THE WEEK IN CHESS 614 14th August 2006 by Mark Crowther
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Boris Gelfand vs David Navara Match 8 games
Montreal Empresa International 60 games
British Chess Championships 186 games
9th Olomouc Chess Summer 282 games
107th US Open 151 games
39th Biel International Festival 222 games
Acropolis Tournament 20 games
Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament 300 games
15th Kavala Open 105 games
Sunny Pawn Tournaments 590 games
Villarrobledo Rapid Open 36 games
First Saturday August 146 games
China - Russia Chess Summit 30 games
XXII Aberto Xadrez Albariño 127 games
XI Abierto Internacional San Agustín 427 games
Badalona Open 55 games
2750 games
My thanks to Lou Caruana, Spiros Ilandzis, Gary Suffield, Miklos Orso,
Chris Bird, Argiris Kotsis, Remco Hekhuis, Ruben Casafus, Lubomir Ftacnik,
Mikhail Golubev, David Clayton, Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam and everyone else who
helped with the issue.
Another busy summer week of chess. Boris Gelfand and David Navara drew
their four game match, both won with black and then there were two draws. There
are interesting all-play-all events in Montreal and London the latter being the
strongest in many years. The British Championships continue.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
Boris Gelfand played David Navara in a four game match in Prague
9th-12th August for the Cez Chess Trophy 2006. The match was drawn 2-2. Jana
Jackova defeated Vlastimil Hort 2.5-1.5.
Info: http://www.praguechess.cz/ and at:
http://www.promopro.cz/
Navara, David - Gelfand, Boris 0-1 57 E17 Queens Indian
Gelfand, Boris - Navara, David 0-1 84 A32 English Symmetrical
Navara, David - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 104 E17 Queens Indian
Gelfand, Boris - Navara, David 1/2 32 E33 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Match Prague CZE (CZE), 9-12 viii 2006
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Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2729 1 0 = = 2.0 2719
Navara, David g CZE 2719 0 1 = = 2.0 2729
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Jackova, Jana - Hort, Vlastimil 1-0 61 C16 French Winawer
Hort, Vlastimil - Jackova, Jana 0-1 53 A29 English Four Knights
Jackova, Jana - Hort, Vlastimil 1/2 30 B06 Modern Defence
Hort, Vlastimil - Jackova, Jana 1-0 52 C28 Vienna Game
Match Prague CZE (CZE), 9-12 viii 2006
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1 2 3 4
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Jackova, Jana m CZE 2403 1 1 = 0 2.5 2607
Hort, Vlastimil g GER 2512 0 0 = 1 1.5 2316
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The Montreal International Tournament Empresa 2006 takes place 8th-16th
August 2006.
Official site:
http://www.monroi.com/tournamentgate/MontrealInternational/index.html
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Empresa A Montreal CAN (CAN), 8-16 viii 2006 cat. XV (2613)
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1. Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2607 * . = 1 = 1 = . . = 4.0 2718
2. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2651 . * = = . = 1 1 = . 4.0 2748
3. Timofeev, Artyom g RUS 2657 = = * . = = . . 1 1 4.0 2723
4. Miton, Kamil g POL 2638 0 = . * . 1 . 1 = 1 4.0 2730
5. Ibragimov, Ildar g USA 2624 = . = . * = = 0 1 . 3.0 2618
6. Gulko, Boris F g USA 2570 0 = = 0 = * . . . 1 2.5 2556
7. Mikhalevski, Victor g ISR 2571 = 0 . . = . * = = = 2.5 2557
8. Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2668 . 0 . 0 1 . = * = = 2.5 2546
9. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2638 . = 0 = 0 . = = * . 2.0 2509
10. Charbonneau, Pascal g CAN 2501 = . 0 0 . 0 = = . * 1.5 2425
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Empresa B Montreal CAN (CAN), 8-16 viii 2006 cat. IX (2460)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Huzman, Alexander g ISR 2585 * . = 1 = . 1 = 1 . 4.5 2663
2. Krnan, Tomas m CAN 2399 . * = = = . . 1 1 1 4.5 2639
3. Barbeau, Sylvain f CAN 2398 = = * = . = = . . 1 3.5 2525
4. Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2539 0 = = * . 1 . = . 1 3.5 2512
5. Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas m CAN 2430 = = . . * = . = 1 = 3.5 2512
6. Krush, Irina m USA 2436 . . = 0 = * 1 . = 1 3.5 2492
7. Likavsky, Tomas g SVK 2498 0 . = . . 0 * 1 1 1 3.5 2511
8. Mitkov, Nikola g MKD 2563 = 0 . = = . 0 * = . 2.0 2349
9. Lawson, Eric m CAN 2393 0 0 . . 0 = 0 = * . 1.0 2212
10. Noritsyn, Nikolay CAN 2354 . 0 0 0 = 0 0 . . * 0.5 2049
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4th Staunton Memorial takes 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
Smith & Williamson British Chess Championships 2006 (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
in Swansea.
Official site: http://www.bcf.org.uk/events/bc2006/index.html
Live coverage: http://www.bcfservices.org.uk/live2006/
Leading Official Round 6 Standings:
1 Hebden, Mark............. ENG g 5 6 5 2420 3.86 1.14
2 Pert, Nicholas........... ENG g 5 6 5 2411 3.70 1.30
3 Gormally, Daniel......... ENG g 4½ 6 4½ 2343 4.29 0.21
4 Haslinger, Stewart G..... ENG m 4½ 6 4½ 2380 3.24 1.26
5 Parker, Jonathan F....... ENG g 4½ 6 4½ 2322 4.41 0.09
6 Williams, Simon K........ ENG m 4½ 6 4½ 2370 3.79 0.71
7 Buckley, Graeme.......... ENG m 4 6 4 2223 4.17 -0.17
8 Cobb, James.............. WLS f 4 6 4 2289 3.61 0.39
9 Devereaux, Maxim L....... ENG f 4 5 3 2437 2.07 0.93
10 Greet, Andrew N.......... ENG m 4 6 4 2389 3.30 0.70
11 Lalic, Bogdan............ CRO g 4 6 4 2350 4.05 -0.05
12 Pert, Richard............ ENG m 4 6 4 2278 4.28 -0.28
13 Rowson, Jonathan W....... SCO g 4 6 4 2410 4.26 -0.26
14 Taylor, Martin R......... ENG f 4 5 3 2314 2.62 0.38
15 Ward, Chris G............ ENG g 4 6 4 2331 4.00 0.00
62 players
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93rd ch-GBR Swansea WLS (WLS), 7-17 viii 2006
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1. Hebden, Mark g ENG 2532 +43 +13 +22 +12 = 8 = 3 . . . . . 5.0 2692
2. Pert, Nicholas g ENG 2503 +32 +44 = 3 +20 =10 + 8 . . . . . 5.0 2684
3. Haslinger, Stewart m ENG 2423 +50 +18 = 2 = 5 +16 = 1 . . . . . 4.5 2572
