament Director - Mrs Maria Macieja mobile: + 48 603 391 318 e-mail:
mariamacieja@o2.pl
Official site: http://www.warsawchess.pl/
Instalplast Open
IV International Open ‘Instalplast’ takes place 27th August
–2nd September 2006 in Lviv Region, Ukraine at resort place ‘Sunny
Glade’. 10 round Swiss. Time: 90 minutes per game and 30 seconds for each
move. Prize money provided for a total amount of 5000$ 1st prize: 1500$- 2e
prize: 900$- 3e prize: 500 $ until 15e prize: 40$. The best women: 120$/80$/40$
GM/WGM are provided with free accommodation and meal. IM/WIM – free
accommodation. Last year the event had 157 participants from 6 countries. More
details by e-mail grabinsky@ukr.net
olimpbase
The olimpbase website: http://www.olimpbase.org from April covers
all team events. The latest addition is the European U18 Team Ch. has just
finish in Balatonelle. Also, there is a lot on the history of this interesting
event at my page, including details, games and results of all previous
editions, overall statistics and medal table. See
http://www.olimpbase.org/youth/euro18.html
Chess Classic Mainz
The Chess Classic Mainz takes place 15th-20th August 2006. Viswanathan
Anand takes on Teimour Radjabov in the annual rapid match. Peter Svidler takes
on Levon Aronian in chess960.
Official site: http://www.chesstigers.de
Swiss Chess Tour Christmas 2006
The "Swiss Chess Tour 2006" will restore "Christmas Tournament" back
after a one year break and four years in Interlaken this time in Bern. The
change is only in the venue in the Hotel "Bern", in the very center of the
city. The 1st International Open Hotel "Bern" December 26th-30th 2006. Swiss
system, 7 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 5 hours (40 moves for 2
hours and 30 minutes till the end). Prize are: 2.000 SF, 1.500, 1.000, 700,
500, 400, 300, 250, 200 and 150 SF. The natural prizes till 20th place. Special
prizes for best Lady, senior (1945), junior (1986-89), schoolboy (1990) and
best local player. Entry fee 130 SF, FMs and juniors 60 SF, at the door 20 SF
more, GMs and IMs free. Venue: Hotel "Bern" Blitz tournament, Swiss system, 9
double rounds.Prize are: 300, 200, 150, 2x100, 2x50 CHF. Entry fee 20 CHF
(juniors 5 CHF) Time table for "Bern Open": December 26. The last registration
12.00-13.00. Open ceremony and apero reception from 13.30-14.00. Round 1st
14.00-19.00. December 27. Round 2nd 9.30-14.30 Round 3rd 15.30-20.30 December
28.: Round 4th 14.00-19.00. Blitz Tournament 19.30-22.30. December 29. Round
5th 9.30-14.30. Round 6th 15.30-20.30 December 30. Round 7th 9.30-14.30 Closing
ceremonies 15.00. Special chess rates in Hotel "Bern". More information and
registration: Robert Spoerri tel. +41+62+965-465-40, fax +41+62+965-46-51
E-mail beochess@bluewin.ch
Further information: http://www.beochess.ch/
Brian Jones' Chess Clinic in Malaysia
The Chess Club of the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Secondary School in Klang,
Malaysia will be organizing a half-day chess clinic by FIDE Master Brian Jones
from Sydney, Australia on the 19th of August 2006. To be held at the school's
Library between 1 pm and 5 pm (Malaysian time), the fee for the chess clinic is
Ringgit Malaysia 50 per person.
To obtain more information and to register for the chess clinic, please
contact the Chess Club at the following email address:
starschool_chessclub@yahoo.com
2nd Lviv Chess Open
The Lviv Chess Club and Lviv Chess Federation organises the in Lviv
(Ukraine) the 2nd International Chess Open "The Cup of Lion - 2006" from
20th-26th August 2006. ( 1 prize - 1000 $) Last year the event had 168
participants from 6 countries. The top rated players were Vysochin Spartak (UKR
2573), Kovchan Oleksander ( UKR 2508), Oleksienko Mikhailo (UKR 2487),
Kryvoruchko Yurij (UKR 2476). There were 6 GMs and more than 15 IMs. Contact -
nazar_f@mail333.com
Official page of the tournament -
http://www.chessclub.lviv.ua/
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.
Predeal Chess Open
The Predeal Chess Open takes place 12th-18th August 2006. 9 round
Swiss. Time: 90 minutes per game and 30 seconds for each move from 1st move
Predeal is 150 north of Bucharest. There are good connections by train
and by car. Low cost air travel to Bucharest: www.skyeurope.com, www.myair.com,
www.clubair.com, www.alpieagles.com, www.blueair-web.com
Further info: Andrei Cioara +40 723567218, andrei_nestor@yahoo.com Doru
Ionescu +40 742064336, contact@chess-romania.ro
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
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
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.
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/
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
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
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
Czech Tour 2006/2007
There is new information about the Czech Tour 2006/2007 including:
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
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
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/
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
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.
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/
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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