THE WEEK IN CHESS 617 4th September 2006 by Mark Crowther
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Leko - Karpov Match 8 games
Spitsbergen Festival 4 games
NK Hoteles Chess Tournament 5 games
French Championships 134 games
Chess Cruise Tournament 26 games
Russian Championship 1st League 28 games
First Saturday September 11 games
Atlantic Open 21 games
5th Istanbul Festival 60 games
Rudenko Memorial 207 games
VIII Sants Open 185 games
US Chess League 20 games
Hereford International 45 games
3rd International Kalamaria Open 120 games
Brasschaat Open 143 games
New Providence International 45 games
Canadian Closed 3 games
Republica Argentina Festival 55 games
Banyoles International Festival 91 games
1211 games
My thanks to Allan Herbert, Miklos Orso, Mikhail Golubev, Ching Kim Lye,
Toni Ayza, Gary Suffield, Nigel Freeman, Tarjei J. Svensen, Giannis Antoniadis,
Greg Shahade, Albert Muratet, Dr. Bognár Csaba, Lou Caruana, Svein Jonny
Albrigtsen, Petr Pisk, Wantiez Fabrice, Alain Talon and everyone else who
helped with the issue.
Another interesting week of chess. Peter Leko beat Anatoly Karpov in a
close rapid match 4.5-3.5, the match was decided by a big error from Karpov in
game three and Karpov did make a fine save on the final day but it can't be
said that the match caught fire. Peter Svidler beat Magnus Carlsen with a very
creative sacrifice to win their two games match also this week. Carlsen has
been busy and he was finishing off the NH Hotels Scheveningen tournament in
Amsterdam topping the standings of the Rising Stars and qualifying for the
lucrative Amber Blindfold and Rapid tournament next year. Vassily Ivanchuk also
dominated a rapid event this week winning one held on a cruise ship travelling
between Odessa-Istandbul and back to Odessa. Finally the very strong 59th
Russian Championship 1st League has just started in Tomsk, it will qualify
players for the important super final at the end of the year. It is just one of
a number of events in a worrying trend using game viewers and not publishing
the games in PGN or indeed any usable electronic format, I'm not sure of the
motivation in this case, sometimes it must be ignorance but I think in many
cases its a definite attempt to stop the games being distributed.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
Peter Leko and Anatoly Karpov played an 8 game rapid match in Miskolc
30th August - 3rd September 2006. Two games per day at 16:00 and 17:30 local
time. Time control was 25 mins + 5 seconds a move. Peter Leko won the match
4.5-3.5 courtesy of a terrible blunder at the end of game 3 from Karpov in an
otherwise pretty sterile match.
Official site: http://www.lekokarpov.hu/
Leko, Peter - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 28 B19 Caro Kann
Karpov, Anatoly - Leko, Peter 1/2 30 E35 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Leko, Peter - Karpov, Anatoly 1-0 51 E15 Queens Indian
Karpov, Anatoly - Leko, Peter 1/2 37 E37 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Leko, Peter - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 46 D27 QGA
Karpov, Anatoly - Leko, Peter 1/2 34 D47 Queens Gambit Meran
Leko, Peter - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 64 D27 QGA
Karpov, Anatoly - Leko, Peter 1/2 56 E15 Queens Indian
Rapid Match Miskolc HUN (HUN), 30 viii-3 ix 2006
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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Leko, Peter g HUN 2738 = = 1 = = = = = 4.5 2711
Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2668 = = 0 = = = = = 3.5 2695
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The Spitsbergen Chess Festival takes place 1st-4th September 2006. Peter
Svidler defeated Magnus Carlsen 1.5-0.5 in their match on September 2nd in
Longyearbyen, the largest settlement on Spitsbergen. Nick De Firmian drew with
Simen Agdestein on Sunday 3rd September 2006 in Barentsburg the second largest
settlement on the island.
Official site: http://www.topchess.org/ and
http://www.longyear.no/
Carlsen, Magnus - Svidler, Peter 1/2 43 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Svidler, Peter - Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 31 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Rapid Match Longyearbyen NOR (NOR), 2-2 ix 2006
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Svidler, Peter g RUS 2742 = 1 1.5 2868
Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2675 = 0 0.5 2549
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Agdestein, Simen - De Firmian, Nick E 1-0 47 A60 Modern Benoni
De Firmian, Nick E - Agdestein, Simen 1-0 49 C18 French Winawer
Rapid Match Barentsburg NOR (NOR), 3-3 ix 2006
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Agdestein, Simen g NOR 2575 1 0 1.0 2559
De Firmian, Nick E g USA 2559 0 1 1.0 2575
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The NH Chess Tournament took place August 19th-29th at the NH Grand
Hotel Krasnapolsky. It was organized by the hotel chain NH Hotels in close
cooperation with the Association Max Euwe from Monaco. The Scheveningen team
tournament was a battle between a team of 'Experience' and a team of 'Rising
Stars'. The 'old hands' were Andersson, Beliavsky, Jussupov, Ljubojevic and
Nunn, while the 'Youngsters' were Carlsen, Karjakin, Stellwagen, Smeets and
Wang Hao. As it turned out all the Rising Stars performed above their rating
apart from Karjakin who lost a few points and they won the battle 28-22.
Alexander Beliavsky is still an active competetor on the world scene and he
scored excellently. Most of the rest don't compete that much these days and
John Nunn (See
interview at: http://www.doggers-schaak.nl/) in fact went as far as to
announce his retirement a few years ago and in the end the 6 point gap was to
be expected (and indeed spot on predicted by Mystic Mig). Magnus Carlsen will
be invited to next year's Amber Rapid and Blindfold Tournament in Monaco after
finishing as the Rising Star's top scorer.
Official site: http://www.nhchess.quinsy.net
NH Hotels Amsterdam NED 2006
------------------- Carlsen,M 2675 6.5/10
| --------------- Karjakin,Sergey 2679 6.0/10
| | ----------- Wang Hao 2610 5.5/10
| | | ------- Smeets,J 2532 5.0/10
| | | | --- Stellwagen,D 2575 5.0/10
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1 Beliavsky,A 2625 ½1 ½½ 1½ 11 0½ 6.5/10
2 Ljubojevic,L 2551 ½½ ½½ 0½ 01 ½½ 4.5/10
3 Andersson,U 2542 0½ ½½ ½½ ½0 ½½ 4.0/10
4 Jussupow,Ar 2617 ½0 00 ½½ ½0 1½ 3.5/10
5 Nunn,J 2617 00 ½½ ½0 10 ½½ 3.5/10
Round 10 (August 29, 2006)
Beliavsky, Alexander G - Karjakin, Sergey 1/2 10 D20 QGA
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Wang Hao 1/2 16 D18 Slav Defence
Andersson, Ulf - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 29 A39 English Symmetrical
Jussupow, Artur - Smeets, Jan 0-1 46 D47 Queens Gambit Meran
Nunn, John D.M - Stellwagen, Daniel 1/2 18 B43 Sicilian Paulsen
NH Hotels Amsterdam NED, 19-29 viii 2006 cat. XV (2602)
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1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2675 6.5 2700
2 Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2679 6.0 2662
3 Wang Hao g CHN 2610 5.5 2626
4 Stellwagen, Daniel g NED 2575 5.0 2590
5 Smeets, Jan g NED 2532 5.0 2590
Rising Stars 28.0
1 Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2625 6.5 2724
2 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g SCG 2551 4.5 2578
3 Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2542 4.0 2542
4 Jussupow, Artur g GER 2617 3.5 2504
5 Nunn, John D.M g ENG 2617 3.5 2504
Experience 22.0
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The 81st French Championships took place in Besançon 14th-26th
August 2006.Vladislav Tkachiev defeated Laurent Fressinet in a rapid play off
for the title.