4. Gormally, Daniel g ENG 2513 =39 +21 = 9 +13 = 7 +17 . . . . . 4.5 2535
5. Williams, Simon m ENG 2473 +31 +24 =20 = 3 =17 +22 . . . . . 4.5 2562
6. Parker, Jonathan g ENG 2509 =21 +45 +15 = 7 = 9 +20 . . . . . 4.5 2509
7. Greet, Andrew m ENG 2431 +25 +35 =23 = 6 = 4 =10 . . . . . 4.0 2513
8. Rowson, Jonathan g SCO 2579 +48 = 9 +33 +11 = 1 - 2 . . . . . 4.0 2535
9. Devereaux, Maxim f ENG 2377 +62 = 8 = 4 +18 = 6 =12 . . . . . 4.0 2489
10. Lalic, Bogdan g CRO 2488 +49 =33 =37 +42 = 2 = 7 . . . . . 4.0 2474
11. Pert, Richard G m ENG 2445 +54 =34 +28 - 8 =19 +29 . . . . . 4.0 2382
12. Ward, Christopher g ENG 2461 +57 =15 +34 - 1 +38 = 9 . . . . . 4.0 2455
13. Cobb, James f WLS 2370 +47 - 1 +48 - 4 +31 +30 . . . . . 4.0 2413
14. Buckley, Graeme m ENG 2379 =52 -16 +45 +49 =25 +28 . . . . . 4.0 2347
15. Taylor, Martin R f ENG 2332 +58 =12 - 6 =31 +54 +48 . . . . . 4.0 2386
16. Davies, Nigel R g ENG 2512 =28 +14 +19 =17 - 3 =24 . . . . . 3.5 2404
17. Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan m GEO 2427 +30 =37 +39 =16 = 5 - 4 . . . . . 3.5 2418
18. Roberson, Peter T ENG 2122 +27 - 3 +26 - 9 =42 +38 . . . . . 3.5 2424
19. Thomas, Nicholas ENG 2299 =41 +26 -16 +51 =11 =27 . . . . . 3.5 2374
20. Jones, Gawain C m ENG 2416 +40 +38 = 5 - 2 +35 - 6 . . . . . 3.5 2416
21. Hodgson, John H ENG 2218 = 6 - 4 =53 +46 =26 +42 . . . . . 3.5 2373
22. Gordon, Stephen J m ENG 2443 +36 +42 - 1 +37 =27 - 5 . . . . . 3.5 2421
23. Rendle, Thomas m ENG 2390 =45 +52 = 7 =38 =28 =25 . . . . . 3.5 2281
24. Ashton, Adam G f ENG 2329 +51 - 5 +47 =27 =39 =16 . . . . . 3.5 2357
25. Sugden, John N ENG 2166 - 7 +61 =40 +34 =14 =23 . . . . . 3.5 2332
26. Palliser, Richard m ENG 2413 +55 -19 -18 +53 =21 +49 . . . . . 3.5 2232
27. Knott, Simon J.B m ENG 2387 -18 +62 +56 =24 =22 =19 . . . . . 3.5 2267
28. Varley, Peter WLS 2228 =16 +41 -11 +33 =23 -14 . . . . . 3.0 2359
29. Khandelwal, Ankush ENG 1974 -38 +30 -42 +57 +37 -11 . . . . . 3.0 2277
30. Constantinou, Peter ENG 2148 -17 -29 +58 +50 +44 -13 . . . . . 3.0 2210
31. Fowler, Simon ENG 2181 - 5 =53 +59 =15 -13 +39 . . . . . 3.0 2242
32. Tippleston, Charles E ENG 2203 - 2 -47 +55 =40 =41 +51 . . . . . 3.0 2171
33. Houska, Jovanka m ENG 2364 +60 =10 - 8 -28 =40 +54 . . . . . 3.0 2287
34. Britton, Richard f ENG 2288 +61 =11 -12 -25 =45 +52 . . . . . 3.0 2224
35. Mason, Donald ENG 2266 +59 - 7 =51 +41 -20 =36 . . . . . 3.0 2186
36. Ledger, Stephen ENG 2177 -22 -46 =60 +59 +53 =35 . . . . . 3.0 2151
37. Sherwin, James T m USA 2291 +46 =17 =10 -22 -29 =40 . . . . . 2.5 2193
38. Ledger, David f ENG 2274 +29 -20 +46 =23 -12 -18 . . . . . 2.5 2176
39. Eggleston, David ENG 2232 = 4 +55 -17 =44 =24 -31 . . . . . 2.5 2265
40. Dilleigh, Steve ENG 2134 -20 =43 =25 =32 =33 =37 . . . . . 2.5 2223
41. Poobalasingam, Peter ENG 2068 =19 -28 +50 -35 =32 =43 . . . . . 2.5 2172
42. Rudd, Jack ENG 2328 +56 -22 +29 -10 =18 -21 . . . . . 2.5 2162
43. Snape, Ian ENG 2241 - 1 =40 =52 =47 =51 =41 . . . . . 2.5 2118
44. Sowray, Peter J f ENG 2357 +53 - 2 =49 =39 -30 =45 . . . . . 2.5 2158
45. Roberts, David Llewelyn ENG 2126 =23 - 6 -14 +60 =34 =44 . . . . . 2.5 2282
46. Moyse, Nigel John WLS 2036 -37 +36 -38 -21 =57 +56 . . . . . 2.5 2144
47. Bonafont, Philip ENG 2118 -13 +32 -24 =43 -48 +60 . . . . . 2.5 2192
48. Addison, Bret ENG 2241 - 8 +60 -13 =56 +47 -15 . . . . . 2.5 2207
49. Surtees, Mike ENG 2182 -10 +58 =44 -14 +56 -26 . . . . . 2.5 2227
50. Briscoe, Christopher ENG 2137 - 3 =59 -41 -30 +58 +57 . . . . . 2.5 2070
51. Chevannes, Sabrina wf ENG 2080 -24 +54 =35 -19 =43 -32 . . . . . 2.0 2127
52. Shaw, Peter ENG 2122 =14 -23 =43 -54 +61 -34 . . . . . 2.0 2126
53. Cannon, Richard James ENG 2102 -44 =31 =21 -26 -36 +59 . . . . . 2.0 2090
54. Corke, Anya wg HKG 2179 -11 -51 +61 +52 -15 -33 . . . . . 2.0 2103
55. Goodger, Martyn ENG 2128 -26 -39 -32 =58 =59 +61 . . . . . 2.0 2012
56. Hughes, Roy ENG 2071 -42 +57 -27 =48 -49 -46 . . . . . 1.5 2032
57. Bennet, William D ENG 2180 -12 -56 +62 -29 =46 -50 . . . . . 1.5 1920
58. Dannenberg,James ENG ---- -15 -49 -30 =55 -50 +62 . . . . . 1.5 1961
59. Nicholson, John IRL 1945 -35 =50 -31 -36 =55 -53 . . . . . 1.0 1892
60. Pym, Thomas W ENG 2114 -33 -48 =36 -45 =62 -47 . . . . . 1.0 1898
61. Thomas, Joseff WLS 2029 -34 -25 -54 +62 -52 -55 . . . . . 1.0 1874
62. Fraser,Scott ENG ---- - 9 -27 -57 -61 =60 -58 . . . . . 0.5 1780
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The 9th Olomouc Chess Summer took place 2nd-10th August 2006. Yuriy
Kryvoruchko edged out Konstantin Maslak on tie-break in the main GM event after
both scored 8/11. Games from the first 6 days of the event only are
available.
Official site: http://www.a64.cz/tournaments/olomouc2006/
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Valoz Cup Olomouc CZE (CZE), 2-10 viii 2006 cat. IX (2469)
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1. Kryvoruchko, Yuriy m UKR 2536 * 1 = = 1 = = = 1 1 = 1 8.0 2638
2. Maslak, Konstantin m RUS 2537 0 * = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2638
3. Arutinian, David g GEO 2552 = = * = = = = 1 1 1 = 1 7.5 2594
4. Shanava, Konstantine g GEO 2490 = = = * 1 1 1 1 = = 0 0 6.5 2532
5. Womacka, Mathias m GER 2423 0 = = 0 * = = 1 = 1 = 1 6.0 2509
6. Matamoros Franco, Carlos S g ECU 2544 = = = 0 = * = = = = = 1 5.5 2462
7. Biolek, Richard m CZE 2440 = 0 = 0 = = * = = = 1 1 5.5 2472
8. Cernousek, Lukas m CZE 2418 = 0 0 0 0 = = * 1 = 1 1 5.0 2438
9. Simacek, Pavel m CZE 2500 0 0 0 = = = = 0 * = 1 1 4.5 2401
10. Kraemer, Martin f GER 2434 0 0 0 = 0 = = = = * = 1 4.0 2370
11. Plischki, Sebastian GER 2387 = 0 = 1 = = 0 0 0 = * 0 3.5 2343
12. Jirka, Jiri m CZE 2372 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 2.0 2216
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Inline Czechia Cup Olomouc CZE (CZE), 2-10 viii 2006 cat. III (2303)
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1. Gavrilov, Alexei1 m RUS 2451 * = 1 = 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.0 2551
2. Kanovsky, David CZE 2368 = * 1 = = 1 = = 1 1 = 1 8.0 2472
3. Swicarz, Maciej POL 2268 0 0 * = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2439
4. Chytilek, Roman m CZE 2392 = = = * = = = 1 1 = = 1 7.0 2396