Coverage: http://www.echecs.asso.fr and
http://www.echecs2006-besancon.com/
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81st ch-FRA Besancon FRA (BRA), 14-25 viii 2006 cat. XIII (2573)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 2645 * = = 1 = = = 1 = = 1 1 7.5 2699
2. Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2626 = * = = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 7.5 2700
3. Fontaine, Robert g FRA 2518 = = * = 1 = 1 0 = 1 = 1 7.0 2679
4. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2577 0 = = * = = = 1 = = 1 = 6.0 2608
5. Lautier, Joel g FRA 2675 = = 0 = * = 0 = = 1 1 1 6.0 2599
6. Dorfman, Josif D g FRA 2586 = = = = = * = = = = = = 5.5 2571
7. Bauer, Christian g FRA 2599 = 0 0 = 1 = * = = = = 1 5.5 2570
8. Sokolov, Andrei1 g FRA 2589 0 = 1 0 = = = * 1 = = 0 5.0 2535
9. Nataf, Igor-Alexandre g FRA 2592 = = = = = = = 0 * 0 1 0 4.5 2505
10. Vaisser, Anatoly g FRA 2568 = 0 0 = 0 = = = 1 * 0 1 4.5 2508
11. Colin, Vincent m FRA 2415 0 0 = 0 0 = = = 0 1 * 1 4.0 2485
12. Libiszewski, Fabien m FRA 2482 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 1 1 0 0 * 3.0 2405
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Fressinet, Laurent - Tkachiev, Vladislav 1/2 52 C90 Ruy Lopez
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Fressinet, Laurent 1-0 71 D19 Slav Defence
81st ch-FRA rapid playoffBesancon FRA (BRA), 26-26 viii 2006
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Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 2645 = 1 1.5 2819
Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2626 = 0 0.5 2452
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81st ch-FRA w Besancon FRA (BRA), 14-25 viii 2006
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Skripchenko, Almira m FRA 2421 * = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10.0 2552
2. Guichard, Pauline FRA 2227 = * = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 9.0 2448
3. Leconte, Maria wg FRA 2304 = = * 1 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 = 8.5 2390
4. Muller, Anne wm FRA 2181 0 0 0 * = 0 = = 1 1 1 1 5.5 2191
5. Flear, Christine wm FRA 2198 0 = 0 = * 1 = = = = = = 5.0 2153
6. Roumegous, Marina wm FRA 2203 0 0 0 1 0 * 1 1 0 = = 1 5.0 2153
7. Benmesbah, Natacha wf FRA 2125 0 = = = = 0 * 1 0 0 = 1 4.5 2131
8. Esposito, Marie-Christine wf FRA 2130 0 0 0 = = 0 0 * = 1 1 1 4.5 2130
9. Wohlers-Armas, Friederike wm FRA 2122 0 0 0 0 = 1 1 = * 1 0 0 4.0 2094
10. Congiu, Mathilde wf FRA 2115 0 0 = 0 = = 1 0 0 * = = 3.5 2064
11. Choisy, Mathilde wf FRA 2145 0 0 0 0 = = = 0 1 = * = 3.5 2061
12. Verot, Melanie FRA 2111 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 1 = = * 3.0 2022
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A rapid tournament with a time control 15 minutes per game took part on
the ship Yuzhnaya Palmyra during the cruise Odessa-Istanbul-Odessa (28th August
- 2nd September 2006). As it happened, the tournament was dominated by the
Ukrainian grandmasters. Being an indisputable rating favourite, Vassily
Ivanchuk of Lviv ensured the victory only in the very last round, beating his
main rival Viacheslav Eingorn. In the case of an Eingorn win in that game, the
Odessite would have taken the first place due to the better tiebreak. Third
place was occupied by the youngest grandmaster of Odessa, Yuri Drozdovskij. A
special prize for the best result among women was taken by the leader of the
Ukrainian women's team Natalia Zhukova, who also lives in Odessa.
IM Anatoly Bykovsky of Russia acted as a chief arbiter and GM Genna
Sosonko of the Netherlands headed the Appealing Committee. "The First
International Odessa Chess Cruise" was a part of celebration of the annual
town's day in Odessa (September 2nd) and was supported partly by the town and
partly by the corporate sponsors: Bank Pivdenny, Optima Telecom, Suncoin Invest
and Farlep.
Some games were reconstructed by participants after the event end. Among
these scores, a few (especially, Lerner vs Ivanchuk game) are incomplete.
Detailed information in Russian language about the event can be found at the
new Odessa chess website, Shahmatnyi Kruiz:
http://www.chessportal.od.ua. It is
hoped that in the future similar competitions will be organised again. (Report
by M.Golubev.)
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Chess Cruise g/15 Odessa/Istanbul UKR/TUR (UKR/TUR), 30-31 viii 2006cat. XI (2516)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2734 * 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 10.0 2878
2. Eingorn, Vereslav S g UKR 2590 0 * = 1 = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 8.0 2683
3. Drozdovskij, Yuri g UKR 2552 0 = * = 1 1 1 0 = = 1 1 7.0 2614
4. Golubev, Mikhail g UKR 2467 0 0 = * = = = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2585
5. Vaganian, Rafael A g ARM 2598 = = 0 = * 0 0 1 = = 1 1 5.5 2508
6. Palatnik, Semon g USA 2478 0 0 0 = 1 * = = = 1 1 = 5.5 2519
7. Zhukova, Natalia wg UKR 2456 0 = 0 = 1 = * 1 0 1 0 = 5.0 2485
8. Savchenko, Stanislav g UKR 2508 0 0 1 = 0 = 0 * = 1 1 = 5.0 2480
9. Lerner, Konstantin Z g UKR 2523 0 0 = 0 = = 1 = * 0 1 = 4.5 2449
10. Tukmakov, Vladimir B g UKR 2560 = = = 0 = 0 0 0 1 * 0 1 4.0 2409
11. Gaprindashvili, Nona1 g GEO 2375 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 * 1 3.0 2353
12. Klinova, Masha m ISR 2346 0 0 0 0 0 = = = = 0 0 * 2.0 2269
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The 59th Russian Championship 1st League takes place in Tomsk 3rd-11th
September 2006. 7 players qualify for the Russian Championships super-final at
the end of the year. Swiss system, 9 rounds with time control 1 hour 40 minutes
on the firsts 40 moves, then 50 minutes on the next 20 moves and 10 minutes
till the end of the game with an incrimation of 30 seconds per move from the
first one. The prize fund is $100 000. The participants, who take the first 7
places, qualify for the superfinal of the Championship of Russia 2006. One
round 2 results is missing. There is plenty of coverage but none in PGN. I may
have to type in the round one games as they are hidden in yet another
proprietary format of which there are far too many on the internet these
days.
Coverage at: http://www.russiachess.ru,
http://www.chesspro.ru/main/index.html
and http://www.ruschess.com/
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59th ch-RUS 1st League Tomsk RUS (RUS), 3-11 ix 2006
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1. Grigoriants, Sergey g RUS 2579 +41 +37 . . . . . . . 2.0
2. Khismatullin, Denis g RUS 2568 +55 +28 . . . . . . . 2.0
3. Chernyshov, Konstantin g RUS 2537 +38 =14 . . . . . . . 1.5 2813
4. Nepomniachtchi, Ian m RUS 2520 +40 =10 . . . . . . . 1.5 2558
5. Shaposhnikov, Evgeny g RUS 2547 +50 = 6 . . . . . . . 1.5 2685
6. Smirnov, Pavel g RUS 2613 +51 = 5 . . . . . . . 1.5 2723
7. Kabanov, Nikolai m RUS 2514 =24 +49 . . . . . . . 1.5 2810
8. Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2622 =23 +48 . . . . . . . 1.5 2709
9. Landa, Konstantin g RUS 2584 =22 +46 . . . . . . . 1.5 2654
10. Bocharov, Dmitry g RUS 2571 +57 = 4 . . . . . . . 1.5 2674
11. Inarkiev, Ernesto g RUS 2625 =42 +45 . . . . . . . 1.5 2719
12. Kornev, Alexei g RUS 2568 =46 +47 . . . . . . . 1.5 2659
13. Lysyj, Igor m RUS 2547 +52 =16 . . . . . . . 1.5 2656
14. Popov, Valerij g RUS 2578 +56 = 3 . . . . . . . 1.5 2693
15. Timofeev, Artyom g RUS 2657 =45 +42 . . . . . . . 1.5 2719
16. Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2594 +53 =13 . . . . . . . 1.5 2713
17. Vitiugov, Nikita m RUS 2555 =44 +43 . . . . . . . 1.5 2622
18. Yevseev, Denis g RUS 2572 =43 +44 . . . . . . . 1.5 2622
19. Chuprov, Dmitry m RUS 2527 =21 +58 . . . . . . . 1.5 2717
20. Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V m RUS 2548 +58 =21 . . . . . . . 1.5 2717
21. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2644 =19 =20 . . . . . . . 1.0 2537
22. Alavkin, Arseny m RUS 2492 = 9 =34 . . . . . . . 1.0 2591
23. Ionov, Sergey g RUS 2517 = 8 =35 . . . . . . . 1.0 2617
24. Lastin, Alexander g RUS 2613 = 7 =36 . . . . . . . 1.0 2515
25. Amonatov, Farrukh g TJK 2542 =31 =26 . . . . . . . 1.0 2671
26. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2666 =27 =25 . . . . . . . 1.0 2540
27. Khairullin, Ildar m RUS 2538 =26 =31 . . . . . . . 1.0 2671
28. Kobalia, Mikhail g RUS 2647 +39 - 2 . . . . . . . 1.0 2548
29. Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2690 =30 =32 . . . . . . . 1.0 2541
30. Maletin, Pavel m RUS 2543 =29 =33 . . . . . . . 1.0 2682
31. Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2677 =25 =27 . . . . . . . 1.0 2540
32. Vorobiov, Evgeny E g RUS 2539 =33 =29 . . . . . . . 1.0 2682
33. Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2675 =32 =30 . . . . . . . 1.0 2541
34. Belov, Vladimir g RUS 2598 =47 =22 . . . . . . . 1.0 2497
35. Korotylev, Alexey g RUS 2613 =48 =23 . . . . . . . 1.0 2516
36. Yemelin, Vasily g RUS 2516 =49 =24 . . . . . . . 1.0 2617
37. Chebotarev, Oleg RUS 2505 +54 - 1 . . . . . . . 1.0 2589
38. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2662 - 3 +56 . . . . . . . 1.0 2500
39. Shomoev, Anton g RUS 2528 -28 +55 . . . . . . . 1.0 2539
40. Volkov, Sergei RUS 2159 - 4 +57 . . . . . . . 1.0 2481
41. Yudin, Sergei m RUS 2475 - 1 +54 . . . . . . . 1.0 2589
42. Belozerov, Andrei g RUS 2518 =11 -15 . . . . . . . 0.5 2448
43. Gochelashvili, David f RUS 2448 =18 -17 . . . . . . . 0.5 2370
44. Karpov, Vadim RUS 2411 =17 -18 . . . . . . . 0.5 2370
45. Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2534 =15 -11 . . . . . . . 0.5 2448
46. Sitnikov, Dmitrij m RUS 2430 =12 - 9 . . . . . . . 0.5 2383
47. Andreikin, Dmitry m RUS 2503 =34 -12 . . . . . . . 0.5 2390
48. Anisimov, Pavel m RUS 2515 =35 - 8 . . . . . . . 0.5 2424
49. Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2622 =36 - 7 . . . . . . . 0.5 2322
50. Arzhenkov, Gennady f RUS 2371 - 5 =51 . . . . . . . 0.5 2337
51. Kharitonov, Alexandr m RUS 2514 - 6 =50 . . . . . . . 0.5 2299
52. Karalkin, Maksim RUS 2332 -13 ? . . . . . . . 0.0
53. Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav g RUS 2494 -16 ? . . . . . . . 0.0
54. Galkin, Alexander g RUS 2600 -37 -41 . . . . . . . 0.0
55. Gubajdullin, Alexei f RUS 2431 - 2 -39 . . . . . . . 0.0
56. Nechepurenko, Roman V f RUS 2463 -14 -38 . . . . . . . 0.0
57. Shabanov, Yuri g RUS 2443 -10 -40 . . . . . . . 0.0
58. Tsigelnitskiy, Ilusha f RUS 2404 -20 -19 . . . . . . . 0.0
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The First Saturday tournaments for September take place 2nd-12th
September 2006.
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/
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FSGM September Budapest HUN (HUN), 2-12 ix 2006 cat. VII (2421)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Boros, Denes m HUN 2462 * . . . . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
2. Flumbort, Andras m HUN 2510 . * . . . . . . . 1 . . 1.0
3. Papp, Gellert HUN 2300 . . * . . . . . 1 . . . 1.0
4. Rajlich, Vasik G m USA 2304 . . . * . . . . . . . 1 1.0
5. Fogarasi, Tibor g HUN 2435 . . . . * = . . . . . . 0.5 2423
6. Womacka, Mathias m GER 2423 . . . . = * . . . . . . 0.5 2435
7. Ilincic, Zlatko g SCG 2515 . . . . . . * ? . . . . 0.0
8. Kosic, Dragan g SCG 2506 . . . . . . ? * . . . . 0.0
9. Haznedaroglu, Kivanc m TUR 2454 . . 0 . . . . . * . . . 0.0
10. Meszaros, Tamas m HUN 2352 . 0 . . . . . . . * . . 0.0
11. Wittmann, Walter m AUT 2361 0 . . . . . . . . . * . 0.0
12. Fodor, Tamas jr f HUN 2429 . . . 0 . . . . . . . * 0.0
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FSIMA September Budapest HUN (HUN), 2-12 ix 2006 cat. II (2299)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Citak, Selim f TUR 2258 * . . . . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
2. Hujbert, Florian HUN 2262 . * . . . . . . . 1 . . 1.0
3. Keschitz, Gyorgy HUN 2279 . . * . . . . . . . . 1 1.0
4. Reiss, Tibor m HUN 2370 . . . * . . . . 1 . . . 1.0
5. Boe, Mads f DEN 2334 . . . . * . . = . . . . 0.5 2404
6. Galyas, Miklos m HUN 2390 . . . . . * = . . . . . 0.5 2315
7. Werner, Dimo m GER 2315 . . . . . = * . . . . . 0.5 2390
8. Zumsande, Martin f GER 2404 . . . . = . . * . . . . 0.5 2334
9. Bick, John D f USA 2247 . . . 0 . . . . * . . . 0.0
10. Strowsky, Yannick FRA 2141 . 0 . . . . . . . * . . 0.0
11. Torok, Sandor f HUN 2311 0 . . . . . . . . . * . 0.0
12. Balazs, Gabor2 HUN 2277 . . 0 . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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The 38th Atlantic Open took place 25th-27th August 2006. Eugene
Perelshteyn took clear first with 4.5/5 half a point clear of Alexander
Shabalov, Emory Tate and Thomas Bartell. My thanks to Michael Atkins for the
games.
Further details:
http://beta.uschess.org/frontend/news_7_106.php
and http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?200608273281.0
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38th Atlantic Open Washington DC USA (USA), 25-27 viii 2006
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1. Perelshteyn, Eugene g USA 2544 4.5
2. Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2604 4.0
3. Tate, Emory f USA 2380 4.0
4. Bartell, Thomas f USA 2342 4.0
5. Muhammad, Stephen A f USA 2381 3.5
6. Vekilov,Dmitry USA ---- 3.5
7. Adu, Oladapo m NGR 2278 3.5
8. Figler, Ilye f USA 2351 3.5
9. Rohonyan, Katerina wg UKR 2333 3.5
10. Privman, Boris f USA 2295 3.5
11. Kaufman, Larry C m USA 2358 3.0
43 players
The 5th Istanbul Chess Festival takes place 30th August - 8th September
2006. 386 players in the open section... 21 GM, 16 IM, 11 WGM, 10 FM 38,500 USD
Prize fund.