5. Skjoldborg, Jesper DEN DEN 2290 0 = = = * 1 1 = = = = 0 5.5 2304
6. Garrido Dominguez, Jesus f ESP 2341 1 0 0 = 0 * = 1 = 0 1 = 5.0 2263
7. Ptacnikova, Lenka wg ISL 2193 0 = = = 0 = * = 1 = 0 1 5.0 2276
8. Cifka, Stanislav CZE 2342 0 = 0 0 = 0 = * = 1 1 1 5.0 2263
9. Cuenca Jimenez, Jose f ESP 2417 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = * 1 1 1 4.5 2227
10. Kotan, Ladislav m SVK 2289 0 0 0 = = 1 = 0 0 * 1 = 4.0 2202
11. Kersten, Uwe f GER 2329 0 = 0 = = 0 1 0 0 0 * = 3.0 2125
12. Klecker, Tadeas CZE 1955 0 0 0 0 1 = 0 0 0 = = * 2.5 2123
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Proclient Cup Olomouc CZE (CZE), 2-10 viii 2006 cat. III (2313)
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1. Krupa, Monika wm POL 2251 * 1 = = 1 = 1 0 = 1 = 1 7.5 2451
2. Tibensky, Robert m SVK 2385 0 * = = = = 1 1 1 1 0 1 7.0 2408
3. Skytte, Rasmus m DEN 2408 = = * = = = = 1 = 1 = = 6.5 2369
4. Camarena Gimenez, Rufino f ESP 2323 = = = * = = 0 = 1 1 = 1 6.5 2377
5. Ramiro Ovejero, Juan Luis f ESP 2323 0 = = = * = 1 0 1 = 1 = 6.0 2348
6. Sluka, Radek CZE 2331 = = = = = * 1 1 = 0 = 0 5.5 2311
7. Mihailovs, Jurijs LAT 2258 0 0 = 1 0 0 * 1 0 1 1 1 5.5 2318
8. Malinovsky, Karel f CZE 2346 1 0 0 = 1 0 0 * = 0 = 1 4.5 2245
9. Jurek, Josef m CZE 2390 = 0 = 0 0 = 1 = * 0 1 = 4.5 2241
10. Stehno, Pavel CZE 2297 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 1 1 * = = 4.5 2249
11. Lubbe, Nicolas GER 2272 = 1 = = 0 = 0 = 0 = * 0 4.0 2214
12. Salama, Omar EGY 2174 0 0 = 0 = 1 0 0 = = 1 * 4.0 2223
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Ave-Kontakt Cup Olomouc CZE (CZE), 2-10 viii 2006 cat. III (2317)
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1. Firman, Nazar m UKR 2499 * 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 8.5 2511
2. Zvara, Petr f CZE 2404 1 * 1 0 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2520
3. Litwak, Aleksej GER 2222 = 0 * = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2500
4. Talla, Vladimir m CZE 2426 0 1 = * = = = = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2440
5. Salai, Ladislav m SVK 2370 0 0 = = * = = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2377
6. Picard, Romain f FRA 2357 0 1 0 = = * = = = = 1 1 6.0 2349
7. Tuma, Jiri CZE 2310 0 = = = = = * = 0 1 = = 5.0 2281
8. Biolek, Richard jr CZE 2304 0 0 0 = = = = * 0 1 = 1 4.5 2253
9. Pel, Bonno f NED 2301 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 1 * 1 1 0 4.5 2253
10. Geske, Julian GER 2173 1 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 * 0 1 2.5 2119
11. Gutierrez Castillo, Paloma wm ESP 2201 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 1 * = 2.5 2116
12. Damia, Angelo ITA 2237 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 = * 2.0 2062
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Agentura 64 Cup Olomouc CZE (CZE), 2-8 viii 2006
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1. Parligras, Cosmin ROM 2232 * 1 = = 1 = 1 = = 1 6.5 2259
2. Bertram, Karsten GER 2107 0 * 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 6.0 2232
3. Musil, Vitezslav CZE 2129 = 0 * 1 1 = 1 = 1 0 5.5 2184
4. Houska, Jiri CZE 2140 = 1 0 * = = = 1 = 1 5.5 2183
5. Lasinskas, Povilas LTU 2124 0 0 0 = * 1 1 1 = 1 5.0 2148
6. Zapletal, Jiri CZE 2138 = 0 = = 0 * = = = 1 4.0 2060
7. Prikryl, Tomas CZE 2072 0 1 0 = 0 = * 0 1 1 4.0 2068
8. Fiala, Jiri CZE 2102 = 0 = 0 0 = 1 * = 1 4.0 2064
9. Salmoiraghi, Angelo ITA 2015 = 0 0 = = = 0 = * 1 3.5 2037
10. Hagesaether, Torill NOR 2013 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 1.0 1766
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1. Zawadzki, Stanislaw m POL 2397 8,0 8,0 52,0 41,5
2. Isonzo, David f ITA 2361 7,5 7,5 53,0 41,5
3. Hasangatin, Ramil g RUS 2491 7,0 7,0 56,5 44,0
4. Zambor, Norbert f SVK 2269 7,0 7,0 54,5 42,0
5. Zakharov, Vasiliy RUS 2064 7,0 7,0 53,0 41,5
6. Zeberski, Jakub POL 2410 7,0 7,0 51,0 40,0
7. Chudinovskikh, Alexander M RUS 2341 7,0 7,0 49,5 39,0
8. Johansson, Jan m SWE 2434 6,5 6,5 55,5 43,0
9. Kireev, Aleksei m RUS 2382 6,5 6,5 55,0 43,0
10. Nester, Ihor m UKR 2417 6,5 6,5 53,0 42,0
11. Hryhorenko, Nataliya wm UKR 2328 6,5 6,5 51,0 40,0
12. Van der Laan, Dinard NED 2268 6,5 6,5 48,5 38,5
13. Karhanek, Pavel CZE 2144 6,5 6,5 48,5 38,5
14. Chulivska, Vita wm UKR 2177 6,5 6,5 48,5 37,5
15. Vrana, Jan CZE 2162 6,5 6,5 44,5 35,0
16. Gromova, Iulia RUS 2210 6,5 6,5 44,5 34,5
17. Stehlik, Jiri CZE 2134 6,5 6,5 43,0 33,0
187 players
The 107th US Open took place in Chicago, Illnois August 5th-13th 2006.
Yuri Shulman won the event with 8/9 half a point clear of the field.
Official site: http://beta.uschess.org/frontend/section_7.php
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107th Annual US Open Chicago USA (USA), 5-13 viii 2006
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1. Shulman, Yuri g USA 2602 8.0
2. Kaidanov, Gregory S g USA 2596 7.5
3. Izoria, Zviad g GEO 2660 7.5
4. Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2604 7.5
5. Kacheishvili, Giorgi g GEO 2589 7.5
6. Benjamin, Joel g USA 2552 7.5
7. Gurevich, Dmitry g USA 2507 7.5
8. Cordova, Emilio m PER 2434 7.5
9. Fedorowicz, John P g USA 2482 7.5
10. Almeida Saenz, Alfonso m MEX 2400 7.5
11. Aigner, Michael USA USA 2266 7.5
12. Felecan, Florin f USA 2376 7.0
13. Tate, Emory f USA 2380 7.0
14. Pasalic, Mehmed f GER 2413 7.0
15. Mulyar, Michael A m USA 2391 7.0
16. Taylor, Timothy m USA 2328 7.0
17. Banawa, Joel Cholo USA 2260 7.0
18. Onyekwere, Chikwere NGR 2099 7.0
19. Schwarz, Daniel W USA 2196 7.0
20. Jackson, Trevor H USA 2136 7.0
21. Milisits, Ryan Ro USA 2181 7.0
22. Cao, Tony USA 2132 7.0
23. Richards,Joseph P USA ---- 7.0
24. Young, Angelo m PHI 2358 6.5
25. Kochetkov, Vitali BLR 2308 6.5
26. Sarkar, Justin m USA 2375 6.5
27. Paschall, William M m USA 2357 6.5
28. Cheng, Xiao USA 2271 6.5
29. Karklins, Andrew f USA 2224 6.5
30. Barnett, Alexander USA 2289 6.5
543 games
The 39th Biel International Festival took place 22nd July - 4th August
2006. Alongside the main events was the MTO BrainStore-Master Open. Bartosz
Socko won the BrainStore Masters MTO Open ahead of Leonid Kritz, Laurent
Fressinet and Boris Avrukh on tie-break, all scored 8/11.