Official site: http://istfest.tsf.org.tr/
Leading Round 5 Standings:
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5th Open Istanbul TUR (TUR), 30 viii-7 ix 2006
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1. Miroshnichenko, Evgenij g UKR 2616 5 15 12
2. Gurevich, Mikhail g TUR 2643 5 13½ 10½
3. Azarov, Sergei g BLR 2579 4½ 15½ 12
4. Bagaturov, Giorgi g GEO 2461 4½ 15 12
5. Sulashvili, Malkhaz m GEO 2431 4½ 14½ 11½
6. Magalashvili, Davit m GEO 2459 4½ 14½ 11½
7. Pantsulaia, Levan g GEO 2584 4½ 14½ 11½
8. Vysochin, Spartak g UKR 2555 4½ 14½ 11½
9. Neverov, Valeriy g UKR 2556 4½ 14 11
10. Gassanov, Assif f AZE 2335 4½ 13½ 11
11. Kacheishvili, Giorgi g GEO 2589 4½ 13½ 11
12. Arutinian, David g GEO 2552 4½ 13 10½
13. Georgiev, Vladimir g MKD 2518 4½ 13 10½
14. Shanava, Konstantine g GEO 2490 4½ 13 10½
15. Dzagnidze, Nana m GEO 2437 4½ 13 10½
386 players
The Rudenko Memorial took place in St Petersburg 26th August - 3rd
September 2006. Anna Shlakich won the event with 7/9.
Official site: http://www.totalchess.spb.ru
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Rudenko Mem St Petersburg RUS (RUS), 26 viii-3 ix 2006
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1. Shlakich, Anna RUS 2077 =23 =10 +27 - 3 +26 +28 +22 +21 + 7 7.0 2454
2. Lupik, Marina RUS 2249 +33 +15 +20 = 6 +11 = 9 = 4 = 7 = 5 6.5 2369
3. Bronnikova, Elizaveta wf RUS 2243 +32 =21 =22 + 1 -12 +20 +23 = 4 + 9 6.5 2361
4. Kirillova, Varvara wf RUS 2236 +18 -20 +14 = 8 +42 +24 = 2 = 3 +17 6.5 2342
5. Solovjova, Valentina wm RUS 2265 +35 +26 - 6 =20 +16 +11 =12 + 9 = 2 6.5 2368
6. Cherenkova, Kristina wm RUS 2224 +40 +19 + 5 = 2 - 9 = 8 =21 =12 +16 6.0 2320
7. Petrenko, Svetlana m MDA 2293 -20 +18 +25 +15 +31 +12 = 9 = 2 - 1 6.0 2280
8. Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2441 =25 =14 +33 = 4 =21 = 6 =24 +29 +12 6.0 2302
9. Guseva, Marina wm RUS 2303 +37 +28 =16 +21 + 6 = 2 = 7 - 5 - 3 5.5 2296
10. Dolgova, Olga wf RUS 2260 =30 = 1 +34 =22 -24 +32 +11 -17 +21 5.5 2222
11. Borisova, Elizaveta RUS 2158 +39 =13 +17 +16 - 2 - 5 -10 +23 +27 5.5 2304
12. Zdebskaja, Natalia wg UKR 2344 +34 =22 =13 +28 + 3 - 7 = 5 = 6 - 8 5.0 2293
13. Andreeva, Nataliya wm RUS 2237 +41 =11 =12 -31 +35 -21 =15 +25 =18 5.0 2164
14. Aseeva, Marina RUS 2131 =17 = 8 - 4 =40 +37 +34 =29 =27 =15 5.0 2251
15. Dushenok, Anna wm RUS 2190 +38 - 2 +19 - 7 -32 +41 =13 +24 =14 5.0 2135
16. Akatova, Ekaterina wf RUS 2159 +44 +27 = 9 -11 - 5 =17 +38 +22 - 6 5.0 2231
17. Komiagina, Maria wm RUS 2335 =14 +46 -11 =26 =25 =16 +31 +10 - 4 5.0 2160
18. Bragina, Anastasia RUS 2007 - 4 - 7 +38 +37 =29 -23 +34 +28 =13 5.0 2226
19. Ananyeva, Taisia RUS 1816 +29 - 6 -15 -35 +45 +30 =25 =26 +31 5.0 2146
20. Egorova, Ekaterina wf RUS 2112 + 7 + 4 - 2 = 5 =22 - 3 =28 =37 =29 4.5 2222
21. Eidelson, Rakhil wg BLR 2183 +45 = 3 +23 - 9 = 8 +13 = 6 - 1 -10 4.5 2215
22. Gromova, Iulia RUS 2210 +36 =12 = 3 =10 =20 +31 - 1 -16 =30 4.5 2135
23. Minogina, Tamara wm RUS 2274 = 1 +30 -21 =24 =34 +18 - 3 -11 +36 4.5 2106
24. Butuc, Maria wf MDA 2098 -27 +44 +29 =23 +10 - 4 = 8 -15 =26 4.5 2224
25. Chernova, Anastasia RUS 2153 = 8 +43 - 7 =32 =17 =26 =19 -13 +34 4.5 2145
26. Bystryakova, Elena V wm RUS 2208 +42 - 5 =32 =17 - 1 =25 +36 =19 =24 4.5 2081
27. Charochkina, Daria wm RUS 2237 +24 -16 - 1 -42 +43 +33 +32 =14 -11 4.5 2053
28. Ivkina, Olga wm RUS 2206 +31 - 9 +41 -12 +33 - 1 =20 -18 +37 4.5 2111
29. Miednikova, Swietlana wf RUS 2176 -19 +40 -24 +43 =18 +42 =14 - 8 =20 4.5 2043
30. Gaprindashvili, Nona2 RUS 2062 =10 -23 -31 =46 +39 -19 +42 +38 =22 4.5 2027
31. Gorozhankina, Julia RUS 1964 -28 +37 +30 +13 - 7 -22 -17 +32 -19 4.0 2102
32. Sokolova, Vera wf RUS 2021 - 3 +45 =26 =25 +15 -10 -27 -31 +42 4.0 2080
33. Dudareva, Nina wf RUS 2050 - 2 +38 - 8 +39 -28 -27 -37 +43 +41 4.0 2075
34. Deriabina, Svetlana wf RUS 2137 -12 +36 -10 +41 =23 -14 -18 +40 -25 3.5 2051
35. Shushpanova, Nina wf RUS 2069 - 5 =42 =43 +19 -13 -38 =41 -36 +44 3.5 1929
36. Efremova, Daria RUS 1995 -22 -34 -39 =45 +44 +40 -26 +35 -23 3.5 2006
37. Sadykova, Alsu RUS 2127 - 9 -31 +45 -18 -14 +46 +33 =20 -28 3.5 1968
38. Milyaeva, Nina RUS 1964 -15 -33 -18 +44 +46 +35 -16 -30 =40 3.5 1955
39. Linkevich,Ksenia RUS ---- -11 -41 +36 -33 -30 =43 -40 +45 +46 3.5 1894
40. Tukan, Ekaterina RUS 2001 - 6 -29 +44 =14 -41 -36 +39 -34 =38 3.0 1947
41. Sitdikova, Liya RUS 2021 -13 +39 -28 -34 +40 -15 =35 =42 -33 3.0 1970
42. Ertel, Tatiana RUS 1970 -26 =35 +46 +27 - 4 -29 -30 =41 -32 3.0 1965
43. Borzova, Asya RUS 1819 =46 -25 =35 -29 -27 =39 =44 -33 =45 2.5 1873
44. Genina,Violetta RUS ---- -16 -24 -40 -38 -36 +45 =43 +46 -35 2.5 1808
45. Urbanaites, Elvira RUS 1882 -21 -32 -37 =36 -19 -44 +46 -39 =43 2.0 1751
46. Yusupova, Lilia RUS 1785 =43 -17 -42 =30 -38 -37 -45 -44 -39 1.0 1666
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The VIII Sants Open took place in Sants (Barcelona) 25th August - 3rd
September 2006. Marc Narciso Dublan won the event with 8.5/10.
Official site: http://www.cotxeres-casinet.org/open/angles/
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VIII Open Sants ESP (ESP), 25 viii-3 ix 2006
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1. Narciso Dublan, Marc g ESP 2467 8½ 47½ 52½ 64½
2. Cicak, Slavko g SWE 2532 8 47 53½ 66½
3. Gofshtein, Zvulon g ISR 2521 8 47½ 56 69
4. Gonzalez Garcia, Jose g MEX 2503 8 46 51½ 64
5. Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel m ESP 2480 8 45 51½ 62½
6. Leitao, Rafael g BRA 2598 7½ 44½ 55 67
7. Almeida, Omar m CUB 2475 7½ 44½ 49 60
8. Giorgadze, Giorgi1 g GEO 2607 7½ 46 56½ 69
9. Rodriguez, Andres g URU 2511 7½ 45½ 53 65
10. Marin, Mihail g ROM 2544 7½ 43½ 54 65½
11. Berrocal, Jorge f BOL 2317 7½ 39½ 43½ 53½
12. Bromberger, Stefan m GER 2507 7½ 40 47½ 59
13. Moskalenko, Viktor g UKR 2543 7 43½ 52½ 65
14. Kalegin, Evgenij m RUS 2440 7 44½ 53 66
15. Kunin, Vitaly g GER 2494 7 42½ 52½ 64½
16. Lapshun, Yury m USA 2452 7 43 54 67½
17. Matnadze, Ana wg GEO 2361 7 38½ 48 60
18. Felgaer, Ruben g ARG 2581 7 42½ 54 67½
19. Cuartas, Jaime Alexander m COL 2466 7 43½ 52 63½
20. Sharevich, Anna wm BLR 2308 7 38 44½ 56
21. Vila Gazquez, Javier f ESP 2345 7 42 50½ 62½
22. Garcia Castro, Pablo f ESP 2336 7 41 47 59½
23. Ayza Ballester, Jordi f ESP 2263 7 39 46½ 58½
24. Gallardo Garcia, Andres f ESP 2319 7 39 45 55½
25. Fernandez Garcia, Miguel A f ESP 2317 7 36½ 45 57½
274 players
The first week of the US Chess League took place on 28th and 30th
August 2006 on ICC. News: Greg Shahade.
Official site: http://www.uschessleague.com
WEEK 1 - Monday August 28th 2006
1. Tennessee Tempo vs Seattle Sluggers Seattle 4-0
Wednesday August 30th 2006
2. New York Knights vs Philadelphia Masterminds New York 2.5-1.5
3. Carolina Cobras vs Baltimore Kingfishers Baltimore 2.5-1.5
4. Boston Blitz vs Miami Sharks Boston 3-1
5. San Francisco Mechanics vs Dallas Destiny San Francisco 3-1
Week 1 Standings:
East:
Boston 1.0
New York 1.0
Baltimore 1.0
Philadelphia 0.0
Carolina 0.0
West:
Seattle 1.0
San Francisco 1.0
Miami 0.0
Dallas 0.0
Tennessee 0.0
The Hereford International chess tournament took place 29th August - 3rd
September 2006. Daniel Gormally won the event with 6/9.
Official site: http://www.deversoft.co.uk/hict/
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1. Gormally, Daniel g ENG 2513 * 0 1 1 = = 1 = 1 = 6.0 2525
2. Cobb, James f WLS 2370 1 * = = 0 1 1 = 0 1 5.5 2496
3. Jones, Gawain C m ENG 2416 0 = * = 1 = = 1 = 1 5.5 2491
4. Wells, Peter K g ENG 2480 0 = = * 1 = = = 1 = 5.0 2446
5. Stark, Lars f GER 2419 = 1 0 0 * = 1 = = 1 5.0 2453
6. McNab, Colin A g SCO 2433 = 0 = = = * = = = = 4.0 2366
7. Gourlay, Iain f SCO 2337 0 0 = = 0 = * 1 1 = 4.0 2376
8. Sowray, Peter J f ENG 2357 = = 0 = = = 0 * = = 3.5 2337
9. Palliser, Richard m ENG 2413 0 1 = 0 = = 0 = * = 3.5 2331
10. Devereaux, Maxim f ENG 2377 = 0 0 = 0 = = = = * 3.0 2290
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The 3rd International Open of Kalamaria takes place between 30 August -
6 September 2006, in Kalamaria Thessaloniki Greece. The participating players
are over 200 with 13 GM, 10 IM. 2 WGM. The strongest player according is the
Danish GM Nielsen (2640) and the second is the Polish GM Wojtazdek (2622). The
average elo of the 20 first players is 2520.
For pairings, results, pgn files http://www.esthesk.com
Leading Round 6 Standings:
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3rd Open Kalamaria GRE (GRE), 30 viii-6 ix 2006
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1. Mastrovasilis, Athanasios g GRE 2521 5½ 24½ 22,50
2. Gelashvili, Tamaz g GEO 2575 5½ 24½ 22,00
3. Nikolaidis, Ioannis g GRE 2538 5 26 20,75
4. Wojtaszek, Radoslaw g POL 2622 5 25 20,25
5. Timoshenko, Georgy g UKR 2550 5 25 20,25
6. Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2640 5 25 20,00
7. Aroshidze, Levan g GEO 2490 5 24½ 19,50
8. Ninov, Nikolai m BUL 2517 5 23½ 19,00
9. Ernst, Sipke m NED 2504 5 23 18,50
10. Gladyszev, Oleg m RUS 2457 5 22 17,75
11. Oreopoulos, Konstantinos GRE 2241 5 21½ 16,50
12. Banikas, Hristos g GRE 2576 4½ 25 18,00
13. Hansen, Sune Berg g DEN 2558 4½ 25 17,25
14. Grigorov, Grigor BUL 2425 4½ 24½ 16,50
15. Shavtvaladze, Nikoloz m GEO 2383 4½ 24½ 16,50
16. Stamenkov, Vanco m MKD 2367 4½ 24 16,25
17. Stanojoski, Zvonko g MKD 2481 4½ 23½ 17,25
18. Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman m IND 2417 4½ 23½ 16,25
19. Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios g GRE 2567 4½ 22½ 15,75
20. Andersson, Christin SWE 2252 4½ 22½ 15,75
21. Zakarian, David ARM 2327 4½ 22½ 15,25
22. Grigoriadis, Alexandros GRE 2214 4½ 22½ 15,25
23. Parligras, Mircea g ROM 2510 4½ 22 16,50
24. Verikakis, Manolis GRE 1941 4½ 22 15,75
25. Sriram, Jha m IND 2408 4½ 21½ 14,25
26. Papadopoulos, I GRE 2285 4½ 21 15,00
27. Kiratzopoulos, Efthimios GRE 2133 4½ 20½ 13,75
28. Pavlidis, Antonios GRE 2101 4½ 20 14,25
29. Svetushkin, Dmitry g MDA 2569 4 24½ 14,75
210 players
The Brasschaat Open took place 19th-27th August 2006. Wim Maes and Semen
Minyeyevtsev finished on 7.5/9.
Official site: http://users.pandora.be/Schaakclub.Brasschaat/
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Open Brasschaat BEL (BEL), 19-27 viii 2006
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1. Maes, Wim f BEL 2287 7.5 Onderling resultaat 2364
2. Minyeyevtsev, Semen BEL 2209 7.5 2436
3. Duhayon, Yves BEL 2263 7.0 52.5 39.25 824 2352
4. Sadkowsky, Daniel f BEL 2304 7.0 52.0 38.00 726 2319
5. Schuermans, Robert BEL 2251 7.0 49.5 36.50 59 2284
6. Peleman, Tony BEL 2074 7.0 47.0 34.00 811 2209
7. Van Kampen, Robin Oscar NED ---- 6.5 50.0 33.25 595 2156
8. Cools, Gorik f BEL 2333 6.5 46.5 33.25 454 2187
9. Steenbekkers, Franck NED 2239 6.5 46.5 32.25 708 2283
10. Penson, Thierry BEL 2255 6.5 43.5 30.75 62 2153
118 players
The New Providence International Tournament took place 11th-17th August,
2006. This was the first FIDE rated event organised by the Bahamas Chess
Federation.