Official site: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch
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MTO Open Biel SUI (SUI), 24 vii-4 viii 2006
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1 Socko, Bartosz g POL 2621 8.0 53.5
2 Kritz, Leonid g GER 2578 8.0 50.0
3 Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2626 8.0 50.0
4 Avrukh, Boris g ISR 2641 8.0 47.5
5 Roiz, Michael g ISR 2611 7.5 48.5
6 Golod, Vitali g ISR 2576 7.5 48.5
7 Bauer, Christian g FRA 2599 7.5 47.0
8 Kobalia, Mikhail g RUS 2647 7.5 46.0
9 Jenni, Florian g SUI 2481 7.5 46.0
10 Arizmendi Martinez, Julen L g ESP 2542 7.5 42.5
11 Atalik, Suat g TUR 2619 7.5 42.0
12 Hammer, Jon Ludvig f NOR 2306 7.5 41.0
13 Adianto, Utut g INA 2580 7.0 50.5
14 Novikov, Maxim g RUS 2546 7.0 48.0
15 Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2644 7.0 47.0
16 Pikula, Dejan g SCG 2545 7.0 45.5
17 Tseshkovsky, Vitaly g RUS 2576 7.0 43.0
18 Skoberne, Jure f SLO 2407 7.0 42.0
19 Cherniaev, Alexander g RUS 2473 7.0 41.0
20 Ulibin, Mikhail g RUS 2489 6.5 49.5
21 Yagupov, Igor g RUS 2559 6.5 46.5
22 Klovans, Janis g LAT 2433 6.5 43.5
23 Giertz, Niklaus f SUI 2280 6.5 42.5
24 Sudakova, Irina wg RUS 2376 6.5 42.0
25 Khmelniker, Ilya m ISR 2461 6.5 42.0
26 Wohl, Aleksandar H m AUS 2428 6.5 41.0
27 Cvitan, Ognjen g CRO 2539 6.5 40.5
28 Pavlovic, Milos g SCG 2497 6.5 40.0
29 Kolbus, Dietmar m GER 2394 6.5 39.5
30 Landenbergue, Claude m SUI 2440 6.5 38.5
31 Raetsky, Alexander g RUS 2412 6.5 38.5
32 Kurmann, Oliver f SUI 2331 6.5 37.0
33 Sutter, Oliver f SUI 2407 6.5 36.5
34 Kuehn, Peter f GER 2386 6.5 36.5
35 Welling, Gerard m NED 2373 6.5 36.5
36 Martinez, Vincent FRA 2158 6.5 32.5
37 Haimovich, Tal m ISR 2435 6.0 42.0
38 Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2505 6.0 41.0
39 Gaponenko, Inna m UKR 2458 6.0 41.0
40 Edouard, Romain f FRA 2404 6.0 40.0
41 Rukavina, Josip m CRO 2404 6.0 38.5
42 Klenburg, Mikhail m UKR 2403 6.0 37.5
43 Citak, Selim f TUR 2258 6.0 37.0
44 Carron, Julien f SUI 2345 6.0 37.0
45 Hermann, Manfred m GER 2303 6.0 36.0
46 Braun, Christian GER 2262 6.0 36.0
47 Karasik, Evgeni ISR 2289 6.0 35.0
48 Hoffmeyer, Falk GER 2257 6.0 33.5
49 Misiano, Franco ITA 2268 6.0 30.0
50 Schuette, Marc f GER 2194 6.0 29.5
51 Andok, Claus Michael GER 2018 6.0 28.5
52 Klauser, Markus m SUI 2402 5.5 39.0
53 Weindl, Alfred m GER 2353 5.5 38.5
54 Vuilleumier, Alex f SUI 2402 5.5 38.5
55 Kamber, Bruno f SUI 2328 5.5 36.0
56 Sethuraman, S.P IND 2290 5.5 36.0
57 Sachdev, Tania wg IND 2371 5.5 36.0
58 Ermeni, Avni SCG 2311 5.5 35.0
59 Hassler, Franck FRA 2222 5.5 32.5
60 Illijin, Neboisa m ROM 2249 5.5 32.5
61 Alvarado, Carlos PER 2168 5.5 32.0
62 Nadig, Kruttika wm IND 2226 5.5 31.5
63 Guex, Pascal SUI 2195 5.5 30.0
64 Daudzvardis, Janis LAT 2187 5.5 30.0
65 Rashkovsky, Nukhim N g RUS 2512 5.0 40.0
66 Gerber, Richard m SUI 2363 5.0 35.5
117 players
News: Spiros Ilandzis. The "Acropolis" tournament started in Athens (at
the "President" hotel), on Sunday 13th August. Being held for the 21st time,
the tournament is comprised by the Open Section and the Ladies’Section.
102 players (68 + 34) are competing, from 24 countries. The financial prizes
are reaching the sum of 22.000 euros. The tournament will be concluded on
Monday 21st August. Games will be played from 5 pm each day (last round will
start at 3 pm).
In the Open Section (mainly the non-Greek players have been invited),
there are 68 partcipants, rated > 2150, among them 16 GMs. The top 10
ratings are: 1) Rozentalis (LTU, GM 2605), 2) Gelashvili (GEO, GM 2575), 3)
Svetushkin (MDA, GM 2569), 4) Mastrovasilis D. (GRE, GM 2567), 5) Al Modiahki
(QAT, 2564), 6) Solak (SCG, 2564), 7) Romanishin (UKR, GM 2555), 8) Peralta
(ARG, GM 2546), 9) Nikolaidis (GRE, GM 2538), 10) Mastrovasilis Ath. (GRE, GM
2521). Former Women’s World Champions Stefanova (BUL, 2520) and Zhu Chen
(QAT, 2476) are also taking part.
In the Ladies’Section, it’s going to be a very strong
tournament as well, with 34 participants, among them 12 WGMs. Top ratings are:
1) Danielian (ARM, 2423), 2) Vijayalakshmi (IND, 2417), 3) Foisor Cr.-Ad. (ROM,
2393), 4) Kononenko (UKR, 2392), 5) Melia (GEO, 2381), 6) Zawadzka (POL, 2378),
7) Pokorna (SVK, 2342), 8) Rogule L. (LAT, 2342), 9) Krivec (SLO, 2316), 10)
Burtasova (RUS, 2311).
There were some surprising results in the 1st round: Top-rated
Rozentalis was held to a draw by Markidis, who played very solidly and maybe
had a small advantage when the opponents agreed to a draw. D. Mastrovasilis had
also to be satisfied with a draw, since he was a pawn down against Logothetis.
Noticeably all four Greek juniors did well: I. Papadopoulos beat IM Vouldis
with black in a very interesting game. Ang. Sandalakis beat Syrian IM Hakki. I.
Georgiadis drew to Serbian GM Solak and Al. Dounis drew a long game to
Kharlampidi. Last, but not least, Simeonidis managed to hold GM Romanishin to a
draw and Sigalas also made a draw, with the black pieces, to Indian IM Sriram
Jha.
The results: Rozentalis - Markidis draw, Yagiz - Gelashvili 0-1,
Svetushkin - Hadzimanolis 1-0, Logothetis - Mastrovasilis D. draw, Al Modiahki
- Pandavos P. 1-0, Georgiadis I. - Solak draw etc.
In the Women’s Tournament, most of the favourites also prevailed,
with a notable exception on board No 13, where 17 y.o. M. Ikonomnopoulou beat
Greek Champion Ek. Fakhiridou, with the black pieces. Kar. Smokina and Al.
Stiri held higher-rated Cr-Ad. Foisor and Sal. Melia respectively to draws.
Danielian, Kononenko and Pokorna finished their games in a nice way, while
Vijayalakshmi, Zawadzka and Rogule managed to overcome the resistance of young
Greek players V. Papadopoulou, Stefanidi and Pambalou, after quite long fights.
The results: Makka I. - Danielian 0-1, Vijayalakshmi - Papadopoulou V.
1-0, Smokina - Foisor Cr.-Ad. draw, Kononenko - Yildiz B. 1-0, Stiri - Melia
draw.
Games are continuing with the 2nd round, on Monday 14th of August, from
5 pm.
Live coverage at: http://www.chessfed.gr/Acropolis2006/
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 16th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival takes place 12th-21st
August 2006.
Official site: http://www.abudhabichess.com/
Leading Round 2 Standings:
1 GM Grigoriants Sergey RUS 2579 2,0
GM Mamedov Rauf AZE 2561 2,0
GM Potkin Vladimir RUS 2556 2,0
GM Kengis Edvins LAT 2539 2,0
GM Ibrahimov Rasul AZE 2528 2,0
GM Bakre Tejas IND 2477 2,0
7 GM Rausis Igors BAN 2510 2,0
FM Darban Morteza IRI 2390 2,0
9 GM Gashimov Vugar AZE 2644 1,5
GM Goloshchapov Alexander UKR 2558 1,5
GM Neverov Valeriy UKR 2556 1,5
IM Safarli Eltaj AZE 2421 1,5
13 GM Fedorov Alexei BLR 2617 1,5
IM Abbasov Farid AZE 2443 1,5
IM Sale Srdjan CRO 2438 1,5
16 GM Miroshnichenko Evgenij UKR 2616 1,5
17 GM GhaemMaghami Ehsan IRI 2594 1,5
GM Anastasian Ashot ARM 2566 1,5
GM Sturua Zurab GEO 2509 1,5
IM Allahverdiev Anar AZE 2435 1,5
FM Khader Sami JOR 2384 1,5
22 IM Amin Bassem EGY 2453 1,5
IM Kayumov Sergey UZB 2435 1,5
24 GM Magerramov Elmar AZE 2530 1,0
The 15th Kavala Open took place 4th-11th August 2006. Dmitry Svetushkin
won the event with 7/9 on tie-break from Stelios Halkias who I believe took the
Greek title and Yuri Drozdovskij all finished on 7/9.