Official site: http://www.bahamas-chess-federation.org/
Final Standings
Place Name Feder Rating Score Berg.
1 Lorne, Malaku JAM 2097 7.5 24.50
2 Del Castilho, Martyn BAR 2113 7 26.00
3 Gibson, Frank BAH 5.5 23.00
4 Wisdom, Daren JAM 1875 5.5 22.75
5 Joseph, Elton BAH 4.5 16.75
6 Gibson, Ken BAH 4 14.00
7 Smith, Kean BAH 3.5 11.00
8 Small, Byron BAH 3 14.00
9 Blackman, Justin BAR 1984 3 9.50
10 Duncombe, Charles BAH 1.5 5.00
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Lorne, Malaku JAM 2097 * = 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2269
2. Del Castilho, Martyn BAR 2113 = * = 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2215
3. Gibson,Franklyn BAH ---- 1 = * 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 5.5 2087
4. Wisdom, Daren JAM 1875 0 1 1 * = 0 1 0 1 1 5.5 2101
5. Joseph,Elton BAH ---- 0 0 1 = * 1 0 1 0 1 4.5 2007
6. Gibson,Ken BAH ---- 0 0 0 1 0 * = 1 1 = 4.0 1964
7. Smith,Kean BAH ---- 0 0 0 0 1 = * 1 0 1 3.5 1927
8. Small,Byron BAH ---- 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 * 1 0 3.0 1882
9. Blackman, Justin BAR 1984 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 * 1 3.0 1884
10. Duncombe,Charles BAH ---- 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 * 1.5 1734
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The Belzberg Invitational Canadian Closed & Zonal Chess
Championships took place 18th-27th August 2006 in Toronto, Ontario. Igor Zugic
won the event with 7/9. There was a three player playoff for two FM titles and
Jonathan Tayar and Shiyam Thavandiran took those.
Official site:
http://www.chessontario.com/tournaments/BelzbergInvitational-2006.htm
and http://monroi.com/tournamentgate/canadianclosed06/index.html
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Canadian Closed zt FM playoff Toronto CAN (CAN), 28-28 viii 2006
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1 2 3
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1. Tayar, Jonathan CAN 2214 * = 1 1.5 2422
2. Thavandiran, Shiyam CAN 2264 = * 1 1.5 2397
3. Haessel, Dale R CAN 2195 0 0 * 0.0
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Round 1 (August 28, 2006)
Tayar, Jonathan - Thavandiran, Shiyam 1/2 20 C01 French Exchange
Round 2 (August 28, 2006)
Haessel, Dale R - Tayar, Jonathan 0-1 43 A36 English Botvinnik
Round 3 (August 28, 2006)
Thavandiran, Shiyam - Haessel, Dale R 1-0 71 B55 Sicilian Rauzer
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Canadian Closed zt Toronto CAN (CAN), 18-26 viii 2006
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1. Zugic, Igor m CAN 2467 7.0 2600
2. Bluvshtein, Mark g CAN 2541 6.5 2491
3. Charbonneau, Pascal g CAN 2501 6.5 2441
4. Gerzhoy, Leonid m ISR 2386 6.5 2455
5. Lee, Vicente CAN 2236 6.5 2319
6. Krnan, Tomas m CAN 2399 6.0 2460
7. Lawson, Eric m CAN 2393 6.0 2452
8. Milicevic, Goran f CAN 2305 6.0 2404
9. Khassanov, Marat f CAN 2314 6.0 2324
10. Thavandiran, Shiyam CAN 2264 6.0 2327
11. Tayar, Jonathan CAN 2214 6.0 2445
12. Haessel, Dale R CAN 2195 6.0 2353
65 players
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. There is an important correction to the ITT Vicente
Lopez event where the player who came second was German Della Morte not Pablo
who played in another event in the festival. Correction pointed out by Nigel
Freeman.
Details: http://www.ajedrezmartelli.org.ar
or http://www.ajedrezmartelli.org.ar/Magistral/IX/mag06.html
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ITT Vicente Lopez Villa Martelli ARG (ARG), 24 vii-3 viii 2006 cat. III (2302)
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1. COMP ZAP!Chess ---- * 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 9.5 2802
2. Della Morte, German ARG 2275 0 * = = 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 7.0 2453
3. Ripari, Marcelo f ARG 2341 0 = * = 1 1 = = = = 1 6.0 2369
4. Real de Azua, Ernesto f ARG 2378 0 = = * = 1 1 = = 1 = 6.0 2366
5. Cubas, Jose Fernando m PAR 2421 0 0 0 = * 1 1 1 1 1 0 5.5 2325
6. Prates, Fabiano BRA 2274 0 = 0 0 0 * = 1 1 1 1 5.0 2304
7. Scarella, Enrique m ARG 2348 = 0 = 0 0 = * = = = 1 4.0 2225
8. De Dovitiis, Alejo m ARG 2371 0 0 = = 0 0 = * 1 0 1 3.5 2184
9. Granara Barreto, Sebastian A f URU 2273 0 0 = = 0 0 = 0 * 1 1 3.5 2194
10. Needleman, Alejandro ARG 2378 0 = = 0 0 0 = 1 0 * = 3.0 2145
11. Shcherbine, Andrei RUS 2261 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 0 0 = * 2.0 2065
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The Banyoles International Chess Festival took place 16th-25th August
2005. It started with the 2nd Lluis Muratet Rapid on August 16th which was won
by Sergey Fedorchuk with 8/9. Then there was an eight day open won on tie-break
by Viktor Korchnoi on tie-break from a group of 6 players on 7/9. Korchnoi
received two half point byes to allow him to play in the Lichthof Chess
Champions Day reported above. My thanks to Albert Muratet who sent the report
below and many more games this week.
Albert Muratet reports: The "Banyoles Chess Festival 2006" took place
in the nice and quiet town of Banyoles 16th-24th August 2006. It was, without
doubt, a great event, with a large international participation (the largest
foreign participation in the whole of Catalonia and possibly Spain, too) in the
two tournaments of the Festival including 19 grandmasters and 30 International
masters. Heading the ranking was Viktor Korchnoi (Switzerland) who challenged
for the World Chess Championship twice and the presence of Sergei Tiviakov
(Netherlands) as top seed with a rating of 2668 Elo.
In the Lluis Muratet Memorial there were 12 grandmasters (10 men and 2
women) and 17 International Masters and in "Ciutat de Banyoles" there were 7
Grandmasters (5 men and 2 women) and 16 International Masters and more than 10
Fide Masters.
The amount of participants were considerable, with more than 150
registered players inside the Memorial Lluis Muratet, with 80 foreigner players
from 23 different countries, and more than 220 players in the tournament
« Ciutat de Banyoles » with 92 foreigner players from 17 different
countries, becoming the Chess Festival with more foreigner participation: 172
players.
The Chess Festival 2006 had different activities, where the most
important were the two international tournaments: The Memorial Lluis Muratet,
rapid-chess (20 minutes for game) which was his second edition and the
International Chess Tournament "Ciutat de Banyoles" which was in its ninth
edition.
The whole Festival was showed live on the Internet, throught the
website of Banyoles Chess Club (www.escacsbanyoles.com), and not only the
evolution of the two first boards could be followed. With a webcam, the images
in direct of the players, with special attention to the games of Viktor
Korchnoi, it meant that all the world could see the retransmission of the
Tournament. The 16th of august was held, in the venue of Mirallac Hotel, close
to the Lake of Banyoles, the second Memorial Lluis Muratet, with, as we said
yet, the participation of 120 players.
In the third round, the French FIDE Master, Nicolas Coursaget beat the
number one of the ranking, Sergei Tiviakov. In the fifth round, Viktor Korchnoi
drew with the Swedish grandmaster Slavko Cicak and then WGM Ana Matnadze
(Georgia) and IM Omar Almeida (Cuba) headed the standings in the sixth round.