Further info: http://www.chesskavala.gr or
http://www.chesskavala.com
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Open Kavala GRE (GRE), 4-11 vii 2006
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1. Svetushkin, Dmitry g MDA 2569 7 36
2. Halkias, Stelios g GRE 2551 7 36
3. Drozdovskij, Yuri g UKR 2552 7 34
4. Drazic, Sinisa g SCG 2514 6.5 35
5. Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman m IND 2417 6.5 33
6. Banikas, Hristos g GRE 2576 6.5 33
7. Jankovic, Alojzije g CRO 2525 6.5 33
8. De Firmian, Nick E g USA 2559 6.5 31
9. Gelashvili, Tamaz g GEO 2575 6.5 31
10. Kotanjian, Tigran g ARM 2515 6 36
11. Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2605 6 34
12. Jeremic, Veljko g SCG 2527 6 34
13. Stojanovic, Mihajlo m SCG 2549 6 33
14. Aroshidze, Levan g GEO 2490 6 33
15. Mastrovasilis, Athanasios g GRE 2521 6 33
16. Esen, Baris m TUR 2459 6 32
17. Nikolaidis, Ioannis g GRE 2538 6 32
18. Heberla, Bartlomiej m POL 2551 6 31
19. Sitnikov, Anton m UKR 2459 6 31
20. Szuhanek, Ranko m ROM 2452 6 30
21. Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2555 5.5 33
22. Hajnal, Zoltan m HUN 2430 5.5 33
23. Saric, Ante m CRO 2475 5.5 32
24. Zysk, Robert m GER 2474 5.5 30
25. Marjanovic, Slavoljub g SCG 2494 5.5 30
26. Kapnisis, Spyridon m GRE 2419 5.5 29
27. Polivanov, Anatoliy m UKR 2411 5.5 29
28. Moutousis, Konstantinos m GRE 2436 5.5 29
29. Kulicov, Oleg m RUS 2402 5.5 28
30. Atakisi, Umut m TUR 2406 5.5 28
31. Sriram, Jha m IND 2408 5.5 28
32. Shavtvaladze, Nikoloz m GEO 2383 5.5 27
33. Stanojoski, Zvonko g MKD 2481 5.5 27
34. Aleksanrov, Vasil BUL 2232 5.5 27
35. Palekha, Alexey m UKR 2353 5.5 27
36. Goritsas, Christos GRE 2278 5.5 27
37. Kiss, Pal m HUN 2397 5.5 27
38. Erdos, Viktor m HUN 2528 5.5 27
39. Simeonidis, Ioannis GRE 2299 5.5 27
40. Nikolaidis, Konstantinos f GRE 2296 5.5 24
41. Osmanoglou, Halil GRE 2054 5.5 21
42. Haznedaroglu, Kivanc m TUR 2454 5 27
43. Erdogdu, Mert m TUR 2386 5 27
44. Meenakshi, S wg IND 2310 5 26
45. Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2520 5 26
46. Papadopoulos, I GRE 2285 5 26
47. Galopoulos, N GRE 2030 5 25
48. Stamenkov, Vanco m MKD 2367 5 25
49. Georgiadis, Ioannis GRE 2312 5 25
50. Kanakaris, G GRE 2119 5 24
51. Zakarian, David ARM 2327 5 24
52. Markidis, Konstantinos GRE 2370 5 23
53. Kokolias, Konstantinos GRE 2188 5 23
54. Sigalas, Frangiskos GRE 2199 5 22
55. Stiri, Alexandra wm GRE 2186 5 21
56. Adamopoulos, Ioannis GRE 2108 5 21
57. Kazantzidis. Ilias GRE 2015 5 18
172 players
The 8th Sunny Pawn Festival took place 20th-31st August 2006. Andrey
Vovk on 7.5/9 was half a point clear of Mikhail Golubev and Stanislav Savchenko
in a festival with this GM event, an IM event, an open and various smaller
junior and side events.
Official site: http://www.ukrchess.org.ua/turnir/t094.html
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Sunny Pawn A Illichevsk UKR (UKR), 20-31 vii 2006 cat. VII (2414)
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1. Vovk, Andrey f UKR 2388 * 1 = = = 1 1 1 = 1 = 7.5 2609
2. Golubev, Mikhail g UKR 2467 0 * = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 = 7.0 2557
3. Savchenko, Stanislav g UKR 2508 = = * 0 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 7.0 2553
4. Vovk, Yuri m UKR 2441 = 0 1 * = 1 = = = 1 1 6.5 2520
5. Korobov, Anton g UKR 2559 = = 0 = * = = = 1 = 1 5.5 2435
6. Itkis, Boris m ROM 2453 0 = = 0 = * = = 1 = = 4.5 2373
7. Zavgorodniy, Sergiy m UKR 2430 0 0 0 = = = * 1 = = 1 4.5 2375
8. Kozak, Leonid UZB 2319 0 0 = = = = 0 * = = 1 4.0 2351
9. Stopkin, Vladimir f RUS 2296 = 0 0 = 0 0 = = * = = 3.0 2276
10. Agafii, Victor f MDA 2317 0 0 0 0 = = = = = * = 3.0 2274
11. Zherebukh, Yaroslav UKR 2371 = = 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = * 2.5 2224
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Sunny Pawn B Illichevsk UKR (UKR), 20-31 vii 2006 cat. I (2271)
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1. Kozel, Roman m UKR 2415 * = 0 1 1 = 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 9.0 2452
2. Skalski, Michal f POL 2343 = * 1 1 = 0 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 8.5 2423
3. Garifulin, Alexander UKR 2291 1 0 * 0 = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2427
4. Makarov, V MDA m MDA 2272 0 0 1 * = 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 8.0 2396
5. Martemianov, Iaroslav MDA 2261 0 = = = * 1 = = = 1 1 0 1 7.0 2329
6. Voicu, Carmen wm ROM 2286 = 1 0 0 0 * = = = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2327
7. Bogdanovich, Stanislav UKR 2190 0 1 = = = = * = 0 1 1 0 1 6.5 2307
8. Kalinin, Oleg m UKR 2354 0 0 = 0 = = = * 1 = = = 1 5.5 2235
9. Aliferenko, Aleksei UKR 2246 1 0 0 = = = 1 0 * 0 0 1 = 5.0 2216
10. Romcovici, Victor m MDA 2310 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 * = 1 1 4.5 2181
11. Gerasimenyk, M f UKR 2211 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 1 = * 1 1 4.5 2189
12. Kalinin, Mikolaj UKR 2247 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 = 0 0 0 * 1 3.5 2115
13. Alaev, Pavel UKR 2101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 * 0.5 1784
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1. Pavlov, Sergey UKR 2415 9.0 77.5 62.50 57.5 2415 2390 -0.20
2. Dorohin, Mihail UKR 2252 8.0 78.0 53.50 52.5 2252 2245 -0.12
3. Shtanko, Dmitro UKR 2236 8.0 76.0 52.50 54.5 2236 2294 +0.62
4. Neschetny, Viktor UKR 2115 8.0 75.0 51.50 50.0 2115 2249 +0.90
5. Nazarevich, Vitaly UKR 2303 7.5 72.0 47.00 45.5 2303 2153 -1.40
6. Lukinov, Dmitry UKR 2141 7.5 69.5 46.50 46.5 2141 2280 +1.02
7. Zatorsky, Danylo UKR 2088 7.5 68.0 43.50 43.0 2088 2070 -0.12
8. Yavorskiy,Oleg UKR ---- 7.0 75.0 45.75 46.0 0000 2173 +1.00
9. Demidiukov,Evgeny UKR ---- 7.0 72.5 44.25 46.0 0000 2183 +1.00
10. Volosheniuk, Alexey UKR 2092 7.0 72.0 44.00 46.0 2092 2033 -0.40
11. Kosikov, Andrey UKR 2152 7.0 72.0 43.00 46.0 2152 2183 +0.28
12. Yukhno, Alexander UKR 2169 7.0 69.5 40.50 44.0 2169 1983 -1.25
13. Kigel, Dmytro f UKR 1993 7.0 68.5 40.25 46.5 1993 2128 +0.85
18. Pylypchuk, Oleg UKR 2021 7.0 66.5 38.00 45.0 2021 2007 -0.08
14. Bulmaga, Irina wf MDA 2037 7.0 65.5 39.50 41.5 2037 2051 +0.04
15. Shkliar, Boris UKR 2188 7.0 65.0 39.25 42.5 2188 2172 -0.08
16. Rymskyy, Aleksander UKR 2084 7.0 64.5 39.25 41.0 2084 2232 +0.38
17. Vusatiuk, Vladimir UKR 2136 7.0 63.5 38.25 39.0 2136 2134 +0.00
20. Sharovskaya,Olga UKR ---- 7.0 60.0 36.50 36.0 0000 1926 1926
19. Filin, Stas UKR 2024 7.0 59.5 36.75 37.0 2024 1896 -0.17
21. Zhuravsky,Nikita UKR ---- 6.5 73.5 40.75 44.0 0000 2083 +0.50
23. Meribanov, Vitaly BLR 1909 6.5 70.0 37.50 40.5 1909 2087 +1.24
22. Evtodiy,Vyacheslav UKR ---- 6.5 68.5 39.75 41.0 0000 2111 +1.00
24. Goroshkova, Liudmila UKR 1965 6.5 64.5 34.00 41.5 1965 2014 +0.22
25. Kovalenko,Vladislav UKR ---- 6.5 61.0 32.75 34.0 0000 1966 1966
84 players
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. Some games
are now available.
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 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. Le Quang Liem m VIE 2488 * . . . = 0 1 = 1 . 1 1 1 . 6.0 2627
2. Meier, Georg m GER 2450 . * . = = = = . . 1 1 1 . 1 6.0 2636
3. Lapshun, Yury m USA 2452 . . * . = 1 = = . . = 1 1 1 6.0 2608
4. Rodshtein, Maxim m ISR 2494 . = . * = 0 1 1 . . 1 = . 1 5.5 2576
5. Kosic, Dragan g SCG 2506 = = = = * = = . . 1 . . . 1 5.0 2548
6. Braun, Arik m GER 2526 1 = 0 1 = * . . 0 . . . = 1 4.5 2458
7. Ilincic, Zlatko g SCG 2515 0 = = 0 = . * . = 1 . . . 1 4.0 2436
8. Fogarasi, Tibor g HUN 2435 = . = 0 . . . * 1 = = = = . 4.0 2422
9. Nemeth, Miklos1 f HUN 2396 0 . . . . 1 = 0 * 0 = 1 = . 3.5 2396
10. Ragger, Markus m AUT 2456 . 0 . . 0 . 0 = 1 * . = = 1 3.5 2366
11. Martinovic, Sasa CRO 2367 0 0 = 0 . . . = = . * . 1 0 2.5 2266
12. Leon Hoyos, Manuel m MEX 2436 0 0 0 = . . . = 0 = . * 1 . 2.5 2292
13. Lorscheid, Gerhard f GER 2294 0 . 0 . . = . = = = 0 0 * . 2.0 2251
14. Bick, John D f USA 2247 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . 0 1 . . * 1.0 2148
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3
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1. Borgbjerg, Ejner Tatari DEN 2303 * = . 1 . 1 . = = = . 1 . 5.0 2453
2. Werner, Dimo m GER 2315 = * = = . . . 1 = 1 . 0 1 5.0 2387
3. Petran, Pal m HUN 2383 . = * 1 = . = . 1 . = . = 4.5 2402
4. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2339 0 = 0 * = = 1 . . 1 1 . . 4.5 2351
5. Fruebing, Stefan GER 2284 . . = = * . . 0 1 . = = 1 4.0 2339
6. Sardy, Peter HUN 2339 0 . . = . * . = = 1 . 1 = 4.0 2329
7. Woodward, Timothy DM f ENG 2352 . . = 0 . . * = = = 0 1 1 4.0 2284
8. Toth, Lili wm HUN 2217 = 0 . . 1 = = * . 0 . 1 . 3.5 2302
9. Torma, Robert f HUN 2335 = = 0 . 0 = = . * . = . 1 3.5 2263
10. Rudolf, Anna wm HUN 2249 = 0 . 0 . 0 = 1 . * . 1 . 3.0 2256
11. Rees, Ioan WLS 2241 . . = 0 = . 1 . = . * 0 0 2.5 2212
12. Konnyu, Janos HUN 2277 0 1 . . = 0 0 0 . 0 1 * . 2.5 2146
13. To Nhat Minh HUN 2234 . 0 = . 0 = 0 . 0 . 1 . * 2.0 2163
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1. Brener, Ilja f GER 2327 * = = . = . . . 1 = 1 1 1 6.0 2466
2. Torok, Sandor f HUN 2311 = * 1 . . . . . 1 0 1 1 1 5.5 2500
3. Nagy, Bence f HUN 2355 = 0 * . . . 1 1 1 = . . 1 5.0 2424
4. Mihok, Oliver HUN 2223 . . . * = = 0 . . 1 1 1 = 4.5 2337
5. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2307 = . . = * = = = . . 1 = . 4.0 2292
6. Hoolt, Sarah wf GER 2122 . . . = = * 1 1 . = 0 0 . 3.5 2258
7. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2275 . . 0 1 = 0 * . . 1 0 1 0 3.5 2200
8. Radnai, Adam HUN 2246 . . 0 . = 0 . * 0 = 1 = 1 3.5 2206
9. Pirisi, Gabor m HUN 2271 0 0 0 . . . . 1 * 1 = . = 3.0 2228
10. Malada, Vinko CRO 2256 = 1 = 0 . = 0 = 0 * . . . 3.0 2179
11. Kaufman, Raymond USA 2274 0 0 . 0 0 1 1 0 = . * . . 2.5 2119
12. Behm, Simon GER 2229 0 0 . 0 = 1 0 = . . . * . 2.0 2100
13. Natsidis, Christoph GER 2182 0 0 0 = . . 1 0 = . . . * 2.0 2128
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The China - Russia Chess Summit sees two double round robin Scheveningen
format events taking place in Ergun, Mongolia 10th-20th August 2006. News is a
bit sketchy with results at the chesspro and 64 sites below and the games
appearing in ChessToday magazine. FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov visited the
event. http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=1082
News: http://www.chesspro.ru/main/index.html
- http://www.64.ru -
http://www.chesstoday.net
Round 1 (August 10, 2006)
Najer, Evgeniy - Zhang Pengxiang 1/2 39 C18 French Winawer
Zvjaginsev, Vadim - Ni Hua 1-0 41 C00 French Defence
Zhang Zhong - Jakovenko, Dmitry 1-0 29 A18 English Opening
Bu Xiangzhi - Malakhov, Vladimir 1/2 41 B36 Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Wang Yue - Dreev, Alexey 1-0 40 D12 Slav Defence
Round 2 (August 11, 2006)
Jakovenko, Dmitry - Ni Hua 1-0 47 C11 French Defence
Zhang Zhong - Najer, Evgeniy 0-1 53 A34 English Symmetrical
Wang Yue - Zvjaginsev, Vadim 1/2 22 D61 Queens Gambit Main Line with 7.Qc2
Malakhov, Vladimir - Zhang Pengxiang 1/2 20 A11 Reti Opening
Dreev, Alexey - Bu Xiangzhi 1/2 89 D94 Gruenfeld Closed
Round 3 (August 12, 2006)
Jakovenko, Dmitry - Wang Yue 1-0 53 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Bu Xiangzhi - Zvjaginsev, Vadim 1/2 14 A21 English Opening
Malakhov, Vladimir - Zhang Zhong 1/2 55 C04 French Tarrasch
Zhang Pengxiang - Dreev, Alexey 0-1 54 B56 Sicilian Defence
Ni Hua - Najer, Evgeniy 0-1 47 C45 Scotch Game
CHN-RUS Chess Summit 2006
-------------- Bu Xiangzhi 2664 1.5/3
| ----------- Zhang Zhong 2639 1.5/3
| | -------- Wang Yue 2626 1.5/3
| | | ----- Zhang Pengxiang 2622 1.0/3
| | | | -- Ni Hua 2607 0.0/3
| | | | |
1 Najer,E 2677 1 ½ 1 2.5/3
2 Zvjaginsev,V 2675 ½ ½ 1 2.0/3
3 Jakovenko,D 2667 0 1 1 2.0/3
4 Dreev,A 2666 ½ 0 1 1.5/3
5 Malakhov,V 2690 ½ ½ ½ 1.5/3
Russia 9.5 China 5.5
Round 1 (August 10, 2006)
Kosintseva, Nadezhda - Shen Yang 1-0 65 C91 Ruy Lopez
Hou Yifan - Kosintseva, Tatiana 1-0 40 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Tairova, Elena - Zhao Xue 1/2 92 B38 Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Wang Yu A - Matveeva, Svetlana 1/2 58 C07 French Tarrasch
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina - Huang Qian 0-1 41 A16 English Opening
Round 2 (August 11, 2006)
Zhao Xue - Matveeva, Svetlana 1-0 48 D27 QGA
Huang Qian - Kosintseva, Nadezhda 1/2 32 D38 QGD Ragozin
Shen Yang - Kosintseva, Tatiana 1/2 24 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Tairova, Elena - Hou Yifan 1/2 55 B52 Sicilian Rossolimo
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina - Wang Yu A 1/2 56 C47 Four Knights
Round 3 (August 12, 2006)
Kosintseva, Nadezhda - Wang Yu A 1-0 31 C68 Ruy Lopez Exchange
Zhao Xue - Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina 1-0 23 E15 Queens Indian
Shen Yang - Tairova, Elena 1-0 44 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Kosintseva, Tatiana - Huang Qian 1/2 65 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Matveeva, Svetlana - Hou Yifan 1/2 49 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
CHN-RUS Chess Summit w 2006
-------------- Kosintseva,N 2472 2.5/3
| ----------- Kosintseva,T 2479 1.0/3
| | -------- Tairova,E 2397 1.0/3
| | | ----- Matveeva,S 2454 1.0/3
| | | | -- Kovalevskaya,E 2463 0.5/3
| | | | |
1 Zhao Xue 2456 ½ 1 1 2.5/3
2 Hou Yifan 2488 1 ½ ½ 2.0/3
3 Huang Qian 2380 ½ ½ 1 2.0/3
4 Shen Yang 2459 0 ½ 1 1.5/3
5 Wang Yu A 2390 0 ½ ½ 1.0/3
China 9 Russia 6
The Swiss Chess Tour Davos Festival 2006 with Viktor Korchnoi playing
the first time in individual senior championship which was won by Borislav
Ivkov. The 5th Davos Open was won by Petar Benkovic. Report next week.