The victory of Almeida over Matnadze meant that Almeida ahead alone. But then
in the seventh round, Almeida drew with Korchnoi and Fedorchuk beat Tiviakov,
and Fedorchuk tied with Almeida ahead the classification with 6,5 points,
followed by Viktor Moskalenko, Viktor Korchnoi, Ana Matnadze and Vladimir
Epishin. Among them will be the podium of the Tournament. In the 8th round,
victory for Fedorchuk over Almeida, and the victory of Epishin and the draw
between Korchnoi and Moskalenko, meant that Fedorchuk was alone in first place
with one round to go. In the last round, Fedorchuk drew with Epishin (who had
won all the games except the first round where he lost because he arrived to
late at the game). The draw in the board number one (Fedorchuk-Epishin) decided
the Tournament in favour of Fedorchuk. In the second board, Vadim Malakhatko
with 6,5 won this compatriot Viktor Moskalenko (Ukraine), while on the third
board, Sergei Tiviakov beat Viktor Korchnoi. The final standings of Memorial
Lluis Muratet was:
On the 17th of august started the 9th Open Ciutat de Banyoles, which
was more disputed yet. The main favourites, among, Viktor Korchnoi that in the
middle of the Tournament must go to travel to Zurich to play against Gary
Kasparov in the celebration of 150th Anniversary of Credit Suisse in a
quadrangular with Gary Kasparov, Anatoly Karpov, Viktor Korchnoi (the three big
Ks) and Judith Polgar, and he must come back to Banyoles to play the last
rounds and finishing the Tournament.
The 9th Open Ciutat de Banyoles is divided in two sections. Inside the
first, the A group, there were a total of 133 players, where 62 were foreigner
players, and with the participation of 5 grandmasters, 2 women grandmasters, 14
international masters and 9 Fide masters.
In the B group (rating below 2000) there were 92 participants, where 30
were foreign players and 25 players had Fide rating, so more than 30% of the
players had Fide rating. It meant B group was very attractive to get a Fide
rating.
The 9th Open International Ciutat de Banyoles was more disputed than
the rapid chess 2nd Memorial Lluis Muratet, after that in the 3rd. round, the
draw between Viktor Korchnoi against Nicolas Giffard and the draw of Sergei
Tiviakov against the WGM Ana Matnadze from Georgia, meant that the GM Viktor
Moskalenko and the GM Slavko Cicak led the tournament, tied with IM Yury
Lapshun (from USA) and FM Jordi Cuadras (from Spain). The victories of the
Grandmasters in the next round meant they were joint leaders, and the draw
between them in the 5th round, meant at the start of the 6th round, there were
8 players are tied with 5 points: GM Tiviakov, IM Almeida, GM Korchnoi, IM
Lapshun, IM Giffard, GM Moskalenko, GM Cicak and WGM Matnadze. Of them, only
Tiviakov won in the 7th round and with 6 points he was the leader. In the 8th
round, the repetition of the match up of the tournament: Viktor Korchnoi
against Sergei Tiviakov, this time Korchnoi had white, and his win meant that,
with the same points of GM Tiger Hillarp Persson, he was in joint first place,
and, in the board number one in the last round with all the emotion of the
tournament played Hillarp-Korchnoi, followed them for the other players to half
point. The draw in this first board meant the equality with 6 players and after
the tiebreak, Viktor Korchnoi was the winner of the Tournament.
Official site:
http://www.compartir.org/escacsbanyoles/first.htm
2nd Lluis Muratet Rapid Banyoles ESP (ESP), 16-16 viii 2006
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1 Fedorchuk, Sergey A. (4) UKR 2592 8 50.5 55.5 42.0
2-4 Almeida, Omar (13) CUB 2475 7.5 50.0 54.5 41.5
Epishin, Vladimir (5) RUS 2555 7.5 49.0 53.5 35.5
Malakhatko, Vadim (3) UKR 2594 7.5 46.5 50.5 36.5
5-7 Matnadze, Ana (23) GEO 2361 7 52.0 56.5 39.0
Fluvià Poyatos, Joan (14) CAT 2467 7 48.0 52.5 36.0
Tiviakov, Sergei (1) NED 2668 7 48.0 51.0 35.0
8-14 Moskalenko, Viktor (7) UKR 2543 6.5 49.5 54.5 38.0
Korchnoi, Viktor (2) SUI 2600 6.5 49.5 54.0 39.0
Kasparov, Sergey (10) BLR 2487 6.5 45.5 50.0 33.5
Braghetta, Sergio (29) ITA 2304 6.5 45.5 48.5 32.5
Fomichenko, Eduard (20) RUS 2385 6.5 45.0 48.0 30.5
Coursaget, Nicolas (28) FRA 2331 6.5 44.0 47.5 33.5
Mayo Casademont, Martí (40) CAT 2191 6.5 39.0 42.0 30.0
15-24 Cicak, Slavko (8) SWE 2532 6 49.5 53.5 35.0
Hillarp Persson, Tiger (6) SWE 2549 6 48.0 53.0 35.0
Vehi Bach, Victor M. (25) CAT 2345 6 47.0 51.5 33.0
Hetey, Laszlo (27) GER 2331 6 46.5 50.0 33.0
Pomes Marcet, Joan (21) CAT 2380 6 44.0 48.5 31.5
Kristiansen, Jens (17) DEN 2425 6 43.0 46.5 29.5
Zozulia, Anna (24) UKR 2352 6 42.0 46.0 32.0
Alonso Rosell, Alvar (37) CAT 2196 6 41.5 45.0 30.0
Guso Llorca, Jordi (59) CAT 2088 6 38.5 41.0 26.0
Mircescu, Ovidiu (44) FRA 2161 6 36.0 38.5 29.0
154 players
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1 GM Korchnoi Viktor SUI 2600 7,0 37,5 0,0 39,5
2 GM Tiviakov Sergei NED 2668 7,0 37,5 0,0 42,0
3 IM Lapshun Yury USA 2452 7,0 36,0 0,0 38,0
4 GM Hillarp Persson Tiger SWE 2549 7,0 35,5 0,0 40,0
5 IM Fomichenko Eduard RUS 2385 7,0 35,5 0,0 41,0
6 IM Kristiansen Jens DEN 2425 7,0 33,0 0,0 37,0
7 FM Cuadras Avellana Jorge ESP 2363 6,5 34,0 0,0 37,0
8 IM Fluvia Poyatos Joan ESP 2467 6,5 33,0 0,0 34,5
9 IM Fluvia Jordi ESP 2482 6,5 32,5 0,0 37,5
10 IM Sermier Guillaume FRA 2368 6,5 31,5 0,0 34,5
11 GM Moskalenko Viktor UKR 2543 6,0 37,0 0,0 43,5
12 GM Cicak Slavko SWE 2532 6,0 37,0 0,0 41,0
13 IM Giffard Nicolas FRA 2353 6,0 35,0 0,0 41,5
14 IM Almeida Omar CUB 2475 6,0 35,0 0,0 42,0
15 IM Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel ESP 2480 6,0 33,0 0,0 36,0
16 WGM Arribas Maritza CUB 2283 6,0 32,5 0,0 38,5
17 Ibarra Chami Lius MEX 2223 6,0 32,0 0,0 37,5
18 FM Coursaget Nicolas FRA 2331 6,0 31,5 0,0 35,0
19 FM Borne Niels FRA 2331 6,0 31,0 0,0 38,0
20 Ruijgrok Dennis NED 2268 6,0 30,0 0,0 37,0
21 IM Hetey Laszlo GER 2331 6,0 29,5 0,0 34,5
22 Michielsen Joost NED 2323 6,0 29,0 0,0 36,5
23 WGM Matnadze Ana GEO 2361 5,5 34,0 0,0 42,0
24 Swinkels Robin NED 2286 5,5 32,5 0,0 38,5
25 FM Braghetta Sergio ITA 2304 5,5 30,5 0,0 36,5
26 Meera Sai IND 2138 5,5 29,0 0,0 33,0
27 Narings Niek NED 2229 5,5 28,5 0,0 34,5
28 Fogel Pierre BEL 2165 5,5 28,5 0,0 37,0
29 IM Vehi Bach Victor M ESP 2345 5,5 28,5 0,0 34,5
30 cm Mayo Casademont Marti ESP 2191 5,5 27,5 0,0 29,0
31 CM Colls Gelaberto Emili ESP 2249 5,5 27,5 0,0 33,0
32 Osterwald Elwin NED 2142 5,5 27,0 0,0 33,5
33 cm Serra Pagel Jordi ESP 2251 5,5 26,0 0,0 30,0
34 Kleijn Christov NED 2080 5,5 26,0 0,0 35,0
35 Chouquet Adrien FRA 2168 5,5 26,0 0,0 35,0
36 FM Sorroche Martin Jose Maria ESP 2217 5,5 25,5 0,0 31,0
37 cm Fabre Massana Miquel ESP 2124 5,5 23,5 0,0 29,5
131 players
The 3rd IGB Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysia Open Chess Championship took place
21st-27th August 2006. Total prizes:USD$ 18,000 (RM 68,000). Dao Thien Hai won
the event with 8/11 on tie break from four others on that score. Games may
become available.