Official sites: http://www.beochess.ch or
http://yubc.net/~yuchess
Final Round 9 Standings:
Rang Teilnehmer Tit TWZ Lan Punk MiBuc Buchh
1. Ivkov,Borislav GM 2428 SCG 8.0 41.0 52.5
2. Tseitlin,Mark D GM 2455 ISR 7.0 43.5 55.0
3. Jansa,Vlastimil GM 2482 CZE 7.0 41.5 54.0
4. Khanukov,Boris FM 2357 GER 7.0 39.0 50.0
5. Korchnoi,Viktor GM 2603 SUI 6.5 44.5 55.5
6. Cebalo,Miso GM 2505 CRO 6.5 42.0 54.5
7. Chernikov,Oleg L GM 2422 RUS 6.5 40.0 50.5
8. Uhlmann,Wolfgang GM 2413 GER 6.5 39.5 51.0
9. Hecht,Hans-Joachim GM 2397 GER 6.5 37.5 48.5
10. Gruzmann,Boris FM 2309 RUS 6.5 36.5 47.0
11. Malisov,Boris 2324 ISR 6.0 40.0 52.5
12. Bakhmatov,Eduard FM 2341 GER 6.0 38.5 49.5
13. Klundt,Klaus IM 2380 GER 6.0 38.5 48.5
14. Mazja,Aleksandr G. IM 2320 RUS 6.0 38.0 49.0
15. Arkhangelsky,Boris IM 2395 RUS 6.0 36.5 46.5
16. Vucenovic,Dragomir FM 2294 SUI 6.0 34.0 43.0
17. Semasev,Kim FM 2257 LAT 6.0 31.5 40.5
18. Feller,Joseph 2135 LUX 5.5 41.0 50.0
19. Klovans,Janis GM 2433 LAT 5.5 39.5 51.0
20. Schmid,Wolfgang FM 2222 GER 5.5 38.5 49.0
21. Karl,Hans FM 2246 SUI 5.5 37.0 47.5
22. Stepak,Yedael FM 2280 ISR 5.5 36.5 47.0
23. Loktiev,Ivan IM 2383 RUS 5.5 36.5 46.0
24. Blaushtain,Boris 2136 ISR 5.5 36.5 46.0
25. Seuss,Oswald 2154 AUT 5.5 36.5 45.5
26. Dotan,Valeria WFM 2027 ISR 5.5 36.0 47.0
27. Shestoperov,Aleksej IM 2411 RUS 5.5 36.0 46.0
28. Kaminik,Aleksandar 2226 UKR 5.5 36.0 45.0
29. Lotsov Har-Zahav,Avr 2035 ISR 5.5 35.5 45.5
30. Strauss,Anton 2191 AUT 5.5 34.0 43.5
31. Medvedev,Mikhail 2000 RUS 5.5 34.0 43.0
32. Shestoperova,Aleksan WFM 2163 RUS 5.5 34.0 42.5
33. Kraidman,Yair GM 2291 ISR 5.5 33.0 43.0
33. Elfert,Aleksandr V. IM 2166 RUS 5.5 33.0 43.0
35. Ljubarskij,Jurij 2341 GER 5.5 33.0 41.0
36. Fomina,Tatyana WIM 2220 EST 5.5 32.0 42.0
121 players
Final Round 7 Standings:
1. Benkovic,Petar IM 2431 SCG 5.5 27.5 156.0
2. Tiller Bjorn IM 2353 NOR 5.5 27.0 149.0
3. Martin Luis,Cesar 2246 ESP 5.0 27.0 151.0
4. Curien Nicolas 2296 SUI 5.0 27.0 150.0
5. Bebchuk,Leonid 2119 ISR 5.0 25.0 153.5
6. Lematschko,Tatjan WGM 2213 SUI 4.5 26.0 147.5
7. De Andres Gonalon 2123 ESP 4.5 24.5 154.0
8. Bigg,Andrew J. 2265 ENG 4.0 27.0 149.0
9. Bottazzi,Filippo 1697 ITA 4.0 25.0 141.5
10. Tillmann,Marc 1947 SUI 4.0 24.5 139.5
11. Brunner,Werner 2168 SUI 4.0 24.0 146.5
12. Remensberger,Paul 2051 SUI 4.0 22.5 145.0
13. Ivanets,Vladimir FM 2267 RUS 4.0 21.5 143.0
14. Palma,Antonio 1967 ITA 4.0 20.5 128.0
34 players
The XXII Aberto Xadrez Albariño takes place 3rd-11th August 2006.
Top seed Marius Manolache edged out Valentin Iotov and Vladimir Dimitrov on
tie-break, all scored 7/9.
Official site:
http://www.tabladeflandes.com/circuitogalego06/cambados/albarinho_2006.php
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Open Albarino ESP (ESP), 3-11 vii 2006
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1. Manolache, Marius m ROM 2501 7,0 37,5
2. Iotov, Valentin m BUL 2493 7,0 37,0
3. Dimitrov, Vladimir g BUL 2454 7,0 36,0
4. Starostits, Ilmars m LAT 2445 6,5 36,5
5. Nanu, Ciprian-Costica m ROM 2457 6,5 35,0
6. Garcia Castro, Pablo f ESP 2336 6,0 32,0
7. Nemeth, Francisc m ROM 2458 6,0 32,0
8. Bernal Moro, Luis Javier m ESP 2428 6,0 31,5
9. Rusev, Krasimir BUL 2455 6,0 31,0
10. Casares Cabanas, Carlos ESP 2207 6,0 30,5
11. Sanchez Aller, Fernando ESP 2299 6,0 29,5
12. Padeiro, Jose POR 2275 6,0 29,0
13. Torrado Quintela, Julio ESP 2201 6,0 26,5
14. Cruz Alvarez de Ron, Dan ESP 2219 5,5 30,5
15. Perez Fungueiro, Manuel A f ESP 2194 5,5 30,0
16. Rodriguez Lopez, Rafael m ESP 2281 5,5 30,0
17. Rodriguez Fontecha, Marcos ESP 2193 5,5 29,5
18. Espineira Gonzalez, Diego f ESP 2337 5,5 29,0
19. Herraiz Sierra, Ignacio ESP 2061 5,5 27,5
20. Rodriguez Calvo, Manoel ESP 2123 5,5 26,5
21. Patino Romaris, Juan Roberto ESP 2202 5,5 26,5
70 players
The XI Abierto Internacional San Agustín took place 5th-13th
August 2006. Marcos Llaneza Vega won the event on tie-break from Lluis Oms
Fuentes, both scored 7.5/9.
Official site:
http://www.tabladeflandes.com/asturias/san_agustin_2006/san_agustin_2006.php?r=clasifica
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1. Llaneza Vega, Marcos f ESP 2371 7.5 41.5 52.5 39.0
2. Oms Fuentes, Lluis ESP 2310 7.5 40.5 51.0 36.5
3. Huerga Leache, Mikel ESP 2310 7.0 41.5 53.0 37.5
4. Barrientos, Sergio m COL 2435 6.5 45.0 56.5 40.0
5. Tulay, Berkay TUR 2152 6.5 42.0 52.0 36.5
6. Rutkowski, Maciej f POL 2295 6.5 41.5 53.0 37.0
7. Karakehajov, Kalin m BUL 2451 6.5 39.5 50.5 34.0
8. Mladenov, Plamen BUL 2229 6.5 37.5 48.5 33.5
9. Andreeva, Plamena BUL 2088 6.5 36.0 46.0 31.0
10. Alonso Fernandez, Marcos ESP 2296 6.0 40.5 52.0 34.5
11. Grecescu, Gabriel-Andrei ROM 2395 6.0 40.5 51.0 34.0
12. Topel, Zehra wf TUR 2252 6.0 38.0 49.0 32.5
13. Malygin, Alexander RUS 2114 6.0 36.5 47.5 33.0
14. Genzling, Alain FRA 2215 6.0 36.0 47.5 30.5
15. Ocnarescu, Victor ROM 2177 6.0 35.5 45.0 30.0
16. Moreno Gracia, Daniel ESP 2101 6.0 35.0 44.5 27.5
17. Brethes, Francois FRA 2158 6.0 34.0 43.5 27.5
18. Montes Gutierrez, Ignacio ESP 2143 6.0 33.5 43.5 29.5
19. Zamarbide Inarrea, Daniel ESP 2002 6.0 33.0 43.0 28.0
20. Rzayev, Bahruz AZE 2051 6.0 32.5 42.5 28.0
101 players
The XXXII International Chess Open "Ciutat de Badalona" took place
2nd-10th August, 2006. Jaime Alexander Cuartas edged out Josep Manuel Lopez
Martinez on tie-break after both finished on 7.5/9.