Official site: http://malaysiaopen.net/
Final Ranking
Rank Name Rtg FED Pts BH. SB.
1 GM Dao Thien Hai 2549 VIE 8 76½ 55.25
2 IM Oliver Dimakiling 2463 PHI 8 74 51.75
3 GM Ziaur Rahman 2534 BAN 8 73 52.25
4 IM Darwin Laylo 2428 PHI 8 72½ 49.75
5 IM Wynn Zaw Htun 2572 MYA 8 70 48.25
6 GM Nguyen Anh Dung 2539 VIE 7½ 78½ 51.50
7 GM Nguyen Ngoc Trong Son 2535 VIE 7½ 73 47.25
8 GM Mark Paragua 2607 PHI 7½ 71½ 47.50
9 IM Ashot Nadanian 2431 ARM 7½ 69½ 45.00
10 GM Susanto Megaranto 2512 INA 7½ 58½ 39.00
11 John Paul Gomez 2375 PHI 7 72½ 43.25
12 FM Julio Catalino Sadorra 2351 PHI 7 71 42.00
13 GM Yu Shaoteng 2542 CHN 7 68 42.00
14 IM Shvedchikov Anatoli 2429 RUS 7 68 41.00
15 Anthony Makinano 2242 PHI 7 67½ 42.50
16 Shen Siyuan 2257 CHN 7 63½ 38.75
17 WGM Eesha Karavade 2316 IND 7 63½ 35.50
18 IM Tirto 2418 INA 6½ 73½ 40.75
19 FM Wesley So 2330 PHI 6½ 72½ 39.25
20 IM Ronald Dableo 2415 PHI 6½ 70 37.25
21 IM Richard Bitoon 2433 PHI 6½ 69½ 39.00
22 Khairul Anam 0 INA 6½ 69½ 37.75
23 GM Niaz Murshed 2464 BAN 6½ 68½ 37.75
24 IM Nay Oo Kyaw Tun 2508 MYA 6½ 64½ 38.00
25 FM Jonathan Humphery 2246 AUS 6½ 58½ 32.50
26 FM Ton That Nhu Tung 2230 VIE 6½ 56 31.00
27 GM Ian Rogers 2548 AUS 6 72 38.00
85 players
7th NATO CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP took place at Wellington College, Berkshire
(UK) 21st-25th August 2006 after the Stauton Memorial. Results and games not
yet available.
Official site: http://www.natochess.org/
The Caissa IM August tournament took place 22-29. August 2006 in
Kecskemet, Hungary. A 16-years-old boy, Mr. Beck Frederik won the event and
made IM norm. News: dr. Bognar, Csaba IA.
Next events: 17th-25th September 2006, 22th-30th October 2006,
19th-27th November 2006. Contact Dr. Tamas Erdelyi:
postmaster@caissa.t-online.hu
More info: http://www.caissachessbooks.com
Ranking after round 9 of Caissa IM August Kecskemet (HUN)
No. PNo. Name Score WP SB PS rat. TPR W-We
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1. 3 Beck, Frederik GER 7.0 38.0 27.75 37.0 2284 2478 +2.21
2. 9 Sutorikhin, Vladimir RUS 6.0 39.0 23.00 28.0 2352 2375 +0.33
6 Strohhaeker, Raoul GER 6.0 39.0 22.50 30.5 2358 2374 +0.23
4. 10 Bick, John D. USA 5.5 39.5 19.00 30.0 2247 2342 +1.20
5. 2 Farkas, Tibor SCG 5.0 40.0 19.75 26.0 2313 2297 -0.17
1 Peric, Slavisa SCG 5.0 40.0 18.25 22.0 2274 2302 +0.33
7. 7 Keresztes, Richard HUN 4.5 40.5 16.00 21.5 2270 2259 -0.09
8. 5 Kaufman, Raymond USA 4.0 41.0 11.75 20.0 2274 2216 -0.67
9. 8 Vasvari, Tamas HUN 2.0 43.0 5.50 10.0 2194 2048 -1.61
10. 4 Donko, Matyas HUN 0.0 45.0 0.00 0.0 2037 1550 -1.76
World Blitz Championship
The World Blitz Championship takes place 5th-8th September 2006 in
Rishon Le Zion (Israel). Round Robin Tournaments with 16 players. Top seeds:
Viswanathan Anand, Peter Svidler, Boris Gelfand, Teimour Radjabov, Judit
Polgar, Alexander Grischuk, Etienne Bacrot, Magnus Carlsen, ICC qualifiers :
Merab Gagunashvili, Dmitry Gurevich. 6 more seats will be decided by the
Qualification tournament on September 6th.
Official site: http://www.fideblitz.com
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/
Mitropa Cup
The traditional Mitropa Cup of this year will be held in Brno, Czech
Republic from 7th-15th September 2006.
Official site: http://www.chess.cz/web/mitropacup2006/cze.html
Hungarian tournaments September-December 2006
1. 2nd-14th September FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM round robins (BERGER-
ROUND ROBIN), 9-13 games, GM-IM norm possibilities in Budapest, venue:
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 September Kecskemet, IM Berger 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 September BUDAPEST AUTUMN - 1st GOLD CROWN Kup, 9
rounds Swiss Open, Org: Nagy Laszlo. firstsat@hu.inter.net Website:
www.firstsaturday.hu
4.. 7th-19th of October, FS GM-IM, Budapest Org: .Nagy Laszlo,
5. 14th-22nd of October, 9 round Swiss Open tmt HÉVÍZ -
150 km West from Budapest, org: IM RIGO, Janos, website: www.lellechess.tar.hu
6. 4th-16th of November FS GM-IM-FM closed tmt, Budapest, info Nagy
Laszlo.
7.. 16th-24th of of November, TENKES KUPA - OPEN, Harkány, 250
km South West from Budapest, Organizer: Mr FULOP, Csaba E-mail:
fulopcsa@invitel.hu
8 2nd-15th of December, FS GM-IM-FM, Budapest, info Nagy Laszlo.
3rd Szeged Cup
The 3rd Szeged Cup (International women's Hungarian Championship) takes
place 10th-17th September 2006.
Official site:
http://web.t-online.hu/passant/sakkversenyek/szeged/
XI AVAS OPEN
XI. AVAS OPEN 2006 FIDE Group "A" and B Miskolc (Hungary) takes place
25th - 30th August 2006.
Further information to appear at:
http://www.chess.hu/en/tournaments.php3
Bucharest Open
The Bucharest Open takes place 4th-11th September 2006.
Official site: http://www.chess-romania.ro/
Hull Congress
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.
Secrets of the July 2006 FIDE Rating List
"Secrets of the July 2006 FIDE Rating List" by Boris Schipkov,
15.08.2006 appears on the website Chess Siberia
http://www.chessib.com/. There are more
than 1000 grandmasters in the World now. Germany leads on the number of players
with rating. The greatest increase in number of players was in France.
Kramnik - Deep Fritz
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/
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 10th-14th 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
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
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
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/
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
and http://www.longyear.no/
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.
World U-20 Juniors and Girls Championships
World U-20 s 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
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
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