Official site: http://www.cesantjosep.com/open/
and http://www.cesantjosep.com/open/open2006/clasfi.htm
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1. Cuartas, Jaime Alexander m COL 2466 7½ 47½ 51½ 40½
2. Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel m ESP 2480 7½ 46½ 50½ 37
3. Moskalenko, Viktor g UKR 2543 7 43 45½ 33½
4. Almeida, Omar m CUB 2475 6½ 51 55½ 37
5. Sundararajan, Kidambi m IND 2472 6½ 50 54½ 35½
6. Peralta, Fernando g ARG 2546 6½ 48 52½ 35½
7. Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2555 6½ 46 50 33
8. Bellini, Fabio m ITA 2499 6½ 45 49½ 34
9. Ramesh, R.B g IND 2490 6½ 44½ 48 35
10. Vera, Reynaldo g CUB 2510 6½ 43 47½ 32½
11. Vehi Bach, Victor M m ESP 2345 6½ 41½ 43½ 32½
12. Berrocal, Jorge f BOL 2317 6½ 37½ 40 29½
13. Fluvia, Jordi m ESP 2482 6 49½ 54 34
14. Caruana, Fabiano m ITA 2444 6 47½ 51 36
15. Narciso Dublan, Marc g ESP 2467 6 46 50½ 34½
16. Neelotpal, Das g IND 2490 6 46 49½ 32½
17. Bhat, Vinay S m USA 2409 6 45 47½ 32½
18. Alsina Leal, Daniel f ESP 2428 6 44 47 31
19. Perpinya Rofes, Lluis Maria f ESP 2333 6 43 46 31½
20. Prasanna, Rao IND 2104 6 42½ 45½ 28
21. Buchenau, Frank f GER 2309 6 41 44 31
22. Escandell, Juan C f ARG 2319 6 40½ 44½ 30
23. Hernandez Funes, Ruben ESP 2050 6 40½ 44 25
24. Aloma Vidal, Robert f ESP 2337 6 39 42½ 28½
25. Satyapragyan, Swayangsu m IND 2431 6 37 40 29½
135 players
The Dortmunder Sparkassen Chess Meeting took place 29th July - 6th
August 2006. Alongside the major events reported last week as the Sparkassen
Open won by Olaf Heinzel on 7.5/9. No games available.
Official site: http://www.chessgate.de/ possibly more
accurately: http://dortmund.chessgate.de/
Leading Final Round 9 Standings
1. Heinzel,Olaf 2384 7.5 46.5
2. Orlov,Andrey 2439 7.0 49.0
3. Lammers,Markus 2290 7.0 48.5
4. Eismont,Igor 2334 6.5 45.5
5. Jugelt,Tobias 2409 6.5 45.0
6. Piepho,Niels 2208 6.5 39.5
7. Klyuner,Vyacheslav 2406 6.0 50.0
8. Souleidis,Georgios 2412 6.0 47.0
9. Rezasade,Amir 2144 6.0 45.5
10. Eismont,Oleg 2390 6.0 44.5
11. Scheider,Julian 2180 6.0 43.5
12. Pilat,Daniel 2109 6.0 43.5
13. Krallmann,Matthias 2284 6.0 42.5
14. Ebert,Manuel 2021 6.0 38.0
15. Izrajlev,Alexander 2287 5.5 42.0
16. Langers,Alexander 1925 5.5 41.5
17. Tkachuk,Konstantyn 2030 5.5 39.0
18. Wolter,Jens 2107 5.5 38.0
19. Haselhorst,Helmut 2173 5.5 37.5
20. Krug,Kevin 2157 5.5 37.5
21. Maniocha,Marek 2067 5.5 37.0
22. Naiditsch,Jevgenija 2139 5.5 35.5
23. Witte,Matthias 2046 5.0 46.0
24. Dargel,Manuel 2151 5.0 44.0
25. Zelbel,Patrick 2019 5.0 43.5
26. Porth,Hartmut 2142 5.0 42.0
27. Kartsev,Soel 2208 5.0 41.0
28. Bartel,Mario 2179 5.0 38.5
29. Hokamp,Sascha 2118 5.0 38.5
30. Kötting,Hans-Erich 1825 5.0 37.5
31. Höffer,David 2203 5.0 36.5
32. Woller,Rainer 2182 5.0 35.5
33. Kleinwächter,Matthias 1972 5.0 34.5
34. Markgraf,Jonas 2046 5.0 34.0
35. Fox,Daniel 2016 5.0 33.0
36. Butschek,Tanja 2037 5.0 32.5
83 players
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. Games don't seem to be
available.
News: http://tamilchess.com/ -
http://sport.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1855249.cms
Leading Final Round 10 standings:
1 Singh, D.P., IND 2414 9.5 52.0
2 Ram, S. Krishnan, IND 2252 8 49.0
3 Nitin, S., IND 2171 8 45.0
4 Shyam, Nikil P., IND 2288 8 44.5
5 Arun, Karthik R., IND 2189 7.5 43.5
6 Shantharam, K.V., IND 2253 7.5 43.0
7 Sridhar, J., IND 2163 7.5 41.0
8 Vinoth Kumar, IND 2248 7 43.0
Hariharan, Venkatachalam, IND 2205 7 43.0
10 Anilkumar, O.T., IND 2316 7 42.0
Haribalu, V., IND 2156 7 42.0
12 Laxman, R.R., IND 2390 7 41.5
Ashwath, R., IND 2228 7 41.5
14 Murugan, Krishnamoorthy, IND 2370 7 41.0
Ravi, Thandalam Shanmugam, IND 2346 7 41.0
16 Jayakumar, P., IND 2107 7 39.5
Sa, Kannan, IND 2063 7 39.5
18 Gopalakrishna, K., IND 2096 7 39.0
Surendran, N., IND 2088 7 39.0
20 Lakshmi Narayanan.M.V., IND 2114 7 38.0
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.
Official site: http://www.rag.de/microsite_chess_com/
NK Hoteles Chess Tournament
The NH Chess Tournament takes place August 19th-29th at the NH Grand
Hotel Krasnapolsky. It's organized by the hotel chain NH Hotels in close
cooperation with the Association Max Euwe from Monaco. It's a Scheveningen team
tournament between a team of 'Experience' and a team of 'Rising Stars'. The
'old hands' are Andersson, Beliavsky, Jussupov, Ljubojevic and Nunn, while the
'Youngsters' are Carlsen, Karjakin, Stellwagen, Smeets and Wang Hao. Obviously
the first question is which team will win, but there are several 'individual'
prizes as well, the most interesting being the one for the youngster with the
best score (provided it's a positive score): he'll be invited to next year's
Amber Rapid and Blindfold Tournament in Monaco.
Another novelty is that apart from the usual live transmission of the
games there will be streaming video coverage from the tournament hall so that
the Internet audience can follow the entire action.
Additional information can be found at the tournament's website:
http://www.nhchess.quinsy.net
European Union Individual Chess Championships
The European Union Individual Chess Championships take place at the
Liverpool World Museum 6th-15th September 2006.
Official site: http://www.liverpoolchessinternational.co.uk/
Geller Memorial Open
The 2nd Geller Memorial Open takes place in Odessa, Ukraine from 18th
(day of arrival) - 27th September 2006. Prize fund of the A-Open is 3.475 USD.
Details in Russian: http://www.chess.odessa.ua (more
specifically: http://www.chess.odessa.ua/chess/polojenie.htm
). Email: chess@sadt.od.ua
Sydney International Open 2007
The 2007 Sydney International Open will be held as a 9-round FIDE-rated
Swiss event from 10-14 April 2007. The venue is Parramatta Town Hall, an
historic centre and business hub just 30 minutes by train from Central Sydney
and International Airport. Some conditions are offered to titled players. It is
also possible to play in Australia's largest weekender, the Doeberl Cup, a
7-round FIDE-rated event held in Canberra 6-9 April 2007. An information sheet,
registration form and other details are available at
http://www.chessaustralia.com.au/open.
The organisers are Australian Chess Enterprises. Contact is Brian Jones at
info@chessaustralia.com.au
Republica Argentina Chess Festival
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 even after a week.
Details: http://www.ajedrezmartelli.org.ar
or http://www.ajedrezmartelli.org.ar/Magistral/IX/mag06.html
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/
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
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/
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
Christophe Bouton Chess Blog
Christophe Bouton has started a chess blog in French at:
http://echecs64.blog.20minutes.fr/
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 $1 Million US for a
win in the match doubling his starting fee.
Asked how he estimates his chances, Kramnik reacted cautiously: "Fritz
examines millions of moves per second. It is extraordinarily difficult to play
against such a calculating monster. Right from the start you are walking on a
very narrow ridge, and you know that any inattentiveness will be your downfall.
It is a scientific experiment and I will have to fight very hard for my
chance." The WCC is being organized by Universal Event Promotion (UEP), in
cooperation with the Art and Exhibition Hall.
Schedule: Game 1: Saturday 25.11.2006 16h Game 2: Monday 27.11.2006 16h
Game 3: Wednesday 29.11.2006 16h Game 4: Friday 01.12.2006 16h Game 5: Sunday
03.12.2006 16h Game 6: Tuesday 05.12.2006 16h During the entire period of the
match the Art and Exhibition Hall will offer a varied program.
Information: http://www.bundeskunsthalle.de
Spanish Championship
The Spanish closed and open Championships will be held in León
November 22nd-30th 2006. The Hotel Conde Luna from León will be the
venue and the official hotel of the organization.
Alushta Tournaments
01.02.06 Tournaments in Alushta:
GM Norm: 29.04-9.05, 11.05-21.05, 23.05-1.06, 2.06-12.06, 16.06-26.06,
2.09-12.09, 14.09-24.09, 26.09–6.10,
IM Norm: 29.04-9.05, 11.05-21.05, 23.05-1.06, 2.06-12.06, 16.06-26.06,
2.09-12.09, 14.09-24.09, 26.09–6.10,
Rating tournament: 5.06-13.06, 23.06–27.06
Open tournament (under 16 years) First prize - 200$ 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
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
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
